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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Batting Average
Rank Player BA Year

1. Dan Brouthers .374 1883

2. Dan Brouthers .368 1882

3. Dan Brouthers .359 1885

4. Jim O'Rourke .347 1884

5. Jim O'Rourke .328 1883

6. Dan Brouthers .327 1884

7. Deacon White .325 1884

8. Hardy Richardson .319 1885

9. Jack Rowe .315 1884

10. Hardy Richardson .311 1883

Batting Average
Rank Player BA PA

1. Dan Brouthers .351 1973

2. Jim O'Rourke .317 1711

3. Deacon White .301 1994

4. Hardy Richardson .292 2758

5. Jack Rowe .289 2179

6. Pud Galvin .212 1683

7. Davy Force .207 2294

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP Year

1. Dan Brouthers .408 1885

2. Dan Brouthers .403 1882

3. Dan Brouthers .397 1883

4. Jim O'Rourke .392 1884

5. Dan Brouthers .378 1884

6. Deacon White .370 1884

7. Jack Rowe .352 1884

8. Jim O'Rourke .352 1881

9. Jim O'Rourke .350 1883

10. Hardy Richardson .350 1885

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP PA

1. Dan Brouthers .391 1973

2. Jim O'Rourke .353 1711

3. Deacon White .333 1994

4. Hardy Richardson .322 2758

5. Jack Rowe .312 2179

6. Davy Force .241 2294

7. Pud Galvin .220 1683

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG Year

1. Dan Brouthers .572 1883

2. Dan Brouthers .563 1884

3. Dan Brouthers .547 1882

4. Dan Brouthers .543 1885

5. Jim O'Rourke .480 1884

6. Hardy Richardson .458 1885

7. Jack Rowe .450 1884

8. Hardy Richardson .444 1884

9. Deacon White .442 1884

10. Hardy Richardson .439 1883

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG PA

1. Dan Brouthers .554 1973

2. Jim O'Rourke .427 1711

3. Hardy Richardson .417 2758

4. Jack Rowe .397 2179

5. Deacon White .378 1994

6. Pud Galvin .277 1683

7. Davy Force .247 2294

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS Year

1. Dan Brouthers .969 1883

2. Dan Brouthers .951 1885

3. Dan Brouthers .950 1882

4. Dan Brouthers .941 1884

5. Jim O'Rourke .872 1884

6. Deacon White .812 1884

7. Hardy Richardson .808 1885

8. Jack Rowe .802 1884

9. Jim O'Rourke .788 1883

10. Hardy Richardson .785 1883

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS PA

1. Dan Brouthers .946 1973

2. Jim O'Rourke .780 1711

3. Hardy Richardson .739 2758

4. Deacon White .711 1994

5. Jack Rowe .709 2179

6. Pud Galvin .498 1683

7. Davy Force .488 2294

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Jim Lillie 114 1884

2. Jim Lillie 112 1885

3. Deacon White 110 1884

4. Jim O'Rourke 108 1884

5. Davy Force 106 1884

6. Hardy Richardson 102 1884

7. Dan Brouthers 98 1883

Dan Brouthers 98 1885

Jack Rowe 98 1885

Deacon White 98 1885

Games Played
Rank Player Games PA

1. Hardy Richardson 618 2758

2. Davy Force 581 2294

3. Jack Rowe 504 2179

4. Deacon White 463 1994

5. Dan Brouthers 439 1973

6. Pud Galvin 434 1683

7. Jim O'Rourke 369 1711

8. Jim Lillie 276 1114

9. Bill Crowley 237 1005

10. Curry Foley 190 850

At Bats
Rank Player AB Year

1. Jim Lillie 471 1884

2. Jim O'Rourke 467 1884

3. Deacon White 452 1884

4. Hardy Richardson 439 1884

5. Jim O'Rourke 436 1883

6. Jim Lillie 430 1885

7. Hardy Richardson 426 1885

8. Dan Brouthers 425 1883

9. Jack Rowe 421 1885

10. Dan Brouthers 407 1885

At Bats
Rank Player AB PA

1. Hardy Richardson 2641 2758

2. Davy Force 2196 2294

3. Jack Rowe 2109 2179

4. Deacon White 1903 1994

5. Dan Brouthers 1851 1973

6. Pud Galvin 1666 1683

7. Jim O'Rourke 1621 1711

8. Jim Lillie 1102 1114

9. Bill Crowley 959 1005

10. Curry Foley 827 850

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA Year

1. Jim O'Rourke 502 1884

2. Deacon White 484 1884

3. Jim Lillie 476 1884

4. Hardy Richardson 461 1884

5. Jim O'Rourke 451 1883

6. Hardy Richardson 446 1885

7. Dan Brouthers 441 1883

Dan Brouthers 441 1885

9. Jim Lillie 436 1885

10. Jack Rowe 434 1885

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA PA

1. Hardy Richardson 2758 2758

2. Davy Force 2294 2294

3. Jack Rowe 2179 2179

4. Deacon White 1994 1994

5. Dan Brouthers 1973 1973

6. Jim O'Rourke 1711 1711

7. Pud Galvin 1683 1683

8. Jim Lillie 1114 1114

9. Bill Crowley 1005 1005

10. Curry Foley 850 850

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs Year

1. Jim O'Rourke 119 1884

2. Jim O'Rourke 102 1883

3. Hardy Richardson 90 1885

4. Dan Brouthers 87 1885

5. Dan Brouthers 85 1883

Hardy Richardson 85 1884

Jack Rowe 85 1884

8. Dan Brouthers 82 1884

Deacon White 82 1884

10. Blondie Purcell 79 1882

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs PA

1. Hardy Richardson 473 2758

2. Dan Brouthers 385 1973

3. Jim O'Rourke 354 1711

4. Jack Rowe 336 2179

5. Deacon White 307 1994

6. Davy Force 225 2294

7. Pud Galvin 188 1683

8. Jim Lillie 142 1114

9. Curry Foley 132 850

10. Bill Crowley 127 1005

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Jim O'Rourke 162 1884

2. Dan Brouthers 159 1883

3. Deacon White 147 1884

4. Dan Brouthers 146 1885

5. Jim O'Rourke 143 1883

6. Hardy Richardson 136 1885

7. Hardy Richardson 132 1884

8. Dan Brouthers 130 1884

9. Dan Brouthers 129 1882

10. Jack Rowe 126 1884

Hits
Rank Player Hits PA

1. Hardy Richardson 772 2758

2. Dan Brouthers 650 1973

3. Jack Rowe 610 2179

4. Deacon White 573 1994

5. Jim O'Rourke 514 1711

6. Davy Force 454 2294

7. Pud Galvin 354 1683

8. Jim Lillie 259 1114

9. Bill Crowley 253 1005

10. Curry Foley 230 850

Total Bases
Rank Player TB Year

1. Dan Brouthers 243 1883

2. Dan Brouthers 224 1884

Jim O'Rourke 224 1884

4. Dan Brouthers 221 1885

5. Deacon White 200 1884

6. Hardy Richardson 195 1884

Hardy Richardson 195 1885

8. Dan Brouthers 192 1882

9. Jim O'Rourke 191 1883

10. Jack Rowe 180 1884

Total Bases
Rank Player TB PA

1. Hardy Richardson 1101 2758

2. Dan Brouthers 1026 1973

3. Jack Rowe 838 2179

4. Deacon White 720 1994

5. Jim O'Rourke 692 1711

6. Davy Force 543 2294

7. Pud Galvin 462 1683

8. Jim Lillie 331 1114

9. Bill Crowley 315 1005

10. Curry Foley 301 850

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles Year

1. Dan Brouthers 41 1883

2. Hardy Richardson 34 1883

3. Jim O'Rourke 33 1884

4. Dan Brouthers 32 1885

5. Jim O'Rourke 29 1883

6. Jack Rowe 28 1885

7. Hardy Richardson 27 1884

8. Deacon White 24 1881

9. Dan Brouthers 23 1882

10. Dan Brouthers 22 1884

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles PA

1. Hardy Richardson 154 2758

2. Dan Brouthers 136 1973

3. Jim O'Rourke 98 1711

4. Jack Rowe 96 2179

5. Deacon White 77 1994

6. Davy Force 64 2294

7. Pud Galvin 60 1683

8. Curry Foley 41 850

9. Bill Crowley 39 1005

10. Jim Lillie 32 1114

Triples
Rank Player Triples Year

1. Dan Brouthers 17 1883

2. Dan Brouthers 15 1884

3. Jack Rowe 14 1884

4. Dan Brouthers 11 1882

Dan Brouthers 11 1885

Joe Hornung 11 1880

Hardy Richardson 11 1885

Jack Rowe 11 1881

Deacon White 11 1884

10. Hardy Richardson 10 1879

Triples
Rank Player Triples PA

1. Dan Brouthers 63 1973

2. Hardy Richardson 62 2758

3. Jack Rowe 51 2179

4. Jim O'Rourke 28 1711

5. Deacon White 26 1994

6. Pud Galvin 21 1683

7. Joe Hornung 18 671

8. Davy Force 11 2294

Jim Lillie 11 1114

10. Bill Crowley 10 1005

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Dan Brouthers 14 1884

2. Dan Brouthers 8 1881

3. Dan Brouthers 7 1885

4. Dan Brouthers 6 1882

Hardy Richardson 6 1884

Hardy Richardson 6 1885

7. Jim O'Rourke 5 1884

Deacon White 5 1884

9. Jack Rowe 4 1884

10. Dan Brouthers 3 1883

Curry Foley 3 1882

Jim Lillie 3 1884

Home Runs
Rank Player HR PA

1. Dan Brouthers 38 1973

2. Hardy Richardson 17 2758

3. Jack Rowe 10 2179

4. Jim O'Rourke 8 1711

5. Jim Lillie 6 1114

Deacon White 6 1994

7. Curry Foley 4 850

8. Ed Crane 2 54

Pud Galvin 2 1683

George Myers 2 687

Blondie Purcell 2 515

Oscar Walker 2 427

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI Year

1. Dan Brouthers 97 1883

2. Dan Brouthers 79 1884

3. Deacon White 74 1884

4. Dan Brouthers 63 1882

Jim O'Rourke 63 1884

6. Jack Rowe 61 1884

7. Hardy Richardson 60 1884

8. Dan Brouthers 59 1885

9. Hardy Richardson 57 1882

Deacon White 57 1885

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI PA

1. Dan Brouthers 343 1973

2. Hardy Richardson 324 2758

3. Jack Rowe 279 2179

4. Deacon White 264 1994

5. Jim O'Rourke 168 1711

6. Davy Force 154 2294

7. Pud Galvin 130 1683

8. Jim Lillie 112 1114

9. Bill Crowley 86 1005

10. Curry Foley 80 850

Joe Hornung 80 671

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Jim O'Rourke 35 1884

2. Dan Brouthers 34 1885

3. Dan Brouthers 33 1884

4. Deacon White 32 1884

5. Davy Force 27 1884

Jim O'Rourke 27 1881

Orator Shaffer 27 1883

8. George Myers 23 1885

Jack Rowe 23 1884

Deacon White 23 1883

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB PA

1. Dan Brouthers 122 1973

2. Hardy Richardson 117 2758

3. Davy Force 98 2294

4. Deacon White 91 1994

5. Jim O'Rourke 90 1711

6. Jack Rowe 70 2179

7. Bill Crowley 46 1005

8. George Myers 36 687

9. Orator Shaffer 27 428

10. Curry Foley 23 850

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Pud Galvin 80 1884

2. Pud Galvin 79 1883

3. Jim Lillie 71 1884

4. Pud Galvin 70 1881

5. Pud Galvin 57 1880

6. Pud Galvin 56 1879

7. Dave Eggler 54 1884

8. Pud Galvin 49 1882

9. Dave Eggler 41 1879

Davy Force 41 1884

Hardy Richardson 41 1884

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO PA

1. Pud Galvin 418 1683

2. Davy Force 217 2294

3. Hardy Richardson 210 2758

4. Jim Lillie 141 1114

5. Dave Eggler 128 756

6. Jack Rowe 77 2179

7. Dan Brouthers 76 1973

8. George Myers 73 687

9. Bill Crowley 69 1005

10. Deacon White 66 1994

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB Year

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB PA

Singles
Rank Player Singles Year

1. Jim O'Rourke 117 1884

2. Deacon White 115 1884

3. Deacon White 106 1885

4. Jim O'Rourke 105 1883

5. Orator Shaffer 103 1883

6. Hardy Richardson 100 1885

7. Dan Brouthers 98 1883

8. Dan Brouthers 96 1885

9. Deacon White 95 1883

10. Jack Rowe 94 1884

Singles
Rank Player Singles PA

1. Hardy Richardson 539 2758

2. Deacon White 464 1994

3. Jack Rowe 453 2179

4. Dan Brouthers 413 1973

5. Jim O'Rourke 380 1711

6. Davy Force 378 2294

7. Pud Galvin 271 1683

8. Jim Lillie 210 1114

9. Bill Crowley 203 1005

10. Curry Foley 176 850

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ Year

1. Dan Brouthers 201 1885

2. Dan Brouthers 199 1882

3. Dan Brouthers 189 1884

4. Dan Brouthers 187 1883

5. Jim O'Rourke 170 1884

6. Hardy Richardson 156 1885

7. Deacon White 152 1884

8. Jack Rowe 148 1884

9. Hardy Richardson 140 1884

10. Jim O'Rourke 136 1881

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ PA

1. Dan Brouthers 191 1973

2. Jim O'Rourke 141 1711

3. Hardy Richardson 132 2758

4. Jack Rowe 122 2179

5. Deacon White 122 1994

6. Pud Galvin 56 1683

7. Davy Force 55 2294

Runs Created
Rank Player RC Year

1. Dan Brouthers 96 1883

2. Dan Brouthers 90 1885

3. Jim O'Rourke 88 1884

4. Dan Brouthers 85 1884

5. Dan Brouthers 77 1882

6. Deacon White 74 1884

7. Hardy Richardson 68 1885

8. Jim O'Rourke 67 1883

9. Hardy Richardson 65 1884

10. Jack Rowe 63 1884

Runs Created
Rank Player RC PA

1. Dan Brouthers 401 1973

2. Hardy Richardson 356 2758

3. Jack Rowe 265 2179

4. Jim O'Rourke 246 1711

5. Deacon White 242 1994

6. Davy Force 132 2294

7. Pud Galvin 104 1683

8. Bill Crowley 94 1005

9. Curry Foley 90 850

10. Jim Lillie 80 1114

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns Year

1. Dan Brouthers 47 1885

2. Dan Brouthers 44 1883

3. Dan Brouthers 40 1884

4. Jim O'Rourke 39 1884

5. Dan Brouthers 39 1882

6. Deacon White 27 1884

7. Hardy Richardson 25 1885

8. Dan Brouthers 24 1881

9. Jack Rowe 21 1884

10. Hardy Richardson 20 1884

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns PA

1. Dan Brouthers 194 1973

2. Hardy Richardson 95 2758

3. Jim O'Rourke 78 1711

4. Jack Rowe 49 2179

5. Deacon White 46 1994

6. Blondie Purcell 9 515

7. Mike Moynahan 6 106

8. Joe Hornung 6 671

9. Curry Foley 6 850

10. Bill Crowley 5 1005

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins Year

1. Dan Brouthers 5.2 1885

2. Dan Brouthers 4.5 1883

3. Dan Brouthers 4.3 1884

4. Dan Brouthers 4.2 1882

5. Jim O'Rourke 4.2 1884

6. Deacon White 2.9 1884

7. Hardy Richardson 2.8 1885

8. Dan Brouthers 2.6 1881

9. Jack Rowe 2.3 1884

10. Hardy Richardson 2.2 1884

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins PA

1. Dan Brouthers 20.7 1973

2. Hardy Richardson 10.4 2758

3. Jim O'Rourke 8.4 1711

4. Jack Rowe 5.4 2179

5. Deacon White 5.0 1994

6. Blondie Purcell 1.0 515

7. Mike Moynahan 0.7 106

8. Joe Hornung 0.7 671

9. Curry Foley 0.6 850

Bill Crowley 0.6 1005

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH Year

1. Dan Brouthers 61 1883

2. Dan Brouthers 51 1884

3. Dan Brouthers 50 1885

4. Jim O'Rourke 45 1884

5. Hardy Richardson 42 1883

Hardy Richardson 42 1884

7. Dan Brouthers 40 1882

8. Jim O'Rourke 38 1883

Jack Rowe 38 1885

10. Hardy Richardson 36 1885

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH PA

1. Dan Brouthers 237 1973

2. Hardy Richardson 233 2758

3. Jack Rowe 157 2179

4. Jim O'Rourke 134 1711

5. Deacon White 109 1994

6. Pud Galvin 83 1683

7. Davy Force 76 2294

8. Curry Foley 54 850

9. Bill Crowley 50 1005

10. Jim Lillie 49 1114

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB Year

1. Jim O'Rourke 197 1884

2. Dan Brouthers 180 1885

3. Deacon White 179 1884

4. Dan Brouthers 175 1883

5. Dan Brouthers 163 1884

6. Jim O'Rourke 158 1883

7. Hardy Richardson 156 1885

8. Hardy Richardson 154 1884

9. Dan Brouthers 150 1882

10. Jack Rowe 149 1884

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB PA

1. Hardy Richardson 889 2758

2. Dan Brouthers 772 1973

3. Jack Rowe 680 2179

4. Deacon White 664 1994

5. Jim O'Rourke 604 1711

6. Davy Force 552 2294

7. Pud Galvin 371 1683

8. Bill Crowley 299 1005

9. Jim Lillie 271 1114

10. Curry Foley 253 850

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% Year

1. Dan Brouthers .860 1885

2. Dan Brouthers .847 1882

3. Dan Brouthers .832 1883

4. Dan Brouthers .820 1884

5. Jim O'Rourke .793 1884

6. Hardy Richardson .752 1885

7. Deacon White .736 1884

8. Jack Rowe .716 1884

9. Hardy Richardson .685 1884

10. Jim O'Rourke .683 1883

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% PA

1. Dan Brouthers .834 1973

2. Jim O'Rourke .697 1711

3. Hardy Richardson .654 2758

4. Deacon White .623 1994

5. Jack Rowe .621 2179

6. Pud Galvin .273 1683

7. Davy Force .258 2294

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

Caught Stealing
Rank Player CS PA

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd Year

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd PA

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO Year

1. Dan Brouthers 50.1 1882

2. Dan Brouthers 40.7 1885

3. Deacon White 39.9 1881

4. Deacon White 36.7 1885

5. Deacon White 34.8 1884

6. Jim O'Rourke 33.5 1883

7. Jack Rowe 28.6 1884

8. Jim O'Rourke 28.5 1882

9. Jim O'Rourke 27.5 1884

10. Jack Rowe 26.7 1883

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO PA

1. Deacon White 28.8 1994

2. Jack Rowe 27.4 2179

3. Jim O'Rourke 26.6 1711

4. Dan Brouthers 24.4 1973

5. Hardy Richardson 12.6 2758

6. Davy Force 10.1 2294

7. Pud Galvin 4.0 1683

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR Year

1. Dan Brouthers 28.4 1884

2. Dan Brouthers 58.1 1885

3. Dan Brouthers 58.5 1882

4. Hardy Richardson 71.0 1885

5. Hardy Richardson 73.2 1884

6. Deacon White 90.4 1884

7. Jim O'Rourke 93.4 1884

8. Jack Rowe 100.0 1884

9. Curry Foley 113.7 1882

10. Dan Brouthers 141.7 1883

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR PA

1. Dan Brouthers 48.7 1973

2. Hardy Richardson 155.4 2758

3. Jim O'Rourke 202.6 1711

4. Jack Rowe 210.9 2179

5. Deacon White 317.2 1994

6. Pud Galvin 833.0 1683

7. Davy Force 2196.0 2294

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs Year

1. Jim Lillie 366 1884

2. Jim Lillie 323 1885

3. Davy Force 320 1884

4. Hardy Richardson 307 1884

5. Jim O'Rourke 305 1884

Deacon White 305 1884

7. Jack Rowe 299 1885

8. Davy Force 296 1883

9. Jim O'Rourke 293 1883

10. Hardy Richardson 290 1885

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs PA

1. Hardy Richardson 1869 2758

2. Davy Force 1742 2294

3. Jack Rowe 1499 2179

4. Deacon White 1330 1994

5. Pud Galvin 1312 1683

6. Dan Brouthers 1201 1973

7. Jim O'Rourke 1107 1711

8. Jim Lillie 843 1114

9. Bill Crowley 706 1005

10. Curry Foley 597 850

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