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. Maddux • ATL 8.7
2. Bagwell • HOU 8.2
3. Lofton • CLE 7.2
4. Griffey • SEA 6.9
5. Cone • KCR 6.9
6. Thomas • CHW 6.4
7. Bonds • SFG 6.2
8. Clemens • BOS 6.0
9. Saberhagen • NYM 5.7
10. Belle • CLE 5.7

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. Bagwell • HOU 8.2
2. Lofton • CLE 7.2
3. Griffey • SEA 6.9
4. Thomas • CHW 6.4
5. Bonds • SFG 6.2
6. Belle • CLE 5.7
7. Grissom • MON 5.1
8. Alou • MON 5.0
9. Williams • SFG 4.7
10. Phillips • DET 4.7
Walker • MON 4.7

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. Bagwell • HOU 7.6
2. Thomas • CHW 7.1
3. Belle • CLE 6.7
4. Lofton • CLE 6.0
5. Griffey • SEA 5.9
6. Bonds • SFG 5.7
7. Biggio • HOU 5.3
8. Gwynn • SDP 5.2
9. O'Neill • NYY 4.9
10. Butler • LAD 4.3

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. Clayton • SFG 2.5
2. Ripken • BAL 2.3
3. Grissom • MON 2.2
4. Disarcina • CAL 2.0
5. Smith • STL 1.8
6. Gallego • NYY 1.7
7. Bell • PIT 1.7
8. Lofton • CLE 1.5
9. Valentin • BOS 1.5
10. Steinbach • OAK 1.5

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. Gwynn • SDP .394
2. Bagwell • HOU .368
3. O'Neill • NYY .359
4. Belle • CLE .357
5. Thomas • CHW .353
6. Lofton • CLE .349
7. Kingery • COL .349 **
8. Boggs • NYY .342
9. Molitor • TOR .341
10. Alou • MON .339

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 .487
2. O'Neill • NYY .460
3. Gwynn • SDP .454
4. Bagwell • HOU .451
5. Belle • CLE .438
6. Boggs • NYY .433
7. Clark • TEX .431
8. Mitchell • CIN .429
9. Justice • ATL .427
10. Bonds • SFG .426

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. Bagwell • HOU .750
2. Thomas • CHW .729
3. Belle • CLE .714
4. Mitchell • CIN .681
5. Griffey • SEA .674
6. Bonds • SFG .647
7. McGriff • ATL .623
8. Williams • SFG .607
9. O'Neill • NYY .603
10. Hamelin • KCR .599

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 1.217
2. Bagwell • HOU 1.201
3. Belle • CLE 1.152
4. Mitchell • CIN 1.110
5. Griffey • SEA 1.076
6. Bonds • SFG 1.073
7. O'Neill • NYY 1.064
8. Gwynn • SDP 1.022
9. McGriff • ATL 1.012
10. Alou • MON .989

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Bichette • COL 116
2. Conine • FLA 115
Molitor • TOR 115
4. Curtis • CAL 114
Fryman • DET 114
Phillips • DET 114
Biggio • HOU 114
McRae • KCR 114
Bordick • OAK 114
Lewis • SFG 114

At Bats

At Bats

1. Bichette • COL 484
2. Grissom • MON 475
3. Fryman • DET 464
4. Lofton • CLE 459
5. Molitor • TOR 454
6. Anderson • BAL 453
Curtis • CAL 453
8. Conine • FLA 451
Lewis • SFG 451
10. Knoblauch • MIN 445
Williams • SFG 445

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. Phillips • DET 538
2. Fryman • DET 528
3. Anderson • BAL 525
4. Lofton • CLE 523
5. Grissom • MON 521
6. Thomas • CHW 517
7. Molitor • TOR 516
8. Lewis • SFG 513
9. Biggio • HOU 511
10. Bichette • COL 509

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Thomas • CHW 106
2. Lofton • CLE 105
3. Bagwell • HOU 104
4. Grissom • MON 96
5. Griffey • SEA 94
6. Phillips • DET 91
7. Belle • CLE 90
8. Bonds • SFG 89
Lankford • STL 89
10. Biggio • HOU 88
Canseco • TEX 88

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Gwynn • SDP 165
2. Lofton • CLE 160
3. Molitor • TOR 155
4. Belle • CLE 147
Bichette • COL 147
Bagwell • HOU 147
7. Morris • CIN 146
8. Conine • FLA 144
9. Alou • MON 143
10. Thomas • CHW 141

Total Bases

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

1. Bagwell • HOU 300
2. Belle • CLE 294
3. Griffey • SEA 292
4. Thomas • CHW 291
5. Williams • SFG 270
6. Bichette • COL 265
7. McGriff • ATL 264
8. Bonds • SFG 253
9. Alou • MON 250
10. Galarraga • COL 247

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Knoblauch • MIN 45
2. Biggio • HOU 44
Walker • MON 44
4. Belle • CLE 35
Bell • PIT 35
Gwynn • SDP 35
7. Thomas • CHW 34
Fryman • DET 34
9. Bichette • COL 33
10. Palmeiro • BAL 32
Baerga • CLE 32
Lofton • CLE 32
Bagwell • HOU 32
Puckett • MIN 32

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Johnson • CHW 14
2. Coleman • KCR 12
3. Lofton • CLE 9
Butler • LAD 9
Lewis • SFG 9
6. Sanders • CIN 8
Kingery • COL 8
Mondesí • LAD 8
9. Diaz • MIL 7
10. Sosa • CHC 6
Fernández • CIN 6
Conine • FLA 6
McRae • KCR 6
Polonia • NYY 6
Clayton • SFG 6
White • TOR 6

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Williams • SFG 43
2. Griffey • SEA 40
3. Bagwell • HOU 39
4. Thomas • CHW 38
5. Bonds • SFG 37
6. Belle • CLE 36
7. McGriff • ATL 34
8. Galarraga • COL 31
Canseco • TEX 31
10. Mitchell • CIN 30

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Bagwell • HOU 116
2. Puckett • MIN 112
3. Carter • TOR 103
4. Thomas • CHW 101
Belle • CLE 101
6. Franco • CHW 98
7. Williams • SFG 96
8. Bichette • COL 95
9. McGriff • ATL 94
10. Piazza • LAD 92
Sierra • OAK 92

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Thomas • CHW 109
2. Tettleton • DET 97
3. Phillips • DET 95
4. Bonds • SFG 74
5. O'Neill • NYY 72
Henderson • OAK 72
7. Clark • TEX 71
8. Justice • ATL 69
Davis • CAL 69
Canseco • TEX 69

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Fryman • DET 128
2. Sanders • CIN 114
Canseco • TEX 114
4. Lankford • STL 113
5. Vaughn • BOS 112
6. Tartabull • NYY 111
7. Fielder • DET 110
8. Phillips • DET 105
9. Salmon • CAL 102
10. Bonilla • NYM 101

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Lofton • CLE 60
2. Coleman • KCR 50
3. Nixon • BOS 42
4. Biggio • HOU 39
5. Sanders • 2TM 38
6. Grissom • MON 36
7. Knoblauch • MIN 35
8. Carr • FLA 32
9. Anderson • BAL 31
10. Lewis • SFG 30

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Gwynn • SDP 117
2. Lofton • CLE 107
Roberts • SDP 107
Molitor • TOR 107
5. Ripken • BAL 105
6. Morris • CIN 102
7. Butler • LAD 101
Bell • SDP 101
9. Fermín • SEA 98
10. Franco • CHW 97
Grissom • MON 97

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Bagwell • HOU 213
2. Thomas • CHW 212
3. Belle • CLE 194
4. Mitchell • CIN 185
5. Bonds • SFG 183
6. O'Neill • NYY 177
7. Griffey • SEA 171
8. Gwynn • SDP 169
9. McGriff • ATL 157
10. Alou • MON 153

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. Bagwell • HOU 137
3. Belle • CLE 131
4. Griffey • SEA 117
5. Bonds • SFG 115
6. Lofton • CLE 111
7. Gwynn • SDP 104
8. McGriff • ATL 103
9. Molitor • TOR 101
10. O'Neill • NYY 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. Thomas • CHW 75
2. Bagwell • HOU 70
3. Belle • CLE 59
4. Bonds • SFG 50
5. O'Neill • NYY 47
6. Gwynn • SDP 46
7. Griffey • SEA 44
8. Mitchell • CIN 42
9. McGriff • ATL 35
10. Alou • MON 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. Thomas • CHW 6.7
2. Bagwell • HOU 6.4
3. Belle • CLE 5.3
4. Bonds • SFG 4.6
5. Gwynn • SDP 4.3
6. O'Neill • NYY 4.2
7. Griffey • SEA 4.0
8. Mitchell • CIN 3.9
9. McGriff • ATL 3.3
10. Alou • MON 3.1

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Thomas • CHW 73
Belle • CLE 73
Bagwell • HOU 73
4. Griffey • SEA 68
5. Walker • MON 65
6. Bichette • COL 62
Williams • SFG 62
8. McGriff • ATL 60
9. Alou • MON 58
10. Fryman • DET 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. Thomas • CHW 252
2. Phillips • DET 220
3. Bagwell • HOU 216
4. Gwynn • SDP 215
5. Lofton • CLE 214
6. Molitor • TOR 211
7. Belle • CLE 210
8. Biggio • HOU 209
9. Franco • CHW 205
10. O'Neill • NYY 204

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. Bagwell • HOU .858
2. Thomas • CHW .849
3. Belle • CLE .825
4. Bonds • SFG .810
5. Mitchell • CIN .805
6. Gwynn • SDP .784
7. O'Neill • NYY .770
8. Griffey • SEA .765
9. McGriff • ATL .756
10. Alou • MON .745

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Macfarlane • KCR 18
2. Viña • NYM 12
3. Patterson • SFG 11
Sprague • TOR 11
5. Anderson • BAL 10
Vaughn • BOS 10
Jaha • MIL 10
Knoblauch • MIN 10
Kent • NYM 10
Thompson • NYM 10
Gilkey • STL 10

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Hill • MON 16
2. Kelly • NYY 14
3. Finley • HOU 13
Benes • SDP 13
5. Swindell • HOU 12
Fermín • SEA 12
7. Cora • CHW 11
Vizquel • CLE 11
9. Disarcina • CAL 10
Rijo • CIN 10
Smith • STL 10

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Fryman • DET 13
Carter • TOR 13
3. Fletcher • MON 12
4. Karros • LAD 11
Sierra • OAK 11
6. Bagwell • HOU 10
7. Ventura • CHW 8
Mitchell • CIN 8
Baerga • CLE 8
Kingery • COL 8
Nilsson • MIL 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Vaughn • BOS 20
2. Griffey • SEA 19
3. Bonds • SFG 18
4. Gwynn • SDP 16
5. Ventura • CHW 15
Mitchell • CIN 15
Cedeño • HOU 15
8. Bagwell • HOU 14
9. Caminiti • HOU 13
O'Neill • NYY 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. Gwynn • SDP 20
Canseco • TEX 20
3. González • TEX 18
4. Ripken • BAL 17
Bichette • COL 17
Fielder • DET 17
Merced • PIT 17
8. Morris • CIN 16
O'Neill • NYY 16
10. Dawson • BOS 15
Thomas • CHW 15
Sierra • OAK 15
Bell • PIT 15

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Gagne • KCR 17
2. Sanders • 2TM 16
3. Sosa • CHC 13
Gonzalez • HOU 13
Lewis • SFG 13
6. Lofton • CLE 12
José • KCR 12
Polonia • NYY 12
9. Curtis • CAL 11
Vizcaíno • NYM 11
Kelly • 2TM 11

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Tinsley • BOS 100.00
Molitor • TOR 100.00
Carter • TOR 100.00
Raines • CHW 100.00
Berry • MON 100.00
6. Anderson • BAL 96.88
7. Larkin • CIN 92.86
8. Biggio • HOU 90.70
9. Hulse • TEX 90.00
10. Clayton • SFG 88.46

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 32.5
2. Bichette • COL 23.6
3. Sosa • CHC 23.4
4. Bagwell • HOU 21.7
5. Canseco • TEX 20.2
6. Lofton • CLE 20.0
7. Sanders • CIN 18.8
8. Bell • SDP 17.7
9. Anderson • BAL 17.3
10. Griffey • SEA 17.3

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. Gwynn • SDP 22.1
2. Johnson • CHW 17.9
3. Fermín • SEA 17.2
4. Mattingly • NYY 15.5
5. Jefferies • STL 15.3
6. Smith • STL 14.7
7. Browne • FLA 14.3
8. Disarcina • CAL 13.9
9. Boggs • NYY 12.6
10. Greenwell • BOS 12.6

AB per HR

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

1. Bagwell • HOU 10.3
2. Mitchell • CIN 10.3
3. Williams • SFG 10.3
4. Thomas • CHW 10.5
5. Bonds • SFG 10.6
6. Griffey • SEA 10.8
7. Belle • CLE 11.4
8. Sheffield • FLA 11.9
9. McGriff • ATL 12.5
10. Hamelin • KCR 13.0

Outs Made

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

1. Curtis • CAL 369
2. Bichette • COL 364
Fryman • DET 364
4. Lewis • SFG 359
5. Grissom • MON 358
6. Coleman • KCR 352
7. Anderson • BAL 347
8. Sierra • OAK 343
9. Carr • FLA 340
Williams • SFG 340

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. Bagwell • HOU 67.63
2. Thomas • CHW 65.10
3. Belle • CLE 54.75
4. Griffey • SEA 44.03
5. McGriff • ATL 43.94
6. Bonds • SFG 43.49
7. O'Neill • NYY 43.25
8. Clark • TEX 42.86
9. Walker • MON 41.56
10. Biggio • HOU 39.93

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. Bagwell • HOU 5.9
2. McGriff • ATL 5.1
3. Bonds • SFG 4.8
4. Thomas • CHW 4.7
5. Walker • MON 4.7
6. Belle • CLE 4.4
7. O'Neill • NYY 3.9
8. Biggio • HOU 3.5
9. Griffey • SEA 3.4
10. Gwynn • SDP 3.2

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. Thomas • CHW 6.5
2. Bagwell • HOU 6.4
3. Belle • CLE 5.3
4. Bonds • SFG 4.9
5. Mitchell • CIN 4.1
6. McGriff • ATL 4.1
7. Gwynn • SDP 4.1
8. Griffey • SEA 3.8
9. Walker • MON 3.7
10. O'Neill • NYY 3.5

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. Bagwell • HOU 4.9
2. Belle • CLE 3.9
3. McGriff • ATL 3.8
4. Thomas • CHW 3.8
5. Walker • MON 3.2
6. Bonds • SFG 3.0
7. Biggio • HOU 3.0
8. O'Neill • NYY 2.8
9. Lofton • CLE 2.5
10. Mitchell • CIN 2.5

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. Bagwell • HOU 6.4
2. Thomas • CHW 5.8
3. Belle • CLE 4.9
4. Bonds • SFG 4.2
5. McGriff • ATL 4.1
6. O'Neill • NYY 4.0
7. Griffey • SEA 3.9
8. Walker • MON 3.9
Clark • TEX 3.9
10. Biggio • HOU 3.8

rOBA

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

1. Bagwell • HOU .510
2. Thomas • CHW .504
3. Belle • CLE .486
4. Mitchell • CIN .461
5. Bonds • SFG .458
6. O'Neill • NYY .457
7. Griffey • SEA .453
8. Gwynn • SDP .452
9. Lofton • CLE .437
10. Walker • MON .430

Rbat+

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

1. Bagwell • HOU 229
2. Thomas • CHW 209
3. Belle • CLE 197
4. Mitchell • CIN 191
5. Bonds • SFG 191
6. Gwynn • SDP 185
7. O'Neill • NYY 179
8. Griffey • SEA 170
9. Alou • MON 168
10. McGriff • ATL 164

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