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Career Leaders

All-time totals through the 1886 season · National League and American Association combined
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Batting

AVG

#PlayerTeam(s)AVG
1 Roger Connor STL 0.389
2 Pete Browning CIN 0.387
3 Dan Brouthers BSN 0.371
4 George Gore STL 0.359
5 Dave Orr PHI 0.338
6 Cap Anson CHC 0.336
7 Henry Larkin PAT 0.335
8 Ned Hanlon BLN 0.327
9 Chicken Wolf STL 0.326
10 King Kelly CHC 0.325

HR

#PlayerTeam(s)HR
1 Hardy Richardson CLV 24
2 Sam Thompson PHI 23
3 Harry Stovey PAT 21
4 Dave Orr PHI 20
5 King Kelly CHC 18
6 Frank Fennelly PAT 16
7 John Reilly CIN 14
8 Joe Mulvey PHI 14
9 Dan Brouthers BSN 13
10 Cap Anson CHC 13

RBI

#PlayerTeam(s)RBI
1 Cap Anson CHC 201
2 Frank Fennelly PAT 197
3 King Kelly CHC 196
4 Ezra Sutton BSN/STL 189
5 Dan Brouthers BSN 188
6 Sam Wise BLN 184
7 Roger Connor STL 181
8 Henry Larkin PAT 177
9 Dave Orr PHI 172
10 John Reilly CIN 170

Runs

#PlayerTeam(s)Runs
1 Harry Stovey PAT 234
2 Henry Larkin PAT 227
3 Chicken Wolf STL 224
4 Roger Connor STL 223
5 Pete Browning CIN 221
6 George Gore STL 219
7 Charley Jones CHC 219
8 Cap Anson CHC 210
9 King Kelly CHC 208
10 Jim O'Rourke BSN 205

Hits

#PlayerTeam(s)Hits
1 Pete Browning CIN 361
2 Roger Connor STL 354
3 Chicken Wolf STL 340
4 Cap Anson CHC 338
5 Henry Larkin PAT 336
6 Dave Orr PHI 325
7 Hardy Richardson CLV 321
8 Charley Jones CHC 310
9 Dan Brouthers BSN 306
10 Ned Hanlon BLN 306

SB

#PlayerTeam(s)SB
1 Curt Welch BLN 182
2 Ned Hanlon BLN 164
3 Charley Jones CHC 159
4 Cap Anson CHC 156
5 King Kelly CHC 154
6 John Reilly CIN 151
7 Buck Ewing CIN 151
8 Harry Stovey PAT 149
9 Henry Larkin PAT 148
10 Pete Browning CIN 147

OPS

#PlayerTeam(s)OPS
1 George Gore STL 1.020
2 Dan Brouthers BSN 1.013
3 Roger Connor STL 0.992
4 Pete Browning CIN 0.959
5 King Kelly CHC 0.893
6 Dave Orr PHI 0.887
7 Cap Anson CHC 0.867
8 Sam Thompson PHI 0.855
9 Henry Larkin PAT 0.855
10 Ned Hanlon BLN 0.819

WAR

#PlayerTeam(s)WAR
1 George Gore STL 12.6
2 Dan Brouthers BSN 11.3
3 Roger Connor STL 10.9
4 Pete Browning CIN 10.8
5 King Kelly CHC 9.7
6 Cap Anson CHC 8.5
7 Dave Orr PHI 8.2
8 Hardy Richardson CLV 7.8
9 Harry Stovey PAT 7.4
10 Henry Larkin PAT 7.1

Pitching

Wins

#PlayerTeam(s)Wins
1 John Clarkson CHC 70
2 Bob Caruthers STL 64
3 Charlie Ferguson PHI 62
4 Charley Radbourn CIN 60
5 Dave Foutz PHI 55
6 Guy Hecker BSN 52
7 Henry Boyle CIN 52
8 Tim Keefe NYG 50
9 Henry Porter BLN 46
10 Jim Whitney PAT 41

WAR

#PlayerTeam(s)WAR
1 Bob Caruthers STL 27.9
2 Charlie Ferguson PHI 23.4
3 John Clarkson CHC 17.4
4 Charley Radbourn CIN 17.3
5 Tim Keefe NYG 17.1
6 Dave Foutz PHI 16.1
7 Mickey Welch LOU 13.6
8 Henry Boyle CIN 11.5
9 Toad Ramsey STL 11.0
10 Henry Porter BLN 10.4

ERA

#PlayerTeam(s)ERA
1 Jim McCormick PAT/PIT 2.31
2 Bob Caruthers STL 2.39
3 Charlie Ferguson PHI 2.51
4 Mickey Welch LOU 2.61
5 Dupee Shaw CLV 2.72
6 Tim Keefe NYG 2.87
7 Toad Ramsey STL 2.90
8 Ed Morris CLV 3.05
9 Henry Boyle CIN 3.10
10 Charley Radbourn CIN 3.18

Strikeouts

#PlayerTeam(s)Strikeouts
1 John Clarkson CHC 382
2 Tim Keefe NYG 372
3 Charlie Ferguson PHI 312
4 Lady Baldwin CLV 246
5 Jim Whitney PAT 219
6 Charley Radbourn CIN 172
7 Dupee Shaw CLV 172
8 Mickey Welch LOU 171
9 Henry Boyle CIN 167
10 Bobby Mathews PAT 165

Saves

#PlayerTeam(s)Saves
1 Hank O'Day PIT 29
2 Larry McKeon BLN 26
3 John Kirby BSN 18
4 Toad Ramsey STL 18
5 Billy Taylor BSN 14
6 Stump Wiedman CIN 13
7 Charlie Buffinton PHI 12
8 John Healy LOU 12
9 Adonis Terry BLN 11
10 Frank Foreman CIN 10

WHIP

#PlayerTeam(s)WHIP
1 Bob Caruthers STL 1.06
2 Charlie Ferguson PHI 1.14
3 Mickey Welch LOU 1.16
4 John Clarkson CHC 1.20
5 Toad Ramsey STL 1.22
6 Jim McCormick PAT/PIT 1.22
7 Charley Radbourn CIN 1.24
8 Dave Foutz PHI 1.24
9 Lady Baldwin CLV 1.25
10 Dupee Shaw CLV 1.26
Rate-stat leaders (AVG, OPS, ERA, WHIP) require a career minimum of 713 at-bats (batting) or 230 innings pitched (pitching) to qualify — scaled to the number of team-games played league-wide across all loaded seasons.