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Philadelphia Athletics Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Philadelphia Athletics Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Batting Average
Rank Player BA Year

Batting Average
Rank Player BA PA

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP Year

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP PA

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG Year

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG PA

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS Year

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS PA

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Davy Force 60 1876

George Hall 60 1876

3. Wes Fisler 59 1876

4. Lon Knight 55 1876

Levi Meyerle 55 1876

6. William Coon 54 1876

Ezra Sutton 54 1876

8. Dave Eggler 39 1876

9. George Zettlein 32 1876

10. Fergy Malone 22 1876

Games Played
Rank Player Games PA

1. Davy Force 60 289

George Hall 60 276

3. Wes Fisler 59 280

4. Lon Knight 55 242

Levi Meyerle 55 259

6. William Coon 54 222

Ezra Sutton 54 239

8. Dave Eggler 39 176

9. George Zettlein 32 128

10. Fergy Malone 22 96

At Bats
Rank Player AB Year

1. Davy Force 284 1876

2. Wes Fisler 278 1876

3. George Hall 268 1876

4. Levi Meyerle 256 1876

5. Lon Knight 240 1876

6. Ezra Sutton 236 1876

7. William Coon 220 1876

8. Dave Eggler 174 1876

9. George Zettlein 128 1876

10. Fergy Malone 96 1876

At Bats
Rank Player AB PA

1. Davy Force 284 289

2. Wes Fisler 278 280

3. George Hall 268 276

4. Levi Meyerle 256 259

5. Lon Knight 240 242

6. Ezra Sutton 236 239

7. William Coon 220 222

8. Dave Eggler 174 176

9. George Zettlein 128 128

10. Fergy Malone 96 96

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA Year

1. Davy Force 289 1876

2. Wes Fisler 280 1876

3. George Hall 276 1876

4. Levi Meyerle 259 1876

5. Lon Knight 242 1876

6. Ezra Sutton 239 1876

7. William Coon 222 1876

8. Dave Eggler 176 1876

9. George Zettlein 128 1876

10. Fergy Malone 96 1876

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA PA

1. Davy Force 289 289

2. Wes Fisler 280 280

3. George Hall 276 276

4. Levi Meyerle 259 259

5. Lon Knight 242 242

6. Ezra Sutton 239 239

7. William Coon 222 222

8. Dave Eggler 176 176

9. George Zettlein 128 128

10. Fergy Malone 96 96

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs Year

1. George Hall 51 1876

2. Davy Force 48 1876

3. Levi Meyerle 46 1876

4. Ezra Sutton 45 1876

5. Wes Fisler 42 1876

6. Lon Knight 32 1876

7. William Coon 30 1876

8. Dave Eggler 28 1876

9. Fergy Malone 14 1876

10. Bill Fouser 11 1876

George Zettlein 11 1876

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs PA

1. George Hall 51 276

2. Davy Force 48 289

3. Levi Meyerle 46 259

4. Ezra Sutton 45 239

5. Wes Fisler 42 280

6. Lon Knight 32 242

7. William Coon 30 222

8. Dave Eggler 28 176

9. Fergy Malone 14 96

10. Bill Fouser 11 89

George Zettlein 11 128

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. George Hall 98 1876

2. Levi Meyerle 87 1876

3. Wes Fisler 80 1876

4. Ezra Sutton 70 1876

5. Davy Force 66 1876

6. Lon Knight 60 1876

7. Dave Eggler 52 1876

8. William Coon 50 1876

9. George Zettlein 27 1876

10. Fergy Malone 22 1876

Hits
Rank Player Hits PA

1. George Hall 98 276

2. Levi Meyerle 87 259

3. Wes Fisler 80 280

4. Ezra Sutton 70 239

5. Davy Force 66 289

6. Lon Knight 60 242

7. Dave Eggler 52 176

8. William Coon 50 222

9. George Zettlein 27 128

10. Fergy Malone 22 96

Total Bases
Rank Player TB Year

1. George Hall 146 1876

2. Levi Meyerle 115 1876

3. Wes Fisler 100 1876

4. Ezra Sutton 99 1876

5. Lon Knight 75 1876

6. Davy Force 72 1876

7. William Coon 57 1876

8. Dave Eggler 56 1876

9. George Zettlein 31 1876

10. Fergy Malone 24 1876

Total Bases
Rank Player TB PA

1. George Hall 146 276

2. Levi Meyerle 115 259

3. Wes Fisler 100 280

4. Ezra Sutton 99 239

5. Lon Knight 75 242

6. Davy Force 72 289

7. William Coon 57 222

8. Dave Eggler 56 176

9. George Zettlein 31 128

10. Fergy Malone 24 96

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles Year

1. Wes Fisler 15 1876

2. Levi Meyerle 12 1876

Ezra Sutton 12 1876

4. Lon Knight 9 1876

5. George Hall 7 1876

6. Davy Force 6 1876

7. William Coon 5 1876

8. Dave Eggler 4 1876

9. Whitey Ritterson 3 1876

10. Fergy Malone 2 1876

George Zettlein 2 1876

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles PA

1. Wes Fisler 15 280

2. Levi Meyerle 12 259

Ezra Sutton 12 239

4. Lon Knight 9 242

5. George Hall 7 276

6. Davy Force 6 289

7. William Coon 5 222

8. Dave Eggler 4 176

9. Whitey Ritterson 3 52

10. Fergy Malone 2 96

George Zettlein 2 128

Triples
Rank Player Triples Year

1. George Hall 13 1876

2. Levi Meyerle 8 1876

3. Ezra Sutton 7 1876

4. Lon Knight 3 1876

5. William Coon 1 1876

Wes Fisler 1 1876

Bill Fouser 1 1876

George Zettlein 1 1876

Triples
Rank Player Triples PA

1. George Hall 13 276

2. Levi Meyerle 8 259

3. Ezra Sutton 7 239

4. Lon Knight 3 242

5. William Coon 1 222

Wes Fisler 1 280

Bill Fouser 1 89

George Zettlein 1 128

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. George Hall 5 1876

2. Wes Fisler 1 1876

Ezra Sutton 1 1876

Home Runs
Rank Player HR PA

1. George Hall 5 276

2. Wes Fisler 1 280

Ezra Sutton 1 239

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI Year

1. George Hall 45 1876

2. Levi Meyerle 34 1876

3. Ezra Sutton 31 1876

4. Wes Fisler 30 1876

5. Lon Knight 24 1876

6. William Coon 22 1876

7. Dave Eggler 19 1876

8. Davy Force 17 1876

9. George Zettlein 11 1876

10. Fergy Malone 6 1876

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI PA

1. George Hall 45 276

2. Levi Meyerle 34 259

3. Ezra Sutton 31 239

4. Wes Fisler 30 280

5. Lon Knight 24 242

6. William Coon 22 222

7. Dave Eggler 19 176

8. Davy Force 17 289

9. George Zettlein 11 128

10. Fergy Malone 6 96

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. George Hall 8 1876

2. Davy Force 5 1876

3. Levi Meyerle 3 1876

Ezra Sutton 3 1876

5. William Coon 2 1876

Dave Eggler 2 1876

Wes Fisler 2 1876

Lon Knight 2 1876

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB PA

1. George Hall 8 276

2. Davy Force 5 289

3. Levi Meyerle 3 259

Ezra Sutton 3 239

5. William Coon 2 222

Dave Eggler 2 176

Wes Fisler 2 280

Lon Knight 2 242

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. George Zettlein 5 1876

2. William Coon 4 1876

Dave Eggler 4 1876

Wes Fisler 4 1876

George Hall 4 1876

6. Davy Force 3 1876

7. John Bergh 2 1876

Lon Knight 2 1876

Levi Meyerle 2 1876

Whitey Ritterson 2 1876

Ezra Sutton 2 1876

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO PA

1. George Zettlein 5 128

2. William Coon 4 222

Dave Eggler 4 176

Wes Fisler 4 280

George Hall 4 276

6. Davy Force 3 289

7. John Bergh 2 4

Lon Knight 2 242

Levi Meyerle 2 259

Whitey Ritterson 2 52

Ezra Sutton 2 239

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB Year

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB PA

Singles
Rank Player Singles Year

1. George Hall 73 1876

2. Levi Meyerle 67 1876

3. Wes Fisler 63 1876

4. Davy Force 60 1876

5. Ezra Sutton 50 1876

6. Dave Eggler 48 1876

Lon Knight 48 1876

8. William Coon 44 1876

9. George Zettlein 24 1876

10. Fergy Malone 20 1876

Singles
Rank Player Singles PA

1. George Hall 73 276

2. Levi Meyerle 67 259

3. Wes Fisler 63 280

4. Davy Force 60 289

5. Ezra Sutton 50 239

6. Dave Eggler 48 176

Lon Knight 48 242

8. William Coon 44 222

9. George Zettlein 24 128

10. Fergy Malone 20 96

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ Year

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ PA

Runs Created
Rank Player RC Year

1. George Hall 56 1876

2. Levi Meyerle 40 1876

3. Ezra Sutton 30 1876

4. Wes Fisler 29 1876

5. Lon Knight 19 1876

6. Davy Force 18 1876

7. Dave Eggler 17 1876

8. William Coon 13 1876

9. George Zettlein 7 1876

10. Fergy Malone 6 1876

Runs Created
Rank Player RC PA

1. George Hall 56 276

2. Levi Meyerle 40 259

3. Ezra Sutton 30 239

4. Wes Fisler 29 280

5. Lon Knight 19 242

6. Davy Force 18 289

7. Dave Eggler 17 176

8. William Coon 13 222

9. George Zettlein 7 128

10. Fergy Malone 6 96

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns Year

1. George Hall 27 1876

2. Levi Meyerle 15 1876

3. Ezra Sutton 8 1876

4. Wes Fisler 4 1876

5. Dave Eggler 1 1876

6. Pete Curren 1 1876

7. Jim Ward 1 1876

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns PA

1. George Hall 27 276

2. Levi Meyerle 15 259

3. Ezra Sutton 8 239

4. Wes Fisler 4 280

5. Dave Eggler 1 176

6. Pete Curren 1 12

7. Jim Ward 1 4

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins Year

1. George Hall 3.0 1876

2. Levi Meyerle 1.7 1876

3. Ezra Sutton 0.9 1876

4. Wes Fisler 0.4 1876

5. Dave Eggler 0.1 1876

6. Pete Curren 0.1 1876

Jim Ward 0.1 1876

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins PA

1. George Hall 3.0 276

2. Levi Meyerle 1.7 259

3. Ezra Sutton 0.9 239

4. Wes Fisler 0.4 280

5. Dave Eggler 0.1 176

6. Pete Curren 0.1 12

Jim Ward 0.1 4

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH Year

1. George Hall 25 1876

2. Levi Meyerle 20 1876

Ezra Sutton 20 1876

4. Wes Fisler 17 1876

5. Lon Knight 12 1876

6. William Coon 6 1876

Davy Force 6 1876

8. Dave Eggler 4 1876

9. Whitey Ritterson 3 1876

George Zettlein 3 1876

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH PA

1. George Hall 25 276

2. Levi Meyerle 20 259

Ezra Sutton 20 239

4. Wes Fisler 17 280

5. Lon Knight 12 242

6. William Coon 6 222

Davy Force 6 289

8. Dave Eggler 4 176

9. Whitey Ritterson 3 52

George Zettlein 3 128

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB Year

1. George Hall 106 1876

2. Levi Meyerle 90 1876

3. Wes Fisler 82 1876

4. Ezra Sutton 73 1876

5. Davy Force 71 1876

6. Lon Knight 62 1876

7. Dave Eggler 54 1876

8. William Coon 52 1876

9. George Zettlein 27 1876

10. Fergy Malone 22 1876

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB PA

1. George Hall 106 276

2. Levi Meyerle 90 259

3. Wes Fisler 82 280

4. Ezra Sutton 73 239

5. Davy Force 71 289

6. Lon Knight 62 242

7. Dave Eggler 54 176

8. William Coon 52 222

9. George Zettlein 27 128

10. Fergy Malone 22 96

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% Year

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% PA

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch PA

Sacrifice Hits
Rank Player Sacrifice Hits Year

Sacrifice Hits
Rank Player Sacrifice Hits PA

Sacrifice Flies
Rank Player Sacrifice Flies Year

Sacrifice Flies
Rank Player Sacrifice Flies PA

Intentional Bases on Balls
Rank Player Int. Bases on Balls Year

Intentional Bases on Balls
Rank Player Int. Bases on Balls PA

Double Plays Grounded Into
Rank Player GDP Year

Double Plays Grounded Into
Rank Player GDP PA

Caught Stealing
Rank Player CS Year

Caught Stealing
Rank Player CS PA

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd Year

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd PA

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO Year

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO PA

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR Year

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR PA

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs Year

1. Davy Force 218 1876

2. Wes Fisler 198 1876

3. Lon Knight 180 1876

4. William Coon 170 1876

George Hall 170 1876

6. Levi Meyerle 169 1876

7. Ezra Sutton 166 1876

8. Dave Eggler 122 1876

9. George Zettlein 101 1876

10. Bill Fouser 77 1876

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs PA

1. Davy Force 218 289

2. Wes Fisler 198 280

3. Lon Knight 180 242

4. William Coon 170 222

George Hall 170 276

6. Levi Meyerle 169 259

7. Ezra Sutton 166 239

8. Dave Eggler 122 176

9. George Zettlein 101 128

10. Bill Fouser 77 89

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