1908 New York Highlanders season

The 1908 New York Highlanders season finished with the team in 8th place in the American League with a record of 51–103. Their home games were played at Hilltop Park.

1908 New York Highlanders
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Other information
Owner(s)William Devery and Frank Farrell
Manager(s)Clark Griffith, Kid Elberfeld
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The Highlanders finished in last place, 17 games out of seventh. It was the second-worst season in club history.[1] Starting first baseman Hal Chase left the team in September under allegations that he was throwing games. After Clark Griffith's departure, the Highlanders lost 70 of their last 98 games under new manager Kid Elberfeld.[2]

Regular season

On June 30, Cy Young of the Boston Red Sox threw a no-hitter against the Highlanders. In the game, Young had 3 hits and 4 RBI's.[3] By now the alternate and equally unofficial nickname "Yankees" was being used frequently to refer to the Highlanders. The New York Times article about Young's no-hitter at "the American League Park" (Hilltop Park's formal name), referred to the club exclusively as "Yankees" throughout the article. Other newspapers continued to use the two nicknames interchangeably.

On September 4, 5 and 7, 1908, Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators shut out the Highlanders in three consecutive games.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9063 0.588 — 44–33 46–30
Cleveland Naps 9064 0.584 ½ 51–26 39–38
Chicago White Sox 8864 0.579 1½ 51–25 37–39
St. Louis Browns 8369 0.546 6½ 46–31 37–38
Boston Red Sox 7579 0.487 15½ 37–40 38–39
Philadelphia Athletics 6885 0.444 22 46–30 22–55
Washington Senators 6785 0.441 22½ 43–32 24–53
New York Highlanders 51103 0.331 39½ 30–47 21–56

Record vs. opponents
1908 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL WSH
Boston —6–16–110–1211–1112–1010–1215–711–11
Chicago 16–6–1—8–14–19–1316–613–911–1015–6–2
Cleveland 12–1014–8–1—13–916–616–6–111–11–18–14
Detroit 11–1113–99–13—15–714–8–112–1016–5
New York 10–126–166–167–15—8–14–15–179–13
Philadelphia 12–109–136–16–18–14–114–8–1—8–13–111–11
St. Louis 7–1510–1111–11–110–1217–513–8–1—15–7–1
Washington 11–116–15–214–85–1613–911–117–15–1—

Roster
1908 New York Highlanders
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
1BHal Chase106405104.257136

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Kid Elberfeld195611.19605

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jack Chesbro45288.214202.93124

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Harry Billiard60002.6570

Notes
  1. Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 151, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1
  2. Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 159, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1
  3. Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 98, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1

References


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