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1918 National League Batting Leaders

1917 Season 1919 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 508 games, 8 teams, approx. 127 games in season

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League Player Batting

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Billy Southworth	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	64	275	246	37	84	5	7	2	43	19	26	9	.342	.409	.443	.852	109	2	1
2	Zack Wheat	30	BRO	Maj	BRO	105	436	409	39	137	15	3	0	51	9	16	17	.335	.369	.386	.755	158	6	5
3	Edd Roush*	25	CIN	Maj	CIN	113	492	435	61	145	18	10	5	62	24	22	10	.333	.368	.455	.823	198	2	33
4	Jim Kelly	34	BSN	Maj	BSN	35	162	146	19	48	1	4	0	4	4	9	9	.329	.376	.390	.766	57	2	5
5	Heinie Groh	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	126	567	493	86	158	28	3	1	37	11	54	24	.321	.395	.396	.791	195	7	13
6	Bob Fisher	31	SLN	Maj	STL	63	266	246	36	78	11	3	2	20	7	15	11	.317	.356	.411	.767	101	0	5
7	Charlie Hollocher	22	CHN	Maj	CHC	131	586	509	72	161	23	6	2	38	26	47	30	.316	.379	.397	.776	202	4	26
8	Benny Kauff*	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	67	294	270	41	85	19	4	2	39	9	16	30	.315	.355	.437	.792	118	1	7
9	Jake Daubert*	34	BRO	Maj	BRO	108	445	396	50	122	12	15	2	47	10	27	18	.308	.360	.429	.789	170	5	17
10	Ross Youngs	21	NY1	Maj	NYG	121	532	474	70	143	16	8	1	25	10	44	49	.302	.368	.376	.744	178	6	8
11	Hal Chase*	35	CIN	Maj	CIN	74	281	259	30	78	12	6	2	38	5	13	15	.301	.339	.417	.756	108	2	7
12	Sherry Magee	33	CIN	Maj	CIN	115	456	400	46	119	15	13	2	76	14	37	18	.298	.370	.415	.785	166	9	10
13	Red Smith	28	BSN	Maj	BSN	119	500	429	55	128	20	3	2	65	8	45	47	.298	.373	.373	.746	160	6	20
14	Fred Merkle	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	129	541	482	55	143	25	5	3	65	21	35	36	.297	.349	.388	.737	187	4	20
15	George Anderson	28	SLN	Maj	STL	35	154	132	20	39	4	5	0	6	0	15	7	.296	.380	.402	.782	53	3	4
16	Justin Fitzgerald	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	66	152	133	21	39	8	0	0	6	3	13	6	.293	.361	.353	.714	47	1	5
17	Red Massey	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	66	230	203	20	59	6	2	0	18	1	23	20	.291	.363	.340	.703	69	0	4
18	George Burns	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	119	522	465	80	135	22	6	4	51	40	43	37	.290	.354	.389	.743	181	3	11
19	Lee Magee	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	119	514	459	61	133	22	13	0	28	19	28	19	.290	.331	.394	.725	181	0	27
20	Fred Luderus	32	PHI	Maj	PHI	125	522	468	54	135	23	2	5	67	4	42	33	.289	.351	.378	.729	177	3	9
21	Les Mann	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	129	555	489	69	141	27	7	2	55	21	38	45	.288	.342	.385	.727	188	2	26
22	Dode Paskert	36	CHN	Maj	CHC	127	539	461	69	132	24	3	3	59	20	53	49	.286	.362	.371	.733	171	2	23
23	George Cutshaw	31	PIT	Maj	PIT	126	520	463	56	132	16	10	5	68	25	27	18	.285	.326	.395	.721	183	1	29
24	Rogers Hornsby	22	SLN	Maj	STL	115	466	416	51	117	19	11	5	60	8	40	43	.281	.349	.416	.765	173	3	7
25	Jimmy Johnston	28	BRO	Maj	BRO	123	528	484	54	136	16	8	0	27	22	33	31	.281	.328	.347	.675	168	1	10
26	Irish Meusel	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	124	511	473	48	132	25	6	4	62	18	30	21	.279	.323	.383	.706	181	1	7
27	Cy Williams*	30	PHI	Maj	PHI	94	398	351	49	97	14	1	6	39	10	27	30	.276	.337	.373	.710	131	5	15
28	Max Carey	28	PIT	Maj	PIT	126	549	468	70	128	14	6	3	48	58	62	25	.274	.363	.348	.712	163	4	15
29	Milt Stock	24	PHI	Maj	PHI	123	535	481	62	132	14	1	1	42	20	35	22	.274	.325	.314	.639	151	1	18
30	Joe Wilhoit	32	NY1	Maj	NYG	64	156	135	13	37	3	3	0	15	4	17	14	.274	.355	.341	.696	46	0	4
31	Gene Paulette	27	SLN	Maj	STL	125	506	461	33	126	15	3	0	52	11	27	16	.273	.316	.319	.635	147	2	16
32	Heinie Zimmerman	31	NY1	Maj	NYG	121	488	463	43	126	19	10	1	56	14	13	23	.272	.294	.363	.656	168	1	11
33	Walton Cruise	28	SLN	Maj	STL	70	280	240	34	65	5	4	6	39	2	30	26	.271	.359	.400	.759	96	3	7
34	Greasy Neale	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	107	418	371	57	100	11	11	1	32	23	24	38	.270	.324	.367	.691	136	6	17
35	Lew McCarty	29	NY1	Maj	NYG	86	286	257	16	69	7	3	0	24	3	17	13	.269	.321	.319	.640	82	3	9
36	Fritz Mollwitz	28	PIT	Maj	PIT	119	485	432	43	116	12	7	0	45	23	23	24	.269	.306	.329	.634	142	0	30
37	Dave Bancroft	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	125	561	499	69	132	19	4	0	26	11	54	36	.265	.338	.319	.656	159	1	7
38	Tommy Griffith	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	118	478	427	47	113	10	4	2	48	10	39	30	.265	.326	.321	.647	137	0	12
39	Art Fletcher	33	NY1	Maj	NYG	124	513	468	51	123	20	2	0	47	12	18	26	.263	.311	.314	.626	147	15	12
40	Al Wickland*	30	BSN	Maj	BSN	95	399	332	55	87	7	13	4	32	12	53	39	.262	.367	.398	.765	132	2	12
41	Larry Doyle	31	NY1	Maj	NYG	75	298	257	38	67	7	4	3	36	10	37	10	.261	.354	.354	.708	91	0	4
42	Austin McHenry	22	SLN	Maj	STL	80	308	272	32	71	12	6	1	29	8	21	24	.261	.319	.360	.679	98	2	13
43	Cliff Heathcote*	20	SLN	Maj	STL	88	375	348	37	90	12	3	4	32	12	20	40	.259	.301	.345	.646	120	1	6
44	Max Flack*	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	123	552	478	74	123	17	10	4	41	17	56	19	.257	.343	.360	.702	172	6	12
45	Hi Myers	29	BRO	Maj	BRO	107	439	407	36	104	9	8	4	40	17	20	26	.256	.292	.346	.639	141	1	11
46	Carson Bigbee	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	92	369	310	47	79	11	3	1	19	19	42	10	.255	.344	.319	.663	99	0	17
47	Bill McKechnie	31	PIT	Maj	PIT	126	480	435	34	111	13	9	2	43	12	24	22	.255	.297	.340	.637	148	2	19
48	Ivey Wingo	27	CIN	Maj	CIN	100	350	323	35	82	15	6	0	31	6	19	18	.254	.297	.338	.635	109	1	7
49	Mike González	27	SLN	Maj	STL	117	392	349	33	88	13	4	3	20	14	39	30	.252	.327	.338	.665	118	0	4
50	Walter Holke*	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	88	350	326	38	82	17	4	1	27	10	10	26	.252	.276	.337	.613	110	1	13
51	Ed Sicking	21	NY1	Maj	NYG	46	140	132	9	33	4	0	0	12	2	6	11	.250	.283	.280	.563	37	0	2
52	Doug Baird	26	SLN	Maj	STL	82	354	316	41	78	12	8	2	25	25	25	42	.247	.304	.354	.659	112	1	12
53	Art Wilson	32	BSN	Maj	BSN	89	311	280	15	69	8	2	0	19	5	24	31	.246	.311	.289	.600	81	2	5
54	Harry Pearce	28	PHI	Maj	PHI	60	180	164	16	40	3	2	0	18	5	9	31	.244	.296	.287	.582	47	3	4
55	Wally Rehg	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	40	140	133	6	32	5	1	1	12	3	5	14	.241	.268	.316	.584	42	0	2
56	Charlie Deal	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	119	459	414	43	99	9	3	2	34	11	21	13	.239	.279	.290	.569	120	2	22
57	Ivy Olson	32	BRO	Maj	BRO	126	553	506	63	121	16	4	1	17	21	27	18	.239	.286	.293	.578	148	6	14
58	Walter Schmidt	31	PIT	Maj	PIT	105	356	323	31	77	6	3	0	27	7	17	19	.238	.281	.276	.556	89	2	14
59	Ed Konetchy	32	BSN	Maj	BSN	119	487	437	33	103	15	5	2	56	5	32	35	.236	.291	.307	.598	134	2	16
60	Howdy Caton	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	80	345	303	37	71	5	7	0	17	12	32	16	.234	.312	.297	.609	90	2	8
61	Jim Hickman	26	BRO	Maj	BRO	53	183	167	14	39	4	7	1	16	5	8	31	.234	.281	.359	.640	60	3	5
62	Bill Killefer	30	CHN	Maj	CHC	104	364	331	30	77	10	3	0	22	5	17	10	.233	.276	.281	.557	93	3	13
63	Gavvy Cravath	37	PHI	Maj	PHI	121	489	426	43	99	27	5	8	54	7	54	46	.232	.320	.376	.696	160	1	8
64	Joe Kelly	31	BSN	Maj	BSN	47	166	155	20	36	2	4	0	15	12	6	12	.232	.265	.297	.562	46	1	4
65	Lena Blackburne	31	CIN	Maj	CIN	125	472	435	34	99	8	10	1	45	6	25	30	.228	.271	.299	.570	130	1	11
66	Buck Herzog	32	BSN	Maj	BSN	118	526	473	57	108	12	6	0	26	10	29	28	.228	.280	.279	.559	132	5	19
67	Bill Rariden	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	69	207	183	15	41	5	1	0	17	1	15	15	.224	.283	.262	.545	48	0	9
68	Rollie Zeider	34	CHN	Maj	CHC	82	288	251	31	56	3	2	0	26	16	23	20	.223	.288	.251	.539	63	0	14
69	Bruno Betzel	23	SLN	Maj	STL	76	248	230	18	51	6	7	0	13	8	12	16	.222	.260	.309	.569	71	0	6
70	Charlie Grimm*	19	SLN	Maj	STL	50	155	141	11	31	7	0	0	12	2	6	15	.220	.262	.270	.531	38	2	6
71	Mack Wheat	25	BRO	Maj	BRO	57	169	157	11	34	7	1	1	3	2	8	24	.217	.255	.293	.548	46	0	4
72	Ollie O'Mara	27	BRO	Maj	BRO	121	489	450	29	96	8	1	1	24	11	7	18	.213	.242	.242	.484	109	10	22
73	Ray Powell	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	53	222	188	31	40	7	5	0	20	2	29	30	.213	.321	.303	.624	57	1	4
74	Jack Smith*	23	SLN	Maj	STL	42	181	166	24	35	2	1	0	4	5	7	21	.211	.260	.235	.495	39	4	4
75	Ed Burns	30	PHI	Maj	PHI	68	211	184	10	38	1	1	0	9	1	20	9	.207	.288	.223	.511	41	1	6
76	Johnny Rawlings	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	111	460	410	32	85	7	3	0	21	10	30	31	.207	.265	.239	.504	98	2	18
77	Patsy McGaffigan	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	54	219	192	17	39	3	2	1	8	3	16	23	.203	.268	.255	.523	49	1	10
78	Otto Miller	29	BRO	Maj	BRO	75	241	228	8	44	6	1	0	8	1	9	20	.193	.230	.228	.458	52	2	2
79	Mickey Doolin	38	BRO	Maj	BRO	92	343	308	14	55	8	2	0	18	8	22	24	.179	.233	.218	.451	67	0	13
80	Bert Adams	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	84	247	227	10	40	4	0	0	12	5	10	26	.176	.214	.194	.408	44	1	9