1903 National League Batting Leaders

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National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	McGinnity • NYG	11.9
2.	Mathewson • NYG	10.8
3.	Wagner • PIT	7.6
4.	Hahn • CIN	7.5
5.	Sheckard • BRO	7.1
6.	Leever • PIT	6.0
7.	Chance • CHC	5.8
8.	Thomas • PHI	5.7
	Weimer • CHC	5.7
10.	Willis • BSN	5.6

WAR Position Players
1.	Wagner • PIT	7.6
2.	Sheckard • BRO	7.1
3.	Chance • CHC	5.8
4.	Thomas • PHI	5.7
5.	Dahlen • BRO	5.0
6.	Kling • CHC	4.6
7.	Donlin • CIN	4.4
	Ritchey • PIT	4.4
9.	Bresnahan • NYG	4.4
10.	Clarke • PIT	4.3

Offensive WAR
1.	Wagner • PIT	6.6
2.	Sheckard • BRO	6.0
3.	Chance • CHC	5.6
4.	Thomas • PHI	5.0
5.	Bresnahan • NYG	4.7
6.	Clarke • PIT	4.4
	Donlin • CIN	4.4
8.	Beaumont • PIT	4.3
9.	Steinfeldt • CIN	3.8
10.	Tenney • BSN	3.7

Defensive WAR
1.	Dahlen • BRO	2.5
2.	Kling • CHC	2.0
3.	Ritchey • PIT	2.0
4.	Moran • BSN	1.9
5.	Wagner • PIT	1.7
6.	Warner • NYG	1.5
7.	Tinker • CHC	1.4
8.	Corcoran • CIN	1.1
9.	Gremminger • BSN	0.9
10.	Bergen • CIN	0.8

Batting Average
1.	Wagner • PIT	.355
2.	Clarke • PIT	.351
3.	Donlin • CIN	.351
4.	Bresnahan • NYG	.350
5.	Seymour • CIN	.342
6.	Beaumont • PIT	.341
7.	Sheckard • BRO	.332
8.	Thomas • PHI	.327
9.	Donovan • STL	.327
10.	Beckley • CIN	.327

On-Base%
1.	Thomas • PHI	.453
2.	Bresnahan • NYG	.443
3.	Chance • CHC	.439
4.	Sheckard • BRO	.423
5.	Donlin • CIN	.420
6.	Tenney • BSN	.415
7.	Clarke • PIT	.414
8.	Wagner • PIT	.414
9.	Kelley • CIN	.402
10.	Slagle • CHC	.393

Slugging %
1.	Clarke • PIT	.532
2.	Wagner • PIT	.518
3.	Donlin • CIN	.516
4.	Bresnahan • NYG	.493
5.	Steinfeldt • CIN	.481
6.	Seymour • CIN	.478
7.	Sheckard • BRO	.476
8.	Beckley • CIN	.447
9.	Keister • PHI	.445
10.	Beaumont • PIT	.444

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Clarke • PIT	.946
2.	Donlin • CIN	.936
3.	Bresnahan • NYG	.936
4.	Wagner • PIT	.931
5.	Sheckard • BRO	.899
6.	Chance • CHC	.878
7.	Steinfeldt • CIN	.867
8.	Seymour • CIN	.861
9.	Beaumont • PIT	.833
10.	Beckley • CIN	.831

Games Played
1.	Browne • NYG	141
	Beaumont • PIT	141
3.	Gremminger • BSN	140
4.	Doyle • BRO	139
	Sheckard • BRO	139
	Slagle • CHC	139
7.	Dahlen • BRO	138
	Cooley • BSN	138
	Mertes • NYG	138
	Barry • PHI	138
	Hulswitt • PHI	138
	Ritchey • PIT	138

At Bats
1.	Beaumont • PIT	613
2.	Browne • NYG	591
3.	Seymour • CIN	558
4.	Cooley • BSN	553
5.	Barry • PHI	550
6.	Slagle • CHC	543
7.	Doyle • BRO	524
8.	Hulswitt • PHI	519
	Farrell • STL	519
10.	Mertes • NYG	517

Plate Appearances
1.	Beaumont • PIT	678
2.	Browne • NYG	653
3.	Slagle • CHC	650
4.	Sheckard • BRO	621
5.	Strang • BRO	615
6.	Thomas • PHI	612
7.	Seymour • CIN	607
8.	Barry • PHI	603
9.	Cooley • BSN	602
10.	Mertes • NYG	595

Runs Scored
1.	Beaumont • PIT	137
2.	Donlin • CIN	110
3.	Browne • NYG	105
4.	Slagle • CHC	104
5.	Strang • BRO	101
6.	Mertes • NYG	100
7.	Sheckard • BRO	99
8.	Leach • PIT	97
	Wagner • PIT	97
10.	Thomas • PHI	88
	Clarke • PIT	88

Hits
1.	Beaumont • PIT	209
2.	Seymour • CIN	191
3.	Browne • NYG	185
4.	Wagner • PIT	182
5.	Donlin • CIN	174
6.	Sheckard • BRO	171
7.	Doyle • BRO	164
8.	Slagle • CHC	162
9.	Cooley • BSN	160
10.	Thomas • PHI	156

Total Bases
1.	Beaumont • PIT	272
2.	Seymour • CIN	267
3.	Wagner • PIT	265
4.	Donlin • CIN	256
5.	Sheckard • BRO	245
6.	Clarke • PIT	227
7.	Mertes • NYG	226
8.	Leach • PIT	222
9.	Browne • NYG	220
10.	Steinfeldt • CIN	211

Doubles
1.	Steinfeldt • CIN	32
	Mertes • NYG	32
	Clarke • PIT	32
4.	Bresnahan • NYG	30
	Beaumont • PIT	30
	Wagner • PIT	30
7.	Sheckard • BRO	29
	Kling • CHC	29
	Beckley • CIN	29
10.	Ritchey • PIT	28

Triples
1.	Wagner • PIT	19
2.	Donlin • CIN	18
3.	Leach • PIT	17
4.	Seymour • CIN	15
	Clarke • PIT	15
	Brain • STL	15
7.	Mertes • NYG	14
8.	Kling • CHC	13
	Sebring • PIT	13
10.	Steinfeldt • CIN	12
	Wolverton • PHI	12

Home Runs
1.	Sheckard • BRO	9
2.	Donlin • CIN	7
	Seymour • CIN	7
	Beaumont • PIT	7
	Mertes • NYG	7
	Leach • PIT	7
	Moran • BSN	7
8.	Steinfeldt • CIN	6
9.	Wagner • PIT	5
	Clarke • PIT	5
	Gremminger • BSN	5

Runs Batted In
1.	Mertes • NYG	104
2.	Wagner • PIT	101
3.	Doyle • BRO	91
4.	Leach • PIT	87
5.	Steinfeldt • CIN	83
6.	Chance • CHC	81
	Beckley • CIN	81
8.	Sheckard • BRO	75
9.	Corcoran • CIN	73
10.	Seymour • CIN	72

Bases on Balls
1.	Thomas • PHI	107
2.	Dahlen • BRO	82
3.	Slagle • CHC	81
4.	Chance • CHC	78
5.	Sheckard • BRO	75
	Strang • BRO	75
7.	Tenney • BSN	70
8.	Dexter • BSN	61
	Bresnahan • NYG	61
	Mertes • NYG	61

Strikeouts
1.	Babb • NYG	64
2.	Browne • NYG	58
3.	Tinker • CHC	57
4.	Gremminger • BSN	56
	Hackett • STL	56
6.	Moran • BSN	52
7.	Dahlen • BRO	50
	Jordan • BRO	50
	Smoot • STL	50
10.	Strang • BRO	49
	Harley • CHC	49
	Williams • 2TM	49

Stolen Bases
1.	Sheckard • BRO	67
	Chance • CHC	67
3.	Strang • BRO	46
	Wagner • PIT	46
5.	Mertes • NYG	45
6.	Gilbert • NYG	37
7.	McGann • NYG	36
8.	Dahlen • BRO	34
	Doyle • BRO	34
	Bresnahan • NYG	34

Singles
1.	Beaumont • PIT	166
2.	Browne • NYG	159
3.	Seymour • CIN	144
4.	Thomas • PHI	142
5.	Slagle • CHC	136
6.	Doyle • BRO	131
7.	Wagner • PIT	128
8.	Wolverton • PHI	127
9.	Sheckard • BRO	124
	Donlin • CIN	124

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Clarke • PIT	165
2.	Wagner • PIT	161
3.	Bresnahan • NYG	161
4.	Sheckard • BRO	158
5.	Donlin • CIN	154
6.	Chance • CHC	154
7.	Thomas • PHI	143
8.	Keister • PHI	136
9.	Tenney • BSN	135
10.	Steinfeldt • CIN	135

Runs Created
1.	Wagner • PIT	108
2.	Donlin • CIN	107
3.	Beaumont • PIT	105
4.	Sheckard • BRO	102
5.	Seymour • CIN	101
6.	Clarke • PIT	93
7.	Bresnahan • NYG	87
8.	Chance • CHC	83
9.	Mertes • NYG	81
10.	Steinfeldt • CIN	80

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Sheckard • BRO	42
2.	Wagner • PIT	40
3.	Thomas • PHI	38
4.	Chance • CHC	37
5.	Bresnahan • NYG	37
6.	Clarke • PIT	36
7.	Donlin • CIN	36
8.	Beaumont • PIT	27
9.	Tenney • BSN	26
10.	Seymour • CIN	23

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Sheckard • BRO	4.4
2.	Wagner • PIT	4.2
3.	Thomas • PHI	3.9
4.	Chance • CHC	3.8
5.	Bresnahan • NYG	3.8
6.	Clarke • PIT	3.8
7.	Donlin • CIN	3.7
8.	Beaumont • PIT	2.9
9.	Tenney • BSN	2.7
10.	Seymour • CIN	2.4

Extra Base Hits
1.	Wagner • PIT	54
2.	Mertes • NYG	53
3.	Clarke • PIT	52
4.	Donlin • CIN	50
	Steinfeldt • CIN	50
6.	Sheckard • BRO	47
	Seymour • CIN	47
8.	Kling • CHC	45
9.	Beaumont • PIT	43
10.	Bresnahan • NYG	42

Times On Base
1.	Thomas • PHI	266
2.	Beaumont • PIT	258
3.	Sheckard • BRO	252
4.	Slagle • CHC	247
5.	Donlin • CIN	233
	Wagner • PIT	233
7.	Chance • CHC	232
	Browne • NYG	232
9.	Seymour • CIN	227
10.	Doyle • BRO	223
	Strang • BRO	223

Offensive Win %
1.	Donlin • CIN	.804
2.	Clarke • PIT	.801
3.	Wagner • PIT	.800
4.	Bresnahan • NYG	.796
5.	Sheckard • BRO	.758
6.	Chance • CHC	.755
7.	Seymour • CIN	.740
8.	Steinfeldt • CIN	.732
9.	Beaumont • PIT	.722
10.	Beckley • CIN	.715

Hit By Pitch
1.	Babb • NYG	22
2.	Gilbert • NYG	20
3.	Gessler • BRO	12
	McGann • NYG	12
5.	Moran • BSN	11
	Harley • CHC	11
7.	Strang • BRO	10
	Chance • CHC	10
9.	Warner • NYG	9
10.	Tenney • BSN	8
	Wolverton • PHI	8
	Krueger • PIT	8

Sacrifice Hits
1.	McGann • NYG	30
2.	Gilbert • NYG	26
3.	Wolverton • PHI	23
4.	Sheckard • BRO	20
	Casey • CHC	20
	Gleason • PHI	20
	Thomas • PHI	20
8.	Smoot • STL	18
9.	Abbaticchio • BSN	17
	Lauder • NYG	17

Power-Speed #
1.	Sheckard • BRO	15.9
2.	Mertes • NYG	12.1
3.	Donlin • CIN	11.0
4.	Seymour • CIN	10.9
5.	Beaumont • PIT	10.7
6.	Leach • PIT	10.6
7.	Wagner • PIT	9.0
8.	Steinfeldt • CIN	8.2
9.	Clarke • PIT	8.1
10.	Moran • BSN	7.5

AB per SO
1.	Beckley • CIN	35.3
2.	Beaumont • PIT	34.1
3.	Wolverton • PHI	32.9
4.	Wagner • PIT	30.1
5.	Casey • CHC	25.6
6.	Douglass • PHI	23.6
7.	Doyle • BRO	22.8
8.	Gleason • PHI	21.7
9.	Donovan • STL	19.5
10.	Burke • STL	18.0

AB per HR
1.	Moran • BSN	55.6
2.	Sheckard • BRO	57.2
3.	Donlin • CIN	70.9
4.	Leach • PIT	72.4
5.	Steinfeldt • CIN	73.2
6.	Mertes • NYG	73.9
7.	Seymour • CIN	79.7
8.	Clarke • PIT	85.4
9.	Beaumont • PIT	87.6
10.	Bresnahan • NYG	101.5

Outs Made
1.	Browne • NYG	420
2.	Beaumont • PIT	416
3.	Barry • PHI	412
4.	Hulswitt • PHI	402
5.	Cooley • BSN	396
	Slagle • CHC	396
7.	Abbaticchio • BSN	395
8.	Gremminger • BSN	384
9.	Mertes • NYG	383
	Bransfield • PIT	383

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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements