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# Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN 84 343 67 137 21 7 1 82 26 4 0 .399 .442 .510 .952
2 Joe Start Joe Start PRO 79 348 56 114 12 6 0 29 9 7 0 .328 .345 .397 .741
3 Fred Dunlap Fred Dunlap CL2 80 351 60 114 25 4 3 24 18 24 0 .325 .358 .444 .802
4 Abner Dalrymple Abner Dalrymple CHN 82 362 72 117 22 4 1 37 15 22 0 .323 .350 .414 .765
5 King Kelly King Kelly CHN 82 353 84 114 27 3 2 55 16 14 0 .323 .352 .433 .786
6 Dan Brouthers Dan Brouthers BFN 65 270 60 86 18 9 8 45 18 22 0 .319 .361 .541 .902
7 Buttercup Dickerson Buttercup Dickerson WOR 80 367 48 116 18 6 1 31 8 8 0 .316 .331 .406 .737
8 Silver Flint Silver Flint CHN 80 306 46 95 18 0 1 34 6 39 0 .311 .324 .379 .703
9 Deacon White Deacon White BFN 78 319 58 99 24 4 0 53 9 8 0 .310 .329 .411 .740
10 Pete Hotaling Pete Hotaling WOR 77 317 51 98 15 3 1 35 18 12 0 .309 .346 .385 .731
11 Tom York Tom York PRO 85 316 57 96 23 5 2 47 29 26 0 .304 .362 .427 .790
12 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke BFN 83 348 71 105 21 7 0 30 27 18 0 .302 .352 .402 .754
13 Charlie Bennett DTN 76 299 44 90 18 7 7 64 18 37 0 .301 .341 .478 .819
14 George Gore George Gore CHN 73 309 86 92 18 9 1 44 27 23 0 .298 .354 .424 .778
15 George Wood George Wood DTN 80 337 54 100 18 9 2 32 19 32 0 .297 .334 .421 .756
16 Roger Connor Roger Connor TRN 85 367 55 107 17 6 2 31 15 20 0 .292 .319 .387 .706
17 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton BSN 83 333 42 97 12 4 0 31 13 9 0 .291 .318 .351 .669
18 Hardy Richardson Hardy Richardson BFN 83 344 62 100 18 9 2 53 12 27 0 .291 .315 .413 .727
19 John Morrill John Morrill BSN 81 311 47 90 19 3 1 39 12 30 0 .289 .316 .379 .695
20 Paul Hines Paul Hines PRO 80 361 65 103 27 5 2 31 13 12 0 .285 .310 .404 .715
21 Bob Ferguson Bob Ferguson TRN 85 339 56 96 13 5 1 35 29 12 0 .283 .340 .360 .700
22 Sadie Houck DTN 75 308 43 86 16 6 1 36 6 6 0 .279 .293 .380 .673
23 Ned Hanlon Ned Hanlon DTN 76 305 63 85 14 8 2 28 22 11 0 .279 .327 .397 .724
24 Tom Burns Tom Burns CHN 84 342 41 95 20 3 4 42 14 22 0 .278 .306 .389 .695
25 Patrick Gillespie Patrick Gillespie TRN 84 348 43 96 14 3 0 41 9 24 0 .276 .294 .333 .627
26 Bill Phillips Bill Phillips CL2 85 357 51 97 18 10 1 44 5 19 0 .272 .282 .387 .668
27 Mike Dorgan WOR +1 59 254 41 69 6 0 0 23 9 4 0 .272 .297 .295 .592
28 Ross Barnes Ross Barnes BSN 69 295 42 80 14 1 0 17 16 16 0 .271 .309 .325 .634
29 Lon Knight DTN 83 340 67 92 16 3 1 52 23 21 0 .271 .317 .344 .661
30 Harry Stovey Harry Stovey WOR 75 341 57 92 25 7 2 30 12 23 0 .270 .295 .402 .696
31 Ed Williamson Ed Williamson CHN 82 343 56 92 12 6 1 48 19 19 0 .268 .307 .347 .654
32 Jack Glasscock Jack Glasscock CL2 85 335 49 86 9 5 0 33 15 8 0 .257 .289 .313 .602
33 Orator Shafer CL2 85 343 48 88 13 6 1 34 23 20 0 .257 .303 .338 .642
34 Curry Foley Curry Foley BFN 83 375 58 96 20 2 1 25 7 27 0 .256 .270 .328 .598
35 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick CL2 70 309 45 79 9 4 0 26 5 16 0 .256 .268 .311 .578
36 Jim Whitney Jim Whitney BSN 75 282 37 72 17 3 0 32 19 18 0 .255 .302 .337 .639
37 Bill Crowley Bill Crowley BSN 72 279 33 71 12 0 0 31 14 15 0 .255 .290 .298 .588
38 John Clapp John Clapp CL2 68 261 47 66 12 2 0 25 35 6 0 .253 .341 .314 .655
39 Buck Ewing Buck Ewing TRN 67 272 40 68 14 7 0 25 7 8 0 .250 .269 .353 .622
40 Lee Richmond Lee Richmond WOR 61 252 31 63 5 1 0 28 10 10 0 .250 .279 .278 .556
41 Joe Quest CHN 78 293 35 72 6 0 1 26 2 29 0 .246 .251 .277 .527
42 John Ward John Ward PRO 85 357 56 87 18 6 0 53 5 10 0 .244 .254 .328 .582
43 Joe Gerhardt Joe Gerhardt DTN 80 297 35 72 13 6 0 36 7 31 0 .242 .260 .327 .587
44 Jake Evans TRN 83 315 35 76 11 5 0 28 14 30 0 .241 .274 .308 .582
45 Joe Hornung BSN 83 324 39 78 12 8 2 25 5 25 0 .241 .252 .346 .598
46 Jerry Denny Jerry Denny PRO 85 320 38 77 16 2 1 24 5 44 0 .241 .252 .313 .565
47 Jack Farrell Jack Farrell PRO 84 345 69 82 16 5 5 36 29 23 0 .238 .297 .357 .653
48 Jack Burdock Jack Burdock BSN 73 282 36 67 12 4 1 24 7 18 0 .238 .256 .319 .575
49 Doc Bushong Doc Bushong WOR 76 275 35 64 7 4 0 21 21 23 0 .233 .287 .287 .575
50 John Cassidy TRN 85 370 57 82 13 3 1 11 18 21 0 .222 .258 .281 .539
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