1908 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 90-63
Finished 1st in the AL
Attendance: 436,199, Avg. 5,771
Ballpark: Bennett Park
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to Chicago Cubs 4-1
Manager: Hughie Jennings (90-63)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1908 Detroit Tigers Roster
1908 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1908 season with a record of 90 wins and 63 losses, finishing first in the AL.

The Tigers plated 647 runs, tops in the circuit. Detroit conceded 547 runs. Ty Cobb recorded 108 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .324. Ed Summers recorded 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Ed Willett, Bill Donovan and George Mullin each added 15 or more wins, too Ed Summers recorded a 1.64 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Hughie Jennings coached the team. The 1908 Detroit Tigers won the League Championship Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Ed Summers	24	12	.667	1.64	40	32	8	23	5	1	301.0	271	112	55	3	55	103	20	1	5	1195
Bill Donovan	18	7	.720	2.08	29	28	1	25	6	0	242.7	210	78	56	2	53	141	6	0	3	967
George Mullin	17	13	.567	3.10	39	30	8	26	1	0	290.7	301	142	100	1	71	121	7	0	12	1187
Ed Willett	15	8	.652	2.28	30	23	7	18	2	1	197.3	186	67	50	2	60	77	14	0	10	786
Ed Killian	12	9	.571	2.99	27	23	4	15	0	1	180.7	170	78	60	3	53	47	8	0	1	736
Ed Siever	2	6	.250	3.50	11	9	2	4	1	0	61.7	74	37	24	0	13	23	0	0	1	258
George Suggs	1	1	.500	1.67	6	1	3	1	0	1	27.0	32	8	5	0	2	8	0	0	0	109
George Winter	1	5	.167	1.60	7	6	1	5	0	1	56.3	49	19	10	0	7	25	3	0	0	214
Herm Malloy	0	2	.000	3.71	3	2	1	2	0	0	17.0	20	11	7	1	4	8	2	0	1	78
Totals	90	63	.588	2.40	192	154	35	119	15	5	1374.3	1313	552	367	12	318	553	60	1	33	5530

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Ty Cobb	150	635	580	88	188	36	20	4	108	39	34	42	.324	.368	.476	.844	276	6	15
Sam Crawford	152	654	591	102	184	33	16	7	80	15	37	28	.311	.355	.457	.812	270	3	23
Matty McIntyre	151	672	569	105	168	24	13	0	28	20	83	63	.295	.392	.383	.775	218	7	13
Claude Rossman	138	571	524	45	154	33	13	2	71	8	27	50	.294	.330	.418	.748	219	1	19
Germany Schaefer	153	665	584	96	151	20	10	3	52	40	37	75	.259	.304	.342	.646	200	1	43
Boss Schmidt	122	454	419	45	111	14	3	1	38	5	16	21	.265	.297	.320	.617	134	3	16
Bill Coughlin	119	450	405	32	87	5	1	0	23	10	23	47	.215	.269	.232	.501	94	7	15
Red Downs	84	303	289	28	64	10	3	1	35	2	5	43	.221	.237	.287	.524	83	1	8
Charley O'Leary	65	231	211	21	53	9	3	0	17	4	9	16	.251	.295	.322	.617	68	4	7
George Mullin	55	137	125	13	32	2	2	1	8	2	7	27	.256	.306	.328	.634	41	2	3
Ira Thomas	40	108	101	6	31	1	0	0	8	0	5	10	.307	.346	.317	.663	32	1	1
Davy Jones	56	138	121	17	25	2	1	0	10	11	13	9	.207	.284	.240	.523	29	0	4
Donie Bush	20	79	68	13	20	1	1	0	4	2	7	11	.294	.360	.338	.698	23	0	4
Red Killefer	28	85	75	9	16	1	0	0	11	4	3	10	.213	.253	.227	.480	17	1	6
Ed Summers	40	117	113	6	14	2	0	0	5	0	0	37	.124	.124	.142	.265	16	0	4
Bill Donovan	30	93	82	5	13	1	0	0	2	2	10	26	.159	.250	.171	.421	14	0	1
Ed Willett	30	70	67	4	11	1	0	0	8	0	0	19	.164	.176	.179	.356	12	1	2
Ed Killian	28	73	73	5	10	3	0	0	6	0	0	10	.137	.137	.178	.315	13	0	0
Herm Malloy	3	9	9	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	3	0	0
Ed Siever	11	19	18	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	3	0	1
Fred Payne	20	55	45	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	.067	.176	.067	.243	3	3	4
George Suggs	6	12	10	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	.200	.273	.300	.573	3	0	1
Clay Perry	7	18	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.118	.167	.118	.284	2	1	0
George Winter	7	20	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	2	0	2
Totals	1515	5668	5114	644	1347	199	86	19	520	165	320	558	.263	.312	.347	.659	1775	42	192

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Claude Rossman	1B	138	138	1223.0	1429	102	29	70	.981	11.267	11.094	0	0	0
Sam Crawford	1B	17	16	153.0	176	13	6	12	.969	11.118	11.118	0	0	0
Red Downs	2B	82	80	730.0	180	265	36	24	.925	5.486	5.427	0	0	0
Germany Schaefer	2B	58	60	509.0	122	160	15	22	.949	4.986	4.862	0	0	0
Red Killefer	2B	16	14	134.0	30	35	3	7	.956	4.366	4.063	0	0	0
Charley O'Leary	2B	1	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	1.000	0	0	0
Bill Coughlin	3B	119	119	1025.0	120	214	21	12	.941	2.933	2.807	0	0	0
Germany Schaefer	3B	29	27	259.0	35	65	5	1	.952	3.475	3.448	0	0	0
Clay Perry	3B	7	4	51.0	7	10	3	1	.850	3.000	2.429	0	0	0
Red Killefer	3B	4	4	30.0	1	6	4	1	.636	2.100	1.750	0	0	0
Red Downs	3B	1	0	2.0	1	1	0	1	1.000	9.000	2.000	0	0	0
Boss Schmidt	C	121	113	1026.0	541	184	37	12	.951	6.360	5.992	5	115	129	52.9
Ira Thomas	C	29	26	228.0	124	15	4	3	.972	5.487	4.793	1	39	11	22.0
Fred Payne	C	17	15	122.0	52	10	3	1	.954	4.574	3.647	1	15	7	31.8
Matty McIntyre	OF	151	151	1343.0	329	17	8	4	.977	2.319	2.291	0	0	0
Ty Cobb	OF	150	150	1329.0	212	23	14	5	.944	1.591	1.567	0	0	0
Sam Crawford	OF	134	135	1192.0	252	9	8	2	.970	1.971	1.948	0	0	0
Davy Jones	OF	32	26	263.0	67	5	3	2	.960	2.464	2.250	0	0	0
Fred Payne	OF	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	2.000	0	0	0
Ed Summers	P	40	32	301.0	20	90	7	2	.940	3.289	2.750	0	0	0
George Mullin	P	39	30	291.0	21	102	5	2	.961	3.804	3.154	0	0	0
Bill Donovan	P	29	28	243.0	16	39	5	0	.917	2.037	1.897	0	0	0
Ed Willett	P	30	23	197.0	14	81	4	3	.960	4.340	3.167	0	0	0
Ed Killian	P	27	23	181.0	15	71	3	0	.966	4.276	3.185	0	0	0
Ed Siever	P	11	9	62.0	5	16	2	0	.913	3.048	1.909	0	0	0
George Winter	P	7	6	56.0	6	22	5	1	.848	4.500	4.000	0	0	0
George Suggs	P	6	1	27.0	0	4	0	1	1.000	1.333	.667	0	0	0
Herm Malloy	P	3	2	17.0	2	10	1	0	.923	6.353	4.000	0	0	0
Germany Schaefer	SS	68	66	597.0	162	254	37	35	.918	6.271	6.118	0	0	0
Charley O'Leary	SS	64	62	540.0	130	179	27	15	.920	5.150	4.828	0	0	0
Donie Bush	SS	20	19	177.0	42	63	7	9	.938	5.339	5.250	0	0	0
Red Killefer	SS	7	7	63.0	17	13	5	1	.857	4.286	4.286	0	0	0
Totals		1458	1386	12376.0	4131	2078	307	249	.953	4.515	4.259	7	169	147	46.5

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF
George Mullin	WS	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	9.0	7	3	0	0	1	8	0	33
George Winter	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	5
Ed Killian	WS	0	0		11.57	1	1	0	0	2.3	5	4	3	0	3	1	0	15
Bill Donovan	WS	0	2	.000	4.24	2	2	0	2	17.0	17	8	8	1	4	10	1	67
Ed Summers	WS	0	2	.000	4.30	2	1	1	0	14.7	18	8	7	0	4	7	0	66
Totals		1	4	.200	3.68	7	5	2	3	44.0	48	24	18	1	13	26	1	186

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
Ty Cobb	WS	5	21	19	3	7	1	4	2	1	1	2	.368	.400	.421	.821	8	0	0	1	0
Sam Crawford	WS	5	22	21	2	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	.238	.273	.286	.558	6	1	0	0	0
Matty McIntyre	WS	5	22	18	2	4	1	0	1	0	3	2	.222	.364	.278	.641	5	0	1	0	0
Charley O'Leary	WS	5	20	19	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.211	.211	.211	.421	4	0	0	1	0
Claude Rossman	WS	5	20	19	3	4	0	3	0	0	1	4	.211	.250	.211	.461	4	1	0	0	0
Ira Thomas	WS	2	5	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	3	0	0	0	0
Germany Schaefer	WS	5	18	16	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	4	.125	.176	.125	.301	2	0	0	1	0
George Mullin	WS	1	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0
Ed Summers	WS	2	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0
Red Downs	WS	2	7	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.333	.619	2	0	0	0	0
Bill Coughlin	WS	3	10	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.125	.200	.125	.325	1	0	1	0	1
Boss Schmidt	WS	4	14	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	.071	.071	.071	.143	1	0	0	0	0
Bill Donovan	WS	2	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	1	0
Davy Jones	WS	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Killian	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
George Winter	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Totals		52	177	158	15	33	5	14	5	2	12	26	.209	.272	.241	.512	38	2	2	4	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB
Claude Rossman	WS	1B	5	5	44.0	48	5	2	4	.964	1.841	1.600	0
Germany Schaefer	WS	2B	3	3	27.0	10	8	0	3	1.000	6.000	6.000	0
Red Downs	WS	2B	2	2	17.0	2	8	1	1	.909	5.294	5.000	0
Bill Coughlin	WS	3B	3	3	27.0	3	6	1	1	.900	3.000	3.000	0
Germany Schaefer	WS	3B	2	2	17.0	1	3	1	0	.800	2.118	2.000	0
Boss Schmidt	WS	C	4	4	35.0	22	7	0	1	1.000	7.457	7.250	1
Ira Thomas	WS	C	1	1	9.0	9	2	0	0	1.000	11.000	11.000	0
Sam Crawford	WS	CF	5	5	44.0	16	0	0	0	1.000	3.273	3.200	0
Matty McIntyre	WS	LF	5	5	44.0	10	0	1	0	.909	2.045	2.000	0
Bill Donovan	WS	P	2	2	17.0	1	2	1	0	.750	1.588	1.500	0
Ed Summers	WS	P	2	1	14.7	0	7	0	0	1.000	4.295	3.500	0
George Mullin	WS	P	1	1	9.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0
Ed Killian	WS	P	1	1	2.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.857	1.000	0
George Winter	WS	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Ty Cobb	WS	RF	5	5	44.0	3	0	1	0	.750	.614	.600	0
Charley O'Leary	WS	SS	5	5	44.0	7	12	1	3	.950	3.886	3.800	0
Totals			47	45	396.0	132	62	9	13	.956	4.409	4.128	1

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