1889 American Association Batting Leaders

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American Association Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

Wins Above Replacement A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Chamberlain • STL 9.2

2. Duryea • CIN 9.1

3. Kilroy • BAL 8.7

4. King • STL 8.5

5. Caruthers • BRO 8.4

6. Tucker • BAL 5.9

7. Stivetts • STL 5.7

8. Lyons • PHA 5.4

9. Stovey • PHA 5.4

10. Mullane • CIN 4.3

WAR Position Players

Wins Above Replacement for position players A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Tucker • BAL 5.9

2. Lyons • PHA 5.4

3. Stovey • PHA 5.4

4. Marr • COL 4.2

5. Shindle • BAL 3.9

6. O'Neill • STL 3.8

7. Larkin • PHA 3.8

8. O'Brien • BRO 3.5

9. Burns • BRO 3.3

10. Welch • PHA 3.1

Offensive WAR

Offensive Wins Above Replacement (everything but Fielding) The same statistic as Wins Above Replacement for Position Players (WAR), but with the fielding value excluded. oWAR + dWAR does not equal WAR. Adding would count positions twice. Contains the factor for batting stats, baserunning, a positional adjustment, and the replacement player adjustment. Factors developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Tucker • BAL 6.1

2. Lyons • PHA 5.1

3. Stovey • PHA 4.6

4. Larkin • PHA 4.4

5. Marr • COL 4.3

6. Shindle • BAL 3.5

7. O'Brien • BRO 3.3

Hamilton • KCC 3.3

9. Burns • BRO 3.2

10. O'Neill • STL 3.1

Defensive WAR

Defensive Wins Above Replacement for position players A defensive measure of wins above replacement, but given only the defensive stats of the player and his position adjustment. For this calculation, we use a replacement level on defense is the league average. Based on Baseball Info Solutions defensive runs saved from 2003 on and total zone rating developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com previously

1. Beard • CIN 2.4

2. Fuller • STL 2.0

3. Smith • BRO 1.6

4. McPhee • CIN 1.3

5. Easterday • COL 1.2

6. Boyle • STL 1.2

7. Keenan • CIN 1.1

8. O'Connor • COL 1.1

Robinson • PHA 1.1

10. Fennelly • PHA 1.1

Batting Average

Hits/At Bats For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played Bold indicates either highest BA using current stats or awarded title at end of year.

1. Tucker • BAL .372

2. O'Neill • STL .335

3. Lyons • PHA .329

4. Orr • COL .327

5. Holliday • CIN .321

6. Larkin • PHA .318

7. Purcell • PHA .316

8. Shindle • BAL .314

9. Stovey • PHA .308

10. Marr • COL .306

On-Base%

(H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF) For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

1. Tucker • BAL .450

2. Larkin • PHA .428

3. Lyons • PHA .426

4. O'Neill • STL .419

5. Hamilton • KCC .413

6. McTamany • COL .407

7. Marr • COL .407

8. Keenan • CIN .395

9. Stovey • PHA .393

10. Burns • BRO .391

Slugging %

Total Bases/At Bats or
(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played

1. Stovey • PHA .525

2. Holliday • CIN .497

3. Tucker • BAL .484

4. O'Neill • STL .478

5. Lyons • PHA .469

6. Keenan • CIN .453

7. Orr • COL .446

8. Larkin • PHA .426

9. Burns • BRO .423

10. O'Brien • BRO .418

On-Base Plus Slugging

On-Base + Slugging Percentages For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

1. Tucker • BAL .934

2. Stovey • PHA .918

3. O'Neill • STL .897

4. Lyons • PHA .895

5. Holliday • CIN .869

6. Larkin • PHA .854

7. Keenan • CIN .849

8. Marr • COL .821

9. Burns • BRO .813

10. Hamilton • KCC .808

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Beard • CIN 141

2. Fuller • STL 140

McCarthy • STL 140

4. Marr • COL 139

McTamany • COL 139

Stearns • KCC 139

7. Shindle • BAL 138

Collins • BRO 138

Corkhill • BRO 138

Foutz • BRO 138

Pinkney • BRO 138

Fennelly • PHA 138

At Bats

1. McCarthy • STL 604

2. Comiskey • STL 587

3. Burns • KCC 579

4. Daily • COL 578

5. Long • KCC 574

6. Shindle • BAL 567

O'Brien • BRO 567

8. Holliday • CIN 563

9. Collins • BRO 560

Orr • COL 560

Stearns • KCC 560

Plate Appearances

Plate Appearances When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH, which excludes catcher interferences. When this color click for a summary of each PA.

1. McCarthy • STL 656

2. Long • KCC 648

3. Collins • BRO 647

4. McTamany • COL 646

5. O'Brien • BRO 644

6. Marr • COL 639

7. Hamilton • KCC 635

8. Stovey • PHA 634

9. Griffin • BAL 625

10. Foutz • BRO 620

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Griffin • BAL 152

Stovey • PHA 152

3. O'Brien • BRO 146

4. Hamilton • KCC 144

5. Collins • BRO 139

6. Long • KCC 137

7. McCarthy • STL 136

8. Lyons • PHA 135

9. Welch • PHA 134

10. O'Neill • STL 123

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Tucker • BAL 196

2. Orr • COL 183

3. Holliday • CIN 181

4. O'Neill • STL 179

5. Shindle • BAL 178

6. Burns • KCC 176

McCarthy • STL 176

8. Stovey • PHA 171

9. O'Brien • BRO 170

10. Lyons • PHA 168

Comiskey • STL 168

Total Bases

Total Bases Singles + 2 x Doubles + 3 x Triples + 4 x Home Runs.

1. Stovey • PHA 292

2. Holliday • CIN 280

3. Tucker • BAL 255

O'Neill • STL 255

5. Orr • COL 250

6. Lyons • PHA 239

7. O'Brien • BRO 237

8. Burns • KCC 236

9. Bierbauer • PHA 229

10. Marr • COL 226

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Welch • PHA 39

2. Stovey • PHA 38

3. Lyons • PHA 36

4. O'Neill • STL 33

5. Long • KCC 32

6. Orr • COL 31

7. O'Brien • BRO 30

Milligan • STL 30

9. Holliday • CIN 28

Comiskey • STL 28

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Marr • COL 15

2. Griffin • BAL 14

Beard • CIN 14

4. Burns • BRO 13

Reilly • CIN 13

Stovey • PHA 13

7. Orr • COL 12

Hamilton • KCC 12

Stearns • KCC 12

Shannon • LOU 12

Larkin • PHA 12

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Holliday • CIN 19

Stovey • PHA 19

3. Duffee • STL 16

4. Milligan • STL 12

5. Lyons • PHA 9

O'Neill • STL 9

7. Visner • BRO 8

Corkhill • BRO 8

9. Bierbauer • PHA 7

Tebeau • CIN 7

Runs Batted In

1. Stovey • PHA 119

2. Foutz • BRO 113

3. O'Neill • STL 110

4. Bierbauer • PHA 105

5. Holliday • CIN 104

6. Comiskey • STL 102

7. Burns • BRO 100

8. Tucker • BAL 99

9. Burns • KCC 97

10. Mack • BAL 87

Orr • COL 87

Stearns • KCC 87

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Robinson • STL 118

2. McTamany • COL 116

3. Griffin • BAL 91

4. Marr • COL 87

Hamilton • KCC 87

6. Larkin • PHA 83

7. Collins • BRO 80

8. Lyons • PHA 79

9. Stovey • PHA 77

10. O'Neill • STL 72

Strikeouts

1. Duffee • STL 81

2. Fennelly • PHA 78

3. O'Brien • BRO 76

4. Hornung • BAL 72

5. Greenwood • COL 71

6. Mack • BAL 69

Stearns • KCC 69

8. Burns • KCC 68

Stovey • PHA 68

10. McTamany • COL 66

Stolen Bases

1. Hamilton • KCC 111

2. O'Brien • BRO 91

3. Long • KCC 89

4. Nicol • CIN 80

5. Latham • STL 69

6. Stearns • KCC 67

7. Welch • PHA 66

8. Collins • BRO 65

Comiskey • STL 65

10. Tucker • BAL 63

McPhee • CIN 63

Stovey • PHA 63

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Tucker • BAL 158

2. Shindle • BAL 144

3. McCarthy • STL 143

4. Burns • KCC 137

5. Orr • COL 136

6. Purcell • PHA 134

7. Beard • CIN 131

8. Hamilton • KCC 129

O'Neill • STL 129

10. Holliday • CIN 127

Wolf • LOU 127

Comiskey • STL 127

Adjusted OPS+

OPS+ 100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)

1. Tucker • BAL 169

2. Stovey • PHA 163

3. Lyons • PHA 158

4. Larkin • PHA 146

5. O'Neill • STL 143

6. Holliday • CIN 142

7. Marr • COL 140

8. Burns • BRO 137

9. Keenan • CIN 137

10. O'Brien • BRO 134

Runs Created

Runs Created A set of formulas developed by Bill James and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s runs total. This is computed with the "technical" formula when possible. If SB or CS data is missing, the "basic" formula is used. If HBP, IBB, SH, SF, or GIDP data is missing, the "stolen base" version of the formula is used. Team Runs Created is the sum of player Runs Created.

1. Stovey • PHA 114

2. Tucker • BAL 107

3. O'Neill • STL 106

4. Holliday • CIN 103

5. Lyons • PHA 100

6. Marr • COL 91

Larkin • PHA 91

8. O'Brien • BRO 87

9. Orr • COL 84

Hamilton • KCC 84

Adj. Batting Runs

Adjusted Batting Runs A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s runs total via linear weights. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Tucker • BAL 51

2. Stovey • PHA 46

3. Lyons • PHA 43

4. Larkin • PHA 37

5. O'Neill • STL 34

6. Marr • COL 33

7. Holliday • CIN 29

8. Milligan • STL 28

9. O'Brien • BRO 27

10. McTamany • COL 26

Adj. Batting Wins

Adjusted Batting Wins A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s wins with his bat. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Tucker • BAL 5.1

2. Stovey • PHA 4.6

3. Lyons • PHA 4.4

4. Larkin • PHA 3.7

5. O'Neill • STL 3.5

6. Marr • COL 3.3

7. Holliday • CIN 2.9

8. Milligan • STL 2.8

9. O'Brien • BRO 2.7

10. McTamany • COL 2.7

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Stovey • PHA 70

2. Holliday • CIN 54

3. O'Neill • STL 50

4. Lyons • PHA 49

5. Orr • COL 47

6. O'Brien • BRO 46

7. Welch • PHA 45

8. Milligan • STL 44

9. Reilly • CIN 42

Marr • COL 42

Duffee • STL 42

Times On Base

Times on Base Hits + Bases on Balls + Hit By Pitch Does not include Reached on Error or Catcher Interference.

1. Tucker • BAL 271

2. McTamany • COL 263

Larkin • PHA 263

4. Hamilton • KCC 262

5. Marr • COL 260

6. O'Neill • STL 256

7. Lyons • PHA 254

8. Stovey • PHA 249

9. O'Brien • BRO 247

10. Griffin • BAL 242

Offensive Win %

Offensive Winning Percentage The percentage of games a team with nine of this player batting would win. Assumes average pitching and defense. This uses the Pythagorean win pct formula with the player's RC/G for runs scored and the league's R/9 as runs allowed.

1. Tucker • BAL .787

2. O'Neill • STL .761

3. Stovey • PHA .759

4. Lyons • PHA .754

5. Holliday • CIN .726

6. Larkin • PHA .710

7. Keenan • CIN .686

8. Marr • COL .682

9. Burns • BRO .671

10. Hamilton • KCC .656

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Tucker • BAL 33

2. Welch • PHA 19

3. Reilly • CIN 18

4. O'Brien • BRO 16

Larkin • PHA 16

6. Hamilton • KCC 14

7. Manning • KCC 13

8. Johnson • COL 12

9. Latham • STL 11

10. Long • KCC 10

Power-Speed #

Power/Speed Number 2 x (Home Runs x Stolen Bases)/(Stolen Bases + Home Runs) The harmonic mean of HR and SB. To do well you need a lot of both. Developed by Bill James.

1. Stovey • PHA 29.2

2. Holliday • CIN 26.9

3. Duffee • STL 18.2

4. O'Neill • STL 13.6

5. Tebeau • CIN 12.6

6. Corkhill • BRO 11.7

7. Foutz • BRO 10.5

8. Bierbauer • PHA 9.9

9. Visner • BRO 9.9

10. O'Brien • BRO 9.5

AB per SO

At Bats Per Strikeout For career marks this only includes AB’s for seasons where SO’s were tracked.

1. Comiskey • STL 30.9

2. Foutz • BRO 24.0

3. McCarthy • STL 23.2

4. Weaver • LOU 22.7

5. Corkhill • BRO 22.4

6. Tucker • BAL 20.3

7. Burns • BRO 19.4

8. Purcell • PHA 18.8

9. McPhee • CIN 18.6

10. Griffin • BAL 18.3

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Stovey • PHA 29.3

2. Holliday • CIN 29.6

3. Duffee • STL 31.8

4. Keenan • CIN 50.0

5. Lyons • PHA 56.7

6. O'Neill • STL 59.3

7. Corkhill • BRO 67.1

8. Tebeau • CIN 70.9

9. Bierbauer • PHA 78.4

10. Easterday • COL 81.0

Outs Made

Outs Made (At Bats - Hits) + Double Plays Grounded Into + Sac. Flies + Sac. Hits + Caught Stealing.

1. Daily • COL 430

2. McCarthy • STL 428

3. Comiskey • STL 419

4. Long • KCC 416

5. Hornung • BAL 411

Collins • BRO 411

Pinkney • BRO 411

8. Corkhill • BRO 403

Burns • KCC 403

Manning • KCC 403

rOBA

rOBA
A measure of a player's offensive contributions, weighted in proportion to each event's actual run value

1. Tucker • BAL .457

2. Stovey • PHA .427

3. Lyons • PHA .422

4. O'Neill • STL .421

5. Hamilton • KCC .412

6. Larkin • PHA .411

7. Holliday • CIN .404

8. Keenan • CIN .396

9. Marr • COL .396

10. O'Brien • BRO .391

Rbat+

Rbat+
Batting runs as computed for WAR, but indexed to the environment the player played in, where 100 is league average.

1. Tucker • BAL 168

2. Lyons • PHA 154

3. Stovey • PHA 150

4. Larkin • PHA 149

5. Marr • COL 144

6. O'Neill • STL 141

7. Burns • BRO 141

8. Holliday • CIN 133

9. McTamany • COL 133

10. Keenan • CIN 133

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements