1899 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1899 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1899 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Buck Freeman led with 25 home runs, Ed Delahanty led with 137 RBI, and Ed Delahanty led with 238 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 474 plate appearances at 153 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (153 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 — 474 plate appearances at 153 team games. 61 of the 124 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1899 OPS Distribution

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

Complete Statistics

1899 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Ed Delahanty PHI 146 645 581 135 238 55 9 9 137 30 55 22 .410 .464 .582 1.046
Jesse Burkett SLN 141 635 558 116 221 21 8 7 71 25 67 23 .396 .463 .500 .963
John McGraw BLN 117 539 399 140 156 13 3 1 33 73 124 21 .391 .547 .446 .994
Willie Keeler BRO 141 633 570 140 216 12 13 1 61 45 37 2 .379 .425 .451 .876
Jimmy Williams PIT 153 693 621 126 220 28 27 9 116 26 60 51 .354 .416 .530 .946
Ginger Beaumont PIT 111 489 437 90 154 15 8 3 38 31 41 27 .352 .416 .444 .860
Chick Stahl BSN 148 661 576 122 202 23 19 7 52 33 72 10 .351 .426 .493 .919
Fred Tenney BSN 150 691 603 115 209 19 17 1 67 28 63 20 .347 .411 .439 .851
Elmer Flick PHI 127 546 485 98 166 22 11 2 98 31 42 31 .342 .407 .445 .852
Honus Wagner LS3 148 630 575 100 196 45 13 7 114 37 40 36 .341 .395 .501 .895
Fred Clarke LS3 149 681 606 122 206 23 9 5 70 49 49 18 .340 .404 .432 .836
Jake Beckley CIN 135 583 517 87 172 27 16 3 99 20 40 21 .333 .392 .464 .856
Bill Keister BLN 136 563 523 96 172 22 16 3 73 33 16 16 .329 .368 .449 .817
Emmet Heidrick SLN 146 648 591 109 194 21 14 2 82 55 34 21 .328 .368 .421 .789
Roy Thomas PHI 150 702 547 137 178 12 4 0 47 42 115 45 .325 .457 .362 .819
Joe Kelley BRO 143 626 538 108 175 21 14 6 93 31 70 23 .325 .410 .450 .860
Tom McCreery PIT 119 517 460 77 149 21 9 3 65 11 47 36 .324 .390 .428 .818
Ducky Holmes BLN 138 623 553 80 177 31 7 4 66 50 39 58 .320 .381 .423 .804
Buck Freeman WAS 155 634 588 107 187 19 25 25 122 21 23 25 .318 .362 .563 .925
Tom Daly BRO 141 587 498 95 156 24 9 5 88 43 69 34 .313 .409 .428 .837
Bill Everitt CHN 136 584 536 87 166 17 5 1 74 30 31 24 .310 .351 .366 .717
Steve Brodie BLN 137 602 531 82 164 26 1 3 87 19 31 23 .309 .373 .379 .751
George LaChance BLN 125 508 472 65 145 23 10 1 75 31 21 38 .307 .350 .405 .755
Jack McCarthy PIT 139 635 565 109 173 22 17 4 69 28 39 13 .306 .355 .427 .782
Billy Hoy LS3 155 723 636 117 194 17 13 5 49 33 62 31 .305 .376 .396 .772
George Van Haltren NY1 152 687 607 118 183 22 3 2 58 31 75 35 .301 .379 .357 .737
Jimmy Ryan CHN 125 575 525 91 158 20 10 3 68 9 43 25 .301 .357 .394 .752
Claude Ritchey LS3 148 620 540 66 162 16 7 4 73 21 49 19 .300 .369 .378 .747
Jack Doyle NY1 119 492 452 56 135 16 7 3 77 35 33 18 .299 .352 .385 .737
Sam Mertes CHN 117 474 426 83 127 13 16 9 81 45 33 35 .298 .349 .467 .816
Lave Cross 2 teams 141 592 557 76 166 19 5 5 84 13 25 3 .298 .330 .377 .707
Dan McGann 2 teams 140 580 498 114 148 20 12 7 90 27 35 28 .297 .386 .428 .814
Kip Selbach CIN 141 621 525 105 156 28 11 3 87 38 70 26 .297 .386 .410 .796
Tom O'Brien NY1 151 629 577 101 171 22 10 6 77 23 44 26 .296 .350 .400 .751
Jimmy Sheckard BLN 147 616 536 104 158 18 10 3 75 77 56 51 .295 .380 .382 .763
Danny Green CHN 117 525 475 90 140 12 11 6 56 18 35 50 .295 .352 .404 .756
Bobby Wallace SLN 151 638 577 91 170 28 14 12 108 17 54 20 .295 .357 .454 .811
Patsy Donovan PIT 122 566 536 82 156 11 7 1 56 26 17 17 .291 .319 .343 .662
Joe Quinn CL4 147 640 615 73 176 24 6 0 72 22 21 10 .286 .312 .345 .657
Bill Dahlen BRO 121 514 428 87 121 22 7 4 76 29 67 23 .283 .398 .395 .793
Jack O'Brien WAS 127 516 468 68 132 11 5 6 51 17 31 32 .282 .331 .365 .696
Gene DeMontreville 2 teams 142 603 550 83 154 19 7 1 76 47 27 27 .280 .322 .345 .667
Hugh Duffy BSN 147 641 588 103 164 29 7 5 102 26 39 13 .279 .327 .378 .705
Tommy Corcoran CIN 138 586 540 93 150 11 8 0 81 32 29 12 .278 .317 .328 .645
Tommy Dowd CL4 147 659 605 81 168 17 6 2 35 28 48 10 .278 .333 .336 .668
Bones Ely PIT 139 582 526 67 146 18 6 3 72 8 22 31 .278 .313 .352 .665
Dick Padden WAS 134 500 451 66 125 20 7 2 61 27 24 13 .277 .337 .366 .703
Jimmy Collins BSN 151 660 599 98 166 28 11 5 92 12 40 17 .277 .335 .386 .721
Jimmy Slagle WAS 147 668 599 92 163 15 8 0 41 22 55 31 .272 .338 .324 .662
Bobby Lowe BSN 152 614 559 81 152 5 9 4 88 17 35 16 .272 .316 .335 .650
Billy Lauder PHI 151 626 583 74 156 17 6 3 90 15 34 24 .268 .310 .333 .643
Kid Gleason NY1 147 612 580 73 154 14 5 0 60 29 24 28 .266 .295 .307 .602
Cupid Childs SLN 125 553 464 73 123 11 11 1 48 11 74 19 .265 .369 .343 .711
Herman Long BSN 145 651 578 91 153 30 8 6 100 20 45 27 .265 .321 .375 .697
James Casey 2 teams 143 602 559 78 145 16 8 1 45 28 27 17 .259 .304 .322 .626
Monte Cross PHI 154 649 557 85 143 25 6 3 65 26 56 49 .257 .335 .339 .675
Dick Harley CL4 142 624 567 70 142 15 7 1 50 15 40 40 .250 .315 .307 .621
Suter Sullivan CL4 127 514 473 37 116 16 3 0 55 16 25 10 .245 .297 .292 .589
George Magoon 2 teams 121 475 396 50 96 13 4 0 52 12 50 26 .242 .344 .295 .639
Tommy Tucker CL4 127 499 456 40 110 19 3 0 40 3 24 16 .241 .297 .296 .593
Harry Lochhead CL4 148 578 541 52 129 7 1 1 43 23 21 29 .238 .280 .261 .540
Nap Lajoie UNQ PHI 77 337 312 70 118 19 9 6 70 13 12 7 .378 .419 .554 .974
Algie McBride UNQ CIN 64 292 251 57 87 12 5 1 23 5 30 15 .347 .431 .446 .877
George Davis UNQ NY1 109 467 419 69 141 22 5 1 59 35 38 15 .337 .394 .420 .814
Mike Grady UNQ NY1 87 354 315 49 106 18 8 2 54 20 29 12 .337 .405 .463 .868
Ed McFarland UNQ PHI 96 371 324 59 108 22 9 2 57 9 36 9 .333 .403 .475 .879
Bill Lange UNQ CHN 107 463 416 81 135 21 7 1 58 41 38 8 .325 .382 .416 .798
Mike Donlin UNQ SLN 66 287 266 49 86 9 6 6 27 20 17 33 .323 .366 .470 .836
Pearce Chiles UNQ PHI 97 356 338 57 108 28 7 2 76 6 16 19 .320 .352 .462 .814
Bob Wood UNQ CIN 63 227 195 34 61 11 7 0 24 3 25 3 .313 .404 .441 .845
Billy Hamilton UNQ BSN 84 375 297 63 92 7 1 1 33 19 72 16 .310 .446 .350 .796
Charles Zimmer UNQ 2 teams 95 383 335 52 103 13 4 4 43 10 27 22 .307 .378 .406 .784
Duke Farrell UNQ 2 teams 85 311 266 42 80 11 7 2 56 7 37 12 .301 .400 .417 .817
Hughie Jennings UNQ 2 teams 69 275 224 44 67 3 12 0 42 18 22 10 .299 .408 .420 .827
Win Mercer UNQ WAS 108 417 375 73 112 6 7 1 35 16 32 17 .299 .360 .360 .720
Pete Cassidy UNQ 2 teams 52 215 198 23 59 14 0 3 36 6 10 13 .298 .353 .414 .768
Dave Fultz UNQ 2 teams 59 236 215 31 64 3 2 0 18 18 13 16 .298 .343 .330 .674
Clarence Foster UNQ NY1 84 328 301 48 89 9 7 3 57 7 20 29 .296 .348 .402 .750
Deacon McGuire UNQ 2 teams 104 390 352 47 104 15 5 1 35 7 28 12 .295 .361 .375 .736
Elmer Smith UNQ CIN 88 398 343 65 101 13 6 1 24 10 47 12 .294 .381 .376 .757
Ossee Schrecongost UNQ 2 teams 115 453 427 57 124 20 5 2 47 18 21 11 .290 .328 .375 .703
Tommy Leach UNQ LS3 106 454 406 75 117 10 6 5 57 19 37 27 .288 .349 .379 .728
John Barry UNQ WAS 78 266 247 31 71 7 5 1 33 11 12 14 .287 .328 .368 .697
Frank Chance UNQ CHN 64 213 192 37 55 6 2 1 22 10 15 9 .286 .351 .354 .705
Harry Wolverton UNQ CHN 99 442 389 50 111 14 11 1 49 14 30 14 .285 .350 .386 .736
Fielder Jones UNQ BRO 102 429 365 75 104 8 2 2 38 18 54 23 .285 .390 .334 .724
Wilbert Robinson UNQ BLN 108 395 356 40 101 15 2 0 47 5 31 25 .284 .344 .337 .682
Willie Clark UNQ PIT 81 348 300 49 85 13 10 0 44 11 35 21 .283 .377 .393 .770
Pop Schriver UNQ PIT 92 342 302 31 85 19 5 1 49 4 24 10 .281 .344 .387 .732
James Stafford UNQ 2 teams 86 326 300 40 84 9 3 4 54 13 12 26 .280 .308 .370 .678
Bid McPhee UNQ CIN 112 432 377 60 105 17 7 1 65 18 40 33 .279 .358 .369 .727
Joe Sugden UNQ CL4 76 268 250 19 69 5 1 0 14 2 11 7 .276 .307 .304 .611
Duff Cooley UNQ PHI 94 445 406 75 112 15 8 1 31 15 29 22 .276 .330 .360 .690
Frank Bonner UNQ WAS 85 370 347 41 95 20 4 2 44 6 18 13 .274 .313 .372 .685
Charlie Hemphill UNQ 2 teams 66 254 239 27 65 3 5 3 26 3 12 14 .272 .312 .364 .676
Heinie Peitz UNQ CIN 94 351 293 45 79 13 2 1 43 11 46 11 .270 .372 .338 .710
John Anderson UNQ BRO 117 472 439 65 118 18 7 4 92 25 27 24 .269 .317 .369 .686
Parke Wilson UNQ NY1 98 386 332 49 89 8 6 0 42 16 43 14 .268 .359 .328 .687
Jack Warner UNQ NY1 88 316 293 38 78 8 1 0 19 15 15 20 .266 .315 .300 .616
Billy Clingman UNQ LS3 110 427 369 68 97 15 5 2 45 13 46 34 .263 .349 .347 .696
Frank Bowerman UNQ PIT 110 457 427 51 111 16 10 3 53 10 12 16 .260 .288 .365 .654
Ed McKean UNQ SLN 67 301 277 40 72 7 3 3 40 4 20 4 .260 .310 .339 .649
Barry McCormick UNQ CHN 102 415 376 48 97 15 2 2 52 14 25 30 .258 .311 .324 .636
Marty Bergen UNQ BSN 72 272 260 32 67 11 3 1 34 4 10 29 .258 .290 .335 .625
Joe Dolan UNQ PHI 61 238 222 27 57 6 3 1 30 3 11 19 .257 .298 .324 .622
Lou Criger UNQ SLN 77 294 258 39 66 4 5 2 44 14 28 10 .256 .333 .333 .667
Charlie Dexter UNQ LS3 81 345 298 47 76 7 1 1 34 21 21 20 .255 .315 .295 .610
Klondike Douglass UNQ PHI 77 295 275 26 70 6 6 0 27 7 10 3 .255 .296 .320 .616
Jack O'Connor UNQ SLN 84 313 289 33 73 5 6 0 43 7 15 6 .253 .299 .311 .610
Dusty Miller UNQ 2 teams 91 391 366 48 91 13 6 0 40 19 12 17 .249 .280 .317 .597
Tim Donahue UNQ CHN 92 334 278 39 69 9 3 0 29 10 34 14 .248 .345 .302 .647
Charlie Atherton UNQ WAS 65 269 242 28 60 5 6 0 23 2 21 26 .248 .313 .318 .631
Harry Steinfeldt UNQ CIN 108 444 390 63 96 16 8 0 43 19 40 11 .246 .326 .328 .654
Patsy Tebeau UNQ SLN 77 305 281 27 69 10 3 1 26 5 18 10 .246 .303 .313 .616
Mike Kelley UNQ LS3 76 314 282 48 68 11 2 3 33 10 21 22 .241 .307 .326 .634
Harry Blake UNQ SLN 97 345 292 50 70 9 4 2 41 16 43 15 .240 .341 .318 .660
Fred Hartman UNQ NY1 51 200 177 25 42 3 5 1 17 2 12 5 .237 .322 .328 .649
Sport McAllister UNQ CL4 113 451 418 29 99 6 8 1 31 5 19 20 .237 .273 .297 .570
Charlie Irwin UNQ CIN 90 349 314 42 73 4 8 1 52 26 26 13 .232 .295 .306 .601
William Clarke UNQ BSN 60 243 223 25 50 3 2 2 32 2 10 17 .224 .270 .283 .553
Doc Powers UNQ 2 teams 63 223 207 18 45 10 2 0 25 1 7 11 .217 .247 .285 .532
John O'Brien UNQ 2 teams 118 467 414 40 89 6 4 2 50 12 36 13 .215 .284 .263 .547
Jim Connor UNQ CHN 69 263 234 26 48 7 1 0 24 6 18 13 .205 .265 .244 .508
Malachi Kittridge UNQ 2 teams 90 320 264 25 46 5 1 0 24 5 36 13 .174 .278 .201 .479
Showing 1-50 of 124 batters listed (61 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 153 innings at 153 team games. 47 of the 69 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1899 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Vic Willis BSN 27 8 41 38 35 5 2 342.2 277 95 117 120 2.50 1.15
Cy Young SLN 26 16 44 42 40 4 1 369.1 368 106 44 111 2.58 1.12
Joe McGinnity BLN 28 16 48 41 38 4 2 366.1 358 109 93 74 2.68 1.23
Noodles Hahn CIN 23 8 38 34 32 4 0 309.0 280 92 68 145 2.68 1.13
Jay Hughes BRO 28 6 35 35 30 3 0 291.2 250 87 119 99 2.68 1.27
Frank Kitson BLN 22 16 40 37 34 2 0 326.2 327 101 65 75 2.78 1.20
Clark Griffith CHN 22 14 38 38 35 0 0 319.2 329 99 65 73 2.79 1.23
Brickyard Kennedy BRO 22 9 40 33 27 2 2 277.1 297 86 86 55 2.79 1.38
Jesse Tannehill PIT 24 14 41 36 33 3 1 322.0 361 101 52 65 2.82 1.28
Ned Garvin CHN 9 13 24 23 22 4 0 199.0 202 63 42 69 2.85 1.23
Kid Nichols BSN 21 19 42 37 37 4 1 343.1 326 114 82 108 2.99 1.19
Pete Dowling LS3 13 17 35 33 30 0 0 298.1 329 101 95 89 3.05 1.42
Jimmy Callahan CHN 21 12 35 34 33 3 0 294.1 327 100 76 77 3.06 1.37
George Cuppy SLN 11 8 21 21 18 1 0 171.2 203 60 26 25 3.15 1.33
Deacon Phillippe LS3 21 17 42 38 33 2 1 321.0 331 113 64 68 3.17 1.23
Sam Leever PIT 21 23 51 39 35 4 3 379.0 353 134 122 121 3.18 1.25
Walt Woods LS3 9 13 26 21 17 0 0 186.1 216 68 37 21 3.28 1.36
Bill Phillips CIN 17 9 33 27 18 1 1 227.2 234 84 71 43 3.32 1.34
Chick Fraser PHI 21 12 35 33 29 4 0 270.2 278 101 85 68 3.36 1.34
Red Donahue PHI 21 8 35 31 27 4 0 279.0 292 105 63 51 3.39 1.27
Wiley Piatt PHI 23 15 39 38 31 2 0 305.0 323 117 86 89 3.45 1.34
Ted Lewis BSN 17 11 29 25 23 2 0 234.2 245 91 73 60 3.49 1.36
James McJames BRO 19 15 37 34 27 1 1 275.1 295 107 122 105 3.50 1.51
Jack Powell SLN 23 19 48 43 40 2 0 373.0 433 146 85 87 3.52 1.39
Cy Seymour NY1 14 18 32 32 31 0 0 268.1 247 106 170 142 3.56 1.55
Theodore Breitenstein CIN 13 9 26 24 21 0 0 210.2 219 84 71 59 3.59 1.38
Bill Hoffer PIT 8 10 23 19 15 2 0 163.2 169 66 64 44 3.63 1.42
Jack Dunn BRO 23 13 41 34 29 2 2 299.1 323 123 86 48 3.70 1.37
Jouett Meekin 2 teams 12 17 31 31 28 0 0 256.1 280 106 93 53 3.72 1.46
Jack Taylor CHN 18 21 41 39 39 1 0 354.2 380 148 84 67 3.76 1.31
Bert Cunningham LS3 17 17 39 37 33 1 0 323.2 385 138 75 36 3.84 1.42
Tully Sparks PIT 8 6 28 17 8 0 0 170.0 180 73 82 53 3.86 1.54
Harry Howell BLN 13 8 28 25 21 0 1 209.1 248 91 69 58 3.91 1.51
Bill Dinneen WAS 14 20 37 35 30 0 0 291.0 350 127 106 91 3.93 1.57
Jerry Nops BLN 17 11 33 33 26 2 0 259.0 296 116 71 60 4.03 1.42
Jack Taylor CIN 9 10 25 19 16 2 2 180.1 207 82 43 35 4.09 1.39
Pink Hawley CIN 14 17 34 29 25 0 1 250.1 289 118 65 46 4.24 1.41
Ed Doheny NY1 14 17 36 34 31 1 0 277.2 291 136 158 120 4.41 1.62
Gus Weyhing WAS 17 21 43 38 34 2 0 334.2 414 169 76 96 4.54 1.46
Win Mercer WAS 7 14 23 21 21 0 0 186.0 234 95 53 28 4.60 1.54
Bill Carrick NY1 16 27 44 43 40 3 0 361.2 485 187 122 60 4.65 1.68
Dan McFarlan 2 teams 8 18 33 28 22 1 0 217.2 274 113 67 41 4.67 1.57
Willie Sudhoff 2 teams 15 18 36 33 24 0 0 264.2 324 147 87 39 5.00 1.55
Jim Hughey CL4 4 30 36 34 32 0 0 283.0 403 170 88 54 5.41 1.73
Charlie Knepper CL4 4 22 27 26 26 0 0 219.2 307 141 77 43 5.78 1.75
Bill Magee 2 teams 7 16 29 26 17 1 0 183.0 227 125 88 28 6.15 1.72
Frank Bates 2 teams 1 18 22 19 17 0 0 161.2 246 124 110 13 6.90 2.20
Al Orth UNQ PHI 14 3 21 15 13 3 1 144.2 149 40 19 35 2.49 1.16
Bill Bernhard UNQ PHI 6 6 21 12 10 1 0 132.1 120 39 36 23 2.65 1.18
Rube Waddell UNQ LS3 7 2 10 9 9 1 1 79.0 69 27 14 44 3.08 1.05
Chummy Gray UNQ PIT 3 3 9 7 6 0 0 70.2 85 27 24 9 3.44 1.54
Cowboy Jones UNQ SLN 6 5 12 12 9 0 0 85.1 111 34 22 28 3.59 1.56
Harvey Bailey UNQ BSN 6 4 12 11 8 0 0 86.2 83 38 35 26 3.95 1.36
Emil Frisk UNQ CIN 3 6 9 9 9 0 0 68.1 81 30 17 17 3.95 1.43
Tom Colcolough UNQ NY1 4 5 11 8 7 0 0 81.2 85 36 41 14 3.97 1.54
Pete McBride UNQ SLN 2 4 11 6 4 0 0 64.0 65 29 40 26 4.08 1.64
Jack Chesbro UNQ PIT 6 9 19 17 15 0 0 149.0 165 68 59 28 4.11 1.50
Bill Phyle UNQ CHN 1 8 10 9 9 0 1 83.2 92 39 29 10 4.20 1.45
Charlie Gettig UNQ NY1 7 8 18 15 12 0 0 128.0 161 63 54 25 4.43 1.68
Frank Killen UNQ 2 teams 7 7 14 14 12 0 0 111.1 126 55 30 26 4.45 1.40
Charlie Hickman UNQ BSN 6 0 11 9 5 2 1 66.1 52 33 40 14 4.48 1.39
Jack Fifield UNQ 2 teams 5 12 20 17 15 1 1 139.2 183 74 53 20 4.77 1.69
Bill Hill UNQ 2 teams 7 10 21 18 14 0 1 144.1 171 79 63 46 4.93 1.62
Kid Carsey UNQ 2 teams 2 10 14 12 10 0 0 106.2 136 61 28 14 5.15 1.54
Roy Evans UNQ WAS 3 4 7 7 6 0 0 54.0 60 34 25 27 5.67 1.57
Crazy Schmit UNQ CL4 2 17 20 19 16 0 0 138.1 197 90 62 24 5.86 1.87
Billy Rhines UNQ PIT 4 4 9 9 4 0 0 54.0 59 36 13 6 6.00 1.33
Kirtley Baker UNQ WAS 1 7 11 6 3 0 0 54.0 79 41 22 6 6.83 1.87
Harry Colliflower UNQ CL4 1 11 14 12 11 0 0 98.0 152 89 41 8 8.17 1.97
Showing 1-50 of 69 pitchers listed (47 qualified)

Reading the 1899 leader tables

61 of the 124 hitters in the 1899 table reach the qualification line. Sorted by average, the qualified race is headed by Ed Delahanty at .410, with Jesse Burkett next at .396. Buck Freeman has the most home runs in the table, 25; for runs batted in, Ed Delahanty is first with 137. On the 1899 pitching side, 47 of 69 listed pitchers qualify. The qualified ERA race is led by Vic Willis at 2.50, and Cy Young has the best WHIP, 1.12. Sorted by the counting stats, the leaders are Joe McGinnity in wins (28) and Noodles Hahn in strikeouts (145).

1899 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1899?
Buck Freeman led with 25 home runs in 1899.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1899?
Ed Delahanty led with 137 RBI in 1899.
Who led MLB in hits in 1899?
Ed Delahanty led with 238 hits in 1899.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1899?
Ed Delahanty led at .410 in 1899, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1899?
Joe McGinnity and Jay Hughes tied for the lead with 28 wins in 1899.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1899?
Noodles Hahn led with 145 strikeouts in 1899.