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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Batting Average
Rank Player BA Year

1. Paul Hines .357 1879

2. Jim O'Rourke .348 1879

3. Joe Start .329 1882

4. Joe Start .328 1881

5. Joe Start .319 1879

6. Tom York .310 1879

7. Paul Hines .309 1882

8. Paul Hines .307 1880

9. Jack Farrell .305 1883

10. Tom York .304 1881

Batting Average
Rank Player BA PA

1. Paul Hines .309 3250

2. Joe Start .297 2627

3. Tom York .285 1534

4. Jack Farrell .251 2362

5. Jerry Denny .248 1843

6. John Ward .246 1603

7. Charley Radbourn .243 1685

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP Year

1. Jim O'Rourke .371 1879

2. Paul Hines .369 1879

3. Tom York .362 1881

4. Paul Hines .360 1884

5. Joe Start .349 1882

6. Tom York .346 1879

7. Joe Start .345 1881

8. Joe Start .344 1885

9. Joe Start .337 1884

10. Joe Start .333 1879

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP PA

1. Paul Hines .336 3250

2. Joe Start .334 2627

3. Tom York .324 1534

4. Charley Radbourn .287 1685

5. Jack Farrell .287 2362

6. Jerry Denny .266 1843

7. John Ward .261 1603

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG Year

1. Paul Hines .482 1879

2. Paul Hines .467 1882

3. Jim O'Rourke .459 1879

4. Jerry Denny .443 1883

5. Jack Farrell .436 1883

6. Paul Hines .435 1884

7. Tom York .427 1881

8. Tom York .421 1879

9. Paul Hines .416 1883

10. Joe Start .407 1882

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG PA

1. Paul Hines .427 3250

2. Tom York .404 1534

3. Joe Start .371 2627

4. Jerry Denny .366 1843

5. Jack Farrell .343 2362

6. John Ward .312 1603

7. Charley Radbourn .290 1685

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS Year

1. Paul Hines .851 1879

2. Jim O'Rourke .829 1879

3. Paul Hines .794 1884

4. Paul Hines .793 1882

5. Tom York .790 1881

6. Tom York .767 1879

7. Jack Farrell .764 1883

8. Joe Start .756 1882

9. Paul Hines .742 1883

10. Joe Start .741 1881

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS PA

1. Paul Hines .762 3250

2. Tom York .728 1534

3. Joe Start .705 2627

4. Jerry Denny .632 1843

5. Jack Farrell .630 2362

6. Charley Radbourn .577 1685

7. John Ward .573 1603

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Paul Hines 114 1884

2. Cliff Carroll 113 1884

3. Jack Farrell 111 1884

4. Jerry Denny 110 1884

5. Paul Radford 105 1885

6. Cliff Carroll 104 1885

7. Arthur Irwin 102 1884

8. Joe Start 101 1885

9. Jerry Denny 98 1883

Paul Hines 98 1885

Arthur Irwin 98 1883

Games Played
Rank Player Games PA

1. Paul Hines 705 3250

2. Joe Start 590 2627

3. Jack Farrell 534 2362

4. Jerry Denny 460 1843

5. Charley Radbourn 397 1685

6. John Ward 374 1603

7. Tom York 362 1534

8. Barney Gilligan 329 1290

9. Cliff Carroll 285 1219

10. Arthur Irwin 259 1082

At Bats
Rank Player AB Year

1. Paul Hines 490 1884

2. Jack Farrell 469 1884

3. Cliff Carroll 452 1884

4. Paul Hines 442 1883

5. Jerry Denny 439 1884

6. Cliff Carroll 426 1885

7. Jack Farrell 420 1883

8. Paul Hines 411 1885

9. Paul Hines 409 1879

10. Arthur Irwin 406 1883

At Bats
Rank Player AB PA

1. Paul Hines 3123 3250

2. Joe Start 2491 2627

3. Jack Farrell 2247 2362

4. Jerry Denny 1799 1843

5. Charley Radbourn 1587 1685

6. John Ward 1570 1603

7. Tom York 1451 1534

8. Barney Gilligan 1193 1290

9. Cliff Carroll 1157 1219

10. Arthur Irwin 1028 1082

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA Year

1. Paul Hines 534 1884

2. Jack Farrell 504 1884

3. Cliff Carroll 481 1884

4. Paul Hines 460 1883

5. Cliff Carroll 455 1885

6. Jerry Denny 453 1884

7. Jack Farrell 435 1883

8. Arthur Irwin 432 1884

9. Paul Hines 430 1885

10. Arthur Irwin 418 1883

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA PA

1. Paul Hines 3250 3250

2. Joe Start 2627 2627

3. Jack Farrell 2362 2362

4. Jerry Denny 1843 1843

5. Charley Radbourn 1685 1685

6. John Ward 1603 1603

7. Tom York 1534 1534

8. Barney Gilligan 1290 1290

9. Cliff Carroll 1219 1219

10. Arthur Irwin 1082 1082

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs Year

1. Paul Hines 94 1883

Paul Hines 94 1884

3. Jack Farrell 92 1883

4. Cliff Carroll 90 1884

5. Paul Hines 81 1879

6. Joe Start 80 1884

7. George Wright 79 1879

8. Jerry Denny 73 1883

Paul Hines 73 1882

Arthur Irwin 73 1884

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs PA

1. Paul Hines 576 3250

2. Joe Start 427 2627

3. Jack Farrell 376 2362

4. Jerry Denny 262 1843

5. John Ward 252 1603

6. Tom York 251 1534

7. Charley Radbourn 198 1685

8. Cliff Carroll 193 1219

9. Arthur Irwin 156 1082

10. Barney Gilligan 155 1290

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Paul Hines 148 1884

2. Paul Hines 146 1879

3. Paul Hines 132 1883

4. Jack Farrell 128 1883

5. Jim O'Rourke 126 1879

6. Cliff Carroll 118 1884

7. Paul Hines 117 1882

Joe Start 117 1882

9. Arthur Irwin 116 1883

10. Paul Hines 115 1880

Hits
Rank Player Hits PA

1. Paul Hines 964 3250

2. Joe Start 741 2627

3. Jack Farrell 563 2362

4. Jerry Denny 446 1843

5. Tom York 414 1534

6. Charley Radbourn 386 1685

John Ward 386 1603

8. Cliff Carroll 285 1219

9. Barney Gilligan 263 1290

10. Arthur Irwin 252 1082

Total Bases
Rank Player TB Year

1. Paul Hines 213 1884

2. Paul Hines 197 1879

3. Paul Hines 184 1883

4. Jack Farrell 183 1883

5. Paul Hines 177 1882

6. Jerry Denny 174 1883

7. Jerry Denny 167 1884

8. Jim O'Rourke 166 1879

9. Arthur Irwin 152 1883

10. Cliff Carroll 151 1884

Total Bases
Rank Player TB PA

1. Paul Hines 1332 3250

2. Joe Start 924 2627

3. Jack Farrell 771 2362

4. Jerry Denny 658 1843

5. Tom York 586 1534

6. John Ward 490 1603

7. Charley Radbourn 460 1685

8. Cliff Carroll 360 1219

9. Barney Gilligan 345 1290

10. Arthur Irwin 318 1082

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles Year

1. Paul Hines 36 1884

2. Paul Hines 32 1883

3. Paul Hines 28 1882

4. Paul Hines 27 1881

5. Jerry Denny 26 1883

6. Paul Hines 25 1879

Tom York 25 1879

8. Jack Farrell 24 1883

9. Tom York 23 1881

Tom York 23 1882

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles PA

1. Paul Hines 201 3250

2. Tom York 99 1534

3. Jack Farrell 95 2362

4. Jerry Denny 88 1843

5. Joe Start 82 2627

6. John Ward 54 1603

7. Barney Gilligan 47 1290

Charley Radbourn 47 1685

9. Cliff Carroll 40 1219

10. Arthur Irwin 38 1082

Triples
Rank Player Triples Year

1. Jack Farrell 11 1883

2. Paul Hines 10 1879

Paul Hines 10 1882

Paul Hines 10 1884

Joe Start 10 1882

George Wright 10 1879

Tom York 10 1878

8. Jerry Denny 9 1882

Jerry Denny 9 1884

Jim O'Rourke 9 1879

Triples
Rank Player Triples PA

1. Paul Hines 49 3250

2. Joe Start 43 2627

3. Jack Farrell 34 2362

4. Jerry Denny 32 1843

5. Tom York 29 1534

6. John Ward 19 1603

7. Barney Gilligan 16 1290

8. Emil Gross 12 694

George Wright 12 590

10. Lew Brown 11 562

Arthur Irwin 11 1082

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Jerry Denny 8 1883

2. Jerry Denny 6 1884

3. Jack Farrell 5 1881

4. Paul Hines 4 1878

Paul Hines 4 1882

Paul Hines 4 1883

7. Cliff Carroll 3 1884

Jerry Denny 3 1885

Jack Farrell 3 1880

Jack Farrell 3 1883

Paul Hines 3 1880

Paul Hines 3 1884

Charley Radbourn 3 1883

Home Runs
Rank Player HR PA

1. Paul Hines 23 3250

2. Jerry Denny 20 1843

3. Jack Farrell 15 2362

4. Cliff Carroll 5 1219

Charley Radbourn 5 1685

Joe Start 5 2627

Tom York 5 1534

8. John Ward 4 1603

9. Lew Brown 3 562

10. Emil Gross 2 694

Arthur Irwin 2 1082

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI Year

1. Jack Farrell 61 1883

2. Jerry Denny 59 1884

3. Joe Start 57 1883

4. Jerry Denny 55 1883

5. Cliff Carroll 54 1884

6. John Ward 53 1881

7. Paul Hines 52 1879

8. Paul Hines 50 1878

Tom York 50 1879

10. Charley Radbourn 48 1883

Joe Start 48 1882

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI PA

1. Paul Hines 323 3250

2. Joe Start 271 2627

3. Jack Farrell 225 2362

4. Jerry Denny 204 1843

5. Tom York 181 1534

6. John Ward 175 1603

7. Charley Radbourn 167 1685

8. Barney Gilligan 120 1290

9. Cliff Carroll 116 1219

10. Arthur Irwin 102 1082

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Paul Hines 44 1884

2. Joe Start 39 1885

3. Charley Radbourn 36 1885

4. Jack Farrell 35 1884

Barney Gilligan 35 1884

Joe Start 35 1884

7. Paul Radford 33 1885

8. Cliff Carroll 29 1884

Cliff Carroll 29 1885

Jack Farrell 29 1881

Tom York 29 1881

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB PA

1. Joe Start 136 2627

2. Paul Hines 127 3250

3. Jack Farrell 115 2362

4. Charley Radbourn 98 1685

5. Barney Gilligan 97 1290

6. Tom York 83 1534

7. Cliff Carroll 62 1219

8. Paul Radford 58 784

9. Arthur Irwin 54 1082

10. Jerry Denny 44 1843

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Charley Bassett 60 1885

2. Jerry Denny 58 1884

3. Jerry Denny 53 1885

4. Arthur Irwin 52 1884

5. Jerry Denny 48 1883

6. Jerry Denny 46 1882

7. Jerry Denny 44 1881

Jack Farrell 44 1884

9. Paul Radford 43 1884

Paul Radford 43 1885

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO PA

1. Jerry Denny 249 1843

2. Barney Gilligan 156 1290

3. Jack Farrell 142 2362

4. Paul Hines 138 3250

5. Charley Radbourn 122 1685

6. Arthur Irwin 119 1082

7. Tom York 116 1534

8. Cliff Carroll 100 1219

9. Joe Start 89 2627

10. Paul Radford 86 784

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB Year

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB PA

Singles
Rank Player Singles Year

1. Paul Hines 109 1879

2. Paul Hines 99 1884

Joe Start 99 1882

4. Jim O'Rourke 97 1879

5. Joe Start 96 1881

6. Cliff Carroll 95 1884

7. Mike McGeary 94 1879

8. Paul Hines 92 1883

9. Charley Radbourn 91 1883

10. Jack Farrell 90 1883

Paul Hines 90 1880

Singles
Rank Player Singles PA

1. Paul Hines 691 3250

2. Joe Start 611 2627

3. Jack Farrell 419 2362

4. Charley Radbourn 328 1685

5. John Ward 309 1603

6. Jerry Denny 306 1843

7. Tom York 281 1534

8. Cliff Carroll 230 1219

9. Arthur Irwin 201 1082

10. Barney Gilligan 199 1290

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ Year

1. Paul Hines 178 1879

2. Jim O'Rourke 172 1879

3. Tom York 152 1879

4. Paul Hines 151 1882

5. Paul Hines 150 1884

6. Tom York 148 1881

7. Paul Hines 148 1880

8. Joe Start 142 1879

9. Joe Start 142 1882

10. Joe Start 133 1881

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ PA

1. Paul Hines 143 3250

2. Tom York 136 1534

3. Joe Start 126 2627

4. Jack Farrell 100 2362

5. Jerry Denny 97 1843

6. John Ward 87 1603

7. Charley Radbourn 82 1685

Runs Created
Rank Player RC Year

1. Paul Hines 77 1884

2. Paul Hines 73 1879

3. Jim O'Rourke 62 1879

4. Jack Farrell 60 1883

Paul Hines 60 1883

6. Paul Hines 58 1882

7. Jerry Denny 51 1883

Joe Start 51 1882

9. Tom York 50 1879

10. Paul Hines 49 1880

Tom York 49 1881

Runs Created
Rank Player RC PA

1. Paul Hines 450 3250

2. Joe Start 310 2627

3. Jack Farrell 225 2362

4. Tom York 193 1534

5. Jerry Denny 176 1843

6. Charley Radbourn 132 1685

7. John Ward 129 1603

8. Cliff Carroll 104 1219

9. Barney Gilligan 96 1290

10. Arthur Irwin 93 1082

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns Year

1. Paul Hines 33 1879

2. Paul Hines 30 1884

3. Jim O'Rourke 28 1879

4. Paul Hines 21 1882

5. Tom York 20 1879

6. Paul Hines 20 1878

7. Tom York 19 1881

8. Paul Hines 18 1880

9. Tom York 16 1878

10. Joe Start 15 1882

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns PA

1. Paul Hines 150 3250

2. Joe Start 71 2627

3. Tom York 60 1534

4. Jim O'Rourke 28 375

5. Emil Gross 22 694

6. Lew Brown 15 562

7. Dick Higham 14 286

8. Lee Richmond 5 209

9. Dan O'Leary 1 7

10. Denny Sullivan 1 20

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins Year

1. Paul Hines 3.7 1879

2. Paul Hines 3.2 1884

3. Jim O'Rourke 3.1 1879

4. Paul Hines 2.3 1878

Paul Hines 2.3 1882

Tom York 2.3 1879

7. Paul Hines 2.2 1880

8. Tom York 2.1 1881

9. Tom York 1.8 1878

10. Joe Start 1.7 1882

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins PA

1. Paul Hines 16.6 3250

2. Joe Start 7.9 2627

3. Tom York 6.7 1534

4. Jim O'Rourke 3.1 375

5. Emil Gross 2.4 694

6. Lew Brown 1.8 562

7. Dick Higham 1.5 286

8. Lee Richmond 0.5 209

9. Dan O'Leary 0.1 7

Denny Sullivan 0.1 20

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH Year

1. Paul Hines 49 1884

2. Jerry Denny 42 1883

Paul Hines 42 1882

4. Paul Hines 40 1883

5. Jack Farrell 38 1883

6. Jerry Denny 37 1884

Paul Hines 37 1879

8. Paul Hines 34 1881

9. Tom York 31 1879

Tom York 31 1882

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH PA

1. Paul Hines 273 3250

2. Jack Farrell 144 2362

3. Jerry Denny 140 1843

4. Tom York 133 1534

5. Joe Start 130 2627

6. John Ward 77 1603

7. Barney Gilligan 64 1290

8. Charley Radbourn 58 1685

9. Cliff Carroll 55 1219

10. Lew Brown 51 562

Arthur Irwin 51 1082

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB Year

1. Paul Hines 192 1884

2. Paul Hines 154 1879

3. Paul Hines 150 1883

4. Cliff Carroll 147 1884

5. Jack Farrell 143 1883

6. Joe Start 142 1885

7. Joe Start 140 1884

8. Jim O'Rourke 139 1879

9. Jack Farrell 137 1884

10. Paul Hines 130 1885

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB PA

1. Paul Hines 1091 3250

2. Joe Start 877 2627

3. Jack Farrell 678 2362

4. Tom York 497 1534

5. Jerry Denny 490 1843

6. Charley Radbourn 484 1685

7. John Ward 419 1603

8. Barney Gilligan 360 1290

9. Cliff Carroll 347 1219

10. Arthur Irwin 306 1082

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% Year

1. Paul Hines .802 1879

2. Jim O'Rourke .786 1879

3. Tom York .712 1879

4. Paul Hines .708 1882

Paul Hines .708 1884

6. Tom York .707 1881

7. Paul Hines .701 1880

8. Joe Start .695 1882

9. Joe Start .688 1879

10. Joe Start .675 1881

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% PA

1. Paul Hines .692 3250

2. Tom York .656 1534

3. Joe Start .624 2627

4. Jack Farrell .492 2362

5. Jerry Denny .471 1843

6. John Ward .419 1603

7. Charley Radbourn .395 1685

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 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

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd PA

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO Year

1. Joe Start 79.2 1879

2. Jack Farrell 56.5 1880

3. Joe Start 50.9 1882

4. Joe Start 49.7 1881

5. Joe Start 37.4 1885

6. Jim O'Rourke 36.2 1879

7. John Ward 35.7 1881

8. Paul Hines 30.1 1881

9. Mike McGeary 28.8 1879

10. Paul Hines 27.1 1882

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO PA

1. Joe Start 28.0 2627

2. Paul Hines 22.6 3250

3. John Ward 20.9 1603

4. Jack Farrell 15.8 2362

5. Charley Radbourn 13.0 1685

6. Tom York 12.5 1534

7. Jerry Denny 7.2 1843

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR Year

1. Jerry Denny 49.1 1883

2. Jack Farrell 69.0 1881

3. Jerry Denny 73.2 1884

4. Paul Hines 94.8 1882

5. Jerry Denny 106.0 1885

6. Paul Hines 110.5 1883

7. Jack Farrell 113.0 1880

8. Paul Hines 124.7 1880

9. Charley Radbourn 127.0 1883

10. Jack Farrell 140.0 1883

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR PA

1. Jerry Denny 90.0 1843

2. Paul Hines 135.8 3250

3. Jack Farrell 149.8 2362

4. Tom York 290.2 1534

5. Charley Radbourn 317.4 1685

6. John Ward 392.5 1603

7. Joe Start 498.2 2627

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs Year

1. Jack Farrell 367 1884

2. Paul Hines 342 1884

3. Cliff Carroll 334 1884

4. Jerry Denny 330 1884

5. Cliff Carroll 327 1885

6. Paul Hines 310 1883

7. Arthur Irwin 307 1884

8. Paul Hines 300 1885

9. Jack Farrell 292 1883

10. Arthur Irwin 290 1883

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs PA

1. Paul Hines 2159 3250

2. Joe Start 1750 2627

3. Jack Farrell 1684 2362

4. Jerry Denny 1353 1843

5. Charley Radbourn 1201 1685

6. John Ward 1184 1603

7. Tom York 1037 1534

8. Barney Gilligan 930 1290

9. Cliff Carroll 872 1219

10. Arthur Irwin 776 1082

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