1908 Washington Senators season

The 1908 Washington Senators won 67 games, lost 85, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Cantillon and played home games at National Park.

Offseason

October 5, 1907: Charlie Jones was traded by the Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Ollie Pickering.

Regular season

Notable transactions

May 31, 1908: Casey Patten was traded by the Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Jesse Tannehill.

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		131	394	81	.206	1	32
1B	Jerry Freeman	154	531	134	.252	1	45
2B	Jim Delahanty	83	287	91	.317	1	30
SS	George McBride	155	518	120	.232	0	34
3B	Bill Shipke	111	341	71	.208	0	20
OF		113	373	84	.225	2	30
OF	Bob Ganley	150	549	131	.239	1	36
OF	Clyde Milan	130	485	116	.239	1	32

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
Otis Clymer	110	368	93	.253	1	35
Bob Unglaub	72	276	85	.308	0	29
Dave Altizer	67	205	46	.224	0	18
	51	116	28	.239	1	32
Bob Edmundson	26	80	15	.188	0	2
Mike Kahoe	17	27	5	.185	0	0

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
	43	276.1	18	15	2.21	165
Walter Johnson	36	256.1	14	14	1.65	160
Charlie Smith	26	183.0	9	13	2.41	83
	23	164.0	6	11	1.70	55
	10	71.2	2	4	3.77	14
Roy Witherup	6	48.1	2	4	2.98	31

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
Burt Keeley	28	169.0	6	11	2.98	68
	19	113.2	4	8	2.53	33
	17	82.2	6	2	1.96	34
Casey Patten	4	18.0	0	2	3.50	6
Hank Gehring	3	5.0	0	1	14.40	0