League Leaders Who Led?
Amos Rusie

Amos Rusie

1889–1901  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'1", 200 lb  ·  b. 1871 Mooresville, IN

Career 246–174 · 3.07 ERA · 1,950 SO · 3778.2 IP · 487 G · 429 H · 8 HR · 176 RBI · .248 AVG

Seasons leading his league
20
19 best in baseball 1 league only
48 Top-5 finishes
6 Title seasons
8 Categories led
1894 Best season

Spanning 1890–1897, peaking at 6 titles in 1894.

1894 Pitching Triple Crown
Led the NL in 36 W, 2.78 ERA, 195 SO
Led in Strikeouts / 9 for 3 straight seasons (1893–1895) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 62nd League titles 20
  • 22nd Best in baseball 19
  • 109th Top-5 finishes 48

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
Strikeouts / 9 5 1st 3 yrs (1893–1895) 1891 6.06 1893 3.88 1894 3.95 1895 4.60 1890 NL 5.59 1889 #3 1892 #2
Strikeouts 5 1st 3 yrs (1893–1895) 1890 341 1891 337 1893 208 1894 195 1895 201 1892 #2
Shutouts 4 1st 3 yrs (1893–1895) 1891 6 1893 4 1894 3 1895 4 1897 #3
Earned Run Average 2 1st — 1894 2.78 1897 2.54 1891 #3 1893 #2
Complete Games 1 1st — 1893 50 1890 #2 1891 #2 1892 #2 1894 #2
Innings Pitched 1 1st — 1893 482.0 1890 #2 1891 #2 1892 #2 1894 #2 1895 #3
Walks + Hits / IP 1 1st — 1894 1.41 1897 #2
Wins 1 1st — 1894 36 1891 #2 1893 #3 1897 #2

Title Seasons

6 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1897 1 ERA 2.54
1895 3 SO 201 K/9 4.60 SHO 4
1894 6 ERA 2.78 W 36 SO 195 WHIP 1.41 K/9 3.95 SHO 3
1893 5 SO 208 IP 482.0 K/9 3.88 SHO 4 CG 50
1891 3 SO 337 K/9 6.06 SHO 6
1890 2 SO 341 K/9 5.59

Pitching

10 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1889 IN3 NL 12 10 5.32 33 22 0 225.0 246 133 12 116 109 1.61
1890 NY1 NL 29 34 2.56 67 62 1 548.2 436 156 3 289 341 1.32
1891 NY1 NL 33 20 2.55 61 57 1 500.1 391 142 6 262 337 1.31
1892 NY1 NL 32 31 2.84 65 62 0 541.0 410 171 7 270 304 1.26
1893 NY1 NL 33 21 3.23 56 52 1 482.0 451 173 15 218 208 1.39
1894 NY1 NL 36 13 2.78 54 50 1 444.0 426 137 10 200 195 1.41
1895 NY1 NL 23 23 3.73 49 47 0 393.1 384 163 9 159 201 1.38
1897 NY1 NL 28 10 2.54 38 37 0 322.1 314 91 6 87 135 1.24
1898 NY1 NL 20 11 3.03 37 36 1 300.0 288 101 6 103 114 1.30
1901 CIN NL 0 1 8.59 3 2 0 22.0 43 21 1 3 6 2.09
Career — — 246 174 3.07 463 427 5 3778.2 3,389 1,288 75 1,707 1,950 1.35

Batting

10 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1889 IN3 NL 33 103 15 18 3 1 0 4 2 19 3 .175 .198 .223 .421
1890 NY1 NL 73 284 31 79 13 6 0 28 7 26 6 .278 .298 .366 .664
1891 NY1 NL 62 220 30 54 5 2 0 15 3 25 2 .246 .256 .286 .542
1892 NY1 NL 70 256 19 55 7 4 1 26 3 29 4 .215 .224 .285 .509
1893 NY1 NL 56 212 32 57 3 4 3 27 3 19 0 .269 .282 .363 .646
1894 NY1 NL 56 186 20 52 5 4 3 26 5 24 5 .280 .302 .398 .700
1895 NY1 NL 53 179 14 44 3 1 1 19 0 28 2 .246 .246 .291 .536
1897 NY1 NL 40 144 25 40 1 3 0 22 3 8 1 .278 .297 .326 .624
1898 NY1 NL 41 138 23 29 2 4 0 8 1 8 2 .210 .216 .283 .498
1901 CIN NL 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Career — — 487 1,730 209 429 42 29 8 176 27 186 25 .248 .262 .320 .582

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 463 176 874 122 35 .896
OF 21 20 3 4 0 .852
1B 1 4 0 1 0 .800