1908 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
Team Record: 98-56
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 420,147, Avg. 5,835
Ballpark: Exposition Park
Manager: Fred Clarke (98-56)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1908 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1908 season with a record of 98 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the NL.
The Pirates scored 585 runs and conceded 468 runs. Honus Wagner paced Pittsburgh with 10 home runs and drove in 109 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .354 clip. Nick Maddox and Vic Willis apiece earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad, and Sam Leever, Lefty Leifield and Howie Camnitz each also added 15 or more wins also Howie Camnitz recorded a 1.56 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Fred Clarke coached the team.
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Player | Pos. | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Ed Abbaticchio | 2B | R | R | April 15, 1877 | 5'11" | 170 | Latrobe, PA USA |
Beals Becker | RF | L | L | July 5, 1886 | 5'9" | 170 | El Dorado, KS USA |
Chick Brandom | P | R | R | March 31, 1887 | 5'8" | 161 | Coldwater, KS USA |
Howie Camnitz | P | R | R | August 22, 1881 | 5'9" | 169 | Covington, KY USA |
Fred Clarke | LF | L | R | October 3, 1872 | 5'10" | 165 | Winterset, IA USA |
George Gibson | C | R | R | July 22, 1880 | 5'11" | 190 | London, ON CAN |
Warren Gill | 1B | R | R | December 21, 1878 | 6'1" | 175 | Ladoga, IN USA |
Homer Hillebrand | P | R | L | October 10, 1879 | 5'8" | 165 | Freeport, IL USA |
Jim Kane | 1B | L | L | November 27, 1881 | 6'2" | 225 | Scranton, PA USA |
Tommy Leach | 3B | R | R | November 4, 1877 | 5'6" | 150 | French Creek, NY USA |
Sam Leever | P | R | R | December 23, 1871 | 5'10" | 175 | Goshen, OH USA |
Lefty Leifield | P | L | L | September 5, 1883 | 6'1" | 165 | Trenton, IL USA |
Nick Maddox | P | L | R | November 9, 1886 | 6'0" | 175 | Govanstown, MD USA |
Tom McCarthy | P | R | May 22, 1884 | 5'7" | 170 | Fort Wayne, IN USA | |
Danny Moeller | RF | B | R | March 23, 1885 | 5'11" | 165 | DeWitt, IA USA |
Cecil Neighbors | LF | R | September 23, 1880 | 5'10" | 178 | Fayetteville, MO USA | |
Paddy O'Connor | C | R | R | August 4, 1879 | 5'8" | 168 | , Ke Ireland |
Ed Phelps | C | R | R | March 3, 1879 | 5'11" | 185 | Albany, NY USA |
Deacon Phillippe | P | R | R | May 23, 1872 | 6'0" | 180 | Rural Retreat, VA USA |
Spike Shannon | CF | L | R | February 7, 1875 | 5'11" | 180 | Pittsburgh, PA USA |
Hunky Shaw | P | B | R | September 29, 1884 | 5'8" | 165 | Yakima, WA USA |
Charlie Starr | 2B | L | R | August 30, 1878 | 5'10" | 165 | Pike County, OH USA |
Alan Storke | 1B | R | R | September 27, 1884 | 6'1" | 0 | Auburn, NY USA |
John Sullivan | C | R | R | February 16, 1873 | 5'10" | 170 | Chicago, IL USA |
Harry Swacina | 1B | R | R | August 22, 1881 | 6'2" | 190 | St. Louis, MO USA |
Roy Thomas | CF | L | L | March 24, 1874 | 5'11" | 150 | Norristown, PA USA |
Bob Vail | P | R | R | September 24, 1881 | 5'10" | 165 | Linneus, ME USA |
Honus Wagner | SS | R | R | February 24, 1874 | 5'11" | 200 | Chartiers, PA USA |
Vic Willis | P | R | R | April 12, 1876 | 6'2" | 185 | Cecil County, MD USA |
Owen Wilson | RF | L | R | August 21, 1883 | 6'2" | 185 | Austin, TX USA |
Harley Young | P | R | R | September 28, 1883 | 6'2" | 169 | Portland, IN USA |
Irv Young | P | L | L | July 21, 1877 | 5'10" | 170 | Columbia Falls, ME USA |