# 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.

## Offseason

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

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 90 | 63 | .588 | — | 44‍–‍33 | 46‍–‍30 |
| Cleveland Naps | 90 | 64 | .584 | ½ | 51‍–‍26 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Chicago White Sox | 88 | 64 | .579 | 1½ | 51‍–‍25 | 37‍–‍39 |
| St. Louis Browns | 83 | 69 | .546 | 6½ | 46‍–‍31 | 37‍–‍38 |
| Boston Red Sox | 75 | 79 | .487 | 15½ | 37‍–‍40 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 68 | 85 | .444 | 22 | 46‍–‍30 | 22‍–‍55 |
| Washington Senators | 67 | 85 | .441 | 22½ | 43‍–‍32 | 24‍–‍53 |
| New York Highlanders | 51 | 103 | .331 | 39½ | 30‍–‍47 | 21‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

1908 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | 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.

### Roster
## 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 |
| 1B | Jerry Freeman | 154 | 531 | 134 | .252 | 1 | 45 |
| 2B | Jim Delahanty | 83 | 287 | 91 | .317 | 1 | 30 |
| SS | George McBride | 155 | 518 | 120 | .232 | 0 | 34 |
| 3B | Bill Shipke | 111 | 341 | 71 | .208 | 0 | 20 |
| OF | Ollie Pickering | 113 | 373 | 84 | .225 | 2 | 30 |
| OF | Bob Ganley | 150 | 549 | 131 | .239 | 1 | 36 |
| OF | Clyde Milan | 130 | 485 | 116 | .239 | 1 | 32 |

#### 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 |
| Otis Clymer | 110 | 368 | 93 | .253 | 1 | 35 |
| Bob Unglaub | 72 | 276 | 85 | .308 | 0 | 29 |
| Dave Altizer | 67 | 205 | 46 | .224 | 0 | 18 |
| Jack Warner | 51 | 116 | 28 | .239 | 1 | 32 |
| Bob Edmundson | 26 | 80 | 15 | .188 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Kahoe | 17 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 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 |
| Tom Hughes | 43 | 276.1 | 18 | 15 | 2.21 | 165 |
| Walter Johnson | 36 | 256.1 | 14 | 14 | 1.65 | 160 |
| Charlie Smith | 26 | 183.0 | 9 | 13 | 2.41 | 83 |
| Bill Burns | 23 | 164.0 | 6 | 11 | 1.70 | 55 |
| Jesse Tannehill | 10 | 71.2 | 2 | 4 | 3.77 | 14 |
| Roy Witherup | 6 | 48.1 | 2 | 4 | 2.98 | 31 |

#### 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 |
| Burt Keeley | 28 | 169.0 | 6 | 11 | 2.98 | 68 |
| Eli Cates | 19 | 113.2 | 4 | 8 | 2.53 | 33 |
| Cy Falkenberg | 17 | 82.2 | 6 | 2 | 1.96 | 34 |
| Casey Patten | 4 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 3.50 | 6 |
| Hank Gehring | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 14.40 | 0 |