1898 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1898 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
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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