1908 in baseball

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See also

Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Japanese baseball

Sources

Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Almanac Baseball Library Baseball Reference National Pastime Wikipedia The Deadball Era

The following are the baseball events of the year 1908 throughout the world.  

Champions

• World Series: Chicago Cubs over Detroit Tigers (4-1)

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League Club Wins Losses Win %   GB Detroit Tigers 90 63 .588 -- Cleveland Naps 90 64 .584 0.5 Chicago White Sox 88 64 .579 1.5 St. Louis Browns 83 69 .546 6.5 Boston Red Sox 75 79 .487 15.5 Philadelphia Athletics 68 85 .444 22 Washington Senators 67 85 .441 22.5 New York Highlanders 51 103 .331 39.5

National League final standings

National League Club Wins Losses Win %   GB Chicago Cubs 99 55 .643 -- New York Giants 98 56 .636 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 98 56 .636 1 Philadelphia Phillies 83 71 .539 16 Cincinnati Reds 73 81 .474 26 Boston Doves 63 91 .409 36 Brooklyn Superbas 53 101 .344 46 St. Louis Cardinals 49 105 .318 50

Births

• February 2 - Wes Ferrell
• February 17 - Red Barber
• February 23 - Ray Brown
• March 19 - Gee Walker
• April 6 - Ernie Lombardi
• May 9 - Billy Jurges
• June 20 - Billy Werber
• July 14 - Johnny Murphy
• August 20 - Al Lopez
• October 17 - Red Rolfe
• November 21 - Paul Richards
• November 26 - Lefty Gómez
• December 25 - Ben Chapman
• December 25 - Jo-Jo Moore

Deaths

• April 10 - Mike Griffin, 43, center fielder for Baltimore and Brooklyn who batted .300 six times, scored 100 runs ten times; led league in runs and doubles once each
• April 20 - Henry Chadwick, 83, the "Father of Baseball," who through his writings, analysis of statistics and service in developing the sport's rules played a principal role in establishing baseball as the "national pastime"; devised the box score, developed scoring system which enabled recording of every play, authored the first rule book in 1858, and created statistics including batting average and earned run average; worked to revise sport's rules so as to balance offense and defense, and to increase mental demands as well as physical ones
• September 18 - Dickey Pearce, 72, shortstop in the sport's earliest era whose career spanned the years 1856 to 1877; introduced the bunt and pioneered defensive play at his position, later became an umpire