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

WHIP

#	Player	Team	WHIP
1	Dicta Johnson	ABC	1.16
2	Billy Norman	LEL/CIU	1.17
3	Rube Foster	LEL	1.19
4	Walter Ball	LEL	1.25
5	Rube Washington	ABC	1.39
6	Mack Ramsey	CIU	1.41
7	Walter Taylor	CIU	1.50
8	Dick Garrison	LEL	1.55
9	Robert Higbee	ABC	1.68
10	William Dewberry	LEL	1.87

Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	W	L	W%	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Chicago Union Giants	WES	5	4	.556	12	9	6	0	1	77.1	54	34	76	6	17	30	7	336	3.96	123
2	Chicago Leland Giants	WES	14	7	.667	23	21	19	1	0	190.2	99	67	185	1	89	69	4	839	3.16	102
3	Indianapolis ABCs	WES	4	5	.444	10	9	8	0	0	81.0	70	57	89	6	22	49	3	354	6.33	84
	3	1	23	16	.590	45	39	33	1	1	349.0	223	158	350	13	128	148	14	1529	4.07	100

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	W	L	W%	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Walter Ball	LEL	SP	4	2	.667	6	5	5	1	0	45.2	17	10	40	0	17	14	0	192	1.97	163
2	Rube Foster	LEL	SP	5	1	.833	6	6	6	0	0	54.0	21	12	46	1	18	26	0	226	2.00	161
3	Billy Norman^	LEL/CIU	SP	2	1	.667	4	3	3	0	1	29.0	15	9	26	0	8	22	1	122	2.79	115
4	Dicta Johnson	ABC	SP	3	1	.750	5	4	4	0	0	38.2	26	21	38	3	7	23	1	157	4.89	108
5	Walter Taylor	CIU	SP	1	2	.333	3	3	2	0	0	24.2	22	13	30	1	7	4	2	114	4.74	102
6	Mack Ramsey^	CIU	RP	0	1	.000	2	1	1	0	0	11.1	11	7	13	3	3	7	1	53	5.56	87
7	Wild Bill West^	CIU	SP	1	0	1.000	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	7	6	8	1	1	2	0	37	6.00	81
8	Rube Washington^	ABC	SP	0	2	.000	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	16	14	19	1	6	9	1	81	7.00	76
9	William Dewberry^	LEL	SP	1	1	.500	4	4	2	0	0	31.0	24	17	37	0	21	9	2	149	4.94	65
10	Robert Higbee^	ABC	SP	1	2	.333	3	3	2	0	0	24.1	28	22	32	2	9	17	1	116	8.14	65
11	Frank Talbott*	CIU	SP	1	0	1.000	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	1	0	5	0	1	3	1	34	0.00

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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