1888 American Association Batting Leaders

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American Association Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	King • STL	16.0
2.	Seward • PHA	9.9
3.	Caruthers • BRO	6.6
4.	Stovey • PHA	5.4
5.	Reilly • CIN	5.3
6.	Smith • CIN	5.0
7.	Hudson • STL	4.9
8.	Hughes • BRO	4.8
9.	Chamberlain • 2TM	4.5
10.	Mullane • CIN	4.3

WAR Position Players
1.	Stovey • PHA	5.4
2.	Reilly • CIN	5.3
3.	O'Neill • STL	4.2
4.	Collins • 2TM	4.2
5.	McKean • CLE	4.2
6.	Welch • PHA	3.9
7.	Pinkney • BRO	3.6
8.	Lyons • PHA	3.6
9.	Tucker • BAL	3.5
10.	Robinson • STL	3.5

Offensive WAR
1.	Reilly • CIN	5.1
2.	Stovey • PHA	4.5
3.	Collins • 2TM	4.5
4.	McKean • CLE	4.3
5.	Burns • 2TM	3.9
6.	Lyons • PHA	3.7
7.	Pinkney • BRO	3.7
8.	Robinson • STL	3.7
9.	Tucker • BAL	3.2
10.	O'Neill • STL	3.2

Defensive WAR
1.	Shindle • BAL	2.1
2.	Easterday • KCC	1.7
3.	Fennelly • 2TM	1.6
4.	Latham • STL	1.5
5.	Keenan • CIN	1.4
6.	Gleason • PHA	1.2
7.	McCarthy • STL	1.2
8.	Bierbauer • PHA	1.0
9.	Milligan • STL	1.0
10.	Farrell • BAL	1.0

Batting Average
1.	O'Neill • STL	.335
2.	Reilly • CIN	.321
3.	Browning • LOU	.313
4.	Collins • 2TM	.307
5.	Orr • BRO	.305
6.	McKean • CLE	.299
7.	Lyons • PHA	.296
8.	Burns • 2TM	.293
9.	Stovey • PHA	.287
10.	Tucker • BAL	.287

On-Base%
1.	Robinson • STL	.400
2.	O'Neill • STL	.390
3.	Browning • LOU	.380
4.	Collins • 2TM	.373
5.	Stovey • PHA	.365
6.	Lyons • PHA	.363
7.	Reilly • CIN	.363
8.	Pinkney • BRO	.358
9.	Welch • PHA	.355
10.	McTamany • KCC	.345

Slugging %
1.	Reilly • CIN	.501
2.	Stovey • PHA	.460
3.	O'Neill • STL	.446
4.	Browning • LOU	.436
5.	Burns • 2TM	.435
6.	McKean • CLE	.425
7.	Collins • 2TM	.423
8.	Lyons • PHA	.406
9.	Larkin • PHA	.403
10.	Tucker • BAL	.400

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Reilly • CIN	.864
2.	O'Neill • STL	.836
3.	Stovey • PHA	.825
4.	Browning • LOU	.816
5.	Collins • 2TM	.796
6.	Burns • 2TM	.780
7.	Lyons • PHA	.769
8.	McKean • CLE	.765
9.	Tucker • BAL	.730
10.	Larkin • PHA	.729

Games Played
1.	Pinkney • BRO	143
2.	Foutz • BRO	140
3.	Griffin • BAL	137
	Comiskey • STL	137
	Corkhill • 2TM	137
6.	Tucker • BAL	136
	O'Brien • BRO	136
	Carpenter • CIN	136
	Welch • PHA	136
10.	Shindle • BAL	135
	Nicol • CIN	135
	Larkin • PHA	135
	Fennelly • 2TM	135

At Bats
1.	Comiskey • STL	576
2.	Pinkney • BRO	575
3.	Latham • STL	570
4.	Foutz • BRO	563
5.	Corkhill • 2TM	561
6.	Carpenter • CIN	551
7.	Welch • PHA	549
8.	Nicol • CIN	548
	McKean • CLE	548
10.	Larkin • PHA	546

Plate Appearances
1.	Pinkney • BRO	653
2.	Nicol • CIN	622
3.	Latham • STL	621
4.	Welch • PHA	611
5.	Griffin • BAL	602
6.	Stovey • PHA	595
7.	McTamany • KCC	594
8.	Foutz • BRO	593
9.	Larkin • PHA	592
	Comiskey • STL	592

Runs Scored
1.	Pinkney • BRO	134
2.	Collins • 2TM	133
3.	Stovey • PHA	127
4.	Welch • PHA	125
5.	Latham • STL	119
6.	Nicol • CIN	112
	Reilly • CIN	112
8.	Robinson • STL	111
9.	McCarthy • STL	107
10.	O'Brien • BRO	105

Hits
1.	O'Neill • STL	177
2.	Reilly • CIN	169
3.	McKean • CLE	164
4.	Collins • 2TM	162
5.	Corkhill • 2TM	160
6.	Comiskey • STL	157
7.	Foutz • BRO	156
	Pinkney • BRO	156
9.	Welch • PHA	155
	Burns • 2TM	155

Total Bases
1.	Reilly • CIN	264
2.	Stovey • PHA	244
3.	O'Neill • STL	236
4.	McKean • CLE	233
5.	Burns • 2TM	230
6.	Collins • 2TM	223
7.	Larkin • PHA	220
8.	Foutz • BRO	211
9.	Tucker • BAL	208
10.	Comiskey • STL	207

Doubles
1.	Collins • 2TM	31
2.	Reilly • CIN	28
	Wolf • LOU	28
	Larkin • PHA	28
5.	O'Brien • BRO	27
	Burns • 2TM	27
7.	Stovey • PHA	25
8.	O'Neill • STL	24
9.	Davis • KCC	22
	Browning • LOU	22
	Lyons • PHA	22
	Welch • PHA	22
	Comiskey • STL	22

Triples
1.	Stovey • PHA	20
2.	McKean • CLE	15
	Burns • 2TM	15
4.	Reilly • CIN	14
5.	Foutz • BRO	13
6.	Tucker • BAL	12
	Tebeau • CIN	12
	Larkin • PHA	12
	Collins • 2TM	12
	Corkhill • 2TM	12

Home Runs
1.	Reilly • CIN	13
2.	Stovey • PHA	9
3.	Larkin • PHA	7
4.	Burns • 2TM	6
	Tucker • BAL	6
	Comiskey • STL	6
	Lyons • PHA	6
	McKean • CLE	6
9.	O'Neill • STL	5
	Milligan • STL	5
	Caruthers • BRO	5

Runs Batted In
1.	Reilly • CIN	103
2.	Larkin • PHA	101
3.	Foutz • BRO	99
4.	O'Neill • STL	98
5.	Corkhill • 2TM	93
6.	Lyons • PHA	83
	Comiskey • STL	83
8.	Bierbauer • PHA	80
9.	Browning • LOU	72
10.	McKean • CLE	68
	McCarthy • STL	68
	Fennelly • 2TM	68

Bases on Balls
1.	Robinson • STL	116
2.	Fennelly • 2TM	72
3.	Nicol • CIN	67
	McTamany • KCC	67
5.	Pinkney • BRO	66
6.	Stovey • PHA	62
7.	Tebeau • CIN	61
8.	Griffin • BAL	55
9.	Mack • LOU	52
10.	Hogan • CLE	50
	Stricker • CLE	50
	Collins • 2TM	50

Strikeouts
1.	Fennelly • 2TM	83
2.	Robinson • STL	78
3.	Tebeau • CIN	75
	Mack • LOU	75
5.	McTamany • KCC	72
6.	Easterday • KCC	70
7.	Stovey • PHA	69
8.	Bakley • CLE	68
9.	King • STL	64
10.	O'Brien • BRO	61
	White • 2TM	61

Stolen Bases
1.	Latham • STL	109
2.	Nicol • CIN	103
3.	Welch • PHA	95
4.	McCarthy • STL	93
5.	Stovey • PHA	87
6.	Reilly • CIN	82
7.	Comiskey • STL	72
8.	Collins • 2TM	71
9.	Faatz • CLE	64
10.	Stricker • CLE	60

Singles
1.	O'Neill • STL	138
2.	Corkhill • 2TM	131
3.	Pinkney • BRO	126
4.	Carpenter • CIN	125
	Latham • STL	125
6.	Welch • PHA	124
	Comiskey • STL	124
8.	McKean • CLE	122
9.	Foutz • BRO	120
10.	Nicol • CIN	118

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Reilly • CIN	172
2.	Stovey • PHA	166
3.	Browning • LOU	165
4.	Collins • 2TM	159
5.	O'Neill • STL	158
6.	Burns • 2TM	152
7.	McKean • CLE	150
8.	Lyons • PHA	148
9.	Tucker • BAL	137
10.	Larkin • PHA	135

Runs Created
1.	O'Neill • STL	91
2.	Reilly • CIN	90
3.	Stovey • PHA	88
4.	Collins • 2TM	82
5.	McKean • CLE	78
	Burns • 2TM	78
7.	Pinkney • BRO	70
8.	Larkin • PHA	68
9.	Foutz • BRO	66
	Lyons • PHA	66

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Reilly • CIN	40
2.	Stovey • PHA	39
3.	O'Neill • STL	36
4.	Collins • 2TM	35
5.	Burns • 2TM	29
6.	Browning • LOU	29
7.	McKean • CLE	27
8.	Lyons • PHA	26
9.	Robinson • STL	22
10.	Pinkney • BRO	21

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Reilly • CIN	4.6
2.	Stovey • PHA	4.4
3.	O'Neill • STL	4.1
4.	Collins • 2TM	4.0
5.	Burns • 2TM	3.3
6.	Browning • LOU	3.3
7.	McKean • CLE	3.2
8.	Lyons • PHA	2.9
9.	Robinson • STL	2.6
10.	Pinkney • BRO	2.4

Extra Base Hits
1.	Reilly • CIN	55
2.	Stovey • PHA	54
3.	Burns • 2TM	48
4.	Larkin • PHA	47
5.	Collins • 2TM	45
6.	McKean • CLE	42
7.	Wolf • LOU	39
	O'Neill • STL	39
9.	Foutz • BRO	36
10.	Tucker • BAL	35
	O'Brien • BRO	35

Times On Base
1.	Pinkney • BRO	234
2.	Robinson • STL	233
3.	O'Neill • STL	225
4.	Stovey • PHA	217
	Welch • PHA	217
	Collins • 2TM	217
7.	Nicol • CIN	205
	McTamany • KCC	205
9.	Reilly • CIN	204
10.	Latham • STL	202

Offensive Win %
1.	O'Neill • STL	.798
2.	Reilly • CIN	.790
3.	Browning • LOU	.770
4.	Stovey • PHA	.765
5.	Collins • 2TM	.754
6.	Burns • 2TM	.727
7.	Lyons • PHA	.722
8.	McKean • CLE	.718
9.	Orr • BRO	.660
10.	Tucker • BAL	.653

Hit By Pitch
1.	Welch • PHA	29
2.	Faatz • CLE	21
3.	Tucker • BAL	18
	Reilly • CIN	18
5.	Mack • LOU	15
6.	Larkin • PHA	13
7.	Pinkney • BRO	12
	Robinson • STL	12
9.	McTamany • KCC	11
	Smith • LOU	11

Power-Speed #
1.	Reilly • CIN	22.4
2.	Stovey • PHA	16.3
3.	Comiskey • STL	11.1
4.	McKean • CLE	10.8
5.	Burns • 2TM	10.6
6.	Tucker • BAL	10.5
7.	Lyons • PHA	10.4
8.	Larkin • PHA	10.4
9.	O'Neill • STL	8.4
10.	Caruthers • BRO	8.2

AB per SO
1.	Bierbauer • PHA	41.2
2.	Corkhill • 2TM	29.5
3.	Burns • 2TM	26.5
4.	Orr • BRO	26.3
5.	Pinkney • BRO	26.1
6.	Nicol • CIN	23.8
7.	McCarthy • STL	23.2
8.	Foutz • BRO	20.9
9.	Larkin • PHA	19.5
10.	O'Neill • STL	18.9

AB per HR
1.	Reilly • CIN	40.5
2.	Stovey • PHA	58.9
3.	Caruthers • BRO	67.0
4.	Lyons • PHA	76.0
5.	Larkin • PHA	78.0
6.	Tucker • BAL	86.7
7.	Burns • 2TM	88.2
8.	McKean • CLE	91.3
9.	Comiskey • STL	96.0
10.	Farrell • BAL	99.5

Outs Made
1.	Pinkney • BRO	419
	Comiskey • STL	419
	Latham • STL	419
4.	Nicol • CIN	417
5.	Shindle • BAL	407
	Foutz • BRO	407
7.	Carpenter • CIN	404
8.	Griffin • BAL	403
9.	Lyons • STL	402
10.	Corkhill • 2TM	401

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements