Top Ten Years Position Player - 1890s

Best Batting Years of the 1890s

Without the American League yet on the horizon and a short stay by the American Association, baseball was dominated in the decade of the 1890s by the players of the National League. And none had a more profound effect on the dominant years of the decade than the man many people forget on their list of all-time greats. Ed Delahanty. While many in his team home town now place the years of Mike Schmidt or Ryan Howard, even Chuck Klein, at the top of the list of their all-time great seasons, it was the pre-1900 player Delahanty who deserves the most accolades. With 137 RBI generated from only 9 HR in 1899, Delahanty batted 0.410 on his way to the best year of the decade, with a PEVA-B Rating of 42.557. And as you can see from the list below, he wasn't done with the 1899 season, as his years in 1896, 1893, and1897 were also in the Top Ten. Guess, that's why he's in the Hall of Fame, and ranked #19 All-Time in the Best Players Ever List, too.

TOP TEN YEARS - BATTING - 1890s

D/ARank Player ID Name First Year Team Lg HR RBI AVG Age PEVA-B
1 35 delahed01 Delahanty Ed 1899 PHI NL 9 137 0.410 32 42.557
2 42 broutda01 Brouthers Dan 1892 BRO NL 5 124 0.335 34 42.196
3 60 delahed01 Delahanty Ed 1896 PHI NL 13 126 0.397 29 40.317
4 95 kellejo01 Kelley Joe 1896 BLN NL 8 100 0.364 25 36.936
5 97 delahed01 Delahanty Ed 1893 PHI NL 19 146 0.368 26 36.872
6 129 duffyhu01 Duffy Hugh 1894 BSN NL 18 145 0.440 28 35.452
7 132 delahed01 Delahanty Ed 1897 PHI NL 5 96 0.377 30 35.320
8 139 hamilbi01 Hamilton Billy 1894 PHI NL 4 87 0.404 28 34.987
9 141 broutda01 Brouthers Dan 1891 BS2 AA 5 109 0.350 33 34.762
10 153 keelewi01 Keeler Willie 1897 BLN NL 0 74 0.424 25 34.488

Code: D/A Rank - Decade/All-Time Rank
Age: Age at end of year

PEVA Scoreboard
Above 32.000 - Fantastic, MVP candidate
Above 20.000 - All League Player
Above 15.0000 - All Star Player
Above 10.000 - Very Good Player
3.500 - Average Player