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).
The1908Detroit Tigers season was a season in Americanbaseball. The team won theAmerican League championship by means of a scheduling quirk, finishing just one-half game ahead of theCleveland Naps. The two teams won the same number of games, but the Tigers completed and lost one fewer. They then lost to theChicago Cubs in the1908 World Series.
The early part of the season was defined in part byTy Cobb's contract dispute with the team. He claimed that the owners have too much power. Eventually Cobb settled for a $4,800 contract.[1] After opening day, the Tigers averaged only 4,400 fans per game.
^Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 71, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007,ISBN978-0-06-088937-1
