1898 Western League Batting Leaders

Classification: A

Overall: 548 games, 8 teams, approx. 137 games in season

Attendance: 785,000 (1,432/game)

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League Player Batting

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Minimum 137 AB's to appear on leaderboard

League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	BA	SLG	TB	SH
1	Jimmy Slagle	24	KCY	A	133	545	137	206	22	17	2	41	.378	.492	268	6
2	Jimmy Williams	21	KCY	A	139	536	113	184	35	11	8	22	.343	.494	265	14
3	Sam Dungan?	31	DTR	A	131	532	88	173	13	20	3	15	.325	.442	235	18
4	Bob Glenalvin	31	STP	A	131	515	102	167	23	8	4	24	.324	.423	218	36
5	Dick Buckley	39	CLB	A	93	331	53	105	21	7	1	9	.317	.432	143	18
6	Charlie Frisbee	24	KCY	A	138	549	104	173	14	10	1	28	.315	.383	210	32
7	Harry Wolverton	24	CLB	A	133	546	94	172	31	14	3	19	.315	.440	240	14
8	John Ganzel	24	DTR	A	75	288	35	90	9	5	1	4	.313	.389	112	2
9	Frank Butler*	31	CLB	A	52	190	38	59	6	2	0	9	.311	.363	69	6
10	Walt Wilmot	34	MNE	A	44	174	42	54	5	2	0	16	.310	.362	63	6
11	Frank Motz?	28	INA	A	119	458	81	138	15	15	1	28	.301	.406	186	16
12	Jack Sharrott	28	DTR	A	62	245	58	73	7	9	1	11	.298	.412	101	0
13	Jesse Hoffmeister	21	INA	A	64	249	43	74	14	3	1	7	.297	.390	97	7
14	George Tebeau	36	CLB	A	125	464	90	137	20	13	4	31	.295	.420	195	18
15	Herm McFarland	28	INA	A	102	410	93	120	16	11	7	25	.293	.437	179	7
16	Phil Geier	21	STP	A	125	463	110	135	7	12	5	38	.292	.391	181	10
17	Parke Wilson	30	KCY	A	126	468	76	136	14	2	1	23	.291	.336	157	12
18	Pat Dillard	25	DTR	A	117	474	68	137	11	20	3	12	.289	.416	197	6
19	Tom Daly	32	MLW	A	139	521	111	150	25	7	9	52	.288	.415	216	21
20	Tom Letcher?	30	MNE	A	141	584	86	168	25	12	3	15	.288	.387	226	11
21	Leon Wolters?	29	CLB	A	49	153	17	44	8	2	0	3	.288	.366	56	2
22	Jack Taylor	24	MLW	A	52	164	32	47	9	6	4	2	.287	.488	80	2
23	Hunkey Hines	30	DTR	A	82	342	40	97	14	4	0	15	.284	.348	119	5
24	Farmer Weaver?	33	MLW	A	133	538	75	152	24	2	1	38	.283	.340	183	15
25	Hal O'Hagan	28	KCY	A	126	488	84	137	17	4	1	23	.281	.338	165	14
26	Charlie Frank*	28	CLB	A	130	485	97	135	13	14		15	.278			10
27	George Shoch	39	MLW	A	118	435	72	121	21	4	0	20	.278	.345	150	16
28	Frank Connaughton	29	KCY	A	106	434	83	120	11	6	1	20	.277	.336	146	15
29	Billy Hulen*	28	CLB	A	128	497	105	137	14	5	5	33	.276	.354	176	17
30	Charles Rice?	--	MNE	A	89	301	62	83	7	6	0	21	.276	.339	102	3
31	Billy Sullivan	23	CLB	A	68	257	33	71	7	5	2	4	.276	.366	94	4
32	Robert Stafford?	26	MLW	A	139	498	92	134	20	11	10	27	.269	.414	206	6
33	Pat Wright	29	OMA	A	71	246	37	66	7	4	3	9	.268	.366	90	1
34	Jack Glasscock	40	STP	A	120	475	70	125	15	3	0	27	.263	.307	146	9
35	George Hogreiver	29	INA	A	128	509	115	134	16	6	1	46	.263	.324	165	16
36	George Nicol*	27	MLW	A	103	437	72	115	7	5	2	37	.263	.316	138	11
37	Irv Waldron	26	MLW	A	137	510	100	132	12	5	7	50	.259	.343	175	12
38	Doc Andrews	24	MNE,OMA	A	45	181	29	46	8	2	1	5	.254	.337	61	1
39	Mattie McVicker	28	KCY	A	134	504	84	128	17	7	2	15	.254	.327	165	4
40	Frank Shugart	31	STP	A	139	527	89	134	20	7	12	30	.254	.387	204	8
41	George Carey	27	MNE	A	107	420	64	106	22	8	5	6	.252	.379	159	9
42	Frank Genins	31	CLB	A	133	535	91	135	22	5	0	29	.252	.312	167	15
43	Deacon Phillippe	26	MNE	A	59	167	14	42	5	2	0	1	.252	.305	51	1
44	Ace Stewart	29	INA	A	132	523	70	131	14	5	5	24	.251	.325	170	31
45	Tom Thomas	24	DTR	A	44	144	14	36	3	1	0	0	.250	.285	41	1
46	William Clancy?	--	DTR	A	51	197	22	49	3	0	0	8	.249	.264	52	9
47	Mike Kahoe	24	INA	A	106	377	49	94	12	11	1	13	.249	.348	131	11
48	Harry Spies	32	STP	A	135	485	65	120	20	5	3	17	.247	.328	159	8
49	Sam Gillen?	30	STP	A	136	496	76	122	18	9	3	19	.246	.337	167	10
50	Ollie Pickering	28	OMA	A	93	371	52	91	5	1	1	25	.245	.272	101	4
51	Kid Elberfeld	23	DTR	A	58	202	33	48	5	3	1	8	.238	.307	62	10
52	Bob Allen	30	INA	A	124	435	64	103	14	10	1	13	.237	.322	140	12
53	Ed Lynch?	--	INA	A	61	213	30	50	7	4	0	7	.235	.305	65	3
54	Bill Phyle	23	STP	A	62	158	20	37	3	2	0	0	.234	.279	44	1
55	Dale Gear	26	KCY	A	53	173	25	40	7	4	2	1	.231	.353	61	2
56	Rony Viox?	28	KCY	A	138	487	69	112	15	7	1	25	.230	.296	144	12
57	George Speer?	26	MLW	A	126	443	53	101	10	4	0	12	.228	.269	119	15
58	Fred Roat	30	OMA	A	135	529	53	118	15	5	1	2	.223	.276	146	12
59	George Flynn?	27	INA	A	80	268	47	59	8	4	1	20	.220	.291	78	7
60	Roger Denzer	26	STP	A	47	146	14	32	7	2	0	1	.219	.295	43	7
61	Ed Lewee?	25	MLW	A	139	481	52	105	10	7	1	13	.218	.274	132	15
62	Pat McCauley	28	OMA	A	113	395	85	85	4	2	0	24	.215	.235	93	2
63	Eddie Dixon?	29	MNE	A	100	337	49	72	15	2	5	6	.214	.315	106	7
64	Fred Barnes?	29	MLW	A	59	195	24	41	12	3	0	8	.210	.303	59	3
65	Fritz Buelow	22	DTR	A	44	165	16	34	6	4	0	2	.206	.291	48	2
66	Deacon Van Buren	27	OMA	A	40	143	16	29	2	0	0	8	.203	.217	31	2
67	Eddie Hickey?	25	INA	A	50	179	24	34	3	2	0	2	.190	.229	41	4
68	George Stallings	30	DTR	A	72	245	27	46	6	2	1	10	.188	.241	59	2
69	Hugh McNeeley?	22	MNE	A	52	166	15	27	3	2	0	3	.163	.205	34	4
70	Bumpus Jones	28	CLB	A	48	137	22	20	3	2	0	2	.146	.197	27	3