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1879 MLB Slugging Percentage Leaders

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John O'Rourke led all of MLB in slugging percentage in 1879 with .521, 11 points ahead of Charley Jones (.510).

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Led all of MLB in 1879 John O'Rourke Boston Red Caps
.521 Slugging Percentage .011 clear of Charley Jones
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# Player Team SLG G AB HR AVG
1 John O'Rourke BSN .521 72 317 6 .341
2 Charley Jones Charley Jones BSN .510 83 355 9 .315
3 King Kelly King Kelly CN1 .493 77 345 2 .348
4 Paul Hines Paul Hines PRO .482 85 409 2 .357
5 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke PRO .459 81 362 1 .348
6 Ed Williamson Ed Williamson CHN .447 80 320 1 .294
7 Buttercup Dickerson Buttercup Dickerson CN1 .440 81 350 2 .291
8 Charlie Eden CL2 .425 81 353 3 .272
9 Deacon White Deacon White CN1 .423 78 333 1 .330
10 Tom York Tom York PRO .421 81 342 1 .310
11 Joe Start Joe Start PRO .404 66 317 2 .319
12 Sadie Houck BSN .402 80 356 2 .267
13 Silver Flint Silver Flint CHN .398 79 324 1 .284
14 Hardy Richardson Hardy Richardson BFN .396 79 336 0 .283
15 Pete Hotaling Pete Hotaling CN1 .390 81 369 1 .279
16 Cal McVey Cal McVey CN1 .381 81 354 0 .297
17 Oscar Walker BFN .380 72 287 1 .275
18 George Wright George Wright PRO .374 85 388 1 .276
19 Abner Dalrymple Abner Dalrymple CHN .372 71 333 0 .291
20 Joe Hornung BFN .367 78 319 0 .266
21 John Morrill John Morrill BSN .362 84 348 0 .282
22 Bill Crowley Bill Crowley BFN .360 60 261 0 .287
23 George Gore George Gore CHN .357 63 266 0 .263
24 Mike Dorgan SR1 .356 59 270 1 .267
25 John Clapp John Clapp BFN .349 70 292 1 .264
26 John Ward John Ward PRO .349 83 364 2 .286
27 Jack Farrell Jack Farrell SR1 +1 .346 66 292 1 .295
28 Orator Shafer Orator Shafer CHN .345 73 316 0 .304
29 Charles Fulmer Charles Fulmer BFN .337 76 306 0 .268
30 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin BFN .336 67 265 0 .249
31 Bill Phillips Bill Phillips CL2 .334 81 365 0 .271
32 George Bradley George Bradley TRN .323 63 251 0 .247
33 Pop Snyder Pop Snyder BSN .322 81 329 2 .237
34 Ross Barnes Ross Barnes CN1 .316 77 323 1 .266
35 Ed Caskin Ed Caskin TRN .313 70 304 0 .257
36 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton BSN .310 84 339 0 .248
37 Mike McGeary Mike McGeary PRO .305 85 374 0 .275
38 Fred Warner CL2 .304 76 316 0 .244
39 Al Hall Al Hall TRN .301 67 306 0 .258
40 Jake Evans Jake Evans TRN .300 72 280 0 .232
41 John Peters John Peters CHN .298 83 379 1 .245
42 Blondie Purcell Blondie Purcell SR1 +1 .291 75 327 0 .254
43 John Richmond John Richmond SR1 .287 62 254 1 .213
44 Tom Carey Tom Carey CL2 .287 80 335 0 .239
45 Jack Burdock Jack Burdock BSN .284 84 359 0 .240
46 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick CL2 .270 75 282 0 .220
47 Dave Eggler Dave Eggler BFN .268 78 317 0 .208
48 Joe Gerhardt Joe Gerhardt CN1 .265 79 313 1 .198
49 Harry McCormick Harry McCormick SR1 .261 57 230 1 .222
50 Tommy Bond Tommy Bond BSN .261 65 257 0 .241
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