1908 New York Highlanders

51-103 • .331 Win% • 8th in AL

📊 Season Record

51 Wins
103 Losses
.331 Win %
8th Rank
460 R 713 RA
Diff -253

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460 Runs Scored
713 Runs Allowed
-253 Run Diff
341K Attendance

📈 vs. 1908 AL Average

Batting Avg .235 1% below the 1908 league average (.238)
OBP .283 4% below the 1908 league average (.294)
SLG .291 4% below the 1908 league average (.303)
Team ERA 3.16 32% worse than the 1908 league average (2.39)
Runs Scored 460 14% below the 1908 league average (536 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumHilltop Park
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 341,450
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Avg per Game 4,434

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1908

Batting Avg

1 Charlie Hemphill 0.297 2 Al Orth 0.290 3 Birdie Cree 0.269 4 Willie Keeler 0.263 5 Frank LaPorte 0.262

Home Runs

1 Harry Niles 4 2 Jake Stahl 2 3 Walter Blair 1 4 Hal Chase 1 5 Wid Conroy 1

RBI

1 Charlie Hemphill 44 2 Jake Stahl 42 3 Wid Conroy 39 4 Neal Ball 38 5 Hal Chase 36
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Wid Conroy 141 531 44 126 22 3 1 39 14 54 23 0.237
Charlie Hemphill 142 505 62 150 12 9 0 44 59 43 42 0.297
Neal Ball 132 446 35 110 16 2 0 38 21 91 32 0.247
Hal Chase 106 405 50 104 11 3 1 36 15 34 27 0.257
Harry Niles 95 361 43 90 14 6 4 24 25 29 18 0.249
George Moriarty 101 348 25 82 12 1 0 27 11 48 22 0.236
Willie Keeler 91 323 38 85 3 1 1 14 31 10 14 0.263
Red Kleinow 96 279 16 47 3 2 1 13 22 31 5 0.168
Jake Stahl 75 274 34 70 18 5 2 42 11 43 17 0.255
Walter Blair 76 211 9 40 5 1 1 13 11 31 4 0.190
Irish McIlveen 44 169 17 36 3 3 0 8 14 14 6 0.213
Frank LaPorte 39 145 7 38 3 4 1 15 8 12 3 0.262
Frank Delahanty 37 125 12 32 1 2 0 10 10 13 9 0.256
Joe Lake 45 112 6 21 4 1 1 8 1 26 2 0.188
Jimmy O'Rourke 34 108 5 25 1 0 0 3 4 16 4 0.231
Jack Chesbro 45 102 8 18 2 1 0 6 0 23 0 0.176
Rube Manning 44 91 7 17 2 2 0 4 3 22 1 0.187
Ed Sweeney 32 82 4 12 2 0 0 2 5 14 0 0.146
Birdie Cree 21 78 5 21 0 2 0 4 7 12 1 0.269
Earle Gardner 20 75 7 16 2 0 0 4 1 6 0 0.213
Al Orth 38 69 4 20 1 2 0 4 2 7 0 0.290
Kid Elberfeld 19 56 11 11 3 0 0 5 6 3 1 0.196
Bill Hogg 24 43 1 4 0 0 0 3 1 15 0 0.093
Doc Newton 23 25 3 4 1 0 0 2 2 12 0 0.160
Mike Donovan 5 19 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 6 0 0.263
Jack Warhop 6 16 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0.062
Slow Joe Doyle 12 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.214
Pete Wilson 7 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.071
Fred Glade 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Harry Billiard 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.167
Andy O'Connor 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hippo Vaughn 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1908

ERA

1 Slow Joe Doyle 2.63 2 Jack Chesbro 2.93 3 Rube Manning 2.94 4 Doc Newton 2.95 5 Bill Hogg 3.01

Wins

1 Jack Chesbro 14 2 Rube Manning 13 3 Joe Lake 9 4 Bill Hogg 4 5 Doc Newton 4

Strikeouts

1 Jack Chesbro 124 2 Joe Lake 118 3 Rube Manning 113 4 Bill Hogg 72 5 Doc Newton 49
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jack Chesbro 14 20 2.93 45 31 1 288.2 276 94 67 124
Joe Lake 9 22 3.17 38 27 0 269.1 252 95 77 118
Rube Manning 13 16 2.94 41 26 1 245.0 228 80 86 113
Bill Hogg 4 16 3.01 24 21 0 152.1 155 51 63 72
Al Orth 2 13 3.42 21 17 0 139.1 134 53 30 22
Doc Newton 4 5 2.95 23 13 1 88.1 78 29 41 49
Slow Joe Doyle 1 1 2.63 12 4 0 48.0 42 14 14 20
Pete Wilson 3 3 3.46 6 6 0 39.0 27 15 33 28
Jack Warhop 1 2 4.46 5 4 0 36.1 40 18 8 11
Fred Glade 0 4 4.22 5 5 0 32.0 30 15 14 11
Harry Billiard 0 0 2.65 6 0 0 17.0 15 5 14 10
Andy O'Connor 0 1 10.13 1 1 0 8.0 15 9 7 5
Hippo Vaughn 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 2.1 1 1 4 2
Hal Chase 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0

👥 Roster (32)

Neal Ball Harry Billiard Walter Blair Hal Chase Jack Chesbro Wid Conroy Birdie Cree Frank Delahanty Mike Donovan Slow Joe Doyle Kid Elberfeld Earle Gardner +20 more

32 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1908 New York Highlanders

What was the 1908 New York Highlanders record?
The 1908 New York Highlanders finished 51-103 (.331 win pct).
Who led the 1908 New York Highlanders in home runs?
Harry Niles led the 1908 New York Highlanders with 4 home runs.
What was the 1908 New York Highlanders team ERA?
The 1908 New York Highlanders posted a team ERA of 3.16.
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