1885 Major League Batting Leaders

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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Clarkson • CHC	12.8
2.	Morris • PIT	12.7
3.	Welch • NYG	10.6
4.	Caruthers • STL	10.0
5.	Radbourn • PRO	8.5
6.	Hecker • LOU	8.2
7.	Connor • NYG	8.2
8.	Ferguson • PHI	8.1
9.	Henderson • BAL	7.8
10.	Keefe • NYG	6.6

WAR Position Players
1.	Connor • NYG	8.2
2.	Browning • LOU	5.3
3.	Brouthers • BUF	5.2
4.	Glasscock • SLM	5.1
5.	Orr • NYP	5.0
6.	Gore • CHC	4.9
7.	Bennett • DTN	4.5
8.	Dunlap • SLM	4.3
9.	Larkin • PHA	4.3
10.	Williamson • CHC	4.1

Offensive WAR
1.	Connor • NYG	6.9
2.	Brouthers • BUF	6.0
3.	Orr • NYP	5.4
4.	Browning • LOU	4.9
5.	Sutton • BSN	4.6
6.	Gore • CHC	4.5
7.	Anson • CHC	4.4
8.	O'Rourke • NYG	4.3
9.	Stovey • PHA	4.1
10.	Bennett • DTN	4.1

Defensive WAR
1.	Smith • BRO	2.4
2.	Glasscock • SLM	2.2
3.	Williamson • CHC	2.0
4.	Ward • NYG	1.9
5.	Bushong • STL	1.7
6.	Milligan • PHA	1.6
7.	Smith • PIT	1.5
8.	Dunlap • SLM	1.5
9.	Gerhardt • NYG	1.4
10.	Barkley • STL	1.4

Batting Average
1.	Connor • NYG	.371
2.	Browning • LOU	.362
3.	Brouthers • BUF	.359
4.	Orr • NYP	.342
5.	Larkin • PHA	.329
6.	Dorgan • NYG	.326
7.	Jones • CIN	.322
8.	Richardson • BUF	.319
9.	Stovey • PHA	.315
10.	Gore • CHC	.313

On-Base%
1.	Connor • NYG	.435
2.	Brouthers • BUF	.408
3.	Gore • CHC	.405
4.	Browning • LOU	.393
5.	Larkin • PHA	.373
6.	Hanlon • DTN	.372
7.	Stovey • PHA	.371
8.	Brown • PIT	.366
9.	Phillips • BRO	.364
10.	Jones • CIN	.362

Slugging %
1.	Brouthers • BUF	.543
2.	Orr • NYP	.543
3.	Browning • LOU	.530
4.	Larkin • PHA	.525
5.	Connor • NYG	.495
6.	Stovey • PHA	.488
7.	Ewing • NYG	.471
8.	Jones • CIN	.462
9.	Anson • CHC	.461
10.	Richardson • BUF	.458

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Brouthers • BUF	.951
2.	Connor • NYG	.929
3.	Browning • LOU	.923
4.	Orr • NYP	.901
5.	Larkin • PHA	.899
6.	Gore • CHC	.858
7.	Stovey • PHA	.858
8.	Jones • CIN	.824
9.	Anson • CHC	.819
10.	Bennett • DTN	.812

Games Played
1.	Dalrymple • CHC	113
	Williamson • CHC	113
3.	McClellan • BRO	112
	Lillie • BUF	112
	Anson • CHC	112
	Pfeffer • CHC	112
	Carpenter • CIN	112
	Corkhill • CIN	112
	Fennelly • CIN	112
	Jones • CIN	112
	Browning • LOU	112
	Kerins • LOU	112
	McLaughlin • LOU	112
	Wolf • LOU	112
	Gerhardt • NYG	112
	O'Rourke • NYG	112
	Stovey • PHA	112
	Gleason • STL	112
	Nicol • STL	112
	Welch • STL	112

At Bats
1.	Dalrymple • CHC	492
2.	Jones • CIN	487
3.	Stovey • PHA	486
4.	Latham • STL	485
5.	Wolf • LOU	483
6.	Reilly • CIN	482
7.	Browning • LOU	481
8.	O'Rourke • NYG	477
9.	Carpenter • CIN	473
10.	Gleason • STL	472

Plate Appearances
1.	Dalrymple • CHC	538
2.	Stovey • PHA	529
3.	Jones • CIN	517
	O'Rourke • NYG	517
5.	Gleason • STL	516
6.	Gore • CHC	509
7.	Latham • STL	508
8.	Browning • LOU	506
	Connor • NYG	506
10.	Reilly • CIN	500

Runs Scored
1.	Stovey • PHA	130
2.	Kelly • CHC	124
3.	O'Rourke • NYG	119
4.	Gore • CHC	115
5.	Larkin • PHA	114
6.	Dalrymple • CHC	109
7.	Jones • CIN	108
8.	Connor • NYG	102
9.	Anson • CHC	100
10.	Browning • LOU	98
	Nelson • NYP	98

Hits
1.	Browning • LOU	174
2.	Connor • NYG	169
3.	Jones • CIN	157
4.	Stovey • PHA	153
5.	Orr • NYP	152
6.	Larkin • PHA	149
7.	Brouthers • BUF	146
8.	Anson • CHC	144
9.	Sutton • BSN	143
	Reilly • CIN	143
	O'Rourke • NYG	143

Total Bases
1.	Browning • LOU	255
2.	Orr • NYP	241
3.	Larkin • PHA	238
4.	Stovey • PHA	237
5.	Jones • CIN	225
	Connor • NYG	225
7.	Brouthers • BUF	221
8.	Dalrymple • CHC	219
9.	Anson • CHC	214
10.	O'Rourke • NYG	211

Doubles
1.	Larkin • PHA	37
2.	Anson • CHC	35
3.	Browning • LOU	34
4.	Brouthers • BUF	32
5.	Orr • NYP	29
6.	Rowe • BUF	28
7.	Dalrymple • CHC	27
	Stovey • PHA	27
9.	Mulvey • PHI	25
10.	Kelly • CHC	24
	Bennett • DTN	24
	Manning • PHI	24

Triples
1.	Orr • NYP	21
2.	Kuehne • PIT	19
3.	Fennelly • CIN	17
	Jones • CIN	17
	Wolf • LOU	17
6.	Kerins • LOU	16
	O'Rourke • NYG	16
8.	Connor • NYG	15
9.	Roseman • NYP	14
	Larkin • PHA	14

Home Runs
1.	Stovey • PHA	13
2.	Dalrymple • CHC	11
3.	Fennelly • CIN	10
4.	Kelly • CHC	9
	Browning • LOU	9
6.	Larkin • PHA	8
7.	Brouthers • BUF	7
	Anson • CHC	7
	Burns • CHC	7
	Thompson • DTN	7

Runs Batted In
1.	Anson • CHC	108
2.	Fennelly • CIN	89
3.	Larkin • PHA	88
4.	Orr • NYP	77
5.	Kelly • CHC	75
	Stovey • PHA	75
7.	Pfeffer • CHC	73
	Browning • LOU	73
9.	Burns • CHC	71
10.	Coleman • PHA	70

Bases on Balls
1.	Williamson • CHC	75
2.	Gore • CHC	68
3.	Morrill • BSN	64
4.	Nelson • NYP	61
5.	Connor • NYG	51
6.	Macullar • BAL	49
	Hotaling • BRO	49
8.	Bennett • DTN	47
	Hanlon • DTN	47
10.	Dalrymple • CHC	46
	Kelly • CHC	46
	Stearns • 2TM	46

Strikeouts
1.	Bastian • PHI	82
2.	Morrill • BSN	78
3.	Wise • BSN	61
4.	Williamson • CHC	60
	Bassett • PRO	60
6.	Denny • PRO	53
7.	Flint • CHC	52
8.	Burns • CHC	48
9.	Pfeffer • CHC	47
	Gerhardt • NYG	47

Singles
1.	Connor • NYG	130
2.	Browning • LOU	121
3.	Jones • CIN	116
4.	Carpenter • CIN	109
	Reilly • CIN	109
6.	Sutton • BSN	108
7.	White • BUF	106
	Brady • NYP	106
9.	Stovey • PHA	104
10.	Pinkney • BRO	103
	Glasscock • SLM	103

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Brouthers • BUF	203
2.	Orr • NYP	202
3.	Connor • NYG	200
4.	Browning • LOU	190
5.	Larkin • PHA	175
6.	Gore • CHC	163
7.	Stovey • PHA	163
8.	Bennett • DTN	162
9.	Richardson • BUF	157
10.	Ewing • NYG	156

Runs Created
1.	Browning • LOU	100
2.	Connor • NYG	98
3.	Brouthers • BUF	90
4.	Larkin • PHA	87
	Stovey • PHA	87
6.	Orr • NYP	85
7.	Gore • CHC	81
8.	Jones • CIN	79
9.	Anson • CHC	76
10.	O'Rourke • NYG	75

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Connor • NYG	52
2.	Browning • LOU	48
3.	Brouthers • BUF	47
4.	Orr • NYP	45
5.	Larkin • PHA	39
6.	Stovey • PHA	36
7.	Gore • CHC	36
8.	Jones • CIN	30
9.	O'Rourke • NYG	29
10.	Anson • CHC	28

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Connor • NYG	5.8
2.	Browning • LOU	5.3
3.	Brouthers • BUF	5.2
4.	Orr • NYP	5.0
5.	Larkin • PHA	4.4
6.	Stovey • PHA	4.0
7.	Gore • CHC	4.0
8.	Jones • CIN	3.3
9.	O'Rourke • NYG	3.3
10.	Anson • CHC	3.1

Extra Base Hits
1.	Larkin • PHA	59
2.	Orr • NYP	56
3.	Browning • LOU	53
4.	Brouthers • BUF	50
	Dalrymple • CHC	50
6.	Anson • CHC	49
	Stovey • PHA	49
8.	Bennett • DTN	42
	O'Rourke • NYG	42
10.	Fennelly • CIN	41
	Jones • CIN	41
	Wolf • LOU	41

Times On Base
1.	Connor • NYG	220
2.	Gore • CHC	206
3.	Browning • LOU	199
4.	Stovey • PHA	196
5.	Jones • CIN	187
6.	O'Rourke • NYG	183
7.	Dalrymple • CHC	181
	Larkin • PHA	181
9.	Brouthers • BUF	180
10.	Anson • CHC	178

Offensive Win %
1.	Brouthers • BUF	.860
2.	Connor • NYG	.859
3.	Browning • LOU	.846
4.	Orr • NYP	.817
5.	Larkin • PHA	.812
6.	Gore • CHC	.794
7.	Stovey • PHA	.785
8.	Jones • CIN	.757
9.	Anson • CHC	.757
10.	Richardson • BUF	.753

Hit By Pitch
1.	Gleason • STL	15
2.	Phillips • BRO	11
3.	Roseman • NYP	10
4.	Jones • CIN	9
5.	Field • 2TM	8
	Eden • PIT	8
7.	Reilly • CIN	7
	Houck • PHA	7
	McPhee • CIN	7
	Brown • PIT	7
	Welch • STL	7
	Robinson • STL	7
	Stricker • PHA	7
	Corkhill • CIN	7
	Clinton • CIN	7
	Pinkney • BRO	7

AB per SO
1.	Connor • NYG	56.9
2.	Glasscock • SLM	44.6
3.	Brouthers • BUF	40.7
4.	Start • PRO	37.4
5.	White • BUF	36.7
6.	Anson • CHC	35.7
7.	Mulvey • PHI	24.6
8.	Hanlon • DTN	23.6
9.	Hines • PRO	22.8
10.	O'Rourke • NYG	22.7

AB per HR
1.	Stovey • PHA	37.4
2.	Dalrymple • CHC	44.7
3.	Fennelly • CIN	45.4
4.	Kelly • CHC	48.7
5.	Browning • LOU	53.4
6.	Larkin • PHA	56.6
7.	Ewing • NYG	57.0
8.	Brouthers • BUF	58.1
9.	Burns • CHC	63.6
10.	Burns • BAL	64.2

Outs Made
1.	Latham • STL	385
2.	Dalrymple • CHC	357
3.	Pfeffer • CHC	356
4.	Sommer • BAL	353
	Gleason • STL	353
6.	Kerins • LOU	345
	Ward • NYG	345
8.	Carpenter • CIN	342
	Wolf • LOU	342
10.	McClellan • BRO	340
	Smith • PIT	340

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