1880 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1880 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1880 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Jim O'Rourke led with 6 home runs, Cap Anson led with 74 RBI, and Abner Dalrymple led with 126 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

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Batting Leaders

Minimum 200 at-bats required

1880 OPS Distribution

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

Complete Statistics

1880 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
George Gore CHN 77 322 70 116 23 2 2 47 0 21 10 0.360 0.399 0.463 0.862
Cap Anson CHN 86 356 54 120 24 1 1 74 0 14 12 0.337 0.362 0.419 0.781
Roger Connor TRN 83 340 53 113 18 8 3 47 0 13 21 0.332 0.357 0.459 0.816
Abner Dalrymple CHN 86 382 91 126 25 12 0 36 0 3 18 0.330 0.335 0.458 0.793
Tom Burns CHN 85 333 47 103 17 3 0 43 0 12 23 0.309 0.333 0.378 0.712
Paul Hines PRO 85 374 64 115 20 2 3 35 0 13 17 0.307 0.331 0.396 0.726
Ed Cogswell TRN 47 209 41 63 7 3 0 13 0 11 10 0.301 0.336 0.364 0.700
Charley Jones BSN 66 280 44 84 15 3 5 37 0 11 27 0.300 0.326 0.429 0.755
Blondie Purcell CN1 77 325 48 95 13 6 1 24 0 5 13 0.292 0.303 0.378 0.681
Curry Foley BSN 80 332 44 97 13 2 2 31 0 8 14 0.292 0.309 0.361 0.670
King Kelly CHN 84 344 72 100 17 9 1 60 0 12 22 0.291 0.315 0.401 0.716
Mickey Welch TRN 66 251 25 72 20 3 0 27 0 5 24 0.287 0.301 0.390 0.691
John Clapp CN1 80 323 33 91 16 4 1 20 0 21 10 0.282 0.326 0.365 0.691
Joe Start PRO 82 345 53 96 14 6 0 27 0 13 20 0.278 0.304 0.354 0.658
Fred Dunlap CL2 85 373 61 103 27 9 4 30 0 7 32 0.276 0.289 0.429 0.718
Jim O'Rourke BSN 86 363 71 100 20 11 6 45 0 21 8 0.275 0.315 0.441 0.756
John O'Rourke BSN 81 313 30 86 22 8 3 36 0 18 32 0.275 0.314 0.425 0.739
Jack Farrell PRO 80 339 46 92 12 5 3 36 0 10 6 0.271 0.292 0.363 0.655
Bill Crowley BFN 85 354 57 95 16 4 0 20 0 19 23 0.268 0.306 0.336 0.642
Orator Shafer CL2 83 338 62 90 14 9 0 21 0 17 36 0.266 0.301 0.361 0.662
Joe Hornung BFN 85 342 47 91 8 11 1 42 0 8 29 0.266 0.283 0.363 0.645
Harry Stovey WOR 83 355 76 94 21 14 6 28 0 12 46 0.265 0.289 0.454 0.742
Bob Ferguson TRN 82 332 55 87 9 0 0 22 0 24 24 0.262 0.312 0.289 0.601
Hardy Richardson BFN 83 343 48 89 18 8 0 17 0 14 37 0.259 0.289 0.359 0.647
Emil Gross PRO 87 347 43 90 18 3 1 34 0 16 15 0.259 0.292 0.337 0.629
Arthur Irwin WOR 85 352 53 91 19 4 1 35 0 11 27 0.259 0.281 0.344 0.625
Bill Phillips CL2 85 334 41 85 14 10 1 36 0 6 29 0.254 0.268 0.365 0.633
John Cassidy TRN 83 352 40 89 14 8 0 29 0 12 34 0.253 0.277 0.338 0.616
Jack Burdock BSN 86 356 58 90 17 4 2 35 0 8 26 0.253 0.269 0.340 0.609
Jack Rowe BFN 79 326 43 82 10 6 1 36 0 6 17 0.252 0.265 0.328 0.593
Ed Williamson CHN 75 311 65 78 20 2 0 31 0 15 26 0.251 0.285 0.328 0.613
Ezra Sutton BSN 76 288 41 72 9 2 0 25 0 7 7 0.250 0.268 0.295 0.563
Ned Hanlon CL2 73 280 30 69 10 3 0 32 0 11 30 0.246 0.275 0.304 0.578
Mike Dorgan PRO 79 321 45 79 10 1 0 31 0 10 18 0.246 0.269 0.283 0.552
Jim McCormick CL2 78 289 34 71 11 0 0 26 0 5 5 0.246 0.259 0.284 0.542
George Wood WOR 81 327 37 80 16 5 0 28 0 10 37 0.245 0.267 0.324 0.591
Jack Glasscock CL2 77 296 37 72 13 3 0 27 0 2 21 0.243 0.248 0.307 0.556
Patrick Gillespie TRN 82 346 50 84 20 5 2 24 0 17 35 0.243 0.278 0.347 0.625
Dude Esterbrook BFN 64 253 20 61 12 1 0 35 0 0 15 0.241 0.241 0.296 0.538
Hick Carpenter CN1 77 300 32 72 6 4 0 23 0 2 15 0.240 0.245 0.287 0.532
Pete Hotaling CL2 78 325 40 78 17 8 0 41 0 10 30 0.240 0.263 0.342 0.604
Lon Knight WOR 49 201 31 48 11 3 0 21 0 5 8 0.239 0.257 0.323 0.581
John Morrill BSN 86 342 51 81 16 8 2 44 0 11 37 0.237 0.261 0.348 0.609
Joe Quest CHN 82 300 37 71 12 1 0 27 0 8 16 0.237 0.256 0.283 0.540
Larry Corcoran CHN 72 286 41 66 11 1 0 25 0 10 33 0.231 0.257 0.276 0.533
John Peters PRO 86 359 30 82 5 0 0 24 0 5 15 0.228 0.239 0.242 0.481
John Ward PRO 86 356 53 81 12 2 0 27 0 6 16 0.228 0.240 0.272 0.513
George Bradley PRO 82 309 32 70 7 6 0 23 0 5 38 0.227 0.239 0.288 0.527
Lee Richmond WOR 77 309 44 70 8 4 0 34 0 9 32 0.227 0.248 0.278 0.527
Ed Caskin TRN 82 333 36 75 5 4 0 28 0 7 24 0.225 0.241 0.264 0.505
Art Whitney WOR 76 302 38 67 13 5 1 36 0 9 15 0.222 0.244 0.308 0.552
Tommy Bond BSN 76 282 27 62 4 1 0 24 0 8 14 0.220 0.241 0.241 0.483
Tom York PRO 53 203 21 43 9 2 0 18 0 8 29 0.212 0.242 0.276 0.518
Pud Galvin BFN 66 241 25 51 9 2 0 12 0 5 57 0.212 0.228 0.266 0.493
Frank Hankinson CL2 69 263 32 55 7 4 1 19 0 1 23 0.209 0.212 0.278 0.490
Pop Smith CN1 83 334 35 69 10 9 0 27 0 6 36 0.207 0.221 0.290 0.511
John Reilly CN1 73 272 21 56 8 4 0 16 0 3 36 0.206 0.215 0.265 0.479
Doc Kennedy CL2 66 250 26 50 10 1 0 18 0 5 12 0.200 0.216 0.248 0.464
George Creamer WOR 85 306 40 61 6 3 0 27 0 4 21 0.199 0.210 0.239 0.448
Bill Holbert TRN 60 212 18 40 5 1 0 8 0 9 18 0.189 0.222 0.222 0.443
Will White CN1 62 207 16 35 7 1 0 14 0 6 29 0.169 0.192 0.213 0.405
Davy Force BFN 81 290 22 49 10 0 0 17 0 10 35 0.169 0.197 0.203 0.400
Silver Flint CHN 74 284 30 46 10 4 0 17 0 5 32 0.162 0.176 0.225 0.402
Showing 1-50 of 63 qualified batters

Pitching Leaders

Minimum 50 innings pitched required

Complete Statistics

1880 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Tim Keefe TRN 6 6 12 12 12 0 0 105.0 68 10 16 39 0.86 0.80
George Bradley PRO 13 8 28 20 16 4 2 196.0 158 30 6 54 1.38 0.84
John Ward PRO 39 24 70 67 59 8 1 595.0 501 115 45 230 1.74 0.92
Fred Goldsmith CHN 21 3 26 24 22 4 1 210.3 189 41 18 90 1.75 0.98
Jim McCormick CL2 45 28 74 74 72 7 0 657.6 585 135 75 260 1.85 1.00
Larry Corcoran CHN 43 14 63 60 57 4 2 536.3 404 116 99 268 1.95 0.94
Will White CN1 18 42 62 62 58 3 0 517.3 550 123 56 161 2.14 1.17
Lee Richmond WOR 32 32 74 66 57 5 3 590.6 541 141 74 243 2.15 1.04
Fred Corey WOR 8 9 25 17 9 2 2 148.3 131 40 16 47 2.43 0.99
Mickey Welch TRN 34 30 65 64 64 4 0 574.0 575 162 80 123 2.54 1.14
Gid Gardner CL2 1 8 9 9 9 0 0 77.0 80 22 20 21 2.57 1.30
Tommy Bond BSN 26 29 63 57 49 3 0 493.0 559 146 45 118 2.67 1.23
Pud Galvin BFN 20 35 58 54 46 5 0 458.6 528 138 32 128 2.71 1.22
Blondie Purcell CN1 3 17 25 21 21 0 0 196.0 235 70 32 47 3.21 1.36
George Weidman BFN 0 9 17 13 9 0 0 113.6 141 43 9 25 3.40 1.32
Curry Foley BSN 14 14 36 28 21 1 0 238.0 264 103 40 68 3.89 1.28
Tom Poorman BFN 1 8 11 9 9 0 1 85.0 117 39 19 13 4.13 1.60
Showing 1-50 of 17 qualified pitchers

1880 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1880?
Jim O'Rourke led with 6 home runs in 1880.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1880?
Cap Anson led with 74 RBI in 1880.
Who led MLB in hits in 1880?
Abner Dalrymple led with 126 hits in 1880.
Who led MLB in wins in 1880?
Jim McCormick led with 45 wins in 1880.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1880?
Larry Corcoran led with 268 strikeouts in 1880.
Who had the lowest ERA in 1880?
Tim Keefe at 0.86, among pitchers with at least 50 innings.