1908 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1908 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1908 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Tim Jordan led with 12 home runs, Honus Wagner led with 109 RBI, and Honus Wagner led with 201 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 480 plate appearances at 155 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (155 innings). Lines below those thresholds are shown and marked unqualified.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Qualified: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 480 plate appearances at 155 team games. 82 of the 158 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1908 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1908 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Honus Wagner PIT 151 641 568 100 201 39 19 10 109 53 54 22 .354 .415 .542 .957
Mike Donlin NY1 155 654 593 71 198 26 13 6 106 30 23 39 .334 .364 .452 .816
Ty Cobb DET 150 635 580 88 188 36 20 4 108 39 34 42 .324 .368 .476 .844
Sam Crawford DET 152 654 591 102 184 33 16 7 80 15 37 28 .311 .355 .457 .812
Doc Gessler BOS 128 507 435 55 134 13 14 3 63 19 51 47 .308 .394 .423 .817
Kitty Bransfield PHI 144 568 527 53 160 25 7 3 71 30 23 25 .304 .335 .395 .730
Johnny Evers CHN 126 509 416 83 125 19 6 0 37 36 66 14 .300 .402 .375 .777
Charlie Hemphill NYA 142 581 505 62 150 12 9 0 44 42 59 43 .297 .374 .356 .730
Matty McIntyre DET 151 672 569 105 168 24 13 0 28 20 83 63 .295 .392 .383 .775
Claude Rossman DET 138 571 524 45 154 33 13 2 71 8 27 50 .294 .330 .418 .748
Hans Lobert CIN 155 650 570 71 167 17 18 4 63 47 46 44 .293 .348 .407 .755
George Stovall CLE 138 584 534 71 156 29 6 2 45 14 17 45 .292 .316 .380 .697
Nap Lajoie CLE 157 667 581 77 168 32 6 2 74 15 47 20 .289 .352 .375 .727
Bob Unglaub 2 teams 144 574 542 46 155 21 8 1 54 14 15 57 .286 .308 .360 .667
John Titus PHI 149 637 539 75 154 24 5 2 48 27 53 45 .286 .365 .360 .725
Al Bridwell NY1 147 545 467 53 133 14 1 0 46 20 52 20 .285 .364 .319 .683
Sherry Magee PHI 143 587 508 79 144 30 16 2 57 40 49 60 .283 .359 .417 .776
Roger Bresnahan NY1 140 562 449 70 127 25 3 1 54 14 83 33 .283 .401 .359 .760
Red Murray SLN 154 642 593 64 167 19 15 7 62 48 37 58 .282 .332 .400 .732
George Stone SLA 148 659 588 89 165 21 8 5 31 20 55 68 .281 .345 .369 .714
Amby McConnell BOS 140 562 502 77 140 10 6 2 43 31 38 47 .279 .343 .335 .678
Patsy Dougherty CHA 138 569 482 68 134 11 6 0 45 47 58 51 .278 .367 .326 .693
Claude Ritchey BSN 121 500 421 44 115 10 3 2 36 7 50 13 .273 .361 .325 .687
Frank Chance CHN 129 513 452 65 123 27 4 2 55 27 37 37 .272 .338 .363 .701
Hobe Ferris SLA 148 601 555 54 150 26 7 2 74 6 14 72 .270 .291 .353 .644
Cy Seymour NY1 156 653 587 60 157 23 2 5 92 18 30 34 .267 .306 .339 .645
Ginger Beaumont BSN 125 532 476 66 127 20 6 2 52 13 42 32 .267 .328 .347 .674
Fred Osborn PHI 152 601 555 62 148 19 12 2 44 16 30 28 .267 .305 .355 .660
Joe Tinker CHN 157 609 548 67 146 22 14 6 68 30 32 38 .266 .307 .391 .697
Fred Clarke PIT 151 644 551 83 146 18 15 2 53 24 65 23 .265 .349 .363 .712
Danny Murphy PHA 142 582 525 51 139 28 7 4 66 16 32 37 .265 .309 .368 .677
Tommy Leach PIT 152 666 583 93 151 24 16 5 41 24 54 40 .259 .324 .381 .705
Harry Lord BOS 145 626 560 61 145 15 6 2 37 23 22 43 .259 .297 .318 .614
Germany Schaefer DET 153 665 584 96 151 20 10 3 52 40 37 75 .259 .304 .342 .646
Johnny Bates BSN 127 495 445 48 115 14 6 1 29 25 35 47 .258 .315 .324 .639
Fred Tenney NY1 156 684 583 101 149 20 1 2 49 17 72 39 .256 .344 .304 .648
Joe Delahanty SLN 140 553 499 37 127 14 11 1 44 11 32 43 .255 .309 .333 .641
Fielder Jones CHA 149 651 529 92 134 11 7 1 50 26 86 41 .253 .366 .306 .672
Art Devlin NY1 157 629 534 59 135 18 4 2 45 19 62 31 .253 .346 .313 .659
Bobby Wallace SLA 137 560 487 59 123 24 4 1 60 5 52 47 .253 .327 .324 .652
Jerry Freeman WS1 154 579 531 45 134 15 5 1 45 6 36 60 .252 .304 .305 .609
Ed Hahn CHA 122 512 447 58 112 12 8 0 21 11 39 21 .251 .329 .313 .642
Ed Abbaticchio PIT 146 590 500 43 125 16 7 1 61 22 58 49 .250 .336 .316 .652
Jake Stahl 2 teams 153 609 536 63 134 27 16 2 65 30 31 80 .250 .319 .371 .690
Ed Konetchy SLN 154 618 545 46 135 19 12 5 50 16 38 69 .248 .309 .354 .663
Harry Davis PHA 147 599 513 65 127 23 9 5 62 20 61 56 .248 .332 .357 .689
Heinie Wagner BOS 153 577 526 62 130 11 5 1 46 20 27 43 .247 .288 .293 .581
Neal Ball NYA 132 484 446 35 110 16 2 0 38 32 21 91 .247 .284 .291 .575
Tim Jordan BRO 148 588 515 58 127 18 5 12 60 9 59 74 .247 .328 .371 .698
Tom Jones SLA 155 617 549 43 135 14 2 1 50 18 30 21 .246 .290 .284 .574
Eddie Grant PHI 147 650 598 69 146 13 8 0 32 27 35 71 .244 .289 .293 .582
Bill Sweeney BSN 127 481 418 44 102 15 3 0 40 17 45 25 .244 .317 .294 .612
Topsy Hartsel PHA 129 561 460 73 112 16 6 4 29 15 93 55 .243 .371 .330 .701
Al Burch BRO 123 500 456 45 111 8 4 2 18 15 33 61 .243 .294 .292 .586
Bill Bradley CLE 148 650 548 70 133 24 7 1 46 18 29 61 .243 .297 .318 .614
Josh Clarke CLE 131 581 492 70 119 8 4 1 21 37 76 84 .242 .348 .280 .628
Harry Steinfeldt CHN 150 611 539 63 130 20 6 1 62 12 36 48 .241 .294 .306 .600
John Hummel BRO 154 642 594 51 143 11 12 4 41 20 34 51 .241 .284 .320 .604
Dan McGann BSN 135 552 475 52 114 8 5 2 55 9 38 30 .240 .321 .291 .612
Clyde Milan WS1 130 540 485 55 116 10 12 1 32 29 38 41 .239 .304 .315 .619
Miller Huggins CIN 135 586 498 65 119 14 5 0 23 30 58 47 .239 .321 .287 .608
Bob Ganley WS1 150 648 549 61 131 19 9 1 36 30 45 41 .239 .299 .311 .610
Bill Dahlen BSN 144 588 524 50 125 23 2 3 48 10 35 45 .239 .296 .307 .604
Wid Conroy NYA 141 568 531 44 126 22 3 1 39 23 14 54 .237 .258 .296 .554
Jimmy Williams SLA 148 619 539 63 127 20 7 4 53 7 55 71 .236 .310 .321 .631
Mickey Doolin PHI 129 484 445 29 104 25 4 2 49 5 17 45 .234 .267 .321 .588
George McBride WS1 155 578 518 47 120 10 6 0 34 12 41 48 .232 .292 .274 .566
Jimmy Sheckard CHN 115 488 403 54 93 18 3 2 22 18 62 49 .231 .336 .305 .641
Bill Hinchman CLE 137 530 464 55 107 23 8 6 59 9 38 68 .231 .301 .353 .655
George Gibson PIT 143 517 486 37 111 19 4 2 45 4 19 32 .228 .260 .296 .557
George Browne BSN 138 590 536 61 122 10 6 1 34 17 36 61 .228 .276 .274 .550
Owen Wilson PIT 144 572 529 47 120 8 7 3 43 12 22 66 .227 .260 .285 .546
Rube Oldring PHA 116 480 434 38 96 14 2 1 39 13 18 50 .221 .267 .270 .536
Otto Knabe PHI 151 653 555 63 121 26 8 0 27 27 49 46 .218 .290 .294 .583
George Davis CHA 128 497 419 41 91 14 1 0 26 22 41 46 .217 .298 .255 .553
Simon Nicholls PHA 150 617 550 58 119 17 3 4 31 14 35 47 .216 .265 .280 .545
Harry Lumley BRO 127 486 440 36 95 13 12 4 39 4 29 62 .216 .266 .327 .593
Lee Tannehill CHA 141 530 482 44 104 15 3 0 35 6 25 38 .216 .257 .259 .517
Tommy Sheehan BRO 146 553 468 45 100 18 2 0 29 9 53 28 .214 .302 .261 .562
John Kane CIN 130 537 455 61 97 11 7 3 23 30 43 54 .213 .299 .288 .587
Raymond Charles SLN 121 494 454 39 93 14 3 1 17 15 19 43 .205 .238 .256 .494
Bobby Byrne SLN 127 490 439 27 84 7 1 0 14 16 23 59 .191 .238 .212 .450
Jim Delahanty UNQ WS1 83 323 287 33 91 11 4 1 30 16 24 24 .317 .376 .394 .770
Larry Doyle UNQ NY1 104 429 377 65 116 16 9 0 33 17 22 21 .308 .354 .398 .752
Buck Herzog UNQ NY1 64 213 160 38 48 6 2 0 11 16 36 14 .300 .448 .362 .811
Al Schweitzer UNQ SLA 64 213 182 22 53 4 2 1 14 6 20 25 .291 .374 .352 .725
Harry McCormick UNQ 2 teams 84 288 274 31 78 16 3 0 34 6 6 25 .285 .302 .365 .667
Del Howard UNQ CHN 96 354 315 42 88 7 3 1 26 11 23 21 .279 .338 .330 .668
Johnny Kling UNQ CHN 126 461 424 51 117 23 5 4 59 16 21 33 .276 .315 .382 .697
Peaches Graham UNQ BSN 75 250 215 22 59 5 0 0 22 4 23 15 .274 .361 .298 .658
Eddie Collins UNQ PHA 102 364 330 39 90 18 7 1 40 8 16 30 .273 .312 .379 .691
Roy Hartzell UNQ SLA 115 467 422 41 112 5 6 2 32 24 19 38 .265 .302 .320 .622
Boss Schmidt UNQ DET 122 454 419 45 111 14 3 1 38 5 16 21 .265 .297 .320 .617
Al Shaw UNQ SLN 107 400 367 40 97 13 4 1 19 9 25 71 .264 .311 .330 .641
Willie Keeler UNQ NYA 91 380 323 38 85 3 1 1 14 14 31 10 .263 .337 .288 .625
John Anderson UNQ CHA 123 399 355 36 93 17 1 0 47 21 30 33 .262 .321 .315 .637
Joe Kelley UNQ BSN 73 263 228 25 59 8 2 2 17 5 27 25 .259 .342 .338 .680
Hal Chase UNQ NYA 106 430 405 50 104 11 3 1 36 27 15 34 .257 .285 .306 .591
Gavvy Cravath UNQ BOS 94 327 277 43 71 10 11 1 34 6 38 52 .256 .354 .383 .737
Jack Thoney UNQ BOS 109 441 416 58 106 5 9 2 30 16 13 62 .255 .282 .325 .607
Jack Coombs UNQ PHA 78 239 220 24 56 9 5 1 23 6 9 34 .255 .287 .355 .642
Otis Clymer UNQ WS1 110 397 368 32 93 11 4 1 35 19 20 39 .253 .291 .312 .604
Alan Storke UNQ PIT 64 219 202 20 51 5 3 1 12 4 9 9 .252 .284 .322 .606
Roy Thomas UNQ 2 teams 108 474 410 54 103 11 10 1 24 11 51 38 .251 .341 .334 .675
Charley O'Leary UNQ DET 65 231 211 21 53 9 3 0 17 4 9 16 .251 .295 .322 .617
Danny Hoffman UNQ SLA 99 402 363 41 91 9 7 1 25 17 23 56 .251 .304 .322 .627
John Ganzel UNQ CIN 112 427 388 32 97 16 10 1 53 6 19 27 .250 .289 .351 .639
Frank LaPorte UNQ 2 teams 101 330 301 21 75 4 7 1 30 6 20 20 .249 .298 .319 .617
Harry Niles UNQ 2 teams 113 444 394 47 98 14 6 5 27 21 31 31 .249 .312 .353 .664
Red Dooin UNQ PHI 133 468 435 28 108 17 4 0 41 20 17 20 .248 .283 .306 .589
Frank Isbell UNQ CHA 84 360 320 31 79 15 3 1 49 18 19 40 .247 .297 .322 .619
Solly Hofman UNQ CHN 120 478 411 55 100 15 5 2 42 15 33 34 .243 .309 .319 .628
Dode Paskert UNQ CIN 118 442 395 40 96 14 4 1 36 25 27 56 .243 .298 .306 .604
Beals Becker UNQ 2 teams 63 248 236 17 57 3 2 0 7 9 9 29 .242 .272 .271 .544
Jay Clarke UNQ CLE 97 328 290 34 70 8 6 1 27 6 30 38 .241 .315 .321 .635
Terry Turner UNQ CLE 60 226 201 21 48 11 1 0 19 18 15 21 .239 .298 .303 .602
Frank Schulte UNQ CHN 102 443 386 42 91 20 2 1 43 15 29 49 .236 .294 .306 .600
George Moriarty UNQ NYA 101 372 348 25 82 12 1 0 27 22 11 48 .236 .269 .276 .545
Denny Sullivan UNQ 2 teams 105 394 361 33 85 7 8 0 25 4 14 38 .235 .272 .299 .571
Charlie Hickman UNQ CLE 65 209 197 16 46 6 1 2 16 2 9 12 .234 .271 .305 .575
Charlie Jones UNQ SLA 74 286 263 37 61 11 2 0 17 14 14 39 .232 .279 .289 .568
Frank Bowerman UNQ BSN 86 274 254 16 58 8 1 1 25 4 13 15 .228 .274 .280 .554
Rudy Hulswitt UNQ CIN 119 430 386 27 88 5 7 1 28 7 30 24 .228 .287 .285 .572
Ollie Pickering UNQ WS1 113 407 373 45 84 7 4 2 30 13 28 51 .225 .285 .282 .566
Harry Bemis UNQ CLE 91 298 277 23 62 9 1 0 33 14 7 46 .224 .253 .264 .517
Mike Mitchell UNQ CIN 119 468 406 41 90 9 6 1 37 18 46 62 .222 .304 .281 .585
Jimmy Slagle UNQ CHN 104 417 352 38 78 4 1 0 26 17 43 41 .222 .306 .239 .545
Red Downs UNQ DET 84 303 289 28 64 10 3 1 35 2 5 43 .221 .237 .287 .524
Dave Altizer UNQ 2 teams 96 340 294 30 65 2 3 0 23 15 20 16 .221 .275 .248 .524
Mike Mowrey UNQ CIN 77 252 227 17 50 9 1 0 23 5 12 14 .220 .266 .269 .534
Admiral Schlei UNQ CIN 92 337 300 31 66 6 4 1 22 2 22 22 .220 .278 .277 .554
Ossee Schrecongost UNQ 2 teams 77 239 223 17 49 7 1 0 16 1 7 15 .220 .247 .260 .507
Phil Lewis UNQ BRO 118 444 415 22 91 5 6 1 30 9 13 21 .219 .243 .267 .510
Jimmy Collins UNQ PHA 115 470 433 34 94 14 3 0 30 5 20 23 .217 .258 .263 .521
Larry McLean UNQ CIN 99 334 309 24 67 9 4 1 28 2 15 15 .217 .258 .282 .539
George Perring UNQ CLE 89 331 310 23 67 8 5 0 19 8 16 39 .216 .255 .274 .529
Harry Pattee UNQ BRO 80 301 264 19 57 5 2 0 9 24 25 40 .216 .286 .250 .536
Spike Shannon UNQ 2 teams 109 452 395 44 85 2 3 1 33 18 37 35 .215 .294 .243 .537
Bill Coughlin UNQ DET 119 450 405 32 87 5 1 0 23 10 23 47 .215 .269 .232 .501
Billy Gilbert UNQ SLN 89 307 276 12 59 7 0 0 10 6 20 20 .214 .274 .239 .513
Joe Birmingham UNQ CLE 122 446 413 32 88 10 1 2 38 15 19 63 .213 .253 .257 .510
John Barry UNQ 2 teams 111 379 335 29 71 9 2 0 16 10 28 15 .212 .281 .251 .531
Tubby Spencer UNQ SLA 91 310 286 19 60 6 1 0 28 1 17 24 .210 .254 .238 .492
Bill Shipke UNQ WS1 111 410 341 40 71 7 8 0 20 15 38 53 .208 .297 .276 .573
Freddy Parent UNQ CHA 119 461 391 28 81 7 5 0 35 9 50 61 .207 .300 .251 .551
Gabby Street UNQ WS1 131 449 394 31 81 12 7 1 32 5 40 41 .206 .289 .279 .568
Jack Hannifin UNQ 2 teams 91 298 259 30 53 6 2 2 22 7 28 21 .205 .282 .266 .549
Jiggs Donahue UNQ CHA 93 340 304 22 62 8 2 0 22 14 25 30 .204 .271 .243 .515
Whitey Alpermann UNQ BRO 70 238 213 17 42 3 1 1 15 2 9 32 .197 .253 .235 .488
Syd Smith UNQ 2 teams 73 217 204 14 40 12 0 1 15 2 8 17 .196 .230 .270 .500
Billy Maloney UNQ BRO 113 402 359 31 70 5 7 3 17 14 24 71 .195 .255 .273 .528
Jake Atz UNQ CHA 83 253 206 24 40 3 0 0 27 9 31 21 .194 .311 .209 .520
Billy Sullivan UNQ CHA 137 476 430 40 82 8 4 0 29 15 22 62 .191 .235 .228 .463
Lou Criger UNQ BOS 84 257 237 12 45 4 2 0 25 1 13 14 .190 .232 .224 .456
Walter Blair UNQ NYA 76 230 211 9 40 5 1 1 13 4 11 31 .190 .237 .237 .474
Bill Ludwig UNQ SLN 66 207 187 15 34 2 2 0 8 3 16 39 .182 .246 .214 .460
Bill Bergen UNQ BRO 99 320 302 8 53 8 2 0 15 1 5 31 .175 .189 .215 .404
Red Kleinow UNQ NYA 96 312 279 16 47 3 2 1 13 5 22 31 .168 .237 .204 .441
Showing 1-50 of 158 batters listed (82 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 155 innings at 155 team games. 68 of the 112 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1908 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Addie Joss CLE 24 11 42 35 29 9 2 325.0 232 42 30 130 1.16 0.81
Cy Young BOS 21 11 36 33 30 3 2 299.0 230 42 37 150 1.26 0.89
Ed Walsh CHA 40 15 66 49 42 11 6 464.0 343 73 56 269 1.42 0.86
Christy Mathewson NY1 37 11 56 44 34 11 5 390.2 281 62 42 259 1.43 0.83
Mordecai Brown CHN 29 9 44 31 27 9 5 312.1 214 51 49 123 1.47 0.84
George McQuillan PHI 23 17 48 42 32 7 2 359.2 263 61 91 114 1.53 0.98
Howie Camnitz PIT 16 9 38 26 17 3 2 236.2 182 41 69 118 1.56 1.06
Ed Summers DET 24 12 40 32 23 5 1 301.0 271 55 55 103 1.64 1.08
Walter Johnson WS1 14 14 36 30 23 6 1 256.1 194 47 53 160 1.65 0.96
Bill Burns WS1 6 11 23 19 11 2 0 164.0 135 31 18 55 1.70 0.93
Charlie Chech CLE 11 7 27 20 14 4 0 165.2 136 32 34 51 1.74 1.03
Bob Rhoads CLE 18 12 37 30 20 1 0 270.0 229 53 73 62 1.77 1.12
Andy Coakley 2 teams 10 18 36 31 22 5 2 262.2 233 52 70 68 1.78 1.15
Lew Richie PHI 7 10 25 15 13 2 1 157.2 125 32 49 58 1.83 1.10
Kaiser Wilhelm BRO 16 22 42 36 33 6 0 332.0 266 69 83 99 1.87 1.05
Harry Howell SLA 18 18 41 32 27 2 1 324.1 279 68 70 117 1.89 1.08
Rube Waddell SLA 19 14 43 36 25 5 3 285.2 223 60 90 232 1.89 1.10
Orval Overall CHN 15 11 37 27 16 4 4 225.0 165 48 78 167 1.92 1.08
Jack Pfiester CHN 12 10 33 29 18 3 0 252.0 204 56 70 117 2.00 1.09
Bugs Raymond SLN 15 25 48 37 23 5 2 324.1 236 73 95 145 2.03 1.02
Ed Reulbach CHN 24 7 46 35 25 7 1 297.2 227 67 106 133 2.03 1.12
Frank Smith CHA 16 17 41 35 24 3 1 297.2 213 67 73 129 2.03 0.96
Vic Willis PIT 23 11 41 38 25 7 0 304.2 239 70 69 97 2.07 1.01
Bill Donovan DET 18 7 29 28 25 6 0 242.2 210 56 53 141 2.08 1.08
Nap Rucker BRO 17 19 42 37 30 6 1 333.1 265 77 125 199 2.08 1.17
Lefty Leifield PIT 15 14 34 26 18 5 2 218.2 168 51 86 87 2.10 1.16
Bill Dinneen SLA 14 7 27 16 11 2 0 167.0 133 39 53 39 2.10 1.11
Sam Leever PIT 15 7 38 20 14 4 2 192.2 179 45 41 28 2.10 1.14
Jack Powell SLA 16 13 33 32 23 5 1 256.0 208 60 47 85 2.11 1.00
Johnny Lush SLN 11 18 38 32 23 3 1 250.2 221 59 57 93 2.12 1.11
Heinie Berger CLE 13 8 29 24 16 0 0 199.1 152 47 66 101 2.12 1.09
Eddie Plank PHA 14 16 34 28 21 4 1 244.2 202 59 46 135 2.17 1.01
Glenn Liebhardt CLE 15 16 38 26 19 3 0 262.0 222 64 81 146 2.20 1.16
Bob Ewing CIN 17 15 37 32 23 4 3 293.2 247 72 57 95 2.21 1.04
Rube Vickers PHA 18 19 53 34 21 6 1 317.0 264 78 71 156 2.21 1.06
Tom Hughes WS1 18 15 43 31 24 3 4 276.1 224 68 77 165 2.21 1.09
Hooks Wiltse NY1 23 14 44 38 30 7 2 330.0 266 82 73 118 2.24 1.03
Chick Fraser CHN 11 9 26 17 11 2 2 162.2 141 41 61 66 2.27 1.24
Joe McGinnity NY1 11 7 37 20 7 5 5 186.0 192 47 37 55 2.27 1.23
Nick Maddox PIT 23 8 36 32 22 4 1 260.2 209 66 90 70 2.28 1.15
Ed Willett DET 15 8 30 23 18 2 1 197.1 186 50 60 77 2.28 1.25
Vive Lindaman BSN 12 16 43 30 21 2 1 270.2 246 71 70 68 2.36 1.17
Charlie Smith WS1 9 13 26 23 14 1 1 183.0 166 49 60 83 2.41 1.23
Irv Young 2 teams 8 12 32 18 10 2 1 174.2 167 47 40 63 2.42 1.19
Eddie Cicotte BOS 11 12 39 24 17 2 2 207.1 198 56 59 95 2.43 1.24
Jim Pastorius BRO 4 20 28 25 16 2 0 213.2 171 58 74 54 2.44 1.15
Cy Morgan BOS 14 13 30 26 17 2 1 205.0 166 56 90 99 2.46 1.25
Cecil Ferguson BSN 11 11 37 21 13 3 0 208.0 168 57 84 98 2.47 1.21
Frank Corridon PHI 14 10 27 24 18 2 1 208.1 178 58 48 50 2.51 1.08
Doc White CHA 18 13 41 37 24 5 0 296.0 262 84 69 126 2.55 1.12
Tully Sparks PHI 16 15 33 31 24 2 2 263.1 251 76 51 85 2.60 1.15
Billy Campbell CIN 12 13 35 24 19 2 2 221.1 203 64 44 73 2.60 1.12
Fred Beebe SLN 5 13 29 19 12 0 0 174.1 134 51 66 72 2.63 1.15
George Winter 2 teams 5 19 29 23 13 0 1 204.0 199 60 41 80 2.65 1.18
Harry McIntire BRO 11 20 40 35 26 4 2 288.0 259 86 90 108 2.69 1.21
Bob Spade CIN 17 12 35 28 22 2 1 249.1 230 76 85 74 2.74 1.26
Jimmy Dygert PHA 11 15 41 28 15 5 1 238.2 184 76 97 164 2.87 1.18
Jack Chesbro NYA 14 20 45 31 20 3 1 288.2 276 94 67 124 2.93 1.19
Doc Crandall NY1 12 12 32 24 13 0 0 214.2 198 70 59 77 2.93 1.20
Rube Manning NYA 13 16 41 26 19 2 1 245.0 228 80 86 113 2.94 1.28
Fred Burchell BOS 10 8 31 19 9 0 0 179.2 161 59 65 94 2.96 1.26
Burt Keeley WS1 6 11 28 15 12 1 1 169.0 173 56 48 68 2.98 1.31
Ed Killian DET 12 9 27 23 15 0 1 180.2 170 60 53 47 2.99 1.23
George Mullin DET 17 13 39 30 26 1 0 290.2 301 100 71 121 3.10 1.28
Joe Lake NYA 9 22 38 27 19 2 0 269.1 252 95 77 118 3.17 1.22
Patsy Flaherty BSN 12 18 31 31 21 0 0 244.0 221 88 81 50 3.25 1.24
Gus Dorner BSN 8 19 38 28 14 3 0 216.1 176 85 77 41 3.54 1.17
George Bell BRO 4 15 29 19 12 2 1 155.1 162 62 45 63 3.59 1.33
Charles Bender UNQ PHA 8 9 18 17 14 2 1 138.2 121 27 21 85 1.75 1.02
Bill Chappelle UNQ BSN 2 4 13 6 3 1 0 70.1 60 14 17 23 1.79 1.09
Red Ames UNQ NY1 7 4 18 15 5 0 1 114.1 96 23 27 81 1.81 1.08
Frank Arellanes UNQ BOS 4 3 11 8 6 1 0 79.0 60 16 18 33 1.82 0.99
Tom McCarthy UNQ 2 teams 7 4 17 13 7 2 0 103.2 86 21 37 31 1.82 1.19
Elmer Steele UNQ BOS 5 7 16 13 9 1 0 118.0 85 24 13 37 1.83 0.83
Bill Foxen UNQ PHI 7 7 22 16 10 2 0 147.1 126 32 53 52 1.95 1.21
Barney Pelty UNQ SLA 7 4 20 13 7 1 0 122.0 104 27 32 36 1.99 1.11
Tex Pruiett UNQ BOS 1 7 13 6 1 1 2 58.2 55 13 21 28 1.99 1.30
Jack Coombs UNQ PHA 7 5 26 18 10 4 0 153.0 130 34 64 80 2.00 1.27
Rube Foster UNQ LEL 5 1 6 6 6 0 0 54.0 46 12 18 26 2.00 1.19
Bill Grahame UNQ SLA 6 7 21 13 7 0 0 117.1 104 30 32 47 2.30 1.16
Luther Taylor UNQ NY1 8 5 27 15 6 1 2 127.2 127 33 34 50 2.33 1.26
Jake Weimer UNQ CIN 8 7 15 15 9 2 0 116.2 110 31 50 36 2.39 1.37
Tom Tuckey UNQ BSN 3 3 8 8 3 1 0 72.0 60 20 20 26 2.50 1.11
Sy Hayman UNQ PG 4 3 9 8 7 0 0 71.1 60 20 28 24 2.52 1.23
Eli Cates UNQ WS1 4 8 19 10 7 0 0 113.2 112 32 32 33 2.53 1.27
Harley Young UNQ 2 teams 0 3 14 5 1 0 0 75.2 69 22 14 29 2.62 1.10
Cy Falkenberg UNQ 2 teams 8 6 25 15 7 1 0 129.0 122 38 31 51 2.65 1.19
Charles Earle UNQ BRG 8 2 11 11 10 1 0 96.1 80 29 18 35 2.71 1.02
Nick Altrock UNQ CHA 5 7 23 13 8 1 2 136.0 127 41 18 21 2.71 1.07
Art Fromme UNQ SLN 5 13 20 14 9 2 0 116.0 102 35 50 62 2.72 1.31
Harry Buckner UNQ BRG 6 3 10 9 7 3 0 75.2 66 23 17 22 2.74 1.10
Jean Dubuc UNQ CIN 5 6 15 9 7 1 0 85.1 62 26 41 32 2.74 1.21
Lew Moren UNQ PHI 8 9 28 16 9 4 0 154.0 146 50 49 72 2.92 1.27
Doc Newton UNQ NYA 4 5 23 13 6 1 1 88.1 78 29 41 49 2.95 1.35
Nick Carter UNQ PHA 2 5 14 4 2 0 0 60.2 58 20 17 17 2.97 1.24
Bill Hogg UNQ NYA 4 16 24 21 6 0 0 152.1 155 51 63 72 3.01 1.43
Jake Boultes UNQ BSN 3 5 17 5 1 0 0 74.2 80 25 8 28 3.01 1.18
Bill Bailey UNQ SLA 3 5 22 12 7 0 0 106.2 85 36 50 42 3.04 1.27
Jerry Fisher UNQ PG 3 3 7 6 6 1 0 53.1 50 18 20 26 3.04 1.31
Ed Karger UNQ SLN 4 9 22 15 9 1 0 141.1 148 48 50 34 3.06 1.40
Slim Sallee UNQ SLN 3 8 25 12 7 1 0 128.2 144 45 36 39 3.15 1.40
Victor Schlitzer UNQ PHA 6 8 24 18 11 2 0 131.0 110 46 45 57 3.16 1.18
Irv Higginbotham UNQ SLN 3 8 19 11 7 1 0 107.0 113 38 33 38 3.20 1.36
Moxie Manuel UNQ CHA 3 4 18 6 3 0 1 60.1 52 22 25 25 3.28 1.28
Frank Owen UNQ CHA 6 7 25 14 5 1 0 140.0 142 53 37 48 3.41 1.28
Al Orth UNQ NYA 2 13 21 17 8 1 0 139.1 134 53 30 22 3.42 1.18
Stoney McGlynn UNQ SLN 1 6 16 6 4 0 1 75.2 76 29 17 23 3.45 1.23
Ed Siever UNQ DET 2 6 11 9 4 1 0 61.2 74 24 13 23 3.50 1.41
Danny McClellan UNQ PG 3 5 8 7 6 1 0 59.1 70 24 10 20 3.64 1.35
Jesse Tannehill UNQ 2 teams 2 4 11 10 5 0 0 76.2 81 32 26 16 3.76 1.40
Jake Thielman UNQ 2 teams 4 3 12 8 5 0 0 62.1 62 28 9 15 4.04 1.14
Carl Lundgren UNQ CHN 6 9 23 15 9 1 0 138.2 149 65 56 38 4.22 1.48
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Reading the 1908 leader tables

The 1908 batting table lists 158 hitters, of whom 82 qualify for the rate columns. The first qualified row belongs to Honus Wagner, a .354 hitter, ahead of Mike Donlin (.334). Tim Jordan has the most home runs in the table, 12; for runs batted in, Honus Wagner is first with 109. Honus Wagner's 53 steals are the most listed. 68 pitchers qualify out of the 112 in the 1908 table. Addie Joss has the lowest qualified ERA, 1.16. The counting columns are topped by Ed Walsh in wins (40).

1908 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1908?
Tim Jordan led with 12 home runs in 1908.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1908?
Honus Wagner led with 109 RBI in 1908.
Who led MLB in hits in 1908?
Honus Wagner led with 201 hits in 1908.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1908?
Honus Wagner led at .354 in 1908, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1908?
Ed Walsh led with 40 wins in 1908.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1908?
Ed Walsh led with 269 strikeouts in 1908.