1888 National League Batting Leaders

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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

rOBA
1.	Ryan • CHC	.414
2.	Anson • CHC	.408
3.	Brouthers • DTN	.400
4.	Kelly • BSN	.398
5.	Connor • NYG	.392
6.	Ewing • NYG	.384
7.	Tiernan • NYG	.375
8.	Johnston • BSN	.361
9.	Hoy • WHS	.353
10.	Nash • BSN	.340

Rbat+
1.	Brouthers • DTN	168
2.	Anson • CHC	168
3.	Connor • NYG	165
4.	Ryan • CHC	162
5.	Kelly • BSN	155
6.	Ewing • NYG	151
7.	Tiernan • NYG	146
8.	Johnston • BSN	138
9.	Hoy • WHS	136
10.	Nash • BSN	130

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