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