1891 National League Batting Leaders

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National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Clarkson • BSN	9.9
2.	Hutchison • CHC	9.4
3.	Nichols • BSN	9.3
4.	Rusie • NYG	8.7
5.	Staley • 2TM	7.8
6.	Gleason • PHI	6.9
7.	Hamilton • PHI	6.6
8.	Young • CLV	6.1
9.	Connor • NYG	5.7
10.	Ewing • NYG	5.6

WAR Position Players
1.	Hamilton • PHI	6.6
2.	Connor • NYG	5.7
3.	Latham • CIN	5.6
4.	Tiernan • NYG	5.1
5.	Long • BSN	4.7
6.	McPhee • CIN	4.5
7.	Stovey • BSN	4.5
8.	Beckley • PIT	4.1
9.	Anson • CHC	3.9
10.	Richardson • NYG	3.8

Offensive WAR
1.	Hamilton • PHI	6.3
2.	Tiernan • NYG	5.6
3.	Connor • NYG	5.1
4.	Long • BSN	4.7
5.	Latham • CIN	4.7
6.	Childs • CLV	4.4
7.	Clements • PHI	4.0
8.	Stovey • BSN	4.0
9.	Miller • PIT	3.7
10.	Anson • CHC	3.7

Defensive WAR
1.	Zimmer • CLV	2.6
2.	Cooney • CHC	2.6
3.	Smith • CIN	2.3
4.	Richardson • NYG	2.0
5.	McPhee • CIN	1.8
6.	Latham • CIN	1.3
7.	Bennett • BSN	1.3
8.	Bassett • NYG	1.1
9.	Kittridge • CHC	1.1
10.	Allen • PHI	1.0

Batting Average
1.	Hamilton • PHI	.340
2.	Holliday • CIN	.319
3.	Browning • 2TM	.317
4.	Clements • PHI	.310
5.	Tiernan • NYG	.306
6.	O'Rourke • NYG	.295
7.	Thompson • PHI	.294
8.	Beckley • PIT	.292
9.	Anson • CHC	.291
10.	Connor • NYG	.290

On-Base%
1.	Hamilton • PHI	.453
2.	Connor • NYG	.399
3.	Childs • CLV	.395
4.	Browning • 2TM	.395
5.	Tiernan • NYG	.388
6.	Clements • PHI	.380
7.	Gore • NYG	.379
8.	Anson • CHC	.378
9.	Long • BSN	.377
10.	Holliday • CIN	.376

Slugging %
1.	Stovey • BSN	.498
2.	Tiernan • NYG	.494
3.	Holliday • CIN	.473
4.	Connor • NYG	.449
5.	Ryan • CHC	.434
6.	Clements • PHI	.426
7.	Browning • 2TM	.422
8.	Hamilton • PHI	.421
9.	Beckley • PIT	.419
10.	Burns • BRO	.417

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Tiernan • NYG	.882
2.	Hamilton • PHI	.874
3.	Stovey • BSN	.871
4.	Holliday • CIN	.848
5.	Connor • NYG	.848
6.	Browning • 2TM	.818
7.	Clements • PHI	.806
8.	Ryan • CHC	.789
9.	Anson • CHC	.788
10.	Long • BSN	.785

Games Played
1.	Childs • CLV	141
	McKean • CLV	141
3.	Nash • BSN	140
	Tucker • BSN	140
5.	Long • BSN	139
	Virtue • CLV	139
7.	McPhee • CIN	138
	Smith • CIN	138
9.	Pfeffer • CHC	137
10.	Anson • CHC	136
	Davis • CLV	136
	McAleer • CLV	136
	O'Rourke • NYG	136

At Bats
1.	McKean • CLV	603
2.	Long • BSN	577
3.	Davis • CLV	570
4.	McAleer • CLV	565
5.	McPhee • CIN	562
6.	O'Rourke • NYG	555
7.	Thompson • PHI	554
	Beckley • PIT	554
9.	Childs • CLV	551
10.	Dahlen • CHC	549

Plate Appearances
1.	McKean • CLV	668
2.	Long • BSN	665
3.	Childs • CLV	655
4.	McPhee • CIN	638
5.	Hamilton • PHI	636
6.	Davis • CLV	627
7.	Stovey • BSN	625
8.	Dahlen • CHC	623
9.	McAleer • CLV	619
10.	Latham • CIN	618

Runs Scored
1.	Hamilton • PHI	141
2.	Long • BSN	129
3.	Childs • CLV	120
4.	Latham • CIN	119
5.	Stovey • BSN	118
6.	Davis • CLV	115
	McKean • CLV	115
8.	Dahlen • CHC	114
9.	Connor • NYG	112
10.	Tiernan • NYG	111

Hits
1.	Hamilton • PHI	179
2.	McKean • CLV	170
3.	Tiernan • NYG	166
4.	Davis • CLV	165
5.	O'Rourke • NYG	164
6.	Long • BSN	163
	Thompson • PHI	163
8.	Beckley • PIT	162
9.	Anson • CHC	157
10.	Miller • PIT	156

Total Bases
1.	Stovey • BSN	271
2.	Tiernan • NYG	268
3.	Long • BSN	235
4.	Davis • CLV	233
5.	Beckley • PIT	232
6.	Thompson • PHI	227
7.	McKean • CLV	225
8.	Hamilton • PHI	222
9.	Anson • CHC	221
	O'Rourke • NYG	221

Doubles
1.	Griffin • BRO	36
2.	Davis • CLV	35
3.	Stovey • BSN	31
4.	Tiernan • NYG	30
5.	Connor • NYG	29
	Clements • PHI	29
7.	O'Rourke • NYG	28
8.	Myers • PHI	27
9.	Foutz • BRO	26
10.	Burns • BRO	24
	Nash • BSN	24
	Anson • CHC	24
	Browning • 2TM	24

Triples
1.	Stovey • BSN	20
2.	Beckley • PIT	19
3.	McPhee • CIN	16
4.	Ryan • CHC	15
5.	Virtue • CLV	14
6.	Burns • BRO	13
	Dahlen • CHC	13
	Reilly • CIN	13
	Connor • NYG	13
10.	Long • BSN	12
	Childs • CLV	12
	Davis • CLV	12
	McKean • CLV	12
	Tiernan • NYG	12

Home Runs
1.	Tiernan • NYG	16
	Stovey • BSN	16
3.	Wilmot • CHC	11
4.	Holliday • CIN	9
	Ryan • CHC	9
	Dahlen • CHC	9
	Long • BSN	9
8.	Anson • CHC	8
9.	Latham • CIN	7
	Pfeffer • CHC	7
	Thompson • PHI	7
	Carroll • CHC	7
	Connor • NYG	7

Runs Batted In
1.	Anson • CHC	120
2.	Nash • BSN	95
	Stovey • BSN	95
	O'Rourke • NYG	95
5.	Connor • NYG	94
6.	Thompson • PHI	90
7.	Davis • CLV	89
8.	Delahanty • PHI	86
9.	Holliday • CIN	84
10.	Burns • BRO	83
	Childs • CLV	83

Bases on Balls
1.	Hamilton • PHI	102
2.	Childs • CLV	97
3.	Connor • NYG	83
4.	Long • BSN	80
5.	Stovey • BSN	79
	Pfeffer • CHC	79
7.	Anson • CHC	75
	Virtue • CLV	75
9.	Nash • BSN	74
	Latham • CIN	74
	McPhee • CIN	74
	Gore • NYG	74

Strikeouts
1.	Stovey • BSN	69
2.	Baldwin • PIT	67
3.	Collins • BRO	63
4.	Hutchison • CHC	62
5.	Bennett • BSN	61
6.	Dahlen • CHC	60
	Pfeffer • CHC	60
8.	Reilly • PIT	58
9.	Lowe • BSN	54
	Browning • 2TM	54

Stolen Bases
1.	Hamilton • PHI	111
2.	Latham • CIN	87
3.	Griffin • BRO	65
4.	Long • BSN	60
5.	Ward • BRO	57
	Stovey • BSN	57
7.	Hanlon • PIT	54
8.	Tiernan • NYG	53
9.	McAleer • CLV	51
10.	Foutz • BRO	48

Singles
1.	Hamilton • PHI	147
2.	McKean • CLV	139
3.	Miller • PIT	127
4.	Tucker • BSN	125
5.	O'Rourke • NYG	124
6.	Thompson • PHI	123
7.	Long • BSN	121
8.	Childs • CLV	120
9.	Gore • NYG	119
	Beckley • PIT	119

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Tiernan • NYG	163
2.	Hamilton • PHI	155
3.	Connor • NYG	153
4.	Holliday • CIN	147
5.	Stovey • BSN	144
6.	Browning • 2TM	141
7.	Clements • PHI	134
8.	Beckley • PIT	129
9.	Burns • BRO	128
10.	Anson • CHC	125

Runs Created
1.	Tiernan • NYG	103
2.	Stovey • BSN	100
3.	Hamilton • PHI	99
4.	Long • BSN	87
5.	Connor • NYG	85
6.	Anson • CHC	83
7.	Davis • CLV	82
8.	Thompson • PHI	81
9.	Childs • CLV	80
	Beckley • PIT	80

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Hamilton • PHI	46
2.	Tiernan • NYG	42
3.	Connor • NYG	35
4.	Stovey • BSN	30
5.	Holliday • CIN	25
6.	Browning • 2TM	24
7.	Childs • CLV	21
8.	Clements • PHI	20
9.	Anson • CHC	20
10.	Gore • NYG	19

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Hamilton • PHI	4.7
2.	Tiernan • NYG	4.4
3.	Connor • NYG	3.7
4.	Stovey • BSN	3.2
5.	Holliday • CIN	2.6
6.	Browning • 2TM	2.5
7.	Childs • CLV	2.2
8.	Clements • PHI	2.1
9.	Anson • CHC	2.0
10.	Gore • NYG	2.0

Extra Base Hits
1.	Stovey • BSN	67
2.	Tiernan • NYG	58
3.	Davis • CLV	50
4.	Connor • NYG	49
5.	Griffin • BRO	48
6.	Ryan • CHC	46
7.	Beckley • PIT	43
8.	Long • BSN	42
9.	Burns • BRO	41
10.	Anson • CHC	40
	Dahlen • CHC	40
	Holliday • CIN	40
	O'Rourke • NYG	40
	Thompson • PHI	40

Times On Base
1.	Hamilton • PHI	288
2.	Childs • CLV	259
3.	Long • BSN	251
4.	Tiernan • NYG	238
5.	McKean • CLV	235
6.	Stovey • BSN	233
	Anson • CHC	233
8.	Gore • NYG	231
9.	Latham • CIN	230
10.	Nash • BSN	227

Offensive Win %
1.	Hamilton • PHI	.766
2.	Tiernan • NYG	.753
3.	Holliday • CIN	.734
4.	Stovey • BSN	.728
5.	Connor • NYG	.721
6.	Browning • 2TM	.713
7.	Clements • PHI	.688
8.	Anson • CHC	.665
9.	Long • BSN	.652
10.	Burns • BRO	.649

Hit By Pitch
1.	Tucker • BSN	29
2.	Carroll • CHC	15
3.	Latham • CIN	11
4.	Reilly • CIN	10
	Brodie • BSN	10
6.	Mack • PIT	9
	Lowe • BSN	9
	Myers • PHI	9
9.	Ryan • CHC	8
	Virtue • CLV	8
	Johnson • CLV	8
	Long • BSN	8
	Delahanty • PHI	8
	Beckley • PIT	8
	Thompson • PHI	8

Power-Speed #
1.	Stovey • BSN	25.0
2.	Tiernan • NYG	24.6
3.	Wilmot • CHC	17.4
4.	Long • BSN	15.7
5.	Holliday • CIN	13.8
6.	Ryan • CHC	13.5
7.	Latham • CIN	13.0
8.	Dahlen • CHC	12.6
9.	Pfeffer • CHC	11.9
10.	Carroll • CHC	11.4

AB per SO
1.	Ward • BRO	44.1
2.	Glasscock • NYG	33.5
3.	McKean • CLV	31.7
4.	Thompson • PHI	27.7
5.	Cooney • CHC	27.4
6.	Bierbauer • PIT	26.3
7.	Wilmot • CHC	23.7
8.	Clements • PHI	22.3
9.	Miller • PIT	21.1
10.	Foutz • BRO	20.8

AB per HR
1.	Tiernan • NYG	33.9
2.	Stovey • BSN	34.0
3.	Wilmot • CHC	45.3
4.	Holliday • CIN	49.1
5.	Ryan • CHC	56.1
6.	Dahlen • CHC	61.0
7.	Long • BSN	64.1
8.	Anson • CHC	67.5
9.	Connor • NYG	68.4
10.	Pfeffer • CHC	71.1

Outs Made
1.	McKean • CLV	433
2.	McAleer • CLV	430
3.	McPhee • CIN	418
4.	Long • BSN	414
	Reilly • CIN	414
6.	Delahanty • PHI	411
7.	Smith • CIN	409
8.	Dahlen • CHC	406
9.	Davis • CLV	405
10.	Tucker • BSN	400

rOBA
1.	Hamilton • PHI	.449
2.	Tiernan • NYG	.425
3.	Stovey • BSN	.411
4.	Connor • NYG	.403
5.	Holliday • CIN	.402
6.	Clements • PHI	.389
7.	Long • BSN	.388
8.	Latham • CIN	.386
9.	Browning • 2TM	.385
10.	Childs • CLV	.381

Rbat+
1.	Hamilton • PHI	154
2.	Tiernan • NYG	152
3.	Connor • NYG	147
4.	Holliday • CIN	139
5.	Browning • 2TM	134
6.	Clements • PHI	132
7.	Stovey • BSN	130
8.	Gore • NYG	126
9.	Childs • CLV	125
10.	Burns • BRO	124

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