1908 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1908 Philadelphia Athletics Primary Logo (1902 to 1921).svg American League Columbia Park Philadelphia 68 85 y 6th Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough 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. AL Philadelphia Athletics (3) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1) No Game - Cold April 3, 1908 Philadelphia Ball Park April 4, 1908 Baseball Series to Begin Today Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 13 No Game - Cold April 4, 1908 Columbia Park April 5, 1908 Too Much Weather Again Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11 Philadelphia Athletics – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 0 April 6, 1908 Philadelphia Ball Park 1:45 9,108 April 7, 1908 Athletics Land The First Game, Score 5-0 Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 Philadelphia Phillies – 6, Philadelphia Athletics – 7 April 7, 1908 Columbia Park 1:47 April 8, 1908 Athletics Again Win From Phillies Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6 No Game - Rain April 8, 1908 Philadelphia Ball Park April 9, 1908 Rain Knocks Out Game Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 0 April 9, 1908 Columbia Park 1:42 5,246 April 10, 1908 Phillies Get One on Third Attempt Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 No Game - Rain April 10, 1908 Philadelphia Ball Park April 11, 1908 Rain Again Jolts Local Ball Clubs Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 Philadelphia Athletics – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 0 April 11, 1908 Philadelphia Ball Park 1:45 10,953 April 12, 1908 Athletics Are City Champions Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 14 The A's record against the Phillies was 21–20 all time after the 1908 series. Regular season Shoeless Joe Jackson made his major league debut with the Athletics at Columbia Park on August 25, 1908 in a 3-2 loss to Cleveland playing centerfield and batting fourth. Jackson had hit .346 in 1908 for the Class-D Carolina Association Greenville Spinners and his appearance was anticipated by the press and fans. Jackson came to bat with one out in the first with Topsy Hartsel on third and Eddie Collins on first to face Cleveland's Heinie Berger. "The youngster was given a kindly welcome by the fans and he acknowledged it by singling past Bradley, scoring Hartsel." Jackson would finish 1 for 4 in the game. August 26, 1908 Cleveland Copped the Final Game Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11 This is the only losing season in Athletics franchise history that was not part of consecutive losing seasons.https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/ Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Roster 1908 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Chief Bender Nick Carter Jimmy Dygert Eddie Files Jack Flater Al Kellogg Harry Krause Doc Martin Bert Maxwell Eddie Plank Gus Salve Biff Schlitzer Rube Vickers Catchers Bert Blue Ben Egan Jack Lapp Doc Powers Ossee Schreckengost Syd Smith Infielders Frank Baker Scotty Barr Jack Barry Eddie Collins Jimmy Collins Harry Davis Frank Manush Simon Nicholls Outfielders Jack Coombs Jack Fox Topsy Hartsel Joe Jackson Herbie Moran Danny Murphy Rube Oldring Socks Seybold Shag Shaughnessy Amos Strunk Manager Connie Mack 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 Ossee Schreckengost 71 207 46 .222 0 16 1B Harry Davis 147 513 127 .248 5 62 2B Eddie Collins 102 330 90 .273 1 40 SS Simon Nicholls Simon Nicholls (baseball) 150 550 119 .216 4 31 3B Jimmy Collins 115 433 94 .217 0 30 OF Topsy Hartsel 129 460 112 .243 4 29 OF Rube Oldring 116 434 96 .221 1 39 OF Danny Murphy 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Jack Coombs 78 220 56 .255 1 23 Doc Powers 62 172 31 .180 0 7 Jack Barry 40 135 30 .222 0 8 Socks Seybold 48 130 28 .215 0 3 Syd Smith 46 128 26 .203 1 10 Frank Manush 23 77 12 .156 0 0 Herbie Moran 19 59 9 .153 0 4 Scotty Barr 19 56 8 .143 0 1 Jack Lapp 13 35 5 .143 0 1 Amos Strunk 12 34 8 .235 0 0 Frank Baker Home Run Baker 9 31 9 .290 0 2 Jack Fox 9 30 6 .200 0 0 Shag Shaughnessy 8 29 9 .310 0 1 Joe Jackson Shoeless Joe Jackson 5 23 3 .130 0 3 Bert Blue 6 18 3 .167 0 1 Ben Egan 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO Rube Vickers 53 317.0 18 19 2.21 156 Eddie Plank 34 244.2 14 16 2.17 135 Jimmy Dygert 41 238.2 11 15 2.87 164 Jack Coombs 26 153.0 7 5 2.00 80 Chief Bender 18 138.2 8 9 1.75 85 Biff Schlitzer 24 131.0 6 8 3.16 57 Al Kellogg 3 17.0 0 2 5.82 8 Doc Martin 1 2.0 0 1 13.50 2 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 Nick Carter Nick Carter (baseball) 14 60.2 2 5 2.97 17 Jack Flater 5 39.1 1 3 2.06 8 Harry Krause 4 21.0 1 1 2.57 10 Gus Salve 2 15.1 0 1 4.11 6 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 Bert Maxwell 4 0 0 0 11.08 7 Eddie Files 2 0 0 0 6.00 6 Notes 2 References 1908 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1908 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Philadelphia Athletics Category:Long stubs with short prose Category:1900s in Philadelphia