1988 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. Boggs • BOS 8.3

2. Puckett • MIN 7.8

3. Gubicza • KCR 7.7

4. Viola • MIN 7.7

5. Greenwell • BOS 7.5

6. Higuera • MIL 7.4

7. Canseco • OAK 7.3

8. Clemens • BOS 7.1

Hershiser • LAD 7.1

10. Larkin • CIN 7.0

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. Boggs • BOS 8.3

2. Puckett • MIN 7.8

3. Greenwell • BOS 7.5

4. Canseco • OAK 7.3

5. Larkin • CIN 7.0

6. Butler • SFG 6.8

7. Clark • SFG 6.6

8. Smith • STL 6.6

9. Gibson • LAD 6.5

10. Van Slyke • PIT 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. Boggs • BOS 8.1

2. Canseco • OAK 7.6

3. Puckett • MIN 7.1

4. Clark • SFG 6.6

5. Winfield • NYY 6.4

6. Ripken • BAL 6.3

7. Butler • SFG 6.2

8. Greenwell • BOS 6.1

9. Strawberry • NYM 6.1

10. Henderson • NYY 6.0

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. Guillén • CHW 3.5

2. Smith • STL 3.2

3. Santiago • SDP 2.7

4. Sabo • CIN 2.4

5. Weiss • OAK 2.4

6. Larkin • CIN 2.3

7. Fletcher • TEX 2.2

8. Scioscia • LAD 2.2

9. Gruber • TOR 2.1

10. Schofield • CAL 2.0

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. Boggs • BOS .366

2. Puckett • MIN .356

3. Greenwell • BOS .325

4. Winfield • NYY .322

5. Gwynn • SDP .313

6. Molitor • MIL .312

7. Hrbek • MIN .312

8. Trammell • DET .311

9. Mattingly • NYY .311

10. Palmeiro • CHC .307

On-Base%

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

1. Boggs • BOS .476

2. Greenwell • BOS .416

3. Davis • SEA .412

4. Winfield • NYY .398

5. Daniels • CIN .397

6. Henderson • NYY .394

7. Butler • SFG .393

8. Canseco • OAK .391

9. Brett • KCR .389

10. Seitzer • KCR .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. Canseco • OAK .569

2. McGriff • TOR .552

3. Gaetti • MIN .551

4. Strawberry • NYM .545

5. Puckett • MIN .545

6. Galarraga • MON .540

7. Greenwell • BOS .531

8. Winfield • NYY .530

9. Henderson • OAK .525

10. Hrbek • MIN .520

On-Base Plus Slugging

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

1. Boggs • BOS .965

2. Canseco • OAK .959

3. Greenwell • BOS .946

4. McGriff • TOR .928

5. Winfield • NYY .927

6. Puckett • MIN .920

7. Strawberry • NYM .911

8. Hrbek • MIN .907

9. Gaetti • MIN .905

10. Brett • KCR .898

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Yount • MIL 162

Clark • SFG 162

3. Murray • BAL 161

Ripken • BAL 161

5. Sax • LAD 160

6. Wallach • MON 159

Bonilla • PIT 159

8. Greenwell • BOS 158

Davis • CAL 158

Joyner • CAL 158

Baines • CHW 158

Puckett • MIN 158

Canseco • OAK 158

Reynolds • SEA 158

Gruber • TOR 158

At Bats

1. Puckett • MIN 657

2. Fernández • TOR 648

3. Sax • LAD 632

4. Samuel • PHI 629

5. Carter • CLE 621

Yount • MIL 621

7. Sandberg • CHC 618

8. Coleman • STL 616

9. Sierra • TEX 615

10. Bell • TOR 614

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. Boggs • BOS 719

2. Canseco • OAK 705

3. Fernández • TOR 704

4. Yount • MIL 696

5. Greenwell • BOS 693

6. Molitor • MIL 691

Puckett • MIN 691

8. Ripken • BAL 689

Clark • SFG 689

10. Barrett • BOS 687

Sax • LAD 687

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Boggs • BOS 128

2. Canseco • OAK 120

3. Henderson • NYY 118

4. Molitor • MIL 115

5. Puckett • MIN 109

Butler • SFG 109

7. Gibson • LAD 106

8. Clark • SFG 102

9. Strawberry • NYM 101

Van Slyke • PIT 101

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Puckett • MIN 234

2. Boggs • BOS 214

3. Greenwell • BOS 192

4. Molitor • MIL 190

Yount • MIL 190

6. Canseco • OAK 187

7. Franco • CLE 186

Mattingly • NYY 186

Fernández • TOR 186

10. Ray • CAL 184

Galarraga • MON 184

Total Bases

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

1. Puckett • MIN 358

2. Canseco • OAK 347

3. Galarraga • MON 329

4. Greenwell • BOS 313

5. Brett • KCR 300

6. Dawson • CHC 298

7. Carter • CLE 297

Van Slyke • PIT 297

9. Strawberry • NYM 296

Winfield • NYY 296

McGriff • TOR 296

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Boggs • BOS 45

2. Ray • CAL 42

Brett • KCR 42

Puckett • MIN 42

Galarraga • MON 42

6. Palmeiro • CHC 41

Fernández • TOR 41

8. Sabo • CIN 40

9. Greenwell • BOS 39

Baines • CHW 39

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Van Slyke • PIT 15

2. Wilson • KCR 11

Yount • MIL 11

Reynolds • SEA 11

5. Coleman • STL 10

6. Young • HOU 9

Samuel • PHI 9

Butler • SFG 9

9. Gant • ATL 8

Greenwell • BOS 8

Dawson • CHC 8

Sandberg • CHC 8

Galarraga • MON 8

Webster • 2TM 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Canseco • OAK 42

2. Strawberry • NYM 39

3. McGriff • TOR 34

4. McGwire • OAK 32

5. Davis • HOU 30

6. Galarraga • MON 29

Clark • SFG 29

8. Murray • BAL 28

Gaetti • MIN 28

10. Carter • CLE 27

McReynolds • NYM 27

Clark • NYY 27

Runs Batted In

1. Canseco • OAK 124

2. Puckett • MIN 121

3. Greenwell • BOS 119

4. Evans • BOS 111

5. Clark • SFG 109

6. Winfield • NYY 107

7. Brett • KCR 103

8. Tartabull • KCR 102

9. Strawberry • NYM 101

10. Bonilla • PIT 100

Van Slyke • PIT 100

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Boggs • BOS 125

2. Clark • NYY 113

3. Ripken • BAL 102

4. Clark • SFG 100

5. Butler • SFG 97

6. Davis • SEA 95

7. Greenwell • BOS 87

Daniels • CIN 87

9. Johnson • NYM 86

Brunansky • 2TM 86

Strikeouts

1. Deer • MIL 153

Galarraga • MON 153

Incaviglia • TEX 153

4. Samuel • PHI 151

5. McGriff • TOR 149

6. Jackson • KCR 146

7. Clark • NYY 141

8. Howell • CAL 130

9. Clark • SFG 129

10. Shelby • LAD 128

Canseco • OAK 128

Stolen Bases

1. Henderson • NYY 93

2. Coleman • STL 81

3. Young • HOU 65

4. Smith • STL 57

5. Sabo • CIN 46

Nixon • MON 46

7. Pettis • DET 44

8. Butler • SFG 43

9. Sax • LAD 42

10. Molitor • MIL 41

McGee • STL 41

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Puckett • MIN 163

2. Boggs • BOS 158

3. Franco • CLE 147

Sax • LAD 147

5. Barrett • BOS 143

6. Molitor • MIL 137

7. Fernández • TOR 136

8. Henderson • NYY 131

Mattingly • NYY 131

McGee • STL 131

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Canseco • OAK 170

2. Boggs • BOS 168

3. Strawberry • NYM 165

4. Clark • SFG 160

5. Greenwell • BOS 160

6. Winfield • NYY 159

7. McGriff • TOR 157

8. Puckett • MIN 153

9. Hrbek • MIN 150

10. Galarraga • MON 150

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. Boggs • BOS 140

2. Canseco • OAK 136

3. Greenwell • BOS 134

4. Puckett • MIN 126

5. Clark • SFG 120

6. Brett • KCR 119

7. Winfield • NYY 115

8. Galarraga • MON 114

9. McGriff • TOR 113

10. Molitor • MIL 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. Boggs • BOS 65

2. Canseco • OAK 58

3. Greenwell • BOS 52

4. Clark • SFG 49

5. Strawberry • NYM 47

6. Winfield • NYY 46

7. Puckett • MIN 44

8. McGriff • TOR 42

9. Brett • KCR 42

10. Galarraga • MON 37

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. Boggs • BOS 6.4

2. Canseco • OAK 5.7

3. Greenwell • BOS 5.1

4. Clark • SFG 5.1

5. Strawberry • NYM 4.9

6. Winfield • NYY 4.5

7. Puckett • MIN 4.4

8. McGriff • TOR 4.2

9. Brett • KCR 4.2

10. Galarraga • MON 3.9

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Galarraga • MON 79

2. Canseco • OAK 76

3. McGriff • TOR 73

4. Puckett • MIN 71

5. Greenwell • BOS 69

Carter • CLE 69

Brett • KCR 69

Strawberry • NYM 69

9. Tartabull • KCR 67

10. Clark • SFG 66

Times On Base

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

1. Boggs • BOS 342

2. Greenwell • BOS 288

3. Canseco • OAK 275

4. Clark • SFG 266

5. Brett • KCR 265

6. Butler • SFG 264

7. Molitor • MIL 263

8. Puckett • MIN 259

9. Ripken • BAL 256

Yount • MIL 256

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. Boggs • BOS .797

2. Greenwell • BOS .767

3. Clark • SFG .760

4. Canseco • OAK .744

5. Daniels • CIN .742

6. Gibson • LAD .741

7. Strawberry • NYM .738

8. Galarraga • MON .733

9. Winfield • NYY .732

10. Hrbek • MIN .725

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Bradley • PHI 16

2. Larkin • MIN 15

3. Downing • CAL 14

4. Baylor • OAK 12

Samuel • PHI 12

Fletcher • TEX 12

7. Davis • HOU 11

8. Galarraga • MON 10

Canseco • OAK 10

10. Greenwell • BOS 9

Schofield • CAL 9

Bush • MIN 9

Weiss • OAK 9

Valle • SEA 9

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Barrett • BOS 20

2. Hershiser • LAD 19

Reuschel • SFG 19

4. Gantner • MIL 18

5. Manrique • CHW 16

Alomar • SDP 16

7. Lyons • CHW 15

Fletcher • TEX 15

9. Knepper • HOU 14

Thompson • SFG 14

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Van Slyke • PIT 13

2. Perry • ATL 10

Ripken • BAL 10

Davis • CAL 10

Clark • SFG 10

Coles • 2TM 10

7. Davis • HOU 9

Puckett • MIN 9

Strawberry • NYM 9

Moreland • SDP 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

Intentional Bases on Balls First tracked in 1955.

1. Clark • SFG 27

2. Johnson • NYM 25

3. Strawberry • NYM 21

4. Davis • HOU 20

5. Bonilla • PIT 19

6. Boggs • BOS 18

Greenwell • BOS 18

8. Murphy • ATL 16

Brock • MIL 16

10. Brett • KCR 15

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. Murphy • ATL 24

2. Boggs • BOS 23

3. Baines • CHW 21

Yount • MIL 21

Brooks • MON 21

Bell • TOR 21

7. Murray • BAL 20

Gruber • TOR 20

9. Wallach • MON 19

Winfield • NYY 19

Caught Stealing

1. Reynolds • SEA 29

2. Young • HOU 27

Coleman • STL 27

4. Butler • SFG 20

5. Canseco • OAK 16

6. Perry • ATL 14

Sabo • CIN 14

Strawberry • NYM 14

Webster • 2TM 14

10. Guillén • CHW 13

Hatcher • HOU 13

Nixon • MON 13

Henderson • NYY 13

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. McReynolds • NYM 100.00

2. Javier • OAK 95.24

3. Davis • CIN 92.11

4. Cotto • SEA 90.00

5. Redus • 2TM 88.57

Gibson • LAD 88.57

7. Reynolds • PIT 88.24

8. Henderson • NYY 87.74

9. McGee • STL 87.23

10. Smith • STL 86.36

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. Canseco • OAK 41.0

2. Strawberry • NYM 33.3

3. Davis • CIN 29.8

4. Gibson • LAD 27.7

5. Van Slyke • PIT 27.3

6. Carter • CLE 27.0

7. Jackson • KCR 26.0

8. McReynolds • NYM 23.6

9. Johnson • NYM 23.5

10. Daniels • CIN 21.6

AB per SO

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

1. Larkin • CIN 24.5

2. Mattingly • NYY 20.7

3. Barrett • BOS 17.5

4. Boggs • BOS 17.2

5. Palmeiro • CHC 17.1

6. Lansford • OAK 15.9

7. Ray • CAL 15.8

8. Greenwell • BOS 15.5

9. Fletcher • TEX 15.1

10. Guillén • CHW 14.2

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Strawberry • NYM 13.9

2. Canseco • OAK 14.5

3. McGriff • TOR 15.8

4. Gaetti • MIN 16.7

5. McGwire • OAK 17.2

6. Phelps • 2TM 12.4 **

7. Davis • CIN 18.2

8. Clark • NYY 18.4

9. Lynn • 2TM 15.6 **

10. Davis • HOU 18.7

Outs Made

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

1. Coleman • STL 500

2. Samuel • PHI 499

3. Murphy • ATL 490

4. Sax • LAD 489

5. Barrett • BOS 486

Sierra • TEX 486

7. Sandberg • CHC 485

8. Fernández • TOR 483

9. Lind • PIT 481

10. Bell • TOR 480

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. Greenwell • BOS 57.34

2. Brett • KCR 52.70

3. Winfield • NYY 51.45

4. Canseco • OAK 50.58

5. Henderson • NYY 49.86

6. Strawberry • NYM 47.31

7. Boggs • BOS 46.67

8. Puckett • MIN 46.61

9. Daniels • CIN 45.90

10. Clark • SFG 44.83

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

1. Henderson • NYY 6.9

2. Davis • CIN 6.3

3. Galarraga • MON 5.7

4. Clark • SFG 5.5

5. Canseco • OAK 5.5

6. Greenwell • BOS 5.2

7. Gibson • LAD 5.0

8. Strawberry • NYM 5.0

9. Gwynn • SDP 4.9

10. Winfield • NYY 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. Canseco • OAK 6.0

2. Strawberry • NYM 5.7

3. Greenwell • BOS 5.2

4. Boggs • BOS 4.8

5. Clark • SFG 4.7

6. Daniels • CIN 4.5

7. Van Slyke • PIT 4.3

8. Gibson • LAD 4.2

9. Brett • KCR 4.2

10. Henderson • NYY 4.2

Championship WPA (cWPA)

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

1. Gibson • LAD 8.4

2. Henderson • NYY 8.2

3. Trammell • DET 7.8

4. Winfield • NYY 5.8

5. Strawberry • NYM 5.7

6. Greenwell • BOS 5.6

7. Canseco • OAK 5.4

8. McReynolds • NYM 5.2

9. Clark • SFG 4.3

10. Mattingly • NYY 4.0

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. Greenwell • BOS 5.5

2. Brett • KCR 5.2

3. Winfield • NYY 5.1

4. Canseco • OAK 5.1

5. Strawberry • NYM 5.1

6. Henderson • NYY 4.9

7. Clark • SFG 4.8

8. McReynolds • NYM 4.8

9. Daniels • CIN 4.7

10. Puckett • MIN 4.6

rOBA

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

1. Boggs • BOS .437

2. Canseco • OAK .431

3. Greenwell • BOS .418

4. Winfield • NYY .417

5. McGriff • TOR .410

6. Puckett • MIN .409

7. Henderson • NYY .408

8. Galarraga • MON .405

9. Daniels • CIN .405

10. Hrbek • MIN .405

Rbat+

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

1. Boggs • BOS 175

2. Canseco • OAK 173

3. Strawberry • NYM 171

4. Clark • SFG 167

5. Galarraga • MON 163

6. Winfield • NYY 163

7. Greenwell • BOS 160

8. Daniels • CIN 160

9. Bonds • PIT 159

10. Gibson • LAD 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

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