1908 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster

National League (NL)
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 Statistics
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
Ed Abbaticchio2BRRApril 15, 18775'11"170Latrobe, PA USA
Beals BeckerRFLLJuly 5, 18865'9"170El Dorado, KS USA
Chick BrandomPRRMarch 31, 18875'8"161Coldwater, KS USA
Howie CamnitzPRRAugust 22, 18815'9"169Covington, KY USA
Fred ClarkeLFLROctober 3, 18725'10"165Winterset, IA USA
George GibsonCRRJuly 22, 18805'11"190London, ON CAN
Warren Gill1BRRDecember 21, 18786'1"175Ladoga, IN USA
Homer HillebrandPRLOctober 10, 18795'8"165Freeport, IL USA
Jim Kane1BLLNovember 27, 18816'2"225Scranton, PA USA
Tommy Leach3BRRNovember 4, 18775'6"150French Creek, NY USA
Sam LeeverPRRDecember 23, 18715'10"175Goshen, OH USA
Lefty LeifieldPLLSeptember 5, 18836'1"165Trenton, IL USA
Nick MaddoxPLRNovember 9, 18866'0"175Govanstown, MD USA
Tom McCarthyPRMay 22, 18845'7"170Fort Wayne, IN USA
Danny MoellerRFBRMarch 23, 18855'11"165DeWitt, IA USA
Cecil NeighborsLFRSeptember 23, 18805'10"178Fayetteville, MO USA
Paddy O'ConnorCRRAugust 4, 18795'8"168, Ke Ireland
Ed PhelpsCRRMarch 3, 18795'11"185Albany, NY USA
Deacon PhillippePRRMay 23, 18726'0"180Rural Retreat, VA USA
Spike ShannonCFLRFebruary 7, 18755'11"180Pittsburgh, PA USA
Hunky ShawPBRSeptember 29, 18845'8"165Yakima, WA USA
Charlie Starr2BLRAugust 30, 18785'10"165Pike County, OH USA
Alan Storke1BRRSeptember 27, 18846'1"0Auburn, NY USA
John SullivanCRRFebruary 16, 18735'10"170Chicago, IL USA
Harry Swacina1BRRAugust 22, 18816'2"190St. Louis, MO USA
Roy ThomasCFLLMarch 24, 18745'11"150Norristown, PA USA
Bob VailPRRSeptember 24, 18815'10"165Linneus, ME USA
Honus WagnerSSRRFebruary 24, 18745'11"200Chartiers, PA USA
Vic WillisPRRApril 12, 18766'2"185Cecil County, MD USA
Owen WilsonRFLRAugust 21, 18836'2"185Austin, TX USA
Harley YoungPRRSeptember 28, 18836'2"169Portland, IN USA
Irv YoungPLLJuly 21, 18775'10"170Columbia Falls, ME USA



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