1908 St. Louis Browns season

The 1908 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 83 wins and 69 losses.

1908 St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	83–69 (.546)
League place	4th
Owners	Robert Hedges
Managers	Jimmy McAleer
← 1907 Seasons 1909 →

Offseason

• October 5, 1907: Ollie Pickering was traded by the Browns to the Washington Senators for Charlie Jones.^[1]

Regular season

• In April 1908, the Browns played the St. Louis Cardinals in an exhibition game to raise money for former Cardinals owner Chris von der Ahe. The clubs raised $4,300.^[2]

Season standings

v t e 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 v t e 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	—

Roster

1908 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Bill Bailey Bill Dinneen Bill Grahame Harry Howell Barney Pelty Jack Powell Rube Waddell		Catchers Bert Blue Syd Smith Tubby Spencer Jim Stephens Infielders Hobe Ferris Tom Jones Bobby Wallace Jimmy Williams Joe Yeager		Outfielders Dode Criss Roy Hartzell Emmet Heidrick Danny Hoffman Charlie Jones Al Schweitzer George Stone		Manager Jimmy McAleer

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	Tubby Spencer	91	286	60	.210	0	28
1B	Tom Jones	155	549	135	.246	1	50
2B	Jimmy Williams	148	539	127	.236	4	53
SS	Bobby Wallace	137	487	123	.253	1	60
3B	Hobe Ferris	148	555	150	.270	2	74
OF	Roy Hartzell	115	422	112	.265	2	32
OF	George Stone	148	588	165	.281	5	31
OF	Danny Hoffman	99	363	91	.251	1	25

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
Charlie Jones	74	263	61	.232	0	17
Al Schweitzer	64	182	53	.291	1	14
Jim Stephens	47	150	30	.200	0	6
Emmet Heidrick	26	93	20	.215	1	6
Dode Criss	64	82	28	.341	0	14
Syd Smith	27	76	14	.184	0	5
Bert Blue	11	24	9	.375	0	1
Joe Yeager	10	15	5	.333	0	1

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
Harry Howell	41	324.1	18	18	1.89	117
Rube Waddell	43	285.2	19	14	1.89	232
Jack Powell	33	256.0	16	13	2.11	85

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
Bill Dinneen	27	167.0	14	7	2.10	39
Barney Pelty	20	122.0	7	4	1.99	36
Bill Grahame	21	117.1	6	7	2.30	47
Bill Bailey	22	106.2	3	5	3.04	42

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
Dode Criss	9	0	1	0	6.50	9

Notes

1. Charlie Jones page at Baseball Reference
2. Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 164, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1

References

• 1908 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1908 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com