1878 National League Batting Leaders

Classification: Major League

Overall: 184 games, 6 teams, approx. 61 games in season

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League Player Batting

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Minimum 61 AB's to appear on leaderboard

League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1	Paul Hines	23	PRO	Maj	PRO	62	259	257	42	92	13	4	4	50	2	10	.358	.363	.486	.849	125
2	Abner Dalrymple	20	ML2	Maj	MLG	61	277	271	52	96	10	4	0	15	6	29	.354	.368	.421	.789	114
3	Bob Ferguson	33	CHN	Maj	CHC	61	269	259	44	91	10	2	0	39	10	12	.351	.376	.405	.781	105
4	Joe Start*	35	CHN	Maj	CHC	61	287	285	58	100	12	5	1	27	2	3	.351	.355	.439	.794	125
5	Cap Anson	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	60	274	261	55	89	12	2	0	40	13	1	.341	.372	.402	.775	105
6	Orator Shafer	26	IN1	Maj	IND	63	279	266	48	90	19	6	0	30	13	20	.338	.369	.455	.824	121
7	Dick Higham	26	PRO	Maj	PRO	62	286	281	60	90	22	1	1	29	5	16	.320	.332	.416	.749	117
8	Deacon White	30	CN1	Maj	CIN	61	268	258	41	81	4	1	0	29	10	5	.314	.340	.337	.677	87
9	Lip Pike*	33	CN1,PRO	Maj	CIN-PRO	36	172	167	32	52	5	2	0	15	5	10	.311	.331	.365	.697	61
10	Charley Jones	26	CN1	Maj	CIN	61	265	261	50	81	11	7	3	39	4	17	.310	.321	.441	.761	115
11	Buttercup Dickerson	19	CN1	Maj	CIN	29	123	123	17	38	5	1	0	9	0	7	.309	.309	.366	.675	45
12	John Peters	28	ML2	Maj	MLG	55	251	246	33	76	6	1	0	22	5	8	.309	.323	.342	.664	84
13	Tom York*	27	PRO	Maj	PRO	62	277	269	56	83	19	10	1	26	8	19	.309	.329	.465	.793	125
14	Cal McVey	28	CN1	Maj	CIN	61	276	271	43	83	10	4	2	28	5	10	.306	.319	.395	.714	107
15	Lew Brown	20	PRO	Maj	PRO	58	250	243	44	74	21	6	1	43	7	37	.305	.324	.453	.777	110
16	John Clapp	26	IN1	Maj	IND	63	276	263	42	80	10	2	0	29	13	8	.304	.337	.357	.694	94
17	Joe Gerhardt	23	CN1	Maj	CIN	60	266	259	46	77	7	2	0	28	7	14	.297	.316	.340	.656	88
18	Bill Harbridge*	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	54	246	240	32	71	12	0	0	37	6	13	.296	.313	.346	.659	83
19	Doug Allison	31	PRO	Maj	PRO	19	77	76	9	22	2	0	0	7	1	8	.290	.299	.316	.615	24
20	Terry Larkin	22	CHN	Maj	CHC	58	243	226	33	65	9	4	0	32	17	17	.288	.337	.363	.700	82
21	King Kelly	20	CN1	Maj	CIN	60	244	237	29	67	7	1	0	27	7	7	.283	.303	.321	.624	76
22	Jimmy Hallinan*	29	CHN,IN1	Maj	CHC-IND	19	84	79	14	22	5	0	0	3	5	8	.279	.321	.342	.663	27
23	Jim O'Rourke	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	60	260	255	44	71	17	7	1	29	5	21	.278	.292	.412	.704	105
24	Will Foley	22	ML2	Maj	MLG	56	236	229	33	62	8	5	0	22	7	14	.271	.292	.349	.642	80
25	Frank Hankinson	22	CHN	Maj	CHC	58	245	240	38	64	8	3	1	27	5	36	.267	.282	.338	.619	81
26	John Cassidy*	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	60	265	256	33	68	7	1	0	29	9	11	.266	.291	.301	.591	77
27	Jack Burdock	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	60	249	246	37	64	12	6	0	25	3	17	.260	.269	.358	.627	88
28	Andy Leonard	32	BSN	Maj	BSN	60	265	262	41	68	8	5	0	16	3	19	.260	.268	.328	.596	86
29	Chub Sullivan	22	CN1	Maj	CIN	61	246	244	29	63	4	2	0	20	2	9	.258	.264	.291	.555	71
30	Jack Manning	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	60	258	248	41	63	10	1	0	23	10	16	.254	.283	.302	.585	75
31	Fred Warner?	23	IN1	Maj	IND	43	167	165	19	41	4	0	0	10	2	15	.249	.258	.273	.530	45
32	Jake Goodman?	24	ML2	Maj	MLG	60	259	252	28	62	4	3	1	27	7	33	.246	.266	.298	.564	75
33	Charlie Bennett	23	ML2	Maj	MLG	49	194	184	16	45	9	0	1	12	10	26	.245	.284	.310	.593	57
34	The Only Nolan	22	IN1	Maj	IND	38	154	152	11	37	8	0	0	16	2	10	.243	.253	.296	.549	45
35	John Morrill	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	60	238	233	26	56	5	1	0	23	5	16	.240	.256	.270	.527	63
36	Tim Murnane	27	PRO	Maj	PRO	49	196	188	35	45	6	1	0	14	8	12	.239	.270	.282	.552	53
37	Tom Carey	31	PRO	Maj	PRO	61	253	253	33	60	10	3	0	24	0	14	.237	.237	.300	.538	76
38	Jack Remsen	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	56	241	224	32	52	11	1	1	19	17	33	.232	.286	.304	.590	68
39	Ed Williamson	20	IN1	Maj	IND	63	255	250	31	58	10	2	1	19	5	15	.232	.247	.300	.547	75
40	Billy Redmond*	25	ML2	Maj	MLG	48	195	187	16	43	8	0	0	21	8	13	.230	.262	.273	.534	51
41	Ezra Sutton	28	BSN	Maj	BSN	60	241	239	31	54	9	3	1	29	2	14	.226	.232	.301	.534	72
42	Russ McKelvy	23	IN1	Maj	IND	63	258	253	33	57	4	3	2	36	5	38	.225	.240	.289	.529	73
43	George Wright	31	BSN	Maj	BSN	59	273	267	35	60	5	1	0	12	6	22	.225	.242	.251	.493	67
44	Silver Flint	22	IN1	Maj	IND	63	256	254	23	57	7	0	0	18	2	15	.224	.231	.252	.483	64
45	Bill McClellan*	22	CHN	Maj	CHC	48	207	205	26	46	6	1	0	29	2	13	.224	.232	.263	.495	54
46	Billy Geer	--	CN1	Maj	CIN	61	247	237	31	52	13	2	0	20	10	18	.219	.251	.291	.542	69
47	Tommy Bond	22	BSN	Maj	BSN	59	236	236	22	50	4	1	0	23	0	9	.212	.212	.237	.449	56
48	George Creamer	23	ML2	Maj	MLG	50	198	193	30	41	7	3	0	15	5	15	.212	.232	.280	.512	54
49	Pop Snyder	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	60	227	226	21	48	5	0	0	14	1	19	.212	.216	.235	.450	53
50	Mike Golden	26	ML2	Maj	MLG	55	217	214	16	44	6	3	0	20	3	35	.206	.217	.262	.478	56
51	Joe Quest	25	IN1	Maj	IND	62	290	278	45	57	3	2	0	13	12	24	.205	.238	.230	.468	64
52	Bill Hague	26	PRO	Maj	PRO	62	255	250	21	51	3	0	0	25	5	34	.204	.220	.216	.436	54
53	Sam Weaver	22	ML2	Maj	MLG	48	181	170	15	34	4	1	0	3	11	14	.200	.249	.235	.484	40
54	John Ward	18	PRO	Maj	PRO	37	140	138	14	27	5	4	1	15	2	13	.196	.207	.312	.519	43
55	Bill Holbert	23	ML2	Maj	MLG	45	176	173	10	32	2	0	0	12	3	14	.185	.199	.197	.395	34
56	Charlie Sweasy	30	PRO	Maj	PRO	55	219	212	23	37	3	0	0	8	7	23	.175	.201	.189	.390	40
57	Art Croft?	23	IN1	Maj	IND	60	227	222	22	35	6	0	0	16	5	23	.158	.176	.185	.361	41
58	Will White	23	CN1	Maj	CIN	52	205	197	15	28	1	1	0	9	8	41	.142	.176	.157	.333	31
59	Candy Nelson	29	IN1	Maj	IND	19	89	84	12	11	1	0	0	5	5	11	.131	.180	.143	.323	12