# 1908 St. Louis Browns season

The 1908 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 83 wins and 69 losses.

## Offseason

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

## Regular season

* In April 1908, the Browns played the St. Louis Cardinals in an exhibition game to raise money for former Cardinals owner Chris von der Ahe. The clubs raised $4,300.

### 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 | — |

### 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 | Tubby Spencer | 91 | 286 | 60 | .210 | 0 | 28 |
| 1B | Tom Jones | 155 | 549 | 135 | .246 | 1 | 50 |
| 2B | Jimmy Williams | 148 | 539 | 127 | .236 | 4 | 53 |
| SS | Bobby Wallace | 137 | 487 | 123 | .253 | 1 | 60 |
| 3B | Hobe Ferris | 148 | 555 | 150 | .270 | 2 | 74 |
| OF | Roy Hartzell | 115 | 422 | 112 | .265 | 2 | 32 |
| OF | George Stone | 148 | 588 | 165 | .281 | 5 | 31 |
| OF | Danny Hoffman | 99 | 363 | 91 | .251 | 1 | 25 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Jones | 74 | 263 | 61 | .232 | 0 | 17 |
| Al Schweitzer | 64 | 182 | 53 | .291 | 1 | 14 |
| Jim Stephens | 47 | 150 | 30 | .200 | 0 | 6 |
| Emmet Heidrick | 26 | 93 | 20 | .215 | 1 | 6 |
| Dode Criss | 64 | 82 | 28 | .341 | 0 | 14 |
| Syd Smith | 27 | 76 | 14 | .184 | 0 | 5 |
| Bert Blue | 11 | 24 | 9 | .375 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Yeager | 10 | 15 | 5 | .333 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Harry Howell | 41 | 324.1 | 18 | 18 | 1.89 | 117 |
| Rube Waddell | 43 | 285.2 | 19 | 14 | 1.89 | 232 |
| Jack Powell | 33 | 256.0 | 16 | 13 | 2.11 | 85 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Dinneen | 27 | 167.0 | 14 | 7 | 2.10 | 39 |
| Barney Pelty | 20 | 122.0 | 7 | 4 | 1.99 | 36 |
| Bill Grahame | 21 | 117.1 | 6 | 7 | 2.30 | 47 |
| Bill Bailey | 22 | 106.2 | 3 | 5 | 3.04 | 42 |

#### 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 |
| Dode Criss | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.50 | 9 |