The 1908 New York Highlanders season finished with the team in eighth place in the American League with a record of 51–103. Their home games were played at Hilltop Park.

The Highlanders finished in last place, 17 games out of seventh. It was the second-worst season in club history. Starting first baseman Hal Chase left the team in September under allegations that he was throwing games. After Clark Griffith's departure, the Highlanders lost 70 of their last 98 games under new manager Kid Elberfeld.

Regular season On June 30, Cy Young of the Boston Red Sox threw a no-hitter against the Highlanders. In the game, Young had 3 hits and 4 RBI's. By now the alternate and equally unofficial nickname "Yankees" was being used frequently to refer to the Highlanders. The New York Times article about Young's no-hitter at "the American League Park" (Hilltop Park's formal name), referred to the club exclusively as "Yankees" throughout the article. Other newspapers continued to use the two nicknames interchangeably.

On September 4, 5 and 7, 1908, Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators shut out the Highlanders in three consecutive games.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1908 New York Highlanders Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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 Red Kleinow 96 279 47 .168 1 13 1B 106 405 104 .257 1 36 2B Harry Niles 95 361 90 .249 4 24 SS Neal Ball 132 446 110 .247 0 38 3B Wid Conroy 141 531 126 .237 1 39 OF Willie Keeler 91 323 85 .263 1 14 OF Jake Stahl 75 274 70 .255 2 42 OF Charlie Hemphill 142 505 150 .297 0 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 George Moriarty 101 348 82 .236 0 27 Walter Blair 76 211 40 .190 1 13 Irish McIlveen 44 169 36 .213 0 8 Frank LaPorte 39 145 38 .262 1 15 Frank Delahanty 37 125 32 .256 0 10 Jimmy O'Rourke 34 108 25 .231 0 3 Ed Sweeney 32 82 12 .146 0 2 Birdie Cree 21 78 21 .269 0 4 Earle Gardner 20 75 16 .213 0 4 19 56 11 .196 0 5 Mike Donovan 5 19 5 .263 0 2

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 45 288.2 14 20 2.93 124 Joe Lake 38 269.1 9 22 3.17 118 Rube Manning 41 245.0 13 16 2.94 113 Bill Hogg 24 152.1 4 16 3.01 72 Al Orth 21 139.1 2 13 3.42 22 Pete Wilson 6 39.0 3 3 3.46 28 Jack Warhop 5 36.1 1 2 4.46 11 Fred Glade 5 32.0 0 4 4.22 11 Andy O'Connor 1 8.0 0 1 10.13 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 Doc Newton 23 88.1 4 5 2.95 49 Slow Joe Doyle 12 48.0 1 1 2.63 20

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 6 0 0 0 2.65 70 Hippo Vaughn 2 0 0 0 3.86 2 Hal Chase 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Citations

References

External links 1908 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com 1908 New York Highlanders at Baseball Reference