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1908 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1908
league	National League
ballpark	League Park
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	49–105 (.318)
league_place	8th
owners	Frank Robison and Stanley Robison
managers	John McCloskey

The 1908 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 27th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 17th season in the National League. The Cardinals had a 49–105 win–loss record during the season and finished eighth (last) in the National League. The season's attendance of 185,377, an average of less than 2,500 a game, which remains the lowest peacetime attendance level since 1901. The Cardinals set a Major League record which stills stands for the fewest base on balls by a team in a season, with 282. Additionally, they hold the MLB record for fewest runs scored in a season with 372, averaging only 2.42 runs per contest.

Regular season

Season summary

The Cardinals ranked last in three categories in the National League: runs scored (only 372), runs allowed (624), and errors committed (349). The team was shut out a record 33 times. Three lineup regulars batted below .200. Only three players drove in more than 20 runs, and the team lost more than 100 games for the second and last time in franchise history. The Cards set a club record with 105 losses and a league record for most defeats in a month when they went 7–27 in September (Brooklyn went 6–27 that same month).

One team member, Bugs Raymond, ranked among the league leaders in fewest hits per nine innings, resulting in a 2.03 ERA. However, the Cardinals were shut out 11 times on days Raymond took the hill, leading to his league-high 25 losses. His 15 wins accounted for almost a third of the team's wins. Of note, he gave up fewer hits per game than Christy Mathewson, and threw five shutouts.

In April 1908, the Cardinals played the St. Louis Browns in an exhibition game to raise money for former Cardinals owner Chris von der Ahe. The clubs raised $4,300.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1908 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		66	187	34	.182	0	4
1B	Ed Konetchy	154	545	135	.248	5	50
2B	Billy Gilbert	89	276	59	.214	0	10
SS	Patsy O'Rourke	53	164	32	.195	0	16
3B	Bobby Byrne	127	439	84	.191	0	14
OF	Red Murray	154	593	167	.282	7	62
OF	Al Shaw	107	367	97	.264	1	19
OF	Joe Delahanty	140	499	127	.255	1	44

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Chappy Charles	121	454	93	.205	1	17
Shad Barry	74	268	61	.228	0	11
Art Hoelskoetter	62	155	36	.232	0	6
	44	136	29	.213	1	5
Champ Osteen	29	112	22	.196	0	11
Tom Reilly	29	81	14	.173	1	3
Walter Morris	23	73	13	.178	0	2
Charlie Moran	21	63	11	.175	0	2
Wilbur Murdoch	27	62	16	.258	0	5
Ralph McLaurin	8	22	5	.227	0	0
	6	14	1	.071	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	48	324.1	15	25	2.03	145
Johnny Lush	38	250.2	11	18	2.12	93
Art Fromme	20	116.0	5	13	2.72	62
Charlie Rhodes	4	33.0	1	2	3.00	15
	4	14.2	1	3	6.14	5

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	29	174.1	5	13	2.63	72
Ed Karger	22	141.1	4	9	3.06	34
Slim Sallee	25	128.2	3	8	3.15	39
Irv Higginbotham	19	107.0	3	8	3.20	38
Stoney McGlynn	16	75.2	1	6	3.45	23

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Fred Gaiser	1	0	0	0	7.71	2

References

"Single Season Bases on Balls Records". Baseball-Almanac.com.
Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 160, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, {{ISBN. 978-0-06-088937-1
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1908.shtml 1908 Brooklyn Superbas at Baseball Reference]
Crazy '08, p. 166
Crazy '08, p. 164

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