1885 National League Batting Leaders

Classification: Major League

Overall: 445 games, 8 teams, approx. 111 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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1	Roger Connor*	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	110	506	455	102	169	23	15	1	65	51	8	.371	.435	.495	.929	225
2	Dan Brouthers	27	BFN	Maj	BUF	98	441	407	87	146	32	11	7	59	34	10	.359	.408	.543	.951	221
3	Mike Dorgan	31	NY1	Maj	NYG	89	358	347	60	113	17	8	0	46	11	24	.326	.346	.421	.767	146
4	Hardy Richardson	30	BFN	Maj	BUF	96	446	426	90	136	19	11	6	44	20	22	.319	.350	.458	.808	195
5	George Gore	31	CHN	Maj	CHC	109	509	441	115	138	21	13	5	57	68	25	.313	.405	.454	.858	200
6	Ezra Sutton	35	BSN	Maj	BSN	110	474	457	78	143	23	8	4	47	17	25	.313	.338	.425	.762	194
7	Cap Anson	33	CHN	Maj	CHC	112	498	464	100	144	35	7	7	108	34	13	.310	.357	.461	.819	214
8	Charlie Ferguson	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	61	258	235	42	72	8	3	1	27	23	18	.306	.368	.379	.747	89
9	Buck Ewing	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	81	355	342	81	104	15	12	6	63	13	17	.304	.330	.471	.800	161
10	Sam Thompson	25	DTN	Maj	DTN	63	270	254	58	77	11	9	7	44	16	22	.303	.344	.500	.844	127
11	Ned Hanlon	27	DTN	Maj	DTN	105	471	424	93	128	18	8	1	29	47	18	.302	.372	.389	.761	165
12	Jim O'Rourke	34	NY1	Maj	NYG	112	517	477	119	143	21	16	5	42	40	21	.300	.354	.442	.796	211
13	Alex McKinnon?	28	SL5	Maj	SLM	100	419	411	42	121	21	6	1	44	8	31	.294	.308	.382	.690	157
14	Patrick Gillespie	33	NY1	Maj	NYG	102	435	420	67	123	17	6	0	52	15	32	.293	.317	.362	.679	152
15	Fred Lewis	26	SL5	Maj	SLM	45	190	181	12	53	9	0	1	27	9	10	.293	.326	.359	.685	65
16	Deacon White	37	BFN	Maj	BUF	98	416	404	54	118	6	6	0	57	12	11	.292	.313	.337	.649	136
17	Jack Rowe	28	BFN	Maj	BUF	98	434	421	62	122	28	8	2	51	13	19	.290	.311	.409	.720	172
18	George Wood	26	DTN	Maj	DTN	82	375	362	62	105	19	8	5	28	13	19	.290	.315	.428	.743	155
19	King Kelly	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	107	484	438	124	126	24	7	9	75	46	24	.288	.355	.436	.792	191
20	Jerry Dorgan	29	DTN	Maj	DTN	39	169	161	23	46	6	2	0	24	8	10	.286	.320	.348	.667	56
21	Sam Wise	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	107	449	424	71	120	20	10	4	46	25	61	.283	.323	.406	.729	172
22	Jack Glasscock	27	SL5	Maj	SLM	111	475	446	66	125	18	3	1	40	29	10	.280	.324	.341	.665	152
23	Joe Start*	42	PRO	Maj	PRO	101	413	374	47	103	11	4	0	41	39	10	.275	.344	.326	.670	122
24	Abner Dalrymple	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	113	538	492	109	135	27	12	11	61	46	42	.274	.336	.445	.782	219
25	Mox McQuery?	24	DTN	Maj	DTN	70	286	278	34	76	15	4	3	30	8	29	.273	.294	.389	.682	108
26	Tom Burns	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	111	461	445	82	121	23	9	7	71	16	48	.272	.297	.411	.708	183
27	Fred Dunlap	26	SL5	Maj	SLM	106	464	423	70	114	11	5	2	25	41	24	.270	.334	.333	.667	141
28	Paul Hines	30	PRO	Maj	PRO	98	430	411	63	111	20	4	1	35	19	18	.270	.302	.346	.648	142
29	Charlie Bennett	30	DTN	Maj	DTN	91	396	349	49	94	24	13	5	60	47	37	.269	.356	.456	.812	159
30	Joe Mulvey	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	107	446	443	74	119	25	6	6	64	3	18	.269	.274	.393	.666	174
31	Ed Andrews	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	103	453	421	77	112	15	3	0	23	32	25	.266	.318	.316	.634	133
32	Milt Scott?	24	DTN	Maj	DTN	38	152	148	14	39	7	0	0	12	4	16	.264	.283	.311	.594	46
33	Danny Richardson	22	NY1	Maj	NYG	49	208	198	26	52	9	3	0	25	10	14	.263	.298	.338	.637	67
34	Con Daily	20	PRO	Maj	PRO	60	235	223	20	58	6	1	0	19	12	20	.260	.298	.296	.594	66
35	Pat Deasley	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	54	216	207	22	53	5	1	0	24	9	20	.256	.287	.290	.577	60
36	Dude Esterbrook	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	88	363	359	48	92	14	5	2	44	4	28	.256	.265	.340	.604	122
37	Jack Manning	31	PHI	Maj	PHI	107	482	445	61	114	24	4	3	40	37	27	.256	.313	.348	.662	155
38	Billy Sunday	22	CHN	Maj	CHC	46	184	172	36	44	3	3	2	20	12	33	.256	.304	.343	.647	59
39	Jim Lillie?	23	BFN	Maj	BUF	112	436	430	49	107	13	3	2	30	6	39	.249	.259	.307	.566	132
40	Sid Farrar	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	111	448	420	49	103	20	3	3	36	28	34	.245	.292	.329	.621	138
41	Paul Radford	23	PRO	Maj	PRO	105	404	371	55	90	12	5	0	32	33	43	.243	.305	.302	.606	112
42	Lady Baldwin*	26	DTN	Maj	DTN	31	130	124	12	30	6	3	0	18	6	22	.242	.277	.339	.616	42
43	Bill Crowley	28	BFN	Maj	BUF	92	365	344	29	83	14	1	1	36	21	32	.241	.285	.297	.581	102
44	Fred Pfeffer	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	112	495	469	90	113	12	7	5	73	26	47	.241	.281	.328	.609	154
45	Charlie Buffinton	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	82	341	338	26	81	12	3	1	33	3	26	.240	.246	.302	.548	102
46	Tom Poorman	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	56	234	227	44	54	5	3	3	25	7	32	.238	.261	.326	.587	74
47	Ed Williamson	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	113	482	407	87	97	16	5	3	65	75	60	.238	.357	.324	.681	132
48	Jim Whitney	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	72	307	290	35	68	8	4	0	36	17	24	.235	.277	.290	.567	84
49	Dick Johnston	22	BSN	Maj	BSN	26	111	111	17	26	6	3	1	23	0	15	.234	.234	.369	.604	41
50	Old Hoss Radbourn	30	PRO	Maj	PRO	66	285	249	34	58	9	2	0	22	36	27	.233	.330	.285	.615	71
51	Cliff Carroll	25	PRO	Maj	PRO	104	455	426	62	99	12	3	1	40	29	29	.232	.281	.282	.563	120
52	Jim Donnelly	19	DTN	Maj	DTN	56	221	211	24	49	4	3	1	22	10	29	.232	.267	.294	.561	62
53	Jim Fogarty	21	PHI	Maj	PHI	111	457	427	49	99	13	3	0	39	30	37	.232	.282	.276	.559	118
54	John Ward	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	111	463	446	72	101	8	9	0	37	17	39	.227	.255	.285	.540	127
55	John Morrill	30	BSN	Maj	BSN	111	458	394	74	89	20	7	4	44	64	78	.226	.334	.343	.677	135
56	Davy Force	35	BFN	Maj	BUF	71	266	253	20	57	6	1	0	15	13	19	.225	.263	.257	.520	65
57	Pat Dealy	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	35	132	130	18	29	4	1	1	9	2	14	.223	.235	.292	.527	38
58	Jerry Denny	26	PRO	Maj	PRO	83	330	318	40	71	14	4	3	24	12	53	.223	.252	.321	.572	102
59	Jim McCormick	28	CHN,PRO	Maj	CHC-PRO	29	119	117	15	26	2	4	0	16	2	18	.222	.235	.308	.543	36
60	Jim Manning	23	BSN,DTN	Maj	BSN-DTN	104	407	384	49	84	12	9	3	36	23	46	.219	.263	.320	.583	123
61	John Clarkson	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	72	286	283	34	61	11	5	4	32	3	44	.216	.224	.332	.556	94
62	Barney Gilligan	29	PRO	Maj	PRO	71	275	252	23	54	7	3	0	12	23	33	.214	.280	.266	.546	67
63	Joe Quinn	22	SL5	Maj	SLM	97	352	343	27	73	8	2	0	15	9	38	.213	.233	.248	.481	85
64	Pretzels Getzien	21	DTN	Maj	DTN	40	141	137	9	29	3	0	0	16	4	27	.212	.234	.234	.468	32
65	Silver Flint	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	68	251	249	27	52	8	2	1	17	2	52	.209	.215	.269	.484	67
66	Marr Phillips?	28	DTN	Maj	DTN	33	139	139	13	29	5	0	0	17	0	13	.209	.209	.245	.453	34
67	Ed Daily	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	50	184	184	22	38	8	2	1	13	0	25	.207	.207	.288	.495	53
68	Jack Farrell	27	PRO	Maj	PRO	68	267	257	27	53	7	1	1	19	10	25	.206	.236	.253	.489	65
69	George Myers	24	BFN	Maj	BUF	89	349	326	40	67	7	2	0	19	23	40	.206	.258	.239	.497	78
70	Charlie Sweeney	22	SL5	Maj	SLM	71	279	267	27	55	7	1	0	24	12	33	.206	.240	.240	.480	64
71	Mickey Welch	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	56	213	199	28	41	8	0	2	19	14	39	.206	.258	.276	.535	55
72	Al Myers	21	PHI	Maj	PHI	93	368	357	25	73	13	2	1	28	11	41	.205	.228	.261	.489	93
73	Henry Boyle	24	SL5	Maj	SLM	72	271	258	24	52	9	1	1	21	13	38	.202	.240	.256	.496	66
74	Fatty Briody	26	SL5	Maj	SLM	62	227	215	14	42	9	0	1	17	12	23	.195	.238	.251	.489	54
75	Joe Quest	32	DTN	Maj	DTN	55	214	200	24	39	8	2	0	21	14	25	.195	.248	.255	.503	51
76	Orator Shafer	33	SL5	Maj	SLM	69	276	257	30	50	11	2	0	18	19	31	.195	.250	.253	.503	65
77	Jack Clements*	20	PHI	Maj	PHI	52	190	188	14	36	11	3	1	14	2	30	.192	.200	.298	.498	56
78	Sam Crane	31	DTN	Maj	DTN	68	258	245	23	47	4	6	1	20	13	45	.192	.233	.269	.502	66
79	Deacon McGuire	21	DTN	Maj	DTN	34	126	121	11	23	4	2	0	9	5	23	.190	.222	.256	.478	31
80	Pud Galvin	28	BFN	Maj	BUF	33	123	122	14	23	4	2	1	10	1	27	.189	.195	.279	.474	34
81	Guerdon Whiteley?	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	33	136	135	14	25	2	2	1	7	1	25	.185	.191	.252	.443	34
82	Tom Gunning	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	48	179	174	17	32	3	0	0	15	5	29	.184	.207	.201	.408	35
83	Walter Hackett?	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	35	128	125	8	23	3	0	0	9	3	22	.184	.203	.208	.411	26
84	Mert Hackett	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	34	117	115	9	21	7	1	0	4	2	28	.183	.197	.261	.458	30
85	Tommy McCarthy	21	BSN	Maj	BSN	40	153	148	16	27	2	0	0	11	5	25	.182	.209	.196	.405	29
86	Ed Caskin	33	SL5	Maj	SLM	71	274	262	31	47	3	0	0	12	12	22	.179	.215	.191	.406	50
87	Arthur Irwin	27	PRO	Maj	PRO	59	232	218	16	39	2	1	0	14	14	29	.179	.228	.197	.426	43
88	Andy Cusick	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	39	142	141	12	25	1	0	0	5	1	24	.177	.183	.184	.368	26
89	Charlie Ganzel	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	34	129	125	15	21	3	1	0	6	4	13	.168	.194	.208	.402	26
90	Charlie Bastian	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	103	424	389	63	65	11	5	4	29	35	82	.167	.236	.252	.488	98
91	Tim Keefe	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	47	179	166	20	27	1	5	0	12	13	22	.163	.224	.229	.452	38
92	Emmett Seery	24	SL5	Maj	SLM	59	232	216	20	35	7	0	1	14	16	37	.162	.220	.208	.428	45
93	George Weidman	24	DTN	Maj	DTN	44	161	153	7	24	2	1	1	14	8	32	.157	.199	.203	.401	31
94	Joe Gerhardt	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	112	423	399	43	62	12	2	0	33	24	47	.155	.203	.196	.399	78
95	Charley Bassett	22	PRO	Maj	PRO	82	304	285	21	41	8	2	0	16	19	60	.144	.197	.186	.383	53
96	Jack Burdock	33	BSN	Maj	BSN	45	177	169	18	24	5	0	0	7	8	18	.142	.181	.172	.352	29
97	Dupee Shaw*	26	PRO	Maj	PRO	49	169	165	17	22	2	0	0	9	4	38	.133	.154	.146	.299	24
98	George Baker?	27	SL5	Maj	SLM	38	140	131	5	16	0	0	0	5	9	28	.122	.179	.122	.301	16