1890 Players League Batting Leaders

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Players League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	King • CHI	12.4
2.	Radbourn • BOS	7.8
3.	Baldwin • CHI	7.4
4.	Weyhing • BWW	6.8
5.	Connor • NYI	6.0
6.	Sanders • PHQ	5.8
7.	Staley • PBB	5.3
8.	Browning • CLE	5.3
9.	Keefe • NYI	4.4
10.	Duffy • CHI	4.2

WAR Position Players
1.	Connor • NYI	6.0
2.	Browning • CLE	5.3
3.	Duffy • CHI	4.2
4.	Brouthers • BOS	4.0
5.	Beckley • PBB	4.0
6.	Larkin • CLE	3.8
7.	Ewing • NYI	3.8
8.	Richardson • BOS	3.4
9.	Stovey • BOS	3.4
10.	Farrell • CHI	3.3

Offensive WAR
1.	Browning • CLE	5.0
2.	Brouthers • BOS	4.7
3.	Larkin • CLE	4.6
4.	Connor • NYI	4.4
5.	Beckley • PBB	4.0
6.	Shindle • PHQ	3.6
7.	Orr • BWW	3.4
8.	Ward • BWW	3.3
9.	Carroll • PBB	3.3
10.	Ewing • NYI	3.1

Defensive WAR
1.	Farrell • CHI	2.6
2.	Connor • NYI	1.6
3.	Ewing • NYI	1.1
4.	Bierbauer • BWW	1.1
5.	Kinslow • BWW	0.9
6.	Murphy • BOS	0.8
7.	Duffy • CHI	0.8
8.	Kelly • BOS	0.8
9.	Corcoran • PBB	0.7
10.	Mack • BUF	0.7
	Shannon • 2TM	0.7

Batting Average
1.	Browning • CLE	.373
2.	Orr • BWW	.371
3.	O'Rourke • NYI	.360
4.	Connor • NYI	.349
5.	Ryan • CHI	.340
6.	Ewing • NYI	.338
7.	Ward • BWW	.335
8.	Van Haltren • BWW	.335
9.	Brouthers • BOS	.335
10.	Larkin • CLE	.330

On-Base%
1.	Brouthers • BOS	.466
2.	Browning • CLE	.459
3.	Connor • NYI	.450
4.	Robinson • PBB	.436
5.	Gore • NYI	.432
6.	Larkin • CLE	.419
7.	Hoy • BUF	.418
8.	Carroll • PBB	.418
9.	Kelly • BOS	.417
10.	Ryan • CHI	.416

Slugging %
1.	Connor • NYI	.548
2.	Ewing • NYI	.545
3.	Orr • BWW	.534
4.	Beckley • PBB	.529
5.	Browning • CLE	.517
6.	O'Rourke • NYI	.515
7.	Richardson • BOS	.511
8.	Gore • NYI	.499
9.	Shindle • PHQ	.483
10.	Larkin • CLE	.482

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Connor • NYI	.998
2.	Browning • CLE	.976
3.	Ewing • NYI	.951
4.	Orr • BWW	.948
5.	Brouthers • BOS	.936
6.	Gore • NYI	.931
7.	O'Rourke • NYI	.925
8.	Beckley • PBB	.909
9.	Larkin • CLE	.901
10.	Richardson • BOS	.895

Games Played
1.	Duffy • CHI	137
	O'Neill • CHI	137
3.	Quinn • BOS	133
	Richardson • BOS	133
	Bierbauer • BWW	133
	Joyce • BWW	133
7.	Nash • BOS	132
	Shindle • PHQ	132
	Wood • PHQ	132
10.	Brown • BOS	131

At Bats
1.	Duffy • CHI	596
2.	Bierbauer • BWW	589
3.	Shindle • PHQ	584
4.	O'Neill • CHI	577
5.	Richardson • BOS	570
6.	Ward • BWW	561
7.	Brown • BOS	558
8.	Stricker • CLE	544
9.	Wood • PHQ	539
10.	Kuehne • PBB	537

Plate Appearances
1.	Duffy • CHI	657
2.	Brown • BOS	648
3.	O'Neill • CHI	647
4.	Bierbauer • BWW	629
5.	Shindle • PHQ	628
6.	Joyce • BWW	624
7.	Richardson • BOS	622
8.	Visner • PBB	619
9.	Ward • BWW	614
10.	Stricker • CLE	603

Runs Scored
1.	Duffy • CHI	161
2.	Brown • BOS	149
3.	Stovey • BOS	145
4.	Ward • BWW	134
5.	Richardson • BOS	133
	Connor • NYI	133
7.	Gore • NYI	132
8.	Bierbauer • BWW	128
9.	Griffin • PHQ	127
	Shindle • PHQ	127

Hits
1.	Duffy • CHI	191
2.	Shindle • PHQ	189
3.	Ward • BWW	188
4.	Richardson • BOS	187
5.	Browning • CLE	184
6.	Bierbauer • BWW	180
7.	O'Neill • CHI	174
8.	Orr • BWW	172
	O'Rourke • NYI	172
10.	Beckley • PBB	171

Total Bases
1.	Richardson • BOS	291
2.	Shindle • PHQ	282
3.	Duffy • CHI	280
	Beckley • PBB	280
5.	Connor • NYI	265
6.	Browning • CLE	255
7.	Bierbauer • BWW	254
8.	Orr • BWW	248
9.	O'Rourke • NYI	246
10.	Larkin • CLE	244

Doubles
1.	Browning • CLE	40
2.	Brouthers • BOS	38
	Beckley • PBB	38
4.	O'Rourke • NYI	37
5.	Duffy • CHI	36
6.	Nash • BOS	32
	Orr • BWW	32
	Ryan • CHI	32
	Larkin • CLE	32
10.	Bierbauer • BWW	31

Triples
1.	Beckley • PBB	22
	Visner • PBB	22
3.	Shindle • PHQ	21
4.	Fields • PBB	20
5.	Joyce • BWW	18
6.	Duffy • CHI	16
	O'Neill • CHI	16
	Mulvey • PHQ	16
9.	Larkin • CLE	15
	Connor • NYI	15
	Ewing • NYI	15

Home Runs
1.	Richardson • BOS	16
2.	Connor • NYI	14
3.	Stovey • BOS	12
4.	Shindle • PHQ	10
	Gore • NYI	10
6.	Wood • PHQ	9
	O'Rourke • NYI	9
	Beckley • PBB	9
	Fields • PBB	9
10.	Ewing • NYI	8

Runs Batted In
1.	Richardson • BOS	152
2.	Orr • BWW	124
3.	Beckley • PBB	123
4.	O'Rourke • NYI	115
5.	Larkin • CLE	112
6.	Connor • NYI	103
7.	Brouthers • BOS	102
	Wise • BUF	102
	Wood • PHQ	102
10.	Bierbauer • BWW	99

Bases on Balls
1.	Joyce • BWW	123
2.	Robinson • PBB	104
3.	Brouthers • BOS	99
4.	Hoy • BUF	94
5.	Nash • BOS	90
6.	Connor • NYI	88
7.	Brown • BOS	87
8.	Stovey • BOS	82
	Radford • CLE	82
10.	Hanlon • PBB	81

Strikeouts
1.	Brown • BOS	87
2.	Joyce • BWW	77
3.	Fields • PBB	53
4.	Baldwin • CHI	50
	Fogarty • PHQ	50
6.	Richardson • BOS	47
7.	Shannon • 2TM	46
8.	Wise • BUF	45
	Corcoran • PBB	45
10.	Weyhing • BWW	44
	Visner • PBB	44

Stolen Bases
1.	Stovey • BOS	97
2.	Brown • BOS	80
3.	Duffy • CHI	78
4.	Hanlon • PBB	65
5.	Ward • BWW	63
6.	Kelly • BOS	51
	Shindle • PHQ	51
8.	Richardson • BOS	44
	Seery • BWW	44
	Corcoran • PBB	44

Singles
1.	Ward • BWW	157
2.	Shindle • PHQ	137
3.	O'Neill • CHI	135
4.	Duffy • CHI	132
5.	Bierbauer • BWW	131
	Browning • CLE	131
7.	Richardson • BOS	129
8.	Beecher • BUF	124
9.	Quinn • BOS	123
10.	Ryan • CHI	122

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Browning • CLE	169
2.	Connor • NYI	156
3.	Beckley • PBB	151
4.	Larkin • CLE	148
5.	Brouthers • BOS	147
6.	Orr • BWW	146
7.	Ewing • NYI	143
8.	Gore • NYI	139
9.	O'Rourke • NYI	137
10.	Richardson • BOS	134

Runs Created
1.	Connor • NYI	119
2.	Browning • CLE	116
3.	Richardson • BOS	112
4.	Duffy • CHI	107
5.	Beckley • PBB	104
6.	Shindle • PHQ	103
7.	Orr • BWW	101
8.	Brouthers • BOS	100
9.	Larkin • CLE	99
	O'Rourke • NYI	99

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Browning • CLE	53
2.	Connor • NYI	42
3.	Brouthers • BOS	42
4.	Larkin • CLE	37
5.	Beckley • PBB	34
6.	Orr • BWW	29
7.	Gore • NYI	26
8.	O'Rourke • NYI	26
9.	Richardson • BOS	25
10.	Ryan • CHI	24

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Browning • CLE	4.9
2.	Connor • NYI	4.0
3.	Brouthers • BOS	3.9
4.	Larkin • CLE	3.4
5.	Beckley • PBB	3.2
6.	Orr • BWW	2.7
7.	Gore • NYI	2.5
8.	O'Rourke • NYI	2.4
9.	Richardson • BOS	2.4
10.	Stovey • BOS	2.2
	Ryan • CHI	2.2

Extra Base Hits
1.	Beckley • PBB	69
2.	Duffy • CHI	59
3.	Richardson • BOS	58
4.	Browning • CLE	53
	Connor • NYI	53
6.	Larkin • CLE	52
	Shindle • PHQ	52
8.	Stovey • BOS	51
	Orr • BWW	51
	O'Rourke • NYI	51

Times On Base
1.	Brouthers • BOS	276
2.	Browning • CLE	262
3.	Joyce • BWW	258
	Connor • NYI	258
5.	Duffy • CHI	252
6.	Hoy • BUF	249
7.	Brown • BOS	246
8.	O'Neill • CHI	244
	Larkin • CLE	244
10.	Ward • BWW	241

Offensive Win %
1.	Connor • NYI	.788
2.	Browning • CLE	.786
3.	Orr • BWW	.759
4.	Ewing • NYI	.748
5.	O'Rourke • NYI	.736
6.	Brouthers • BOS	.729
7.	Gore • NYI	.724
8.	Richardson • BOS	.699
9.	Larkin • CLE	.699
10.	Beckley • PBB	.697

Hit By Pitch
1.	Mack • BUF	20
2.	White • BUF	19
3.	Brouthers • BOS	18
4.	Joyce • BWW	12
	Larkin • CLE	12
6.	Carroll • PBB	11
	Robinson • PBB	11
8.	Visner • PBB	9
	Fogarty • PHQ	9
10.	Faatz • BUF	8
	Hoy • BUF	8
	O'Rourke • NYI	8
	Radford • CLE	8
	Delahanty • CLE	8
	Wood • PHQ	8
	Williamson • CHI	8

Power-Speed #
1.	Richardson • BOS	23.5
2.	Stovey • BOS	21.4
3.	Connor • NYI	17.1
4.	Shindle • PHQ	16.7
5.	Gore • NYI	14.7
6.	Fields • PBB	13.2
7.	Ewing • NYI	13.1
8.	O'Rourke • NYI	12.9
9.	Duffy • CHI	12.8
10.	Wood • PHQ	12.4

AB per SO
1.	Orr • BWW	42.2
2.	Bierbauer • BWW	39.3
3.	Mack • BUF	38.7
4.	McGeachey • BWW	36.9
5.	Stricker • CLE	34.0
6.	Duffy • CHI	29.8
7.	Ewing • NYI	29.3
8.	Larkin • CLE	28.1
9.	Rowe • BUF	28.0
10.	Brouthers • BOS	27.9

AB per HR
1.	Connor • NYI	34.6
2.	Richardson • BOS	35.6
3.	Gore • NYI	39.9
4.	Stovey • BOS	41.3
5.	Ewing • NYI	44.0
6.	O'Rourke • NYI	53.1
7.	Shindle • PHQ	58.4
8.	Beckley • PBB	58.8
9.	Fields • PBB	59.6
10.	Wood • PHQ	59.9

Outs Made
1.	Stricker • CLE	411
	Kuehne • PBB	411
3.	Bierbauer • BWW	409
4.	Duffy • CHI	405
5.	O'Neill • CHI	403
6.	Brown • BOS	402
7.	Corcoran • PBB	395
	Shindle • PHQ	395
9.	Richardson • NYI	393
10.	Visner • PBB	389

rOBA
1.	Connor • NYI	.458
2.	Browning • CLE	.458
3.	Brouthers • BOS	.453
4.	Ewing • NYI	.448
5.	Orr • BWW	.441
6.	Gore • NYI	.438
7.	O'Rourke • NYI	.430
8.	Larkin • CLE	.430
9.	Kelly • BOS	.426
10.	Stovey • BOS	.425

Rbat+
1.	Browning • CLE	161
2.	Brouthers • BOS	148
3.	Connor • NYI	146
4.	Larkin • CLE	146
5.	Beckley • PBB	139
6.	Orr • BWW	139
7.	Gore • NYI	134
8.	Ewing • NYI	133
9.	Carroll • PBB	133
10.	O'Rourke • NYI	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