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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Batting Average
Rank Player BA Year

1. William Fischer .329 1915

2. Max Flack .314 1915

3. Dutch Zwilling .312 1914

4. Les Mann .306 1915

5. Art Wilson .305 1915

6. Art Wilson .291 1914

7. Dutch Zwilling .286 1915

8. Fred Beck .279 1914

9. Al Wickland .276 1914

10. Rollie Zeider .274 1914

Batting Average
Rank Player BA PA

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP Year

1. Art Wilson .442 1915

2. Art Wilson .394 1914

3. William Fischer .384 1915

4. Al Wickland .375 1914

5. Dutch Zwilling .366 1915

6. Max Flack .365 1915

7. Dutch Zwilling .363 1914

8. Les Mann .357 1915

9. Rollie Zeider .344 1914

10. Fred Beck .341 1914

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP PA

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG Year

1. Dutch Zwilling .485 1914

2. Art Wilson .466 1914

3. William Fischer .449 1915

4. Dutch Zwilling .442 1915

5. Art Wilson .439 1915

6. Les Mann .438 1915

7. Max Flack .423 1915

8. Al Wickland .405 1914

9. Fred Beck .395 1914

10. Joe Tinker .349 1914

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG PA

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS Year

1. Art Wilson .880 1915

2. Art Wilson .860 1914

3. Dutch Zwilling .848 1914

4. William Fischer .832 1915

5. Dutch Zwilling .808 1915

6. Les Mann .795 1915

7. Max Flack .787 1915

8. Al Wickland .780 1914

9. Fred Beck .736 1914

10. Joe Tinker .666 1914

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS PA

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Fred Beck 157 1914

Al Wickland 157 1914

3. Jack Farrell 156 1914

4. Dutch Zwilling 154 1914

5. Dutch Zwilling 150 1915

6. Max Flack 141 1915

7. Art Wilson 137 1914

8. Les Mann 135 1915

9. Max Flack 134 1914

10. Rollie Zeider 129 1915

Games Played
Rank Player Games PA

1. Dutch Zwilling 304 1284

2. Fred Beck 278 1030

3. Max Flack 275 1152

4. Rollie Zeider 248 1076

5. Art Wilson 233 881

6. Jack Farrell 226 853

7. Al Wickland 187 748

8. Joe Tinker 157 581

9. Harry Fritz 144 468

10. Les Mann 135 516

At Bats
Rank Player AB Year

1. Dutch Zwilling 592 1914

2. Fred Beck 555 1914

3. Dutch Zwilling 548 1915

4. Al Wickland 536 1914

5. Jack Farrell 524 1914

6. Max Flack 523 1915

7. Max Flack 502 1914

8. Rollie Zeider 494 1915

9. Les Mann 470 1915

10. Rollie Zeider 452 1914

At Bats
Rank Player AB PA

1. Dutch Zwilling 1140 1284

2. Max Flack 1025 1152

3. Rollie Zeider 946 1076

4. Fred Beck 928 1030

5. Jack Farrell 746 853

6. Art Wilson 709 881

7. Al Wickland 622 748

8. Joe Tinker 505 581

9. Les Mann 470 516

10. Harry Fritz 410 468

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA Year

1. Dutch Zwilling 649 1914

2. Al Wickland 648 1914

3. Dutch Zwilling 635 1915

4. Fred Beck 621 1914

5. Jack Farrell 595 1914

6. Max Flack 583 1915

7. Max Flack 569 1914

8. Rollie Zeider 558 1915

9. Art Wilson 530 1914

10. Rollie Zeider 518 1914

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA PA

1. Dutch Zwilling 1284 1284

2. Max Flack 1152 1152

3. Rollie Zeider 1076 1076

4. Fred Beck 1030 1030

5. Art Wilson 881 881

6. Jack Farrell 853 853

7. Al Wickland 748 748

8. Joe Tinker 581 581

9. Les Mann 516 516

10. Harry Fritz 468 468

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs Year

1. Dutch Zwilling 91 1914

2. Max Flack 88 1915

3. Art Wilson 78 1914

4. Les Mann 74 1915

Al Wickland 74 1914

6. Max Flack 66 1914

7. Rollie Zeider 65 1915

Dutch Zwilling 65 1915

9. Rollie Zeider 60 1914

10. Jack Farrell 58 1914

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs PA

1. Dutch Zwilling 156 1284

2. Max Flack 154 1152

3. Rollie Zeider 125 1076

4. Art Wilson 122 881

5. Fred Beck 86 1030

6. Jack Farrell 85 853

Al Wickland 85 748

8. Les Mann 74 516

9. Joe Tinker 57 581

10. Harry Fritz 43 468

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Dutch Zwilling 185 1914

2. Max Flack 164 1915

3. Dutch Zwilling 157 1915

4. Fred Beck 155 1914

5. Al Wickland 148 1914

6. Les Mann 144 1915

7. Art Wilson 128 1914

8. Max Flack 124 1914

Rollie Zeider 124 1914

10. Jack Farrell 123 1914

Hits
Rank Player Hits PA

1. Dutch Zwilling 342 1284

2. Max Flack 288 1152

3. Fred Beck 238 1030

4. Rollie Zeider 236 1076

5. Art Wilson 210 881

6. Jack Farrell 171 853

7. Al Wickland 169 748

8. Les Mann 144 516

9. Joe Tinker 130 581

10. William Fischer 96 329

Harry Fritz 96 468

Total Bases
Rank Player TB Year

1. Dutch Zwilling 287 1914

2. Dutch Zwilling 242 1915

3. Max Flack 221 1915

4. Fred Beck 219 1914

5. Al Wickland 217 1914

6. Les Mann 206 1915

7. Art Wilson 205 1914

8. Jack Farrell 154 1914

9. Joe Tinker 153 1914

10. Max Flack 151 1914

Total Bases
Rank Player TB PA

1. Dutch Zwilling 529 1284

2. Max Flack 372 1152

3. Fred Beck 332 1030

4. Art Wilson 323 881

5. Rollie Zeider 282 1076

6. Al Wickland 247 748

7. Jack Farrell 214 853

8. Les Mann 206 516

9. Joe Tinker 175 581

10. William Fischer 131 329

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles Year

1. Dutch Zwilling 38 1914

2. Dutch Zwilling 32 1915

3. Al Wickland 31 1914

Art Wilson 31 1914

5. Fred Beck 23 1914

Jack Farrell 23 1914

7. Rollie Zeider 22 1915

8. Joe Tinker 21 1914

9. Max Flack 20 1915

10. William Fischer 15 1915

Max Flack 15 1914

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles PA

1. Dutch Zwilling 70 1284

2. Art Wilson 42 881

3. Max Flack 35 1152

Rollie Zeider 35 1076

5. Jack Farrell 33 853

Al Wickland 33 748

7. Fred Beck 32 1030

8. Joe Tinker 23 581

9. William Fischer 15 329

10. Harry Fritz 13 468

Triples
Rank Player Triples Year

1. Les Mann 19 1915

2. Max Flack 14 1915

3. Al Wickland 10 1914

4. Art Wilson 8 1914

Dutch Zwilling 8 1914

6. Joe Tinker 7 1914

Dutch Zwilling 7 1915

8. Charlie Hanford 5 1915

9. Fred Beck 4 1914

Jack Farrell 4 1914

William Fischer 4 1915

Harry Fritz 4 1915

Jimmy Smith 4 1915

Triples
Rank Player Triples PA

1. Les Mann 19 516

2. Max Flack 17 1152

3. Dutch Zwilling 15 1284

4. Al Wickland 12 748

5. Art Wilson 10 881

6. Joe Tinker 8 581

7. Fred Beck 7 1030

8. Jack Farrell 5 853

Harry Fritz 5 468

Charlie Hanford 5 197

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Dutch Zwilling 16 1914

2. Dutch Zwilling 13 1915

3. Fred Beck 11 1914

4. Art Wilson 10 1914

5. Art Wilson 7 1915

6. Al Wickland 6 1914

7. Fred Beck 5 1915

8. William Fischer 4 1915

Claude Hendrix 4 1915

Les Mann 4 1915

Jimmy Smith 4 1915

Home Runs
Rank Player HR PA

1. Dutch Zwilling 29 1284

2. Art Wilson 17 881

3. Fred Beck 16 1030

4. Al Wickland 7 748

5. Claude Hendrix 6 265

6. Max Flack 5 1152

7. William Fischer 4 329

Les Mann 4 516

Jimmy Smith 4 345

10. Harry Fritz 3 468

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI Year

1. Dutch Zwilling 95 1914

2. Dutch Zwilling 94 1915

3. Fred Beck 77 1914

4. Al Wickland 68 1914

5. Art Wilson 64 1914

6. Les Mann 58 1915

7. William Fischer 50 1915

8. Joe Tinker 46 1914

9. Max Flack 45 1915

10. Max Flack 39 1914

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI PA

1. Dutch Zwilling 189 1284

2. Fred Beck 115 1030

3. Art Wilson 95 881

4. Max Flack 84 1152

5. Al Wickland 73 748

6. Rollie Zeider 70 1076

7. Les Mann 58 516

8. Joe Tinker 55 581

9. William Fischer 50 329

10. Jack Farrell 49 853

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Al Wickland 81 1914

2. Art Wilson 70 1914

3. Dutch Zwilling 67 1915

4. Art Wilson 65 1915

5. Jack Farrell 52 1914

6. Max Flack 51 1914

7. Dutch Zwilling 46 1914

8. Fred Beck 44 1914

Rollie Zeider 44 1914

10. Rollie Zeider 43 1915

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB PA

1. Art Wilson 135 881

2. Dutch Zwilling 113 1284

3. Al Wickland 94 748

4. Max Flack 91 1152

5. Rollie Zeider 87 1076

6. Jack Farrell 77 853

7. Fred Beck 68 1030

8. Joe Tinker 51 581

9. Les Mann 36 516

10. Harry Fritz 31 468

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Art Wilson 80 1914

2. Dutch Zwilling 68 1914

3. Fred Beck 66 1914

4. Jack Farrell 65 1914

Jimmy Smith 65 1915

Dutch Zwilling 65 1915

7. Al Wickland 58 1914

8. Max Flack 48 1914

9. Les Mann 40 1915

10. Fred Beck 38 1915

Art Wilson 38 1915

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO PA

1. Dutch Zwilling 133 1284

2. Art Wilson 118 881

3. Fred Beck 104 1030

4. Jack Farrell 83 853

5. Max Flack 69 1152

Al Wickland 69 748

7. Jimmy Smith 65 345

8. Rollie Zeider 52 1076

9. Harry Fritz 45 468

10. Mike Prendergast 44 132

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB Year

1. Max Flack 37 1914

Max Flack 37 1915

3. Rollie Zeider 35 1914

4. Dutch Zwilling 24 1915

5. Dutch Zwilling 21 1914

6. Joe Tinker 19 1914

7. Les Mann 18 1915

8. Al Wickland 17 1914

9. Rollie Zeider 16 1915

10. Art Wilson 13 1914

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB PA

1. Max Flack 74 1152

2. Rollie Zeider 51 1076

3. Dutch Zwilling 45 1284

4. Joe Tinker 22 581

5. Art Wilson 21 881

6. Jack Farrell 20 853

Al Wickland 20 748

8. Les Mann 18 516

9. Fred Beck 13 1030

10. Charlie Hanford 10 197

Singles
Rank Player Singles Year

1. Max Flack 127 1915

2. Dutch Zwilling 123 1914

3. Fred Beck 117 1914

4. Les Mann 109 1915

5. Rollie Zeider 108 1914

6. Dutch Zwilling 105 1915

7. Max Flack 104 1914

8. Al Wickland 101 1914

9. Jack Farrell 96 1914

10. Rollie Zeider 88 1915

Singles
Rank Player Singles PA

1. Max Flack 231 1152

2. Dutch Zwilling 228 1284

3. Rollie Zeider 196 1076

4. Fred Beck 183 1030

5. Art Wilson 141 881

6. Jack Farrell 133 853

7. Al Wickland 117 748

8. Les Mann 109 516

9. Joe Tinker 97 581

10. Harry Fritz 75 468

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ Year

1. Art Wilson 166 1915

2. William Fischer 151 1915

3. Art Wilson 150 1914

4. Dutch Zwilling 146 1914

5. Dutch Zwilling 143 1915

6. Les Mann 139 1915

7. Max Flack 137 1915

8. Al Wickland 127 1914

9. Fred Beck 114 1914

10. Joe Tinker 94 1914

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ PA

Runs Created
Rank Player RC Year

1. Dutch Zwilling 104 1914

2. Dutch Zwilling 88 1915

3. Al Wickland 81 1914

4. Max Flack 80 1915

Art Wilson 80 1914

6. Fred Beck 73 1914

Les Mann 73 1915

8. Art Wilson 52 1915

9. William Fischer 50 1915

10. Rollie Zeider 49 1914

Runs Created
Rank Player RC PA

1. Dutch Zwilling 192 1284

2. Art Wilson 132 881

3. Max Flack 128 1152

4. Fred Beck 103 1030

5. Al Wickland 91 748

6. Rollie Zeider 89 1076

7. Les Mann 73 516

8. Jack Farrell 65 853

9. Joe Tinker 57 581

10. William Fischer 50 329

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns Year

1. Dutch Zwilling 37 1914

2. Art Wilson 35 1914

3. Dutch Zwilling 34 1915

4. Art Wilson 29 1915

5. Al Wickland 27 1914

6. Max Flack 26 1915

7. Les Mann 23 1915

8. William Fischer 20 1915

9. Fred Beck 14 1914

10. Claude Hendrix 4 1915

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns PA

1. Dutch Zwilling 71 1284

2. Art Wilson 64 881

3. Al Wickland 28 748

4. Les Mann 23 516

5. Max Flack 20 1152

6. William Fischer 20 329

7. Fred Beck 4 1030

8. Joe Tinker 3 581

9. Tom McGuire 2 77

10. Skipper Roberts 0 4

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins Year

1. Dutch Zwilling 3.9 1914

2. Art Wilson 3.7 1914

Dutch Zwilling 3.7 1915

4. Art Wilson 3.1 1915

5. Max Flack 2.8 1915

Al Wickland 2.8 1914

7. Les Mann 2.5 1915

8. William Fischer 2.2 1915

9. Fred Beck 1.5 1914

10. Claude Hendrix 0.4 1915

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins PA

1. Dutch Zwilling 7.6 1284

2. Art Wilson 6.8 881

3. Al Wickland 3.0 748

4. Les Mann 2.5 516

5. William Fischer 2.2 329

Max Flack 2.2 1152

7. Fred Beck 0.4 1030

8. Joe Tinker 0.3 581

9. Tom McGuire 0.2 77

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH Year

1. Dutch Zwilling 62 1914

2. Dutch Zwilling 52 1915

3. Art Wilson 49 1914

4. Al Wickland 47 1914

5. Fred Beck 38 1914

6. Max Flack 37 1915

7. Les Mann 35 1915

8. Joe Tinker 30 1914

9. Jack Farrell 27 1914

10. Rollie Zeider 24 1915

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH PA

1. Dutch Zwilling 114 1284

2. Art Wilson 69 881

3. Max Flack 57 1152

4. Fred Beck 55 1030

5. Al Wickland 52 748

6. Rollie Zeider 40 1076

7. Jack Farrell 38 853

8. Les Mann 35 516

9. Joe Tinker 33 581

10. William Fischer 23 329

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB Year

1. Al Wickland 233 1914

2. Dutch Zwilling 232 1914

3. Dutch Zwilling 226 1915

4. Fred Beck 207 1914

5. Max Flack 206 1915

6. Art Wilson 203 1914

7. Max Flack 181 1914

Les Mann 181 1915

9. Jack Farrell 178 1914

10. Rollie Zeider 172 1914

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB PA

1. Dutch Zwilling 458 1284

2. Max Flack 387 1152

3. Art Wilson 351 881

4. Rollie Zeider 333 1076

5. Fred Beck 318 1030

6. Al Wickland 267 748

7. Jack Farrell 252 853

8. Joe Tinker 182 581

9. Les Mann 181 516

10. Harry Fritz 133 468

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% Year

1. Art Wilson .763 1915

2. William Fischer .743 1915

3. Dutch Zwilling .727 1914

4. Art Wilson .720 1914

5. Les Mann .705 1915

6. Dutch Zwilling .701 1915

7. Max Flack .695 1915

8. Al Wickland .630 1914

9. Fred Beck .586 1914

10. Rollie Zeider .486 1914

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% PA

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

1. Fred Beck 8 1914

2. Max Flack 6 1914

Rollie Zeider 6 1915

4. Art Wilson 5 1914

5. Fred Beck 4 1915

Jim Stanley 4 1914

Al Wickland 4 1914

Rollie Zeider 4 1914

9. Jack Farrell 3 1914

Harry Fritz 3 1914

Harry Fritz 3 1915

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch PA

1. Fred Beck 12 1030

2. Rollie Zeider 10 1076

3. Max Flack 8 1152

4. Harry Fritz 6 468

Art Wilson 6 881

6. Jack Farrell 4 853

Jim Stanley 4 124

Al Wickland 4 748

9. Dutch Zwilling 3 1284

10. William Fischer 2 329

Charlie Hanford 2 197

Mike Prendergast 2 132

Sacrifice Hits
Rank Player Sacrifice Hits Year

1. Al Wickland 27 1914

2. Joe Tinker 23 1914

3. Max Flack 18 1915

Rollie Zeider 18 1914

Dutch Zwilling 18 1915

6. Jack Farrell 16 1914

Art Wilson 16 1915

8. Art Wilson 15 1914

Rollie Zeider 15 1915

10. Fred Beck 14 1914

Sacrifice Hits
Rank Player Sacrifice Hits PA

1. Rollie Zeider 33 1076

2. Art Wilson 31 881

3. Max Flack 28 1152

Al Wickland 28 748

Dutch Zwilling 28 1284

6. Jack Farrell 26 853

7. Joe Tinker 24 581

8. Fred Beck 22 1030

9. Harry Fritz 21 468

10. Tex Wisterzil 15 188

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. Dutch Zwilling 18.2 1914

2. Dutch Zwilling 16.9 1915

3. Art Wilson 11.3 1914

4. Fred Beck 9.9 1914

5. Al Wickland 8.9 1914

6. Art Wilson 7.5 1915

7. Les Mann 6.5 1915

8. Max Flack 5.5 1915

9. Fred Beck 4.4 1915

William Fischer 4.4 1915

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd PA

1. Dutch Zwilling 35.3 1284

2. Art Wilson 18.8 881

3. Fred Beck 14.3 1030

4. Al Wickland 10.4 748

5. Max Flack 9.4 1152

6. Les Mann 6.5 516

7. Claude Hendrix 4.8 265

8. William Fischer 4.4 329

9. Harry Fritz 4.0 468

Jimmy Smith 4.0 345

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO Year

1. Max Flack 24.9 1915

2. Rollie Zeider 20.6 1915

3. Rollie Zeider 16.1 1914

4. William Fischer 15.4 1915

5. Joe Tinker 14.6 1914

6. Les Mann 11.8 1915

7. Max Flack 10.5 1914

8. Fred Beck 9.8 1915

9. Al Wickland 9.2 1914

10. Dutch Zwilling 8.7 1914

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO PA

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR Year

1. Dutch Zwilling 37.0 1914

2. Art Wilson 38.4 1915

3. Dutch Zwilling 42.2 1915

4. Art Wilson 44.0 1914

5. Fred Beck 50.5 1914

6. William Fischer 73.0 1915

7. Fred Beck 74.6 1915

8. Jimmy Smith 79.5 1915

9. Al Wickland 89.3 1914

10. Les Mann 117.5 1915

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR PA

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs Year

1. Jack Farrell 417 1914

Dutch Zwilling 417 1914

3. Al Wickland 415 1914

4. Fred Beck 414 1914

5. Dutch Zwilling 409 1915

6. Rollie Zeider 397 1915

7. Max Flack 388 1914

8. Max Flack 377 1915

9. Joe Tinker 349 1914

10. Rollie Zeider 346 1914

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs PA

1. Dutch Zwilling 826 1284

2. Max Flack 765 1152

3. Rollie Zeider 743 1076

4. Fred Beck 712 1030

5. Jack Farrell 601 853

6. Art Wilson 530 881

7. Al Wickland 481 748

8. Joe Tinker 399 581

9. Harry Fritz 335 468

Les Mann 335 516

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