1879 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1879 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

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Batting Leaders

Minimum 200 at-bats required

Complete Statistics

Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Paul Hines PRO 85 409 81 146 25 10 2 52 0 8 16 0.357 0.369 0.482 0.851
Jim O'Rourke PRO 81 362 69 126 19 9 1 46 0 13 10 0.348 0.371 0.459 0.829
King Kelly CN1 77 345 78 120 20 12 2 47 0 8 14 0.348 0.363 0.493 0.855
John O'Rourke BSN 72 317 69 108 17 11 6 62 0 8 32 0.341 0.357 0.521 0.877
Deacon White CN1 78 333 55 110 16 6 1 52 0 6 9 0.330 0.342 0.423 0.766
Ed Cogswell BSN 49 236 51 76 8 1 1 18 0 8 5 0.322 0.344 0.377 0.721
Joe Start PRO 66 317 70 101 11 5 2 37 0 7 4 0.319 0.333 0.404 0.737
Cap Anson CHC 51 227 40 72 20 1 0 34 0 2 2 0.317 0.323 0.414 0.737
Charley Jones BSN 83 355 85 112 22 10 9 62 0 29 38 0.315 0.367 0.510 0.877
Tom York PRO 81 342 69 106 25 5 1 50 0 19 28 0.310 0.346 0.421 0.767
Orator Shafer CHC 73 316 53 96 13 0 0 35 0 6 28 0.304 0.317 0.345 0.662
Jack Farrell SR1 54 241 40 73 6 2 1 21 0 3 13 0.303 0.311 0.357 0.668
Cal McVey CN1 81 354 64 105 18 6 0 55 0 8 13 0.297 0.312 0.381 0.694
Ed Williamson CHC 80 320 66 94 20 13 1 36 0 24 31 0.294 0.343 0.447 0.790
Buttercup Dickerson CN1 81 350 73 102 18 14 2 57 0 3 27 0.291 0.297 0.440 0.737
Abner Dalrymple CHC 71 333 47 97 25 1 0 23 0 4 29 0.291 0.300 0.372 0.672
Bill Crowley BFN 60 261 41 75 9 5 0 30 0 6 14 0.287 0.303 0.360 0.664
John Ward PRO 83 364 71 104 9 4 2 41 0 7 14 0.286 0.299 0.349 0.648
Silver Flint CHC 79 324 46 92 22 6 1 41 0 6 44 0.284 0.297 0.398 0.695
Hardy Richardson BFN 79 336 54 95 18 10 0 37 0 16 30 0.283 0.315 0.396 0.711
John Morrill BSN 84 348 56 98 18 5 0 49 0 14 32 0.282 0.309 0.362 0.671
Pete Hotaling CN1 81 369 64 103 20 9 1 27 0 12 17 0.279 0.302 0.390 0.692
George Wright PRO 85 388 79 107 15 10 1 42 0 13 20 0.276 0.299 0.374 0.673
Mike McGeary PRO 85 374 62 103 7 2 0 35 0 5 13 0.275 0.285 0.305 0.590
Oscar Walker BFN 72 287 35 79 15 6 1 35 0 8 38 0.275 0.295 0.380 0.675
Charlie Eden CL2 81 353 40 96 31 7 3 34 0 6 20 0.272 0.284 0.425 0.709
Bill Phillips CL2 81 365 58 99 15 4 0 29 0 2 20 0.271 0.275 0.334 0.609
Charles Fulmer BFN 76 306 30 82 11 5 0 28 0 5 34 0.268 0.280 0.337 0.616
Sadie Houck BSN 80 356 69 95 24 9 2 49 0 4 11 0.267 0.275 0.402 0.677
Mike Dorgan SR1 59 270 38 72 11 5 1 17 0 4 13 0.267 0.277 0.356 0.633
Joe Hornung BFN 78 319 46 85 18 7 0 38 0 2 27 0.266 0.271 0.367 0.638
Ross Barnes CN1 77 323 55 86 9 2 1 30 0 16 25 0.266 0.301 0.316 0.617
John Clapp BFN 70 292 47 77 12 5 1 36 0 11 11 0.264 0.290 0.349 0.640
George Gore CHC 63 266 43 70 17 4 0 32 0 8 30 0.263 0.285 0.357 0.642
Blondie Purcell SR1 63 277 32 72 6 3 0 25 0 3 13 0.260 0.268 0.303 0.571
Al Hall TRN 67 306 30 79 7 3 0 14 0 3 13 0.258 0.265 0.301 0.566
Lew Brown PRO 53 229 23 59 13 4 2 38 0 4 24 0.258 0.270 0.376 0.646
Ed Caskin TRN 70 304 32 78 13 2 0 21 0 2 14 0.257 0.261 0.312 0.574
Pud Galvin BFN 67 265 34 66 11 6 0 27 0 1 56 0.249 0.252 0.336 0.588
Ezra Sutton BSN 84 339 54 84 13 4 0 34 0 2 18 0.248 0.252 0.310 0.562
George Bradley TRN 63 251 36 62 9 5 0 23 0 1 20 0.247 0.250 0.323 0.573
John Peters CHC 83 379 45 93 13 2 1 31 0 1 19 0.245 0.247 0.298 0.546
Fred Warner CL2 76 316 32 77 11 4 0 22 0 2 20 0.244 0.248 0.304 0.552
Tommy Bond BSN 65 257 35 62 3 1 0 21 0 6 8 0.241 0.259 0.261 0.519
Jack Burdock BSN 84 359 64 86 10 3 0 36 0 9 28 0.240 0.258 0.284 0.542
Tom Carey CL2 80 335 30 80 14 1 0 32 0 5 20 0.239 0.250 0.287 0.537
Pop Snyder BSN 81 329 42 78 16 3 2 35 0 5 31 0.237 0.249 0.322 0.571
Jake Evans TRN 72 280 30 65 9 5 0 17 0 5 18 0.232 0.246 0.300 0.546
Charlie Reilley TRN 62 236 17 54 5 1 0 19 0 1 20 0.229 0.232 0.258 0.491
Bill Hague PRO 51 209 20 47 3 1 0 21 0 3 19 0.225 0.236 0.249 0.485
Harry McCormick SR1 57 230 21 51 4 1 1 21 0 0 22 0.222 0.222 0.261 0.483
Jim McCormick CL2 75 282 35 62 10 2 0 20 0 1 9 0.220 0.223 0.270 0.492
Terry Larkin CHC 60 228 26 50 12 2 0 18 0 8 24 0.219 0.246 0.289 0.535
Mike Mansell SR1 67 242 24 52 4 2 1 13 0 5 45 0.215 0.231 0.260 0.491
John Richmond SR1 62 254 31 54 8 4 1 23 0 4 24 0.213 0.225 0.287 0.512
Jimmy Macullar SR1 64 246 24 52 9 0 0 13 0 3 27 0.211 0.221 0.248 0.469
Will Foley CN1 56 218 22 46 5 1 0 25 0 2 16 0.211 0.218 0.243 0.461
Jack Glasscock CL2 80 325 31 68 9 3 0 29 0 6 24 0.209 0.224 0.255 0.479
Davy Force BFN 79 316 36 66 5 2 0 8 0 13 37 0.209 0.240 0.237 0.477
Dave Eggler BFN 78 317 41 66 5 7 0 27 0 11 41 0.208 0.235 0.268 0.503
Thorny Hawkes TRN 64 250 24 52 6 1 0 20 0 4 14 0.208 0.220 0.240 0.460
Joe Quest CHC 83 334 38 69 16 1 0 22 0 9 33 0.207 0.227 0.260 0.488
Hick Carpenter SR1 65 261 30 53 6 0 0 20 0 2 15 0.203 0.209 0.226 0.435
Bill Holbert SR1 59 229 11 46 0 0 0 21 0 1 20 0.201 0.204 0.201 0.405
Joe Gerhardt CN1 79 313 22 62 12 3 1 39 0 3 19 0.198 0.206 0.265 0.471
George Strief CL2 71 264 24 46 7 1 0 15 0 10 23 0.174 0.204 0.208 0.413
Barney Gilligan CL2 52 205 20 35 6 2 0 11 0 0 13 0.171 0.171 0.220 0.390
Will White CN1 76 294 28 40 6 0 0 17 0 6 56 0.136 0.153 0.156 0.310
Showing 1-50 of 68 qualified batters

Pitching Leaders

Minimum 50 innings pitched required

Complete Statistics

Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Fred Goldsmith TRN 2 4 8 7 7 0 0 63.0 61 11 1 31 1.57 0.98
Tommy Bond BSN 43 19 64 64 59 11 0 555.3 543 121 24 155 1.96 1.02
Will White CN1 43 31 76 75 75 4 0 680.0 676 150 68 232 1.99 1.09
John Ward PRO 47 19 70 60 58 2 1 587.0 571 140 36 239 2.15 1.03
Harry Salisbury TRN 4 6 10 10 9 0 0 89.0 103 22 11 31 2.22 1.28
Pud Galvin BFN 37 27 66 66 65 6 0 593.0 585 150 31 136 2.28 1.04
Bobby Mathews PRO 12 6 27 25 15 1 1 189.0 194 48 26 90 2.29 1.16
Jim McCormick CL2 20 40 62 60 59 3 0 546.3 582 147 74 197 2.42 1.20
Terry Larkin CHC 31 23 58 58 57 4 0 513.3 514 139 30 142 2.44 1.06
Frank Hankinson CHC 15 10 26 25 25 2 0 230.6 248 64 27 69 2.50 1.19
Curry Foley BSN 9 9 21 16 16 1 0 161.6 175 45 15 57 2.51 1.18
Bill McGunnigle BFN 9 5 14 13 13 2 0 120.0 113 35 16 62 2.62 1.07
George Bradley TRN 13 40 54 54 53 3 0 487.0 590 154 26 133 2.85 1.26
Harry McCormick SR1 18 33 54 54 49 5 0 457.3 517 152 31 96 2.99 1.20
Bobby Mitchell CL2 7 15 23 22 20 0 0 194.6 236 71 42 90 3.28 1.43
Blondie Purcell SR1 4 15 22 17 15 0 0 179.6 245 75 19 28 3.76 1.47
Showing 1-50 of 16 qualified pitchers