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1897 Western League Batting Leaders

1896 Season 1898 Season

Classification: A

Overall: 8 teams

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	BA	SLG	TB	SH
1	Dan Lally*	29	MNE	A	30	135	40	52	5	4	1	5	.385	.504	68
2	Algie McBride*	28	STP	A	133	528	170	201	22	11	12	44	.381	.532	281	2
3	Sam Dungan	30	DTR	A	137	557	146	207	28	13	5	21	.372	.496	276	16
4	Bob Wood	31	INA	A	88	341	62	127	20	7	4	21	.372	.507	173	1
5	Frank Isbell*	21	STP	A	50	191	44	68	6	4	3	13	.356	.476	91	4
6	Herm McFarland*	27	INA	A	131	537	136	190	23	25	13	47	.354	.562	302	12
7	Charlie Frank*	27	CLB	A	130	522	129	184	24	12	7	30	.352	.485	253	4
8	Pat Dillard*	24	DTR	A	92	397	84	139	20	17	4	6	.350	.516	205	6
9	Jack McCarthy*	28	INA	A	85	357	86	125	23	13	7	23	.350	.546	195	15
10	Bill Gray?	26	INA	A	125	527	131	183	26	11	19	13	.347	.546	288	21
11	Robert Stafford?	25	MLW	A	134	495	118	172	29	11	8	28	.347	.499	247	15
12	Jack Glasscock	39	STP	A	132	563	137	195	30	7	3	56	.346	.440	248	10
13	Frank Butler*	30	CLB	A	104	418	94	143	13	3	2	27	.342	.402	168	19
14	Farmer Weaver#	32	MLW	A	138	573	105	196	25	9	2	28	.342	.428	245	27
15	Jack Carney	30	KCY	A	49	218	34	74	18	5	1	9	.339	.482	105	2
16	Frank Motz?	27	INA	A	136	552	121	187	23	9	6	38	.339	.446	246	17
17	Bill George	32	STP	A	139	615	142	208	33	11	10	49	.338	.476	293	11
18	George Miller	32	MNE	A	134	547	108	185	27	1	1	45	.338	.397	217	16
19	Sam Mertes	24	CLB	A	134	525	155	177	14	14	7	97	.337	.457	240	29
20	Tom Daly#	31	MLW	A	137	502	106	167	37	9	2	46	.333	.454	228	18
21	Charlie Nyce?	26	STP	A	111	432	113	144	16	15	5	20	.333	.475	205	6
22	John Newell	29	GRR	A	42	178	41	59	13	7	2	9	.331	.517	92	5
23	Ollie Beard	35	DTR	A	24	109	37	36	4	3	2	4	.330	.477	52	0
24	Don McKinney?	22	GRR	A	54	227	34	74	7	6	0	8	.326	.410	93	3
25	Jimmy Slagle*	23	GRR	A	132	550	136	179	27	14	6	40	.325	.458	252	10
26	Frank Fear?	--	GRR	A	19	65	14	21	2	2	0	3	.323	.415	27	0
27	John Ganzel	23	GRR	A	125	543	87	175	25	10	8	7	.322	.449	244	7
28	Hunkey Hines	29	DTR	A	124	555	131	178	39	8	6	20	.321	.452	251	7
29	Chippy McGarr	34	CLB	A	78	299	55	96	15	4	3	14	.321	.428	128	8
30	Ed Lewee?	24	MLW	A	126	470	91	150	22	10	3	12	.319	.428	201	15
31	Harry Steinfeldt	21	DTR	A	136	549	113	175	28	19	9	28	.319	.488	268	14
32	Frank Shugart*	30	STP	A	88	370	82	116	21	10	10	31	.314	.505	187	6
33	Frank Genins?	30	CLB	A	132	546	117	169	20	10	2	24	.310	.394	215	15
34	Mattie McVicker?	27	KCY	A	140	564	115	175	39	15	7	21	.310	.470	265	15
35	Mike Trost?	31	DTR	A	93	326	54	101	11	6	1	7	.310	.390	127	3
36	Charles Smith#	26	MLW	A	15	52	14	16	1	3	1	2	.308	.500	26	0
37	Lefty Davis*	22	DTR	A	51	225	36	69	9	2	5	12	.307	.431	97	10
38	Count Campau*	33	GRR	A	130	548	109	166	26	10	12	25	.303	.453	248	10
39	George Hogreiver	28	INA	A	140	548	158	165	29	15	7	72	.301	.447	245	6
40	Mike Kahoe	23	INA	A	88	335	61	101	12	12	1	15	.301	.418	140	7
41	Jack Crooks	31	CLB	A	131	460	87	138	20	9	4	24	.300	.409	188	13
42	Roger Denzer*	25	STP	A	21	67	13	20	3	1	0	0	.299	.373	25
43	Walt Wilmot#	33	MNE	A	74	296	55	88	13	5	5	24	.297	.426	126
44	Jimmy Bannon	26	KCY	A	76	297	62	88	26	2	0	30	.296	.397	118	7
45	Harry Blake	23	MLW	A	85	321	63	94	13	2	5	29	.293	.393	126	4
46	Billy Hulen*	27	CLB	A	130	559	141	163	17	16	6	34	.292	.411	230	11
47	George Tebeau	35	CLB	A	135	517	99	151	23	12	5	35	.292	.412	213	25
48	Sam Gillen?	29	STP	A	41	151	40	44	5	1	4	12	.291	.417	63	1
49	Jack Wadsworth*	29	DTR	A	20	62	13	18	0	0	0	2	.290	.290	18	3
50	Bill Phillips	28	INA	A	48	163	34	47	9	2	2	2	.288	.405	66	6
51	Hercules Burnett	31	DTR	A	83	293	72	84	10	13	7	20	.287	.481	141	8
52	Jot Goar	27	INA	A	39	140	27	40	4	4	3	4	.286	.436	61	4
53	Connie Mack	34	MLW	A	27	74	12	21	1	2	0	4	.284	.351	26	3
54	Tom Letcher*	29	MNE	A	104	446	76	126	21	9	2	25	.283	.383	171	7
55	George Speer?	25	MLW	A	132	520	70	147	17	6	0	29	.283	.338	176	15
56	Fred Lake	30	KCY	A	47	170	29	48	11	2	4	7	.282	.441	75	6
57	Ace Stewart	28	INA	A	132	524	105	147	29	9	8	27	.281	.416	218	14
58	Gil Hatfield	42	GRR	A	45	182	23	51	8	1	1	12	.280	.352	64	6
59	Bert Myers	23	MLW	A	115	443	91	124	10	13	4	15	.280	.388	172	13
60	Frank Connaughton	28	KCY	A	137	563	95	157	18	12	0	26	.279	.353	199
61	Harry Truby?	29	KCY	A	18	72	10	20	3	1	0	1	.278	.347	25	3
62	Art Twineham*	30	GRR	A	112	388	62	107	18	2	6	16	.276	.379	147	18
63	Dale Gear	25	KCY	A	30	106	10	29	3	1	0	1	.274	.321	34
64	Steve Griffin?	24	GRR	A	75	297	39	81	15	7	3	10	.273	.401	119	6
65	George Flynn?	26	INA	A	121	459	129	125	17	8	5	36	.272	.377	173	16
66	Joe Wright*	28	MLW	A	56	203	46	55	6	2	2	14	.271	.350	71	4
67	Walt Preston*	29	STP	A	49	179	48	48	5	3	2	12	.268	.363	65
68	Cowboy Jones*	22	MLW	A	17	60	9	16	5	0	0	0	.267	.350	21	2
69	Al Pardee?	22	KCY	A	23	75	11	20	1	1	0	4	.267	.307	23
70	Harry Meek*	19	KCY	A	19	79	13	21	3	1	1	1	.266	.367	29	0
71	George Nicol	26	MLW	A	136	592	115	156	20	17	3	28	.264	.370	219	11
72	Adonis Terry	32	MLW	A	35	106	11	28	3	1	0	3	.264	.311	33	5
73	Tony Mullane#	38	STP	A	53	157	31	41	3	2	0	10	.261	.306	48	5
74	Art Ball?	25	MNE	A	120	430	96	112	13	4	0	41	.260	.309	133	14
75	Pete Cassidy	24	MNE	A	40	150	23	39	4	2	1	15	.260	.333	50	6
76	Pat McCauley?	27	DTR	A	72	270	41	70	6	5	3	13	.259	.352	95	2
77	Wallace Hollingsworth?	24	STP	A	95	366	65	93	17	2	2	33	.254	.328	120	14
78	Bill Kuehne	38	MNE	A	84	366	40	92	14	6	0	13	.251	.322	118	11
79	Pete Daniels*	33	CLB	A	24	56	9	14	1	1	0	1	.250	.304	17	2
80	Harry Spies	31	STP	A	112	521	70	130	11	6	3	23	.250	.311	162	7
81	Fred Blanford?	--	KCY	A	92	306	44	76	8	7	0	6	.248	.320	98	7
82	Tom Thomas	23	DTR	A	48	179	20	44	6	5	0	6	.246	.335	60	4
83	Danny Friend*	24	KCY	A	16	53	10	13	0	1	2	1	.245	.396	21	2
84	Deacon Phillippe	25	MNE	A	23	78	6	19	5	2	0	0	.244	.359	28	2
85	Ike Fisher	26	CLB	A	76	274	47	66	8	5	5	5	.241	.361	99	6
86	Ed Cartwright	37	MNE	A	24	96	14	23	7	1	1	5	.240	.365	35	0
87	Jack Taylor	23	MLW	A	18	50	9	12	1	2	0	0	.240	.340	17	0
88	Bob Allen	29	DTR	A	61	211	40	50	8	4	0	5	.237	.313	66	2
89	Byron McKibben?	24	GRR	A	77	263	44	62	9	5	1	16	.236	.319	84	3
90	Bobby Wheelock	32	GRR	A		51	4	12	3	0	0	4	.235	.294	15
91	Eddie Boyle	23	MNE	A	89	333	43	77	15	6	1	9	.231	.321	107	6
92	Frank Foreman	34	INA	A	46	142	18	32	6	2	0	3	.225	.296	42	5
93	Bill Hutchison	37	MNE	A	44	135	19	30	3	2	1	1	.222	.296	40	1
94	Bill Phyle?	22	STP	A	35	117	23	26	3	3	0	7	.222	.299	35
95	John Menefee	29	KCY	A	131	452	71	100	12	6	4	37	.221	.301	136	17
96	Fred Barnes?	28	MLW	A	39	116	18	25	1	0	1	2	.216	.250	29	0
97	Jimmie Driscoll?	26	GRR	A	35	131	11	27	5	1	0	1	.206	.260	34	1
98	Joe Ganzel?	28	MNE	A	22	74	10	15	2	1	0	5	.203	.257	19	0
99	Tom Bannon	28	KCY	A	21	85	16	17	2	1	0	13	.200	.247	21	4
100	Bert Abbey	27	KCY	A	42	132	12	25	3	0	0	0	.189	.212	28