1908 MLB Season Leaders

3 leagues · 155 team games · 61 ranking tables

Awards

None of these awards existed yet. The earliest award in this database is from 1911, so a 1908 season has no award to show. That is a fact about the calendar, not about the players on this page.

American League

Led the American League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Matty McIntyre	105
2	Sam Crawford	102
3	Germany Schaefer	96
4	Fielder Jones	92
5	George Stone	89
6	Ty Cobb	88
7	Nap Lajoie	77
7	Amby McConnell	77
9	Topsy Hartsel	73
10	George Stovall	71

HitsH

1	Ty Cobb	188
2	Sam Crawford	184
3	Nap Lajoie	168
3	Matty McIntyre	168
5	George Stone	165
6	George Stovall	156
7	Bob Unglaub	155
8	Claude Rossman	154
9	Germany Schaefer	151
10	Hobe Ferris	150
10	Charlie Hemphill	150

Doubles2B

1	Ty Cobb	36
2	Sam Crawford	33
2	Claude Rossman	33
4	Nap Lajoie	32
5	George Stovall	29
6	Danny Murphy	28
7	Jake Stahl	27
8	Hobe Ferris	26
9	Bill Bradley	24
9	Matty McIntyre	24
9	Bobby Wallace	24

Triples3B

1	Ty Cobb	20
2	Sam Crawford	16
2	Jake Stahl	16
4	Doc Gessler	14
5	Matty McIntyre	13
5	Claude Rossman	13
7	Clyde Milan	12
8	Gavvy Cravath	11
9	Germany Schaefer	10
10	Harry Davis	9
10	Bob Ganley	9
10	Charlie Hemphill	9
10	Jack Thoney	9

Home RunsHR

1	Sam Crawford	7
2	Bill Hinchman	6
3	Harry Davis	5
3	Harry Niles	5
3	George Stone	5
6	Ty Cobb	4
6	Topsy Hartsel	4
6	Danny Murphy	4
6	Simon Nicholls	4
6	Jimmy Williams	4

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Ty Cobb	108
2	Sam Crawford	80
3	Hobe Ferris	74
3	Nap Lajoie	74
5	Claude Rossman	71
6	Danny Murphy	66
7	Jake Stahl	65
8	Doc Gessler	63
9	Harry Davis	62
10	Bobby Wallace	60

WalksBB

1	Topsy Hartsel	93
2	Fielder Jones	86
3	Matty McIntyre	83
4	Josh Clarke	76
5	Harry Davis	61
6	Charlie Hemphill	59
7	Patsy Dougherty	58
8	George Stone	55
8	Jimmy Williams	55
10	Bobby Wallace	52

Stolen BasesSB

1	Patsy Dougherty	47
2	Charlie Hemphill	42
3	Germany Schaefer	40
4	Ty Cobb	39
5	Josh Clarke	37
6	Neal Ball	32
7	Amby McConnell	31
8	Bob Ganley	30
8	Jake Stahl	30
10	Clyde Milan	29

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Nap Lajoie	9.8
2	Matty McIntyre	8.9
3	Sam Crawford	7.7
4	Ty Cobb	7.6
5	Charlie Hemphill	6.7
6	Germany Schaefer	5.9
7	Heinie Wagner	5.8
8	Bobby Wallace	5.7
9	Fielder Jones	5.6
10	George Stone	5.4

Batting Averagemin 481 PA

1	Ty Cobb	.324
2	Sam Crawford	.311
3	Doc Gessler	.308
4	Charlie Hemphill	.297
5	Matty McIntyre	.295
6	Claude Rossman	.294
7	George Stovall	.292
8	Nap Lajoie	.289
9	Bob Unglaub	.286
10	George Stone	.281

On-Base Percentagemin 481 PA

1	Doc Gessler	.394
2	Matty McIntyre	.392
3	Charlie Hemphill	.374
4	Topsy Hartsel	.371
5	Ty Cobb	.368
6	Patsy Dougherty	.367
7	Fielder Jones	.366
8	Sam Crawford	.355
9	Nap Lajoie	.352
10	Josh Clarke	.348

Slugging Percentagemin 481 PA

1	Ty Cobb	.476
2	Sam Crawford	.457
3	Doc Gessler	.423
4	Claude Rossman	.418
5	Matty McIntyre	.383
6	George Stovall	.380
7	Nap Lajoie	.375
8	Jake Stahl	.371
9	George Stone	.369
10	Danny Murphy	.368

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 481 PA

1	Ty Cobb	.844
2	Doc Gessler	.817
3	Sam Crawford	.812
4	Matty McIntyre	.775
5	Claude Rossman	.748
6	Charlie Hemphill	.730
7	Nap Lajoie	.727
8	George Stone	.714
9	Topsy Hartsel	.701
10	George Stovall	.697

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Ed Walsh	40
2	Addie Joss	24
2	Ed Summers	24
4	Cy Young	21
5	Rube Waddell	19
6	Bill Donovan	18
6	Harry Howell	18
6	Tom Hughes	18
6	Bob Rhoads	18
6	Rube Vickers	18
6	Doc White	18

SavesSV

1	Ed Walsh	6
2	Tom Hughes	4
3	Rube Waddell	3
4	Nick Altrock	2
4	Eddie Cicotte	2
4	Ed Foster	2
4	Addie Joss	2
4	Tex Pruiett	2
4	Cy Young	2
10	Charles Bender	1
10	Jack Chesbro	1
10	Jimmy Dygert	1
10	Harry Howell	1
10	Walter Johnson	1
10	Burt Keeley	1
10	Ed Killian	1
10	Rube Manning	1
10	Moxie Manuel	1
10	Cy Morgan	1
10	Doc Newton	1
10	Eddie Plank	1
10	Jack Powell	1
10	Jack Ryan	1
10	Charlie Smith	1
10	Frank Smith	1
10	George Suggs	1
10	Ed Summers	1
10	Rube Vickers	1
10	Ed Willett	1
10	George Winter	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Ed Walsh	269
2	Rube Waddell	232
3	Tom Hughes	165
4	Jimmy Dygert	164
5	Walter Johnson	160
6	Rube Vickers	156
7	Cy Young	150
8	Glenn Liebhardt	146
9	Bill Donovan	141
10	Eddie Plank	135

Innings PitchedIP

1	Ed Walsh	464.0
2	Addie Joss	325.0
3	Harry Howell	324.3
4	Rube Vickers	317.0
5	Ed Summers	301.0
6	Cy Young	299.0
7	Frank Smith	297.7
8	Doc White	296.0
9	George Mullin	290.7
10	Jack Chesbro	288.7

Complete GamesCG

1	Ed Walsh	42
2	Cy Young	30
3	Addie Joss	29
4	Harry Howell	27
5	George Mullin	26
6	Bill Donovan	25
6	Rube Waddell	25
8	Tom Hughes	24
8	Frank Smith	24
8	Doc White	24

ShutoutsSHO

1	Ed Walsh	11
2	Addie Joss	9
3	Bill Donovan	6
3	Walter Johnson	6
3	Rube Vickers	6
6	Jimmy Dygert	5
6	Jack Powell	5
6	Ed Summers	5
6	Rube Waddell	5
6	Doc White	5

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Ed Walsh	13.1
2	Cy Young	8.5
3	Addie Joss	8.3
4	Rube Waddell	8.0
5	Rube Vickers	7.1
6	Walter Johnson	6.7
7	Eddie Plank	6.3
8	Bill Donovan	6.1
9	Frank Smith	5.9
10	Harry Howell	5.8

Earned Run Averagemin 155 IP

1	Addie Joss	1.16
2	Cy Young	1.26
3	Ed Walsh	1.42
4	Ed Summers	1.65
5	Walter Johnson	1.65
6	Bill Burns	1.70
7	Charlie Chech	1.74
8	Bob Rhoads	1.77
9	Harry Howell	1.89
10	Rube Waddell	1.89

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 155 IP

1	Addie Joss	0.81
2	Ed Walsh	0.86
3	Cy Young	0.89
4	Bill Burns	0.93
5	Frank Smith	0.96
6	Walter Johnson	0.96
7	Jack Powell	1.00
8	Eddie Plank	1.01
9	Charlie Chech	1.03
10	Rube Vickers	1.06

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 155 IP

1	Ed Walsh	1.45
2	Rube Waddell	1.53
3	Cy Young	1.55
4	Walter Johnson	1.63
5	Addie Joss	1.71
6	Eddie Plank	1.75
7	Bill Donovan	1.80
8	Rube Vickers	1.92
9	Tom Hughes	1.98
10	Glenn Liebhardt	2.08

National League

Led the National League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Fred Tenney	101
2	Honus Wagner	100
3	Tommy Leach	93
4	Fred Clarke	83
4	Johnny Evers	83
6	Sherry Magee	79
7	John Titus	75
8	Mike Donlin	71
8	Hans Lobert	71
10	Roger Bresnahan	70

HitsH

1	Honus Wagner	201
2	Mike Donlin	198
3	Hans Lobert	167
3	Red Murray	167
5	Kitty Bransfield	160
6	Cy Seymour	157
7	John Titus	154
8	Tommy Leach	151
9	Fred Tenney	149
10	Fred Osborn	148

Doubles2B

1	Honus Wagner	39
2	Sherry Magee	30
3	Frank Chance	27
4	Mike Donlin	26
4	Otto Knabe	26
6	Kitty Bransfield	25
6	Roger Bresnahan	25
6	Mickey Doolin	25
9	Tommy Leach	24
9	John Titus	24

Triples3B

1	Honus Wagner	19
2	Hans Lobert	18
3	Tommy Leach	16
3	Sherry Magee	16
5	Fred Clarke	15
5	Red Murray	15
7	Joe Tinker	14
8	Mike Donlin	13
9	John Hummel	12
9	Ed Konetchy	12
9	Harry Lumley	12
9	Fred Osborn	12

Home RunsHR

1	Tim Jordan	12
2	Honus Wagner	10
3	Red Murray	7
4	Mike Donlin	6
4	Joe Tinker	6
6	Ed Konetchy	5
6	Tommy Leach	5
6	Cy Seymour	5
9	John Hummel	4
9	Johnny Kling	4
9	Hans Lobert	4
9	Harry Lumley	4

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Honus Wagner	109
2	Mike Donlin	106
3	Cy Seymour	92
4	Kitty Bransfield	71
5	Joe Tinker	68
6	Hans Lobert	63
7	Red Murray	62
7	Harry Steinfeldt	62
9	Ed Abbaticchio	61
10	Tim Jordan	60

WalksBB

1	Roger Bresnahan	83
2	Fred Tenney	72
3	Johnny Evers	66
4	Fred Clarke	65
5	Art Devlin	62
5	Jimmy Sheckard	62
7	Tim Jordan	59
8	Ed Abbaticchio	58
8	Miller Huggins	58
10	Tommy Leach	54
10	Honus Wagner	54

Stolen BasesSB

1	Honus Wagner	53
2	Red Murray	48
3	Hans Lobert	47
4	Sherry Magee	40
5	Johnny Evers	36
6	Kitty Bransfield	30
6	Mike Donlin	30
6	Miller Huggins	30
6	John Kane	30
6	Joe Tinker	30

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Honus Wagner	14.1
2	Sherry Magee	7.4
3	Roger Bresnahan	7.4
4	Fred Clarke	7.3
5	Mike Donlin	7.3
6	Hans Lobert	6.7
7	Red Murray	6.6
8	Claude Ritchey	6.4
9	Joe Tinker	6.4
10	Johnny Evers	6.3

Batting Averagemin 481 PA

1	Honus Wagner	.354
2	Mike Donlin	.334
3	Kitty Bransfield	.304
4	Johnny Evers	.300
5	Hans Lobert	.293
6	John Titus	.286
7	Al Bridwell	.285
8	Roger Bresnahan	.283
8	Sherry Magee	.283
10	Red Murray	.282

On-Base Percentagemin 481 PA

1	Honus Wagner	.415
2	Johnny Evers	.402
3	Roger Bresnahan	.401
4	John Titus	.365
5	Al Bridwell	.364
5	Mike Donlin	.364
7	Claude Ritchey	.361
8	Sherry Magee	.359
9	Fred Clarke	.349
10	Hans Lobert	.348

Slugging Percentagemin 481 PA

1	Honus Wagner	.542
2	Mike Donlin	.452
3	Sherry Magee	.417
4	Hans Lobert	.407
5	Red Murray	.400
6	Kitty Bransfield	.395
7	Joe Tinker	.391
8	Tommy Leach	.381
9	Johnny Evers	.375
10	Tim Jordan	.371

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 481 PA

1	Honus Wagner	.957
2	Mike Donlin	.816
3	Johnny Evers	.777
4	Sherry Magee	.776
5	Roger Bresnahan	.760
6	Hans Lobert	.755
7	Red Murray	.732
8	Kitty Bransfield	.730
9	John Titus	.725
10	Fred Clarke	.712

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Christy Mathewson	37
2	Mordecai Brown	29
3	Ed Reulbach	24
4	Nick Maddox	23
4	George McQuillan	23
4	Vic Willis	23
4	Hooks Wiltse	23
8	Bob Ewing	17
8	Nap Rucker	17
8	Bob Spade	17

SavesSV

1	Mordecai Brown	5
1	Christy Mathewson	5
1	Joe McGinnity	5
4	Orval Overall	4
5	Bob Ewing	3
6	Howie Camnitz	2
6	Billy Campbell	2
6	Andy Coakley	2
6	Chick Fraser	2
6	Sam Leever	2
6	Lefty Leifield	2
6	Bill Malarkey	2
6	Harry McIntire	2
6	George McQuillan	2
6	Bugs Raymond	2
6	Tully Sparks	2
6	Luther Taylor	2
6	Hooks Wiltse	2

StrikeoutsSO

1	Christy Mathewson	259
2	Nap Rucker	199
3	Orval Overall	167
4	Bugs Raymond	145
5	Ed Reulbach	133
6	Mordecai Brown	123
7	Howie Camnitz	118
7	Hooks Wiltse	118
9	Jack Pfiester	117
10	George McQuillan	114

Innings PitchedIP

1	Christy Mathewson	390.7
2	George McQuillan	359.7
3	Nap Rucker	333.3
4	Kaiser Wilhelm	332.0
5	Hooks Wiltse	330.0
6	Bugs Raymond	324.3
7	Mordecai Brown	312.3
8	Vic Willis	304.7
9	Ed Reulbach	297.7
10	Bob Ewing	293.7

Complete GamesCG

1	Christy Mathewson	34
2	Kaiser Wilhelm	33
3	George McQuillan	32
4	Nap Rucker	30
4	Hooks Wiltse	30
6	Mordecai Brown	27
7	Harry McIntire	26
8	Ed Reulbach	25
8	Vic Willis	25
10	Tully Sparks	24

ShutoutsSHO

1	Christy Mathewson	11
2	Mordecai Brown	9
3	George McQuillan	7
3	Ed Reulbach	7
3	Vic Willis	7
3	Hooks Wiltse	7
7	Nap Rucker	6
7	Kaiser Wilhelm	6
9	Andy Coakley	5
9	Lefty Leifield	5
9	Joe McGinnity	5
9	Bugs Raymond	5

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Christy Mathewson	12.0
2	Mordecai Brown	6.9
3	George McQuillan	6.3
4	Nap Rucker	6.0
5	Hooks Wiltse	5.8
6	Bugs Raymond	5.4
7	Vic Willis	5.3
8	Kaiser Wilhelm	5.1
9	Orval Overall	5.1
10	Bob Ewing	4.9

Earned Run Averagemin 155 IP

1	Christy Mathewson	1.43
2	Mordecai Brown	1.47
3	George McQuillan	1.53
4	Howie Camnitz	1.56
5	Andy Coakley	1.78
6	Lew Richie	1.83
7	Kaiser Wilhelm	1.87
8	Orval Overall	1.92
9	Jack Pfiester	2.00
10	Bugs Raymond	2.03
10	Ed Reulbach	2.03

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 155 IP

1	Christy Mathewson	0.83
2	Mordecai Brown	0.84
3	George McQuillan	0.98
4	Vic Willis	1.01
5	Bugs Raymond	1.02
6	Hooks Wiltse	1.03
7	Bob Ewing	1.03
8	Kaiser Wilhelm	1.05
9	Howie Camnitz	1.06
10	Orval Overall	1.08

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 155 IP

1	Christy Mathewson	1.31
2	Orval Overall	1.89
3	Mordecai Brown	1.90
4	Jack Pfiester	2.22
5	Nap Rucker	2.27
6	Tully Sparks	2.30
7	Vic Willis	2.32
8	Hooks Wiltse	2.32
9	Bugs Raymond	2.32
10	Bob Ewing	2.34

Other leagues

Led the Other leagues — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1908 is 481 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 155-game schedule. The Other leagues played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1	John Henry Lloyd	31
2	Bill Monroe	26
3	Bruce Petway	24
3	Bobby Winston	24
5	Pete Hill	22
6	Nate Harris	21
7	Danny McClellan	20
8	Frank Duncan	19
9	Andrew Payne	17
10	Kid Boots	15
10	Charles Earle	15
10	Bill Francis	15
10	Grant Johnson	15
10	Harry Moore	15
10	Danger Talbert	15

HitsH

1	John Henry Lloyd	53
2	Frank Duncan	32
2	Danny McClellan	32
2	Bill Monroe	32
5	Pete Hill	31
6	Knucks James	30
7	Grant Johnson	29
7	Bruce Petway	29
7	Bobby Winston	29
10	Kid Boots	28

Doubles2B

1	Pete Hill	10
2	Andrew Payne	9
3	Frank Duncan	7
3	John Henry Lloyd	7
5	Grant Johnson	6
5	Harry Moore	6
5	Danger Talbert	6
8	Ashby Dunbar	5
8	Bill Monroe	5
8	Bruce Petway	5
8	Bobby Winston	5
8	George Wright	5

Triples3B

1	John Henry Lloyd	4
1	Bill Monroe	4
3	Kid Boots	3
4	Frank Duncan	2
4	Charles Earle	2
4	Pete Hill	2
4	Knucks James	2
4	Bruce Petway	2
9	Walter Ball	1
9	Emmett Bowman	1
9	Harry Buckner	1
9	William Dewberry	1
9	Ashby Dunbar	1
9	Ricardo Hernández	1
9	Gus James	1
9	Grant Johnson	1
9	Harvey Martin	1
9	Danny McClellan	1
9	José Méndez	1
9	José Muñoz	1
9	Emilio Palomino	1
9	Jimmy Smith	1
9	Bobby Winston	1

Home RunsHR

1	Phil Bradley	1
1	Rube Foster	1
1	Pete Hill	1
1	John Henry Lloyd	1
1	José Magriñat	1
1	Bill Monroe	1

Runs Batted InRBI

1	John Henry Lloyd	25
2	Pete Hill	24
3	Grant Johnson	19
4	Gus James	15
5	Knucks James	14
5	Andrew Payne	14
7	Frank Duncan	13
7	Bill Monroe	13
7	Bruce Petway	13
7	Danger Talbert	13
7	William Weaver	13

WalksBB

1	Danger Talbert	16
2	Ricardo Hernández	15
3	Bill Francis	13
4	Pete Hill	11
4	Andrew Payne	11
6	Harry Moore	10
7	Frank Duncan	9
7	Agustín Parpetti	9
7	Esteban Santa Cruz	9
10	Rafael Figarola	8
10	Knucks James	8
10	John Henry Lloyd	8
10	Emilio Palomino	8
10	Bobby Winston	8

Stolen BasesSB

1	Sam Mongin	6
2	Ashby Dunbar	5
2	Charles Earle	5
2	Ray Wilson	5
5	Frank Duncan	4
5	Bill Francis	4
5	Grant Johnson	4
5	John Henry Lloyd	4
5	Bruce Petway	4
10	Gus James	3
10	Knucks James	3
10	Agustín Parpetti	3

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	John Henry Lloyd	3.7
2	Bill Monroe	2.1
3	Pete Hill	2.0
4	Grant Johnson	1.5
5	Danger Talbert	1.5
6	Bobby Winston	1.4
7	Ashby Dunbar	1.3
8	Frank Duncan	1.2
9	Gus James	1.1
10	Emilio Palomino	1.0

Pitching6 categories

WinsW

1	Charles Earle	8
2	Harry Buckner	6
3	Rube Foster	5
4	Walter Ball	4
4	Sy Hayman	4
4	Harvey Martin	4
7	Jerry Fisher	3
7	Luis González	3
7	Danny McClellan	3
10	Emmett Bowman	2
10	William Dewberry	2
10	Carlos Royer	2

StrikeoutsSO

1	Charles Earle	35
2	Jerry Fisher	26
2	Rube Foster	26
2	José Méndez	26
5	Luis González	25
6	Sy Hayman	24
7	Harry Buckner	22
7	Carlos Royer	22
9	Danny McClellan	20
10	Harvey Martin	17

Innings PitchedIP

1	Charles Earle	96.3
2	Harry Buckner	75.7
3	Sy Hayman	71.3
4	Danny McClellan	59.3
5	Rube Foster	54.0
6	Jerry Fisher	53.3
7	Walter Ball	45.7
7	Luis González	45.7
9	Harvey Martin	45.0
10	William Dewberry	40.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Charles Earle	10
2	Harry Buckner	7
2	Sy Hayman	7
4	Jerry Fisher	6
4	Rube Foster	6
4	Danny McClellan	6
7	Walter Ball	5
8	Luis González	4
8	Harvey Martin	4
8	José Muñoz	4

ShutoutsSHO

1	Harry Buckner	3
2	Walter Ball	1
2	Charles Earle	1
2	Jerry Fisher	1
2	Harvey Martin	1
2	Danny McClellan	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Charles Earle	2.0
2	Harry Buckner	1.3
3	Danny McClellan	1.2
4	Jerry Fisher	0.9
5	Rube Foster	0.9
6	Luis González	0.9
7	José Méndez	0.8
8	José Muñoz	0.7
9	Harvey Martin	0.6
10	Walter Ball	0.6

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1908 is 481 plate appearances and 155 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 155 games per team, measured from the season files themselves — at the official rate of 3.1 plate appearances and one inning per team game. Batting average, on-base, slugging, OPS, earned run average and WHIP all use it; a player who came to the plate twice and got two hits does not appear at the top of the batting average table, which is exactly what that line is for. Counting statistics such as home runs and strikeouts have no minimum, because none is needed.

How the rankings were made

Wins above replacement in these tables is ours rather than the source database's, so it will not match a published figure exactly. Also: why every ranking stops at one league, and why some categories are missing on purpose.

Every ranking on this page is worked out inside one league. 1908 is counted as 3 separate leagues — American League, National League and Other leagues, and a player is ranked only against the men in his own. Leading the American League and leading baseball are different claims, and the one we can make from these files is the first. There is no combined table anywhere on this page, because adding two leagues together would produce a number that no record book recognises.

There are 61 ranking tables here, 30 places deep. Players tied on a value share a place, so a table can run past ten rows when the tenth spot is shared, and a league with fewer than ten qualified players in a category is left out rather than shown as a top ten that is not one. A player who did none of the thing is not ranked in it either — a shutout table lists the pitchers who threw one, not the hundreds who threw none tied on zero. Some categories are missing on purpose: nobody leads a league in strikeouts at the plate, in losses, or in home runs allowed. A ranking is meant to mark an achievement, so only achievements are ranked.

Wins above replacement on this page is ours, not the source database's. The hitting and pitching files carry a WAR column that we compute here from the same season lines you see, using park factors and a run environment worked out per season. Published versions elsewhere use different methods and will not match ours exactly. Every other column is the record as the database supplies it.

Names on this page lead to that player's own record. Most of them open a full career page with every season he appeared in. Some open a summary screen instead — we pre-build pages for the players people look for, and everyone else is assembled on demand from the same files, so the numbers are identical either way even though the address looks different.

Data for 1871 to 2025: Lahman Baseball Database 2025, compiled by SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) and licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported. Negro Leagues data licensed from Seamheads.com and included under SABR major-league recommendations (2021-02-11, 2024-06-03). This page ranks the 1908 season lines published on this site, league by league, with WAR worked out here. — the WAR columns are computed here — and they are published under the same CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence, as ShareAlike requires. That database is published once a season is complete, so the 2026 figures on this site come from a different place: the MLB Stats API, whose notice reads “Copyright 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Use of any content on this page acknowledges agreement to the terms posted here http://gdx.mlb.com/components/copyright.txt”. Those numbers are MLB Advanced Media, L.P.’s, not SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)’s, and they carry that notice rather than the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence above. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Major League Baseball or any of its clubs.