1901 Major League Batting Leaders

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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Young • BOS	12.5
2.	Mathewson • NYG	8.8
3.	Willis • BSN	8.7
4.	Lajoie • PHA	8.3
5.	Wallace • STL	7.8
6.	Hahn • CIN	7.7
7.	McGinnity • BLA	7.6
8.	Griffith • CHW	7.2
	Orth • PHI	7.2
10.	Wagner • PIT	7.2

WAR Position Players
1.	Lajoie • PHA	8.3
2.	Wallace • STL	7.8
3.	Wagner • PIT	7.2
4.	Burkett • STL	7.2
5.	Collins • BOS	6.7
6.	Flick • PHI	6.7
7.	Delahanty • PHI	6.6
8.	Sheckard • BRO	6.4
9.	Hartsel • CHC	5.6
10.	Clarke • PIT	5.0

Offensive WAR
1.	Lajoie • PHA	8.4
2.	Burkett • STL	7.3
3.	Wagner • PIT	6.9
4.	Delahanty • PHI	6.5
5.	Sheckard • BRO	6.1
6.	Hartsel • CHC	5.9
7.	Crawford • CIN	5.3
8.	Wallace • STL	5.3
9.	Flick • PHI	5.3
10.	Collins • BOS	5.2

Defensive WAR
1.	Wallace • STL	3.4
2.	Long • BSN	2.7
3.	Dahlen • BRO	2.2
4.	Collins • BOS	1.9
5.	Parent • BOS	1.8
6.	Kittridge • BSN	1.6
7.	Ely • 2TM	1.5
8.	Ferris • BOS	1.4
9.	Bergen • CIN	1.3
10.	Criger • BOS	1.1

Batting Average
1.	Lajoie • PHA	.426
2.	Burkett • STL	.376
3.	Delahanty • PHI	.354
4.	Sheckard • BRO	.354
5.	Wagner • PIT	.353
6.	Donlin • BLA	.340
7.	Keeler • BRO	.339
8.	Freeman • BOS	.339
9.	Heidrick • STL	.339
10.	Van Haltren • NYG	.335

On-Base%
1.	Lajoie • PHA	.463
2.	Burkett • STL	.440
3.	Thomas • PHI	.437
4.	Delahanty • PHI	.427
5.	Wagner • PIT	.417
6.	Hartsel • CHC	.414
7.	Jones • CHW	.412
8.	Sheckard • BRO	.409
9.	Donlin • BLA	.409
10.	Hoy • CHW	.407

Slugging %
1.	Lajoie • PHA	.643
2.	Sheckard • BRO	.534
3.	Delahanty • PHI	.528
4.	Crawford • CIN	.524
5.	Freeman • BOS	.520
6.	Burkett • STL	.509
7.	Seybold • PHA	.503
8.	Flick • PHI	.500
9.	Williams • BLA	.495
10.	Collins • BOS	.495

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Lajoie • PHA	1.106
2.	Delahanty • PHI	.955
3.	Burkett • STL	.949
4.	Sheckard • BRO	.944
5.	Freeman • BOS	.920
6.	Wagner • PIT	.911
7.	Crawford • CIN	.903
8.	Seybold • PHA	.901
9.	Flick • PHI	.899
10.	Hartsel • CHC	.889

Games Played
1.	Burkett • STL	142
	Krueger • STL	142
3.	Waldron • 2TM	141
4.	DeMontreville • BSN	140
	Hartsel • CHC	140
	Beckley • CIN	140
	Ritchey • PIT	140
	Wagner • PIT	140
9.	Hallman • MLA	139
	Cross • PHI	139
	Delahanty • PHI	139
	Bransfield • PIT	139

At Bats
1.	Burkett • STL	601
2.	Waldron • 2TM	598
3.	Keeler • BRO	595
4.	Dowd • BOS	594
5.	Beckley • CIN	580
6.	DeMontreville • BSN	577
7.	Anderson • MLA	576
8.	Bransfield • PIT	566
9.	Collins • BOS	564
10.	Fultz • PHA	561

Plate Appearances
1.	Burkett • STL	676
2.	Waldron • 2TM	651
3.	Dowd • BOS	646
4.	Keeler • BRO	645
5.	Hoy • CHW	641
6.	Hartsel • CHC	636
7.	Beckley • CIN	635
8.	Barrett • DET	632
9.	Jones • CHW	629
10.	Mertes • CHW	624

Runs Scored
1.	Lajoie • PHA	145
2.	Burkett • STL	142
3.	Keeler • BRO	123
4.	Jones • CHW	120
	Beaumont • PIT	120
6.	Clarke • PIT	118
7.	Sheckard • BRO	116
8.	Williams • BLA	113
9.	Hoy • CHW	112
	Flick • PHI	112

Hits
1.	Lajoie • PHA	232
2.	Burkett • STL	226
3.	Keeler • BRO	202
4.	Sheckard • BRO	196
5.	Wagner • PIT	194
6.	Delahanty • PHI	192
7.	Anderson • MLA	190
8.	Collins • BOS	187
	Hartsel • CHC	187
10.	Waldron • 2TM	186

Total Bases
1.	Lajoie • PHA	350
2.	Burkett • STL	306
3.	Sheckard • BRO	296
4.	Delahanty • PHI	286
5.	Collins • BOS	279
6.	Anderson • MLA	274
7.	Wagner • PIT	271
8.	Crawford • CIN	270
	Flick • PHI	270
10.	Hartsel • CHC	265

Doubles
1.	Lajoie • PHA	48
2.	Anderson • MLA	46
3.	Collins • BOS	42
4.	Daly • BRO	38
	Delahanty • PHI	38
6.	Wagner • PIT	37
7.	Beckley • CIN	36
8.	Wallace • STL	34
9.	Flick • PHI	32
	Farrell • WSH	32

Triples
1.	Keister • BLA	21
	Williams • BLA	21
3.	Sheckard • BRO	19
4.	Mertes • CHW	17
	Flick • PHI	17
6.	Collins • BOS	16
	Stahl • BOS	16
	Hartsel • CHC	16
	Crawford • CIN	16
	Delahanty • PHI	16
	Bransfield • PIT	16

Home Runs
1.	Crawford • CIN	16
2.	Lajoie • PHA	14
3.	Freeman • BOS	12
4.	Sheckard • BRO	11
5.	Burkett • STL	10
6.	Grady • WSH	9
7.	Anderson • MLA	8
	Davis • PHA	8
	Seybold • PHA	8
	Delahanty • PHI	8
	Flick • PHI	8
	Beaumont • PIT	8

Runs Batted In
1.	Wagner • PIT	126
2.	Lajoie • PHA	125
3.	Freeman • BOS	114
4.	Delahanty • PHI	108
5.	Sheckard • BRO	104
	Crawford • CIN	104
7.	Anderson • MLA	99
8.	Mertes • CHW	98
9.	Williams • BLA	96
10.	Collins • BOS	94

Bases on Balls
1.	Thomas • PHI	100
2.	Hoy • CHW	86
3.	Jones • CHW	84
4.	Barrett • DET	76
5.	McFarland • CHW	75
6.	Hartsel • CHC	74
7.	Davis • 2TM	66
8.	Delahanty • PHI	65
9.	Hamilton • BSN	64
10.	McGraw • BLA	61

Strikeouts
1.	Cross • PHI	91
2.	Strang • NYG	77
3.	Burkett • STL	70
4.	Barrett • DET	64
5.	Green • CHC	60
	Delahanty • PHI	60
	Bransfield • PIT	60
8.	Daly • BRO	58
9.	Hahn • CIN	57
10.	Long • BSN	56
	McCormick • CHC	56
	Flick • PHI	56
	Thomas • PHI	56

Stolen Bases
1.	Isbell • CHW	52
2.	Wagner • PIT	49
3.	Mertes • CHW	46
4.	Hartsel • CHC	41
5.	Strang • NYG	40
6.	Seymour • BLA	38
	Jones • CHW	38
8.	Harley • CIN	37
9.	Pickering • CLE	36
	Fultz • PHA	36
	Beaumont • PIT	36

Singles
1.	Burkett • STL	181
2.	Keeler • BRO	170
3.	Beaumont • PIT	158
4.	Lajoie • PHA	156
5.	Waldron • 2TM	155
6.	Van Haltren • NYG	152
7.	DeMontreville • BSN	150
8.	Jones • CHW	141
9.	Thomas • PHI	140
	Wagner • PIT	140
	Dungan • WSH	140

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Lajoie • PHA	198
2.	Burkett • STL	180
3.	Delahanty • PHI	173
4.	Sheckard • BRO	169
5.	Crawford • CIN	167
6.	Hartsel • CHC	161
7.	Wagner • PIT	160
8.	Flick • PHI	157
9.	Freeman • BOS	155
10.	Heidrick • STL	147

Runs Created
1.	Lajoie • PHA	158
2.	Burkett • STL	132
3.	Delahanty • PHI	121
4.	Sheckard • BRO	120
5.	Wagner • PIT	111
6.	Hartsel • CHC	109
7.	Flick • PHI	106
8.	Collins • BOS	103
9.	Crawford • CIN	101
10.	Freeman • BOS	100

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Lajoie • PHA	72
2.	Burkett • STL	62
3.	Delahanty • PHI	53
4.	Sheckard • BRO	48
5.	Hartsel • CHC	46
6.	Wagner • PIT	44
7.	Crawford • CIN	40
8.	Flick • PHI	40
9.	Freeman • BOS	36
10.	Clarke • PIT	31

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Lajoie • PHA	7.1
2.	Burkett • STL	6.4
3.	Delahanty • PHI	5.5
4.	Sheckard • BRO	5.0
5.	Hartsel • CHC	4.8
6.	Wagner • PIT	4.6
7.	Crawford • CIN	4.2
8.	Flick • PHI	4.2
9.	Freeman • BOS	3.5
10.	Clarke • PIT	3.2

Extra Base Hits
1.	Lajoie • PHA	76
2.	Collins • BOS	64
3.	Delahanty • PHI	62
4.	Anderson • MLA	61
5.	Sheckard • BRO	59
6.	Flick • PHI	57
7.	Williams • BLA	54
	Wagner • PIT	54
9.	Beckley • CIN	52
	Crawford • CIN	52

Times On Base
1.	Burkett • STL	295
2.	Lajoie • PHA	269
3.	Hartsel • CHC	262
4.	Delahanty • PHI	261
5.	Thomas • PHI	257
6.	Hoy • CHW	255
7.	Wagner • PIT	254
8.	Jones • CHW	252
9.	Sheckard • BRO	248
10.	Barrett • DET	240

Offensive Win %
1.	Lajoie • PHA	.885
2.	Burkett • STL	.827
3.	Delahanty • PHI	.817
4.	Sheckard • BRO	.814
5.	Wagner • PIT	.788
6.	Hartsel • CHC	.774
7.	Crawford • CIN	.772
8.	Flick • PHI	.766
9.	Freeman • BOS	.750
10.	Seybold • PHA	.732

Hit By Pitch
1.	McGann • STL	23
2.	McGraw • BLA	14
	Hoy • CHW	14
4.	Lajoie • PHA	13
	Krueger • STL	13
6.	Jennings • PHI	12
	Clarke • WSH	12
8.	Padden • STL	11
9.	Crolius • BSN	10
	Casey • DET	10
	Clarke • PIT	10
	Burkett • STL	10
	Nichols • STL	10

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Hallman • 2TM	29
2.	DeMontreville • BSN	24
	Nance • DET	24
4.	Keeler • BRO	22
5.	Parent • BOS	21
	Harley • CIN	21
7.	Stahl • BOS	20
	Mertes • CHW	20
	Beckley • CIN	20
	Strang • NYG	20

Power-Speed #
1.	Lajoie • PHA	18.4
2.	Sheckard • BRO	16.7
3.	Burkett • STL	14.6
4.	Crawford • CIN	14.3
5.	Freeman • BOS	14.1
6.	Beaumont • PIT	13.1
7.	Anderson • MLA	13.0
8.	Flick • PHI	12.6
9.	Delahanty • PHI	12.5
10.	Hartsel • CHC	12.0

AB per SO
1.	Keeler • BRO	119.0
2.	Dungan • WSH	93.2
3.	Cross • PHA	70.7
4.	Lajoie • PHA	60.4
5.	McAllister • DET	43.7
6.	Wood • CLE	43.3
7.	McCarthy • CLE	42.9
8.	Schrecongost • BOS	40.0
9.	Stahl • BOS	32.2
10.	Collins • BOS	31.3

AB per HR
1.	Crawford • CIN	32.2
2.	Grady • WSH	38.6
3.	Lajoie • PHA	38.9
4.	Freeman • BOS	40.8
5.	Sheckard • BRO	50.4
6.	Seybold • PHA	56.1
7.	Burkett • STL	60.1
8.	Foster • 2TM	61.0
9.	Davis • PHA	62.0
10.	Steinfeldt • CIN	63.7

Outs Made
1.	Dowd • BOS	442
2.	DeMontreville • BSN	428
	Hallman • MLA	428
4.	Isbell • CHW	426
5.	Waldron • 2TM	423
6.	Beckley • CIN	422
7.	Long • BSN	421
8.	Ganzel • NYG	420
9.	Keeler • BRO	415
10.	Mertes • CHW	414

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