1898 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 129 561 126 216 7 2 1 44 28 31 4 0.385 0.420 0.410 0.830
Billy Hamilton BSN 110 417 110 154 16 5 3 50 54 87 30 0.369 0.480 0.453 0.933
John McGraw BLN 143 515 143 176 8 10 0 53 43 112 13 0.342 0.475 0.396 0.871
Elmer Smith CIN 123 486 79 166 21 10 1 66 20 69 17 0.342 0.425 0.432 0.858
Jesse Burkett CL4 150 624 114 213 18 9 0 42 19 69 30 0.341 0.415 0.399 0.814
Ed Delahanty PHI 144 548 115 183 36 9 4 92 58 77 29 0.334 0.426 0.454 0.880
Jimmy Collins BSN 152 597 107 196 35 5 15 111 12 40 18 0.328 0.377 0.479 0.856
Gene DeMontreville BLN 151 567 93 186 19 2 0 86 49 52 25 0.328 0.394 0.369 0.763
Fred Tenney BSN 117 488 106 160 25 5 0 62 23 33 23 0.328 0.370 0.400 0.770
Hughie Jennings BLN 143 534 135 175 25 11 1 87 28 78 20 0.328 0.454 0.421 0.876
Nap Lajoie PHI 147 608 113 197 43 11 6 127 25 21 23 0.324 0.354 0.461 0.814
Jimmy Ryan CHC 144 572 122 185 32 13 4 79 29 73 24 0.323 0.405 0.446 0.850
Win Mercer WAS 80 249 38 80 3 5 2 25 14 18 31 0.321 0.369 0.398 0.767
Joe Kelley BLN 124 464 71 149 18 15 2 110 24 56 24 0.321 0.398 0.438 0.835
Bill Lange CHC 113 442 79 141 16 11 5 69 22 36 17 0.319 0.377 0.439 0.816
Bill Everitt CHC 149 596 102 190 15 6 0 69 28 53 43 0.319 0.377 0.364 0.741
Lave Cross STL 151 602 71 191 28 8 3 79 14 28 8 0.317 0.348 0.405 0.753
Duke Farrell WAS 99 338 47 106 12 6 1 53 12 34 12 0.314 0.383 0.393 0.776
Charlie Dexter LS3 112 421 76 132 13 5 1 66 44 26 35 0.314 0.363 0.375 0.739
George Van Haltren NY1 156 654 129 204 28 16 2 68 36 59 40 0.312 0.372 0.413 0.785
Duff Cooley PHI 149 629 123 196 24 12 4 55 17 48 38 0.312 0.364 0.407 0.771
Chick Stahl BSN 125 467 72 144 21 8 3 52 6 46 25 0.308 0.375 0.407 0.782
Fred Clarke LS3 149 599 116 184 23 12 3 47 40 48 21 0.307 0.373 0.401 0.774
George Davis NY1 121 486 80 149 20 5 2 86 26 32 15 0.307 0.351 0.381 0.731
Willie Clark PIT 57 209 29 64 9 7 1 31 0 22 7 0.306 0.378 0.431 0.808
Farmer Vaughn CIN 78 275 35 84 12 4 1 46 4 11 5 0.305 0.339 0.389 0.728
John Anderson WAS 110 430 70 131 28 18 9 71 18 23 19 0.305 0.357 0.516 0.873
Billy Hoy LS3 148 582 104 177 15 16 6 66 37 49 33 0.304 0.367 0.416 0.783
Fielder Jones BRO 146 596 89 181 15 9 1 69 36 46 36 0.304 0.362 0.364 0.726
Jud Smith WAS 66 234 33 71 7 5 3 28 11 22 18 0.303 0.378 0.415 0.792
Kip Selbach WAS 132 515 88 156 28 11 3 60 25 64 21 0.303 0.383 0.417 0.801
Henry Reitz WAS 132 489 62 148 20 2 2 47 11 32 15 0.303 0.357 0.364 0.721
Algie McBride CIN 120 486 94 147 14 12 2 43 16 51 36 0.302 0.383 0.393 0.776
Elmer Flick PHI 134 453 84 137 16 13 8 81 23 86 36 0.302 0.430 0.448 0.878
Patsy Donovan PIT 147 610 112 184 16 9 0 37 41 34 33 0.302 0.346 0.357 0.703
Dan McGann BLN 145 535 99 161 18 8 5 106 33 53 30 0.301 0.404 0.393 0.796
Mike Griffin BRO 134 537 88 161 18 6 2 40 15 60 13 0.300 0.379 0.367 0.745
Honus Wagner LS3 151 588 80 176 29 3 10 105 27 31 20 0.299 0.341 0.410 0.751
Dusty Miller CIN 152 586 99 175 24 12 3 90 32 38 28 0.299 0.351 0.396 0.747
Hugh Duffy BSN 152 568 97 169 13 3 8 108 29 59 13 0.298 0.365 0.373 0.738
Sam Mertes CHC 83 269 45 80 4 8 1 47 27 34 28 0.297 0.388 0.383 0.771
Mike Grady NY1 93 287 64 85 19 5 3 49 20 38 28 0.296 0.399 0.429 0.827
Harry Steinfeldt CIN 88 308 47 91 18 6 0 43 9 27 29 0.295 0.354 0.393 0.747
Walter Thornton CHC 62 210 34 62 5 2 0 14 8 22 14 0.295 0.362 0.338 0.700
Jake Beckley CIN 118 459 86 135 20 12 4 72 6 28 27 0.294 0.348 0.416 0.764
Harry Davis PIT 58 222 31 65 9 13 1 24 7 12 22 0.293 0.332 0.464 0.796
Bill Dahlen CHC 142 521 96 151 35 8 1 79 27 58 41 0.290 0.385 0.393 0.779
Jack McCarthy PIT 137 537 75 155 13 12 4 78 7 34 24 0.289 0.336 0.380 0.716
Cupid Childs CL4 110 413 90 119 9 4 1 31 9 69 29 0.288 0.395 0.337 0.732
Ducky Holmes BLN 113 442 54 126 10 9 1 64 25 23 41 0.285 0.333 0.355 0.689
Ed McKean CL4 151 604 89 172 23 1 9 94 11 56 18 0.285 0.346 0.371 0.717
Jack Doyle NY1 82 297 42 84 15 3 1 43 14 12 12 0.283 0.317 0.364 0.681
Jake Stenzel STL 108 404 64 114 15 11 1 33 21 41 9 0.282 0.367 0.381 0.748
Ed McFarland PHI 121 429 65 121 21 5 3 71 4 44 23 0.282 0.352 0.375 0.727
Marty Bergen BSN 120 446 62 125 16 5 3 60 9 13 29 0.280 0.302 0.359 0.661
Mike Tiernan NY1 103 415 90 116 15 11 5 49 19 43 12 0.280 0.357 0.405 0.762
Tommy Tucker BRO 73 283 35 79 9 4 1 34 1 12 12 0.279 0.325 0.350 0.674
Lou Criger CL4 84 287 43 80 13 4 1 32 2 40 22 0.279 0.377 0.362 0.739
Jimmy Sheckard BRO 105 408 51 113 17 9 4 64 8 37 28 0.277 0.349 0.392 0.741
Jake Gettman WAS 142 567 75 157 16 5 5 47 32 29 60 0.277 0.319 0.349 0.668
Wilbert Robinson BLN 79 289 29 80 12 2 0 38 3 16 18 0.277 0.317 0.332 0.649
Cy Seymour NY1 80 297 41 82 5 2 4 23 8 9 22 0.276 0.300 0.347 0.646
Frank Bowerman PIT 69 241 17 66 6 3 0 29 4 7 9 0.274 0.297 0.324 0.621
Heinie Peitz CIN 105 330 49 90 15 5 1 43 9 35 24 0.273 0.348 0.358 0.705
Bobby Lowe BSN 147 559 65 152 11 7 4 94 12 29 26 0.272 0.311 0.338 0.649
Fred Hartman NY1 123 475 57 129 16 11 2 88 11 25 24 0.272 0.313 0.364 0.678
Bobby Wallace CL4 154 593 81 160 25 13 3 99 7 63 14 0.270 0.344 0.371 0.715
Deacon McGuire WAS 131 489 59 131 18 3 1 57 10 24 19 0.268 0.310 0.323 0.633
George Yeager BSN 68 221 37 59 13 1 3 24 1 16 14 0.267 0.328 0.376 0.703
Herman Long BSN 144 589 99 156 21 10 6 99 20 39 24 0.265 0.311 0.365 0.676
Billy Lauder PHI 97 361 42 95 14 7 2 67 6 19 27 0.263 0.300 0.357 0.657
Tom O'Brien PIT 107 413 53 107 10 8 1 45 13 25 25 0.259 0.318 0.329 0.648
George Decker STL 76 286 26 74 10 0 1 45 4 20 10 0.259 0.314 0.304 0.618
Bill Joyce NY1 145 508 91 131 20 9 10 91 34 88 60 0.258 0.386 0.392 0.778
Patsy Tebeau CL4 131 477 53 123 11 4 1 63 5 53 26 0.258 0.341 0.304 0.645
Klondike Douglass PHI 146 582 105 150 26 4 2 48 18 55 20 0.258 0.333 0.326 0.660
Jack Warner NY1 110 373 40 96 14 5 0 42 9 22 28 0.257 0.316 0.322 0.638
Monte Cross PHI 149 525 68 135 25 5 1 50 20 55 46 0.257 0.337 0.330 0.666
Dick Padden PIT 128 463 61 119 7 6 2 43 11 35 17 0.257 0.335 0.311 0.646
Jack Clements STL 99 335 39 86 19 5 3 41 1 21 13 0.257 0.314 0.370 0.684
Billy Clingman LS3 154 538 65 138 12 6 0 50 15 51 60 0.257 0.327 0.301 0.628
Claude Ritchey LS3 151 551 65 140 10 4 5 51 19 46 29 0.254 0.322 0.314 0.636
Joe Sugden STL 89 289 29 73 7 1 0 34 5 23 20 0.253 0.314 0.284 0.598
Joe Quinn STL 103 375 35 94 10 5 0 36 13 24 31 0.251 0.301 0.304 0.605
Tommy Corcoran CIN 153 619 80 155 28 15 2 87 19 26 17 0.250 0.283 0.354 0.637
Bid McPhee CIN 133 486 72 121 26 9 1 60 21 66 34 0.249 0.341 0.346 0.687
Jack O'Connor CL4 131 478 50 119 17 4 1 56 8 26 17 0.249 0.291 0.308 0.598
Barry McCormick CHC 137 530 76 131 15 9 2 78 15 47 54 0.247 0.314 0.321 0.635
George LaChance BRO 136 526 62 130 23 7 5 65 23 31 60 0.247 0.299 0.346 0.645
Dick Harley STL 142 549 74 135 6 5 0 42 13 34 53 0.246 0.316 0.275 0.591
Zeke Wrigley WAS 111 400 50 98 9 10 2 39 10 20 25 0.245 0.283 0.333 0.615
Harry Blake CL4 136 474 65 116 18 7 0 58 12 69 26 0.245 0.342 0.312 0.654
Tommy Dowd STL 139 586 70 143 17 7 0 32 16 30 26 0.244 0.287 0.297 0.584
Malachi Kittridge LS3 86 287 27 70 8 5 1 31 9 15 10 0.244 0.281 0.317 0.599
Bill Hallman BRO 134 509 57 124 10 7 2 63 9 29 21 0.244 0.291 0.303 0.594
William Clarke BLN 82 285 26 69 5 2 0 27 2 4 14 0.242 0.289 0.274 0.563
Charlie Irwin CIN 136 501 77 120 14 5 3 55 18 31 13 0.240 0.297 0.305 0.602
Tommy Tucker STL 72 252 18 60 7 2 0 20 1 18 19 0.238 0.319 0.282 0.601
Jimmy McAleer CL4 106 366 47 87 3 0 0 48 7 46 32 0.238 0.331 0.246 0.577
Jack Crooks STL 72 225 33 52 4 2 1 20 3 40 28 0.231 0.359 0.280 0.639
Bill Gray PIT 137 528 56 121 17 5 0 67 5 28 38 0.229 0.283 0.280 0.564
Pop Schriver PIT 95 315 25 72 15 3 0 32 0 23 14 0.229 0.287 0.295 0.583
Jim Connor CHC 138 505 51 114 9 9 0 67 11 42 34 0.226 0.289 0.279 0.568
Billy Shindle BRO 120 466 50 105 10 3 1 41 3 10 25 0.225 0.249 0.266 0.516
George Magoon BRO 93 343 35 77 7 0 1 39 7 30 18 0.224 0.293 0.254 0.546
Butts Wagner WAS 63 223 20 50 11 2 1 31 4 14 9 0.224 0.279 0.305 0.584
Kid Gleason NY1 150 570 78 126 8 5 0 62 21 39 28 0.221 0.278 0.253 0.531
Tim Donahue CHC 122 396 52 87 12 3 0 39 17 49 31 0.220 0.318 0.265 0.583
Bones Ely PIT 148 519 49 110 14 5 2 44 6 24 34 0.212 0.247 0.270 0.517
Jack Ryan BRO 87 301 39 57 11 4 0 24 5 15 12 0.189 0.233 0.252 0.485
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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
Clark Griffith CHC 24 10 38 38 36 4 0 325.6 305 68 64 97 1.88 1.13
Al Maul BLN 20 7 28 28 26 1 0 239.6 207 56 49 31 2.10 1.07
Kid Nichols BSN 31 12 50 42 40 5 4 388.0 316 92 85 138 2.13 1.03
James McJames BLN 27 15 45 42 40 2 0 374.0 327 98 113 178 2.36 1.18
Jimmy Callahan CHC 20 10 31 31 30 2 0 274.3 267 75 71 73 2.46 1.23
Cy Young CL4 25 13 46 41 40 1 0 377.6 387 106 41 101 2.53 1.13
Vic Willis BSN 25 13 41 38 29 1 0 311.0 264 98 148 160 2.84 1.32
Ted Lewis BSN 26 8 41 33 29 1 2 313.3 267 101 109 72 2.90 1.20
Jesse Tannehill PIT 25 13 43 38 34 5 2 326.6 338 107 63 93 2.95 1.23
Cowboy Jones CL4 4 4 9 9 7 0 0 72.0 76 24 29 26 3.00 1.46
Jack Powell CL4 23 15 42 41 36 6 0 342.0 328 114 112 93 3.00 1.29
Al Orth PHI 15 13 32 28 25 1 0 250.0 290 84 53 52 3.02 1.37
Amos Rusie NY1 20 11 37 36 33 4 1 300.0 288 101 103 114 3.03 1.30
Frank Dwyer CIN 16 10 31 28 24 0 0 240.0 257 81 42 29 3.04 1.25
Walt Woods CHC 9 13 27 22 18 3 0 215.0 224 75 59 26 3.14 1.32
Bert Cunningham LS3 28 15 44 42 41 0 0 362.0 387 127 65 34 3.16 1.25
Wiley Piatt PHI 24 14 39 37 33 6 0 306.0 285 108 97 121 3.18 1.25
Cy Seymour NY1 25 19 45 43 39 4 0 356.6 313 126 213 239 3.18 1.47
Jay Hughes BLN 23 12 38 35 31 5 0 300.6 268 107 100 81 3.20 1.22
Jim Gardner PIT 10 13 25 22 19 1 0 185.3 179 66 48 41 3.21 1.22
Frank Kitson BLN 8 5 17 13 13 1 0 119.3 123 43 35 32 3.24 1.32
George Cuppy CL4 9 8 18 15 13 1 0 128.0 147 47 25 27 3.30 1.34
Jack Fifield PHI 11 9 21 21 18 2 0 171.3 170 63 60 31 3.31 1.34
Walter Thornton CHC 13 10 28 25 21 2 0 215.3 226 80 56 56 3.34 1.31
Brickyard Kennedy BRO 16 22 40 39 38 0 0 339.3 360 127 123 73 3.37 1.42
Pink Hawley CIN 27 11 43 37 32 3 0 331.0 357 124 91 69 3.37 1.35
Roy Evans WAS 3 3 7 6 4 0 0 50.6 50 19 25 11 3.38 1.48
Charlie Hastings PIT 4 10 19 13 12 0 0 137.3 142 52 52 40 3.41 1.41
Theodore Breitenstein CIN 20 14 39 37 32 3 0 315.6 313 120 123 68 3.42 1.38
Billy Rhines PIT 12 16 31 29 27 2 0 258.0 289 101 61 48 3.52 1.36
Red Donahue PHI 16 17 35 35 33 1 0 284.3 327 112 80 57 3.55 1.43
Frank Isbell CHC 4 7 13 9 7 0 0 81.0 86 32 42 16 3.56 1.58
Jerry Nops BLN 16 9 33 29 23 2 0 235.0 241 93 78 91 3.56 1.36
Frank Killen WAS 6 9 17 16 15 0 0 128.3 149 51 29 43 3.58 1.39
Jack Dunn BRO 16 21 41 37 31 0 0 322.6 352 129 82 66 3.60 1.35
Zeke Wilson CL4 13 18 33 31 28 1 0 254.6 307 102 51 45 3.60 1.41
Bill Dammann CIN 16 10 35 22 16 2 2 224.6 277 90 67 51 3.61 1.53
Pete Daniels STL 1 6 10 6 3 0 0 54.6 62 22 14 13 3.62 1.39
Joe Yeager BRO 12 22 36 33 32 0 0 291.3 333 118 80 70 3.65 1.42
Ed Doheny NY1 7 19 28 27 23 0 0 213.0 238 87 101 96 3.68 1.59
Frank Killen PIT 10 11 23 23 17 0 0 177.6 201 74 41 48 3.75 1.36
Jouett Meekin NY1 16 18 38 37 34 1 0 320.0 329 134 108 82 3.77 1.37
Charlie Gettig NY1 6 3 17 8 7 0 0 115.0 141 49 39 14 3.83 1.57
Fred Klobedanz BSN 19 10 35 33 25 0 0 270.6 281 117 99 51 3.89 1.40
Jack Taylor STL 15 29 50 47 42 0 1 397.3 465 172 83 89 3.90 1.38
Jim Hughey STL 7 24 35 33 31 0 0 283.6 325 124 71 74 3.93 1.40
Bill Hill CIN 13 14 33 32 26 2 0 262.0 261 116 119 75 3.98 1.45
Bill Dinneen WAS 9 16 29 27 22 0 0 218.3 238 97 88 83 4.00 1.49
Bill Magee LS3 16 15 38 33 29 3 0 295.3 294 133 129 55 4.05 1.43
Pete Dowling LS3 13 20 36 32 30 0 0 285.6 284 132 120 84 4.16 1.41
George Wheeler PHI 6 8 15 13 10 0 0 112.3 155 52 36 20 4.17 1.70
Cy Swaim WAS 3 11 16 13 9 0 1 101.3 119 48 28 30 4.26 1.45
Bill Donovan WAS 1 6 17 7 6 0 0 88.0 88 42 69 36 4.30 1.78
Matt Kilroy CHC 6 7 13 11 10 0 0 100.3 119 48 30 18 4.31 1.49
Willie Sudhoff STL 11 27 41 38 35 0 1 315.0 355 152 102 65 4.34 1.45
Nick Altrock LS3 3 3 11 7 6 0 0 70.0 89 35 21 13 4.50 1.57
Gus Weyhing WAS 15 26 45 42 39 0 0 361.0 428 181 84 92 4.51 1.42
Sport McAllister CL4 3 4 9 7 6 0 0 65.3 73 33 23 9 4.55 1.47
Win Mercer WAS 12 18 33 30 24 0 0 233.6 309 125 71 52 4.81 1.63
Bill Hart PIT 5 9 16 15 13 1 1 125.0 141 67 44 19 4.82 1.48
Chick Fraser LS3 7 17 26 26 20 1 0 203.0 230 120 100 58 5.32 1.63
Ralph Miller BRO 4 14 23 21 16 0 0 151.6 161 90 86 43 5.34 1.63
Bill Duggleby PHI 3 3 9 5 4 0 0 54.0 70 33 18 12 5.50 1.63
Kit McKenna BRO 2 6 14 9 7 0 0 100.6 118 63 57 27 5.63 1.74
Red Ehret LS3 3 7 12 10 9 0 0 89.0 130 57 20 20 5.76 1.69
Duke Esper STL 3 5 10 8 6 0 0 64.6 86 43 22 14 5.98 1.67
Kid Carsey STL 2 12 20 13 10 0 0 123.6 177 87 37 10 6.33 1.73
Davy Dunkle PHI 1 4 12 7 4 0 0 68.3 83 53 38 21 6.98 1.77
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