1908 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
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 RosterTeam 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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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Maddox | 23 | 8 | .742 | 2.28 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 260.7 | 209 | 89 | 66 | 5 | 90 | 0 | 70 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1040 |
| Vic Willis | 23 | 11 | .676 | 2.07 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 304.7 | 239 | 95 | 70 | 2 | 69 | 0 | 97 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1197 |
| Howie Camnitz | 16 | 9 | .640 | 1.56 | 38 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 236.7 | 182 | 76 | 41 | 6 | 69 | 0 | 118 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 942 |
| Sam Leever | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.10 | 38 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 192.7 | 179 | 60 | 45 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 767 |
| Lefty Leifield | 15 | 14 | .517 | 2.10 | 34 | 26 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 218.7 | 168 | 69 | 51 | 1 | 86 | 0 | 87 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 891 |
| Irv Young | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.01 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 89.7 | 73 | 33 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 350 |
| Chick Brandom | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.53 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| Bob Vail | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.00 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
| Homer Hillebrand | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tom McCarthy | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Deacon Phillippe | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | |
| Harley Young | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.3 | 40 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 186 |
| Totals | 98 | 56 | .636 | 2.12 | 226 | 155 | 55 | 100 | 24 | 9 | 1402.3 | 1142 | 474 | 331 | 16 | 406 | 0 | 468 | 52 | 1 | 19 | 5584 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honus Wagner | 151 | 641 | 568 | 100 | 201 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 109 | 53 | 0 | 54 | 22 | .354 | .415 | .542 | .957 | 308 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Leach | 152 | 666 | 583 | 93 | 151 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 0 | 54 | 40 | .259 | .324 | .381 | .705 | 222 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Clarke | 151 | 644 | 551 | 83 | 146 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 53 | 24 | 0 | 65 | 23 | .265 | .349 | .363 | .712 | 200 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Abbaticchio | 146 | 590 | 500 | 43 | 125 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 61 | 22 | 0 | 58 | 49 | .250 | .336 | .316 | .652 | 158 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Wilson | 144 | 572 | 529 | 47 | 120 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 66 | .227 | .260 | .285 | .546 | 151 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| George Gibson | 143 | 517 | 486 | 37 | 111 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 32 | .228 | .260 | .296 | .557 | 144 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Thomas | 102 | 448 | 386 | 52 | 99 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 49 | 35 | .256 | .348 | .345 | .692 | 133 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Storke | 64 | 219 | 202 | 20 | 51 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .252 | .284 | .322 | .606 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Swacina | 53 | 186 | 176 | 7 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .216 | .238 | .261 | .499 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Kane | 55 | 166 | 145 | 16 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .241 | .299 | .303 | .603 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Maddox | 36 | 104 | 94 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .266 | .310 | .362 | .672 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Spike Shannon | 32 | 139 | 127 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .197 | .250 | .228 | .478 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Moeller | 36 | 118 | 109 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 25 | .193 | .254 | .239 | .493 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Leifield | 34 | 82 | 75 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .227 | .266 | .267 | .532 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Gill | 27 | 102 | 76 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | .224 | .366 | .250 | .616 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Willis | 41 | 110 | 103 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .165 | .189 | .175 | .363 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Phelps | 34 | 68 | 64 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .234 | .269 | .328 | .597 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Starr | 20 | 76 | 59 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 10 | .186 | .342 | .220 | .563 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Beals Becker | 20 | 68 | 65 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .154 | .191 | .185 | .376 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Leever | 38 | 68 | 61 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .148 | .212 | .180 | .392 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Irv Young | 16 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .200 | .250 | .267 | .517 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Camnitz | 38 | 85 | 72 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | .083 | .165 | .083 | .248 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Paddy O'Connor | 12 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Vail | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon Phillippe | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Brandom | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harley Young | 8 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom McCarthy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunky Shaw | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cecil Neighbors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Homer Hillebrand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1573 | 5753 | 5109 | 585 | 1263 | 162 | 98 | 25 | 496 | 186 | 0 | 420 | 457 | .247 | .309 | .332 | .641 | 1696 | 0 | 40 | 184 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Storke | 1B | 49 | 46 | 433.0 | 481 | 17 | 6 | 19 | .988 | 1.351 | 1.163 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Swacina | 1B | 50 | 48 | 428.0 | 501 | 19 | 9 | 19 | .983 | 1.935 | 1.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Kane | 1B | 40 | 36 | 325.0 | 378 | 24 | 14 | 19 | .966 | 11.132 | 1.050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Warren Gill | 1B | 25 | 25 | 216.0 | 237 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 1.167 | 9.760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Abbaticchio | 2B | 144 | 144 | 1297.0 | 268 | 423 | 22 | 42 | .969 | 4.795 | 4.799 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Starr | 2B | 12 | 11 | 101.0 | 15 | 35 | 4 | 3 | .926 | 4.455 | 4.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alan Storke | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Leach | 3B | 150 | 150 | 1347.0 | 199 | 293 | 33 | 19 | .937 | 3.287 | 3.280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alan Storke | 3B | 6 | 3 | 37.0 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 3.405 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Starr | 3B | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Gibson | C | 140 | 140 | 1238.0 | 607 | 136 | 21 | 10 | .973 | 5.401 | 5.307 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 92 | 44.0 |
| Ed Phelps | C | 20 | 14 | 135.0 | 69 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .977 | 5.600 | 4.200 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 41.7 |
| Paddy O'Connor | C | 4 | 1 | 23.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 3.130 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14.3 |
| John Sullivan | C | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Fred Clarke | OF | 151 | 151 | 1338.0 | 350 | 15 | 10 | 2 | .973 | 2.455 | 2.417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Owen Wilson | OF | 144 | 144 | 1302.0 | 258 | 20 | 13 | 3 | .955 | 1.922 | 1.931 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Thomas | OF | 101 | 98 | 905.0 | 269 | 7 | 7 | 4 | .975 | 2.745 | 2.733 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spike Shannon | OF | 32 | 30 | 275.0 | 88 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .947 | 2.945 | 2.813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Moeller | OF | 27 | 24 | 222.0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 1.541 | 1.407 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Beals Becker | OF | 17 | 16 | 143.0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.322 | 1.235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Leach | OF | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cecil Neighbors | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Willis | P | 41 | 38 | 305.0 | 11 | 87 | 1 | 2 | .990 | 2.892 | 2.390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Maddox | P | 36 | 32 | 261.0 | 8 | 77 | 3 | 3 | .966 | 2.931 | 2.361 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howie Camnitz | P | 38 | 26 | 237.0 | 7 | 64 | 6 | 0 | .922 | 2.696 | 1.868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lefty Leifield | P | 34 | 26 | 219.0 | 6 | 62 | 5 | 4 | .932 | 2.795 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Leever | P | 38 | 20 | 193.0 | 8 | 44 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 2.425 | 1.368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Irv Young | P | 16 | 7 | 90.0 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 2.800 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harley Young | P | 8 | 3 | 48.0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 3.750 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chick Brandom | P | 3 | 1 | 17.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.706 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Vail | P | 4 | 1 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Deacon Phillippe | P | 5 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom McCarthy | P | 2 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.500 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Homer Hillebrand | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Honus Wagner | SS | 151 | 151 | 1363.0 | 354 | 469 | 50 | 47 | .943 | 5.434 | 5.450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Starr | SS | 5 | 4 | 39.0 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 4.385 | 3.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1501 | 1395 | 12618.0 | 4201 | 1907 | 226 | 207 | .964 | 4.357 | 4.069 | 8 | 0 | 138 | 104 | 43.0 |
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