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1886 American Association Batting Leaders

Classification: Major League

Overall: 557 games, 8 teams, approx. 139 games in season

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP
1	Pete Browning	25	LS2	Maj	LOU	112	504	467	86	159	29	6	2	68	26	30	.341	.389	.441	.830	206	7
2	Guy Hecker	30	LS2	Maj	LOU	84	378	343	76	117	14	5	4	48	25	32	.341	.402	.446	.848	153	3
3	Dave Orr	26	NY4	Maj	NYP	136	593	571	93	193	25	31	7	91	16	17	.338	.363	.527	.890	301	5
4	Bob Caruthers	22	SL4	Maj	STL	87	382	317	91	106	21	14	4	61	26	64	.334	.448	.527	.974	167	1
5	Tip O'Neill	26	SL4	Maj	STL	138	633	579	106	190	28	14	3	107	9	47	.328	.386	.440	.826	255	7
6	Henry Larkin	26	PH4	Maj	PHA	139	631	565	133	180	36	16	2	74	32	59	.319	.390	.450	.840	254	7
7	Fred Lewis	27	CN2	Maj	CIN	77	348	324	72	103	14	6	2	32	8	20	.318	.365	.417	.782	135	4
8	Arlie Latham	26	SL4	Maj	STL	134	639	578	152	174	23	8	1	47	60	55	.301	.368	.374	.742	216	6
9	Harry Stovey	29	PH4	Maj	PHA	123	554	489	115	144	28	11	7	59	68	64	.295	.377	.440	.817	215	1
10	Fred Carroll	21	PT1	Maj	PIT	122	542	486	92	140	28	11	5	64	20	52	.288	.362	.422	.783	205	4
11	Tom Brown	25	PT1	Maj	PIT	115	518	460	106	131	11	11	1	51	30	56	.285	.365	.363	.728	167	2
12	Curt Welch	24	SL4	Maj	STL	138	606	563	114	158	31	13	2	95	59	29	.281	.332	.393	.724	221	14
13	Dave Foutz	29	SL4	Maj	STL	102	424	414	66	116	18	9	3	59	17	9	.280	.297	.389	.686	161	1
14	Ed Swartwood	27	BR3	Maj	BRO	122	544	471	95	132	13	10	3	58	37	70	.280	.377	.369	.746	174	3
15	Amos Cross?	26	LS2	Maj	LOU	74	328	283	51	78	14	6	1	42	13	44	.276	.375	.378	.753	107	1
16	Bill Phillips	29	BR3	Maj	BRO	141	619	585	68	160	26	15	0	72	13	33	.274	.313	.369	.683	216	1
17	William Robinson	26	SL4	Maj	STL	133	560	481	89	132	26	9	3	71	51	64	.274	.377	.385	.761	185	15
18	Otto Schomberg*	21	PT1	Maj	PIT	72	307	246	53	67	6	6	1	29	7	57	.272	.417	.358	.775	88	4
19	Chicken Wolf	24	LS2	Maj	LOU	130	575	545	93	148	17	12	3	61	23	27	.272	.310	.363	.673	198	3
20	Charley Jones	34	CN2	Maj	CIN	127	567	500	87	135	22	10	6	68	3	61	.270	.356	.390	.746	195	6
21	Jim Keenan	30	CN2	Maj	CIN	44	168	148	31	40	4	3	3	24	0	18	.270	.357	.399	.756	59	2
22	Bill Gleason	27	SL4	Maj	STL	125	574	524	97	141	18	5	0	61	19	43	.269	.333	.323	.655	169	7
23	John Kerins	27	LS2	Maj	LOU	120	556	487	113	131	19	9	4	50	26	66	.269	.360	.370	.729	180	3
24	Bid McPhee	26	CN2	Maj	CIN	140	624	560	139	150	23	12	8	70	40	59	.268	.343	.395	.738	221	5
25	Sam Barkley	28	PT1	Maj	PIT	122	536	478	77	127	31	8	1	69	22	58	.266	.345	.370	.715	177	0
26	Chippy McGarr	23	PH4	Maj	PHA	71	278	267	41	71	9	3	2	31	17	9	.266	.295	.345	.640	92	2
27	John Corkhill	28	CN2	Maj	CIN	129	569	540	81	143	9	7	5	97	24	23	.265	.302	.335	.638	181	6
28	John Reilly	27	CN2	Maj	CIN	115	477	441	92	117	12	11	6	79	19	31	.265	.321	.383	.704	169	5
29	Ernie Burch	29	BR3	Maj	BRO	113	496	456	78	119	22	6	2	72	16	39	.261	.321	.349	.669	159	1
30	George Pinkney	27	BR3	Maj	BRO	141	667	597	119	156	22	7	0	37	32	70	.261	.339	.322	.660	192	0
31	Bill White	26	LS2	Maj	LOU	135	595	557	96	143	17	10	1	66	14	37	.257	.304	.329	.633	183	1
32	Bill McClellan*	30	BR3	Maj	BRO	141	653	595	131	152	33	9	1	68	43	56	.256	.322	.346	.668	206	2
33	John Coleman	23	PH4,PT1	Maj	PHA-PIT	132	572	535	70	136	20	17	0	74	29	35	.254	.302	.355	.658	190	2
34	Charlie Comiskey	26	SL4	Maj	STL	131	588	578	95	147	15	9	3	76	41	10	.254	.267	.327	.594	189	0
35	Jim McTamany	22	BR3	Maj	BRO	111	482	418	86	106	23	10	2	56	18	54	.254	.353	.371	.724	155	10
36	Pud Galvin	29	PT1	Maj	PIT	50	197	194	24	49	7	2	0	21	8	3	.253	.264	.309	.573	60	0
37	John Milligan	24	PH4	Maj	PHA	75	322	301	52	76	17	3	5	45	18	21	.253	.301	.379	.680	114	0
38	Jack O'Brien	26	PH4	Maj	PHA	105	468	423	65	107	25	7	0	56	23	38	.253	.325	.345	.670	146	7
39	George Miller	21	PT1	Maj	PIT	83	361	317	70	80	15	1	2	36	35	43	.252	.344	.325	.668	103	1
40	Frank Fennelly	26	CN2	Maj	CIN	132	575	497	113	124	13	17	6	72	32	60	.250	.351	.380	.732	189	18
41	Fred Mann	28	PT1	Maj	PIT	116	496	440	85	110	16	14	2	60	26	45	.250	.335	.364	.698	160	11
42	Joe Werrick	24	LS2	Maj	LOU	136	596	561	75	140	20	14	3	62	19	33	.250	.294	.351	.645	197	2
43	Germany Smith	27	BR3	Maj	BRO	105	445	426	66	105	17	6	2	45	22	19	.247	.279	.329	.607	140	0
44	Chris Fulmer	27	BL2	Maj	BAL	80	320	270	54	66	9	3	1	30	29	48	.244	.363	.311	.674	84	2
45	Reddy Mack?	20	LS2	Maj	LOU	137	555	483	82	118	23	11	1	56	13	68	.244	.342	.344	.686	166	4
46	Frank Hankinson	30	NY4	Maj	NYP	136	571	522	66	126	14	5	2	63	10	49	.241	.307	.299	.605	156	0
47	Toad Ramsey*	21	LS2	Maj	LOU	67	247	241	29	58	8	1	0	28	1	6	.241	.259	.282	.541	68	0
48	Steve Brady?	34	NY4	Maj	NYP	124	504	466	56	112	8	5	0	39	16	35	.240	.298	.279	.577	130	3
49	Art Whitney	28	PT1	Maj	PIT	136	568	511	70	122	13	4	0	55	15	51	.239	.315	.280	.595	143	6
50	Adonis Terry	21	BR3	Maj	BRO	75	310	299	34	71	8	9	2	39	17	10	.238	.265	.345	.609	103	1
51	John Meister?	23	NY4	Maj	NYP	45	190	186	35	44	7	3	2	21	1	4	.237	.253	.339	.591	63	0
52	Nat Hudson	17	SL4	Maj	STL	43	161	150	16	35	4	1	0	17	2	11	.233	.286	.273	.559	41	0
53	Kid Baldwin	21	CN2	Maj	CIN	87	325	315	41	72	8	7	3	32	12	8	.229	.252	.327	.579	103	2
54	James Roseman	29	NY4	Maj	NYP	134	591	559	90	127	19	10	5	53	6	24	.227	.269	.324	.593	181	8
55	Lou Bierbauer	20	PH4	Maj	PHA	137	543	522	56	118	17	5	2	47	19	21	.226	.256	.289	.545	151	0
56	John Harkins	27	BR3	Maj	BRO	41	159	142	18	32	4	2	1	15	2	17	.225	.308	.303	.611	43	0
57	Tony Mullane	27	CN2	Maj	CIN	91	350	324	59	73	12	5	0	39	20	25	.225	.283	.293	.576	95	1
58	Candy Nelson	37	NY4	Maj	NYP	109	479	413	89	93	7	2	0	23	14	64	.225	.332	.252	.584	104	2
59	Doc Bushong	29	SL4	Maj	STL	107	417	386	56	86	8	0	1	31	12	31	.223	.281	.251	.532	97	0
60	Jack Manning	32	BL2	Maj	BAL	137	609	556	78	124	18	7	1	45	24	50	.223	.291	.286	.577	159	3
61	Hick Carpenter*	30	CN2	Maj	CIN	111	484	458	67	101	8	5	2	61	8	18	.221	.262	.273	.535	125	8
62	Joe Strauss	27	LS2,BR3	Maj	LOU-BRO	83	343	333	42	73	6	7	1	36	29	9	.219	.242	.288	.530	96	1
63	Jimmy Peoples	22	BR3	Maj	BRO	93	360	340	43	74	7	3	3	38	20	20	.218	.261	.282	.544	96	0
64	William Hoover	23	BL2	Maj	BAL	40	175	157	25	34	2	6	0	10	15	16	.217	.297	.306	.603	48	2
65	Pop Smith	29	PT1	Maj	PIT	126	531	483	75	105	20	9	2	57	38	42	.217	.288	.309	.597	149	6
66	Bob Clark	23	BR3	Maj	BRO	71	286	269	37	58	8	2	0	26	14	17	.216	.262	.260	.522	70	0
67	Lou Sylvester	31	LS2,CN2	Maj	LOU-CIN	62	246	209	51	45	5	3	3	25	5	36	.215	.333	.311	.644	65	1
68	Charlie Reipschlager	30	NY4	Maj	NYP	65	242	232	21	49	4	6	0	25	2	9	.211	.244	.280	.524	65	1
69	Joe Farrell?	29	BL2	Maj	BAL	73	313	301	36	63	8	3	1	31	5	12	.209	.240	.266	.505	80	0
70	Joe Sommer	27	BL2	Maj	BAL	139	587	560	79	117	18	4	1	52	31	24	.209	.245	.261	.506	146	3
71	George Pechiney	24	CN2	Maj	CIN	41	150	144	14	30	4	2	1	21	1	6	.208	.240	.285	.525	41	0
72	Joe Quest	33	PH4	Maj	PHA	42	170	150	14	31	4	1	0	10	5	20	.207	.300	.247	.547	37	0
73	Paul Cook	23	LS2	Maj	LOU	66	272	262	28	54	5	2	0	14	6	10	.206	.235	.241	.476	63	0
74	Hugh Nicol	28	SL4	Maj	STL	67	279	253	44	52	6	3	0	19	38	26	.206	.280	.253	.533	64	0
75	Steve Behel?	25	NY4	Maj	NYP	59	247	224	32	46	5	2	0	17	16	22	.205	.279	.246	.525	55	1
76	Bill Holbert	31	NY4	Maj	NYP	48	177	171	8	35	4	2	0	13	4	6	.205	.232	.252	.483	43	0
77	Jimmy Macullar*	31	BL2	Maj	BAL	85	319	268	49	55	7	1	0	26	23	49	.205	.332	.239	.571	64	2
78	Bill Kuehne	27	PT1	Maj	PIT	117	502	481	73	98	16	17	1	48	26	19	.204	.237	.314	.551	151	2
79	Wilbert Robinson	22	PH4	Maj	PHA	87	366	342	57	69	11	3	1	30	33	21	.202	.254	.260	.514	89	3
80	Mike Muldoon?	30	BL2	Maj	BAL	101	417	381	57	76	13	8	0	23	12	34	.200	.269	.276	.544	105	2
81	Jim Donahue	24	NY4	Maj	NYP	49	199	186	14	37	0	0	0	9	1	10	.199	.251	.199	.450	37	3
82	Tom Forster	27	NY4	Maj	NYP	67	274	251	33	49	3	2	1	20	9	20	.195	.263	.235	.498	59	3
83	Jumbo Davis	24	BL2	Maj	BAL	60	229	216	23	42	5	2	1	20	12	11	.194	.240	.250	.490	54	2
84	Sadie Houck	30	BL2	Maj	BAL	61	268	260	29	50	8	1	0	17	25	4	.192	.216	.231	.447	60	4
85	Ed Glenn	26	PT1	Maj	PIT	71	295	277	32	53	6	5	0	26	19	17	.191	.241	.249	.490	69	1
86	Milt Scott?	25	BL2	Maj	BAL	137	515	484	48	92	11	4	2	52	11	22	.190	.239	.242	.481	117	9
87	Jack Gleason	31	PH4	Maj	PHA	77	326	299	39	56	8	7	1	31	8	16	.187	.255	.271	.526	81	11
88	Pop Snyder	31	CN2	Maj	CIN	60	236	220	33	41	8	3	0	28	11	13	.186	.242	.250	.492	55	3
89	Ed Greer	22	PH4,BL2	Maj	PHA-BAL	82	314	302	35	56	6	3	1	24	16	10	.185	.217	.235	.452	71	2
90	Pat O'Connell	25	BL2	Maj	BAL	42	178	166	20	30	3	2	0	8	10	11	.181	.236	.223	.459	37	1
91	Henry Porter	28	BR3	Maj	BRO	48	188	184	20	33	4	0	0	13	3	4	.179	.197	.201	.398	37	0
92	Matt Kilroy*	20	BL2	Maj	BAL	68	241	218	33	38	3	1	0	11	20	21	.174	.253	.197	.450	43	2
93	Ed Morris*	23	PT1	Maj	PIT	64	237	227	26	38	8	3	1	24	6	10	.167	.203	.242	.445	55	0
94	Jack Lynch	29	NY4	Maj	NYP	51	184	169	17	27	5	0	0	9	4	15	.160	.228	.189	.418	32	0
95	Tom McLaughlin	26	NY4	Maj	NYP	74	277	250	27	34	3	1	0	16	13	26	.136	.220	.156	.376	39	1
96	Al Atkinson	25	PH4	Maj	PHA	45	174	148	27	18	1	1	0	9	4	26	.122	.253	.142	.395	21	0