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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. Young • CLV 11.6

2. Hawley • PIT 11.0

3. Nichols • BSN 9.5

4. Griffith • CHC 9.3

5. Cuppy • CLV 8.5

6. Hoffer • BLN 7.9

7. Breitenstein • STL 7.5

8. Jennings • BLN 7.5

9. Delahanty • PHI 6.9

10. Hamilton • PHI 6.1

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. Jennings • BLN 7.5

2. Delahanty • PHI 6.9

3. Hamilton • PHI 6.1

4. Thompson • PHI 6.0

5. Kelley • BLN 5.9

6. Griffin • BRO 5.6

7. Lange • CHC 5.3

8. Burkett • CLV 5.3

9. Keeler • BLN 5.3

10. Stenzel • PIT 5.3

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. Delahanty • PHI 6.9

2. Hamilton • PHI 6.3

3. Jennings • BLN 6.2

4. Thompson • PHI 5.8

5. Stenzel • PIT 5.6

6. Kelley • BLN 5.4

7. Burkett • CLV 5.4

8. Joyce • WHS 5.2

Lange • CHC 5.2

10. Griffin • BRO 4.7

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. Jennings • BLN 2.1

2. Fuller • NYG 2.0

Corcoran • BRO 2.0

4. Grim • BRO 1.8

5. Dahlen • CHC 1.8

6. Cross • PHI 1.8

7. Robinson • BLN 1.7

8. McGuire • WHS 1.6

9. Bierbauer • PIT 1.3

10. Clarke • BLN 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. Burkett • CLV .405

2. Delahanty • PHI .404

3. Clements • PHI .394

4. Thompson • PHI .392

5. Lange • CHC .389

6. Hamilton • PHI .389

7. Jennings • BLN .386

8. Keeler • BLN .377

9. Stenzel • PIT .371

10. McGraw • BLN .369

On-Base%

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

1. Delahanty • PHI .500

2. Hamilton • PHI .490

3. Burkett • CLV .482

4. McGraw • BLN .459

5. Lange • CHC .456

6. Kelley • BLN .456

7. Clements • PHI .446

8. Jennings • BLN .444

9. Stenzel • PIT .444

10. Griffin • BRO .442

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. Thompson • PHI .654

2. Delahanty • PHI .617

3. Clements • PHI .612

4. Lange • CHC .575

5. Kelley • BLN .546

6. Stenzel • PIT .535

7. Tiernan • NYG .527

8. Joyce • WHS .526

9. Burkett • CLV .519

10. Jennings • BLN .512

On-Base Plus Slugging

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

1. Delahanty • PHI 1.117

2. Thompson • PHI 1.085

3. Clements • PHI 1.058

4. Lange • CHC 1.032

5. Kelley • BLN 1.003

6. Burkett • CLV 1.001

7. Hamilton • PHI .985

8. Stenzel • PIT .978

9. Joyce • WHS .966

10. Jennings • BLN .957

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Quinn • STL 135

2. Nash • BSN 133

Everitt • CHC 133

Boyle • PHI 133

Cooley • STL 133

Abbey • WHS 133

McGuire • WHS 133

8. Griffin • BRO 132

Miller • CIN 132

Burkett • CLV 132

McAleer • CLV 132

McKean • CLV 132

Clarke • LOU 132

At Bats

1. McKean • CLV 569

2. Cooley • STL 567

3. Keeler • BLN 565

Boyle • PHI 565

5. Burkett • CLV 555

6. Everitt • CHC 550

Clarke • LOU 550

8. Quinn • STL 547

9. LaChance • BRO 541

10. Corcoran • BRO 540

Long • BSN 540

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. Burkett • CLV 644

2. Keeler • BLN 637

Griffin • BRO 637

4. McKean • CLV 633

5. Hamilton • PHI 629

6. Boyle • PHI 625

7. Duffy • BSN 618

8. Kelley • BLN 617

9. Jennings • BLN 613

10. O'Brien • LOU 612

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Hamilton • PHI 166

2. Keeler • BLN 162

3. Jennings • BLN 159

4. Burkett • CLV 153

5. Delahanty • PHI 149

6. Kelley • BLN 148

7. Griffin • BRO 140

8. McKean • CLV 131

Thompson • PHI 131

10. Everitt • CHC 129

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Burkett • CLV 225

2. Keeler • BLN 213

3. Thompson • PHI 211

4. Jennings • BLN 204

5. Hamilton • PHI 201

6. Everitt • CHC 197

7. McKean • CLV 194

Delahanty • PHI 194

Cooley • STL 194

10. Stenzel • PIT 192

Total Bases

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

1. Thompson • PHI 352

2. Delahanty • PHI 296

3. Burkett • CLV 288

4. McKean • CLV 284

5. Kelley • BLN 283

6. Keeler • BLN 279

7. Stenzel • PIT 277

8. Lange • CHC 275

9. Jennings • BLN 271

10. Miller • CIN 270

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Delahanty • PHI 49

2. Thompson • PHI 45

3. Jennings • BLN 41

4. Griffin • BRO 38

Stenzel • PIT 38

6. Davis • NYG 36

7. Bannon • BSN 35

8. Cartwright • WHS 34

9. McKean • CLV 32

10. Miller • CIN 31

Beckley • PIT 31

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Selbach • WHS 22

2. Tiernan • NYG 21

Thompson • PHI 21

4. Cooley • STL 20

5. Kelley • BLN 19

Van Haltren • NYG 19

Beckley • PIT 19

8. McKean • CLV 17

Dowd • STL 17

Cartwright • WHS 17

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Thompson • PHI 18

2. Joyce • WHS 17

3. Clements • PHI 13

4. Delahanty • PHI 11

5. Kelley • BLN 10

Anderson • BRO 10

Nash • BSN 10

Lange • CHC 10

Miller • CIN 10

McGuire • WHS 10

Runs Batted In

1. Thompson • PHI 165

2. Brodie • BLN 134

Kelley • BLN 134

4. Jennings • BLN 125

5. McKean • CLV 119

6. Miller • CIN 112

7. LaChance • BRO 111

Beckley • PIT 111

9. Nash • BSN 110

10. Delahanty • PHI 106

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Hamilton • PHI 96

Joyce • WHS 96

3. Griffin • BRO 93

4. Delahanty • PHI 86

5. Kelley • BLN 77

6. Nash • BSN 74

Burkett • CLV 74

Childs • CLV 74

9. McPhee • CIN 73

10. McCarthy • BSN 72

Strikeouts

1. Brown • 2TM 60

2. Joyce • WHS 56

3. Daly • BRO 52

4. Dahlen • CHC 51

5. LaChance • BRO 48

6. Clingman • PIT 43

Abbey • WHS 43

8. Everitt • CHC 42

9. Cartwright • WHS 41

10. Stewart • CHC 40

Stolen Bases

1. Hamilton • PHI 97

2. Lange • CHC 67

3. McGraw • BLN 61

4. Kelley • BLN 54

5. Jennings • BLN 53

Stenzel • PIT 53

7. Hoy • CIN 50

Cartwright • WHS 50

9. Latham • CIN 48

Davis • NYG 48

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Burkett • CLV 185

2. Keeler • BLN 170

3. Everitt • CHC 168

4. Hamilton • PHI 166

5. Clarke • LOU 161

6. Cooley • STL 158

7. Jennings • BLN 152

8. Brodie • BLN 145

9. Duffy • BSN 143

10. Quinn • STL 141

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Delahanty • PHI 186

2. Thompson • PHI 176

3. Clements • PHI 170

4. Lange • CHC 157

5. Stenzel • PIT 157

6. Kelley • BLN 154

7. Hamilton • PHI 153

8. Burkett • CLV 152

9. Joyce • WHS 149

10. Tiernan • NYG 147

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. Thompson • PHI 150

2. Delahanty • PHI 146

3. Burkett • CLV 137

4. Kelley • BLN 127

5. Lange • CHC 124

Hamilton • PHI 124

7. Stenzel • PIT 120

8. Keeler • BLN 116

9. Jennings • BLN 112

10. McKean • CLV 111

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. Delahanty • PHI 68

2. Thompson • PHI 57

3. Hamilton • PHI 50

4. Burkett • CLV 48

5. Stenzel • PIT 46

6. Kelley • BLN 45

7. Lange • CHC 42

8. Joyce • WHS 40

9. Griffin • BRO 39

10. Jennings • BLN 37

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. Delahanty • PHI 6.1

2. Thompson • PHI 5.1

3. Hamilton • PHI 4.5

4. Burkett • CLV 4.3

5. Stenzel • PIT 4.2

6. Kelley • BLN 4.1

7. Lange • CHC 3.8

8. Joyce • WHS 3.6

9. Griffin • BRO 3.5

10. Jennings • BLN 3.3

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Thompson • PHI 84

2. Delahanty • PHI 70

3. Stenzel • PIT 58

4. Miller • CIN 57

McKean • CLV 57

6. Joyce • WHS 56

7. Kelley • BLN 55

Beckley • PIT 55

9. Cartwright • WHS 54

10. Lange • CHC 53

Times On Base

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

1. Burkett • CLV 307

2. Hamilton • PHI 304

3. Delahanty • PHI 286

4. Griffin • BRO 277

5. Kelley • BLN 276

6. Keeler • BLN 264

7. Jennings • BLN 260

Stenzel • PIT 260

9. Joyce • WHS 259

10. Duffy • BSN 257

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. Delahanty • PHI .844

2. Thompson • PHI .820

3. Clements • PHI .803

4. Lange • CHC .791

5. Burkett • CLV .787

6. Hamilton • PHI .767

7. Kelley • BLN .759

8. Stenzel • PIT .749

9. Tiernan • NYG .726

10. Joyce • WHS .702

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Jennings • BLN 32

2. Beckley • PIT 21

3. Tucker • BSN 19

4. Brodie • BLN 14

Keeler • BLN 14

Joyce • WHS 14

7. Shindle • BRO 11

Sullivan • PHI 11

Stenzel • PIT 11

10. Kelley • BLN 10

Griffin • BRO 10

Dahlen • CHC 10

Clarke • LOU 10

O'Brien • LOU 10

Preston • LOU 10

Collins • 2TM 10

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Jennings • BLN 28

2. Genins • PIT 23

3. Keeler • BLN 21

Long • BSN 21

5. Boyle • PHI 20

6. O'Brien • LOU 18

7. Corcoran • BRO 17

8. Duffy • BSN 16

Lowe • BSN 16

Cross • PHI 16

Quinn • STL 16

Crooks • WHS 16

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. Thompson • PHI 21.6

2. Joyce • WHS 21.4

3. Delahanty • PHI 17.8

4. Lange • CHC 17.4

5. Kelley • BLN 16.9

6. Miller • CIN 16.2

7. Duffy • BSN 14.8

8. Long • BSN 14.4

9. Anderson • BRO 14.1

10. LaChance • BRO 13.2

AB per SO

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

1. Quinn • STL 78.1

2. Cross • PHI 66.9

3. Bierbauer • PIT 58.8

4. Hoy • CIN 53.6

5. Corcoran • BRO 49.1

6. Thompson • PHI 48.9

7. Keeler • BLN 47.1

8. Ganzel • BSN 46.7

9. Clements • PHI 46.0

10. McGraw • BLN 43.1

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Clements • PHI 24.8

2. Joyce • WHS 28.2

3. Thompson • PHI 29.9

4. Anderson • BRO 42.3

5. Treadway • BRO 42.9

6. Delahanty • PHI 43.6

7. Stewart • CHC 45.6

8. Lange • CHC 47.8

9. Connor • STL 50.1

10. Nash • BSN 51.3

Outs Made

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

1. Boyle • PHI 442

2. O'Brien • LOU 419

3. Corcoran • BRO 412

4. Cross • PHI 406

5. McAleer • CLV 396

6. Long • BSN 391

Quinn • STL 391

8. Dahlen • CHC 390

9. McKean • CLV 386

10. Hallman • PHI 385

rOBA

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

1. Delahanty • PHI .512

2. Lange • CHC .484

3. Hamilton • PHI .484

4. Thompson • PHI .484

5. Clements • PHI .482

6. Kelley • BLN .469

7. Burkett • CLV .469

8. Stenzel • PIT .461

9. Jennings • BLN .457

10. McGraw • BLN .454

Rbat+

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

1. Delahanty • PHI 181

2. Thompson • PHI 167

3. Clements • PHI 166

4. Hamilton • PHI 159

5. Stenzel • PIT 157

6. Burkett • CLV 156

7. Lange • CHC 155

8. Kelley • BLN 154

9. Jennings • BLN 149

10. Griffin • BRO 147

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