1908 New York Highlanders

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1908 New York Highlanders
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Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
1908 Uniform
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Location
Hilltop Park (Since 1903) New York, New York (Since 1903)
1908 Information
Owner(s)	William Devery and Frank Farrell
Manager(s)	Clark Griffith and Kid Elberfeld
Local television	none
Local radio	none
Baseball-Reference	1908 New York Highlanders

The New York Highlanders' 1908 season finished with the team in 8th place in the American League with a record of 51-103. New York was managed by Hall of Fame pitcher Clark Griffith originally. Games were played at Hilltop Park.

By now the alternate and equally unofficial nickname "Yankees" was being used frequently. The New York Times article about Cy Young's no-hitter on June 30, 1908, at "the American League Park" (Hilltop Park's formal name), referred to the club exclusively as "Yankees" throughout the article. Other newspapers continued to use the two nicknames interchangeably.

Contents 1 Final Standings 2 Player stats 3 1908 Highlanders Roster 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Other batters 3.2 Starting pitchers 3.2.1 Other pitchers 3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 4 External links

[edit] Final Standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Detroit Tigers	90	63	.588	--
Cleveland Naps	90	64	.584	½
Chicago White Sox	88	64	.579	1½
St. Louis Browns	83	69	.546	6½
Boston Red Sox	75	79	.487	15½
Philadelphia Athletics	68	85	.444	22
Washington Senators	67	85	.441	22½
New York Highlanders	51	103	.331	39½

[edit] Player stats

[edit] 1908 Highlanders Roster     Manager   ' 'Clark Griffith   ' 'Kid Elberfeld     Pitchers   ' 'Harry Billiard   ' 'Jack Chesbro   ' 'Slow Joe Doyle   ' 'Fred Glade   ' 'Bill Hogg   ' 'Joe Lake   ' 'Rube Manning   ' 'Doc Newton   ' 'Andy O'Connor   ' 'Al Orth   ' 'Hippo Vaughn   ' 'Jack Warhop   ' 'Pete Wilson     Catchers   ' 'Walter Blair   ' 'Red Kleinow   ' 'Ed Sweeney     Infielders   ' 'Neal Ball   ' 'Hal Chase   ' 'Wid Conroy   ' 'Mike Donovan   ' 'Kid Elberfeld   ' 'Earle Gardner   ' 'Frank LaPorte   ' 'George Moriarty   ' 'Harry Niles     Outfielders   ' 'Birdie Cree   ' 'Frank Delahanty   ' 'Charlie Hemphill   ' 'Willie Keeler   ' 'Irish McIlveen   ' 'Queenie O'Rourke   ' 'Jake Stahl

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] External links

• 1908 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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