1896 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1896 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

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Batting Leaders

Minimum 200 at-bats required

Complete Statistics

Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG
Jesse Burkett CL4 133 586 160 240 27 16 6 72 34 49 19 0.410 0.461 0.541
Hughie Jennings BLN 130 521 125 209 27 9 0 121 70 19 11 0.401 0.472 0.488
Ed Delahanty PHI 123 499 131 198 44 17 13 126 37 62 22 0.397 0.472 0.631
Willie Keeler BLN 126 544 153 210 22 13 4 82 67 37 9 0.386 0.432 0.496
Mike Tiernan NY1 133 521 132 192 24 16 7 89 35 77 18 0.369 0.452 0.516
Billy Hamilton BSN 131 524 153 192 24 10 3 55 83 110 29 0.366 0.478 0.468
Joe Kelley BLN 131 519 148 189 31 19 8 100 87 91 19 0.364 0.469 0.543
Elmer Smith PIT 122 484 121 175 21 14 6 94 33 74 18 0.362 0.454 0.500
Jake Stenzel PIT 114 479 104 173 26 14 2 82 57 32 13 0.361 0.410 0.486
Cupid Childs CL4 132 498 106 177 24 9 1 106 25 100 18 0.355 0.467 0.446
Fielder Jones BRO 104 395 82 140 10 8 3 46 18 48 15 0.354 0.427 0.443
Bill Dahlen CHC 125 474 137 167 30 19 9 74 51 64 36 0.352 0.438 0.553
Tom McCreery LS3 115 441 87 155 23 21 7 65 26 42 58 0.351 0.409 0.546
George Van Haltren NY1 133 562 136 197 18 21 5 74 39 55 36 0.351 0.410 0.484
Wilbert Robinson BLN 67 245 43 85 9 6 2 38 9 14 13 0.347 0.385 0.457
Jack Stivetts BSN 67 222 43 77 9 6 3 49 4 12 10 0.347 0.383 0.482
Herman Long BSN 120 502 106 173 26 8 6 101 38 26 16 0.345 0.383 0.464
Dan Brouthers PHI 57 218 42 75 13 3 1 41 7 44 11 0.344 0.462 0.445
Gene DeMontreville WAS 133 533 94 183 24 5 8 77 28 29 27 0.343 0.381 0.452
Eddie Burke CIN 122 521 120 177 24 9 1 52 53 41 29 0.340 0.392 0.426
Jack Doyle BLN 118 487 116 165 29 4 1 101 73 42 15 0.339 0.400 0.421
Ed McKean CL4 133 571 100 193 29 12 7 112 13 45 9 0.338 0.388 0.468
Fred Tenney BSN 88 348 64 117 14 3 2 49 18 36 12 0.336 0.400 0.411
Cap Anson CHC 108 402 72 133 18 2 2 90 24 49 10 0.331 0.407 0.400
Jim Donnelly BLN 106 396 70 130 14 10 0 71 38 34 11 0.328 0.387 0.414
Bill Lange CHC 122 469 114 153 21 16 4 92 84 65 24 0.326 0.414 0.465
Fred Clarke LS3 131 517 96 168 15 18 9 79 34 43 34 0.325 0.392 0.476
Dusty Miller CIN 125 504 91 162 38 12 4 93 76 33 30 0.321 0.368 0.468
Deacon McGuire WAS 108 389 60 125 25 3 2 70 12 30 14 0.321 0.379 0.416
Bobby Lowe BSN 73 306 59 98 11 4 2 48 15 20 12 0.320 0.370 0.402
Bill Everitt CHC 132 575 130 184 16 13 2 46 46 41 43 0.320 0.367 0.403
George Davis NY1 124 494 98 158 25 12 5 99 48 50 24 0.320 0.387 0.449
Bill Hallman PHI 120 469 82 150 21 3 2 83 16 45 23 0.320 0.382 0.390
Patsy Donovan PIT 131 573 113 183 20 5 3 59 48 35 18 0.319 0.370 0.387
Mike Grady PHI 72 242 49 77 20 7 1 44 10 16 19 0.318 0.382 0.471
John Anderson BRO 108 430 70 135 23 17 1 55 37 18 23 0.314 0.344 0.453
Bill Joyce WAS 81 310 85 97 16 10 8 51 32 67 20 0.313 0.452 0.506
Mike Griffin BRO 122 493 101 152 27 9 4 51 23 48 25 0.308 0.380 0.424
Denny Lyons PIT 118 436 77 134 25 6 4 71 13 67 25 0.307 0.406 0.420
Duff Cooley PHI 64 287 63 88 6 4 2 22 18 18 16 0.307 0.348 0.376
Bid McPhee CIN 117 433 81 132 18 7 1 87 48 51 18 0.305 0.391 0.386
Jimmy Ryan CHC 128 489 83 149 24 10 3 86 29 46 16 0.305 0.369 0.413
Kip Selbach WAS 127 487 100 148 17 13 5 100 49 76 28 0.304 0.405 0.423
Tommy Tucker BSN 122 474 74 144 27 5 2 72 6 30 29 0.304 0.363 0.395
Frank Burrell BRO 62 206 19 62 11 3 0 23 1 15 13 0.301 0.348 0.383
Hugh Duffy BSN 131 527 97 158 16 8 5 113 39 52 19 0.300 0.365 0.389
Kid Gleason NY1 133 541 79 162 17 5 4 89 46 42 13 0.299 0.352 0.372
Heinie Peitz CIN 68 211 33 63 12 5 2 34 7 30 15 0.299 0.386 0.431
Billy Hoy CIN 121 443 120 132 23 7 4 57 50 65 13 0.298 0.403 0.409
Sam Thompson PHI 119 517 103 154 28 7 12 100 12 28 13 0.298 0.341 0.449
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Pitching Leaders

Minimum 50 innings pitched required

Complete Statistics

Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Billy Rhines CIN 8 6 19 17 11 3 0 143.0 128 39 48 32 2.45 1.23
Kid Nichols BSN 30 14 49 43 37 3 1 372.3 387 117 101 102 2.83 1.31
Fred Klobedanz BSN 6 4 10 9 9 0 0 80.6 69 27 31 26 3.01 1.24
George Cuppy CL4 25 14 46 40 35 1 1 358.0 388 124 75 86 3.12 1.29
Frank Dwyer CIN 24 11 36 34 30 3 1 288.6 321 101 60 57 3.15 1.32
Cy Young CL4 28 15 51 46 42 5 3 414.3 477 149 62 140 3.24 1.30
Bobby Wallace CL4 10 7 22 16 13 2 0 145.3 167 54 49 46 3.34 1.49
Bill Hoffer BLN 25 7 35 35 32 3 0 309.0 317 116 95 93 3.38 1.33
Harley Payne BRO 14 16 34 28 24 2 0 241.6 284 91 58 52 3.39 1.42
Frank Killen PIT 30 18 52 50 44 5 0 432.3 476 164 119 134 3.41 1.38
Red Ehret CIN 18 14 34 33 29 2 0 276.6 298 105 74 60 3.42 1.34
Sadie McMahon BLN 11 9 22 22 19 0 0 175.6 195 68 55 33 3.48 1.42
Arlie Pond BLN 16 8 28 26 21 2 0 214.3 232 83 57 80 3.49 1.35
Clark Griffith CHC 23 11 36 35 35 0 0 317.6 370 125 70 81 3.54 1.39
Pink Hawley PIT 22 21 49 43 37 2 0 378.0 382 150 157 137 3.57 1.43
Duke Esper BLN 14 5 20 18 14 1 0 155.6 168 62 39 19 3.58 1.33
Dan Daub BRO 12 11 32 24 18 0 0 225.0 255 90 63 53 3.60 1.41
Al Maul WAS 5 2 8 8 7 0 0 62.0 75 25 20 18 3.63 1.53
Jouett Meekin NY1 26 14 42 41 34 0 0 334.3 378 142 127 110 3.82 1.51
Frank Foreman CIN 14 7 27 22 17 0 1 185.6 212 82 62 33 3.97 1.48
Zeke Wilson CL4 17 9 33 29 20 1 1 240.0 265 107 81 56 4.01 1.44
Jim Sullivan BSN 11 12 31 26 21 1 1 225.3 268 101 68 33 4.03 1.49
Silver King WAS 10 7 22 16 12 0 1 145.3 179 66 43 35 4.09 1.53
Jack Stivetts BSN 22 14 42 36 31 2 0 329.0 353 150 99 71 4.10 1.37
Win Mercer WAS 25 18 46 45 38 2 0 366.3 456 168 117 94 4.13 1.56
George Hemming BLN 15 6 25 21 20 3 0 202.0 233 94 54 33 4.19 1.42
Dad Clarke NY1 17 24 48 40 33 1 1 351.0 431 166 60 66 4.26 1.40
James McJames WAS 12 20 37 33 29 0 1 280.3 310 133 135 103 4.27 1.59
Bill Hill LS3 9 28 43 39 32 0 2 319.6 353 153 155 104 4.31 1.59
Buttons Briggs CHC 12 8 26 21 19 0 1 194.0 202 93 108 84 4.31 1.60
Al Orth PHI 15 10 25 23 19 0 0 196.0 244 96 46 23 4.41 1.48
Brickyard Kennedy BRO 17 20 42 38 28 1 1 305.6 334 150 130 76 4.42 1.52
Adonis Terry CHC 15 14 30 28 25 1 0 235.6 273 116 88 75 4.43 1.53
Chauncey Fisher CIN 10 7 27 15 13 2 2 159.6 199 79 36 25 4.45 1.47
Theodore Breitenstein STL 18 26 44 43 37 1 0 339.6 376 169 138 114 4.48 1.51
Ed Doheny NY1 6 7 17 15 9 0 0 108.3 112 54 59 39 4.49 1.58
Ad Gumbert PHI 5 3 11 10 7 1 0 77.3 99 39 23 14 4.54 1.58
Mike Sullivan NY1 10 13 25 22 18 0 0 185.3 188 96 71 42 4.66 1.40
Danny Friend CHC 18 14 36 33 28 1 0 290.6 298 153 139 86 4.74 1.50
Jack Taylor PHI 20 21 45 41 35 1 1 359.0 459 191 112 97 4.79 1.59
Chick Fraser LS3 12 27 43 38 36 0 1 349.3 396 189 166 91 4.87 1.61
Ed Stein BRO 3 6 17 10 6 0 0 90.3 130 49 51 16 4.88 2.00
Jim Hughey PIT 6 8 25 14 11 0 0 155.0 171 86 67 48 4.99 1.54
Bert Cunningham LS3 7 14 27 20 17 0 1 189.3 242 107 74 37 5.09 1.67
Bill Hart STL 12 29 42 41 37 0 0 336.0 411 191 141 65 5.12 1.64
Bert Abbey BRO 8 8 25 18 12 0 0 164.3 210 94 48 37 5.15 1.57
Willie McGill PHI 5 4 12 11 7 0 0 79.6 87 47 53 29 5.31 1.76
Tom Smith LS3 2 3 11 5 4 0 0 55.0 73 33 25 14 5.40 1.78
George Harper BRO 4 8 16 11 7 0 0 86.0 106 53 39 22 5.55 1.69
Kid Carsey PHI 11 11 27 21 18 1 1 187.3 273 117 72 36 5.62 1.84
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