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National 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. Spalding • BOS 14.2

2. Cummings • HAR 11.7

3. Bond • HAR 11.5

4. McBride • ATH 9.8

5. Fisher • PHI 7.9

6. Zettlein • 2TM 7.6

7. Mathews • NYU 7.5

8. Barnes • BOS 5.2

9. McVey • BOS 4.5

10. White • BOS 4.4

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. Barnes • BOS 5.2

2. McVey • BOS 4.6

3. White • BOS 4.4

4. Wright • BOS 4.2

5. Pike • STL 4.1

6. Force • ATH 3.6

7. Sutton • ATH 3.1

8. Peters • CHI 2.8

9. Hines • CHI 2.7

10. O'Rourke • BOS 2.6

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. McVey • BOS 4.4

2. Barnes • BOS 4.3

3. White • BOS 4.1

4. Wright • BOS 3.7

5. Pike • STL 3.7

6. Force • ATH 3.0

7. Craver • 2TM 2.9

8. O'Rourke • BOS 2.6

9. Sutton • ATH 2.6

10. Meyerle • PHI 2.5

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. Peters • CHI 1.3

2. Pearce • STL 1.3

3. Battin • STL 1.1

4. Barnes • BOS 1.1

5. Force • ATH 1.0

6. Wright • BOS 1.0

7. Dehlman • STL 0.9

8. Allison • HAR 0.9

9. Clapp • ATH 0.9

10. Sutton • ATH 0.8

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. White • BOS .367

2. Barnes • BOS .364

3. McVey • BOS .355

4. Pike • STL .346

5. Wright • BOS .333

6. Hines • CHI .328

7. Anson • ATH .325

8. Sutton • ATH .324

9. Leonard • BOS .321

10. Meyerle • PHI .316

On-Base%

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

1. Barnes • BOS .375

2. White • BOS .372

3. McVey • BOS .356

4. Pike • STL .352

5. Wright • BOS .337

6. Anson • ATH .333

7. Hines • CHI .330

8. Sutton • ATH .326

9. Leonard • BOS .324

10. Craver • 2TM .323

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. McVey • BOS .517

2. Pike • STL .494

3. Craver • 2TM .455

4. White • BOS .453

5. Barnes • BOS .443

6. Wright • BOS .431

7. Hall • ATH .427

8. Meyerle • PHI .425

9. O'Rourke • BOS .422

10. Luff • NHV .404

On-Base Plus Slugging

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

1. McVey • BOS .873

2. Pike • STL .846

3. White • BOS .824

4. Barnes • BOS .818

5. Craver • 2TM .779

6. Wright • BOS .768

7. Meyerle • PHI .741

8. O'Rourke • BOS .735

9. Hall • ATH .732

10. Hines • CHI .729

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Carey • HAR 86

Remsen • HAR 86

York • HAR 86

4. Ferguson • HAR 85

5. McVey • BOS 82

6. Leonard • BOS 80

White • BOS 80

Mills • HAR 80

9. Wright • BOS 79

10. Barnes • BOS 78

At Bats

1. Wright • BOS 408

2. Leonard • BOS 396

3. Barnes • BOS 393

4. McVey • BOS 389

5. Force • ATH 386

6. Carey • HAR 382

7. York • HAR 375

8. White • BOS 371

9. Ferguson • HAR 366

10. Hall • ATH 358

Sutton • ATH 358

O'Rourke • BOS 358

Remsen • HAR 358

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. Wright • BOS 410

2. Barnes • BOS 400

3. Leonard • BOS 398

4. Force • ATH 393

5. McVey • BOS 390

6. Carey • HAR 383

7. York • HAR 378

8. White • BOS 374

9. Ferguson • HAR 369

10. O'Rourke • BOS 367

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Barnes • BOS 115

2. Wright • BOS 106

3. O'Rourke • BOS 97

4. McVey • BOS 89

5. Leonard • BOS 87

6. Anson • ATH 84

7. Sutton • ATH 83

8. Craver • 2TM 79

9. Force • ATH 78

10. White • BOS 76

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Barnes • BOS 143

2. McVey • BOS 138

3. White • BOS 136

Wright • BOS 136

5. Leonard • BOS 127

6. Force • ATH 120

7. Sutton • ATH 116

8. York • HAR 111

9. Pike • STL 108

10. Hall • ATH 107

Spalding • BOS 107

Total Bases

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

1. McVey • BOS 201

2. Wright • BOS 176

3. Barnes • BOS 174

4. White • BOS 168

5. Leonard • BOS 156

6. Pike • STL 154

7. Hall • ATH 153

8. Force • ATH 152

9. O'Rourke • BOS 151

10. Craver • 2TM 148

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. McVey • BOS 36

2. White • BOS 23

3. Force • ATH 22

Pike • STL 22

5. Barnes • BOS 20

Wright • BOS 20

7. Devlin • CHI 17

8. Peters • CHI 16

9. Anson • ATH 15

Spalding • BOS 15

Craver • 2TM 15

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Craver • 2TM 13

2. Hall • ATH 12

Pike • STL 12

4. McVey • BOS 9

5. Meyerle • PHI 8

6. Clapp • ATH 7

York • HAR 7

Wright • BOS 7

O'Rourke • BOS 7

Eggler • ATH 7

Sutton • ATH 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. O'Rourke • BOS 6

2. Hall • ATH 4

Start • NYU 4

4. Hallinan • 2TM 3

McVey • BOS 3

6. Craver • 2TM 2

Wright • BOS 2

Luff • NHV 2

McMullin • PHI 2

10. Sutton • ATH 1

Barnes • BOS 1

Leonard • BOS 1

Manning • BOS 1

White • BOS 1

Boyd • BRA 1

Meyerle • PHI 1

Murnane • PHI 1

Snyder • PHI 1

Allison • 2TM 1

Cassidy • 2TM 1

Mills • HAR 1

Runs Batted In

1. McVey • BOS 87

2. Leonard • BOS 74

3. O'Rourke • BOS 72

4. Hall • ATH 62

5. Wright • BOS 61

6. White • BOS 60

7. Sutton • ATH 59

8. Anson • ATH 58

Barnes • BOS 58

10. Spalding • BOS 56

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Dehlman • STL 11

2. Hastings • CHI 9

Harbridge • HAR 9

Nelson • NYU 9

O'Rourke • BOS 9

6. Clapp • ATH 7

Pearce • STL 7

Barnes • BOS 7

Murnane • PHI 7

Force • ATH 7

Strikeouts

1. Dehlman • STL 21

2. Bradley • STL 19

3. Hastings • CHI 14

McGee • 2TM 14

5. Burdock • HAR 13

Golden • 2TM 13

7. Ryan • NHV 12

McMullin • PHI 12

Zettlein • 2TM 12

10. Cummings • HAR 11

McGinley • 2TM 11

Stolen Bases

1. Murnane • PHI 30

2. Barnes • BOS 29

3. Pike • STL 25

4. Dehlman • STL 23

5. Burdock • HAR 20

6. McGeary • PHI 19

7. Cuthbert • STL 18

8. O'Rourke • BOS 17

9. Addy • PHI 16

10. Battin • STL 15

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Barnes • BOS 118

2. White • BOS 109

3. Wright • BOS 107

4. Leonard • BOS 106

5. Sutton • ATH 97

6. Force • ATH 93

Carey • HAR 93

8. McVey • BOS 90

York • HAR 90

10. Spalding • BOS 89

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Pike • STL 203

2. McVey • BOS 192

3. White • BOS 178

4. Barnes • BOS 176

5. Craver • 2TM 162

6. Wright • BOS 159

7. Hines • CHI 149

8. Meyerle • PHI 149

9. O'Rourke • BOS 147

10. Boyd • BRA 147

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. McVey • BOS 73

2. Barnes • BOS 68

3. White • BOS 61

4. Wright • BOS 59

5. Pike • STL 54

6. Leonard • BOS 50

7. Force • ATH 49

8. O'Rourke • BOS 48

Craver • 2TM 48

10. Hall • ATH 46

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. McVey • BOS 36

2. Barnes • BOS 30

3. Pike • STL 30

4. White • BOS 29

5. Wright • BOS 24

6. Craver • 2TM 20

7. O'Rourke • BOS 17

8. Leonard • BOS 16

9. Force • ATH 16

10. Sutton • ATH 15

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. McVey • BOS 4.1

2. Barnes • BOS 3.4

3. Pike • STL 3.4

4. White • BOS 3.3

5. Wright • BOS 2.7

6. Craver • 2TM 2.3

7. O'Rourke • BOS 1.9

8. Leonard • BOS 1.9

9. Force • ATH 1.9

10. Sutton • ATH 1.7

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. McVey • BOS 48

2. Pike • STL 34

3. Craver • 2TM 30

4. Wright • BOS 29

5. Force • ATH 27

White • BOS 27

7. Hall • ATH 26

O'Rourke • BOS 26

9. Barnes • BOS 25

10. Devlin • CHI 23

Meyerle • PHI 23

Times On Base

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

1. Barnes • BOS 150

2. McVey • BOS 139

White • BOS 139

4. Wright • BOS 138

5. Leonard • BOS 129

6. Force • ATH 127

7. Sutton • ATH 117

8. O'Rourke • BOS 115

9. York • HAR 114

10. Pike • STL 111

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. McVey • BOS .829

2. Barnes • BOS .804

3. White • BOS .791

4. Pike • STL .787

5. Wright • BOS .731

6. Craver • 2TM .726

7. Meyerle • PHI .704

8. O'Rourke • BOS .679

9. Anson • ATH .679

10. Leonard • BOS .667

Double Plays Grounded Into

Double Plays Grounded Into Only includes standard 6-4-3, 4-3, etc. double plays. First tracked in 1933. For gamelogs only in seasons we have play-by-play, we include triple plays as well. All official seasonal totals do not include GITP's.

1. Bond • HAR 6

2. Fulmer • PHI 5

3. Force • ATH 4

Zettlein • 2TM 4

Mathews • NYU 4

Burdock • HAR 4

7. Chapman • STL 3

Luff • NHV 3

Booth • NYU 3

Mills • HAR 3

Ferguson • HAR 3

Fisher • PHI 3

White • CHI 3

Battin • STL 3

Carbine • WES 3

Treacy • 2TM 3

Sutton • ATH 3

Higham • 2TM 3

Manning • BOS 3

Caught Stealing

1. Hastings • CHI 11

Burdock • HAR 11

3. Pike • STL 10

McMullin • PHI 10

White • CHI 10

Sutton • ATH 10

7. Hines • CHI 9

Murnane • PHI 9

Dehlman • STL 9

10. Addy • PHI 8

Leonard • BOS 8

Snyder • PHI 8

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. O'Rourke • BOS 8.9

2. Hall • ATH 5.3

3. McVey • BOS 4.2

4. Wright • BOS 3.5

5. Hallinan • 2TM 3.4

6. Craver • 2TM 3.3

7. McMullin • PHI 3.0

8. Luff • NHV 2.4

9. Murnane • PHI 1.9

10. Barnes • BOS 1.9

AB per SO

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

1. Start • NYU ∞

Hines • CHI ∞

Nelson • NYU ∞

Higham • CHI ∞

Boyd • BRA ∞

Treacy • CEN ∞

7. McGeary • PHI 310.0

8. Clapp • ATH 292.0

9. Higham • 2TM 272.0

10. White • BOS 185.5

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. O'Rourke • BOS 59.7

2. Start • NYU 78.5

3. Luff • NHV 83.0

4. Hallinan • 2TM 84.7

5. Hall • ATH 89.5

6. McMullin • PHI 111.0

7. McVey • BOS 129.7

8. Boyd • BRA 151.0

9. Craver • 2TM 162.5

10. Cassidy • 2TM 188.0

Outs Made

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

1. Carey • HAR 285

2. Ferguson • HAR 282

3. Leonard • BOS 278

Wright • BOS 278

5. Force • ATH 273

6. York • HAR 268

7. Remsen • HAR 267

8. Manning • BOS 262

Burdock • HAR 262

10. Mills • HAR 260

rOBA

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

1. McVey • BOS .401

2. Barnes • BOS .388

3. Pike • STL .381

4. White • BOS .377

5. Wright • BOS .350

6. Craver • 2TM .350

7. Meyerle • PHI .341

8. O'Rourke • BOS .339

9. Anson • ATH .333

10. Hall • ATH .330

Rbat+

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

1. Pike • STL 168

2. McVey • BOS 160

3. White • BOS 153

4. Barnes • BOS 151

5. Boyd • BRA 139

6. Craver • 2TM 139

7. Wright • BOS 138

8. Hines • CHI 135

9. Luff • NHV 133

10. Meyerle • PHI 132

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