1908 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Browns 1908 American League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 83–69 (.546) 4th Robert Hedges Jimmy McAleer 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. Offseason October 5, 1907: Ollie Pickering was traded by the Browns to the Washington Senators for Charlie Jones.Charlie Jones page at Baseball Reference 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.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, 978-0-06-088937-1 Season standings St. Louis Browns Record vs. opponents STL 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 Tom Jones (baseball) 155 549 135 .246 1 50 2B Jimmy Williams Jimmy Williams (second baseman) 148 539 127 .236 4 53 SS Bobby Wallace Bobby Wallace (baseball) 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 George Stone (outfielder) 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 Charlie Jones (outfielder) 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 Syd Smith (baseball) 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 Harry Howell (baseball) 41 324.1 18 18 1.89 117 Rube Waddell 43 285.2 19 14 1.89 232 Jack Powell Jack Powell (pitcher, born 1874) 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 Bill Bailey (pitcher) 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 2 References 1908 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1908 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Browns seasons Saint Louis Browns season St Louis