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1878 MLB Slugging Percentage Leaders

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Paul Hines led the majors in slugging percentage with .486 in 1878, 21 points ahead of Tom York (.465).

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Paul Hines Led all of MLB in 1878 Paul Hines Providence Grays
.486 Slugging Percentage .021 clear of Tom York
Showing Slugging Percentage and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team SLG G AB HR AVG
1 Paul Hines Paul Hines PRO .486 62 257 4 .358
2 Tom York Tom York PRO .465 62 269 1 .309
3 Orator Shafer Orator Shafer IN1 .455 63 266 0 .338
4 Lew Brown Lew Brown PRO .453 58 243 1 .305
5 Charley Jones Charley Jones CN1 .441 61 261 3 .310
6 Joe Start Joe Start CHN .439 61 285 1 .351
7 Abner Dalrymple Abner Dalrymple ML2 .421 61 271 0 .354
8 Dick Higham Dick Higham PRO .416 62 281 1 .320
9 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke BSN .412 60 255 1 .278
10 Bob Ferguson Bob Ferguson CHN .405 61 259 0 .351
11 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN .402 60 261 0 .341
12 Cal McVey Cal McVey CN1 .395 61 271 2 .306
13 Terry Larkin Terry Larkin CHN .363 58 226 0 .288
14 Jack Burdock Jack Burdock BSN .358 60 246 0 .260
15 John Clapp John Clapp IN1 .357 63 263 0 .304
16 Will Foley Will Foley ML2 .349 56 229 0 .271
17 Bill Harbridge CHN .346 54 240 0 .296
18 John Peters John Peters ML2 .341 55 246 0 .309
19 Joe Gerhardt Joe Gerhardt CN1 .340 60 259 0 .297
20 Frank Hankinson Frank Hankinson CHN .338 58 240 1 .267
21 Deacon White Deacon White CN1 .337 61 258 0 .314
22 Andy Leonard Andy Leonard BSN .328 60 262 0 .260
23 King Kelly King Kelly CN1 .321 60 237 0 .283
24 Charlie Bennett ML2 .310 49 184 1 .245
25 Jack Remsen Jack Remsen CHN .304 56 224 1 .232
26 Jack Manning Jack Manning BSN .302 60 248 0 .254
27 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton BSN .301 60 239 1 .226
28 John Cassidy John Cassidy CHN .301 60 256 0 .266
29 Tom Carey Tom Carey PRO .300 61 253 0 .237
30 Ed Williamson Ed Williamson IN1 .300 63 250 1 .232
31 Jake Goodman ML2 .298 60 252 1 .246
32 Billy Geer Billy Geer CN1 .291 61 237 0 .219
33 Chub Sullivan CN1 .291 61 244 0 .258
34 Russ McKelvy IN1 .289 63 253 2 .225
35 Tim Murnane Tim Murnane PRO .282 49 188 0 .239
36 George Creamer George Creamer ML2 .280 50 193 0 .212
37 Billy Redmond ML2 .273 48 187 0 .230
38 John Morrill John Morrill BSN .270 60 233 0 .240
39 Bill McClellan Bill McClellan CHN .263 48 205 0 .224
40 Mike Golden Mike Golden ML2 .262 55 214 0 .206
41 Silver Flint Silver Flint IN1 .252 63 254 0 .224
42 George Wright George Wright BSN .251 59 267 0 .225
43 Tommy Bond Tommy Bond BSN .237 59 236 0 .212
44 Pop Snyder Pop Snyder BSN .235 60 226 0 .212
45 Joe Quest IN1 .230 62 278 0 .205
46 Bill Hague Bill Hague PRO .216 62 250 0 .204
47 Charlie Sweasy Charlie Sweasy PRO .189 55 212 0 .175
48 Art Croft IN1 .185 60 222 0 .158
49 Will White Will White CN1 .157 52 197 0 .142