1908 New York Highlanders Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 51-103
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 305,500, Avg. 4,493
Ballpark: Hilltop Park
Manager: Clark Griffith (24-32)
Manager: Kid Elberfeld (27-71)
Location: New York, New York

1908 New York Highlanders Roster
1908 New York Highlanders Results

The New York Highlanders of the American League ended the 1908 season with a record of 51 wins and 103 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.

The Highlanders scored 460 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 713 runs, most in the circuit. Charlie Hemphill accounted for 44 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .297 average. Jack Chesbro led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.93 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Clark Griffith and Kid Elberfeld coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Jack Chesbro	14	20	.412	2.93	45	31	13	20	3	1	288.7	276	134	94	6	67	124	14	11	1161
Rube Manning	13	16	.448	2.94	41	26	15	19	2	1	245.0	228	114	80	4	86	113	18	3	993
Joe Lake	9	22	.290	3.17	38	27	11	19	2	0	269.3	252	157	95	6	77	118	6	7	1126
Doc Newton	4	5	.444	2.95	23	13	7	6	1	1	88.3	78	52	29	0	41	49	7	4	370
Bill Hogg	4	16	.200	3.01	24	21	3	6	0	0	152.3	155	89	51	4	63	72	4	6	658
Pete Wilson	3	3	.500	3.46	6	6	0	4	1	0	39.0	27	16	15	0	33	28	1	1	175
Al Orth	2	13	.133	3.42	21	17	3	8	1	0	139.3	134	62	53	4	30	22	4	1	560
Slow Joe Doyle	1	1	.500	2.63	12	4	5	2	1	0	48.0	42	24	14	1	14	20	2	0	195
Jack Warhop	1	2	.333	4.46	5	4	1	3	0	0	36.3	40	19	18	0	8	11	4	0	149
Hal Chase	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Harry Billiard	0	0		2.65	6	0	6	0	0	0	17.0	15	15	5	1	14	10	5	1	83
Hippo Vaughn	0	0		3.86	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.3	1	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	10
Andy O'Connor	0	1	.000	10.13	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	15	11	9	0	7	5	3	0	45
Fred Glade	0	4	.000	4.22	5	5	0	2	0	0	32.0	30	18	15	0	14	11	4	1	127
Totals	51	103	.331	3.16	230	155	65	90	11	3	1366.0	1293	712	479	26	458	585	72	35	5653

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Charlie Hemphill	142	581	505	62	150	12	9	0	44	42	59	43	.297	.374	.356	.730	180	3	14
Wid Conroy	141	568	531	44	126	22	3	1	39	23	14	54	.237	.258	.296	.554	157	1	22
Neal Ball	132	484	446	35	110	16	2	0	38	32	21	91	.247	.284	.291	.575	130	2	15
Hal Chase	106	430	405	50	104	11	3	1	36	27	15	34	.257	.285	.306	.591	124	1	9
Harry Niles	95	400	361	43	90	14	6	4	24	18	25	29	.249	.305	.355	.660	128	4	10
Willie Keeler	91	380	323	38	85	3	1	1	14	14	31	10	.263	.337	.288	.625	93	5	21
George Moriarty	101	372	348	25	82	12	1	0	27	22	11	48	.236	.269	.276	.545	96	5	8
Jake Stahl	75	302	274	34	70	18	5	2	42	17	11	43	.255	.304	.380	.683	104	8	9
Red Kleinow	96	312	279	16	47	3	2	1	13	5	22	31	.168	.237	.204	.441	57	3	8
Walter Blair	76	230	211	9	40	5	1	1	13	4	11	31	.190	.237	.237	.474	50	2	6
Frank LaPorte	39	158	145	7	38	3	4	1	15	3	8	12	.262	.301	.359	.659	52	0	5
Irish McIlveen	44	188	169	17	36	3	3	0	8	6	14	14	.213	.277	.266	.543	45	1	4
Frank Delahanty	37	137	125	12	32	1	2	0	10	9	10	13	.256	.316	.296	.612	37	1	1
Jimmy O'Rourke	34	115	108	5	25	1	0	0	3	4	4	16	.231	.259	.241	.500	26	0	3
Birdie Cree	21	88	78	5	21	0	2	0	4	1	7	12	.269	.345	.321	.665	25	2	1
Joe Lake	45	114	112	6	21	4	1	1	8	2	1	26	.188	.195	.268	.463	30	0	1
Al Orth	38	73	69	4	20	1	2	0	4	0	2	7	.290	.310	.362	.672	25	0	2
Jack Chesbro	45	106	102	8	18	2	1	0	6	0	0	23	.176	.184	.216	.400	22	1	3
Rube Manning	44	95	91	7	17	2	2	0	4	1	3	22	.187	.213	.253	.466	23	0	1
Earle Gardner	20	80	75	7	16	2	0	0	4	0	1	6	.213	.234	.240	.474	18	1	3
Ed Sweeney	32	89	82	4	12	2	0	0	2	0	5	14	.146	.195	.171	.366	14	0	2
Kid Elberfeld	19	69	56	11	11	3	0	0	5	1	6	3	.196	.328	.250	.578	14	5	2
Mike Donovan	5	19	19	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	.263	.263	.316	.579	6	0	0
Doc Newton	23	28	25	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	12	.160	.222	.200	.422	5	0	1
Bill Hogg	24	45	43	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	15	.093	.114	.093	.207	4	0	1
Slow Joe Doyle	12	16	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.214	.313	.214	.527	3	0	0
Harry Billiard	6	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0
Pete Wilson	7	17	14	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.071	.188	.071	.259	1	0	1
Jack Warhop	6	16	16	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	.063	.063	.063	.125	1	0	0
Andy O'Connor	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Fred Glade	5	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Hippo Vaughn	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Totals	1564	5532	5046	459	1190	142	50	13	372	231	288	639	.236	.283	.292	.575	1471	45	153

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Hal Chase	1B	98	98	856.0	1020	54	22	35	.980	11.292	1.959	0	0	0
George Moriarty	1B	52	50	437.0	544	26	14	27	.976	11.739	1.962	0	0	0
Jake Stahl	1B	6	6	52.0	67	3	1	0	.986	12.115	11.667	0	0	0
Walter Blair	1B	3	0	10.0	9	1	0	0	1.000	9.000	3.333	0	0	0
Ed Sweeney	1B	1	1	8.0	12	0	1	0	.923	13.500	12.000	0	0	0
Jack Chesbro	1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Harry Niles	2B	85	83	726.0	166	220	30	15	.928	4.785	4.541	0	0	0
Frank LaPorte	2B	26	28	249.0	51	77	9	10	.934	4.627	4.923	0	0	0
Earle Gardner	2B	20	20	168.0	49	59	6	13	.947	5.786	5.400	0	0	0
Wid Conroy	2B	12	12	109.0	33	34	3	3	.957	5.532	5.583	0	0	0
George Moriarty	2B	4	3	33.0	4	12	0	1	1.000	4.364	4.000	0	0	0
Jimmy O'Rourke	2B	4	3	29.0	7	11	1	0	.947	5.586	4.500	0	0	0
Hal Chase	2B	3	3	24.0	2	7	2	0	.818	3.375	3.000	0	0	0
Red Kleinow	2B	2	2	17.0	2	2	1	0	.800	2.118	2.000	0	0	0
Neal Ball	2B	1	1	8.0	2	0	1	0	.667	2.250	2.000	0	0	0
Wid Conroy	3B	119	117	1021.0	179	249	28	12	.939	3.773	3.597	0	0	0
George Moriarty	3B	28	30	272.0	47	78	9	2	.933	4.136	4.464	0	0	0
Mike Donovan	3B	5	5	42.0	13	9	0	0	1.000	4.714	4.400	0	0	0
Jimmy O'Rourke	3B	3	2	21.0	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.714	1.333	0	0	0
Hal Chase	3B	1	1	8.0	2	4	0	1	1.000	6.750	6.000	0	0	0
Red Kleinow	C	89	87	726.0	381	116	14	5	.973	6.161	5.584	4	89	81	47.6
Walter Blair	C	60	49	452.0	225	58	13	4	.956	5.635	4.717	6	78	41	34.5
Ed Sweeney	C	25	19	186.0	122	26	7	2	.955	7.161	5.920	4	41	18	30.5
Charlie Hemphill	OF	142	142	1249.0	285	13	20	2	.937	2.147	2.099	0	0	0
Willie Keeler	OF	88	87	763.0	123	9	9	2	.936	1.557	1.500	0	0	0
Jake Stahl	OF	68	68	596.0	111	14	9	3	.933	1.888	1.838	0	0	0
Irish McIlveen	OF	44	44	387.0	70	4	4	0	.949	1.721	1.682	0	0	0
Frank Delahanty	OF	36	36	312.0	64	2	3	0	.957	1.904	1.833	0	0	0
Birdie Cree	OF	21	21	176.0	35	4	0	2	1.000	1.994	1.857	0	0	0
Jimmy O'Rourke	OF	14	13	119.0	20	1	0	0	1.000	1.588	1.500	0	0	0
George Moriarty	OF	10	11	107.0	14	1	1	0	.938	1.262	1.500	0	0	0
Walter Blair	OF	9	11	96.0	12	0	3	0	.800	1.125	1.333	0	0	0
Frank LaPorte	OF	11	11	92.0	12	0	1	0	.923	1.174	1.091	0	0	0
Wid Conroy	OF	10	10	91.0	24	2	1	0	.963	2.571	2.600	0	0	0
Harry Niles	OF	7	7	57.0	11	1	0	0	1.000	1.895	1.714	0	0	0
Hal Chase	OF	3	3	27.0	2	0	2	0	.500	.667	.667	0	0	0
Ed Sweeney	OF	1	1	8.0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Jack Warhop	OF	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0
Rube Manning	OF	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	2.000	0	0	0
Jack Chesbro	P	45	31	289.0	7	96	6	2	.945	3.208	2.289	0	0	0
Joe Lake	P	38	27	269.0	9	64	10	1	.880	2.442	1.921	0	0	0
Rube Manning	P	41	26	245.0	3	70	2	0	.973	2.682	1.780	0	0	0
Bill Hogg	P	24	21	152.0	5	37	1	0	.977	2.487	1.750	0	0	0
Al Orth	P	21	17	139.0	6	42	1	2	.980	3.108	2.286	0	0	0
Doc Newton	P	23	13	88.0	2	27	3	0	.906	2.966	1.261	0	0	0
Slow Joe Doyle	P	12	4	48.0	1	8	2	1	.818	1.688	.750	0	0	0
Pete Wilson	P	6	6	39.0	1	9	1	1	.909	2.308	1.667	0	0	0
Jack Warhop	P	5	4	36.0	0	14	1	0	.933	3.500	2.800	0	0	0
Fred Glade	P	5	5	32.0	1	7	1	0	.889	2.250	1.600	0	0	0
Harry Billiard	P	6	0	17.0	1	2	1	0	.750	1.588	.500	0	0	0
Andy O'Connor	P	1	1	8.0	0	2	1	0	.667	2.250	2.000	0	0	0
Hippo Vaughn	P	2	0	2.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0	0	0
Hal Chase	P	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0			.000	0	0	0
Neal Ball	SS	130	126	1121.0	268	438	80	28	.898	5.668	5.431	0	0	0
Kid Elberfeld	SS	17	17	143.0	36	51	8	2	.916	5.476	5.118	0	0	0
Jimmy O'Rourke	SS	11	10	88.0	16	28	5	4	.898	4.500	4.000	0	0	0
Totals		1502	1393	12255.0	4079	1998	339	180	.947	4.463	4.046	14	208	140	40.2

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