Top 25 Batting Average in 1884 in the Union Association

Batting Average : 1884 Union Association Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1884 Batting Average Leaders
Top 25 in the Union Association

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Fred Dunlap .412 (.41203) St. Louis Maroons 1

Billy Taylor .366 (.36559) St. Louis Maroons 2

Buttercup Dickerson .365 (.36493) St. Louis Maroons 3

Buster Hoover .364 (.36364) Philadelphia Keystones 4

Orator Shafer .360 (.35974) St. Louis Maroons 5

Harry Moore .336 (.33623) Washington Nationals 6

Jack Gleason .324 (.32405) St. Louis Maroons 7

Martin Powell .319 (.31892) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 8

Emmett Seery .313 (.31263) Baltimore Monumentals 9

Kansas City Unions

Jumbo Schoeneck .308 (.30751) Chicago Browns 10

Pittsburgh Stogies

Baltimore Monumentals

Dick Burns .306 (.30571) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 11

Dave Rowe .293 (.29278) St. Louis Maroons 12

Phil Baker .288 (.28841) Washington Nationals 13

Ed Crane .285 (.28505) Boston Unions 14

Eddie Fusselback .284 (.28383) Baltimore Monumentals 15

Abner Powell .283 (.28272) Washington Nationals 16

Jack Clements .282 (.28249) Philadelphia Keystones 17

Bill Harbridge .279 (.27859) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 18

Bill Hawes .278 (.27794) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 19

Chris Fulmer .276 (.27624) Washington Nationals 20

Joe Quinn .270 (.27040) St. Louis Maroons 21

Yank Robinson .267 (.26747) Baltimore Monumentals 22

Lou Sylvester .267 (.26727) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 23

Tom O'Brien .263 (.26281) Boston Unions 24

Jerry McCormick .261 (.26106) Philadelphia Keystones 25

Washington Nationals

Name Batting Average Team Rank

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