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1887 National League Batting Leaders
1886 NL
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1888 NL
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1887 AA
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1887 MLB
Batting Leaders
NL Batting Leaders
Glossary
Batting Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Thompson
(DTN)
.372
2.
Anson
(CHC)
.347
3.
Brouthers
(DTN)
.338
4.
Ward
(NYG)
.338
5.
Wise
(BSN)
.334
6.
Richardson
(DTN)
.328
7.
Carroll
(PIT)
.328
8.
Andrews
(PHI)
.325
9.
Denny
(IND)
.324
10.
Kelly
(BSN)
.322
On-Base%
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(DTN)
.426
2.
Anson
(CHC)
.422
3.
Thompson
(DTN)
.416
4.
Schomberg
(IND)
.397
5.
Kelly
(BSN)
.393
6.
Connor
(NYG)
.392
7.
Wise
(BSN)
.390
8.
Carroll
(PIT)
.383
9.
Hines
(WHS)
.380
10.
Williamson
(CHC)
.377
Slugging %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Thompson
(DTN)
.571
2.
Brouthers
(DTN)
.562
3.
Connor
(NYG)
.541
4.
Wise
(BSN)
.522
5.
Anson
(CHC)
.517
6.
Denny
(IND)
.502
7.
Carroll
(PIT)
.499
8.
Wood
(PHI)
.497
9.
Ewing
(NYG)
.497
10.
O'Brien
(WHS)
.492
On-Base Plus Slugging
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(DTN)
.988
2.
Thompson
(DTN)
.987
3.
Anson
(CHC)
.939
4.
Connor
(NYG)
.933
5.
Wise
(BSN)
.913
6.
Carroll
(PIT)
.882
7.
Kelly
(BSN)
.880
8.
Ewing
(NYG)
.867
9.
Schomberg
(IND)
.860
10.
Richardson
(DTN)
.851
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ward
(NYG)
129
2.
Johnston
(BSN)
127
Williamson
(CHC)
127
Thompson
(DTN)
127
Connor
(NYG)
127
Morrill
(BSN)
127
7.
Fogarty
(PHI)
126
Ryan
(CHC)
126
9.
Rowe
(DTN)
124
10.
Hines
(WHS)
123
Brouthers
(DTN)
123
Pfeffer
(CHC)
123
At Bats
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Thompson
(DTN)
545
Ward
(NYG)
545
3.
Richardson
(DTN)
543
4.
Rowe
(DTN)
537
5.
Denny
(IND)
510
6.
Ryan
(CHC)
508
7.
Johnston
(BSN)
507
8.
Morrill
(BSN)
504
9.
Brouthers
(DTN)
500
10.
Fogarty
(PHI)
495
Plate Appearances
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fogarty
(PHI)
587
2.
Thompson
(DTN)
586
3.
Rowe
(DTN)
579
4.
Ward
(NYG)
578
5.
Brouthers
(DTN)
577
6.
Richardson
(DTN)
576
7.
Ryan
(CHC)
567
8.
Connor
(NYG)
554
9.
Morrill
(BSN)
542
10.
Kelly
(BSN)
540
Seery
(IND)
540
Runs Scored
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(DTN)
153
2.
Rowe
(DTN)
135
3.
Richardson
(DTN)
131
4.
Kelly
(BSN)
120
5.
Wood
(PHI)
118
Thompson
(DTN)
118
7.
Ryan
(CHC)
117
8.
Ward
(NYG)
114
9.
Connor
(NYG)
113
Fogarty
(PHI)
113
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Thompson
(DTN)
203
2.
Ward
(NYG)
184
3.
Richardson
(DTN)
178
4.
Rowe
(DTN)
171
5.
Brouthers
(DTN)
169
6.
Denny
(IND)
165
7.
Anson
(CHC)
164
8.
Kelly
(BSN)
156
Wise
(BSN)
156
10.
Andrews
(PHI)
151
Total Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Thompson
(DTN)
311
2.
Brouthers
(DTN)
281
3.
Richardson
(DTN)
263
4.
Denny
(IND)
256
5.
Connor
(NYG)
255
6.
Anson
(CHC)
244
Wise
(BSN)
244
Wood
(PHI)
244
9.
Rowe
(DTN)
239
10.
Kelly
(BSN)
236
Doubles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(DTN)
36
2.
Kelly
(BSN)
34
Denny
(IND)
34
4.
Anson
(CHC)
33
5.
Hines
(WHS)
32
Morrill
(BSN)
32
7.
Rowe
(DTN)
30
8.
Thompson
(DTN)
29
9.
Wise
(BSN)
27
10.
Connor
(NYG)
26
Fogarty
(PHI)
26
Triples
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Thompson
(DTN)
23
2.
Connor
(NYG)
22
3.
Brouthers
(DTN)
20
Johnston
(BSN)
20
5.
Wood
(PHI)
19
6.
Richardson
(DTN)
18
7.
Wise
(BSN)
17
8.
Schomberg
(IND)
16
Sullivan
(CHC)
16
10.
Kuehne
(PIT)
15
Seery
(IND)
15
Carroll
(PIT)
15
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
O'Brien
(WHS)
19
2.
Connor
(NYG)
17
3.
Pfeffer
(CHC)
16
4.
Wood
(PHI)
14
5.
Brouthers
(DTN)
12
Morrill
(BSN)
12
7.
Ryan
(CHC)
11
Thompson
(DTN)
11
Denny
(IND)
11
10.
Tiernan
(NYG)
10
Hines
(WHS)
10
Runs Batted In
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Thompson
(DTN)
166
2.
Connor
(NYG)
104
3.
Anson
(CHC)
102
4.
Brouthers
(DTN)
101
5.
Denny
(IND)
97
6.
Rowe
(DTN)
96
7.
Nash
(BSN)
94
Richardson
(DTN)
94
9.
Wise
(BSN)
92
10.
Pfeffer
(CHC)
89
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fogarty
(PHI)
82
2.
Connor
(NYG)
75
3.
Williamson
(CHC)
73
4.
Brouthers
(DTN)
71
Seery
(IND)
71
6.
Nash
(BSN)
60
Anson
(CHC)
60
8.
Schomberg
(IND)
56
9.
Kelly
(BSN)
55
Whitney
(PIT)
55
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morrill
(BSN)
86
2.
Seery
(IND)
68
3.
Brown
(TOT)
65
4.
Williamson
(CHC)
57
5.
Sullivan
(CHC)
53
6.
Wood
(PHI)
51
7.
Connor
(NYG)
50
8.
Smith
(PIT)
48
9.
Galvin
(PIT)
47
10.
Gilmore
(WHS)
46
Stolen Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ward
(NYG)
111
2.
Fogarty
(PHI)
102
3.
Kelly
(BSN)
84
4.
Hanlon
(DTN)
69
5.
Glasscock
(IND)
62
6.
Pfeffer
(CHC)
57
Andrews
(PHI)
57
8.
Johnston
(BSN)
52
9.
Ryan
(CHC)
50
10.
Seery
(IND)
48
Singles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ward
(NYG)
162
2.
Thompson
(DTN)
140
3.
Richardson
(DTN)
127
4.
Rowe
(DTN)
125
5.
Andrews
(PHI)
121
6.
Glasscock
(IND)
117
7.
Gore
(NYG)
111
Anson
(CHC)
111
9.
Denny
(IND)
108
10.
Mulvey
(PHI)
107
Adjusted OPS+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(DTN)
168
2.
Thompson
(DTN)
167
3.
Connor
(NYG)
161
4.
Wise
(BSN)
153
5.
Carroll
(PIT)
150
6.
Anson
(CHC)
146
7.
Kelly
(BSN)
145
8.
Ewing
(NYG)
143
9.
Schomberg
(IND)
142
10.
Hines
(WHS)
136
Runs Created
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Thompson
(DTN)
127
2.
Brouthers
(DTN)
118
3.
Anson
(CHC)
103
4.
Connor
(NYG)
98
5.
Richardson
(DTN)
96
6.
Wise
(BSN)
93
7.
Kelly
(BSN)
92
8.
Denny
(IND)
87
Rowe
(DTN)
87
10.
Wood
(PHI)
84
Adj. Batting Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(DTN)
49
2.
Thompson
(DTN)
48
3.
Connor
(NYG)
40
4.
Anson
(CHC)
33
5.
Wise
(BSN)
33
6.
Kelly
(BSN)
31
7.
Carroll
(PIT)
28
8.
Hines
(WHS)
26
9.
Schomberg
(IND)
26
10.
Denny
(IND)
22
Adj. Batting Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(DTN)
4.8
2.
Thompson
(DTN)
4.7
3.
Connor
(NYG)
3.9
4.
Anson
(CHC)
3.3
5.
Wise
(BSN)
3.2
6.
Kelly
(BSN)
3.1
7.
Carroll
(PIT)
2.8
8.
Hines
(WHS)
2.5
9.
Schomberg
(IND)
2.5
10.
Denny
(IND)
2.2
Extra Base Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(DTN)
68
2.
Connor
(NYG)
65
3.
Thompson
(DTN)
63
4.
Denny
(IND)
57
5.
Wood
(PHI)
55
6.
Kelly
(BSN)
53
Wise
(BSN)
53
Anson
(CHC)
53
9.
Richardson
(DTN)
51
10.
Morrill
(BSN)
50
Times On Base
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(DTN)
246
2.
Thompson
(DTN)
244
3.
Anson
(CHC)
225
4.
Fogarty
(PHI)
221
5.
Ward
(NYG)
217
Connor
(NYG)
217
7.
Rowe
(DTN)
213
8.
Kelly
(BSN)
212
9.
Richardson
(DTN)
211
10.
Ryan
(CHC)
204
Offensive Win %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Thompson
(DTN)
.808
2.
Brouthers
(DTN)
.796
3.
Anson
(CHC)
.776
4.
Wise
(BSN)
.739
5.
Connor
(NYG)
.729
6.
Carroll
(PIT)
.719
7.
Kelly
(BSN)
.716
8.
Richardson
(DTN)
.691
9.
Ewing
(NYG)
.690
10.
Schomberg
(IND)
.690
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Smith
(PIT)
13
2.
Farrar
(PHI)
10
Glasscock
(IND)
10
Fogarty
(PHI)
10
5.
Thompson
(DTN)
9
White
(DTN)
9
Carroll
(WHS)
9
8.
Connor
(NYG)
8
Hines
(WHS)
8
10.
Gore
(NYG)
7
Wise
(BSN)
7
Power-Speed #
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Pfeffer
(CHC)
25.0
2.
Connor
(NYG)
24.4
3.
Ryan
(CHC)
18.0
4.
Brouthers
(DTN)
17.7
5.
Hines
(WHS)
16.4
6.
Wood
(PHI)
16.1
7.
Denny
(IND)
16.0
8.
Williamson
(CHC)
15.0
9.
Wise
(BSN)
14.9
10.
Fogarty
(PHI)
14.8
AB per SO
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Glasscock
(IND)
60.4
2.
Brouthers
(DTN)
55.6
3.
Sutton
(BSN)
54.3
4.
Rowe
(DTN)
48.8
5.
Ward
(NYG)
45.4
6.
O'Rourke
(NYG)
36.1
7.
Mulvey
(PHI)
33.9
8.
White
(DTN)
29.9
9.
Thompson
(DTN)
28.7
10.
Farrell
(WHS)
28.3
AB per HR
s
c
a
p
y
1.
O'Brien
(WHS)
23.8
2.
Connor
(NYG)
27.7
3.
Pfeffer
(CHC)
29.9
4.
Wood
(PHI)
35.1
5.
Tiernan
(NYG)
40.7
6.
Brouthers
(DTN)
41.7
7.
Morrill
(BSN)
42.0
8.
Ryan
(CHC)
46.2
9.
Denny
(IND)
46.4
10.
Hines
(WHS)
47.8
Outs Made
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Johnston
(BSN)
376
2.
Rowe
(DTN)
366
Fogarty
(PHI)
366
4.
Richardson
(DTN)
365
5.
Morrill
(BSN)
363
Ryan
(CHC)
363
7.
Ward
(NYG)
361
Seery
(IND)
361
9.
Smith
(PIT)
358
10.
Wood
(PHI)
349
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