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1908 MLB Wins by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Games won

The Chicago Cubs led all of MLB in wins in 1908, with 99, 1 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 16 MLB teams is 76.8.

Led all of MLB in 1908 Chicago Cubs 158 games
99 Wins 1 clear of New York Giants
# Team League G W
1 Chicago Cubs NL 158 99
2 New York Giants NL 157 98
2 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 98
4 Cleveland Naps AL 157 90
4 Detroit Tigers AL 154 90
6 Chicago White Sox AL 156 88
7 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 83
7 St. Louis Browns AL 155 83
MLB average 76.8
9 Boston Red Sox AL 155 75
10 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 73
11 Philadelphia Athletics AL 157 68
12 Washington Senators AL 155 67
13 Boston Doves NL 156 63
14 Brooklyn Superbas NL 154 53
15 New York Highlanders AL 155 51
16 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 49

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.