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Single-Season Leaders

Career Leaders

WAR Position Players†

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	Year
1.	Sam Field	0.1	1875

WAR Position Players

Rank	Player	WAR Position Players	PA
1.	Sam Field	0.1	16

Offensive WAR†

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	Year
1.	John Dailey	0.1	1875
	Sam Field	0.1	1875

Offensive WAR

Rank	Player	Offensive WAR	PA
1.	John Dailey	0.1	110
	Sam Field	0.1	16

Defensive WAR†

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	Year
1.	Bill Parks	0.1	1875

Defensive WAR

Rank	Player	Defensive WAR	PA
1.	Bill Parks	0.1	112

Batting Average

Rank	Player	Batting Average	Year

Batting Average

Rank	Player	Batting Average	PA

On-Base%

Rank	Player	On-Base%	Year

On-Base%

Rank	Player	On-Base%	PA

Slugging %

Rank	Player	Slugging %	Year

Slugging %

Rank	Player	Slugging %	PA

On-Base Plus Slugging

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	Year

On-Base Plus Slugging

Rank	Player	On-Base Plus Slugging	PA

Games Played

Rank	Player	Games Played	Year
1.	John Dailey	27	1875
	Bill Parks	27	1875
	Larry Ressler	27	1875
4.	Art Allison	26	1875
5.	Herm Doscher	22	1875
6.	Steve Brady	21	1875
	Bill Stearns	21	1875
8.	Holly Hollingshead	19	1875
9.	McCloskey	11	1875
	Lou Say	11	1875
	Andrew Thompson	11	1875

Games Played

Rank	Player	Games Played	PA
1.	John Dailey	27	110
	Bill Parks	27	112
	Larry Ressler	27	108
4.	Art Allison	26	113
5.	Herm Doscher	22	81
6.	Steve Brady	21	91
	Bill Stearns	21	79
8.	Holly Hollingshead	19	82
9.	McCloskey	11	41
	Lou Say	11	38
	Andrew Thompson	11	41

At Bats

Rank	Player	At Bats	Year
1.	Art Allison	112	1875
2.	Bill Parks	111	1875
3.	John Dailey	110	1875
4.	Larry Ressler	108	1875
5.	Steve Brady	91	1875
6.	Herm Doscher	81	1875
	Holly Hollingshead	81	1875
8.	Bill Stearns	78	1875
9.	Andrew Thompson	41	1875
10.	McCloskey	40	1875

At Bats

Rank	Player	At Bats	PA
1.	Art Allison	112	113
2.	Bill Parks	111	112
3.	John Dailey	110	110
4.	Larry Ressler	108	108
5.	Steve Brady	91	91
6.	Herm Doscher	81	81
	Holly Hollingshead	81	82
8.	Bill Stearns	78	79
9.	Andrew Thompson	41	41
10.	McCloskey	40	41

Plate Appearances

Rank	Player	Plate Appearances	Year
1.	Art Allison	113	1875
2.	Bill Parks	112	1875
3.	John Dailey	110	1875
4.	Larry Ressler	108	1875
5.	Steve Brady	91	1875
6.	Holly Hollingshead	82	1875
7.	Herm Doscher	81	1875
8.	Bill Stearns	79	1875
9.	McCloskey	41	1875
	Andrew Thompson	41	1875

Plate Appearances

Rank	Player	Plate Appearances	PA
1.	Art Allison	113	113
2.	Bill Parks	112	112
3.	John Dailey	110	110
4.	Larry Ressler	108	108
5.	Steve Brady	91	91
6.	Holly Hollingshead	82	82
7.	Herm Doscher	81	81
8.	Bill Stearns	79	79
9.	McCloskey	41	41
	Andrew Thompson	41	41

Runs Scored

Rank	Player	Runs Scored	Year
1.	Art Allison	18	1875
2.	Larry Ressler	17	1875
3.	John Dailey	16	1875
4.	Bill Parks	13	1875
5.	Bill Stearns	9	1875
6.	Holly Hollingshead	8	1875
7.	Steve Brady	7	1875
8.	Herm Doscher	5	1875
9.	Lou Say	4	1875
10.	Andrew Thompson	3	1875

Runs Scored

Rank	Player	Runs Scored	PA
1.	Art Allison	18	113
2.	Larry Ressler	17	108
3.	John Dailey	16	110
4.	Bill Parks	13	112
5.	Bill Stearns	9	79
6.	Holly Hollingshead	8	82
7.	Steve Brady	7	91
8.	Herm Doscher	5	81
9.	Lou Say	4	38
10.	Andrew Thompson	3	41

Hits

Rank	Player	Hits	Year
1.	Art Allison	24	1875
2.	Larry Ressler	21	1875
3.	John Dailey	20	1875
	Holly Hollingshead	20	1875
	Bill Parks	20	1875
	Bill Stearns	20	1875
7.	Herm Doscher	15	1875
8.	Steve Brady	13	1875
9.	Lou Say	10	1875
10.	McCloskey	7	1875

Hits

Rank	Player	Hits	PA
1.	Art Allison	24	113
2.	Larry Ressler	21	108
3.	John Dailey	20	110
	Holly Hollingshead	20	82
	Bill Parks	20	112
	Bill Stearns	20	79
7.	Herm Doscher	15	81
8.	Steve Brady	13	91
9.	Lou Say	10	38
10.	McCloskey	7	41

Total Bases

Rank	Player	Total Bases	Year
1.	John Dailey	33	1875
2.	Art Allison	29	1875
3.	Holly Hollingshead	23	1875
4.	Larry Ressler	22	1875
5.	Bill Parks	20	1875
	Bill Stearns	20	1875
7.	Herm Doscher	19	1875
8.	Steve Brady	13	1875
9.	Lou Say	10	1875
10.	McCloskey	7	1875

Total Bases

Rank	Player	Total Bases	PA
1.	John Dailey	33	110
2.	Art Allison	29	113
3.	Holly Hollingshead	23	82
4.	Larry Ressler	22	108
5.	Bill Parks	20	112
	Bill Stearns	20	79
7.	Herm Doscher	19	81
8.	Steve Brady	13	91
9.	Lou Say	10	38
10.	McCloskey	7	41

Doubles

Rank	Player	Doubles	Year
1.	John Dailey	5	1875
2.	Herm Doscher	4	1875
3.	Art Allison	3	1875
4.	Holly Hollingshead	1	1875
	Larry Ressler	1	1875

Doubles

Rank	Player	Doubles	PA
1.	John Dailey	5	110
2.	Herm Doscher	4	81
3.	Art Allison	3	113
4.	Holly Hollingshead	1	82
	Larry Ressler	1	108

Triples

Rank	Player	Triples	Year
1.	John Dailey	4	1875
2.	Art Allison	1	1875
	Holly Hollingshead	1	1875
	Walter Terry	1	1875
	Andrew Thompson	1	1875

Triples

Rank	Player	Triples	PA
1.	John Dailey	4	110
2.	Art Allison	1	113
	Holly Hollingshead	1	82
	Walter Terry	1	22
	Andrew Thompson	1	41

Home Runs

Rank	Player	Home Runs	Year

Home Runs

Rank	Player	Home Runs	PA

Runs Batted In

Rank	Player	Runs Batted In	Year
1.	John Dailey	13	1875
2.	Bill Stearns	7	1875
3.	Bill Parks	6	1875
4.	Herm Doscher	5	1875
	Holly Hollingshead	5	1875
	Larry Ressler	5	1875
7.	McCloskey	4	1875
8.	Art Allison	3	1875
	Steve Brady	3	1875
	Andrew Thompson	3	1875

Runs Batted In

Rank	Player	Runs Batted In	PA
1.	John Dailey	13	110
2.	Bill Stearns	7	79
3.	Bill Parks	6	112
4.	Herm Doscher	5	81
	Holly Hollingshead	5	82
	Larry Ressler	5	108
7.	McCloskey	4	41
8.	Art Allison	3	113
	Steve Brady	3	91
	Andrew Thompson	3	41

Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	Year
1.	Art Allison	1	1875
	Holly Hollingshead	1	1875
	John Lowry	1	1875
	McCloskey	1	1875
	Bill Parks	1	1875
	Bill Stearns	1	1875

Bases on Balls

Rank	Player	Bases on Balls	PA
1.	Art Allison	1	113
	Holly Hollingshead	1	82
	John Lowry	1	23
	McCloskey	1	41
	Bill Parks	1	112
	Bill Stearns	1	79

Strikeouts

Rank	Player	Strikeouts	Year
1.	Lou Say	7	1875
2.	Herm Doscher	6	1875
3.	Steve Brady	4	1875
	Larry Ressler	4	1875
	Bill Stearns	4	1875
6.	Jim Gilmore	3	1875
	Charlie Mason	3	1875
8.	Art Allison	2	1875
	Holly Hollingshead	2	1875
	McCloskey	2	1875

Strikeouts

Rank	Player	Strikeouts	PA
1.	Lou Say	7	38
2.	Herm Doscher	6	81
3.	Steve Brady	4	91
	Larry Ressler	4	108
	Bill Stearns	4	79
6.	Jim Gilmore	3	12
	Charlie Mason	3	33
8.	Art Allison	2	113
	Holly Hollingshead	2	82
	McCloskey	2	41

Stolen Bases

Rank	Player	Stolen Bases	Year
1.	Art Allison	6	1875
2.	Steve Brady	5	1875
3.	Larry Ressler	4	1875
4.	John Dailey	3	1875
5.	Holly Hollingshead	2	1875
6.	Herm Doscher	1	1875
	Sam Field	1	1875
	Bill Parks	1	1875

Stolen Bases

Rank	Player	Stolen Bases	PA
1.	Art Allison	6	113
2.	Steve Brady	5	91
3.	Larry Ressler	4	108
4.	John Dailey	3	110
5.	Holly Hollingshead	2	82
6.	Herm Doscher	1	81
	Sam Field	1	16
	Bill Parks	1	112

Singles

Rank	Player	Singles	Year
1.	Art Allison	20	1875
	Bill Parks	20	1875
	Larry Ressler	20	1875
	Bill Stearns	20	1875
5.	Holly Hollingshead	18	1875
6.	Steve Brady	13	1875
7.	John Dailey	11	1875
	Herm Doscher	11	1875
9.	Lou Say	10	1875
10.	McCloskey	7	1875

Singles

Rank	Player	Singles	PA
1.	Art Allison	20	113
	Bill Parks	20	112
	Larry Ressler	20	108
	Bill Stearns	20	79
5.	Holly Hollingshead	18	82
6.	Steve Brady	13	91
7.	John Dailey	11	110
	Herm Doscher	11	81
9.	Lou Say	10	38
10.	McCloskey	7	41

Adjusted OPS+

Rank	Player	Adjusted OPS+	Year

Adjusted OPS+

Rank	Player	Adjusted OPS+	PA

Runs Created

Rank	Player	Runs Created	Year
1.	Art Allison	7	1875
2.	John Dailey	6	1875
	Holly Hollingshead	6	1875
4.	Larry Ressler	5	1875
	Bill Stearns	5	1875
6.	Herm Doscher	4	1875
	Bill Parks	4	1875
8.	Lou Say	3	1875
9.	Steve Brady	2	1875
	Sam Field	2	1875

Runs Created

Rank	Player	Runs Created	PA
1.	Art Allison	7	113
2.	John Dailey	6	110
	Holly Hollingshead	6	82
4.	Larry Ressler	5	108
	Bill Stearns	5	79
6.	Herm Doscher	4	81
	Bill Parks	4	112
8.	Lou Say	3	38
9.	Steve Brady	2	91
	Sam Field	2	16

Adj. Batting Runs

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Runs	Year

Adj. Batting Runs

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Runs	PA

Adj. Batting Wins

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	Year

Adj. Batting Wins

Rank	Player	Adj. Batting Wins	PA

Extra Base Hits

Rank	Player	Extra Base Hits	Year
1.	John Dailey	9	1875
2.	Art Allison	4	1875
	Herm Doscher	4	1875
4.	Holly Hollingshead	2	1875
5.	Larry Ressler	1	1875
	Walter Terry	1	1875
	Andrew Thompson	1	1875

Extra Base Hits

Rank	Player	Extra Base Hits	PA
1.	John Dailey	9	110
2.	Art Allison	4	113
	Herm Doscher	4	81
4.	Holly Hollingshead	2	82
5.	Larry Ressler	1	108
	Walter Terry	1	22
	Andrew Thompson	1	41

Times On Base

Rank	Player	Times On Base	Year
1.	Art Allison	25	1875
2.	Holly Hollingshead	21	1875
	Bill Parks	21	1875
	Larry Ressler	21	1875
	Bill Stearns	21	1875
6.	John Dailey	20	1875
7.	Herm Doscher	15	1875
8.	Steve Brady	13	1875
9.	Lou Say	10	1875
10.	McCloskey	8	1875

Times On Base

Rank	Player	Times On Base	PA
1.	Art Allison	25	113
2.	Holly Hollingshead	21	82
	Bill Parks	21	112
	Larry Ressler	21	108
	Bill Stearns	21	79
6.	John Dailey	20	110
7.	Herm Doscher	15	81
8.	Steve Brady	13	91
9.	Lou Say	10	38
10.	McCloskey	8	41

Offensive Win %

Rank	Player	Offensive Win %	Year

Offensive Win %

Rank	Player	Offensive Win %	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	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
1.	Art Allison	2	1875
2.	Steve Brady	1	1875
	Herm Doscher	1	1875

Double Plays Grounded Into

Rank	Player	Double Plays Grounded Into	PA
1.	Art Allison	2	113
2.	Steve Brady	1	91
	Herm Doscher	1	81

Caught Stealing

Rank	Player	Caught Stealing	Year
1.	John Dailey	2	1875
2.	Holly Hollingshead	1	1875
	John Lowry	1	1875
	McCloskey	1	1875
	Bill Parks	1	1875
	Bill Stearns	1	1875

Caught Stealing

Rank	Player	Caught Stealing	PA
1.	John Dailey	2	110
2.	Holly Hollingshead	1	82
	John Lowry	1	23
	McCloskey	1	41
	Bill Parks	1	112
	Bill Stearns	1	79

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

AB per HR

Rank	Player	AB per HR	PA

Outs Made

Rank	Player	Outs Made	Year
1.	John Dailey	92	1875
	Bill Parks	92	1875
3.	Art Allison	90	1875
4.	Larry Ressler	87	1875
5.	Steve Brady	79	1875
6.	Herm Doscher	67	1875
7.	Holly Hollingshead	62	1875
8.	Bill Stearns	59	1875
9.	Andrew Thompson	37	1875
10.	McCloskey	34	1875

Outs Made

Rank	Player	Outs Made	PA
1.	John Dailey	92	110
	Bill Parks	92	112
3.	Art Allison	90	113
4.	Larry Ressler	87	108
5.	Steve Brady	79	91
6.	Herm Doscher	67	81
7.	Holly Hollingshead	62	82
8.	Bill Stearns	59	79
9.	Andrew Thompson	37	41
10.	McCloskey	34	41

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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