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

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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