American Association Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Morris • PIT 12.7
2. Caruthers • STL 10.0
3. Hecker • LOU 8.2
4. Henderson • BAL 7.8
5. Porter • BRO 6.3
6. Mathews • PHA 5.7
7. Browning • LOU 5.3
8. Foutz • STL 5.0
9. Orr • NYP 4.5
10. Larkin • PHA 4.2

WAR Position Players

<strong>Wins Above Replacement for position players</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br> Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Browning • LOU 5.3
2. Orr • NYP 5.0
3. Larkin • PHA 4.2
4. Jones • CIN 3.9
5. Nelson • NYP 3.9
6. Stovey • PHA 3.8
7. Smith • BRO 3.4
8. Fennelly • CIN 3.3
9. Phillips • BRO 2.9
10. Barkley • STL 2.9

Offensive WAR

<strong>Offensive Wins Above Replacement (everything but Fielding)</strong><br>The same statistic as Wins Above Replacement for Position<br>Players (WAR), but with the fielding value excluded.<br>oWAR + dWAR does not equal WAR.<br>Adding would count positions twice.<br>Contains the factor for batting stats, baserunning, a positional adjustment, and the replacement player adjustment.<br> Factors developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Orr • NYP 5.4
2. Browning • LOU 4.9
3. Stovey • PHA 4.1
4. Larkin • PHA 3.9
5. Nelson • NYP 3.7
6. Fennelly • CIN 3.6
7. Jones • CIN 3.2
8. Phillips • BRO 3.0
Roseman • NYP 3.0
10. Brown • PIT 2.8

Defensive WAR

<strong>Defensive Wins Above Replacement for position players</strong><br>A defensive measure of wins above replacement, but given<br>only the defensive stats of the player and his position adjustment. For this calculation, we use a<br>replacement level on defense is the league average.<br>Based on Baseball Info Solutions defensive runs saved from 2003 on<br>and total zone rating developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com previously

1. Smith • BRO 2.4
2. Bushong • STL 1.7
3. Milligan • PHA 1.6
4. Smith • PIT 1.5
5. Barkley • STL 1.4
6. Hankinson • NYP 1.1
7. Miller • LOU 1.0
8. McPhee • CIN 0.9
9. Scott • PIT 0.9
Nelson • NYP 0.9

Batting Average

<strong>Hits/At Bats</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played<br>Bold indicates either highest BA using current stats<br>or awarded title at end of year.

1. Browning • LOU .362
2. Orr • NYP .342
3. Larkin • PHA .329
4. Jones • CIN .322
5. Stovey • PHA .315
6. Brown • PIT .307
7. Phillips • BRO .302
8. Coleman • PHA .299
9. Reilly • CIN .297
10. Brady • NYP .295

On-Base%

<strong>(H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF)</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played

1. Browning • LOU .393
2. Larkin • PHA .373
3. Stovey • PHA .371
4. Brown • PIT .366
5. Phillips • BRO .364
6. Jones • CIN .362
7. Orr • NYP .358
8. Nelson • NYP .353
9. Hotaling • BRO .350
10. Coleman • PHA .345

Slugging %

Total Bases/At Bats or
(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played

1. Orr • NYP .543
2. Browning • LOU .530
3. Larkin • PHA .525
4. Stovey • PHA .488
5. Jones • CIN .462
6. Fennelly • CIN .445
7. Brown • PIT .426
8. Phillips • BRO .422
9. Wolf • LOU .416
10. Coleman • PHA .415

On-Base Plus Slugging

<strong>On-Base + Slugging Percentages </strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played

1. Browning • LOU .923
2. Orr • NYP .901
3. Larkin • PHA .899
4. Stovey • PHA .858
5. Jones • CIN .824
6. Brown • PIT .792
7. Phillips • BRO .786
8. Fennelly • CIN .778
9. Coleman • PHA .760
10. Roseman • NYP .742

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. McClellan • BRO 112
Carpenter • CIN 112
Corkhill • CIN 112
Fennelly • CIN 112
Jones • CIN 112
Browning • LOU 112
Kerins • LOU 112
McLaughlin • LOU 112
Wolf • LOU 112
Stovey • PHA 112
Gleason • STL 112
Nicol • STL 112
Welch • STL 112

At Bats

At Bats

1. Jones • CIN 487
2. Stovey • PHA 486
3. Latham • STL 485
4. Wolf • LOU 483
5. Reilly • CIN 482
6. Browning • LOU 481
7. Carpenter • CIN 473
8. Gleason • STL 472
9. Sommer • BAL 471
10. McClellan • BRO 464

Plate Appearances

<strong>Plate Appearances</strong><br>When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts<br>Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH,<br>which excludes catcher interferences.<br>When <span class=tooltip>this color</span> click for a summary of each PA.

1. Stovey • PHA 529
2. Jones • CIN 517
3. Gleason • STL 516
4. Latham • STL 508
5. Browning • LOU 506
6. Reilly • CIN 500
7. Sommer • BAL 498
McClellan • BRO 498
9. Fennelly • CIN 495
Wolf • LOU 495

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Stovey • PHA 130
2. Larkin • PHA 114
3. Jones • CIN 108
4. Browning • LOU 98
Nelson • NYP 98
6. Reilly • CIN 92
7. Carpenter • CIN 89
8. McClellan • BRO 85
Smith • PIT 85
10. Sommer • BAL 84
Latham • STL 84
Welch • STL 84

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Browning • LOU 174
2. Jones • CIN 157
3. Stovey • PHA 153
4. Orr • NYP 152
5. Larkin • PHA 149
6. Reilly • CIN 143
7. Wolf • LOU 141
8. Brown • PIT 134
9. Carpenter • CIN 131
10. Brady • NYP 128

Total Bases

<strong>Total Bases</strong><br>Singles + 2 x Doubles + 3 x Triples + 4 x Home Runs.

1. Browning • LOU 255
2. Orr • NYP 241
3. Larkin • PHA 238
4. Stovey • PHA 237
5. Jones • CIN 225
6. Fennelly • CIN 202
7. Wolf • LOU 201
8. Reilly • CIN 198
9. Brown • PIT 186
10. Roseman • NYP 167

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Larkin • PHA 37
2. Browning • LOU 34
3. Orr • NYP 29
4. Stovey • PHA 27
5. Sommer • BAL 23
Wolf • LOU 23
7. McClellan • BRO 22
8. Muldoon • BAL 20
9. Jones • CIN 19
10. Reilly • CIN 18
Eden • PIT 18
Barkley • STL 18
Welch • STL 18

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Orr • NYP 21
2. Kuehne • PIT 19
3. Fennelly • CIN 17
Jones • CIN 17
Wolf • LOU 17
6. Kerins • LOU 16
7. Roseman • NYP 14
Larkin • PHA 14
9. Smith • PIT 13
10. Brown • PIT 12

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Stovey • PHA 13
2. Fennelly • CIN 10
3. Browning • LOU 9
4. Larkin • PHA 8
5. Orr • NYP 6
6. Burns • BAL 5
Reilly • CIN 5
Jones • CIN 5
9. Smith • BRO 4
Roseman • NYP 4
Brown • PIT 4

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Fennelly • CIN 89
2. Larkin • PHA 88
3. Orr • NYP 77
4. Stovey • PHA 75
5. Browning • LOU 73
6. Coleman • PHA 70
7. Welch • STL 69
8. Brown • PIT 68
9. Phillips • BRO 63
10. Smith • BRO 62

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Nelson • NYP 61
2. Macullar • BAL 49
Hotaling • BRO 49
4. Stovey • PHA 39
5. Stearns • BAL 38
Fennelly • CIN 38
7. Swartwood • BRO 36
8. Brown • PIT 34
Nicol • STL 34
10. Mann • PIT 31

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Browning • LOU 121
2. Jones • CIN 116
3. Carpenter • CIN 109
Reilly • CIN 109
5. Brady • NYP 106
6. Stovey • PHA 104
7. Pinkney • BRO 103
8. Brown • PIT 102
Gleason • STL 102
10. Wolf • LOU 100

Adjusted OPS+

<strong>OPS+</strong><br>100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s)

1. Orr • NYP 202
2. Browning • LOU 190
3. Larkin • PHA 175
4. Stovey • PHA 163
5. Jones • CIN 155
6. Roseman • NYP 150
7. Brown • PIT 149
8. Phillips • BRO 146
9. Brady • NYP 141
10. Fennelly • CIN 141

Runs Created

<strong>Runs Created</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Bill James and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total.<br>This is computed with the "technical" formula when possible.<br>If SB or CS data is missing, the "basic" formula is used.<br>If HBP, IBB, SH, SF, or GIDP data is missing, the "stolen base" version of the formula is used. <br>Team Runs Created is the sum of player Runs Created.

1. Browning • LOU 100
2. Larkin • PHA 87
Stovey • PHA 87
4. Orr • NYP 85
5. Jones • CIN 79
6. Fennelly • CIN 67
7. Brown • PIT 66
8. Reilly • CIN 62
Wolf • LOU 62
10. Phillips • BRO 57

Adj. Batting Runs

<strong>Adjusted Batting Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Browning • LOU 48
2. Orr • NYP 45
3. Larkin • PHA 39
4. Stovey • PHA 36
5. Jones • CIN 30
6. Brown • PIT 25
7. Roseman • NYP 22
8. Phillips • BRO 22
9. Fennelly • CIN 21
10. Brady • NYP 20

Adj. Batting Wins

<strong>Adjusted Batting Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his bat.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Browning • LOU 5.3
2. Orr • NYP 5.0
3. Larkin • PHA 4.4
4. Stovey • PHA 4.0
5. Jones • CIN 3.3
6. Brown • PIT 2.8
7. Roseman • NYP 2.5
8. Phillips • BRO 2.4
9. Fennelly • CIN 2.3
10. Brady • NYP 2.3

Extra Base Hits

<strong>Extra Base Hits</strong><br>Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Larkin • PHA 59
2. Orr • NYP 56
3. Browning • LOU 53
4. Stovey • PHA 49
5. Fennelly • CIN 41
Jones • CIN 41
Wolf • LOU 41
8. Reilly • CIN 34
9. Smith • BRO 32
Brown • PIT 32

Times On Base

<strong>Times on Base</strong><br>Hits + Bases on Balls + Hit By Pitch<br>Does not include Reached on Error or Catcher Interference.

1. Browning • LOU 199
2. Stovey • PHA 196
3. Jones • CIN 187
4. Larkin • PHA 181
5. Brown • PIT 175
6. Nelson • NYP 171
7. Fennelly • CIN 165
8. Orr • NYP 163
Gleason • STL 163
10. Reilly • CIN 161

Offensive Win %

<strong>Offensive Winning Percentage</strong><br>The percentage of games a team with nine of this player<br>batting would win. Assumes average pitching and defense.<br>This uses the Pythagorean win pct formula with the player's RC/G for runs scored and the league's R/9 as runs allowed.

1. Browning • LOU .846
2. Orr • NYP .817
3. Larkin • PHA .812
4. Stovey • PHA .785
5. Jones • CIN .757
6. Brown • PIT .724
7. Phillips • BRO .708
8. Fennelly • CIN .698
9. Coleman • PHA .694
10. Reilly • CIN .656

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Gleason • STL 15
2. Phillips • BRO 11
3. Roseman • NYP 10
4. Jones • CIN 9
5. Field • 2TM 8
Eden • PIT 8
7. Welch • STL 7
Robinson • STL 7
Stricker • PHA 7
Brown • PIT 7
Reilly • CIN 7
McPhee • CIN 7
Corkhill • CIN 7
Houck • PHA 7
Clinton • CIN 7
Pinkney • BRO 7

AB per HR

<strong>At Bats Per Home Run</strong>

1. Stovey • PHA 37.4
2. Fennelly • CIN 45.4
3. Browning • LOU 53.4
4. Larkin • PHA 56.6
5. Burns • BAL 64.2
6. Orr • NYP 74.0
7. Reilly • CIN 96.4
8. Jones • CIN 97.4
9. Roseman • NYP 102.5
10. Smith • BRO 104.8

Outs Made

<strong>Outs Made</strong><br>(At Bats - Hits) + Double Plays Grounded Into <br>+ Sac. Flies + Sac. Hits + Caught Stealing.

1. Latham • STL 385
2. Sommer • BAL 353
Gleason • STL 353
4. Kerins • LOU 345
5. Carpenter • CIN 342
Wolf • LOU 342
7. McClellan • BRO 340
Smith • PIT 340
9. Reilly • CIN 339
10. Nicol • STL 337

rOBA

rOBA
A measure of a player's offensive contributions, weighted in proportion to each event's actual run value

1. Browning • LOU .422
2. Larkin • PHA .409
3. Orr • NYP .407
4. Stovey • PHA .394
5. Jones • CIN .379
6. Brown • PIT .369
7. Phillips • BRO .367
8. Fennelly • CIN .357
9. Coleman • PHA .353
10. Roseman • NYP .345

Rbat+

Rbat+
Batting runs as computed for WAR, but indexed to the environment the player played in, where 100 is league average.

1. Orr • NYP 179
2. Browning • LOU 170
3. Larkin • PHA 157
4. Stovey • PHA 149
5. Roseman • NYP 146
6. Jones • CIN 144
7. Brown • PIT 141
8. Brady • NYP 141
9. Phillips • BRO 139
10. Nelson • NYP 135

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 rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements

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