League Leaders Who Led?

1897 MLB Runs Leaders

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Billy Hamilton led all of MLB in runs in 1897 with 152, 7 ahead of Willie Keeler (145). It stands 30th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 4 times Billy Hamilton led in runs.

# Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Billy Hamilton Billy Hamilton BSN 127 507 152 174 17 5 3 61 105 30 66 .343 .461 .414 .875
2 Willie Keeler Willie Keeler BLN 129 564 145 239 27 19 0 74 35 5 64 .424 .464 .539 1.003
3 Mike Griffin Mike Griffin BRO 134 534 136 169 25 11 2 56 81 13 16 .317 .416 .416 .832
4 Fielder Jones Fielder Jones BRO 135 548 134 172 15 10 1 49 61 22 48 .314 .392 .383 .775
5 Hughie Jennings Hughie Jennings BLN 117 439 133 156 26 9 2 79 42 9 60 .355 .463 .469 .932
6 Hugh Duffy Hugh Duffy BSN 134 550 130 187 25 10 11 129 52 17 41 .340 .403 .482 .885
7 Jesse Burkett Jesse Burkett CL4 127 517 129 198 28 7 2 60 76 25 28 .383 .468 .476 .944
8 Fred Tenney Fred Tenney BSN 132 566 125 180 24 3 1 85 49 18 34 .318 .376 .376 .753
9 Duff Cooley Duff Cooley PHI 133 566 124 186 14 13 4 40 51 39 31 .329 .386 .421 .807
10 Mike Tiernan Mike Tiernan NY1 128 532 123 174 29 10 5 72 61 36 40 .327 .397 .447 .845
11 Fred Clarke Fred Clarke LS3 130 526 122 205 30 13 6 67 45 26 59 .390 .461 .530 .992
12 George Van Haltren George Van Haltren NY1 130 566 119 186 22 9 3 64 42 25 50 .329 .376 .415 .791
13 Bill Lange Bill Lange CHN 118 479 119 163 24 14 5 83 48 12 73 .340 .406 .480 .886
14 Joe Kelley Joe Kelley BLN 131 505 113 183 31 9 5 118 70 19 44 .362 .447 .489 .936
15 Jake Stenzel Jake Stenzel BLN 131 536 113 189 43 7 4 116 36 21 69 .353 .404 .481 .885
16 Kip Selbach WAS 124 486 113 152 25 16 5 59 80 32 46 .313 .414 .461 .875
17 George Davis George Davis NY1 131 521 112 184 31 10 10 135 43 23 65 .353 .410 .509 .918
18 Chick Stahl Chick Stahl BSN 114 469 112 166 30 13 4 97 38 18 18 .354 .406 .499 .905
19 Bill Joyce Bill Joyce NY1 110 389 111 118 15 13 3 64 81 38 35 .303 .444 .432 .875
20 Ed Delahanty Ed Delahanty PHI 129 530 109 200 40 15 5 96 60 23 26 .377 .444 .538 .981
21 Nap Lajoie Nap Lajoie PHI 127 545 107 197 40 23 9 127 15 25 20 .362 .392 .569 .960
22 Cupid Childs Cupid Childs CL4 114 444 105 150 15 9 1 61 74 19 25 .338 .435 .419 .854
23 Jimmy Ryan Jimmy Ryan CHN 136 520 103 156 33 17 5 85 50 27 27 .300 .369 .458 .827
24 Jimmy Collins Jimmy Collins BSN 134 529 103 183 28 13 6 132 41 16 14 .346 .400 .482 .882
25 Bobby Wallace Bobby Wallace CL4 130 516 99 173 33 21 4 112 48 32 14 .335 .394 .504 .898
26 Elmer Smith Elmer Smith PIT 123 467 99 145 19 17 6 54 70 32 25 .311 .408 .463 .871
27 Tommy Dowd PHI +1 126 536 93 152 23 5 0 52 25 16 41 .284 .316 .345 .661
28 John Anderson John Anderson BRO 117 492 93 160 28 12 4 85 17 14 29 .325 .357 .455 .812
29 Gene DeMontreville Gene DeMontreville WAS 133 566 92 193 27 8 3 93 21 35 30 .341 .366 .433 .799
30 Tom McCreery LS3 +1 140 521 91 149 13 11 5 68 62 73 28 .286 .363 .382 .745
31 Tom Brown Tom Brown WAS 116 469 91 137 17 2 5 45 52 63 25 .292 .364 .369 .733
32 Jack Doyle BLN 114 460 91 163 29 4 2 87 29 23 62 .354 .394 .448 .842
33 John McGraw John McGraw BLN 106 391 90 127 15 3 0 48 99 15 44 .325 .471 .379 .849
34 Charlie Irwin CIN 134 505 89 146 26 6 0 74 47 29 27 .289 .360 .364 .725
35 Herman Long Herman Long BSN 107 450 89 145 32 7 3 69 23 17 22 .322 .358 .444 .802
36 Billy Hoy Billy Hoy CIN 128 497 87 145 24 6 2 42 54 27 37 .292 .375 .376 .751
37 Bobby Lowe Bobby Lowe BSN 123 499 87 154 24 8 5 106 32 20 16 .309 .355 .419 .774
38 Barry McCormick CHN 101 419 87 112 8 10 2 55 33 51 44 .267 .324 .348 .672
39 Kid Gleason Kid Gleason NY1 132 543 86 172 16 4 1 106 27 24 44 .317 .353 .367 .719
40 George LaChance BRO 126 520 86 160 28 16 4 90 15 38 26 .308 .333 .446 .780
41 Dick Padden Dick Padden PIT 134 517 84 146 16 10 2 58 38 24 18 .282 .350 .364 .714
42 Jake Beckley Jake Beckley CIN +1 114 433 84 143 19 12 8 87 20 14 25 .330 .380 .485 .865
43 Billy Shindle Billy Shindle BRO 134 542 83 154 32 6 4 105 35 21 23 .284 .336 .388 .723
44 Ed McKean Ed McKean CL4 125 523 83 143 21 14 2 78 40 14 15 .273 .330 .379 .708
45 Dusty Miller Dusty Miller CIN 119 440 83 139 27 1 4 70 48 17 29 .316 .393 .409 .802
46 Patsy Donovan Patsy Donovan PIT 120 479 82 154 16 7 0 57 25 23 34 .322 .360 .384 .744
47 Klondike Douglass SLN 126 519 77 170 15 3 6 50 52 20 12 .328 .402 .403 .805
48 Perry Werden Perry Werden LS3 133 512 76 154 21 14 5 83 41 21 15 .301 .365 .426 .791
49 Henry Reitz BLN 128 477 76 138 15 6 2 84 50 25 23 .289 .370 .359 .728
50 Tommy Corcoran Tommy Corcoran CIN 109 445 76 128 30 5 3 57 13 6 15 .288 .311 .398 .709
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