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Baltimore Canaries 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. Tom York 57 1873

2. Tom Carey 56 1873

Lip Pike 56 1872

Lip Pike 56 1873

John Radcliffe 56 1872

6. Everett Mills 55 1872

7. Everett Mills 54 1873

8. George Hall 53 1872

9. Tom York 51 1872

10. Dick Higham 50 1872

Bobby Mathews 50 1872

Games Played
Rank Player Games PA

1. Lip Pike 112 584

2. Everett Mills 109 534

3. Tom York 108 532

4. John Radcliffe 101 545

5. Tom Carey 98 489

6. George Hall 88 423

7. Bill Craver 76 382

8. Davy Force 68 339

9. Asa Brainard 63 267

10. Dick Higham 50 247

Bobby Mathews 50 226

At Bats
Rank Player AB Year

1. John Radcliffe 297 1872

2. Tom Carey 290 1873

3. Lip Pike 288 1872

4. Lip Pike 286 1873

5. Tom York 277 1873

6. Everett Mills 266 1872

7. Everett Mills 263 1873

8. George Hall 250 1872

9. Tom York 248 1872

10. Dick Higham 245 1872

John Radcliffe 245 1873

At Bats
Rank Player AB PA

1. Lip Pike 574 584

2. John Radcliffe 542 545

3. Everett Mills 529 534

4. Tom York 525 532

5. Tom Carey 488 489

6. George Hall 418 423

7. Bill Craver 375 382

8. Davy Force 329 339

9. Asa Brainard 265 267

10. Dick Higham 245 247

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA Year

1. John Radcliffe 297 1872

2. Lip Pike 293 1873

3. Tom Carey 291 1873

Lip Pike 291 1872

5. Tom York 280 1873

6. Everett Mills 269 1872

7. Everett Mills 265 1873

8. George Hall 253 1872

9. Tom York 252 1872

10. John Radcliffe 248 1873

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA PA

1. Lip Pike 584 584

2. John Radcliffe 545 545

3. Everett Mills 534 534

4. Tom York 532 532

5. Tom Carey 489 489

6. George Hall 423 423

7. Bill Craver 382 382

8. Davy Force 339 339

9. Asa Brainard 267 267

10. Dick Higham 247 247

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs Year

1. Davy Force 77 1873

2. Tom Carey 76 1873

3. Dick Higham 72 1872

4. Lip Pike 71 1873

John Radcliffe 71 1872

6. Tom York 70 1873

7. George Hall 69 1872

8. Lip Pike 67 1872

9. Tom York 66 1872

10. Everett Mills 64 1873

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs PA

1. Lip Pike 138 584

2. Tom York 136 532

3. John Radcliffe 130 545

4. Everett Mills 119 534

5. Tom Carey 118 489

6. George Hall 113 423

7. Davy Force 106 339

8. Bill Craver 100 382

9. Dick Higham 72 247

10. Scott Hastings 57 213

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Tom Carey 97 1873

2. Lip Pike 90 1873

3. Everett Mills 87 1873

4. Davy Force 86 1873

John Radcliffe 86 1872

6. George Hall 84 1872

Dick Higham 84 1872

Lip Pike 84 1872

Tom York 84 1873

10. Everett Mills 79 1872

Hits
Rank Player Hits PA

1. Lip Pike 174 584

2. Everett Mills 166 534

3. John Radcliffe 156 545

4. Tom Carey 154 489

5. Tom York 150 532

6. George Hall 142 423

7. Davy Force 127 339

8. Bill Craver 107 382

9. Dick Higham 84 247

10. Cal McVey 73 195

Total Bases
Rank Player TB Year

1. Lip Pike 132 1873

2. Lip Pike 127 1872

3. Tom Carey 125 1873

4. Everett Mills 124 1873

5. George Hall 116 1872

6. Tom York 114 1873

7. John Radcliffe 110 1872

8. Dick Higham 102 1872

9. Everett Mills 97 1872

10. Davy Force 96 1873

Total Bases
Rank Player TB PA

1. Lip Pike 259 584

2. Everett Mills 221 534

3. Tom York 201 532

4. Tom Carey 195 489

5. John Radcliffe 187 545

6. George Hall 186 423

7. Davy Force 143 339

8. Bill Craver 127 382

9. Dick Higham 102 247

10. Cal McVey 93 195

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles Year

1. Tom Carey 19 1873

Everett Mills 19 1873

3. George Hall 17 1872

4. Lip Pike 15 1872

5. Everett Mills 14 1872

Lip Pike 14 1873

7. John Radcliffe 13 1872

8. Cherokee Fisher 10 1872

Dick Higham 10 1872

Tom York 10 1872

Tom York 10 1873

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles PA

1. Everett Mills 33 534

2. Lip Pike 29 584

3. Tom Carey 26 489

4. George Hall 23 423

5. John Radcliffe 20 545

Tom York 20 532

7. Bill Craver 12 382

8. Cherokee Fisher 10 227

Davy Force 10 339

Dick Higham 10 247

Triples
Rank Player Triples Year

1. Everett Mills 9 1873

2. Lip Pike 8 1873

3. Tom York 7 1873

4. George Hall 6 1872

5. Cal McVey 5 1873

Lip Pike 5 1872

7. John Radcliffe 4 1872

Tom York 4 1872

9. Tom Carey 3 1873

Cherokee Fisher 3 1872

George Hall 3 1873

Triples
Rank Player Triples PA

1. Lip Pike 13 584

2. Everett Mills 11 534

Tom York 11 532

4. George Hall 9 423

5. Cal McVey 5 195

6. Bill Craver 4 382

John Radcliffe 4 545

8. Tom Carey 3 489

Cherokee Fisher 3 227

Davy Force 3 339

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Lip Pike 6 1872

2. Lip Pike 4 1873

3. Tom Carey 2 1872

Dick Higham 2 1872

Cal McVey 2 1873

Tom York 2 1873

7. Tom Carey 1 1873

Cherokee Fisher 1 1872

George Hall 1 1872

John Radcliffe 1 1872

Pop Snyder 1 1874

Tom York 1 1872

Home Runs
Rank Player HR PA

1. Lip Pike 10 584

2. Tom Carey 3 489

Tom York 3 532

4. Dick Higham 2 247

Cal McVey 2 195

6. Cherokee Fisher 1 227

George Hall 1 423

John Radcliffe 1 545

Pop Snyder 1 152

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI Year

1. Lip Pike 60 1872

2. Everett Mills 57 1873

3. Tom Carey 55 1873

4. Lip Pike 50 1873

5. Tom York 49 1873

6. John Radcliffe 44 1872

7. Tom York 41 1872

8. Dick Higham 38 1872

9. George Hall 37 1872

10. Cherokee Fisher 36 1872

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI PA

1. Lip Pike 110 584

2. Everett Mills 91 534

3. Tom York 90 532

4. Tom Carey 82 489

5. John Radcliffe 77 545

6. George Hall 67 423

7. Bill Craver 51 382

8. Davy Force 44 339

9. Dick Higham 38 247

10. Cherokee Fisher 36 227

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Davy Force 9 1873

2. Lip Pike 7 1873

3. Bill Craver 5 1872

Candy Cummings 5 1873

Harry Deane 5 1874

Johnny Ryan 5 1874

7. Scott Hastings 4 1873

Tom York 4 1872

9. George Hall 3 1872

Bobby Mathews 3 1872

Cal McVey 3 1873

Everett Mills 3 1872

Lip Pike 3 1872

John Radcliffe 3 1873

Tom York 3 1873

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB PA

1. Davy Force 10 339

Lip Pike 10 584

3. Bill Craver 7 382

Tom York 7 532

5. Candy Cummings 5 197

Harry Deane 5 208

George Hall 5 423

Scott Hastings 5 213

Everett Mills 5 534

Johnny Ryan 5 187

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Johnny Ryan 13 1874

2. Lip Pike 6 1872

3. Candy Cummings 5 1873

Cherokee Fisher 5 1872

5. Oscar Bielaski 4 1874

Lip Pike 4 1873

7. Asa Brainard 3 1874

Bill Craver 3 1873

Harry Deane 3 1874

Dick Higham 3 1872

Tom York 3 1873

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO PA

1. Johnny Ryan 13 187

2. Lip Pike 10 584

3. Asa Brainard 5 267

Bill Craver 5 382

Candy Cummings 5 197

Cherokee Fisher 5 227

7. Oscar Bielaski 4 189

Tom Carey 4 489

John Radcliffe 4 545

Tom York 4 532

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB Year

1. Lip Pike 8 1872

Lip Pike 8 1873

3. Bill Craver 7 1872

4. George Hall 6 1872

5. Tom Carey 4 1872

Scott Hastings 4 1873

7. Oscar Bielaski 3 1874

Davy Force 3 1872

Dick Higham 3 1872

John Radcliffe 3 1872

Johnny Ryan 3 1874

Tom York 3 1873

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB PA

1. Lip Pike 16 584

2. Bill Craver 9 382

3. George Hall 6 423

4. Tom Carey 5 489

Tom York 5 532

6. Davy Force 4 339

Scott Hastings 4 213

8. Oscar Bielaski 3 189

Dick Higham 3 247

John Radcliffe 3 545

Johnny Ryan 3 187

Singles
Rank Player Singles Year

1. Davy Force 77 1873

2. Tom Carey 74 1873

3. Dick Higham 71 1872

4. John Radcliffe 68 1872

5. Tom York 65 1873

6. Lip Pike 64 1873

7. Everett Mills 63 1872

John Radcliffe 63 1873

9. Cal McVey 62 1873

10. George Hall 60 1872

Singles
Rank Player Singles PA

1. John Radcliffe 131 545

2. Tom Carey 122 489

Everett Mills 122 534

Lip Pike 122 584

5. Tom York 116 532

6. Davy Force 114 339

7. George Hall 109 423

8. Bill Craver 91 382

9. Dick Higham 71 247

10. Cal McVey 62 195

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ Year

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ PA

Runs Created
Rank Player RC Year

1. Lip Pike 45 1873

2. Everett Mills 42 1873

3. Tom Carey 41 1873

George Hall 41 1872

5. Lip Pike 39 1872

6. Davy Force 38 1873

7. Cal McVey 36 1873

Tom York 36 1873

9. Dick Higham 34 1872

10. John Radcliffe 31 1872

Runs Created
Rank Player RC PA

1. Lip Pike 84 584

2. Everett Mills 71 534

3. George Hall 66 423

4. Tom Carey 61 489

5. Tom York 60 532

6. Davy Force 59 339

7. John Radcliffe 54 545

8. Bill Craver 38 382

9. Cal McVey 36 195

10. Dick Higham 34 247

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns Year

1. Cal McVey 13 1873

2. George Hall 12 1872

3. Davy Force 11 1873

Everett Mills 11 1873

5. Lip Pike 11 1873

6. Tom Carey 9 1873

7. Jack Manning 9 1874

8. Davy Force 8 1872

9. Dick Higham 8 1872

10. Lip Pike 6 1872

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns PA

1. Davy Force 20 339

2. George Hall 17 423

3. Lip Pike 17 584

4. Cal McVey 13 195

5. Everett Mills 11 534

6. Jack Manning 9 176

7. Dick Higham 8 247

8. Tom Carey 7 489

9. Frank Selman 1 54

10. Joe Gerhardt 0 61

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins Year

1. Cal McVey 1.2 1873

2. George Hall 1.1 1872

3. Davy Force 1.1 1873

Everett Mills 1.1 1873

5. Lip Pike 1.0 1873

6. Jack Manning 0.9 1874

7. Tom Carey 0.9 1873

8. Davy Force 0.8 1872

9. Dick Higham 0.8 1872

10. Lip Pike 0.6 1872

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins PA

1. Davy Force 1.9 339

2. George Hall 1.6 423

3. Lip Pike 1.6 584

4. Cal McVey 1.2 195

5. Everett Mills 1.1 534

6. Jack Manning 0.9 176

7. Dick Higham 0.8 247

8. Tom Carey 0.7 489

9. Frank Selman 0.1 54

10. Joe Gerhardt 0.0 61

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH Year

1. Everett Mills 28 1873

2. Lip Pike 26 1872

Lip Pike 26 1873

4. George Hall 24 1872

5. Tom Carey 23 1873

6. Tom York 19 1873

7. John Radcliffe 18 1872

8. Everett Mills 16 1872

9. Tom York 15 1872

10. Cherokee Fisher 14 1872

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH PA

1. Lip Pike 52 584

2. Everett Mills 44 534

3. Tom York 34 532

4. George Hall 33 423

5. Tom Carey 32 489

6. John Radcliffe 25 545

7. Bill Craver 16 382

8. Cherokee Fisher 14 227

9. Davy Force 13 339

Dick Higham 13 247

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB Year

1. Tom Carey 98 1873

2. Lip Pike 97 1873

3. Davy Force 95 1873

4. Everett Mills 89 1873

5. George Hall 87 1872

Lip Pike 87 1872

Tom York 87 1873

8. Dick Higham 86 1872

John Radcliffe 86 1872

10. Everett Mills 82 1872

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB PA

1. Lip Pike 184 584

2. Everett Mills 171 534

3. John Radcliffe 159 545

4. Tom York 157 532

5. Tom Carey 155 489

6. George Hall 147 423

7. Davy Force 137 339

8. Bill Craver 114 382

9. Dick Higham 86 247

10. Cal McVey 76 195

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

1. Dick Higham 5 1872

2. Asa Brainard 3 1874

Tom Carey 3 1873

Bill Craver 3 1873

John Radcliffe 3 1872

6. Scott Hastings 2 1873

Everett Mills 2 1872

8. Bill Barrett 1 1873

Oscar Bielaski 1 1874

Tom Carey 1 1872

Bill Craver 1 1872

Harry Deane 1 1874

Cherokee Fisher 1 1872

George Hall 1 1872

Scott Hastings 1 1872

Bobby Mathews 1 1872

Lip Pike 1 1872

Lip Pike 1 1873

Tom York 1 1872

Tom York 1 1873

Caught Stealing
Rank Player CS PA

1. Dick Higham 5 247

2. Tom Carey 4 489

Bill Craver 4 382

4. Asa Brainard 3 267

Scott Hastings 3 213

John Radcliffe 3 545

7. Everett Mills 2 534

Lip Pike 2 584

Tom York 2 532

10. Bill Barrett 1 4

Oscar Bielaski 1 189

Harry Deane 1 208

Cherokee Fisher 1 227

George Hall 1 423

Bobby Mathews 1 226

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd Year

1. Lip Pike 6.9 1872

2. Lip Pike 5.3 1873

3. Tom Carey 2.7 1872

4. Dick Higham 2.4 1872

Tom York 2.4 1873

6. George Hall 1.7 1872

7. John Radcliffe 1.5 1872

8. Cal McVey 1.3 1873

Tom York 1.3 1872

10. Tom Carey 1.0 1873

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd PA

1. Lip Pike 12.3 584

2. Tom Carey 3.8 489

Tom York 3.8 532

4. Dick Higham 2.4 247

5. George Hall 1.7 423

6. John Radcliffe 1.5 545

7. Cal McVey 1.3 195

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. John Radcliffe 214 1872

2. Lip Pike 205 1872

3. Lip Pike 197 1873

4. Tom Carey 196 1873

5. Tom York 194 1873

6. Everett Mills 189 1872

7. Tom York 183 1872

8. Everett Mills 176 1873

9. John Radcliffe 175 1873

10. Cherokee Fisher 174 1872

Bobby Mathews 174 1872

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs PA

1. Lip Pike 402 584

2. John Radcliffe 389 545

3. Tom York 377 532

4. Everett Mills 365 534

5. Tom Carey 338 489

6. George Hall 277 423

7. Bill Craver 272 382

8. Asa Brainard 203 267

9. Davy Force 202 339

10. Cherokee Fisher 174 227

Bobby Mathews 174 226

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