1886 Major League Batting Leaders

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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Ramsey • LOU	12.5
2.	Ferguson • PHI	11.7
3.	Caruthers • STL	11.6
4.	Foutz • STL	11.0
5.	Baldwin • DTN	10.5
6.	Morris • PIT	10.4
7.	Keefe • NYG	9.4
8.	Brouthers • DTN	8.2
9.	Kelly • CHC	7.3
10.	McCormick • CHC	7.2

WAR Position Players
1.	Brouthers • DTN	8.2
2.	Kelly • CHC	7.3
3.	Connor • NYG	7.1
4.	Glasscock • SLM	7.0
5.	Anson • CHC	7.0
	Richardson • DTN	7.0
7.	Orr • NYP	6.3
8.	O'Neill • STL	4.9
9.	Gore • CHC	4.5
10.	Larkin • PHA	4.4

Offensive WAR
1.	Brouthers • DTN	8.0
2.	Kelly • CHC	7.6
3.	Anson • CHC	6.9
4.	Connor • NYG	6.4
5.	Richardson • DTN	6.3
6.	Glasscock • SLM	6.2
7.	Orr • NYP	5.4
8.	Hines • WHS	4.9
9.	Gore • CHC	4.6
10.	Larkin • PHA	4.3

Defensive WAR
1.	Bushong • STL	2.5
2.	Fulmer • BAL	2.2
3.	Smith • PIT	2.0
4.	Bennett • DTN	2.0
5.	Glasscock • SLM	1.8
6.	Whitney • PIT	1.6
7.	Bastian • PHI	1.6
8.	Denny • SLM	1.5
9.	Irwin • PHI	1.4
10.	Hankinson • NYP	1.3

Batting Average
1.	Kelly • CHC	.388
2.	Anson • CHC	.371
3.	Brouthers • DTN	.370
4.	Connor • NYG	.355
5.	Richardson • DTN	.351
6.	Hecker • LOU	.341
7.	Browning • LOU	.340
8.	Orr • NYP	.338
9.	Caruthers • STL	.334
10.	O'Neill • STL	.328

On-Base%
1.	Kelly • CHC	.483
2.	Caruthers • STL	.448
3.	Brouthers • DTN	.445
4.	Gore • CHC	.434
5.	Anson • CHC	.433
6.	Connor • NYG	.405
7.	Richardson • DTN	.402
8.	Hecker • LOU	.402
9.	Larkin • PHA	.390
10.	Browning • LOU	.389

Slugging %
1.	Brouthers • DTN	.581
2.	Anson • CHC	.544
3.	Connor • NYG	.540
4.	Kelly • CHC	.534
5.	Orr • NYP	.527
6.	Caruthers • STL	.527
7.	Richardson • DTN	.504
8.	Hines • WHS	.462
9.	Larkin • PHA	.450
10.	Hecker • LOU	.446

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Brouthers • DTN	1.026
2.	Kelly • CHC	1.018
3.	Anson • CHC	.977
4.	Caruthers • STL	.974
5.	Connor • NYG	.945
6.	Richardson • DTN	.906
7.	Orr • NYP	.890
8.	Gore • CHC	.878
9.	Hecker • LOU	.848
10.	Larkin • PHA	.839

Games Played
1.	McClellan • BRO	141
	Phillips • BRO	141
	Pinkney • BRO	141
4.	McPhee • CIN	140
5.	Sommer • BAL	139
	Larkin • PHA	139
7.	O'Neill • STL	138
	Welch • STL	138
9.	Manning • BAL	137
	Scott • BAL	137
	Mack • LOU	137
	Bierbauer • PHA	137

At Bats
1.	Pinkney • BRO	597
2.	McClellan • BRO	595
3.	Phillips • BRO	585
4.	O'Neill • STL	579
5.	Comiskey • STL	578
	Latham • STL	578
7.	Orr • NYP	571
8.	Larkin • PHA	565
9.	Welch • STL	563
10.	Werrick • LOU	561

Plate Appearances
1.	Pinkney • BRO	667
2.	McClellan • BRO	653
3.	Latham • STL	639
4.	O'Neill • STL	633
5.	Larkin • PHA	631
6.	McPhee • CIN	624
7.	Phillips • BRO	619
8.	Manning • BAL	609
9.	Welch • STL	606
10.	Werrick • LOU	596

Runs Scored
1.	Kelly • CHC	155
2.	Latham • STL	152
3.	Gore • CHC	150
4.	McPhee • CIN	139
	Brouthers • DTN	139
6.	Larkin • PHA	133
7.	McClellan • BRO	131
8.	Richardson • DTN	125
9.	Pinkney • BRO	119
10.	Anson • CHC	117

Hits
1.	Orr • NYP	193
2.	O'Neill • STL	190
3.	Richardson • DTN	189
4.	Anson • CHC	187
5.	Brouthers • DTN	181
6.	Larkin • PHA	180
7.	Kelly • CHC	175
8.	Latham • STL	174
9.	Connor • NYG	172
10.	Phillips • BRO	160

Total Bases
1.	Orr • NYP	301
2.	Brouthers • DTN	284
3.	Anson • CHC	274
4.	Richardson • DTN	271
5.	Connor • NYG	262
6.	O'Neill • STL	255
7.	Larkin • PHA	254
8.	Kelly • CHC	241
9.	Hines • WHS	225
10.	Thompson • DTN	224

Doubles
1.	Brouthers • DTN	40
2.	Larkin • PHA	36
3.	Anson • CHC	35
4.	McClellan • BRO	33
5.	Kelly • CHC	32
6.	Barkley • PIT	31
	Welch • STL	31
8.	Hines • WHS	30
9.	Browning • LOU	29
	Connor • NYG	29
	Glasscock • SLM	29

Triples
1.	Orr • NYP	31
2.	Connor • NYG	20
3.	Fennelly • CIN	17
	Kuehne • PIT	17
	Coleman • 2TM	17
6.	Larkin • PHA	16
7.	Phillips • BRO	15
	Brouthers • DTN	15
	Wood • PHI	15
10.	Werrick • LOU	14
	Mann • PIT	14
	Caruthers • STL	14
	O'Neill • STL	14

Home Runs
1.	Brouthers • DTN	11
	Richardson • DTN	11
3.	Anson • CHC	10
4.	Denny • SLM	9
	Hines • WHS	9
6.	McPhee • CIN	8
	Thompson • DTN	8
	McKinnon • SLM	8
9.	Morrill • BSN	7
	Pfeffer • CHC	7
	Connor • NYG	7
	Orr • NYP	7
	Stovey • PHA	7
	Dunlap • 2TM	7

Runs Batted In
1.	Anson • CHC	147
2.	O'Neill • STL	107
3.	Corkhill • CIN	97
4.	Pfeffer • CHC	95
	Welch • STL	95
6.	Orr • NYP	91
7.	Thompson • DTN	89
8.	Rowe • DTN	87
9.	Ward • NYG	81
10.	Kelly • CHC	79
	Reilly • CIN	79
	Dorgan • NYG	79

Bases on Balls
1.	Gore • CHC	102
2.	Kelly • CHC	83
3.	Williamson • CHC	80
4.	Pinkney • BRO	70
	Swartwood • BRO	70
6.	Mack • LOU	68
7.	Brouthers • DTN	66
	Kerins • LOU	66
9.	Nelson • NYP	64
	Stovey • PHA	64
	Caruthers • STL	64
	Robinson • STL	64

Strikeouts
1.	Seery • SLM	82
2.	Morrill • BSN	81
3.	Lillie • KCN	80
4.	Cahill • SLM	79
5.	Wood • PHI	75
6.	Bastian • PHI	73
	Knowles • WHS	73
8.	Williamson • CHC	71
9.	Johnston • BSN	70
10.	Denny • SLM	68

Stolen Bases
1.	Stovey • PHA	68
2.	Latham • STL	60
3.	Welch • STL	59
4.	Andrews • PHI	56
5.	Kelly • CHC	53
6.	Robinson • STL	51
7.	Hanlon • DTN	50
8.	McClellan • BRO	43
9.	Richardson • DTN	42
10.	Comiskey • STL	41

Singles
1.	O'Neill • STL	145
2.	Latham • STL	142
3.	Richardson • DTN	140
4.	Anson • CHC	131
5.	Orr • NYP	130
6.	Kelly • CHC	128
7.	Pinkney • BRO	127
8.	Larkin • PHA	126
9.	Corkhill • CIN	122
	Browning • LOU	122

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Brouthers • DTN	208
2.	Caruthers • STL	201
3.	Kelly • CHC	193
4.	Orr • NYP	185
5.	Connor • NYG	183
6.	Anson • CHC	180
7.	Richardson • DTN	173
8.	Larkin • PHA	165
9.	Hecker • LOU	161
10.	Stovey • PHA	158

Runs Created
1.	Brouthers • DTN	126
2.	Anson • CHC	119
3.	Kelly • CHC	116
4.	Richardson • DTN	109
5.	Orr • NYP	108
6.	Connor • NYG	106
7.	Larkin • PHA	97
	O'Neill • STL	97
9.	Gore • CHC	86
10.	Stovey • PHA	81
	Hines • WHS	81

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Brouthers • DTN	67
2.	Kelly • CHC	60
3.	Anson • CHC	53
4.	Connor • NYG	48
5.	Orr • NYP	48
6.	Richardson • DTN	47
7.	Larkin • PHA	43
8.	Caruthers • STL	41
9.	Gore • CHC	37
10.	O'Neill • STL	37

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Brouthers • DTN	7.0
2.	Kelly • CHC	6.3
3.	Anson • CHC	5.6
4.	Orr • NYP	5.2
5.	Connor • NYG	5.0
6.	Richardson • DTN	5.0
7.	Larkin • PHA	4.8
8.	Caruthers • STL	4.5
9.	O'Neill • STL	4.1
10.	Gore • CHC	4.0

Extra Base Hits
1.	Brouthers • DTN	66
2.	Orr • NYP	63
3.	Anson • CHC	56
	Connor • NYG	56
5.	Larkin • PHA	54
6.	Richardson • DTN	49
7.	Kelly • CHC	47
	Hines • WHS	47
9.	Stovey • PHA	46
	Welch • STL	46

Times On Base
1.	Kelly • CHC	258
2.	Brouthers • DTN	247
3.	Larkin • PHA	246
4.	O'Neill • STL	244
5.	Anson • CHC	242
6.	Gore • CHC	237
7.	Richardson • DTN	235
	Latham • STL	235
9.	Pinkney • BRO	226
10.	Orr • NYP	215

Offensive Win %
1.	Kelly • CHC	.878
2.	Brouthers • DTN	.873
3.	Caruthers • STL	.858
4.	Anson • CHC	.854
5.	Connor • NYG	.829
6.	Richardson • DTN	.807
7.	Orr • NYP	.803
8.	Hecker • LOU	.785
9.	Gore • CHC	.772
10.	Browning • LOU	.765

Hit By Pitch
1.	Fennelly • CIN	18
2.	Robinson • STL	15
3.	Welch • STL	14
4.	Gleason • PHA	11
	Mann • PIT	11
6.	McTamany • BRO	10
7.	Scott • BAL	9
8.	Carpenter • CIN	8
	Roseman • NYP	8
10.	Browning • LOU	7
	Larkin • PHA	7
	O'Brien • PHA	7
	Gleason • STL	7
	O'Neill • STL	7

Power-Speed #
1.	Richardson • DTN	17.4
2.	Anson • CHC	14.9
3.	Brouthers • DTN	14.4
4.	McPhee • CIN	13.3
5.	Stovey • PHA	12.7
6.	Hines • WHS	12.6
7.	Denny • SLM	11.5
8.	Pfeffer • CHC	11.4
9.	Dunlap • 2TM	10.4
10.	Fennelly • CIN	10.1

AB per SO
1.	Glasscock • SLM	37.4
2.	Connor • NYG	32.3
3.	Brouthers • DTN	30.6
4.	Anson • CHC	26.5
5.	Sutton • BSN	23.8
6.	Hines • WHS	23.2
7.	McKinnon • SLM	21.3
8.	O'Rourke • NYG	21.0
9.	Richardson • DTN	19.9
10.	Fogarty • PHI	17.5

AB per HR
1.	Brouthers • DTN	44.5
2.	Richardson • DTN	48.9
3.	Anson • CHC	50.4
4.	Denny • SLM	52.8
5.	Hines • WHS	54.1
6.	McKinnon • SLM	61.4
7.	Morrill • BSN	61.4
8.	Thompson • DTN	62.9
9.	Pfeffer • CHC	67.7
10.	Dunlap • 2TM	68.7

Outs Made
1.	Sommer • BAL	443
	McClellan • BRO	443
3.	Pinkney • BRO	441
4.	Manning • BAL	432
	Roseman • NYP	432
6.	Comiskey • STL	431
7.	Phillips • BRO	425
8.	Werrick • LOU	421
9.	White • LOU	414
10.	McPhee • CIN	410

rOBA
1.	Kelly • CHC	.479
2.	Brouthers • DTN	.468
3.	Caruthers • STL	.457
4.	Anson • CHC	.450
5.	Connor • NYG	.434
6.	Richardson • DTN	.424
7.	Gore • CHC	.413
8.	Orr • NYP	.406
9.	Hecker • LOU	.403
10.	Stovey • PHA	.400

Rbat+
1.	Brouthers • DTN	191
2.	Kelly • CHC	180
3.	Caruthers • STL	172
4.	Connor • NYG	171
5.	Anson • CHC	170
6.	Richardson • DTN	163
7.	Orr • NYP	157
8.	Hines • WHS	152
9.	Glasscock • SLM	151
10.	Gore • CHC	150

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