1896 National League Batting Leaders

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National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Young • CLV	10.5
2.	Cuppy • CLV	10.3
3.	Killen • PIT	8.4
4.	Jennings • BLN	8.3
5.	Hawley • PIT	8.3
6.	Hoffer • BLN	8.3
7.	Dwyer • CIN	7.6
8.	Delahanty • PHI	7.3
9.	Dahlen • CHC	7.1
10.	Kelley • BLN	7.0

WAR Position Players
1.	Jennings • BLN	8.3
2.	Delahanty • PHI	7.3
3.	Dahlen • CHC	7.1
4.	Kelley • BLN	7.0
5.	Childs • CLV	6.2
6.	Joyce • 2TM	6.2
7.	Hamilton • BSN	5.8
8.	Smith • PIT	5.7
9.	Tiernan • NYG	5.5
10.	Keeler • BLN	5.3

Offensive WAR
1.	Jennings • BLN	7.2
2.	Delahanty • PHI	6.9
3.	Joyce • 2TM	6.7
4.	Kelley • BLN	6.6
5.	Dahlen • CHC	6.3
6.	Hamilton • BSN	5.8
7.	Burkett • CLV	5.5
8.	Tiernan • NYG	5.4
9.	Childs • CLV	5.1
10.	Smith • PIT	5.0

Defensive WAR
1.	Jennings • BLN	1.8
2.	Corcoran • BRO	1.6
3.	McFarland • STL	1.6
4.	Dahlen • CHC	1.5
5.	Smith • CIN	1.5
6.	Childs • CLV	1.4
7.	Zimmer • CLV	1.2
8.	Lowe • BSN	1.1
9.	McPhee • CIN	1.1
	Ely • PIT	1.1

Batting Average
1.	Burkett • CLV	.410
2.	Jennings • BLN	.401
3.	Delahanty • PHI	.397
4.	Keeler • BLN	.386
5.	Tiernan • NYG	.369
6.	Hamilton • BSN	.366
7.	Kelley • BLN	.364
8.	Smith • PIT	.362
9.	Stenzel • PIT	.361
10.	Childs • CLV	.355

On-Base%
1.	Hamilton • BSN	.478
2.	Jennings • BLN	.472
3.	Delahanty • PHI	.472
4.	Joyce • 2TM	.470
5.	Kelley • BLN	.469
6.	Childs • CLV	.467
7.	Burkett • CLV	.461
8.	Smith • PIT	.454
9.	Tiernan • NYG	.452
10.	Dahlen • CHC	.438

Slugging %
1.	Delahanty • PHI	.631
2.	Dahlen • CHC	.553
3.	McCreery • LOU	.546
4.	Kelley • BLN	.543
5.	Burkett • CLV	.541
6.	Joyce • 2TM	.518
7.	Tiernan • NYG	.516
8.	Smith • PIT	.500
9.	Keeler • BLN	.496
10.	Jennings • BLN	.488

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Delahanty • PHI	1.103
2.	Kelley • BLN	1.013
3.	Burkett • CLV	1.002
4.	Dahlen • CHC	.990
5.	Joyce • 2TM	.988
6.	Tiernan • NYG	.968
7.	Jennings • BLN	.960
8.	McCreery • LOU	.956
9.	Smith • PIT	.954
10.	Hamilton • BSN	.946

Games Played
1.	Burkett • CLV	133
	McKean • CLV	133
	Gleason • NYG	133
	Tiernan • NYG	133
	Van Haltren • NYG	133
	Cartwright • WHS	133
	DeMontreville • WHS	133
8.	Brodie • BLN	132
	Corcoran • BRO	132
	Everitt • CHC	132
	Childs • CLV	132
	Tebeau • CLV	132

At Bats
1.	Burkett • CLV	586
2.	Everitt • CHC	575
3.	Donovan • PIT	573
4.	McKean • CLV	571
5.	Van Haltren • NYG	562
6.	Keeler • BLN	544
7.	Tebeau • CLV	543
8.	Gleason • NYG	541
9.	Ely • PIT	537
10.	DeMontreville • WHS	533

Plate Appearances
1.	Burkett • CLV	647
2.	Hamilton • BSN	642
3.	McKean • CLV	630
4.	Kelley • BLN	627
5.	Everitt • CHC	625
6.	Donovan • PIT	624
7.	Van Haltren • NYG	623
8.	Childs • CLV	615
9.	Tiernan • NYG	605
10.	Jennings • BLN	602

Runs Scored
1.	Burkett • CLV	160
2.	Keeler • BLN	153
	Hamilton • BSN	153
4.	Kelley • BLN	148
5.	Dahlen • CHC	137
6.	Van Haltren • NYG	136
7.	Tiernan • NYG	132
8.	Delahanty • PHI	131
9.	Everitt • CHC	130
10.	Jennings • BLN	125

Hits
1.	Burkett • CLV	240
2.	Keeler • BLN	210
3.	Jennings • BLN	209
4.	Delahanty • PHI	198
5.	Van Haltren • NYG	197
6.	McKean • CLV	193
7.	Hamilton • BSN	192
	Tiernan • NYG	192
9.	Kelley • BLN	189
10.	Everitt • CHC	184

Total Bases
1.	Burkett • CLV	317
2.	Delahanty • PHI	315
3.	Kelley • BLN	282
4.	Van Haltren • NYG	272
5.	Keeler • BLN	270
6.	Tiernan • NYG	269
7.	McKean • CLV	267
8.	Dahlen • CHC	262
9.	Jennings • BLN	254
10.	Clarke • LOU	246
	Joyce • 2TM	246

Doubles
1.	Delahanty • PHI	44
2.	Miller • CIN	38
3.	Kelley • BLN	31
4.	Dahlen • CHC	30
5.	Doyle • BLN	29
	McKean • CLV	29
7.	Thompson • PHI	28
8.	Jennings • BLN	27
	Griffin • BRO	27
	Tucker • BSN	27
	Burkett • CLV	27

Triples
1.	McCreery • LOU	21
	Van Haltren • NYG	21
3.	Kelley • BLN	19
	Dahlen • CHC	19
5.	Clarke • LOU	18
6.	Anderson • BRO	17
	Delahanty • PHI	17
8.	Lange • CHC	16
	Burkett • CLV	16
	Tiernan • NYG	16
	Davis • 2TM	16

Home Runs
1.	Delahanty • PHI	13
	Joyce • 2TM	13
3.	Thompson • PHI	12
4.	Connor • STL	11
5.	Dahlen • CHC	9
	Clarke • LOU	9
	Beckley • 2TM	9
8.	Kelley • BLN	8
	DeMontreville • WHS	8
10.	LaChance • BRO	7
	McKean • CLV	7
	McCreery • LOU	7
	Tiernan • NYG	7
	Parrott • STL	7

Runs Batted In
1.	Delahanty • PHI	126
2.	Jennings • BLN	121
3.	Duffy • BSN	113
4.	McKean • CLV	112
5.	Reitz • BLN	106
	Childs • CLV	106
7.	Doyle • BLN	101
	Long • BSN	101
9.	Kelley • BLN	100
	Thompson • PHI	100
	Selbach • WHS	100

Bases on Balls
1.	Hamilton • BSN	110
2.	Joyce • 2TM	101
3.	Childs • CLV	100
4.	Kelley • BLN	91
5.	Tiernan • NYG	77
6.	Selbach • WHS	76
7.	Smith • PIT	74
8.	Lyons • PIT	67
9.	Lush • WHS	66
10.	Lange • CHC	65
	Hoy • CIN	65

Strikeouts
1.	McCreery • LOU	58
2.	Clingman • LOU	51
3.	Brown • WHS	49
	Lush • WHS	49
5.	Zimmer • CLV	48
	Cross • STL	48
7.	Cartwright • WHS	44
8.	Everitt • CHC	43
9.	Davis • 2TM	41
10.	Dahlen • CHC	36
	Van Haltren • NYG	36

Stolen Bases
1.	Kelley • BLN	87
2.	Lange • CHC	84
3.	Hamilton • BSN	83
4.	Miller • CIN	76
5.	Doyle • BLN	73
6.	Jennings • BLN	70
7.	Keeler • BLN	67
8.	Stenzel • PIT	57
9.	Burke • CIN	53
10.	Dahlen • CHC	51

Singles
1.	Burkett • CLV	191
2.	Jennings • BLN	173
3.	Keeler • BLN	171
4.	Hamilton • BSN	155
	Donovan • PIT	155
6.	Everitt • CHC	153
	Van Haltren • NYG	153
8.	DeMontreville • WHS	146
9.	McKean • CLV	145
	Tiernan • NYG	145

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Delahanty • PHI	190
2.	Kelley • BLN	164
3.	Joyce • 2TM	161
4.	Tiernan • NYG	158
5.	Burkett • CLV	157
6.	Dahlen • CHC	156
7.	Smith • PIT	155
8.	McCreery • LOU	155
9.	Jennings • BLN	151
10.	Hamilton • BSN	145

Runs Created
1.	Delahanty • PHI	146
2.	Burkett • CLV	144
3.	Kelley • BLN	129
4.	Tiernan • NYG	121
5.	Hamilton • BSN	117
6.	Keeler • BLN	115
7.	Dahlen • CHC	112
8.	Van Haltren • NYG	111
9.	Joyce • 2TM	110
10.	Smith • PIT	108

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Delahanty • PHI	67
2.	Kelley • BLN	54
3.	Joyce • 2TM	51
4.	Burkett • CLV	50
5.	Tiernan • NYG	47
6.	Jennings • BLN	44
7.	Hamilton • BSN	43
8.	Smith • PIT	43
9.	Dahlen • CHC	40
10.	Childs • CLV	34

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Delahanty • PHI	6.2
2.	Kelley • BLN	5.0
3.	Joyce • 2TM	4.7
4.	Burkett • CLV	4.6
5.	Tiernan • NYG	4.3
6.	Jennings • BLN	4.1
7.	Hamilton • BSN	4.1
8.	Smith • PIT	4.0
9.	Dahlen • CHC	3.7
10.	Childs • CLV	3.2

Extra Base Hits
1.	Delahanty • PHI	74
2.	Kelley • BLN	58
	Dahlen • CHC	58
4.	Miller • CIN	54
5.	McCreery • LOU	51
6.	Joyce • 2TM	50
7.	Burkett • CLV	49
8.	McKean • CLV	48
9.	Tiernan • NYG	47
	Thompson • PHI	47

Times On Base
1.	Hamilton • BSN	304
2.	Burkett • CLV	296
3.	Kelley • BLN	292
4.	Childs • CLV	281
	Joyce • 2TM	281
6.	Jennings • BLN	279
7.	Tiernan • NYG	271
8.	Delahanty • PHI	269
9.	Smith • PIT	257
10.	Keeler • BLN	254
	Van Haltren • NYG	254

Offensive Win %
1.	Delahanty • PHI	.849
2.	Burkett • CLV	.809
3.	Kelley • BLN	.791
4.	Tiernan • NYG	.772
5.	Hamilton • BSN	.757
6.	Joyce • 2TM	.756
7.	Smith • PIT	.754
8.	Dahlen • CHC	.746
9.	McCreery • LOU	.743
10.	Keeler • BLN	.742

Hit By Pitch
1.	Jennings • BLN	51
2.	Joyce • 2TM	22
3.	Sullivan • 2TM	20
4.	Brodie • BLN	18
5.	Beckley • 2TM	15
6.	Tucker • BSN	14
	Clarke • LOU	14
8.	Hoy • CIN	13
9.	Kelley • BLN	12
10.	Donovan • PIT	11

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Hoy • CIN	33
2.	Ely • PIT	28
3.	Dahlen • CHC	27
4.	Tenney • BSN	21
5.	Donnelly • BLN	20
	Duffy • BSN	20
7.	Shindle • BRO	18
	Miller • CIN	18
	McAleer • CLV	18
	Hallman • PHI	18

Power-Speed #
1.	Joyce • 2TM	20.2
2.	Delahanty • PHI	19.2
3.	Dahlen • CHC	15.3
4.	Kelley • BLN	14.7
5.	Clarke • LOU	14.2
6.	DeMontreville • WHS	12.4
7.	Beckley • 2TM	12.2
8.	Thompson • PHI	12.0
9.	Tiernan • NYG	11.7
10.	McCreery • LOU	11.0

AB per SO
1.	McKean • CLV	63.4
2.	Vaughn • CIN	61.9
3.	Keeler • BLN	60.4
4.	Jennings • BLN	47.4
5.	Connaughton • NYG	45.0
6.	Gleason • NYG	41.6
7.	Corcoran • BRO	40.9
8.	Anson • CHC	40.2
9.	Thompson • PHI	39.8
10.	Stenzel • PIT	36.8

AB per HR
1.	Joyce • 2TM	36.5
2.	Delahanty • PHI	38.4
3.	Thompson • PHI	43.1
4.	Connor • STL	43.9
5.	Beckley • 2TM	44.3
6.	LaChance • BRO	49.7
7.	Dahlen • CHC	52.7
8.	Clarke • LOU	57.4
9.	McCreery • LOU	63.0
10.	Kelley • BLN	64.9

Outs Made
1.	Ely • PIT	412
2.	Tebeau • CLV	411
3.	Everitt • CHC	398
4.	Donovan • PIT	395
5.	Dowd • STL	394
6.	Corcoran • BRO	390
	Shindle • BRO	390
	McKean • CLV	390
9.	Duffy • BSN	389
	Gleason • NYG	389

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