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Boston Reds Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Career Leaders

WAR Position Players†

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	Year
1.	Ed Crane	1.6	1884
2.	Lew Brown	1.1	1884
3.	Tom O'Brien	0.8	1884
4.	Walter Hackett	0.6	1884
5.	Tommy Bond	0.2	1884
	John Irwin	0.2	1884
7.	Ed Callahan	0.1	1884
	Charlie Daniels	0.1	1884
	Elias Peak	0.1	1884
	Pat Scanlon	0.1	1884

WAR Position Players

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	PA
1.	Ed Crane	1.6	442
2.	Lew Brown	1.1	338
3.	Tom O'Brien	0.8	461
4.	Walter Hackett	0.6	422
5.	Tommy Bond	0.2	166
	John Irwin	0.2	447
7.	Ed Callahan	0.1	14
	Charlie Daniels	0.1	13
	Elias Peak	0.1	4
	Pat Scanlon	0.1	24

Offensive WAR†

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	Year
1.	Ed Crane	2.4	1884
2.	Tom O'Brien	1.7	1884
3.	Walter Hackett	0.6	1884
	John Irwin	0.6	1884
5.	Tommy Bond	0.4	1884
	Lew Brown	0.4	1884
7.	Ed Callahan	0.1	1884
	Charlie Daniels	0.1	1884
	Elias Peak	0.1	1884
	Pat Scanlon	0.1	1884

Offensive WAR

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	PA
1.	Ed Crane	2.4	442
2.	Tom O'Brien	1.7	461
3.	Walter Hackett	0.6	422
	John Irwin	0.6	447
5.	Tommy Bond	0.4	166
	Lew Brown	0.4	338
7.	Ed Callahan	0.1	14
	Charlie Daniels	0.1	13
	Elias Peak	0.1	4
	Pat Scanlon	0.1	24

Defensive WAR†

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	Year
1.	Lew Brown	0.7	1884
2.	Mike Slattery	0.4	1884
3.	Henry Mullin	0.1	1884

Defensive WAR

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	PA
1.	Lew Brown	0.7	338
2.	Mike Slattery	0.4	417
3.	Henry Mullin	0.1	8

Batting Average

Rank	Player	Batting Average	Year
1.	Ed Crane	.285	1884
2.	Tom O'Brien	.263	1884
3.	Walter Hackett	.243	1884
4.	Tim Murnane	.235	1884
5.	John Irwin	.234	1884
6.	Lew Brown	.231	1884
7.	Mike Slattery	.208	1884

Batting Average

Rank	Player	Batting Average	PA

On-Base%

Rank	Player	On-Base%	Year
1.	Ed Crane	.308	1884
2.	Tim Murnane	.285	1884
3.	Tom O'Brien	.282	1884
4.	Lew Brown	.260	1884
	John Irwin	.260	1884
6.	Walter Hackett	.256	1884
7.	Mike Slattery	.216	1884

On-Base%

Rank	Player	On-Base%	PA

Slugging %

Rank	Player	Slugging %	Year
1.	Ed Crane	.451	1884
2.	Tom O'Brien	.394	1884
3.	John Irwin	.319	1884
4.	Lew Brown	.314	1884
5.	Walter Hackett	.296	1884
6.	Tim Murnane	.264	1884
7.	Mike Slattery	.232	1884

Slugging %

Rank	Player	Slugging %	PA

On-Base Plus Slugging

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	Year
1.	Ed Crane	.759	1884
2.	Tom O'Brien	.676	1884
3.	John Irwin	.579	1884
4.	Lew Brown	.574	1884
5.	Walter Hackett	.552	1884
6.	Tim Murnane	.549	1884
7.	Mike Slattery	.448	1884

On-Base Plus Slugging

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	PA

Games Played

Rank	Player	Games Played	Year
1.	Mike Slattery	106	1884
2.	John Irwin	105	1884
3.	Walter Hackett	103	1884
	Tom O'Brien	103	1884
5.	Ed Crane	101	1884
6.	Lew Brown	85	1884
7.	Tim Murnane	76	1884
8.	Kid Butler	71	1884
9.	Tommy McCarthy	53	1884
10.	James Burke	47	1884

Games Played

Rank	Player	Games Played	PA
1.	Mike Slattery	106	417
2.	John Irwin	105	447
3.	Walter Hackett	103	422
	Tom O'Brien	103	461
5.	Ed Crane	101	442
6.	Lew Brown	85	338
7.	Tim Murnane	76	333
8.	Kid Butler	71	267
9.	Tommy McCarthy	53	215
10.	James Burke	47	190

At Bats

Rank	Player	At Bats	Year
1.	Tom O'Brien	449	1884
2.	John Irwin	432	1884
3.	Ed Crane	428	1884
4.	Walter Hackett	415	1884
5.	Mike Slattery	413	1884
6.	Lew Brown	325	1884
7.	Tim Murnane	311	1884
8.	Kid Butler	255	1884
9.	Tommy McCarthy	209	1884
10.	James Burke	184	1884

At Bats

Rank	Player	At Bats	PA
1.	Tom O'Brien	449	461
2.	John Irwin	432	447
3.	Ed Crane	428	442
4.	Walter Hackett	415	422
5.	Mike Slattery	413	417
6.	Lew Brown	325	338
7.	Tim Murnane	311	333
8.	Kid Butler	255	267
9.	Tommy McCarthy	209	215
10.	James Burke	184	190

Plate Appearances

Rank	Player	Plate Appearances	Year
1.	Tom O'Brien	461	1884
2.	John Irwin	447	1884
3.	Ed Crane	442	1884
4.	Walter Hackett	422	1884
5.	Mike Slattery	417	1884
6.	Lew Brown	338	1884
7.	Tim Murnane	333	1884
8.	Kid Butler	267	1884
9.	Tommy McCarthy	215	1884
10.	James Burke	190	1884

Plate Appearances

Rank	Player	Plate Appearances	PA
1.	Tom O'Brien	461	461
2.	John Irwin	447	447
3.	Ed Crane	442	442
4.	Walter Hackett	422	422
5.	Mike Slattery	417	417
6.	Lew Brown	338	338
7.	Tim Murnane	333	333
8.	Kid Butler	267	267
9.	Tommy McCarthy	215	215
10.	James Burke	190	190

Runs Scored

Rank	Player	Runs Scored	Year
1.	Ed Crane	83	1884
2.	John Irwin	81	1884
3.	Tom O'Brien	80	1884
4.	Walter Hackett	71	1884
5.	Mike Slattery	60	1884
6.	Tim Murnane	55	1884
7.	Lew Brown	50	1884
8.	Tommy McCarthy	37	1884
9.	Kid Butler	36	1884
10.	Tommy Bond	21	1884
	James Burke	21	1884

Runs Scored

Rank	Player	Runs Scored	PA
1.	Ed Crane	83	442
2.	John Irwin	81	447
3.	Tom O'Brien	80	461
4.	Walter Hackett	71	422
5.	Mike Slattery	60	417
6.	Tim Murnane	55	333
7.	Lew Brown	50	338
8.	Tommy McCarthy	37	215
9.	Kid Butler	36	267
10.	Tommy Bond	21	166
	James Burke	21	190

Hits

Rank	Player	Hits	Year
1.	Ed Crane	122	1884
2.	Tom O'Brien	118	1884
3.	Walter Hackett	101	1884
	John Irwin	101	1884
5.	Mike Slattery	86	1884
6.	Lew Brown	75	1884
7.	Tim Murnane	73	1884
8.	Tommy Bond	48	1884
9.	Tommy McCarthy	45	1884
10.	Kid Butler	43	1884

Hits

Rank	Player	Hits	PA
1.	Ed Crane	122	442
2.	Tom O'Brien	118	461
3.	Walter Hackett	101	422
	John Irwin	101	447
5.	Mike Slattery	86	417
6.	Lew Brown	75	338
7.	Tim Murnane	73	333
8.	Tommy Bond	48	166
9.	Tommy McCarthy	45	215
10.	Kid Butler	43	267

Total Bases

Rank	Player	Total Bases	Year
1.	Ed Crane	193	1884
2.	Tom O'Brien	177	1884
3.	John Irwin	138	1884
4.	Walter Hackett	123	1884
5.	Lew Brown	102	1884
6.	Mike Slattery	96	1884
7.	Tim Murnane	82	1884
8.	Kid Butler	58	1884
9.	Tommy Bond	56	1884
10.	James Burke	55	1884

Total Bases

Rank	Player	Total Bases	PA
1.	Ed Crane	193	442
2.	Tom O'Brien	177	461
3.	John Irwin	138	447
4.	Walter Hackett	123	422
5.	Lew Brown	102	338
6.	Mike Slattery	96	417
7.	Tim Murnane	82	333
8.	Kid Butler	58	267
9.	Tommy Bond	56	166
10.	James Burke	55	190

Doubles

Rank	Player	Doubles	Year
1.	Tom O'Brien	31	1884
2.	Ed Crane	23	1884
3.	John Irwin	22	1884
4.	Walter Hackett	19	1884
5.	Lew Brown	18	1884
6.	Kid Butler	15	1884
7.	Tommy Bond	8	1884
	James Burke	8	1884
	Dupee Shaw	8	1884
10.	Mike Slattery	6	1884

Doubles

Rank	Player	Doubles	PA
1.	Tom O'Brien	31	461
2.	Ed Crane	23	442
3.	John Irwin	22	447
4.	Walter Hackett	19	422
5.	Lew Brown	18	338
6.	Kid Butler	15	267
7.	Tommy Bond	8	166
	James Burke	8	190
	Dupee Shaw	8	158
10.	Mike Slattery	6	417

Triples

Rank	Player	Triples	Year
1.	Tom O'Brien	8	1884
2.	Ed Crane	6	1884
	John Irwin	6	1884
4.	Lew Brown	3	1884
	James Burke	3	1884
6.	Tommy McCarthy	2	1884
	Tim Murnane	2	1884
	Mike Slattery	2	1884

Triples

Rank	Player	Triples	PA
1.	Tom O'Brien	8	461
2.	Ed Crane	6	442
	John Irwin	6	447
4.	Lew Brown	3	338
	James Burke	3	190
6.	Tommy McCarthy	2	215
	Tim Murnane	2	333
	Mike Slattery	2	417

Home Runs

Rank	Player	Home Runs	Year
1.	Ed Crane	12	1884
2.	Tom O'Brien	4	1884
3.	Lew Brown	1	1884
	Walter Hackett	1	1884
	John Irwin	1	1884

Home Runs

Rank	Player	Home Runs	PA
1.	Ed Crane	12	442
2.	Tom O'Brien	4	461
3.	Lew Brown	1	338
	Walter Hackett	1	422
	John Irwin	1	447

Runs Batted In

Rank	Player	Runs Batted In	Year

Runs Batted In

Rank	Player	Runs Batted In	PA

Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	Year
1.	Tim Murnane	22	1884
2.	John Irwin	15	1884
3.	Ed Crane	14	1884
4.	Lew Brown	13	1884
5.	Kid Butler	12	1884
	Tom O'Brien	12	1884
7.	Walter Hackett	7	1884
8.	James Burke	6	1884
	Tommy McCarthy	6	1884
10.	Dupee Shaw	5	1884

Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	PA
1.	Tim Murnane	22	333
2.	John Irwin	15	447
3.	Ed Crane	14	442
4.	Lew Brown	13	338
5.	Kid Butler	12	267
	Tom O'Brien	12	461
7.	Walter Hackett	7	422
8.	James Burke	6	190
	Tommy McCarthy	6	215
10.	Dupee Shaw	5	158

Strikeouts

Rank	Player	Strikeouts	Year

Strikeouts

Rank	Player	Strikeouts	PA

Stolen Bases

Rank	Player	Stolen Bases	Year

Stolen Bases

Rank	Player	Stolen Bases	PA

Singles

Rank	Player	Singles	Year
1.	Ed Crane	81	1884
	Walter Hackett	81	1884
3.	Mike Slattery	78	1884
4.	Tom O'Brien	75	1884
5.	John Irwin	72	1884
6.	Tim Murnane	66	1884
7.	Lew Brown	53	1884
8.	Tommy McCarthy	41	1884
9.	Tommy Bond	40	1884
10.	James Burke	30	1884

Singles

Rank	Player	Singles	PA
1.	Ed Crane	81	442
	Walter Hackett	81	422
3.	Mike Slattery	78	417
4.	Tom O'Brien	75	461
5.	John Irwin	72	447
6.	Tim Murnane	66	333
7.	Lew Brown	53	338
8.	Tommy McCarthy	41	215
9.	Tommy Bond	40	166
10.	James Burke	30	190

Adjusted OPS+

Rank	Player	Adjusted OPS+	Year
1.	Ed Crane	153	1884
2.	Tom O'Brien	126	1884
3.	John Irwin	95	1884
4.	Lew Brown	93	1884
5.	Tim Murnane	87	1884
6.	Walter Hackett	86	1884
7.	Mike Slattery	51	1884

Adjusted OPS+

Rank	Player	Adjusted OPS+	PA

Runs Created

Rank	Player	Runs Created	Year
1.	Ed Crane	59	1884
2.	Tom O'Brien	50	1884
3.	John Irwin	36	1884
4.	Walter Hackett	31	1884
5.	Lew Brown	27	1884
6.	Tim Murnane	23	1884
7.	Mike Slattery	21	1884
8.	Tommy Bond	18	1884
9.	James Burke	14	1884
10.	Kid Butler	12	1884
	Tommy McCarthy	12	1884
	Dupee Shaw	12	1884

Runs Created

Rank	Player	Runs Created	PA
1.	Ed Crane	59	442
2.	Tom O'Brien	50	461
3.	John Irwin	36	447
4.	Walter Hackett	31	422
5.	Lew Brown	27	338
6.	Tim Murnane	23	333
7.	Mike Slattery	21	417
8.	Tommy Bond	18	166
9.	James Burke	14	190
10.	Kid Butler	12	267
	Tommy McCarthy	12	215
	Dupee Shaw	12	158

Adj. Batting Runs

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Runs	Year
1.	Ed Crane	27	1884
2.	Tom O'Brien	16	1884
3.	Tommy Bond	5	1884
4.	John Irwin	2	1884
5.	Lew Brown	1	1884
	Ed Callahan	1	1884
	Charlie Daniels	1	1884
	Elias Peak	1	1884

Adj. Batting Runs

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Runs	PA
1.	Ed Crane	27	442
2.	Tom O'Brien	16	461
3.	Tommy Bond	5	166
4.	John Irwin	2	447
5.	Lew Brown	1	338
	Ed Callahan	1	14
	Charlie Daniels	1	13
	Elias Peak	1	4

Adj. Batting Wins

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	Year
1.	Ed Crane	3.0	1884
2.	Tom O'Brien	1.8	1884
3.	Tommy Bond	0.6	1884
4.	Lew Brown	0.2	1884
	John Irwin	0.2	1884
6.	Ed Callahan	0.1	1884
	Charlie Daniels	0.1	1884
	Elias Peak	0.1	1884

Adj. Batting Wins

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	PA
1.	Ed Crane	3.0	442
2.	Tom O'Brien	1.8	461
3.	Tommy Bond	0.6	166
4.	Lew Brown	0.2	338
	John Irwin	0.2	447
6.	Ed Callahan	0.1	14
	Charlie Daniels	0.1	13
	Elias Peak	0.1	4

Extra Base Hits

Rank	Player	Extra Base Hits	Year
1.	Tom O'Brien	43	1884
2.	Ed Crane	41	1884
3.	John Irwin	29	1884
4.	Lew Brown	22	1884
5.	Walter Hackett	20	1884
6.	Kid Butler	15	1884
7.	James Burke	11	1884
8.	Tommy Bond	8	1884
	Dupee Shaw	8	1884
	Mike Slattery	8	1884

Extra Base Hits

Rank	Player	Extra Base Hits	PA
1.	Tom O'Brien	43	461
2.	Ed Crane	41	442
3.	John Irwin	29	447
4.	Lew Brown	22	338
5.	Walter Hackett	20	422
6.	Kid Butler	15	267
7.	James Burke	11	190
8.	Tommy Bond	8	166
	Dupee Shaw	8	158
	Mike Slattery	8	417

Times On Base

Rank	Player	Times On Base	Year
1.	Ed Crane	136	1884
2.	Tom O'Brien	130	1884
3.	John Irwin	116	1884
4.	Walter Hackett	108	1884
5.	Tim Murnane	95	1884
6.	Mike Slattery	90	1884
7.	Lew Brown	88	1884
8.	Kid Butler	55	1884
9.	Tommy Bond	52	1884
10.	Tommy McCarthy	51	1884

Times On Base

Rank	Player	Times On Base	PA
1.	Ed Crane	136	442
2.	Tom O'Brien	130	461
3.	John Irwin	116	447
4.	Walter Hackett	108	422
5.	Tim Murnane	95	333
6.	Mike Slattery	90	417
7.	Lew Brown	88	338
8.	Kid Butler	55	267
9.	Tommy Bond	52	166
10.	Tommy McCarthy	51	215

Offensive Win %

Rank	Player	Offensive Win %	Year
1.	Ed Crane	.685	1884
2.	Tom O'Brien	.582	1884
3.	John Irwin	.433	1884
4.	Lew Brown	.430	1884
5.	Walter Hackett	.390	1884
6.	Tim Murnane	.381	1884
7.	Mike Slattery	.224	1884

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

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
1.	Ed Crane	35.7	1884
2.	Tom O'Brien	112.3	1884
3.	Lew Brown	325.0	1884
4.	Walter Hackett	415.0	1884
5.	John Irwin	432.0	1884

AB per HR

Rank	Player	AB per HR	PA

Outs Made

Rank	Player	Outs Made	Year
1.	John Irwin	331	1884
	Tom O'Brien	331	1884
3.	Mike Slattery	327	1884
4.	Walter Hackett	314	1884
5.	Ed Crane	306	1884
6.	Lew Brown	250	1884
7.	Tim Murnane	238	1884
8.	Kid Butler	212	1884
9.	Tommy McCarthy	164	1884
10.	James Burke	143	1884

Outs Made

Rank	Player	Outs Made	PA
1.	John Irwin	331	447
	Tom O'Brien	331	461
3.	Mike Slattery	327	417
4.	Walter Hackett	314	422
5.	Ed Crane	306	442
6.	Lew Brown	250	338
7.	Tim Murnane	238	333
8.	Kid Butler	212	267
9.	Tommy McCarthy	164	215
10.	James Burke	143	190

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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