1908 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

Philadelphia Athletics
Season:	1908
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Columbia Park
City:	Philadelphia
Owners:	Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Managers:	Connie Mack

The 1908 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing sixth in the American League with a record of 68 wins and 85 losses.

Preseason

1908 Philadelphia City Series

The Athletics played four games against the Philadelphia Phillies for the local championship in the pre-season city series. The Athletics defeated the Phillies 3 games to 1.

The A's record against the Phillies was 21–20 all time after the 1908 series.

Regular season

Roster

1908 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	71	207	46	.222	0	16
1B	147	513	127	.248	5	62
2B	102	330	90	.273	1	40
SS	150	550	119	.216	4	31
3B	115	433	94	.217	0	30
OF	129	460	112	.243	4	29
OF	116	434	96	.221	1	39
OF	142	525	139	.265	4	66

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
78	220	56	.255	1	23
62	172	31	.180	0	7
40	135	30	.222	0	8
48	130	28	.215	0	3
46	128	26	.203	1	10
23	77	12	.156	0	0
19	59	9	.153	0	4
19	56	8	.143	0	1
13	35	5	.143	0	1
12	34	8	.235	0	0
9	31	9	.290	0	2
9	30	6	.200	0	0
8	29	9	.310	0	1
5	23	3	.130	0	3
6	18	3	.167	0	1
2	6	1	.167	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
53	317.0	18	19	2.21	156
34	244.2	14	16	2.17	135
41	238.2	11	15	2.87	164
26	153.0	7	5	2.00	80
18	138.2	8	9	1.75	85
24	131.0	6	8	3.16	57
3	17.0	0	2	5.82	8
1	2.0	0	1	13.50	2

Other pitchers