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1881 Major League Baseball Batting Leaders
1880 MLB
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1882 MLB
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1881 NL
Batting Leaders
MLB Batting Leaders
Glossary
Batting Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
.399
2.
Powell
(DTN)
.338
3.
Rowe
(BUF)
.333
4.
Start
(PRO)
.328
5.
Dunlap
(CLV)
.325
6.
Dalrymple
(CHC)
.323
7.
Kelly
(CHC)
.323
8.
Brouthers
(BUF)
.319
9.
Dickerson
(WOR)
.316
10.
Flint
(CHC)
.310
On-Base%
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
.442
2.
Powell
(DTN)
.380
3.
York
(PRO)
.362
4.
Brouthers
(BUF)
.361
5.
Dunlap
(CLV)
.358
6.
Gore
(CHC)
.354
7.
Kelly
(CHC)
.352
8.
O'Rourke
(BUF)
.352
9.
Dalrymple
(CHC)
.350
10.
Hotaling
(WOR)
.346
Slugging %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(BUF)
.541
2.
Anson
(CHC)
.510
3.
Rowe
(BUF)
.480
4.
Bennett
(DTN)
.478
5.
Dunlap
(CLV)
.444
6.
Kelly
(CHC)
.433
7.
Powell
(DTN)
.429
8.
York
(PRO)
.427
9.
Gore
(CHC)
.424
10.
Wood
(DTN)
.421
On-Base Plus Slugging
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
.952
2.
Brouthers
(BUF)
.902
3.
Bennett
(DTN)
.819
4.
Rowe
(BUF)
.816
5.
Powell
(DTN)
.810
6.
Dunlap
(CLV)
.802
7.
York
(PRO)
.790
8.
Kelly
(CHC)
.786
9.
Gore
(CHC)
.778
10.
Dalrymple
(CHC)
.764
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ferguson
(TRO)
85
Cassidy
(TRO)
85
Hankinson
(TRO)
85
Ward
(PRO)
85
Connor
(TRO)
85
Phillips
(CLV)
85
Glasscock
(CLV)
85
Denny
(PRO)
85
Shaffer
(CLV)
85
York
(PRO)
85
At Bats
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Foley
(BUF)
375
2.
Cassidy
(TRO)
370
3.
Dickerson
(WOR)
367
Connor
(TRO)
367
5.
Dalrymple
(CHC)
362
6.
Hines
(PRO)
361
7.
Phillips
(CLV)
357
Ward
(PRO)
357
9.
Kelly
(CHC)
353
10.
Dunlap
(CLV)
351
Plate Appearances
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cassidy
(TRO)
388
2.
Connor
(TRO)
382
Foley
(BUF)
382
4.
Dalrymple
(CHC)
377
5.
Dickerson
(WOR)
375
O'Rourke
(BUF)
375
7.
Farrell
(PRO)
374
Hines
(PRO)
374
9.
Anson
(CHC)
369
Dunlap
(CLV)
369
Kelly
(CHC)
369
Runs Scored
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Gore
(CHC)
86
2.
Kelly
(CHC)
84
3.
Dalrymple
(CHC)
72
4.
O'Rourke
(BUF)
71
5.
Farrell
(PRO)
69
6.
Knight
(DTN)
67
Anson
(CHC)
67
8.
Hines
(PRO)
65
9.
Hanlon
(DTN)
63
10.
Richardson
(BUF)
62
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
137
2.
Dalrymple
(CHC)
117
3.
Dickerson
(WOR)
116
4.
Start
(PRO)
114
Dunlap
(CLV)
114
Kelly
(CHC)
114
7.
Connor
(TRO)
107
8.
O'Rourke
(BUF)
105
9.
Hines
(PRO)
103
10.
Wood
(DTN)
100
Richardson
(BUF)
100
Total Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
175
2.
Dunlap
(CLV)
156
3.
Kelly
(CHC)
153
4.
Dalrymple
(CHC)
150
5.
Dickerson
(WOR)
149
6.
Hines
(PRO)
146
Brouthers
(BUF)
146
8.
Bennett
(DTN)
143
9.
Richardson
(BUF)
142
Connor
(TRO)
142
Wood
(DTN)
142
Doubles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hines
(PRO)
27
Kelly
(CHC)
27
3.
Dunlap
(CLV)
25
Stovey
(WOR)
25
5.
White
(BUF)
24
6.
York
(PRO)
23
7.
Dalrymple
(CHC)
22
8.
Anson
(CHC)
21
O'Rourke
(BUF)
21
10.
Foley
(BUF)
20
Burns
(CHC)
20
Triples
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Rowe
(BUF)
11
2.
Phillips
(CLV)
10
3.
Brouthers
(BUF)
9
Richardson
(BUF)
9
Gore
(CHC)
9
Wood
(DTN)
9
7.
Hanlon
(DTN)
8
Hornung
(BSN)
8
9.
Bennett
(DTN)
7
Stovey
(WOR)
7
Ewing
(TRO)
7
Anson
(CHC)
7
O'Rourke
(BUF)
7
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(BUF)
8
2.
Bennett
(DTN)
7
3.
Farrell
(PRO)
5
4.
Burns
(CHC)
4
5.
Brown
(TOT)
3
Dunlap
(CLV)
3
7.
Richardson
(BUF)
2
Carpenter
(WOR)
2
Hornung
(BSN)
2
Stovey
(WOR)
2
Connor
(TRO)
2
Kelly
(CHC)
2
Hines
(PRO)
2
York
(PRO)
2
Bradley
(TOT)
2
Hanlon
(DTN)
2
Wood
(DTN)
2
Runs Batted In
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
82
2.
Bennett
(DTN)
64
3.
Kelly
(CHC)
55
4.
Richardson
(BUF)
53
White
(BUF)
53
Ward
(PRO)
53
7.
Knight
(DTN)
52
8.
Williamson
(CHC)
48
9.
York
(PRO)
47
10.
Brouthers
(BUF)
45
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Clapp
(CLV)
35
2.
Farrell
(PRO)
29
York
(PRO)
29
Ferguson
(TRO)
29
5.
Gore
(CHC)
27
O'Rourke
(BUF)
27
7.
Anson
(CHC)
26
8.
Shaffer
(CLV)
23
Knight
(DTN)
23
10.
Hanlon
(DTN)
22
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Galvin
(BUF)
70
2.
Denny
(PRO)
44
3.
Hankinson
(TRO)
41
4.
Flint
(CHC)
39
5.
Bennett
(DTN)
37
6.
Wood
(DTN)
32
7.
Gerhardt
(DTN)
31
Remsen
(CLV)
31
9.
Morrill
(BSN)
30
Evans
(TRO)
30
Singles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
108
2.
Start
(PRO)
96
3.
Dickerson
(WOR)
91
4.
Dalrymple
(CHC)
90
5.
Kelly
(CHC)
82
Connor
(TRO)
82
Dunlap
(CLV)
82
8.
Sutton
(BSN)
81
9.
Hotaling
(WOR)
79
Gillespie
(TRO)
79
Adjusted OPS+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
191
2.
Brouthers
(BUF)
179
3.
Dunlap
(CLV)
155
4.
Rowe
(BUF)
153
5.
Bennett
(DTN)
149
6.
Powell
(DTN)
148
7.
York
(PRO)
148
8.
Kelly
(CHC)
139
9.
Gore
(CHC)
137
10.
O'Rourke
(BUF)
136
Runs Created
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
77
2.
Dunlap
(CLV)
56
3.
Kelly
(CHC)
54
4.
Dalrymple
(CHC)
53
Brouthers
(BUF)
53
6.
O'Rourke
(BUF)
49
Dickerson
(WOR)
49
Bennett
(DTN)
49
York
(PRO)
49
10.
Start
(PRO)
48
Adj. Batting Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
37
2.
Brouthers
(BUF)
24
3.
Dunlap
(CLV)
22
4.
York
(PRO)
19
5.
Bennett
(DTN)
17
6.
Kelly
(CHC)
17
7.
O'Rourke
(BUF)
15
8.
Dalrymple
(CHC)
14
9.
Gore
(CHC)
14
10.
Rowe
(BUF)
13
Adj. Batting Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
4.0
2.
Brouthers
(BUF)
2.6
3.
Dunlap
(CLV)
2.4
4.
York
(PRO)
2.1
5.
Bennett
(DTN)
1.8
6.
Kelly
(CHC)
1.8
7.
O'Rourke
(BUF)
1.7
8.
Dalrymple
(CHC)
1.6
9.
Gore
(CHC)
1.5
10.
Rowe
(BUF)
1.4
Extra Base Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(BUF)
35
2.
Hines
(PRO)
34
Stovey
(WOR)
34
4.
Dunlap
(CLV)
32
Kelly
(CHC)
32
Bennett
(DTN)
32
7.
York
(PRO)
30
8.
Wood
(DTN)
29
Richardson
(BUF)
29
Phillips
(CLV)
29
Anson
(CHC)
29
Times On Base
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
163
2.
O'Rourke
(BUF)
132
Dunlap
(CLV)
132
Dalrymple
(CHC)
132
5.
Kelly
(CHC)
130
6.
York
(PRO)
125
Ferguson
(TRO)
125
8.
Dickerson
(WOR)
124
9.
Start
(PRO)
123
10.
Connor
(TRO)
122
Offensive Win %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
.862
2.
Brouthers
(BUF)
.794
3.
Powell
(DTN)
.746
4.
Rowe
(BUF)
.740
5.
Dunlap
(CLV)
.729
6.
Bennett
(DTN)
.726
7.
Kelly
(CHC)
.712
8.
York
(PRO)
.707
9.
Dalrymple
(CHC)
.696
10.
Gore
(CHC)
.687
AB per SO
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
85.8
2.
Dorgan
(TOT)
63.5
3.
Irwin
(WOR)
51.5
4.
Houck
(DTN)
51.3
5.
Start
(PRO)
49.7
6.
Dickerson
(WOR)
45.9
7.
Clapp
(CLV)
43.5
8.
Glasscock
(CLV)
41.9
9.
White
(BUF)
39.9
10.
Sutton
(BSN)
37.0
AB per HR
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(BUF)
33.8
2.
Bennett
(DTN)
42.7
3.
Farrell
(PRO)
69.0
4.
Burns
(CHC)
85.5
5.
Dunlap
(CLV)
117.0
6.
Bradley
(TOT)
122.5
7.
Hanlon
(DTN)
152.5
8.
York
(PRO)
158.0
9.
Hornung
(BSN)
162.0
10.
Wood
(DTN)
168.5
Outs Made
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cassidy
(TRO)
288
2.
Foley
(BUF)
279
3.
Carpenter
(WOR)
272
4.
Ward
(PRO)
270
5.
Farrell
(PRO)
263
6.
Connor
(TRO)
260
Phillips
(CLV)
260
8.
Hankinson
(TRO)
259
9.
Hines
(PRO)
258
10.
Shaffer
(CLV)
255
1880 MLB
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1882 MLB
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1881 NL
Batting Leaders