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Brooklyn Ward's Wonders Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Batting Average
Rank Player BA Year

1. Dave Orr .371 1890

2. John Ward .335 1890

3. George Van Haltren .335 1890

4. Lou Bierbauer .306 1890

5. Ed Andrews .253 1890

6. Bill Joyce .252 1890

7. Jack McGeachey .244 1890

8. Emmett Seery .223 1890

Batting Average
Rank Player BA PA

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP Year

1. Dave Orr .414 1890

2. Bill Joyce .413 1890

3. George Van Haltren .405 1890

4. John Ward .393 1890

5. Lou Bierbauer .350 1890

6. Emmett Seery .348 1890

7. Ed Andrews .323 1890

8. Jack McGeachey .278 1890

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP PA

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG Year

1. Dave Orr .534 1890

2. George Van Haltren .444 1890

3. Lou Bierbauer .431 1890

4. John Ward .426 1890

5. Bill Joyce .368 1890

6. Jack McGeachey .323 1890

7. Ed Andrews .322 1890

8. Emmett Seery .297 1890

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG PA

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS Year

1. Dave Orr .948 1890

2. George Van Haltren .849 1890

3. John Ward .819 1890

4. Bill Joyce .782 1890

5. Lou Bierbauer .781 1890

6. Ed Andrews .645 1890

7. Emmett Seery .645 1890

8. Jack McGeachey .601 1890

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS PA

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Lou Bierbauer 133 1890

Bill Joyce 133 1890

3. John Ward 128 1890

4. Dave Orr 107 1890

5. Jack McGeachey 104 1890

Emmett Seery 104 1890

7. Ed Andrews 94 1890

8. George Van Haltren 92 1890

9. Tom Kinslow 64 1890

10. Paul Cook 58 1890

Games Played
Rank Player Games PA

1. Lou Bierbauer 133 629

Bill Joyce 133 624

3. John Ward 128 614

4. Dave Orr 107 498

5. Jack McGeachey 104 464

Emmett Seery 104 469

7. Ed Andrews 94 436

8. George Van Haltren 92 420

9. Tom Kinslow 64 254

10. Paul Cook 58 234

At Bats
Rank Player AB Year

1. Lou Bierbauer 589 1890

2. John Ward 561 1890

3. Bill Joyce 489 1890

4. Dave Orr 464 1890

5. Jack McGeachey 443 1890

6. Ed Andrews 395 1890

7. Emmett Seery 394 1890

8. George Van Haltren 376 1890

9. Tom Kinslow 242 1890

10. Paul Cook 218 1890

At Bats
Rank Player AB PA

1. Lou Bierbauer 589 629

2. John Ward 561 614

3. Bill Joyce 489 624

4. Dave Orr 464 498

5. Jack McGeachey 443 464

6. Ed Andrews 395 436

7. Emmett Seery 394 469

8. George Van Haltren 376 420

9. Tom Kinslow 242 254

10. Paul Cook 218 234

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA Year

1. Lou Bierbauer 629 1890

2. Bill Joyce 624 1890

3. John Ward 614 1890

4. Dave Orr 498 1890

5. Emmett Seery 469 1890

6. Jack McGeachey 464 1890

7. Ed Andrews 436 1890

8. George Van Haltren 420 1890

9. Tom Kinslow 254 1890

10. Paul Cook 234 1890

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA PA

1. Lou Bierbauer 629 629

2. Bill Joyce 624 624

3. John Ward 614 614

4. Dave Orr 498 498

5. Emmett Seery 469 469

6. Jack McGeachey 464 464

7. Ed Andrews 436 436

8. George Van Haltren 420 420

9. Tom Kinslow 254 254

10. Paul Cook 234 234

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs Year

1. John Ward 134 1890

2. Lou Bierbauer 128 1890

3. Bill Joyce 121 1890

4. Dave Orr 89 1890

5. Ed Andrews 84 1890

Jack McGeachey 84 1890

George Van Haltren 84 1890

8. Emmett Seery 78 1890

9. Paul Cook 32 1890

10. Tom Kinslow 30 1890

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs PA

1. John Ward 134 614

2. Lou Bierbauer 128 629

3. Bill Joyce 121 624

4. Dave Orr 89 498

5. Ed Andrews 84 436

Jack McGeachey 84 464

George Van Haltren 84 420

8. Emmett Seery 78 469

9. Paul Cook 32 234

10. Tom Kinslow 30 254

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. John Ward 188 1890

2. Lou Bierbauer 180 1890

3. Dave Orr 172 1890

4. George Van Haltren 126 1890

5. Bill Joyce 123 1890

6. Jack McGeachey 108 1890

7. Ed Andrews 100 1890

8. Emmett Seery 88 1890

9. Tom Kinslow 64 1890

10. Paul Cook 55 1890

Hits
Rank Player Hits PA

1. John Ward 188 614

2. Lou Bierbauer 180 629

3. Dave Orr 172 498

4. George Van Haltren 126 420

5. Bill Joyce 123 624

6. Jack McGeachey 108 464

7. Ed Andrews 100 436

8. Emmett Seery 88 469

9. Tom Kinslow 64 254

10. Paul Cook 55 234

Total Bases
Rank Player TB Year

1. Lou Bierbauer 254 1890

2. Dave Orr 248 1890

3. John Ward 239 1890

4. Bill Joyce 180 1890

5. George Van Haltren 167 1890

6. Jack McGeachey 143 1890

7. Ed Andrews 127 1890

8. Emmett Seery 117 1890

9. Tom Kinslow 99 1890

10. Paul Cook 64 1890

Total Bases
Rank Player TB PA

1. Lou Bierbauer 254 629

2. Dave Orr 248 498

3. John Ward 239 614

4. Bill Joyce 180 624

5. George Van Haltren 167 420

6. Jack McGeachey 143 464

7. Ed Andrews 127 436

8. Emmett Seery 117 469

9. Tom Kinslow 99 254

10. Paul Cook 64 234

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles Year

1. Dave Orr 32 1890

2. Lou Bierbauer 31 1890

3. Jack McGeachey 24 1890

4. Bill Joyce 18 1890

5. John Ward 15 1890

6. Ed Andrews 14 1890

7. Emmett Seery 12 1890

8. Tom Kinslow 11 1890

9. George Van Haltren 8 1890

10. Con Daily 6 1890

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles PA

1. Dave Orr 32 498

2. Lou Bierbauer 31 629

3. Jack McGeachey 24 464

4. Bill Joyce 18 624

5. John Ward 15 614

6. Ed Andrews 14 436

7. Emmett Seery 12 469

8. Tom Kinslow 11 254

9. George Van Haltren 8 420

10. Con Daily 6 184

Triples
Rank Player Triples Year

1. Bill Joyce 18 1890

2. Dave Orr 13 1890

3. John Ward 12 1890

4. Lou Bierbauer 11 1890

5. George Van Haltren 9 1890

6. Emmett Seery 7 1890

7. Tom Kinslow 6 1890

8. Jack McGeachey 4 1890

9. Paul Cook 3 1890

Con Daily 3 1890

Gus Weyhing 3 1890

Triples
Rank Player Triples PA

1. Bill Joyce 18 624

2. Dave Orr 13 498

3. John Ward 12 614

4. Lou Bierbauer 11 629

5. George Van Haltren 9 420

6. Emmett Seery 7 469

7. Tom Kinslow 6 254

8. Jack McGeachey 4 464

9. Paul Cook 3 234

Con Daily 3 184

Gus Weyhing 3 181

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Lou Bierbauer 7 1890

2. Dave Orr 6 1890

3. George Van Haltren 5 1890

4. Tom Kinslow 4 1890

John Ward 4 1890

6. Ed Andrews 3 1890

7. Bill Joyce 1 1890

Jack McGeachey 1 1890

Emmett Seery 1 1890

John Sowders 1 1890

Gus Weyhing 1 1890

Home Runs
Rank Player HR PA

1. Lou Bierbauer 7 629

2. Dave Orr 6 498

3. George Van Haltren 5 420

4. Tom Kinslow 4 254

John Ward 4 614

6. Ed Andrews 3 436

7. Bill Joyce 1 624

Jack McGeachey 1 464

Emmett Seery 1 469

John Sowders 1 142

Gus Weyhing 1 181

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI Year

1. Dave Orr 124 1890

2. Lou Bierbauer 99 1890

3. Bill Joyce 78 1890

4. Jack McGeachey 65 1890

5. John Ward 60 1890

6. George Van Haltren 54 1890

7. Emmett Seery 50 1890

8. Tom Kinslow 46 1890

9. Ed Andrews 38 1890

10. Con Daily 35 1890

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI PA

1. Dave Orr 124 498

2. Lou Bierbauer 99 629

3. Bill Joyce 78 624

4. Jack McGeachey 65 464

5. John Ward 60 614

6. George Van Haltren 54 420

7. Emmett Seery 50 469

8. Tom Kinslow 46 254

9. Ed Andrews 38 436

10. Con Daily 35 184

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Bill Joyce 123 1890

2. Emmett Seery 70 1890

3. John Ward 51 1890

4. George Van Haltren 41 1890

5. Ed Andrews 40 1890

Lou Bierbauer 40 1890

7. Dave Orr 30 1890

8. Jack McGeachey 19 1890

9. Gus Weyhing 16 1890

10. Con Daily 15 1890

Art Sunday 15 1890

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB PA

1. Bill Joyce 123 624

2. Emmett Seery 70 469

3. John Ward 51 614

4. George Van Haltren 41 420

5. Ed Andrews 40 436

Lou Bierbauer 40 629

7. Dave Orr 30 498

8. Jack McGeachey 19 464

9. Gus Weyhing 16 181

10. Con Daily 15 184

Art Sunday 15 105

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Bill Joyce 77 1890

2. Gus Weyhing 44 1890

3. Emmett Seery 36 1890

4. Ed Andrews 32 1890

5. George Van Haltren 23 1890

6. Tom Kinslow 22 1890

John Ward 22 1890

8. Paul Cook 18 1890

9. Lou Bierbauer 15 1890

10. Con Daily 14 1890

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO PA

1. Bill Joyce 77 624

2. Gus Weyhing 44 181

3. Emmett Seery 36 469

4. Ed Andrews 32 436

5. George Van Haltren 23 420

6. Tom Kinslow 22 254

John Ward 22 614

8. Paul Cook 18 234

9. Lou Bierbauer 15 629

10. Con Daily 14 184

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB Year

1. John Ward 63 1890

2. Emmett Seery 44 1890

3. Bill Joyce 43 1890

4. George Van Haltren 35 1890

5. Ed Andrews 21 1890

Jack McGeachey 21 1890

7. Lou Bierbauer 16 1890

8. Dave Orr 10 1890

9. Paul Cook 7 1890

10. Con Daily 6 1890

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB PA

1. John Ward 63 614

2. Emmett Seery 44 469

3. Bill Joyce 43 624

4. George Van Haltren 35 420

5. Ed Andrews 21 436

Jack McGeachey 21 464

7. Lou Bierbauer 16 629

8. Dave Orr 10 498

9. Paul Cook 7 234

10. Con Daily 6 184

Singles
Rank Player Singles Year

1. John Ward 157 1890

2. Lou Bierbauer 131 1890

3. Dave Orr 121 1890

4. George Van Haltren 104 1890

5. Bill Joyce 86 1890

6. Ed Andrews 81 1890

7. Jack McGeachey 79 1890

8. Emmett Seery 68 1890

9. Paul Cook 49 1890

10. Tom Kinslow 43 1890

Singles
Rank Player Singles PA

1. John Ward 157 614

2. Lou Bierbauer 131 629

3. Dave Orr 121 498

4. George Van Haltren 104 420

5. Bill Joyce 86 624

6. Ed Andrews 81 436

7. Jack McGeachey 79 464

8. Emmett Seery 68 469

9. Paul Cook 49 234

10. Tom Kinslow 43 254

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ Year

1. Dave Orr 146 1890

2. George Van Haltren 121 1890

3. John Ward 113 1890

4. Bill Joyce 104 1890

5. Lou Bierbauer 103 1890

6. Emmett Seery 69 1890

7. Ed Andrews 68 1890

8. Jack McGeachey 56 1890

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ PA

Runs Created
Rank Player RC Year

1. Dave Orr 101 1890

2. John Ward 93 1890

3. Lou Bierbauer 89 1890

4. Bill Joyce 72 1890

5. George Van Haltren 67 1890

6. Ed Andrews 41 1890

7. Emmett Seery 40 1890

8. Jack McGeachey 39 1890

9. Tom Kinslow 29 1890

10. Paul Cook 19 1890

Runs Created
Rank Player RC PA

1. Dave Orr 101 498

2. John Ward 93 614

3. Lou Bierbauer 89 629

4. Bill Joyce 72 624

5. George Van Haltren 67 420

6. Ed Andrews 41 436

7. Emmett Seery 40 469

8. Jack McGeachey 39 464

9. Tom Kinslow 29 254

10. Paul Cook 19 234

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns Year

1. Dave Orr 29 1890

2. George Van Haltren 11 1890

3. Bill Joyce 10 1890

4. John Ward 10 1890

5. Art Sunday 2 1890

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns PA

1. Dave Orr 29 498

2. George Van Haltren 11 420

3. Bill Joyce 10 624

4. John Ward 10 614

5. Art Sunday 2 105

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins Year

1. Dave Orr 2.7 1890

2. George Van Haltren 1.1 1890

3. Bill Joyce 0.9 1890

4. John Ward 0.9 1890

5. Art Sunday 0.2 1890

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins PA

1. Dave Orr 2.7 498

2. George Van Haltren 1.1 420

3. Bill Joyce 0.9 624

4. John Ward 0.9 614

5. Art Sunday 0.2 105

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH Year

1. Dave Orr 51 1890

2. Lou Bierbauer 49 1890

3. Bill Joyce 37 1890

4. John Ward 31 1890

5. Jack McGeachey 29 1890

6. George Van Haltren 22 1890

7. Tom Kinslow 21 1890

8. Emmett Seery 20 1890

9. Ed Andrews 19 1890

10. Con Daily 9 1890

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH PA

1. Dave Orr 51 498

2. Lou Bierbauer 49 629

3. Bill Joyce 37 624

4. John Ward 31 614

5. Jack McGeachey 29 464

6. George Van Haltren 22 420

7. Tom Kinslow 21 254

8. Emmett Seery 20 469

9. Ed Andrews 19 436

10. Con Daily 9 184

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB Year

1. Bill Joyce 258 1890

2. John Ward 241 1890

3. Lou Bierbauer 220 1890

4. Dave Orr 206 1890

5. George Van Haltren 170 1890

6. Emmett Seery 163 1890

7. Ed Andrews 141 1890

8. Jack McGeachey 129 1890

9. Tom Kinslow 76 1890

10. Paul Cook 71 1890

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB PA

1. Bill Joyce 258 624

2. John Ward 241 614

3. Lou Bierbauer 220 629

4. Dave Orr 206 498

5. George Van Haltren 170 420

6. Emmett Seery 163 469

7. Ed Andrews 141 436

8. Jack McGeachey 129 464

9. Tom Kinslow 76 254

10. Paul Cook 71 234

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% Year

1. Dave Orr .760 1890

2. George Van Haltren .665 1890

3. John Ward .635 1890

4. Lou Bierbauer .576 1890

5. Bill Joyce .530 1890

6. Ed Andrews .374 1890

7. Emmett Seery .347 1890

8. Jack McGeachey .302 1890

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% PA

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

1. Bill Joyce 12 1890

2. Art Sunday 7 1890

3. Emmett Seery 5 1890

4. Dave Orr 4 1890

5. George Van Haltren 3 1890

6. Paul Cook 2 1890

Tom Kinslow 2 1890

Jack McGeachey 2 1890

John Ward 2 1890

10. Ed Andrews 1 1890

Con Daily 1 1890

Con Murphy 1 1890

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch PA

1. Bill Joyce 12 624

2. Art Sunday 7 105

3. Emmett Seery 5 469

4. Dave Orr 4 498

5. George Van Haltren 3 420

6. Paul Cook 2 234

Tom Kinslow 2 254

Jack McGeachey 2 464

John Ward 2 614

10. Ed Andrews 1 436

Con Daily 1 184

Con Murphy 1 75

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. Lou Bierbauer 9.7 1890

2. George Van Haltren 8.8 1890

3. John Ward 7.5 1890

4. Dave Orr 7.5 1890

5. Ed Andrews 5.2 1890

6. Tom Kinslow 2.7 1890

7. Emmett Seery 2.0 1890

8. Bill Joyce 2.0 1890

9. Jack McGeachey 1.9 1890

10. Gus Weyhing 1.3 1890

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd PA

1. Lou Bierbauer 9.7 629

2. George Van Haltren 8.8 420

3. John Ward 7.5 614

4. Dave Orr 7.5 498

5. Ed Andrews 5.2 436

6. Tom Kinslow 2.7 254

7. Emmett Seery 2.0 469

8. Bill Joyce 2.0 624

9. Jack McGeachey 1.9 464

10. Gus Weyhing 1.3 181

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO Year

1. Dave Orr 42.2 1890

2. Lou Bierbauer 39.3 1890

3. Jack McGeachey 36.9 1890

4. John Ward 25.5 1890

5. George Van Haltren 16.3 1890

6. Ed Andrews 12.3 1890

7. Emmett Seery 10.9 1890

8. Bill Joyce 6.4 1890

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO PA

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR Year

1. George Van Haltren 75.2 1890

2. Dave Orr 77.3 1890

3. Lou Bierbauer 84.1 1890

4. Ed Andrews 131.7 1890

5. John Ward 140.2 1890

6. Emmett Seery 394.0 1890

7. Jack McGeachey 443.0 1890

8. Bill Joyce 489.0 1890

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR PA

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs Year

1. Lou Bierbauer 409 1890

2. John Ward 373 1890

3. Bill Joyce 366 1890

4. Jack McGeachey 335 1890

5. Emmett Seery 306 1890

6. Ed Andrews 295 1890

7. Dave Orr 292 1890

8. George Van Haltren 250 1890

9. Tom Kinslow 178 1890

10. Paul Cook 163 1890

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs PA

1. Lou Bierbauer 409 629

2. John Ward 373 614

3. Bill Joyce 366 624

4. Jack McGeachey 335 464

5. Emmett Seery 306 469

6. Ed Andrews 295 436

7. Dave Orr 292 498

8. George Van Haltren 250 420

9. Tom Kinslow 178 254

10. Paul Cook 163 234

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