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Career Leaders

WAR Position Players†

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	Year
1.	Joe Gerhardt	1.9	1877
2.	Orator Shafer	1.4	1877
3.	Joe Gerhardt	1.0	1876
4.	Jumbo Latham	0.8	1877
5.	Bill Craver	0.6	1877
6.	Chick Fulmer	0.5	1876
	George Hall	0.5	1877
	Pop Snyder	0.5	1877
9.	Ed Somerville	0.4	1876
10.	Bill Crowley	0.3	1877

WAR Position Players

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	PA
1.	Joe Gerhardt	2.9	550
2.	Orator Shafer	1.4	269
3.	Jumbo Latham	0.8	283
4.	Bill Craver	0.6	243
5.	Chick Fulmer	0.5	268
	George Hall	0.5	281
7.	Pop Snyder	0.4	477
	Ed Somerville	0.4	257
9.	Bill Crowley	0.3	242
10.	Bill Holbert	0.2	43
	Al Nichols	0.2	19

Offensive WAR†

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	Year
1.	George Hall	0.8	1877
2.	Joe Gerhardt	0.7	1877
3.	Jumbo Latham	0.4	1877

Offensive WAR

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	PA
1.	George Hall	0.8	281
2.	Jumbo Latham	0.4	283
3.	Joe Gerhardt	0.1	550

Defensive WAR†

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	Year
1.	Ed Somerville	2.0	1876
2.	Joe Gerhardt	1.6	1876
3.	Orator Shafer	1.4	1877
4.	Joe Gerhardt	1.2	1877
5.	Pop Snyder	0.9	1876
6.	Art Allison	0.8	1876
7.	Bill Craver	0.6	1877
8.	Bill Crowley	0.5	1877
	Chick Fulmer	0.5	1876
	Pop Snyder	0.5	1877

Defensive WAR

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	PA
1.	Joe Gerhardt	2.8	550
2.	Ed Somerville	2.0	257
3.	Orator Shafer	1.4	269
	Pop Snyder	1.4	477
5.	Art Allison	0.8	132
6.	Bill Craver	0.6	243
7.	Bill Crowley	0.5	242
	Chick Fulmer	0.5	268
9.	Jumbo Latham	0.4	283
	Johnny Ryan	0.4	247

Batting Average

Rank	Player	Batting Average	Year

Batting Average

Rank	Player	Batting Average	PA

On-Base%

Rank	Player	On-Base%	Year

On-Base%

Rank	Player	On-Base%	PA

Slugging %

Rank	Player	Slugging %	Year

Slugging %

Rank	Player	Slugging %	PA

On-Base Plus Slugging

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	Year

On-Base Plus Slugging

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	PA

Games Played

Rank	Player	Games Played	Year
1.	Jim Devlin	68	1876
2.	Bill Hague	67	1876
	Scott Hastings	67	1876
4.	Chick Fulmer	66	1876
5.	Joe Gerhardt	65	1876
6.	Johnny Ryan	64	1876
	Ed Somerville	64	1876
8.	Bill Crowley	61	1877
	Jim Devlin	61	1877
	George Hall	61	1877
	Orator Shafer	61	1877
	Pop Snyder	61	1877

Games Played

Rank	Player	Games Played	PA
1.	Jim Devlin	129	574
2.	Bill Hague	126	566
3.	Joe Gerhardt	124	550
4.	Pop Snyder	117	477
5.	Scott Hastings	67	288
6.	Chick Fulmer	66	268
7.	Johnny Ryan	64	247
	Ed Somerville	64	257
9.	Bill Crowley	61	242
	George Hall	61	281
	Orator Shafer	61	269

At Bats

Rank	Player	At Bats	Year
1.	Jim Devlin	298	1876
2.	Bill Hague	294	1876
3.	Joe Gerhardt	292	1876
4.	Scott Hastings	283	1876
5.	Jumbo Latham	278	1877
6.	George Hall	269	1877
7.	Jim Devlin	268	1877
8.	Chick Fulmer	267	1876
9.	Bill Hague	263	1877
10.	Orator Shafer	260	1877

At Bats

Rank	Player	At Bats	PA
1.	Jim Devlin	566	574
2.	Bill Hague	557	566
3.	Joe Gerhardt	542	550
4.	Pop Snyder	472	477
5.	Scott Hastings	283	288
6.	Jumbo Latham	278	283
7.	George Hall	269	281
8.	Chick Fulmer	267	268
9.	Orator Shafer	260	269
10.	Ed Somerville	256	257

Plate Appearances

Rank	Player	Plate Appearances	Year
1.	Jim Devlin	299	1876
2.	Bill Hague	296	1876
3.	Joe Gerhardt	295	1876
4.	Scott Hastings	288	1876
5.	Jumbo Latham	283	1877
6.	George Hall	281	1877
7.	Jim Devlin	275	1877
8.	Bill Hague	270	1877
9.	Orator Shafer	269	1877
10.	Chick Fulmer	268	1876

Plate Appearances

Rank	Player	Plate Appearances	PA
1.	Jim Devlin	574	574
2.	Bill Hague	566	566
3.	Joe Gerhardt	550	550
4.	Pop Snyder	477	477
5.	Scott Hastings	288	288
6.	Jumbo Latham	283	283
7.	George Hall	281	281
8.	Orator Shafer	269	269
9.	Chick Fulmer	268	268
10.	Ed Somerville	257	257

Runs Scored

Rank	Player	Runs Scored	Year
1.	George Hall	53	1877
2.	Jumbo Latham	42	1877
3.	Joe Gerhardt	41	1877
4.	Jim Devlin	38	1876
	Jim Devlin	38	1877
	Bill Hague	38	1877
	Orator Shafer	38	1877
8.	Scott Hastings	36	1876
9.	Bill Craver	33	1877
	Joe Gerhardt	33	1876

Runs Scored

Rank	Player	Runs Scored	PA
1.	Jim Devlin	76	574
2.	Joe Gerhardt	74	550
3.	Bill Hague	69	566
4.	George Hall	53	281
5.	Pop Snyder	44	477
6.	Jumbo Latham	42	283
7.	Orator Shafer	38	269
8.	Scott Hastings	36	288
9.	Bill Craver	33	243
10.	Johnny Ryan	32	247

Hits

Rank	Player	Hits	Year
1.	Jim Devlin	94	1876
2.	George Hall	87	1877
3.	Jumbo Latham	81	1877
4.	Bill Hague	78	1876
5.	Joe Gerhardt	76	1876
	Joe Gerhardt	76	1877
7.	Orator Shafer	74	1877
8.	Chick Fulmer	73	1876
	Scott Hastings	73	1876
10.	Jim Devlin	72	1877

Hits

Rank	Player	Hits	PA
1.	Jim Devlin	166	574
2.	Joe Gerhardt	152	550
3.	Bill Hague	148	566
4.	Pop Snyder	108	477
5.	George Hall	87	281
6.	Jumbo Latham	81	283
7.	Orator Shafer	74	269
8.	Chick Fulmer	73	268
	Scott Hastings	73	288
10.	Bill Crowley	67	242

Total Bases

Rank	Player	Total Bases	Year
1.	George Hall	118	1877
2.	Jim Devlin	110	1876
3.	Jumbo Latham	103	1877
4.	Orator Shafer	102	1877
5.	Joe Gerhardt	98	1876
6.	Chick Fulmer	95	1876
	Joe Gerhardt	95	1877
8.	Bill Hague	89	1876
9.	Jim Devlin	87	1877
10.	Bill Crowley	85	1877

Total Bases

Rank	Player	Total Bases	PA
1.	Jim Devlin	197	574
2.	Joe Gerhardt	193	550
3.	Bill Hague	171	566
4.	Pop Snyder	134	477
5.	George Hall	118	281
6.	Jumbo Latham	103	283
7.	Orator Shafer	102	269
8.	Chick Fulmer	95	268
9.	Bill Crowley	85	242
10.	Scott Hastings	81	288

Doubles

Rank	Player	Doubles	Year
1.	George Hall	15	1877
2.	Jim Devlin	14	1876
3.	Joe Gerhardt	10	1876
	Jumbo Latham	10	1877
5.	Bill Crowley	9	1877
	Chick Fulmer	9	1876
	Orator Shafer	9	1877
8.	Bill Hague	8	1876
9.	Bill Hague	7	1877
	Pop Snyder	7	1877

Doubles

Rank	Player	Doubles	PA
1.	Jim Devlin	20	574
2.	Joe Gerhardt	16	550
3.	Bill Hague	15	566
	George Hall	15	281
5.	Pop Snyder	11	477
6.	Jumbo Latham	10	283
7.	Bill Crowley	9	242
	Chick Fulmer	9	268
	Orator Shafer	9	269
10.	Scott Hastings	6	288

Triples

Rank	Player	Triples	Year
1.	George Hall	8	1877
2.	Jumbo Latham	6	1877
3.	Chick Fulmer	5	1876
	Joe Gerhardt	5	1877
	Orator Shafer	5	1877
6.	Bill Crowley	3	1877
	Jim Devlin	3	1877
	Joe Gerhardt	3	1876
9.	Bill Craver	2	1877
	Pop Snyder	2	1877

Triples

Rank	Player	Triples	PA
1.	Joe Gerhardt	8	550
	George Hall	8	281
3.	Jumbo Latham	6	283
4.	Chick Fulmer	5	268
	Orator Shafer	5	269
6.	Jim Devlin	4	574
7.	Bill Crowley	3	242
	Pop Snyder	3	477
9.	Bill Craver	2	243
10.	Art Allison	1	132
	Bill Hague	1	566
	Scott Hastings	1	288
	Al Nichols	1	19
	Johnny Ryan	1	247
	Ed Somerville	1	257

Home Runs

Rank	Player	Home Runs	Year
1.	Orator Shafer	3	1877
2.	Joe Gerhardt	2	1876
	Pop Snyder	2	1877
4.	Bill Crowley	1	1877
	Jim Devlin	1	1877
	Chick Fulmer	1	1876
	Joe Gerhardt	1	1877
	Bill Hague	1	1876
	Bill Hague	1	1877
	Johnny Ryan	1	1876
	Pop Snyder	1	1876

Home Runs

Rank	Player	Home Runs	PA
1.	Joe Gerhardt	3	550
	Orator Shafer	3	269
	Pop Snyder	3	477
4.	Bill Hague	2	566
5.	Bill Crowley	1	242
	Jim Devlin	1	574
	Chick Fulmer	1	268
	Johnny Ryan	1	247

Runs Batted In

Rank	Player	Runs Batted In	Year
1.	Joe Gerhardt	35	1877
2.	Orator Shafer	34	1877
3.	Bill Craver	29	1877
	Chick Fulmer	29	1876
5.	Jim Devlin	28	1876
	Pop Snyder	28	1877
7.	Jim Devlin	27	1877
8.	George Hall	26	1877
9.	Bill Hague	24	1877
10.	Bill Crowley	23	1877

Runs Batted In

Rank	Player	Runs Batted In	PA
1.	Jim Devlin	55	574
2.	Joe Gerhardt	53	550
3.	Bill Hague	46	566
4.	Pop Snyder	37	477
5.	Orator Shafer	34	269
6.	Bill Craver	29	243
	Chick Fulmer	29	268
8.	George Hall	26	281
9.	Bill Crowley	23	242
10.	Jumbo Latham	22	283

Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	Year
1.	George Hall	12	1877
2.	Orator Shafer	9	1877
3.	Jim Devlin	7	1877
	Bill Hague	7	1877
5.	Johnny Ryan	6	1876
6.	Bill Craver	5	1877
	Joe Gerhardt	5	1877
	Scott Hastings	5	1876
	Jumbo Latham	5	1877
10.	Bill Crowley	4	1877

Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	PA
1.	George Hall	12	281
2.	Bill Hague	9	566
	Orator Shafer	9	269
4.	Jim Devlin	8	574
	Joe Gerhardt	8	550
6.	Johnny Ryan	6	247
7.	Bill Craver	5	243
	Scott Hastings	5	288
	Jumbo Latham	5	283
	Pop Snyder	5	477

Strikeouts

Rank	Player	Strikeouts	Year
1.	Jim Devlin	27	1877
2.	Johnny Ryan	23	1876
3.	George Hall	19	1877
4.	Bill Hague	18	1877
5.	Orator Shafer	17	1877
6.	Pop Snyder	14	1877
7.	Bill Crowley	13	1877
8.	Bill Craver	11	1877
	Jim Devlin	11	1876
	Scott Hastings	11	1876

Strikeouts

Rank	Player	Strikeouts	PA
1.	Jim Devlin	38	574
2.	Bill Hague	28	566
3.	Johnny Ryan	23	247
4.	Pop Snyder	21	477
5.	George Hall	19	281
6.	Orator Shafer	17	269
7.	Bill Crowley	13	242
	Joe Gerhardt	13	550
9.	Bill Craver	11	243
	Scott Hastings	11	288

Stolen Bases

Rank	Player	Stolen Bases	Year

Stolen Bases

Rank	Player	Stolen Bases	PA

Singles

Rank	Player	Singles	Year
1.	Jim Devlin	79	1876
2.	Bill Hague	69	1876
3.	Scott Hastings	66	1876
4.	Jumbo Latham	65	1877
5.	Joe Gerhardt	64	1877
	George Hall	64	1877
7.	Jim Devlin	62	1877
8.	Joe Gerhardt	61	1876
	Bill Hague	61	1877
10.	Chick Fulmer	58	1876

Singles

Rank	Player	Singles	PA
1.	Jim Devlin	141	574
2.	Bill Hague	130	566
3.	Joe Gerhardt	125	550
4.	Pop Snyder	91	477
5.	Scott Hastings	66	288
6.	Jumbo Latham	65	283
7.	George Hall	64	281
8.	Chick Fulmer	58	268
9.	Orator Shafer	57	269
10.	Bill Craver	56	243

Adjusted OPS+

Rank	Player	Adjusted OPS+	Year

Adjusted OPS+

Rank	Player	Adjusted OPS+	PA

Runs Created

Rank	Player	Runs Created	Year
1.	George Hall	42	1877
2.	Jim Devlin	35	1876
3.	Jumbo Latham	31	1877
	Orator Shafer	31	1877
5.	Joe Gerhardt	30	1877
6.	Chick Fulmer	26	1876
	Joe Gerhardt	26	1876
8.	Bill Crowley	25	1877
	Jim Devlin	25	1877
10.	Bill Hague	24	1876

Runs Created

Rank	Player	Runs Created	PA
1.	Jim Devlin	60	574
2.	Joe Gerhardt	56	550
3.	Bill Hague	47	566
4.	George Hall	42	281
5.	Pop Snyder	33	477
6.	Jumbo Latham	31	283
	Orator Shafer	31	269
8.	Chick Fulmer	26	268
9.	Bill Crowley	25	242
10.	Scott Hastings	22	288

Adj. Batting Runs

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Runs	Year
1.	George Hall	10	1877
2.	Jim Devlin	4	1876
3.	Orator Shafer	2	1877
4.	Jim Clinton	1	1876
	Joe Gerhardt	1	1877

Adj. Batting Runs

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Runs	PA
1.	George Hall	10	281
2.	Orator Shafer	2	269
3.	Jim Clinton	1	65

Adj. Batting Wins

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	Year
1.	George Hall	1.1	1877
2.	Jim Devlin	0.5	1876
3.	Jim Clinton	0.2	1876
	Orator Shafer	0.2	1877
5.	Joe Gerhardt	0.1	1877

Adj. Batting Wins

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	PA
1.	George Hall	1.1	281
2.	Jim Clinton	0.2	65
	Orator Shafer	0.2	269

Extra Base Hits

Rank	Player	Extra Base Hits	Year
1.	George Hall	23	1877
2.	Orator Shafer	17	1877
3.	Jumbo Latham	16	1877
4.	Jim Devlin	15	1876
	Chick Fulmer	15	1876
	Joe Gerhardt	15	1876
7.	Bill Crowley	13	1877
8.	Joe Gerhardt	12	1877
9.	Pop Snyder	11	1877
10.	Jim Devlin	10	1877

Extra Base Hits

Rank	Player	Extra Base Hits	PA
1.	Joe Gerhardt	27	550
2.	Jim Devlin	25	574
3.	George Hall	23	281
4.	Bill Hague	18	566
5.	Orator Shafer	17	269
	Pop Snyder	17	477
7.	Jumbo Latham	16	283
8.	Chick Fulmer	15	268
9.	Bill Crowley	13	242
10.	Bill Craver	7	243
	Scott Hastings	7	288
	Johnny Ryan	7	247

Times On Base

Rank	Player	Times On Base	Year
1.	George Hall	99	1877
2.	Jim Devlin	95	1876
3.	Jumbo Latham	86	1877
4.	Orator Shafer	83	1877
5.	Joe Gerhardt	81	1877
6.	Bill Hague	80	1876
7.	Jim Devlin	79	1877
	Joe Gerhardt	79	1876
9.	Scott Hastings	78	1876
10.	Bill Hague	77	1877

Times On Base

Rank	Player	Times On Base	PA
1.	Jim Devlin	174	574
2.	Joe Gerhardt	160	550
3.	Bill Hague	157	566
4.	Pop Snyder	113	477
5.	George Hall	99	281
6.	Jumbo Latham	86	283
7.	Orator Shafer	83	269
8.	Scott Hastings	78	288
9.	Chick Fulmer	74	268
10.	Bill Crowley	71	242

Offensive Win %

Rank	Player	Offensive Win %	Year

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

AB per HR

Rank	Player	AB per HR	PA

Outs Made

Rank	Player	Outs Made	Year
1.	Joe Gerhardt	216	1876
	Bill Hague	216	1876
3.	Scott Hastings	210	1876
4.	Ed Somerville	208	1876
5.	Jim Devlin	204	1876
6.	Jumbo Latham	197	1877
7.	Jim Devlin	196	1877
8.	Chick Fulmer	194	1876
9.	Bill Hague	193	1877
10.	Orator Shafer	186	1877

Outs Made

Rank	Player	Outs Made	PA
1.	Bill Hague	409	566
2.	Jim Devlin	400	574
3.	Joe Gerhardt	390	550
4.	Pop Snyder	364	477
5.	Scott Hastings	210	288
6.	Ed Somerville	208	257
7.	Jumbo Latham	197	283
8.	Chick Fulmer	194	268
9.	Orator Shafer	186	269
10.	George Hall	182	281

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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