1893 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1893 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1893 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Ed Delahanty led with 19 home runs, Ed Delahanty led with 146 RBI, and Sam Thompson led with 222 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 403 plate appearances at 130 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (130 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 — 403 plate appearances at 130 team games. 79 of the 116 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1893 OPS Distribution

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

Complete Statistics

1893 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Billy Hamilton PHI 82 431 355 110 135 22 7 5 44 43 63 7 .380 .490 .524 1.014
Sam Thompson PHI 131 656 600 130 222 37 13 11 126 18 50 17 .370 .424 .530 .954
Ed Delahanty PHI 132 652 595 145 219 35 18 19 146 37 47 20 .368 .423 .583 1.007
Hugh Duffy BSN 131 611 560 147 203 23 7 6 118 44 50 13 .362 .416 .461 .876
George Davis NY1 133 600 549 112 195 22 27 11 119 37 42 20 .355 .410 .554 .964
Jesse Burkett CL4 125 616 511 145 178 25 15 6 82 39 98 23 .348 .459 .491 .951
Tommy McCarthy BSN 116 529 462 107 160 28 6 5 111 46 64 10 .346 .429 .465 .894
Elmer Smith PIT 128 600 518 121 179 26 23 7 103 26 77 23 .346 .435 .525 .960
Buck Ewing CL4 116 541 500 117 172 28 15 6 122 47 41 18 .344 .394 .496 .890
George Van Haltren PIT 124 606 529 129 179 14 11 3 79 37 75 25 .338 .422 .423 .846
Patsy Tebeau CL4 116 522 486 90 160 32 8 2 102 19 32 11 .329 .375 .440 .816
John Ward NY1 135 636 588 129 193 27 9 2 77 46 47 5 .328 .379 .415 .794
Cupid Childs CL4 124 609 485 145 158 19 10 3 65 23 120 12 .326 .463 .425 .888
Steve Brodie 2 teams 132 625 566 89 184 23 10 2 98 49 45 18 .325 .389 .412 .800
John McGraw BLN 127 597 480 123 154 9 10 5 64 38 101 11 .321 .454 .412 .866
Jack Glasscock 2 teams 114 539 488 81 156 15 12 2 100 36 42 7 .320 .384 .412 .796
Patsy Donovan PIT 113 544 499 114 158 5 8 2 56 46 42 8 .317 .373 .371 .744
Cap Anson CHN 103 467 398 70 125 24 2 0 91 13 68 12 .314 .415 .384 .800
Sam Wise WAS 122 574 521 102 162 27 17 5 77 20 49 27 .311 .375 .457 .831
Ed McKean CL4 125 599 545 103 169 29 24 4 133 16 50 14 .310 .372 .473 .846
Bug Holliday CIN 126 576 500 108 155 24 10 5 89 32 73 22 .310 .401 .428 .829
Mike Tiernan NY1 125 587 511 114 158 19 12 14 102 26 72 24 .309 .399 .476 .874
Bill Hallman PHI 132 652 596 119 183 28 7 5 76 22 51 27 .307 .367 .403 .769
Denny Lyons PIT 131 596 490 103 150 19 16 3 105 19 97 29 .306 .430 .429 .858
Roger Connor NY1 135 605 511 111 156 25 8 11 105 24 91 26 .305 .413 .450 .863
Joe Kelley BLN 125 583 502 120 153 27 16 9 76 33 77 44 .305 .401 .476 .877
Tim O'Rourke 2 teams 123 586 487 102 148 12 5 0 72 27 89 19 .304 .422 .349 .771
Jake Beckley PIT 131 616 542 108 164 32 19 5 106 15 54 26 .303 .386 .459 .846
Bill Dahlen CHN 116 548 485 113 146 28 15 5 64 31 58 30 .301 .381 .452 .833
Walt Wilmot CHN 94 433 392 69 118 14 14 3 61 39 40 8 .301 .367 .431 .798
Jimmy Ryan CHN 83 403 341 82 102 21 7 3 30 8 59 25 .299 .407 .428 .835
Lave Cross PHI 96 442 415 81 124 17 6 4 78 18 26 7 .299 .342 .398 .739
Bobby Lowe BSN 126 585 526 130 157 19 5 14 89 22 55 29 .298 .369 .433 .803
Sam Dungan CHN 107 503 465 86 138 23 7 2 64 11 29 8 .297 .350 .389 .739
William Brown 2 teams 118 545 493 85 144 26 7 1 90 9 51 35 .292 .360 .379 .739
Farmer Weaver LS3 106 477 439 79 128 17 7 2 49 17 27 12 .292 .348 .376 .724
Billy Nash BSN 128 572 485 115 141 27 6 10 123 30 85 29 .291 .399 .433 .832
Tom Daly BRO 126 546 470 94 136 21 14 8 70 32 76 65 .289 .388 .445 .833
Herman Long BSN 128 630 552 149 159 22 6 6 58 38 73 32 .288 .376 .382 .758
Jim O'Rourke WAS 129 604 547 75 157 22 5 2 95 15 49 26 .287 .354 .356 .711
Jack O'Connor CL4 96 416 384 72 110 23 1 4 75 29 29 12 .286 .341 .383 .724
Jack Boyle PHI 116 555 504 105 144 29 9 4 81 22 41 30 .286 .351 .403 .754
Henry Reitz BLN 130 562 490 90 140 17 13 1 76 24 65 32 .286 .377 .380 .757
Jack Clements PHI 94 420 376 64 107 20 3 17 80 3 39 29 .285 .360 .489 .849
Mike Griffin BRO 95 429 362 85 103 21 7 6 59 30 59 23 .285 .396 .431 .827
Lou Bierbauer PIT 128 568 528 84 150 19 11 4 94 11 36 12 .284 .335 .384 .719
Tommy Tucker BSN 121 533 486 83 138 13 2 7 91 8 27 31 .284 .347 .362 .709
Arlie Latham CIN 127 603 531 101 150 18 6 2 49 57 62 20 .282 .368 .350 .718
Tommy Dowd SLN 132 632 581 114 164 18 7 1 54 59 49 23 .282 .340 .343 .683
Duke Farrell WAS 124 563 511 84 144 13 13 4 75 11 47 12 .282 .348 .382 .730
Bill Lange CHN 117 525 469 92 132 8 7 8 88 47 52 20 .281 .358 .380 .738
Bid McPhee CIN 127 589 491 101 138 17 11 3 68 25 94 20 .281 .401 .379 .779
Farmer Vaughn CIN 121 521 483 68 135 17 12 1 108 16 35 17 .280 .332 .371 .703
Eddie Burke NY1 135 613 537 122 150 23 10 9 80 54 51 32 .279 .369 .410 .778
Perry Werden SLN 125 556 500 73 138 22 29 1 94 11 49 25 .276 .349 .442 .791
Tommy Corcoran BRO 115 488 459 61 126 11 10 2 58 14 27 12 .275 .318 .355 .673
Frank Shugart 2 teams 111 506 456 78 124 17 7 1 60 25 41 25 .272 .344 .346 .690
Thomas Burns BRO 109 455 415 68 112 22 8 7 60 14 36 16 .270 .334 .412 .746
Bob Allen PHI 124 547 471 86 126 19 12 8 90 8 71 40 .268 .369 .410 .779
John Grim LS3 99 436 415 68 111 19 8 3 54 15 12 10 .267 .303 .373 .676
Jake Virtue CL4 97 433 378 87 100 16 10 1 60 11 54 14 .265 .358 .368 .726
Joe Sullivan WAS 128 552 508 72 134 16 13 2 64 7 36 24 .264 .322 .358 .681
Billy Shindle BLN 125 595 521 100 136 22 11 1 75 17 66 17 .261 .353 .351 .704
George Treadway BLN 115 520 458 78 119 16 17 1 67 24 58 50 .260 .348 .376 .724
Heinie Peitz SLN 96 417 362 53 92 12 9 1 45 12 54 20 .254 .353 .345 .698
Fred Pfeffer LS3 125 559 508 85 129 29 12 3 75 32 51 18 .254 .322 .376 .698
Dave Foutz BRO 130 589 557 91 137 20 10 7 67 39 32 34 .246 .287 .355 .642
Charlie Reilly PHI 104 458 416 64 102 16 7 4 56 13 33 36 .245 .314 .346 .661
Billy Hoy WAS 130 643 564 106 138 12 6 0 45 48 66 9 .245 .337 .287 .625
Jiggs Parrott CHN 113 483 468 55 113 10 9 1 65 25 14 27 .241 .265 .308 .573
Tom Brown LS3 122 590 529 104 127 15 7 5 54 66 56 63 .240 .319 .323 .642
Jack Crooks SLN 128 578 448 93 106 10 9 1 48 31 121 37 .237 .408 .306 .714
Shorty Fuller NY1 130 536 474 78 112 14 8 0 51 26 60 21 .236 .325 .300 .624
Germany Smith CIN 130 540 500 63 118 18 6 4 56 14 38 20 .236 .293 .320 .613
George Pinkney LS3 118 504 446 64 105 12 6 1 62 12 50 8 .235 .323 .296 .619
Joe Quinn SLN 135 584 547 68 126 18 6 0 71 24 33 7 .230 .279 .285 .564
Paul Radford WAS 124 576 464 87 106 18 3 2 34 32 104 42 .228 .378 .293 .672
Jim Canavan CIN 121 514 461 65 104 13 7 5 64 31 51 20 .226 .305 .317 .622
Cliff Carroll BSN 120 531 438 80 98 7 5 2 54 29 88 28 .224 .360 .276 .636
Jake Stenzel UNQ PIT 60 248 224 57 81 13 4 4 37 16 24 17 .362 .423 .509 .932
Pete Browning UNQ LS3 57 266 220 38 78 11 3 1 37 8 44 15 .355 .466 .445 .912
Dan Brouthers UNQ BRO 77 340 282 57 95 21 11 2 59 9 52 10 .337 .450 .511 .961
Wilbert Robinson UNQ BLN 95 387 359 49 120 21 3 3 57 17 26 22 .334 .382 .435 .817
Jack Doyle UNQ NY1 82 350 318 56 102 17 5 1 51 40 27 12 .321 .383 .415 .798
Henry Larkin UNQ WAS 81 377 319 54 101 20 3 4 73 1 50 5 .317 .422 .436 .857
Larry Twitchell UNQ LS3 45 207 187 37 58 11 3 2 31 7 17 20 .310 .377 .433 .810
Chippy McGarr UNQ CL4 63 270 249 38 77 12 0 0 28 24 20 15 .309 .363 .357 .720
Charles Zimmer UNQ CL4 57 244 227 27 70 13 7 2 41 4 16 15 .308 .357 .454 .810
Pop Schriver UNQ CHN 64 247 229 49 65 8 3 4 34 4 14 9 .284 .336 .397 .733
Harry Taylor UNQ BLN 88 395 360 50 102 9 1 1 54 24 32 11 .283 .347 .322 .669
Jack McCarthy UNQ CIN 49 217 195 28 55 8 3 0 22 6 22 7 .282 .355 .354 .709
James Stafford UNQ NY1 67 308 281 58 79 7 4 5 27 19 25 31 .281 .344 .388 .732
Harry Lyons UNQ NY1 47 201 187 27 51 5 2 0 21 10 14 6 .273 .323 .321 .644
Piggy Ward UNQ 2 teams 53 248 199 55 54 5 4 0 15 31 42 12 .271 .415 .337 .752
George Decker UNQ CHN 81 354 328 57 89 9 8 2 48 22 24 22 .271 .325 .366 .691
Amos Rusie UNQ NY1 56 216 212 32 57 3 4 3 27 0 3 19 .269 .282 .363 .646
Joe Gunson UNQ 2 teams 61 241 224 31 60 6 0 0 24 0 12 6 .268 .320 .295 .614
Charlie Ganzel UNQ BSN 73 305 281 50 75 10 2 1 48 6 22 9 .267 .325 .327 .652
Con Daily UNQ BRO 61 240 215 33 57 4 2 1 32 13 20 12 .265 .342 .316 .658
George Shoch UNQ BRO 94 380 327 53 86 17 1 2 54 9 48 13 .263 .366 .339 .705
Deacon McGuire UNQ WAS 63 266 237 29 61 14 3 1 26 3 26 12 .257 .338 .354 .693
Kid Gleason UNQ SLN 59 220 199 25 51 6 4 0 20 2 19 8 .256 .327 .327 .654
Tom Kinslow UNQ BRO 78 324 312 38 76 8 4 4 45 4 11 13 .244 .272 .333 .605
Harry Stovey UNQ 2 teams 56 253 201 47 48 8 6 1 34 23 52 14 .239 .395 .353 .748
Jimmy McAleer UNQ CL4 91 389 350 63 83 5 1 2 41 32 35 21 .237 .314 .274 .588
John Milligan UNQ 2 teams 66 271 249 35 59 10 8 2 44 4 19 21 .237 .299 .365 .664
Morgan Murphy UNQ CIN 57 217 200 25 47 5 1 1 19 1 14 35 .235 .295 .285 .580
Joe Mulvey UNQ WAS 55 235 226 21 53 9 4 0 19 2 7 8 .235 .264 .310 .574
Malachi Kittridge UNQ CHN 70 272 255 32 59 9 5 2 30 3 17 15 .231 .279 .329 .609
Scott Stratton UNQ LS3 61 247 221 34 50 8 5 0 16 6 25 15 .226 .308 .308 .615
Danny Richardson UNQ BRO 54 222 206 36 46 6 2 0 27 7 13 18 .223 .279 .272 .551
Charlie Comiskey UNQ CIN 64 272 259 38 57 12 1 0 26 9 11 2 .220 .257 .274 .531
Jim Long UNQ BLN 55 246 226 31 48 8 1 2 25 23 16 27 .212 .276 .283 .560
Charlie Bennett UNQ BSN 60 233 191 34 40 6 0 4 27 5 40 36 .209 .352 .304 .656
Cub Stricker UNQ WAS 59 238 218 28 39 7 1 0 20 4 20 12 .179 .248 .220 .468
William Clarke UNQ BLN 49 208 183 23 32 1 3 1 24 2 19 14 .175 .274 .230 .504
Showing 1-50 of 116 batters listed (79 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 130 innings at 130 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

1893 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Theodore Breitenstein SLN 19 24 48 42 38 1 1 382.2 359 135 156 102 3.18 1.35
Amos Rusie NY1 33 21 56 52 50 4 1 482.0 451 173 218 208 3.23 1.39
Cy Young CL4 33 16 53 46 42 1 2 422.2 442 158 103 102 3.36 1.29
Red Ehret PIT 18 18 39 35 32 4 0 314.1 322 120 115 70 3.44 1.39
Dad Clarkson SLN 12 9 24 21 17 1 0 186.1 194 72 79 37 3.48 1.47
Kid Nichols BSN 34 14 52 44 43 1 1 425.0 426 166 118 94 3.52 1.28
Frank Killen PIT 36 14 55 48 38 2 0 415.0 401 168 140 99 3.64 1.30
Brickyard Kennedy BRO 25 20 46 44 40 2 1 382.2 376 158 168 107 3.72 1.42
Ice Box Chamberlain CIN 16 12 34 27 19 1 0 241.0 248 100 112 59 3.73 1.49
Ed Stein BRO 19 15 37 34 28 1 0 298.1 294 125 119 81 3.77 1.38
Edgar McNabb BLN 8 7 21 14 12 0 0 142.0 167 65 53 18 4.12 1.55
Frank Dwyer CIN 18 15 37 30 28 1 2 287.1 332 132 93 53 4.13 1.48
Les German NY1 8 8 20 18 14 0 0 152.0 162 70 70 35 4.14 1.53
Mark Baldwin 2 teams 16 20 46 40 33 2 2 333.2 341 154 142 100 4.15 1.45
Jack Taylor PHI 10 9 25 16 14 0 1 170.0 187 80 77 41 4.24 1.55
Sadie McMahon BLN 23 18 43 40 35 0 1 346.1 378 168 156 79 4.37 1.54
Tim Keefe PHI 10 7 22 22 17 0 0 178.0 202 87 80 56 4.40 1.58
Hal Mauck CHN 8 10 23 18 12 1 0 143.0 168 70 60 23 4.41 1.59
Jack Stivetts BSN 20 12 38 34 29 1 1 283.2 315 139 115 61 4.41 1.52
Tony Mullane 2 teams 18 22 49 39 34 0 2 367.0 407 181 189 95 4.44 1.62
Adonis Terry PIT 12 8 26 19 14 0 0 170.0 177 84 99 52 4.45 1.62
John Clarkson CL4 16 17 36 35 31 0 0 295.0 358 146 95 62 4.45 1.54
George Cuppy CL4 18 10 31 30 24 0 0 243.2 316 121 75 39 4.47 1.60
Tom Parrott 2 teams 10 10 26 20 13 1 0 181.0 209 90 87 40 4.48 1.64
Pink Hawley SLN 5 17 31 24 21 0 1 227.0 249 116 103 73 4.60 1.55
Willie McGill CHN 17 18 39 34 26 1 0 302.2 311 155 181 91 4.61 1.63
Kid Gleason SLN 21 22 48 45 37 1 1 380.1 436 195 187 86 4.61 1.64
Duke Esper WAS 12 28 42 36 34 0 0 334.1 442 175 156 78 4.71 1.79
Gus Weyhing PHI 23 16 42 40 33 2 0 345.1 399 182 145 101 4.74 1.58
Bill Hutchison CHN 16 24 44 40 38 2 0 348.1 420 184 156 80 4.75 1.65
Bill Hawke 2 teams 11 17 30 30 22 1 0 230.1 257 122 111 70 4.77 1.60
Kid Carsey PHI 20 15 39 35 30 1 0 318.1 375 170 124 50 4.81 1.57
Jouett Meekin WAS 10 15 31 28 24 1 0 245.0 289 135 140 91 4.96 1.75
Mike Sullivan CIN 8 11 27 18 14 0 1 183.2 200 103 103 40 5.05 1.65
George Hemming LS3 18 17 41 32 32 1 1 332.0 369 188 175 79 5.10 1.64
Harry Staley BSN 18 10 36 31 23 0 0 263.0 344 150 81 61 5.13 1.62
Ad Gumbert PIT 11 7 22 20 16 2 0 162.2 207 93 78 40 5.15 1.75
Al Maul WAS 12 21 37 33 29 1 0 297.0 355 175 144 72 5.30 1.68
Scott Stratton LS3 12 23 37 35 34 1 0 314.2 445 190 100 43 5.43 1.73
Hank Gastright 2 teams 15 5 28 23 19 0 0 215.0 253 130 115 39 5.44 1.71
George Haddock BRO 8 9 23 20 12 0 0 151.0 193 94 89 37 5.60 1.87
Silver King 2 teams 8 10 24 22 12 1 1 154.0 188 104 82 43 6.08 1.75
Bill Rotes LS3 5 12 20 19 17 0 0 151.2 244 128 66 22 7.60 2.04
Charlie Petty UNQ NY1 5 2 9 6 4 0 0 54.0 66 20 28 12 3.33 1.74
Dan Daub UNQ BRO 6 6 12 12 12 0 0 103.0 104 44 61 25 3.84 1.60
Fritz Clausen UNQ 2 teams 7 6 15 14 11 0 1 109.0 112 48 61 35 3.96 1.59
John Menefee UNQ LS3 8 7 15 15 14 1 0 129.1 150 61 40 30 4.24 1.47
Jack Sharrott UNQ PHI 4 2 12 4 2 0 0 56.0 53 28 33 11 4.50 1.54
Charlie Hastings UNQ CL4 4 5 15 9 6 0 1 92.0 128 48 33 14 4.70 1.75
Gus McGinnis UNQ 2 teams 3 8 18 9 7 1 0 104.2 124 58 48 25 4.99 1.64
Tom Vickery UNQ PHI 4 5 13 11 7 0 0 80.0 100 48 37 15 5.40 1.71
Bert Abbey UNQ CHN 2 4 7 7 5 0 0 56.0 74 34 20 6 5.46 1.68
Ben Stephens UNQ WAS 0 6 9 6 6 0 0 63.2 83 41 31 14 5.80 1.79
George Sharrott UNQ BRO 4 6 13 10 10 0 1 95.0 114 62 58 24 5.87 1.81
Tom Lovett UNQ BRO 3 5 14 8 6 0 1 96.0 134 70 35 15 6.56 1.76
Crazy Schmit UNQ 2 teams 3 4 13 10 5 0 0 69.2 97 53 39 15 6.85 1.95
Ed Crane UNQ 2 teams 2 6 12 9 5 0 0 78.1 103 60 50 16 6.89 1.95
Jesse Duryea UNQ WAS 4 10 17 15 9 0 0 117.0 182 98 56 20 7.54 2.03
George Davies UNQ 2 teams 1 3 8 4 2 0 0 51.1 69 44 23 10 7.71 1.79
Otis Stocksdale UNQ WAS 2 8 11 11 7 0 0 69.0 111 63 32 12 8.22 2.07
Kirtley Baker UNQ BLN 3 8 15 12 8 0 0 91.2 138 86 58 26 8.44 2.14
Showing 1-50 of 61 pitchers listed (43 qualified)

Reading the 1893 leader tables

79 of the 116 hitters in the 1893 table reach the qualification line. Sorted by average, the qualified race is headed by Billy Hamilton at .380, with Sam Thompson next at .370. Ed Delahanty has the most home runs in the table, 19. Tom Brown's 66 steals are the most listed. On the 1893 pitching side, 43 of 61 listed pitchers qualify. First among qualified pitchers by ERA is Theodore Breitenstein, 3.18, and Kid Nichols has the best WHIP, 1.28. The counting columns are topped by Frank Killen in wins (36) and Amos Rusie in strikeouts (208).

1893 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1893?
Ed Delahanty led with 19 home runs in 1893.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1893?
Ed Delahanty led with 146 RBI in 1893.
Who led MLB in hits in 1893?
Sam Thompson led with 222 hits in 1893.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1893?
Billy Hamilton led at .380 in 1893, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1893?
Frank Killen led with 36 wins in 1893.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1893?
Amos Rusie led with 208 strikeouts in 1893.