1893 MLB Season Leaders

1 league · 130 team games · 23 ranking tables

Awards

None of these awards existed yet. The earliest award in this database is from 1911, so a 1893 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	Herman Long	149
2	Hugh Duffy	147
3	Jesse Burkett	145
3	Cupid Childs	145
3	Ed Delahanty	145
6	Bobby Lowe	130
6	Sam Thompson	130
8	George Van Haltren	129
8	John Ward	129
10	John McGraw	123

HitsH

1	Sam Thompson	222
2	Ed Delahanty	219
3	Hugh Duffy	203
4	George Davis	195
5	John Ward	193
6	Steve Brodie	184
7	Bill Hallman	183
8	Elmer Smith	179
8	George Van Haltren	179
10	Jesse Burkett	178

Doubles2B

1	Sam Thompson	37
2	Ed Delahanty	35
3	Jake Beckley	32
3	Patsy Tebeau	32
5	Jack Boyle	29
5	Ed McKean	29
5	Fred Pfeffer	29
8	Bill Dahlen	28
8	Buck Ewing	28
8	Bill Hallman	28
8	Tommy McCarthy	28

Triples3B

1	Perry Werden	29
2	George Davis	27
3	Ed McKean	24
4	Elmer Smith	23
5	Jake Beckley	19
6	Ed Delahanty	18
7	George Treadway	17
7	Sam Wise	17
9	Joe Kelley	16
9	Denny Lyons	16

Home RunsHR

1	Ed Delahanty	19
2	Jack Clements	17
3	Bobby Lowe	14
3	Mike Tiernan	14
5	Roger Connor	11
5	George Davis	11
5	Sam Thompson	11
8	Billy Nash	10
9	Eddie Burke	9
9	Joe Kelley	9

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Ed Delahanty	146
2	Ed McKean	133
3	Sam Thompson	126
4	Billy Nash	123
5	Buck Ewing	122
6	George Davis	119
7	Hugh Duffy	118
8	Tommy McCarthy	111
9	Farmer Vaughn	108
10	Jake Beckley	106

WalksBB

1	Jack Crooks	121
2	Cupid Childs	120
3	Paul Radford	104
4	John McGraw	101
5	Jesse Burkett	98
6	Denny Lyons	97
7	Bid McPhee	94
8	Roger Connor	91
9	Tim O'Rourke	89
10	Cliff Carroll	88

Stolen BasesSB

1	Tom Brown	66
2	Tommy Dowd	59
3	Arlie Latham	57
4	Eddie Burke	54
5	Steve Brodie	49
6	Billy Hoy	48
7	Buck Ewing	47
7	Bill Lange	47
9	Patsy Donovan	46
9	Tommy McCarthy	46
9	John Ward	46

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Ed Delahanty	7.5
2	Billy Hamilton	5.5
3	George Davis	5.3
4	Cupid Childs	5.2
5	Elmer Smith	5.2
6	Jesse Burkett	4.9
7	Joe Kelley	4.5
8	Hugh Duffy	4.4
9	Sam Wise	4.4
10	Denny Lyons	4.3

Batting Averagemin 403 PA

1	Billy Hamilton	.380
2	Sam Thompson	.370
3	Ed Delahanty	.368
4	Hugh Duffy	.363
5	George Davis	.355
6	Jesse Burkett	.348
7	Tommy McCarthy	.346
7	Elmer Smith	.346
9	Buck Ewing	.344
10	George Van Haltren	.338

On-Base Percentagemin 403 PA

1	Billy Hamilton	.490
2	Cupid Childs	.463
3	Jesse Burkett	.459
4	John McGraw	.454
5	Elmer Smith	.435
6	Denny Lyons	.430
7	Tommy McCarthy	.429
8	Sam Thompson	.424
9	Ed Delahanty	.423
10	Tim O'Rourke	.422
10	George Van Haltren	.422

Slugging Percentagemin 403 PA

1	Ed Delahanty	.583
2	George Davis	.554
3	Sam Thompson	.530
4	Elmer Smith	.525
5	Billy Hamilton	.524
6	Buck Ewing	.496
7	Jesse Burkett	.491
8	Jack Clements	.489
9	Joe Kelley	.476
9	Mike Tiernan	.476

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 403 PA

1	Billy Hamilton	1.014
2	Ed Delahanty	1.007
3	George Davis	.964
4	Elmer Smith	.960
5	Sam Thompson	.954
6	Jesse Burkett	.951
7	Tommy McCarthy	.894
8	Buck Ewing	.890
9	Cupid Childs	.888
10	Joe Kelley	.877

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Frank Killen	36
2	Kid Nichols	34
3	Amos Rusie	33
3	Cy Young	33
5	Brickyard Kennedy	25
6	Sadie McMahon	23
6	Gus Weyhing	23
8	Kid Gleason	21
9	Kid Carsey	20
9	Jack Stivetts	20

SavesSV

1	Mark Baldwin	2
1	Tom Colcolough	2
1	Frank Donnelly	2
1	Frank Dwyer	2
1	Tony Mullane	2
1	Cy Young	2
7	Theodore Breitenstein	1
7	Fritz Clausen	1
7	John Dolan	1
7	Red Donahue	1
7	Kid Gleason	1
7	Charlie Hastings	1
7	Pink Hawley	1
7	George Hemming	1
7	Abe Johnson	1
7	Brickyard Kennedy	1
7	Silver King	1
7	Tom Lovett	1
7	Sadie McMahon	1
7	Kid Nichols	1
7	Frank O'Connor	1
7	Harley Parker	1
7	Amos Rusie	1
7	George Sharrott	1
7	Jack Stivetts	1
7	Mike Sullivan	1
7	Jack Taylor	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Amos Rusie	208
2	Brickyard Kennedy	107
3	Theodore Breitenstein	102
3	Cy Young	102
5	Gus Weyhing	101
6	Mark Baldwin	100
7	Frank Killen	99
8	Tony Mullane	95
9	Kid Nichols	94
10	Willie McGill	91
10	Jouett Meekin	91

Innings PitchedIP

1	Amos Rusie	482.0
2	Kid Nichols	425.0
3	Cy Young	422.7
4	Frank Killen	415.0
5	Theodore Breitenstein	382.7
5	Brickyard Kennedy	382.7
7	Kid Gleason	380.3
8	Tony Mullane	367.0
9	Bill Hutchison	348.3
10	Sadie McMahon	346.3

Complete GamesCG

1	Amos Rusie	50
2	Kid Nichols	43
3	Cy Young	42
4	Brickyard Kennedy	40
5	Theodore Breitenstein	38
5	Bill Hutchison	38
5	Frank Killen	38
8	Kid Gleason	37
9	Sadie McMahon	35
10	Duke Esper	34
10	Tony Mullane	34
10	Scott Stratton	34

ShutoutsSHO

1	Red Ehret	4
1	Amos Rusie	4
3	Mark Baldwin	2
3	Ad Gumbert	2
3	Bill Hutchison	2
3	Brickyard Kennedy	2
3	Frank Killen	2
3	Gus Weyhing	2
9	Theodore Breitenstein	1
9	Kid Carsey	1
9	Ice Box Chamberlain	1
9	Dad Clarkson	1
9	Frank Dwyer	1
9	Kid Gleason	1
9	Bill Hawke	1
9	George Hemming	1
9	Matt Kilroy	1
9	Silver King	1
9	Hal Mauck	1
9	Al Maul	1
9	Willie McGill	1
9	Gus McGinnis	1
9	Jouett Meekin	1
9	John Menefee	1
9	Kid Nichols	1
9	Tom Parrott	1
9	Jack Scheible	1
9	Ed Stein	1
9	Jack Stivetts	1
9	Scott Stratton	1
9	Cy Young	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Cy Young	11.3
2	Amos Rusie	11.0
3	Kid Nichols	10.2
4	Frank Killen	9.2
5	Theodore Breitenstein	8.7
6	Mark Baldwin	7.5
7	Sadie McMahon	7.5
8	Brickyard Kennedy	7.4
9	Gus Weyhing	7.3
10	Bill Hutchison	7.2

Earned Run Averagemin 130 IP

1	Theodore Breitenstein	3.17
2	Amos Rusie	3.23
3	Cy Young	3.36
4	Red Ehret	3.44
5	Dad Clarkson	3.48
6	Kid Nichols	3.52
7	Frank Killen	3.64
8	Brickyard Kennedy	3.72
9	Ice Box Chamberlain	3.73
10	Ed Stein	3.77

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 130 IP

1	Kid Nichols	1.28
2	Cy Young	1.29
3	Frank Killen	1.30
4	Theodore Breitenstein	1.35
5	Ed Stein	1.38
6	Amos Rusie	1.39
7	Red Ehret	1.39
8	Brickyard Kennedy	1.42
9	Mark Baldwin	1.45
10	Dad Clarkson	1.47

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 130 IP

1	Cy Young	3.87
2	Ed Stein	4.15
3	Kid Nichols	4.20
4	Red Ehret	4.24
5	Amos Rusie	4.24
6	Mark Baldwin	4.26
6	Frank Killen	4.26
8	Theodore Breitenstein	4.27
9	George Cuppy	4.29
10	John Clarkson	4.33

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1893 is 403 plate appearances and 130 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 130 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. 1893 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, 31 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.

Data for 1871 to 2025: Lahman Baseball Database 2025, compiled by SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) and licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported. Negro Leagues data licensed from Seamheads.com and included under SABR major-league recommendations (2021-02-11, 2024-06-03). This page ranks the 1893 season lines published on this site, league by league, with WAR worked out here. — the WAR columns are computed here — and they are published under the same CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence, as ShareAlike requires. That database is published once a season is complete, so the 2026 figures on this site come from a different place: the MLB Stats API, whose notice reads “Copyright 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Use of any content on this page acknowledges agreement to the terms posted here http://gdx.mlb.com/components/copyright.txt”. Those numbers are MLB Advanced Media, L.P.’s, not SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)’s, and they carry that notice rather than the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence above. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Major League Baseball or any of its clubs.