| FL Batting Title Goes to Rochester's Buckley Monday, October 1st , 1883 Statistically, the Federal League's top-ranked hitter in 1883 was Larry Buckley of the Rochester Robins, who nabbed the batting title with a .344 average.
The 25-year-old first baseman recorded 144 hits in 418 at-bats in his league-leading season. Playing in 99 games, the Robins star collected 25 doubles, 13 triples, 10 home runs, drove in 95 runs and scored 87 times. | | |