1897 National League Batting Leaders

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National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Nichols • BSN	11.1
2.	Rusie • NYG	8.3
3.	Breitenstein • CIN	7.9
4.	Jennings • BLN	7.3
5.	Keeler • BLN	7.1
6.	Davis • NYG	6.9
7.	Young • CLV	6.7
8.	Clarke • LOU	6.6
9.	Delahanty • PHI	5.7
10.	Powell • CLV	5.5

WAR Position Players
1.	Jennings • BLN	7.3
2.	Keeler • BLN	7.1
3.	Davis • NYG	6.9
4.	Clarke • LOU	6.6
5.	Delahanty • PHI	5.7
6.	Collins • BSN	5.3
7.	Lajoie • PHI	5.2
8.	Kelley • BLN	5.1
9.	Hamilton • BSN	4.9
10.	Selbach • WHS	4.5

Offensive WAR
1.	Keeler • BLN	6.5
2.	Clarke • LOU	6.3
3.	Jennings • BLN	6.3
4.	Davis • NYG	6.0
5.	Delahanty • PHI	5.4
6.	Lajoie • PHI	5.0
7.	Kelley • BLN	4.9
8.	Hamilton • BSN	4.4
9.	McGraw • BLN	4.4
10.	Burkett • CLV	4.3

Defensive WAR
1.	Warner • NYG	2.4
2.	Reitz • BLN	1.9
3.	Clingman • LOU	1.8
4.	Jennings • BLN	1.7
5.	Davis • NYG	1.6
6.	Collins • BSN	1.6
7.	Peitz • CIN	1.3
8.	Werden • LOU	1.1
9.	Farrell • WHS	1.1
	Zimmer • CLV	1.1

Batting Average
1.	Keeler • BLN	.424
2.	Clarke • LOU	.390
3.	Burkett • CLV	.383
4.	Delahanty • PHI	.377
5.	Kelley • BLN	.362
6.	Lajoie • PHI	.361
7.	Jennings • BLN	.355
8.	Doyle • BLN	.354
9.	Stahl • BSN	.354
10.	Davis • NYG	.353

On-Base%
1.	McGraw • BLN	.471
2.	Burkett • CLV	.468
3.	Keeler • BLN	.464
4.	Jennings • BLN	.463
5.	Clarke • LOU	.461
6.	Hamilton • BSN	.461
7.	Kelley • BLN	.447
8.	Joyce • NYG	.444
9.	Delahanty • PHI	.444
10.	Childs • CLV	.435

Slugging %
1.	Lajoie • PHI	.569
2.	Keeler • BLN	.539
3.	Delahanty • PHI	.538
4.	Clarke • LOU	.530
5.	Davis • NYG	.509
6.	Wallace • CLV	.504
7.	Stahl • BSN	.499
8.	Kelley • BLN	.489
9.	Beckley • 2TM	.485
10.	Collins • BSN	.482

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Keeler • BLN	1.003
2.	Clarke • LOU	.992
3.	Delahanty • PHI	.981
4.	Lajoie • PHI	.960
5.	Burkett • CLV	.944
6.	Kelley • BLN	.936
7.	Jennings • BLN	.932
8.	Davis • NYG	.918
9.	Stahl • BSN	.905
10.	Wallace • CLV	.898

Games Played
1.	McCreery • 2TM	140
2.	Ryan • CHC	136
3.	Jones • BRO	135
4.	Griffin • BRO	134
	Shindle • BRO	134
	Collins • BSN	134
	Duffy • BSN	134
	Irwin • CIN	134
	Padden • PIT	134
10.	Werden • LOU	133
	Cooley • PHI	133
	Ely • PIT	133
	DeMontreville • WHS	133

At Bats
1.	Tenney • BSN	566
	Van Haltren • NYG	566
	Cooley • PHI	566
	DeMontreville • WHS	566
5.	Keeler • BLN	564
6.	Duffy • BSN	550
7.	Jones • BRO	548
8.	Lajoie • PHI	545
9.	Gleason • NYG	543
10.	Shindle • BRO	542

Plate Appearances
1.	Tenney • BSN	646
2.	Griffin • BRO	637
3.	Jones • BRO	631
4.	Cooley • PHI	629
5.	Hamilton • BSN	622
6.	Duffy • BSN	621
7.	Keeler • BLN	618
8.	Van Haltren • NYG	615
9.	McCreery • 2TM	614
10.	Burkett • CLV	610

Runs Scored
1.	Hamilton • BSN	152
2.	Keeler • BLN	145
3.	Griffin • BRO	136
4.	Jones • BRO	134
5.	Jennings • BLN	133
6.	Duffy • BSN	130
7.	Burkett • CLV	129
8.	Tenney • BSN	125
9.	Cooley • PHI	124
10.	Tiernan • NYG	123

Hits
1.	Keeler • BLN	239
2.	Clarke • LOU	205
3.	Delahanty • PHI	200
4.	Burkett • CLV	198
5.	Lajoie • PHI	197
6.	DeMontreville • WHS	193
7.	Stenzel • BLN	189
8.	Duffy • BSN	187
9.	Van Haltren • NYG	186
	Cooley • PHI	186

Total Bases
1.	Lajoie • PHI	310
2.	Keeler • BLN	304
3.	Delahanty • PHI	285
4.	Clarke • LOU	279
5.	Duffy • BSN	265
	Davis • NYG	265
7.	Wallace • CLV	260
8.	Stenzel • BLN	258
9.	Collins • BSN	255
10.	Kelley • BLN	247

Doubles
1.	Stenzel • BLN	43
2.	Delahanty • PHI	40
	Lajoie • PHI	40
4.	Ryan • CHC	33
	Wallace • CLV	33
6.	Shindle • BRO	32
	Long • BSN	32
8.	Kelley • BLN	31
	Davis • NYG	31
10.	Stahl • BSN	30
	Corcoran • CIN	30
	Clarke • LOU	30

Triples
1.	Davis • PIT	28
2.	Lajoie • PHI	23
3.	Wallace • CLV	21
4.	Keeler • BLN	19
5.	Ryan • CHC	17
	Smith • PIT	17
7.	LaChance • BRO	16
	Selbach • WHS	16
9.	Delahanty • PHI	15
10.	Lange • CHC	14
	McKean • CLV	14
	Werden • LOU	14

Home Runs
1.	Duffy • BSN	11
2.	Davis • NYG	10
3.	Lajoie • PHI	9
4.	Beckley • 2TM	8
	Grady • 2TM	8
6.	Stafford • 2TM	7
7.	Collins • BSN	6
	Dahlen • CHC	6
	Clarke • LOU	6
	Clements • PHI	6
	Smith • PIT	6
	Douglass • STL	6

Runs Batted In
1.	Davis • NYG	135
2.	Collins • BSN	132
3.	Duffy • BSN	129
4.	Lajoie • PHI	127
5.	Kelley • BLN	118
6.	Stenzel • BLN	116
7.	Wallace • CLV	112
8.	Lowe • BSN	106
	Gleason • NYG	106
10.	Shindle • BRO	105

Bases on Balls
1.	Hamilton • BSN	105
2.	McGraw • BLN	99
3.	Griffin • BRO	81
	Joyce • NYG	81
5.	Selbach • WHS	80
6.	Burkett • CLV	76
7.	Childs • CLV	74
8.	Kelley • BLN	70
	Smith • PIT	70
10.	Cross • STL	62
	McCreery • 2TM	62

Strikeouts
1.	McCreery • 2TM	73
2.	Brown • WHS	63
3.	Clingman • LOU	52
4.	McCormick • CHC	51
5.	Cross • STL	44
6.	Pickering • 2TM	42
7.	Davis • PIT	40
8.	Wilson • LOU	39
	Cooley • PHI	39
10.	LaChance • BRO	38
	Sockalexis • CLV	38
	Joyce • NYG	38

Stolen Bases
1.	Lange • CHC	73
2.	Stenzel • BLN	69
3.	Hamilton • BSN	66
4.	Davis • NYG	65
5.	Keeler • BLN	64
6.	Doyle • BLN	62
7.	Jennings • BLN	60
8.	Clarke • LOU	59
9.	Van Haltren • NYG	50
10.	Jones • BRO	48

Singles
1.	Keeler • BLN	193
2.	Burkett • CLV	161
3.	Clarke • LOU	156
4.	Cooley • PHI	155
	DeMontreville • WHS	155
6.	Tenney • BSN	152
	Van Haltren • NYG	152
8.	Gleason • NYG	151
9.	Hamilton • BSN	149
10.	Jones • BRO	146
	Douglass • STL	146

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Clarke • LOU	166
2.	Keeler • BLN	164
3.	Delahanty • PHI	161
4.	Lajoie • PHI	155
5.	Kelley • BLN	147
6.	Jennings • BLN	146
7.	Davis • NYG	144
8.	Burkett • CLV	140
9.	Joyce • NYG	134
10.	Stahl • BSN	133

Runs Created
1.	Keeler • BLN	139
2.	Delahanty • PHI	126
3.	Clarke • LOU	122
4.	Lajoie • PHI	117
5.	Burkett • CLV	114
6.	Kelley • BLN	109
7.	Davis • NYG	107
8.	Duffy • BSN	105
9.	Wallace • CLV	102
10.	Stenzel • BLN	101

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Clarke • LOU	53
2.	Keeler • BLN	52
3.	Delahanty • PHI	49
4.	Kelley • BLN	38
5.	Lajoie • PHI	38
6.	Burkett • CLV	36
7.	Jennings • BLN	36
8.	Davis • NYG	33
9.	Hamilton • BSN	29
10.	Stenzel • BLN	26

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Clarke • LOU	4.9
2.	Keeler • BLN	4.8
3.	Delahanty • PHI	4.5
4.	Kelley • BLN	3.6
5.	Lajoie • PHI	3.6
6.	Burkett • CLV	3.4
7.	Jennings • BLN	3.4
8.	Davis • NYG	3.1
9.	Hamilton • BSN	2.7
10.	Stenzel • BLN	2.5

Extra Base Hits
1.	Lajoie • PHI	72
2.	Delahanty • PHI	60
3.	Wallace • CLV	58
4.	Ryan • CHC	55
5.	Stenzel • BLN	54
6.	Davis • NYG	51
7.	Clarke • LOU	49
8.	LaChance • BRO	48
9.	Collins • BSN	47
	Stahl • BSN	47

Times On Base
1.	Hamilton • BSN	285
2.	Keeler • BLN	281
	Burkett • CLV	281
4.	Clarke • LOU	275
5.	Delahanty • PHI	263
6.	Kelley • BLN	260
	Griffin • BRO	260
8.	Duffy • BSN	245
9.	Jennings • BLN	244
10.	Jones • BRO	242

Offensive Win %
1.	Keeler • BLN	.813
2.	Clarke • LOU	.787
3.	Delahanty • PHI	.786
4.	Burkett • CLV	.760
5.	Lajoie • PHI	.745
6.	Kelley • BLN	.743
7.	Davis • NYG	.724
8.	Stahl • BSN	.715
9.	Stenzel • BLN	.694
10.	Wallace • CLV	.690

Hit By Pitch
1.	Jennings • BLN	46
2.	Clarke • LOU	25
3.	Joyce • NYG	17
4.	Warner • NYG	16
	Padden • PIT	16
6.	Beckley • 2TM	15
7.	Douglass • STL	13
8.	Hoy • CIN	12
	Lajoie • PHI	12
	Harley • STL	12

Sacrifice Hits
1.	McCreery • 2TM	30
2.	Tenney • BSN	27
3.	Hoy • CIN	23
4.	Shindle • BRO	21
	Miller • CIN	21
6.	Padden • PIT	20
7.	Jennings • BLN	17
	Long • BSN	17
	Childs • CLV	17
10.	McPhee • CIN	16

Power-Speed #
1.	Duffy • BSN	17.3
2.	Davis • NYG	17.3
3.	Lajoie • PHI	12.4
4.	Beckley • 2TM	12.1
5.	Clarke • LOU	10.9
6.	Smith • PIT	9.7
7.	Stafford • 2TM	9.5
8.	Lange • CHC	9.4
9.	Selbach • WHS	9.0
10.	Kelley • BLN	9.0

AB per SO
1.	Keeler • BLN	112.8
2.	Corcoran • CIN	74.2
3.	Jennings • BLN	48.8
4.	Griffin • BRO	41.1
5.	Lange • CHC	39.9
6.	McKean • CLV	37.4
7.	Anderson • BRO	35.1
8.	Dowd • 2TM	33.5
9.	Collins • BSN	33.1
10.	Duffy • BSN	32.4

AB per HR
1.	Grady • 2TM	42.4
2.	Duffy • BSN	50.0
3.	Davis • NYG	52.1
4.	Beckley • 2TM	54.1
5.	Lajoie • PHI	60.6
6.	Stafford • 2TM	66.3
7.	Tucker • 2TM	73.2
8.	Everitt • CHC	75.8
9.	Smith • PIT	77.8
10.	McGuire • WHS	81.8

Outs Made
1.	Tenney • BSN	413
2.	Shindle • BRO	409
3.	McCreery • 2TM	402
4.	Dowd • 2TM	398
5.	Padden • PIT	391
6.	Cooley • PHI	390
7.	Jones • BRO	389
8.	DeMontreville • WHS	387
9.	McKean • CLV	386
	Van Haltren • NYG	386

rOBA
1.	Keeler • BLN	.483
2.	Clarke • LOU	.475
3.	Jennings • BLN	.465
4.	Delahanty • PHI	.455
5.	Burkett • CLV	.449
6.	Kelley • BLN	.447
7.	Davis • NYG	.440
8.	Hamilton • BSN	.440
9.	Lajoie • PHI	.435
10.	McGraw • BLN	.433

Rbat+
1.	Keeler • BLN	165
2.	Clarke • LOU	164
3.	Delahanty • PHI	158
4.	Jennings • BLN	153
5.	Kelley • BLN	148
6.	Lajoie • PHI	146
7.	Burkett • CLV	144
8.	Davis • NYG	141
9.	McGraw • BLN	139
10.	Joyce • NYG	138

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