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New York Giants Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Batting Average
Rank Player BA Year

1. Jim O'Rourke .360 1890

2. Roger Connor .349 1890

3. Buck Ewing .338 1890

4. George Gore .318 1890

5. Mike Slattery .307 1890

6. Danny Richardson .256 1890

7. Dick Johnston .242 1890

8. Art Whitney .219 1890

9. Dan Shannon .216 1890

Batting Average
Rank Player BA PA

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP Year

1. Roger Connor .450 1890

2. George Gore .432 1890

3. Jim O'Rourke .410 1890

4. Buck Ewing .406 1890

5. Mike Slattery .352 1890

6. Art Whitney .322 1890

7. Danny Richardson .307 1890

8. Dick Johnston .288 1890

9. Dan Shannon .274 1890

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP PA

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG Year

1. Roger Connor .548 1890

2. Buck Ewing .545 1890

3. Jim O'Rourke .515 1890

4. George Gore .499 1890

5. Mike Slattery .445 1890

6. Danny Richardson .335 1890

7. Dick Johnston .327 1890

8. Dan Shannon .315 1890

9. Art Whitney .260 1890

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG PA

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS Year

1. Roger Connor .998 1890

2. Buck Ewing .951 1890

3. George Gore .931 1890

4. Jim O'Rourke .925 1890

5. Mike Slattery .798 1890

6. Danny Richardson .642 1890

7. Dick Johnston .615 1890

8. Dan Shannon .589 1890

9. Art Whitney .582 1890

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS PA

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Roger Connor 123 1890

Danny Richardson 123 1890

3. Art Whitney 119 1890

4. Jim O'Rourke 111 1890

5. Mike Slattery 97 1890

6. George Gore 93 1890

7. Buck Ewing 83 1890

Dan Shannon 83 1890

9. Dick Johnston 77 1890

10. Gil Hatfield 71 1890

Games Played
Rank Player Games PA

1. Roger Connor 123 573

Danny Richardson 123 567

3. Art Whitney 119 509

4. Jim O'Rourke 111 519

5. Mike Slattery 97 440

6. George Gore 93 479

7. Buck Ewing 83 392

Dan Shannon 83 350

9. Dick Johnston 77 326

10. Gil Hatfield 71 308

At Bats
Rank Player AB Year

1. Danny Richardson 528 1890

2. Roger Connor 484 1890

3. Jim O'Rourke 478 1890

4. Art Whitney 442 1890

5. Mike Slattery 411 1890

6. George Gore 399 1890

7. Buck Ewing 352 1890

8. Dan Shannon 324 1890

9. Dick Johnston 306 1890

10. Gil Hatfield 287 1890

At Bats
Rank Player AB PA

1. Danny Richardson 528 567

2. Roger Connor 484 573

3. Jim O'Rourke 478 519

4. Art Whitney 442 509

5. Mike Slattery 411 440

6. George Gore 399 479

7. Buck Ewing 352 392

8. Dan Shannon 324 350

9. Dick Johnston 306 326

10. Gil Hatfield 287 308

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA Year

1. Roger Connor 573 1890

2. Danny Richardson 567 1890

3. Jim O'Rourke 519 1890

4. Art Whitney 509 1890

5. George Gore 479 1890

6. Mike Slattery 440 1890

7. Buck Ewing 392 1890

8. Dan Shannon 350 1890

9. Dick Johnston 326 1890

10. Gil Hatfield 308 1890

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA PA

1. Roger Connor 573 573

2. Danny Richardson 567 567

3. Jim O'Rourke 519 519

4. Art Whitney 509 509

5. George Gore 479 479

6. Mike Slattery 440 440

7. Buck Ewing 392 392

8. Dan Shannon 350 350

9. Dick Johnston 326 326

10. Gil Hatfield 308 308

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs Year

1. Roger Connor 133 1890

2. George Gore 132 1890

3. Jim O'Rourke 112 1890

4. Danny Richardson 102 1890

5. Buck Ewing 98 1890

6. Mike Slattery 80 1890

7. Art Whitney 71 1890

8. Dan Shannon 59 1890

9. Willard Brown 47 1890

10. Dick Johnston 37 1890

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs PA

1. Roger Connor 133 573

2. George Gore 132 479

3. Jim O'Rourke 112 519

4. Danny Richardson 102 567

5. Buck Ewing 98 392

6. Mike Slattery 80 440

7. Art Whitney 71 509

8. Dan Shannon 59 350

9. Willard Brown 47 244

10. Dick Johnston 37 326

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Jim O'Rourke 172 1890

2. Roger Connor 169 1890

3. Danny Richardson 135 1890

4. George Gore 127 1890

5. Mike Slattery 126 1890

6. Buck Ewing 119 1890

7. Art Whitney 97 1890

8. Gil Hatfield 80 1890

9. Dick Johnston 74 1890

10. Dan Shannon 70 1890

Hits
Rank Player Hits PA

1. Jim O'Rourke 172 519

2. Roger Connor 169 573

3. Danny Richardson 135 567

4. George Gore 127 479

5. Mike Slattery 126 440

6. Buck Ewing 119 392

7. Art Whitney 97 509

8. Gil Hatfield 80 308

9. Dick Johnston 74 326

10. Dan Shannon 70 350

Total Bases
Rank Player TB Year

1. Roger Connor 265 1890

2. Jim O'Rourke 246 1890

3. George Gore 199 1890

4. Buck Ewing 192 1890

5. Mike Slattery 183 1890

6. Danny Richardson 177 1890

7. Art Whitney 115 1890

8. Gil Hatfield 111 1890

9. Dan Shannon 102 1890

10. Dick Johnston 100 1890

Total Bases
Rank Player TB PA

1. Roger Connor 265 573

2. Jim O'Rourke 246 519

3. George Gore 199 479

4. Buck Ewing 192 392

5. Mike Slattery 183 440

6. Danny Richardson 177 567

7. Art Whitney 115 509

8. Gil Hatfield 111 308

9. Dan Shannon 102 350

10. Dick Johnston 100 326

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles Year

1. Jim O'Rourke 37 1890

2. George Gore 26 1890

3. Roger Connor 24 1890

4. Mike Slattery 20 1890

5. Buck Ewing 19 1890

6. Gil Hatfield 13 1890

7. Danny Richardson 12 1890

Art Whitney 12 1890

9. Dick Johnston 9 1890

10. Willard Brown 8 1890

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles PA

1. Jim O'Rourke 37 519

2. George Gore 26 479

3. Roger Connor 24 573

4. Mike Slattery 20 440

5. Buck Ewing 19 392

6. Gil Hatfield 13 308

7. Danny Richardson 12 567

Art Whitney 12 509

9. Dick Johnston 9 326

10. Willard Brown 8 244

Triples
Rank Player Triples Year

1. Roger Connor 15 1890

Buck Ewing 15 1890

3. Mike Slattery 11 1890

4. Danny Richardson 9 1890

5. George Gore 8 1890

Dan Shannon 8 1890

7. Dick Johnston 7 1890

8. Gil Hatfield 6 1890

9. Jim O'Rourke 5 1890

10. Willard Brown 4 1890

Ed Crane 4 1890

Triples
Rank Player Triples PA

1. Roger Connor 15 573

Buck Ewing 15 392

3. Mike Slattery 11 440

4. Danny Richardson 9 567

5. George Gore 8 479

Dan Shannon 8 350

7. Dick Johnston 7 326

8. Gil Hatfield 6 308

9. Jim O'Rourke 5 519

10. Willard Brown 4 244

Ed Crane 4 157

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Roger Connor 14 1890

2. George Gore 10 1890

3. Jim O'Rourke 9 1890

4. Buck Ewing 8 1890

5. Mike Slattery 5 1890

6. Willard Brown 4 1890

Danny Richardson 4 1890

8. Dan Shannon 3 1890

9. John Ewing 2 1890

Gil Hatfield 2 1890

Tim Keefe 2 1890

Home Runs
Rank Player HR PA

1. Roger Connor 14 573

2. George Gore 10 479

3. Jim O'Rourke 9 519

4. Buck Ewing 8 392

5. Mike Slattery 5 440

6. Willard Brown 4 244

Danny Richardson 4 567

8. Dan Shannon 3 350

9. John Ewing 2 119

Gil Hatfield 2 308

Tim Keefe 2 107

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI Year

1. Jim O'Rourke 115 1890

2. Roger Connor 103 1890

3. Danny Richardson 80 1890

4. Buck Ewing 72 1890

5. Mike Slattery 67 1890

6. George Gore 55 1890

7. Art Whitney 45 1890

8. Dan Shannon 44 1890

9. Willard Brown 43 1890

Dick Johnston 43 1890

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI PA

1. Jim O'Rourke 115 519

2. Roger Connor 103 573

3. Danny Richardson 80 567

4. Buck Ewing 72 392

5. Mike Slattery 67 440

6. George Gore 55 479

7. Art Whitney 45 509

8. Dan Shannon 44 350

9. Willard Brown 43 244

Dick Johnston 43 326

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Roger Connor 88 1890

2. George Gore 77 1890

3. Art Whitney 64 1890

4. Buck Ewing 39 1890

5. Danny Richardson 37 1890

6. Jim O'Rourke 33 1890

7. Mike Slattery 27 1890

8. Dan Shannon 25 1890

9. Dick Johnston 18 1890

10. Gil Hatfield 17 1890

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB PA

1. Roger Connor 88 573

2. George Gore 77 479

3. Art Whitney 64 509

4. Buck Ewing 39 392

5. Danny Richardson 37 567

6. Jim O'Rourke 33 519

7. Mike Slattery 27 440

8. Dan Shannon 25 350

9. Dick Johnston 18 326

10. Gil Hatfield 17 308

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. John Ewing 35 1890

2. Dan Shannon 34 1890

3. Roger Connor 32 1890

4. Hank O'Day 27 1890

5. Ed Crane 26 1890

Tim Keefe 26 1890

7. Dick Johnston 25 1890

Mike Slattery 25 1890

9. George Gore 23 1890

10. Jim O'Rourke 20 1890

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO PA

1. John Ewing 35 119

2. Dan Shannon 34 350

3. Roger Connor 32 573

4. Hank O'Day 27 160

5. Ed Crane 26 157

Tim Keefe 26 107

7. Dick Johnston 25 326

Mike Slattery 25 440

9. George Gore 23 479

10. Jim O'Rourke 20 519

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB Year

1. Danny Richardson 37 1890

2. Buck Ewing 36 1890

3. George Gore 28 1890

4. Jim O'Rourke 23 1890

5. Roger Connor 22 1890

6. Dan Shannon 21 1890

7. Mike Slattery 18 1890

8. Gil Hatfield 12 1890

9. Art Whitney 8 1890

10. Dick Johnston 7 1890

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB PA

1. Danny Richardson 37 567

2. Buck Ewing 36 392

3. George Gore 28 479

4. Jim O'Rourke 23 519

5. Roger Connor 22 573

6. Dan Shannon 21 350

7. Mike Slattery 18 440

8. Gil Hatfield 12 308

9. Art Whitney 8 509

10. Dick Johnston 7 326

Singles
Rank Player Singles Year

1. Jim O'Rourke 121 1890

2. Roger Connor 116 1890

3. Danny Richardson 110 1890

4. Mike Slattery 90 1890

5. George Gore 83 1890

6. Art Whitney 82 1890

7. Buck Ewing 77 1890

8. Gil Hatfield 59 1890

9. Dick Johnston 57 1890

10. Dan Shannon 52 1890

Singles
Rank Player Singles PA

1. Jim O'Rourke 121 519

2. Roger Connor 116 573

3. Danny Richardson 110 567

4. Mike Slattery 90 440

5. George Gore 83 479

6. Art Whitney 82 509

7. Buck Ewing 77 392

8. Gil Hatfield 59 308

9. Dick Johnston 57 326

10. Dan Shannon 52 350

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ Year

1. Roger Connor 157 1890

2. Buck Ewing 144 1890

3. George Gore 140 1890

4. Jim O'Rourke 138 1890

5. Mike Slattery 105 1890

6. Danny Richardson 66 1890

7. Dick Johnston 59 1890

8. Dan Shannon 52 1890

9. Art Whitney 51 1890

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ PA

Runs Created
Rank Player RC Year

1. Roger Connor 119 1890

2. Jim O'Rourke 99 1890

3. George Gore 85 1890

4. Buck Ewing 78 1890

5. Mike Slattery 64 1890

6. Danny Richardson 54 1890

7. Art Whitney 37 1890

8. Gil Hatfield 35 1890

9. Willard Brown 29 1890

10. Dick Johnston 28 1890

Dan Shannon 28 1890

Runs Created
Rank Player RC PA

1. Roger Connor 119 573

2. Jim O'Rourke 99 519

3. George Gore 85 479

4. Buck Ewing 78 392

5. Mike Slattery 64 440

6. Danny Richardson 54 567

7. Art Whitney 37 509

8. Gil Hatfield 35 308

9. Willard Brown 29 244

10. Dick Johnston 28 326

Dan Shannon 28 350

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns Year

1. Roger Connor 43 1890

2. George Gore 27 1890

3. Jim O'Rourke 26 1890

4. Buck Ewing 21 1890

5. Mike Slattery 1 1890

6. Fred Dunlap 0 1890

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns PA

1. Roger Connor 43 573

2. George Gore 27 479

3. Jim O'Rourke 26 519

4. Buck Ewing 21 392

5. Mike Slattery 1 440

6. Fred Dunlap 0 4

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins Year

1. Roger Connor 4.0 1890

2. George Gore 2.5 1890

3. Jim O'Rourke 2.5 1890

4. Buck Ewing 2.0 1890

5. Mike Slattery 0.1 1890

6. Fred Dunlap 0.0 1890

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins PA

1. Roger Connor 4.0 573

2. George Gore 2.5 479

3. Jim O'Rourke 2.5 519

4. Buck Ewing 2.0 392

5. Mike Slattery 0.1 440

6. Fred Dunlap 0.0 4

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH Year

1. Roger Connor 53 1890

2. Jim O'Rourke 51 1890

3. George Gore 44 1890

4. Buck Ewing 42 1890

5. Mike Slattery 36 1890

6. Danny Richardson 25 1890

7. Gil Hatfield 21 1890

8. Dan Shannon 18 1890

9. Dick Johnston 17 1890

10. Willard Brown 16 1890

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH PA

1. Roger Connor 53 573

2. Jim O'Rourke 51 519

3. George Gore 44 479

4. Buck Ewing 42 392

5. Mike Slattery 36 440

6. Danny Richardson 25 567

7. Gil Hatfield 21 308

8. Dan Shannon 18 350

9. Dick Johnston 17 326

10. Willard Brown 16 244

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB Year

1. Roger Connor 258 1890

2. Jim O'Rourke 213 1890

3. George Gore 207 1890

4. Danny Richardson 174 1890

5. Art Whitney 164 1890

6. Buck Ewing 159 1890

7. Mike Slattery 155 1890

8. Gil Hatfield 101 1890

9. Dan Shannon 96 1890

10. Dick Johnston 94 1890

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB PA

1. Roger Connor 258 573

2. Jim O'Rourke 213 519

3. George Gore 207 479

4. Danny Richardson 174 567

5. Art Whitney 164 509

6. Buck Ewing 159 392

7. Mike Slattery 155 440

8. Gil Hatfield 101 308

9. Dan Shannon 96 350

10. Dick Johnston 94 326

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% Year

1. Roger Connor .788 1890

2. Buck Ewing .749 1890

3. Jim O'Rourke .737 1890

4. George Gore .725 1890

5. Mike Slattery .590 1890

6. Danny Richardson .369 1890

7. Dick Johnston .316 1890

8. Dan Shannon .281 1890

9. Art Whitney .271 1890

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% PA

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

1. Jim O'Rourke 8 1890

2. Gil Hatfield 4 1890

3. George Gore 3 1890

Art Whitney 3 1890

5. Dick Johnston 2 1890

Tim Keefe 2 1890

Danny Richardson 2 1890

Mike Slattery 2 1890

9. Willard Brown 1 1890

Roger Connor 1 1890

Ed Crane 1 1890

Buck Ewing 1 1890

Dan Shannon 1 1890

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch PA

1. Jim O'Rourke 8 519

2. Gil Hatfield 4 308

3. George Gore 3 479

Art Whitney 3 509

5. Dick Johnston 2 326

Tim Keefe 2 107

Danny Richardson 2 567

Mike Slattery 2 440

9. Willard Brown 1 244

Roger Connor 1 573

Ed Crane 1 157

Buck Ewing 1 392

Dan Shannon 1 350

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

1. Roger Connor 17.1 1890

2. George Gore 14.7 1890

3. Buck Ewing 13.1 1890

4. Jim O'Rourke 12.9 1890

5. Mike Slattery 7.8 1890

6. Danny Richardson 7.2 1890

7. Dan Shannon 5.2 1890

8. Willard Brown 4.4 1890

9. Gil Hatfield 3.4 1890

10. John Ewing 2.0 1890

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd PA

1. Roger Connor 17.1 573

2. George Gore 14.7 479

3. Buck Ewing 13.1 392

4. Jim O'Rourke 12.9 519

5. Mike Slattery 7.8 440

6. Danny Richardson 7.2 567

7. Dan Shannon 5.2 350

8. Willard Brown 4.4 244

9. Gil Hatfield 3.4 308

10. John Ewing 2.0 119

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO Year

1. Buck Ewing 29.3 1890

2. Danny Richardson 27.8 1890

3. Jim O'Rourke 23.9 1890

4. Art Whitney 23.3 1890

5. George Gore 17.3 1890

6. Mike Slattery 16.4 1890

7. Roger Connor 15.1 1890

8. Dick Johnston 12.2 1890

9. Dan Shannon 9.5 1890

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO PA

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR Year

1. Roger Connor 34.6 1890

2. George Gore 39.9 1890

3. Buck Ewing 44.0 1890

4. Jim O'Rourke 53.1 1890

5. Mike Slattery 82.2 1890

6. Dan Shannon 108.0 1890

7. Danny Richardson 132.0 1890

8. Dick Johnston 306.0 1890

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR PA

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs Year

1. Danny Richardson 393 1890

2. Art Whitney 345 1890

3. Roger Connor 315 1890

4. Jim O'Rourke 306 1890

5. Mike Slattery 285 1890

6. George Gore 272 1890

7. Dan Shannon 254 1890

8. Buck Ewing 233 1890

9. Dick Johnston 232 1890

10. Gil Hatfield 207 1890

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs PA

1. Danny Richardson 393 567

2. Art Whitney 345 509

3. Roger Connor 315 573

4. Jim O'Rourke 306 519

5. Mike Slattery 285 440

6. George Gore 272 479

7. Dan Shannon 254 350

8. Buck Ewing 233 392

9. Dick Johnston 232 326

10. Gil Hatfield 207 308

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