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Buffalo Bisons Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Batting Average
Rank Player BA Year

1. Dummy Hoy .298 1890

2. Ed Beecher .297 1890

3. Sam Wise .293 1890

4. Connie Mack .266 1890

5. Deacon White .260 1890

6. Jack Rowe .250 1890

7. John Irwin .234 1890

Batting Average
Rank Player BA PA

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP Year

1. Dummy Hoy .418 1890

2. Deacon White .381 1890

3. Sam Wise .359 1890

4. Connie Mack .353 1890

5. Ed Beecher .341 1890

6. John Irwin .335 1890

7. Jack Rowe .324 1890

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP PA

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG Year

1. Sam Wise .430 1890

2. Ed Beecher .392 1890

3. Dummy Hoy .371 1890

4. Connie Mack .344 1890

5. Jack Rowe .333 1890

6. Deacon White .308 1890

7. John Irwin .295 1890

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG PA

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS Year

1. Dummy Hoy .790 1890

2. Sam Wise .789 1890

3. Ed Beecher .733 1890

4. Connie Mack .697 1890

5. Deacon White .688 1890

6. Jack Rowe .657 1890

7. John Irwin .631 1890

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS PA

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Ed Beecher 126 1890

2. Jack Rowe 125 1890

3. Connie Mack 123 1890

4. Dummy Hoy 122 1890

Deacon White 122 1890

6. Sam Wise 119 1890

7. John Irwin 77 1890

8. Spider Clark 69 1890

9. Jocko Halligan 57 1890

10. Larry Twitchell 44 1890

Games Played
Rank Player Games PA

1. Ed Beecher 126 572

2. Jack Rowe 125 559

3. Connie Mack 123 570

4. Dummy Hoy 122 595

Deacon White 122 525

6. Sam Wise 119 557

7. John Irwin 77 355

8. Spider Clark 69 283

9. Jocko Halligan 57 232

10. Larry Twitchell 44 196

At Bats
Rank Player AB Year

1. Ed Beecher 536 1890

2. Sam Wise 505 1890

3. Jack Rowe 504 1890

4. Connie Mack 503 1890

5. Dummy Hoy 493 1890

6. Deacon White 439 1890

7. John Irwin 308 1890

8. Spider Clark 260 1890

9. Jocko Halligan 211 1890

10. Larry Twitchell 172 1890

At Bats
Rank Player AB PA

1. Ed Beecher 536 572

2. Sam Wise 505 557

3. Jack Rowe 504 559

4. Connie Mack 503 570

5. Dummy Hoy 493 595

6. Deacon White 439 525

7. John Irwin 308 355

8. Spider Clark 260 283

9. Jocko Halligan 211 232

10. Larry Twitchell 172 196

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA Year

1. Dummy Hoy 595 1890

2. Ed Beecher 572 1890

3. Connie Mack 570 1890

4. Jack Rowe 559 1890

5. Sam Wise 557 1890

6. Deacon White 525 1890

7. John Irwin 355 1890

8. Spider Clark 283 1890

9. Jocko Halligan 232 1890

10. Larry Twitchell 196 1890

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA PA

1. Dummy Hoy 595 595

2. Ed Beecher 572 572

3. Connie Mack 570 570

4. Jack Rowe 559 559

5. Sam Wise 557 557

6. Deacon White 525 525

7. John Irwin 355 355

8. Spider Clark 283 283

9. Jocko Halligan 232 232

10. Larry Twitchell 196 196

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs Year

1. Dummy Hoy 107 1890

2. Connie Mack 95 1890

Sam Wise 95 1890

4. Jack Rowe 77 1890

5. Ed Beecher 69 1890

6. John Irwin 62 1890

Deacon White 62 1890

8. Spider Clark 45 1890

9. John Rainey 29 1890

10. Jocko Halligan 28 1890

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs PA

1. Dummy Hoy 107 595

2. Connie Mack 95 570

Sam Wise 95 557

4. Jack Rowe 77 559

5. Ed Beecher 69 572

6. John Irwin 62 355

Deacon White 62 525

8. Spider Clark 45 283

9. John Rainey 29 195

10. Jocko Halligan 28 232

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Ed Beecher 159 1890

2. Sam Wise 148 1890

3. Dummy Hoy 147 1890

4. Connie Mack 134 1890

5. Jack Rowe 126 1890

6. Deacon White 114 1890

7. John Irwin 72 1890

8. Spider Clark 69 1890

9. Jocko Halligan 53 1890

10. John Rainey 39 1890

Hits
Rank Player Hits PA

1. Ed Beecher 159 572

2. Sam Wise 148 557

3. Dummy Hoy 147 595

4. Connie Mack 134 570

5. Jack Rowe 126 559

6. Deacon White 114 525

7. John Irwin 72 355

8. Spider Clark 69 283

9. Jocko Halligan 53 232

10. John Rainey 39 195

Total Bases
Rank Player TB Year

1. Sam Wise 217 1890

2. Ed Beecher 210 1890

3. Dummy Hoy 183 1890

4. Connie Mack 173 1890

5. Jack Rowe 168 1890

6. Deacon White 135 1890

7. John Irwin 91 1890

8. Spider Clark 85 1890

9. Jocko Halligan 75 1890

10. John Rainey 49 1890

Larry Twitchell 49 1890

Total Bases
Rank Player TB PA

1. Sam Wise 217 557

2. Ed Beecher 210 572

3. Dummy Hoy 183 595

4. Connie Mack 173 570

5. Jack Rowe 168 559

6. Deacon White 135 525

7. John Irwin 91 355

8. Spider Clark 85 283

9. Jocko Halligan 75 232

10. John Rainey 49 195

Larry Twitchell 49 196

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles Year

1. Sam Wise 29 1890

2. Ed Beecher 22 1890

Jack Rowe 22 1890

4. Dummy Hoy 17 1890

5. Connie Mack 15 1890

6. Deacon White 13 1890

7. Spider Clark 11 1890

George Haddock 11 1890

John Irwin 11 1890

10. Jocko Halligan 9 1890

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles PA

1. Sam Wise 29 557

2. Ed Beecher 22 572

Jack Rowe 22 559

4. Dummy Hoy 17 595

5. Connie Mack 15 570

6. Deacon White 13 525

7. Spider Clark 11 283

George Haddock 11 172

John Irwin 11 355

10. Jocko Halligan 9 232

Triples
Rank Player Triples Year

1. Connie Mack 12 1890

2. Sam Wise 11 1890

3. Ed Beecher 10 1890

4. Dummy Hoy 8 1890

5. Jack Rowe 7 1890

6. John Irwin 4 1890

Deacon White 4 1890

8. Jay Faatz 2 1890

Jocko Halligan 2 1890

10. Spider Clark 1 1890

Bert Cunningham 1 1890

John Rainey 1 1890

Larry Twitchell 1 1890

Triples
Rank Player Triples PA

1. Connie Mack 12 570

2. Sam Wise 11 557

3. Ed Beecher 10 572

4. Dummy Hoy 8 595

5. Jack Rowe 7 559

6. John Irwin 4 355

Deacon White 4 525

8. Jay Faatz 2 128

Jocko Halligan 2 232

10. Spider Clark 1 283

Bert Cunningham 1 107

John Rainey 1 195

Larry Twitchell 1 196

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Sam Wise 6 1890

2. Ed Beecher 3 1890

Jocko Halligan 3 1890

4. Jack Rowe 2 1890

Larry Twitchell 2 1890

6. Spider Clark 1 1890

Jay Faatz 1 1890

Dummy Hoy 1 1890

John Rainey 1 1890

Home Runs
Rank Player HR PA

1. Sam Wise 6 557

2. Ed Beecher 3 572

Jocko Halligan 3 232

4. Jack Rowe 2 559

Larry Twitchell 2 196

6. Spider Clark 1 283

Jay Faatz 1 128

Dummy Hoy 1 595

John Rainey 1 195

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI Year

1. Sam Wise 102 1890

2. Ed Beecher 90 1890

3. Jack Rowe 76 1890

4. Dummy Hoy 53 1890

Connie Mack 53 1890

6. Deacon White 47 1890

7. John Irwin 34 1890

8. Jocko Halligan 33 1890

9. Spider Clark 25 1890

10. George Haddock 24 1890

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI PA

1. Sam Wise 102 557

2. Ed Beecher 90 572

3. Jack Rowe 76 559

4. Dummy Hoy 53 595

Connie Mack 53 570

6. Deacon White 47 525

7. John Irwin 34 355

8. Jocko Halligan 33 232

9. Spider Clark 25 283

10. George Haddock 24 172

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Dummy Hoy 94 1890

2. Deacon White 67 1890

3. Jack Rowe 48 1890

4. Connie Mack 47 1890

5. Sam Wise 46 1890

6. John Irwin 43 1890

7. Ed Beecher 29 1890

8. George Haddock 24 1890

John Rainey 24 1890

10. Larry Twitchell 23 1890

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB PA

1. Dummy Hoy 94 595

2. Deacon White 67 525

3. Jack Rowe 48 559

4. Connie Mack 47 570

5. Sam Wise 46 557

6. John Irwin 43 355

7. Ed Beecher 29 572

8. George Haddock 24 172

John Rainey 24 195

10. Larry Twitchell 23 196

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Sam Wise 45 1890

2. Dummy Hoy 36 1890

3. George Haddock 32 1890

4. Deacon White 30 1890

5. Ed Beecher 23 1890

Bert Cunningham 23 1890

7. Jocko Halligan 19 1890

John Irwin 19 1890

9. Jack Rowe 18 1890

10. Spider Clark 16 1890

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO PA

1. Sam Wise 45 557

2. Dummy Hoy 36 595

3. George Haddock 32 172

4. Deacon White 30 525

5. Ed Beecher 23 572

Bert Cunningham 23 107

7. Jocko Halligan 19 232

John Irwin 19 355

9. Jack Rowe 18 559

10. Spider Clark 16 283

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB Year

1. Dummy Hoy 39 1890

2. Sam Wise 19 1890

3. John Irwin 18 1890

4. Connie Mack 16 1890

5. Ed Beecher 14 1890

6. John Rainey 12 1890

7. Jack Rowe 10 1890

8. Spider Clark 8 1890

9. Jocko Halligan 7 1890

10. Larry Twitchell 4 1890

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB PA

1. Dummy Hoy 39 595

2. Sam Wise 19 557

3. John Irwin 18 355

4. Connie Mack 16 570

5. Ed Beecher 14 572

6. John Rainey 12 195

7. Jack Rowe 10 559

8. Spider Clark 8 283

9. Jocko Halligan 7 232

10. Larry Twitchell 4 196

Singles
Rank Player Singles Year

1. Ed Beecher 124 1890

2. Dummy Hoy 121 1890

3. Connie Mack 107 1890

4. Sam Wise 102 1890

5. Deacon White 97 1890

6. Jack Rowe 95 1890

7. John Irwin 57 1890

8. Spider Clark 56 1890

9. Jocko Halligan 39 1890

10. John Rainey 32 1890

Larry Twitchell 32 1890

Singles
Rank Player Singles PA

1. Ed Beecher 124 572

2. Dummy Hoy 121 595

3. Connie Mack 107 570

4. Sam Wise 102 557

5. Deacon White 97 525

6. Jack Rowe 95 559

7. John Irwin 57 355

8. Spider Clark 56 283

9. Jocko Halligan 39 232

10. John Rainey 32 195

Larry Twitchell 32 196

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ Year

1. Dummy Hoy 119 1890

2. Sam Wise 117 1890

3. Ed Beecher 102 1890

4. Connie Mack 93 1890

5. Deacon White 91 1890

6. Jack Rowe 82 1890

7. John Irwin 75 1890

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ PA

Runs Created
Rank Player RC Year

1. Sam Wise 76 1890

2. Dummy Hoy 75 1890

3. Ed Beecher 70 1890

4. Connie Mack 57 1890

5. Jack Rowe 53 1890

6. Deacon White 48 1890

7. John Irwin 30 1890

8. Spider Clark 27 1890

9. Jocko Halligan 24 1890

10. George Haddock 17 1890

Runs Created
Rank Player RC PA

1. Sam Wise 76 557

2. Dummy Hoy 75 595

3. Ed Beecher 70 572

4. Connie Mack 57 570

5. Jack Rowe 53 559

6. Deacon White 48 525

7. John Irwin 30 355

8. Spider Clark 27 283

9. Jocko Halligan 24 232

10. George Haddock 17 172

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns Year

1. Dummy Hoy 21 1890

2. Sam Wise 12 1890

3. Bill Duzen 1 1890

4. Deacon White 0 1890

5. Ed Beecher 0 1890

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns PA

1. Dummy Hoy 21 595

2. Sam Wise 12 557

3. Bill Duzen 1 7

4. Deacon White 0 525

5. Ed Beecher 0 572

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins Year

1. Dummy Hoy 1.9 1890

2. Sam Wise 1.1 1890

3. Bill Duzen 0.1 1890

4. Deacon White 0.1 1890

5. Ed Beecher 0.0 1890

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins PA

1. Dummy Hoy 1.9 595

2. Sam Wise 1.1 557

3. Bill Duzen 0.1 7

4. Deacon White 0.1 525

5. Ed Beecher 0.0 572

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH Year

1. Sam Wise 46 1890

2. Ed Beecher 35 1890

3. Jack Rowe 31 1890

4. Connie Mack 27 1890

5. Dummy Hoy 26 1890

6. Deacon White 17 1890

7. John Irwin 15 1890

8. Jocko Halligan 14 1890

9. Spider Clark 13 1890

10. George Haddock 11 1890

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH PA

1. Sam Wise 46 557

2. Ed Beecher 35 572

3. Jack Rowe 31 559

4. Connie Mack 27 570

5. Dummy Hoy 26 595

6. Deacon White 17 525

7. John Irwin 15 355

8. Jocko Halligan 14 232

9. Spider Clark 13 283

10. George Haddock 11 172

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB Year

1. Dummy Hoy 249 1890

2. Connie Mack 201 1890

3. Deacon White 200 1890

Sam Wise 200 1890

5. Ed Beecher 195 1890

6. Jack Rowe 181 1890

7. John Irwin 119 1890

8. Spider Clark 92 1890

9. Jocko Halligan 74 1890

10. John Rainey 68 1890

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB PA

1. Dummy Hoy 249 595

2. Connie Mack 201 570

3. Deacon White 200 525

Sam Wise 200 557

5. Ed Beecher 195 572

6. Jack Rowe 181 559

7. John Irwin 119 355

8. Spider Clark 92 283

9. Jocko Halligan 74 232

10. John Rainey 68 195

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% Year

1. Dummy Hoy .574 1890

2. Sam Wise .566 1890

3. Ed Beecher .504 1890

4. Connie Mack .420 1890

5. Deacon White .400 1890

6. Jack Rowe .377 1890

7. John Irwin .337 1890

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% PA

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

1. Connie Mack 20 1890

2. Deacon White 19 1890

3. Jay Faatz 8 1890

Dummy Hoy 8 1890

5. Ed Beecher 7 1890

Jack Rowe 7 1890

7. Sam Wise 6 1890

8. John Rainey 5 1890

9. John Irwin 4 1890

10. John Carney 3 1890

Spider Clark 3 1890

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch PA

1. Connie Mack 20 570

2. Deacon White 19 525

3. Jay Faatz 8 128

Dummy Hoy 8 595

5. Ed Beecher 7 572

Jack Rowe 7 559

7. Sam Wise 6 557

8. John Rainey 5 195

9. John Irwin 4 355

10. John Carney 3 117

Spider Clark 3 283

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

1. Sam Wise 9.1 1890

2. Ed Beecher 4.9 1890

3. Jocko Halligan 4.2 1890

4. Jack Rowe 3.3 1890

5. Larry Twitchell 2.7 1890

6. Dummy Hoy 1.9 1890

7. John Rainey 1.8 1890

8. Spider Clark 1.8 1890

9. Jay Faatz 1.3 1890

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd PA

1. Sam Wise 9.1 557

2. Ed Beecher 4.9 572

3. Jocko Halligan 4.2 232

4. Jack Rowe 3.3 559

5. Larry Twitchell 2.7 196

6. Dummy Hoy 1.9 595

7. John Rainey 1.8 195

8. Spider Clark 1.8 283

9. Jay Faatz 1.3 128

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO Year

1. Connie Mack 38.7 1890

2. Jack Rowe 28.0 1890

3. Ed Beecher 23.3 1890

4. John Irwin 16.2 1890

5. Deacon White 14.6 1890

6. Dummy Hoy 13.7 1890

7. Sam Wise 11.2 1890

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO PA

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR Year

1. Sam Wise 84.2 1890

2. Ed Beecher 178.7 1890

3. Jack Rowe 252.0 1890

4. Dummy Hoy 493.0 1890

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR PA

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs Year

1. Jack Rowe 378 1890

2. Ed Beecher 377 1890

3. Connie Mack 369 1890

4. Sam Wise 357 1890

5. Dummy Hoy 346 1890

6. Deacon White 325 1890

7. John Irwin 236 1890

8. Spider Clark 191 1890

9. Jocko Halligan 158 1890

10. Larry Twitchell 134 1890

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs PA

1. Jack Rowe 378 559

2. Ed Beecher 377 572

3. Connie Mack 369 570

4. Sam Wise 357 557

5. Dummy Hoy 346 595

6. Deacon White 325 525

7. John Irwin 236 355

8. Spider Clark 191 283

9. Jocko Halligan 158 232

10. Larry Twitchell 134 196

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