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Chicago White Stockings Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Batting Average
Rank Player BA Year

1. Jim Devlin .289 1875

2. John Glenn .244 1875

Batting Average
Rank Player BA PA

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP Year

1. Jim Devlin .298 1875

2. John Glenn .251 1875

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP PA

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG Year

1. Jim Devlin .381 1875

2. John Glenn .269 1875

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG PA

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS Year

1. Jim Devlin .679 1875

2. John Glenn .520 1875

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS PA

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Jim Devlin 69 1875

John Glenn 69 1875

Paul Hines 69 1875

John Peters 69 1875

Warren White 69 1875

6. Scott Hastings 65 1875

7. Davy Force 59 1874

Paul Hines 59 1874

9. Ned Cuthbert 58 1874

10. George Zettlein 57 1874

Games Played
Rank Player Games PA

1. Paul Hines 128 584

2. John Glenn 124 553

John Peters 124 538

4. George Zettlein 117 508

5. Jim Devlin 114 527

6. Warren White 69 287

7. Scott Hastings 65 296

8. Fred Treacey 60 276

9. Davy Force 59 297

10. Ned Cuthbert 58 300

At Bats
Rank Player AB Year

1. Jim Devlin 318 1875

2. John Glenn 308 1875

Paul Hines 308 1875

4. John Peters 297 1875

5. Ned Cuthbert 295 1874

6. Davy Force 294 1874

7. Scott Hastings 287 1875

Warren White 287 1875

9. Paul Hines 271 1874

10. Levi Meyerle 254 1874

At Bats
Rank Player AB PA

1. Paul Hines 579 584

2. John Glenn 545 553

3. John Peters 536 538

4. Jim Devlin 521 527

5. George Zettlein 505 508

6. Ned Cuthbert 295 300

7. Davy Force 294 297

8. Scott Hastings 287 296

Warren White 287 287

10. Fred Treacey 272 276

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA Year

1. Jim Devlin 322 1875

2. John Glenn 311 1875

3. Paul Hines 309 1875

4. Ned Cuthbert 300 1874

5. Davy Force 297 1874

John Peters 297 1875

7. Scott Hastings 296 1875

8. Warren White 287 1875

9. Paul Hines 275 1874

10. Levi Meyerle 257 1874

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA PA

1. Paul Hines 584 584

2. John Glenn 553 553

3. John Peters 538 538

4. Jim Devlin 527 527

5. George Zettlein 508 508

6. Ned Cuthbert 300 300

7. Davy Force 297 297

8. Scott Hastings 296 296

9. Warren White 287 287

10. Fred Treacey 276 276

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs Year

1. Ned Cuthbert 65 1874

Levi Meyerle 65 1874

3. Davy Force 61 1874

4. Jim Devlin 60 1875

5. Paul Hines 47 1874

6. John Glenn 46 1875

7. Paul Hines 45 1875

Jimmy Wood 45 1871

9. Dick Higham 44 1875

10. Scott Hastings 43 1875

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs PA

1. Paul Hines 92 584

2. Jim Devlin 86 527

3. John Glenn 79 553

John Peters 79 538

5. Ned Cuthbert 65 300

Levi Meyerle 65 257

7. Davy Force 61 297

8. Fred Treacey 57 276

9. George Zettlein 56 508

10. Jimmy Wood 45 146

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Paul Hines 101 1875

2. Levi Meyerle 100 1874

3. Jim Devlin 92 1875

Davy Force 92 1874

5. John Peters 85 1875

6. Paul Hines 80 1874

7. Ned Cuthbert 79 1874

8. John Glenn 75 1875

9. Scott Hastings 73 1875

10. Warren White 71 1875

Hits
Rank Player Hits PA

1. Paul Hines 181 584

2. John Peters 154 538

3. Jim Devlin 150 527

4. John Glenn 142 553

5. George Zettlein 108 508

6. Levi Meyerle 100 257

7. Davy Force 92 297

8. Ned Cuthbert 79 300

9. Scott Hastings 73 296

10. Warren White 71 287

Total Bases
Rank Player TB Year

1. Levi Meyerle 124 1874

2. Paul Hines 123 1875

3. Jim Devlin 121 1875

4. John Peters 105 1875

5. Davy Force 101 1874

6. Paul Hines 94 1874

7. Ned Cuthbert 93 1874

8. John Glenn 83 1875

9. Scott Hastings 82 1875

John Peters 82 1874

Total Bases
Rank Player TB PA

1. Paul Hines 217 584

2. John Peters 187 538

3. Jim Devlin 184 527

4. John Glenn 159 553

5. Levi Meyerle 124 257

6. George Zettlein 118 508

7. Fred Treacey 104 276

8. Davy Force 101 297

9. Ned Cuthbert 93 300

10. Scott Hastings 82 296

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles Year

1. Levi Meyerle 19 1874

2. Jim Devlin 17 1875

3. John Peters 16 1875

4. Paul Hines 14 1875

5. Paul Hines 10 1874

John Peters 10 1874

Jimmy Wood 10 1871

8. Davy Force 9 1874

John Glenn 9 1874

Scott Hastings 9 1875

Warren White 9 1875

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles PA

1. John Peters 26 538

2. Paul Hines 24 584

3. Jim Devlin 22 527

4. Levi Meyerle 19 257

5. John Glenn 17 553

6. Fred Treacey 12 276

7. Jimmy Wood 10 146

George Zettlein 10 508

9. Davy Force 9 297

Scott Hastings 9 296

Warren White 9 287

Triples
Rank Player Triples Year

1. Jim Devlin 6 1875

Jimmy Wood 6 1871

3. Ed Pinkham 5 1871

Fred Treacey 5 1871

5. Paul Hines 4 1875

6. Dick Higham 3 1875

7. Paul Hines 2 1874

Bub McAtee 2 1871

John Peters 2 1875

10. Spike Brady 1 1875

Ned Cuthbert 1 1874

Tom Foley 1 1871

Charlie Hodes 1 1871

Levi Meyerle 1 1874

Joe Simmons 1 1871

Triples
Rank Player Triples PA

1. Jim Devlin 6 527

Paul Hines 6 584

Jimmy Wood 6 146

4. Ed Pinkham 5 113

Fred Treacey 5 276

6. Dick Higham 3 208

7. Bub McAtee 2 140

John Peters 2 538

9. Spike Brady 1 4

Ned Cuthbert 1 300

Tom Foley 1 87

Charlie Hodes 1 137

Levi Meyerle 1 257

Joe Simmons 1 130

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Fred Treacey 4 1871

2. Ned Cuthbert 2 1874

Charlie Hodes 2 1871

Mart King 2 1871

5. Levi Meyerle 1 1874

John Peters 1 1874

Ed Pinkham 1 1871

Jimmy Wood 1 1871

Home Runs
Rank Player HR PA

1. Fred Treacey 4 276

2. Ned Cuthbert 2 300

Charlie Hodes 2 137

Mart King 2 109

5. Levi Meyerle 1 257

John Peters 1 538

Ed Pinkham 1 113

Jimmy Wood 1 146

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI Year

1. Levi Meyerle 47 1874

2. Jim Devlin 40 1875

3. Paul Hines 36 1875

4. Paul Hines 34 1874

John Peters 34 1875

6. John Glenn 33 1874

Fred Treacey 33 1871

8. Scott Hastings 30 1875

9. Fergy Malone 29 1874

Jimmy Wood 29 1871

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI PA

1. Paul Hines 70 584

2. Jim Devlin 67 527

3. John Glenn 60 553

4. John Peters 59 538

5. Levi Meyerle 47 257

6. Fred Treacey 45 276

George Zettlein 45 508

8. Scott Hastings 30 296

9. Fergy Malone 29 227

Jimmy Wood 29 146

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Ed Pinkham 18 1871

2. Jimmy Wood 11 1871

3. Scott Hastings 9 1875

4. Mart King 8 1871

5. Charlie Hodes 7 1871

6. Ned Cuthbert 5 1874

John Glenn 5 1874

Bub McAtee 5 1871

9. Jim Devlin 4 1875

Paul Hines 4 1874

Fergy Malone 4 1874

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB PA

1. Ed Pinkham 18 113

2. Jimmy Wood 11 146

3. Scott Hastings 9 296

4. John Glenn 8 553

Mart King 8 109

6. Charlie Hodes 7 137

7. Jim Devlin 6 527

8. Ned Cuthbert 5 300

Paul Hines 5 584

Bub McAtee 5 140

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Scott Hastings 14 1875

2. John Peters 11 1874

3. Mike Golden 10 1875

4. Jim Devlin 9 1874

5. Joe Miller 7 1875

6. John Glenn 6 1875

Fred Treacey 6 1874

8. Oscar Bielaski 5 1875

Ned Cuthbert 5 1874

Fred Treacey 5 1871

George Zettlein 5 1874

George Zettlein 5 1875

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO PA

1. Scott Hastings 14 296

John Peters 14 538

George Zettlein 14 508

4. Jim Devlin 13 527

5. Fred Treacey 11 276

6. John Glenn 10 553

Mike Golden 10 157

8. Joe Miller 7 54

9. Oscar Bielaski 5 203

Ned Cuthbert 5 300

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB Year

1. Jimmy Wood 18 1871

2. Scott Hastings 13 1875

Fred Treacey 13 1871

4. John Peters 12 1875

5. Ed Duffy 11 1871

6. John Glenn 10 1875

7. Ned Cuthbert 8 1874

8. Jim Devlin 6 1875

Dick Higham 6 1875

Paul Hines 6 1875

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB PA

1. Jimmy Wood 18 146

2. Fred Treacey 17 276

3. John Peters 14 538

4. Scott Hastings 13 296

5. John Glenn 12 553

6. Ed Duffy 11 124

7. Paul Hines 10 584

8. Ned Cuthbert 8 300

Jim Devlin 8 527

10. Dick Higham 6 208

Singles
Rank Player Singles Year

1. Davy Force 83 1874

Paul Hines 83 1875

3. Levi Meyerle 79 1874

4. Ned Cuthbert 70 1874

5. Jim Devlin 69 1875

6. Paul Hines 68 1874

7. John Glenn 67 1875

John Peters 67 1875

9. Scott Hastings 64 1875

10. Warren White 62 1875

Singles
Rank Player Singles PA

1. Paul Hines 151 584

2. John Glenn 125 553

John Peters 125 538

4. Jim Devlin 122 527

5. George Zettlein 98 508

6. Davy Force 83 297

7. Levi Meyerle 79 257

8. Ned Cuthbert 70 300

9. Scott Hastings 64 296

10. Warren White 62 287

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ Year

1. Jim Devlin 132 1875

2. John Glenn 79 1875

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ PA

Runs Created
Rank Player RC Year

1. Levi Meyerle 50 1874

2. Paul Hines 38 1875

3. Jim Devlin 37 1875

4. Jimmy Wood 35 1871

5. Davy Force 33 1874

6. John Peters 30 1875

7. Paul Hines 29 1874

8. Ned Cuthbert 27 1874

9. John Peters 24 1874

Fred Treacey 24 1871

Runs Created
Rank Player RC PA

1. Paul Hines 67 584

2. Jim Devlin 55 527

3. John Peters 54 538

4. Levi Meyerle 50 257

5. John Glenn 44 553

6. Jimmy Wood 35 146

7. Davy Force 33 297

8. Fred Treacey 30 276

9. Ned Cuthbert 27 300

George Zettlein 27 508

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns Year

1. Levi Meyerle 23 1874

2. Paul Hines 15 1875

3. Jimmy Wood 14 1871

4. Jim Devlin 10 1875

5. Fred Treacey 8 1871

6. John Peters 6 1875

7. Ed Pinkham 5 1871

8. Davy Force 4 1874

9. Paul Hines 2 1874

10. John Peters 1 1874

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns PA

1. Levi Meyerle 23 257

2. Paul Hines 17 584

3. Jimmy Wood 14 146

4. Jim Devlin 9 527

5. John Peters 7 538

6. Ed Pinkham 5 113

7. Davy Force 4 297

8. Spike Brady 0 4

9. Fred Waterman 0 20

10. Will Foley 0 12

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins Year

1. Levi Meyerle 2.4 1874

2. Paul Hines 1.7 1875

3. Jimmy Wood 1.2 1871

4. Jim Devlin 1.2 1875

5. Fred Treacey 0.7 1871

6. John Peters 0.7 1875

7. Ed Pinkham 0.4 1871

8. Davy Force 0.4 1874

9. Paul Hines 0.2 1874

10. John Peters 0.1 1874

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins PA

1. Levi Meyerle 2.4 257

2. Paul Hines 1.9 584

3. Jimmy Wood 1.2 146

4. Jim Devlin 1.0 527

5. John Peters 0.8 538

6. Ed Pinkham 0.4 113

7. Davy Force 0.4 297

8. Spike Brady 0.1 4

9. Fred Waterman 0.0 20

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH Year

1. Jim Devlin 23 1875

2. Levi Meyerle 21 1874

3. Paul Hines 18 1875

John Peters 18 1875

5. Jimmy Wood 17 1871

6. Fred Treacey 16 1871

7. Paul Hines 12 1874

8. John Peters 11 1874

Ed Pinkham 11 1871

10. Bub McAtee 10 1871

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH PA

1. Paul Hines 30 584

2. John Peters 29 538

3. Jim Devlin 28 527

4. Levi Meyerle 21 257

Fred Treacey 21 276

6. John Glenn 17 553

Jimmy Wood 17 146

8. Ed Pinkham 11 113

9. Bub McAtee 10 140

George Zettlein 10 508

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB Year

1. Levi Meyerle 103 1874

2. Paul Hines 102 1875

3. Jim Devlin 96 1875

4. Davy Force 95 1874

5. John Peters 85 1875

6. Ned Cuthbert 84 1874

Paul Hines 84 1874

8. Scott Hastings 82 1875

9. John Glenn 78 1875

10. John Glenn 72 1874

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB PA

1. Paul Hines 186 584

2. Jim Devlin 156 527

John Peters 156 538

4. John Glenn 150 553

5. George Zettlein 111 508

6. Levi Meyerle 103 257

7. Davy Force 95 297

8. Ned Cuthbert 84 300

9. Scott Hastings 82 296

10. Fred Treacey 74 276

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% Year

1. Jim Devlin .626 1875

2. John Glenn .378 1875

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% PA

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

1. Scott Hastings 11 1875

2. Warren White 10 1875

3. Paul Hines 9 1875

4. John Peters 6 1875

5. Oscar Bielaski 5 1875

Fred Treacey 5 1871

7. Ed Duffy 4 1871

Tom Foley 4 1871

Fred Treacey 4 1874

10. Bub McAtee 3 1871

Caught Stealing
Rank Player CS PA

1. Scott Hastings 11 296

2. Paul Hines 10 584

Warren White 10 287

4. Fred Treacey 9 276

5. John Peters 8 538

6. Oscar Bielaski 5 203

7. Ed Duffy 4 124

Tom Foley 4 87

John Glenn 4 553

10. Bub McAtee 3 140

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd Year

1. Fred Treacey 6.1 1871

2. Ned Cuthbert 3.2 1874

3. Mart King 2.9 1871

4. Charlie Hodes 2.4 1871

5. Jimmy Wood 1.9 1871

6. Ed Pinkham 1.7 1871

7. Levi Meyerle 1.5 1874

8. John Peters 1.3 1874

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd PA

1. Fred Treacey 6.5 276

2. Ned Cuthbert 3.2 300

3. Mart King 2.9 109

4. Charlie Hodes 2.4 137

5. Jimmy Wood 1.9 146

6. John Peters 1.9 538

7. Ed Pinkham 1.7 113

8. Levi Meyerle 1.5 257

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO Year

1. Jim Devlin 79.5 1875

2. John Glenn 51.3 1875

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO PA

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR Year

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR PA

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs Year

1. John Glenn 235 1875

2. Jim Devlin 227 1875

3. Warren White 226 1875

4. Scott Hastings 225 1875

5. John Peters 218 1875

6. Ned Cuthbert 216 1874

Paul Hines 216 1875

8. Davy Force 202 1874

9. George Zettlein 197 1874

10. Paul Hines 192 1874

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs PA

1. Paul Hines 408 584

2. John Glenn 407 553

3. George Zettlein 397 508

4. John Peters 390 538

5. Jim Devlin 373 527

6. Warren White 226 287

7. Scott Hastings 225 296

8. Ned Cuthbert 216 300

9. Fred Treacey 211 276

10. Davy Force 202 297

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