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1908 New York Highlanders

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907 / 1909

51-103, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Clark Griffith (24-32) and Kid Elberfeld (27-71)
Scored 460 runs, Allowed 713 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 48-106

Ballparks: Hilltop Park · 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 31 .168 .237 .204 .441 43 57 3 8
2 1B Hal Chase 25 106 430 405 50 104 11 3 1 36 27 15 34 .257 .285 .306 .591 91 124 1 9
3 2B Harry Niles 27 95 400 361 43 90 14 6 4 24 18 25 29 .249 .305 .355 .660 113 128 4 10
4 SS Neal Ball 27 132 484 446 35 110 16 2 0 38 32 21 91 .247 .284 .291 .575 86 130 2 15
5 3B Wid Conroy 31 141 568 531 44 126 22 3 1 39 23 14 54 .237 .258 .296 .554 79 157 1 22
6 OF Willie Keeler* 36 91 380 323 38 85 3 1 1 14 14 31 10 .263 .337 .288 .625 103 93 5 21
7 OF Jake Stahl 29 75 302 274 34 70 18 5 2 42 17 11 43 .255 .304 .380 .683 121 104 8 9
8 OF Charlie Hemphill* 32 142 581 505 62 150 12 9 0 44 42 59 43 .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 48 .236 .269 .276 .545 76 96 5 8
10 C Walter Blair 24 76 230 211 9 40 5 1 1 13 4 11 31 .190 .237 .237 .474 53 50 2 6
11 OF Irish McIlveen* 27 44 188 169 17 36 3 3 0 8 6 14 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 12 .262 .301 .359 .659 113 52 0 5
13 OF Frank Delahanty 25 37 137 125 12 32 1 2 0 10 9 10 13 .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 16 .231 .259 .241 .500 62 26 0 3
15 C Jeff Sweeney 19 32 89 82 4 12 2 0 0 2 0 5 14 .146 .195 .171 .366 19 14 0 2
16 OF Birdie Cree 25 21 88 78 5 21 0 2 0 4 1 7 12 .269 .345 .321 .665 115 25 2 1
17 2B Earle Gardner 24 20 80 75 7 16 2 0 0 4 0 1 6 .213 .234 .240 .474 53 18 1 3
18 SS Kid Elberfeld 33 19 69 56 11 11 3 0 0 5 1 6 3 .196 .328 .250 .578 88 14 5 2
19 3B Mike Donovan 26 5 19 19 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 .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 26 .188 .195 .268 .463 49 30 0 1
21 P Jack Chesbro 34 45 106 102 8 18 2 1 0 6 0 0 23 .176 .184 .216 .400 29 22 1 3
22 P Rube Manning 25 44 95 91 7 17 2 2 0 4 1 3 22 .187 .213 .253 .466 50 23 0 1
23 P Al Orth* 35 38 73 69 4 20 1 2 0 4 0 2 7 .290 .310 .362 .672 117 25 0 2
24 P Bill Hogg 26 24 45 43 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 15 .093 .114 .093 .207 -33 4 0 1
25 P Doc Newton* 30 23 28 25 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 12 .160 .222 .200 .422 37 5 0 1
26 P Pete Wilson? 22 7 17 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .071 .188 .071 .259 -16 1 0 1
27 P Jack Warhop 23 6 16 16 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 .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 5 .214 .313 .214 .527 71 3 0 0
29 P Fred Glade 32 5 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
30 P Harry Billiard 24 6 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .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 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 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.2 155 5532 5046 459 1190 142 50 13 372 231 288 639 .236 .283 .292 .575 86 1471 45 153
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 8 5 6 6 6 1 1 8 3 5 7 7 6 7 4 1
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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Jack Chesbro 34 14 20 .412 2.93 45 31 13 20 3 1 288.2 276 134 94 6 67 124 14 0 11 1161 84 1.188 8.6 0.2 2.1 3.9 1.85
2 SP Joe Lake 27 9 22 .290 3.17 38 27 11 19 2 0 269.1 252 157 95 6 77 118 6 0 7 1126 78 1.222 8.4 0.2 2.6 3.9 1.53
3 SP Rube Manning 25 13 16 .448 2.94 41 26 15 19 2 1 245.0 228 114 80 4 86 113 18 0 3 993 84 1.282 8.4 0.1 3.2 4.2 1.31
4 SP Bill Hogg 26 4 16 .200 3.01 24 21 3 6 0 0 152.1 155 89 51 4 63 72 4 0 6 658 82 1.431 9.2 0.2 3.7 4.3 1.14
5 SP Al Orth 35 2 13 .133 3.42 21 17 3 8 1 0 139.1 134 62 53 4 30 22 4 0 1 560 72 1.177 8.7 0.3 1.9 1.4 0.73
6 SP Doc Newton* 30 4 5 .444 2.95 23 13 7 6 1 1 88.1 78 52 29 0 41 49 7 0 4 370 84 1.347 7.9 0.0 4.2 5.0 1.20
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 RP Slow Joe Doyle 26 1 1 .500 2.63 12 4 5 2 1 0 48.0 42 24 14 1 14 20 2 0 0 195 95 1.167 7.9 0.2 2.6 3.8 1.43
8 RP Harry Billiard 24 0 0 2.65 6 0 6 0 0 0 17.0 15 15 5 1 14 10 5 0 1 83 96 1.706 7.9 0.5 7.4 5.3 0.71
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
9 Pete Wilson* 22 3 3 .500 3.46 6 6 0 4 1 0 39.0 27 16 15 0 33 28 1 0 1 175 72 1.538 6.2 0.0 7.6 6.5 0.85
10 Jack Warhop 23 1 2 .333 4.46 5 4 1 3 0 0 36.1 40 19 18 0 8 11 4 0 0 149 56 1.321 9.9 0.0 2.0 2.7 1.38
11 Fred Glade 32 0 4 .000 4.22 5 5 0 2 0 0 32.0 30 18 15 0 14 11 4 0 1 127 59 1.375 8.4 0.0 3.9 3.1 0.79
12 Andy O'Connor 23 0 1 .000 10.13 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 15 11 9 0 7 5 3 0 0 45 26 2.750 16.9 0.0 7.9 5.6 0.71
13 Hippo Vaughn* 20 0 0 3.86 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 1 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 10 81 2.143 3.9 0.0 15.4 7.7 0.50
14 Hal Chase* 25 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 28.8 51 103 .331 3.16 155 155 65 90 11 3 1366.0 1293 712 479 26 458 585 72 0 35 5653 78 1.282 8.5 0.2 3.0 3.9 1.28
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 1 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 6
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Neal Ball 27 131 789 270 438 81 28 .897 5.40 SS-2B
Harry Billiard 24 6 4 1 2 1 0 .750 0.50 P
Walter Blair 24 72 321 246 59 16 4 .950 4.24 6 67 41 38% C-OF-1B
Hal Chase 25 106 1117 1026 65 26 36 .977 10.29 P-1B-2B-OF-3B
Jack Chesbro 34 46 109 7 96 6 2 .945 2.24 P-1B
Wid Conroy 31 141 553 236 285 32 15 .942 3.70 3B-2B-OF
Birdie Cree 25 21 39 35 4 0 2 1.000 1.86 OF
Frank Delahanty 25 36 69 64 2 3 0 .957 1.83 OF
Mike Donovan 26 5 22 13 9 0 0 1.000 4.40 3B
Slow Joe Doyle 26 12 11 1 8 2 1 .818 0.75 P
Kid Elberfeld 33 17 95 36 51 8 2 .916 5.12 SS
Earle Gardner 24 20 114 49 59 6 13 .947 5.40 2B
Fred Glade 32 5 9 1 7 1 0 .889 1.60 P
Charlie Hemphill 32 142 318 285 13 20 2 .937 2.10 OF
Bill Hogg 26 24 43 5 37 1 0 .977 1.75 P
Willie Keeler 36 88 141 123 9 9 2 .936 1.50 OF
Red Kleinow 30 91 516 383 118 15 5 .971 5.51 4 106 81 43% C-2B
Joe Lake 27 38 83 9 64 10 1 .880 1.92 P
Frank LaPorte 28 37 150 63 77 10 10 .933 3.78 2B-OF
Rube Manning 25 42 77 5 70 2 0 .974 1.79 P-OF
Irish McIlveen 27 44 78 70 4 4 0 .949 1.68 OF
George Moriarty 22 94 750 609 117 24 30 .968 7.72 1B-3B-OF-2B
Doc Newton 30 23 32 2 27 3 0 .906 1.26 P
Harry Niles 27 92 428 177 221 30 15 .930 4.33 2B-OF
Andy O'Connor 23 1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00 P
Queenie O'Rourke 24 32 93 43 44 6 4 .935 2.72 OF-SS-2B-3B
Al Orth 35 21 49 6 42 1 2 .980 2.29 P
Jake Stahl 29 74 205 178 17 10 3 .951 2.64 OF-1B
Jeff Sweeney 19 27 169 134 26 9 2 .947 5.93 4 28 18 39% C-1B-OF
Hippo Vaughn 20 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Jack Warhop 23 6 16 1 14 1 0 .938 2.50 P-OF
Pete Wilson 22 6 11 1 9 1 1 .909 1.67 P
Team Totals 28.1 155 6416 4079 1998 339 180 .947 4.05 14 201 140 41%
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 6 8
Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Neal Ball 27 484 -10 1 0 0 -17 8 16 -2 -0.5 15 1.9 -2.4 $ *6/4
Harry Billiard 24 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Walter Blair 24 230 -11 -1 0 0 -2 3 8 -3 -0.7 -1 -0.1 -0.6 $ Purchased 2/O3
Hal Chase 25 430 -7 3 0 0 -4 -3 14 3 0.2 7 0.9 -0.7 $ Rule 5 Draft 3/4O51
Jack Chesbro 34 106 -8 0 0 0 0 3 3 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.3 -0.1 $ Jumped Lgs 1/3
Wid Conroy 31 568 -16 0 0 0 -1 3 18 4 0.0 5 0.6 -0.6 $ Jumped Lgs *54O
Birdie Cree 25 88 1 -1 0 0 -1 -1 3 1 0.1 2 0.3 -0.2 $ O
Frank Delahanty 25 137 -1 0 0 0 0 -2 5 2 0.1 2 0.3 -0.2 $ Free Agency O
Mike Donovan 26 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /5
Slow Joe Doyle 26 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.3 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Kid Elberfeld 33 69 -1 0 0 0 -2 1 2 0 0.0 2 0.3 -0.3 $ Traded 6
Earle Gardner 24 80 -4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 -4 -0.5 -1 -0.1 -0.4 $ Rule 5 Draft 4
Fred Glade 32 10 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.3 0.1 $ Traded /1
Charlie Hemphill* 32 581 15 2 0 0 -6 -4 19 26 3.0 32 4.1 -1.1 $ Traded *O
Bill Hogg 26 45 -6 0 0 0 0 1 1 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.5 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Willie Keeler* 36 380 -1 0 0 0 -3 -5 12 3 0.3 6 0.8 -0.5 $ Jumped Lgs O
Red Kleinow 30 312 -17 -1 0 0 1 6 10 -1 -0.5 -2 -0.3 -0.2 $ Traded 2/4
Joe Lake 27 114 -7 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ Purchased 1
Frank LaPorte 28 158 0 -1 0 0 -4 -1 5 -1 -0.1 3 0.4 -0.5 $ Traded 4O
Rube Manning 25 95 -5 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased 1/O
Irish McIlveen* 27 188 -5 0 0 0 0 -2 6 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased O
George Moriarty 22 372 -11 0 0 0 -1 -1 12 -1 -0.4 0 0.0 -0.4 $ Purchased 35O/4
Doc Newton* 30 28 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Harry Niles 27 400 1 1 0 0 -11 0 13 4 0.4 15 1.9 -1.5 $ Traded 4/O
Andy O'Connor 23 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Queenie O'Rourke 24 115 -5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 -2 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $ O6/45
Al Orth* 35 73 0 -1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0.3 3 0.4 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Jake Stahl 29 302 3 1 0 0 -2 -4 10 8 0.9 10 1.3 -0.4 $ Traded O/3
Jeff Sweeney 19 89 -7 0 0 0 -1 2 3 -3 -0.5 -2 -0.3 -0.2 $ 2/3O
Hippo Vaughn# 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Jack Warhop 23 16 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /1O
Pete Wilson? 22 17 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
Team Total 28.2 5532 -113 3 0 0 -58 17 181 30 -0.0 88 11.4 -11.4 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Harry Billiard 24 17.0 0 15 7 -1 1.0 -8 -0.8 $
Hal Chase* 25 0.1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft
Jack Chesbro 34 288.2 31 133 126 -9 1.0 -7 0.8 $ Jumped Lgs
Slow Joe Doyle 26 48.0 4 24 21 -1 1.0 -3 -0.1 $ Purchased
Fred Glade 32 32.0 5 18 14 -1 1.0 -4 -0.3 $ Traded
Bill Hogg 26 152.1 21 89 67 -5 1.0 -22 -1.8 $ Rule 5 Draft
Joe Lake 27 269.1 27 157 118 -8 1.0 -39 -3.2 $ Purchased
Rube Manning 25 245.0 26 114 107 -7 1.0 -7 0.6 $ Purchased
Doc Newton* 30 88.1 13 52 39 -3 1.0 -13 -1.1 $ Rule 5 Draft
Andy O'Connor 23 8.0 1 11 3 0 1.0 -8 -0.9 $
Al Orth 35 139.1 17 62 61 -4 1.0 -1 0.7 $ Traded
Hippo Vaughn* 20 2.1 0 1 1 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Purchased
Jack Warhop 23 36.1 4 19 16 -1 1.0 -3 -0.2 $
Pete Wilson* 22 39.0 6 15 17 -1 1.0 2 0.5 $ Rule 5 Draft
Team Total 28.8 1366.0 155 710 597 -41 1.0 -113 -5.8 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

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