1876 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1876 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1876 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. George Hall led with 5 home runs, Deacon White led with 60 RBI, and Ross Barnes led with 138 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 204 plate appearances at 66 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (66 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 — 204 plate appearances at 66 team games. 61 of the 61 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1876 OPS Distribution

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

Complete Statistics

1876 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Ross Barnes CHN 66 342 322 126 138 21 14 1 59 0 20 8 .429 .462 .590 1.052
George Hall PHN 60 276 268 51 98 7 13 5 45 0 8 4 .366 .384 .545 .929
Cap Anson CHN 66 321 309 63 110 9 7 2 59 0 12 8 .356 .380 .450 .830
John Peters CHN 66 319 316 70 111 14 2 1 47 0 3 2 .351 .357 .418 .775
Cal McVey CHN 63 310 308 62 107 15 0 1 53 0 2 4 .347 .352 .406 .757
Deacon White CHN 66 310 303 66 104 18 1 1 60 0 7 3 .343 .358 .419 .777
Levi Meyerle PHN 55 259 256 46 87 12 8 0 34 0 3 2 .340 .347 .449 .797
Paul Hines CHN 64 306 305 62 101 21 3 2 59 0 1 3 .331 .333 .439 .773
Dick Higham HAR 67 314 312 59 102 21 2 0 35 0 2 7 .327 .331 .407 .738
Jim O'Rourke BSN 70 327 312 61 102 17 3 2 43 0 15 17 .327 .358 .420 .778
Lip Pike SL3 63 290 282 55 91 19 10 1 50 0 8 9 .323 .341 .472 .813
Jim Devlin LS1 68 299 298 38 94 14 1 0 28 0 1 11 .315 .318 .369 .687
Al Spalding CHN 66 298 292 54 91 14 2 0 44 0 6 3 .312 .326 .373 .699
John Clapp SL3 64 306 298 60 91 4 2 0 29 0 8 2 .305 .324 .332 .656
John Glenn CHN 66 288 276 55 84 9 2 0 32 0 12 6 .304 .333 .351 .685
Joe Battin SL3 64 289 283 34 85 11 4 0 46 0 6 6 .300 .315 .367 .682
George Wright BSN 70 343 335 72 100 18 6 1 34 0 8 9 .299 .315 .397 .712
Ezra Sutton PHN 54 239 236 45 70 12 7 1 31 0 3 2 .297 .305 .419 .725
Wes Fisler PHN 59 280 278 42 80 15 1 1 30 0 2 4 .288 .293 .360 .653
Charley Jones CN1 64 283 276 40 79 17 4 4 38 0 7 17 .286 .304 .420 .724
Tim Murnane BSN 69 316 308 60 87 4 3 2 34 0 8 12 .282 .301 .334 .635
Andy Leonard BSN 64 307 303 53 85 10 2 0 27 0 4 6 .281 .290 .327 .617
Jimmy Hallinan NY3 54 242 240 45 67 7 6 2 36 0 2 4 .279 .285 .383 .668
Joe Start NY3 56 265 264 40 73 6 0 0 21 0 1 2 .277 .279 .299 .578
Jack Remsen HAR 69 325 324 62 89 12 5 1 30 0 1 15 .275 .277 .352 .629
Charles Fulmer LS1 66 268 267 28 73 9 5 1 29 0 1 10 .273 .276 .356 .632
Tom Carey HAR 68 292 289 51 78 7 0 0 26 0 3 4 .270 .277 .294 .572
Jim Holdsworth NY3 52 242 241 23 64 3 2 0 19 0 1 2 .266 .269 .295 .563
Bill Hague LS1 67 296 294 31 78 8 0 1 22 0 2 10 .265 .270 .303 .573
Bob Ferguson HAR 69 312 310 48 82 8 5 0 32 0 2 11 .265 .269 .323 .592
Jack Manning BSN 70 295 288 52 76 13 0 2 25 0 7 5 .264 .281 .330 .611
John Morrill BSN 66 281 278 38 73 5 2 0 26 0 3 5 .263 .270 .295 .565
Amos Booth CN1 63 281 272 31 71 3 0 0 14 0 9 11 .261 .285 .272 .557
Mike McGeary SL3 61 278 276 48 72 3 0 0 30 0 2 1 .261 .266 .272 .538
Joe Gerhardt LS1 65 295 292 33 76 10 3 2 18 0 3 5 .260 .268 .336 .603
Everett Mills HAR 63 255 254 28 66 8 1 0 23 0 1 3 .260 .263 .299 .562
Jack Burdock HAR 69 322 309 66 80 9 1 0 23 0 13 16 .259 .289 .294 .583
Tom York HAR 67 273 263 47 68 12 7 1 39 0 10 4 .259 .286 .369 .655
Henry Kessler CN1 59 255 248 26 64 5 0 0 11 0 7 10 .258 .278 .278 .557
Scott Hastings LS1 67 288 283 36 73 6 1 0 21 0 5 11 .258 .271 .286 .557
Johnny Ryan LS1 64 247 241 32 61 5 1 1 18 0 6 23 .253 .271 .295 .566
Charlie Gould CN1 61 264 258 27 65 7 0 0 11 0 6 11 .252 .269 .279 .548
Harry Schafer BSN 70 290 286 47 72 11 0 0 35 0 4 11 .252 .262 .290 .552
Lon Knight PHN 55 242 240 32 60 9 3 0 24 0 2 2 .250 .256 .312 .569
George Bradley SL3 64 268 265 29 66 7 6 0 28 0 3 12 .249 .257 .321 .578
Ned Cuthbert SL3 63 290 283 46 70 10 1 0 25 0 7 4 .247 .266 .290 .555
Dave Pierson CN1 57 234 233 33 55 4 1 0 13 0 1 9 .236 .239 .262 .501
Joe Blong SL3 62 266 264 30 62 7 4 0 30 0 2 9 .235 .241 .292 .532
Davy Force 2 teams 61 292 287 48 66 6 0 0 17 0 5 3 .230 .243 .251 .494
William Coon PHN 54 222 220 30 50 5 1 0 22 0 2 4 .227 .234 .259 .493
Will Foley CN1 58 221 221 19 50 3 2 0 9 0 0 14 .226 .226 .258 .484
Bill Craver NY3 56 248 246 24 55 4 0 0 22 0 2 7 .224 .230 .240 .470
Eddie Booth NY3 57 230 228 17 49 2 1 0 7 0 2 4 .215 .222 .232 .454
Fred Treacey NY3 57 257 256 47 54 5 1 0 18 0 1 5 .211 .214 .238 .452
Charlie Sweasy CN1 56 227 225 18 46 5 2 0 10 0 2 5 .204 .211 .244 .456
Pop Snyder LS1 56 226 224 21 44 4 1 1 9 0 2 7 .196 .204 .237 .440
Ed Somerville LS1 64 257 256 29 48 5 1 0 14 0 1 6 .188 .191 .215 .406
Herman Dehlman SL3 64 254 245 40 45 6 0 0 9 0 9 10 .184 .213 .208 .421
Bobby Mathews NY3 56 221 218 19 40 4 1 0 9 0 3 2 .183 .195 .211 .406
Al Nichols NY3 57 214 212 20 38 4 0 0 9 0 2 3 .179 .187 .198 .385
Emanuel Snyder CN1 55 206 205 10 31 3 1 0 12 0 1 19 .151 .155 .176 .331
Showing 1-50 of 61 batters listed (61 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 66 innings at 66 team games. 14 of the 15 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1876 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
George Bradley SL3 45 19 64 64 63 16 0 573.0 470 78 38 103 1.23 0.89
Jim Devlin LS1 30 35 68 68 66 5 0 622.0 566 108 37 122 1.56 0.97
Candy Cummings HAR 16 8 24 24 24 5 0 216.0 215 40 14 26 1.67 1.06
Tommy Bond HAR 31 13 45 45 45 6 0 408.0 355 76 13 88 1.68 0.90
Al Spalding CHN 47 12 61 60 53 8 0 528.2 542 103 26 39 1.75 1.07
Jack Manning BSN 18 5 34 20 13 0 5 197.1 213 47 32 24 2.14 1.24
Foghorn Bradley BSN 9 10 22 21 16 1 1 173.1 201 48 16 16 2.49 1.25
Lon Knight PHN 10 22 34 32 27 0 0 282.0 383 82 34 12 2.62 1.48
Bobby Mathews NY3 21 34 56 56 55 2 0 516.0 693 164 24 37 2.86 1.39
Joe Borden BSN 11 12 29 24 16 2 1 218.1 257 70 51 34 2.89 1.41
Cherokee Fisher CN1 4 20 28 24 22 0 0 229.1 294 77 6 29 3.02 1.31
Dory Dean CN1 4 26 30 30 26 0 0 262.2 397 109 24 22 3.73 1.60
George Zettlein PHN 4 20 28 25 23 1 2 234.0 358 101 6 10 3.88 1.56
Dale Williams CN1 1 8 9 9 9 0 0 83.0 123 39 4 9 4.23 1.53
Cal McVey UNQ CHN 5 2 11 6 5 0 2 59.1 57 10 2 9 1.52 0.99
Showing 1-50 of 15 pitchers listed (14 qualified)

Reading the 1876 leader tables

The 1876 batting table lists 61 hitters, of whom 61 qualify for the rate columns. Sorted by average, the qualified race is headed by Ross Barnes at .429, with George Hall next at .366. Sorting by home runs brings George Hall (5) to the top; for runs batted in, Deacon White is first with 60. The 1876 pitching table lists 15 pitchers, 14 of them qualified. First among qualified pitchers by ERA is George Bradley, 1.23. Sorted by the counting stats, the leaders are Al Spalding in wins (47) and Jim Devlin in strikeouts (122).

1876 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1876?
George Hall led with 5 home runs in 1876.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1876?
Deacon White led with 60 RBI in 1876.
Who led MLB in hits in 1876?
Ross Barnes led with 138 hits in 1876.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1876?
Ross Barnes led at .429 in 1876, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1876?
Al Spalding led with 47 wins in 1876.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1876?
Jim Devlin led with 122 strikeouts in 1876.