League Leaders Who Led?

Lip Pike

1871–1887  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws L  ·  5'8", 158 lb  ·  b. 1845 New York, NY

Career 425 G · 638 H · 21 HR · 332 RBI · .322 AVG

Seasons leading his league
7
7 best in baseball
33 Top-5 finishes
5 Title seasons
4 Categories led
1872 Best season

Spanning 1871–1877, peaking at 2 titles in 1872.

Led in Home Runs for 3 straight seasons (1871–1873) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 263rd League titles 7
  • 109th Best in baseball 7
  • 245th Top-5 finishes 33

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

Career leaderboards

No top-500 all-time placing His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection on the season titles alongside.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Home Runs 4 1st 3 yrs (1871–1873) 1871 4 1872 7 1873 4 1877 4
Doubles 1 1st — 1874 22 1871 #2 1875 #3
Slugging Percentage 1 1st — 1874 .504 1871 #2 1875 #2 1876 #3
Runs Batted In 1 1st — 1872 60
Total Bases — #2 — 1871 #3 1872 #2
Triples — #2 — 1873 #3 1875 #2 1876 #3
On-Base Percentage — #2 — 1874 #2
On-Base Plus Slug. — #2 — 1871 #2 1874 #2 1875 #2
Stolen Bases — #3 — 1875 #3
Batting Average — #3 — 1874 #3

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1877 1 HR 4
1874 2 SLG .504 2B 22
1873 1 HR 4
1872 2 HR 7 RBI 60
1871 1 HR 4

Batting

10 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1871 TRO NA 28 130 43 49 10 7 4 39 5 7 3 .377 .400 .654 1.054
1872 BL1 NA 56 285 68 85 15 5 7 60 4 6 10 .298 .308 .460 .768
1873 BL1 NA 56 285 71 90 15 8 4 51 8 4 8 .316 .335 .467 .801
1874 HR1 NA 52 234 58 83 22 5 1 50 5 1 4 .355 .368 .504 .873
1875 SL2 NA 70 312 61 108 22 12 0 44 3 8 25 .346 .352 .494 .846
1876 SL3 NL 63 282 55 91 19 10 1 50 8 9 0 .323 .341 .472 .813
1877 CN1 NL 58 262 45 78 12 4 4 23 9 7 0 .298 .321 .420 .741
1878 CN1 +1 NL 36 167 32 52 5 2 0 15 5 10 0 .311 .331 .365 .697
1881 WOR NL 5 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 .111 .273 .111 .384
1887 NY4 AA 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career — — 425 1,979 434 638 120 53 21 332 51 57 50 .322 .339 .468 .808

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
OF 327 505 52 106 15 .840
2B 79 212 187 90 18 .816
SS 23 42 80 38 1 .763
3B 12 20 20 18 3 .690
1B 4 44 0 5 3 .898