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. Gooden • NYM 13.3
2. Henderson • NYY 9.9
3. Boggs • BOS 9.1
4. Brett • KCR 8.3
5. Tudor • STL 8.3
6. McGee • STL 8.2
7. Guerrero • LAD 7.9
8. Raines • MON 7.6
9. Saberhagen • KCR 7.1
10. Carter • NYM 6.9

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. Henderson • NYY 9.9
2. Boggs • BOS 9.1
3. Brett • KCR 8.3
4. McGee • STL 8.2
5. Guerrero • LAD 7.9
6. Raines • MON 7.6
7. Carter • NYM 6.9
8. Barfield • TOR 6.8
9. Mattingly • NYY 6.5
10. Smith • STL 6.4

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. Henderson • NYY 8.6
2. Boggs • BOS 8.3
3. Brett • KCR 8.2
4. McGee • STL 7.5
5. Guerrero • LAD 7.4
6. Murphy • ATL 7.2
7. Raines • MON 6.7
8. Mattingly • NYY 6.5
9. Sandberg • CHC 6.2
10. Herr • STL 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. Smith • STL 3.4
2. Wallach • MON 3.0
3. Pendleton • STL 3.0
4. Peña • PIT 2.5
5. Boone • CAL 2.4
6. Hubbard • ATL 2.4
7. Fernández • TOR 2.3
8. Kennedy • SDP 2.1
9. Oester • CIN 2.1
10. Gedman • BOS 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. Boggs • BOS .368
2. McGee • STL .353
3. Brett • KCR .335
4. Mattingly • NYY .324
5. Guerrero • LAD .320
6. Raines • MON .320
7. Gwynn • SDP .317
8. Henderson • NYY .314
9. Parker • CIN .312
10. Butler • CLE .311

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. Boggs • BOS .450
2. Brett • KCR .436
3. Harrah • TEX .432
4. Guerrero • LAD .422
5. Henderson • NYY .419
6. Scioscia • LAD .407
7. Raines • MON .405
8. Rose • CIN .395 **
9. Clark • STL .393
10. Murphy • ATL .388

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. Brett • KCR .585
2. Guerrero • LAD .577
3. Mattingly • NYY .567
4. Parker • CIN .551
5. Murphy • ATL .539
6. Barfield • TOR .536
7. Schmidt • PHI .532
8. Murray • BAL .523
9. Evans • DET .519
10. Gibson • DET .518

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. Brett • KCR 1.022
2. Guerrero • LAD .999
3. Mattingly • NYY .939
4. Henderson • NYY .934
5. Boggs • BOS .928
6. Murphy • ATL .927
7. Parker • CIN .916
8. Schmidt • PHI .907
9. Murray • BAL .906
10. Barfield • TOR .905

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Walker • CHW 163
2. Murphy • ATL 162
Buckner • BOS 162
Griffin • OAK 162
Garvey • SDP 162
6. Ripken • BAL 161
Boggs • BOS 161
Moreland • CHC 161
Jacoby • CLE 161
Puckett • MIN 161
Samuel • PHI 161
Wilson • PHI 161
Fernández • TOR 161

At Bats

At Bats

1. Puckett • MIN 691
2. Buckner • BOS 673
3. Samuel • PHI 663
4. Garvey • SDP 654
5. Boggs • BOS 653
6. Mattingly • NYY 652
7. Ripken • BAL 642
8. Bradley • SEA 641
9. Baines • CHW 640
10. Franco • CLE 636
Coleman • STL 636

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. Boggs • BOS 758
2. Evans • BOS 744
Puckett • MIN 744
4. Mattingly • NYY 727
5. Buckner • BOS 719
6. Ripken • BAL 718
7. Bradley • SEA 714
8. Murphy • ATL 712
9. Samuel • PHI 709
10. Franco • CLE 703

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Henderson • NYY 146
2. Murphy • ATL 118
3. Ripken • BAL 116
4. Raines • MON 115
5. McGee • STL 114
6. Sandberg • CHC 113
7. Murray • BAL 111
8. Evans • BOS 110
9. Brett • KCR 108
10. Boggs • BOS 107
Mattingly • NYY 107
Coleman • STL 107

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Boggs • BOS 240
2. McGee • STL 216
3. Mattingly • NYY 211
4. Buckner • BOS 201
5. Puckett • MIN 199
6. Baines • CHW 198
Parker • CIN 198
8. Gwynn • SDP 197
9. Bradley • SEA 192
10. Sandberg • CHC 186

Total Bases

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

1. Mattingly • NYY 370
2. Parker • CIN 350
3. Murphy • ATL 332
4. Brett • KCR 322
5. Bradley • SEA 319
6. Boggs • BOS 312
7. McGee • STL 308
8. Sandberg • CHC 307
9. Murray • BAL 305
10. Ripken • BAL 301
Buckner • BOS 301
Gibson • DET 301

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Mattingly • NYY 48
2. Buckner • BOS 46
3. Boggs • BOS 42
Parker • CIN 42
5. Cooper • MIL 39
Wilson • PHI 39
7. Walker • CHW 38
Brett • KCR 38
Herr • STL 38
10. Murray • BAL 37
Gibson • DET 37

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Wilson • KCR 21
2. McGee • STL 18
3. Butler • CLE 14
4. Puckett • MIN 13
Raines • MON 13
Samuel • PHI 13
7. Garner • HOU 10
Coleman • STL 10
Fernández • TOR 10
10. Guillén • CHW 9
Barfield • TOR 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Evans • DET 40
2. Murphy • ATL 37
Fisk • CHW 37
4. Balboni • KCR 36
5. Mattingly • NYY 35
6. Parker • CIN 34
7. Guerrero • LAD 33
Schmidt • PHI 33
9. Carter • NYM 32
Thomas • SEA 32

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Mattingly • NYY 145
2. Parker • CIN 125
3. Murray • BAL 124
4. Winfield • NYY 114
5. Baines • CHW 113
6. Brett • KCR 112
7. Murphy • ATL 111
8. Ripken • BAL 110
Buckner • BOS 110
Herr • STL 110

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Evans • BOS 114
2. Harrah • TEX 113
3. Brett • KCR 103
4. Henderson • NYY 99
5. Boggs • BOS 96
6. Murphy • ATL 90
Davis • SEA 90
8. Schmidt • PHI 87
Martínez • SDP 87
10. Rose • CIN 86
Law • MON 86

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Balboni • KCR 166
2. Barfield • TOR 143
3. Murphy • ATL 141
Samuel • PHI 141
5. Jackson • CAL 138
6. Gibson • DET 137
Marshall • LAD 137
8. Easler • BOS 129
Bradley • SEA 129
10. Thomas • SEA 126

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Coleman • STL 110
2. Henderson • NYY 80
3. Raines • MON 70
4. Pettis • CAL 56
McGee • STL 56
6. Sandberg • CHC 54
7. Samuel • PHI 53
8. Smith • 2TM 52
9. Redus • CIN 48
10. Lopes • CHC 47
Butler • CLE 47

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Boggs • BOS 187
2. McGee • STL 162
3. Gwynn • SDP 157
4. Puckett • MIN 153
5. Baines • CHW 144
6. Franco • CLE 140
7. Griffin • OAK 139
Coleman • STL 139
9. Butler • CLE 137
10. Buckner • BOS 136

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Guerrero • LAD 182
2. Brett • KCR 179
3. Henderson • NYY 157
4. Mattingly • NYY 156
5. Murphy • ATL 152
6. Raines • MON 151
7. Boggs • BOS 151
8. Clark • STL 149
9. Parker • CIN 149
10. Murray • BAL 149

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. Brett • KCR 146
2. Boggs • BOS 143
3. Henderson • NYY 138
4. Mattingly • NYY 136
5. Murphy • ATL 131
6. Raines • MON 124
7. McGee • STL 123
8. Murray • BAL 122
9. Guerrero • LAD 121
10. Gibson • DET 118

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. Brett • KCR 66
2. Guerrero • LAD 57
3. Boggs • BOS 53
4. Mattingly • NYY 51
5. Henderson • NYY 48
6. Murphy • ATL 45
7. Murray • BAL 42
8. Raines • MON 42
9. Parker • CIN 40
10. Schmidt • PHI 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. Brett • KCR 6.4
2. Guerrero • LAD 5.7
3. Boggs • BOS 5.2
4. Mattingly • NYY 4.9
5. Henderson • NYY 4.7
6. Murphy • ATL 4.6
7. Raines • MON 4.3
8. Murray • BAL 4.1
9. Parker • CIN 4.1
10. Schmidt • PHI 3.8

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Mattingly • NYY 86
2. Parker • CIN 80
3. Brett • KCR 73
4. Murphy • ATL 71
Gibson • DET 71
6. Barfield • TOR 70
7. Murray • BAL 69
Schmidt • PHI 69
9. Bradley • SEA 67
10. Walker • CHW 66
Balboni • KCR 66
Winfield • NYY 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. Boggs • BOS 340
2. Brett • KCR 290
3. Evans • BOS 281
4. Murphy • ATL 276
5. Henderson • NYY 274
6. Mattingly • NYY 269
7. Raines • MON 268
8. Hernandez • NYM 262
Herr • STL 262
10. Murray • BAL 259
Bradley • SEA 259

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. Guerrero • LAD .809
2. Brett • KCR .808
3. Henderson • NYY .784
4. Raines • MON .767
5. Boggs • BOS .764
6. McGee • STL .759
7. Murphy • ATL .756
8. Schmidt • PHI .734
9. Clark • STL .724
10. Mattingly • NYY .719

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Baylor • NYY 24
2. Fisk • CHW 17
3. Downing • CAL 13
4. Bradley • SEA 12
5. Brown • SFG 11
6. Lemon • DET 10
7. Flannery • SDP 9
8. Schofield • CAL 8
Bell • TOR 8
Madlock • 2TM 8

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Meacham • NYY 23
2. Boone • CAL 16
Hill • OAK 16
4. Ryan • HOU 14
Backman • NYM 14
6. Duncan • LAD 13
Darling • NYM 13
Hawkins • SDP 13
9. Barrett • BOS 12
Schofield • CAL 12
Concepción • KCR 12
Hoyt • SDP 12

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Mattingly • NYY 15
2. Brunansky • MIN 13
Herr • STL 13
4. Buckner • BOS 11
5. Baines • CHW 10
Gibson • DET 10
Cooper • MIL 10
Oglivie • MIL 10
Hernandez • NYM 10
Baylor • NYY 10

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Brett • KCR 31
2. Durham • CHC 24
Parker • CIN 24
Templeton • SDP 24
5. Oester • CIN 17
6. Gibson • DET 16
Carter • NYM 16
8. Murphy • ATL 15
Hernandez • NYM 15
10. Guerrero • LAD 14
Clark • 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. Rice • BOS 35
2. Ripken • BAL 32
3. Presley • SEA 29
4. Parker • CIN 26
Franco • CLE 26
6. Garvey • SDP 25
7. Cooper • MIL 24
Randolph • NYY 24
Wilson • PHI 24
Bell • 2TM 24

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Coleman • STL 25
2. Butler • CLE 20
3. Samuel • PHI 19
4. McGee • STL 16
5. Doran • HOU 15
Gladden • SFG 15
García • TOR 15
Moseby • TOR 15
9. Wiggins • 2TM 14
10. Milner • CIN 13
Parker • CIN 13
Smith • 2TM 13

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Perconte • SEA 93.94
2. Lopes • CHC 92.16
3. Herr • STL 91.18
4. Henderson • NYY 88.89
5. Raines • MON 88.61
6. Gibson • DET 88.24
Dykstra • NYM 88.24
8. Pettis • CAL 86.15
9. Van Slyke • STL 85.00
10. Davis • CIN 84.21

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. Henderson • NYY 36.9
2. Sandberg • CHC 35.1
3. Gibson • DET 29.5
4. Samuel • PHI 28.0
5. Strawberry • NYM 27.4
6. Barfield • TOR 24.2
7. Moseby • TOR 24.2
8. Davis • OAK 24.0
Bell • TOR 24.0
10. Bradley • SEA 23.8

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. Ray • PIT 24.8
2. Scioscia • LAD 20.4
3. Smith • STL 19.9
4. Gwynn • SDP 18.8
5. Buckner • BOS 18.7
6. Simmons • MIL 16.5
7. Mattingly • NYY 15.9
8. García • TOR 14.6
9. Milner • CIN 14.6
10. Butler • CLE 14.1

AB per HR

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

1. Evans • DET 12.6
2. Strawberry • NYM 13.6 **
3. Fisk • CHW 14.7
4. Guerrero • LAD 14.8
5. Thomas • SEA 15.1
6. Young • BAL 16.1
7. Schmidt • PHI 16.6
8. Murphy • ATL 16.6
9. Balboni • KCR 16.7
10. Jackson • CAL 17.0

Outs Made

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

1. Samuel • PHI 522
2. Puckett • MIN 521
3. Buckner • BOS 505
4. Ripken • BAL 504
5. Garvey • SDP 502
6. Coleman • STL 500
7. Franco • CLE 497
8. Winfield • NYY 487
9. Cooper • MIL 484
10. Evans • BOS 481

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. Brett • KCR 61.91
2. Herr • STL 57.96
3. Murphy • ATL 57.90
4. Boggs • BOS 57.27
5. Henderson • NYY 56.27
6. Mattingly • NYY 55.28
7. Murray • BAL 54.43
8. Guerrero • LAD 50.85
9. McGee • STL 50.83
10. Parker • CIN 42.94

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. Murray • BAL 6.8
2. Murphy • ATL 6.3
3. Guerrero • LAD 5.9
4. Herr • STL 5.7
5. Sandberg • CHC 5.6
6. Brett • KCR 5.5
7. McGee • STL 5.1
8. Henderson • NYY 5.0
9. Mattingly • NYY 4.7
10. Boggs • BOS 4.5

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. Guerrero • LAD 6.2
2. Murphy • ATL 5.8
3. Brett • KCR 5.3
4. Henderson • NYY 5.2
5. Boggs • BOS 5.1
6. McGee • STL 4.6
7. Mattingly • NYY 4.6
8. Gibson • DET 4.6
9. Raines • MON 4.5
10. Herr • STL 4.2

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. Brett • KCR 11.2
2. McGee • STL 10.0
3. Hernandez • NYM 8.1
4. Guerrero • LAD 7.2
5. Strawberry • NYM 6.5
6. Herr • STL 6.1
7. Henderson • NYY 4.8
8. Cedeño • 2TM 4.5
9. Mattingly • NYY 4.4
10. Whitaker • DET 4.3

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. Brett • KCR 6.0
2. Herr • STL 5.9
3. Murphy • ATL 5.7
4. Henderson • NYY 5.5
5. Boggs • BOS 5.4
6. Mattingly • NYY 5.4
7. Murray • BAL 5.3
8. Guerrero • LAD 5.2
9. McGee • STL 5.2
10. Parker • CIN 4.3

rOBA

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

1. Guerrero • LAD .448
2. Henderson • NYY .443
3. Brett • KCR .436
4. Boggs • BOS .429
5. Murphy • ATL .422
6. McGee • STL .419
7. Raines • MON .415
8. Mattingly • NYY .413
9. Sandberg • CHC .404
10. Schmidt • PHI .403

Rbat+

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

1. Guerrero • LAD 196
2. Brett • KCR 174
3. Murphy • ATL 168
4. Boggs • BOS 163
5. McGee • STL 163
6. Henderson • NYY 162
7. Mattingly • NYY 159
8. Raines • MON 158
9. Clark • STL 158
10. Schmidt • PHI 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