League Leaders Who Led?
Ed Williamson

Ed Williamson

1878–1890  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'11", 210 lb  ·  b. 1857 Philadelphia, PA

Career 1,201 G · 1,159 H · 64 HR · 667 RBI · .255 AVG · 1–1 · 3.34 ERA · 7 SO · 35.0 IP

Seasons leading his league
4
3 best in baseball 1 league only
22 Top-5 finishes
3 Title seasons
4 Categories led
1885 Best season

Spanning 18831885, peaking at 2 titles in 1885.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 490th League titles 4
  • 274th Best in baseball 3
  • 466th Top-5 finishes 22

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
Walks 1 1st 1885 75 1879 #2 1882 #2 1886 #3 1887 #3
Doubles 1 1st 1883 49
Saves 1 1st 1885 NL 2 1886 #2
Home Runs 1 1st 1884 27
Triples #2 1879 #2
Slugging Percentage #2 1884 #2
Runs Batted In #3 1882 #3

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1885 2 SV 2 BB 75
1884 1 HR 27
1883 1 2B 49

Batting

13 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1878 IN1 NL 63 250 31 58 10 2 1 19 5 15 0 .232 .247 .300 .547
1879 CHN NL 80 320 66 94 20 13 1 36 24 31 0 .294 .343 .447 .790
1880 CHN NL 75 311 65 78 20 2 0 31 15 26 0 .251 .285 .328 .613
1881 CHN NL 82 343 56 92 12 6 1 48 19 19 0 .268 .307 .347 .654
1882 CHN NL 83 348 66 98 27 4 3 60 27 21 0 .282 .333 .408 .741
1883 CHN NL 98 402 83 111 49 5 2 59 22 48 0 .276 .314 .438 .752
1884 CHN NL 107 417 84 116 18 8 27 84 42 56 0 .278 .344 .554 .898
1885 CHN NL 113 407 87 97 16 5 3 65 75 60 0 .238 .357 .324 .681
1886 CHN NL 121 430 69 93 17 8 6 58 80 71 13 .216 .339 .335 .674
1887 CHN NL 127 439 77 117 20 14 9 78 73 57 45 .267 .377 .437 .815
1888 CHN NL 132 452 75 113 9 14 8 73 65 71 25 .250 .352 .385 .737
1889 CHN NL 47 173 16 41 3 1 1 30 23 22 2 .237 .340 .283 .623
1890 CHP PL 73 261 34 51 7 3 2 26 36 35 3 .195 .312 .268 .580
Career 1,201 4,553 809 1,159 228 85 64 667 506 532 88 .255 .332 .384 .716

Pitching

7 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1881 CHN NL 1 1 2.00 3 1 0 18.0 14 4 0 0 2 0.78
1882 CHN NL 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 3.0 9 2 1 1 0 3.33
1883 CHN NL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1 2.00
1884 CHN NL 0 0 18.00 2 0 0 2.0 8 4 0 2 0 5.00
1885 CHN NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 6.0 2 0 0 0 3 0.33
1886 CHN NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0.67
1887 CHN NL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 1 0 1.50
Career 1 1 3.34 12 1 3 35.0 38 13 1 5 7 1.23

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
3B 716 878 1,719 401 119 .866
SS 450 490 1,286 255 129 .874
C 34 124 54 20 3 .899
P 12 2 7 0 0 1.000
2B 7 18 28 5 4 .902
1B 6 77 1 3 2 .963