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1908 MLB AL standings
The Detroit Tigers won the 1908 American League pennant race at 90-63, half a game ahead of the Cleveland Naps.
🏆The 1908 playoffs, series by series
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AL standings, 1908
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| Detroit Tigers (DET) z | 90 | 63 | .588 | - | 8-2 | W1 |
| Cleveland Naps (CLE) | 90 | 64 | .584 | 0.5 | 7-3 | W2 |
| Chicago White Sox (CWS) | 88 | 64 | .579 | 1.5 | 7-3 | L1 |
| St. Louis Browns (SLB) | 83 | 69 | .546 | 6.5 | 4-6 | L2 |
| Boston Red Sox (BOS) | 75 | 79 | .487 | 15.5 | 5-5 | L1 |
| Philadelphia Athletics (PHA) | 68 | 85 | .444 | 22 | 3-7 | W1 |
| Washington Senators (WAS) | 67 | 85 | .441 | 22.5 | 6-4 | W5 |
| New York Highlanders (NYH) | 51 | 103 | .331 | 39.5 | 3-7 | L5 |
Final standings.
Clinch key- z
- clinched the best record in the American League
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 22 times.
- The Detroit Tigers trailed by as many as 5 games on April 29, 1908.
- The Detroit Tigers took first place for good on September 27, 1908.
- The Chicago White Sox won 13 games in a row from June 4, 1908 to June 16, 1908, the longest run of the race.
- The Chicago White Sox led by 2.5 games as late as June 21, 1908.
- The Detroit Tigers led by as many as 4 games on August 18, 1908.
- The Detroit Tigers went 24-6 from June 26, 1908 to July 28, 1908, turning a deficit of 4.5 games into a lead of 3.5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 94 of the 167 days played.
- The Detroit Tigers spent 87 of the season's 178 charted days in first place.