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. Clemens • TOR 12.1
2. Walker • COL 9.8
3. Biggio • HOU 9.3
4. Griffey • SEA 9.1
5. Martínez • MON 8.8
6. Piazza • LAD 8.7
7. Pettitte • NYY 8.4
8. Bonds • SFG 8.1
9. Johnson • SEA 8.0
10. Thompson • DET 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. Walker • COL 9.8
2. Biggio • HOU 9.3
3. Griffey • SEA 9.1
4. Piazza • LAD 8.7
5. Bonds • SFG 8.1
6. Bagwell • HOU 7.7
7. Thomas • CHW 7.3
8. Knoblauch • MIN 6.7
9. Garciaparra • BOS 6.6
10. Rodríguez • TEX 6.6

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. Piazza • LAD 8.9
2. Walker • COL 8.9
3. Griffey • SEA 7.6
4. Thomas • CHW 7.6
5. Biggio • HOU 7.5
6. Bagwell • HOU 6.8
7. Bonds • SFG 6.8
8. Williams • NYY 6.2
9. Rodriguez • SEA 6.2
10. Martínez • SEA 6.2
McGwire • 2TM 6.2

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. Rodríguez • TEX 3.0
2. Johnson • FLA 2.7
3. White • MON 2.7
4. Ordóñez • NYM 2.6
5. Jones • ATL 2.5
6. Clayton • STL 2.4
7. Bordick • BAL 2.4
8. Biggio • HOU 2.3
9. Bragg • BOS 2.2
10. Cirillo • MIL 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. Gwynn • SDP .372
2. Walker • COL .366
3. Piazza • LAD .362
4. Thomas • CHW .347
5. Lofton • ATL .333
6. Martínez • SEA .330
7. Justice • CLE .329
8. Williams • NYY .328
9. Ramirez • CLE .328
10. Joyner • SDP .327

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 .456
2. Martínez • SEA .456
3. Walker • COL .452
4. Bonds • SFG .446
5. Piazza • LAD .431
6. Bagwell • HOU .425
7. Sheffield • FLA .424
8. Thome • CLE .423
9. Vaughn • BOS .420
10. Justice • CLE .418

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. Walker • COL .720
2. Griffey • SEA .646
3. McGwire • 2TM .646
4. Piazza • LAD .638
5. Thomas • CHW .611
6. Justice • CLE .596
7. Bagwell • HOU .592
8. González • TEX .589
9. Galarraga • COL .585
10. Lankford • STL .585

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. Walker • COL 1.172
2. Piazza • LAD 1.070
3. Thomas • CHW 1.067
4. McGwire • 2TM 1.039
5. Bonds • SFG 1.031
6. Griffey • SEA 1.028
7. Bagwell • HOU 1.017
8. Justice • CLE 1.013
9. Martínez • SEA 1.009
10. Thome • CLE 1.001

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Ripken • BAL 162
Sosa • CHC 162
Hunter • DET 162
Bagwell • HOU 162
Biggio • HOU 162
Karros • LAD 162
7. Belle • CHW 161
8. Zeile • LAD 160
9. Castilla • COL 159
Clark • DET 159
Mondesí • LAD 159
Jeter • NYY 159
Bonds • SFG 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Garciaparra • BOS 684
2. Hunter • DET 658
3. Jeter • NYY 654
4. Grudzielanek • MON 649
5. Sosa • CHC 642
6. Womack • PIT 641
7. Belle • CHW 634
Durham • CHW 634
9. Karros • LAD 628
10. Anderson • ANA 624

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. Jeter • NYY 748
2. Biggio • HOU 744
3. Hunter • DET 738
4. Garciaparra • BOS 734
5. Young • 2TM 718
6. Bagwell • HOU 717
7. Knoblauch • MIN 716
8. Durham • CHW 711
9. Griffey • SEA 704
10. Belle • CHW 701

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Biggio • HOU 146
2. Walker • COL 143
3. Griffey • SEA 125
4. Bonds • SFG 123
5. Garciaparra • BOS 122
6. Galarraga • COL 120
7. Knoblauch • MIN 117
8. Jeter • NYY 116
9. Hunter • DET 112
Greer • TEX 112

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Gwynn • SDP 220
2. Garciaparra • BOS 209
3. Walker • COL 208
4. Piazza • LAD 201
5. Greer • TEX 193
6. Galarraga • COL 191
Biggio • HOU 191
Mondesí • LAD 191
9. Jeter • NYY 190
10. Anderson • ANA 189

Total Bases

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

1. Walker • COL 409
2. Griffey • SEA 393
3. Garciaparra • BOS 365
4. Piazza • LAD 355
5. Galarraga • COL 351
6. McGwire • 2TM 349
7. Martinez • NYY 343
8. Castilla • COL 335
Bagwell • HOU 335
10. Mondesí • LAD 333

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Grudzielanek • MON 54
2. Gwynn • SDP 49
3. Valentin • BOS 47
4. Walker • COL 46
Cirillo • MIL 46
6. Belle • CHW 45
Lansing • MON 45
8. Garciaparra • BOS 44
9. Mondesí • LAD 42
O'Neill • NYY 42
Greer • TEX 42
Delgado • TOR 42

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. DeShields • STL 14
2. Garciaparra • BOS 11
3. Pérez • COL 10
Knoblauch • MIN 10
5. Guerrero • LAD 9
Randa • PIT 9
Womack • PIT 9
8. Biggio • HOU 8
Damon • KCR 8
Burnitz • MIL 8
Daulton • 2TM 8
Johnson • 2TM 8
Young • 2TM 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. McGwire • 2TM 58
2. Griffey • SEA 56
3. Walker • COL 49
4. Martinez • NYY 44
5. Bagwell • HOU 43
6. González • TEX 42
7. Galarraga • COL 41
8. Thome • CLE 40
Castilla • COL 40
Piazza • LAD 40
Buhner • SEA 40
Bonds • SFG 40

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Griffey • SEA 147
2. Martinez • NYY 141
3. Galarraga • COL 140
4. Bagwell • HOU 135
5. González • TEX 131
6. Walker • COL 130
7. Salmon • ANA 129
8. Thomas • CHW 125
9. Piazza • LAD 124
10. McGwire • 2TM 123

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bonds • SFG 145
2. Bagwell • HOU 127
3. Sheffield • FLA 121
4. Thome • CLE 120
5. Buhner • SEA 119
Martínez • SEA 119
7. Thomas • CHW 109
8. Phillips • 2TM 102
9. McGwire • 2TM 101
10. Henderson • 2TM 97

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Buhner • SEA 175
2. Sosa • CHC 174
3. Gant • STL 162
4. McGwire • 2TM 159
5. Nieves • DET 157
6. Vaughn • BOS 154
7. Rodríguez • MON 149
8. Thome • CLE 146
9. Clark • DET 144
10. Salmon • ANA 142

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Hunter • DET 74
2. Knoblauch • MIN 62
3. Womack • PIT 60
4. Nixon • 2TM 59
5. Sanders • CIN 56
6. DeShields • STL 55
7. Goodwin • 2TM 50
8. Biggio • HOU 47
9. Young • 2TM 45
Henderson • 2TM 45

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Gwynn • SDP 152
2. Rentería • FLA 143
3. Anderson • ANA 142
Jeter • NYY 142
5. Hunter • DET 137
Womack • PIT 137
7. Lofton • ATL 133
Knoblauch • MIN 133
9. Nixon • 2TM 130
10. Durham • CHW 129
Rodríguez • TEX 129

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Piazza • LAD 185
2. Thomas • CHW 181
3. Walker • COL 178
4. Bonds • SFG 170
5. McGwire • 2TM 170
6. Bagwell • HOU 168
7. Griffey • SEA 165
8. Martínez • SEA 165
9. Lankford • STL 159
10. Justice • CLE 158

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. Walker • COL 187
2. Thomas • CHW 153
Bagwell • HOU 153
4. Griffey • SEA 152
5. Bonds • SFG 151
6. Piazza • LAD 150
7. Biggio • HOU 148
8. McGwire • 2TM 144
9. Martínez • SEA 140
10. Galarraga • COL 134

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. Walker • COL 71
2. Thomas • CHW 70
3. Piazza • LAD 69
4. Bagwell • HOU 64
5. Bonds • SFG 64
6. Martínez • SEA 61
7. Griffey • SEA 58
8. McGwire • 2TM 57
9. Gwynn • SDP 51
10. Thome • CLE 47

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. Walker • COL 6.7
2. Piazza • LAD 6.5
3. Thomas • CHW 6.4
4. Bagwell • HOU 6.0
5. Bonds • SFG 6.0
6. Martínez • SEA 5.6
7. Griffey • SEA 5.3
8. McGwire • 2TM 5.2
9. Gwynn • SDP 4.8
10. Thome • CLE 4.3

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Walker • COL 99
2. Griffey • SEA 93
3. Garciaparra • BOS 85
Bagwell • HOU 85
McGwire • 2TM 85
6. Mondesí • LAD 77
Martinez • NYY 77
8. Belle • CHW 76
9. Galarraga • COL 75
Delgado • TOR 75

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. Biggio • HOU 309
Martínez • SEA 309
3. Bonds • SFG 308
4. Bagwell • HOU 305
5. Walker • COL 300
6. Thomas • CHW 296
7. Knoblauch • MIN 279
Greer • TEX 279
9. Salmon • ANA 274
Jeter • NYY 274

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. Walker • COL .857
2. Piazza • LAD .805
3. Thomas • CHW .803
4. Bonds • SFG .790
5. Bagwell • HOU .772
6. McGwire • 2TM .758
7. Martínez • SEA .754
8. Biggio • HOU .751
9. Thome • CLE .751
10. Gwynn • SDP .747

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Biggio • HOU 34
2. Kendall • PIT 31
3. Santangelo • MON 25
4. Blauser • ATL 20
5. Anderson • BAL 19
6. Galarraga • COL 17
Knoblauch • MIN 17
8. Easley • DET 16
Bagwell • HOU 16
Meares • MIN 16

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Rentería • FLA 19
2. Glavine • ATL 17
3. Vizquel • CLE 16
4. Butler • LAD 15
5. Cruz • DET 14
Ordóñez • NYM 14
7. Guerrero • LAD 13
Vizcaíno • SFG 13
9. Bordick • BAL 12
Santangelo • MON 12
Morandini • PHI 12
Schilling • PHI 12

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Martinez • NYY 13
2. King • KCR 12
Molitor • MIN 12
Gilkey • NYM 12
Gwynn • SDP 12
Griffey • SEA 12
7. Salmon • ANA 11
Fryman • DET 11
9. Ripken • BAL 10
Surhoff • BAL 10
Loretta • MIL 10
Joyner • SDP 10
Kent • SFG 10
González • TEX 10

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Bonds • SFG 34
2. Bagwell • HOU 27
3. Griffey • SEA 23
4. Vaughn • BOS 17
5. Davis • KCR 16
Hundley • NYM 16
McGwire • 2TM 16
8. Surhoff • BAL 14
Walker • COL 14
Martinez • NYY 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. Belle • CHW 26
2. Bordick • BAL 23
Buhner • SEA 23
4. McGriff • ATL 22
5. Valentin • BOS 21
Huskey • NYM 21
Martínez • SEA 21
8. Anderson • ANA 20
Gaetti • STL 20
10. Jones • ATL 19
Ripken • BAL 19
Ramirez • CLE 19
Piazza • LAD 19
Olerud • NYM 19
Clayton • STL 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Lofton • ATL 20
2. Hunter • DET 18
3. Durham • CHW 16
Goodwin • 2TM 16
5. Rentería • FLA 15
Mondesí • LAD 15
7. DeShields • STL 14
Young • 2TM 14
9. Goodwin • CIN 13
Sanders • CIN 13
Grissom • CLE 13
Easley • DET 13
Burnitz • MIL 13
Morandini • PHI 13

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Hammonds • BAL 93.75
2. Cameron • CHW 92.00
3. Womack • PIT 89.55
4. Javier • SFG 89.29
5. Knoblauch • MIN 86.11
6. Roberts • 2TM 85.71
7. Henderson • 2TM 84.91
8. Fryman • DET 84.21
9. Finley • SDP 83.33
10. Nixon • 2TM 83.10

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. Walker • COL 39.4
2. Bonds • SFG 38.4
3. Bagwell • HOU 36.0
4. Mondesí • LAD 31.0
5. Biggio • HOU 30.0
6. Sosa • CHC 27.3
7. Rodriguez • SEA 25.7
8. Garciaparra • BOS 25.4
9. Lankford • STL 25.0
10. Easley • DET 24.6

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 21.1
2. Guillén • CHW 20.4
3. Disarcina • ANA 18.9
4. Jefferies • PHI 17.6
5. Grace • CHC 12.3
6. Cora • SEA 11.7
7. Young • 2TM 11.5
8. Glanville • CHC 10.3
9. Vizquel • CLE 9.7
10. Alfonzo • NYM 9.3

AB per HR

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

1. McGwire • 2TM 9.3
2. Griffey • SEA 10.9
3. Walker • COL 11.6
4. Thome • CLE 12.4
5. González • TEX 12.7
6. Bagwell • HOU 13.2
7. Bonds • SFG 13.3
8. Martinez • NYY 13.5
Buhner • SEA 13.5
10. Piazza • LAD 13.9
Hundley • NYM 13.9

Outs Made

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

1. Hunter • DET 525
2. Sosa • CHC 514
3. Rentería • FLA 503
4. Garciaparra • BOS 502
Durham • CHW 502
6. Grudzielanek • MON 500
Jeter • NYY 500
8. Belle • CHW 498
9. Young • 2TM 496
10. Carter • TOR 492

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. Walker • COL 86.37
2. Thomas • CHW 75.86
3. Gwynn • SDP 75.06
4. Piazza • LAD 69.62
5. Bagwell • HOU 68.90
6. Bonds • SFG 66.66
7. Biggio • HOU 59.48
8. Griffey • SEA 58.13
9. McGwire • 2TM 51.34
10. Olerud • NYM 50.80

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>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Gwynn • SDP 7.6
2. Walker • COL 7.3
3. Thomas • CHW 7.2
4. Bonds • SFG 6.6
5. Bagwell • HOU 6.3
6. Piazza • LAD 5.6
7. Biggio • HOU 5.4
8. McGwire • 2TM 5.2
9. Vaughn • BOS 4.8
10. Olerud • NYM 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. Walker • COL 8.4
2. Bagwell • HOU 7.3
3. Piazza • LAD 6.9
4. Thomas • CHW 6.6
5. Bonds • SFG 6.6
6. Griffey • SEA 6.4
7. McGwire • 2TM 5.7
8. Biggio • HOU 5.6
9. Gwynn • SDP 5.3
10. Thome • CLE 5.2

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Bonds • SFG 7.3
2. Piazza • LAD 5.6
3. Bagwell • HOU 4.8
4. Biggio • HOU 4.3
5. Walker • COL 3.7
6. Thomas • CHW 3.6
7. Griffey • SEA 3.6
8. Thome • CLE 3.2
9. Alfonzo • NYM 3.2
10. Alou • FLA 3.2

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. Walker • COL 7.3
2. Gwynn • SDP 7.3
3. Thomas • CHW 7.0
4. Piazza • LAD 6.7
5. Bagwell • HOU 6.6
6. Bonds • SFG 6.3
7. Biggio • HOU 5.7
8. Griffey • SEA 5.4
9. Olerud • NYM 4.9
10. McGwire • 2TM 4.8

rOBA

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

1. Walker • COL .507
2. Piazza • LAD .473
3. Thomas • CHW .461
4. Bonds • SFG .450
5. Bagwell • HOU .441
6. Martínez • SEA .439
7. Thome • CLE .438
8. McGwire • 2TM .437
9. Galarraga • COL .432
10. Justice • CLE .431

Rbat+

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

1. Piazza • LAD 203
2. Walker • COL 198
3. Thomas • CHW 185
4. Bonds • SFG 179
5. Bagwell • HOU 176
6. Martínez • SEA 170
7. McGwire • 2TM 169
8. Gwynn • SDP 166
9. Lankford • STL 164
10. Thome • CLE 162

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