League Leaders Who Led?

1897 MLB On-Base Percentage Leaders

How often a batter reaches base

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John McGraw led all of MLB in on-base percentage in 1897 with .471, 3 points ahead of Jesse Burkett (.468). It was one of 3 times John McGraw led in on-base percentage.

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Showing players with at least 422 plate appearances — the standard 3.1 plate appearances per team game. Show all players

# Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 John McGraw John McGraw BLN 106 391 90 127 15 3 0 48 99 15 44 .325 .471 .379 .849
2 Jesse Burkett Jesse Burkett CL4 127 517 129 198 28 7 2 60 76 25 28 .383 .468 .476 .944
3 Willie Keeler Willie Keeler BLN 129 564 145 239 27 19 0 74 35 5 64 .424 .464 .539 1.003
4 Hughie Jennings Hughie Jennings BLN 117 439 133 156 26 9 2 79 42 9 60 .355 .463 .469 .932
5 Fred Clarke Fred Clarke LS3 130 526 122 205 30 13 6 67 45 26 59 .390 .461 .530 .992
6 Billy Hamilton Billy Hamilton BSN 127 507 152 174 17 5 3 61 105 30 66 .343 .461 .414 .875
7 Joe Kelley Joe Kelley BLN 131 505 113 183 31 9 5 118 70 19 44 .362 .447 .489 .936
8 Ed Delahanty Ed Delahanty PHI 129 530 109 200 40 15 5 96 60 23 26 .377 .444 .538 .981
9 Bill Joyce Bill Joyce NY1 110 389 111 118 15 13 3 64 81 38 35 .303 .444 .432 .875
10 Cupid Childs Cupid Childs CL4 114 444 105 150 15 9 1 61 74 19 25 .338 .435 .419 .854
11 Mike Griffin Mike Griffin BRO 134 534 136 169 25 11 2 56 81 13 16 .317 .416 .416 .832
12 Kip Selbach WAS 124 486 113 152 25 16 5 59 80 32 46 .313 .414 .461 .875
13 George Davis George Davis NY1 131 521 112 184 31 10 10 135 43 23 65 .353 .410 .509 .918
14 Elmer Smith Elmer Smith PIT 123 467 99 145 19 17 6 54 70 32 25 .311 .408 .463 .871
15 Bill Lange Bill Lange CHN 118 479 119 163 24 14 5 83 48 12 73 .340 .406 .480 .886
16 Chick Stahl Chick Stahl BSN 114 469 112 166 30 13 4 97 38 18 18 .354 .406 .499 .905
17 Jake Stenzel Jake Stenzel BLN 131 536 113 189 43 7 4 116 36 21 69 .353 .404 .481 .885
18 Hugh Duffy Hugh Duffy BSN 134 550 130 187 25 10 11 129 52 17 41 .340 .403 .482 .885
19 Klondike Douglass SLN 126 519 77 170 15 3 6 50 52 20 12 .328 .402 .403 .805
20 Jimmy Collins Jimmy Collins BSN 134 529 103 183 28 13 6 132 41 16 14 .346 .400 .482 .882
21 Mike Tiernan Mike Tiernan NY1 128 532 123 174 29 10 5 72 61 36 40 .327 .397 .447 .845
22 Bobby Wallace Bobby Wallace CL4 130 516 99 173 33 21 4 112 48 32 14 .335 .394 .504 .898
23 Jack Doyle BLN 114 460 91 163 29 4 2 87 29 23 62 .354 .394 .448 .842
24 Dusty Miller Dusty Miller CIN 119 440 83 139 27 1 4 70 48 17 29 .316 .393 .409 .802
25 Fielder Jones Fielder Jones BRO 135 548 134 172 15 10 1 49 61 22 48 .314 .392 .383 .775
26 Nap Lajoie Nap Lajoie PHI 127 545 107 197 40 23 9 127 15 25 20 .362 .392 .569 .960
27 Duff Cooley Duff Cooley PHI 133 566 124 186 14 13 4 40 51 39 31 .329 .386 .421 .807
28 Jake Beckley Jake Beckley CIN +1 114 433 84 143 19 12 8 87 20 14 25 .330 .380 .485 .865
29 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN 114 424 67 121 17 3 3 75 60 27 11 .285 .379 .361 .740
30 Monte Cross Monte Cross SLN 132 465 60 133 17 11 4 55 62 44 38 .286 .378 .396 .774
31 Fred Tenney Fred Tenney BSN 132 566 125 180 24 3 1 85 49 18 34 .318 .376 .376 .753
32 George Van Haltren George Van Haltren NY1 130 566 119 186 22 9 3 64 42 25 50 .329 .376 .415 .791
33 Billy Hoy Billy Hoy CIN 128 497 87 145 24 6 2 42 54 27 37 .292 .375 .376 .751
34 Henry Reitz BLN 128 477 76 138 15 6 2 84 50 25 23 .289 .370 .359 .728
35 Jimmy Ryan Jimmy Ryan CHN 136 520 103 156 33 17 5 85 50 27 27 .300 .369 .458 .827
36 Gene DeMontreville Gene DeMontreville WAS 133 566 92 193 27 8 3 93 21 35 30 .341 .366 .433 .799
37 Perry Werden Perry Werden LS3 133 512 76 154 21 14 5 83 41 21 15 .301 .365 .426 .791
38 Tom Brown Tom Brown WAS 116 469 91 137 17 2 5 45 52 63 25 .292 .364 .369 .733
39 Tom McCreery LS3 +1 140 521 91 149 13 11 5 68 62 73 28 .286 .363 .382 .745
40 Patsy Donovan Patsy Donovan PIT 120 479 82 154 16 7 0 57 25 23 34 .322 .360 .384 .744
41 Charlie Irwin CIN 134 505 89 146 26 6 0 74 47 29 27 .289 .360 .364 .725
42 Harry Davis Harry Davis PIT 111 429 70 131 10 28 2 63 26 40 21 .305 .359 .473 .832
43 Herman Long Herman Long BSN 107 450 89 145 32 7 3 69 23 17 22 .322 .358 .444 .802
44 John Anderson John Anderson BRO 117 492 93 160 28 12 4 85 17 14 29 .325 .357 .455 .812
45 Bobby Lowe Bobby Lowe BSN 123 499 87 154 24 8 5 106 32 20 16 .309 .355 .419 .774
46 Kid Gleason Kid Gleason NY1 132 543 86 172 16 4 1 106 27 24 44 .317 .353 .367 .719
47 Ollie Pickering Ollie Pickering LS3 +1 110 431 67 126 10 4 2 43 37 42 38 .292 .352 .348 .700
48 Dick Padden Dick Padden PIT 134 517 84 146 16 10 2 58 38 24 18 .282 .350 .364 .714
49 Tuck Turner Tuck Turner SLN 103 416 58 121 17 12 2 41 35 18 8 .291 .350 .404 .754
50 Fred Hartman Fred Hartman SLN 125 519 67 158 21 8 2 67 26 24 18 .304 .350 .387 .737
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