Final Statistical Leaders 1907
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National League
Batting Average
J. Sheckard BRO .372
*F. Molina NYG .316
E. Flick STL .300
Runs Batted In
*N. Jolley STL 96
*S. Green BRO 87
*J. Turner PIT 86
Stolen Bases
J. Sheckard BRO 43
H. Wolter CIN 40
T. Leach PHI 39
Wins
E. Karger PIT 28
N. Rucker BRO 26
*W. Scates CIN 23
[B]Earned Runs Average
*W. Scates CIN 1.36
C. Mathewson NYG 1.73
N. Rucker BRO 1.91
Strikeouts
*W. Scates CIN 287
*G. O'Donnell STL 267
C. Mathewson NYG 236
American League
Batting Average
S. Crawford DET .314
M. Grady BOS .313
B. Keister BOS .312
Runs Batted In
*P. Stroh BOS 89
*B. Musser CHI 81
*E. Anderson DET 77
Stolen Bases
D. Jones STL 65
B. Keister BOS 50
C. Milan WAS 49
Wins
N. Hahn CLE 29
H. Berger CLE 25
W. Johnson WAS 25
Earned Runs Average
R. Glaze BOS 1.73
W. Johnson WAS 1.75
B. Jacobson WAS 1.75
Strikeouts
*R. O'Connor WAS 270
W. Johnson WAS 260
*A. Gomez NYH 254
Of some concern is the presence of fictional players among the leaders in several statistical categories. It's interesting to see the dominance in the NL's RBI ranking. Most of these players have low average, high power ratings/stats, with one hitting as much as 23 home runs this year. Will "Dopey" Scates was a 31 year old free agent that was created when I formed the two Class-D feeder leagues in the preseason. I (in)advertently set an Amateur Draft with 2 rounds, culling from feeder leagues only, but left the historical import option checked. In so doing, major league imports were drafted early by non-historical ML teams and a number of fictional free agents with high current ratings were created automatically.
I'm seriously thinking of disbanding the fictional PCL, already not liking the 2 player limit on foreigners I've put in both leagues that can trade with one another. With the MLB and PCL finances the same IIRC, I'm finding a lot of "dumb" trades by MLB ridding it of its star pitchers. I'll inactivate trading between leagues and see if that helps and reset the draft so that eligible feeder league players must be signed instead of drafted. Things are getting complicated with mixed historical/fictional leagues but it's well worth the learning experience.