1908 American League Batting Leaders

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American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Walsh • CHW	10.7
2.	Young • BOS	9.7
3.	Joss • CLE	8.8
4.	Lajoie • CLE	7.9
5.	Plank • PHA	7.6
6.	Wallace • SLB	6.3
7.	Vickers • PHA	6.3
8.	Cobb • DET	6.2
9.	McIntyre • DET	6.0
10.	Johnson • WSH	5.3

WAR Position Players
1.	Lajoie • CLE	7.9
2.	Wallace • SLB	6.3
3.	Cobb • DET	6.2
4.	McIntyre • DET	6.0
5.	Crawford • DET	5.1
6.	Jones • CHW	4.7
7.	Gessler • BOS	4.6
8.	McBride • WSH	4.4
9.	Stovall • CLE	4.2
10.	Schmidt • DET	4.2

Offensive WAR
1.	Cobb • DET	6.5
2.	Crawford • DET	6.2
3.	Lajoie • CLE	5.3
4.	McIntyre • DET	5.0
5.	Gessler • BOS	4.6
6.	Hemphill • NYY	4.5
7.	Wallace • SLB	4.1
8.	Rossman • DET	4.0
9.	Schaefer • DET	3.8
10.	Jones • CHW	3.7

Defensive WAR
1.	Wallace • SLB	3.4
2.	McBride • WSH	2.6
3.	Schmidt • DET	2.6
4.	Lajoie • CLE	2.6
5.	Tannehill • CHW	2.4
6.	Wagner • BOS	2.3
7.	Parent • CHW	2.1
8.	Sullivan • CHW	1.9
9.	Street • WSH	1.9
10.	Criger • BOS	1.5

Batting Average
1.	Cobb • DET	.324
2.	Crawford • DET	.311
3.	Gessler • BOS	.308
4.	Hemphill • NYY	.297
5.	McIntyre • DET	.295
6.	Rossman • DET	.294
7.	Stovall • CLE	.292
8.	Lajoie • CLE	.289
9.	Unglaub • 2TM	.286
10.	Stone • SLB	.281

On-Base%
1.	Gessler • BOS	.394
2.	McIntyre • DET	.392
3.	Hemphill • NYY	.374
4.	Hartsel • PHA	.371
5.	Cobb • DET	.368
6.	Dougherty • CHW	.367
7.	Jones • CHW	.366
8.	Crawford • DET	.355
9.	Cravath • BOS	.354
10.	Lajoie • CLE	.352

Slugging %
1.	Cobb • DET	.476
2.	Crawford • DET	.457
3.	Gessler • BOS	.423
4.	Rossman • DET	.418
5.	McIntyre • DET	.383
6.	Cravath • BOS	.383
7.	Stovall • CLE	.380
8.	Collins • PHA	.379
9.	Lajoie • CLE	.375
10.	Stahl • 2TM	.371

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Cobb • DET	.844
2.	Gessler • BOS	.817
3.	Crawford • DET	.812
4.	McIntyre • DET	.775
5.	Rossman • DET	.748
6.	Cravath • BOS	.737
7.	Hemphill • NYY	.730
8.	Lajoie • CLE	.727
9.	Stone • SLB	.714
10.	Hartsel • PHA	.701

Games Played
1.	Lajoie • CLE	157
2.	Jones • SLB	155
	McBride • WSH	155
4.	Freeman • WSH	154
5.	Wagner • BOS	153
	Schaefer • DET	153
	Stahl • 2TM	153
8.	Crawford • DET	152
9.	McIntyre • DET	151
10.	Cobb • DET	150
	Nicholls • PHA	150
	Ganley • WSH	150

At Bats
1.	Crawford • DET	591
2.	Stone • SLB	588
3.	Schaefer • DET	584
4.	Lajoie • CLE	581
5.	Cobb • DET	580
6.	McIntyre • DET	569
7.	Lord • BOS	560
8.	Ferris • SLB	555
9.	Nicholls • PHA	550
10.	Jones • SLB	549
	Ganley • WSH	549

Plate Appearances
1.	McIntyre • DET	678
2.	Lajoie • CLE	667
	Schaefer • DET	667
4.	Stone • SLB	662
5.	Jones • CHW	656
6.	Crawford • DET	655
7.	Bradley • CLE	651
	Ganley • WSH	651
9.	Cobb • DET	635
10.	Lord • BOS	628

Runs Scored
1.	McIntyre • DET	105
2.	Crawford • DET	102
3.	Schaefer • DET	96
4.	Jones • CHW	92
5.	Stone • SLB	89
6.	Cobb • DET	88
7.	McConnell • BOS	77
	Lajoie • CLE	77
9.	Hartsel • PHA	73
10.	Stovall • CLE	71

Hits
1.	Cobb • DET	188
2.	Crawford • DET	184
3.	Lajoie • CLE	168
	McIntyre • DET	168
5.	Stone • SLB	165
6.	Stovall • CLE	156
7.	Unglaub • 2TM	155
8.	Rossman • DET	154
9.	Schaefer • DET	151
10.	Hemphill • NYY	150
	Ferris • SLB	150

Total Bases
1.	Cobb • DET	276
2.	Crawford • DET	270
3.	Rossman • DET	219
4.	Lajoie • CLE	218
	McIntyre • DET	218
6.	Stone • SLB	217
7.	Stovall • CLE	203
8.	Schaefer • DET	200
9.	Stahl • 2TM	199
10.	Ferris • SLB	196

Doubles
1.	Cobb • DET	36
2.	Crawford • DET	33
	Rossman • DET	33
4.	Lajoie • CLE	32
5.	Stovall • CLE	29
6.	Murphy • PHA	28
7.	Stahl • 2TM	27
8.	Ferris • SLB	26
9.	Bradley • CLE	24
	McIntyre • DET	24
	Wallace • SLB	24

Triples
1.	Cobb • DET	20
2.	Crawford • DET	16
	Stahl • 2TM	16
4.	Gessler • BOS	14
5.	McIntyre • DET	13
	Rossman • DET	13
7.	Milan • WSH	12
8.	Cravath • BOS	11
9.	Schaefer • DET	10
10.	Thoney • BOS	9
	Hemphill • NYY	9
	Davis • PHA	9
	Ganley • WSH	9

Home Runs
1.	Crawford • DET	7
2.	Hinchman • CLE	6
3.	Niles • 2TM	5
	Stone • SLB	5
	Davis • PHA	5
6.	Williams • SLB	4
	Cobb • DET	4
	Hartsel • PHA	4
	Murphy • PHA	4
	Nicholls • PHA	4

Runs Batted In
1.	Cobb • DET	108
2.	Crawford • DET	80
3.	Lajoie • CLE	74
	Ferris • SLB	74
5.	Rossman • DET	71
6.	Murphy • PHA	66
7.	Stahl • 2TM	65
8.	Gessler • BOS	63
9.	Davis • PHA	62
10.	Wallace • SLB	60

Bases on Balls
1.	Hartsel • PHA	93
2.	Jones • CHW	86
3.	McIntyre • DET	83
4.	Clarke • CLE	76
5.	Davis • PHA	61
6.	Hemphill • NYY	59
7.	Dougherty • CHW	58
8.	Stone • SLB	55
	Williams • SLB	55
10.	Wallace • SLB	52

Strikeouts
1.	Ball • NYY	91
2.	Clarke • CLE	84
3.	Stahl • 2TM	80
4.	Schaefer • DET	75
5.	Ferris • SLB	72
6.	Williams • SLB	71
7.	Hinchman • CLE	68
	Stone • SLB	68
9.	Birmingham • CLE	63
	McIntyre • DET	63

Stolen Bases
1.	Dougherty • CHW	47
2.	Hemphill • NYY	42
3.	Schaefer • DET	40
4.	Cobb • DET	39
5.	Clarke • CLE	37
6.	Ball • NYY	32
7.	McConnell • BOS	31
8.	Stahl • 2TM	30
	Ganley • WSH	30
10.	Milan • WSH	29

Singles
1.	McIntyre • DET	131
	Stone • SLB	131
3.	Hemphill • NYY	129
4.	Lajoie • CLE	128
	Cobb • DET	128
	Crawford • DET	128
7.	Unglaub • 2TM	125
8.	Lord • BOS	122
	McConnell • BOS	122
10.	Stovall • CLE	119

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Cobb • DET	170
2.	Gessler • BOS	162
3.	Crawford • DET	160
4.	McIntyre • DET	149
5.	Rossman • DET	139
6.	Hemphill • NYY	137
7.	Lajoie • CLE	137
8.	Cravath • BOS	136
9.	Stone • SLB	132
10.	Dougherty • CHW	127

Runs Created
1.	Cobb • DET	100
2.	Crawford • DET	95
3.	McIntyre • DET	84
4.	Lajoie • CLE	75
5.	Stone • SLB	74
6.	Rossman • DET	72
7.	Gessler • BOS	70
8.	Hemphill • NYY	67
9.	Stovall • CLE	64
10.	Schaefer • DET	61

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Cobb • DET	43
2.	Crawford • DET	37
3.	McIntyre • DET	36
4.	Gessler • BOS	32
5.	Lajoie • CLE	25
6.	Hemphill • NYY	23
7.	Stone • SLB	21
8.	Rossman • DET	21
9.	Delahanty • WSH	19
10.	Dougherty • CHW	18

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Cobb • DET	5.2
2.	Crawford • DET	4.5
3.	McIntyre • DET	4.3
4.	Gessler • BOS	3.9
5.	Lajoie • CLE	3.1
6.	Hemphill • NYY	2.8
7.	Stone • SLB	2.6
8.	Rossman • DET	2.6
9.	Delahanty • WSH	2.3
10.	Dougherty • CHW	2.2
	Jones • CHW	2.2

Extra Base Hits
1.	Cobb • DET	60
2.	Crawford • DET	56
3.	Rossman • DET	48
4.	Stahl • 2TM	45
5.	Lajoie • CLE	40
6.	Murphy • PHA	39
7.	Hinchman • CLE	37
	Stovall • CLE	37
	McIntyre • DET	37
	Davis • PHA	37

Times On Base
1.	McIntyre • DET	258
2.	Jones • CHW	228
	Cobb • DET	228
4.	Lajoie • CLE	224
	Crawford • DET	224
6.	Stone • SLB	223
7.	Hemphill • NYY	212
8.	Hartsel • PHA	205
9.	Dougherty • CHW	202
10.	Clarke • CLE	199

Offensive Win %
1.	Cobb • DET	.815
2.	Gessler • BOS	.789
3.	Crawford • DET	.784
4.	McIntyre • DET	.756
5.	Rossman • DET	.724
6.	Hemphill • NYY	.717
7.	Cravath • BOS	.698
8.	Stone • SLB	.691
9.	Lajoie • CLE	.690
10.	Hartsel • PHA	.661

Hit By Pitch
1.	Stahl • 2TM	23
2.	Hahn • CHW	13
	Bradley • CLE	13
4.	Gessler • BOS	11
	McConnell • BOS	11
6.	Dougherty • CHW	10
7.	Hinchman • CLE	9
	Lajoie • CLE	9
	Oldring • PHA	9
10.	Lord • BOS	8
	Jones • CHW	8

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Bradley • CLE	60
2.	Ganley • WSH	52
3.	Schaefer • DET	43
4.	Lord • BOS	36
5.	Jones • SLB	34
6.	Stovall • CLE	31
	Nicholls • PHA	31
8.	Davis • CHW	30
	Lajoie • CLE	30
	Ferris • SLB	30

Power-Speed #
1.	Crawford • DET	9.5
2.	Niles • 2TM	8.1
3.	Stone • SLB	8.0
	Davis • PHA	8.0
5.	Cobb • DET	7.3
6.	Hinchman • CLE	7.2
7.	Murphy • PHA	6.4
8.	Hartsel • PHA	6.3
9.	Nicholls • PHA	6.2
10.	Schaefer • DET	5.6

AB per SO
1.	Lajoie • CLE	29.1
2.	Jones • SLB	26.1
3.	Hahn • CHW	21.3
4.	Crawford • DET	21.1
5.	Schmidt • DET	20.0
6.	Collins • PHA	18.8
7.	Altizer • 2TM	18.4
8.	LaPorte • 2TM	15.1
9.	Murphy • PHA	14.2
10.	Cobb • DET	13.8

AB per HR
1.	Hinchman • CLE	77.3
2.	Niles • 2TM	78.8
3.	Crawford • DET	84.4
4.	Davis • PHA	102.6
5.	Hartsel • PHA	115.0
6.	Stone • SLB	117.6
7.	Murphy • PHA	131.3
8.	Williams • SLB	134.8
9.	Nicholls • PHA	137.5
10.	Gessler • BOS	145.0
	Cobb • DET	145.0

Outs Made
1.	Schaefer • DET	476
2.	Bradley • CLE	475
3.	Ganley • WSH	470
4.	Nicholls • PHA	462
5.	Lord • BOS	451
6.	Jones • SLB	448
7.	Lajoie • CLE	443
8.	Stone • SLB	436
9.	Ferris • SLB	435
10.	Williams • SLB	434

rOBA
1.	Cobb • DET	.413
2.	Gessler • BOS	.395
3.	Crawford • DET	.394
4.	McIntyre • DET	.376
5.	Hemphill • NYY	.364
6.	Rossman • DET	.361
7.	Lajoie • CLE	.357
8.	Cravath • BOS	.355
9.	Dougherty • CHW	.353
10.	Hartsel • PHA	.348

Rbat+
1.	Cobb • DET	170
2.	Gessler • BOS	163
3.	Crawford • DET	162
4.	McIntyre • DET	150
5.	Lajoie • CLE	141
6.	Hemphill • NYY	139
7.	Rossman • DET	139
8.	Cravath • BOS	136
9.	Stone • SLB	132
10.	Dougherty • CHW	130

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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements