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1908 Philadelphia Athletics Season
The 1908 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing sixth in the American League with a record of 68 wins and 85 losses. Preseason 1908 Philadelphia City Series The Athletics played four games against the 1908 Philadelphia Phillies season, Philadelphia Phillies for the local championship in the pre-season City Series (Philadelphia), city series. The Athletics defeated the Phillies 3 games to 1. The A's record against the Phillies was 21–20 all time after the 1908 series. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster 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'' Other batters ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Pitching Starting pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Park
Columbia Park or Columbia Avenue Grounds was a baseball park in Philadelphia. It was built in 1901 as the first home of the Philadelphia Athletics, who played there for eight seasons, including two games of the 1905 World Series. Columbia Park fell into disuse after the Athletics' move in 1909 to the larger Shibe Park, and was demolished in the 1910s. Home of the Philadelphia Athletics During their tenure at Columbia Park, the Athletics won the American League pennant twice. The first time was in 1902, before the institution of the modern World Series. Columbia Park was built in 1901 by the Philadelphia Athletics when the team was established, in the creation of the American League. The site was a vacant lot on which manager and part-owner Connie Mack obtained a ten-year lease. It occupied the block bordered by North 29th Street, West Oxford Street, North 30th Street, and Columbia Avenue (later renamed Cecil B. Moore Avenue, in honor of the civil rights leader). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Flater
John William Flater (September 22, 1883 – March 20, 1970) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics just at the end of the 1908 season (September 18 – October 3). The , 175 lb. right-hander was a native of Sandymount, Maryland. Flater pitched in five games for the Athletics. He hurled complete games in all three of his starting assignments, and he finished two other games in relief. He pitched much better than his 1–3 record would indicate. In 39.1 innings he allowed only 49 baserunners (35 hits, 12 walks, and 2 hit batsmen), and just 9 of the 15 runs that scored against him were earned runs. His ERA was an excellent 2.06. He was pitching for a team, however, that won 68 games, lost 85, and made 272 errors, including 3 by Flater himself. The games he lost were by scores of 2–1, 3–2, and 5–4. Four of his famous teammates on the Athletics were future Hall of Famers Chief Bender, Eddie Collins, Jimmy Collins, and Eddie Plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ossee Schreckengost
Ossee Freeman Schreckengost (April 11, 1875 – July 9, 1914), born F. Osee Schrecongost, was an American professional baseball catcher and first baseman. He played for seven Major League Baseball (MLB) teams between 1897 and 1908. Between 1902 and 1908, he caught for the Philadelphia Athletics, where he was the roommate and battery mate for pitcher Rube Waddell. Schreckengost's first name is sometimes spelled "Ossie" and his last name is sometimes shortened to "Schreck" to suit the limited space in baseball box scores. Early life Schreckengost was born in New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to Naaman Schrecongost and the former Sarah Caroline Protzman. The family lived in the nearby town of Fairmount City for a few years when Schreckengost was a child before moving the two miles back to New Bethlehem. Schreckengost worked in the mines and played local baseball in New Bethlehem before he went to Williamsport in 1895 to play semipro baseball. Career He made his Major Leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doc Powers
Michael Riley "Doc" Powers (September 22, 1870 – April 26, 1909) was an American Major League Baseball player who caught for four teams from to . He played for the Louisville Colonels and Washington Senators of the National League, and the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Highlanders of the American League. He played college baseball at College of the Holy Cross and at the University of Notre Dame in 1897 and 1898. His nickname was derived honestly from the fact he was a licensed physician as well as a ballplayer. During a brief stint with the New York Highlanders in 1905, Powers caught while Jim "Doc" Newton pitched, creating the only known example of a two-physician battery in Major League history. On April 12, 1909, Powers was injured during the first game played in Philadelphia's Shibe Park, crashing into a wall while chasing a foul pop-up. He sustained internal injuries from the collision and died two weeks later from complications from three intestinal su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Lapp
John Walker Lapp (September 10, 1884 – February 6, 1920) was an American professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1908 through 1916 for the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox. __TOC__ Baseball career Lapp was a second or third-string catcher for eight of his nine years in the big leagues (seven with Philadelphia and one with Chicago). He did catch 503 games in his career, so he wasn't exactly "riding the pines" for all those years. In 1911, the Athletics' first-string catcher was Ira Thomas, with Paddy Livingston and Lapp backing him up. Philadelphia played the New York Giants in the 1911 World Series, which went six games with the A's winning. Thomas caught the first two games and was "slightly injured" in the 7th inning of Game 2. Livingston, who had been a key figure during the regular season, was suffering from injuries to his legs, arms, and hands. He did not play in the Series. Lapp was called on to catch Game 3 on October 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Egan
Arthur Augustus "Ben" Egan (November 20, 1883 – February 18, 1968) was an American professional baseball catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians from 1908 to 1915. He was later a coach for the Washington Senators for the first half of the 1924 season, the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1925, and the Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, and ... in 1926. Egan was Babe Ruth’s first catcher in professional baseball and went to the majors with Ruth when the two were sold to the Boston Red Sox. References External links Find A Grave: Saint Helena’s Cemetery, Oneida, New York 1883 births 1968 deaths Baltimore Orioles (International League) players Baseball coaches from New York (state) Baseball players from New York (state) Brooklyn D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Blue
Bird Wayne "Bert" Blue (December 9, 1877 – September 2, 1929) was an American professional baseball catcher. Career He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for one season with St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Athletics. For his career, he compiled a .286 batting average in 42 at-bats, with two runs batted in. Early life and Death He was born in Bettsville, Ohio. He died at age 51 in Detroit, Michigan Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ..., where he is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery. References External links 1877 births 1929 deaths St. Louis Browns players Philadelphia Athletics players Major League Baseball catchers Baseball players from Ohio Birmingham Barons players Columbus Senators players Richmond Rebels players People from Seneca County, O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rube Vickers
Harry Porter "Rube" Vickers (May 17, 1879–December 9, 1958) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Superbas, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Athletics during the early 20th century. He holds numerous Pacific Coast League single-season records, as well as the modern-era National League record for most passed balls in a game as a catcher. Professional career Early career Vickers started his career in organized professional baseball in , when he played for the Toledo Mud Hens and the New Castle Quakers of the Interstate League. Two years later, he appeared as a pitcher for the Rock Island Islanders and the Terre Haute Hottentots of the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League. Cincinnati Reds Near the end of the season, Vickers started three games for the Cincinnati Reds, each resulting in a complete game loss. He struck out six and walked eight, and posted a 6.00 earned run average (ERA) in 21 innings pitched. Cincinnati's la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biff Schlitzer
Victor Joseph "Biff" Schlitzer (December 4, 1884 – January 4, 1948) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Philadelphia Athletics (1908–09) and Boston Red Sox (1909) of the American League, and with the Buffalo Buffeds of the Federal League (1914). Listed at , , Schlitzer batted and threw right-handed. A native of Rochester, New York, he attended University of Dayton. In a three-season career, Schlitzer posted a 10–15 record with 87 strikeouts and a 3.60 earned run average in 44 appearances, including 29 starts, 16 complete games, two shutouts, one save, and innings of work. Schlitzer died on January 4, 1948, at the age of 63 in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Utica, New York Utica () is a city in the Mohawk Valley and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The tenth-most-populous city in New York State, its population was 65,283 in the 2020 U.S. Census. Located on the Mohawk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Salve
Augustus William Salve (December 29, 1885 – March 29, 1971) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He appeared in two games for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season, once as a starter and once in relief Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term '' relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that th .... References *Boxscores orelief appearanceanof game started Major League Baseball pitchers Philadelphia Athletics players Baseball players from Boston 1885 births 1971 deaths Richmond Colts players Columbia Gamecocks players Johnstown Johnnies players People from Jamaica Plain {{US-baseball-pitcher-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Plank
Edward Stewart Plank (August 31, 1875 – February 24, 1926), nicknamed "Gettysburg Eddie", was an American professional baseball player. A pitcher, Plank played in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 through 1914, the St. Louis Terriers in 1915, and the St. Louis Browns in 1916 and 1917. Plank was the first left-handed pitcher to win 200 games and then 300 games, and now ranks third in all-time wins among left-handers with 326 career victories ( 13th all time) and first all-time in career shutouts by a left-handed pitcher with 66. Philadelphia went to the World Series five times while Plank played there, but he sat out the 1910 World Series due to an injury. Plank had only a 1.32 earned run average (ERA) in his World Series career, but he was unlucky, with a 2–5 win–loss record in those games. Plank died of a stroke in 1926. He was posthumously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946 by the Veterans Committee. Early life Plank grew up o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Maxwell
James Albert Maxwell (October 17, 1886 – December 10, 1961) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ... in the early 20th century. He was born in Texarkana, Arkansas, and died in Brady, Texas. External links * 1886 births 1961 deaths New York Giants (NL) players Pittsburgh Pirates players Philadelphia Athletics players Brooklyn Tip-Tops players Baseball players from Arkansas Major League Baseball pitchers Pine Bluff Lumbermen players Galveston Sand Crabs players Montgomery Senators players Steubenville Stubs players Atlanta Crackers players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players Birmingham Barons players Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players People from Texarkana, Arkansas {{US-baseball-pitche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
