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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Batting Average
Rank Player BA Year

Batting Average
Rank Player BA PA

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP Year

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP PA

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG Year

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG PA

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS Year

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS PA

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Joe Battin 64 1876

George Bradley 64 1876

John Clapp 64 1876

Herman Dehlman 64 1876

5. Ned Cuthbert 63 1876

Lip Pike 63 1876

7. Joe Blong 62 1876

8. Mike McGeary 61 1876

9. John Clapp 60 1877

Mike Dorgan 60 1877

Games Played
Rank Player Games PA

1. John Clapp 124 569

2. Joe Battin 121 521

3. Joe Blong 120 488

4. Mike McGeary 118 538

5. Herman Dehlman 96 380

6. George Bradley 64 268

7. Ned Cuthbert 63 290

Lip Pike 63 290

9. Mike Dorgan 60 275

10. Davy Force 58 236

At Bats
Rank Player AB Year

1. John Clapp 298 1876

2. Joe Battin 283 1876

Ned Cuthbert 283 1876

4. Lip Pike 282 1876

5. Mike McGeary 276 1876

6. Mike Dorgan 266 1877

7. George Bradley 265 1876

8. Joe Blong 264 1876

9. Mike McGeary 258 1877

10. John Clapp 255 1877

At Bats
Rank Player AB PA

1. John Clapp 553 569

2. Mike McGeary 534 538

3. Joe Battin 509 521

4. Joe Blong 482 488

5. Herman Dehlman 364 380

6. Ned Cuthbert 283 290

7. Lip Pike 282 290

8. Mike Dorgan 266 275

9. George Bradley 265 268

10. Davy Force 225 236

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA Year

1. John Clapp 306 1876

2. Ned Cuthbert 290 1876

Lip Pike 290 1876

4. Joe Battin 289 1876

5. Mike McGeary 278 1876

6. Mike Dorgan 275 1877

7. George Bradley 268 1876

8. Joe Blong 266 1876

9. John Clapp 263 1877

10. Mike McGeary 260 1877

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA PA

1. John Clapp 569 569

2. Mike McGeary 538 538

3. Joe Battin 521 521

4. Joe Blong 488 488

5. Herman Dehlman 380 380

6. Ned Cuthbert 290 290

Lip Pike 290 290

8. Mike Dorgan 275 275

9. George Bradley 268 268

10. Davy Force 236 236

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs Year

1. John Clapp 60 1876

2. Lip Pike 55 1876

3. Mike McGeary 48 1876

4. John Clapp 47 1877

5. Ned Cuthbert 46 1876

6. Mike Dorgan 45 1877

7. Herman Dehlman 40 1876

8. Mike McGeary 35 1877

9. Joe Battin 34 1876

10. Denny Mack 32 1876

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs PA

1. John Clapp 107 569

2. Mike McGeary 83 538

3. Herman Dehlman 64 380

4. Joe Battin 62 521

5. Lip Pike 55 290

6. Joe Blong 47 488

7. Ned Cuthbert 46 290

8. Mike Dorgan 45 275

9. Denny Mack 32 191

10. George Bradley 29 268

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. John Clapp 91 1876

Lip Pike 91 1876

3. Joe Battin 85 1876

4. Mike Dorgan 82 1877

5. John Clapp 81 1877

6. Mike McGeary 72 1876

7. Ned Cuthbert 70 1876

8. George Bradley 66 1876

9. Mike McGeary 65 1877

10. Joe Blong 62 1876

Hits
Rank Player Hits PA

1. John Clapp 172 569

2. Mike McGeary 137 538

3. Joe Battin 130 521

4. Joe Blong 109 488

5. Lip Pike 91 290

6. Mike Dorgan 82 275

7. Ned Cuthbert 70 290

8. Herman Dehlman 67 380

9. George Bradley 66 268

10. Davy Force 59 236

Total Bases
Rank Player TB Year

1. Lip Pike 133 1876

2. Mike Dorgan 105 1877

3. Joe Battin 104 1876

4. John Clapp 99 1876

John Clapp 99 1877

6. George Bradley 85 1876

7. Ned Cuthbert 82 1876

8. Joe Blong 77 1876

9. Mike McGeary 75 1876

10. Mike McGeary 72 1877

Total Bases
Rank Player TB PA

1. John Clapp 198 569

2. Joe Battin 169 521

3. Mike McGeary 147 538

4. Joe Blong 138 488

5. Lip Pike 133 290

6. Mike Dorgan 105 275

7. George Bradley 85 268

8. Ned Cuthbert 82 290

9. Herman Dehlman 77 380

10. Davy Force 70 236

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles Year

1. Lip Pike 19 1876

2. Joe Battin 11 1876

3. Ned Cuthbert 10 1876

4. Mike Dorgan 9 1877

5. Joe Blong 8 1877

6. Joe Blong 7 1876

George Bradley 7 1876

8. John Clapp 6 1877

Herman Dehlman 6 1876

10. Art Croft 5 1877

Davy Force 5 1877

Denny Mack 5 1876

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles PA

1. Lip Pike 19 290

2. Joe Blong 15 488

3. Joe Battin 14 521

4. John Clapp 10 569

Ned Cuthbert 10 290

Herman Dehlman 10 380

7. Mike Dorgan 9 275

8. George Bradley 7 268

9. Mike McGeary 6 538

10. Art Croft 5 221

Davy Force 5 236

Denny Mack 5 191

Triples
Rank Player Triples Year

1. Lip Pike 10 1876

2. Joe Battin 7 1877

Mike Dorgan 7 1877

4. George Bradley 6 1876

John Clapp 6 1877

6. Joe Battin 4 1876

Joe Blong 4 1876

Jack Remsen 4 1877

9. Joe Blong 3 1877

Davy Force 3 1877

Triples
Rank Player Triples PA

1. Joe Battin 11 521

2. Lip Pike 10 290

3. John Clapp 8 569

4. Joe Blong 7 488

Mike Dorgan 7 275

6. George Bradley 6 268

7. Jack Remsen 4 127

8. Davy Force 3 236

9. Art Croft 2 221

Mike McGeary 2 538

Tricky Nichols 2 189

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Joe Battin 1 1877

Denny Mack 1 1876

Lip Pike 1 1876

Home Runs
Rank Player HR PA

1. Joe Battin 1 521

Denny Mack 1 191

Lip Pike 1 290

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI Year

1. Lip Pike 50 1876

2. Joe Battin 46 1876

3. John Clapp 34 1877

4. Joe Blong 30 1876

Mike McGeary 30 1876

6. John Clapp 29 1876

7. George Bradley 28 1876

8. Art Croft 27 1877

9. Ned Cuthbert 25 1876

10. Mike Dorgan 23 1877

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI PA

1. Joe Battin 68 521

2. John Clapp 63 569

3. Mike McGeary 50 538

Lip Pike 50 290

5. Joe Blong 43 488

6. George Bradley 28 268

7. Art Croft 27 221

8. Ned Cuthbert 25 290

9. Mike Dorgan 23 275

10. Davy Force 22 236

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Davy Force 11 1877

Denny Mack 11 1876

3. Herman Dehlman 9 1876

Mike Dorgan 9 1877

5. John Clapp 8 1876

John Clapp 8 1877

Lip Pike 8 1876

8. Ned Cuthbert 7 1876

Herman Dehlman 7 1877

10. Joe Battin 6 1876

Joe Battin 6 1877

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB PA

1. John Clapp 16 569

Herman Dehlman 16 380

3. Joe Battin 12 521

4. Davy Force 11 236

Denny Mack 11 191

6. Mike Dorgan 9 275

7. Lip Pike 8 290

8. Ned Cuthbert 7 290

9. Joe Blong 6 488

10. Mike McGeary 4 538

Dickey Pearce 4 135

Jack Remsen 4 127

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Joe Blong 22 1877

2. Herman Dehlman 21 1877

3. Joe Battin 17 1877

4. Art Croft 15 1877

Davy Force 15 1877

Tricky Nichols 15 1877

7. Mike Dorgan 13 1877

8. George Bradley 12 1876

9. Herman Dehlman 10 1876

10. Joe Blong 9 1876

Lip Pike 9 1876

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO PA

1. Joe Blong 31 488

Herman Dehlman 31 380

3. Joe Battin 23 521

4. Art Croft 15 221

Davy Force 15 236

Tricky Nichols 15 189

7. Mike Dorgan 13 275

8. George Bradley 12 268

9. Dickey Pearce 9 135

Lip Pike 9 290

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB Year

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB PA

Singles
Rank Player Singles Year

1. John Clapp 85 1876

2. Joe Battin 70 1876

3. John Clapp 69 1877

Mike McGeary 69 1876

5. Mike Dorgan 66 1877

6. Lip Pike 61 1876

7. Mike McGeary 60 1877

8. Ned Cuthbert 59 1876

9. George Bradley 53 1876

10. Joe Blong 51 1876

Davy Force 51 1877

Singles
Rank Player Singles PA

1. John Clapp 154 569

2. Mike McGeary 129 538

3. Joe Battin 104 521

4. Joe Blong 87 488

5. Mike Dorgan 66 275

6. Lip Pike 61 290

7. Ned Cuthbert 59 290

8. Herman Dehlman 57 380

9. George Bradley 53 268

10. Davy Force 51 236

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ Year

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ PA

Runs Created
Rank Player RC Year

1. Lip Pike 45 1876

2. Mike Dorgan 35 1877

3. John Clapp 34 1877

4. Joe Battin 33 1876

5. John Clapp 32 1876

6. George Bradley 22 1876

Ned Cuthbert 22 1876

8. Davy Force 21 1877

9. Mike McGeary 20 1876

10. Joe Blong 19 1876

Mike McGeary 19 1877

Runs Created
Rank Player RC PA

1. John Clapp 66 569

2. Joe Battin 47 521

3. Lip Pike 45 290

4. Mike McGeary 39 538

5. Mike Dorgan 35 275

6. Joe Blong 33 488

7. George Bradley 22 268

Ned Cuthbert 22 290

9. Davy Force 21 236

10. Herman Dehlman 17 380

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns Year

1. Lip Pike 22 1876

2. Joe Battin 10 1876

3. Mike Dorgan 9 1877

4. John Clapp 9 1877

5. John Clapp 8 1876

6. Jack Remsen 0 1877

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns PA

1. Lip Pike 22 290

2. John Clapp 17 569

3. Mike Dorgan 9 275

4. Jack Remsen 0 127

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins Year

1. Lip Pike 2.4 1876

2. Joe Battin 1.1 1876

3. John Clapp 1.0 1877

Mike Dorgan 1.0 1877

5. John Clapp 0.8 1876

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins PA

1. Lip Pike 2.4 290

2. John Clapp 1.8 569

3. Mike Dorgan 1.0 275

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH Year

1. Lip Pike 30 1876

2. Mike Dorgan 16 1877

3. Joe Battin 15 1876

4. George Bradley 13 1876

5. John Clapp 12 1877

6. Joe Battin 11 1877

Joe Blong 11 1876

Joe Blong 11 1877

Ned Cuthbert 11 1876

10. Davy Force 8 1877

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH PA

1. Lip Pike 30 290

2. Joe Battin 26 521

3. Joe Blong 22 488

4. John Clapp 18 569

5. Mike Dorgan 16 275

6. George Bradley 13 268

7. Ned Cuthbert 11 290

8. Herman Dehlman 10 380

9. Davy Force 8 236

Mike McGeary 8 538

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB Year

1. John Clapp 99 1876

Lip Pike 99 1876

3. Joe Battin 91 1876

Mike Dorgan 91 1877

5. John Clapp 89 1877

6. Ned Cuthbert 77 1876

7. Mike McGeary 74 1876

8. Davy Force 70 1877

9. George Bradley 69 1876

10. Mike McGeary 67 1877

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB PA

1. John Clapp 188 569

2. Joe Battin 142 521

3. Mike McGeary 141 538

4. Joe Blong 115 488

5. Lip Pike 99 290

6. Mike Dorgan 91 275

7. Herman Dehlman 83 380

8. Ned Cuthbert 77 290

9. Davy Force 70 236

10. George Bradley 69 268

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% Year

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% 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 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

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO PA

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR Year

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR PA

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs Year

1. Ned Cuthbert 213 1876

2. John Clapp 207 1876

3. Mike McGeary 204 1876

4. Joe Blong 202 1876

5. Herman Dehlman 200 1876

6. George Bradley 199 1876

7. Joe Battin 198 1876

8. Mike McGeary 193 1877

9. Lip Pike 191 1876

10. Mike Dorgan 184 1877

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs PA

1. Mike McGeary 397 538

2. John Clapp 381 569

3. Joe Battin 379 521

4. Joe Blong 373 488

5. Herman Dehlman 297 380

6. Ned Cuthbert 213 290

7. George Bradley 199 268

8. Lip Pike 191 290

9. Mike Dorgan 184 275

10. Art Croft 169 221

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