1908 Brooklyn Superbas season
The 1908 Brooklyn Superbas suffered through another poor season, finishing in seventh place. After the season, manager Patsy Donovan was fired. The club set a Major League record which still stands, for the fewest doubles by a team in a season, with only 110. The Superbas hit only.213 as a team, second lowest in the modern era after the 1910 Chicago White Sox. No regulars hit.250, Tim Jordan led the team with a.247 batting average.Offseason
Record vs. opponents
Roster
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
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
C | | 99 | 302 | 53 | .175 | 0 | 15 |
1B | | 148 | 515 | 127 | .247 | 12 | 60 |
2B | | 80 | 264 | 57 | .216 | 0 | 9 |
3B | | 146 | 468 | 100 | .214 | 0 | 29 |
SS | | 118 | 415 | 91 | .219 | 1 | 30 |
OF | | 123 | 456 | 111 | .243 | 2 | 18 |
OF | | 127 | 440 | 95 | .216 | 4 | 39 |
OF | | 113 | 359 | 70 | .195 | 3 | 17 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| 154 | 594 | 143 | .241 | 4 | 41 |
| 70 | 213 | 42 | .197 | 1 | 15 |
| 43 | 147 | 35 | .238 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | 99 | 19 | .192 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | 68 | 13 | .191 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | 64 | 11 | .172 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 42 | 333.1 | 17 | 19 | 2.08 | 199 |
| 42 | 332 | 16 | 22 | 1.87 | 99 |
| 40 | 288 | 11 | 20 | 2.69 | 108 |
| 28 | 213.2 | 4 | 20 | 2.44 | 54 |
| 29 | 155.1 | 4 | 15 | 3.59 | 63 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 2 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.26 | 2 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3.38 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135.00 | 0 |