1908 Boston Red Sox season
The 1908 Boston Red Sox season was the eighth season for the Major League Baseball franchise previously known as the Boston Americans. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League (AL) with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, 15+1⁄2 games behind the Detroit Tigers. The team played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.
Cy Young on July 23, the day of a home game against the St. Louis Browns.
1908 Detroit Tigers season
The 1908 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team won the American League championship by means of a scheduling quirk, finishing just one-half game ahead of the Cleveland Naps. The two teams won the same number of games, but the Tigers completed and lost one fewer. They then lost to the Chicago Cubs in the 1908 World Series.
Some members of the team, shown on baseball cards. Sheet of eight postcards featuring Detroit baseball players: Summers (Pitcher); Willett (Pitcher). McIntyre (Left Field); Downs (Second Base); Schmidt (Catcher); Schaefer (Third Base); Rossman (First Base) and O'Leary (Short Stop).