1887 National League Batting Leaders

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National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Clarkson • CHC	15.0
2.	Ferguson • PHI	9.9
3.	Casey • PHI	9.3
4.	Whitney • WHS	8.4
5.	Keefe • NYG	7.5
6.	Ward • NYG	6.6
7.	Galvin • PIT	6.4
8.	Connor • NYG	6.2
9.	Thompson • DTN	5.3
10.	Glasscock • IND	5.3

WAR Position Players
1.	Ward • NYG	6.6
2.	Connor • NYG	6.2
3.	Thompson • DTN	5.3
4.	Brouthers • DTN	5.3
5.	Glasscock • IND	5.3
6.	Anson • CHC	5.2
7.	Wise • BSN	4.7
8.	Denny • IND	4.5
9.	Rowe • DTN	4.2
10.	Fogarty • PHI	4.1

Offensive WAR
1.	Brouthers • DTN	6.1
2.	Connor • NYG	5.3
3.	Thompson • DTN	5.2
4.	Wise • BSN	4.9
5.	Ward • NYG	4.7
6.	Kelly • BSN	4.5
7.	Anson • CHC	4.4
8.	Denny • IND	4.0
9.	Carroll • PIT	4.0
10.	Hines • WHS	3.9
	Nash • BSN	3.9

Defensive WAR
1.	Ward • NYG	2.7
2.	Glasscock • IND	2.4
3.	Richardson • NYG	1.5
4.	Bassett • IND	1.4
5.	Rowe • DTN	1.1
6.	Bennett • DTN	1.0
7.	Connor • NYG	1.0
	Donnelly • WHS	1.0
9.	Anson • CHC	0.9
10.	Fogarty • PHI	0.9

Batting Average
1.	Thompson • DTN	.372
2.	Anson • CHC	.347
3.	Brouthers • DTN	.338
4.	Ward • NYG	.338
5.	Wise • BSN	.334
6.	Richardson • DTN	.328
7.	Carroll • PIT	.328
8.	Andrews • PHI	.325
9.	Denny • IND	.324
10.	Kelly • BSN	.322

On-Base%
1.	Brouthers • DTN	.426
2.	Anson • CHC	.422
3.	Thompson • DTN	.416
4.	Schomberg • IND	.397
5.	Kelly • BSN	.393
6.	Connor • NYG	.392
7.	Wise • BSN	.390
8.	Carroll • PIT	.383
9.	Hines • WHS	.380
10.	Williamson • CHC	.377

Slugging %
1.	Thompson • DTN	.565
2.	Brouthers • DTN	.562
3.	Connor • NYG	.541
4.	Wise • BSN	.522
5.	Anson • CHC	.517
6.	Denny • IND	.502
7.	Carroll • PIT	.499
8.	Wood • PHI	.497
9.	Ewing • NYG	.497
10.	O'Brien • WHS	.492

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Brouthers • DTN	.988
2.	Thompson • DTN	.982
3.	Anson • CHC	.939
4.	Connor • NYG	.933
5.	Wise • BSN	.913
6.	Carroll • PIT	.882
7.	Kelly • BSN	.880
8.	Ewing • NYG	.867
9.	Schomberg • IND	.860
10.	Richardson • DTN	.851

Games Played
1.	Ward • NYG	129
2.	Johnston • BSN	127
	Morrill • BSN	127
	Williamson • CHC	127
	Thompson • DTN	127
	Connor • NYG	127
7.	Ryan • CHC	126
	Fogarty • PHI	126
9.	Rowe • DTN	124
10.	Pfeffer • CHC	123
	Brouthers • DTN	123
	Hines • WHS	123

At Bats
1.	Thompson • DTN	545
	Ward • NYG	545
3.	Richardson • DTN	543
4.	Rowe • DTN	537
5.	Denny • IND	510
6.	Ryan • CHC	508
7.	Johnston • BSN	507
8.	Morrill • BSN	504
9.	Brouthers • DTN	500
10.	Fogarty • PHI	495

Plate Appearances
1.	Fogarty • PHI	587
2.	Thompson • DTN	586
3.	Rowe • DTN	579
4.	Ward • NYG	578
5.	Brouthers • DTN	577
6.	Richardson • DTN	576
7.	Ryan • CHC	567
8.	Connor • NYG	554
9.	Morrill • BSN	542
10.	Kelly • BSN	540
	Seery • IND	540

Runs Scored
1.	Brouthers • DTN	153
2.	Rowe • DTN	135
3.	Richardson • DTN	131
4.	Kelly • BSN	120
5.	Thompson • DTN	118
	Wood • PHI	118
7.	Ryan • CHC	117
8.	Ward • NYG	114
9.	Connor • NYG	113
	Fogarty • PHI	113

Hits
1.	Thompson • DTN	203
2.	Ward • NYG	184
3.	Richardson • DTN	178
4.	Rowe • DTN	171
5.	Brouthers • DTN	169
6.	Denny • IND	165
7.	Anson • CHC	164
8.	Kelly • BSN	156
	Wise • BSN	156
10.	Andrews • PHI	151

Total Bases
1.	Thompson • DTN	308
2.	Brouthers • DTN	281
3.	Richardson • DTN	263
4.	Denny • IND	256
5.	Connor • NYG	255
6.	Wise • BSN	244
	Anson • CHC	244
	Wood • PHI	244
9.	Rowe • DTN	239
10.	Kelly • BSN	236

Doubles
1.	Brouthers • DTN	36
2.	Kelly • BSN	34
	Denny • IND	34
4.	Anson • CHC	33
5.	Morrill • BSN	32
	Hines • WHS	32
7.	Rowe • DTN	30
8.	Thompson • DTN	29
9.	Wise • BSN	27
10.	Connor • NYG	26
	Fogarty • PHI	26

Triples
1.	Thompson • DTN	23
2.	Connor • NYG	22
3.	Johnston • BSN	20
	Brouthers • DTN	20
5.	Wood • PHI	19
6.	Richardson • DTN	18
7.	Wise • BSN	17
8.	Sullivan • CHC	16
	Schomberg • IND	16
10.	Seery • IND	15
	Carroll • PIT	15
	Kuehne • PIT	15

Home Runs
1.	O'Brien • WHS	19
2.	Connor • NYG	17
3.	Pfeffer • CHC	16
4.	Wood • PHI	14
5.	Morrill • BSN	12
	Brouthers • DTN	12
7.	Ryan • CHC	11
	Denny • IND	11
9.	Hines • WHS	10
	Tiernan • NYG	10
	Thompson • DTN	10

Runs Batted In
1.	Thompson • DTN	166
2.	Connor • NYG	104
3.	Anson • CHC	102
4.	Brouthers • DTN	101
5.	Denny • IND	97
6.	Rowe • DTN	96
7.	Nash • BSN	94
	Richardson • DTN	94
9.	Wise • BSN	92
10.	Pfeffer • CHC	89

Bases on Balls
1.	Fogarty • PHI	82
2.	Connor • NYG	75
3.	Williamson • CHC	73
4.	Brouthers • DTN	71
	Seery • IND	71
6.	Nash • BSN	60
	Anson • CHC	60
8.	Schomberg • IND	56
9.	Kelly • BSN	55
	Whitney • PIT	55

Strikeouts
1.	Morrill • BSN	86
2.	Seery • IND	68
3.	Brown • 2TM	65
4.	Williamson • CHC	57
5.	Sullivan • CHC	53
6.	Wood • PHI	51
7.	Connor • NYG	50
8.	Smith • PIT	48
9.	Galvin • PIT	47
10.	Gilmore • WHS	46

Stolen Bases
1.	Ward • NYG	111
2.	Fogarty • PHI	102
3.	Kelly • BSN	84
4.	Hanlon • DTN	69
5.	Glasscock • IND	62
6.	Pfeffer • CHC	57
	Andrews • PHI	57
8.	Johnston • BSN	52
9.	Ryan • CHC	50
10.	Seery • IND	48

Singles
1.	Ward • NYG	162
2.	Thompson • DTN	141
3.	Richardson • DTN	127
4.	Rowe • DTN	125
5.	Andrews • PHI	121
6.	Glasscock • IND	117
7.	Anson • CHC	111
	Gore • NYG	111
9.	Denny • IND	108
10.	Mulvey • PHI	107

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Brouthers • DTN	169
2.	Thompson • DTN	166
3.	Connor • NYG	161
4.	Wise • BSN	153
5.	Carroll • PIT	150
6.	Anson • CHC	146
7.	Kelly • BSN	145
8.	Ewing • NYG	143
9.	Schomberg • IND	142
10.	Hines • WHS	136

Runs Created
1.	Thompson • DTN	125
2.	Brouthers • DTN	118
3.	Anson • CHC	103
4.	Connor • NYG	98
5.	Richardson • DTN	96
6.	Wise • BSN	93
7.	Kelly • BSN	92
8.	Rowe • DTN	87
	Denny • IND	87
10.	Wood • PHI	84

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Brouthers • DTN	50
2.	Thompson • DTN	48
3.	Connor • NYG	40
4.	Anson • CHC	33
5.	Wise • BSN	33
6.	Kelly • BSN	31
7.	Carroll • PIT	28
8.	Hines • WHS	26
9.	Schomberg • IND	26
10.	Denny • IND	22

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Brouthers • DTN	4.8
2.	Thompson • DTN	4.7
3.	Connor • NYG	3.9
4.	Anson • CHC	3.3
5.	Wise • BSN	3.2
6.	Kelly • BSN	3.1
7.	Carroll • PIT	2.8
8.	Hines • WHS	2.5
9.	Schomberg • IND	2.5
10.	Denny • IND	2.2

Extra Base Hits
1.	Brouthers • DTN	68
2.	Connor • NYG	65
3.	Thompson • DTN	62
4.	Denny • IND	57
5.	Wood • PHI	55
6.	Kelly • BSN	53
	Wise • BSN	53
	Anson • CHC	53
9.	Richardson • DTN	51
10.	Morrill • BSN	50

Times On Base
1.	Brouthers • DTN	246
2.	Thompson • DTN	244
3.	Anson • CHC	225
4.	Fogarty • PHI	221
5.	Connor • NYG	217
	Ward • NYG	217
7.	Rowe • DTN	213
8.	Kelly • BSN	212
9.	Richardson • DTN	211
10.	Ryan • CHC	204

Offensive Win %
1.	Thompson • DTN	.803
2.	Brouthers • DTN	.796
3.	Anson • CHC	.776
4.	Wise • BSN	.739
5.	Connor • NYG	.729
6.	Carroll • PIT	.719
7.	Kelly • BSN	.716
8.	Richardson • DTN	.691
9.	Ewing • NYG	.690
10.	Schomberg • IND	.690

Hit By Pitch
1.	Smith • PIT	13
2.	Fogarty • PHI	10
	Farrar • PHI	10
	Glasscock • IND	10
5.	Thompson • DTN	9
	White • DTN	9
	Carroll • WHS	9
8.	Hines • WHS	8
	Connor • NYG	8
10.	Gore • NYG	7
	Wise • BSN	7

Power-Speed #
1.	Pfeffer • CHC	25.0
2.	Connor • NYG	24.4
3.	Ryan • CHC	18.0
4.	Brouthers • DTN	17.7
5.	Hines • WHS	16.4
6.	Wood • PHI	16.1
7.	Denny • IND	16.0
8.	Williamson • CHC	15.0
9.	Wise • BSN	14.9
10.	Fogarty • PHI	14.8

AB per SO
1.	Glasscock • IND	60.4
2.	Brouthers • DTN	55.6
3.	Sutton • BSN	54.3
4.	Rowe • DTN	48.8
5.	Ward • NYG	45.4
6.	O'Rourke • NYG	36.1
7.	Mulvey • PHI	33.9
8.	White • DTN	29.9
9.	Thompson • DTN	28.7
10.	Farrell • WHS	28.3

AB per HR
1.	O'Brien • WHS	23.8
2.	Connor • NYG	27.7
3.	Pfeffer • CHC	29.9
4.	Wood • PHI	35.1
5.	Tiernan • NYG	40.7
6.	Brouthers • DTN	41.7
7.	Morrill • BSN	42.0
8.	Ryan • CHC	46.2
9.	Denny • IND	46.4
10.	Hines • WHS	47.8

Outs Made
1.	Johnston • BSN	376
2.	Rowe • DTN	366
	Fogarty • PHI	366
4.	Richardson • DTN	365
5.	Morrill • BSN	363
	Ryan • CHC	363
7.	Seery • IND	361
	Ward • NYG	361
9.	Smith • PIT	358
10.	Wood • PHI	349

rOBA
1.	Brouthers • DTN	.442
2.	Thompson • DTN	.433
3.	Anson • CHC	.422
4.	Connor • NYG	.414
5.	Wise • BSN	.410
6.	Kelly • BSN	.407
7.	Carroll • PIT	.394
8.	Hines • WHS	.390
9.	Ewing • NYG	.387
10.	Schomberg • IND	.386

Rbat+
1.	Brouthers • DTN	161
2.	Thompson • DTN	158
3.	Connor • NYG	147
4.	Carroll • PIT	145
5.	Wise • BSN	143
6.	Anson • CHC	142
7.	Kelly • BSN	139
8.	Schomberg • IND	138
9.	Hines • WHS	135
10.	Ewing • NYG	133

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