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Jimmy Collins led the National League with 15 in 1898. The National League leaderboards below rank every qualifying hitter and pitcher of the 1898 season, from the SABR/Lahman baseball database.
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| # | Player | Team | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willie Keeler | BLN | .385 |
| 2 | Billy Hamilton | BSN | .369 |
| 3 | John McGraw | BLN | .342 |
| 3 | Elmer Smith | CIN | .342 |
| 5 | Jesse Burkett | CL4 | .341 |
| 6 | Ed Delahanty | PHI | .334 |
| 7 | Jimmy Collins | BSN | .328 |
| 7 | Gene DeMontreville | BLN | .328 |
| 7 | Hughie Jennings | BLN | .328 |
| 7 | Fred Tenney | BSN | .328 |
| # | Player | Team | HR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Collins | BSN | 15 |
| 2 | Bill Joyce | NY1 | 10 |
| 2 | Honus Wagner | LS3 | 10 |
| 4 | John Anderson | BRO/WAS | 9 |
| 4 | Ed McKean | CL4 | 9 |
| 6 | Hugh Duffy | BSN | 8 |
| 6 | Elmer Flick | PHI | 8 |
| 8 | Billy Hoy | LS3 | 6 |
| 8 | Nap Lajoie | PHI | 6 |
| 8 | Herman Long | BSN | 6 |
| # | Player | Team | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nap Lajoie | PHI | 127 |
| 2 | Jimmy Collins | BSN | 111 |
| 3 | Joe Kelley | BLN | 110 |
| 4 | Hugh Duffy | BSN | 108 |
| 5 | Dan McGann | BLN | 106 |
| 6 | Honus Wagner | LS3 | 105 |
| 7 | Herman Long | BSN | 99 |
| 7 | Bobby Wallace | CL4 | 99 |
| 9 | Bobby Lowe | BSN | 94 |
| 9 | Ed McKean | CL4 | 94 |
| # | Player | Team | R |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John McGraw | BLN | 143 |
| 2 | Hughie Jennings | BLN | 135 |
| 3 | George Van Haltren | NY1 | 129 |
| 4 | Willie Keeler | BLN | 126 |
| 5 | Duff Cooley | PHI | 123 |
| 6 | Jimmy Ryan | CHN | 122 |
| 7 | Fred Clarke | LS3 | 116 |
| 8 | Ed Delahanty | PHI | 115 |
| 9 | Jesse Burkett | CL4 | 114 |
| 10 | Nap Lajoie | PHI | 113 |
| # | Player | Team | H |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willie Keeler | BLN | 216 |
| 2 | Jesse Burkett | CL4 | 213 |
| 3 | George Van Haltren | NY1 | 204 |
| 4 | Nap Lajoie | PHI | 197 |
| 5 | Jimmy Collins | BSN | 196 |
| 5 | Duff Cooley | PHI | 196 |
| 7 | Lave Cross | SLN | 191 |
| 8 | Bill Everitt | CHN | 190 |
| 9 | Gene DeMontreville | BLN | 186 |
| 10 | Jimmy Ryan | CHN | 185 |
| # | Player | Team | SB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Delahanty | PHI | 58 |
| 2 | Billy Hamilton | BSN | 54 |
| 3 | Gene DeMontreville | BLN | 49 |
| 4 | John McGraw | BLN | 43 |
| 5 | Patsy Donovan | PIT | 41 |
| 6 | Fred Clarke | LS3 | 40 |
| 7 | Billy Hoy | LS3 | 37 |
| 8 | Fielder Jones | BRO | 36 |
| 8 | George Van Haltren | NY1 | 36 |
| 10 | Bill Joyce | NY1 | 34 |
| # | Player | Team | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Hamilton | BSN | 174 |
| 2 | Ed Delahanty | PHI | 159 |
| 3 | Elmer Flick | PHI | 158 |
| 3 | Hughie Jennings | BLN | 158 |
| 5 | John McGraw | BLN | 156 |
| 6 | Elmer Smith | CIN | 152 |
| 7 | Jimmy Collins | BSN | 151 |
| 8 | Jimmy Ryan | CHN | 150 |
| 9 | John Anderson | BRO/WAS | 147 |
| 10 | Joe Kelley | BLN | 145 |
| # | Player | Team | W |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid Nichols | BSN | 31 |
| 2 | Bert Cunningham | LS3 | 28 |
| 3 | Pink Hawley | CIN | 27 |
| 3 | James McJames | BLN | 27 |
| 5 | Ted Lewis | BSN | 26 |
| 6 | Cy Seymour | NY1 | 25 |
| 6 | Jesse Tannehill | PIT | 25 |
| 6 | Vic Willis | BSN | 25 |
| 6 | Cy Young | CL4 | 25 |
| 10 | Clark Griffith | CHN | 24 |
| # | Player | Team | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clark Griffith | CHN | 1.88 |
| 2 | Al Maul | BLN | 2.10 |
| 3 | Kid Nichols | BSN | 2.13 |
| 4 | James McJames | BLN | 2.36 |
| 5 | Jimmy Callahan | CHN | 2.46 |
| 6 | Cy Young | CL4 | 2.53 |
| 7 | Vic Willis | BSN | 2.84 |
| 8 | Ted Lewis | BSN | 2.90 |
| 9 | Jesse Tannehill | PIT | 2.95 |
| 10 | Jack Powell | CL4 | 3.00 |
| # | Player | Team | SO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cy Seymour | NY1 | 239 |
| 2 | James McJames | BLN | 178 |
| 3 | Vic Willis | BSN | 160 |
| 4 | Kid Nichols | BSN | 138 |
| 5 | Wiley Piatt | PHI | 121 |
| 6 | Amos Rusie | NY1 | 114 |
| 7 | Cy Young | CL4 | 101 |
| 8 | Clark Griffith | CHN | 97 |
| 9 | Ed Doheny | NY1 | 96 |
| 10 | Jack Powell | CL4 | 93 |
| # | Player | Team | SV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid Nichols | BSN | 4 |
| 2 | Bill Dammann | CIN | 2 |
| 2 | Ted Lewis | BSN | 2 |
| 2 | Jesse Tannehill | PIT | 2 |
| 5 | Bill Hart | PIT | 1 |
| 5 | Amos Rusie | NY1 | 1 |
| 5 | Willie Sudhoff | SLN | 1 |
| 5 | Cy Swaim | WAS | 1 |
| 5 | Jack Taylor | SLN | 1 |
| # | Player | Team | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clark Griffith | CHN | 192 |
| 2 | Al Maul | BLN | 171 |
| 3 | Kid Nichols | BSN | 169 |
| 4 | James McJames | BLN | 153 |
| 5 | Jimmy Callahan | CHN | 146 |
| 6 | Cy Young | CL4 | 143 |
| 7 | Vic Willis | BSN | 127 |
| 8 | Ted Lewis | BSN | 124 |
| 9 | Jesse Tannehill | PIT | 122 |
| 10 | Jack Powell | CL4 | 120 |
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.