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. Ripken • BAL 11.5
2. Glavine • ATL 9.2
3. Bonds • PIT 8.0
4. Clemens • BOS 7.9
5. Abbott • CAL 7.6
6. Langston • CAL 7.3
7. Griffey • SEA 7.1
8. Candiotti • 2TM 7.1
9. Sandberg • CHC 7.0
10. Thomas • CHW 7.0

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. Ripken • BAL 11.5
2. Bonds • PIT 8.0
3. Griffey • SEA 7.1
4. Sandberg • CHC 7.0
5. Thomas • CHW 7.0
6. Whitaker • DET 6.8
7. Boggs • BOS 6.4
8. White • TOR 6.3
9. Franco • TEX 6.2
10. Pendleton • ATL 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. Ripken • BAL 9.2
2. Thomas • CHW 7.4
3. Franco • TEX 6.9
4. Griffey • SEA 6.5
5. Sandberg • CHC 6.3
6. Canseco • OAK 6.1
7. Tartabull • KCR 6.0
8. Palmeiro • TEX 5.9
9. Bonds • PIT 5.8
10. Larkin • 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. Ripken • BAL 3.5
2. Pagnozzi • STL 3.0
3. Gwynn • SDP 2.6
4. Vizquel • SEA 2.3
5. White • TOR 2.2
6. Johnson • CHW 2.2
7. Owen • MON 2.1
8. Jackson • SDP 2.0
9. Devereaux • BAL 2.0
10. Guillén • CHW 1.9

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. Franco • TEX .341
2. Boggs • BOS .332
3. Randolph • MIL .327
4. Griffey • SEA .327
5. Molitor • MIL .325
6. Ripken • BAL .323
7. Palmeiro • TEX .322
8. Puckett • MIN .319
9. Pendleton • ATL .319
10. Thomas • CHW .318

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. Thomas • CHW .453
2. Randolph • MIL .424
3. Boggs • BOS .421
4. Bonds • PIT .410
5. Franco • TEX .408
6. Martínez • SEA .405
7. Butler • LAD .401
8. Henderson • OAK .400
9. Molitor • MIL .399
10. Griffey • SEA .399

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. Tartabull • KCR .593
2. Ripken • BAL .566
3. Canseco • OAK .556
4. Thomas • CHW .553
5. Clark • SFG .536
6. Johnson • NYM .535
7. Belle • CLE .540 **
8. Palmeiro • TEX .532
9. Griffey • SEA .527
10. Pendleton • ATL .517

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. Thomas • CHW 1.006
2. Tartabull • KCR .990
3. Ripken • BAL .940
4. Griffey • SEA .926
5. Bonds • PIT .924
6. Palmeiro • TEX .922
7. Canseco • OAK .915
8. Clark • SFG .895
9. Davis • MIN .892
10. McGriff • SDP .890

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Ripken • BAL 162
Fielder • DET 162
Carter • TOR 162
4. Butler • LAD 161
Reynolds • SEA 161
Sierra • TEX 161
Alomar • TOR 161
8. Grace • CHC 160
9. Johnson • CHW 159
Finley • HOU 159
Gallego • OAK 159
Palmeiro • TEX 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Molitor • MIL 665
2. Sierra • TEX 661
3. Sax • NYY 652
4. Ripken • BAL 650
5. White • TOR 642
6. Carter • TOR 638
7. Alomar • TOR 637
8. Reynolds • SEA 631
Palmeiro • TEX 631
10. McRae • KCR 629

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. Molitor • MIL 752
2. Butler • LAD 730
3. Reynolds • SEA 728
4. Sierra • TEX 726
5. Alomar • TOR 719
6. Ripken • BAL 717
7. White • TOR 715
8. Palmeiro • TEX 714
9. Fielder • DET 712
10. Raines • CHW 709

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Molitor • MIL 133
2. Canseco • OAK 115
Palmeiro • TEX 115
4. Butler • LAD 112
5. Sierra • TEX 110
White • TOR 110
7. Johnson • NYM 108
Franco • TEX 108
9. Henderson • OAK 105
10. Sandberg • CHC 104
Thomas • CHW 104

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Molitor • MIL 216
2. Ripken • BAL 210
3. Palmeiro • TEX 203
Sierra • TEX 203
5. Franco • TEX 201
6. Sax • NYY 198
7. Puckett • MIN 195
8. Alomar • TOR 188
9. Pendleton • ATL 187
10. Butler • LAD 182

Total Bases

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

1. Ripken • BAL 368
2. Palmeiro • TEX 336
3. Sierra • TEX 332
4. Molitor • MIL 325
5. Carter • TOR 321
6. Fielder • DET 320
7. Canseco • OAK 318
8. Thomas • CHW 309
9. Pendleton • ATL 303
Clark • SFG 303

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Palmeiro • TEX 49
2. Ripken • BAL 46
3. Bonilla • PIT 44
Sierra • TEX 44
5. Boggs • BOS 42
Reed • BOS 42
Griffey • SEA 42
Carter • TOR 42
9. Alomar • TOR 41
10. Brett • KCR 40
José • STL 40
White • TOR 40

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Lankford • STL 15
2. Johnson • CHW 13
Molitor • MIL 13
4. Gwynn • SDP 11
Alomar • TOR 11
6. Devereaux • BAL 10
Finley • HOU 10
White • TOR 10
9. Gonzalez • HOU 9
McRae • KCR 9
Gladden • MIN 9
Grissom • MON 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Fielder • DET 44
Canseco • OAK 44
3. Johnson • NYM 38
4. Ripken • BAL 34
Williams • SFG 34
6. Carter • TOR 33
7. Gant • ATL 32
Thomas • CHW 32
9. Dawson • CHC 31
Tettleton • DET 31
Tartabull • KCR 31
McGriff • SDP 31

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Fielder • DET 133
2. Canseco • OAK 122
3. Johnson • NYM 117
4. Bonds • PIT 116
Clark • SFG 116
Sierra • TEX 116
7. Ripken • BAL 114
8. Thomas • CHW 109
9. Carter • TOR 108
10. McGriff • SDP 106

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Thomas • CHW 138
2. Butler • LAD 108
3. Bonds • PIT 107
4. McGriff • SDP 105
5. Tettleton • DET 101
6. Henderson • OAK 98
7. Clark • BOS 96
8. Davis • MIN 95
DeShields • MON 95
10. McGwire • OAK 93

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Deer • DET 175
2. Canseco • OAK 152
3. Fielder • DET 151
DeShields • MON 151
5. Fryman • DET 149
6. McGriff • SDP 135
White • TOR 135
8. Clark • BOS 133
Samuel • LAD 133
10. Tettleton • DET 131

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Grissom • MON 76
2. Nixon • ATL 72
3. Henderson • OAK 58
4. DeShields • MON 56
5. Alomar • TOR 53
6. Raines • CHW 51
7. Polonia • CAL 48
8. Lankford • STL 44
9. Bonds • PIT 43
10. Cuyler • DET 41

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Butler • LAD 162
2. Franco • TEX 156
3. Molitor • MIL 154
4. Sax • NYY 148
5. Puckett • MIN 145
6. Polonia • CAL 141
7. Johnson • CHW 134
8. Raines • CHW 132
9. Baerga • CLE 130
Biggio • HOU 130

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Thomas • CHW 180
2. Tartabull • KCR 171
3. Ripken • BAL 162
4. Bonds • PIT 160
5. Canseco • OAK 157
6. Palmeiro • TEX 155
7. Griffey • SEA 155
8. Clark • SFG 154
9. Bonilla • PIT 149
10. Molitor • MIL 147

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. Thomas • CHW 145
2. Ripken • BAL 134
3. Molitor • MIL 132
4. Palmeiro • TEX 129
5. Bonds • PIT 118
Griffey • SEA 118
Franco • TEX 118
8. Sierra • TEX 117
9. Tartabull • KCR 116
Canseco • OAK 116

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. Thomas • CHW 70
2. Ripken • BAL 53
3. Palmeiro • TEX 49
4. Bonds • PIT 48
5. Tartabull • KCR 48
6. Canseco • OAK 44
7. Griffey • SEA 44
8. Molitor • MIL 43
9. Bonilla • PIT 42
10. Franco • TEX 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. Thomas • CHW 6.8
2. Ripken • BAL 5.2
3. Bonds • PIT 4.9
4. Palmeiro • TEX 4.8
5. Tartabull • KCR 4.7
6. Canseco • OAK 4.3
7. Griffey • SEA 4.3
8. Bonilla • PIT 4.3
9. Molitor • MIL 4.2
10. Clark • SFG 3.9

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Ripken • BAL 85
2. Palmeiro • TEX 78
Carter • TOR 78
4. Canseco • OAK 77
5. Johnson • NYM 76
6. Sierra • TEX 74
7. Gant • ATL 70
8. Fielder • DET 69
Tartabull • KCR 69
10. Bonilla • PIT 68
Clark • SFG 68

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. Thomas • CHW 317
2. Molitor • MIL 299
3. Butler • LAD 291
4. Palmeiro • TEX 277
5. Boggs • BOS 270
6. Franco • TEX 269
7. Ripken • BAL 268
8. Bonilla • PIT 266
9. Bonds • PIT 260
10. Sandberg • CHC 259
Martínez • SEA 259
Sierra • TEX 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. Thomas • CHW .798
2. Tartabull • KCR .777
3. Bonds • PIT .767
4. Griffey • SEA .737
5. Larkin • CIN .735
6. Clark • SFG .733
7. McGriff • SDP .726
8. Franco • TEX .725
9. Bonilla • PIT .724
10. Ripken • BAL .724

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Bagwell • HOU 13
2. Carter • TOR 10
3. Smith • ATL 9
Canseco • OAK 9
Valle • SEA 9
6. Gaetti • CAL 8
Gonzalez • HOU 8
Martínez • SEA 8
Downing • TEX 8
10. Fisk • CHW 7
Hatcher • CIN 7
Carter • LAD 7
Henderson • OAK 7
Steinbach • OAK 7
Reimer • TEX 7
White • TOR 7
Buechele • 2TM 7

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Bell • PIT 30
2. Sojo • CAL 19
3. Alomar • TOR 16
4. Glavine • ATL 15
5. Reynolds • SEA 14
6. Guillén • CHW 13
Fermín • CLE 13
Surhoff • MIL 13
Smith • PIT 13
Tomlin • PIT 13

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Johnson • NYM 15
2. Bonds • PIT 13
3. Dunston • CHC 11
Bonilla • PIT 11
Van Slyke • PIT 11
6. Calderón • MON 10
Davis • SEA 10
Olerud • TOR 10
9. Ripken • BAL 9
Bell • CHC 9
Sandberg • CHC 9
Surhoff • MIL 9
Yount • MIL 9
Mattingly • NYY 9
Steinbach • OAK 9
Kruk • PHI 9
Griffey • SEA 9
O'Brien • SEA 9
Sierra • TEX 9
Carter • TOR 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. McGriff • SDP 26
2. Boggs • BOS 25
Bonds • PIT 25
4. Baines • OAK 22
5. Griffey • SEA 21
6. Murray • LAD 17
7. Molitor • MIL 16
Kruk • PHI 16
9. Ripken • BAL 15
10. O'Neill • CIN 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. Puckett • MIN 27
2. Belle • CLE 24
3. Milligan • BAL 23
Peña • BOS 23
5. Ventura • CHW 22
6. Winfield • CAL 21
Surhoff • MIL 21
Mattingly • NYY 21
Santiago • SDP 21
10. Thomas • CHW 20
Brett • KCR 20
Murphy • PHI 20
Lind • PIT 20

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Butler • LAD 28
2. Polonia • CAL 23
DeShields • MON 23
4. Nixon • ATL 21
5. Lankford • STL 20
6. Finley • HOU 18
Henderson • OAK 18
8. Cole • CLE 17
Grissom • MON 17
10. Calderón • MON 16
Johnson • NYM 16

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Davis • CIN 87.50
2. Dykstra • PHI 85.71
3. Redus • PIT 85.00
4. Landrum • CHC 84.38
5. Cotto • SEA 84.21
6. Jefferies • NYM 83.87
7. Knoblauch • MIN 83.33
8. Alomar • TOR 82.81
9. Gibson • KCR 81.82
10. Grissom • MON 81.72

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. Johnson • NYM 33.5
2. Gant • ATL 33.0
3. Canseco • OAK 32.7
4. Bonds • PIT 31.6
5. Henderson • OAK 27.5
6. Carter • TOR 24.9
7. Kelly • NYY 24.6
8. Sandberg • CHC 23.8
9. Calderón • MON 23.6
10. White • TOR 22.4

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. Gwynn • SDP 27.9
2. Sax • NYY 17.2
3. Boggs • BOS 17.1
4. Greenwell • BOS 15.5
5. Gantner • MIL 15.5
6. Surhoff • MIL 15.3
7. Smith • STL 15.3
8. Ripken • BAL 14.1
9. Knoblauch • MIN 14.1
10. Mattingly • NYY 14.0

AB per HR

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

1. Canseco • OAK 13.0
2. Fielder • DET 14.2
3. Johnson • NYM 14.8
4. Tartabull • KCR 15.6
5. Tettleton • DET 16.2
6. Buhner • SEA 15.0 **
7. Mitchell • SFG 13.7 **
8. Belle • CLE 16.5 **
9. McGriff • SDP 17.0
10. Clark • BOS 17.2

Outs Made

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

1. Reynolds • SEA 510
2. Bell • PIT 498
3. McRae • KCR 496
4. Sax • NYY 491
5. White • TOR 489
6. Sierra • TEX 488
Carter • TOR 488
8. Alomar • TOR 486
9. Devereaux • BAL 483
10. Fielder • DET 482

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. Bonds • PIT 68.93
2. Thomas • CHW 59.74
3. Sandberg • CHC 58.15
4. Clark • SFG 57.80
5. Ripken • BAL 50.04
6. Tartabull • KCR 49.24
7. Canseco • OAK 47.44
8. McGriff • SDP 45.96
9. Bonilla • PIT 44.88
10. Molitor • MIL 44.20

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. Bonds • PIT 8.1
2. Sandberg • CHC 6.4
3. Canseco • OAK 5.8
4. Clark • SFG 5.8
5. McGriff • SDP 4.8
6. Ripken • BAL 4.4
7. Thomas • CHW 4.3
8. Kruk • PHI 4.2
9. Whitaker • DET 4.1
10. Griffey • SEA 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. Bonds • PIT 6.0
2. Thomas • CHW 5.7
3. Ripken • BAL 4.9
4. Franco • TEX 4.4
5. Clark • SFG 4.3
6. Sandberg • CHC 4.3
7. Canseco • OAK 4.3
8. Whitaker • DET 4.2
9. Molitor • MIL 4.1
10. Palmeiro • TEX 4.0

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. Bonds • PIT 11.4
2. Justice • ATL 10.7
3. Strawberry • LAD 10.5
4. Pendleton • ATL 7.4
5. Hrbek • MIN 5.7
6. Gant • ATL 5.5
7. Alomar • TOR 5.3
8. Canseco • OAK 4.9
9. Whitaker • DET 4.2
10. Boggs • BOS 4.0

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. Bonds • PIT 7.0
2. Clark • SFG 6.0
3. Thomas • CHW 5.9
4. Sandberg • CHC 5.8
5. Ripken • BAL 5.0
6. Tartabull • KCR 4.8
7. Canseco • OAK 4.8
8. McGriff • SDP 4.6
9. Bonilla • PIT 4.6
10. Molitor • MIL 4.4

rOBA

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

1. Thomas • CHW .449
2. Tartabull • KCR .435
3. Ripken • BAL .428
4. Bonds • PIT .413
5. Canseco • OAK .412
6. Franco • TEX .411
7. Larkin • CIN .410
8. Palmeiro • TEX .407
9. Griffey • SEA .405
10. McGriff • SDP .403

Rbat+

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

1. Thomas • CHW 185
2. Tartabull • KCR 171
3. Ripken • BAL 170
4. Bonds • PIT 163
5. Clark • SFG 159
6. Canseco • OAK 157
7. McGriff • SDP 156
8. Bonilla • PIT 156
9. Larkin • CIN 155
10. Palmeiro • TEX 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