1908 National League Batting Leaders

Pennant Winner: Chicago Cubs

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National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Mathewson • NYG	11.9
2.	Wagner • PIT	11.5
3.	Brown • CHC	9.1
4.	McQuillan • PHI	8.9
5.	Tinker • CHC	7.9
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
1.	Wagner • PIT	11.5
2.	Tinker • CHC	7.9
3.	Donlin • NYG	6.0
4.	Bresnahan • NYG	5.9
5.	Evers • CHC	5.6
6.	Dahlen • BSN	5.3
7.	Lobert • CIN	5.2
8.	Kling • CHC	4.9
9.	Clarke • PIT	4.8
10.	Leach • PIT	4.8

Offensive WAR
1.	Wagner • PIT	11.4
2.	Lobert • CIN	6.5
3.	Bresnahan • NYG	5.8
4.	Donlin • NYG	5.3
5.	Tinker • CHC	4.9
6.	Evers • CHC	4.9
7.	Murray • STL	4.8
8.	Leach • PIT	4.8
9.	Magee • PHI	4.5
10.	Bridwell • NYG	4.1

Defensive WAR
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
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%
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 %
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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+
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
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
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
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
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
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 %
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
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
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 #
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
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
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
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
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+
1.	Wagner • PIT	210
2.	Donlin • NYG	159
3.	Evers • CHC	152
4.	Lobert • CIN	147
5.	Magee • PHI	146
6.	Bresnahan • NYG	145
7.	Murray • STL	139
8.	Doyle • NYG	138
9.	Titus • PHI	133
10.	Clarke • PIT	132

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