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1879 MLB On-Base Percentage Leaders

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Jim O'Rourke led all of MLB in on-base percentage in 1879 with .371, 2 points ahead of Paul Hines (.369). It was one of 2 times Jim O'Rourke led in on-base percentage.

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Jim O'Rourke Led all of MLB in 1879 Jim O'Rourke Providence Grays
.371 On-Base Percentage .002 clear of Paul Hines
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# Player Team OBP G AB H BB
1 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke PRO .371 81 362 126 13
2 Paul Hines Paul Hines PRO .369 85 409 146 8
3 Charley Jones Charley Jones BSN .367 83 355 112 29
4 King Kelly King Kelly CN1 .363 77 345 120 8
5 John O'Rourke BSN .357 72 317 108 8
6 Tom York Tom York PRO .346 81 342 106 19
7 Ed Williamson Ed Williamson CHN .343 80 320 94 24
8 Deacon White Deacon White CN1 .342 78 333 110 6
9 Joe Start Joe Start PRO .333 66 317 101 7
10 Orator Shafer Orator Shafer CHN .317 73 316 96 6
11 Hardy Richardson Hardy Richardson BFN .315 79 336 95 16
12 Cal McVey Cal McVey CN1 .312 81 354 105 8
13 John Morrill John Morrill BSN .309 84 348 98 14
14 Bill Crowley Bill Crowley BFN .303 60 261 75 6
15 Pete Hotaling Pete Hotaling CN1 .302 81 369 103 12
16 Jack Farrell Jack Farrell SR1 +1 .302 66 292 86 3
17 Ross Barnes Ross Barnes CN1 .301 77 323 86 16
18 Abner Dalrymple Abner Dalrymple CHN .300 71 333 97 4
19 George Wright George Wright PRO .299 85 388 107 13
20 John Ward John Ward PRO .299 83 364 104 7
21 Buttercup Dickerson Buttercup Dickerson CN1 .297 81 350 102 3
22 Silver Flint Silver Flint CHN .297 79 324 92 6
23 Oscar Walker BFN .295 72 287 79 8
24 John Clapp John Clapp BFN .290 70 292 77 11
25 Mike McGeary Mike McGeary PRO .285 85 374 103 5
26 George Gore George Gore CHN .285 63 266 70 8
27 Charlie Eden CL2 .284 81 353 96 6
28 Charles Fulmer Charles Fulmer BFN .280 76 306 82 5
29 Mike Dorgan SR1 .277 59 270 72 4
30 Bill Phillips Bill Phillips CL2 .275 81 365 99 2
31 Sadie Houck BSN .275 80 356 95 4
32 Joe Hornung BFN .271 78 319 85 2
33 Al Hall Al Hall TRN .265 67 306 79 3
34 Ed Caskin Ed Caskin TRN .261 70 304 78 2
35 Blondie Purcell Blondie Purcell SR1 +1 .261 75 327 83 3
36 Tommy Bond Tommy Bond BSN .259 65 257 62 6
37 Jack Burdock Jack Burdock BSN .258 84 359 86 9
38 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton BSN .252 84 339 84 2
39 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin BFN .252 67 265 66 1
40 Tom Carey Tom Carey CL2 .250 80 335 80 5
41 George Bradley George Bradley TRN .250 63 251 62 1
42 Pop Snyder Pop Snyder BSN .249 81 329 78 5
43 Fred Warner CL2 .248 76 316 77 2
44 John Peters John Peters CHN .247 83 379 93 1
45 Jake Evans Jake Evans TRN .246 72 280 65 5
46 Davy Force Davy Force BFN .240 79 316 66 13
47 Dave Eggler Dave Eggler BFN .235 78 317 66 11
48 Mike Mansell Mike Mansell SR1 .231 67 242 52 5
49 Joe Quest CHN .227 83 334 69 9
50 John Richmond John Richmond SR1 .225 62 254 54 4
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