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Philadelphia Athletics Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Career Leaders

WAR Position Players (?)†

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	Year
1.	George Hall	2.4	1876
2.	Levi Meyerle	1.9	1876
3.	Wes Fisler	0.9	1876
4.	Dave Eggler	0.7	1876
5.	Ezra Sutton	0.6	1876
6.	Davy Force	0.5	1876

WAR Position Players (?)

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	PA
1.	George Hall	2.4	276
2.	Levi Meyerle	1.9	259
3.	Wes Fisler	0.9	280
4.	Dave Eggler	0.7	176
5.	Ezra Sutton	0.6	239
6.	Davy Force	0.5	289

Offensive WAR (?)†

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	Year
1.	George Hall	3.1	1876
2.	Levi Meyerle	2.4	1876
3.	Ezra Sutton	1.7	1876
4.	Wes Fisler	1.2	1876
5.	Dave Eggler	0.6	1876
6.	Davy Force	0.4	1876
7.	Whitey Ritterson	0.2	1876
8.	John Curran	0.1	1876
	Lon Knight	0.1	1876
	Fergy Malone	0.1	1876
	Jim Ward	0.1	1876

Offensive WAR (?)

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	PA
1.	George Hall	3.1	276
2.	Levi Meyerle	2.4	259
3.	Ezra Sutton	1.7	239
4.	Wes Fisler	1.2	280
5.	Dave Eggler	0.6	176
6.	Davy Force	0.4	289
7.	Whitey Ritterson	0.2	52
8.	John Curran	0.1	12
	Lon Knight	0.1	242
	Fergy Malone	0.1	96
	Jim Ward	0.1	4

Defensive WAR (?)†

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	Year
1.	Davy Force	0.5	1876

Defensive WAR (?)

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	PA
1.	Davy Force	0.5	289

Batting Average (?)

Rank	Player	Batting Average	Year

Batting Average (?)

Rank	Player	Batting Average	PA

On-Base% (?)

Rank	Player	On-Base%	Year

On-Base% (?)

Rank	Player	On-Base%	PA

Slugging % (?)

Rank	Player	Slugging %	Year

Slugging % (?)

Rank	Player	Slugging %	PA

On-Base Plus Slugging (?)

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	Year

On-Base Plus Slugging (?)

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	PA

Games Played (?)

Rank	Player	Games Played	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 Played	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	At Bats	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	At Bats	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	Plate Appearances	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	Plate Appearances	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 Scored	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 Scored	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	Total Bases	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	Total Bases	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	Home Runs	Year
1.	George Hall	5	1876
2.	Wes Fisler	1	1876
	Ezra Sutton	1	1876

Home Runs (?)

Rank	Player	Home Runs	PA
1.	George Hall	5	276
2.	Wes Fisler	1	280
	Ezra Sutton	1	239

Runs Batted In (?)

Rank	Player	Runs Batted In	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	Runs Batted In	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	Bases on Balls	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	Bases on Balls	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	Strikeouts	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	Strikeouts	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	Stolen Bases	Year

Stolen Bases (?)

Rank	Player	Stolen Bases	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	Adjusted OPS+	Year

Adjusted OPS+ (?)

Rank	Player	Adjusted OPS+	PA

Runs Created (?)

Rank	Player	Runs Created	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	Runs Created	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	Adj. Batting Runs	Year
1.	George Hall	28	1876
2.	Levi Meyerle	16	1876
3.	Ezra Sutton	9	1876
4.	Wes Fisler	5	1876
5.	John Curran	1	1876
	Dave Eggler	1	1876
	Jim Ward	1	1876

Adj. Batting Runs (?)

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Runs	PA
1.	George Hall	28	276
2.	Levi Meyerle	16	259
3.	Ezra Sutton	9	239
4.	Wes Fisler	5	280
5.	John Curran	1	12
	Dave Eggler	1	176
	Jim Ward	1	4

Adj. Batting Wins (?)

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	Year
1.	George Hall	3.0	1876
2.	Levi Meyerle	1.8	1876
3.	Ezra Sutton	1.0	1876
4.	Wes Fisler	0.5	1876
5.	Dave Eggler	0.2	1876
6.	John Curran	0.1	1876
	Jim Ward	0.1	1876

Adj. Batting Wins (?)

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	PA
1.	George Hall	3.0	276
2.	Levi Meyerle	1.8	259
3.	Ezra Sutton	1.0	239
4.	Wes Fisler	0.5	280
5.	Dave Eggler	0.2	176
6.	John Curran	0.1	12
	Jim Ward	0.1	4

Extra Base Hits (?)

Rank	Player	Extra Base Hits	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	Extra Base Hits	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	Times On Base	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	Times On Base	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	Offensive Win %	Year

Offensive Win % (?)

Rank	Player	Offensive Win %	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	Intentional Bases on Balls	Year

Intentional Bases on Balls (?)

Rank	Player	Intentional Bases on Balls	PA

Double Plays Grounded Into (?)

Rank	Player	Double Plays Grounded Into	Year

Double Plays Grounded Into (?)

Rank	Player	Double Plays Grounded Into	PA

Caught Stealing (?)

Rank	Player	Caught Stealing	Year

Caught Stealing (?)

Rank	Player	Caught Stealing	PA

SB % (?)

Rank	Player	SB %	Year

SB % (?) (since 1951)

Rank	Player	SB %	PA

Power-Speed # (?)

Rank	Player	Power-Speed #	Year

Power-Speed # (?)

Rank	Player	Power-Speed #	PA

AB per SO (?)

Rank	Player	AB per SO	Year

AB per SO (?)

Rank	Player	AB per SO	PA

AB per HR (?)

Rank	Player	AB per HR	Year

AB per HR (?)

Rank	Player	AB per HR	PA

Outs Made (?)

Rank	Player	Outs Made	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 Made	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

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24) (?)†

Rank	Player	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)	Year

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24) (?)

Rank	Player	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)	IP

Win Probability Added (WPA) (?)†

Rank	Player	Win Probability Added (WPA)	Year

Win Probability Added (WPA) (?)

Rank	Player	Win Probability Added (WPA)	IP

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI) (?)†

Rank	Player	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)	Year

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI) (?)

Rank	Player	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)	IP

Base-Out Wins Added (REW) (?)†

Rank	Player	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)	Year

Base-Out Wins Added (REW) (?)

Rank	Player	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)	IP

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