1873 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1873 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1873 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Lip Pike led with 4 home runs, Deacon White led with 77 RBI, and Ross Barnes led with 138 hits. Batting leaders require at least 200 at bats and pitching leaders at least 50 innings pitched, which is why a part-season line does not appear here.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

← Back to 1873 Season Overview

Batting Leaders

Minimum 200 at-bats required

1873 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1873 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Ross Barnes BS1 60 320 125 138 31 11 2 60 43 20 2 0.431 0.465 0.616 1.080
Cap Anson PH1 52 254 53 101 9 2 0 36 1 5 2 0.398 0.409 0.449 0.858
Deacon White BS1 60 311 79 122 17 8 1 77 19 0 2 0.392 0.392 0.508 0.900
George Wright BS1 59 323 99 125 17 7 3 43 9 9 2 0.387 0.404 0.511 0.914
Davy Force BL1 49 233 77 85 10 1 0 30 1 9 1 0.365 0.388 0.416 0.805
Charlie Pabor BR2 55 228 36 82 9 3 0 41 2 6 3 0.360 0.376 0.425 0.802
Jim O'Rourke BS1 57 280 79 98 21 2 1 49 9 15 3 0.350 0.383 0.450 0.833
Levi Meyerle PH2 48 238 53 83 14 4 3 59 5 2 0 0.349 0.354 0.479 0.833
Wes Fisler PH1 44 218 44 75 11 4 1 41 3 2 2 0.344 0.350 0.445 0.795
Dave Eggler NY2 53 266 82 90 13 4 0 35 3 6 2 0.338 0.353 0.417 0.770
Tom Carey BL1 56 291 76 98 18 3 1 55 2 1 4 0.337 0.339 0.430 0.769
Ezra Sutton PH1 51 243 51 81 7 6 0 34 2 2 2 0.333 0.339 0.412 0.750
Everett Mills BL1 54 262 64 87 20 9 0 56 1 2 1 0.332 0.337 0.477 0.814
Al Spalding BS1 60 323 83 106 15 1 1 71 9 3 2 0.328 0.334 0.390 0.724
Jim Holdsworth NY2 53 232 46 75 4 8 0 28 1 0 4 0.323 0.323 0.409 0.733
Jimmy Wood PH2 42 209 67 67 11 1 0 27 9 8 1 0.321 0.346 0.383 0.728
Andy Leonard BS1 58 300 81 96 13 6 0 60 27 2 0 0.320 0.325 0.403 0.728
Lip Pike BL1 56 285 71 90 15 8 4 51 8 8 4 0.316 0.334 0.467 0.801
Dick Higham NY2 49 244 57 77 5 4 0 34 2 2 1 0.316 0.321 0.369 0.690
John Hatfield NY2 52 255 54 78 5 6 2 46 2 3 2 0.306 0.314 0.396 0.710
John Clapp PH1 45 204 36 62 10 2 1 27 4 2 2 0.304 0.311 0.387 0.698
Tom York BL1 57 278 70 84 11 7 2 50 4 3 4 0.302 0.310 0.414 0.723
Mike McGeary PH1 52 275 63 83 8 1 0 31 4 1 1 0.302 0.304 0.338 0.643
Jack Remsen BR2 50 207 29 61 5 6 1 29 1 2 2 0.295 0.301 0.391 0.693
Denny Mack PH2 48 205 55 60 5 0 0 19 6 15 9 0.293 0.341 0.317 0.658
Fergy Malone PH2 53 259 59 75 11 2 0 41 6 14 7 0.290 0.326 0.347 0.673
John Radcliff BL1 45 244 59 70 5 0 0 33 0 4 2 0.287 0.298 0.307 0.606
Dick McBride PH1 49 253 41 71 7 0 0 40 1 2 0 0.281 0.286 0.308 0.595
Charles Fulmer PH2 49 236 42 66 11 3 1 38 3 2 4 0.280 0.286 0.364 0.650
Bill Boyd BR2 48 228 31 63 5 4 1 30 1 2 4 0.276 0.283 0.346 0.629
Ned Cuthbert PH2 51 279 78 77 5 3 2 34 14 2 4 0.276 0.281 0.337 0.618
Tom Barlow BR2 55 269 48 74 0 2 1 12 3 5 1 0.275 0.288 0.301 0.589
Dickey Pearce BR2 55 262 42 72 6 0 1 23 3 8 2 0.275 0.296 0.309 0.605
John McMullin PH1 52 227 54 62 7 1 0 28 9 8 4 0.273 0.298 0.313 0.611
Harry Schafer BS1 60 296 65 79 12 2 2 42 14 3 4 0.267 0.274 0.341 0.615
Count Gedney NY2 53 225 41 60 5 5 1 24 1 6 4 0.267 0.286 0.347 0.632
Joe Start NY2 53 252 42 67 8 3 1 29 1 4 0 0.266 0.277 0.333 0.611
Cherokee Fisher PH1 51 253 50 66 4 3 1 37 2 4 5 0.261 0.272 0.312 0.585
Bob Ferguson BR2 51 228 36 59 3 5 0 25 1 4 8 0.259 0.272 0.316 0.587
Harry Wright BS1 58 263 57 68 7 3 2 36 3 11 4 0.259 0.288 0.331 0.619
Fred Treacey PH2 51 243 49 62 7 2 1 31 4 5 7 0.255 0.270 0.313 0.583
Jack Burdock BR2 55 245 56 62 7 1 2 36 3 7 4 0.253 0.274 0.314 0.588
George Bechtel PH2 53 258 53 63 12 1 1 39 2 9 1 0.244 0.270 0.310 0.580
Herman Dehlman BR2 54 219 50 52 5 1 0 18 5 11 9 0.237 0.274 0.269 0.543
George Zettlein PH2 51 241 39 50 2 0 0 21 4 1 4 0.207 0.211 0.216 0.427
Jim Britt BR2 54 240 29 47 3 0 0 13 1 8 14 0.196 0.222 0.208 0.430
Bobby Mathews NY2 52 223 40 43 3 3 0 14 1 10 3 0.193 0.227 0.233 0.461
Showing 1-50 of 47 qualified batters

Pitching Leaders

Minimum 50 innings pitched required

Complete Statistics

1873 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Cherokee Fisher PH1 3 4 13 5 5 0 2 84.3 90 17 10 14 1.81 1.19
Bobby Mathews NY2 29 23 52 52 47 2 0 443.0 489 127 62 79 2.58 1.24
Candy Cummings BL1 28 14 42 42 42 1 0 382.0 475 119 33 34 2.80 1.33
George Zettlein PH2 36 15 51 51 49 0 0 460.0 594 146 41 29 2.86 1.38
Hugh Campbell ELI 2 16 19 18 18 0 0 165.0 251 54 8 7 2.95 1.57
Al Spalding BS1 41 14 60 54 46 1 3 496.6 643 165 36 50 2.99 1.37
Dick McBride PH1 24 19 46 46 38 3 0 382.6 453 142 47 25 3.34 1.31
Jim Britt BR2 17 36 54 54 51 1 0 480.6 696 218 41 16 4.08 1.53
Asa Brainard BL1 5 7 14 14 12 0 0 108.6 182 50 9 3 4.14 1.76
Bill Stearns WS5 7 25 32 32 32 0 0 283.0 481 145 16 5 4.61 1.76
John Greason WS5 1 6 7 7 7 0 0 63.0 113 41 10 5 5.86 1.95
Showing 1-50 of 11 qualified pitchers

1873 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1873?
Lip Pike led with 4 home runs in 1873.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1873?
Deacon White led with 77 RBI in 1873.
Who led MLB in hits in 1873?
Ross Barnes led with 138 hits in 1873.
Who led MLB in wins in 1873?
Al Spalding led with 41 wins in 1873.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1873?
Bobby Mathews led with 79 strikeouts in 1873.
Who had the lowest ERA in 1873?
Cherokee Fisher at 1.81, among pitchers with at least 50 innings.