1908 New York Highlanders

1908 New York Highlanders
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Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
1908 Uniform
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Location
Hilltop Park (Since 1903) New York, New York (Since 1903)
1908 Information
Owner(s)	William Devery and Frank Farrell since Mar. 9, 1903
Manager(s)	Clark Griffith to June 24th and Kid Elberfeld to Oct. 8th
Local television	none
Local radio	none
Baseball-Reference	1908 New York Highlanders

The 1908 New York Highlanders finished in 8th place in the American League with a record of 51-103-1. New York was managed by Hall of Fame pitcher Clark Griffith at the start of the season, with Kid Elberfeld taking over in mid-year. Games were played at Hilltop Park.

By now the alternate and equally unofficial nickname "Yankees" was being used frequently. The New York Times article about Cy Young's no-hitter on June 30th, 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.

Final 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

External links

• 1908 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com