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 10.6
2. Ellsworth • CHC 9.9
3. Koufax • LAD 9.9
4. Aaron • MLN 9.1
5. Marichal • SFG 8.1
6. Callison • PHI 8.0
7. Mathews • MLN 7.9
8. Allison • MIN 7.4
9. Groat • STL 7.1
10. Peters • CHW 7.0

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 10.6
2. Aaron • MLN 9.1
3. Callison • PHI 8.0
4. Mathews • MLN 7.9
5. Allison • MIN 7.4
6. Groat • STL 7.1
7. Santo • CHC 6.7
8. Yastrzemski • BOS 6.6
9. McCovey • SFG 6.5
10. Williams • CHC 6.4

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 9.5
2. Mays • SFG 9.1
3. Cepeda • SFG 6.7
4. McCovey • SFG 6.3
5. Mathews • MLN 6.2
6. Pinson • CIN 6.1
7. Groat • STL 6.0
8. Callison • PHI 5.8
9. Gilliam • LAD 5.7
10. Allison • MIN 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. Hansen • CHW 3.7
2. Mazeroski • PIT 3.3
3. Cárdenas • CIN 2.2
4. Wine • PHI 2.2
5. Groat • STL 2.1
6. Bertell • CHC 2.1
7. Boyer • NYY 2.1
8. Menke • MLN 2.0
Richardson • NYY 2.0
10. Causey • KCA 2.0

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 .326
2. Yastrzemski • BOS .321
3. Clemente • PIT .320
4. Aaron • MLN .319
Groat • STL .319
6. Cepeda • SFG .316
7. Mays • SFG .314
8. Pinson • CIN .313
9. Kaline • DET .312
10. Rollins • MIN .307

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. Yastrzemski • BOS .418
2. Pearson • LAA .402
3. Mathews • MLN .399
4. Aaron • MLN .391
5. Cash • DET .386
6. Mays • SFG .380
7. Robinson • CIN .379
8. Allison • MIN .378
9. Groat • STL .377
10. Kaline • DET .375

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 .586
2. Mays • SFG .582
3. McCovey • SFG .566
4. Cepeda • SFG .563
5. Killebrew • MIN .555
6. Allison • MIN .533
7. Howard • NYY .528
8. Stuart • BOS .521
9. Hall • MIN .521
10. Pinson • CIN .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. Aaron • MLN .977
2. Mays • SFG .962
3. Cepeda • SFG .929
4. McCovey • SFG .915
5. Allison • MIN .911
6. Killebrew • MIN .904
7. Yastrzemski • BOS .894
8. Kaline • DET .889
9. Howard • NYY .869
10. Hall • MIN .863

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Santo • CHC 162
Pinson • CIN 162
White • STL 162
4. Robinson • BAL 161
Williams • CHC 161
Aaron • MLN 161
Javier • STL 161
8. Colavito • DET 160
9. Versalles • MIN 159
Boyer • STL 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Flood • STL 662
2. White • STL 658
3. Pinson • CIN 652
4. Taylor • PHI 640
5. Aaron • MLN 631
Groat • STL 631
7. Santo • CHC 630
Richardson • NYY 630
9. Callison • PHI 626
10. Rose • CIN 623

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. White • STL 726
2. Aaron • MLN 714
Flood • STL 714
4. Groat • STL 704
5. Taylor • PHI 700
6. Rose • CIN 696
7. Pinson • CIN 695
8. Boyer • STL 693
9. Colavito • DET 692
Callison • PHI 692

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Aaron • MLN 121
2. Mays • SFG 115
3. Flood • STL 112
4. White • STL 106
5. McCovey • SFG 103
6. Taylor • PHI 102
7. Rose • CIN 101
8. Cepeda • SFG 100
9. Allison • MIN 99
10. Pinson • CIN 96
Callison • PHI 96

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Pinson • CIN 204
2. Aaron • MLN 201
Groat • STL 201
4. Flood • STL 200
White • STL 200
6. Clemente • PIT 192
7. Santo • CHC 187
Mays • SFG 187
9. Yastrzemski • BOS 183
Cepeda • SFG 183

Total Bases

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

1. Aaron • MLN 370
2. Mays • SFG 347
3. Pinson • CIN 335
4. Cepeda • SFG 326
5. White • STL 323
6. Stuart • BOS 319
McCovey • SFG 319
8. Callison • PHI 314
9. Williams • CHC 304
10. Santo • CHC 303

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Groat • STL 43
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 40
3. Pinson • CIN 37
4. Williams • CHC 36
Callison • PHI 36
González • PHI 36
7. Ward • CHW 34
Flood • STL 34
9. Cepeda • SFG 33
10. Alvis • CLE 32
Causey • KCA 32
Torres • LAA 32
Mays • SFG 32

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Pinson • CIN 14
2. Versalles • MIN 13
3. Fregosi • LAA 12
González • PHI 12
Hinton • WSA 12
6. Brock • CHC 11
Cimoli • KCA 11
Callison • PHI 11
Groat • STL 11
10. Taylor • PHI 10

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Killebrew • MIN 45
2. Aaron • MLN 44
McCovey • SFG 44
4. Stuart • BOS 42
5. Mays • SFG 38
6. Allison • MIN 35
7. Cepeda • SFG 34
8. Hall • MIN 33
9. Howard • LAD 28
Howard • NYY 28

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Aaron • MLN 130
2. Stuart • BOS 118
3. Boyer • STL 111
4. White • STL 109
5. Pinson • CIN 106
6. Mays • SFG 103
7. McCovey • SFG 102
8. Kaline • DET 101
9. Santo • CHC 99
10. Cepeda • SFG 97

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Mathews • MLN 124
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 95
3. Pearson • LAA 92
4. Allison • MIN 90
5. Cash • DET 89
6. Colavito • DET 84
7. Tresh • NYY 83
8. Robinson • CIN 81
9. Siebern • KCA 79
10. Hansen • CHW 78
Aaron • MLN 78

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Nicholson • CHW 175
2. Lock • WSA 151
3. Stuart • BOS 144
4. Clendenon • PIT 136
5. Goss • HOU 128
6. Brock • CHC 122
7. Hickman • NYM 120
8. Mathews • MLN 119
McCovey • SFG 119
10. Clinton • BOS 118

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Aparicio • BAL 40
Wills • LAD 40
3. Aaron • MLN 31
4. Pinson • CIN 27
5. Robinson • CIN 26
6. Davis • LAD 25
Hinton • WSA 25
8. Brock • CHC 24
9. Taylor • PHI 23
10. Clendenon • PIT 22

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Flood • STL 152
2. Taylor • PHI 145
3. Clemente • PIT 144
4. Davis • LAD 143
5. Groat • STL 141
6. Pearson • LAA 139
White • STL 139
8. Richardson • NYY 138
9. Wills • LAD 137
10. Pinson • CIN 131

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 179
2. Mays • SFG 175
3. Cepeda • SFG 165
4. McCovey • SFG 161
5. Allison • MIN 151
6. Yastrzemski • BOS 148
7. Killebrew • MIN 147
8. Mathews • MLN 147
9. Kaline • DET 144
10. Davis • LAD 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. Aaron • MLN 149
2. Mays • SFG 131
3. Yastrzemski • BOS 118
4. White • STL 117
5. Pinson • CIN 113
Allison • MIN 113
Cepeda • SFG 113
8. McCovey • SFG 111
9. Williams • CHC 108
10. Callison • PHI 107

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 65
2. Mays • SFG 57
3. Cepeda • SFG 47
4. Yastrzemski • BOS 42
5. McCovey • SFG 42
6. Mathews • MLN 40
7. Allison • MIN 38
8. Pinson • CIN 33
9. Kaline • DET 33
10. Killebrew • MIN 33

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 6.8
2. Mays • SFG 6.0
3. Cepeda • SFG 4.9
4. McCovey • SFG 4.4
5. Yastrzemski • BOS 4.3
6. Mathews • MLN 4.2
7. Allison • MIN 3.9
8. Pinson • CIN 3.5
9. Kaline • DET 3.3
Killebrew • MIN 3.3

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Aaron • MLN 77
Mays • SFG 77
3. Pinson • CIN 73
Callison • PHI 73
5. Stuart • BOS 71
Cepeda • SFG 71
7. Williams • CHC 70
8. McCovey • SFG 68
9. Allison • MIN 64
10. Killebrew • MIN 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. Yastrzemski • BOS 279
Aaron • MLN 279
3. Pearson • LAA 271
4. Mathews • MLN 269
5. Groat • STL 263
6. White • STL 259
7. Mays • SFG 255
8. Boyer • STL 248
9. Colavito • DET 247
10. Williams • CHC 245

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 .818
2. Mays • SFG .792
3. Yastrzemski • BOS .759
4. Cepeda • SFG .755
5. Allison • MIN .751
6. McCovey • SFG .750
7. Mathews • MLN .734
8. Kaline • DET .721
9. White • STL .720
10. Tresh • NYY .711

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Robinson • CIN 14
2. Hunt • NYM 13
3. McCovey • SFG 11
4. Alvis • CLE 10
Cepeda • SFG 10
6. Orsino • BAL 9
Rodgers • CHC 9
Bateman • HOU 9
Thomas • LAA 9
10. Held • CLE 8
Dees • LAA 8
Battey • MIN 8
Rollins • MIN 8
González • PHI 8
Miñoso • WSA 8

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Bolling • MLN 17
2. Temple • HOU 13
Power • MIN 13
Callison • PHI 13
Hiller • SFG 13
Javier • STL 13
7. Gilliam • LAD 12
8. Fairly • LAD 11
Bouton • NYY 11
Davenport • SFG 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Santo • CHC 11
2. Phillips • DET 10
3. Sievers • PHI 9
4. Banks • CHC 8
Nicholson • CHW 8
Colavito • DET 8
Charles • KCA 8
Siebern • KCA 8
9. Whitfield • CLE 7
Moran • LAA 7
Wagner • LAA 7
Davis • LAD 7
Roseboro • LAD 7
Menke • MLN 7
Torre • MLN 7
Mays • SFG 7
Hinton • WSA 7
Lock • WSA 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Robinson • CIN 20
2. Aaron • MLN 18
3. Banks • CHC 16
4. Dalrymple • PHI 15
5. Mathews • MLN 14
6. Kaline • DET 12
7. Boyer • NYY 11
Bailey • SFG 11
Cepeda • SFG 11
10. Held • CLE 10
Demeter • PHI 10
Boyer • STL 10

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. Malzone • BOS 24
Stuart • BOS 24
Clemente • PIT 24
4. Thomas • NYM 23
5. Charles • KCA 21
6. Runnels • HOU 20
Torres • LAA 20
Boyer • STL 20
9. Hansen • CHW 19
Torre • MLN 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Wills • LAD 19
2. Rose • CIN 15
3. Clendenon • PIT 13
4. Brock • CHC 12
Flood • STL 12
6. Davis • LAD 11
7. Robinson • CIN 10
Pearson • LAA 10
Davis • LAD 10
Javier • STL 10

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Tartabull • KCA 94.12
2. Weis • CHW 93.75
Richardson • NYY 93.75
4. Maye • MLN 87.50
5. Aparicio • BAL 86.96
6. Aaron • MLN 86.11
7. Gilliam • LAD 79.17
8. McCraw • CHW 78.95
9. Snyder • BAL 78.26
Wood • DET 78.26

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. Aaron • MLN 36.4
2. Pinson • CIN 24.2
3. Robinson • CIN 23.2
4. Hinton • WSA 18.8
5. Clendenon • PIT 17.8
6. Davis • LAD 15.5
7. Charles • KCA 15.0
8. White • STL 14.6
9. Alou • SFG 14.2
10. Clemente • PIT 14.1

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. Fox • CHW 31.7
2. Richardson • NYY 28.6
3. Power • MIN 22.5
4. Gilliam • LAD 18.8
5. Aparicio • BAL 17.2
6. Pearson • LAA 15.6
7. Lumpe • KCA 13.5
8. Malzone • BOS 12.9
9. Robinson • CHW 12.3
10. Hershberger • CHW 12.2

AB per HR

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

1. Killebrew • MIN 11.4
2. McCovey • SFG 12.8
3. Aaron • MLN 14.3
4. Stuart • BOS 14.6
5. Allison • MIN 15.1
6. Hall • MIN 15.1
7. Mays • SFG 15.7
8. Cepeda • SFG 17.0
9. Howard • NYY 17.4
10. Cash • DET 19.0

Outs Made

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

1. Taylor • PHI 491
2. Rose • CIN 488
3. Flood • STL 487
4. Charles • KCA 484
5. Richardson • NYY 483
6. Javier • STL 482
7. Versalles • MIN 481
White • STL 481
9. Aparicio • BAL 479
10. Stuart • BOS 478
Pinson • CIN 478

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 84.57
2. Mays • SFG 58.12
3. Kaline • DET 54.73
4. White • STL 54.17
5. McCovey • SFG 53.81
6. Mathews • MLN 49.76
7. Robinson • CIN 48.31
8. Yastrzemski • BOS 46.57
9. Allison • MIN 44.14
10. Williams • CHC 43.76

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. Kaline • DET 6.7
2. Aaron • MLN 6.7
3. Mays • SFG 6.5
4. White • STL 6.4
5. Howard • LAD 4.5
6. Mathews • MLN 4.5
7. Pinson • CIN 4.5
8. Williams • CHC 4.4
9. Allison • MIN 4.4
10. Yastrzemski • BOS 4.3

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. Aaron • MLN 8.0
2. Mays • SFG 7.2
3. McCovey • SFG 6.2
4. Allison • MIN 5.3
5. White • STL 5.0
6. Mathews • MLN 4.9
7. Kaline • DET 4.8
8. Cepeda • SFG 4.7
9. Killebrew • MIN 4.5
10. Howard • LAD 4.4

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. White • STL 14.3
2. Howard • LAD 12.9
3. Mays • SFG 11.9
4. Davis • LAD 9.3
5. Tresh • NYY 8.1
6. Fairly • LAD 7.5
7. McCovey • SFG 6.8
8. Howard • NYY 6.8
9. Davis • LAD 6.8
10. Williams • CHC 6.5

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 8.8
2. Mays • SFG 6.1
3. McCovey • SFG 5.7
4. Kaline • DET 5.5
5. White • STL 5.4
6. Mathews • MLN 5.3
7. Robinson • CIN 5.0
8. Yastrzemski • BOS 4.7
9. Williams • CHC 4.5
10. Pinson • CIN 4.5

rOBA

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

1. Aaron • MLN .451
2. Mays • SFG .440
3. Cepeda • SFG .425
4. Allison • MIN .414
5. McCovey • SFG .413
6. Yastrzemski • BOS .409
7. Kaline • DET .406
8. Killebrew • MIN .405
9. Pinson • CIN .396
10. Hall • MIN .393

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 196
2. Mays • SFG 192
3. Cepeda • SFG 182
4. McCovey • SFG 173
5. Allison • MIN 166
6. Yastrzemski • BOS 163
7. Kaline • DET 162
8. Killebrew • MIN 160
9. Mathews • MLN 158
10. Callison • PHI 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