1904 Major League Batting Leaders

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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Chesbro • NYY	11.4
2.	Waddell • PHA	10.4
3.	Young • BOS	9.6
4.	McGinnity • NYG	9.3
5.	Plank • PHA	9.3
6.	Lajoie • CLE	8.5
7.	Nichols • STL	8.5
8.	Wagner • PIT	8.3
9.	Davis • CHW	7.2
10.	Taylor • STL	6.8

WAR Position Players
1.	Lajoie • CLE	8.5
2.	Wagner • PIT	8.3
3.	Davis • CHW	7.2
4.	Bradley • CLE	6.4
5.	Flick • CLE	6.3
6.	Parent • BOS	6.3
7.	Chance • CHC	5.9
8.	Wallace • SLB	5.7
9.	Dahlen • NYG	5.5
10.	Elberfeld • NYY	5.4

Offensive WAR
1.	Lajoie • CLE	9.5
2.	Wagner • PIT	8.5
3.	Flick • CLE	6.0
4.	Bradley • CLE	5.6
5.	Parent • BOS	5.4
6.	Stahl • BOS	5.4
7.	Wallace • SLB	5.1
8.	Davis • CHW	5.1
9.	Keeler • NYY	4.9
10.	Murphy • PHA	4.8

Defensive WAR
1.	Davis • CHW	3.4
2.	Tannehill • CHW	3.3
3.	Dahlen • NYG	3.1
4.	Elberfeld • NYY	2.8
5.	Tinker • CHC	2.3
6.	Parent • BOS	2.2
7.	Collins • BOS	1.9
8.	Evers • CHC	1.9
	Warner • NYG	1.9
10.	Leach • PIT	1.9

Batting Average
1.	Lajoie • CLE	.376
2.	Wagner • PIT	.349
3.	Keeler • NYY	.343
4.	Donlin • 2TM	.329
5.	Beckley • STL	.325
6.	Grady • STL	.313
7.	Seymour • CIN	.313
8.	Chance • CHC	.310
9.	Davis • PHA	.309
10.	Flick • CLE	.306

On-Base%
1.	Wagner • PIT	.423
2.	Thomas • PHI	.416
3.	Lajoie • CLE	.413
4.	Keeler • NYY	.390
5.	Donlin • 2TM	.383
6.	Chance • CHC	.382
7.	Bresnahan • NYG	.381
8.	Huggins • CIN	.377
9.	Grady • STL	.376
10.	Beckley • STL	.375

Slugging %
1.	Lajoie • CLE	.546
2.	Wagner • PIT	.520
3.	Davis • PHA	.490
4.	Grady • STL	.474
5.	Donlin • 2TM	.457
6.	Flick • CLE	.449
7.	Murphy • PHA	.440
8.	Seymour • CIN	.439
9.	Hickman • 2TM	.437
10.	Chance • CHC	.430

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Lajoie • CLE	.959
2.	Wagner • PIT	.944
3.	Grady • STL	.850
4.	Davis • PHA	.840
5.	Donlin • 2TM	.839
6.	Flick • CLE	.820
7.	Chance • CHC	.812
8.	Keeler • NYY	.799
9.	Bresnahan • NYG	.791
10.	Seymour • CIN	.790

Games Played
1.	Barrett • DET	162
2.	Freeman • BOS	157
	LaChance • BOS	157
	Stahl • BOS	157
5.	Collins • BOS	156
	Ferris • BOS	156
	Ritchey • PIT	156
	Jones • SLB	156
9.	Parent • BOS	155
	Cross • PHA	155
	Dougherty • 2TM	155

At Bats
1.	Dougherty • 2TM	647
2.	Collins • BOS	631
3.	Jones • SLB	625
4.	Barrett • DET	624
5.	Beaumont • PIT	615
6.	Bradley • CLE	609
7.	Cross • PHA	607
8.	Freeman • BOS	597
9.	Browne • NYG	596
10.	Parent • BOS	591

Plate Appearances
1.	Barrett • DET	719
2.	Dougherty • 2TM	703
3.	Stahl • BOS	684
4.	Collins • BOS	677
5.	Beaumont • PIT	674
6.	Bradley • CLE	667
7.	Browne • NYG	666
8.	Jones • SLB	663
9.	Burkett • SLB	662
10.	Gleason • PHI	661

Runs Scored
1.	Dougherty • 2TM	113
2.	Browne • NYG	99
3.	Flick • CLE	97
	Beaumont • PIT	97
	Wagner • PIT	97
6.	Huggins • CIN	96
7.	Bradley • CLE	94
8.	Lajoie • CLE	92
	Thomas • PHI	92
	Leach • PIT	92

Hits
1.	Lajoie • CLE	208
2.	Keeler • NYY	186
3.	Beaumont • PIT	185
4.	Bradley • CLE	183
5.	Dougherty • 2TM	181
6.	Beckley • STL	179
7.	Flick • CLE	177
8.	Cross • PHA	176
9.	Parent • BOS	172
10.	Collins • BOS	171
	Wagner • PIT	171

Total Bases
1.	Lajoie • CLE	302
2.	Flick • CLE	260
3.	Wagner • PIT	255
4.	Bradley • CLE	249
5.	Lumley • BRO	247
6.	Freeman • BOS	246
7.	Murphy • PHA	245
	Dougherty • 2TM	245
9.	Stahl • BOS	244
10.	Collins • BOS	239

Doubles
1.	Lajoie • CLE	49
2.	Wagner • PIT	44
3.	Collins • BOS	33
4.	Bradley • CLE	32
5.	Tannehill • CHW	31
	Flick • CLE	31
	Williams • NYY	31
	Cross • PHA	31
9.	Murphy • PHA	30
10.	Wallace • SLB	29
	Stahl • WSH	29

Triples
1.	Freeman • BOS	19
	Stahl • BOS	19
	Cassidy • WSH	19
4.	Lumley • BRO	18
5.	Flick • CLE	17
	Murphy • PHA	17
7.	Crawford • DET	16
	Hickman • 2TM	16
9.	Davis • CHW	15
	Lajoie • CLE	15

Home Runs
1.	Davis • PHA	10
2.	Lumley • BRO	9
3.	Freeman • BOS	7
	Murphy • PHA	7
	Brain • STL	7
6.	Parent • BOS	6
	Chance • CHC	6
	Dolan • CIN	6
	Bradley • CLE	6
	Flick • CLE	6
	McGann • NYG	6
	Ganzel • NYY	6
	Dooin • PHI	6
	Dougherty • 2TM	6
	Hickman • 2TM	6

Runs Batted In
1.	Lajoie • CLE	102
2.	Freeman • BOS	84
3.	Bradley • CLE	83
4.	Anderson • NYY	82
5.	Dahlen • NYG	80
6.	Lumley • BRO	78
	Mertes • NYG	78
8.	Parent • BOS	77
	Murphy • PHA	77
10.	Wagner • PIT	75

Bases on Balls
1.	Thomas • PHI	102
2.	Huggins • CIN	88
3.	Barrett • DET	79
4.	Burkett • SLB	78
5.	Hartsel • PHA	75
6.	Lush • CLE	72
	Selbach • 2TM	72
8.	Stahl • BOS	64
9.	Green • CHW	63
10.	Devlin • NYG	62

Strikeouts
1.	Lumley • BRO	106
2.	Stahl • WSH	99
3.	Barrett • DET	91
4.	Freeman • BOS	90
5.	Huelsman • 4TM	88
6.	Hartsel • PHA	83
7.	Bay • CLE	79
8.	Green • CHW	77
9.	Bradley • CLE	76
10.	Cassidy • WSH	73

Stolen Bases
1.	Wagner • PIT	53
2.	Dahlen • NYG	47
	Mertes • NYG	47
4.	Chance • CHC	42
	McGann • NYG	42
6.	Tinker • CHC	41
7.	Bay • CLE	38
	Flick • CLE	38
9.	Shay • STL	36
10.	Heidrick • SLB	35

Singles
1.	Keeler • NYY	162
2.	Beaumont • PIT	158
3.	Barrett • DET	152
4.	Beckley • STL	147
5.	Browne • NYG	144
6.	Dougherty • 2TM	143
7.	Lajoie • CLE	139
8.	Bradley • CLE	137
9.	Parent • BOS	135
10.	Cross • PHA	134

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Lajoie • CLE	200
2.	Wagner • PIT	188
3.	Grady • STL	167
4.	Davis • PHA	157
5.	Flick • CLE	157
6.	Donlin • 2TM	150
7.	Chance • CHC	150
8.	Keeler • NYY	147
9.	Beckley • STL	145
10.	Stahl • BOS	141

Runs Created
1.	Lajoie • CLE	122
2.	Wagner • PIT	107
3.	Flick • CLE	94
4.	Stahl • BOS	88
5.	Keeler • NYY	85
6.	Bradley • CLE	82
7.	Lumley • BRO	81
	Seymour • CIN	81
	Beckley • STL	81
10.	Dougherty • 2TM	79

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Lajoie • CLE	63
2.	Wagner • PIT	54
3.	Flick • CLE	39
4.	Thomas • PHI	31
5.	Keeler • NYY	30
6.	Stahl • BOS	29
7.	Beckley • STL	29
8.	Chance • CHC	27
9.	Davis • PHA	25
10.	Grady • STL	24

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Lajoie • CLE	7.2
2.	Wagner • PIT	6.0
3.	Flick • CLE	4.5
4.	Thomas • PHI	3.5
5.	Keeler • NYY	3.5
6.	Stahl • BOS	3.4
7.	Beckley • STL	3.3
8.	Chance • CHC	3.1
9.	Davis • PHA	2.9
10.	Burkett • SLB	2.8
	Grady • STL	2.8

Extra Base Hits
1.	Lajoie • CLE	69
2.	Wagner • PIT	62
3.	Flick • CLE	54
	Murphy • PHA	54
5.	Lumley • BRO	50
	Hickman • 2TM	50
7.	Collins • BOS	49
	Stahl • BOS	49
9.	Freeman • BOS	46
	Bradley • CLE	46

Times On Base
1.	Thomas • PHI	251
2.	Barrett • DET	249
3.	Lajoie • CLE	243
4.	Stahl • BOS	241
5.	Burkett • SLB	239
6.	Flick • CLE	237
7.	Wagner • PIT	234
8.	Keeler • NYY	228
	Dougherty • 2TM	228
10.	Beckley • STL	223

Offensive Win %
1.	Lajoie • CLE	.876
2.	Wagner • PIT	.856
3.	Davis • PHA	.785
4.	Donlin • 2TM	.783
5.	Grady • STL	.780
6.	Flick • CLE	.758
7.	Keeler • NYY	.756
8.	Seymour • CIN	.735
9.	Chance • CHC	.734
10.	Bresnahan • NYG	.727

Hit By Pitch
1.	McGann • NYG	18
	Padden • SLB	18
3.	Gilbert • NYG	17
4.	Chance • CHC	16
5.	Stahl • WSH	15
6.	Elberfeld • NYY	13
7.	Freeman • BOS	12
8.	Babb • BRO	11
9.	Burke • STL	10
10.	Delahanty • BSN	9
	Tenney • BSN	9
	Green • CHW	9
	Flick • CLE	9
	Ganzel • NYY	9
	Beckley • STL	9

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Jones • CHW	36
2.	Gleason • PHI	35
3.	Callahan • CHW	33
4.	Shannon • STL	29
5.	Parent • BOS	28
	McIntyre • DET	28
7.	Bradley • CLE	27
	Keeler • NYY	27
9.	Lush • CLE	25
10.	Heidrick • SLB	24
	Hill • 2TM	24

Power-Speed #
1.	Lumley • BRO	13.8
2.	Davis • PHA	10.9
3.	Murphy • PHA	10.6
4.	Chance • CHC	10.5
	McGann • NYG	10.5
6.	Flick • CLE	10.4
7.	Brain • STL	10.1
8.	Bradley • CLE	9.5
9.	Dougherty • 2TM	9.3
10.	Parent • BOS	9.2

AB per SO
1.	Cross • PHA	67.4
2.	Wolverton • PHI	56.9
3.	Keeler • NYY	45.3
4.	Lajoie • CLE	29.1
5.	Beaumont • PIT	28.0
6.	McCarthy • CHC	25.4
7.	Evers • CHC	24.2
8.	Burke • STL	23.9
9.	Seymour • CIN	23.1
10.	Elberfeld • NYY	22.3

AB per HR
1.	Davis • PHA	40.4
2.	Dooin • PHI	59.2
3.	Lumley • BRO	64.1
4.	Grady • STL	64.6
5.	Brain • STL	69.7
6.	Chance • CHC	75.2
7.	Dolan • CIN	77.5
	Ganzel • NYY	77.5
9.	Murphy • PHA	79.6
10.	Hickman • 2TM	80.2

Outs Made
1.	Jones • SLB	487
2.	Collins • BOS	473
	Dougherty • 2TM	473
4.	LaChance • BOS	466
5.	Barrett • DET	465
6.	Gleason • PHI	461
7.	McIntyre • DET	460
8.	Corcoran • CIN	459
9.	Ferris • BOS	458
10.	Cassidy • WSH	457

rOBA
1.	Wagner • PIT	.463
2.	Lajoie • CLE	.454
3.	Donlin • 2TM	.406
4.	Chance • CHC	.404
5.	Grady • STL	.401
6.	Davis • PHA	.395
7.	Flick • CLE	.392
8.	Keeler • NYY	.381
9.	Bresnahan • NYG	.381
10.	Seymour • CIN	.380

Rbat+
1.	Lajoie • CLE	203
2.	Wagner • PIT	183
3.	Grady • STL	162
4.	Davis • PHA	158
5.	Flick • CLE	158
6.	Keeler • NYY	153
7.	Chance • CHC	152
8.	Donlin • 2TM	149
9.	Beckley • STL	145
10.	Stahl • BOS	144

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