1889 American Association Batting Leaders

Pennant Winner: Brooklyn Bridegrooms

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American Association Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Chamberlain • STL	9.2
2.	Duryea • CIN	9.1
3.	Kilroy • BAL	8.7
4.	King • STL	8.5
5.	Caruthers • BRO	8.4
6.	Tucker • BAL	6.0
7.	Stivetts • STL	5.7
8.	Lyons • PHA	5.4
9.	Stovey • PHA	5.4
10.	Mullane • CIN	4.3

WAR Position Players
1.	Tucker • BAL	6.0
2.	Lyons • PHA	5.4
3.	Stovey • PHA	5.4
4.	Marr • COL	4.2
5.	Shindle • BAL	3.9
6.	O'Neill • STL	3.8
7.	Larkin • PHA	3.8
8.	O'Brien • BRO	3.6
9.	Burns • BRO	3.3
10.	Welch • PHA	3.1

Offensive WAR
1.	Tucker • BAL	6.1
2.	Lyons • PHA	5.1
3.	Stovey • PHA	4.6
4.	Larkin • PHA	4.4
5.	Marr • COL	4.3
6.	Shindle • BAL	3.5
7.	Hamilton • KCC	3.3
8.	O'Brien • BRO	3.3
9.	Burns • BRO	3.2
10.	O'Neill • STL	3.1

Defensive WAR
1.	Beard • CIN	2.4
2.	Fuller • STL	2.0
3.	Smith • BRO	1.6
4.	McPhee • CIN	1.3
5.	Easterday • COL	1.2
6.	Boyle • STL	1.2
7.	Keenan • CIN	1.1
8.	O'Connor • COL	1.1
	Robinson • PHA	1.1
10.	Fennelly • PHA	1.1

Batting Average
1.	Tucker • BAL	.372
2.	O'Neill • STL	.335
3.	Lyons • PHA	.329
4.	Orr • COL	.327
5.	Holliday • CIN	.321
6.	Larkin • PHA	.318
7.	Purcell • PHA	.316
8.	Shindle • BAL	.314
9.	Stovey • PHA	.308
10.	Marr • COL	.306

On-Base%
1.	Tucker • BAL	.450
2.	Larkin • PHA	.428
3.	Lyons • PHA	.426
4.	O'Neill • STL	.419
5.	Hamilton • KCC	.413
6.	McTamany • COL	.407
7.	Marr • COL	.407
8.	Keenan • CIN	.395
9.	Stovey • PHA	.393
10.	Burns • BRO	.391

Slugging %
1.	Stovey • PHA	.525
2.	Holliday • CIN	.497
3.	Tucker • BAL	.484
4.	O'Neill • STL	.478
5.	Lyons • PHA	.469
6.	Keenan • CIN	.453
7.	Orr • COL	.446
8.	Larkin • PHA	.426
9.	Burns • BRO	.423
10.	O'Brien • BRO	.418

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Tucker • BAL	.934
2.	Stovey • PHA	.918
3.	O'Neill • STL	.897
4.	Lyons • PHA	.895
5.	Holliday • CIN	.869
6.	Larkin • PHA	.854
7.	Keenan • CIN	.849
8.	Marr • COL	.821
9.	Burns • BRO	.813
10.	Hamilton • KCC	.808

Games Played
1.	Beard • CIN	141
2.	Fuller • STL	140
	McCarthy • STL	140
4.	Marr • COL	139
	McTamany • COL	139
	Stearns • KCC	139
7.	Shindle • BAL	138
	Collins • BRO	138
	Corkhill • BRO	138
	Foutz • BRO	138
	Pinkney • BRO	138
	Fennelly • PHA	138

At Bats
1.	McCarthy • STL	604
2.	Comiskey • STL	587
3.	Burns • KCC	579
4.	Daily • COL	578
5.	Long • KCC	574
6.	Shindle • BAL	567
	O'Brien • BRO	567
8.	Holliday • CIN	563
9.	Collins • BRO	560
	Orr • COL	560
	Stearns • KCC	560

Plate Appearances
1.	McCarthy • STL	656
2.	Long • KCC	648
3.	Collins • BRO	647
4.	McTamany • COL	646
5.	O'Brien • BRO	644
6.	Marr • COL	639
7.	Hamilton • KCC	635
8.	Stovey • PHA	634
9.	Griffin • BAL	625
10.	Foutz • BRO	620

Runs Scored
1.	Griffin • BAL	152
	Stovey • PHA	152
3.	O'Brien • BRO	146
4.	Hamilton • KCC	144
5.	Collins • BRO	139
6.	Long • KCC	137
7.	McCarthy • STL	136
8.	Lyons • PHA	135
9.	Welch • PHA	134
10.	O'Neill • STL	123

Hits
1.	Tucker • BAL	196
2.	Orr • COL	183
3.	Holliday • CIN	181
4.	O'Neill • STL	179
5.	Shindle • BAL	178
6.	Burns • KCC	176
	McCarthy • STL	176
8.	Stovey • PHA	171
9.	O'Brien • BRO	170
10.	Lyons • PHA	168
	Comiskey • STL	168

Total Bases
1.	Stovey • PHA	292
2.	Holliday • CIN	280
3.	Tucker • BAL	255
	O'Neill • STL	255
5.	Orr • COL	250
6.	Lyons • PHA	239
7.	O'Brien • BRO	237
8.	Burns • KCC	236
9.	Bierbauer • PHA	229
10.	Marr • COL	226

Doubles
1.	Welch • PHA	39
2.	Stovey • PHA	38
3.	Lyons • PHA	36
4.	O'Neill • STL	33
5.	Long • KCC	32
6.	Orr • COL	31
7.	O'Brien • BRO	30
	Milligan • STL	30
9.	Holliday • CIN	28
	Comiskey • STL	28

Triples
1.	Marr • COL	15
2.	Griffin • BAL	14
	Beard • CIN	14
4.	Burns • BRO	13
	Reilly • CIN	13
	Stovey • PHA	13
7.	Orr • COL	12
	Hamilton • KCC	12
	Stearns • KCC	12
	Shannon • LOU	12
	Larkin • PHA	12

Home Runs
1.	Holliday • CIN	19
	Stovey • PHA	19
3.	Duffee • STL	16
4.	Milligan • STL	12
5.	Lyons • PHA	9
	O'Neill • STL	9
7.	Visner • BRO	8
	Corkhill • BRO	8
9.	Bierbauer • PHA	7
	Tebeau • CIN	7

Runs Batted In
1.	Stovey • PHA	119
2.	Foutz • BRO	113
3.	O'Neill • STL	110
4.	Bierbauer • PHA	105
5.	Holliday • CIN	104
6.	Comiskey • STL	102
7.	Burns • BRO	100
8.	Tucker • BAL	99
9.	Burns • KCC	97
10.	Mack • BAL	87
	Orr • COL	87
	Stearns • KCC	87

Bases on Balls
1.	Robinson • STL	118
2.	McTamany • COL	116
3.	Griffin • BAL	91
4.	Marr • COL	87
	Hamilton • KCC	87
6.	Larkin • PHA	83
7.	Collins • BRO	80
8.	Lyons • PHA	79
9.	Stovey • PHA	77
10.	O'Neill • STL	72

Strikeouts
1.	Duffee • STL	81
2.	Fennelly • PHA	78
3.	O'Brien • BRO	76
4.	Hornung • BAL	72
5.	Greenwood • COL	71
6.	Mack • BAL	69
	Stearns • KCC	69
8.	Burns • KCC	68
	Stovey • PHA	68
10.	McTamany • COL	66

Stolen Bases
1.	Hamilton • KCC	111
2.	O'Brien • BRO	91
3.	Long • KCC	89
4.	Nicol • CIN	80
5.	Latham • STL	69
6.	Stearns • KCC	67
7.	Welch • PHA	66
8.	Collins • BRO	65
	Comiskey • STL	65
10.	Tucker • BAL	63
	McPhee • CIN	63
	Stovey • PHA	63

Singles
1.	Tucker • BAL	158
2.	Shindle • BAL	144
3.	McCarthy • STL	143
4.	Burns • KCC	137
5.	Orr • COL	136
6.	Purcell • PHA	134
7.	Beard • CIN	131
8.	Hamilton • KCC	129
	O'Neill • STL	129
10.	Holliday • CIN	127
	Wolf • LOU	127
	Comiskey • STL	127

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Tucker • BAL	169
2.	Stovey • PHA	163
3.	Lyons • PHA	158
4.	Larkin • PHA	146
5.	O'Neill • STL	143
6.	Holliday • CIN	142
7.	Marr • COL	140
8.	Burns • BRO	137
9.	Keenan • CIN	137
10.	O'Brien • BRO	134

Runs Created
1.	Stovey • PHA	114
2.	Tucker • BAL	107
3.	O'Neill • STL	106
4.	Holliday • CIN	103
5.	Lyons • PHA	100
6.	Marr • COL	91
	Larkin • PHA	91
8.	O'Brien • BRO	87
9.	Orr • COL	84
	Hamilton • KCC	84

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Tucker • BAL	51
2.	Stovey • PHA	46
3.	Lyons • PHA	43
4.	Larkin • PHA	37
5.	O'Neill • STL	34
6.	Marr • COL	33
7.	Holliday • CIN	29
8.	Milligan • STL	28
9.	O'Brien • BRO	27
10.	McTamany • COL	26

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Tucker • BAL	5.1
2.	Stovey • PHA	4.6
3.	Lyons • PHA	4.4
4.	Larkin • PHA	3.7
5.	O'Neill • STL	3.5
6.	Marr • COL	3.3
7.	Holliday • CIN	2.9
8.	Milligan • STL	2.8
9.	O'Brien • BRO	2.7
10.	McTamany • COL	2.7

Extra Base Hits
1.	Stovey • PHA	70
2.	Holliday • CIN	54
3.	O'Neill • STL	50
4.	Lyons • PHA	49
5.	Orr • COL	47
6.	O'Brien • BRO	46
7.	Welch • PHA	45
8.	Milligan • STL	44
9.	Reilly • CIN	42
	Marr • COL	42
	Duffee • STL	42

Times On Base
1.	Tucker • BAL	271
2.	McTamany • COL	263
	Larkin • PHA	263
4.	Hamilton • KCC	262
5.	Marr • COL	260
6.	O'Neill • STL	256
7.	Lyons • PHA	254
8.	Stovey • PHA	249
9.	O'Brien • BRO	247
10.	Griffin • BAL	242

Offensive Win %
1.	Tucker • BAL	.787
2.	O'Neill • STL	.761
3.	Stovey • PHA	.759
4.	Lyons • PHA	.754
5.	Holliday • CIN	.726
6.	Larkin • PHA	.710
7.	Keenan • CIN	.686
8.	Marr • COL	.682
9.	Burns • BRO	.671
10.	Hamilton • KCC	.656

Hit By Pitch
1.	Tucker • BAL	33
2.	Welch • PHA	19
3.	Reilly • CIN	18
4.	O'Brien • BRO	16
	Larkin • PHA	16
6.	Hamilton • KCC	14
7.	Manning • KCC	13
8.	Johnson • COL	12
9.	Latham • STL	11
10.	Long • KCC	10

Power-Speed #
1.	Stovey • PHA	29.2
2.	Holliday • CIN	26.9
3.	Duffee • STL	18.2
4.	O'Neill • STL	13.6
5.	Tebeau • CIN	12.6
6.	Corkhill • BRO	11.7
7.	Foutz • BRO	10.5
8.	Bierbauer • PHA	9.9
9.	Visner • BRO	9.9
10.	O'Brien • BRO	9.5

AB per SO
1.	Comiskey • STL	30.9
2.	Foutz • BRO	24.0
3.	McCarthy • STL	23.2
4.	Weaver • LOU	22.7
5.	Corkhill • BRO	22.4
6.	Tucker • BAL	20.3
7.	Burns • BRO	19.4
8.	Purcell • PHA	18.8
9.	McPhee • CIN	18.6
10.	Griffin • BAL	18.3

AB per HR
1.	Stovey • PHA	29.3
2.	Holliday • CIN	29.6
3.	Duffee • STL	31.8
4.	Keenan • CIN	50.0
5.	Lyons • PHA	56.7
6.	O'Neill • STL	59.3
7.	Corkhill • BRO	67.1
8.	Tebeau • CIN	70.9
9.	Bierbauer • PHA	78.4
10.	Easterday • COL	81.0

Outs Made
1.	Daily • COL	430
2.	McCarthy • STL	428
3.	Comiskey • STL	419
4.	Long • KCC	416
5.	Hornung • BAL	411
	Collins • BRO	411
	Pinkney • BRO	411
8.	Corkhill • BRO	403
	Burns • KCC	403
	Manning • KCC	403

rOBA
1.	Tucker • BAL	.457
2.	Stovey • PHA	.427
3.	Lyons • PHA	.422
4.	O'Neill • STL	.421
5.	Hamilton • KCC	.412
6.	Larkin • PHA	.411
7.	Holliday • CIN	.404
8.	Keenan • CIN	.396
9.	Marr • COL	.396
10.	O'Brien • BRO	.391

Rbat+
1.	Tucker • BAL	164
2.	Lyons • PHA	151
3.	Stovey • PHA	147
4.	Larkin • PHA	145
5.	Marr • COL	140
6.	O'Neill • STL	137
7.	Burns • BRO	137
8.	Holliday • CIN	129
9.	McTamany • COL	129
10.	Keenan • CIN	129

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements