1890 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1890 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1890 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Hardy Richardson led with 16 home runs, Hardy Richardson led with 152 RBI, and Chicken Wolf led with 197 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 415 plate appearances at 134 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (134 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 — 415 plate appearances at 134 team games. 147 of the 241 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1890 OPS Distribution

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

Complete Statistics

1890 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Pete Browning CLP 118 571 493 112 184 40 8 5 93 35 75 36 .373 .459 .517 .976
Dave Orr BRP 107 498 464 89 172 32 13 6 124 10 30 11 .371 .414 .534 .948
Chicken Wolf LS2 134 598 543 100 197 29 11 4 98 46 43 0 .363 .421 .479 .900
Jim O'Rourke NYP 111 519 478 112 172 37 5 9 115 23 33 20 .360 .410 .515 .925
Tommy McCarthy SL4 133 625 548 137 192 28 9 6 69 83 66 0 .350 .430 .467 .898
Roger Connor NYP 123 573 484 133 169 24 15 14 103 22 88 32 .349 .450 .548 .998
Spud Johnson CL6 135 596 538 106 186 23 18 1 113 43 48 0 .346 .409 .461 .870
Cupid Childs SR2 126 571 493 109 170 33 14 2 89 56 72 0 .345 .434 .481 .915
Jimmy Ryan CHP 118 550 486 99 165 32 5 6 89 30 60 36 .340 .416 .463 .879
Jack Glasscock NY1 124 562 512 91 172 32 9 1 66 54 41 8 .336 .395 .439 .834
John Ward BRP 128 614 561 134 188 15 12 4 60 63 51 22 .335 .393 .426 .819
George Van Haltren BRP 92 420 376 84 126 8 9 5 54 35 41 23 .335 .405 .444 .849
Dan Brouthers BSP 126 592 475 123 159 38 10 2 102 29 99 17 .335 .466 .469 .936
Henry Larkin CLP 125 583 506 93 167 32 15 5 112 5 65 18 .330 .419 .482 .901
Elmer Sutcliffe CLP 99 419 386 62 127 14 8 2 60 10 33 16 .329 .382 .422 .804
Hardy Richardson BSP 133 622 570 133 187 28 14 16 152 44 52 47 .328 .384 .511 .895
Ed Swartwood TL2 126 559 462 106 151 23 11 3 64 53 80 0 .327 .444 .444 .887
Billy Hamilton PHI 123 588 496 133 161 13 9 2 49 102 83 37 .325 .430 .399 .829
Jack O'Connor CL6 121 496 457 89 148 14 10 2 66 29 38 0 .324 .377 .411 .788
Billy Shindle PHP 132 628 584 127 189 21 21 10 90 51 40 30 .324 .371 .483 .854
Jake Beckley PTP 124 577 529 110 171 38 22 9 123 18 42 33 .323 .380 .529 .909
Hugh Duffy CHP 137 657 596 161 191 36 16 7 82 78 59 20 .320 .384 .470 .853
George Gore NYP 93 479 399 132 127 26 8 10 55 28 77 23 .318 .432 .499 .931
Jack Clements PHI 97 429 381 64 120 23 8 7 74 10 45 30 .315 .392 .472 .864
Sam Thompson PHI 132 599 549 116 172 41 9 4 102 25 42 29 .313 .371 .443 .813
Joe Knight CIN 127 523 481 67 150 26 8 4 67 17 38 31 .312 .367 .424 .791
Cap Anson CHN 139 623 504 95 157 14 5 7 107 29 113 23 .312 .443 .401 .844
George Pinkney BRO 126 569 485 115 150 20 9 7 83 47 80 19 .309 .411 .431 .842
Jesse Burkett NY1 101 437 401 67 124 23 13 4 60 14 33 52 .309 .366 .461 .827
Mox McQuery SR2 122 517 461 64 142 17 6 2 55 26 53 0 .308 .383 .384 .767
Sandy Griffin RC2 107 461 407 85 125 28 4 5 53 21 50 0 .307 .388 .432 .821
Mike Slattery NYP 97 440 411 80 126 20 11 5 67 18 27 25 .307 .352 .445 .798
Harry Taylor LS2 134 622 553 115 169 7 7 0 53 45 68 0 .306 .383 .344 .726
Lou Bierbauer BRP 133 629 589 128 180 31 11 7 99 16 40 15 .306 .350 .431 .781
Mike Tiernan NY1 133 626 553 132 168 25 21 13 59 56 68 53 .304 .385 .495 .880
Dave Foutz BRO 129 562 509 106 154 25 13 5 98 42 52 25 .303 .368 .432 .801
Tip O'Neill CHP 137 647 577 112 174 20 16 3 75 29 65 36 .302 .377 .407 .784
Joe Quinn BSP 133 570 523 89 157 19 8 7 86 31 45 25 .300 .358 .407 .765
John Reilly CIN 133 576 553 114 166 25 26 6 86 29 16 41 .300 .328 .472 .800
Harry Stovey BSP 121 583 496 145 148 26 13 12 88 97 82 40 .298 .403 .476 .879
Billy Hoy BFP 122 595 493 107 147 17 8 1 53 39 94 36 .298 .418 .371 .790
Fred Carroll PTP 111 502 416 95 124 20 7 2 71 35 75 22 .298 .418 .394 .813
Lefty Marr CIN 130 579 527 91 157 17 12 1 73 44 46 29 .298 .361 .381 .742
Patsy Tebeau CLP 110 487 450 86 134 26 6 5 74 14 34 20 .298 .351 .416 .767
Ed Beecher BFP 126 572 536 69 159 22 10 3 90 14 29 23 .297 .341 .392 .733
Ed McKean CL4 136 623 530 95 157 15 14 7 61 23 87 25 .296 .401 .417 .818
Ed Delahanty CLP 115 549 517 107 153 26 13 3 64 25 24 30 .296 .337 .414 .751
Steve Brodie BSN 132 591 514 77 152 19 9 0 67 29 66 20 .296 .387 .368 .755
Perry Werden TL2 128 589 498 113 147 22 20 6 72 59 78 0 .295 .404 .456 .860
Tommy Tucker BSN 132 620 539 104 159 17 8 1 62 43 56 22 .295 .387 .362 .749
Sam Wise BFP 119 557 505 95 148 29 11 5 102 19 46 45 .293 .359 .424 .783
Paul Radford CLP 122 556 466 98 136 24 12 2 62 25 82 28 .292 .406 .408 .814
Duke Farrell CHP 117 494 451 79 131 21 12 2 84 8 42 28 .290 .352 .404 .756
George Wood PHP 132 598 539 115 156 20 14 9 102 20 51 35 .289 .360 .429 .788
Farmer Weaver LS2 130 594 557 101 161 27 9 3 67 45 29 0 .289 .333 .386 .719
Joe Mulvey PHP 120 549 519 96 149 26 16 5 87 20 27 36 .287 .326 .428 .754
Mike Griffin PHP 115 560 489 127 140 29 6 6 54 30 64 19 .286 .377 .407 .784
John Sneed 2 teams 137 594 514 117 147 13 15 2 69 44 71 0 .286 .382 .381 .763
Cliff Carroll CHN 136 642 582 134 166 16 6 7 65 34 53 34 .285 .352 .369 .721
Marty Sullivan BSN 121 561 505 82 144 19 7 6 61 33 56 48 .285 .357 .386 .743
Thomas Burns BRO 119 527 472 102 134 22 12 13 128 21 51 42 .284 .359 .464 .823
Rasty Wright 2 teams 101 480 393 89 111 11 6 0 29 33 81 4 .282 .412 .341 .753
Orator Shafer PH4 100 442 390 55 110 15 5 1 58 29 47 0 .282 .367 .354 .720
Jocko Fields PTP 129 599 536 103 151 19 20 9 88 25 60 53 .282 .357 .442 .799
Jimmy Knowles RC2 123 551 491 83 138 12 8 5 84 55 59 0 .281 .359 .369 .728
John Pickett PHP 100 449 407 82 114 7 9 4 64 12 40 17 .280 .347 .371 .718
Tom Brown BSP 131 648 558 149 156 25 14 4 67 80 87 87 .280 .380 .396 .776
Walt Wilmot CHN 139 637 571 114 159 15 13 13 99 76 64 44 .278 .353 .419 .772
Hub Collins BRO 129 598 510 148 142 32 7 3 69 85 85 47 .278 .385 .386 .771
Billy O'Brien BR4 96 419 388 47 108 25 8 4 67 5 28 0 .278 .332 .415 .747
Shorty Fuller SL4 130 610 526 118 146 9 9 1 40 60 73 0 .278 .377 .335 .712
Al Myers PHI 117 554 487 95 135 29 7 2 81 44 57 46 .277 .365 .378 .742
Phil Tomney LS2 108 434 386 72 107 21 7 1 58 27 43 0 .277 .357 .376 .733
Tom Burns CHN 139 597 538 86 149 17 6 5 86 44 57 45 .277 .348 .359 .707
Blondie Purcell PH4 110 510 463 110 128 28 3 2 59 48 43 0 .276 .343 .363 .706
Billy Nash BSP 132 595 501 111 138 32 6 5 94 30 90 43 .275 .390 .393 .783
Charlie Duffee SL4 98 418 378 68 104 11 7 3 54 20 37 0 .275 .344 .365 .710
George Miller PIT 138 621 549 85 150 24 3 4 66 32 68 11 .273 .357 .350 .707
Billy Alvord TL2 116 517 495 69 135 13 16 2 52 21 22 0 .273 .304 .376 .679
Charlie Hamburg LS2 133 560 485 93 132 22 2 3 77 46 69 0 .272 .370 .344 .714
Ned Hanlon PTP 121 572 485 107 132 16 6 1 45 65 81 24 .272 .383 .336 .719
Jimmy Cooney CHN 135 653 574 114 156 19 10 4 52 45 73 23 .272 .360 .361 .721
Hank Simon 2 teams 127 582 529 99 143 22 14 2 61 35 51 0 .270 .337 .376 .713
Bug Holliday CIN 131 574 518 93 140 18 14 4 75 50 49 36 .270 .341 .382 .724
Joe Visner PTP 130 619 532 114 143 16 22 3 73 18 78 44 .269 .372 .398 .770
Ollie Beard CIN 122 538 492 64 132 17 15 3 72 30 44 13 .268 .331 .382 .713
George Tebeau TL2 94 435 381 71 102 16 10 1 36 55 51 0 .268 .359 .370 .729
Parson Nicholson TL2 134 574 523 78 140 16 11 4 72 46 42 0 .268 .333 .363 .696
Connie Mack BFP 123 570 503 95 134 15 12 0 53 16 47 13 .266 .353 .344 .697
Charlie Reilly CL6 137 571 530 75 141 23 3 4 77 43 35 0 .266 .319 .343 .662
Tun Berger PIT 104 433 391 64 104 18 4 0 40 11 35 23 .266 .337 .332 .670
George Davis CL4 136 583 526 98 139 22 9 6 73 22 53 34 .264 .336 .375 .711
Bones Ely SR2 119 529 496 72 130 16 6 0 64 44 31 0 .262 .308 .319 .627
Jack O'Brien PH4 109 497 433 80 113 24 14 4 80 31 52 0 .261 .356 .409 .765
Harry Lyons RC2 133 612 584 83 152 11 11 3 58 47 27 0 .260 .294 .332 .626
Jack Boyle CHP 100 418 369 56 96 9 5 1 49 11 44 29 .260 .347 .320 .667
Deacon White BFP 122 525 439 62 114 13 4 0 47 3 67 30 .260 .381 .308 .688
Harry Raymond LS2 123 546 521 91 135 7 4 2 51 18 22 0 .259 .293 .299 .592
Billy Sunday 2 teams 117 534 477 84 123 12 3 1 39 84 50 27 .258 .337 .302 .639
Jim McTamany CL6 125 582 466 140 120 27 7 1 48 43 112 0 .258 .405 .352 .757
Bill Van Dyke TL2 129 530 502 74 129 14 11 2 54 73 25 0 .257 .296 .341 .637
Fred Pfeffer CHP 124 545 499 86 128 21 8 5 80 27 44 23 .257 .319 .361 .680
Sid Farrar PHP 127 537 481 84 123 17 11 1 69 9 51 23 .256 .333 .343 .676
Bid McPhee CIN 132 616 528 125 135 16 22 3 39 55 82 26 .256 .362 .386 .748
Danny Richardson NYP 123 567 528 102 135 12 9 4 80 37 37 19 .256 .307 .335 .642
Tim Shinnick LS2 133 563 493 87 126 16 11 1 82 62 62 0 .256 .348 .339 .687
Ed Andrews BRP 94 436 395 84 100 14 2 3 38 21 40 32 .253 .323 .322 .645
Bill Joyce BRP 133 624 489 121 123 18 18 1 78 43 123 77 .252 .413 .368 .782
Eddie Burke 2 teams 131 626 554 102 139 21 13 5 57 44 63 49 .251 .337 .363 .700
Herman Long BSN 101 475 431 95 108 15 3 8 52 49 40 34 .251 .320 .355 .675
Jack Rowe BFP 125 559 504 77 126 22 7 2 76 10 48 18 .250 .324 .333 .657
Curt Welch 2 teams 122 556 464 116 115 25 4 2 45 72 58 0 .248 .372 .332 .704
Ted Scheffler RC2 119 537 445 111 109 12 6 3 34 77 78 0 .245 .374 .319 .693
Cub Stricker CLP 127 603 544 93 133 19 8 2 65 24 54 16 .244 .318 .320 .638
Al McCauley PHI 116 483 418 63 102 25 7 1 42 8 57 38 .244 .346 .344 .690
Jack McGeachey BRP 104 464 443 84 108 24 4 1 65 21 19 12 .244 .278 .323 .601
Sam LaRocque PIT 111 481 434 59 105 20 4 1 40 27 35 29 .242 .316 .313 .629
Ed Mayer PHI 120 514 484 49 117 25 5 1 70 20 22 36 .242 .286 .320 .606
Frank Scheibeck TL2 134 566 485 72 117 13 5 1 49 57 76 0 .241 .350 .295 .645
Jim Fogarty PHP 91 415 347 71 83 17 6 4 58 36 59 50 .239 .364 .357 .721
Charley Bassett NY1 100 446 410 52 98 13 8 0 54 14 29 25 .239 .300 .310 .610
Paul Hines 2 teams 100 442 394 52 94 13 3 2 57 15 43 27 .239 .321 .302 .623
Arlie Latham 2 teams 93 427 378 82 90 13 4 1 35 52 45 40 .238 .326 .302 .627
Joe Hornung NY1 120 527 513 62 122 18 5 0 65 39 12 37 .238 .258 .292 .550
Ed Daily 2 teams 118 527 489 93 116 16 9 1 49 62 37 4 .237 .292 .313 .605
Chippy McGarr BSN 121 525 487 68 115 12 7 1 51 39 34 38 .236 .291 .296 .587
Bill Kuehne PTP 128 565 537 66 126 21 12 5 73 21 28 37 .235 .273 .346 .619
Tommy Corcoran PTP 126 556 515 81 120 14 13 1 63 44 39 45 .233 .290 .317 .606
William Robinson PTP 101 429 314 62 72 10 3 0 39 17 104 34 .229 .436 .280 .716
Pop Smith BSN 134 552 463 82 106 16 12 1 53 39 80 81 .229 .353 .322 .675
John Peltz 2 teams 123 515 474 65 108 12 9 1 48 17 38 0 .228 .289 .297 .587
Bob Allen PHI 133 548 456 69 103 15 11 2 57 13 87 54 .226 .356 .320 .676
Artie Clarke NY1 101 431 395 55 89 12 8 0 49 44 32 38 .225 .290 .296 .586
Emmett Seery BRP 104 469 394 78 88 12 7 1 50 44 70 36 .223 .348 .297 .645
Larry Twitchell 2 teams 100 447 405 57 90 9 4 4 53 8 40 29 .222 .295 .294 .589
Bill Greenwood RC2 124 493 437 76 97 11 6 2 41 40 48 0 .222 .310 .288 .599
Jack Crooks CL6 135 588 485 86 107 5 4 1 62 57 96 0 .221 .357 .254 .611
Dan Shannon 2 teams 102 429 399 74 88 12 9 4 60 25 29 46 .221 .275 .326 .601
Art Whitney NYP 119 509 442 71 97 12 3 0 45 8 64 19 .219 .322 .260 .582
Joe Gerhardt 2 teams 136 540 494 49 107 10 4 3 51 14 39 0 .217 .283 .271 .555
Charles Zimmer CL4 125 501 444 54 95 16 6 2 57 15 46 54 .214 .303 .291 .594
Bob Gilks CL4 130 582 544 65 116 10 3 0 41 17 32 38 .213 .265 .243 .507
Will Smalley CL4 136 567 502 62 107 11 1 0 42 10 60 44 .213 .303 .239 .542
Jerry Denny NY1 114 471 437 50 93 18 7 3 42 11 28 62 .213 .270 .307 .576
Mike Lehane CL6 140 558 512 54 108 19 5 0 56 13 43 0 .211 .276 .268 .544
Germany Smith BRO 129 526 481 76 92 6 5 1 47 24 42 23 .191 .260 .231 .491
Ben Conroy PH4 117 454 404 45 69 13 1 0 21 17 45 0 .171 .262 .208 .470
Denny Lyons UNQ PH4 88 406 339 79 120 29 5 7 73 21 57 0 .354 .461 .531 .992
James Roseman UNQ 2 teams 82 369 310 47 105 26 0 2 58 7 30 0 .339 .444 .442 .886
Buck Ewing UNQ NYP 83 392 352 98 119 19 15 8 72 36 39 12 .338 .406 .545 .951
King Kelly UNQ BSP 90 396 342 83 111 18 6 4 66 51 52 22 .325 .417 .447 .864
Scott Stratton UNQ LS2 55 208 189 29 61 3 5 0 24 8 16 0 .323 .385 .392 .776
Count Campau UNQ SL4 75 340 314 68 101 9 12 9 75 36 26 0 .322 .374 .513 .886
Darby O'Brien UNQ BRO 85 386 350 78 110 28 6 2 63 38 32 43 .314 .378 .446 .824
Jack Carney UNQ 2 teams 53 221 196 26 60 8 3 0 34 8 21 19 .306 .385 .378 .762
Jake Virtue UNQ CL4 62 273 223 39 68 6 5 2 25 9 49 15 .305 .432 .404 .836
Ed Cartwright UNQ SL4 75 332 300 70 90 12 4 8 60 26 29 0 .300 .367 .447 .814
Deacon McGuire UNQ RC2 87 360 331 46 99 16 4 4 53 8 21 0 .299 .356 .408 .763
Lave Cross UNQ PHP 63 257 245 42 73 7 8 3 47 5 12 6 .298 .331 .429 .759
John Milligan UNQ PHP 62 259 234 38 69 9 3 3 57 2 19 19 .295 .363 .397 .760
Dude Esterbrook UNQ NY1 45 210 197 29 57 14 1 0 29 12 10 8 .289 .333 .371 .704
Vince Dailey UNQ CL4 64 279 246 41 71 5 7 0 32 17 33 23 .289 .373 .366 .739
Jack Stivetts UNQ SL4 67 243 226 36 65 15 6 7 43 2 16 0 .288 .337 .500 .837
Jumbo Davis UNQ 2 teams 59 241 213 41 61 12 3 2 41 15 24 0 .286 .369 .399 .768
Tim O'Rourke UNQ SR2 87 372 332 48 94 13 6 1 46 22 36 0 .283 .360 .367 .728
Bobby Lowe UNQ BSN 52 235 207 35 58 13 2 2 21 15 26 32 .280 .366 .391 .757
Harry Decker UNQ 2 teams 97 403 373 57 104 15 3 5 40 12 30 37 .279 .333 .375 .708
William Brown UNQ NYP 60 244 230 47 64 8 4 4 43 5 13 13 .278 .320 .400 .720
Adonis Terry UNQ BRO 99 407 363 63 101 17 9 4 59 32 40 34 .278 .356 .408 .764
Amos Rusie UNQ NY1 73 292 284 31 79 13 6 0 28 6 7 26 .278 .298 .366 .664
Tony Mullane UNQ CIN 81 331 286 41 79 9 8 0 34 19 39 30 .276 .375 .364 .738
Pop Schriver UNQ PHI 57 245 223 37 61 9 6 0 35 9 22 15 .274 .339 .368 .706
Gil Hatfield UNQ 2 teams 74 323 301 38 82 13 6 2 38 14 18 22 .272 .322 .375 .697
Jack Doyle UNQ CL6 77 311 298 47 80 17 7 2 44 27 13 0 .268 .299 .393 .692
Bob Glenalvin UNQ CHN 66 276 250 43 67 10 3 4 26 30 19 31 .268 .337 .380 .717
Jimmy McAleer UNQ CLP 86 379 341 58 91 8 7 1 42 21 37 33 .267 .340 .340 .681
Bill Hallman UNQ PHP 84 394 356 59 95 16 7 1 37 6 33 24 .267 .338 .360 .697
John Grim UNQ RC2 50 201 192 30 51 6 9 2 34 14 7 0 .266 .299 .422 .720
Spider Clark UNQ BFP 69 283 260 45 69 11 1 2 25 8 20 16 .265 .325 .338 .664
Bob Caruthers UNQ BRO 71 290 238 46 63 7 4 1 29 13 47 18 .265 .397 .340 .737
Tom Kinslow UNQ BRP 64 254 242 30 64 11 6 4 46 2 10 22 .264 .299 .409 .708
Barney McLaughlin UNQ SR2 86 378 329 43 87 8 1 2 40 13 47 0 .264 .360 .313 .673
John Munyan UNQ 2 teams 98 389 349 62 92 15 7 4 42 11 32 0 .264 .339 .381 .720
Arthur Irwin UNQ BSP 96 412 354 60 92 17 1 0 45 16 57 29 .260 .364 .314 .678
Dell Darling UNQ CHP 58 253 221 45 57 12 4 2 39 5 29 28 .258 .352 .376 .727
Dick Buckley UNQ NY1 70 293 266 39 68 11 0 2 26 3 23 35 .256 .324 .320 .644
Jack Brennan UNQ CLP 59 250 233 32 59 3 7 0 26 8 13 29 .253 .304 .326 .630
Paul Cook UNQ BRP 58 234 218 32 55 3 3 0 31 7 14 18 .252 .303 .294 .597
Bill Higgins UNQ 2 teams 68 286 262 40 66 7 2 0 36 7 24 0 .252 .315 .294 .609
Jocko Halligan UNQ BFP 57 232 211 28 53 9 2 3 33 7 20 19 .251 .319 .355 .674
Candy Nelson UNQ BR4 60 263 223 44 56 3 2 0 12 12 35 0 .251 .365 .283 .648
Pat Friel UNQ SR2 62 281 261 51 65 8 2 3 21 34 17 0 .249 .302 .330 .632
Howard Earl UNQ CHN 92 404 384 57 95 10 3 7 51 17 18 47 .247 .285 .344 .628
Frank Fennelly UNQ BR4 45 208 178 40 44 8 3 2 18 6 30 0 .247 .356 .360 .715
Jerry Harrington UNQ CIN 65 254 236 25 58 7 1 1 23 4 15 29 .246 .299 .297 .596
Charlie Comiskey UNQ CHP 88 394 377 53 92 11 3 0 59 34 14 17 .244 .277 .289 .566
Tom Daly UNQ BRO 82 328 292 55 71 9 4 5 43 20 32 43 .243 .326 .353 .679
Peek-A-Boo Veach UNQ 2 teams 72 312 268 30 65 11 6 2 37 9 41 31 .243 .349 .351 .700
Wilbert Robinson UNQ 2 teams 96 399 377 39 91 14 4 4 46 21 19 0 .241 .283 .332 .615
Patsy Donovan UNQ 2 teams 60 262 245 34 59 5 1 0 17 13 13 22 .241 .290 .269 .559
Joe Kappel UNQ PH4 56 229 208 29 50 8 1 1 22 12 20 0 .240 .310 .303 .613
Dick Johnston UNQ 2 teams 79 335 315 37 75 9 7 1 43 7 18 26 .238 .284 .321 .604
Tom Gettinger UNQ SL4 58 248 227 31 54 7 5 3 30 8 20 0 .238 .302 .352 .655
Bobby Wheelock UNQ CL6 52 215 190 24 45 6 1 1 16 34 25 0 .237 .326 .295 .620
John Kelty UNQ PIT 59 233 207 24 49 10 2 1 27 10 22 42 .237 .322 .319 .641
Charlie Sprague UNQ TL2 55 218 199 25 47 5 6 1 19 10 16 0 .236 .303 .337 .639
John Irwin UNQ BFP 77 355 308 62 72 11 4 0 34 18 43 19 .234 .335 .295 .631
Morgan Murphy UNQ BSP 68 272 246 38 56 10 2 2 32 16 24 31 .228 .301 .309 .610
Ed Sales UNQ PIT 51 208 189 19 43 7 3 1 23 3 16 15 .228 .298 .312 .610
Lou Hardie UNQ BSN 47 203 185 17 42 8 0 3 17 4 18 36 .227 .296 .319 .614
Guy Hecker UNQ PIT 86 368 340 43 77 13 9 0 38 13 19 17 .226 .285 .318 .603
John Corkhill UNQ BRO 51 219 204 23 46 4 2 1 21 6 15 11 .225 .279 .279 .558
Dave McKeough UNQ RC2 62 247 218 38 49 5 0 0 20 14 29 0 .225 .316 .248 .563
Fred Roat UNQ PIT 57 234 215 18 48 2 0 2 17 7 16 22 .223 .286 .260 .547
Joe Ardner UNQ CL4 84 342 323 28 72 13 1 0 35 9 17 40 .223 .266 .269 .535
Frank Bowes UNQ BR4 61 240 232 28 51 5 2 0 24 11 7 0 .220 .246 .259 .504
Jack Ryan UNQ LS2 93 349 337 43 73 16 4 0 35 6 12 0 .217 .244 .288 .531
Bill Wilson UNQ PIT 83 328 304 30 65 11 3 0 21 5 22 50 .214 .271 .270 .541
Charlie Bennett UNQ BSN 85 355 281 59 60 17 2 3 40 6 72 56 .214 .377 .320 .698
Mark Baldwin UNQ CHP 58 227 212 27 45 4 6 1 25 4 15 50 .212 .264 .302 .566
Kid Gleason UNQ PHI 63 236 224 22 47 3 0 0 17 10 12 21 .210 .250 .223 .473
Hugh Nicol UNQ CIN 50 205 186 28 39 1 4 0 19 24 19 12 .210 .283 .258 .541
Marr Phillips UNQ RC2 64 276 257 18 53 8 0 0 34 10 16 0 .206 .261 .237 .498
Sadie McMahon UNQ 2 teams 61 224 214 31 44 5 1 2 20 4 8 0 .206 .241 .266 .507
Bill Hutchison UNQ CHN 71 275 261 28 53 7 2 2 27 6 13 63 .203 .244 .268 .512
Tom Quinn UNQ PTP 58 239 217 24 44 4 3 1 15 1 19 9 .203 .276 .263 .539
Jim Field UNQ RC2 52 217 188 30 38 7 5 4 25 8 21 0 .202 .309 .356 .665
Malachi Kittridge UNQ CHN 96 373 333 46 67 8 3 3 35 7 39 53 .201 .287 .270 .557
Ed Williamson UNQ CHP 73 305 261 34 51 7 3 2 26 3 36 35 .195 .311 .268 .580
Charlie Bastian UNQ CHP 80 321 283 38 54 10 5 0 29 4 33 37 .191 .287 .261 .548
Tom O'Brien UNQ RC2 73 304 273 36 52 6 5 0 31 6 30 0 .190 .273 .249 .522
Jim Andrews UNQ CHN 53 227 202 32 38 4 2 3 17 11 23 41 .188 .278 .272 .550
Grant Briggs UNQ SR2 86 333 316 44 57 6 5 0 21 7 16 0 .180 .222 .231 .453
Bob Barr UNQ RC2 57 218 201 22 36 2 0 2 15 1 13 0 .179 .243 .219 .462
Pete Sweeney UNQ 2 teams 65 279 246 29 43 5 3 0 11 9 25 0 .175 .272 .220 .492
Taylor Shafer UNQ PH4 69 291 261 28 45 3 4 0 21 19 28 0 .172 .258 .215 .472
Herman Pitz UNQ 2 teams 90 346 284 43 47 0 0 0 9 39 58 0 .165 .315 .165 .481
Harry Sage UNQ TL2 81 306 275 40 41 8 4 2 25 10 29 0 .149 .235 .229 .464
Henry Easterday UNQ 2 teams 84 326 289 44 43 6 1 2 21 10 35 0 .149 .245 .197 .443
Ed Beatin UNQ CL4 54 203 191 25 27 4 3 1 21 2 12 43 .141 .192 .209 .402
Jim Keenan UNQ CIN 54 222 202 21 28 4 2 3 19 5 19 36 .139 .216 .223 .439
Showing 1-50 of 241 batters listed (147 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 134 innings at 134 team games. 81 of the 117 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1890 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Billy Rhines CIN 28 17 46 45 45 6 0 401.1 337 87 113 182 1.95 1.12
Kid Nichols BSN 27 19 48 47 47 7 0 424.0 374 105 112 222 2.23 1.15
Tony Mullane CIN 12 10 25 21 21 0 1 209.0 175 52 96 91 2.24 1.30
Scott Stratton LS2 34 14 50 49 44 4 0 431.0 398 113 61 207 2.36 1.06
Red Ehret LS2 25 14 43 38 35 4 2 359.0 351 101 79 174 2.53 1.20
Amos Rusie NY1 29 34 67 62 56 4 1 548.2 436 156 289 341 2.56 1.32
Kid Gleason PHI 38 17 60 55 54 6 2 506.0 479 148 167 222 2.63 1.28
Silver King CHP 30 22 56 56 48 4 0 461.0 420 138 163 185 2.69 1.26
Bill Hutchison CHN 41 25 71 66 65 5 2 603.0 505 181 199 289 2.70 1.17
Tom Lovett BRO 30 11 44 41 39 4 0 372.0 327 115 141 124 2.78 1.26
Frank Knauss CL6 17 12 37 34 28 3 2 275.2 206 86 106 148 2.81 1.13
Ice Box Chamberlain 2 teams 15 7 30 26 22 6 0 210.0 175 66 96 128 2.83 1.29
Jack Sharrott NY1 11 10 25 19 18 0 0 184.0 162 59 88 84 2.89 1.36
Egyptian Healy TL2 22 21 46 46 44 2 0 389.0 326 125 127 225 2.89 1.16
George Meakim LS2 12 7 28 21 16 3 1 192.0 173 62 63 123 2.91 1.23
Jesse Duryea CIN 16 12 33 32 29 2 0 274.0 270 89 60 108 2.92 1.20
Hank Gastright CL6 30 14 48 45 41 4 0 401.1 312 131 135 199 2.94 1.11
Adonis Terry BRO 26 16 46 44 38 1 0 370.0 362 121 133 185 2.94 1.34
Mickey Welch NY1 17 14 37 37 33 2 0 292.1 268 97 122 97 2.99 1.33
Bob Caruthers BRO 23 11 37 33 30 1 0 300.0 292 103 87 64 3.09 1.26
Pretzels Getzien BSN 23 17 40 40 39 4 0 350.0 342 124 82 140 3.19 1.21
Pat Luby CHN 20 9 34 31 26 0 1 267.2 226 95 95 85 3.19 1.20
Bob Barr RC2 28 24 57 54 52 3 0 493.1 458 178 219 209 3.25 1.37
John Clarkson BSN 26 18 44 44 43 2 0 383.0 370 139 140 138 3.27 1.33
Sadie McMahon 2 teams 36 21 60 57 55 1 1 509.0 498 185 166 291 3.27 1.30
Fred Smith TL2 19 13 35 34 31 2 0 286.0 273 104 90 116 3.27 1.27
Will Calihan RC2 18 15 37 36 31 0 0 296.1 276 108 125 127 3.28 1.35
Harry Staley PTP 21 25 47 47 45 3 0 396.2 404 145 77 150 3.29 1.21
Old Hoss Radbourn BSP 27 12 41 38 36 1 0 343.0 352 126 100 80 3.31 1.32
Mark Baldwin CHP 33 24 58 56 53 1 0 492.0 494 183 249 206 3.35 1.51
Bill Daley BSP 18 7 36 27 21 2 2 253.0 253 95 178 115 3.38 1.70
Tim Keefe NYP 17 11 30 30 23 1 0 229.0 225 86 89 89 3.38 1.37
Ed Daily 2 teams 18 17 41 38 37 1 0 344.2 341 130 129 113 3.39 1.36
Cinders O'Brien CLP 8 16 25 25 22 0 0 206.1 229 78 93 54 3.40 1.56
Tom Vickery PHI 24 21 46 46 41 2 0 382.0 405 146 184 162 3.44 1.54
Cy Young CL4 9 7 17 16 16 0 0 147.2 145 57 30 39 3.47 1.19
Jack Stivetts SL4 27 21 54 46 41 3 0 419.1 399 164 179 289 3.52 1.38
Jack Easton CL6 15 14 37 29 23 0 1 255.2 213 100 125 147 3.52 1.32
Gus Weyhing BRP 30 16 49 46 38 3 0 390.0 419 156 179 177 3.60 1.53
Billy Hart SL4 12 8 26 24 20 0 0 201.1 188 82 66 95 3.67 1.26
Toad Ramsey SL4 23 17 44 40 34 1 0 348.2 325 143 102 257 3.69 1.22
Ledell Titcomb RC2 10 9 20 19 19 1 0 168.2 168 70 97 73 3.74 1.57
Ben Sanders PHP 19 18 43 40 37 2 1 346.2 412 145 69 107 3.76 1.39
Ed Stein CHN 12 6 20 18 14 1 0 160.2 147 68 83 65 3.81 1.43
Charlie Buffinton PHP 19 15 36 33 28 0 1 283.1 312 120 126 89 3.81 1.55
John Sowders BRP 19 16 39 37 28 1 0 309.0 358 131 161 91 3.82 1.68
Phil Knell PHP 22 11 35 31 30 2 0 286.2 287 122 166 99 3.83 1.58
Ed Beatin CL4 22 30 54 54 53 1 0 474.1 518 202 186 155 3.83 1.48
Lee Viau 2 teams 11 14 26 23 20 2 0 197.0 198 85 81 71 3.88 1.42
Ad Gumbert BSP 23 12 40 34 28 1 0 286.1 351 125 88 82 3.93 1.53
Al Maul PTP 16 12 31 29 27 2 0 255.2 279 112 105 87 3.94 1.50
Frank Foreman CIN 13 10 25 24 20 0 0 198.1 201 87 89 57 3.95 1.46
Phenomenal Smith 2 teams 9 15 29 25 24 1 0 248.0 248 112 102 96 4.06 1.41
Charlie Bartson CHP 9 10 26 20 17 0 1 197.0 226 90 66 52 4.11 1.48
Willie McGill CLP 11 9 24 20 19 0 0 183.2 222 84 96 82 4.12 1.73
Dan Casey SR2 19 22 45 42 40 2 0 360.2 365 166 165 169 4.14 1.47
Ed Cushman TL2 17 21 40 38 34 0 1 315.2 346 147 107 125 4.19 1.44
Hank O'Day NYP 22 13 43 35 32 1 3 329.0 355 154 161 94 4.21 1.57
John Ewing NYP 18 12 35 31 27 1 2 267.1 294 126 104 145 4.24 1.49
George Hemming 2 teams 8 5 22 12 12 0 3 144.0 142 68 78 35 4.25 1.53
Matt Kilroy BSP 9 15 30 27 18 0 1 217.2 268 103 87 48 4.26 1.63
Henry Gruber CLP 22 23 48 44 39 1 0 383.1 464 182 204 110 4.27 1.74
George Van Haltren BRP 15 10 28 25 23 0 2 223.0 272 106 89 48 4.28 1.62
John Keefe SR2 17 24 43 41 36 2 0 352.1 355 169 148 120 4.32 1.43
Pud Galvin PTP 12 13 26 25 23 1 0 217.0 275 105 49 35 4.35 1.49
Jersey Bakley CLP 12 25 43 38 32 0 0 326.1 412 162 147 67 4.47 1.71
Mike Mattimore BR4 6 13 19 19 19 0 0 178.1 201 90 76 33 4.54 1.55
Duke Esper 2 teams 13 11 25 23 20 1 0 201.2 234 102 93 88 4.55 1.62
Ed Crane NYP 16 19 43 35 28 0 0 330.1 323 170 208 116 4.63 1.61
Ed Seward PH4 6 12 21 19 15 1 0 154.0 165 81 72 55 4.73 1.54
Con Murphy BRP 4 10 20 14 11 0 2 139.0 168 74 82 29 4.79 1.80
Ed Morris PTP 8 7 18 15 15 1 0 144.1 178 78 35 25 4.86 1.48
Charlie McCullough 2 teams 5 23 29 28 27 0 0 241.2 276 131 116 69 4.88 1.62
Jack Wadsworth CL4 2 16 20 19 19 0 0 169.2 202 98 81 26 5.20 1.67
Ezra Lincoln 2 teams 3 14 18 18 15 0 0 138.0 190 81 57 28 5.28 1.79
Mike Morrison 2 teams 7 11 21 18 16 1 0 153.0 146 94 101 82 5.53 1.61
Kirtley Baker PIT 3 19 25 21 19 2 0 178.1 209 111 86 76 5.60 1.65
Bert Cunningham 2 teams 12 24 39 36 35 2 0 319.2 384 200 201 111 5.63 1.83
George Haddock BFP 9 26 35 34 31 0 0 290.2 366 186 149 123 5.76 1.77
Ed Green PH4 7 15 25 22 20 1 1 191.0 267 123 94 56 5.80 1.89
George Keefe BFP 6 16 25 22 22 0 0 196.0 280 142 138 55 6.52 2.13
Wild Bill Widner UNQ CL6 4 8 13 10 8 1 0 96.0 103 35 24 14 3.28 1.32
Herb Goodall UNQ LS2 8 5 18 13 8 1 4 109.0 94 41 51 46 3.39 1.33
Joe Neale UNQ SL4 5 3 10 9 8 0 0 69.0 53 26 15 23 3.39 0.99
Bill Whitrock UNQ SL4 5 6 16 11 10 0 1 105.0 104 41 40 39 3.51 1.37
Charlie Sprague UNQ TL2 9 5 19 12 9 0 0 122.2 111 53 78 59 3.89 1.54
John Fitzgerald UNQ RC2 3 8 11 11 8 1 0 78.0 77 35 45 35 4.04 1.56
Steve Toole UNQ BR4 2 4 6 6 6 0 0 53.1 47 24 39 10 4.05 1.61
Roscoe Coughlin UNQ CHN 4 6 11 10 10 0 0 95.0 102 45 40 29 4.26 1.49
Bob Miller UNQ RC2 3 7 13 12 11 0 1 92.1 89 44 26 20 4.29 1.25
Bill Sowders UNQ PIT 3 8 15 11 9 0 0 106.0 117 52 24 30 4.42 1.33
Bill Day UNQ 2 teams 1 7 10 8 8 0 0 73.2 92 37 36 19 4.52 1.74
Larry Twitchell UNQ BFP 5 7 13 12 12 0 0 104.1 112 53 72 29 4.57 1.76
Mike Sullivan UNQ CHN 5 6 12 12 10 0 0 96.0 108 49 58 33 4.59 1.73
Ed Mars UNQ SR2 9 5 16 14 14 0 0 121.1 132 63 49 59 4.67 1.49
Lady Baldwin UNQ 2 teams 3 5 9 8 7 0 0 69.2 105 37 28 17 4.78 1.91
Kid Madden UNQ BSP 3 2 10 7 5 1 1 62.0 85 33 25 24 4.79 1.77
Les German UNQ BL3 5 11 17 16 15 0 0 132.1 147 71 54 37 4.83 1.52
Bill Husted UNQ PHP 5 10 18 17 12 0 0 129.0 148 70 67 33 4.88 1.67
Bill Garfield UNQ CL4 1 7 9 8 7 0 0 70.0 91 38 35 16 4.89 1.80
Tom Ford UNQ 2 teams 0 6 8 6 6 0 0 51.0 70 28 35 12 4.94 2.06
Dave Anderson UNQ 2 teams 3 12 16 15 14 0 0 127.1 147 72 60 48 5.09 1.63
Guy Hecker UNQ PIT 2 9 14 12 11 0 0 119.2 160 68 44 32 5.11 1.70
James Stafford UNQ BFP 3 9 12 12 11 0 0 98.0 123 56 43 21 5.14 1.69
Billy Gumbert UNQ PIT 4 6 10 10 8 0 0 79.1 96 46 31 18 5.22 1.60
Mickey Hughes UNQ 2 teams 5 7 15 13 10 0 0 107.2 141 63 51 37 5.27 1.78
Alex Ferson UNQ BFP 1 7 10 10 7 0 0 71.0 88 43 40 13 5.45 1.80
Jesse Burkett UNQ NY1 3 10 21 14 6 0 0 118.0 134 73 92 82 5.57 1.92
Bob Murphy UNQ 2 teams 4 9 15 14 11 0 0 114.0 144 72 56 34 5.68 1.75
Crazy Schmit UNQ PIT 1 9 11 10 9 1 0 83.1 108 54 42 35 5.83 1.80
Frank Dwyer UNQ CHP 3 6 12 6 6 0 1 69.1 98 48 25 17 6.23 1.77
Sumner Bowman UNQ 2 teams 2 5 10 8 6 0 0 78.2 111 59 52 24 6.75 2.07
John Tener UNQ PTP 3 11 15 15 14 0 0 126.0 173 101 75 33 7.21 1.97
Bill Phillips UNQ PIT 1 9 10 10 9 0 0 82.0 123 69 29 25 7.57 1.85
Fred Osborne UNQ PIT 0 5 8 5 5 0 0 58.0 82 54 45 14 8.38 2.19
Ed O'Neil UNQ 2 teams 0 8 8 8 8 0 0 68.0 111 70 45 19 9.26 2.29
William Stecher UNQ PH4 0 10 10 10 9 0 0 68.0 111 78 60 18 10.32 2.51
Showing 1-50 of 117 pitchers listed (81 qualified)

Reading the 1890 leader tables

Of the 241 batting lines shown for 1890, 147 are qualified. Pete Browning tops the qualified hitters in batting average (.373); Dave Orr is second at .371. Roger Connor has the highest qualified OPS, .998. Hardy Richardson has the most home runs in the table, 16. Billy Hamilton's 102 steals are the most listed. On the 1890 pitching side, 81 of 117 listed pitchers qualify. First among qualified pitchers by ERA is Billy Rhines, 1.95, and Scott Stratton has the best WHIP, 1.06. Sorted by the counting stats, the leaders are Bill Hutchison in wins (41) and Amos Rusie in strikeouts (341).

1890 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1890?
Hardy Richardson led with 16 home runs in 1890.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1890?
Hardy Richardson led with 152 RBI in 1890.
Who led MLB in hits in 1890?
Chicken Wolf led with 197 hits in 1890.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1890?
Pete Browning led at .373 in 1890, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1890?
Bill Hutchison led with 41 wins in 1890.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1890?
Amos Rusie led with 341 strikeouts in 1890.