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New York Metropolitans Top 10 Batting Leaders

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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Batting Average
Rank Player BA Year

1. Dave Orr .368 1887

2. Dave Orr .354 1884

3. Dave Orr .342 1885

4. Dave Orr .338 1886

5. Dude Esterbrook .314 1884

6. Candy Nelson .305 1883

7. Darby O'Brien .301 1887

8. Chief Roseman .298 1884

9. Steve Brady .295 1885

10. Chief Roseman .278 1885

Batting Average
Rank Player BA PA

1. Dave Orr .348 1930

2. Steve Brady .264 1918

3. Candy Nelson .258 2239

4. Chief Roseman .257 2161

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP Year

1. Dave Orr .408 1887

2. Paul Radford .403 1887

3. Candy Nelson .380 1887

4. Candy Nelson .375 1884

5. Dave Orr .363 1886

6. Dave Orr .362 1884

7. Dave Orr .358 1885

8. Darby O'Brien .355 1887

9. Candy Nelson .353 1885

10. Candy Nelson .353 1883

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP PA

1. Dave Orr .369 1930

2. Candy Nelson .357 2239

3. Steve Brady .302 1918

4. Chief Roseman .298 2161

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG Year

1. Dave Orr .543 1885

2. Dave Orr .539 1884

3. Dave Orr .527 1886

4. Dave Orr .516 1887

5. Darby O'Brien .437 1887

6. Dude Esterbrook .428 1884

7. Chief Roseman .413 1884

8. Chief Roseman .407 1885

9. John O'Rourke .381 1883

10. Candy Nelson .379 1883

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG PA

1. Dave Orr .535 1930

2. Chief Roseman .354 2161

3. Steve Brady .316 1918

4. Candy Nelson .307 2239

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS Year

1. Dave Orr .924 1887

2. Dave Orr .901 1884

3. Dave Orr .901 1885

4. Dave Orr .890 1886

5. Darby O'Brien .792 1887

6. Dude Esterbrook .772 1884

7. Chief Roseman .752 1884

8. Paul Radford .745 1887

9. Chief Roseman .742 1885

10. Candy Nelson .732 1883

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS PA

1. Dave Orr .904 1930

2. Candy Nelson .665 2239

3. Chief Roseman .651 2161

4. Steve Brady .618 1918

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Frank Hankinson 136 1886

Dave Orr 136 1886

3. Chief Roseman 134 1886

4. Paul Radford 128 1887

5. Frank Hankinson 127 1887

Darby O'Brien 127 1887

7. Steve Brady 124 1886

8. Steve Brady 112 1884

Dude Esterbrook 112 1884

10. Candy Nelson 111 1884

Games Played
Rank Player Games PA

1. Chief Roseman 495 2161

2. Candy Nelson 492 2239

3. Dave Orr 450 1930

4. Steve Brady 441 1918

5. Frank Hankinson 357 1496

6. Bill Holbert 311 1213

7. Ed Kennedy 293 1133

8. Dude Esterbrook 235 1029

9. Charlie Reipschlager 233 905

10. Jack Lynch 202 758

At Bats
Rank Player AB Year

1. Dave Orr 571 1886

2. Chief Roseman 559 1886

3. Frank Hankinson 522 1886

Darby O'Brien 522 1887

5. Frank Hankinson 512 1887

6. Paul Radford 486 1887

7. Steve Brady 485 1884

8. Dude Esterbrook 477 1884

9. Steve Brady 466 1886

10. Dave Orr 458 1884

At Bats
Rank Player AB PA

1. Chief Roseman 2044 2161

2. Candy Nelson 1939 2239

3. Dave Orr 1868 1930

4. Steve Brady 1817 1918

5. Frank Hankinson 1396 1496

6. Bill Holbert 1182 1213

7. Ed Kennedy 1083 1133

8. Dude Esterbrook 985 1029

9. Charlie Reipschlager 878 905

10. Jack Lynch 710 758

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA Year

1. Paul Radford 598 1887

2. Dave Orr 593 1886

3. Chief Roseman 591 1886

4. Frank Hankinson 571 1886

5. Darby O'Brien 566 1887

6. Frank Hankinson 550 1887

7. Candy Nelson 515 1884

8. Steve Brady 506 1884

9. Steve Brady 504 1886

10. Dude Esterbrook 499 1884

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA PA

1. Candy Nelson 2239 2239

2. Chief Roseman 2161 2161

3. Dave Orr 1930 1930

4. Steve Brady 1918 1918

5. Frank Hankinson 1496 1496

6. Bill Holbert 1213 1213

7. Ed Kennedy 1133 1133

8. Dude Esterbrook 1029 1029

9. Charlie Reipschlager 905 905

10. Jack Lynch 758 758

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs Year

1. Paul Radford 127 1887

2. Candy Nelson 114 1884

3. Dude Esterbrook 110 1884

4. Steve Brady 102 1884

5. Candy Nelson 98 1885

6. Darby O'Brien 97 1887

Chief Roseman 97 1884

8. Dave Orr 93 1886

9. Chief Roseman 90 1886

10. Candy Nelson 89 1886

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs PA

1. Candy Nelson 437 2239

2. Chief Roseman 337 2161

3. Dave Orr 320 1930

4. Steve Brady 287 1918

5. Frank Hankinson 188 1496

6. Dude Esterbrook 176 1029

7. Ed Kennedy 141 1133

8. Paul Radford 127 598

9. Dasher Troy 104 629

10. Darby O'Brien 97 566

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Dave Orr 193 1886

2. Dave Orr 162 1884

3. Darby O'Brien 157 1887

4. Dave Orr 152 1885

5. Dude Esterbrook 150 1884

6. Frank Hankinson 137 1887

7. Chief Roseman 130 1884

8. Paul Radford 129 1887

9. Steve Brady 128 1885

10. Candy Nelson 127 1883

Dave Orr 127 1887

Chief Roseman 127 1886

Hits
Rank Player Hits PA

1. Dave Orr 650 1930

2. Chief Roseman 526 2161

3. Candy Nelson 500 2239

4. Steve Brady 479 1918

5. Frank Hankinson 344 1496

6. Dude Esterbrook 270 1029

7. Bill Holbert 252 1213

8. Ed Kennedy 221 1133

9. Charlie Reipschlager 197 905

10. Darby O'Brien 157 566

Total Bases
Rank Player TB Year

1. Dave Orr 301 1886

2. Dave Orr 247 1884

3. Dave Orr 241 1885

4. Darby O'Brien 228 1887

5. Dude Esterbrook 204 1884

6. Frank Hankinson 191 1887

7. Chief Roseman 181 1886

8. Chief Roseman 180 1884

9. Dave Orr 178 1887

10. Chief Roseman 167 1885

Total Bases
Rank Player TB PA

1. Dave Orr 999 1930

2. Chief Roseman 723 2161

3. Candy Nelson 596 2239

4. Steve Brady 574 1918

5. Frank Hankinson 450 1496

6. Dude Esterbrook 348 1029

7. Bill Holbert 289 1213

8. Ed Kennedy 282 1133

9. Charlie Reipschlager 251 905

10. Darby O'Brien 228 566

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles Year

1. Dave Orr 32 1884

2. Darby O'Brien 30 1887

3. Dude Esterbrook 29 1884

Frank Hankinson 29 1887

Dave Orr 29 1885

6. Dave Orr 25 1886

Dave Orr 25 1887

8. Dasher Troy 22 1884

9. Candy Nelson 19 1883

John O'Rourke 19 1883

Chief Roseman 19 1886

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles PA

1. Dave Orr 115 1930

2. Chief Roseman 71 2161

3. Candy Nelson 58 2239

4. Frank Hankinson 55 1496

5. Steve Brady 45 1918

6. Dude Esterbrook 39 1029

7. Charlie Reipschlager 32 905

8. Darby O'Brien 30 566

9. Bill Holbert 25 1213

Dasher Troy 25 629

Triples
Rank Player Triples Year

1. Dave Orr 31 1886

2. Dave Orr 21 1885

3. Chief Roseman 14 1885

4. Darby O'Brien 13 1887

Dave Orr 13 1884

6. Dude Esterbrook 11 1884

Frank Hankinson 11 1887

Chief Roseman 11 1884

9. Dave Orr 10 1887

Chief Roseman 10 1886

Dasher Troy 10 1884

Triples
Rank Player Triples PA

1. Dave Orr 78 1930

2. Chief Roseman 42 2161

3. Steve Brady 19 1918

4. Dude Esterbrook 18 1029

Frank Hankinson 18 1496

6. Candy Nelson 16 2239

7. Tim Keefe 15 502

8. Ed Kennedy 13 1133

Darby O'Brien 13 566

Dasher Troy 13 629

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Dave Orr 9 1884

2. Dave Orr 7 1886

3. Dave Orr 6 1885

4. Darby O'Brien 5 1887

Chief Roseman 5 1886

6. Paul Radford 4 1887

Chief Roseman 4 1884

Chief Roseman 4 1885

9. Steve Brady 3 1885

Charley Jones 3 1887

Tim Keefe 3 1884

Home Runs
Rank Player HR PA

1. Dave Orr 26 1930

2. Chief Roseman 14 2161

3. Frank Hankinson 5 1496

Ed Kennedy 5 1133

Darby O'Brien 5 566

6. Steve Brady 4 1918

Paul Radford 4 598

Dasher Troy 4 629

9. Charley Jones 3 265

Tim Keefe 3 502

Al Mays 3 373

John Meister 3 366

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI Year

1. Dave Orr 112 1884

2. Dave Orr 91 1886

3. Dave Orr 77 1885

4. Darby O'Brien 73 1887

5. Frank Hankinson 71 1887

6. Dave Orr 66 1887

7. Frank Hankinson 63 1886

8. Steve Brady 58 1885

9. Chief Roseman 53 1886

10. Chief Roseman 46 1885

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI PA

1. Dave Orr 357 1930

2. Frank Hankinson 178 1496

3. Chief Roseman 126 2161

4. Steve Brady 97 1918

5. Candy Nelson 77 2239

6. Darby O'Brien 73 566

7. Bill Holbert 58 1213

8. Charlie Reipschlager 46 905

9. Paul Radford 45 598

10. John Meister 42 366

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Paul Radford 106 1887

2. Candy Nelson 74 1884

3. Candy Nelson 64 1886

4. Candy Nelson 61 1885

5. Frank Hankinson 49 1886

6. Candy Nelson 48 1887

7. Darby O'Brien 40 1887

8. Frank Hankinson 38 1887

9. Steve Brady 35 1886

10. Candy Nelson 31 1883

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB PA

1. Candy Nelson 278 2239

2. Paul Radford 106 598

3. Frank Hankinson 99 1496

4. Steve Brady 92 1918

5. Chief Roseman 90 2161

6. Dave Orr 52 1930

7. Jack Lynch 46 758

8. Ed Kennedy 45 1133

9. Darby O'Brien 40 566

10. Tom Forster 37 505

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO PA

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB Year

1. Paul Radford 73 1887

2. Darby O'Brien 49 1887

3. Candy Nelson 29 1887

4. Frank Hankinson 19 1887

5. Dave Orr 17 1887

6. Steve Behel 16 1886

Steve Brady 16 1886

Dave Orr 16 1886

9. Joe Gerhardt 15 1887

10. Candy Nelson 14 1886

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB PA

1. Paul Radford 73 598

2. Darby O'Brien 49 566

3. Candy Nelson 43 2239

4. Dave Orr 33 1930

5. Frank Hankinson 29 1496

6. Steve Behel 16 247

Steve Brady 16 1918

Bill Holbert 16 1213

9. Joe Gerhardt 15 332

10. Tom McLaughlin 13 277

Singles
Rank Player Singles Year

1. Dave Orr 130 1886

2. Dude Esterbrook 109 1884

Darby O'Brien 109 1887

4. Dave Orr 108 1884

5. Steve Brady 107 1884

6. Steve Brady 106 1885

7. Frank Hankinson 105 1886

Paul Radford 105 1887

9. Candy Nelson 102 1883

10. Steve Brady 99 1883

Steve Brady 99 1886

Chief Roseman 99 1884

Singles
Rank Player Singles PA

1. Dave Orr 431 1930

2. Candy Nelson 424 2239

3. Steve Brady 411 1918

4. Chief Roseman 399 2161

5. Frank Hankinson 266 1496

6. Bill Holbert 221 1213

7. Dude Esterbrook 212 1029

8. Ed Kennedy 183 1133

9. Charlie Reipschlager 154 905

10. Darby O'Brien 109 566

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ Year

1. Dave Orr 203 1885

2. Dave Orr 190 1884

3. Dave Orr 183 1886

4. Dave Orr 160 1887

5. Chief Roseman 152 1885

6. Dude Esterbrook 150 1884

7. Chief Roseman 144 1884

8. Steve Brady 142 1885

9. Candy Nelson 127 1885

10. Candy Nelson 126 1883

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ PA

1. Dave Orr 185 1930

2. Candy Nelson 112 2239

3. Chief Roseman 106 2161

4. Steve Brady 100 1918

Runs Created
Rank Player RC Year

1. Dave Orr 108 1886

2. Dave Orr 89 1884

3. Dave Orr 85 1885

4. Darby O'Brien 80 1887

5. Dave Orr 72 1887

6. Dude Esterbrook 68 1884

7. Paul Radford 66 1887

8. Frank Hankinson 61 1887

9. Chief Roseman 59 1884

10. Candy Nelson 56 1883

Runs Created
Rank Player RC PA

1. Dave Orr 365 1930

2. Chief Roseman 211 2161

3. Candy Nelson 209 2239

4. Steve Brady 173 1918

5. Frank Hankinson 135 1496

6. Dude Esterbrook 107 1029

7. Darby O'Brien 80 566

8. Bill Holbert 68 1213

9. Ed Kennedy 66 1133

Paul Radford 66 598

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns Year

1. Dave Orr 47 1886

2. Dave Orr 46 1885

3. Dave Orr 43 1884

4. Dave Orr 27 1887

5. Dude Esterbrook 26 1884

6. Chief Roseman 23 1885

7. Steve Brady 21 1885

8. Chief Roseman 21 1884

9. Candy Nelson 19 1884

10. Candy Nelson 18 1885

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns PA

1. Dave Orr 167 1930

2. Candy Nelson 48 2239

3. Paul Radford 16 598

4. Darby O'Brien 15 566

5. Chief Roseman 12 2161

6. Dasher Troy 7 629

7. John O'Rourke 6 336

8. Dude Esterbrook 6 1029

9. Steve Brady 1 1918

10. Fred O'Neill 1 28

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins Year

1. Dave Orr 5.1 1886

2. Dave Orr 5.1 1885

3. Dave Orr 4.8 1884

4. Dude Esterbrook 3.0 1884

5. Dave Orr 2.6 1887

6. Chief Roseman 2.6 1885

7. Chief Roseman 2.4 1884

8. Steve Brady 2.4 1885

9. Candy Nelson 2.1 1884

10. Candy Nelson 2.0 1885

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins PA

1. Dave Orr 18.1 1930

2. Candy Nelson 5.4 2239

3. Paul Radford 1.5 598

Chief Roseman 1.5 2161

5. Darby O'Brien 1.5 566

6. Dasher Troy 0.8 629

7. Dude Esterbrook 0.8 1029

8. John O'Rourke 0.7 336

9. Steve Brady 0.1 1918

10. Fred O'Neill 0.1 28

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH Year

1. Dave Orr 63 1886

2. Dave Orr 56 1885

3. Dave Orr 54 1884

4. Darby O'Brien 48 1887

5. Dude Esterbrook 41 1884

Frank Hankinson 41 1887

7. Dave Orr 37 1887

8. Chief Roseman 34 1886

Dasher Troy 34 1884

10. Chief Roseman 31 1884

Chief Roseman 31 1885

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH PA

1. Dave Orr 219 1930

2. Chief Roseman 127 2161

3. Frank Hankinson 78 1496

4. Candy Nelson 76 2239

5. Steve Brady 68 1918

6. Dude Esterbrook 58 1029

7. Darby O'Brien 48 566

8. Charlie Reipschlager 43 905

9. Dasher Troy 42 629

10. Ed Kennedy 38 1133

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB Year

1. Paul Radford 241 1887

2. Dave Orr 215 1886

3. Darby O'Brien 201 1887

4. Candy Nelson 193 1884

5. Frank Hankinson 175 1886

Frank Hankinson 175 1887

7. Dude Esterbrook 172 1884

8. Candy Nelson 171 1885

9. Dave Orr 168 1884

10. Dave Orr 163 1885

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB PA

1. Candy Nelson 800 2239

2. Dave Orr 712 1930

3. Chief Roseman 643 2161

4. Steve Brady 580 1918

5. Frank Hankinson 444 1496

6. Dude Esterbrook 314 1029

7. Bill Holbert 283 1213

8. Ed Kennedy 271 1133

9. Paul Radford 241 598

10. Charlie Reipschlager 224 905

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% Year

1. Dave Orr .836 1884

2. Dave Orr .817 1885

3. Dave Orr .803 1886

4. Dave Orr .771 1887

5. Dude Esterbrook .722 1884

6. Chief Roseman .694 1884

7. Candy Nelson .664 1883

8. Chief Roseman .647 1885

9. Steve Brady .641 1885

10. Darby O'Brien .614 1887

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% PA

1. Dave Orr .808 1930

2. Candy Nelson .534 2239

3. Chief Roseman .516 2161

4. Steve Brady .500 1918

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

1. Dude Esterbrook 10 1884

Chief Roseman 10 1885

3. Candy Nelson 9 1884

4. Candy Nelson 8 1887

Chief Roseman 8 1886

6. Steve Brady 6 1885

Charley Jones 6 1887

Paul Radford 6 1887

Chief Roseman 6 1884

10. Dave Orr 5 1886

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch PA

1. Chief Roseman 27 2161

2. Candy Nelson 22 2239

3. Dude Esterbrook 11 1029

4. Dave Orr 10 1930

5. Steve Brady 9 1918

6. Dasher Troy 7 629

7. Charley Jones 6 265

Paul Radford 6 598

9. Jim Donahue 5 442

Ed Kennedy 5 1133

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. Dave Orr 9.7 1886

2. Darby O'Brien 9.1 1887

3. Paul Radford 7.6 1887

4. Chief Roseman 5.5 1886

5. Charley Jones 4.4 1887

6. Dave Orr 3.6 1887

7. Frank Hankinson 3.3 1886

8. Al Mays 3.1 1887

9. Frank Hankinson 1.9 1887

10. Tom Forster 1.8 1886

John Meister 1.8 1887

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd PA

1. Dave Orr 40.9 1930

2. Chief Roseman 16.8 2161

3. Darby O'Brien 9.1 566

4. Frank Hankinson 9.1 1496

5. Steve Brady 8.0 1918

6. Paul Radford 7.6 598

7. John Meister 4.6 366

8. Al Mays 4.5 373

9. Charley Jones 4.4 265

10. Candy Nelson 4.0 2239

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO Year

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO PA

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR Year

1. Dave Orr 50.9 1884

2. Dave Orr 74.0 1885

3. Dave Orr 81.6 1886

4. Chief Roseman 102.5 1885

5. Darby O'Brien 104.4 1887

6. Chief Roseman 109.0 1884

7. Chief Roseman 111.8 1886

8. Paul Radford 121.5 1887

9. Steve Brady 144.7 1885

10. John O'Rourke 157.5 1883

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR PA

1. Dave Orr 71.8 1930

2. Chief Roseman 146.0 2161

3. Steve Brady 454.2 1918

4. Candy Nelson 969.5 2239

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs Year

1. Chief Roseman 432 1886

2. Frank Hankinson 396 1886

3. Dave Orr 378 1886

4. Frank Hankinson 375 1887

5. Darby O'Brien 365 1887

6. Steve Brady 363 1884

7. Paul Radford 357 1887

8. Steve Brady 354 1886

9. Dude Esterbrook 327 1884

10. Candy Nelson 322 1884

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs PA

1. Chief Roseman 1518 2161

2. Candy Nelson 1439 2239

3. Steve Brady 1338 1918

4. Dave Orr 1218 1930

5. Frank Hankinson 1052 1496

6. Bill Holbert 930 1213

7. Ed Kennedy 862 1133

8. Dude Esterbrook 715 1029

9. Charlie Reipschlager 681 905

10. Jack Lynch 589 758

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