1885 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1885 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1885 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Harry Stovey led with 13 home runs, Cap Anson led with 108 RBI, and Pete Browning led with 174 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 347 plate appearances at 112 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (112 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 — 347 plate appearances at 112 team games. 95 of the 146 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1885 OPS Distribution

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

Complete Statistics

1885 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Roger Connor NY1 110 506 455 102 169 23 15 1 65 0 51 8 .371 .435 .495 .929
Pete Browning LS2 112 506 481 98 174 34 10 9 73 0 25 0 .362 .393 .530 .923
Dan Brouthers BFN 98 441 407 87 146 32 11 7 59 0 34 10 .359 .408 .543 .951
Dave Orr NY4 107 455 444 76 152 29 21 6 77 0 8 0 .342 .358 .543 .901
Henry Larkin PH4 108 485 453 114 149 37 14 8 88 0 26 0 .329 .373 .525 .899
Mike Dorgan NY1 89 358 347 60 113 17 8 0 46 0 11 24 .326 .346 .421 .767
Charley Jones CN2 112 517 487 108 157 19 17 5 35 0 21 0 .322 .362 .462 .824
Hardy Richardson BFN 96 446 426 90 136 19 11 6 44 0 20 22 .319 .350 .458 .808
Harry Stovey PH4 112 529 486 130 153 27 9 13 75 0 39 0 .315 .371 .488 .858
George Gore CHN 109 509 441 115 138 21 13 5 57 0 68 25 .313 .405 .454 .858
Ezra Sutton BSN 110 474 457 78 143 23 8 4 47 0 17 25 .313 .338 .425 .762
Cap Anson CHN 112 498 464 100 144 35 7 7 108 0 34 13 .310 .357 .461 .819
Tom Brown PT1 108 478 437 81 134 16 12 4 68 0 34 0 .307 .366 .426 .792
Buck Ewing NY1 81 355 342 81 104 15 12 6 63 0 13 17 .304 .330 .471 .800
Ned Hanlon DTN 105 471 424 93 128 18 8 1 29 0 47 18 .302 .372 .389 .761
Bill Phillips BR3 99 429 391 65 118 16 11 3 63 0 27 0 .302 .364 .422 .786
Jim O'Rourke NY1 112 517 477 119 143 21 16 5 42 0 40 21 .300 .354 .442 .796
John Coleman PH4 96 426 398 71 119 15 11 3 70 0 25 0 .299 .345 .415 .760
John Reilly CN2 111 500 482 92 143 18 11 5 60 0 11 0 .297 .322 .411 .733
Steve Brady NY4 108 465 434 60 128 14 5 3 58 0 25 0 .295 .342 .371 .713
Alex McKinnon SL5 100 419 411 42 121 21 6 1 44 0 8 31 .294 .308 .382 .690
Patrick Gillespie NY1 102 435 420 67 123 17 6 0 52 0 15 32 .293 .317 .362 .679
Deacon White BFN 98 416 404 54 118 6 6 0 57 0 12 11 .292 .312 .337 .649
Chicken Wolf LS2 112 495 483 79 141 23 17 1 52 0 11 0 .292 .309 .416 .725
George Wood DTN 82 375 362 62 105 19 8 5 28 0 13 19 .290 .315 .428 .743
Jack Rowe BFN 98 434 421 62 122 28 8 2 51 0 13 19 .290 .311 .409 .720
King Kelly CHN 107 484 438 124 126 24 7 9 75 0 46 24 .288 .355 .436 .791
Sam Wise BSN 107 449 424 71 120 20 10 4 46 0 25 61 .283 .323 .406 .729
Jack Glasscock SL5 111 475 446 66 125 18 3 1 40 0 29 10 .280 .324 .341 .665
Blondie Purcell 2 teams 87 413 391 80 109 16 6 0 25 0 19 15 .279 .317 .350 .668
James Roseman NY4 101 445 410 72 114 13 14 4 46 0 25 0 .278 .335 .407 .742
George Pinkney BR3 110 481 447 77 124 16 5 0 42 0 27 0 .277 .328 .336 .664
Hick Carpenter CN2 112 485 473 89 131 12 8 2 61 0 9 0 .277 .295 .349 .644
Joe Start PRO 101 413 374 47 103 11 4 0 41 0 39 10 .275 .344 .326 .670
Abner Dalrymple CHN 113 538 492 109 135 27 12 11 61 0 46 42 .274 .336 .445 .782
Frank Fennelly CN2 112 495 454 82 124 14 17 10 89 0 38 0 .273 .333 .445 .778
Tom Burns CHN 111 461 445 82 121 23 9 7 71 0 16 48 .272 .297 .411 .708
Curt Welch SL4 112 462 432 84 117 18 8 3 69 0 23 0 .271 .318 .370 .689
Paul Hines PRO 98 430 411 63 111 20 4 1 35 0 19 18 .270 .302 .345 .648
Fred Dunlap SL5 106 464 423 70 114 11 5 2 25 0 41 24 .270 .334 .333 .667
Charlie Bennett DTN 91 396 349 49 94 24 13 5 60 0 47 37 .269 .356 .456 .812
Joe Mulvey PHI 107 446 443 74 119 25 6 6 64 0 3 18 .269 .274 .393 .666
Sam Barkley SL4 106 445 418 67 112 18 10 3 53 0 25 0 .268 .312 .380 .693
Bill McClellan BR3 112 498 464 85 124 22 7 0 46 0 28 0 .267 .317 .345 .662
Ed Andrews PHI 103 453 421 77 112 15 3 0 23 0 32 25 .266 .318 .316 .634
Ed Swartwood BR3 99 440 399 80 106 8 9 0 49 0 36 0 .266 .334 .331 .665
Bid McPhee CN2 110 457 431 78 114 12 4 0 46 0 19 0 .265 .306 .311 .617
Germany Smith BR3 108 429 419 63 108 17 11 4 62 0 10 0 .258 .275 .379 .655
Pete Hotaling BR3 94 423 370 73 95 9 5 1 34 0 49 0 .257 .350 .316 .666
Dude Esterbrook NY1 88 363 359 48 92 14 5 2 44 0 4 28 .256 .264 .340 .604
Jack Manning PHI 107 482 445 61 114 24 4 3 40 0 37 27 .256 .313 .348 .662
Charlie Comiskey SL4 83 358 340 68 87 15 7 2 44 0 14 0 .256 .293 .359 .652
Sadie Houck PH4 93 405 388 74 99 10 9 0 54 0 10 0 .255 .286 .327 .614
Candy Nelson NY4 107 484 420 98 107 12 4 1 30 0 61 0 .255 .353 .310 .663
Charlie Eden PT1 98 430 405 57 103 18 6 0 38 0 17 0 .254 .298 .328 .626
Milt Scott 2 teams 93 369 358 29 91 14 1 0 30 0 9 16 .254 .276 .299 .575
Fred Mann PT1 99 428 391 60 99 17 6 0 41 0 31 0 .253 .318 .327 .645
John Corkhill CN2 112 454 440 64 111 10 8 1 53 0 7 0 .252 .275 .318 .594
Bill Gleason SL4 112 516 472 79 119 9 5 3 53 0 29 0 .252 .316 .311 .627
Mike Muldoon BL2 102 434 410 47 103 20 6 2 52 0 20 0 .251 .293 .344 .637
Joe Sommer BL2 110 498 471 84 118 23 6 1 44 0 24 0 .251 .291 .331 .622
Pop Smith PT1 106 481 453 85 113 11 13 0 35 0 25 0 .249 .293 .331 .624
Jim Lillie BFN 112 436 430 49 107 13 3 2 30 0 6 39 .249 .259 .307 .566
Sid Farrar PHI 111 448 420 49 103 20 3 3 36 0 28 34 .245 .292 .329 .621
Fred Corey PH4 94 404 384 61 94 14 8 1 38 0 17 0 .245 .282 .331 .613
John Kerins LS2 112 480 456 65 111 9 16 3 51 0 20 0 .243 .281 .353 .634
Paul Radford PRO 105 404 371 55 90 12 5 0 32 0 33 43 .243 .304 .302 .606
Phil Reccius LS2 102 416 402 57 97 8 10 1 38 0 13 0 .241 .267 .318 .585
Bill Crowley BFN 92 365 344 29 83 14 1 1 36 0 21 32 .241 .285 .297 .581
Fred Pfeffer CHN 112 495 469 90 113 12 7 5 73 0 26 47 .241 .281 .328 .609
Ed Williamson CHN 113 482 407 87 97 16 5 3 65 0 75 60 .238 .357 .324 .681
Jim Clinton CN2 105 430 408 48 97 5 5 0 34 0 15 0 .238 .277 .275 .551
Cub Stricker PH4 106 426 398 71 93 9 3 1 41 0 21 0 .234 .284 .279 .563
Art Whitney PT1 90 390 373 53 87 10 4 0 28 0 16 0 .233 .267 .282 .548
Cliff Carroll PRO 104 455 426 62 99 12 3 1 40 0 29 29 .232 .281 .282 .563
Jim Fogarty PHI 111 457 427 49 99 13 3 0 39 0 30 37 .232 .282 .276 .559
Leech Maskrey LS2 109 446 423 54 97 8 11 1 46 0 19 0 .229 .269 .307 .576
Jim Field 2 teams 94 387 353 44 80 12 3 1 25 0 26 0 .227 .295 .286 .581
John Ward NY1 111 463 446 72 101 8 9 0 37 0 17 39 .226 .255 .285 .540
Bill Kuehne PT1 104 428 411 54 93 9 19 0 43 0 15 0 .226 .257 .341 .598
John Morrill BSN 111 458 394 74 89 20 7 4 44 0 64 78 .226 .334 .343 .677
Frank Hankinson NY4 94 375 362 43 81 12 2 2 44 0 12 0 .224 .251 .285 .535
Jim Manning 2 teams 104 407 384 49 84 12 9 3 36 0 23 46 .219 .263 .320 .583
Joe Quinn SL5 97 352 343 27 73 8 2 0 15 0 9 38 .213 .233 .248 .481
Tom McLaughlin LS2 112 429 411 49 87 13 9 2 41 0 15 0 .212 .245 .302 .546
Hugh Nicol SL4 112 462 425 59 88 11 1 0 45 0 34 0 .207 .271 .238 .508
Arlie Latham SL4 110 508 485 84 100 15 3 1 35 0 18 0 .206 .242 .256 .498
George Myers BFN 89 349 326 40 67 7 2 0 19 0 23 40 .206 .258 .239 .497
Al Myers PHI 93 368 357 25 73 13 2 1 28 0 11 41 .204 .228 .261 .489
Ed Kennedy NY4 96 365 349 35 71 8 4 2 21 0 12 0 .203 .238 .266 .505
Jimmy Macullar BL2 100 373 320 52 61 7 6 3 26 0 49 0 .191 .306 .278 .584
Dan Stearns 2 teams 97 410 358 47 68 9 9 1 38 0 46 23 .190 .293 .274 .566
Joe Miller LS2 98 369 339 44 62 9 5 0 24 0 28 0 .183 .249 .239 .488
Charlie Bastian PHI 103 424 389 63 65 11 5 4 29 0 35 82 .167 .236 .252 .488
Joe Gerhardt NY1 112 423 399 43 62 12 2 0 33 0 24 47 .155 .203 .195 .399
Tip O'Neill UNQ SL4 52 223 206 44 72 7 4 3 38 0 13 0 .350 .399 .466 .865
Charlie Ferguson UNQ PHI 61 258 235 42 72 8 3 1 27 0 23 18 .306 .368 .379 .747
Sam Thompson UNQ DTN 63 270 254 58 77 11 9 7 44 0 16 22 .303 .344 .500 .844
Dennis Casey UNQ BL2 63 288 264 50 76 10 5 3 29 0 21 0 .288 .347 .398 .745
Mox McQuery UNQ DTN 70 286 278 34 76 15 4 3 30 0 8 29 .273 .294 .388 .682
Guy Hecker UNQ LS2 70 303 297 48 81 9 2 2 35 0 5 0 .273 .287 .337 .624
John Milligan UNQ PH4 67 273 265 35 71 15 4 2 39 0 7 0 .268 .289 .377 .667
Fred Carroll UNQ PT1 71 292 280 45 75 13 8 0 30 0 7 0 .268 .298 .371 .669
Doc Bushong UNQ SL4 85 313 300 42 80 13 5 0 21 0 11 0 .267 .297 .343 .640
Jack O'Brien UNQ PH4 62 250 225 35 60 9 1 2 30 0 20 0 .267 .340 .342 .682
Danny Richardson UNQ NY1 49 208 198 26 52 9 3 0 25 0 10 14 .263 .298 .338 .636
William Robinson UNQ SL4 78 323 287 63 75 8 8 0 35 0 29 0 .261 .344 .345 .689
Con Daily UNQ PRO 60 235 223 20 58 6 1 0 19 0 12 20 .260 .298 .296 .594
Pat Deasley UNQ NY1 54 216 207 22 53 5 1 0 24 0 9 20 .256 .287 .290 .577
Dave Foutz UNQ SL4 65 249 238 42 59 6 4 0 34 0 11 0 .248 .281 .307 .588
Charlie Reipschlager UNQ NY4 72 278 268 29 65 11 1 0 21 0 9 0 .243 .270 .291 .561
Charlie Buffinton UNQ BSN 82 341 338 26 81 12 3 1 33 0 3 26 .240 .246 .302 .548
Tom Poorman UNQ BSN 56 234 227 44 54 5 3 3 25 0 7 32 .238 .261 .326 .587
Jim Whitney UNQ BSN 72 307 290 35 68 8 4 0 36 0 17 24 .234 .277 .290 .567
Old Hoss Radbourn UNQ PRO 66 285 249 34 58 9 2 0 22 0 36 27 .233 .330 .285 .615
Jim Donnelly UNQ DTN 56 221 211 24 49 4 3 1 22 0 10 29 .232 .267 .294 .561
Thomas Burns UNQ BL2 78 343 321 47 74 11 6 5 37 0 16 0 .231 .280 .349 .629
Davy Force UNQ BFN 71 266 253 20 57 6 1 0 15 0 13 19 .225 .263 .257 .520
Bob Caruthers UNQ SL4 60 242 222 37 50 10 2 1 12 0 20 0 .225 .289 .302 .591
Jerry Denny UNQ PRO 83 330 318 40 71 14 4 3 24 0 12 53 .223 .252 .321 .572
Hardie Henderson UNQ BL2 61 242 229 23 51 5 2 1 21 0 12 0 .223 .264 .275 .540
Tom Forster UNQ NY4 57 231 213 28 47 7 2 0 18 0 17 0 .221 .281 .272 .554
John Clarkson UNQ CHN 72 286 283 34 61 11 5 4 32 0 3 44 .216 .224 .332 .556
Barney Gilligan UNQ PRO 71 275 252 23 54 7 3 0 12 0 23 33 .214 .280 .266 .546
John Cassidy UNQ BR3 54 232 221 36 47 6 2 1 28 0 8 0 .213 .250 .271 .521
Silver Flint UNQ CHN 68 251 249 27 52 8 2 1 17 0 2 52 .209 .215 .269 .484
Jack Farrell UNQ PRO 68 267 257 27 53 7 1 1 19 0 10 25 .206 .236 .253 .489
Mickey Welch UNQ NY1 56 213 199 28 41 8 0 2 19 0 14 39 .206 .258 .276 .535
Charlie Sweeney UNQ SL5 71 279 267 27 55 7 1 0 24 0 12 33 .206 .240 .240 .480
Henry Porter UNQ BR3 54 200 195 28 40 1 4 0 16 0 5 0 .205 .225 .251 .476
Henry Boyle UNQ SL5 72 271 258 24 52 9 1 1 21 0 13 38 .202 .240 .256 .496
Ed Greer UNQ BL2 56 221 211 32 42 7 0 0 21 0 8 0 .199 .235 .232 .468
Orator Shafer UNQ 2 teams 71 286 266 31 52 11 3 0 19 0 20 31 .195 .252 .259 .511
Fatty Briody UNQ SL5 62 227 215 14 42 9 0 1 17 0 12 23 .195 .238 .251 .489
Joe Quest UNQ DTN 55 214 200 24 39 8 2 0 21 0 14 25 .195 .248 .255 .503
Sam Crane UNQ DTN 68 258 245 23 47 4 6 1 20 0 13 45 .192 .233 .269 .502
Lon Knight UNQ 2 teams 54 221 200 25 38 2 1 0 22 0 20 17 .190 .267 .210 .477
Ed Morris UNQ PT1 64 242 237 19 44 3 3 0 14 0 5 0 .186 .202 .224 .426
Ed Caskin UNQ SL5 71 274 262 31 47 3 0 0 12 0 12 22 .179 .215 .191 .406
Arthur Irwin UNQ PRO 59 232 218 16 39 2 1 0 14 0 14 29 .179 .228 .197 .426
Tim Manning UNQ 2 teams 53 206 192 20 34 9 1 0 16 0 11 11 .177 .233 .234 .467
Bill Holbert UNQ NY4 56 210 202 13 35 3 0 0 13 0 8 0 .173 .205 .188 .393
Adonis Terry UNQ BR3 71 274 264 23 45 1 3 1 20 0 10 0 .170 .201 .208 .409
Emmett Seery UNQ SL5 59 232 216 20 35 7 0 1 14 0 16 37 .162 .220 .208 .428
Bill Traffley UNQ BL2 69 274 254 27 39 4 5 1 20 0 17 0 .154 .215 .220 .436
Charley Bassett UNQ PRO 82 304 285 21 41 8 2 0 16 0 19 60 .144 .197 .186 .383
Showing 1-50 of 146 batters listed (95 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 112 innings at 112 team games. 43 of the 61 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1885 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Tim Keefe NY1 32 13 46 46 45 7 0 400.0 300 70 102 227 1.57 1.00
Mickey Welch NY1 44 11 56 55 55 7 1 492.0 372 91 131 258 1.66 1.02
John Clarkson CHN 53 16 70 70 68 10 0 623.0 497 128 97 308 1.85 0.95
Lady Baldwin DTN 11 9 21 20 19 1 1 179.1 137 37 28 135 1.86 0.92
Bob Caruthers SL4 40 13 53 53 53 6 0 482.1 430 111 57 190 2.07 1.01
Guy Hecker LS2 30 23 53 53 51 2 0 480.0 454 116 54 209 2.17 1.06
Old Hoss Radbourn PRO 28 21 49 49 49 2 0 445.2 423 109 83 154 2.20 1.14
Ed Daily PHI 26 23 50 50 49 4 0 440.0 370 108 90 140 2.21 1.05
Charlie Ferguson PHI 26 20 48 45 45 5 0 405.0 345 100 81 197 2.22 1.05
Ed Morris PT1 39 24 63 63 63 7 0 581.0 459 152 101 298 2.35 0.96
Jim McCormick 2 teams 21 7 28 28 28 3 0 252.0 221 68 60 96 2.43 1.12
Bobby Mathews PH4 30 17 48 48 46 2 0 422.1 394 114 57 286 2.43 1.07
Dupee Shaw PRO 23 26 49 49 47 6 0 399.2 343 114 99 194 2.57 1.11
Dave Foutz SL4 33 14 47 46 46 2 0 407.2 351 119 92 147 2.63 1.09
Henry Boyle SL5 16 24 42 39 39 1 0 366.2 346 112 100 133 2.75 1.22
Al Mays LS2 6 11 17 17 17 0 0 150.0 129 46 43 61 2.76 1.15
Henry Porter BR3 33 21 54 54 53 2 0 481.2 427 149 107 197 2.78 1.11
Bill Vinton 2 teams 7 9 16 16 14 2 0 132.0 136 41 38 55 2.80 1.32
Larry McKeon CN2 20 13 33 33 32 2 0 290.0 273 92 50 117 2.86 1.11
Charlie Buffinton BSN 22 27 51 50 49 6 0 434.1 425 139 112 242 2.88 1.24
Jim Whitney BSN 18 32 51 50 50 2 0 441.1 503 146 37 200 2.98 1.22
Ed Cushman 2 teams 11 21 32 32 32 0 0 278.0 259 93 50 170 3.01 1.11
Pretzels Getzien DTN 12 25 37 37 37 1 0 330.0 360 111 92 110 3.03 1.37
George Weidman DTN 14 24 38 38 37 3 0 330.0 343 115 63 149 3.14 1.23
Hardie Henderson BL2 25 35 61 61 59 0 0 539.1 539 191 117 263 3.19 1.22
Jumbo McGinnis SL4 6 6 13 13 12 3 0 112.0 98 42 19 41 3.38 1.04
Pete Meegan PT1 7 8 18 16 14 1 0 146.0 146 55 38 58 3.39 1.26
Norm Baker LS2 13 12 25 24 24 1 0 217.0 210 82 69 79 3.40 1.29
Will White CN2 18 15 34 34 33 2 0 293.1 295 115 64 80 3.53 1.22
John Kirby SL5 5 8 14 14 14 0 0 129.1 118 51 44 46 3.55 1.25
Jack Lynch NY4 23 21 44 43 43 1 0 379.0 410 152 42 177 3.61 1.19
Tom Lovett PH4 7 8 16 16 15 1 0 138.2 130 57 38 56 3.70 1.21
Bill Mountjoy 2 teams 12 11 23 23 23 2 0 206.2 221 86 65 65 3.75 1.38
John Harkins BR3 14 20 34 34 33 1 0 293.0 303 122 56 141 3.75 1.23
Charlie Sweeney SL5 11 21 35 35 32 2 0 275.0 276 120 50 84 3.93 1.19
Pud Galvin 2 teams 16 26 44 43 40 3 1 372.1 453 165 44 120 3.99 1.33
Billy Serad BFN 7 21 30 29 27 0 0 241.1 299 110 80 90 4.10 1.57
Adonis Terry BR3 6 17 25 23 23 0 1 209.0 213 99 42 96 4.26 1.22
Pete Wood BFN 8 15 24 22 21 0 0 198.2 235 98 66 38 4.44 1.52
Pete Conway BFN 10 17 27 27 26 1 0 210.0 256 109 44 94 4.67 1.43
Bob Emslie 2 teams 3 14 17 17 14 0 0 135.2 168 71 36 36 4.71 1.50
Ed Bagley NY4 4 9 15 14 10 0 0 115.0 131 63 48 44 4.93 1.56
Doug Crothers NY4 7 11 18 18 18 1 0 154.0 192 87 49 40 5.08 1.56
Toad Ramsey UNQ LS2 3 6 9 9 9 0 0 79.0 44 17 28 83 1.94 0.91
George Pechiney UNQ CN2 7 4 11 11 11 1 0 98.0 95 22 30 49 2.02 1.28
Danny Richardson UNQ NY1 7 1 9 8 7 1 0 75.0 58 20 18 21 2.40 1.01
Egyptian Healy UNQ SL5 1 7 8 8 8 0 0 66.0 54 22 20 32 3.00 1.12
Gus Shallix UNQ CN2 6 4 13 12 7 0 0 91.1 95 33 33 15 3.25 1.40
Billy Taylor UNQ PH4 1 5 6 6 6 0 0 52.1 68 19 9 11 3.27 1.47
Dan Casey UNQ DTN 4 8 12 12 12 1 0 104.0 105 38 35 79 3.29 1.35
Larry Corcoran UNQ 2 teams 7 3 10 10 8 1 0 84.1 87 32 35 20 3.42 1.45
John Coleman UNQ PH4 2 2 8 3 3 0 0 60.1 82 23 5 12 3.43 1.44
Ted Kennedy UNQ CHN 7 2 9 9 8 0 0 78.2 91 30 28 36 3.43 1.51
Thomas Burns UNQ BL2 7 4 15 11 10 1 3 105.2 112 42 21 30 3.58 1.26
Ed Knouff UNQ PH4 7 6 14 13 12 0 0 106.0 103 43 44 43 3.65 1.39
Hank O'Day UNQ PT1 5 7 12 12 10 0 0 103.0 110 42 16 36 3.67 1.22
Hugh Daily UNQ SL5 3 8 11 11 10 1 0 91.1 92 40 44 31 3.94 1.49
The Only Nolan UNQ PHI 1 5 7 7 6 0 0 54.0 55 25 24 20 4.17 1.46
Daisy Davis UNQ BSN 5 6 11 11 10 1 0 94.1 110 45 28 30 4.29 1.46
John Henry UNQ BL2 2 7 9 9 9 0 0 71.0 71 34 13 31 4.31 1.18
Buck Becannon UNQ NY4 2 8 10 10 10 0 0 85.0 108 59 24 13 6.25 1.55
Showing 1-50 of 61 pitchers listed (43 qualified)

Reading the 1885 leader tables

95 of the 146 hitters in the 1885 table reach the qualification line. The first qualified row belongs to Roger Connor, a .371 hitter, ahead of Pete Browning (.362). Dan Brouthers has the highest qualified OPS, .951. The HR column peaks with Harry Stovey's 13, while Cap Anson leads the RBI column with 108. On the 1885 pitching side, 43 of 61 listed pitchers qualify. The qualified ERA race is led by Tim Keefe at 1.57, and Lady Baldwin has the best WHIP, 0.92. The counting columns are topped by John Clarkson in wins (53).

1885 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1885?
Harry Stovey led with 13 home runs in 1885.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1885?
Cap Anson led with 108 RBI in 1885.
Who led MLB in hits in 1885?
Pete Browning led with 174 hits in 1885.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1885?
Roger Connor led at .371 in 1885, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1885?
John Clarkson led with 53 wins in 1885.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1885?
John Clarkson led with 308 strikeouts in 1885.