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. Griffey • SEA 9.7
2. Bonds • SFG 9.6
3. Rodriguez • SEA 9.4
4. Knoblauch • MIN 8.7
5. Hentgen • TOR 8.6
6. Gilkey • NYM 8.0
7. Burks • COL 7.9
8. Brown • FLA 7.8
9. Clemens • BOS 7.8
10. Smoltz • ATL 7.7

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. Griffey • SEA 9.7
2. Bonds • SFG 9.6
3. Rodriguez • SEA 9.4
4. Knoblauch • MIN 8.7
5. Gilkey • NYM 8.0
6. Burks • COL 7.9
7. Caminiti • SDP 7.6
8. Thome • CLE 7.5
9. Bagwell • HOU 7.5
10. Larkin • CIN 7.2

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. Bonds • SFG 8.9
2. Rodriguez • SEA 8.5
3. Sheffield • FLA 7.7
4. Larkin • CIN 7.6
5. Bagwell • HOU 7.5
6. Knoblauch • MIN 7.5
7. Caminiti • SDP 7.5
8. Thome • CLE 7.4
9. Anderson • BAL 7.4
10. Belle • CLE 6.9

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. Griffey • SEA 3.4
2. Rodríguez • TEX 3.3
3. McLemore • TEX 2.3
4. Gonzalez • TOR 2.2
5. Jordan • STL 2.2
6. Wilson • SEA 2.2
7. Sosa • CHC 2.2
8. Valentín • MIL 2.2
9. Brosius • OAK 2.0
10. Johnson • FLA 2.0

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. Rodriguez • SEA .358
2. Gwynn • SDP .353 **
3. Thomas • CHW .349
4. Burks • COL .344
5. Molitor • MIN .341
6. Knoblauch • MIN .341
7. Piazza • LAD .336
8. Johnson • NYM .333
9. Greer • TEX .332
10. Nilsson • MIL .331

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. McGwire • OAK .467
2. Sheffield • FLA .465
3. Martínez • SEA .464
4. Bonds • SFG .461
5. Thomas • CHW .459
6. Bagwell • HOU .451
7. Thome • CLE .450
8. Knoblauch • MIN .448
9. Piazza • LAD .422
10. Vaughn • BOS .420

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. McGwire • OAK .730
2. González • TEX .643
3. Burks • COL .639
4. Anderson • BAL .637
5. Rodriguez • SEA .631
6. Griffey • SEA .628
7. Thomas • CHW .626
8. Sheffield • FLA .624
9. Belle • CLE .623
10. Caminiti • SDP .621

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. McGwire • OAK 1.198
2. Sheffield • FLA 1.090
3. Thomas • CHW 1.085
4. Bonds • SFG 1.076
5. Thome • CLE 1.062
6. Martínez • SEA 1.059
7. Burks • COL 1.047
8. Rodriguez • SEA 1.045
9. Anderson • BAL 1.034
10. Belle • CLE 1.033

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Ripken • BAL 163
Zeile • 2TM 163
3. Palmeiro • BAL 162
Bagwell • HOU 162
Biggio • HOU 162
6. Vaughn • BOS 161
Sheffield • FLA 161
Molitor • MIN 161
Finley • SDP 161
10. Castilla • COL 160
Johnson • NYM 160
Fielder • 2TM 160

At Bats

At Bats

1. Johnson • NYM 682
2. Grissom • ATL 671
3. Lofton • CLE 662
4. Molitor • MIN 660
5. Grudzielanek • MON 657
6. Finley • SDP 655
7. Lansing • MON 641
8. Ripken • BAL 640
9. Rodríguez • TEX 639
10. Vaughn • BOS 635

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. Vaughn • BOS 752
2. Lofton • CLE 736
3. Palmeiro • BAL 732
4. Molitor • MIN 729
5. Johnson • NYM 724
6. Grissom • ATL 723
Biggio • HOU 723
8. Finley • SDP 721
9. Phillips • CHW 719
Bagwell • HOU 719

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Burks • COL 142
2. Rodriguez • SEA 141
3. Knoblauch • MIN 140
4. Alomar • BAL 132
Lofton • CLE 132
6. Finley • SDP 126
7. Griffey • SEA 125
8. Belle • CLE 124
9. Thome • CLE 122
Bonds • SFG 122

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Johnson • NYM 227
2. Molitor • MIN 225
3. Rodriguez • SEA 215
4. Burks • COL 211
5. Lofton • CLE 210
6. Grissom • ATL 207
Vaughn • BOS 207
8. Grudzielanek • MON 201
9. Bichette • COL 198
10. Knoblauch • MIN 197

Total Bases

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

1. Burks • COL 392
2. Rodriguez • SEA 379
3. Galarraga • COL 376
4. Belle • CLE 375
5. Vaughn • BOS 370
6. Anderson • BAL 369
7. Finley • SDP 348
González • TEX 348
9. Castilla • COL 345
10. Palmeiro • BAL 342
Griffey • SEA 342

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Rodriguez • SEA 54
2. Martínez • SEA 52
3. Bagwell • HOU 48
4. Rodríguez • TEX 47
5. Cirillo • MIL 46
Cordova • MIN 46
7. Ramirez • CLE 45
Burks • COL 45
Finley • SDP 45
10. Gilkey • NYM 44

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Johnson • NYM 21
2. Knoblauch • MIN 14
3. Grissom • ATL 10
Howard • CIN 10
Viña • MIL 10
6. Finley • SDP 9
7. Guillén • CHW 8
Martinez • CHW 8
Burks • COL 8
Offerman • KCR 8
DeShields • LAD 8
Molitor • MIN 8
Lankford • STL 8
Vizcaíno • 2TM 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. McGwire • OAK 52
2. Anderson • BAL 50
3. Griffey • SEA 49
4. Belle • CLE 48
5. Galarraga • COL 47
González • TEX 47
7. Vaughn • BOS 44
Buhner • SEA 44
9. Sheffield • FLA 42
Bonds • SFG 42

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Galarraga • COL 150
2. Belle • CLE 148
3. González • TEX 144
4. Vaughn • BOS 143
5. Palmeiro • BAL 142
6. Bichette • COL 141
7. Griffey • SEA 140
8. Buhner • SEA 138
9. Thomas • CHW 134
10. Caminiti • SDP 130

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bonds • SFG 151
2. Sheffield • FLA 142
3. Bagwell • HOU 135
4. Phillips • CHW 125
Henderson • SDP 125
6. Thome • CLE 123
Martínez • SEA 123
8. McGwire • OAK 116
9. Thomas • CHW 109
10. O'Neill • NYY 102

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Rodríguez • MON 160
2. Buhner • SEA 159
3. Nieves • DET 158
4. Galarraga • COL 157
5. Vaughn • BOS 154
6. Hundley • NYM 146
Sprague • TOR 146
8. Valentín • MIL 145
Palmer • TEX 145
10. Thome • CLE 141

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Lofton • CLE 75
2. Goodwin • KCR 66
3. Nixon • TOR 54
4. Young • COL 53
5. Johnson • NYM 50
6. DeShields • LAD 48
7. Knoblauch • MIN 45
8. Bonds • SFG 40
9. Martin • PIT 38
10. McRae • CHC 37
Henderson • SDP 37

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Molitor • MIN 167
2. Johnson • NYM 166
3. Lofton • CLE 157
Grudzielanek • MON 157
5. Young • COL 149
6. Hamilton • TEX 145
7. Grissom • ATL 142
Jeter • NYY 142
9. Seitzer • 2TM 136
10. Knoblauch • MIN 135
Vizcaíno • 2TM 135

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. McGwire • OAK 196
2. Sheffield • FLA 189
3. Bonds • SFG 188
4. Thomas • CHW 178
5. Bagwell • HOU 178
6. Caminiti • SDP 174
7. Martínez • SEA 167
8. Thome • CLE 167
9. Piazza • LAD 166
10. Rodriguez • SEA 161

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. Bonds • SFG 162
2. Sheffield • FLA 159
3. Vaughn • BOS 158
Burks • COL 158
5. Rodriguez • SEA 157
6. Belle • CLE 156
Bagwell • HOU 156
8. Anderson • BAL 150
Thomas • CHW 150
10. McGwire • OAK 149

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. Sheffield • FLA 78
2. Bonds • SFG 76
3. Bagwell • HOU 75
4. Thomas • CHW 70
5. McGwire • OAK 68
6. Martínez • SEA 61
7. Caminiti • SDP 61
8. Thome • CLE 58
9. Rodriguez • SEA 57
10. Belle • CLE 56

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. Sheffield • FLA 7.3
2. Bonds • SFG 7.1
3. Bagwell • HOU 7.0
4. Thomas • CHW 6.1
5. McGwire • OAK 6.0
6. Caminiti • SDP 5.7
7. Martínez • SEA 5.4
8. Thome • CLE 5.1
9. Rodriguez • SEA 5.1
10. Piazza • LAD 5.0

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Burks • COL 93
2. Anderson • BAL 92
3. Rodriguez • SEA 91
4. Belle • CLE 89
Galarraga • COL 89
6. Finley • SDP 84
7. González • TEX 82
8. Palmeiro • BAL 81
Ramirez • CLE 81
Bagwell • HOU 81

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. Bagwell • HOU 324
2. Vaughn • BOS 316
3. Sheffield • FLA 315
4. Knoblauch • MIN 314
5. Bonds • SFG 311
6. Thomas • CHW 298
7. Martínez • SEA 294
8. Belle • CLE 293
9. Phillips • CHW 290
10. Thome • CLE 286

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. Bonds • SFG .827
2. McGwire • OAK .825
3. Sheffield • FLA .819
4. Bagwell • HOU .792
5. Burks • COL .785
6. Martínez • SEA .769
7. Caminiti • SDP .768
8. Thome • CLE .767
9. Thomas • CHW .765
10. Rodriguez • SEA .746

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Biggio • HOU 27
2. Anderson • BAL 22
3. Young • COL 21
4. Knoblauch • MIN 19
5. Galarraga • COL 17
O'Brien • TOR 17
7. Kendall • PIT 15
8. Vaughn • BOS 14
Servais • CHC 14
Colbrunn • FLA 14

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Goodwin • KCR 21
2. Howard • KCR 17
3. Disarcina • CAL 16
Martínez • MON 16
Elster • TEX 16
Neagle • 2TM 16
7. Glavine • ATL 15
Smoltz • ATL 15
Lewis • CHW 15
10. Weiss • COL 14
Reynolds • HOU 14
Fassero • MON 14

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Bonilla • BAL 17
2. Alomar • BAL 12
3. Elster • TEX 11
4. Bichette • COL 10
Fryman • DET 10
Caminiti • SDP 10
Buhner • SEA 10
Greer • TEX 10
Murray • 2TM 10
Wilkins • 2TM 10

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Bonds • SFG 30
2. Thomas • CHW 26
3. Piazza • LAD 21
4. Bagwell • HOU 20
5. Vaughn • BOS 19
Sheffield • FLA 19
7. McGwire • OAK 16
Caminiti • SDP 16
9. Belle • CLE 15
Hundley • NYM 15

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. Ripken • BAL 28
2. Karros • LAD 27
3. Thomas • CHW 25
4. Baerga • 2TM 23
5. Anderson • CAL 22
Colbrunn • FLA 22
7. Piazza • LAD 21
Molitor • MIN 21
O'Neill • NYY 21
Mabry • STL 21

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Goodwin • KCR 22
2. Young • COL 19
3. Lofton • CLE 17
4. Henderson • SDP 15
Clayton • STL 15
6. Knoblauch • MIN 14
7. Nixon • TOR 13
8. Bichette • COL 12
Johnson • NYM 12
Martin • PIT 12
Tinsley • 2TM 12

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Griffey • SEA 94.12
2. King • PIT 93.75
3. Bell • HOU 90.63
4. Walker • COL 90.00
5. Owens • CIN 88.89
Rentería • FLA 88.89
7. Durham • CHW 88.24
8. Javier • SFG 87.50
9. Bonds • SFG 85.11
10. Burks • COL 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. Bonds • SFG 41.0
2. Burks • COL 35.6
3. Larkin • CIN 34.4
4. Bichette • COL 31.0
5. Anderson • BAL 29.6
6. Lankford • STL 26.3
7. Galarraga • COL 26.0
8. Finley • SDP 25.4
9. Grissom • ATL 25.3
10. Bagwell • HOU 25.0

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 26.5 **
2. Baerga • 2TM 18.8
3. Guillén • CHW 18.5
4. Young • COL 18.3
5. Johnson • NYM 17.1
6. Cora • SEA 16.6
7. Viña • MIL 15.8
8. Boggs • NYY 15.7
9. Disarcina • CAL 14.9
10. Grace • CHC 13.3

AB per HR

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

1. McGwire • OAK 8.1
2. Griffey • SEA 11.1
3. González • TEX 11.5
4. Anderson • BAL 11.6
5. Bonds • SFG 12.3
6. Sheffield • FLA 12.4
7. Sosa • CHC 12.5
8. Belle • CLE 12.5
9. Vaughn • 2TM 12.6
10. Buhner • SEA 12.8

Outs Made

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

1. Ripken • BAL 496
2. Grissom • ATL 495
Lansing • MON 495
4. Finley • SDP 494
5. Bell • HOU 492
6. Carter • TOR 491
7. Lofton • CLE 489
8. Karros • LAD 485
9. Fryman • DET 483
Johnson • NYM 483

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 • SFG 95.40
2. Sheffield • FLA 78.70
3. Rodriguez • SEA 68.00
4. Bagwell • HOU 66.62
5. Martínez • SEA 65.25
6. Caminiti • SDP 65.23
7. Belle • CLE 65.11
8. Thomas • CHW 62.98
9. McGwire • OAK 62.16
10. Knoblauch • MIN 59.77

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 • SFG 7.8
2. Bagwell • HOU 7.0
3. Sheffield • FLA 6.4
4. Piazza • LAD 6.2
5. Martínez • SEA 5.8
6. Caminiti • SDP 5.8
7. Bichette • COL 5.6
8. McGwire • OAK 5.4
9. Gilkey • NYM 4.9
10. Burks • COL 4.6

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. Sheffield • FLA 8.2
2. Bonds • SFG 7.7
3. Bagwell • HOU 6.1
4. Martínez • SEA 5.8
5. McGwire • OAK 5.8
6. Thomas • CHW 5.5
7. Thome • CLE 5.2
8. Caminiti • SDP 4.9
9. Rodriguez • SEA 4.8
10. Larkin • CIN 4.7

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. Caminiti • SDP 7.6
2. Piazza • LAD 6.7
3. Bagwell • HOU 6.6
4. Finley • SDP 5.3
5. Martínez • SEA 4.9
6. Rodriguez • SEA 4.2
7. Palmeiro • BAL 4.1
8. Segui • MON 3.8
9. Thomas • CHW 3.5
10. Griffey • SEA 3.4

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 • SFG 9.1
2. Sheffield • FLA 7.5
3. Bagwell • HOU 6.5
4. Caminiti • SDP 6.3
5. Rodriguez • SEA 6.0
6. Belle • CLE 5.7
7. Martínez • SEA 5.7
8. Thomas • CHW 5.7
9. McGwire • OAK 5.4
10. Piazza • LAD 5.3

rOBA

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

1. McGwire • OAK .486
2. Bonds • SFG .471
3. Sheffield • FLA .467
4. Burks • COL .462
Martínez • SEA .462
6. Thome • CLE .458
7. Thomas • CHW .453
8. Rodriguez • SEA .452
9. Belle • CLE .447
10. Caminiti • SDP .444

Rbat+

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

1. Sheffield • FLA 199
2. Bonds • SFG 198
3. McGwire • OAK 190
4. Caminiti • SDP 184
5. Bagwell • HOU 183
6. Martínez • SEA 175
7. Thomas • CHW 174
8. Thome • CLE 172
9. Piazza • LAD 170
10. Larkin • CIN 167

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