League Leaders Who Led?

Orator Shafer

1874–1890  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws R  ·  5'9", 165 lb  ·  b. 1851 Philadelphia, PA

Career 871 G · 1,000 H · 11 HR · 317 RBI · .282 AVG

Seasons leading his league
1
1 best in baseball
21 Top-5 finishes
1 Title seasons
1 Categories led
1884 Best season

Spanning 1884–1884, peaking at 1 titles in 1884.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,195th League titles 1
  • 607th Best in baseball 1
  • 492nd Top-5 finishes 21

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
Doubles 1 1st — 1884 40 1878 #3
Walks — #2 — 1878 #3 1882 #2 1884 #2
Total Bases — #2 — 1884 #2
Triples — #3 — 1884 #3
Slugging Percentage — #2 — 1878 #3 1884 #2
On-Base Percentage — #2 — 1878 #3 1884 #2
On-Base Plus Slug. — #2 — 1878 #2 1884 #2
Runs — #2 — 1884 #2
Hits — #2 — 1884 #2
Home Runs — #2 — 1877 #2
Batting Average — #2 — 1884 #2

Title Seasons

1 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1884 1 2B 40

Batting

13 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1874 HR1 +1 NA 10 40 7 9 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 .225 .225 .300 .525
1875 PH2 NA 19 70 10 17 2 1 0 6 0 4 2 .243 .243 .300 .543
1877 LS1 NL 61 260 38 74 9 5 3 34 9 17 0 .285 .309 .392 .701
1878 IN1 NL 63 266 48 90 19 6 0 30 13 20 0 .338 .369 .455 .824
1879 CHN NL 73 316 53 96 13 0 0 35 6 28 0 .304 .317 .345 .662
1880 CL2 NL 83 338 62 90 14 9 0 21 17 36 0 .266 .301 .361 .662
1881 CL2 NL 85 343 48 88 13 6 1 34 23 20 0 .257 .303 .338 .642
1882 CL2 NL 84 313 37 67 14 2 3 28 27 27 0 .214 .277 .300 .577
1883 BFN NL 95 401 67 117 11 3 0 41 27 39 0 .292 .336 .334 .671
1884 SLU UA 106 467 130 168 40 10 2 0 30 0 0 .360 .398 .501 .900
1885 SL5 +1 NL 71 266 31 52 11 3 0 19 20 31 0 .196 .252 .259 .511
1886 PH4 AA 21 82 15 22 3 3 0 8 8 0 3 .268 .333 .378 .711
1890 PH4 AA 100 390 55 110 15 5 1 58 47 0 29 .282 .367 .354 .720
Career — — 871 3,552 601 1,000 164 53 11 317 227 226 34 .282 .326 .367 .692

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
OF 854 1,309 290 259 32 .861
2B 7 22 16 6 1 .864
1B 7 48 2 1 2 .980
3B 6 2 7 4 0 .692