1881 Major League Batting Leaders

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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Whitney • BSN	8.7
2.	Derby • DTN	7.5
3.	Galvin • BUF	7.5
4.	McCormick • CLV	7.0
5.	Anson • CHC	5.9
6.	Welch • TRO	5.6
7.	Richmond • WOR	4.4
8.	Bennett • DTN	4.3
9.	Dunlap • CLV	3.9
10.	Radbourn • PRO	3.9

WAR Position Players
1.	Anson • CHC	5.9
2.	Bennett • DTN	4.3
3.	Dunlap • CLV	3.9
4.	Williamson • CHC	3.2
5.	Rowe • BUF	2.9
6.	Kelly • CHC	2.8
7.	Glasscock • CLV	2.7
8.	Start • PRO	2.6
9.	Richardson • BUF	2.5
10.	Sutton • BSN	2.5

Offensive WAR
1.	Anson • CHC	5.0
2.	Dunlap • CLV	3.6
3.	Brouthers • BUF	3.1
4.	Bennett • DTN	3.1
5.	O'Rourke • BUF	3.1
6.	Start • PRO	2.7
7.	Rowe • BUF	2.6
8.	Kelly • CHC	2.6
9.	York • PRO	2.5
10.	White • BUF	2.5

Defensive WAR
1.	Williamson • CHC	1.9
2.	Bennett • DTN	1.7
3.	Glasscock • CLV	1.4
4.	Force • BUF	1.3
5.	Bushong • WOR	1.1
6.	Flint • CHC	1.0
7.	Ewing • TRO	1.0
8.	Anson • CHC	1.0
9.	Quest • CHC	0.9
10.	Caskin • TRO	0.9

Batting Average
1.	Anson • CHC	.399
2.	Powell • DTN	.338
3.	Rowe • BUF	.333
4.	Start • PRO	.328
5.	Dunlap • CLV	.325
6.	Dalrymple • CHC	.323
7.	Kelly • CHC	.323
8.	Brouthers • BUF	.319
9.	Dickerson • WOR	.316
10.	Flint • CHC	.310

On-Base%
1.	Anson • CHC	.442
2.	Powell • DTN	.380
3.	York • PRO	.362
4.	Brouthers • BUF	.361
5.	Dunlap • CLV	.358
6.	Gore • CHC	.354
7.	Kelly • CHC	.352
8.	O'Rourke • BUF	.352
9.	Dalrymple • CHC	.350
10.	Hotaling • WOR	.346

Slugging %
1.	Brouthers • BUF	.541
2.	Anson • CHC	.510
3.	Rowe • BUF	.480
4.	Bennett • DTN	.478
5.	Dunlap • CLV	.444
6.	Kelly • CHC	.433
7.	Powell • DTN	.429
8.	York • PRO	.427
9.	Gore • CHC	.424
10.	Wood • DTN	.421

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Anson • CHC	.952
2.	Brouthers • BUF	.902
3.	Bennett • DTN	.819
4.	Rowe • BUF	.816
5.	Powell • DTN	.810
6.	Dunlap • CLV	.802
7.	York • PRO	.790
8.	Kelly • CHC	.786
9.	Gore • CHC	.778
10.	Dalrymple • CHC	.764

Games Played
1.	Glasscock • CLV	85
	Phillips • CLV	85
	Shafer • CLV	85
	Denny • PRO	85
	Ward • PRO	85
	York • PRO	85
	Cassidy • TRO	85
	Connor • TRO	85
	Ferguson • TRO	85
	Hankinson • TRO	85

At Bats
1.	Foley • BUF	375
2.	Cassidy • TRO	370
3.	Connor • TRO	367
	Dickerson • WOR	367
5.	Dalrymple • CHC	362
6.	Hines • PRO	361
7.	Phillips • CLV	357
	Ward • PRO	357
9.	Kelly • CHC	353
10.	Dunlap • CLV	351

Plate Appearances
1.	Cassidy • TRO	388
2.	Foley • BUF	382
	Connor • TRO	382
4.	Dalrymple • CHC	377
5.	O'Rourke • BUF	375
	Dickerson • WOR	375
7.	Farrell • PRO	374
	Hines • PRO	374
9.	Anson • CHC	369
	Kelly • CHC	369
	Dunlap • CLV	369

Runs Scored
1.	Gore • CHC	86
2.	Kelly • CHC	84
3.	Dalrymple • CHC	72
4.	O'Rourke • BUF	71
5.	Farrell • PRO	69
6.	Anson • CHC	67
	Knight • DTN	67
8.	Hines • PRO	65
9.	Hanlon • DTN	63
10.	Richardson • BUF	62

Hits
1.	Anson • CHC	137
2.	Dalrymple • CHC	117
3.	Dickerson • WOR	116
4.	Kelly • CHC	114
	Dunlap • CLV	114
	Start • PRO	114
7.	Connor • TRO	107
8.	O'Rourke • BUF	105
9.	Hines • PRO	103
10.	Richardson • BUF	100
	Wood • DTN	100

Total Bases
1.	Anson • CHC	175
2.	Dunlap • CLV	156
3.	Kelly • CHC	153
4.	Dalrymple • CHC	150
5.	Dickerson • WOR	149
6.	Brouthers • BUF	146
	Hines • PRO	146
8.	Bennett • DTN	143
9.	Richardson • BUF	142
	Wood • DTN	142
	Connor • TRO	142

Doubles
1.	Kelly • CHC	27
	Hines • PRO	27
3.	Stovey • WOR	25
	Dunlap • CLV	25
5.	White • BUF	24
6.	York • PRO	23
7.	Dalrymple • CHC	22
8.	Anson • CHC	21
	O'Rourke • BUF	21
10.	Burns • CHC	20
	Foley • BUF	20

Triples
1.	Rowe • BUF	11
2.	Phillips • CLV	10
3.	Gore • CHC	9
	Richardson • BUF	9
	Wood • DTN	9
	Brouthers • BUF	9
7.	Hanlon • DTN	8
	Hornung • BSN	8
9.	O'Rourke • BUF	7
	Bennett • DTN	7
	Ewing • TRO	7
	Anson • CHC	7
	Stovey • WOR	7

Home Runs
1.	Brouthers • BUF	8
2.	Bennett • DTN	7
3.	Farrell • PRO	5
4.	Burns • CHC	4
5.	Brown • 2TM	3
	Dunlap • CLV	3
7.	Hanlon • DTN	2
	Stovey • WOR	2
	Carpenter • WOR	2
	Connor • TRO	2
	Bradley • 2TM	2
	York • PRO	2
	Hines • PRO	2
	Wood • DTN	2
	Hornung • BSN	2
	Kelly • CHC	2
	Richardson • BUF	2

Runs Batted In
1.	Anson • CHC	82
2.	Bennett • DTN	64
3.	Kelly • CHC	55
4.	Richardson • BUF	53
	White • BUF	53
	Ward • PRO	53
7.	Knight • DTN	52
8.	Williamson • CHC	48
9.	York • PRO	47
10.	Brouthers • BUF	45

Bases on Balls
1.	Clapp • CLV	35
2.	Farrell • PRO	29
	York • PRO	29
	Ferguson • TRO	29
5.	O'Rourke • BUF	27
	Gore • CHC	27
7.	Anson • CHC	26
8.	Shafer • CLV	23
	Knight • DTN	23
10.	Hanlon • DTN	22

Strikeouts
1.	Galvin • BUF	70
2.	Denny • PRO	44
3.	Hankinson • TRO	41
4.	Flint • CHC	39
5.	Bennett • DTN	37
6.	Wood • DTN	32
7.	Remsen • CLV	31
	Gerhardt • DTN	31
9.	Morrill • BSN	30
	Evans • TRO	30

Singles
1.	Anson • CHC	108
2.	Start • PRO	96
3.	Dickerson • WOR	91
4.	Dalrymple • CHC	90
5.	Kelly • CHC	82
	Dunlap • CLV	82
	Connor • TRO	82
8.	Sutton • BSN	81
9.	Gillespie • TRO	79
	Hotaling • WOR	79

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Anson • CHC	192
2.	Brouthers • BUF	181
3.	Dunlap • CLV	156
4.	Rowe • BUF	154
5.	Bennett • DTN	150
6.	Powell • DTN	150
7.	York • PRO	148
8.	Kelly • CHC	140
9.	Gore • CHC	138
10.	O'Rourke • BUF	137

Runs Created
1.	Anson • CHC	77
2.	Dunlap • CLV	56
3.	Kelly • CHC	54
4.	Brouthers • BUF	53
	Dalrymple • CHC	53
6.	O'Rourke • BUF	49
	Bennett • DTN	49
	York • PRO	49
	Dickerson • WOR	49
10.	Start • PRO	48

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Anson • CHC	38
2.	Brouthers • BUF	25
3.	Dunlap • CLV	23
4.	York • PRO	19
5.	Bennett • DTN	17
6.	Kelly • CHC	17
7.	O'Rourke • BUF	16
8.	Dalrymple • CHC	15
9.	Gore • CHC	15
10.	Rowe • BUF	13

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Anson • CHC	4.0
2.	Brouthers • BUF	2.6
3.	Dunlap • CLV	2.5
4.	York • PRO	2.1
5.	Kelly • CHC	1.9
	Bennett • DTN	1.9
7.	O'Rourke • BUF	1.7
8.	Dalrymple • CHC	1.6
9.	Gore • CHC	1.6
10.	Rowe • BUF	1.5

Extra Base Hits
1.	Brouthers • BUF	35
2.	Stovey • WOR	34
	Hines • PRO	34
4.	Kelly • CHC	32
	Dunlap • CLV	32
	Bennett • DTN	32
7.	York • PRO	30
8.	Anson • CHC	29
	Phillips • CLV	29
	Richardson • BUF	29
	Wood • DTN	29

Times On Base
1.	Anson • CHC	163
2.	O'Rourke • BUF	132
	Dalrymple • CHC	132
	Dunlap • CLV	132
5.	Kelly • CHC	130
6.	York • PRO	125
	Ferguson • TRO	125
8.	Dickerson • WOR	124
9.	Start • PRO	123
10.	Connor • TRO	122

Offensive Win %
1.	Anson • CHC	.862
2.	Brouthers • BUF	.794
3.	Powell • DTN	.747
4.	Rowe • BUF	.740
5.	Dunlap • CLV	.729
6.	Bennett • DTN	.726
7.	Kelly • CHC	.712
8.	York • PRO	.707
9.	Dalrymple • CHC	.696
10.	Gore • CHC	.688

AB per SO
1.	Anson • CHC	85.8
2.	Dorgan • 2TM	63.5
3.	Irwin • WOR	51.5
4.	Houck • DTN	51.3
5.	Start • PRO	49.7
6.	Dickerson • WOR	45.9
7.	Clapp • CLV	43.5
8.	Glasscock • CLV	41.9
9.	White • BUF	39.9
10.	Sutton • BSN	37.0

AB per HR
1.	Brouthers • BUF	33.8
2.	Bennett • DTN	42.7
3.	Farrell • PRO	69.0
4.	Burns • CHC	85.5
5.	Dunlap • CLV	117.0
6.	Bradley • 2TM	122.5
7.	Hanlon • DTN	152.5
8.	York • PRO	158.0
9.	Hornung • BSN	162.0
10.	Wood • DTN	168.5

Outs Made
1.	Cassidy • TRO	288
2.	Foley • BUF	279
3.	Carpenter • WOR	272
4.	Ward • PRO	270
5.	Farrell • PRO	263
6.	Phillips • CLV	260
	Connor • TRO	260
8.	Hankinson • TRO	259
9.	Hines • PRO	258
10.	Shafer • CLV	255

rOBA
1.	Anson • CHC	.441
2.	Brouthers • BUF	.403
3.	Powell • DTN	.376
4.	Rowe • BUF	.369
5.	Dunlap • CLV	.367
6.	Bennett • DTN	.364
7.	Kelly • CHC	.363
8.	York • PRO	.362
9.	Gore • CHC	.357
10.	Dalrymple • CHC	.352

Rbat+
1.	Anson • CHC	180
2.	Brouthers • BUF	163
3.	Dunlap • CLV	147
4.	Rowe • BUF	144
5.	Powell • DTN	143
6.	York • PRO	140
7.	Bennett • DTN	136
8.	Kelly • CHC	135
9.	O'Rourke • BUF	133
10.	Start • PRO	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