1897 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
Willie Keeler BLN 129 564 145 239 27 19 0 74 64 35 5 0.424 0.464 0.539 1.003
Fred Clarke LS3 130 526 122 205 30 13 6 67 59 45 26 0.390 0.461 0.530 0.992
Jesse Burkett CL4 127 517 129 198 28 7 2 60 28 76 25 0.383 0.468 0.476 0.944
Ed Delahanty PHI 129 530 109 200 40 15 5 96 26 60 23 0.377 0.444 0.538 0.981
Joe Kelley BLN 131 505 113 183 31 9 5 118 44 70 19 0.362 0.447 0.489 0.936
Nap Lajoie PHI 127 545 107 197 40 23 9 127 20 15 25 0.361 0.392 0.569 0.960
Hughie Jennings BLN 117 439 133 156 26 9 2 79 60 42 9 0.355 0.463 0.469 0.932
Jack Doyle BLN 114 460 91 163 29 4 2 87 62 29 23 0.354 0.394 0.448 0.842
Chick Stahl BSN 114 469 112 166 30 13 4 97 18 38 18 0.354 0.406 0.499 0.905
George Davis NY1 131 521 112 184 31 10 10 135 65 43 23 0.353 0.410 0.509 0.918
Jake Stenzel BLN 131 536 113 189 43 7 4 116 69 36 21 0.353 0.404 0.481 0.885
Jimmy Collins BSN 134 529 103 183 28 13 6 132 14 41 16 0.346 0.400 0.482 0.882
Jake Beckley CIN 97 365 76 126 17 9 7 76 23 18 12 0.345 0.395 0.499 0.894
Billy Hamilton BSN 127 507 152 174 17 5 3 61 66 105 30 0.343 0.461 0.414 0.875
Deacon McGuire WAS 93 327 51 112 17 7 4 53 9 21 12 0.343 0.386 0.474 0.860
Gene DeMontreville WAS 133 566 92 193 27 8 3 93 30 21 35 0.341 0.366 0.433 0.799
Bill Lange CHC 118 479 119 163 24 14 5 83 73 48 12 0.340 0.406 0.480 0.886
Hugh Duffy BSN 134 550 130 187 25 10 11 129 41 52 17 0.340 0.403 0.482 0.885
Chief Sockalexis CL4 66 278 43 94 9 8 3 42 16 18 38 0.338 0.385 0.460 0.845
Tommy Tucker WAS 93 352 52 119 18 5 5 61 18 27 27 0.338 0.403 0.460 0.863
Cupid Childs CL4 114 444 105 150 15 9 1 61 25 74 19 0.338 0.435 0.419 0.854
Bobby Wallace CL4 130 516 99 173 33 21 4 112 14 48 32 0.335 0.394 0.504 0.898
Honus Wagner LS3 62 242 38 81 18 4 2 39 20 15 14 0.335 0.376 0.467 0.843
Duff Cooley PHI 133 566 124 186 14 13 4 40 31 51 39 0.329 0.386 0.420 0.807
George Van Haltren NY1 130 566 119 186 22 9 3 64 50 42 25 0.329 0.376 0.415 0.791
Klondike Douglass STL 126 519 77 170 15 3 6 50 12 52 20 0.328 0.402 0.403 0.805
Mike Tiernan NY1 128 532 123 174 29 10 5 72 40 61 36 0.327 0.397 0.447 0.845
John Anderson BRO 117 492 93 160 28 12 4 85 29 17 14 0.325 0.357 0.455 0.812
John McGraw BLN 106 391 90 127 15 3 0 48 44 99 15 0.325 0.471 0.379 0.849
Herman Long BSN 107 450 89 145 32 7 3 69 22 23 17 0.322 0.358 0.444 0.802
Duke Farrell WAS 78 261 41 84 9 6 0 53 8 17 4 0.322 0.366 0.402 0.768
Patsy Donovan PIT 120 479 82 154 16 7 0 57 34 25 23 0.322 0.360 0.384 0.744
Walter Thornton CHC 75 265 39 85 9 6 0 55 13 30 16 0.321 0.402 0.400 0.802
Fred Tenney BSN 132 566 125 180 24 3 1 85 34 49 18 0.318 0.376 0.376 0.753
Kid Gleason NY1 132 543 86 172 16 4 1 106 44 27 24 0.317 0.353 0.366 0.719
Mike Griffin BRO 134 534 136 169 25 11 2 56 16 81 13 0.316 0.416 0.416 0.832
Charles Zimmer CL4 80 294 50 93 22 3 0 40 8 25 29 0.316 0.378 0.412 0.789
Dusty Miller CIN 119 440 83 139 27 1 4 70 29 48 17 0.316 0.393 0.409 0.802
Bill Everitt CHC 92 379 63 119 14 7 5 39 26 36 37 0.314 0.373 0.427 0.801
Fielder Jones BRO 135 548 134 172 15 10 1 49 48 61 22 0.314 0.392 0.383 0.775
Kip Selbach WAS 124 486 113 152 25 16 5 59 46 80 32 0.313 0.414 0.461 0.875
Elmer Smith PIT 123 467 99 145 19 17 6 54 25 70 32 0.310 0.408 0.463 0.871
Bobby Lowe BSN 123 499 87 154 24 8 5 106 16 32 20 0.309 0.355 0.419 0.774
George LaChance BRO 126 520 86 160 28 16 4 90 26 15 38 0.308 0.333 0.446 0.779
Harry Davis PIT 111 429 70 131 10 28 2 63 21 26 40 0.305 0.359 0.473 0.832
Fred Hartman STL 125 519 67 158 21 8 2 67 18 26 24 0.304 0.350 0.387 0.737
Bill Joyce NY1 110 389 111 118 15 13 3 64 35 81 38 0.303 0.444 0.432 0.875
Bid McPhee CIN 81 282 45 85 13 7 1 39 9 35 19 0.301 0.386 0.408 0.794
Perry Werden LS3 133 512 76 154 21 14 5 83 15 41 21 0.301 0.365 0.426 0.791
Jimmy Ryan CHC 136 520 103 156 33 17 5 85 27 50 27 0.300 0.369 0.458 0.827
Aleck Smith BRO 66 237 36 71 13 1 1 39 12 4 15 0.300 0.317 0.376 0.692
Heinie Peitz CIN 77 266 35 78 11 7 1 44 3 18 15 0.293 0.340 0.398 0.739
Tom Brown WAS 116 469 91 137 17 2 5 45 25 52 63 0.292 0.364 0.369 0.733
Steve Brodie PIT 100 370 47 108 7 12 2 53 11 25 13 0.292 0.348 0.392 0.740
Billy Hoy CIN 128 497 87 145 24 6 2 42 37 54 27 0.292 0.375 0.376 0.751
Jimmy Callahan CHC 94 360 60 105 18 6 3 47 12 10 25 0.292 0.320 0.400 0.720
Tommy Dowd PHI 91 391 68 114 14 4 0 43 30 19 10 0.292 0.324 0.348 0.672
Jim Connor CHC 77 285 40 83 10 5 3 38 10 24 20 0.291 0.355 0.393 0.748
Tuck Turner STL 103 416 58 121 17 12 2 41 8 35 18 0.291 0.350 0.404 0.754
Bill Dahlen CHC 75 276 67 80 18 8 6 40 15 43 25 0.290 0.399 0.478 0.877
George Decker CHC 111 428 72 124 12 7 5 63 11 24 14 0.290 0.333 0.386 0.719
Jack O'Connor CL4 103 397 49 115 21 4 2 69 20 26 21 0.290 0.338 0.378 0.716
Henry Reitz BLN 128 477 76 138 15 6 2 84 23 50 25 0.289 0.370 0.358 0.728
Charlie Irwin CIN 134 505 89 146 26 6 0 74 27 47 29 0.289 0.360 0.364 0.724
Dick Harley STL 90 333 43 96 6 4 3 35 23 36 23 0.288 0.378 0.357 0.735
Tommy Corcoran CIN 109 445 76 128 30 5 3 57 15 13 6 0.288 0.311 0.398 0.709
Monte Cross STL 132 465 60 133 17 11 4 55 38 62 44 0.286 0.378 0.396 0.774
Cap Anson CHC 114 424 67 121 17 3 3 75 11 60 27 0.285 0.379 0.361 0.740
Billy Shindle BRO 134 542 83 154 32 6 4 105 23 35 21 0.284 0.336 0.387 0.723
Dan Lally STL 88 359 57 102 16 5 2 42 12 9 23 0.284 0.315 0.373 0.688
Zeke Wrigley WAS 104 388 65 110 14 8 3 64 5 21 24 0.284 0.320 0.384 0.704
Bones Ely PIT 133 516 63 146 20 8 2 74 10 25 24 0.283 0.317 0.364 0.682
Dick Padden PIT 134 517 84 146 16 10 2 58 18 38 24 0.282 0.350 0.364 0.714
Claude Ritchey CIN 101 337 58 95 12 4 0 41 11 42 16 0.282 0.370 0.341 0.711
Charlie Dexter LS3 76 257 43 72 12 5 2 46 12 21 30 0.280 0.342 0.389 0.731
Willie Clark NY1 117 436 63 122 17 12 1 75 18 37 29 0.280 0.349 0.381 0.729
Mike Grady STL 84 326 49 91 11 3 8 57 7 26 15 0.279 0.351 0.405 0.756
Tom McCreery LS3 91 344 55 96 5 6 4 40 13 40 45 0.279 0.354 0.363 0.718
Phil Geier PHI 92 316 51 88 6 2 1 35 19 56 31 0.278 0.392 0.320 0.712
George Shoch BRO 85 284 42 79 9 2 0 38 6 49 14 0.278 0.393 0.324 0.717
James Stafford LS3 113 441 68 122 16 5 7 54 15 31 35 0.277 0.328 0.383 0.712
Charlie Reilly WAS 101 351 64 97 18 3 2 60 18 34 26 0.276 0.359 0.362 0.720
Ed McKean CL4 125 523 83 143 21 14 2 78 15 40 14 0.273 0.330 0.379 0.708
Jack Warner NY1 111 400 50 109 6 3 2 51 8 26 22 0.273 0.342 0.318 0.659
William Clarke BLN 64 241 32 65 7 1 1 38 5 9 12 0.270 0.320 0.320 0.640
Barry McCormick CHC 101 419 87 112 8 10 2 55 44 33 51 0.267 0.324 0.348 0.672
Patsy Tebeau CL4 109 412 62 110 15 9 0 59 11 30 21 0.267 0.323 0.347 0.670
Eddie Burke CIN 95 387 71 103 17 1 1 41 22 29 17 0.266 0.327 0.323 0.650
Ducky Holmes NY1 80 310 52 82 8 6 1 45 30 18 31 0.265 0.313 0.339 0.652
Bill Merritt PIT 62 209 21 55 6 1 1 26 2 9 11 0.263 0.297 0.316 0.613
Charlie Abbey WAS 80 300 52 78 14 8 3 34 9 27 15 0.260 0.329 0.390 0.719
Joe Quinn BLN 75 285 33 74 11 4 1 45 12 13 10 0.260 0.299 0.337 0.636
Sam Gillen PHI 75 270 32 70 10 3 0 27 2 35 23 0.259 0.353 0.319 0.671
Lave Cross PHI 88 344 37 89 17 5 3 51 10 10 15 0.259 0.282 0.363 0.645
Billy Nash PHI 104 337 45 87 20 2 0 39 4 60 20 0.258 0.373 0.329 0.703
Jack Boyle PHI 75 288 37 73 9 1 2 36 3 19 13 0.253 0.306 0.312 0.619
Ollie Pickering LS3 64 249 34 62 5 2 1 21 20 26 23 0.249 0.325 0.297 0.622
John Grim BRO 80 290 26 72 10 1 0 25 3 1 2 0.248 0.259 0.290 0.548
Marty Bergen BSN 87 327 47 81 11 3 2 45 5 18 23 0.248 0.295 0.318 0.613
John Houseman STL 80 278 34 68 6 6 0 21 16 28 24 0.245 0.329 0.309 0.638
John O'Brien WAS 86 320 37 78 12 2 3 45 6 19 10 0.244 0.309 0.322 0.630
Billy Clingman LS3 115 403 61 92 14 7 2 47 14 37 52 0.228 0.301 0.313 0.614
Joe Sugden PIT 84 288 31 64 6 4 0 38 9 18 13 0.222 0.275 0.271 0.546
Bill Hallman STL 80 302 32 67 7 2 0 26 12 24 15 0.222 0.288 0.258 0.546
Jim Canavan BRO 63 240 25 52 9 3 2 34 9 26 18 0.217 0.299 0.304 0.603
Bill Wilson LS3 107 389 44 83 12 4 1 41 9 18 39 0.213 0.257 0.272 0.530
Malachi Kittridge CHC 79 262 25 53 5 5 1 30 9 22 11 0.202 0.264 0.271 0.535
Germany Smith BRO 112 428 47 86 17 3 0 29 1 14 23 0.201 0.233 0.255 0.488
Morgan Murphy STL 63 211 13 36 2 0 0 12 1 6 8 0.171 0.197 0.180 0.377
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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
Ed Doheny NY1 4 4 10 10 10 0 0 85.0 69 20 45 37 2.12 1.34
Amos Rusie NY1 28 10 38 37 35 2 0 322.3 314 91 87 135 2.54 1.24
Doc Amole BLN 4 4 11 7 6 0 0 70.0 67 20 17 19 2.57 1.20
Kid Nichols BSN 31 11 46 40 37 2 3 368.0 362 108 68 127 2.64 1.17
Jerry Nops BLN 20 6 30 25 23 1 0 220.6 235 69 52 69 2.81 1.30
Joe Corbett BLN 24 8 37 37 34 1 0 313.0 330 108 115 149 3.11 1.42
Jack Powell CL4 15 10 27 26 24 2 0 225.0 245 79 62 61 3.16 1.36
Win Mercer WAS 21 20 47 43 35 3 3 342.0 403 121 104 91 3.18 1.48
George Cuppy CL4 10 6 19 17 13 1 0 138.0 150 49 26 23 3.20 1.28
Cy Seymour NY1 18 14 39 34 29 2 1 286.6 257 104 168 156 3.27 1.48
Jack Stivetts BSN 11 4 18 15 10 0 0 129.3 147 49 43 27 3.41 1.47
Davy Dunkle PHI 5 2 7 7 7 0 0 62.0 72 24 23 9 3.48 1.53
Arlie Pond BLN 18 9 32 28 23 0 0 248.0 267 97 72 59 3.52 1.37
James McJames WAS 15 23 44 39 33 3 2 323.6 361 130 137 156 3.61 1.54
Bill Hill LS3 7 17 27 26 20 1 0 199.0 209 80 69 55 3.62 1.40
Theodore Breitenstein CIN 23 12 40 39 32 2 0 320.3 345 129 91 98 3.62 1.36
Clark Griffith CHC 21 18 41 38 38 1 1 343.6 410 142 86 102 3.72 1.44
Jouett Meekin NY1 20 11 37 34 30 2 0 303.6 328 127 99 83 3.76 1.41
Cy Young CL4 21 19 46 38 35 2 0 335.6 391 141 49 88 3.78 1.31
Frank Dwyer CIN 18 13 37 31 22 0 0 247.3 315 104 56 41 3.78 1.50
Ted Lewis BSN 21 12 38 34 30 2 1 290.0 316 124 125 65 3.85 1.52
Brickyard Kennedy BRO 18 20 44 40 36 2 1 343.3 370 149 149 81 3.91 1.51
Jim Sullivan BSN 4 5 13 9 8 1 2 89.0 91 39 26 17 3.94 1.31
Dad Clarke LS3 2 4 7 6 6 0 0 54.6 74 24 10 7 3.95 1.54
George Wheeler PHI 11 10 26 19 17 0 0 191.0 229 84 62 35 3.96 1.52
Jimmy Callahan CHC 12 9 23 22 21 1 0 189.6 221 85 55 52 4.03 1.46
Chick Fraser LS3 15 19 36 34 32 0 0 294.3 334 132 139 70 4.04 1.61
Billy Rhines CIN 21 15 41 32 26 1 0 288.6 311 131 86 65 4.08 1.38
Roy Evans LS3 5 4 9 8 6 0 0 59.3 66 27 24 20 4.10 1.52
Bert Cunningham LS3 14 13 30 28 26 0 0 242.6 294 112 72 49 4.15 1.51
Zeke Wilson CL4 16 11 34 30 26 1 0 263.6 323 122 83 69 4.16 1.54
Jack Taylor PHI 16 20 40 37 35 2 2 317.3 376 149 76 88 4.23 1.42
Chauncey Fisher BRO 9 7 20 13 11 1 1 149.0 184 70 43 31 4.23 1.52
Jesse Tannehill PIT 9 9 21 16 11 1 1 142.0 172 67 24 40 4.25 1.38
Bill Hoffer BLN 22 11 38 33 29 1 0 303.3 350 145 104 62 4.30 1.50
Frank Killen PIT 17 23 42 41 38 1 0 337.3 417 167 76 99 4.46 1.46
Willie Sudhoff STL 2 7 11 9 9 0 0 92.6 126 46 21 19 4.47 1.59
Mike McDermott CL4 4 5 9 7 4 0 0 62.0 75 31 25 12 4.50 1.61
Danny Friend CHC 12 11 24 24 23 0 0 203.0 244 102 86 58 4.52 1.63
Jack Dunn BRO 14 9 25 21 21 0 0 216.6 251 110 66 26 4.57 1.46
Charlie Hastings PIT 5 4 16 10 9 0 0 118.0 138 60 47 42 4.58 1.57
Fred Klobedanz BSN 26 7 38 37 30 2 0 309.3 344 158 125 92 4.60 1.52
Cy Swaim WAS 9 11 26 19 14 0 0 184.0 219 94 59 52 4.60 1.51
Al Orth PHI 14 19 36 34 29 2 0 282.3 349 145 82 64 4.62 1.53
Harley Payne BRO 14 17 40 38 30 1 0 280.0 350 144 71 86 4.63 1.50
Walter Thornton CHC 6 7 16 16 15 0 0 130.3 164 68 51 55 4.70 1.65
Bill Dammann CIN 6 4 16 11 7 1 0 95.0 122 50 37 21 4.74 1.67
Red Ehret CIN 8 10 34 19 11 0 2 184.3 256 98 47 43 4.78 1.64
Silver King WAS 6 9 23 19 12 0 1 154.0 196 82 45 32 4.79 1.56
Pink Hawley PIT 18 18 40 39 33 0 0 311.3 362 166 94 88 4.80 1.46
Jim Hughey PIT 6 10 25 17 13 0 1 149.3 193 84 45 38 5.06 1.59
Mike Sullivan NY1 8 7 23 16 11 1 2 148.6 183 84 71 35 5.09 1.71
George Hemming LS3 3 4 9 8 7 0 0 67.0 80 38 25 7 5.10 1.57
Roger Denzer CHC 2 8 12 10 8 0 0 94.6 125 54 34 17 5.13 1.68
Jim Gardner PIT 5 5 14 11 8 0 0 95.3 115 55 32 35 5.19 1.54
Buttons Briggs CHC 4 17 22 22 21 0 0 186.6 246 109 85 60 5.26 1.77
Duke Esper STL 1 6 8 8 7 0 0 61.3 95 36 12 8 5.28 1.74
Bill Magee LS3 4 12 23 17 13 1 0 156.3 187 94 101 44 5.41 1.84
Jack Fifield PHI 5 18 27 26 21 0 0 210.6 263 129 80 38 5.51 1.63
Les German WAS 3 5 15 5 4 0 0 83.6 117 52 33 2 5.59 1.79
Sadie McMahon BRO 0 6 9 7 5 0 0 63.0 75 41 29 13 5.86 1.65
Kid Carsey STL 3 8 12 11 11 0 0 99.0 133 66 31 14 6.00 1.66
Dan Daub BRO 6 11 19 16 11 0 0 137.6 180 93 48 19 6.08 1.66
Red Donahue STL 10 35 46 42 38 1 1 348.0 485 237 106 64 6.13 1.70
Bill Hart STL 9 27 39 38 31 0 0 294.6 395 205 148 67 6.26 1.84
Percy Coleman STL 1 2 13 5 3 0 0 66.3 108 53 33 10 7.19 2.13
Showing 1-50 of 66 qualified pitchers