1908 Brooklyn Superbas
LeagueNational League
BallparkWashington Park
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersCharles Ebbets, Henry Medicus
PresidentCharles Ebbets
ManagersPatsy Donovan
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The 1908 Brooklyn Superbas suffered through another poor season, finishing in seventh place. After the season, manager Patsy Donovan was fired. The club set a Major League record which still stands, for the fewest doubles by a team in a season, with only 110.[1] The Superbas hit only .213 as a team, second lowest in the modern era after the 1910 Chicago White Sox. No regulars hit .250, Tim Jordan led the team with a .247 batting average.

Offseason

Regular season

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 Brooklyn Superbas
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 Bill Bergen 99 302 53 .175 0 15
1B Tim Jordan 148 515 127 .247 12 60
2B Harry Pattee 80 264 57 .216 0 9
3B Tommy Sheehan 146 468 100 .214 0 29
SS Phil Lewis 118 415 91 .219 1 30
OF Al Burch 123 456 111 .243 2 18
OF Harry Lumley 127 440 95 .216 4 39
OF Billy Maloney 113 359 70 .195 3 17

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
John Hummel 154 594 143 .241 4 41
Whitey Alperman 70 213 42 .197 1 15
Tommy McMillan 43 147 35 .238 0 3
Lew Ritter 38 99 19 .192 0 2
Tom Catterson 19 68 13 .191 1 2
Joe Dunn 20 64 11 .172 0 5
Alex Farmer 12 30 5 .167 0 2
Simmy Murch 6 11 2 .182 0 0

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
Nap Rucker 42 333.1 17 19 2.08 199
Kaiser Wilhelm 42 332.0 16 22 1.87 99
Harry McIntire 40 288.0 11 20 2.69 108
Jim Pastorius 28 213.2 4 20 2.44 54
George Bell 29 155.1 4 15 3.59 63

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
Abe Kruger 2 6.1 0 1 4.26 2

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
Jim Holmes 13 1 4 0 3.38 10
Pembroke Finlayson 1 0 0 0 135.00 0

Notes

  1. ^ "Doubles Team Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  2. ^ Tommy Sheehan page at Baseball Reference

References

External links


1908 MLB season by team
Los Angeles Dodgers
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