1908 Chicago White Sox season
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| Owner(s) | Charles Comiskey |
| Manager(s) | Fielder Jones |
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The 1908 season was the ninth in Chicago White Sox history and its eighth as a major league team. Owner Charles Comiskey optioned land in the summer of 1908 for what would become Comiskey Park.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
| American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| 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
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| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NY | PHI | STL | 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 | — | |||||
Roster
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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 |
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| OF | Jones, FielderFielder Jones | 149 | 529 | 134 | .253 | 1 | 50 |
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 |
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| Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson | 123 | 355 | 93 | .262 | 0 | 47 |
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 |
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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 |
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| Altrock, NickNick Altrock | 23 | 136 | 5 | 7 | 2.71 | 21 |
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 |
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Notes
- ↑ Crazy ’08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 105, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1