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Chicago/Pittsburgh (Union League) Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Chicago/Pittsburgh (Union League) Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Batting Average
Rank Player BA Year

1. Jumbo Schoeneck .317 1884

2. Charlie Householder .239 1884

3. Joe Ellick .236 1884

Batting Average
Rank Player BA PA

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP Year

1. Jumbo Schoeneck .332 1884

2. Charlie Householder .267 1884

3. Joe Ellick .266 1884

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP PA

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG Year

1. Jumbo Schoeneck .404 1884

2. Charlie Householder .319 1884

3. Joe Ellick .264 1884

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG PA

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS Year

1. Jumbo Schoeneck .736 1884

2. Charlie Householder .586 1884

3. Joe Ellick .530 1884

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS PA

Games Played
Rank Player Games 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 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 AB 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 AB 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 PA 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 PA 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 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 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 TB 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 TB 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 Hengle 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 Hengle 1 77

Steve Matthias 1 147

Frank McLaughlin 1 68

Home Runs
Rank Player HR 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 HR 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 RBI Year

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI PA

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB 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 BB 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 SO Year

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO PA

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB Year

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB 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 OPS+ Year

1. Jumbo Schoeneck 149 1884

2. Charlie Householder 98 1884

3. Joe Ellick 80 1884

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ PA

Runs Created
Rank Player RC 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 RC 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 BtRuns Year

1. Jumbo Schoeneck 21 1884

2. Emil Gross 14 1884

3. Gid Gardner 5 1884

4. Bill Krieg 4 1884

5. Steve Matthias 4 1884

6. Will Foley 2 1884

7. Charlie Householder 2 1884

8. Charles Fisher 1 1884

9. Kid Baldwin 0 1884

10. Frank Wyman 0 1884

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns PA

1. Jumbo Schoeneck 21 374

2. Emil Gross 14 101

3. Gid Gardner 5 159

4. Bill Krieg 4 290

5. Steve Matthias 4 147

6. Will Foley 2 76

7. Charlie Householder 2 322

8. Charles Fisher 1 4

9. Kid Baldwin 0 1

10. Frank Wyman 0 8

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins 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

7. Charlie Householder 0.3 1884

8. Charles Fisher 0.1 1884

9. Kid Baldwin 0.1 1884

Frank Wyman 0.1 1884

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins 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

7. Charlie Householder 0.3 322

8. Charles Fisher 0.1 4

9. Kid Baldwin 0.1 1

Frank Wyman 0.1 8

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH 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 XBH 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 TOB 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 TOB 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 OWn% Year

1. Jumbo Schoeneck .693 1884

2. Charlie Householder .439 1884

3. Joe Ellick .365 1884

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

Caught Stealing
Rank Player CS PA

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd Year

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd PA

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO Year

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO PA

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR Year

1. Jumbo Schoeneck 183.0 1884

2. Charlie Householder 310.0 1884

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR PA

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs 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 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

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