The following are the baseball events of the year 1908 throughout the world.
Champions
Awards and honors
Statistical Leaders
Major League Baseball final standings
American League final standings
National League final standings
Events
- October 2 - In an unforgettable game involving the Cleveland Indians and The Chicago White Sox, future hall of famer Ed Walsh struck out 15 Indians and walked 1 batter and pitched a complete game, but it wasn't enough as Addie Joss also pitched a complete game, but more importantly, he pitched a perfect game, as the Indians beat the White Sox, 1-0. Cleveland centerfielder Joe Birmingham scored the game's only run.
Births
Deaths
- April 10 - Mike Griffin, 43, center fielder for Baltimore and Brooklyn who batted .300 six times, scored 100 runs ten times; led league in runs and doubles once each
- April 20 - Henry Chadwick, 83, the "Father of Baseball," who through his writings, analysis of statistics and service in developing the sport's rules played a principal role in establishing baseball as the "national pastime"; devised the box score, developed scoring system which enabled recording of every play, authored the first rule book in 1858, and created statistics including batting average and earned run average; worked to revise sport's rules so as to balance offense and defense, and to increase mental demands as well as physical ones
- September 18 - Dickey Pearce, 72, shortstop (in the sport's earliest era) whose career spanned the years 1856 to 1877; introduced the bunt and pioneered defensive play at his position, later became an umpire
Bibliography
- Fleming, G.H. (2006). The Unforgettable Season. Bison Books. ISBN 0-803-26922-6.
- Murphy, Cait (2007). Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History. Collins. ISBN 0-060-88937-3.