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. Mantle • NYY 9.5
2. Mays • NYG 9.2
3. Snider • BRO 8.5
4. Kaline • DET 8.2
5. Banks • CHC 8.1
6. Mathews • MLN 7.2
7. Pierce • CHW 7.0
8. Williams • BOS 6.9
9. Ashburn • PHI 6.3
10. Aaron • MLN 6.2

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. Mantle • NYY 9.5
2. Mays • NYG 9.2
3. Snider • BRO 8.5
4. Kaline • DET 8.2
5. Banks • CHC 8.1
6. Mathews • MLN 7.2
7. Williams • BOS 6.9
8. Ashburn • PHI 6.3
9. Aaron • MLN 6.2
10. Musial • STL 6.2

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. Mays • NYG 8.8
2. Mantle • NYY 8.4
3. Snider • BRO 8.2
4. Mathews • MLN 7.1
5. Kaline • DET 7.1
6. Banks • CHC 7.0
7. Williams • BOS 6.1
8. Musial • STL 6.1
9. Ashburn • PHI 6.0
10. Aaron • MLN 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. Piersall • BOS 2.7
2. McMillan • CIN 2.6
3. Banks • CHC 2.2
4. McDougald • NYY 2.1
5. Carrasquel • CHW 1.9
Fox • CHW 1.9
7. Logan • MLN 1.9
8. Hunter • NYY 1.6
9. Schoendienst • STL 1.5
10. Hoak • BRO 1.5

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. Kaline • DET .340
2. Ashburn • PHI .338
3. Mays • NYG .319
4. Power • KCA .319
5. Musial • STL .319
6. Campanella • BRO .318
7. Aaron • MLN .314
8. Kluszewski • CIN .314
9. Furillo • BRO .314
10. Kell • CHW .312

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. Ashburn • PHI .449
2. Mantle • NYY .431
3. Kaline • DET .421
4. Snider • BRO .418
5. Mathews • MLN .413
6. Musial • STL .408
7. Smith • CLE .407
8. Mays • NYG .400
9. Torgeson • 2TM .396
10. Campanella • BRO .395

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. Mays • NYG .659
2. Snider • BRO .628
3. Mantle • NYY .611
4. Mathews • MLN .601
5. Banks • CHC .596
6. Kluszewski • CIN .585
7. Campanella • BRO .583
8. Post • CIN .574
9. Musial • STL .566
10. Kaline • DET .546

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. Mays • NYG 1.059
2. Snider • BRO 1.046
3. Mantle • NYY 1.042
4. Mathews • MLN 1.014
5. Campanella • BRO .978
6. Musial • STL .974
7. Kaline • DET .967
8. Kluszewski • CIN .967
9. Post • CIN .946
10. Banks • CHC .941

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Baker • CHC 154
Banks • CHC 154
Fox • CHW 154
Bell • CIN 154
Post • CIN 154
Smith • CLE 154
Tuttle • DET 154
Logan • MLN 154
Musial • STL 154
10. Miranda • BAL 153
Kluszewski • CIN 153
Aaron • MLN 153

At Bats

At Bats

1. Fox • CHW 636
Bruton • MLN 636
3. Kuenn • DET 620
4. Kluszewski • CIN 612
5. Bell • CIN 610
6. Baker • CHC 609
7. Smith • CLE 607
8. Mueller • NYG 605
9. Tuttle • DET 603
10. Aaron • MLN 602

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. Smith • CLE 725
2. Goodman • BOS 716
3. Fox • CHW 709
4. Tuttle • DET 698
5. Kluszewski • CIN 686
6. Bruton • MLN 685
7. Temple • CIN 684
8. Jensen • BOS 681
Baker • CHC 681
Kaline • DET 681

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Snider • BRO 126
2. Smith • CLE 123
Mays • NYG 123
4. Kaline • DET 121
Mantle • NYY 121
6. Kluszewski • CIN 116
Post • CIN 116
8. Gilliam • BRO 110
9. Mathews • MLN 108
10. Bruton • MLN 106

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Kaline • DET 200
2. Fox • CHW 198
3. Kluszewski • CIN 192
4. Kuenn • DET 190
Power • KCA 190
6. Aaron • MLN 189
7. Bell • CIN 188
8. Post • CIN 186
Smith • CLE 186
10. Mays • NYG 185
Mueller • NYG 185

Total Bases

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

1. Mays • NYG 382
2. Kluszewski • CIN 358
3. Banks • CHC 355
4. Post • CIN 345
5. Snider • BRO 338
6. Aaron • MLN 325
7. Kaline • DET 321
8. Musial • STL 318
9. Mantle • NYY 316
10. Bell • CIN 311

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Kuenn • DET 38
2. Aaron • MLN 37
Logan • MLN 37
4. Snider • BRO 34
Power • KCA 34
6. Post • CIN 33
7. Ashburn • PHI 32
8. Goodman • BOS 31
9. White • BOS 30
Bell • CIN 30
Finigan • KCA 30
Bruton • MLN 30
Musial • STL 30

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Mays • NYG 13
Long • PIT 13
3. Bruton • MLN 12
4. Carey • NYY 11
Mantle • NYY 11
Clemente • PIT 11
7. Power • KCA 10
8. Banks • CHC 9
Aaron • MLN 9
Ashburn • PHI 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Mays • NYG 51
2. Kluszewski • CIN 47
3. Banks • CHC 44
4. Snider • BRO 42
5. Mathews • MLN 41
6. Post • CIN 40
7. Mantle • NYY 37
8. Musial • STL 33
9. Campanella • BRO 32
10. Zernial • KCA 30

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Snider • BRO 136
2. Mays • NYG 127
3. Ennis • PHI 120
4. Banks • CHC 117
5. Jensen • BOS 116
Boone • DET 116
7. Kluszewski • CIN 113
8. Post • CIN 109
9. Berra • NYY 108
Musial • STL 108

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Mantle • NYY 113
2. Mathews • MLN 109
3. Ashburn • PHI 105
4. Snider • BRO 104
5. Goodman • BOS 99
6. Yost • WSH 95
7. Fain • 2TM 94
8. Smith • CLE 93
Torgeson • 2TM 93
10. Rosen • CLE 92

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Zauchin • BOS 105
2. Post • CIN 102
3. Doby • CLE 100
4. Mathews • MLN 98
5. Mantle • NYY 97
6. Hodges • BRO 91
7. Zernial • KCA 90
8. Snider • BRO 87
Fondy • CHC 87
10. Smith • CLE 77
McDougald • NYY 77

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Rivera • CHW 25
Bruton • MLN 25
3. Mays • NYG 24
4. Boyer • STL 22
5. Miñoso • CHW 19
Temple • CIN 19
7. Jensen • BOS 16
8. Gilliam • BRO 15
9. Robinson • BRO 12
Ashburn • PHI 12
Busby • 2TM 12

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Fox • CHW 157
2. Mueller • NYG 152
3. Goodman • BOS 143
4. Temple • CIN 142
5. Kaline • DET 141
6. Kuenn • DET 139
7. Ashburn • PHI 136
8. Smith • CLE 133
9. Tuttle • DET 127
Power • KCA 127

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Mantle • NYY 180
2. Mays • NYG 174
3. Mathews • MLN 170
4. Snider • BRO 169
5. Kaline • DET 162
6. Musial • STL 157
7. Campanella • BRO 152
8. Kluszewski • CIN 148
9. Banks • CHC 144
10. Post • CIN 142

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. Mays • NYG 157
2. Mantle • NYY 148
3. Snider • BRO 145
4. Kluszewski • CIN 136
5. Kaline • DET 135
6. Mathews • MLN 131
Musial • STL 131
8. Smith • CLE 128
9. Post • CIN 125
10. Williams • BOS 118

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. Mays • NYG 61
2. Mantle • NYY 61
3. Snider • BRO 58
4. Williams • BOS 57
5. Mathews • MLN 54
6. Kaline • DET 52
7. Musial • STL 48
8. Kluszewski • CIN 41
9. Ashburn • PHI 40
10. Post • CIN 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. Mantle • NYY 5.9
2. Mays • NYG 5.8
3. Snider • BRO 5.5
4. Williams • BOS 5.5
5. Mathews • MLN 5.2
6. Kaline • DET 5.1
7. Musial • STL 4.7
8. Kluszewski • CIN 4.0
9. Ashburn • PHI 3.9
10. Post • CIN 3.5

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Snider • BRO 82
Banks • CHC 82
Mays • NYG 82
4. Post • CIN 76
5. Aaron • MLN 73
Mantle • NYY 73
7. Kluszewski • CIN 72
8. Mathews • MLN 69
9. Musial • STL 68
10. Bell • CIN 63
Power • KCA 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. Smith • CLE 294
2. Ashburn • PHI 288
3. Kaline • DET 287
4. Goodman • BOS 278
5. Mantle • NYY 274
6. Snider • BRO 271
7. Mays • NYG 268
8. Musial • STL 267
9. Kluszewski • CIN 262
10. Mathews • MLN 254

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. Mantle • NYY .826
2. Mays • NYG .802
3. Snider • BRO .793
4. Mathews • MLN .783
5. Kaline • DET .764
6. Musial • STL .755
7. Ashburn • PHI .748
8. Kluszewski • CIN .743
9. Campanella • BRO .730
10. Smith • CLE .725

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Fox • CHW 17
2. Smith • CLE 15
3. Yost • WSH 11
4. Lollar • CHW 10
Miñoso • CHW 10
6. Bauer • NYY 8
Musial • STL 8
8. White • BOS 7
Furillo • BRO 7
McMillan • CIN 7
Berra • NYY 7

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Baker • CHC 18
Ávila • CLE 18
3. Logan • MLN 16
Freese • PIT 16
5. Fox • CHW 14
Strickland • CLE 14
7. Reese • BRO 13
Kell • CHW 13
Tuttle • DET 13
Rizzuto • NYY 13

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Jensen • BOS 12
2. Hodges • BRO 10
3. Campanella • BRO 9
Ennis • PHI 9
Jones • PHI 9
Virdon • STL 9
7. Rosen • CLE 8
Zernial • KCA 8
Thompson • NYG 8
Repulski • STL 8
Torgeson • 2TM 8
Vernon • WSH 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Kluszewski • CIN 25
2. Mathews • MLN 20
3. Snider • BRO 19
Musial • STL 19
5. Williams • BOS 17
6. Mays • NYG 13
7. Lollar • CHW 12
Kaline • DET 12
9. Crandall • MLN 11
Groat • 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. Tuttle • DET 25
2. White • BOS 23
3. Reese • BRO 22
4. Jensen • BOS 20
Aaron • MLN 20
Groat • PIT 20
7. Miñoso • CHW 18
Finigan • KCA 18
9. Ávila • CLE 17
Zernial • KCA 17
Repulski • STL 17
Sievers • WSH 17
Vernon • WSH 17

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Boyer • STL 17
2. Rivera • CHW 16
3. Gilliam • BRO 15
4. Bruton • MLN 11
Moon • STL 11
6. Ashburn • PHI 10
7. Fondy • CHC 9
Fox • CHW 9
Harmon • CIN 9
Runnels • WSH 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Mays • NYG 85.71
2. Temple • CIN 82.61
3. Miñoso • CHW 70.37
4. Jensen • BOS 69.57
5. Bruton • MLN 69.44
6. Smith • CLE 64.71
7. Rivera • CHW 60.98
8. Boyer • STL 56.41
9. Snider • BRO 56.25
Baker • CHC 56.25

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. Mays • NYG 32.6
2. Jensen • BOS 19.8
3. Boyer • STL 19.8
4. Banks • CHC 14.9
5. Snider • BRO 14.8
6. Smith • CLE 14.7
7. Rivera • CHW 14.3
8. Moon • STL 13.9
9. Bruton • MLN 13.2
10. Mantle • NYY 13.2

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. Mueller • NYG 50.4
2. Fox • CHW 42.4
3. Berra • NYY 27.1
4. Kuenn • DET 23.0
5. Power • KCA 22.1
6. Smith • BAL 20.2
7. Groat • PIT 20.0
8. Schoendienst • STL 19.8
9. Temple • CIN 18.4
10. Lockman • NYG 16.9

AB per HR

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

1. Mays • NYG 11.4
2. Mathews • MLN 12.2
3. Snider • BRO 12.8
4. Kluszewski • CIN 13.0
5. Banks • CHC 13.5
6. Zernial • KCA 13.8
7. Campanella • BRO 13.9
8. Mantle • NYY 14.0
9. Post • CIN 15.0
10. Crandall • MLN 16.9

Outs Made

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

1. Baker • CHC 488
2. Tuttle • DET 481
3. Bruton • MLN 476
4. Fox • CHW 473
5. Jensen • BOS 458
6. Logan • MLN 456
7. Goodman • BOS 455
8. Temple • CIN 448
9. Fondy • CHC 447
Mueller • NYG 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. Snider • BRO 73.78
2. Mays • NYG 68.03
3. Mantle • NYY 67.43
4. Williams • BOS 66.09
5. Kaline • DET 60.25
6. Mathews • MLN 50.12
7. Kluszewski • CIN 42.04
8. Musial • STL 41.95
9. Banks • CHC 41.55
10. Campanella • BRO 41.04

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. Mays • NYG 7.0
2. Williams • BOS 6.4
3. Mantle • NYY 6.3
4. Snider • BRO 6.2
5. Mathews • MLN 5.0
6. Musial • STL 4.9
7. Kaline • DET 4.3
8. Valo • KCA 4.2
9. Berra • NYY 3.8
10. Lopata • PHI 3.5

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. Mantle • NYY 7.5
2. Mays • NYG 7.1
3. Williams • BOS 6.1
4. Snider • BRO 6.0
5. Mathews • MLN 5.5
6. Kaline • DET 5.0
7. Musial • STL 4.6
8. Kluszewski • CIN 4.4
9. Post • CIN 4.0
10. Banks • CHC 3.9

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. Mantle • NYY 22.1
2. Berra • NYY 17.3
3. Bauer • NYY 12.0
4. Snider • BRO 10.9
5. Williams • BOS 7.9
6. Smith • CLE 6.3
7. Campanella • BRO 5.7
8. Evers • 2TM 5.4
9. Ávila • CLE 5.2
10. Kell • CHW 5.1

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. Snider • BRO 6.9
2. Mantle • NYY 6.5
3. Mays • NYG 6.5
4. Williams • BOS 6.0
5. Kaline • DET 5.9
6. Mathews • MLN 4.9
7. Musial • STL 4.1
8. Banks • CHC 4.0
9. Kluszewski • CIN 4.0
10. Campanella • BRO 3.9

rOBA

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

1. Mantle • NYY .473
2. Mays • NYG .459
3. Kaline • DET .449
4. Snider • BRO .446
5. Mathews • MLN .432
6. Post • CIN .421
7. Musial • STL .421
8. Smith • CLE .417
9. Campanella • BRO .417
10. Banks • CHC .416

Rbat+

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

1. Mantle • NYY 189
2. Mays • NYG 182
3. Snider • BRO 178
4. Kaline • DET 177
5. Mathews • MLN 176
6. Musial • STL 163
7. Banks • CHC 157
8. Post • CIN 156
9. Campanella • BRO 155
10. Aaron • MLN 154

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