1879 National League Batting Leaders

Classification: Major League

Overall: 321 games, 8 teams, approx. 80 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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1	Paul Hines	24	PRO	Maj	PRO	85	417	409	81	146	25	10	2	52	8	16	.357	.369	.482	.851	197
2	Emil Gross	21	PRO	Maj	PRO	30	136	132	31	46	9	5	0	24	4	8	.349	.368	.492	.860	65
3	King Kelly	21	CN1	Maj	CIN	77	353	345	78	120	20	12	2	47	8	14	.348	.363	.493	.855	170
4	Jim O'Rourke	28	PRO	Maj	PRO	81	375	362	69	126	19	9	1	46	13	10	.348	.371	.459	.829	166
5	John O'Rourke*	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	72	325	317	69	108	17	11	6	62	8	32	.341	.357	.521	.877	165
6	Deacon White	31	CN1	Maj	CIN	78	339	333	55	110	16	6	1	52	6	9	.330	.342	.423	.766	141
7	Ed Cogswell	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	49	244	236	51	76	8	1	1	18	8	5	.322	.344	.377	.721	89
8	Joe Start*	36	PRO	Maj	PRO	66	324	317	70	101	11	5	2	37	7	4	.319	.333	.404	.737	128
9	Cap Anson	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	51	229	227	40	72	20	1	0	34	2	2	.317	.323	.414	.737	94
10	Charley Jones	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	83	384	355	85	112	22	10	9	62	29	38	.316	.367	.510	.877	181
11	Curry Foley*	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	35	149	146	16	46	3	1	0	17	3	4	.315	.329	.349	.678	51
12	Tom York*	28	PRO	Maj	PRO	81	361	342	69	106	25	5	1	50	19	28	.310	.346	.421	.767	144
13	Orator Shafer	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	73	322	316	53	96	13	0	0	35	6	28	.304	.317	.345	.662	109
14	Cal McVey	29	CN1	Maj	CIN	81	362	354	64	105	18	6	0	55	8	13	.297	.312	.381	.694	135
15	Jack Farrell	21	SR1,PRO	Maj	SYR-PRO	66	295	292	45	86	8	2	1	26	3	13	.295	.302	.346	.648	101
16	Ed Williamson	21	CHN	Maj	CHC	80	344	320	66	94	20	13	1	36	24	31	.294	.343	.447	.790	143
17	Abner Dalrymple	21	CHN	Maj	CHC	71	337	333	47	97	25	1	0	23	4	29	.291	.300	.372	.672	124
18	Buttercup Dickerson	20	CN1	Maj	CIN	81	353	350	73	102	18	14	2	57	3	27	.291	.298	.440	.738	154
19	Doc Kennedy	25	CL2	Maj	CLV	49	195	193	19	56	8	2	1	18	2	10	.290	.297	.368	.665	71
20	Bill Crowley	22	BFN	Maj	BUF	60	267	261	41	75	9	5	0	30	6	14	.287	.303	.360	.664	94
21	John Ward	19	PRO	Maj	PRO	83	371	364	71	104	9	4	2	41	7	14	.286	.299	.349	.648	127
22	Silver Flint	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	79	330	324	46	92	22	6	1	41	6	44	.284	.297	.398	.695	129
23	Hardy Richardson	24	BFN	Maj	BUF	79	352	336	54	95	18	10	0	37	16	30	.283	.315	.396	.711	133
24	John Morrill	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	84	362	348	56	98	18	5	0	49	14	32	.282	.309	.362	.672	126
25	Pete Hotaling	22	CN1	Maj	CIN	81	381	369	64	103	20	9	1	27	12	17	.279	.302	.390	.692	144
26	George Wright	32	PRO	Maj	PRO	85	401	388	79	107	15	10	1	42	13	20	.276	.299	.374	.673	145
27	Mike McGeary	28	PRO	Maj	PRO	85	379	374	62	103	7	2	0	35	5	13	.275	.285	.305	.590	114
28	Oscar Walker*	25	BFN	Maj	BUF	72	295	287	35	79	15	6	1	35	8	38	.275	.295	.380	.675	109
29	Dan Brouthers	21	TRN	Maj	TRO	39	169	168	17	46	12	1	4	17	1	18	.274	.278	.429	.707	72
30	Charlie Eden*	24	CL2	Maj	CLV	81	359	353	40	96	31	7	3	34	6	20	.272	.284	.425	.709	150
31	Bill Phillips	22	CL2	Maj	CLV	81	367	365	58	99	15	4	0	29	2	20	.271	.275	.334	.609	122
32	Charles Fulmer	28	BFN	Maj	BUF	76	311	306	30	82	11	5	0	28	5	34	.268	.280	.337	.616	103
33	Aaron Clapp	22	TRN	Maj	TRO	36	152	146	24	39	9	3	0	18	6	10	.267	.296	.370	.666	54
34	Mike Dorgan	25	SR1	Maj	SYR	59	274	270	38	72	11	5	1	17	4	13	.267	.277	.356	.633	96
35	Joe Hornung	22	BFN	Maj	BUF	78	321	319	46	85	18	7	0	38	2	27	.267	.271	.367	.638	117
36	Sadie Houck	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	80	360	356	69	95	24	9	2	49	4	11	.267	.275	.402	.677	143
37	Ross Barnes	29	CN1	Maj	CIN	77	339	323	55	86	9	2	1	30	16	25	.266	.301	.316	.617	102
38	John Clapp	27	BFN	Maj	BUF	70	303	292	47	77	12	5	1	36	11	11	.264	.290	.349	.640	102
39	Candy Nelson	30	TRN	Maj	TRO	28	114	106	17	28	7	1	0	10	8	4	.264	.316	.349	.665	37
40	George Gore	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	63	274	266	43	70	17	4	0	32	8	30	.263	.285	.357	.642	95
41	Lew Brown	21	PRO,CHN	Maj	PRO-CHC	59	255	250	25	65	14	4	2	41	5	28	.260	.275	.372	.647	93
42	Al Hall?	--	TRN	Maj	TRO	67	309	306	30	79	7	3	0	14	3	13	.258	.265	.301	.566	92
43	Ed Caskin	27	TRN	Maj	TRO	70	306	304	32	78	13	2	0	21	2	14	.257	.261	.313	.574	95
44	Blondie Purcell	25	SR1,CN1	Maj	SYR-CIN	75	330	327	42	83	6	3	0	29	3	16	.254	.261	.291	.551	95
45	Bob Ferguson	34	TRN	Maj	TRO	30	127	123	18	31	5	2	0	4	4	3	.252	.276	.325	.601	40
46	Pud Galvin	22	BFN	Maj	BUF	67	266	265	34	66	11	6	0	27	1	56	.249	.252	.336	.588	89
47	Ezra Sutton	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	84	341	339	54	84	13	4	0	34	2	18	.248	.252	.310	.562	105
48	George Bradley	26	TRN	Maj	TRO	63	252	251	36	62	9	5	0	23	1	20	.247	.250	.323	.573	81
49	John Peters	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	83	380	379	45	93	13	2	1	31	1	19	.245	.247	.298	.546	113
50	Fred Warner?	24	CL2	Maj	CLV	76	318	316	32	77	11	4	0	22	2	20	.244	.248	.304	.552	96
51	Tom Mansell	24	TRN,SR1	Maj	TRO-SYR	41	184	181	29	44	6	0	0	11	3	9	.243	.255	.276	.532	50
52	Tommy Bond	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	65	263	257	35	62	3	1	0	21	6	8	.241	.259	.261	.519	67
53	Jack Burdock	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	84	368	359	64	86	10	3	0	36	9	28	.240	.258	.284	.542	102
54	Tom Carey	32	CL2	Maj	CLV	80	340	335	30	80	14	1	0	32	5	20	.239	.250	.287	.537	96
55	Pop Snyder	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	81	334	329	42	78	16	3	2	35	5	31	.237	.249	.322	.571	106
56	Jake Evans	22	TRN	Maj	TRO	72	285	280	30	65	9	5	0	17	5	18	.232	.246	.300	.546	84
57	Charlie Reilley	23	TRN	Maj	TRO	62	237	236	17	54	5	1	0	19	1	20	.229	.232	.259	.491	61
58	Bill Hague	27	PRO	Maj	PRO	51	212	209	20	47	3	1	0	21	3	19	.225	.236	.249	.485	52
59	Mike Burke	25	CN1	Maj	CIN	28	119	117	13	26	3	0	0	8	2	5	.222	.235	.248	.483	29
60	Harry McCormick	23	SR1	Maj	SYR	57	230	230	21	51	4	1	1	21	0	22	.222	.222	.261	.483	60
61	Jim McCormick	22	CL2	Maj	CLV	75	283	282	35	62	10	2	0	20	1	9	.220	.223	.270	.492	76
62	Terry Larkin	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	60	236	228	26	50	12	2	0	18	8	24	.219	.246	.290	.535	66
63	Herm Doscher	26	TRN,CHN	Maj	TRO-CHC	50	204	202	17	44	8	0	0	19	2	13	.218	.226	.257	.483	52
64	Jack Remsen	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	42	154	152	14	33	4	2	0	8	2	23	.217	.227	.270	.497	41
65	Live Oak Taylor?	28	TRN	Maj	TRO	24	98	97	10	21	4	0	0	8	1	8	.217	.225	.258	.482	25
66	Mike Mansell?	21	SR1	Maj	SYR	67	247	242	24	52	4	2	1	13	5	45	.215	.231	.260	.491	63
67	John Richmond	24	SR1	Maj	SYR	62	258	254	31	54	8	4	1	23	4	24	.213	.225	.287	.512	73
68	Will Foley	23	CN1	Maj	CIN	56	220	218	22	46	5	1	0	25	2	16	.211	.218	.243	.461	53
69	Jimmy Macullar*	24	SR1	Maj	SYR	64	249	246	24	52	9	0	0	13	3	27	.211	.221	.248	.469	61
70	Davy Force	29	BFN	Maj	BUF	79	329	316	36	66	5	2	0	8	13	37	.209	.240	.237	.477	75
71	Jack Glasscock	21	CL2	Maj	CLV	80	331	325	31	68	9	3	0	29	6	24	.209	.224	.255	.479	83
72	Dave Eggler	30	BFN	Maj	BUF	78	328	317	41	66	5	7	0	27	11	41	.208	.235	.268	.503	85
73	Thorny Hawkes	26	TRN	Maj	TRO	64	254	250	24	52	6	1	0	20	4	14	.208	.221	.240	.461	60
74	Joe Quest	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	83	343	334	38	69	16	1	0	22	9	33	.207	.227	.261	.488	87
75	Bill Holbert	24	SR1,TRN	Maj	SYR-TRO	63	245	244	12	50	0	0	0	23	1	21	.205	.208	.205	.413	50
76	Hick Carpenter*	23	SR1	Maj	SYR	65	263	261	30	53	6	0	0	20	2	15	.203	.209	.226	.435	59
77	Bobby Mathews	27	PRO	Maj	PRO	43	180	173	25	35	2	0	1	10	7	12	.202	.233	.231	.465	40
78	Bill Hawes	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	38	157	155	19	31	3	3	0	9	2	13	.200	.210	.258	.468	40
79	Joe Gerhardt	24	CN1	Maj	CIN	79	316	313	22	62	12	3	1	39	3	19	.198	.206	.265	.471	83
80	Frank Hankinson	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	44	173	171	14	31	4	0	0	8	2	14	.181	.191	.205	.396	35
81	Bill McGunnigle	24	BFN	Maj	BUF	47	176	171	22	30	0	1	0	5	5	24	.175	.199	.187	.386	32
82	George Strief	22	CL2	Maj	CLV	71	274	264	24	46	7	1	0	15	10	23	.174	.204	.208	.413	55
83	Barney Gilligan	23	CL2	Maj	CLV	52	205	205	20	35	6	2	0	11	0	13	.171	.171	.220	.390	45
84	Red Woodhead?	27	SR1	Maj	SYR	34	131	131	4	21	1	0	0	2	0	23	.160	.160	.168	.328	22
85	Jack Allen	23	CL2,SR1	Maj	CLV-SYR	27	110	108	14	16	3	2	0	7	2	14	.148	.164	.213	.377	23
86	Bobby Mitchell*	23	CL2	Maj	CLV	30	109	109	11	16	2	2	0	6	0	14	.147	.147	.202	.349	22
87	Billy Riley	24	CL2	Maj	CLV	43	163	161	14	23	2	0	0	9	2	26	.143	.153	.155	.309	25
88	Will White	24	CN1	Maj	CIN	76	300	294	28	40	6	0	0	17	6	56	.136	.153	.157	.310	46