1889 Major League Batting Leaders

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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Clarkson • BSN	16.2
2.	Buffinton • PHI	11.1
3.	Chamberlain • STL	9.2
4.	Duryea • CIN	9.1
5.	Kilroy • BAL	8.7
6.	King • STL	8.5
7.	Caruthers • BRO	8.4
8.	Sanders • PHI	7.5
9.	Glasscock • IND	6.6
10.	Anson • CHC	6.4

WAR Position Players
1.	Glasscock • IND	6.7
2.	Anson • CHC	6.4
3.	Brouthers • BSN	6.2
4.	Tucker • BAL	6.0
5.	Connor • NYG	5.6
6.	Lyons • PHA	5.4
7.	Stovey • PHA	5.4
8.	Tiernan • NYG	5.2
9.	Ryan • CHC	5.0
10.	Carroll • PIT	4.7

Offensive WAR
1.	Tucker • BAL	6.1
2.	Brouthers • BSN	6.1
3.	Glasscock • IND	5.9
4.	Anson • CHC	5.5
5.	Connor • NYG	5.5
6.	Carroll • PIT	5.3
7.	Ryan • CHC	5.1
8.	Tiernan • NYG	5.1
9.	Lyons • PHA	5.1
10.	Stovey • PHA	4.6

Defensive WAR
1.	Beard • CIN	2.4
2.	Fuller • STL	2.0
3.	Glasscock • IND	1.7
4.	Smith • BRO	1.6
5.	Pfeffer • CHC	1.4
	Richardson • NYG	1.4
7.	McKean • CLV	1.4
8.	Bennett • BSN	1.4
9.	McPhee • CIN	1.3
10.	Easterday • COL	1.2

Batting Average
1.	Brouthers • BSN	.373
2.	Tucker • BAL	.372
3.	Glasscock • IND	.352
4.	Anson • CHC	.342
5.	O'Neill • STL	.335
6.	Tiernan • NYG	.335
7.	Carroll • PIT	.330
8.	Lyons • PHA	.329
9.	Orr • COL	.327
10.	Ewing • NYG	.327

On-Base%
1.	Carroll • PIT	.486
2.	Brouthers • BSN	.462
3.	Tucker • BAL	.450
4.	Tiernan • NYG	.447
5.	Anson • CHC	.440
6.	Larkin • PHA	.428
7.	Connor • NYG	.426
8.	Lyons • PHA	.426
9.	O'Neill • STL	.419
10.	Van Haltren • CHC	.416

Slugging %
1.	Connor • NYG	.528
2.	Stovey • PHA	.525
3.	Ryan • CHC	.516
4.	Brouthers • BSN	.507
5.	Holliday • CIN	.497
6.	Tiernan • NYG	.497
7.	Thompson • PHI	.492
8.	Carroll • PIT	.484
9.	Tucker • BAL	.484
10.	Wilmot • WHS	.484

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Carroll • PIT	.970
2.	Brouthers • BSN	.969
3.	Connor • NYG	.955
4.	Tiernan • NYG	.944
5.	Tucker • BAL	.934
6.	Ryan • CHC	.919
7.	Stovey • PHA	.918
8.	Anson • CHC	.911
9.	O'Neill • STL	.897
10.	Lyons • PHA	.895

Games Played
1.	Beard • CIN	141
2.	Fuller • STL	140
	McCarthy • STL	140
4.	Marr • COL	139
	McTamany • COL	139
	Stearns • KCC	139
7.	Shindle • BAL	138
	Collins • BRO	138
	Corkhill • BRO	138
	Foutz • BRO	138
	Pinkney • BRO	138
	Fennelly • PHA	138

At Bats
1.	McCarthy • STL	604
2.	Comiskey • STL	587
3.	Duffy • CHC	584
4.	Glasscock • IND	582
5.	Burns • KCC	579
6.	Daily • COL	578
	Denny • IND	578
8.	Ryan • CHC	576
9.	Long • KCC	574
10.	Shindle • BAL	567
	O'Brien • BRO	567

Plate Appearances
1.	McCarthy • STL	656
2.	Ryan • CHC	652
3.	Long • KCC	648
4.	Collins • BRO	647
5.	McTamany • COL	646
6.	O'Brien • BRO	644
7.	Marr • COL	639
8.	Hamilton • KCC	635
9.	Stovey • PHA	634
10.	Duffy • CHC	632

Runs Scored
1.	Griffin • BAL	152
	Stovey • PHA	152
3.	Tiernan • NYG	147
4.	O'Brien • BRO	146
5.	Duffy • CHC	144
	Hamilton • KCC	144
7.	Ryan • CHC	140
8.	Collins • BRO	139
9.	Long • KCC	137
10.	McCarthy • STL	136

Hits
1.	Glasscock • IND	205
2.	Tucker • BAL	196
3.	Ryan • CHC	187
4.	Orr • COL	183
5.	Duffy • CHC	182
6.	Brouthers • BSN	181
	Holliday • CIN	181
8.	O'Neill • STL	179
9.	Shindle • BAL	178
10.	Anson • CHC	177

Total Bases
1.	Ryan • CHC	297
2.	Stovey • PHA	292
3.	Holliday • CIN	280
4.	Glasscock • IND	272
5.	Connor • NYG	262
	Thompson • PHI	262
7.	Tucker • BAL	255
	O'Neill • STL	255
9.	Duffy • CHC	253
10.	Orr • COL	250

Doubles
1.	Kelly • BSN	41
2.	Glasscock • IND	40
3.	Welch • PHA	39
4.	Stovey • PHA	38
5.	O'Rourke • NYG	36
	Lyons • PHA	36
	Thompson • PHI	36
8.	Richardson • BSN	33
	O'Neill • STL	33
10.	Anson • CHC	32
	McGeachey • IND	32
	Long • KCC	32
	Connor • NYG	32

Triples
1.	Wilmot • WHS	19
2.	Connor • NYG	17
	Fogarty • PHI	17
4.	Marr • COL	15
5.	Griffin • BAL	14
	Ryan • CHC	14
	Beard • CIN	14
	Tiernan • NYG	14
9.	Burns • BRO	13
	Reilly • CIN	13
	Ewing • NYG	13
	Stovey • PHA	13

Home Runs
1.	Thompson • PHI	20
2.	Holliday • CIN	19
	Stovey • PHA	19
4.	Denny • IND	18
5.	Ryan • CHC	17
6.	Duffee • STL	16
7.	Connor • NYG	13
8.	Duffy • CHC	12
	Milligan • STL	12
10.	Farrell • CHC	11

Runs Batted In
1.	Connor • NYG	130
2.	Stovey • PHA	119
3.	Brouthers • BSN	118
4.	Anson • CHC	117
5.	Foutz • BRO	113
6.	Denny • IND	112
7.	Thompson • PHI	111
8.	O'Neill • STL	110
9.	Bierbauer • PHA	105
10.	Holliday • CIN	104

Bases on Balls
1.	Robinson • STL	118
2.	McTamany • COL	116
3.	Tiernan • NYG	96
4.	Connor • NYG	93
5.	Griffin • BAL	91
	Radford • CLV	91
7.	Marr • COL	87
	Hamilton • KCC	87
9.	Anson • CHC	86
10.	Carroll • PIT	85

Strikeouts
1.	Duffee • STL	81
2.	Fennelly • PHA	78
3.	O'Brien • BRO	76
4.	Hornung • BAL	72
5.	Greenwood • COL	71
6.	Mack • BAL	69
	Stearns • KCC	69
8.	Burns • KCC	68
	Stovey • PHA	68
	Smith • 2TM	68

Stolen Bases
1.	Hamilton • KCC	111
2.	Fogarty • PHI	99
3.	O'Brien • BRO	91
4.	Long • KCC	89
5.	Nicol • CIN	80
6.	Latham • STL	69
7.	Kelly • BSN	68
8.	Stearns • KCC	67
9.	Welch • PHA	66
10.	Collins • BRO	65
	Comiskey • STL	65

Singles
1.	Tucker • BAL	158
2.	Glasscock • IND	155
3.	Shindle • BAL	144
4.	McCarthy • STL	143
5.	Duffy • CHC	142
6.	Brouthers • BSN	139
7.	Burns • KCC	137
8.	Van Haltren • CHC	136
	Orr • COL	136
10.	Purcell • PHA	134

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Carroll • PIT	183
2.	Tucker • BAL	169
3.	Brouthers • BSN	165
4.	Stovey • PHA	163
5.	Connor • NYG	161
6.	Tiernan • NYG	159
7.	Lyons • PHA	158
8.	Ryan • CHC	151
9.	Anson • CHC	150
10.	Larkin • PHA	146

Runs Created
1.	Ryan • CHC	118
2.	Stovey • PHA	114
3.	Connor • NYG	111
4.	Brouthers • BSN	110
	Tiernan • NYG	110
6.	Tucker • BAL	107
7.	Anson • CHC	106
	O'Neill • STL	106
9.	Glasscock • IND	105
10.	Holliday • CIN	103

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Tucker • BAL	51
2.	Brouthers • BSN	48
3.	Stovey • PHA	46
4.	Tiernan • NYG	45
5.	Carroll • PIT	45
6.	Connor • NYG	44
7.	Lyons • PHA	43
8.	Anson • CHC	41
9.	Ryan • CHC	40
10.	Larkin • PHA	37

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Tucker • BAL	5.1
2.	Brouthers • BSN	4.7
3.	Stovey • PHA	4.6
4.	Tiernan • NYG	4.4
5.	Connor • NYG	4.4
6.	Lyons • PHA	4.4
	Carroll • PIT	4.4
8.	Anson • CHC	4.0
9.	Ryan • CHC	4.0
10.	Larkin • PHA	3.7

Extra Base Hits
1.	Stovey • PHA	70
2.	Ryan • CHC	62
	Connor • NYG	62
4.	Thompson • PHI	60
5.	Kelly • BSN	55
6.	Holliday • CIN	54
7.	Glasscock • IND	50
	O'Neill • STL	50
9.	Richardson • BSN	49
	Lyons • PHA	49

Times On Base
1.	Tucker • BAL	271
2.	Anson • CHC	268
	Tiernan • NYG	268
4.	Ryan • CHC	263
	McTamany • COL	263
	Larkin • PHA	263
7.	Van Haltren • CHC	262
	Hamilton • KCC	262
9.	Brouthers • BSN	261
10.	Marr • COL	260

Offensive Win %
1.	Brouthers • BSN	.808
2.	Carroll • PIT	.792
3.	Tucker • BAL	.787
4.	Tiernan • NYG	.782
5.	Connor • NYG	.778
6.	O'Neill • STL	.761
7.	Anson • CHC	.761
8.	Stovey • PHA	.759
9.	Lyons • PHA	.754
10.	Ryan • CHC	.753

Hit By Pitch
1.	Tucker • BAL	33
2.	Welch • PHA	19
3.	Reilly • CIN	18
4.	O'Brien • BRO	16
	Larkin • PHA	16
6.	Brouthers • BSN	14
	Hamilton • KCC	14
8.	Manning • KCC	13
9.	Johnson • COL	12
10.	Carroll • PIT	11
	Latham • STL	11

Power-Speed #
1.	Stovey • PHA	29.2
2.	Holliday • CIN	26.9
3.	Ryan • CHC	24.7
4.	Thompson • PHI	21.8
5.	Denny • IND	19.8
6.	Duffy • CHC	19.5
7.	Duffee • STL	18.2
8.	Connor • NYG	16.1
9.	Kelly • BSN	15.9
10.	Tiernan • NYG	15.3

AB per SO
1.	Brouthers • BSN	80.8
2.	Ward • NYG	68.4
3.	Glasscock • IND	58.2
4.	Miller • PIT	38.4
5.	Mack • WHS	32.2
6.	Stricker • CLV	31.4
7.	Comiskey • STL	30.9
8.	Myers • 2TM	30.1
9.	Anson • CHC	27.3
10.	Thompson • PHI	24.2

AB per HR
1.	Thompson • PHI	26.7
2.	Stovey • PHA	29.3
3.	Holliday • CIN	29.6
4.	Duffee • STL	31.8
5.	Denny • IND	32.1
6.	Ryan • CHC	33.9
7.	Farrell • CHC	37.0
8.	Connor • NYG	38.2
9.	Wilmot • WHS	48.0
10.	Duffy • CHC	48.7

Outs Made
1.	Daily • COL	430
2.	McCarthy • STL	428
3.	Stricker • CLV	424
4.	Comiskey • STL	419
5.	Johnston • BSN	416
	Long • KCC	416
7.	Denny • IND	415
8.	Hornung • BAL	411
	Collins • BRO	411
	Pinkney • BRO	411

rOBA
1.	Carroll • PIT	.461
2.	Brouthers • BSN	.461
3.	Tucker • BAL	.457
4.	Tiernan • NYG	.444
5.	Connor • NYG	.438
6.	Anson • CHC	.434
7.	Stovey • PHA	.427
8.	Ryan • CHC	.426
9.	Lyons • PHA	.422
10.	O'Neill • STL	.421

Rbat+
1.	Carroll • PIT	179
2.	Tucker • BAL	164
3.	Brouthers • BSN	163
4.	Tiernan • NYG	154
5.	Connor • NYG	151
6.	Lyons • PHA	151
7.	Anson • CHC	149
8.	Stovey • PHA	147
9.	Larkin • PHA	145
10.	Ryan • CHC	140

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