1888 Major League Batting Leaders

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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	King • STL	16.0
2.	Buffinton • PHI	12.0
3.	Seward • PHA	9.9
4.	Keefe • NYG	9.1
5.	Sanders • PHI	8.5
6.	Welch • NYG	7.8
7.	Connor • NYG	7.6
8.	Conway • DTN	7.0
9.	Anson • CHC	6.9
10.	Brouthers • DTN	6.6
	Caruthers • BRO	6.6

WAR Position Players
1.	Connor • NYG	7.6
2.	Anson • CHC	6.9
3.	Brouthers • DTN	6.6
4.	Ryan • CHC	5.6
5.	Stovey • PHA	5.4
6.	Nash • BSN	5.3
7.	Reilly • CIN	5.3
8.	Tiernan • NYG	4.8
9.	Ewing • NYG	4.8
10.	Kelly • BSN	4.5

Offensive WAR
1.	Brouthers • DTN	6.8
2.	Anson • CHC	6.5
3.	Connor • NYG	6.3
4.	Ryan • CHC	6.0
5.	Kelly • BSN	5.5
6.	Ewing • NYG	5.2
7.	Reilly • CIN	5.1
8.	Stovey • PHA	4.5
9.	Hoy • WHS	4.5
10.	Collins • 2TM	4.5

Defensive WAR
1.	Richardson • NYG	2.3
2.	Bennett • DTN	2.2
3.	Shindle • BAL	2.1
4.	Easterday • KCC	1.7
5.	Fennelly • 2TM	1.6
6.	Nash • BSN	1.5
7.	Latham • STL	1.5
8.	Connor • NYG	1.4
9.	Keenan • CIN	1.4
10.	Bastian • PHI	1.3

Batting Average
1.	Anson • CHC	.344
2.	O'Neill • STL	.335
3.	Ryan • CHC	.332
4.	Reilly • CIN	.321
5.	Kelly • BSN	.318
6.	Browning • LOU	.313
7.	Collins • 2TM	.307
8.	Brouthers • DTN	.307
9.	Ewing • NYG	.306
10.	Orr • BRO	.305

On-Base%
1.	Robinson • STL	.400
2.	Anson • CHC	.400
3.	Brouthers • DTN	.399
4.	O'Neill • STL	.390
5.	Connor • NYG	.389
6.	Browning • LOU	.380
7.	Ryan • CHC	.377
8.	Hoy • WHS	.374
9.	Collins • 2TM	.373
10.	Kelly • BSN	.368

Slugging %
1.	Ryan • CHC	.515
2.	Reilly • CIN	.501
3.	Anson • CHC	.499
4.	Connor • NYG	.480
5.	Kelly • BSN	.480
6.	Johnston • BSN	.472
7.	Ewing • NYG	.465
8.	Brouthers • DTN	.464
9.	Stovey • PHA	.460
10.	O'Neill • STL	.446

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Anson • CHC	.899
2.	Ryan • CHC	.892
3.	Connor • NYG	.869
4.	Reilly • CIN	.864
5.	Brouthers • DTN	.862
6.	Kelly • BSN	.848
7.	O'Neill • STL	.836
8.	Stovey • PHA	.825
9.	Browning • LOU	.816
10.	Ewing • NYG	.813

Games Played
1.	Pinkney • BRO	143
2.	Foutz • BRO	140
3.	Kuehne • PIT	138
4.	Griffin • BAL	137
	Comiskey • STL	137
	Corkhill • 2TM	137
7.	Tucker • BAL	136
	O'Brien • BRO	136
	Carpenter • CIN	136
	Welch • PHA	136
	Hoy • WHS	136

At Bats
1.	Johnston • BSN	585
2.	Comiskey • STL	576
3.	Pinkney • BRO	575
4.	Latham • STL	570
5.	Foutz • BRO	563
6.	Richardson • NYG	561
	Corkhill • 2TM	561
8.	Carpenter • CIN	551
9.	Ryan • CHC	549
	Welch • PHA	549

Plate Appearances
1.	Pinkney • BRO	653
2.	Nicol • CIN	622
3.	Latham • STL	621
4.	Welch • PHA	611
5.	Griffin • BAL	602
	Brouthers • DTN	602
7.	Johnston • BSN	601
8.	Stovey • PHA	595
9.	McTamany • KCC	594
10.	Foutz • BRO	593

Runs Scored
1.	Pinkney • BRO	134
2.	Collins • 2TM	133
3.	Stovey • PHA	127
4.	Welch • PHA	125
5.	Latham • STL	119
6.	Brouthers • DTN	118
7.	Ryan • CHC	115
8.	Nicol • CIN	112
	Reilly • CIN	112
10.	Robinson • STL	111

Hits
1.	Ryan • CHC	182
2.	Anson • CHC	177
	O'Neill • STL	177
4.	Johnston • BSN	173
5.	Reilly • CIN	169
6.	McKean • CLE	164
7.	Collins • 2TM	162
8.	Brouthers • DTN	160
	Corkhill • 2TM	160
10.	White • DTN	157
	Comiskey • STL	157

Total Bases
1.	Ryan • CHC	283
2.	Johnston • BSN	276
3.	Reilly • CIN	264
4.	Anson • CHC	257
5.	Stovey • PHA	244
6.	Brouthers • DTN	242
7.	O'Neill • STL	236
8.	McKean • CLE	233
9.	Connor • NYG	231
10.	Burns • 2TM	230

Doubles
1.	Ryan • CHC	33
	Brouthers • DTN	33
3.	Johnston • BSN	31
	Collins • 2TM	31
5.	Reilly • CIN	28
	Wolf • LOU	28
	Larkin • PHA	28
8.	O'Brien • BRO	27
	Denny • IND	27
	Burns • 2TM	27

Triples
1.	Stovey • PHA	20
2.	Johnston • BSN	18
3.	Connor • NYG	17
4.	Nash • BSN	15
	McKean • CLE	15
	Ewing • NYG	15
	Burns • 2TM	15
8.	Van Haltren • CHC	14
	Williamson • CHC	14
	Reilly • CIN	14

Home Runs
1.	Ryan • CHC	16
2.	Connor • NYG	14
3.	Reilly • CIN	13
4.	Johnston • BSN	12
	Anson • CHC	12
	Denny • IND	12
7.	Brown • BSN	9
	Kelly • BSN	9
	Brouthers • DTN	9
	Tiernan • NYG	9
	Stovey • PHA	9
	O'Brien • WHS	9

Runs Batted In
1.	Reilly • CIN	103
2.	Larkin • PHA	101
3.	Foutz • BRO	99
4.	O'Neill • STL	98
5.	Corkhill • 2TM	93
6.	Anson • CHC	84
7.	Lyons • PHA	83
	Comiskey • STL	83
9.	Bierbauer • PHA	80
10.	Nash • BSN	75

Bases on Balls
1.	Robinson • STL	116
2.	Connor • NYG	73
3.	Fennelly • 2TM	72
4.	Hoy • WHS	69
5.	Brouthers • DTN	68
6.	Nicol • CIN	67
	McTamany • KCC	67
8.	Pinkney • BRO	66
9.	Williamson • CHC	65
10.	Seery • IND	64

Strikeouts
1.	Fennelly • 2TM	83
2.	Denny • IND	79
3.	Smith • PIT	78
	Robinson • STL	78
5.	Tebeau • CIN	75
	Mack • LOU	75
7.	Seery • IND	73
8.	McTamany • KCC	72
9.	Williamson • CHC	71
10.	Easterday • KCC	70
	O'Brien • WHS	70

Stolen Bases
1.	Latham • STL	109
2.	Nicol • CIN	103
3.	Welch • PHA	95
4.	McCarthy • STL	93
5.	Stovey • PHA	87
6.	Reilly • CIN	82
	Hoy • WHS	82
8.	Seery • IND	80
9.	Comiskey • STL	72
10.	Sunday • PIT	71
	Collins • 2TM	71

Singles
1.	O'Neill • STL	138
2.	Anson • CHC	133
3.	Corkhill • 2TM	131
4.	Pinkney • BRO	126
	White • DTN	126
6.	Carpenter • CIN	125
	Latham • STL	125
8.	Welch • PHA	124
	Comiskey • STL	124
10.	Ryan • CHC	123

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Connor • NYG	176
2.	Anson • CHC	176
3.	Ryan • CHC	174
4.	Brouthers • DTN	174
5.	Reilly • CIN	172
6.	Stovey • PHA	166
7.	Browning • LOU	165
8.	Kelly • BSN	165
9.	Collins • 2TM	159
10.	Ewing • NYG	158

Runs Created
1.	Ryan • CHC	105
2.	Anson • CHC	102
3.	Brouthers • DTN	94
4.	O'Neill • STL	91
5.	Reilly • CIN	90
6.	Connor • NYG	89
7.	Stovey • PHA	88
8.	Johnston • BSN	86
9.	Collins • 2TM	82
10.	McKean • CLE	78
	Burns • 2TM	78

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Brouthers • DTN	48
2.	Ryan • CHC	47
3.	Anson • CHC	46
4.	Connor • NYG	44
5.	Reilly • CIN	40
6.	Stovey • PHA	39
7.	O'Neill • STL	36
8.	Collins • 2TM	35
9.	Kelly • BSN	32
10.	Burns • 2TM	29

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Brouthers • DTN	5.5
2.	Ryan • CHC	5.3
3.	Anson • CHC	5.2
4.	Connor • NYG	5.0
5.	Reilly • CIN	4.6
6.	Stovey • PHA	4.4
7.	O'Neill • STL	4.1
8.	Collins • 2TM	4.0
9.	Kelly • BSN	3.7
10.	Burns • 2TM	3.3

Extra Base Hits
1.	Johnston • BSN	61
2.	Ryan • CHC	59
3.	Reilly • CIN	55
4.	Stovey • PHA	54
5.	Brouthers • DTN	53
6.	Burns • 2TM	48
7.	Larkin • PHA	47
8.	Denny • IND	46
	Connor • NYG	46
10.	Collins • 2TM	45

Times On Base
1.	Brouthers • DTN	240
2.	Pinkney • BRO	234
3.	Robinson • STL	233
4.	Anson • CHC	225
	O'Neill • STL	225
6.	Ryan • CHC	222
7.	Hoy • WHS	218
8.	Connor • NYG	217
	Stovey • PHA	217
	Welch • PHA	217
	Collins • 2TM	217

Offensive Win %
1.	Anson • CHC	.837
2.	Ryan • CHC	.824
3.	O'Neill • STL	.798
4.	Connor • NYG	.798
5.	Brouthers • DTN	.796
6.	Kelly • BSN	.793
7.	Reilly • CIN	.790
8.	Browning • LOU	.770
9.	Stovey • PHA	.765
10.	Ewing • NYG	.757

Hit By Pitch
1.	Welch • PHA	29
2.	Faatz • CLE	21
3.	Tucker • BAL	18
	Reilly • CIN	18
5.	Mack • LOU	15
6.	Larkin • PHA	13
	Farrar • PHI	13
8.	Pinkney • BRO	12
	Brouthers • DTN	12
	Robinson • STL	12

Power-Speed #
1.	Ryan • CHC	25.3
2.	Reilly • CIN	22.4
3.	Connor • NYG	18.4
4.	Johnston • BSN	17.9
5.	Denny • IND	17.5
6.	Anson • CHC	16.8
7.	Stovey • PHA	16.3
8.	Kelly • BSN	15.5
9.	Tiernan • NYG	15.3
10.	Brown • BSN	15.1

AB per SO
1.	Bierbauer • PHA	41.2
2.	Brouthers • DTN	40.2
3.	Ward • NYG	39.2
4.	Corkhill • 2TM	29.5
5.	Donnelly • WHS	26.8
6.	Burns • 2TM	26.5
7.	Orr • BRO	26.3
8.	Pinkney • BRO	26.1
9.	Glasscock • IND	26.0
10.	Ganzel • DTN	25.7

AB per HR
1.	Ryan • CHC	34.3
2.	Connor • NYG	34.4
3.	Reilly • CIN	40.5
4.	Anson • CHC	42.9
5.	Denny • IND	43.7
6.	Brown • BSN	46.7
7.	Johnston • BSN	48.8
8.	Kelly • BSN	48.9
9.	Tiernan • NYG	49.2
10.	Williamson • CHC	56.5

Outs Made
1.	Richardson • NYG	434
2.	Pinkney • BRO	419
	Comiskey • STL	419
	Latham • STL	419
5.	Nicol • CIN	417
6.	Johnston • BSN	412
7.	O'Brien • WHS	409
8.	Shindle • BAL	407
	Foutz • BRO	407
10.	Carpenter • CIN	404

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