Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mathews • NYU 13.7
2. Spalding • BOS 10.6
3. McBride • ATH 6.3
Cummings • PHI 6.3
5. Fisher • HAR 4.2
6. McVey • BOS 3.0
7. Zettlein • CHI 3.0
8. Wright • BOS 2.8
9. Pearce • BRA 2.5
10. Pike • HAR 2.4
WAR Position Players
1. McVey • BOS 3.0
2. Wright • BOS 2.8
3. Pearce • BRA 2.5
4. Pike • HAR 2.4
5. Barnes • BOS 2.4
6. O'Rourke • BOS 2.3
7. Meyerle • CHI 2.2
Start • NYU 2.2
Craver • PHI 2.2
10. Force • CHI 2.0
Offensive WAR
1. McVey • BOS 2.9
2. Meyerle • CHI 2.9
3. Wright • BOS 2.7
4. Craver • PHI 2.6
5. Pike • HAR 2.3
6. O'Rourke • BOS 2.3
7. Holdsworth • PHI 2.2
8. Spalding • BOS 2.0
9. Start • NYU 1.9
10. White • BOS 1.8
Defensive WAR
1. White • BAL 1.2
2. Pearce • BRA 1.0
3. Barnes • BOS 0.7
Ferguson • BRA 0.7
5. Fisler • ATH 0.7
6. Sutton • ATH 0.6
7. McGeary • ATH 0.6
8. Dehlman • BRA 0.6
9. Force • CHI 0.6
10. Schafer • BOS 0.5
Batting Average
1. Meyerle • CHI .394
2. McVey • BOS .359
3. Pike • HAR .355
4. Manning • 2TM .346
5. McMullin • ATH .346
6. Craver • PHI .343
7. Holdsworth • PHI .340
8. Barnes • BOS .340
9. Anson • ATH .335
10. Wright • BOS .329
On-Base%
1. Meyerle • CHI .401
2. Pike • HAR .368
3. McMullin • ATH .366
4. McVey • BOS .360
5. Barnes • BOS .360
6. Manning • 2TM .354
7. Craver • PHI .353
8. Anson • ATH .345
9. Holdsworth • PHI .343
10. Wright • BOS .340
Slugging %
1. Pike • HAR .504
2. Craver • PHI .498
3. Meyerle • CHI .488
4. McVey • BOS .481
5. Wright • BOS .476
6. O'Rourke • BOS .453
7. Clapp • ATH .436
8. Holdsworth • PHI .432
9. McMullin • ATH .423
10. Hall • BOS .419
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Meyerle • CHI .889
2. Pike • HAR .872
3. Craver • PHI .851
4. McVey • BOS .842
5. Wright • BOS .816
6. McMullin • ATH .789
7. Barnes • BOS .777
8. O'Rourke • BOS .776
9. Holdsworth • PHI .774
10. Manning • 2TM .767
Games Played
1. Leonard • BOS 71
Schafer • BOS 71
Spalding • BOS 71
4. McVey • BOS 70
O'Rourke • BOS 70
White • BOS 70
7. Allison • NYU 65
Higham • NYU 65
Mathews • NYU 65
Nelson • NYU 65
At Bats
1. Spalding • BOS 362
2. White • BOS 352
3. McVey • BOS 343
4. Leonard • BOS 339
5. Higham • NYU 333
6. O'Rourke • BOS 331
7. Schafer • BOS 327
8. Allison • NYU 318
9. Wright • BOS 313
10. Start • NYU 306
Plate Appearances
1. Spalding • BOS 365
2. White • BOS 357
3. McVey • BOS 344
4. Leonard • BOS 341
5. Higham • NYU 337
6. O'Rourke • BOS 335
7. Schafer • BOS 328
8. Allison • NYU 324
9. Wright • BOS 318
10. Start • NYU 310
Runs Scored
1. McVey • BOS 91
2. O'Rourke • BOS 82
3. Spalding • BOS 80
4. Wright • BOS 76
5. White • BOS 75
6. Barnes • BOS 72
7. Eggler • PHI 70
8. Schafer • BOS 69
9. Leonard • BOS 68
Allison • NYU 68
Craver • PHI 68
Hits
1. McVey • BOS 123
2. Spalding • BOS 119
3. Leonard • BOS 106
White • BOS 106
5. O'Rourke • BOS 104
6. Wright • BOS 103
7. Meyerle • CHI 100
8. Holdsworth • PHI 97
9. Start • NYU 96
10. Eggler • PHI 95
Total Bases
1. McVey • BOS 165
2. O'Rourke • BOS 150
3. Wright • BOS 149
4. Spalding • BOS 134
White • BOS 134
6. Leonard • BOS 132
Craver • PHI 132
8. Meyerle • CHI 124
Eggler • PHI 124
10. Holdsworth • PHI 123
Doubles
1. Pike • HAR 22
2. McVey • BOS 21
3. Meyerle • CHI 19
Craver • PHI 19
5. Leonard • BOS 18
6. O'Rourke • BOS 15
7. Higham • NYU 14
8. Start • NYU 13
Eggler • PHI 13
Spalding • BOS 13
Triples
1. Wright • BOS 15
2. Craver • PHI 11
3. Holdsworth • PHI 9
4. Eggler • PHI 8
O'Rourke • BOS 8
Hall • BOS 8
7. York • PHI 7
White • BOS 7
9. McVey • BOS 6
10. Pike • HAR 5
Allison • NYU 5
Nelson • NYU 5
Bechtel • PHI 5
Home Runs
1. O'Rourke • BOS 5
2. Clapp • ATH 3
McVey • BOS 3
White • BOS 3
5. McMullin • ATH 2
Start • NYU 2
Wright • BOS 2
Wright • BOS 2
Remsen • NYU 2
Cuthbert • CHI 2
Runs Batted In
1. McVey • BOS 71
2. O'Rourke • BOS 61
3. Craver • PHI 56
4. Spalding • BOS 54
5. White • BOS 52
6. Leonard • BOS 50
Pike • HAR 50
8. Start • NYU 46
9. Schafer • BOS 45
Meyerle • CHI 45
Bases on Balls
1. Nelson • NYU 9
2. Barnes • BOS 8
McMullin • ATH 8
4. Dehlman • BRA 7
Stearns • HAR 7
Hatfield • NYU 7
Gedney • ATH 7
8. Pearce • BRA 6
Allison • NYU 6
10. Eggler • PHI 5
Cuthbert • CHI 5
Wright • BOS 5
White • BOS 5
Glenn • CHI 5
Hicks • PHI 5
Ryan • BAL 5
Pike • HAR 5
York • PHI 5
Strikeouts
1. Barnie • HAR 13
McMullin • ATH 13
Ryan • BAL 13
4. Cummings • PHI 12
Hatfield • NYU 12
6. Chapman • BRA 11
Gedney • ATH 11
Peters • CHI 11
9. Brady • HAR 10
Stearns • HAR 10
Stolen Bases
1. Barlow • HAR 17
2. Leonard • BOS 11
Craver • PHI 11
O'Rourke • BOS 11
5. McGeary • ATH 10
Hastings • HAR 10
7. Cuthbert • CHI 8
Barnes • BOS 8
9. Anson • ATH 6
Sutton • ATH 6
Remsen • NYU 6
Nelson • NYU 6
Singles
1. Spalding • BOS 105
2. McVey • BOS 93
3. White • BOS 91
4. Leonard • BOS 84
5. Force • CHI 83
6. Holdsworth • PHI 80
7. Meyerle • CHI 79
8. Allison • NYU 78
Start • NYU 78
10. Anson • ATH 76
McMullin • ATH 76
O'Rourke • BOS 76
Wright • BOS 76
Adjusted OPS+
1. Meyerle • CHI 183
2. Pike • HAR 172
3. Craver • PHI 167
4. McVey • BOS 162
5. Wright • BOS 153
6. McMullin • ATH 145
7. Holdsworth • PHI 144
8. Manning • 2TM 144
9. Barnes • BOS 143
10. O'Rourke • BOS 141
Runs Created
1. McVey • BOS 60
2. Wright • BOS 51
3. Meyerle • CHI 50
4. O'Rourke • BOS 49
5. Craver • PHI 47
6. Spalding • BOS 45
7. Pike • HAR 44
8. Leonard • BOS 43
9. White • BOS 41
Holdsworth • PHI 41
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Meyerle • CHI 24
2. McVey • BOS 23
3. Craver • PHI 19
4. Pike • HAR 19
5. Wright • BOS 17
6. O'Rourke • BOS 15
7. McMullin • ATH 13
8. Holdsworth • PHI 13
9. Barnes • BOS 13
10. Eggler • PHI 11
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Meyerle • CHI 2.4
2. McVey • BOS 2.4
3. Craver • PHI 2.0
4. Pike • HAR 2.0
5. Wright • BOS 1.8
6. O'Rourke • BOS 1.5
7. McMullin • ATH 1.4
8. Holdsworth • PHI 1.3
9. Barnes • BOS 1.3
10. Eggler • PHI 1.2
Extra Base Hits
1. Craver • PHI 30
McVey • BOS 30
3. O'Rourke • BOS 28
Pike • HAR 28
5. Wright • BOS 27
6. Leonard • BOS 22
7. Eggler • PHI 21
Meyerle • CHI 21
9. Hall • BOS 19
10. Higham • NYU 18
Start • NYU 18
Times On Base
1. McVey • BOS 124
2. Spalding • BOS 122
3. White • BOS 111
4. Leonard • BOS 108
O'Rourke • BOS 108
Wright • BOS 108
7. Meyerle • CHI 103
8. Start • NYU 100
Eggler • PHI 100
10. McMullin • ATH 98
Holdsworth • PHI 98
Offensive Win %
1. Meyerle • CHI .798
2. Pike • HAR .766
3. McVey • BOS .747
4. Craver • PHI .735
5. Wright • BOS .705
6. McMullin • ATH .683
7. Manning • 2TM .672
8. Holdsworth • PHI .656
9. O'Rourke • BOS .653
10. Anson • ATH .643
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. White • BOS 5
2. Mills • HAR 4
Zettlein • CHI 4
4. Peters • CHI 3
Leonard • BOS 3
Hicks • PHI 3
Gould • BAL 3
Brainard • BAL 3
McBride • ATH 3
Cuthbert • CHI 3
Caught Stealing
1. Barnes • BOS 7
2. Eggler • PHI 6
3. Hastings • HAR 5
4. Barlow • HAR 4
Sutton • ATH 4
Treacey • CHI 4
Schafer • BOS 4
8. Craver • PHI 3
Ferguson • BRA 3
Higham • NYU 3
Fisher • HAR 3
Leonard • BOS 3
Brainard • BAL 3
McMullin • ATH 3
Power-Speed #
1. O'Rourke • BOS 6.9
2. McVey • BOS 3.8
3. Cuthbert • CHI 3.2
4. Remsen • NYU 3.0
5. Start • NYU 2.9
6. McMullin • ATH 2.7
7. Clapp • ATH 2.4
8. Wright • BOS 2.0
9. Higham • NYU 1.7
10. Pike • HAR 1.6
Burdock • NYU 1.6
AB per SO
1. Spalding • BOS ∞
White • BOS ∞
Higham • NYU ∞
Start • NYU ∞
Holdsworth • PHI ∞
Malone • CHI ∞
Hall • BOS ∞
8. Eggler • PHI 299.0
9. Force • CHI 294.0
10. Anson • ATH 260.0
AB per HR
1. Clapp • ATH 55.0
2. O'Rourke • BOS 66.2
3. Wright • BOS 92.0
4. McVey • BOS 114.3
5. White • BOS 117.3
6. McMullin • ATH 130.0
7. Remsen • NYU 142.0
8. Cuthbert • CHI 147.5
9. Snyder • BAL 151.0
10. Start • NYU 153.0
Outs Made
1. White • BOS 252
2. Higham • NYU 249
3. Schafer • BOS 245
Spalding • BOS 245
5. Leonard • BOS 239
6. O'Rourke • BOS 231
7. Allison • NYU 229
8. Hatfield • NYU 226
Mathews • NYU 226
10. Nelson • NYU 224

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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