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Career Leaders

WAR Position Players†

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	4.6	1884
2.	Tony Mullane	1.6	1884
3.	Joe Miller	1.4	1884
4.	Curt Welch	0.2	1884

WAR Position Players

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	PA
1.	Sam Barkley	4.6	459
2.	Tony Mullane	1.6	386
3.	Joe Miller	1.4	450
4.	Curt Welch	0.2	439

Offensive WAR†

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	3.2	1884
2.	Tony Mullane	2.0	1884
3.	Joe Miller	1.2	1884
4.	Fleet Walker	0.8	1884

Offensive WAR

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	PA
1.	Sam Barkley	3.2	459
2.	Tony Mullane	2.0	386
3.	Joe Miller	1.2	450
4.	Fleet Walker	0.8	166

Defensive WAR†

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	1.6	1884
2.	Joe Miller	0.9	1884
3.	Curt Welch	0.5	1884
4.	Tug Arundel	0.3	1884

Defensive WAR

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	PA
1.	Sam Barkley	1.6	459
2.	Joe Miller	0.9	450
3.	Curt Welch	0.5	439
4.	Tug Arundel	0.3	50

Batting Average

Rank	Player	Batting Average	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	.306	1884
2.	Tony Mullane	.276	1884
3.	Joe Miller	.239	1884
4.	Tom Poorman	.233	1884
5.	Curt Welch	.224	1884

Batting Average

Rank	Player	Batting Average	PA

On-Base%

Rank	Player	On-Base%	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	.342	1884
2.	Tony Mullane	.339	1884
3.	Joe Miller	.284	1884
4.	Tom Poorman	.254	1884
5.	Curt Welch	.248	1884

On-Base%

Rank	Player	On-Base%	PA

Slugging %

Rank	Player	Slugging %	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	.444	1884
2.	Tony Mullane	.372	1884
3.	Joe Miller	.312	1884
4.	Curt Welch	.304	1884
5.	Tom Poorman	.291	1884

Slugging %

Rank	Player	Slugging %	PA

On-Base Plus Slugging

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	.786	1884
2.	Tony Mullane	.712	1884
3.	Joe Miller	.597	1884
4.	Curt Welch	.552	1884
5.	Tom Poorman	.545	1884

On-Base Plus Slugging

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	PA

Games Played

Rank	Player	Games Played	Year
1.	Curt Welch	109	1884
2.	Joe Miller	105	1884
3.	Sam Barkley	104	1884
4.	Tony Mullane	95	1884
5.	Tom Poorman	94	1884
6.	Hank O'Day	64	1884
7.	Chappy Lane	57	1884
8.	Joe Moffet	56	1884
9.	Deacon McGuire	45	1884
10.	Ed Brown	42	1884
	Fleet Walker	42	1884

Games Played

Rank	Player	Games Played	PA
1.	Curt Welch	109	439
2.	Joe Miller	105	450
3.	Sam Barkley	104	459
4.	Tony Mullane	95	386
5.	Tom Poorman	94	393
6.	Hank O'Day	64	253
7.	Chappy Lane	57	219
8.	Joe Moffet	56	206
9.	Deacon McGuire	45	157
10.	Ed Brown	42	155
	Fleet Walker	42	166

At Bats

Rank	Player	At Bats	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	435	1884
2.	Curt Welch	425	1884
3.	Joe Miller	423	1884
4.	Tom Poorman	382	1884
5.	Tony Mullane	352	1884
6.	Hank O'Day	242	1884
7.	Chappy Lane	215	1884
8.	Joe Moffet	204	1884
9.	Ed Brown	153	1884
10.	Fleet Walker	152	1884

At Bats

Rank	Player	At Bats	PA
1.	Sam Barkley	435	459
2.	Curt Welch	425	439
3.	Joe Miller	423	450
4.	Tom Poorman	382	393
5.	Tony Mullane	352	386
6.	Hank O'Day	242	253
7.	Chappy Lane	215	219
8.	Joe Moffet	204	206
9.	Ed Brown	153	155
10.	Fleet Walker	152	166

Plate Appearances

Rank	Player	Plate Appearances	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	459	1884
2.	Joe Miller	450	1884
3.	Curt Welch	439	1884
4.	Tom Poorman	393	1884
5.	Tony Mullane	386	1884
6.	Hank O'Day	253	1884
7.	Chappy Lane	219	1884
8.	Joe Moffet	206	1884
9.	Fleet Walker	166	1884
10.	Deacon McGuire	157	1884

Plate Appearances

Rank	Player	Plate Appearances	PA
1.	Sam Barkley	459	459
2.	Joe Miller	450	450
3.	Curt Welch	439	439
4.	Tom Poorman	393	393
5.	Tony Mullane	386	386
6.	Hank O'Day	253	253
7.	Chappy Lane	219	219
8.	Joe Moffet	206	206
9.	Fleet Walker	166	166
10.	Deacon McGuire	157	157

Runs Scored

Rank	Player	Runs Scored	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	71	1884
2.	Curt Welch	61	1884
3.	Tom Poorman	56	1884
4.	Tony Mullane	49	1884
5.	Joe Miller	46	1884
6.	Chappy Lane	26	1884
7.	Hank O'Day	23	1884
	Fleet Walker	23	1884
9.	Joe Moffet	17	1884
10.	Frank Olin	16	1884

Runs Scored

Rank	Player	Runs Scored	PA
1.	Sam Barkley	71	459
2.	Curt Welch	61	439
3.	Tom Poorman	56	393
4.	Tony Mullane	49	386
5.	Joe Miller	46	450
6.	Chappy Lane	26	219
7.	Hank O'Day	23	253
	Fleet Walker	23	166
9.	Joe Moffet	17	206
10.	Frank Olin	16	92

Hits

Rank	Player	Hits	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	133	1884
2.	Joe Miller	101	1884
3.	Tony Mullane	97	1884
4.	Curt Welch	95	1884
5.	Tom Poorman	89	1884
6.	Hank O'Day	51	1884
7.	Chappy Lane	49	1884
8.	Joe Moffet	41	1884
9.	Fleet Walker	40	1884
10.	Deacon McGuire	28	1884

Hits

Rank	Player	Hits	PA
1.	Sam Barkley	133	459
2.	Joe Miller	101	450
3.	Tony Mullane	97	386
4.	Curt Welch	95	439
5.	Tom Poorman	89	393
6.	Hank O'Day	51	253
7.	Chappy Lane	49	219
8.	Joe Moffet	41	206
9.	Fleet Walker	40	166
10.	Deacon McGuire	28	157

Total Bases

Rank	Player	Total Bases	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	193	1884
2.	Joe Miller	132	1884
3.	Tony Mullane	131	1884
4.	Curt Welch	129	1884
5.	Tom Poorman	111	1884
6.	Chappy Lane	71	1884
7.	Hank O'Day	62	1884
8.	Joe Moffet	52	1884
9.	Fleet Walker	48	1884
10.	Deacon McGuire	38	1884

Total Bases

Rank	Player	Total Bases	PA
1.	Sam Barkley	193	459
2.	Joe Miller	132	450
3.	Tony Mullane	131	386
4.	Curt Welch	129	439
5.	Tom Poorman	111	393
6.	Chappy Lane	71	219
7.	Hank O'Day	62	253
8.	Joe Moffet	52	206
9.	Fleet Walker	48	166
10.	Deacon McGuire	38	157

Doubles

Rank	Player	Doubles	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	39	1884
2.	Curt Welch	24	1884
3.	Tony Mullane	19	1884
4.	Joe Miller	12	1884
5.	Chappy Lane	9	1884
	Hank O'Day	9	1884
7.	Tom Poorman	8	1884
8.	Deacon McGuire	7	1884
9.	George Meister	6	1884
	Charlie Morton	6	1884

Doubles

Rank	Player	Doubles	PA
1.	Sam Barkley	39	459
2.	Curt Welch	24	439
3.	Tony Mullane	19	386
4.	Joe Miller	12	450
5.	Chappy Lane	9	219
	Hank O'Day	9	253
7.	Tom Poorman	8	393
8.	Deacon McGuire	7	157
9.	George Meister	6	127
	Charlie Morton	6	118

Triples

Rank	Player	Triples	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	9	1884
2.	Joe Miller	8	1884
3.	Tom Poorman	7	1884
4.	Chappy Lane	5	1884
	Curt Welch	5	1884
6.	Joe Moffet	3	1884
	Tony Mullane	3	1884
	Fleet Walker	3	1884
9.	Charlie Morton	2	1884
10.	Sim Bullas	1	1884
	Hank O'Day	1	1884
	Frank Olin	1	1884

Triples

Rank	Player	Triples	PA
1.	Sam Barkley	9	459
2.	Joe Miller	8	450
3.	Tom Poorman	7	393
4.	Chappy Lane	5	219
	Curt Welch	5	439
6.	Joe Moffet	3	206
	Tony Mullane	3	386
	Fleet Walker	3	166
9.	Charlie Morton	2	118
10.	Sim Bullas	1	46
	Hank O'Day	1	253
	Frank Olin	1	92

Home Runs

Rank	Player	Home Runs	Year
1.	Tony Mullane	3	1884
2.	Sam Barkley	1	1884
	Chappy Lane	1	1884
	Deacon McGuire	1	1884
	Joe Miller	1	1884
	Frank Olin	1	1884

Home Runs

Rank	Player	Home Runs	PA
1.	Tony Mullane	3	386
2.	Sam Barkley	1	459
	Chappy Lane	1	219
	Deacon McGuire	1	157
	Joe Miller	1	450
	Frank Olin	1	92

Runs Batted In

Rank	Player	Runs Batted In	Year
1.	Welday Walker	2	1884
2.	Ed Miller	1	1884

Runs Batted In

Rank	Player	Runs Batted In	PA
1.	Welday Walker	2	18
2.	Ed Miller	1	25

Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	Year
1.	Tony Mullane	33	1884
2.	Joe Miller	26	1884
3.	Sam Barkley	22	1884
4.	Hank O'Day	10	1884
	Tom Poorman	10	1884
	Curt Welch	10	1884
7.	Fleet Walker	8	1884
8.	Charlie Morton	7	1884
9.	Deacon McGuire	5	1884
	Frank Olin	5	1884

Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	PA
1.	Tony Mullane	33	386
2.	Joe Miller	26	450
3.	Sam Barkley	22	459
4.	Hank O'Day	10	253
	Tom Poorman	10	393
	Curt Welch	10	439
7.	Fleet Walker	8	166
8.	Charlie Morton	7	118
9.	Deacon McGuire	5	157
	Frank Olin	5	92

Strikeouts

Rank	Player	Strikeouts	Year

Strikeouts

Rank	Player	Strikeouts	PA

Stolen Bases

Rank	Player	Stolen Bases	Year

Stolen Bases

Rank	Player	Stolen Bases	PA

Singles

Rank	Player	Singles	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	84	1884
2.	Joe Miller	80	1884
3.	Tom Poorman	74	1884
4.	Tony Mullane	72	1884
5.	Curt Welch	66	1884
6.	Hank O'Day	41	1884
7.	Fleet Walker	35	1884
8.	Chappy Lane	34	1884
9.	Joe Moffet	33	1884
10.	Ed Brown	24	1884

Singles

Rank	Player	Singles	PA
1.	Sam Barkley	84	459
2.	Joe Miller	80	450
3.	Tom Poorman	74	393
4.	Tony Mullane	72	386
5.	Curt Welch	66	439
6.	Hank O'Day	41	253
7.	Fleet Walker	35	166
8.	Chappy Lane	34	219
9.	Joe Moffet	33	206
10.	Ed Brown	24	155

Adjusted OPS+

Rank	Player	Adjusted OPS+	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	151	1884
2.	Tony Mullane	129	1884
3.	Joe Miller	92	1884
4.	Curt Welch	77	1884
5.	Tom Poorman	75	1884

Adjusted OPS+

Rank	Player	Adjusted OPS+	PA

Runs Created

Rank	Player	Runs Created	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	65	1884
2.	Tony Mullane	44	1884
3.	Joe Miller	37	1884
4.	Curt Welch	31	1884
5.	Tom Poorman	28	1884
6.	Chappy Lane	17	1884
7.	Hank O'Day	15	1884
8.	Fleet Walker	14	1884
9.	Joe Moffet	11	1884
10.	Deacon McGuire	8	1884
	Frank Olin	8	1884

Runs Created

Rank	Player	Runs Created	PA
1.	Sam Barkley	65	459
2.	Tony Mullane	44	386
3.	Joe Miller	37	450
4.	Curt Welch	31	439
5.	Tom Poorman	28	393
6.	Chappy Lane	17	219
7.	Hank O'Day	15	253
8.	Fleet Walker	14	166
9.	Joe Moffet	11	206
10.	Deacon McGuire	8	157
	Frank Olin	8	92

Adj. Batting Runs

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Runs	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	26	1884
2.	Tony Mullane	13	1884
3.	Fleet Walker	2	1884

Adj. Batting Runs

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Runs	PA
1.	Sam Barkley	26	459
2.	Tony Mullane	13	386
3.	Fleet Walker	2	166

Adj. Batting Wins

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	2.9	1884
2.	Tony Mullane	1.5	1884
3.	Fleet Walker	0.2	1884

Adj. Batting Wins

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	PA
1.	Sam Barkley	2.9	459
2.	Tony Mullane	1.5	386
3.	Fleet Walker	0.2	166

Extra Base Hits

Rank	Player	Extra Base Hits	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	49	1884
2.	Curt Welch	29	1884
3.	Tony Mullane	25	1884
4.	Joe Miller	21	1884
5.	Chappy Lane	15	1884
	Tom Poorman	15	1884
7.	Hank O'Day	10	1884
8.	Deacon McGuire	8	1884
	Joe Moffet	8	1884
	Charlie Morton	8	1884

Extra Base Hits

Rank	Player	Extra Base Hits	PA
1.	Sam Barkley	49	459
2.	Curt Welch	29	439
3.	Tony Mullane	25	386
4.	Joe Miller	21	450
5.	Chappy Lane	15	219
	Tom Poorman	15	393
7.	Hank O'Day	10	253
8.	Deacon McGuire	8	157
	Joe Moffet	8	206
	Charlie Morton	8	118

Times On Base

Rank	Player	Times On Base	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	157	1884
2.	Tony Mullane	131	1884
3.	Joe Miller	128	1884
4.	Curt Welch	109	1884
5.	Tom Poorman	100	1884
6.	Hank O'Day	62	1884
7.	Fleet Walker	54	1884
8.	Chappy Lane	53	1884
9.	Joe Moffet	43	1884
10.	Deacon McGuire	34	1884

Times On Base

Rank	Player	Times On Base	PA
1.	Sam Barkley	157	459
2.	Tony Mullane	131	386
3.	Joe Miller	128	450
4.	Curt Welch	109	439
5.	Tom Poorman	100	393
6.	Hank O'Day	62	253
7.	Fleet Walker	54	166
8.	Chappy Lane	53	219
9.	Joe Moffet	43	206
10.	Deacon McGuire	34	157

Offensive Win %

Rank	Player	Offensive Win %	Year
1.	Sam Barkley	.734	1884
2.	Tony Mullane	.649	1884
3.	Joe Miller	.468	1884
4.	Tom Poorman	.385	1884
5.	Curt Welch	.378	1884

Offensive Win %

Rank	Player	Offensive Win %	PA

Hit By Pitch

Rank	Player	Hit By Pitch	Year
1.	Fleet Walker	6	1884
2.	George Meister	5	1884
3.	Curt Welch	4	1884
4.	Sam Barkley	2	1884
	Chappy Lane	2	1884
6.	Deacon McGuire	1	1884
	Joe Miller	1	1884
	Tony Mullane	1	1884
	Hank O'Day	1	1884
	Frank Olin	1	1884
	Tom Poorman	1	1884
	John Tilley	1	1884

Hit By Pitch

Rank	Player	Hit By Pitch	PA
1.	Fleet Walker	6	166
2.	George Meister	5	127
3.	Curt Welch	4	439
4.	Sam Barkley	2	459
	Chappy Lane	2	219
6.	Deacon McGuire	1	157
	Joe Miller	1	450
	Tony Mullane	1	386
	Hank O'Day	1	253
	Frank Olin	1	92
	Tom Poorman	1	393
	John Tilley	1	61

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	Intentional Bases on Balls	Year

Intentional Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Intentional Bases on Balls	PA

Double Plays Grounded Into

Rank	Player	Double Plays Grounded Into	Year

Double Plays Grounded Into

Rank	Player	Double Plays Grounded Into	PA

Caught Stealing

Rank	Player	Caught Stealing	Year

Caught Stealing

Rank	Player	Caught Stealing	PA

SB %

Rank	Player	SB %	Year

SB %

Rank	Player	SB %	PA

Power-Speed #

Rank	Player	Power-Speed #	Year

Power-Speed #

Rank	Player	Power-Speed #	PA

AB per SO

Rank	Player	AB per SO	Year

AB per SO

Rank	Player	AB per SO	PA

AB per HR

Rank	Player	AB per HR	Year
1.	Tony Mullane	117.3	1884
2.	Joe Miller	423.0	1884
3.	Sam Barkley	435.0	1884

AB per HR

Rank	Player	AB per HR	PA

Outs Made

Rank	Player	Outs Made	Year
1.	Curt Welch	330	1884
2.	Joe Miller	322	1884
3.	Sam Barkley	302	1884
4.	Tom Poorman	293	1884
5.	Tony Mullane	255	1884
6.	Hank O'Day	191	1884
7.	Chappy Lane	166	1884
8.	Joe Moffet	163	1884
9.	Ed Brown	126	1884
10.	Deacon McGuire	123	1884

Outs Made

Rank	Player	Outs Made	PA
1.	Curt Welch	330	439
2.	Joe Miller	322	450
3.	Sam Barkley	302	459
4.	Tom Poorman	293	393
5.	Tony Mullane	255	386
6.	Hank O'Day	191	253
7.	Chappy Lane	166	219
8.	Joe Moffet	163	206
9.	Ed Brown	126	155
10.	Deacon McGuire	123	157

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)†

Rank	Player	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)	Year

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)

Rank	Player	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)	IP

Win Probability Added (WPA)†

Rank	Player	Win Probability Added (WPA)	Year

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Rank	Player	Win Probability Added (WPA)	IP

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)†

Rank	Player	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)	Year

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)

Rank	Player	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)	IP

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)†

Rank	Player	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)	Year

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)

Rank	Player	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)	IP

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