1908 Washington Senators season

1908 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Thomas C. Noyes
Manager(s) Joe Cantillon
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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

Notable transactions

Roster

1908 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers
  • Bill Burns
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 Street, GabbyGabby Street 131 394 81 .206 1 32
OF Pickering, OllieOllie Pickering 113 373 84 .225 2 30

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
Warner, JackJack Warner 51 116 28 .239 1 32

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
Hughes, TomTom Hughes 43 276.1 18 15 2.21 165
Burns, BillBill Burns 23 164 6 11 1.70 55
Tannehill, JesseJesse Tannehill 10 71.2 2 4 3.77 14
Patten, CaseyCasey Patten 4 18 0 2 3.50 6

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
Cates, EliEli Cates 19 113.2 4 8 2.53 33
Falkenberg, CyCy Falkenberg 17 82.2 6 2 1.96 34

Notes

References