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About

1908 Season

Leaders

wOBA

#	Player	Team	wOBA
1	John Henry Lloyd	PG	.482
2	Pete Hill	LEL	.453
3	Ashby Dunbar	MULT	.425
4	Bill Monroe	BRG	.415
5	Kid Boots	BRG	.406
6	Emilio Palomino	MULT	.395
7	Gus James	BRG	.374
8	Grant Johnson	BRG	.372
9	Frank Duncan	PG	.371
10	Charles Earle	BRG	.366

ERA+

#	Player	Team	ERA+
1	Rube Foster	LEL	204
2	Harry Buckner	BRG	169
3	J. F. Marlota	CTA	141
4	Sy Hayman	PG	135
5	Charles Earle	BRG	126
6	Jerry Fisher	PG	112
7	W. Anderson	CBG	108
8	Pastor Pareda	AZU	98
9	Danny McClellan	PG	94
10	Eustaquio Pedroso	ROJ	86

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Top Hitter

John Henry
Lloyd

Top Pitcher

Teams

								Win Shares				Run		RS	RA
#	Team	Lg	W	L	%	Luck		Off	Fld	Pit		Diff		Diff	Diff		PA	Switch		IP		Ballpark
1	Chicago Leland Giants *	WES	14	7	.667	-1		15.8	6.8	19.4		48		6	45		64 (L)	-17		35 (R)		Logan Square Park
2	Azul	PV	6	3	.650	1		6.0	2.2	5.3		1		-2	4		6 (R)	-8		17 (R)		Almendares Park I
3	Brooklyn Royal Giants	NAC	19	10	.650	3		25.7	7.1	16.7		17		16	4		117 (R)	-15		56 (R)		Meyerrose Park
4	Carmelita	PV	7	4	.636	-0		9.3	3.6	8.1		15		6	10		41 (R)	-11		29 (R)		Almendares Park I
5	St. Paul Gophers	NOR	3	2	.600	-0		1.3	0.4	1.2		5		1	4		18 (R)	-2		8 (R)		Downtown Park
6	San Antonio Black Bronchos	SOU	4	3	.571	0		5.7	1.9	4.4		3		8	-5		9 (R)	-1		3 (R)		Electric Park
7	Chicago Union Giants	WES	5	4	.556	-1		7.9	2.3	4.8		16		12	5		19 (L)	-3		4 (R)		(none)
8	Philadelphia Giants	NAC	21	18	.538	-4		25.2	6.5	13.3		52		40	12		225 (L)	+93		57 (L)		Columbia Park
9	Birmingham Giants	SOU	3	4	.429	-0		1.3	1.3	3.4		-3		6	-9		6 (R)	-2		13 (R)		(unknown)
10	Minneapolis Keystones	NOR	2	3	.400	0		3.1	1.0	2.0		-5		-2	-2		7 (R)	-1		0 (R)		Minnehaha Park; Nicollet Park
11	Cuban Stars of Havana	NAC	7	12	.368	-1		12.2	3.0	5.9		-17		-3	-15		71 (R)	-21		23 (R)		(none)
12	Indianapolis ABCs	WES	4	7	.364	1		4.9	1.9	5.2		-36		-24	-12		15 (R)	-2		12 (R)		Northwestern Park
13	Cuban Giants	NAC	6	18	.260	2		3.0	3.4	7.1		-80		-50	-34		1 (R)	-3		23 (L)		(none)
14	Rojo	PV	2	8	.227	-1		4.1	1.3	2.1		-16		-10	-7		16 (R)	-7		20 (R)		Almendares Park I

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Statistical and biographical data for the The Negro Leagues Database, except 1923 and 1933, were compiled by Gary Ashwill. Copyright 2011-2013 Gary Ashwill. All rights reserved. Playing statistics for 1923 were compiled by Patrick Rock. Copyright 2011-2013 Patrick Rock. All rights reserved. Playing statistics for 1933 were compiled by Scott Simkus. Copyright 2013 Scott Simkus. All rights reserved.

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James