The 1908 Boston Doves season was the 38th season of the franchise.

Regular season

On April 29, New York Giants manager John McGraw ridiculed Doves player and former Giants player Dan McGann by calling him an ice wagon. Many former Giants were now on the Doves roster. McGraw and McGann engaged in a fight at the Copley Square Hotel.Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p.65, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1908 Boston Doves 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 Peaches Graham 75 215 59 .274 0 22 1B 135 475 114 .240 2 55 2B Claude Ritchey 121 421 115 .273 2 36 SS Bill Dahlen 144 524 125 .239 3 48 3B Bill Sweeney 127 418 102 .244 0 40 OF Ginger Beaumont 125 476 127 .267 2 52 OF Johnny Bates 127 445 115 .258 1 29 OF George Browne 138 536 122 .228 1 34

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 Jack Hannifin 90 257 53 .206 2 22 Frank Bowerman 86 254 58 .228 1 25 73 228 59 .259 2 17 Beals Becker 43 171 47 .275 0 7 Harry Smith 41 130 32 .246 1 16 Fred Stem 20 72 20 .278 0 3 Herbie Moran 8 29 8 .276 0 2 Jim Ball 6 15 1 .067 0 0 Walt Thomas 5 13 2 .154 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 43 270.2 12 16 2.36 68 31 244.0 12 18 3.25 50 Gus Dorner 38 216.1 8 19 3.54 41 Cecil Ferguson 37 208.0 11 11 2.47 98 Tom McCarthy 14 94.0 7 3 1.63 27 Irv Young 16 85.0 4 9 2.86 32 Tom Tuckey 8 72.0 3 3 2.50 26

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 17 74.2 3 5 3.01 28 Bill Chappelle 13 70.1 2 4 1.79 23 Al Mattern 5 30.1 1 2 2.08 8 Harley Young 6 27.1 0 1 3.29 12

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 Big Jeff Pfeffer 4 0 0 0 12.60 3 Charlie Maloney 1 0 0 0 4.50 0

Notes

References 1908 Boston Doves season at Baseball Reference