Baltimore Orioles Top 10 Career Batting Leaders

Team Name: Baltimore Orioles

Seasons: 18 (1882 to 1899)

Record: 1133-1049, .519 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 0

Pennants: 3

World Championships: 0

Winningest Manager: Ned Hanlon, 555-369, .601 W-L%

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Career Top 10 Leaders

WAR Position Players †

1. John McGraw 36.5

2. Hughie Jennings 35.8

3. Joe Kelley 31.7

4. Willie Keeler 26.3

5. Tommy Tucker 12.4

6. Henry Reitz 10.4

7. Steve Brodie 9.6

8. Billy Shindle 9.4

9. Thomas Burns 8.0

10. Mike Griffin 7.5

Offensive WAR †

1. John McGraw 36.3

2. Hughie Jennings 30.8

3. Joe Kelley 29.9

4. Willie Keeler 23.4

5. Tommy Tucker 11.5

6. Thomas Burns 10.2

7. Wilbert Robinson 9.6

8. George Van Haltren 8.7

9. Steve Brodie 8.6

10. Mike Griffin 7.8

Defensive WAR †

1. Hughie Jennings 8.8

2. Billy Shindle 3.8

3. Henry Reitz 3.7

4. John McGraw 2.9

5. Sam Trott 2.3

6. Chris Fulmer 2.0

7. Wilbert Robinson 1.9

8. Gene DeMontreville 1.4

9. Jack Farrell 1.1

George Townsend 1.1

Batting Average

1. Willie Keeler .388

2. Hughie Jennings .359

3. Joe Kelley .351

4. John McGraw .336

5. Steve Brodie .331

6. Tommy Tucker .311

7. Wilbert Robinson .295

8. Henry Reitz .291

9. Mike Griffin .279

10. Billy Shindle .260

On-Base%

1. John McGraw .461

2. Hughie Jennings .447

3. Joe Kelley .446

4. Willie Keeler .434

5. Steve Brodie .384

6. Tommy Tucker .377

7. Henry Reitz .367

8. Mike Griffin .364

9. Wilbert Robinson .341

10. Billy Shindle .319

Slugging %

1. Joe Kelley .514

2. Willie Keeler .492

3. Hughie Jennings .472

4. Steve Brodie .421

5. Tommy Tucker .419

6. John McGraw .410

7. Henry Reitz .401

8. Mike Griffin .385

9. Wilbert Robinson .370

10. Billy Shindle .346

On-Base Plus Slugging

1. Joe Kelley .960

2. Willie Keeler .926

3. Hughie Jennings .918

4. John McGraw .871

5. Steve Brodie .805

6. Tommy Tucker .796

7. Henry Reitz .768

8. Mike Griffin .749

9. Wilbert Robinson .711

10. Billy Shindle .665

Games Played

1. John McGraw 848

2. Joe Kelley 781

3. Wilbert Robinson 780

4. Joe Sommer 710

5. Hughie Jennings 667

6. Willie Keeler 644

7. Steve Brodie 577

8. Henry Reitz 557

9. Billy Shindle 541

10. Mike Griffin 410

At Bats

1. John McGraw 3163

2. Joe Kelley 3048

3. Wilbert Robinson 2838

4. Willie Keeler 2824

5. Joe Sommer 2785

6. Hughie Jennings 2587

7. Steve Brodie 2343

8. Billy Shindle 2221

9. Henry Reitz 2122

10. Mike Griffin 1605

Plate Appearances

1. John McGraw 3931

2. Joe Kelley 3629

3. Willie Keeler 3128

4. Hughie Jennings 3077

5. Wilbert Robinson 3073

6. Joe Sommer 2997

7. Steve Brodie 2597

8. Billy Shindle 2415

9. Henry Reitz 2410

10. Mike Griffin 1822

Runs Scored

1. John McGraw 840

2. Joe Kelley 768

3. Willie Keeler 751

4. Hughie Jennings 694

5. Joe Sommer 442

6. Steve Brodie 429

7. Mike Griffin 397

8. Billy Shindle 383

9. Henry Reitz 373

10. Wilbert Robinson 361

Hits

1. Willie Keeler 1097

2. Joe Kelley 1069

3. John McGraw 1063

4. Hughie Jennings 929

5. Wilbert Robinson 836

6. Steve Brodie 776

7. Joe Sommer 670

8. Henry Reitz 618

9. Billy Shindle 577

10. Tommy Tucker 489

Total Bases

1. Joe Kelley 1566

2. Willie Keeler 1388

3. John McGraw 1297

4. Hughie Jennings 1220

5. Wilbert Robinson 1049

6. Steve Brodie 987

7. Henry Reitz 851

8. Joe Sommer 839

9. Billy Shindle 769

10. Tommy Tucker 658

Doubles

1. Joe Kelley 181

2. Hughie Jennings 147

3. Wilbert Robinson 129

4. Steve Brodie 107

Willie Keeler 107

6. John McGraw 94

7. Joe Sommer 90

8. Henry Reitz 84

9. Billy Shindle 80

10. Mike Griffin 74

Triples

1. Joe Kelley 98

2. Willie Keeler 71

3. Henry Reitz 61

4. John McGraw 55

5. Hughie Jennings 54

6. Billy Shindle 44

7. Thomas Burns 40

8. Mike Griffin 38

9. Steve Brodie 37

10. Tommy Tucker 32

Home Runs

1. Joe Kelley 40

2. Thomas Burns 24

3. Tommy Tucker 17

4. George Van Haltren 16

5. Willie Keeler 14

6. Hughie Jennings 12

7. Steve Brodie 10

John McGraw 10

Wilbert Robinson 10

10. Dan Brouthers 9

Jim Davis 9

Henry Reitz 9

Runs Batted In

1. Joe Kelley 653

2. Hughie Jennings 529

3. Steve Brodie 459

4. Wilbert Robinson 456

5. Henry Reitz 400

6. John McGraw 392

7. Willie Keeler 372

8. Joe Sommer 255

9. Tommy Tucker 244

10. Billy Shindle 242

Bases on Balls

1. John McGraw 642

2. Joe Kelley 482

3. Henry Reitz 224

4. Hughie Jennings 204

5. Mike Griffin 201

6. Joe Sommer 192

7. Wilbert Robinson 187

8. Willie Keeler 180

9. Billy Shindle 163

10. George Van Haltren 141

Strikeouts

1. Wilbert Robinson 195

2. Joe Kelley 178

3. Billy Shindle 135

4. Henry Reitz 124

5. John McGraw 123

Tommy Tucker 123

7. Joe Sommer 114

8. Ducky Holmes 99

9. Sadie McMahon 97

10. William Clarke 84

Bert Cunningham 84

Stolen Bases

1. John McGraw 369

2. Joe Kelley 290

3. Hughie Jennings 248

4. Willie Keeler 238

5. Tommy Tucker 191

6. Mike Griffin 179

7. Billy Shindle 149

8. Jack Doyle 135

9. Steve Brodie 132

10. George Van Haltren 124

Singles

1. Willie Keeler 905

2. John McGraw 904

3. Joe Kelley 750

4. Hughie Jennings 716

5. Wilbert Robinson 670

6. Steve Brodie 622

7. Joe Sommer 544

8. Henry Reitz 464

9. Billy Shindle 445

10. Tommy Tucker 386

Adjusted OPS+

1. Joe Kelley 149

2. Willie Keeler 139

3. Hughie Jennings 138

4. Tommy Tucker 137

5. John McGraw 131

6. Mike Griffin 124

7. Steve Brodie 106

8. Henry Reitz 97

9. Billy Shindle 94

10. Wilbert Robinson 89

Runs Created

1. Joe Kelley 694

2. Willie Keeler 591

3. John McGraw 582

4. Hughie Jennings 496

5. Steve Brodie 364

6. Wilbert Robinson 361

7. Henry Reitz 306

8. Joe Sommer 243

9. Billy Shindle 242

10. Tommy Tucker 232

Adj. Batting Runs

1. Joe Kelley 241

2. John McGraw 200

3. Hughie Jennings 168

4. Willie Keeler 161

5. Thomas Burns 78

6. Tommy Tucker 74

7. George Van Haltren 57

8. Mike Griffin 54

9. Jack Doyle 27

10. Dan Brouthers 26

Adj. Batting Wins

1. Joe Kelley 22.0

2. John McGraw 19.2

3. Hughie Jennings 15.9

4. Willie Keeler 15.0

5. Thomas Burns 8.1

6. Tommy Tucker 7.7

7. George Van Haltren 6.0

8. Mike Griffin 5.6

9. Jim Clinton 2.6

Jack Doyle 2.6

Extra Base Hits

1. Joe Kelley 319

2. Hughie Jennings 213

3. Willie Keeler 192

4. Wilbert Robinson 166

5. John McGraw 159

6. Steve Brodie 154

Henry Reitz 154

8. Billy Shindle 132

9. Thomas Burns 128

10. Joe Sommer 126

Times On Base

1. John McGraw 1793

2. Joe Kelley 1593

3. Hughie Jennings 1338

4. Willie Keeler 1326

5. Wilbert Robinson 1036

6. Steve Brodie 976

7. Joe Sommer 882

8. Henry Reitz 872

9. Billy Shindle 771

10. Mike Griffin 664

Offensive Win %

1. Joe Kelley .745

2. Willie Keeler .73

3. Hughie Jennings .679

John McGraw .679

5. Tommy Tucker .656

6. Mike Griffin .61

7. Steve Brodie .567

8. Henry Reitz .506

9. Wilbert Robinson .497

10. Billy Shindle .487

Hit By Pitch

1. Hughie Jennings 205

2. John McGraw 88

3. Tommy Tucker 80

4. Steve Brodie 72

5. William Clarke 50

6. Willie Keeler 49

Curt Welch 49

8. Joe Kelley 42

9. Dan McGann 39

10. Pete Gilbert 31

Billy Shindle 31

Sacrifice Hits

1. Hughie Jennings 81

2. Willie Keeler 71

3. Steve Brodie 53

4. Joe Kelley 52

5. John McGraw 36

6. Wilbert Robinson 35

7. Henry Reitz 34

8. Ducky Holmes 25

9. Jim Donnelly 20

10. Dan Brouthers 19

William Clarke 19

Power-Speed #

1. Joe Kelley 70.3

2. Thomas Burns 41.4

3. Tommy Tucker 31.2

4. George Van Haltren 28.3

5. Willie Keeler 26.4

6. Hughie Jennings 22.9

7. John McGraw 19.5

8. Steve Brodie 18.6

9. Wilbert Robinson 17.8

10. Henry Reitz 16.6

AB per SO

1. Willie Keeler 78.4

2. Steve Brodie 36.0

3. Hughie Jennings 33.2

4. John McGraw 25.7

5. Mike Griffin 20.1

6. Joe Kelley 17.1

Henry Reitz 17.1

8. Billy Shindle 16.5

9. Wilbert Robinson 14.3

10. Tommy Tucker 12.8

AB per HR

1. Joe Kelley 76.2

2. Tommy Tucker 92.4

3. Willie Keeler 201.7

4. Hughie Jennings 215.6

5. Mike Griffin 229.3

6. Steve Brodie 234.3

7. Henry Reitz 235.8

8. Billy Shindle 277.6

9. Wilbert Robinson 283.8

10. John McGraw 316.3

Outs Made

1. John McGraw 2136

2. Joe Sommer 2115

3. Wilbert Robinson 2037

4. Joe Kelley 2031

5. Willie Keeler 1798

6. Hughie Jennings 1739

7. Billy Shindle 1644

8. Steve Brodie 1620

9. Henry Reitz 1538

10. Mike Griffin 1158

rOBA †

1. Joe Kelley .454

2. Hughie Jennings .448

3. Willie Keeler .444

4. John McGraw .440

5. Tommy Tucker .387

6. Steve Brodie .385

7. Mike Griffin .365

8. Henry Reitz .364

9. Wilbert Robinson .340

10. Billy Shindle .327

Rbat+ †

1. Joe Kelley 147

2. Hughie Jennings 142

3. Willie Keeler 140

4. John McGraw 139

5. Tommy Tucker 133

6. Mike Griffin 123

7. Steve Brodie 108

8. Henry Reitz 97

Billy Shindle 97

10. Wilbert Robinson 89

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