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1888 National League Batting Leaders
1887 NL
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1889 NL
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1888 AA
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1888 MLB
Batting Leaders
NL Batting Leaders
Glossary
Batting Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
.344
2.
Ryan
(CHC)
.332
3.
Kelly
(BSN)
.318
4.
Brouthers
(DTN)
.307
5.
Ewing
(NYG)
.306
6.
White
(DTN)
.298
7.
Johnston
(BSN)
.296
8.
Tiernan
(NYG)
.293
9.
Connor
(NYG)
.291
10.
Nash
(BSN)
.283
On-Base%
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
.400
2.
Brouthers
(DTN)
.399
3.
Connor
(NYG)
.389
4.
Ryan
(CHC)
.377
5.
Hoy
(WHS)
.374
6.
Kelly
(BSN)
.368
7.
Tiernan
(NYG)
.364
8.
Williamson
(CHC)
.352
9.
Nash
(BSN)
.350
10.
Ewing
(NYG)
.348
Slugging %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ryan
(CHC)
.515
2.
Anson
(CHC)
.499
3.
Connor
(NYG)
.480
4.
Kelly
(BSN)
.480
5.
Johnston
(BSN)
.472
6.
Ewing
(NYG)
.465
7.
Brouthers
(DTN)
.464
8.
Tiernan
(NYG)
.427
9.
Denny
(IND)
.408
10.
Nash
(BSN)
.397
On-Base Plus Slugging
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
.899
2.
Ryan
(CHC)
.892
3.
Connor
(NYG)
.869
4.
Brouthers
(DTN)
.862
5.
Kelly
(BSN)
.848
6.
Ewing
(NYG)
.813
7.
Tiernan
(NYG)
.790
8.
Johnston
(BSN)
.786
9.
Nash
(BSN)
.747
10.
Williamson
(CHC)
.737
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kuehne
(PIT)
138
2.
Hoy
(WHS)
136
3.
Johnston
(BSN)
135
Pfeffer
(CHC)
135
Morrill
(BSN)
135
Nash
(BSN)
135
Richardson
(NYG)
135
8.
Anson
(CHC)
134
Connor
(NYG)
134
Burns
(CHC)
134
At Bats
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Johnston
(BSN)
585
2.
Richardson
(NYG)
561
3.
Ryan
(CHC)
549
4.
Andrews
(PHI)
528
O'Brien
(WHS)
528
6.
White
(DTN)
527
7.
Nash
(BSN)
526
8.
Kuehne
(PIT)
524
Twitchell
(DTN)
524
Denny
(IND)
524
Plate Appearances
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(DTN)
602
2.
Johnston
(BSN)
601
3.
Ryan
(CHC)
589
4.
Hoy
(WHS)
583
5.
Nash
(BSN)
580
6.
Richardson
(NYG)
577
7.
Seery
(IND)
570
8.
Anson
(CHC)
563
9.
Hines
(IND)
562
10.
Connor
(NYG)
558
Runs Scored
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(DTN)
118
2.
Ryan
(CHC)
115
3.
Johnston
(BSN)
102
4.
Anson
(CHC)
101
5.
Connor
(NYG)
98
6.
Denny
(IND)
92
7.
Pfeffer
(CHC)
90
8.
Seery
(IND)
87
9.
Kelly
(BSN)
85
10.
Hines
(IND)
84
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ryan
(CHC)
182
2.
Anson
(CHC)
177
3.
Johnston
(BSN)
173
4.
Brouthers
(DTN)
160
5.
White
(DTN)
157
6.
Nash
(BSN)
149
7.
Hines
(IND)
144
8.
Connor
(NYG)
140
Kelly
(BSN)
140
10.
Hoy
(WHS)
138
Total Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ryan
(CHC)
283
2.
Johnston
(BSN)
276
3.
Anson
(CHC)
257
4.
Brouthers
(DTN)
242
5.
Connor
(NYG)
231
6.
Denny
(IND)
214
7.
Kelly
(BSN)
211
8.
Nash
(BSN)
209
9.
White
(DTN)
201
10.
Pfeffer
(CHC)
195
Doubles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(DTN)
33
Ryan
(CHC)
33
3.
Johnston
(BSN)
31
4.
Denny
(IND)
27
5.
Hines
(IND)
26
6.
Farrar
(PHI)
24
7.
White
(DTN)
22
Pfeffer
(CHC)
22
Kuehne
(PIT)
22
Kelly
(BSN)
22
Triples
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Johnston
(BSN)
18
2.
Connor
(NYG)
17
3.
Nash
(BSN)
15
Ewing
(NYG)
15
5.
Van Haltren
(CHC)
14
Williamson
(CHC)
14
7.
Wise
(BSN)
12
Anson
(CHC)
12
9.
Kelly
(BSN)
11
Brouthers
(DTN)
11
Kuehne
(PIT)
11
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ryan
(CHC)
16
2.
Connor
(NYG)
14
3.
Denny
(IND)
12
Johnston
(BSN)
12
Anson
(CHC)
12
6.
Brouthers
(DTN)
9
Kelly
(BSN)
9
O'Brien
(WHS)
9
Brown
(BSN)
9
Tiernan
(NYG)
9
Runs Batted In
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
84
2.
Nash
(BSN)
75
3.
Rowe
(DTN)
74
4.
Williamson
(CHC)
73
5.
White
(DTN)
71
Kelly
(BSN)
71
Connor
(NYG)
71
8.
Burns
(CHC)
70
9.
Johnston
(BSN)
68
10.
Twitchell
(DTN)
67
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Connor
(NYG)
73
2.
Hoy
(WHS)
69
3.
Brouthers
(DTN)
68
4.
Williamson
(CHC)
65
5.
Seery
(IND)
64
6.
Morrill
(BSN)
55
7.
Fogarty
(PHI)
53
8.
Nash
(BSN)
50
9.
Anson
(CHC)
47
10.
Tiernan
(NYG)
42
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Denny
(IND)
79
2.
Smith
(PIT)
78
3.
Seery
(IND)
73
4.
Williamson
(CHC)
71
5.
O'Brien
(WHS)
70
6.
Brown
(BSN)
68
Kuehne
(PIT)
68
Morrill
(BSN)
68
9.
Wise
(BSN)
66
Fogarty
(PHI)
66
Stolen Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hoy
(WHS)
82
2.
Seery
(IND)
80
3.
Sunday
(PIT)
71
4.
Pfeffer
(CHC)
64
5.
Ryan
(CHC)
60
6.
Fogarty
(PHI)
58
7.
Kelly
(BSN)
56
8.
Ewing
(NYG)
53
9.
Tiernan
(NYG)
52
10.
McGeachey
(IND)
49
Singles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
133
2.
White
(DTN)
126
3.
Ryan
(CHC)
123
4.
Hoy
(WHS)
118
5.
Johnston
(BSN)
112
Nash
(BSN)
112
7.
Hines
(IND)
111
8.
Brouthers
(DTN)
107
Ward
(NYG)
107
10.
Andrews
(PHI)
105
Adjusted OPS+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Connor
(NYG)
176
2.
Anson
(CHC)
176
3.
Brouthers
(DTN)
174
4.
Ryan
(CHC)
174
5.
Kelly
(BSN)
164
6.
Ewing
(NYG)
158
7.
Tiernan
(NYG)
152
8.
Johnston
(BSN)
143
9.
Hoy
(WHS)
134
10.
Nash
(BSN)
133
Runs Created
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ryan
(CHC)
105
2.
Anson
(CHC)
102
3.
Brouthers
(DTN)
94
4.
Connor
(NYG)
89
5.
Johnston
(BSN)
86
6.
Kelly
(BSN)
77
7.
Nash
(BSN)
72
8.
Tiernan
(NYG)
67
9.
Ewing
(NYG)
66
10.
White
(DTN)
65
Adj. Batting Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(DTN)
48
2.
Ryan
(CHC)
47
3.
Anson
(CHC)
46
4.
Connor
(NYG)
44
5.
Kelly
(BSN)
32
6.
Tiernan
(NYG)
27
7.
Johnston
(BSN)
26
8.
Ewing
(NYG)
26
9.
Hoy
(WHS)
24
10.
Nash
(BSN)
21
Adj. Batting Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(DTN)
5.5
2.
Ryan
(CHC)
5.3
3.
Anson
(CHC)
5.2
4.
Connor
(NYG)
5.0
5.
Kelly
(BSN)
3.6
6.
Tiernan
(NYG)
3.1
7.
Johnston
(BSN)
3.0
8.
Ewing
(NYG)
2.9
9.
Hoy
(WHS)
2.7
10.
Nash
(BSN)
2.4
Extra Base Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Johnston
(BSN)
61
2.
Ryan
(CHC)
59
3.
Brouthers
(DTN)
53
4.
Connor
(NYG)
46
Denny
(IND)
46
6.
Anson
(CHC)
44
7.
Kelly
(BSN)
42
8.
Pfeffer
(CHC)
40
9.
Ewing
(NYG)
39
10.
Nash
(BSN)
37
Times On Base
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(DTN)
240
2.
Anson
(CHC)
225
3.
Ryan
(CHC)
222
4.
Hoy
(WHS)
218
5.
Connor
(NYG)
217
6.
Nash
(BSN)
203
7.
Hines
(IND)
193
8.
Johnston
(BSN)
189
9.
White
(DTN)
187
10.
Williamson
(CHC)
184
Offensive Win %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anson
(CHC)
.837
2.
Ryan
(CHC)
.824
3.
Connor
(NYG)
.798
4.
Brouthers
(DTN)
.796
5.
Kelly
(BSN)
.793
6.
Ewing
(NYG)
.757
7.
Tiernan
(NYG)
.733
8.
Johnston
(BSN)
.724
9.
Nash
(BSN)
.690
10.
Williamson
(CHC)
.659
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Farrar
(PHI)
13
2.
Brouthers
(DTN)
12
3.
Hoy
(WHS)
11
4.
Carroll
(PIT)
10
5.
Shoch
(WHS)
9
White
(DTN)
9
7.
Hines
(IND)
8
Mack
(WHS)
8
9.
Miller
(PIT)
7
Wood
(PHI)
7
Fogarty
(PHI)
7
Bastian
(PHI)
7
Tiernan
(NYG)
7
Glasscock
(IND)
7
Power-Speed #
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ryan
(CHC)
25.3
2.
Connor
(NYG)
18.4
3.
Johnston
(BSN)
17.9
4.
Denny
(IND)
17.5
5.
Anson
(CHC)
16.8
6.
Kelly
(BSN)
15.5
7.
Tiernan
(NYG)
15.3
8.
Brown
(BSN)
15.1
9.
Brouthers
(DTN)
14.2
10.
Pfeffer
(CHC)
14.2
AB per SO
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brouthers
(DTN)
40.2
2.
Ward
(NYG)
39.2
3.
Donnelly
(WHS)
26.8
4.
Glasscock
(IND)
26.0
5.
Ganzel
(DTN)
25.7
6.
Miller
(PIT)
25.3
7.
White
(DTN)
22.0
8.
McGeachey
(IND)
21.5
9.
Anson
(CHC)
21.5
10.
Johnston
(BSN)
17.7
AB per HR
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ryan
(CHC)
34.3
2.
Connor
(NYG)
34.4
3.
Anson
(CHC)
42.9
4.
Denny
(IND)
43.7
5.
Brown
(BSN)
46.7
6.
Johnston
(BSN)
48.8
7.
Kelly
(BSN)
48.9
8.
Tiernan
(NYG)
49.2
9.
Williamson
(CHC)
56.5
10.
Brouthers
(DTN)
58.0
Outs Made
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Richardson
(NYG)
434
2.
Johnston
(BSN)
412
3.
O'Brien
(WHS)
409
4.
Andrews
(PHI)
402
5.
Kuehne
(PIT)
401
6.
Myers
(WHS)
398
7.
Twitchell
(DTN)
396
8.
Seery
(IND)
390
Morrill
(BSN)
390
10.
Pfeffer
(CHC)
388
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