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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Hornsby • STL 10.1
2. Rogan • KCM 9.0
3. Donohue • CIN 7.0
4. Heilmann • DET 6.9
5. Cuyler • PIT 6.8
6. Luque • CIN 6.8
7. Johnson • WSH 6.7
8. Simmons • PHA 6.5
9. Stearnes • DS 6.5
10. Speaker • CLE 6.5

WAR Position Players

<strong>Wins Above Replacement for position players</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br> Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Hornsby • STL 10.1
2. Heilmann • DET 6.9
3. Cuyler • PIT 6.8
4. Simmons • PHA 6.5
5. Stearnes • DS 6.5
6. Speaker • CLE 6.5
7. Goslin • WSH 6.4
8. Charleston • HBG 6.2
9. Cobb • DET 5.6
10. Bottomley • STL 5.5
Fournier • BRO 5.5

Offensive WAR

<strong>Offensive Wins Above Replacement (everything but Fielding)</strong><br>The same statistic as Wins Above Replacement for Position<br>Players (WAR), but with the fielding value excluded.<br>oWAR + dWAR does not equal WAR.<br>Adding would count positions twice.<br>Contains the factor for batting stats, baserunning, a positional adjustment, and the replacement player adjustment.<br> Factors developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Hornsby • STL 10.2
2. Heilmann • DET 7.1
3. Cuyler • PIT 6.5
4. Speaker • CLE 6.3
5. Fournier • BRO 6.2
6. Simmons • PHA 6.1
7. Cobb • DET 5.8
8. Bottomley • STL 5.6
9. Collins • CHW 5.5
10. Charleston • HBG 5.5

Defensive WAR

<strong>Defensive Wins Above Replacement for position players</strong><br>A defensive measure of wins above replacement, but given<br>only the defensive stats of the player and his position adjustment. For this calculation, we use a<br>replacement level on defense is the league average.<br>Based on Baseball Info Solutions defensive runs saved from 2003 on<br>and total zone rating developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com previously

1. Critz • CIN 2.5
2. Adams • CHC 2.3
Wright • PIT 2.3
4. Riggins • DS 1.7
5. Moore • KCM 1.7
6. Caveney • CIN 1.7
7. Schalk • CHW 1.6
8. Bancroft • BSN 1.6
9. Pinelli • CIN 1.6
10. Sewell • CLE 1.4

Batting Average

<strong>Hits/At Bats</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played<br>Bold indicates either highest BA using current stats<br>or awarded title at end of year.

1. Charleston • HBG .419
2. Hornsby • STL .403
3. Wesley • DS .402
4. Beckwith • BBS .396
5. Heilmann • DET .393
6. Speaker • CLE .389
7. Simmons • PHA .387
8. Cannady • HBG .384
9. Redus • SLS .381
10. Cobb • DET .378

On-Base%

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

1. Charleston • HBG .522
2. Hornsby • STL .489
3. Speaker • CLE .479
4. Beckwith • BBS .470
5. Cobb • DET .468
6. Redus • SLS .467
7. Bobo • SLS .464
8. Collins • CHW .461
9. Wesley • DS .458
10. Heilmann • DET .457

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. Charleston • HBG .773
2. Hornsby • STL .756
3. Beckwith • BBS .724
4. Wesley • DS .712
5. Stearnes • DS .669
6. Redus • SLS .646
7. Carr • HIL .621
8. Bobo • SLS .617
9. Williams • SLB .613
10. Cannady • HBG .605

On-Base Plus Slugging

<strong>On-Base + Slugging Percentages </strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played

1. Charleston • HBG 1.295
2. Hornsby • STL 1.245
3. Beckwith • BBS 1.194
4. Wesley • DS 1.170
5. Redus • SLS 1.113
6. Stearnes • DS 1.112
7. Bobo • SLS 1.081
8. Cobb • DET 1.066
9. Speaker • CLE 1.057
10. Carr • HIL 1.050

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Meusel • NYY 156
2. Sewell • CLE 155
3. Falk • CHW 154
McManus • SLB 154
Robertson • SLB 154
6. Brown • BRO 153
Mostil • CHW 153
Sheely • CHW 153
Simmons • PHA 153
Cuyler • PIT 153
Wright • PIT 153
Bell • STL 153
Bottomley • STL 153

At Bats

At Bats

1. Simmons • PHA 654
2. Sisler • SLB 649
Rice • WSH 649
4. Adams • CHC 627
5. Meusel • NYY 624
6. Bottomley • STL 619
7. Brown • BRO 618
8. Cuyler • PIT 617
9. Wheat • BRO 616
10. Stock • BRO 615

Plate Appearances

<strong>Plate Appearances</strong><br>When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts<br>Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH,<br>which excludes catcher interferences.<br>When <span class=tooltip>this color</span> click for a summary of each PA.

1. Mostil • CHW 716
2. Rice • WSH 710
3. Cuyler • PIT 701
4. Sheely • CHW 700
5. Sewell • CLE 699
6. Meusel • NYY 697
Simmons • PHA 697
8. Sisler • SLB 689
9. Adams • CHC 687
10. Bottomley • STL 682

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Cuyler • PIT 144
2. Mostil • CHW 135
3. Hornsby • STL 133
4. Wheat • BRO 125
5. Simmons • PHA 122
6. Combs • NYY 117
7. Goslin • WSH 116
8. Traynor • PIT 114
9. Blades • STL 112
10. Rice • WSH 111

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Simmons • PHA 253
2. Bottomley • STL 227
Rice • WSH 227
4. Heilmann • DET 225
5. Sisler • SLB 224
6. Wheat • BRO 221
7. Cuyler • PIT 220
8. Sewell • CLE 204
9. Combs • NYY 203
Hornsby • STL 203

Total Bases

<strong>Total Bases</strong><br>Singles + 2 x Doubles + 3 x Triples + 4 x Home Runs.

1. Simmons • PHA 392
2. Hornsby • STL 381
3. Cuyler • PIT 369
4. Bottomley • STL 358
5. Meusel • NYY 338
6. Wheat • BRO 333
7. Goslin • WSH 329
8. Heilmann • DET 326
9. Sisler • SLB 311
10. Fournier • BRO 310

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. McManus • SLB 44
Bottomley • STL 44
3. Sheely • CHW 43
Simmons • PHA 43
Cuyler • PIT 43
6. Wheat • BRO 42
7. Burrus • BSN 41
Burns • CLE 41
Hornsby • STL 41
10. Heilmann • DET 40
O'Rourke • DET 40

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Cuyler • PIT 26
2. Goslin • WSH 20
3. Fournier • BRO 16
Mostil • CHW 16
Roush • CIN 16
Walker • CIN 16
7. Sisler • SLB 15
8. Wheat • BRO 14
Stearnes • DS 14
Traynor • PIT 14

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Hornsby • STL 39
2. Meusel • NYY 33
3. Ruth • NYY 25
Williams • SLB 25
5. Hartnett • CHC 24
Simmons • PHA 24
7. Fournier • BRO 22
8. Meusel • NYG 21
Bottomley • STL 21
10. Charleston • HBG 20
Kelly • NYG 20
Gehrig • NYY 20

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Hornsby • STL 143
2. Heilmann • DET 134
Meusel • NYY 134
4. Fournier • BRO 130
5. Simmons • PHA 129
6. Bottomley • STL 128
7. Wright • PIT 121
8. Barnhart • PIT 114
9. Goslin • WSH 113
10. Sheely • CHW 111
Meusel • NYG 111

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Kamm • CHW 90
Mostil • CHW 90
3. Collins • CHW 87
Bishop • PHA 87
5. Fournier • BRO 86
6. Blue • DET 83
Hornsby • STL 83
8. Robertson • SLB 81
9. Bassler • DET 74
10. Moore • PIT 73
McManus • SLB 73

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Hartnett • CHC 77
2. McManus • SLB 69
3. Ruth • NYY 68
4. Sand • PHI 65
5. Tavener • DET 60
6. Davis • CHW 58
7. Friberg • 2TM 57
8. Cuyler • PIT 56
Bluege • WSH 56
10. Meusel • NYY 55

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Carey • PIT 46
2. Mostil • CHW 43
3. Bell • SLS 42
4. Cuyler • PIT 41
5. Goslin • WSH 27
6. Adams • CHC 26
Riggins • DS 26
Rice • WSH 26
9. Malarcher • CAG 24
10. Carr • HIL 23

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Rice • WSH 182
2. Sisler • SLB 176
3. Simmons • PHA 174
4. Stock • BRO 164
5. Heilmann • DET 161
6. Sewell • CLE 159
7. Lamar • PHA 152
8. Wheat • BRO 151
Combs • NYY 151
10. Burrus • BSN 150
Bottomley • STL 150

Adjusted OPS+

<strong>OPS+</strong><br>100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s)

1. Charleston • HBG 231
2. Hornsby • STL 210
3. Wesley • DS 207
4. Beckwith • BBS 205
5. Redus • SLS 194
6. Stearnes • DS 192
7. Bobo • SLS 186
8. Cobb • DET 171
9. Carr • HIL 169
10. Cannady • HBG 167

Runs Created

<strong>Runs Created</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Bill James and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total.<br>This is computed with the "technical" formula when possible.<br>If SB or CS data is missing, the "basic" formula is used.<br>If HBP, IBB, SH, SF, or GIDP data is missing, the "stolen base" version of the formula is used. <br>Team Runs Created is the sum of player Runs Created.

1. Hornsby • STL 185
2. Simmons • PHA 157
3. Cuyler • PIT 154
4. Heilmann • DET 147
5. Bottomley • STL 146
6. Fournier • BRO 134
Wheat • BRO 134
8. Goslin • WSH 129
9. Speaker • CLE 118
10. Carey • PIT 115

Adj. Batting Runs

<strong>Adjusted Batting Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Hornsby • STL 88
2. Heilmann • DET 55
3. Charleston • HBG 54
4. Fournier • BRO 53
5. Stearnes • DS 48
6. Speaker • CLE 48
7. Cuyler • PIT 48
8. Cobb • DET 48
9. Simmons • PHA 45
10. Bottomley • STL 44

Adj. Batting Wins

<strong>Adjusted Batting Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his bat.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Hornsby • STL 7.9
2. Heilmann • DET 5.1
3. Charleston • HBG 4.9
4. Fournier • BRO 4.9
5. Stearnes • DS 4.5
6. Cuyler • PIT 4.4
7. Speaker • CLE 4.4
8. Cobb • DET 4.4
9. Simmons • PHA 4.2
10. Bottomley • STL 4.1

Extra Base Hits

<strong>Extra Base Hits</strong><br>Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Hornsby • STL 90
2. Cuyler • PIT 87
3. Meusel • NYY 79
Simmons • PHA 79
5. Bottomley • STL 77
6. Goslin • WSH 72
7. Wheat • BRO 70
8. McManus • SLB 65
9. Heilmann • DET 64
Meusel • NYG 64

Times On Base

<strong>Times on Base</strong><br>Hits + Bases on Balls + Hit By Pitch<br>Does not include Reached on Error or Catcher Interference.

1. Heilmann • DET 293
2. Cuyler • PIT 291
3. Simmons • PHA 289
4. Hornsby • STL 288
5. Fournier • BRO 285
6. Mostil • CHW 283
7. Bottomley • STL 276
8. Sewell • CLE 272
Combs • NYY 272
10. Rice • WSH 268

Offensive Win %

<strong>Offensive Winning Percentage</strong><br>The percentage of games a team with nine of this player<br>batting would win. Assumes average pitching and defense.<br>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. Charleston • HBG .910
2. Wesley • DS .884
3. Hornsby • STL .883
4. Beckwith • BBS .876
5. Redus • SLS .856
6. Stearnes • DS .853
7. Bobo • SLS .842
8. Speaker • CLE .810
9. Cobb • DET .805
10. Cannady • HBG .805

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Cuyler • PIT 13
2. Mostil • CHW 12
3. O'Rourke • DET 11
4. Todt • BOS 10
5. Redus • SLS 9
Harris • WSH 9
McNeely • WSH 9
8. Fournier • BRO 8
Welsh • BSN 8
Torriente • CAG 8
Johnson • HIL 8
Dykes • PHA 8
Miller • PHA 8
Henline • PHI 8

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Harris • WSH 41
2. Davis • CHW 40
3. Kamm • CHW 37
4. Pinelli • CIN 34
Blue • DET 34
6. O'Rourke • DET 29
7. Sheely • CHW 26
8. Tavener • DET 25
9. Brown • BRO 24
Galloway • PHA 24
Bluege • WSH 24

Intentional Bases on Balls

<strong>Intentional Bases on Balls</strong><br>First tracked in 1955.

1. Taylor • BRO 9
Snyder • NYG 9
3. Bassler • DET 8
Smith • PIT 8
Hornsby • STL 8
6. Hargrave • CIN 6
Hartley • NYG 6
Simmons • PHA 6
Gooch • PIT 6
Robertson • SLB 6
Bottomley • STL 6

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Mostil • CHW 20
Roush • CIN 20
3. Pinelli • CIN 19
4. Jamieson • CLE 18
5. McNeely • WSH 16
6. Bluege • WSH 15
7. Davis • CHW 14
Meusel • NYY 14
Simmons • PHA 14
10. Kamm • CHW 13
Critz • CIN 13
Wingo • DET 13
Southworth • NYG 13
Combs • NYY 13
Cuyler • PIT 13

Power-Speed #

<strong>Power/Speed Number</strong><br>2 x (Home Runs x Stolen Bases)/(Stolen Bases + Home Runs)<br>The harmonic mean of HR and SB.<br>To do well you need a lot of both.<br>Developed by Bill James.

1. Cuyler • PIT 25.0
2. Goslin • WSH 21.6
3. Charleston • HBG 18.9
4. Meusel • NYY 18.7
5. Bell • SLS 16.2
6. Creacy • SLS 15.8
7. Bobo • SLS 14.9
8. Frisch • NYG 14.4
9. Williams • SLB 14.3
10. Carr • HIL 13.9

AB per SO

<strong>At Bats Per Strikeout</strong><br>For career marks this only includes AB&#x2019;s for seasons where SO&#x2019;s were tracked.

1. Sewell • CLE 152.0
2. Rice • WSH 64.9
3. Bassler • DET 57.3
4. Collins • CHW 53.1
5. High • 2TM 47.7
6. Southworth • NYG 43.0
7. Adams • CHC 41.8
8. Roush • CIN 38.6
9. Frisch • NYG 35.9
10. Speaker • CLE 35.8

AB per HR

<strong>At Bats Per Home Run</strong>

1. Beckwith • BBS 12.8
2. Hornsby • STL 12.9
3. Charleston • HBG 13.0
4. Wesley • DS 13.5
5. Williams • SLB 16.4
6. Hartnett • CHC 16.6
7. Meusel • NYY 18.9
8. Stearnes • DS 19.3
9. Redus • SLS 20.0
10. Oms • CSE 20.4

Outs Made

<strong>Outs Made</strong><br>(At Bats - Hits) + Double Plays Grounded Into <br>+ Sac. Flies + Sac. Hits + Caught Stealing.

1. Davis • CHW 481
2. Meusel • NYY 474
3. Adams • CHC 468
4. Brown • BRO 457
5. Mostil • CHW 453
6. Rice • WSH 452
7. Sisler • SLB 449
8. Falk • CHW 448
9. Wright • PIT 447
10. Harris • WSH 446

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)

<strong>Base-Out Runs Added</strong><br>Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the batter<br> or baserunner add in the resulting play.<br>Compared to average, so 0 is average, and above 0 is better than average

1. Hornsby • STL 89.94
2. Fournier • BRO 77.48
3. Speaker • CLE 65.31
4. Cobb • DET 60.96
5. Simmons • PHA 59.37
6. Cuyler • PIT 58.73
7. Goslin • WSH 52.27
8. Wheat • BRO 45.19
9. Collins • CHW 42.70
10. Meusel • NYY 38.16

Win Probability Added (WPA)

<strong>Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability<br>caused by this batter during the game.<br>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Fournier • BRO 6.9
2. Hornsby • STL 6.3
3. Cobb • DET 6.0
4. Simmons • PHA 5.7
5. Speaker • CLE 5.1
6. Cuyler • PIT 5.0
7. Goslin • WSH 4.9
8. Meusel • NYY 4.8
9. Meusel • NYG 4.6
10. Bottomley • STL 4.5

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)

<strong>Situational Wins (WPA/LI)</strong><br>It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play.<br>WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats.<br>This stat does not.

1. Hornsby • STL 6.9
2. Fournier • BRO 5.8
3. Speaker • CLE 5.7
4. Cobb • DET 5.0
5. Simmons • PHA 4.7
6. Goslin • WSH 4.7
7. Cuyler • PIT 4.5
8. Blades • STL 3.5
9. Wheat • BRO 3.1
10. Bottomley • STL 3.0

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Simmons • PHA 15.0
2. Goslin • WSH 12.1
3. Cuyler • PIT 11.6
4. Meusel • NYG 10.2
5. Fournier • BRO 7.2
6. Kelly • NYG 7.1
7. Wright • PIT 6.6
8. Cochrane • PHA 5.6
9. Terry • NYG 5.3
10. Judge • WSH 4.9

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)

<strong>Base-Out Wins Added (REW)</strong><br>This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance measured by the 24 <br>base-out situations across every play in the game.

1. Hornsby • STL 8.1
2. Fournier • BRO 7.2
3. Speaker • CLE 5.9
4. Cobb • DET 5.6
5. Simmons • PHA 5.3
6. Cuyler • PIT 5.2
7. Goslin • WSH 4.8
8. Wheat • BRO 4.2
9. Collins • CHW 4.0
10. Meusel • NYY 3.6

rOBA

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

1. Charleston • HBG .564
2. Hornsby • STL .534
3. Beckwith • BBS .517
4. Wesley • DS .510
5. Speaker • CLE .489
6. Redus • SLS .488
7. Stearnes • DS .483
8. Cobb • DET .483
9. Bobo • SLS .479
10. Heilmann • DET .470

Rbat+

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

1. Charleston • HBG 227
2. Hornsby • STL 224
3. Wesley • DS 204
4. Beckwith • BBS 203
5. Redus • SLS 193
6. Stearnes • DS 189
7. Bobo • SLS 186
8. Cobb • DET 183
9. Speaker • CLE 182
10. Heilmann • DET 176

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