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. Stanky • NYG 8.2
2. Garver • SLB 8.1
3. Robinson • BRO 7.4
4. Blackwell • CIN 7.2
5. Musial • STL 7.2
6. Roberts • PHI 6.9
7. Rizzuto • NYY 6.8
8. Doby • CLE 6.7
9. Pafko • CHC 6.3
10. Gordon • BSN 6.3

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. Stanky • NYG 8.2
2. Robinson • BRO 7.4
3. Musial • STL 7.2
4. Rizzuto • NYY 6.8
5. Doby • CLE 6.7
6. Pafko • CHC 6.3
7. Gordon • BSN 6.3
8. Berra • NYY 6.1
9. Torgeson • BSN 5.9
10. Rosen • CLE 5.8

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. Musial • STL 7.5
2. Stanky • NYG 6.9
3. Robinson • BRO 6.5
4. Doby • CLE 6.2
5. Pafko • CHC 6.1
6. Kiner • PIT 6.0
7. Snider • BRO 6.0
8. Gordon • BSN 5.8
9. Torgeson • BSN 5.7
10. Rizzuto • NYY 5.6

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. Priddy • DET 2.7
2. Dark • NYG 2.4
3. Rizzuto • NYY 2.1
Stanky • NYG 2.1
5. Hamner • PHI 1.7
6. Robinson • BRO 1.6
Westrum • NYG 1.6
8. Lipon • DET 1.5
9. Carrasquel • CHW 1.4
10. Campanella • BRO 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. Goodman • BOS .354
2. Musial • STL .346
3. Kell • DET .340
4. DiMaggio • BOS .328
5. Robinson • BRO .328
6. Doby • CLE .326
7. Zarilla • BOS .325
8. Rizzuto • NYY .324
9. Evers • DET .323
10. Dropo • BOS .322

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. Stanky • NYG .460
2. Doby • CLE .442
3. Yost • WSH .440
4. Pesky • BOS .437
5. Musial • STL .437
6. Fain • PHA .430
7. Goodman • BOS .427
8. Robinson • BRO .423
9. Zarilla • BOS .423
10. Glaviano • STL .421

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. Musial • STL .596
2. Pafko • CHC .591
3. Kiner • PIT .590
4. DiMaggio • NYY .585
5. Dropo • BOS .583
6. Gordon • BSN .557
7. Snider • BRO .553
8. Campanella • BRO .551
9. Evers • DET .551
10. Ennis • PHI .551

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. Musial • STL 1.034
2. Kiner • PIT .998
3. Pafko • CHC .989
4. Doby • CLE .986
5. DiMaggio • NYY .979
6. Dropo • BOS .961
7. Gordon • BSN .960
8. Evers • DET .959
9. Rosen • CLE .948
10. Wertz • DET .941

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Groth • DET 157
Kell • DET 157
Priddy • DET 157
Hamner • PHI 157
Jones • PHI 157
6. Torgeson • BSN 156
Philley • CHW 156
8. Kerr • BSN 155
Rosen • CLE 155
Rizzuto • NYY 155
Robinson • 2TM 155
Dente • WSH 155
Yost • WSH 155

At Bats

At Bats

1. Schoendienst • STL 642
2. Kell • DET 641
Waitkus • PHI 641
4. Hamner • PHI 637
5. Stephens • BOS 628
6. Furillo • BRO 620
Snider • BRO 620
8. Philley • CHW 619
9. Priddy • DET 618
10. Rizzuto • NYY 617

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. Rizzuto • NYY 735
2. Yost • WSH 731
3. Priddy • DET 729
4. Kell • DET 724
5. Torgeson • BSN 707
6. Waitkus • PHI 702
7. Lipon • DET 701
8. Stephens • BOS 693
Schoendienst • STL 693
10. Stanky • NYG 692

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. DiMaggio • BOS 131
2. Stephens • BOS 125
Rizzuto • NYY 125
4. Torgeson • BSN 120
5. Berra • NYY 116
6. Stanky • NYG 115
7. Kell • DET 114
DiMaggio • NYY 114
Yost • WSH 114
10. Pesky • BOS 112
Kiner • PIT 112

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Kell • DET 218
2. Rizzuto • NYY 200
3. Snider • BRO 199
4. DiMaggio • BOS 193
5. Berra • NYY 192
Musial • STL 192
7. Furillo • BRO 189
8. Stephens • BOS 185
Ennis • PHI 185
10. Waitkus • PHI 182

Total Bases

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

1. Snider • BRO 343
2. Musial • STL 331
3. Ennis • PHI 328
4. Dropo • BOS 326
5. Kiner • PIT 323
6. Stephens • BOS 321
7. Berra • NYY 318
8. Kell • DET 310
9. DiMaggio • NYY 307
10. Doerr • BOS 304
Pafko • CHC 304

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Kell • DET 56
2. Schoendienst • STL 43
3. Musial • STL 41
4. Robinson • BRO 39
5. Kluszewski • CIN 37
Wertz • DET 37
7. Dark • NYG 36
Rizzuto • NYY 36
9. Evers • DET 35
10. Stephens • BOS 34
Wyrostek • CIN 34
Ennis • PHI 34

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Ashburn • PHI 14
2. DiMaggio • BOS 11
Doerr • BOS 11
Evers • DET 11
Bell • PIT 11
Dillinger • 2TM 11
7. Zarilla • BOS 10
Snider • BRO 10
DiMaggio • NYY 10
Woodling • NYY 10
Noren • WSH 10

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Kiner • PIT 47
2. Rosen • CLE 37
3. Pafko • CHC 36
4. Dropo • BOS 34
5. Hodges • BRO 32
Sauer • CHC 32
DiMaggio • NYY 32
8. Campanella • BRO 31
Snider • BRO 31
Ennis • PHI 31

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Dropo • BOS 144
Stephens • BOS 144
3. Ennis • PHI 126
4. Berra • NYY 124
5. Wertz • DET 123
6. DiMaggio • NYY 122
7. Doerr • BOS 120
8. Kiner • PIT 118
9. Rosen • CLE 116
10. Hodges • BRO 113

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Stanky • NYG 144
2. Yost • WSH 141
3. Fain • PHA 133
4. Kiner • PIT 122
5. Torgeson • BSN 119
6. Pesky • BOS 104
7. Joost • PHA 103
8. Rosen • CLE 100
9. Doby • CLE 98
10. Groth • DET 95
Priddy • DET 95

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Smalley • CHC 114
2. Zernial • CHW 110
3. Easter • CLE 95
Priddy • DET 95
5. Lenhardt • SLB 94
6. Jethroe • BSN 93
7. Snider • BRO 79
Chapman • PHA 79
Kiner • PIT 79
10. Westlake • PIT 78

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Jethroe • BSN 35
2. Reese • BRO 17
3. Snider • BRO 16
4. DiMaggio • BOS 15
Torgeson • BSN 15
6. Ashburn • PHI 14
7. Terwilliger • CHC 13
8. Robinson • BRO 12
Rizzuto • NYY 12
Valo • PHA 12

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Rizzuto • NYY 150
2. Kell • DET 148
3. DiMaggio • BOS 145
4. Waitkus • PHI 143
5. Lipon • DET 141
6. Ashburn • PHI 139
7. Furillo • BRO 135
8. Dillinger • 2TM 130
Yost • WSH 130
10. Hamner • PHI 129

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Musial • STL 165
2. Pafko • CHC 157
3. Gordon • BSN 156
4. Kiner • PIT 156
5. Doby • CLE 156
6. DiMaggio • NYY 151
7. Rosen • CLE 145
8. Ennis • PHI 141
9. Evers • DET 141
10. Elliott • BSN 140

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. Musial • STL 145
2. Kiner • PIT 130
3. Snider • BRO 126
4. Kell • DET 124
5. Dropo • BOS 121
DiMaggio • NYY 121
Ennis • PHI 121
8. Wertz • DET 120
Berra • NYY 120
10. Doby • CLE 119

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. Musial • STL 56
2. Kiner • PIT 47
3. Doby • CLE 46
4. Pafko • CHC 42
5. Gordon • BSN 41
6. Rosen • CLE 39
7. DiMaggio • NYY 38
8. Torgeson • BSN 38
9. Williams • BOS 38
10. Stanky • NYG 36

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. Musial • STL 5.3
2. Kiner • PIT 4.5
3. Doby • CLE 4.3
4. Pafko • CHC 4.1
5. Gordon • BSN 3.9
6. Torgeson • BSN 3.7
7. Rosen • CLE 3.6
8. DiMaggio • NYY 3.6
9. Stanky • NYG 3.5
10. Williams • BOS 3.5

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Musial • STL 76
2. DiMaggio • NYY 75
3. Kiner • PIT 74
4. Ennis • PHI 73
5. Snider • BRO 72
6. Dropo • BOS 70
Stephens • BOS 70
Kell • DET 70
9. Pafko • CHC 68
Wertz • 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. Yost • WSH 318
2. Stanky • NYG 314
3. Rizzuto • NYY 299
4. Torgeson • BSN 287
5. Kell • DET 285
6. Fain • PHA 283
7. Musial • STL 282
8. DiMaggio • BOS 279
9. Kiner • PIT 274
10. Groth • DET 270

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. Musial • STL .809
2. Doby • CLE .743
3. Gordon • BSN .737
4. Kiner • PIT .735
5. Pafko • CHC .730
6. DiMaggio • NYY .725
7. Robinson • BRO .716
8. Dropo • BOS .711
9. Snider • BRO .700
10. Wertz • DET .700

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Stanky • NYG 12
2. Pafko • CHC 11
3. Easter • CLE 10
Rosen • CLE 10
5. Lollar • SLB 8
Yost • WSH 8
7. Rizzuto • NYY 7
Valo • PHA 7
Westlake • PIT 7
Robinson • 2TM 7

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Rizzuto • NYY 19
2. Lipon • DET 18
3. Kell • DET 16
Schoendienst • STL 16
5. Kennedy • CLE 15
6. Kerr • BSN 14
Friend • SLB 14
8. Priddy • DET 13
9. Hegan • CLE 12
10. Hodges • BRO 11
Houtteman • DET 11
Dark • NYG 11
Ashburn • PHI 11
Dente • WSH 11

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Kiner • PIT 19
2. Ennis • PHI 16
3. Campanella • BRO 15
4. Robinson • BRO 14
5. Kluszewski • CIN 13
Musial • STL 13
7. Hodges • BRO 12
Seminick • PHI 12
Sisler • PHI 12
10. Gordon • BSN 9
Torgeson • BSN 9

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. Hitchcock • PHA 30
2. Rosen • CLE 27
3. Ennis • PHI 25
Dente • WSH 25
5. Kell • DET 23
6. Priddy • DET 22
Kiner • PIT 22
8. Doerr • BOS 21
Stephens • BOS 21
Kerr • BSN 21
Groth • DET 21
Mele • WSH 21

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Snider • BRO 15
2. Terwilliger • CHC 11
3. Jethroe • BSN 9
Torgeson • BSN 9
Evers • DET 9
Ashburn • PHI 9
7. Pafko • CHC 8
Rizzuto • NYY 8
Kokos • SLB 8
10. Mitchell • CLE 7
Rosen • CLE 7
Priddy • DET 7
Thompson • NYG 7
Valo • PHA 7
Westlake • PIT 7

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. Jethroe • BSN 23.8
2. Snider • BRO 21.1
3. Torgeson • BSN 18.2
4. Reese • BRO 13.4
5. Robinson • BRO 12.9
6. Doby • CLE 12.1
7. Dark • NYG 11.5
8. Thompson • NYG 11.4
9. Terwilliger • CHC 11.3
10. Furillo • BRO 11.1
Kokos • SLB 11.1

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. Berra • NYY 49.8
2. Kell • DET 35.6
3. Dente • WSH 31.7
4. Fox • CHW 26.9
5. Mitchell • CLE 24.1
6. Lipon • DET 23.1
7. Waitkus • PHI 22.1
8. Robinson • BRO 21.6
9. Groth • DET 21.0
10. Valo • PHA 20.3

AB per HR

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

1. Kiner • PIT 11.6
2. Campanella • BRO 14.1
3. Pafko • CHC 14.3
4. Rosen • CLE 15.0
5. DiMaggio • NYY 16.4
6. Dropo • BOS 16.4
7. Sauer • CHC 16.9
8. Hodges • BRO 17.5
9. Gordon • BSN 17.8
10. Zernial • CHW 18.7

Outs Made

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

1. Philley • CHW 499
Schoendienst • STL 499
3. Dente • WSH 496
4. Hamner • PHI 490
5. Priddy • DET 489
6. Waitkus • PHI 479
7. Lipon • DET 469
8. Jones • PHI 467
9. Kell • DET 465
10. Stephens • BOS 464

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. Musial • STL 58.03
2. Doby • CLE 57.93
3. Williams • BOS 48.05
4. Snider • BRO 46.10
5. Wertz • DET 44.12
6. DiMaggio • NYY 43.60
7. Torgeson • BSN 43.45
8. Stanky • NYG 43.20
9. Berra • NYY 42.30
10. Gordon • BSN 42.18

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. Musial • STL 6.2
2. Doby • CLE 5.0
3. Pafko • CHC 4.1
4. Stanky • NYG 3.8
5. Torgeson • BSN 3.6
6. DiMaggio • NYY 3.6
7. Kluszewski • CIN 3.6
8. Ennis • PHI 3.5
9. Evers • DET 3.3
10. Yost • WSH 3.3

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. Musial • STL 6.3
2. Doby • CLE 4.5
3. Stanky • NYG 4.3
4. Snider • BRO 4.2
5. Pafko • CHC 3.9
6. Williams • BOS 3.7
7. Rosen • CLE 3.6
8. Kiner • PIT 3.6
9. DiMaggio • NYY 3.6
10. Wertz • DET 3.4

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. DiMaggio • NYY 16.3
2. Mize • NYY 15.2
3. Sisler • PHI 14.9
4. Wertz • DET 14.8
5. Evers • DET 13.3
6. Reese • BRO 11.9
7. Doby • CLE 10.2
8. Musial • STL 9.2
9. Berra • NYY 9.0
10. Seminick • PHI 8.8

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. Doby • CLE 5.5
2. Musial • STL 5.4
3. Snider • BRO 4.4
4. Torgeson • BSN 4.3
5. Williams • BOS 4.2
6. Gordon • BSN 4.2
7. Stanky • NYG 4.1
8. DiMaggio • NYY 4.1
9. Wertz • DET 4.0
10. Berra • NYY 4.0

rOBA

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

1. Musial • STL .452
2. Doby • CLE .446
3. DiMaggio • NYY .436
4. Evers • DET .428
5. Dropo • BOS .426
6. Kiner • PIT .425
7. Wertz • DET .424
8. Pafko • CHC .423
9. Rosen • CLE .423
10. Gordon • BSN .421

Rbat+

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

1. Musial • STL 178
2. Pafko • CHC 169
3. Gordon • BSN 168
4. Doby • CLE 166
5. Kiner • PIT 163
6. DiMaggio • NYY 157
7. Rosen • CLE 152
8. Stanky • NYG 152
9. Robinson • BRO 152
10. Torgeson • BSN 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