1886 National League Batting Leaders

Pennant Winner: Chicago White Stockings

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National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Ferguson • PHI	11.7
2.	Baldwin • DTN	10.5
3.	Keefe • NYG	9.4
4.	Brouthers • DTN	8.2
5.	Kelly • CHC	7.3
6.	McCormick • CHC	7.2
7.	Connor • NYG	7.1
8.	Glasscock • SLM	7.0
9.	Anson • CHC	7.0
10.	Richardson • DTN	6.9

WAR Position Players
1.	Brouthers • DTN	8.2
2.	Kelly • CHC	7.3
3.	Connor • NYG	7.1
4.	Glasscock • SLM	7.0
5.	Anson • CHC	7.0
	Richardson • DTN	7.0
7.	Gore • CHC	4.5
8.	Rowe • DTN	4.2
9.	Hines • WHS	4.2
10.	Thompson • DTN	4.1

Offensive WAR
1.	Brouthers • DTN	8.0
2.	Kelly • CHC	7.6
3.	Anson • CHC	6.9
4.	Connor • NYG	6.4
5.	Richardson • DTN	6.3
6.	Glasscock • SLM	6.2
7.	Hines • WHS	4.9
8.	Gore • CHC	4.6
9.	McKinnon • SLM	4.1
10.	Rowe • DTN	4.1

Defensive WAR
1.	Bennett • DTN	2.0
2.	Glasscock • SLM	1.8
3.	Bastian • PHI	1.6
4.	Denny • SLM	1.5
5.	Irwin • PHI	1.4
6.	Burns • CHC	1.3
7.	Rowe • DTN	1.0
8.	Gilligan • WHS	1.0
9.	Ward • NYG	1.0
10.	Farrar • PHI	1.0

Batting Average
1.	Kelly • CHC	.388
2.	Anson • CHC	.371
3.	Brouthers • DTN	.370
4.	Connor • NYG	.355
5.	Richardson • DTN	.351
6.	Glasscock • SLM	.325
7.	Hines • WHS	.312
8.	Thompson • DTN	.310
9.	O'Rourke • NYG	.309
10.	Ryan • CHC	.306

On-Base%
1.	Kelly • CHC	.483
2.	Brouthers • DTN	.445
3.	Gore • CHC	.434
4.	Anson • CHC	.433
5.	Connor • NYG	.405
6.	Richardson • DTN	.402
7.	Fogarty • PHI	.385
8.	Glasscock • SLM	.374
9.	O'Rourke • NYG	.365
10.	Hines • WHS	.358

Slugging %
1.	Brouthers • DTN	.581
2.	Anson • CHC	.544
3.	Connor • NYG	.540
4.	Kelly • CHC	.534
5.	Richardson • DTN	.504
6.	Hines • WHS	.462
7.	Thompson • DTN	.445
8.	Gore • CHC	.444
9.	Glasscock • SLM	.432
10.	Wise • BSN	.432

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Brouthers • DTN	1.026
2.	Kelly • CHC	1.018
3.	Anson • CHC	.977
4.	Connor • NYG	.945
5.	Richardson • DTN	.906
6.	Gore • CHC	.878
7.	Hines • WHS	.820
8.	Glasscock • SLM	.806
9.	Thompson • DTN	.800
10.	Fogarty • PHI	.792

Games Played
1.	Hanlon • DTN	126
	Seery • SLM	126
3.	Anson • CHC	125
	Richardson • DTN	125
	Cahill • SLM	125
6.	White • DTN	124
7.	Esterbrook • NYG	123
	Gerhardt • NYG	123
9.	Thompson • DTN	122
	McQuery • KCN	122
	Radford • KCN	122
	Ward • NYG	122
	McKinnon • SLM	122
	Dunlap • 2TM	122

At Bats
1.	Richardson • DTN	538
2.	Anson • CHC	504
3.	Thompson • DTN	503
4.	Sutton • BSN	499
5.	Hanlon • DTN	494
6.	Radford • KCN	493
7.	White • DTN	491
	Ward • NYG	491
	McKinnon • SLM	491
10.	Brouthers • DTN	489

Plate Appearances
1.	Richardson • DTN	584
2.	Anson • CHC	559
3.	Brouthers • DTN	555
4.	Hanlon • DTN	551
	Radford • KCN	551
6.	Gore • CHC	546
7.	Thompson • DTN	538
8.	Kelly • CHC	534
9.	Connor • NYG	526
10.	Sutton • BSN	525
	Dunlap • 2TM	525

Runs Scored
1.	Kelly • CHC	155
2.	Gore • CHC	150
3.	Brouthers • DTN	139
4.	Richardson • DTN	125
5.	Anson • CHC	117
6.	O'Rourke • NYG	106
7.	Hanlon • DTN	105
	Connor • NYG	105
9.	Thompson • DTN	101
10.	Rowe • DTN	97

Hits
1.	Richardson • DTN	189
2.	Anson • CHC	187
3.	Brouthers • DTN	181
4.	Kelly • CHC	175
5.	Connor • NYG	172
6.	Glasscock • SLM	158
7.	Thompson • DTN	156
8.	Hines • WHS	152
9.	McKinnon • SLM	148
10.	Rowe • DTN	142
	White • DTN	142

Total Bases
1.	Brouthers • DTN	284
2.	Anson • CHC	274
3.	Richardson • DTN	271
4.	Connor • NYG	262
5.	Kelly • CHC	241
6.	Hines • WHS	225
7.	Thompson • DTN	224
8.	Glasscock • SLM	210
	McKinnon • SLM	210
10.	Rowe • DTN	199

Doubles
1.	Brouthers • DTN	40
2.	Anson • CHC	35
3.	Kelly • CHC	32
4.	Hines • WHS	30
5.	Connor • NYG	29
	Glasscock • SLM	29
7.	Richardson • DTN	27
	McQuery • KCN	27
9.	O'Rourke • NYG	26
10.	Morrill • BSN	25

Triples
1.	Connor • NYG	20
2.	Brouthers • DTN	15
	Wood • PHI	15
4.	Thompson • DTN	13
5.	Wise • BSN	12
	Dalrymple • CHC	12
	Gore • CHC	12
8.	Anson • CHC	11
	Kelly • CHC	11
	Richardson • DTN	11
	Bastian • PHI	11
	Knowles • WHS	11

Home Runs
1.	Brouthers • DTN	11
	Richardson • DTN	11
3.	Anson • CHC	10
4.	Hines • WHS	9
	Denny • SLM	9
6.	McKinnon • SLM	8
	Thompson • DTN	8
8.	Morrill • BSN	7
	Pfeffer • CHC	7
	Connor • NYG	7
	Dunlap • 2TM	7

Runs Batted In
1.	Anson • CHC	147
2.	Pfeffer • CHC	95
3.	Thompson • DTN	89
4.	Rowe • DTN	87
5.	Ward • NYG	81
6.	Kelly • CHC	79
	Dorgan • NYG	79
8.	White • DTN	76
9.	Wise • BSN	72
	Brouthers • DTN	72
	McKinnon • SLM	72

Bases on Balls
1.	Gore • CHC	102
2.	Kelly • CHC	83
3.	Williamson • CHC	80
4.	Brouthers • DTN	66
5.	Radford • KCN	58
6.	Hanlon • DTN	57
	Seery • SLM	57
8.	Morrill • BSN	56
9.	Anson • CHC	55
10.	Bennett • DTN	48

Strikeouts
1.	Seery • SLM	82
2.	Morrill • BSN	81
3.	Lillie • KCN	80
4.	Cahill • SLM	79
5.	Wood • PHI	75
6.	Bastian • PHI	73
	Knowles • WHS	73
8.	Williamson • CHC	71
9.	Johnston • BSN	70
10.	Denny • SLM	68

Stolen Bases
1.	Andrews • PHI	56
2.	Kelly • CHC	53
3.	Hanlon • DTN	50
4.	Richardson • DTN	42
5.	Radford • KCN	39
6.	Glasscock • SLM	38
7.	Ward • NYG	36
8.	Poorman • BSN	31
	Wise • BSN	31
	Carroll • WHS	31

Singles
1.	Richardson • DTN	140
2.	Anson • CHC	131
3.	Kelly • CHC	128
4.	Glasscock • SLM	119
5.	Thompson • DTN	117
	White • DTN	117
7.	Connor • NYG	116
8.	Brouthers • DTN	115
9.	Ward • NYG	110
10.	McKinnon • SLM	109

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Brouthers • DTN	208
2.	Kelly • CHC	193
3.	Connor • NYG	183
4.	Anson • CHC	180
5.	Richardson • DTN	173
6.	Hines • WHS	157
7.	Gore • CHC	154
8.	Glasscock • SLM	153
9.	Fogarty • PHI	143
10.	Thompson • DTN	141

Runs Created
1.	Brouthers • DTN	126
2.	Anson • CHC	119
3.	Kelly • CHC	116
4.	Richardson • DTN	109
5.	Connor • NYG	106
6.	Gore • CHC	86
7.	Hines • WHS	81
8.	Thompson • DTN	80
9.	Glasscock • SLM	79
10.	McKinnon • SLM	69

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Brouthers • DTN	67
2.	Kelly • CHC	60
3.	Anson • CHC	53
4.	Connor • NYG	48
5.	Richardson • DTN	47
6.	Gore • CHC	37
7.	Hines • WHS	32
8.	Glasscock • SLM	31
9.	Thompson • DTN	24
10.	McKinnon • SLM	20

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Brouthers • DTN	7.0
2.	Kelly • CHC	6.3
3.	Anson • CHC	5.6
4.	Connor • NYG	5.0
5.	Richardson • DTN	5.0
6.	Gore • CHC	4.0
7.	Hines • WHS	3.4
8.	Glasscock • SLM	3.3
9.	Thompson • DTN	2.5
10.	McKinnon • SLM	2.2

Extra Base Hits
1.	Brouthers • DTN	66
2.	Anson • CHC	56
	Connor • NYG	56
4.	Richardson • DTN	49
5.	Kelly • CHC	47
	Hines • WHS	47
7.	Thompson • DTN	39
	Denny • SLM	39
	Glasscock • SLM	39
	McKinnon • SLM	39

Times On Base
1.	Kelly • CHC	258
2.	Brouthers • DTN	247
3.	Anson • CHC	242
4.	Gore • CHC	237
5.	Richardson • DTN	235
6.	Connor • NYG	213
7.	Glasscock • SLM	196
8.	Thompson • DTN	191
9.	Hines • WHS	187
10.	Dunlap • 2TM	176

Offensive Win %
1.	Kelly • CHC	.878
2.	Brouthers • DTN	.873
3.	Anson • CHC	.854
4.	Connor • NYG	.829
5.	Richardson • DTN	.807
6.	Gore • CHC	.772
7.	Hines • WHS	.723
8.	Glasscock • SLM	.722
9.	Thompson • DTN	.706
10.	Fogarty • PHI	.692

Power-Speed #
1.	Richardson • DTN	17.4
2.	Anson • CHC	14.9
3.	Brouthers • DTN	14.4
4.	Hines • WHS	12.6
5.	Denny • SLM	11.5
6.	Pfeffer • CHC	11.4
7.	Dunlap • 2TM	10.4
8.	Connor • NYG	9.9
9.	Thompson • DTN	9.9
10.	Gore • CHC	9.5

AB per SO
1.	Glasscock • SLM	37.4
2.	Connor • NYG	32.3
3.	Brouthers • DTN	30.6
4.	Anson • CHC	26.5
5.	Sutton • BSN	23.8
6.	Hines • WHS	23.2
7.	McKinnon • SLM	21.3
8.	O'Rourke • NYG	21.0
9.	Richardson • DTN	19.9
10.	Fogarty • PHI	17.5

AB per HR
1.	Brouthers • DTN	44.5
2.	Richardson • DTN	48.9
3.	Anson • CHC	50.4
4.	Denny • SLM	52.8
5.	Hines • WHS	54.1
6.	McKinnon • SLM	61.4
7.	Morrill • BSN	61.4
8.	Thompson • DTN	62.9
9.	Pfeffer • CHC	67.7
10.	Dunlap • 2TM	68.7

Outs Made
1.	Radford • KCN	380
2.	Hanlon • DTN	378
3.	Cahill • SLM	371
4.	Sutton • BSN	361
5.	Ward • NYG	357
6.	Denny • SLM	353
7.	Donnelly • KCN	350
8.	Pfeffer • CHC	349
	Richardson • DTN	349
	White • DTN	349
	Dunlap • 2TM	349
	Knowles • WHS	349

rOBA
1.	Kelly • CHC	.479
2.	Brouthers • DTN	.468
3.	Anson • CHC	.450
4.	Connor • NYG	.434
5.	Richardson • DTN	.424
6.	Gore • CHC	.413
7.	Fogarty • PHI	.390
8.	Glasscock • SLM	.388
9.	Hines • WHS	.382
10.	Thompson • DTN	.370

Rbat+
1.	Brouthers • DTN	191
2.	Kelly • CHC	180
3.	Connor • NYG	171
4.	Anson • CHC	170
5.	Richardson • DTN	163
6.	Hines • WHS	152
7.	Glasscock • SLM	151
8.	Gore • CHC	150
9.	Fogarty • PHI	142
10.	Thompson • DTN	136

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