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1903 American League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings Minor League Standings

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Division
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Chicago (A)	83	57	.593	--
Boston (A)	82	58	.586	1
Philadelphia (A)	76	64	.543	7
Washington	71	69	.507	12
New York (A)	68	72	.486	15
Detroit	67	73	.479	16
Cleveland	58	82	.414	25
St. Louis (A)	55	85	.393	28

Post-Season Results
World Series (5-2)	Cincinnati Reds over Chicago (A) White Stockings

League Batting Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
CHA	5.8	817	140	4862	1331	231	57	43	398	651	.274	.329	.371	.700
PHA	5.6	787	140	4919	1355	317	92	36	334	458	.275	.322	.399	.721
BOS	5.5	771	140	4973	1336	278	69	48	393	457	.269	.322	.381	.703
WS1	5.5	763	140	5009	1310	268	77	49	330	539	.262	.307	.375	.682
DET	4.9	692	140	4844	1368	283	59	40	287	499	.282	.323	.390	.713
SLA	4.9	684	140	4905	1341	301	77	56	287	463	.273	.314	.400	.714
CLE	4.8	667	140	4861	1279	293	72	21	316	485	.263	.308	.366	.674
NYA	4.6	648	140	4785	1229	235	60	48	301	453	.257	.301	.361	.662
Totals	5.2	5829	1120	39158	10549	2206	563	341	2646	4005	.269	.316	.381	.696
Average		729	140	4895	1319	276	70	43	331	501

League Pitching Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
NYA	4.9	681	140	4.06	1257.0	1297	9.3	300	2.1	558	4.0	17
CHA	5.0	695	140	3.83	1262.7	1371	9.8	306	2.2	468	3.3	8
BOS	5.0	701	140	3.87	1279.3	1314	9.4	345	2.5	504	3.6	7
WS1	5.1	710	140	4.15	1276.0	1311	9.4	324	2.3	522	3.7	18
CLE	5.2	724	140	3.95	1251.7	1346	9.6	288	2.1	444	3.2	7
DET	5.4	759	140	4.41	1243.7	1349	9.6	385	2.8	466	3.3	8
PHA	5.4	761	140	4.48	1256.3	1242	8.9	383	2.7	516	3.7	27
SLA	5.7	798	140	4.66	1257.0	1319	9.4	315	2.3	527	3.8	7
Totals	5.2	5829	1120	4.18	10083.6	10549	9.4	2646	2.4	4005	3.6	99
Average		729	140		1260	1319		331		501		12

League Miscellaneous Stats Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance	Manager
BOS	76	64	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	1.40	1,016,730
CHA	80	60	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.88	0.51	1,018,583
CLE	65	75	-7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.98	1,044,480	Mark Kossoff
DET	64	76	3	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.98	0.81	1,048,072	Jason Webb
NYA	67	73	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.93	1.03	1,048,142	Jason Haralson
PHA	72	68	4	0	0	1	0	1	4	0.93	1.11	1,048,167
SLA	60	80	-5	0	0	1	2	0	2	0.97	0.64	1,048,258	Zach Deuel
WS1	75	65	-4	0	0	0	0	1	6	1.03	1.70	997,102	Robert Wells

League Win Shares Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
CHA	249	139.77	75.94	33.25	8.79	2.88	6.65	3.54	5.14	6.27
BOS	246	100.39	99.26	46.32	9.54	2.09	5.92	8.04	6.65	14.10
PHA	228	132.10	60.11	35.77	5.48	1.62	4.41	5.69	6.29	12.29
WS1	213	99.48	76.17	37.32	7.14	2.78	4.03	5.46	8.09	9.83
NYA	204	85.02	81.32	37.63	6.47	2.79	4.71	3.72	6.60	13.35
DET	201	99.52	68.16	33.28	4.81	2.28	2.44	6.93	6.46	10.39
CLE	174	71.23	70.35	32.39	6.13	1.98	4.75	4.12	6.39	9.03
SLA	165	84.84	52.27	27.86	5.44	2.07	3.78	4.85	4.88	6.85

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger Award:	Chick Stahl	PHA	.352, 6 HR, 108 RBI
Cy Young Award:	Ed Siever	SLA	22-12, 3.59, 326.3 IP, 125 K
Rookie of the Year Award:	Norwood Gibson	BOS	21-10, 3.55, 319.0 IP, 113 K

Gold Glove Award Winners

P	Ed Killian	WS1	.983, 40 PO, 74 A, 2 E
C	Fred Jacklitsch	CHA	.966, 401 PO, 113 A, 18 E 31.0% (81-261) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Dan McGann	WS1	.991, 1684 PO, 119 A, 16 E
2B	Dick Padden	CHA	.964, 293 PO, 507 A, 30 E
3B	Otto Krueger	WS1	.947, 73 PO, 395 A, 26 E
SS	Charlie Babb	WS1	.943, 193 PO, 573 A, 46 E
LF	Ed Delahanty	DET	.933, 250 PO, 16 A, 19 E
CF	Frank Chance	NYA	.994, 332 PO, 15 A, 2 E
RF	Chick Stahl	PHA	.996, 262 PO, 12 A, 1 E

League Batting Leaderboards Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average

Stahl	PHA	.352
McCarthy	BOS	.349
Heidrick	DET	.349
Dougherty	CLE	.345
Delahanty	DET	.343

On-Base Pct

McCarthy	BOS	.429
McGann	WS1	.428
Stahl	PHA	.428
Dougherty	CLE	.424
Burkett	CHA	.415

Slugging Pct

Stahl	PHA	.546
Crawford	SLA	.543
McCarthy	BOS	.531
Heidrick	DET	.530
McGann	WS1	.517

OPS

Stahl	PHA	.974
McCarthy	BOS	.960
McGann	WS1	.945
Crawford	SLA	.940
Heidrick	DET	.917

Stahl	PHA	111.6
McGann	WS1	106.9
Kelley	BOS	104.3
Crawford	SLA	103.4
Dougherty	CLE	101.7

Games

Leach	SLA	137
Seybold	DET	137
Heidrick	DET	135
Kelley	BOS	135
Waldron	SLA	135

At-Bats

Fultz	PHA	566
Waldron	SLA	560
Parent	SLA	544
Slagle	BOS	542
Heidrick	DET	536

Runs

Elberfeld	CHA	132
Barrett	WS1	112
Fultz	PHA	111
Burkett	CHA	110
Kelley	BOS	109

Hits

Heidrick	DET	187
Waldron	SLA	184
Delahanty	DET	181
Green	CHA	179
Stahl	PHA	179

Total Bases

Heidrick	DET	284
Stahl	PHA	278
Crawford	SLA	276
Kelley	BOS	271
Waldron	SLA	258

Singles

Green	CHA	148
Burkett	CHA	132
Waldron	SLA	132
Delahanty	DET	126
Barrett	WS1	125

Doubles

Seybold	DET	53
Stahl	PHA	49
Nance	CLE	46
Sheckard	SLA	45
Delahanty	DET	44

Triples

McGann	WS1	16
Stahl	PHA	16
Heidrick	DET	15
Kelley	BOS	15
Crawford	SLA	14

Homeruns

McGann	WS1	14
Crawford	SLA	13
Kelley	BOS	11
Chance	NYA	10
Green	CHA	10

RBIs

Kelley	BOS	108
Stahl	PHA	108
McCarthy	BOS	104
Heidrick	DET	103
Green	CHA	101

Stolen Bases

Dougherty	CLE	89
Barrett	WS1	88
Slagle	BOS	72
Burkett	CHA	67
Kelley	BOS	60

Caught Stealing

Chance	NYA	29
Heidrick	DET	28
Barrett	WS1	26
Green	CHA	23
Conroy	NYA	22

Walks

Jones	CHA	73
Barrett	WS1	65
Kelley	BOS	63
Slagle	BOS	60
Burkett	CHA	59

Strikeouts

Hamilton	NYA	147
Cross	CLE	115
Jennings	CHA	88
Lowe	SLA	87
Donovan	DET	86

League Pitching Leaderboards Help

ERA

Shields	CLE	2.43
Brown	BOS	3.11
McCarthy	PHA	3.27
Owen	WS1	3.27
Waddell	NYA	3.39

Wins

Orth	CHA	22
Siever	SLA	22
Gibson	BOS	21
Hess	CHA	20
Hesterfer	CHA	19

Losses

Donovan	SLA	22
Chesbro	SLA	21
Bender	NYA	20
Lundgren	NYA	17
Hess	CHA	16

Winning Pct

Gibson	BOS	.677
McCarthy	PHA	.667
Menefee	DET	.652
Siever	SLA	.647
Brown	BOS	.643

Saves

Coakley	PHA	9
Schmidt	PHA	8
Durham	PHA	7
Townsend	WS1	7
Taylor	NYA	6

Games Pitched

Orth	CHA	41
Swormstedt	PHA	41
Bender	NYA	40
Schmidt	PHA	40
Townsend	WS1	40

Games Started

Orth	CHA	41
Swormstedt	PHA	41
Bender	NYA	40
Donovan	SLA	39
Hess	CHA	38

Complete Games

Orth	CHA	33
Hess	CHA	31
Shields	CLE	30
Gibson	BOS	29
Waddell	NYA	27

Shutouts

Orth	CHA	3
Bender	NYA	2
Gibson	BOS	2
Killian	WS1	2
Shields	CLE	2

Innings Pitched

Orth	CHA	348.7
Waddell	NYA	329.3
Siever	SLA	326.3
Hess	CHA	321.3
Gibson	BOS	319.0

Hits Allowed

Hesterfer	CHA	363
Orth	CHA	358
Hess	CHA	344
Siever	SLA	336
Bender	NYA	328

Homeruns Allowed

Swormstedt	PHA	20
McCarthy	PHA	18
Newton	PHA	13
Orth	CHA	13
Brown	BOS	12

Strikeouts

Waddell	NYA	209
Donovan	SLA	166
Hess	CHA	143
Brown	BOS	130
Siever	SLA	125

Walks Allowed

Gibson	BOS	102
Hess	CHA	96
Donovan	SLA	93
Hesterfer	CHA	80
Popp	DET	75

Walks per 9IP

Phillippe	CLE	0.9
Shields	CLE	0.9
Orth	CHA	1.3
Siever	SLA	1.3
Brown	BOS	1.6

Hits per 9IP

Waddell	NYA	7.6
Killian	WS1	8.2
Swormstedt	PHA	8.2
McCarthy	PHA	8.3
Brown	BOS	8.3

Strikeouts per 9IP

Waddell	NYA	5.7
Donovan	SLA	4.7
Owen	WS1	4.3
Morgan	DET	4.2
Brown	BOS	4.2

WHiP

Waddell	NYA	1.05
Shields	CLE	1.07
Brown	BOS	1.11
Killian	WS1	1.15
Phillippe	CLE	1.16

OAVG

Waddell	NYA	.229
Brown	BOS	.239
Swormstedt	PHA	.242
Killian	WS1	.243
McCarthy	PHA	.245

OOBP

Shields	CLE	.274
Brown	BOS	.280
McCarthy	PHA	.297
Swormstedt	PHA	.299
Owen	WS1	.306

OSLG

Waddell	NYA	.314
Siever	SLA	.338
Brown	BOS	.338
Shields	CLE	.339
Menefee	DET	.340

OOPS

Shields	CLE	.612
Brown	BOS	.618
Waddell	NYA	.625
Swormstedt	PHA	.656
Siever	SLA	.667

League All-Stars

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League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Jesse Burkett	CHA	$ 14,000,000
2.	Cy Young	BOS	$ 11,800,000
3.	Ed Delahanty	DET	$ 11,530,000
4.	Kid Nichols	WS1	$ 10,340,000
5.	George Van Haltren	BOS	$ 9,394,600
6.	Rube Waddell	NYA	$ 9,200,000
7.	Gene Demontreville	DET	$ 9,000,000
8.	Joe Kelley	BOS	$ 8,260,000
9.	Kip Selbach	NYA	$ 7,870,000
	Mike Donlin	PHA	$ 7,870,000
11.	Deacon Phillippe	CLE	$ 7,750,000
12.	Jack Taylor	NYA	$ 7,670,000
	Jimmy Sheckard	SLA	$ 7,670,000
14.	Charlie Hickman	WS1	$ 7,500,000
15.	Al Orth	CHA	$ 7,497,000
16.	Sam Crawford	SLA	$ 7,092,857
17.	Chick Stahl	PHA	$ 7,080,000
	Lave Cross	CLE	$ 7,080,000
19.	Steve Brodie	CLE	$ 6,990,000
20.	Bill Dineen	CHA	$ 6,890,000
21.	Jack McCarthy	BOS	$ 6,560,000
22.	Jack Chesbro	SLA	$ 5,957,143
23.	Pete Dowling	DET	$ 5,780,000
24.	Bill Dahlen	PHA	$ 5,510,000
25.	Red Donahue	BOS	$ 5,272,400