1875 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1875 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1875 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Jim O'Rourke led with 6 home runs, Cal McVey led with 87 RBI, and Ross Barnes led with 143 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 213 plate appearances at 69 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (69 innings). Lines below those thresholds are shown and marked unqualified.

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

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Batting Leaders

Qualified: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 213 plate appearances at 69 team games. 63 of the 65 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1875 OPS Distribution

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

Complete Statistics

1875 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Deacon White BS1 80 374 371 76 136 23 3 1 60 2 3 2 .367 .372 .453 .824
Ross Barnes BS1 78 400 393 115 143 20 4 1 58 29 7 3 .364 .375 .443 .818
Cal McVey BS1 82 390 389 89 138 36 9 3 87 7 1 5 .355 .356 .517 .873
Lip Pike SL2 70 315 312 61 108 22 12 0 44 25 3 8 .346 .352 .494 .846
George Wright BS1 79 410 408 106 136 20 7 2 61 13 2 6 .333 .337 .431 .768
Paul Hines CH2 68 309 308 45 101 14 4 0 36 6 1 0 .328 .330 .399 .729
Cap Anson PH1 69 330 326 84 106 15 3 0 58 11 4 2 .325 .333 .390 .723
Ezra Sutton PH1 75 359 358 83 116 11 7 1 59 13 1 3 .324 .326 .402 .728
Andy Leonard BS1 80 398 396 87 127 14 6 1 74 14 2 6 .321 .324 .394 .718
Levi Meyerle PH2 68 301 301 55 95 14 8 1 54 7 0 2 .316 .316 .425 .741
Al Spalding BS1 74 346 343 68 107 15 3 0 56 2 3 3 .312 .318 .373 .691
Davy Force PH1 77 393 386 78 120 22 5 0 49 6 7 5 .311 .323 .394 .717
Bill Craver 2 teams 68 331 325 79 101 15 13 2 45 9 6 9 .311 .323 .455 .779
Dave Eggler PH1 66 296 295 66 89 13 7 0 33 6 1 10 .302 .304 .393 .697
George Hall PH1 77 361 358 71 107 10 12 4 62 8 3 4 .299 .305 .427 .732
Jim O'Rourke BS1 75 367 358 97 106 13 7 6 72 17 9 6 .296 .313 .422 .735
Tom York HR1 86 378 375 68 111 14 7 0 37 7 3 6 .296 .302 .371 .672
Jack Burdock HR1 74 353 350 72 103 12 5 0 35 20 3 13 .294 .300 .357 .657
Mike McGeary PH2 68 311 310 71 90 6 2 0 37 19 1 1 .290 .293 .323 .615
Jim Devlin CH2 69 322 318 60 92 17 6 0 40 6 4 4 .289 .298 .381 .679
Harry Schafer BS1 52 223 222 49 64 9 0 0 17 3 1 8 .288 .291 .329 .620
Joe Start NY2 69 317 314 58 90 10 5 4 30 1 3 0 .287 .293 .389 .682
John Peters CH2 69 297 297 40 85 16 2 0 34 12 0 3 .286 .286 .354 .640
Jim Holdsworth NY2 71 325 324 45 92 12 1 0 23 3 1 3 .284 .286 .327 .613
Jimmy Hallinan 2 teams 57 255 254 41 72 8 4 3 24 4 1 3 .283 .286 .382 .668
George Bechtel 2 teams 49 227 225 45 63 11 2 0 27 2 2 4 .280 .286 .347 .633
Wes Fisler PH1 58 272 268 54 74 13 3 0 31 1 4 4 .276 .287 .347 .634
Dick Higham 2 teams 57 272 272 56 74 10 3 0 22 6 0 1 .272 .272 .331 .603
Tim Murnane PH2 69 320 313 71 85 5 0 1 30 30 7 7 .272 .287 .297 .585
Dick McBride PH1 60 274 270 42 73 9 0 0 45 2 4 5 .270 .281 .304 .585
Jack Manning BS1 77 350 348 71 94 11 3 1 46 5 2 9 .270 .274 .328 .602
Jack Remsen HR1 86 363 358 70 96 10 4 0 34 6 5 4 .268 .278 .318 .597
Tommy Bond HR1 72 289 289 32 77 11 3 0 33 5 0 5 .266 .266 .325 .592
Tom Carey HR1 86 383 382 63 101 6 2 0 38 13 1 3 .264 .266 .291 .557
John Clapp PH1 60 299 292 65 77 8 7 0 39 9 7 1 .264 .281 .339 .620
Everett Mills HR1 80 342 342 59 89 8 4 1 48 6 0 3 .260 .260 .316 .576
Bob Addy PH2 69 310 310 60 80 8 4 0 43 16 0 2 .258 .258 .310 .568
John McMullin PH2 54 227 222 33 57 9 4 2 19 6 5 12 .257 .273 .360 .633
Scott Hastings CH2 65 296 287 43 73 9 0 0 30 13 9 14 .254 .277 .286 .563
Joe Battin SL2 67 284 284 31 71 6 3 0 33 15 0 6 .250 .250 .292 .542
Doug Allison HR1 61 275 269 38 67 7 0 0 21 2 6 3 .249 .265 .275 .541
Nat Hicks NY2 62 271 269 32 67 10 0 0 22 1 2 10 .249 .255 .286 .541
Dickey Pearce SL2 70 318 311 51 77 6 3 0 29 8 7 7 .248 .264 .286 .550
Warren White CH2 69 287 287 37 71 9 0 0 23 5 0 3 .247 .247 .279 .526
Ned Cuthbert SL2 68 322 319 68 78 9 2 0 17 18 3 8 .245 .252 .285 .537
George Bradley SL2 60 255 254 28 62 7 3 0 24 3 1 19 .244 .247 .295 .542
John Glenn CH2 69 311 308 46 75 8 0 0 27 10 3 6 .244 .251 .269 .520
Pop Snyder PH2 66 267 263 38 64 8 2 1 25 3 4 4 .243 .255 .300 .555
Bob Ferguson HR1 85 369 366 65 88 10 4 0 43 2 3 5 .240 .247 .290 .536
Bill Harbridge HR1 53 217 208 32 50 3 3 0 26 2 9 3 .240 .272 .284 .556
Art Allison 2 teams 66 288 287 44 66 7 2 1 22 7 1 5 .230 .233 .279 .511
Herman Dehlman SL2 67 265 254 42 57 12 2 0 14 23 11 21 .224 .257 .287 .544
Fred Treacey 2 teams 54 228 225 32 50 6 3 0 17 7 3 3 .222 .232 .276 .508
Charles Fulmer PH2 69 295 295 50 65 6 1 0 24 10 0 6 .220 .220 .247 .468
Bill Hague SL2 62 262 260 24 57 2 0 0 22 3 2 9 .219 .225 .227 .452
Joe Gerhardt NY2 58 252 252 29 54 7 3 0 20 0 0 2 .214 .214 .266 .480
Count Gedney NY2 68 267 267 30 55 12 2 0 17 2 0 8 .206 .206 .266 .472
George Zettlein 2 teams 53 216 216 17 44 0 0 0 15 1 0 12 .204 .204 .204 .407
Eddie Booth NY2 68 281 281 33 56 3 4 0 18 4 0 2 .199 .199 .238 .438
Candy Nelson NY2 70 285 276 28 55 7 1 0 23 4 9 0 .199 .225 .232 .456
Candy Cummings HR1 53 224 221 30 44 7 2 0 15 1 3 11 .199 .210 .249 .459
Bobby Mathews NY2 70 266 264 23 48 6 2 0 15 1 2 5 .182 .188 .220 .408
Tom Miller SL2 56 215 214 18 35 2 0 0 12 2 1 8 .164 .167 .173 .340
Oscar Bielaski UNQ CH2 51 203 201 21 48 1 0 0 11 5 2 5 .239 .246 .244 .490
Mike Golden UNQ 2 teams 52 203 201 22 46 3 0 0 15 3 2 13 .229 .236 .244 .480
Showing 1-50 of 65 batters listed (63 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 69 innings at 69 team games. 19 of the 23 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1875 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Tommy Bond HR1 19 16 40 39 37 6 0 352.0 302 55 7 70 1.41 0.88
George Zettlein 2 teams 29 22 52 52 49 7 0 463.1 475 82 16 31 1.59 1.06
Al Spalding BS1 54 5 72 62 52 7 9 570.2 573 101 18 75 1.59 1.04
Candy Cummings HR1 35 12 48 47 46 7 0 416.0 397 74 4 82 1.60 0.96
Mike Golden 2 teams 7 19 27 27 25 1 0 232.0 240 48 20 34 1.86 1.12
Jim Devlin CH2 7 16 28 24 24 0 0 224.0 254 48 12 23 1.93 1.19
Cherokee Fisher PH2 22 19 41 41 36 2 0 358.0 345 79 9 18 1.99 0.99
George Bradley SL2 33 26 60 60 57 5 0 535.2 540 127 17 60 2.13 1.04
Lon Knight PH1 6 5 13 13 12 0 0 107.0 114 27 12 15 2.27 1.18
Dick McBride PH1 44 14 60 60 59 6 0 538.0 607 139 24 27 2.33 1.17
Jack Manning BS1 16 2 27 18 8 1 6 144.0 152 38 14 34 2.38 1.15
Tricky Nichols NH1 4 29 34 33 30 0 0 288.0 321 76 9 48 2.38 1.15
Jim Clinton BR2 1 13 17 14 9 0 0 123.0 141 33 5 7 2.41 1.19
Bobby Mathews NY2 29 38 70 70 69 3 0 625.2 711 173 20 75 2.49 1.17
George Bechtel 2 teams 5 13 18 18 18 0 0 162.0 210 48 8 9 2.67 1.35
John Cassidy BR2 1 21 30 22 18 0 0 213.2 284 72 11 9 3.03 1.38
Joe Blong SL1 3 12 15 15 12 1 0 129.0 169 44 2 14 3.07 1.33
Bill Parks 2 teams 4 8 16 11 9 0 0 112.0 157 44 6 3 3.54 1.46
Bill Stearns WS6 1 14 17 16 14 0 0 141.0 246 63 4 3 4.02 1.77
Pud Galvin UNQ SL2 4 2 8 7 7 0 1 62.0 53 8 1 8 1.16 0.87
Joe Borden UNQ PH2 2 4 7 7 7 2 0 66.0 47 11 7 9 1.50 0.82
Johnny Ryan UNQ NH1 1 5 10 6 4 0 0 59.1 70 21 9 1 3.19 1.33
Harry Luff UNQ NH1 1 6 10 7 5 0 0 68.2 98 25 3 5 3.28 1.47
Showing 1-50 of 23 pitchers listed (19 qualified)

Reading the 1875 leader tables

Of the 65 batting lines shown for 1875, 63 are qualified. Sorted by average, the qualified race is headed by Deacon White at .367, with Ross Barnes next at .364. Cal McVey has the highest qualified OPS, .873. The HR column peaks with Jim O'Rourke's 6; for runs batted in, Cal McVey is first with 87. Of 23 pitchers shown for 1875, the ERA and WHIP races include 19. First among qualified pitchers by ERA is Tommy Bond, 1.41. Sorted by the counting stats, the leaders are Al Spalding in wins (54) and Candy Cummings in strikeouts (82).

1875 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1875?
Jim O'Rourke led with 6 home runs in 1875.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1875?
Cal McVey led with 87 RBI in 1875.
Who led MLB in hits in 1875?
Ross Barnes led with 143 hits in 1875.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1875?
Deacon White led at .367 in 1875, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1875?
Al Spalding led with 54 wins in 1875.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1875?
Candy Cummings led with 82 strikeouts in 1875.