1908 Washington Senators season

The 1908 Washington Senators won 67 games, lost 85, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Cantillon and played home games at National Park.

1908 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
National Park (since 1903) Washington, D.C. (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Thomas C. Noyes
Manager(s)	Joe Cantillon
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Offseason

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

Regular season

Season standings

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 Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	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	—

Notable transactions

• May 31, 1908: Casey Patten was traded by the Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Jesse Tannehill.[2]

Roster

1908 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Bill Burns Eli Cates Cy Falkenberg Hank Gehring Tom Hughes Walter Johnson Burt Keeley Casey Patten Charlie Smith Jesse Tannehill Roy Witherup		Catchers Mike Kahoe Gabby Street Jack Warner Infielders Dave Altizer Jim Delahanty Jerry Freeman George McBride Bill Shipke Bob Unglaub		Outfielders Otis Clymer Bob Edmundson Bob Ganley Clyde Milan Ollie Pickering		Manager Joe Cantillon

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	Gabby Street	131	394	81	.206	1	32
OF	Ollie Pickering	113	373	84	.225	2	30

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 Warner	51	116	28	.239	1	32

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
Tom Hughes	43	276.1	18	15	2.21	165
Bill Burns	23	164	6	11	1.70	55
Jesse Tannehill	10	71.2	2	4	3.77	14
Casey Patten	4	18	0	2	3.50	6

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
Eli Cates	19	113.2	4	8	2.53	33
Cy Falkenberg	17	82.2	6	2	1.96	34

Notes

1. Charlie Jones page at Baseball Reference
2. Case Patten page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1908 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1908 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com