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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Grove • BOS 9.2
2. Gomez • NYY 9.0
3. Medwick • STL 8.4
4. DiMaggio • NYY 8.4
5. Gehrig • NYY 8.2
6. Gehringer • DET 7.8
7. Greenberg • DET 7.6
8. Clift • SLB 7.1
9. Ott • NYG 6.8
10. Bartell • NYG 6.6
WAR Position Players
1. Medwick • STL 8.4
2. DiMaggio • NYY 8.4
3. Gehrig • NYY 8.2
4. Gehringer • DET 7.8
5. Greenberg • DET 7.6
6. Clift • SLB 7.1
7. Ott • NYG 6.8
8. Bartell • NYG 6.6
9. Mize • STL 6.6
10. Dickey • NYY 6.5
Offensive WAR
1. Gehrig • NYY 8.8
2. Medwick • STL 8.2
3. DiMaggio • NYY 7.8
4. Greenberg • DET 7.4
5. Gehringer • DET 7.3
6. Mize • STL 7.1
7. Ott • NYG 6.2
8. Clift • SLB 6.2
9. Herman • CHC 6.0
10. Camilli • PHI 6.0
Defensive WAR
1. Bartell • NYG 2.9
2. Appling • CHW 2.4
3. Hayes • CHW 2.4
4. Whitehead • NYG 2.3
5. Cuccinello • BSN 1.7
6. Warstler • BSN 1.6
7. Travis • WSH 1.5
8. Allen • 2TM 1.4
9. Dickey • NYY 1.3
10. Crosetti • NYY 1.2
Batting Average
1. Gibson • HG .417
2. West • WEG .394
3. Carter • 2TM .390
4. Wright • WEG .381
5. Brown • KCM .379
6. Leonard • HG .376
7. Dandridge • 2TM .375
8. Medwick • STL .374
9. Gehringer • DET .371
10. Mize • STL .364
On-Base%
1. Gibson • HG .500
2. Gehrig • NYY .473
3. Leonard • HG .462
4. Gehringer • DET .458
5. West • WEG .447
6. Camilli • PHI .446
7. Greenberg • DET .436
8. Brown • KCM .432
9. Strong • 3TM .429
10. Mize • STL .427
Slugging %
1. Gibson • HG .974
2. Leonard • HG .729
3. Wright • WEG .728
4. Whatley • BBB .679
5. DiMaggio • NYY .673
6. Greenberg • DET .668
7. Brown • KCM .664
8. York • DET .651
9. Gehrig • NYY .643
10. Medwick • STL .641
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Gibson • HG 1.474
2. Leonard • HG 1.191
3. Wright • WEG 1.133
4. Gehrig • NYY 1.116
5. Greenberg • DET 1.105
6. Brown • KCM 1.095
7. DiMaggio • NYY 1.085
8. Whatley • BBB 1.063
9. Medwick • STL 1.056
10. Camilli • PHI 1.034
Games Played
1. Gehrig • NYY 157
2. Averill • CLE 156
Lary • CLE 156
Bell • SLB 156
Medwick • STL 156
Lewis • WSH 156
7. Clift • SLB 155
8. Demaree • CHC 154
Hack • CHC 154
Appling • CHW 154
Walker • CHW 154
Hale • CLE 154
Greenberg • DET 154
Rolfe • NYY 154
Moses • PHA 154
Waner • PIT 154
At Bats
1. Lewis • WSH 668
2. Moses • PHA 649
3. Rolfe • NYY 648
4. Lary • CLE 644
5. Bell • SLB 642
6. Walker • DET 635
7. Medwick • STL 633
8. Fox • DET 628
9. DiMaggio • NYY 621
10. Waner • PIT 619
Plate Appearances
1. Lary • CLE 741
Rolfe • NYY 741
3. Lewis • WSH 733
4. Crosetti • NYY 721
5. Moses • PHA 713
6. Averill • CLE 702
7. Greenberg • DET 701
8. Gehrig • NYY 700
9. Bell • SLB 699
10. Galan • CHC 695
Runs Scored
1. DiMaggio • NYY 151
2. Rolfe • NYY 143
3. Gehrig • NYY 138
4. Greenberg • DET 137
5. Gehringer • DET 133
6. Crosetti • NYY 127
7. Averill • CLE 121
8. Fox • DET 116
9. Moses • PHA 113
10. Foxx • BOS 111
Medwick • STL 111
Hits
1. Medwick • STL 237
2. Waner • PIT 219
3. Bell • SLB 218
4. DiMaggio • NYY 215
5. Walker • DET 213
6. Lewis • WSH 210
7. Gehringer • DET 209
8. Fox • DET 208
Moses • PHA 208
10. Mize • STL 204
Total Bases
1. DiMaggio • NYY 418
2. Medwick • STL 406
3. Greenberg • DET 397
4. Gehrig • NYY 366
5. Moses • PHA 357
6. Mize • STL 333
7. Trosky • CLE 329
8. Bell • SLB 327
9. Walker • DET 317
10. Solters • CLE 314
Doubles
1. Medwick • STL 56
2. Bell • SLB 51
3. Greenberg • DET 49
4. Moses • PHA 48
5. Vosmik • SLB 47
6. Lary • CLE 46
7. Appling • CHW 42
Campbell • CLE 42
Solters • CLE 42
Walker • DET 42
Triples
1. Vaughan • PIT 17
2. Kreevich • CHW 16
Walker • CHW 16
4. DiMaggio • NYY 15
Stone • WSH 15
6. Greenberg • DET 14
Suhr • PIT 14
8. Moses • PHA 13
9. Goodman • CIN 12
Handley • PIT 12
Chapman • 2TM 12
Home Runs
1. DiMaggio • NYY 46
2. Greenberg • DET 40
3. Gehrig • NYY 37
4. Foxx • BOS 36
5. York • DET 35
6. Trosky • CLE 32
7. Ott • NYG 31
Medwick • STL 31
9. Dickey • NYY 29
Clift • SLB 29
Runs Batted In
1. Greenberg • DET 184
2. DiMaggio • NYY 167
3. Gehrig • NYY 158
4. Medwick • STL 154
5. Dickey • NYY 133
6. Trosky • CLE 128
7. Foxx • BOS 127
8. Clift • SLB 118
9. Bell • SLB 117
10. Demaree • CHC 115
Bases on Balls
1. Gehrig • NYY 127
2. Greenberg • DET 102
Ott • NYG 102
4. Foxx • BOS 99
5. Johnson • PHA 98
Clift • SLB 98
7. Gehringer • DET 90
Rolfe • NYY 90
Camilli • PHI 90
10. Averill • CLE 88
Lary • CLE 88
Strikeouts
1. DiMaggio • BSN 111
2. Crosetti • NYY 105
3. Greenberg • DET 101
4. Foxx • BOS 96
5. Brack • BRO 93
6. Camilli • PHI 82
7. Clift • SLB 80
8. Lazzeri • NYY 76
9. Walker • DET 74
10. Cronin • BOS 73
Moore • BSN 73
Stolen Bases
1. Werber • PHA 35
Chapman • 2TM 35
3. Milton • 2TM 33
4. Galan • CHC 23
Walker • DET 23
6. Dwight • KCM 22
7. Appling • CHW 18
Lary • CLE 18
Hill • 2TM 18
10. Hack • CHC 16
Pytlak • CLE 16
Singles
1. Waner • PIT 178
2. Lewis • WSH 162
3. Gehringer • DET 154
4. Fox • DET 149
Walker • DET 149
Waner • PIT 149
7. Bell • SLB 145
8. Travis • WSH 144
9. Demaree • CHC 140
Medwick • STL 140
Adjusted OPS+
1. Gibson • HG 273
2. Leonard • HG 204
3. Brown • KCM 199
4. Whatley • BBB 189
5. Wright • WEG 188
6. Medwick • STL 182
7. Gehrig • NYY 176
8. Mize • STL 174
9. Greenberg • DET 172
10. Camilli • PHI 170
Runs Created
1. Greenberg • DET 172
2. DiMaggio • NYY 171
Gehrig • NYY 171
4. Medwick • STL 165
5. Mize • STL 140
6. Gehringer • DET 135
7. Moses • PHA 131
8. Bell • SLB 127
Clift • SLB 127
10. Dickey • NYY 124
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Gehrig • NYY 73
2. Medwick • STL 70
3. Greenberg • DET 67
4. DiMaggio • NYY 59
5. Mize • STL 58
6. Camilli • PHI 51
7. Gehringer • DET 44
8. Ott • NYG 42
9. Gibson • HG 39
10. Johnson • PHA 38
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Medwick • STL 6.8
2. Gehrig • NYY 6.6
3. Greenberg • DET 6.0
4. Mize • STL 5.7
5. DiMaggio • NYY 5.3
6. Camilli • PHI 5.0
7. Ott • NYG 4.2
8. Gehringer • DET 4.0
9. Johnson • PHA 3.4
10. Gibson • HG 3.4
Extra Base Hits
1. Greenberg • DET 103
2. Medwick • STL 97
3. DiMaggio • NYY 96
4. Moses • PHA 86
5. Gehrig • NYY 83
6. Trosky • CLE 77
7. Solters • CLE 73
Bell • SLB 73
9. Clift • SLB 72
Mize • STL 72
Times On Base
1. Gehrig • NYY 331
2. Greenberg • DET 305
3. Gehringer • DET 300
4. DiMaggio • NYY 284
5. Waner • PIT 282
6. Medwick • STL 280
7. Clift • SLB 279
8. Lary • CLE 278
9. Bell • SLB 272
10. Averill • CLE 270
Rolfe • NYY 270
Offensive Win %
1. Gibson • HG .927
2. Brown • KCM .854
3. Leonard • HG .848
4. Medwick • STL .833
5. Mize • STL .824
6. Gehrig • NYY .823
7. Wright • WEG .817
8. Whatley • BBB .811
9. Camilli • PHI .806
10. Greenberg • DET .805
Hit By Pitch
1. Crosetti • NYY 12
2. Bartell • NYG 10
3. Goodman • CIN 7
Pytlak • CLE 7
5. Cronin • BOS 6
Mills • BOS 6
Jurges • CHC 6
Piet • CHW 6
Clift • SLB 6
10. Hassett • BRO 5
Marshall • CAG 5
Collins • CHC 5
Kampouris • CIN 5
Walker • DET 5
DiMaggio • NYY 5
Mize • STL 5
Myer • WSH 5
Travis • WSH 5
Sacrifice Hits
1. Brown • STL 26
2. Warstler • BSN 22
3. Cramer • BOS 17
Walker • CHW 17
5. Kreevich • CHW 16
6. Hayes • CHW 15
7. Hassett • BRO 14
Demaree • CHC 14
Bartell • NYG 14
Newsome • PHA 14
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Pytlak • CLE 15
2. Suhr • PIT 14
3. Fletcher • BSN 13
Hartnett • CHC 13
Dickey • NYY 13
Gehrig • NYY 13
Medwick • STL 13
8. Foxx • BOS 12
Sewell • CHW 12
10. Phelps • BRO 11
Danning • NYG 11
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Demaree • CHC 23
2. Whitney • PHI 19
3. Lavagetto • BRO 17
Kampouris • CIN 17
Durocher • STL 17
6. Todd • PIT 16
Brown • STL 16
8. Lopez • BSN 15
Marty • CHC 15
Cuyler • CIN 15
Caught Stealing
1. Galan • CHC 19
Hack • CHC 19
3. Goodman • CIN 18
4. Gutteridge • STL 16
5. Brown • STL 14
6. Werber • PHA 13
7. Brack • BRO 12
Chapman • 2TM 12
9. Hassett • BRO 11
Camilli • PHI 11
Scharein • PHI 11
Power-Speed #
1. Galan • CHC 20.2
Walker • DET 20.2
3. Foxx • BOS 15.7
4. Greenberg • DET 13.3
5. Johnson • PHA 13.2
Moses • PHA 13.2
7. Moore • BSN 13.0
8. Clift • SLB 12.5
9. Gehringer • DET 12.3
10. Fox • DET 12.0
AB per SO
1. Waner • PIT 44.8
2. Cooney • BRO 43.0
3. Cramer • BOS 40.0
4. Dean • PHA 30.9
5. Hassett • BRO 29.3
6. Whitehead • NYG 28.7
7. Pytlak • CLE 26.5
8. Herman • CHC 25.6
9. Dickey • NYY 24.1
10. Radcliff • CHW 23.4
AB per HR
1. Gibson • HG 7.8
2. York • DET 10.7
3. Leonard • HG 13.1
4. DiMaggio • NYY 13.5
5. Greenberg • DET 14.9
6. Suttles • NE 15.3
7. Gehrig • NYY 15.4
8. Foxx • BOS 15.8
9. Ott • NYG 17.6
10. Camilli • PHI 17.6
Outs Made
1. Galan • CHC 487
Crosetti • NYY 487
3. Lewis • WSH 473
4. Rolfe • NYY 472
5. Lary • CLE 471
6. Warstler • BSN 470
7. Demaree • CHC 463
Hayes • CHW 463
9. Moses • PHA 455
10. Hack • CHC 444
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Gehrig • NYY 95.96
2. DiMaggio • NYY 88.98
3. Greenberg • DET 88.43
4. Medwick • STL 86.15
5. Mize • STL 65.33
6. Gehringer • DET 57.09
7. Dickey • NYY 45.71
8. Clift • SLB 43.18
9. Waner • PIT 41.64
10. Ott • NYG 41.37
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Medwick • STL 9.1
2. Gehrig • NYY 8.8
3. DiMaggio • NYY 8.8
4. Mize • STL 6.8
5. Greenberg • DET 6.0
6. Foxx • BOS 4.3
7. Trosky • CLE 4.2
8. Johnson • PHA 4.2
9. Gehringer • DET 4.1
10. Dickey • NYY 4.1
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. DiMaggio • NYY 7.7
2. Gehrig • NYY 7.3
3. Greenberg • DET 6.3
4. Medwick • STL 6.3
5. Mize • STL 5.9
6. Gehringer • DET 4.3
7. Ott • NYG 4.1
8. Dickey • NYY 3.8
9. Johnson • PHA 3.7
10. Vaughan • PIT 3.5
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Gehrig • NYY 20.7
2. DiMaggio • NYY 18.0
3. Medwick • STL 13.0
4. Ott • NYG 12.4
5. Dickey • NYY 12.1
6. Hartnett • CHC 11.4
7. Ripple • NYG 9.8
8. Herman • CHC 9.4
9. Mize • STL 8.8
10. Hack • CHC 8.1
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Gehrig • NYY 8.5
2. Medwick • STL 8.3
3. DiMaggio • NYY 7.9
4. Greenberg • DET 7.8
5. Mize • STL 6.4
6. Gehringer • DET 5.1
7. Waner • PIT 4.1
8. Dickey • NYY 4.1
9. Ott • NYG 4.1
10. Clift • SLB 3.9

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.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements