1908 Season

Western Independent Clubs

1907 / 1909

Top Hitter

Pete
Hill

Top Pitcher

Dicta
Johnson

Leaders

Runs Scored

#	Player	Team	R
1	Pete Hill	LEL	22
2	Bobby Winston	LEL	22
3	Nate Harris	LEL	19
4	Andrew Payne	LEL	16
5	Harry Moore	LEL	14
6	Danger Talbert	LEL	14
7	Todd Allen	ABC	10
8	Ginney Robinson	CIU	10
9	Pete Booker	LEL	9
10	Mack Ramsey	CIU	9

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Walter Ball	LEL	163
2	Rube Foster	LEL	161
3	Billy Norman	LEL/CIU	115
4	Dicta Johnson	ABC	108
5	Walter Taylor	CIU	102
6	Dick Garrison	LEL	98
7	Mack Ramsey	CIU	87
8	Rube Washington	ABC	76
9	William Dewberry	LEL	65
10	Robert Higbee	ABC	65

Batting

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Chicago Leland Giants	WES	21	827	722	148	217	53	7	2	117		70	2	33	.301	.364	.402	.766	97
2	Chicago Union Giants	WES	9	367	322	70	91	23	8	5	63	15	29	3	13	.283	.347	.450	.798	83
3	Indianapolis ABCs	WES	9	326	296	49	69	23	7	7	39	25	16	6	8	.233	.286	.429	.715	65
	3	1	42	1520	1340	267	377	99	22	14	219	40	115	11	54	.281	.343	.419	.763	86

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Albert Toney^	CIU	SS	6	31	25	9	12	4	0	2	7	3	4	1	1	.480	.567	.880	1.447	229
2	Pete Hill*	LEL	CF	20	92	79	22	31	10	2	1	24		11	0	2	.392	.467	.608	1.074	173
3	Fred Hutchinson^	CIU/ABC	SS	9	37	33	7	10	3	3	2	7	2	2	1	1	.303	.361	.758	1.119	149
4	John Merida^	ABC	2B	9	36	32	6	12	7	1	0	7	2	3	0	1	.375	.429	.656	1.085	149
5	Todd Allen	ABC	3B	9	38	34	10	10	2	1	2	6	4	3	0	1	.294	.351	.588	.940	115
6	Bobby Winston*	LEL	LF	21	102	88	22	28	5	1	0	10		8	1	5	.318	.381	.398	.779	101
7	Joe Green	CIU	CF	8	39	35	8	9	4	0	2	9	2	4	0	0	.257	.333	.543	.876	99
8	Ginney Robinson^	CIU	1B	9	41	35	10	11	1	0	1	10	1	5	0	1	.314	.400	.429	.829	92
9	Danger Talbert^	LEL	3B	21	92	75	14	20	6	0	0	12		15	0	2	.267	.389	.347	.736	91
10	Harry Moore	LEL	1B	21	86	72	14	20	6	0	0	10		9	0	5	.278	.358	.361	.719	85
11	Mack Ramsey^	CIU	LF	8	40	33	9	8	2	3	0	3	4	4	0	3	.242	.324	.485	.809	84
12	Andrew Payne^	LEL	RF	20	90	78	16	20	9	0	0	13		10	0	2	.256	.341	.372	.713	83
13	Nate Harris	LEL	2B	15	71	62	19	17	3	0	0	4		6	1	2	.274	.348	.323	.670	74
14	Wesley Pryor*	CIU	3B	9	42	37	7	11	0	1	0	5	1	3	1	1	.297	.366	.351	.717	67
15	George Wright^	LEL	SS	17	70	67	8	16	5	0	0	10		3	0	0	.239	.271	.313	.585	50
16	Frank Young^	CIU	2B	9	38	37	6	10	2	1	0	8	2	0	0	1	.270	.270	.378	.649	48
17	George Board^	ABC	1B	9	36	33	6	5	2	0	2	4	2	2	1	0	.152	.222	.394	.616	40
18	Jim Shawler*	ABC/CIU	LF	8	36	33	3	6	2	1	0	6	2	2	0	1	.182	.229	.303	.532	21
19	Babe Herron^	ABC	CF	9	37	36	3	6	1	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	.167	.189	.306	.495	13

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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