1885 Season Leaders

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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
Roger Connor NY1 110 455 102 169 23 15 1 65 0 51 8 0.371 0.435 0.495 0.929
Pete Browning LS2 112 481 98 174 34 10 9 73 0 25 0 0.362 0.393 0.530 0.923
Dan Brouthers BFN 98 407 87 146 32 11 7 59 0 34 10 0.359 0.408 0.543 0.951
Tip O'Neill SL4 52 206 44 72 7 4 3 38 0 13 0 0.350 0.399 0.466 0.865
Dave Orr NY4 107 444 76 152 29 21 6 77 0 8 0 0.342 0.358 0.543 0.901
Henry Larkin PH4 108 453 114 149 37 14 8 88 0 26 0 0.329 0.373 0.525 0.899
Mike Dorgan NY1 89 347 60 113 17 8 0 46 0 11 24 0.326 0.346 0.421 0.767
Charley Jones CN2 112 487 108 157 19 17 5 35 0 21 0 0.322 0.362 0.462 0.824
Hardy Richardson BFN 96 426 90 136 19 11 6 44 0 20 22 0.319 0.350 0.458 0.808
Harry Stovey PH4 112 486 130 153 27 9 13 75 0 39 0 0.315 0.371 0.488 0.858
George Gore CHC 109 441 115 138 21 13 5 57 0 68 25 0.313 0.405 0.454 0.858
Ezra Sutton BSN 110 457 78 143 23 8 4 47 0 17 25 0.313 0.338 0.425 0.762
Cap Anson CHC 112 464 100 144 35 7 7 108 0 34 13 0.310 0.357 0.461 0.819
Tom Brown PT1 108 437 81 134 16 12 4 68 0 34 0 0.307 0.366 0.426 0.792
Charlie Ferguson PHI 61 235 42 72 8 3 1 27 0 23 18 0.306 0.368 0.379 0.747
Buck Ewing NY1 81 342 81 104 15 12 6 63 0 13 17 0.304 0.330 0.471 0.800
Sam Thompson DTN 63 254 58 77 11 9 7 44 0 16 22 0.303 0.344 0.500 0.844
Ned Hanlon DTN 105 424 93 128 18 8 1 29 0 47 18 0.302 0.372 0.389 0.761
Bill Phillips BR3 99 391 65 118 16 11 3 63 0 27 0 0.302 0.364 0.422 0.786
Jim O'Rourke NY1 112 477 119 143 21 16 5 42 0 40 21 0.300 0.354 0.442 0.796
John Coleman PH4 96 398 71 119 15 11 3 70 0 25 0 0.299 0.345 0.415 0.760
John Reilly CN2 111 482 92 143 18 11 5 60 0 11 0 0.297 0.322 0.411 0.733
Blondie Purcell PH4 66 304 71 90 15 5 0 22 0 16 0 0.296 0.337 0.378 0.716
Steve Brady NY4 108 434 60 128 14 5 3 58 0 25 0 0.295 0.342 0.371 0.713
Alex McKinnon SL5 100 411 42 121 21 6 1 44 0 8 31 0.294 0.308 0.382 0.690
Patrick Gillespie NY1 102 420 67 123 17 6 0 52 0 15 32 0.293 0.317 0.362 0.679
Deacon White BFN 98 404 54 118 6 6 0 57 0 12 11 0.292 0.312 0.337 0.649
Chicken Wolf LS2 112 483 79 141 23 17 1 52 0 11 0 0.292 0.309 0.416 0.725
George Wood DTN 82 362 62 105 19 8 5 28 0 13 19 0.290 0.315 0.428 0.743
Jack Rowe BFN 98 421 62 122 28 8 2 51 0 13 19 0.290 0.311 0.409 0.720
Dennis Casey BL2 63 264 50 76 10 5 3 29 0 21 0 0.288 0.347 0.398 0.745
King Kelly CHC 107 438 124 126 24 7 9 75 0 46 24 0.288 0.355 0.436 0.791
Sam Wise BSN 107 424 71 120 20 10 4 46 0 25 61 0.283 0.323 0.406 0.729
Jack Glasscock SL5 111 446 66 125 18 3 1 40 0 29 10 0.280 0.324 0.341 0.665
James Roseman NY4 101 410 72 114 13 14 4 46 0 25 0 0.278 0.335 0.407 0.742
George Pinkney BR3 110 447 77 124 16 5 0 42 0 27 0 0.277 0.328 0.336 0.664
Hick Carpenter CN2 112 473 89 131 12 8 2 61 0 9 0 0.277 0.295 0.349 0.644
Joe Start PRO 101 374 47 103 11 4 0 41 0 39 10 0.275 0.344 0.326 0.670
Abner Dalrymple CHC 113 492 109 135 27 12 11 61 0 46 42 0.274 0.336 0.445 0.782
Mox McQuery DTN 70 278 34 76 15 4 3 30 0 8 29 0.273 0.294 0.388 0.682
Frank Fennelly CN2 112 454 82 124 14 17 10 89 0 38 0 0.273 0.333 0.445 0.778
Guy Hecker LS2 70 297 48 81 9 2 2 35 0 5 0 0.273 0.287 0.337 0.624
Tom Burns CHC 111 445 82 121 23 9 7 71 0 16 48 0.272 0.297 0.411 0.708
Curt Welch SL4 112 432 84 117 18 8 3 69 0 23 0 0.271 0.318 0.370 0.689
Paul Hines PRO 98 411 63 111 20 4 1 35 0 19 18 0.270 0.302 0.345 0.648
Fred Dunlap SL5 106 423 70 114 11 5 2 25 0 41 24 0.270 0.334 0.333 0.667
Charlie Bennett DTN 91 349 49 94 24 13 5 60 0 47 37 0.269 0.356 0.456 0.812
Joe Mulvey PHI 107 443 74 119 25 6 6 64 0 3 18 0.269 0.274 0.393 0.666
Sam Barkley SL4 106 418 67 112 18 10 3 53 0 25 0 0.268 0.312 0.380 0.693
John Milligan PH4 67 265 35 71 15 4 2 39 0 7 0 0.268 0.289 0.377 0.667
Fred Carroll PT1 71 280 45 75 13 8 0 30 0 7 0 0.268 0.298 0.371 0.669
Bill McClellan BR3 112 464 85 124 22 7 0 46 0 28 0 0.267 0.317 0.345 0.662
Doc Bushong SL4 85 300 42 80 13 5 0 21 0 11 0 0.267 0.297 0.343 0.640
Jack O'Brien PH4 62 225 35 60 9 1 2 30 0 20 0 0.267 0.340 0.342 0.682
Ed Andrews PHI 103 421 77 112 15 3 0 23 0 32 25 0.266 0.318 0.316 0.634
Ed Swartwood BR3 99 399 80 106 8 9 0 49 0 36 0 0.266 0.334 0.331 0.665
Bid McPhee CN2 110 431 78 114 12 4 0 46 0 19 0 0.265 0.306 0.311 0.617
William Robinson SL4 78 287 63 75 8 8 0 35 0 29 0 0.261 0.344 0.345 0.689
Con Daily PRO 60 223 20 58 6 1 0 19 0 12 20 0.260 0.298 0.296 0.594
Germany Smith BR3 108 419 63 108 17 11 4 62 0 10 0 0.258 0.275 0.379 0.655
Pete Hotaling BR3 94 370 73 95 9 5 1 34 0 49 0 0.257 0.350 0.316 0.666
Dude Esterbrook NY1 88 359 48 92 14 5 2 44 0 4 28 0.256 0.264 0.340 0.604
Jack Manning PHI 107 445 61 114 24 4 3 40 0 37 27 0.256 0.313 0.348 0.662
Pat Deasley NY1 54 207 22 53 5 1 0 24 0 9 20 0.256 0.287 0.290 0.577
Charlie Comiskey SL4 83 340 68 87 15 7 2 44 0 14 0 0.256 0.293 0.359 0.652
Sadie Houck PH4 93 388 74 99 10 9 0 54 0 10 0 0.255 0.286 0.327 0.614
Candy Nelson NY4 107 420 98 107 12 4 1 30 0 61 0 0.255 0.353 0.310 0.663
Charlie Eden PT1 98 405 57 103 18 6 0 38 0 17 0 0.254 0.298 0.328 0.626
Fred Mann PT1 99 391 60 99 17 6 0 41 0 31 0 0.253 0.318 0.327 0.645
John Corkhill CN2 112 440 64 111 10 8 1 53 0 7 0 0.252 0.275 0.318 0.594
Bill Gleason SL4 112 472 79 119 9 5 3 53 0 29 0 0.252 0.316 0.311 0.627
Mike Muldoon BL2 102 410 47 103 20 6 2 52 0 20 0 0.251 0.293 0.344 0.637
Joe Sommer BL2 110 471 84 118 23 6 1 44 0 24 0 0.251 0.291 0.331 0.622
Pop Smith PT1 106 453 85 113 11 13 0 35 0 25 0 0.249 0.293 0.331 0.624
Jim Lillie BFN 112 430 49 107 13 3 2 30 0 6 39 0.249 0.259 0.307 0.566
Dave Foutz SL4 65 238 42 59 6 4 0 34 0 11 0 0.248 0.281 0.307 0.588
Milt Scott PT1 55 210 15 52 7 1 0 18 0 5 0 0.248 0.272 0.290 0.562
Sid Farrar PHI 111 420 49 103 20 3 3 36 0 28 34 0.245 0.292 0.329 0.621
Fred Corey PH4 94 384 61 94 14 8 1 38 0 17 0 0.245 0.282 0.331 0.613
John Kerins LS2 112 456 65 111 9 16 3 51 0 20 0 0.243 0.281 0.353 0.634
Paul Radford PRO 105 371 55 90 12 5 0 32 0 33 43 0.243 0.304 0.302 0.606
Charlie Reipschlager NY4 72 268 29 65 11 1 0 21 0 9 0 0.243 0.270 0.291 0.561
Phil Reccius LS2 102 402 57 97 8 10 1 38 0 13 0 0.241 0.267 0.318 0.585
Bill Crowley BFN 92 344 29 83 14 1 1 36 0 21 32 0.241 0.285 0.297 0.581
Fred Pfeffer CHC 112 469 90 113 12 7 5 73 0 26 47 0.241 0.281 0.328 0.609
Charlie Buffinton BSN 82 338 26 81 12 3 1 33 0 3 26 0.240 0.246 0.302 0.548
Jim Field PT1 56 209 28 50 9 1 1 15 0 13 0 0.239 0.306 0.306 0.612
Ed Williamson CHC 113 407 87 97 16 5 3 65 0 75 60 0.238 0.357 0.324 0.681
Tom Poorman BSN 56 227 44 54 5 3 3 25 0 7 32 0.238 0.261 0.326 0.587
Jim Clinton CN2 105 408 48 97 5 5 0 34 0 15 0 0.238 0.277 0.275 0.551
Jim Whitney BSN 72 290 35 68 8 4 0 36 0 17 24 0.234 0.277 0.290 0.567
Cub Stricker PH4 106 398 71 93 9 3 1 41 0 21 0 0.234 0.284 0.279 0.563
Art Whitney PT1 90 373 53 87 10 4 0 28 0 16 0 0.233 0.267 0.282 0.548
Old Hoss Radbourn PRO 66 249 34 58 9 2 0 22 0 36 27 0.233 0.330 0.285 0.615
Cliff Carroll PRO 104 426 62 99 12 3 1 40 0 29 29 0.232 0.281 0.282 0.563
Jim Donnelly DTN 56 211 24 49 4 3 1 22 0 10 29 0.232 0.267 0.294 0.561
Jim Fogarty PHI 111 427 49 99 13 3 0 39 0 30 37 0.232 0.282 0.276 0.559
Thomas Burns BL2 78 321 47 74 11 6 5 37 0 16 0 0.231 0.280 0.349 0.629
Leech Maskrey LS2 109 423 54 97 8 11 1 46 0 19 0 0.229 0.269 0.307 0.576
John Ward NY1 111 446 72 101 8 9 0 37 0 17 39 0.226 0.255 0.285 0.540
Bill Kuehne PT1 104 411 54 93 9 19 0 43 0 15 0 0.226 0.257 0.341 0.598
John Morrill BSN 111 394 74 89 20 7 4 44 0 64 78 0.226 0.334 0.343 0.677
Davy Force BFN 71 253 20 57 6 1 0 15 0 13 19 0.225 0.263 0.257 0.520
Bob Caruthers SL4 60 222 37 50 10 2 1 12 0 20 0 0.225 0.289 0.302 0.591
Frank Hankinson NY4 94 362 43 81 12 2 2 44 0 12 0 0.224 0.251 0.285 0.535
Jerry Denny PRO 83 318 40 71 14 4 3 24 0 12 53 0.223 0.252 0.321 0.572
Hardie Henderson BL2 61 229 23 51 5 2 1 21 0 12 0 0.223 0.264 0.275 0.540
Tom Forster NY4 57 213 28 47 7 2 0 18 0 17 0 0.221 0.281 0.272 0.554
John Clarkson CHC 72 283 34 61 11 5 4 32 0 3 44 0.216 0.224 0.332 0.556
Barney Gilligan PRO 71 252 23 54 7 3 0 12 0 23 33 0.214 0.280 0.266 0.546
Joe Quinn SL5 97 343 27 73 8 2 0 15 0 9 38 0.213 0.233 0.248 0.481
John Cassidy BR3 54 221 36 47 6 2 1 28 0 8 0 0.213 0.250 0.271 0.521
Tom McLaughlin LS2 112 411 49 87 13 9 2 41 0 15 0 0.212 0.245 0.302 0.546
Silver Flint CHC 68 249 27 52 8 2 1 17 0 2 52 0.209 0.215 0.269 0.484
Hugh Nicol SL4 112 425 59 88 11 1 0 45 0 34 0 0.207 0.271 0.238 0.508
Jack Farrell PRO 68 257 27 53 7 1 1 19 0 10 25 0.206 0.236 0.253 0.489
Arlie Latham SL4 110 485 84 100 15 3 1 35 0 18 0 0.206 0.242 0.256 0.498
Charlie Sweeney SL5 71 267 27 55 7 1 0 24 0 12 33 0.206 0.240 0.240 0.480
Jim Manning BSN 84 306 34 63 8 9 2 27 0 19 36 0.206 0.252 0.310 0.563
George Myers BFN 89 326 40 67 7 2 0 19 0 23 40 0.206 0.258 0.239 0.497
Al Myers PHI 93 357 25 73 13 2 1 28 0 11 41 0.204 0.228 0.261 0.489
Ed Kennedy NY4 96 349 35 71 8 4 2 21 0 12 0 0.203 0.238 0.266 0.505
Henry Boyle SL5 72 258 24 52 9 1 1 21 0 13 38 0.202 0.240 0.256 0.496
Ed Greer BL2 56 211 32 42 7 0 0 21 0 8 0 0.199 0.235 0.232 0.468
Fatty Briody SL5 62 215 14 42 9 0 1 17 0 12 23 0.195 0.238 0.251 0.489
Joe Quest DTN 55 200 24 39 8 2 0 21 0 14 25 0.195 0.248 0.255 0.503
Orator Shafer SL5 69 257 30 50 11 2 0 18 0 19 31 0.195 0.250 0.253 0.503
Sam Crane DTN 68 245 23 47 4 6 1 20 0 13 45 0.192 0.233 0.269 0.502
Jimmy Macullar BL2 100 320 52 61 7 6 3 26 0 49 0 0.191 0.306 0.278 0.584
Dan Stearns BL2 67 253 40 47 3 8 1 29 0 38 0 0.186 0.306 0.273 0.579
Ed Morris PT1 64 237 19 44 3 3 0 14 0 5 0 0.186 0.202 0.224 0.426
Joe Miller LS2 98 339 44 62 9 5 0 24 0 28 0 0.183 0.249 0.239 0.488
Ed Caskin SL5 71 262 31 47 3 0 0 12 0 12 22 0.179 0.215 0.191 0.406
Arthur Irwin PRO 59 218 16 39 2 1 0 14 0 14 29 0.179 0.228 0.197 0.426
Bill Holbert NY4 56 202 13 35 3 0 0 13 0 8 0 0.173 0.205 0.188 0.393
Adonis Terry BR3 71 264 23 45 1 3 1 20 0 10 0 0.170 0.201 0.208 0.409
Charlie Bastian PHI 103 389 63 65 11 5 4 29 0 35 82 0.167 0.236 0.252 0.488
Emmett Seery SL5 59 216 20 35 7 0 1 14 0 16 37 0.162 0.220 0.208 0.428
Joe Gerhardt NY1 112 399 43 62 12 2 0 33 0 24 47 0.155 0.203 0.195 0.399
Bill Traffley BL2 69 254 27 39 4 5 1 20 0 17 0 0.154 0.215 0.220 0.436
Charley Bassett PRO 82 285 21 41 8 2 0 16 0 19 60 0.144 0.197 0.186 0.383
Showing 1-50 of 141 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
Tim Keefe NY1 32 13 46 46 45 7 0 400.0 300 70 102 227 1.57 1.00
Mickey Welch NY1 44 11 56 55 55 7 1 492.0 372 91 131 258 1.66 1.02
John Clarkson CHC 53 16 70 70 68 10 0 623.0 497 128 97 308 1.85 0.95
Lady Baldwin DTN 11 9 21 20 19 1 1 179.3 137 37 28 135 1.86 0.92
Toad Ramsey LS2 3 6 9 9 9 0 0 79.0 44 17 28 83 1.94 0.91
George Pechiney CN2 7 4 11 11 11 1 0 98.0 95 22 30 49 2.02 1.28
Bob Caruthers SL4 40 13 53 53 53 6 0 482.3 430 111 57 190 2.07 1.01
Guy Hecker LS2 30 23 53 53 51 2 0 480.0 454 116 54 209 2.17 1.06
Old Hoss Radbourn PRO 28 21 49 49 49 2 0 445.6 423 109 83 154 2.20 1.14
Ed Daily PHI 26 23 50 50 49 4 0 440.0 370 108 90 140 2.21 1.05
Charlie Ferguson PHI 26 20 48 45 45 5 0 405.0 345 100 81 197 2.22 1.05
Ed Morris PT1 39 24 63 63 63 7 0 581.0 459 152 101 298 2.35 0.96
Danny Richardson NY1 7 1 9 8 7 1 0 75.0 58 20 18 21 2.40 1.01
Jim McCormick CHC 20 4 24 24 24 3 0 215.0 187 58 40 88 2.43 1.06
Bobby Mathews PH4 30 17 48 48 46 2 0 422.3 394 114 57 286 2.43 1.07
Bill Vinton PH4 4 3 7 7 6 2 0 55.0 46 15 15 34 2.45 1.11
Dupee Shaw PRO 23 26 49 49 47 6 0 399.6 343 114 99 194 2.57 1.11
Dave Foutz SL4 33 14 47 46 46 2 0 407.6 351 119 92 147 2.63 1.09
Henry Boyle SL5 16 24 42 39 39 1 0 366.6 346 112 100 133 2.75 1.22
Al Mays LS2 6 11 17 17 17 0 0 150.0 129 46 43 61 2.76 1.15
Ed Cushman NY4 8 14 22 22 22 0 0 191.0 158 59 33 133 2.78 1.00
Henry Porter BR3 33 21 54 54 53 2 0 481.6 427 149 107 197 2.78 1.11
Larry McKeon CN2 20 13 33 33 32 2 0 290.0 273 92 50 117 2.86 1.11
Charlie Buffinton BSN 22 27 51 50 49 6 0 434.3 425 139 112 242 2.88 1.24
Jim Whitney BSN 18 32 51 50 50 2 0 441.3 503 146 37 200 2.98 1.22
Egyptian Healy SL5 1 7 8 8 8 0 0 66.0 54 22 20 32 3.00 1.12
Pretzels Getzien DTN 12 25 37 37 37 1 0 330.0 360 111 92 110 3.03 1.37
Bill Vinton PHI 3 6 9 9 8 0 0 77.0 90 26 23 21 3.04 1.47
George Weidman DTN 14 24 38 38 37 3 0 330.0 343 115 63 149 3.14 1.23
Bill Mountjoy CN2 10 7 17 17 17 1 0 153.6 149 54 52 50 3.16 1.31
Hardie Henderson BL2 25 35 61 61 59 0 0 539.3 539 191 117 263 3.19 1.22
Gus Shallix CN2 6 4 13 12 7 0 0 91.3 95 33 33 15 3.25 1.40
Billy Taylor PH4 1 5 6 6 6 0 0 52.3 68 19 9 11 3.27 1.47
Dan Casey DTN 4 8 12 12 12 1 0 104.0 105 38 35 79 3.29 1.35
Jumbo McGinnis SL4 6 6 13 13 12 3 0 112.0 98 42 19 41 3.38 1.04
Pete Meegan PT1 7 8 18 16 14 1 0 146.0 146 55 38 58 3.39 1.26
Norm Baker LS2 13 12 25 24 24 1 0 217.0 210 82 69 79 3.40 1.29
John Coleman PH4 2 2 8 3 3 0 0 60.3 82 23 5 12 3.43 1.44
Ted Kennedy CHC 7 2 9 9 8 0 0 78.6 91 30 28 36 3.43 1.51
Ed Cushman PH4 3 7 10 10 10 0 0 87.0 101 34 17 37 3.52 1.36
Will White CN2 18 15 34 34 33 2 0 293.3 295 115 64 80 3.53 1.22
John Kirby SL5 5 8 14 14 14 0 0 129.3 118 51 44 46 3.55 1.25
Thomas Burns BL2 7 4 15 11 10 1 3 105.6 112 42 21 30 3.58 1.26
Jack Lynch NY4 23 21 44 43 43 1 0 379.0 410 152 42 177 3.61 1.19
Larry Corcoran CHC 5 2 7 7 6 1 0 59.3 63 24 24 10 3.64 1.47
Ed Knouff PH4 7 6 14 13 12 0 0 106.0 103 43 44 43 3.65 1.39
Pud Galvin PT1 3 7 11 11 9 0 0 88.3 97 36 7 27 3.67 1.18
Hank O'Day PT1 5 7 12 12 10 0 0 103.0 110 42 16 36 3.67 1.22
Tom Lovett PH4 7 8 16 16 15 1 0 138.6 130 57 38 56 3.70 1.21
John Harkins BR3 14 20 34 34 33 1 0 293.0 303 122 56 141 3.75 1.23
Charlie Sweeney SL5 11 21 35 35 32 2 0 275.0 276 120 50 84 3.93 1.19
Hugh Daily SL5 3 8 11 11 10 1 0 91.3 92 40 44 31 3.94 1.49
Pud Galvin BFN 13 19 33 32 31 3 1 284.0 356 129 37 93 4.09 1.38
Billy Serad BFN 7 21 30 29 27 0 0 241.3 299 110 80 90 4.10 1.57
The Only Nolan PHI 1 5 7 7 6 0 0 54.0 55 25 24 20 4.17 1.46
Adonis Terry BR3 6 17 25 23 23 0 1 209.0 213 99 42 96 4.26 1.22
Bob Emslie BL2 3 10 13 13 11 0 0 107.0 131 51 30 27 4.29 1.50
Daisy Davis BSN 5 6 11 11 10 1 0 94.3 110 45 28 30 4.29 1.46
John Henry BL2 2 7 9 9 9 0 0 71.0 71 34 13 31 4.31 1.18
Pete Wood BFN 8 15 24 22 21 0 0 198.6 235 98 66 38 4.44 1.52
Pete Conway BFN 10 17 27 27 26 1 0 210.0 256 109 44 94 4.67 1.43
Ed Bagley NY4 4 9 15 14 10 0 0 115.0 131 63 48 44 4.93 1.56
Doug Crothers NY4 7 11 18 18 18 1 0 154.0 192 87 49 40 5.08 1.56
Bill Mountjoy BL2 2 4 6 6 6 1 0 53.0 72 32 13 15 5.43 1.60
Buck Becannon NY4 2 8 10 10 10 0 0 85.0 108 59 24 13 6.25 1.55
Showing 1-50 of 65 qualified pitchers