1889 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1889 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1889 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Sam Thompson led with 20 home runs, Roger Connor led with 130 RBI, and Jack Glasscock led with 205 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. 102 of the 155 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1889 OPS Distribution

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

Complete Statistics

1889 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Dan Brouthers BSN 126 565 485 105 181 26 9 7 118 22 66 6 .373 .462 .507 .969
Tommy Tucker BL2 134 602 527 103 196 22 11 5 99 63 42 26 .372 .450 .484 .934
Jack Glasscock IN3 134 618 582 128 205 40 3 7 85 57 31 10 .352 .390 .467 .857
Cap Anson CHN 134 609 518 100 177 32 7 7 117 27 86 19 .342 .440 .471 .911
Tip O'Neill SL4 134 611 534 123 179 33 8 9 110 28 72 37 .335 .419 .478 .897
Mike Tiernan NY1 122 600 499 147 167 23 14 10 73 33 96 32 .335 .447 .497 .944
Denny Lyons PH4 131 596 510 135 168 36 4 9 82 10 79 44 .329 .426 .469 .895
Dave Orr CL6 134 571 560 70 183 31 12 4 87 12 9 38 .327 .340 .446 .786
Buck Ewing NY1 99 444 407 91 133 23 13 4 87 34 37 32 .327 .383 .477 .860
Jimmy Ryan CHN 135 652 576 140 187 31 14 17 72 45 70 62 .325 .403 .516 .919
George Van Haltren CHN 134 630 543 126 175 20 10 9 81 28 82 41 .322 .416 .446 .862
Bug Holliday CN2 135 608 563 107 181 28 7 19 104 46 43 59 .321 .372 .497 .869
Jim O'Rourke NY1 128 543 502 89 161 36 7 3 81 33 40 34 .321 .372 .438 .810
Ed McKean CL4 123 546 500 88 159 22 8 5 75 35 42 25 .318 .375 .424 .799
Henry Larkin PH4 133 615 516 105 164 23 12 3 74 11 83 41 .318 .428 .426 .854
Roger Connor NY1 131 591 496 117 157 32 17 13 130 21 93 46 .317 .426 .528 .955
Blondie Purcell PH4 129 562 507 72 160 19 7 0 85 22 50 27 .316 .383 .381 .763
Billy Shindle BL2 138 616 567 122 178 24 7 3 64 56 42 37 .314 .369 .397 .765
Emmett Seery IN3 127 603 526 123 165 26 12 8 59 19 67 59 .314 .401 .454 .856
Hugh Duffy CHN 136 632 584 144 182 21 7 12 89 52 46 30 .312 .364 .433 .797
Harry Stovey PH4 137 634 556 152 171 38 13 19 119 63 77 68 .308 .393 .525 .918
Lefty Marr CL6 139 639 546 110 167 26 15 1 75 29 87 32 .306 .407 .414 .821
George Gore NY1 120 580 488 132 149 21 7 7 54 28 84 28 .305 .416 .420 .836
Paul Hines IN3 121 540 486 77 148 27 1 6 72 34 49 22 .305 .374 .401 .775
Lou Bierbauer PH4 130 582 549 80 167 27 7 7 105 17 29 30 .304 .344 .417 .761
Hardy Richardson BSN 132 589 536 122 163 33 10 6 79 47 48 44 .304 .367 .437 .803
Jim Burns KC2 134 606 579 103 176 23 11 5 97 56 20 68 .304 .335 .408 .743
Thomas Burns BR3 131 576 504 105 153 19 13 5 100 32 68 26 .304 .391 .423 .813
Billy Hamilton KC2 137 635 534 144 161 17 12 3 77 111 87 41 .301 .413 .395 .808
Jake Beckley PIT 123 557 522 91 157 24 10 9 97 11 29 29 .301 .345 .437 .781
Darby O'Brien BR3 136 644 567 146 170 30 11 5 80 91 61 76 .300 .384 .418 .802
John Ward NY1 114 508 479 87 143 13 4 1 67 62 27 7 .299 .339 .349 .687
Sam Thompson PHI 128 575 533 103 158 36 4 20 111 24 36 22 .296 .348 .492 .839
King Kelly BSN 125 574 507 120 149 41 5 9 78 68 65 40 .294 .376 .448 .824
Tommy McCarthy SL4 140 656 604 136 176 24 7 2 63 57 46 26 .291 .348 .364 .712
Chicken Wolf LS2 130 580 546 72 159 20 9 3 57 18 29 34 .291 .333 .377 .710
Farmer Weaver LS2 124 546 499 62 145 17 6 0 60 21 40 22 .291 .352 .349 .700
Walt Wilmot WS8 108 485 432 88 125 19 19 9 57 40 51 32 .289 .367 .484 .851
Joe Mulvey PHI 129 568 544 77 157 21 9 6 77 23 23 25 .289 .319 .393 .712
Charlie Comiskey SL4 137 609 587 105 168 28 10 3 102 65 19 19 .286 .312 .383 .695
Dan Stearns KC2 139 616 560 96 160 24 12 3 87 67 56 69 .286 .351 .388 .738
Ollie Beard CN2 141 594 558 96 159 13 14 1 77 36 35 39 .285 .328 .364 .692
Spud Johnson CL6 116 510 459 91 130 14 10 2 79 34 39 47 .283 .355 .370 .725
Patsy Tebeau CL4 136 560 521 72 147 20 6 8 76 26 37 41 .282 .332 .390 .722
Jerry Denny IN3 133 605 578 96 163 24 0 18 112 22 27 63 .282 .314 .417 .731
Danny Richardson NY1 125 544 497 88 139 22 8 7 100 32 46 37 .280 .342 .398 .740
Mike Griffin BL2 137 625 531 152 148 21 14 4 48 39 91 29 .279 .387 .394 .781
Jim McTamany CL6 139 646 529 113 146 21 7 4 52 40 116 66 .276 .407 .365 .772
Herman Long KC2 136 648 574 137 158 32 6 3 60 89 64 63 .275 .358 .368 .726
Larry Twitchell CL4 134 581 549 73 151 16 11 4 95 17 29 37 .275 .315 .366 .681
Dave Foutz BR3 138 620 553 118 152 19 8 6 113 43 64 23 .275 .353 .371 .724
Billy Nash BSN 128 562 481 84 132 20 2 3 76 26 79 44 .274 .379 .343 .722
Billy Hoy WS8 127 588 507 98 139 11 6 0 39 35 75 30 .274 .374 .320 .694
Curt Welch PH4 125 602 516 134 140 39 6 0 39 66 67 30 .271 .375 .370 .746
Jack O'Connor CL6 107 435 398 69 107 17 7 4 60 26 33 37 .269 .331 .377 .708
Bid McPhee CN2 135 604 540 109 145 25 7 5 57 63 60 29 .269 .346 .369 .715
Sid Farrar PHI 130 535 477 70 128 22 2 3 58 28 52 36 .268 .348 .342 .689
George Miller PIT 104 455 422 77 113 25 3 6 56 16 31 11 .268 .321 .384 .705
Jack McGeachey IN3 131 543 532 83 142 32 1 2 63 37 9 39 .267 .282 .342 .624
Al Myers 2 teams 121 544 481 76 128 17 2 0 48 18 58 16 .266 .351 .310 .661
Hub Collins BR3 138 647 560 139 149 18 3 2 73 65 80 41 .266 .365 .320 .684
Duke Farrell CHN 101 449 407 66 107 19 7 11 75 13 41 21 .263 .332 .425 .757
Hick Carpenter CN2 123 508 486 67 127 23 6 0 63 47 18 41 .261 .293 .333 .627
Joe Quinn BSN 112 474 444 57 116 13 5 2 69 24 25 21 .261 .308 .327 .635
John Reilly CN2 111 479 427 84 111 24 13 5 66 43 34 37 .260 .340 .412 .752
Jim Fogarty PHI 128 571 499 107 129 15 17 3 54 99 65 60 .259 .352 .375 .727
Frank Fennelly PH4 138 581 513 70 132 20 5 1 64 15 65 78 .257 .344 .322 .666
Tom Burns CHN 136 559 525 64 135 27 6 4 66 18 32 57 .257 .302 .354 .657
Dan Shannon LS2 121 540 498 90 128 22 12 4 48 26 42 52 .257 .315 .373 .688
Ed Daily CL6 136 617 578 105 148 22 8 3 70 60 38 65 .256 .303 .337 .640
Hugh Nicol CN2 122 533 474 82 121 7 8 2 58 80 54 35 .255 .338 .316 .654
Bill Hallman PHI 119 502 462 67 117 21 8 2 60 20 36 54 .253 .313 .346 .659
George Tebeau CN2 135 571 496 110 125 21 11 7 70 61 69 62 .252 .350 .381 .731
Cub Stricker CL4 136 626 566 83 142 10 4 1 47 32 58 18 .251 .323 .288 .611
Sam Wise WS8 121 537 472 79 118 15 8 4 62 24 61 62 .250 .341 .341 .682
George Wood 2 teams 100 486 432 78 108 21 4 5 54 18 53 35 .250 .333 .352 .685
John Corkhill BR3 138 582 537 91 134 21 9 8 78 22 42 24 .250 .308 .367 .674
Arlie Latham SL4 118 565 512 110 126 13 3 4 49 69 42 30 .246 .317 .307 .623
George Pinkney BR3 138 611 545 103 134 25 7 4 82 47 59 43 .246 .327 .339 .667
Charley Bassett IN3 127 517 477 64 117 12 5 4 68 15 37 38 .245 .304 .317 .620
Charlie Duffee SL4 137 572 509 93 124 15 11 16 86 21 60 81 .244 .327 .411 .738
Fred Pfeffer CHN 134 587 531 85 128 15 7 7 77 45 53 51 .241 .313 .335 .649
Reddy Mack BL2 136 587 519 84 125 24 7 1 87 23 60 69 .241 .329 .320 .649
Harry Raymond LS2 130 537 515 58 123 12 9 0 47 19 19 45 .239 .270 .297 .567
Ned Hanlon PIT 116 521 461 81 110 14 10 2 37 53 58 25 .239 .326 .325 .652
Paul Radford CL4 136 584 487 94 116 21 5 1 46 30 91 37 .238 .365 .308 .673
Fred Dunlap PIT 121 499 451 59 106 19 0 2 65 21 46 33 .235 .309 .290 .599
Jimmy McAleer CL4 110 481 447 66 105 6 6 0 35 37 30 49 .235 .289 .275 .564
Tom Brown BSN 90 422 362 93 84 10 5 2 24 63 59 56 .232 .341 .304 .645
Pop Smith 2 teams 131 523 466 47 108 23 6 5 59 23 47 68 .232 .315 .339 .655
Germany Smith BR3 121 487 446 89 103 22 3 3 53 35 40 42 .231 .296 .314 .610
Jay Faatz CL4 117 469 442 50 102 12 5 2 38 27 17 28 .231 .275 .294 .569
Arthur Irwin 2 teams 103 435 386 58 89 15 5 0 42 15 48 43 .231 .317 .295 .613
Joe Hornung BL2 135 562 533 73 122 13 9 1 78 34 22 72 .229 .269 .293 .561
Dick Johnston BSN 132 582 539 80 123 16 4 5 67 34 41 60 .228 .285 .301 .586
Shorty Fuller SL4 140 574 517 91 117 18 6 0 51 38 52 56 .226 .303 .284 .587
Bill Greenwood CL6 118 477 414 62 93 7 10 3 49 37 58 71 .225 .327 .312 .639
Joe Sommer BL2 106 429 386 51 85 13 2 1 36 18 42 49 .220 .298 .272 .570
Art Whitney NY1 129 531 473 71 103 12 2 1 59 19 56 39 .218 .303 .258 .561
Phil Tomney LS2 112 425 376 61 80 8 5 4 38 26 46 47 .213 .304 .293 .596
William Robinson SL4 132 576 452 97 94 17 3 5 70 39 118 55 .208 .378 .292 .671
Jim Manning KC2 132 573 506 68 103 16 7 3 68 58 54 61 .204 .297 .281 .577
John Milligan UNQ SL4 72 292 273 53 100 30 2 12 76 2 16 19 .366 .408 .623 1.030
Fred Carroll UNQ PIT 91 414 318 80 105 21 11 2 51 19 85 26 .330 .486 .484 .970
Jocko Fields UNQ PIT 75 319 289 41 90 22 5 2 43 7 29 30 .311 .376 .443 .819
Ed Andrews UNQ 2 teams 50 220 212 42 64 12 0 0 29 14 7 14 .302 .327 .358 .686
Tom Daly UNQ WS8 71 289 250 39 75 13 5 1 40 18 38 28 .300 .394 .404 .798
Tony Mullane UNQ CN2 63 225 196 53 58 16 4 0 29 24 27 21 .296 .387 .418 .805
Connie Mack UNQ WS8 98 409 386 51 113 16 1 0 42 26 15 12 .293 .333 .339 .672
Ed Delahanty UNQ PHI 56 261 246 37 72 13 3 0 27 19 14 17 .293 .333 .370 .703
John Irwin UNQ WS8 58 257 228 42 66 11 4 0 25 10 25 14 .289 .370 .373 .742
Scott Stratton UNQ LS2 62 244 229 30 66 7 5 4 34 10 13 36 .288 .332 .415 .747
Jim Keenan UNQ CN2 87 354 300 52 86 10 11 6 60 18 48 35 .287 .395 .453 .849
Marty Sullivan UNQ IN3 69 307 256 45 73 11 3 4 35 15 50 31 .285 .404 .398 .802
Guy Hecker UNQ LS2 81 351 327 42 93 17 5 1 36 17 18 27 .284 .333 .376 .709
Jack Clements UNQ PHI 78 340 310 51 88 17 1 4 35 3 29 21 .284 .347 .384 .731
Al Maul UNQ PIT 68 289 257 37 71 6 6 4 44 18 29 41 .276 .356 .393 .749
Bob Clark UNQ BR3 53 209 182 32 50 5 2 0 22 18 26 7 .275 .368 .324 .693
Matt Kilroy UNQ BL2 65 233 208 32 57 3 6 1 26 13 23 26 .274 .352 .361 .713
Billy Earle UNQ CN2 53 202 169 37 45 4 7 4 31 26 30 24 .266 .386 .444 .830
Charlie Ganzel UNQ BSN 73 292 275 30 73 3 5 1 43 13 15 11 .265 .308 .324 .632
Pop Schriver UNQ PHI 55 229 211 24 56 10 0 1 19 5 16 8 .265 .323 .327 .650
Jumbo Davis UNQ 2 teams 64 265 245 41 64 4 3 0 30 25 18 36 .261 .317 .302 .619
Charles Zimmer UNQ CL4 84 304 259 47 67 9 9 1 21 14 44 35 .259 .368 .375 .743
Jack Rowe UNQ PIT 75 342 317 57 82 14 3 2 32 5 22 16 .259 .313 .341 .654
Dick Buckley UNQ IN3 68 276 260 35 67 11 0 8 41 5 15 32 .258 .301 .392 .693
Joe Visner UNQ BR3 80 335 295 56 76 12 10 8 68 13 36 36 .258 .346 .447 .794
Pete Browning UNQ LS2 83 358 324 39 83 19 5 2 32 21 34 30 .256 .327 .364 .691
Deacon White UNQ PIT 55 245 225 35 57 10 1 0 26 2 16 18 .253 .314 .307 .621
Red Ehret UNQ LS2 67 262 258 27 65 6 6 1 31 4 4 23 .252 .263 .333 .597
Con Daily UNQ IN3 62 251 219 35 55 6 2 0 26 14 28 21 .251 .347 .297 .643
Pete Sweeney UNQ 2 teams 58 249 231 21 58 9 3 1 31 10 12 31 .251 .305 .329 .634
Bob Caruthers UNQ BR3 59 218 172 45 43 8 3 2 31 9 44 17 .250 .408 .366 .775
Charlie Hoover UNQ KC2 71 289 258 44 64 2 5 1 25 9 29 38 .248 .329 .306 .635
Kid Baldwin UNQ CN2 60 231 223 34 55 14 2 1 34 7 5 32 .247 .273 .341 .614
Bill Kuehne UNQ PIT 97 399 390 43 96 20 5 5 57 15 9 36 .246 .263 .362 .625
Jack Boyle UNQ SL4 99 375 347 54 85 11 5 3 42 5 21 42 .245 .301 .331 .633
Billy Sunday UNQ PIT 81 352 321 62 77 10 6 2 25 47 27 33 .240 .307 .327 .634
Farmer Vaughn UNQ LS2 90 367 360 39 86 11 5 3 45 13 7 41 .239 .253 .322 .576
Bob Gilks UNQ CL4 53 220 210 17 50 5 2 0 18 6 7 20 .238 .273 .281 .554
Ed Williamson UNQ CHN 47 200 173 16 41 3 1 1 30 2 23 22 .237 .340 .283 .623
Jim Donahue UNQ KC2 67 273 252 30 59 5 4 0 32 12 21 20 .234 .293 .286 .579
Wilbert Robinson UNQ PH4 69 271 264 31 61 13 2 0 28 9 6 34 .231 .251 .295 .546
Charlie Bennett UNQ BSN 82 270 247 42 57 8 2 4 28 7 21 43 .231 .296 .328 .624
Jack Carney UNQ WS8 69 288 273 25 63 7 0 1 29 12 14 14 .231 .271 .267 .538
Silver King UNQ SL4 56 212 189 37 43 7 3 0 30 3 22 40 .228 .311 .296 .608
Paul Cook UNQ LS2 81 310 286 34 65 10 1 0 15 11 15 48 .227 .287 .269 .556
John Pickett UNQ KC2 53 214 201 20 45 7 0 0 12 7 11 21 .224 .271 .259 .530
Lave Cross UNQ PH4 55 213 199 22 44 8 2 0 23 11 14 9 .221 .272 .281 .554
John Clarkson UNQ BSN 73 273 262 36 54 9 3 2 23 8 11 59 .206 .238 .286 .524
Mark Baldwin UNQ CL6 64 224 208 19 39 6 5 2 25 2 16 63 .188 .246 .293 .539
Edward Tate UNQ BL2 72 271 253 28 46 6 3 1 27 4 13 37 .182 .236 .241 .477
Tom Quinn UNQ BL2 55 214 194 18 34 2 1 1 15 6 19 22 .175 .252 .211 .464
Henry Easterday UNQ CL6 95 367 324 43 56 5 8 4 34 10 41 57 .173 .270 .275 .544
Gus Weyhing UNQ PH4 54 201 191 16 25 2 0 0 12 4 9 59 .131 .174 .141 .315
Showing 1-50 of 155 batters listed (102 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 136 innings at 136 team games. 58 of the 69 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1889 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Jack Stivetts SL4 12 7 26 20 18 2 2 191.2 153 48 68 143 2.25 1.15
Jesse Duryea CN2 32 19 53 48 38 2 1 401.0 372 114 127 183 2.56 1.24
John Clarkson BSN 49 19 73 72 68 8 1 620.0 589 188 203 284 2.73 1.28
Matt Kilroy BL2 29 25 59 56 55 5 0 480.2 476 152 142 217 2.85 1.29
Gus Weyhing PH4 30 21 54 53 50 4 0 449.0 382 147 212 213 2.95 1.32
Jersey Bakley CL4 12 22 36 34 33 2 0 304.1 296 100 106 105 2.96 1.32
Ice Box Chamberlain SL4 32 15 53 51 44 3 1 421.2 376 139 165 202 2.97 1.28
Tony Mullane CN2 11 9 33 24 17 0 5 220.0 218 73 89 112 2.99 1.40
Mickey Welch NY1 27 12 45 41 39 3 2 375.0 340 126 149 125 3.02 1.30
Bob Caruthers BR3 40 11 56 50 46 7 1 445.0 444 155 104 118 3.13 1.23
Silver King SL4 35 16 56 53 47 2 1 458.0 462 160 125 188 3.14 1.28
Charlie Buffinton PHI 28 16 47 43 37 2 0 380.0 390 137 121 153 3.24 1.34
Jim Conway KC2 19 19 41 37 33 0 0 335.0 334 121 90 115 3.25 1.27
Adonis Terry BR3 22 15 41 39 35 2 0 326.0 285 119 126 186 3.29 1.26
Tim Keefe NY1 28 13 47 45 39 3 1 364.0 319 136 151 225 3.36 1.29
Harry Staley PIT 21 26 49 47 46 1 1 420.0 433 164 116 159 3.51 1.31
Frank Foreman BL2 23 21 51 48 43 5 0 414.0 364 162 137 180 3.52 1.21
Sadie McMahon PH4 14 12 28 27 27 2 0 242.0 230 95 102 117 3.53 1.37
Bill Hutchison CHN 16 17 37 36 33 3 0 318.0 306 125 117 136 3.54 1.33
Ben Sanders PHI 19 18 44 39 34 1 1 349.2 406 138 96 123 3.55 1.44
Ed Beatin CL4 20 15 36 36 35 3 0 317.2 316 126 141 126 3.57 1.44
Frank Dwyer CHN 16 13 32 30 27 0 0 276.0 307 110 72 63 3.59 1.37
Mark Baldwin CL6 27 34 63 59 54 6 1 513.2 458 206 274 368 3.61 1.43
Ad Gumbert CHN 16 13 31 28 25 2 0 246.1 258 99 76 91 3.62 1.36
Ed Crane NY1 14 11 29 25 23 0 0 230.2 221 93 136 130 3.63 1.55
John Tener CHN 15 15 35 30 28 1 0 287.0 302 116 105 105 3.64 1.42
Henry Gruber CL4 7 16 25 23 23 0 1 205.0 198 83 94 74 3.64 1.42
Old Hoss Radbourn BSN 20 11 33 31 28 1 0 277.0 282 113 72 99 3.67 1.28
Dan Casey PHI 6 10 20 20 15 1 0 152.2 170 64 72 65 3.77 1.59
Lee Viau CN2 22 20 47 42 38 1 1 373.0 379 157 136 152 3.79 1.38
Alex Ferson WS8 17 17 36 34 28 1 0 288.1 319 125 105 85 3.90 1.47
Henry Boyle IN3 21 23 46 45 38 2 0 378.2 422 165 95 97 3.92 1.37
Ed Seward PH4 21 15 39 38 35 3 0 320.0 353 141 101 102 3.97 1.42
Ed Morris PIT 6 13 21 21 18 0 0 170.0 196 78 48 40 4.13 1.44
Cinders O'Brien CL4 22 17 41 41 39 1 0 346.2 345 160 167 122 4.15 1.48
Pud Galvin PIT 23 16 41 40 38 4 0 341.0 392 158 78 77 4.17 1.38
George Haddock WS8 11 19 33 31 30 0 0 276.1 299 129 123 106 4.20 1.53
Hank O'Day 2 teams 11 11 23 23 19 0 0 186.0 200 89 92 51 4.31 1.57
Park Swartzel KC2 19 27 48 47 45 0 1 410.1 481 197 117 147 4.32 1.46
Tom Lovett BR3 17 10 29 28 23 1 0 229.0 234 110 65 92 4.32 1.31
Mickey Hughes BR3 9 8 20 17 13 0 0 153.0 172 74 86 54 4.35 1.69
Kid Madden BSN 10 10 22 19 18 1 1 178.0 194 87 71 64 4.40 1.49
Pretzels Getzien IN3 18 22 45 44 36 0 1 349.0 395 176 100 139 4.54 1.42
Hank Gastright CL6 10 16 32 26 21 0 0 222.2 255 113 104 115 4.57 1.61
Red Ehret LS2 10 29 45 38 35 1 0 364.0 441 194 115 135 4.80 1.53
John Sowders KC2 6 16 25 23 20 0 1 185.0 204 99 105 104 4.82 1.67
Al Mays CL6 10 7 21 19 13 1 0 140.0 167 75 56 52 4.82 1.59
Bert Cunningham BL2 16 19 39 33 29 0 1 279.1 306 151 141 140 4.87 1.60
John Ewing LS2 6 30 40 39 37 1 0 331.0 407 179 147 155 4.87 1.67
Elmer Smith CN2 9 12 29 22 16 0 0 203.0 253 110 101 104 4.88 1.74
George Keefe WS8 8 18 30 27 24 0 0 230.0 266 131 143 90 5.13 1.78
Wild Bill Widner CL6 12 20 41 34 25 2 1 294.0 368 170 85 63 5.20 1.54
Toad Ramsey 2 teams 4 17 23 21 18 0 0 181.0 219 105 81 93 5.22 1.66
Amos Rusie IN3 12 10 33 22 19 1 0 225.0 246 133 116 109 5.32 1.61
Gus Krock 2 teams 7 9 17 17 14 0 0 140.2 199 87 50 43 5.57 1.77
Kid Gleason PHI 9 15 29 21 15 0 1 205.0 242 127 97 64 5.58 1.65
Guy Hecker LS2 5 13 19 16 15 0 0 151.1 215 94 47 33 5.59 1.73
Egyptian Healy 2 teams 2 15 18 17 15 0 0 147.0 187 93 56 71 5.69 1.65
Jim Devlin UNQ SL4 5 3 9 8 5 0 0 60.0 56 16 24 37 2.40 1.33
Scott Stratton UNQ LS2 3 13 19 17 13 0 1 133.2 157 48 42 42 3.23 1.49
George Bausewine UNQ PH4 1 4 7 6 6 0 0 55.1 64 24 33 18 3.90 1.75
John McCarty UNQ KC2 8 6 15 14 13 0 0 119.2 147 52 61 36 3.91 1.74
Gil Hatfield UNQ NY1 2 4 6 5 5 0 0 52.0 53 23 25 28 3.98 1.50
Michael McDermott UNQ LS2 1 8 9 9 9 0 0 84.1 108 39 34 22 4.16 1.68
Nat Hudson UNQ SL4 3 2 9 5 4 0 0 60.0 71 28 15 13 4.20 1.43
Dave Foutz UNQ BR3 3 0 12 4 3 0 0 59.2 70 29 19 21 4.37 1.49
Tom Sullivan UNQ KC2 2 8 10 10 10 0 0 87.1 111 55 48 24 5.67 1.82
Bill Sowders UNQ 2 teams 7 7 20 15 12 0 3 94.2 147 67 52 43 6.37 2.10
Jim Whitney UNQ IN3 2 7 9 8 7 0 0 70.0 106 53 19 16 6.81 1.79
Showing 1-50 of 69 pitchers listed (58 qualified)

Reading the 1889 leader tables

Of the 155 batting lines shown for 1889, 102 are qualified. The first qualified row belongs to Dan Brouthers, a .373 hitter, ahead of Tommy Tucker (.372). The HR column peaks with Sam Thompson's 20, while Roger Connor leads the RBI column with 130. Billy Hamilton's 111 steals are the most listed. Of 69 pitchers shown for 1889, the ERA and WHIP races include 58. First among qualified pitchers by ERA is Jack Stivetts, 2.25. Sorted by the counting stats, the leaders are John Clarkson in wins (49) and Mark Baldwin in strikeouts (368).

1889 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1889?
Sam Thompson led with 20 home runs in 1889.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1889?
Roger Connor led with 130 RBI in 1889.
Who led MLB in hits in 1889?
Jack Glasscock led with 205 hits in 1889.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1889?
Dan Brouthers led at .373 in 1889, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1889?
John Clarkson led with 49 wins in 1889.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1889?
Mark Baldwin led with 368 strikeouts in 1889.