1908 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1908 American League champions American League Bennett Park Detroit, Michigan 90 63 y 1st William H. Yawkey and Frank Navin Hughie Jennings thumb|right|Some members of the team, shown on baseball cards. Sheet of eight postcards featuring Detroit baseball players: Summers (Pitcher); Willett (Pitcher). McIntyre (Left Field); Downs (Second Base); Schmidt (Catcher); Schaefer (Third Base); Rossman (First Base) and O'Leary (Short Stop). The 1908 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team won the American League championship by means of a scheduling quirk, finishing just one-half game ahead of the Cleveland Naps. The two teams won the same number of games, but the Tigers completed and lost one fewer. They then lost to the Chicago Cubs in the 1908 World Series. Regular season The early part of the season was defined in part by Ty Cobb's contract dispute with the team. He claimed that the owners had too much power. Eventually Cobb settled for a $4,800 contract.Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 71, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, 978-0-06-088937-1 After opening day, the Tigers averaged only 4,400 fans per game. Season standings Detroit Tigers Record vs. opponents DET Roster 1908 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Bill Donovan Ed Killian Herm Malloy George Mullin Ed Siever George Suggs Ed Summers Ed Willett George Winter Catchers Fred Payne Boss Schmidt Ira Thomas Infielders Donie Bush Bill Coughlin Red Downs Red Killefer Charley O'Leary Clay Perry Claude Rossman Germany Schaefer Outfielders Ty Cobb Sam Crawford Davy Jones Matty McIntyre Manager Hughie Jennings 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 Boss Schmidt 122 419 111 .265 1 38 1B Claude Rossman 138 524 154 .294 2 71 2B Red Downs 84 289 64 .221 1 35 SS Germany Schaefer 153 584 151 .259 3 52 3B Bill Coughlin 119 405 87 .215 0 23 OF Sam Crawford 152 591 184 .311 7 80 OF Matty McIntyre 151 569 168 .295 0 28 OF Ty Cobb 150 581 188 .324 4 108 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 Charley O'Leary 65 211 53 .251 0 17 Davy Jones Davy Jones (baseball) 56 121 25 .207 0 10 Ira Thomas 40 101 31 .307 0 10 Red Killefer 28 75 16 .213 0 11 Donie Bush 20 68 20 .290 0 4 Fred Payne Fred Payne (baseball) 20 45 3 .067 0 2 Clay Perry Clay Perry (baseball) 7 17 2 .118 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 Summers 40 301.0 24 12 1.64 103 George Mullin George Mullin (baseball) 39 290.2 17 13 3.10 121 Bill Donovan 29 242.2 18 7 2.08 141 Ed Willett 30 197.1 15 8 2.28 77 Ed Killian 27 180.2 12 9 2.99 47 Ed Siever 11 61.2 2 6 3.50 23 George Winter George Winter (baseball) 7 56.1 1 5 1.60 25 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 George Suggs 6 27.0 1 1 1.67 8 Herm Malloy 3 17.0 0 2 3.71 8 1908 World Series 1908 World Series Game 1 October 10, 1908, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan Team123456789RHEChicago (NL)00400010510142Detroit (AL)1000003206103W: Mordecai Brown (1–0)  L: Ed Summers (0–1) Game 2 October 11, 1908, at West Side Park in Chicago, Illinois Team123456789RHEDetroit (AL)000000001141Chicago (NL)00000006x670W: Orval Overall (1–0)  L: Bill Donovan (0–1)HR: CHC – Joe Tinker (1) Game 3 October 12, 1908, at West Side Park in Chicago, Illinois Team123456789RHEDetroit (AL)1000050208124Chicago (NL)000300000370W: George Mullin (1–0)  L: Jack Pfiester (0–1) Game 4 October 13, 1908, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan Team123456789RHEChicago (NL)0020000013100Detroit (AL)000000000041W: Mordecai Brown (2–0)  L: Ed Summers (0–2) Game 5 October 14, 1908, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan Team123456789RHEChicago (NL)1000100002100Detroit000000000030W: Orval Overall (2–0)  L: Bill Donovan (0–2) Notes References Baseball Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, N.C. Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1908 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Category:American League champion seasons Detroit Tigers Category:1908 in Detroit