1905 Major League Batting Leaders

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World Series Champion: New York Giants

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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Mathewson • NYG	10.5
2.	Wagner • PIT	10.2
3.	Waddell • PHA	9.3
4.	Young • BSN	8.7
5.	Reulbach • CHC	8.2
6.	Killian • DET	8.0
7.	Seymour • CIN	8.0
8.	Plank • PHA	7.4
9.	Davis • CHW	7.2
10.	Young • BOS	7.1

WAR Position Players
1.	Wagner • PIT	10.2
2.	Seymour • CIN	8.0
3.	Davis • CHW	7.2
4.	Donlin • NYG	6.4
5.	Davis • PHA	5.9
6.	Chance • CHC	5.6
7.	Thomas • PHI	5.5
	Titus • PHI	5.5
9.	Crawford • DET	5.4
	Dahlen • NYG	5.4

Offensive WAR
1.	Wagner • PIT	8.7
2.	Seymour • CIN	7.6
3.	Donlin • NYG	6.7
4.	Davis • CHW	5.5
5.	Flick • CLE	5.4
6.	Crawford • DET	5.2
7.	Wallace • SLB	5.2
8.	Titus • PHI	5.2
9.	Chance • CHC	5.1
10.	Stone • SLB	5.0

Defensive WAR
1.	Tinker • CHC	3.6
2.	Dahlen • NYG	3.1
3.	Davis • CHW	2.8
4.	Tannehill • CHW	2.8
5.	Wagner • PIT	2.7
6.	Corcoran • CIN	2.2
7.	Bradley • CLE	1.7
8.	Criger • BOS	1.6
9.	Bresnahan • NYG	1.5
10.	Cassidy • WSH	1.5

Batting Average
1.	Seymour • CIN	.377
2.	Wagner • PIT	.363
3.	Donlin • NYG	.356
4.	Beaumont • PIT	.328
5.	Thomas • PHI	.317
6.	Chance • CHC	.316
7.	Smoot • STL	.311
8.	Titus • PHI	.308
9.	Flick • CLE	.308
10.	Barry • 2TM	.304

On-Base%
1.	Chance • CHC	.450
2.	Seymour • CIN	.429
3.	Wagner • PIT	.427
4.	Thomas • PHI	.417
5.	Donlin • NYG	.413
6.	Bresnahan • NYG	.411
7.	Hartsel • PHA	.409
8.	Titus • PHI	.397
9.	Huggins • CIN	.392
10.	McGann • NYG	.391

Slugging %
1.	Seymour • CIN	.559
2.	Wagner • PIT	.505
3.	Donlin • NYG	.495
4.	Flick • CLE	.462
5.	Isbell • CHW	.440
6.	Titus • PHI	.436
7.	Grady • STL	.434
8.	McGann • NYG	.434
9.	Chance • CHC	.434
10.	Smoot • STL	.433

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Seymour • CIN	.988
2.	Wagner • PIT	.932
3.	Donlin • NYG	.908
4.	Chance • CHC	.883
5.	Flick • CLE	.845
6.	Titus • PHI	.834
7.	McGann • NYG	.825
8.	Grady • STL	.794
9.	Smoot • STL	.791
10.	Beaumont • PIT	.789

Games Played
1.	Wallace • SLB	156
2.	Slagle • CHC	155
	Turner • CLE	155
	Courtney • PHI	155
	Gleason • PHI	155
	Magee • PHI	155
7.	Cannell • BSN	154
	Crawford • DET	154
	Stone • SLB	154
10.	Parent • BOS	153
	Abbaticchio • BSN	153
	Jones • CHW	153
	Schaefer • DET	153
	Devlin • NYG	153
	Ritchey • PIT	153

At Bats
1.	Stone • SLB	632
2.	Abbaticchio • BSN	610
3.	Gleason • PHI	608
4.	Davis • PHA	607
5.	Donlin • NYG	606
6.	Corcoran • CIN	605
7.	Magee • PHI	603
8.	Parent • BOS	602
9.	Courtney • PHI	601
10.	Barry • 2TM	598

Plate Appearances
1.	Gleason • PHI	699
2.	Stone • SLB	696
3.	Slagle • CHC	694
4.	Parent • BOS	690
5.	Huggins • CIN	684
6.	Hartsel • PHA	682
7.	Courtney • PHI	681
8.	Donlin • NYG	676
9.	Thomas • PHI	675
10.	Magee • PHI	669

Runs Scored
1.	Donlin • NYG	124
2.	Thomas • PHI	118
3.	Huggins • CIN	117
4.	Wagner • PIT	114
5.	Magee • PHI	100
	Barry • 2TM	100
7.	Titus • PHI	99
8.	Slagle • CHC	96
9.	Seymour • CIN	95
	Browne • NYG	95
	Gleason • PHI	95
	Clarke • PIT	95

Hits
1.	Seymour • CIN	219
2.	Donlin • NYG	216
3.	Wagner • PIT	199
4.	Stone • SLB	187
5.	Barry • 2TM	182
6.	Magee • PHI	180
7.	Thomas • PHI	178
8.	Davis • PHA	173
9.	Crawford • DET	171
10.	Abbaticchio • BSN	170

Total Bases
1.	Seymour • CIN	325
2.	Donlin • NYG	300
3.	Wagner • PIT	277
4.	Stone • SLB	259
5.	Davis • PHA	256
6.	Magee • PHI	253
7.	Crawford • DET	247
8.	Titus • PHI	239
9.	Hickman • 2TM	232
10.	Flick • CLE	231
	Smoot • STL	231

Doubles
1.	Davis • PHA	47
2.	Seymour • CIN	40
3.	Crawford • DET	38
4.	Seybold • PHA	37
	Hickman • 2TM	37
6.	Titus • PHI	36
7.	Bradley • CLE	34
	Murphy • PHA	34
9.	Wagner • PIT	32
10.	Stovall • CLE	31
	Donlin • NYG	31

Triples
1.	Seymour • CIN	21
2.	Flick • CLE	18
3.	Mertes • NYG	17
	Magee • PHI	17
5.	Ferris • BOS	16
	Donlin • NYG	16
	Smoot • STL	16
8.	Clarke • PIT	15
9.	Maloney • CHC	14
	Schulte • CHC	14
	Turner • CLE	14
	Browne • NYG	14
	McGann • NYG	14
	Titus • PHI	14
	Leach • PIT	14
	Wagner • PIT	14

Home Runs
1.	Odwell • CIN	9
2.	Seymour • CIN	8
	Davis • PHA	8
4.	Lumley • BRO	7
	Dahlen • NYG	7
	Donlin • NYG	7
	Stone • SLB	7
8.	Ferris • BOS	6
	Crawford • DET	6
	Williams • NYY	6
	Murphy • PHA	6
	Seybold • PHA	6
	Wagner • PIT	6

Runs Batted In
1.	Seymour • CIN	121
2.	Mertes • NYG	108
3.	Wagner • PIT	101
4.	Magee • PHI	98
5.	Titus • PHI	89
6.	Corcoran • CIN	85
7.	Davis • PHA	83
8.	Dahlen • NYG	81
9.	Donlin • NYG	80
10.	Cross • PHA	77
	Courtney • PHI	77

Bases on Balls
1.	Hartsel • PHA	121
2.	Huggins • CIN	103
3.	Slagle • CHC	97
4.	Thomas • PHI	93
5.	Chance • CHC	78
6.	Jones • CHW	73
7.	Titus • PHI	69
8.	Burkett • BOS	67
	Selbach • BOS	67
	Tenney • BSN	67

Strikeouts
1.	Hoffman • PHA	105
2.	Stahl • WSH	95
3.	Schaefer • DET	91
4.	Cassidy • WSH	87
5.	Maloney • CHC	84
6.	Doolin • PHI	82
	Koehler • SLB	82
8.	Hickman • 2TM	76
9.	McBride • 2TM	75
10.	Jones • WSH	70

Stolen Bases
1.	Maloney • CHC	59
	Devlin • NYG	59
3.	Wagner • PIT	57
4.	Mertes • NYG	52
5.	Magee • PHI	48
6.	Hoffman • PHA	46
7.	Fultz • NYY	44
8.	Stahl • WSH	41
9.	Chance • CHC	38
10.	Dahlen • NYG	37
	Hartsel • PHA	37

Singles
1.	Donlin • NYG	162
2.	Thomas • PHI	161
3.	Barry • 2TM	156
4.	Seymour • CIN	150
5.	Keeler • NYY	147
	Wagner • PIT	147
7.	Courtney • PHI	142
	Stone • SLB	142
9.	Bay • CLE	138
10.	Tenney • BSN	137

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Seymour • CIN	181
2.	Wagner • PIT	175
3.	Donlin • NYG	166
4.	Flick • CLE	164
5.	Chance • CHC	159
6.	Titus • PHI	153
7.	Isbell • CHW	149
8.	Crawford • DET	148
9.	Stone • SLB	146
10.	McGann • NYG	142

Runs Created
1.	Seymour • CIN	139
2.	Donlin • NYG	123
3.	Wagner • PIT	116
4.	Titus • PHI	92
5.	Stone • SLB	89
6.	Magee • PHI	88
7.	Crawford • DET	87
8.	Flick • CLE	86
9.	Davis • PHA	85
10.	Thomas • PHI	83

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Seymour • CIN	59
2.	Wagner • PIT	52
3.	Donlin • NYG	50
4.	Titus • PHI	39
5.	Flick • CLE	37
6.	Chance • CHC	36
7.	Hartsel • PHA	33
8.	Thomas • PHI	32
9.	Crawford • DET	32
10.	Stone • SLB	30

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Seymour • CIN	6.5
2.	Wagner • PIT	5.7
3.	Donlin • NYG	5.5
4.	Flick • CLE	4.4
5.	Titus • PHI	4.3
6.	Chance • CHC	4.0
7.	Hartsel • PHA	3.9
8.	Crawford • DET	3.7
9.	Stone • SLB	3.6
10.	Thomas • PHI	3.6

Extra Base Hits
1.	Seymour • CIN	69
2.	Davis • PHA	61
3.	Crawford • DET	54
	Donlin • NYG	54
5.	Hickman • 2TM	53
6.	Titus • PHI	52
	Wagner • PIT	52
8.	Flick • CLE	51
9.	Mertes • NYG	49
10.	Seybold • PHA	47

Times On Base
1.	Thomas • PHI	275
2.	Donlin • NYG	274
3.	Seymour • CIN	272
4.	Hartsel • PHA	270
5.	Huggins • CIN	264
6.	Wagner • PIT	260
7.	Slagle • CHC	253
8.	Titus • PHI	250
9.	Stone • SLB	236
10.	Magee • PHI	232

Offensive Win %
1.	Seymour • CIN	.870
2.	Wagner • PIT	.838
3.	Donlin • NYG	.822
4.	Flick • CLE	.789
5.	Chance • CHC	.772
6.	Crawford • DET	.751
7.	Titus • PHI	.746
8.	Stone • SLB	.720
9.	Davis • PHA	.716
10.	McGann • NYG	.712

Hit By Pitch
1.	McGann • NYG	19
2.	Chance • CHC	17
	Stahl • WSH	17
4.	Elberfeld • NYY	16
5.	Bradley • CLE	15
6.	Gessler • BRO	14
	Rockenfield • SLB	14
8.	Devlin • NYG	13
	Yeager • NYY	13
10.	Babb • BRO	12
	Dahlen • NYG	12
	Titus • PHI	12

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Gleason • PHI	43
2.	Keeler • NYY	42
3.	Davis • CHW	40
4.	Hill • WSH	36
5.	Parent • BOS	35
6.	Bay • CLE	30
7.	Tinker • CHC	29
	Holmes • CHW	29
	O'Leary • DET	29
	Schaefer • DET	29

Power-Speed #
1.	Davis • PHA	13.1
2.	Odwell • CIN	12.6
3.	Dahlen • NYG	11.8
4.	Seymour • CIN	11.6
5.	Donlin • NYG	11.6
6.	Stone • SLB	11.0
7.	Wagner • PIT	10.9
8.	Lumley • BRO	10.6
9.	Murphy • PHA	9.5
10.	Crawford • DET	9.4

AB per SO
1.	Cross • PHA	48.9
2.	Keeler • NYY	43.1
3.	Dobbs • BRO	32.9
4.	Elberfeld • NYY	24.4
5.	Collins • BOS	24.2
6.	Beaumont • PIT	22.6
7.	Wolverton • BSN	22.0
8.	Seymour • CIN	20.0
9.	Crawford • DET	18.5
10.	Ritchey • PIT	18.4

AB per HR
1.	Odwell • CIN	52.0
2.	Lumley • BRO	72.1
3.	Seymour • CIN	72.6
4.	Dahlen • NYG	74.3
5.	Davis • PHA	75.9
6.	Grady • STL	77.8
7.	Williams • NYY	78.3
8.	Seybold • PHA	82.0
9.	Donlin • NYG	86.6
10.	Ferris • BOS	87.2

Outs Made
1.	Gleason • PHI	501
2.	Parent • BOS	496
3.	Cassidy • WSH	475
4.	Corcoran • CIN	473
5.	Courtney • PHI	462
6.	Stone • SLB	455
7.	Schaefer • DET	448
	Bransfield • PHI	448
9.	Turner • CLE	446
	Cross • PHA	446

rOBA
1.	Seymour • CIN	.467
2.	Wagner • PIT	.454
3.	Chance • CHC	.435
4.	Donlin • NYG	.432
5.	Flick • CLE	.407
6.	Titus • PHI	.402
7.	McGann • NYG	.399
8.	Bresnahan • NYG	.386
9.	Mertes • NYG	.384
10.	Beaumont • PIT	.380

Rbat+
1.	Seymour • CIN	182
2.	Wagner • PIT	173
3.	Donlin • NYG	166
4.	Chance • CHC	165
5.	Flick • CLE	161
6.	Titus • PHI	154
7.	Isbell • CHW	150
8.	Crawford • DET	150
9.	McGann • NYG	146
10.	Stone • SLB	145

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