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1908 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907 / 1909

98-56, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fred Clarke (98-56)
Scored 585 runs, Allowed 468 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-61

Ballparks: Exposition Park III · Attendance: 382,444 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 93


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1907 / 1909 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Ed Abbaticchio 31 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 15, 1877 7 146 146 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $5,000
Beals Becker 21 L L 5' 9" 170 Jul 5, 1886 1st 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 17 -0.9 $
Chick Brandom 21 R R 5' 8" 161 Mar 31, 1887 1st 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Howie Camnitz 26 R R 5' 9" 169 Aug 22, 1881 4 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Fred Clarke HOF 35 L R 5' 10" 165 Oct 3, 1872 15 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 1 0 151 4.7 $
George Gibson 27 R R 5' 11" 190 Jul 22, 1880 4 143 143 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Warren Gill 29 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 21, 1878 1st 27 27 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Homer Hillebrand 28 R L 5' 8" 165 Oct 10, 1879 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jim Kane 26 L L 6' 2" 225 Nov 27, 1881 1st 55 55 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Tommy Leach 30 R R 5' 6" 150 Nov 4, 1877 11 152 152 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 2 0 2 4.8 $
Sam Leever 36 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 23, 1871 11 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Lefty Leifield 24 L L 6' 1" 165 Sep 5, 1883 4 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Nick Maddox 21 L R 6' 0" 175 Nov 9, 1886 2 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Tom McCarthy 24 R 5' 7" 170 May 22, 1884 1st 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Danny Moeller 23 B R 5' 11" 165 Mar 23, 1885 2 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 23 27 -0.5 $
Cy Neighbors 27 R 5' 10" 178 Sep 23, 1880 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 $
Paddy O'Connor 28 R R 5' 8" 168 Aug 4, 1879 1st 12 12 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ed Phelps 29 R R 5' 11" 185 Mar 3, 1879 7 34 34 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Deacon Phillippe 36 R R 6' 0" 180 May 23, 1872 10 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $
Spike Shannon 30 B R 5' 11" 180 Feb 7, 1878 5 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 20 7 32 -0.3 $
Hunky Shaw 23 B R 5' 8" 165 Sep 29, 1884 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Charlie Starr 29 R 5' 10" 165 Aug 30, 1878 2 20 20 0 0 0 12 2 5 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Alan Storke 23 R R 6' 1" Sep 27, 1884 3 64 64 0 0 49 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
John Sullivan 35 R R 5' 10" 170 Feb 16, 1873 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Harry Swacina 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 22, 1881 2 53 53 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Roy Thomas 34 L L 5' 11" 150 Mar 24, 1874 10 102 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 0 101 2.6 $
Bob Vail 26 R R 5' 10" 165 Sep 24, 1881 1st 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Honus Wagner HOF 34 R R 5' 11" 200 Feb 24, 1874 12 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 11.6 $10,000
Vic Willis HOF 32 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 12, 1876 11 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $
Chief Wilson 24 L R 6' 2" 185 Aug 21, 1883 1st 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 109 144 -1.2 $
Harley Young 24 R R 6' 2" 169 Sep 28, 1883 1st 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $1,500
Irv Young 30 L L 5' 10" 170 Jul 21, 1877 4 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1907 / 1909 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers