Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mathews • NYU 9.6
2. Spalding • BOS 9.2
3. Cummings • BAL 8.0
4. Zettlein • PHI 7.8
5. McBride • ATH 6.3
6. Barnes • BOS 4.9
7. Wright • BOS 3.3
8. White • BOS 2.7
9. Force • BAL 2.1
10. Anson • ATH 2.0
WAR Position Players
1. Barnes • BOS 4.9
2. Wright • BOS 3.3
3. White • BOS 2.7
4. Force • BAL 2.2
5. Anson • ATH 2.0
6. O'Rourke • BOS 1.9
7. Eggler • NYU 1.8
8. Meyerle • PHI 1.7
9. McVey • BAL 1.7
10. Mills • BAL 1.7
Pabor • BRA 1.7
Offensive WAR
1. Barnes • BOS 4.6
2. White • BOS 2.8
3. Wright • BOS 2.7
4. Anson • ATH 2.0
5. Force • BAL 1.9
6. Pabor • BRA 1.8
O'Rourke • BOS 1.8
8. Meyerle • PHI 1.8
9. McVey • BAL 1.7
10. Mills • BAL 1.7
Defensive WAR
1. Ferguson • BRA 1.1
2. Wright • BOS 0.9
3. Fulmer • PHI 0.9
4. Pearce • BRA 0.7
5. Gedney • NYU 0.7
6. Sutton • ATH 0.6
7. Malone • PHI 0.5
8. Force • BAL 0.5
9. Barnes • BOS 0.5
Clapp • ATH 0.5
Batting Average
1. Barnes • BOS .431
2. Anson • ATH .398
3. White • BOS .392
4. Wright • BOS .387
5. McVey • BAL .380
6. Force • BAL .365
7. Pabor • BRA .360
8. O'Rourke • BOS .350
9. Meyerle • PHI .349
10. Hall • BAL .345
On-Base%
1. Barnes • BOS .465
2. Anson • ATH .409
3. Wright • BOS .404
4. White • BOS .392
5. McVey • BAL .390
6. Force • BAL .388
7. O'Rourke • BOS .383
8. Pabor • BRA .376
9. Addy • 2TM .357
10. Meyerle • PHI .354
Slugging %
1. Barnes • BOS .616
2. Wright • BOS .511
3. White • BOS .508
4. McVey • BAL .490
5. Meyerle • PHI .479
6. Mills • BAL .477
7. Pike • BAL .467
8. O'Rourke • BOS .450
9. Anson • ATH .449
10. Fisler • ATH .445
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Barnes • BOS 1.080
2. Wright • BOS .914
3. White • BOS .900
4. McVey • BAL .879
5. Anson • ATH .858
6. Meyerle • PHI .833
7. O'Rourke • BOS .833
8. Mills • BAL .814
9. Force • BAL .805
10. Pabor • BRA .802
Games Played
1. Barnes • BOS 60
Schafer • BOS 60
Spalding • BOS 60
White • BOS 60
5. Wright • BOS 59
6. Leonard • BOS 58
Wright • BOS 58
8. York • BAL 57
O'Rourke • BOS 57
10. Carey • BAL 56
Pike • BAL 56
At Bats
1. Spalding • BOS 323
Wright • BOS 323
3. Barnes • BOS 320
4. White • BOS 311
5. Leonard • BOS 300
6. Schafer • BOS 296
7. Carey • BAL 291
8. Pike • BAL 285
9. O'Rourke • BOS 280
10. Cuthbert • PHI 279
Plate Appearances
1. Barnes • BOS 340
2. Wright • BOS 332
3. Spalding • BOS 326
4. White • BOS 311
5. Leonard • BOS 302
6. Schafer • BOS 299
7. O'Rourke • BOS 295
8. Pike • BAL 293
9. Carey • BAL 292
10. York • BAL 281
Cuthbert • PHI 281
Runs Scored
1. Barnes • BOS 125
2. Wright • BOS 99
3. Spalding • BOS 83
4. Eggler • NYU 82
5. Leonard • BOS 81
6. O'Rourke • BOS 79
White • BOS 79
8. Cuthbert • PHI 78
9. Force • BAL 77
10. Carey • BAL 76
Hits
1. Barnes • BOS 138
2. Wright • BOS 125
3. White • BOS 122
4. Spalding • BOS 106
5. Anson • ATH 101
6. Carey • BAL 98
O'Rourke • BOS 98
8. Leonard • BOS 96
9. Pike • BAL 90
Eggler • NYU 90
Total Bases
1. Barnes • BOS 197
2. Wright • BOS 165
3. White • BOS 158
4. Pike • BAL 133
5. O'Rourke • BOS 126
Spalding • BOS 126
7. Carey • BAL 125
Mills • BAL 125
9. Leonard • BOS 121
10. York • BAL 115
Doubles
1. Barnes • BOS 31
2. O'Rourke • BOS 21
3. Mills • BAL 20
4. Carey • BAL 18
5. Wright • BOS 17
White • BOS 17
7. Spalding • BOS 15
Pike • BAL 15
9. Meyerle • PHI 14
10. Eggler • NYU 13
Leonard • BOS 13
Triples
1. Barnes • BOS 11
2. Mills • BAL 9
3. White • BOS 8
Holdsworth • NYU 8
Pike • BAL 8
6. Wright • BOS 7
York • BAL 7
8. Remsen • BRA 6
Hatfield • NYU 6
Leonard • BOS 6
Sutton • ATH 6
Home Runs
1. Pike • BAL 4
2. Wright • BOS 3
Meyerle • PHI 3
4. Schafer • BOS 2
Hatfield • NYU 2
Burdock • BRA 2
Wright • BOS 2
Cuthbert • PHI 2
Barnes • BOS 2
York • BAL 2
McVey • BAL 2
Runs Batted In
1. White • BOS 77
2. Spalding • BOS 71
3. Barnes • BOS 60
Leonard • BOS 60
5. Meyerle • PHI 59
6. Mills • BAL 56
7. Carey • BAL 55
8. Pike • BAL 51
9. York • BAL 50
10. O'Rourke • BOS 49
Bases on Balls
1. Barnes • BOS 20
2. O'Rourke • BOS 15
Mack • PHI 15
4. Malone • PHI 14
5. Wright • BOS 11
Dehlman • BRA 11
7. Mathews • NYU 10
8. Wright • BOS 9
Bechtel • PHI 9
Force • BAL 9
Strikeouts
1. Manning • BOS 14
Britt • BRA 14
3. Murnane • ATH 13
4. Dehlman • BRA 9
Stearns • WAS 9
Mack • PHI 9
7. Ferguson • BRA 8
8. Treacey • PHI 7
Malone • PHI 7
10. Gerhardt • WAS 6
Bielaski • WAS 6
Campbell • RES 6
Stolen Bases
1. Barnes • BOS 43
2. Leonard • BOS 27
3. White • BOS 19
4. Cuthbert • PHI 14
Schafer • BOS 14
6. Spalding • BOS 9
McMullin • ATH 9
Wood • PHI 9
O'Rourke • BOS 9
Wright • BOS 9
Singles
1. Wright • BOS 98
2. White • BOS 96
3. Barnes • BOS 94
4. Anson • ATH 90
5. Spalding • BOS 89
6. Leonard • BOS 77
7. Carey • BAL 76
8. McGeary • ATH 74
Force • BAL 74
O'Rourke • BOS 74
Adjusted OPS+
1. Barnes • BOS 207
2. Wright • BOS 160
3. McVey • BAL 156
4. White • BOS 156
5. Pabor • BRA 147
6. Anson • ATH 147
7. Meyerle • PHI 140
8. O'Rourke • BOS 138
9. Force • BAL 136
10. Mills • BAL 136
Runs Created
1. Barnes • BOS 99
2. Wright • BOS 64
White • BOS 64
4. O'Rourke • BOS 48
5. Anson • ATH 46
6. Pike • BAL 45
7. Spalding • BOS 44
8. Mills • BAL 42
9. Meyerle • PHI 41
Carey • BAL 41
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Barnes • BOS 44
2. Wright • BOS 24
3. White • BOS 21
4. Anson • ATH 15
5. O'Rourke • BOS 15
6. Pabor • BRA 13
7. McVey • BAL 13
8. Meyerle • PHI 12
9. Mills • BAL 11
10. Pike • BAL 11
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Barnes • BOS 4.1
2. Wright • BOS 2.3
3. White • BOS 2.0
4. Anson • ATH 1.4
5. O'Rourke • BOS 1.4
6. Pabor • BRA 1.3
7. McVey • BAL 1.2
8. Meyerle • PHI 1.1
9. Mills • BAL 1.1
10. Pike • BAL 1.1
Force • BAL 1.1
Extra Base Hits
1. Barnes • BOS 44
2. Mills • BAL 29
3. Pike • BAL 27
Wright • BOS 27
5. White • BOS 26
6. O'Rourke • BOS 24
7. Carey • BAL 22
8. Meyerle • PHI 21
9. York • BAL 20
10. Leonard • BOS 19
Times On Base
1. Barnes • BOS 158
2. Wright • BOS 134
3. White • BOS 122
4. O'Rourke • BOS 113
5. Spalding • BOS 109
6. Anson • ATH 106
7. Carey • BAL 99
8. Pike • BAL 98
Leonard • BOS 98
10. Eggler • NYU 96
Offensive Win %
1. Barnes • BOS .877
2. White • BOS .755
3. Wright • BOS .730
4. McVey • BAL .726
5. Anson • ATH .710
6. Meyerle • PHI .662
7. Force • BAL .658
8. O'Rourke • BOS .656
9. Pabor • BRA .650
10. Mills • BAL .625
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Pearce • BRA 7
2. Glenn • WAS 4
McBride • ATH 4
Sutton • ATH 4
Leonard • BOS 4
6. Fulmer • PHI 3
Ferguson • BRA 3
Gedney • NYU 3
Wright • BOS 3
Spalding • BOS 3
Schafer • BOS 3
Holdsworth • NYU 3
Manning • BOS 3
Martin • NYU 3
Bechtel • PHI 3
Meyerle • PHI 3
Zettlein • PHI 3
Austin • RES 3
Fisher • ATH 3
Snyder • WAS 3
Caught Stealing
1. Wright • BOS 9
Leonard • BOS 9
3. Schafer • BOS 7
4. Addy • 2TM 6
McGeary • ATH 6
Barnes • BOS 6
7. Clapp • ATH 5
O'Rourke • BOS 5
9. Barlow • BRA 4
Craver • BAL 4
Power-Speed #
1. Pike • BAL 5.3
2. Wright • BOS 4.5
3. Barnes • BOS 3.8
4. Meyerle • PHI 3.8
5. Cuthbert • PHI 3.5
Schafer • BOS 3.5
7. York • BAL 2.7
8. Burdock • BRA 2.4
Wright • BOS 2.4
10. Hatfield • NYU 2.0
McVey • BAL 2.0
AB per SO
1. Leonard • BOS ∞
McBride • ATH ∞
Start • NYU ∞
Meyerle • PHI ∞
Glenn • WAS ∞
Donnelly • WAS ∞
Smith • MAR ∞
Lennon • MAR ∞
French • MAR ∞
Stratton • MAR ∞
Simpson • MAR ∞
AB per HR
1. Pike • BAL 71.3
2. Meyerle • PHI 79.3
3. McVey • BAL 96.0
4. Wright • BOS 107.7
5. Hicks • NYU 120.0
6. Burdock • BRA 122.5
7. Hatfield • NYU 127.5
8. Wright • BOS 131.5
9. York • BAL 139.0
10. Cuthbert • PHI 139.5
Outs Made
1. Schafer • BOS 227
2. Spalding • BOS 220
3. Leonard • BOS 217
4. Wright • BOS 207
5. Cuthbert • PHI 204
6. Barlow • BRA 201
7. Wright • BOS 200
8. Bechtel • PHI 199
9. McGeary • ATH 198
Carey • BAL 198
rOBA
1. Barnes • BOS .500
2. White • BOS .416
3. Wright • BOS .403
4. McVey • BAL .399
5. Anson • ATH .398
6. Force • BAL .382
7. Meyerle • PHI .382
8. O'Rourke • BOS .380
9. Pabor • BRA .376
10. Mills • BAL .367
Rbat+
1. Barnes • BOS 168
2. Wright • BOS 138
3. Pabor • BRA 138
4. McVey • BAL 136
5. White • BOS 135
6. Anson • ATH 133
7. Force • BAL 128
8. O'Rourke • BOS 124
9. Meyerle • PHI 124
10. Mills • BAL 121

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

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