1880s: 1880-1889

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Top Players of the 1880s

Based on games played during 1880-1889

Rank Player Name Games AB H HR AVG Years Active
1 Cap Anson 1089 4408 1518 67 0.344 1871-1897
2 Roger Connor 1083 4330 1404 66 0.324 1880-1897
3 Harry Stovey 1066 4483 1326 89 0.296 1880-1893
4 Paul Hines 1056 4421 1317 46 0.298 1872-1891
5 Jack Glasscock 1053 4264 1263 19 0.296 1879-1895
6 John Ward 1053 4401 1164 16 0.264 1878-1894
7 Hick Carpenter 1052 4373 1148 18 0.263 1879-1892
8 Tom Burns 1041 4100 1095 33 0.267 1880-1892
9 King Kelly 1029 4274 1344 59 0.314 1878-1893
10 Ned Hanlon 1019 4104 1058 29 0.258 1880-1892
11 Jim O'Rourke 1010 4209 1279 30 0.304 1872-1904
12 John Morrill 992 3804 974 43 0.256 1876-1890
13 Ed Williamson 985 3722 956 60 0.257 1878-1890
14 Hardy Richardson 974 4188 1284 48 0.307 1879-1892
15 George Wood 965 4121 1110 56 0.269 1880-1892
16 Jerry Denny 960 3886 1033 70 0.266 1881-1894
17 Bill Phillips 957 3890 1031 17 0.265 1879-1888
18 George Gore 951 3898 1201 34 0.308 1879-1892
19 Pop Smith 951 3685 819 23 0.222 1880-1891
20 Dan Brouthers 941 3859 1343 77 0.348 1879-1904
21 Fred Dunlap 939 3881 1141 41 0.294 1880-1891
22 Joe Hornung 925 3952 1023 31 0.259 1879-1890
23 Chicken Wolf 923 3874 1105 13 0.285 1882-1892
24 Fred Pfeffer 915 3638 922 70 0.253 1882-1897
25 Deacon White 913 3736 1107 14 0.296 1871-1890
26 Blondie Purcell 912 3773 1006 11 0.267 1879-1890
27 Bid McPhee 911 3657 961 27 0.263 1882-1899
28 Jack Rowe 911 3848 1118 26 0.291 1879-1890
29 Arthur Irwin 907 3500 840 5 0.240 1880-1894
30 Charlie Comiskey 895 3809 1046 23 0.275 1882-1894
31 John Reilly 874 3585 1054 59 0.294 1880-1891
32 Joe Sommer 873 3511 870 11 0.248 1880-1890
33 Arlie Latham 861 3731 985 11 0.264 1880-1909
34 John Corkhill 842 3446 921 27 0.267 1883-1892
35 Hugh Nicol 838 3279 774 5 0.236 1881-1890
36 Sam Wise 831 3301 875 37 0.265 1881-1893
37 Jack Farrell 818 3321 791 22 0.238 1879-1889
38 Sid Farrar 816 3092 782 17 0.253 1883-1890
39 Bill Gleason 798 3395 907 7 0.267 1882-1889
40 Pete Browning 796 3295 1136 33 0.345 1882-1894
41 Abner Dalrymple 787 3433 967 42 0.282 1878-1891
42 Ezra Sutton 775 3214 949 19 0.295 1871-1888
43 Buck Ewing 769 3160 931 41 0.295 1880-1897
44 Cub Stricker 768 2992 732 7 0.245 1882-1893
45 Bill Kuehne 763 2997 713 16 0.238 1883-1892
46 Art Whitney 763 2881 654 3 0.227 1880-1891
47 Pete Hotaling 759 3123 828 8 0.265 1879-1888
48 Charlie Bennett 758 2795 755 41 0.270 1878-1893
49 Tom Brown 752 3062 815 29 0.266 1882-1898
50 Curt Welch 751 3029 816 9 0.269 1884-1893
51 Paul Radford 750 2758 638 8 0.231 1883-1894
52 Frank Hankinson 747 2861 652 12 0.228 1878-1888
53 Bill McClellan 744 2992 727 6 0.243 1878-1888
54 Frank Fennelly 741 2864 737 32 0.257 1884-1890
55 Henry Larkin 726 2903 884 26 0.305 1884-1893
56 William Robinson 715 2559 655 15 0.256 1882-1892
57 Patrick Gillespie 714 2927 809 10 0.276 1880-1887
58 George Pinkney 706 2888 770 11 0.267 1884-1893
59 Jack Burdock 686 2670 641 15 0.240 1872-1891
60 Dave Orr 684 2825 953 31 0.337 1883-1890
61 Tip O'Neill 679 2738 940 37 0.343 1883-1892
62 Emmett Seery 673 2627 668 22 0.254 1884-1892
63 Joe Mulvey 661 2718 713 18 0.262 1883-1895
64 Jim Fogarty 660 2533 626 16 0.247 1884-1890
65 Dude Esterbrook 653 2632 681 6 0.259 1880-1891
66 Doc Bushong 650 2316 497 2 0.215 1875-1890
67 Germany Smith 637 2527 638 20 0.252 1884-1898
68 John Coleman 626 2497 643 7 0.258 1883-1890
69 Guy Hecker 619 2536 735 19 0.290 1882-1890
70 Charley Jones 616 2555 754 38 0.295 1875-1888
71 Silver Flint 601 2274 533 20 0.234 1875-1889
72 James Roseman 599 2451 621 15 0.253 1882-1890
73 Ed Andrews 597 2482 655 9 0.264 1884-1891
74 Ed Swartwood 586 2376 702 11 0.295 1881-1892
75 Joe Gerhardt 585 2156 456 - 0.212 1873-1891
76 Sam Barkley 582 2329 602 10 0.258 1884-1889
77 Al Myers 581 2221 535 9 0.241 1884-1891
78 Dave Foutz 580 2310 661 16 0.286 1884-1896
79 Old Hoss Radbourn 579 2237 529 9 0.236 1880-1891
80 Fred Mann 577 2277 597 12 0.262 1882-1887
81 Charley Bassett 573 2116 478 9 0.226 1884-1892
82 Danny Richardson 573 2220 568 20 0.256 1884-1894
83 Davy Force 570 2122 432 1 0.204 1871-1886
84 Pud Galvin 568 2151 435 5 0.202 1875-1892
85 Dick Johnston 568 2301 593 26 0.258 1884-1891
86 Billy Nash 564 2159 595 15 0.276 1884-1898
87 Mike Dorgan 563 2249 618 3 0.275 1877-1890
88 Sadie Houck 561 2303 571 2 0.248 1879-1887
89 Joe Start 555 2296 667 3 0.291 1871-1886
90 Fred Carroll 552 2123 619 21 0.292 1884-1891
91 Jim McTamany 549 2114 549 12 0.260 1885-1891
92 Mickey Welch 547 2004 459 12 0.229 1880-1892
93 Orator Shafer 545 2210 604 6 0.273 1874-1890
94 Jim Whitney 543 2123 554 18 0.261 1881-1890
95 John Kerins 539 2164 553 20 0.256 1884-1890
96 Lou Bierbauer 527 2136 572 10 0.268 1886-1898
97 Reddy Mack 524 1967 497 6 0.253 1885-1890
98 Tony Mullane 521 1875 468 7 0.250 1881-1894
99 Pop Snyder 518 2020 489 2 0.242 1873-1891
100 Thomas Burns 517 2043 610 31 0.299 1884-1895

Championship Teams

Year Team W L Win%
1884 Providence Grays 84 28 0.750
1886 St. Louis Browns 93 46 0.669
1887 Detroit Wolverines 79 45 0.637
1888 New York Giants 84 47 0.641
1889 New York Giants 83 43 0.659