The 1908 season of the National League was the thirty-third season of the league.
[edit] Season summary
[edit] Standings
- Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion
| Rank |
Team |
G |
W |
L |
T |
WPCT |
GB |
RS (RS/G) |
RA (RA/G) |
AVG |
OBP |
SLG |
ERA |
FPCT
|
| 1 |
Chicago Cubs |
158 |
99 |
55 |
4 |
.627 |
-.- |
624 (3.95) |
461 (2.92) |
0.249 |
0.306 |
0.321 |
2.14 |
0.969
|
| 2 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
155 |
98 |
56 |
1 |
.632 |
1.0 |
585 (3.77) |
469 (3.03) |
0.247 |
0.304 |
0.332 |
2.12 |
0.964
|
| 3 |
New York Giants |
157 |
98 |
56 |
3 |
.624 |
1.0 |
652 (4.15) |
456 (2.90) |
0.267 |
0.333 |
0.333 |
2.14 |
0.961
|
| 4 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
155 |
83 |
71 |
1 |
.535 |
16.0 |
504 (3.25) |
445 (2.87) |
0.244 |
0.291 |
0.316 |
2.10 |
0.963
|
| 5 |
Cincinnati Reds |
155 |
73 |
81 |
1 |
.471 |
26.0 |
489 (3.15) |
544 (3.51) |
0.227 |
0.282 |
0.294 |
2.37 |
0.959
|
| 6 |
Boston Doves |
156 |
63 |
91 |
2 |
.404 |
36.0 |
537 (3.44) |
622 (3.99) |
0.239 |
0.296 |
0.293 |
2.79 |
0.962
|
| 7 |
Brooklyn Superbas |
154 |
53 |
101 |
0 |
.344 |
46.0 |
377 (2.45) |
516 (3.35) |
0.213 |
0.262 |
0.277 |
2.47 |
0.961
|
| 8 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
154 |
49 |
105 |
0 |
.318 |
50.0 |
371 (2.41) |
626 (4.06) |
0.223 |
0.265 |
0.283 |
2.64 |
0.946
|
[edit] League leaders
- Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record
[edit] Batting
[edit] Pitching
[edit] Postseason
In the World Series, the National League champion Chicago Cubs defeated the American League's Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 1.
[edit] Notable events
[edit] Further reading
- Dave Anderson: More Than Merkle, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2000.
- G.H. Fleming: The Unforgettable Season, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2006 (originally published in 1981). ISBN 0803269226
- Cait Murphy: Crazy '08: How a cast of cranks, rogues, boneheads and magnates created the greatest year in baseball history, Smithsonian Books, Washington, DC, 2007.
