1908 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1908 Season

Western Independent Clubs

1907 / 1909

Top Hitter

Danger
Talbert

Top Pitcher

Dicta
Johnson

Leaders

On Base %

#	Player	Team	OBP
1	Pete Hill	LEL	.442
2	John Merida	ABC	.429
3	Danger Talbert	LEL	.409
4	Ginney Robinson	CIU	.400
5	Bobby Winston	LEL	.382
6	Pete Booker	LEL	.382
7	Nate Harris	LEL	.378
8	Wesley Pryor	CIU	.366
9	Harry Moore	LEL	.365
10	Fred Hutchinson	ABC/CIU	.361

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Walter Ball	LEL	164
2	Rube Foster	LEL	162
3	Billy Norman	CIU/LEL	116
4	Dicta Johnson	ABC	109
5	Walter Taylor	CIU	102
6	Dick Garrison	LEL	99
7	Mack Ramsey	CIU	87
8	Rube Washington	ABC	76
9	Robert Higbee	ABC	65
10	William Dewberry	LEL	65

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

L

R

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Chicago Leland Giants	WES	199.2		1.45	8.3%	11.0%	0.75	0.1%
2	Indianapolis ABCs	WES	81.0		1.37	13.8%	6.2%	2.23	1.7%
3	Chicago Union Giants	WES	77.1		1.20	8.9%	5.1%	1.76	1.8%
	3	1	358.0		1.38	9.7%	8.7%	1.12	0.8%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Rube Foster	LEL	SP	54.0		1.19	11.5%	8.0%	1.44	0.4%
2	Walter Ball	LEL	SP	45.2		1.25	7.3%	8.9%	0.82	0.0%
3	William Dewberry^	LEL	SP	40.0		1.83	6.8%	15.2%	0.45	0.0%
4	Dicta Johnson	ABC	SP	38.2		1.16	14.6%	4.5%	3.29	1.9%
5	Billy Norman^	CIU/LEL	SP	29.0		1.17	18.0%	6.6%	2.75	0.0%
6	Walter Taylor	CIU	SP	24.2		1.50	3.5%	6.1%	0.57	0.9%
7	Robert Higbee^	ABC	SP	24.1		1.68	14.7%	7.8%	1.89	1.7%
8	Rube Washington^	ABC	SP	18.0		1.39	11.1%	7.4%	1.50	1.2%
9	Mack Ramsey^	CIU	RP	11.1		1.41	13.2%	5.7%	2.33	5.7%
10	Dick Garrison^	LEL	SP	11.0		1.55	3.8%	7.5%	0.50	0.0%
11	Emmett Bowman	LEL	SP	9.0		1.00	5.7%	11.4%	0.50	0.0%
12	Wild Bill West^	CIU	SP	9.0		1.00	5.4%	2.7%	2.00	2.7%
13	Frank Talbott*	CIU	SP	9.0		0.67	8.8%	2.9%	3.00	0.0%
14	William Sublette^	LEL	SP	9.0		1.22	2.8%	8.3%	0.33	0.0%
15	Page^	LEL	SP	9.0		2.00	0.0%	18.2%	0.00	0.0%
16	Tom Means	CIU	SP	7.0		1.29	20.0%	3.3%	6.00	0.0%
17	E. W. Haynes^	CIU	RP	5.1		1.69	3.8%	7.7%	0.50	3.8%
18	Halfacre^	LEL	RP	4.0		3.25	0.0%	33.3%	0.00	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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