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1902 National League Batting Leaders

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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. Taylor • CHC 10.0

2. Hahn • CIN 8.5

3. White • PHI 7.8

4. Willis • BSN 7.6

5. Wagner • PIT 7.3

6. Pittinger • BSN 6.3

7. Leach • PIT 5.9

8. Chesbro • PIT 5.1

9. Beaumont • PIT 5.1

10. Kitson • BRO 5.0

Tenney • BSN 5.0

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. Wagner • PIT 7.2

2. Leach • PIT 5.9

3. Beaumont • PIT 5.1

4. Tenney • BSN 5.0

5. Clarke • PIT 5.0

6. Crawford • CIN 4.8

7. Slagle • CHC 4.4

8. Dahlen • BRO 4.2

9. Keeler • BRO 4.1

10. Kling • CHC 4.1

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. Wagner • PIT 6.2

2. Beaumont • PIT 4.9

3. Crawford • CIN 4.6

4. Leach • PIT 4.6

5. Clarke • PIT 4.6

6. Tenney • BSN 4.5

7. Beckley • CIN 4.0

8. Dahlen • BRO 3.8

9. Thomas • PHI 3.8

10. Keeler • BRO 3.4

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. Leach • PIT 1.8

2. Tinker • CHC 1.7

3. Lowe • CHC 1.6

4. Conroy • PIT 1.6

5. Kling • CHC 1.5

6. Dahlen • BRO 1.4

7. Steinfeldt • CIN 1.3

8. Bergen • CIN 1.3

9. Long • BSN 1.2

10. Ritchey • PIT 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. Beaumont • PIT .357

2. Crawford • CIN .333

3. Keeler • BRO .333

4. Wagner • PIT .330

5. Beckley • CIN .330

6. Clarke • PIT .316

7. Slagle • CHC .315

8. Peitz • CIN .315

9. Tenney • BSN .315

10. Donovan • STL .315

On-Base%

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

1. Thomas • PHI .414

2. Tenney • BSN .409

3. Beaumont • PIT .404

4. Clarke • PIT .401

5. Wagner • PIT .394

6. Crawford • CIN .386

7. Slagle • CHC .386

8. Beckley • CIN .377

9. Ritchey • PIT .370

10. Peitz • CIN .369

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. Wagner • PIT .463

2. Crawford • CIN .461

3. Clarke • PIT .449

4. Beckley • CIN .427

5. Leach • PIT .426

6. Beaumont • PIT .418

7. Peitz • CIN .406

8. Bransfield • PIT .395

9. Keeler • BRO .386

10. Smoot • STL .380

On-Base Plus Slugging

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

1. Wagner • PIT .857

2. Clarke • PIT .850

3. Crawford • CIN .848

4. Beaumont • PIT .822

5. Beckley • CIN .804

6. Tenney • BSN .785

7. Peitz • CIN .775

8. Leach • PIT .767

9. Keeler • BRO .751

10. Slagle • CHC .742

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Dolan • BRO 141

2. Gremminger • BSN 140

Crawford • CIN 140

Smith • NYG 140

5. Dahlen • BRO 138

Corcoran • CIN 138

Barry • PHI 138

Thomas • PHI 138

Farrell • STL 138

10. Carney • BSN 137

Barclay • STL 137

At Bats

1. Dolan • BRO 592

2. Farrell • STL 565

3. Keeler • BRO 559

4. Crawford • CIN 555

5. Cooley • BSN 548

6. Barry • PHI 543

Barclay • STL 543

8. Beaumont • PIT 541

9. Corcoran • CIN 538

10. Wagner • PIT 534

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. Dolan • BRO 640

2. Thomas • PHI 626

3. Farrell • STL 621

4. Keeler • BRO 612

5. Crawford • CIN 611

6. Barry • PHI 606

7. Wagner • PIT 600

8. Beaumont • PIT 599

9. Cooley • BSN 597

10. Tenney • BSN 596

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Wagner • PIT 105

2. Clarke • PIT 103

3. Beaumont • PIT 100

4. Leach • PIT 97

5. Crawford • CIN 92

6. Thomas • PHI 89

7. Tenney • BSN 88

8. Keeler • BRO 86

Sheckard • BRO 86

10. Beckley • CIN 82

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Beaumont • PIT 193

2. Keeler • BRO 186

3. Crawford • CIN 185

4. Wagner • PIT 176

5. Beckley • CIN 175

6. Dolan • BRO 166

7. Barclay • STL 163

8. Cooley • BSN 162

9. Smoot • STL 161

10. Donovan • STL 158

Total Bases

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

1. Crawford • CIN 256

2. Wagner • PIT 247

3. Beckley • CIN 227

4. Beaumont • PIT 226

5. Leach • PIT 219

6. Keeler • BRO 216

7. Clarke • PIT 206

8. Cooley • BSN 204

9. Dolan • BRO 199

10. Barry • PHI 197

Smoot • STL 197

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Wagner • PIT 30

2. Clarke • PIT 27

3. Cooley • BSN 26

4. Dahlen • BRO 25

5. Beckley • CIN 23

6. Peitz • CIN 22

7. Beaumont • PIT 21

Bransfield • PIT 21

9. Keeler • BRO 20

Sheckard • BRO 20

Gremminger • BSN 20

Steinfeldt • CIN 20

Lauder • NYG 20

Barry • PHI 20

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Crawford • CIN 22

Leach • PIT 22

3. Wagner • PIT 16

4. Clarke • PIT 14

5. Gremminger • BSN 12

6. Sheckard • BRO 10

7. Dahlen • BRO 8

Cooley • BSN 8

Bransfield • PIT 8

Krueger • STL 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Leach • PIT 6

2. Beckley • CIN 5

3. Sheckard • BRO 4

McCreery • BRO 4

5. Barry • PHI 3

Wagner • PIT 3

Barclay • STL 3

Crawford • CIN 3

Brodie • NYG 3

Smoot • STL 3

Flood • BRO 3

Dexter • 2TM 3

Runs Batted In

1. Wagner • PIT 91

2. Leach • PIT 85

3. Crawford • CIN 78

4. Dahlen • BRO 74

5. Beckley • CIN 69

Bransfield • PIT 69

7. Beaumont • PIT 67

8. Carney • BSN 65

Gremminger • BSN 65

10. Peitz • CIN 60

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Thomas • PHI 107

2. Lush • BSN 76

3. Tenney • BSN 73

4. Sheckard • BRO 57

5. Slagle • CHC 53

Ritchey • PIT 53

7. Clarke • PIT 51

8. Crawford • CIN 47

9. Leach • PIT 45

10. Barry • PHI 44

Strikeouts

1. Flood • BRO 70

2. Tinker • CHC 61

3. Smoot • STL 59

4. Lush • BSN 56

Pittinger • BSN 56

6. Smith • NYG 55

7. Dolan • BRO 53

Lauder • NYG 53

Thomas • PHI 53

10. Gremminger • BSN 51

Wagner • PIT 51

Browne • 2TM 51

Stolen Bases

1. Wagner • PIT 42

2. Slagle • CHC 41

3. Donovan • STL 34

4. Beaumont • PIT 33

5. Smith • NYG 32

6. Lush • BSN 30

Barclay • STL 30

8. Chance • CHC 29

Clarke • PIT 29

Dexter • 2TM 29

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Beaumont • PIT 166

2. Keeler • BRO 161

3. Barclay • STL 144

4. Dolan • BRO 142

Crawford • CIN 142

Donovan • STL 142

7. Beckley • CIN 140

8. Smoot • STL 135

9. Thomas • PHI 132

10. Tenney • BSN 131

Slagle • CHC 131

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Wagner • PIT 161

2. Clarke • PIT 159

3. Crawford • CIN 152

4. Beaumont • PIT 151

5. Tenney • BSN 142

6. Beckley • CIN 139

7. Leach • PIT 134

8. Slagle • CHC 133

9. Keeler • BRO 132

10. Smoot • STL 131

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. Crawford • CIN 99

2. Wagner • PIT 94

3. Beaumont • PIT 90

4. Beckley • CIN 84

5. Clarke • PIT 79

6. Keeler • BRO 77

7. Tenney • BSN 74

Leach • PIT 74

9. Cooley • BSN 69

10. Barry • PHI 67

Smoot • STL 67

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. Wagner • PIT 39

2. Clarke • PIT 35

3. Beaumont • PIT 33

4. Crawford • CIN 33

5. Tenney • BSN 30

6. Beckley • CIN 24

7. Thomas • PHI 23

8. Slagle • CHC 20

9. Keeler • BRO 20

10. Leach • PIT 18

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. Wagner • PIT 4.4

2. Clarke • PIT 3.8

3. Beaumont • PIT 3.7

4. Crawford • CIN 3.7

5. Tenney • BSN 3.3

6. Beckley • CIN 2.7

7. Thomas • PHI 2.6

8. Slagle • CHC 2.3

9. Keeler • BRO 2.2

10. Leach • PIT 2.0

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Wagner • PIT 49

2. Crawford • CIN 43

Clarke • PIT 43

4. Leach • PIT 42

5. Dahlen • BRO 35

Beckley • CIN 35

7. Sheckard • BRO 34

Cooley • BSN 34

9. Gremminger • BSN 33

10. Barry • PHI 29

Bransfield • PIT 29

Times On Base

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

1. Thomas • PHI 252

2. Beaumont • PIT 236

3. Crawford • CIN 233

Wagner • PIT 233

5. Tenney • BSN 232

6. Beckley • CIN 215

7. Keeler • BRO 214

8. Clarke • PIT 210

9. Dolan • BRO 204

10. Barry • PHI 202

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. Crawford • CIN .786

2. Wagner • PIT .778

3. Beaumont • PIT .767

4. Clarke • PIT .765

5. Beckley • CIN .742

6. Peitz • CIN .699

7. Tenney • BSN .695

8. Slagle • CHC .684

9. Keeler • BRO .676

10. Leach • PIT .674

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Clarke • PIT 14

Wagner • PIT 14

3. Irwin • BRO 12

Carney • BSN 12

5. Jennings • PHI 11

6. Donovan • STL 10

7. Flood • BRO 9

Peitz • CIN 9

9. Dahlen • BRO 8

Chance • CHC 8

McGann • NYG 8

Smoot • STL 8

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Tenney • BSN 29

2. DeMontreville • BSN 26

Dobbs • 2TM 26

4. Keeler • BRO 25

5. Dexter • 2TM 23

6. Flood • BRO 21

7. Dunn • NYG 19

8. Tinker • CHC 18

Ritchey • PIT 18

10. Barry • PHI 17

Thomas • PHI 17

Smoot • STL 17

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. Leach • PIT 9.7

2. Beckley • CIN 7.5

3. Sheckard • BRO 6.8

4. McCreery • BRO 6.4

5. Wagner • PIT 5.6

6. Barclay • STL 5.5

7. Dexter • 2TM 5.4

8. Smoot • STL 5.2

9. Crawford • CIN 5.1

10. Barry • PHI 4.9

AB per SO

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

1. Keeler • BRO 43.0

2. Donovan • STL 33.5

3. Douglass • PHI 27.2

4. Ritchey • PIT 27.0

5. Long • BSN 24.3

6. Corcoran • CIN 18.6

7. Beckley • CIN 18.3

8. Lowe • CHC 17.1

9. Dobbs • 2TM 16.9

10. Peitz • CIN 16.8

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Leach • PIT 85.7

2. Beckley • CIN 106.2

3. McCreery • BRO 107.5

4. Sheckard • BRO 121.5

5. Brodie • NYG 140.0

6. Dexter • 2TM 152.0

7. Flood • BRO 158.7

8. Smoot • STL 172.7

9. Wagner • PIT 178.0

10. Barclay • STL 181.0

Barry • PHI 181.0

Outs Made

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

1. Dolan • BRO 436

2. Farrell • STL 432

3. Corcoran • CIN 410

4. Barry • PHI 404

5. Keeler • BRO 398

Cooley • BSN 398

7. Dahlen • BRO 397

8. Gremminger • BSN 394

Smith • NYG 394

10. Flood • BRO 393

rOBA

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

1. Wagner • PIT .422

2. Clarke • PIT .417

3. Crawford • CIN .410

4. Beaumont • PIT .402

5. Beckley • CIN .393

6. Tenney • BSN .388

7. Peitz • CIN .381

8. Leach • PIT .374

9. Slagle • CHC .373

10. Thomas • PHI .371

Rbat+

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

1. Wagner • PIT 164

2. Clarke • PIT 163

3. Beaumont • PIT 156

4. Crawford • CIN 155

5. Tenney • BSN 152

6. Beckley • CIN 145

7. Keeler • BRO 140

8. Slagle • CHC 140

9. Thomas • PHI 138

10. Peitz • CIN 137

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