1908 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1908 Season

Western Independent Clubs

1907 / 1909

Top Hitter

Danger
Talbert

Top Pitcher

Dicta
Johnson

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	John Merida	ABC	.375
2	Pete Hill	LEL	.369
3	Pete Booker	LEL	.358
4	Rube Foster	LEL	.341
5	Bobby Winston	LEL	.315
6	Ginney Robinson	CIU	.314
7	Nate Harris	LEL	.313
8	Fred Hutchinson	ABC/CIU	.303
9	Wesley Pryor	CIU	.297
10	Todd Allen	ABC	.294

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Rube Foster	LEL	5
2	Walter Ball	LEL	4
3	Dicta Johnson	ABC	3
4	William Dewberry	LEL	2
5	Billy Norman	CIU/LEL	2
6	Tom Means	CIU	1
7	Wild Bill West	CIU	1
8	Walter Taylor	CIU	1
9	Frank Talbott	CIU	1
10	William Sublette	LEL	1

All-1908 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bobby Winston	LEL	0.1	0.2	0.0

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Pete Hill	LEL	0.6	0.9	-0.3

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Andrew Payne	LEL	0.2	0.1	0.2

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Albert Toney	CIU	0.6	0.5	0.1

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
John Merida	ABC	0.4	0.3	0.1

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Danger Talbert	LEL	0.6	0.3	0.3

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Harry Moore	LEL	0.1	0.1	0.1

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Pete Booker	LEL	0.4	0.1	0.2

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Walter Ball	LEL	45.2	0.9	0.8	0.1
Rube Foster	LEL	54.0	0.9	0.9	0.0

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
E. W. Haynes	CIU	5.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
Halfacre	LEL	4.0	-0.2	-0.2	0.0

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