1908 Detroit Tigers

1908 Detroit Tigers / Franchise: Detroit Tigers / BR Team Page

Record: 90-63-1, Finished 1st in American League (1908 AL)

Clinched Pennant: October 6, 1908, At Chicago White Sox

Managed by Hughie Jennings

Ballpark: Bennett Park

Standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Detroit Tigers	90	63	.588	--
Cleveland Naps	90	64	.584	½
Chicago White Sox	88	64	.579	1½
St. Louis Browns	83	69	.546	6½
Boston Red Sox	75	79	.487	15½
Philadelphia Athletics	68	85	.444	22
Washington Senators	67	85	.441	22½
New York Highlanders	51	103	.331	39½

World Series

NL Chicago Cubs (4) vs AL Detroit Tigers (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Cubs - 10, Tigers - 6	October 10	Bennett Park	10,812
2	Tigers - 1, Cubs - 6	October 11	West Side Park	17,760
3	Tigers - 8, Cubs - 3	October 12	West Side Park	14,543
4	Cubs - 3, Tigers - 0	October 13	Bennett Park	12,907
5	Cubs - 2, Tigers - 0	October 14	Bennett Park	6,210

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Cubs over Tigers (4-1)

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.
• Washington Post: "Jennings’ Tigers win American League Pennant by trouncing Sox", Historic-newspapers.com.com, October 7, 1908