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League Standings Minor League Standings

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Division
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Detroit	100	54	.649	--
Boston (A)	95	59	.617	5
Chicago (A)	92	62	.597	8
Philadelphia (A)	85	69	.552	15
St. Louis (A)	77	77	.500	23
Cleveland	72	82	.468	28
New York (A)	54	100	.351	46
Washington	41	113	.266	59

Post-Season Results
World Series (4-0)	St. Louis (N) Cardinals over Detroit Tigers

League Batting Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
BOS	4.8	741	154	5354	1466	219	72	34	496	697	.274	.335	.361	.696
DET	4.8	733	154	5276	1446	199	86	38	462	398	.274	.333	.366	.699
SLA	4.4	672	154	5323	1418	209	75	48	458	509	.266	.325	.361	.685
PHA	4.3	661	154	5296	1386	202	64	39	440	503	.262	.318	.346	.664
CHA	4.2	654	154	5294	1399	189	74	23	432	575	.264	.320	.341	.661
CLE	4.2	644	154	5208	1311	203	63	27	439	504	.252	.310	.330	.640
NYA	3.3	514	154	5186	1228	143	58	29	404	496	.237	.292	.304	.595
WAS	3.1	485	154	5231	1218	181	61	20	329	846	.233	.278	.302	.580
Totals	4.1	5104	1232	42168	10872	1545	553	258	3460	4528	.258	.314	.339	.653
Average		638	154	5271	1359	193	69	32	432	566

League Pitching Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
DET	3.2	489	154	2.69	1388.7	1196	7.8	390	2.5	638	4.1	13
BOS	3.5	538	154	2.95	1404.3	1291	8.4	331	2.1	712	4.6	10
CHA	3.7	567	154	3.06	1407.7	1246	8.1	404	2.6	564	3.7	12
PHA	4.1	628	154	3.14	1397.0	1399	9.1	345	2.2	502	3.3	15
CLE	4.3	669	154	3.63	1369.3	1393	9.0	474	3.1	469	3.0	11
SLA	4.4	680	154	3.56	1387.3	1319	8.6	564	3.7	606	3.9	9
NYA	4.5	699	154	3.79	1366.0	1382	9.0	466	3.0	481	3.1	22
WAS	5.4	834	154	4.60	1360.3	1646	10.7	486	3.2	556	3.6	7
Totals	4.1	5104	1232	3.42	11080.6	10872	8.8	3460	2.8	4528	3.7	99
Average		638	154		1385	1359		432		566		12

League Miscellaneous Stats Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance	Manager
BOS	99	55	-4	0	0	1	1	3	12	1.04	1.12	2,054,404	Jason Russell
CHA	87	67	5	0	0	4	1	0	10	0.89	0.54	1,799,008	Carl Mitchell
CLE	74	80	-2	0	0	0	2	0	8	1.00	0.98	1,271,342	Mark Kossoff
DET	104	50	-4	0	0	3	2	2	8	0.96	1.13	1,851,942	Rodney McBride
NYA	56	98	-2	0	0	1	0	1	5	1.05	1.30	796,358	John Richardson
PHA	81	73	4	0	0	0	1	1	8	0.97	0.87	1,792,218	Mark Goercke
SLA	76	78	1	0	0	1	2	1	11	1.03	1.22	2,024,208	Jerry Curry
WAS	42	112	-1	0	0	0	1	0	8	1.08	0.93	1,433,215	Ben Johnson

League Win Shares Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
DET	300	140.98	106.17	52.83	11.06	2.07	6.97	8.43	6.16	18.15
BOS	285	133.10	103.93	47.95	7.38	2.76	7.91	8.37	9.48	12.06
CHA	276	131.32	95.64	49.01	9.73	3.53	6.87	6.63	9.18	13.08
PHA	255	126.70	91.18	37.09	6.59	2.08	7.06	5.49	5.78	10.11
SLA	231	121.00	72.77	37.21	6.84	3.34	4.37	3.90	5.09	13.68
CLE	216	112.16	70.28	33.53	5.35	3.04	3.86	4.16	6.75	10.38
NYA	162	62.78	63.22	35.98	7.20	2.82	4.48	5.34	4.32	11.83
WAS	123	59.22	42.36	21.40	4.13	1.15	1.17	3.39	6.33	5.24

League Award Winners
Manager Award:	Rodney McBride	DET	Managed the Detroit Tigers to a 100-54 record, finishing 1st in the Division division of the American League. Lost to St. Louis (N) Cardinals in the World Series 4 games to 0.
Silver Slugger Award:	Tris Speaker	DET	.340, 8 HR, 93 RBI
Cy Young Award:	Erskine Mayer	DET	30-10, 2.48, 366.3 IP, 154 K
Rookie of the Year Award:	Smokey Joe Williams	BOS	23-9, 2.31, 365.7 IP, 297 K

Gold Glove Award Winners

P	Hooks Dauss	BOS	.992, 35 PO, 89 A, 1 E
C	Wally Schang	DET	.976, 573 PO, 116 A, 17 E 37.8% (79-209) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Chick Gandil	CHA	.994, 1700 PO, 124 A, 11 E
2B	Gene Paulette	BOS	.987, 264 PO, 547 A, 11 E
3B	Joe Cassidy	NYA	.959, 86 PO, 339 A, 18 E
SS	John Henry Lloyd	CHA	.954, 214 PO, 629 A, 41 E
LF	Rube Ellis	SLA	.935, 254 PO, 5 A, 18 E
CF	Ira Flagstead	NYA	.967, 310 PO, 11 A, 11 E
RF	Tris Speaker	DET	1.000, 270 PO, 9 A, 0 E

League Batting Leaderboards Help

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

Batting Average

Speaker	DET	.340
Burns	PHA	.327
Evans	CHA	.326
Baker	PHA	.321
Lloyd	CHA	.320

On-Base Pct

Lloyd	CHA	.428
Speaker	DET	.418
Burns	PHA	.414
Williams	BOS	.412
Cook	BOS	.406

Slugging Pct

Speaker	DET	.495
Baker	PHA	.481
Wilson	SLA	.478
Evans	CHA	.437
Lloyd	CHA	.432

OPS

Speaker	DET	.913
Lloyd	CHA	.860
Baker	PHA	.853
Burns	PHA	.844
Wilson	SLA	.843

Burns	PHA	98.7
Lloyd	CHA	96.0
Speaker	DET	95.9
Baker	PHA	90.7
Peckinpaugh	SLA	89.1

Games

Bigbee	NYA	149
Cassidy	NYA	149
Burns	PHA	147
Burns	DET	146
Oldring	CLE	146

At-Bats

Peckinpaugh	SLA	586
Cassidy	NYA	585
Bates	CLE	575
Bigbee	NYA	570
Burns	PHA	566

Runs

Burns	PHA	104
Bates	CLE	103
Peckinpaugh	SLA	98
Powell	PHA	95
Gandil	CHA	94

Hits

Burns	PHA	185
Baker	PHA	181
Magee	CHA	177
Speaker	DET	175
Peckinpaugh	SLA	173

Total Bases

Baker	PHA	271
Speaker	DET	255
Burns	PHA	243
Magee	CHA	234
Schang	DET	231

Singles

Burns	PHA	145
Magee	CHA	140
Peckinpaugh	SLA	140
Cassidy	NYA	137
Burns	DET	134

Doubles

Baker	PHA	38
Wilson	SLA	31
Chase	WAS	30
Snodgrass	BOS	30
Hoblitzel	CLE	29

Triples

Speaker	DET	17
Carey	BOS	13
Lumley	SLA	13
Bates	CLE	12
Oldring	CLE	12

Homeruns

Baker	PHA	12
Hoblitzel	CLE	9
Wilson	SLA	9
Cook	BOS	8
Ellis	SLA	8

RBIs

Baker	PHA	110
Burns	DET	100
Speaker	DET	93
Evans	CHA	91
Hoblitzel	CLE	82

Stolen Bases

Lloyd	CHA	77
Gandil	CHA	72
Bates	CLE	68
Meloan	NYA	49
Cassidy	NYA	46

Caught Stealing

Lloyd	CHA	33
Bates	CLE	30
Speaker	DET	27
Snodgrass	BOS	26
Burns	PHA	25

Walks

Lloyd	CHA	97
Burns	PHA	85
Berghammer	NYA	77
Speaker	DET	75
Powell	PHA	71

Strikeouts

Chase	WAS	109
Snodgrass	BOS	87
Kading	BOS	85
Crawford	CHA	78
Walsh	WAS	69

League Pitching Leaderboards Help

ERA

Boehling	DET	2.26
Williams	BOS	2.31
Hughes	BOS	2.38
Caldwell	CHA	2.40
Mayer	DET	2.48

Wins

Mayer	DET	30
Vance	DET	26
Caldwell	CHA	25
Bender	CHA	24
Hughes	BOS	24

Losses

Caldwell	WAS	23
Ruth	NYA	23
Glaze	NYA	20
Kroh	PHA	17
West	WAS	17

Winning Pct

Mayer	DET	.750
Vance	DET	.722
Williams	BOS	.719
Caldwell	CHA	.694
Bender	CHA	.667

Saves

Myers	NYA	15
Tift	PHA	11
Winham	CHA	8
Scott	DET	7
Jones	CLE	5

Games Pitched

Kent	NYA	45
Glaze	NYA	43
Mayer	DET	42
Williams	BOS	42
Caldwell	CHA	41

Games Started

Glaze	NYA	43
Mayer	DET	42
Williams	BOS	42
Caldwell	CHA	41
Kroh	PHA	41

Complete Games

Mayer	DET	37
Caldwell	CHA	35
Vance	DET	33
Kroh	PHA	31
Bender	CHA	30

Shutouts

Williams	BOS	7
Moren	PHA	6
Caldwell	CHA	5
Vance	DET	5
Boehling	DET	4

Innings Pitched

Mayer	DET	366.3
Williams	BOS	365.7
Caldwell	CHA	360.7
Kroh	PHA	353.7
Ruth	NYA	352.3

Hits Allowed

Kroh	PHA	353
Dauss	BOS	349
Mayer	DET	335
Moren	PHA	326
Ruth	NYA	320

Homeruns Allowed

Groth	CHA	15
Davis	NYA	13
Toney	NYA	13
Vance	DET	13
Hughes	BOS	10

Strikeouts

Williams	BOS	297
Vance	DET	213
Hughes	BOS	209
Hagerman	SLA	208
Caldwell	CHA	185

Walks Allowed

Vance	DET	142
Lange	SLA	132
Hagerman	SLA	127
Harkness	CLE	126
Ruth	NYA	123

Walks per 9IP

Mayer	DET	1.1
Richie	CLE	1.3
Kroh	PHA	1.4
Dauss	BOS	1.5
West	WAS	1.5

Hits per 9IP

Vance	DET	6.5
Hagerman	SLA	7.0
Hughes	BOS	7.0
Boehling	DET	7.1
Caldwell	CHA	7.1

Strikeouts per 9IP

Williams	BOS	7.3
Hagerman	SLA	6.8
Hughes	BOS	5.5
Vance	DET	5.5
Dubuc	CLE	5.2

WHiP

Caldwell	CHA	0.97
Williams	BOS	1.01
Mayer	DET	1.03
Hughes	BOS	1.05
Bender	CHA	1.05

OAVG

Vance	DET	.202
Hagerman	SLA	.213
Hughes	BOS	.213
Caldwell	CHA	.214
Boehling	DET	.221

OOBP

Caldwell	CHA	.252
Williams	BOS	.265
Mayer	DET	.268
Hughes	BOS	.268
Bender	CHA	.277

OSLG

Caldwell	CHA	.268
Boehling	DET	.277
Vance	DET	.285
Faber		.286
Hughes	BOS	.293

OOPS

Caldwell	CHA	.520
Boehling	DET	.554
Hughes	BOS	.561
Vance	DET	.569
Bender	CHA	.575

League All-Stars

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League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Tris Speaker	DET	$ 24,000,000
2.	Rube Kroh	PHA	$ 16,650,000
3.	Hi West	WAS	$ 12,000,000
4.	Tom Walker	SLA	$ 11,000,000
5.	Frank Baker	PHA	$ 9,800,000
6.	George Merritt	BOS	$ 9,555,444
7.	Johnny Bates	CLE	$ 9,110,000
8.	Johnny Evers	NYA	$ 9,000,000
	Al Bridwell	BOS	$ 9,000,000
10.	Ralph Caldwell	WAS	$ 8,740,000
11.	Tom Hughes	BOS	$ 8,420,000
12.	Dick Hoblitzel	CLE	$ 8,300,000
13.	Ed Reulbach	CLE	$ 8,010,000
14.	Rip Hagerman	SLA	$ 8,000,000
15.	Doc White	CHA	$ 7,600,000
16.	Roger Peckinpaugh	SLA	$ 7,500,000
17.	Chick Gandil	CHA	$ 7,150,000
18.	Hal Chase	WAS	$ 7,020,000
19.	Chief Wilson	SLA	$ 6,290,000
20.	Al Burch	CLE	$ 6,270,000
21.	Joe Cassidy	NYA	$ 6,250,000
22.	Stuffy McInnis	SLA	$ 6,050,000
23.	Ralph Glaze	NYA	$ 6,000,000
24.	Cy Falkenberg	CHA	$ 5,990,000
25.	Birdie Cree	WAS	$ 5,890,000