1892 MLB Season Leaders

1 league · 152 team games · 23 ranking tables

Awards

None of these awards existed yet. The earliest award in this database is from 1911, so a 1892 season has no award to show. That is a fact about the calendar, not about the players on this page.

National League

Led the National League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Cupid Childs	136
2	Billy Hamilton	132
3	Hugh Duffy	125
4	Roger Connor	123
5	Dan Brouthers	121
6	Jesse Burkett	119
6	Tommy McCarthy	119
8	Herman Long	115
8	George Van Haltren	115
10	Bill Dahlen	114
10	Bug Holliday	114

HitsH

1	Dan Brouthers	197
2	Sam Thompson	186
3	Hugh Duffy	184
4	Billy Hamilton	183
5	Herman Long	181
6	George Van Haltren	179
7	Cupid Childs	177
7	Bug Holliday	177
9	Thomas Burns	171
9	Bill Hallman	171

Doubles2B

1	Roger Connor	37
2	Herman Long	33
3	Dan Brouthers	30
3	Ed Delahanty	30
5	Charles Zimmer	29
6	Hugh Duffy	28
6	Jim O'Rourke	28
6	Sam Thompson	28
9	Thomas Burns	27
9	George Davis	27
9	Jack Glasscock	27
9	Bill Hallman	27

Triples3B

1	Ed Delahanty	21
2	Dan Brouthers	20
2	Jake Virtue	20
4	Jake Beckley	19
4	Bill Dahlen	19
6	Thomas Burns	18
6	Billy Shindle	18
8	Bug Holliday	16
9	Buck Ewing	15
10	Bob Allen	14
10	Jesse Burkett	14
10	Frank Shugart	14
10	Elmer Smith	14
10	George Van Haltren	14

Home RunsHR

1	Bug Holliday	13
2	Roger Connor	12
3	Jake Beckley	10
3	Jimmy Ryan	10
5	Sam Thompson	9
6	Lou Bierbauer	8
6	Jack Clements	8
6	Buck Ewing	8
6	Duke Farrell	8
6	Henry Larkin	8
6	Denny Lyons	8
6	Germany Smith	8
6	Perry Werden	8

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Dan Brouthers	124
2	Sam Thompson	104
3	Jake Beckley	96
3	Thomas Burns	96
3	Henry Larkin	96
6	Billy Nash	95
7	Ed McKean	93
8	Ed Delahanty	91
8	Bug Holliday	91
10	Jake Virtue	89

WalksBB

1	Jack Crooks	136
2	Cupid Childs	117
3	Roger Connor	116
4	Tommy McCarthy	93
5	Bob Caruthers	86
5	Billy Hoy	86
5	Paul Radford	86
8	Dan Brouthers	84
8	Bid McPhee	84
8	Jake Virtue	84

Stolen BasesSB

1	John Ward	88
2	Tom Brown	78
3	Arlie Latham	66
4	Bill Dahlen	60
4	Billy Hoy	60
6	Billy Hamilton	57
6	Herman Long	57
6	Darby O'Brien	57
9	Patsy Donovan	56
10	George Van Haltren	55

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Dan Brouthers	8.0
2	Billy Hamilton	7.5
3	Bid McPhee	7.1
4	Cupid Childs	7.1
5	Bill Dahlen	6.8
6	Roger Connor	6.1
7	Ed Delahanty	5.8
8	Bug Holliday	5.6
9	Jimmy Ryan	5.6
10	George Van Haltren	5.4

Batting Averagemin 471 PA

1	Dan Brouthers	.335
2	Billy Hamilton	.330
3	Cupid Childs	.317
4	Thomas Burns	.315
5	Ed Delahanty	.306
6	Sam Thompson	.305
7	Jim O'Rourke	.304
8	Hugh Duffy	.301
9	Jack Doyle	.297
10	Roger Connor	.294
10	Bug Holliday	.294

On-Base Percentagemin 471 PA

1	Cupid Childs	.443
2	Dan Brouthers	.432
3	Billy Hamilton	.423
4	Roger Connor	.420
5	Jack Crooks	.400
6	Thomas Burns	.395
7	Bob Caruthers	.386
8	Jake Virtue	.380
9	Sam Thompson	.377
10	Mike Griffin	.376
10	Billy Hoy	.376

Slugging Percentagemin 471 PA

1	Ed Delahanty	.495
2	Dan Brouthers	.480
3	Roger Connor	.463
4	Thomas Burns	.454
5	Bug Holliday	.450
6	Jimmy Ryan	.438
7	Sam Thompson	.432
8	Bill Dahlen	.423
9	Hugh Duffy	.410
9	Billy Hamilton	.410

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 471 PA

1	Dan Brouthers	.911
2	Roger Connor	.883
3	Ed Delahanty	.855
4	Thomas Burns	.849
5	Cupid Childs	.841
6	Billy Hamilton	.833
7	Jimmy Ryan	.812
8	Sam Thompson	.809
9	Bug Holliday	.806
10	George Van Haltren	.782

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Bill Hutchison	36
1	Cy Young	36
3	Kid Nichols	35
3	Jack Stivetts	35
5	Amos Rusie	32
5	Gus Weyhing	32
7	George Haddock	29
7	Frank Killen	29
9	George Cuppy	28
10	Ed Stein	27

SavesSV

1	Gus Weyhing	3
2	Jesse Duryea	2
3	Bert Abbey	1
3	Kid Carsey	1
3	Bob Caruthers	1
3	John Clarkson	1
3	Ed Crane	1
3	George Cuppy	1
3	Frank Dwyer	1
3	Duke Esper	1
3	Dave Foutz	1
3	George Haddock	1
3	Bill Hart	1
3	Bill Hutchison	1
3	Brickyard Kennedy	1
3	Sadie McMahon	1
3	Tony Mullane	1
3	Ed Stein	1
3	Ben Stephens	1
3	Jack Stivetts	1
3	Adonis Terry	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Bill Hutchison	314
2	Amos Rusie	304
3	Gus Weyhing	202
4	Kid Nichols	192
5	Ed Stein	190
6	Jack Stivetts	180
7	Ed Crane	174
8	Silver King	170
9	Ice Box Chamberlain	169
10	Cy Young	168

Innings PitchedIP

1	Bill Hutchison	622.0
2	Amos Rusie	541.0
3	Gus Weyhing	469.7
4	Frank Killen	459.7
5	Kid Nichols	453.0
5	Cy Young	453.0
7	Mark Baldwin	440.3
8	Jack Stivetts	415.7
9	Silver King	410.3
10	Ice Box Chamberlain	406.3

Complete GamesCG

1	Bill Hutchison	67
2	Amos Rusie	59
3	Kid Nichols	49
4	Cy Young	48
5	Frank Killen	46
5	Gus Weyhing	46
7	Mark Baldwin	45
7	Silver King	45
7	Jack Stivetts	45
10	Sadie McMahon	44

ShutoutsSHO

1	Cy Young	9
2	Ed Stein	6
2	Gus Weyhing	6
4	John Clarkson	5
4	Bill Hutchison	5
4	Kid Nichols	5
7	Frank Dwyer	3
7	George Haddock	3
7	Tony Mullane	3
7	Ben Sanders	3
7	Harry Staley	3
7	Jack Stivetts	3

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Bill Hutchison	17.1
2	Amos Rusie	12.9
3	Cy Young	12.5
4	Kid Nichols	12.2
5	Gus Weyhing	11.3
6	Scott Stratton	9.7
7	Jack Stivetts	9.6
8	John Clarkson	9.6
9	Ed Stein	9.2
10	Ice Box Chamberlain	9.0

Earned Run Averagemin 152 IP

1	Cy Young	1.93
2	Tim Keefe	2.35
3	John Clarkson	2.48
4	George Cuppy	2.51
5	Adonis Terry	2.57
6	George Davies	2.59
7	Tony Mullane	2.59
8	Red Ehret	2.65
9	Gus Weyhing	2.66
10	Bill Hutchison	2.76

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 152 IP

1	Cy Young	1.06
2	Kid Nichols	1.16
3	Jesse Duryea	1.17
4	Scott Stratton	1.17
5	Red Ehret	1.18
6	Tony Mullane	1.18
7	Tim Keefe	1.20
8	George Cuppy	1.21
9	Ed Stein	1.22
10	Bill Hutchison	1.22

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 152 IP

1	Scott Stratton	2.62
2	Bill Hutchison	2.63
3	Cy Young	2.76
4	Tim Keefe	2.80
5	George Davies	2.84
6	Ben Sanders	2.87
7	Kid Nichols	2.88
8	Ed Stein	2.95
9	Gus Weyhing	3.01
10	Pud Galvin	3.02

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1892 is 471 plate appearances and 152 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 152 games per team, measured from the season files themselves — at the official rate of 3.1 plate appearances and one inning per team game. Batting average, on-base, slugging, OPS, earned run average and WHIP all use it; a player who came to the plate twice and got two hits does not appear at the top of the batting average table, which is exactly what that line is for. Counting statistics such as home runs and strikeouts have no minimum, because none is needed.

How the rankings were made

Wins above replacement in these tables is ours rather than the source database's, so it will not match a published figure exactly. Also: why every ranking stops at one league, and why some categories are missing on purpose.

Every ranking on this page is worked out inside one league. 1892 is counted as a single league, National League, and a player is ranked only against the men in his own. Leading the American League and leading baseball are different claims, and the one we can make from these files is the first. There is no combined table anywhere on this page, because adding two leagues together would produce a number that no record book recognises.

There are 23 ranking tables here, 21 places deep. Players tied on a value share a place, so a table can run past ten rows when the tenth spot is shared, and a league with fewer than ten qualified players in a category is left out rather than shown as a top ten that is not one. A player who did none of the thing is not ranked in it either — a shutout table lists the pitchers who threw one, not the hundreds who threw none tied on zero. Some categories are missing on purpose: nobody leads a league in strikeouts at the plate, in losses, or in home runs allowed. A ranking is meant to mark an achievement, so only achievements are ranked.

Wins above replacement on this page is ours, not the source database's. The hitting and pitching files carry a WAR column that we compute here from the same season lines you see, using park factors and a run environment worked out per season. Published versions elsewhere use different methods and will not match ours exactly. Every other column is the record as the database supplies it.

Names on this page lead to that player's own record. Most of them open a full career page with every season he appeared in. Some open a summary screen instead — we pre-build pages for the players people look for, and everyone else is assembled on demand from the same files, so the numbers are identical either way even though the address looks different.

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