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National League 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. Devlin • LOU 18.3

2. Bond • HAR 10.4

3. Spalding • CHC 10.2

4. Bradley • STL 9.1

5. Barnes • CHC 5.7

6. Anson • CHC 3.7

7. White • CHC 3.7

8. Cummings • HAR 3.5

9. McVey • CHC 3.5

10. Battin • STL 3.5

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. Barnes • CHC 6.0

2. Anson • CHC 3.7

3. White • CHC 3.6

4. Battin • STL 3.5

5. Peters • CHC 3.3

6. Wright • BSN 3.1

7. Clapp • STL 3.0

8. Pike • STL 2.7

9. Hines • CHC 2.7

10. O'Rourke • BSN 2.5

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. Barnes • CHC 5.1

2. Hall • ATH 3.1

3. Anson • CHC 3.1

4. Peters • CHC 2.8

5. Pike • STL 2.8

6. White • CHC 2.7

7. Wright • BSN 2.6

8. O'Rourke • BSN 2.5

9. Meyerle • ATH 2.4

10. Clapp • STL 2.4

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. Somerville • LOU 1.6

2. Battin • STL 1.4

3. McGeary • STL 1.3

4. Allison • HAR 1.3

5. Gerhardt • LOU 1.2

6. White • CHC 1.2

7. Carey • HAR 1.2

8. Dehlman • STL 1.1

9. Barnes • CHC 1.1

10. Clapp • STL 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. Barnes • CHC .429

2. Hall • ATH .366

3. Anson • CHC .356

4. Peters • CHC .351

5. McVey • CHC .347

6. White • CHC .343

7. Meyerle • ATH .340

8. Hines • CHC .331

9. Higham • HAR .327

O'Rourke • BSN .327

On-Base%

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

1. Barnes • CHC .462

2. Hall • ATH .384

3. Anson • CHC .380

4. White • CHC .358

5. O'Rourke • BSN .358

6. Peters • CHC .357

7. McVey • CHC .352

8. Meyerle • ATH .347

9. Pike • STL .341

10. Glenn • CHC .333

Hines • CHC .333

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. Barnes • CHC .590

2. Hall • ATH .545

3. Pike • STL .472

4. Anson • CHC .450

5. Meyerle • ATH .449

6. Hines • CHC .439

7. Jones • CIN .420

8. O'Rourke • BSN .420

9. Sutton • ATH .419

10. White • CHC .419

On-Base Plus Slugging

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

1. Barnes • CHC 1.052

2. Hall • ATH .929

3. Anson • CHC .830

4. Pike • STL .813

5. Meyerle • ATH .797

6. O'Rourke • BSN .778

7. White • CHC .777

8. Peters • CHC .775

9. Hines • CHC .773

10. McVey • CHC .757

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Manning • BSN 70

O'Rourke • BSN 70

Schafer • BSN 70

Wright • BSN 70

5. Murnane • BSN 69

Burdock • HAR 69

Ferguson • HAR 69

Remsen • HAR 69

9. Carey • HAR 68

Devlin • LOU 68

At Bats

1. Wright • BSN 335

2. Remsen • HAR 324

3. Barnes • CHC 322

4. Peters • CHC 316

5. O'Rourke • BSN 312

Higham • HAR 312

7. Ferguson • HAR 310

8. Anson • CHC 309

Burdock • HAR 309

10. Murnane • BSN 308

McVey • CHC 308

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 • BSN 343

2. Barnes • CHC 342

3. O'Rourke • BSN 327

4. Remsen • HAR 325

5. Burdock • HAR 322

6. Anson • CHC 321

7. Peters • CHC 319

8. Murnane • BSN 316

9. Higham • HAR 314

10. Ferguson • HAR 312

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Barnes • CHC 126

2. Wright • BSN 72

3. Peters • CHC 70

4. White • CHC 66

Burdock • HAR 66

6. Anson • CHC 63

7. Hines • CHC 62

McVey • CHC 62

Remsen • HAR 62

10. O'Rourke • BSN 61

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Barnes • CHC 138

2. Peters • CHC 111

3. Anson • CHC 110

4. McVey • CHC 107

5. White • CHC 104

6. O'Rourke • BSN 102

Higham • HAR 102

8. Hines • CHC 101

9. Wright • BSN 100

10. Hall • ATH 98

Total Bases

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

1. Barnes • CHC 190

2. Hall • ATH 146

3. Anson • CHC 139

4. Hines • CHC 134

5. Wright • BSN 133

Pike • STL 133

7. Peters • CHC 132

8. O'Rourke • BSN 131

9. White • CHC 127

Higham • HAR 127

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Higham • HAR 21

Hines • CHC 21

Barnes • CHC 21

4. Pike • STL 19

5. White • CHC 18

Wright • BSN 18

7. Jones • CIN 17

O'Rourke • BSN 17

9. Fisler • ATH 15

McVey • CHC 15

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Barnes • CHC 14

2. Hall • ATH 13

3. Pike • STL 10

4. Meyerle • ATH 8

5. Sutton • ATH 7

York • HAR 7

Anson • CHC 7

8. Bradley • STL 6

Brown • BSN 6

Hallinan • NYU 6

Wright • BSN 6

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Hall • ATH 5

2. Jones • CIN 4

3. Anson • CHC 2

Gerhardt • LOU 2

Hines • CHC 2

Hallinan • NYU 2

O'Rourke • BSN 2

Murnane • BSN 2

Manning • BSN 2

Brown • BSN 2

Runs Batted In

1. White • CHC 60

2. Anson • CHC 59

Hines • CHC 59

Barnes • CHC 59

5. McVey • CHC 53

6. Pike • STL 50

7. Peters • CHC 47

8. Battin • STL 46

9. Hall • ATH 45

10. Spalding • CHC 44

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Barnes • CHC 20

2. O'Rourke • BSN 15

3. Burdock • HAR 13

4. Glenn • CHC 12

Anson • CHC 12

6. Mack • STL 11

7. York • HAR 10

8. Booth • CIN 9

Dehlman • STL 9

10. Pike • STL 8

Wright • BSN 8

Murnane • BSN 8

Clapp • STL 8

Hall • ATH 8

Strikeouts

1. Ryan • LOU 23

2. Brown • BSN 22

3. Snyder • CIN 19

4. O'Rourke • BSN 17

Jones • CIN 17

6. Burdock • HAR 16

7. Remsen • HAR 15

8. Foley • CIN 14

9. Dean • CIN 13

10. Bradley • STL 12

Murnane • BSN 12

Clack • CIN 12

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Barnes • CHC 102

2. Peters • CHC 94

3. Anson • CHC 92

4. McVey • CHC 91

5. Clapp • STL 85

6. White • CHC 84

7. O'Rourke • BSN 80

8. Higham • HAR 79

Devlin • LOU 79

10. Murnane • BSN 78

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Barnes • CHC 235

2. Hall • ATH 204

3. Pike • STL 179

4. Anson • CHC 165

5. Meyerle • ATH 162

6. O'Rourke • BSN 159

7. Jones • CIN 158

8. White • CHC 148

9. Peters • CHC 148

10. Hines • CHC 146

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. Barnes • CHC 88

2. Hall • ATH 56

3. Anson • CHC 53

4. Peters • CHC 47

O'Rourke • BSN 47

6. White • CHC 45

Hines • CHC 45

Pike • STL 45

9. McVey • CHC 44

10. Higham • HAR 42

Wright • BSN 42

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. Barnes • CHC 48

2. Hall • ATH 28

3. Pike • STL 22

4. Anson • CHC 21

5. O'Rourke • BSN 20

6. Jones • CIN 17

7. White • CHC 16

8. Peters • CHC 16

9. Meyerle • ATH 16

10. Hines • CHC 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. Barnes • CHC 5.1

2. Hall • ATH 3.0

3. Pike • STL 2.5

4. Anson • CHC 2.4

5. O'Rourke • BSN 2.2

6. Jones • CIN 1.8

7. White • CHC 1.8

8. Peters • CHC 1.8

9. Meyerle • ATH 1.8

10. Hines • CHC 1.7

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Barnes • CHC 36

2. Pike • STL 30

3. Hines • CHC 26

4. Wright • BSN 25

Hall • ATH 25

Jones • CIN 25

7. Higham • HAR 23

8. O'Rourke • BSN 22

9. Sutton • ATH 20

White • CHC 20

Meyerle • ATH 20

York • HAR 20

Times On Base

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

1. Barnes • CHC 158

2. Anson • CHC 122

3. O'Rourke • BSN 117

4. Peters • CHC 114

5. White • CHC 111

6. McVey • CHC 109

7. Wright • BSN 108

8. Hall • ATH 106

9. Higham • HAR 104

10. Hines • CHC 102

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. Barnes • CHC .913

2. Hall • ATH .841

3. Anson • CHC .782

4. Meyerle • ATH .743

5. Pike • STL .742

6. Peters • CHC .732

7. White • CHC .727

8. O'Rourke • BSN .723

9. Hines • CHC .718

10. McVey • CHC .715

AB per SO

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

1. McGeary • STL 276.0

2. Peters • CHC 158.0

3. Clapp • STL 149.0

4. Start • NYU 132.0

5. Meyerle • ATH 128.0

6. Holdsworth • NYU 120.5

7. Knight • ATH 120.0

8. Sutton • ATH 118.0

9. Mathews • NYU 109.0

10. Hines • CHC 101.7

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Hall • ATH 53.6

2. Jones • CIN 69.0

3. Brown • BSN 97.5

4. Hallinan • NYU 120.0

5. Manning • BSN 144.0

6. Gerhardt • LOU 146.0

7. Hines • CHC 152.5

8. Murnane • BSN 154.0

9. Anson • CHC 154.5

10. O'Rourke • BSN 156.0

Outs Made

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

1. Wright • BSN 235

Remsen • HAR 235

3. Burdock • HAR 229

4. Ferguson • HAR 228

5. Murnane • BSN 221

Force • 2TM 221

7. Leonard • BSN 218

8. Gerhardt • LOU 216

Hague • LOU 216

10. Schafer • BSN 214

rOBA

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

1. Barnes • CHC .478

2. Hall • ATH .422

3. Anson • CHC .383

4. Pike • STL .368

5. Meyerle • ATH .367

6. White • CHC .362

7. Peters • CHC .362

8. Hines • CHC .356

9. O'Rourke • BSN .355

10. McVey • CHC .353

Rbat+

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

1. Barnes • CHC 194

2. Hall • ATH 172

3. Pike • STL 156

4. Anson • CHC 145

5. Meyerle • ATH 145

6. Jones • CIN 144

7. O'Rourke • BSN 141

8. White • CHC 135

9. Peters • CHC 135

10. Hines • CHC 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

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