1881 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1881 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

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Batting Leaders

Minimum 200 at-bats required

Complete Statistics

Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG
Cap Anson CHC 84 343 67 137 21 7 1 82 0 26 4 0.399 0.442 0.510
Martin Powell DTN 55 219 47 74 9 4 1 38 0 15 9 0.338 0.380 0.429
Jack Rowe BFN 64 246 30 82 11 11 1 43 0 1 12 0.333 0.336 0.480
Joe Start PRO 79 348 56 114 12 6 0 29 0 9 7 0.328 0.345 0.397
Fred Dunlap CL2 80 351 60 114 25 4 3 24 0 18 24 0.325 0.358 0.444
Abner Dalrymple CHC 82 362 72 117 22 4 1 37 0 15 22 0.323 0.350 0.414
King Kelly CHC 82 353 84 114 27 3 2 55 0 16 14 0.323 0.352 0.433
Dan Brouthers BFN 65 270 60 86 18 9 8 45 0 18 22 0.319 0.361 0.541
Buttercup Dickerson WOR 80 367 48 116 18 6 1 31 0 8 8 0.316 0.331 0.406
Silver Flint CHC 80 306 46 95 18 0 1 34 0 6 39 0.310 0.324 0.379
Deacon White BFN 78 319 58 99 24 4 0 53 0 9 8 0.310 0.329 0.411
Pete Hotaling WOR 77 317 51 98 15 3 1 35 0 18 12 0.309 0.346 0.385
Tom York PRO 85 316 57 96 23 5 2 47 0 29 26 0.304 0.362 0.427
Jim O'Rourke BFN 83 348 71 105 21 7 0 30 0 27 18 0.302 0.352 0.402
Charlie Bennett DTN 76 299 44 90 18 7 7 64 0 18 37 0.301 0.341 0.478
George Gore CHC 73 309 86 92 18 9 1 44 0 27 23 0.298 0.354 0.424
George Wood DTN 80 337 54 100 18 9 2 32 0 19 32 0.297 0.334 0.421
Roger Connor TRN 85 367 55 107 17 6 2 31 0 15 20 0.292 0.319 0.387
Ezra Sutton BSN 83 333 42 97 12 4 0 31 0 13 9 0.291 0.318 0.351
Hardy Richardson BFN 83 344 62 100 18 9 2 53 0 12 27 0.291 0.315 0.413
John Morrill BSN 81 311 47 90 19 3 1 39 0 12 30 0.289 0.316 0.379
Paul Hines PRO 80 361 65 103 27 5 2 31 0 13 12 0.285 0.310 0.404
Bob Ferguson TRN 85 339 56 96 13 5 1 35 0 29 12 0.283 0.340 0.360
Sadie Houck DTN 75 308 43 86 16 6 1 36 0 6 6 0.279 0.293 0.380
Ned Hanlon DTN 76 305 63 85 14 8 2 28 0 22 11 0.279 0.327 0.397
Tom Burns CHC 84 342 41 95 20 3 4 42 0 14 22 0.278 0.306 0.389
Mike Dorgan WOR 51 220 36 61 5 0 0 18 0 8 4 0.277 0.303 0.300
Patrick Gillespie TRN 84 348 43 96 14 3 0 41 0 9 24 0.276 0.294 0.333
Bill Phillips CL2 85 357 51 97 18 10 1 44 0 5 19 0.272 0.282 0.387
Ross Barnes BSN 69 295 42 80 14 1 0 17 0 16 16 0.271 0.309 0.325
Lon Knight DTN 83 340 67 92 16 3 1 52 0 23 21 0.271 0.317 0.344
Harry Stovey WOR 75 341 57 92 25 7 2 30 0 12 23 0.270 0.295 0.402
Ed Williamson CHC 82 343 56 92 12 6 1 48 0 19 19 0.268 0.307 0.347
Arthur Irwin WOR 50 206 27 55 8 2 0 24 0 7 4 0.267 0.291 0.325
Jack Glasscock CL2 85 335 49 86 9 5 0 33 0 15 8 0.257 0.289 0.313
Orator Shafer CL2 85 343 48 88 13 6 1 34 0 23 20 0.257 0.303 0.338
Curry Foley BFN 83 375 58 96 20 2 1 25 0 7 27 0.256 0.270 0.328
Jim McCormick CL2 70 309 45 79 9 4 0 26 0 5 16 0.256 0.268 0.311
Jim Whitney BSN 75 282 37 72 17 3 0 32 0 19 18 0.255 0.302 0.337
Bill Crowley BSN 72 279 33 71 12 0 0 31 0 14 15 0.254 0.290 0.297
John Clapp CL2 68 261 47 66 12 2 0 25 0 35 6 0.253 0.341 0.314
Buck Ewing TRN 67 272 40 68 14 7 0 25 0 7 8 0.250 0.269 0.353
Lee Richmond WOR 61 252 31 63 5 1 0 28 0 10 10 0.250 0.279 0.278
George Bradley CL2 60 241 21 60 10 1 2 18 0 4 25 0.249 0.261 0.324
Joe Quest CHC 78 293 35 72 6 0 1 26 0 2 29 0.246 0.251 0.276
John Ward PRO 85 357 56 87 18 6 0 53 0 5 10 0.244 0.254 0.328
Joe Gerhardt DTN 80 297 35 72 13 6 0 36 0 7 31 0.242 0.260 0.327
Jake Evans TRN 83 315 35 76 11 5 0 28 0 14 30 0.241 0.274 0.308
Joe Hornung BSN 83 324 39 78 12 8 2 25 0 5 25 0.241 0.252 0.346
Jerry Denny PRO 85 320 38 77 16 2 1 24 0 5 44 0.241 0.252 0.312
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Pitching Leaders

Minimum 50 innings pitched required

Complete Statistics

Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
George Weidman DTN 8 5 13 13 13 1 0 115.0 108 23 12 26 1.80 1.04
John Ward PRO 18 18 39 35 32 3 0 330.0 326 78 53 119 2.13 1.15
George Derby DTN 29 26 56 55 55 9 0 494.6 505 121 86 212 2.20 1.19
Larry Corcoran CHC 31 14 45 44 43 4 0 396.6 380 102 78 150 2.31 1.15
Pud Galvin BFN 28 24 56 53 48 5 0 474.0 546 125 46 136 2.37 1.25
Old Hoss Radbourn PRO 25 11 41 36 34 3 0 325.3 309 88 64 117 2.43 1.15
Jim McCormick CL2 26 30 59 58 57 2 0 526.0 484 143 84 178 2.45 1.08
Jim Whitney BSN 31 33 66 63 57 6 0 552.3 548 152 90 162 2.48 1.16
Fred Goldsmith CHC 24 13 39 39 37 5 0 330.0 328 95 44 76 2.59 1.13
Mickey Welch TRN 21 18 40 40 40 4 0 368.0 371 109 78 104 2.67 1.22
Blondie Purcell BFN 4 1 9 5 5 0 0 61.6 62 19 9 15 2.77 1.15
The Only Nolan CL2 8 14 22 21 20 0 0 180.0 183 61 38 54 3.05 1.23
Bobby Mathews PRO 4 8 14 14 10 1 0 102.3 121 36 21 28 3.17 1.39
Tim Keefe TRN 18 27 45 45 45 4 0 403.0 434 145 83 103 3.24 1.28
John Fox BSN 6 8 17 16 12 0 0 124.3 144 46 39 30 3.33 1.47
Lee Richmond WOR 25 26 53 52 50 3 0 462.3 547 174 68 156 3.39 1.33
Harry McCormick WOR 1 8 9 9 9 1 0 78.3 89 31 15 7 3.56 1.33
Jack Lynch BFN 10 9 20 19 17 0 0 165.6 203 66 29 32 3.59 1.40
Fred Corey WOR 6 15 23 21 20 1 0 188.6 231 78 31 33 3.72 1.39
George Bradley CL2 2 4 6 6 5 0 0 51.0 70 22 3 6 3.88 1.43
Frank Mountain DTN 3 4 7 7 7 0 0 60.0 80 35 18 13 5.25 1.63
Showing 1-50 of 21 qualified pitchers