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Career Leaders

WAR Position Players†

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	Year
1.	Jim Keenan	2.3	1884
2.	Marr Phillips	1.0	1884
3.	Charlie Robinson	0.5	1884
4.	Jon Morrison	0.2	1884
5.	Pete Fries	0.1	1884

WAR Position Players

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	PA
1.	Jim Keenan	2.3	268
2.	Marr Phillips	1.0	419
3.	Charlie Robinson	0.5	83
4.	Jon Morrison	0.2	193
5.	Pete Fries	0.1	4

Offensive WAR†

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	Year
1.	Jim Keenan	1.4	1884
2.	Marr Phillips	0.4	1884
3.	Pat Callaghan	0.3	1884
	Jon Morrison	0.3	1884
5.	Jim Donnelly	0.2	1884
6.	Pete Fries	0.1	1884
	Charlie Robinson	0.1	1884

Offensive WAR

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	PA
1.	Jim Keenan	1.4	268
2.	Marr Phillips	0.4	419
3.	Pat Callaghan	0.3	266
	Jon Morrison	0.3	193
5.	Jim Donnelly	0.2	143
6.	Pete Fries	0.1	4
	Charlie Robinson	0.1	83

Defensive WAR†

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	Year
1.	Jim Keenan	0.9	1884
2.	Marr Phillips	0.6	1884
3.	John Kerins	0.4	1884
	Charlie Robinson	0.4	1884
5.	Jim Holdsworth	0.1	1884
	Marshall Locke	0.1	1884
	Mac MacArthur	0.1	1884

Defensive WAR

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	PA
1.	Jim Keenan	0.9	268
2.	Marr Phillips	0.6	419
3.	John Kerins	0.4	371
	Charlie Robinson	0.4	83
5.	Jim Holdsworth	0.1	20
	Marshall Locke	0.1	29
	Mac MacArthur	0.1	22

Batting Average

Rank	Player	Batting Average	Year
1.	Marr Phillips	.269	1884
2.	John Peltz	.219	1884
3.	John Kerins	.214	1884

Batting Average

Rank	Player	Batting Average	PA

On-Base%

Rank	Player	On-Base%	Year
1.	Marr Phillips	.279	1884
2.	John Peltz	.236	1884
3.	John Kerins	.229	1884

On-Base%

Rank	Player	On-Base%	PA

Slugging %

Rank	Player	Slugging %	Year
1.	John Peltz	.361	1884
2.	Marr Phillips	.351	1884
3.	John Kerins	.308	1884

Slugging %

Rank	Player	Slugging %	PA

On-Base Plus Slugging

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	Year
1.	Marr Phillips	.630	1884
2.	John Peltz	.598	1884
3.	John Kerins	.537	1884

On-Base Plus Slugging

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	PA

Games Played

Rank	Player	Games Played	Year
1.	John Peltz	106	1884
2.	Marr Phillips	97	1884
3.	John Kerins	94	1884
4.	Larry McKeon	70	1884
5.	Jim Keenan	68	1884
6.	Podge Weihe	63	1884
7.	Pat Callaghan	61	1884
8.	Ed Merrill	55	1884
9.	Jon Morrison	44	1884
10.	Jim Donnelly	40	1884

Games Played

Rank	Player	Games Played	PA
1.	John Peltz	106	402
2.	Marr Phillips	97	419
3.	John Kerins	94	371
4.	Larry McKeon	70	251
5.	Jim Keenan	68	268
6.	Podge Weihe	63	265
7.	Pat Callaghan	61	266
8.	Ed Merrill	55	203
9.	Jon Morrison	44	193
10.	Jim Donnelly	40	143

At Bats

Rank	Player	At Bats	Year
1.	Marr Phillips	413	1884
2.	John Peltz	393	1884
3.	John Kerins	364	1884
4.	Pat Callaghan	258	1884
5.	Podge Weihe	256	1884
6.	Larry McKeon	250	1884
7.	Jim Keenan	249	1884
8.	Ed Merrill	196	1884
9.	Jon Morrison	182	1884
10.	Jerry Dorgan	141	1884

At Bats

Rank	Player	At Bats	PA
1.	Marr Phillips	413	419
2.	John Peltz	393	402
3.	John Kerins	364	371
4.	Pat Callaghan	258	266
5.	Podge Weihe	256	265
6.	Larry McKeon	250	251
7.	Jim Keenan	249	268
8.	Ed Merrill	196	203
9.	Jon Morrison	182	193
10.	Jerry Dorgan	141	145

Plate Appearances

Rank	Player	Plate Appearances	Year
1.	Marr Phillips	419	1884
2.	John Peltz	402	1884
3.	John Kerins	371	1884
4.	Jim Keenan	268	1884
5.	Pat Callaghan	266	1884
6.	Podge Weihe	265	1884
7.	Larry McKeon	251	1884
8.	Ed Merrill	203	1884
9.	Jon Morrison	193	1884
10.	Chub Collins	147	1884

Plate Appearances

Rank	Player	Plate Appearances	PA
1.	Marr Phillips	419	419
2.	John Peltz	402	402
3.	John Kerins	371	371
4.	Jim Keenan	268	268
5.	Pat Callaghan	266	266
6.	Podge Weihe	265	265
7.	Larry McKeon	251	251
8.	Ed Merrill	203	203
9.	Jon Morrison	193	193
10.	Chub Collins	147	147

Runs Scored

Rank	Player	Runs Scored	Year
1.	John Kerins	58	1884
2.	Marr Phillips	41	1884
3.	John Peltz	40	1884
4.	Pat Callaghan	38	1884
5.	Jim Keenan	36	1884
6.	Larry McKeon	29	1884
	Podge Weihe	29	1884
8.	Jon Morrison	26	1884
9.	Jim Donnelly	22	1884
	Jerry Dorgan	22	1884

Runs Scored

Rank	Player	Runs Scored	PA
1.	John Kerins	58	371
2.	Marr Phillips	41	419
3.	John Peltz	40	402
4.	Pat Callaghan	38	266
5.	Jim Keenan	36	268
6.	Larry McKeon	29	251
	Podge Weihe	29	265
8.	Jon Morrison	26	193
9.	Jim Donnelly	22	143
	Jerry Dorgan	22	145

Hits

Rank	Player	Hits	Year
1.	Marr Phillips	111	1884
2.	John Peltz	86	1884
3.	John Kerins	78	1884
4.	Jim Keenan	73	1884
5.	Pat Callaghan	67	1884
6.	Podge Weihe	65	1884
7.	Larry McKeon	53	1884
8.	Jon Morrison	48	1884
9.	Jerry Dorgan	42	1884
10.	Ed Merrill	35	1884

Hits

Rank	Player	Hits	PA
1.	Marr Phillips	111	419
2.	John Peltz	86	402
3.	John Kerins	78	371
4.	Jim Keenan	73	268
5.	Pat Callaghan	67	266
6.	Podge Weihe	65	265
7.	Larry McKeon	53	251
8.	Jon Morrison	48	193
9.	Jerry Dorgan	42	145
10.	Ed Merrill	35	203

Total Bases

Rank	Player	Total Bases	Year
1.	Marr Phillips	145	1884
2.	John Peltz	142	1884
3.	John Kerins	112	1884
4.	Jim Keenan	104	1884
5.	Podge Weihe	94	1884
6.	Pat Callaghan	91	1884
7.	Jon Morrison	73	1884
8.	Larry McKeon	63	1884
9.	Jerry Dorgan	50	1884
10.	Jim Donnelly	40	1884
	Ed Merrill	40	1884

Total Bases

Rank	Player	Total Bases	PA
1.	Marr Phillips	145	419
2.	John Peltz	142	402
3.	John Kerins	112	371
4.	Jim Keenan	104	268
5.	Podge Weihe	94	265
6.	Pat Callaghan	91	266
7.	Jon Morrison	73	193
8.	Larry McKeon	63	251
9.	Jerry Dorgan	50	145
10.	Jim Donnelly	40	143
	Ed Merrill	40	203

Doubles

Rank	Player	Doubles	Year
1.	Marr Phillips	18	1884
2.	Jim Keenan	14	1884
3.	John Peltz	13	1884
	Podge Weihe	13	1884
5.	John Kerins	10	1884
6.	Pat Callaghan	8	1884
	Larry McKeon	8	1884
8.	Jerry Dorgan	6	1884
	Jon Morrison	6	1884
10.	John Sneed	4	1884
	Bill Watkins	4	1884

Doubles

Rank	Player	Doubles	PA
1.	Marr Phillips	18	419
2.	Jim Keenan	14	268
3.	John Peltz	13	402
	Podge Weihe	13	265
5.	John Kerins	10	371
6.	Pat Callaghan	8	266
	Larry McKeon	8	251
8.	Jerry Dorgan	6	145
	Jon Morrison	6	193
10.	John Sneed	4	108
	Bill Watkins	4	133

Triples

Rank	Player	Triples	Year
1.	John Peltz	17	1884
2.	Jon Morrison	8	1884
	Marr Phillips	8	1884
4.	Pat Callaghan	5	1884
5.	Jim Keenan	4	1884
6.	John Kerins	3	1884
7.	Bob Barr	2	1884
	Bill Butler	2	1884
	Jim Donnelly	2	1884
	Gene Moriarty	2	1884
	Podge Weihe	2	1884

Triples

Rank	Player	Triples	PA
1.	John Peltz	17	402
2.	Jon Morrison	8	193
	Marr Phillips	8	419
4.	Pat Callaghan	5	266
5.	Jim Keenan	4	268
6.	John Kerins	3	371
7.	Bob Barr	2	68
	Bill Butler	2	32
	Jim Donnelly	2	143
	Gene Moriarty	2	37
	Podge Weihe	2	265

Home Runs

Rank	Player	Home Runs	Year
1.	John Kerins	6	1884
2.	Podge Weihe	4	1884
3.	Jim Keenan	3	1884
	John Peltz	3	1884
5.	Pat Callaghan	2	1884
6.	Jon Morrison	1	1884
	John Sneed	1	1884

Home Runs

Rank	Player	Home Runs	PA
1.	John Kerins	6	371
2.	Podge Weihe	4	265
3.	Jim Keenan	3	268
	John Peltz	3	402
5.	Pat Callaghan	2	266
6.	Jon Morrison	1	193
	John Sneed	1	108

Runs Batted In

Rank	Player	Runs Batted In	Year
1.	Marshall Locke	5	1884
	Al McCauley	5	1884
3.	Gene Moriarty	4	1884
4.	George Mundinger	3	1884

Runs Batted In

Rank	Player	Runs Batted In	PA
1.	Marshall Locke	5	29
	Al McCauley	5	67
3.	Gene Moriarty	4	37
4.	George Mundinger	3	8

Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	Year
1.	Jim Keenan	16	1884
2.	Al McCauley	12	1884
3.	Chub Collins	9	1884
	Podge Weihe	9	1884
5.	Pat Callaghan	8	1884
6.	Jon Morrison	7	1884
	John Peltz	7	1884
8.	John Kerins	6	1884
	Ed Merrill	6	1884
	John Sneed	6	1884

Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	PA
1.	Jim Keenan	16	268
2.	Al McCauley	12	67
3.	Chub Collins	9	147
	Podge Weihe	9	265
5.	Pat Callaghan	8	266
6.	Jon Morrison	7	193
	John Peltz	7	402
8.	John Kerins	6	371
	Ed Merrill	6	203
	John Sneed	6	108

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.	Marr Phillips	85	1884
2.	John Kerins	59	1884
3.	John Peltz	53	1884
4.	Pat Callaghan	52	1884
	Jim Keenan	52	1884
6.	Podge Weihe	46	1884
7.	Larry McKeon	44	1884
8.	Jerry Dorgan	35	1884
9.	Jon Morrison	33	1884
10.	Ed Merrill	31	1884

Singles

Rank	Player	Singles	PA
1.	Marr Phillips	85	419
2.	John Kerins	59	371
3.	John Peltz	53	402
4.	Pat Callaghan	52	266
	Jim Keenan	52	268
6.	Podge Weihe	46	265
7.	Larry McKeon	44	251
8.	Jerry Dorgan	35	145
9.	Jon Morrison	33	193
10.	Ed Merrill	31	203

Adjusted OPS+

Rank	Player	Adjusted OPS+	Year
1.	Marr Phillips	107	1884
2.	John Peltz	95	1884
3.	John Kerins	76	1884

Adjusted OPS+

Rank	Player	Adjusted OPS+	PA

Runs Created

Rank	Player	Runs Created	Year
1.	Marr Phillips	40	1884
2.	Jim Keenan	35	1884
3.	John Peltz	33	1884
4.	Pat Callaghan	26	1884
	Podge Weihe	26	1884
6.	John Kerins	25	1884
7.	Jon Morrison	21	1884
8.	Jerry Dorgan	15	1884
9.	Larry McKeon	14	1884
10.	Jim Donnelly	11	1884

Runs Created

Rank	Player	Runs Created	PA
1.	Marr Phillips	40	419
2.	Jim Keenan	35	268
3.	John Peltz	33	402
4.	Pat Callaghan	26	266
	Podge Weihe	26	265
6.	John Kerins	25	371
7.	Jon Morrison	21	193
8.	Jerry Dorgan	15	145
9.	Larry McKeon	14	251
10.	Jim Donnelly	11	143

Adj. Batting Runs

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Runs	Year
1.	Jim Keenan	14	1884
2.	Jon Morrison	6	1884
3.	Jerry Dorgan	3	1884
	Podge Weihe	3	1884
5.	Pat Callaghan	2	1884
	Marr Phillips	2	1884
7.	Bill Butler	1	1884
	Pete Fries	1	1884
	Al McCauley	1	1884
	Charlie Robinson	1	1884

Adj. Batting Runs

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Runs	PA
1.	Jim Keenan	14	268
2.	Jon Morrison	6	193
3.	Jerry Dorgan	3	145
	Podge Weihe	3	265
5.	Pat Callaghan	2	266
	Marr Phillips	2	419
7.	Bill Butler	1	32
	Pete Fries	1	4
	Al McCauley	1	67
	Charlie Robinson	1	83

Adj. Batting Wins

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	Year
1.	Jim Keenan	1.6	1884
2.	Jon Morrison	0.7	1884
3.	Jerry Dorgan	0.4	1884
	Podge Weihe	0.4	1884
5.	Pat Callaghan	0.2	1884
	Marr Phillips	0.2	1884
7.	Bill Butler	0.1	1884
	Pete Fries	0.1	1884
	Al McCauley	0.1	1884
	Charlie Robinson	0.1	1884

Adj. Batting Wins

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	PA
1.	Jim Keenan	1.6	268
2.	Jon Morrison	0.7	193
3.	Jerry Dorgan	0.4	145
	Podge Weihe	0.4	265
5.	Pat Callaghan	0.2	266
	Marr Phillips	0.2	419
7.	Bill Butler	0.1	32
	Pete Fries	0.1	4
	Al McCauley	0.1	67
	Charlie Robinson	0.1	83

Extra Base Hits

Rank	Player	Extra Base Hits	Year
1.	John Peltz	33	1884
2.	Marr Phillips	26	1884
3.	Jim Keenan	21	1884
4.	John Kerins	19	1884
	Podge Weihe	19	1884
6.	Pat Callaghan	15	1884
	Jon Morrison	15	1884
8.	Larry McKeon	9	1884
9.	Jerry Dorgan	7	1884
10.	Bob Barr	5	1884
	Bill Butler	5	1884
	John Sneed	5	1884

Extra Base Hits

Rank	Player	Extra Base Hits	PA
1.	John Peltz	33	402
2.	Marr Phillips	26	419
3.	Jim Keenan	21	268
4.	John Kerins	19	371
	Podge Weihe	19	265
6.	Pat Callaghan	15	266
	Jon Morrison	15	193
8.	Larry McKeon	9	251
9.	Jerry Dorgan	7	145
10.	Bob Barr	5	68
	Bill Butler	5	32
	John Sneed	5	108

Times On Base

Rank	Player	Times On Base	Year
1.	Marr Phillips	117	1884
2.	John Peltz	95	1884
3.	Jim Keenan	92	1884
4.	John Kerins	85	1884
5.	Pat Callaghan	75	1884
6.	Podge Weihe	74	1884
7.	Jon Morrison	59	1884
8.	Larry McKeon	54	1884
9.	Jerry Dorgan	46	1884
10.	Jim Donnelly	43	1884

Times On Base

Rank	Player	Times On Base	PA
1.	Marr Phillips	117	419
2.	John Peltz	95	402
3.	Jim Keenan	92	268
4.	John Kerins	85	371
5.	Pat Callaghan	75	266
6.	Podge Weihe	74	265
7.	Jon Morrison	59	193
8.	Larry McKeon	54	251
9.	Jerry Dorgan	46	145
10.	Jim Donnelly	43	143

Offensive Win %

Rank	Player	Offensive Win %	Year
1.	Marr Phillips	.533	1884
2.	John Peltz	.437	1884
3.	John Kerins	.348	1884

Offensive Win %

Rank	Player	Offensive Win %	PA

Hit By Pitch

Rank	Player	Hit By Pitch	Year
1.	Jim Donnelly	4	1884
	Jon Morrison	4	1884
3.	Jim Keenan	3	1884
4.	Jerry Dorgan	2	1884
	Al McCauley	2	1884
	John Peltz	2	1884
7.	John Kerins	1	1884
	Ed Merrill	1	1884
	Marr Phillips	1	1884
	Bill Watkins	1	1884
	Harry Weber	1	1884

Hit By Pitch

Rank	Player	Hit By Pitch	PA
1.	Jim Donnelly	4	143
	Jon Morrison	4	193
3.	Jim Keenan	3	268
4.	Jerry Dorgan	2	145
	Al McCauley	2	67
	John Peltz	2	402
7.	John Kerins	1	371
	Ed Merrill	1	203
	Marr Phillips	1	419
	Bill Watkins	1	133
	Harry Weber	1	9

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.	John Kerins	60.7	1884
2.	John Peltz	131.0	1884

AB per HR

Rank	Player	AB per HR	PA

Outs Made

Rank	Player	Outs Made	Year
1.	John Peltz	307	1884
2.	Marr Phillips	302	1884
3.	John Kerins	286	1884
4.	Larry McKeon	197	1884
5.	Pat Callaghan	191	1884
	Podge Weihe	191	1884
7.	Jim Keenan	176	1884
8.	Ed Merrill	161	1884
9.	Jon Morrison	134	1884
10.	Chub Collins	107	1884

Outs Made

Rank	Player	Outs Made	PA
1.	John Peltz	307	402
2.	Marr Phillips	302	419
3.	John Kerins	286	371
4.	Larry McKeon	197	251
5.	Pat Callaghan	191	266
	Podge Weihe	191	265
7.	Jim Keenan	176	268
8.	Ed Merrill	161	203
9.	Jon Morrison	134	193
10.	Chub Collins	107	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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