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1908 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907 / 1909)
98-56, Finished 2nd in National League
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Scored 585 runs, Allowed 469 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62
Manager: Fred Clarke (98-56)
Ballpark: Exposition Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 382,444 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 93

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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 George Gibson 27 143 517 486 37 111 19 4 2 45 4 19 .228 .260 .296 .557 78 144 2 10
2 1B Harry Swacina 26 53 186 176 7 38 6 1 0 13 4 5 .216 .238 .261 .499 59 46 0 5
3 2B Ed Abbaticchio 31 146 590 500 43 125 16 7 1 61 22 58 .250 .336 .316 .652 108 158 7 25
4 SS Honus Wagner 34 151 641 568 100 201 39 19 10 109 53 54 .354 .415 .542 .957 205 308 5 14
5 3B Tommy Leach 30 152 666 583 93 151 24 16 5 41 24 54 .259 .324 .381 .705 125 222 2 27
6 OF Roy Thomas* 34 102 448 386 52 99 11 10 1 24 11 49 .256 .348 .345 .692 121 133 5 8
7 OF Fred Clarke* 35 151 644 551 83 146 18 15 2 53 24 65 .265 .349 .363 .712 127 200 6 22
8 OF Chief Wilson* 24 144 572 529 47 120 8 7 3 43 12 22 .227 .260 .285 .546 74 151 2 19
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 1B Alan Storke 23 64 219 202 20 51 5 3 1 12 4 9 .252 .284 .322 .606 93 65 0 8
10 1B Jim Kane* 26 55 166 145 16 35 3 3 0 22 5 12 .241 .299 .303 .603 93 44 0 9
11 OF Spike Shannon# 30 32 139 127 10 25 0 2 0 12 5 9 .197 .250 .228 .478 53 29 0 3
12 OF Danny Moeller# 23 36 118 109 14 21 3 1 0 9 4 9 .193 .254 .239 .493 57 26 0 0
13 1B Warren Gill 29 27 102 76 10 17 0 1 0 14 3 11 .224 .366 .250 .616 97 19 6 9
14 IF Charlie Starr? 29 20 76 59 8 11 2 0 0 8 6 13 .186 .342 .220 .563 80 13 1 3
15 C Ed Phelps 29 34 68 64 3 15 2 2 0 11 0 2 .234 .269 .328 .597 90 21 1 1
16 OF Beals Becker* 21 20 68 65 4 10 0 1 0 0 2 2 .154 .191 .185 .376 20 12 1 0
17 C Paddy O'Connor 28 12 17 16 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .188 .188 .188 .375 20 3 0 1
18 Hunky Shaw# 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
19 C John Sullivan 35 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
20 OF Cy Neighbors 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Vic Willis 32 41 110 103 9 17 1 0 0 1 0 3 .165 .189 .175 .363 16 18 0 4
22 P Nick Maddox* 21 36 104 94 9 25 3 3 0 8 0 5 .266 .310 .362 .672 114 34 1 4
23 P Howie Camnitz 26 38 85 72 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 7 .083 .165 .083 .248 -20 6 0 6
24 P Lefty Leifield* 24 34 82 75 6 17 1 1 0 2 2 4 .227 .266 .267 .532 70 20 0 3
25 P Sam Leever 36 38 68 61 5 9 0 1 0 3 1 4 .148 .212 .180 .392 26 11 1 2
26 P Irv Young* 30 16 32 30 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .250 .267 .517 65 8 0 0
27 P Harley Young 24 8 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .083 .154 .083 .237 -24 1 0 1
28 P Chick Brandom 21 3 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -9 1 0 0
29 P Tom McCarthy? 24 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
30 P Deacon Phillippe 36 5 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 138 2 0 0
31 P Bob Vail 26 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 167 1 0 0
32 P Homer Hillebrand 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.5 155 5753 5109 585 1263 162 98 25 496 186 0 420 .247 .309 .332 .641 105 1696 0 40 184 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 3 3 4 1 2 4 2 3 3 2 2 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
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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
Ed Abbaticchio 31 590 400 52 3.5 72 .248 .250 .247 .336 .308 .316 .318 .652 .626 108 .572 7.0 0.9 .653 .226 .066 1.9 *4
*Beals Becker 21 68 55 2 1.0 72 .154 .154 .247 .191 .308 .185 .318 .376 .626 20 .115 -6.1 -0.8 .309 .092 .031 .0 O
Chick Brandom 21 7 6 0 0.0 71 .143 .143 .247 .143 .308 .143 .318 .286 .626 -9 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .167 .000 .000 /1
Howie Camnitz 26 85 72 1 0.4 72 .083 .083 .247 .165 .308 .083 .318 .248 .626 -20 .021 -9.7 -1.2 .197 .097 .000 1
*Fred Clarke 35 644 427 69 4.4 72 .262 .265 .247 .349 .308 .363 .318 .712 .626 127 .665 18.2 2.2 .728 .260 .098 3.7 *O
George Gibson 27 517 385 37 2.6 72 .225 .228 .247 .260 .308 .296 .318 .557 .626 78 .435 -13.7 -1.7 .451 .115 .068 2.7 *2
Warren Gill 29 102 68 6 2.4 72 .224 .224 .247 .366 .308 .250 .318 .616 .626 97 .397 0.9 0.1 .661 .211 .026 .0 3
Homer Hillebrand 28 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
*Jim Kane 26 166 119 13 2.9 72 .241 .241 .247 .299 .308 .303 .318 .603 .626 93 .492 -1.4 -0.2 .555 .179 .062 .0 3
Tommy Leach 30 666 459 71 4.2 72 .253 .259 .247 .324 .308 .381 .318 .705 .626 125 .647 15.2 1.8 .699 .256 .122 8.3 *5/O
Sam Leever 36 68 54 2 1.0 72 .148 .148 .247 .212 .308 .180 .318 .392 .626 26 .119 -5.2 -0.6 .327 .115 .033 .0 1
*Lefty Leifield 24 82 61 5 2.2 72 .227 .227 .247 .266 .308 .267 .318 .532 .626 70 .365 -2.8 -0.3 .448 .120 .040 .0 1
*Nick Maddox 21 104 73 10 3.7 72 .266 .266 .247 .310 .308 .362 .318 .672 .626 114 .595 1.1 0.1 .580 .149 .096 1
?Tom McCarthy 24 4 4 0 0.0 72 .000 .000 .247 .000 .308 .000 .318 .000 .626 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
#Danny Moeller 23 118 88 7 2.1 72 .193 .193 .247 .254 .308 .239 .318 .493 .626 57 .352 -5.2 -0.6 .443 .165 .046 .0 O
Cy Neighbors 27 0 0 0.0 0.0 /O
Paddy O'Connor 28 17 14 1 1.9 72 .188 .188 .247 .188 .308 .188 .318 .375 .626 20 .308 -1.5 -0.2 .231 .000 .000 /2
Ed Phelps 29 68 50 5 2.7 72 .234 .234 .247 .269 .308 .328 .318 .597 .626 90 .452 -1.1 -0.1 .490 .125 .094 2
Deacon Phillippe 36 4 3 1 9.0 72 .250 .250 .247 .250 .308 .500 .318 .750 .626 138 .882 0.2 0.0 .667 .250 .250 /1
#Spike Shannon 30 139 105 7 1.8 72 .197 .197 .247 .250 .308 .228 .318 .478 .626 53 .281 -7.0 -0.9 .422 .142 .031 .0 O
#Hunky Shaw 23 1 1 0 0.0 71 .000 .000 .247 .000 .308 .000 .318 .000 .626 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
?Charlie Starr 29 76 51 4 2.1 72 .186 .186 .247 .342 .308 .220 .318 .563 .626 80 .346 -0.2 -0.0 .688 .356 .034 .0 4/65
Alan Storke 23 219 159 18 3.0 72 .249 .252 .247 .284 .308 .322 .318 .606 .626 93 .509 -2.4 -0.3 .517 .134 .069 1.6 3/54
John Sullivan 35 1 1 0 0.0 71 .000 .000 .247 .000 .308 .000 .318 .000 .626 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /2
Harry Swacina 26 186 143 11 2.1 72 .216 .216 .247 .238 .308 .261 .318 .499 .626 59 .338 -8.6 -1.1 .399 .097 .045 .0 3
*Roy Thomas 34 448 295 45 4.1 72 .255 .256 .247 .348 .308 .345 .318 .692 .626 121 .642 10.6 1.3 .690 .244 .088 1.8 O
Bob Vail 26 4 2 1 13.5 72 .333 .333 .247 .500 .308 .333 .318 .833 .626 167 .940 0.4 0.0 1.000 .333 .000 /1
Honus Wagner 34 641 381 126 8.9 72 .342 .354 .247 .415 .308 .542 .318 .957 .626 205 .880 66.3 7.8 1.144 .377 .188 16.8 *6
Vic Willis 32 110 90 3 0.9 72 .165 .165 .247 .189 .308 .175 .318 .363 .626 16 .100 -9.9 -1.2 .244 .039 .010 1
*Chief Wilson 24 572 428 39 2.4 72 .222 .227 .247 .260 .308 .285 .318 .546 .626 74 .410 -17.7 -2.2 .457 .123 .059 4.8 *O
Harley Young 24 14 12 0 0.0 72 .083 .083 .247 .154 .308 .083 .318 .237 .626 -24 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .182 .083 .000 /1
*Irv Young 30 32 24 2 2.2 72 .200 .200 .247 .250 .308 .267 .318 .517 .626 65 .371 -1.4 -0.2 .417 .133 .067 1
League Average 3.1 71 .235 .238 .246 .298 .308 .304 .318 .603 .626 93 .514 .557 .177 .066
Team Total 5753 4030 538 3.6 72 .244 .247 .247 .309 .308 .332 .318 .641 .626 105 .583 22.2 2.2 .609 .203 .085 44.1
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
Ed Abbaticchio 31 152 623 543 59 154 20 9 1 84 27 71 0 .284 .376 .359 .735 72 146 146
*Beals Becker 21 65 270 258 24 72 4 3 0 10 11 11 0 .279 .311 .318 .629 25 63 63
Chick Brandom 21 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Howie Camnitz 26 39 82 75 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 .080 .159 .080 .239 1 38 38
*Fred Clarke 35 157 688 601 114 180 22 18 2 73 30 80 0 .300 .388 .406 .794 95 151 151
George Gibson 27 148 549 524 51 135 23 5 2 62 5 23 0 .258 .291 .332 .624 51 143 143
Warren Gill 29 28 103 82 14 21 0 1 0 19 4 14 0 .256 .408 .280 .688 8 27 27
*Jim Kane 26 57 170 156 21 42 4 4 0 29 6 14 0 .269 .329 .346 .676 18 55 55
Tommy Leach 30 158 704 635 128 186 30 20 6 57 30 67 0 .293 .362 .431 .794 99 152 152
Sam Leever 36 39 71 65 7 11 0 1 0 4 1 5 0 .169 .239 .200 .439 3 38 38
*Lefty Leifield 24 35 86 81 8 21 1 1 0 3 2 5 0 .259 .302 .296 .599 7 34 34
*Nick Maddox 21 37 110 103 13 31 4 4 0 11 0 6 0 .301 .345 .417 .763 15 36 36
?Tom McCarthy 24 20 46 44 6 8 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 .182 .217 .205 .422 2 19 19
#Danny Moeller 23 37 128 117 20 26 4 1 0 13 5 11 0 .222 .289 .274 .563 9 36 36
Paddy O'Connor 28 12 17 17 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 12 12
Ed Phelps 29 35 72 69 4 18 2 2 0 15 0 2 0 .261 .292 .348 .639 7 34 34
Deacon Phillippe 36 5 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 5 5
#Spike Shannon 30 113 478 425 59 103 2 4 1 44 22 45 0 .242 .326 .273 .599 36 109 109
#Hunky Shaw 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
?Charlie Starr 29 21 82 64 12 14 3 0 0 12 8 17 0 .219 .390 .266 .656 6 20 20
Alan Storke 23 66 231 220 28 63 6 4 1 17 5 11 0 .286 .320 .364 .684 26 64 64
John Sullivan 35 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Harry Swacina 26 55 196 190 10 47 7 1 0 19 5 6 0 .247 .270 .295 .565 16 53 53
*Roy Thomas 34 112 515 446 74 127 14 12 1 33 14 63 0 .285 .381 .377 .757 63 108 108
Bob Vail 26 4 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 4 4
Honus Wagner 34 157 704 631 138 250 49 24 12 151 66 67 0 .396 .459 .607 1.066 174 151 151
Vic Willis 32 43 115 111 14 22 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 .198 .226 .207 .433 5 41 41
*Chief Wilson 24 150 601 572 65 147 10 9 4 60 15 27 0 .257 .293 .327 .620 54 144 144
Harley Young 24 15 25 24 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .200 .208 .408 1 14 14
*Irv Young 30 33 70 67 6 14 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 .209 .243 .239 .482 4 32 32
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
Ed Abbaticchio 31 7 3151 764 3151 2776 322 708 95 41 10 298 138 258 .255 .326 .330 .655 100 915 33 84
*Beals Becker 21 1 248 63 248 236 17 57 3 2 0 7 9 9 .242 .272 .271 .544 75 64 1 2
Chick Brandom 21 1 7 3 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -9 1 0 0
Howie Camnitz 26 4 169 81 169 151 7 10 0 0 0 4 0 9 .066 .119 .066 .185 -42 10 0 9
*Fred Clarke 35 15 8166 1845 8166 7180 1392 2272 296 187 57 835 453 688 85 .316 .387 .434 .821 134 3113 141 157
George Gibson 27 4 1368 383 1368 1262 87 265 35 14 7 114 9 68 .210 .254 .277 .531 65 349 7 31
Warren Gill 29 1 102 27 102 76 10 17 0 1 0 14 3 11 .224 .366 .250 .616 97 19 6 9
Homer Hillebrand 28 3 143 47 143 131 10 31 4 2 0 10 1 0 7 .237 .281 .298 .578 71 39 0 1 4 0 0
*Jim Kane 26 1 166 55 166 145 16 35 3 3 0 22 5 12 .241 .299 .303 .603 93 44 0 9
Tommy Leach 30 11 5191 1231 5191 4655 777 1290 131 121 35 521 218 372 .277 .333 .380 .713 112 1768 21 143
Sam Leever 36 11 1012 344 1012 938 86 177 17 14 2 77 4 44 .189 .231 .243 .474 38 228 7 23
*Lefty Leifield 24 4 310 119 310 285 19 50 4 5 0 14 3 16 .175 .219 .225 .444 38 64 0 9
*Nick Maddox 21 2 127 42 127 114 9 30 4 3 0 9 0 8 .263 .317 .351 .668 112 40 1 4
?Tom McCarthy 24 1 47 19 47 41 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 .146 .186 .171 .357 15 7 1 4
#Danny Moeller 23 2 164 47 164 151 18 33 4 2 0 12 6 13 .219 .280 .272 .552 75 41 0 0
Cy Neighbors 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paddy O'Connor 28 1 17 12 17 16 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .188 .188 .188 .375 20 3 0 1
Ed Phelps 29 7 1257 369 1257 1127 110 277 24 14 3 123 14 71 .246 .304 .300 .604 80 338 23 36
Deacon Phillippe 36 10 975 321 975 896 92 172 20 6 2 77 4 46 .192 .240 .234 .475 38 210 11 22
#Spike Shannon 30 5 3015 694 3015 2613 383 677 49 15 3 183 145 286 .259 .337 .293 .630 96 765 22 94
#Hunky Shaw 23 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
?Charlie Starr 29 2 185 46 185 156 17 31 2 0 0 14 6 20 .199 .294 .212 .505 63 33 1 8
Alan Storke 23 3 620 181 620 571 45 146 12 9 2 52 11 26 .256 .292 .319 .610 91 182 3 20
John Sullivan 35 2 43 14 43 33 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 4 .152 .243 .152 .395 26 5 0 6
Harry Swacina 26 2 288 79 288 271 16 57 7 2 0 23 5 9 .210 .238 .251 .489 55 68 1 7
*Roy Thomas 34 10 6113 1344 6113 4914 963 1445 89 50 7 282 235 980 .294 .418 .337 .755 126 1655 70 149
Bob Vail 26 1 4 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 167 1 0 0
Honus Wagner 34 12 6873 1613 6873 6155 1137 2127 422 158 65 1113 535 538 .346 .406 .497 .903 164 3060 85 95
Vic Willis 32 11 1435 459 1435 1324 96 223 18 2 1 80 3 72 .168 .216 .187 .403 19 248 8 31
*Chief Wilson 24 1 572 144 572 529 47 120 8 7 3 43 12 22 .227 .260 .285 .546 74 151 2 19
Harley Young 24 1 25 14 25 22 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .136 .174 .182 .356 14 4 0 2
*Irv Young 30 4 418 158 418 403 18 50 6 2 0 15 1 9 .124 .145 .149 .294 -9 60 1 5
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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