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Chicago/Pittsburgh (Union League) Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Career Leaders

WAR Position Players†

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	1.8	1884
2.	Bill Krieg	1.0	1884
3.	Emil Gross	0.2	1884
	Steve Matthias	0.2	1884
5.	Charlie Fisher	0.1	1884
	Will Foley	0.1	1884

WAR Position Players

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	PA
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	1.8	374
2.	Bill Krieg	1.0	290
3.	Emil Gross	0.2	101
	Steve Matthias	0.2	147
5.	Charlie Fisher	0.1	4
	Will Foley	0.1	76

Offensive WAR†

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	1.0	1884
2.	Emil Gross	0.9	1884
3.	Steve Matthias	0.3	1884
4.	Will Foley	0.2	1884
5.	Charlie Fisher	0.1	1884

Offensive WAR

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	PA
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	1.0	374
2.	Emil Gross	0.9	101
3.	Steve Matthias	0.3	147
4.	Will Foley	0.2	76
5.	Charlie Fisher	0.1	4

Defensive WAR†

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	Year
1.	Bill Krieg	1.0	1884
2.	Jumbo Schoeneck	0.8	1884
3.	Joe Battin	0.3	1884
	Tony Suck	0.3	1884

Defensive WAR

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	PA
1.	Bill Krieg	1.0	290
2.	Jumbo Schoeneck	0.8	374
3.	Joe Battin	0.3	69
	Tony Suck	0.3	201

Batting Average

Rank	Player	Batting Average	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	.317	1884
2.	Charlie Householder	.239	1884
3.	Joe Ellick	.236	1884

Batting Average

Rank	Player	Batting Average	PA

On-Base%

Rank	Player	On-Base%	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	.332	1884
2.	Charlie Householder	.267	1884
3.	Joe Ellick	.266	1884

On-Base%

Rank	Player	On-Base%	PA

Slugging %

Rank	Player	Slugging %	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	.404	1884
2.	Charlie Householder	.319	1884
3.	Joe Ellick	.264	1884

Slugging %

Rank	Player	Slugging %	PA

On-Base Plus Slugging

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	.736	1884
2.	Charlie Householder	.586	1884
3.	Joe Ellick	.530	1884

On-Base Plus Slugging

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	PA

Games Played

Rank	Player	Games Played	Year
1.	Joe Ellick	92	1884
2.	Jumbo Schoeneck	90	1884
3.	Charlie Householder	83	1884
4.	Bill Krieg	71	1884
5.	Hugh Daily	58	1884
6.	Tony Suck	53	1884
7.	Charlie Briggs	49	1884
8.	Gid Gardner	38	1884
9.	Steve Matthias	37	1884
	Harry Wheeler	37	1884

Games Played

Rank	Player	Games Played	PA
1.	Joe Ellick	92	410
2.	Jumbo Schoeneck	90	374
3.	Charlie Householder	83	322
4.	Bill Krieg	71	290
5.	Hugh Daily	58	204
6.	Tony Suck	53	201
7.	Charlie Briggs	49	193
8.	Gid Gardner	38	159
9.	Steve Matthias	37	147
	Harry Wheeler	37	162

At Bats

Rank	Player	At Bats	Year
1.	Joe Ellick	394	1884
2.	Jumbo Schoeneck	366	1884
3.	Charlie Householder	310	1884
4.	Bill Krieg	279	1884
5.	Hugh Daily	196	1884
6.	Tony Suck	188	1884
7.	Charlie Briggs	182	1884
8.	Harry Wheeler	158	1884
9.	Gid Gardner	149	1884
10.	Steve Matthias	142	1884

At Bats

Rank	Player	At Bats	PA
1.	Joe Ellick	394	410
2.	Jumbo Schoeneck	366	374
3.	Charlie Householder	310	322
4.	Bill Krieg	279	290
5.	Hugh Daily	196	204
6.	Tony Suck	188	201
7.	Charlie Briggs	182	193
8.	Harry Wheeler	158	162
9.	Gid Gardner	149	159
10.	Steve Matthias	142	147

Plate Appearances

Rank	Player	Plate Appearances	Year
1.	Joe Ellick	410	1884
2.	Jumbo Schoeneck	374	1884
3.	Charlie Householder	322	1884
4.	Bill Krieg	290	1884
5.	Hugh Daily	204	1884
6.	Tony Suck	201	1884
7.	Charlie Briggs	193	1884
8.	Harry Wheeler	162	1884
9.	Gid Gardner	159	1884
10.	Steve Matthias	147	1884

Plate Appearances

Rank	Player	Plate Appearances	PA
1.	Joe Ellick	410	410
2.	Jumbo Schoeneck	374	374
3.	Charlie Householder	322	322
4.	Bill Krieg	290	290
5.	Hugh Daily	204	204
6.	Tony Suck	201	201
7.	Charlie Briggs	193	193
8.	Harry Wheeler	162	162
9.	Gid Gardner	159	159
10.	Steve Matthias	147	147

Runs Scored

Rank	Player	Runs Scored	Year
1.	Joe Ellick	71	1884
2.	Jumbo Schoeneck	56	1884
3.	Bill Krieg	35	1884
4.	Charlie Householder	32	1884
5.	Charlie Briggs	29	1884
	Harry Wheeler	29	1884
7.	Steve Matthias	24	1884
8.	Gid Gardner	22	1884
9.	Hugh Daily	21	1884
10.	Tony Suck	18	1884

Runs Scored

Rank	Player	Runs Scored	PA
1.	Joe Ellick	71	410
2.	Jumbo Schoeneck	56	374
3.	Bill Krieg	35	290
4.	Charlie Householder	32	322
5.	Charlie Briggs	29	193
	Harry Wheeler	29	162
7.	Steve Matthias	24	147
8.	Gid Gardner	22	159
9.	Hugh Daily	21	204
10.	Tony Suck	18	201

Hits

Rank	Player	Hits	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	116	1884
2.	Joe Ellick	93	1884
3.	Charlie Householder	74	1884
4.	Bill Krieg	69	1884
5.	Hugh Daily	43	1884
6.	Steve Matthias	39	1884
7.	Gid Gardner	38	1884
8.	Harry Wheeler	36	1884
9.	Emil Gross	34	1884
10.	Charlie Briggs	31	1884

Hits

Rank	Player	Hits	PA
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	116	374
2.	Joe Ellick	93	410
3.	Charlie Householder	74	322
4.	Bill Krieg	69	290
5.	Hugh Daily	43	204
6.	Steve Matthias	39	147
7.	Gid Gardner	38	159
8.	Harry Wheeler	36	162
9.	Emil Gross	34	101
10.	Charlie Briggs	31	193

Total Bases

Rank	Player	Total Bases	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	148	1884
2.	Joe Ellick	104	1884
3.	Charlie Householder	99	1884
4.	Bill Krieg	92	1884
5.	Emil Gross	56	1884
6.	Gid Gardner	52	1884
7.	Hugh Daily	51	1884
8.	Harry Wheeler	50	1884
9.	Steve Matthias	48	1884
10.	Charlie Briggs	46	1884

Total Bases

Rank	Player	Total Bases	PA
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	148	374
2.	Joe Ellick	104	410
3.	Charlie Householder	99	322
4.	Bill Krieg	92	290
5.	Emil Gross	56	101
6.	Gid Gardner	52	159
7.	Hugh Daily	51	204
8.	Harry Wheeler	50	162
9.	Steve Matthias	48	147
10.	Charlie Briggs	46	193

Doubles

Rank	Player	Doubles	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	22	1884
2.	Bill Krieg	15	1884
3.	Charlie Householder	12	1884
4.	Joe Ellick	11	1884
5.	Gid Gardner	10	1884
6.	Charlie Briggs	8	1884
7.	Steve Matthias	7	1884
8.	Hugh Daily	6	1884
	Emil Gross	6	1884
10.	George Strief	5	1884
	Harry Wheeler	5	1884

Doubles

Rank	Player	Doubles	PA
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	22	374
2.	Bill Krieg	15	290
3.	Charlie Householder	12	322
4.	Joe Ellick	11	410
5.	Gid Gardner	10	159
6.	Charlie Briggs	8	193
7.	Steve Matthias	7	147
8.	Hugh Daily	6	204
	Emil Gross	6	101
10.	George Strief	5	56
	Harry Wheeler	5	162

Triples

Rank	Player	Triples	Year
1.	Charlie Householder	5	1884
2.	Bill Krieg	4	1884
3.	Harry Wheeler	3	1884
4.	Charlie Briggs	2	1884
	Gid Gardner	2	1884
	Emil Gross	2	1884
	Jumbo Schoeneck	2	1884
8.	Charlie Cady	1	1884
	Hugh Daily	1	1884
	Will Foley	1	1884
	Moxie Hengel	1	1884
	Steve Matthias	1	1884
	Frank McLaughlin	1	1884

Triples

Rank	Player	Triples	PA
1.	Charlie Householder	5	322
2.	Bill Krieg	4	290
3.	Harry Wheeler	3	162
4.	Charlie Briggs	2	193
	Gid Gardner	2	159
	Emil Gross	2	101
	Jumbo Schoeneck	2	374
8.	Charlie Cady	1	21
	Hugh Daily	1	204
	Will Foley	1	76
	Moxie Hengel	1	77
	Steve Matthias	1	147
	Frank McLaughlin	1	68

Home Runs

Rank	Player	Home Runs	Year
1.	Emil Gross	4	1884
2.	Jumbo Schoeneck	2	1884
3.	Charlie Baker	1	1884
	Charlie Briggs	1	1884
	Charlie Householder	1	1884
	Harry Wheeler	1	1884

Home Runs

Rank	Player	Home Runs	PA
1.	Emil Gross	4	101
2.	Jumbo Schoeneck	2	374
3.	Charlie Baker	1	57
	Charlie Briggs	1	193
	Charlie Householder	1	322
	Harry Wheeler	1	162

Runs Batted In

Rank	Player	Runs Batted In	Year

Runs Batted In

Rank	Player	Runs Batted In	PA

Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	Year
1.	Joe Ellick	16	1884
2.	Tony Suck	13	1884
3.	Charlie Householder	12	1884
4.	Charlie Briggs	11	1884
	Bill Krieg	11	1884
6.	Gid Gardner	10	1884
7.	Hugh Daily	8	1884
	Jumbo Schoeneck	8	1884
9.	Emil Gross	6	1884
10.	Will Foley	5	1884
	Steve Matthias	5	1884

Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	PA
1.	Joe Ellick	16	410
2.	Tony Suck	13	201
3.	Charlie Householder	12	322
4.	Charlie Briggs	11	193
	Bill Krieg	11	290
6.	Gid Gardner	10	159
7.	Hugh Daily	8	204
	Jumbo Schoeneck	8	374
9.	Emil Gross	6	101
10.	Will Foley	5	76
	Steve Matthias	5	147

Strikeouts

Rank	Player	Strikeouts	Year

Strikeouts

Rank	Player	Strikeouts	PA

Stolen Bases

Rank	Player	Stolen Bases	Year

Stolen Bases

Rank	Player	Stolen Bases	PA

Singles

Rank	Player	Singles	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	90	1884
2.	Joe Ellick	82	1884
3.	Charlie Householder	56	1884
4.	Bill Krieg	50	1884
5.	Hugh Daily	36	1884
6.	Steve Matthias	31	1884
7.	Harry Wheeler	27	1884
8.	Gid Gardner	26	1884
	Tony Suck	26	1884
10.	Emil Gross	22	1884

Singles

Rank	Player	Singles	PA
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	90	374
2.	Joe Ellick	82	410
3.	Charlie Householder	56	322
4.	Bill Krieg	50	290
5.	Hugh Daily	36	204
6.	Steve Matthias	31	147
7.	Harry Wheeler	27	162
8.	Gid Gardner	26	159
	Tony Suck	26	201
10.	Emil Gross	22	101

Adjusted OPS+

Rank	Player	Adjusted OPS+	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	149	1884
2.	Charlie Householder	98	1884
3.	Joe Ellick	80	1884

Adjusted OPS+

Rank	Player	Adjusted OPS+	PA

Runs Created

Rank	Player	Runs Created	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	49	1884
2.	Joe Ellick	28	1884
3.	Charlie Householder	26	1884
4.	Bill Krieg	25	1884
5.	Emil Gross	22	1884
6.	Gid Gardner	16	1884
7.	Steve Matthias	14	1884
8.	Hugh Daily	13	1884
9.	Harry Wheeler	12	1884
10.	Charlie Briggs	10	1884

Runs Created

Rank	Player	Runs Created	PA
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	49	374
2.	Joe Ellick	28	410
3.	Charlie Householder	26	322
4.	Bill Krieg	25	290
5.	Emil Gross	22	101
6.	Gid Gardner	16	159
7.	Steve Matthias	14	147
8.	Hugh Daily	13	204
9.	Harry Wheeler	12	162
10.	Charlie Briggs	10	193

Adj. Batting Runs

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Runs	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	21	1884
2.	Emil Gross	14	1884
3.	Gid Gardner	5	1884
4.	Bill Krieg	4	1884
	Steve Matthias	4	1884
6.	Will Foley	2	1884
	Charlie Householder	2	1884
8.	Charlie Fisher	1	1884

Adj. Batting Runs

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Runs	PA
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	21	374
2.	Emil Gross	14	101
3.	Gid Gardner	5	159
4.	Bill Krieg	4	290
	Steve Matthias	4	147
6.	Will Foley	2	76
	Charlie Householder	2	322
8.	Charlie Fisher	1	4

Adj. Batting Wins

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	2.4	1884
2.	Emil Gross	1.5	1884
3.	Gid Gardner	0.6	1884
4.	Bill Krieg	0.5	1884
5.	Steve Matthias	0.4	1884
6.	Will Foley	0.3	1884
	Charlie Householder	0.3	1884
8.	Charlie Fisher	0.1	1884

Adj. Batting Wins

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	PA
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	2.4	374
2.	Emil Gross	1.5	101
3.	Gid Gardner	0.6	159
4.	Bill Krieg	0.5	290
5.	Steve Matthias	0.4	147
6.	Will Foley	0.3	76
	Charlie Householder	0.3	322
8.	Charlie Fisher	0.1	4

Extra Base Hits

Rank	Player	Extra Base Hits	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	26	1884
2.	Bill Krieg	19	1884
3.	Charlie Householder	18	1884
4.	Gid Gardner	12	1884
	Emil Gross	12	1884
6.	Charlie Briggs	11	1884
	Joe Ellick	11	1884
8.	Harry Wheeler	9	1884
9.	Steve Matthias	8	1884
10.	Hugh Daily	7	1884

Extra Base Hits

Rank	Player	Extra Base Hits	PA
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	26	374
2.	Bill Krieg	19	290
3.	Charlie Householder	18	322
4.	Gid Gardner	12	159
	Emil Gross	12	101
6.	Charlie Briggs	11	193
	Joe Ellick	11	410
8.	Harry Wheeler	9	162
9.	Steve Matthias	8	147
10.	Hugh Daily	7	204

Times On Base

Rank	Player	Times On Base	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	124	1884
2.	Joe Ellick	109	1884
3.	Charlie Householder	86	1884
4.	Bill Krieg	80	1884
5.	Hugh Daily	51	1884
6.	Gid Gardner	48	1884
7.	Steve Matthias	44	1884
8.	Charlie Briggs	42	1884
9.	Tony Suck	41	1884
10.	Emil Gross	40	1884
	Harry Wheeler	40	1884

Times On Base

Rank	Player	Times On Base	PA
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	124	374
2.	Joe Ellick	109	410
3.	Charlie Householder	86	322
4.	Bill Krieg	80	290
5.	Hugh Daily	51	204
6.	Gid Gardner	48	159
7.	Steve Matthias	44	147
8.	Charlie Briggs	42	193
9.	Tony Suck	41	201
10.	Emil Gross	40	101
	Harry Wheeler	40	162

Offensive Win %

Rank	Player	Offensive Win %	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	.691	1884
2.	Charlie Householder	.439	1884
3.	Joe Ellick	.364	1884

Offensive Win %

Rank	Player	Offensive Win %	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	Intentional Bases on Balls	Year

Intentional Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Intentional Bases on Balls	PA

Double Plays Grounded Into

Rank	Player	Double Plays Grounded Into	Year

Double Plays Grounded Into

Rank	Player	Double Plays Grounded Into	PA

Caught Stealing

Rank	Player	Caught Stealing	Year

Caught Stealing

Rank	Player	Caught Stealing	PA

Power-Speed #

Rank	Player	Power-Speed #	Year

Power-Speed #

Rank	Player	Power-Speed #	PA

AB per SO

Rank	Player	AB per SO	Year

AB per SO

Rank	Player	AB per SO	PA

AB per HR

Rank	Player	AB per HR	Year
1.	Jumbo Schoeneck	183.0	1884
2.	Charlie Householder	310.0	1884

AB per HR

Rank	Player	AB per HR	PA

Outs Made

Rank	Player	Outs Made	Year
1.	Joe Ellick	301	1884
2.	Jumbo Schoeneck	250	1884
3.	Charlie Householder	236	1884
4.	Bill Krieg	210	1884
5.	Tony Suck	160	1884
6.	Hugh Daily	153	1884
7.	Charlie Briggs	151	1884
8.	Harry Wheeler	122	1884
9.	Gid Gardner	111	1884
10.	Steve Matthias	103	1884

Outs Made

Rank	Player	Outs Made	PA
1.	Joe Ellick	301	410
2.	Jumbo Schoeneck	250	374
3.	Charlie Householder	236	322
4.	Bill Krieg	210	290
5.	Tony Suck	160	201
6.	Hugh Daily	153	204
7.	Charlie Briggs	151	193
8.	Harry Wheeler	122	162
9.	Gid Gardner	111	159
10.	Steve Matthias	103	147

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)†

Rank	Player	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)	Year

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)

Rank	Player	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)	IP

Win Probability Added (WPA)†

Rank	Player	Win Probability Added (WPA)	Year

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Rank	Player	Win Probability Added (WPA)	IP

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)†

Rank	Player	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)	Year

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)

Rank	Player	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)	IP

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)†

Rank	Player	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)	Year

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)

Rank	Player	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)	IP

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