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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. Gehrig • NYY 10.0
2. Dean • STL 9.5
3. Gehringer • DET 8.8
4. Jones • PS 8.7
5. Davis • PHI 8.6
6. Foxx • PHA 8.3
7. Gomez • NYY 7.9
8. Harder • CLE 7.7
9. Vaughan • PIT 7.3
10. Hubbell • NYG 7.2

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. Gehrig • NYY 10.0
2. Gehringer • DET 8.8
3. Foxx • PHA 8.3
4. Vaughan • PIT 7.3
5. Ott • NYG 7.2
6. Averill • CLE 6.8
7. Collins • STL 6.4
8. Greenberg • DET 6.3
9. Terry • NYG 6.1
10. Waner • PIT 6.0

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. Gehrig • NYY 9.8
2. Gehringer • DET 7.9
3. Foxx • PHA 7.7
4. Vaughan • PIT 7.6
5. Ott • NYG 6.9
6. Averill • CLE 6.5
7. Waner • PIT 6.1
8. Collins • STL 6.1
9. Greenberg • DET 6.1
10. Trosky • CLE 5.8

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 • NYG 2.7
2. Rogell • DET 2.2
3. Jackson • NYG 2.1
4. Cronin • WSH 1.5
5. Gehringer • DET 1.5
6. McNair • PHA 1.4
7. Bartell • PHI 1.4
8. Warstler • PHA 1.4
9. Seay • PS 1.4
10. Ryan • NYG 1.3

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. Burbage • ND .427
2. Dandridge • ND .424
3. Johnson • ND .411
4. Snow • NEG .373
5. Gehrig • NYY .363
6. Waner • PIT .362
7. Gehringer • DET .356
8. Terry • NYG .354
9. Wilson • PS .350
10. Manush • WSH .349

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. Burbage • ND .500
2. Gehrig • NYY .465
3. Johnson • ND .455
4. Dandridge • ND .455
5. Gehringer • DET .450
6. Foxx • PHA .449
7. Ruth • NYY .448
8. Vaughan • PIT .431
9. Waner • PIT .429
10. Wilson • PS .428

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. Gehrig • NYY .706
2. Foxx • PHA .653
3. Collins • STL .615
4. Gibson • PC .604
5. Greenberg • DET .600
6. Trosky • CLE .598
7. Stearnes • CAG .595
8. Dandridge • ND .592
9. Ott • NYG .591
10. Burbage • ND .590

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. Gehrig • NYY 1.172
2. Foxx • PHA 1.102
3. Burbage • ND 1.090
4. Dandridge • ND 1.047
5. Johnson • ND 1.044
6. Collins • STL 1.008
7. Ott • NYG 1.006
8. Greenberg • DET 1.005
9. Stearnes • CAG 1.000
10. Gibson • PC .992

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Averill • CLE 154
Trosky • CLE 154
Gehringer • DET 154
Owen • DET 154
Rogell • DET 154
Gehrig • NYY 154
Burns • SLB 154
Collins • STL 154
Rothrock • STL 154
10. Greenberg • DET 153
Ott • NYG 153
Terry • NYG 153
Cramer • PHA 153

At Bats

At Bats

1. Cramer • PHA 649
2. Rothrock • STL 647
3. Koenig • CIN 633
4. Trosky • CLE 625
5. Werber • BOS 623
6. Medwick • STL 620
7. Berger • BSN 615
8. Goslin • DET 614
9. Burns • SLB 612
10. Waner • PIT 611

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. Werber • BOS 716
2. Rothrock • STL 709
3. Gehringer • DET 708
4. Averill • CLE 705
5. Cramer • PHA 703
6. Gehrig • NYY 690
7. Burns • SLB 688
8. Goslin • DET 686
Bartell • PHI 686
10. Trosky • CLE 685

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Gehringer • DET 135
2. Werber • BOS 129
3. Averill • CLE 128
Gehrig • NYY 128
5. Waner • PIT 122
6. Foxx • PHA 120
7. Ott • NYG 119
8. Greenberg • DET 118
9. Trosky • CLE 117
10. Collins • STL 116

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Waner • PIT 217
2. Gehringer • DET 214
3. Terry • NYG 213
4. Gehrig • NYY 210
5. Trosky • CLE 206
6. Cramer • PHA 202
7. Greenberg • DET 201
8. Werber • BOS 200
Collins • STL 200
10. Medwick • STL 198

Total Bases

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

1. Gehrig • NYY 409
2. Trosky • CLE 374
3. Collins • STL 369
4. Greenberg • DET 356
5. Foxx • PHA 352
6. Ott • NYG 344
7. Averill • CLE 340
8. Berger • BSN 336
9. Medwick • STL 328
10. Waner • PIT 323

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Greenberg • DET 63
2. Gehringer • DET 50
3. Averill • CLE 48
4. Trosky • CLE 45
5. Hale • CLE 44
6. Johnson • BOS 43
7. Cuyler • CHC 42
Allen • PHI 42
Manush • WSH 42
10. Werber • BOS 41
Vaughan • PIT 41

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Medwick • STL 18
2. Waner • PIT 16
3. Chapman • NYY 13
Suhr • PIT 13
5. Collins • STL 12
6. Bottomley • CIN 11
Vaughan • PIT 11
Martin • STL 11
Manush • WSH 11
10. Johnson • BOS 10
Werber • BOS 10
Boyle • BRO 10
Ott • NYG 10
Crosetti • NYY 10
Traynor • PIT 10
Clift • SLB 10
West • SLB 10

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Gehrig • NYY 49
2. Foxx • PHA 44
3. Trosky • CLE 35
Ott • NYG 35
Collins • STL 35
6. Berger • BSN 34
Johnson • PHA 34
8. Averill • CLE 31
9. Bonura • CHW 27
10. Greenberg • DET 26

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Gehrig • NYY 166
2. Trosky • CLE 142
3. Greenberg • DET 139
4. Ott • NYG 135
5. Foxx • PHA 130
6. Collins • STL 128
7. Gehringer • DET 127
8. Berger • BSN 121
9. Johnson • BOS 119
10. Averill • CLE 113

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Foxx • PHA 111
2. Gehrig • NYY 109
3. Ruth • NYY 104
4. Myer • WSH 102
5. Averill • CLE 99
Gehringer • DET 99
7. Vaughan • PIT 94
8. Ott • NYG 85
9. Clift • SLB 84
10. Bishop • BOS 82

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Clift • SLB 100
2. Camilli • 2TM 94
3. Greenberg • DET 93
4. Medwick • STL 83
5. Foxx • PHA 75
6. Herman • CHC 71
Jackson • NYG 71
8. Higgins • PHA 70
9. Ryan • NYG 68
Chapman • NYY 68

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Werber • BOS 40
2. White • DET 28
3. Chapman • NYY 26
4. Fox • DET 25
5. Martin • STL 23
6. Walker • DET 20
7. Cuyler • CHC 15
8. Bell • PC 14
9. Rogell • DET 13
Bartell • PHI 13

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Terry • NYG 169
2. Cramer • PHA 158
3. Waner • PIT 155
4. Bartell • PHI 153
5. Knickerbocker • CLE 147
6. Gehringer • DET 146
7. Chapman • NYY 142
8. Koenig • CIN 139
Waner • PIT 139
10. Werber • BOS 138

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Gehrig • NYY 207
2. Burbage • ND 206
3. Dandridge • ND 193
4. Johnson • ND 192
5. Foxx • PHA 186
6. Stearnes • CAG 179
7. Gibson • PC 176
8. Ott • NYG 168
9. Ruth • NYY 160
10. Collins • STL 158

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. Gehrig • NYY 189
2. Foxx • PHA 159
3. Trosky • CLE 144
4. Greenberg • DET 143
Collins • STL 143
6. Ott • NYG 140
7. Averill • CLE 139
8. Gehringer • DET 138
Waner • PIT 138
10. Vaughan • PIT 123

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. Gehrig • NYY 93
2. Foxx • PHA 71
3. Ott • NYG 58
4. Gehringer • DET 50
5. Greenberg • DET 49
6. Collins • STL 49
7. Waner • PIT 48
8. Averill • CLE 47
9. Vaughan • PIT 44
10. Trosky • CLE 43

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. Gehrig • NYY 8.5
2. Foxx • PHA 6.5
3. Ott • NYG 5.5
4. Collins • STL 4.7
5. Gehringer • DET 4.6
6. Waner • PIT 4.6
7. Greenberg • DET 4.5
8. Averill • CLE 4.3
9. Vaughan • PIT 4.2
10. Trosky • CLE 4.0

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Greenberg • DET 96
2. Gehrig • NYY 95
3. Trosky • CLE 89
4. Collins • STL 87
5. Averill • CLE 85
6. Foxx • PHA 78
7. Berger • BSN 77
8. Medwick • STL 76
9. Ott • NYG 74
10. Gehringer • DET 68

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. Gehrig • NYY 321
2. Gehringer • DET 316
3. Foxx • PHA 292
4. Averill • CLE 290
5. Waner • PIT 287
6. Vaughan • PIT 282
7. Werber • BOS 278
Ott • NYG 278
9. Terry • NYG 275
10. Trosky • CLE 266
Greenberg • DET 266

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. Burbage • ND .884
2. Dandridge • ND .867
3. Gehrig • NYY .859
4. Johnson • ND .858
5. Foxx • PHA .825
6. Stearnes • CAG .808
7. Gibson • PC .785
8. Ott • NYG .775
9. Collins • STL .772
10. Wilson • PS .768

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Bartell • PHI 9
2. Pool • CIN 7
3. Hogan • BSN 6
Piet • CIN 6
Watkins • NYG 6
Chiozza • PHI 6
7. Frey • BRO 5
Urbanski • BSN 5
Pytlak • CLE 5
Moore • NYG 5
Crosetti • NYY 5

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Haas • CHW 24
2. Critz • NYG 22
3. Terry • NYG 19
4. Allen • PHI 16
5. Werber • BOS 15
Slade • CIN 15
Williams • PC 15
Warstler • PHA 15
Lary • 2TM 15
10. Lopez • BRO 14
Jackson • NYG 14

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Foxx • PHA 17
2. Simmons • CHW 14
3. Ott • NYG 13
Gehrig • NYY 13
5. Trosky • CLE 12
6. Lopez • BRO 11
7. Lombardi • CIN 10
8. Gehringer • DET 9
9. Hartnett • CHC 8
10. Berger • BSN 7
Hafey • CIN 7
Moore • NYG 7
Padden • PIT 7

Double Plays Grounded Into

<strong>Double Plays Grounded Into</strong><br>Only includes standard 6-4-3, 4-3, etc. double plays.<br>First tracked in 1933.<br>For gamelogs only in seasons we have play-by-play, we include triple plays as well.<br>All official seasonal totals do not include GITP's.

1. Lombardi • CIN 24
2. Traynor • PIT 23
3. Koenig • CIN 17
Frisch • STL 17
5. Hogan • BSN 16
Allen • PHI 16
Durocher • STL 16
8. Lopez • BRO 15
Hartnett • CHC 15
Jackson • NYG 15
Thevenow • PIT 15
Waner • PIT 15
Medwick • STL 15

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Chapman • NYY 16
2. Werber • BOS 15
3. Bartell • PHI 14
4. Koenecke • BRO 12
Hale • CLE 12
Rothrock • STL 12
7. Herman • CHC 11
8. Fox • DET 10
9. Walker • DET 9
Fullis • 2TM 9

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. Johnson • PHA 17.7
2. Foxx • PHA 17.6
3. Werber • BOS 17.3
4. Gehrig • NYY 15.2
5. Greenberg • DET 13.4
6. Lazzeri • NYY 12.3
7. Higgins • PHA 11.5
8. Gehringer • DET 11.0
9. Vaughan • PIT 10.9
10. Burns • SLB 10.6

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. Frisch • STL 55.0
2. Waner • PIT 50.9
3. Vosmik • CLE 40.5
4. Moore • BSN 26.4
Koenig • CIN 26.4
6. Jordan • BSN 25.7
7. Moore • NYG 25.2
8. Moore • 2TM 25.0
9. Waner • PIT 25.0
10. Manush • WSH 24.2

AB per HR

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

1. Gehrig • NYY 11.8
2. Foxx • PHA 12.3
3. Johnson • PHA 16.1
4. Gibson • PC 16.3
5. Ruth • NYY 16.6
6. Ott • NYG 16.6
7. Collins • STL 17.1
8. Trosky • CLE 17.9
9. Berger • BSN 18.1
10. Bonura • CHW 18.9

Outs Made

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

1. Koenig • CIN 495
2. Rothrock • STL 492
3. Burns • SLB 470
4. Critz • NYG 469
5. Cramer • PHA 464
6. Werber • BOS 453
7. Urbanski • BSN 451
Bartell • PHI 451
9. Berger • BSN 449
10. McNair • PHA 447
Waner • PIT 447

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. Gehrig • NYY 98.39
2. Ott • NYG 78.06
3. Foxx • PHA 75.44
4. Gehringer • DET 70.96
5. Trosky • CLE 58.45
6. Averill • CLE 58.21
7. Collins • STL 57.42
8. Waner • PIT 48.59
9. Ruth • NYY 46.26
10. Terry • NYG 45.82

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>See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Gehrig • NYY 8.9
2. Foxx • PHA 8.2
3. Gehringer • DET 6.7
4. Collins • STL 5.3
5. Ott • NYG 5.2
6. Terry • NYG 5.1
7. Greenberg • DET 5.1
8. Averill • CLE 4.9
9. Trosky • CLE 4.3
10. Leslie • BRO 3.9

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. Gehrig • NYY 8.5
2. Foxx • PHA 6.1
3. Ott • NYG 5.9
4. Collins • STL 5.3
5. Gehringer • DET 5.3
6. Averill • CLE 4.7
7. Trosky • CLE 4.6
8. Greenberg • DET 4.4
9. Waner • PIT 4.3
10. Ruth • NYY 4.0

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability of winning the World Series, displayed in percentage points.<br>See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Gehrig • NYY 23.5
2. Ott • NYG 16.9
3. Gehringer • DET 16.8
4. Terry • NYG 15.2
5. Greenberg • DET 12.5
6. Cochrane • DET 12.3
7. Owen • DET 11.2
8. Collins • STL 10.6
9. Goslin • DET 8.8
10. Ruth • NYY 8.7

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. Gehrig • NYY 9.2
2. Ott • NYG 7.5
3. Foxx • PHA 7.1
4. Gehringer • DET 6.5
5. Trosky • CLE 5.4
6. Averill • CLE 5.4
7. Collins • STL 5.3
8. Waner • PIT 4.6
9. Terry • NYG 4.4
10. Ruth • NYY 4.4

rOBA

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

1. Gehrig • NYY .509
2. Burbage • ND .503
3. Dandridge • ND .484
4. Johnson • ND .483
5. Foxx • PHA .480
6. Stearnes • CAG .457
7. Gibson • PC .448
8. Ruth • NYY .443
9. Gehringer • DET .442
10. Greenberg • DET .441

Rbat+

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

1. Gehrig • NYY 212
2. Burbage • ND 207
3. Dandridge • ND 192
4. Johnson • ND 192
5. Foxx • PHA 189
6. Ott • NYG 177
7. Stearnes • CAG 175
8. Gibson • PC 171
9. Ruth • NYY 169
10. Collins • STL 168

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