1891 Major League Batting Leaders

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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Clarkson • BSN	9.9
2.	Hutchison • CHC	9.4
3.	McMahon • BAL	9.4
4.	Nichols • BSN	9.3
5.	Stivetts • STL	9.1
6.	Rusie • NYG	8.7
7.	Weyhing • PHA	7.9
8.	Staley • 2TM	7.8
9.	Buffinton • BOS	7.2
10.	Haddock • BOS	7.1

WAR Position Players
1.	Hamilton • PHI	6.6
2.	Connor • NYG	5.7
3.	Brouthers • BOS	5.7
4.	Latham • CIN	5.6
5.	Farrell • BOS	5.3
6.	Tiernan • NYG	5.1
7.	Duffy • BOS	4.8
8.	Long • BSN	4.7
9.	Radford • BOS	4.6
10.	McPhee • CIN	4.5

Offensive WAR
1.	Brouthers • BOS	6.4
2.	Hamilton • PHI	6.3
3.	Tiernan • NYG	5.6
4.	Connor • NYG	5.1
5.	Long • BSN	4.7
6.	Latham • CIN	4.7
7.	Van Haltren • BAL	4.5
8.	Lyons • STL	4.4
9.	Milligan • PHA	4.4
10.	Childs • CLV	4.4

Defensive WAR
1.	Zimmer • CLV	2.6
2.	Cooney • CHC	2.6
3.	Radford • BOS	2.3
4.	Smith • CIN	2.3
5.	Wheelock • COL	2.1
6.	Murphy • BOS	2.1
7.	Farrell • BOS	2.0
8.	Richardson • NYG	2.0
9.	McPhee • CIN	1.8
10.	Comiskey • STL	1.3

Batting Average
1.	Brouthers • BOS	.350
2.	Hamilton • PHI	.340
3.	Duffy • BOS	.336
4.	O'Neill • STL	.323
5.	Brown • BOS	.321
6.	Holliday • CIN	.319
7.	Van Haltren • BAL	.318
8.	Browning • 2TM	.317
9.	Lyons • STL	.315
10.	Clements • PHI	.310

On-Base%
1.	Brouthers • BOS	.471
2.	Hamilton • PHI	.453
3.	Lyons • STL	.445
4.	Hoy • STL	.424
5.	Seery • CKK	.423
6.	Duffy • BOS	.408
7.	O'Neill • STL	.404
8.	Welch • BAL	.400
9.	Connor • NYG	.399
10.	Wood • PHA	.399

Slugging %
1.	Brouthers • BOS	.512
2.	Milligan • PHA	.505
3.	Stovey • BSN	.498
4.	Tiernan • NYG	.494
5.	Farrell • BOS	.474
6.	Holliday • CIN	.473
7.	Brown • BOS	.469
8.	Cross • PHA	.458
9.	Lyons • STL	.455
10.	Duffy • BOS	.453

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Brouthers • BOS	.983
2.	Milligan • PHA	.903
3.	Lyons • STL	.900
4.	Tiernan • NYG	.882
5.	Hamilton • PHI	.874
6.	Stovey • BSN	.871
7.	Brown • BOS	.865
8.	Duffy • BOS	.861
9.	Farrell • BOS	.858
10.	O'Neill • STL	.855

Games Played
1.	Childs • CLV	141
	McKean • CLV	141
	Hallman • PHA	141
4.	Nash • BSN	140
	Tucker • BSN	140
6.	Gilbert • BAL	139
	Van Haltren • BAL	139
	Werden • BAL	139
	Stricker • BOS	139
	Long • BSN	139
	Virtue • CLV	139
	Comiskey • STL	139
	Hoy • STL	139
	McTamany • 2TM	139

At Bats
1.	McKean • CLV	603
2.	Brown • BOS	589
3.	Hallman • PHA	587
4.	Long • BSN	577
5.	Fuller • STL	576
6.	Comiskey • STL	572
7.	Davis • CLV	570
	McCarthy • STL	570
9.	Canavan • 2TM	568
10.	Van Haltren • BAL	566

Plate Appearances
1.	Hoy • STL	688
2.	McKean • CLV	668
3.	Long • BSN	665
4.	Brown • BOS	663
5.	Childs • CLV	655
6.	Fuller • STL	647
7.	Van Haltren • BAL	641
8.	McPhee • CIN	638
9.	Hamilton • PHI	636
10.	Crooks • COL	631

Runs Scored
1.	Brown • BOS	177
2.	Hamilton • PHI	141
3.	Van Haltren • BAL	136
4.	Duffy • BOS	134
	Hoy • STL	134
6.	Long • BSN	129
7.	Lyons • STL	124
	McCarthy • STL	124
9.	Welch • BAL	122
10.	Childs • CLV	120

Hits
1.	Brown • BOS	189
2.	Van Haltren • BAL	180
	Duffy • BOS	180
4.	Hamilton • PHI	179
5.	McCarthy • STL	176
6.	Brouthers • BOS	170
	McKean • CLV	170
8.	Duffee • COL	166
	Tiernan • NYG	166
	Hallman • PHA	166
	O'Neill • STL	166

Total Bases
1.	Brown • BOS	276
2.	Stovey • BSN	271
3.	Tiernan • NYG	268
4.	Van Haltren • BAL	251
5.	Brouthers • BOS	249
6.	Duffy • BOS	243
7.	Long • BSN	235
8.	Werden • BAL	234
9.	Davis • CLV	233
10.	Duffee • COL	232
	Larkin • PHA	232
	Beckley • PIT	232
	McCarthy • STL	232
	O'Neill • STL	232

Doubles
1.	Griffin • BRO	36
2.	Davis • CLV	35
	Milligan • PHA	35
4.	Stovey • BSN	31
5.	Brown • BOS	30
	Tiernan • NYG	30
7.	Connor • NYG	29
	Clements • PHI	29
9.	Duffee • COL	28
	O'Rourke • NYG	28
	O'Neill • STL	28

Triples
1.	Brown • BOS	21
2.	Stovey • BSN	20
3.	Brouthers • BOS	19
	Beckley • PIT	19
5.	Werden • BAL	18
	Canavan • 2TM	18
7.	McPhee • CIN	16
8.	Van Haltren • BAL	15
	Joyce • BOS	15
	Ryan • CHC	15
	Corcoran • PHA	15

Home Runs
1.	Stovey • BSN	16
	Tiernan • NYG	16
3.	Farrell • BOS	12
4.	Wilmot • CHC	11
	Milligan • PHA	11
	Lyons • STL	11
7.	Duffee • COL	10
	Larkin • PHA	10
	O'Neill • STL	10
	Canavan • 2TM	10

Runs Batted In
1.	Anson • CHC	120
2.	Duffy • BOS	110
	Farrell • BOS	110
4.	Brouthers • BOS	109
5.	Milligan • PHA	106
6.	Werden • BAL	104
7.	Nash • BSN	95
	Stovey • BSN	95
	O'Rourke • NYG	95
	O'Neill • STL	95

Bases on Balls
1.	Hoy • STL	117
2.	Crooks • COL	103
3.	Hamilton • PHI	102
4.	McTamany • 2TM	101
5.	Childs • CLV	97
6.	Radford • BOS	96
7.	Johnson • BAL	89
8.	Lyons • STL	88
9.	Brouthers • BOS	87
10.	Connor • NYG	83

Strikeouts
1.	Brown • BOS	96
2.	McTamany • 2TM	92
3.	Gilbert • BAL	77
	Lehane • COL	77
5.	Stovey • BSN	69
6.	Baldwin • PIT	67
7.	Weyhing • PHA	65
8.	Collins • BRO	63
9.	Hutchison • CHC	62
10.	Bennett • BSN	61

Stolen Bases
1.	Hamilton • PHI	111
2.	Brown • BOS	106
3.	Latham • CIN	87
4.	Duffy • BOS	85
5.	Van Haltren • BAL	75
6.	Griffin • BRO	65
7.	Long • BSN	60
8.	Hoy • STL	59
9.	Ward • BRO	57
	Stovey • BSN	57

Singles
1.	Hamilton • PHI	147
2.	Duffy • BOS	143
3.	Van Haltren • BAL	142
	McCarthy • STL	142
5.	Hoy • STL	140
6.	McKean • CLV	139
	Donovan • 2TM	139
8.	Brown • BOS	133
9.	Wood • PHA	128
	Comiskey • STL	128

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Brouthers • BOS	179
2.	Tiernan • NYG	163
3.	Milligan • PHA	155
4.	Hamilton • PHI	155
5.	Connor • NYG	153
6.	Lyons • STL	150
7.	Holliday • CIN	147
8.	Brown • BOS	146
9.	Duffy • BOS	145
10.	Farrell • BOS	144

Runs Created
1.	Brouthers • BOS	112
2.	Brown • BOS	108
3.	Tiernan • NYG	103
4.	Stovey • BSN	100
5.	Van Haltren • BAL	99
	Hamilton • PHI	99
7.	Duffy • BOS	98
8.	O'Neill • STL	92
9.	Long • BSN	87
	Milligan • PHA	87
	Lyons • STL	87

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Brouthers • BOS	57
2.	Hamilton • PHI	46
3.	Tiernan • NYG	42
4.	Lyons • STL	37
5.	Connor • NYG	35
6.	Brown • BOS	34
7.	Milligan • PHA	33
8.	Duffy • BOS	32
9.	Stovey • BSN	30
10.	Van Haltren • BAL	29

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Brouthers • BOS	5.8
2.	Hamilton • PHI	4.7
3.	Tiernan • NYG	4.4
4.	Lyons • STL	3.8
5.	Connor • NYG	3.7
6.	Brown • BOS	3.5
7.	Milligan • PHA	3.4
8.	Duffy • BOS	3.2
9.	Stovey • BSN	3.2
10.	Van Haltren • BAL	3.0

Extra Base Hits
1.	Stovey • BSN	67
2.	Tiernan • NYG	58
	Milligan • PHA	58
4.	Brown • BOS	56
5.	Larkin • PHA	51
6.	Brouthers • BOS	50
	Davis • CLV	50
8.	Connor • NYG	49
9.	Griffin • BRO	48
10.	Ryan • CHC	46

Times On Base
1.	Hoy • STL	292
2.	Hamilton • PHI	288
3.	Brouthers • BOS	281
4.	Brown • BOS	263
5.	Childs • CLV	259
6.	Van Haltren • BAL	255
7.	Welch • BAL	251
	Long • BSN	251
9.	Lyons • STL	248
10.	Duffy • BOS	245

Offensive Win %
1.	Brouthers • BOS	.821
2.	Hamilton • PHI	.766
3.	Tiernan • NYG	.753
4.	Lyons • STL	.750
5.	Duffy • BOS	.743
6.	Milligan • PHA	.741
7.	Brown • BOS	.736
8.	Holliday • CIN	.734
9.	Stovey • BSN	.728
10.	O'Neill • STL	.728

Hit By Pitch
1.	Welch • BAL	36
2.	Tucker • BSN	29
3.	Gilbert • BAL	28
4.	Brouthers • BOS	24
5.	Lyons • STL	18
6.	Carroll • CHC	15
	Larkin • PHA	15
	Milligan • PHA	15
9.	Boyle • STL	12
	Hoy • STL	12

Power-Speed #
1.	Stovey • BSN	25.0
2.	Tiernan • NYG	24.6
3.	Wilmot • CHC	17.4
4.	Duffy • BOS	16.3
5.	Duffee • COL	16.1
6.	Van Haltren • BAL	16.1
7.	Long • BSN	15.7
8.	Farrell • BOS	15.3
9.	Canavan • 2TM	14.7
10.	O'Neill • STL	14.3

AB per SO
1.	Ward • BRO	44.1
2.	Glasscock • NYG	33.5
3.	McKean • CLV	31.7
4.	McCarthy • STL	30.0
5.	Thompson • PHI	27.7
6.	Cooney • CHC	27.4
7.	Bierbauer • PIT	26.3
8.	Brouthers • BOS	24.3
9.	Weaver • LOU	24.2
10.	Wilmot • CHC	23.7

AB per HR
1.	Tiernan • NYG	33.9
2.	Stovey • BSN	34.0
3.	Farrell • BOS	39.4
4.	Richardson • BOS	39.7
5.	Lyons • STL	41.0
6.	Milligan • PHA	41.4
7.	Stivetts • STL	43.1
8.	Wilmot • CHC	45.3
9.	Holliday • CIN	49.1
10.	O'Neill • STL	51.4

Outs Made
1.	Fuller • STL	454
2.	McKean • CLV	433
	Canavan • 2TM	433
4.	McAleer • CLV	430
5.	Comiskey • STL	424
6.	Hallman • PHA	421
7.	McPhee • CIN	418
8.	Long • BSN	414
	Reilly • CIN	414
10.	Delahanty • PHI	411

rOBA
1.	Brouthers • BOS	.474
2.	Hamilton • PHI	.449
3.	Lyons • STL	.434
4.	Duffy • BOS	.434
5.	Milligan • PHA	.425
6.	Tiernan • NYG	.425
7.	Brown • BOS	.421
8.	Van Haltren • BAL	.419
9.	O'Neill • STL	.412
10.	Stovey • BSN	.411

Rbat+
1.	Brouthers • BOS	171
2.	Hamilton • PHI	154
3.	Tiernan • NYG	152
4.	Connor • NYG	147
5.	Lyons • STL	143
6.	Milligan • PHA	141
7.	Duffy • BOS	139
8.	Holliday • CIN	139
9.	Browning • 2TM	134
10.	Van Haltren • BAL	133

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