1909 National League Batting Leaders

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National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Mathewson • NYG	10.6
2.	Brown • CHC	9.6
3.	Wagner • PIT	9.2
4.	Overall • CHC	8.3
5.	Rucker • BRO	7.1
6.	Fromme • CIN	5.9
7.	Bridwell • NYG	5.5
8.	Camnitz • PIT	5.5
	Mitchell • CIN	5.5
10.	Moore • PHI	5.4

WAR Position Players
1.	Wagner • PIT	9.2
2.	Bridwell • NYG	5.5
3.	Mitchell • CIN	5.5
4.	Clarke • PIT	5.3
5.	Konetchy • STL	4.8
6.	Gibson • PIT	4.7
7.	Tinker • CHC	4.7
8.	Miller • PIT	4.6
9.	Devlin • NYG	4.5
10.	Hoblitzell • CIN	4.1

Offensive WAR
1.	Wagner • PIT	8.3
2.	Doyle • NYG	5.0
3.	Bridwell • NYG	4.8
4.	Konetchy • STL	4.7
5.	Mitchell • CIN	4.7
6.	Hoblitzell • CIN	4.2
7.	Devlin • NYG	3.8
8.	Clarke • PIT	3.7
9.	Gibson • PIT	3.6
10.	Magee • PHI	3.5

Defensive WAR
1.	Tinker • CHC	3.0
2.	Bergen • BRO	2.8
3.	Gibson • PIT	2.2
4.	Doolin • PHI	2.1
5.	Wagner • PIT	2.0
6.	Bridwell • NYG	1.8
7.	McLean • CIN	1.7
8.	Grant • PHI	1.4
	Steinfeldt • CHC	1.4
10.	Egan • CIN	1.4

Batting Average
1.	Wagner • PIT	.339
2.	Mitchell • CIN	.310
3.	Hoblitzell • CIN	.308
4.	Doyle • NYG	.302
5.	Bridwell • NYG	.294
6.	Bransfield • PHI	.292
7.	Bates • 2TM	.291
8.	McCormick • NYG	.291
9.	Clarke • PIT	.287
10.	Konetchy • STL	.286

On-Base%
1.	Wagner • PIT	.420
2.	Jordan • BRO	.386
3.	Bridwell • NYG	.386
4.	Clarke • PIT	.384
5.	Mitchell • CIN	.378
6.	McCormick • NYG	.373
7.	Evers • CHC	.369
8.	Titus • PHI	.367
9.	Konetchy • STL	.366
10.	Hoblitzell • CIN	.364

Slugging %
1.	Wagner • PIT	.489
2.	Mitchell • CIN	.430
3.	Doyle • NYG	.419
4.	Hoblitzell • CIN	.418
5.	McCormick • NYG	.402
6.	Magee • PHI	.398
7.	Miller • PIT	.396
8.	Konetchy • STL	.396
9.	Jordan • BRO	.379
10.	Wilson • PIT	.374

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Wagner • PIT	.909
2.	Mitchell • CIN	.808
3.	Hoblitzell • CIN	.782
4.	Doyle • NYG	.779
5.	McCormick • NYG	.775
6.	Jordan • BRO	.765
7.	Konetchy • STL	.762
8.	Clarke • PIT	.756
9.	Magee • PHI	.737
10.	Bates • 2TM	.730

Games Played
1.	Grant • PHI	154
	Wilson • PIT	154
3.	Hofman • CHC	153
4.	Burch • BRO	152
	Becker • BSN	152
	Clarke • PIT	152
	Konetchy • STL	152
8.	Steinfeldt • CHC	151
	Titus • PHI	151
	Leach • PIT	151
	Miller • PIT	151
	Byrne • 2TM	151

At Bats
1.	Grant • PHI	631
2.	Burch • BRO	601
3.	Byrne • 2TM	589
4.	Leach • PIT	587
5.	Konetchy • STL	576
6.	Ellis • STL	575
7.	Doyle • NYG	570
	Murray • NYG	570
9.	Wilson • PIT	569
10.	Becker • BSN	562

Plate Appearances
1.	Grant • PHI	700
2.	Byrne • 2TM	693
3.	Leach • PIT	686
4.	Burch • BRO	668
	Clarke • PIT	668
6.	Konetchy • STL	663
7.	Becker • BSN	650
	Titus • PHI	650
9.	Sheckard • CHC	644
10.	Ellis • STL	643

Runs Scored
1.	Leach • PIT	126
2.	Clarke • PIT	97
3.	Wagner • PIT	92
	Byrne • 2TM	92
5.	Evers • CHC	88
	Konetchy • STL	88
7.	Doyle • NYG	86
8.	Mitchell • CIN	83
	Barbeau • 2TM	83
10.	Sheckard • CHC	81

Hits
1.	Doyle • NYG	172
2.	Grant • PHI	170
3.	Wagner • PIT	168
4.	Konetchy • STL	165
5.	Burch • BRO	163
6.	Mitchell • CIN	162
7.	Hoblitzell • CIN	159
8.	Clarke • PIT	158
9.	Miller • PIT	156
10.	Wilson • PIT	155

Total Bases
1.	Wagner • PIT	242
2.	Doyle • NYG	239
3.	Konetchy • STL	228
4.	Mitchell • CIN	225
5.	Miller • PIT	222
6.	Hoblitzell • CIN	216
	Leach • PIT	216
8.	Wilson • PIT	213
9.	Murray • NYG	210
10.	Magee • PHI	208

Doubles
1.	Wagner • PIT	39
2.	Magee • PHI	33
3.	Miller • PIT	31
4.	Sheckard • CHC	29
	Leach • PIT	29
6.	Steinfeldt • CHC	27
	Doyle • NYG	27
	Bransfield • PHI	27
9.	Tinker • CHC	26
	Bates • 2TM	26

Triples
1.	Mitchell • CIN	17
2.	Magee • PHI	14
	Konetchy • STL	14
4.	Miller • PIT	13
5.	Alpermann • BRO	12
	Murray • NYG	12
	Wilson • PIT	12
8.	Schulte • CHC	11
	Tinker • CHC	11
	Hoblitzell • CIN	11
	Doyle • NYG	11
	Clarke • PIT	11

Home Runs
1.	Murray • NYG	7
2.	Leach • PIT	6
	Doyle • NYG	6
	Becker • BSN	6
5.	Wagner • PIT	5
6.	Wilson • PIT	4
	Tinker • CHC	4
	Hummel • BRO	4
	Hoblitzell • CIN	4
	Schulte • CHC	4
	Lobert • CIN	4
	Konetchy • STL	4
	Mitchell • CIN	4

Runs Batted In
1.	Wagner • PIT	100
2.	Murray • NYG	91
3.	Miller • PIT	87
4.	Mitchell • CIN	86
5.	Konetchy • STL	80
6.	Abstein • PIT	70
7.	Clarke • PIT	68
8.	Hoblitzell • CIN	67
9.	Magee • PHI	66
10.	Beaumont • BSN	60
	Schulte • CHC	60

Bases on Balls
1.	Clarke • PIT	80
2.	Byrne • 2TM	78
3.	Evers • CHC	73
4.	Sheckard • CHC	72
5.	Bridwell • NYG	67
6.	Titus • PHI	66
	Leach • PIT	66
	Wagner • PIT	66
	Evans • STL	66
10.	Devlin • NYG	65
	Konetchy • STL	65
	Barbeau • 2TM	65

Strikeouts
1.	Becker • BSN	87
2.	Bescher • CIN	76
	Ellis • STL	76
4.	Grant • PHI	74
5.	Sheckard • CHC	71
6.	Wilson • PIT	66
	Shaw • STL	66
	Barbeau • 2TM	66
9.	Paskert • CIN	60
10.	Burch • BRO	59
	Hummel • BRO	59
	Abstein • PIT	59

Stolen Bases
1.	Bescher • CIN	54
2.	Murray • NYG	48
3.	Egan • CIN	39
4.	Burch • BRO	38
	Magee • PHI	38
6.	Mitchell • CIN	37
	Bates • 2TM	37
8.	Wagner • PIT	35
9.	Barbeau • 2TM	33
10.	Bridwell • NYG	32

Singles
1.	Grant • PHI	147
2.	Burch • BRO	136
3.	Ellis • STL	132
4.	Doyle • NYG	128
	Clarke • PIT	128
6.	Hummel • BRO	124
	Mitchell • CIN	124
	Bridwell • NYG	124
	Konetchy • STL	124
10.	Hofman • CHC	123

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Wagner • PIT	177
2.	Mitchell • CIN	152
3.	Konetchy • STL	144
4.	Hoblitzell • CIN	144
5.	Jordan • BRO	141
6.	Doyle • NYG	140
7.	McCormick • NYG	138
8.	Clarke • PIT	131
9.	Magee • PHI	129
10.	Bates • 2TM	125

Runs Created
1.	Wagner • PIT	101
2.	Mitchell • CIN	85
3.	Doyle • NYG	84
4.	Konetchy • STL	82
5.	Hoblitzell • CIN	78
6.	Clarke • PIT	77
7.	Leach • PIT	72
	Miller • PIT	72
9.	Magee • PHI	68
10.	Murray • NYG	67

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Wagner • PIT	48
2.	Mitchell • CIN	30
3.	Konetchy • STL	30
4.	Doyle • NYG	25
5.	Hoblitzell • CIN	25
6.	Clarke • PIT	23
7.	McCormick • NYG	20
8.	Jordan • BRO	20
9.	Titus • PHI	18
10.	Magee • PHI	17

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Wagner • PIT	5.5
2.	Mitchell • CIN	3.5
3.	Konetchy • STL	3.4
4.	Doyle • NYG	3.0
5.	Hoblitzell • CIN	2.9
6.	Clarke • PIT	2.7
7.	McCormick • NYG	2.3
8.	Jordan • BRO	2.3
9.	Titus • PHI	2.1
10.	Magee • PHI	2.0

Extra Base Hits
1.	Wagner • PIT	54
2.	Magee • PHI	49
3.	Miller • PIT	47
4.	Doyle • NYG	44
5.	Leach • PIT	43
6.	Tinker • CHC	41
	Konetchy • STL	41
8.	Hoblitzell • CIN	38
	Mitchell • CIN	38
	Wilson • PIT	38

Times On Base
1.	Clarke • PIT	244
2.	Wagner • PIT	237
	Konetchy • STL	237
4.	Titus • PHI	228
5.	Doyle • NYG	224
6.	Byrne • 2TM	222
7.	Leach • PIT	221
8.	Mitchell • CIN	219
9.	Burch • BRO	215
10.	Bridwell • NYG	211
	Ellis • STL	211

Offensive Win %
1.	Wagner • PIT	.830
2.	Mitchell • CIN	.761
3.	Doyle • NYG	.727
4.	McCormick • NYG	.722
5.	Hoblitzell • CIN	.721
6.	Konetchy • STL	.706
7.	Jordan • BRO	.699
8.	Clarke • PIT	.689
9.	Bates • 2TM	.663
10.	Bridwell • NYG	.659

Hit By Pitch
1.	Titus • PHI	16
2.	Evans • STL	14
3.	Magee • PHI	11
	Byrne • 2TM	11
5.	Devlin • NYG	10
6.	Phelps • STL	9
	Barbeau • 2TM	9
8.	Lobert • CIN	8
	Bescher • CIN	8
	Knabe • PHI	8

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Sheckard • CHC	46
2.	Becker • BSN	35
3.	Hofman • CHC	32
4.	Hummel • BRO	31
	Steinfeldt • CHC	31
	Grant • PHI	31
7.	Egan • CIN	30
8.	Hoblitzell • CIN	29
	Miller • PIT	29
10.	Schulte • CHC	27
	Magee • PHI	27
	Abstein • PIT	27
	Leach • PIT	27
	Wagner • PIT	27

Power-Speed #
1.	Murray • NYG	12.2
2.	Doyle • NYG	10.1
3.	Leach • PIT	9.8
4.	Becker • BSN	9.3
5.	Wagner • PIT	8.8
6.	Mitchell • CIN	7.2
7.	Lobert • CIN	7.1
8.	Konetchy • STL	6.9
9.	Tinker • CHC	6.8
	Schulte • CHC	6.8

AB per SO
1.	Bridwell • NYG	31.7
2.	Evers • CHC	25.7
3.	McLean • CIN	24.9
4.	Sweeney • BSN	22.4
5.	Dooin • PHI	22.3
6.	Wagner • PIT	20.6
7.	Devlin • NYG	19.6
8.	Gibson • PIT	19.6
9.	Bransfield • PHI	19.5
10.	Schlei • NYG	16.4

AB per HR
1.	Murray • NYG	81.4
2.	Becker • BSN	93.7
3.	Doyle • NYG	95.0
4.	Leach • PIT	97.8
5.	Wagner • PIT	99.0
6.	Lobert • CIN	106.3
7.	Jordan • BRO	110.0
8.	Tenney • NYG	125.0
9.	Tinker • CHC	129.0
10.	Hoblitzell • CIN	129.3

Outs Made
1.	Grant • PHI	492
2.	Byrne • 2TM	468
3.	Leach • PIT	461
4.	Becker • BSN	459
5.	Burch • BRO	446
6.	Sheckard • CHC	437
7.	Murray • NYG	436
8.	Wilson • PIT	434
9.	Miller • PIT	433
10.	Steinfeldt • CHC	426
	Ellis • STL	426

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