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1908 National League Batting Leaders

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National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

Wins Above Replacement A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Mathewson • NYG 11.9

2. Wagner • PIT 11.4

3. Brown • CHC 9.1

4. McQuillan • PHI 8.9

5. Tinker • CHC 7.8

6. Wiltse • NYG 7.6

7. Donlin • NYG 6.0

8. Bresnahan • NYG 5.9

9. Evers • CHC 5.6

10. Rucker • BRO 5.5

WAR Position Players

Wins Above Replacement for position players A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Wagner • PIT 11.4

2. Tinker • CHC 7.8

3. Donlin • NYG 6.0

4. Bresnahan • NYG 5.9

5. Evers • CHC 5.6

6. Dahlen • BSN 5.3

7. Lobert • CIN 5.1

8. Kling • CHC 4.9

9. Clarke • PIT 4.8

10. Leach • PIT 4.8

Offensive WAR

Offensive Wins Above Replacement (everything but Fielding) The same statistic as Wins Above Replacement for Position Players (WAR), but with the fielding value excluded. oWAR + dWAR does not equal WAR. Adding would count positions twice. Contains the factor for batting stats, baserunning, a positional adjustment, and the replacement player adjustment. Factors developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Wagner • PIT 11.4

2. Lobert • CIN 6.5

3. Bresnahan • NYG 5.7

4. Donlin • NYG 5.3

5. Tinker • CHC 4.9

6. Evers • CHC 4.9

7. Murray • STL 4.8

8. Leach • PIT 4.7

9. Magee • PHI 4.5

10. Bridwell • NYG 4.1

Defensive WAR

Defensive Wins Above Replacement for position players A defensive measure of wins above replacement, but given only the defensive stats of the player and his position adjustment. For this calculation, we use a replacement level on defense is the league average. Based on Baseball Info Solutions defensive runs saved from 2003 on and total zone rating developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com previously

1. Tinker • CHC 4.3

2. Dahlen • BSN 3.6

3. Dooin • PHI 2.6

4. Kling • CHC 2.4

5. Bergen • BRO 2.0

6. Bridwell • NYG 1.7

7. Devlin • NYG 1.4

Bresnahan • NYG 1.4

9. Wagner • PIT 1.4

10. Knabe • PHI 1.2

Batting Average

Hits/At Bats For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played Bold indicates either highest BA using current stats or awarded title at end of year.

1. Wagner • PIT .354

2. Donlin • NYG .334

3. Doyle • NYG .308

4. Bransfield • PHI .304

5. Evers • CHC .300

6. Lobert • CIN .293

7. Titus • PHI .286

8. Bridwell • NYG .285

9. Magee • PHI .283

10. Bresnahan • NYG .283

On-Base%

(H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF) For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

1. Wagner • PIT .415

2. Evers • CHC .402

3. Bresnahan • NYG .401

4. Titus • PHI .365

5. Donlin • NYG .364

6. Bridwell • NYG .364

7. Ritchey • BSN .361

8. Magee • PHI .359

9. Doyle • NYG .354

10. Clarke • PIT .349

Slugging %

Total Bases/At Bats or
(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played

1. Wagner • PIT .542

2. Donlin • NYG .452

3. Magee • PHI .417

4. Lobert • CIN .407

5. Murray • STL .400

6. Doyle • NYG .398

7. Bransfield • PHI .395

8. Tinker • CHC .391

9. Kling • CHC .382

10. Leach • PIT .381

On-Base Plus Slugging

On-Base + Slugging Percentages For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

1. Wagner • PIT .957

2. Donlin • NYG .816

3. Evers • CHC .777

4. Magee • PHI .776

5. Bresnahan • NYG .760

6. Lobert • CIN .755

7. Doyle • NYG .752

8. Murray • STL .732

9. Bransfield • PHI .730

10. Titus • PHI .725

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Tinker • CHC 157

Devlin • NYG 157

3. Seymour • NYG 156

Tenney • NYG 156

5. Lobert • CIN 155

Donlin • NYG 155

7. Hummel • BRO 154

Konetchy • STL 154

Murray • STL 154

10. Osborn • PHI 152

Leach • PIT 152

At Bats

1. Grant • PHI 598

2. Hummel • BRO 594

3. Donlin • NYG 593

Murray • STL 593

5. Seymour • NYG 587

6. Tenney • NYG 583

Leach • PIT 583

8. Lobert • CIN 570

9. Wagner • PIT 568

10. Knabe • PHI 555

Osborn • PHI 555

Plate Appearances

Plate Appearances When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH, which excludes catcher interferences. When this color click for a summary of each PA.

1. Tenney • NYG 690

2. Leach • PIT 670

3. Donlin • NYG 662

4. Knabe • PHI 658

5. Seymour • NYG 653

6. Grant • PHI 652

7. Lobert • CIN 650

8. Clarke • PIT 649

9. Hummel • BRO 642

Murray • STL 642

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Tenney • NYG 101

2. Wagner • PIT 100

3. Leach • PIT 93

4. Evers • CHC 83

Clarke • PIT 83

6. Magee • PHI 79

7. Titus • PHI 75

8. Lobert • CIN 71

Donlin • NYG 71

10. Bresnahan • NYG 70

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Wagner • PIT 201

2. Donlin • NYG 198

3. Lobert • CIN 167

Murray • STL 167

5. Bransfield • PHI 160

6. Seymour • NYG 157

7. Titus • PHI 154

8. Leach • PIT 151

9. Tenney • NYG 149

10. Osborn • PHI 148

Total Bases

Total Bases Singles + 2 x Doubles + 3 x Triples + 4 x Home Runs.

1. Wagner • PIT 308

2. Donlin • NYG 268

3. Murray • STL 237

4. Lobert • CIN 232

5. Leach • PIT 222

6. Tinker • CHC 214

7. Magee • PHI 212

8. Bransfield • PHI 208

9. Clarke • PIT 200

10. Seymour • NYG 199

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Wagner • PIT 39

2. Magee • PHI 30

3. Chance • CHC 27

4. Donlin • NYG 26

Knabe • PHI 26

6. Bresnahan • NYG 25

Bransfield • PHI 25

Doolin • PHI 25

9. Titus • PHI 24

Leach • PIT 24

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Wagner • PIT 19

2. Lobert • CIN 18

3. Magee • PHI 16

Leach • PIT 16

5. Clarke • PIT 15

Murray • STL 15

7. Tinker • CHC 14

8. Donlin • NYG 13

9. Hummel • BRO 12

Lumley • BRO 12

Osborn • PHI 12

Konetchy • STL 12

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Jordan • BRO 12

2. Wagner • PIT 10

3. Murray • STL 7

4. Tinker • CHC 6

Donlin • NYG 6

6. Leach • PIT 5

Seymour • NYG 5

Konetchy • STL 5

9. Hummel • BRO 4

Lumley • BRO 4

Lobert • CIN 4

Kling • CHC 4

Runs Batted In

1. Wagner • PIT 109

2. Donlin • NYG 106

3. Seymour • NYG 92

4. Bransfield • PHI 71

5. Tinker • CHC 68

6. Lobert • CIN 63

7. Steinfeldt • CHC 62

Murray • STL 62

9. Abbaticchio • PIT 61

10. Jordan • BRO 60

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bresnahan • NYG 83

2. Tenney • NYG 72

3. Evers • CHC 66

4. Clarke • PIT 65

5. Sheckard • CHC 62

Devlin • NYG 62

7. Jordan • BRO 59

8. Huggins • CIN 58

Abbaticchio • PIT 58

10. Leach • PIT 54

Wagner • PIT 54

Strikeouts

1. Jordan • BRO 74

2. Maloney • BRO 71

Grant • PHI 71

Shaw • STL 71

5. Konetchy • STL 69

6. Wilson • PIT 66

7. Lumley • BRO 62

Mitchell • CIN 62

9. Burch • BRO 61

Browne • BSN 61

Stolen Bases

1. Wagner • PIT 53

2. Murray • STL 48

3. Lobert • CIN 47

4. Magee • PHI 40

5. Evers • CHC 36

6. Tinker • CHC 30

Huggins • CIN 30

Kane • CIN 30

Donlin • NYG 30

Bransfield • PHI 30

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Donlin • NYG 153

2. Wagner • PIT 133

3. Lobert • CIN 128

4. Seymour • NYG 127

5. Tenney • NYG 126

Murray • STL 126

7. Bransfield • PHI 125

Grant • PHI 125

9. Titus • PHI 123

10. Bridwell • NYG 118

Adjusted OPS+

OPS+ 100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)

1. Wagner • PIT 205

2. Donlin • NYG 154

3. Magee • PHI 145

4. Lobert • CIN 144

5. Evers • CHC 143

6. Murray • STL 139

7. Bresnahan • NYG 137

8. Doyle • NYG 134

9. Bransfield • PHI 130

10. Titus • PHI 129

Runs Created

Runs Created A set of formulas developed by Bill James and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s runs total. This is computed with the "technical" formula when possible. If SB or CS data is missing, the "basic" formula is used. If HBP, IBB, SH, SF, or GIDP data is missing, the "stolen base" version of the formula is used. Team Runs Created is the sum of player Runs Created.

1. Wagner • PIT 126

2. Donlin • NYG 96

3. Lobert • CIN 80

4. Murray • STL 77

5. Magee • PHI 73

6. Leach • PIT 71

7. Bransfield • PHI 69

Clarke • PIT 69

9. Titus • PHI 68

10. Tinker • CHC 66

Adj. Batting Runs

Adjusted Batting Runs A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s runs total via linear weights. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Wagner • PIT 66

2. Donlin • NYG 33

3. Magee • PHI 27

4. Bresnahan • NYG 26

5. Lobert • CIN 26

6. Evers • CHC 25

7. Murray • STL 23

8. Titus • PHI 20

9. Clarke • PIT 18

10. Jordan • BRO 16

Adj. Batting Wins

Adjusted Batting Wins A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s wins with his bat. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Wagner • PIT 7.8

2. Donlin • NYG 4.0

3. Magee • PHI 3.2

4. Bresnahan • NYG 3.2

5. Lobert • CIN 3.1

6. Evers • CHC 3.1

7. Murray • STL 2.8

8. Titus • PHI 2.5

9. Clarke • PIT 2.2

10. Jordan • BRO 2.0

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Wagner • PIT 68

2. Magee • PHI 48

3. Donlin • NYG 45

Leach • PIT 45

5. Tinker • CHC 42

6. Murray • STL 41

7. Lobert • CIN 39

8. Konetchy • STL 36

9. Jordan • BRO 35

Bransfield • PHI 35

Clarke • PIT 35

Times On Base

Times on Base Hits + Bases on Balls + Hit By Pitch Does not include Reached on Error or Catcher Interference.

1. Wagner • PIT 260

2. Tenney • NYG 228

3. Donlin • NYG 226

4. Titus • PHI 221

5. Clarke • PIT 217

6. Bresnahan • NYG 216

7. Lobert • CIN 215

8. Murray • STL 212

9. Devlin • NYG 211

10. Leach • PIT 207

Offensive Win %

Offensive Winning Percentage The percentage of games a team with nine of this player batting would win. Assumes average pitching and defense. This uses the Pythagorean win pct formula with the player's RC/G for runs scored and the league's R/9 as runs allowed.

1. Wagner • PIT .880

2. Donlin • NYG .784

3. Evers • CHC .742

4. Magee • PHI .729

5. Bresnahan • NYG .718

6. Lobert • CIN .716

7. Doyle • NYG .712

8. Bransfield • PHI .708

9. Murray • STL .706

10. Titus • PHI .670

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. McGann • BSN 19

2. Devlin • NYG 14

Titus • PHI 14

4. Kane • CIN 13

5. Magee • PHI 11

6. Konetchy • STL 10

7. Dahlen • BSN 8

Ritchey • BSN 8

Chance • CHC 8

Murray • STL 8

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Knabe • PHI 42

2. Donlin • NYG 33

Seymour • NYG 33

4. Steinfeldt • CHC 32

Lobert • CIN 32

6. Titus • PHI 31

7. Tinker • CHC 29

8. Hofman • CHC 28

Huggins • CIN 28

10. Leach • PIT 27

Power-Speed #

Power/Speed Number 2 x (Home Runs x Stolen Bases)/(Stolen Bases + Home Runs) The harmonic mean of HR and SB. To do well you need a lot of both. Developed by Bill James.

1. Wagner • PIT 16.8

2. Murray • STL 12.2

3. Jordan • BRO 10.3

4. Donlin • NYG 10.0

Tinker • CHC 10.0

6. Leach • PIT 8.3

7. Seymour • NYG 7.8

8. Konetchy • STL 7.6

9. Lobert • CIN 7.4

10. Hummel • BRO 6.7

AB per SO

At Bats Per Strikeout For career marks this only includes AB’s for seasons where SO’s were tracked.

1. Ritchey • BSN 32.4

2. Evers • CHC 29.7

3. Wagner • PIT 25.8

4. Clarke • PIT 24.0

5. Bridwell • NYG 23.4

6. Barry • 2TM 22.3

7. Dooin • PHI 21.8

8. Bransfield • PHI 21.1

9. McLean • CIN 20.6

10. Osborn • PHI 19.8

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Jordan • BRO 42.9

2. Wagner • PIT 56.8

3. Murray • STL 84.7

4. Tinker • CHC 91.3

5. Donlin • NYG 98.8

6. Kling • CHC 106.0

7. Konetchy • STL 109.0

8. Lumley • BRO 110.0

9. Leach • PIT 116.6

10. Seymour • NYG 117.4

Outs Made

Outs Made (At Bats - Hits) + Double Plays Grounded Into + Sac. Flies + Sac. Hits + Caught Stealing.

1. Knabe • PHI 476

2. Grant • PHI 466

3. Hummel • BRO 463

Seymour • NYG 463

5. Leach • PIT 459

6. Tenney • NYG 456

7. Steinfeldt • CHC 441

8. Lobert • CIN 435

Konetchy • STL 435

10. Browne • BSN 432

rOBA

rOBA
A measure of a player's offensive contributions, weighted in proportion to each event's actual run value

1. Wagner • PIT .474

2. Donlin • NYG .396

3. Evers • CHC .390

4. Magee • PHI .385

5. Lobert • CIN .377

6. Bresnahan • NYG .375

7. Murray • STL .367

8. Doyle • NYG .366

9. Bransfield • PHI .359

10. Titus • PHI .357

Rbat+

Rbat+
Batting runs as computed for WAR, but indexed to the environment the player played in, where 100 is league average.

1. Wagner • PIT 216

2. Donlin • NYG 166

3. Evers • CHC 159

4. Lobert • CIN 153

5. Magee • PHI 153

6. Bresnahan • NYG 152

7. Murray • STL 145

8. Doyle • NYG 145

9. Titus • PHI 140

10. Clarke • PIT 139

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements