1883 Major League Batting Leaders

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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Keefe • NYP	20.2
2.	Radbourn • PRO	14.3
3.	Whitney • BSN	13.5
4.	Galvin • BUF	9.8
5.	White • CIN	9.3
6.	McCormick • CLV	8.3
7.	Mullane • STL	6.4
8.	McGinnis • STL	5.7
9.	Daily • CLV	5.7
10.	Brouthers • BUF	5.5

WAR Position Players
1.	Brouthers • BUF	5.8
2.	Farrell • PRO	5.3
3.	Bennett • DTN	4.9
4.	Connor • NYG	4.9
5.	Ewing • NYG	4.8
6.	Dunlap • CLV	4.5
	Glasscock • CLV	4.5
8.	Burdock • BSN	4.3
9.	Richardson • BUF	4.1
10.	Gore • CHC	3.8

Offensive WAR
1.	Brouthers • BUF	5.5
2.	Connor • NYG	4.9
3.	Swartwood • PIT	4.5
4.	Sutton • BSN	4.0
5.	Dunlap • CLV	3.8
6.	Ewing • NYG	3.8
7.	Browning • LOU	3.7
8.	Bennett • DTN	3.7
9.	Burdock • BSN	3.6
10.	Stovey • PHA	3.4

Defensive WAR
1.	Glasscock • CLV	2.7
2.	Farrell • PRO	2.5
3.	Latham • STL	2.3
	Kemmler • COL	2.3
5.	Bennett • DTN	1.8
6.	Irwin • PRO	1.5
7.	Ewing • NYG	1.5
8.	Deasley • STL	1.4
9.	Holbert • NYP	1.3
10.	Snyder • CIN	1.3

Batting Average
1.	Brouthers • BUF	.374
2.	Connor • NYG	.357
3.	Swartwood • PIT	.357
4.	Browning • LOU	.338
5.	Gore • CHC	.334
6.	Burdock • BSN	.330
7.	O'Rourke • BUF	.328
8.	Dunlap • CLV	.326
9.	Sutton • BSN	.324
10.	Morrill • BSN	.319

On-Base%
1.	Brouthers • BUF	.397
2.	Connor • NYG	.394
3.	Swartwood • PIT	.394
4.	Browning • LOU	.378
5.	Gore • CHC	.377
6.	Dunlap • CLV	.361
7.	Moynahan • PHA	.360
8.	Clinton • BAL	.357
9.	Nelson • NYP	.353
10.	Burdock • BSN	.353

Slugging %
1.	Brouthers • BUF	.572
2.	Morrill • BSN	.525
3.	Connor • NYG	.506
4.	Stovey • PHA	.506
5.	Sutton • BSN	.486
6.	Reilly • CIN	.485
7.	Ewing • NYG	.481
8.	Swartwood • PIT	.476
9.	Burdock • BSN	.475
10.	Bennett • DTN	.474

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Brouthers • BUF	.969
2.	Connor • NYG	.900
3.	Swartwood • PIT	.869
4.	Morrill • BSN	.868
5.	Stovey • PHA	.852
6.	Gore • CHC	.849
7.	Browning • LOU	.842
8.	Sutton • BSN	.836
9.	Burdock • BSN	.828
10.	Bennett • DTN	.825

Games Played
1.	Farrell • DTN	101
	Houck • DTN	101
	Powell • DTN	101
4.	Hotaling • CLV	100
	York • CLV	100
	Hanlon • DTN	100
7.	Wood • DTN	99
	Farrar • PHI	99
9.	Hornung • BSN	98
	Brouthers • BUF	98
	Anson • CHC	98
	Kelly • CHC	98
	Williamson • CHC	98
	Reilly • CIN	98
	Muldoon • CLV	98
	Wolf • LOU	98
	Connor • NYG	98
	Gillespie • NYG	98
	Manning • PHI	98
	Battin • PIT	98
	Denny • PRO	98
	Irwin • PRO	98
	Gleason • STL	98
	Latham • STL	98

At Bats
1.	Birchall • PHA	448
2.	Hornung • BSN	446
3.	Farrell • DTN	444
4.	Hines • PRO	442
5.	Wood • DTN	441
6.	Reilly • CIN	437
7.	O'Rourke • BUF	436
8.	Carpenter • CIN	435
9.	Brady • NYP	432
10.	Knight • PHA	429

Plate Appearances
1.	Birchall • PHA	468
2.	Wood • DTN	466
3.	Hines • PRO	460
4.	Hornung • BSN	454
	Carpenter • CIN	454
6.	O'Rourke • BUF	451
7.	Knight • PHA	450
8.	Farrell • DTN	449
	Powell • DTN	449
10.	Nelson • NYP	448
	Stovey • PHA	448

Runs Scored
1.	Stovey • PHA	110
2.	Hornung • BSN	107
3.	Gore • CHC	105
4.	Reilly • CIN	103
5.	O'Rourke • BUF	102
6.	Sutton • BSN	101
7.	Carpenter • CIN	99
8.	Knight • PHA	98
9.	Browning • LOU	95
	Birchall • PHA	95

Hits
1.	Brouthers • BUF	159
2.	Swartwood • PIT	147
3.	Connor • NYG	146
4.	O'Rourke • BUF	143
5.	Reilly • CIN	136
6.	Sutton • BSN	134
7.	Wood • DTN	133
8.	Burdock • BSN	132
	Hines • PRO	132
10.	Gore • CHC	131

Total Bases
1.	Brouthers • BUF	243
2.	Stovey • PHA	213
3.	Morrill • BSN	212
	Reilly • CIN	212
5.	Connor • NYG	207
6.	Sutton • BSN	201
7.	Hornung • BSN	199
8.	Wood • DTN	196
	Swartwood • PIT	196
10.	O'Rourke • BUF	191

Doubles
1.	Williamson • CHC	49
2.	Brouthers • BUF	41
3.	Burns • CHC	37
4.	Anson • CHC	36
5.	Richardson • BUF	34
	Dunlap • CLV	34
	Bennett • DTN	34
8.	Morrill • BSN	33
9.	Hines • PRO	32
10.	Stovey • PHA	31
	Manning • PHI	31

Triples
1.	Brouthers • BUF	17
	Smith • COL	17
3.	Morrill • BSN	16
4.	Sutton • BSN	15
	Connor • NYG	15
6.	Reilly • CIN	14
	Kuehne • COL	14
8.	Hornung • BSN	13
	Mann • COL	13
	Ewing • NYG	13
	Mansell • PIT	13

Home Runs
1.	Stovey • PHA	14
2.	Jones • CIN	10
	Ewing • NYG	10
4.	Reilly • CIN	9
5.	Denny • PRO	8
	Hornung • BSN	8
7.	Ward • NYG	7
8.	Morrill • BSN	6
9.	Whitney • BSN	5
	Burdock • BSN	5
	Brown • COL	5
	Fulmer • CIN	5
	Wood • DTN	5
	Bennett • DTN	5

Runs Batted In
1.	Brouthers • BUF	97
2.	Burdock • BSN	88
3.	Jones • CIN	80
4.	Reilly • CIN	79
5.	Sutton • BSN	73
6.	O'Brien • PHA	70
7.	Morrill • BSN	68
	Anson • CHC	68
9.	Burns • CHC	67
	Moynahan • PHA	67

Bases on Balls
1.	York • CLV	37
2.	Stearns • BAL	34
	Hanlon • DTN	34
4.	Nelson • NYP	31
	Moynahan • PHA	31
6.	Gleason • 2TM	29
7.	Powell • DTN	28
8.	Clinton • BAL	27
	Shafer • BUF	27
	Gore • CHC	27
	Stovey • PHA	27

Strikeouts
1.	Galvin • BUF	79
2.	Wise • BSN	74
3.	Flint • CHC	69
4.	Morrill • BSN	68
5.	Corcoran • CHC	62
6.	Bennett • DTN	59
7.	York • CLV	55
8.	Hornung • BSN	54
9.	Pfeffer • CHC	50
10.	Phillips • CLV	49

Singles
1.	Swartwood • PIT	112
2.	O'Rourke • BUF	105
	Carpenter • CIN	105
4.	Shafer • BUF	103
5.	Connor • NYG	102
	Nelson • NYP	102
7.	Clinton • BAL	101
8.	Sommer • CIN	100
9.	Brady • NYP	99
10.	Brouthers • BUF	98

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Swartwood • PIT	188
2.	Brouthers • BUF	187
3.	Browning • LOU	179
4.	Connor • NYG	171
5.	Stovey • PHA	163
6.	Morrill • BSN	155
7.	Reilly • CIN	151
8.	Bennett • DTN	151
9.	Jones • CIN	148
10.	Gore • CHC	147

Runs Created
1.	Brouthers • BUF	96
2.	Connor • NYG	82
3.	Swartwood • PIT	77
4.	Stovey • PHA	74
5.	Morrill • BSN	73
6.	Sutton • BSN	70
	Gore • CHC	70
8.	Reilly • CIN	69
9.	Burdock • BSN	67
	O'Rourke • BUF	67

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Brouthers • BUF	44
2.	Swartwood • PIT	40
3.	Connor • NYG	35
4.	Stovey • PHA	31
5.	Browning • LOU	31
6.	Morrill • BSN	26
7.	Bennett • DTN	24
8.	Gore • CHC	24
9.	Reilly • CIN	24
10.	Dunlap • CLV	23

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Brouthers • BUF	4.5
2.	Swartwood • PIT	4.3
3.	Connor • NYG	3.6
4.	Stovey • PHA	3.4
5.	Browning • LOU	3.3
6.	Morrill • BSN	2.7
7.	Reilly • CIN	2.6
8.	Bennett • DTN	2.5
9.	Gore • CHC	2.5
10.	Dunlap • CLV	2.4

Extra Base Hits
1.	Brouthers • BUF	61
2.	Williamson • CHC	56
3.	Morrill • BSN	55
4.	Stovey • PHA	51
5.	Hornung • BSN	46
	Sutton • BSN	46
	Burns • CHC	46
	Bennett • DTN	46
9.	Reilly • CIN	44
	Connor • NYG	44

Times On Base
1.	Brouthers • BUF	175
2.	Swartwood • PIT	172
3.	Connor • NYG	171
4.	O'Rourke • BUF	158
	Gore • CHC	158
	Wood • DTN	158
	Nelson • NYP	158
8.	Moynahan • PHA	155
	Stovey • PHA	155
10.	Clinton • BAL	152

Offensive Win %
1.	Brouthers • BUF	.832
2.	Swartwood • PIT	.807
3.	Connor • NYG	.792
4.	Browning • LOU	.780
5.	Stovey • PHA	.764
6.	Gore • CHC	.742
7.	Morrill • BSN	.739
8.	Reilly • CIN	.730
9.	Burdock • BSN	.717
	Sutton • BSN	.717

AB per SO
1.	Anson • CHC	45.9
2.	Sutton • BSN	34.5
3.	O'Rourke • BUF	33.5
4.	Gore • CHC	30.2
5.	Ewing • NYG	26.9
6.	Rowe • BUF	26.7
7.	Connor • NYG	25.6
8.	Brouthers • BUF	25.0
9.	Radbourn • PRO	23.8
10.	Start • PRO	23.1

AB per HR
1.	Stovey • PHA	30.1
2.	Ewing • NYG	37.6
3.	Jones • CIN	39.1
4.	Reilly • CIN	48.6
5.	Denny • PRO	49.1
6.	Ward • NYG	54.3
7.	Hornung • BSN	55.8
8.	Morrill • BSN	67.3
9.	Fulmer • CIN	72.4
10.	Bennett • DTN	74.2

Outs Made
1.	Birchall • PHA	340
2.	Farrell • DTN	336
3.	Hornung • BSN	322
4.	Knight • PHA	321
5.	Kelly • CHC	319
6.	Brady • NYP	315
7.	Hanlon • DTN	313
8.	Houck • DTN	311
	Purcell • PHI	311
10.	Hines • PRO	310
	Latham • STL	310

rOBA
1.	Brouthers • BUF	.428
2.	Connor • NYG	.404
3.	Swartwood • PIT	.396
4.	Gore • CHC	.385
5.	Browning • LOU	.383
6.	Stovey • PHA	.381
7.	Sutton • BSN	.376
8.	Dunlap • CLV	.367
9.	Ewing • NYG	.367
10.	Burdock • BSN	.365

Rbat+
1.	Brouthers • BUF	171
2.	Swartwood • PIT	166
3.	Connor • NYG	160
4.	Browning • LOU	159
5.	Stovey • PHA	143
6.	Gore • CHC	141
7.	Sutton • BSN	141
8.	Dunlap • CLV	140
9.	Ewing • NYG	140
10.	Bennett • DTN	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