1903 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1903 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1903 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Buck Freeman led with 13 home runs, Buck Freeman and Sam Mertes tied for the lead with 104 RBI, and Ginger Beaumont led with 209 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 430 plate appearances at 139 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (139 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 — 430 plate appearances at 139 team games. 97 of the 159 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1903 OPS Distribution

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

Complete Statistics

1903 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 129 571 512 97 182 30 19 5 101 46 44 17 .355 .414 .518 .931
Fred Clarke PIT 104 486 427 88 150 32 15 5 70 21 41 27 .351 .414 .532 .946
Mike Donlin CIN 126 563 496 110 174 25 18 7 67 26 56 40 .351 .420 .516 .936
Roger Bresnahan NY1 113 486 406 87 142 30 8 4 55 34 61 45 .350 .443 .493 .936
Nap Lajoie CLE 125 525 485 90 167 41 11 7 93 21 24 26 .344 .379 .518 .896
Cy Seymour CIN 135 607 558 85 191 25 15 7 72 25 33 32 .342 .382 .478 .861
Ginger Beaumont PIT 141 674 613 137 209 30 6 7 68 23 44 18 .341 .390 .444 .833
Sam Crawford DET 137 602 550 88 184 23 25 4 89 18 25 46 .335 .366 .489 .855
Jimmy Sheckard BRO 139 616 515 99 171 29 9 9 75 67 75 48 .332 .423 .476 .899
Patsy Dougherty BOS 139 647 590 107 195 19 12 4 59 35 33 62 .331 .372 .424 .796
Roy Thomas PHI 130 607 477 88 156 11 2 1 27 17 107 46 .327 .453 .365 .818
Patsy Donovan SLN 105 452 410 63 134 15 3 0 39 25 25 21 .327 .370 .378 .748
Jake Beckley CIN 120 512 459 85 150 29 10 2 81 23 42 13 .327 .384 .447 .831
Frank Chance CHN 125 531 441 83 144 24 10 2 81 67 78 41 .327 .439 .440 .878
Joe Kelley CIN 105 445 383 85 121 22 4 3 45 18 51 24 .316 .402 .418 .820
Jimmy Barrett DET 136 615 517 95 163 13 10 2 31 27 74 67 .315 .407 .391 .798
Bill Bradley CLE 136 587 536 101 168 36 22 6 68 21 25 69 .313 .348 .496 .844
Fred Tenney BSN 122 541 447 79 140 22 3 3 41 21 70 30 .313 .415 .396 .811
George Browne NY1 141 652 591 105 185 20 3 3 45 27 43 58 .313 .364 .372 .736
Jack Doyle BRO 139 592 524 84 164 27 6 0 91 34 54 23 .313 .383 .387 .770
Willie Keeler NYA 132 584 512 95 160 14 7 0 32 24 32 12 .312 .368 .367 .735
Harry Steinfeldt CIN 118 498 439 71 137 32 12 6 83 13 47 37 .312 .386 .481 .867
Danny Green CHA 135 568 499 75 154 26 7 6 62 29 47 58 .309 .375 .425 .800
Harry Wolverton PHI 123 543 494 72 152 13 12 0 53 10 18 15 .308 .342 .383 .725
Freddy Parent BOS 139 592 560 83 170 31 17 4 80 24 13 21 .304 .326 .441 .767
Kid Elberfeld 2 teams 125 534 481 78 145 23 8 0 64 22 33 17 .301 .365 .383 .747
Socks Seybold PHA 137 569 522 76 156 45 8 8 84 5 38 43 .299 .353 .462 .815
Jimmy Slagle CHN 139 643 543 104 162 20 6 0 44 33 81 36 .298 .393 .357 .751
Tommy Leach PIT 127 561 507 97 151 16 17 7 87 22 40 32 .298 .352 .438 .789
Harry Davis PHA 106 455 420 77 125 28 7 6 55 24 24 48 .298 .343 .440 .783
Johnny Kling CHN 132 524 491 67 146 29 13 3 68 23 22 38 .297 .330 .428 .758
Elmer Flick CLE 140 593 523 81 155 23 16 2 51 24 51 60 .296 .368 .413 .781
Jimmy Collins BOS 130 579 540 88 160 33 17 5 72 23 24 28 .296 .329 .448 .777
Homer Smoot SLN 129 553 500 67 148 22 8 4 49 17 32 50 .296 .342 .396 .738
Charlie Hickman CLE 131 552 522 64 154 31 11 12 97 14 17 61 .295 .325 .466 .790
Jesse Burkett SLA 132 574 515 73 151 20 7 3 40 17 52 47 .293 .361 .377 .738
Johnny Evers CHN 124 497 464 70 136 27 7 0 52 25 19 27 .293 .325 .381 .707
Harry Bay CLE 140 636 579 94 169 15 12 1 35 45 29 44 .292 .329 .364 .693
Lave Cross PHA 137 577 559 60 163 22 4 2 90 14 10 17 .292 .304 .356 .660
Jimmy Callahan CHA 118 471 439 47 128 26 5 2 56 24 20 36 .292 .324 .387 .711
Joe Tinker CHN 124 511 460 67 134 21 7 2 70 27 37 57 .291 .345 .380 .726
James Casey CHN 112 477 435 56 126 8 3 1 40 11 19 17 .290 .324 .329 .653
Duff Cooley BSN 138 600 553 76 160 26 10 1 70 27 44 33 .289 .342 .378 .720
Buck Freeman BOS 141 611 567 74 163 39 20 13 104 5 30 73 .287 .328 .496 .823
Fielder Jones CHA 136 604 530 71 152 18 5 0 45 21 47 45 .287 .348 .340 .688
Claude Ritchey PIT 138 576 506 66 145 28 10 0 59 15 55 29 .287 .360 .381 .741
Jimmy Burke SLN 115 464 431 55 123 13 3 0 42 28 23 24 .285 .326 .329 .656
Kid Gleason PHI 106 458 412 65 117 19 6 1 49 12 23 19 .284 .326 .367 .693
John Anderson SLA 138 577 550 65 156 34 8 2 78 16 23 39 .284 .312 .385 .698
Cozy Dolan 2 teams 120 534 489 80 138 25 4 0 65 16 34 40 .282 .334 .350 .684
Davy Jones CHN 130 559 497 64 140 18 3 1 62 15 53 44 .282 .352 .336 .688
Ollie Pickering PHA 137 594 512 93 144 18 6 1 36 40 53 75 .281 .353 .346 .699
Charlie Carr DET 135 573 548 59 154 23 11 2 79 10 10 44 .281 .296 .374 .671
Sam Mertes NY1 138 592 517 100 145 32 14 7 104 45 61 45 .280 .360 .437 .797
Emmet Heidrick SLA 120 501 461 55 129 20 15 1 42 19 19 52 .280 .310 .395 .705
John Ganzel NYA 129 533 476 62 132 25 7 3 71 9 30 38 .277 .336 .378 .714
Jimmy Sebring PIT 124 546 506 71 140 16 13 4 64 20 32 45 .277 .325 .383 .708
John Barry PHI 138 600 550 75 152 24 5 1 60 26 30 39 .276 .321 .344 .664
Billy Lush DET 119 528 423 71 116 18 14 1 33 14 70 53 .274 .379 .390 .769
Danny Murphy PHA 133 541 513 66 140 31 11 1 60 17 13 34 .273 .295 .382 .677
Wid Conroy NYA 126 548 503 74 137 23 12 1 45 33 32 36 .272 .322 .372 .694
John Farrell SLN 130 573 519 83 141 25 8 1 32 17 48 33 .272 .336 .356 .692
Sammy Strang BRO 135 601 508 101 138 21 5 0 38 46 75 49 .272 .376 .333 .709
Ducky Holmes 2 teams 107 469 415 66 112 10 6 1 26 35 30 41 .270 .327 .330 .657
Dan McGann NY1 129 556 482 75 130 21 6 3 50 36 32 30 .270 .331 .357 .688
Jack McCarthy 2 teams 132 563 516 58 138 25 8 0 57 23 23 25 .267 .300 .347 .647
Jimmy Williams NYA 132 554 502 60 134 30 12 3 82 9 39 54 .267 .326 .392 .718
Bobby Wallace SLA 135 552 511 63 136 21 7 1 54 10 28 42 .266 .309 .341 .650
Kitty Bransfield PIT 127 553 505 69 134 23 7 2 57 13 33 42 .265 .314 .350 .665
Tom Daly 2 teams 123 508 457 62 121 25 9 1 57 11 36 40 .265 .323 .365 .688
Ed Gremminger BSN 140 555 511 57 135 24 9 5 56 12 31 56 .264 .313 .376 .688
Pat Moran BSN 109 436 389 40 102 25 5 7 54 8 29 52 .262 .331 .406 .737
Bill Dahlen BRO 138 566 474 71 124 17 9 1 64 34 82 50 .262 .373 .342 .715
George LaChance BOS 141 579 522 60 134 22 6 1 53 12 28 56 .257 .303 .328 .631
Joe Yeager DET 109 438 402 36 103 15 6 0 43 9 18 25 .256 .303 .323 .626
Billy Gilbert NY1 128 500 413 62 104 9 0 1 40 37 41 28 .252 .348 .281 .629
Hobe Ferris BOS 141 566 525 69 132 19 7 9 66 11 25 59 .251 .287 .366 .652
Kip Selbach WS1 140 586 533 68 134 23 12 3 49 20 41 38 .251 .305 .356 .661
Jimmy Ryan WS1 114 474 437 42 109 25 4 7 46 9 17 29 .249 .290 .373 .663
George Barclay SLN 108 440 419 37 104 10 8 0 42 12 15 48 .248 .278 .310 .588
Charlie Babb NY1 121 502 424 68 105 15 8 0 46 22 45 64 .248 .350 .321 .671
Monte Cross PHA 137 537 470 44 116 21 2 3 45 31 49 56 .247 .326 .319 .645
Rudy Hulswitt PHI 138 560 519 56 128 22 9 1 58 10 28 34 .247 .288 .329 .617
Tommy Corcoran CIN 115 473 459 61 113 18 7 2 73 12 12 27 .246 .267 .329 .596
Bill Coughlin WS1 125 490 473 56 116 18 3 1 31 30 9 58 .245 .267 .302 .569
Frank Isbell CHA 138 586 546 52 132 25 9 2 59 26 12 65 .242 .266 .332 .597
William Clarke WS1 126 494 465 35 111 14 6 2 38 12 15 28 .239 .273 .308 .581
Lefty Davis NYA 104 435 372 54 88 10 0 0 25 11 43 31 .237 .319 .263 .582
John Dobbs 2 teams 127 553 475 69 112 16 8 2 63 23 55 39 .236 .324 .316 .640
Dave Brain SLN 119 496 464 44 107 8 15 1 60 21 25 29 .231 .270 .319 .589
Dick Harley CHN 104 457 386 72 89 9 1 0 33 27 45 49 .231 .328 .259 .587
Ed Abbaticchio BSN 136 562 489 61 111 18 5 1 46 23 52 36 .227 .306 .290 .597
Lee Tannehill CHA 138 547 503 48 113 14 3 2 50 10 25 52 .225 .263 .276 .539
George Magoon 2 teams 136 541 473 38 106 17 3 0 34 6 49 61 .224 .306 .273 .579
Charlie Dexter BSN 123 536 457 82 102 15 1 3 34 32 61 37 .223 .323 .280 .603
Barry McCormick 2 teams 124 459 426 27 92 16 3 1 39 8 28 69 .216 .269 .275 .544
John Gochnaur CLE 134 512 438 48 81 16 4 0 48 10 48 53 .185 .265 .240 .505
Judge McCredie UNQ BRO 56 242 213 40 69 5 0 0 20 10 24 13 .324 .397 .347 .745
Bill Keister UNQ PHI 100 429 400 53 128 27 7 3 63 11 14 32 .320 .352 .445 .797
Topsy Hartsel UNQ PHA 98 428 373 65 116 19 14 5 26 13 49 39 .311 .391 .477 .868
John Titus UNQ PHI 72 313 280 38 80 15 6 2 34 5 19 30 .286 .340 .404 .744
Jack Warner UNQ NY1 89 309 285 38 81 8 5 0 34 5 7 23 .284 .322 .347 .670
Ed Phelps UNQ PIT 81 304 273 32 77 7 3 2 31 2 17 35 .282 .338 .352 .689
Billy Lauder UNQ NY1 108 427 395 52 111 13 0 0 53 19 14 34 .281 .307 .314 .621
Frank Bowerman UNQ NY1 64 223 210 22 58 6 2 1 31 5 6 21 .276 .306 .338 .644
Chick Stahl UNQ BOS 77 332 299 60 82 12 6 2 44 10 28 28 .274 .338 .375 .713
Frank Roth UNQ PHI 68 231 220 27 60 11 4 0 22 3 9 18 .273 .304 .359 .663
Fred Jacklitsch UNQ BRO 60 212 176 31 47 8 3 1 21 4 33 32 .267 .389 .364 .752
Harry Bemis UNQ CLE 92 332 314 31 82 20 3 1 41 5 8 31 .261 .295 .354 .648
Sport McAllister UNQ DET 78 284 265 31 69 8 2 0 22 5 10 16 .260 .297 .306 .603
Heinie Peitz UNQ CIN 105 401 358 45 93 15 3 0 42 7 37 22 .260 .331 .318 .649
George Van Haltren UNQ NY1 84 316 280 42 72 6 1 0 28 14 28 17 .257 .327 .286 .613
Ossee Schrecongost UNQ PHA 92 321 306 26 78 13 4 3 30 0 11 20 .255 .285 .353 .638
Klondike Douglass UNQ PHI 105 417 377 43 96 5 4 1 36 6 28 16 .255 .308 .297 .605
Deacon McGuire UNQ DET 72 269 248 15 62 12 1 0 21 3 19 24 .250 .306 .306 .612
Joe Stanley UNQ BSN 86 337 308 40 77 12 5 1 47 10 18 48 .250 .306 .331 .637
Tim Flood UNQ BRO 89 340 309 27 77 15 2 0 32 14 15 30 .249 .291 .311 .601
Jack Dunleavy UNQ SLN 61 216 193 23 48 3 3 0 10 10 13 34 .249 .306 .295 .602
Otto Krueger UNQ PIT 80 293 256 42 63 6 8 1 28 5 21 18 .246 .323 .344 .667
Danny Hoffman UNQ PHA 74 259 248 29 61 5 7 2 22 7 6 33 .246 .267 .347 .613
Tom McCreery UNQ 2 teams 63 257 224 28 55 7 3 1 20 11 29 22 .246 .332 .317 .649
Charlie Hemphill UNQ SLA 105 415 383 36 94 6 3 3 29 16 23 51 .245 .292 .300 .592
Doc Gessler UNQ 2 teams 78 306 259 29 63 13 7 0 30 10 20 57 .243 .331 .347 .679
Herm McFarland UNQ NYA 103 423 362 41 88 16 9 5 45 13 46 52 .243 .333 .378 .712
Hunter Hill UNQ SLA 86 341 317 30 77 11 3 0 25 2 8 28 .243 .264 .297 .560
Jack Dunn UNQ NY1 78 283 257 35 62 15 1 0 37 12 15 20 .241 .291 .307 .598
Pat Carney UNQ BSN 110 429 392 37 94 12 4 1 49 10 28 26 .240 .297 .298 .596
Jack Ryan UNQ SLN 67 245 227 18 54 5 1 1 10 2 10 11 .238 .273 .282 .555
Dutch Jordan UNQ BRO 78 293 267 27 63 11 1 0 21 9 19 50 .236 .289 .285 .574
Jack O'Neill UNQ SLN 75 269 246 23 58 9 1 0 27 11 13 44 .236 .288 .280 .568
Lew Ritter UNQ BRO 78 288 259 26 61 9 6 0 37 9 19 30 .236 .290 .317 .607
Fred Abbott UNQ CLE 77 276 255 25 60 11 3 1 25 8 7 25 .235 .270 .314 .583
Bill Friel UNQ SLA 97 385 351 46 80 11 8 0 25 4 23 43 .228 .279 .305 .584
Jim Hackett UNQ SLN 99 374 351 24 80 13 8 0 36 2 19 56 .228 .272 .311 .582
Bill Bergen UNQ CIN 58 218 207 21 47 4 2 0 19 2 7 22 .227 .252 .266 .518
Doc Powers UNQ PHA 75 262 247 19 56 11 1 0 23 1 5 35 .227 .242 .279 .521
Charles Moran UNQ WS1 98 418 373 41 84 14 5 1 24 8 33 29 .225 .297 .298 .594
Dave Fultz UNQ NYA 79 335 295 39 66 12 1 0 25 29 25 21 .224 .295 .271 .567
George Smith UNQ DET 93 375 336 36 75 11 3 1 22 12 19 47 .223 .271 .283 .554
Joe Martin UNQ 2 teams 79 317 292 29 64 10 9 0 14 2 11 26 .219 .252 .315 .568
Red Dooin UNQ PHI 62 201 188 18 41 5 1 0 14 9 8 21 .218 .254 .255 .509
Fritz Buelow UNQ DET 63 213 192 24 41 3 6 1 13 4 6 28 .214 .249 .307 .556
Herman Long UNQ 2 teams 91 344 319 27 68 15 0 0 31 14 12 35 .213 .244 .260 .504
Malachi Kittridge UNQ 2 teams 92 324 291 18 62 6 1 0 22 2 21 20 .213 .266 .241 .507
Harry Aubrey UNQ BSN 96 357 325 26 69 8 2 0 27 7 18 36 .212 .264 .249 .514
Bill Hallman UNQ PHI 63 227 198 20 42 11 2 0 17 2 16 15 .212 .271 .288 .559
Rabbit Robinson UNQ WS1 103 411 373 41 79 10 8 1 20 16 33 30 .212 .279 .290 .569
Joe Sugden UNQ SLA 79 279 241 18 51 4 0 0 22 4 25 20 .212 .288 .228 .517
Otto Williams UNQ 2 teams 91 337 317 24 67 9 2 0 22 14 13 49 .211 .242 .252 .495
Jack O'Brien UNQ BOS 96 376 338 44 71 14 4 3 38 10 21 37 .210 .262 .302 .564
Ed McFarland UNQ CHA 61 222 201 15 42 7 2 1 19 3 14 12 .209 .264 .279 .542
Wyatt Lee UNQ WS1 75 253 231 17 48 8 4 0 13 5 18 38 .208 .265 .277 .542
Bill Hallman UNQ CHA 63 243 207 29 43 7 4 0 18 11 31 25 .208 .320 .280 .600
Jack Slattery UNQ 2 teams 67 228 222 9 46 3 2 0 20 2 2 20 .207 .221 .239 .460
Jack O'Connor UNQ NYA 64 224 212 13 43 4 1 0 12 4 8 21 .203 .235 .231 .466
Monte Beville UNQ NYA 82 283 258 23 50 14 1 0 29 4 16 26 .194 .252 .256 .508
Lou Criger UNQ BOS 96 358 317 41 61 7 10 3 31 5 26 31 .192 .256 .306 .562
Mike Kahoe UNQ SLA 77 262 244 26 46 7 5 0 23 1 11 17 .189 .227 .258 .485
Harry Smith UNQ PIT 61 234 212 15 37 3 2 0 19 2 12 26 .175 .222 .208 .430
Showing 1-50 of 159 batters listed (97 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 139 innings at 139 team games. 67 of the 88 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1903 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Earl Moore CLE 20 8 29 27 27 3 0 247.2 196 48 62 148 1.74 1.04
Sam Leever PIT 25 7 36 34 30 7 1 284.1 255 65 60 90 2.06 1.11
Cy Young BOS 28 9 40 35 34 7 2 341.2 294 79 37 176 2.08 0.97
Bill Bernhard CLE 14 5 20 19 18 3 0 165.2 151 39 21 60 2.12 1.04
Doc White CHA 17 16 37 36 29 3 0 300.0 258 71 69 114 2.13 1.09
Addie Joss CLE 18 13 32 31 31 3 0 283.2 232 69 37 120 2.19 0.95
George Mullin DET 19 15 41 36 31 6 2 320.2 284 80 106 170 2.25 1.22
Bill Dinneen BOS 21 13 37 34 32 6 2 299.0 255 75 66 148 2.26 1.07
Christy Mathewson NY1 30 13 45 42 37 3 2 366.1 321 92 100 267 2.26 1.15
Willie Sudhoff SLA 21 15 38 35 30 5 0 293.2 262 74 56 104 2.27 1.08
Bill Donovan DET 17 16 35 34 34 4 0 307.0 247 78 95 187 2.29 1.11
Jake Weimer CHN 20 8 35 33 27 3 0 282.0 241 72 104 128 2.30 1.22
Eddie Plank PHA 23 16 43 40 33 3 0 336.0 317 89 65 176 2.38 1.14
Joe McGinnity NY1 31 20 55 48 44 3 2 434.0 391 117 109 171 2.43 1.15
Deacon Phillippe PIT 25 9 36 33 31 4 2 289.1 269 78 29 123 2.43 1.03
Rube Waddell PHA 21 16 39 38 34 4 0 324.0 274 88 85 302 2.44 1.11
Jack Taylor CHN 21 14 37 33 33 1 1 312.1 277 85 57 83 2.45 1.07
Ed Siever SLA 13 14 31 27 24 1 0 254.0 245 70 39 90 2.48 1.12
Noodles Hahn CIN 22 12 34 34 34 5 0 296.0 297 83 47 127 2.52 1.16
Tom Hughes BOS 20 7 33 31 25 5 0 244.2 232 70 60 112 2.57 1.19
Frank Kitson DET 15 16 31 28 28 2 0 257.2 277 74 38 102 2.58 1.22
Red Donahue 2 teams 15 16 32 30 28 4 0 267.2 287 77 34 96 2.59 1.20
Mordecai Brown SLN 9 13 26 24 19 1 0 201.0 231 58 59 83 2.60 1.44
Roy Patterson CHA 15 15 34 30 26 2 1 293.0 275 88 69 89 2.70 1.17
Clark Griffith NYA 14 11 25 24 22 2 0 213.0 201 64 33 69 2.70 1.10
Tully Sparks PHI 11 15 28 28 27 0 0 248.0 248 75 56 88 2.72 1.23
Jack Chesbro NYA 21 15 40 36 33 1 0 324.2 300 100 74 147 2.77 1.15
Bob Ewing CIN 14 13 29 28 27 1 1 246.2 254 76 64 104 2.77 1.29
Jack Sutthoff CIN 16 9 30 27 21 3 0 224.2 207 70 79 76 2.80 1.27
Jack Powell SLA 15 19 38 34 33 4 2 306.1 294 99 58 169 2.91 1.15
Carl Lundgren CHN 11 9 27 20 16 0 3 193.0 191 63 60 67 2.94 1.30
Oscar Jones BRO 19 14 38 36 31 4 0 324.1 320 106 77 95 2.94 1.22
Bob Wicker 2 teams 20 9 33 27 24 1 1 252.0 240 83 77 113 2.96 1.26
Barney Wolfe NYA 6 9 20 16 12 1 0 148.1 143 49 26 48 2.97 1.14
Vic Willis BSN 12 18 33 32 29 2 0 278.0 256 92 88 125 2.98 1.24
John Menefee CHN 8 10 20 17 13 1 0 147.0 157 49 38 39 3.00 1.33
Chappie McFarland SLN 9 19 28 26 25 1 0 229.0 253 78 48 76 3.07 1.31
Charles Bender PHA 17 14 36 33 29 2 0 270.0 239 92 65 127 3.07 1.13
Wyatt Lee WS1 8 12 22 20 15 2 0 166.2 169 57 40 70 3.08 1.25
George Winter BOS 9 8 24 19 14 0 0 178.1 182 61 37 64 3.08 1.23
Ned Garvin BRO 15 18 38 34 30 2 2 298.0 277 102 84 154 3.08 1.21
John Malarkey BSN 11 16 32 27 25 2 0 253.0 266 87 96 98 3.09 1.43
Wiley Piatt BSN 9 14 25 23 18 0 0 181.0 198 64 61 100 3.18 1.43
Norwood Gibson BOS 13 9 24 21 17 2 0 183.1 166 65 65 76 3.19 1.26
Ed Doheny PIT 16 8 27 25 22 2 2 222.2 209 79 89 75 3.19 1.34
Jesse Tannehill NYA 15 15 32 31 22 2 0 239.2 258 87 34 106 3.27 1.22
Ed Poole CIN 7 13 25 21 18 1 0 184.0 188 67 77 73 3.28 1.44
Howard Wilson WS1 7 18 30 28 25 1 0 242.1 269 89 43 56 3.31 1.29
Togie Pittinger BSN 18 22 44 39 35 3 1 351.2 396 136 143 140 3.48 1.53
Frank Owen CHA 8 12 26 20 15 1 1 167.1 167 65 44 66 3.50 1.26
Harry Howell NYA 9 6 25 15 13 0 0 155.2 140 61 44 62 3.53 1.18
Roy Evans 2 teams 5 13 22 19 13 0 0 164.0 187 65 55 66 3.57 1.48
Casey Patten WS1 11 22 36 34 32 0 1 300.0 313 120 80 133 3.60 1.31
Bill Reidy 2 teams 7 11 20 18 16 1 0 147.0 183 59 21 29 3.61 1.39
Patsy Flaherty CHA 11 25 40 34 29 2 1 293.2 338 122 50 65 3.74 1.32
Bill Duggleby PHI 13 16 36 30 28 3 2 264.1 318 110 79 57 3.75 1.50
Mike O'Neill SLN 4 13 19 17 12 0 0 145.0 184 61 43 39 3.79 1.57
Clarence Currie 2 teams 5 14 28 19 15 1 2 181.1 190 77 69 61 3.82 1.43
Henry Schmidt BRO 22 13 40 36 29 5 2 301.0 321 128 120 96 3.83 1.47
Weldon Henley PHA 12 10 29 21 13 1 0 186.1 186 81 67 86 3.91 1.36
Davy Dunkle 2 teams 9 13 26 20 16 0 1 190.1 207 88 64 77 4.16 1.42
Luther Taylor NY1 13 13 33 31 18 1 0 244.2 306 115 89 94 4.23 1.61
Al Orth WS1 10 22 36 32 30 2 2 279.2 326 135 62 88 4.34 1.39
Fred Mitchell PHI 11 16 28 28 24 1 0 227.0 250 113 102 69 4.48 1.55
Chick Fraser PHI 12 17 31 29 26 1 1 250.0 260 125 97 104 4.50 1.43
Bob Rhoads 2 teams 7 11 22 18 17 1 0 170.0 209 90 50 73 4.76 1.52
Gene Wright 2 teams 6 15 23 20 15 1 0 162.2 195 90 74 79 4.98 1.65
Jesse Stovall UNQ CLE 5 1 6 6 6 2 0 57.0 44 13 21 12 2.05 1.14
Ed Killian UNQ CLE 3 4 9 8 7 3 0 61.2 61 17 13 18 2.48 1.20
Nick Altrock UNQ 2 teams 4 4 13 9 7 1 0 79.0 72 25 23 22 2.85 1.20
Rube Kisinger UNQ DET 7 9 16 14 13 2 0 118.2 118 39 27 33 2.96 1.22
Kaiser Wilhelm UNQ PIT 5 3 12 9 7 1 0 86.0 88 31 25 20 3.24 1.31
Ed Murphy UNQ SLN 4 8 15 12 9 0 0 106.0 108 39 38 16 3.31 1.38
Bill Phillips UNQ CIN 7 6 16 13 11 1 0 118.1 134 44 30 46 3.35 1.39
Mal Eason UNQ DET 2 5 7 6 6 1 0 56.1 60 21 19 21 3.36 1.40
Brickyard Kennedy UNQ PIT 9 6 18 15 10 1 0 125.1 130 48 57 39 3.45 1.49
John Deering UNQ 2 teams 7 7 19 15 11 1 0 120.2 136 51 42 28 3.80 1.48
Jack Cronin UNQ NY1 6 4 20 11 8 0 1 115.2 130 49 37 50 3.81 1.44
Bucky Veil UNQ PIT 5 3 12 6 4 0 0 70.2 70 30 36 20 3.82 1.50
Cy Falkenberg UNQ PIT 1 5 10 6 3 0 0 56.0 65 24 32 24 3.86 1.73
Pop Williams UNQ 2 teams 5 7 13 13 12 1 0 106.0 127 47 43 30 3.99 1.60
Pat Carney UNQ BSN 4 5 10 9 9 0 0 78.0 93 35 31 29 4.04 1.59
Jack Dunleavy UNQ SLN 6 8 14 13 9 0 0 102.0 101 46 57 51 4.06 1.55
Roscoe Miller UNQ NY1 2 5 15 8 6 0 3 85.0 101 39 24 30 4.13 1.47
Jack Harper UNQ CIN 8 9 17 15 13 0 0 135.0 143 65 70 45 4.33 1.58
Gus Dorner UNQ CLE 3 5 12 8 4 2 0 73.2 83 37 24 28 4.52 1.45
Happy Townsend UNQ WS1 2 11 20 13 10 0 0 126.2 145 67 48 54 4.76 1.52
Jack McFetridge UNQ PHI 1 11 14 13 11 0 0 103.0 120 56 49 31 4.89 1.64
Showing 1-50 of 88 pitchers listed (67 qualified)

Reading the 1903 leader tables

97 of the 159 hitters in the 1903 table reach the qualification line. The first qualified row belongs to Honus Wagner, a .355 hitter, ahead of Fred Clarke (.351). Fred Clarke has the highest qualified OPS, .946. Sorting by home runs brings Buck Freeman (13) to the top. Jimmy Sheckard's 67 steals are the most listed. 67 pitchers qualify out of the 88 in the 1903 table. The qualified ERA race is led by Earl Moore at 1.74, and Addie Joss has the best WHIP, 0.95. Sorted by the counting stats, the leaders are Joe McGinnity in wins (31) and Rube Waddell in strikeouts (302).

1903 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1903?
Buck Freeman led with 13 home runs in 1903.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1903?
Buck Freeman and Sam Mertes tied for the lead with 104 RBI in 1903.
Who led MLB in hits in 1903?
Ginger Beaumont led with 209 hits in 1903.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1903?
Honus Wagner led at .355 in 1903, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1903?
Joe McGinnity led with 31 wins in 1903.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1903?
Rube Waddell led with 302 strikeouts in 1903.