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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. Nichols • BSN 11.1

2. Rusie • NYG 8.3

3. Breitenstein • CIN 8.0

4. Jennings • BLN 7.3

5. Keeler • BLN 7.1

6. Davis • NYG 6.9

7. Young • CLV 6.8

8. Clarke • LOU 6.6

9. Delahanty • PHI 5.7

10. Powell • CLV 5.5

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 7.3

2. Keeler • BLN 7.1

3. Davis • NYG 6.9

4. Clarke • LOU 6.6

5. Delahanty • PHI 5.7

6. Collins • BSN 5.2

7. Lajoie • PHI 5.2

8. Kelley • BLN 5.1

9. Hamilton • BSN 4.8

10. Selbach • WHS 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. Keeler • BLN 6.5

2. Clarke • LOU 6.3

3. Jennings • BLN 6.3

4. Davis • NYG 6.0

5. Delahanty • PHI 5.4

6. Lajoie • PHI 5.0

7. Kelley • BLN 4.8

8. McGraw • BLN 4.4

9. Hamilton • BSN 4.4

10. Burkett • 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. Warner • NYG 2.4

2. Reitz • BLN 1.9

3. Clingman • LOU 1.8

4. Jennings • BLN 1.7

5. Davis • NYG 1.6

6. Collins • BSN 1.6

7. Peitz • CIN 1.3

8. Werden • LOU 1.1

9. Farrell • WHS 1.1

Zimmer • CLV 1.1

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. Keeler • BLN .424

2. Clarke • LOU .390

3. Burkett • CLV .383

4. Delahanty • PHI .377

5. Kelley • BLN .362

6. Lajoie • PHI .361

7. Jennings • BLN .355

8. Doyle • BLN .354

9. Stahl • BSN .354

10. Davis • NYG .353

On-Base%

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

1. McGraw • BLN .471

2. Burkett • CLV .468

3. Keeler • BLN .464

4. Jennings • BLN .463

5. Clarke • LOU .461

6. Hamilton • BSN .461

7. Kelley • BLN .447

8. Joyce • NYG .444

9. Delahanty • PHI .444

10. Childs • CLV .435

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. Lajoie • PHI .569

2. Keeler • BLN .539

3. Delahanty • PHI .538

4. Clarke • LOU .530

5. Davis • NYG .509

6. Wallace • CLV .504

7. Stahl • BSN .499

8. Kelley • BLN .489

9. Beckley • 2TM .485

10. Collins • BSN .482

On-Base Plus Slugging

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

1. Keeler • BLN 1.003

2. Clarke • LOU .992

3. Delahanty • PHI .981

4. Lajoie • PHI .960

5. Burkett • CLV .944

6. Kelley • BLN .936

7. Jennings • BLN .932

8. Davis • NYG .918

9. Stahl • BSN .905

10. Wallace • CLV .898

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. McCreery • 2TM 140

2. Ryan • CHC 136

3. Jones • BRO 135

4. Griffin • BRO 134

Shindle • BRO 134

Collins • BSN 134

Duffy • BSN 134

Irwin • CIN 134

Padden • PIT 134

10. Werden • LOU 133

Cooley • PHI 133

Ely • PIT 133

DeMontreville • WHS 133

At Bats

1. Tenney • BSN 566

Van Haltren • NYG 566

Cooley • PHI 566

DeMontreville • WHS 566

5. Keeler • BLN 564

6. Duffy • BSN 550

7. Jones • BRO 548

8. Lajoie • PHI 545

9. Gleason • NYG 543

10. Shindle • BRO 542

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. Tenney • BSN 646

2. Griffin • BRO 637

3. Jones • BRO 631

4. Cooley • PHI 629

5. Hamilton • BSN 622

6. Duffy • BSN 621

7. Keeler • BLN 618

8. Van Haltren • NYG 615

9. McCreery • 2TM 614

10. Burkett • CLV 610

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Hamilton • BSN 152

2. Keeler • BLN 145

3. Griffin • BRO 136

4. Jones • BRO 134

5. Jennings • BLN 133

6. Duffy • BSN 130

7. Burkett • CLV 129

8. Tenney • BSN 125

9. Cooley • PHI 124

10. Tiernan • NYG 123

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Keeler • BLN 239

2. Clarke • LOU 205

3. Delahanty • PHI 200

4. Burkett • CLV 198

5. Lajoie • PHI 197

6. DeMontreville • WHS 193

7. Stenzel • BLN 189

8. Duffy • BSN 187

9. Van Haltren • NYG 186

Cooley • PHI 186

Total Bases

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

1. Lajoie • PHI 310

2. Keeler • BLN 304

3. Delahanty • PHI 285

4. Clarke • LOU 279

5. Duffy • BSN 265

Davis • NYG 265

7. Wallace • CLV 260

8. Stenzel • BLN 258

9. Collins • BSN 255

10. Kelley • BLN 247

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Stenzel • BLN 43

2. Delahanty • PHI 40

Lajoie • PHI 40

4. Ryan • CHC 33

Wallace • CLV 33

6. Shindle • BRO 32

Long • BSN 32

8. Kelley • BLN 31

Davis • NYG 31

10. Stahl • BSN 30

Corcoran • CIN 30

Clarke • LOU 30

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Davis • PIT 28

2. Lajoie • PHI 23

3. Wallace • CLV 21

4. Keeler • BLN 19

5. Ryan • CHC 17

Smith • PIT 17

7. LaChance • BRO 16

Selbach • WHS 16

9. Delahanty • PHI 15

10. Lange • CHC 14

McKean • CLV 14

Werden • LOU 14

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Duffy • BSN 11

2. Davis • NYG 10

3. Lajoie • PHI 9

4. Beckley • 2TM 8

Grady • 2TM 8

6. Stafford • 2TM 7

7. Collins • BSN 6

Dahlen • CHC 6

Clarke • LOU 6

Clements • PHI 6

Smith • PIT 6

Douglass • STL 6

Runs Batted In

1. Davis • NYG 135

2. Collins • BSN 132

3. Duffy • BSN 129

4. Lajoie • PHI 127

5. Kelley • BLN 118

6. Stenzel • BLN 116

7. Wallace • CLV 112

8. Lowe • BSN 106

Gleason • NYG 106

10. Shindle • BRO 105

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Hamilton • BSN 105

2. McGraw • BLN 99

3. Griffin • BRO 81

Joyce • NYG 81

5. Selbach • WHS 80

6. Burkett • CLV 76

7. Childs • CLV 74

8. Kelley • BLN 70

Smith • PIT 70

10. Cross • STL 62

McCreery • 2TM 62

Strikeouts

1. McCreery • 2TM 73

2. Brown • WHS 63

3. Clingman • LOU 52

4. McCormick • CHC 51

5. Cross • STL 44

6. Pickering • 2TM 42

7. Davis • PIT 40

8. Wilson • LOU 39

Cooley • PHI 39

10. LaChance • BRO 38

Sockalexis • CLV 38

Joyce • NYG 38

Stolen Bases

1. Lange • CHC 73

2. Stenzel • BLN 69

3. Hamilton • BSN 66

4. Davis • NYG 65

5. Keeler • BLN 64

6. Doyle • BLN 62

7. Jennings • BLN 60

8. Clarke • LOU 59

9. Van Haltren • NYG 50

10. Jones • BRO 48

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Keeler • BLN 193

2. Burkett • CLV 161

3. Clarke • LOU 156

4. Cooley • PHI 155

DeMontreville • WHS 155

6. Tenney • BSN 152

Van Haltren • NYG 152

8. Gleason • NYG 151

9. Hamilton • BSN 149

10. Jones • BRO 146

Douglass • STL 146

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Clarke • LOU 166

2. Keeler • BLN 164

3. Delahanty • PHI 161

4. Lajoie • PHI 155

5. Kelley • BLN 147

6. Jennings • BLN 146

7. Davis • NYG 144

8. Burkett • CLV 140

9. Joyce • NYG 134

10. Smith • PIT 133

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. Keeler • BLN 139

2. Delahanty • PHI 126

3. Clarke • LOU 122

4. Lajoie • PHI 117

5. Burkett • CLV 114

6. Kelley • BLN 109

7. Davis • NYG 107

8. Duffy • BSN 105

9. Wallace • CLV 102

10. Stenzel • BLN 101

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. Clarke • LOU 53

2. Keeler • BLN 52

3. Delahanty • PHI 49

4. Kelley • BLN 38

5. Lajoie • PHI 38

6. Burkett • CLV 36

7. Jennings • BLN 36

8. Davis • NYG 33

9. Hamilton • BSN 28

10. Stenzel • BLN 26

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. Clarke • LOU 4.9

2. Keeler • BLN 4.8

3. Delahanty • PHI 4.5

4. Kelley • BLN 3.6

5. Lajoie • PHI 3.6

6. Burkett • CLV 3.4

7. Jennings • BLN 3.4

8. Davis • NYG 3.1

9. Hamilton • BSN 2.7

10. Stenzel • BLN 2.5

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Lajoie • PHI 72

2. Delahanty • PHI 60

3. Wallace • CLV 58

4. Ryan • CHC 55

5. Stenzel • BLN 54

6. Davis • NYG 51

7. Clarke • LOU 49

8. LaChance • BRO 48

9. Collins • BSN 47

Stahl • BSN 47

Times On Base

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

1. Hamilton • BSN 285

2. Keeler • BLN 281

Burkett • CLV 281

4. Clarke • LOU 275

5. Delahanty • PHI 263

6. Kelley • BLN 260

Griffin • BRO 260

8. Duffy • BSN 245

9. Jennings • BLN 244

10. Jones • BRO 242

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. Keeler • BLN .813

2. Clarke • LOU .787

3. Delahanty • PHI .786

4. Burkett • CLV .760

5. Lajoie • PHI .745

6. Kelley • BLN .743

7. Davis • NYG .724

8. Stahl • BSN .715

9. Stenzel • BLN .694

10. Wallace • CLV .690

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Jennings • BLN 46

2. Clarke • LOU 25

3. Joyce • NYG 17

4. Warner • NYG 16

Padden • PIT 16

6. Beckley • 2TM 15

7. Douglass • STL 13

8. Hoy • CIN 12

Lajoie • PHI 12

Harley • STL 12

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. McCreery • 2TM 30

2. Tenney • BSN 27

3. Hoy • CIN 23

4. Shindle • BRO 21

Miller • CIN 21

6. Padden • PIT 20

7. Jennings • BLN 17

Long • BSN 17

Childs • CLV 17

10. McPhee • CIN 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. Duffy • BSN 17.3

2. Davis • NYG 17.3

3. Lajoie • PHI 12.4

4. Beckley • 2TM 12.1

5. Clarke • LOU 10.9

6. Smith • PIT 9.7

7. Stafford • 2TM 9.5

8. Lange • CHC 9.4

9. Selbach • WHS 9.0

10. Kelley • BLN 9.0

AB per SO

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

1. Keeler • BLN 112.8

2. Corcoran • CIN 74.2

3. Jennings • BLN 48.8

4. Griffin • BRO 41.1

5. Lange • CHC 39.9

6. McKean • CLV 37.4

7. Anderson • BRO 35.1

8. Dowd • 2TM 33.5

9. Collins • BSN 33.1

10. Duffy • BSN 32.4

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Grady • 2TM 42.4

2. Duffy • BSN 50.0

3. Davis • NYG 52.1

4. Beckley • 2TM 54.1

5. Lajoie • PHI 60.6

6. Stafford • 2TM 66.3

7. Tucker • 2TM 73.2

8. Everitt • CHC 75.8

9. Smith • PIT 77.8

10. McGuire • WHS 81.8

Outs Made

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

1. Tenney • BSN 413

2. Shindle • BRO 409

3. McCreery • 2TM 402

4. Dowd • 2TM 398

5. Padden • PIT 391

6. Cooley • PHI 390

7. Jones • BRO 389

8. DeMontreville • WHS 387

9. McKean • CLV 386

Van Haltren • NYG 386

rOBA

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

1. Keeler • BLN .483

2. Clarke • LOU .475

3. Jennings • BLN .465

4. Delahanty • PHI .455

5. Burkett • CLV .449

6. Kelley • BLN .447

7. Davis • NYG .440

8. Hamilton • BSN .440

9. Lajoie • PHI .435

10. McGraw • BLN .433

Rbat+

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

1. Keeler • BLN 170

2. Clarke • LOU 168

3. Delahanty • PHI 163

4. Jennings • BLN 158

5. Kelley • BLN 153

6. Lajoie • PHI 151

7. Burkett • CLV 149

8. Davis • NYG 146

9. McGraw • BLN 144

10. Joyce • NYG 143

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