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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. Clarkson • BSN 9.9

2. Hutchison • CHC 9.4

3. McMahon • BAL 9.4

4. Nichols • BSN 9.3

5. Stivetts • STL 9.1

6. Rusie • NYG 8.7

7. Weyhing • PHA 7.9

8. Staley • 2TM 7.8

9. Buffinton • BOS 7.2

10. Haddock • BOS 7.1

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. Hamilton • PHI 6.5

2. Connor • NYG 5.7

3. Brouthers • BOS 5.6

4. Latham • CIN 5.5

5. Farrell • BOS 5.3

6. Tiernan • NYG 5.0

7. Duffy • BOS 4.8

8. Long • BSN 4.7

9. Radford • BOS 4.6

10. McPhee • CIN 4.5

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. Brouthers • BOS 6.3

2. Hamilton • PHI 6.2

3. Tiernan • NYG 5.6

4. Connor • NYG 5.1

5. Long • BSN 4.7

6. Latham • CIN 4.7

7. Van Haltren • BAL 4.5

8. Lyons • STL 4.4

9. Milligan • PHA 4.4

10. Childs • CLV 4.3

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. Zimmer • CLV 2.6

2. Cooney • CHC 2.6

3. Radford • BOS 2.3

4. Smith • CIN 2.3

5. Wheelock • COL 2.1

6. Murphy • BOS 2.1

7. Farrell • BOS 2.0

8. Richardson • NYG 2.0

9. McPhee • CIN 1.8

10. Comiskey • STL 1.3

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. Brouthers • BOS .350

2. Hamilton • PHI .340

3. Duffy • BOS .336

4. O'Neill • STL .323

5. Brown • BOS .321

6. Holliday • CIN .319

7. Van Haltren • BAL .318

8. Browning • 2TM .317

9. Lyons • STL .315

10. Clements • PHI .310

On-Base%

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

1. Brouthers • BOS .471

2. Hamilton • PHI .453

3. Lyons • STL .445

4. Hoy • STL .424

5. Seery • CKK .423

6. Duffy • BOS .408

7. O'Neill • STL .404

8. Welch • BAL .400

9. Connor • NYG .399

10. Wood • PHA .399

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. Brouthers • BOS .512

2. Milligan • PHA .505

3. Stovey • BSN .498

4. Tiernan • NYG .494

5. Farrell • BOS .474

6. Holliday • CIN .473

7. Brown • BOS .469

8. Cross • PHA .458

9. Lyons • STL .455

10. Duffy • BOS .453

On-Base Plus Slugging

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

1. Brouthers • BOS .983

2. Milligan • PHA .903

3. Lyons • STL .900

4. Tiernan • NYG .882

5. Hamilton • PHI .874

6. Stovey • BSN .871

7. Brown • BOS .865

8. Duffy • BOS .861

9. Farrell • BOS .858

10. O'Neill • STL .855

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Childs • CLV 141

McKean • CLV 141

Hallman • PHA 141

4. Nash • BSN 140

Tucker • BSN 140

6. Gilbert • BAL 139

Van Haltren • BAL 139

Werden • BAL 139

Stricker • BOS 139

Long • BSN 139

Virtue • CLV 139

Comiskey • STL 139

Hoy • STL 139

McTamany • 2TM 139

At Bats

1. McKean • CLV 603

2. Brown • BOS 589

3. Hallman • PHA 587

4. Long • BSN 577

5. Fuller • STL 576

6. Comiskey • STL 572

7. Davis • CLV 570

McCarthy • STL 570

9. Canavan • 2TM 568

10. Van Haltren • BAL 566

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. Hoy • STL 688

2. McKean • CLV 668

3. Long • BSN 665

4. Brown • BOS 663

5. Childs • CLV 655

6. Fuller • STL 647

7. Van Haltren • BAL 641

8. McPhee • CIN 638

9. Hamilton • PHI 636

10. Crooks • COL 631

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Brown • BOS 177

2. Hamilton • PHI 141

3. Van Haltren • BAL 136

4. Duffy • BOS 134

Hoy • STL 134

6. Long • BSN 129

7. Lyons • STL 124

McCarthy • STL 124

9. Welch • BAL 122

10. Childs • CLV 120

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Brown • BOS 189

2. Van Haltren • BAL 180

Duffy • BOS 180

4. Hamilton • PHI 179

5. McCarthy • STL 176

6. Brouthers • BOS 170

McKean • CLV 170

8. Duffee • COL 166

Tiernan • NYG 166

Hallman • PHA 166

O'Neill • STL 166

Total Bases

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

1. Brown • BOS 276

2. Stovey • BSN 271

3. Tiernan • NYG 268

4. Van Haltren • BAL 251

5. Brouthers • BOS 249

6. Duffy • BOS 243

7. Long • BSN 235

8. Werden • BAL 234

9. Davis • CLV 233

10. Duffee • COL 232

Larkin • PHA 232

Beckley • PIT 232

McCarthy • STL 232

O'Neill • STL 232

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Griffin • BRO 36

2. Davis • CLV 35

Milligan • PHA 35

4. Stovey • BSN 31

5. Brown • BOS 30

Tiernan • NYG 30

7. Connor • NYG 29

Clements • PHI 29

9. Duffee • COL 28

O'Rourke • NYG 28

O'Neill • STL 28

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Brown • BOS 21

2. Stovey • BSN 20

3. Brouthers • BOS 19

Beckley • PIT 19

5. Werden • BAL 18

Canavan • 2TM 18

7. McPhee • CIN 16

8. Van Haltren • BAL 15

Joyce • BOS 15

Ryan • CHC 15

Corcoran • PHA 15

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Stovey • BSN 16

Tiernan • NYG 16

3. Farrell • BOS 12

4. Wilmot • CHC 11

Milligan • PHA 11

Lyons • STL 11

7. Duffee • COL 10

Larkin • PHA 10

O'Neill • STL 10

Canavan • 2TM 10

Runs Batted In

1. Anson • CHC 120

2. Duffy • BOS 110

Farrell • BOS 110

4. Brouthers • BOS 109

5. Milligan • PHA 106

6. Werden • BAL 104

7. Nash • BSN 95

Stovey • BSN 95

O'Rourke • NYG 95

O'Neill • STL 95

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Hoy • STL 117

2. Crooks • COL 103

3. Hamilton • PHI 102

4. McTamany • 2TM 101

5. Childs • CLV 97

6. Radford • BOS 96

7. Johnson • BAL 89

8. Lyons • STL 88

9. Brouthers • BOS 87

10. Connor • NYG 83

Strikeouts

1. Brown • BOS 96

2. McTamany • 2TM 92

3. Gilbert • BAL 77

Lehane • COL 77

5. Stovey • BSN 69

6. Baldwin • PIT 67

7. Weyhing • PHA 65

8. Collins • BRO 63

9. Hutchison • CHC 62

10. Bennett • BSN 61

Stolen Bases

1. Hamilton • PHI 111

2. Brown • BOS 106

3. Latham • CIN 87

4. Duffy • BOS 85

5. Van Haltren • BAL 75

6. Griffin • BRO 65

7. Long • BSN 60

8. Hoy • STL 59

9. Ward • BRO 57

Stovey • BSN 57

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Hamilton • PHI 147

2. Duffy • BOS 143

3. Van Haltren • BAL 142

McCarthy • STL 142

5. Hoy • STL 140

6. McKean • CLV 139

Donovan • 2TM 139

8. Brown • BOS 133

9. Wood • PHA 128

Comiskey • STL 128

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Brouthers • BOS 179

2. Tiernan • NYG 163

3. Milligan • PHA 155

4. Hamilton • PHI 155

5. Connor • NYG 153

6. Lyons • STL 150

7. Holliday • CIN 147

8. Brown • BOS 146

9. Duffy • BOS 145

10. Farrell • BOS 144

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. Brouthers • BOS 112

2. Brown • BOS 108

3. Tiernan • NYG 103

4. Stovey • BSN 100

5. Van Haltren • BAL 99

Hamilton • PHI 99

7. Duffy • BOS 98

8. O'Neill • STL 92

9. Long • BSN 87

Milligan • PHA 87

Lyons • STL 87

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. Brouthers • BOS 57

2. Hamilton • PHI 46

3. Tiernan • NYG 42

4. Lyons • STL 37

5. Connor • NYG 35

6. Brown • BOS 34

7. Milligan • PHA 33

8. Duffy • BOS 32

9. Stovey • BSN 30

10. Van Haltren • BAL 29

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. Brouthers • BOS 5.8

2. Hamilton • PHI 4.7

3. Tiernan • NYG 4.4

4. Lyons • STL 3.8

5. Connor • NYG 3.7

6. Brown • BOS 3.5

7. Milligan • PHA 3.4

8. Duffy • BOS 3.2

9. Stovey • BSN 3.2

10. Van Haltren • BAL 3.0

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Stovey • BSN 67

2. Tiernan • NYG 58

Milligan • PHA 58

4. Brown • BOS 56

5. Larkin • PHA 51

6. Brouthers • BOS 50

Davis • CLV 50

8. Connor • NYG 49

9. Griffin • BRO 48

10. Ryan • CHC 46

Times On Base

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

1. Hoy • STL 292

2. Hamilton • PHI 288

3. Brouthers • BOS 281

4. Brown • BOS 263

5. Childs • CLV 259

6. Van Haltren • BAL 255

7. Welch • BAL 251

Long • BSN 251

9. Lyons • STL 248

10. Duffy • BOS 245

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. Brouthers • BOS .821

2. Hamilton • PHI .766

3. Tiernan • NYG .753

4. Lyons • STL .750

5. Duffy • BOS .743

6. Milligan • PHA .741

7. Brown • BOS .736

8. Holliday • CIN .734

9. Stovey • BSN .728

10. O'Neill • STL .728

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Welch • BAL 36

2. Tucker • BSN 29

3. Gilbert • BAL 28

4. Brouthers • BOS 24

5. Lyons • STL 18

6. Carroll • CHC 15

Larkin • PHA 15

Milligan • PHA 15

9. Boyle • STL 12

Hoy • STL 12

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. Stovey • BSN 25.0

2. Tiernan • NYG 24.6

3. Wilmot • CHC 17.4

4. Duffy • BOS 16.3

5. Duffee • COL 16.1

6. Van Haltren • BAL 16.1

7. Long • BSN 15.7

8. Farrell • BOS 15.3

9. Canavan • 2TM 14.7

10. O'Neill • STL 14.3

AB per SO

At Bats Per Strikeout For career marks this only includes AB’s for seasons where SO’s were tracked.

1. Ward • BRO 44.1

2. Glasscock • NYG 33.5

3. McKean • CLV 31.7

4. McCarthy • STL 30.0

5. Thompson • PHI 27.7

6. Cooney • CHC 27.4

7. Bierbauer • PIT 26.3

8. Brouthers • BOS 24.3

9. Weaver • LOU 24.2

10. Wilmot • CHC 23.7

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Tiernan • NYG 33.9

2. Stovey • BSN 34.0

3. Farrell • BOS 39.4

4. Richardson • BOS 39.7

5. Lyons • STL 41.0

6. Milligan • PHA 41.4

7. Stivetts • STL 43.1

8. Wilmot • CHC 45.3

9. Holliday • CIN 49.1

10. O'Neill • STL 51.4

Outs Made

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

1. Fuller • STL 454

2. McKean • CLV 433

Canavan • 2TM 433

4. McAleer • CLV 430

5. Comiskey • STL 424

6. Hallman • PHA 421

7. McPhee • CIN 418

8. Long • BSN 414

Reilly • CIN 414

10. Delahanty • PHI 411

rOBA

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

1. Brouthers • BOS .474

2. Hamilton • PHI .449

3. Lyons • STL .434

4. Duffy • BOS .434

5. Milligan • PHA .425

6. Tiernan • NYG .425

7. Brown • BOS .421

8. Van Haltren • BAL .419

9. O'Neill • STL .412

10. Stovey • BSN .411

Rbat+

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

1. Brouthers • BOS 175

2. Hamilton • PHI 159

3. Tiernan • NYG 157

4. Connor • NYG 152

5. Lyons • STL 148

6. Milligan • PHA 146

7. Duffy • BOS 144

8. Holliday • CIN 143

9. Browning • 2TM 139

10. Van Haltren • BAL 138

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