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Progressive Leaders & Records for Adj. Batting Wins


Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:  Single-Season  Career  Active  Progressive  Yearly League 

+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.

This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning perfomances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year CareerBtWins  Single-SeasonBtWins  ActiveBtWins  YearlyBtWins
1871 Levi Meyerle 2.00 Levi Meyerle 2.00 Levi Meyerle 2.00 Levi Meyerle 2.00
1872 Ross Barnes 4.60 Ross Barnes 3.00 Ross Barnes 4.60 Ross Barnes 3.00
1873 Ross Barnes 8.50 Ross Barnes 3.90 Ross Barnes 8.50 Ross Barnes 3.90
1874 Ross Barnes 9.80 Ross Barnes 3.90 Ross Barnes 9.80 Levi Meyerle 2.40
1875 Ross Barnes 13.30 Cal McVey 4.20 Ross Barnes 13.30 Cal McVey 4.20
1876 Ross Barnes 18.30 Ross Barnes 5.00 Ross Barnes 18.30 Ross Barnes 5.00
1877 Ross Barnes 18.10 Ross Barnes 5.00 Ross Barnes 18.10 Deacon White 2.80
1878 Ross Barnes 18.10 Ross Barnes 5.00 Ross Barnes 18.10 Orator Shaffer 2.70
1879 Ross Barnes 18.50 Ross Barnes 5.00 Ross Barnes 18.50 Paul Hines 3.70
1880 Ross Barnes 18.50 Ross Barnes 5.00 Ross Barnes 18.50 George Gore 3.40
1881 Cap Anson+ 19.40 Ross Barnes 5.00 Cap Anson+ 19.40 Cap Anson+ 4.00
1882 Cap Anson+ 22.90 Ross Barnes 5.00 Cap Anson+ 22.90 Pete Browning 4.20
1883 Cap Anson+ 24.10 Ross Barnes 5.00 Cap Anson+ 24.10 Dan Brouthers+ 4.50
1884 Cap Anson+ 28.60 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Cap Anson+ 28.60 Fred Dunlap 8.50
1885 Cap Anson+ 31.70 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Cap Anson+ 31.70 Roger Connor+ 5.70
1886 Cap Anson+ 37.20 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Cap Anson+ 37.20 Dan Brouthers+ 6.90
1887 Cap Anson+ 40.50 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Cap Anson+ 40.50 Tip O'Neill 7.80
1888 Cap Anson+ 45.70 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Cap Anson+ 45.70 Dan Brouthers+ 5.50
1889 Cap Anson+ 48.50 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Cap Anson+ 48.50 Tommy Tucker 5.00
1890 Cap Anson+ 52.30 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Cap Anson+ 52.30 Cupid Childs 5.40
1891 Cap Anson+ 54.20 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Cap Anson+ 54.20 Dan Brouthers+ 5.70
1892 Dan Brouthers+ 59.00 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Dan Brouthers+ 59.00 Dan Brouthers+ 6.50
1893 Dan Brouthers+ 61.50 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Dan Brouthers+ 61.50 Ed Delahanty+ 4.80
1894 Dan Brouthers+ 63.80 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Dan Brouthers+ 63.80 Hugh Duffy+ 5.60
1895 Dan Brouthers+ 64.10 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Dan Brouthers+ 64.10 Ed Delahanty+ 6.20
1896 Dan Brouthers+ 65.70 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Dan Brouthers+ 65.70 Ed Delahanty+ 6.20
1897 Dan Brouthers+ 65.70 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Dan Brouthers+ 65.70 Willie Keeler+ 4.80
1898 Dan Brouthers+ 65.70 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Dan Brouthers+ 65.70 John McGraw+ 4.60
1899 Dan Brouthers+ 65.70 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Dan Brouthers+ 65.70 Ed Delahanty+ 7.10
1900 Dan Brouthers+ 65.70 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Dan Brouthers+ 65.70 Elmer Flick+ 5.40
1901 Dan Brouthers+ 65.70 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Dan Brouthers+ 65.70 Nap Lajoie+ 7.10
1902 Dan Brouthers+ 65.70 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Dan Brouthers+ 65.70 Ed Delahanty+ 5.70
1903 Dan Brouthers+ 65.70 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Dan Brouthers+ 65.70 Jimmy Sheckard 4.50
1904 Dan Brouthers+ 65.60 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Dan Brouthers+ 65.60 Nap Lajoie+ 7.40
1905 Dan Brouthers+ 65.60 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Jesse Burkett+ 48.80 Cy Seymour 6.50
1906 Dan Brouthers+ 65.60 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Nap Lajoie+ 41.00 George Stone 6.90
1907 Dan Brouthers+ 65.60 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Honus Wagner+ 45.90 Honus Wagner+ 5.90
1908 Dan Brouthers+ 65.60 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Honus Wagner+ 53.70 Honus Wagner+ 7.80
1909 Dan Brouthers+ 65.60 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Honus Wagner+ 59.10 Ty Cobb+ 7.30
1910 Dan Brouthers+ 65.60 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Honus Wagner+ 61.80 Nap Lajoie+ 8.10
1911 Honus Wagner+ 65.60 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Honus Wagner+ 65.60 Ty Cobb+ 7.60
1912 Honus Wagner+ 68.90 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Honus Wagner+ 68.90 Tris Speaker+ 7.40
1913 Honus Wagner+ 69.60 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Honus Wagner+ 69.60 Joe Jackson 7.00
1914 Honus Wagner+ 69.00 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Honus Wagner+ 69.00 Tris Speaker+ 6.40
1915 Honus Wagner+ 70.80 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Honus Wagner+ 70.80 Ty Cobb+ 7.80
1916 Honus Wagner+ 72.10 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Honus Wagner+ 72.10 Tris Speaker+ 7.00
1917 Ty Cobb+ 73.60 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Ty Cobb+ 73.60 Ty Cobb+ 8.40
1918 Ty Cobb+ 78.70 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Ty Cobb+ 78.70 Ty Cobb+ 5.10
1919 Ty Cobb+ 83.20 Fred Dunlap 8.50 Ty Cobb+ 83.20 Babe Ruth+ 7.30
1920 Ty Cobb+ 85.40 Babe Ruth+ 10.80 Ty Cobb+ 85.40 Babe Ruth+ 10.80
1921 Ty Cobb+ 90.20 Babe Ruth+ 10.90 Ty Cobb+ 90.20 Babe Ruth+ 10.90
1922 Ty Cobb+ 95.60 Babe Ruth+ 10.90 Ty Cobb+ 95.60 Rogers Hornsby+ 8.90
1923 Ty Cobb+ 98.50 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ty Cobb+ 98.50 Babe Ruth+ 11.30
1924 Ty Cobb+ 101.10 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ty Cobb+ 101.10 Babe Ruth+ 9.60
1925 Ty Cobb+ 105.50 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ty Cobb+ 105.50 Rogers Hornsby+ 7.90
1926 Ty Cobb+ 106.80 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ty Cobb+ 106.80 Babe Ruth+ 9.60
1927 Ty Cobb+ 109.40 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ty Cobb+ 109.40 Lou Gehrig+ 9.80
1928 Ty Cobb+ 110.10 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ty Cobb+ 110.10 Babe Ruth+ 8.40
1929 Ty Cobb+ 110.10 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Babe Ruth+ 96.60 Rogers Hornsby+ 6.70
1930 Ty Cobb+ 110.10 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Babe Ruth+ 105.10 Babe Ruth+ 8.50
1931 Babe Ruth+ 114.10 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Babe Ruth+ 114.10 Babe Ruth+ 9.00
1932 Babe Ruth+ 121.10 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Babe Ruth+ 121.10 Jimmie Foxx+ 8.70
1933 Babe Ruth+ 126.40 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Babe Ruth+ 126.40 Jimmie Foxx+ 7.90
1934 Babe Ruth+ 130.00 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Babe Ruth+ 130.00 Lou Gehrig+ 8.60
1935 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Arky Vaughan+ 6.80
1936 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Rogers Hornsby+ 85.30 Lou Gehrig+ 7.60
1937 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Lou Gehrig+ 87.90 Joe Medwick+ 6.70
1938 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Lou Gehrig+ 90.70 Jimmie Foxx+ 6.70
1939 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Lou Gehrig+ 90.30 Johnny Mize+ 6.30
1940 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Jimmie Foxx+ 69.40 Johnny Mize+ 6.00
1941 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Jimmie Foxx+ 72.30 Ted Williams+ 9.80
1942 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Jimmie Foxx+ 72.10 Ted Williams+ 9.40
1943 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Jimmie Foxx+ 72.10 Stan Musial+ 6.60
1944 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Mel Ott+ 74.70 Stan Musial+ 6.20
1945 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Mel Ott+ 78.10 Tommy Holmes 6.40
1946 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Mel Ott+ 77.00 Ted Williams+ 9.30
1947 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Mel Ott+ 76.90 Ted Williams+ 8.90
1948 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ted Williams+ 54.70 Stan Musial+ 8.40
1949 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ted Williams+ 62.90 Ted Williams+ 8.20
1950 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ted Williams+ 66.40 Stan Musial+ 5.20
1951 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ted Williams+ 72.10 Ralph Kiner+ 6.90
1952 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ted Williams+ 72.30 Stan Musial+ 5.90
1953 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ted Williams+ 74.40 Al Rosen 6.40
1954 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ted Williams+ 81.10 Ted Williams+ 6.70
1955 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ted Williams+ 86.50 Mickey Mantle+ 5.90
1956 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ted Williams+ 91.10 Mickey Mantle+ 8.10
1957 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ted Williams+ 99.80 Mickey Mantle+ 9.00
1958 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ted Williams+ 105.00 Mickey Mantle+ 6.90
1959 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ted Williams+ 105.80 Hank Aaron+ 6.90
1960 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Ted Williams+ 110.00 Eddie Mathews+ 5.20
1961 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Stan Musial+ 91.40 Norm Cash 8.10
1962 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Stan Musial+ 93.90 Frank Robinson+ 6.40
1963 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Stan Musial+ 94.00 Hank Aaron+ 6.80
1964 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Mickey Mantle+ 73.00 Willie Mays+ 5.70
1965 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Mickey Mantle+ 75.10 Willie Mays+ 6.40
1966 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Mickey Mantle+ 78.40 Frank Robinson+ 7.90
1967 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Mickey Mantle+ 82.00 Carl Yastrzemski+ 7.70
1968 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Mickey Mantle+ 85.20 Carl Yastrzemski+ 6.10
1969 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Willie Mays+ 76.20 Willie McCovey+ 7.90
1970 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Willie Mays+ 79.00 Carl Yastrzemski+ 6.80
1971 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Hank Aaron+ 83.70 Hank Aaron+ 6.40
1972 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Hank Aaron+ 86.90 Dick Allen 7.10
1973 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Hank Aaron+ 91.10 Willie Stargell+ 6.10
1974 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Hank Aaron+ 92.30 Jeff Burroughs 5.10
1975 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Hank Aaron+ 92.20 Joe Morgan+ 5.80
1976 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Hank Aaron+ 92.30 Joe Morgan+ 6.30
1977 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Willie McCovey+ 56.20 Rod Carew+ 6.60
1978 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Willie McCovey+ 56.00 Dave Parker 5.00
1979 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Willie McCovey+ 56.10 Fred Lynn 5.70
1980 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Willie McCovey+ 55.60 George Brett+ 6.30
1981 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Carl Yastrzemski+ 54.20 Mike Schmidt+ 5.00
1982 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Carl Yastrzemski+ 54.90 Robin Yount+ 5.50
1983 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Carl Yastrzemski+ 55.30 Eddie Murray+ 4.60
1984 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Joe Morgan+ 50.40 Eddie Murray+ 4.90
1985 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Reggie Jackson+ 51.60 George Brett+ 6.30
1986 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Mike Schmidt+ 54.00 Don Mattingly 5.60
1987 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Mike Schmidt+ 57.20 Wade Boggs+ 6.10
1988 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Mike Schmidt+ 58.00 Wade Boggs+ 6.40
1989 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Mike Schmidt+ 57.90 Kevin Mitchell 6.70
1990 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 George Brett+ 49.90 Rickey Henderson+ 6.10
1991 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 George Brett+ 50.20 Frank Thomas 6.80
1992 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 George Brett+ 50.20 Barry Bonds 7.60
1993 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 George Brett+ 49.60 Barry Bonds 8.30
1994 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Rickey Henderson+ 47.30 Frank Thomas 6.60
1995 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Rickey Henderson+ 49.60 Edgar Martinez 6.70
1996 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Rickey Henderson+ 51.00 Gary Sheffield 7.30
1997 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Barry Bonds 55.90 Larry Walker 6.60
1998 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Barry Bonds 62.60 Mark McGwire 8.90
1999 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Barry Bonds 65.40 Chipper Jones 5.90
2000 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Babe Ruth+ 11.30 Barry Bonds 71.60 Carlos Delgado 7.00
2001 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Barry Bonds 11.40 Barry Bonds 83.00 Barry Bonds 11.40
2002 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Barry Bonds 11.40 Barry Bonds 94.40 Barry Bonds 11.40
2003 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Barry Bonds 11.40 Barry Bonds 102.70 Barry Bonds 8.30
2004 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Barry Bonds 11.40 Barry Bonds 114.00 Barry Bonds 11.30
2005 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Barry Bonds 11.40 Barry Bonds 114.40 Derrek Lee 6.30
2006 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Barry Bonds 11.40 Barry Bonds 118.00 Albert Pujols 6.00
2007 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Barry Bonds 11.40 Barry Bonds 122.20 Alex Rodriguez 6.30
2008 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Barry Bonds 11.40 Frank Thomas 69.50 Albert Pujols 7.10
2009 Babe Ruth+ 130.20 Barry Bonds 11.40 Manny Ramirez 60.40

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