1884 Major League Batting Leaders

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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Radbourn • PRO	19.4
2.	Galvin • BUF	18.4
3.	Hecker • LOU	17.8
4.	Buffinton • BSN	16.3
5.	McCormick • 2TM	14.8
6.	Mullane • TOL	13.2
7.	Welch • NYG	12.3
8.	Taylor • 2TM	11.5
9.	Sweeney • 2TM	11.2
10.	Morris • COL	8.5

WAR Position Players
1.	Dunlap • SLM	7.9
2.	Williamson • CHC	6.3
3.	Sutton • BSN	6.2
4.	Orr • NYP	5.8
5.	Pfeffer • CHC	5.6
6.	Brouthers • BUF	5.4
7.	Kelly • CHC	5.3
8.	Anson • CHC	5.1
9.	White • BUF	4.9
10.	Glasscock • 2TM	4.9

Offensive WAR
1.	Dunlap • SLM	6.7
2.	Kelly • CHC	6.0
3.	Anson • CHC	5.9
4.	Sutton • BSN	5.6
5.	Brouthers • BUF	5.4
6.	O'Rourke • BUF	5.1
7.	White • BUF	5.0
8.	Williamson • CHC	4.9
9.	Orr • NYP	4.9
10.	Reilly • CIN	4.8

Defensive WAR
1.	Latham • STL	2.6
2.	Briody • 2TM	2.4
3.	Baker • SLM	2.3
4.	McLaughlin • LOU	2.2
5.	Houck • PHA	2.2
6.	Gerhardt • LOU	2.1
7.	Smith • COL	2.1
8.	Gilligan • PRO	1.9
9.	Glasscock • 2TM	1.9
10.	Farrell • PRO	1.9

Batting Average
1.	Dunlap • SLM	.412
2.	Shafer • SLM	.360
3.	Kelly • CHC	.354
4.	Orr • NYP	.354
5.	O'Rourke • BUF	.347
6.	Sutton • BSN	.346
7.	Hoover • 2TM	.341
8.	Reilly • CIN	.339
9.	Moore • WHS	.336
10.	Browning • LOU	.336

On-Base%
1.	Dunlap • SLM	.448
2.	Kelly • CHC	.414
3.	Gore • CHC	.404
4.	Shafer • SLM	.398
5.	O'Rourke • BUF	.392
6.	Sutton • BSN	.384
7.	Brouthers • BUF	.378
8.	Jones • CIN	.376
9.	Nelson • NYP	.375
10.	Anson • CHC	.373

Slugging %
1.	Dunlap • SLM	.621
2.	Brouthers • BUF	.563
3.	Williamson • CHC	.554
4.	Reilly • CIN	.551
5.	Stovey • PHA	.545
6.	Anson • CHC	.543
7.	Orr • NYP	.539
8.	Kelly • CHC	.524
9.	Pfeffer • CHC	.514
10.	Dalrymple • CHC	.505

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Dunlap • SLM	1.069
2.	Brouthers • BUF	.941
3.	Kelly • CHC	.938
4.	Reilly • CIN	.918
5.	Anson • CHC	.916
6.	Stovey • PHA	.913
7.	Orr • NYP	.901
8.	Shafer • SLM	.899
9.	Williamson • CHC	.898
10.	O'Rourke • BUF	.872

Games Played
1.	Connor • NYG	116
	McKinnon • NYG	116
	Geer • 2TM	116
4.	Hornung • BSN	115
5.	Wise • BSN	114
	Lillie • BUF	114
	Hanlon • DTN	114
	Wood • DTN	114
	Hines • PRO	114
10.	Ward • NYG	113
	Carroll • PRO	113

At Bats
1.	Dalrymple • CHC	521
2.	Hornung • BSN	518
3.	Hines • PRO	490
4.	Wolf • LOU	486
5.	Brady • NYP	485
	Rowe • SLM	485
7.	Knight • PHA	484
8.	Ward • NYG	482
9.	Sommer • BAL	479
10.	Connor • NYG	477
	Esterbrook • NYP	477

Plate Appearances
1.	Hornung • BSN	535
	Dalrymple • CHC	535
3.	Hines • PRO	534
4.	Jones • CIN	519
5.	Connor • NYG	515
	Nelson • NYP	515
7.	Wood • DTN	512
8.	Gleason • STL	511
9.	Ward • NYG	510
10.	Brady • NYP	506

Runs Scored
1.	Dunlap • SLM	160
2.	Shafer • SLM	130
3.	Stovey • PHA	124
4.	Kelly • CHC	120
5.	Hornung • BSN	119
	O'Rourke • BUF	119
7.	Jones • CIN	117
8.	Latham • STL	115
	Seery • 2TM	115
10.	Reilly • CIN	114
	Nelson • NYP	114

Hits
1.	Dunlap • SLM	185
2.	Shafer • SLM	168
3.	Sutton • BSN	162
	O'Rourke • BUF	162
	Orr • NYP	162
6.	Dalrymple • CHC	161
7.	Kelly • CHC	160
8.	Anson • CHC	159
9.	Moore • WHS	155
10.	Reilly • CIN	152

Total Bases
1.	Dunlap • SLM	279
2.	Dalrymple • CHC	263
3.	Anson • CHC	258
4.	Reilly • CIN	247
	Orr • NYP	247
6.	Stovey • PHA	244
7.	Pfeffer • CHC	240
8.	Kelly • CHC	237
9.	Shafer • SLM	234
10.	Williamson • CHC	231

Doubles
1.	Shafer • SLM	40
2.	Dunlap • SLM	39
	Barkley • TOL	39
4.	Hines • PRO	36
5.	O'Rourke • BUF	33
	Browning • LOU	33
7.	Orr • NYP	32
	Rowe • SLM	32
9.	O'Brien • BOS	31
10.	Anson • CHC	30
	Gleason • SLM	30

Triples
1.	Stovey • PHA	23
2.	Ewing • NYG	20
3.	Reilly • CIN	19
4.	Mann • COL	18
5.	Jones • CIN	17
	Peltz • IND	17
7.	Kuehne • COL	16
	Corey • PHA	16
9.	Brouthers • BUF	15
	Fennelly • 2TM	15

Home Runs
1.	Williamson • CHC	27
2.	Pfeffer • CHC	25
3.	Dalrymple • CHC	22
4.	Anson • CHC	21
5.	Brouthers • BUF	14
6.	Kelly • CHC	13
	Dunlap • SLM	13
8.	Crane • BOS	12
9.	Reilly • CIN	11
10.	Stovey • PHA	10

Runs Batted In
1.	Orr • NYP	112
2.	Anson • CHC	102
3.	Pfeffer • CHC	101
4.	Kelly • CHC	95
5.	Reilly • CIN	91
6.	Williamson • CHC	84
	Comiskey • STL	84
8.	Stovey • PHA	83
9.	Connor • NYG	82
10.	Brouthers • BUF	79

Bases on Balls
1.	Nelson • NYP	74
2.	Gore • CHC	61
3.	Kelly • CHC	46
4.	Hines • PRO	44
5.	Williamson • CHC	42
	Geer • 2TM	42
7.	Hanlon • DTN	40
	Manning • PHI	40
9.	Wood • DTN	39
10.	Connor • NYG	38

Strikeouts
1.	Wise • BSN	104
2.	Meinke • DTN	89
3.	Morrill • BSN	87
4.	Hornung • BSN	80
	Galvin • BUF	80
	Phillips • CLV	80
7.	Wood • DTN	75
8.	Crowley • BSN	74
9.	Lillie • BUF	71
10.	Muldoon • CLV	67
	Manning • PHI	67

Singles
1.	Moore • WHS	126
2.	Dunlap • SLM	125
3.	Sutton • BSN	124
4.	O'Rourke • BUF	117
	Glasscock • 2TM	117
6.	Shafer • SLM	116
7.	White • BUF	115
	Connor • NYG	115
9.	Kelly • CHC	114
10.	Dalrymple • CHC	112

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Dunlap • SLM	256
2.	Shafer • SLM	201
3.	Brouthers • BUF	190
4.	Reilly • CIN	189
5.	Orr • NYP	189
6.	Hoover • 2TM	188
7.	Stovey • PHA	185
8.	Kelly • CHC	185
9.	Fennelly • 2TM	181
10.	Anson • CHC	177

Runs Created
1.	Dunlap • SLM	125
2.	Kelly • CHC	98
3.	Anson • CHC	96
4.	Shafer • SLM	93
5.	Orr • NYP	89
	Stovey • PHA	89
7.	O'Rourke • BUF	88
8.	Dalrymple • CHC	86
	Reilly • CIN	86
10.	Brouthers • BUF	85

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Dunlap • SLM	77
2.	Shafer • SLM	54
3.	Kelly • CHC	47
4.	Anson • CHC	43
5.	Reilly • CIN	42
6.	Orr • NYP	42
7.	Stovey • PHA	42
8.	Brouthers • BUF	41
9.	O'Rourke • BUF	39
10.	Jones • CIN	37

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Dunlap • SLM	8.4
2.	Shafer • SLM	6.0
3.	Kelly • CHC	5.0
4.	Reilly • CIN	4.8
5.	Orr • NYP	4.8
6.	Stovey • PHA	4.7
7.	Anson • CHC	4.6
8.	Brouthers • BUF	4.3
9.	O'Rourke • BUF	4.2
10.	Jones • CIN	4.2

Extra Base Hits
1.	Dunlap • SLM	60
2.	Stovey • PHA	55
3.	Anson • CHC	54
	Reilly • CIN	54
	Orr • NYP	54
6.	Williamson • CHC	53
7.	Shafer • SLM	52
8.	Brouthers • BUF	51
9.	Dalrymple • CHC	49
	Hines • PRO	49
	Barkley • TOL	49

Times On Base
1.	Dunlap • SLM	214
2.	Kelly • CHC	206
3.	Shafer • SLM	198
4.	O'Rourke • BUF	197
5.	Gore • CHC	195
	Jones • CIN	195
7.	Nelson • NYP	193
8.	Hines • PRO	192
9.	Sutton • BSN	191
10.	Connor • NYG	189

Offensive Win %
1.	Dunlap • SLM	.918
2.	Shafer • SLM	.839
3.	Orr • NYP	.836
4.	Kelly • CHC	.835
5.	Stovey • PHA	.831
6.	Reilly • CIN	.828
7.	Brouthers • BUF	.820
8.	Anson • CHC	.808
9.	Hoover • 2TM	.795
10.	O'Rourke • BUF	.793

Hit By Pitch
1.	Swartwood • PIT	15
2.	Reilly • CIN	14
3.	Clinton • BAL	13
4.	Field • COL	12
	Smith • COL	12
	Gleason • STL	12
7.	Mann • COL	11
8.	York • BAL	10
	Jones • CIN	10
	Esterbrook • NYP	10

AB per SO
1.	Anson • CHC	36.5
2.	White • BUF	34.8
3.	Buffinton • BSN	29.3
4.	Rowe • BUF	28.6
5.	O'Rourke • BUF	27.5
6.	Sutton • BSN	21.3
7.	Brouthers • BUF	19.9
8.	Kelly • CHC	18.8
9.	Hines • PRO	17.5
10.	Ewing • NYG	17.4

AB per HR
1.	Williamson • CHC	15.4
2.	Pfeffer • CHC	18.7
3.	Anson • CHC	22.6
4.	Dalrymple • CHC	23.7
5.	Brouthers • BUF	28.4
6.	Flint • CHC	31.0
7.	Dunlap • SLM	34.5
8.	Kelly • CHC	34.8
9.	Crane • BOS	35.7
10.	Reilly • CIN	40.7

Outs Made
1.	Hornung • BSN	379
2.	Farrell • PRO	367
3.	Lillie • BUF	366
4.	Brady • NYP	363
5.	Dalrymple • CHC	360
	Ward • NYG	360
7.	Farrell • DTN	357
8.	Wood • DTN	354
9.	Carpenter • CIN	353
	Knight • PHA	353

rOBA
1.	Dunlap • SLM	.481
2.	Kelly • CHC	.430
3.	Brouthers • BUF	.426
4.	Anson • CHC	.421
5.	Reilly • CIN	.409
6.	Shafer • SLM	.409
7.	Stovey • PHA	.406
8.	O'Rourke • BUF	.405
9.	Orr • NYP	.403
10.	Williamson • CHC	.394

Rbat+
1.	Dunlap • SLM	205
2.	Brouthers • BUF	173
3.	Kelly • CHC	171
4.	Shafer • SLM	169
5.	Anson • CHC	166
6.	Orr • NYP	164
7.	Reilly • CIN	164
8.	Hoover • 2TM	162
9.	O'Rourke • BUF	162
10.	Fennelly • 2TM	160

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