1898 Season Leaders
Top performers from the 1898 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Keeler | BLN | 129 | 561 | 126 | 216 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 28 | 31 | 4 | 0.385 | 0.420 | 0.410 |
| Billy Hamilton | BSN | 110 | 417 | 110 | 154 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 54 | 87 | 30 | 0.369 | 0.480 | 0.453 |
| John McGraw | BLN | 143 | 515 | 143 | 176 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 53 | 43 | 112 | 13 | 0.342 | 0.475 | 0.396 |
| Elmer Smith | CIN | 123 | 486 | 79 | 166 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 66 | 20 | 69 | 17 | 0.342 | 0.425 | 0.432 |
| Jesse Burkett | CL4 | 150 | 624 | 114 | 213 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 42 | 19 | 69 | 30 | 0.341 | 0.415 | 0.399 |
| Ed Delahanty | PHI | 144 | 548 | 115 | 183 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 92 | 58 | 77 | 29 | 0.334 | 0.426 | 0.454 |
| Jimmy Collins | BSN | 152 | 597 | 107 | 196 | 35 | 5 | 15 | 111 | 12 | 40 | 18 | 0.328 | 0.377 | 0.479 |
| Gene DeMontreville | BLN | 151 | 567 | 93 | 186 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 49 | 52 | 25 | 0.328 | 0.394 | 0.369 |
| Fred Tenney | BSN | 117 | 488 | 106 | 160 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 23 | 33 | 23 | 0.328 | 0.370 | 0.400 |
| Hughie Jennings | BLN | 143 | 534 | 135 | 175 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 87 | 28 | 78 | 20 | 0.328 | 0.454 | 0.421 |
| Nap Lajoie | PHI | 147 | 608 | 113 | 197 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 127 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 0.324 | 0.354 | 0.461 |
| Jimmy Ryan | CHC | 144 | 572 | 122 | 185 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 79 | 29 | 73 | 24 | 0.323 | 0.405 | 0.446 |
| Win Mercer | WAS | 80 | 249 | 38 | 80 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 18 | 31 | 0.321 | 0.369 | 0.398 |
| Joe Kelley | BLN | 124 | 464 | 71 | 149 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 110 | 24 | 56 | 24 | 0.321 | 0.398 | 0.438 |
| Bill Lange | CHC | 113 | 442 | 79 | 141 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 69 | 22 | 36 | 17 | 0.319 | 0.377 | 0.439 |
| Bill Everitt | CHC | 149 | 596 | 102 | 190 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 69 | 28 | 53 | 43 | 0.319 | 0.377 | 0.364 |
| Lave Cross | STL | 151 | 602 | 71 | 191 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 79 | 14 | 28 | 8 | 0.317 | 0.348 | 0.405 |
| Duke Farrell | WAS | 99 | 338 | 47 | 106 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 53 | 12 | 34 | 12 | 0.314 | 0.383 | 0.393 |
| Charlie Dexter | LS3 | 112 | 421 | 76 | 132 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 66 | 44 | 26 | 35 | 0.314 | 0.363 | 0.375 |
| George Van Haltren | NY1 | 156 | 654 | 129 | 204 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 68 | 36 | 59 | 40 | 0.312 | 0.372 | 0.413 |
| Duff Cooley | PHI | 149 | 629 | 123 | 196 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 55 | 17 | 48 | 38 | 0.312 | 0.364 | 0.407 |
| Chick Stahl | BSN | 125 | 467 | 72 | 144 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 52 | 6 | 46 | 25 | 0.308 | 0.375 | 0.407 |
| Fred Clarke | LS3 | 149 | 599 | 116 | 184 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 47 | 40 | 48 | 21 | 0.307 | 0.373 | 0.401 |
| George Davis | NY1 | 121 | 486 | 80 | 149 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 86 | 26 | 32 | 15 | 0.307 | 0.351 | 0.381 |
| Willie Clark | PIT | 57 | 209 | 29 | 64 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 0.306 | 0.378 | 0.431 |
| Farmer Vaughn | CIN | 78 | 275 | 35 | 84 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0.305 | 0.339 | 0.389 |
| John Anderson | WAS | 110 | 430 | 70 | 131 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 71 | 18 | 23 | 19 | 0.305 | 0.357 | 0.516 |
| Billy Hoy | LS3 | 148 | 582 | 104 | 177 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 66 | 37 | 49 | 33 | 0.304 | 0.367 | 0.416 |
| Fielder Jones | BRO | 146 | 596 | 89 | 181 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 69 | 36 | 46 | 36 | 0.304 | 0.362 | 0.364 |
| Jud Smith | WAS | 66 | 234 | 33 | 71 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 22 | 18 | 0.303 | 0.378 | 0.415 |
| Kip Selbach | WAS | 132 | 515 | 88 | 156 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 60 | 25 | 64 | 21 | 0.303 | 0.383 | 0.417 |
| Henry Reitz | WAS | 132 | 489 | 62 | 148 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 11 | 32 | 15 | 0.303 | 0.357 | 0.364 |
| Algie McBride | CIN | 120 | 486 | 94 | 147 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 43 | 16 | 51 | 36 | 0.302 | 0.383 | 0.393 |
| Elmer Flick | PHI | 134 | 453 | 84 | 137 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 81 | 23 | 86 | 36 | 0.302 | 0.430 | 0.448 |
| Patsy Donovan | PIT | 147 | 610 | 112 | 184 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 37 | 41 | 34 | 33 | 0.302 | 0.346 | 0.357 |
| Dan McGann | BLN | 145 | 535 | 99 | 161 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 106 | 33 | 53 | 30 | 0.301 | 0.404 | 0.393 |
| Mike Griffin | BRO | 134 | 537 | 88 | 161 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 60 | 13 | 0.300 | 0.379 | 0.367 |
| Honus Wagner | LS3 | 151 | 588 | 80 | 176 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 105 | 27 | 31 | 20 | 0.299 | 0.341 | 0.410 |
| Dusty Miller | CIN | 152 | 586 | 99 | 175 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 90 | 32 | 38 | 28 | 0.299 | 0.351 | 0.396 |
| Hugh Duffy | BSN | 152 | 568 | 97 | 169 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 108 | 29 | 59 | 13 | 0.298 | 0.365 | 0.373 |
| Sam Mertes | CHC | 83 | 269 | 45 | 80 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 27 | 34 | 28 | 0.297 | 0.388 | 0.383 |
| Mike Grady | NY1 | 93 | 287 | 64 | 85 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 20 | 38 | 28 | 0.296 | 0.399 | 0.429 |
| Harry Steinfeldt | CIN | 88 | 308 | 47 | 91 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 0.295 | 0.354 | 0.393 |
| Walter Thornton | CHC | 62 | 210 | 34 | 62 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 14 | 0.295 | 0.362 | 0.338 |
| Jake Beckley | CIN | 118 | 459 | 86 | 135 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 72 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 0.294 | 0.348 | 0.416 |
| Harry Davis | PIT | 58 | 222 | 31 | 65 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 0.293 | 0.332 | 0.464 |
| Bill Dahlen | CHC | 142 | 521 | 96 | 151 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 79 | 27 | 58 | 41 | 0.290 | 0.385 | 0.393 |
| Jack McCarthy | PIT | 137 | 537 | 75 | 155 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 78 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 0.289 | 0.336 | 0.380 |
| Cupid Childs | CL4 | 110 | 413 | 90 | 119 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 69 | 29 | 0.288 | 0.395 | 0.337 |
| Ducky Holmes | BLN | 113 | 442 | 54 | 126 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 64 | 25 | 23 | 41 | 0.285 | 0.333 | 0.355 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Griffith | CHC | 24 | 10 | 38 | 38 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 325.6 | 305 | 68 | 64 | 97 | 1.88 | 1.13 |
| Al Maul | BLN | 20 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 239.6 | 207 | 56 | 49 | 31 | 2.10 | 1.07 |
| Kid Nichols | BSN | 31 | 12 | 50 | 42 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 388.0 | 316 | 92 | 85 | 138 | 2.13 | 1.03 |
| James McJames | BLN | 27 | 15 | 45 | 42 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 374.0 | 327 | 98 | 113 | 178 | 2.36 | 1.18 |
| Jimmy Callahan | CHC | 20 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 274.3 | 267 | 75 | 71 | 73 | 2.46 | 1.23 |
| Cy Young | CL4 | 25 | 13 | 46 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 377.6 | 387 | 106 | 41 | 101 | 2.53 | 1.13 |
| Vic Willis | BSN | 25 | 13 | 41 | 38 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 311.0 | 264 | 98 | 148 | 160 | 2.84 | 1.32 |
| Ted Lewis | BSN | 26 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 313.3 | 267 | 101 | 109 | 72 | 2.90 | 1.20 |
| Jesse Tannehill | PIT | 25 | 13 | 43 | 38 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 326.6 | 338 | 107 | 63 | 93 | 2.95 | 1.23 |
| Cowboy Jones | CL4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 76 | 24 | 29 | 26 | 3.00 | 1.46 |
| Jack Powell | CL4 | 23 | 15 | 42 | 41 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 342.0 | 328 | 114 | 112 | 93 | 3.00 | 1.29 |
| Al Orth | PHI | 15 | 13 | 32 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 250.0 | 290 | 84 | 53 | 52 | 3.02 | 1.37 |
| Amos Rusie | NY1 | 20 | 11 | 37 | 36 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 300.0 | 288 | 101 | 103 | 114 | 3.03 | 1.30 |
| Frank Dwyer | CIN | 16 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 240.0 | 257 | 81 | 42 | 29 | 3.04 | 1.25 |
| Walt Woods | CHC | 9 | 13 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 215.0 | 224 | 75 | 59 | 26 | 3.14 | 1.32 |
| Bert Cunningham | LS3 | 28 | 15 | 44 | 42 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 362.0 | 387 | 127 | 65 | 34 | 3.16 | 1.25 |
| Wiley Piatt | PHI | 24 | 14 | 39 | 37 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 306.0 | 285 | 108 | 97 | 121 | 3.18 | 1.25 |
| Cy Seymour | NY1 | 25 | 19 | 45 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 356.6 | 313 | 126 | 213 | 239 | 3.18 | 1.47 |
| Jay Hughes | BLN | 23 | 12 | 38 | 35 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 300.6 | 268 | 107 | 100 | 81 | 3.20 | 1.22 |
| Jim Gardner | PIT | 10 | 13 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 185.3 | 179 | 66 | 48 | 41 | 3.21 | 1.22 |
| Frank Kitson | BLN | 8 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 119.3 | 123 | 43 | 35 | 32 | 3.24 | 1.32 |
| George Cuppy | CL4 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 128.0 | 147 | 47 | 25 | 27 | 3.30 | 1.34 |
| Jack Fifield | PHI | 11 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 171.3 | 170 | 63 | 60 | 31 | 3.31 | 1.34 |
| Walter Thornton | CHC | 13 | 10 | 28 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 215.3 | 226 | 80 | 56 | 56 | 3.34 | 1.31 |
| Brickyard Kennedy | BRO | 16 | 22 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 339.3 | 360 | 127 | 123 | 73 | 3.37 | 1.42 |
| Pink Hawley | CIN | 27 | 11 | 43 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 331.0 | 357 | 124 | 91 | 69 | 3.37 | 1.35 |
| Roy Evans | WAS | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.6 | 50 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 3.38 | 1.48 |
| Charlie Hastings | PIT | 4 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 137.3 | 142 | 52 | 52 | 40 | 3.41 | 1.41 |
| Theodore Breitenstein | CIN | 20 | 14 | 39 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 315.6 | 313 | 120 | 123 | 68 | 3.42 | 1.38 |
| Billy Rhines | PIT | 12 | 16 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 258.0 | 289 | 101 | 61 | 48 | 3.52 | 1.36 |
| Red Donahue | PHI | 16 | 17 | 35 | 35 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 284.3 | 327 | 112 | 80 | 57 | 3.55 | 1.43 |
| Frank Isbell | CHC | 4 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 86 | 32 | 42 | 16 | 3.56 | 1.58 |
| Jerry Nops | BLN | 16 | 9 | 33 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 235.0 | 241 | 93 | 78 | 91 | 3.56 | 1.36 |
| Frank Killen | WAS | 6 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 128.3 | 149 | 51 | 29 | 43 | 3.58 | 1.39 |
| Jack Dunn | BRO | 16 | 21 | 41 | 37 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 322.6 | 352 | 129 | 82 | 66 | 3.60 | 1.35 |
| Zeke Wilson | CL4 | 13 | 18 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 254.6 | 307 | 102 | 51 | 45 | 3.60 | 1.41 |
| Bill Dammann | CIN | 16 | 10 | 35 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 224.6 | 277 | 90 | 67 | 51 | 3.61 | 1.53 |
| Pete Daniels | STL | 1 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54.6 | 62 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 3.62 | 1.39 |
| Joe Yeager | BRO | 12 | 22 | 36 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 291.3 | 333 | 118 | 80 | 70 | 3.65 | 1.42 |
| Ed Doheny | NY1 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 213.0 | 238 | 87 | 101 | 96 | 3.68 | 1.59 |
| Frank Killen | PIT | 10 | 11 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 177.6 | 201 | 74 | 41 | 48 | 3.75 | 1.36 |
| Jouett Meekin | NY1 | 16 | 18 | 38 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 320.0 | 329 | 134 | 108 | 82 | 3.77 | 1.37 |
| Charlie Gettig | NY1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 115.0 | 141 | 49 | 39 | 14 | 3.83 | 1.57 |
| Fred Klobedanz | BSN | 19 | 10 | 35 | 33 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 270.6 | 281 | 117 | 99 | 51 | 3.89 | 1.40 |
| Jack Taylor | STL | 15 | 29 | 50 | 47 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 397.3 | 465 | 172 | 83 | 89 | 3.90 | 1.38 |
| Jim Hughey | STL | 7 | 24 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 283.6 | 325 | 124 | 71 | 74 | 3.93 | 1.40 |
| Bill Hill | CIN | 13 | 14 | 33 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 262.0 | 261 | 116 | 119 | 75 | 3.98 | 1.45 |
| Bill Dinneen | WAS | 9 | 16 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 218.3 | 238 | 97 | 88 | 83 | 4.00 | 1.49 |
| Bill Magee | LS3 | 16 | 15 | 38 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 295.3 | 294 | 133 | 129 | 55 | 4.05 | 1.43 |
| Pete Dowling | LS3 | 13 | 20 | 36 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 285.6 | 284 | 132 | 120 | 84 | 4.16 | 1.41 |
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