1896 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1896 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
Jesse Burkett CL4 133 586 160 240 27 16 6 72 34 49 19 0.410 0.461 0.541 1.002
Hughie Jennings BLN 130 521 125 209 27 9 0 121 70 19 11 0.401 0.472 0.488 0.960
Ed Delahanty PHI 123 499 131 198 44 17 13 126 37 62 22 0.397 0.472 0.631 1.103
Willie Keeler BLN 126 544 153 210 22 13 4 82 67 37 9 0.386 0.432 0.496 0.928
Mike Tiernan NY1 133 521 132 192 24 16 7 89 35 77 18 0.369 0.452 0.516 0.968
Billy Hamilton BSN 131 524 153 192 24 10 3 55 83 110 29 0.366 0.478 0.468 0.946
Joe Kelley BLN 131 519 148 189 31 19 8 100 87 91 19 0.364 0.469 0.543 1.013
Elmer Smith PIT 122 484 121 175 21 14 6 94 33 74 18 0.362 0.454 0.500 0.954
Jake Stenzel PIT 114 479 104 173 26 14 2 82 57 32 13 0.361 0.410 0.486 0.897
Cupid Childs CL4 132 498 106 177 24 9 1 106 25 100 18 0.355 0.467 0.446 0.913
Fielder Jones BRO 104 395 82 140 10 8 3 46 18 48 15 0.354 0.427 0.443 0.870
Bill Dahlen CHC 125 474 137 167 30 19 9 74 51 64 36 0.352 0.438 0.553 0.990
Tom McCreery LS3 115 441 87 155 23 21 7 65 26 42 58 0.351 0.409 0.546 0.956
George Van Haltren NY1 133 562 136 197 18 21 5 74 39 55 36 0.351 0.410 0.484 0.894
Wilbert Robinson BLN 67 245 43 85 9 6 2 38 9 14 13 0.347 0.385 0.457 0.842
Jack Stivetts BSN 67 222 43 77 9 6 3 49 4 12 10 0.347 0.383 0.482 0.865
Herman Long BSN 120 502 106 173 26 8 6 101 38 26 16 0.345 0.383 0.464 0.847
Dan Brouthers PHI 57 218 42 75 13 3 1 41 7 44 11 0.344 0.462 0.445 0.907
Gene DeMontreville WAS 133 533 94 183 24 5 8 77 28 29 27 0.343 0.381 0.452 0.833
Eddie Burke CIN 122 521 120 177 24 9 1 52 53 41 29 0.340 0.392 0.426 0.818
Jack Doyle BLN 118 487 116 165 29 4 1 101 73 42 15 0.339 0.400 0.421 0.821
Ed McKean CL4 133 571 100 193 29 12 7 112 13 45 9 0.338 0.388 0.468 0.856
Fred Tenney BSN 88 348 64 117 14 3 2 49 18 36 12 0.336 0.400 0.411 0.811
Cap Anson CHC 108 402 72 133 18 2 2 90 24 49 10 0.331 0.407 0.400 0.808
Jim Donnelly BLN 106 396 70 130 14 10 0 71 38 34 11 0.328 0.387 0.414 0.801
Bill Lange CHC 122 469 114 153 21 16 4 92 84 65 24 0.326 0.414 0.465 0.879
Fred Clarke LS3 131 517 96 168 15 18 9 79 34 43 34 0.325 0.392 0.476 0.868
Dusty Miller CIN 125 504 91 162 38 12 4 93 76 33 30 0.321 0.368 0.468 0.836
Deacon McGuire WAS 108 389 60 125 25 3 2 70 12 30 14 0.321 0.379 0.416 0.795
Bobby Lowe BSN 73 306 59 98 11 4 2 48 15 20 12 0.320 0.370 0.402 0.772
Bill Everitt CHC 132 575 130 184 16 13 2 46 46 41 43 0.320 0.367 0.403 0.771
George Davis NY1 124 494 98 158 25 12 5 99 48 50 24 0.320 0.387 0.449 0.836
Bill Hallman PHI 120 469 82 150 21 3 2 83 16 45 23 0.320 0.382 0.390 0.772
Patsy Donovan PIT 131 573 113 183 20 5 3 59 48 35 18 0.319 0.370 0.387 0.757
Mike Grady PHI 72 242 49 77 20 7 1 44 10 16 19 0.318 0.382 0.471 0.853
John Anderson BRO 108 430 70 135 23 17 1 55 37 18 23 0.314 0.344 0.453 0.798
Bill Joyce WAS 81 310 85 97 16 10 8 51 32 67 20 0.313 0.452 0.506 0.959
Mike Griffin BRO 122 493 101 152 27 9 4 51 23 48 25 0.308 0.380 0.424 0.804
Denny Lyons PIT 118 436 77 134 25 6 4 71 13 67 25 0.307 0.406 0.420 0.825
Duff Cooley PHI 64 287 63 88 6 4 2 22 18 18 16 0.307 0.348 0.376 0.724
Bid McPhee CIN 117 433 81 132 18 7 1 87 48 51 18 0.305 0.391 0.386 0.776
Jimmy Ryan CHC 128 489 83 149 24 10 3 86 29 46 16 0.305 0.369 0.413 0.782
Kip Selbach WAS 127 487 100 148 17 13 5 100 49 76 28 0.304 0.405 0.423 0.828
Tommy Tucker BSN 122 474 74 144 27 5 2 72 6 30 29 0.304 0.363 0.395 0.757
Frank Burrell BRO 62 206 19 62 11 3 0 23 1 15 13 0.301 0.348 0.383 0.732
Hugh Duffy BSN 131 527 97 158 16 8 5 113 39 52 19 0.300 0.365 0.389 0.754
Kid Gleason NY1 133 541 79 162 17 5 4 89 46 42 13 0.299 0.352 0.372 0.724
Heinie Peitz CIN 68 211 33 63 12 5 2 34 7 30 15 0.299 0.386 0.431 0.817
Billy Hoy CIN 121 443 120 132 23 7 4 57 50 65 13 0.298 0.403 0.409 0.812
Sam Thompson PHI 119 517 103 154 28 7 12 100 12 28 13 0.298 0.341 0.449 0.790
Jack O'Connor CL4 68 256 41 76 11 1 1 43 15 15 12 0.297 0.343 0.359 0.702
William Clarke BLN 80 300 48 89 14 7 2 71 7 14 12 0.297 0.345 0.410 0.755
Steve Brodie BLN 132 516 98 153 19 11 2 87 25 36 17 0.297 0.363 0.388 0.751
Charlie Irwin CIN 127 476 77 141 16 6 1 67 31 26 17 0.296 0.338 0.361 0.699
Jimmy Collins BSN 84 304 48 90 10 9 1 46 10 30 12 0.296 0.374 0.398 0.772
Joe Sugden PIT 80 301 42 89 5 7 0 36 5 19 9 0.296 0.348 0.359 0.706
Tom Brown WAS 116 435 87 128 17 6 2 59 28 58 49 0.294 0.385 0.375 0.759
Farmer Vaughn CIN 114 433 71 127 20 9 2 66 7 16 7 0.293 0.320 0.395 0.715
Joe Sullivan STL 51 212 25 62 4 2 2 21 5 9 12 0.292 0.351 0.358 0.709
George Shoch BRO 76 250 36 73 7 4 1 28 11 33 10 0.292 0.381 0.364 0.745
Willie Clark NY1 72 247 38 72 12 4 0 33 8 15 12 0.291 0.352 0.372 0.724
Tom Parrott STL 118 474 62 138 13 12 7 70 12 11 24 0.291 0.307 0.414 0.721
Bill Merritt PIT 77 282 26 82 8 2 1 42 3 18 10 0.291 0.336 0.344 0.680
Tommy Corcoran BRO 132 532 63 154 15 7 3 73 16 15 13 0.289 0.310 0.361 0.671
Jimmy McAleer CL4 116 455 70 131 16 4 1 54 24 47 32 0.288 0.361 0.347 0.708
Germany Smith CIN 120 456 65 131 21 9 3 71 22 28 22 0.287 0.330 0.393 0.722
James Stafford NY1 59 230 28 66 9 1 0 40 15 13 18 0.287 0.333 0.335 0.668
Lou Bierbauer PIT 59 258 33 74 10 6 0 39 7 5 7 0.287 0.300 0.372 0.672
Henry Reitz BLN 120 464 76 133 15 6 4 106 28 49 32 0.287 0.357 0.371 0.728
Bones Ely PIT 128 537 85 153 15 9 3 77 18 33 33 0.285 0.326 0.363 0.689
George LaChance BRO 89 348 60 99 10 13 7 58 17 23 32 0.284 0.331 0.448 0.779
Roger Connor STL 126 483 71 137 21 9 11 72 10 52 14 0.284 0.356 0.433 0.788
Tom Daly BRO 66 223 43 63 13 6 3 29 19 33 25 0.283 0.387 0.435 0.822
George Decker CHC 107 421 68 118 23 11 5 61 20 23 14 0.280 0.318 0.423 0.740
Billy Shindle BRO 131 516 75 144 24 9 1 61 24 24 20 0.279 0.316 0.366 0.682
Charlie Dexter LS3 107 402 65 112 18 7 3 37 21 17 34 0.279 0.318 0.381 0.698
Buck Ewing CIN 69 263 41 73 14 4 1 38 41 29 13 0.278 0.349 0.373 0.722
Charles Zimmer CL4 91 336 46 93 18 3 3 46 4 31 48 0.277 0.354 0.375 0.729
Ed Cartwright WAS 133 499 76 138 15 10 1 62 28 54 44 0.277 0.350 0.353 0.702
George Miller LS3 98 324 54 89 17 4 1 33 16 27 9 0.275 0.334 0.361 0.695
Harry Davis NY1 64 233 43 64 11 10 2 50 16 31 20 0.275 0.372 0.433 0.805
Marty Bergen BSN 65 245 39 66 6 4 4 37 6 11 22 0.269 0.309 0.376 0.684
Patsy Tebeau CL4 132 543 56 146 22 6 2 94 20 21 22 0.269 0.300 0.343 0.642
Chippy McGarr CL4 113 455 68 122 16 4 1 53 16 22 30 0.268 0.302 0.327 0.629
John Grim BRO 81 281 32 75 13 1 2 35 7 12 14 0.267 0.311 0.342 0.653
John O'Brien WAS 73 270 38 72 6 3 4 33 4 27 12 0.267 0.344 0.356 0.700
Billy Hulen PHI 88 339 87 90 18 7 0 38 23 55 20 0.265 0.368 0.360 0.728
Tommy Dowd STL 126 521 93 138 17 11 5 46 40 42 19 0.265 0.322 0.369 0.691
Klondike Douglass STL 81 296 42 78 6 4 1 28 18 35 15 0.264 0.351 0.321 0.672
Charlie Abbey WAS 79 301 47 79 12 6 1 49 16 27 20 0.262 0.331 0.352 0.683
Frank Connaughton NY1 88 315 53 82 3 2 2 43 22 25 7 0.260 0.319 0.302 0.620
Jim Rogers LS3 72 290 39 75 8 6 0 38 13 15 14 0.259 0.297 0.328 0.625
Lave Cross PHI 106 406 63 104 23 5 1 73 8 32 14 0.256 0.312 0.345 0.657
Bert Myers STL 122 454 47 116 12 8 0 37 8 40 32 0.256 0.320 0.317 0.637
Jake Beckley PIT 59 217 44 55 7 5 3 32 8 22 28 0.253 0.349 0.373 0.723
Jimmy Bannon BSN 89 344 53 87 9 5 0 50 16 32 23 0.253 0.318 0.308 0.626
Tommy McCarthy BRO 104 377 62 94 8 4 3 47 22 34 17 0.249 0.316 0.316 0.632
Billy Lush WAS 97 352 74 87 9 11 4 45 28 66 49 0.247 0.369 0.369 0.738
Billy Nash PHI 65 227 29 56 9 1 3 30 3 34 21 0.247 0.355 0.335 0.690
Tuck Turner STL 51 203 30 50 7 8 1 27 6 14 21 0.246 0.298 0.374 0.673
Fred Pfeffer CHC 94 360 45 88 16 7 2 52 22 23 20 0.244 0.294 0.344 0.638
Monte Cross STL 125 427 66 104 10 6 6 52 40 58 48 0.244 0.342 0.337 0.679
Dick Padden PIT 61 219 33 53 4 8 2 24 8 14 9 0.242 0.294 0.361 0.654
Ed McFarland STL 83 290 48 70 13 4 3 36 7 15 17 0.241 0.281 0.345 0.626
Harry Blake CL4 104 383 66 92 12 5 1 43 10 46 30 0.240 0.322 0.305 0.627
Parke Wilson NY1 75 253 33 60 2 0 0 23 9 13 14 0.237 0.277 0.245 0.522
Billy Clingman LS3 121 423 57 99 10 2 2 37 19 57 51 0.234 0.329 0.281 0.611
Malachi Kittridge CHC 65 215 17 48 4 1 1 19 6 14 14 0.223 0.274 0.265 0.539
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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
Billy Rhines CIN 8 6 19 17 11 3 0 143.0 128 39 48 32 2.45 1.23
Kid Nichols BSN 30 14 49 43 37 3 1 372.3 387 117 101 102 2.83 1.31
Fred Klobedanz BSN 6 4 10 9 9 0 0 80.6 69 27 31 26 3.01 1.24
George Cuppy CL4 25 14 46 40 35 1 1 358.0 388 124 75 86 3.12 1.29
Frank Dwyer CIN 24 11 36 34 30 3 1 288.6 321 101 60 57 3.15 1.32
Cy Young CL4 28 15 51 46 42 5 3 414.3 477 149 62 140 3.24 1.30
Bobby Wallace CL4 10 7 22 16 13 2 0 145.3 167 54 49 46 3.34 1.49
Bill Hoffer BLN 25 7 35 35 32 3 0 309.0 317 116 95 93 3.38 1.33
Harley Payne BRO 14 16 34 28 24 2 0 241.6 284 91 58 52 3.39 1.42
Frank Killen PIT 30 18 52 50 44 5 0 432.3 476 164 119 134 3.41 1.38
Red Ehret CIN 18 14 34 33 29 2 0 276.6 298 105 74 60 3.42 1.34
Sadie McMahon BLN 11 9 22 22 19 0 0 175.6 195 68 55 33 3.48 1.42
Arlie Pond BLN 16 8 28 26 21 2 0 214.3 232 83 57 80 3.49 1.35
Clark Griffith CHC 23 11 36 35 35 0 0 317.6 370 125 70 81 3.54 1.39
Pink Hawley PIT 22 21 49 43 37 2 0 378.0 382 150 157 137 3.57 1.43
Duke Esper BLN 14 5 20 18 14 1 0 155.6 168 62 39 19 3.58 1.33
Dan Daub BRO 12 11 32 24 18 0 0 225.0 255 90 63 53 3.60 1.41
Al Maul WAS 5 2 8 8 7 0 0 62.0 75 25 20 18 3.63 1.53
Jouett Meekin NY1 26 14 42 41 34 0 0 334.3 378 142 127 110 3.82 1.51
Frank Foreman CIN 14 7 27 22 17 0 1 185.6 212 82 62 33 3.97 1.48
Zeke Wilson CL4 17 9 33 29 20 1 1 240.0 265 107 81 56 4.01 1.44
Jim Sullivan BSN 11 12 31 26 21 1 1 225.3 268 101 68 33 4.03 1.49
Silver King WAS 10 7 22 16 12 0 1 145.3 179 66 43 35 4.09 1.53
Jack Stivetts BSN 22 14 42 36 31 2 0 329.0 353 150 99 71 4.10 1.37
Win Mercer WAS 25 18 46 45 38 2 0 366.3 456 168 117 94 4.13 1.56
George Hemming BLN 15 6 25 21 20 3 0 202.0 233 94 54 33 4.19 1.42
Dad Clarke NY1 17 24 48 40 33 1 1 351.0 431 166 60 66 4.26 1.40
James McJames WAS 12 20 37 33 29 0 1 280.3 310 133 135 103 4.27 1.59
Bill Hill LS3 9 28 43 39 32 0 2 319.6 353 153 155 104 4.31 1.59
Buttons Briggs CHC 12 8 26 21 19 0 1 194.0 202 93 108 84 4.31 1.60
Al Orth PHI 15 10 25 23 19 0 0 196.0 244 96 46 23 4.41 1.48
Brickyard Kennedy BRO 17 20 42 38 28 1 1 305.6 334 150 130 76 4.42 1.52
Adonis Terry CHC 15 14 30 28 25 1 0 235.6 273 116 88 75 4.43 1.53
Chauncey Fisher CIN 10 7 27 15 13 2 2 159.6 199 79 36 25 4.45 1.47
Theodore Breitenstein STL 18 26 44 43 37 1 0 339.6 376 169 138 114 4.48 1.51
Ed Doheny NY1 6 7 17 15 9 0 0 108.3 112 54 59 39 4.49 1.58
Ad Gumbert PHI 5 3 11 10 7 1 0 77.3 99 39 23 14 4.54 1.58
Mike Sullivan NY1 10 13 25 22 18 0 0 185.3 188 96 71 42 4.66 1.40
Danny Friend CHC 18 14 36 33 28 1 0 290.6 298 153 139 86 4.74 1.50
Jack Taylor PHI 20 21 45 41 35 1 1 359.0 459 191 112 97 4.79 1.59
Chick Fraser LS3 12 27 43 38 36 0 1 349.3 396 189 166 91 4.87 1.61
Ed Stein BRO 3 6 17 10 6 0 0 90.3 130 49 51 16 4.88 2.00
Jim Hughey PIT 6 8 25 14 11 0 0 155.0 171 86 67 48 4.99 1.54
Bert Cunningham LS3 7 14 27 20 17 0 1 189.3 242 107 74 37 5.09 1.67
Bill Hart STL 12 29 42 41 37 0 0 336.0 411 191 141 65 5.12 1.64
Bert Abbey BRO 8 8 25 18 12 0 0 164.3 210 94 48 37 5.15 1.57
Willie McGill PHI 5 4 12 11 7 0 0 79.6 87 47 53 29 5.31 1.76
Tom Smith LS3 2 3 11 5 4 0 0 55.0 73 33 25 14 5.40 1.78
George Harper BRO 4 8 16 11 7 0 0 86.0 106 53 39 22 5.55 1.69
Kid Carsey PHI 11 11 27 21 18 1 1 187.3 273 117 72 36 5.62 1.84
Art Herman LS3 4 6 14 12 9 0 0 94.3 122 59 36 13 5.63 1.67
Red Donahue STL 7 24 32 32 28 0 0 267.0 376 172 98 70 5.80 1.78
Harry Keener PHI 3 11 16 13 11 0 0 113.3 144 74 39 28 5.88 1.61
Charlie Hastings PIT 5 10 17 13 9 0 1 104.0 126 68 44 19 5.88 1.63
Harley Parker CHC 1 5 9 7 7 0 0 73.0 100 50 27 15 6.16 1.74
Les German WAS 2 20 28 20 14 0 1 166.6 240 117 74 20 6.32 1.88
Cy Seymour NY1 2 4 11 8 4 0 0 70.3 75 50 51 33 6.40 1.79
Bill Kissinger STL 2 9 20 12 11 0 1 136.0 209 98 55 22 6.49 1.94
John Foreman PIT 3 3 9 9 5 0 0 61.6 73 45 35 18 6.57 1.75
Mike McDermott LS3 2 7 12 10 4 1 0 65.0 87 53 44 12 7.34 2.02
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