Events of Tuesday, August 18, 1908 (original) (raw)
Events of Tuesday, August 18, 1908
Events of Tuesday, August 18, 1908
8-17-1908 8-19-1908 8-18-1907 8-18-1909
CLE A 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1 BOS A 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 x - 3 10 2
BOX WP: Cicotte (8-7) LP: Rhoads (13-9)
DET A 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 - 7 11 1 NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 3 9 4
BOX WP: Summers (16-8) LP: Hogg (2-9)
CHI A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 2 10 2 PHI A 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 x - 7 7 5
BOX WP: Vickers (15-14) LP: Smith (7-12)
STL A 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 11 0 WAS A 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0
PHI N 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 - 8 12 0 CHI N 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 6 2
BOX WP: Sparks (12-9) LP: Lundgren (6-9) HR: Tinker (4)
BOS N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 4 13 0 PIT N 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 1
BOX WP: Dorner (7-15) LP: Leifield (8-10) HR: Thomas (1)
Standings At Close of Play of August 18, 1908
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Pittsburgh Pirates 105 64 40 1 .615 - 392 324 New York Giants 106 62 42 2 .596 2.0 431 319 Chicago Cubs 107 59 46 2 .562 5.5 392 367 Philadelphia Phillies 102 57 45 0 .559 6.0 321 289 Cincinnati Reds 109 55 53 1 .509 11.0 355 345 Boston Doves 108 47 59 2 .443 18.0 406 422 Brooklyn Superbas 102 38 64 0 .373 25.0 257 345 St. Louis Cardinals 105 36 69 0 .343 28.5 251 394
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Detroit Tigers 105 65 40 0 .619 - 480 372 St. Louis Browns 107 61 44 2 .581 4.0 401 324 Cleveland Naps 108 61 46 1 .570 5.0 385 327 Chicago White Sox 109 59 48 2 .551 7.0 374 348 Philadelphia Athletics 106 50 53 3 .485 14.0 341 362 Boston Red Sox 107 51 56 0 .477 15.0 377 382 Washington Senators 106 41 62 3 .398 23.0 321 400 New York Highlanders 106 33 72 1 .314 32.0 347 511
Births on This Date
Transactions
Pittsburgh Pirates sold Beals Becker to Boston Doves.
Des Moines (Western) sold Roy Witherup to Washington Senators.