1908 National League
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Division
Team W L WPct GB
Philadelphia (N) 100 54 .649 --
Boston (N) 95 59 .617 5
Cincinnati 79 75 .513 21
New York (N) 78 76 .506 22
Pittsburgh 71 83 .461 29
St. Louis (N) 68 86 .442 32
Chicago (N) 63 91 .409 37
Brooklyn 62 92 .403 38
   
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
PHI 5.1 780 154 5285 1498 196 81 19 459 535 .283 .341 .362 .703
BSN 4.4 676 154 5312 1412 144 40 36 435 559 .266 .321 .328 .650
NY1 4.4 674 154 5339 1436 174 56 29 347 552 .269 .314 .339 .652
CIN 4.3 665 154 5268 1365 124 70 18 456 688 .259 .318 .319 .638
SLN 3.9 607 154 5211 1280 140 43 26 463 785 .246 .307 .304 .611
CHN 3.8 590 154 5257 1274 135 53 25 378 532 .242 .293 .302 .596
PIT 3.3 503 154 5164 1200 135 81 20 366 833 .232 .283 .302 .585
BRO 3.2 490 154 5160 1191 138 48 23 364 764 .231 .281 .290 .571
Totals 4.0 4985 1232 41996 10656 1186 472 196 3268 5248 .254 .308 .318 .626
Average   623 154 5250 1332 148 59 24 408 656  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
BSN 3.0 467 154 2.33 1400.3 1204 7.8 294 1.9 761 4.9 9
PHI 3.7 573 154 2.95 1375.7 1356 8.8 334 2.2 685 4.4 22
PIT 3.8 581 154 3.20 1374.0 1251 8.1 406 2.6 702 4.6 18
BRO 4.2 648 154 3.45 1369.7 1349 8.8 521 3.4 553 3.6 14
CIN 4.3 656 154 3.60 1373.3 1332 8.6 408 2.6 640 4.2 9
CHN 4.3 656 154 3.65 1377.0 1342 8.7 499 3.2 657 4.3 9
SLN 4.5 693 154 3.82 1372.3 1470 9.5 361 2.3 592 3.8 11
NY1 4.6 711 154 3.54 1376.0 1352 8.8 445 2.9 658 4.3 15
Totals 4.0 4985 1232 3.31 11018.3 10656 8.6 3268 2.7 5248 4.3 107
Average   623 154   1377 1332   408   656   13
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
BRO 58 96 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.04 0.89 1,451,532   Zach Deuel
BSN 102 52 -7 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.97 0.83 1,639,017   Ken Lonc
CHN 70 84 -7 0 0 1 0 1 3 1.02 1.54 1,374,410   Bob Smyk
CIN 78 76 1 0 0 4 1 1 13 0.96 0.58 2,039,649   Sam Kossoff
NY1 73 81 5 0 0 1 4 1 5 1.05 0.93 1,325,729   Eric Fulling
PHI 98 56 2 0 0 4 3 3 11 1.05 1.06 1,838,356   Mike Giovacchini
PIT 67 87 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.02 0.92 943,467   Cal Romphf
SLN 68 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.87 1.30 1,457,107   Doc Stevens
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
PHI 300 160.82 95.63 43.51 7.22 3.30 6.31 11.34 2.75 12.61
BSN 285 120.49 114.54 49.94 8.67 3.53 6.50 6.50 7.16 17.58
CIN 237 132.74 69.70 34.53 6.11 1.93 2.87 2.83 10.63 10.17
NY1 234 134.31 68.73 30.93 4.30 1.98 3.43 3.65 6.49 11.10
PIT 213 68.31 97.17 47.50 9.26 2.94 5.97 7.16 7.08 15.10
SLN 204 122.74 54.86 26.37 4.93 1.44 6.79 4.08 6.00 3.14
CHN 189 88.09 65.85 35.04 9.48 2.12 3.84 4.88 5.11 9.62
BRO 186 62.87 79.68 43.42 8.77 3.76 3.45 7.16 7.45 12.85
League Award Winners
Silver Slugger Award: Jimmy Williams PHI .319, 4 HR, 87 RBI
Cy Young Award: Eddie Plank PHI 28-12, 2.60, 366.7 IP, 202 K
Rookie of the Year Award: Ty Cobb PHI .315, 3 HR, 65 RBI
 
Gold Glove Award Winners
 
P Harry Ables NY1 .987, 21 PO, 55 A, 1 E
C Ed McFarland CHN .968, 551 PO, 122 A, 22 E
33.3% (96-288) Runners Thrown Out
1B Jim Nealon BRO .991, 1593 PO, 116 A, 16 E
2B Lefty Davis SLN .985, 355 PO, 588 A, 14 E
3B Fred Clarke PHI .950, 80 PO, 337 A, 22 E
SS Charles Moran CHN .941, 190 PO, 448 A, 40 E
LF Tom McCreery BRO .950, 299 PO, 5 A, 16 E
CF Socks Seybold BRO .946, 370 PO, 16 A, 22 E
RF Otis Clymer PHI .981, 293 PO, 13 A, 6 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
BeaumontBSN.347
ChancePHI.337
WilliamsPHI.319
CobbPHI.315
RitcheyCIN.313
On-Base Pct
WilliamsPHI.407
ChancePHI.400
BeaumontBSN.399
RitcheyCIN.382
ClarkePHI.376
Slugging Pct
WilliamsPHI.447
BeaumontBSN.444
AndersonCHN.420
ChancePHI.416
CobbPHI.411
OPS
WilliamsPHI.855
BeaumontBSN.843
ChancePHI.815
CobbPHI.788
RitcheyCIN.768
XR
WilliamsPHI100.4
CobbPHI97.9
ChancePHI90.6
BeaumontBSN89.7
MitchellCIN85.7
Games
JonesPHI151
McCreeryBRO151
CobbPHI150
AndersonCHN149
HowardCHN149
At-Bats
CobbPHI610
SebringBRO603
McGrawPIT601
SmootNY1578
DonlinNY1576
Runs
WilliamsPHI121
CobbPHI117
ChancePHI108
MitchellCIN93
BeaumontBSN92
Hits
ChancePHI194
CobbPHI192
SmootNY1180
BeaumontBSN179
McGrawPIT179
Total Bases
CobbPHI251
WilliamsPHI241
ChancePHI239
AndersonCHN237
BeaumontBSN229
Singles
ChancePHI161
McGrawPIT157
CobbPHI153
BeaumontBSN150
SmootNY1149
Doubles
WilliamsPHI39
DonlinNY128
Clymer 26
AndersonCHN25
BeckNY124
Triples
AndersonCHN15
CobbPHI14
Murphy 14
DonlinNY113
Flick 13
Homeruns
BeaumontBSN8
MageePIT8
CravathSLN6
DevlinNY16
SebringBRO6
RBIs
JonesPHI106
ClarkePHI105
Wagner 90
Clymer 89
WilliamsPHI87
Stolen Bases
CobbPHI81
ChancePHI80
ThomasCIN73
MitchellCIN72
WilliamsPHI72
Caught Stealing
ChancePHI42
CobbPHI29
ClarkePHI28
DevlinNY126
McCreeryBRO21
Walks
ThomasCIN97
DavisSLN88
WilliamsPHI80
StrangCHN78
SchlaflyBSN69
Strikeouts
WilsonPIT161
SeyboldBRO154
BescherSLN128
CravathSLN113
DavisCIN85
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
JacobsonBSN1.71
ThielmanBSN2.14
JossBSN2.22
AblesNY12.25
FienePHI2.28
Wins
PlankPHI 28
JossBSN 24
ThielmanBSN 23
FienePHI 21
JohnsonPIT 21
Losses
Mathewson  22
PfefferCHN 22
HahnSLN 21
Walsh  21
LiebhardtCHN 19
Winning Pct
JacobsonBSN.737
FienePHI.724
PlankPHI.700
ThielmanBSN.639
JossBSN.632
Saves
FelixPHI 13
VarneyPIT 9
WinhamCIN 9
FergusonCHN 8
BrownBRO 7
Games Pitched
PfefferCHN 43
DresserPIT 42
PlankPHI 42
HaleCHN 41
JohnsonPIT 41
Games Started
PfefferCHN 43
DresserPIT 42
PlankPHI 42
HaleCHN 41
JohnsonPIT 41
Complete Games
JohnsonPIT 36
JossBSN 35
PfefferCHN 35
PlankPHI 35
WhiteBSN 33
Shutouts
WhiteBSN 7
JossBSN 6
PlankPHI 6
HaleCHN 5
JohnsonPIT 5
Innings Pitched
PlankPHI366.7
PfefferCHN363.3
JohnsonPIT356.7
HaleCHN347.7
WhiteBSN339.3
Hits Allowed
LeeverCHN 346
JohnsonPIT 337
PlankPHI 335
PfefferCHN 326
Walsh  320
Homeruns Allowed
LeeverCHN 12
Mathewson  12
GrothPIT 8
HahnSLN 8
Walsh  8
Strikeouts
WhiteBSN 220
JohnsonPIT 215
PfefferCHN 204
PlankPHI 202
DresserPIT 198
Walks Allowed
PfefferCHN 167
McIntireCIN 108
HaleCHN 96
WhiteBSN 96
WhitingCIN 96
Walks per 9IP
PlankPHI1.1
VickersCIN1.1
BlissCIN1.2
JacobsonBSN1.2
JossBSN1.3
Hits per 9IP
DresserPIT7.0
WhiteBSN7.1
AblesNY17.6
JossBSN7.6
JacobsonBSN7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP
WhiteBSN5.8
DresserPIT5.6
AblesNY15.5
JohnsonPIT5.4
JossBSN5.3
WHiP
DresserPIT0.95
JacobsonBSN0.99
JossBSN0.99
VickersCIN1.01
PlankPHI1.03
OAVG
DresserPIT.211
WhiteBSN.218
JacobsonBSN.226
AblesNY1.227
JossBSN.227
OOBP
DresserPIT.246
JacobsonBSN.251
VickersCIN.257
JossBSN.263
PlankPHI.272
OSLG
JacobsonBSN.254
AblesNY1.258
McNicholPIT.263
ThielmanBSN.265
WhiteBSN.266
OOPS
JacobsonBSN.506
ThielmanBSN.540
DresserPIT.542
JossBSN.545
AblesNY1.547
   
League All-Stars
 
No All-Stars selected
 
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Ginger Beaumont BSN $ 17,125,000  
2.    Sammy Strang CHN $ 16,500,000  
3.    Honus Wagner PHI $ 13,498,240  
4.    Mike Donlin NY1 $ 13,000,000  
5.    Roger Bresnahan SLN $ 11,500,000  
6.    Willie Keeler PHI $ 10,980,000  
7.    Frank Chance PHI $ 10,111,110  
8.    Jesse Tannehill NY1 $ 10,000,000  
9.    Harry Davis CIN $ 9,680,000  
10.    John McGraw PIT $ 9,540,000  
11.    Fred Clarke PHI $ 9,000,111  
12.    Bill Keister SLN $ 9,000,000  
13.    Roy Thomas CIN $ 8,750,000  
14.    Jimmy Williams PHI $ 8,700,000  
15.    George Bone BSN $ 8,000,000  
16.    Big Jeff Pfeffer CHN $ 7,560,000  
17.    Tom McCreery BRO $ 7,500,000  
18.    Ed McFarland CHN $ 7,000,000  
19.    Socks Seybold BRO $ 6,999,999  
20.    Claude Ritchey CIN $ 6,990,000  
21.    Homer Smoot NY1 $ 6,900,000  
22.    Noodles Hahn SLN $ 6,800,000  
23.    Bill Bradley BSN $ 6,750,000  
24.    Stan Yerkes NY1 $ 6,300,000  
25.    Bobby Wallace PIT $ 6,000,000  
  Jim Jackson BSN $ 6,000,000  
  Frank Isbell PIT $ 6,000,000