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1908 American League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings Minor League Standings

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Division
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Cleveland	87	67	.565	--
Washington	80	74	.519	7
St. Louis (A)	80	74	.519	7
Philadelphia (A)	79	75	.513	8
New York (A)	75	79	.487	12
Boston (A)	74	80	.481	13
Detroit	72	82	.468	15
Chicago (A)	69	85	.448	18

Post-Season Results
World Series (4-1)	Philadelphia (N) Phillies over Cleveland Naps

League Batting Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
DET	4.1	631	154	5247	1319	175	51	16	432	545	.251	.308	.313	.622
BOS	4.1	630	154	5364	1407	176	71	17	344	573	.262	.307	.331	.638
CLE	4.0	620	154	5256	1342	170	59	28	341	608	.255	.301	.326	.627
PHA	4.0	613	154	5292	1334	198	62	26	349	704	.252	.298	.328	.626
WS1	3.8	581	154	5252	1293	212	70	29	366	688	.246	.295	.330	.625
NYA	3.8	581	154	5218	1284	187	61	32	377	511	.246	.297	.324	.621
CHA	3.7	566	154	5199	1245	175	51	18	351	594	.239	.288	.303	.591
SLA	3.6	550	154	5314	1342	132	42	28	326	790	.253	.296	.309	.605
Totals	3.9	4772	1232	42142	10566	1425	467	194	2886	5013	.251	.299	.321	.619
Average		596	154	5268	1321	178	58	24	361	627

League Pitching Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
SLA	3.4	522	154	2.64	1393.3	1227	8.0	405	2.6	688	4.5	11
CLE	3.6	557	154	2.87	1390.3	1301	8.4	305	2.0	641	4.2	23
WS1	3.7	570	154	3.03	1382.0	1302	8.5	283	1.8	550	3.6	15
PHA	3.9	601	154	3.04	1381.7	1253	8.1	409	2.7	605	3.9	9
NYA	3.9	604	154	2.97	1383.7	1367	8.9	350	2.3	609	4.0	7
CHA	4.0	616	154	3.01	1377.7	1372	8.9	337	2.2	579	3.8	11
BOS	4.1	634	154	3.23	1382.3	1346	8.7	400	2.6	623	4.0	6
DET	4.3	668	154	3.64	1366.3	1398	9.1	397	2.6	718	4.7	10
Totals	3.9	4772	1232	3.05	11057.3	10566	8.6	2886	2.3	5013	4.1	92
Average		596	154		1382	1321		361		627		12

League Miscellaneous Stats Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance	Manager
BOS	77	77	-3	0	0	3	1	2	11	1.02	1.55	1,719,154	Shashank Misra
CHA	71	83	-2	0	0	0	0	1	13	0.88	0.57	1,283,291	Carl Mitchell
CLE	85	69	2	0	0	4	3	1	6	1.04	0.86	2,003,995	Mark Kossoff
DET	73	81	-1	0	0	1	0	0	11	1.00	0.45	1,723,860	Rodney McBride
NYA	74	80	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.91	0.78	1,975,026	Charles Box
PHA	78	76	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	1.06	1.45	1,725,634	Mark Goercke
SLA	81	73	-1	0	0	0	3	0	9	1.02	1.05	1,758,898	Rich Hale
WS1	78	76	2	0	0	0	0	1	9	1.12	1.85	1,475,171	Randy Lawrence

League Win Shares Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
CLE	261	117.86	96.78	46.33	9.20	3.05	8.90	4.83	7.96	12.41
WS1	240	95.69	96.66	47.61	7.10	3.48	6.45	5.74	9.10	15.75
SLA	240	89.21	101.08	49.68	9.36	2.03	4.74	6.47	8.69	18.40
PHA	237	111.75	83.39	41.84	4.99	2.75	5.21	7.16	8.78	12.97
NYA	225	115.15	75.46	34.37	9.77	2.15	4.25	6.21	4.28	7.71
BOS	222	118.13	69.75	34.10	5.95	2.39	3.86	6.10	5.02	10.78
DET	216	126.79	59.10	30.08	5.90	2.99	3.57	4.91	5.16	7.56
CHA	207	109.37	66.55	31.05	6.67	1.85	3.95	4.60	7.20	6.78

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger Award:	Sam Crawford	BOS	.353, 4 HR, 80 RBI
Cy Young Award:	Charlie Shields	CLE	28-10, 2.36, 361.7 IP, 183 K
Rookie of the Year Award:	Doc Crandall	PHA	20-12, 2.75, 320.3 IP, 165 K

Gold Glove Award Winners

P	Tom Walker	WS1	1.000, 28 PO, 58 A, 0 E
C	Jake Stahl	NYA	.957, 522 PO, 130 A, 29 E 30.9% (102-330) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Charlie Hickman	WS1	.996, 1870 PO, 133 A, 8 E
2B	Dave Brain	CHA	.958, 331 PO, 531 A, 38 E
3B	John Murphy	BOS	.975, 76 PO, 354 A, 11 E
SS	Joe Tinker	CHA	.957, 199 PO, 589 A, 35 E
LF	Doc Nance	SLA	.924, 299 PO, 7 A, 25 E
CF	Henry Krug	SLA	.997, 306 PO, 8 A, 1 E
RF	Tris Speaker	WS1	1.000, 293 PO, 4 A, 0 E

League Batting Leaderboards Help

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

Batting Average

Crawford	BOS	.353
Lajoie	CLE	.340
Stahl	NYA	.322
Speaker	WS1	.313
Lumley	NYA	.302

On-Base Pct

Crawford	BOS	.400
Speaker	WS1	.386
Lajoie	CLE	.384
Krueger	CHA	.374
Lumley	NYA	.368

Slugging Pct

Lajoie	CLE	.505
Crawford	BOS	.472
Lumley	NYA	.442
Hickman	WS1	.440
Speaker	WS1	.422

OPS

Lajoie	CLE	.889
Crawford	BOS	.873
Lumley	NYA	.810
Speaker	WS1	.808
Stahl	NYA	.783

Crawford	BOS	108.6
Elberfeld	WS1	90.3
Lajoie	CLE	89.4
Speaker	WS1	88.6
Hickman	WS1	86.4

Games

Cree	WS1	153
Hayden	WS1	153
Hickman	WS1	153
Steinfeldt	WS1	153
Speaker	WS1	152

At-Bats

Elberfeld	WS1	622
Hickman	WS1	600
Carr	SLA	598
Dougherty	CLE	586
Altizer	BOS	584

Runs

Elberfeld	WS1	98
Lumley	NYA	98
Crawford	BOS	94
Barrett	DET	90
Altizer	BOS	86

Hits

Crawford	BOS	204
Elberfeld	WS1	186
Lajoie	CLE	183
Speaker	WS1	182
Bay	CHA	173

Total Bases

Crawford	BOS	273
Lajoie	CLE	272
Hickman	WS1	264
Lumley	NYA	253
Speaker	WS1	245

Singles

Crawford	BOS	155
Elberfeld	WS1	154
Altizer	BOS	148
Carr	SLA	141
Dougherty	CLE	141

Doubles

Lajoie	CLE	47
Hickman	WS1	41
Crawford	BOS	33
Speaker	WS1	33
Murphy	BOS	30

Triples

Heidrick	PHA	14
Lumley	NYA	13
Crawford	BOS	12
Cree	WS1	12
Lajoie	CLE	12

Homeruns

Hickman	WS1	10
Lumley	NYA	10
Delahanty	PHA	7
Carr	SLA	6
Lajoie	CLE	6

RBIs

Hickman	WS1	95
Speaker	WS1	86
Crawford	BOS	80
Sheckard	BOS	79
Baker	PHA	75

Stolen Bases

Crawford	BOS	81
Bay	CHA	74
Stahl	BOS	73
Dougherty	CLE	67
Fultz	PHA	65

Caught Stealing

Bay	CHA	53
Hartsel	DET	28
Altizer	BOS	27
Sheckard	BOS	25
Speaker	WS1	22

Walks

Hartsel	DET	80
Barrett	DET	78
Speaker	WS1	71
Wagner	NYA	71
Sheckard	BOS	64

Strikeouts

Kelley	BOS	121
Grant	SLA	109
Dougherty	CLE	105
Carr	SLA	93
Fultz	PHA	89

League Pitching Leaderboards Help

ERA

Caldwell	SLA	2.04
Merritt	PHA	2.13
McGeehan	CLE	2.16
Dygert	SLA	2.33
Shields	CLE	2.36

Wins

Shields	CLE	28
Caldwell	SLA	23
Merritt	PHA	22
Bender	NYA	21
Dygert	SLA	21

Losses

Dowling	CHA	20
Waddell	DET	19
Bender	NYA	18
Burchell	NYA	18
Gibson	BOS	18

Winning Pct

Shields	CLE	.737
Corridon		.706
McGeehan	CLE	.688
Reulbach	DET	.667
Caldwell	SLA	.639

Saves

Fisher	CLE	14
High	CHA	10
Robitaille	WS1	10
Weimer	DET	8
Willis	SLA	6

Games Pitched

Howell	WS1	48
Bender	NYA	42
Doscher	CLE	42
Brown	BOS	41
Caldwell	SLA	41

Games Started

Bender	NYA	42
Brown	BOS	41
Caldwell	SLA	41
Dygert	SLA	41
Shields	CLE	41

Complete Games

Burchell	NYA	36
Bender	NYA	33
Merritt	PHA	33
Shields	CLE	33
Brown	BOS	32

Shutouts

Merritt	PHA	5
Dygert	SLA	4
Bender	NYA	3
Dowling	CHA	3
Glaze	CHA	3

Innings Pitched

Shields	CLE	361.7
Bender	NYA	359.7
Brown	BOS	359.3
Dygert	SLA	359.0
Caldwell	SLA	358.0

Hits Allowed

Bender	NYA	350
Brown	BOS	348
Donovan	NYA	338
Shields	CLE	332
Merritt	PHA	325

Homeruns Allowed

Owen	DET	17
Burns	BOS	13
Brown	BOS	12
Burchell	NYA	11
Crandall	PHA	9

Strikeouts

Caldwell	SLA	220
Dygert	SLA	204
Reulbach	DET	191
Shields	CLE	183
Wiltse	BOS	174

Walks Allowed

Dygert	SLA	130
Deegan	PHA	100
Egan	SLA	100
Hall	PHA	98
Wiltse	BOS	96

Walks per 9IP

Shields	CLE	0.6
McGeehan	CLE	0.8
Merritt	PHA	1.3
Killian	WS1	1.5
Dowling	CHA	1.5

Hits per 9IP

Caldwell	SLA	7.1
Reulbach	DET	7.1
Dygert	SLA	7.3
Walker	WS1	7.4
Crandall	PHA	7.5

Strikeouts per 9IP

Reulbach	DET	5.6
Waddell	DET	5.6
Caldwell	SLA	5.5
Owen	DET	5.4
Dygert	SLA	5.1

WHiP

Caldwell	SLA	0.97
Shields	CLE	0.99
Walker	WS1	1.00
McGeehan	CLE	1.01
Merritt	PHA	1.07

OAVG

Caldwell	SLA	.214
Reulbach	DET	.217
Dygert	SLA	.221
Crandall	PHA	.223
Walker	WS1	.226

OOBP

Caldwell	SLA	.251
Shields	CLE	.252
Walker	WS1	.260
McGeehan	CLE	.262
Merritt	PHA	.271

OSLG

Dygert	SLA	.265
Glaze	CHA	.272
Reulbach	DET	.273
Wiltse	BOS	.279
Shields	CLE	.290

OOPS

Shields	CLE	.542
Caldwell	SLA	.546
Walker	WS1	.551
Reulbach	DET	.551
Dygert	SLA	.557

League All-Stars

No All-Stars selected

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Sam Crawford	BOS	$ 18,000,000
2.	Nap Lajoie	CLE	$ 15,009,000
3.	Elmer Flick	CLE	$ 13,876,000
4.	Jimmy Sheckard	BOS	$ 11,000,000
5.	Doc Nance	SLA	$ 9,557,001
6.	Emmet Heidrick	PHA	$ 9,049,600
7.	Gene Demontreville	DET	$ 9,000,000
8.	Danny Green	DET	$ 8,950,000
9.	Pop Foster	PHA	$ 8,900,000
10.	Chick Stahl	BOS	$ 8,340,000
11.	Charlie Hickman	WS1	$ 7,500,000
12.	Freddy Parent	SLA	$ 7,110,000
13.	Joe Tinker	CHA	$ 7,000,000
14.	George Merritt	PHA	$ 6,950,000
15.	Topsy Hartsel	DET	$ 6,710,000
16.	Jim Delahanty	PHA	$ 6,450,000
17.	Bill Coughlin	DET	$ 6,400,000
18.	Dave Fultz	PHA	$ 6,175,000
19.	Jimmy Barrett	DET	$ 5,870,000
20.	Jack Chesbro	SLA	$ 5,500,000
21.	Charlie Shields	CLE	$ 5,210,000
22.	Rube Waddell	DET	$ 5,066,200
23.	Harry Bay	CHA	$ 5,000,000
	Otto Krueger	CHA	$ 5,000,000
	Fred Mitchell	NYA	$ 5,000,000