1908 Boston Doves
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record63–91 (.409)
League place6th
Other information
Owner(s)George Dovey, John Dovey
Manager(s)Joe Kelley
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The 1908 Boston Doves season was the 38th season of the franchise.

Regular season

Doves manager Joe Kelley

On April 29, New York Giants manager John McGraw ridiculed Doves player and former Giants player Dan McGann by calling him an ice wagon. Many former Giants were now on the Doves roster. McGraw and McGann engaged in a fight at the Copley Square Hotel.[1]

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 99 55 0.643 — 47–30 52–25
New York Giants 98 56 0.636 1 52–25 46–31
Pittsburgh Pirates 98 56 0.636 1 42–35 56–21
Philadelphia Phillies 83 71 0.539 16 43–34 40–37
Cincinnati Reds 73 81 0.474 26 40–37 33–44
Boston Doves 63 91 0.409 36 35–42 28–49
Brooklyn Superbas 53 101 0.344 46 27–50 26–51
St. Louis Cardinals 49 105 0.318 50 28–49 21–56

Record vs. opponents

1908 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BKN CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT SLC
Boston — 12–10 6–16–2 8–14 6–16 10–12 7–15 14–8
Brooklyn 10–12 — 4–18 6–16 6–16 5–17 9–13 13–9
Chicago 16–6–2 18–4 — 16–6 11–11–1 9–13–1 10–12 19–3
Cincinnati 14–8 16–6 6–16 — 8–14–1 10–12 8–14 11–11
New York 16–6 16–6 11–11–1 14–8–1 — 16–6 11–11–1 14–8
Philadelphia 12–10 17–5 13–9–1 12–10 6–16 — 9–13 14–8
Pittsburgh 15–7 13–9 12–10 14–8 11–11–1 13–9 — 20–2
St. Louis 8–14 9–13 3–19 11–11 8–14 8–14 2–20 —


Roster

1908 Boston Doves
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
C Peaches Graham 75 215 59 .274 0 22
1B Dan McGann 135 475 114 .240 2 55
2B Claude Ritchey 121 421 115 .273 2 36
SS Bill Dahlen 144 524 125 .239 3 48
3B Bill Sweeney 127 418 102 .244 0 40
OF Ginger Beaumont 125 476 127 .267 2 52
OF Johnny Bates 127 445 115 .258 1 29
OF George Browne 138 536 122 .228 1 34

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
Jack Hannifin 90 257 53 .206 2 22
Frank Bowerman 86 254 58 .228 1 25
Joe Kelley 73 228 59 .259 2 17
Beals Becker 43 171 47 .275 0 7
Harry Smith 41 130 32 .246 1 16
Fred Stem 20 72 20 .278 0 3
Herbie Moran 8 29 8 .276 0 2
Jim Ball 6 15 1 .067 0 0
Walt Thomas 5 13 2 .154 0 1

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
Vive Lindaman 43 270.2 12 16 2.36 68
Patsy Flaherty 31 244.0 12 18 3.25 50
Gus Dorner 38 216.1 8 19 3.54 41
Cecil Ferguson 37 208.0 11 11 2.47 98
Tom McCarthy 14 94.0 7 3 1.63 27
Irv Young 16 85.0 4 9 2.86 32
Tom Tuckey 8 72.0 3 3 2.50 26

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
Jake Boultes 17 74.2 3 5 3.01 28
Bill Chappelle 13 70.1 2 4 1.79 23
Al Mattern 5 30.1 1 2 2.08 8
Harley Young 6 27.1 0 1 3.29 12

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
Big Jeff Pfeffer 4 0 0 0 12.60 3
Charlie Maloney 1 0 0 0 4.50 0

Notes

  1. ^ Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p.65, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1

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