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1909 Major League Batting Leaders

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Major League 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. Mathewson • NYG 10.6

2. Cobb • DET 9.8

3. Collins • PHA 9.6

4. Brown • CHC 9.6

5. Wagner • PIT 9.2

6. Overall • CHC 8.3

7. Smith • CHW 7.8

8. Rucker • BRO 7.1

9. Walsh • CHW 6.8

10. Bush • DET 6.5

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. Cobb • DET 9.8

2. Collins • PHA 9.6

3. Wagner • PIT 9.2

4. Bush • DET 6.5

5. Lajoie • CLE 6.4

6. Speaker • BOS 6.3

7. Baker • PHA 5.7

8. Crawford • DET 5.6

9. Bridwell • NYG 5.5

10. Mitchell • CIN 5.5

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. Cobb • DET 9.5

2. Collins • PHA 8.5

3. Wagner • PIT 8.2

4. Crawford • DET 6.1

5. Baker • PHA 6.0

6. Bush • DET 5.6

7. Speaker • BOS 5.5

8. Lajoie • CLE 5.1

9. Doyle • NYG 5.0

10. Bridwell • NYG 4.8

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. Tinker • CHC 3.0

2. Bergen • BRO 2.8

3. Tannehill • CHW 2.5

4. Parent • CHW 2.5

5. Gibson • PIT 2.2

6. Bush • DET 2.2

7. Doolin • PHI 2.1

8. Wagner • PIT 2.0

9. Bridwell • NYG 1.8

10. McLean • CIN 1.7

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. Cobb • DET .377

2. Collins • PHA .347

3. Wagner • PIT .339

4. Lajoie • CLE .324

5. Lord • BOS .315

6. Crawford • DET .314

7. Mitchell • CIN .310

8. Speaker • BOS .309

9. Hoblitzell • CIN .308

10. Baker • PHA .305

On-Base%

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

1. Cobb • DET .431

2. Wagner • PIT .420

3. Collins • PHA .416

4. Jordan • BRO .386

5. Bridwell • NYG .386

6. Clarke • PIT .384

7. Bush • DET .380

8. Lajoie • CLE .378

9. Mitchell • CIN .378

10. Stahl • BOS .377

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. Cobb • DET .517

2. Wagner • PIT .489

3. Crawford • DET .452

4. Collins • PHA .450

5. Baker • PHA .447

6. Speaker • BOS .443

7. Stahl • BOS .434

8. Lajoie • CLE .431

9. Mitchell • CIN .430

10. Doyle • NYG .419

On-Base Plus Slugging

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

1. Cobb • DET .947

2. Wagner • PIT .909

3. Collins • PHA .866

4. Crawford • DET .817

5. Stahl • BOS .812

6. Lajoie • CLE .809

7. Mitchell • CIN .808

8. Speaker • BOS .805

9. Baker • PHA .790

10. Hoblitzell • CIN .782

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Bush • DET 157

2. Cobb • DET 156

Crawford • DET 156

McBride • WSH 156

5. Tannehill • CHW 155

6. Grant • PHI 154

Wilson • PIT 154

8. Hofman • CHC 153

Collins • PHA 153

10. Burch • BRO 152

Becker • BSN 152

Clarke • PIT 152

Hartzell • SLB 152

Konetchy • STL 152

At Bats

1. Grant • PHI 631

2. Burch • BRO 601

3. Hartzell • SLB 595

4. Crawford • DET 589

Byrne • 2TM 589

6. Leach • PIT 587

7. Konetchy • STL 576

8. Ellis • STL 575

9. Cobb • DET 573

10. Collins • PHA 571

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. Grant • PHI 700

2. Byrne • 2TM 693

3. Leach • PIT 686

4. Bush • DET 678

5. Burch • BRO 668

6. Clarke • PIT 667

7. Collins • PHA 666

8. Crawford • DET 665

9. Konetchy • STL 663

10. Cobb • DET 655

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Leach • PIT 126

2. Bush • DET 115

Cobb • DET 115

4. Collins • PHA 104

5. Clarke • PIT 97

6. Wagner • PIT 92

Byrne • 2TM 92

8. Lord • BOS 89

9. Evers • CHC 88

Konetchy • STL 88

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Cobb • DET 216

2. Collins • PHA 198

3. Crawford • DET 185

4. Doyle • NYG 172

5. Grant • PHI 170

6. Lord • BOS 168

Speaker • BOS 168

Wagner • PIT 168

9. Baker • PHA 165

Konetchy • STL 165

Total Bases

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

1. Cobb • DET 296

2. Crawford • DET 266

3. Collins • PHA 257

4. Baker • PHA 242

Wagner • PIT 242

6. Speaker • BOS 241

7. Doyle • NYG 239

8. Konetchy • STL 228

9. Mitchell • CIN 225

10. Murphy • PHA 223

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Wagner • PIT 39

2. Crawford • DET 35

3. Lajoie • CLE 33

Cobb • DET 33

Magee • PHI 33

6. Miller • PIT 31

7. Collins • PHA 30

8. Sheckard • CHC 29

Leach • PIT 29

10. Murphy • PHA 28

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Baker • PHA 19

2. Mitchell • CIN 17

3. Crawford • DET 14

Murphy • PHA 14

Magee • PHI 14

Konetchy • STL 14

7. Speaker • BOS 13

Dougherty • CHW 13

Hinchman • CLE 13

Miller • PIT 13

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Cobb • DET 9

2. Speaker • BOS 7

Murray • NYG 7

4. Stahl • BOS 6

Becker • BSN 6

Crawford • DET 6

Doyle • NYG 6

Leach • PIT 6

9. Murphy • PHA 5

Wagner • PIT 5

Runs Batted In

1. Cobb • DET 107

2. Wagner • PIT 100

3. Crawford • DET 97

4. Murray • NYG 91

5. Miller • PIT 87

6. Mitchell • CIN 86

7. Baker • PHA 85

8. Konetchy • STL 80

9. Speaker • BOS 77

10. Davis • PHA 75

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bush • DET 88

2. Clarke • PIT 80

3. Byrne • 2TM 78

4. Evers • CHC 73

5. Sheckard • CHC 72

6. Bridwell • NYG 67

7. Titus • PHI 66

Leach • PIT 66

Wagner • PIT 66

Evans • STL 66

Strikeouts

1. Stahl • BOS 94

2. Becker • BSN 87

3. Hinchman • CLE 82

4. Bescher • CIN 76

Ellis • STL 76

6. Bush • DET 74

Grant • PHI 74

8. Davis • PHA 72

9. Sheckard • CHC 71

10. Good • CLE 68

Knight • NYY 68

Stolen Bases

1. Cobb • DET 76

2. Collins • PHA 63

3. Bescher • CIN 54

4. Bush • DET 53

5. Murray • NYG 48

6. Egan • CIN 39

7. Burch • BRO 38

Magee • PHI 38

9. Mitchell • CIN 37

Bates • 2TM 37

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Cobb • DET 164

2. Collins • PHA 155

3. Lord • BOS 149

4. Grant • PHI 147

5. Hartzell • SLB 144

6. Burch • BRO 136

7. Ellis • STL 132

8. Crawford • DET 130

9. Doyle • NYG 128

Clarke • PIT 128

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Cobb • DET 192

2. Wagner • PIT 177

3. Collins • PHA 170

4. Stahl • BOS 153

5. Crawford • DET 152

6. Mitchell • CIN 152

7. Lajoie • CLE 151

8. Speaker • BOS 150

9. Baker • PHA 146

10. Konetchy • STL 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. Cobb • DET 126

2. Collins • PHA 106

3. Wagner • PIT 101

4. Crawford • DET 97

5. Speaker • BOS 85

Mitchell • CIN 85

7. Doyle • NYG 84

8. Baker • PHA 82

Konetchy • STL 82

10. Hoblitzell • CIN 78

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. Cobb • DET 62

2. Collins • PHA 49

3. Wagner • PIT 48

4. Crawford • DET 35

5. Mitchell • CIN 30

6. Speaker • BOS 30

7. Konetchy • STL 30

8. Lajoie • CLE 28

9. Stahl • BOS 27

10. Doyle • NYG 25

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. Cobb • DET 7.2

2. Collins • PHA 5.7

3. Wagner • PIT 5.5

4. Crawford • DET 4.1

5. Speaker • BOS 3.6

6. Mitchell • CIN 3.5

7. Konetchy • STL 3.4

8. Lajoie • CLE 3.4

9. Stahl • BOS 3.3

10. Baker • PHA 3.0

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Crawford • DET 55

2. Wagner • PIT 54

3. Cobb • DET 52

4. Baker • PHA 50

5. Magee • PHI 49

6. Murphy • PHA 47

Miller • PIT 47

8. Speaker • BOS 46

9. Doyle • NYG 44

10. Collins • PHA 43

Leach • PIT 43

Times On Base

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

1. Cobb • DET 270

2. Collins • PHA 266

3. Clarke • PIT 244

4. Bush • DET 237

Wagner • PIT 237

Konetchy • STL 237

7. Crawford • DET 233

8. Titus • PHI 228

9. Doyle • NYG 224

10. Byrne • 2TM 222

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. Cobb • DET .874

2. Wagner • PIT .830

3. Collins • PHA .827

4. Lajoie • CLE .780

5. Crawford • DET .776

6. Speaker • BOS .762

7. Mitchell • CIN .761

8. Stahl • BOS .757

9. Baker • PHA .735

10. Doyle • NYG .727

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Altizer • CHW 16

Titus • PHI 16

3. Stahl • BOS 15

Delahanty • 2TM 15

5. Elberfeld • NYY 14

Evans • STL 14

7. Niles • BOS 13

8. Magee • PHI 11

Gessler • 2TM 11

Byrne • 2TM 11

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Bush • DET 52

2. Sheckard • CHC 46

3. Ganley • 2TM 41

4. Becker • BSN 35

5. Baker • PHA 34

Murphy • PHA 34

7. Keeler • NYY 33

8. Hofman • CHC 32

9. Hummel • BRO 31

Steinfeldt • CHC 31

Grant • PHI 31

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. Cobb • DET 16.1

2. Murray • NYG 12.2

3. Speaker • BOS 11.7

4. Doyle • NYG 10.1

5. Crawford • DET 10.0

6. Leach • PIT 9.8

7. Becker • BSN 9.3

8. Wagner • PIT 8.8

9. Stahl • BOS 8.7

10. Murphy • PHA 7.9

AB per SO

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

1. Keeler • NYY 60.0

2. Bridwell • NYG 31.7

3. Evers • CHC 25.7

4. McLean • CIN 24.9

5. Lajoie • CLE 24.7

6. Jones • 2TM 23.3

7. Sweeney • BSN 22.4

8. Elberfeld • NYY 22.3

9. Dooin • PHI 22.3

10. Wagner • PIT 20.6

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Cobb • DET 63.7

2. Stahl • BOS 72.5

3. Speaker • BOS 77.7

4. Murray • NYG 81.4

5. Becker • BSN 93.7

6. Doyle • NYG 95.0

7. Leach • PIT 97.8

8. Crawford • DET 98.2

9. Wagner • PIT 99.0

10. Lobert • CIN 106.3

Outs Made

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

1. Grant • PHI 492

2. Byrne • 2TM 468

3. Leach • PIT 461

4. Becker • BSN 459

5. Ferris • SLB 451

6. Hartzell • SLB 450

7. Burch • BRO 446

Stovall • CLE 446

9. Tannehill • CHW 442

10. Bush • DET 439

rOBA

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

1. Cobb • DET .482

2. Wagner • PIT .446

3. Collins • PHA .436

4. Crawford • DET .400

5. Mitchell • CIN .397

6. Speaker • BOS .395

7. Lajoie • CLE .395

8. Stahl • BOS .388

9. Doyle • NYG .383

10. Baker • PHA .382

Rbat+

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

1. Cobb • DET 206

2. Wagner • PIT 189

3. Collins • PHA 183

4. Crawford • DET 164

5. Lajoie • CLE 163

6. Speaker • BOS 160

7. Mitchell • CIN 159

8. Stahl • BOS 159

9. Baker • PHA 155

10. Jordan • BRO 152

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