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Batting Average

Lynn-BOS .333

Brett-KCR .329

Downing-CAL .326

Rice-BOS .325

Oliver-TEX .323

Molitor-MIL .322

Lezcano-MIL .321

Kemp-DET .318

Lemon-CHW .318

Bochte-SEA .316

On-base %

Lynn-BOS .423

Porter-KCR .421

Downing-CAL .418

Lezcano-MIL .414

Carew-CAL **.419

Singleton-BAL .405

Kemp-DET .398

Whitaker-DET .395

Lemon-CHW .391

Harrah-CLE .389

Slugging %

Lynn-BOS .637

Rice-BOS .596

Lezcano-MIL .573

Brett-KCR .563

Jackson-NYY .544

Kemp-DET .543

Thomas-MIL .539

Grich-CAL .537

Singleton-BAL .533

Baylor-CAL .530

OPS

Lynn-BOS 1.059

Lezcano-MIL .987

Rice-BOS .977

Kemp-DET .941

Brett-KCR .939

Singleton-BAL .938

Jackson-NYY .926

Porter-KCR .905

Grich-CAL .903

Baylor-CAL .901

Games

Baylor-CAL 162

Bell-TEX 162

Bosetti-TOR 162

Horton-SEA 162

Jones-SEA 162

Smalley-MIN 162

Jackson-MIN 159

Murray-BAL 159

Singleton-BAL 159

Rice-BOS 158

At Bats

Bell-TEX 670

Lansford-CAL 654

Horton-SEA 646

Brett-KCR 645

Baylor-CAL 628

Burleson-BOS 627

Griffin-TOR 624

Jones-SEA 622

Smalley-MIN 621

Bosetti-TOR 619

Rice-BOS 619

Plate Appearances (approx.)

Smalley-MIN 729

Baylor-CAL 722

Bell-TEX 720

Jones-SEA 716

Lansford-CAL 712

Brett-KCR 701

Horton-SEA 696

Griffin-TOR 689

Rice-BOS 688

Singleton-BAL 688

Runs

Baylor-CAL 120

Brett-KCR 119

Rice-BOS 117

Lynn-BOS 116

Lansford-CAL 114

Wilson-KCR 113

LeFlore-DET 110

Jones-SEA 109

Porter-KCR 101

Ford-CAL 100

Otis-KCR 100

Hits

Brett-KCR 212

Rice-BOS 201

Bell-TEX 200

Lansford-CAL 188

Molitor-MIL 188

Baylor-CAL 186

Wilson-KCR 185

Cooper-MIL 182

Horton-SEA 180

LeFlore-DET 180

Total Bases

Rice-BOS 369

Brett-KCR 363

Lynn-BOS 338

Baylor-CAL 333

Singleton-BAL 304

Bell-TEX 302

Cooper-MIL 300

Thomas-MIL 300

Horton-SEA 296

Murray-BAL 288

Doubles

Cooper-MIL 44

Lemon-CHW 44

Bell-TEX 42

Brett-KCR 42

Lynn-BOS 42

Jackson-MIN 40

Rice-BOS 39

Bochte-SEA 38

Bosetti-TOR 35

Baylor-CAL 33

Washington-CHW 33

Triples

Brett-KCR 20

Molitor-MIL 16

Randolph-NYY 13

Wilson-KCR 13

Griffin-TOR 10

LeFlore-DET 10

Porter-KCR 10

Garcia-BAL 9

Jones-SEA 9

Bannister-CHW 8

Castino-MIN 8

Rivers-TOT 8

Whitaker-DET 8

Home Runs

Thomas-MIL 45

Lynn-BOS 39

Rice-BOS 39

Baylor-CAL 36

Singleton-BAL 35

Grich-CAL 30

Horton-SEA 29

Jackson-NYY 29

Oglivie-MIL 29

Hobson-BOS 28

Lezcano-MIL 28

RBI

Baylor-CAL 139

Rice-BOS 130

Thomas-MIL 123

Lynn-BOS 122

Porter-KCR 112

Singleton-BAL 111

Brett-KCR 107

Cooper-MIL 106

Horton-SEA 106

Kemp-DET 105

Bases on Balls

Porter-KCR 121

Singleton-BAL 109

Thomas-MIL 98

Randolph-NYY 95

Thornton-CLE 90

Harrah-CLE 89

Jones-SEA 85

Murphy-OAK 84

Lynn-BOS 82

Smalley-MIN 80

Strikeouts

Thomas-MIL 175

Bonds-CLE 135

Singleton-BAL 118

Lansford-CAL 115

Horton-SEA 112

Jackson-NYY 107

Parrish-DET 105

Alexander-CLE 100

May-BAL 100

Rice-BOS 97

Stolen Bases

Wilson-KCR 83

LeFlore-DET 78

Cruz-SEA 49

Bumbry-BAL 37

Wills-TEX 35

Bonds-CLE 34

Henderson-OAK 33

Jones-SEA 33

Molitor-MIL 33

Randolph-NYY 33

Singles

Wilson-KCR 148

Griffin-TOR 145

LeFlore-DET 139

Bell-TEX 137

Molitor-MIL 136

Lansford-CAL 134

Burleson-BOS 132

Manning-CLE 128

Brett-KCR 127

Horton-SEA 127

Adjusted OPS+

Lynn-BOS 176

Lezcano-MIL 164

Singleton-BAL 155

Rice-BOS 154

Jackson-NYY 150

Kemp-DET 149

Brett-KCR 148

Baylor-CAL 145

Grich-CAL 145

Porter-KCR 142

Runs Created

Lynn-BOS 147

Rice-BOS 138

Brett-KCR 134

Singleton-BAL 127

Baylor-CAL 126

Porter-KCR 119

Lezcano-MIL 115

Cooper-MIL 110

Thomas-MIL 110

Murray-BAL 107

Adjusted Batting Runs

Lynn-BOS 60

Singleton-BAL 49

Rice-BOS 46

Lezcano-MIL 46

Baylor-CAL 41

Brett-KCR 41

Porter-KCR 40

Gamble-TOT 36

Kemp-DET 36

Downing-CAL 34

Batting Wins

Lynn-BOS 5.7

Singleton-BAL 4.6

Lezcano-MIL 4.4

Rice-BOS 4.4

Baylor-CAL 3.9

Brett-KCR 3.9

Porter-KCR 3.8

Gamble-TOT 3.4

Kemp-DET 3.4

Downing-CAL 3.3

Extra-Base Hits

Brett-KCR 85

Rice-BOS 84

Lynn-BOS 82

Thomas-MIL 74

Baylor-CAL 72

Cooper-MIL 69

Grich-CAL 65

Singleton-BAL 65

Bell-TEX 63

Lemon-CHW 63

Oglivie-MIL 63

Times on Base

Porter-KCR 284

Singleton-BAL 278

Baylor-CAL 268

Brett-KCR 263

Lynn-BOS 263

Rice-BOS 262

Jones-SEA 254

Murray-BAL 253

Randolph-NYY 253

Smalley-MIN 252

Offensive Win%

Lynn-BOS .815

Lezcano-MIL .759

Rice-BOS .736

Singleton-BAL .722

Brett-KCR .717

Kemp-DET .715

Porter-KCR .713

Downing-CAL .683

Baylor-CAL .677

Jackson-NYY .670

Hit By Pitch

Lemon-CHW 13

Roenicke-BAL 12

Baylor-CAL 11

Jackson-MIN 9

Bonds-CLE 8

Harrah-CLE 8

Porter-KCR 8

Wilson-KCR 7

Bailor-TOR 6

Fisk-BOS 6

Howell-TOR 6

Putnam-TEX 6

Sac. Hits

Wilfong-MIN 25

Castino-MIN 22

Norman-TEX 18

Griffin-TOR 16

Smalley-MIN 15

Whitaker-DET 14

Wills-TEX 14

Dent-NYY 13

Mendoza-SEA 13

Murphy-OAK 13

Randall-MIN 13

Rivera-MIN 13

Wilson-KCR 13

Sac. Flies

Ford-CAL 13

Porter-KCR 13

Baylor-CAL 12

Bell-TEX 10

Bochte-SEA 10

Wilfong-MIN 10

Essian-OAK 9

Smalley-MIN 9

Burleson-BOS 8

Cooper-MIL 8

Dauer-BAL 8

Dent-NYY 8

Kemp-DET 8

Landreaux-MIN 8

Morales-DET 8

Nettles-NYY 8

Piniella-NYY 8

Rice-BOS 8

Rivers-TOT 8

Yastrzemski-BOS 8

Intentional Walks

Singleton-BAL 16

Brett-KCR 14

Gamble-TOT 12

Oglivie-MIL 12

Spencer-NYY 11

Cooper-MIL 10

Grich-CAL 10

Meyer-SEA 10

Gross-OAK 9

Murray-BAL 9

Grounded into Double Plays

Bochte-SEA 27

Scott-TOT 24

Hobson-BOS 23

Johnson-CHW 23

Randolph-NYY 23

Carty-TOR 21

Horton-SEA 20

Jones-SEA 19

May-BAL 18

Bando-MIL 17

Bosetti-TOR 17

Downing-CAL 17

Ford-CAL 17

Jackson-NYY 17

Newman-OAK 17

Piniella-NYY 17

Sundberg-TEX 17

Caught Stealing

Bonds-CLE 23

Griffin-TOR 16

Page-OAK 16

LeFlore-DET 14

Trammell-DET 14

Molitor-MIL 13

Baylor-CAL 12

Bosetti-TOR 12

Bumbry-BAL 12

Jones-SEA 12

Patek-KCR 12

Randolph-NYY 12

Wilson-KCR 12

Power/Speed Number

Bonds-CLE 28.8

Baylor-CAL 27.3

Jones-SEA 25.7

Otis-KCR 22.5

Harrah-CLE 20.0

Brett-KCR 19.6

Lansford-CAL 19.5

Cooper-MIL 18.5

Oglivie-MIL 17.0

LeFlore-DET 16.1

At Bats per Strikeout

Brett-KCR 17.9

Kuiper-CLE 17.7

Meyer-SEA 15.0

Bell-TEX 14.9

Randolph-NYY 14.7

Oliver-TEX 14.5

Wynegar-MIN 14.0

Rivers-TOT 13.7

Dauer-BAL 13.3

Bannister-CHW 12.7

At Bats per Home Run

Thomas-MIL 12.4

Lynn-BOS 13.6

Rice-BOS 15.9

Jackson-NYY 16.0

Singleton-BAL 16.3

Lezcano-MIL 16.9

Roenicke-BAL **15.0

Baylor-CAL 17.4

Oglivie-MIL 17.7

Grich-CAL 17.8

Outs

Bell-TEX 507

Lansford-CAL 506

Bosetti-TOR 500

Jones-SEA 493

Griffin-TOR 491

Horton-SEA 491

Smalley-MIN 489

Burleson-BOS 488

Baylor-CAL 476

Randolph-NYY 464

ERA

Guidry-NYY 2.78

John-NYY 2.96

Eckersley-BOS 2.99

Flanagan-BAL 3.08

Morris-DET 3.28

Caldwell-MIL 3.29

McGregor-BAL 3.35

Koosman-MIN 3.38

Baumgarten-CHW 3.54

Frost-CAL 3.57

Zahn-MIN 3.57

Wins

Flanagan-BAL 23

John-NYY 21

Koosman-MIN 20

Guidry-NYY 18

Comer-TEX 17

Eckersley-BOS 17

Morris-DET 17

Caldwell-MIL 16

Frost-CAL 16

Jenkins-TEX 16

Ryan-CAL 16

Stanley-BOS 16

Torrez-BOS 16

Waits-CLE 16

Won-Loss %

Davis-NYY .875

Caldwell-MIL .727

Kern-TEX .722

Flanagan-BAL .719

Morris-DET .708

John-NYY .700

Guidry-NYY .692

Clear-CAL .688

McGregor-BAL .684

Lopez-DET .667

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

McGregor-BAL 1.076

Guidry-NYY 1.159

Flanagan-BAL 1.186

Eckersley-BOS 1.188

Leonard-KCR 1.195

Morris-DET 1.204

John-NYY 1.205

Martinez-BAL 1.221

Caldwell-MIL 1.238

Sorensen-MIL 1.241

Hits Allowed/9IP

Ryan-CAL 6.83

Kravec-CHW 7.49

Guidry-NYY 7.73

Morris-DET 8.15

Baumgarten-CHW 8.26

Flanagan-BAL 8.30

Stone-BAL 8.37

Underwood-TOR 8.44

Frost-CAL 8.50

McGregor-BAL 8.50

Bases on Balls/9IP

McGregor-BAL 1.19

Caldwell-MIL 1.49

Sorensen-MIL 1.61

Stanley-BOS 1.83

John-NYY 2.12

Leonard-KCR 2.14

Eckersley-BOS 2.15

Travers-MIL 2.16

Zahn-MIN 2.18

Slaton-MIL 2.28

Strikeouts/9IP

Ryan-CAL 9.01

Guidry-NYY 7.65

Flanagan-BAL 6.44

Jenkins-TEX 5.70

Bannister-SEA 5.68

Eckersley-BOS 5.47

Koosman-MIN 5.36

Wortham-CHW 5.25

Renko-BOS 5.21

Johnson-TOT 5.17

Games

Marshall-MIN 90

Monge-CLE 76

Kern-TEX 71

Lyle-TEX 67

Heaverlo-OAK 62

Cruz-CLE 61

Lopez-DET 61

Hrabosky-KCR 58

Montague-TOT 55

Drago-BOS 53

Farmer-TOT 53

LaRoche-CAL 53

Saves

Marshall-MIN 32

Kern-TEX 29

Lopez-DET 21

Stanhouse-BAL 21

Monge-CLE 19

Gossage-NYY 18

Clear-CAL 14

Farmer-TOT 14

McLaughlin-SEA 14

Drago-BOS 13

Lyle-TEX 13

Innings

Martinez-BAL 292.3

John-NYY 276.3

Flanagan-BAL 265.7

Koosman-MIN 263.7

Jenkins-TEX 259.0

Torrez-BOS 252.3

Goltz-MIN 250.7

Kravec-CHW 250.0

Eckersley-BOS 246.7

Comer-TEX 242.3

Strikeouts

Ryan-CAL 223

Guidry-NYY 201

Flanagan-BAL 190

Jenkins-TEX 164

Koosman-MIN 157

Eckersley-BOS 150

Kern-TEX 136

Goltz-MIN 132

Kravec-CHW 132

Martinez-BAL 132

Games Started

Martinez-BAL 39

Flanagan-BAL 38

Jenkins-TEX 37

Comer-TEX 36

John-NYY 36

Koosman-MIN 36

Torrez-BOS 36

Goltz-MIN 35

Kravec-CHW 35

Splittorff-KCR 35

Comp. Games

Martinez-BAL 18

Eckersley-BOS 17

John-NYY 17

Ryan-CAL 17

Caldwell-MIL 16

Flanagan-BAL 16

Sorensen-MIL 16

Guidry-NYY 15

Langford-OAK 14

Parrott-SEA 13

Shutouts

Flanagan-BAL 5

Leonard-KCR 5

Ryan-CAL 5

Caldwell-MIL 4

Stanley-BOS 4

Baumgarten-CHW 3

Jenkins-TEX 3

John-NYY 3

Kravec-CHW 3

Lemanczyk-TOR 3

Martinez-BAL 3

Slaton-MIL 3

Waits-CLE 3

Home Runs Allow.

Jenkins-TEX 40

Leonard-KCR 33

Travers-MIL 33

Stone-BAL 31

Sorensen-MIL 30

Eckersley-BOS 29

Gura-KCR 29

Martinez-BAL 28

Haas-MIL 26

Waits-CLE 26

Bases On Balls Allow.

Torrez-BOS 121

Ryan-CAL 114

Kravec-CHW 111

Wortham-CHW 100

Gale-KCR 99

Underwood-TOR 95

Norris-OAK 94

Waits-CLE 91

Parrott-SEA 86

Comer-TEX 84

Hits Allowed

Goltz-MIN 282

Martinez-BAL 279

John-NYY 268

Koosman-MIN 268

Torrez-BOS 254

Caldwell-MIL 252

Jenkins-TEX 252

Sorensen-MIL 250

Stanley-BOS 250

Splittorff-KCR 248

SO to Walk

McGregor-BAL 3.52

Guidry-NYY 2.83

Flanagan-BAL 2.71

Eckersley-BOS 2.54

Caldwell-MIL 2.28

Leonard-KCR 2.25

Jenkins-TEX 2.02

Ryan-CAL 1.96

Tiant-NYY 1.96

Morris-DET 1.92

Losses

Huffman-TOR 18

Keough-OAK 17

Splittorff-KCR 17

Langford-OAK 16

Martinez-BAL 16

Underwood-TOR 16

Bannister-SEA 15

Marshall-MIN 15

Jenkins-TEX 14

Johnson-TOT 14

Ryan-CAL 14

Sorensen-MIL 14

Wortham-CHW 14

Earned Runs Allow.

Torrez-BOS 126

Martinez-BAL 119

Jenkins-TEX 117

Goltz-MIN 116

Gura-KCR 116

Gale-KCR 114

Waits-CLE 114

Splittorff-KCR 113

Huffman-TOR 111

Wortham-CHW 111

Wild Pitches

Langford-OAK 16

Wortham-CHW 14

Keough-OAK 13

John-NYY 11

Lemanczyk-TOR 11

Underwood-TOR 11

Barker-CLE 10

Jackson-MIN 10

Kingman-OAK 10

McLaughlin-SEA 10

Norris-OAK 10

Hit Batsmen

Kravec-CHW 14

Wilcox-DET 11

McCatty-OAK 10

Norris-OAK 9

Underwood-TOR 9

Comer-TEX 8

Moore-TOR 8

Billingham-DET 7

Gura-KCR 7

Keough-OAK 7

Batters Faced

Martinez-BAL 1206

John-NYY 1116

Torrez-BOS 1109

Koosman-MIN 1101

Jenkins-TEX 1089

Flanagan-BAL 1085

Goltz-MIN 1061

Kravec-CHW 1041

Splittorff-KCR 1026

Comer-TEX 1021

Games Finished

Marshall-MIN 84

Kern-TEX 57

Lyle-TEX 53

Monge-CLE 53

Lopez-DET 49

Cruz-CLE 48

Stanhouse-BAL 46

Heaverlo-OAK 42

Buskey-TOR 40

Clear-CAL 37

Drago-BOS 37

Hrabosky-KCR 37

Adjusted ERA+

Eckersley-BOS 150

Guidry-NYY 146

John-NYY 137

Morris-DET 133

Flanagan-BAL 130

Koosman-MIN 130

Caldwell-MIL 127

Zahn-MIN 123

Baumgarten-CHW 121

McGregor-BAL 120

Oldest Player

Kaat-NYY 1938-11-07 (40)

Yastrzemski-BOS 1939-08-22 (39)

Carty-TOR 1939-09-01 (39)

Davis-CAL 1940-04-15 (39)

Tiant-NYY 1940-11-23 (38)

Hendricks-BAL 1940-12-22 (38)

Campaneris-TOT 1942-03-09 (37)

Kessinger-CHW 1942-07-17 (36)

Horton-SEA 1942-10-18 (36)

Jenkins-TEX 1942-12-13 (36)

Youngest Player

Harper-CAL 1959-10-16 (19)

Morgan-OAK 1959-10-08 (19)

Robbins-DET 1959-09-10 (19)

Burns-CHW 1959-06-08 (20)

Hernandez- 1959-04-04 (20)

Ainge-TOR 1959-03-17 (20)

Dotson-CHW 1959-01-10 (20)

Henderson-OAK 1958-12-25 (20)

Wilborn-TOR 1958-12-16 (20)

Righetti-NYY 1958-11-28 (20)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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