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 leaders require at least 200 at bats and pitching leaders at least 50 innings pitched, which is why a part-season line does not appear here.

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

Minimum 200 at-bats required

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 AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Honus Wagner PIT 135 527 107 201 45 22 4 100 38 41 17 0.381 0.434 0.573 1.007
Elmer Flick PHI 138 545 106 200 32 16 11 110 35 56 30 0.367 0.441 0.545 0.986
Jesse Burkett SLN 141 559 88 203 11 15 7 68 32 62 35 0.363 0.429 0.474 0.904
Willie Keeler BRO 136 563 106 204 13 12 4 68 41 30 4 0.362 0.402 0.449 0.851
John McGraw SLN 99 334 84 115 10 4 2 33 29 85 9 0.344 0.505 0.416 0.921
Jake Beckley CIN 141 558 98 190 26 10 2 94 23 40 18 0.341 0.389 0.434 0.822
Nap Lajoie PHI 102 451 95 152 33 12 7 92 22 10 8 0.337 0.362 0.510 0.872
Kip Selbach NY1 141 523 98 176 29 12 4 68 36 72 25 0.337 0.425 0.461 0.885
Billy Hamilton BSN 136 520 103 173 20 5 1 47 32 107 22 0.333 0.449 0.396 0.845
Mike Donlin SLN 78 276 40 90 8 6 10 48 14 14 34 0.326 0.361 0.507 0.868
Ed Delahanty PHI 131 539 82 174 32 10 2 109 16 41 36 0.323 0.378 0.430 0.809
Joe Kelley BRO 121 454 90 145 23 17 6 91 26 53 18 0.319 0.398 0.485 0.882
George Davis NY1 114 426 69 136 20 4 3 61 29 35 23 0.319 0.376 0.406 0.782
Roy Thomas PHI 140 531 132 168 4 3 0 33 37 115 52 0.316 0.451 0.335 0.786
Patsy Donovan SLN 126 503 78 159 11 1 0 61 45 38 15 0.316 0.368 0.342 0.710
Jimmy Barrett CIN 137 545 114 172 11 7 5 42 44 72 63 0.316 0.400 0.389 0.789
George Van Haltren NY1 141 571 114 180 30 7 1 51 45 50 26 0.315 0.371 0.398 0.769
William Clarke BSN 81 270 35 85 5 2 1 30 0 9 16 0.315 0.344 0.359 0.703
Charlie Hickman NY1 127 473 65 148 19 17 9 91 10 17 30 0.313 0.359 0.482 0.841
Tom Daly BRO 97 343 72 107 17 3 4 55 27 46 18 0.312 0.403 0.414 0.817
Fielder Jones BRO 136 552 106 171 26 4 4 54 33 57 26 0.310 0.383 0.393 0.777
Ed McFarland PHI 94 344 50 105 14 8 0 38 9 29 18 0.305 0.364 0.392 0.757
Jimmy Collins BSN 142 586 104 178 25 5 6 95 23 34 13 0.304 0.352 0.394 0.747
Buck Freeman BSN 117 418 58 126 19 13 6 65 10 25 28 0.301 0.355 0.452 0.808
Emmet Heidrick SLN 85 339 51 102 6 8 2 45 22 18 11 0.301 0.338 0.383 0.721
Jimmy Sheckard BRO 85 273 74 82 19 10 1 39 30 42 28 0.300 0.416 0.454 0.870
Bill Keister SLN 126 497 78 149 26 10 1 72 32 25 15 0.300 0.347 0.398 0.745
Danny Green CHN 103 389 63 116 21 5 5 49 28 17 36 0.298 0.339 0.416 0.755
Dan McGann SLN 121 444 79 132 10 9 4 58 26 32 20 0.297 0.376 0.387 0.763
Sam Mertes CHN 127 481 72 142 25 4 7 60 38 42 26 0.295 0.356 0.407 0.763
Charles Zimmer PIT 82 271 27 80 7 10 0 35 4 17 28 0.295 0.361 0.395 0.756
Chick Stahl BSN 136 553 88 163 23 16 5 82 27 34 21 0.295 0.336 0.421 0.757
Win Mercer NY1 76 248 32 73 4 0 0 27 15 26 26 0.294 0.366 0.310 0.676
Jack McCarthy CHN 124 503 68 148 16 7 0 48 22 24 17 0.294 0.329 0.354 0.683
Lave Cross BRO 117 461 73 135 14 6 4 67 20 25 5 0.293 0.332 0.375 0.707
Claude Ritchey PIT 123 476 62 139 17 8 1 67 18 29 8 0.292 0.339 0.368 0.707
Tom O'Brien PIT 102 376 61 109 22 6 3 61 12 21 18 0.290 0.349 0.404 0.753
Jimmy Slagle PHI 141 574 115 165 16 9 0 45 34 60 37 0.287 0.358 0.347 0.705
Deacon McGuire BRO 71 241 20 69 15 2 0 34 2 19 17 0.286 0.348 0.365 0.714
Harry Wolverton PHI 101 383 42 108 10 8 3 58 4 20 13 0.282 0.323 0.373 0.696
Bill Bradley CHN 122 444 63 125 21 8 5 49 14 27 61 0.282 0.330 0.399 0.728
Fred Tenney BSN 112 437 77 122 13 5 1 56 17 39 11 0.279 0.346 0.339 0.685
Ginger Beaumont PIT 138 567 105 158 14 9 5 50 27 40 34 0.279 0.331 0.362 0.692
Bobby Lowe BSN 127 474 65 132 11 5 3 71 15 26 16 0.278 0.323 0.342 0.665
Jimmy Ryan CHN 105 415 66 115 25 4 5 59 19 29 19 0.277 0.329 0.393 0.722
Fred Clarke PIT 106 399 84 110 15 12 3 32 21 51 20 0.276 0.368 0.396 0.764
Algie McBride CIN 112 436 59 120 15 8 4 59 12 25 28 0.275 0.320 0.374 0.694
Duke Farrell BRO 76 273 33 75 11 5 0 39 3 11 12 0.275 0.310 0.352 0.662
John Ganzel CHN 78 284 29 78 14 4 4 32 5 10 10 0.275 0.316 0.394 0.710
Joe Quinn CIN 74 266 18 73 5 2 0 25 7 16 16 0.274 0.316 0.308 0.624
Charlie Irwin CIN 87 333 59 91 15 6 1 44 9 14 15 0.273 0.314 0.363 0.678
Billy Sullivan BSN 72 238 36 65 6 0 8 41 4 9 33 0.273 0.302 0.399 0.702
Hughie Jennings BRO 115 441 61 120 18 6 1 69 31 31 29 0.272 0.348 0.347 0.694
Lou Criger SLN 80 288 31 78 8 6 2 38 5 4 4 0.271 0.286 0.361 0.647
Bobby Wallace SLN 126 485 70 130 25 9 4 70 7 40 17 0.268 0.328 0.381 0.709
Jack Doyle NY1 133 505 69 135 24 1 1 66 34 34 16 0.267 0.317 0.325 0.642
Jimmy Williams PIT 106 416 73 110 15 11 5 68 18 32 27 0.264 0.323 0.389 0.712
Herman Long BSN 125 486 80 127 19 4 12 66 26 44 23 0.261 0.325 0.391 0.716
John Barry BSN 81 254 40 66 10 7 1 37 9 13 16 0.260 0.301 0.366 0.667
Sam Crawford CIN 101 389 68 101 15 15 7 59 14 28 35 0.260 0.314 0.429 0.744
Elmer Smith NY1 85 312 47 81 9 7 2 34 14 24 10 0.260 0.317 0.353 0.669
Bill Dahlen BRO 133 483 87 125 16 11 1 69 31 73 27 0.259 0.364 0.344 0.708
Heinie Peitz CIN 91 294 34 75 14 1 2 34 5 20 19 0.255 0.318 0.330 0.648
Kid Gleason NY1 111 420 60 104 11 3 1 29 23 17 19 0.248 0.280 0.295 0.575
Wilbert Robinson SLN 60 210 26 52 5 1 0 28 7 11 20 0.248 0.291 0.281 0.572
Harry Steinfeldt CIN 134 510 57 125 29 7 2 66 14 27 30 0.245 0.292 0.341 0.633
Tommy Corcoran CIN 127 523 64 128 21 9 1 54 27 22 18 0.245 0.278 0.325 0.603
Bones Ely PIT 130 475 60 116 6 6 0 51 6 17 29 0.244 0.272 0.282 0.554
Gene DeMontreville BRO 69 234 34 57 8 1 0 28 21 10 16 0.244 0.283 0.286 0.570
Cupid Childs CHN 137 531 67 128 14 5 0 44 15 57 23 0.241 0.323 0.286 0.609
Frank Bowerman NY1 80 270 25 65 5 3 1 42 10 6 22 0.241 0.268 0.293 0.560
Tim Donahue CHN 67 216 21 51 10 1 0 17 8 19 10 0.236 0.312 0.292 0.604
Mike Grady NY1 83 251 36 55 8 4 0 27 9 34 27 0.219 0.331 0.283 0.614
Barry McCormick CHN 110 379 35 83 13 5 3 48 8 38 44 0.219 0.292 0.303 0.595
Monte Cross PHI 131 466 59 94 11 3 3 62 19 51 51 0.202 0.289 0.258 0.546
Duff Cooley PIT 66 249 30 50 8 1 0 22 9 14 21 0.201 0.243 0.241 0.484
Joe Dolan PHI 74 257 39 51 7 3 1 27 10 16 26 0.198 0.259 0.261 0.520
Showing 1-50 of 77 qualified batters

Pitching Leaders

Minimum 50 innings pitched required

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 0 208.6 176 55 55 130 2.37 1.11
Ned Garvin CHN 10 18 30 28 25 1 0 246.3 225 66 63 107 2.41 1.17
Luther Taylor NY1 4 3 11 7 6 0 0 62.3 74 17 24 16 2.45 1.57
Jack Taylor CHN 10 17 28 26 25 2 1 222.3 226 63 58 57 2.55 1.28
Sam Leever PIT 15 13 30 29 25 3 0 232.6 236 70 48 84 2.71 1.22
Willie Sudhoff SLN 6 8 16 14 13 2 0 127.0 128 39 37 29 2.76 1.30
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 0 321.3 337 107 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 0 231.3 215 79 72 53 3.07 1.24
George Cuppy BSN 8 4 17 13 9 0 1 105.3 107 36 24 23 3.08 1.24
Bill Dinneen BSN 20 14 40 37 33 1 0 320.6 304 111 105 107 3.12 1.28
Chick Fraser PHI 15 9 29 26 22 1 0 223.3 250 78 93 58 3.14 1.54
Noodles Hahn CIN 16 20 39 37 29 4 0 311.3 306 113 89 132 3.27 1.27
Pink Hawley NY1 18 18 41 38 34 2 0 329.3 377 129 89 80 3.53 1.41
Bill Carrick NY1 19 22 45 41 32 1 0 341.6 415 134 92 63 3.53 1.48
Cowboy Jones SLN 13 19 39 36 29 3 0 292.6 334 115 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 0 192.3 205 78 79 39 3.65 1.48
Jack Chesbro PIT 15 13 32 26 20 3 1 215.6 220 88 79 56 3.67 1.39
Harry Howell BRO 6 5 21 10 7 2 0 110.3 131 46 36 26 3.75 1.51
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 0 285.3 347 121 74 77 3.82 1.48
Jerry Nops BRO 4 4 9 8 6 1 0 68.0 79 29 18 22 3.84 1.43
John Menefee CHN 9 4 16 13 11 0 0 117.0 140 50 35 30 3.85 1.50
Win Mercer NY1 13 17 33 29 26 1 0 242.6 303 104 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 0 235.6 255 108 100 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 4 253.3 283 118 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 0 207.3 229 99 67 50 4.30 1.43
Bert Cunningham CHN 4 3 8 7 7 0 0 64.0 84 31 21 7 4.36 1.64
Jack Powell SLN 17 17 38 37 28 3 0 287.6 325 142 77 77 4.44 1.40
Wiley Piatt PHI 9 10 22 20 16 1 0 160.6 194 83 71 47 4.65 1.65
Frank Killen CHN 3 3 6 6 6 0 0 54.0 65 28 11 4 4.67 1.41
Bill Bernhard PHI 15 10 32 27 20 0 2 218.6 284 116 74 49 4.77 1.64
Jack Dunn PHI 5 5 10 9 9 1 0 80.0 87 43 29 12 4.84 1.45
Togie Pittinger BSN 2 9 18 13 8 0 0 114.0 135 65 54 27 5.13 1.66
Jim Hughey SLN 5 7 20 12 11 0 0 112.6 147 65 40 23 5.19 1.66
Ed Doheny NY1 4 14 20 18 12 0 0 133.6 148 81 96 44 5.45 1.83
Jack Dunn BRO 3 4 10 7 5 0 0 63.0 88 39 28 6 5.57 1.84
Cy Seymour NY1 2 1 13 7 2 0 0 53.0 58 41 54 19 6.96 2.11
Showing 1-50 of 46 qualified pitchers

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 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.
Who had the lowest ERA in 1900?
Rube Waddell at 2.37, among pitchers with at least 50 innings.