1908 Brooklyn Superbas season

1908 Brooklyn Superbas
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Owner(s) Charles Ebbets, Henry Medicus
Manager(s) Patsy 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]

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
Pittsburg 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 Records

Sources:

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
Pittsburg 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 Bergen, BillBill Bergen 99 302 53 .175 0 15
1B Jordan, TimTim Jordan 148 515 127 .247 12 60
2B Pattee, HarryHarry Pattee 80 264 57 .216 0 9
3B Sheehan, TommyTommy Sheehan 146 468 100 .214 0 29
SS Lewis, PhilPhil Lewis
OF Burch, AlAl Burch
OF Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley
OF Maloney, BillyBilly Maloney

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
Hummel, JohnJohn Hummel
Alperman, WhiteyWhitey Alperman
McMillan, TommyTommy McMillan
Ritter, LewLew Ritter
Catterson, TomTom Catterson
Dunn, JoeJoe Dunn 20 64 11 .172 0 5
Farmer, AlexAlex Farmer
Murch, SimmySimmy 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
Wilhelm, KaiserKaiser Wilhelm
McIntire, HarryHarry McIntire
Rucker, NapNap Rucker
Pastorius, JimJim Pastorius
Bell, GeorgeGeorge 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
Kruger, AbeAbe Kruger

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
Holmes, JimJim Holmes 13 1 4 0 3.38 10
Finlayson, PembrokePembroke 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

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