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. Mays • SFG 10.5
2. Robinson • CIN 8.7
3. Aaron • MLN 8.5
4. Farrell • HOU 7.3
5. Purkey • CIN 7.0
6. Gibson • STL 6.3
7. Aguirre • DET 6.2
8. Pascual • MIN 6.1
9. Robinson • BAL 6.1
10. Broglio • STL 6.0

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. Mays • SFG 10.5
2. Robinson • CIN 8.7
3. Aaron • MLN 8.5
4. Robinson • BAL 6.1
5. Wills • LAD 6.0
6. Callison • PHI 6.0
7. Mantle • NYY 5.9
8. Davis • LAD 5.9
9. Davis • LAD 5.8
10. Colavito • DET 5.7

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. Robinson • CIN 8.3
2. Mays • SFG 8.3
3. Aaron • MLN 7.8
4. Mantle • NYY 7.6
5. Davis • LAD 6.2
6. Wills • LAD 6.1
7. Mathews • MLN 5.4
8. Siebern • KCA 5.3
9. Demeter • PHI 4.8
10. Skinner • PIT 4.7

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 3.2
2. Bressoud • BOS 2.5
3. Kindall • CLE 2.3
4. Cárdenas • CIN 2.2
5. Robinson • BAL 2.1
6. Mays • SFG 2.1
7. Versalles • MIN 2.0
8. Aparicio • CHW 2.0
9. Crandall • MLN 1.7
10. Pagán • SFG 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. Davis • LAD .346
2. Robinson • CIN .342
3. Musial • STL .330
4. Runnels • BOS .326
5. White • STL .324
6. Aaron • MLN .323
7. Mantle • NYY .321
8. Altman • CHC .318
9. Alou • SFG .316
10. Clemente • PIT .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. Mantle • NYY .486
2. Robinson • CIN .421
3. Musial • STL .416
4. Siebern • KCA .412
5. Cunningham • CHW .410
6. Runnels • BOS .408
7. Skinner • PIT .395
8. Altman • CHC .393
9. Aaron • MLN .390
10. White • STL .386

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. Robinson • CIN .624
2. Aaron • MLN .618
3. Mays • SFG .615
4. Mantle • NYY .605
5. Howard • LAD .560
6. Killebrew • MIN .545
7. Davis • LAD .535
8. Demeter • PHI .520
9. Cepeda • SFG .518
10. Colavito • DET .514

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. Mantle • NYY 1.091
2. Robinson • CIN 1.045
3. Aaron • MLN 1.008
4. Mays • SFG .999
5. Musial • STL .924
6. Killebrew • MIN .912
7. Davis • LAD .910
8. Siebern • KCA .907
9. Howard • LAD .906
10. Altman • CHC .904

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Wills • LAD 165
2. Pagán • SFG 164
3. Davis • LAD 163
4. Robinson • BAL 162
Santo • CHC 162
Robinson • CIN 162
Siebern • KCA 162
Cepeda • SFG 162
Mays • SFG 162
10. Colavito • DET 161
Richardson • NYY 161
Groat • PIT 161
Hiller • SFG 161

At Bats

At Bats

1. Wills • LAD 695
2. Richardson • NYY 692
3. Groat • PIT 678
4. Davis • LAD 665
5. Virdon • PIT 663
6. Hubbs • CHC 661
7. Moran • LAA 659
8. Yastrzemski • BOS 646
9. Lumpe • KCA 641
10. Flood • STL 635

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. Wills • LAD 759
2. Richardson • NYY 754
3. Green • MIN 724
4. Groat • PIT 723
5. Moran • LAA 721
Rollins • MIN 721
7. Yastrzemski • BOS 719
Siebern • KCA 719
9. Pearson • LAA 718
10. Hubbs • CHC 716

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Robinson • CIN 134
2. Wills • LAD 130
Mays • SFG 130
4. Aaron • MLN 127
5. Davis • LAD 120
6. Pearson • LAA 115
7. Siebern • KCA 114
8. Pinson • CIN 107
Callison • PHI 107
10. Mathews • MLN 106

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Davis • LAD 230
2. Richardson • NYY 209
3. Robinson • CIN 208
Wills • LAD 208
5. Groat • PIT 199
White • STL 199
7. Lumpe • KCA 193
8. Robinson • BAL 192
9. Yastrzemski • BOS 191
Aaron • MLN 191
Cepeda • SFG 191

Total Bases

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

1. Mays • SFG 382
2. Robinson • CIN 380
3. Aaron • MLN 366
4. Davis • LAD 356
5. Cepeda • SFG 324
6. Colavito • DET 309
7. Robinson • BAL 308
8. Banks • CHC 307
9. Wagner • LAA 306
10. Yastrzemski • BOS 303

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Robinson • CIN 51
2. Robinson • CHW 45
3. Yastrzemski • BOS 43
4. Bressoud • BOS 40
5. Richardson • NYY 38
6. Mays • SFG 36
7. Lumpe • KCA 34
Rodgers • LAA 34
Maris • NYY 34
Groat • PIT 34

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Cimoli • KCA 15
2. Clinton • BOS 10
Robinson • CHW 10
Lumpe • KCA 10
Davis • LAD 10
Wills • LAD 10
Callison • PHI 10
Virdon • PIT 10
9. Robinson • BAL 9
Bressoud • BOS 9
Hubbs • CHC 9
Spangler • HOU 9
Davis • LAD 9
Neal • NYM 9
Clemente • PIT 9
Mazeroski • PIT 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Mays • SFG 49
2. Killebrew • MIN 48
3. Aaron • MLN 45
4. Robinson • CIN 39
Cash • DET 39
6. Banks • CHC 37
Colavito • DET 37
Wagner • LAA 37
9. Cepeda • SFG 35
10. Thomas • NYM 34

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Davis • LAD 153
2. Mays • SFG 141
3. Robinson • CIN 136
4. Aaron • MLN 128
5. Killebrew • MIN 126
6. Howard • LAD 119
7. Siebern • KCA 117
8. Cepeda • SFG 114
9. Colavito • DET 112
10. Robinson • CHW 109

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Mantle • NYY 122
2. Siebern • KCA 110
3. Killebrew • MIN 106
4. Cash • DET 104
5. Cunningham • CHW 101
Mathews • MLN 101
7. Colavito • DET 96
8. Pearson • LAA 95
9. Gilliam • LAD 93
10. Green • MIN 88

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Killebrew • MIN 142
2. Hubbs • CHC 129
3. Bressoud • BOS 118
4. Allison • MIN 115
5. Howard • LAD 108
6. Held • CLE 107
Kindall • CLE 107
8. Boyer • NYY 106
9. Landis • CHW 105
10. Boyer • STL 104

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Wills • LAD 104
2. Davis • LAD 32
3. Aparicio • CHW 31
4. Hinton • WSA 28
5. Pinson • CIN 26
Javier • STL 26
7. Wood • DET 24
8. Charles • KCA 20
Taylor • PHI 20
10. Altman • CHC 19
Landis • CHW 19
Howser • KCA 19
Tartabull • KCA 19

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Wills • LAD 179
2. Davis • LAD 167
3. Groat • PIT 160
4. Richardson • NYY 158
5. White • STL 145
6. Rollins • MIN 142
7. Moran • LAA 141
Flood • STL 141
9. Lumpe • KCA 139
Hiller • SFG 139

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 195
2. Robinson • CIN 173
3. Aaron • MLN 170
4. Mays • SFG 165
5. Davis • LAD 148
6. Howard • LAD 146
7. Siebern • KCA 140
8. Skinner • PIT 139
9. Killebrew • MIN 138
10. Altman • CHC 137

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. Robinson • CIN 160
2. Mays • SFG 146
3. Aaron • MLN 140
4. Siebern • KCA 129
Davis • LAD 129
6. Mantle • NYY 126
7. Colavito • DET 117
8. White • STL 114
9. Robinson • CHW 113
Killebrew • MIN 113

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. Robinson • CIN 66
2. Mantle • NYY 60
3. Aaron • MLN 57
4. Mays • SFG 56
5. Davis • LAD 42
6. Siebern • KCA 39
7. Mathews • MLN 31
8. Killebrew • MIN 31
9. Skinner • PIT 31
10. Altman • CHC 29

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. Robinson • CIN 6.4
2. Mantle • NYY 5.8
3. Aaron • MLN 5.5
4. Mays • SFG 5.5
5. Davis • LAD 4.1
6. Siebern • KCA 3.8
7. Mathews • MLN 3.1
8. Killebrew • MIN 3.0
9. Skinner • PIT 3.0
10. Altman • CHC 2.9
Colavito • DET 2.9

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Robinson • CIN 92
2. Mays • SFG 90
3. Aaron • MLN 79
4. Killebrew • MIN 70
5. Colavito • DET 69
6. Yastrzemski • BOS 68
Maris • NYY 68
8. Robinson • CHW 66
9. Bressoud • BOS 63
Banks • CHC 63
Wagner • LAA 63
Davis • LAD 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. Siebern • KCA 296
2. Robinson • CIN 295
3. Mays • SFG 271
4. Rollins • MIN 267
5. Runnels • BOS 265
Davis • LAD 265
7. Green • MIN 264
8. Cunningham • CHW 263
White • STL 263
10. Colavito • DET 262

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 .871
2. Robinson • CIN .808
3. Aaron • MLN .768
4. Mays • SFG .760
5. Musial • STL .744
6. Siebern • KCA .734
7. Altman • CHC .724
8. Skinner • PIT .716
9. Runnels • BOS .714
10. Davis • LAD .706

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Cash • DET 13
Del Greco • KCA 13
3. Robinson • CIN 11
Held • CLE 11
Jiménez • KCA 11
6. Demeter • PHI 10
Flood • STL 10
8. Landis • CHW 9
González • PHI 9
10. Aspromonte • HOU 8
Green • MIN 8
Thomas • NYM 8
Tresh • NYY 8
Hiller • SFG 8

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Richardson • NYY 20
2. Gilliam • LAD 15
3. Moran • LAA 14
4. Hubbs • CHC 13
Fox • CHW 13
Javier • STL 13
7. Fernández • DET 12
Temple • 2TM 12
9. Fairly • LAD 11
Power • MIN 11
Terry • NYY 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Demeter • PHI 11
2. Gentile • BAL 10
Robinson • BAL 10
Banks • CHC 10
5. Romano • CLE 9
Lumpe • KCA 9
Rollins • MIN 9
Howard • NYY 9
9. Cunningham • CHW 8
Rodgers • LAA 8
Davis • LAD 8
Davis • LAD 8
Boyer • NYY 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Gentile • BAL 16
Robinson • CIN 16
Mazeroski • PIT 16
4. Altman • CHC 14
Aaron • MLN 14
6. Cash • DET 12
7. Runnels • BOS 11
Roseboro • LAD 11
Maris • NYY 11
Mays • 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. Yastrzemski • BOS 27
2. Hubbs • CHC 20
Hershberger • CHW 20
Battey • MIN 20
Howard • NYY 20
6. Banks • CHC 19
Torres • LAA 19
Mays • SFG 19
Johnson • WSA 19
10. Robinson • BAL 18
Colavito • DET 18
Howard • LAD 18
Adcock • MLN 18
Wine • PHI 18
Clemente • PIT 18
Hoak • PIT 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Wills • LAD 13
Virdon • PIT 13
3. Aparicio • CHW 12
4. Geiger • BOS 11
5. Hinton • WSA 10
6. Williams • CHC 9
Robinson • CIN 9
Richardson • NYY 9
Taylor • PHI 9
Pagán • SFG 9
Javier • STL 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Howser • KCA 90.48
2. Mays • SFG 90.00
3. Wills • LAD 88.89
Wood • DET 88.89
5. Charles • KCA 83.33
6. Davis • LAD 82.05
7. Clendenon • PIT 80.00
8. Tartabull • KCA 79.17
9. Pinson • CIN 76.47
10. Savage • PHI 76.19

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 26.3
2. Davis • LAD 25.4
3. Robinson • CIN 24.6
4. Pinson • CIN 24.4
5. Aaron • MLN 22.5
6. Davis • LAD 21.6
7. Hinton • WSA 21.2
8. Altman • CHC 20.4
9. Charles • KCA 18.4
González • PHI 18.4

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 51.8
2. Richardson • NYY 28.8
3. Power • MIN 17.5
4. Green • MIN 17.2
5. Pearson • LAA 17.1
6. Lumpe • KCA 16.9
7. Gilliam • LAD 16.8
8. Aparicio • CHW 16.1
9. Malzone • BOS 14.4
10. Jiménez • KCA 14.1

AB per HR

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

1. Killebrew • MIN 11.5
2. Mantle • NYY 12.6
3. Mays • SFG 12.7
4. Cash • DET 13.0
5. Aaron • MLN 13.2
6. Robinson • CIN 15.6
7. Howard • LAD 15.9
8. Colavito • DET 16.2
9. Banks • CHC 16.5
10. Gentile • BAL 16.5

Outs Made

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

1. Hubbs • CHC 532
2. Richardson • NYY 529
3. Virdon • PIT 527
4. Wills • LAD 518
5. Groat • PIT 505
6. Moran • LAA 501
7. Santo • CHC 493
8. Yastrzemski • BOS 490
9. Fox • CHW 488
10. Taylor • PHI 485

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 79.11
2. Robinson • CIN 73.80
3. Siebern • KCA 68.14
4. Mays • SFG 64.87
5. Davis • LAD 61.64
6. Aaron • MLN 59.96
7. Killebrew • MIN 47.25
8. Alou • SFG 44.48
9. Skinner • PIT 43.75
10. Howard • LAD 43.19

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. Mantle • NYY 8.0
2. Mays • SFG 7.7
3. Aaron • MLN 7.1
4. Robinson • CIN 6.6
5. Davis • LAD 5.7
6. Killebrew • MIN 5.5
7. Allison • MIN 5.2
8. Wagner • LAA 5.0
9. Siebern • KCA 5.0
10. Skinner • PIT 4.5

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 7.1
2. Mays • SFG 6.8
3. Robinson • CIN 6.2
4. Aaron • MLN 5.5
5. Siebern • KCA 5.2
6. Davis • LAD 4.7
7. Allison • MIN 4.4
8. Killebrew • MIN 4.2
9. Alou • SFG 3.9
10. Howard • LAD 3.6

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. Mays • SFG 45.6
2. Davis • LAD 34.6
3. Davenport • SFG 23.7
4. Mantle • NYY 22.3
5. Alou • SFG 21.2
6. Wills • LAD 15.4
7. Tresh • NYY 13.8
8. Fairly • LAD 12.8
9. McCovey • SFG 12.3
10. Allison • MIN 11.7

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 7.7
2. Robinson • CIN 7.0
3. Siebern • KCA 6.5
4. Mays • SFG 6.3
5. Davis • LAD 6.2
6. Aaron • MLN 5.9
7. Killebrew • MIN 4.5
8. Alou • SFG 4.4
9. Howard • LAD 4.3
10. Skinner • PIT 4.2

rOBA

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

1. Mantle • NYY .491
2. Robinson • CIN .464
3. Aaron • MLN .448
4. Mays • SFG .448
5. Musial • STL .417
6. Siebern • KCA .416
7. Davis • LAD .412
8. Killebrew • MIN .407
9. Skinner • PIT .405
10. Altman • CHC .405

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 211
2. Robinson • CIN 188
3. Aaron • MLN 183
4. Mays • SFG 177
5. Davis • LAD 158
6. Siebern • KCA 154
7. Killebrew • MIN 149
8. Howard • LAD 148
9. Skinner • PIT 148
10. Musial • STL 146

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