1881 National League Batting Leaders

Classification: Major League

Overall: 336 games, 8 teams, approx. 84 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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1	Cap Anson	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	84	369	343	67	137	21	7	1	82	26	4	.399	.442	.510	.952	175
2	Martin Powell*	25	DTN	Maj	DTN	55	234	219	47	74	9	4	1	38	15	9	.338	.380	.429	.810	94
3	Jack Rowe	24	BFN	Maj	BUF	64	247	246	30	82	11	11	1	43	1	12	.333	.336	.480	.816	118
4	Joe Start*	38	PRO	Maj	PRO	79	357	348	56	114	12	6	0	29	9	7	.328	.345	.397	.741	138
5	Fred Dunlap	22	CL2	Maj	CLV	80	369	351	60	114	25	4	3	24	18	24	.325	.358	.444	.802	156
6	Abner Dalrymple	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	82	377	362	72	117	22	4	1	37	15	22	.323	.350	.414	.765	150
7	King Kelly	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	82	369	353	84	114	27	3	2	55	16	14	.323	.352	.433	.786	153
8	Dan Brouthers	23	BFN	Maj	BUF	65	288	270	60	86	18	9	8	45	18	22	.319	.361	.541	.902	146
9	Buttercup Dickerson	22	WOR	Maj	WOR	80	375	367	48	116	18	6	1	31	8	8	.316	.331	.406	.737	149
10	Doc Kennedy	27	CL2	Maj	CLV	39	155	150	19	47	7	1	0	15	5	13	.313	.336	.373	.709	56
11	Silver Flint	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	80	312	306	46	95	18	0	1	34	6	39	.311	.324	.379	.703	116
12	Deacon White	33	BFN	Maj	BUF	78	328	319	58	99	24	4	0	53	9	8	.310	.329	.411	.740	131
13	Pete Hotaling	24	WOR	Maj	WOR	77	335	317	51	98	15	3	1	35	18	12	.309	.346	.385	.731	122
14	Tom York*	30	PRO	Maj	PRO	85	345	316	57	96	23	5	2	47	29	26	.304	.362	.427	.790	135
15	Jim O'Rourke	30	BFN	Maj	BUF	83	375	348	71	105	21	7	0	30	27	18	.302	.352	.402	.754	140
16	Charlie Bennett	26	DTN	Maj	DTN	76	317	299	44	90	18	7	7	64	18	37	.301	.341	.478	.819	143
17	George Gore	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	73	336	309	86	92	18	9	1	44	27	23	.298	.354	.424	.778	131
18	George Wood	22	DTN	Maj	DTN	80	356	337	54	100	18	9	2	32	19	32	.297	.334	.421	.756	142
19	Roger Connor*	23	TRN	Maj	TRO	85	382	367	55	107	17	6	2	31	15	20	.292	.319	.387	.706	142
20	Hardy Richardson	26	BFN	Maj	BUF	83	356	344	62	100	18	9	2	53	12	27	.291	.315	.413	.727	142
21	Ezra Sutton	31	BSN	Maj	BSN	83	346	333	42	97	12	4	0	31	13	9	.291	.318	.351	.669	117
22	John Morrill	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	81	323	311	47	90	19	3	1	39	12	30	.289	.316	.379	.695	118
23	Paul Hines	26	PRO	Maj	PRO	80	374	361	65	103	27	5	2	31	13	12	.285	.310	.404	.715	146
24	Bob Ferguson	36	TRN	Maj	TRO	85	368	339	56	96	13	5	1	35	29	12	.283	.340	.360	.700	122
25	Candy Nelson	32	WOR	Maj	WOR	24	108	103	13	29	1	0	1	15	5	6	.282	.315	.320	.635	33
26	Ned Hanlon	23	DTN	Maj	DTN	76	327	305	63	85	14	8	2	28	22	11	.279	.327	.397	.724	121
27	Sadie Houck	25	DTN	Maj	DTN	75	314	308	43	86	16	6	1	36	6	6	.279	.293	.380	.673	117
28	Tom Burns	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	84	356	342	41	95	20	3	4	42	14	22	.278	.306	.389	.695	133
29	Patrick Gillespie	29	TRN	Maj	TRO	84	357	348	43	96	14	3	0	41	9	24	.276	.294	.333	.627	116
30	John Richmond	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	27	104	98	13	27	2	2	1	12	6	7	.276	.317	.367	.685	36
31	Emil Gross	23	PRO	Maj	PRO	51	195	182	15	50	9	4	1	24	13	11	.275	.323	.385	.708	70
32	Mike Dorgan	27	WOR,DTN	Maj	WOR-DTN	59	263	254	41	69	6	0	0	23	9	4	.272	.297	.295	.592	75
33	Bill Holbert	26	TRN	Maj	TRO	46	183	180	16	49	3	0	0	14	3	13	.272	.284	.289	.573	52
34	Bill Phillips	24	CL2	Maj	CLV	85	362	357	51	97	18	10	1	44	5	19	.272	.282	.387	.668	138
35	Ross Barnes	31	BSN	Maj	BSN	69	311	295	42	80	14	1	0	17	16	16	.271	.309	.325	.634	96
36	Lon Knight	28	DTN	Maj	DTN	83	363	340	67	92	16	3	1	52	23	21	.271	.317	.344	.661	117
37	Harry Stovey	24	WOR	Maj	WOR	75	353	341	57	92	25	7	2	30	12	23	.270	.295	.402	.696	137
38	Ed Williamson	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	82	362	343	56	92	12	6	1	48	19	19	.268	.307	.347	.654	119
39	Arthur Irwin	23	WOR	Maj	WOR	50	213	206	27	55	8	2	0	24	7	4	.267	.291	.325	.616	67
40	Jack Glasscock	23	CL2	Maj	CLV	85	350	335	49	86	9	5	0	33	15	8	.257	.289	.313	.602	105
41	Orator Shafer	29	CL2	Maj	CLV	85	366	343	48	88	13	6	1	34	23	20	.257	.303	.338	.642	116
42	Curry Foley*	25	BFN	Maj	BUF	83	382	375	58	96	20	2	1	25	7	27	.256	.270	.328	.598	123
43	Jim McCormick	24	CL2	Maj	CLV	70	314	309	45	79	9	4	0	26	5	16	.256	.268	.311	.578	96
44	Bill Crowley	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	72	293	279	33	71	12	0	0	31	14	15	.255	.290	.298	.588	83
45	Jim Whitney	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	75	301	282	37	72	17	3	0	32	19	18	.255	.302	.337	.639	95
46	John Clapp	29	CL2	Maj	CLV	68	296	261	47	66	12	2	0	25	35	6	.253	.341	.314	.655	82
47	Buck Ewing	21	TRN	Maj	TRO	67	279	272	40	68	14	7	0	25	7	8	.250	.269	.353	.622	96
48	Lee Richmond*	24	WOR	Maj	WOR	61	262	252	31	63	5	1	0	28	10	10	.250	.279	.278	.556	70
49	Joe Quest	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	78	295	293	35	72	6	0	1	26	2	29	.246	.251	.277	.527	81
50	George Bradley	28	CL2,DTN	Maj	CLV-DTN	61	249	245	21	60	10	1	2	18	4	25	.245	.257	.318	.575	78
51	The Only Nolan	25	CL2	Maj	CLV	41	172	168	12	41	5	1	0	18	4	13	.244	.262	.286	.547	48
52	Blondie Purcell	27	BFN,CL2	Maj	BUF-CLV	50	206	193	18	47	9	3	0	21	13	16	.244	.291	.321	.613	62
53	John Ward	21	PRO	Maj	PRO	85	362	357	56	87	18	6	0	53	5	10	.244	.254	.328	.582	117
54	Joe Gerhardt	26	DTN	Maj	DTN	80	304	297	35	72	13	6	0	36	7	31	.242	.260	.327	.587	97
55	Jerry Denny	22	PRO	Maj	PRO	85	325	320	38	77	16	2	1	24	5	44	.241	.252	.313	.565	100
56	Jake Evans	24	TRN	Maj	TRO	83	329	315	35	76	11	5	0	28	14	30	.241	.274	.308	.582	97
57	Fred Goldsmith	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	42	164	158	24	38	3	4	0	16	6	17	.241	.268	.310	.578	49
58	Joe Hornung	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	83	329	324	39	78	12	8	2	25	5	25	.241	.252	.346	.598	112
59	Lew Brown	23	DTN,PRO	Maj	DTN-PRO	45	190	183	25	44	6	2	3	24	7	29	.240	.268	.344	.613	63
60	Jack Burdock	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	73	289	282	36	67	12	4	1	24	7	18	.238	.256	.319	.575	90
61	Pat Deasley	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	43	152	147	13	35	5	2	0	8	5	10	.238	.263	.299	.563	44
62	Jack Farrell	23	PRO	Maj	PRO	84	374	345	69	82	16	5	5	36	29	23	.238	.297	.357	.653	123
63	Doc Bushong	24	WOR	Maj	WOR	76	296	275	35	64	7	4	0	21	21	23	.233	.287	.287	.575	79
64	Tim Keefe	24	TRN	Maj	TRO	46	173	152	18	35	7	1	0	19	21	26	.230	.324	.290	.613	44
65	Mike Moynahan	25	CL2,DTN	Maj	CLV-DTN	34	142	139	13	32	5	1	0	8	3	15	.230	.247	.281	.527	39
66	Pop Snyder	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	62	222	219	14	50	8	0	0	16	3	23	.228	.239	.265	.504	58
67	Ed Caskin	29	TRN	Maj	TRO	63	247	234	33	53	7	1	0	21	13	29	.227	.267	.265	.532	62
68	John Cassidy*	26	TRN	Maj	TRO	85	388	370	57	82	13	3	1	11	18	21	.222	.258	.281	.539	104
69	Larry Corcoran	21	CHN	Maj	CHC	47	194	189	25	42	8	0	0	9	5	22	.222	.242	.265	.507	50
70	Fred Corey	26	WOR	Maj	WOR	51	208	203	22	45	8	4	0	10	5	10	.222	.240	.301	.541	61
71	Billy Taylor	26	CL2,WOR,DTN	Maj	CLV-WOR-DTN	31	135	135	9	30	4	0	0	15	0	10	.222	.222	.252	.474	34
72	Barney Gilligan	25	PRO	Maj	PRO	46	192	183	19	40	7	2	0	20	9	24	.219	.255	.279	.534	51
73	Fred Lewis	22	BSN	Maj	BSN	27	121	114	17	25	6	0	0	9	7	5	.219	.265	.272	.536	31
74	Old Hoss Radbourn	26	PRO	Maj	PRO	72	280	270	27	59	9	0	0	28	10	15	.219	.246	.252	.498	68
75	Hick Carpenter*	25	WOR	Maj	WOR	83	350	347	40	75	12	2	2	31	3	19	.216	.223	.280	.502	97
76	John Peters	31	BFN	Maj	BUF	54	232	229	21	49	8	1	0	25	3	12	.214	.224	.258	.482	59
77	Pud Galvin	24	BFN	Maj	BUF	62	239	236	19	50	12	4	0	21	3	70	.212	.222	.297	.518	70
78	George Creamer	26	WOR	Maj	WOR	80	320	309	42	64	9	2	0	25	11	27	.207	.234	.249	.484	77
79	Hugh Nicol	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	26	112	108	13	22	2	0	0	7	4	12	.204	.232	.222	.454	24
80	Mickey Welch	21	TRN	Maj	TRO	40	149	148	12	30	10	0	0	11	1	16	.203	.208	.270	.478	40
81	Frank Hankinson	25	TRN	Maj	TRO	85	331	321	34	62	15	0	1	19	10	41	.193	.218	.249	.467	80
82	Sleeper Sullivan	22	BFN	Maj	BUF	35	122	121	13	23	4	0	0	15	1	21	.190	.197	.223	.420	27
83	George Derby	23	DTN	Maj	DTN	59	240	236	17	44	3	1	0	12	4	29	.186	.200	.208	.408	49
84	Art Whitney	23	DTN	Maj	DTN	58	221	214	23	39	7	5	0	9	7	15	.182	.208	.262	.470	56
85	Davy Force	31	BFN	Maj	BUF	75	289	278	21	50	9	1	0	15	11	29	.180	.211	.219	.431	61
86	Bobby Mathews	29	BSN,PRO	Maj	BSN-PRO	35	133	128	8	23	3	0	0	8	5	11	.180	.211	.203	.414	26
87	John Fox	22	BSN	Maj	BSN	30	118	118	8	21	0	0	0	4	0	11	.178	.178	.178	.356	21
88	Jack Remsen	31	CL2	Maj	CLV	48	181	172	14	30	4	3	0	13	9	31	.174	.216	.233	.448	40
89	Bill McClellan*	25	PRO	Maj	PRO	68	274	259	30	43	3	1	0	16	15	21	.166	.212	.185	.397	48
90	Pop Smith	24	WOR,CL2,BFN	Maj	WOR-CLV-BUF	24	92	86	5	7	0	0	0	6	6	18	.081	.141	.081	.223	7