1889 National League Batting Leaders

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National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Clarkson • BSN	16.2
2.	Buffinton • PHI	11.1
3.	Sanders • PHI	7.5
4.	Glasscock • IND	6.6
5.	Anson • CHC	6.4
6.	Boyle • IND	6.3
7.	Brouthers • BSN	6.2
8.	Welch • NYG	6.2
9.	Connor • NYG	5.6
10.	Bakley • CLV	5.2

WAR Position Players
1.	Glasscock • IND	6.7
2.	Anson • CHC	6.4
3.	Brouthers • BSN	6.2
4.	Connor • NYG	5.6
5.	Tiernan • NYG	5.2
6.	Ryan • CHC	5.0
7.	Carroll • PIT	4.7
8.	McKean • CLV	4.5
9.	Ewing • NYG	4.2
10.	Wilmot • WHS	4.0

Offensive WAR
1.	Brouthers • BSN	6.1
2.	Glasscock • IND	5.9
3.	Anson • CHC	5.5
4.	Connor • NYG	5.5
5.	Carroll • PIT	5.3
6.	Ryan • CHC	5.1
7.	Tiernan • NYG	5.1
8.	Van Haltren • CHC	3.9
9.	McKean • CLV	3.9
10.	Ewing • NYG	3.7

Defensive WAR
1.	Glasscock • IND	1.7
2.	Pfeffer • CHC	1.4
	Richardson • NYG	1.4
4.	McKean • CLV	1.4
5.	Bennett • BSN	1.4
6.	Ewing • NYG	1.1
7.	Anson • CHC	1.0
8.	Bassett • IND	1.0
9.	Nash • BSN	1.0
10.	Tebeau • CLV	0.9

Batting Average
1.	Brouthers • BSN	.373
2.	Glasscock • IND	.352
3.	Anson • CHC	.342
4.	Tiernan • NYG	.335
5.	Carroll • PIT	.330
6.	Ewing • NYG	.327
7.	Ryan • CHC	.325
8.	Van Haltren • CHC	.322
9.	O'Rourke • NYG	.321
10.	McKean • CLV	.318

On-Base%
1.	Carroll • PIT	.486
2.	Brouthers • BSN	.462
3.	Tiernan • NYG	.447
4.	Anson • CHC	.440
5.	Connor • NYG	.426
6.	Van Haltren • CHC	.416
7.	Gore • NYG	.416
8.	Ryan • CHC	.403
9.	Seery • IND	.401
10.	Glasscock • IND	.390

Slugging %
1.	Connor • NYG	.528
2.	Ryan • CHC	.516
3.	Brouthers • BSN	.507
4.	Tiernan • NYG	.497
5.	Thompson • PHI	.492
6.	Carroll • PIT	.484
7.	Wilmot • WHS	.484
8.	Ewing • NYG	.477
9.	Anson • CHC	.471
10.	Glasscock • IND	.467

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Carroll • PIT	.970
2.	Brouthers • BSN	.969
3.	Connor • NYG	.955
4.	Tiernan • NYG	.944
5.	Ryan • CHC	.919
6.	Anson • CHC	.911
7.	Van Haltren • CHC	.862
8.	Ewing • NYG	.860
9.	Glasscock • IND	.857
10.	Seery • IND	.856

Games Played
1.	Burns • CHC	136
	Duffy • CHC	136
	Radford • CLV	136
	Stricker • CLV	136
	Tebeau • CLV	136
6.	Ryan • CHC	135
7.	Anson • CHC	134
	Pfeffer • CHC	134
	Van Haltren • CHC	134
	Twitchell • CLV	134
	Glasscock • IND	134

At Bats
1.	Duffy • CHC	584
2.	Glasscock • IND	582
3.	Denny • IND	578
4.	Ryan • CHC	576
5.	Stricker • CLV	566
6.	Twitchell • CLV	549
7.	Mulvey • PHI	544
8.	Van Haltren • CHC	543
9.	Johnston • BSN	539
10.	Richardson • BSN	536

Plate Appearances
1.	Ryan • CHC	652
2.	Duffy • CHC	632
3.	Van Haltren • CHC	630
4.	Stricker • CLV	626
5.	Glasscock • IND	618
6.	Anson • CHC	609
7.	Denny • IND	605
8.	Seery • IND	603
9.	Tiernan • NYG	600
10.	Connor • NYG	591

Runs Scored
1.	Tiernan • NYG	147
2.	Duffy • CHC	144
3.	Ryan • CHC	140
4.	Gore • NYG	132
5.	Glasscock • IND	128
6.	Van Haltren • CHC	126
7.	Seery • IND	123
8.	Richardson • BSN	122
9.	Kelly • BSN	120
10.	Connor • NYG	117

Hits
1.	Glasscock • IND	205
2.	Ryan • CHC	187
3.	Duffy • CHC	182
4.	Brouthers • BSN	181
5.	Anson • CHC	177
6.	Van Haltren • CHC	175
7.	Tiernan • NYG	167
8.	Seery • IND	165
9.	Richardson • BSN	163
	Denny • IND	163

Total Bases
1.	Ryan • CHC	297
2.	Glasscock • IND	272
3.	Connor • NYG	262
	Thompson • PHI	262
5.	Duffy • CHC	253
6.	Tiernan • NYG	248
7.	Brouthers • BSN	246
8.	Anson • CHC	244
9.	Van Haltren • CHC	242
10.	Denny • IND	241

Doubles
1.	Kelly • BSN	41
2.	Glasscock • IND	40
3.	O'Rourke • NYG	36
	Thompson • PHI	36
5.	Richardson • BSN	33
6.	Anson • CHC	32
	McGeachey • IND	32
	Connor • NYG	32
9.	Ryan • CHC	31
10.	Burns • CHC	27
	Hines • IND	27

Triples
1.	Wilmot • WHS	19
2.	Fogarty • PHI	17
	Connor • NYG	17
4.	Tiernan • NYG	14
	Ryan • CHC	14
6.	Ewing • NYG	13
7.	Seery • IND	12
8.	Carroll • PIT	11
	Twitchell • CLV	11
10.	Hanlon • PIT	10
	Beckley • PIT	10
	Richardson • BSN	10
	Van Haltren • CHC	10

Home Runs
1.	Thompson • PHI	20
2.	Denny • IND	18
3.	Ryan • CHC	17
4.	Connor • NYG	13
5.	Duffy • CHC	12
6.	Farrell • CHC	11
7.	Tiernan • NYG	10
8.	Wilmot • WHS	9
	Kelly • BSN	9
	Beckley • PIT	9
	Van Haltren • CHC	9

Runs Batted In
1.	Connor • NYG	130
2.	Brouthers • BSN	118
3.	Anson • CHC	117
4.	Denny • IND	112
5.	Thompson • PHI	111
6.	Richardson • NYG	100
7.	Beckley • PIT	97
8.	Twitchell • CLV	95
9.	Duffy • CHC	89
10.	Ewing • NYG	87

Bases on Balls
1.	Tiernan • NYG	96
2.	Connor • NYG	93
3.	Radford • CLV	91
4.	Anson • CHC	86
5.	Carroll • PIT	85
6.	Gore • NYG	84
7.	Van Haltren • CHC	82
8.	Nash • BSN	79
9.	Hoy • WHS	75
10.	Ryan • CHC	70

Strikeouts
1.	Smith • 2TM	68
2.	Denny • IND	63
3.	Ryan • CHC	62
	Wise • WHS	62
5.	Johnston • BSN	60
	Fogarty • PHI	60
7.	Clarkson • BSN	59
	Seery • IND	59
9.	Burns • CHC	57
10.	Brown • BSN	56

Stolen Bases
1.	Fogarty • PHI	99
2.	Kelly • BSN	68
3.	Brown • BSN	63
4.	Ward • NYG	62
5.	Glasscock • IND	57
6.	Hanlon • PIT	53
7.	Duffy • CHC	52
8.	Richardson • BSN	47
	Sunday • PIT	47
10.	Pfeffer • CHC	45
	Ryan • CHC	45

Singles
1.	Glasscock • IND	155
2.	Duffy • CHC	142
3.	Brouthers • BSN	139
4.	Van Haltren • CHC	136
5.	Anson • CHC	131
6.	Stricker • CLV	127
7.	Ryan • CHC	125
	Ward • NYG	125
9.	McKean • CLV	124
10.	Hoy • WHS	122

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Carroll • PIT	183
2.	Brouthers • BSN	165
3.	Connor • NYG	161
4.	Tiernan • NYG	159
5.	Ryan • CHC	151
6.	Anson • CHC	150
7.	Wilmot • WHS	144
8.	Glasscock • IND	138
9.	Seery • IND	138
10.	Van Haltren • CHC	137

Runs Created
1.	Ryan • CHC	118
2.	Connor • NYG	111
3.	Brouthers • BSN	110
	Tiernan • NYG	110
5.	Anson • CHC	106
6.	Glasscock • IND	105
7.	Van Haltren • CHC	100
8.	Seery • IND	94
9.	Duffy • CHC	92
10.	Thompson • PHI	89

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Brouthers • BSN	48
2.	Tiernan • NYG	45
3.	Carroll • PIT	45
4.	Connor • NYG	44
5.	Anson • CHC	41
6.	Ryan • CHC	40
7.	Van Haltren • CHC	30
8.	Glasscock • IND	29
9.	Seery • IND	28
10.	Gore • NYG	24

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Brouthers • BSN	4.7
2.	Tiernan • NYG	4.4
3.	Connor • NYG	4.4
4.	Carroll • PIT	4.4
5.	Anson • CHC	4.0
6.	Ryan • CHC	4.0
7.	Van Haltren • CHC	3.0
8.	Glasscock • IND	2.9
9.	Seery • IND	2.8
10.	Gore • NYG	2.4

Extra Base Hits
1.	Ryan • CHC	62
	Connor • NYG	62
3.	Thompson • PHI	60
4.	Kelly • BSN	55
5.	Glasscock • IND	50
6.	Richardson • BSN	49
7.	Tiernan • NYG	47
	Wilmot • WHS	47
9.	Anson • CHC	46
	Seery • IND	46
	O'Rourke • NYG	46

Times On Base
1.	Anson • CHC	268
	Tiernan • NYG	268
3.	Ryan • CHC	263
4.	Van Haltren • CHC	262
5.	Brouthers • BSN	261
6.	Connor • NYG	252
7.	Seery • IND	242
8.	Glasscock • IND	241
	Gore • NYG	241
10.	Duffy • CHC	230

Offensive Win %
1.	Brouthers • BSN	.808
2.	Carroll • PIT	.792
3.	Tiernan • NYG	.782
4.	Connor • NYG	.778
5.	Anson • CHC	.761
6.	Ryan • CHC	.753
7.	Glasscock • IND	.722
8.	Van Haltren • CHC	.713
9.	Ewing • NYG	.711
10.	Seery • IND	.697

Hit By Pitch
1.	Brouthers • BSN	14
2.	Carroll • PIT	11
3.	Smith • 2TM	10
	Seery • IND	10
	Faatz • CLV	10
6.	Gore • NYG	8
	Mack • WHS	8
8.	Fogarty • PHI	7
9.	Ryan • CHC	6
	Radford • CLV	6
	Farrar • PHI	6
	Thompson • PHI	6
	Beckley • PIT	6
	Hoy • WHS	6
	Shoch • WHS	6

Power-Speed #
1.	Ryan • CHC	24.7
2.	Thompson • PHI	21.8
3.	Denny • IND	19.8
4.	Duffy • CHC	19.5
5.	Connor • NYG	16.1
6.	Kelly • BSN	15.9
7.	Tiernan • NYG	15.3
8.	Wilmot • WHS	14.7
9.	Van Haltren • CHC	13.6
10.	Glasscock • IND	12.5

AB per SO
1.	Brouthers • BSN	80.8
2.	Ward • NYG	68.4
3.	Glasscock • IND	58.2
4.	Miller • PIT	38.4
5.	Mack • WHS	32.2
6.	Stricker • CLV	31.4
7.	Myers • 2TM	30.1
8.	Anson • CHC	27.3
9.	Thompson • PHI	24.2
10.	Hines • IND	22.1

AB per HR
1.	Thompson • PHI	26.7
2.	Denny • IND	32.1
3.	Ryan • CHC	33.9
4.	Farrell • CHC	37.0
5.	Connor • NYG	38.2
6.	Wilmot • WHS	48.0
7.	Duffy • CHC	48.7
8.	Tiernan • NYG	49.9
9.	Kelly • BSN	56.3
10.	Beckley • PIT	58.0

Outs Made
1.	Stricker • CLV	424
2.	Johnston • BSN	416
3.	Denny • IND	415
4.	Pfeffer • CHC	403
5.	Duffy • CHC	402
6.	Twitchell • CLV	398
7.	Burns • CHC	390
	McGeachey • IND	390
9.	Ryan • CHC	389
10.	Mulvey • PHI	387

rOBA
1.	Carroll • PIT	.461
2.	Brouthers • BSN	.461
3.	Tiernan • NYG	.444
4.	Connor • NYG	.438
5.	Anson • CHC	.434
6.	Ryan • CHC	.426
7.	Glasscock • IND	.420
8.	Van Haltren • CHC	.408
9.	Ewing • NYG	.407
10.	Wilmot • WHS	.404

Rbat+
1.	Carroll • PIT	179
2.	Brouthers • BSN	163
3.	Tiernan • NYG	154
4.	Connor • NYG	151
5.	Anson • CHC	149
6.	Ryan • CHC	140
7.	Wilmot • WHS	136
8.	Glasscock • IND	136
9.	Van Haltren • CHC	134
10.	Seery • IND	132

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