1917 National League Batting Leaders

1916 Season 1918 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 625 games, 8 teams, approx. 156 games in season

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League Player Batting

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Edd Roush*	24	CIN	Maj	CIN	136	567	522	82	178	19	14	4	67	21	27	24	.341	.379	.454	.833	237	5	13
2	Rogers Hornsby	21	SLN	Maj	STL	145	589	523	86	171	24	17	8	66	17	45	34	.327	.385	.484	.868	253	4	17
3	Zack Wheat	29	BRO	Maj	BRO	109	387	362	38	113	15	11	1	41	5	20	18	.312	.352	.423	.774	153	2	3
4	Benny Kauff*	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	153	644	559	89	172	22	4	5	69	30	59	54	.308	.379	.388	.767	217	5	21
5	Heinie Groh	27	CIN	Maj	CIN	156	685	599	91	182	39	11	1	53	15	71	30	.304	.385	.411	.796	246	8	7
6	George Burns	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	152	678	597	103	180	25	13	5	43	40	75	55	.302	.380	.412	.793	246	1	5
7	Jack Smith*	22	SLN	Maj	STL	137	515	462	64	137	16	11	3	34	25	38	65	.297	.351	.398	.750	184	1	14
8	Heinie Zimmerman	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	150	620	585	61	174	22	9	5	100	13	16	43	.297	.317	.392	.709	229	1	18
9	Max Carey	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	155	668	588	82	174	21	12	1	51	46	58	38	.296	.369	.378	.747	222	10	12
10	Walton Cruise	27	SLN	Maj	STL	153	589	529	70	156	20	10	5	59	16	38	73	.295	.343	.399	.742	211	1	21
11	Red Smith	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	147	585	505	60	149	31	6	2	62	16	53	61	.295	.369	.392	.761	198	6	21
12	Greasy Neale	25	CIN	Maj	CIN	121	420	385	40	113	14	9	3	33	25	24	36	.294	.343	.400	.743	154	5	6
13	William Fischer	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	95	277	245	25	70	9	2	3	25	11	27	19	.286	.359	.376	.735	92	1	4
14	Joe Wilhoit	31	BSN,NY1,PIT	Maj	BSN-NYG-PIT	97	282	246	29	70	7	2	1	19	5	26	21	.285	.353	.342	.694	84	0	10
15	Gavy Cravath	36	PHI	Maj	PHI	140	590	503	70	141	29	16	12	83	6	70	57	.280	.369	.473	.843	238	1	16
16	George Whitted	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	149	611	553	69	155	24	9	3	70	10	30	56	.280	.317	.373	.690	206	0	28
17	Sherry Magee	32	BSN,CIN	Maj	BSN-CIN	117	435	383	41	107	16	8	1	52	11	29	30	.279	.338	.371	.709	142	5	18
18	Hal Chase*	34	CIN	Maj	CIN	152	628	602	71	167	28	15	4	86	21	15	49	.277	.296	.394	.690	237	1	10
19	Walter Holke*	24	NY1	Maj	NYG	153	583	527	55	146	12	7	2	54	13	34	54	.277	.327	.338	.665	178	5	17
20	Bill Killefer	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	125	437	409	28	112	12	0	0	31	4	15	21	.274	.306	.303	.609	124	4	9
21	Les Mann	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	117	485	444	63	121	19	10	1	44	14	27	46	.273	.316	.367	.683	163	1	13
22	Ed Konetchy	31	BSN	Maj	BSN	130	526	474	56	129	19	13	2	54	16	36	40	.272	.330	.380	.710	180	5	11
23	Ray Powell	28	BSN	Maj	BSN	88	388	357	42	97	10	4	4	30	12	24	54	.272	.318	.356	.673	127	0	7
24	Bill Rariden	29	NY1	Maj	NYG	101	314	266	20	72	10	1	0	26	3	42	17	.271	.372	.316	.688	84	1	5
25	Tommy Griffith	27	CIN	Maj	CIN	115	393	363	45	98	18	7	1	45	5	19	23	.270	.308	.366	.675	133	1	10
26	Jimmy Johnston	27	BRO	Maj	BRO	103	369	330	33	89	10	4	0	25	16	23	28	.270	.321	.324	.645	107	2	14
27	Wally Rehg	28	BSN	Maj	BSN	87	378	341	48	92	12	6	1	31	13	24	32	.270	.320	.349	.669	119	1	12
28	Ivy Olson	31	BRO	Maj	BRO	139	613	580	64	156	18	5	2	38	6	14	34	.269	.291	.328	.619	190	4	15
29	Hi Myers	28	BRO	Maj	BRO	120	507	471	37	126	15	10	1	41	5	18	25	.268	.295	.348	.643	164	0	18
30	Ivey Wingo	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	121	432	399	37	106	16	11	2	39	9	25	13	.266	.311	.376	.687	150	1	7
31	Tony Boeckel	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	64	238	219	16	58	11	1	0	23	6	8	31	.265	.297	.324	.621	71	2	9
32	Gene Paulette	26	SLN	Maj	STL	95	360	332	32	88	21	7	0	34	9	16	16	.265	.303	.371	.673	123	2	10
33	Honus Wagner	43	PIT	Maj	PIT	74	264	230	15	61	7	1	0	24	5	24	17	.265	.337	.304	.642	70	1	9
34	Fred Merkle	28	CHN,BRO	Maj	CHC-BRO	148	616	557	66	147	31	9	3	57	13	42	61	.264	.320	.368	.688	205	4	13
35	Milt Stock	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	150	644	564	76	149	27	6	3	53	25	51	34	.264	.326	.349	.676	197	1	28
36	Mike González	26	SLN	Maj	STL	106	322	290	28	76	8	1	1	28	12	22	24	.262	.316	.307	.623	89	1	9
37	Jake Daubert*	33	BRO	Maj	BRO	125	550	468	59	122	4	4	2	30	11	51	30	.261	.341	.299	.640	140	6	25
38	Fred Luderus	31	PHI	Maj	PHI	154	607	522	57	136	24	4	5	72	5	65	35	.261	.349	.351	.700	183	6	14
39	Art Fletcher	32	NY1	Maj	NYG	151	608	557	70	145	24	5	4	62	12	23	28	.260	.312	.343	.655	191	19	9
40	Rabbit Maranville	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	142	613	561	69	146	19	13	3	43	27	40	47	.260	.312	.357	.668	200	2	10
41	George Cutshaw	30	BRO	Maj	BRO	135	529	487	42	126	17	7	4	49	22	21	26	.259	.292	.347	.639	169	2	19
42	Dave Robertson*	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	142	560	532	64	138	16	9	12	55	17	10	47	.259	.276	.391	.667	208	2	16
43	Pete Kilduff	24	CHN,NY1	Maj	CHC-NYG	87	310	280	35	72	12	5	1	28	13	16	30	.257	.304	.346	.651	97	3	11
44	Casey Stengel*	26	BRO	Maj	BRO	150	622	549	69	141	23	12	6	73	18	60	62	.257	.336	.375	.711	206	5	8
45	Johnny Rawlings	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	122	429	371	37	95	9	4	2	31	12	38	32	.256	.337	.318	.655	118	7	13
46	Doug Baird	25	SLN,PIT	Maj	STL-PIT	147	568	499	55	127	25	13	0	42	26	43	71	.255	.316	.357	.673	178	2	24
47	Larry Kopf	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	148	630	573	81	146	19	8	2	26	17	28	48	.255	.297	.326	.623	187	6	23
48	Bert Niehoff	33	PHI	Maj	PHI	114	401	361	30	92	17	4	2	42	8	23	29	.255	.303	.341	.644	123	2	15
49	Charlie Deal	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	135	497	449	46	114	11	3	0	47	10	19	18	.254	.284	.292	.576	131	0	29
50	Larry Doyle	30	CHN	Maj	CHC	135	550	476	48	121	19	5	6	61	5	48	28	.254	.323	.353	.675	168	0	26
51	Ed Fitzpatrick	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	63	203	178	20	45	8	4	0	17	4	12	22	.253	.318	.343	.661	61	5	8
52	Rowdy Elliott	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	85	244	223	18	56	8	5	0	28	4	11	11	.251	.292	.332	.624	74	2	8
53	Dode Paskert	35	PHI	Maj	PHI	141	620	546	78	137	27	11	4	43	19	62	63	.251	.331	.363	.693	198	3	9
54	Lee King	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	111	408	381	32	95	14	5	1	35	8	15	58	.249	.281	.320	.602	122	2	10
55	Jim Thorpe	30	CIN,NY1	Maj	CIN-NYG	81	271	253	31	63	2	8	4	36	11	6	35	.249	.269	.368	.637	93	1	11
56	Harry Wolter*	32	CHN	Maj	CHC	117	401	353	44	88	15	7	0	28	7	38	40	.249	.324	.331	.655	117	1	9
57	Max Flack*	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	131	510	447	65	111	18	7	0	21	17	51	34	.248	.325	.320	.645	143	0	12
58	Dots Miller	30	SLN	Maj	STL	148	598	544	61	135	15	9	2	45	14	33	52	.248	.295	.320	.615	174	3	18
59	Lew McCarty	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	56	181	162	15	40	3	2	2	20	1	14	6	.247	.311	.327	.638	53	1	4
60	Walter Schmidt	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	72	202	183	9	45	7	0	0	17	4	11	11	.246	.296	.284	.580	52	2	6
61	Dave Bancroft	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	127	540	478	56	116	22	5	4	43	14	44	42	.243	.307	.335	.641	160	0	18
62	Rollie Zeider	33	CHN	Maj	CHC	108	393	354	36	86	14	2	0	27	17	28	30	.243	.302	.294	.596	104	2	9
63	Cy Williams*	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	138	539	468	53	113	22	4	5	42	8	38	78	.242	.308	.338	.646	158	7	26
64	Carson Bigbee	22	PIT	Maj	PIT	133	530	469	46	112	11	6	0	21	19	37	16	.239	.301	.288	.589	135	5	19
65	Frank O'Rourke	25	BRO	Maj	BRO	64	221	198	18	47	7	1	0	15	11	14	25	.237	.294	.283	.577	56	2	7
66	Frank Snyder	23	SLN	Maj	STL	115	346	313	18	74	9	2	1	33	4	27	43	.236	.301	.288	.589	90	2	4
67	Chuck Ward	22	PIT	Maj	PIT	125	483	423	25	100	12	3	0	43	5	32	43	.236	.302	.279	.581	118	8	20
68	Buck Herzog	31	NY1	Maj	NYG	114	477	417	69	98	10	8	2	31	12	31	36	.235	.308	.312	.620	130	13	16
69	Jake Pitler	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	109	437	382	39	89	8	5	0	23	6	30	24	.233	.297	.280	.578	107	5	20
70	Tom Long	27	SLN	Maj	STL	144	581	530	49	123	12	14	3	41	21	37	44	.232	.285	.325	.609	172	2	12
71	Otto Miller	28	BRO	Maj	BRO	92	301	274	19	63	5	4	1	17	5	14	29	.230	.272	.288	.561	79	2	11
72	Jack Meyers	36	BRO,BSN	Maj	BRO-BSN	72	225	200	13	45	7	4	0	7	4	17	11	.225	.292	.300	.592	60	2	6
73	Joe Kelly	30	BSN	Maj	BSN	116	489	445	41	99	9	8	3	36	21	26	45	.223	.269	.299	.567	133	2	16
74	Walt Tragesser	30	BSN	Maj	BSN	98	323	297	23	66	10	2	0	25	5	15	36	.222	.264	.269	.534	80	2	9
75	Jim Hickman	25	BRO	Maj	BRO	114	398	370	46	81	15	4	6	36	14	17	66	.219	.253	.330	.583	122	0	11
76	Bruno Betzel	22	SLN	Maj	STL	106	358	328	24	71	4	3	1	17	9	20	47	.217	.266	.256	.522	84	2	8
77	Johnny Evers	35	PHI,BSN	Maj	PHI-BSN	80	317	266	25	57	5	1	1	12	9	43	21	.214	.324	.252	.576	67	0	8
78	Mike Mowrey	33	BRO	Maj	BRO	83	308	271	20	58	9	5	0	25	7	29	25	.214	.292	.284	.577	77	1	7
79	Frank Schulte	34	PHI,PIT	Maj	PHI-PIT	94	285	252	32	54	15	1	1	22	9	26	36	.214	.293	.294	.587	74	2	5
80	Art Wilson	31	CHN	Maj	CHC	81	252	211	17	45	9	2	2	25	6	32	36	.213	.322	.303	.626	64	2	7
81	Dave Shean	33	CIN	Maj	CIN	131	482	442	36	93	9	5	2	35	10	22	39	.210	.250	.267	.517	118	1	17
82	Bill Hinchman	34	PIT	Maj	PIT	69	282	244	27	46	5	5	2	29	5	33	27	.189	.288	.275	.562	67	1	4
83	Fred Smith	25	SLN	Maj	STL	56	186	165	11	30	0	2	1	17	4	17	22	.182	.262	.224	.487	37	1	3
84	Chuck Wortman	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	75	220	190	24	33	4	1	0	9	6	18	23	.174	.245	.205	.451	39	0	12