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Single-Season Leaders	Career Leaders
Batting Average Rank Player    BA    Year 1. Dave Orr .354 1884 2. Dave Orr .342 1885 3. Dave Orr .338 1886 4. Dude Esterbrook .314 1884 5. Darby O'Brien .301 1887 6. Chief Roseman .298 1884 7. Steve Brady .295 1885 8. Chief Roseman .278 1885 9. Frank Hankinson .268 1887 10. Paul Radford .265 1887	Batting Average Rank Player    BA    PA 1. Candy Nelson .258 2239 2. Chief Roseman .257 2161
On-base % Rank Player    OBP    Year 1. Paul Radford .403 1887 2. Candy Nelson .375 1884 3. Dave Orr .363 1886 4. Dave Orr .362 1884 5. Dave Orr .358 1885 6. Darby O'Brien .355 1887 7. Candy Nelson .353 1885 8. Dude Esterbrook .345 1884 9. Steve Brady .342 1885 10. Chief Roseman .339 1884	On-base % Rank Player    OBP    PA 1. Candy Nelson .357 2239 2. 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. Darby O'Brien .437 1887 5. Dude Esterbrook .428 1884 6. Chief Roseman .413 1884 7. Chief Roseman .407 1885 8. Dasher Troy .378 1884 9. Frank Hankinson .373 1887 10. Steve Brady .371 1885	Slugging % Rank Player    SLG    PA 1. Chief Roseman .354 2161 2. Candy Nelson .307 2239
OPS Rank Player    OPS    Year 1. Dave Orr .901 1884   Dave Orr .901 1885 3. Dave Orr .890 1886 4. Darby O'Brien .792 1887 5. Dude Esterbrook .773 1884 6. Chief Roseman .752 1884 7. Paul Radford .745 1887 8. Chief Roseman .742 1885 9. Steve Brady .713 1885 10. Frank Hankinson .691 1887	OPS Rank Player    OPS    PA 1. Candy Nelson .664 2239 2. Chief Roseman .652 2161
Games Rank Player    G    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 Rank Player    G    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 (approx.) 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 (approx.) 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 Rank Player    R    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 Rank Player    R    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    H    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    H    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    2B    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    2B    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    3B    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    3B    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 3 365
RBI 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	RBI 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 42 365
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    1B    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    1B    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. Chief Roseman 152 1885 5. Dude Esterbrook 150 1884 6. Chief Roseman 144 1884 7. Steve Brady 142 1885 8. Candy Nelson 127 1885 9. Candy Nelson 126 1884 10. Darby O'Brien 123 1887	Adjusted OPS+ Rank Player    OPS+    PA 1. Candy Nelson 112 2239 2. Chief Roseman 106 2161
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
Adjusted 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	Adjusted 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
Batting Wins Rank Player    BtWins    Year 1. Dave Orr 5.1 1885   Dave Orr 5.1 1886 3. Dave Orr 4.8 1884 4. Dude Esterbrook 3.0 1884 5. Dave Orr 2.6 1887   Chief Roseman 2.6 1885 7. Steve Brady 2.4 1885   Chief Roseman 2.4 1884 9. Candy Nelson 2.1 1884 10. Candy Nelson 2.0 1885	Batting Wins Rank Player    BtWins    PA 1. Dave Orr 18.1 1930 2. Candy Nelson 5.4 2239 3. Chief Roseman 1.6 2161 4. Darby O'Brien 1.5 566   Paul Radford 1.5 598 6. Dude Esterbrook 0.8 1029   Dasher Troy 0.8 629 8. John O'Rourke 0.7 336 9. Steve Brady 0.2 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    Off. WP    Year 1. Dave Orr .836 1884 2. Dave Orr .817 1885 3. Dave Orr .803 1886 4. Dude Esterbrook .722 1884 5. Chief Roseman .693 1884 6. Chief Roseman .647 1885 7. Steve Brady .641 1885 8. Darby O'Brien .613 1887 9. Candy Nelson .594 1884 10. Dasher Troy .593 1884	Offensive Win% Rank Player    Off. WP    PA 1. Candy Nelson .664 2239 2. Chief Roseman .429 2161
Hit By Pitch Rank Player    HBP    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    HBP    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
Sac. Hits Rank Player    SH    Year	Sac. Hits Rank Player    SH    PA
Sac. Flies Rank Player    SF    Year	Sac. Flies Rank Player    SF    PA
Intentional Walks Rank Player    IBB    Year	Intentional Walks Rank Player    IBB    PA
Grounded into Double Plays Rank Player    GIDP    Year	Grounded into Double Plays Rank Player    GIDP    PA
Caught Stealing Rank Player    CS    Year	Caught Stealing Rank Player    CS    PA
Power/Speed Number Rank Player    PowSpd    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 Number Rank Player    PowSpd    PA 1. Dave Orr 29.1 1930 2. Chief Roseman 11.0 2161 3. Darby O'Brien 9.1 566 4. Frank Hankinson 8.5 1496 5. Paul Radford 7.6 598 6. Steve Brady 6.4 1918 7. John Meister 4.6 365 8. Al Mays 4.5 373 9. Charley Jones 4.4 265 10. Candy Nelson 3.8 2239
At Bats per Strikeout Rank Player    AB/SO    Year	At Bats per Strikeout Rank Player    AB/SO    PA
At Bats per Home Run 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. Dasher Troy 210.5 1884	At Bats per Home Run Rank Player    AB/HR    PA 1. Chief Roseman 146.0 2161 2. Candy Nelson 969.5 2239
Outs 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 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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