Franchise Encyclopedia: 1908 / 1910
98-54, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Hughie Jennings (98-54)
Scored 666 runs, Allowed 493 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-56
Ballpark: Bennett Park (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 490,490 (4th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 106
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Lost World Series (4-3) to Pittsburgh Pirates |

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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Boss Schmidt# | 28 | 84 | 285 | 253 | 21 | 53 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 7 | .209 | .240 | .269 | .508 | 58 | 68 | 3 | 22 | |||||
| 2 | 1B | Claude Rossman* | 28 | 82 | 310 | 287 | 16 | 75 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 13 | .261 | .293 | .310 | .603 | 87 | 89 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| 3 | 2B | Germany Schaefer | 33 | 87 | 308 | 280 | 26 | 70 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 14 | .250 | .286 | .293 | .579 | 80 | 82 | 0 | 14 | |||||
| 4 | SS | Donie Bush# | 21 | 157 | 676 | 532 | 114 | 145 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 53 | 88 | .273 | .380 | .314 | .694 | 116 | 167 | 4 | 52 | |||||
| 5 | 3B | George Moriarty | 23 | 133 | 515 | 473 | 43 | 129 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 34 | 24 | .273 | .309 | .338 | .648 | 101 | 160 | 1 | 17 | |||||
| 6 | OF | Sam Crawford* | 29 | 156 | 662 | 589 | 83 | 185 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 97 | 30 | 47 | .314 | .366 | .452 | .817 | 153 | 266 | 1 | 25 | |||||
| 7 | OF | Matty McIntyre* | 29 | 125 | 542 | 476 | 65 | 116 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 54 | .244 | .325 | .326 | .650 | 102 | 155 | 3 | 9 | |||||
| 8 | OF | Ty Cobb* | 22 | 156 | 651 | 573 | 116 | 216 | 33 | 10 | 9 | 107 | 76 | 48 | .377 | .431 | .517 | .947 | 194 | 296 | 6 | 24 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 9 | IF | Charley O'Leary | 26 | 76 | 278 | 261 | 29 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 6 | .203 | .224 | .241 | .465 | 44 | 63 | 1 | 10 | |||||
| 10 | C | Oscar Stanage | 26 | 77 | 269 | 252 | 17 | 66 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 11 | .262 | .298 | .341 | .639 | 98 | 86 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 11 | OF | Davy Jones* | 29 | 69 | 239 | 204 | 44 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 28 | .279 | .369 | .309 | .678 | 111 | 63 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 12 | 2B | Jim Delahanty | 30 | 46 | 185 | 150 | 29 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 17 | .253 | .364 | .333 | .697 | 117 | 50 | 9 | 9 | |||||
| 13 | 1B | Tom Jones | 32 | 44 | 172 | 153 | 13 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 5 | .281 | .317 | .340 | .657 | 104 | 52 | 3 | 11 | |||||
| 14 | 2B | Red Killefer | 24 | 23 | 68 | 61 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .279 | .343 | .426 | .770 | 139 | 26 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 15 | C | Heinie Beckendorf | 25 | 15 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .259 | .310 | .296 | .607 | 88 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 16 | C | Joe Casey | 21 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | -48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | 1B | Del Gainer | 22 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | 1B | Hughie Jennings | 40 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 210 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 19 | P | George Mullin | 28 | 53 | 141 | 126 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 13 | .214 | .288 | .270 | .558 | 73 | 34 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 20 | P | Ed Willett | 25 | 42 | 119 | 112 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .196 | .224 | .295 | .519 | 61 | 33 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 21 | P | Ed Summers# | 24 | 35 | 101 | 94 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .106 | .143 | .117 | .260 | -19 | 11 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 22 | P | Ed Killian* | 32 | 25 | 67 | 62 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .161 | .188 | .161 | .349 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 23 | P | Bill Donovan | 32 | 22 | 53 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| 24 | P | Kid Speer* | 23 | 13 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .120 | .185 | .160 | .345 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 25 | P | Ralph Works* | 21 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | -63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 26 | P | George Suggs | 26 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .067 | .125 | .133 | .258 | -20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 27 | P | Bill Lelivelt | 24 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 159 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 28 | P | Elijah Jones | 27 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 29 | P | Ed Lafitte | 23 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 26.4 | 158 | 5763 | 5095 | 666 | 1360 | 209 | 58 | 19 | 521 | 280 | 397 | .267 | .325 | .342 | .667 | 107 | 1742 | 39 | 232 | |||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | George Mullin | 28 | 29 | 8 | .784 | 2.22 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 303.2 | 258 | 96 | 75 | 1 | 78 | 124 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1232 | 113 | 1.106 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 1.59 | |
| 2 | SP | Ed Willett | 25 | 21 | 10 | .677 | 2.34 | 41 | 34 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 292.2 | 239 | 112 | 76 | 5 | 76 | 89 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 1173 | 108 | 1.076 | 7.3 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.17 | |
| 3 | SP | Ed Summers | 24 | 19 | 9 | .679 | 2.24 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 281.2 | 243 | 91 | 70 | 4 | 52 | 107 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1132 | 113 | 1.047 | 7.8 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 2.06 | |
| 4 | SP | Ed Killian* | 32 | 11 | 9 | .550 | 1.71 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 173.1 | 150 | 45 | 33 | 1 | 49 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 691 | 147 | 1.148 | 7.8 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.10 | |
| 5 | SP | Bill Donovan | 32 | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.31 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 140.1 | 121 | 50 | 36 | 0 | 60 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 595 | 109 | 1.290 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 1.27 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | RP | Ralph Works | 21 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.97 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 64.0 | 62 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 257 | 128 | 1.234 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 1.82 | |
| 7 | RP | George Suggs | 26 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.03 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 44.1 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 162 | 124 | 0.992 | 6.9 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 1.80 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 8 | Kid Speer* | 23 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.83 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 76.1 | 88 | 39 | 24 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 318 | 89 | 1.323 | 10.4 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.92 | ||
| 9 | Bill Lelivelt | 24 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 56 | 1.450 | 12.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.00 | ||
| 10 | Ed Lafitte | 23 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 65 | 1.714 | 14.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 7.1 | 5.50 | ||
| 11 | Elijah Jones | 27 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.70 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 93 | 1.000 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | |||
| Team Totals | 26.7 | 98 | 54 | .645 | 2.26 | 158 | 158 | 41 | 117 | 16 | 12 | 1420.1 | 1254 | 493 | 357 | 16 | 359 | 528 | 56 | 1 | 38 | 5748 | 111 | 1.136 | 7.9 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 1.47 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4919 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heinie Beckendorf | 25 | 15 | 47 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | .957 | 3.00 | 0 | C | |||
| Donie Bush | 21 | 157 | 946 | 308 | 567 | 71 | 38 | .925 | 5.57 | SS | ||||
| Joe Casey | 21 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.67 | 0 | C | |||
| Ty Cobb | 22 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 260 | 222 | 24 | 14 | 7 | .946 | 1.58 | OF | |
| Sam Crawford | 29 | 157 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 520 | 486 | 17 | 17 | 4 | .967 | 3.20 | OF-1B | |
| Jim Delahanty | 30 | 46 | 228 | 88 | 127 | 13 | 13 | .943 | 4.67 | 2B | ||||
| Bill Donovan | 32 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.81 | P | ||||
| Del Gainer | 22 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 6.50 | 1B | ||||
| Hughie Jennings | 40 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.00 | 1B | ||||
| Davy Jones | 29 | 57 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 109 | 103 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 1.88 | OF | |
| Elijah Jones | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||
| Tom Jones | 32 | 44 | 493 | 452 | 33 | 8 | 20 | .984 | 11.02 | 1B | ||||
| Red Killefer | 24 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 28 | 55 | 8 | 3 | .912 | 4.61 | 2B-OF | |
| Ed Killian | 32 | 25 | 61 | 11 | 49 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 2.40 | P | ||||
| Ed Lafitte | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.67 | P | ||||
| Bill Lelivelt | 24 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | P | ||||
| Matty McIntyre | 29 | 122 | 119 | 3 | 0 | 237 | 217 | 14 | 6 | 1 | .975 | 1.89 | OF | |
| George Moriarty | 23 | 130 | 692 | 400 | 265 | 27 | 23 | .961 | 5.12 | 3B-1B | ||||
| George Mullin | 28 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 12 | 99 | 3 | 2 | .974 | 2.64 | P-OF | |
| Charley O'Leary | 26 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 283 | 104 | 161 | 18 | 8 | .936 | 3.53 | 3B-2B-SS-OF | |
| Claude Rossman | 28 | 75 | 967 | 913 | 36 | 18 | 30 | .981 | 12.65 | 1B | ||||
| Germany Schaefer | 33 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 470 | 181 | 273 | 16 | 26 | .966 | 5.22 | 2B-OF | |
| Boss Schmidt | 28 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 442 | 315 | 107 | 20 | 7 | .955 | 5.15 | 3 | C-OF |
| Kid Speer | 23 | 12 | 36 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 2 | .944 | 2.83 | P | ||||
| Oscar Stanage | 26 | 77 | 419 | 324 | 80 | 15 | 12 | .964 | 5.25 | 3 | C | |||
| George Suggs | 26 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.44 | P | ||||
| Ed Summers | 24 | 35 | 106 | 14 | 89 | 3 | 8 | .972 | 2.94 | P | ||||
| Ed Willett | 25 | 42 | 113 | 15 | 91 | 7 | 2 | .938 | 2.52 | P-OF | ||||
| Ralph Works | 21 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.13 | P | ||||
| Team Totals | 26.4 | 158 | 6759 | 4278 | 2206 | 275 | 217 | .959 | 4.28 | 6 | ||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 5 | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |