1908 Major League Baseball season

Schedule

Rule changes

• The American League made the following rule changes:
• *Language on postponed games was adopted, stating "All postponed games of the first series shall be played on the first or succeeding days of the second series; all postponed games of the second and third series shall be played on the next day or succeeding day of the same series."
• *A rule stating "restricts the practice of acquiring a player by refusing waiver on him and then immediately turning him over to a club outside the league."
• On February 27, 1908, the three organizations of the National Commission of Baseball Clubs, National League, and American League announced several rule changes, effective immediately.
• *The act of rubbing the ball on the ground, clothing, shoes, or dropping the ball and picking it up with a handful of gravel or dirt by the pitcher was prohibited.
• *The sacrifice fly rule is adopted. No time at bat is charged if a run scores after the catch of a fly ball. The rule would eventually be repealed in 1931, then reinstated several times before gaining permanent acceptance in.
• *The trend of each team playing 22 games with every other in-league team was written into the Major League Baseball Constitution, with rules for playing makeup games at the originally scheduled ballpark in the event of tie games, rain delays, and other game-preventing situations being put in place. If the series of all scheduled games has ended with makeup games remaining, if possible, the remaining game can be made up on the opposite team's ballpark, with a date agreed by the two teams.

Standings

Tie games

American League

• Boston Red Sox, 1
• Chicago White Sox, 4
• Cleveland Naps, 3
• Detroit Tigers, 1
• New York Highlanders, 1
• Philadelphia Athletics, 4
• St. Louis Browns, 3
• Washington Senators, 3

National League

• Boston Doves, 2
• Chicago Cubs, 4
• Cincinnati Reds, 1
• New York Giants, 3
• Philadelphia Phillies, 1
• Pittsburgh Pirates, 1

Postseason

Bracket