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 11.2
2. Marichal • SFG 10.5
3. Maloney • CIN 9.0
4. Koufax • LAD 8.6
5. Bunning • PHI 8.3
6. McDowell • CLE 7.9
7. Aaron • MLN 7.9
8. Williams • CHC 7.7
9. Santo • CHC 7.7
10. Gibson • STL 7.6

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. Mays • SFG 11.2
2. Aaron • MLN 7.9
3. Williams • CHC 7.7
4. Santo • CHC 7.7
5. Wynn • HOU 7.4
6. Versalles • MIN 7.1
7. Clemente • PIT 7.1
8. Buford • CHW 6.9
9. Allen • PHI 6.4
10. Callison • PHI 6.1

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 • SFG 9.5
2. Wynn • HOU 7.4
3. Williams • CHC 7.4
4. Allen • PHI 7.2
5. Santo • CHC 6.9
6. Aaron • MLN 6.8
7. Rose • CIN 6.5
8. Morgan • HOU 6.1
9. McCovey • SFG 5.9
10. Pinson • CIN 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. Alley • PIT 3.5
2. Versalles • MIN 3.0
3. Buford • CHW 2.8
4. Aparicio • BAL 2.6
5. Mazeroski • PIT 2.5
6. Adair • BAL 2.3
7. Wills • LAD 2.3
8. Hansen • CHW 2.2
9. Groat • STL 1.9
10. Cannizzaro • NYM 1.8

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. Clemente • PIT .329
2. Oliva • MIN .321
3. Aaron • MLN .318
4. Mays • SFG .317
5. Williams • CHC .315
6. Rose • CIN .312
7. Yastrzemski • BOS .312
8. Flood • STL .310
9. Pinson • CIN .305
10. Rojas • PHI .303

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. Mays • SFG .398
2. Yastrzemski • BOS .395
3. Robinson • CIN .386
4. Colavito • CLE .383
5. Rose • CIN .382
6. McCovey • SFG .381
7. Blefary • BAL .381
8. Aaron • MLN .379
9. Oliva • MIN .378
10. Clemente • PIT .378

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 • SFG .645
2. Aaron • MLN .560
3. Williams • CHC .552
4. Robinson • CIN .540
5. McCovey • SFG .539
6. Yastrzemski • BOS .536
7. Johnson • CIN .515
8. Conigliaro • BOS .512
9. Cash • DET .512
10. Jones • MLN .510

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 • SFG 1.043
2. Aaron • MLN .938
3. Yastrzemski • BOS .932
4. Williams • CHC .929
5. Robinson • CIN .925
6. McCovey • SFG .920
7. Santo • CHC .888
8. Cash • DET .883
9. Oliva • MIN .870
10. Allen • PHI .870

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Santo • CHC 164
Williams • CHC 164
3. Banks • CHC 163
4. Hansen • CHW 162
Rose • CIN 162
Colavito • CLE 162
Wert • DET 162
Clendenon • PIT 162
9. Fregosi • CAL 161
Allen • PHI 161

At Bats

At Bats

1. Rose • CIN 670
2. Pinson • CIN 669
3. Versalles • MIN 666
4. Richardson • NYY 664
5. Wills • LAD 650
6. Harper • CIN 646
7. Williams • CHC 645
8. Brock • STL 631
9. Bailey • PIT 626
10. Allen • PHI 619
Callison • PHI 619

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. Rose • CIN 757
2. Harper • CIN 745
3. Pinson • CIN 728
Versalles • MIN 728
5. Williams • CHC 719
6. Richardson • NYY 713
7. Wills • LAD 711
8. Morgan • HOU 708
9. Allen • PHI 707
10. Santo • CHC 704

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Harper • CIN 126
Versalles • MIN 126
3. Mays • SFG 118
4. Rose • CIN 117
5. Williams • CHC 115
6. Robinson • CIN 109
Aaron • MLN 109
8. Oliva • MIN 107
Brock • STL 107
10. Morgan • HOU 100

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Rose • CIN 209
2. Pinson • CIN 204
3. Williams • CHC 203
4. Clemente • PIT 194
5. Flood • STL 191
6. Allen • PHI 187
7. Wills • LAD 186
8. Oliva • MIN 185
9. Clendenon • PIT 184
10. Versalles • MIN 182
Brock • STL 182

Total Bases

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

1. Mays • SFG 360
2. Williams • CHC 356
3. Pinson • CIN 324
4. Aaron • MLN 319
5. Johnson • CIN 317
6. Callison • PHI 315
7. Robinson • CIN 314
8. Santo • CHC 310
9. Versalles • MIN 308
10. Allen • PHI 306

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Yastrzemski • BOS 45
Versalles • MIN 45
3. Oliva • MIN 40
Aaron • MLN 40
5. Williams • CHC 39
6. Rose • CIN 35
Brock • STL 35
8. Pinson • CIN 34
9. Robinson • CIN 33
10. Clendenon • PIT 32

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Callison • PHI 16
2. Allen • PHI 14
Clemente • PIT 14
Clendenon • PIT 14
5. Morgan • HOU 12
Campaneris • KCA 12
Versalles • MIN 12
8. Cárdenas • CIN 11
Rose • CIN 11
10. Aparicio • BAL 10
Pinson • CIN 10

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Mays • SFG 52
2. McCovey • SFG 39
3. Williams • CHC 34
4. Santo • CHC 33
Robinson • CIN 33
6. Conigliaro • BOS 32
Johnson • CIN 32
Aaron • MLN 32
Mathews • MLN 32
Callison • PHI 32

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Johnson • CIN 130
2. Robinson • CIN 113
3. Mays • SFG 112
4. Williams • CHC 108
Colavito • CLE 108
6. Stargell • PIT 107
7. Banks • CHC 106
8. Horton • DET 104
9. Santo • CHC 101
Callison • PHI 101

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Morgan • HOU 97
2. Colavito • CLE 93
3. Blefary • BAL 88
Santo • CHC 88
McCovey • SFG 88
6. Wynn • HOU 84
7. Mantilla • BOS 79
8. Harper • CIN 78
9. Cash • DET 77
10. Robinson • CHW 76
Fairly • LAD 76
Mays • SFG 76

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Allen • PHI 150
2. Stuart • PHI 136
3. Clendenon • PIT 128
4. Harper • CIN 127
Stargell • PIT 127
6. Wynn • HOU 126
7. Smith • NYM 123
8. Versalles • MIN 122
Jones • MLN 122
10. Alvis • CLE 121

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Wills • LAD 94
2. Brock • STL 63
3. Campaneris • KCA 51
4. Wynn • HOU 43
5. Cardenal • CAL 37
6. Harper • CIN 35
7. Versalles • MIN 27
8. Aparicio • BAL 26
Davalillo • CLE 26
10. Davis • LAD 25

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Wills • LAD 165
2. Rose • CIN 152
3. Clemente • PIT 149
4. Flood • STL 147
5. Pinson • CIN 138
6. Aspromonte • HOU 130
Alou • SFG 130
8. Buford • CHW 129
9. Richardson • NYY 128
10. Davalillo • CLE 127
Rojas • PHI 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. Mays • SFG 185
2. Aaron • MLN 161
3. Williams • CHC 157
4. Yastrzemski • BOS 156
5. McCovey • SFG 154
6. Robinson • CIN 151
7. Cash • DET 148
8. Santo • CHC 146
9. Allen • PHI 145
10. Wynn • HOU 144

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 • SFG 143
2. Williams • CHC 132
3. Aaron • MLN 122
4. Santo • CHC 121
5. Robinson • CIN 120
6. Allen • PHI 119
7. Rose • CIN 118
8. McCovey • SFG 115
9. Pinson • CIN 112
10. Colavito • CLE 110

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 • SFG 63
2. Williams • CHC 49
3. Aaron • MLN 48
4. Robinson • CIN 42
5. Yastrzemski • BOS 40
6. McCovey • SFG 40
7. Santo • CHC 40
8. Allen • PHI 38
9. Wynn • HOU 36
10. Colavito • CLE 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. Mays • SFG 6.4
2. Williams • CHC 5.0
3. Aaron • MLN 4.9
4. Robinson • CIN 4.4
5. Yastrzemski • BOS 4.2
6. McCovey • SFG 4.1
7. Santo • CHC 4.1
8. Allen • PHI 3.9
9. Wynn • HOU 3.7
10. Colavito • CLE 3.6

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Williams • CHC 79
2. Versalles • MIN 76
Mays • SFG 76
4. Aaron • MLN 73
Callison • PHI 73
6. Robinson • CIN 71
7. Johnson • CIN 69
8. Yastrzemski • BOS 68
9. Santo • CHC 67
10. Pinson • CIN 66

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. Rose • CIN 286
2. Williams • CHC 271
3. Santo • CHC 266
Colavito • CLE 266
5. Morgan • HOU 263
Allen • PHI 263
7. Robinson • CIN 260
8. Pinson • CIN 254
9. Mays • SFG 253
10. Harper • CIN 249

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. Mays • SFG .825
2. Aaron • MLN .766
3. Yastrzemski • BOS .755
4. McCovey • SFG .753
5. Williams • CHC .752
6. Robinson • CIN .744
7. Wagner • CLE .738
8. Santo • CHC .736
9. Oliva • MIN .733
10. Allen • PHI .723

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Robinson • CIN 18
2. Johnson • LAD 16
3. Taylor • PHI 12
4. Landrum • CHC 10
Brock • STL 10
6. Alvis • CLE 9
Campaneris • KCA 9
Jones • MLN 9
9. Mantilla • BOS 8
Rose • CIN 8
Torre • MLN 8
Haller • SFG 8

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Parker • LAD 19
2. Bolling • MLN 17
3. McMillan • NYM 16
4. Fregosi • CAL 15
5. Aparicio • BAL 14
Fairly • LAD 14
Wills • LAD 14
8. Harper • CIN 13
9. Lanier • SFG 12
10. Brock • STL 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Johnson • CIN 10
Oliva • MIN 10
Clendenon • PIT 10
4. Mazeroski • PIT 9
5. Fregosi • CAL 8
Rodgers • CAL 8
Hansen • CHW 8
Versalles • MIN 8
Aaron • MLN 8
Kranepool • NYM 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Cárdenas • CIN 25
2. Banks • CHC 19
3. Robinson • CIN 18
4. Edwards • CIN 16
Mays • SFG 16
6. Mincher • MIN 15
Haller • SFG 15
8. Clemente • PIT 14
9. Powell • BAL 13
Stargell • PIT 13

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. Adair • BAL 26
2. Mantilla • BOS 24
3. Skowron • CHW 22
Torre • MLN 22
5. Hansen • CHW 21
Alou • SFG 21
Lanier • SFG 21
8. Williams • CHC 20
9. Hershberger • KCA 19
10. Malzone • BOS 18
Cater • CHW 18
Harrelson • KCA 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Wills • LAD 31
2. Brock • STL 27
3. Campaneris • KCA 19
4. Cardenal • CAL 15
5. Bailey • PIT 14
6. Robinson • CIN 9
Horton • DET 9
McAuliffe • DET 9
Morgan • HOU 9
Davis • LAD 9
Oliva • MIN 9
Clendenon • PIT 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Wynn • HOU 91.49
2. Allen • PHI 88.24
3. Aaron • MLN 85.71
4. Harper • CIN 85.37
5. Hinton • CLE 85.00
6. Versalles • MIN 84.38
7. Stewart • CHC 81.25
8. Howser • CLE 80.95
9. Aparicio • BAL 78.79
Davalillo • CLE 78.79

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. Wynn • HOU 29.1
2. Aaron • MLN 27.4
3. Brock • STL 25.5
4. Harper • CIN 23.8
5. Versalles • MIN 22.3
6. Pinson • CIN 21.5
7. Robinson • CIN 18.7
8. Hinton • CLE 17.5
9. Oliva • MIN 17.4
10. Allen • PHI 17.1

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. Richardson • NYY 17.0
2. Rojas • PHI 15.8
3. Lumpe • DET 14.8
4. Mazeroski • PIT 14.5
5. Alou • SFG 13.6
6. Bolling • MLN 13.0
7. Thomas • BOS 12.4
8. Flood • STL 12.3
9. Robinson • BAL 11.9
10. Beckert • CHC 11.8

AB per HR

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

1. Mays • SFG 10.7
2. McCovey • SFG 13.8
3. Cash • DET 15.6
4. Jones • MLN 16.3
5. Conigliaro • BOS 16.3
6. Mathews • MLN 17.1
7. Robinson • CIN 17.6
8. Horton • DET 17.7
9. Aaron • MLN 17.8
10. Santo • CHC 18.4

Outs Made

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

1. Richardson • NYY 527
2. Wills • LAD 517
3. Harper • CIN 514
4. Versalles • MIN 510
5. Bailey • PIT 502
6. Beckert • CHC 497
7. Pinson • CIN 496
8. Brock • STL 489
9. Hansen • CHW 484
Rose • CIN 484

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. Mays • SFG 63.08
2. Williams • CHC 57.39
3. Rose • CIN 55.67
4. Oliva • MIN 51.35
5. Robinson • CIN 48.30
6. McCovey • SFG 45.90
7. Hart • SFG 45.12
8. Santo • CHC 44.81
9. Pinson • CIN 42.67
10. Killebrew • MIN 42.65

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. Williams • CHC 7.3
2. Mays • SFG 6.5
3. Killebrew • MIN 6.0
4. Hart • SFG 5.6
5. Wynn • HOU 5.1
6. Santo • CHC 4.9
7. McCovey • SFG 4.9
8. Oliva • MIN 4.8
9. Blefary • BAL 4.7
10. Colavito • CLE 4.7

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. Mays • SFG 7.1
2. Williams • CHC 6.1
3. Aaron • MLN 5.4
4. Oliva • MIN 4.7
5. Wynn • HOU 4.6
6. McCovey • SFG 4.5
7. Santo • CHC 4.5
8. Callison • PHI 4.3
9. Killebrew • MIN 4.2
10. Wagner • CLE 4.2

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. Killebrew • MIN 18.4
2. Mays • SFG 18.3
3. Hart • SFG 18.2
4. Gilliam • LAD 15.6
5. Johnson • LAD 14.2
6. Oliva • MIN 13.1
7. Rose • CIN 13.1
8. Aaron • MLN 10.2
9. McCovey • SFG 9.6
10. Mincher • MIN 8.9

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. Mays • SFG 6.3
2. Williams • CHC 5.8
3. Rose • CIN 5.5
4. Oliva • MIN 5.2
5. Robinson • CIN 4.8
6. McCovey • SFG 4.6
7. Hart • SFG 4.6
8. Santo • CHC 4.6
9. Wynn • HOU 4.5
10. Killebrew • MIN 4.3

rOBA

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

1. Mays • SFG .462
2. Aaron • MLN .425
3. Yastrzemski • BOS .424
4. Williams • CHC .420
5. McCovey • SFG .409
6. Robinson • CIN .408
7. Wynn • HOU .406
8. Santo • CHC .402
9. Cash • DET .401
10. Wagner • CLE .398

Rbat+

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

1. Mays • SFG 204
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 175
3. Aaron • MLN 173
4. Williams • CHC 170
5. McCovey • SFG 166
6. Wynn • HOU 162
7. Cash • DET 162
8. Robinson • CIN 162
9. Santo • CHC 159
10. Wagner • CLE 157

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