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Brooklyn Gladiators Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Brooklyn Gladiators Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Batting Average
Rank Player BA Year

1. Billy O'Brien .278 1890

2. Hank Simon .257 1890

3. Ed Daily .239 1890

4. John Peltz .227 1890

5. Joe Gerhardt .203 1890

Batting Average
Rank Player BA PA

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP Year

1. Billy O'Brien .332 1890

2. Hank Simon .323 1890

3. John Peltz .289 1890

4. Ed Daily .284 1890

5. Joe Gerhardt .270 1890

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP PA

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG Year

1. Billy O'Brien .415 1890

2. Hank Simon .362 1890

3. Ed Daily .320 1890

4. John Peltz .289 1890

5. Joe Gerhardt .268 1890

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG PA

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS Year

1. Billy O'Brien .747 1890

2. Hank Simon .685 1890

3. Ed Daily .604 1890

4. John Peltz .579 1890

5. Joe Gerhardt .539 1890

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS PA

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Joe Gerhardt 99 1890

2. John Peltz 98 1890

3. Billy O'Brien 96 1890

4. Ed Daily 91 1890

5. Hank Simon 89 1890

6. Frank Bowes 61 1890

Herman Pitz 61 1890

8. Candy Nelson 60 1890

9. Frank Fennelly 45 1890

10. Jim Toy 44 1890

Games Played
Rank Player Games PA

1. Joe Gerhardt 99 403

2. John Peltz 98 418

3. Billy O'Brien 96 419

4. Ed Daily 91 419

5. Hank Simon 89 409

6. Frank Bowes 61 240

Herman Pitz 61 237

8. Candy Nelson 60 263

9. Frank Fennelly 45 208

10. Jim Toy 44 172

At Bats
Rank Player AB Year

1. Ed Daily 394 1890

2. Billy O'Brien 388 1890

3. John Peltz 384 1890

4. Hank Simon 373 1890

5. Joe Gerhardt 369 1890

6. Frank Bowes 232 1890

7. Candy Nelson 223 1890

8. Herman Pitz 189 1890

9. Frank Fennelly 178 1890

10. Jim Toy 160 1890

At Bats
Rank Player AB PA

1. Ed Daily 394 419

2. Billy O'Brien 388 419

3. John Peltz 384 418

4. Hank Simon 373 409

5. Joe Gerhardt 369 403

6. Frank Bowes 232 240

7. Candy Nelson 223 263

8. Herman Pitz 189 237

9. Frank Fennelly 178 208

10. Jim Toy 160 172

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA Year

1. Ed Daily 419 1890

Billy O'Brien 419 1890

3. John Peltz 418 1890

4. Hank Simon 409 1890

5. Joe Gerhardt 403 1890

6. Candy Nelson 263 1890

7. Frank Bowes 240 1890

8. Herman Pitz 237 1890

9. Frank Fennelly 208 1890

10. Jim Toy 172 1890

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA PA

1. Ed Daily 419 419

Billy O'Brien 419 419

3. John Peltz 418 418

4. Hank Simon 409 409

5. Joe Gerhardt 403 403

6. Candy Nelson 263 263

7. Frank Bowes 240 240

8. Herman Pitz 237 237

9. Frank Fennelly 208 208

10. Jim Toy 172 172

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs Year

1. Ed Daily 68 1890

2. Hank Simon 66 1890

3. John Peltz 55 1890

4. Billy O'Brien 47 1890

5. Candy Nelson 44 1890

6. Frank Fennelly 40 1890

7. Joe Gerhardt 34 1890

8. Jumbo Davis 33 1890

9. Frank Bowes 28 1890

10. Herman Pitz 26 1890

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs PA

1. Ed Daily 68 419

2. Hank Simon 66 409

3. John Peltz 55 418

4. Billy O'Brien 47 419

5. Candy Nelson 44 263

6. Frank Fennelly 40 208

7. Joe Gerhardt 34 403

8. Jumbo Davis 33 161

9. Frank Bowes 28 240

10. Herman Pitz 26 237

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Billy O'Brien 108 1890

2. Hank Simon 96 1890

3. Ed Daily 94 1890

4. John Peltz 87 1890

5. Joe Gerhardt 75 1890

6. Candy Nelson 56 1890

7. Frank Bowes 51 1890

8. Frank Fennelly 44 1890

9. Jumbo Davis 43 1890

10. Jim Toy 29 1890

Hits
Rank Player Hits PA

1. Billy O'Brien 108 419

2. Hank Simon 96 409

3. Ed Daily 94 419

4. John Peltz 87 418

5. Joe Gerhardt 75 403

6. Candy Nelson 56 263

7. Frank Bowes 51 240

8. Frank Fennelly 44 208

9. Jumbo Davis 43 161

10. Jim Toy 29 172

Total Bases
Rank Player TB Year

1. Billy O'Brien 161 1890

2. Hank Simon 135 1890

3. Ed Daily 126 1890

4. John Peltz 111 1890

5. Joe Gerhardt 99 1890

6. Frank Fennelly 64 1890

7. Candy Nelson 63 1890

8. Jumbo Davis 62 1890

9. Frank Bowes 60 1890

10. Jim Toy 32 1890

Total Bases
Rank Player TB PA

1. Billy O'Brien 161 419

2. Hank Simon 135 409

3. Ed Daily 126 419

4. John Peltz 111 418

5. Joe Gerhardt 99 403

6. Frank Fennelly 64 208

7. Candy Nelson 63 263

8. Jumbo Davis 62 161

9. Frank Bowes 60 240

10. Jim Toy 32 172

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles Year

1. Billy O'Brien 25 1890

2. Hank Simon 17 1890

3. Ed Daily 15 1890

4. Joe Gerhardt 10 1890

5. Jumbo Davis 9 1890

John Peltz 9 1890

7. Frank Fennelly 8 1890

8. Frank Bowes 5 1890

9. Candy Nelson 3 1890

Steve Toole 3 1890

Jim Toy 3 1890

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles PA

1. Billy O'Brien 25 419

2. Hank Simon 17 409

3. Ed Daily 15 419

4. Joe Gerhardt 10 403

5. Jumbo Davis 9 161

John Peltz 9 418

7. Frank Fennelly 8 208

8. Frank Bowes 5 240

9. Candy Nelson 3 263

Steve Toole 3 21

Jim Toy 3 172

Triples
Rank Player Triples Year

1. Hank Simon 11 1890

2. Billy O'Brien 8 1890

3. Ed Daily 7 1890

4. John Peltz 6 1890

5. Joe Gerhardt 4 1890

6. Frank Fennelly 3 1890

7. Frank Bowes 2 1890

Jumbo Davis 2 1890

Candy Nelson 2 1890

10. Pat Connell 1 1890

Mike Mattimore 1 1890

Triples
Rank Player Triples PA

1. Hank Simon 11 409

2. Billy O'Brien 8 419

3. Ed Daily 7 419

4. John Peltz 6 418

5. Joe Gerhardt 4 403

6. Frank Fennelly 3 208

7. Frank Bowes 2 240

Jumbo Davis 2 161

Candy Nelson 2 263

10. Pat Connell 1 47

Mike Mattimore 1 147

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Billy O'Brien 4 1890

2. Jumbo Davis 2 1890

Frank Fennelly 2 1890

Joe Gerhardt 2 1890

5. Ed Daily 1 1890

Bob Murphy 1 1890

John Peltz 1 1890

Home Runs
Rank Player HR PA

1. Billy O'Brien 4 419

2. Jumbo Davis 2 161

Frank Fennelly 2 208

Joe Gerhardt 2 403

5. Ed Daily 1 419

Bob Murphy 1 54

John Peltz 1 418

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI Year

1. Billy O'Brien 67 1890

2. Joe Gerhardt 40 1890

3. Ed Daily 39 1890

4. Hank Simon 38 1890

5. John Peltz 33 1890

6. Jumbo Davis 28 1890

7. Frank Bowes 24 1890

8. Frank Fennelly 18 1890

9. Candy Nelson 12 1890

10. Mike Mattimore 7 1890

Jim Toy 7 1890

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI PA

1. Billy O'Brien 67 419

2. Joe Gerhardt 40 403

3. Ed Daily 39 419

4. Hank Simon 38 409

5. John Peltz 33 418

6. Jumbo Davis 28 161

7. Frank Bowes 24 240

8. Frank Fennelly 18 208

9. Candy Nelson 12 263

10. Mike Mattimore 7 147

Jim Toy 7 172

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Herman Pitz 45 1890

2. Candy Nelson 35 1890

3. Hank Simon 34 1890

4. John Peltz 32 1890

5. Frank Fennelly 30 1890

Joe Gerhardt 30 1890

7. Billy O'Brien 28 1890

8. Ed Daily 24 1890

9. Mike Mattimore 16 1890

10. Jumbo Davis 15 1890

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB PA

1. Herman Pitz 45 237

2. Candy Nelson 35 263

3. Hank Simon 34 409

4. John Peltz 32 418

5. Frank Fennelly 30 208

Joe Gerhardt 30 403

7. Billy O'Brien 28 419

8. Ed Daily 24 419

9. Mike Mattimore 16 147

10. Jumbo Davis 15 161

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO PA

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB Year

1. Ed Daily 49 1890

2. Herman Pitz 25 1890

3. Hank Simon 23 1890

4. Candy Nelson 12 1890

5. Frank Bowes 11 1890

Mike Mattimore 11 1890

7. Jumbo Davis 10 1890

John Peltz 10 1890

9. Joe Gerhardt 9 1890

10. Frank Fennelly 6 1890

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB PA

1. Ed Daily 49 419

2. Herman Pitz 25 237

3. Hank Simon 23 409

4. Candy Nelson 12 263

5. Frank Bowes 11 240

Mike Mattimore 11 147

7. Jumbo Davis 10 161

John Peltz 10 418

9. Joe Gerhardt 9 403

10. Frank Fennelly 6 208

Singles
Rank Player Singles Year

1. Ed Daily 71 1890

Billy O'Brien 71 1890

John Peltz 71 1890

4. Hank Simon 68 1890

5. Joe Gerhardt 59 1890

6. Candy Nelson 51 1890

7. Frank Bowes 44 1890

8. Frank Fennelly 31 1890

9. Jumbo Davis 30 1890

10. Herman Pitz 26 1890

Jim Toy 26 1890

Singles
Rank Player Singles PA

1. Ed Daily 71 419

Billy O'Brien 71 419

John Peltz 71 418

4. Hank Simon 68 409

5. Joe Gerhardt 59 403

6. Candy Nelson 51 263

7. Frank Bowes 44 240

8. Frank Fennelly 31 208

9. Jumbo Davis 30 161

10. Herman Pitz 26 237

Jim Toy 26 172

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ Year

1. Billy O'Brien 122 1890

2. Hank Simon 104 1890

3. Ed Daily 80 1890

4. John Peltz 72 1890

5. Joe Gerhardt 60 1890

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ PA

Runs Created
Rank Player RC Year

1. Billy O'Brien 53 1890

2. Hank Simon 43 1890

3. Ed Daily 36 1890

4. John Peltz 32 1890

5. Joe Gerhardt 26 1890

6. Jumbo Davis 23 1890

Frank Fennelly 23 1890

8. Candy Nelson 22 1890

9. Frank Bowes 15 1890

10. Herman Pitz 8 1890

Runs Created
Rank Player RC PA

1. Billy O'Brien 53 419

2. Hank Simon 43 409

3. Ed Daily 36 419

4. John Peltz 32 418

5. Joe Gerhardt 26 403

6. Jumbo Davis 23 161

Frank Fennelly 23 208

8. Candy Nelson 22 263

9. Frank Bowes 15 240

10. Herman Pitz 8 237

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns Year

1. Billy O'Brien 9 1890

2. Jumbo Davis 8 1890

3. Frank Fennelly 4 1890

4. Jack Lynch 2 1890

5. Steve Toole 1 1890

6. Gus Williams 0 1890

7. Hank Simon 0 1890

8. Pat Connell 0 1890

9. Candy Nelson 0 1890

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns PA

1. Billy O'Brien 9 419

2. Jumbo Davis 8 161

3. Frank Fennelly 4 208

4. Jack Lynch 2 5

5. Steve Toole 1 21

6. Gus Williams 0 4

7. Hank Simon 0 409

8. Pat Connell 0 47

9. Candy Nelson 0 263

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins Year

1. Jumbo Davis 0.9 1890

Billy O'Brien 0.9 1890

3. Frank Fennelly 0.4 1890

4. Jack Lynch 0.2 1890

5. Steve Toole 0.1 1890

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins PA

1. Jumbo Davis 0.9 161

Billy O'Brien 0.9 419

3. Frank Fennelly 0.4 208

4. Jack Lynch 0.2 5

5. Steve Toole 0.1 21

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH Year

1. Billy O'Brien 37 1890

2. Hank Simon 28 1890

3. Ed Daily 23 1890

4. Joe Gerhardt 16 1890

John Peltz 16 1890

6. Jumbo Davis 13 1890

Frank Fennelly 13 1890

8. Frank Bowes 7 1890

9. Candy Nelson 5 1890

10. Pat Connell 3 1890

Bob Murphy 3 1890

Steve Toole 3 1890

Jim Toy 3 1890

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH PA

1. Billy O'Brien 37 419

2. Hank Simon 28 409

3. Ed Daily 23 419

4. Joe Gerhardt 16 403

John Peltz 16 418

6. Jumbo Davis 13 161

Frank Fennelly 13 208

8. Frank Bowes 7 240

9. Candy Nelson 5 263

10. Pat Connell 3 47

Bob Murphy 3 54

Steve Toole 3 21

Jim Toy 3 172

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB Year

1. Billy O'Brien 139 1890

2. Hank Simon 132 1890

3. John Peltz 121 1890

4. Ed Daily 119 1890

5. Joe Gerhardt 109 1890

6. Candy Nelson 96 1890

7. Frank Fennelly 74 1890

Herman Pitz 74 1890

9. Jumbo Davis 62 1890

10. Frank Bowes 59 1890

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB PA

1. Billy O'Brien 139 419

2. Hank Simon 132 409

3. John Peltz 121 418

4. Ed Daily 119 419

5. Joe Gerhardt 109 403

6. Candy Nelson 96 263

7. Frank Fennelly 74 208

Herman Pitz 74 237

9. Jumbo Davis 62 161

10. Frank Bowes 59 240

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% Year

1. Billy O'Brien .616 1890

2. Hank Simon .527 1890

3. Ed Daily .411 1890

4. John Peltz .364 1890

5. Joe Gerhardt .285 1890

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% PA

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

1. Candy Nelson 5 1890

2. Jumbo Davis 4 1890

Joe Gerhardt 4 1890

4. Billy O'Brien 3 1890

Herman Pitz 3 1890

6. Mike Mattimore 2 1890

John Peltz 2 1890

Hank Simon 2 1890

9. Frank Bowes 1 1890

Ed Daily 1 1890

Bob Murphy 1 1890

Jim Powers 1 1890

Steve Toole 1 1890

Jim Toy 1 1890

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch PA

1. Candy Nelson 5 263

2. Jumbo Davis 4 161

Joe Gerhardt 4 403

4. Billy O'Brien 3 419

Herman Pitz 3 237

6. Mike Mattimore 2 147

John Peltz 2 418

Hank Simon 2 409

9. Frank Bowes 1 240

Ed Daily 1 419

Bob Murphy 1 54

Jim Powers 1 15

Steve Toole 1 21

Jim Toy 1 172

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. Billy O'Brien 4.4 1890

2. Jumbo Davis 3.3 1890

3. Joe Gerhardt 3.3 1890

4. Frank Fennelly 3.0 1890

5. Ed Daily 2.0 1890

6. John Peltz 1.8 1890

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd PA

1. Billy O'Brien 4.4 419

2. Jumbo Davis 3.3 161

3. Joe Gerhardt 3.3 403

4. Frank Fennelly 3.0 208

5. Ed Daily 2.0 419

6. John Peltz 1.8 418

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO Year

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO PA

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR Year

1. Billy O'Brien 97.0 1890

2. Joe Gerhardt 184.5 1890

3. John Peltz 384.0 1890

4. Ed Daily 394.0 1890

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR PA

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs Year

1. Ed Daily 300 1890

2. John Peltz 297 1890

3. Joe Gerhardt 294 1890

4. Billy O'Brien 280 1890

5. Hank Simon 277 1890

6. Frank Bowes 181 1890

7. Candy Nelson 167 1890

8. Herman Pitz 163 1890

9. Frank Fennelly 134 1890

10. Jim Toy 131 1890

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs PA

1. Ed Daily 300 419

2. John Peltz 297 418

3. Joe Gerhardt 294 403

4. Billy O'Brien 280 419

5. Hank Simon 277 409

6. Frank Bowes 181 240

7. Candy Nelson 167 263

8. Herman Pitz 163 237

9. Frank Fennelly 134 208

10. Jim Toy 131 172

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