1884 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1884 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1884 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Ed Williamson led with 27 home runs, Dave Orr led with 112 RBI, and Fred Dunlap led with 185 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 341 plate appearances at 110 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (110 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 — 341 plate appearances at 110 team games. 148 of the 243 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1884 OPS Distribution

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

Complete Statistics

1884 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Fred Dunlap SLU 101 478 449 160 185 39 8 13 0 0 29 0 .412 .448 .621 1.069
Orator Shafer SLU 106 497 467 130 168 40 10 2 0 0 30 0 .360 .398 .501 .899
King Kelly CHN 108 498 452 120 160 28 5 13 95 0 46 24 .354 .414 .524 .938
Dave Orr NY4 110 464 458 82 162 32 13 9 112 0 5 0 .354 .362 .539 .901
Jim O'Rourke BFN 108 502 467 119 162 33 7 5 63 0 35 17 .347 .392 .480 .872
Ezra Sutton BSN 110 497 468 102 162 28 7 3 61 0 29 22 .346 .384 .455 .839
John Reilly CN2 105 467 448 114 152 24 19 11 91 0 5 0 .339 .366 .551 .918
Henry Moore WSU 111 480 461 77 155 23 5 1 0 0 19 0 .336 .362 .414 .777
Pete Browning LS2 103 462 447 101 150 33 8 4 47 0 13 0 .336 .357 .472 .829
Cap Anson CHN 112 504 475 108 159 30 3 21 102 0 29 13 .335 .373 .543 .916
Dan Brouthers BFN 94 431 398 82 130 22 15 14 79 0 33 20 .327 .378 .563 .941
Harry Stovey PH4 104 478 448 124 146 22 23 10 83 0 26 0 .326 .368 .545 .913
Deacon White BFN 110 484 452 82 147 16 11 5 74 0 32 13 .325 .370 .442 .812
Jack Gleason SLU 92 418 395 90 128 30 2 4 0 0 23 0 .324 .361 .441 .802
Fred Lewis 2 teams 81 353 330 65 106 26 3 0 0 0 19 0 .321 .365 .418 .784
George Gore CHN 103 483 422 104 134 18 4 5 34 0 61 26 .318 .404 .415 .818
Roger Connor NY1 116 515 477 98 151 28 4 4 82 0 38 32 .317 .367 .417 .784
Jack Rowe BFN 93 423 400 85 126 14 14 4 61 0 23 14 .315 .352 .450 .802
Dude Esterbrook NY4 112 499 477 110 150 29 11 1 0 0 12 0 .314 .345 .428 .772
Charley Jones CN2 112 519 472 117 148 19 17 7 71 0 37 0 .314 .376 .470 .846
Jack Glasscock 2 teams 110 486 453 93 142 13 9 3 22 0 33 16 .313 .360 .402 .762
Emmett Seery 2 teams 106 488 467 115 146 26 7 2 0 0 21 0 .313 .342 .411 .753
Frank Fennelly 2 teams 90 412 379 94 118 22 15 4 0 0 31 0 .311 .367 .480 .847
Abner Dalrymple CHN 111 535 521 111 161 18 9 22 69 0 14 39 .309 .327 .505 .832
Jumbo Schoeneck 2 teams 106 434 426 61 131 24 2 2 0 0 8 0 .308 .320 .387 .708
Charlie Sweeney 2 teams 86 360 339 55 104 23 2 2 19 0 21 17 .307 .347 .404 .751
Sam Barkley TL1 104 459 435 71 133 39 9 1 0 0 22 0 .306 .342 .444 .786
Dick Burns CNU 79 355 350 84 107 17 12 4 0 0 5 0 .306 .315 .457 .773
Paul Hines PRO 114 534 490 94 148 36 10 3 41 0 44 28 .302 .360 .435 .794
Hardy Richardson BFN 102 461 439 85 132 27 9 6 60 0 22 41 .301 .334 .444 .778
Chicken Wolf LS2 110 493 486 79 146 24 11 3 73 0 4 0 .300 .310 .414 .724
James Roseman NY4 107 463 436 97 130 16 11 4 0 0 21 0 .298 .339 .413 .752
Sadie Houck PH4 108 487 472 93 140 19 14 0 0 0 7 0 .297 .318 .396 .714
Dave Rowe SLU 109 495 485 95 142 32 11 4 0 0 10 0 .293 .307 .429 .736
Monk Cline LS2 94 427 396 91 115 16 7 2 39 0 27 0 .290 .342 .381 .723
Fred Pfeffer CHN 112 492 467 105 135 10 10 25 101 0 25 47 .289 .325 .514 .839
Phil Baker WSU 86 382 371 75 107 12 5 1 0 0 11 0 .288 .309 .356 .665
Ed Swartwood PT1 102 447 399 74 115 19 6 0 0 0 33 0 .288 .365 .366 .731
Ed Crane BSU 101 442 428 83 122 23 6 12 0 0 14 0 .285 .308 .451 .759
Bill Harbridge CNU 82 366 341 59 95 12 5 2 0 0 25 0 .279 .328 .361 .689
Ed Williamson CHN 107 459 417 84 116 18 8 27 84 0 42 56 .278 .344 .554 .898
Bill Hawes CNU 79 354 349 80 97 7 4 4 0 0 5 0 .278 .288 .355 .643
Bid McPhee CN2 112 483 450 107 125 8 7 5 64 0 27 0 .278 .327 .360 .687
Buck Ewing NY1 94 410 382 90 106 15 20 3 41 0 28 22 .277 .327 .445 .772
Henry Larkin PH4 85 349 326 59 90 21 9 3 37 0 15 0 .276 .324 .423 .747
Fred Mann CL5 99 402 366 70 101 12 18 7 0 0 25 0 .276 .341 .464 .805
Bill Phillips CL2 111 482 464 58 128 25 12 3 46 0 18 80 .276 .303 .401 .704
Mike Dorgan NY1 83 354 341 61 94 11 6 1 48 0 13 27 .276 .302 .352 .654
Fred Corey PH4 104 458 439 64 121 17 16 5 0 0 17 0 .276 .306 .421 .727
Joe Start PRO 93 416 381 80 105 10 5 2 32 0 35 25 .276 .337 .344 .680
Tony Mullane TL1 95 386 352 49 97 19 3 3 0 0 33 0 .276 .339 .372 .712
John Corkhill CN2 110 462 452 85 124 13 11 4 70 0 6 0 .274 .290 .378 .668
Arlie Latham SL4 110 498 474 115 130 17 12 1 0 0 18 0 .274 .309 .367 .676
Tom Brown CL5 107 479 451 93 123 9 11 5 32 0 24 0 .273 .315 .375 .690
Alex McKinnon NY1 116 478 470 66 128 21 13 3 73 0 8 62 .272 .285 .391 .676
Jack Manning PHI 104 464 424 71 115 29 4 5 52 0 40 67 .271 .334 .394 .728
Germany Smith 2 teams 97 402 399 40 108 22 5 4 26 0 3 45 .271 .276 .381 .657
Lon Knight PH4 108 495 484 94 131 18 12 1 0 0 10 0 .271 .287 .364 .651
Joe Quinn SLU 103 438 429 74 116 21 1 0 0 0 9 0 .270 .285 .324 .609
Bill Crowley BSN 108 440 407 50 110 14 6 6 61 0 33 74 .270 .325 .378 .703
Jim Clinton BL2 104 479 437 82 118 12 6 4 0 0 29 0 .270 .334 .352 .686
Oscar Walker BR3 95 394 382 59 103 12 8 2 0 0 9 0 .270 .292 .359 .651
Joe Sommer BL2 107 495 479 96 129 11 10 4 0 0 8 0 .269 .293 .359 .652
Bill Gleason SL4 110 511 472 97 127 21 7 1 0 0 27 0 .269 .325 .350 .674
Marr Phillips IN2 97 419 413 41 111 18 8 0 0 0 5 0 .269 .279 .351 .630
Jack Burdock BSN 87 376 361 65 97 14 4 6 49 0 15 52 .269 .298 .380 .677
Joe Hornung BSN 115 535 518 119 139 27 10 7 51 0 17 80 .268 .292 .400 .691
William Robinson BLU 102 452 415 101 111 24 4 3 0 0 37 0 .267 .327 .366 .694
Lou Sylvester CNU 82 351 333 67 89 13 8 2 0 0 18 0 .267 .305 .372 .677
Charlie Buffinton BSN 87 368 352 48 94 18 3 1 39 0 16 12 .267 .299 .344 .643
Ned Hanlon DTN 114 490 450 86 119 18 6 5 39 0 40 52 .264 .324 .364 .689
Charlie Bennett DTN 90 377 341 37 90 18 6 3 40 0 36 40 .264 .334 .378 .713
Patrick Gillespie NY1 101 432 413 75 109 7 4 2 44 0 19 35 .264 .296 .315 .611
Dasher Troy NY4 107 443 421 80 111 22 10 2 0 0 19 0 .264 .300 .378 .678
Tom O'Brien BSU 103 461 449 80 118 31 8 4 0 0 12 0 .263 .282 .394 .676
Hugh Nicol SL4 110 467 442 79 116 14 5 0 0 0 22 0 .262 .302 .317 .619
Cliff Carroll PRO 113 481 452 90 118 16 4 3 54 0 29 39 .261 .306 .334 .640
Jerry McCormick 2 teams 109 457 452 64 118 20 4 0 0 0 5 0 .261 .269 .323 .592
John Morrill BSN 111 468 438 80 114 19 7 3 61 0 30 87 .260 .308 .356 .664
Bill McClellan PHI 111 478 450 71 116 13 2 3 33 0 28 43 .258 .301 .316 .617
Hick Carpenter CN2 108 484 474 80 121 16 2 4 60 0 6 0 .255 .271 .323 .593
Candy Nelson NY4 111 515 432 114 110 15 3 1 0 0 74 0 .255 .375 .310 .685
John Ward NY1 113 510 482 98 122 11 8 2 51 0 28 47 .253 .294 .322 .616
Blondie Purcell PHI 103 457 428 67 108 11 7 1 31 0 29 30 .252 .300 .318 .618
John Cassidy BR3 106 454 433 57 109 11 6 2 0 0 19 0 .252 .286 .319 .605
George Wood DTN 114 512 473 79 119 16 10 8 29 0 39 75 .252 .309 .378 .687
Steve Brady NY4 112 506 485 102 122 11 3 1 0 0 21 0 .252 .283 .293 .575
John Richmond CL5 105 436 398 57 100 13 7 3 0 0 35 0 .251 .317 .342 .658
Leech Maskrey LS2 105 430 412 48 103 13 4 0 36 0 17 0 .250 .281 .301 .582
Jerry Denny PRO 110 453 439 57 109 22 9 6 59 0 14 58 .248 .272 .380 .652
Milt Scott DTN 110 447 438 29 108 17 5 3 50 0 9 62 .247 .262 .329 .591
Dick Phelan BLU 101 414 402 63 99 13 3 3 0 0 12 0 .246 .268 .316 .584
Sid Farrar PHI 111 437 428 62 105 16 6 1 45 0 9 25 .245 .261 .318 .579
Tom Burns CHN 83 356 343 54 84 14 2 7 44 0 13 50 .245 .272 .359 .631
Walter Hackett BSU 103 422 415 71 101 19 0 1 0 0 7 0 .243 .256 .296 .552
Pete Hotaling CL2 102 436 408 69 99 16 6 3 27 0 28 50 .243 .291 .333 .625
Jim Manning BSN 89 364 345 52 83 8 6 2 35 0 19 47 .241 .280 .316 .596
Arthur Irwin PRO 102 432 404 73 97 14 3 2 44 0 28 52 .240 .289 .304 .594
Mike Muldoon CL2 110 440 422 46 101 16 6 2 38 0 18 67 .239 .270 .320 .590
Joe Miller TL1 105 450 423 46 101 12 8 1 0 0 26 0 .239 .284 .312 .597
Pop Smith CL5 108 477 445 78 106 18 10 6 0 0 20 0 .238 .289 .364 .653
Dan Stearns BL2 100 430 396 61 94 12 3 3 0 0 28 0 .237 .298 .306 .603
Charlie Comiskey SL4 108 470 460 76 109 17 6 2 84 0 5 0 .237 .253 .313 .566
Tom Mansell 2 teams 88 370 343 58 81 5 9 0 29 0 21 0 .236 .292 .303 .595
Bill Kuehne CL5 110 425 415 48 98 13 16 5 0 0 9 0 .236 .254 .381 .635
John Irwin BSU 105 447 432 81 101 22 6 1 0 0 15 0 .234 .260 .319 .579
Gid Gardner 2 teams 80 352 326 54 76 16 10 2 0 0 24 0 .233 .290 .362 .652
Bill Wise WSU 85 351 339 51 79 17 1 2 0 0 12 0 .233 .259 .307 .566
Tom Poorman TL1 94 393 382 56 89 8 7 0 0 0 10 0 .233 .254 .291 .545
Jimmy Knowles 2 teams 87 346 335 38 78 10 8 1 0 0 8 0 .233 .257 .319 .577
Jim Field CL5 105 452 417 74 97 9 7 4 0 0 23 0 .233 .292 .317 .609
Lou Say 2 teams 95 422 409 71 95 16 2 3 0 0 13 0 .232 .256 .303 .559
Tom Evers WSU 109 434 427 54 99 6 1 0 0 0 7 0 .232 .244 .251 .495
Frank Hankinson NY1 105 412 389 44 90 16 7 2 43 0 23 59 .231 .274 .324 .598
Ed Caskin NY1 100 385 351 49 81 11 1 1 40 0 34 55 .231 .299 .276 .575
Cub Stricker PH4 107 419 399 59 92 16 11 1 0 0 19 0 .231 .267 .333 .601
Old Hoss Radbourn PRO 87 387 361 48 83 7 1 1 37 0 26 42 .230 .282 .263 .545
Joe Mulvey PHI 100 405 401 47 92 11 2 2 32 0 4 49 .229 .237 .282 .519
Joe Ellick 2 teams 101 447 429 73 97 11 0 0 0 0 18 0 .226 .257 .252 .509
Joe Farrell DTN 110 475 461 59 104 10 5 3 41 0 14 66 .226 .248 .289 .537
Charlie Levis 2 teams 91 389 386 59 87 11 4 5 0 0 3 0 .225 .231 .313 .545
George Miller PT1 89 362 347 46 78 10 2 0 0 0 13 0 .225 .257 .265 .522
Curt Welch TL1 109 439 425 61 95 24 5 0 0 0 10 0 .224 .248 .304 .552
Jim Lillie BFN 114 476 471 68 105 12 5 3 53 0 5 71 .223 .231 .289 .520
Tom York BL2 83 358 314 64 70 14 7 1 0 0 34 0 .223 .318 .322 .640
Fred Warner BR3 84 370 352 40 78 4 0 1 0 0 17 0 .222 .259 .241 .501
Ed Andrews PHI 109 429 420 74 93 21 2 0 23 0 9 42 .221 .238 .281 .519
Jack Remsen 2 teams 93 373 344 54 76 8 6 3 3 0 29 9 .221 .282 .305 .587
Joe Gerhardt LS2 106 422 404 39 89 7 8 0 40 0 13 0 .220 .254 .277 .531
John Peltz IN2 106 402 393 40 86 13 17 3 0 0 7 0 .219 .236 .361 .598
Jack Farrell PRO 111 504 469 70 102 13 6 1 37 0 35 44 .217 .272 .277 .549
Bill Greenwood BR3 92 396 385 52 83 8 3 3 0 0 10 0 .216 .237 .275 .513
John Kerins IN2 94 371 364 58 78 10 3 6 0 0 6 0 .214 .229 .308 .537
Sam Wise BSN 114 451 426 60 91 15 9 4 41 0 25 104 .214 .257 .319 .576
Billy Geer 2 teams 116 470 427 75 91 17 8 0 0 0 42 0 .213 .285 .290 .576
Jim Fogarty PHI 97 398 378 42 80 12 6 1 37 0 20 54 .212 .251 .283 .534
Mike Slattery BSU 106 417 413 60 86 6 2 0 0 0 4 0 .208 .216 .232 .448
Milt Whitehead 2 teams 104 423 415 63 86 15 1 1 0 0 8 0 .207 .222 .255 .478
Joe Quest 2 teams 93 375 353 48 73 12 5 0 0 0 19 0 .207 .253 .269 .522
Davy Force BFN 106 430 403 47 83 13 3 0 36 0 27 41 .206 .256 .253 .509
Tim Manning BL2 91 374 341 49 70 14 5 2 0 0 26 0 .205 .275 .293 .569
Jimmy Macullar BL2 107 404 360 73 73 16 6 4 0 0 36 0 .203 .290 .314 .603
Tom McLaughlin LS2 98 363 335 41 67 11 6 0 21 0 22 0 .200 .262 .269 .530
Paul Radford PRO 97 380 355 56 70 11 2 1 29 0 25 43 .197 .250 .248 .498
Ed Kennedy NY4 103 395 378 49 72 6 2 1 0 0 16 0 .190 .225 .225 .450
George Strief 2 teams 86 342 322 35 61 17 2 2 0 0 20 5 .189 .237 .273 .510
George Creamer PT1 98 357 339 38 62 8 5 0 0 0 16 0 .183 .224 .236 .460
Frank Meinke DTN 92 347 341 28 56 5 7 6 24 0 6 89 .164 .179 .273 .451
William Hoover UNQ 2 teams 73 333 317 82 108 21 8 1 4 0 16 9 .341 .372 .467 .839
Billy Taylor UNQ 2 teams 73 307 297 52 96 29 3 3 0 0 9 0 .323 .345 .471 .817
Buttercup Dickerson UNQ 2 teams 67 312 295 64 93 17 4 1 0 0 15 0 .315 .353 .410 .763
Guy Hecker UNQ LS2 78 328 316 53 94 14 8 4 42 0 10 0 .297 .323 .430 .754
Jim Keenan UNQ IN2 68 268 249 36 73 14 4 3 0 0 16 0 .293 .343 .418 .761
John Milligan UNQ PH4 66 276 268 39 77 20 3 3 0 0 8 0 .287 .308 .418 .726
Eddie Fusselback UNQ BLU 68 306 303 60 86 16 3 1 0 0 3 0 .284 .291 .366 .657
Fred Carroll UNQ CL5 69 270 252 46 70 13 5 6 0 0 13 0 .278 .326 .440 .766
Tip O'Neill UNQ SL4 78 311 297 49 82 13 11 3 54 0 12 0 .276 .309 .424 .733
Jack Clements UNQ 2 teams 50 220 207 40 57 13 2 3 0 0 13 8 .275 .318 .401 .719
Ri Jones UNQ CNU 69 284 272 36 71 5 1 2 0 0 12 0 .261 .292 .309 .601
Pat Callaghan UNQ IN2 61 266 258 38 67 8 5 2 0 0 8 0 .260 .282 .353 .635
Henry Boyle UNQ SLU 65 271 262 41 68 10 3 4 0 0 9 0 .260 .284 .366 .651
Jim Whitney UNQ BSN 66 286 270 41 70 17 5 3 40 0 16 38 .259 .301 .393 .693
Jake Evans UNQ CL2 80 328 313 32 81 18 3 1 38 0 15 49 .259 .293 .345 .638
Jud Birchall UNQ PH4 54 230 221 36 57 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 .258 .287 .285 .572
Pop Snyder UNQ CN2 67 275 268 32 69 9 9 0 39 0 7 0 .257 .276 .358 .635
Sam Trott UNQ BL2 71 290 284 36 73 17 9 3 0 0 4 0 .257 .272 .412 .684
Jim McCormick UNQ 2 teams 76 301 300 27 77 8 5 0 23 0 1 11 .257 .259 .317 .576
Bill Kienzle UNQ PHU 67 320 299 76 76 13 8 0 0 0 21 0 .254 .303 .351 .654
Podge Weihe UNQ IN2 63 265 256 29 65 13 2 4 0 0 9 0 .254 .279 .367 .646
Danny Richardson UNQ NY1 74 293 277 36 70 8 1 1 27 0 16 17 .253 .294 .300 .593
Bill Krieg UNQ CHU 71 290 279 35 69 15 4 0 0 0 11 0 .247 .276 .330 .606
Charlie Ferguson UNQ PHI 52 222 203 26 50 6 3 0 20 0 19 54 .246 .311 .305 .616
Joe Flynn UNQ 2 teams 61 253 240 42 59 11 4 4 0 0 13 0 .246 .285 .375 .660
Barney Gilligan UNQ PRO 82 329 294 47 72 13 2 1 38 0 35 41 .245 .325 .313 .638
Harry Wheeler UNQ 2 teams 73 316 308 43 75 10 3 1 0 0 8 0 .244 .263 .305 .568
Larry Corcoran UNQ CHN 64 261 251 43 61 3 4 1 19 0 10 33 .243 .272 .299 .571
Charlie Householder UNQ BR3 76 287 273 28 66 15 3 3 0 0 12 0 .242 .279 .352 .630
Mickey Welch UNQ NY1 71 265 249 47 60 14 3 3 29 0 16 49 .241 .287 .357 .644
Charlie Reipschlager UNQ NY4 59 236 233 21 56 13 2 0 0 0 1 0 .240 .250 .313 .563
Bill Sweeney UNQ BLU 74 305 296 35 71 7 0 0 0 0 9 0 .240 .262 .264 .526
Phil Reccius UNQ LS2 73 273 263 23 63 9 2 3 21 0 5 0 .240 .267 .323 .591
Dan Sullivan UNQ LS2 63 257 247 27 59 8 6 0 26 0 9 0 .239 .268 .320 .588
Charlie Householder UNQ CHU 83 322 310 32 74 12 5 1 0 0 12 0 .239 .267 .319 .586
Tim Keefe UNQ NY4 62 229 210 27 50 3 6 3 0 0 18 0 .238 .301 .352 .654
Frank Mountain UNQ CL5 58 223 210 26 50 7 3 4 0 0 9 0 .238 .283 .357 .640
Tom Dolan UNQ 2 teams 54 217 206 28 49 9 2 0 0 0 10 0 .238 .276 .301 .577
Doc Bushong UNQ CL2 62 220 203 24 48 6 1 0 10 0 17 11 .236 .295 .276 .571
John McGuinness UNQ PHU 53 225 220 25 52 8 1 0 0 0 5 0 .236 .253 .282 .535
Tim Murnane UNQ BSU 76 333 311 55 73 5 2 0 0 0 22 0 .235 .285 .264 .549
Frank McLaughlin UNQ 2 teams 63 269 257 38 60 19 2 3 0 0 12 0 .233 .268 .358 .626
Adonis Terry UNQ BR3 67 244 236 15 55 10 3 0 0 0 8 0 .233 .258 .301 .559
Sam Crane UNQ CNU 80 320 309 56 72 9 3 1 0 0 11 0 .233 .259 .291 .551
Fatty Briody UNQ 2 teams 65 244 237 28 55 8 2 1 12 0 7 19 .232 .254 .295 .549
Lew Brown UNQ BSU 85 338 325 50 75 18 3 1 0 0 13 0 .231 .260 .314 .574
John Coleman UNQ 2 teams 71 291 278 32 64 9 5 2 22 0 13 20 .230 .265 .320 .585
Chappy Lane UNQ TL1 57 219 215 26 49 9 5 1 0 0 2 0 .228 .242 .330 .572
Bill White UNQ PT1 74 305 291 25 66 7 10 0 0 0 13 0 .227 .262 .320 .582
Hardie Henderson UNQ BL2 53 208 203 24 46 7 7 0 0 0 5 0 .227 .245 .330 .575
Rooney Sweeney UNQ BLU 48 201 186 37 42 7 1 0 0 0 15 0 .226 .284 .274 .558
Mike Mansell UNQ 2 teams 76 307 283 42 62 3 9 1 0 0 20 0 .219 .280 .304 .584
John Cahill UNQ CL5 59 218 210 28 46 3 3 0 0 0 6 0 .219 .248 .262 .510
Dupee Shaw UNQ 2 teams 80 298 289 29 63 12 1 1 8 0 9 21 .218 .242 .277 .518
Jack Brennan UNQ SLU 56 243 231 38 50 6 1 0 0 0 12 0 .216 .255 .251 .506
Tommy McCarthy UNQ BSU 53 215 209 37 45 2 2 0 0 0 6 0 .215 .237 .244 .481
Hugh Daily UNQ 2 teams 60 210 201 21 43 6 1 0 0 0 9 0 .214 .248 .254 .501
Larry McKeon UNQ IN2 70 251 250 29 53 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 .212 .215 .252 .467
Hank O'Day UNQ TL1 64 253 242 23 51 9 1 0 0 0 10 0 .211 .245 .256 .501
Walter Prince UNQ 2 teams 51 210 191 22 40 3 2 1 1 0 16 4 .209 .281 .262 .543
Bill Holbert UNQ NY4 65 264 255 28 53 5 0 0 0 0 7 0 .208 .235 .227 .462
John Harkins UNQ CL2 61 236 229 24 47 4 2 0 20 0 7 45 .205 .229 .240 .469
Mert Hackett UNQ BSN 72 270 268 28 55 13 2 1 20 0 2 66 .205 .211 .280 .491
Pat Deasley UNQ SL4 75 264 254 27 52 5 4 0 0 0 7 0 .205 .235 .256 .491
Silver Flint UNQ CHN 73 286 279 35 57 5 2 9 45 0 7 57 .204 .224 .333 .557
Taylor Shafer UNQ 2 teams 60 250 232 29 47 5 2 0 0 0 18 0 .203 .260 .241 .501
Elias Peak UNQ 2 teams 55 226 218 37 44 6 4 0 0 0 8 0 .202 .230 .266 .496
Charlie Barber UNQ CNU 55 215 204 38 41 1 4 0 0 0 11 0 .201 .242 .245 .487
Joe Moffet UNQ TL1 56 206 204 17 41 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 .201 .209 .255 .464
Rudy Kemmler UNQ CL5 61 226 211 28 42 3 3 0 0 0 15 0 .199 .252 .242 .494
Chub Collins UNQ 2 teams 83 330 307 42 61 9 1 0 20 0 23 36 .199 .255 .235 .489
Dave Eggler UNQ BFN 63 247 241 25 47 3 1 0 20 0 6 54 .195 .215 .216 .430
George Bradley UNQ CNU 58 233 226 31 43 4 7 0 0 0 7 0 .190 .215 .270 .485
Henry Oberbeck UNQ 2 teams 60 225 215 26 40 7 0 0 0 0 10 0 .186 .222 .219 .441
Ed Morris UNQ CL5 57 207 199 19 37 4 8 0 0 0 5 0 .186 .217 .286 .504
Ike Benners UNQ 2 teams 55 221 211 25 39 11 5 1 0 0 8 0 .185 .222 .299 .520
Sam Moffet UNQ CL2 67 264 256 26 47 12 2 0 15 0 8 56 .184 .208 .246 .454
George Myers UNQ BFN 78 338 325 34 59 9 2 2 32 0 13 33 .182 .213 .240 .453
Pud Galvin UNQ BFN 72 276 274 34 49 6 1 0 24 0 2 80 .179 .185 .208 .393
Ed Merrill UNQ IN2 55 203 196 14 35 3 1 0 0 0 6 0 .179 .207 .204 .411
Bill Geiss UNQ DTN 75 289 283 22 50 11 4 2 16 0 6 60 .177 .194 .265 .459
Bill Traffley UNQ BL2 53 214 210 25 37 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 .176 .192 .252 .444
Alex Voss UNQ 2 teams 77 295 290 34 51 9 0 0 0 0 5 0 .176 .190 .207 .397
Jumbo Latham UNQ LS2 77 319 308 31 52 3 3 0 23 0 8 0 .169 .197 .198 .396
Frank Butler UNQ BSU 71 267 255 36 43 15 0 0 0 0 12 0 .169 .206 .227 .433
Jimmy Peoples UNQ CN2 69 273 267 28 45 2 2 1 16 0 6 0 .169 .187 .202 .389
Joe Battin UNQ 2 teams 78 290 286 21 47 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 .164 .176 .192 .368
George Baker UNQ SLU 80 322 317 39 52 6 0 0 0 0 5 0 .164 .177 .183 .360
George Weidman UNQ DTN 81 313 300 24 49 6 0 0 26 0 13 41 .163 .198 .183 .381
Bob Barr UNQ 2 teams 57 209 200 21 32 6 3 2 0 0 7 0 .160 .196 .250 .446
Tony Suck UNQ 2 teams 56 211 198 20 31 2 0 0 0 0 13 0 .157 .209 .167 .375
Buck Gladmon UNQ WS7 56 230 224 17 35 5 3 1 0 0 3 0 .156 .178 .219 .397
John Humphries UNQ 2 teams 69 276 257 29 40 2 0 0 2 0 18 19 .156 .214 .163 .377
Jack Lynch UNQ NY4 55 207 198 21 30 2 3 0 0 0 9 0 .152 .188 .192 .380
Jersey Bakley UNQ 2 teams 53 205 192 24 25 5 2 0 0 0 13 0 .130 .185 .177 .362
Showing 1-50 of 243 batters listed (148 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 110 innings at 110 team games. 73 of the 99 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1884 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Old Hoss Radbourn PRO 60 12 75 73 73 11 1 678.2 528 104 98 441 1.38 0.92
Charlie Sweeney 2 teams 41 15 60 56 53 6 1 492.0 360 93 42 337 1.70 0.82
Henry Boyle SLU 15 3 19 16 16 2 1 150.0 118 29 10 88 1.74 0.85
Guy Hecker LS2 52 20 75 73 72 6 0 670.2 526 134 56 385 1.80 0.87
Pretzels Getzien DTN 5 12 17 17 17 1 0 147.1 118 32 25 107 1.95 0.97
Perry Werden SLU 12 1 16 16 12 1 0 141.1 113 31 22 51 1.97 0.96
Pud Galvin BFN 46 22 72 72 71 12 0 636.1 566 141 63 369 1.99 0.99
Charlie Hodnett SLU 12 2 14 14 12 1 0 121.0 121 27 16 41 2.01 1.13
Jim Whitney BSN 23 14 38 37 35 6 0 336.0 272 78 27 270 2.09 0.89
Billy Taylor 2 teams 43 16 63 59 59 3 4 523.0 454 122 84 284 2.10 1.03
John Clarkson CHN 10 3 14 13 12 0 0 118.0 94 28 25 102 2.14 1.01
Charlie Buffinton BSN 48 16 67 67 63 8 0 587.0 506 140 76 417 2.15 0.99
Dave Foutz SL4 15 6 25 25 19 2 0 206.2 167 50 36 95 2.18 0.98
Ed Morris CL5 34 13 52 52 47 3 0 429.2 335 104 51 302 2.18 0.90
Bill Vinton PHI 10 10 21 21 20 0 0 182.0 166 45 35 105 2.23 1.10
Tim Keefe NY4 37 17 58 58 56 4 0 483.0 380 121 71 334 2.25 0.93
Dupee Shaw 2 teams 30 33 67 66 60 5 0 543.1 446 139 109 451 2.30 1.02
Jim McCormick 2 teams 40 25 66 65 63 10 0 569.0 508 150 89 343 2.37 1.05
Larry Corcoran CHN 35 23 60 59 57 7 0 516.2 473 138 116 272 2.40 1.14
Hugh Daily 2 teams 28 28 58 58 56 5 0 500.2 446 135 72 483 2.43 1.03
Frank Mountain CL5 23 17 42 41 40 5 1 360.2 289 98 78 156 2.45 1.02
Dick Burns CNU 23 15 40 40 34 1 0 329.2 298 90 47 167 2.46 1.05
Mickey Welch NY1 39 21 65 65 62 4 0 557.1 528 155 146 345 2.50 1.21
Tony Mullane TL1 36 26 67 65 64 7 0 567.0 481 159 89 325 2.52 1.01
Charlie Geggus WSU 10 9 23 21 19 0 0 177.1 143 50 38 156 2.54 1.02
Bill Sweeney BLU 40 21 62 60 58 4 0 538.0 522 155 74 374 2.59 1.11
Hardie Henderson BL2 27 23 52 52 50 4 0 439.1 382 128 116 346 2.62 1.13
Jack Lynch NY4 37 15 55 53 53 5 0 496.0 420 147 42 292 2.67 0.93
Tip O'Neill SL4 11 4 17 14 14 0 0 141.0 125 42 51 36 2.68 1.25
George Bradley CNU 25 15 41 38 36 3 0 342.0 350 103 23 168 2.71 1.09
Phil Reccius LS2 6 7 18 11 11 0 0 129.1 118 39 19 46 2.71 1.06
Bob Emslie BL2 32 17 50 50 50 4 0 455.1 419 139 88 264 2.75 1.11
Jumbo McGinnis SL4 24 16 40 40 39 5 0 354.1 331 112 35 141 2.84 1.03
James Burke BSU 19 15 38 36 34 0 0 322.0 326 102 31 255 2.85 1.11
Bill Mountjoy CN2 19 12 33 33 32 3 0 289.0 274 94 43 96 2.93 1.10
Bill Wise WSU 23 18 50 41 34 4 0 364.1 383 123 60 268 3.04 1.22
Frank Meinke DTN 8 23 35 31 31 1 0 289.0 341 102 63 124 3.18 1.40
Bob Black KCU 4 9 16 15 13 0 0 123.0 127 44 17 93 3.22 1.17
Ren Deagle 2 teams 7 7 16 16 12 1 0 121.1 119 44 22 35 3.26 1.16
Will White CN2 34 18 52 52 52 7 0 456.0 479 168 74 118 3.32 1.21
Bobby Mathews PH4 30 18 49 49 48 3 0 430.2 401 159 49 286 3.32 1.04
Al Atkinson 2 teams 20 26 46 46 44 2 0 393.2 373 147 54 247 3.36 1.08
Abner Powell WSU 6 12 18 17 14 1 0 134.0 135 51 19 78 3.43 1.15
Tommy Bond 2 teams 13 14 28 26 24 0 0 232.0 247 90 18 143 3.49 1.14
Tom Lee 2 teams 6 12 20 19 17 0 0 167.1 176 65 44 95 3.50 1.31
Larry McKeon IN2 18 41 61 60 59 2 0 512.0 488 199 94 308 3.50 1.14
Mike Dorgan NY1 8 6 14 14 12 0 0 113.0 98 44 51 90 3.50 1.32
Charlie Ferguson PHI 21 25 50 47 46 2 1 416.2 443 164 93 194 3.54 1.29
Adonis Terry BR3 19 35 56 55 54 2 0 476.0 486 188 72 230 3.55 1.17
Daisy Davis 2 teams 11 15 29 28 23 1 0 229.1 246 91 43 156 3.57 1.26
John Murphy 2 teams 5 12 21 16 15 0 0 159.2 193 64 11 73 3.61 1.28
John Harkins CL2 12 32 46 45 42 3 0 391.0 399 160 108 192 3.68 1.30
Gus Shallix CN2 11 10 23 23 23 0 0 199.2 163 82 53 78 3.70 1.08
Alex Voss 2 teams 5 20 34 26 24 0 0 239.1 280 99 39 129 3.72 1.33
George Weidman DTN 4 21 26 26 24 0 0 212.2 257 88 57 96 3.72 1.48
Jack Neagle PT1 11 26 38 38 37 2 0 326.0 354 135 70 85 3.73 1.30
Hank O'Day TL1 9 28 41 40 35 2 1 326.2 335 136 66 163 3.75 1.23
Sam Kimber BR3 18 20 41 41 41 4 0 361.1 364 153 72 122 3.81 1.21
Sam Moffet CL2 3 19 24 22 21 0 0 197.2 236 85 58 84 3.87 1.49
Bob Barr 2 teams 12 34 48 48 47 2 0 413.0 471 181 50 207 3.94 1.26
Fred Goldsmith 2 teams 12 12 25 25 23 1 0 218.0 274 98 31 45 4.05 1.40
Ed Bagley NY1 12 18 31 30 30 0 0 266.0 296 123 99 104 4.16 1.48
Fleury Sullivan PT1 16 35 51 51 51 2 0 441.0 496 206 96 189 4.20 1.34
Billy Serad BFN 16 20 37 37 34 2 0 308.0 373 146 111 150 4.27 1.57
Jersey Bakley 2 teams 16 30 46 45 43 1 0 394.2 443 188 81 226 4.29 1.33
Pete Meegan RIC 7 12 22 22 22 1 0 179.0 177 86 29 106 4.32 1.15
John Hamill WS7 2 17 19 19 18 1 0 156.2 197 78 43 50 4.48 1.53
Ed Dugan RIC 5 14 20 20 20 0 0 166.1 196 83 15 60 4.49 1.27
Ernie Hickman KCU 4 13 17 17 15 0 0 137.1 172 69 36 68 4.52 1.51
John Coleman 2 teams 5 17 24 21 16 1 0 175.1 244 92 24 42 4.72 1.53
Jim Brown 2 teams 2 14 18 18 12 1 0 119.0 152 64 58 61 4.84 1.76
Jim McElroy 2 teams 1 13 14 14 13 0 0 116.0 125 66 54 48 5.12 1.54
Sam Weaver PHU 5 10 17 17 14 0 0 136.0 206 87 11 40 5.76 1.60
Ed Conley UNQ PRO 4 4 8 8 8 1 0 71.0 63 17 22 33 2.15 1.20
Peek-A-Boo Veach UNQ KCU 3 9 12 12 12 0 0 104.0 95 28 10 62 2.42 1.01
Bob Caruthers UNQ SL4 7 2 13 7 7 0 0 82.2 61 24 15 58 2.61 0.92
Fred Tenney UNQ 2 teams 3 3 6 6 6 0 0 51.0 47 16 12 36 2.82 1.16
Henry Porter UNQ MLU 3 3 6 6 6 1 0 51.0 32 17 9 71 3.00 0.80
John Connor UNQ BSN 1 4 7 7 7 0 0 60.0 70 21 18 29 3.15 1.47
Cyclone Miller UNQ 2 teams 3 3 8 7 4 0 0 52.2 57 19 17 26 3.25 1.41
John Ryan UNQ BLU 3 2 6 6 5 0 0 51.0 61 19 16 33 3.35 1.51
John Ward UNQ NY1 3 3 9 5 5 0 0 60.2 72 23 18 23 3.41 1.48
Denny Driscoll UNQ LS2 6 6 13 13 10 0 0 102.0 110 39 7 16 3.44 1.15
William Robinson UNQ BLU 3 3 11 3 3 0 0 75.0 96 29 18 61 3.48 1.52
Ed Smith UNQ BLU 3 4 9 8 5 0 0 62.0 86 24 17 13 3.48 1.66
Patrick Horan UNQ CHU 3 6 13 10 9 0 0 98.0 94 38 24 55 3.49 1.20
John Fischer UNQ PHU 1 7 8 8 8 0 0 70.2 76 28 13 42 3.57 1.26
Ed Dundon UNQ CL5 6 4 11 9 7 0 0 81.0 85 34 15 37 3.78 1.23
Jim Conway UNQ BR3 3 9 13 13 10 0 0 105.1 132 52 15 25 4.44 1.40
Joe Brown UNQ CHN 4 2 7 6 5 0 0 50.0 56 26 7 27 4.68 1.26
Ed Trumbull UNQ WS7 1 9 10 10 10 0 0 84.0 108 44 31 43 4.71 1.65
Tommy McCarthy UNQ BSU 0 7 7 6 5 0 0 56.0 73 30 14 18 4.82 1.55
Jake Aydelott UNQ IN2 5 7 12 12 11 0 0 106.0 129 58 29 30 4.92 1.49
Mac MacArthur UNQ IN2 1 5 6 6 6 0 0 52.0 57 29 21 19 5.02 1.50
Al McCauley UNQ IN2 2 7 10 9 9 0 0 76.0 87 43 25 34 5.09 1.47
Joe Knight UNQ PHI 2 4 6 6 6 0 0 51.0 66 31 21 8 5.47 1.71
Frank Brill UNQ DTN 2 10 12 12 12 1 0 103.0 148 63 26 18 5.50 1.69
John Fox UNQ PT1 1 6 7 7 7 0 0 59.0 76 37 16 22 5.64 1.56
Milo Lockwood UNQ WSU 1 9 11 10 6 0 0 67.2 99 55 15 48 7.32 1.68
Showing 1-50 of 99 pitchers listed (73 qualified)

Reading the 1884 leader tables

The 1884 batting table lists 243 hitters, of whom 148 qualify for the rate columns. The first qualified row belongs to Fred Dunlap, a .412 hitter, ahead of Orator Shafer (.360). The HR column peaks with Ed Williamson's 27, while Dave Orr leads the RBI column with 112. 73 pitchers qualify out of the 99 in the 1884 table. First among qualified pitchers by ERA is Old Hoss Radbourn, 1.38, and Charlie Sweeney has the best WHIP, 0.82. Sorted by the counting stats, the leaders are Old Hoss Radbourn in wins (60) and Hugh Daily in strikeouts (483).

1884 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1884?
Ed Williamson led with 27 home runs in 1884.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1884?
Dave Orr led with 112 RBI in 1884.
Who led MLB in hits in 1884?
Fred Dunlap led with 185 hits in 1884.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1884?
Fred Dunlap led at .412 in 1884, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1884?
Old Hoss Radbourn led with 60 wins in 1884.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1884?
Hugh Daily led with 483 strikeouts in 1884.