1908 New York Highlanders Roster

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The 1908 New York Highlanders team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1908 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1908 New York Highlanders Opening Day starters list, a 1908 New York Highlanders salary list, a 1908 New York Highlanders uniform number breakdown and a 1908 New York Highlanders primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.

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1908 New York Highlanders Roster

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n/a Harry Billiard 6-00 190 Right Right 1883-11-11
n/a Jack Chesbro 5-09 180 Right Right 1874-06-05
n/a Slow Joe Doyle 5-08 150 Right Right 1881-09-15
n/a Fred Glade 6-00 190 Right Right 1876-01-25
n/a Bill Hogg 6-00 200 Right Right 1881-09-11
n/a Joe Lake 6-00 185 Right Right 1881-01-06
n/a Rube Manning 6-00 180 Right Right 1883-04-29
n/a Doc Newton 6-00 185 Left Left 1877-10-26
n/a Andy O'Connor 6-00 160 Right Right 1884-09-14
n/a Al Orth 6-00 200 Right Left 1872-09-05
n/a Hippo Vaughn 6-04 215 Left Both 1888-04-09
n/a Jack Warhop 5-09½ 168 Right Right 1884-07-04
n/a Pete Wilson 5-10½ 150 Left Left 1885-10-09
n/a Walter Blair 6-00 185 Right Right 1883-10-13
n/a Red Kleinow 5-10 165 Right Right 1877-07-20
n/a Ed Sweeney 6-01 200 Right Right 1888-07-19
n/a Neal Ball 5-07 145 Right Right 1881-04-22
n/a Hal Chase 6-00 175 Left Right 1883-02-13
n/a Wid Conroy 5-09 158 Right Right 1877-04-05
n/a Mike Donovan 5-08 155 Right Right 1881-10-18
n/a Kid Elberfeld 5-07 158 Right Right 1875-04-13
n/a Earle Gardner 5-11 160 Right Right 1884-01-24
n/a Frank LaPorte 5-08 175 Right Right 1880-02-06
n/a George Moriarty 6-00 185 Right Right 1885-07-07
n/a Harry Niles 5-08 175 Right Right 1880-09-10
n/a Birdie Cree 5-06 150 Right Right 1882-10-23
n/a Frank Delahanty 5-09 160 Right Right 1882-12-29
n/a Charlie Hemphill 5-09 160 Left Left 1876-04-20
n/a Willie Keeler 5-05 140 Left Left 1872-03-03
n/a Irish McIlveen 5-11½ 180 Left Left 1880-07-27
n/a Jimmy O'Rourke 5-07 150 Right Right 1883-12-26
n/a Jake Stahl 6-02 195 Right Right 1879-04-13
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The 1908 New York Highlanders played 154 games during the regular season, won 51 games, lost 103 games, and finished in eighth position. They played their home games at Hilltop Park (Park Factors: 101/104) where 305,500 fans witnessed their 1908 Highlanders finish the season with a .331 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1908 New York Highlanders Opening Day starters list, a 1908 New York Highlanders salary list, a 1908 New York Highlanders uniform number breakdown and a 1908 New York Highlanders primary starters list:

1908 New York Highlanders
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available

1908 New York Highlanders
Most Games by Position

C Red Kleinow (89)
1B Hal Chase (98)
2B Harry Niles (85)
3B Wid Conroy (118)
SS Neal Ball (130)
LF Wid Conroy (5)
CF Wid Conroy (2)
RF Willie Keeler (86)
  
SP Bill Hogg
SP Joe Lake
SP Rube Manning
SP Al Orth
  
CL Jack Chesbro

1908 New York Highlanders
Salaries

No Salary Data Available

1908 New York Highlanders
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1908 New York Highlanders Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?