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1908 National League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Christy Mathewson
NY1
SP
27.9
11.1
38.9
25.6
2 George McQuillan *
PHI
SP
23.2
9.4
32.9
20.7
3 Mordecai Brown
CHN
SP
31.7
8.2
31.3
20.7
4 Kaiser Wilhelm
BRO
SP
34.4
6.1
22.4
11.2
5 Hooks Wiltse
NY1
SP
28.8
5.9
23.3
12.2
6 Nap Rucker
BRO
SP
23.8
5.8
23.4
12.1
7 Bugs Raymond
SLN
SP
26.4
5.2
21.0
10.0
8 Ed Reulbach
CHN
SP
25.6
4.9
23.1
13.0
9 Andy Coakley
MULT
SP
25.6
4.2
18.3
9.4
10 Vic Willis
PIT
SP
32.2
3.7
21.0
10.7
11 Harry McIntire
BRO
SP
29.5
3.2
13.8
4.1
12 Bob Ewing
CIN
SP
35.2
3.1
19.5
9.5
13 Frank Corridon
PHI
SP
27.6
2.8
13.4
6.4
14 Howie Camnitz
PIT
SP
26.9
2.6
17.7
9.7
15 Lefty Leifield
PIT
SP
24.8
2.6
14.4
7.0
16 Bill Foxen *
PHI
SP
29.1
2.5
10.3
5.3
17 Lew Richie
PHI
SP
24.9
2.4
10.9
5.6
18 Johnny Lush
SLN
SP
22.7
2.4
14.3
5.8
19 Sam Leever
PIT
SP
36.5
2.4
13.7
7.1
20 George Ferguson
BSN
SP
24.9
2.3
11.8
4.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1908 American League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Ed Walsh
CHA
SP
27.1
10.1
45.5
30.0
2 Cy Young
BOS
SP
41.3
9.6
26.7
16.8
3 Addie Joss
CLE
SP
28.2
8.1
31.6
20.8
4 Eddie Plank
PHA
SP
32.8
7.1
17.4
9.3
5 Rube Vickers
PHA
SP
30.1
6.0
20.7
10.1
6 Walter Johnson
WS1
SP
20.7
5.1
18.4
9.9
7 Bill Donovan
DET
SP
31.7
4.6
18.1
10.1
8 Jack Powell
SLA
SP
34.0
4.4
18.4
10.0
9 Bob Rhoads
CLE
SP
28.7
4.2
20.5
11.6
10 Tom Hughes
WS1
SP
29.6
4.1
18.0
8.8
11 Harry Howell
SLA
SP
31.6
4.1
22.3
11.5
12 Ed Summers *
DET
SP
23.6
3.7
22.7
12.7
13 Frank Smith
CHA
SP
28.7
3.6
19.4
9.5
14 Rube Waddell
SLA
SP
31.7
3.5
20.8
11.3
15 Ed Willett
DET
SP
24.3
3.3
13.9
7.3
16 Heinie Berger
CLE
SP
26.5
3.2
14.2
7.6
17 Jimmy Dygert
PHA
SP
24.0
3.2
11.9
3.9
18 Doc White
CHA
SP
29.2
3.2
17.7
7.9
19 Chief Bender
PHA
SP
24.2
2.9
10.2
5.6
20 Elmer Steele *
BOS
SP
22.1
2.7
7.8
3.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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