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1908 Major League Batting Leaders

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World Series Champion: Chicago Cubs

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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Mathewson • NYG	11.9
2.	Wagner • PIT	11.5
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	7.9
10.	Wiltse • NYG	7.6

WAR Position Players
1.	Wagner • PIT	11.5
2.	Lajoie • CLE	7.9
3.	Tinker • CHC	7.9
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
1.	Wagner • PIT	11.4
2.	Cobb • DET	6.5
3.	Lobert • CIN	6.5
4.	Crawford • DET	6.2
5.	Bresnahan • NYG	5.8
6.	Lajoie • CLE	5.3
7.	Donlin • NYG	5.3
8.	McIntyre • DET	5.0
9.	Tinker • CHC	4.9
10.	Evers • CHC	4.9

Defensive WAR
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
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%
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 %
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 • TOT	27

Triples
1.	Cobb • DET	20
2.	Wagner • PIT	19
3.	Lobert • CIN	18
4.	Crawford • DET	16
	Magee • PHI	16
	Leach • PIT	16
	Stahl • TOT	16
8.	Clarke • PIT	15
	Murray • STL	15
10.	Gessler • BOS	14
	Tinker • CHC	14

Home Runs
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 • TOT	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
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 • TOT	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
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+
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
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
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
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
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 • TOT	45
9.	Tinker • CHC	42
10.	Murray • STL	41

Times On Base
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 %
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
1.	Stahl • TOT	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
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 #
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 • TOT	8.1
9.	Davis • PHA	8.0
	Stone • SLB	8.0

AB per SO
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 • TOT	22.3
9.	Dooin • PHI	21.8
10.	Hahn • CHW	21.3

AB per HR
1.	Jordan • BRO	42.9
2.	Wagner • PIT	56.8
3.	Hinchman • CLE	77.3
4.	Niles • TOT	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
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

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