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1908 Season

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20 teams competing in 2 leagues

🏆 Postseason

1908 Bracket

World Series CHN def. DET (4-1)

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⚾ Batting Leaders

1908 Home Run Leaders

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Batting Average

1 John Henry Lloyd 0.427 2 Honus Wagner 0.354 3 Mike Donlin 0.334 4 Ty Cobb 0.324 5 Jim Delahanty 0.317

Home Runs

1 Tim Jordan 12 2 Honus Wagner 10 3 Sam Crawford 7 4 Red Murray 7 5 Mike Donlin 6

RBI

1 Honus Wagner 109 2 Ty Cobb 108 3 Mike Donlin 106 4 Cy Seymour 92 5 Sam Crawford 80

Stolen Bases

1 Honus Wagner 53 2 Red Murray 48 3 Patsy Dougherty 47 4 Hans Lobert 47 5 Charlie Hemphill 42

Hits

1 Honus Wagner 201 2 Mike Donlin 198 3 Ty Cobb 188 4 Sam Crawford 184 5 Nap Lajoie 168

Runs

1 Matty McIntyre 105 2 Sam Crawford 102 3 Fred Tenney 101 4 Honus Wagner 100 5 Germany Schaefer 96

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🎯 Pitching Leaders

1908 Strikeout Leaders

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ERA

1 Addie Joss 1.16 2 Harry Coveleski 1.24 3 Cy Young 1.26 4 Ed Walsh 1.42 5 Christy Mathewson 1.43

Wins

1 Ed Walsh 40 2 Christy Mathewson 37 3 Mordecai Brown 29 4 Addie Joss 24 5 Ed Reulbach 24

Strikeouts

1 Ed Walsh 269 2 Christy Mathewson 259 3 Rube Waddell 232 4 Nap Rucker 199 5 Orval Overall 167

Saves

1 Ed Walsh 6 2 Mordecai Brown 5 3 Christy Mathewson 5 4 Joe McGinnity 5 5 Tom Hughes 4

WHIP

1 Addie Joss 0.81 2 Jack Ryan 0.81 3 Christy Mathewson 0.83 4 Elmer Steele 0.83 5 Mordecai Brown 0.84

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📋 Standings

American League

Detroit Tigers ★ 90-63 Cleveland Naps 90-64 Chicago White Sox 88-64 St. Louis Browns 83-69 Boston Red Sox 75-79 Philadelphia Athletics 68-85 Washington Senators 67-85 New York Highlanders 51-103

NAC

Brooklyn Royal Giants ★ 19-10 Philadelphia Giants 16-15 Cuban Stars of Havana 3-7

National League

Chicago Cubs ★ 99-55 New York Giants 98-56 Pittsburgh Pirates 98-56 Philadelphia Phillies 83-71 Cincinnati Reds 73-81 Boston Doves 63-91 Brooklyn Superbas 53-101 St. Louis Cardinals 49-105

WES

Chicago Leland Giants ★ 15-7

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