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League Standings Minor League Standings

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Division
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Detroit	89	65	.578	--
New York (A)	84	70	.545	5
Philadelphia (A)	83	71	.539	6
St. Louis (A)	82	72	.532	7
Cleveland	81	73	.526	8
Boston (A)	78	76	.506	11
Chicago (A)	72	82	.468	17
Washington	47	107	.305	42

Post-Season Results
World Series (4-3)	Detroit Tigers over Cincinnati Reds

League Batting Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
SLA	5.1	789	154	5487	1506	325	73	55	302	384	.274	.312	.390	.703
NYA	5.0	772	154	5429	1507	318	86	42	311	456	.278	.317	.391	.708
PHA	4.8	741	154	5433	1479	404	93	55	297	423	.272	.310	.411	.721
BOS	4.7	728	154	5434	1443	288	70	52	352	545	.266	.310	.373	.683
CLE	4.6	711	154	5490	1485	304	79	35	321	518	.270	.311	.374	.685
DET	4.5	693	154	5358	1477	299	56	44	358	437	.276	.321	.377	.698
CHA	4.2	649	154	5380	1386	256	54	37	333	699	.258	.301	.346	.647
WS1	3.7	576	154	5376	1282	311	65	44	232	471	.238	.270	.345	.615
Totals	4.6	5659	1232	43387	11565	2505	576	364	2506	3933	.267	.307	.376	.683
Average		707	154	5423	1446	313	72	46	313	492

League Pitching Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
DET	4.1	633	154	3.36	1395.7	1352	8.8	325	2.1	602	3.9	17
NYA	4.4	679	154	3.51	1391.3	1419	9.2	316	2.1	495	3.2	10
CLE	4.4	682	154	3.52	1403.0	1457	9.5	225	1.5	507	3.3	16
CHA	4.5	686	154	3.40	1395.0	1430	9.3	304	2.0	432	2.8	9
PHA	4.5	697	154	3.83	1391.7	1435	9.3	381	2.5	445	2.9	10
SLA	4.7	725	154	3.65	1389.0	1467	9.5	285	1.9	501	3.3	10
BOS	4.7	727	154	3.86	1387.3	1478	9.6	361	2.3	441	2.9	25
WS1	5.4	830	154	4.44	1386.3	1527	9.9	309	2.0	510	3.3	12
Totals	4.6	5659	1232	3.70	11139.3	11565	9.4	2506	2.0	3933	3.2	109
Average		707	154		1392	1446		313		492		14

League Miscellaneous Stats Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance	Manager
BOS	77	77	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1.09	1.32	1,629,539
CHA	73	81	-1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.03	0.53	926,319	Carl Mitchell
CLE	80	74	1	0	0	2	2	0	7	1.00	0.79	1,556,656	Mark Kossoff
DET	83	71	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	1.03	0.72	1,651,034
NYA	86	68	-2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0.82	0.87	1,710,864	Charles Box
PHA	81	73	2	0	0	2	0	1	5	1.08	1.49	1,080,796	Mark Goercke
SLA	83	71	-1	0	0	1	3	0	5	1.03	0.96	1,652,560	Zach Deuel
WS1	52	102	-5	0	0	0	0	1	6	0.96	1.30	1,022,759

League Win Shares Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
DET	267	110.23	104.25	52.49	10.80	1.96	6.77	7.90	9.51	15.55
NYA	252	147.07	72.64	32.26	5.44	2.56	3.49	5.83	6.10	8.84
PHA	249	116.58	85.23	47.15	10.55	1.77	4.84	4.08	12.33	13.59
SLA	246	132.35	76.36	37.26	6.42	2.32	5.38	4.52	6.76	11.87
CLE	243	112.24	89.27	41.45	5.88	2.74	4.91	5.81	7.60	14.53
BOS	234	110.81	81.45	41.71	8.09	3.34	6.57	8.89	3.66	11.16
CHA	216	87.11	86.85	42.01	7.62	3.06	5.13	5.43	8.98	11.81
WS1	141	68.49	48.29	24.19	5.22	2.62	3.82	4.64	2.49	5.41

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger Award:	Nap Lajoie	CLE	.363, 6 HR, 94 RBI
Cy Young Award:	Charlie Shields	CLE	24-10, 2.57, 374.3 IP, 142 K
Rookie of the Year Award:	Harry Lumley	NYA	.299, 10 HR, 108 RBI

Gold Glove Award Winners

P	Odie Porter	BOS	.971, 17 PO, 51 A, 2 E
C	Admiral Schlei	DET	.979, 449 PO, 103 A, 12 E 25.1% (68-271) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Joe Kelley	BOS	.987, 1909 PO, 141 A, 26 E
2B	Germany Schaefer	BOS	.981, 311 PO, 607 A, 18 E
3B	John Murphy	BOS	.978, 81 PO, 457 A, 12 E
SS	George Magoon	CLE	.927, 169 PO, 483 A, 51 E
LF	Sam Crawford	SLA	1.000, 340 PO, 12 A, 0 E
CF	Dave Fultz	SLA	.916, 423 PO, 15 A, 40 E
RF	Doc Nance	CLE	.996, 263 PO, 18 A, 1 E

League Batting Leaderboards Help

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

Batting Average

Lajoie	CLE	.363
Green	DET	.347
Heidrick	PHA	.342*
Sheckard	BOS	.341
Kelley	BOS	.336

On-Base Pct

Lajoie	CLE	.409
Green	DET	.408
Sheckard	BOS	.405
Kelley	BOS	.387
Tenney	NYA	.374

Slugging Pct

Heidrick	PHA	.539*
Sheckard	BOS	.531
Lajoie	CLE	.520
Kelley	BOS	.512
Steinfeldt	PHA	.496

OPS

Sheckard	BOS	.936
Lajoie	CLE	.930
Heidrick	PHA	.904*
Kelley	BOS	.899
Green	DET	.885

Sheckard	BOS	107.4
Kelley	BOS	104.1
Crawford	SLA	103.1
Lajoie	CLE	103.1
Green	DET	96.9

Games

McGann	WS1	153
Barclay	WS1	152
Tenney	NYA	151
Conroy	NYA	150
McCreery	NYA	150

At-Bats

Conroy	NYA	626
Slagle	BOS	611
Waldron	SLA	611
Roth	WS1	607
Dougherty	CLE	606

Runs

Crawford	SLA	118
Conroy	NYA	110
Kelley	BOS	107
Sheckard	BOS	107
McCreery	NYA	106

Hits

Conroy	NYA	209
Lajoie	CLE	205
Kelley	BOS	195
Crawford	SLA	194
Green	DET	193

Total Bases

Kelley	BOS	297
Lajoie	CLE	294
Sheckard	BOS	294
Steinfeldt	PHA	291
Crawford	SLA	286

Singles

Conroy	NYA	153
Tenney	NYA	153
Green	DET	146
Jones	CHA	141
McCarthy	BOS	137

Doubles

Steinfeldt	PHA	71
Lajoie	CLE	57
Conn	SLA	52
Hickman	WS1	52
Stahl	PHA	51

Triples

Lumley	NYA	18
Wolverton	CLE	17
Hickman	WS1	15
Waldron	SLA	15
Heidrick	PHA	14

Homeruns

Crawford	SLA	11
McGann	WS1	11
Sheckard	BOS	11
Lumley	NYA	10
Heidrick	PHA	9

RBIs

Chance	NYA	115
Lumley	NYA	108
McCarthy	BOS	102
Parent	SLA	102
Crawford	SLA	97

Stolen Bases

Dougherty	CLE	82
Burkett	CHA	70
Slagle	BOS	69
Crawford	SLA	65
Fultz	SLA	65

Caught Stealing

Chance	NYA	30
Conroy	NYA	29
Hartsel	DET	27
Green	DET	26
Heidrick	PHA	26

Walks

Hartsel	DET	80
Green	DET	59
McCreery	NYA	58
Jones	CHA	57
Sheckard	BOS	57

Strikeouts

Burkett	CHA	139
Schaefer	BOS	106
Jacklitsch	CHA	99
Brodie	CLE	92
Killian	WS1	76

League Pitching Leaderboards Help

ERA

Shields	CLE	2.57
Kellum	BOS	2.74
Orth	CHA	2.81
Falkenberg	CHA	2.83
Bender	NYA	2.91

Wins

Shields	CLE	24
Vorhees	DET	23
Deegan	PHA	22
Bender	NYA	21
Buchanan	NYA	20

Losses

Killian	WS1	25
Falkenberg	CHA	19
Hess	CHA	19
Iburg	WS1	19
Owen	WS1	19

Winning Pct

Vorhees	DET	.719
Shields	CLE	.706
Deegan	PHA	.667
Siever	SLA	.600
Garvin	DET	.591

Saves

Gear	BOS	13
Menefee	DET	8
Rusie	BOS	7
Fisher	CLE	5
Karns	CLE	5

Games Pitched

Gear	BOS	46
Long	BOS	46
Killian	WS1	45
Hardy	NYA	44
Winter	CHA	43

Games Started

Killian	WS1	45
Hardy	NYA	44
Bender	NYA	42
Deegan	PHA	42
Lovett	DET	42

Complete Games

Bender	NYA	33
Killian	WS1	33
Shields	CLE	33
Hardy	NYA	32
Buchanan	NYA	31

Shutouts

Kellum	BOS	5
Deegan	PHA	4
Shields	CLE	4
Waddell	DET	4
Bender	NYA	2

Innings Pitched

Killian	WS1	385.3
Hardy	NYA	380.0
Shields	CLE	374.3
Deegan	PHA	364.3
Bender	NYA	359.3

Hits Allowed

Killian	WS1	400
Hardy	NYA	392
Buchanan	NYA	372
Chesbro	SLA	358
Smith	CLE	355

Homeruns Allowed

Owen	WS1	26
Waddell	DET	23
Magee	PHA	21
Shields	CLE	17
Chesbro	SLA	15

Strikeouts

Lovett	DET	174
Waddell	DET	168
Hardy	NYA	165
Smith	CLE	147
Owen	WS1	146

Walks Allowed

Magee	PHA	100
Hardy	NYA	95
Lovett	DET	95
Deegan	PHA	86
Hess	CHA	82

Walks per 9IP

Shields	CLE	0.7
Phillippe	CLE	1.1
Orth	CHA	1.2
Falkenberg	CHA	1.2
Siever	SLA	1.3

Hits per 9IP

Deegan	PHA	8.1
Bender	NYA	8.4
Shields	CLE	8.4
Waddell	DET	8.6
Dowling	CHA	8.7

Strikeouts per 9IP

Waddell	DET	5.3
Owen	WS1	4.7
Lovett	DET	4.5
Willis	SLA	4.1
Smith	CLE	3.9

WHiP

Shields	CLE	1.02
Bender	NYA	1.11
Falkenberg	CHA	1.12
Orth	CHA	1.14
Deegan	PHA	1.14

OAVG

Shields	CLE	.241
Deegan	PHA	.242
Bender	NYA	.245
Waddell	DET	.248
Dowling	CHA	.251

OOBP

Shields	CLE	.258
Falkenberg	CHA	.281
Bender	NYA	.281
Deegan	PHA	.286
Orth	CHA	.287

OSLG

Deegan	PHA	.318
Vorhees	DET	.327
Bender	NYA	.331
Dowling	CHA	.335
Chech	BOS	.338

OOPS

Deegan	PHA	.604
Bender	NYA	.612
Shields	CLE	.616
Vorhees	DET	.625
Dowling	CHA	.627

League All-Stars

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League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Nap Lajoie	CLE	$ 15,009,000
2.	Jesse Burkett	CHA	$ 14,000,000
3.	Sam Crawford	SLA	$ 12,500,000
4.	Frank Chance	NYA	$ 11,500,000
5.	Chick Stahl	PHA	$ 11,450,000
6.	Jimmy Sheckard	BOS	$ 11,000,000
7.	Kid Nichols	WS1	$ 10,340,000
8.	Emmet Heidrick	PHA	$ 9,049,600
9.	Gene Demontreville	DET	$ 9,000,000
10.	Jake Beckley	CHA	$ 8,650,000
11.	Joe Kelley	BOS	$ 8,333,000
12.	Harry Wolverton	CLE	$ 8,123,321
13.	Tom McCreery	NYA	$ 7,500,000
	Charlie Hickman	WS1	$ 7,500,000
15.	Al Orth	CHA	$ 7,497,000
16.	Danny Green	DET	$ 7,452,000
17.	Doc Nance	CLE	$ 7,080,000
18.	Fielder Jones	CHA	$ 6,740,000
19.	Topsy Hartsel	DET	$ 6,708,900
20.	Jack McCarthy	BOS	$ 6,560,000
21.	Bill Everitt	CLE	$ 5,590,000
22.	Frank Kitson	CLE	$ 5,500,101
23.	Jack Chesbro	SLA	$ 5,500,000
24.	George Magoon	CLE	$ 5,300,150
25.	Red Donahue	BOS	$ 5,272,400