Rankings of Negro League players should consider that Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions

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. Williams • BOS 10.3
2. DiMaggio • NYY 9.3
3. Lee • CHW 9.0
4. Feller • CLE 8.3
5. Reiser • BRO 7.9
6. Wyatt • BRO 7.6
7. Walters • CIN 7.0
8. Camilli • BRO 6.8
9. Travis • WSH 6.7
10. Keller • NYY 6.6

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. Williams • BOS 10.3
2. DiMaggio • NYY 9.3
3. Reiser • BRO 7.9
4. Camilli • BRO 6.8
5. Travis • WSH 6.7
6. Keller • NYY 6.6
7. Hack • CHC 5.9
8. Fletcher • PIT 5.9
9. Walker • BRO 5.5
10. Henrich • NYY 5.4

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. Williams • BOS 10.6
2. DiMaggio • NYY 8.5
3. Travis • WSH 7.5
4. Reiser • BRO 6.9
5. Hack • CHC 6.4
6. Camilli • BRO 6.2
7. Heath • CLE 6.0
8. Keller • NYY 5.8
9. Ott • NYG 5.4
10. Cronin • BOS 5.4

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. Marion • STL 2.9
2. Rizzuto • NYY 2.9
3. Reese • BRO 2.5
4. Miller • BSN 2.1
5. Gordon • NYY 1.9
6. Jurges • NYG 1.7
7. Appling • CHW 1.7
8. Boudreau • CLE 1.6
9. Frey • CIN 1.4
10. Brown • STL 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. Bostock • BBB .453
2. Williams • BOS .406
3. Irvin • NE .385
4. Hyde • MRS .373
5. Travis • WSH .359
6. Vargas • NYC .358
7. DiMaggio • NYY .357
8. Leonard • HG .347
9. Brown • KCM .344
10. Reiser • BRO .343

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. Williams • BOS .553
2. Strong • KCM .491
3. Bostock • BBB .481
4. Leonard • HG .462
5. Cullenbine • SLB .452
6. Irvin • NE .448
7. DiMaggio • NYY .440
8. Fletcher • PIT .421
9. Hack • CHC .417
10. Keller • NYY .416

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. Williams • BOS .735
2. Leonard • HG .679
3. Irvin • NE .645
4. DiMaggio • NYY .643
5. Bostock • BBB .587
6. Heath • CLE .586
7. Brown • KCM .583
8. Keller • NYY .580
9. Strong • KCM .576
10. Reiser • BRO .558

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. Williams • BOS 1.287
2. Leonard • HG 1.141
3. Irvin • NE 1.093
4. DiMaggio • NYY 1.083
5. Bostock • BBB 1.068
6. Strong • KCM 1.067
7. Keller • NYY .996
8. Brown • KCM .992
9. Heath • CLE .982
10. Reiser • BRO .964

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Gordon • NYY 156
2. York • DET 155
Marion • STL 155
4. Miller • BSN 154
Appling • CHW 154
McCormick • CIN 154
Bragan • PHI 154
Clift • SLB 154
Cramer • WSH 154
10. Kuhel • CHW 153
Case • WSH 153

At Bats

At Bats

1. Cramer • WSH 660
2. Case • WSH 649
3. Rucker • NYG 622
4. Travis • WSH 608
5. McCormick • CIN 603
6. Kuhel • CHW 600
7. Reese • BRO 595
8. Appling • CHW 592
9. York • DET 590
Litwhiler • PHI 590

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. Case • WSH 709
2. Cramer • WSH 707
3. Clift • SLB 703
4. Hack • CHC 694
5. DiMaggio • BOS 688
6. York • DET 687
7. Boudreau • CLE 681
8. Appling • CHW 678
Kuhel • CHW 678
10. Reese • BRO 674

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Williams • BOS 135
2. DiMaggio • NYY 122
3. DiMaggio • BOS 117
Reiser • BRO 117
5. Hack • CHC 111
6. Clift • SLB 108
7. Henrich • NYY 106
Rolfe • NYY 106
Travis • WSH 106
10. Gordon • NYY 104

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Travis • WSH 218
2. Heath • CLE 199
3. DiMaggio • NYY 193
4. Hack • CHC 186
Appling • CHW 186
6. Williams • BOS 185
7. Reiser • BRO 184
8. Litwhiler • PHI 180
Cramer • WSH 180
10. Rucker • NYG 179

Total Bases

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

1. DiMaggio • NYY 348
2. Heath • CLE 343
3. Williams • BOS 335
4. Travis • WSH 316
5. Chapman • PHA 300
6. Reiser • BRO 299
7. Camilli • BRO 294
Keller • NYY 294
9. Keltner • CLE 282
10. Henrich • NYY 279

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Boudreau • CLE 45
2. DiMaggio • NYY 43
3. Judnich • SLB 40
4. Reiser • BRO 39
Kuhel • CHW 39
Mize • STL 39
Travis • WSH 39
8. Cronin • BOS 38
Rucker • NYG 38
10. DiMaggio • BOS 37

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Heath • CLE 20
2. Travis • WSH 19
3. Reiser • BRO 17
4. Keltner • CLE 13
Fletcher • PIT 13
6. Walker • CLE 11
DiMaggio • NYY 11
Hopp • STL 11
Lewis • WSH 11
Vernon • WSH 11

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Williams • BOS 37
2. Camilli • BRO 34
3. Keller • NYY 33
4. Henrich • NYY 31
5. DiMaggio • NYY 30
6. York • DET 27
Ott • NYG 27
8. Nicholson • CHC 26
9. Young • NYG 25
Chapman • PHA 25

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. DiMaggio • NYY 125
2. Heath • CLE 123
3. Keller • NYY 122
4. Williams • BOS 120
Camilli • BRO 120
6. York • DET 111
7. Johnson • PHA 107
8. Chapman • PHA 106
9. Foxx • BOS 105
10. Young • NYG 104

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Williams • BOS 147
2. Cullenbine • SLB 121
3. Fletcher • PIT 118
4. Clift • SLB 113
5. Camilli • BRO 104
6. Keller • NYY 102
7. Ott • NYG 100
8. Hack • CHC 99
9. Gehringer • DET 95
Johnson • PHA 95
McCoy • PHA 95

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Camilli • BRO 115
2. Foxx • BOS 103
3. DiMaggio • PIT 100
4. Clift • SLB 93
5. Nicholson • CHC 91
6. York • DET 88
7. Stringer • CHC 86
8. Benjamin • PHI 81
9. Gordon • NYY 80
10. Sisti • BSN 76

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Case • WSH 33
2. Kuhel • CHW 20
3. Heath • CLE 18
Murtaugh • PHI 18
5. Tabor • BOS 17
Kreevich • CHW 17
Benjamin • PHI 17
8. Frey • CIN 16
Kimbro • NBY 16
Handley • PIT 16

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Travis • WSH 153
2. Appling • CHW 151
3. Cramer • WSH 147
4. Hack • CHC 141
5. Case • WSH 134
6. Rucker • NYG 131
7. Brown • STL 128
8. Litwhiler • PHI 127
9. Rizzuto • NYY 126
Crespi • STL 126

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Williams • BOS 235
2. Bostock • BBB 216
3. Leonard • HG 216
4. Strong • KCM 216
5. Irvin • NE 203
6. Brown • KCM 193
7. DiMaggio • NYY 185
8. Hyde • MRS 171
9. Reiser • BRO 164
10. Camilli • BRO 164

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. Williams • BOS 183
2. DiMaggio • NYY 152
3. Heath • CLE 132
4. Travis • WSH 129
5. Keller • NYY 122
6. Camilli • BRO 118
7. Reiser • BRO 116
8. Chapman • PHA 109
9. Cronin • BOS 105
Cullenbine • SLB 105

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. Williams • BOS 104
2. DiMaggio • NYY 67
3. Heath • CLE 48
4. Camilli • BRO 48
5. Keller • NYY 47
6. Reiser • BRO 45
7. Travis • WSH 42
8. Fletcher • PIT 39
9. Ott • NYG 39
10. Hack • CHC 38

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. Williams • BOS 9.8
2. DiMaggio • NYY 6.3
3. Camilli • BRO 4.9
4. Reiser • BRO 4.6
5. Heath • CLE 4.6
6. Keller • NYY 4.5
7. Fletcher • PIT 4.0
Travis • WSH 4.0
9. Ott • NYG 4.0
10. Hack • CHC 3.9

Extra Base Hits

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

1. DiMaggio • NYY 84
2. Heath • CLE 76
3. Williams • BOS 73
4. Reiser • BRO 70
5. Camilli • BRO 69
6. Keltner • CLE 67
Keller • NYY 67
8. Travis • WSH 65
9. Boudreau • CLE 63
Henrich • NYY 63
Chapman • PHA 63
Mize • STL 63

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. Williams • BOS 335
2. Hack • CHC 286
3. Cullenbine • SLB 282
4. DiMaggio • NYY 273
5. Travis • WSH 271
6. Fletcher • PIT 270
7. Appling • CHW 269
8. DiMaggio • BOS 262
Clift • SLB 262
10. Camilli • BRO 259

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. Williams • BOS .914
2. Bostock • BBB .883
3. Leonard • HG .866
4. Irvin • NE .860
5. Strong • KCM .848
6. DiMaggio • NYY .834
7. Brown • KCM .833
8. Hyde • MRS .795
9. Reiser • BRO .786
10. Mize • STL .781

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Reiser • BRO 11
2. Strong • KCM 10
3. Crespi • STL 9
4. DiMaggio • BOS 7
5. Wright • CHW 6
Cramer • WSH 6
7. Miller • BSN 5
Lodigiani • CHW 5
Young • NYG 5
Henrich • NYY 5
Grace • SLB 5
Bartell • 2TM 5

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Marion • STL 28
2. Marty • PHI 16
3. Owen • BRO 15
Handley • PIT 15
5. Cronin • BOS 14
McCormick • CIN 14
Boudreau • CLE 14
Bragan • PHI 14
Harris • SLB 14
10. Newsome • BOS 13
Kreevich • CHW 13

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Williams • BOS 25
2. DiMaggio • NYY 21
3. Mize • STL 16
4. Slaughter • STL 14
5. Wright • CHW 13
6. Tresh • CHW 12
Dickey • NYY 12
8. Foxx • BOS 11
Appling • CHW 11
Joost • CIN 11
Heath • CLE 11
Etten • PHI 11
DiMaggio • PIT 11

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. Hayes • PHA 23
Suder • PHA 23
3. McCormick • CIN 22
4. Foxx • BOS 21
5. Cronin • BOS 20
Medwick • BRO 20
Higgins • DET 20
8. Lombardi • CIN 19
9. Whitehead • NYG 18
May • PHI 18
Van Robays • PIT 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Murtaugh • PHI 13
2. Heath • CLE 12
3. Handley • PIT 11
4. Rowell • BSN 10
McCormick • CIN 10
Hoag • 2TM 10
7. Tabor • BOS 9
Campbell • CLE 9
Gordon • NYY 9
Chapman • PHA 9
Case • WSH 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. Heath • CLE 20.6
2. Tabor • BOS 16.5
3. Kuhel • CHW 15.0
4. Gordon • NYY 14.1
5. DiMaggio • PIT 13.5
6. Etten • PHI 11.0
7. Keller • NYY 10.2
8. DiMaggio • BOS 9.9
9. Chapman • PHA 9.7
10. Boudreau • CLE 9.5
Lewis • WSH 9.5

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. McCormick • CIN 46.4
2. Cramer • WSH 44.0
3. DiMaggio • NYY 41.6
4. Whitehead • NYG 40.3
5. Radcliff • 2TM 32.1
6. Walker • BRO 29.5
7. Cooney • BSN 29.5
8. Finney • BOS 29.2
9. Vaughan • PIT 28.8
10. Moore • NYG 28.5

AB per HR

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

1. Williams • BOS 12.3
2. Leonard • HG 15.1
3. Keller • NYY 15.4
4. Camilli • BRO 15.6
5. Henrich • NYY 17.4
6. DiMaggio • NYY 18.0
7. Irvin • NE 18.2
8. Ott • NYG 19.4
9. Nicholson • CHC 20.5
10. Strong • KCM 20.8

Outs Made

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

1. Cramer • WSH 501
2. Case • WSH 494
3. Reese • BRO 479
4. Kuhel • CHW 477
5. McCormick • CIN 471
6. Miller • BSN 466
7. Rucker • NYG 464
8. Boudreau • CLE 459
9. York • DET 458
10. Clift • SLB 457

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. Williams • BOS 94.55
2. DiMaggio • NYY 83.95
3. Camilli • BRO 71.24
4. Heath • CLE 64.07
5. Keller • NYY 61.68
6. Travis • WSH 54.44
7. Mize • STL 51.96
8. Reiser • BRO 49.60
9. Ott • NYG 49.24
10. Cullenbine • SLB 42.05

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. Williams • BOS 8.0
2. DiMaggio • NYY 7.3
3. Reiser • BRO 6.9
4. Camilli • BRO 6.3
5. Keller • NYY 5.4
6. Travis • WSH 4.6
7. Mize • STL 4.3
8. Heath • CLE 4.3
9. Ott • NYG 4.2
10. Henrich • NYY 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. Williams • BOS 8.4
2. DiMaggio • NYY 8.0
3. Keller • NYY 5.5
4. Camilli • BRO 5.4
5. Reiser • BRO 4.9
6. Travis • WSH 4.3
7. Heath • CLE 4.2
8. Mize • STL 4.2
9. Henrich • NYY 4.1
10. Ott • NYG 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. Camilli • BRO 25.6
2. Reiser • BRO 25.6
3. Mize • STL 18.0
4. Crabtree • STL 12.7
5. Lavagetto • BRO 12.3
6. Walker • BRO 11.2
7. DiMaggio • NYY 11.1
8. Keller • NYY 8.8
9. Moore • STL 8.2
10. Medwick • BRO 8.0

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. Williams • BOS 8.8
2. DiMaggio • NYY 7.9
3. Camilli • BRO 7.0
4. Heath • CLE 6.2
5. Keller • NYY 5.9
6. Travis • WSH 5.3
7. Mize • STL 5.1
8. Ott • NYG 5.0
9. Reiser • BRO 4.9
10. Etten • PHI 4.3

rOBA

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

1. Williams • BOS .554
2. Leonard • HG .500
3. Bostock • BBB .497
4. Strong • KCM .496
5. Irvin • NE .488
6. DiMaggio • NYY .475
7. Brown • KCM .468
8. Keller • NYY .441
9. Reiser • BRO .437
10. Hyde • MRS .437

Rbat+

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

1. Williams • BOS 250
2. Bostock • BBB 217
3. Strong • KCM 210
4. Leonard • HG 206
5. Irvin • NE 199
6. DiMaggio • NYY 195
7. Brown • KCM 185
8. Reiser • BRO 175
9. Camilli • BRO 171
10. Keller • NYY 170

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