1966 Major League Baseball Batting Leaders

Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

Wins Above Replacement A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Marichal • SFG 9.7

2. Koufax • LAD 9.7

3. Bunning • PHI 9.0

4. Mays • SFG 8.9

5. Santo • CHC 8.9

6. Clemente • PIT 8.2

7. Aaron • ATL 7.9

8. Wilson • 2TM 7.7

9. Robinson • BAL 7.6

10. Allen • PHI 7.5

WAR Position Players

Wins Above Replacement for position players A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Mays • SFG 8.9

2. Santo • CHC 8.9

3. Clemente • PIT 8.2

4. Aaron • ATL 7.9

5. Robinson • BAL 7.6

6. Allen • PHI 7.5

7. Hart • SFG 6.5

8. Agee • CHW 6.4

9. Torre • ATL 6.4

10. Oliva • MIN 6.4

Offensive WAR

Offensive Wins Above Replacement (everything but Fielding) The same statistic as Wins Above Replacement for Position Players (WAR), but with the fielding value excluded. oWAR + dWAR does not equal WAR. Adding would count positions twice. Contains the factor for batting stats, baserunning, a positional adjustment, and the replacement player adjustment. Factors developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Robinson • BAL 8.9

2. Allen • PHI 8.3

3. Santo • CHC 7.9

4. Killebrew • MIN 7.0

5. Mays • SFG 6.8

6. Torre • ATL 6.6

7. Aaron • ATL 6.3

8. Clemente • PIT 6.1

McCovey • SFG 6.1

10. Kaline • DET 5.9

McAuliffe • DET 5.9

Defensive WAR

Defensive Wins Above Replacement for position players A defensive measure of wins above replacement, but given only the defensive stats of the player and his position adjustment. For this calculation, we use a replacement level on defense is the league average. Based on Baseball Info Solutions defensive runs saved from 2003 on and total zone rating developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com previously

1. Brinkman • WSA 3.3

2. Maxvill • STL 2.5

3. Alley • PIT 2.2

4. Petrocelli • BOS 2.2

5. Adair • 2TM 2.1

6. Knoop • CAL 2.1

7. Aparicio • BAL 2.1

8. Mays • SFG 2.1

9. Groat • PHI 1.9

10. Fregosi • CAL 1.9

Batting Average

Hits/At Bats For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played Bold indicates either highest BA using current stats or awarded title at end of year.

1. Alou • PIT .342

2. Alou • ATL .327

3. Carty • ATL .326

4. Allen • PHI .317

5. Clemente • PIT .317

6. Robinson • BAL .316

7. Stargell • PIT .315

8. Torre • ATL .315

9. Rose • CIN .313

10. Santo • CHC .312

On-Base%

(H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF) For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

1. Santo • CHC .412

2. Morgan • HOU .410

3. Robinson • BAL .410

4. Allen • PHI .396

5. Kaline • DET .392

6. Killebrew • MIN .391

7. McCovey • SFG .391

Carty • ATL .391

9. Torre • ATL .382

10. Stargell • PIT .381

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 • BAL .637

2. Allen • PHI .632

3. McCovey • SFG .586

4. Stargell • PIT .581

5. Torre • ATL .560

6. Mays • SFG .556

7. Aaron • ATL .539

8. Santo • CHC .538

9. Killebrew • MIN .538

10. Clemente • PIT .536

On-Base Plus Slugging

On-Base + Slugging Percentages For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

1. Robinson • BAL 1.047

2. Allen • PHI 1.027

3. McCovey • SFG .977

4. Stargell • PIT .962

5. Santo • CHC .950

6. Torre • ATL .943

7. Killebrew • MIN .929

8. Kaline • DET .927

9. Mays • SFG .924

10. Powell • BAL .903

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Buford • CHW 163

2. Scott • BOS 162

Fregosi • CAL 162

Williams • CHC 162

Killebrew • MIN 162

Mazeroski • PIT 162

7. Knoop • CAL 161

8. Yastrzemski • BOS 160

Agee • CHW 160

Cárdenas • CIN 160

Cash • DET 160

Flood • STL 160

At Bats

1. Alou • ATL 666

2. Aparicio • BAL 659

3. Beckert • CHC 656

4. Rose • CIN 654

5. Williams • CHC 648

6. Brock • STL 643

7. Clemente • PIT 638

8. Agee • CHW 629

9. Rojas • PHI 626

Flood • STL 626

Plate Appearances

Plate Appearances When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH, which excludes catcher interferences. When this color click for a summary of each PA.

1. Williams • CHC 727

2. Aparicio • BAL 707

3. Alou • ATL 706

4. Rose • CIN 701

5. Buford • CHW 698

6. Fregosi • CAL 696

7. Beckert • CHC 693

8. Clemente • PIT 690

9. Agee • CHW 689

10. Aaron • ATL 688

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Alou • ATL 122

Robinson • BAL 122

3. Aaron • ATL 117

4. Allen • PHI 112

5. Clemente • PIT 105

6. Williams • CHC 100

7. Oliva • MIN 99

Mays • SFG 99

9. Agee • CHW 98

Cash • DET 98

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Alou • ATL 218

2. Rose • CIN 205

3. Clemente • PIT 202

4. Oliva • MIN 191

5. Beckert • CHC 188

6. Alou • PIT 183

Brock • STL 183

8. Aparicio • BAL 182

Robinson • BAL 182

10. Williams • CHC 179

Total Bases

Total Bases Singles + 2 x Doubles + 3 x Triples + 4 x Home Runs.

1. Robinson • BAL 367

2. Alou • ATL 355

3. Clemente • PIT 342

4. Allen • PHI 331

5. Aaron • ATL 325

6. Oliva • MIN 312

7. Mays • SFG 307

8. Torre • ATL 306

Killebrew • MIN 306

10. Santo • CHC 302

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Callison • PHI 40

2. Yastrzemski • BOS 39

3. Rose • CIN 38

4. Robinson • BAL 35

Pinson • CIN 35

6. Robinson • BAL 34

7. Alou • ATL 32

Fregosi • CAL 32

Oliva • MIN 32

10. Davis • LAD 31

Clemente • PIT 31

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. McCarver • STL 13

2. Brock • STL 12

3. Knoop • CAL 11

Clemente • PIT 11

5. Campaneris • KCA 10

Allen • PHI 10

Alley • PIT 10

Clendenon • PIT 10

9. Alou • PIT 9

Brinkman • WSA 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Robinson • BAL 49

2. Aaron • ATL 44

3. Allen • PHI 40

4. Killebrew • MIN 39

5. Mays • SFG 37

6. Torre • ATL 36

McCovey • SFG 36

8. Powell • BAL 34

9. Stargell • PIT 33

Hart • SFG 33

Runs Batted In

1. Aaron • ATL 127

2. Robinson • BAL 122

3. Clemente • PIT 119

4. Killebrew • MIN 110

Allen • PHI 110

6. Powell • BAL 109

7. White • PHI 103

Mays • SFG 103

9. Stargell • PIT 102

10. Torre • ATL 101

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Killebrew • MIN 103

2. Santo • CHC 95

3. Foy • BOS 91

4. Morgan • HOU 89

5. Robinson • BAL 87

6. Tresh • NYY 86

7. Yastrzemski • BOS 84

8. Kaline • DET 81

9. Aaron • ATL 76

Colavito • CLE 76

McCovey • SFG 76

Strikeouts

1. Scott • BOS 152

2. Knoop • CAL 144

3. Browne • CHC 143

4. Clendenon • PIT 142

5. Allen • PHI 136

6. Phillips • 2TM 135

7. Brock • STL 134

8. Agee • CHW 127

9. Lock • WSA 126

10. Powell • BAL 125

Stolen Bases

1. Brock • STL 74

2. Campaneris • KCA 52

3. Buford • CHW 51

4. Jackson • HOU 49

5. Agee • CHW 44

6. Wills • LAD 38

7. Phillips • 2TM 32

8. Harper • CIN 29

9. Aparicio • BAL 25

10. Cardenal • CAL 24

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Jackson • HOU 160

2. Beckert • CHC 157

3. Alou • PIT 154

4. Alou • ATL 149

5. Rose • CIN 146

6. Wills • LAD 145

7. Aparicio • BAL 143

Rojas • PHI 143

9. Kessinger • CHC 135

10. Brock • STL 132

Adjusted OPS+

OPS+ 100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)

1. Robinson • BAL 198

2. Allen • PHI 181

3. Stargell • PIT 164

4. McCovey • SFG 164

5. Santo • CHC 161

6. Kaline • DET 161

7. Powell • BAL 158

8. Killebrew • MIN 157

9. Torre • ATL 156

10. Mays • SFG 149

Runs Created

Runs Created A set of formulas developed by Bill James and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s runs total. This is computed with the "technical" formula when possible. If SB or CS data is missing, the "basic" formula is used. If HBP, IBB, SH, SF, or GIDP data is missing, the "stolen base" version of the formula is used. Team Runs Created is the sum of player Runs Created.

1. Robinson • BAL 146

2. Allen • PHI 131

3. Santo • CHC 127

4. Alou • ATL 123

5. Killebrew • MIN 122

6. Clemente • PIT 119

McCovey • SFG 119

8. Aaron • ATL 118

9. Mays • SFG 113

10. Torre • ATL 112

Adj. Batting Runs

Adjusted Batting Runs A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s runs total via linear weights. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Robinson • BAL 76

2. Allen • PHI 57

3. Santo • CHC 51

4. Killebrew • MIN 47

5. McCovey • SFG 45

6. Stargell • PIT 43

7. Kaline • DET 42

8. Torre • ATL 41

9. Mays • SFG 38

10. Clemente • PIT 38

Adj. Batting Wins

Adjusted Batting Wins A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s wins with his bat. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Robinson • BAL 7.9

2. Allen • PHI 5.8

3. Santo • CHC 5.2

4. Killebrew • MIN 4.9

5. McCovey • SFG 4.6

6. Kaline • DET 4.4

7. Stargell • PIT 4.3

8. Torre • ATL 4.2

9. Powell • BAL 4.0

10. Clemente • PIT 3.8

Mays • SFG 3.8

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Robinson • BAL 85

2. Allen • PHI 75

3. Clemente • PIT 71

4. Mays • SFG 70

5. Alou • ATL 69

6. Aaron • ATL 68

McCovey • SFG 68

8. Killebrew • MIN 67

9. Oliva • MIN 64

10. Stargell • PIT 63

Times On Base

Times on Base Hits + Bases on Balls + Hit By Pitch Does not include Reached on Error or Catcher Interference.

1. Robinson • BAL 279

2. Santo • CHC 276

3. Killebrew • MIN 265

4. Alou • ATL 254

5. Williams • CHC 252

6. Yastrzemski • BOS 250

7. Clemente • PIT 248

8. Aaron • ATL 245

9. Rose • CIN 243

10. Foy • BOS 238

Cash • DET 238

Oliva • MIN 238

Offensive Win %

Offensive Winning Percentage The percentage of games a team with nine of this player batting would win. Assumes average pitching and defense. 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. Robinson • BAL .826

2. Allen • PHI .811

3. McCovey • SFG .791

4. Kaline • DET .783

5. Killebrew • MIN .776

6. Santo • CHC .771

7. Stargell • PIT .771

8. Powell • BAL .749

9. Torre • ATL .741

10. Mays • SFG .736

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Johnson • LAD 14

Cepeda • 2TM 14

3. Reichardt • CAL 13

4. Alou • ATL 12

Phillips • 2TM 12

6. Hunt • NYM 11

7. Robinson • BAL 10

Agee • CHW 10

Valentine • WSA 10

10. Jones • ATL 8

Scott • BOS 8

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Jackson • HOU 27

2. Alley • PIT 20

3. Woodward • ATL 17

Buford • CHW 17

5. Kessinger • CHC 15

6. Wills • LAD 13

7. Aparicio • BAL 12

Parker • LAD 12

Rojas • PHI 12

Alou • PIT 12

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Cepeda • 2TM 9

2. Aaron • ATL 8

Santo • CHC 8

Staub • HOU 8

5. Carty • ATL 7

Menke • ATL 7

Johnson • BAL 7

Robinson • BAL 7

Conigliaro • BOS 7

Knoop • CAL 7

Johnson • CIN 7

Hershberger • KCA 7

Tovar • MIN 7

Boyer • NYM 7

Tresh • NYY 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

Intentional Bases on Balls First tracked in 1955.

1. Cárdenas • CIN 18

Killebrew • MIN 18

3. Williams • CHC 16

Stargell • PIT 16

5. Aaron • ATL 15

6. Scott • BOS 13

Staub • HOU 13

Roseboro • LAD 13

Allen • PHI 13

Clemente • PIT 13

Double Plays Grounded Into

Double Plays Grounded Into Only includes standard 6-4-3, 4-3, etc. double plays. First tracked in 1933. For gamelogs only in seasons we have play-by-play, we include triple plays as well. All official seasonal totals do not include GITP's.

1. Scott • BOS 25

Colavito • CLE 25

3. Robinson • BAL 24

4. Hart • SFG 23

5. Aspromonte • HOU 22

6. Wert • DET 20

Groat • PHI 20

Lanier • SFG 20

9. Cárdenas • CIN 19

10. Torre • ATL 18

Robinson • BAL 18

Caught Stealing

1. Wills • LAD 24

2. Buford • CHW 22

3. Agee • CHW 18

Brock • STL 18

5. Alou • PIT 15

Phillips • 2TM 15

7. Jackson • HOU 14

8. Versalles • MIN 12

9. Aparicio • BAL 11

Cardenal • CAL 11

McCraw • CHW 11

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Aaron • ATL 87.50

2. Campaneris • KCA 83.87

3. Tartabull • 2TM 82.61

4. Harrelson • 2TM 81.25

5. Brock • STL 80.44

6. Jackson • HOU 77.78

7. Harper • CIN 74.36

8. White • PHI 72.73

Tovar • MIN 72.73

10. Hershberger • KCA 72.22

Power-Speed #

Power/Speed Number 2 x (Home Runs x Stolen Bases)/(Stolen Bases + Home Runs) The harmonic mean of HR and SB. To do well you need a lot of both. Developed by Bill James.

1. Agee • CHW 29.3

2. Aaron • ATL 28.4

3. Brock • STL 24.9

4. Phillips • 2TM 21.3

5. Cardenal • CAL 19.2

6. Jones • ATL 18.9

7. White • PHI 18.5

Valentine • WSA 18.5

9. Oliva • MIN 17.1

10. Pinson • CIN 16.9

AB per SO

At Bats Per Strikeout For career marks this only includes AB’s for seasons where SO’s were tracked.

1. Richardson • NYY 21.8

2. Beckert • CHC 18.2

3. Helms • CIN 17.5

4. Robinson • BAL 17.2

5. Aparicio • BAL 15.7

6. Groat • PHI 15.4

7. Hershberger • KCA 14.5

8. McCarver • STL 14.3

9. Hunt • NYM 14.1

10. Rojas • PHI 13.6

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Robinson • BAL 11.8

2. Allen • PHI 13.1

3. Aaron • ATL 13.7

4. McCovey • SFG 13.9

5. Powell • BAL 14.4

6. Killebrew • MIN 14.6

7. Stargell • PIT 14.7

8. Mays • SFG 14.9

9. Torre • ATL 15.2

10. Kaline • DET 16.5

Outs Made

Outs Made (At Bats - Hits) + Double Plays Grounded Into + Sac. Flies + Sac. Hits + Caught Stealing.

1. Aparicio • BAL 512

2. Buford • CHW 503

3. Agee • CHW 501

4. Fregosi • CAL 493

5. Richardson • NYY 492

6. Williams • CHC 490

Rojas • PHI 490

8. Brinkman • WSA 489

9. Knoop • CAL 488

Flood • STL 488

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)

Base-Out Runs Added Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the batter or baserunner add in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and above 0 is better than average

1. Robinson • BAL 73.58

2. Allen • PHI 65.36

3. Mays • SFG 57.62

4. McCovey • SFG 54.95

5. Clemente • PIT 53.59

6. Aaron • ATL 52.06

7. Killebrew • MIN 51.68

8. Stargell • PIT 50.92

9. Powell • BAL 49.37

10. Kaline • DET 47.96

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Win Probability Added for Offensive Player Given average teams, this is the change in probability caused by this batter during the game. A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Mays • SFG 7.1

2. Allen • PHI 6.8

3. Killebrew • MIN 6.6

4. McCovey • SFG 6.5

5. Powell • BAL 5.7

6. Clemente • PIT 5.2

7. Robinson • BAL 5.2

8. Santo • CHC 5.1

9. Alou • ATL 5.1

10. Torre • ATL 4.6

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)

Situational Wins (WPA/LI) It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play. WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats. This stat does not.

1. Robinson • BAL 7.5

2. Allen • PHI 6.1

3. Killebrew • MIN 5.6

4. Kaline • DET 5.5

5. Mays • SFG 5.3

6. Santo • CHC 5.2

7. Aaron • ATL 5.0

8. Clemente • PIT 4.8

9. Torre • ATL 4.6

10. McCovey • SFG 4.5

Championship WPA (cWPA)

Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points. A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Clemente • PIT 24.5

2. Mays • SFG 23.4

3. McCovey • SFG 16.7

4. Clendenon • PIT 15.7

5. Stargell • PIT 11.0

6. Powell • BAL 9.4

7. Robinson • BAL 8.3

8. Lefebvre • LAD 7.9

9. Robinson • BAL 7.9

10. Fairly • LAD 7.6

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW) This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance measured by the 24 base-out situations across every play in the game.

1. Robinson • BAL 7.7

2. Allen • PHI 6.6

3. Mays • SFG 5.7

4. McCovey • SFG 5.4

5. Clemente • PIT 5.4

6. Killebrew • MIN 5.3

7. Powell • BAL 5.2

8. Aaron • ATL 5.2

9. Stargell • PIT 5.1

10. Kaline • DET 5.0

rOBA

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

1. Robinson • BAL .461

2. Allen • PHI .449

3. McCovey • SFG .430

4. Killebrew • MIN .423

5. Santo • CHC .423

6. Mays • SFG .419

7. Stargell • PIT .417

8. Kaline • DET .416

9. Torre • ATL .414

10. Aaron • ATL .408

Rbat+

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

1. Robinson • BAL 211

2. Allen • PHI 195

3. Killebrew • MIN 177

4. McCovey • SFG 177

5. Santo • CHC 176

6. Kaline • DET 174

7. Stargell • PIT 173

8. Torre • ATL 168

9. Mays • SFG 168

10. Powell • BAL 165

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

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