1872 National Association Batting Leaders

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National Association Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Spalding • BOS	12.2
2.	Cummings • NYU	8.3
3.	Zettlein • 2TM	6.0
4.	Mathews • BAL	5.7
5.	McBride • ATH	4.7
6.	Barnes • BOS	4.3
7.	Wright • BOS	3.0
8.	Force • 2TM	2.8
9.	Eggler • NYU	2.8
10.	Hatfield • NYU	2.5

WAR Position Players
1.	Barnes • BOS	4.3
2.	Wright • BOS	3.0
3.	Force • 2TM	2.8
4.	Eggler • NYU	2.8
5.	Hatfield • NYU	2.5
6.	Anson • ATH	2.4
7.	Fisler • ATH	2.4
8.	McGeary • ATH	1.9
9.	Hicks • NYU	1.8
10.	Hall • BAL	1.5

Offensive WAR
1.	Barnes • BOS	3.0
2.	Anson • ATH	2.7
3.	Force • 2TM	2.4
4.	Hatfield • NYU	2.1
5.	Eggler • NYU	1.9
6.	Wright • BOS	1.9
	Hicks • NYU	1.9
8.	Fisler • ATH	1.8
9.	McGeary • ATH	1.6
10.	Hall • BAL	1.5

Defensive WAR
1.	Wright • BOS	1.3
2.	Barnes • BOS	1.3
3.	Ferguson • BRA	1.3
4.	Fisler • ATH	0.8
5.	Pearce • NYU	0.7
6.	Schafer • BOS	0.7
7.	Eggler • NYU	0.7
8.	York • BAL	0.5
	Force • 2TM	0.5
10.	Hatfield • NYU	0.5

Batting Average
1.	Barnes • BOS	.430
2.	Force • 2TM	.418
3.	Anson • ATH	.415
4.	Hastings • 2TM	.362
5.	McGeary • ATH	.360
6.	Murnane • MAN	.360
7.	Spalding • BOS	.354
8.	Leonard • BOS	.349
9.	Fisler • ATH	.348
10.	Higham • BAL	.343

On-Base%
1.	Anson • ATH	.455
2.	Barnes • BOS	.452
3.	Force • 2TM	.423
4.	Hastings • 2TM	.376
5.	McGeary • ATH	.366
6.	White • CLE	.363
7.	Spalding • BOS	.363
8.	Mack • ATH	.360
	Murnane • MAN	.360
10.	Fisler • ATH	.359

Slugging %
1.	Barnes • BOS	.583
2.	Anson • ATH	.525
3.	Wood • 2TM	.500
4.	Force • 2TM	.493
5.	Meyerle • ATH	.486
6.	Wright • BOS	.471
7.	Hall • BAL	.464
8.	Pike • BAL	.460
9.	Spalding • BOS	.447
10.	Fisler • ATH	.426

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Barnes • BOS	1.034
2.	Anson • ATH	.980
3.	Force • 2TM	.916
4.	Wood • 2TM	.833
5.	Wright • BOS	.816
6.	Meyerle • ATH	.815
7.	Spalding • BOS	.810
8.	Hall • BAL	.808
9.	Hastings • 2TM	.788
10.	Fisler • ATH	.785

Games Played
1.	Pike • BAL	56
	Radcliff • BAL	56
	Eggler • NYU	56
	Hatfield • NYU	56
	Hicks • NYU	56
6.	Mills • BAL	55
	Cummings • NYU	55
8.	McMullin • NYU	54
	Start • NYU	54
10.	Hall • BAL	53

At Bats
1.	Radcliff • BAL	297
2.	Eggler • NYU	290
3.	Hatfield • NYU	288
4.	Pike • BAL	285
5.	Start • NYU	277
6.	Hicks • NYU	267
7.	Mills • BAL	266
8.	Cuthbert • ATH	260
9.	McBride • ATH	258
10.	Wright • BOS	255

Plate Appearances
1.	Eggler • NYU	298
2.	Radcliff • BAL	297
	Hatfield • NYU	297
4.	Pike • BAL	289
5.	Start • NYU	277
6.	Hicks • NYU	273
7.	Mills • BAL	269
8.	Cuthbert • ATH	266
9.	McBride • ATH	261
10.	Wright • BOS	258

Runs Scored
1.	Eggler • NYU	94
2.	Wright • BOS	87
3.	Cuthbert • ATH	83
4.	Barnes • BOS	81
5.	Hatfield • NYU	76
6.	Higham • BAL	72
7.	Radcliff • BAL	70
8.	Hall • BAL	69
	Force • 2TM	69
10.	Mack • ATH	68
	McGeary • ATH	68
	Pike • BAL	68

Hits
1.	Barnes • BOS	99
2.	Eggler • NYU	97
3.	Force • 2TM	94
4.	Hatfield • NYU	93
5.	Anson • ATH	90
6.	Cuthbert • ATH	88
7.	Radcliff • BAL	86
	Wright • BOS	86
9.	Fisler • ATH	85
	Pike • BAL	85

Total Bases
1.	Barnes • BOS	134
2.	Pike • BAL	131
3.	Wright • BOS	120
4.	Eggler • NYU	117
5.	Hall • BAL	116
6.	Hatfield • NYU	115
7.	Anson • ATH	114
8.	Force • 2TM	111
9.	Radcliff • BAL	110
10.	Spalding • BOS	106

Doubles
1.	Barnes • BOS	28
2.	Eggler • NYU	20
3.	Hall • BAL	17
4.	Wright • BOS	16
5.	Pike • BAL	15
	Hatfield • NYU	15
7.	Mills • BAL	14
8.	Fisler • ATH	13
	Radcliff • BAL	13
	Force • 2TM	13

Triples
1.	Gould • BOS	8
2.	Anson • ATH	7
3.	Hall • BAL	6
	Wright • BOS	6
5.	Remsen • BRA	5
	Pike • BAL	5
	Spalding • BOS	5
	Meyerle • ATH	5
	Wood • 2TM	5
10.	Schafer • BOS	4
	Bentley • MAN	4
	Radcliff • BAL	4
	York • BAL	4

Home Runs
1.	Pike • BAL	7
2.	Gedney • 2TM	3
3.	Wood • 2TM	2
	Treacey • ATH	2
	Carey • BAL	2
	Higham • BAL	2
	Leonard • BOS	2
	Wright • BOS	2
9.	Meyerle • ATH	1
	Fisher • BAL	1
	Hall • BAL	1
	Radcliff • BAL	1
	Barnes • BOS	1
	Cuthbert • ATH	1
	Schafer • BOS	1
	Remsen • BRA	1
	Bentley • MAN	1
	Clapp • MAN	1
	Boyd • NYU	1
	Fulmer • NYU	1
	Hatfield • NYU	1
	Pearce • NYU	1
	Rogers • BOS	1

Runs Batted In
1.	Pike • BAL	60
2.	Anson • ATH	48
	Fisler • ATH	48
	Start • NYU	48
5.	Cuthbert • ATH	47
	Spalding • BOS	47
	Hatfield • NYU	47
8.	Radcliff • BAL	44
	Barnes • BOS	44
10.	Leonard • BOS	42
	Bechtel • NYU	42

Bases on Balls
1.	Mack • ATH	23
2.	Anson • ATH	16
3.	McMullin • NYU	11
4.	Wright • BOS	9
	Barnes • BOS	9
	Hatfield • NYU	9
7.	Eggler • NYU	8
8.	Bechtel • NYU	7
9.	Cuthbert • ATH	6
	Boyd • NYU	6
	Hicks • NYU	6
	Wood • 2TM	6

Strikeouts
1.	Cummings • NYU	14
2.	Cuthbert • ATH	10
	Treacey • ATH	10
4.	Mack • ATH	9
	Eggler • NYU	9
6.	Schafer • BOS	8
	Allison • 2TM	8
8.	Boyd • NYU	7
9.	Remsen • BRA	6
	Hatfield • NYU	6
	McMullin • NYU	6
	Pike • BAL	6

Stolen Bases
1.	Eggler • NYU	18
2.	Cuthbert • ATH	14
	Wright • BOS	14
4.	McGeary • ATH	13
5.	Hatfield • NYU	12
	Barnes • BOS	12
7.	Pike • BAL	10
8.	Bechtel • NYU	9
	Mack • ATH	9
	Craver • BAL	9

Singles
1.	Force • 2TM	79
2.	Cuthbert • ATH	77
	Eggler • NYU	77
4.	Hatfield • NYU	75
5.	Leonard • BOS	74
6.	Anson • ATH	73
7.	Higham • BAL	71
8.	McGeary • ATH	70
	Start • NYU	70
10.	Fisler • ATH	69

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Barnes • BOS	211
2.	Anson • ATH	200
3.	Force • 2TM	178
4.	Wood • 2TM	156
5.	Meyerle • ATH	147
6.	Hastings • 2TM	144
7.	Wright • BOS	144
8.	Spalding • BOS	144
9.	Hall • BAL	141
10.	Eggler • NYU	141

Runs Created
1.	Barnes • BOS	62
2.	Anson • ATH	50
3.	Force • 2TM	48
4.	Pike • BAL	42
	Wright • BOS	42
	Eggler • NYU	42
7.	Hall • BAL	41
8.	Hatfield • NYU	40
9.	Spalding • BOS	39
10.	Fisler • ATH	38

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Barnes • BOS	31
2.	Anson • ATH	26
3.	Force • 2TM	20
4.	Eggler • NYU	15
5.	Wright • BOS	13
6.	Hatfield • NYU	13
7.	Hall • BAL	12
8.	Spalding • BOS	12
9.	Fisler • ATH	11
10.	McGeary • ATH	10

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Barnes • BOS	3.0
2.	Anson • ATH	2.5
3.	Force • 2TM	2.0
4.	Eggler • NYU	1.4
5.	Hatfield • NYU	1.3
	Wright • BOS	1.3
7.	Hall • BAL	1.2
8.	Spalding • BOS	1.1
9.	Fisler • ATH	1.1
10.	McGeary • ATH	1.0

Extra Base Hits
1.	Barnes • BOS	31
2.	Pike • BAL	27
3.	Hall • BAL	24
	Wright • BOS	24
5.	Eggler • NYU	20
6.	Wood • 2TM	19
7.	Radcliff • BAL	18
	Hatfield • NYU	18
9.	Anson • ATH	17
	Gould • BOS	17
	Spalding • BOS	17

Times On Base
1.	Barnes • BOS	108
2.	Anson • ATH	106
3.	Eggler • NYU	105
4.	Hatfield • NYU	102
5.	Force • 2TM	96
6.	Cuthbert • ATH	94
7.	Fisler • ATH	89
	Pike • BAL	89
	Wright • BOS	89
10.	Hicks • NYU	88

Offensive Win %
1.	Barnes • BOS	.857
2.	Anson • ATH	.804
3.	Force • 2TM	.794
4.	Spalding • BOS	.671
5.	Wood • 2TM	.666
6.	Hall • BAL	.658
7.	Hastings • 2TM	.655
8.	Wright • BOS	.654
9.	Fisler • ATH	.642
10.	Meyerle • ATH	.627

Double Plays Grounded Into
1.	Hicks • NYU	7
2.	McMullin • NYU	4
3.	Barnes • BOS	3
	Meyerle • ATH	3
	Craver • BAL	3
	Hatfield • NYU	3
7.	Wolters • CLE	2
	Cuthbert • ATH	2
	Patterson • ECK	2
	Bentley • MAN	2
	Bechtel • NYU	2
	Cummings • NYU	2
	Pearce • NYU	2
	Allison • 2TM	2
	Holdsworth • 2TM	2
	Bellán • TRO	2
	McAtee • TRO	2
	Anson • ATH	2
	Fisler • ATH	2
	Mathews • BAL	2
	Higham • BAL	2
	McBride • ATH	2
	Rogers • BOS	2

Caught Stealing
1.	McGeary • ATH	8
2.	Anson • ATH	6
	Eggler • NYU	6
4.	Mack • ATH	5
	Barlow • BRA	5
	Treacey • ATH	5
	Leonard • BOS	5
	Higham • BAL	5
	Hatfield • NYU	5
10.	Cuthbert • ATH	4
	Wright • BOS	4
	Booth • 2TM	4

Power-Speed #
1.	Pike • BAL	8.2
2.	Wright • BOS	3.5
3.	Leonard • BOS	3.2
4.	Treacey • ATH	3.1
5.	Gedney • 2TM	3.0
6.	Carey • BAL	2.7
	Higham • BAL	2.7
8.	Cuthbert • ATH	1.9
9.	Hatfield • NYU	1.8
	Barnes • BOS	1.8

AB per SO
1.	Start • NYU	∞
	Ferguson • BRA	∞
	Force • TRO	∞
	Bellán • TRO	∞
	Murnane • MAN	∞
	O'Rourke • MAN	∞
	Clapp • MAN	∞
	Pabor • CLE	∞
	Lennon • NAT	∞
	Hines • NAT	∞
	Bielaski • NAT	∞
	Waterman • OLY	∞
	Stearns • NAT	∞
	White • NAT	∞
	Hollingshead • NAT	∞
	Brainard • OLY	∞
	Doyle • NAT	∞
	Goldsmith • OLY	∞
	Flynn • OLY	∞
	Glenn • OLY	∞
	Coughlin • NAT	∞

AB per HR
1.	Gedney • 2TM	39.3
2.	Pike • BAL	40.7
3.	Wood • 2TM	72.0
4.	Carey • BAL	98.0
5.	Bentley • MAN	114.0
6.	Treacey • ATH	118.0
7.	Leonard • BOS	120.5
8.	Higham • BAL	122.5
9.	Wright • BOS	127.5
10.	Meyerle • ATH	146.0

Outs Made
1.	Radcliff • BAL	214
2.	Start • NYU	205
3.	Hatfield • NYU	203
4.	Pike • BAL	201
5.	Cummings • NYU	200
6.	Eggler • NYU	199
7.	Hicks • NYU	192
8.	Mills • BAL	190
9.	McBride • ATH	187
10.	York • BAL	185

rOBA
1.	Barnes • BOS	.474
2.	Anson • ATH	.441
3.	Force • 2TM	.429
4.	Spalding • BOS	.378
5.	Hall • BAL	.371
6.	Wood • 2TM	.370
7.	Wright • BOS	.369
8.	Hastings • 2TM	.367
9.	Fisler • ATH	.367
10.	Meyerle • ATH	.364

Rbat+
1.	Barnes • BOS	165
2.	Anson • ATH	163
3.	Force • 2TM	150
4.	Wood • 2TM	131
5.	Hastings • 2TM	130
6.	White • CLE	129
7.	Eggler • NYU	129
8.	Hatfield • NYU	127
9.	Murnane • MAN	127
10.	McGeary • ATH	127

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