1888 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1888 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1888 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Jimmy Ryan led with 16 home runs, John Reilly led with 103 RBI, and Jimmy Ryan led with 182 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 421 plate appearances at 136 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (136 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 — 421 plate appearances at 136 team games. 91 of the 154 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1888 OPS Distribution

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

Complete Statistics

1888 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Cap Anson CHN 134 563 515 101 177 20 12 12 84 28 47 24 .344 .400 .499 .899
Tip O'Neill SL4 130 577 529 96 177 24 10 5 98 26 44 28 .335 .390 .446 .836
Jimmy Ryan CHN 129 589 549 115 182 33 10 16 64 60 35 50 .332 .377 .515 .892
John Reilly CN2 127 562 527 112 169 28 14 13 103 82 17 56 .321 .363 .501 .864
King Kelly BSN 107 475 440 85 140 22 11 9 71 56 31 39 .318 .368 .480 .848
Pete Browning LS2 99 424 383 58 120 22 8 3 72 36 37 38 .313 .380 .436 .816
Hub Collins 2 teams 128 582 527 133 162 31 12 2 53 71 50 55 .307 .373 .423 .796
Dan Brouthers DTN 129 602 522 118 160 33 11 9 66 34 68 13 .307 .399 .464 .862
Buck Ewing NY1 103 442 415 83 127 18 15 6 58 53 24 28 .306 .348 .465 .813
Ed McKean CL3 131 582 548 94 164 21 15 6 68 52 28 30 .299 .340 .425 .765
Deacon White DTN 125 557 527 75 157 22 5 4 71 12 21 24 .298 .336 .381 .717
Denny Lyons PH4 111 504 456 93 135 22 5 6 83 39 41 43 .296 .363 .406 .769
Dick Johnston BSN 135 601 585 102 173 31 18 12 68 35 15 33 .296 .314 .472 .786
Mike Tiernan NY1 113 492 443 75 130 16 8 9 52 52 42 42 .293 .364 .427 .790
Thomas Burns 2 teams 131 571 529 94 155 27 15 6 67 44 38 20 .293 .345 .435 .780
Roger Connor NY1 134 558 481 98 140 15 17 14 71 27 73 44 .291 .389 .480 .869
Harry Stovey PH4 130 595 530 127 152 25 20 9 65 87 62 69 .287 .365 .460 .825
Tommy Tucker BL2 136 554 520 74 149 17 12 6 61 43 16 52 .287 .330 .400 .730
Chicken Wolf LS2 128 565 538 80 154 28 11 0 67 41 25 30 .286 .320 .379 .700
John Corkhill 2 teams 137 586 561 85 160 15 12 2 93 30 19 19 .285 .316 .365 .681
Billy Nash BSN 135 580 526 71 149 18 15 4 75 20 50 46 .283 .350 .397 .747
Curt Welch PH4 136 611 549 125 155 22 8 1 61 95 33 37 .282 .355 .357 .712
Paul Hines IN3 133 562 513 84 144 26 3 4 58 31 41 45 .281 .343 .366 .710
Darby O'Brien BR3 136 569 532 105 149 27 6 2 65 55 30 61 .280 .327 .365 .692
George Miller PIT 103 429 404 50 112 17 5 0 36 27 18 16 .277 .319 .344 .663
Jack Rowe DTN 105 473 451 62 125 19 8 2 74 10 19 28 .277 .311 .368 .679
Dave Foutz BR3 140 593 563 91 156 20 13 3 99 35 28 27 .277 .314 .375 .688
Billy Hoy WS8 136 583 503 77 138 10 8 2 29 82 69 48 .274 .374 .338 .712
Tommy McCarthy SL4 131 552 511 107 140 20 3 1 68 93 38 22 .274 .328 .331 .659
Jim O'Rourke NY1 107 436 409 50 112 16 6 4 50 25 24 30 .274 .319 .372 .690
Charlie Comiskey SL4 137 592 576 102 157 22 5 6 83 72 12 37 .273 .292 .359 .652
George Pinkney BR3 143 653 575 134 156 18 8 4 52 51 66 22 .271 .358 .351 .710
Jack Glasscock IN3 113 463 442 63 119 17 3 1 45 48 14 17 .269 .302 .328 .630
Henry Larkin PH4 135 592 546 92 147 28 12 7 101 20 33 28 .269 .326 .403 .729
Lou Bierbauer PH4 134 561 535 83 143 20 9 0 80 34 25 13 .267 .301 .338 .640
Jumbo Davis KC2 121 517 491 70 131 22 8 3 61 42 20 56 .267 .304 .363 .666
Hick Carpenter CN2 136 561 551 68 147 14 5 3 67 59 5 51 .267 .280 .327 .607
Ned Hanlon DTN 109 478 459 64 122 6 8 5 39 38 15 32 .266 .295 .346 .641
Arlie Latham SL4 133 621 570 119 151 19 5 2 31 109 43 35 .265 .325 .326 .652
Jay Faatz CL3 120 503 470 73 124 10 2 0 51 64 12 34 .264 .312 .294 .606
Jerry Denny IN3 126 535 524 92 137 27 7 12 63 32 9 79 .261 .277 .408 .685
Mike Griffin BL2 137 602 542 103 139 21 11 0 46 46 55 34 .256 .331 .336 .666
John Ward NY1 122 520 510 70 128 14 5 2 49 38 9 13 .251 .265 .310 .575
Pete Hotaling CL3 98 436 403 67 101 7 6 0 55 35 26 44 .251 .307 .298 .605
Ed Williamson CHN 132 523 452 75 113 9 14 8 73 25 65 71 .250 .352 .385 .737
Fred Pfeffer CHN 135 552 517 90 129 22 10 8 57 64 32 38 .250 .297 .377 .674
Tom Brown BSN 107 451 420 62 104 10 7 9 49 46 30 68 .248 .299 .369 .668
Jim McTamany KC2 130 594 516 94 127 12 10 4 41 55 67 72 .246 .345 .331 .677
Larry Twitchell DTN 131 555 524 71 128 19 4 5 67 14 28 45 .244 .286 .324 .611
Sid Farrar PHI 131 552 508 53 124 24 7 1 53 21 31 38 .244 .304 .325 .629
Charley Bassett IN3 128 519 481 58 116 20 3 2 60 24 32 41 .241 .297 .308 .604
Bid McPhee CN2 111 506 458 88 110 12 10 4 51 54 43 32 .240 .312 .336 .648
Sam Wise BSN 105 457 417 66 100 19 12 4 40 33 34 66 .240 .306 .372 .678
Hugh Nicol CN2 135 622 548 112 131 10 2 1 35 103 67 23 .239 .330 .270 .600
Joe Hornung BSN 107 449 431 61 103 11 7 3 53 29 16 39 .239 .269 .318 .587
Ed Andrews PHI 124 552 528 75 126 14 4 3 44 35 21 41 .239 .272 .297 .569
Tom Burns CHN 134 512 483 60 115 12 6 3 70 34 26 49 .238 .281 .306 .588
Bill Phillips KC2 129 543 509 57 120 20 10 1 56 10 27 50 .236 .284 .320 .604
Jim Fogarty PHI 121 514 454 72 107 14 6 1 35 58 53 66 .236 .325 .300 .624
Billy Sunday PIT 120 519 505 69 119 14 3 0 15 71 12 36 .236 .256 .275 .532
Bill Kuehne PIT 138 535 524 60 123 22 11 3 62 34 9 68 .235 .250 .336 .586
Cub Stricker CL3 127 549 493 80 115 13 6 1 33 60 50 31 .233 .311 .290 .602
William Robinson SL4 134 583 455 111 105 17 6 3 53 56 116 78 .231 .400 .314 .714
John Coleman PIT 116 471 438 49 101 11 4 0 26 15 29 52 .231 .285 .274 .558
Bob Gilks CL3 119 494 484 59 111 14 4 1 63 16 7 36 .229 .245 .281 .526
George Tebeau CN2 121 479 411 72 94 12 12 3 51 37 61 75 .229 .338 .338 .676
George Wood PHI 106 479 433 67 99 19 6 6 51 20 39 44 .229 .303 .342 .645
Blondie Purcell 2 teams 119 508 472 63 107 12 5 2 45 26 32 40 .227 .281 .286 .568
Danny Richardson NY1 135 577 561 82 127 16 7 8 61 35 15 35 .226 .248 .323 .570
Billy O'Brien WS8 133 537 528 42 119 15 2 9 66 10 9 70 .225 .238 .312 .551
Ed Daily WS8 110 461 453 56 102 8 4 7 39 44 7 42 .225 .239 .307 .545
Bill Gleason PH4 123 520 499 55 112 10 2 0 61 27 12 27 .224 .256 .253 .508
Walt Wilmot WS8 119 498 473 61 106 16 9 4 43 46 23 55 .224 .263 .321 .584
Emmett Seery IN3 133 570 500 87 110 20 10 5 50 80 64 73 .220 .316 .330 .646
Jack McGeachey IN3 118 459 452 45 99 15 2 0 30 49 5 21 .219 .231 .261 .492
Arthur Irwin PHI 125 484 448 51 98 12 4 0 28 19 33 56 .219 .277 .263 .540
Bill White 2 teams 125 506 473 66 103 8 8 3 60 21 28 61 .218 .269 .288 .556
Reddy Mack LS2 112 513 446 77 97 13 5 3 34 18 52 75 .217 .320 .289 .609
Sam Barkley KC2 116 512 482 67 104 21 6 4 51 15 26 51 .216 .262 .309 .571
Joe Werrick LS2 111 446 413 49 89 12 7 0 51 15 30 49 .215 .274 .278 .552
Germany Smith BR3 103 424 402 47 86 10 7 3 61 27 22 39 .214 .255 .296 .551
Billy Shindle BL2 135 542 514 61 107 14 8 1 53 52 20 47 .208 .249 .272 .521
Al Myers WS8 132 545 502 46 104 12 7 2 46 20 37 46 .207 .270 .271 .541
Pop Smith PIT 131 508 481 61 99 15 2 4 52 37 22 78 .206 .248 .270 .518
Jack Farrell BL2 103 426 398 72 81 19 5 4 36 29 26 49 .204 .256 .307 .562
Jim Donnelly WS8 122 451 428 43 86 9 4 0 23 44 20 16 .201 .242 .241 .482
Frank Fennelly 2 teams 135 568 495 77 99 10 9 3 68 48 72 83 .200 .303 .275 .578
John Morrill BSN 135 543 486 60 96 18 7 4 39 21 55 68 .198 .282 .288 .570
Harry Lyons SL4 123 522 499 66 97 10 5 4 63 36 20 47 .194 .230 .259 .488
Bill Greenwood BL2 115 445 409 69 78 13 1 0 29 46 30 51 .191 .256 .227 .484
Henry Easterday KC2 115 437 401 42 76 7 6 3 37 23 31 70 .190 .256 .259 .516
Jake Beckley UNQ PIT 71 292 283 35 97 15 3 0 27 20 7 22 .343 .363 .417 .780
Dave Orr UNQ BR3 99 409 394 57 120 20 5 1 59 11 7 15 .305 .330 .388 .718
Hardy Richardson UNQ DTN 58 284 266 60 77 18 2 6 32 13 17 23 .289 .335 .440 .774
George Van Haltren UNQ CHN 81 340 318 46 90 9 14 4 34 21 22 34 .283 .329 .437 .767
Hugh Duffy UNQ CHN 71 308 298 60 84 10 4 7 41 13 9 32 .282 .305 .413 .718
Sam Thompson UNQ DTN 56 264 238 51 67 10 8 6 40 5 23 10 .282 .352 .466 .819
Dick Buckley UNQ IN3 71 266 260 28 71 9 3 5 22 4 6 24 .273 .289 .388 .678
Charlie Bennett UNQ DTN 74 291 258 32 68 12 4 5 29 4 31 40 .264 .347 .399 .746
Fred Dunlap UNQ PIT 82 340 321 41 84 12 4 1 36 24 16 30 .262 .303 .333 .636
Scott Stratton UNQ LS2 67 268 249 35 64 8 1 1 29 10 12 49 .257 .310 .309 .619
Nat Hudson UNQ SL4 56 216 196 27 50 7 0 2 28 9 18 34 .255 .324 .321 .646
John Milligan UNQ SL4 63 238 219 19 55 6 2 5 37 3 17 26 .251 .311 .365 .676
Charlie Ganzel UNQ DTN 95 401 386 45 96 13 5 1 46 12 14 15 .249 .277 .316 .593
Fred Carroll UNQ PIT 97 408 366 62 91 14 5 2 48 18 32 31 .249 .326 .331 .657
Irv Ray UNQ BSN 50 213 206 26 51 2 3 2 26 7 6 11 .248 .272 .316 .588
Ben Sanders UNQ PHI 57 246 236 26 58 11 2 1 25 13 8 12 .246 .276 .322 .598
Mike Slattery UNQ NY1 103 405 391 50 96 12 6 1 35 26 13 28 .246 .272 .315 .586
Jack Clements UNQ PHI 86 340 326 26 80 8 4 1 32 3 10 36 .245 .276 .304 .580
Mike Goodfellow UNQ CL3 68 283 269 24 66 7 0 0 29 7 11 24 .245 .283 .271 .554
Wilbert Robinson UNQ PH4 66 263 254 32 62 7 2 1 31 11 9 26 .244 .270 .299 .569
Jack Boyle UNQ SL4 71 273 257 33 62 8 1 1 23 11 13 40 .241 .286 .292 .578
Charles Zimmer UNQ CL3 65 234 212 27 51 11 4 0 22 15 18 39 .241 .312 .330 .642
George Myers UNQ IN3 66 267 248 36 59 9 0 2 16 28 16 14 .238 .292 .298 .591
Skyrocket Smith UNQ LS2 58 241 206 27 49 9 4 1 31 5 24 32 .238 .349 .335 .683
Marty Sullivan UNQ CHN 75 330 314 40 74 12 6 7 39 9 15 32 .236 .273 .379 .652
Monk Cline UNQ KC2 73 315 293 45 69 13 2 0 19 29 20 27 .235 .289 .294 .582
John Kerins UNQ LS2 83 347 319 38 75 11 4 2 41 16 25 34 .235 .297 .313 .610
Jim Donahue UNQ KC2 88 359 337 29 79 11 3 1 28 12 21 26 .234 .281 .294 .575
Jim Keenan UNQ CN2 85 340 313 38 73 9 8 1 40 9 22 51 .233 .294 .323 .617
Duke Farrell UNQ CHN 64 245 241 34 56 6 3 3 19 8 4 41 .232 .245 .320 .564
Bob Caruthers UNQ BR3 94 384 335 58 77 10 5 5 53 23 45 40 .230 .328 .334 .662
Ed Delahanty UNQ PHI 74 303 290 40 66 12 2 1 31 38 12 26 .228 .261 .293 .554
Guy Hecker UNQ LS2 56 228 211 32 48 9 2 0 29 20 11 16 .227 .285 .289 .574
Tom Poorman UNQ PH4 97 419 383 76 87 16 6 2 44 46 31 46 .227 .294 .316 .609
Mortimer Hogan UNQ CL3 78 329 269 60 61 16 6 0 24 30 50 47 .227 .368 .331 .699
Jack O'Brien UNQ BL2 57 217 196 25 44 11 5 0 18 14 17 24 .224 .300 .332 .631
Dude Esterbrook UNQ 2 teams 87 348 339 30 75 14 0 0 24 16 5 30 .221 .241 .263 .504
George Gore UNQ NY1 64 286 254 37 56 4 4 2 17 11 30 31 .220 .308 .291 .599
Abner Dalrymple UNQ PIT 57 235 227 19 50 9 2 0 14 7 6 28 .220 .247 .278 .524
Art Whitney UNQ NY1 90 337 328 28 72 1 4 1 28 7 8 22 .220 .240 .256 .496
Joe Sommer UNQ BL2 79 316 297 31 65 10 0 0 35 13 18 29 .219 .266 .253 .518
Con Daily UNQ IN3 57 212 202 14 44 6 1 0 14 15 10 28 .218 .255 .257 .512
Kid Baldwin UNQ CN2 67 277 271 27 59 11 3 1 25 4 3 33 .218 .235 .292 .526
Paul Radford UNQ BR3 90 347 308 48 67 9 3 2 29 33 35 36 .218 .305 .286 .591
Joe Mulvey UNQ PHI 100 408 398 37 86 12 3 0 39 18 9 33 .216 .235 .261 .497
Pop Snyder UNQ CL3 64 244 237 22 51 7 3 0 14 9 6 37 .215 .238 .270 .508
Doc Bushong UNQ BR3 69 260 253 23 53 5 1 0 16 9 5 18 .209 .231 .237 .468
Bill McClellan UNQ 2 teams 96 397 350 39 73 7 3 0 26 19 46 45 .209 .302 .246 .548
Al Maul UNQ PIT 74 283 259 21 54 9 4 0 31 9 21 45 .208 .276 .274 .550
Silver King UNQ SL4 66 248 207 25 43 4 6 1 14 6 40 64 .208 .339 .300 .638
Law Daniels UNQ KC2 61 235 218 32 45 2 0 2 28 20 14 23 .206 .264 .243 .507
Gus Alberts UNQ CL3 102 412 364 51 75 10 6 1 48 26 41 56 .206 .299 .275 .573
Count Campau UNQ DTN 70 270 251 28 51 5 3 1 18 27 19 36 .203 .259 .259 .518
John Clarkson UNQ BSN 55 212 205 20 40 9 1 1 17 5 7 48 .195 .222 .263 .485
Charlie Bastian UNQ PHI 80 309 275 30 53 4 1 1 17 12 27 41 .193 .282 .225 .507
Tom Daly UNQ CHN 65 230 219 34 42 2 6 0 29 10 10 26 .192 .230 .256 .486
Connie Mack UNQ WS8 85 325 300 49 56 5 6 3 29 31 17 18 .187 .249 .273 .523
George Shoch UNQ WS8 90 351 317 46 58 6 3 2 24 23 25 22 .183 .262 .240 .502
John McGlone UNQ CL3 55 221 203 22 37 1 3 1 22 26 16 26 .182 .249 .232 .480
Henry Porter UNQ KC2 55 203 195 12 28 3 0 0 10 1 8 39 .144 .177 .159 .336
Ed Seward UNQ PH4 64 246 225 27 32 3 3 2 14 12 18 34 .142 .215 .209 .424
Jack Burdock UNQ 2 teams 92 341 325 20 46 1 2 1 12 10 10 44 .142 .182 .166 .348
Jersey Bakley UNQ CL3 61 221 194 19 26 0 1 1 9 1 26 68 .134 .240 .160 .400
Showing 1-50 of 154 batters listed (91 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 136 innings at 136 team games. 53 of the 74 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1888 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Silver King SL4 45 20 66 64 64 6 0 584.2 435 106 76 258 1.63 0.87
Tim Keefe NY1 35 12 51 51 48 8 0 434.1 317 84 90 335 1.74 0.94
Ben Sanders PHI 19 10 31 29 28 8 0 275.1 240 58 33 121 1.90 0.99
Charlie Buffinton PHI 28 17 46 46 43 6 0 400.1 324 85 59 199 1.91 0.96
Mickey Welch NY1 26 19 47 47 47 5 0 425.1 328 91 108 167 1.93 1.03
Ed Seward PH4 35 19 57 57 57 6 0 518.2 388 116 127 272 2.01 0.99
Adonis Terry BR3 13 8 23 23 20 2 0 195.0 145 44 67 138 2.03 1.09
Bill Sowders BSN 19 15 36 35 34 2 0 317.0 278 73 73 132 2.07 1.11
Mickey Hughes BR3 25 13 40 40 40 2 0 363.0 281 86 98 159 2.13 1.04
Ice Box Chamberlain 2 teams 25 11 38 38 34 2 0 308.0 239 75 86 176 2.19 1.06
Ledell Titcomb NY1 14 8 23 23 22 4 0 197.0 149 49 46 129 2.24 0.99
Gus Weyhing PH4 28 18 47 47 45 3 0 404.0 314 101 111 204 2.25 1.05
Pete Conway DTN 30 14 45 45 43 4 0 391.0 315 98 57 176 2.26 0.95
Henry Gruber DTN 11 14 27 25 25 3 0 240.0 196 61 41 71 2.29 0.99
Ed Morris PIT 29 23 55 55 54 5 0 480.0 470 123 74 135 2.31 1.13
Bob Caruthers BR3 29 15 44 43 42 4 0 391.2 337 104 53 140 2.39 1.00
Gus Krock CHN 25 14 39 39 39 4 0 339.2 295 92 45 161 2.44 1.00
Dave Foutz BR3 12 7 23 19 19 0 0 176.0 146 49 35 73 2.51 1.03
Nat Hudson SL4 25 10 39 37 36 5 0 333.0 283 94 59 130 2.54 1.03
Pud Galvin PIT 23 25 50 50 49 6 0 437.1 446 128 53 107 2.63 1.14
Lee Viau CN2 27 14 42 42 42 1 0 387.2 331 114 110 164 2.65 1.14
Harry Staley PIT 12 12 25 24 24 2 0 207.1 185 62 53 89 2.69 1.15
Elmer Smith CN2 22 17 40 40 37 5 0 348.1 309 106 89 154 2.74 1.14
John Clarkson BSN 33 20 54 54 53 3 0 483.1 448 148 119 223 2.76 1.17
Mark Baldwin CHN 13 15 30 30 27 2 0 251.0 241 77 99 157 2.76 1.35
Al Mays BR3 9 9 18 18 17 1 0 160.2 150 50 32 67 2.80 1.13
Bill Burdick IN3 10 10 20 20 20 0 0 176.0 168 55 43 55 2.81 1.20
John Ewing LS2 8 13 21 21 21 2 0 191.0 175 60 34 87 2.83 1.09
Tony Mullane CN2 26 16 44 42 41 4 1 380.1 341 120 75 186 2.84 1.09
Kid Gleason PHI 7 16 24 23 23 0 0 199.2 199 63 53 89 2.84 1.26
Old Hoss Radbourn BSN 7 16 24 24 24 1 0 207.0 187 66 45 64 2.87 1.12
Kid Madden BSN 7 11 20 18 17 1 0 165.0 142 54 24 53 2.95 1.01
Jersey Bakley CL3 25 33 61 61 60 4 0 532.2 518 176 128 212 2.97 1.21
Jim Whitney WS8 18 21 39 39 37 3 0 325.0 317 110 54 79 3.05 1.14
Pretzels Getzien DTN 19 25 46 46 45 2 0 404.0 411 137 54 202 3.05 1.15
Hank O'Day WS8 16 29 46 46 46 2 0 403.0 359 139 117 186 3.10 1.18
Dan Casey PHI 14 18 33 33 31 2 0 285.2 298 100 48 108 3.15 1.21
Henry Boyle IN3 15 22 37 37 36 3 0 323.0 315 117 58 98 3.26 1.15
Cinders O'Brien CL3 11 19 30 30 30 1 0 259.0 245 95 99 135 3.30 1.33
Mike Mattimore PH4 15 10 26 24 24 4 0 221.0 221 83 65 80 3.38 1.29
Guy Hecker LS2 8 17 26 25 25 0 0 223.1 251 84 43 63 3.39 1.32
Bert Cunningham BL2 22 29 51 51 50 0 0 453.1 412 171 157 186 3.39 1.26
Tom Sullivan KC2 8 16 24 24 24 0 0 214.2 227 81 68 84 3.40 1.37
Toad Ramsey LS2 8 30 40 40 37 1 0 342.1 362 130 86 228 3.42 1.31
George Van Haltren CHN 13 13 30 24 24 4 1 245.2 263 96 60 139 3.52 1.31
Phenomenal Smith 2 teams 16 20 38 35 34 0 0 314.0 270 124 147 171 3.55 1.33
Scott Stratton LS2 10 17 33 28 28 2 0 269.2 287 109 53 97 3.64 1.26
Egyptian Healy IN3 12 24 37 37 36 1 0 321.1 347 139 87 124 3.89 1.35
Matt Kilroy BL2 17 21 40 40 35 2 0 321.0 347 144 79 135 4.04 1.33
Henry Porter KC2 18 37 55 54 53 4 0 474.0 527 219 120 145 4.16 1.36
Lev Shreve IN3 11 24 35 35 34 1 0 297.2 352 153 93 101 4.63 1.49
Bill Fagan KC2 5 11 17 17 15 0 0 142.1 179 90 75 49 5.69 1.78
Billy Crowell 2 teams 5 14 19 19 17 0 0 159.2 224 103 67 66 5.81 1.82
John Weyhing UNQ CN2 3 4 8 8 7 0 0 65.2 52 9 17 30 1.23 1.05
Ed Keas UNQ CL3 3 3 6 6 6 0 0 51.0 53 13 12 18 2.29 1.27
Dick Conway UNQ BSN 4 2 6 6 6 0 0 53.0 49 14 8 12 2.38 1.08
Ed Crane UNQ NY1 5 6 12 11 11 2 1 92.2 70 25 40 58 2.43 1.19
Ed Knouff UNQ 2 teams 5 5 11 11 10 0 0 90.0 74 25 40 27 2.50 1.27
John Tener UNQ CHN 7 5 12 12 11 1 0 102.0 90 31 25 39 2.74 1.13
Frank Hoffman UNQ KC2 3 9 12 12 12 0 0 104.0 102 32 42 38 2.77 1.38
Wild Bill Widner UNQ WS8 5 7 13 13 13 0 0 115.0 111 36 22 33 2.82 1.16
George Keefe UNQ WS8 6 7 13 13 13 1 0 114.0 87 36 43 52 2.84 1.14
Ed Beatin UNQ DTN 5 7 12 12 12 1 0 107.0 111 34 16 44 2.86 1.19
Jim Devlin UNQ SL4 6 5 11 11 10 0 0 90.1 82 32 20 45 3.19 1.13
Sam Shaw UNQ BL2 2 4 6 6 6 0 0 53.0 65 20 15 22 3.40 1.51
George Borchers UNQ CHN 4 4 10 10 7 1 0 67.0 67 26 29 26 3.49 1.43
Billy Serad UNQ CN2 2 3 6 5 5 0 0 50.2 62 20 19 4 3.55 1.60
George Proeser UNQ CL3 3 4 7 7 7 1 0 59.0 53 25 30 20 3.81 1.41
Red Ehret UNQ KC2 3 2 7 6 5 0 0 52.0 58 23 22 12 3.98 1.54
Sam Moffet UNQ IN3 2 5 7 7 6 1 0 56.0 62 29 17 7 4.66 1.41
Ed Daily UNQ WS8 2 7 9 8 8 0 0 73.2 88 40 19 20 4.89 1.45
Lady Baldwin UNQ DTN 3 3 6 6 5 0 0 53.0 76 32 15 26 5.43 1.72
Frank Gilmore UNQ WS8 1 9 12 11 10 0 0 95.2 131 70 29 23 6.59 1.67
Steve Toole UNQ KC2 5 6 12 10 10 0 0 91.2 124 68 50 35 6.68 1.90
Showing 1-50 of 74 pitchers listed (53 qualified)

Reading the 1888 leader tables

91 of the 154 hitters in the 1888 table reach the qualification line. Cap Anson tops the qualified hitters in batting average (.344); Tip O'Neill is second at .335. The HR column peaks with Jimmy Ryan's 16; for runs batted in, John Reilly is first with 103. Arlie Latham's 109 steals are the most listed. The 1888 pitching table lists 74 pitchers, 53 of them qualified. Silver King has the lowest qualified ERA, 1.63. Sorted by the counting stats, the leaders are Silver King in wins (45) and Tim Keefe in strikeouts (335).

1888 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1888?
Jimmy Ryan led with 16 home runs in 1888.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1888?
John Reilly led with 103 RBI in 1888.
Who led MLB in hits in 1888?
Jimmy Ryan led with 182 hits in 1888.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1888?
Cap Anson led at .344 in 1888, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1888?
Silver King led with 45 wins in 1888.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1888?
Tim Keefe led with 335 strikeouts in 1888.