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American Association Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

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

1. Ramsey • LOU 12.5

2. Caruthers • STL 11.6

3. Foutz • STL 11.0

4. Morris • PIT 10.4

5. Orr • NYP 6.3

6. Kilroy • BAL 6.2

7. Hecker • LOU 5.9

8. Mullane • CIN 5.2

9. Galvin • PIT 5.1

10. O'Neill • STL 4.9

WAR Position Players

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

1. Orr • NYP 6.3

2. O'Neill • STL 4.9

3. Larkin • PHA 4.4

4. Latham • STL 4.3

5. McPhee • CIN 4.0

6. Carroll • PIT 4.0

7. Stovey • PHA 4.0

8. Caruthers • STL 3.9

9. Fennelly • CIN 3.9

10. Robinson • STL 3.9

Offensive WAR

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

1. Orr • NYP 5.4

2. Larkin • PHA 4.3

3. Stovey • PHA 4.3

4. Caruthers • STL 4.3

5. Latham • STL 3.9

6. Carroll • PIT 3.9

7. Robinson • STL 3.8

8. O'Neill • STL 3.6

9. Fennelly • CIN 3.5

10. McPhee • CIN 3.3

Defensive WAR

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

1. Bushong • STL 2.5

2. Fulmer • BAL 2.2

3. Smith • PIT 2.0

4. Whitney • PIT 1.6

5. Hankinson • NYP 1.3

6. Smith • BRO 1.1

7. Fennelly • CIN 1.1

8. Kerins • LOU 1.0

White • LOU 1.0

10. McPhee • CIN 0.9

Batting Average

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

1. Hecker • LOU .341

2. Browning • LOU .340

3. Orr • NYP .338

4. Caruthers • STL .334

5. O'Neill • STL .328

6. Larkin • PHA .319

7. Latham • STL .301

8. Stovey • PHA .294

9. Carroll • PIT .288

10. Brown • PIT .285

On-Base%

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

1. Caruthers • STL .448

2. Hecker • LOU .402

3. Larkin • PHA .390

4. Browning • LOU .389

5. O'Neill • STL .385

6. Stovey • PHA .377

7. Swartwood • BRO .377

8. Robinson • STL .377

9. Latham • STL .368

10. Brown • PIT .365

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 .527

2. Caruthers • STL .527

3. Larkin • PHA .450

4. Hecker • LOU .446

5. Browning • LOU .441

6. O'Neill • STL .440

7. Stovey • PHA .440

8. Carroll • PIT .422

9. McPhee • CIN .395

10. Welch • STL .393

On-Base Plus Slugging

On-Base + Slugging Percentages For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

1. Caruthers • STL .974

2. Orr • NYP .890

3. Hecker • LOU .848

4. Larkin • PHA .839

5. Browning • LOU .830

6. O'Neill • STL .826

7. Stovey • PHA .817

8. Carroll • PIT .783

9. Robinson • STL .761

10. Swartwood • BRO .746

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. McClellan • BRO 141

Phillips • BRO 141

Pinkney • BRO 141

4. McPhee • CIN 140

5. Sommer • BAL 139

Larkin • PHA 139

7. O'Neill • STL 138

Welch • STL 138

9. Manning • BAL 137

Scott • BAL 137

Mack • LOU 137

Bierbauer • PHA 137

At Bats

1. Pinkney • BRO 597

2. McClellan • BRO 595

3. Phillips • BRO 585

4. O'Neill • STL 579

5. Comiskey • STL 578

Latham • STL 578

7. Orr • NYP 571

8. Larkin • PHA 565

9. Welch • STL 563

10. Werrick • LOU 561

Plate Appearances

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

1. Pinkney • BRO 667

2. McClellan • BRO 653

3. Latham • STL 639

4. O'Neill • STL 633

5. Larkin • PHA 631

6. McPhee • CIN 624

7. Phillips • BRO 619

8. Manning • BAL 609

9. Welch • STL 606

10. Werrick • LOU 596

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Latham • STL 152

2. McPhee • CIN 139

3. Larkin • PHA 133

4. McClellan • BRO 131

5. Pinkney • BRO 119

6. Stovey • PHA 115

7. Welch • STL 114

8. Fennelly • CIN 113

Kerins • LOU 113

10. Brown • PIT 106

O'Neill • STL 106

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Orr • NYP 193

2. O'Neill • STL 190

3. Larkin • PHA 180

4. Latham • STL 174

5. Phillips • BRO 160

6. Browning • LOU 159

7. Welch • STL 158

8. Pinkney • BRO 156

9. McClellan • BRO 152

10. McPhee • CIN 150

Total Bases

Total Bases Singles + 2 x Doubles + 3 x Triples + 4 x Home Runs.

1. Orr • NYP 301

2. O'Neill • STL 255

3. Larkin • PHA 254

4. McPhee • CIN 221

Welch • STL 221

6. Phillips • BRO 216

Latham • STL 216

8. Stovey • PHA 215

9. McClellan • BRO 206

Browning • LOU 206

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Larkin • PHA 36

2. McClellan • BRO 33

3. Barkley • PIT 31

Welch • STL 31

5. Browning • LOU 29

6. Stovey • PHA 28

Carroll • PIT 28

O'Neill • STL 28

9. Phillips • BRO 26

Robinson • STL 26

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Orr • NYP 31

2. Fennelly • CIN 17

Kuehne • PIT 17

Coleman • 2TM 17

5. Larkin • PHA 16

6. Phillips • BRO 15

7. Werrick • LOU 14

Mann • PIT 14

Caruthers • STL 14

O'Neill • STL 14

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. McPhee • CIN 8

2. Stovey • PHA 7

Orr • NYP 7

4. Fennelly • CIN 6

Jones • CIN 6

Reilly • CIN 6

7. Corkhill • CIN 5

Carroll • PIT 5

Milligan • PHA 5

Roseman • NYP 5

Runs Batted In

1. O'Neill • STL 107

2. Corkhill • CIN 97

3. Welch • STL 95

4. Orr • NYP 91

5. Reilly • CIN 79

6. Comiskey • STL 76

7. Larkin • PHA 74

Coleman • 2TM 74

9. Burch • BRO 72

Phillips • BRO 72

Fennelly • CIN 72

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Pinkney • BRO 70

Swartwood • BRO 70

3. Mack • LOU 68

4. Kerins • LOU 66

5. Nelson • NYP 64

Stovey • PHA 64

Caruthers • STL 64

Robinson • STL 64

9. Jones • CIN 61

10. Fennelly • CIN 60

Stolen Bases

1. Stovey • PHA 68

2. Latham • STL 60

3. Welch • STL 59

4. Robinson • STL 51

5. McClellan • BRO 43

6. Comiskey • STL 41

7. McPhee • CIN 40

8. Smith • PIT 38

Nicol • STL 38

10. Swartwood • BRO 37

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. O'Neill • STL 145

2. Latham • STL 142

3. Orr • NYP 130

4. Pinkney • BRO 127

5. Larkin • PHA 126

6. Corkhill • CIN 122

Browning • LOU 122

8. Comiskey • STL 120

9. Phillips • BRO 119

10. Gleason • STL 118

Adjusted OPS+

OPS+ 100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)

1. Caruthers • STL 201

2. Orr • NYP 185

3. Larkin • PHA 165

4. Hecker • LOU 161

5. Stovey • PHA 158

6. Browning • LOU 155

7. O'Neill • STL 155

8. Carroll • PIT 150

9. Robinson • STL 135

10. Swartwood • BRO 134

Runs Created

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

1. Orr • NYP 108

2. Larkin • PHA 97

O'Neill • STL 97

4. Stovey • PHA 81

5. Browning • LOU 78

Latham • STL 78

7. McPhee • CIN 75

Caruthers • STL 75

9. Carroll • PIT 73

10. Welch • STL 70

Adj. Batting Runs

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

1. Orr • NYP 48

2. Larkin • PHA 43

3. Caruthers • STL 41

4. O'Neill • STL 37

5. Stovey • PHA 34

6. Browning • LOU 31

7. Carroll • PIT 29

8. Hecker • LOU 25

9. Robinson • STL 24

10. Latham • STL 22

Adj. Batting Wins

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

1. Orr • NYP 5.2

2. Larkin • PHA 4.8

3. Caruthers • STL 4.5

4. O'Neill • STL 4.1

5. Stovey • PHA 3.8

6. Browning • LOU 3.4

7. Carroll • PIT 3.2

8. Hecker • LOU 2.8

9. Robinson • STL 2.7

10. Latham • STL 2.4

Swartwood • BRO 2.4

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Orr • NYP 63

2. Larkin • PHA 54

3. Stovey • PHA 46

Welch • STL 46

5. O'Neill • STL 45

6. Carroll • PIT 44

7. McClellan • BRO 43

McPhee • CIN 43

9. Phillips • BRO 41

10. Barkley • PIT 40

Times On Base

Times on Base Hits + Bases on Balls + Hit By Pitch Does not include Reached on Error or Catcher Interference.

1. Larkin • PHA 246

2. O'Neill • STL 244

3. Latham • STL 235

4. Pinkney • BRO 226

5. Orr • NYP 215

6. McPhee • CIN 214

7. Robinson • STL 211

8. McClellan • BRO 210

9. Stovey • PHA 209

10. Swartwood • BRO 205

Offensive Win %

Offensive Winning Percentage The percentage of games a team with nine of this player batting would win. Assumes average pitching and defense. 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. Caruthers • STL .858

2. Orr • NYP .803

3. Hecker • LOU .785

4. Browning • LOU .765

5. Larkin • PHA .763

6. O'Neill • STL .760

7. Stovey • PHA .739

8. Carroll • PIT .700

9. Latham • STL .665

10. Robinson • STL .663

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Fennelly • CIN 18

2. Robinson • STL 15

3. Welch • STL 14

4. Gleason • PHA 11

Mann • PIT 11

6. McTamany • BRO 10

7. Scott • BAL 9

8. Carpenter • CIN 8

Roseman • NYP 8

10. Browning • LOU 7

O'Brien • PHA 7

Gleason • STL 7

O'Neill • STL 7

Larkin • PHA 7

Power-Speed #

Power/Speed Number 2 x (Home Runs x Stolen Bases)/(Stolen Bases + Home Runs) The harmonic mean of HR and SB. To do well you need a lot of both. Developed by Bill James.

1. McPhee • CIN 13.3

2. Stovey • PHA 12.7

3. Fennelly • CIN 10.1

4. Orr • NYP 9.7

5. Reilly • CIN 9.1

6. Corkhill • CIN 8.3

7. Carroll • PIT 8.0

8. Milligan • PHA 7.8

9. Kerins • LOU 6.9

Caruthers • STL 6.9

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Stovey • PHA 69.9

2. McPhee • CIN 70.0

3. Reilly • CIN 73.5

4. Caruthers • STL 79.3

5. Orr • NYP 81.6

6. Fennelly • CIN 82.8

7. Jones • CIN 83.3

8. Hecker • LOU 85.8

9. Carroll • PIT 97.2

10. Baldwin • CIN 105.0

Outs Made

Outs Made (At Bats - Hits) + Double Plays Grounded Into + Sac. Flies + Sac. Hits + Caught Stealing.

1. Sommer • BAL 443

McClellan • BRO 443

3. Pinkney • BRO 441

4. Manning • BAL 432

Roseman • NYP 432

6. Comiskey • STL 431

7. Phillips • BRO 425

8. Werrick • LOU 421

9. White • LOU 414

10. McPhee • CIN 410

rOBA

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

1. Caruthers • STL .457

2. Orr • NYP .406

3. Hecker • LOU .403

4. Stovey • PHA .400

5. Larkin • PHA .396

6. Browning • LOU .392

7. O'Neill • STL .389

8. Robinson • STL .380

9. Latham • STL .369

10. Carroll • PIT .369

Rbat+

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

1. Caruthers • STL 174

2. Orr • NYP 159

3. Larkin • PHA 149

4. Hecker • LOU 147

5. Stovey • PHA 144

6. Browning • LOU 142

7. O'Neill • STL 142

8. Carroll • PIT 139

9. Robinson • STL 130

10. Swartwood • BRO 130

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