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1908 New York Highlanders Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907 / 1909)
51-103, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 459 runs, Allowed 713 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 48-106
Manager: Clark Griffith (24-32) and Kid Elberfeld (27-71)
Ballpark: Hilltop Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 305,500 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 101

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Red Kleinow 30 96 312 279 16 47 3 2 1 13 5 22 .168 .237 .204 .441 43 57 3 8
2 1B Hal Chase 25 106 430 405 50 104 11 3 1 36 27 15 .257 .285 .306 .591 91 124 1 9
3 2B Harry Niles 27 96 401 362 43 90 14 6 4 24 18 25 .249 .304 .354 .658 113 128 4 10
4 SS Neal Ball 27 132 484 446 34 110 16 2 0 38 32 21 .247 .284 .291 .575 86 130 2 15
5 3B Wid Conroy 31 141 568 531 44 126 22 3 1 39 23 14 .237 .258 .296 .554 79 157 1 22
6 OF Willie Keeler* 36 91 380 323 38 85 3 1 1 14 14 31 .263 .337 .288 .625 103 93 5 21
7 OF Jake Stahl 29 75 302 274 34 70 18 5 2 42 17 11 .255 .304 .380 .683 121 104 8 9
8 OF Charlie Hemphill* 32 142 581 505 62 150 12 9 0 44 42 59 .297 .374 .356 .730 136 180 3 14
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 CI George Moriarty 22 101 372 348 25 82 12 1 0 27 22 11 .236 .269 .276 .545 76 96 5 8
10 C Walter Blair 24 76 230 211 9 40 5 1 1 13 4 11 .190 .237 .237 .474 53 50 2 6
11 OF Irish McIlveen* 27 44 188 169 17 36 3 3 0 8 6 14 .213 .277 .266 .543 76 45 1 4
12 2B Frank LaPorte 28 39 158 145 7 38 3 4 1 15 3 8 .262 .301 .359 .659 113 52 0 5
13 OF Frank Delahanty 25 37 137 125 12 32 1 2 0 10 9 10 .256 .316 .296 .612 98 37 1 1
14 UT Queenie O'Rourke 24 34 115 108 5 25 1 0 0 3 4 4 .231 .259 .241 .500 62 26 0 3
15 C Ed Sweeney 19 32 89 82 4 12 2 0 0 2 0 5 .146 .195 .171 .366 19 14 0 2
16 OF Birdie Cree 25 21 88 78 5 21 0 2 0 4 1 7 .269 .345 .321 .665 115 25 2 1
17 2B Earle Gardner 24 20 80 75 7 16 2 0 0 4 0 1 .213 .234 .240 .474 53 18 1 3
18 SS Kid Elberfeld 33 19 69 56 11 11 3 0 0 5 1 6 .196 .328 .250 .578 88 14 5 2
19 3B Mike Donovan 26 5 19 19 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 .263 .263 .316 .579 87 6 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
20 P Joe Lake 27 45 114 112 6 21 4 1 1 8 2 1 .188 .195 .268 .463 49 30 0 1
21 P Jack Chesbro 34 45 106 102 8 18 2 1 0 6 0 0 .176 .184 .216 .400 29 22 1 3
22 P Rube Manning 25 44 95 91 7 17 2 2 0 4 1 3 .187 .213 .253 .466 50 23 0 1
23 P Al Orth* 35 38 73 69 4 20 1 2 0 4 0 2 .290 .310 .362 .672 117 25 0 2
24 P Bill Hogg 26 24 45 43 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 .093 .114 .093 .207 -33 4 0 1
25 P Doc Newton* 30 23 28 25 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 .160 .222 .200 .422 37 5 0 1
26 P Pete Wilson? 22 7 17 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .071 .188 .071 .259 -16 1 0 1
27 P Jack Warhop 23 6 16 16 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .063 .063 .063 .125 -60 1 0 0
28 P Slow Joe Doyle 26 12 16 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .214 .313 .214 .527 71 3 0 0
29 P Fred Glade 32 5 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
30 P Harry Billiard 24 6 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 8 1 0 0
31 P Andy O'Connor 23 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Hippo Vaughn# 20 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.2 155 5533 5047 458 1190 142 50 13 372 231 288 .236 .283 .291 .575 86 1471 45 153
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 8 5 6 6 6 1 8 5 7 6 6 7
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Neal Ball 27 484 351 36 2.8 69 .247 .247 .247 .284 .304 .291 .314 .575 .618 86 .471 -7.3 -0.9 .551 .164 .045 .0 *6/4
Harry Billiard 24 6 5 0 0.0 69 .167 .167 .247 .167 .304 .167 .314 .333 .618 8 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .200 .000 .000 /1
Walter Blair 24 230 177 11 1.7 69 .186 .190 .247 .237 .304 .237 .314 .474 .618 53 .262 -11.0 -1.4 .392 .118 .047 1.6 2/O3
Hal Chase 25 430 310 35 3.0 69 .255 .257 .247 .285 .304 .306 .314 .591 .618 91 .514 -5.2 -0.6 .555 .153 .049 1.9 3/4O51
Jack Chesbro 34 106 87 4 1.2 69 .176 .176 .247 .184 .304 .216 .314 .400 .618 29 .171 -8.3 -1.0 .274 .039 .039 1/3
Wid Conroy 31 568 427 40 2.5 69 .236 .237 .247 .258 .304 .296 .314 .554 .618 79 .430 -13.8 -1.7 .481 .128 .058 1.9 *54O
Birdie Cree 25 88 58 8 3.7 69 .269 .269 .247 .345 .304 .321 .314 .665 .618 115 .605 1.4 0.2 .614 .154 .051 .0 O
Frank Delahanty 25 137 94 12 3.4 69 .256 .256 .247 .316 .304 .296 .314 .612 .618 98 .570 -0.3 0.0 .613 .192 .040 .0 O
Mike Donovan 26 19 14 2 3.8 69 .263 .263 .247 .263 .304 .316 .314 .579 .618 87 .620 -0.4 0.0 .429 .053 .053 /5
Slow Joe Doyle 26 16 11 1 2.4 69 .214 .214 .247 .313 .304 .214 .314 .527 .618 71 .416 -0.3 0.0 .455 .143 .000 1
Kid Elberfeld 33 69 47 4 2.3 69 .196 .196 .247 .328 .304 .250 .314 .578 .618 88 .388 0.1 0.0 .578 .179 .054 .0 6
Earle Gardner 24 80 62 4 1.7 69 .213 .213 .247 .234 .304 .240 .314 .474 .618 53 .275 -4.0 -0.5 .339 .040 .027 4
Fred Glade 32 10 10 0 0.0 69 .000 .000 .247 .000 .304 .000 .314 .000 .618 -100 .000 -2.2 -0.3 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Charlie Hemphill 32 581 369 67 4.9 69 .297 .297 .247 .374 .304 .356 .314 .730 .618 136 .717 22.5 2.7 .800 .259 .059 .0 *O
Bill Hogg 26 45 40 0 0.0 69 .093 .093 .247 .114 .304 .093 .314 .207 .618 -33 .000 -6.3 -0.8 .128 .023 .000 1
*Willie Keeler 36 380 259 30 3.1 69 .261 .263 .247 .337 .304 .288 .314 .625 .618 103 .526 2.2 0.3 .601 .164 .025 1.9 O
Red Kleinow 30 312 240 13 1.5 69 .165 .168 .247 .237 .304 .204 .314 .441 .618 43 .217 -17.4 -2.2 .375 .133 .036 1.7 2/4
Joe Lake 27 114 92 6 1.8 69 .180 .188 .247 .195 .304 .268 .314 .463 .618 49 .279 -6.8 -0.8 .363 .107 .080 1.3 1
Frank LaPorte 28 158 112 16 3.8 69 .257 .262 .247 .301 .304 .359 .314 .659 .618 113 .620 1.3 0.2 .589 .172 .097 1.5 4O
Rube Manning 25 95 75 5 1.8 69 .187 .187 .247 .213 .304 .253 .314 .466 .618 50 .287 -5.4 -0.7 .365 .110 .066 .0 1/O
*Irish McIlveen 27 188 137 12 2.4 69 .213 .213 .247 .277 .304 .266 .314 .543 .618 76 .399 -4.5 -0.6 .496 .172 .053 .0 O
George Moriarty 22 372 274 25 2.4 69 .236 .236 .247 .269 .304 .276 .314 .545 .618 76 .417 -9.4 -1.2 .504 .135 .040 .0 35O/4
*Doc Newton 30 28 22 1 1.2 69 .160 .160 .247 .222 .304 .200 .314 .422 .618 37 .167 -1.7 -0.2 .333 .120 .040 1
Harry Niles 27 401 282 38 3.6 69 .240 .249 .247 .304 .304 .354 .314 .658 .618 113 .594 4.5 0.6 .643 .224 .105 6.5 4/O
Andy O'Connor 23 3 3 0 0.0 69 .000 .000 .247 .000 .304 .000 .314 .000 .618 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Queenie O'Rourke 24 115 86 7 2.2 69 .231 .231 .247 .259 .304 .241 .314 .500 .618 62 .368 -4.8 -0.6 .410 .083 .009 .0 O6/45
*Al Orth 35 73 51 8 4.2 69 .290 .290 .247 .310 .304 .362 .314 .672 .618 117 .660 0.8 0.1 .551 .101 .072 1
Jake Stahl 29 302 213 30 3.8 69 .250 .255 .247 .304 .304 .380 .314 .683 .618 121 .614 5.8 0.7 .686 .226 .124 3.6 O/3
Ed Sweeney 19 89 72 3 1.1 69 .146 .146 .247 .195 .304 .171 .314 .366 .618 19 .146 -7.3 -0.9 .271 .085 .024 2/3O
#Hippo Vaughn 20 1 1 0 0.0 69 .000 .000 .247 .000 .304 .000 .314 .000 .618 -100 .000 -0.2 0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Jack Warhop 23 16 15 0 0.0 69 .063 .063 .247 .063 .304 .063 .314 .125 .618 -60 .000 -2.8 -0.4 .067 .000 .000 /1O
?Pete Wilson 22 17 14 0 0.0 69 .071 .071 .247 .188 .304 .071 .314 .259 .618 -16 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .231 .143 .000 /1
League Average 3.0 69 .237 .239 .247 .294 .304 .305 .314 .599 .618 94 .515 .547 .167 .065
Team Total 5533 4010 418 2.8 69 .234 .236 .247 .283 .304 .291 .314 .575 .618 86 .478 -83.8 -10.4 .528 .159 .056 24.6
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Neal Ball 27 137 507 480 45 131 19 2 0 50 38 25 0 .273 .312 .321 .632 48 132 132
Harry Billiard 24 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6 6
Walter Blair 24 79 241 226 12 48 6 1 1 18 5 13 0 .212 .261 .261 .522 16 76 76
Hal Chase 25 110 457 438 67 125 13 4 1 48 32 18 0 .285 .315 .340 .655 47 106 106
Jack Chesbro 34 47 107 106 11 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 .000 .009 .000 .009 5 45 45
Wid Conroy 31 146 589 571 58 150 26 4 1 51 27 17 0 .263 .285 .327 .613 53 141 141
Birdie Cree 25 22 94 84 6 25 0 2 0 5 1 8 0 .298 .372 .345 .718 10 21 21
Frank Delahanty 25 38 149 136 16 39 1 2 0 14 11 12 0 .287 .349 .324 .673 16 37 37
Mike Donovan 26 5 20 20 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 5 5
Slow Joe Doyle 26 12 16 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .214 .313 .214 .527 1 12 12
Kid Elberfeld 33 20 73 60 15 13 4 0 0 7 1 7 0 .217 .356 .283 .639 5 19 19
Earle Gardner 24 21 82 80 9 19 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 .238 .256 .263 .519 5 20 20
Fred Glade 32 5 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5 5
*Charlie Hemphill 32 147 625 550 82 181 14 11 0 58 51 71 0 .329 .410 .395 .804 88 142 142
Bill Hogg 26 25 48 46 2 6 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 .130 .167 .130 .297 1 24 24
*Willie Keeler 36 95 392 349 51 102 4 1 1 19 17 37 0 .292 .370 .318 .688 40 91 91
Red Kleinow 30 100 329 298 22 57 4 2 1 18 6 27 0 .191 .267 .228 .496 18 96 96
Joe Lake 27 47 120 119 7 24 5 1 1 10 2 1 0 .202 .208 .286 .494 7 45 45
Frank LaPorte 28 105 350 325 28 90 5 8 1 39 7 24 0 .277 .329 .351 .679 37 101 101
Rube Manning 25 46 101 97 9 20 2 2 0 5 1 4 0 .206 .238 .268 .506 6 44 44
*Irish McIlveen 27 46 200 182 23 44 4 4 0 11 7 17 0 .242 .310 .308 .618 17 44 44
George Moriarty 22 105 394 375 33 99 14 1 0 36 27 13 0 .264 .299 .307 .606 33 101 101
*Doc Newton 30 24 28 26 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 .154 .214 .192 .407 1 23 23
Harry Niles 27 117 467 424 61 117 17 7 6 35 25 37 0 .276 .343 .392 .734 55 113 113
Andy O'Connor 23 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Queenie O'Rourke 24 35 122 117 7 31 1 0 0 4 5 5 0 .265 .295 .274 .569 9 34 34
*Al Orth 35 39 77 75 5 24 1 2 0 5 0 2 0 .320 .338 .387 .724 10 38 38
Jake Stahl 29 159 641 577 83 160 32 19 2 85 36 37 0 .277 .349 .409 .758 76 153 153
Ed Sweeney 19 33 91 86 5 13 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 .151 .198 .174 .372 3 32 32
#Hippo Vaughn 20 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Jack Warhop 23 6 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6 6
?Pete Wilson 22 7 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .118 .000 .118 0 7 7
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Neal Ball 27 2 531 147 531 490 39 119 17 3 0 42 33 22 .243 .278 .290 .568 83 142 2 17
Harry Billiard 24 1 6 6 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 8 1 0 0
Walter Blair 24 2 254 83 254 233 10 44 5 1 1 14 4 13 .189 .238 .232 .470 51 54 2 6
Hal Chase 25 4 2096 510 2096 1965 266 556 73 22 6 229 109 62 .283 .308 .352 .659 103 691 8 61
Jack Chesbro 34 10 1131 383 1131 1084 83 213 37 13 5 78 5 24 .196 .215 .268 .484 44 291 2 21
Wid Conroy 31 8 4264 1026 4264 3873 485 968 141 71 18 377 215 258 .250 .302 .337 .639 93 1305 29 104
Birdie Cree 25 1 88 21 88 78 5 21 0 2 0 4 1 7 .269 .345 .321 .665 115 25 2 1
Frank Delahanty 25 4 563 153 563 511 52 120 13 11 2 57 22 31 .235 .284 .315 .599 84 161 4 17
Mike Donovan 26 2 21 7 21 21 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 .238 .238 .286 .524 69 6 0 0
Slow Joe Doyle 26 3 99 50 99 86 7 14 2 0 0 5 0 8 .163 .242 .186 .428 33 16 1 4
Kid Elberfeld 33 10 3749 902 3749 3261 482 907 131 45 8 419 147 297 .278 .358 .353 .711 108 1152 108 83
Earle Gardner 24 1 80 20 80 75 7 16 2 0 0 4 0 1 .213 .234 .240 .474 53 18 1 3
Fred Glade 32 6 409 132 409 381 21 57 11 3 0 21 1 18 .150 .194 .194 .388 25 74 3 7
*Charlie Hemphill 32 8 4214 998 4214 3808 480 1045 99 61 21 375 169 311 .274 .331 .349 .680 107 1329 11 84
Bill Hogg 26 4 264 117 264 242 17 28 2 0 1 11 1 10 .116 .151 .136 .287 -12 33 0 12
*Willie Keeler 36 17 9153 2005 9153 8221 1670 2834 234 140 32 778 484 497 35 .345 .390 .419 .809 127 3444 119 316
Red Kleinow 30 5 1427 438 1427 1278 111 276 32 16 2 110 29 105 .216 .279 .271 .550 70 346 7 37
Joe Lake 27 1 114 45 114 112 6 21 4 1 1 8 2 1 .188 .195 .268 .463 49 30 0 1
Frank LaPorte 28 4 1365 365 1365 1265 141 338 48 27 4 144 27 70 .267 .309 .357 .667 105 452 7 23
Rube Manning 25 2 98 45 98 94 7 17 2 2 0 4 1 3 .181 .206 .245 .451 45 23 0 1
*Irish McIlveen 27 2 193 49 193 174 18 38 3 3 0 8 6 14 .218 .280 .270 .551 78 47 1 4
George Moriarty 22 5 1094 297 1094 1000 99 249 35 13 0 93 58 54 .249 .294 .310 .604 88 310 9 31
*Doc Newton 30 7 473 175 473 430 42 74 5 1 0 34 6 29 .172 .224 .188 .413 23 81 0 14
Harry Niles 27 3 1584 375 1584 1427 183 364 37 15 9 93 70 105 .255 .312 .321 .633 103 458 14 38
Andy O'Connor 23 1 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Queenie O'Rourke 24 1 115 34 115 108 5 25 1 0 0 3 4 4 .231 .259 .241 .500 62 26 0 3
*Al Orth 35 14 1745 580 1745 1664 180 455 61 29 12 179 29 46 17 .273 .296 .367 .663 91 610 8 27
Jake Stahl 29 5 2360 613 2360 2131 235 524 90 53 12 240 127 105 .246 .302 .355 .656 109 756 65 59
Ed Sweeney 19 1 89 32 89 82 4 12 2 0 0 2 0 5 .146 .195 .171 .366 19 14 0 2
#Hippo Vaughn 20 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Jack Warhop 23 1 16 6 16 16 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .063 .063 .063 .125 -60 1 0 0
?Pete Wilson 22 1 17 7 17 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .071 .188 .071 .259 -16 1 0 1
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

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