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1887 NL On-Base Percentage Leaders

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Dan Brouthers led the NL in on-base percentage in 1887 with .426, 4 points ahead of Cap Anson (.422). It was one of 5 times Dan Brouthers led in on-base percentage.

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Dan Brouthers Led the NL in 1887 Dan Brouthers Detroit Wolverines
.426 On-Base Percentage .004 clear of Cap Anson
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# Player Team OBP G AB H BB
1 Dan Brouthers Dan Brouthers DTN .426 123 500 169 71
2 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN .422 122 472 164 60
3 Sam Thompson Sam Thompson DTN .416 127 545 203 32
4 Otto Schomberg Otto Schomberg IN3 .397 112 419 129 56
5 King Kelly King Kelly BSN .393 116 484 156 55
6 Roger Connor Roger Connor NY1 .392 127 471 134 75
7 Sam Wise Sam Wise BSN .390 113 467 156 36
8 Fred Carroll Fred Carroll PIT .383 102 421 138 36
9 Paul Hines Paul Hines WS8 .380 123 478 147 48
10 Ed Williamson Ed Williamson CHN .377 127 439 117 73
11 Jim Fogarty Jim Fogarty PHI .376 126 495 129 82
12 Billy Nash Billy Nash BSN .376 121 475 140 60
13 John Ward John Ward NY1 .375 129 545 184 29
14 Jack Rowe Jack Rowe DTN .368 124 537 171 39
15 Hardy Richardson Hardy Richardson DTN .366 120 543 178 31
16 Jack Glasscock Jack Glasscock IN3 .361 122 483 142 41
17 Jimmy Ryan Jimmy Ryan CHN .360 126 508 145 53
18 Ed Andrews Ed Andrews PHI .359 104 464 151 21
19 George Gore George Gore NY1 .358 111 459 133 42
20 Sid Farrar Sid Farrar PHI .358 116 443 125 42
21 Deacon White Deacon White DTN .353 111 449 136 26
22 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke NY1 .352 103 397 113 36
23 George Wood George Wood PHI .350 113 491 142 40
24 Art Whitney PIT .346 119 431 112 55
25 Jerry Denny Jerry Denny IN3 .344 122 510 165 13
26 Mike Tiernan Mike Tiernan NY1 .344 103 407 117 32
27 Arthur Irwin Arthur Irwin PHI .344 100 374 95 48
28 Marty Sullivan Marty Sullivan CHN .340 115 472 134 36
29 John Coleman John Coleman PIT .337 115 475 139 31
30 Danny Richardson Danny Richardson NY1 .337 122 450 125 36
31 Emmett Seery Emmett Seery IN3 .331 122 465 104 71
32 John Morrill John Morrill BSN .330 127 504 141 37
33 Fred Pfeffer Fred Pfeffer CHN .327 123 479 133 34
34 Bill Kuehne Bill Kuehne PIT .324 102 402 120 14
35 Joe Mulvey Joe Mulvey PHI .321 111 474 136 21
36 Tom Burns Tom Burns CHN .320 115 424 112 34
37 Ned Hanlon Ned Hanlon DTN .320 118 471 129 30
38 Billy O'Brien Billy O'Brien WS8 .317 113 453 126 21
39 Al Myers Al Myers WS8 .312 105 362 84 40
40 Abner Dalrymple Abner Dalrymple PIT .311 92 358 76 45
41 Joe Hornung BSN .302 98 437 118 17
42 Cliff Carroll Cliff Carroll WS8 .291 103 420 104 17
43 Ed Daily Ed Daily WS8 +1 .290 104 417 108 17
44 Pop Smith Pop Smith PIT .283 122 456 98 30
45 Dick Johnston Dick Johnston BSN .281 127 507 131 16
46 Jack McGeachey Jack McGeachey IN3 .280 99 405 109 5
47 Charley Bassett Charley Bassett IN3 .278 119 452 104 25
48 Jim Donnelly WS8 .234 117 425 85 16