Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Bond • BSN 13.4
2. Weaver • MLG 10.2
3. Larkin • CHC 5.6
4. Ward • PRO 4.7
5. Shafer • IND 3.5
6. Ferguson • CHC 3.1
7. Hines • PRO 2.8
8. Jones • CIN 2.8
9. Gerhardt • CIN 2.5
10. White • CIN 2.4
WAR Position Players
1. Shafer • IND 3.5
2. Ferguson • CHC 3.1
3. Hines • PRO 2.8
4. Jones • CIN 2.8
5. Gerhardt • CIN 2.5
6. White • CIN 2.4
7. Start • CHC 2.4
8. Dalrymple • MLG 2.3
9. Clapp • IND 2.1
10. Brown • PRO 2.1
Offensive WAR
1. Shafer • IND 2.9
2. Ferguson • CHC 2.7
3. Hines • PRO 2.6
4. Start • CHC 2.5
5. McVey • CIN 2.5
6. White • CIN 2.3
7. Brown • PRO 2.2
8. Clapp • IND 2.2
9. Jones • CIN 2.1
10. Anson • CHC 2.1
Defensive WAR
1. Hague • PRO 1.6
2. Snyder • BSN 1.2
3. Flint • IND 1.0
4. Wright • BSN 1.0
5. Sullivan • CIN 0.9
6. Ferguson • CHC 0.9
7. Gerhardt • CIN 0.8
8. Burdock • BSN 0.6
9. Carey • PRO 0.5
10. Hankinson • CHC 0.5
Batting Average
1. Hines • PRO .358
2. Dalrymple • MLG .354
3. Ferguson • CHC .351
4. Start • CHC .351
5. Anson • CHC .341
6. Shafer • IND .338
7. Higham • PRO .320
8. White • CIN .314
9. Jones • CIN .310
10. Peters • MLG .309
On-Base%
1. Ferguson • CHC .375
2. Anson • CHC .372
3. Shafer • IND .369
4. Dalrymple • MLG .368
5. Hines • PRO .363
6. Start • CHC .355
7. White • CIN .340
8. Larkin • CHC .337
9. Clapp • IND .337
10. Higham • PRO .332
Slugging %
1. Hines • PRO .486
2. York • PRO .465
3. Shafer • IND .455
4. Brown • PRO .453
5. Jones • CIN .441
6. Start • CHC .439
7. Dalrymple • MLG .421
8. Higham • PRO .416
9. O'Rourke • BSN .412
10. Ferguson • CHC .405
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Hines • PRO .849
2. Shafer • IND .824
3. Start • CHC .794
4. York • PRO .793
5. Dalrymple • MLG .789
6. Ferguson • CHC .781
7. Brown • PRO .777
8. Anson • CHC .775
9. Jones • CIN .761
10. Higham • PRO .749
Games Played
1. Williamson • IND 63
Shafer • IND 63
McKelvy • IND 63
Flint • IND 63
Clapp • IND 63
6. York • PRO 62
Hines • PRO 62
Higham • PRO 62
Hague • PRO 62
Quest • IND 62
At Bats
1. Start • CHC 285
2. Higham • PRO 281
3. Quest • IND 278
4. McVey • CIN 271
Dalrymple • MLG 271
6. York • PRO 269
7. Wright • BSN 267
8. Shafer • IND 266
9. Clapp • IND 263
10. Leonard • BSN 262
Plate Appearances
1. Quest • IND 290
2. Start • CHC 287
3. Higham • PRO 286
4. Shafer • IND 279
5. York • PRO 277
Dalrymple • MLG 277
7. McVey • CIN 276
Clapp • IND 276
9. Anson • CHC 274
10. Wright • BSN 273
Runs Scored
1. Higham • PRO 60
2. Start • CHC 58
3. York • PRO 56
4. Anson • CHC 55
5. Dalrymple • MLG 52
6. Jones • CIN 50
7. Shafer • IND 48
8. Gerhardt • CIN 46
9. Quest • IND 45
10. O'Rourke • BSN 44
Ferguson • CHC 44
Brown • PRO 44
Hits
1. Start • CHC 100
2. Dalrymple • MLG 96
3. Hines • PRO 92
4. Ferguson • CHC 91
5. Shafer • IND 90
Higham • PRO 90
7. Anson • CHC 89
8. McVey • CIN 83
York • PRO 83
10. White • CIN 81
Jones • CIN 81
Total Bases
1. York • PRO 125
Hines • PRO 125
Start • CHC 125
4. Shafer • IND 121
5. Higham • PRO 117
6. Jones • CIN 115
7. Dalrymple • MLG 114
8. Brown • PRO 110
9. McVey • CIN 107
10. O'Rourke • BSN 105
Anson • CHC 105
Ferguson • CHC 105
Doubles
1. Higham • PRO 22
2. Brown • PRO 21
3. Shafer • IND 19
York • PRO 19
5. O'Rourke • BSN 17
6. Geer • CIN 13
Hines • PRO 13
8. Burdock • BSN 12
Start • CHC 12
Harbridge • CHC 12
Anson • CHC 12
Triples
1. York • PRO 10
2. O'Rourke • BSN 7
Jones • CIN 7
4. Burdock • BSN 6
Shafer • IND 6
Brown • PRO 6
7. Leonard • BSN 5
Start • CHC 5
Foley • MLG 5
10. Larkin • CHC 4
McVey • CIN 4
Dalrymple • MLG 4
Hines • PRO 4
Ward • PRO 4
Home Runs
1. Hines • PRO 4
2. Jones • CIN 3
3. McVey • CIN 2
McKelvy • IND 2
5. O'Rourke • BSN 1
Sutton • BSN 1
Hankinson • CHC 1
Remsen • CHC 1
Start • CHC 1
Williamson • IND 1
Bennett • MLG 1
Goodman • MLG 1
Brown • PRO 1
Higham • PRO 1
Ward • PRO 1
York • PRO 1
Runs Batted In
1. Hines • PRO 50
2. Brown • PRO 43
3. Anson • CHC 40
4. Jones • CIN 39
Ferguson • CHC 39
6. Harbridge • CHC 37
7. McKelvy • IND 36
8. Larkin • CHC 32
9. Shafer • IND 30
10. McClellan • CHC 29
Clapp • IND 29
White • CIN 29
Higham • PRO 29
Cassidy • CHC 29
O'Rourke • BSN 29
Sutton • BSN 29
Bases on Balls
1. Remsen • CHC 17
Larkin • CHC 17
3. Shafer • IND 13
Clapp • IND 13
Anson • CHC 13
6. Quest • IND 12
7. Weaver • MLG 11
8. Ferguson • CHC 10
Bennett • MLG 10
Manning • BSN 10
White • CIN 10
Geer • CIN 10
Strikeouts
1. White • CIN 41
2. McKelvy • IND 38
3. Brown • PRO 37
4. Hankinson • CHC 36
5. Golden • MLG 35
6. Hague • PRO 34
7. Remsen • CHC 33
Goodman • MLG 33
9. Dalrymple • MLG 29
10. Bennett • MLG 26
Singles
1. Start • CHC 82
Dalrymple • MLG 82
3. Ferguson • CHC 79
4. White • CIN 76
5. Anson • CHC 75
6. Hines • PRO 71
7. Peters • MLG 69
8. Clapp • IND 68
Gerhardt • CIN 68
10. McVey • CIN 67
Adjusted OPS+
1. Shafer • IND 184
2. Hines • PRO 177
3. Jones • CIN 158
4. York • PRO 158
5. Brown • PRO 153
6. Start • CHC 152
7. Dalrymple • MLG 151
8. Ferguson • CHC 149
9. Anson • CHC 147
10. Higham • PRO 144
Runs Created
1. Shafer • IND 45
Hines • PRO 45
3. Start • CHC 44
4. Dalrymple • MLG 42
5. York • PRO 41
6. Anson • CHC 39
Ferguson • CHC 39
Higham • PRO 39
9. Jones • CIN 37
10. Brown • PRO 36
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Shafer • IND 24
2. Hines • PRO 20
3. York • PRO 16
4. Start • CHC 15
5. Jones • CIN 15
6. Dalrymple • MLG 15
7. Ferguson • CHC 14
8. Anson • CHC 14
9. Brown • PRO 14
10. Higham • PRO 14
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Shafer • IND 2.6
2. Hines • PRO 2.3
3. York • PRO 1.8
4. Start • CHC 1.7
5. Jones • CIN 1.7
6. Dalrymple • MLG 1.7
7. Ferguson • CHC 1.6
8. Anson • CHC 1.6
9. Brown • PRO 1.6
10. Higham • PRO 1.6
Extra Base Hits
1. York • PRO 30
2. Brown • PRO 28
3. Shafer • IND 25
O'Rourke • BSN 25
5. Higham • PRO 24
6. Jones • CIN 21
Hines • PRO 21
8. Burdock • BSN 18
Start • CHC 18
10. McVey • CIN 16
Times On Base
1. Shafer • IND 103
2. Start • CHC 102
Dalrymple • MLG 102
Anson • CHC 102
5. Ferguson • CHC 101
6. Higham • PRO 95
7. Hines • PRO 94
8. Clapp • IND 93
9. White • CIN 91
York • PRO 91
Offensive Win %
1. Hines • PRO .802
2. Shafer • IND .783
3. Dalrymple • MLG .762
4. Start • CHC .759
5. Ferguson • CHC .751
6. Anson • CHC .743
7. York • PRO .733
8. Brown • PRO .720
9. Jones • CIN .707
10. Higham • PRO .705
AB per SO
1. Anson • CHC 261.0
2. Start • CHC 95.0
3. White • CIN 51.6
4. Kelly • CIN 33.9
5. Clapp • IND 32.9
6. Peters • MLG 30.8
7. Sullivan • CIN 27.1
8. McVey • CIN 27.1
9. Bond • BSN 26.2
10. Hines • PRO 25.7
AB per HR
1. Hines • PRO 64.3
2. Jones • CIN 87.0
3. McKelvy • IND 126.5
4. McVey • CIN 135.5
5. Ward • PRO 138.0
6. Bennett • MLG 184.0
7. Remsen • CHC 224.0
8. Sutton • BSN 239.0
9. Hankinson • CHC 240.0
10. Brown • PRO 243.0
Outs Made
1. Quest • IND 221
2. Wright • BSN 207
3. Hague • PRO 199
4. Flint • IND 197
5. McKelvy • IND 196
6. Leonard • BSN 194
7. Carey • PRO 193
8. Williamson • IND 192
9. Higham • PRO 191
10. Goodman • MLG 190
rOBA
1. Hines • PRO .395
2. Shafer • IND .380
3. Start • CHC .375
4. Anson • CHC .371
5. Ferguson • CHC .368
6. York • PRO .363
7. Dalrymple • MLG .360
8. Jones • CIN .350
9. Higham • PRO .348
10. Brown • PRO .344
Rbat+
1. Shafer • IND 167
2. Hines • PRO 162
3. Jones • CIN 147
4. Start • CHC 144
5. York • PRO 144
6. Anson • CHC 142
7. Clapp • IND 140
8. Ferguson • CHC 140
9. McVey • CIN 139
10. Dalrymple • MLG 136

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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