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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

Batting Average
Rank Player BA Year

1. Paul Hines .312 1886

2. Paul Hines .308 1887

3. Connie Mack .293 1889

4. Walt Wilmot .289 1889

5. Billy O'Brien .278 1887

6. Dummy Hoy .274 1888

7. Dummy Hoy .274 1889

8. Ed Daily .251 1887

9. Sam Wise .250 1889

10. Cliff Carroll .248 1887

Batting Average
Rank Player BA PA

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP Year

1. Paul Hines .380 1887

2. Dummy Hoy .374 1889

3. Dummy Hoy .374 1888

4. Walt Wilmot .367 1889

5. Paul Hines .358 1886

6. Sam Wise .341 1889

7. Connie Mack .333 1889

8. Arthur Irwin .326 1889

9. Billy O'Brien .317 1887

10. Al Myers .312 1887

On-Base%
Rank Player OBP PA

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG Year

1. Billy O'Brien .492 1887

2. Walt Wilmot .484 1889

3. Paul Hines .462 1886

4. Paul Hines .458 1887

5. Ed Daily .354 1887

6. Sam Wise .341 1889

7. Connie Mack .339 1889

8. Dummy Hoy .338 1888

9. Cliff Carroll .336 1887

10. Walt Wilmot .321 1888

Slugging %
Rank Player SLG PA

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS Year

1. Walt Wilmot .851 1889

2. Paul Hines .838 1887

3. Paul Hines .820 1886

4. Billy O'Brien .810 1887

5. Dummy Hoy .712 1888

6. Dummy Hoy .694 1889

7. Sam Wise .682 1889

8. Connie Mack .672 1889

9. Ed Daily .639 1887

10. Cliff Carroll .627 1887

On-Base Plus Slugging
Rank Player OPS PA

Games Played
Rank Player Games Year

1. Dummy Hoy 136 1888

2. Billy O'Brien 133 1888

3. Al Myers 132 1888

4. Dummy Hoy 127 1889

5. Paul Hines 123 1887

6. Jim Donnelly 122 1888

7. Paul Hines 121 1886

Sam Wise 121 1889

9. Walt Wilmot 119 1888

10. Jim Donnelly 117 1887

Games Played
Rank Player Games PA

1. Al Myers 283 1148

2. Connie Mack 275 1095

3. Dummy Hoy 263 1171

4. Billy O'Brien 248 1025

5. Paul Hines 244 1056

6. Jim Donnelly 243 910

7. Walt Wilmot 227 983

8. George Shoch 216 872

9. Cliff Carroll 214 923

10. Ed Daily 188 787

At Bats
Rank Player AB Year

1. Billy O'Brien 528 1888

2. Dummy Hoy 507 1889

3. Dummy Hoy 503 1888

4. Al Myers 502 1888

5. Paul Hines 487 1886

6. Paul Hines 478 1887

7. Walt Wilmot 473 1888

8. Sam Wise 472 1889

9. Ed Daily 453 1888

Billy O'Brien 453 1887

At Bats
Rank Player AB PA

1. Al Myers 1040 1148

2. Connie Mack 1036 1095

3. Dummy Hoy 1010 1171

4. Billy O'Brien 989 1025

5. Paul Hines 965 1056

6. Walt Wilmot 905 983

7. Jim Donnelly 866 910

8. Cliff Carroll 853 923

9. George Shoch 785 872

10. Ed Daily 764 787

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA Year

1. Dummy Hoy 588 1889

2. Dummy Hoy 583 1888

3. Al Myers 545 1888

4. Billy O'Brien 537 1888

Sam Wise 537 1889

6. Paul Hines 534 1887

7. Paul Hines 522 1886

8. Walt Wilmot 498 1888

9. Walt Wilmot 485 1889

10. Billy O'Brien 479 1887

Plate Appearances
Rank Player PA PA

1. Dummy Hoy 1171 1171

2. Al Myers 1148 1148

3. Connie Mack 1095 1095

4. Paul Hines 1056 1056

5. Billy O'Brien 1025 1025

6. Walt Wilmot 983 983

7. Cliff Carroll 923 923

8. Jim Donnelly 910 910

9. George Shoch 872 872

10. Ed Daily 787 787

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs Year

1. Dummy Hoy 98 1889

2. Walt Wilmot 88 1889

3. Paul Hines 83 1887

4. Paul Hines 80 1886

5. Cliff Carroll 79 1887

Sam Wise 79 1889

7. Dummy Hoy 77 1888

8. Cliff Carroll 73 1886

9. Billy O'Brien 71 1887

10. Walt Wilmot 61 1888

Runs Scored
Rank Player Runs PA

1. Dummy Hoy 175 1171

2. Paul Hines 163 1056

3. Cliff Carroll 152 923

4. Walt Wilmot 149 983

5. Connie Mack 139 1095

6. George Shoch 116 872

7. Al Myers 115 1148

8. Billy O'Brien 114 1025

9. Jim Donnelly 97 910

10. Ed Daily 95 787

Hits
Rank Player Hits Year

1. Paul Hines 152 1886

2. Paul Hines 147 1887

3. Dummy Hoy 139 1889

4. Dummy Hoy 138 1888

5. Billy O'Brien 126 1887

6. Walt Wilmot 125 1889

7. Billy O'Brien 119 1888

8. Sam Wise 118 1889

9. Connie Mack 113 1889

10. Walt Wilmot 106 1888

Hits
Rank Player Hits PA

1. Paul Hines 299 1056

2. Dummy Hoy 277 1171

3. Connie Mack 245 1095

Billy O'Brien 245 1025

5. Al Myers 234 1148

6. Walt Wilmot 231 983

7. Cliff Carroll 203 923

8. Ed Daily 180 787

9. George Shoch 175 872

10. Jim Donnelly 173 910

Total Bases
Rank Player TB Year

1. Paul Hines 225 1886

2. Billy O'Brien 223 1887

3. Paul Hines 219 1887

4. Walt Wilmot 209 1889

5. Dummy Hoy 170 1888

6. Billy O'Brien 165 1888

7. Dummy Hoy 162 1889

8. Sam Wise 161 1889

9. Walt Wilmot 152 1888

10. Cliff Carroll 141 1887

Jimmy Knowles 141 1886

Total Bases
Rank Player TB PA

1. Paul Hines 444 1056

2. Billy O'Brien 388 1025

3. Walt Wilmot 361 983

4. Dummy Hoy 332 1171

5. Connie Mack 301 1095

6. Al Myers 294 1148

7. Cliff Carroll 269 923

8. Ed Daily 249 787

9. George Shoch 216 872

10. Jim Donnelly 214 910

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles Year

1. Paul Hines 32 1887

2. Paul Hines 30 1886

3. Walt Wilmot 19 1889

4. Cliff Carroll 17 1887

5. Jimmy Knowles 16 1886

Connie Mack 16 1889

Billy O'Brien 16 1887

Walt Wilmot 16 1888

9. Billy O'Brien 15 1888

Sam Wise 15 1889

Doubles
Rank Player Doubles PA

1. Paul Hines 62 1056

2. Walt Wilmot 35 983

3. Billy O'Brien 31 1025

4. Connie Mack 29 1095

5. Cliff Carroll 28 923

6. Jack Farrell 25 546

7. Al Myers 24 1148

8. Dummy Hoy 21 1171

9. George Shoch 19 872

10. Jim Donnelly 18 910

John Irwin 18 425

Triples
Rank Player Triples Year

1. Walt Wilmot 19 1889

2. Billy O'Brien 12 1887

3. Jimmy Knowles 11 1886

4. Ed Daily 10 1887

5. Jack Farrell 9 1887

Walt Wilmot 9 1888

7. Paul Hines 8 1886

Dummy Hoy 8 1888

Sam Wise 8 1889

10. Al Myers 7 1888

Triples
Rank Player Triples PA

1. Walt Wilmot 28 983

2. Ed Daily 14 787

Dummy Hoy 14 1171

Billy O'Brien 14 1025

5. Jack Farrell 13 546

Paul Hines 13 1056

7. Al Myers 12 1148

8. Jimmy Knowles 11 458

9. Cliff Carroll 10 923

Jim Donnelly 10 910

Home Runs
Rank Player HR Year

1. Billy O'Brien 19 1887

2. Paul Hines 10 1887

3. Paul Hines 9 1886

Billy O'Brien 9 1888

Walt Wilmot 9 1889

6. Ed Daily 7 1888

7. Cliff Carroll 4 1887

Walt Wilmot 4 1888

Sam Wise 4 1889

10. Spider Clark 3 1889

Jackie Hayes 3 1886

Jimmy Knowles 3 1886

Connie Mack 3 1888

Home Runs
Rank Player HR PA

1. Billy O'Brien 28 1025

2. Paul Hines 19 1056

3. Walt Wilmot 13 983

4. Ed Daily 9 787

5. Cliff Carroll 6 923

6. Al Myers 4 1148

George Shoch 4 872

Sam Wise 4 537

9. Spider Clark 3 151

Jackie Hayes 3 93

Jimmy Knowles 3 458

Bill Krieg 3 204

Connie Mack 3 1095

Jim Whitney 3 367

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI Year

1. Billy O'Brien 73 1887

2. Paul Hines 72 1887

3. Billy O'Brien 66 1888

4. Sam Wise 62 1889

5. Walt Wilmot 57 1889

6. Paul Hines 56 1886

7. Jim Donnelly 46 1887

Al Myers 46 1888

9. Walt Wilmot 43 1888

10. Connie Mack 42 1889

Runs Batted In
Rank Player RBI PA

1. Billy O'Brien 139 1025

2. Paul Hines 128 1056

3. Al Myers 102 1148

4. Walt Wilmot 100 983

5. Connie Mack 96 1095

6. Ed Daily 75 787

7. George Shoch 71 872

8. Jim Donnelly 69 910

9. Dummy Hoy 68 1171

10. Sam Wise 62 537

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB Year

1. Dummy Hoy 75 1889

2. Dummy Hoy 69 1888

3. Sam Wise 61 1889

4. Walt Wilmot 51 1889

5. Paul Hines 48 1887

6. Cliff Carroll 44 1886

7. Arthur Irwin 42 1889

8. Al Myers 40 1887

9. Barney Gilligan 39 1886

10. Tom Daly 38 1889

Bases on Balls
Rank Player BB PA

1. Dummy Hoy 144 1171

2. Al Myers 99 1148

3. Paul Hines 83 1056

4. Walt Wilmot 74 983

5. George Shoch 68 872

6. Cliff Carroll 61 923

Sam Wise 61 537

8. Barney Gilligan 44 407

9. Arthur Irwin 42 356

10. Connie Mack 40 1095

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO Year

1. Jimmy Knowles 73 1886

2. Billy O'Brien 70 1888

3. Sam Wise 62 1889

4. Walt Wilmot 55 1888

5. Ed Crane 54 1886

6. Dummy Hoy 48 1888

7. Alex Ferson 47 1889

8. Frank Gilmore 46 1887

Al Myers 46 1888

10. Dupee Shaw 44 1886

Strikeouts
Rank Player SO PA

1. Billy O'Brien 88 1025

2. Walt Wilmot 87 983

3. Al Myers 79 1148

4. Frank Gilmore 78 173

Dummy Hoy 78 1171

6. Jimmy Knowles 73 458

7. Hank O'Day 72 359

8. Ed Daily 69 787

9. Sam Wise 62 537

10. Dupee Shaw 61 250

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB Year

1. Dummy Hoy 82 1888

2. Paul Hines 46 1887

Walt Wilmot 46 1888

4. Ed Daily 44 1888

Jim Donnelly 44 1888

6. Jim Donnelly 42 1887

7. Cliff Carroll 40 1887

Walt Wilmot 40 1889

9. Pat Dealy 36 1887

10. Dummy Hoy 35 1889

Stolen Bases
Rank Player SB PA

1. Dummy Hoy 117 1171

2. Jim Donnelly 87 910

3. Walt Wilmot 86 983

4. Connie Mack 83 1095

5. Cliff Carroll 71 923

6. Ed Daily 70 787

7. Paul Hines 67 1056

8. George Shoch 63 872

9. Al Myers 48 1148

10. Jack Farrell 43 546

Singles
Rank Player Singles Year

1. Dummy Hoy 122 1889

2. Dummy Hoy 118 1888

3. Paul Hines 105 1886

4. Paul Hines 100 1887

5. Connie Mack 96 1889

6. Billy O'Brien 93 1888

7. Sam Wise 91 1889

8. Ed Daily 83 1888

Al Myers 83 1888

10. Cliff Carroll 80 1886

Singles
Rank Player Singles PA

1. Dummy Hoy 240 1171

2. Paul Hines 205 1056

3. Connie Mack 204 1095

4. Al Myers 194 1148

5. Billy O'Brien 172 1025

6. Cliff Carroll 159 923

7. Walt Wilmot 155 983

8. George Shoch 147 872

9. Jim Donnelly 144 910

10. Ed Daily 143 787

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ Year

1. Paul Hines 154 1886

2. Walt Wilmot 143 1889

3. Paul Hines 136 1887

4. Dummy Hoy 134 1888

5. Billy O'Brien 126 1887

6. Dummy Hoy 100 1889

7. Sam Wise 96 1889

8. Connie Mack 93 1889

9. Walt Wilmot 90 1888

10. Cliff Carroll 86 1886

Adjusted OPS+
Rank Player OPS+ PA

Runs Created
Rank Player RC Year

1. Paul Hines 81 1886

Paul Hines 81 1887

3. Walt Wilmot 76 1889

4. Billy O'Brien 69 1887

5. Dummy Hoy 62 1888

6. Dummy Hoy 60 1889

7. Sam Wise 54 1889

8. Connie Mack 42 1889

9. Tom Daly 40 1889

Walt Wilmot 40 1888

Runs Created
Rank Player RC PA

1. Paul Hines 162 1056

2. Dummy Hoy 122 1171

3. Walt Wilmot 116 983

4. Billy O'Brien 108 1025

5. Al Myers 87 1148

6. Connie Mack 83 1095

7. Cliff Carroll 77 923

8. Ed Daily 64 787

9. George Shoch 62 872

10. Sam Wise 54 537

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns Year

1. Paul Hines 31 1886

2. Paul Hines 26 1887

3. Dummy Hoy 24 1888

4. Walt Wilmot 23 1889

5. Billy O'Brien 13 1887

6. Tom Daly 11 1889

7. John Irwin 5 1889

8. Dummy Hoy 4 1889

9. John Irwin 4 1887

10. Jack Farrell 3 1886

Adj. Batting Runs
Rank Player BtRuns PA

1. Paul Hines 57 1056

2. Dummy Hoy 28 1171

3. Walt Wilmot 17 983

4. Tom Daly 11 289

5. John Irwin 6 425

6. Bill Wright 1 3

7. Bill Krieg 0 204

8. John Henry 0 14

9. Perry Werden 0 11

10. Gid Gardner 0 5

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins Year

1. Paul Hines 3.3 1886

2. Dummy Hoy 2.7 1888

3. Paul Hines 2.5 1887

4. Walt Wilmot 2.3 1889

5. Billy O'Brien 1.3 1887

6. Tom Daly 1.1 1889

7. John Irwin 0.5 1889

8. Dummy Hoy 0.4 1889

9. John Irwin 0.4 1887

10. Jack Farrell 0.3 1886

Adj. Batting Wins
Rank Player BtWins PA

1. Paul Hines 5.8 1056

2. Dummy Hoy 3.1 1171

3. Walt Wilmot 1.6 983

4. Tom Daly 1.1 289

5. John Irwin 0.6 425

6. Bill Wright 0.1 3

7. Bill Krieg 0.0 204

8. John Henry 0.0 14

Perry Werden 0.0 11

10. Gid Gardner 0.0 5

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH Year

1. Paul Hines 47 1886

Paul Hines 47 1887

Billy O'Brien 47 1887

Walt Wilmot 47 1889

5. Jimmy Knowles 30 1886

6. Walt Wilmot 29 1888

7. Sam Wise 27 1889

8. Billy O'Brien 26 1888

9. Cliff Carroll 25 1887

10. Jack Farrell 23 1887

Extra Base Hits
Rank Player XBH PA

1. Paul Hines 94 1056

2. Walt Wilmot 76 983

3. Billy O'Brien 73 1025

4. Cliff Carroll 44 923

5. Connie Mack 41 1095

6. Jack Farrell 40 546

Al Myers 40 1148

8. Ed Daily 37 787

Dummy Hoy 37 1171

10. Jimmy Knowles 30 458

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB Year

1. Dummy Hoy 220 1889

2. Dummy Hoy 218 1888

3. Paul Hines 203 1887

4. Paul Hines 187 1886

5. Sam Wise 183 1889

6. Walt Wilmot 178 1889

7. Billy O'Brien 152 1887

8. Al Myers 147 1888

9. Cliff Carroll 143 1886

10. Connie Mack 136 1889

Times On Base
Rank Player TOB PA

1. Dummy Hoy 438 1171

2. Paul Hines 390 1056

3. Al Myers 342 1148

4. Walt Wilmot 309 983

5. Connie Mack 304 1095

6. Billy O'Brien 281 1025

7. Cliff Carroll 273 923

8. George Shoch 262 872

9. Jim Donnelly 217 910

10. Ed Daily 203 787

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% Year

1. Paul Hines .723 1886

2. Walt Wilmot .681 1889

3. Paul Hines .662 1887

4. Dummy Hoy .642 1888

5. Billy O'Brien .599 1887

6. Dummy Hoy .499 1889

7. Connie Mack .471 1889

8. Sam Wise .468 1889

9. Walt Wilmot .443 1888

10. Cliff Carroll .398 1886

Offensive Win %
Rank Player OWn% PA

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch Year

1. Dummy Hoy 11 1888

2. Cliff Carroll 9 1887

George Shoch 9 1888

4. Paul Hines 8 1887

Connie Mack 8 1888

Connie Mack 8 1889

7. Dummy Hoy 6 1889

Al Myers 6 1888

George Shoch 6 1889

10. Billy O'Brien 5 1887

Hit By Pitch
Rank Player Hit By Pitch PA

1. Connie Mack 19 1095

George Shoch 19 872

3. Dummy Hoy 17 1171

4. Cliff Carroll 9 923

Al Myers 9 1148

6. Paul Hines 8 1056

7. John Irwin 7 425

8. Jim Donnelly 6 910

9. Billy O'Brien 5 1025

10. Pete Sweeney 4 252

Walt Wilmot 4 983

Sam Wise 4 537

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. Paul Hines 16.4 1887

2. Walt Wilmot 14.7 1889

3. Billy O'Brien 13.9 1887

4. Paul Hines 12.6 1886

5. Ed Daily 12.1 1888

6. Billy O'Brien 9.5 1888

7. Walt Wilmot 7.4 1888

8. Cliff Carroll 7.3 1887

9. Sam Wise 6.9 1889

10. Connie Mack 5.5 1888

Power-Speed #
Rank Player PwrSpd PA

1. Paul Hines 29.6 1056

2. Billy O'Brien 24.0 1025

3. Walt Wilmot 22.6 983

4. Ed Daily 15.9 787

5. Cliff Carroll 11.1 923

6. George Shoch 7.5 872

7. Al Myers 7.4 1148

8. Sam Wise 6.9 537

9. Connie Mack 5.8 1095

10. Jimmy Knowles 5.2 458

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO Year

1. Connie Mack 32.2 1889

2. Jack Farrell 28.2 1887

3. Jim Donnelly 26.8 1888

4. Billy O'Brien 26.6 1887

5. Paul Hines 23.2 1886

6. Paul Hines 19.9 1887

7. Connie Mack 18.5 1887

8. Dummy Hoy 16.9 1889

9. Connie Mack 16.7 1888

10. Cliff Carroll 16.7 1886

AB per SO
Rank Player AB/SO PA

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR Year

1. Billy O'Brien 23.8 1887

2. Paul Hines 47.8 1887

3. Walt Wilmot 48.0 1889

4. Paul Hines 54.1 1886

5. Billy O'Brien 58.7 1888

6. Ed Daily 64.7 1888

7. Connie Mack 100.0 1888

8. Cliff Carroll 105.0 1887

9. Sam Wise 118.0 1889

10. Walt Wilmot 118.2 1888

AB per HR
Rank Player AB/HR PA

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs Year

1. Billy O'Brien 409 1888

2. Al Myers 398 1888

3. Dummy Hoy 368 1889

4. Walt Wilmot 367 1888

5. Dummy Hoy 365 1888

6. Sam Wise 354 1889

7. Ed Daily 351 1888

8. Jimmy Knowles 349 1886

9. Jim Donnelly 342 1888

10. Jim Donnelly 340 1887

Outs Made
Rank Player Outs PA

1. Al Myers 806 1148

2. Connie Mack 791 1095

3. Billy O'Brien 744 1025

4. Dummy Hoy 733 1171

5. Jim Donnelly 693 910

6. Walt Wilmot 674 983

7. Paul Hines 666 1056

8. Cliff Carroll 650 923

9. George Shoch 610 872

10. Ed Daily 584 787

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