1887 National League Batting Leaders

Classification: Major League

Overall: 508 games, 8 teams, approx. 127 games in season

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP
1	Sam Thompson	27	DTN	Maj	DTN	127	586	545	118	203	29	23	10	166	22	32	19	.373	.416	.565	.982	308	9
2	Cap Anson	35	CHN	Maj	CHC	122	533	472	107	164	33	13	7	102	27	60	18	.348	.422	.517	.939	244	1
3	Alex McKinnon?	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	48	208	200	26	68	16	4	1	30	6	8	9	.340	.365	.475	.840	95	0
4	Dan Brouthers	29	DTN	Maj	DTN	123	577	500	153	169	36	20	12	101	34	71	9	.338	.426	.562	.988	281	6
5	John Ward	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	129	578	545	114	184	16	5	1	53	111	29	12	.338	.375	.391	.766	213	4
6	Charlie Ferguson	24	PHI	Maj	PHI	72	300	264	67	89	14	6	3	85	13	34	19	.337	.417	.470	.886	124	2
7	Sam Wise	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	113	510	467	103	156	27	17	9	92	43	36	44	.334	.390	.523	.913	244	7
8	Larry Twitchell	23	DTN	Maj	DTN	65	274	264	44	88	14	6	0	51	12	8	19	.333	.358	.432	.790	114	2
9	Fred Carroll	22	PIT	Maj	PIT	102	459	421	71	138	24	15	6	54	23	36	21	.328	.383	.499	.882	210	2
10	Hardy Richardson	32	DTN	Maj	DTN	120	576	543	131	178	25	18	8	94	29	31	40	.328	.366	.484	.851	263	2
11	Ed Andrews	28	PHI	Maj	PHI	104	488	464	110	151	19	7	4	67	57	21	21	.325	.359	.422	.781	196	3
12	Jerry Denny	28	IN3	Maj	IND	122	526	510	86	165	34	12	11	97	29	13	22	.324	.344	.502	.846	256	3
13	King Kelly	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	116	540	484	120	156	34	11	8	63	84	55	40	.322	.393	.488	.880	236	1
14	Dell Darling	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	38	163	141	28	45	7	4	3	20	19	22	18	.319	.411	.489	.900	69	0
15	Jack Rowe	30	DTN	Maj	DTN	124	579	537	135	171	30	10	6	96	22	39	11	.318	.368	.445	.813	239	3
16	Paul Hines	32	WS8	Maj	WHS	123	534	478	83	147	32	5	10	72	46	48	24	.308	.380	.458	.838	219	8
17	Otto Schomberg*	22	IN3	Maj	IND	112	481	419	91	129	18	16	5	83	21	56	32	.308	.397	.463	.860	194	6
18	Deacon McGuire	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	41	163	150	22	46	6	6	2	23	3	11	8	.307	.362	.467	.829	70	2
19	Buck Ewing	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	77	351	318	83	97	17	13	6	44	26	30	33	.305	.370	.497	.867	158	3
20	Ezra Sutton	37	BSN	Maj	BSN	77	345	326	61	99	14	9	3	46	17	13	6	.304	.342	.429	.771	140	6
21	Deacon White	39	DTN	Maj	DTN	111	484	449	71	136	20	11	3	75	20	26	15	.303	.353	.417	.770	187	9
22	Bill Kuehne	28	PIT	Maj	PIT	102	417	402	68	120	18	15	1	41	17	14	39	.299	.324	.425	.749	171	1
23	Billy Nash	22	BSN	Maj	BSN	121	537	475	100	140	24	12	6	94	43	60	30	.295	.376	.434	.810	206	2
24	Jack Glasscock	29	IN3	Maj	IND	122	534	483	91	142	18	7	0	40	62	41	8	.294	.361	.360	.722	174	10
25	John Coleman	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	115	507	475	75	139	21	11	2	54	25	31	40	.293	.337	.396	.733	188	1
26	Billy Sunday	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	50	221	199	41	58	6	6	3	32	34	21	20	.292	.362	.427	.789	85	1
27	George Gore	33	NY1	Maj	NYG	111	508	459	95	133	16	5	1	49	39	42	18	.290	.358	.353	.711	162	7
28	George Wood	28	PHI	Maj	PHI	113	537	491	118	142	22	19	14	66	19	40	51	.289	.350	.497	.847	244	6
29	Mike Tiernan*	20	NY1	Maj	NYG	103	442	407	82	117	13	12	10	62	28	32	31	.288	.344	.452	.796	184	3
30	Joe Mulvey	28	PHI	Maj	PHI	111	498	474	93	136	21	6	2	78	43	21	14	.287	.321	.369	.691	175	3
31	Roger Connor*	29	NY1	Maj	NYG	127	554	471	113	134	26	22	17	104	43	75	50	.285	.392	.541	.933	255	8
32	Jim O'Rourke	36	NY1	Maj	NYG	103	438	397	73	113	15	13	3	88	46	36	11	.285	.352	.411	.762	163	5
33	Jimmy Ryan*	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	126	567	508	117	145	23	10	11	74	50	53	19	.285	.360	.435	.795	221	6
34	Marty Sullivan	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	115	512	472	98	134	13	16	7	77	35	36	53	.284	.340	.424	.764	200	4
35	Sid Farrar	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	116	495	443	83	125	20	9	4	72	24	42	29	.282	.358	.395	.753	175	10
36	Jack Clements*	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	66	259	246	48	69	13	7	1	47	7	9	24	.281	.317	.402	.719	99	4
37	John Morrill	32	BSN	Maj	BSN	127	542	504	79	141	32	6	12	81	19	37	86	.280	.330	.439	.769	221	1
38	Billy O'Brien	27	WS8	Maj	WHS	113	479	453	71	126	16	12	19	73	11	21	17	.278	.317	.492	.810	223	5
39	Fred Pfeffer	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	123	514	479	95	133	21	6	16	89	57	34	20	.278	.327	.447	.774	214	1
40	Danny Richardson	24	NY1	Maj	NYG	122	490	450	79	125	19	10	3	62	41	36	25	.278	.337	.384	.721	173	4
41	Ned Hanlon	29	DTN	Maj	DTN	118	503	471	79	129	13	7	4	69	69	30	24	.274	.320	.357	.677	168	2
42	Joe Hornung	30	BSN	Maj	BSN	98	457	437	85	118	10	6	5	49	41	17	28	.270	.302	.355	.657	155	3
43	Jack McGeachey	23	IN3	Maj	IND	99	411	405	49	109	17	3	1	56	27	5	16	.269	.280	.333	.613	135	1
44	Charlie Buffinton	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	66	281	269	34	72	12	1	1	46	8	11	3	.268	.299	.331	.630	89	1
45	Jocko Fields	22	PIT	Maj	PIT	43	173	164	26	44	9	2	0	17	7	7	13	.268	.306	.348	.654	57	2
46	Silver Flint	31	CHN	Maj	CHC	49	191	187	22	50	8	6	3	21	7	4	28	.267	.283	.423	.705	79	0
47	Ed Williamson	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	127	517	439	77	117	20	14	9	78	45	73	57	.267	.377	.437	.815	192	5
48	Fred Dunlap	28	DTN	Maj	DTN	65	297	272	60	72	13	10	5	45	15	25	12	.265	.327	.441	.768	120	0
49	Tom Burns	30	CHN	Maj	CHC	115	459	424	57	112	20	10	3	60	32	34	32	.264	.320	.380	.700	161	1
50	Patrick Gillespie	35	NY1	Maj	NYG	76	312	295	40	78	9	3	3	37	37	12	21	.264	.305	.346	.650	102	5
51	Jim Whitney	29	WS8	Maj	WHS	54	219	201	29	53	9	6	2	22	10	18	24	.264	.324	.398	.722	80	0
52	Jim Fogarty	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	126	587	495	113	129	26	12	8	50	102	82	44	.261	.377	.410	.787	203	10
53	Bob Pettit	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	32	146	138	29	36	3	3	2	12	16	8	15	.261	.301	.370	.671	51	0
54	Charlie Ganzel	25	DTN	Maj	DTN	57	236	227	40	59	6	5	0	20	3	8	2	.260	.288	.330	.619	75	1
55	Edward Tate	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	60	243	231	34	60	5	3	0	27	7	8	9	.260	.296	.307	.604	71	4
56	Art Whitney	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	119	488	431	57	112	11	4	0	51	10	55	18	.260	.346	.304	.650	131	2
57	Ed Daily	24	WS8,PHI	Maj	WHS-PHI	104	435	417	57	108	17	11	3	53	34	17	36	.259	.290	.374	.664	156	1
58	Pat Dealy	25	WS8	Maj	WHS	58	222	212	33	55	8	2	1	18	36	8	8	.259	.293	.330	.623	70	2
59	Mike Dorgan	33	NY1	Maj	NYG	71	301	283	41	73	10	0	0	34	22	15	20	.258	.302	.293	.596	83	3
60	Dick Johnston	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	127	523	507	87	131	13	20	5	77	52	16	35	.258	.281	.393	.674	199	0
61	Jack Burdock	35	BSN	Maj	BSN	65	259	237	36	61	6	0	0	29	19	18	22	.257	.321	.283	.603	67	4
62	Arthur Irwin	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	100	425	374	65	95	14	8	2	56	19	48	26	.254	.344	.350	.694	131	3
63	Bobby Wheelock	22	BSN	Maj	BSN	48	181	166	32	42	4	2	2	15	20	15	15	.253	.315	.337	.652	56	0
64	Cliff Carroll	27	WS8	Maj	WHS	103	446	420	79	104	17	4	4	37	40	17	30	.248	.292	.336	.627	141	9
65	Dick Conway	21	BSN	Maj	BSN	42	162	145	20	36	4	1	0	10	5	16	16	.248	.327	.290	.617	42	1
66	Charlie Bennett	32	DTN	Maj	DTN	46	190	160	26	39	6	5	3	20	7	30	22	.244	.363	.400	.763	64	0
67	Ed Beecher*	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	41	178	169	15	41	8	0	2	22	8	7	8	.243	.281	.325	.606	55	2
68	Jim McCormick	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	36	138	136	12	33	7	0	0	18	9	2	0	.243	.254	.294	.548	40	0
69	George Miller	22	PIT	Maj	PIT	87	379	342	58	83	17	4	1	34	33	35	13	.243	.317	.325	.641	111	2
70	Mickey Welch	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	41	155	148	16	36	4	2	2	15	2	6	1	.243	.277	.338	.615	50	1
71	John Clarkson	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	63	226	215	40	52	5	5	6	25	6	11	25	.242	.279	.395	.674	85	0
72	Kid Madden*	19	BSN	Maj	BSN	37	146	132	23	32	2	3	1	10	6	12	17	.242	.315	.326	.641	43	2
73	George Shoch	28	WS8	Maj	WHS	70	289	264	47	63	9	1	1	18	29	21	16	.239	.305	.292	.596	77	4
74	Mert Hackett	27	IN3	Maj	IND	42	156	147	12	35	6	3	2	10	4	7	24	.238	.282	.361	.643	53	2
75	Al Myers	23	WS8	Maj	WHS	105	404	362	45	84	9	5	2	36	18	40	26	.232	.312	.301	.613	109	2
76	Charley Bassett	24	IN3	Maj	IND	119	482	452	41	104	14	6	1	47	25	25	31	.230	.278	.294	.572	133	5
77	Old Hoss Radbourn	32	BSN	Maj	BSN	51	195	175	25	40	2	2	1	24	6	18	21	.229	.308	.280	.588	49	2
78	Fatty Briody	28	DTN	Maj	DTN	33	138	128	24	29	6	1	1	26	6	9	10	.227	.283	.313	.595	40	1
79	Sam Barkley	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	89	374	340	44	76	10	4	1	35	6	30	24	.224	.294	.285	.579	97	4
80	Emmett Seery	26	IN3	Maj	IND	122	540	465	104	104	18	15	4	28	48	71	68	.224	.332	.353	.684	164	4
81	Jack Farrell	29	WS8	Maj	WHS	87	360	339	40	75	14	9	0	41	31	20	12	.221	.267	.316	.582	107	1
82	Tim Keefe	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	56	211	191	27	42	7	6	2	23	2	20	41	.220	.294	.351	.645	67	0
83	Barney McLaughlin	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	50	217	205	26	45	8	3	1	26	2	11	27	.220	.263	.302	.565	62	1
84	William Brown	21	NY1	Maj	NYG	49	183	170	17	37	3	2	0	25	10	10	15	.218	.273	.259	.532	44	3
85	Tom Brown	26	PIT,IN3	Maj	PIT-IND	83	353	332	50	72	6	4	2	15	25	19	65	.217	.264	.277	.541	92	2
86	George Myers	26	IN3	Maj	IND	69	262	235	25	51	8	1	1	20	26	22	7	.217	.298	.272	.570	64	5
87	Pop Smith	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	122	499	456	69	98	12	7	2	54	30	30	48	.215	.283	.285	.568	130	13
88	Charlie Bastian	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	60	243	221	33	47	11	1	1	21	11	19	29	.213	.284	.285	.569	63	3
89	Abner Dalrymple	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	92	409	358	45	76	18	5	2	31	29	45	43	.212	.311	.307	.618	110	6
90	Pud Galvin	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	49	195	193	10	41	7	3	2	22	5	2	47	.212	.221	.311	.531	60	0
91	Tom Daly	21	CHN	Maj	CHC	74	278	256	45	53	10	4	2	17	29	22	25	.207	.270	.301	.571	77	0
92	John Cahill	22	IN3	Maj	IND	68	273	263	22	54	4	3	0	26	34	9	5	.205	.234	.243	.478	64	1
93	George Van Haltren*	21	CHN	Maj	CHC	45	188	172	30	35	4	0	3	17	12	15	15	.204	.271	.279	.550	48	1
94	Connie Mack	24	WS8	Maj	WHS	82	325	314	35	63	6	1	0	20	26	8	17	.201	.228	.226	.454	71	3
95	Jim Donnelly	21	WS8	Maj	WHS	117	444	425	51	85	9	6	1	46	42	16	26	.200	.234	.257	.491	109	3
96	Tug Arundel	25	IN3	Maj	IND	43	166	157	13	31	4	0	0	13	8	8	12	.198	.241	.223	.464	35	1
97	Henry Boyle	26	IN3	Maj	IND	41	152	141	17	27	9	1	2	13	2	9	18	.192	.250	.312	.562	44	2
98	Mark Baldwin	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	41	149	139	18	26	1	1	4	17	4	10	42	.187	.242	.295	.537	41	0
99	Pretzels Getzien	23	DTN	Maj	DTN	43	167	156	19	29	4	5	1	14	2	10	32	.186	.240	.295	.534	46	1
100	Egyptian Healy	20	IN3	Maj	IND	41	144	138	14	24	4	2	3	14	7	4	42	.174	.208	.297	.505	41	2