1908 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1908 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1908

World Series Champions

Chicago Cubs

Runner Up

Detroit Tigers

Most Valuable Players

AL: NL:

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: NL:

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Teams

Players

436

Attendance

7,123,474

Payroll

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1908 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	4	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	153	90	63	.588	--	645	552	93	Lost World Series (Cubs)	436,199	7	---	Hughie Jennings	Bennett Park
2	2	5	Cleveland Naps	T - S - R	154	90	64	.584	0.5	570	466	104	dnq	422,262	8	---	Nap Lajoie	League Park
3	3	6	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	152	88	64	.579	1.5	535	479	56	dnq	636,096	3	---	Fielder Jones	South Side Park
4	4	7	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	152	83	69	.546	6.5	543	478	65	dnq	618,947	4	---	Jimmy McAleer	Sportsman's Park
5	5	9	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	154	75	79	.487	15.5	563	512	51	dnq	473,048	5	---	Deacon McGuire, Fred Lake	Huntington Avenue Grounds
6	6	11	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	153	68	85	.444	22.0	487	563	-76	dnq	455,062	6	---	Connie Mack	Columbia Park
7	7	12	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	152	67	85	.441	22.5	479	541	-62	dnq	264,252	14	---	Joe Cantillon	American League Park
8	8	15	New York Highlanders	T - S - R	154	51	103	.331	39.5	458	710	-252	dnq	305,500	12	---	Kid Elberfeld, Clark Griffith	Hilltop Park
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	154	99	55	.643	--	625	459	166	Won World Series (Tigers)	665,325	2	---	Frank Chance	West Side Grounds
2	3	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	154	98	56	.636	1.0	585	470	115	dnq	382,444	11	---	Fred Clarke	Exposition Park
3	2	3	New York Giants	T - S - R	154	98	56	.636	1.0	652	453	199	dnq	910,000	1	---	John McGraw	Polo Grounds
4	4	8	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	154	83	71	.539	16.0	503	444	59	dnq	420,660	9	---	Bill Murray	Baker Bowl
5	5	10	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	154	73	81	.474	26.0	488	537	-49	dnq	399,200	10	---	John Ganzel	Palace of the Fans
6	6	13	Boston Doves	T - S - R	154	63	91	.409	36.0	0	0	0	dnq	253,750	15	---	Joe Kelley	South End Grounds
7	7	14	Brooklyn Superbas	T - S - R	154	53	101	.344	46.0	375	514	-139	dnq	275,600	13	---	Patsy Donovan	Washington Park
8	8	16	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	154	49	105	.318	50.0	372	622	-250	dnq	205,129	16	---	John McCloskey	New Sportsman's Park
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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