1890 National League Batting Leaders

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National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Nichols • BSN	13.0
2.	Gleason • PHI	12.0
3.	Rhines • CIN	10.5
4.	Clarkson • BSN	8.9
5.	Hutchison • CHC	8.3
6.	Rusie • NYG	8.2
7.	Glasscock • NYG	7.1
8.	Terry • BRO	6.2
9.	Luby • CHC	5.7
10.	Collins • BRO	5.6

WAR Position Players
1.	Glasscock • NYG	7.1
2.	Collins • BRO	5.6
3.	Pinkney • BRO	5.5
4.	Anson • CHC	5.4
5.	Cooney • CHC	5.3
6.	McKean • CLV	5.3
7.	McPhee • CIN	5.1
8.	Tiernan • NYG	4.7
9.	Hamilton • PHI	4.4
10.	Beard • CIN	4.4

Offensive WAR
1.	Glasscock • NYG	6.0
2.	McKean • CLV	5.8
3.	Pinkney • BRO	5.4
	Tiernan • NYG	5.4
5.	Anson • CHC	5.2
6.	Hamilton • PHI	4.7
7.	Collins • BRO	4.4
8.	Miller • PIT	4.1
9.	Clements • PHI	3.9
10.	Foutz • BRO	3.8

Defensive WAR
1.	Zimmer • CLV	2.8
2.	Cooney • CHC	2.6
3.	Beard • CIN	2.2
4.	Allen • PHI	2.2
5.	Smith • BRO	2.0
6.	Glasscock • NYG	1.9
7.	Bassett • NYG	1.8
8.	Bennett • BSN	1.6
9.	McPhee • CIN	1.6
10.	Collins • BRO	1.5

Batting Average
1.	Glasscock • NYG	.336
2.	Hamilton • PHI	.325
3.	Clements • PHI	.315
4.	O'Brien • BRO	.314
5.	Thompson • PHI	.313
6.	Knight • CIN	.312
7.	Anson • CHC	.312
8.	Pinkney • BRO	.309
9.	Burkett • NYG	.309
10.	Tiernan • NYG	.304

On-Base%
1.	Anson • CHC	.443
2.	Hamilton • PHI	.430
3.	Pinkney • BRO	.411
4.	McKean • CLV	.401
5.	Glasscock • NYG	.395
6.	Clements • PHI	.392
7.	Brodie • BSN	.387
8.	Tucker • BSN	.387
9.	Tiernan • NYG	.385
10.	Collins • BRO	.385

Slugging %
1.	Tiernan • NYG	.495
2.	Clements • PHI	.472
3.	Reilly • CIN	.472
4.	Burns • BRO	.464
5.	Burkett • NYG	.461
6.	O'Brien • BRO	.446
7.	Thompson • PHI	.443
8.	Glasscock • NYG	.439
9.	Foutz • BRO	.432
10.	Pinkney • BRO	.431

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Tiernan • NYG	.880
2.	Clements • PHI	.864
3.	Anson • CHC	.844
4.	Pinkney • BRO	.842
5.	Glasscock • NYG	.834
6.	Hamilton • PHI	.829
7.	Burkett • NYG	.827
8.	O'Brien • BRO	.824
9.	Burns • BRO	.823
10.	McKean • CLV	.818

Games Played
1.	Anson • CHC	139
	Burns • CHC	139
	Wilmot • CHC	139
4.	Miller • PIT	138
5.	Carroll • CHC	136
	Davis • CLV	136
	McKean • CLV	136
	Smalley • CLV	136
9.	Cooney • CHC	135
10.	Smith • BSN	134

At Bats
1.	Carroll • CHC	582
2.	Cooney • CHC	574
3.	Wilmot • CHC	571
4.	Burke • 2TM	554
5.	Reilly • CIN	553
	Tiernan • NYG	553
7.	Thompson • PHI	549
	Miller • PIT	549
9.	Gilks • CLV	544
10.	Tucker • BSN	539

Plate Appearances
1.	Cooney • CHC	653
2.	Carroll • CHC	642
3.	Wilmot • CHC	637
4.	Tiernan • NYG	626
	Burke • 2TM	626
6.	Anson • CHC	623
	McKean • CLV	623
8.	Miller • PIT	621
9.	Tucker • BSN	620
10.	McPhee • CIN	616

Runs Scored
1.	Collins • BRO	148
2.	Carroll • CHC	134
3.	Hamilton • PHI	133
4.	Tiernan • NYG	132
5.	McPhee • CIN	125
6.	Thompson • PHI	116
7.	Pinkney • BRO	115
8.	Cooney • CHC	114
	Wilmot • CHC	114
	Reilly • CIN	114

Hits
1.	Glasscock • NYG	172
	Thompson • PHI	172
3.	Tiernan • NYG	168
4.	Carroll • CHC	166
	Reilly • CIN	166
6.	Hamilton • PHI	161
7.	Tucker • BSN	159
	Wilmot • CHC	159
9.	Anson • CHC	157
	Marr • CIN	157
	McKean • CLV	157

Total Bases
1.	Tiernan • NYG	274
2.	Reilly • CIN	261
3.	Thompson • PHI	243
4.	Wilmot • CHC	239
5.	Glasscock • NYG	225
6.	McKean • CLV	221
7.	Foutz • BRO	220
8.	Burns • BRO	219
9.	Carroll • CHC	215
10.	Pinkney • BRO	209

Doubles
1.	Thompson • PHI	41
2.	Collins • BRO	32
	Glasscock • NYG	32
4.	Myers • PHI	29
5.	O'Brien • BRO	28
6.	Knight • CIN	26
7.	Foutz • BRO	25
	Reilly • CIN	25
	Tiernan • NYG	25
	Mayer • PHI	25
	McCauley • PHI	25

Triples
1.	Reilly • CIN	26
2.	McPhee • CIN	22
3.	Tiernan • NYG	21
4.	Beard • CIN	15
5.	Holliday • CIN	14
	McKean • CLV	14
7.	Foutz • BRO	13
	Wilmot • CHC	13
	Burkett • NYG	13
	Burke • 2TM	13

Home Runs
1.	Burns • BRO	13
	Wilmot • CHC	13
	Tiernan • NYG	13
4.	Long • BSN	8
5.	Clements • PHI	7
	McKean • CLV	7
	Pinkney • BRO	7
	Earl • CHC	7
	Carroll • CHC	7
	Anson • CHC	7

Runs Batted In
1.	Burns • BRO	128
2.	Anson • CHC	107
3.	Thompson • PHI	102
4.	Wilmot • CHC	99
5.	Foutz • BRO	98
6.	Burns • CHC	86
	Reilly • CIN	86
8.	Pinkney • BRO	83
9.	Myers • PHI	81
10.	Holliday • CIN	75

Bases on Balls
1.	Anson • CHC	113
2.	McKean • CLV	87
	Allen • PHI	87
4.	Collins • BRO	85
5.	Hamilton • PHI	83
6.	McPhee • CIN	82
7.	Pinkney • BRO	80
	Smith • BSN	80
9.	Cooney • CHC	73
10.	Bennett • BSN	72

Strikeouts
1.	Smith • BSN	81
2.	Hutchison • CHC	63
3.	Denny • NYG	62
4.	Bennett • BSN	56
5.	Zimmer • CLV	54
	Allen • PHI	54
7.	Kittridge • CHC	53
	Tiernan • NYG	53
9.	Burkett • NYG	52
10.	Wilson • PIT	50

Stolen Bases
1.	Hamilton • PHI	102
2.	Collins • BRO	85
3.	Sunday • 2TM	84
4.	Wilmot • CHC	76
5.	Tiernan • NYG	56
6.	McPhee • CIN	55
7.	Glasscock • NYG	54
8.	Holliday • CIN	50
9.	Long • BSN	49
10.	Pinkney • BRO	47

Singles
1.	Carroll • CHC	137
	Hamilton • PHI	137
3.	Tucker • BSN	133
4.	Anson • CHC	131
5.	Glasscock • NYG	130
6.	Marr • CIN	127
7.	Brodie • BSN	124
8.	Cooney • CHC	123
9.	Burns • CHC	121
	McKean • CLV	121

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Tiernan • NYG	160
2.	Clements • PHI	148
3.	Glasscock • NYG	147
4.	Burkett • NYG	145
5.	Pinkney • BRO	144
6.	McKean • CLV	143
7.	Anson • CHC	141
8.	Hamilton • PHI	139
9.	O'Brien • BRO	139
10.	Burns • BRO	138

Runs Created
1.	Tiernan • NYG	104
2.	Anson • CHC	88
	Thompson • PHI	88
4.	McKean • CLV	87
	Glasscock • NYG	87
6.	Pinkney • BRO	85
7.	Wilmot • CHC	84
8.	Reilly • CIN	83
	Hamilton • PHI	83
10.	Foutz • BRO	81

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Tiernan • NYG	40
2.	Anson • CHC	36
3.	McKean • CLV	32
4.	Pinkney • BRO	31
5.	Glasscock • NYG	31
6.	Hamilton • PHI	30
7.	Clements • PHI	24
8.	Thompson • PHI	23
9.	Burns • BRO	21
10.	Burkett • NYG	21

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Tiernan • NYG	4.2
2.	Anson • CHC	3.7
3.	McKean • CLV	3.3
4.	Pinkney • BRO	3.2
5.	Glasscock • NYG	3.2
6.	Hamilton • PHI	3.1
7.	Clements • PHI	2.5
8.	Thompson • PHI	2.4
9.	Burns • BRO	2.2
10.	Burkett • NYG	2.2

Extra Base Hits
1.	Tiernan • NYG	59
2.	Reilly • CIN	57
3.	Thompson • PHI	54
4.	Burns • BRO	47
5.	Foutz • BRO	43
6.	Collins • BRO	42
	Glasscock • NYG	42
8.	Wilmot • CHC	41
	McPhee • CIN	41
10.	Burkett • NYG	40

Times On Base
1.	Anson • CHC	276
2.	Hamilton • PHI	253
3.	McKean • CLV	250
4.	Tiernan • NYG	241
5.	Tucker • BSN	240
6.	Cooney • CHC	235
7.	Pinkney • BRO	234
8.	Collins • BRO	230
9.	Brodie • BSN	229
10.	Carroll • CHC	226

Offensive Win %
1.	Tiernan • NYG	.747
2.	Clements • PHI	.744
3.	Glasscock • NYG	.728
4.	Pinkney • BRO	.725
	Anson • CHC	.725
6.	Hamilton • PHI	.716
7.	Burkett • NYG	.707
8.	O'Brien • BRO	.706
9.	Thompson • PHI	.693
10.	McKean • CLV	.693

Hit By Pitch
1.	Tucker • BSN	25
2.	LaRocque • PIT	12
3.	Brodie • BSN	11
	Zimmer • CLV	11
5.	Myers • PHI	10
6.	Smith • BSN	9
	Glasscock • NYG	9
	Hamilton • PHI	9
	Hecker • PIT	9
	Burke • 2TM	9

Power-Speed #
1.	Wilmot • CHC	22.2
2.	Tiernan • NYG	21.1
3.	Burns • BRO	16.1
4.	Long • BSN	13.8
5.	Pinkney • BRO	12.2
6.	Carroll • CHC	11.6
7.	Anson • CHC	11.3
8.	McKean • CLV	10.7
9.	Sullivan • BSN	10.2
10.	Reilly • CIN	9.9

AB per SO
1.	Glasscock • NYG	64.0
2.	Miller • PIT	49.9
3.	Beard • CIN	37.8
4.	Brodie • BSN	25.7
5.	Pinkney • BRO	25.5
6.	Cooney • CHC	25.0
7.	Tucker • BSN	24.5
8.	Anson • CHC	21.9
9.	McKean • CLV	21.2
10.	Smith • BRO	20.9

AB per HR
1.	Burns • BRO	36.3
2.	Tiernan • NYG	42.5
3.	Wilmot • CHC	43.9
4.	Long • BSN	53.9
5.	Clements • PHI	54.4
6.	Earl • CHC	54.9
7.	Daly • BRO	58.4
8.	Pinkney • BRO	69.3
9.	Anson • CHC	72.0
10.	Decker • 2TM	74.6

Outs Made
1.	Gilks • CLV	428
2.	Cooney • CHC	418
3.	Carroll • CHC	416
4.	Burke • 2TM	415
5.	Wilmot • CHC	412
6.	Miller • PIT	399
7.	Smalley • CLV	395
8.	McPhee • CIN	393
9.	Hornung • NYG	391
10.	Smith • BRO	389
	Burns • CHC	389

rOBA
1.	Hamilton • PHI	.426
2.	Tiernan • NYG	.420
3.	Glasscock • NYG	.416
4.	Pinkney • BRO	.416
5.	Anson • CHC	.416
6.	Clements • PHI	.405
7.	O'Brien • BRO	.398
8.	McKean • CLV	.396
9.	Collins • BRO	.391
10.	Foutz • BRO	.390

Rbat+
1.	Tiernan • NYG	147
2.	Glasscock • NYG	145
3.	Anson • CHC	144
4.	Pinkney • BRO	142
5.	McKean • CLV	142
6.	Hamilton • PHI	139
7.	Clements • PHI	139
8.	Burkett • NYG	132
9.	O'Brien • BRO	129
10.	Burns • BRO	128

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