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1898 National League Batting Leaders

Classification: Major League

Overall: 920 games, 12 teams, approx. 153 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	SH
1	Willie Keeler*	26	BLN	Maj	BLN	129	604	561	126	216	7	2	1	44	28	31	4	.385	.420	.410	.830	230	3	9
2	Billy Hamilton*	32	BSN	Maj	BSN	110	508	417	110	154	16	5	3	50	54	87	30	.369	.480	.453	.933	189	2	2
3	John McGraw	25	BLN	Maj	BLN	143	652	515	143	176	8	10	0	53	43	112	13	.342	.475	.396	.871	204	19	6
4	Elmer Smith*	30	CIN	Maj	CIN	123	563	486	79	166	21	10	1	66	20	69	17	.342	.426	.432	.858	210	2	6
5	Jesse Burkett*	29	CL4	Maj	CLV	150	706	624	114	213	18	9	0	42	19	69	30	.341	.415	.399	.814	249	9	4
6	Ed Delahanty	30	PHI	Maj	PHI	144	640	548	115	183	36	9	4	92	58	77	29	.334	.426	.454	.881	249	11	4
7	Jimmy Collins	28	BSN	Maj	BSN	152	657	597	107	196	35	5	15	111	12	40	18	.328	.377	.479	.856	286	7	13
8	Gene DeMontreville	25	BLN	Maj	BLN	151	641	567	93	186	19	2	0	86	49	52	25	.328	.394	.369	.763	209	10	12
9	Hughie Jennings	29	BLN	Maj	BLN	143	665	534	135	175	25	11	1	87	28	78	20	.328	.454	.421	.876	225	46	7
10	Fred Tenney*	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	117	536	488	106	160	25	5	0	62	23	33	23	.328	.370	.400	.770	195	0	15
11	Nap Lajoie	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	147	641	608	113	197	43	11	6	127	25	21	23	.324	.354	.461	.814	280	7	5
12	Jimmy Ryan*	35	CHN	Maj	CHC	144	657	572	122	185	32	13	4	79	29	73	24	.323	.405	.446	.850	255	5	7
13	Joe Kelley	26	BLN	Maj	BLN	124	530	464	71	149	18	15	2	110	24	56	24	.321	.398	.438	.835	203	3	7
14	Win Mercer	24	WSN	Maj	WHS	80	277	249	38	80	3	5	2	25	14	18	31	.321	.369	.398	.767	99	1	9
15	Bill Everitt	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	149	661	596	102	190	15	6	0	69	28	53	43	.319	.377	.364	.741	217	3	9
16	Bill Lange	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	113	490	442	79	141	16	11	5	69	22	36	17	.319	.377	.439	.816	194	5	7
17	Lave Cross	32	SLN	Maj	STL	151	646	602	71	191	28	8	3	79	14	28	8	.317	.348	.405	.753	244	0	16
18	Charlie Dexter	22	LS3	Maj	LOU	112	467	421	76	132	13	5	1	66	44	26	35	.314	.363	.375	.739	158	7	13
19	Duke Farrell	31	WSN	Maj	WHS	99	379	338	47	106	12	6	1	53	12	34	12	.314	.383	.394	.777	133	4	3
20	Danny Green	21	CHN	Maj	CHC	47	199	188	26	59	4	3	4	27	12	7	14	.314	.342	.431	.773	81	1	3
21	Duff Cooley	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	149	692	629	123	196	24	12	4	55	17	48	38	.312	.364	.407	.771	256	4	11
22	George Van Haltren*	32	NY1	Maj	NYG	156	722	654	129	204	28	16	2	68	36	59	40	.312	.372	.413	.785	270	4	5
23	Chick Stahl*	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	125	529	467	72	144	21	8	3	52	6	46	25	.308	.375	.407	.782	190	4	12
24	Fred Clarke	25	LS3	Maj	LOU	149	667	599	116	184	23	12	3	47	40	48	21	.307	.373	.401	.774	240	15	5
25	George Davis	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	121	529	486	80	149	20	5	2	86	26	32	15	.307	.351	.381	.731	185	1	10
26	Willie Clark*	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	57	236	209	29	64	9	7	1	31	0	22	7	.306	.378	.431	.808	90	2	3
27	Farmer Vaughn	34	CIN	Maj	CIN	78	295	275	35	84	12	4	1	46	4	11	5	.306	.339	.389	.728	107	3	6
28	Billy Hoy	36	LS3	Maj	LOU	148	659	582	104	177	15	16	6	66	37	49	33	.304	.367	.416	.783	242	9	19
29	Fielder Jones	26	BRO	Maj	BRO	146	667	596	89	181	15	9	1	69	36	46	36	.304	.362	.364	.726	217	8	17
30	Algie McBride*	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	120	557	486	94	147	14	12	2	43	16	51	36	.303	.383	.393	.776	191	12	8
31	Henry Reitz	31	WSN	Maj	WHS	132	543	489	62	148	20	2	2	47	11	32	15	.303	.357	.364	.721	178	9	13
32	Kip Selbach	26	WSN	Maj	WHS	132	589	515	88	156	28	11	3	60	25	64	21	.303	.383	.418	.801	215	3	7
33	Jud Smith	29	WSN	Maj	WHS	66	267	234	33	71	7	5	3	28	11	22	18	.303	.378	.415	.792	97	6	5
34	Patsy Donovan*	33	PIT	Maj	PIT	147	661	610	112	184	16	9	0	37	41	34	33	.302	.346	.357	.703	218	7	10
35	Elmer Flick	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	134	565	453	84	137	16	13	8	81	23	86	36	.302	.430	.448	.878	203	15	11
36	Dan McGann	26	BLN	Maj	BLN	145	635	535	99	161	18	8	5	106	33	53	30	.301	.404	.393	.796	210	39	8
37	Mike Griffin	33	BRO	Maj	BRO	134	610	537	88	161	18	6	2	40	15	60	13	.300	.379	.367	.745	197	8	5
38	Dusty Miller	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	152	653	586	99	175	24	12	3	90	32	38	28	.299	.351	.396	.747	232	9	20
39	Honus Wagner	24	LS3	Maj	LOU	151	635	588	80	176	29	3	10	105	27	31	20	.299	.341	.410	.751	241	6	10
40	Hugh Duffy	31	BSN	Maj	BSN	152	645	568	97	169	13	3	8	108	29	59	13	.298	.365	.373	.738	212	1	17
41	John Anderson	24	WSN,BRO	Maj	WHS-BRO	116	494	451	71	134	30	18	9	73	18	24	23	.297	.350	.503	.854	227	13	6
42	Sam Mertes	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	83	316	269	45	80	4	8	1	47	27	34	28	.297	.388	.383	.771	103	6	7
43	Mike Grady	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	93	340	287	64	85	19	5	3	49	20	38	28	.296	.399	.429	.827	123	11	4
44	Harry Steinfeldt	22	CIN	Maj	CIN	88	355	308	47	91	18	6	0	43	9	27	29	.296	.354	.393	.747	121	1	19
45	Walter Thornton*	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	62	235	210	34	62	5	2	0	14	8	22	14	.295	.362	.338	.700	71	0	3
46	Jake Beckley*	30	CIN	Maj	CIN	118	506	459	86	135	20	12	4	72	6	28	27	.294	.348	.416	.764	191	10	9
47	Jack Doyle	28	NY1,WSN	Maj	NYG-WHS	125	501	474	68	138	17	5	3	69	23	19	13	.291	.324	.367	.691	174	4	4
48	Bill Dahlen	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	142	619	521	96	151	35	8	1	79	27	58	41	.290	.385	.394	.779	205	23	17
49	Jack McCarthy*	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	137	596	537	75	155	13	12	4	78	7	34	24	.289	.336	.380	.716	204	4	21
50	Cupid Childs	30	CL4	Maj	CLV	110	500	413	90	119	9	4	1	31	9	69	29	.288	.395	.337	.732	139	4	14
51	Ed McKean	34	CL4	Maj	CLV	151	674	604	89	172	23	1	9	94	11	56	18	.285	.346	.371	.717	224	1	13
52	Frank Bowerman	29	PIT,BLN	Maj	PIT-BLN	74	271	257	22	73	7	3	0	30	5	9	10	.284	.313	.335	.648	86	2	3
53	James Stafford	30	LS3,BSN	Maj	LOU-BSN	86	339	304	47	86	5	0	2	33	10	23	24	.283	.337	.319	.657	97	2	10
54	Ed McFarland	24	PHI	Maj	PHI	121	484	429	65	121	21	5	3	71	4	44	23	.282	.352	.375	.727	161	2	9
55	John Grim	30	BRO	Maj	BRO	52	192	178	17	50	5	1	0	11	1	8	5	.281	.323	.320	.643	57	3	3
56	Marty Bergen	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	120	469	446	62	125	16	5	3	60	9	13	29	.280	.302	.359	.661	160	1	9
57	Steve Brodie	29	PIT,BLN	Maj	PIT-BLN	65	276	254	27	71	8	2	0	40	6	11	4	.280	.320	.327	.647	83	4	7
58	Mike Tiernan*	31	NY1	Maj	NYG	103	475	415	90	116	15	11	5	49	19	43	12	.280	.357	.405	.762	168	7	10
59	Lou Criger	26	CL4	Maj	CLV	84	338	287	43	80	13	4	1	32	2	40	22	.279	.377	.362	.739	104	5	6
60	Jake Gettman*	22	WSN	Maj	WHS	142	612	567	75	157	16	5	5	47	32	29	60	.277	.319	.349	.668	198	6	10
61	Wilbert Robinson	34	BLN	Maj	BLN	79	313	289	29	80	12	2	0	38	3	16	18	.277	.317	.332	.649	96	1	7
62	Jimmy Sheckard	19	BRO	Maj	BRO	105	459	408	51	113	17	9	4	64	8	37	28	.277	.349	.392	.741	160	8	6
63	Ducky Holmes	29	BLN,SLN	Maj	BLN-STL	136	587	543	63	150	11	10	1	64	29	25	52	.276	.320	.339	.659	184	10	9
64	Cy Seymour*	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	80	309	297	41	82	5	2	4	23	8	9	22	.276	.300	.347	.647	103	1	2
65	Jake Stenzel	31	SLN,BLN	Maj	STL-BLN	143	625	542	97	149	20	13	1	55	25	53	13	.275	.360	.365	.725	198	19	11
66	Heinie Peitz	27	CIN	Maj	CIN	105	374	330	49	90	15	5	1	43	9	35	24	.273	.348	.358	.705	118	3	6
67	George Decker*	32	SLN,LS3	Maj	STL-LOU	118	475	434	53	118	14	3	1	64	13	29	21	.272	.323	.325	.648	141	4	8
68	Fred Hartman	33	NY1	Maj	NYG	123	507	475	57	129	16	11	2	88	11	25	24	.272	.314	.364	.678	173	4	3
69	Bobby Lowe	32	BSN	Maj	BSN	147	611	559	65	152	11	7	4	94	12	29	26	.272	.311	.338	.649	189	3	20
70	Bobby Wallace	24	CL4	Maj	CLV	154	671	593	81	160	25	13	3	99	7	63	14	.270	.344	.371	.715	220	4	11
71	Deacon McGuire	34	WSN	Maj	WHS	131	529	489	59	131	18	3	1	57	10	24	19	.268	.310	.323	.633	158	6	10
72	Tom McCreery	23	PIT,NY1	Maj	PIT-NYG	88	363	311	48	83	9	10	3	37	6	45	53	.267	.360	.389	.749	121	0	7
73	George Yeager	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	68	244	221	37	59	13	1	3	24	1	16	14	.267	.328	.376	.703	83	4	3
74	Herman Long	32	BSN	Maj	BSN	144	645	589	99	156	21	10	6	99	20	39	24	.265	.311	.365	.676	215	0	17
75	Billy Lauder	24	PHI	Maj	PHI	97	393	361	42	95	14	7	2	67	6	19	27	.263	.300	.357	.657	129	0	13
76	Jimmy Callahan	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	43	172	164	27	43	7	5	0	22	3	4	18	.262	.280	.366	.646	60	0	4
77	Harry Davis	24	PIT,LS3,WSN	Maj	PIT-LOU-WHS	96	392	363	49	95	14	15	2	40	13	19	38	.262	.300	.399	.700	145	1	9
78	Aleck Smith	27	BRO	Maj	BRO	52	210	199	25	52	6	5	0	23	7	3	15	.261	.276	.342	.618	68	1	7
79	Tommy Tucker	34	BRO,SLN	Maj	BRO-STL	145	591	535	53	139	16	6	1	54	2	30	31	.260	.322	.318	.640	170	19	7
80	Klondike Douglass	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	146	673	582	105	150	26	4	2	48	18	55	20	.258	.333	.327	.660	190	11	25
81	Bill Joyce	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	145	619	508	91	131	20	9	10	91	34	88	60	.258	.386	.392	.778	199	18	5
82	Patsy Tebeau	33	CL4	Maj	CLV	131	546	477	53	123	11	4	1	63	5	53	26	.258	.341	.304	.645	145	7	9
83	Jack Clements*	33	SLN	Maj	STL	99	371	335	39	86	19	5	3	41	1	21	13	.257	.314	.370	.684	124	7	8
84	Billy Clingman	28	LS3	Maj	LOU	154	609	538	65	138	12	6	0	50	15	51	60	.257	.327	.301	.628	162	5	15
85	Monte Cross	28	PHI	Maj	PHI	149	599	525	68	135	25	5	1	50	20	55	46	.257	.337	.330	.666	173	8	11
86	Dick Padden	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	128	522	463	61	119	7	6	2	43	11	35	17	.257	.335	.311	.646	144	19	5
87	Jack Warner	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	110	409	373	40	96	14	5	0	42	9	22	28	.257	.316	.322	.638	120	10	4
88	Tom O'Brien?	25	PIT,BLN	Maj	PIT-BLN	125	544	473	62	120	10	8	1	59	13	35	28	.254	.321	.315	.636	149	12	24
89	Claude Ritchey	24	LS3	Maj	LOU	151	637	551	65	140	10	4	5	51	19	46	29	.254	.322	.314	.636	173	9	31
90	Joe Sugden	27	SLN	Maj	STL	89	320	289	29	73	7	1	0	34	5	23	20	.253	.314	.284	.598	82	3	5
91	Cy Young	31	CL4	Maj	CLV	47	169	154	20	39	4	1	2	13	2	8	12	.253	.299	.331	.630	51	2	5
92	Joe Quinn	35	SLN,BLN	Maj	STL-BLN	115	445	407	40	102	11	5	0	41	13	25	31	.251	.299	.302	.601	123	3	10
93	Tommy Corcoran	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	153	664	619	80	155	28	15	2	87	19	26	17	.250	.283	.354	.637	219	2	17
94	Charlie Gettig?	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	64	214	196	30	49	6	2	0	26	5	15	16	.250	.310	.301	.611	59	2	1
95	Bid McPhee	38	CIN	Maj	CIN	133	565	486	72	121	26	9	1	60	21	66	34	.249	.341	.346	.687	168	2	11
96	Jack O'Connor	32	CL4	Maj	CLV	131	517	478	50	119	17	4	1	56	8	26	17	.249	.291	.308	.598	147	2	11
97	George LaChance	28	BRO	Maj	BRO	136	576	526	62	130	23	7	5	65	23	31	60	.247	.299	.346	.645	182	8	11
98	Barry McCormick	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	137	594	530	76	131	15	9	2	78	15	47	54	.247	.314	.321	.635	170	5	12
99	Jack Dunn	25	BRO	Maj	BRO	51	176	167	21	41	0	1	0	19	3	7	10	.246	.280	.258	.538	43	1	1
100	Dick Harley	25	SLN	Maj	STL	142	611	549	74	135	6	5	0	42	13	34	53	.246	.316	.275	.591	151	22	6