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. Banks • CHC 10.2
2. Aaron • MLN 8.6
3. Pascual • WSH 8.6
4. Mathews • MLN 8.1
5. Mays • SFG 7.8
6. Boyer • STL 7.4
7. Jackson • STL 6.9
8. Wilhelm • BAL 6.8
9. Law • PIT 6.6
10. Mantle • 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. Banks • CHC 10.2
2. Aaron • MLN 8.6
3. Mathews • MLN 8.1
4. Mays • SFG 7.8
5. Boyer • STL 7.4
6. Mantle • NYY 6.6
7. Pinson • CIN 6.5
8. Fox • CHW 6.0
9. Kaline • DET 5.9
10. Robinson • CIN 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. Aaron • MLN 9.1
2. Mathews • MLN 8.4
3. Banks • CHC 7.8
4. Mays • SFG 7.3
5. Boyer • STL 6.7
Pinson • CIN 6.7
7. Mantle • NYY 6.2
8. Robinson • CIN 5.8
9. Yost • DET 5.4
10. Kuenn • DET 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. Banks • CHC 3.5
2. Fox • CHW 2.6
3. Landis • CHW 2.4
4. Crandall • MLN 2.2
5. Gardner • BAL 2.0
6. Bailey • CIN 2.0
7. Piersall • CLE 1.7
8. Aparicio • CHW 1.7
9. McDougald • NYY 1.6
10. Koppe • PHI 1.6

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. Aaron • MLN .355
2. Kuenn • DET .353
3. Cunningham • STL .345
4. Kaline • DET .327
5. Cepeda • SFG .317
6. Pinson • CIN .316
7. Runnels • BOS .314
8. Mays • SFG .313
9. Robinson • CIN .311
10. Temple • CIN .311

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. Cunningham • STL .453
2. Yost • DET .435
3. Runnels • BOS .415
4. Kaline • DET .410
5. Kuenn • DET .402
6. Woodling • BAL .402
7. Aaron • MLN .401
8. Moon • LAD .394
9. Robinson • CIN .391
10. Mantle • NYY .390

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. Aaron • MLN .636
2. Banks • CHC .596
3. Mathews • MLN .593
4. Robinson • CIN .583
5. Mays • SFG .583
6. Kaline • DET .530
7. Cepeda • SFG .522
8. Killebrew • WSH .516
9. Mantle • NYY .514
10. Hodges • LAD .513

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. Aaron • MLN 1.037
2. Mathews • MLN .983
3. Robinson • CIN .975
4. Banks • CHC .970
5. Mays • SFG .964
6. Kaline • DET .940
7. Cunningham • STL .931
8. Mantle • NYY .904
9. Kuenn • DET .903
10. Boyer • STL .892

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Fox • CHW 156
2. Banks • CHC 155
Hoak • PIT 155
4. Malzone • BOS 154
Pinson • CIN 154
Colavito • CLE 154
Aaron • MLN 154
8. Ashburn • PHI 153
Killebrew • WSH 153
10. Aparicio • CHW 152
Anderson • PHI 152
Spencer • SFG 152

At Bats

At Bats

1. Pinson • CIN 648
2. Aaron • MLN 629
3. Taylor • CHC 624
Fox • CHW 624
5. Neal • LAD 616
6. Blasingame • STL 615
7. Aparicio • CHW 612
8. Cepeda • SFG 605
9. Malzone • BOS 604
10. Temple • CIN 598

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. Fox • CHW 717
2. Pinson • CIN 706
3. Temple • CIN 696
4. Aaron • MLN 693
5. Blasingame • STL 691
6. Taylor • CHC 688
7. Aparicio • CHW 686
Neal • LAD 686
9. Mathews • MLN 682
10. Yost • DET 675

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Pinson • CIN 131
2. Mays • SFG 125
3. Mathews • MLN 118
4. Aaron • MLN 116
5. Yost • DET 115
6. Robinson • CIN 106
7. Mantle • NYY 104
8. Neal • LAD 103
9. Temple • CIN 102
Power • CLE 102

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Aaron • MLN 223
2. Pinson • CIN 205
3. Kuenn • DET 198
4. Cepeda • SFG 192
5. Fox • CHW 191
6. Temple • CIN 186
7. Mathews • MLN 182
8. Mays • SFG 180
9. Banks • CHC 179
10. Blasingame • STL 178

Total Bases

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

1. Aaron • MLN 400
2. Mathews • MLN 352
3. Banks • CHC 351
4. Mays • SFG 335
5. Pinson • CIN 330
6. Cepeda • SFG 316
7. Robinson • CIN 315
8. Colavito • CLE 301
9. Neal • LAD 286
Boyer • STL 286

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Pinson • CIN 47
2. Aaron • MLN 46
3. Mays • SFG 43
4. Kuenn • DET 42
5. Cimoli • STL 40
6. Temple • CIN 35
Cepeda • SFG 35
8. Malzone • BOS 34
Fox • CHW 34
10. Runnels • BOS 33
Williams • KCA 33
White • STL 33

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Moon • LAD 11
Neal • LAD 11
3. Dark • CHC 9
Pinson • CIN 9
White • STL 9
Allison • WSH 9
7. Taylor • CHC 8
Mathews • MLN 8
McDougald • NYY 8
10. Landis • CHW 7
Kuenn • DET 7
Maris • KCA 7
Roseboro • LAD 7
Aaron • MLN 7
Kubek • NYY 7
Koppe • PHI 7
Clemente • PIT 7
Groat • PIT 7
Blasingame • STL 7
Cimoli • STL 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Mathews • MLN 46
2. Banks • CHC 45
3. Colavito • CLE 42
Killebrew • WSH 42
5. Aaron • MLN 39
6. Robinson • CIN 36
7. Mays • SFG 34
8. Lemon • WSH 33
9. Maxwell • DET 31
Mantle • NYY 31

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Banks • CHC 143
2. Robinson • CIN 125
3. Aaron • MLN 123
4. Bell • CIN 115
5. Mathews • MLN 114
6. Jensen • BOS 112
7. Colavito • CLE 111
8. Cepeda • SFG 105
Killebrew • WSH 105
10. Mays • SFG 104

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Yost • DET 135
2. Gilliam • LAD 96
3. Runnels • BOS 95
4. Mantle • NYY 93
5. Buddin • BOS 92
6. Killebrew • WSH 90
7. Jensen • BOS 88
Cunningham • STL 88
9. Maxwell • DET 81
Moon • LAD 81

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Mantle • NYY 126
2. Held • CLE 118
3. Killebrew • WSH 116
4. Post • PHI 101
5. Cepeda • SFG 100
6. Buddin • BOS 99
Lemon • WSH 99
8. Pinson • CIN 98
9. Anderson • PHI 95
10. Robinson • CIN 93

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Aparicio • CHW 56
2. Mays • SFG 27
3. Taylor • CHC 23
Gilliam • LAD 23
Cepeda • SFG 23
6. Pinson • CIN 21
Mantle • NYY 21
8. Jensen • BOS 20
Landis • CHW 20
10. Robinson • CIN 18

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Fox • CHW 149
2. Blasingame • STL 144
3. Kuenn • DET 140
4. Temple • CIN 137
5. Runnels • BOS 131
Gilliam • LAD 131
Aaron • MLN 131
Ashburn • PHI 131
9. Taylor • CHC 129
Pinson • CIN 129
Groat • PIT 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. Aaron • MLN 183
2. Mathews • MLN 168
3. Mays • SFG 156
4. Banks • CHC 156
5. Robinson • CIN 153
6. Mantle • NYY 151
7. Kaline • DET 151
8. Cunningham • STL 143
9. Kuenn • DET 141
10. Woodling • BAL 138

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. Aaron • MLN 156
2. Mathews • MLN 143
3. Mays • SFG 131
4. Banks • CHC 126
5. Pinson • CIN 124
6. Robinson • CIN 122
7. Kuenn • DET 117
Mantle • NYY 117
9. Yost • DET 115
10. Kaline • DET 114

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. Aaron • MLN 72
2. Mathews • MLN 56
3. Mays • SFG 47
4. Banks • CHC 46
5. Robinson • CIN 43
6. Mantle • NYY 40
7. Francona • CLE 38
8. Kaline • DET 38
9. Cunningham • STL 35
10. Yost • DET 35

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. Aaron • MLN 6.9
2. Mathews • MLN 5.4
3. Mays • SFG 4.5
4. Banks • CHC 4.5
5. Robinson • CIN 4.2
6. Mantle • NYY 4.0
7. Francona • CLE 3.8
8. Kaline • DET 3.8
9. Yost • DET 3.5
10. Cunningham • STL 3.4

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Aaron • MLN 92
2. Mays • SFG 82
3. Banks • CHC 76
Pinson • CIN 76
5. Robinson • CIN 71
6. Mathews • MLN 70
7. Colavito • CLE 66
Cepeda • SFG 66
9. Killebrew • WSH 64
10. Neal • LAD 60

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 • DET 292
2. Aaron • MLN 278
3. Runnels • BOS 272
4. Fox • CHW 269
5. Mathews • MLN 265
6. Pinson • CIN 261
7. Temple • CIN 260
8. Gilliam • LAD 252
9. Cunningham • STL 251
10. Banks • CHC 250

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. Aaron • MLN .793
2. Mathews • MLN .773
3. Kaline • DET .764
4. Kuenn • DET .762
5. Cunningham • STL .761
6. Mays • SFG .750
7. Yost • DET .745
8. Mantle • NYY .743
9. Robinson • CIN .734
10. Woodling • BAL .717

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Miñoso • CLE 17
2. Yost • DET 12
3. Lollar • CHW 9
4. Landis • CHW 8
Robinson • CIN 8
6. Altman • CHC 7
Banks • CHC 7
Fox • CHW 7
Bolling • DET 7
López • 2TM 7
Killebrew • WSH 7

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Neal • LAD 21
2. Pilarcik • BAL 13
Landis • CHW 13
Kubek • NYY 13
5. Boyd • BAL 12
Friend • PIT 12
7. Aparicio • CHW 11
Temple • CIN 11
Williams • KCA 11
Jones • SFG 11
McCormick • SFG 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Temple • CIN 13
2. Jensen • BOS 12
3. Cerv • KCA 11
4. Malzone • BOS 10
5. Banks • CHC 9
Landis • CHW 9
Robinson • CIN 9
Aaron • MLN 9
9. Bell • CIN 8
10. Taylor • CHC 7
Aparicio • CHW 7
Berberet • DET 7
Stuart • PIT 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Banks • CHC 20
2. Aaron • MLN 17
3. Anderson • PHI 14
4. Taylor • CHC 13
Snider • LAD 13
6. Kaline • DET 12
7. Roseboro • LAD 11
Sawatski • PHI 11
Virdon • PIT 11
Musial • STL 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. Lollar • CHW 27
2. Crandall • MLN 24
3. Neal • LAD 22
Allison • WSH 22
5. Groat • PIT 21
6. Jensen • BOS 20
7. Power • CLE 19
Aaron • MLN 19
Cimoli • STL 19
10. Banks • CHC 18
Hoak • PIT 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Blasingame • STL 15
2. Aparicio • CHW 13
Power • CLE 13
4. Ashburn • PHI 11
5. Miñoso • CLE 10
Gilliam • LAD 10
White • STL 10
8. Taylor • CHC 9
Landis • CHW 9
Anderson • PHI 9
Cepeda • SFG 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Mantle • NYY 87.50
2. Mays • SFG 87.10
3. Temple • CIN 82.35
4. Aparicio • CHW 81.16
5. Jensen • BOS 80.00
6. Pinson • CIN 77.78
7. Neal • LAD 73.91
8. Bruton • MLN 72.22
9. Taylor • CHC 71.88
Cepeda • SFG 71.88

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 • SFG 30.1
2. Mantle • NYY 25.0
3. Cepeda • SFG 24.8
4. Robinson • CIN 24.0
5. Jensen • BOS 23.3
6. Pinson • CIN 20.5
7. Allison • WSH 18.1
8. Neal • LAD 17.9
9. Boyer • STL 16.8
10. Moon • LAD 16.8

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. Fox • CHW 48.0
2. Power • CLE 27.0
3. Richardson • NYY 23.5
4. Gilliam • LAD 22.1
5. Groat • PIT 16.9
6. Aparicio • CHW 15.3
7. Kuenn • DET 15.2
8. Temple • CIN 15.0
9. Blasingame • STL 14.6
10. Ashburn • PHI 13.4

AB per HR

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

1. Mathews • MLN 12.9
2. Killebrew • WSH 13.0
3. Banks • CHC 13.1
4. Colavito • CLE 14.0
5. Robinson • CIN 15.0
6. Lemon • WSH 16.1
7. Aaron • MLN 16.1
8. Hodges • LAD 16.5
9. Maxwell • DET 16.7
10. Mays • SFG 16.9

Outs Made

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

1. Aparicio • CHW 497
2. Neal • LAD 489
3. Taylor • CHC 479
4. Groat • PIT 466
5. Malzone • BOS 463
Power • CLE 463
7. Blasingame • STL 462
8. Pinson • CIN 460
9. Fox • CHW 459
10. Allison • WSH 458

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. Aaron • MLN 69.44
2. Mathews • MLN 63.60
3. Banks • CHC 58.45
4. Mays • SFG 58.28
5. Robinson • CIN 52.52
6. Francona • CLE 49.29
7. Boyer • STL 43.44
8. Lemon • WSH 42.39
9. Miñoso • CLE 41.47
10. Mantle • NYY 40.97

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. Aaron • MLN 7.7
2. Francona • CLE 6.1
3. Boyer • STL 6.1
4. Mays • SFG 5.8
5. Cunningham • STL 5.5
6. Banks • CHC 5.2
7. Miñoso • CLE 5.0
8. Fox • CHW 4.8
9. Mathews • MLN 4.6
10. Moon • LAD 4.4

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. Aaron • MLN 8.0
2. Mathews • MLN 6.5
3. Mays • SFG 5.4
4. Banks • CHC 5.2
5. Robinson • CIN 4.5
6. Kaline • DET 4.1
7. Boyer • STL 4.1
8. Francona • CLE 4.0
9. Kuenn • DET 4.0
10. Cunningham • STL 3.9

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. Aaron • MLN 23.9
2. Mays • SFG 23.6
3. Mathews • MLN 20.8
4. Francona • CLE 18.5
5. McCovey • SFG 15.3
6. Miñoso • CLE 14.9
7. Moon • LAD 14.6
8. Hodges • LAD 13.7
9. Larker • LAD 13.5
10. Fox • CHW 12.9

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. Aaron • MLN 7.0
2. Mathews • MLN 6.4
3. Mays • SFG 5.7
4. Banks • CHC 5.7
5. Robinson • CIN 5.0
6. Francona • CLE 4.9
7. Lemon • WSH 4.2
8. Miñoso • CLE 4.2
9. Mantle • NYY 4.2
10. Boyer • STL 4.1

rOBA

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

1. Aaron • MLN .448
2. Mathews • MLN .434
3. Robinson • CIN .431
4. Mays • SFG .426
5. Kuenn • DET .422
6. Kaline • DET .422
7. Mantle • NYY .422
8. Cunningham • STL .420
9. Boyer • STL .417
10. Banks • CHC .417

Rbat+

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

1. Aaron • MLN 192
2. Mathews • MLN 183
3. Robinson • CIN 167
4. Banks • CHC 165
5. Mays • SFG 164
6. Mantle • NYY 162
7. Cunningham • STL 161
8. Kaline • DET 157
9. Kuenn • DET 155
10. Boyer • STL 155

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