1907 American League

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The 1907 season of the American League was the seventh season of the league.

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Season summary[edit]

Standings[edit]

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion
Rank Team G W L T WPCT GB RS (RS/G) RA (RA/G) AVG OBP SLG ERA FPCT
1 Detroit Tigers 153 92 58 3 .601 -.- 694 (4.54) 532 (3.48) 0.266 0.308 0.335 2.33 0.958
2 Philadelphia Athletics 150 88 57 5 .587 1.5 582 (3.88) 511 (3.41) 0.254 0.307 0.329 2.35 0.958
3 Chicago White Sox 157 87 64 6 .554 5.5 588 (3.75) 474 (3.02) 0.238 0.296 0.283 2.22 0.966
4 Cleveland Naps 158 85 67 6 .538 8.0 530 (3.35) 525 (3.32) 0.241 0.288 0.310 2.26 0.960
5 New York Highlanders 152 70 78 4 .461 21.0 605 (3.98) 665 (4.38) 0.249 0.292 0.315 3.03 0.947
6 St. Louis Browns 155 69 83 3 .445 24.0 542 (3.50) 555 (3.58) 0.253 0.303 0.313 2.61 0.959
7 Boston Red Sox 155 59 90 6 .381 32.5 464 (2.99) 558 (3.60) 0.234 0.276 0.292 2.45 0.959
8 Washington Senators 154 49 102 3 .318 43.5 506 (3.29) 691 (4.49) 0.243 0.297 0.299 3.11 0.951

League leaders[edit]

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting[edit]

Statistic Leader Team Number
Games Played Jiggs Donahue Chicago White Sox 157
At Bats Jiggs Donahue Chicago White Sox 609
Runs Scored Sam Crawford Detroit Tigers 102
Hits Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers 212
Doubles Harry Davis Philadelphia Athletics 35
Triples Elmer Flick Cleveland Naps 18
Home Runs Harry Davis Philadelphia Athletics 8
Total Bases Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers 283
Runs Batted In Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers 119
Stolen Bases Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers 49
Walks Topsy Hartsel Philadelphia Athletics 106
Hit by Pitch Bill Hinchman Cleveland Naps 15
Sacrifice Hits Bill Bradley Cleveland Naps 46
Batting Average Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers 0.350
On-Base Percentage Topsy Hartsel Philadelphia Athletics 0.405
Slugging Percentage Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers 0.468
On-Base plus Slugging Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers 0.848
On-Base plus Slugging Plus Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers 166

Pitching[edit]

Statistic Leader Team Number
Wins Addie Joss
Doc White
Cleveland Naps
Chicago White Sox
27
Losses Al Orth
Barney Pelty
New York Highlanders
St. Louis Browns
21
Win-Loss Percentage Bill Donovan Detroit Tigers 0.862
Appearances Ed Walsh Chicago White Sox 56
Games Started Ed Walsh Chicago White Sox 46
Complete Games Ed Walsh Chicago White Sox 37
Shutouts Eddie Plank Philadelphia Athletics 8
Games Finished Tex Pruiett Boston Red Sox 15
Saves Bill Dineen
Tom Hughes
Ed Walsh
Boston Red Sox/St. Louis Browns
Washington Senators
Chicago White Sox
4
Innings Pitched Ed Walsh Chicago White Sox 422.1
Batters Faced Ed Walsh Chicago White Sox 1663
Hits Allowed George Mullin Detroit Tigers 346
Home Runs Allowed Bill Dineen Boston Red Sox/St. Louis Browns 8
Base-on-Balls Allowed Frank Smith Chicago White Sox 111
Hit Batsmen Barney Pelty St. Louis Browns 19
Strikeouts Rube Waddell Philadelphia Athletics 232
Wild Pitches Bob Rhoads
Ed Walsh
Cleveland Naps
Chicago White Sox
14
Balks Tex Pruiett Boston Red Sox 2
Runs Allowed George Mullin Detroit Tigers 153
Earned Runs Allowed George Mullin Detroit Tigers 103
Earned Run Average Ed Walsh Chicago White Sox 1.60
Walks plus Hits
per Inning Pitched
Cy Young Boston Red Sox 0.982

Postseason[edit]

In the World Series, the American League champion Detroit Tigers were defeated by the National League's Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 0with one tie.

Notable events[edit]

Umpires[edit]

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading[edit]

  • Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1900s (the 1907 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]