League Leaders Who Led?
Joe Sugden

Joe Sugden

1893–1912  ·  Bats B  ·  Throws R  ·  5'10", 180 lb  ·  b. 1870 Philadelphia, PA

Career 836 G · 696 H · 3 HR · 283 RBI · .255 AVG · 1.0 IP

Seasons leading his league
4
2 best in baseball 2 league only
14 Top-5 finishes
3 Title seasons
3 Categories led
1904 Best season

Spanning 1896–1904, peaking at 2 titles in 1904.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,381st League titles 4
  • 1,227th Best in baseball 2
  • 2,083rd Top-5 finishes 14

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Catcher Double Plays 2 1st — 1902 AL 9 1904 AL 11 1896 #2 1899 #3
Catcher Range Factor 1 1st — 1896 5.06
Catcher Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1904 .989
Catcher Putouts — #3 — 1896 #3 1905 #3

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1904 2 C DP 11 C FPCT .989
1902 1 C DP 9
1896 1 C RF 5.06

Batting

13 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1893 PIT NL 27 92 20 24 4 3 0 12 10 11 1 .261 .340 .370 .709
1894 PIT NL 39 139 23 46 13 2 2 23 14 2 3 .331 .404 .496 .900
1895 PIT NL 50 158 28 48 4 1 1 17 16 12 4 .304 .379 .361 .739
1896 PIT NL 80 301 42 89 5 7 0 36 19 9 5 .296 .348 .359 .707
1897 PIT NL 84 288 31 64 6 4 0 38 18 13 9 .222 .275 .271 .546
1898 SLN NL 89 289 29 73 7 1 0 34 23 20 5 .253 .314 .284 .598
1899 CL4 NL 76 250 19 69 5 1 0 14 11 7 2 .276 .307 .304 .611
1901 CHA AL 48 153 21 42 7 1 0 19 13 5 4 .275 .339 .333 .673
1902 SLA AL 68 200 25 50 7 2 0 15 20 14 2 .250 .330 .305 .635
1903 SLA AL 79 241 18 51 4 0 0 22 25 20 4 .212 .288 .228 .517
1904 SLA AL 105 348 25 93 6 3 0 30 28 35 6 .267 .331 .302 .632
1905 SLA AL 90 266 21 46 4 0 0 23 23 17 3 .173 .247 .188 .435
1912 DET AL 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career — — 836 2,729 303 696 72 25 3 283 220 165 48 .255 .318 .303 .621

Pitching

1 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1902 SLA AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1.00
Career — — 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1.00

Fielding

6 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1893 PIT NL C 27 — 207.0 81 27 5 3 113 .956 4.00
1894 PIT NL C 31 — 252.0 105 27 13 4 145 .910 4.26
3B 4 — 33.0 6 6 3 1 15 .800 3.00
SS 3 — 26.0 6 8 4 0 18 .778 4.67
OF 1 — 17.0 3 2 1 0 6 .833 5.00
1895 PIT NL C 50 — 410.0 179 58 26 4 263 .901 4.74
1896 PIT NL C 70 — 594.0 284 70 18 12 372 .952 5.06
1B 7 — 44.0 46 3 2 4 51 .961 7.00
OF 4 — 31.0 7 0 1 0 8 .875 1.75
1897 PIT NL C 81 — 692.0 317 82 25 6 424 .941 4.93
1B 3 — 23.0 25 1 2 2 28 .929 8.67
1898 SLN NL C 60 — 502.0 181 88 18 8 287 .937 4.48
OF 15 — 92.0 17 0 2 1 19 .895 1.13
1B 8 — 60.0 74 3 1 4 78 .987 9.63
1899 CL4 NL C 66 — 550.0 196 108 21 11 325 .935 4.61
OF 4 — 15.0 3 0 0 0 3 1.000 0.75
1B 3 — 13.0 14 3 0 3 17 1.000 5.67
3B 1 — 4.0 0 0 2 0 2 .000 0.00
1901 CHA AL C 42 — 368.0 179 47 7 4 233 .970 5.38
1B 5 — 17.0 21 2 0 0 23 1.000 4.60
1902 SLA AL C 61 — 492.0 192 67 12 9 271 .956 4.25
1B 4 — 15.0 18 1 1 0 20 .950 4.75
P 1 — 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1903 SLA AL C 66 — 574.0 321 81 7 6 409 .983 6.09
1B 8 — 53.0 70 3 1 4 74 .987 9.13
1904 SLA AL C 79 78 696.0 370 94 5 11 469 .989 5.87
1B 28 22 210.0 275 8 4 11 287 .986 10.11
1905 SLA AL C 76 73 651.0 407 112 9 6 528 .983 6.83
1B 9 9 71.0 89 2 1 1 92 .989 10.11
1912 DET AL 1B 1 — — 13 3 1 0 17 .941 16.00
Career — — C 709 151 5988.0 2,812 861 166 84 3,839 .957 5.18
— — 1B 76 31 506.0 645 29 13 29 687 .981 8.87
— — OF 24 — 155.0 30 2 4 1 36 .889 1.33
— — 3B 5 — 37.0 6 6 5 1 17 .706 2.40
— — SS 3 — 26.0 6 8 4 0 18 .778 4.67
— — P 1 — 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00