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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ruth • NYY 12.6
2. Faber • CHW 11.1
3. Hornsby • STL 10.8
4. Shocker • SLB 8.6
5. Rogan • KCM 8.1
6. Grimes • BRO 8.0
7. Mays • NYY 7.6
8. Bancroft • NYG 7.4
9. Jones • BOS 7.2
10. Leblanc • CS 7.0
WAR Position Players
1. Ruth • NYY 12.9
2. Hornsby • STL 10.8
3. Bancroft • NYG 7.4
4. Frisch • NYG 6.9
5. Heilmann • DET 6.9
6. Cobb • DET 6.7
7. Speaker • CLE 6.6
8. Charleston • SLG 6.1
9. Blackwell • SLG 5.9
10. Sisler • SLB 5.7
Offensive WAR
1. Ruth • NYY 12.2
2. Hornsby • STL 10.0
3. Heilmann • DET 7.3
4. Cobb • DET 6.6
5. Charleston • SLG 6.4
6. Frisch • NYG 5.8
7. Speaker • CLE 5.6
8. Sewell • CLE 5.4
9. Blackwell • SLG 5.4
10. Bancroft • NYG 5.3
Defensive WAR
1. Bancroft • NYG 3.3
2. Maranville • PIT 2.6
3. Scott • BOS 2.6
4. Lavan • STL 2.2
5. Frisch • NYG 1.6
Moore • KCM 1.6
7. Ward • NYY 1.6
8. Herrera • CS 1.6
Hollocher • CHC 1.6
10. Perkins • PHA 1.5
Batting Average
1. Charleston • SLG .433
2. Blackwell • SLG .405
3. Hornsby • STL .397
4. Heilmann • DET .394
5. Taylor • ABC .392
6. Cobb • DET .389
7. Ruth • NYY .378
8. Sisler • SLB .371
9. Speaker • CLE .362
10. Jacobson • SLB .352
On-Base%
1. Ruth • NYY .512
2. Charleston • SLG .512
3. Blackwell • SLG .478
4. Hornsby • STL .458
5. Cobb • DET .452
6. Taylor • ABC .448
7. Heilmann • DET .444
8. Speaker • CLE .439
9. Torriente • CAG .430
10. Cruise • BSN .429
Slugging %
1. Ruth • NYY .846
2. Charleston • SLG .736
3. Blackwell • SLG .670
4. Hornsby • STL .639
5. Heilmann • DET .606
6. Cobb • DET .596
7. Torriente • CAG .593
8. Moore • KCM .566
9. Williams • SLB .561
10. Sisler • SLB .560
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Ruth • NYY 1.359
2. Charleston • SLG 1.248
3. Blackwell • SLG 1.148
4. Hornsby • STL 1.097
5. Heilmann • DET 1.051
6. Cobb • DET 1.048
7. Torriente • CAG 1.023
8. Williams • SLB .990
9. Speaker • CLE .977
10. Sisler • SLB .971
Games Played
1. Dykes • PHA 155
2. Scott • BOS 154
Sheely • CHW 154
Sewell • CLE 154
Witt • PHA 154
Hornsby • STL 154
Harris • WSH 154
Shanks • WSH 154
9. Boeckel • BSN 153
Bohne • CIN 153
Gardner • CLE 153
Blue • DET 153
Bancroft • NYG 153
Frisch • NYG 153
Pipp • NYY 153
Ward • NYY 153
Maranville • PIT 153
Judge • WSH 153
At Bats
1. Tobin • SLB 671
2. Olson • BRO 652
3. Bigbee • PIT 632
4. Witt • PHA 629
5. Johnston • BRO 624
Powell • BSN 624
7. Judge • WSH 622
8. Frisch • NYG 618
9. Johnson • CHW 613
Bohne • CIN 613
Dykes • PHA 613
Plate Appearances
1. Witt • PHA 731
Tobin • SLB 731
3. Judge • WSH 715
4. Blue • DET 711
5. Dykes • PHA 701
6. Powell • BSN 699
Burns • NYG 699
8. Bancroft • NYG 698
9. Peckinpaugh • NYY 696
10. Olson • BRO 695
Runs Scored
1. Ruth • NYY 177
2. Tobin • SLB 132
3. Hornsby • STL 131
4. Peckinpaugh • NYY 128
5. Sisler • SLB 125
6. Cobb • DET 124
7. Bancroft • NYG 121
Frisch • NYG 121
9. Williams • SLB 115
10. Powell • BSN 114
Heilmann • DET 114
Hits
1. Heilmann • DET 237
2. Tobin • SLB 236
3. Hornsby • STL 235
4. Sisler • SLB 216
5. Frisch • NYG 211
Jacobson • SLB 211
7. Veach • DET 207
8. Ruth • NYY 204
Bigbee • PIT 204
10. Johnston • BRO 203
Total Bases
1. Ruth • NYY 457
2. Hornsby • STL 378
3. Heilmann • DET 365
4. Meusel • NYY 334
5. Tobin • SLB 327
6. Sisler • SLB 326
7. Veach • DET 324
8. Kelly • NYG 310
9. Williams • SLB 307
10. McHenry • STL 305
Doubles
1. Speaker • CLE 52
2. Ruth • NYY 44
Hornsby • STL 44
4. Heilmann • DET 43
Veach • DET 43
6. Kelly • NYG 42
7. Johnston • BRO 41
8. Meusel • NYY 40
9. Rice • WSH 39
10. Grimes • CHC 38
Jacobson • SLB 38
Sisler • SLB 38
Triples
1. Powell • BSN 18
Thomas • COB 18
Sisler • SLB 18
Tobin • SLB 18
Hornsby • STL 18
Shanks • WSH 18
7. Frisch • NYG 17
Bigbee • PIT 17
Grimm • PIT 17
10. Bohne • CIN 16
Cobb • DET 16
Youngs • NYG 16
Meusel • NYY 16
Ruth • NYY 16
Home Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 59
2. Meusel • NYY 24
Williams • SLB 24
4. Kelly • NYG 23
Walker • PHA 23
6. Hornsby • STL 21
7. Heilmann • DET 19
8. Williams • PHI 18
9. McHenry • STL 17
10. Smith • CLE 16
Veach • DET 16
Dykes • PHA 16
Fournier • STL 16
Runs Batted In
1. Ruth • NYY 168
2. Heilmann • DET 139
3. Meusel • NYY 138
4. Veach • DET 128
5. Hornsby • STL 126
6. Kelly • NYG 122
7. Gardner • CLE 120
8. Williams • SLB 117
9. Sisler • SLB 104
10. Pipp • NYY 103
Bases on Balls
1. Ruth • NYY 145
2. Blue • DET 103
3. Peckinpaugh • NYY 84
4. Sewell • CLE 80
Burns • NYG 80
6. Schang • NYY 78
7. Witt • PHA 77
8. Williams • SLB 74
9. Walker • PHA 73
10. Youngs • NYG 71
Strikeouts
1. Meusel • NYY 88
2. Powell • BSN 85
3. Ruth • NYY 81
Parkinson • PHI 81
5. Dykes • PHA 75
6. Kelly • NYG 73
7. Falk • CHW 69
8. Ward • NYY 68
9. O'Rourke • WSH 56
10. Grimes • CHC 55
Stolen Bases
1. Frisch • NYG 49
2. Carey • PIT 37
3. Sisler • SLB 35
4. Hewitt • SLG 33
5. Charleston • SLG 32
6. Lyons • CAG 30
Baró • CS 30
8. Harris • WSH 29
9. Johnston • BRO 28
10. Bohne • CIN 26
Rice • WSH 26
Singles
1. Tobin • SLB 179
2. Heilmann • DET 161
Bigbee • PIT 161
4. Frisch • NYG 155
5. Jacobson • SLB 154
6. Witt • PHA 152
Hornsby • STL 152
8. Sisler • SLB 148
9. Bancroft • NYG 146
10. Collins • CHW 145
Johnson • CHW 145
Fournier • STL 145
Adjusted OPS+
1. Charleston • SLG 250
2. Ruth • NYY 239
3. Blackwell • SLG 222
4. Hornsby • STL 191
5. Torriente • CAG 187
6. Taylor • ABC 172
7. Heilmann • DET 167
8. Cobb • DET 166
9. McNair • KCM 158
10. Moore • KCM 158
Runs Created
1. Ruth • NYY 229
2. Hornsby • STL 167
3. Heilmann • DET 159
4. Sisler • SLB 134
5. Cobb • DET 133
6. Williams • SLB 126
7. Tobin • SLB 124
8. Veach • DET 123
9. Frisch • NYG 119
10. Speaker • CLE 118
Meusel • NYY 118
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 120
2. Hornsby • STL 78
3. Heilmann • DET 60
4. Charleston • SLG 57
5. Cobb • DET 52
6. Blackwell • SLG 48
7. Taylor • ABC 40
8. Speaker • CLE 39
9. Williams • SLB 39
10. Fournier • STL 38
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Ruth • NYY 10.9
2. Hornsby • STL 7.5
3. Charleston • SLG 5.7
4. Heilmann • DET 5.5
5. Blackwell • SLG 4.8
6. Cobb • DET 4.8
7. Taylor • ABC 4.1
8. Fournier • STL 3.7
9. McHenry • STL 3.6
10. Speaker • CLE 3.6
Williams • SLB 3.6
Extra Base Hits
1. Ruth • NYY 119
2. Hornsby • STL 83
3. Meusel • NYY 80
4. Heilmann • DET 76
5. Kelly • NYG 74
6. Veach • DET 72
7. Speaker • CLE 69
8. Sisler • SLB 68
9. Cobb • DET 65
10. Williams • SLB 62
McHenry • STL 62
Times On Base
1. Ruth • NYY 353
2. Hornsby • STL 302
3. Heilmann • DET 292
4. Blue • DET 288
5. Tobin • SLB 284
6. Witt • PHA 276
7. Sewell • CLE 273
8. Williams • SLB 268
9. Burns • NYG 267
10. Bancroft • NYG 263
Offensive Win %
1. Charleston • SLG .926
2. Ruth • NYY .905
3. Blackwell • SLG .896
4. Hornsby • STL .845
5. Torriente • CAG .829
6. Taylor • ABC .825
7. Heilmann • DET .805
8. Cobb • DET .790
9. Baró • CS .769
10. McNair • KCM .766
Hit By Pitch
1. Harris • WSH 18
2. Dykes • PHA 15
3. Mostil • CHW 13
4. McAdoo • SLG 12
Mongin • SLG 12
6. Sewell • CLE 11
Hewitt • SLG 11
8. Menosky • BOS 9
Rice • WSH 9
10. Kenyon • ABC 8
Jiménez • CS 8
Carr • KCM 8
Ward • NYY 8
Blackwell • SLG 8
Dudley • SLG 8
Fournier • STL 8
Sacrifice Hits
1. Wambsganss • CLE 43
2. Bush • 2TM 41
3. Stock • STL 36
4. McInnis • BOS 35
Southworth • BSN 35
6. Terry • CHC 34
Mulligan • CHW 34
8. Daubert • CIN 33
Peckinpaugh • NYY 33
Pipp • NYY 33
Caught Stealing
1. Bohne • CIN 22
Fournier • STL 22
3. Southworth • BSN 20
Burns • NYG 20
Bigbee • PIT 20
McHenry • STL 20
7. Mulligan • CHW 18
Duncan • CIN 18
Rapp • 2TM 18
10. Powell • BSN 17
Roush • CIN 17
Blue • DET 17
Youngs • NYG 17
Williams • SLB 17
Power-Speed #
1. Ruth • NYY 26.4
2. Williams • SLB 21.8
3. Charleston • SLG 20.4
4. Meusel • NYY 19.9
5. Sisler • SLB 17.9
6. Fournier • STL 17.8
7. Carr • KCM 17.1
8. Blackwell • SLG 16.2
9. Hornsby • STL 16.1
10. Cobb • DET 15.5
AB per SO
1. McInnis • BOS 64.9
2. Rice • WSH 56.1
3. Severeid • SLB 52.4
4. Roush • CIN 52.3
5. Pratt • BOS 52.1
6. Collins • CHW 47.8
7. Deal • CHC 46.9
8. Southworth • BSN 43.8
9. Hollocher • CHC 42.9
10. Speaker • CLE 42.2
AB per HR
1. Ruth • NYY 9.2
2. Charleston • SLG 18.9
3. Williams • SLB 22.8
4. Torriente • CAG 24.2
5. Walker • PHA 24.2
6. Blackwell • SLG 24.5
7. Meusel • NYY 24.9
8. Kelly • NYG 25.5
9. Smith • CLE 26.9
10. Carr • KCM 27.9
Outs Made
1. Mulligan • CHW 508
2. Olson • BRO 498
3. Bohne • CIN 480
4. Maranville • PIT 467
5. Johnson • CHW 466
6. Witt • PHA 465
7. Powell • BSN 463
Dykes • PHA 463
Judge • WSH 463
10. Holke • BSN 462
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Ruth • NYY 133.66
2. Hornsby • STL 78.42
3. Cobb • DET 59.13
4. Heilmann • DET 58.03
5. Speaker • CLE 52.51
6. Sisler • SLB 51.22
7. Frisch • NYG 44.39
8. Veach • DET 44.36
9. Bancroft • NYG 44.21
10. Youngs • NYG 41.64
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Ruth • NYY 11.1
2. Hornsby • STL 7.0
3. Heilmann • DET 5.3
4. Frisch • NYG 5.3
5. Roush • CIN 4.5
6. Southworth • BSN 4.3
7. Tobin • SLB 3.8
8. Meusel • 2TM 3.7
9. Johnston • BRO 3.6
10. Severeid • SLB 3.5
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Ruth • NYY 11.2
2. Hornsby • STL 6.7
3. Heilmann • DET 4.8
4. Sisler • SLB 4.4
5. Cobb • DET 4.0
6. Fournier • STL 3.6
7. Speaker • CLE 3.5
8. Williams • SLB 3.5
9. McHenry • STL 3.4
10. Meusel • 2TM 3.3
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Ruth • NYY 44.9
2. Frisch • NYG 20.3
3. Gardner • CLE 12.0
4. Burns • CLE 10.7
5. Schang • NYY 9.6
6. Smith • NYG 8.9
7. Speaker • CLE 8.9
8. Youngs • NYG 8.3
9. Bancroft • NYG 8.1
10. Sewell • CLE 7.8
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Ruth • NYY 11.9
2. Hornsby • STL 7.6
3. Cobb • DET 5.4
4. Heilmann • DET 5.4
5. Speaker • CLE 4.8
6. Sisler • SLB 4.6
7. Frisch • NYG 4.3
8. Bancroft • NYG 4.3
9. Veach • DET 4.1
10. Youngs • NYG 4.0

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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements