League Leaders Who Led?

Sam Wise

1881–1893  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws R  ·  5'10", 170 lb  ·  b. 1857 Akron, OH

Career 1,175 G · 1,281 H · 48 HR · 672 RBI · .272 AVG

Seasons leading his league
2
1 best in baseball 1 league only
33 Top-5 finishes
2 Title seasons
2 Categories led
1885 Best season

Spanning 1885–1893, peaking at 1 titles in 1885.

Team records #1 Buffalo Bisons career HR #1 Buffalo Bisons career RBI #1 Buffalo Bisons 1890 HR #1 Buffalo Bisons 1890 RBI #2 Buffalo Bisons career H #2 Buffalo Bisons career R #2 Buffalo Bisons career SB #2 Buffalo Bisons 1890 H #2 Buffalo Bisons 1890 R #2 Buffalo Bisons 1890 SB

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 2,190th League titles 2
  • 1,845th Best in baseball 1
  • 806th Top-5 finishes 33

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
Second Base Range Factor 1 1st — 1893 6.78 1891 #3
Shortstop Range Factor 1 1st — 1885 NL 5.13 1884 #3
Shortstop Fielding Percentage — #3 — 1884 #3
Shortstop Putouts — #3 — 1882 #3 1884 #3

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1893 1 2B RF 6.78
1885 1 SS RF 5.13

Batting

12 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1881 DTN NL 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1882 BSN NL 78 298 44 66 11 4 4 34 5 45 0 .222 .234 .326 .560
1883 BSN NL 96 406 73 110 25 7 4 58 13 74 0 .271 .294 .397 .690
1884 BSN NL 114 426 60 91 15 9 4 41 25 104 0 .214 .257 .319 .576
1885 BSN NL 107 424 71 120 20 10 4 46 25 61 0 .283 .323 .406 .729
1886 BSN NL 96 387 71 112 19 12 4 72 33 61 31 .289 .345 .432 .777
1887 BSN NL 113 467 103 156 27 17 9 92 36 44 43 .334 .390 .523 .913
1888 BSN NL 105 417 66 100 19 12 4 40 34 66 33 .240 .306 .372 .678
1889 WS8 NL 121 472 79 118 15 8 4 62 61 62 24 .250 .341 .341 .682
1890 BFP PL 119 505 95 148 29 11 5 102 46 45 19 .293 .359 .424 .783
1891 BL3 AA 103 388 70 96 14 5 1 48 62 52 33 .247 .364 .317 .681
1893 WAS NL 122 521 102 162 27 17 5 77 49 27 20 .311 .375 .457 .831
Career — — 1,175 4,715 834 1,281 221 112 48 672 389 643 203 .272 .332 .397 .729

Fielding

5 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1881 DTN NL 3B 1 — 12.0 1 3 3 0 7 .571 4.00
1882 BSN NL SS 72 — 641.0 84 197 49 13 330 .852 3.90
3B 6 — 39.0 6 2 5 0 13 .615 1.33
1883 BSN NL SS 96 — 828.0 134 274 88 21 496 .823 4.25
1884 BSN NL SS 107 — 964.0 156 307 61 16 524 .884 4.33
2B 7 — 70.0 19 23 9 5 51 .824 6.00
1885 BSN NL SS 79 — 717.0 135 270 67 29 472 .858 5.13
2B 22 — 202.0 56 67 18 6 141 .872 5.59
OF 6 — 34.0 5 1 1 0 7 .857 1.00
1886 BSN NL 1B 57 — 496.0 527 17 25 21 569 .956 9.54
2B 20 — 164.0 41 44 15 4 100 .850 4.25
SS 18 — 154.0 24 39 15 2 78 .808 3.50
OF 1 — 5.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1887 BSN NL SS 72 — 572.0 152 233 58 22 443 .869 5.35
OF 27 — 251.0 39 7 10 2 56 .821 1.70
2B 16 — 149.0 40 49 13 5 102 .873 5.56
1888 BSN NL SS 89 — 818.0 179 271 57 34 507 .888 5.06
3B 6 — 28.0 6 5 1 0 12 .917 1.83
1B 5 — 37.0 43 2 2 3 47 .957 9.00
OF 4 — 45.0 10 0 1 0 11 .909 2.50
2B 2 — 11.0 4 3 1 0 8 .875 3.50
1889 WS8 NL 2B 72 — 609.0 170 225 36 26 431 .917 5.49
SS 26 — 214.0 40 72 25 9 137 .818 4.31
3B 13 — 123.0 26 25 12 1 63 .810 3.92
OF 10 — 58.0 9 1 3 0 13 .769 1.00
1890 BFP PL 2B 119 — 1018.0 328 375 73 58 776 .906 5.91
1891 BL3 AA 2B 99 — 850.0 225 299 66 30 590 .888 5.29
SS 4 — 25.0 4 9 2 2 15 .867 3.25
1893 WAS NL 2B 91 — 793.0 315 302 51 45 668 .924 6.78
3B 31 — 269.0 30 78 28 8 136 .794 3.48
Career — — SS 563 — 4933.0 908 1,672 422 148 3,002 .859 4.58
— — 2B 448 — 3866.0 1,198 1,387 282 179 2,867 .902 5.77
— — 1B 62 — 533.0 570 19 27 24 616 .956 9.50
— — 3B 57 — 471.0 69 113 49 9 231 .788 3.19
— — OF 48 — 393.0 64 9 15 2 88 .830 1.52