1908 Chicago White Sox

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Record: 88-64, Finished 3rd in American League (1908 AL)

Managed by Fielder Jones

Ballpark: South Side Park

History, Comments, Contributions

Pitcher Ed Walsh won 40 games for the 1908 Chicago White Sox to set a club record that still stands.

Going into the final day of the season, the Sox were just a half a game behind the first place Detroit Tigers. However, a loss to the Tigers put them back in third place.

Ed Walsh

1908 Opening Day Lineup

Ed Hahn, rf

Fielder Jones, cf

Patsy Dougherty, lf

Freddy Parent, ss

Jake Atz, 2b

Jiggs Donahue, 1b

Lee Tannehill, 3b

Billy Sullivan, c

Doc White, p

Further Reading

• Charles C. Alexander: The Half-Game Pennant of 1908: Four Teams Chase Victory in the American League, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2018. ISBN 978-1-4766-6506-1
• Cait Murphy: Crazy '08: How a cast of cranks, rogues, boneheads and magnates created the greatest year in baseball history, Smithsonian Books, Washington, DC, 2007.
• Stew Thornley: "Regular Season Showdowns", Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Vol. 47, Nr. 1 (spring 2018), pp. 85-90.