The New York Metropolitans Hall of Records: Season Batting Marks

The New York Metropolitans Hall of Records:
Top Ten Seasonal Marks, Batting

1883-1887
The players showcased here are presented on the basis of
their best Mets single-season mark of On-Base Percentage plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)


Dave Orr Best OPS as a Met .901 in 1884		Darby O'Brien Best OPS as a Met .792 in 1887		Dude Esterbrook Best OPS as a Met .772 in 1884
GAMES	AT-BATS	RUNS	HITS	DOUBLES	TRIPLES
136, Frank Hankinson, 1886 136, Dave Orr, 1886 134, Chief Roseman, 1886 128, Paul Radford, 1887 127, Frank Hankinson, 1887 127, Darby O'Brien, 1887 124, Steve Brady, 1886 112, Steve Brady, 1884 112, Dude Esterbrook, 1884 111, Candy Nelson, 1884	571, Dave Orr, 1886 559, Chief Roseman, 1886 522, Frank Hankinson, 1886 522, Darby O'Brien, 1887 512, Frank Hankinson, 1887 486, Paul Radford, 1887 485, Steve Brady, 1884 477, Dude Esterbrook, 1884 466, Steve Brady, 1886 458, Dave Orr, 1884	127, Paul Radford, 1887 114, Candy Nelson, 1884 110, Dude Esterbrook, 1884 102, Steve Brady, 1884 98, Candy Nelson, 1885 97, Chief Roseman, 1884 97, Darby O'Brien, 1887 93, Dave Orr, 1886 90, Chief Roseman, 1886 89, Candy Nelson, 1886	193, Dave Orr, 1886 162, Dave Orr, 1884 157, Darby O'Brien, 1887 152, Dave Orr, 1885 150, Dude Esterbrook, 1884 137, Frank Hankinson, 1887 130, Chief Roseman, 1884 129, Paul Radford, 1887 128, Steve Brady, 1885 three tied with 127	32, Dave Orr, 1884 30, Darby O'Brien, 1887 29, Dude Esterbrook, 1884 29, Dave Orr, 1885 29, Frank Hankinson, 1887 25, Dave Orr, 1886 25, Dave Orr, 1887 22, Dasher Troy, 1884 three tied with 19	31, Dave Orr, 1886 21, Dave Orr, 1885 14, Chief Roseman, 1885 13, Dave Orr, 1884 13, Darby O'Brien, 1887 11, Dude Esterbrook, 1884 11, Chief Roseman, 1884 11, Frank Hankinson, 1887 three tied with 10

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HOME RUNS	RUNS BATTED IN	TOTAL BASES		STOLEN BASES	CAUGHT STEALING		STRIKEOUTS	BASES ON BALLS
9, Dave Orr, 1884 7, Dave Orr, 1886 6, Dave Orr, 1885 5, Chief Roseman, 1886 5, Darby O'Brien, 1887 4, Chief Roseman, 1884 4, Chief Roseman, 1885 4, Paul Radford, 1887 three tied with 3	112, Dave Orr, 1884 91, Dave Orr, 1886 77, Dave Orr, 1885 73, Darby O'Brien, 1887 71, Frank Hankinson, 1887 66, Dave Orr, 1887 63, Frank Hankinson, 1886 58, Steve Brady, 1885 53, Chief Roseman, 1886 46, Chief Roseman, 1885	301, Dave Orr, 1886 247, Dave Orr, 1884 241, Dave Orr, 1885 228, Darby O'Brien, 1887 204, Dude Esterbrook, 1884 191, Frank Hankinson, 1887 181, Chief Roseman, 1886 180, Chief Roseman, 1884 178, Dave Orr, 1887 167, Chief Roseman, 1885		73, Paul Radford, 1887 49, Darby O'Brien, 1887 29, Candy Nelson, 1887 19, Frank Hankinson, 1887 17, Dave Orr, 1887 16, Steve Behel, 1886 16, Steve Brady, 1886 16, Dave Orr, 1886 15, Joe Gerhardt, 1887 14, Candy Nelson, 1886	not recorded		not recorded	106, Paul Radford, 1887 74, Candy Nelson, 1884 64, Candy Nelson, 1886 61, Candy Nelson, 1885 49, Frank Hankinson, 1886 48, Candy Nelson, 1887 40, Darby O'Brien, 1887 38, Frank Hankinson, 1887 35, Steve Brady, 1886 31, Candy Nelson, 1883

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HIT BY PITCH	SACRIFICES	SACRIFICE FLIES	ON-BASE PERCENTAGE	SLUGGING PERCENTAGE	BATTING AVERAGE
10, Dude Esterbrook, 1884 10, Chief Roseman, 1885 9, Candy Nelson, 1884 8, Chief Roseman, 1886 8, Candy Nelson, 1887 6, Chief Roseman, 1884 6, Steve Brady, 1885 6, Charley Jones, 1887 6, Paul Radford, 1887 5, Dave Orr, 1886	not recorded	not recorded	.403, Paul Radford, 1887 .375, Candy Nelson, 1884 .363, Dave Orr, 1886 .362, Dave Orr, 1884 .358, Dave Orr, 1885 .355, Darby O'Brien, 1887 .353, Candy Nelson, 1885 .353, Candy Nelson, 1883 .345, Dude Esterbrook, 1884 .342, Steve Brady, 1885	.543, Dave Orr, 1885 .539, Dave Orr, 1884 .527, Dave Orr, 1886 .437, Darby O'Brien, 1887 .428, Dude Esterbrook, 1884 .413, Chief Roseman, 1884 .407, Chief Roseman, 1885 .381, John O'Rourke, 1883 .379, Candy Nelson, 1883 .378, Dasher Troy, 1884	.354, Dave Orr, 1884 .342, Dave Orr, 1885 .338, Dave Orr, 1886 .314, Dude Esterbrook, 1884 .305, Candy Nelson, 1883 .301, Darby O'Brien, 1887 .298, Chief Roseman, 1884 .295, Steve Brady, 1885 .278, Chief Roseman, 1885 .271, Steve Brady, 1883

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The player whose name is in gold was Number One in each category; the players listed in white finished Numbers Two through Ten.

Stolen Bases were not recorded in the American Association until 1886; Runs Batted In not recorded until 1885; Hit by Pitch until 1884. Percentages were not recorded at all, but are calculable now.

On-Base Percentage, Slugging Percentage, and Batting Average are presented on the basis of 3.1 plate appearances per team game played.

Note: Dave Orr's On-Base Percentage of .408 and Batting Average of .368 in 1887 would have both been all-time Metropolitan leaders, but he failed to accumulate enough at-bats to qualify due to injury. In addition, he posted what would have been an all-time leading OPS of .924 that season.