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Chicago Pirates Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Chicago Pirates Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Batting Average
Rank Player BA Year

1. Jimmy Ryan .340 1890

2. Hugh Duffy .320 1890

3. Tip O'Neill .302 1890

4. Duke Farrell .290 1890

5. Jack Boyle .260 1890

6. Fred Pfeffer .257 1890

7. Charlie Comiskey .244 1890

8. Charlie Bastian .191 1890

Batting Average
Rank Player BA PA

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP Year

1. Jimmy Ryan .416 1890

2. Hugh Duffy .384 1890

3. Tip O'Neill .377 1890

4. Duke Farrell .352 1890

5. Jack Boyle .347 1890

6. Fred Pfeffer .319 1890

7. Charlie Bastian .287 1890

8. Charlie Comiskey .277 1890

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP PA

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG Year

1. Hugh Duffy .470 1890

2. Jimmy Ryan .463 1890

3. Tip O'Neill .407 1890

4. Duke Farrell .404 1890

5. Fred Pfeffer .361 1890

6. Jack Boyle .320 1890

7. Charlie Comiskey .289 1890

8. Charlie Bastian .261 1890

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG PA

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS Year

1. Jimmy Ryan .879 1890

2. Hugh Duffy .853 1890

3. Tip O'Neill .784 1890

4. Duke Farrell .756 1890

5. Fred Pfeffer .680 1890

6. Jack Boyle .667 1890

7. Charlie Comiskey .566 1890

8. Charlie Bastian .548 1890

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS PA

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Hugh Duffy 138 1890

2. Tip O'Neill 137 1890

3. Fred Pfeffer 124 1890

4. Jimmy Ryan 118 1890

5. Duke Farrell 117 1890

6. Jack Boyle 100 1890

7. Charlie Comiskey 88 1890

8. Charlie Bastian 80 1890

9. Ned Williamson 73 1890

10. Mark Baldwin 58 1890

Dell Darling 58 1890

Silver King 58 1890

Games Played
Rank Player Games PA

1. Hugh Duffy 138 657

2. Tip O'Neill 137 647

3. Fred Pfeffer 124 545

4. Jimmy Ryan 118 550

5. Duke Farrell 117 494

6. Jack Boyle 100 418

7. Charlie Comiskey 88 394

8. Charlie Bastian 80 321

9. Ned Williamson 73 305

10. Mark Baldwin 58 227

Dell Darling 58 253

Silver King 58 198

At Bats
Rank Player AB Year

1. Hugh Duffy 596 1890

2. Tip O'Neill 577 1890

3. Fred Pfeffer 499 1890

4. Jimmy Ryan 486 1890

5. Duke Farrell 451 1890

6. Charlie Comiskey 377 1890

7. Jack Boyle 369 1890

8. Charlie Bastian 283 1890

9. Ned Williamson 261 1890

10. Dell Darling 221 1890

At Bats
Rank Player AB PA

1. Hugh Duffy 596 657

2. Tip O'Neill 577 647

3. Fred Pfeffer 499 545

4. Jimmy Ryan 486 550

5. Duke Farrell 451 494

6. Charlie Comiskey 377 394

7. Jack Boyle 369 418

8. Charlie Bastian 283 321

9. Ned Williamson 261 305

10. Dell Darling 221 253

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA Year

1. Hugh Duffy 657 1890

2. Tip O'Neill 647 1890

3. Jimmy Ryan 550 1890

4. Fred Pfeffer 545 1890

5. Duke Farrell 494 1890

6. Jack Boyle 418 1890

7. Charlie Comiskey 394 1890

8. Charlie Bastian 321 1890

9. Ned Williamson 305 1890

10. Dell Darling 253 1890

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA PA

1. Hugh Duffy 657 657

2. Tip O'Neill 647 647

3. Jimmy Ryan 550 550

4. Fred Pfeffer 545 545

5. Duke Farrell 494 494

6. Jack Boyle 418 418

7. Charlie Comiskey 394 394

8. Charlie Bastian 321 321

9. Ned Williamson 305 305

10. Dell Darling 253 253

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs Year

1. Hugh Duffy 161 1890

2. Tip O'Neill 112 1890

3. Jimmy Ryan 99 1890

4. Fred Pfeffer 86 1890

5. Duke Farrell 79 1890

6. Jack Boyle 56 1890

7. Charlie Comiskey 53 1890

8. Arlie Latham 47 1890

9. Dell Darling 45 1890

10. Charlie Bastian 38 1890

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs PA

1. Hugh Duffy 161 657

2. Tip O'Neill 112 647

3. Jimmy Ryan 99 550

4. Fred Pfeffer 86 545

5. Duke Farrell 79 494

6. Jack Boyle 56 418

7. Charlie Comiskey 53 394

8. Arlie Latham 47 239

9. Dell Darling 45 253

10. Charlie Bastian 38 321

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Hugh Duffy 191 1890

2. Tip O'Neill 174 1890

3. Jimmy Ryan 165 1890

4. Duke Farrell 131 1890

5. Fred Pfeffer 128 1890

6. Jack Boyle 96 1890

7. Charlie Comiskey 92 1890

8. Dell Darling 57 1890

9. Charlie Bastian 54 1890

10. Ned Williamson 51 1890

Hits
Rank Player Hits PA

1. Hugh Duffy 191 657

2. Tip O'Neill 174 647

3. Jimmy Ryan 165 550

4. Duke Farrell 131 494

5. Fred Pfeffer 128 545

6. Jack Boyle 96 418

7. Charlie Comiskey 92 394

8. Dell Darling 57 253

9. Charlie Bastian 54 321

10. Ned Williamson 51 305

Total Bases
Rank Player TB Year

1. Hugh Duffy 280 1890

2. Tip O'Neill 235 1890

3. Jimmy Ryan 225 1890

4. Duke Farrell 182 1890

5. Fred Pfeffer 180 1890

6. Jack Boyle 118 1890

7. Charlie Comiskey 109 1890

8. Dell Darling 83 1890

9. Charlie Bastian 74 1890

10. Ned Williamson 70 1890

Total Bases
Rank Player TB PA

1. Hugh Duffy 280 657

2. Tip O'Neill 235 647

3. Jimmy Ryan 225 550

4. Duke Farrell 182 494

5. Fred Pfeffer 180 545

6. Jack Boyle 118 418

7. Charlie Comiskey 109 394

8. Dell Darling 83 253

9. Charlie Bastian 74 321

10. Ned Williamson 70 305

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles Year

1. Hugh Duffy 36 1890

2. Jimmy Ryan 32 1890

3. Duke Farrell 21 1890

Fred Pfeffer 21 1890

5. Tip O'Neill 20 1890

6. Dell Darling 12 1890

7. Charlie Comiskey 11 1890

8. Charlie Bastian 10 1890

9. Jack Boyle 9 1890

10. Arlie Latham 7 1890

Ned Williamson 7 1890

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles PA

1. Hugh Duffy 36 657

2. Jimmy Ryan 32 550

3. Duke Farrell 21 494

Fred Pfeffer 21 545

5. Tip O'Neill 20 647

6. Dell Darling 12 253

7. Charlie Comiskey 11 394

8. Charlie Bastian 10 321

9. Jack Boyle 9 418

10. Arlie Latham 7 239

Ned Williamson 7 305

Triples
Rank Player Triples Year

1. Hugh Duffy 16 1890

Tip O'Neill 16 1890

3. Duke Farrell 12 1890

4. Fred Pfeffer 8 1890

5. Mark Baldwin 6 1890

6. Charlie Bastian 5 1890

Jack Boyle 5 1890

Silver King 5 1890

Jimmy Ryan 5 1890

Frank Shugart 5 1890

Triples
Rank Player Triples PA

1. Hugh Duffy 16 657

Tip O'Neill 16 647

3. Duke Farrell 12 494

4. Fred Pfeffer 8 545

5. Mark Baldwin 6 227

6. Charlie Bastian 5 321

Jack Boyle 5 418

Silver King 5 198

Jimmy Ryan 5 550

Frank Shugart 5 112

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Hugh Duffy 7 1890

2. Jimmy Ryan 6 1890

3. Fred Pfeffer 5 1890

4. Tip O'Neill 3 1890

5. Dell Darling 2 1890

Duke Farrell 2 1890

Ned Williamson 2 1890

8. Mark Baldwin 1 1890

Jack Boyle 1 1890

Silver King 1 1890

Arlie Latham 1 1890

Home Runs
Rank Player HR PA

1. Hugh Duffy 7 657

2. Jimmy Ryan 6 550

3. Fred Pfeffer 5 545

4. Tip O'Neill 3 647

5. Dell Darling 2 253

Duke Farrell 2 494

Ned Williamson 2 305

8. Mark Baldwin 1 227

Jack Boyle 1 418

Silver King 1 198

Arlie Latham 1 239

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI Year

1. Jimmy Ryan 89 1890

2. Duke Farrell 84 1890

3. Hugh Duffy 82 1890

4. Fred Pfeffer 80 1890

5. Tip O'Neill 75 1890

6. Charlie Comiskey 59 1890

7. Jack Boyle 49 1890

8. Dell Darling 39 1890

9. Charlie Bastian 29 1890

10. Ned Williamson 26 1890

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI PA

1. Jimmy Ryan 89 550

2. Duke Farrell 84 494

3. Hugh Duffy 82 657

4. Fred Pfeffer 80 545

5. Tip O'Neill 75 647

6. Charlie Comiskey 59 394

7. Jack Boyle 49 418

8. Dell Darling 39 253

9. Charlie Bastian 29 321

10. Ned Williamson 26 305

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Tip O'Neill 65 1890

2. Jimmy Ryan 60 1890

3. Hugh Duffy 59 1890

4. Jack Boyle 44 1890

Fred Pfeffer 44 1890

6. Duke Farrell 42 1890

7. Ned Williamson 36 1890

8. Charlie Bastian 33 1890

9. Dell Darling 29 1890

10. Arlie Latham 22 1890

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB PA

1. Tip O'Neill 65 647

2. Jimmy Ryan 60 550

3. Hugh Duffy 59 657

4. Jack Boyle 44 418

Fred Pfeffer 44 545

6. Duke Farrell 42 494

7. Ned Williamson 36 305

8. Charlie Bastian 33 321

9. Dell Darling 29 253

10. Arlie Latham 22 239

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Mark Baldwin 50 1890

2. Charlie Bastian 37 1890

3. Tip O'Neill 36 1890

Jimmy Ryan 36 1890

5. Ned Williamson 35 1890

6. Jack Boyle 29 1890

7. Dell Darling 28 1890

Duke Farrell 28 1890

9. Fred Pfeffer 23 1890

10. Silver King 22 1890

Arlie Latham 22 1890

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO PA

1. Mark Baldwin 50 227

2. Charlie Bastian 37 321

3. Tip O'Neill 36 647

Jimmy Ryan 36 550

5. Ned Williamson 35 305

6. Jack Boyle 29 418

7. Dell Darling 28 253

Duke Farrell 28 494

9. Fred Pfeffer 23 545

10. Silver King 22 198

Arlie Latham 22 239

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB Year

1. Hugh Duffy 78 1890

2. Charlie Comiskey 34 1890

3. Arlie Latham 32 1890

4. Jimmy Ryan 30 1890

5. Tip O'Neill 29 1890

6. Fred Pfeffer 27 1890

7. Jack Boyle 11 1890

8. Duke Farrell 8 1890

9. Dell Darling 5 1890

Frank Shugart 5 1890

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB PA

1. Hugh Duffy 78 657

2. Charlie Comiskey 34 394

3. Arlie Latham 32 239

4. Jimmy Ryan 30 550

5. Tip O'Neill 29 647

6. Fred Pfeffer 27 545

7. Jack Boyle 11 418

8. Duke Farrell 8 494

9. Dell Darling 5 253

Frank Shugart 5 112

Singles
Rank Player Singles Year

1. Tip O'Neill 135 1890

2. Hugh Duffy 132 1890

3. Jimmy Ryan 122 1890

4. Duke Farrell 96 1890

5. Fred Pfeffer 94 1890

6. Jack Boyle 81 1890

7. Charlie Comiskey 78 1890

8. Charlie Bastian 39 1890

Dell Darling 39 1890

Arlie Latham 39 1890

Ned Williamson 39 1890

Singles
Rank Player Singles PA

1. Tip O'Neill 135 647

2. Hugh Duffy 132 657

3. Jimmy Ryan 122 550

4. Duke Farrell 96 494

5. Fred Pfeffer 94 545

6. Jack Boyle 81 418

7. Charlie Comiskey 78 394

8. Charlie Bastian 39 321

Dell Darling 39 253

Arlie Latham 39 239

Ned Williamson 39 305

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ Year

1. Jimmy Ryan 131 1890

2. Hugh Duffy 123 1890

3. Tip O'Neill 106 1890

4. Duke Farrell 98 1890

5. Fred Pfeffer 78 1890

6. Jack Boyle 75 1890

7. Charlie Comiskey 49 1890

8. Charlie Bastian 44 1890

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ PA

Runs Created
Rank Player RC Year

1. Hugh Duffy 107 1890

2. Jimmy Ryan 93 1890

3. Tip O'Neill 87 1890

4. Duke Farrell 64 1890

5. Fred Pfeffer 57 1890

6. Jack Boyle 40 1890

7. Charlie Comiskey 30 1890

8. Dell Darling 29 1890

9. Ned Williamson 21 1890

10. Charlie Bastian 20 1890

Runs Created
Rank Player RC PA

1. Hugh Duffy 107 657

2. Jimmy Ryan 93 550

3. Tip O'Neill 87 647

4. Duke Farrell 64 494

5. Fred Pfeffer 57 545

6. Jack Boyle 40 418

7. Charlie Comiskey 30 394

8. Dell Darling 29 253

9. Ned Williamson 21 305

10. Charlie Bastian 20 321

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns Year

1. Jimmy Ryan 24 1890

2. Hugh Duffy 19 1890

3. Tip O'Neill 4 1890

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns PA

1. Jimmy Ryan 24 550

2. Hugh Duffy 19 657

3. Tip O'Neill 4 647

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins Year

1. Jimmy Ryan 2.2 1890

2. Hugh Duffy 1.8 1890

3. Tip O'Neill 0.4 1890

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins PA

1. Jimmy Ryan 2.2 550

2. Hugh Duffy 1.8 657

3. Tip O'Neill 0.4 647

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH Year

1. Hugh Duffy 59 1890

2. Jimmy Ryan 43 1890

3. Tip O'Neill 39 1890

4. Duke Farrell 35 1890

5. Fred Pfeffer 34 1890

6. Dell Darling 18 1890

7. Charlie Bastian 15 1890

Jack Boyle 15 1890

9. Charlie Comiskey 14 1890

10. Ned Williamson 12 1890

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH PA

1. Hugh Duffy 59 657

2. Jimmy Ryan 43 550

3. Tip O'Neill 39 647

4. Duke Farrell 35 494

5. Fred Pfeffer 34 545

6. Dell Darling 18 253

7. Charlie Bastian 15 321

Jack Boyle 15 418

9. Charlie Comiskey 14 394

10. Ned Williamson 12 305

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB Year

1. Hugh Duffy 252 1890

2. Tip O'Neill 244 1890

3. Jimmy Ryan 229 1890

4. Duke Farrell 174 1890

Fred Pfeffer 174 1890

6. Jack Boyle 145 1890

7. Charlie Comiskey 109 1890

8. Ned Williamson 95 1890

9. Charlie Bastian 92 1890

10. Dell Darling 89 1890

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB PA

1. Hugh Duffy 252 657

2. Tip O'Neill 244 647

3. Jimmy Ryan 229 550

4. Duke Farrell 174 494

Fred Pfeffer 174 545

6. Jack Boyle 145 418

7. Charlie Comiskey 109 394

8. Ned Williamson 95 305

9. Charlie Bastian 92 321

10. Dell Darling 89 253

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% Year

1. Jimmy Ryan .696 1890

2. Hugh Duffy .659 1890

3. Tip O'Neill .572 1890

4. Duke Farrell .537 1890

5. Fred Pfeffer .418 1890

6. Jack Boyle .397 1890

7. Charlie Comiskey .265 1890

8. Charlie Bastian .203 1890

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% PA

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

1. Ned Williamson 8 1890

2. Charlie Bastian 5 1890

Jack Boyle 5 1890

Tip O'Neill 5 1890

5. Jimmy Ryan 4 1890

6. Charlie Comiskey 3 1890

Dell Darling 3 1890

Arlie Latham 3 1890

9. Hugh Duffy 2 1890

Fred Pfeffer 2 1890

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch PA

1. Ned Williamson 8 305

2. Charlie Bastian 5 321

Jack Boyle 5 418

Tip O'Neill 5 647

5. Jimmy Ryan 4 550

6. Charlie Comiskey 3 394

Dell Darling 3 253

Arlie Latham 3 239

9. Hugh Duffy 2 657

Fred Pfeffer 2 545

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. Hugh Duffy 12.8 1890

2. Jimmy Ryan 10.0 1890

3. Fred Pfeffer 8.4 1890

4. Tip O'Neill 5.4 1890

5. Duke Farrell 3.2 1890

6. Dell Darling 2.9 1890

7. Ned Williamson 2.4 1890

8. Arlie Latham 1.9 1890

9. Jack Boyle 1.8 1890

10. Mark Baldwin 1.6 1890

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd PA

1. Hugh Duffy 12.8 657

2. Jimmy Ryan 10.0 550

3. Fred Pfeffer 8.4 545

4. Tip O'Neill 5.4 647

5. Duke Farrell 3.2 494

6. Dell Darling 2.9 253

7. Ned Williamson 2.4 305

8. Arlie Latham 1.9 239

9. Jack Boyle 1.8 418

10. Mark Baldwin 1.6 227

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO Year

1. Hugh Duffy 29.8 1890

2. Charlie Comiskey 22.2 1890

3. Fred Pfeffer 21.7 1890

4. Duke Farrell 16.1 1890

5. Tip O'Neill 16.0 1890

6. Jimmy Ryan 13.5 1890

7. Jack Boyle 12.7 1890

8. Charlie Bastian 7.6 1890

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO PA

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR Year

1. Jimmy Ryan 81.0 1890

2. Hugh Duffy 85.1 1890

3. Fred Pfeffer 99.8 1890

4. Tip O'Neill 192.3 1890

5. Duke Farrell 225.5 1890

6. Jack Boyle 369.0 1890

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR PA

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs Year

1. Hugh Duffy 405 1890

2. Tip O'Neill 403 1890

3. Fred Pfeffer 371 1890

4. Jimmy Ryan 321 1890

5. Duke Farrell 320 1890

6. Charlie Comiskey 285 1890

7. Jack Boyle 273 1890

8. Charlie Bastian 229 1890

9. Ned Williamson 210 1890

10. Mark Baldwin 167 1890

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs PA

1. Hugh Duffy 405 657

2. Tip O'Neill 403 647

3. Fred Pfeffer 371 545

4. Jimmy Ryan 321 550

5. Duke Farrell 320 494

6. Charlie Comiskey 285 394

7. Jack Boyle 273 418

8. Charlie Bastian 229 321

9. Ned Williamson 210 305

10. Mark Baldwin 167 227

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