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Ed Delahanty led the National League with 13 in 1896. The National League leaderboards below rank every qualifying hitter and pitcher of the 1896 season, from the SABR/Lahman baseball database.
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| # | Player | Team | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesse Burkett | CL4 | .410 |
| 2 | Hughie Jennings | BLN | .401 |
| 3 | Ed Delahanty | PHI | .397 |
| 4 | Willie Keeler | BLN | .386 |
| 5 | Mike Tiernan | NY1 | .369 |
| 6 | Billy Hamilton | BSN | .366 |
| 7 | Joe Kelley | BLN | .364 |
| 8 | Elmer Smith | PIT | .362 |
| 9 | Jake Stenzel | PIT | .361 |
| 10 | Cupid Childs | CL4 | .355 |
| # | Player | Team | HR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Delahanty | PHI | 13 |
| 1 | Bill Joyce | WAS/NY1 | 13 |
| 3 | Sam Thompson | PHI | 12 |
| 4 | Roger Connor | SLN | 11 |
| 5 | Jake Beckley | PIT/NY1 | 9 |
| 5 | Fred Clarke | LS3 | 9 |
| 5 | Bill Dahlen | CHN | 9 |
| 8 | Gene DeMontreville | WAS | 8 |
| 8 | Joe Kelley | BLN | 8 |
| 10 | Tom McCreery | LS3 | 7 |
| # | Player | Team | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Delahanty | PHI | 126 |
| 2 | Hughie Jennings | BLN | 121 |
| 3 | Hugh Duffy | BSN | 113 |
| 4 | Ed McKean | CL4 | 112 |
| 5 | Cupid Childs | CL4 | 106 |
| 5 | Henry Reitz | BLN | 106 |
| 7 | Jack Doyle | BLN | 101 |
| 7 | Herman Long | BSN | 101 |
| 9 | Joe Kelley | BLN | 100 |
| 9 | Kip Selbach | WAS | 100 |
| # | Player | Team | R |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesse Burkett | CL4 | 160 |
| 2 | Billy Hamilton | BSN | 153 |
| 2 | Willie Keeler | BLN | 153 |
| 4 | Joe Kelley | BLN | 148 |
| 5 | Bill Dahlen | CHN | 137 |
| 6 | George Van Haltren | NY1 | 136 |
| 7 | Mike Tiernan | NY1 | 132 |
| 8 | Ed Delahanty | PHI | 131 |
| 9 | Bill Everitt | CHN | 130 |
| 10 | Hughie Jennings | BLN | 125 |
| # | Player | Team | H |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesse Burkett | CL4 | 240 |
| 2 | Willie Keeler | BLN | 210 |
| 3 | Hughie Jennings | BLN | 209 |
| 4 | Ed Delahanty | PHI | 198 |
| 5 | George Van Haltren | NY1 | 197 |
| 6 | Ed McKean | CL4 | 193 |
| 7 | Billy Hamilton | BSN | 192 |
| 7 | Mike Tiernan | NY1 | 192 |
| 9 | Joe Kelley | BLN | 189 |
| 10 | Bill Everitt | CHN | 184 |
| # | Player | Team | SB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Kelley | BLN | 87 |
| 2 | Bill Lange | CHN | 84 |
| 3 | Billy Hamilton | BSN | 83 |
| 4 | Dusty Miller | CIN | 76 |
| 5 | Jack Doyle | BLN | 73 |
| 6 | Hughie Jennings | BLN | 70 |
| 7 | Willie Keeler | BLN | 67 |
| 8 | Jake Stenzel | PIT | 57 |
| 9 | Eddie Burke | CIN | 53 |
| 10 | Bill Dahlen | CHN | 51 |
| # | Player | Team | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Delahanty | PHI | 196 |
| 2 | Joe Kelley | BLN | 173 |
| 3 | Jesse Burkett | CL4 | 170 |
| 4 | Bill Dahlen | CHN | 166 |
| 4 | Bill Joyce | WAS/NY1 | 166 |
| 6 | Mike Tiernan | NY1 | 161 |
| 7 | Hughie Jennings | BLN | 159 |
| 8 | Tom McCreery | LS3 | 157 |
| 8 | Elmer Smith | PIT | 157 |
| 10 | Billy Hamilton | BSN | 156 |
| # | Player | Team | W |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Killen | PIT | 30 |
| 1 | Kid Nichols | BSN | 30 |
| 3 | Cy Young | CL4 | 28 |
| 4 | Jouett Meekin | NY1 | 26 |
| 5 | George Cuppy | CL4 | 25 |
| 5 | Bill Hoffer | BLN | 25 |
| 5 | Win Mercer | WAS | 25 |
| 8 | Frank Dwyer | CIN | 24 |
| 9 | Clark Griffith | CHN | 23 |
| 10 | Pink Hawley | PIT | 22 |
| # | Player | Team | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Rhines | CIN | 2.45 |
| 2 | Kid Nichols | BSN | 2.83 |
| 3 | George Cuppy | CL4 | 3.12 |
| 4 | Frank Dwyer | CIN | 3.15 |
| 5 | Cy Young | CL4 | 3.24 |
| 6 | Bobby Wallace | CL4 | 3.34 |
| 7 | Bill Hoffer | BLN | 3.38 |
| 8 | Harley Payne | BRO | 3.39 |
| 9 | Frank Killen | PIT | 3.41 |
| 10 | Red Ehret | CIN | 3.42 |
| # | Player | Team | SO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cy Young | CL4 | 140 |
| 2 | Pink Hawley | PIT | 137 |
| 3 | Frank Killen | PIT | 134 |
| 4 | Theodore Breitenstein | SLN | 114 |
| 5 | Jouett Meekin | NY1 | 110 |
| 6 | Bill Hill | LS3 | 104 |
| 7 | James McJames | WAS | 103 |
| 8 | Kid Nichols | BSN | 102 |
| 9 | Jack Taylor | PHI | 97 |
| 10 | Win Mercer | WAS | 94 |
| # | Player | Team | SV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cy Young | CL4 | 3 |
| 2 | Chauncey Fisher | CIN | 2 |
| 2 | Bill Hill | LS3 | 2 |
| 4 | Buttons Briggs | CHN | 1 |
| 4 | Kid Carsey | PHI | 1 |
| 4 | Dad Clarke | NY1 | 1 |
| 4 | Bert Cunningham | LS3 | 1 |
| 4 | George Cuppy | CL4 | 1 |
| 4 | Frank Dwyer | CIN | 1 |
| 4 | Frank Foreman | CIN | 1 |
| # | Player | Team | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Rhines | CIN | 178 |
| 2 | Kid Nichols | BSN | 154 |
| 3 | George Cuppy | CL4 | 140 |
| 4 | Frank Dwyer | CIN | 138 |
| 5 | Cy Young | CL4 | 135 |
| 6 | Bobby Wallace | CL4 | 130 |
| 7 | Bill Hoffer | BLN | 129 |
| 7 | Harley Payne | BRO | 129 |
| 9 | Red Ehret | CIN | 128 |
| 9 | Frank Killen | PIT | 128 |
Batters qualify at PA >= 3.1 x their league's scheduled games that season (the batting-title rule shape, applied era-consistently; 3.1 x 162 = 502 in the modern schedule). Pitchers qualify on the W, ERA, SO and ERA+ boards at IP >= their league's scheduled games that season (1 inning per scheduled team game; 162 in the modern schedule). The saves board uses the reliever bar: IP >= one-third of scheduled games.
Adjusted stats use same-league-season normalization only: OPS+ = 100 x (OBP/lgOBP + SLG/lgSLG - 1) and ERA+ = 100 x league ERA / player ERA, computed within each player's own league that season. They are not park-adjusted and are not the full Baseball-Reference formulas. In the combined all-leagues view, adjusted values keep their own-league normalization. Unrecorded early-era stats are never invented; a board simply does not appear for a stat the source did not record that season.
Season records come from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition), used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. Full credits live on our sources page.