National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Buffinton • PHI 12.0
2. Keefe • NYG 9.1
3. Sanders • PHI 8.5
4. Welch • NYG 7.8
5. Connor • NYG 7.6
6. Conway • DTN 7.0
7. Anson • CHC 6.9
8. Brouthers • DTN 6.6
9. Krock • CHC 6.2
10. Galvin • PIT 5.7
WAR Position Players
1. Connor • NYG 7.6
2. Anson • CHC 6.9
3. Brouthers • DTN 6.6
4. Ryan • CHC 5.6
5. Nash • BSN 5.3
6. Tiernan • NYG 4.8
7. Ewing • NYG 4.8
8. Kelly • BSN 4.5
9. Johnston • BSN 4.5
10. Hoy • WHS 4.3
Offensive WAR
1. Brouthers • DTN 6.8
2. Anson • CHC 6.5
3. Connor • NYG 6.3
4. Ryan • CHC 6.0
5. Kelly • BSN 5.5
6. Ewing • NYG 5.2
7. Hoy • WHS 4.5
8. Nash • BSN 4.4
9. Johnston • BSN 4.3
10. Tiernan • NYG 4.2
Defensive WAR
1. Richardson • NYG 2.3
2. Bennett • DTN 2.2
3. Nash • BSN 1.5
4. Connor • NYG 1.4
5. Bastian • PHI 1.3
6. Clements • PHI 1.3
7. Irwin • PHI 1.2
8. Pfeffer • CHC 1.1
9. Smith • PIT 1.1
10. Whitney • NYG 1.0
Batting Average
1. Anson • CHC .344
2. Ryan • CHC .332
3. Kelly • BSN .318
4. Brouthers • DTN .307
5. Ewing • NYG .306
6. White • DTN .298
7. Johnston • BSN .296
8. Tiernan • NYG .293
9. Connor • NYG .291
10. Nash • BSN .283
On-Base%
1. Anson • CHC .400
2. Brouthers • DTN .399
3. Connor • NYG .389
4. Ryan • CHC .377
5. Hoy • WHS .374
6. Kelly • BSN .368
7. Tiernan • NYG .364
8. Williamson • CHC .352
9. Nash • BSN .350
10. Ewing • NYG .348
Slugging %
1. Ryan • CHC .515
2. Anson • CHC .499
3. Connor • NYG .480
4. Kelly • BSN .480
5. Johnston • BSN .472
6. Ewing • NYG .465
7. Brouthers • DTN .464
8. Tiernan • NYG .427
9. Denny • IND .408
10. Nash • BSN .397
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Anson • CHC .899
2. Ryan • CHC .892
3. Connor • NYG .869
4. Brouthers • DTN .862
5. Kelly • BSN .848
6. Ewing • NYG .813
7. Tiernan • NYG .790
8. Johnston • BSN .786
9. Nash • BSN .747
10. Williamson • CHC .737
Games Played
1. Kuehne • PIT 138
2. Hoy • WHS 136
3. Johnston • BSN 135
Morrill • BSN 135
Nash • BSN 135
Pfeffer • CHC 135
Richardson • NYG 135
8. Anson • CHC 134
Burns • CHC 134
Connor • NYG 134
At Bats
1. Johnston • BSN 585
2. Richardson • NYG 561
3. Ryan • CHC 549
4. Andrews • PHI 528
O'Brien • WHS 528
6. White • DTN 527
7. Nash • BSN 526
8. Twitchell • DTN 524
Denny • IND 524
Kuehne • PIT 524
Plate Appearances
1. Brouthers • DTN 602
2. Johnston • BSN 601
3. Ryan • CHC 589
4. Hoy • WHS 583
5. Nash • BSN 580
6. Richardson • NYG 577
7. Seery • IND 570
8. Anson • CHC 563
9. Hines • IND 562
10. Connor • NYG 558
Runs Scored
1. Brouthers • DTN 118
2. Ryan • CHC 115
3. Johnston • BSN 102
4. Anson • CHC 101
5. Connor • NYG 98
6. Denny • IND 92
7. Pfeffer • CHC 90
8. Seery • IND 87
9. Kelly • BSN 85
10. Hines • IND 84
Hits
1. Ryan • CHC 182
2. Anson • CHC 177
3. Johnston • BSN 173
4. Brouthers • DTN 160
5. White • DTN 157
6. Nash • BSN 149
7. Hines • IND 144
8. Kelly • BSN 140
Connor • NYG 140
10. Hoy • WHS 138
Total Bases
1. Ryan • CHC 283
2. Johnston • BSN 276
3. Anson • CHC 257
4. Brouthers • DTN 242
5. Connor • NYG 231
6. Denny • IND 214
7. Kelly • BSN 211
8. Nash • BSN 209
9. White • DTN 201
10. Pfeffer • CHC 195
Doubles
1. Ryan • CHC 33
Brouthers • DTN 33
3. Johnston • BSN 31
4. Denny • IND 27
5. Hines • IND 26
6. Farrar • PHI 24
7. Kelly • BSN 22
Pfeffer • CHC 22
White • DTN 22
Kuehne • PIT 22
Triples
1. Johnston • BSN 18
2. Connor • NYG 17
3. Nash • BSN 15
Ewing • NYG 15
5. Van Haltren • CHC 14
Williamson • CHC 14
7. Wise • BSN 12
Anson • CHC 12
9. Kelly • BSN 11
Brouthers • DTN 11
Kuehne • PIT 11
Home Runs
1. Ryan • CHC 16
2. Connor • NYG 14
3. Johnston • BSN 12
Denny • IND 12
Anson • CHC 12
6. Brown • BSN 9
O'Brien • WHS 9
Kelly • BSN 9
Brouthers • DTN 9
Tiernan • NYG 9
Runs Batted In
1. Anson • CHC 84
2. Nash • BSN 75
3. Rowe • DTN 74
4. Williamson • CHC 73
5. Kelly • BSN 71
White • DTN 71
Connor • NYG 71
8. Burns • CHC 70
9. Johnston • BSN 68
10. Twitchell • DTN 67
Bases on Balls
1. Connor • NYG 73
2. Hoy • WHS 69
3. Brouthers • DTN 68
4. Williamson • CHC 65
5. Seery • IND 64
6. Morrill • BSN 55
7. Fogarty • PHI 53
8. Nash • BSN 50
9. Anson • CHC 47
10. Tiernan • NYG 42
Strikeouts
1. Denny • IND 79
2. Smith • PIT 78
3. Seery • IND 73
4. Williamson • CHC 71
5. O'Brien • WHS 70
6. Brown • BSN 68
Morrill • BSN 68
Kuehne • PIT 68
9. Wise • BSN 66
Fogarty • PHI 66
Stolen Bases
1. Hoy • WHS 82
2. Seery • IND 80
3. Sunday • PIT 71
4. Pfeffer • CHC 64
5. Ryan • CHC 60
6. Fogarty • PHI 58
7. Kelly • BSN 56
8. Ewing • NYG 53
9. Tiernan • NYG 52
10. McGeachey • IND 49
Singles
1. Anson • CHC 133
2. White • DTN 126
3. Ryan • CHC 123
4. Hoy • WHS 118
5. Johnston • BSN 112
Nash • BSN 112
7. Hines • IND 111
8. Brouthers • DTN 107
Ward • NYG 107
10. Andrews • PHI 105
Adjusted OPS+
1. Connor • NYG 176
2. Anson • CHC 176
3. Ryan • CHC 174
4. Brouthers • DTN 174
5. Kelly • BSN 165
6. Ewing • NYG 158
7. Tiernan • NYG 152
8. Johnston • BSN 144
9. Nash • BSN 134
10. Hoy • WHS 134
Runs Created
1. Ryan • CHC 105
2. Anson • CHC 102
3. Brouthers • DTN 94
4. Connor • NYG 89
5. Johnston • BSN 86
6. Kelly • BSN 77
7. Nash • BSN 72
8. Tiernan • NYG 67
9. Ewing • NYG 66
10. White • DTN 65
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Brouthers • DTN 48
2. Ryan • CHC 47
3. Anson • CHC 46
4. Connor • NYG 44
5. Kelly • BSN 32
6. Tiernan • NYG 27
7. Johnston • BSN 27
8. Ewing • NYG 26
9. Hoy • WHS 24
10. Nash • BSN 22
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Brouthers • DTN 5.5
2. Ryan • CHC 5.3
3. Anson • CHC 5.2
4. Connor • NYG 5.0
5. Kelly • BSN 3.7
6. Tiernan • NYG 3.1
7. Johnston • BSN 3.0
8. Ewing • NYG 2.9
9. Hoy • WHS 2.7
10. Nash • BSN 2.5
Extra Base Hits
1. Johnston • BSN 61
2. Ryan • CHC 59
3. Brouthers • DTN 53
4. Denny • IND 46
Connor • NYG 46
6. Anson • CHC 44
7. Kelly • BSN 42
8. Pfeffer • CHC 40
9. Ewing • NYG 39
10. Nash • BSN 37
Times On Base
1. Brouthers • DTN 240
2. Anson • CHC 225
3. Ryan • CHC 222
4. Hoy • WHS 218
5. Connor • NYG 217
6. Nash • BSN 203
7. Hines • IND 193
8. Johnston • BSN 189
9. White • DTN 187
10. Williamson • CHC 184
Offensive Win %
1. Anson • CHC .837
2. Ryan • CHC .824
3. Connor • NYG .798
4. Brouthers • DTN .796
5. Kelly • BSN .793
6. Ewing • NYG .757
7. Tiernan • NYG .733
8. Johnston • BSN .724
9. Nash • BSN .690
10. Williamson • CHC .659
Hit By Pitch
1. Farrar • PHI 13
2. Brouthers • DTN 12
3. Hoy • WHS 11
4. Carroll • PIT 10
5. White • DTN 9
Shoch • WHS 9
7. Hines • IND 8
Mack • WHS 8
9. Glasscock • IND 7
Tiernan • NYG 7
Bastian • PHI 7
Fogarty • PHI 7
Wood • PHI 7
Miller • PIT 7
Power-Speed #
1. Ryan • CHC 25.3
2. Connor • NYG 18.4
3. Johnston • BSN 17.9
4. Denny • IND 17.5
5. Anson • CHC 16.8
6. Kelly • BSN 15.5
7. Tiernan • NYG 15.3
8. Brown • BSN 15.1
9. Brouthers • DTN 14.2
10. Pfeffer • CHC 14.2
AB per SO
1. Brouthers • DTN 40.2
2. Ward • NYG 39.2
3. Donnelly • WHS 26.8
4. Glasscock • IND 26.0
5. Ganzel • DTN 25.7
6. Miller • PIT 25.3
7. White • DTN 22.0
8. McGeachey • IND 21.5
9. Anson • CHC 21.5
10. Johnston • BSN 17.7
AB per HR
1. Ryan • CHC 34.3
2. Connor • NYG 34.4
3. Anson • CHC 42.9
4. Denny • IND 43.7
5. Brown • BSN 46.7
6. Johnston • BSN 48.8
7. Kelly • BSN 48.9
8. Tiernan • NYG 49.2
9. Williamson • CHC 56.5
10. Brouthers • DTN 58.0
Outs Made
1. Richardson • NYG 434
2. Johnston • BSN 412
3. O'Brien • WHS 409
4. Andrews • PHI 402
5. Kuehne • PIT 401
6. Myers • WHS 398
7. Twitchell • DTN 396
8. Morrill • BSN 390
Seery • IND 390
10. Pfeffer • CHC 388

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

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