1908 Negro League Baseball League Encyclopedia

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League-by-League Batting

Rk	Lg	Lev	Tms	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1	Cuban General League	Foreign	4	3.89	126	4624	4068	490	835	57	46	9	338	234	395	479	.205	.276	.249	.524	1011	161
2	Cuban League	Foreign	3	3.64	28	1031	921	102	186	20	8	0	77	43	73	138	.202	.261	.241	.502	222	37
3	Cuban-American Major League Clubs Series	Foreign	4	3.46	28	1022	914	97	188	11	12	3	70	58	85	118	.206	.273	.254	.527	232	23
4	Cuban-American Negro Clubs Series	Foreign	3	3.22	32	1134	1010	103	199	12	6	0	80	42	91	121	.197	.263	.221	.484	223	33

League-by-League Pitching

Rk	Lg	Lev	Tms	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Cuban General League	Foreign	4	3.04	62	62	.500	2.27	161	126	35	91	10	5	1111.0	835	490	280	9	395	479	19	4682	1.107	6.8	0.1	3.2	3.9	1.21
2	Cuban League	Foreign	3	2.83	13	13	.500	2.70	36	28	9	19	3	3	256.1	186	102	77	0	73	138	0	1041	1.010	6.5	0.0	2.6	4.8	1.89
3	Cuban-American Major League Clubs Series	Foreign	4	3.03	13	13	.500	2.41	32	28	4	24	3	0	250.0	188	97	67	3	85	118	2	1030	1.092	6.8	0.1	3.1	4.2	1.39
4	Cuban-American Negro Clubs Series	Foreign	3	2.71	16	16	.500	2.58	38	32	6	26	3	0	282.2	199	103	81	0	91	121	3	1151	1.026	6.3	0.0	2.9	3.9	1.33

League-by-League Fielding

Rk	Lg	Lev	Tms	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB
1	Cuban General League	Foreign	4	126	3320	1614	432	71	.919	21	234
2	Cuban League	Foreign	3	28	769	333	73	10	.938	0	39
3	Cuban-American Major League Clubs Series	Foreign	4	28	744	347	70	19	.940	1	58
4	Cuban-American Negro Clubs Series	Foreign	3	32	841	376	66	12	.949	7	46

Pro Baseball Map for 1908

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League Teams

Lg	Lev	Tm
Cuban General League	Foreign	Almendares, Fe, Habana, Matanzas
Cuban League	Foreign	Azul, Carmelita, Rojo
Cuban-American Major League Clubs Series	Foreign	Almendares, Brooklyn Royal Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Habana
Cuban-American Negro Clubs Series	Foreign	Almendares, Brooklyn Royal Giants, Habana

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