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1887 NL Hits Leaders

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Sam Thompson led the NL in hits in 1887 with 203, 19 ahead of John Ward (184). It was one of 3 times Sam Thompson led in hits.

AVGHRRBIHRSBOPSOBPSLG2B3BXBHTBBBSOPAABG
Sam Thompson Led the NL in 1887 Sam Thompson Detroit Wolverines
203 Hits 19 clear of John Ward
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# Player Team H G AB AVG 2B
1 Sam Thompson Sam Thompson DTN 203 127 545 .372 29
2 John Ward John Ward NY1 184 129 545 .338 16
3 Hardy Richardson Hardy Richardson DTN 178 120 543 .328 25
4 Jack Rowe Jack Rowe DTN 171 124 537 .318 30
5 Dan Brouthers Dan Brouthers DTN 169 123 500 .338 36
6 Jerry Denny Jerry Denny IN3 165 122 510 .324 34
7 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN 164 122 472 .347 33
8 King Kelly King Kelly BSN 156 116 484 .322 34
9 Sam Wise Sam Wise BSN 156 113 467 .334 27
10 Ed Andrews Ed Andrews PHI 151 104 464 .325 19
11 Paul Hines Paul Hines WS8 147 123 478 .308 32
12 Jimmy Ryan Jimmy Ryan CHN 145 126 508 .285 23
13 Jack Glasscock Jack Glasscock IN3 142 122 483 .294 18
14 George Wood George Wood PHI 142 113 491 .289 22
15 John Morrill John Morrill BSN 141 127 504 .280 32
16 Billy Nash Billy Nash BSN 140 121 475 .295 24
17 John Coleman John Coleman PIT 139 115 475 .293 21
18 Fred Carroll Fred Carroll PIT 138 102 421 .328 24
19 Joe Mulvey Joe Mulvey PHI 136 111 474 .287 21
20 Deacon White Deacon White DTN 136 111 449 .303 20
21 Roger Connor Roger Connor NY1 134 127 471 .285 26
22 Marty Sullivan Marty Sullivan CHN 134 115 472 .284 13
23 Fred Pfeffer Fred Pfeffer CHN 133 123 479 .278 21
24 George Gore George Gore NY1 133 111 459 .290 16
25 Dick Johnston Dick Johnston BSN 131 127 507 .258 13
26 Jim Fogarty Jim Fogarty PHI 129 126 495 .261 26
27 Ned Hanlon Ned Hanlon DTN 129 118 471 .274 13
28 Otto Schomberg Otto Schomberg IN3 129 112 419 .308 18
29 Billy O'Brien Billy O'Brien WS8 126 113 453 .278 16
30 Danny Richardson Danny Richardson NY1 125 122 450 .278 19
31 Sid Farrar Sid Farrar PHI 125 116 443 .282 20
32 Bill Kuehne Bill Kuehne PIT 120 102 402 .299 18
33 Joe Hornung BSN 118 98 437 .270 10
34 Ed Williamson Ed Williamson CHN 117 127 439 .267 20
35 Mike Tiernan Mike Tiernan NY1 117 103 407 .287 13
36 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke NY1 113 103 397 .285 15
37 Art Whitney PIT 112 119 431 .260 11
38 Tom Burns Tom Burns CHN 112 115 424 .264 20
39 Jack McGeachey Jack McGeachey IN3 109 99 405 .269 17
40 Ed Daily Ed Daily WS8 +1 108 104 417 .259 17
41 Emmett Seery Emmett Seery IN3 104 122 465 .224 18
42 Charley Bassett Charley Bassett IN3 104 119 452 .230 14
43 Cliff Carroll Cliff Carroll WS8 104 103 420 .248 17
44 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton BSN 99 77 326 .304 14
45 Pop Smith Pop Smith PIT 98 122 456 .215 12
46 Buck Ewing Buck Ewing NY1 97 77 318 .305 17
47 Arthur Irwin Arthur Irwin PHI 95 100 374 .254 14
48 Charlie Ferguson Charlie Ferguson PHI 89 72 264 .337 14
49 Larry Twitchell Larry Twitchell DTN 88 65 264 .333 14
50 Jim Donnelly WS8 85 117 425 .200 9
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