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. Morgan • CIN 9.6
2. Fidrych • DET 9.6
3. Nettles • NYY 8.0
4. Schmidt • PHI 8.0
5. Blue • OAK 7.6
6. Brett • KCR 7.5
7. Tanana • CAL 7.5
8. Rose • CIN 7.0
9. Niekro • ATL 6.9
10. Carew • MIN 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. Morgan • CIN 9.6
2. Nettles • NYY 8.0
3. Schmidt • PHI 8.0
4. Brett • KCR 7.5
5. Rose • CIN 7.0
6. Carew • MIN 6.8
7. Belanger • BAL 6.5
8. Rivers • NYY 6.4
9. Maddox • PHI 6.4
10. Grich • BAL 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. Morgan • CIN 9.6
2. Brett • KCR 7.1
3. Schmidt • PHI 6.8
4. Rose • CIN 6.7
5. Grich • BAL 6.0
6. Cedeño • HOU 5.9
7. Carew • MIN 5.8
8. Griffey • CIN 5.7
9. Jackson • BAL 5.7
10. Bando • OAK 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. Belanger • BAL 3.9
2. Nettles • NYY 3.6
3. Randolph • NYY 2.7
4. Sundberg • TEX 2.6
5. Beníquez • TEX 2.6
6. White • KCR 2.5
7. Maddox • PHI 2.3
8. Campaneris • OAK 2.2
9. Concepción • CIN 2.2
10. Bench • CIN 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. Madlock • CHC .339
2. Griffey • CIN .336
3. Brett • KCR .333
4. McRae • KCR .332
5. Carew • MIN .331
6. Maddox • PHI .330
7. Rose • CIN .323
8. Bostock • MIN .323
9. Morgan • CIN .320
10. Garvey • LAD .317

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. Morgan • CIN .444
2. Madlock • CHC .412
3. McRae • KCR .407
4. Rose • CIN .404
5. Griffey • CIN .401
6. Hargrove • TEX .397
7. Carew • MIN .395
8. Cey • LAD .386
9. Staub • DET .386
10. Gerónimo • CIN .382

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. Morgan • CIN .576
2. Foster • CIN .530
3. Schmidt • PHI .524
4. Monday • CHC .507
5. Kingman • NYM .506
6. Jackson • BAL .502
7. Madlock • CHC .500
8. Rice • BOS .482
9. Luzinski • PHI .478
10. Nettles • NYY .475

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. Morgan • CIN 1.020
2. Madlock • CHC .912
3. Schmidt • PHI .900
4. Foster • CIN .894
5. McRae • KCR .868
6. Carew • MIN .858
7. Rose • CIN .854
8. Jackson • BAL .853
9. Monday • CHC .853
10. Griffey • CIN .851

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Montañez • 2TM 163
2. Rose • CIN 162
Garvey • LAD 162
4. Staub • DET 161
Mayberry • KCR 161
Yount • MIL 161
7. Cash • PHI 160
Schmidt • PHI 160
9. Bell • CLE 159
Brett • KCR 159
Garner • OAK 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Cash • PHI 666
2. Rose • CIN 665
3. Stennett • PIT 654
4. Montañez • 2TM 650
5. Brett • KCR 645
6. Buckner • LAD 642
7. Chambliss • NYY 641
8. Yount • MIL 638
9. Orta • CHW 636
10. Garvey • LAD 631

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 759
2. White • NYY 728
3. Cash • PHI 727
4. Brett • KCR 705
Schmidt • PHI 705
6. Garvey • LAD 696
7. Montañez • 2TM 691
8. Staub • DET 690
Mayberry • KCR 690
Yount • MIL 690

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Rose • CIN 130
2. Morgan • CIN 113
3. Schmidt • PHI 112
4. Griffey • CIN 111
5. Monday • CHC 107
6. White • NYY 104
7. Carew • MIN 97
8. Rivers • NYY 95
9. Brett • KCR 94
10. Grich • BAL 93
LeFlore • DET 93
Otis • KCR 93

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Rose • CIN 215
Brett • KCR 215
3. Montañez • 2TM 206
4. Garvey • LAD 200
Carew • MIN 200
6. Buckner • LAD 193
7. Griffey • CIN 189
Cash • PHI 189
9. Chambliss • NYY 188
10. Munson • NYY 186

Total Bases

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

1. Schmidt • PHI 306
2. Rose • CIN 299
3. Foster • CIN 298
Brett • KCR 298
5. Garvey • LAD 284
6. Chambliss • NYY 283
7. Rice • BOS 280
Carew • MIN 280
9. Nettles • NYY 277
10. Morgan • CIN 272
Montañez • 2TM 272

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Rose • CIN 42
2. Otis • KCR 40
3. Johnstone • PHI 38
4. Garvey • LAD 37
Maddox • PHI 37
6. Madlock • CHC 36
Foli • MON 36
8. Zisk • PIT 35
Simmons • STL 35
10. Evans • BOS 34
Carty • CLE 34
Brett • KCR 34
McRae • KCR 34

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Brett • KCR 14
2. Carew • MIN 12
Garner • OAK 12
Cash • PHI 12
5. Gerónimo • CIN 11
6. Poquette • KCR 10
Parker • PIT 10
Davis • SDP 10
9. Foster • CIN 9
Griffey • CIN 9
Bostock • MIN 9
Bowa • PHI 9
Stennett • PIT 9
Tyson • STL 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Schmidt • PHI 38
2. Kingman • NYM 37
3. Monday • CHC 32
Nettles • NYY 32
5. Foster • CIN 29
6. Jackson • BAL 27
Morgan • CIN 27
Bando • OAK 27
9. May • BAL 25
Rice • BOS 25
Hendrick • CLE 25

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Foster • CIN 121
2. Morgan • CIN 111
3. May • BAL 109
4. Schmidt • PHI 107
5. Munson • NYY 105
6. Yastrzemski • BOS 102
Watson • HOU 102
8. Staub • DET 96
Hisle • MIN 96
Chambliss • NYY 96

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Wynn • ATL 127
2. Morgan • CIN 114
3. Schmidt • PHI 100
4. Hargrove • TEX 97
5. Harrah • TEX 91
6. Cey • LAD 89
7. Grich • BAL 86
Rose • CIN 86
9. Murcer • SFG 84
10. Staub • DET 83
White • NYY 83

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Schmidt • PHI 149
2. Kingman • NYM 135
3. Monday • CHC 125
4. Rice • BOS 123
5. Cruz • STL 119
Grieve • TEX 119
7. Scott • MIL 118
Ford • MIN 118
9. Lezcano • MIL 112
10. Wynn • ATL 111
LeFlore • DET 111

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. North • OAK 75
2. Lopes • LAD 63
3. Morgan • CIN 60
4. LeFlore • DET 58
Cedeño • HOU 58
Taveras • PIT 58
7. Brock • STL 56
8. Campaneris • OAK 54
9. Baylor • OAK 52
10. Patek • KCR 51

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Montañez • 2TM 164
2. Cash • PHI 162
3. Brett • KCR 160
4. Rose • CIN 157
5. Buckner • LAD 154
6. Carew • MIN 150
7. Griffey • CIN 146
Garvey • LAD 146
9. Munson • NYY 141
10. Cabell • HOU 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. Morgan • CIN 187
2. Jackson • BAL 155
3. McRae • KCR 153
4. Schmidt • PHI 151
5. Madlock • CHC 151
6. Foster • CIN 150
7. Tenace • OAK 149
8. Carew • MIN 148
9. Watson • HOU 147
10. Brett • KCR 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. Morgan • CIN 144
2. Rose • CIN 123
3. Schmidt • PHI 121
4. Brett • KCR 114
5. Foster • CIN 111
Carew • MIN 111
7. Griffey • CIN 109
8. Watson • HOU 102
9. McRae • KCR 101
10. Madlock • CHC 100
Garvey • LAD 100

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. Morgan • CIN 62
2. Schmidt • PHI 42
3. Rose • CIN 40
4. McRae • KCR 39
5. Carew • MIN 38
6. Madlock • CHC 38
7. Watson • HOU 37
8. Foster • CIN 35
9. Brett • KCR 35
10. Jackson • BAL 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. Morgan • CIN 6.4
2. Schmidt • PHI 4.3
3. Rose • CIN 4.1
4. McRae • KCR 4.1
5. Carew • MIN 4.0
6. Madlock • CHC 3.9
7. Watson • HOU 3.8
8. Brett • KCR 3.6
9. Foster • CIN 3.6
10. Jackson • BAL 3.5

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Schmidt • PHI 73
2. Nettles • NYY 63
3. Morgan • CIN 62
4. Otis • KCR 60
5. Foster • CIN 59
6. Rice • BOS 58
Rose • CIN 58
Zisk • PIT 58
9. Monday • CHC 57
Pérez • CIN 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. Rose • CIN 307
2. Carew • MIN 268
3. Morgan • CIN 266
Staub • DET 266
5. Brett • KCR 265
6. Schmidt • PHI 264
7. White • NYY 262
8. Hargrove • TEX 258
9. Griffey • CIN 252
10. Garvey • LAD 251

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. Morgan • CIN .865
2. Griffey • CIN .753
3. Foster • CIN .740
4. McRae • KCR .739
5. Schmidt • PHI .734
6. Madlock • CHC .733
7. Rose • CIN .727
8. Brett • KCR .722
9. Carew • MIN .717
10. Luzinski • PHI .703

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Baylor • OAK 20
2. Madlock • CHC 11
Luzinski • PHI 11
Schmidt • PHI 11
5. Chalk • CAL 10
Ford • MIN 10
7. Munson • NYY 9
8. McRae • KCR 8
Randall • MIN 8
10. Jackson • CAL 7
Lemon • CHW 7
Staub • DET 7
Yeager • LAD 7
Millán • NYM 7

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Smalley • 2TM 25
2. Gilbreath • ATL 20
3. White • KCR 18
Campaneris • OAK 18
5. Dent • CHW 17
Randall • MIN 17
7. Fuentes • SDP 16
Hernández • SDP 16
9. Jones • SDP 15
10. Royster • ATL 14
Kuiper • CLE 14
Perez • 2TM 14

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Morgan • CIN 12
Mayberry • KCR 12
3. Staub • DET 11
Baylor • OAK 11
Campaneris • OAK 11
Luzinski • PHI 11
7. Lynn • BOS 10
Munson • NYY 10
Rudi • OAK 10
10. Rice • BOS 9
Foster • CIN 9
Carty • CLE 9
Watson • HOU 9
Garvey • LAD 9
Hisle • MIN 9
White • NYY 9
Maddox • PHI 9
Reitz • SFG 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Spencer • CHW 19
Simmons • STL 19
3. Madlock • CHC 15
Williams • OAK 15
5. Carew • MIN 14
Boone • PHI 14
Sanguillén • PIT 14
8. Gerónimo • CIN 13
Cey • LAD 13
Hargrove • TEX 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. Montañez • 2TM 26
2. Reitz • SFG 24
3. Staub • DET 23
4. Burroughs • TEX 22
5. Madlock • CHC 21
6. Morales • CHC 20
Garvey • LAD 20
Zisk • PIT 20
Kendall • SDP 20
10. Rodríguez • DET 19
Scott • MIL 19
Brock • STL 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. North • OAK 29
2. Carew • MIN 22
3. LeFlore • DET 20
Washington • OAK 20
5. Collins • CAL 19
Brock • STL 19
7. Hisle • MIN 18
8. Belanger • BAL 17
Kuiper • CLE 17
10. Remy • CAL 16
Cowens • KCR 16
Wohlford • KCR 16

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Davis • SDP 87.50
2. Morgan • CIN 86.96
3. Lopes • LAD 86.30
4. Rivers • NYY 86.00
5. Foster • CIN 85.00
6. Taveras • PIT 84.06
7. Campaneris • OAK 81.82
8. Gerónimo • CIN 81.48
9. Cabell • HOU 81.40
10. Baylor • OAK 81.25

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. Morgan • CIN 37.2
2. Jackson • BAL 27.5
3. Cedeño • HOU 27.5
4. Baylor • OAK 23.3
5. Bando • OAK 23.0
6. Foster • CIN 21.4
7. Otis • KCR 21.3
8. Schmidt • PHI 20.5
9. Hisle • MIN 19.3
White • NYY 19.3

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. Cash • PHI 51.2
2. Millán • NYM 27.9
3. Buckner • LAD 24.7
4. Stennett • PIT 20.4
5. Bowa • PHI 20.1
6. Madlock • CHC 19.0
7. Brett • KCR 17.9
8. Foli • MON 16.5
9. Munson • NYY 16.2
10. Simmons • STL 15.6

AB per HR

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

1. Kingman • NYM 12.8
2. Schmidt • PHI 15.4
3. Monday • CHC 16.7
4. Morgan • CIN 17.5
5. Nettles • NYY 18.2
6. Jackson • BAL 18.4
7. Tenace • OAK 19.0
8. Foster • CIN 19.4
9. Bando • OAK 20.4
10. May • BAL 21.2

Outs Made

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

1. Yount • MIL 515
Stennett • PIT 515
3. Cash • PHI 510
4. Bowa • PHI 504
5. Orta • CHW 494
6. White • NYY 492
7. Burroughs • TEX 489
8. Baylor • OAK 483
9. Mayberry • KCR 482
10. Montañez • 2TM 479

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. Morgan • CIN 89.21
2. Griffey • CIN 55.74
3. Carew • MIN 49.11
4. Schmidt • PHI 46.70
5. Madlock • CHC 45.04
6. Staub • DET 44.45
7. Luzinski • PHI 41.42
8. Foster • CIN 40.43
9. McRae • KCR 40.20
10. Jackson • BAL 39.04

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>See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Morgan • CIN 6.9
2. Griffey • CIN 5.9
3. Staub • DET 5.8
4. Brett • KCR 5.1
5. Jackson • BAL 5.0
6. Cey • LAD 4.9
7. Monday • CHC 4.7
8. Cedeño • HOU 4.4
9. Luzinski • PHI 4.2
10. Carew • MIN 4.1

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. Morgan • CIN 6.5
2. Schmidt • PHI 5.2
3. Griffey • CIN 4.2
4. Foster • CIN 4.1
5. Luzinski • PHI 3.8
6. Watson • HOU 3.7
7. McRae • KCR 3.4
8. Tenace • OAK 3.3
9. Staub • DET 3.2
10. Rose • CIN 3.2

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability of winning the World Series, displayed in percentage points.<br>See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Morgan • CIN 7.7
2. Griffey • CIN 7.0
3. Brett • KCR 5.9
4. Foster • CIN 4.1
5. Cey • LAD 4.0
6. McRae • KCR 3.8
7. Schmidt • PHI 3.7
8. Rivers • NYY 3.5
9. Robinson • PIT 3.4
10. Driessen • CIN 3.3

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. Morgan • CIN 8.9
2. Griffey • CIN 5.7
3. Carew • MIN 5.0
4. Schmidt • PHI 4.7
5. Staub • DET 4.6
6. Madlock • CHC 4.5
7. Luzinski • PHI 4.2
8. Jackson • BAL 4.2
9. McRae • KCR 4.2
10. Watson • HOU 4.1

rOBA

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

1. Morgan • CIN .488
2. Madlock • CHC .421
3. Foster • CIN .417
4. Schmidt • PHI .415
5. Griffey • CIN .412
6. Jackson • BAL .409
7. Carew • MIN .408
8. McRae • KCR .406
9. Luzinski • PHI .403
10. Rose • CIN .400

Rbat+

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

1. Morgan • CIN 201
2. Madlock • CHC 164
3. Schmidt • PHI 162
4. Jackson • BAL 160
5. Foster • CIN 160
6. Watson • HOU 159
7. Tenace • OAK 158
8. Griffey • CIN 155
9. McRae • KCR 155
10. Carew • MIN 154

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