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1908 New York Highlanders Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907 / 1909)
51-103, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 459 runs, Allowed 713 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 48-106
Manager: Clark Griffith (24-32) and Kid Elberfeld (27-71)
Ballpark: Hilltop Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 305,500 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 101

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Neal Ball 27 R R 5' 7" 145 Apr 22, 1881 2 132 132 132 0 0 0 1 0 130 0 0 0 0
Harry Billiard 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 11, 1883 1st 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walter Blair 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 13, 1883 2 76 76 76 0 60 3 0 0 0 2 0 7 9
Hal Chase 25 R L 6' 0" 175 Feb 13, 1883 4 106 106 106 1 0 98 3 1 0 3 0 0 3
Jack Chesbro HOF 34 R R 5' 9" 180 Jun 5, 1874 10 45 45 45 45 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wid Conroy 31 R R 5' 9" 158 Apr 5, 1877 8 141 141 141 0 0 0 12 119 0 5 1 4 10
Birdie Cree 25 R R 5' 6" 150 Oct 23, 1882 1st 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 21
Frank Delahanty 25 R R 5' 9" 160 Dec 29, 1882 4 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 36
Mike Donovan 26 R R 5' 8" 155 Oct 18, 1881 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Slow Joe Doyle 26 R R 5' 8" 150 Sep 15, 1881 3 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kid Elberfeld 33 R R 5' 7" 158 Apr 13, 1875 10 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0
Earle Gardner 24 R R 5' 11" 160 Jan 24, 1884 1st 20 20 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Glade 32 R R 6' 0" 190 Jan 25, 1876 6 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Hemphill 32 L L 5' 9" 160 Apr 20, 1876 8 142 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 130 8 142
Bill Hogg 26 R R 6' 0" 200 Sep 11, 1881 4 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Keeler HOF 36 L L 140 Mar 3, 1872 17 91 91 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 86 88
Red Kleinow 30 R R 5' 10" 165 Jul 20, 1877 5 96 96 96 0 89 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Lake 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 6, 1881 1st 45 45 45 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank LaPorte 28 R R 5' 8" 175 Feb 6, 1880 4 39 39 39 0 0 0 26 0 0 3 0 8 11
Rube Manning 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 29, 1883 2 44 44 44 41 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Irish McIlveen 27 L L 180 Jul 27, 1880 2 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 30 44
George Moriarty 22 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 7, 1885 5 101 101 101 0 0 52 4 28 0 8 0 2 10
Doc Newton 30 L L 6' 0" 185 Oct 26, 1877 7 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Niles 27 R R 5' 8" 175 Sep 10, 1880 3 96 96 96 0 0 0 85 0 0 1 1 5 7
Andy O'Connor 23 R R 6' 0" 160 Sep 14, 1884 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Queenie O'Rourke 24 R R 5' 7" 150 Dec 26, 1883 1st 34 34 34 0 0 0 4 3 11 14 0 0 14
Al Orth 35 L R 6' 0" 200 Sep 5, 1872 14 38 38 38 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Stahl 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 13, 1879 5 75 75 75 0 0 6 0 0 0 64 4 0 68
Ed Sweeney 19 R R 6' 1" 200 Jul 19, 1888 1st 32 32 32 0 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Hippo Vaughn 20 B L 6' 4" 215 Apr 9, 1888 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Warhop 23 R R 168 Jul 4, 1884 1st 6 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Pete Wilson 22 L Oct 9, 1885 1st 7 7 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

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