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1928 National League Batting Leaders
1927 NL
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1929 NL
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1928 AL
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1928 MLB
Batting Leaders
NL Batting Leaders
Glossary
Batting Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hornsby
(BSN)
.387
2.
Waner
(PIT)
.370
3.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
.358
4.
Sisler
(BSN)
.340
5.
Herman
(BRO)
.340
6.
Traynor
(PIT)
.337
7.
Richbourg
(BSN)
.337
8.
Hafey
(STL)
.337
9.
Waner
(PIT)
.335
10.
Hogan
(NYG)
.333
On-Base%
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hornsby
(BSN)
.498
2.
Waner
(PIT)
.446
3.
Grantham
(PIT)
.408
4.
Harper
(TOT)
.407
5.
Stephenson
(CHC)
.407
6.
Hogan
(NYG)
.406
7.
Hartnett
(CHC)
.404
8.
Wilson
(CHC)
.404
9.
Bottomley
(STL)
.402
10.
Richbourg
(BSN)
.399
Slugging %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hornsby
(BSN)
.632
2.
Bottomley
(STL)
.628
3.
Hafey
(STL)
.604
4.
Wilson
(CHC)
.588
5.
Waner
(PIT)
.547
6.
Bissonette
(BRO)
.543
7.
Ott
(NYG)
.524
8.
Hartnett
(CHC)
.523
9.
Terry
(NYG)
.518
10.
Herman
(BRO)
.514
On-Base Plus Slugging
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hornsby
(BSN)
1.130
2.
Bottomley
(STL)
1.030
3.
Wilson
(CHC)
.992
4.
Waner
(PIT)
.992
5.
Hafey
(STL)
.990
6.
Bissonette
(BRO)
.940
7.
Hartnett
(CHC)
.928
8.
Ott
(NYG)
.921
9.
Harper
(TOT)
.912
10.
Terry
(NYG)
.912
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bissonette
(BRO)
155
2.
Douthit
(STL)
154
3.
Bell
(BSN)
153
Critz
(CIN)
153
Lindstrom
(NYG)
153
6.
Thompson
(PHI)
152
Waner
(PIT)
152
Waner
(PIT)
152
9.
Whitney
(PHI)
151
10.
Jackson
(NYG)
150
At Bats
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Waner
(PIT)
659
2.
Douthit
(STL)
648
3.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
646
4.
Critz
(CIN)
641
5.
Thompson
(PHI)
634
6.
Richbourg
(BSN)
612
7.
Waner
(PIT)
602
8.
Bell
(BSN)
591
9.
Leach
(PHI)
588
10.
Bissonette
(BRO)
587
Plate Appearances
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Douthit
(STL)
752
2.
Waner
(PIT)
720
3.
Thompson
(PHI)
700
4.
Critz
(CIN)
698
5.
Waner
(PIT)
697
6.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
687
7.
Richbourg
(BSN)
685
8.
Bissonette
(BRO)
669
9.
Bottomley
(STL)
667
10.
Bell
(BSN)
656
Runs Scored
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Waner
(PIT)
142
2.
Bottomley
(STL)
123
3.
Waner
(PIT)
121
4.
Douthit
(STL)
111
5.
Frisch
(STL)
107
6.
Richbourg
(BSN)
105
7.
Hafey
(STL)
101
8.
Terry
(NYG)
100
9.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
99
Thompson
(PHI)
99
Hornsby
(BSN)
99
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
231
2.
Waner
(PIT)
223
3.
Waner
(PIT)
221
4.
Richbourg
(BSN)
206
5.
Traynor
(PIT)
192
6.
Douthit
(STL)
191
7.
Critz
(CIN)
190
8.
Bissonette
(BRO)
188
Hornsby
(BSN)
188
10.
Bottomley
(STL)
187
Total Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bottomley
(STL)
362
2.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
330
3.
Waner
(PIT)
329
4.
Bissonette
(BRO)
319
5.
Hafey
(STL)
314
6.
Hornsby
(BSN)
307
7.
Wilson
(CHC)
306
8.
Terry
(NYG)
294
9.
Waner
(PIT)
286
10.
Leach
(PHI)
276
Doubles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Waner
(PIT)
50
2.
Hafey
(STL)
46
3.
Hornsby
(BSN)
42
Bottomley
(STL)
42
5.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
39
6.
Traynor
(PIT)
38
7.
Herman
(BRO)
37
8.
Stephenson
(CHC)
36
Terry
(NYG)
36
Bell
(BSN)
36
Leach
(PHI)
36
Triples
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bottomley
(STL)
20
2.
Waner
(PIT)
19
3.
Waner
(PIT)
14
4.
Bressler
(BRO)
13
Bissonette
(BRO)
13
6.
Richbourg
(BSN)
12
Traynor
(PIT)
12
Walker
(CIN)
12
9.
Leach
(PHI)
11
Thompson
(PHI)
11
Terry
(NYG)
11
Critz
(CIN)
11
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wilson
(CHC)
31
Bottomley
(STL)
31
3.
Hafey
(STL)
27
4.
Bissonette
(BRO)
25
5.
Hornsby
(BSN)
21
6.
Hurst
(PHI)
19
Harper
(TOT)
19
8.
Ott
(NYG)
18
9.
Cuyler
(CHC)
17
Terry
(NYG)
17
Runs Batted In
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bottomley
(STL)
136
2.
Traynor
(PIT)
124
3.
Wilson
(CHC)
120
4.
Hafey
(STL)
111
5.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
107
6.
Bissonette
(BRO)
106
7.
Whitney
(PHI)
103
8.
Terry
(NYG)
101
9.
Leach
(PHI)
96
10.
Hornsby
(BSN)
94
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hornsby
(BSN)
107
2.
Douthit
(STL)
84
3.
Bressler
(BRO)
80
4.
Waner
(PIT)
77
Wilson
(CHC)
77
6.
Bottomley
(STL)
71
7.
Bissonette
(BRO)
70
8.
Stephenson
(CHC)
68
Hurst
(PHI)
68
10.
Hartnett
(CHC)
65
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wilson
(CHC)
94
2.
Bissonette
(BRO)
75
3.
Cuyler
(CHC)
61
4.
Beck
(CHC)
58
5.
Bottomley
(STL)
54
6.
Hafey
(STL)
53
Wright
(PIT)
53
Sothern
(PHI)
53
9.
Sand
(PHI)
47
10.
Jackson
(NYG)
46
Stolen Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cuyler
(CHC)
37
2.
Frisch
(STL)
29
3.
Walker
(CIN)
19
Thompson
(PHI)
19
5.
Carey
(BRO)
18
Critz
(CIN)
18
7.
Sothern
(PHI)
17
8.
Hendrick
(BRO)
16
9.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
15
10.
Zitzmann
(CIN)
13
Singles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Waner
(PIT)
180
2.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
169
3.
Richbourg
(BSN)
166
4.
Critz
(CIN)
153
5.
Douthit
(STL)
150
6.
Waner
(PIT)
148
7.
Traynor
(PIT)
139
8.
Thompson
(PHI)
134
9.
Sisler
(BSN)
133
10.
Adams
(PIT)
129
Adjusted OPS+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hornsby
(BSN)
200
2.
Bottomley
(STL)
163
3.
Wilson
(CHC)
158
4.
Waner
(PIT)
154
5.
Hafey
(STL)
153
6.
Bissonette
(BRO)
144
7.
Hartnett
(CHC)
142
8.
Ott
(NYG)
138
9.
Terry
(NYG)
135
10.
Herman
(BRO)
135
Runs Created
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hornsby
(BSN)
153
2.
Waner
(PIT)
145
3.
Bottomley
(STL)
144
4.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
126
5.
Bissonette
(BRO)
125
6.
Wilson
(CHC)
123
7.
Hafey
(STL)
121
8.
Terry
(NYG)
116
9.
Waner
(PIT)
107
10.
Richbourg
(BSN)
104
Adj. Batting Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hornsby
(BSN)
79
2.
Bottomley
(STL)
51
Waner
(PIT)
51
4.
Wilson
(CHC)
44
5.
Hafey
(STL)
38
6.
Bissonette
(BRO)
37
7.
Terry
(NYG)
29
8.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
27
9.
Stephenson
(CHC)
26
10.
Hartnett
(CHC)
25
Adj. Batting Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hornsby
(BSN)
7.4
2.
Bottomley
(STL)
4.9
Waner
(PIT)
4.9
4.
Wilson
(CHC)
4.2
5.
Hafey
(STL)
3.7
6.
Bissonette
(BRO)
3.6
7.
Terry
(NYG)
2.8
8.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
2.5
9.
Stephenson
(CHC)
2.5
10.
Hartnett
(CHC)
2.4
Extra Base Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bottomley
(STL)
93
2.
Hafey
(STL)
79
3.
Waner
(PIT)
75
4.
Wilson
(CHC)
72
5.
Hornsby
(BSN)
70
6.
Bissonette
(BRO)
68
7.
Terry
(NYG)
64
8.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
62
9.
Leach
(PHI)
60
10.
Jackson
(NYG)
55
Herman
(BRO)
55
Times On Base
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Waner
(PIT)
305
2.
Hornsby
(BSN)
296
3.
Douthit
(STL)
285
4.
Richbourg
(BSN)
270
5.
Waner
(PIT)
265
6.
Bissonette
(BRO)
262
7.
Bottomley
(STL)
261
8.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
258
9.
Terry
(NYG)
249
10.
Wilson
(CHC)
242
Offensive Win %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hornsby
(BSN)
.855
2.
Waner
(PIT)
.790
3.
Bottomley
(STL)
.777
4.
Hafey
(STL)
.753
5.
Wilson
(CHC)
.746
6.
Bissonette
(BRO)
.728
7.
Ott
(NYG)
.713
8.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
.712
9.
Hartnett
(CHC)
.711
10.
Terry
(NYG)
.707
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Douthit
(STL)
10
2.
Hogan
(NYG)
8
Welsh
(NYG)
8
4.
Cuyler
(CHC)
7
5.
Dressen
(CIN)
6
Bartell
(PIT)
6
7.
Waner
(PIT)
5
Farrell
(BSN)
5
Bressler
(BRO)
5
10.
Bissonette
(BRO)
4
Leach
(PHI)
4
Riconda
(BRO)
4
Brown
(BSN)
4
Tyson
(BRO)
4
Hargrave
(CIN)
4
Beck
(CHC)
4
Adams
(PIT)
4
Grantham
(PIT)
4
Waner
(PIT)
4
Sacrifice Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Traynor
(PIT)
42
2.
Maguire
(CHC)
37
3.
Jackson
(NYG)
33
4.
Grimm
(CHC)
28
5.
Walker
(CIN)
25
Bell
(BSN)
25
Hornsby
(BSN)
25
8.
Dressen
(CIN)
24
Wilson
(CHC)
24
Cuyler
(CHC)
24
Power-Speed #
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cuyler
(CHC)
23.3
2.
Bottomley
(STL)
15.1
3.
Frisch
(STL)
14.9
4.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
14.5
5.
Hendrick
(BRO)
13.0
6.
Hafey
(STL)
12.3
7.
Jackson
(NYG)
10.2
8.
Terry
(NYG)
9.9
9.
Grantham
(PIT)
9.5
10.
Walker
(CIN)
9.1
AB per SO
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Traynor
(PIT)
56.9
2.
Waner
(PIT)
50.7
3.
O'Doul
(NYG)
44.3
4.
Waner
(PIT)
37.6
5.
High
(STL)
36.8
6.
Sisler
(BSN)
32.7
7.
Frisch
(STL)
32.2
8.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
30.8
9.
Walker
(CIN)
30.5
10.
Adams
(PIT)
29.9
AB per HR
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wilson
(CHC)
16.8
2.
Harper
(TOT)
17.3
3.
Bottomley
(STL)
18.6
4.
Hafey
(STL)
19.3
5.
Hurst
(PHI)
20.8
6.
Hornsby
(BSN)
23.1
7.
Bissonette
(BRO)
23.5
8.
Ott
(NYG)
24.2
9.
Hartnett
(CHC)
27.7
10.
Cuyler
(CHC)
29.4
Outs Made
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Thompson
(PHI)
475
2.
Critz
(CIN)
471
3.
Douthit
(STL)
467
4.
Waner
(PIT)
455
5.
Bell
(BSN)
452
6.
Maguire
(CHC)
451
7.
Lindstrom
(NYG)
429
8.
Jackson
(NYG)
425
9.
Leach
(PHI)
424
10.
Whitney
(PHI)
423
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Batting Leaders