Cleveland Tigers Top 50 Career Batting Leaders

Career Top 50 Leaders

WAR Position Players †

1. Babe Melton 2.1

2. Homer Curry 1.4

Orville Singer 1.4

4. Harry Jeffries 1.2

5. Saul Davis 1.0

6. Frank Stevens 0.8

7. Ernest Duff 0.7

8. Heavy Johnson 0.5

9. Eppie Hamilton 0.4

10. William Ross 0.3

Pete Willett 0.3

12. Perry Hall 0.2

Will Owens 0.2

14. Chester Blanchard 0.1

George Boggs 0.1

Johnnie Bob Dixon 0.1

Kirby 0.1

Odis Turner 0.1

Offensive WAR †

1. Babe Melton 2.3

2. Homer Curry 1.3

Harry Jeffries 1.3

4. Ernest Duff 1.0

5. Orville Singer 0.9

6. Heavy Johnson 0.8

7. Frank Stevens 0.7

8. Saul Davis 0.6

9. Eppie Hamilton 0.4

William Ross 0.4

11. Perry Hall 0.3

Pete Willett 0.3

13. Chester Blanchard 0.2

14. George Boggs 0.1

Johnnie Bob Dixon 0.1

Kirby 0.1

Will Owens 0.1

Ted Stockard 0.1

Odis Turner 0.1

Defensive WAR †

1. Saul Davis 0.6

2. Orville Singer 0.4

3. John Barnes 0.1

Will Owens 0.1

Pete Willett 0.1

Games Played

1. Tack Summers 58

2. Babe Melton 57

3. Ernest Duff 47

4. Saul Davis 42

5. Homer Curry 40

6. Orville Singer 38

7. Frank Stevens 35

8. Harry Jeffries 32

9. Nelson Dean 28

Eppie Hamilton 28

11. Pete Willett 25

12. Heavy Johnson 20

13. George Dixon 19

Ted Stockard 19

15. Willie Bobo 17

John Wesley Johnson 17

17. Charlie Wouldridge 16

18. William Ross 14

19. Charles Zomphier 13

20. Sam Crawford 12

21. Johnnie Bob Dixon 11

22. Chancelor Edwards 10

Perry Hall 10

24. Bobby Williams 9

25. Frank Duncan 7

Everett Goldie 7

Square Moore 7

28. John Barnes 6

Fred Dewitt 6

30. Tom Jackson 5

Will Owens 5

32. Chester Blanchard 3

George Boggs 3

Tom Cox 3

35. Kirby 1

Orange 1

Powell 1

Owen Smaulding 1

Odis Turner 1

Bill Williams 1

James Womack 1

At Bats

1. Tack Summers 221

2. Babe Melton 198

3. Ernest Duff 178

4. Saul Davis 163

5. Orville Singer 147

6. Harry Jeffries 117

7. Homer Curry 108

8. Eppie Hamilton 98

9. Frank Stevens 82

10. Pete Willett 79

11. Ted Stockard 76

12. Heavy Johnson 75

13. Willie Bobo 57

14. Nelson Dean 52

15. John Wesley Johnson 47

16. George Dixon 45

17. Charlie Wouldridge 44

Charles Zomphier 44

19. Perry Hall 37

20. Bobby Williams 31

21. Chancelor Edwards 28

William Ross 28

23. Sam Crawford 23

24. Everett Goldie 19

25. Johnnie Bob Dixon 17

26. Fred Dewitt 15

27. John Barnes 12

Square Moore 12

29. Chester Blanchard 7

Frank Duncan 7

Will Owens 7

32. Tom Jackson 5

James Womack 5

34. George Boggs 3

Kirby 3

36. Tom Cox 2

Odis Turner 2

38. Powell 1

Bill Williams 1

Plate Appearances

1. Tack Summers 241

2. Babe Melton 208

3. Ernest Duff 188

4. Saul Davis 169

5. Orville Singer 152

6. Harry Jeffries 127

7. Homer Curry 114

8. Eppie Hamilton 102

9. Frank Stevens 87

10. Pete Willett 82

11. Heavy Johnson 80

Ted Stockard 80

13. Willie Bobo 60

14. Nelson Dean 56

15. John Wesley Johnson 52

Charlie Wouldridge 52

17. George Dixon 51

Charles Zomphier 51

19. Perry Hall 39

20. Bobby Williams 33

21. William Ross 30

22. Chancelor Edwards 29

23. Sam Crawford 26

24. Everett Goldie 21

25. Fred Dewitt 18

Johnnie Bob Dixon 18

27. John Barnes 14

28. Square Moore 12

29. Will Owens 8

30. Chester Blanchard 7

Frank Duncan 7

32. Tom Jackson 5

James Womack 5

34. George Boggs 4

35. Kirby 3

36. Tom Cox 2

Odis Turner 2

38. Powell 1

Bill Williams 1

Runs Scored

1. Babe Melton 37

2. Ernest Duff 36

Tack Summers 36

4. Saul Davis 24

5. Harry Jeffries 22

6. Orville Singer 18

7. Heavy Johnson 16

8. Homer Curry 15

9. Frank Stevens 10

10. Eppie Hamilton 7

11. Pete Willett 6

12. George Dixon 5

13. Nelson Dean 4

Perry Hall 4

John Wesley Johnson 4

William Ross 4

Charles Zomphier 4

18. Everett Goldie 3

Ted Stockard 3

20. John Barnes 2

Willie Bobo 2

Sam Crawford 2

Tom Jackson 2

Kirby 2

Bobby Williams 2

Charlie Wouldridge 2

27. Chester Blanchard 1

Fred Dewitt 1

Johnnie Bob Dixon 1

Chancelor Edwards 1

Odis Turner 1

James Womack 1

Hits

1. Babe Melton 70

2. Ernest Duff 58

3. Tack Summers 57

4. Orville Singer 51

5. Saul Davis 47

6. Harry Jeffries 42

7. Homer Curry 38

8. Eppie Hamilton 32

9. Heavy Johnson 29

10. Frank Stevens 27

11. Pete Willett 23

12. Ted Stockard 21

13. Perry Hall 12

14. Willie Bobo 11

15. George Dixon 10

William Ross 10

Charlie Wouldridge 10

18. Charles Zomphier 9

19. John Wesley Johnson 8

Bobby Williams 8

21. Chester Blanchard 5

Sam Crawford 5

23. Johnnie Bob Dixon 4

24. Nelson Dean 3

Chancelor Edwards 3

Will Owens 3

27. Everett Goldie 2

Kirby 2

Odis Turner 2

30. George Boggs 1

Fred Dewitt 1

Tom Jackson 1

James Womack 1

Total Bases

1. Babe Melton 123

2. Ernest Duff 81

3. Tack Summers 70

4. Orville Singer 69

5. Saul Davis 63

6. Harry Jeffries 59

7. Homer Curry 54

8. Heavy Johnson 41

9. Frank Stevens 39

10. Eppie Hamilton 36

11. Pete Willett 32

12. Ted Stockard 25

13. Perry Hall 18

14. Willie Bobo 15

15. William Ross 13

16. Charles Zomphier 12

17. George Dixon 11

18. John Wesley Johnson 10

Charlie Wouldridge 10

20. Bobby Williams 8

21. Chester Blanchard 5

Sam Crawford 5

Johnnie Bob Dixon 5

24. Nelson Dean 3

Chancelor Edwards 3

Everett Goldie 3

Will Owens 3

28. Kirby 2

Odis Turner 2

30. George Boggs 1

Fred Dewitt 1

Tom Jackson 1

James Womack 1

Doubles

1. Ernest Duff 15

2. Saul Davis 11

3. Harry Jeffries 10

4. Orville Singer 9

5. Frank Stevens 8

6. Tack Summers 7

7. Homer Curry 6

Babe Melton 6

9. Eppie Hamilton 4

Pete Willett 4

11. Heavy Johnson 3

12. Willie Bobo 2

John Wesley Johnson 2

Ted Stockard 2

15. George Dixon 1

Johnnie Bob Dixon 1

Everett Goldie 1

Perry Hall 1

William Ross 1

Charles Zomphier 1

Triples

1. Babe Melton 13

2. Heavy Johnson 3

Orville Singer 3

Tack Summers 3

5. Homer Curry 2

Harry Jeffries 2

Frank Stevens 2

8. Willie Bobo 1

Saul Davis 1

Ernest Duff 1

Perry Hall 1

William Ross 1

Ted Stockard 1

Pete Willett 1

Charles Zomphier 1

Home Runs

1. Babe Melton 7

2. Homer Curry 2

Ernest Duff 2

4. Saul Davis 1

Perry Hall 1

Harry Jeffries 1

Heavy Johnson 1

Orville Singer 1

Pete Willett 1

Runs Batted In

1. Babe Melton 42

2. Ernest Duff 24

3. Orville Singer 23

4. Saul Davis 21

5. Tack Summers 17

6. Heavy Johnson 15

Frank Stevens 15

8. Harry Jeffries 14

9. Homer Curry 12

Ted Stockard 12

11. Eppie Hamilton 10

12. Pete Willett 8

13. Perry Hall 6

14. Willie Bobo 5

15. William Ross 4

Charles Zomphier 4

17. George Dixon 3

Bobby Williams 3

19. Sam Crawford 2

Everett Goldie 2

John Wesley Johnson 2

Charlie Wouldridge 2

23. Chester Blanchard 1

Nelson Dean 1

Fred Dewitt 1

Johnnie Bob Dixon 1

Chancelor Edwards 1

Odis Turner 1

James Womack 1

Bases on Balls

1. Tack Summers 17

2. Babe Melton 8

Charlie Wouldridge 8

4. Ernest Duff 7

5. Saul Davis 6

George Dixon 6

Harry Jeffries 6

Charles Zomphier 6

9. Heavy Johnson 5

10. Homer Curry 4

Nelson Dean 4

John Wesley Johnson 4

Frank Stevens 4

14. Willie Bobo 3

Eppie Hamilton 3

Orville Singer 3

Ted Stockard 3

18. Fred Dewitt 2

William Ross 2

Pete Willett 2

Bobby Williams 2

22. John Barnes 1

George Boggs 1

Sam Crawford 1

Johnnie Bob Dixon 1

Chancelor Edwards 1

Everett Goldie 1

Perry Hall 1

Will Owens 1

Stolen Bases

1. Saul Davis 8

2. Ernest Duff 6

Harry Jeffries 6

4. Babe Melton 5

Orville Singer 5

6. Tack Summers 3

7. Everett Goldie 2

8. Sam Crawford 1

Singles

1. Tack Summers 47

2. Babe Melton 44

3. Ernest Duff 40

4. Orville Singer 38

5. Saul Davis 34

6. Harry Jeffries 29

7. Homer Curry 28

Eppie Hamilton 28

9. Heavy Johnson 22

10. Ted Stockard 18

11. Frank Stevens 17

Pete Willett 17

13. Charlie Wouldridge 10

14. George Dixon 9

Perry Hall 9

16. Willie Bobo 8

William Ross 8

Bobby Williams 8

19. Charles Zomphier 7

20. John Wesley Johnson 6

21. Chester Blanchard 5

Sam Crawford 5

23. Nelson Dean 3

Johnnie Bob Dixon 3

Chancelor Edwards 3

Will Owens 3

27. Kirby 2

Odis Turner 2

29. George Boggs 1

Fred Dewitt 1

Everett Goldie 1

Tom Jackson 1

James Womack 1

Runs Created

1. Babe Melton 47

2. Ernest Duff 28

3. Orville Singer 25

4. Harry Jeffries 23

5. Tack Summers 22

6. Homer Curry 20

Saul Davis 20

8. Heavy Johnson 17

9. Frank Stevens 14

10. Eppie Hamilton 12

11. Pete Willett 10

12. Ted Stockard 8

13. Perry Hall 6

14. William Ross 5

15. Chester Blanchard 4

Willie Bobo 4

Charles Zomphier 4

18. George Dixon 3

Charlie Wouldridge 3

20. John Wesley Johnson 2

Will Owens 2

Odis Turner 2

Bobby Williams 2

24. George Boggs 1

Sam Crawford 1

Johnnie Bob Dixon 1

Kirby 1

Adj. Batting Runs

1. Babe Melton 17

2. Harry Jeffries 8

3. Homer Curry 6

Ernest Duff 6

Heavy Johnson 6

6. Orville Singer 5

7. Frank Stevens 3

8. Chester Blanchard 2

9. Perry Hall 1

Kirby 1

Will Owens 1

William Ross 1

Odis Turner 1

Adj. Batting Wins

1. Babe Melton 1.6

2. Harry Jeffries 0.8

3. Homer Curry 0.6

Heavy Johnson 0.6

5. Ernest Duff 0.5

Orville Singer 0.5

7. Frank Stevens 0.3

8. Chester Blanchard 0.2

9. Perry Hall 0.1

Kirby 0.1

Will Owens 0.1

William Ross 0.1

Odis Turner 0.1

Extra Base Hits

1. Babe Melton 26

2. Ernest Duff 18

3. Saul Davis 13

Harry Jeffries 13

Orville Singer 13

6. Homer Curry 10

Frank Stevens 10

Tack Summers 10

9. Heavy Johnson 7

10. Pete Willett 6

11. Eppie Hamilton 4

12. Willie Bobo 3

Perry Hall 3

Ted Stockard 3

15. John Wesley Johnson 2

William Ross 2

Charles Zomphier 2

18. George Dixon 1

Johnnie Bob Dixon 1

Everett Goldie 1

Times On Base

1. Babe Melton 80

2. Tack Summers 77

3. Ernest Duff 68

4. Orville Singer 56

5. Saul Davis 53

6. Harry Jeffries 52

7. Homer Curry 44

8. Eppie Hamilton 36

9. Heavy Johnson 34

10. Frank Stevens 32

11. Pete Willett 26

12. Ted Stockard 25

13. Charlie Wouldridge 18

14. George Dixon 16

Charles Zomphier 16

16. Willie Bobo 14

Perry Hall 14

18. John Wesley Johnson 13

19. William Ross 12

20. Bobby Williams 10

21. Sam Crawford 8

22. Nelson Dean 7

23. Chester Blanchard 5

Johnnie Bob Dixon 5

25. Fred Dewitt 4

Chancelor Edwards 4

Everett Goldie 4

Will Owens 4

29. John Barnes 2

George Boggs 2

Kirby 2

Odis Turner 2

33. Tom Jackson 1

James Womack 1

Hit By Pitch

1. Harry Jeffries 4

2. Ernest Duff 3

Tack Summers 3

4. Sam Crawford 2

Homer Curry 2

Babe Melton 2

Orville Singer 2

8. John Barnes 1

Fred Dewitt 1

Everett Goldie 1

Perry Hall 1

Eppie Hamilton 1

John Wesley Johnson 1

Frank Stevens 1

Ted Stockard 1

Pete Willett 1

Charles Zomphier 1

Power-Speed #

1. Babe Melton 5.8

2. Ernest Duff 3.0

3. Saul Davis 1.8

4. Harry Jeffries 1.7

Orville Singer 1.7

Outs Made

1. Tack Summers 164

2. Babe Melton 128

3. Ernest Duff 120

4. Saul Davis 116

5. Orville Singer 96

6. Harry Jeffries 75

7. Homer Curry 70

8. Eppie Hamilton 66

9. Pete Willett 56

10. Frank Stevens 55

Ted Stockard 55

12. Nelson Dean 49

13. Willie Bobo 46

Heavy Johnson 46

15. John Wesley Johnson 39

16. George Dixon 35

Charles Zomphier 35

18. Charlie Wouldridge 34

19. Chancelor Edwards 25

Perry Hall 25

21. Bobby Williams 23

22. Sam Crawford 18

William Ross 18

24. Everett Goldie 17

25. Fred Dewitt 14

26. Johnnie Bob Dixon 13

27. John Barnes 12

Square Moore 12

29. Frank Duncan 7

30. Tom Jackson 4

Will Owens 4

James Womack 4

33. Chester Blanchard 2

George Boggs 2

Tom Cox 2

36. Kirby 1

Powell 1

Bill Williams 1

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