1894 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1894 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1894 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Hugh Duffy led with 18 home runs, Sam Thompson led with 149 RBI, and Hugh Duffy led with 237 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 412 plate appearances at 133 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (133 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 — 412 plate appearances at 133 team games. 77 of the 119 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1894 OPS Distribution

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

Complete Statistics

1894 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Hugh Duffy BSN 125 616 539 160 237 51 16 18 145 48 66 15 .440 .502 .694 1.196
Sam Thompson PHI 102 502 451 114 187 32 28 13 149 27 42 13 .415 .466 .696 1.162
Ed Delahanty PHI 116 567 494 148 200 39 19 4 133 22 61 16 .405 .477 .585 1.062
Billy Hamilton PHI 132 702 558 198 225 25 15 4 90 100 128 19 .403 .521 .523 1.044
Joe Kelley BLN 129 638 507 165 199 48 20 6 111 46 107 36 .393 .502 .602 1.104
Lave Cross PHI 122 593 542 128 210 34 10 7 132 23 31 7 .387 .424 .526 .949
Bug Holliday CIN 123 568 521 126 196 24 8 13 123 33 41 20 .376 .424 .528 .952
Willie Keeler BLN 129 664 590 165 219 27 22 5 94 32 40 6 .371 .427 .517 .944
Jack Doyle NY1 107 471 427 94 157 30 8 3 103 44 37 3 .368 .422 .496 .918
Steve Brodie BLN 129 628 573 134 210 25 11 3 113 42 18 8 .366 .399 .464 .863
Bill Dahlen CHN 122 596 507 150 182 32 14 15 108 43 76 33 .359 .445 .566 1.011
Jesse Burkett CL4 125 618 523 138 187 27 14 8 94 28 84 27 .358 .447 .509 .956
Ed McKean CL4 130 616 554 116 198 30 15 8 128 33 49 12 .357 .412 .509 .921
Mike Griffin BRO 108 494 406 123 145 29 4 5 76 39 78 14 .357 .466 .485 .951
Elmer Smith PIT 126 573 490 128 175 33 19 6 74 34 68 12 .357 .440 .539 .979
Jimmy Ryan CHN 110 545 482 133 172 37 7 3 62 12 51 24 .357 .422 .481 .903
Bill Joyce WAS 99 459 355 103 126 25 14 17 89 21 87 33 .355 .496 .648 1.143
Thomas Burns BRO 126 569 513 107 182 32 14 5 109 30 44 18 .355 .409 .501 .910
Cupid Childs CL4 118 595 479 143 169 21 12 2 52 17 107 11 .353 .475 .459 .935
Wilbert Robinson BLN 109 474 414 69 146 21 4 1 98 12 46 18 .353 .421 .430 .851
Jake Stenzel PIT 132 612 525 150 185 39 20 13 121 61 76 13 .352 .440 .577 1.017
George Davis NY1 124 566 486 125 171 27 19 9 93 42 67 10 .352 .434 .541 .976
Tommy McCarthy BSN 127 613 539 118 188 21 8 13 126 43 59 17 .349 .419 .490 .909
Dan Brouthers BLN 123 615 525 137 182 39 23 9 128 38 67 9 .347 .425 .560 .985
Bobby Lowe BSN 133 678 613 158 212 34 11 17 115 23 50 25 .346 .401 .520 .921
Jake Beckley PIT 132 621 537 123 185 36 19 7 122 21 43 16 .345 .412 .521 .934
John McGraw BLN 124 630 512 156 174 18 14 1 92 78 91 12 .340 .451 .436 .887
George Miller SLN 127 551 481 93 163 9 11 8 86 17 58 9 .339 .414 .453 .868
Tom Daly BRO 124 582 496 135 168 22 10 8 82 51 77 42 .339 .433 .472 .904
Jimmy Bannon BSN 128 566 494 130 166 29 10 13 114 47 62 42 .336 .414 .514 .928
Joe Sullivan 2 teams 94 418 372 72 125 13 8 3 68 15 30 12 .336 .399 .438 .837
Hughie Jennings BLN 128 583 501 134 168 28 16 4 109 37 37 17 .335 .411 .479 .890
George Van Haltren NY1 139 600 528 109 175 22 4 7 105 43 55 23 .331 .399 .428 .827
Tommy Tucker BSN 123 572 500 112 165 24 6 3 100 18 53 21 .330 .412 .420 .832
George Treadway BRO 124 569 482 125 159 28 26 4 102 27 73 43 .330 .420 .521 .941
Walt Wilmot CHN 135 655 604 136 199 45 12 5 130 76 36 27 .329 .368 .469 .837
Bill Lange CHN 113 510 449 86 146 17 9 6 91 66 56 18 .325 .401 .443 .844
Herman Long BSN 104 522 475 136 154 28 11 12 79 24 35 17 .324 .375 .505 .881
Bill Hassamaer WAS 118 546 494 106 159 33 17 4 90 16 41 20 .322 .375 .482 .857
Roger Connor 2 teams 121 534 462 93 146 35 25 8 93 19 59 17 .316 .402 .552 .953
Charlie Abbey WAS 129 589 523 95 164 26 18 7 101 31 58 38 .314 .389 .472 .862
Arlie Latham CIN 131 615 534 132 167 23 6 4 60 62 61 24 .313 .392 .401 .793
Bid McPhee CIN 128 585 483 113 151 21 10 5 93 33 91 23 .313 .427 .429 .855
Bill Hallman PHI 122 582 519 111 162 20 8 0 69 36 37 15 .312 .362 .382 .744
George Decker CHN 93 424 393 76 122 17 7 8 93 23 24 20 .310 .358 .450 .808
Fred Pfeffer LS3 105 460 414 70 128 12 15 5 61 32 30 14 .309 .357 .447 .804
Eddie Burke NY1 138 633 574 124 176 23 11 4 77 36 39 35 .307 .361 .406 .767
Kip Selbach WAS 97 426 372 69 114 21 17 7 71 21 51 20 .306 .390 .511 .901
Bones Ely SLN 127 553 510 85 156 20 12 12 89 23 30 34 .306 .344 .463 .807
Deacon McGuire WAS 104 469 425 67 130 18 6 6 78 11 33 19 .306 .366 .419 .784
Billy Hoy CIN 128 616 503 118 153 23 13 5 71 28 90 19 .304 .421 .431 .853
Patsy Donovan PIT 133 644 577 147 175 21 10 4 76 41 36 12 .303 .350 .395 .745
Lou Bierbauer PIT 131 575 528 87 160 20 13 3 109 19 26 10 .303 .337 .407 .744
Henry Reitz BLN 108 502 446 86 135 22 31 2 105 18 42 24 .303 .372 .504 .876
Piggy Ward WAS 98 442 347 86 105 11 7 0 36 41 80 31 .303 .446 .375 .821
Patsy Tebeau CL4 125 568 523 82 158 23 7 3 89 30 35 35 .302 .347 .390 .737
Tommy Corcoran BRO 129 611 576 123 173 21 20 5 92 33 25 17 .300 .329 .432 .762
Jack Boyle PHI 117 577 510 103 153 23 10 4 89 23 46 27 .300 .361 .408 .769
John Grim LS3 109 447 412 66 123 27 7 7 71 14 18 15 .299 .342 .449 .791
Billy Shindle BRO 117 532 480 94 142 22 9 4 96 19 29 21 .296 .344 .404 .748
Charlie Irwin CHN 130 581 504 85 149 25 9 8 100 35 64 23 .296 .385 .429 .813
Ed Cartwright WAS 132 575 507 88 149 35 13 12 106 31 57 43 .294 .374 .485 .859
Frank Shugart SLN 133 586 527 103 154 19 18 7 72 21 38 37 .292 .349 .436 .785
Billy Nash BSN 132 609 512 132 148 23 6 8 87 20 91 23 .289 .399 .404 .804
Duke Farrell NY1 116 448 404 50 116 20 12 5 70 9 38 15 .287 .353 .433 .786
Joe Quinn SLN 106 443 405 59 116 18 1 4 61 25 24 8 .286 .328 .365 .693
Mike Tiernan NY1 113 491 429 87 120 20 13 5 79 28 55 21 .280 .363 .422 .785
Shorty Fuller NY1 95 431 377 82 104 14 4 2 47 32 52 16 .276 .367 .350 .717
Chippy McGarr CL4 128 559 523 94 144 24 6 2 74 31 28 29 .275 .316 .356 .672
Jim Canavan CIN 103 434 364 81 100 16 10 13 74 13 64 25 .275 .383 .481 .864
Tommy Dowd SLN 123 589 524 92 142 16 8 4 62 31 54 33 .271 .341 .355 .696
John Ward NY1 138 605 549 102 146 12 5 0 79 39 35 6 .266 .311 .306 .617
Germany Smith CIN 129 538 492 73 130 34 6 3 79 15 41 28 .264 .323 .376 .699
George Tebeau 2 teams 101 447 372 73 97 19 10 0 53 26 62 38 .261 .369 .366 .735
Danny Richardson LS3 116 474 430 51 109 17 2 1 40 8 35 31 .253 .317 .309 .626
Tom Brown LS3 130 618 541 123 137 22 14 9 57 66 60 74 .253 .331 .396 .727
Jiggs Parrott CHN 126 553 525 82 130 17 9 3 65 30 16 35 .248 .274 .331 .605
Tuck Turner UNQ PHI 82 382 347 95 145 21 9 1 84 11 24 13 .418 .458 .539 .997
Cap Anson UNQ CHN 84 394 343 85 133 29 4 5 100 17 41 15 .388 .457 .539 .997
Mike Grady UNQ PHI 61 213 190 45 69 13 8 0 40 3 14 13 .363 .427 .516 .942
Jack Clements UNQ PHI 48 208 171 26 60 6 5 3 36 6 26 9 .351 .459 .497 .956
Jack Stivetts UNQ BSN 68 263 244 55 80 12 7 8 64 3 16 21 .328 .369 .533 .902
Parke Wilson UNQ NY1 51 200 181 35 59 5 5 1 34 9 15 6 .326 .384 .425 .809
Tom Parrott UNQ CIN 68 248 229 51 74 12 6 4 40 4 17 10 .323 .372 .480 .853
Denny Lyons UNQ PIT 72 315 257 52 82 14 4 4 51 14 43 13 .319 .424 .451 .876
Fred Hartman UNQ PIT 49 210 182 41 58 4 7 2 20 12 16 11 .319 .386 .451 .837
George LaChance UNQ BRO 69 281 261 48 83 13 8 5 52 20 16 32 .318 .360 .487 .846
George Shoch UNQ BRO 65 282 243 47 77 6 5 1 37 16 26 6 .317 .394 .395 .789
Jack O'Connor UNQ CL4 86 349 330 67 104 23 7 2 51 15 15 7 .315 .345 .445 .790
Farmer Vaughn UNQ CIN 72 298 284 50 88 15 5 8 64 5 12 11 .310 .338 .482 .820
Tom Kinslow UNQ BRO 62 245 223 39 68 5 6 2 41 4 20 11 .305 .362 .408 .770
Dave Foutz UNQ BRO 73 320 297 40 90 12 9 0 52 14 14 13 .303 .337 .404 .741
Duff Cooley UNQ SLN 54 224 206 35 61 3 1 1 21 7 12 16 .296 .335 .335 .670
Bill Merritt UNQ 2 teams 76 289 252 38 74 8 3 2 46 6 33 10 .294 .380 .373 .753
Jimmy McAleer UNQ CL4 64 274 253 36 73 15 1 2 40 14 13 17 .289 .331 .379 .710
Charles Zimmer UNQ CL4 90 365 341 55 97 20 5 4 65 14 17 31 .284 .328 .408 .735
Jack Glasscock UNQ PIT 87 384 335 47 94 10 7 1 65 18 32 4 .281 .350 .361 .712
Charlie Frank UNQ SLN 80 378 319 52 89 12 7 4 42 14 44 13 .279 .372 .398 .770
Charlie Ganzel UNQ BSN 70 289 266 51 74 7 6 3 56 1 19 6 .278 .326 .383 .710
Jerry Denny UNQ LS3 60 243 221 26 61 11 7 0 32 10 13 12 .276 .325 .389 .714
Pop Schriver UNQ CHN 98 397 354 56 97 12 3 3 49 9 32 21 .274 .344 .350 .695
Fred Clarke UNQ LS3 76 345 314 55 86 11 7 7 48 26 26 27 .274 .337 .420 .758
Tim O'Rourke UNQ 2 teams 80 357 316 60 86 9 5 0 39 11 33 13 .272 .345 .332 .677
Yale Murphy UNQ NY1 75 337 283 65 77 6 2 0 28 28 52 23 .272 .385 .307 .692
Frank Scheibeck UNQ 2 teams 80 360 298 69 81 4 7 1 27 18 56 33 .272 .394 .342 .736
Jack Ryan UNQ BSN 53 216 201 39 54 12 7 1 29 3 13 16 .269 .316 .413 .729
Morgan Murphy UNQ CIN 76 294 261 42 70 9 0 1 37 6 26 36 .268 .337 .314 .651
Charlie Comiskey UNQ CIN 63 241 228 26 61 9 0 0 38 10 5 5 .268 .292 .307 .599
Larry Twitchell UNQ LS3 52 234 210 28 56 16 3 2 32 8 15 20 .267 .316 .400 .716
Harry Blake UNQ CL4 73 338 296 51 78 15 4 1 51 1 30 22 .264 .335 .351 .687
Heinie Peitz UNQ SLN 99 389 338 52 89 19 9 3 49 14 43 21 .263 .348 .399 .748
Farmer Weaver UNQ 2 teams 94 391 359 35 94 12 4 3 48 7 13 12 .262 .301 .343 .643
Con Daily UNQ BRO 67 274 234 40 60 14 7 0 32 8 31 22 .256 .351 .376 .727
Dick Buckley UNQ 2 teams 72 282 249 23 63 8 5 2 29 1 12 16 .253 .295 .349 .645
Buck Ewing UNQ CL4 53 237 211 32 53 12 4 2 39 18 24 9 .251 .328 .374 .702
Connie Mack UNQ PIT 70 270 231 33 57 7 1 1 21 8 21 14 .247 .320 .299 .619
Paul Radford UNQ WAS 95 403 325 61 78 13 5 0 49 24 65 23 .240 .378 .311 .689
Theodore Breitenstein UNQ SLN 63 224 182 27 40 7 2 0 13 3 31 19 .220 .340 .280 .620
Luke Lutenberg UNQ LS3 70 290 255 43 49 10 4 0 23 4 23 21 .192 .282 .263 .545
Showing 1-50 of 119 batters listed (77 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 133 innings at 133 team games. 44 of the 58 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1894 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Amos Rusie NY1 36 13 54 50 45 3 1 444.0 426 137 200 195 2.78 1.41
Jouett Meekin NY1 33 9 53 49 41 1 2 418.0 414 172 176 137 3.70 1.41
Win Mercer WAS 17 23 50 39 30 0 3 339.1 445 145 126 72 3.85 1.68
Cy Young CL4 26 21 52 47 44 2 1 408.2 488 179 106 108 3.94 1.45
Jack Taylor PHI 23 13 41 34 31 1 1 298.0 347 135 96 76 4.08 1.49
Sadie McMahon BLN 25 8 35 33 26 0 0 275.2 317 129 111 60 4.21 1.55
George Hemming 2 teams 17 19 41 38 36 1 1 339.2 406 161 159 70 4.27 1.66
John Clarkson CL4 8 10 22 18 13 1 0 150.2 173 74 46 28 4.42 1.45
Frank Killen PIT 14 11 28 28 20 1 0 204.0 261 102 86 62 4.50 1.70
George Cuppy CL4 24 15 43 33 29 3 0 316.0 381 160 128 65 4.56 1.61
Ed Stein BRO 26 14 44 40 37 2 1 350.0 388 180 170 84 4.63 1.59
John Menefee 2 teams 13 25 41 37 33 1 0 323.1 417 168 89 76 4.68 1.56
Kid Nichols BSN 32 13 50 46 40 3 0 407.0 488 215 121 113 4.75 1.50
Theodore Breitenstein SLN 27 23 56 50 46 1 0 447.1 497 238 191 140 4.79 1.54
Kid Gleason 2 teams 17 11 29 28 25 0 0 230.0 299 124 65 44 4.85 1.58
Jack Stivetts BSN 26 14 45 39 30 0 0 338.0 429 184 127 76 4.90 1.64
Pink Hawley SLN 19 27 53 41 36 0 0 392.2 481 214 149 120 4.90 1.60
Brickyard Kennedy BRO 24 20 48 41 34 0 2 360.2 445 197 149 107 4.92 1.65
Clark Griffith CHN 21 14 36 30 28 0 0 261.1 328 143 85 71 4.92 1.58
Huyler Westervelt NY1 7 10 23 18 11 1 0 141.0 170 79 76 35 5.04 1.74
Frank Dwyer CIN 19 21 45 39 34 1 1 348.0 471 196 106 49 5.07 1.66
Red Ehret PIT 19 21 46 38 31 1 0 346.2 441 198 128 102 5.14 1.64
Phil Knell 2 teams 7 21 33 28 25 0 0 254.0 341 155 110 67 5.49 1.78
Kid Carsey PHI 18 12 37 32 26 0 0 288.1 366 177 106 43 5.52 1.64
Les German NY1 9 8 24 16 11 0 1 143.0 186 88 68 21 5.54 1.78
Tom Parrott CIN 17 19 41 36 31 1 1 308.2 402 192 126 61 5.60 1.71
Gus Weyhing PHI 16 14 40 36 26 2 1 279.0 379 177 120 83 5.71 1.79
Ice Box Chamberlain CIN 10 9 23 22 18 1 0 177.2 220 114 91 57 5.77 1.75
Duke Esper 2 teams 15 12 34 23 15 0 2 217.0 284 140 75 49 5.81 1.65
Bill Hawke BLN 16 9 32 25 17 0 3 206.0 264 133 78 68 5.81 1.66
Bert Inks 2 teams 11 10 30 22 18 0 1 192.2 268 125 88 38 5.84 1.85
Willie McGill CHN 7 19 27 23 22 0 0 208.0 272 135 117 58 5.84 1.87
Al Maul WAS 11 15 28 26 21 0 0 201.2 272 134 73 34 5.98 1.71
Bill Hutchison CHN 14 16 37 34 28 0 0 279.0 374 187 140 60 6.03 1.84
Ad Gumbert PIT 15 14 38 32 26 0 0 271.0 376 182 85 67 6.04 1.70
Adonis Terry 2 teams 5 12 24 22 16 0 0 164.0 234 111 127 39 6.09 2.20
Dan Daub BRO 10 12 34 27 15 0 0 224.0 291 152 91 45 6.11 1.71
Dad Clarkson SLN 8 17 32 32 24 1 0 233.1 318 165 117 46 6.36 1.86
Mike Sullivan 2 teams 8 15 33 23 20 0 1 208.1 294 150 121 40 6.48 1.99
Scott Stratton 2 teams 9 10 23 18 16 0 0 171.1 277 124 55 27 6.51 1.94
Tony Mullane 2 teams 7 11 25 19 12 0 4 155.2 201 114 100 46 6.59 1.93
Harry Staley BSN 12 10 27 21 18 0 1 208.2 305 158 61 32 6.81 1.75
Tom Colcolough PIT 8 5 23 14 11 0 0 150.2 213 121 72 29 7.23 1.89
Jack Wadsworth LS3 4 18 22 22 20 0 0 173.0 261 146 103 57 7.60 2.10
Dad Clarke UNQ NY1 3 4 15 6 5 0 1 84.0 114 46 26 15 4.93 1.67
Otis Stocksdale UNQ WAS 5 9 18 14 11 0 0 117.1 176 66 42 10 5.06 1.86
Bert Abbey UNQ CHN 2 7 11 11 10 0 0 92.0 119 53 37 24 5.18 1.70
George Harper UNQ PHI 6 6 12 9 7 0 0 86.1 128 51 49 24 5.32 2.05
George Hodson UNQ BSN 4 4 12 11 8 0 0 74.0 103 48 35 12 5.84 1.86
Tom Lovett UNQ BSN 8 6 15 13 10 0 0 104.0 155 69 36 23 5.97 1.84
Charlie Petty UNQ 2 teams 3 10 20 15 10 0 0 130.0 198 90 46 18 6.23 1.88
Bill Whitrock UNQ 2 teams 2 7 12 10 9 0 0 83.1 130 59 48 10 6.37 2.14
Hank Gastright UNQ BRO 2 6 16 8 6 1 2 93.0 135 66 55 20 6.39 2.04
Con Lucid UNQ BRO 5 3 10 9 7 0 0 71.1 87 52 44 15 6.56 1.84
George Haddock UNQ 2 teams 4 7 14 11 9 0 0 85.0 113 64 51 8 6.78 1.93
Chauncey Fisher UNQ 2 teams 2 10 15 14 11 0 0 111.0 175 97 51 17 7.86 2.04
George Nicol UNQ 2 teams 3 5 11 7 5 0 0 63.1 93 58 55 17 8.24 2.34
Lem Cross UNQ CIN 3 4 8 7 3 0 0 53.0 94 50 21 11 8.49 2.17
Showing 1-50 of 58 pitchers listed (44 qualified)

Reading the 1894 leader tables

77 of the 119 hitters in the 1894 table reach the qualification line. Hugh Duffy tops the qualified hitters in batting average (.440); Sam Thompson is second at .415. Hugh Duffy has the most home runs in the table, 18, while Sam Thompson leads the RBI column with 149. Billy Hamilton's 100 steals are the most listed. The 1894 pitching table lists 58 pitchers, 44 of them qualified. First among qualified pitchers by ERA is Amos Rusie, 2.78. Sorted by the counting stats, the leaders are Amos Rusie in wins (36).

1894 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1894?
Hugh Duffy led with 18 home runs in 1894.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1894?
Sam Thompson led with 149 RBI in 1894.
Who led MLB in hits in 1894?
Hugh Duffy led with 237 hits in 1894.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1894?
Hugh Duffy led at .440 in 1894, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1894?
Amos Rusie led with 36 wins in 1894.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1894?
Amos Rusie led with 195 strikeouts in 1894.