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Career Leaders

WAR Position Players†

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	Year
1.	Charley Bassett	1.0	1886
2.	Fatty Briody	0.3	1886
3.	Al Myers	0.2	1886

WAR Position Players

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	PA
1.	Charley Bassett	1.0	378
2.	Fatty Briody	0.3	218
3.	Al Myers	0.2	495

Offensive WAR†

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	Year
1.	Charley Bassett	1.4	1886
2.	Al Myers	1.1	1886
3.	Mox McQuery	0.4	1886
4.	Jim Whitney	0.3	1886

Offensive WAR

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	PA
1.	Charley Bassett	1.4	378
2.	Al Myers	1.1	495
3.	Mox McQuery	0.4	485
4.	Jim Whitney	0.3	276

Defensive WAR†

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	Year
1.	Fatty Briody	0.8	1886
2.	Stump Wiedman	0.1	1886

Defensive WAR

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	PA
1.	Fatty Briody	0.8	218
2.	Stump Wiedman	0.1	184

Batting Average

Rank	Player	Batting Average	Year
1.	Al Myers	.277	1886
2.	Charley Bassett	.260	1886
3.	Mox McQuery	.247	1886
4.	Dave Rowe	.240	1886
5.	Paul Radford	.229	1886
6.	Jim Donnelly	.201	1886
7.	Jim Lillie	.175	1886

Batting Average

Rank	Player	Batting Average	PA

On-Base%

Rank	Player	On-Base%	Year
1.	Charley Bassett	.331	1886
2.	Paul Radford	.310	1886
3.	Al Myers	.309	1886
4.	Mox McQuery	.303	1886
5.	Dave Rowe	.266	1886
6.	Jim Donnelly	.262	1886
7.	Jim Lillie	.197	1886

On-Base%

Rank	Player	On-Base%	PA

Slugging %

Rank	Player	Slugging %	Year
1.	Al Myers	.387	1886
2.	Charley Bassett	.380	1886
3.	Dave Rowe	.354	1886
4.	Mox McQuery	.352	1886
5.	Paul Radford	.284	1886
6.	Jim Donnelly	.240	1886
7.	Jim Lillie	.197	1886

Slugging %

Rank	Player	Slugging %	PA

On-Base Plus Slugging

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	Year
1.	Charley Bassett	.711	1886
2.	Al Myers	.696	1886
3.	Mox McQuery	.655	1886
4.	Dave Rowe	.620	1886
5.	Paul Radford	.594	1886
6.	Jim Donnelly	.501	1886
7.	Jim Lillie	.394	1886

On-Base Plus Slugging

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	PA

Games Played

Rank	Player	Games Played	Year
1.	Mox McQuery	122	1886
	Paul Radford	122	1886
3.	Al Myers	118	1886
4.	Jim Lillie	114	1886
5.	Jim Donnelly	113	1886
6.	Dave Rowe	105	1886
7.	Charley Bassett	90	1886
8.	Jim Whitney	67	1886
9.	Mert Hackett	62	1886
10.	Fatty Briody	56	1886

Games Played

Rank	Player	Games Played	PA
1.	Mox McQuery	122	485
	Paul Radford	122	551
3.	Al Myers	118	495
4.	Jim Lillie	114	427
5.	Jim Donnelly	113	474
6.	Dave Rowe	105	444
7.	Charley Bassett	90	378
8.	Jim Whitney	67	276
9.	Mert Hackett	62	234
10.	Fatty Briody	56	218

At Bats

Rank	Player	At Bats	Year
1.	Paul Radford	493	1886
2.	Al Myers	473	1886
3.	Mox McQuery	449	1886
4.	Jim Donnelly	438	1886
5.	Dave Rowe	429	1886
6.	Jim Lillie	416	1886
7.	Charley Bassett	342	1886
8.	Jim Whitney	247	1886
9.	Mert Hackett	230	1886
10.	Fatty Briody	215	1886

At Bats

Rank	Player	At Bats	PA
1.	Paul Radford	493	551
2.	Al Myers	473	495
3.	Mox McQuery	449	485
4.	Jim Donnelly	438	474
5.	Dave Rowe	429	444
6.	Jim Lillie	416	427
7.	Charley Bassett	342	378
8.	Jim Whitney	247	276
9.	Mert Hackett	230	234
10.	Fatty Briody	215	218

Plate Appearances

Rank	Player	Plate Appearances	Year
1.	Paul Radford	551	1886
2.	Al Myers	495	1886
3.	Mox McQuery	485	1886
4.	Jim Donnelly	474	1886
5.	Dave Rowe	444	1886
6.	Jim Lillie	427	1886
7.	Charley Bassett	378	1886
8.	Jim Whitney	276	1886
9.	Mert Hackett	234	1886
10.	Fatty Briody	218	1886

Plate Appearances

Rank	Player	Plate Appearances	PA
1.	Paul Radford	551	551
2.	Al Myers	495	495
3.	Mox McQuery	485	485
4.	Jim Donnelly	474	474
5.	Dave Rowe	444	444
6.	Jim Lillie	427	427
7.	Charley Bassett	378	378
8.	Jim Whitney	276	276
9.	Mert Hackett	234	234
10.	Fatty Briody	218	218

Runs Scored

Rank	Player	Runs Scored	Year
1.	Paul Radford	78	1886
2.	Al Myers	69	1886
3.	Mox McQuery	62	1886
4.	Dave Rowe	53	1886
5.	Jim Donnelly	51	1886
6.	Charley Bassett	41	1886
7.	Jim Lillie	37	1886
8.	Jim Whitney	25	1886
9.	Pete Conway	22	1886
10.	Mert Hackett	18	1886

Runs Scored

Rank	Player	Runs Scored	PA
1.	Paul Radford	78	551
2.	Al Myers	69	495
3.	Mox McQuery	62	485
4.	Dave Rowe	53	444
5.	Jim Donnelly	51	474
6.	Charley Bassett	41	378
7.	Jim Lillie	37	427
8.	Jim Whitney	25	276
9.	Pete Conway	22	199
10.	Mert Hackett	18	234

Hits

Rank	Player	Hits	Year
1.	Al Myers	131	1886
2.	Paul Radford	113	1886
3.	Mox McQuery	111	1886
4.	Dave Rowe	103	1886
5.	Charley Bassett	89	1886
6.	Jim Donnelly	88	1886
7.	Jim Lillie	73	1886
8.	Jim Whitney	59	1886
9.	Fatty Briody	51	1886
10.	Mert Hackett	50	1886

Hits

Rank	Player	Hits	PA
1.	Al Myers	131	495
2.	Paul Radford	113	551
3.	Mox McQuery	111	485
4.	Dave Rowe	103	444
5.	Charley Bassett	89	378
6.	Jim Donnelly	88	474
7.	Jim Lillie	73	427
8.	Jim Whitney	59	276
9.	Fatty Briody	51	218
10.	Mert Hackett	50	234

Total Bases

Rank	Player	Total Bases	Year
1.	Al Myers	183	1886
2.	Mox McQuery	158	1886
3.	Dave Rowe	152	1886
4.	Paul Radford	140	1886
5.	Charley Bassett	130	1886
6.	Jim Donnelly	105	1886
7.	Jim Whitney	84	1886
8.	Jim Lillie	82	1886
9.	Mert Hackett	73	1886
10.	Fatty Briody	67	1886

Total Bases

Rank	Player	Total Bases	PA
1.	Al Myers	183	495
2.	Mox McQuery	158	485
3.	Dave Rowe	152	444
4.	Paul Radford	140	551
5.	Charley Bassett	130	378
6.	Jim Donnelly	105	474
7.	Jim Whitney	84	276
8.	Jim Lillie	82	427
9.	Mert Hackett	73	234
10.	Fatty Briody	67	218

Doubles

Rank	Player	Doubles	Year
1.	Mox McQuery	27	1886
2.	Dave Rowe	24	1886
3.	Al Myers	22	1886
4.	Charley Bassett	19	1886
5.	Paul Radford	17	1886
6.	Jim Whitney	13	1886
7.	Jim Donnelly	11	1886
8.	Fatty Briody	10	1886
9.	Jim Lillie	9	1886
10.	Pete Conway	8	1886
	Mert Hackett	8	1886

Doubles

Rank	Player	Doubles	PA
1.	Mox McQuery	27	485
2.	Dave Rowe	24	444
3.	Al Myers	22	495
4.	Charley Bassett	19	378
5.	Paul Radford	17	551
6.	Jim Whitney	13	276
7.	Jim Donnelly	11	474
8.	Fatty Briody	10	218
9.	Jim Lillie	9	427
10.	Pete Conway	8	199
	Mert Hackett	8	234

Triples

Rank	Player	Triples	Year
1.	Al Myers	9	1886
2.	Charley Bassett	8	1886
	Dave Rowe	8	1886
4.	Paul Radford	5	1886
5.	Mox McQuery	4	1886
6.	Fatty Briody	3	1886
	Jim Donnelly	3	1886
	Mert Hackett	3	1886
	Jim Whitney	3	1886
10.	Pete Conway	2	1886

Triples

Rank	Player	Triples	PA
1.	Al Myers	9	495
2.	Charley Bassett	8	378
	Dave Rowe	8	444
4.	Paul Radford	5	551
5.	Mox McQuery	4	485
6.	Fatty Briody	3	218
	Jim Donnelly	3	474
	Mert Hackett	3	234
	Jim Whitney	3	276
10.	Pete Conway	2	199

Home Runs

Rank	Player	Home Runs	Year
1.	Mox McQuery	4	1886
	Al Myers	4	1886
3.	Mert Hackett	3	1886
	Dave Rowe	3	1886
5.	Charley Bassett	2	1886
	Jim Whitney	2	1886
7.	Pete Conway	1	1886

Home Runs

Rank	Player	Home Runs	PA
1.	Mox McQuery	4	485
	Al Myers	4	495
3.	Mert Hackett	3	234
	Dave Rowe	3	444
5.	Charley Bassett	2	378
	Jim Whitney	2	276
7.	Pete Conway	1	199

Runs Batted In

Rank	Player	Runs Batted In	Year
1.	Dave Rowe	57	1886
2.	Al Myers	51	1886
3.	Jim Donnelly	38	1886
	Mox McQuery	38	1886
5.	Charley Bassett	32	1886
6.	Fatty Briody	29	1886
7.	Mert Hackett	25	1886
8.	Jim Whitney	23	1886
9.	Jim Lillie	22	1886
10.	Paul Radford	20	1886

Runs Batted In

Rank	Player	Runs Batted In	PA
1.	Dave Rowe	57	444
2.	Al Myers	51	495
3.	Jim Donnelly	38	474
	Mox McQuery	38	485
5.	Charley Bassett	32	378
6.	Fatty Briody	29	218
7.	Mert Hackett	25	234
8.	Jim Whitney	23	276
9.	Jim Lillie	22	427
10.	Paul Radford	20	551

Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	Year
1.	Paul Radford	58	1886
2.	Charley Bassett	36	1886
	Jim Donnelly	36	1886
	Mox McQuery	36	1886
5.	Jim Whitney	29	1886
6.	Al Myers	22	1886
7.	Dave Rowe	15	1886
8.	Jim Lillie	11	1886
9.	Pete Conway	5	1886
	Frank Ringo	5	1886
	Stump Wiedman	5	1886

Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	PA
1.	Paul Radford	58	551
2.	Charley Bassett	36	378
	Jim Donnelly	36	474
	Mox McQuery	36	485
5.	Jim Whitney	29	276
6.	Al Myers	22	495
7.	Dave Rowe	15	444
8.	Jim Lillie	11	427
9.	Pete Conway	5	199
	Frank Ringo	5	61
	Stump Wiedman	5	184

Strikeouts

Rank	Player	Strikeouts	Year
1.	Jim Lillie	80	1886
2.	Mert Hackett	59	1886
3.	Jim Donnelly	57	1886
4.	Paul Radford	48	1886
5.	Stump Wiedman	46	1886
6.	Mox McQuery	44	1886
7.	Charley Bassett	43	1886
	Dave Rowe	43	1886
9.	Al Myers	42	1886
10.	Jim Whitney	39	1886

Strikeouts

Rank	Player	Strikeouts	PA
1.	Jim Lillie	80	427
2.	Mert Hackett	59	234
3.	Jim Donnelly	57	474
4.	Paul Radford	48	551
5.	Stump Wiedman	46	184
6.	Mox McQuery	44	485
7.	Charley Bassett	43	378
	Dave Rowe	43	444
9.	Al Myers	42	495
10.	Jim Whitney	39	276

Stolen Bases

Rank	Player	Stolen Bases	Year
1.	Paul Radford	39	1886
2.	Jim Donnelly	16	1886
3.	Jim Lillie	13	1886
4.	Charley Bassett	6	1886
5.	Jim Whitney	5	1886
6.	Mox McQuery	4	1886
7.	Pete Conway	3	1886
	Al Myers	3	1886
	Stump Wiedman	3	1886
10.	Dave Rowe	2	1886

Stolen Bases

Rank	Player	Stolen Bases	PA
1.	Paul Radford	39	551
2.	Jim Donnelly	16	474
3.	Jim Lillie	13	427
4.	Charley Bassett	6	378
5.	Jim Whitney	5	276
6.	Mox McQuery	4	485
7.	Pete Conway	3	199
	Al Myers	3	495
	Stump Wiedman	3	184
10.	Dave Rowe	2	444

Singles

Rank	Player	Singles	Year
1.	Al Myers	96	1886
2.	Paul Radford	91	1886
3.	Mox McQuery	76	1886
4.	Jim Donnelly	74	1886
5.	Dave Rowe	68	1886
6.	Jim Lillie	64	1886
7.	Charley Bassett	60	1886
8.	Jim Whitney	41	1886
9.	Fatty Briody	38	1886
10.	Pete Conway	36	1886
	Mert Hackett	36	1886

Singles

Rank	Player	Singles	PA
1.	Al Myers	96	495
2.	Paul Radford	91	551
3.	Mox McQuery	76	485
4.	Jim Donnelly	74	474
5.	Dave Rowe	68	444
6.	Jim Lillie	64	427
7.	Charley Bassett	60	378
8.	Jim Whitney	41	276
9.	Fatty Briody	38	218
10.	Pete Conway	36	199
	Mert Hackett	36	234

Adjusted OPS+

Rank	Player	Adjusted OPS+	Year
1.	Charley Bassett	110	1886
2.	Al Myers	105	1886
3.	Mox McQuery	94	1886
4.	Dave Rowe	82	1886
5.	Paul Radford	77	1886
6.	Jim Donnelly	49	1886
7.	Jim Lillie	17	1886

Adjusted OPS+

Rank	Player	Adjusted OPS+	PA

Runs Created

Rank	Player	Runs Created	Year
1.	Al Myers	57	1886
2.	Mox McQuery	48	1886
3.	Charley Bassett	43	1886
	Paul Radford	43	1886
5.	Dave Rowe	40	1886
6.	Jim Donnelly	27	1886
	Jim Whitney	27	1886
8.	Fatty Briody	17	1886
	Mert Hackett	17	1886
10.	Pete Conway	16	1886
	Jim Lillie	16	1886

Runs Created

Rank	Player	Runs Created	PA
1.	Al Myers	57	495
2.	Mox McQuery	48	485
3.	Charley Bassett	43	378
	Paul Radford	43	551
5.	Dave Rowe	40	444
6.	Jim Donnelly	27	474
	Jim Whitney	27	276
8.	Fatty Briody	17	218
	Mert Hackett	17	234
10.	Pete Conway	16	199
	Jim Lillie	16	427

Adj. Batting Runs

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Runs	Year
1.	Charley Bassett	5	1886
2.	Al Myers	2	1886

Adj. Batting Runs

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Runs	PA
1.	Charley Bassett	5	378
2.	Al Myers	2	495

Adj. Batting Wins

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	Year
1.	Charley Bassett	0.6	1886
2.	Al Myers	0.2	1886

Adj. Batting Wins

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	PA
1.	Charley Bassett	0.6	378
2.	Al Myers	0.2	495

Extra Base Hits

Rank	Player	Extra Base Hits	Year
1.	Mox McQuery	35	1886
	Al Myers	35	1886
	Dave Rowe	35	1886
4.	Charley Bassett	29	1886
5.	Paul Radford	22	1886
6.	Jim Whitney	18	1886
7.	Jim Donnelly	14	1886
	Mert Hackett	14	1886
9.	Fatty Briody	13	1886
10.	Pete Conway	11	1886

Extra Base Hits

Rank	Player	Extra Base Hits	PA
1.	Mox McQuery	35	485
	Al Myers	35	495
	Dave Rowe	35	444
4.	Charley Bassett	29	378
5.	Paul Radford	22	551
6.	Jim Whitney	18	276
7.	Jim Donnelly	14	474
	Mert Hackett	14	234
9.	Fatty Briody	13	218
10.	Pete Conway	11	199

Times On Base

Rank	Player	Times On Base	Year
1.	Paul Radford	171	1886
2.	Al Myers	153	1886
3.	Mox McQuery	147	1886
4.	Charley Bassett	125	1886
5.	Jim Donnelly	124	1886
6.	Dave Rowe	118	1886
7.	Jim Whitney	88	1886
8.	Jim Lillie	84	1886
9.	Fatty Briody	54	1886
	Mert Hackett	54	1886

Times On Base

Rank	Player	Times On Base	PA
1.	Paul Radford	171	551
2.	Al Myers	153	495
3.	Mox McQuery	147	485
4.	Charley Bassett	125	378
5.	Jim Donnelly	124	474
6.	Dave Rowe	118	444
7.	Jim Whitney	88	276
8.	Jim Lillie	84	427
9.	Fatty Briody	54	218
	Mert Hackett	54	234

Offensive Win %

Rank	Player	Offensive Win %	Year
1.	Charley Bassett	.579	1886
2.	Al Myers	.570	1886
3.	Mox McQuery	.498	1886
4.	Dave Rowe	.431	1886
5.	Paul Radford	.394	1886
6.	Jim Donnelly	.244	1886
7.	Jim Lillie	.114	1886

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
1.	Mox McQuery	4.0	1886
2.	Al Myers	3.4	1886
3.	Charley Bassett	3.0	1886
4.	Jim Whitney	2.9	1886
5.	Dave Rowe	2.4	1886
6.	Pete Conway	1.5	1886
	Mert Hackett	1.5	1886

Power-Speed #

Rank	Player	Power-Speed #	PA
1.	Mox McQuery	4.0	485
2.	Al Myers	3.4	495
3.	Charley Bassett	3.0	378
4.	Jim Whitney	2.9	276
5.	Dave Rowe	2.4	444
6.	Pete Conway	1.5	199
	Mert Hackett	1.5	234

AB per SO

Rank	Player	AB per SO	Year
1.	Al Myers	11.3	1886
2.	Paul Radford	10.3	1886
3.	Mox McQuery	10.2	1886
4.	Dave Rowe	10.0	1886
5.	Charley Bassett	8.0	1886
6.	Jim Donnelly	7.7	1886
7.	Jim Lillie	5.2	1886

AB per SO

Rank	Player	AB per SO	PA

AB per HR

Rank	Player	AB per HR	Year
1.	Mox McQuery	112.3	1886
2.	Al Myers	118.3	1886
3.	Dave Rowe	143.0	1886
4.	Charley Bassett	171.0	1886

AB per HR

Rank	Player	AB per HR	PA

Outs Made

Rank	Player	Outs Made	Year
1.	Paul Radford	380	1886
2.	Jim Donnelly	350	1886
3.	Jim Lillie	343	1886
4.	Al Myers	342	1886
5.	Mox McQuery	338	1886
6.	Dave Rowe	326	1886
7.	Charley Bassett	253	1886
8.	Jim Whitney	188	1886
9.	Mert Hackett	180	1886
10.	Fatty Briody	164	1886

Outs Made

Rank	Player	Outs Made	PA
1.	Paul Radford	380	551
2.	Jim Donnelly	350	474
3.	Jim Lillie	343	427
4.	Al Myers	342	495
5.	Mox McQuery	338	485
6.	Dave Rowe	326	444
7.	Charley Bassett	253	378
8.	Jim Whitney	188	276
9.	Mert Hackett	180	234
10.	Fatty Briody	164	218

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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