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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. Clarkson • CHC 15.0

2. Kilroy • BAL 12.1

3. Smith • CIN 10.8

4. Caruthers • STL 10.7

5. Ferguson • PHI 9.9

6. Casey • PHI 9.3

7. Whitney • WHS 8.4

8. Ramsey • LOU 7.8

9. Mullane • CIN 7.6

10. Keefe • NYG 7.5

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. O'Neill • STL 6.9

2. Ward • NYG 6.6

3. Connor • NYG 6.2

4. Browning • LOU 6.0

5. Thompson • DTN 5.3

6. Brouthers • DTN 5.3

7. Glasscock • IND 5.2

8. Anson • CHC 5.2

9. Lyons • PHA 5.1

10. Burns • BAL 5.0

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. O'Neill • STL 6.7

2. Burns • BAL 6.1

3. Browning • LOU 6.1

4. Brouthers • DTN 6.0

5. Lyons • PHA 5.8

6. Connor • NYG 5.3

7. Thompson • DTN 5.2

8. Wise • BSN 4.8

9. Ward • NYG 4.7

10. Kelly • BSN 4.6

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. Ward • NYG 2.7

2. Glasscock • IND 2.4

3. Richardson • NYG 1.5

4. Bassett • IND 1.4

5. Smith • BRO 1.2

6. Latham • STL 1.2

McPhee • CIN 1.2

8. Boyle • STL 1.1

Rowe • DTN 1.1

10. Pinkney • BRO 1.0

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. O'Neill • STL .435

2. Browning • LOU .402

3. Thompson • DTN .372

4. Orr • NYP .368

5. Lyons • PHA .367

6. Caruthers • STL .357

7. Foutz • STL .357

8. Anson • CHC .347

9. Burns • BAL .341

10. Brouthers • DTN .338

On-Base%

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

1. O'Neill • STL .490

2. Browning • LOU .464

3. Caruthers • STL .463

4. Robinson • STL .445

5. Brouthers • DTN .426

6. Anson • CHC .422

7. Lyons • PHA .421

8. Thompson • DTN .416

9. Mack • LOU .415

10. Burns • BAL .414

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. O'Neill • STL .691

2. Thompson • DTN .565

3. Brouthers • DTN .562

4. Caruthers • STL .547

5. Browning • LOU .547

6. Connor • NYG .541

7. Lyons • PHA .523

8. Wise • BSN .522

9. Burns • BAL .519

10. Anson • CHC .517

On-Base Plus Slugging

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

1. O'Neill • STL 1.180

2. Browning • LOU 1.011

3. Caruthers • STL 1.010

4. Brouthers • DTN .988

5. Thompson • DTN .982

6. Lyons • PHA .943

7. Anson • CHC .939

8. Connor • NYG .933

9. Burns • BAL .933

10. Orr • NYP .924

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Burns • BAL 140

Purcell • BAL 140

3. Pinkney • BRO 138

4. Wolf • LOU 137

Lyons • PHA 137

McGarr • PHA 137

7. Griffin • BAL 136

Tucker • BAL 136

McClellan • BRO 136

Werrick • LOU 136

Latham • STL 136

At Bats

1. Latham • STL 627

2. Gleason • STL 598

3. Poorman • PHA 585

4. Pinkney • BRO 580

5. Lyons • PHA 570

6. Wolf • LOU 569

7. Purcell • BAL 567

8. Collins • LOU 559

9. Burns • BAL 551

Reilly • CIN 551

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. Latham • STL 677

2. Pinkney • BRO 647

Gleason • STL 647

4. McClellan • BRO 634

5. Poorman • PHA 630

6. Purcell • BAL 623

Lyons • PHA 623

8. Burns • BAL 619

9. Fennelly • CIN 612

10. Wolf • LOU 611

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. O'Neill • STL 167

2. Latham • STL 163

3. Brouthers • DTN 153

4. Griffin • BAL 142

5. Poorman • PHA 140

6. Comiskey • STL 139

7. McPhee • CIN 137

Browning • LOU 137

9. Rowe • DTN 135

Gleason • STL 135

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. O'Neill • STL 225

2. Browning • LOU 220

3. Lyons • PHA 209

4. Thompson • DTN 203

5. Latham • STL 198

6. Burns • BAL 188

7. Ward • NYG 184

8. Comiskey • STL 180

9. Richardson • DTN 178

10. Gleason • STL 172

Total Bases

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

1. O'Neill • STL 357

2. Thompson • DTN 308

3. Browning • LOU 299

4. Lyons • PHA 298

5. Burns • BAL 286

6. Brouthers • DTN 281

7. Reilly • CIN 263

Richardson • DTN 263

9. Latham • STL 259

10. Denny • IND 256

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. O'Neill • STL 52

2. Lyons • PHA 43

3. Brouthers • DTN 36

4. Reilly • CIN 35

Browning • LOU 35

Latham • STL 35

7. Phillips • BRO 34

Kelly • BSN 34

Denny • IND 34

10. Burns • BAL 33

Anson • CHC 33

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Thompson • DTN 23

2. Connor • NYG 22

3. Johnston • BSN 20

Brouthers • DTN 20

5. Burns • BAL 19

Davis • BAL 19

McPhee • CIN 19

Kerins • LOU 19

Poorman • PHA 19

Wood • PHI 19

O'Neill • STL 19

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. O'Brien • WHS 19

2. Connor • NYG 17

3. Pfeffer • CHC 16

4. Wood • PHI 14

O'Neill • STL 14

6. Morrill • BSN 12

Brouthers • DTN 12

8. Ryan • CHC 11

Denny • IND 11

10. Reilly • CIN 10

Thompson • DTN 10

Tiernan • NYG 10

Hines • WHS 10

Runs Batted In

1. Thompson • DTN 166

2. O'Neill • STL 123

3. Browning • LOU 118

4. Davis • BAL 109

5. Foutz • STL 108

Welch • STL 108

7. Connor • NYG 104

8. Comiskey • STL 103

9. Anson • CHC 102

Wolf • LOU 102

Lyons • PHA 102

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Radford • NYP 106

2. Robinson • STL 92

3. Nicol • CIN 86

4. Mack • LOU 83

5. Fennelly • CIN 82

Fogarty • PHI 82

7. McClellan • BRO 80

8. McTamany • BRO 76

9. Connor • NYG 75

10. Williamson • CHC 73

Strikeouts

1. Morrill • BSN 86

2. Fennelly • CIN 81

3. Seery • IND 68

4. McGarr • PHA 67

5. Brown • 2TM 65

6. Mack • LOU 63

7. Williamson • CHC 57

8. Sullivan • CHC 53

9. Wood • PHI 51

Boyle • STL 51

Stolen Bases

1. Nicol • CIN 138

2. Latham • STL 129

3. Comiskey • STL 117

4. Ward • NYG 111

5. Browning • LOU 103

6. Fogarty • PHI 102

7. McPhee • CIN 95

8. Griffin • BAL 94

9. Welch • STL 89

10. Purcell • BAL 88

Poorman • PHA 88

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Browning • LOU 165

2. Ward • NYG 162

3. Gleason • STL 152

4. Latham • STL 151

5. Comiskey • STL 149

6. Lyons • PHA 146

7. Thompson • DTN 141

8. O'Neill • STL 140

9. Corkhill • CIN 133

10. Collins • LOU 131

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. O'Neill • STL 213

2. Browning • LOU 177

3. Caruthers • STL 169

4. Brouthers • DTN 169

5. Thompson • DTN 166

6. Burns • BAL 164

7. Lyons • PHA 162

8. Connor • NYG 161

9. Orr • NYP 161

10. Wise • BSN 153

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. O'Neill • STL 173

2. Browning • LOU 137

3. Thompson • DTN 125

4. Lyons • PHA 124

5. Brouthers • DTN 118

6. Burns • BAL 117

7. Anson • CHC 103

8. Connor • NYG 98

9. Richardson • DTN 96

10. Latham • STL 94

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. O'Neill • STL 82

2. Browning • LOU 60

3. Brouthers • DTN 50

4. Burns • BAL 48

5. Lyons • PHA 48

6. Thompson • DTN 48

7. Connor • NYG 40

8. Caruthers • STL 39

9. Anson • CHC 33

10. Wise • BSN 33

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. O'Neill • STL 7.8

2. Browning • LOU 5.8

3. Brouthers • DTN 4.8

4. Burns • BAL 4.7

5. Lyons • PHA 4.7

Thompson • DTN 4.7

7. Connor • NYG 3.9

8. Caruthers • STL 3.8

9. Anson • CHC 3.3

10. Wise • BSN 3.2

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. O'Neill • STL 85

2. Brouthers • DTN 68

3. Connor • NYG 65

4. Lyons • PHA 63

5. Thompson • DTN 62

6. Burns • BAL 61

7. Reilly • CIN 59

8. Denny • IND 57

9. Browning • LOU 55

Wood • PHI 55

Times On Base

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

1. Browning • LOU 283

2. O'Neill • STL 280

3. Lyons • PHA 262

4. Burns • BAL 256

5. Latham • STL 248

6. Brouthers • DTN 246

7. Thompson • DTN 244

8. Radford • NYP 241

9. Robinson • STL 240

10. Mack • LOU 235

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. O'Neill • STL .907

2. Browning • LOU .839

3. Caruthers • STL .819

4. Thompson • DTN .803

5. Brouthers • DTN .796

6. Lyons • PHA .783

7. Anson • CHC .776

8. Orr • NYP .771

9. Burns • BAL .763

10. Foutz • STL .748

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Tucker • BAL 29

2. Robinson • STL 17

3. Reilly • CIN 15

Mann • 2TM 15

5. Smith • PIT 13

6. McTamany • BRO 12

7. Welch • STL 11

8. Purcell • BAL 10

Glasscock • IND 10

Poorman • PHA 10

Farrar • PHI 10

Fogarty • PHI 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. Pfeffer • CHC 25.0

2. Connor • NYG 24.4

3. O'Neill • STL 19.1

4. Ryan • CHC 18.0

5. Brouthers • DTN 17.7

6. Reilly • CIN 16.7

7. Hines • WHS 16.4

8. Wood • PHI 16.1

9. Denny • IND 16.0

10. Burns • BAL 15.6

AB per SO

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

1. Glasscock • IND 60.4

2. Brouthers • DTN 55.6

3. Sutton • BSN 54.3

4. Corkhill • CIN 54.1

5. Comiskey • STL 48.9

6. Rowe • DTN 48.8

7. Ward • NYG 45.4

8. Bierbauer • PHA 44.2

9. Larkin • PHA 38.2

10. O'Rourke • NYG 36.1

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. O'Brien • WHS 23.8

2. Connor • NYG 27.7

3. Pfeffer • CHC 29.9

4. Wood • PHI 35.1

5. O'Neill • STL 36.9

6. Tiernan • NYG 40.7

7. Brouthers • DTN 41.7

8. Morrill • BSN 42.0

9. Caruthers • STL 45.5

10. Ryan • CHC 46.2

Outs Made

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

1. Poorman • PHA 430

2. Latham • STL 429

3. Gleason • STL 426

4. Purcell • BAL 425

Pinkney • BRO 425

6. Wolf • LOU 409

7. McClellan • BRO 404

8. Collins • LOU 397

9. Stricker • CLE 393

Welch • STL 393

rOBA

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

1. O'Neill • STL .519

2. Browning • LOU .477

3. Caruthers • STL .472

4. Brouthers • DTN .442

5. Lyons • PHA .440

6. Thompson • DTN .433

7. Burns • BAL .433

8. Robinson • STL .425

9. Anson • CHC .422

10. Orr • NYP .417

Rbat+

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

1. O'Neill • STL 192

2. Browning • LOU 169

3. Brouthers • DTN 164

4. Thompson • DTN 161

5. Caruthers • STL 160

6. Burns • BAL 156

7. Lyons • PHA 154

8. Orr • NYP 152

9. Connor • NYG 151

10. Carroll • PIT 148

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