1888 National League Batting Leaders

Classification: Major League

Overall: 542 games, 8 teams, approx. 135 games in season

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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
1	Cap Anson	36	CHN	Maj	CHC	134	563	515	101	177	20	12	12	84	28	47	24	.344	.400	.499	.899	257	1
2	Jake Beckley*	20	PIT	Maj	PIT	71	292	283	35	97	15	3	0	27	20	7	22	.343	.363	.417	.780	118	2
3	Jimmy Ryan*	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	129	589	549	115	182	33	10	16	64	60	35	50	.332	.377	.516	.892	283	5
4	King Kelly	30	BSN	Maj	BSN	107	475	440	85	140	22	11	9	71	56	31	39	.318	.368	.480	.848	211	4
5	Dan Brouthers	30	DTN	Maj	DTN	129	602	522	118	160	33	11	9	66	34	68	13	.307	.399	.464	.862	242	12
6	Buck Ewing	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	103	442	415	83	127	18	15	6	58	53	24	28	.306	.348	.465	.814	193	3
7	Joe Quinn	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	38	158	156	19	47	8	3	4	29	12	2	5	.301	.310	.468	.778	73	0
8	Deacon White	40	DTN	Maj	DTN	125	557	527	75	157	22	5	4	71	12	21	24	.298	.336	.381	.717	201	9
9	Dick Johnston	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	135	601	585	102	173	31	18	12	68	35	15	33	.296	.315	.472	.786	276	1
10	Mike Tiernan*	21	NY1	Maj	NYG	113	492	443	75	130	16	8	9	52	52	42	42	.294	.364	.427	.790	189	7
11	Roger Connor*	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	134	558	481	98	140	15	17	14	71	27	73	44	.291	.389	.480	.869	231	4
12	Hardy Richardson	33	DTN	Maj	DTN	58	284	266	60	77	18	2	6	32	13	17	23	.290	.335	.440	.774	117	1
13	Billy Nash	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	135	580	526	71	149	18	15	4	75	20	50	46	.283	.350	.397	.747	209	4
14	George Van Haltren*	22	CHN	Maj	CHC	81	340	318	46	90	9	14	4	34	21	22	34	.283	.329	.437	.767	139	0
15	Hugh Duffy	21	CHN	Maj	CHC	71	308	298	60	84	10	4	7	41	13	9	32	.282	.305	.413	.718	123	1
16	Sam Thompson	28	DTN	Maj	DTN	56	264	238	51	67	10	8	6	40	5	23	10	.282	.352	.466	.819	111	3
17	Paul Hines	33	IN3	Maj	IND	133	562	513	84	144	26	3	4	58	31	41	45	.281	.343	.367	.710	188	8
18	George Miller	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	103	429	404	50	112	17	5	0	36	27	18	16	.277	.319	.344	.663	139	7
19	Jack Rowe	31	DTN	Maj	DTN	105	473	451	62	125	19	8	2	74	10	19	28	.277	.311	.368	.679	166	3
20	Pete Conway	21	DTN	Maj	DTN	45	178	167	28	46	4	2	3	23	1	8	25	.275	.320	.377	.697	63	3
21	Billy Hoy	26	WS8	Maj	WHS	136	583	503	77	138	10	8	2	29	82	69	48	.274	.374	.338	.712	170	11
22	Jim O'Rourke	37	NY1	Maj	NYG	107	436	409	50	112	16	6	4	50	25	24	30	.274	.319	.372	.690	152	3
23	Dick Buckley	29	IN3	Maj	IND	71	266	260	28	71	9	3	5	22	4	6	24	.273	.290	.389	.678	101	0
24	Jack Glasscock	30	IN3	Maj	IND	113	463	442	63	119	17	3	1	45	48	14	17	.269	.302	.328	.631	145	7
25	Ned Hanlon	30	DTN	Maj	DTN	109	478	459	64	122	6	8	5	39	38	15	32	.266	.295	.346	.641	159	4
26	Charlie Bennett	33	DTN	Maj	DTN	74	291	258	32	68	12	4	5	29	4	31	40	.264	.347	.399	.746	103	2
27	Jerry Denny	29	IN3	Maj	IND	126	535	524	92	137	27	7	12	63	32	9	79	.262	.277	.408	.685	214	2
28	Fred Dunlap	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	82	340	321	41	84	12	4	1	36	24	16	30	.262	.303	.333	.636	107	3
29	Elmer Sutcliffe*	26	DTN	Maj	DTN	49	196	191	17	49	5	3	0	23	6	5	14	.257	.276	.314	.590	60	0
30	Bob Pettit	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	43	177	169	23	43	1	4	4	23	7	7	9	.254	.288	.379	.667	64	1
31	John Ward	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	122	520	510	70	128	14	5	2	49	38	9	13	.251	.265	.310	.575	158	1
32	Fred Pfeffer	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	135	552	517	90	129	22	10	8	57	64	32	38	.250	.297	.377	.674	195	3
33	Ed Williamson	30	CHN	Maj	CHC	132	523	452	75	113	9	14	8	73	25	65	71	.250	.352	.385	.737	174	6
34	Fred Carroll	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	97	408	366	62	91	14	5	2	48	18	32	31	.249	.326	.331	.657	121	10
35	Charlie Ganzel	26	DTN	Maj	DTN	95	401	386	45	96	13	5	1	46	12	14	15	.249	.277	.316	.593	122	1
36	Tom Brown	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	107	451	420	62	104	10	7	9	49	46	30	68	.248	.299	.369	.668	155	1
37	Irv Ray	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	50	213	206	26	51	2	3	2	26	7	6	11	.248	.272	.316	.588	65	1
38	Pretzels Getzien	24	DTN	Maj	DTN	46	180	167	14	41	2	2	1	10	6	12	30	.246	.300	.299	.599	50	1
39	Ben Sanders	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	57	246	236	26	58	11	2	1	25	13	8	12	.246	.276	.322	.598	76	2
40	Mike Slattery*	21	NY1	Maj	NYG	103	405	391	50	96	12	6	1	35	26	13	28	.246	.272	.315	.586	123	1
41	Jack Clements*	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	86	340	326	26	80	8	4	1	32	3	10	36	.245	.277	.304	.580	99	4
42	Sid Farrar	28	PHI	Maj	PHI	131	552	508	53	124	24	7	1	53	21	31	38	.244	.304	.325	.629	165	13
43	Larry Twitchell	24	DTN	Maj	DTN	131	555	524	71	128	19	4	5	67	14	28	45	.244	.287	.324	.611	170	3
44	Charley Bassett	25	IN3	Maj	IND	128	519	481	58	116	20	3	2	60	24	32	41	.241	.297	.308	.604	148	6
45	Sam Wise	30	BSN	Maj	BSN	105	457	417	66	100	19	12	4	40	33	34	66	.240	.306	.372	.678	155	6
46	Ed Andrews	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	124	552	528	75	126	14	4	3	44	35	21	41	.239	.272	.297	.569	157	3
47	Joe Hornung	31	BSN	Maj	BSN	107	449	431	61	103	11	7	3	53	29	16	39	.239	.270	.318	.587	137	2
48	Tom Burns	31	CHN	Maj	CHC	134	512	483	60	115	12	6	3	70	34	26	49	.238	.281	.306	.588	148	3
49	George Myers	27	IN3	Maj	IND	66	267	248	36	59	9	0	2	16	28	16	14	.238	.292	.298	.591	74	3
50	Jumbo Schoeneck	26	IN3	Maj	IND	48	180	169	15	40	4	0	0	20	11	9	24	.237	.283	.260	.544	44	2
51	Jim Fogarty	24	PHI	Maj	PHI	121	514	454	72	107	14	6	1	35	58	53	66	.236	.325	.300	.625	136	7
52	Marty Sullivan	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	75	330	314	40	74	12	6	7	39	9	15	32	.236	.273	.379	.652	119	1
53	Billy Sunday	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	120	519	505	69	119	14	3	0	15	71	12	36	.236	.256	.275	.532	139	2
54	Bill Kuehne	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	138	535	524	60	123	22	11	3	62	34	9	68	.235	.251	.336	.586	176	2
55	Duke Farrell	21	CHN	Maj	CHC	64	245	241	34	56	6	3	3	19	8	4	41	.232	.245	.320	.564	77	0
56	John Coleman	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	116	471	438	49	101	11	4	0	26	15	29	52	.231	.285	.274	.559	120	4
57	Edward Tate	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	41	158	148	18	34	7	1	1	6	3	8	7	.230	.279	.311	.589	46	2
58	George Wood	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	106	479	433	67	99	19	6	6	51	20	39	44	.229	.303	.342	.645	148	7
59	Ed Delahanty	20	PHI	Maj	PHI	74	303	290	40	66	12	2	1	31	38	12	26	.228	.261	.293	.554	85	1
60	Danny Richardson	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	135	577	561	82	127	16	7	8	61	35	15	35	.226	.248	.323	.570	181	1
61	Elmer Cleveland	25	PIT,NY1	Maj	PIT-NYG	39	152	142	16	32	2	3	4	16	4	8	24	.225	.276	.366	.643	52	2
62	Ed Daily	25	WS8	Maj	WHS	110	461	453	56	102	8	4	7	39	44	7	42	.225	.239	.307	.545	139	1
63	Billy O'Brien	28	WS8	Maj	WHS	133	537	528	42	119	15	2	9	66	10	9	70	.225	.238	.313	.551	165	0
64	Walt Wilmot	24	WS8	Maj	WHS	119	498	473	61	106	16	9	4	43	46	23	55	.224	.263	.321	.585	152	2
65	George Gore	34	NY1	Maj	NYG	64	286	254	37	56	4	4	2	17	11	30	31	.221	.308	.291	.599	74	2
66	Abner Dalrymple	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	57	235	227	19	50	9	2	0	14	7	6	28	.220	.247	.278	.524	63	2
67	Dude Esterbrook	31	IN3	Maj	IND	64	250	246	21	54	8	0	0	17	11	2	20	.220	.232	.252	.484	62	2
68	Emmett Seery	27	IN3	Maj	IND	133	570	500	87	110	20	10	5	50	80	64	73	.220	.316	.330	.646	165	6
69	Art Whitney	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	90	337	328	28	72	1	4	1	28	7	8	22	.220	.240	.256	.497	84	1
70	Arthur Irwin	30	PHI	Maj	PHI	125	484	448	51	98	12	4	0	28	19	33	56	.219	.277	.263	.540	118	3
71	Jack McGeachey	24	IN3	Maj	IND	118	459	452	45	99	15	2	0	30	49	5	21	.219	.231	.261	.492	118	2
72	Con Daily	23	IN3	Maj	IND	57	212	202	14	44	6	1	0	14	15	10	28	.218	.255	.257	.512	52	0
73	Joe Mulvey	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	100	408	398	37	86	12	3	0	39	18	9	33	.216	.235	.261	.497	104	1
74	Al Maul	22	PIT	Maj	PIT	74	283	259	21	54	9	4	0	31	9	21	45	.209	.276	.274	.550	71	3
75	Al Myers	24	WS8	Maj	WHS	132	545	502	46	104	12	7	2	46	20	37	46	.207	.270	.271	.541	136	6
76	Pop Smith	31	PIT	Maj	PIT	131	508	481	61	99	15	2	4	52	37	22	78	.206	.248	.270	.518	130	5
77	Count Campau	24	DTN	Maj	DTN	70	270	251	28	51	5	3	1	18	27	19	36	.203	.259	.259	.518	65	0
78	Jim Donnelly	22	WS8	Maj	WHS	122	451	428	43	86	9	4	0	23	44	20	16	.201	.242	.241	.482	103	3
79	John Morrill	33	BSN	Maj	BSN	135	543	486	60	96	18	7	4	39	21	55	68	.198	.282	.288	.570	140	2
80	John Clarkson	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	55	212	205	20	40	9	1	1	17	5	7	48	.195	.222	.263	.485	54	0
81	Jocko Fields	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	45	177	169	22	33	7	2	1	15	9	8	19	.195	.232	.278	.510	47	0
82	Charlie Bastian	30	PHI	Maj	PHI	80	309	275	30	53	4	1	1	17	12	27	41	.193	.282	.226	.507	62	7
83	Tom Daly	22	CHN	Maj	CHC	65	230	219	34	42	2	6	0	29	10	10	26	.192	.230	.256	.486	56	1
84	Mickey Welch	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	47	171	169	16	32	5	0	2	10	4	1	33	.189	.199	.254	.453	43	1
85	Connie Mack	25	WS8	Maj	WHS	85	325	300	49	56	5	6	3	29	31	17	18	.187	.249	.273	.523	82	8
86	George Shoch	29	WS8	Maj	WHS	90	351	317	46	58	6	3	2	24	23	25	22	.183	.262	.240	.502	76	9
87	Shorty Fuller	20	WS8	Maj	WHS	49	181	170	11	31	5	2	0	12	6	10	14	.182	.232	.235	.467	40	1
88	Charlie Buffinton	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	46	167	160	14	29	4	1	0	12	1	7	5	.181	.216	.219	.434	35	0
89	Jim Whitney	30	WS8	Maj	WHS	42	148	141	13	24	0	0	1	17	3	7	20	.170	.210	.192	.401	27	0
90	Elmer Foster*	26	NY1	Maj	NYG	37	148	136	15	20	3	2	0	10	13	9	20	.147	.216	.199	.415	27	3
91	Pud Galvin	31	PIT	Maj	PIT	50	176	175	6	25	1	1	1	3	4	1	51	.143	.148	.177	.325	31	0
92	Hank O'Day	28	WS8	Maj	WHS	47	170	166	6	23	2	0	0	6	3	4	41	.139	.159	.151	.309	25	0
93	Tim Keefe	31	NY1	Maj	NYG	51	185	181	10	23	3	0	2	8	3	4	56	.127	.146	.177	.323	32	0
94	Ed Morris*	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	55	193	189	12	19	0	2	0	6	2	3	44	.101	.119	.122	.241	23	1