1887 Major League Batting Leaders

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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Clarkson • CHC	15.0
2.	Kilroy • BAL	12.1
3.	Smith • CIN	10.8
4.	Caruthers • STL	10.7
5.	Ferguson • PHI	9.9
6.	Casey • PHI	9.3
7.	Whitney • WHS	8.4
8.	Ramsey • LOU	7.8
9.	Mullane • CIN	7.6
10.	Keefe • NYG	7.5

WAR Position Players
1.	O'Neill • STL	6.9
2.	Ward • NYG	6.6
3.	Connor • NYG	6.2
4.	Browning • LOU	6.0
5.	Thompson • DTN	5.3
6.	Brouthers • DTN	5.3
7.	Glasscock • IND	5.3
8.	Anson • CHC	5.2
9.	Lyons • PHA	5.1
10.	Burns • BAL	5.0

Offensive WAR
1.	O'Neill • STL	6.7
2.	Burns • BAL	6.2
3.	Browning • LOU	6.1
4.	Brouthers • DTN	6.1
5.	Lyons • PHA	5.8
6.	Connor • NYG	5.3
7.	Thompson • DTN	5.2
8.	Wise • BSN	4.9
9.	Ward • NYG	4.7
10.	Kelly • BSN	4.5

Defensive WAR
1.	Ward • NYG	2.7
2.	Glasscock • IND	2.4
3.	Richardson • NYG	1.5
4.	Bassett • IND	1.4
5.	Smith • BRO	1.2
6.	Latham • STL	1.2
	McPhee • CIN	1.2
8.	Boyle • STL	1.1
	Rowe • DTN	1.1
10.	Pinkney • BRO	1.0

Batting Average
1.	O'Neill • STL	.435
2.	Browning • LOU	.402
3.	Thompson • DTN	.372
4.	Orr • NYP	.368
5.	Lyons • PHA	.367
6.	Caruthers • STL	.357
7.	Foutz • STL	.357
8.	Anson • CHC	.347
9.	Burns • BAL	.341
10.	Brouthers • DTN	.338

On-Base%
1.	O'Neill • STL	.490
2.	Browning • LOU	.464
3.	Caruthers • STL	.463
4.	Robinson • STL	.445
5.	Brouthers • DTN	.426
6.	Anson • CHC	.422
7.	Lyons • PHA	.421
8.	Thompson • DTN	.416
9.	Mack • LOU	.415
10.	Burns • BAL	.414

Slugging %
1.	O'Neill • STL	.691
2.	Thompson • DTN	.565
3.	Brouthers • DTN	.562
4.	Caruthers • STL	.547
5.	Browning • LOU	.547
6.	Connor • NYG	.541
7.	Lyons • PHA	.523
8.	Wise • BSN	.522
9.	Burns • BAL	.519
10.	Anson • CHC	.517

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	O'Neill • STL	1.180
2.	Browning • LOU	1.011
3.	Caruthers • STL	1.010
4.	Brouthers • DTN	.988
5.	Thompson • DTN	.982
6.	Lyons • PHA	.943
7.	Anson • CHC	.939
8.	Connor • NYG	.933
9.	Burns • BAL	.933
10.	Orr • NYP	.924

Games Played
1.	Burns • BAL	140
	Purcell • BAL	140
3.	Pinkney • BRO	138
4.	Wolf • LOU	137
	Lyons • PHA	137
	McGarr • PHA	137
7.	Griffin • BAL	136
	Tucker • BAL	136
	McClellan • BRO	136
	Werrick • LOU	136
	Latham • STL	136

At Bats
1.	Latham • STL	627
2.	Gleason • STL	598
3.	Poorman • PHA	585
4.	Pinkney • BRO	580
5.	Lyons • PHA	570
6.	Wolf • LOU	569
7.	Purcell • BAL	567
8.	Collins • LOU	559
9.	Burns • BAL	551
	Reilly • CIN	551

Plate Appearances
1.	Latham • STL	677
2.	Pinkney • BRO	647
	Gleason • STL	647
4.	McClellan • BRO	634
5.	Poorman • PHA	630
6.	Purcell • BAL	623
	Lyons • PHA	623
8.	Burns • BAL	619
9.	Fennelly • CIN	612
10.	Wolf • LOU	611

Runs Scored
1.	O'Neill • STL	167
2.	Latham • STL	163
3.	Brouthers • DTN	153
4.	Griffin • BAL	142
5.	Poorman • PHA	140
6.	Comiskey • STL	139
7.	McPhee • CIN	137
	Browning • LOU	137
9.	Rowe • DTN	135
	Gleason • STL	135

Hits
1.	O'Neill • STL	225
2.	Browning • LOU	220
3.	Lyons • PHA	209
4.	Thompson • DTN	203
5.	Latham • STL	198
6.	Burns • BAL	188
7.	Ward • NYG	184
8.	Comiskey • STL	180
9.	Richardson • DTN	178
10.	Gleason • STL	172

Total Bases
1.	O'Neill • STL	357
2.	Thompson • DTN	308
3.	Browning • LOU	299
4.	Lyons • PHA	298
5.	Burns • BAL	286
6.	Brouthers • DTN	281
7.	Reilly • CIN	263
	Richardson • DTN	263
9.	Latham • STL	259
10.	Denny • IND	256

Doubles
1.	O'Neill • STL	52
2.	Lyons • PHA	43
3.	Brouthers • DTN	36
4.	Reilly • CIN	35
	Browning • LOU	35
	Latham • STL	35
7.	Phillips • BRO	34
	Kelly • BSN	34
	Denny • IND	34
10.	Burns • BAL	33
	Anson • CHC	33

Triples
1.	Thompson • DTN	23
2.	Connor • NYG	22
3.	Johnston • BSN	20
	Brouthers • DTN	20
5.	Burns • BAL	19
	Davis • BAL	19
	McPhee • CIN	19
	Kerins • LOU	19
	Poorman • PHA	19
	Wood • PHI	19
	O'Neill • STL	19

Home Runs
1.	O'Brien • WHS	19
2.	Connor • NYG	17
3.	Pfeffer • CHC	16
4.	Wood • PHI	14
	O'Neill • STL	14
6.	Morrill • BSN	12
	Brouthers • DTN	12
8.	Ryan • CHC	11
	Denny • IND	11
10.	Reilly • CIN	10
	Thompson • DTN	10
	Tiernan • NYG	10
	Hines • WHS	10

Runs Batted In
1.	Thompson • DTN	166
2.	O'Neill • STL	123
3.	Browning • LOU	118
4.	Davis • BAL	109
5.	Foutz • STL	108
	Welch • STL	108
7.	Connor • NYG	104
8.	Comiskey • STL	103
9.	Anson • CHC	102
	Wolf • LOU	102
	Lyons • PHA	102

Bases on Balls
1.	Radford • NYP	106
2.	Robinson • STL	92
3.	Nicol • CIN	86
4.	Mack • LOU	83
5.	Fennelly • CIN	82
	Fogarty • PHI	82
7.	McClellan • BRO	80
8.	McTamany • BRO	76
9.	Connor • NYG	75
10.	Williamson • CHC	73

Strikeouts
1.	Morrill • BSN	86
2.	Fennelly • CIN	81
3.	Seery • IND	68
4.	McGarr • PHA	67
5.	Brown • 2TM	65
6.	Mack • LOU	63
7.	Williamson • CHC	57
8.	Sullivan • CHC	53
9.	Wood • PHI	51
	Boyle • STL	51

Stolen Bases
1.	Nicol • CIN	138
2.	Latham • STL	129
3.	Comiskey • STL	117
4.	Ward • NYG	111
5.	Browning • LOU	103
6.	Fogarty • PHI	102
7.	McPhee • CIN	95
8.	Griffin • BAL	94
9.	Welch • STL	89
10.	Purcell • BAL	88
	Poorman • PHA	88

Singles
1.	Browning • LOU	165
2.	Ward • NYG	162
3.	Gleason • STL	152
4.	Latham • STL	151
5.	Comiskey • STL	149
6.	Lyons • PHA	146
7.	Thompson • DTN	141
8.	O'Neill • STL	140
9.	Corkhill • CIN	133
10.	Collins • LOU	131

Adjusted OPS+
1.	O'Neill • STL	213
2.	Browning • LOU	177
3.	Caruthers • STL	169
4.	Brouthers • DTN	169
5.	Thompson • DTN	166
6.	Burns • BAL	164
7.	Lyons • PHA	162
8.	Connor • NYG	161
9.	Orr • NYP	161
10.	Wise • BSN	153

Runs Created
1.	O'Neill • STL	173
2.	Browning • LOU	137
3.	Thompson • DTN	125
4.	Lyons • PHA	124
5.	Brouthers • DTN	118
6.	Burns • BAL	117
7.	Anson • CHC	103
8.	Connor • NYG	98
9.	Richardson • DTN	96
10.	Latham • STL	94

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	O'Neill • STL	82
2.	Browning • LOU	60
3.	Brouthers • DTN	50
4.	Burns • BAL	48
5.	Lyons • PHA	48
6.	Thompson • DTN	48
7.	Connor • NYG	40
8.	Caruthers • STL	39
9.	Anson • CHC	33
10.	Wise • BSN	33

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	O'Neill • STL	7.8
2.	Browning • LOU	5.8
3.	Brouthers • DTN	4.8
4.	Burns • BAL	4.7
5.	Lyons • PHA	4.7
	Thompson • DTN	4.7
7.	Connor • NYG	3.9
8.	Caruthers • STL	3.8
9.	Anson • CHC	3.3
10.	Wise • BSN	3.2

Extra Base Hits
1.	O'Neill • STL	85
2.	Brouthers • DTN	68
3.	Connor • NYG	65
4.	Lyons • PHA	63
5.	Thompson • DTN	62
6.	Burns • BAL	61
7.	Reilly • CIN	59
8.	Denny • IND	57
9.	Browning • LOU	55
	Wood • PHI	55

Times On Base
1.	Browning • LOU	283
2.	O'Neill • STL	280
3.	Lyons • PHA	262
4.	Burns • BAL	256
5.	Latham • STL	248
6.	Brouthers • DTN	246
7.	Thompson • DTN	244
8.	Radford • NYP	241
9.	Robinson • STL	240
10.	Mack • LOU	235

Offensive Win %
1.	O'Neill • STL	.907
2.	Browning • LOU	.839
3.	Caruthers • STL	.819
4.	Thompson • DTN	.803
5.	Brouthers • DTN	.796
6.	Lyons • PHA	.783
7.	Anson • CHC	.776
8.	Orr • NYP	.771
9.	Burns • BAL	.763
10.	Foutz • STL	.748

Hit By Pitch
1.	Tucker • BAL	29
2.	Robinson • STL	17
3.	Reilly • CIN	15
	Mann • 2TM	15
5.	Smith • PIT	13
6.	McTamany • BRO	12
7.	Welch • STL	11
8.	Purcell • BAL	10
	Glasscock • IND	10
	Poorman • PHA	10
	Farrar • PHI	10
	Fogarty • PHI	10

Power-Speed #
1.	Pfeffer • CHC	25.0
2.	Connor • NYG	24.4
3.	O'Neill • STL	19.1
4.	Ryan • CHC	18.0
5.	Brouthers • DTN	17.7
6.	Reilly • CIN	16.7
7.	Hines • WHS	16.4
8.	Wood • PHI	16.1
9.	Denny • IND	16.0
10.	Burns • BAL	15.6

AB per SO
1.	Glasscock • IND	60.4
2.	Brouthers • DTN	55.6
3.	Sutton • BSN	54.3
4.	Corkhill • CIN	54.1
5.	Comiskey • STL	48.9
6.	Rowe • DTN	48.8
7.	Ward • NYG	45.4
8.	Bierbauer • PHA	44.2
9.	Larkin • PHA	38.2
10.	O'Rourke • NYG	36.1

AB per HR
1.	O'Brien • WHS	23.8
2.	Connor • NYG	27.7
3.	Pfeffer • CHC	29.9
4.	Wood • PHI	35.1
5.	O'Neill • STL	36.9
6.	Tiernan • NYG	40.7
7.	Brouthers • DTN	41.7
8.	Morrill • BSN	42.0
9.	Caruthers • STL	45.5
10.	Ryan • CHC	46.2

Outs Made
1.	Poorman • PHA	430
2.	Latham • STL	429
3.	Gleason • STL	426
4.	Purcell • BAL	425
	Pinkney • BRO	425
6.	Wolf • LOU	409
7.	McClellan • BRO	404
8.	Collins • LOU	397
9.	Stricker • CLE	393
	Welch • STL	393

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