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. Gibson • STL 11.9
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 10.4
3. Robinson • BAL 8.4
4. Clemente • PIT 8.1
5. Tiant • CLE 7.9
6. McLain • DET 7.4
7. Seaver • NYM 7.0
8. McCovey • SFG 7.0
9. Freehan • DET 6.9
10. Aaron • ATL 6.8

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. Yastrzemski • BOS 10.4
2. Robinson • BAL 8.4
3. Clemente • PIT 8.1
4. McCovey • SFG 7.0
5. Freehan • DET 6.9
6. Aaron • ATL 6.8
7. Campaneris • OAK 6.6
8. Alou • ATL 6.5
9. Santo • CHC 6.4
10. Mays • SFG 6.2

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. Yastrzemski • BOS 7.6
2. Howard • WSA 7.0
3. McCovey • SFG 6.6
4. Freehan • DET 6.6
5. Wynn • HOU 6.4
6. Alou • ATL 6.0
7. Horton • DET 5.8
8. Campaneris • OAK 5.8
9. Mays • SFG 5.7
10. Rose • CIN 5.7

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. Robinson • BAL 4.5
2. Belanger • BAL 4.4
3. Alley • PIT 3.7
4. Petrocelli • BOS 2.6
5. Aparicio • CHW 2.6
6. Mazeroski • PIT 2.6
7. Clemente • PIT 2.5
8. Lanier • SFG 2.4
9. Hundley • CHC 2.3
10. Campaneris • OAK 2.1

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. Rose • CIN .335
2. Alou • PIT .332
3. Alou • ATL .317
4. Johnson • CIN .312
5. Flood • STL .301
6. Yastrzemski • BOS .301
7. Jones • NYM .297
8. Beckert • CHC .294
9. McCovey • SFG .293
10. Staub • HOU .291

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 .426
2. Rose • CIN .391
3. Robinson • BAL .390
4. Mantle • NYY .385
5. McCovey • SFG .378
6. Wynn • HOU .376
7. Staub • HOU .373
8. Mays • SFG .372
9. Monday • OAK .371
10. Hunt • SFG .371

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. Howard • WSA .552
2. McCovey • SFG .545
3. Horton • DET .543
4. Allen • PHI .520
5. Harrelson • BOS .518
6. Williams • CHC .500
7. Aaron • ATL .498
8. Yastrzemski • BOS .495
9. Mays • SFG .488
10. Clemente • PIT .482

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. McCovey • SFG .923
2. Yastrzemski • BOS .922
3. Horton • DET .895
4. Howard • WSA .890
5. Harrelson • BOS .874
6. Allen • PHI .872
7. Rose • CIN .861
8. Mays • SFG .860
9. Aaron • ATL .852
10. Wynn • HOU .850

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Williams • CHC 163
2. Robinson • BAL 162
Santo • CHC 162
Bando • OAK 162
5. Staub • HOU 161
6. Aaron • ATL 160
Alou • ATL 160
Hundley • CHC 160
Kessinger • CHC 160
Pérez • CIN 160
Davis • LAD 160

At Bats

At Bats

1. Alou • ATL 662
2. Brock • STL 660
3. Kessinger • CHC 655
4. Beckert • CHC 643
Davis • LAD 643
6. Williams • CHC 642
Campaneris • OAK 642
8. Unser • WSA 635
9. Wills • PIT 627
10. Rose • CIN 626

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. Alou • ATL 718
2. Brock • STL 712
3. Kessinger • CHC 707
Campaneris • OAK 707
5. Williams • CHC 699
6. Fregosi • CAL 695
7. Rose • CIN 692
8. Pérez • CIN 690
Unser • WSA 690
10. Davis • LAD 686

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Beckert • CHC 98
2. McAuliffe • DET 95
3. Rose • CIN 94
4. Pérez • CIN 93
5. Brock • STL 92
6. Williams • CHC 91
7. Yastrzemski • BOS 90
8. Tovar • MIN 89
White • NYY 89
10. Stanley • DET 88

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Alou • ATL 210
Rose • CIN 210
3. Beckert • CHC 189
4. Johnson • CIN 188
5. Flood • STL 186
6. Williams • CHC 185
Alou • PIT 185
8. Brock • STL 184
9. Campaneris • OAK 177
10. Pérez • CIN 176

Total Bases

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

1. Howard • WSA 330
2. Williams • CHC 321
3. Aaron • ATL 302
4. Rose • CIN 294
5. Alou • ATL 290
6. McCovey • SFG 285
7. Horton • DET 278
8. Harrelson • BOS 277
9. Brock • STL 276
10. Allen • PHI 271

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Brock • STL 46
2. Rose • CIN 42
3. Bench • CIN 40
4. Alou • ATL 37
Smith • BOS 37
Staub • HOU 37
7. Robinson • BAL 36
8. Aaron • ATL 33
9. Yastrzemski • BOS 32
Johnson • CIN 32
May • CIN 32

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Brock • STL 14
2. Fregosi • CAL 13
3. McCraw • CHW 12
Clemente • PIT 12
5. McAuliffe • DET 10
Davis • LAD 10
Stroud • WSA 10
8. Campaneris • OAK 9
Allen • PHI 9
10. Williams • CHC 8
Allison • MIN 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Howard • WSA 44
2. Horton • DET 36
McCovey • SFG 36
4. Harrelson • BOS 35
5. Allen • PHI 33
6. Banks • CHC 32
7. Williams • CHC 30
8. Aaron • ATL 29
Jackson • OAK 29
10. Santo • CHC 26
Wynn • HOU 26

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Harrelson • BOS 109
2. Howard • WSA 106
3. McCovey • SFG 105
4. Santo • CHC 98
Williams • CHC 98
6. Pérez • CIN 92
7. Northrup • DET 90
Allen • PHI 90
9. Clendenon • PIT 87
10. Aaron • ATL 86

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Yastrzemski • BOS 119
2. Mantle • NYY 106
3. Santo • CHC 96
4. Wynn • HOU 90
5. Foy • BOS 84
6. McAuliffe • DET 82
7. Andrews • BOS 81
8. Hunt • SFG 78
9. Ward • CHW 76
Tresh • NYY 76

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Jackson • OAK 171
2. Clendenon • PIT 163
3. Allen • PHI 161
4. Monday • OAK 143
5. Howard • WSA 141
6. Wynn • HOU 131
7. Knoop • CAL 128
8. Brock • STL 124
9. Reichardt • CAL 118
10. Belanger • BAL 114
Shannon • STL 114

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Campaneris • OAK 62
Brock • STL 62
3. Wills • PIT 52
4. Cardenal • CLE 40
5. Davis • LAD 36
6. Tovar • MIN 35
7. Aaron • ATL 28
8. Buford • BAL 27
9. Foy • BOS 26
10. Davalillo • 2TM 25

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Flood • STL 160
2. Alou • ATL 157
3. Wills • PIT 156
4. Beckert • CHC 153
Alou • PIT 153
6. Rose • CIN 152
7. Johnson • CIN 148
8. Millán • ATL 140
9. Campaneris • OAK 139
10. Kessinger • CHC 135

Adjusted OPS+

<strong>OPS+</strong><br>100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s)

1. McCovey • SFG 174
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 171
3. Howard • WSA 171
4. Horton • DET 165
5. Allen • PHI 160
6. Wynn • HOU 158
7. Mays • SFG 156
8. Harrelson • BOS 155
9. Aaron • ATL 153
10. Robinson • BAL 153

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. Yastrzemski • BOS 121
2. Rose • CIN 113
3. McCovey • SFG 110
Howard • WSA 110
5. Williams • CHC 107
6. Aaron • ATL 104
7. Alou • ATL 103
8. Wynn • HOU 98
Brock • STL 98
10. Allen • PHI 97

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. Yastrzemski • BOS 56
2. McCovey • SFG 49
3. Howard • WSA 48
4. Rose • CIN 42
5. Wynn • HOU 41
6. Horton • DET 40
7. Aaron • ATL 39
8. Allen • PHI 38
9. Harrelson • BOS 37
10. Mays • SFG 36

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. Yastrzemski • BOS 6.2
2. McCovey • SFG 5.4
3. Howard • WSA 5.3
4. Rose • CIN 4.7
5. Wynn • HOU 4.6
6. Horton • DET 4.4
7. Aaron • ATL 4.4
8. Allen • PHI 4.2
9. Harrelson • BOS 4.1
10. Mays • SFG 4.0

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Howard • WSA 75
2. Williams • CHC 68
3. Aaron • ATL 66
Brock • STL 66
5. Robinson • BAL 59
Banks • CHC 59
Allen • PHI 59
8. Rose • CIN 58
Horton • DET 58
10. Smith • BOS 57
Yastrzemski • BOS 57
Bench • CIN 57
Northrup • DET 57

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 283
2. Rose • CIN 270
3. Alou • ATL 262
4. Staub • HOU 252
5. Santo • CHC 241
Wynn • HOU 241
7. Aaron • ATL 239
8. Williams • CHC 235
Hunt • SFG 235
10. Pérez • CIN 233
Brock • STL 233

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. Yastrzemski • BOS .824
2. McCovey • SFG .800
3. Rose • CIN .772
4. Howard • WSA .758
5. Horton • DET .756
6. Mays • SFG .749
7. Allen • PHI .747
8. Robinson • BAL .746
9. Freehan • DET .733
10. Wynn • HOU .732

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Hunt • SFG 25
2. Freehan • DET 24
3. Reichardt • CAL 18
4. Tovar • MIN 17
5. Epstein • WSA 13
6. Robinson • BAL 12
7. Johnson • 2TM 11
8. Ward • CHW 10
9. Cepeda • STL 9
10. Horton • DET 8

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Niekro • ATL 18
2. McLain • DET 16
Hunt • SFG 16
4. Millán • ATL 14
Lanier • SFG 14
6. Andrews • BOS 12
Torres • HOU 12
Parker • LAD 12
9. Hardin • BAL 11
Kessinger • CHC 11
Culver • CIN 11
Tiant • CLE 11
Wert • DET 11
Wills • PIT 11
Washburn • STL 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Haller • LAD 9
2. Blefary • BAL 8
Robinson • BAL 8
Repoz • CAL 8
Bench • CIN 8
Clendenon • PIT 8
McCovey • SFG 8
8. Williams • CHC 7
Pérez • CIN 7
Horton • DET 7
Allen • PHI 7
Rojas • PHI 7
Stargell • PIT 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Clemente • PIT 27
2. Staub • HOU 24
3. Aaron • ATL 23
4. Phillips • CHC 20
McCovey • SFG 20
6. Cárdenas • CIN 18
7. Bateman • HOU 16
Oliva • MIN 16
9. Rose • CIN 15
Allen • PHI 15

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. Stanley • DET 22
2. Aaron • ATL 21
Cater • OAK 21
4. May • CIN 20
Alley • PIT 20
Alou • SFG 20
7. Hundley • CHC 19
Pérez • CIN 19
9. Johnson • BAL 18
Harrelson • BOS 18
Santo • CHC 18
Johnson • CIN 18
Mazeroski • PIT 18
Hansen • 2TM 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Campaneris • OAK 22
2. Wills • PIT 21
3. Smith • BOS 18
Cardenal • CLE 18
5. Wynn • HOU 17
6. Davalillo • 2TM 16
7. Tovar • MIN 13
8. Buford • BAL 12
Jones • NYM 12
Brock • STL 12

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Aaron • ATL 84.85
2. Brock • STL 83.78
3. Taylor • PHI 81.48
4. McCraw • CHW 80.00
5. Davis • LAD 78.26
6. Jackson • OAK 77.78
7. Nelson • CLE 76.67
8. Bando • OAK 76.47
Foy • BOS 76.47
10. Carew • MIN 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. Aaron • ATL 28.5
2. Buford • BAL 19.3
3. Jackson • OAK 18.9
4. White • NYY 18.4
5. Smith • BOS 17.8
6. Jones • NYM 17.4
7. Yastrzemski • BOS 16.6
8. Mays • SFG 15.8
9. Wynn • HOU 15.5
10. Foy • BOS 14.4

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. Beckert • CHC 32.2
2. Millán • ATL 21.9
3. Alou • PIT 21.5
4. Helms • CIN 18.8
5. Tovar • MIN 15.0
6. Aparicio • CHW 14.5
7. Mazeroski • PIT 13.3
8. Hunt • SFG 12.9
9. Clarke • NYY 12.6
10. Williams • CHC 12.1

AB per HR

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

1. Howard • WSA 13.6
2. Horton • DET 14.2
3. McCovey • SFG 14.5
4. Harrelson • BOS 15.3
5. Allen • PHI 15.8
6. Banks • CHC 17.3
7. Cash • DET 16.4 **
8. Stargell • PIT 18.1 **
9. Jackson • OAK 19.1
10. Wynn • HOU 20.8

Outs Made

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

1. Kessinger • CHC 526
2. Rojas • PHI 511
3. Unser • WSA 507
4. Davis • LAD 506
5. Campaneris • OAK 503
6. Wills • PIT 496
7. Brock • STL 495
8. Fregosi • CAL 494
9. Aparicio • CHW 486
10. Bando • OAK 480

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. Yastrzemski • BOS 58.38
2. McCovey • SFG 55.16
3. Williams • CHC 49.88
4. Howard • WSA 49.07
5. Freehan • DET 45.09
6. Allen • PHI 43.42
7. Mays • SFG 40.75
8. Northrup • DET 40.40
9. Horton • DET 39.68
10. Harrelson • BOS 35.48
White • NYY 35.48

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. Allen • PHI 6.6
2. McCovey • SFG 6.1
3. Mays • SFG 6.0
4. Howard • WSA 5.9
5. Harrelson • BOS 5.7
6. Aaron • ATL 5.6
7. Yastrzemski • BOS 5.4
8. Williams • CHC 5.2
9. Brock • STL 5.1
10. Mantle • NYY 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. Yastrzemski • BOS 7.2
2. Howard • WSA 6.3
3. McCovey • SFG 5.9
4. Allen • PHI 5.7
5. Wynn • HOU 5.2
6. Freehan • DET 4.8
7. Williams • CHC 4.6
8. Aaron • ATL 4.5
9. Mays • SFG 4.4
10. Horton • DET 3.8

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. Horton • DET 8.9
2. Stanley • DET 8.4
3. Brock • STL 8.1
4. Northrup • DET 8.0
5. Shannon • STL 7.8
6. McAuliffe • DET 7.5
7. Powell • BAL 7.0
8. Freehan • DET 6.8
9. Flood • STL 6.1
10. Brown • DET 5.8

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. Yastrzemski • BOS 6.2
2. McCovey • SFG 6.0
3. Howard • WSA 5.5
4. Williams • CHC 5.3
5. Freehan • DET 4.9
6. Allen • PHI 4.8
7. Mays • SFG 4.5
8. Northrup • DET 4.4
9. Horton • DET 4.3
10. White • NYY 4.0

rOBA

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

1. Yastrzemski • BOS .427
2. McCovey • SFG .424
3. Horton • DET .415
4. Howard • WSA .413
5. Harrelson • BOS .403
6. Robinson • BAL .401
7. Allen • PHI .393
8. Mays • SFG .393
9. Aaron • ATL .392
10. Wynn • HOU .391

Rbat+

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

1. McCovey • SFG 193
2. Howard • WSA 189
3. Yastrzemski • BOS 188
4. Horton • DET 185
5. Wynn • HOU 177
6. Harrelson • BOS 173
7. Allen • PHI 171
8. Robinson • BAL 171
9. Clemente • PIT 171
10. Mays • SFG 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