1900 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1900 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1900 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Herman Long led with 12 home runs, Elmer Flick led with 110 RBI, and Willie Keeler led with 204 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 437 plate appearances at 141 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (141 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 — 437 plate appearances at 141 team games. 48 of the 78 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1900 OPS Distribution

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

Complete Statistics

1900 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Honus Wagner PIT 135 580 527 107 201 45 22 4 100 38 41 17 .381 .434 .573 1.007
Elmer Flick PHI 138 623 545 106 200 32 16 11 110 35 56 30 .367 .441 .545 .986
Jesse Burkett SLN 141 643 559 88 203 11 15 7 68 32 62 35 .363 .429 .474 .904
Willie Keeler BRO 136 619 563 106 204 13 12 4 68 41 30 4 .362 .402 .449 .851
John McGraw SLN 99 447 334 84 115 10 4 2 33 29 85 9 .344 .505 .416 .921
Jake Beckley CIN 141 614 558 98 190 26 10 2 94 23 40 18 .341 .389 .434 .822
Nap Lajoie PHI 102 471 451 95 152 33 12 7 92 22 10 8 .337 .362 .510 .872
Kip Selbach NY1 141 611 523 98 176 29 12 4 68 36 72 25 .337 .425 .461 .885
Billy Hamilton BSN 136 635 520 103 173 20 5 1 47 32 107 22 .333 .449 .396 .845
Ed Delahanty PHI 131 601 539 82 174 32 10 2 109 16 41 36 .323 .378 .430 .809
Joe Kelley BRO 121 513 454 90 145 23 17 6 91 26 53 18 .319 .398 .485 .882
George Davis NY1 114 472 426 69 136 20 4 3 61 29 35 23 .319 .376 .406 .782
Roy Thomas PHI 140 675 531 132 168 4 3 0 33 37 115 52 .316 .451 .335 .786
Patsy Donovan SLN 126 550 503 78 159 11 1 0 61 45 38 15 .316 .368 .342 .710
Jimmy Barrett CIN 137 632 545 114 172 11 7 5 42 44 72 63 .316 .400 .389 .789
George Van Haltren NY1 141 635 571 114 180 30 7 1 51 45 50 26 .315 .371 .398 .769
Charlie Hickman NY1 127 511 473 65 148 19 17 9 91 10 17 30 .313 .359 .482 .841
Fielder Jones BRO 136 629 552 106 171 26 4 4 54 33 57 26 .310 .383 .393 .777
Jimmy Collins BSN 142 639 586 104 178 25 5 6 95 23 34 13 .304 .352 .394 .747
Buck Freeman BSN 117 461 418 58 126 19 13 6 65 10 25 28 .301 .355 .452 .808
Bill Keister SLN 126 539 497 78 149 26 10 1 72 32 25 15 .300 .347 .398 .745
Dan McGann SLN 121 507 444 79 132 10 9 4 58 26 32 20 .297 .376 .387 .763
Sam Mertes CHN 127 548 481 72 142 25 4 7 60 38 42 26 .295 .356 .407 .763
Chick Stahl BSN 136 597 553 88 163 23 16 5 82 27 34 21 .295 .336 .421 .757
Jack McCarthy CHN 124 540 503 68 148 16 7 0 48 22 24 17 .294 .329 .354 .683
Lave Cross 2 teams 133 557 522 79 153 15 6 4 73 21 26 7 .293 .329 .368 .697
Claude Ritchey PIT 123 528 476 62 139 17 8 1 67 18 29 8 .292 .339 .368 .707
Jimmy Slagle PHI 141 664 574 115 165 16 9 0 45 34 60 37 .287 .358 .347 .705
Bill Bradley CHN 122 483 444 63 125 21 8 5 49 14 27 61 .282 .330 .399 .728
Fred Tenney BSN 112 492 437 77 122 13 5 1 56 17 39 11 .279 .346 .339 .685
Ginger Beaumont PIT 138 632 567 105 158 14 9 5 50 27 40 34 .279 .331 .362 .692
Bobby Lowe BSN 127 514 474 65 132 11 5 3 71 15 26 16 .278 .323 .342 .665
Jimmy Ryan CHN 105 450 415 66 115 25 4 5 59 19 29 19 .277 .329 .393 .722
Fred Clarke PIT 106 466 399 84 110 15 12 3 32 21 51 20 .276 .368 .396 .764
Algie McBride CIN 112 470 436 59 120 15 8 4 59 12 25 28 .275 .320 .374 .694
Hughie Jennings BRO 115 505 441 61 120 18 6 1 69 31 31 29 .272 .348 .347 .694
Bobby Wallace SLN 126 532 485 70 130 25 9 4 70 7 40 17 .268 .328 .381 .709
Jack Doyle NY1 133 544 505 69 135 24 1 1 66 34 34 16 .267 .317 .325 .642
Elmer Smith 2 teams 114 478 423 61 112 13 11 3 52 19 42 12 .265 .337 .369 .706
Jimmy Williams PIT 106 455 416 73 110 15 11 5 68 18 32 27 .264 .323 .389 .712
Herman Long BSN 125 550 486 80 127 19 4 12 66 26 44 23 .261 .325 .391 .716
Bill Dahlen BRO 133 565 483 87 125 16 11 1 69 31 73 27 .259 .364 .344 .708
Kid Gleason NY1 111 449 420 60 104 11 3 1 29 23 17 19 .248 .280 .295 .575
Harry Steinfeldt CIN 134 563 510 57 125 29 7 2 66 14 27 30 .245 .292 .341 .633
Tommy Corcoran CIN 127 562 523 64 128 21 9 1 54 27 22 18 .245 .278 .325 .603
Bones Ely PIT 130 503 475 60 116 6 6 0 51 6 17 29 .244 .272 .282 .554
Cupid Childs CHN 137 615 531 67 128 14 5 0 44 15 57 23 .241 .323 .286 .609
Monte Cross PHI 131 530 466 59 94 11 3 3 62 19 51 51 .202 .289 .258 .546
Mike Donlin UNQ SLN 78 297 276 40 90 8 6 10 48 14 14 34 .326 .361 .507 .868
William Clarke UNQ BSN 81 291 270 35 85 5 2 1 30 0 9 16 .315 .344 .359 .703
Tom Daly UNQ BRO 97 400 343 72 107 17 3 4 55 27 46 18 .312 .403 .414 .817
Ed McFarland UNQ PHI 94 387 344 50 105 14 8 0 38 9 29 18 .305 .364 .392 .757
Hugh Duffy UNQ BSN 55 202 181 27 55 5 4 2 31 11 16 5 .304 .360 .409 .769
Emmet Heidrick UNQ SLN 85 364 339 51 102 6 8 2 45 22 18 11 .301 .338 .383 .721
Jimmy Sheckard UNQ BRO 85 331 273 74 82 19 10 1 39 30 42 28 .300 .416 .454 .870
Danny Green UNQ CHN 103 419 389 63 116 21 5 5 49 28 17 36 .298 .339 .416 .755
Charles Zimmer UNQ PIT 82 308 271 27 80 7 10 0 35 4 17 28 .295 .361 .395 .756
Win Mercer UNQ NY1 76 279 248 32 73 4 0 0 27 15 26 26 .294 .366 .310 .676
Tom O'Brien UNQ PIT 102 413 376 61 109 22 6 3 61 12 21 18 .290 .349 .404 .753
Deacon McGuire UNQ BRO 71 265 241 20 69 15 2 0 34 2 19 17 .286 .348 .365 .714
Harry Wolverton UNQ 2 teams 104 427 394 44 110 10 8 3 58 5 22 15 .279 .322 .368 .690
Duke Farrell UNQ BRO 76 291 273 33 75 11 5 0 39 3 11 12 .275 .310 .352 .662
John Ganzel UNQ CHN 78 308 284 29 78 14 4 4 32 5 10 10 .275 .316 .394 .710
Charlie Irwin UNQ CIN 87 362 333 59 91 15 6 1 44 9 14 15 .273 .314 .363 .678
Billy Sullivan UNQ BSN 72 251 238 36 65 6 0 8 41 4 9 33 .273 .302 .399 .702
Joe Quinn UNQ 2 teams 96 380 346 30 94 7 2 1 36 11 26 18 .272 .323 .312 .635
Lou Criger UNQ SLN 80 294 288 31 78 8 6 2 38 5 4 4 .271 .286 .361 .647
John Barry UNQ BSN 81 277 254 40 66 10 7 1 37 9 13 16 .260 .301 .366 .667
Sam Crawford UNQ CIN 101 424 389 68 101 15 15 7 59 14 28 35 .260 .314 .429 .744
Heinie Peitz UNQ CIN 91 322 294 34 75 14 1 2 34 5 20 19 .255 .318 .330 .648
Wilbert Robinson UNQ SLN 60 224 210 26 52 5 1 0 28 7 11 20 .248 .291 .281 .572
Gene DeMontreville UNQ BRO 69 253 234 34 57 8 1 0 28 21 10 16 .244 .283 .286 .570
Frank Bowerman UNQ NY1 80 282 270 25 65 5 3 1 42 10 6 22 .241 .268 .293 .560
Tim Donahue UNQ CHN 67 246 216 21 51 10 1 0 17 8 19 10 .236 .312 .292 .604
Mike Grady UNQ NY1 83 296 251 36 55 8 4 0 27 9 34 27 .219 .331 .283 .614
Barry McCormick UNQ CHN 110 436 379 35 83 13 5 3 48 8 38 44 .219 .292 .303 .595
Duff Cooley UNQ PIT 66 275 249 30 50 8 1 0 22 9 14 21 .201 .243 .241 .484
Joe Dolan UNQ PHI 74 286 257 39 51 7 3 1 27 10 16 26 .198 .259 .261 .520
Showing 1-50 of 78 batters listed (48 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 141 innings at 141 team games. 33 of the 46 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1900 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Rube Waddell PIT 8 13 29 22 16 2 0 208.2 176 55 55 130 2.37 1.11
Ned Garvin CHN 10 18 30 28 25 1 0 246.1 225 66 63 107 2.41 1.17
Jack Taylor CHN 10 17 28 26 25 2 1 222.1 226 63 58 57 2.55 1.28
Sam Leever PIT 15 13 30 29 25 3 0 232.2 236 70 48 84 2.71 1.22
Deacon Phillippe PIT 20 13 38 33 29 1 0 279.0 274 88 42 75 2.84 1.13
Jesse Tannehill PIT 20 6 29 27 23 2 0 234.0 247 75 43 50 2.88 1.24
Joe McGinnity BRO 28 8 44 37 32 1 0 343.0 350 112 113 93 2.94 1.35
Cy Young SLN 20 18 41 35 32 4 0 321.1 337 107 36 115 3.00 1.16
Clark Griffith CHN 14 13 30 30 27 4 0 248.0 245 84 51 61 3.05 1.19
Kid Nichols BSN 13 16 29 27 25 4 0 231.1 215 79 72 53 3.07 1.24
Bill Dinneen BSN 20 14 40 37 33 1 0 320.2 304 111 105 107 3.12 1.28
Chick Fraser PHI 15 9 29 26 22 1 0 223.1 250 78 93 58 3.14 1.54
Noodles Hahn CIN 16 20 39 37 29 4 0 311.1 306 113 89 132 3.27 1.27
Pink Hawley NY1 18 18 41 38 34 2 0 329.1 377 129 89 80 3.53 1.41
Bill Carrick NY1 19 22 45 41 32 1 0 341.2 415 134 92 63 3.53 1.48
Cowboy Jones SLN 13 19 39 36 29 3 0 292.2 334 115 82 68 3.54 1.42
Red Donahue PHI 15 10 32 24 21 2 0 240.0 299 96 50 41 3.60 1.45
Theodore Breitenstein CIN 10 10 24 20 18 1 0 192.1 205 78 79 39 3.65 1.48
Jack Chesbro PIT 15 13 32 26 20 3 1 215.2 220 88 79 56 3.67 1.39
Al Orth PHI 14 14 33 30 24 2 1 262.0 302 110 60 68 3.78 1.38
Jimmy Callahan CHN 13 16 32 32 32 2 0 285.1 347 121 74 77 3.82 1.48
Win Mercer NY1 13 17 33 29 26 1 0 242.2 303 104 58 39 3.86 1.49
Ed Scott CIN 17 20 42 35 31 0 1 315.0 370 135 65 87 3.86 1.38
Brickyard Kennedy BRO 20 13 42 35 26 2 0 292.0 316 127 111 75 3.91 1.46
Doc Newton CIN 9 15 36 27 22 1 0 235.2 255 108 100 89 4.12 1.51
Ted Lewis BSN 13 12 30 22 19 1 0 209.0 215 96 86 66 4.13 1.44
Frank Kitson BRO 15 13 40 30 21 2 4 253.1 283 118 56 55 4.19 1.34
Vic Willis BSN 10 17 32 29 22 2 0 236.0 258 110 106 53 4.19 1.54
Bill Phillips CIN 9 11 29 24 16 3 0 207.1 229 99 67 50 4.30 1.43
Jack Powell SLN 17 17 38 37 28 3 0 287.2 325 142 77 77 4.44 1.40
Wiley Piatt PHI 9 10 22 20 16 1 0 160.2 194 83 71 47 4.65 1.65
Bill Bernhard PHI 15 10 32 27 20 0 2 218.2 284 116 74 49 4.77 1.64
Jack Dunn 2 teams 8 9 20 16 14 1 0 143.0 175 82 57 18 5.16 1.62
Luther Taylor UNQ NY1 4 3 11 7 6 0 0 62.1 74 17 24 16 2.45 1.57
Willie Sudhoff UNQ SLN 6 8 16 14 13 2 0 127.0 128 39 37 29 2.76 1.30
George Cuppy UNQ BSN 8 4 17 13 9 0 1 105.1 107 36 24 23 3.08 1.24
Harry Howell UNQ BRO 6 5 21 10 7 2 0 110.1 131 46 36 26 3.75 1.51
Jerry Nops UNQ BRO 4 4 9 8 6 1 0 68.0 79 29 18 22 3.84 1.43
John Menefee UNQ CHN 9 4 16 13 11 0 0 117.0 140 50 35 30 3.85 1.50
Bert Cunningham UNQ CHN 4 3 8 7 7 0 0 64.0 84 31 21 7 4.36 1.64
Gus Weyhing UNQ 2 teams 6 6 15 13 6 0 0 94.2 126 47 41 14 4.47 1.76
Frank Killen UNQ CHN 3 3 6 6 6 0 0 54.0 65 28 11 4 4.67 1.41
Togie Pittinger UNQ BSN 2 9 18 13 8 0 0 114.0 135 65 54 27 5.13 1.66
Jim Hughey UNQ SLN 5 7 20 12 11 0 0 112.2 147 65 40 23 5.19 1.66
Ed Doheny UNQ NY1 4 14 20 18 12 0 0 133.2 148 81 96 44 5.45 1.83
Cy Seymour UNQ NY1 2 1 13 7 2 0 0 53.0 58 41 54 19 6.96 2.11
Showing 1-50 of 46 pitchers listed (33 qualified)

Reading the 1900 leader tables

The 1900 batting table lists 78 hitters, of whom 48 qualify for the rate columns. Honus Wagner tops the qualified hitters in batting average (.381); Elmer Flick is second at .367. Sorting by home runs brings Herman Long (12) to the top; the RBI high belongs to Elmer Flick, 110. Patsy Donovan's 45 steals are the most listed. The 1900 pitching table lists 46 pitchers, 33 of them qualified. Rube Waddell has the lowest qualified ERA, 2.37. Sorted by the counting stats, the leaders are Joe McGinnity in wins (28) and Noodles Hahn in strikeouts (132).

1900 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1900?
Herman Long led with 12 home runs in 1900.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1900?
Elmer Flick led with 110 RBI in 1900.
Who led MLB in hits in 1900?
Willie Keeler led with 204 hits in 1900.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1900?
Honus Wagner led at .381 in 1900, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1900?
Joe McGinnity led with 28 wins in 1900.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1900?
Noodles Hahn led with 132 strikeouts in 1900.