1871 MLB Leaders
Who led all of MLB in 1871, in every category MLB records. Final.
Batting
Batting Average
AVG- 1 Levi Meyerle .492
- 2 Cal McVey .431
- 3 Ross Barnes .401
- 4 Steve King .396
- 5 Jimmy Wood .378
Home Runs
HR- 1 Lip Pike 4
- 1 Levi Meyerle 4
- 1 Fred Treacey 4
- 4 Ezra Sutton 3
- 4 Ned Cuthbert 3
Runs Batted In
RBI- 1 Rynie Wolters 44
- 2 Cal McVey 43
- 3 Levi Meyerle 40
- 4 Lip Pike 39
- 5 Joe Start 34
Hits
H- 1 Cal McVey 66
- 2 Levi Meyerle 64
- 3 Ross Barnes 63
- 4 Joe Start 58
- 5 Steve King 57
Runs
R- 1 Ross Barnes 66
- 2 Dave Birdsall 51
- 3 Ned Cuthbert 47
- 3 John Radcliff 47
- 5 Fred Waterman 46
Stolen Bases
SB- 1 Mike McGeary 20
- 2 Jimmy Wood 18
- 3 Ned Cuthbert 16
- 4 Dave Eggler 14
- 4 Andy Leonard 14
- 1 Levi Meyerle 1.200
- 2 Lip Pike 1.054
- 3 Ross Barnes 1.027
- 4 Cal McVey .991
- 5 Jimmy Wood .988
Pitching
- 1 George Zettlein 2.73
- 2 Al Spalding 3.36
- 3 Rynie Wolters 3.43
- 4 Al Pratt 3.77
- 5 Cherokee Fisher 4.35
Wins
W- 1 Al Spalding 19
- 2 George Zettlein 18
- 2 Dick McBride 18
- 4 Rynie Wolters 16
- 5 Asa Brainard 12
Strikeouts
SO- 1 Al Pratt 34
- 2 Al Spalding 23
- 3 Rynie Wolters 22
- 3 George Zettlein 22
- 5 Bobby Mathews 17
Saves
SV- 1 Harry Wright 3
- 2 Ed Pinkham 1
- 3 Rynie Wolters 0
- 3 Al Spalding 0
- 3 Asa Brainard 0
Walks + Hits / IP
WHIP- 1 George Zettlein 1.34
- 2 Rynie Wolters 1.36
- 3 Al Spalding 1.44
- 4 Dick McBride 1.46
- 5 Asa Brainard 1.51
- 1 Rynie Wolters 283.0
- 2 Asa Brainard 264.0
- 3 Al Spalding 257.1
- 4 John McMullin 249.0
- 5 George Zettlein 240.2
Other seasons
The same page, for the years either side.