1908 Boston Doves
LeagueNational League
BallparkSouth End Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record63–91 (.409)
League place6th
OwnersGeorge Dovey, John Dovey
ManagersJoe Kelley

The 1908 Boston Doves season was the 38th season of the franchise.

Regular season

Doves manager Joe Kelley

On April 29, New York Giants manager John McGraw ridiculed Doves player and former Giants player Dan McGann by calling him an ice wagon. Many former Giants were now on the Doves roster. McGraw and McGann engaged in a fight at the Copley Square Hotel.[1]

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9955 0.643 — 47–30 52–25
New York Giants 9856 0.636 1 52–25 46–31
Pittsburgh Pirates 9856 0.636 1 42–35 56–21
Philadelphia Phillies 8371 0.539 16 43–34 40–37
Cincinnati Reds 7381 0.474 26 40–37 33–44
Boston Doves 6391 0.409 36 35–42 28–49
Brooklyn Superbas 53101 0.344 46 27–50 26–51
St. Louis Cardinals 49105 0.318 50 28–49 21–56

Record vs. opponents

1908 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BKN CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT SLC
Boston —12–106–16–28–146–1610–127–1514–8
Brooklyn 10–12—4–186–166–165–179–1313–9
Chicago 16–6–218–4—16–611–11–19–13–110–1219–3
Cincinnati 14–816–66–16—8–14–110–128–1411–11
New York 16–616–611–11–114–8–1—16–611–11–114–8
Philadelphia 12–1017–513–9–112–106–16—9–1314–8
Pittsburgh 15–713–912–1014–811–11–113–9—20–2
St. Louis 8–149–133–1911–118–148–142–20—

Roster

1908 Boston Doves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CPeaches Graham7521559.274022
1BDan McGann135475114.240255
2BClaude Ritchey121421115.273236
SSBill Dahlen144524125.239348
3BBill Sweeney127418102.244040
OFGinger Beaumont125476127.267252
OFJohnny Bates127445115.258129
OFGeorge Browne138536122.228134

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 Hannifin9025753.206222
Frank Bowerman8625458.228125
Joe Kelley7322859.259217
Beals Becker4317147.27507
Harry Smith4113032.246116
Fred Stem207220.27803
Herbie Moran8298.27602
Jim Ball6151.06700
Walt Thomas5132.15401

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
Vive Lindaman43270.212162.3668
Patsy Flaherty31244.012183.2550
Gus Dorner38216.18193.5441
Cecil Ferguson37208.011112.4798
Tom McCarthy1494.0731.6327
Irv Young1685.0492.8632
Tom Tuckey872.0332.5026

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
Jake Boultes1774.2353.0128
Bill Chappelle1370.1241.7923
Al Mattern530.1122.088
Harley Young627.1013.2912

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
Big Jeff Pfeffer400012.603
Charlie Maloney10004.500

Notes

  1. ↑ Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p.65, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1

References


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