1908 Chicago Leland Giants

15 - 7

(1st place in the Western Independent Clubs )

1901 / 1909 (Team History)

Managed by:
Rube Foster (15-7)

Danger
Talbert

Rube
Foster

• Home Ballpark: Logan Square Park (Chicago, IL)
• 2 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Frank Leland (General Manager)

1908 Chicago Leland Giants

Glossary

Left Field	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Bobby Winston	29	0.1	0.2	0.0

Center Field	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Pete Hill	25	0.6	0.9	-0.3

Right Field	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Andrew Payne	28	0.2	0.1	0.2

Shortstop	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
George Wright	25	-0.1	-0.3	0.1
Jimmy Smith	34	-0.1	0.1	-0.2

Second Base	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Nate Harris	28	-0.2	0.1	-0.3
Emmett Bowman	22	0.1	0.0	0.0

Third Base	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Danger Talbert	30	0.6	0.3	0.3

First Base	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Harry Moore	32	0.1	0.1	0.1

Manager	W-L	W%
Rube Foster	15-7	.682

Catcher	Age	WAR	Off	Fld
Pete Booker	22	0.4	0.1	0.2
Sam Strothers	28	0.0	-0.1	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Age	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Rube Foster	28	54.0	0.9	0.9	0.0
Walter Ball	30	45.2	0.9	0.8	0.1
William Dewberry	33	40.0	-0.2	-0.5	0.3
Billy Norman	22	18.0	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1
Dick Garrison	22	11.0	0.0	0.1	-0.1
Page		9.0	-0.2	-0.1	0.0
William Sublette	28	9.0	0.1	0.2	0.0

Relief Pitcher	Age	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Halfacre		4.0	-0.2	-0.2	0.0