1899 National League Batting Leaders

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National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Willis • BSN	10.0
2.	McGinnity • BLN	8.4
3.	Young • STL	8.3
4.	Tannehill • PIT	8.2
5.	Kitson • BLN	8.1
6.	Delahanty • PHI	8.0
7.	McGraw • BLN	8.0
8.	Hughes • BRO	7.9
9.	Hahn • CIN	7.7
10.	Williams • PIT	6.9

WAR Position Players
1.	Delahanty • PHI	8.0
2.	McGraw • BLN	8.0
3.	Williams • PIT	6.9
4.	Wagner • LOU	5.8
5.	Burkett • STL	5.8
6.	Stahl • BSN	5.6
7.	Wallace • STL	5.5
8.	Tenney • BSN	5.3
9.	Thomas • PHI	4.9
10.	Davis • NYG	4.9

Offensive WAR
1.	Delahanty • PHI	7.7
2.	McGraw • BLN	7.4
3.	Williams • PIT	6.9
4.	Burkett • STL	5.8
5.	Wagner • LOU	5.2
6.	Thomas • PHI	4.8
7.	Freeman • WHS	4.7
8.	Stahl • BSN	4.6
9.	Keeler • BRO	4.4
10.	Daly • BRO	4.3

Defensive WAR
1.	Collins • BSN	2.6
2.	Wallace • STL	2.1
3.	Cross • 2TM	1.9
4.	Ely • PIT	1.8
5.	Lowe • BSN	1.7
	Dahlen • BRO	1.7
7.	Davis • NYG	1.7
8.	Long • BSN	1.5
9.	Corcoran • CIN	1.4
10.	Cross • PHI	1.4

Batting Average
1.	Delahanty • PHI	.410
2.	Burkett • STL	.396
3.	McGraw • BLN	.391
4.	Keeler • BRO	.379
5.	Williams • PIT	.354
6.	Beaumont • PIT	.352
7.	Stahl • BSN	.351
8.	Tenney • BSN	.347
9.	Flick • PHI	.342
10.	Wagner • LOU	.341

On-Base%
1.	McGraw • BLN	.547
2.	Delahanty • PHI	.464
3.	Burkett • STL	.463
4.	Thomas • PHI	.457
5.	Stahl • BSN	.426
6.	Keeler • BRO	.425
7.	Beaumont • PIT	.416
8.	Williams • PIT	.416
9.	Tenney • BSN	.411
10.	Kelley • BRO	.410

Slugging %
1.	Delahanty • PHI	.582
2.	Freeman • WHS	.563
3.	Williams • PIT	.530
4.	Wagner • LOU	.501
5.	Burkett • STL	.500
6.	Stahl • BSN	.493
7.	McFarland • PHI	.475
8.	Mertes • CHC	.467
9.	Beckley • CIN	.464
10.	Chiles • PHI	.462

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Delahanty • PHI	1.046
2.	McGraw • BLN	.994
3.	Burkett • STL	.963
4.	Williams • PIT	.946
5.	Freeman • WHS	.925
6.	Stahl • BSN	.919
7.	Wagner • LOU	.895
8.	McFarland • PHI	.879
9.	Keeler • BRO	.876
10.	Beaumont • PIT	.860

Games Played
1.	Hoy • LOU	155
	Freeman • WHS	155
3.	Cross • PHI	154
4.	Williams • PIT	153
5.	Lowe • BSN	152
	Van Haltren • NYG	152
7.	Collins • BSN	151
	O'Brien • NYG	151
	Lauder • PHI	151
	Wallace • STL	151

At Bats
1.	Hoy • LOU	636
2.	Williams • PIT	621
3.	Quinn • CLV	615
4.	Van Haltren • NYG	607
5.	Clarke • LOU	606
6.	Dowd • CLV	605
7.	Tenney • BSN	603
8.	Collins • BSN	599
	Slagle • WHS	599
10.	Heidrick • STL	591

Plate Appearances
1.	Hoy • LOU	723
2.	Thomas • PHI	702
3.	Williams • PIT	693
4.	Tenney • BSN	691
5.	Van Haltren • NYG	687
6.	Clarke • LOU	681
7.	Slagle • WHS	668
8.	Stahl • BSN	661
9.	Collins • BSN	660
10.	Dowd • CLV	659

Runs Scored
1.	McGraw • BLN	140
	Keeler • BRO	140
3.	Thomas • PHI	137
4.	Delahanty • PHI	135
5.	Williams • PIT	126
6.	Stahl • BSN	122
	Clarke • LOU	122
8.	Van Haltren • NYG	118
9.	Hoy • LOU	117
10.	Burkett • STL	116

Hits
1.	Delahanty • PHI	238
2.	Burkett • STL	221
3.	Williams • PIT	220
4.	Keeler • BRO	216
5.	Tenney • BSN	209
6.	Clarke • LOU	206
7.	Stahl • BSN	202
8.	Wagner • LOU	196
9.	Hoy • LOU	194
	Heidrick • STL	194

Total Bases
1.	Delahanty • PHI	338
2.	Freeman • WHS	331
3.	Williams • PIT	329
4.	Wagner • LOU	288
5.	Stahl • BSN	284
6.	Burkett • STL	279
7.	Tenney • BSN	265
8.	Clarke • LOU	262
	Wallace • STL	262
10.	Keeler • BRO	257

Doubles
1.	Delahanty • PHI	55
2.	Wagner • LOU	45
3.	Holmes • BLN	31
4.	Long • BSN	30
5.	Duffy • BSN	29
6.	Collins • BSN	28
	Selbach • CIN	28
	Chiles • PHI	28
	Williams • PIT	28
	Wallace • STL	28

Triples
1.	Williams • PIT	27
2.	Freeman • WHS	25
3.	Stahl • BSN	19
4.	Tenney • BSN	17
	McCarthy • PIT	17
6.	Keister • BLN	16
	Mertes • CHC	16
	Beckley • CIN	16
9.	Kelley • BRO	14
	Heidrick • STL	14
	Wallace • STL	14

Home Runs
1.	Freeman • WHS	25
2.	Wallace • STL	12
3.	Mertes • CHC	9
	Delahanty • PHI	9
	Williams • PIT	9
6.	Stahl • BSN	7
	Wagner • LOU	7
	Burkett • STL	7
	McGann • 2TM	7
10.	Kelley • BRO	6
	Long • BSN	6
	Green • CHC	6
	O'Brien • NYG	6
	Lajoie • PHI	6
	Donlin • STL	6
	O'Brien • WHS	6

Runs Batted In
1.	Delahanty • PHI	137
2.	Freeman • WHS	122
3.	Williams • PIT	116
4.	Wagner • LOU	114
5.	Wallace • STL	108
6.	Duffy • BSN	102
7.	Long • BSN	100
8.	Beckley • CIN	99
9.	Flick • PHI	98
10.	Kelley • BRO	93

Bases on Balls
1.	McGraw • BLN	124
2.	Thomas • PHI	115
3.	Van Haltren • NYG	75
4.	Childs • STL	74
5.	Hamilton • BSN	72
	Stahl • BSN	72
7.	Kelley • BRO	70
	Selbach • CIN	70
9.	Daly • BRO	69
10.	Dahlen • BRO	67
	Burkett • STL	67

Strikeouts
1.	Holmes • BLN	58
2.	Sheckard • BLN	51
	Williams • PIT	51
4.	Green • CHC	50
5.	Cross • PHI	49
6.	Carrick • NYG	47
7.	Thomas • PHI	45
8.	Harley • CLV	40
9.	LaChance • BLN	38
10.	Wagner • LOU	36
	McCreery • PIT	36

Stolen Bases
1.	Sheckard • BLN	77
2.	McGraw • BLN	73
3.	Heidrick • STL	55
4.	Holmes • BLN	50
5.	Clarke • LOU	49
6.	DeMontreville • 2TM	47
7.	Keeler • BRO	45
	Mertes • CHC	45
9.	Daly • BRO	43
10.	Thomas • PHI	42

Singles
1.	Keeler • BRO	190
2.	Burkett • STL	185
3.	Tenney • BSN	172
4.	Clarke • LOU	169
5.	Delahanty • PHI	165
6.	Thomas • PHI	162
7.	Hoy • LOU	159
8.	Heidrick • STL	157
9.	Van Haltren • NYG	156
	Williams • PIT	156

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Delahanty • PHI	189
2.	McGraw • BLN	168
3.	Burkett • STL	162
4.	Williams • PIT	158
5.	Freeman • WHS	153
6.	Wagner • LOU	145
7.	McFarland • PHI	143
8.	Stahl • BSN	142
9.	Keeler • BRO	138
10.	Flick • PHI	136

Runs Created
1.	Delahanty • PHI	156
2.	Williams • PIT	135
3.	Burkett • STL	129
4.	Stahl • BSN	120
5.	Freeman • WHS	114
6.	Wagner • LOU	111
7.	Tenney • BSN	108
8.	Keeler • BRO	107
9.	Clarke • LOU	102
10.	Kelley • BRO	98

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Delahanty • PHI	73
2.	McGraw • BLN	56
3.	Burkett • STL	51
4.	Williams • PIT	48
5.	Freeman • WHS	35
6.	Stahl • BSN	35
7.	Wagner • LOU	35
8.	Thomas • PHI	34
9.	Keeler • BRO	30
10.	Lajoie • PHI	28

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Delahanty • PHI	7.1
2.	McGraw • BLN	5.5
3.	Burkett • STL	5.0
4.	Williams • PIT	4.7
5.	Freeman • WHS	3.5
6.	Stahl • BSN	3.5
7.	Wagner • LOU	3.4
8.	Thomas • PHI	3.4
9.	Keeler • BRO	3.0
10.	Lajoie • PHI	2.7

Extra Base Hits
1.	Delahanty • PHI	73
2.	Freeman • WHS	69
3.	Wagner • LOU	65
4.	Williams • PIT	64
5.	Wallace • STL	54
6.	Stahl • BSN	49
7.	Beckley • CIN	46
8.	Collins • BSN	44
	Long • BSN	44
10.	McCarthy • PIT	43

Times On Base
1.	Thomas • PHI	310
2.	Delahanty • PHI	297
3.	McGraw • BLN	294
4.	Burkett • STL	290
5.	Williams • PIT	286
6.	Stahl • BSN	278
7.	Tenney • BSN	275
8.	Clarke • LOU	271
9.	Hoy • LOU	266
10.	Keeler • BRO	262

Offensive Win %
1.	Delahanty • PHI	.860
2.	McGraw • BLN	.824
3.	Burkett • STL	.815
4.	Williams • PIT	.779
5.	Stahl • BSN	.761
6.	Wagner • LOU	.734
7.	Keeler • BRO	.732
8.	Freeman • WHS	.722
9.	McFarland • PHI	.716
10.	Beaumont • PIT	.715

Hit By Pitch
1.	McGann • 2TM	37
2.	Brodie • BLN	23
3.	Jennings • 2TM	19
4.	Sheckard • BLN	18
	Freeman • WHS	18
6.	Thomas • PHI	17
	Padden • WHS	17
8.	Keister • BLN	16
	Clarke • LOU	16
10.	Holmes • BLN	15
	Dahlen • BRO	15

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Ely • PIT	29
2.	McCarthy • PIT	27
3.	Cross • PHI	26
4.	Long • BSN	25
5.	Thomas • PHI	23
6.	Tenney • BSN	22
7.	Dexter • LOU	21
	Ritchey • LOU	21
9.	Selbach • CIN	20
	Heidrick • STL	20

Power-Speed #
1.	Freeman • WHS	22.8
2.	Mertes • CHC	15.0
3.	Wallace • STL	14.1
4.	Delahanty • PHI	13.8
5.	Williams • PIT	13.4
6.	Wagner • LOU	11.8
7.	Stahl • BSN	11.6
8.	McGann • 2TM	11.1
9.	Burkett • STL	10.9
10.	Kelley • BRO	10.1

AB per SO
1.	Keeler • BRO	285.0
2.	Cross • 2TM	185.7
3.	Quinn • CLV	61.5
4.	Dowd • CLV	60.5
5.	Stahl • BSN	57.6
6.	Lange • CHC	52.0
7.	Sullivan • CLV	47.3
8.	Duffy • BSN	45.2
9.	Corcoran • CIN	45.0
10.	McCarthy • PIT	43.5

AB per HR
1.	Freeman • WHS	23.5
2.	Mertes • CHC	47.3
3.	Wallace • STL	48.1
4.	Delahanty • PHI	64.6
5.	Williams • PIT	69.0
6.	McGann • 2TM	71.1
7.	O'Brien • WHS	78.0
8.	Green • CHC	79.2
9.	Burkett • STL	79.7
10.	Leach • LOU	81.2

Outs Made
1.	Hoy • LOU	457
2.	Long • BSN	450
3.	Slagle • WHS	445
4.	Collins • BSN	442
5.	Dowd • CLV	441
	Quinn • CLV	441
7.	Cross • PHI	440
8.	Duffy • BSN	435
9.	Gleason • NYG	434
	Lauder • PHI	434

rOBA
1.	McGraw • BLN	.506
2.	Delahanty • PHI	.489
3.	Burkett • STL	.457
4.	Williams • PIT	.438
5.	Stahl • BSN	.437
6.	Freeman • WHS	.425
7.	Keeler • BRO	.424
8.	Wagner • LOU	.422
9.	McFarland • PHI	.418
10.	Beaumont • PIT	.412

Rbat+
1.	Delahanty • PHI	183
2.	McGraw • BLN	175
3.	Burkett • STL	161
4.	Williams • PIT	151
5.	Freeman • WHS	143
6.	McFarland • PHI	142
7.	Stahl • BSN	141
8.	Keeler • BRO	140
9.	Wagner • LOU	139
10.	Thomas • PHI	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