1891 MLB Leaders, NL
Who led the NL in 1891, in every category MLB records. Final.
Batting
Batting Average
AVG- 1 Billy Hamilton .340
- 2 Bug Holliday .319
- 3 Pete Browning .317
- 4 Jack Clements .310
- 5 Mike Tiernan .306
Home Runs
HR- 1 Harry Stovey 16
- 1 Mike Tiernan 16
- 3 Walt Wilmot 11
- 4 Herman Long 9
- 4 Bill Dahlen 9
Runs Batted In
RBI- 1 Cap Anson 120
- 2 Billy Nash 95
- 2 Jim O'Rourke 95
- 2 Harry Stovey 95
- 5 Roger Connor 94
Hits
H- 1 Billy Hamilton 179
- 2 Ed McKean 170
- 3 Mike Tiernan 166
- 4 George Davis 165
- 5 Jim O'Rourke 164
Runs
R- 1 Billy Hamilton 141
- 2 Herman Long 129
- 3 Cupid Childs 120
- 4 Arlie Latham 119
- 5 Harry Stovey 118
Stolen Bases
SB- 1 Billy Hamilton 111
- 2 Arlie Latham 87
- 3 Mike Griffin 65
- 4 Herman Long 60
- 5 Harry Stovey 57
- 1 Mike Tiernan .882
- 2 Billy Hamilton .874
- 3 Harry Stovey .871
- 4 Bug Holliday .848
- 5 Roger Connor .848
Pitching
- 1 John Ewing 2.27
- 2 Kid Nichols 2.39
- 3 Amos Rusie 2.55
- 4 Harry Staley 2.58
- 5 Mark Baldwin 2.76
Wins
W- 1 Bill Hutchison 44
- 2 Amos Rusie 33
- 2 John Clarkson 33
- 4 Kid Nichols 30
- 5 Cy Young 27
Strikeouts
SO- 1 Amos Rusie 337
- 2 Bill Hutchison 261
- 3 Kid Nichols 240
- 4 Mark Baldwin 197
- 5 Silver King 160
Saves
SV- 1 John Clarkson 3
- 1 Kid Nichols 3
- 3 Cy Young 2
- 3 John Thornton 2
- 5 Bill Hutchison 1
Walks + Hits / IP
WHIP- 1 Harry Staley 1.21
- 2 Kid Nichols 1.21
- 3 Bill Hutchison 1.22
- 4 John Ewing 1.27
- 5 John Clarkson 1.28
- 1 Bill Hutchison 561.0
- 2 Amos Rusie 500.1
- 3 John Clarkson 460.2
- 4 Mark Baldwin 437.2
- 5 Tony Mullane 426.1
Fielding Every fielding stat by position →
Shortstop Fielding Percentage
SS FPCT- 1 Jimmy Cooney .917
- 2 Jack Glasscock .913
- 3 Germany Smith .909
- 4 Herman Long .902
- 5 Bob Allen .896
Second Base Fielding Percentage
2B FPCT- 1 Bid McPhee .954
- 2 Danny Richardson .952
- 3 Joe Quinn .938
- 4 Al Myers .937
- 5 Lou Bierbauer .929
Third Base Fielding Percentage
3B FPCT- 1 Charley Bassett .908
- 2 George Pinkney .904
- 3 Billy Nash .900
- 4 Arlie Latham .879
- 5 Billy Shindle .874
Catcher Fielding Percentage
C FPCT- 1 Charlie Bennett .960
- 2 Dick Buckley .958
- 3 Malachi Kittridge .940
- 4 Charles Zimmer .936
- 5 Jack Clements .927
First Base Fielding Percentage
1B FPCT- 1 William Brown .989
- 2 Roger Connor .983
- 3 Jake Beckley .982
- 4 John Reilly .982
- 5 Cap Anson .981
Outfield Assists
OF A- 1 Sam Thompson 32
- 2 Mike Griffin 31
- 3 George Davis 27
- 4 Steve Brodie 25
- 4 Ned Hanlon 25
Pitcher Assists
P A- 1 John Clarkson 114
- 2 Amos Rusie 106
- 3 Bill Hutchison 103
- 4 Kid Nichols 100
- 5 Billy Rhines 95
Other seasons
The same page, for the years either side.