1908 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNational Park
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersThomas C. Noyes
ManagersJoe Cantillon
← 1907 Seasons 1909 →

The 1908 Washington Senators won 67 games, lost 85, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Cantillon and played home games at National Park.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 90 63 0.588 — 44–33 46–30
Cleveland Naps 90 64 0.584 ½ 51–26 39–38
Chicago White Sox 88 64 0.579 1½ 51–25 37–39
St. Louis Browns 83 69 0.546 6½ 46–31 37–38
Boston Red Sox 75 79 0.487 15½ 37–40 38–39
Philadelphia Athletics 68 85 0.444 22 46–30 22–55
Washington Senators 67 85 0.441 22½ 43–32 24–53
New York Highlanders 51 103 0.331 39½ 30–47 21–56

Record vs. opponents

1908 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 6–16–1 10–12 11–11 12–10 10–12 15–7 11–11
Chicago 16–6–1 — 8–14–1 9–13 16–6 13–9 11–10 15–6–2
Cleveland 12–10 14–8–1 — 13–9 16–6 16–6–1 11–11–1 8–14
Detroit 11–11 13–9 9–13 — 15–7 14–8–1 12–10 16–5
New York 10–12 6–16 6–16 7–15 — 8–14–1 5–17 9–13
Philadelphia 12–10 9–13 6–16–1 8–14–1 14–8–1 — 8–13–1 11–11
St. Louis 7–15 10–11 11–11–1 10–12 17–5 13–8–1 — 15–7–1
Washington 11–11 6–15–2 14–8 5–16 13–9 11–11 7–15–1 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1908 Washington Senators
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 Gabby Street 131 394 81 .206 1 32
1B Jerry Freeman 154 531 134 .252 1 45
2B Jim Delahanty 83 287 91 .317 1 30
SS George McBride 155 518 120 .232 0 34
3B Bill Shipke 111 341 71 .208 0 20
OF Ollie Pickering 113 373 84 .225 2 30
OF Bob Ganley 150 549 131 .239 1 36
OF Clyde Milan 130 485 116 .239 1 32

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
Otis Clymer 110 368 93 .253 1 35
Bob Unglaub 72 276 85 .308 0 29
Dave Altizer 67 205 46 .224 0 18
Jack Warner 51 116 28 .239 1 32
Bob Edmundson 26 80 15 .188 0 2
Mike Kahoe 17 27 5 .185 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
Tom Hughes 43 276.1 18 15 2.21 165
Walter Johnson 36 256.1 14 14 1.65 160
Charlie Smith 26 183.0 9 13 2.41 83
Bill Burns 23 164.0 6 11 1.70 55
Jesse Tannehill 10 71.2 2 4 3.77 14
Roy Witherup 6 48.1 2 4 2.98 31

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
Burt Keeley 28 169.0 6 11 2.98 68
Eli Cates 19 113.2 4 8 2.53 33
Cy Falkenberg 17 82.2 6 2 1.96 34
Casey Patten 4 18.0 0 2 3.50 6
Hank Gehring 3 5.0 0 1 14.40 0

Notes

  1. ^ Charlie Jones page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Case Patten page at Baseball Reference

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