1901 National League Batting Leaders

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National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Mathewson • NYG	8.8
2.	Willis • BSN	8.7
3.	Wallace • STL	7.8
4.	Hahn • CIN	7.7
5.	Orth • PHI	7.2
6.	Wagner • PIT	7.2
7.	Burkett • STL	7.2
8.	Nichols • BSN	6.8
9.	Flick • PHI	6.7
10.	Delahanty • PHI	6.6

WAR Position Players
1.	Wallace • STL	7.8
2.	Wagner • PIT	7.2
3.	Burkett • STL	7.2
4.	Flick • PHI	6.7
5.	Delahanty • PHI	6.6
6.	Sheckard • BRO	6.4
7.	Hartsel • CHC	5.6
8.	Clarke • PIT	5.0
9.	Davis • NYG	4.9
10.	Crawford • CIN	4.8

Offensive WAR
1.	Burkett • STL	7.3
2.	Wagner • PIT	6.9
3.	Delahanty • PHI	6.5
4.	Sheckard • BRO	6.1
5.	Hartsel • CHC	5.9
6.	Crawford • CIN	5.3
7.	Wallace • STL	5.3
8.	Flick • PHI	5.3
9.	Davis • NYG	4.7
10.	Heidrick • STL	4.4

Defensive WAR
1.	Wallace • STL	3.4
2.	Long • BSN	2.7
3.	Dahlen • BRO	2.2
4.	Kittridge • BSN	1.6
5.	Bergen • CIN	1.3
6.	Ely • PIT	1.3
7.	Davis • NYG	1.1
8.	DeMontreville • BSN	1.0
9.	Cross • PHI	1.0
10.	McCormick • CHC	0.9

Batting Average
1.	Burkett • STL	.376
2.	Delahanty • PHI	.354
3.	Sheckard • BRO	.354
4.	Wagner • PIT	.353
5.	Keeler • BRO	.339
6.	Heidrick • STL	.339
7.	Van Haltren • NYG	.335
8.	Hartsel • CHC	.335
9.	Flick • PHI	.333
10.	Beaumont • PIT	.332

On-Base%
1.	Burkett • STL	.440
2.	Thomas • PHI	.437
3.	Delahanty • PHI	.427
4.	Wagner • PIT	.417
5.	Hartsel • CHC	.414
6.	Sheckard • BRO	.409
7.	Hamilton • BSN	.404
8.	Flick • PHI	.399
9.	Van Haltren • NYG	.396
10.	Clarke • PIT	.395

Slugging %
1.	Sheckard • BRO	.534
2.	Delahanty • PHI	.528
3.	Crawford • CIN	.524
4.	Burkett • STL	.509
5.	Flick • PHI	.500
6.	Wagner • PIT	.494
7.	Hartsel • CHC	.475
8.	Heidrick • STL	.470
9.	Clarke • PIT	.461
10.	Wallace • STL	.451

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Delahanty • PHI	.955
2.	Burkett • STL	.949
3.	Sheckard • BRO	.944
4.	Wagner • PIT	.911
5.	Crawford • CIN	.903
6.	Flick • PHI	.899
7.	Hartsel • CHC	.889
8.	Clarke • PIT	.856
9.	Heidrick • STL	.837
10.	Daly • BRO	.815

Games Played
1.	Burkett • STL	142
	Krueger • STL	142
3.	DeMontreville • BSN	140
	Hartsel • CHC	140
	Beckley • CIN	140
	Ritchey • PIT	140
	Wagner • PIT	140
8.	Cross • PHI	139
	Delahanty • PHI	139
	Bransfield • PIT	139

At Bats
1.	Burkett • STL	601
2.	Keeler • BRO	595
3.	Beckley • CIN	580
4.	DeMontreville • BSN	577
5.	Bransfield • PIT	566
6.	Hartsel • CHC	558
	Beaumont • PIT	558
8.	Sheckard • BRO	554
9.	Wallace • STL	550
10.	Wagner • PIT	549

Plate Appearances
1.	Burkett • STL	676
2.	Keeler • BRO	645
3.	Hartsel • CHC	636
4.	Beckley • CIN	635
5.	Delahanty • PHI	621
6.	Wagner • PIT	620
7.	DeMontreville • BSN	619
8.	Beaumont • PIT	618
9.	Flick • PHI	616
10.	Bransfield • PIT	613

Runs Scored
1.	Burkett • STL	142
2.	Keeler • BRO	123
3.	Beaumont • PIT	120
4.	Clarke • PIT	118
5.	Sheckard • BRO	116
6.	Flick • PHI	112
7.	Hartsel • CHC	111
8.	Delahanty • PHI	106
9.	Thomas • PHI	102
10.	Wagner • PIT	101

Hits
1.	Burkett • STL	226
2.	Keeler • BRO	202
3.	Sheckard • BRO	196
4.	Wagner • PIT	194
5.	Delahanty • PHI	192
6.	Hartsel • CHC	187
7.	Beaumont • PIT	185
8.	Van Haltren • NYG	182
9.	Flick • PHI	180
10.	Beckley • CIN	178
	Wallace • STL	178

Total Bases
1.	Burkett • STL	306
2.	Sheckard • BRO	296
3.	Delahanty • PHI	286
4.	Wagner • PIT	271
5.	Crawford • CIN	270
	Flick • PHI	270
7.	Hartsel • CHC	265
8.	Keeler • BRO	250
9.	Beckley • CIN	249
10.	Wallace • STL	248

Doubles
1.	Daly • BRO	38
	Delahanty • PHI	38
3.	Wagner • PIT	37
4.	Beckley • CIN	36
5.	Wallace • STL	34
6.	Flick • PHI	32
7.	Sheckard • BRO	29
	Selbach • NYG	29
9.	Davis • NYG	26
	Bransfield • PIT	26

Triples
1.	Sheckard • BRO	19
2.	Flick • PHI	17
3.	Hartsel • CHC	16
	Crawford • CIN	16
	Delahanty • PHI	16
	Bransfield • PIT	16
7.	Clarke • PIT	15
	Burkett • STL	15
	Wallace • STL	15
10.	McCreery • BRO	14

Home Runs
1.	Crawford • CIN	16
2.	Sheckard • BRO	11
3.	Burkett • STL	10
4.	Delahanty • PHI	8
	Flick • PHI	8
	Beaumont • PIT	8
7.	Davis • NYG	7
	Hartsel • CHC	7
9.	Heidrick • STL	6
	Steinfeldt • CIN	6
	Clarke • PIT	6
	Green • CHC	6
	Wagner • PIT	6
	McGann • STL	6

Runs Batted In
1.	Wagner • PIT	126
2.	Delahanty • PHI	108
3.	Sheckard • BRO	104
	Crawford • CIN	104
5.	Bransfield • PIT	91
	Wallace • STL	91
7.	Daly • BRO	90
8.	Flick • PHI	88
9.	Dahlen • BRO	82
10.	Beckley • CIN	79
	Krueger • STL	79

Bases on Balls
1.	Thomas • PHI	100
2.	Hartsel • CHC	74
3.	Davis • 2TM	66
4.	Delahanty • PHI	65
5.	Hamilton • BSN	64
6.	Strang • NYG	59
	Burkett • STL	59
8.	Wagner • PIT	53
9.	Magoon • CIN	52
	Cross • PHI	52
	Flick • PHI	52

Strikeouts
1.	Cross • PHI	91
2.	Strang • NYG	77
3.	Burkett • STL	70
4.	Green • CHC	60
	Delahanty • PHI	60
	Bransfield • PIT	60
7.	Daly • BRO	58
8.	Hahn • CIN	57
9.	Long • BSN	56
	McCormick • CHC	56
	Flick • PHI	56
	Thomas • PHI	56

Stolen Bases
1.	Wagner • PIT	49
2.	Hartsel • CHC	41
3.	Strang • NYG	40
4.	Harley • CIN	37
5.	Beaumont • PIT	36
6.	Sheckard • BRO	35
7.	Heidrick • STL	32
8.	Daly • BRO	31
	Green • CHC	31
10.	Flick • PHI	30

Singles
1.	Burkett • STL	181
2.	Keeler • BRO	170
3.	Beaumont • PIT	158
4.	Van Haltren • NYG	152
5.	DeMontreville • BSN	150
6.	Thomas • PHI	140
	Wagner • PIT	140
8.	Hartsel • CHC	139
9.	Sheckard • BRO	137
10.	Ritchey • PIT	135

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Burkett • STL	180
2.	Delahanty • PHI	173
3.	Sheckard • BRO	169
4.	Crawford • CIN	167
5.	Hartsel • CHC	161
6.	Wagner • PIT	160
7.	Flick • PHI	157
8.	Heidrick • STL	147
9.	Clarke • PIT	144
10.	Van Haltren • NYG	136

Runs Created
1.	Burkett • STL	132
2.	Delahanty • PHI	121
3.	Sheckard • BRO	120
4.	Wagner • PIT	111
5.	Hartsel • CHC	109
6.	Flick • PHI	106
7.	Crawford • CIN	101
8.	Clarke • PIT	93
9.	Keeler • BRO	91
10.	Beaumont • PIT	89

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Burkett • STL	62
2.	Delahanty • PHI	53
3.	Sheckard • BRO	48
4.	Hartsel • CHC	46
5.	Wagner • PIT	44
6.	Crawford • CIN	40
7.	Flick • PHI	40
8.	Clarke • PIT	31
9.	Van Haltren • NYG	27
10.	Heidrick • STL	27

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Burkett • STL	6.4
2.	Delahanty • PHI	5.5
3.	Sheckard • BRO	5.0
4.	Hartsel • CHC	4.8
5.	Wagner • PIT	4.6
6.	Crawford • CIN	4.2
7.	Flick • PHI	4.2
8.	Clarke • PIT	3.2
9.	Van Haltren • NYG	2.9
10.	Heidrick • STL	2.8

Extra Base Hits
1.	Delahanty • PHI	62
2.	Sheckard • BRO	59
3.	Flick • PHI	57
4.	Wagner • PIT	54
5.	Beckley • CIN	52
	Crawford • CIN	52
7.	Daly • BRO	51
	Wallace • STL	51
9.	Hartsel • CHC	48
10.	Clarke • PIT	45
	Burkett • STL	45

Times On Base
1.	Burkett • STL	295
2.	Hartsel • CHC	262
3.	Delahanty • PHI	261
4.	Thomas • PHI	257
5.	Wagner • PIT	254
6.	Sheckard • BRO	248
7.	Flick • PHI	239
8.	Van Haltren • NYG	237
9.	Clarke • PIT	232
10.	Beaumont • PIT	231

Offensive Win %
1.	Burkett • STL	.827
2.	Delahanty • PHI	.817
3.	Sheckard • BRO	.814
4.	Wagner • PIT	.788
5.	Hartsel • CHC	.774
6.	Crawford • CIN	.772
7.	Flick • PHI	.766
8.	Clarke • PIT	.725
9.	Heidrick • STL	.719
10.	Van Haltren • NYG	.696

Hit By Pitch
1.	McGann • STL	23
2.	Krueger • STL	13
3.	Jennings • PHI	12
4.	Padden • STL	11
5.	Crolius • BSN	10
	Clarke • PIT	10
	Burkett • STL	10
	Nichols • STL	10
9.	Chance • CHC	9
	Harley • CIN	9
	Ganzel • NYG	9
	Thomas • PHI	9

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Hallman • PHI	29
2.	DeMontreville • BSN	24
3.	Keeler • BRO	22
4.	Harley • CIN	21
5.	Beckley • CIN	20
	Strang • NYG	20
7.	Ritchey • PIT	19
8.	Tenney • BSN	17
9.	Long • BSN	15
	Thomas • PHI	15
	Heidrick • STL	15

Power-Speed #
1.	Sheckard • BRO	16.7
2.	Burkett • STL	14.6
3.	Crawford • CIN	14.3
4.	Beaumont • PIT	13.1
5.	Flick • PHI	12.6
6.	Delahanty • PHI	12.5
7.	Hartsel • CHC	12.0
8.	Davis • NYG	11.1
9.	Wagner • PIT	10.7
10.	Heidrick • STL	10.1

AB per SO
1.	Keeler • BRO	119.0
2.	Wolverton • PHI	19.0
3.	Kelley • BRO	18.9
4.	Ritchey • PIT	18.6
5.	Irwin • 2TM	17.3
6.	Lowe • BSN	16.9
7.	Ganzel • NYG	16.4
8.	Dexter • CHC	16.4
9.	Kittridge • BSN	15.9
10.	Wallace • STL	15.7

AB per HR
1.	Crawford • CIN	32.2
2.	Sheckard • BRO	50.4
3.	Burkett • STL	60.1
4.	Steinfeldt • CIN	63.7
5.	Flick • PHI	67.5
6.	Delahanty • PHI	67.8
7.	Beaumont • PIT	69.8
8.	Davis • NYG	70.1
9.	McGann • STL	70.5
10.	Hartsel • CHC	79.7

Outs Made
1.	DeMontreville • BSN	428
2.	Beckley • CIN	422
3.	Long • BSN	421
4.	Ganzel • NYG	420
5.	Keeler • BRO	415
6.	Harley • CIN	410
7.	Bransfield • PIT	408
8.	Ritchey • PIT	399
9.	Irwin • 2TM	396
10.	Cross • PHI	395

rOBA
1.	Delahanty • PHI	.445
2.	Burkett • STL	.443
3.	Sheckard • BRO	.441
4.	Wagner • PIT	.437
5.	Hartsel • CHC	.422
6.	Flick • PHI	.421
7.	Crawford • CIN	.420
8.	Clarke • PIT	.404
9.	Heidrick • STL	.397
10.	Daly • BRO	.386

Rbat+
1.	Burkett • STL	175
2.	Delahanty • PHI	168
3.	Sheckard • BRO	163
4.	Crawford • CIN	161
5.	Hartsel • CHC	158
6.	Wagner • PIT	158
7.	Flick • PHI	154
8.	Heidrick • STL	144
9.	Clarke • PIT	143
10.	Van Haltren • 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