1908 Brooklyn Superbas season

The 1908 Brooklyn Superbas suffered through another poor season, finishing in seventh place. After the season, manager Patsy Donovan was fired. The club set a Major League record which still stands, for the fewest doubles by a team in a season, with only 110.[1] The Superbas hit only .213 as a team, second lowest in the modern era after the 1910 Chicago White Sox. No regulars hit .250, Tim Jordan led the team with a .247 batting average.

1908 Brooklyn Superbas
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Washington Park (since 1898) Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Ebbets, Henry Medicus
Manager(s)	Patsy Donovan
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Offseason

• December 17, 1907: Tommy Sheehan was purchased by the Superbas from the Pittsburgh Pirates.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	99	55	0.643	—	47–30	52–25
New York Giants	98	56	0.636	1	52–25	46–31
Pittsburgh Pirates	98	56	0.636	1	42–35	56–21
Philadelphia Phillies	83	71	0.539	16	43–34	40–37
Cincinnati Reds	73	81	0.474	26	40–37	33–44
Boston Doves	63	91	0.409	36	35–42	28–49
Brooklyn Superbas	53	101	0.344	46	27–50	26–51
St. Louis Cardinals	49	105	0.318	50	28–49	21–56

Record vs. opponents

1908 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BKN	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	SLC
Boston	—	12–10	6–16–2	8–14	6–16	10–12	7–15	14–8
Brooklyn	10–12	—	4–18	6–16	6–16	5–17	9–13	13–9
Chicago	16–6–2	18–4	—	16–6	11–11–1	9–13–1	10–12	19–3
Cincinnati	14–8	16–6	6–16	—	8–14–1	10–12	8–14	11–11
New York	16–6	16–6	11–11–1	14–8–1	—	16–6	11–11–1	14–8
Philadelphia	12–10	17–5	13–9–1	12–10	6–16	—	9–13	14–8
Pittsburgh	15–7	13–9	12–10	14–8	11–11–1	13–9	—	20–2
St. Louis	8–14	9–13	3–19	11–11	8–14	8–14	2–20	—

Roster

1908 Brooklyn Superbas
Roster
Pitchers George Bell Pembroke Finlayson Jim Holmes Abe Kruger Harry McIntire Jim Pastorius Nap Rucker Kaiser Wilhelm		Catchers Bill Bergen Joe Dunn Alex Farmer Lew Ritter Infielders Whitey Alperman Tim Jordan Phil Lewis Tommy McMillan Simmy Murch Harry Pattee Tommy Sheehan		Outfielders Al Burch Tom Catterson John Hummel Harry Lumley Billy Maloney		Manager Patsy Donovan

Player stats

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	Bill Bergen	99	302	53	.175	0	15
1B	Tim Jordan	148	515	127	.247	12	60
2B	Harry Pattee	80	264	57	.216	0	9
3B	Tommy Sheehan	146	468	100	.214	0	29
SS	Phil Lewis	118	415	91	.219	1	30
OF	Al Burch	123	456	111	.243	2	18
OF	Harry Lumley	127	440	95	.216	4	39
OF	Billy Maloney	113	359	70	.195	3	17

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
John Hummel	154	594	143	.241	4	41
Whitey Alperman	70	213	42	.197	1	15
Tommy McMillan	43	147	35	.238	0	3
Lew Ritter	38	99	19	.192	0	2
Tom Catterson	19	68	13	.191	1	2
Joe Dunn	20	64	11	.172	0	5
Alex Farmer	12	30	5	.167	0	2
Simmy Murch	6	11	2	.182	0	0

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
Nap Rucker	42	333.1	17	19	2.08	199
Kaiser Wilhelm	42	332	16	22	1.87	99
Harry McIntire	40	288	11	20	2.69	108
Jim Pastorius	28	213.2	4	20	2.44	54
George Bell	29	155.1	4	15	3.59	63

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
Abe Kruger	2	6.1	0	1	4.26	2

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
Jim Holmes	13	1	4	0	3.38	10
Pembroke Finlayson	1	0	0	0	135.00	0

Notes

1. "Doubles Team Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
2. Tommy Sheehan page at Baseball Reference

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1908 Brooklyn Superbas uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Dodgers page
• Retrosheet