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2008 American League Batting Leaders

 

BATTING AVERAGE

 

Joe Mauer	Minnesota Twins	C	.328
Dustin Pedroia	Boston Red Sox	2B	.326
Milton Bradley	Texas Rangers (now with Chicago Cubs)	RF	.321

 

HOME RUNS

 

Miguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers	1B	37
Carlos Quentin	Chicago White Sox	LF	36
Alex Rodriguez	New York Yankees	3B	35

 

 

RUNS BATTED IN

 

Josh Hamilton	Texas Rangers	RF/CF	130
Justin Morneau	Minnesota Twins	1B	129
Miguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers	1B	127

 

2008 American League Pitching Leaders

 

WINS

 

Cliff Lee	Cleveland Indians	22
Roy Halladay	Toronto Blue Jays	20
Mike Mussina	New York Yankees	20

 

ERA

(Minimum of 162 Innings Pitched)

 

Cliff Lee	Cleveland Indians	2.54
Roy Halladay	Toronto Blue Jays	2.78
Daisuke Matsuzaka	Boston Red Sox	2.90

 

STRIKE-OUTS

 

AJ Burnett	New York Yankees	231
Ervin Santana	Los Angeles Angels	214
Roy Halladay	Toronto Blue Jays	206

 

2008 National League Batting Leaders

 

BATTING AVERAGE

 

Chipper Jones	Atlanta Braves	3B	.364
Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	.357
Matt Holliday	Colorado Rockies (now Oakland Athletics)	LF	.321

 

HOME RUNS

 

Ryan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies	1B	48
Adam Dunn	Arizona Diamondbacks	LF	40
Carlos Delgado	New York Mets	1B	38

 

RUNS BATTED IN

 

Ryan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies	1B	146
David Wright	New York Mets	3B	124
Adrian Gonzalez	San Diego Padres	1B	119

 

2008 National League Pitching Leaders

 

  WINS

 

Brandon Webb	Arizona Diamondbacks	22
Tim Lincecum	San Francisco Giants	18
Ryan Dempster	Chicago Cubs	17

 

 

ERA

 (Minimum of 162 Innings Pitched)

 

Johan Santana	New York Mets	2.53
Tim Lincecum	San Francisco Giants	2.62
Jake Peavy	San Diego Padres	2.85

 

 

STRIKE-OUTS

 

Tim Lincecum	San Francisco Giants	265
Edinson Volquez	Cincinnati Reds	206
Dan Haren	Arizona Diamondbacks	206

 

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