1898 Major League Batting Leaders

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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Nichols • BSN	11.2
2.	Griffith • CHC	10.5
3.	Maul • BLN	7.8
4.	McJames • BLN	7.5
5.	Jennings • BLN	7.5
6.	Tannehill • PIT	7.4
7.	Young • CLV	7.3
8.	Cunningham • LOU	7.2
9.	McGraw • BLN	7.1
10.	Collins • BSN	6.9

WAR Position Players
1.	Jennings • BLN	7.5
2.	McGraw • BLN	7.1
3.	Collins • BSN	6.9
4.	Delahanty • PHI	6.2
5.	Dahlen • CHC	5.7
6.	McGann • BLN	5.2
7.	DeMontreville • BLN	5.0
8.	Flick • PHI	4.9
9.	Wallace • CLV	4.7
10.	Hamilton • BSN	4.6

Offensive WAR
1.	Jennings • BLN	7.0
2.	McGraw • BLN	6.8
3.	Delahanty • PHI	6.0
4.	Collins • BSN	5.6
5.	Hamilton • BSN	5.3
6.	Lajoie • PHI	4.9
7.	Dahlen • CHC	4.8
8.	Flick • PHI	4.8
9.	Burkett • CLV	4.7
10.	Ryan • CHC	4.6

Defensive WAR
1.	Long • BSN	2.2
2.	Ely • PIT	2.2
3.	Corcoran • CIN	2.0
4.	Collins • BSN	1.9
5.	Dahlen • CHC	1.9
6.	Lowe • BSN	1.8
7.	Donahue • CHC	1.5
8.	Wallace • CLV	1.4
9.	Davis • NYG	1.3
	Cross • STL	1.3

Batting Average
1.	Keeler • BLN	.385
2.	Hamilton • BSN	.369
3.	McGraw • BLN	.342
4.	Smith • CIN	.342
5.	Burkett • CLV	.341
6.	Delahanty • PHI	.334
7.	Collins • BSN	.328
8.	DeMontreville • BLN	.328
9.	Tenney • BSN	.328
10.	Jennings • BLN	.328

On-Base%
1.	Hamilton • BSN	.480
2.	McGraw • BLN	.475
3.	Jennings • BLN	.454
4.	Flick • PHI	.430
5.	Delahanty • PHI	.426
6.	Smith • CIN	.425
7.	Keeler • BLN	.420
8.	Burkett • CLV	.415
9.	Ryan • CHC	.405
10.	McGann • BLN	.404

Slugging %
1.	Anderson • 2TM	.494
2.	Collins • BSN	.479
3.	Lajoie • PHI	.461
4.	Delahanty • PHI	.454
5.	Hamilton • BSN	.453
6.	Flick • PHI	.448
7.	Ryan • CHC	.446
8.	Lange • CHC	.439
9.	Kelley • BLN	.438
10.	Smith • CIN	.432

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Hamilton • BSN	.933
2.	Delahanty • PHI	.880
3.	Flick • PHI	.878
4.	Jennings • BLN	.876
5.	McGraw • BLN	.871
6.	Smith • CIN	.858
7.	Collins • BSN	.856
8.	Ryan • CHC	.850
9.	Anderson • 2TM	.842
10.	Kelley • BLN	.835

Games Played
1.	Van Haltren • NYG	156
2.	Wallace • CLV	154
	Clingman • LOU	154
4.	Corcoran • CIN	153
5.	Collins • BSN	152
	Duffy • BSN	152
	Miller • CIN	152
8.	DeMontreville • BLN	151
	McKean • CLV	151
	Ritchey • LOU	151
	Wagner • LOU	151
	Cross • STL	151

At Bats
1.	Van Haltren • NYG	654
2.	Cooley • PHI	629
3.	Burkett • CLV	624
4.	Corcoran • CIN	619
5.	Donovan • PIT	610
6.	Lajoie • PHI	608
7.	McKean • CLV	604
8.	Cross • STL	602
9.	Clarke • LOU	599
10.	Collins • BSN	597

Plate Appearances
1.	Van Haltren • NYG	722
2.	Burkett • CLV	706
3.	Cooley • PHI	692
4.	McKean • CLV	674
5.	Douglass • PHI	673
6.	Wallace • CLV	671
7.	Jones • BRO	667
	Clarke • LOU	667
9.	Jennings • BLN	665
10.	Corcoran • CIN	664

Runs Scored
1.	McGraw • BLN	143
2.	Jennings • BLN	135
3.	Van Haltren • NYG	129
4.	Keeler • BLN	126
5.	Cooley • PHI	123
6.	Ryan • CHC	122
7.	Clarke • LOU	116
8.	Delahanty • PHI	115
9.	Burkett • CLV	114
10.	Lajoie • PHI	113

Hits
1.	Keeler • BLN	216
2.	Burkett • CLV	213
3.	Van Haltren • NYG	204
4.	Lajoie • PHI	197
5.	Collins • BSN	196
	Cooley • PHI	196
7.	Cross • STL	191
8.	Everitt • CHC	190
9.	DeMontreville • BLN	186
10.	Ryan • CHC	185

Total Bases
1.	Collins • BSN	286
2.	Lajoie • PHI	280
3.	Van Haltren • NYG	270
4.	Anderson • 2TM	257
5.	Cooley • PHI	256
6.	Ryan • CHC	255
7.	Burkett • CLV	249
	Delahanty • PHI	249
9.	Cross • STL	244
10.	Hoy • LOU	242

Doubles
1.	Lajoie • PHI	43
2.	Delahanty • PHI	36
3.	Collins • BSN	35
	Dahlen • CHC	35
5.	Anderson • 2TM	33
6.	Ryan • CHC	32
7.	Wagner • LOU	29
8.	Corcoran • CIN	28
	Van Haltren • NYG	28
	Cross • STL	28
	Selbach • WHS	28

Triples
1.	Anderson • 2TM	22
2.	Hoy • LOU	16
	Van Haltren • NYG	16
4.	Kelley • BLN	15
	Corcoran • CIN	15
	Davis • 3TM	15
7.	Ryan • CHC	13
	Wallace • CLV	13
	Flick • PHI	13
	Stenzel • 2TM	13

Home Runs
1.	Collins • BSN	15
2.	Wagner • LOU	10
	Joyce • NYG	10
4.	McKean • CLV	9
	Anderson • 2TM	9
6.	Duffy • BSN	8
	Flick • PHI	8
8.	Long • BSN	6
	Hoy • LOU	6
	Lajoie • PHI	6

Runs Batted In
1.	Lajoie • PHI	127
2.	Collins • BSN	111
3.	Kelley • BLN	110
4.	Duffy • BSN	108
5.	McGann • BLN	106
6.	Wagner • LOU	105
7.	Long • BSN	99
	Wallace • CLV	99
9.	Lowe • BSN	94
	McKean • CLV	94

Bases on Balls
1.	McGraw • BLN	112
2.	Joyce • NYG	88
3.	Hamilton • BSN	87
4.	Flick • PHI	86
5.	Jennings • BLN	78
6.	Delahanty • PHI	77
7.	Ryan • CHC	73
8.	Smith • CIN	69
	Blake • CLV	69
	Burkett • CLV	69
	Childs • CLV	69

Strikeouts
1.	LaChance • BRO	60
	Clingman • LOU	60
	Joyce • NYG	60
	Gettman • WHS	60
5.	McCormick • CHC	54
6.	Harley • STL	53
	McCreery • 2TM	53
8.	Holmes • 2TM	52
9.	Cross • PHI	46
10.	Everitt • CHC	43

Stolen Bases
1.	Delahanty • PHI	58
2.	Hamilton • BSN	54
3.	DeMontreville • BLN	49
4.	Dexter • LOU	44
5.	McGraw • BLN	43
6.	Donovan • PIT	41
7.	Clarke • LOU	40
8.	Hoy • LOU	37
9.	Jones • BRO	36
	Van Haltren • NYG	36

Singles
1.	Keeler • BLN	206
2.	Burkett • CLV	186
3.	Everitt • CHC	169
4.	DeMontreville • BLN	165
5.	Donovan • PIT	159
6.	McGraw • BLN	158
	Van Haltren • NYG	158
8.	Jones • BRO	156
	Cooley • PHI	156
10.	Cross • STL	152

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Hamilton • BSN	162
2.	Delahanty • PHI	156
3.	Flick • PHI	156
4.	Jennings • BLN	149
5.	McGraw • BLN	148
6.	Ryan • CHC	143
7.	Anderson • 2TM	140
8.	Grady • NYG	140
9.	Collins • BSN	140
10.	Smith • CIN	139

Runs Created
1.	Collins • BSN	106
2.	Delahanty • PHI	104
3.	Ryan • CHC	102
4.	Burkett • CLV	101
5.	Van Haltren • NYG	100
6.	Lajoie • PHI	97
7.	Keeler • BLN	96
8.	McGraw • BLN	94
9.	Jennings • BLN	93
10.	Cooley • PHI	92

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Delahanty • PHI	45
2.	McGraw • BLN	45
3.	Jennings • BLN	44
4.	Hamilton • BSN	42
5.	Flick • PHI	38
6.	Ryan • CHC	35
7.	Burkett • CLV	33
8.	Collins • BSN	30
9.	Smith • CIN	28
10.	Keeler • BLN	26

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Delahanty • PHI	4.6
2.	McGraw • BLN	4.6
3.	Jennings • BLN	4.6
4.	Hamilton • BSN	4.3
5.	Flick • PHI	4.0
6.	Ryan • CHC	3.6
7.	Burkett • CLV	3.5
8.	Collins • BSN	3.1
9.	Smith • CIN	2.9
10.	Keeler • BLN	2.7

Extra Base Hits
1.	Anderson • 2TM	64
2.	Lajoie • PHI	60
3.	Collins • BSN	55
4.	Ryan • CHC	49
	Delahanty • PHI	49
6.	Van Haltren • NYG	46
7.	Corcoran • CIN	45
8.	Dahlen • CHC	44
9.	Wagner • LOU	42
	Selbach • WHS	42

Times On Base
1.	McGraw • BLN	307
2.	Jennings • BLN	299
3.	Burkett • CLV	291
4.	Delahanty • PHI	271
5.	Van Haltren • NYG	267
6.	Ryan • CHC	263
7.	McGann • BLN	253
8.	Keeler • BLN	250
9.	DeMontreville • BLN	248
	Cooley • PHI	248

Offensive Win %
1.	Hamilton • BSN	.814
2.	Delahanty • PHI	.757
3.	Smith • CIN	.746
4.	McGraw • BLN	.745
5.	Keeler • BLN	.744
6.	Ryan • CHC	.727
7.	Flick • PHI	.724
8.	Collins • BSN	.723
9.	Jennings • BLN	.720
10.	Kelley • BLN	.712

Hit By Pitch
1.	Jennings • BLN	46
2.	McGann • BLN	39
3.	Dahlen • CHC	23
4.	Harley • STL	22
5.	McGraw • BLN	19
	Padden • PIT	19
	Stenzel • 2TM	19
	Tucker • 2TM	19
9.	Joyce • NYG	18
10.	Clarke • BLN	15
	Clarke • LOU	15
	Flick • PHI	15

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Ritchey • LOU	31
2.	Douglass • PHI	25
3.	O'Brien • 2TM	24
4.	Blake • CLV	23
5.	McCarthy • PIT	21
6.	Lowe • BSN	20
	Miller • CIN	20
8.	Steinfeldt • CIN	19
	Hoy • LOU	19
10.	Jones • BRO	17
	Duffy • BSN	17
	Long • BSN	17
	Dahlen • CHC	17
	Corcoran • CIN	17
	Gray • PIT	17

Power-Speed #
1.	Joyce • NYG	15.5
2.	Wagner • LOU	14.6
3.	Collins • BSN	13.3
4.	Duffy • BSN	12.5
5.	Anderson • 2TM	12.4
6.	Flick • PHI	11.9
7.	Hoy • LOU	10.3
8.	McKean • CLV	9.9
9.	Lajoie • PHI	9.7
10.	Long • BSN	9.2

AB per SO
1.	Keeler • BLN	140.3
2.	Cross • STL	75.3
3.	Duffy • BSN	43.7
4.	Wallace • CLV	42.4
5.	Stenzel • 2TM	41.7
6.	Griffin • BRO	41.3
7.	McGraw • BLN	39.6
8.	Irwin • CIN	38.5
9.	Doyle • 2TM	36.5
10.	Corcoran • CIN	36.4

AB per HR
1.	Collins • BSN	39.8
2.	Joyce • NYG	50.8
3.	Flick • PHI	56.6
4.	Anderson • 2TM	57.8
5.	Wagner • LOU	58.8
6.	McKean • CLV	67.1
7.	Duffy • BSN	71.0
8.	Tiernan • NYG	83.0
9.	Lange • CHC	88.4
10.	Grady • NYG	95.7

Outs Made
1.	Corcoran • CIN	481
2.	Douglass • PHI	457
	Dowd • STL	457
4.	Van Haltren • NYG	455
5.	Long • BSN	450
6.	Gleason • NYG	448
7.	McKean • CLV	445
8.	Wallace • CLV	444
	Cooley • PHI	444
10.	Ritchey • LOU	442

rOBA
1.	Hamilton • BSN	.465
2.	McGraw • BLN	.437
3.	Delahanty • PHI	.437
4.	Jennings • BLN	.433
5.	Flick • PHI	.424
6.	Smith • CIN	.417
7.	Ryan • CHC	.411
8.	Collins • BSN	.411
9.	Keeler • BLN	.405
10.	Kelley • BLN	.403

Rbat+
1.	Hamilton • BSN	160
2.	McGraw • BLN	154
3.	Flick • PHI	153
4.	Delahanty • PHI	153
5.	Jennings • BLN	153
6.	Ryan • CHC	141
7.	Smith • CIN	139
8.	Burkett • CLV	138
9.	Keeler • BLN	137
10.	Grady • NYG	137

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