1904 National League Batting Leaders

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National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	McGinnity • NYG	9.3
2.	Nichols • STL	8.5
3.	Wagner • PIT	8.3
4.	Taylor • STL	6.8
5.	Hahn • CIN	6.6
6.	Mathewson • NYG	6.0
7.	Chance • CHC	5.9
8.	Weimer • CHC	5.8
9.	Dahlen • NYG	5.5
10.	Flaherty • PIT	5.4

WAR Position Players
1.	Wagner • PIT	8.3
2.	Chance • CHC	5.9
3.	Dahlen • NYG	5.5
4.	Devlin • NYG	4.7
	Thomas • PHI	4.7
6.	Seymour • CIN	4.5
7.	McGann • NYG	4.3
8.	Beckley • STL	4.2
9.	Mertes • NYG	4.0
10.	Leach • PIT	3.7

Offensive WAR
1.	Wagner • PIT	8.5
2.	Chance • CHC	4.7
3.	Beckley • STL	4.4
4.	Thomas • PHI	4.3
5.	Grady • STL	4.3
6.	Delahanty • BSN	3.8
7.	Babb • BRO	3.7
8.	Devlin • NYG	3.7
9.	Seymour • CIN	3.6
10.	Dahlen • NYG	3.6

Defensive WAR
1.	Dahlen • NYG	3.1
2.	Tinker • CHC	2.3
3.	Warner • NYG	1.9
	Evers • CHC	1.9
5.	Leach • PIT	1.9
6.	Devlin • NYG	1.6
7.	Gilbert • NYG	1.5
8.	Corcoran • CIN	1.4
9.	Bergen • BRO	1.3
10.	Bowerman • NYG	1.2

Batting Average
1.	Wagner • PIT	.349
2.	Donlin • 2TM	.329
3.	Beckley • STL	.325
4.	Grady • STL	.313
5.	Seymour • CIN	.313
6.	Chance • CHC	.310
7.	Beaumont • PIT	.301
8.	Titus • PHI	.294
9.	Gessler • BRO	.290
	Thomas • PHI	.290

On-Base%
1.	Wagner • PIT	.423
2.	Thomas • PHI	.416
3.	Donlin • 2TM	.383
4.	Chance • CHC	.382
5.	Bresnahan • NYG	.381
6.	Huggins • CIN	.377
7.	Grady • STL	.376
8.	Beckley • STL	.375
9.	Devlin • NYG	.371
10.	Titus • PHI	.362

Slugging %
1.	Wagner • PIT	.520
2.	Grady • STL	.474
3.	Donlin • 2TM	.457
4.	Seymour • CIN	.439
5.	Chance • CHC	.430
6.	Lumley • BRO	.428
7.	Bresnahan • NYG	.410
8.	Magee • PHI	.409
9.	Brain • STL	.408
10.	Beckley • STL	.403

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Wagner • PIT	.944
2.	Grady • STL	.850
3.	Donlin • 2TM	.839
4.	Chance • CHC	.812
5.	Bresnahan • NYG	.791
6.	Seymour • CIN	.790
7.	Beckley • STL	.778
8.	Thomas • PHI	.761
9.	Lumley • BRO	.759
10.	Titus • PHI	.749

Games Played
1.	Ritchey • PIT	156
2.	Abbaticchio • BSN	154
3.	Gleason • PHI	153
	Beaumont • PIT	153
5.	Evers • CHC	152
6.	Babb • BRO	151
7.	Lumley • BRO	150
	Corcoran • CIN	150
	Browne • NYG	150
10.	Geier • BSN	149

At Bats
1.	Beaumont • PIT	615
2.	Browne • NYG	596
3.	Gleason • PHI	587
4.	Geier • BSN	580
5.	Abbaticchio • BSN	579
	Leach • PIT	579
7.	Corcoran • CIN	578
8.	Lumley • BRO	577
9.	Beckley • STL	551
10.	Casey • CHC	548

Plate Appearances
1.	Beaumont • PIT	674
2.	Browne • NYG	666
3.	Gleason • PHI	661
4.	Geier • BSN	649
5.	Abbaticchio • BSN	643
6.	Lumley • BRO	633
	Leach • PIT	633
8.	Ritchey • PIT	627
9.	Tenney • BSN	624
10.	Thomas • PHI	616

Runs Scored
1.	Browne • NYG	99
2.	Beaumont • PIT	97
	Wagner • PIT	97
4.	Huggins • CIN	96
5.	Thomas • PHI	92
	Leach • PIT	92
7.	Chance • CHC	89
8.	Dolan • CIN	88
9.	Shannon • STL	84
10.	Mertes • NYG	83

Hits
1.	Beaumont • PIT	185
2.	Beckley • STL	179
3.	Wagner • PIT	171
4.	Browne • NYG	169
5.	Seymour • CIN	166
6.	Lumley • BRO	161
	Gleason • PHI	161
8.	Leach • PIT	149
9.	Abbaticchio • BSN	148
	McGann • NYG	148
	Titus • PHI	148

Total Bases
1.	Wagner • PIT	255
2.	Lumley • BRO	247
3.	Seymour • CIN	233
4.	Beaumont • PIT	230
5.	Beckley • STL	222
6.	Mertes • NYG	209
7.	Browne • NYG	207
8.	McGann • NYG	200
9.	Brain • STL	199
10.	Gleason • PHI	196

Doubles
1.	Wagner • PIT	44
2.	Mertes • NYG	28
3.	Delahanty • BSN	27
4.	Seymour • CIN	26
	Dahlen • NYG	26
6.	Titus • PHI	25
7.	Brain • STL	24
8.	Lumley • BRO	23
	Sheckard • BRO	23
	Gleason • PHI	23
	Farrell • STL	23
	Smoot • STL	23

Triples
1.	Lumley • BRO	18
2.	Wagner • PIT	14
3.	Tinker • CHC	13
	Kelley • CIN	13
	Seymour • CIN	13
6.	Magee • PHI	12
	Beaumont • PIT	12
	Leach • PIT	12
	Ritchey • PIT	12
	Brain • STL	12

Home Runs
1.	Lumley • BRO	9
2.	Brain • STL	7
3.	McGann • NYG	6
	Dooin • PHI	6
	Dolan • CIN	6
	Chance • CHC	6
7.	Bresnahan • NYG	5
	Seymour • CIN	5
	Grady • STL	5
	Cooley • BSN	5

Runs Batted In
1.	Dahlen • NYG	80
2.	Lumley • BRO	78
	Mertes • NYG	78
4.	Wagner • PIT	75
5.	Corcoran • CIN	74
6.	Brain • STL	72
7.	McGann • NYG	71
8.	Cooley • BSN	70
9.	Beckley • STL	67
10.	Devlin • NYG	66
	Smoot • STL	66

Bases on Balls
1.	Thomas • PHI	102
2.	Huggins • CIN	88
3.	Devlin • NYG	62
4.	Ritchey • PIT	59
	Wagner • PIT	59
6.	Bresnahan • NYG	58
7.	Tenney • BSN	57
8.	Sheckard • BRO	56
	Geier • BSN	56
10.	Mertes • NYG	54

Strikeouts
1.	Lumley • BRO	106
2.	Babb • BRO	72
3.	McCormick • 2TM	71
4.	Odwell • CIN	65
5.	Shannon • STL	63
6.	Thomas • PHI	61
7.	Sheckard • BRO	56
8.	Abbaticchio • BSN	55
	Smoot • STL	55
10.	Tinker • CHC	53

Stolen Bases
1.	Wagner • PIT	53
2.	Dahlen • NYG	47
	Mertes • NYG	47
4.	Chance • CHC	42
	McGann • NYG	42
6.	Tinker • CHC	41
7.	Shay • STL	36
8.	Babb • BRO	34
	Shannon • STL	34
10.	Devlin • NYG	33
	Gilbert • NYG	33

Singles
1.	Beaumont • PIT	158
2.	Beckley • STL	147
3.	Browne • NYG	144
4.	Gleason • PHI	132
5.	Thomas • PHI	129
6.	Shannon • STL	126
7.	Casey • CHC	122
	Seymour • CIN	122
9.	Geier • BSN	121
10.	Evers • CHC	120
	Leach • PIT	120

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Wagner • PIT	188
2.	Grady • STL	167
3.	Donlin • 2TM	150
4.	Chance • CHC	150
5.	Beckley • STL	145
6.	Bresnahan • NYG	139
7.	Thomas • PHI	138
8.	Lumley • BRO	138
9.	Seymour • CIN	134
10.	Titus • PHI	134

Runs Created
1.	Wagner • PIT	107
2.	Lumley • BRO	81
	Seymour • CIN	81
	Beckley • STL	81
5.	Beaumont • PIT	78
6.	Mertes • NYG	72
7.	Chance • CHC	70
	Thomas • PHI	70
9.	Titus • PHI	69
10.	Browne • NYG	68

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Wagner • PIT	54
2.	Thomas • PHI	31
3.	Beckley • STL	29
4.	Chance • CHC	27
5.	Grady • STL	24
6.	Lumley • BRO	22
7.	Donlin • 2TM	22
8.	Bresnahan • NYG	22
9.	Titus • PHI	22
10.	Seymour • CIN	20

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Wagner • PIT	6.0
2.	Thomas • PHI	3.5
3.	Beckley • STL	3.3
4.	Chance • CHC	3.1
5.	Grady • STL	2.8
6.	Lumley • BRO	2.6
7.	Donlin • 2TM	2.5
8.	Bresnahan • NYG	2.5
9.	Titus • PHI	2.5
10.	Seymour • CIN	2.3

Extra Base Hits
1.	Wagner • PIT	62
2.	Lumley • BRO	50
3.	Seymour • CIN	44
4.	Mertes • NYG	43
	Brain • STL	43
6.	Delahanty • BSN	38
7.	Kelley • CIN	34
	Bresnahan • NYG	34
	McGann • NYG	34
	Titus • PHI	34
	Ritchey • PIT	34

Times On Base
1.	Thomas • PHI	251
2.	Wagner • PIT	234
3.	Beckley • STL	223
4.	Beaumont • PIT	220
5.	Huggins • CIN	219
6.	Browne • NYG	212
7.	Tenney • BSN	210
8.	Lumley • BRO	206
9.	Ritchey • PIT	205
10.	Mertes • NYG	204

Offensive Win %
1.	Wagner • PIT	.856
2.	Donlin • 2TM	.783
3.	Grady • STL	.780
4.	Seymour • CIN	.735
5.	Chance • CHC	.734
6.	Bresnahan • NYG	.727
7.	Beckley • STL	.720
8.	Thomas • PHI	.693
9.	Titus • PHI	.684
10.	Lumley • BRO	.682

Hit By Pitch
1.	McGann • NYG	18
2.	Gilbert • NYG	17
3.	Chance • CHC	16
4.	Babb • BRO	11
5.	Burke • STL	10
6.	Delahanty • BSN	9
	Tenney • BSN	9
	Beckley • STL	9
9.	Odwell • CIN	8
	Schlei • CIN	8
	Titus • PHI	8
	Barclay • 2TM	8

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Gleason • PHI	35
2.	Shannon • STL	29
3.	Evers • CHC	23
	Beaumont • PIT	23
5.	Tenney • BSN	22
	Browne • NYG	22
	McGann • NYG	22
	Mertes • NYG	22
9.	Raymer • BSN	20
	Casey • CHC	20
	Devlin • NYG	20

Power-Speed #
1.	Lumley • BRO	13.8
2.	McGann • NYG	10.5
	Chance • CHC	10.5
4.	Brain • STL	10.1
5.	Dolan • CIN	9.1
6.	Dooin • PHI	8.6
7.	Wagner • PIT	7.4
8.	Mertes • NYG	7.4
9.	Cooley • BSN	7.4
10.	Bresnahan • NYG	7.2

AB per SO
1.	Wolverton • PHI	56.9
2.	Beaumont • PIT	28.0
3.	McCarthy • CHC	25.4
4.	Evers • CHC	24.2
5.	Burke • STL	23.9
6.	Seymour • CIN	23.1
7.	Chance • CHC	21.5
8.	Casey • CHC	19.6
9.	Kelley • CIN	18.0
10.	McGann • NYG	17.8

AB per HR
1.	Dooin • PHI	59.2
2.	Lumley • BRO	64.1
3.	Grady • STL	64.6
4.	Brain • STL	69.7
5.	Chance • CHC	75.2
6.	Dolan • CIN	77.5
7.	Bresnahan • NYG	80.4
8.	McGann • NYG	86.2
9.	Cooley • BSN	93.4
10.	Moran • BSN	99.5

Outs Made
1.	Gleason • PHI	461
2.	Corcoran • CIN	459
3.	Beaumont • PIT	453
4.	Browne • NYG	449
5.	Geier • BSN	446
6.	Abbaticchio • BSN	444
7.	Leach • PIT	434
8.	Lumley • BRO	427
9.	Bransfield • PIT	423
10.	Casey • CHC	421

rOBA
1.	Wagner • PIT	.463
2.	Donlin • 2TM	.406
3.	Chance • CHC	.404
4.	Grady • STL	.401
5.	Bresnahan • NYG	.381
6.	Seymour • CIN	.380
7.	Beckley • STL	.374
8.	Thomas • PHI	.373
9.	McGann • NYG	.369
10.	Mertes • NYG	.369

Rbat+
1.	Wagner • PIT	183
2.	Grady • STL	162
3.	Chance • CHC	152
4.	Donlin • 2TM	149
5.	Beckley • STL	145
6.	Thomas • PHI	143
7.	Bresnahan • NYG	139
8.	Titus • PHI	136
9.	Seymour • CIN	135
10.	Lumley • BRO	131

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