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Detroit Wolverines Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Detroit Wolverines Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Career Leaders

WAR Position Players†

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	9.1	1886
2.	Hardy Richardson	7.4	1886
3.	Dan Brouthers	7.2	1888
4.	Dan Brouthers	6.3	1887
5.	Sam Thompson	6.2	1887
6.	Jack Rowe	5.2	1887
7.	Hardy Richardson	4.7	1887
8.	Charlie Bennett	4.6	1883
9.	Jack Rowe	4.3	1886
10.	Charlie Bennett	4.1	1885

WAR Position Players

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	PA
1.	Charlie Bennett	29.5	2613
2.	Dan Brouthers	22.6	1734
3.	Sam Thompson	14.6	1658
4.	Hardy Richardson	14.4	1444
5.	Jack Rowe	12.1	1546
6.	Ned Hanlon	11.3	3640
7.	George Wood	9.4	2098
8.	Deacon White	8.4	1563
9.	Fred Dunlap	4.2	509
10.	Charlie Ganzel	3.2	857

Offensive WAR†

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	8.6	1886
2.	Dan Brouthers	7.3	1887
	Dan Brouthers	7.3	1888
4.	Hardy Richardson	6.5	1886
5.	Sam Thompson	6.1	1887
6.	Jack Rowe	4.5	1887
7.	Jack Rowe	3.8	1886
8.	Hardy Richardson	3.7	1887
	Deacon White	3.7	1888
10.	Charlie Bennett	3.5	1885

Offensive WAR

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	PA
1.	Dan Brouthers	23.2	1734
2.	Charlie Bennett	19.3	2613
3.	Sam Thompson	13.8	1658
4.	Hardy Richardson	12.6	1444
5.	Jack Rowe	11.1	1546
6.	Ned Hanlon	9.8	3640
7.	George Wood	8.7	2098
8.	Deacon White	8.2	1563
9.	Martin Powell	3.9	1040
10.	Sadie Houck	2.9	739

Defensive WAR†

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	Year
1.	Charlie Bennett	1.8	1886
2.	Charlie Bennett	1.7	1888
3.	Charlie Bennett	1.6	1883
4.	Charlie Bennett	1.3	1881
5.	Charlie Bennett	1.2	1884
6.	Charlie Bennett	1.1	1887
	Fred Dunlap	1.1	1887
8.	Hardy Richardson	1.0	1887
9.	Charlie Bennett	0.9	1882
	Joe Farrell	0.9	1883
	Hardy Richardson	0.9	1886

Defensive WAR

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	PA
1.	Charlie Bennett	10.2	2613
2.	Hardy Richardson	1.8	1444
3.	Charlie Ganzel	1.7	857
4.	Fred Dunlap	1.6	509
5.	Ned Hanlon	1.5	3640
6.	Jack Rowe	1.0	1546
7.	Sam Thompson	0.8	1658
8.	George Wood	0.7	2098
9.	Milt Scott	0.5	599
10.	Deacon McGuire	0.4	139
	Mox McQuery	0.4	286

Batting Average

Rank	Player	Batting Average	Year
1.	Sam Thompson	.372	1887
2.	Dan Brouthers	.370	1886
3.	Hardy Richardson	.351	1886
4.	Dan Brouthers	.338	1887
5.	Hardy Richardson	.328	1887
6.	Jack Rowe	.318	1887
7.	Sam Thompson	.310	1886
8.	Dan Brouthers	.307	1888
9.	Charlie Bennett	.305	1883
10.	Jack Rowe	.303	1886
	Deacon White	.303	1887

Batting Average

Rank	Player	Batting Average	PA
1.	Dan Brouthers	.338	1734
2.	Sam Thompson	.327	1658
3.	Jack Rowe	.301	1546
4.	Deacon White	.297	1563
5.	George Wood	.281	2098
6.	Charlie Bennett	.278	2613
7.	Ned Hanlon	.261	3640

On-Base%

Rank	Player	On-Base%	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	.445	1886
2.	Dan Brouthers	.426	1887
3.	Sam Thompson	.416	1887
4.	Hardy Richardson	.402	1886
5.	Dan Brouthers	.399	1888
6.	Ned Hanlon	.372	1885
7.	Jack Rowe	.368	1887
8.	Hardy Richardson	.366	1887
9.	Charlie Bennett	.356	1885
10.	Sam Thompson	.355	1886

On-Base%

Rank	Player	On-Base%	PA
1.	Dan Brouthers	.423	1734
2.	Sam Thompson	.375	1658
3.	Charlie Bennett	.349	2613
4.	Jack Rowe	.342	1546
5.	Deacon White	.340	1563
6.	Ned Hanlon	.318	3640
	George Wood	.318	2098

Slugging %

Rank	Player	Slugging %	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	.581	1886
2.	Sam Thompson	.565	1887
3.	Dan Brouthers	.562	1887
4.	Hardy Richardson	.504	1886
5.	Hardy Richardson	.484	1887
6.	Charlie Bennett	.478	1881
7.	Charlie Bennett	.474	1883
8.	Dan Brouthers	.464	1888
9.	Charlie Bennett	.456	1885
10.	Charlie Bennett	.450	1882

Slugging %

Rank	Player	Slugging %	PA
1.	Dan Brouthers	.534	1734
2.	Sam Thompson	.500	1658
3.	Charlie Bennett	.433	2613
4.	George Wood	.418	2098
5.	Jack Rowe	.415	1546
6.	Deacon White	.383	1563
7.	Ned Hanlon	.347	3640

On-Base Plus Slugging

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	1.026	1886
2.	Dan Brouthers	.988	1887
3.	Sam Thompson	.982	1887
4.	Hardy Richardson	.906	1886
5.	Dan Brouthers	.862	1888
6.	Hardy Richardson	.851	1887
7.	Charlie Bennett	.825	1883
8.	Charlie Bennett	.819	1881
9.	Jack Rowe	.813	1887
10.	Charlie Bennett	.812	1885

On-Base Plus Slugging

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	PA
1.	Dan Brouthers	.957	1734
2.	Sam Thompson	.875	1658
3.	Charlie Bennett	.782	2613
4.	Jack Rowe	.756	1546
5.	George Wood	.736	2098
6.	Deacon White	.723	1563
7.	Ned Hanlon	.665	3640

Games Played

Rank	Player	Games Played	Year
1.	Larry Twitchell	131	1888
2.	Dan Brouthers	129	1888
3.	Sam Thompson	127	1887
4.	Ned Hanlon	126	1886
5.	Hardy Richardson	125	1886
	Deacon White	125	1888
7.	Jack Rowe	124	1887
	Deacon White	124	1886
9.	Dan Brouthers	123	1887
10.	Sam Thompson	122	1886

Games Played

Rank	Player	Games Played	PA
1.	Ned Hanlon	830	3640
2.	Charlie Bennett	625	2613
3.	George Wood	459	2098
4.	Dan Brouthers	373	1734
5.	Sam Thompson	368	1658
6.	Deacon White	360	1563
7.	Jack Rowe	340	1546
8.	Hardy Richardson	303	1444
9.	Stump Wiedman	288	1120
10.	Joe Farrell	280	1211

At Bats

Rank	Player	At Bats	Year
1.	Sam Thompson	545	1887
2.	Hardy Richardson	543	1887
3.	Hardy Richardson	538	1886
4.	Jack Rowe	537	1887
5.	Deacon White	527	1888
6.	Larry Twitchell	524	1888
7.	Dan Brouthers	522	1888
8.	Sam Thompson	503	1886
9.	Dan Brouthers	500	1887
10.	Ned Hanlon	494	1886

At Bats

Rank	Player	At Bats	PA
1.	Ned Hanlon	3363	3640
2.	Charlie Bennett	2355	2613
3.	George Wood	1988	2098
4.	Sam Thompson	1540	1658
5.	Dan Brouthers	1511	1734
6.	Deacon White	1467	1563
7.	Jack Rowe	1456	1546
8.	Hardy Richardson	1347	1444
9.	Joe Farrell	1188	1211
10.	Stump Wiedman	1088	1120

Plate Appearances

Rank	Player	Plate Appearances	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	602	1888
2.	Sam Thompson	586	1887
3.	Hardy Richardson	584	1886
4.	Jack Rowe	579	1887
5.	Dan Brouthers	577	1887
6.	Hardy Richardson	576	1887
7.	Deacon White	557	1888
8.	Dan Brouthers	555	1886
	Larry Twitchell	555	1888
10.	Ned Hanlon	551	1886

Plate Appearances

Rank	Player	Plate Appearances	PA
1.	Ned Hanlon	3640	3640
2.	Charlie Bennett	2613	2613
3.	George Wood	2098	2098
4.	Dan Brouthers	1734	1734
5.	Sam Thompson	1658	1658
6.	Deacon White	1563	1563
7.	Jack Rowe	1546	1546
8.	Hardy Richardson	1444	1444
9.	Joe Farrell	1211	1211
10.	Stump Wiedman	1120	1120

Runs Scored

Rank	Player	Runs Scored	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	153	1887
2.	Dan Brouthers	139	1886
3.	Jack Rowe	135	1887
4.	Hardy Richardson	131	1887
5.	Hardy Richardson	125	1886
6.	Dan Brouthers	118	1888
	Sam Thompson	118	1887
8.	Ned Hanlon	105	1886
9.	Sam Thompson	101	1886
10.	Jack Rowe	97	1886

Runs Scored

Rank	Player	Runs Scored	PA
1.	Ned Hanlon	623	3640
2.	Dan Brouthers	410	1734
3.	George Wood	345	2098
4.	Sam Thompson	328	1658
5.	Charlie Bennett	324	2613
6.	Hardy Richardson	316	1444
7.	Jack Rowe	294	1546
8.	Deacon White	211	1563
9.	Martin Powell	167	1040
10.	Joe Farrell	151	1211

Hits

Rank	Player	Hits	Year
1.	Sam Thompson	203	1887
2.	Hardy Richardson	189	1886
3.	Dan Brouthers	181	1886
4.	Hardy Richardson	178	1887
5.	Jack Rowe	171	1887
6.	Dan Brouthers	169	1887
7.	Dan Brouthers	160	1888
8.	Deacon White	157	1888
9.	Sam Thompson	156	1886
10.	Jack Rowe	142	1886
	Deacon White	142	1886

Hits

Rank	Player	Hits	PA
1.	Ned Hanlon	879	3640
2.	Charlie Bennett	654	2613
3.	George Wood	558	2098
4.	Dan Brouthers	510	1734
5.	Sam Thompson	503	1658
6.	Hardy Richardson	444	1444
7.	Jack Rowe	438	1546
8.	Deacon White	435	1563
9.	Joe Farrell	282	1211
10.	Martin Powell	270	1040

Total Bases

Rank	Player	Total Bases	Year
1.	Sam Thompson	308	1887
2.	Dan Brouthers	284	1886
3.	Dan Brouthers	281	1887
4.	Hardy Richardson	271	1886
5.	Hardy Richardson	263	1887
6.	Dan Brouthers	242	1888
7.	Jack Rowe	239	1887
8.	Sam Thompson	224	1886
9.	Deacon White	201	1888
10.	Jack Rowe	199	1886

Total Bases

Rank	Player	Total Bases	PA
1.	Ned Hanlon	1168	3640
2.	Charlie Bennett	1020	2613
3.	George Wood	830	2098
4.	Dan Brouthers	807	1734
5.	Sam Thompson	770	1658
6.	Hardy Richardson	651	1444
7.	Jack Rowe	604	1546
8.	Deacon White	562	1563
9.	Joe Farrell	353	1211
10.	Martin Powell	333	1040

Doubles

Rank	Player	Doubles	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	40	1886
2.	Dan Brouthers	36	1887
3.	Charlie Bennett	34	1883
4.	Dan Brouthers	33	1888
5.	Jack Rowe	30	1887
6.	Sam Thompson	29	1887
7.	Hardy Richardson	27	1886
8.	George Wood	26	1883
9.	Hardy Richardson	25	1887
10.	Charlie Bennett	24	1885

Doubles

Rank	Player	Doubles	PA
1.	Charlie Bennett	141	2613
2.	Dan Brouthers	109	1734
3.	Ned Hanlon	106	3640
4.	George Wood	91	2098
5.	Hardy Richardson	70	1444
	Jack Rowe	70	1546
7.	Sam Thompson	68	1658
8.	Deacon White	61	1563
9.	Martin Powell	39	1040
10.	Joe Farrell	35	1211

Triples

Rank	Player	Triples	Year
1.	Sam Thompson	23	1887
2.	Dan Brouthers	20	1887
3.	Hardy Richardson	18	1887
4.	Dan Brouthers	15	1886
5.	Charlie Bennett	13	1885
	Sam Thompson	13	1886
7.	Sadie Houck	12	1883
	George Wood	12	1882
9.	Dan Brouthers	11	1888
	Hardy Richardson	11	1886
	Deacon White	11	1887
	George Wood	11	1883

Triples

Rank	Player	Triples	PA
1.	Charlie Bennett	57	2613
2.	Sam Thompson	53	1658
3.	Ned Hanlon	51	3640
4.	George Wood	50	2098
5.	Dan Brouthers	46	1734
6.	Hardy Richardson	31	1444
7.	Jack Rowe	27	1546
8.	Deacon White	21	1563
9.	Sadie Houck	18	739
10.	Fred Dunlap	13	509

Home Runs

Rank	Player	Home Runs	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	12	1887
2.	Dan Brouthers	11	1886
	Hardy Richardson	11	1886
4.	Sam Thompson	10	1887
5.	Dan Brouthers	9	1888
6.	Hardy Richardson	8	1887
	Sam Thompson	8	1886
	George Wood	8	1884
9.	Charlie Bennett	7	1881
	Sam Thompson	7	1885
	George Wood	7	1882

Home Runs

Rank	Player	Home Runs	PA
1.	Charlie Bennett	37	2613
2.	Dan Brouthers	32	1734
3.	Sam Thompson	31	1658
4.	Ned Hanlon	27	3640
	George Wood	27	2098
6.	Hardy Richardson	25	1444
7.	Jack Rowe	14	1546
8.	Fred Dunlap	9	509
9.	Deacon White	8	1563
10.	Pete Conway	6	319
	Frank Meinke	6	350

Runs Batted In

Rank	Player	Runs Batted In	Year
1.	Sam Thompson	166	1887
2.	Dan Brouthers	101	1887
3.	Jack Rowe	96	1887
4.	Hardy Richardson	94	1887
5.	Sam Thompson	89	1886
6.	Jack Rowe	87	1886
7.	Deacon White	76	1886
8.	Deacon White	75	1887
9.	Jack Rowe	74	1888
10.	Dan Brouthers	72	1886

Runs Batted In

Rank	Player	Runs Batted In	PA
1.	Charlie Bennett	353	2613
2.	Ned Hanlon	342	3640
3.	Sam Thompson	339	1658
4.	Jack Rowe	257	1546
5.	Dan Brouthers	239	1734
6.	Deacon White	222	1563
7.	Hardy Richardson	187	1444
8.	George Wood	165	2098
9.	Larry Twitchell	118	845
10.	Martin Powell	115	1040

Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	71	1887
2.	Dan Brouthers	68	1888
3.	Dan Brouthers	66	1886
4.	Ned Hanlon	57	1886
5.	Charlie Bennett	48	1886
6.	Charlie Bennett	47	1885
	Ned Hanlon	47	1885
8.	Hardy Richardson	46	1886
9.	Ned Hanlon	40	1884
10.	Jack Rowe	39	1887
	George Wood	39	1884

Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	PA
1.	Ned Hanlon	271	3640
2.	Charlie Bennett	256	2613
3.	Dan Brouthers	205	1734
4.	George Wood	110	2098
5.	Sam Thompson	106	1658
6.	Hardy Richardson	94	1444
7.	Jack Rowe	84	1546
8.	Deacon White	78	1563
9.	Martin Powell	62	1040
10.	Fred Dunlap	41	509

Strikeouts

Rank	Player	Strikeouts	Year
1.	Frank Meinke	89	1884
2.	George Wood	75	1884
3.	Joe Farrell	66	1884
4.	Milt Scott	62	1884
5.	Bill Geiss	60	1884
6.	Charlie Bennett	59	1883
7.	Ned Hanlon	52	1884
8.	Pretzels Getzien	46	1886
9.	Sam Crane	45	1885
	Larry Twitchell	45	1888

Strikeouts

Rank	Player	Strikeouts	PA
1.	Charlie Bennett	297	2613
2.	Ned Hanlon	245	3640
3.	George Wood	193	2098
4.	Pretzels Getzien	155	719
5.	Stump Wiedman	135	1120
6.	Joe Farrell	115	1211
7.	Frank Meinke	90	350
	Hardy Richardson	90	1444
9.	Sam Thompson	82	1658
10.	Sam Crane	79	451

Stolen Bases

Rank	Player	Stolen Bases	Year
1.	Ned Hanlon	69	1887
2.	Ned Hanlon	50	1886
3.	Hardy Richardson	42	1886
4.	Ned Hanlon	38	1888
5.	Dan Brouthers	34	1887
	Dan Brouthers	34	1888
7.	Hardy Richardson	29	1887
8.	Count Campau	27	1888
9.	Jack Rowe	22	1887
	Sam Thompson	22	1887

Stolen Bases

Rank	Player	Stolen Bases	PA
1.	Ned Hanlon	157	3640
2.	Dan Brouthers	89	1734
3.	Hardy Richardson	84	1444
4.	Jack Rowe	44	1546
5.	Deacon White	41	1563
6.	Sam Thompson	40	1658
7.	Fred Dunlap	28	509
8.	Count Campau	27	270
9.	Larry Twitchell	26	845
10.	Charlie Ganzel	20	857

Singles

Rank	Player	Singles	Year
1.	Sam Thompson	141	1887
2.	Hardy Richardson	140	1886
3.	Hardy Richardson	127	1887
4.	Deacon White	126	1888
5.	Jack Rowe	125	1887
6.	Sam Thompson	117	1886
	Deacon White	117	1886
8.	Dan Brouthers	115	1886
9.	Dan Brouthers	107	1888
10.	Jack Rowe	106	1886

Singles

Rank	Player	Singles	PA
1.	Ned Hanlon	695	3640
2.	Charlie Bennett	419	2613
3.	George Wood	390	2098
4.	Sam Thompson	351	1658
5.	Deacon White	345	1563
6.	Jack Rowe	327	1546
7.	Dan Brouthers	323	1734
8.	Hardy Richardson	318	1444
9.	Joe Farrell	231	1211
10.	Martin Powell	220	1040

Adjusted OPS+

Rank	Player	Adjusted OPS+	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	206	1886
2.	Dan Brouthers	174	1888
3.	Hardy Richardson	170	1886
4.	Dan Brouthers	168	1887
5.	Sam Thompson	165	1887
6.	Charlie Bennett	161	1885
7.	Charlie Bennett	152	1883
8.	Charlie Bennett	151	1882
9.	Charlie Bennett	149	1881
10.	Ned Hanlon	146	1885

Adjusted OPS+

Rank	Player	Adjusted OPS+	PA
1.	Dan Brouthers	182	1734
2.	Sam Thompson	157	1658
3.	Charlie Bennett	142	2613
4.	George Wood	131	2098
5.	Jack Rowe	122	1546
6.	Deacon White	114	1563
7.	Ned Hanlon	105	3640

Runs Created

Rank	Player	Runs Created	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	126	1886
2.	Sam Thompson	125	1887
3.	Dan Brouthers	118	1887
4.	Hardy Richardson	109	1886
5.	Hardy Richardson	96	1887
6.	Dan Brouthers	94	1888
7.	Jack Rowe	87	1887
8.	Sam Thompson	80	1886
9.	Jack Rowe	68	1886
10.	George Wood	66	1883

Runs Created

Rank	Player	Runs Created	PA
1.	Ned Hanlon	371	3640
2.	Charlie Bennett	355	2613
3.	Dan Brouthers	338	1734
4.	Sam Thompson	287	1658
5.	George Wood	264	2098
6.	Hardy Richardson	244	1444
7.	Jack Rowe	206	1546
8.	Deacon White	187	1563
9.	Martin Powell	108	1040
10.	Joe Farrell	89	1211

Adj. Batting Runs

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Runs	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	66	1886
2.	Dan Brouthers	49	1887
3.	Dan Brouthers	48	1888
4.	Sam Thompson	47	1887
5.	Hardy Richardson	46	1886
6.	Charlie Bennett	25	1885
7.	Charlie Bennett	24	1883
8.	Ned Hanlon	23	1885
	Sam Thompson	23	1886
10.	Hardy Richardson	21	1887
	George Wood	21	1883

Adj. Batting Runs

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Runs	PA
1.	Dan Brouthers	163	1734
2.	Charlie Bennett	125	2613
3.	Sam Thompson	104	1658
4.	Hardy Richardson	80	1444
5.	George Wood	69	2098
6.	Jack Rowe	38	1546
7.	Deacon White	26	1563
8.	Ned Hanlon	22	3640
9.	Martin Powell	10	1040
10.	Fred Dunlap	8	509

Adj. Batting Wins

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	6.9	1886
2.	Dan Brouthers	5.5	1888
3.	Hardy Richardson	4.9	1886
4.	Dan Brouthers	4.8	1887
5.	Sam Thompson	4.6	1887
6.	Charlie Bennett	2.8	1885
7.	Ned Hanlon	2.6	1885
8.	Charlie Bennett	2.5	1883
9.	Sam Thompson	2.4	1886
10.	George Wood	2.2	1883

Adj. Batting Wins

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	PA
1.	Dan Brouthers	17.1	1734
2.	Charlie Bennett	13.5	2613
3.	Sam Thompson	10.9	1658
4.	Hardy Richardson	8.5	1444
5.	George Wood	7.4	2098
6.	Jack Rowe	4.0	1546
7.	Deacon White	2.8	1563
8.	Ned Hanlon	2.6	3640
9.	Martin Powell	1.0	1040
10.	Fred Dunlap	0.9	509

Extra Base Hits

Rank	Player	Extra Base Hits	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	68	1887
2.	Dan Brouthers	66	1886
3.	Sam Thompson	62	1887
4.	Dan Brouthers	53	1888
5.	Hardy Richardson	51	1887
6.	Hardy Richardson	49	1886
7.	Charlie Bennett	46	1883
	Jack Rowe	46	1887
9.	Charlie Bennett	42	1885
	George Wood	42	1883

Extra Base Hits

Rank	Player	Extra Base Hits	PA
1.	Charlie Bennett	235	2613
2.	Dan Brouthers	187	1734
3.	Ned Hanlon	184	3640
4.	George Wood	168	2098
5.	Sam Thompson	152	1658
6.	Hardy Richardson	126	1444
7.	Jack Rowe	111	1546
8.	Deacon White	90	1563
9.	Sadie Houck	53	739
10.	Joe Farrell	51	1211

Times On Base

Rank	Player	Times On Base	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	247	1886
2.	Dan Brouthers	246	1887
3.	Sam Thompson	244	1887
4.	Dan Brouthers	240	1888
5.	Hardy Richardson	235	1886
6.	Jack Rowe	213	1887
7.	Hardy Richardson	211	1887
8.	Sam Thompson	191	1886
9.	Deacon White	187	1888
10.	Ned Hanlon	175	1885

Times On Base

Rank	Player	Times On Base	PA
1.	Ned Hanlon	1156	3640
2.	Charlie Bennett	912	2613
3.	Dan Brouthers	733	1734
4.	George Wood	668	2098
5.	Sam Thompson	621	1658
6.	Hardy Richardson	541	1444
7.	Deacon White	531	1563
8.	Jack Rowe	528	1546
9.	Martin Powell	332	1040
10.	Joe Farrell	305	1211

Offensive Win %

Rank	Player	Offensive Win %	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	.873	1886
2.	Hardy Richardson	.807	1886
3.	Sam Thompson	.803	1887
4.	Dan Brouthers	.796	1887
	Dan Brouthers	.796	1888
6.	Charlie Bennett	.736	1885
7.	Charlie Bennett	.726	1881
8.	Ned Hanlon	.706	1885
	Sam Thompson	.706	1886
10.	Charlie Bennett	.703	1883

Offensive Win %

Rank	Player	Offensive Win %	PA
1.	Dan Brouthers	.825	1734
2.	Sam Thompson	.762	1658
3.	Charlie Bennett	.677	2613
4.	Jack Rowe	.643	1546
5.	George Wood	.628	2098
6.	Deacon White	.603	1563
7.	Ned Hanlon	.526	3640

Hit By Pitch

Rank	Player	Hit By Pitch	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	12	1888
2.	Sam Thompson	9	1887
	Deacon White	9	1887
	Deacon White	9	1888
5.	Dan Brouthers	6	1887
6.	Ned Hanlon	4	1888
7.	Pete Conway	3	1888
	Jack Rowe	3	1887
	Jack Rowe	3	1888
	Sam Thompson	3	1888
	Larry Twitchell	3	1888

Hit By Pitch

Rank	Player	Hit By Pitch	PA
1.	Dan Brouthers	18	1734
	Deacon White	18	1563
3.	Sam Thompson	12	1658
4.	Ned Hanlon	6	3640
	Jack Rowe	6	1546
6.	Larry Twitchell	5	845
7.	Pete Conway	3	319
	Hardy Richardson	3	1444
9.	Charlie Bennett	2	2613
	Charlie Ganzel	2	857
	Pretzels Getzien	2	719
	Ted Scheffler	2	105

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
1.	Dan Brouthers	17.7	1887
2.	Hardy Richardson	17.4	1886
3.	Dan Brouthers	14.4	1886
4.	Dan Brouthers	14.2	1888
5.	Sam Thompson	13.8	1887
6.	Hardy Richardson	12.5	1887
7.	Sam Thompson	9.9	1886
8.	Jack Rowe	9.4	1887
9.	Ned Hanlon	8.8	1888
10.	Hardy Richardson	8.2	1888

Power-Speed #

Rank	Player	Power-Speed #	PA
1.	Ned Hanlon	49.9	3640
2.	Dan Brouthers	47.1	1734
3.	Charlie Bennett	41.1	2613
4.	Sam Thompson	38.8	1658
5.	Hardy Richardson	38.5	1444
6.	Jack Rowe	21.2	1546
7.	Fred Dunlap	13.6	509
8.	Deacon White	13.4	1563
9.	Larry Twitchell	8.4	845
10.	Stump Wiedman	5.1	1120

AB per SO

Rank	Player	AB per SO	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	55.6	1887
2.	Sadie Houck	51.3	1881
3.	Jack Rowe	48.8	1887
4.	Dan Brouthers	40.2	1888
5.	Dan Brouthers	30.6	1886
6.	Deacon White	29.9	1887
7.	Sam Thompson	28.7	1887
8.	Ned Hanlon	27.7	1881
9.	Charlie Ganzel	25.7	1888
10.	Ned Hanlon	23.6	1885

AB per SO

Rank	Player	AB per SO	PA
1.	Dan Brouthers	39.8	1734
2.	Jack Rowe	22.1	1546
3.	Deacon White	19.8	1563
4.	Sam Thompson	18.8	1658
5.	Ned Hanlon	13.7	3640
6.	George Wood	10.3	2098
7.	Charlie Bennett	7.9	2613

AB per HR

Rank	Player	AB per HR	Year
1.	Dan Brouthers	41.7	1887
2.	Charlie Bennett	42.7	1881
3.	Dan Brouthers	44.5	1886
4.	Hardy Richardson	48.9	1886
5.	George Wood	53.6	1882
6.	Sam Thompson	54.5	1887
7.	Frank Meinke	56.8	1884
8.	Dan Brouthers	58.0	1888
9.	George Wood	59.1	1884
10.	Sam Thompson	62.9	1886

AB per HR

Rank	Player	AB per HR	PA
1.	Dan Brouthers	47.2	1734
2.	Sam Thompson	49.7	1658
3.	Charlie Bennett	63.6	2613
4.	George Wood	73.6	2098
5.	Jack Rowe	104.0	1546
6.	Ned Hanlon	124.6	3640
7.	Deacon White	183.4	1563

Outs Made

Rank	Player	Outs Made	Year
1.	Larry Twitchell	396	1888
2.	Ned Hanlon	378	1886
3.	Deacon White	370	1888
4.	Jack Rowe	366	1887
5.	Hardy Richardson	365	1887
6.	Dan Brouthers	362	1888
7.	Joe Farrell	357	1884
8.	George Wood	354	1884
9.	Hardy Richardson	349	1886
	Deacon White	349	1886

Outs Made

Rank	Player	Outs Made	PA
1.	Ned Hanlon	2484	3640
2.	Charlie Bennett	1701	2613
3.	George Wood	1430	2098
4.	Sam Thompson	1037	1658
5.	Deacon White	1032	1563
6.	Jack Rowe	1018	1546
7.	Dan Brouthers	1001	1734
8.	Joe Farrell	906	1211
9.	Hardy Richardson	903	1444
10.	Stump Wiedman	886	1120

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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