1908 Major League Batting Leaders

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Major 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. Walsh • CHW 10.7

4. Young • BOS 9.7

5. Brown • CHC 9.1

6. McQuillan • PHI 8.9

7. Joss • CLE 8.8

8. Lajoie • CLE 7.9

9. Tinker • CHC 7.8

10. Wiltse • NYG 7.6

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. Lajoie • CLE 7.9

3. Tinker • CHC 7.8

4. Wallace • SLB 6.3

5. Cobb • DET 6.2

6. Donlin • NYG 6.0

McIntyre • DET 6.0

8. Bresnahan • NYG 5.9

9. Evers • CHC 5.6

10. Dahlen • BSN 5.3

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. Cobb • DET 6.5

3. Lobert • CIN 6.5

4. Crawford • DET 6.2

5. Bresnahan • NYG 5.7

6. Lajoie • CLE 5.3

7. Donlin • NYG 5.3

8. McIntyre • DET 4.9

9. Tinker • CHC 4.9

10. Evers • CHC 4.9

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. Wallace • SLB 3.4

4. McBride • WSH 2.6

5. Schmidt • DET 2.6

6. Lajoie • CLE 2.6

7. Dooin • PHI 2.6

8. Tannehill • CHW 2.4

9. Kling • CHC 2.4

10. Wagner • BOS 2.3

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. Cobb • DET .324

4. Crawford • DET .311

5. Gessler • BOS .308

6. Doyle • NYG .308

7. Bransfield • PHI .304

8. Evers • CHC .300

9. Hemphill • NYY .297

10. McIntyre • DET .295

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. Gessler • BOS .394

5. McIntyre • DET .392

6. Hemphill • NYY .374

7. Hartsel • PHA .371

8. Cobb • DET .368

9. Dougherty • CHW .367

10. Jones • CHW .366

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. Cobb • DET .476

3. Crawford • DET .457

4. Donlin • NYG .452

5. Gessler • BOS .423

6. Rossman • DET .418

7. Magee • PHI .417

8. Lobert • CIN .407

9. Murray • STL .400

10. Doyle • NYG .398

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. Cobb • DET .844

3. Gessler • BOS .817

4. Donlin • NYG .816

5. Crawford • DET .812

6. Evers • CHC .777

7. Magee • PHI .776

8. McIntyre • DET .775

9. Bresnahan • NYG .760

10. Lobert • CIN .755

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Tinker • CHC 157

Lajoie • CLE 157

Devlin • NYG 157

4. Seymour • NYG 156

Tenney • NYG 156

6. Lobert • CIN 155

Donlin • NYG 155

Jones • SLB 155

McBride • WSH 155

10. Hummel • BRO 154

Konetchy • STL 154

Murray • STL 154

Freeman • WSH 154

At Bats

1. Grant • PHI 598

2. Hummel • BRO 594

3. Donlin • NYG 593

Murray • STL 593

5. Crawford • DET 591

6. Stone • SLB 588

7. Seymour • NYG 587

8. Schaefer • DET 584

9. Tenney • NYG 583

Leach • PIT 583

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. McIntyre • DET 678

3. Leach • PIT 670

4. Lajoie • CLE 667

Schaefer • DET 667

6. Donlin • NYG 662

Stone • SLB 662

8. Knabe • PHI 658

9. Jones • CHW 656

10. Crawford • DET 655

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. McIntyre • DET 105

2. Crawford • DET 102

3. Tenney • NYG 101

4. Wagner • PIT 100

5. Schaefer • DET 96

6. Leach • PIT 93

7. Jones • CHW 92

8. Stone • SLB 89

9. Cobb • DET 88

10. Evers • CHC 83

Clarke • PIT 83

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Wagner • PIT 201

2. Donlin • NYG 198

3. Cobb • DET 188

4. Crawford • DET 184

5. Lajoie • CLE 168

McIntyre • DET 168

7. Lobert • CIN 167

Murray • STL 167

9. Stone • SLB 165

10. Bransfield • PHI 160

Total Bases

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

1. Wagner • PIT 308

2. Cobb • DET 276

3. Crawford • DET 270

4. Donlin • NYG 268

5. Murray • STL 237

6. Lobert • CIN 232

7. Leach • PIT 222

8. Rossman • DET 219

9. Lajoie • CLE 218

McIntyre • DET 218

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Wagner • PIT 39

2. Cobb • DET 36

3. Crawford • DET 33

Rossman • DET 33

5. Lajoie • CLE 32

6. Magee • PHI 30

7. Stovall • CLE 29

8. Murphy • PHA 28

9. Chance • CHC 27

Stahl • 2TM 27

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Cobb • DET 20

2. Wagner • PIT 19

3. Lobert • CIN 18

4. Crawford • DET 16

Magee • PHI 16

Leach • PIT 16

Stahl • 2TM 16

8. Clarke • PIT 15

Murray • STL 15

10. Gessler • BOS 14

Tinker • CHC 14

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Jordan • BRO 12

2. Wagner • PIT 10

3. Crawford • DET 7

Murray • STL 7

5. Tinker • CHC 6

Hinchman • CLE 6

Donlin • NYG 6

8. Seymour • NYG 5

Davis • PHA 5

Leach • PIT 5

Stone • SLB 5

Konetchy • STL 5

Niles • 2TM 5

Runs Batted In

1. Wagner • PIT 109

2. Cobb • DET 108

3. Donlin • NYG 106

4. Seymour • NYG 92

5. Crawford • DET 80

6. Lajoie • CLE 74

Ferris • SLB 74

8. Rossman • DET 71

Bransfield • PHI 71

10. Tinker • CHC 68

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Hartsel • PHA 93

2. Jones • CHW 86

3. McIntyre • DET 83

Bresnahan • NYG 83

5. Clarke • CLE 76

6. Tenney • NYG 72

7. Evers • CHC 66

8. Clarke • PIT 65

9. Sheckard • CHC 62

Devlin • NYG 62

Strikeouts

1. Ball • NYY 91

2. Clarke • CLE 84

3. Stahl • 2TM 80

4. Schaefer • DET 75

5. Jordan • BRO 74

6. Ferris • SLB 72

7. Maloney • BRO 71

Grant • PHI 71

Williams • SLB 71

Shaw • STL 71

Stolen Bases

1. Wagner • PIT 53

2. Murray • STL 48

3. Dougherty • CHW 47

Lobert • CIN 47

5. Hemphill • NYY 42

6. Schaefer • DET 40

Magee • PHI 40

8. Cobb • DET 39

9. Clarke • CLE 37

10. Evers • CHC 36

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Donlin • NYG 153

2. Wagner • PIT 133

3. McIntyre • DET 131

Stone • SLB 131

5. Hemphill • NYY 129

6. Lobert • CIN 128

Lajoie • CLE 128

Cobb • DET 128

Crawford • DET 128

10. Seymour • NYG 127

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Wagner • PIT 205

2. Cobb • DET 170

3. Gessler • BOS 162

4. Crawford • DET 160

5. Donlin • NYG 154

6. McIntyre • DET 149

7. Magee • PHI 145

8. Lobert • CIN 144

9. Evers • CHC 143

10. Rossman • DET 139

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. Cobb • DET 100

3. Donlin • NYG 96

4. Crawford • DET 95

5. McIntyre • DET 84

6. Lobert • CIN 80

7. Murray • STL 77

8. Lajoie • CLE 75

9. Stone • SLB 74

10. Magee • PHI 73

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. Cobb • DET 43

3. Crawford • DET 37

4. McIntyre • DET 36

5. Donlin • NYG 33

6. Gessler • BOS 32

7. Magee • PHI 27

8. Bresnahan • NYG 26

9. Lobert • CIN 26

10. Evers • CHC 25

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. Cobb • DET 5.2

3. Crawford • DET 4.5

4. McIntyre • DET 4.3

5. Donlin • NYG 4.0

6. Gessler • BOS 3.9

7. Magee • PHI 3.2

8. Bresnahan • NYG 3.2

9. Lobert • CIN 3.1

10. Evers • CHC 3.1

Lajoie • CLE 3.1

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Wagner • PIT 68

2. Cobb • DET 60

3. Crawford • DET 56

4. Rossman • DET 48

Magee • PHI 48

6. Donlin • NYG 45

Leach • PIT 45

Stahl • 2TM 45

9. Tinker • CHC 42

10. Murray • STL 41

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. McIntyre • DET 258

3. Jones • CHW 228

Cobb • DET 228

Tenney • NYG 228

6. Donlin • NYG 226

7. Lajoie • CLE 224

Crawford • DET 224

9. Stone • SLB 223

10. Titus • PHI 221

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. Cobb • DET .815

3. Gessler • BOS .789

4. Crawford • DET .784

Donlin • NYG .784

6. McIntyre • DET .756

7. Evers • CHC .742

8. Magee • PHI .729

9. Rossman • DET .724

10. Bresnahan • NYG .718

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Stahl • 2TM 23

2. McGann • BSN 19

3. Devlin • NYG 14

Titus • PHI 14

5. Hahn • CHW 13

Kane • CIN 13

Bradley • CLE 13

8. Gessler • BOS 11

McConnell • BOS 11

Magee • PHI 11

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Bradley • CLE 60

2. Ganley • WSH 52

3. Schaefer • DET 43

4. Knabe • PHI 42

5. Lord • BOS 36

6. Jones • SLB 34

7. Donlin • NYG 33

Seymour • NYG 33

9. Steinfeldt • CHC 32

Lobert • CIN 32

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. Tinker • CHC 10.0

Donlin • NYG 10.0

6. Crawford • DET 9.5

7. Leach • PIT 8.3

8. Niles • 2TM 8.1

9. Davis • PHA 8.0

Stone • SLB 8.0

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. Lajoie • CLE 29.1

4. Jones • SLB 26.1

5. Wagner • PIT 25.8

6. Clarke • PIT 24.0

7. Bridwell • NYG 23.4

8. Barry • 2TM 22.3

9. Dooin • PHI 21.8

10. Hahn • CHW 21.3

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Jordan • BRO 42.9

2. Wagner • PIT 56.8

3. Hinchman • CLE 77.3

4. Niles • 2TM 78.8

5. Crawford • DET 84.4

6. Murray • STL 84.7

7. Tinker • CHC 91.3

8. Donlin • NYG 98.8

9. Davis • PHA 102.6

10. Kling • CHC 106.0

Outs Made

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

1. Schaefer • DET 476

Knabe • PHI 476

3. Bradley • CLE 475

4. Ganley • WSH 470

5. Grant • PHI 466

6. Hummel • BRO 463

Seymour • NYG 463

8. Nicholls • PHA 462

9. Leach • PIT 459

10. Tenney • NYG 456

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. Cobb • DET .413

3. Donlin • NYG .396

4. Gessler • BOS .395

5. Crawford • DET .394

6. Evers • CHC .390

7. Magee • PHI .385

8. Lobert • CIN .377

9. McIntyre • DET .376

10. Bresnahan • NYG .375

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. Cobb • DET 175

3. Gessler • BOS 169

4. Crawford • DET 168

5. Donlin • NYG 166

6. Evers • CHC 159

7. McIntyre • DET 156

8. Lobert • CIN 153

9. Magee • PHI 153

10. Bresnahan • NYG 152

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