League Leaders
Joe Start

Joe Start

1871–1886  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws L  ·  5'9", 165 lb  ·  b. 1842 New York, NY

Career 1,070 G · 1,417 H · 15 HR · 544 RBI · .299 AVG

Seasons leading his league
2
2 best in baseball
18 Top-5 finishes
1 Title seasons
2 Categories led
1878 Best season

Spanning 1878–1878, peaking at 2 titles in 1878.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 840th League titles 2
  • 392nd Best in baseball 2
  • 608th Top-5 finishes 18

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
Total Bases 1 1st — 1878 125
Hits 1 1st — 1878 100 1882 #3
On-Base Plus Slug. — #3 — 1878 #3
Runs — #2 — 1878 #2
Runs Batted In — #2 — 1872 #2
Home Runs — #2 — 1875 #2
Batting Average — #2 — 1881 #2

Title Seasons

1 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1878 2 H 100 TB 125

Batting

16 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1871 NY2 NA 33 161 35 58 5 1 1 34 3 0 4 .360 .372 .422 .794
1872 NY2 NA 54 277 60 75 5 0 0 48 0 0 3 .271 .271 .289 .560
1873 NY2 NA 53 252 42 67 8 3 1 29 4 0 1 .266 .277 .333 .611
1874 NY2 NA 63 306 67 96 13 3 2 46 4 0 5 .314 .323 .395 .718
1875 NY2 NA 69 314 58 90 10 5 4 30 3 0 1 .287 .293 .389 .682
1876 NY3 NL 56 264 40 73 6 0 0 21 1 2 0 .277 .279 .299 .578
1877 HAR NL 60 271 55 90 3 6 1 21 6 2 0 .332 .347 .399 .745
1878 CHN NL 61 285 58 100 12 5 1 27 2 3 0 .351 .355 .439 .794
1879 PRO NL 66 317 70 101 11 5 2 37 7 4 0 .319 .333 .404 .737
1880 PRO NL 82 345 53 96 14 6 0 27 13 20 0 .278 .305 .354 .658
1881 PRO NL 79 348 56 114 12 6 0 29 9 7 0 .328 .345 .397 .741
1882 PRO NL 82 356 58 117 8 10 0 48 11 7 0 .329 .349 .407 .756
1883 PRO NL 87 370 63 105 16 7 1 57 22 16 0 .284 .324 .373 .697
1884 PRO NL 93 381 80 105 10 5 2 32 35 25 0 .276 .337 .344 .680
1885 PRO NL 101 374 47 103 11 4 0 41 39 10 0 .275 .344 .326 .670
1886 WS8 NL 31 122 10 27 4 1 0 17 5 13 4 .221 .252 .271 .523
Career — — 1,070 4,743 852 1,417 148 67 15 544 164 109 18 .299 .322 .368 .690

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
1B 1,069 11,197 229 433 449 .963
OF 5 0 0 0 0 —