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Totals are current to the end of the 1930 season.

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All-Time Franchise Totals



Team Totals
            ----RECORD----  -------RUNS-------  -BAT AVG-  -HOME RUNS-
             WON  LST  PCT    TEAM    OPP DIFF  TEAM  OPP   TEAM   OPP
NYH(ANS)     918  694 .569    8109   7181  928  .281 .267    615   575
BRN(CRU)     886  726 .550    7694   6836  858  .275 .263    538   519
BOS(SAL)     864  748 .536    7648   7060  588  .269 .263    707   523
CIN          833  779 .517    7360   7097  263  .267 .264    437   517
HRT          552  526 .512    4442   4199  243  .263 .260    359   319
DET          543  535 .504    4928   4863   65  .271 .270    472   437
PIT          543  535 .504    4679   4671    8  .268 .272    374   331
NYG(TRY)     810  803 .502    6959   7265 -306  .265 .269    441   589
WAS          536  542 .497    4475   4588 -113  .264 .262    366   412
KCM(LOU-MIL) 784  828 .486    7123   7405 -282  .266 .268    459   438
SLS(BAL)     791  821 .491    7430   7596 -166  .267 .273    580   591
SLM          782  830 .485    7255   7555 -300  .266 .269    551   542
CHW          758  854 .470    7367   7675 -308  .270 .270    532   529
CLE          745  867 .462    7238   7584 -346  .266 .275    461   492
CWS(BUF)     742  871 .460    7154   7627 -473  .264 .273    550   521
PHA          742  870 .460    7372   8011 -639  .271 .276    510   618



                (XXX) indicates the franchise's prior location

Index

Single Season Batting Leaders






BATTING AVERAGE  
 .398   J.MCGRAW          1890UL NYG
 .381   D.BROUTHERS       1891UL PHA
 .381   B.MILLER          1925FL CIN
 .371   E.COMBS           1925PL SLS
 .370   T.COBB            1915FL BRN
 .369   C.KLEIN           1925FL CHW
 .366   T.SPEAKER         1910PL DET
 .366   B.TERRY           1920FL BRN
 .365   P.BROWNING        1876UL CLE
 .364   J.JACKSON         1910FL CLE
 .364   R.HORNSBY         1915PL BOS

Ty Cobb




ON BASE PCT      
 .493   J.MCGRAW          1890UL NYG
 .457   J.FOXX            1925PL CWS
 .453   B.RUTH            1930FL PIT
 .442   T.SPEAKER         1920PL SLS
 .440   T.SPEAKER         1910PL DET
 .438   M.OTT             1930FL SLM
 .438   L.GEHRIG          1930PL SLS
 .437   J.JACKSON         1910FL CLE
 .435   L.GEHRIG          1925PL SLS
 .435   R.HORNSBY         1910PL BOS
 

SLUGGING PCT     
 .707   B.RUTH            1915PL BOS
 .676   L.GEHRIG          1920PL SLS
 .648   B.RUTH            1930FL PIT
 .646   J.FOXX            1925PL CWS
 .645   B.RUTH            1910PL BOS
 .639   L.GEHRIG          1930PL SLS
 .617   L.GEHRIG          1925PL SLS
 .596   C.KLEIN           1925FL CHW
 .589   D.BROUTHERS       1891UL PHA
 .586   R.HORNSBY         1910PL BOS

Joe Jackson




ONBASE + SLUGGING
1.139   B.RUTH            1915PL BOS
1.107   L.GEHRIG          1920PL SLS
1.102   J.FOXX            1925PL CWS
1.101   B.RUTH            1930FL PIT
1.077   L.GEHRIG          1930PL SLS
1.075   B.RUTH            1910PL BOS
1.052   L.GEHRIG          1925PL SLS
1.021   R.HORNSBY         1910PL BOS
1.016   D.BROUTHERS       1891UL PHA
1.010   R.HORNSBY         1915PL BOS
1.010   C.KLEIN           1925FL CHW

 



GAMES            
 154    TIED BY MULTIPLE PLAYERS



AT BATS          
 655    L.WANER           1930FL CIN
 648    G.SISLER          1925FL PIT
 642    D.CRAMER          1925PL PHA
 638    R.MARANVILLE      1915PL BOS
 637    S.RICE            1925PL PHA
 630    S.CRAWFORD        1891UL MIL
 628    T.COBB            1910FL BRN
 627    F.FRISCH          1915FL BRN
 627    C.GEHRINGER       1925PL WAS
 626    G.BURNS           1925FL CHW

Sam Crawford



      
 RUNS SCORED      
 160    B.RUTH            1915PL BOS
 155    E.COMBS           1925PL SLS
 148    M.OTT             1930FL SLM
 147    T.COBB            1920FL BRN
 144    L.GEHRIG          1925PL SLS
 141    B.HAMILTON        1890UL CHW
 140    T.COBB            1915FL BRN
 137    H.DUFFY           1890UL NYH
 136    L.GEHRIG          1920PL SLS
 136    B.RUTH            1930FL PIT


 


HITS             
 228    S.CRAWFORD        1891UL MIL
 228    T.COBB            1915FL BRN
 223    B.TERRY           1920FL BRN
 223    G.SISLER          1925FL PIT
 223    H.MANUSH          1930FL PIT
 221    T.COBB            1910FL BRN
 218    T.SPEAKER         1910PL DET
 218    C.KLEIN           1925FL CHW
 217    F.FRISCH          1915FL BRN
 217    L.WANER           1925FL CIN
 217    E.COMBS           1925PL SLS
 


TOTAL BASES      
 409    L.GEHRIG          1920PL SLS
 395    B.RUTH            1915PL BOS
 364    B.RUTH            1930FL PIT
 361    J.FOXX            1925PL CWS
 358    B.RUTH            1910PL BOS
 356    L.GEHRIG          1925PL SLS
 352    C.KLEIN           1925FL CHW
 345    R.HORNSBY         1915PL BOS
 344    L.GEHRIG          1930PL SLS
 339    T.SPEAKER         1910PL DET


DOUBLES          
  55    T.SPEAKER         1910PL DET
  51    T.COBB            1915FL BRN
  50    T.SPEAKER         1920PL SLS
  47    B.MILLER          1930FL CIN
  46    D.WALKER          1930FL CHW
  45    E.DELAHANTY       1900FL MIL
  45    N.LAJOIE          1910FL SLM
  45    R.HORNSBY         1920PL BOS
  45    C.KLEIN           1925FL CHW
  45    B.HERMAN          1925PL CWS
  45    H.MANUSH          1930FL PIT

Honus Wagner



TRIPLES          
  32    S.CRAWFORD        1890UL MIL
  24    B.EWING           1891UL BRN
  24    S.CRAWFORD        1905PL WAS
  23    H.WAGNER          1891UL CIN
  22    S.THOMPSON        1890UL CLE
  22    E.DELAHANTY       1891UL MIL
  22    J.WILLIAMS        1891UL NYH
  22    D.BROUTHERS       1891UL PHA
  22    K.SELBACH         1900~~ ~~~
  22    F.CLARKE          1905PL PHA

  


HOMERUNS         
  56    B.RUTH            1915PL BOS
  45    B.RUTH            1910PL BOS
  43    L.GEHRIG          1920PL SLS
  43    B.RUTH            1930FL PIT
  41    L.GEHRIG          1930PL SLS
  38    J.FOXX            1925PL CWS
  36    B.RUTH            1920PL BOS
  34    L.GEHRIG          1925PL SLS
  33    W.BERGER          1930PL PHA
  32    H.GREENBERG       1930PL CWS

 


RUNS BATTED IN   
 164    L.GEHRIG          1920PL SLS
 155    L.GEHRIG          1925PL SLS
 150    R.HORNSBY         1915PL BOS
 145    B.RUTH            1915PL BOS
 139    A.SIMMONS         1930PL WAS
 137    L.GEHRIG          1930PL SLS
 133    S.THOMPSON        1876UL CLE
 129    H.HEILMANN        1910PL NYH
 129    B.RUTH            1920PL BOS
 128    B.RUTH            1910PL BOS

Sam Thompson



WALKS            
 127    B.RUTH            1920PL BOS
 119    L.GEHRIG          1930PL SLS
 118    B.RUTH            1910PL BOS
 118    B.RUTH            1930FL PIT
 113    B.RUTH            1915PL BOS
 111    B.RUTH            1925PL BOS
 107    J.FOXX            1925PL CWS
 104    L.GEHRIG          1925PL SLS
 102    M.BISHOP          1930FL NYG
 100    M.OTT             1925FL SLM  


STRIKE OUTS      
 117    B.RUTH            1925PL BOS
 115    B.RUTH            1915PL BOS
 102    B.RUTH            1930FL PIT
  98    B.RUTH            1910PL BOS
  97    J.FOXX            1930PL CWS
  95    B.RUTH            1920PL BOS
  95    J.FOXX            1925PL CWS
  89    H.GREENBERG       1930PL CWS
  88    D.CAMILLI         1930FL BRN
  85    H.WILSON          1920PL DET

  

HIT BY PITCH     
  11    J.FOXX            1925PL CWS
  10    M.COCHRANE        1925FL SLM
   8    J.MCTAMANY        1876UL SLS
   8    C.ANSON           1891UL BRN
   8    S.BRODIE          1900FL HRT
   8    C.BIGBEE          1920PL NYH
   8    T.SPEAKER         1920PL SLS
   7    M.MITCHELL        1900PL DET
   7    H.WAGNER          1900PL NYH
   7    D.PASKERT         1905FL SLM
   7    T.DALY            1905PL SLS
   7    J.FOURNIER        1915PL BOS
   7    B.TERRY           1925FL SLM
   7    F.SCHULTE         1930PL CLE

Billy Hamilton



STOLEN BASES     
 141    T.COBB            1920FL BRN
 133    T.COBB            1915FL BRN
 113    T.COBB            1910FL BRN
 111    M.CAREY           1920PL PHA
 104    M.GRIFFIN         1876UL BRN
  91    E.COLLINS         1910FL PIT
  87    T.COBB            1900FL BRN
  84    M.CAREY           1925PL BOS
  79    R.MURRAY          1910~~ ~~~
  77    J.EVERS           1910FL MIL

  


HITTING STREAK   
  31    B.HAMILTON        1890UL CHW
  31    E.DELAHANTY       1890UL MIL
  31    S.RICE            1920PL PHA
  31    F.LINDSTROM       1930FL HRT
  29    S.CRAWFORD        1890UL MIL
  29    J.BECKLEY         1891UL CHW
  28    L.BLUE            1925PL CLE
  26    W.KEELER          1890UL BRN
  26    B.EVERITT         1890UL SLM
  26    H.WAGNER          1900PL NYH

Index

Single Season Pitching Leaders

         
     


ERA              
1.63    T.BROWN           1900FL NYG
1.76    A.JOSS            1900PL CWS
1.77    G.BELL            1905PL CIN
1.82    M.PRENDERGAST     1915FL NYG
1.95    C.BENDER          1905PL CIN
1.97    E.WALSH           1905PL SLS
1.99    D.WHITE           1905PL NYH
2.00    J.WOOD            1900PL CIN
2.02    C.YOUNG           1905FL MIL
2.05    E.WILLETT         1905FL CHW



STRIKEOUTS       
 259    R.WADDELL         1900PL BOS
 242    W.JOHNSON         1920~~ ~~~
 236    R.WADDELL         1891UL BOS
 233    W.JOHNSON         1910FL HRT
 232    R.WADDELL         1890UL BOS
 222    W.JOHNSON         1905FL HRT
 211    C.MATHEWSON       1905FL CHW
 203    T.RAMSEY          1876UL CLE
 201    W.JOHNSON         1900FL HRT
 193    E.PLANK           1905FL SLM
 193    C.YOUNG           1910FL MIL
 193    D.VANCE           1915PL BOS
 


WALKS            
 133    A.RUSIE           1891UL SLS
 124    W.DONOVAN         1900PL DET
 119    A.RUSIE           1890UL SLS
 110    T.BREITENSTEIN    1891UL CIN
 110    G.EARNSHAW        1925PL CLE
 109    M.BALDWIN         1876UL BRN
 108    J.HUGHES          1891UL SLM
 107    C.FRASER          1890UL PHA
 107    W.DONOVAN         1891UL CWS
 107    J.BUSH            1910PL CIN

Kid Nichols



WINS             
  40    A.SPALDING        1877UL NYG
  32    K.NICHOLS         1900FL NYG
  31    O.RADBOURN        1877UL BRN
  30    W.JOHNSON         1920~~ ~~~
  28    J.FLYNN           1876UL NYH
  26    V.WILLIS          1890UL NYH
  25    T.KEEFE           1876UL NYG
  25    W.WHITE           1877UL SLS
  25    C.YOUNG           1890UL NYH
  24    K.NICHOLS         1890UL NYG
  24    A.JOSS            1900PL CWS
  24    C.MATHEWSON       1910PL BOS
  24    C.HUBBELL         1925FL PIT

  


LOSSES           
  25    C.YOUNG           1910FL MIL
  23    C.YOUNG           1900~~ ~~~
  23    E.WALSH           1910PL SLS
  23    S.COVELESKI       1915PL WAS
  22    H.HOWELL          1891UL BAL
  21    J.POWELL          1900FL CLE
  21    G.MULLIN          1900FL SLM
  21    H.DAUSS           1920FL CIN
  20    TIED BY MULTIPLE PLAYERS


WINNING PCT      
0.905   G.BELL            1905PL CIN
0.880   H.PENNOCK         1910FL NYG
0.810   G.MOGRIDGE        1920PL SLS
0.800   J.FLYNN           1876UL NYH
0.788   V.WILLIS          1890UL NYH
0.786   T.BROWN           1900FL NYG
0.786   B.ADAMS           1900PL NYH
0.780   K.NICHOLS         1900FL NYG
0.778   R.COLLINS         1900PL BOS
0.778   N.MADDOX          1905FL CHW


Ks / 9 INNINGS   
7.80    R.WADDELL         1900PL BOS
7.02    R.WADDELL         1891UL BOS
6.86    J.WOOD            1900PL CIN
6.73    R.WADDELL         1890UL BOS
6.71    D.VANCE           1920PL BOS
6.71    D.VANCE           1910PL BOS
6.62    D.VANCE           1915PL BOS
6.59    O.OVERALL         1900~~ ~~~
6.32    T.RAMSEY          1876UL CLE
6.22    L.GOMEZ           1930PL CLE

Christy Mathewson




BB / 9 INNINGS   
0.95    J.TANNEHILL       1891UL CLE
0.98    P.GALVIN          1876UL CLE
1.08    C.MATHEWSON       1905FL CHW
1.09    C.YOUNG           1905FL MIL
1.11    J.QUINN           1905FL HRT
1.16    R.COLLINS         1900PL BOS
1.18    G.BRADLEY         1876UL CLE
1.19    T.BROWN           1905FL NYG
1.20    J.TANNEHILL       1905FL CLE
1.21    D.PHILLIPPE       1891UL NYH



HITS / 9 INNINGS 
6.07    T.BROWN           1900FL NYG
6.65    E.MOORE           1905FL CHW
6.78    B.BROWN           1905FL MIL
6.80    F.BEEBE           1905FL CLE
6.88    A.JOSS            1900PL CWS
7.01    B.RAYMOND         1900FL NYG
7.08    J.COOMBS          1905FL MIL
7.17    E.REULBACH        1900FL CHI
7.20    W.JOHNSON         1915FL HRT
7.21    J.WOOD            1900PL CIN


HRs / 9 INNINGS  
0.00    J.FLYNN           1876UL NYH
0.00    O.DAILY           1876~~ ~~~
0.00    N.MADDOX          1905FL CHW
0.00    F.CORRIDON        1905FL HRT
0.00    R.FORD            1905FL PIT
0.04    J.COOMBS          1900FL MIL
0.05    H.CAMNITZ         1905FL BRN
0.05    F.BEEBE           1905FL CLE
0.05    F.GLADE           1905FL BRN
0.05    H.CARLSON         1915FL PIT

Old Hoss Radbourne




INNINGS PITCHED  
538.1   A.SPALDING        1877UL TRY
444.0   C.YOUNG           1910FL MIL
433.2   O.RADBOURN        1877UL BRN
407.0   J.DEVLIN          1877UL PHA
402.2   W.WHITE           1877UL BAL
399.0   K.NICHOLS         1890UL TRY
383.2   T.KEEFE           1876UL TRY
382.2   C.YOUNG           1890UL NYH
371.1   W.JOHNSON         1920~~ ~~~
370.0   K.NICHOLS         1891UL TRY



GAMES PITCHED    
  88    P.MALONE          1930PL NYH
  83    W.MOORE           1930FL PIT
  81    M.PEARSON         1930PL PHA
  80    S.JOHNSON         1930PL WAS
  79    J.WOOD            1910PL WAS
  79    F.TONEY           1920PL BOS
  76    H.HARPER          1920PL CWS
  74    R.BENGE           1925PL CWS
  69    P.PERRITT         1915FL CLE
  68    B.DOAK            1915PL BOS
  68    S.JAMES           1915PL DET
  68    B.DOAK            1925PL BOS

  



GAMES STARTED    
  62    A.SPALDING        1877UL NYG
  55    O.RADBOURN        1877UL BRN
  52    C.YOUNG           1910FL MIL
  51    T.KEEFE           1876UL NYG
  50    W.WHITE           1877UL SLS
  49    J.DEVLIN          1877UL PHA
  48    K.NICHOLS         1890UL NYG
  46    C.YOUNG           1890UL NYH
  46    B.GRIMES          1925FL CHW
  46    P.ALEXANDER       1925PL BOS




COMPLETE GAMES   
  48    A.SPALDING        1877UL TRY
  38    C.YOUNG           1910FL MIL
  37    K.NICHOLS         1900FL NYG
  33    K.NICHOLS         1890UL TRY
  30    J.DEVLIN          1877UL PHA
  30    C.YOUNG           1890UL NYH
  29    K.NICHOLS         1891UL TRY
  29    W.JOHNSON         1900FL HRT
  29    W.JOHNSON         1905FL HRT
  29    C.YOUNG           1905FL MIL
  



SHUTOUTS         
   8    T.BROWN           1900FL NYG
   8    B.SHAWKEY         1925FL CIN
   8    P.ALEXANDER       1925PL BOS
   7    L.CORCORAN        1876UL CLE
   7    N.HAHN            1890UL BRN
   7    C.HUBBELL         1925FL PIT
   6    R.WADDELL         1890UL BOS
   6    W.JOHNSON         1900FL HRT
   6    C.BENDER          1900PL CIN
   6    T.BROWN           1905FL NYG
   6    C.YOUNG           1910FL MIL
   6    H.ELLER           1915FL NYG
   6    A.NEHF            1915PL PHA

Walter Johnson




SAVES            
  35    M.WOLFGANG        1915FL BRN
  34    F.TONEY           1920PL BOS
  33    M.WOLFGANG        1910FL BRN
  33    B.BOLAND          1915FL CLE
  29    P.MALONE          1930PL NYH
  28    E.SHORE           1915FL MIL
  28    O.TUERO           1915PL NYH
  26    W.DELL            1910PL BOS
  26    J.MURPHY          1930FL KCM
  25    T.HUGHES          1900FL BRN
  25    P.CAVET           1910PL CIN
  25    B.DOAK            1915PL BOS
  25    H.HARPER          1920PL CWS
  25    B.HARRIS          1925PL SLS
 


HOME RUNS ALLOWED
  25    S.CAIN            1930FL NYG
  25    E.BRANDT          1930PL DET
  24    M.GASTON          1925PL PHA
  24    C.HUBBELL         1930FL PIT
  24    T.BRIDGES         1930FL SLM
  23    L.FRENCH          1930FL SLM
  22    C.MAYS            1920PL NYH
  22    H.EHMKE           1925FL CHW
  22    E.RIXEY           1930~~ ~~~
  20    C.ROOT            1930PL DET


K/BB RATIO       
5.41    C.MATHEWSON       1905FL CHW
3.97    W.JOHNSON         1920~~ ~~~
3.63    C.MATHEWSON       1910PL BOS
3.53    J.QUINN           1905FL HRT
3.48    W.JOHNSON         1910FL HRT
3.39    T.BROWN           1905FL NYG
3.38    C.YOUNG           1905FL MIL
3.17    R.MARQUARD        1905FL BRN
3.16    P.ALEXANDER       1915FL SLM
3.11    C.MATHEWSON       1900FL CHI

Index