- 1908 in baseball
Year in baseball
this year = 1908Champions
*World Series:
Chicago Cubs overDetroit Tigers (4-1)Awards and honors
tatistical Leaders
National League final standings
Events
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June 30 -Cy Young pitches the third, and final,no-hitter of his career as theBoston Red Sox defeat theNew York Highlanders , 8-0.
*July 4 - One batter away from aperfect game , New York Giants pitcherHooks Wiltse hitsGeorge McQuillan with two outs in the ninth inning. Wiltse continues to pitch and tosses ano-hitter against thePhiladelphia Phillies . The Giants win, 1-0, in 10 innings.
*August 4 - In a game between theSt. Louis Cardinals and theBrooklyn Superbas only one baseball was used for the entire game. Brooklyn wins, 3-0.
*September 5 -Nap Rucker pitches ano-hitter as theBrooklyn Superbas defeat theBoston Doves , 6-0.
*September 18 -Cleveland Naps pitcherBob Rhoads tosses ano-hitter against theBoston Red Sox , Cleveland wins, 2-1.
*September 20 -Frank Smith of theChicago White Sox throws ano-hitter against thePhiladelphia Athletics , the White Sox win, 1-0. It is the secondno-hitter of Smith's career.
*September 23 - TheChicago Cubs and New York Giants, involved in a tight pennant race, (also involving thePittsburgh Pirates ) were tied in the bottom of the ninth inning at thePolo Grounds . The Giants had runners on first and third and two outs whenAl Bridwell hit a single to center field, scoringMoose McCormick from third with the Giants’ apparent winning run, but the runner on first base, rookieFred Merkle , thinking the game was over, went half way to second and then sprinted to the clubhouse after McCormick touched home plate. As fans swarmed the field, Cub infielderJohnny Evers retrieved the ball and touched second. Since there were 2 outs, a forceout was called at second base, ending the inning and the game. The game was declared atie and would be made up at the end of the season if the Cubs and Giants were tied for first place. The incident became known as "TheMerkle Boner ".
*October 2 - In a game involving theCleveland Naps and theChicago White Sox ,Ed Walsh struck out 15 Naps and walked one batter, pitching a complete game, but it was not enough asAddie Joss pitched aperfect game , as the Naps beat the White Sox, 1-0, during the heat of apennant race. Cleveland center fielderJoe Birmingham scored the game's only run. Joss'perfect game is the second in the modern era and fourth all time. It is perhaps the finest pitching duel in baseball history.
*October 6 - TheDetroit Tigers defeat theChicago White Sox , 7-0, to win theAmerican League pennant on the last day of the season.
*October 8 - TheChicago Cubs defeat the New York Giants, 4-2, in the make-up of "TheMerkle Boner " game, giving the Cubs theNational League pennant .
*October 14 - TheChicago Cubs defeat theDetroit Tigers , 2-0, in Game 5 of the World Series to win the series four games to one. It is the second consecutiveWorld Championship for the Cubs and the second year in a row they have defeated the Tigers in the World Series. To date the Cubs have not won anotherWorld Series .Births
January-April
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January 5 -Regis Leheny
*February 1 -Vince Barton
*February 2 -Bobby Coombs
*February 2 -Wes Ferrell
*February 14 -Oscar Judd
*February 17 -Red Barber
*February 23 - Ray Brown
*March 19 -Gee Walker
*April 6 -Ernie Lombardi
*April 7 -George Hockette May-August
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May 7 - Harry Davis
*May 9 -Billy Jurges
*May 25 -Howard Craghead
*June 20 -Billy Werber
*June 25 - Joe Becker
*July 6 -Cy Blanton
*July 14 -Johnny Murphy
*July 17 - Ed Connolly
*July 23 -Ival Goodman
*August 10 -Odell Hale
*August 20 -Al Lopez eptember-December
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September 20 -Zeke Bonura
*October 17 -Red Rolfe
*November 13 -John Kroner
*November 19 - Joe Glenn
*November 21 - Paul Richards
*November 26 -Lefty Gómez
*November 29 - Pat Simmons
*December 10 -Earl Cook
*December 23 -Sol Carter
*December 25 - Ben Chapman
*December 25 -Jo-Jo Moore Deaths
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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
*June 22 -Everett Mills , 63, first baseman for six seasons, 1871-1876.
*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 umpireBibliography
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