# 1908 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1908 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing sixth in the American League with a record of 68 wins and 85 losses.

## Preseason
### 1908 Philadelphia City Series

The Athletics played four games against the Philadelphia Phillies for the local championship in the pre-season city series. The Athletics defeated the Phillies 3 games to 1.
AL Philadelphia Athletics (3) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | April 3, 1908 | No Game - Cold | Philadelphia Ball Park | - | - |
| 2 | April 4, 1908 | No Game - Cold | Columbia Park | - | - |
| 3 | April 6, 1908 | Philadelphia Athletics – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 0 | Philadelphia Ball Park | 1:45 | 9,108 |
| 4 | April 7, 1908 | Philadelphia Phillies – 6, Philadelphia Athletics – 7 | Columbia Park | 1:47 | - |
| 5 | April 8, 1908 | No Game - Rain | Philadelphia Ball Park | - | - |
| 6 | April 9, 1908 | Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 0 | Columbia Park | 1:42 | 5,246 |
| 7 | April 10, 1908 | No Game - Rain | Philadelphia Ball Park | - | - |
| 8 | April 11, 1908 | Philadelphia Athletics – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 0 | Philadelphia Ball Park | 1:45 | 10,953 |
The A's record against the Phillies was 21–20 all time after the 1908 series.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | Ossee Schreckengost | 71 | 207 | 46 | .222 | 0 | 16 |
| 1B | Harry Davis | 147 | 513 | 127 | .248 | 5 | 62 |
| 2B | Eddie Collins | 102 | 330 | 90 | .273 | 1 | 40 |
| SS | Simon Nicholls | 150 | 550 | 119 | .216 | 4 | 31 |
| 3B | Jimmy Collins | 115 | 433 | 94 | .217 | 0 | 30 |
| OF | Topsy Hartsel | 129 | 460 | 112 | .243 | 4 | 29 |
| OF | Rube Oldring | 116 | 434 | 96 | .221 | 1 | 39 |
| OF | Danny Murphy | 142 | 525 | 139 | .265 | 4 | 66 |

#### 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 Coombs | 78 | 220 | 56 | .255 | 1 | 23 |
| Doc Powers | 62 | 172 | 31 | .180 | 0 | 7 |
| Jack Barry | 40 | 135 | 30 | .222 | 0 | 8 |
| Socks Seybold | 48 | 130 | 28 | .215 | 0 | 3 |
| Syd Smith | 46 | 128 | 26 | .203 | 1 | 10 |
| Frank Manush | 23 | 77 | 12 | .156 | 0 | 0 |
| Herbie Moran | 19 | 59 | 9 | .153 | 0 | 4 |
| Scotty Barr | 19 | 56 | 8 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Lapp | 13 | 35 | 5 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Amos Strunk | 12 | 34 | 8 | .235 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Baker | 9 | 31 | 9 | .290 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Fox | 9 | 30 | 6 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Shag Shaughnessy | 8 | 29 | 9 | .310 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Jackson | 5 | 23 | 3 | .130 | 0 | 3 |
| Bert Blue | 6 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Egan | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 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 |
| Rube Vickers | 53 | 317.0 | 18 | 19 | 2.21 | 156 |
| Eddie Plank | 34 | 244.2 | 14 | 16 | 2.17 | 135 |
| Jimmy Dygert | 41 | 238.2 | 11 | 15 | 2.87 | 164 |
| Jack Coombs | 26 | 153.0 | 7 | 5 | 2.00 | 80 |
| Chief Bender | 18 | 138.2 | 8 | 9 | 1.75 | 85 |
| Biff Schlitzer | 24 | 131.0 | 6 | 8 | 3.16 | 57 |
| Al Kellogg | 3 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.82 | 8 |
| Doc Martin | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Nick Carter | 14 | 60.2 | 2 | 5 | 2.97 | 17 |
| Jack Flater | 5 | 39.1 | 1 | 3 | 2.06 | 8 |
| Harry Krause | 4 | 21.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.57 | 10 |
| Gus Salve | 2 | 15.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.11 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Bert Maxwell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.08 | 7 |
| Eddie Files | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 6 |