League Leaders Daily Quiz

1884 NL Batting Average Leaders

Hits per at bat

All-time career leaders →

King Kelly led the NL in batting average in 1884 with .354, 7 points ahead of Jim O'Rourke (.347). It was one of 2 times King Kelly led in batting average.

AVGHRRBIHRSBOPSOBPSLG2B3BXBHTBBBSOPAABG

Showing players with at least 348 plate appearances — the standard 3.1 plate appearances per team game. Show all players

King Kelly Led the NL in 1884 King Kelly Chicago White Stockings
.354 Batting Average .007 clear of Jim O'Rourke
Showing Batting Average and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 King Kelly King Kelly CHN .354 108 452 160 .414
2 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke BFN .347 108 467 162 .392
3 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton BSN .346 110 468 162 .384
4 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN .335 112 475 159 .373
5 Dan Brouthers Dan Brouthers BFN .327 94 398 130 .378
6 Deacon White Deacon White BFN .325 110 452 147 .370
7 George Gore George Gore CHN .318 103 422 134 .404
8 Roger Connor Roger Connor NY1 .317 116 477 151 .367
9 Jack Rowe Jack Rowe BFN .315 93 400 126 .352
10 Jack Glasscock Jack Glasscock CL2 +1 .313 110 453 142 .360
11 Abner Dalrymple Abner Dalrymple CHN .309 111 521 161 .327
12 Paul Hines Paul Hines PRO .302 114 490 148 .360
13 Hardy Richardson Hardy Richardson BFN .301 102 439 132 .334
14 Fred Pfeffer Fred Pfeffer CHN .289 112 467 135 .325
15 Ed Williamson Ed Williamson CHN .278 107 417 116 .344
16 Buck Ewing Buck Ewing NY1 .277 94 382 106 .327
17 Bill Phillips Bill Phillips CL2 .276 111 464 128 .303
18 Joe Start Joe Start PRO .276 93 381 105 .337
19 Alex McKinnon Alex McKinnon NY1 .272 116 470 128 .285
20 Jack Manning Jack Manning PHI .271 104 424 115 .334
21 Germany Smith Germany Smith CL2 +1 .271 97 399 108 .276
22 Bill Crowley Bill Crowley BSN .270 108 407 110 .325
23 Jack Burdock Jack Burdock BSN .269 87 361 97 .298
24 Joe Hornung BSN .268 115 518 139 .292
25 Charlie Buffinton Charlie Buffinton BSN .267 87 352 94 .299
26 Ned Hanlon Ned Hanlon DTN .264 114 450 119 .324
27 Charlie Bennett DTN .264 90 341 90 .334
28 Patrick Gillespie Patrick Gillespie NY1 .264 101 413 109 .296
29 Cliff Carroll Cliff Carroll PRO .261 113 452 118 .306
30 John Morrill John Morrill BSN .260 111 438 114 .308
31 Bill McClellan Bill McClellan PHI .258 111 450 116 .301
32 John Ward John Ward NY1 .253 113 482 122 .294
33 Blondie Purcell Blondie Purcell PHI .252 103 428 108 .300
34 George Wood George Wood DTN .252 114 473 119 .309
35 Jerry Denny Jerry Denny PRO .248 110 439 109 .272
36 Milt Scott DTN .247 110 438 108 .262
37 Sid Farrar Sid Farrar PHI .245 111 428 105 .261
38 Tom Burns Tom Burns CHN .245 83 343 84 .272
39 Pete Hotaling Pete Hotaling CL2 .243 102 408 99 .291
40 Jim Manning BSN .241 89 345 83 .280
41 Arthur Irwin Arthur Irwin PRO .240 102 404 97 .289
42 Mike Muldoon CL2 .239 110 422 101 .270
43 Frank Hankinson Frank Hankinson NY1 .231 105 389 90 .274
44 Ed Caskin Ed Caskin NY1 .231 100 351 81 .299
45 Old Hoss Radbourn Old Hoss Radbourn PRO .230 87 361 83 .282
46 Joe Mulvey Joe Mulvey PHI .229 100 401 92 .237
47 Joe Farrell Joe Farrell DTN .226 110 461 104 .248
48 Jim Lillie BFN .223 114 471 105 .231
49 Ed Andrews Ed Andrews PHI .221 109 420 93 .238
50 Jack Farrell Jack Farrell PRO .217 111 469 102 .272
1–50 of 54Next →