1908 NL

The 1908 season of the National League was the thirty-third season of the league.

[edit] Season summary

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Chicago Cubs	158	99	55	4	.627	-.-	624 (3.95)	461 (2.92)	0.249	0.306	0.321	2.14	0.969
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	155	98	56	1	.632	1.0	585 (3.77)	469 (3.03)	0.247	0.304	0.332	2.12	0.964
3	New York Giants	157	98	56	3	.624	1.0	652 (4.15)	456 (2.90)	0.267	0.333	0.333	2.14	0.961
4	Philadelphia Phillies	155	83	71	1	.535	16.0	504 (3.25)	445 (2.87)	0.244	0.291	0.316	2.10	0.963
5	Cincinnati Reds	155	73	81	1	.471	26.0	489 (3.15)	544 (3.51)	0.227	0.282	0.294	2.37	0.959
6	Boston Doves	156	63	91	2	.404	36.0	537 (3.44)	622 (3.99)	0.239	0.296	0.293	2.79	0.962
7	Brooklyn Superbas	154	53	101	0	.344	46.0	377 (2.45)	516 (3.35)	0.213	0.262	0.277	2.47	0.961
8	St. Louis Cardinals	154	49	105	0	.318	50.0	371 (2.41)	626 (4.06)	0.223	0.265	0.283	2.64	0.946

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Art Devlin Joe Tinker	New York Giants Chicago Cubs	157
At Bats	Eddie Grant	Philadelphia Phillies	598
Runs Scored	Fred Tenney	New York Giants	101
Hits	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	201
Doubles	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	39
Triples	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Home Runs	Tim Jordan	Brooklyn Superbas	12
Total Bases	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	308
Runs Batted In	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	109
Stolen Bases	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	53
Walks	Roger Bresnahan	New York Giants	83
Hit by Pitch	Dan McGann	Boston Doves	19
Sacrifice Hits	Otto Knabe	Philadelphia Phillies	42
Batting Average	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.354
On-Base Percentage	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.415
Slugging Percentage	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.542
On-Base plus Slugging	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.957
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	205

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	37
Losses	Bugs Raymond	St. Louis Cardinals	25
Win-Loss Percentage	Ed Reulbach	Chicago Cubs	0.774
Appearances	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	56
Games Started	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	44
Complete Games	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	34
Shutouts	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	11
Games Finished	George Ferguson	Boston Doves	16
Saves	Mordecai Brown Christy Mathewson Joe McGinnity	Chicago Cubs New York Giants New York Giants	5
Innings Pitched	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	390.2
Batters Faced	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	1499
Hits Allowed	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	285
Home Runs Allowed	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	8
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Nap Rucker	Brooklyn Superbas	125
Hit Batsmen	Harry McIntire	Brooklyn Superbas	20
Strikeouts	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	259
Wild Pitches	Bugs Raymond	St. Louis Cardinals	9
Balks	12 players tied		1
Runs Allowed	Gus Dorner	Boston Doves	120
Earned Runs Allowed	Patsy Flaherty	Boston Doves	88
Earned Run Average	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	1.43
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	0.837

In the World Series, the National League champion Chicago Cubs defeated the American League's Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 1.

Dave Anderson: More Than Merkle, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2000.
G.H. Fleming: The Unforgettable Season, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2006 (originally published in 1981).
Cait Murphy: The Crazy '08: How a cast of cranks, rogues, boneheads and magnates created the greatest year in baseball history, Smithsonian Books, Washington, DC, 2007.

Seasons of the National League