1905 National League Batting Leaders

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National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Mathewson • NYG	10.5
2.	Wagner • PIT	10.2
3.	Young • BSN	8.7
4.	Reulbach • CHC	8.2
5.	Seymour • CIN	8.0
6.	Ewing • CIN	7.0
7.	Donlin • NYG	6.4
8.	Chance • CHC	5.6
9.	Thomas • PHI	5.5
	Titus • PHI	5.5

WAR Position Players
1.	Wagner • PIT	10.2
2.	Seymour • CIN	8.0
3.	Donlin • NYG	6.4
4.	Chance • CHC	5.6
5.	Thomas • PHI	5.5
	Titus • PHI	5.5
7.	Dahlen • NYG	5.4
8.	Magee • PHI	5.1
9.	McGann • NYG	4.9
10.	Bresnahan • NYG	4.5

Offensive WAR
1.	Wagner • PIT	8.7
2.	Seymour • CIN	7.6
3.	Donlin • NYG	6.7
4.	Titus • PHI	5.2
5.	Chance • CHC	5.1
6.	Thomas • PHI	4.7
7.	McGann • NYG	4.4
8.	Magee • PHI	4.3
9.	Abbaticchio • BSN	4.1
10.	Smoot • STL	4.0

Defensive WAR
1.	Tinker • CHC	3.6
2.	Dahlen • NYG	3.1
3.	Wagner • PIT	2.7
4.	Corcoran • CIN	2.2
5.	Bresnahan • NYG	1.5
6.	Devlin • NYG	1.5
7.	Schlei • CIN	1.4
8.	Ritchey • PIT	1.4
9.	Casey • CHC	1.2
10.	Dooin • PHI	1.2

Batting Average
1.	Seymour • CIN	.377
2.	Wagner • PIT	.363
3.	Donlin • NYG	.356
4.	Beaumont • PIT	.328
5.	Thomas • PHI	.317
6.	Chance • CHC	.316
7.	Smoot • STL	.311
8.	Titus • PHI	.308
9.	Barry • 2TM	.304
10.	Bresnahan • NYG	.302

On-Base%
1.	Chance • CHC	.450
2.	Seymour • CIN	.429
3.	Wagner • PIT	.427
4.	Thomas • PHI	.417
5.	Donlin • NYG	.413
6.	Bresnahan • NYG	.411
7.	Titus • PHI	.397
8.	Huggins • CIN	.392
9.	McGann • NYG	.391
10.	Strang • NYG	.389

Slugging %
1.	Seymour • CIN	.559
2.	Wagner • PIT	.505
3.	Donlin • NYG	.495
4.	Titus • PHI	.436
5.	Grady • STL	.434
6.	McGann • NYG	.434
7.	Chance • CHC	.434
8.	Smoot • STL	.433
9.	Beaumont • PIT	.424
10.	Magee • PHI	.420

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Seymour • CIN	.988
2.	Wagner • PIT	.932
3.	Donlin • NYG	.908
4.	Chance • CHC	.883
5.	Titus • PHI	.834
6.	McGann • NYG	.825
7.	Grady • STL	.794
8.	Smoot • STL	.791
9.	Beaumont • PIT	.789
10.	Bresnahan • NYG	.785

Games Played
1.	Slagle • CHC	155
	Courtney • PHI	155
	Gleason • PHI	155
	Magee • PHI	155
5.	Cannell • BSN	154
6.	Abbaticchio • BSN	153
	Devlin • NYG	153
	Ritchey • PIT	153
9.	Barry • 2TM	152
10.	Corcoran • CIN	151
	Bransfield • PHI	151

At Bats
1.	Abbaticchio • BSN	610
2.	Gleason • PHI	608
3.	Donlin • NYG	606
4.	Corcoran • CIN	605
5.	Magee • PHI	603
6.	Courtney • PHI	601
7.	Barry • 2TM	598
8.	Seymour • CIN	581
9.	Bransfield • PHI	580
10.	Batch • BRO	568
	Slagle • CHC	568

Plate Appearances
1.	Gleason • PHI	699
2.	Slagle • CHC	694
3.	Huggins • CIN	684
4.	Courtney • PHI	681
5.	Donlin • NYG	676
6.	Thomas • PHI	675
7.	Magee • PHI	669
8.	Barry • 2TM	667
9.	Abbaticchio • BSN	665
10.	Corcoran • CIN	647

Runs Scored
1.	Donlin • NYG	124
2.	Thomas • PHI	118
3.	Huggins • CIN	117
4.	Wagner • PIT	114
5.	Magee • PHI	100
	Barry • 2TM	100
7.	Titus • PHI	99
8.	Slagle • CHC	96
9.	Seymour • CIN	95
	Browne • NYG	95
	Gleason • PHI	95
	Clarke • PIT	95

Hits
1.	Seymour • CIN	219
2.	Donlin • NYG	216
3.	Wagner • PIT	199
4.	Barry • 2TM	182
5.	Magee • PHI	180
6.	Thomas • PHI	178
7.	Abbaticchio • BSN	170
8.	Titus • PHI	169
9.	Smoot • STL	166
10.	Courtney • PHI	165

Total Bases
1.	Seymour • CIN	325
2.	Donlin • NYG	300
3.	Wagner • PIT	277
4.	Magee • PHI	253
5.	Titus • PHI	239
6.	Smoot • STL	231
7.	Mertes • NYG	230
8.	Abbaticchio • BSN	228
9.	Barry • 2TM	222
10.	Browne • NYG	213
	McGann • NYG	213

Doubles
1.	Seymour • CIN	40
2.	Titus • PHI	36
3.	Wagner • PIT	32
4.	Donlin • NYG	31
5.	Ritchey • PIT	29
6.	Mertes • NYG	27
	Doolin • PHI	27
8.	Abbaticchio • BSN	25
9.	Magee • PHI	24
10.	McGann • NYG	23
	Bransfield • PHI	23

Triples
1.	Seymour • CIN	21
2.	Mertes • NYG	17
	Magee • PHI	17
4.	Donlin • NYG	16
	Smoot • STL	16
6.	Clarke • PIT	15
7.	Maloney • CHC	14
	Schulte • CHC	14
	Browne • NYG	14
	McGann • NYG	14
	Titus • PHI	14
	Leach • PIT	14
	Wagner • PIT	14

Home Runs
1.	Odwell • CIN	9
2.	Seymour • CIN	8
3.	Dahlen • NYG	7
	Donlin • NYG	7
	Lumley • BRO	7
6.	Wagner • PIT	6
7.	Batch • BRO	5
	McGann • NYG	5
	Mertes • NYG	5
	Magee • PHI	5
	Delahanty • BSN	5

Runs Batted In
1.	Seymour • CIN	121
2.	Mertes • NYG	108
3.	Wagner • PIT	101
4.	Magee • PHI	98
5.	Titus • PHI	89
6.	Corcoran • CIN	85
7.	Dahlen • NYG	81
8.	Donlin • NYG	80
9.	Courtney • PHI	77
10.	Bransfield • PHI	76

Bases on Balls
1.	Huggins • CIN	103
2.	Slagle • CHC	97
3.	Thomas • PHI	93
4.	Chance • CHC	78
5.	Titus • PHI	69
6.	Tenney • BSN	67
7.	Devlin • NYG	66
8.	Dahlen • NYG	62
9.	Sheckard • BRO	61
10.	Strang • NYG	58

Strikeouts
1.	Maloney • CHC	84
2.	Doolin • PHI	82
3.	McBride • 2TM	75
4.	Lumley • BRO	64
5.	Smoot • STL	61
6.	Dunleavy • STL	60
7.	Browne • NYG	59
8.	Magee • PHI	58
9.	Gessler • BRO	56
10.	Sheckard • BRO	55
	Odwell • CIN	55

Stolen Bases
1.	Maloney • CHC	59
	Devlin • NYG	59
3.	Wagner • PIT	57
4.	Mertes • NYG	52
5.	Magee • PHI	48
6.	Chance • CHC	38
7.	Dahlen • NYG	37
8.	Donlin • NYG	33
9.	Tinker • CHC	31
10.	Abbaticchio • BSN	30

Singles
1.	Donlin • NYG	162
2.	Thomas • PHI	161
3.	Barry • 2TM	156
4.	Seymour • CIN	150
5.	Wagner • PIT	147
6.	Courtney • PHI	142
7.	Tenney • BSN	137
8.	Huggins • CIN	134
	Magee • PHI	134
10.	Abbaticchio • BSN	130
	Slagle • CHC	130

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Seymour • CIN	181
2.	Wagner • PIT	175
3.	Donlin • NYG	166
4.	Chance • CHC	159
5.	Titus • PHI	153
6.	McGann • NYG	142
7.	Grady • STL	140
8.	Sheckard • BRO	140
9.	Smoot • STL	139
10.	Thomas • PHI	136

Runs Created
1.	Seymour • CIN	139
2.	Donlin • NYG	123
3.	Wagner • PIT	116
4.	Titus • PHI	92
5.	Magee • PHI	88
6.	Thomas • PHI	83
7.	Smoot • STL	81
8.	Mertes • NYG	80
9.	McGann • NYG	79
	Barry • 2TM	79

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Seymour • CIN	59
2.	Wagner • PIT	52
3.	Donlin • NYG	50
4.	Titus • PHI	39
5.	Chance • CHC	36
6.	Thomas • PHI	32
7.	McGann • NYG	28
8.	Sheckard • BRO	26
9.	Magee • PHI	24
10.	Smoot • STL	24

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Seymour • CIN	6.5
2.	Wagner • PIT	5.7
3.	Donlin • NYG	5.5
4.	Titus • PHI	4.3
5.	Chance • CHC	4.0
6.	Thomas • PHI	3.6
7.	McGann • NYG	3.1
8.	Sheckard • BRO	2.9
9.	Magee • PHI	2.7
10.	Smoot • STL	2.6

Extra Base Hits
1.	Seymour • CIN	69
2.	Donlin • NYG	54
3.	Titus • PHI	52
	Wagner • PIT	52
5.	Mertes • NYG	49
6.	Magee • PHI	46
7.	McGann • NYG	42
8.	Smoot • STL	41
9.	Abbaticchio • BSN	40
10.	Doolin • PHI	39

Times On Base
1.	Thomas • PHI	275
2.	Donlin • NYG	274
3.	Seymour • CIN	272
4.	Huggins • CIN	264
5.	Wagner • PIT	260
6.	Slagle • CHC	253
7.	Titus • PHI	250
8.	Magee • PHI	232
9.	Tenney • BSN	228
10.	Barry • 2TM	226

Offensive Win %
1.	Seymour • CIN	.870
2.	Wagner • PIT	.838
3.	Donlin • NYG	.822
4.	Chance • CHC	.772
5.	Titus • PHI	.746
6.	McGann • NYG	.712
7.	Beaumont • PIT	.711
8.	Smoot • STL	.704
9.	Grady • STL	.703
10.	Thomas • PHI	.694

Hit By Pitch
1.	McGann • NYG	19
2.	Chance • CHC	17
3.	Gessler • BRO	14
4.	Devlin • NYG	13
5.	Babb • BRO	12
	Dahlen • NYG	12
	Titus • PHI	12
8.	Maloney • CHC	11
	Bresnahan • NYG	11
	Bowerman • NYG	11
	O'Neill • CHC	11

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Gleason • PHI	43
2.	Tinker • CHC	29
3.	Courtney • PHI	26
4.	Barry • 2TM	25
5.	Clarke • PIT	22
6.	Casey • CHC	21
	Shannon • STL	21
8.	Evers • CHC	20
9.	Odwell • CIN	19
	McGann • NYG	19

Power-Speed #
1.	Odwell • CIN	12.6
2.	Dahlen • NYG	11.8
3.	Seymour • CIN	11.6
4.	Donlin • NYG	11.6
5.	Wagner • PIT	10.9
6.	Lumley • BRO	10.6
7.	Mertes • NYG	9.1
8.	Magee • PHI	9.1
9.	McGann • NYG	8.1
10.	Batch • BRO	8.1

AB per SO
1.	Dobbs • BRO	32.9
2.	Beaumont • PIT	22.6
3.	Wolverton • BSN	22.0
4.	Seymour • CIN	20.0
5.	Ritchey • PIT	18.4
6.	Burke • STL	18.0
7.	Lewis • BRO	17.3
8.	Barry • 2TM	17.1
9.	Evers • CHC	17.0
10.	Kling • CHC	16.5

AB per HR
1.	Odwell • CIN	52.0
2.	Lumley • BRO	72.1
3.	Seymour • CIN	72.6
4.	Dahlen • NYG	74.3
5.	Grady • STL	77.8
6.	Donlin • NYG	86.6
7.	Wagner • PIT	91.3
8.	Delahanty • BSN	92.2
9.	Strang • NYG	98.0
10.	McGann • NYG	98.2

Outs Made
1.	Gleason • PHI	501
2.	Corcoran • CIN	473
3.	Courtney • PHI	462
4.	Bransfield • PHI	448
5.	Abbaticchio • BSN	445
6.	Tinker • CHC	441
	Barry • 2TM	441
8.	Cannell • BSN	437
	Magee • PHI	437
10.	Batch • BRO	434

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements