1900 MLB Season Leaders

2 leagues · 141 team games · 32 ranking tables

Awards

None of these awards existed yet. The earliest award in this database is from 1911, so a 1900 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	Roy Thomas	132
2	Jimmy Slagle	115
3	Jimmy Barrett	114
3	George Van Haltren	114
5	Honus Wagner	107
6	Elmer Flick	106
6	Fielder Jones	106
6	Willie Keeler	106
9	Ginger Beaumont	105
10	Jimmy Collins	104

HitsH

1	Willie Keeler	204
2	Jesse Burkett	203
3	Honus Wagner	201
4	Elmer Flick	200
5	Jake Beckley	190
6	George Van Haltren	180
7	Jimmy Collins	178
8	Kip Selbach	176
9	Ed Delahanty	174
10	Billy Hamilton	173

Doubles2B

1	Honus Wagner	45
2	Nap Lajoie	33
3	Ed Delahanty	32
3	Elmer Flick	32
5	George Van Haltren	30
6	Kip Selbach	29
6	Harry Steinfeldt	29
8	Jake Beckley	26
8	Fielder Jones	26
8	Bill Keister	26

Triples3B

1	Honus Wagner	22
2	Charlie Hickman	17
2	Joe Kelley	17
4	Elmer Flick	16
4	Chick Stahl	16
6	Jesse Burkett	15
6	Sam Crawford	15
8	Buck Freeman	13
9	Fred Clarke	12
9	Willie Keeler	12
9	Nap Lajoie	12
9	Kip Selbach	12

Home RunsHR

1	Herman Long	12
2	Elmer Flick	11
3	Mike Donlin	10
4	Charlie Hickman	9
5	Billy Sullivan	8
6	Jesse Burkett	7
6	Sam Crawford	7
6	Nap Lajoie	7
6	Sam Mertes	7
10	Jimmy Collins	6
10	Buck Freeman	6
10	Joe Kelley	6

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Elmer Flick	110
2	Ed Delahanty	109
3	Honus Wagner	100
4	Jimmy Collins	95
5	Jake Beckley	94
6	Nap Lajoie	92
7	Charlie Hickman	91
7	Joe Kelley	91
9	Chick Stahl	82
10	Lave Cross	73

WalksBB

1	Roy Thomas	115
2	Billy Hamilton	107
3	John McGraw	85
4	Bill Dahlen	73
5	Jimmy Barrett	72
5	Kip Selbach	72
7	Jesse Burkett	62
8	Jimmy Slagle	60
9	Cupid Childs	57
9	Fielder Jones	57

Stolen BasesSB

1	Patsy Donovan	45
1	George Van Haltren	45
3	Jimmy Barrett	44
4	Willie Keeler	41
5	Sam Mertes	38
5	Honus Wagner	38
7	Roy Thomas	37
8	Kip Selbach	36
9	Elmer Flick	35
10	Jack Doyle	34
10	Jimmy Slagle	34

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Jesse Burkett	7.1
2	Kip Selbach	6.7
3	Elmer Flick	6.6
4	Honus Wagner	6.3
5	Billy Hamilton	5.8
6	Nap Lajoie	5.4
7	Roy Thomas	5.2
8	George Davis	5.2
9	John McGraw	5.1
10	George Van Haltren	4.6

Batting Averagemin 437 PA

1	Honus Wagner	.381
2	Elmer Flick	.367
3	Jesse Burkett	.363
4	Willie Keeler	.362
5	John McGraw	.344
6	Jake Beckley	.341
7	Nap Lajoie	.337
7	Kip Selbach	.337
9	Billy Hamilton	.333
10	Ed Delahanty	.323

On-Base Percentagemin 437 PA

1	John McGraw	.505
2	Roy Thomas	.451
3	Billy Hamilton	.449
4	Elmer Flick	.441
5	Honus Wagner	.434
6	Jesse Burkett	.429
7	Kip Selbach	.425
8	Willie Keeler	.402
9	Jimmy Barrett	.400
10	Joe Kelley	.398

Slugging Percentagemin 437 PA

1	Honus Wagner	.573
2	Elmer Flick	.545
3	Nap Lajoie	.510
4	Joe Kelley	.485
5	Charlie Hickman	.482
6	Jesse Burkett	.474
7	Kip Selbach	.461
8	Buck Freeman	.452
9	Willie Keeler	.449
10	Jake Beckley	.434

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 437 PA

1	Honus Wagner	1.007
2	Elmer Flick	.986
3	John McGraw	.921
4	Jesse Burkett	.904
5	Kip Selbach	.885
6	Joe Kelley	.882
7	Nap Lajoie	.872
8	Willie Keeler	.851
9	Billy Hamilton	.845
10	Charlie Hickman	.841

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Joe McGinnity	28
2	Bill Dinneen	20
2	Brickyard Kennedy	20
2	Deacon Phillippe	20
2	Jesse Tannehill	20
2	Cy Young	20
7	Bill Carrick	19
8	Pink Hawley	18
9	Jack Powell	17
9	Ed Scott	17

SavesSV

1	Frank Kitson	4
2	Bill Bernhard	2
3	Rome Chambers	1
3	Jack Chesbro	1
3	George Cuppy	1
3	Al Orth	1
3	Ed Scott	1
3	Jack Taylor	1
3	Tom Thomas	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Noodles Hahn	132
2	Rube Waddell	130
3	Cy Young	115
4	Bill Dinneen	107
4	Ned Garvin	107
6	Joe McGinnity	93
7	Doc Newton	89
8	Ed Scott	87
9	Sam Leever	84
10	Pink Hawley	80

Innings PitchedIP

1	Joe McGinnity	343.0
2	Bill Carrick	341.7
3	Pink Hawley	329.3
4	Cy Young	321.3
5	Bill Dinneen	320.7
6	Ed Scott	315.0
7	Noodles Hahn	311.3
8	Cowboy Jones	292.7
9	Brickyard Kennedy	292.0
10	Jack Powell	287.7

Complete GamesCG

1	Pink Hawley	34
2	Bill Dinneen	33
3	Jimmy Callahan	32
3	Bill Carrick	32
3	Joe McGinnity	32
3	Cy Young	32
7	Ed Scott	31
8	Noodles Hahn	29
8	Cowboy Jones	29
8	Deacon Phillippe	29

ShutoutsSHO

1	Clark Griffith	4
1	Noodles Hahn	4
1	Kid Nichols	4
1	Cy Young	4
5	Jack Chesbro	3
5	Cowboy Jones	3
5	Sam Leever	3
5	Bill Phillips	3
5	Jack Powell	3
10	Jimmy Callahan	2
10	Red Donahue	2
10	Pink Hawley	2
10	Harry Howell	2
10	Brickyard Kennedy	2
10	Frank Kitson	2
10	Al Orth	2
10	Willie Sudhoff	2
10	Jesse Tannehill	2
10	Jack Taylor	2
10	Rube Waddell	2
10	Vic Willis	2

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Cy Young	8.9
2	Noodles Hahn	7.8
3	Bill Dinneen	6.7
4	Deacon Phillippe	6.6
5	Ed Scott	6.6
6	Bill Carrick	6.4
7	Pink Hawley	6.3
8	Joe McGinnity	6.2
9	Sam Leever	6.1
10	Ned Garvin	5.9

Earned Run Averagemin 141 IP

1	Rube Waddell	2.37
2	Ned Garvin	2.41
3	Jack Taylor	2.55
4	Sam Leever	2.71
5	Deacon Phillippe	2.84
6	Jesse Tannehill	2.88
7	Joe McGinnity	2.94
8	Cy Young	3.00
9	Clark Griffith	3.05
10	Kid Nichols	3.07

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 141 IP

1	Rube Waddell	1.11
2	Deacon Phillippe	1.13
3	Cy Young	1.16
4	Ned Garvin	1.17
5	Clark Griffith	1.19
6	Sam Leever	1.22
7	Jesse Tannehill	1.24
8	Kid Nichols	1.24
9	Noodles Hahn	1.27
10	Bill Dinneen	1.27

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 141 IP

1	Rube Waddell	2.74
2	Cy Young	2.75
3	Sam Leever	2.93
4	Noodles Hahn	3.06
5	Deacon Phillippe	3.13
6	Ned Garvin	3.15
7	Jesse Tannehill	3.33
8	Al Orth	3.33
9	Jack Taylor	3.43
10	Ed Scott	3.43

Independent Black clubs in 1900

9 more ranking tables from 1900. These clubs played a much shorter league schedule than the American and National Leagues did, so the counting statistics are not on the same scale as the ones above.

The Negro Leagues had none of these awards. There was no Most Valuable Player vote, no Cy Young Award, no Gold Glove and no Silver Slugger in Black baseball, so no player in those sections below could appear in the award list above however he played. A blank there says something about how the leagues were organised and nothing at all about the players.

Independent Black clubs

Led the Independent Black clubs — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1900 is 437 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 141-game schedule. The Independent Black clubs played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1	Chappie Johnson	4
2	John Patterson	3
3	William Binga	2
3	Charlie Grant	2
3	Bert Jones	2
3	Harry Moore	2
7	Harry Buckner	1
7	Pete Burns	1
7	Robert Footes	1
7	Frank Grant	1
7	Billy Holland	1
7	George Hopkins	1
7	Grant Johnson	1
7	Willis Jones	1
7	Bert Wakefield	1

HitsH

1	John Patterson	8
2	William Binga	6
3	Sol White	5
4	Chappie Johnson	4
4	Mitchell	4
4	Harry Moore	4
7	Harry Buckner	3
7	Pete Burns	3
7	Charlie Grant	3
7	Billy Holland	3
7	Grant Johnson	3
7	Bert Wakefield	3

Doubles2B

1	Sol White	3
2	Harry Buckner	2
2	John Patterson	2
4	Billy Holland	1
4	George Hopkins	1
4	Harry Hyde	1
4	Chappie Johnson	1
4	Bert Jones	1
4	Mitchell	1

Triples3B

1	Harry Buckner	1
1	Grant Johnson	1

Home RunsHR

1	Charlie Grant	1
1	Chappie Johnson	1
1	Bert Wakefield	1

Runs Batted InRBI

1	John Patterson	4
2	Charlie Grant	2
2	Chappie Johnson	2
2	Grant Johnson	2
2	Harry Moore	2
2	Sol White	2
7	George Hopkins	1
7	Mitchell	1
7	Bill Monroe	1
7	Bert Wakefield	1

WalksBB

1	Chappie Johnson	2
2	Sherman Barton	1
2	William Binga	1
2	Pete Burns	1
2	Frank Grant	1
2	Grant Johnson	1
2	Bert Jones	1
2	Willis Jones	1
2	Bill Monroe	1

Stolen BasesSB

1	Chappie Johnson	1
1	Willis Jones	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Pete Burns	0.2
2	John Patterson	0.2
3	Chappie Johnson	0.2
4	Charlie Grant	0.1
5	Harry Buckner	0.1
6	George Hopkins	0.1
7	Bill Monroe	0.1
8	Bert Wakefield	0.1
9	Mitchell	0.1
10	Bert Jones	0.0

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1900 is 437 plate appearances and 141 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 141 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. 1900 is counted as 2 separate leagues — National League and Independent Black clubs, 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 32 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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