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. Brown • SDP 9.1
2. Rodriguez • SEA 8.5
3. Clemens • TOR 8.1
4. Bonds • SFG 8.1
5. Olerud • NYM 7.6
6. Jeter • NYY 7.5
7. Rogers • OAK 7.5
8. McGwire • STL 7.5
9. Guerrero • MON 7.4
Jones • ATL 7.4

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. Rodriguez • SEA 8.5
2. Bonds • SFG 8.1
3. Olerud • NYM 7.6
4. Jeter • NYY 7.5
5. McGwire • STL 7.5
6. Guerrero • MON 7.4
Jones • ATL 7.4
8. Belle • CHW 7.1
Garciaparra • BOS 7.1
10. Jones • ATL 7.0
Jordan • STL 7.0

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. McGwire • STL 9.2
2. Rodriguez • SEA 7.8
3. Belle • CHW 7.4
Biggio • HOU 7.4
5. Jeter • NYY 7.3
6. Bonds • SFG 7.2
7. Griffey • SEA 6.9
8. Jones • ATL 6.9
9. Williams • NYY 6.6
10. Piazza • 3TM 6.5

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. Jones • ATL 3.9
2. Ventura • CHW 3.5
3. Rodríguez • TEX 2.7
4. Cairo • TBD 2.6
5. Valentin • BOS 2.3
6. Abreu • PHI 2.2
Cruz • DET 2.2
8. Easley • DET 2.2
Lofton • CLE 2.2
10. Bordick • BAL 2.2

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. Walker • COL .363
2. Olerud • NYM .354
3. Williams • NYY .339
4. Vaughn • BOS .337
5. Bichette • COL .331
6. Belle • CHW .328
7. Piazza • 3TM .328
8. Davis • BAL .327
9. Kendall • PIT .327
10. Biggio • HOU .325

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 • STL .470
2. Olerud • NYM .447
3. Walker • COL .445
4. Bonds • SFG .438
5. Martínez • SEA .429
6. Sheffield • 2TM .428
7. Bagwell • HOU .424
8. Williams • NYY .422
9. Thome • CLE .413
10. Kendall • PIT .411

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 • STL .752
2. Belle • CHW .655
3. Sosa • CHC .647
4. González • TEX .630
5. Walker • COL .630
6. Griffey • SEA .611
7. Bonds • SFG .609
8. Ramirez • CLE .599
9. Vaughn • SDP .597
10. Galarraga • ATL .595

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 • STL 1.222
2. Walker • COL 1.075
3. Belle • CHW 1.055
4. Bonds • SFG 1.047
5. Sosa • CHC 1.024
6. Olerud • NYM .998
7. Thome • CLE .997
8. Williams • NYY .997
9. González • TEX .997
10. Vaughn • BOS .993

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Belle • CHW 163
2. Palmeiro • BAL 162
Surhoff • BAL 162
Castilla • COL 162
Pérez • COL 162
6. Ripken • BAL 161
Ventura • CHW 161
Bichette • COL 161
Damon • KCR 161
Burnitz • MIL 161
Griffey • SEA 161
Rodriguez • SEA 161

At Bats

At Bats

1. Rodriguez • SEA 686
2. Glanville • PHI 678
3. Bichette • COL 662
4. Womack • PIT 655
5. Pérez • COL 647
6. Biggio • HOU 646
7. Castilla • COL 645
8. Sosa • CHC 643
9. Damon • KCR 642
10. Viña • MIL 637

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. Rodriguez • SEA 748
2. Biggio • HOU 738
3. Glanville • PHI 735
4. Durham • CHW 723
5. Sosa • CHC 722
Viña • MIL 722
7. Griffey • SEA 720
8. Thomas • CHW 712
Pérez • COL 712
10. Rolen • PHI 711

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Sosa • CHC 134
2. McGwire • STL 130
3. Jeter • NYY 127
4. Durham • CHW 126
5. Bagwell • HOU 124
6. Jones • ATL 123
Biggio • HOU 123
Rodriguez • SEA 123
9. Rolen • PHI 120
Griffey • SEA 120
Bonds • SFG 120

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Bichette • COL 219
2. Rodriguez • SEA 213
3. Biggio • HOU 210
4. Castilla • COL 206
5. Vaughn • BOS 205
6. Jeter • NYY 203
7. Guerrero • MON 202
8. Belle • CHW 200
9. Sosa • CHC 198
Bell • HOU 198
Viña • MIL 198

Total Bases

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

1. Sosa • CHC 416
2. Belle • CHW 399
3. Griffey • SEA 387
4. Rodriguez • SEA 384
5. McGwire • STL 383
6. González • TEX 382
7. Castilla • COL 380
8. Guerrero • MON 367
9. Vaughn • BOS 360
10. Garciaparra • BOS 353

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Biggio • HOU 51
2. González • TEX 50
3. Belle • CHW 48
Young • CIN 48
Bichette • COL 48
6. Walker • COL 46
Martínez • SEA 46
8. Floyd • FLA 45
Rolen • PHI 45
10. Valentin • BOS 44
Fullmer • MON 44
Bonds • SFG 44

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Offerman • KCR 13
2. Dellucci • ARI 12
3. Larkin • CIN 10
Damon • KCR 10
5. Pérez • COL 9
Winn • TBD 9
Guerrero • 2TM 9
8. García • ARI 8
Jones • ATL 8
Garciaparra • BOS 8
O'Leary • BOS 8
Durham • CHW 8
Jeter • NYY 8
DeShields • STL 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. McGwire • STL 70
2. Sosa • CHC 66
3. Griffey • SEA 56
4. Vaughn • SDP 50
5. Belle • CHW 49
6. Castilla • COL 46
Canseco • TOR 46
8. Ramirez • CLE 45
González • TEX 45
10. Galarraga • ATL 44

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Sosa • CHC 158
2. González • TEX 157
3. Belle • CHW 152
4. McGwire • STL 147
5. Griffey • SEA 146
6. Ramirez • CLE 145
7. Castilla • COL 144
8. Kent • SFG 128
9. Burnitz • MIL 125
10. Alou • HOU 124
Rodriguez • SEA 124

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. McGwire • STL 162
2. Bonds • SFG 130
3. Henderson • OAK 118
4. Thomas • CHW 110
5. Bagwell • HOU 109
6. Martínez • SEA 106
7. Jones • ATL 96
Olerud • NYM 96
9. Sheffield • 2TM 95
10. Grace • CHC 93
Rolen • PHI 93

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Sosa • CHC 171
2. Canseco • TOR 159
3. Burnitz • MIL 158
4. McGwire • STL 155
5. Lankford • STL 151
6. Galarraga • ATL 146
7. Vaughn • BOS 144
8. Green • TOR 142
9. Thome • CLE 141
Rolen • PHI 141

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Henderson • OAK 66
2. Womack • PIT 58
3. Lofton • CLE 54
4. Stewart • TOR 51
5. Biggio • HOU 50
6. Rodriguez • SEA 46
7. Offerman • KCR 45
8. Hunter • DET 42
Young • LAD 42
10. Rentería • FLA 41

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Jeter • NYY 151
2. Womack • PIT 149
3. Cirillo • MIL 148
4. Bichette • COL 147
5. Glanville • PHI 146
6. Viña • MIL 145
7. Offerman • KCR 143
8. Morandini • CHC 140
9. Biggio • HOU 137
10. Hamilton • 2TM 136

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 • STL 216
2. Bonds • SFG 178
3. Belle • CHW 172
4. Olerud • NYM 163
5. Williams • NYY 160
6. Sosa • CHC 160
7. Bagwell • HOU 158
8. Walker • COL 158
9. Martínez • SEA 158
10. Galarraga • ATL 157

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. McGwire • STL 193
2. Belle • CHW 158
3. Bonds • SFG 153
4. Sosa • CHC 149
5. Vaughn • BOS 144
6. Biggio • HOU 142
Griffey • SEA 142
8. Olerud • NYM 141
Martínez • SEA 141
10. Alou • HOU 138
Rodriguez • SEA 138

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. McGwire • STL 95
2. Bonds • SFG 71
3. Belle • CHW 67
4. Olerud • NYM 57
5. Martínez • SEA 54
6. Sosa • CHC 53
7. Bagwell • HOU 52
8. Alou • HOU 50
9. Vaughn • BOS 47
10. Galarraga • ATL 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. McGwire • STL 8.9
2. Bonds • SFG 6.7
3. Belle • CHW 6.1
4. Olerud • NYM 5.4
5. Sosa • CHC 5.0
6. Martínez • SEA 4.9
7. Bagwell • HOU 4.9
8. Alou • HOU 4.7
9. Galarraga • ATL 4.4
10. Vaughn • SDP 4.3

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Belle • CHW 99
2. González • TEX 97
3. Griffey • SEA 92
4. McGwire • STL 91
5. Bonds • SFG 88
6. Sosa • CHC 86
7. Ramirez • CLE 82
Guerrero • MON 82
Vaughn • SDP 82
Rodriguez • SEA 82
Delgado • TOR 82

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. McGwire • STL 320
2. Bonds • SFG 305
3. Biggio • HOU 297
Olerud • NYM 297
5. Martínez • SEA 288
6. Jones • ATL 285
Offerman • KCR 285
8. Belle • CHW 282
9. Grace • CHC 280
Bagwell • HOU 280

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. McGwire • STL .875
2. Walker • COL .827
3. Olerud • NYM .784
4. Bonds • SFG .783
5. Bagwell • HOU .754
6. Galarraga • ATL .751
7. Belle • CHW .750
8. Martínez • SEA .749
Sheffield • 2TM .749
10. Thome • CLE .746

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Kendall • PIT 31
2. Galarraga • ATL 25
Viña • MIL 25
4. Biggio • HOU 23
Santangelo • MON 23
6. Fox • ARI 18
Knoblauch • NYY 18
8. Easley • DET 16
Fasano • KCR 16
10. Anderson • BAL 15
Lawton • MIN 15
Stewart • TOR 15

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Pérez • COL 22
2. Bordick • BAL 15
Jones • MON 15
Ordóñez • NYM 15
5. Glavine • ATL 14
Pérez • 2TM 14
7. Benjamin • BOS 13
Hinch • OAK 13
Gonzalez • TOR 13
10. Disarcina • ANA 12
Weiss • ATL 12
Vizquel • CLE 12
Jones • NYM 12
Reed • NYM 12
Schilling • PHI 12
Schmidt • PIT 12
McLemore • TEX 12
Cora • 2TM 12
Hamilton • 2TM 12

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Belle • CHW 15
2. Palmer • KCR 13
3. Thomas • CHW 11
O'Neill • NYY 11
González • TEX 11
6. Salmon • ANA 10
Surhoff • BAL 10
Ramirez • CLE 10
Bell • HOU 10
King • KCR 10
Molitor • MIN 10
Martinez • NYY 10
Brogna • PHI 10
Kent • SFG 10

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Bonds • SFG 29
2. McGwire • STL 28
3. Ventura • CHW 15
4. Sosa • CHC 14
Abreu • PHI 14
Piazza • 3TM 14
7. Vaughn • BOS 13
Guerrero • MON 13
Delgado • TOR 13
10. Sheffield • 2TM 12

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. Cirillo • MIL 26
2. Castilla • COL 24
3. Boone • CIN 23
4. López • ATL 22
Bichette • COL 22
Coomer • MIN 22
O'Neill • NYY 22
8. Baerga • NYM 21
9. Garciaparra • BOS 20
Sosa • CHC 20
Gutiérrez • HOU 20
Young • PIT 20
González • TEX 20

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Rentería • FLA 22
2. Goodwin • TEX 20
3. Stewart • TOR 18
4. Canseco • TOR 17
5. Viña • MIL 16
6. Floyd • FLA 14
7. Young • LAD 13
Henderson • OAK 13
Rodriguez • SEA 13
10. Lewis • BOS 12
Vizquel • CLE 12
Hunter • DET 12
Everett • HOU 12
Damon • KCR 12
Offerman • KCR 12
Knoblauch • NYY 12
Bonds • SFG 12
Winn • TBD 12
Green • TOR 12

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Stynes • CIN 93.75
O'Neill • NYY 93.75
3. Larkin • CIN 89.66
4. Womack • PIT 87.88
5. Jones • ATL 87.10
6. Martin • PIT 86.96
7. Biggio • HOU 86.21
8. Lofton • CLE 84.38
9. Nixon • MIN 84.09
10. Lankford • STL 83.87
Kendall • PIT 83.87

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. Rodriguez • SEA 43.9
2. Canseco • TOR 35.6
3. Green • TOR 35.0
4. Bonds • SFG 31.9
5. Griffey • SEA 29.5
6. Jones • ATL 28.9
7. Biggio • HOU 28.6
8. Sosa • CHC 28.3
9. Lankford • STL 28.3
10. Durham • CHW 24.9

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 25.6
2. Jefferies • 2TM 17.3
3. Young • LAD 14.1
4. Viña • MIL 13.8
5. Caruso • CHW 13.8
6. Molitor • MIN 12.2
7. Cairo • TBD 11.7
8. Disarcina • ANA 10.8
9. Grace • CHC 10.6
10. Kendall • PIT 10.5

AB per HR

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

1. McGwire • STL 7.3
2. Sosa • CHC 9.7
3. Griffey • SEA 11.3
4. Vaughn • SDP 11.5
5. Belle • CHW 12.4
6. Galarraga • ATL 12.6
7. Canseco • TOR 12.7
8. Ramirez • CLE 12.7
9. González • TEX 13.5
10. Delgado • TOR 13.9

Outs Made

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

1. Glanville • PHI 511
2. Pérez • COL 510
3. Rodriguez • SEA 505
4. Womack • PIT 493
5. Damon • KCR 486
6. Finley • SDP 484
7. Sosa • CHC 479
8. Castilla • COL 478
9. Durham • CHW 477
Knoblauch • NYY 477
Green • TOR 477

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. McGwire • STL 94.34
2. Bonds • SFG 71.34
3. Sosa • CHC 69.58
4. Belle • CHW 60.76
5. Alou • HOU 58.45
6. Bagwell • HOU 56.33
7. Olerud • NYM 55.24
8. Lankford • STL 51.48
9. Biggio • HOU 50.78
10. Galarraga • ATL 50.66

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. McGwire • STL 9.6
2. Bonds • SFG 7.0
3. Sosa • CHC 6.3
4. Olerud • NYM 6.0
5. Jones • ATL 5.6
6. Biggio • HOU 5.1
7. Vaughn • SDP 5.0
8. Grace • CHC 4.9
9. Rodriguez • SEA 4.9
10. Bell • HOU 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. McGwire • STL 9.8
2. Sosa • CHC 7.6
3. Bonds • SFG 6.8
4. Belle • CHW 6.2
5. Jones • ATL 5.7
6. Olerud • NYM 5.7
7. Griffey • SEA 5.6
8. Biggio • HOU 5.4
9. Walker • COL 5.3
10. Alou • HOU 5.1

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. Gaetti • 2TM 7.6
2. Piazza • 3TM 7.1
3. Sosa • CHC 7.1
4. Olerud • NYM 6.5
5. Grace • CHC 5.4
6. Bonds • SFG 3.5
7. Biggio • HOU 3.3
8. McGwire • STL 3.2
9. Vaughn • SDP 2.9
10. Edmonds • ANA 2.6

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. McGwire • STL 8.8
2. Bonds • SFG 6.9
3. Sosa • CHC 6.4
4. Belle • CHW 5.6
5. Alou • HOU 5.6
6. Bagwell • HOU 5.4
7. Olerud • NYM 5.2
8. Lankford • STL 4.9
9. Biggio • HOU 4.8
10. Galarraga • ATL 4.8

rOBA

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

1. McGwire • STL .501
2. Walker • COL .473
3. Olerud • NYM .442
4. Bonds • SFG .442
5. Sosa • CHC .440
6. Belle • CHW .440
7. Williams • NYY .437
8. Martínez • SEA .435
9. Bagwell • HOU .435
10. Thome • CLE .428

Rbat+

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

1. McGwire • STL 221
2. Bonds • SFG 182
3. Olerud • NYM 178
4. Walker • COL 177
5. Sosa • CHC 172
6. Bagwell • HOU 171
7. Belle • CHW 168
8. Williams • NYY 167
9. Alou • HOU 166
10. Vaughn • SDP 165

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