1886 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1886 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1886 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Dan Brouthers and Hardy Richardson tied for the lead with 11 home runs, Cap Anson led with 147 RBI, and Dave Orr led with 193 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 390 plate appearances at 126 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (126 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 — 390 plate appearances at 126 team games. 96 of the 159 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1886 OPS Distribution

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

Complete Statistics

1886 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
King Kelly CHN 118 534 451 155 175 32 11 4 79 53 83 33 .388 .483 .534 1.018
Cap Anson CHN 125 559 504 117 187 35 11 10 147 29 55 19 .371 .433 .544 .977
Dan Brouthers DTN 121 555 489 139 181 40 15 11 72 21 66 16 .370 .445 .581 1.026
Roger Connor NY1 118 526 485 105 172 29 20 7 71 17 41 15 .355 .405 .540 .945
Hardy Richardson DTN 125 584 538 125 189 27 11 11 61 42 46 27 .351 .402 .504 .906
Pete Browning LS2 112 504 467 86 159 29 6 2 68 26 30 0 .340 .389 .441 .830
Dave Orr NY4 136 593 571 93 193 25 31 7 91 16 17 0 .338 .363 .527 .890
Tip O'Neill SL4 138 633 579 106 190 28 14 3 107 9 47 0 .328 .385 .440 .826
Jack Glasscock SL5 121 524 486 96 158 29 7 3 40 38 38 13 .325 .374 .432 .806
Henry Larkin PH4 139 631 565 133 180 36 16 2 74 32 59 0 .319 .390 .450 .839
Paul Hines WS8 121 522 487 80 152 30 8 9 56 21 35 21 .312 .358 .462 .820
Sam Thompson DTN 122 538 503 101 156 18 13 8 89 13 35 31 .310 .355 .445 .800
Jim O'Rourke NY1 105 479 440 106 136 26 6 1 34 14 39 21 .309 .365 .402 .768
George Gore CHN 118 546 444 150 135 20 12 6 63 23 102 30 .304 .434 .444 .878
Jack Rowe DTN 111 494 468 97 142 21 9 6 87 12 26 27 .303 .340 .425 .765
Alex McKinnon SL5 122 512 491 75 148 24 7 8 72 10 21 23 .301 .330 .428 .758
Arlie Latham SL4 134 639 578 152 174 23 8 1 47 60 55 0 .301 .368 .374 .741
Harry Stovey PH4 123 554 489 115 144 28 11 7 59 68 64 0 .294 .377 .440 .817
Mike Dorgan NY1 118 471 442 61 129 19 4 2 79 9 29 37 .292 .335 .367 .702
Sam Wise BSN 96 420 387 71 112 19 12 4 72 31 33 61 .289 .345 .432 .777
Deacon White DTN 124 522 491 65 142 19 5 1 76 9 31 35 .289 .331 .354 .686
Fred Carroll PT1 122 542 486 92 140 28 11 5 64 20 52 0 .288 .362 .422 .783
Tom Brown PT1 115 518 460 106 131 11 11 1 51 30 56 0 .285 .365 .363 .728
Curt Welch SL4 138 606 563 114 158 31 13 2 95 59 29 0 .281 .332 .393 .724
Billy Nash BSN 109 441 417 61 117 11 8 1 45 16 24 28 .281 .320 .353 .672
Ed Swartwood BR3 122 544 471 95 132 13 10 3 58 37 70 0 .280 .377 .369 .746
Dave Foutz SL4 102 424 414 66 116 18 9 3 59 17 9 0 .280 .297 .389 .686
Al Myers KCN 118 495 473 69 131 22 9 4 51 3 22 42 .277 .309 .387 .696
Ezra Sutton BSN 116 525 499 83 138 21 6 3 48 18 26 21 .277 .312 .361 .673
Tom Burns CHN 112 459 445 64 123 18 10 3 65 15 14 40 .276 .298 .382 .680
Fred Dunlap 2 teams 122 525 481 85 132 23 5 7 69 20 44 51 .274 .335 .387 .722
William Robinson SL4 133 560 481 89 132 26 9 3 71 51 64 0 .274 .377 .385 .761
Bill Phillips BR3 141 619 585 68 160 26 15 0 72 13 33 0 .274 .313 .369 .683
George Wood PHI 106 473 450 81 123 18 15 4 50 9 23 75 .273 .309 .407 .715
John Ward NY1 122 510 491 82 134 17 5 2 81 36 19 46 .273 .300 .340 .640
Patrick Gillespie NY1 97 412 396 65 108 13 8 0 58 17 16 30 .273 .301 .346 .647
Chicken Wolf LS2 130 575 545 93 148 17 12 3 61 23 27 0 .272 .310 .363 .673
Charley Jones CN2 127 567 500 87 135 22 10 6 68 3 61 0 .270 .356 .390 .746
Bill Gleason SL4 125 574 524 97 141 18 5 0 61 19 43 0 .269 .333 .323 .655
John Kerins LS2 120 556 487 113 131 19 9 4 50 26 66 0 .269 .360 .370 .729
Bid McPhee CN2 140 624 560 139 150 23 12 8 70 40 59 0 .268 .343 .395 .738
Joe Mulvey PHI 107 445 430 71 115 16 10 2 53 27 15 31 .267 .292 .365 .657
Sam Barkley PT1 122 536 478 77 127 31 8 1 69 22 58 0 .266 .345 .370 .715
John Reilly CN2 115 477 441 92 117 12 11 6 79 19 31 0 .265 .321 .383 .704
John Corkhill CN2 129 569 540 81 143 9 7 5 97 24 23 0 .265 .302 .335 .637
Dude Esterbrook NY1 123 481 473 62 125 20 6 3 43 13 8 43 .264 .277 .351 .627
Fred Pfeffer CHN 118 510 474 88 125 17 8 7 95 30 36 46 .264 .316 .378 .693
Tom Poorman BSN 88 390 371 72 97 16 6 3 41 31 19 52 .261 .297 .361 .659
George Pinkney BR3 141 667 597 119 156 22 7 0 37 32 70 0 .261 .339 .322 .660
Ernie Burch BR3 113 496 456 78 119 22 6 2 72 16 39 0 .261 .321 .349 .669
Joe Hornung BSN 94 434 424 67 109 12 2 2 40 16 10 62 .257 .274 .309 .583
Jerry Denny SL5 119 489 475 58 122 24 6 9 62 16 14 68 .257 .278 .389 .668
Bill White LS2 135 595 557 96 143 17 10 1 66 14 37 0 .257 .304 .329 .633
Bill McClellan BR3 141 653 595 131 152 33 9 1 68 43 56 0 .255 .322 .346 .668
Charlie Comiskey SL4 131 588 578 95 147 15 9 3 76 41 10 0 .254 .267 .327 .594
John Coleman 2 teams 132 572 535 70 136 20 17 0 74 29 35 0 .254 .302 .355 .658
Jim McTamany BR3 111 482 418 86 106 23 10 2 56 18 54 0 .254 .353 .371 .724
Jack O'Brien PH4 105 468 423 65 107 25 7 0 56 23 38 0 .253 .325 .345 .670
Fred Mann PT1 116 496 440 85 110 16 14 2 60 26 45 0 .250 .335 .364 .698
Joe Werrick LS2 136 596 561 75 140 20 14 3 62 19 33 0 .250 .294 .351 .645
Frank Fennelly CN2 132 575 497 113 124 13 17 6 72 32 60 0 .249 .351 .380 .732
Ed Andrews PHI 107 468 437 93 109 15 4 2 28 56 31 35 .249 .299 .316 .615
Sid Farrar PHI 118 455 439 55 109 19 7 5 50 10 16 47 .248 .275 .358 .632
Mox McQuery KCN 122 485 449 62 111 27 4 4 38 4 36 44 .247 .303 .352 .655
John Morrill BSN 117 486 430 86 106 25 6 7 69 9 56 81 .247 .333 .381 .715
Germany Smith BR3 105 445 426 66 105 17 6 2 45 22 19 0 .246 .279 .329 .607
Reddy Mack LS2 137 555 483 82 118 23 11 1 56 13 68 0 .244 .342 .344 .686
Frank Hankinson NY4 136 571 522 66 126 14 5 2 63 10 49 0 .241 .306 .299 .605
Steve Brady NY4 124 504 466 56 112 8 5 0 39 16 35 0 .240 .298 .279 .577
Dave Rowe KCN 105 444 429 53 103 24 8 3 57 2 15 43 .240 .266 .354 .620
Dick Johnston BSN 109 416 413 48 99 18 9 1 57 11 3 70 .240 .245 .334 .579
Art Whitney PT1 136 568 511 70 122 13 4 0 55 15 51 0 .239 .315 .280 .595
Emmett Seery SL5 126 510 453 73 108 22 6 2 48 24 57 82 .238 .324 .327 .650
Ned Hanlon DTN 126 551 494 105 116 6 6 4 60 50 57 39 .235 .314 .296 .610
Arthur Irwin PHI 101 408 373 51 87 6 6 0 34 24 35 39 .233 .299 .282 .581
Paul Radford KCN 122 551 493 78 113 17 5 0 20 39 58 48 .229 .310 .284 .594
Cliff Carroll WS8 111 477 433 73 99 11 6 2 22 31 44 26 .229 .300 .296 .595
James Roseman NY4 134 591 559 90 127 19 10 5 53 6 24 0 .227 .269 .324 .593
Lou Bierbauer PH4 137 543 522 56 118 17 5 2 47 19 21 0 .226 .256 .289 .545
Candy Nelson NY4 109 479 413 89 93 7 2 0 23 14 64 0 .225 .332 .252 .584
Jack Manning BL2 137 609 556 78 124 18 7 1 45 24 50 0 .223 .291 .286 .577
Doc Bushong SL4 107 417 386 56 86 8 0 1 31 12 31 0 .223 .281 .251 .532
Hick Carpenter CN2 111 484 458 67 101 8 5 2 61 8 18 0 .221 .262 .273 .535
Pop Smith PT1 126 531 483 75 105 20 9 2 57 38 42 0 .217 .288 .308 .597
Charlie Bastian PHI 105 406 373 46 81 9 11 2 38 29 33 73 .217 .281 .316 .597
Ed Williamson CHN 121 510 430 69 93 17 8 6 58 13 80 71 .216 .339 .335 .674
Jimmy Knowles WS8 115 458 443 43 94 16 11 3 35 20 15 73 .212 .238 .318 .556
Joe Sommer BL2 139 587 560 79 117 18 4 1 52 31 24 0 .209 .245 .261 .506
Bill Kuehne PT1 117 502 481 73 98 16 17 1 48 26 19 0 .204 .237 .314 .551
Sadie Houck 2 teams 113 465 455 43 92 11 1 0 31 29 6 28 .202 .219 .231 .450
Jim Donnelly KCN 113 474 438 51 88 11 3 0 38 16 36 57 .201 .262 .240 .501
Mike Muldoon BL2 101 417 381 57 76 13 8 0 23 12 34 0 .199 .269 .276 .544
John Cahill SL5 125 472 463 43 92 17 6 1 32 16 9 79 .199 .214 .268 .482
Joe Gerhardt NY1 123 448 426 44 81 11 7 0 40 8 22 63 .190 .230 .249 .479
Milt Scott BL2 137 515 484 48 92 11 4 2 52 11 22 0 .190 .239 .242 .481
Jim Lillie KCN 114 427 416 37 73 9 0 0 22 13 11 80 .175 .197 .197 .394
Guy Hecker UNQ LS2 84 378 343 76 117 14 5 4 48 25 32 0 .341 .402 .446 .848
Bob Caruthers UNQ SL4 87 382 317 91 106 21 14 4 61 26 64 0 .334 .448 .527 .974
Fred Lewis UNQ CN2 77 348 324 72 103 14 6 2 32 8 20 0 .318 .365 .417 .782
Buck Ewing UNQ NY1 73 291 275 59 85 11 7 4 31 18 16 17 .309 .347 .444 .791
Jimmy Ryan UNQ CHN 84 339 327 58 100 17 6 4 53 10 12 28 .306 .330 .431 .762
Jim Fogarty UNQ PHI 77 322 280 54 82 13 5 3 47 30 42 16 .293 .385 .407 .792
Amos Cross UNQ LS2 74 328 283 51 78 14 6 1 42 13 44 0 .276 .375 .378 .753
Otto Schomberg UNQ PT1 72 307 246 53 67 6 6 1 29 7 57 0 .272 .417 .358 .775
Charlie Ganzel UNQ 2 teams 58 223 216 28 58 7 2 1 31 5 7 23 .269 .291 .333 .625
Chippy McGarr UNQ PH4 71 278 267 41 71 9 3 2 31 17 9 0 .266 .295 .345 .640
Charley Bassett UNQ KCN 90 378 342 41 89 19 8 2 32 6 36 43 .260 .331 .380 .711
Charlie Ferguson UNQ PHI 72 298 261 56 66 9 1 2 25 9 37 28 .253 .346 .318 .664
John Milligan UNQ PH4 75 322 301 52 76 17 3 5 45 18 21 0 .252 .301 .379 .680
George Miller UNQ PT1 83 361 317 70 80 15 1 2 36 35 43 0 .252 .343 .325 .668
Chris Fulmer UNQ BL2 80 320 270 54 66 9 3 1 30 29 48 0 .244 .362 .311 .674
Charlie Bennett UNQ DTN 72 283 235 37 57 13 5 4 34 4 48 29 .243 .371 .391 .763
Toad Ramsey UNQ LS2 67 247 241 29 58 8 1 0 28 1 6 0 .241 .259 .282 .541
Jim Whitney UNQ KCN 67 276 247 25 59 13 3 2 23 5 29 39 .239 .319 .340 .659
Adonis Terry UNQ BR3 75 310 299 34 71 8 9 2 39 17 10 0 .237 .265 .344 .609
Fatty Briody UNQ KCN 56 218 215 14 51 10 3 0 29 0 3 35 .237 .248 .312 .559
Old Hoss Radbourn UNQ BSN 66 270 253 30 60 5 1 2 22 5 17 36 .237 .285 .289 .574
John Clarkson UNQ CHN 55 210 210 21 49 9 1 3 23 2 0 38 .233 .233 .329 .562
Abner Dalrymple UNQ CHN 82 364 331 62 77 7 12 3 26 16 33 44 .233 .302 .353 .656
Joe Quinn UNQ SL5 75 279 271 33 63 11 3 1 21 12 8 31 .232 .254 .306 .561
Pete Conway UNQ 2 teams 63 243 237 32 55 9 2 3 21 3 6 42 .232 .251 .325 .576
Danny Richardson UNQ NY1 68 254 237 43 55 9 1 1 27 12 17 21 .232 .283 .291 .575
Kid Baldwin UNQ CN2 87 325 315 41 72 8 7 3 32 12 8 0 .229 .252 .327 .579
Ed Daily UNQ PHI 79 316 309 40 70 17 1 4 50 23 7 34 .227 .244 .327 .571
Tony Mullane UNQ CN2 91 350 324 59 73 12 5 0 39 20 25 0 .225 .283 .293 .576
Jack Farrell UNQ 2 teams 64 249 231 31 52 11 5 2 21 13 18 23 .225 .281 .342 .623
Phil Baker UNQ WS8 81 345 325 37 72 6 5 1 34 16 20 32 .222 .267 .280 .547
Joe Strauss UNQ 2 teams 83 343 333 42 73 6 7 1 36 29 9 0 .219 .242 .288 .530
Jimmy Peoples UNQ BR3 93 360 340 43 74 7 3 3 38 20 20 0 .218 .261 .282 .543
Mert Hackett UNQ KCN 62 234 230 18 50 8 3 3 25 1 4 59 .217 .231 .317 .548
Jack McGeachey UNQ 2 teams 65 254 253 34 55 12 4 2 28 10 1 40 .217 .220 .320 .541
Jack Burdock UNQ BSN 59 232 221 26 48 6 1 0 25 3 11 27 .217 .254 .253 .508
Mickey Welch UNQ NY1 59 220 213 17 46 4 2 0 18 3 7 47 .216 .241 .254 .494
Bob Clark UNQ BR3 71 286 269 37 58 8 2 0 26 14 17 0 .216 .262 .260 .522
Lou Sylvester UNQ 2 teams 62 246 209 51 45 5 3 3 25 5 36 0 .215 .333 .311 .644
Charlie Reipschlager UNQ NY4 65 242 232 21 49 4 6 0 25 2 9 0 .211 .244 .280 .524
Joe Farrell UNQ BL2 73 313 301 36 63 8 3 1 31 5 12 0 .209 .240 .266 .505
Paul Cook UNQ LS2 66 272 262 28 54 5 2 0 14 6 10 0 .206 .235 .240 .476
Hugh Nicol UNQ SL4 67 279 253 44 52 6 3 0 19 38 26 0 .206 .280 .253 .533
Steve Behel UNQ NY4 59 247 224 32 46 5 2 0 17 16 22 0 .205 .279 .246 .525
Jimmy Macullar UNQ BL2 85 319 268 49 55 7 1 0 26 23 49 0 .205 .332 .239 .571
Wilbert Robinson UNQ PH4 87 366 342 57 69 11 3 1 30 33 21 0 .202 .254 .260 .514
Lady Baldwin UNQ DTN 57 222 204 25 41 6 3 0 25 3 18 44 .201 .266 .260 .526
Jocko Flynn UNQ CHN 57 223 205 40 41 6 2 4 19 9 18 45 .200 .265 .307 .572
Tom Forster UNQ NY4 67 274 251 33 49 3 2 1 20 9 20 0 .195 .263 .235 .498
Jumbo Davis UNQ BL2 60 229 216 23 42 5 2 1 20 12 11 0 .194 .240 .250 .490
Ed Glenn UNQ PT1 71 295 277 32 53 6 5 0 26 19 17 0 .191 .241 .249 .490
Barney Gilligan UNQ WS8 81 312 273 23 52 9 2 0 17 6 39 35 .190 .292 .238 .530
George Myers UNQ SL5 79 313 295 26 56 7 3 0 27 6 18 42 .190 .236 .234 .470
Jack Gleason UNQ PH4 77 326 299 39 56 8 7 1 31 8 16 0 .187 .255 .271 .526
Pop Snyder UNQ CN2 60 236 220 33 41 8 3 0 28 11 13 0 .186 .242 .250 .492
Ed Greer UNQ 2 teams 82 314 302 35 56 6 3 1 24 16 10 0 .185 .217 .235 .452
Davy Force UNQ WS8 68 259 242 26 44 5 1 0 16 9 17 26 .182 .236 .211 .446
Matt Kilroy UNQ BL2 68 241 218 33 38 3 1 0 11 20 21 0 .174 .253 .197 .450
Ed Crane UNQ WS8 80 305 292 20 50 11 3 0 20 8 13 54 .171 .207 .229 .436
Tim Keefe UNQ NY1 64 222 205 26 35 10 1 1 20 3 17 42 .171 .234 .244 .478
Ed Morris UNQ PT1 64 237 227 26 38 8 3 1 24 6 10 0 .167 .203 .242 .445
Sam Crane UNQ 2 teams 86 322 301 34 46 5 3 1 19 14 21 61 .153 .208 .199 .407
Tom McLaughlin UNQ NY4 74 277 250 27 34 3 1 0 16 13 26 0 .136 .220 .156 .376
Showing 1-50 of 159 batters listed (96 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 126 innings at 126 team games. 45 of the 60 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1886 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Henry Boyle SL5 9 15 25 24 23 2 0 210.0 183 41 46 101 1.76 1.09
Charlie Ferguson PHI 30 9 48 45 43 4 2 395.2 317 87 69 212 1.98 0.98
Dave Foutz SL4 41 16 59 57 55 11 1 504.0 418 118 144 283 2.11 1.12
Lady Baldwin DTN 42 13 56 56 55 7 0 487.0 371 121 100 323 2.24 0.97
Jocko Flynn CHN 23 6 32 29 28 2 1 257.0 207 64 63 146 2.24 1.05
Bob Caruthers SL4 30 14 44 43 42 2 0 387.1 323 100 86 166 2.32 1.06
John Clarkson CHN 36 17 55 55 50 3 0 466.2 419 125 86 313 2.41 1.08
Dan Casey PHI 24 18 44 44 39 4 0 369.0 326 99 104 193 2.41 1.17
Toad Ramsey LS2 38 27 67 67 66 3 0 588.2 447 160 207 499 2.45 1.11
Ed Morris PT1 41 20 64 63 63 12 1 555.1 455 151 118 326 2.45 1.03
Tim Keefe NY1 42 20 64 64 62 2 0 535.0 479 152 102 297 2.56 1.09
Pud Galvin PT1 29 21 50 50 49 2 0 434.2 457 129 75 72 2.67 1.22
Jim McCormick CHN 31 11 42 42 38 2 0 347.2 341 109 100 172 2.82 1.27
Guy Hecker LS2 26 23 49 48 45 2 0 420.2 390 134 118 133 2.87 1.21
Egyptian Healy SL5 17 23 43 41 39 3 0 353.2 315 113 118 213 2.88 1.22
Cyclone Miller PH4 10 8 19 19 19 1 0 169.2 158 56 59 99 2.97 1.28
Mickey Welch NY1 33 22 59 59 56 1 0 500.0 514 166 163 272 2.99 1.35
Old Hoss Radbourn BSN 27 31 58 58 57 3 0 509.1 521 170 111 218 3.00 1.24
Bill Stemmyer BSN 22 18 41 41 41 0 0 348.2 300 117 144 239 3.02 1.27
Pretzels Getzien DTN 30 11 43 43 42 1 0 386.2 388 130 85 172 3.03 1.22
Nat Hudson SL4 16 10 29 27 25 0 1 234.1 224 79 62 100 3.03 1.22
Ed Daily PHI 16 9 27 23 22 1 0 218.0 211 74 59 95 3.06 1.24
Adonis Terry BR3 18 16 34 34 32 5 0 288.1 263 99 115 162 3.09 1.31
Ed Cushman NY4 17 21 38 38 37 2 0 325.2 278 113 99 167 3.12 1.16
Bill Hart PH4 9 13 22 22 22 2 0 186.0 183 66 66 78 3.19 1.34
John Kirby SL5 11 26 41 41 38 1 0 325.0 329 119 134 129 3.30 1.42
Dupee Shaw WS8 13 31 45 44 43 1 0 385.2 384 143 91 177 3.34 1.23
Matt Kilroy BL2 29 34 68 68 66 5 0 583.0 476 218 182 513 3.37 1.13
Al Mays NY4 11 27 41 40 39 1 0 350.0 330 132 140 163 3.39 1.34
Henry Porter BR3 27 19 48 48 48 1 0 424.0 439 161 120 163 3.42 1.32
Jumbo McGinnis 2 teams 16 18 36 35 34 1 0 297.0 342 118 75 100 3.58 1.40
John Harkins BR3 15 16 34 33 33 0 0 292.1 286 117 114 118 3.60 1.37
Tony Mullane CN2 33 27 63 56 55 1 0 529.2 501 218 166 250 3.70 1.26
Hardie Henderson 2 teams 13 19 33 33 33 0 0 295.1 300 128 117 137 3.90 1.41
Al Atkinson PH4 25 17 45 45 44 1 0 396.2 414 174 101 154 3.95 1.30
Jack Lynch NY4 20 30 51 50 50 1 0 432.2 485 190 116 193 3.95 1.39
Bobby Mathews PH4 13 9 24 24 22 0 0 197.2 226 87 53 93 3.96 1.41
George Pechiney CN2 15 21 40 40 35 2 0 330.1 355 152 133 110 4.14 1.48
Bob Barr WS8 3 18 23 23 21 1 0 191.2 221 94 54 80 4.41 1.43
Jim Whitney KCN 12 32 46 44 42 3 0 393.0 465 196 55 167 4.49 1.32
George Weidman KCN 12 36 51 51 48 1 0 427.2 549 215 112 168 4.52 1.55
Charlie Buffinton BSN 7 10 18 17 16 0 0 151.0 203 77 39 47 4.59 1.60
Ted Kennedy 2 teams 5 19 24 23 23 0 0 204.2 250 106 81 82 4.66 1.62
Pete Conway 2 teams 11 20 34 31 30 0 0 271.0 329 149 86 116 4.95 1.53
Larry McKeon 2 teams 8 10 22 22 19 0 0 177.0 218 113 62 49 5.75 1.58
John Shaffer UNQ NY4 5 3 8 8 8 1 0 69.0 40 15 29 36 1.96 1.00
Frank Gilmore UNQ WS8 4 4 9 9 9 1 0 75.0 57 21 22 75 2.52 1.05
Jim Handiboe UNQ PT1 7 7 14 14 12 1 0 114.0 82 42 33 83 3.32 1.01
Elmer Smith UNQ CN2 4 4 9 9 8 0 0 72.2 57 30 44 40 3.72 1.39
Tom Sullivan UNQ LS2 2 7 9 9 8 0 0 75.0 94 33 33 27 3.96 1.69
Billy Smith UNQ DTN 5 4 9 9 9 0 0 77.0 81 35 30 36 4.09 1.44
Charlie Sweeney UNQ SL5 5 6 11 11 11 0 0 93.0 108 43 39 28 4.16 1.58
John Hofford UNQ PT1 3 6 9 9 9 0 0 81.0 88 39 40 25 4.33 1.58
Steve Toole UNQ BR3 6 6 13 12 11 0 0 104.0 100 51 64 48 4.41 1.58
William Madigan UNQ WS8 1 13 14 13 12 0 0 114.2 154 62 44 29 4.87 1.73
Abner Powell UNQ 2 teams 2 6 11 8 8 0 0 75.1 82 42 35 19 5.02 1.55
Billy Taylor UNQ BL2 1 6 8 8 8 0 0 72.1 87 46 20 37 5.72 1.48
Joe Murphy UNQ 2 teams 3 7 10 10 9 0 0 86.0 100 58 40 25 6.07 1.63
Dick Conway UNQ BL2 2 7 9 9 8 0 0 76.2 106 58 43 64 6.81 1.94
Ed Crane UNQ WS8 1 7 10 8 7 1 0 70.0 91 56 53 39 7.20 2.06
Showing 1-50 of 60 pitchers listed (45 qualified)

Reading the 1886 leader tables

Of the 159 batting lines shown for 1886, 96 are qualified. Sorted by average, the qualified race is headed by King Kelly at .388, with Cap Anson next at .371. By OPS the best qualified line is Dan Brouthers's 1.026. Sorting by home runs brings Dan Brouthers (11) to the top; the RBI high belongs to Cap Anson, 147. The 1886 pitching table lists 60 pitchers, 45 of them qualified. Henry Boyle has the lowest qualified ERA, 1.76, and Lady Baldwin has the best WHIP, 0.97. The counting columns are topped by Lady Baldwin in wins (42) and Matt Kilroy in strikeouts (513).

1886 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1886?
Dan Brouthers and Hardy Richardson tied for the lead with 11 home runs in 1886.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1886?
Cap Anson led with 147 RBI in 1886.
Who led MLB in hits in 1886?
Dave Orr led with 193 hits in 1886.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1886?
King Kelly led at .388 in 1886, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1886?
Lady Baldwin and Tim Keefe tied for the lead with 42 wins in 1886.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1886?
Matt Kilroy led with 513 strikeouts in 1886.