1882 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1882 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1882 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. George Wood and Oscar Walker tied for the lead with 7 home runs, Cap Anson led with 83 RBI, and Dan Brouthers led with 129 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 260 plate appearances at 84 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (84 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 — 260 plate appearances at 84 team games. 91 of the 108 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1882 OPS Distribution

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

Complete Statistics

1882 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Pete Browning LS2 69 314 288 67 109 17 3 5 0 0 26 0 .378 .430 .510 .940
Dan Brouthers BFN 84 372 351 71 129 23 11 6 63 0 21 7 .368 .403 .547 .950
Cap Anson CHN 82 368 348 69 126 29 8 1 83 0 20 7 .362 .397 .500 .897
Hick Carpenter CN2 80 361 351 78 120 15 5 1 67 0 10 0 .342 .360 .422 .782
Ed Swartwood PT1 77 350 329 87 109 18 11 4 0 0 21 0 .331 .371 .489 .861
Roger Connor TRN 81 362 349 65 115 22 18 4 42 0 13 20 .330 .354 .530 .884
Joe Start PRO 82 367 356 58 117 8 10 0 48 0 11 7 .329 .349 .407 .756
Jim Whitney BSN 61 275 251 49 81 18 7 5 48 0 24 13 .323 .382 .510 .892
George Gore CHN 84 396 367 99 117 15 7 3 51 0 29 19 .319 .369 .422 .791
Paul Hines PRO 84 389 379 73 117 28 10 4 34 0 10 14 .309 .326 .467 .793
King Kelly CHN 84 387 377 81 115 37 4 1 55 0 10 27 .305 .323 .432 .755
Curry Foley BFN 84 353 341 51 104 16 4 3 49 0 12 26 .305 .329 .402 .730
Joe Hornung BSN 85 390 388 67 117 14 11 1 50 0 2 25 .302 .305 .402 .707
Charlie Bennett DTN 84 362 342 43 103 16 10 5 51 0 20 33 .301 .340 .450 .790
Chicken Wolf LS2 78 327 318 46 95 11 8 0 0 0 9 0 .299 .318 .384 .702
Abner Dalrymple CHN 84 411 397 96 117 25 11 1 36 0 14 18 .295 .319 .421 .739
Pop Snyder CN2 72 318 309 49 90 12 2 1 50 0 9 0 .291 .311 .353 .664
Jack Glasscock CL2 84 371 358 66 104 27 9 4 46 0 13 9 .291 .315 .450 .765
John Peters PT1 78 336 331 47 96 10 1 0 0 0 5 0 .290 .301 .326 .627
John Morrill BSN 83 367 349 73 101 19 11 2 54 0 18 29 .289 .324 .424 .748
Harry Stovey WOR 84 382 360 90 104 13 10 5 26 0 22 34 .289 .330 .422 .752
Bill Gleason SL4 79 353 347 63 100 11 6 1 0 0 6 0 .288 .300 .363 .663
Joe Sommer CN2 80 378 354 82 102 12 6 1 29 0 24 0 .288 .333 .364 .698
Jumbo Latham PH4 74 333 323 47 92 10 2 0 38 0 10 0 .285 .306 .328 .634
Jack Leary 2 teams 64 278 273 34 77 8 3 1 0 0 5 0 .282 .295 .344 .639
Deacon White BFN 83 352 337 51 95 17 0 1 33 0 15 16 .282 .312 .341 .654
Ed Williamson CHN 83 375 348 66 98 27 4 3 60 0 27 21 .282 .333 .408 .741
Jim O'Rourke BFN 84 383 370 62 104 15 6 2 37 0 13 13 .281 .305 .370 .676
Charles Fulmer CN2 79 334 324 54 91 13 4 0 27 0 10 0 .281 .302 .346 .648
Fred Dunlap CL2 84 387 364 68 102 19 4 0 28 0 23 26 .280 .323 .354 .677
Billy Taylor PT1 71 310 302 40 84 16 13 3 0 0 8 0 .278 .297 .447 .744
Guy Hecker LS2 78 345 340 62 94 14 4 3 0 0 5 0 .276 .287 .368 .655
Blondie Purcell BFN 84 394 380 79 105 18 6 2 40 0 14 27 .276 .302 .371 .673
Patrick Gillespie TRN 74 307 298 46 82 5 4 2 33 0 9 14 .275 .296 .339 .635
Mike Mansell PT1 79 353 346 59 95 16 16 2 0 0 7 0 .275 .289 .431 .720
Dan Sullivan LS2 67 295 286 44 78 8 2 0 0 0 9 0 .273 .295 .315 .610
Buck Ewing TRN 74 338 328 67 89 16 11 2 29 0 10 15 .271 .293 .405 .698
Hardy Richardson BFN 83 365 354 61 96 20 8 2 57 0 11 33 .271 .293 .390 .683
Jackie Hayes WOR 78 332 326 27 88 22 4 4 54 0 6 26 .270 .283 .399 .682
George Wood DTN 84 389 375 69 101 12 12 7 29 0 14 30 .269 .296 .421 .717
Tom York PRO 81 340 321 48 86 23 7 1 40 0 19 14 .268 .309 .393 .701
Jack Rowe BFN 75 320 308 43 82 14 5 1 42 0 12 0 .266 .294 .354 .648
Pat Deasley BSN 67 271 264 36 70 8 0 0 29 0 7 22 .265 .284 .295 .580
Jud Birchall PH4 75 346 338 65 89 12 1 0 27 0 8 0 .263 .280 .305 .585
Ed Whiting BL2 74 315 308 43 80 13 5 0 0 0 7 0 .260 .276 .334 .611
Bill Phillips CL2 78 342 335 40 87 17 7 4 47 0 7 18 .260 .275 .388 .663
Pete Hotaling BSN 84 394 378 64 98 16 5 0 28 0 16 21 .259 .289 .328 .617
Charlie Householder BL2 74 310 306 40 79 10 7 1 0 0 4 0 .258 .268 .346 .614
Tony Mullane LS2 77 316 303 46 78 13 1 0 0 0 13 0 .257 .288 .307 .595
Bob Ferguson TRN 81 342 319 44 82 15 2 0 32 0 23 21 .257 .307 .317 .624
Jack Farrell PRO 84 382 366 67 93 21 6 2 31 0 16 23 .254 .285 .361 .646
Jack Gleason SL4 78 358 331 53 84 10 1 2 0 0 27 0 .254 .310 .308 .618
Ezra Sutton BSN 81 343 319 44 80 8 1 2 38 0 24 25 .251 .303 .301 .604
Silver Flint CHN 81 333 331 48 83 18 8 4 44 0 2 50 .251 .255 .390 .645
Harry Wheeler CN2 76 351 344 59 86 11 11 1 29 0 7 0 .250 .265 .355 .620
Tom Burns CHN 84 370 355 55 88 23 6 0 48 0 15 28 .248 .278 .346 .625
Ed Rowen BSN 83 346 327 36 81 7 4 1 43 0 19 18 .248 .289 .303 .592
Joe Farrell DTN 69 287 283 34 70 12 2 1 24 0 4 20 .247 .258 .314 .572
Fred Corey WOR 64 260 255 33 63 7 12 0 29 0 5 31 .247 .262 .369 .630
Mike Muldoon CL2 84 351 341 50 84 17 5 6 45 0 10 28 .246 .268 .378 .646
Jerry Denny PRO 84 333 329 54 81 10 9 2 42 0 4 46 .246 .255 .350 .605
John Ward PRO 83 368 355 58 87 10 3 1 39 0 13 22 .245 .272 .299 .570
Charlie Comiskey SL4 78 333 329 58 80 9 5 1 45 0 4 0 .243 .252 .310 .562
Davy Force BFN 73 290 278 39 67 10 1 1 28 0 12 17 .241 .272 .295 .567
Martin Powell DTN 80 357 338 44 81 13 0 0 29 0 19 27 .240 .280 .278 .558
Old Hoss Radbourn PRO 83 338 326 30 78 11 0 1 32 0 12 22 .239 .266 .282 .548
Oscar Walker SL4 76 328 318 48 76 15 7 7 0 0 10 0 .239 .262 .396 .658
Jack Burdock BSN 83 328 319 36 76 6 7 0 27 0 9 24 .238 .259 .301 .560
John Reccius LS2 74 289 266 46 63 12 3 1 0 0 23 0 .237 .298 .316 .613
James Roseman TRN 82 334 331 41 78 21 6 1 29 0 3 41 .236 .243 .344 .587
Jimmy Macullar CN2 79 313 299 44 70 6 6 0 22 0 14 0 .234 .268 .294 .563
Ned Hanlon DTN 82 373 347 68 80 18 6 5 38 0 26 25 .231 .284 .360 .644
Bid McPhee CN2 78 322 311 43 71 8 7 1 31 0 11 0 .228 .255 .309 .563
Bob Blakiston PH4 72 290 281 40 64 4 1 0 20 0 9 0 .228 .252 .249 .501
George Creamer WOR 81 300 286 27 65 16 6 1 29 0 14 24 .227 .263 .336 .599
Leech Maskrey LS2 76 297 288 30 65 14 2 0 0 0 9 0 .226 .249 .288 .537
Sam Wise BSN 78 303 298 44 66 11 4 4 34 0 5 45 .221 .234 .326 .560
Arthur Irwin WOR 84 347 333 30 73 12 4 0 30 0 14 34 .219 .251 .279 .530
Fred Pfeffer TRN 85 331 330 26 72 7 4 1 43 0 1 24 .218 .221 .273 .493
Jim McCormick CL2 70 264 262 35 57 7 3 2 15 0 2 22 .218 .223 .290 .514
Cub Stricker PH4 72 287 272 34 59 6 1 0 18 0 15 0 .217 .258 .246 .504
Orator Shafer CL2 84 340 313 37 67 14 2 3 28 0 27 27 .214 .276 .300 .577
John Shetzline BL2 73 286 281 22 60 8 2 0 0 0 5 0 .214 .227 .256 .484
Jake Evans WOR 80 341 334 33 71 10 4 0 25 0 7 22 .213 .229 .266 .495
Lon Knight DTN 86 363 347 39 72 12 6 0 24 0 16 21 .207 .242 .277 .519
Bill Smiley 2 teams 75 307 301 33 60 4 2 0 0 0 6 0 .199 .215 .226 .441
George Strief PT1 79 309 296 44 59 9 6 2 0 0 13 0 .199 .233 .291 .524
Bill Holbert TRN 71 262 251 24 46 5 0 0 23 0 11 22 .183 .218 .203 .421
Denny Mack LS2 72 280 264 41 48 3 1 0 0 0 16 0 .182 .229 .201 .429
Henry Myers BL2 69 306 294 41 53 3 0 0 0 0 12 0 .180 .212 .190 .403
Charlie Waitt BL2 72 263 249 20 39 4 0 0 0 0 14 0 .157 .202 .173 .374
Jack O'Brien UNQ PH4 62 254 241 44 73 13 3 3 37 0 13 0 .303 .339 .419 .758
Lee Richmond UNQ WOR 55 237 228 50 64 8 9 2 28 0 9 11 .281 .308 .421 .729
Will White UNQ CN2 54 212 207 28 55 4 0 0 25 0 5 0 .266 .283 .285 .568
Bill Schenck UNQ LS2 60 239 231 37 60 11 3 0 0 0 8 0 .260 .285 .333 .618
Fatty Briody UNQ CL2 53 203 194 30 50 13 0 0 13 0 9 13 .258 .291 .325 .615
Dan Stearns UNQ CN2 49 220 214 28 55 10 2 0 35 0 6 0 .257 .277 .322 .600
John Smith UNQ 2 teams 54 227 219 37 53 7 5 0 19 0 8 34 .242 .269 .320 .588
Fred Mann UNQ 2 teams 48 204 198 25 46 12 4 0 7 0 6 15 .232 .255 .333 .588
Tim Keefe UNQ TRN 53 206 189 24 43 8 7 1 19 0 17 46 .228 .291 .360 .651
Lou Say UNQ PH4 49 207 199 35 45 4 3 1 28 0 8 0 .226 .256 .291 .547
Barney Gilligan UNQ PRO 56 205 201 32 45 7 6 0 26 0 4 26 .224 .239 .318 .557
Ned Cuthbert UNQ SL4 60 250 233 28 52 16 5 0 0 0 17 0 .223 .276 .335 .611
Jumbo McGinnis UNQ SL4 51 206 203 17 44 6 4 0 0 0 3 0 .217 .228 .286 .514
Pud Galvin UNQ BFN 54 208 206 21 44 7 4 0 17 0 2 49 .214 .221 .286 .508
John Richmond UNQ 2 teams 59 227 205 20 36 8 4 0 15 0 22 27 .176 .256 .254 .509
Chappy Lane UNQ PT1 57 217 211 26 37 7 2 3 0 0 6 0 .175 .198 .270 .468
Doc Bushong UNQ WOR 69 258 253 20 40 4 1 1 15 0 5 17 .158 .174 .194 .368
Showing 1-50 of 108 batters listed (91 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 84 innings at 84 team games. 33 of the 34 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1882 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Denny Driscoll PT1 13 9 23 23 23 0 0 201.0 162 27 12 59 1.21 0.87
Guy Hecker LS2 6 6 13 11 10 0 0 104.0 75 15 5 33 1.30 0.77
Harry McCormick CN2 14 11 25 25 24 3 0 219.2 177 37 42 33 1.52 1.00
Will White CN2 40 12 54 54 52 8 0 480.0 411 82 71 122 1.54 1.00
Tony Mullane LS2 30 24 55 55 51 5 0 460.1 418 96 78 170 1.88 1.08
Larry Corcoran CHN 27 12 39 39 38 3 0 355.2 281 77 63 170 1.95 0.97
Old Hoss Radbourn PRO 33 19 54 51 50 6 0 466.0 422 109 51 201 2.11 1.02
Jim McCormick CL2 36 30 68 67 65 4 0 595.2 550 157 103 200 2.37 1.10
Fred Goldsmith CHN 28 17 45 45 45 4 0 405.0 377 109 38 109 2.42 1.02
Tim Keefe TRN 17 26 43 42 41 1 0 376.0 367 104 78 111 2.49 1.18
John Ward PRO 19 13 34 33 30 4 1 286.0 268 81 36 72 2.55 1.06
Jumbo McGinnis SL4 25 18 45 45 43 3 0 388.1 391 112 53 134 2.60 1.14
George Weidman DTN 25 20 46 45 43 4 0 411.0 391 120 39 161 2.63 1.05
Harry Salisbury PT1 20 18 38 38 38 1 0 335.0 315 98 37 135 2.63 1.05
Jim Whitney BSN 24 21 49 48 46 3 0 420.0 404 123 41 180 2.64 1.06
Sam Weaver PH4 26 15 42 41 41 2 0 371.0 374 113 35 104 2.74 1.10
Bobby Mathews BSN 19 15 34 32 31 0 0 285.0 278 91 22 153 2.87 1.05
Bill Sweeney PH4 9 10 20 20 18 0 0 170.0 178 55 42 48 2.91 1.29
Hugh Daily BFN 15 14 29 29 29 0 0 255.2 246 85 70 116 2.99 1.24
John Reccius LS2 4 6 13 10 9 1 0 95.0 106 32 22 31 3.03 1.35
Pud Galvin BFN 28 23 52 51 48 3 0 445.1 476 157 40 162 3.17 1.16
George Derby DTN 17 20 40 39 38 3 0 362.0 386 131 81 182 3.26 1.29
Doc Landis 2 teams 12 29 44 42 37 0 0 359.0 427 134 49 74 3.36 1.33
Mickey Welch TRN 14 16 33 33 30 5 0 281.0 334 108 62 53 3.46 1.41
John Schappert SL4 8 7 15 14 13 0 0 128.0 131 50 32 38 3.52 1.27
Fred Corey WOR 1 13 21 14 12 0 0 139.0 180 55 19 36 3.56 1.43
George Bradley CL2 6 9 18 16 15 0 0 147.0 164 61 22 32 3.73 1.27
Lee Richmond WOR 14 33 48 46 44 0 0 411.0 525 171 88 123 3.74 1.49
Frank Mountain 2 teams 4 22 26 26 24 0 0 213.0 257 89 46 44 3.76 1.42
Jim Egan TRN 4 6 12 10 10 0 0 100.0 133 46 24 20 4.14 1.57
Harry Arundel PT1 4 10 14 14 13 0 0 118.2 157 62 24 48 4.70 1.53
Bill Geiss BL2 4 9 13 13 10 1 0 95.2 84 51 22 10 4.80 1.11
Tricky Nichols BL2 1 12 16 13 12 0 0 118.1 155 66 17 21 5.02 1.45
Bert Dorr UNQ SL4 2 6 8 8 8 0 0 66.0 53 19 1 34 2.59 0.82
Showing 1-50 of 34 pitchers listed (33 qualified)

Reading the 1882 leader tables

The 1882 batting table lists 108 hitters, of whom 91 qualify for the rate columns. The first qualified row belongs to Pete Browning, a .378 hitter, ahead of Dan Brouthers (.368). Dan Brouthers has the highest qualified OPS, .950. Sorting by home runs brings George Wood (7) to the top; for runs batted in, Cap Anson is first with 83. On the 1882 pitching side, 33 of 34 listed pitchers qualify. Denny Driscoll has the lowest qualified ERA, 1.21, and Guy Hecker has the best WHIP, 0.77. The counting columns are topped by Will White in wins (40) and Old Hoss Radbourn in strikeouts (201).

1882 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1882?
George Wood and Oscar Walker tied for the lead with 7 home runs in 1882.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1882?
Cap Anson led with 83 RBI in 1882.
Who led MLB in hits in 1882?
Dan Brouthers led with 129 hits in 1882.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1882?
Pete Browning led at .378 in 1882, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1882?
Will White led with 40 wins in 1882.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1882?
Old Hoss Radbourn led with 201 strikeouts in 1882.