League Leaders Who Led?
Al Spalding

Al Spalding

1871–1878  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'1", 170 lb  ·  b. 1850 Byron, IL

Career 251–65 · 2.13 ERA · 248 SO · 2886.1 IP · 411 G · 613 H · 2 HR · 338 RBI · .313 AVG

Seasons leading his league
14
14 best in baseball
56 Top-5 finishes
6 Title seasons
5 Categories led
1874 Best season

Spanning 1871–1876, peaking at 4 titles in 1874.

Led in Wins for 6 straight seasons (1871–1876) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 107th League titles 14
  • 38th Best in baseball 14
  • 78th Top-5 finishes 56

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
Wins 6 1st 6 yrs (1871–1876) 1871 19 1872 38 1873 41 1874 52 1875 54 1876 47
Shutouts 4 1st 2 yrs (1871–1872) 1871 1 1872 3 1874 4 1875 7 1873 #3 1876 #2
Innings Pitched 2 1st 2 yrs (1873–1874) 1873 496.2 1874 617.1 1871 #3 1875 #2 1876 #3
Complete Games 1 1st — 1874 65 1872 #3
Saves 1 1st — 1875 9 1873 #2 1877 #2
Doubles — #2 — 1871 #2
Strikeouts / 9 — #3 — 1873 #3
Runs — #3 — 1873 #3 1874 #3
Walks + Hits / IP — #2 — 1871 #3 1872 #2
Hits — #2 — 1874 #2
Runs Batted In — #2 — 1873 #2
Strikeouts — #2 — 1871 #2 1873 #2 1875 #2
Earned Run Average — #2 — 1871 #2 1872 #2 1874 #3 1875 #3

Title Seasons

6 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1876 1 W 47
1875 3 W 54 SV 9 SHO 7
1874 4 W 52 IP 617.1 SHO 4 CG 65
1873 2 W 41 IP 496.2
1872 2 W 38 SHO 3
1871 2 W 19 SHO 1

Pitching

7 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1871 BS1 NA 19 10 3.36 31 31 0 257.1 333 96 2 38 23 1.44
1872 BS1 NA 38 8 1.85 48 48 0 404.2 417 83 0 27 28 1.10
1873 BS1 NA 41 14 2.99 60 54 3 496.2 643 165 5 36 50 1.37
1874 BS1 NA 52 16 1.92 71 69 0 617.1 755 132 1 19 31 1.25
1875 BS1 NA 54 5 1.59 72 62 9 570.2 573 101 1 18 75 1.04
1876 CHN NL 47 12 1.75 61 60 0 528.2 542 103 6 26 39 1.07
1877 CHN NL 0 0 3.27 4 1 1 11.0 17 4 0 0 2 1.55
Career — — 251 65 2.13 347 325 13 2886.1 3,280 684 15 164 248 1.19

Batting

8 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1871 BS1 NA 31 144 43 39 10 1 1 31 8 1 2 .271 .309 .375 .684
1872 BS1 NA 48 237 60 84 12 5 0 47 3 1 3 .354 .363 .447 .810
1873 BS1 NA 60 323 83 106 15 1 1 71 3 2 9 .328 .334 .390 .725
1874 BS1 NA 71 362 80 119 13 1 0 54 3 0 2 .329 .334 .370 .704
1875 BS1 NA 74 343 68 107 15 3 0 56 3 3 2 .312 .318 .373 .691
1876 CHN NL 66 292 54 91 14 2 0 44 6 3 0 .312 .326 .373 .699
1877 CHN NL 60 254 29 65 7 6 0 35 3 16 0 .256 .265 .331 .595
1878 CHN NL 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career — — 411 1,959 417 613 86 19 2 338 29 26 18 .313 .323 .379 .702

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 347 211 648 110 29 .886
OF 64 32 2 11 0 .756
1B 52 506 21 21 23 .962
2B 14 40 50 12 6 .882
3B 2 0 5 3 0 .625
SS 1 0 0 0 0 —