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 10.4
2. Aaron • MLN 9.4
3. Cash • DET 9.1
4. Mays • SFG 8.7
5. Kaline • DET 8.4
6. Boyer • STL 7.9
7. Colavito • DET 7.6
Robinson • CIN 7.6
9. Pinson • CIN 7.5
10. Mathews • MLN 7.3

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. Mantle • NYY 10.4
2. Aaron • MLN 9.4
3. Cash • DET 9.1
4. Mays • SFG 8.7
5. Kaline • DET 8.4
6. Boyer • STL 7.9
7. Colavito • DET 7.6
Robinson • CIN 7.6
9. Pinson • CIN 7.5
10. Mathews • MLN 7.3

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. Mantle • NYY 10.5
2. Cash • DET 8.5
3. Mathews • MLN 7.4
4. Mays • SFG 7.3
5. Aaron • MLN 7.1
6. Maris • NYY 7.0
7. Robinson • CIN 6.9
8. Boyer • STL 6.7
9. Clemente • PIT 6.4
10. Gentile • BAL 6.3

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. Boyer • NYY 3.4
2. McMillan • MLN 2.8
3. Hansen • BAL 2.7
4. Kubek • NYY 2.2
5. Kaline • DET 2.2
6. Dalrymple • PHI 2.2
7. Aaron • MLN 2.0
8. Schilling • BOS 2.0
9. Robinson • BAL 1.9
10. Bolling • MLN 1.9

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. Cash • DET .361
2. Clemente • PIT .351
3. Pinson • CIN .343
4. Boyer • STL .329
5. Moon • LAD .328
6. Aaron • MLN .327
7. Kaline • DET .324
8. Robinson • CIN .323
9. Piersall • CLE .322
10. Mantle • NYY .317

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. Cash • DET .487
2. Mantle • NYY .448
3. Moon • LAD .434
4. Gentile • BAL .423
5. Pearson • LAA .420
6. Killebrew • MIN .405
7. Robinson • CIN .404
8. Mathews • MLN .402
9. Colavito • DET .402
10. Boyer • STL .397

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. Mantle • NYY .687
2. Cash • DET .662
3. Gentile • BAL .646
4. Maris • NYY .620
5. Robinson • CIN .611
6. Cepeda • SFG .609
7. Killebrew • MIN .606
8. Aaron • MLN .594
9. Mays • SFG .584
10. Stuart • PIT .581

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. Cash • DET 1.148
2. Mantle • NYY 1.135
3. Gentile • BAL 1.069
4. Robinson • CIN 1.015
5. Killebrew • MIN 1.012
6. Maris • NYY .993
7. Colavito • DET .982
8. Mays • SFG .977
9. Aaron • MLN .974
10. Cepeda • SFG .970

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Robinson • BAL 163
Colavito • DET 163
3. Wood • DET 162
Richardson • NYY 162
5. Maris • NYY 161
6. Bruton • DET 160
7. Fox • CHW 159
Cash • DET 159
Allison • MIN 159
10. Schilling • BOS 158
Howser • KCA 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Robinson • BAL 668
2. Wood • DET 663
3. Richardson • NYY 662
4. Schilling • BOS 646
5. Aparicio • CHW 625
6. Kubek • NYY 617
7. Wills • LAD 613
8. Howser • KCA 611
9. Pinson • CIN 607
10. Fox • CHW 606

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. Schilling • BOS 738
2. Robinson • BAL 736
3. Wood • DET 731
4. Howser • KCA 719
5. Colavito • DET 708
6. Richardson • NYY 706
7. Maris • NYY 698
8. Fox • CHW 696
9. Green • MIN 692
10. Wills • LAD 687

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Maris • NYY 132
2. Mantle • NYY 131
3. Colavito • DET 129
Mays • SFG 129
5. Cash • DET 119
6. Robinson • CIN 117
7. Kaline • DET 116
8. Aaron • MLN 115
9. Boyer • STL 109
10. Howser • KCA 108

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Pinson • CIN 208
2. Clemente • PIT 201
3. Aaron • MLN 197
4. Boyer • STL 194
5. Cash • DET 193
6. Robinson • BAL 192
7. Kaline • DET 190
8. Cepeda • SFG 182
9. Francona • CLE 178
10. Robinson • CIN 176
Mays • SFG 176

Total Bases

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

1. Maris • NYY 366
2. Aaron • MLN 358
3. Cepeda • SFG 356
4. Cash • DET 354
5. Mantle • NYY 353
6. Colavito • DET 338
7. Mays • SFG 334
8. Robinson • CIN 333
9. Killebrew • MIN 328
10. Clemente • PIT 320

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Kaline • DET 41
2. Aaron • MLN 39
3. Robinson • BAL 38
Kubek • NYY 38
5. Siebern • KCA 36
6. Pinson • CIN 34
Power • CLE 34
8. Santo • CHC 32
Robinson • CIN 32
Mays • SFG 32

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Wood • DET 14
2. Altman • CHC 12
3. Callison • PHI 11
Boyer • STL 11
White • STL 11
6. Wills • LAD 10
Aaron • MLN 10
Clemente • PIT 10
9. Lumpe • KCA 9
Amaro • PHI 9
Keough • WSA 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Maris • NYY 61
2. Mantle • NYY 54
3. Gentile • BAL 46
Killebrew • MIN 46
Cepeda • SFG 46
6. Colavito • DET 45
7. Cash • DET 41
8. Mays • SFG 40
9. Robinson • CIN 37
10. Adcock • MLN 35
Stuart • PIT 35

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Cepeda • SFG 142
2. Gentile • BAL 141
Maris • NYY 141
4. Colavito • DET 140
5. Cash • DET 132
6. Mantle • NYY 128
7. Robinson • CIN 124
8. Mays • SFG 123
9. Killebrew • MIN 122
10. Aaron • MLN 120

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Mantle • NYY 126
2. Cash • DET 124
3. Colavito • DET 113
4. Killebrew • MIN 107
5. Allison • MIN 103
6. Gentile • BAL 96
Pearson • LAA 96
8. Maris • NYY 94
9. Mathews • MLN 93
10. Howser • KCA 92

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Wood • DET 141
2. Stuart • PIT 121
3. Hunt • LAA 120
Herrera • PHI 120
5. Mantle • NYY 112
6. Held • CLE 111
7. Killebrew • MIN 109
8. Skowron • NYY 108
9. Gentile • BAL 106
10. Allison • MIN 100

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Aparicio • CHW 53
2. Howser • KCA 37
3. Wills • LAD 35
4. Wood • DET 30
5. Pinson • CIN 23
6. Robinson • CIN 22
Bruton • DET 22
Hinton • WSA 22
9. Aaron • MLN 21
10. Landis • CHW 19

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Pinson • CIN 150
Wills • LAD 150
3. Richardson • NYY 148
4. Robinson • BAL 140
5. Clemente • PIT 138
6. Aparicio • CHW 136
7. Schilling • BOS 135
8. Fox • CHW 134
9. Howser • KCA 133
Boyer • STL 133

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 206
2. Cash • DET 201
3. Gentile • BAL 187
4. Maris • NYY 167
5. Robinson • CIN 164
6. Aaron • MLN 163
7. Killebrew • MIN 162
8. Mays • SFG 160
9. Colavito • DET 157
10. Cepeda • SFG 157

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. Cash • DET 178
2. Mantle • NYY 174
3. Colavito • DET 141
4. Gentile • BAL 138
Killebrew • MIN 138
Maris • NYY 138
7. Robinson • CIN 137
8. Aaron • MLN 132
9. Mays • SFG 130
10. Mathews • MLN 128

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. Cash • DET 85
2. Mantle • NYY 81
3. Gentile • BAL 64
4. Maris • NYY 54
5. Aaron • MLN 54
6. Robinson • CIN 53
7. Colavito • DET 51
8. Mays • SFG 50
9. Killebrew • MIN 50
10. Mathews • MLN 48

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. Cash • DET 8.1
2. Mantle • NYY 7.7
3. Gentile • BAL 6.1
4. Maris • NYY 5.2
5. Aaron • MLN 5.2
6. Robinson • CIN 5.1
7. Colavito • DET 4.9
8. Mays • SFG 4.9
9. Killebrew • MIN 4.8
10. Mathews • MLN 4.6

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Aaron • MLN 83
2. Maris • NYY 81
3. Cepeda • SFG 78
4. Colavito • DET 77
5. Robinson • CIN 76
Mantle • NYY 76
7. Mays • SFG 75
8. Gentile • BAL 73
Killebrew • MIN 73
10. Cash • DET 71
Stuart • PIT 71

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. Cash • DET 326
2. Mantle • NYY 289
3. Colavito • DET 284
4. Mathews • MLN 270
5. Howser • KCA 268
6. Killebrew • MIN 266
7. Boyer • STL 263
8. Kaline • DET 260
Maris • NYY 260
10. Mays • SFG 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. Cash • DET .867
2. Mantle • NYY .866
3. Gentile • BAL .809
4. Robinson • CIN .777
5. Killebrew • MIN .775
6. Moon • LAD .754
7. Colavito • DET .753
8. Mays • SFG .738
9. Mathews • MLN .736
10. Boyer • STL .735

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Miñoso • CHW 16
2. Gentile • BAL 11
Cunningham • STL 11
4. Robinson • CIN 10
5. Fox • CHW 9
Cash • DET 9
Cepeda • SFG 9
8. Boros • DET 8
Skowron • NYY 8
10. Maris • NYY 7

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Fox • CHW 15
O'Connell • WSA 15
3. Monbouquette • BOS 14
4. Wills • LAD 13
5. Francona • CLE 12
Gilliam • LAD 12
Mahaffey • PHI 12
Davenport • SFG 12
9. Schilling • BOS 11
Schwall • BOS 11
McMillan • MLN 11
Amaro • PHI 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Miñoso • CHW 12
Power • CLE 12
Posada • KCA 12
4. Robinson • CIN 10
5. Robinson • BAL 9
Malzone • BOS 9
Bell • CIN 9
Aaron • MLN 9
9. Gentile • BAL 8
Pinson • CIN 8
Colavito • DET 8
Allison • MIN 8
Boyer • NYY 8
Davenport • SFG 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Robinson • CIN 23
2. Banks • CHC 21
3. Aaron • MLN 20
4. Cash • DET 19
5. Musial • STL 17
6. Mays • SFG 15
7. Williams • CHC 11
Coleman • CIN 11
Held • CLE 11
Cepeda • SFG 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. Green • WSA 26
2. Santo • CHC 25
Bolling • MLN 25
4. Adcock • MLN 22
Groat • PIT 22
Stuart • PIT 22
7. Robinson • BAL 21
Skowron • NYY 21
Cepeda • SFG 21
10. Hansen • BAL 19
Malzone • BOS 19
Yastrzemski • BOS 19
Power • CLE 19
Thomas • 2TM 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Wills • LAD 15
2. Aparicio • CHW 13
3. Green • MIN 11
White • STL 11
5. Pinson • CIN 10
Tasby • WSA 10
7. Wood • DET 9
Howser • KCA 9
Versalles • MIN 9
Aaron • MLN 9
Mays • SFG 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Robinson • CIN 88.00
2. Hinton • WSA 81.48
3. Howser • KCA 80.44
4. Aparicio • CHW 80.30
5. Geiger • BOS 80.00
6. Landis • CHW 79.17
7. Bruton • DET 78.57
8. Wood • DET 76.92
9. O'Connell • WSA 75.00
González • PHI 75.00

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. Robinson • CIN 27.6
2. Aaron • MLN 26.0
3. Mays • SFG 24.8
4. Landis • CHW 20.4
5. Mantle • NYY 19.6
6. Bruton • DET 19.2
7. Cepeda • SFG 19.0
8. Pinson • CIN 18.9
9. Mathews • MLN 17.5
10. Cash • DET 17.3

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 50.5
2. Power • CLE 35.2
3. Richardson • NYY 28.8
4. Aparicio • CHW 18.9
5. Howser • KCA 16.1
6. Lumpe • KCA 14.6
7. Temple • CLE 14.4
8. Kaline • DET 14.0
9. Kuenn • SFG 13.9
10. Groat • PIT 13.5

AB per HR

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

1. Mantle • NYY 9.5
2. Maris • NYY 9.7
3. Gentile • BAL 10.6
4. Killebrew • MIN 11.8
5. Cepeda • SFG 12.7
6. Colavito • DET 13.0
7. Cash • DET 13.0
8. Mays • SFG 14.3
9. Robinson • CIN 14.7
10. Stuart • PIT 15.2

Outs Made

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

1. Richardson • NYY 523
2. Robinson • BAL 517
3. Wood • DET 515
4. Schilling • BOS 505
5. Fox • CHW 496
6. Aparicio • CHW 488
7. Wills • LAD 475
8. Bolling • MLN 473
9. Kubek • NYY 470
10. Groat • PIT 469

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. Mantle • NYY 95.59
2. Cash • DET 92.44
3. Gentile • BAL 77.33
4. Maris • NYY 71.59
5. Mays • SFG 65.41
6. Cepeda • SFG 61.10
7. Killebrew • MIN 60.88
8. Colavito • DET 55.21
9. Kaline • DET 55.04
10. Robinson • CIN 53.58

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. Mantle • NYY 9.0
2. Cash • DET 7.7
3. Gentile • BAL 7.3
4. Maris • NYY 7.0
5. Aaron • MLN 6.7
6. Robinson • CIN 5.5
7. Mays • SFG 4.9
8. Cepeda • SFG 4.7
9. Kaline • DET 4.6
10. Siebern • KCA 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. Mantle • NYY 8.8
2. Cash • DET 8.5
3. Maris • NYY 7.6
4. Gentile • BAL 5.8
5. Robinson • CIN 5.8
6. Mays • SFG 5.4
7. Colavito • DET 5.3
8. Kaline • DET 5.2
9. Mathews • MLN 5.1
10. Killebrew • MIN 5.1

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. Mantle • NYY 24.0
2. Robinson • CIN 20.9
3. Cash • DET 20.2
4. Maris • NYY 18.8
5. Colavito • DET 14.3
6. Roseboro • LAD 11.4
7. Lynch • CIN 10.5
8. Kaline • DET 10.5
9. Blanchard • NYY 10.1
10. Pinson • CIN 10.1

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. Mantle • NYY 9.3
2. Cash • DET 8.7
3. Gentile • BAL 7.5
4. Maris • NYY 7.0
5. Mays • SFG 6.4
6. Cepeda • SFG 6.0
7. Killebrew • MIN 5.7
8. Colavito • DET 5.2
9. Kaline • DET 5.2
10. Robinson • CIN 5.1

rOBA

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

1. Mantle • NYY .500
2. Cash • DET .496
3. Gentile • BAL .460
4. Killebrew • MIN .447
5. Robinson • CIN .443
6. Maris • NYY .440
7. Colavito • DET .436
8. Kaline • DET .433
9. Clemente • PIT .431
10. Mays • SFG .424

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 216
2. Cash • DET 208
3. Gentile • BAL 188
4. Maris • NYY 174
5. Robinson • CIN 173
6. Killebrew • MIN 170
7. Clemente • PIT 168
8. Cepeda • SFG 168
9. Mays • SFG 167
10. Mathews • MLN 166

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