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