1908 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1908 American League South Side Park Chicago, Illinois 88 64 y 3rd Charles Comiskey Fielder Jones The 1908 season was the eighth 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.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, 978-0-06-088937-1 Despite ace pitcher Ed Walsh going an incredible 40–15 in 1908,https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walshed01.shtml Ed Walsh Stats the Sox could only muster a third-place finish in the American League standings, behind Detroit and Cleveland, ultimately finishing 88–64. The White Sox hit only three home runs for the entire season, the lowest total for a major league team in the modern era (since 1901). Regular season Season standings Chicago White Sox Record vs. opponents CWS Roster 1908 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Nick Altrock Lou Fiene Moxie Manuel Andy Nelson Fred Olmstead Frank Owen Frank Smith Ed Walsh Doc White Catchers Ossee Schreckengost Al Shaw Billy Sullivan Art Weaver Infielders Jake Atz George Davis Jiggs Donahue Frank Isbell Freddy Parent Billy Purtell Lee Tannehill Outfielders John Anderson Patsy Dougherty Ed Hahn Fielder Jones Manager Fielder Jones 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 Billy Sullivan Billy Sullivan (baseball, born 1875) 137 430 82 .191 0 29 1B Jiggs Donahue 93 304 62 .204 0 22 2B George Davis George Davis (baseball) 128 419 91 .217 0 26 SS Freddy Parent 119 391 81 .207 0 35 3B Lee Tannehill 141 482 104 .216 0 35 OF Ed Hahn 122 447 112 .251 0 21 OF Patsy Dougherty 138 482 134 .278 0 45 OF Fielder 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 John Anderson John Anderson (outfielder) 123 355 93 .262 0 47 Frank Isbell 84 320 79 .247 1 49 Jake Atz 83 206 40 .194 0 27 Billy Purtell 26 69 9 .130 0 3 Al Shaw Al Shaw (catcher) 32 49 4 .082 0 2 Art Weaver 15 35 7 .200 0 1 Ossee Schreckengost 6 16 3 .188 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 Ed Walsh 66 464.0 40 15 1.42 269 Frank Smith Frank Smith (1900s pitcher) 41 297.2 16 17 2.03 129 Doc White 41 296.0 18 13 2.55 126 Lou Fiene 1 9.0 0 1 4.00 3 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 Frank Owen Frank Owen (baseball) 25 140.0 6 7 3.41 48 Nick Altrock 23 136.0 5 7 2.71 21 Moxie Manuel 18 60.1 3 4 3.28 25 Andy Nelson Andy Nelson (baseball) 2 9.0 0 0 2.00 1 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 Fred Olmstead 1 0 0 0 13.50 1 Notes 2 References 1908 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago White Sox Category:1900s in Chicago