Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Bond • BSN 14.3
2. McCormick • CLV 9.8
3. Ward • PRO 9.2
4. Galvin • BUF 9.0
5. Larkin • CHC 4.9
6. McCormick • SYR 4.7
7. Jones • BSN 4.5
8. Hines • PRO 4.4
9. Wright • PRO 4.3
10. Williamson • CHC 4.2
WAR Position Players
1. Jones • BSN 4.5
2. Hines • PRO 4.4
3. Wright • PRO 4.3
4. Williamson • CHC 4.2
5. Kelly • CIN 4.2
6. White • CIN 3.7
7. O'Rourke • BSN 3.5
8. O'Rourke • PRO 3.3
9. Flint • CHC 3.2
10. Start • PRO 2.9
Offensive WAR
1. Hines • PRO 4.1
Kelly • CIN 4.1
3. O'Rourke • PRO 3.7
4. Jones • BSN 3.6
5. White • CIN 3.4
6. O'Rourke • BSN 3.1
7. Williamson • CHC 3.0
8. Wright • PRO 2.8
9. York • PRO 2.6
10. Start • PRO 2.6
Defensive WAR
1. Wright • PRO 2.1
2. Flint • CHC 1.7
3. Snyder • BSN 1.6
4. Force • BUF 1.5
5. Williamson • CHC 1.5
6. Quest • CHC 1.4
7. Clapp • BUF 1.1
8. Evans • TRO 0.9
9. Fulmer • BUF 0.9
10. Mansell • SYR 0.8
Batting Average
1. Hines • PRO .357
2. O'Rourke • PRO .348
3. Kelly • CIN .348
4. O'Rourke • BSN .341
5. White • CIN .330
6. Cogswell • BSN .322
7. Start • PRO .319
8. Anson • CHC .317
9. Jones • BSN .315
10. York • PRO .310
On-Base%
1. O'Rourke • PRO .371
2. Hines • PRO .369
3. Jones • BSN .367
4. Kelly • CIN .363
5. O'Rourke • BSN .357
6. York • PRO .346
7. Cogswell • BSN .344
8. Williamson • CHC .343
9. White • CIN .342
10. Start • PRO .333
Slugging %
1. O'Rourke • BSN .521
2. Jones • BSN .510
3. Kelly • CIN .493
4. Hines • PRO .482
5. O'Rourke • PRO .459
6. Williamson • CHC .447
7. Dickerson • CIN .440
8. Eden • CLV .425
9. White • CIN .423
10. York • PRO .421
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. O'Rourke • BSN .877
2. Jones • BSN .877
3. Kelly • CIN .855
4. Hines • PRO .851
5. O'Rourke • PRO .829
6. Williamson • CHC .790
7. York • PRO .767
8. White • CIN .766
9. Dickerson • CIN .737
10. Anson • CHC .737
Games Played
1. Hines • PRO 85
McGeary • PRO 85
Wright • PRO 85
4. Burdock • BSN 84
Morrill • BSN 84
Sutton • BSN 84
7. Jones • BSN 83
Peters • CHC 83
Quest • CHC 83
Ward • PRO 83
At Bats
1. Hines • PRO 409
2. Wright • PRO 388
3. Peters • CHC 379
4. McGeary • PRO 374
5. Hotaling • CIN 369
6. Phillips • CLV 365
7. Ward • PRO 364
8. O'Rourke • PRO 362
9. Burdock • BSN 359
10. Houck • BSN 356
Plate Appearances
1. Hines • PRO 417
2. Wright • PRO 401
3. Jones • BSN 384
4. Hotaling • CIN 381
5. Peters • CHC 380
6. McGeary • PRO 379
7. O'Rourke • PRO 375
8. Ward • PRO 371
9. Burdock • BSN 368
10. Phillips • CLV 367
Runs Scored
1. Jones • BSN 85
2. Hines • PRO 81
3. Wright • PRO 79
4. Kelly • CIN 78
5. Dickerson • CIN 73
6. Ward • PRO 71
7. Start • PRO 70
8. Houck • BSN 69
O'Rourke • BSN 69
O'Rourke • PRO 69
York • PRO 69
Hits
1. Hines • PRO 146
2. O'Rourke • PRO 126
3. Kelly • CIN 120
4. Jones • BSN 112
5. White • CIN 110
6. O'Rourke • BSN 108
7. Wright • PRO 107
8. York • PRO 106
9. McVey • CIN 105
10. Ward • PRO 104
Total Bases
1. Hines • PRO 197
2. Jones • BSN 181
3. Kelly • CIN 170
4. O'Rourke • PRO 166
5. O'Rourke • BSN 165
6. Dickerson • CIN 154
7. Eden • CLV 150
8. Wright • PRO 145
9. Hotaling • CIN 144
York • PRO 144
Doubles
1. Eden • CLV 31
2. Hines • PRO 25
Dalrymple • CHC 25
York • PRO 25
5. Houck • BSN 24
6. Flint • CHC 22
Jones • BSN 22
8. Hotaling • CIN 20
Anson • CHC 20
Williamson • CHC 20
Kelly • CIN 20
Triples
1. Dickerson • CIN 14
2. Williamson • CHC 13
3. Kelly • CIN 12
4. O'Rourke • BSN 11
5. Jones • BSN 10
Hines • PRO 10
Richardson • BUF 10
Wright • PRO 10
9. Hotaling • CIN 9
Houck • BSN 9
O'Rourke • PRO 9
Home Runs
1. Jones • BSN 9
2. O'Rourke • BSN 6
3. Brouthers • TRO 4
4. Eden • CLV 3
5. Hines • PRO 2
Houck • BSN 2
Brown • 2TM 2
Ward • PRO 2
Start • PRO 2
Snyder • BSN 2
Kelly • CIN 2
Dickerson • CIN 2
Runs Batted In
1. Jones • BSN 62
O'Rourke • BSN 62
3. Dickerson • CIN 57
4. McVey • CIN 55
5. White • CIN 52
Hines • PRO 52
7. York • PRO 50
8. Houck • BSN 49
Morrill • BSN 49
10. Kelly • CIN 47
Bases on Balls
1. Jones • BSN 29
2. Williamson • CHC 24
3. York • PRO 19
4. Barnes • CIN 16
Richardson • BUF 16
6. Morrill • BSN 14
7. Wright • PRO 13
O'Rourke • PRO 13
Force • BUF 13
10. Hotaling • CIN 12
Strikeouts
1. Galvin • BUF 56
White • CIN 56
3. Mansell • SYR 45
4. Flint • CHC 44
5. Eggler • BUF 41
6. Jones • BSN 38
Walker • BUF 38
8. Force • BUF 37
9. Fulmer • BUF 34
10. Quest • CHC 33
Singles
1. Hines • PRO 109
2. O'Rourke • PRO 97
3. McGeary • PRO 94
4. Ward • PRO 89
5. White • CIN 87
6. Kelly • CIN 86
7. Shafer • CHC 83
Start • PRO 83
9. McVey • CIN 81
Wright • PRO 81
Adjusted OPS+
1. Kelly • CIN 182
2. Jones • BSN 180
3. O'Rourke • BSN 180
4. Hines • PRO 177
5. O'Rourke • PRO 171
6. White • CIN 153
7. York • PRO 151
8. Williamson • CHC 149
9. Dickerson • CIN 142
10. Start • PRO 141
Runs Created
1. Hines • PRO 73
2. Jones • BSN 66
3. O'Rourke • PRO 62
Kelly • CIN 62
5. O'Rourke • BSN 59
6. York • PRO 50
7. Williamson • CHC 49
8. White • CIN 48
9. Dickerson • CIN 46
10. Wright • PRO 43
Start • PRO 43
Hotaling • CIN 43
Eden • CLV 43
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Hines • PRO 33
2. Jones • BSN 32
3. Kelly • CIN 29
4. O'Rourke • PRO 27
5. O'Rourke • BSN 27
6. York • PRO 20
7. White • CIN 18
8. Williamson • CHC 18
9. Dickerson • CIN 14
10. Start • PRO 13
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Hines • PRO 3.7
2. Jones • BSN 3.6
3. Kelly • CIN 3.2
4. O'Rourke • PRO 3.0
5. O'Rourke • BSN 3.0
6. York • PRO 2.2
7. White • CIN 2.0
8. Williamson • CHC 2.0
9. Dickerson • CIN 1.6
10. Start • PRO 1.5
Extra Base Hits
1. Eden • CLV 41
Jones • BSN 41
3. Hines • PRO 37
4. Houck • BSN 35
5. Williamson • CHC 34
O'Rourke • BSN 34
Dickerson • CIN 34
Kelly • CIN 34
9. York • PRO 31
10. Hotaling • CIN 30
Times On Base
1. Hines • PRO 154
2. Jones • BSN 141
3. O'Rourke • PRO 139
4. Kelly • CIN 128
5. York • PRO 125
6. Wright • PRO 120
7. Williamson • CHC 118
8. O'Rourke • BSN 116
White • CIN 116
10. Hotaling • CIN 115
Offensive Win %
1. O'Rourke • BSN .807
2. Hines • PRO .802
3. Kelly • CIN .800
4. Jones • BSN .796
5. O'Rourke • PRO .786
6. Williamson • CHC .720
7. White • CIN .718
8. York • PRO .712
9. Start • PRO .688
10. Cogswell • BSN .677
AB per SO
1. Anson • CHC 113.5
2. Start • PRO 79.3
3. Cogswell • BSN 47.2
4. White • CIN 37.0
5. O'Rourke • PRO 36.2
6. Houck • BSN 32.4
7. Bond • BSN 32.1
8. McCormick • CLV 31.3
9. McGeary • PRO 28.8
10. McVey • CIN 27.2
AB per HR
1. Jones • BSN 39.4
2. O'Rourke • BSN 52.8
3. Eden • CLV 117.7
4. Brown • 2TM 125.0
5. Start • PRO 158.5
6. Snyder • BSN 164.5
7. Kelly • CIN 172.5
8. Dickerson • CIN 175.0
9. Houck • BSN 178.0
10. Ward • PRO 182.0
Outs Made
1. Peters • CHC 286
2. Wright • PRO 281
3. Burdock • BSN 273
4. McGeary • PRO 271
5. Hotaling • CIN 266
Phillips • CLV 266
7. Quest • CHC 265
8. Hines • PRO 263
9. Houck • BSN 261
10. Ward • PRO 260

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

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