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. Seaver • NYM 11.0
2. Blyleven • MIN 9.7
3. Morgan • CIN 9.3
4. Evans • ATL 9.0
5. Grich • BAL 8.3
6. Rose • CIN 8.3
7. Hiller • DET 7.9
8. Jackson • OAK 7.8
9. Bonds • SFG 7.8
Perry • CLE 7.8

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. Morgan • CIN 9.3
2. Evans • ATL 9.0
3. Grich • BAL 8.3
4. Rose • CIN 8.3
5. Jackson • OAK 7.8
6. Bonds • SFG 7.8
7. Cedeño • HOU 7.4
8. Munson • NYY 7.2
9. Stargell • PIT 7.2
10. Carew • MIN 7.0
North • OAK 7.0

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. Morgan • CIN 8.0
2. Bando • OAK 7.2
3. Evans • ATL 7.1
4. Carew • MIN 7.0
5. Stargell • PIT 7.0
6. Jackson • OAK 6.6
7. Cedeño • HOU 6.4
8. Bonds • SFG 6.2
Munson • NYY 6.2
10. Rose • CIN 6.1

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. Belanger • BAL 4.0
2. Grich • BAL 4.0
3. Campaneris • OAK 3.3
4. North • OAK 2.9
5. Nettles • NYY 2.7
6. Robinson • BAL 2.6
7. Russell • LAD 2.3
8. Evans • ATL 2.2
9. Blair • BAL 2.2
10. Fosse • OAK 2.2

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. Carew • MIN .350
2. Rose • CIN .338
3. Cedeño • HOU .320
4. Maddox • SFG .319
5. Pérez • CIN .314
6. Watson • HOU .312
7. Simmons • STL .310
8. Scott • MIL .306
9. Davis • BAL .306
10. Murcer • NYY .304

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. Singleton • MON .425
2. Fairly • MON .422
3. Mayberry • KCR .417
4. McCovey • SFG .420 **
5. Carew • MIN .411
6. Yastrzemski • BOS .407
7. Morgan • CIN .406
8. Hunt • MON .418 **
9. Watson • HOU .403
10. Evans • ATL .403

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. Stargell • PIT .646
2. Aaron • ATL .643 **
3. Evans • ATL .556
4. Johnson • ATL .546
5. Cedeño • HOU .537
6. McCovey • SFG .546 **
7. Jackson • OAK .531
8. Bonds • SFG .530
9. Pérez • CIN .527
10. Robinson • PHI .529 **

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. Stargell • PIT 1.038
2. Aaron • ATL 1.045 **
3. Evans • ATL .959
4. McCovey • SFG .966 **
5. Pérez • CIN .919
6. Johnson • ATL .916
7. Jackson • OAK .914
8. Cedeño • HOU .913
9. Singleton • MON .904
10. Bonds • SFG .900

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Grich • BAL 162
Brinkman • DET 162
Russell • LAD 162
Singleton • MON 162
White • NYY 162
Bando • OAK 162
7. Evans • ATL 161
Luzinski • PHI 161
Simmons • STL 161
10. Kessinger • CHC 160
Rose • CIN 160
Rodríguez • DET 160
García • MIL 160
Murcer • NYY 160
Nettles • NYY 160
Tenace • OAK 160
Bonds • SFG 160
Fuentes • SFG 160
Brock • STL 160

At Bats

At Bats

1. Rose • CIN 680
2. Garr • ATL 668
3. Fuentes • SFG 656
4. Oliver • PIT 654
5. Brock • STL 650
6. Bonds • SFG 643
7. White • NYY 639
8. Millán • NYM 638
9. Bell • CLE 631
10. May • MIL 624
Johnson • TEX 624

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 752
2. Bonds • SFG 738
3. Evans • ATL 733
4. Fuentes • SFG 731
5. Brock • STL 727
6. White • NYY 723
7. Grich • BAL 700
8. Millán • NYM 699
9. Garr • ATL 698
Morgan • CIN 698

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Bonds • SFG 131
2. Morgan • CIN 116
3. Rose • CIN 115
4. Evans • ATL 114
5. Brock • STL 110
6. Stargell • PIT 106
7. Baker • ATL 101
8. Singleton • MON 100
9. Jackson • OAK 99
10. Scott • MIL 98
Carew • MIN 98
North • OAK 98

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Rose • CIN 230
2. Carew • MIN 203
3. Garr • ATL 200
4. Brock • STL 193
5. Simmons • STL 192
6. Oliver • PIT 191
7. May • MIL 189
8. Murcer • NYY 187
Maddox • SFG 187
10. Scott • MIL 185
Millán • NYM 185

Total Bases

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

1. Bonds • SFG 341
2. Stargell • PIT 337
3. Evans • ATL 331
4. Johnson • ATL 305
5. Oliver • PIT 303
6. Pérez • CIN 297
Rose • CIN 297
8. May • MIL 295
Scott • MIL 295
Bando • OAK 295
Luzinski • PHI 295

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Stargell • PIT 43
2. Oliver • PIT 38
3. Rose • CIN 36
Staub • NYM 36
Simmons • STL 36
6. Morgan • CIN 35
Cedeño • HOU 35
8. Bonds • SFG 34
9. Cardenal • CHC 33
Pérez • CIN 33

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Metzger • HOU 14
2. Bumbry • BAL 11
Carew • MIN 11
4. Orta • CHW 10
Maddox • SFG 10
Matthews • SFG 10
7. Coggins • BAL 9
Davis • LAD 9
9. Evans • ATL 8
Rose • CIN 8
Coluccio • MIL 8
Brock • STL 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Stargell • PIT 44
2. Johnson • ATL 43
3. Evans • ATL 41
4. Aaron • ATL 40
5. Bonds • SFG 39
6. Jackson • OAK 32
7. Robinson • CAL 30
Burroughs • TEX 30
9. Bando • OAK 29
Luzinski • PHI 29
McCovey • SFG 29

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Stargell • PIT 119
2. Jackson • OAK 117
3. Scott • MIL 107
4. May • HOU 105
5. Evans • ATL 104
Bench • CIN 104
7. Singleton • MON 103
8. Pérez • CIN 101
9. Mayberry • KCR 100
10. Baker • ATL 99
Johnson • ATL 99
Oliver • PIT 99

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Evans • ATL 124
2. Singleton • MON 123
3. Mayberry • KCR 122
4. Morgan • CIN 111
5. Grich • BAL 107
6. Yastrzemski • BOS 105
McCovey • SFG 105
8. Tenace • OAK 101
9. Monday • CHC 92
10. Wynn • HOU 91

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Bonds • SFG 148
2. Colbert • SDP 146
3. Darwin • MIN 137
4. Schmidt • PHI 136
5. Luzinski • PHI 135
6. Stargell • PIT 129
7. Hisle • MIN 128
8. Johnson • 2TM 126
9. Monday • CHC 124
10. May • HOU 122
Kingman • SFG 122

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Brock • STL 70
2. Morgan • CIN 67
3. Cedeño • HOU 56
4. Harper • BOS 54
5. North • OAK 53
6. Bonds • SFG 43
Nelson • TEX 43
8. Carew • MIN 41
9. Patek • KCR 36
Lopes • LAD 36

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Rose • CIN 181
2. Carew • MIN 156
3. Millán • NYM 155
4. Garr • ATL 151
5. Brock • STL 149
6. Fuentes • SFG 146
7. Johnson • TEX 142
8. Simmons • STL 141
9. Davis • BAL 139
10. North • OAK 138

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Stargell • PIT 186
2. Jackson • OAK 161
3. Pérez • CIN 159
4. Evans • ATL 156
5. Morgan • CIN 154
6. Cedeño • HOU 152
7. Robinson • CAL 151
8. Bando • OAK 150
9. Singleton • MON 148
10. Mayberry • KCR 146

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. Evans • ATL 143
2. Stargell • PIT 136
3. Bonds • SFG 130
4. Morgan • CIN 128
5. Rose • CIN 119
6. Pérez • CIN 118
7. Johnson • ATL 116
8. Mayberry • KCR 113
Carew • MIN 113
Singleton • MON 113
Bando • OAK 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. Stargell • PIT 61
2. Evans • ATL 50
3. Morgan • CIN 48
4. Pérez • CIN 46
5. Jackson • OAK 46
6. Singleton • MON 44
7. Aaron • ATL 42
8. Bando • OAK 41
9. Robinson • CAL 39
10. Mayberry • KCR 38

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. Stargell • PIT 6.1
2. Evans • ATL 5.0
3. Morgan • CIN 4.8
4. Pérez • CIN 4.7
5. Jackson • OAK 4.5
6. Singleton • MON 4.5
7. Aaron • ATL 4.2
8. Bando • OAK 4.1
9. Robinson • CAL 3.9
10. Bonds • SFG 3.9

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Stargell • PIT 90
2. Bonds • SFG 77
3. Evans • ATL 74
4. Johnson • ATL 68
5. Oliver • PIT 65
6. Bando • OAK 64
7. Morgan • CIN 63
Pérez • CIN 63
9. Cedeño • HOU 62
Jackson • OAK 62

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 301
2. Evans • ATL 294
Singleton • MON 294
4. Morgan • CIN 282
5. Bonds • SFG 273
6. Watson • HOU 268
7. Carew • MIN 267
8. Mayberry • KCR 266
9. Yastrzemski • BOS 265
10. Brock • STL 264

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. Stargell • PIT .819
2. Evans • ATL .780
3. Mayberry • KCR .756
4. Pérez • CIN .751
5. Morgan • CIN .749
6. Fairly • MON .739
7. Johnson • ATL .733
8. Jackson • OAK .724
9. Bonds • SFG .719
10. Carew • MIN .716

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Hunt • MON 24
2. Baylor • BAL 13
3. Freehan • DET 11
4. Fisk • BOS 10
Robinson • CAL 10
Rodríguez • MIL 10
Tenace • OAK 10
Torre • STL 10
9. Johnson • ATL 9
Schmidt • PHI 9

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Sizemore • STL 25
2. Millán • NYM 18
3. Fuentes • SFG 17
4. Belanger • BAL 15
Koosman • NYM 15
6. Brinkman • DET 14
7. Griffin • BOS 13
Billingham • CIN 13
9. Aparicio • BOS 12
Alomar • CAL 12
Metzger • HOU 12
Roberts • HOU 12
Matlack • NYM 12
Barr • SFG 12

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Burroughs • TEX 11
2. Bench • CIN 10
Ferguson • LAD 10
4. Baker • ATL 9
May • HOU 9
Oliver • PIT 9
7. Evans • ATL 8
Cey • LAD 8
Jones • NYM 8
Boone • PHI 8
Sanguillén • PIT 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. McCovey • SFG 25
2. Rader • SFG 23
3. Stargell • PIT 22
4. Russell • LAD 20
5. Kessinger • CHC 18
6. Mayberry • KCR 17
7. Brock • STL 15
Simmons • STL 15
9. Williams • CHC 14
Bench • CIN 14
Oliva • MIN 14
Torre • STL 14

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. Simmons • STL 29
2. Santo • CHC 27
Singleton • MON 27
4. Cepeda • BOS 24
5. Bailey • MON 23
6. Bench • CIN 22
Brinkman • DET 22
Piniella • KCR 22
Darwin • MIN 22
10. Melton • CHW 20
Millán • NYM 20
Torre • STL 20
Alou • 2TM 20

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. North • OAK 20
Brock • STL 20
3. Bonds • SFG 17
4. Lopes • LAD 16
Carew • MIN 16
Nelson • TEX 16
7. Kelly • CHW 15
Morgan • CIN 15
Bell • CLE 15
Cedeño • HOU 15

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Baker • ATL 88.89
2. Rojas • KCR 81.82
3. Morgan • CIN 81.71
4. Concepción • CIN 81.48
Money • MIL 81.48
6. Harper • BOS 79.41
7. Hernández • SDP 78.95
8. Cedeño • HOU 78.87
9. Baylor • BAL 78.05
10. Brock • STL 77.78

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. Bonds • SFG 40.9
2. Morgan • CIN 37.5
3. Cedeño • HOU 34.6
4. Jackson • OAK 26.1
5. Harper • BOS 25.9
6. Baker • ATL 22.4
7. Otis • KCR 17.3
8. White • NYY 16.9
9. Garr • ATL 16.7
10. Davis • LAD 16.5

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. Millán • NYM 29.0
2. Helms • HOU 25.9
3. Rader • SFG 21.0
4. Sanguillén • PIT 20.3
5. Buckner • LAD 16.9
6. Rose • CIN 16.2
7. Sizemore • STL 15.3
8. Aparicio • BOS 15.1
9. Rojas • KCR 14.5
10. Kendall • SDP 14.5

AB per HR

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

1. Aaron • ATL 9.8 **
2. Stargell • PIT 11.9
3. Johnson • ATL 13.0
4. McCovey • SFG 13.2 **
5. Evans • ATL 14.5
6. Bonds • SFG 16.5
7. Jackson • OAK 16.8
8. Burroughs • TEX 17.5
9. Robinson • CAL 17.8
10. Robinson • PHI 18.1 **

Outs Made

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

1. Fuentes • SFG 514
2. White • NYY 509
3. Garr • ATL 497
4. Millán • NYM 495
5. Bell • CLE 493
6. Brock • STL 492
7. Oliver • PIT 490
Bonds • SFG 490
9. Campaneris • OAK 487
10. Russell • LAD 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. Stargell • PIT 68.50
2. Morgan • CIN 62.58
3. Bonds • SFG 59.51
4. Evans • ATL 57.78
5. Jackson • OAK 56.41
6. Rose • CIN 50.35
7. Mayberry • KCR 48.11
8. Watson • HOU 45.25
9. Aaron • ATL 44.24
10. Scott • MIL 41.78

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. Morgan • CIN 7.4
2. Stargell • PIT 6.4
3. Cedeño • HOU 6.0
4. Bonds • SFG 6.0
5. May • MIL 5.6
6. Evans • ATL 5.2
7. Scott • MIL 5.1
8. Ferguson • LAD 4.9
9. McCovey • SFG 4.5
10. Pérez • CIN 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. Evans • ATL 6.6
2. Stargell • PIT 6.1
3. Morgan • CIN 5.6
4. Bonds • SFG 5.3
5. Jackson • OAK 5.1
6. Cedeño • HOU 4.8
7. Mayberry • KCR 4.5
8. Rose • CIN 4.4
9. Aaron • ATL 4.4
10. Johnson • ATL 4.1

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. Stargell • PIT 9.8
2. Morgan • CIN 7.7
3. Bonds • SFG 6.9
4. Crawford • LAD 5.8
5. Otis • KCR 5.6
6. Ferguson • LAD 5.6
7. Jackson • OAK 5.3
8. Brock • STL 5.3
9. Jones • NYM 5.1
10. Rose • CIN 4.8

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. Stargell • PIT 6.9
2. Morgan • CIN 6.4
3. Bonds • SFG 5.9
4. Jackson • OAK 5.7
5. Evans • ATL 5.6
6. Rose • CIN 5.2
7. Mayberry • KCR 4.7
8. Watson • HOU 4.6
9. Aaron • ATL 4.3
10. Scott • MIL 4.2

rOBA

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

1. Stargell • PIT .449
2. Cedeño • HOU .436
3. Evans • ATL .427
4. Morgan • CIN .426
5. Jackson • OAK .425
6. Bonds • SFG .416
7. Mayberry • KCR .414
8. Pérez • CIN .413
9. Carew • MIN .413
10. Johnson • ATL .412

Rbat+

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

1. Stargell • PIT 193
2. Cedeño • HOU 171
3. Pérez • CIN 168
4. Jackson • OAK 166
5. Morgan • CIN 166
6. Evans • ATL 165
7. Singleton • MON 162
8. Rose • CIN 160
9. Fairly • MON 158
10. Bonds • SFG 158

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