1870s: 1870-1879
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Top Players of the 1870s
Based on games played during 1870-1879
| Rank | Player Name | Games | AB | H | HR | AVG | Years Active |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom York | 539 | 2383 | 678 | 8 | 0.285 | 1871-1885 |
| 2 | George Wright | 537 | 2659 | 830 | 11 | 0.312 | 1871-1882 |
| 3 | Tom Carey | 536 | 2394 | 646 | 5 | 0.270 | 1871-1879 |
| 4 | Cal McVey | 530 | 2513 | 869 | 11 | 0.346 | 1871-1879 |
| 5 | Deacon White | 525 | 2449 | 846 | 10 | 0.345 | 1871-1890 |
| 6 | Joe Start | 515 | 2447 | 750 | 12 | 0.306 | 1871-1886 |
| 7 | Jack Burdock | 498 | 2233 | 589 | 3 | 0.264 | 1872-1891 |
| 8 | Jim O'Rourke | 497 | 2262 | 730 | 16 | 0.323 | 1872-1904 |
| 9 | Ezra Sutton | 488 | 2146 | 625 | 6 | 0.291 | 1871-1888 |
| 10 | Cap Anson | 483 | 2229 | 780 | 2 | 0.350 | 1871-1897 |
| 11 | Bob Ferguson | 480 | 2107 | 564 | - | 0.268 | 1871-1884 |
| 12 | Andy Leonard | 468 | 2261 | 687 | 3 | 0.304 | 1871-1880 |
| 13 | Davy Force | 459 | 2128 | 627 | - | 0.295 | 1871-1886 |
| 14 | Mike McGeary | 453 | 2137 | 620 | - | 0.290 | 1871-1882 |
| 15 | Paul Hines | 448 | 2041 | 664 | 9 | 0.325 | 1872-1891 |
| 16 | Jack Remsen | 437 | 1837 | 467 | 6 | 0.254 | 1872-1884 |
| 17 | Ross Barnes | 430 | 2096 | 780 | 6 | 0.372 | 1871-1881 |
| 18 | John Clapp | 420 | 1866 | 543 | 6 | 0.291 | 1872-1883 |
| 19 | Lip Pike | 419 | 1957 | 636 | 21 | 0.325 | 1871-1887 |
| 20 | Dave Eggler | 416 | 1924 | 572 | - | 0.297 | 1871-1885 |
| 21 | Al Spalding | 411 | 1959 | 613 | 2 | 0.313 | 1871-1878 |
| 22 | Pop Snyder | 391 | 1548 | 352 | 7 | 0.227 | 1873-1891 |
| 23 | John Peters | 388 | 1742 | 518 | 3 | 0.297 | 1874-1884 |
| 24 | Dick Higham | 371 | 1781 | 548 | 4 | 0.308 | 1871-1880 |
| 25 | Bobby Mathews | 370 | 1546 | 322 | 1 | 0.208 | 1871-1887 |
| 26 | Charles Fulmer | 369 | 1590 | 425 | 3 | 0.267 | 1871-1884 |
| 27 | Harry Schafer | 367 | 1655 | 449 | 4 | 0.271 | 1871-1878 |
| 28 | George Hall | 365 | 1671 | 538 | 13 | 0.322 | 1871-1877 |
| 29 | Tommy Bond | 357 | 1468 | 352 | - | 0.240 | 1874-1884 |
| 30 | Joe Gerhardt | 348 | 1484 | 376 | 4 | 0.253 | 1873-1891 |
| 31 | Bill Craver | 339 | 1567 | 455 | 2 | 0.290 | 1871-1877 |
| 32 | Jack Manning | 338 | 1469 | 416 | 3 | 0.283 | 1873-1886 |
| 33 | Everett Mills | 337 | 1525 | 433 | 2 | 0.284 | 1871-1876 |
| 34 | Ned Cuthbert | 327 | 1642 | 439 | 8 | 0.267 | 1871-1884 |
| 35 | Doug Allison | 317 | 1404 | 380 | 2 | 0.271 | 1871-1883 |
| 36 | John Glenn | 315 | 1372 | 366 | 1 | 0.267 | 1871-1877 |
| 37 | Jim Holdsworth | 313 | 1463 | 430 | - | 0.294 | 1872-1884 |
| 38 | Herman Dehlman | 307 | 1219 | 262 | - | 0.215 | 1872-1877 |
| 39 | Tim Murnane | 307 | 1321 | 353 | 5 | 0.267 | 1872-1884 |
| 40 | Levi Meyerle | 304 | 1432 | 512 | 10 | 0.358 | 1871-1884 |
| 41 | Bill Hague | 301 | 1276 | 303 | 2 | 0.237 | 1875-1879 |
| 42 | Scott Hastings | 294 | 1328 | 371 | - | 0.279 | 1871-1877 |
| 43 | Dickey Pearce | 291 | 1328 | 333 | 2 | 0.251 | 1871-1877 |
| 44 | Charley Jones | 279 | 1186 | 361 | 18 | 0.304 | 1875-1888 |
| 45 | Bob Addy | 274 | 1231 | 341 | 1 | 0.277 | 1871-1877 |
| 46 | Wes Fisler | 273 | 1335 | 414 | 2 | 0.310 | 1871-1876 |
| 47 | John Morrill | 271 | 1101 | 300 | - | 0.272 | 1876-1890 |
| 48 | Fred Treacey | 269 | 1232 | 301 | 7 | 0.244 | 1871-1876 |
| 49 | Jim Devlin | 266 | 1186 | 340 | 1 | 0.287 | 1873-1877 |
| 50 | Nat Hicks | 257 | 1142 | 301 | 1 | 0.264 | 1872-1877 |
| 51 | George Zettlein | 255 | 1105 | 232 | - | 0.210 | 1871-1876 |
| 52 | Cherokee Fisher | 252 | 1155 | 273 | 3 | 0.236 | 1871-1878 |
| 53 | Candy Cummings | 247 | 1068 | 227 | - | 0.213 | 1872-1877 |
| 54 | John McMullin | 244 | 1081 | 307 | 4 | 0.284 | 1871-1875 |
| 55 | Eddie Booth | 242 | 1016 | 243 | 1 | 0.239 | 1872-1876 |
| 56 | George Bradley | 242 | 984 | 242 | - | 0.246 | 1875-1888 |
| 57 | Joe Battin | 241 | 1027 | 256 | 1 | 0.249 | 1871-1890 |
| 58 | Dick McBride | 240 | 1192 | 309 | - | 0.259 | 1871-1876 |
| 59 | Candy Nelson | 240 | 1027 | 248 | - | 0.241 | 1872-1890 |
| 60 | Will Foley | 229 | 896 | 202 | - | 0.225 | 1875-1884 |
| 61 | Orator Shafer | 226 | 952 | 286 | 4 | 0.300 | 1874-1890 |
| 62 | Denny Mack | 224 | 958 | 239 | 1 | 0.249 | 1871-1883 |
| 63 | George Bechtel | 221 | 1040 | 288 | 3 | 0.277 | 1871-1876 |
| 64 | Charlie Gould | 221 | 964 | 248 | 2 | 0.257 | 1871-1877 |
| 65 | Lew Brown | 220 | 909 | 236 | 6 | 0.260 | 1876-1884 |
| 66 | Fergy Malone | 219 | 1048 | 287 | 1 | 0.274 | 1871-1884 |
| 67 | John Hatfield | 206 | 1011 | 283 | 3 | 0.280 | 1871-1876 |
| 68 | Count Gedney | 202 | 832 | 209 | 5 | 0.251 | 1872-1875 |
| 69 | John Cassidy | 188 | 779 | 215 | 1 | 0.276 | 1875-1885 |
| 70 | Bill Harbridge | 182 | 739 | 183 | - | 0.248 | 1875-1884 |
| 71 | Harry Wright | 180 | 813 | 224 | 4 | 0.276 | 1871-1877 |
| 72 | Terry Larkin | 177 | 686 | 167 | 1 | 0.243 | 1876-1884 |
| 73 | Oscar Bielaski | 174 | 746 | 179 | - | 0.240 | 1872-1876 |
| 74 | Jimmy Hallinan | 170 | 760 | 218 | 5 | 0.287 | 1871-1878 |
| 75 | Charlie Pabor | 170 | 715 | 204 | - | 0.285 | 1871-1875 |
| 76 | Art Allison | 168 | 741 | 188 | 1 | 0.254 | 1871-1876 |
| 77 | Charlie Sweasy | 166 | 670 | 130 | - | 0.194 | 1871-1878 |
| 78 | Warren White | 164 | 705 | 183 | - | 0.260 | 1871-1884 |
| 79 | Silver Flint | 159 | 639 | 154 | 1 | 0.241 | 1875-1889 |
| 80 | John Radcliff | 157 | 812 | 229 | 2 | 0.282 | 1871-1875 |
| 81 | Johnny Ryan | 156 | 602 | 125 | 1 | 0.208 | 1873-1877 |
| 82 | Joe Quest | 148 | 625 | 129 | - | 0.206 | 1871-1886 |
| 83 | Bill Boyd | 146 | 666 | 192 | 3 | 0.288 | 1872-1875 |
| 84 | Ed Williamson | 143 | 570 | 152 | 2 | 0.267 | 1878-1890 |
| 85 | King Kelly | 137 | 582 | 187 | 2 | 0.321 | 1878-1893 |
| 86 | Joe Blong | 136 | 550 | 119 | - | 0.216 | 1875-1877 |
| 87 | Fred Warner | 134 | 541 | 132 | - | 0.244 | 1875-1884 |
| 88 | Art Croft | 133 | 517 | 101 | - | 0.195 | 1875-1878 |
| 89 | Abner Dalrymple | 132 | 604 | 193 | - | 0.320 | 1878-1891 |
| 90 | Will White | 131 | 506 | 71 | - | 0.140 | 1877-1886 |
| 91 | Bill Crowley | 130 | 536 | 145 | 1 | 0.271 | 1875-1885 |
| 92 | Tom Barlow | 126 | 604 | 175 | 1 | 0.290 | 1872-1875 |
| 93 | Bill Holbert | 120 | 460 | 93 | - | 0.202 | 1876-1888 |
| 94 | John Ward | 120 | 502 | 131 | 3 | 0.261 | 1878-1894 |
| 95 | Mike Dorgan | 119 | 536 | 154 | 1 | 0.287 | 1877-1890 |
| 96 | Jack Chapman | 113 | 504 | 124 | - | 0.246 | 1874-1876 |
| 97 | Ed Somerville | 111 | 449 | 90 | - | 0.200 | 1875-1876 |
| 98 | Tommy Beals | 110 | 493 | 124 | - | 0.252 | 1871-1880 |
| 99 | Buttercup Dickerson | 110 | 473 | 140 | 2 | 0.296 | 1878-1885 |
| 100 | Jim Tipper | 110 | 466 | 114 | - | 0.245 | 1872-1875 |