Major league register
1879 leaders
Qualified leaders across the batting and pitching record.
Ranked by value
Batting leaders
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| Rk | Player | Club | G | PA | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John O'Rourke | BSN | 72 | 325 | .341 | .357 | .521 | .878 | 6 | 62 |
| 2 | Charley Jones | BSN | 83 | 384 | .315 | .367 | .510 | .877 | 9 | 62 |
| 3 | King Kelly | CN1 | 77 | 353 | .348 | .363 | .493 | .856 | 2 | 47 |
| 4 | Paul Hines | PRO | 85 | 417 | .357 | .369 | .482 | .851 | 2 | 52 |
| 5 | Jim O'Rourke | PRO | 81 | 375 | .348 | .371 | .459 | .830 | 1 | 46 |
| 6 | Ed Williamson | CHC | 80 | 344 | .294 | .343 | .447 | .790 | 1 | 36 |
| 7 | Tom York | PRO | 81 | 361 | .310 | .346 | .421 | .767 | 1 | 50 |
| 8 | Deacon White | CN1 | 78 | 339 | .330 | .342 | .423 | .765 | 1 | 52 |
| 9 | Buttercup Dickerson | CN1 | 81 | 353 | .291 | .297 | .440 | .737 | 2 | 57 |
| 10 | Joe Start | PRO | 66 | 324 | .319 | .333 | .404 | .737 | 2 | 37 |
| 11 | Hardy Richardson | BFN | 79 | 352 | .283 | .315 | .396 | .711 | 0 | 37 |
| 12 | Charlie Eden | CL2 | 81 | 359 | .272 | .284 | .425 | .709 | 3 | 34 |
| 13 | Silver Flint | CHC | 79 | 330 | .284 | .297 | .398 | .695 | 1 | 41 |
| 14 | Cal McVey | CN1 | 81 | 362 | .297 | .312 | .381 | .693 | 0 | 55 |
| 15 | Pete Hotaling | CN1 | 81 | 381 | .279 | .302 | .390 | .692 | 1 | 27 |
| 16 | Sadie Houck | BSN | 80 | 360 | .267 | .275 | .402 | .677 | 2 | 49 |
| 17 | Oscar Walker | BFN | 72 | 295 | .275 | .295 | .380 | .675 | 1 | 35 |
| 18 | George Wright | PRO | 85 | 401 | .276 | .299 | .374 | .673 | 1 | 42 |
| 19 | Abner Dalrymple | CHC | 71 | 337 | .291 | .300 | .372 | .672 | 0 | 23 |
| 20 | John Morrill | BSN | 84 | 362 | .282 | .309 | .362 | .671 | 0 | 49 |
| 21 | Bill Crowley | BFN | 60 | 267 | .287 | .303 | .360 | .663 | 0 | 30 |
| 22 | Orator Shafer | CHC | 73 | 322 | .304 | .317 | .345 | .662 | 0 | 35 |
| 23 | John Ward | PRO | 83 | 371 | .286 | .299 | .349 | .648 | 2 | 41 |
| 24 | George Gore | CHC | 63 | 274 | .263 | .285 | .357 | .642 | 0 | 32 |
| 25 | John Clapp | BFN | 70 | 303 | .264 | .290 | .349 | .639 | 1 | 36 |
Ranked by value
Pitching leaders
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| Rk | Pitcher | Club | W | L | ERA | IP | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Bond | BSN | 43 | 19 | 1.960 | 555.1 | 155 | 1.021 |
| 2 | Will White | CN1 | 43 | 31 | 1.990 | 680.0 | 232 | 1.094 |
| 3 | John Ward | PRO | 47 | 19 | 2.150 | 587.0 | 239 | 1.034 |
| 4 | Harry Salisbury | TRN | 4 | 6 | 2.220 | 89.0 | 31 | 1.281 |
| 5 | Pud Galvin | BFN | 37 | 27 | 2.280 | 593.0 | 136 | 1.039 |
| 6 | Bobby Mathews | PRO | 12 | 6 | 2.290 | 189.0 | 90 | 1.164 |
| 7 | Jim McCormick | CL2 | 20 | 40 | 2.420 | 546.1 | 197 | 1.201 |
| 8 | Terry Larkin | CHC | 31 | 23 | 2.440 | 513.1 | 142 | 1.060 |
| 9 | Frank Hankinson | CHC | 15 | 10 | 2.500 | 230.2 | 69 | 1.192 |
| 10 | Curry Foley | BSN | 9 | 9 | 2.510 | 161.2 | 57 | 1.175 |
| 11 | Bill McGunnigle | BFN | 9 | 5 | 2.630 | 120.0 | 62 | 1.075 |
| 12 | George Bradley | TRN | 13 | 40 | 2.850 | 487.0 | 133 | 1.265 |
| 13 | Harry McCormick | SR1 | 18 | 33 | 2.990 | 457.1 | 96 | 1.198 |
| 14 | Bobby Mitchell | CL2 | 7 | 15 | 3.280 | 194.2 | 90 | 1.428 |
| 15 | Blondie Purcell | SR1 | 4 | 15 | 3.760 | 179.2 | 28 | 1.469 |