Major League Baseball 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. Bonds • SFG 9.1
2. Pujols • STL 8.6
3. Rodriguez • TEX 8.4
4. Halladay • TOR 8.0
5. Martínez • BOS 8.0
6. Prior • CHC 7.9
7. Giles • ATL 7.8
8. Hudson • OAK 7.5
9. Loaiza • CHW 7.2
10. Sheffield • ATL 6.8

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. Bonds • SFG 9.1
2. Pujols • STL 8.6
3. Rodriguez • TEX 8.4
4. Giles • ATL 7.8
5. Sheffield • ATL 6.8
6. López • ATL 6.8
7. Blalock • TEX 6.4
8. Helton • COL 6.2
9. Garciaparra • BOS 6.1
10. Edmonds • STL 6.0

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. Bonds • SFG 8.7
2. Pujols • STL 8.5
3. Rodriguez • TEX 7.6
4. Helton • COL 7.1
5. Sheffield • ATL 7.0
6. Delgado • TOR 6.5
7. López • ATL 6.4
8. Boone • SEA 6.3
9. Ramirez • BOS 6.3
10. Posada • NYY 6.1

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. Blalock • TEX 3.0
2. Lo Duca • LAD 2.9
3. Beltré • LAD 2.8
4. Giles • ATL 2.3
5. Everett • HOU 2.2
6. Hudson • TOR 2.2
7. Ellis • OAK 2.1
8. Hunter • MIN 2.0
9. Rollins • PHI 1.9
10. Polanco • PHI 1.8

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. Pujols • STL .359
2. Helton • COL .358
3. Bonds • SFG .341
4. Rentería • STL .330
5. Sheffield • ATL .330
6. Mueller • BOS .326
7. Kendall • PIT .325
8. Ramirez • BOS .325
9. Jeter • NYY .324
10. López • ATL .328 **

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. Bonds • SFG .529
2. Helton • COL .458
3. Pujols • STL .439
4. Ramirez • BOS .427
5. Giles • 2TM .427
6. Delgado • TOR .426
7. Walker • COL .422
8. Sheffield • ATL .419
9. Berkman • HOU .412
10. Giambi • NYY .412

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. Bonds • SFG .749
2. López • ATL .687 **
3. Pujols • STL .667
4. Helton • COL .630
5. Edmonds • STL .617
6. Sheffield • ATL .604
7. Rodriguez • TEX .600
8. Delgado • TOR .593
9. Ortiz • BOS .592
10. Ramirez • BOS .587

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. Bonds • SFG 1.278
2. Pujols • STL 1.106
3. Helton • COL 1.088
4. López • ATL 1.065 **
5. Sheffield • ATL 1.023
6. Delgado • TOR 1.019
7. Ramirez • BOS 1.014
8. Edmonds • STL 1.002
9. Rodriguez • TEX .995
10. Nixon • BOS .975

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Matsui • NYY 163
2. Pierre • FLA 162
Sexson • MIL 162
Cabrera • MON 162
Tejada • OAK 162
Huff • TBD 162
7. Batista • BAL 161
Rodriguez • TEX 161
Delgado • TOR 161
Wells • TOR 161

At Bats

At Bats

1. Soriano • NYY 682
2. Suzuki • SEA 679
3. Wells • TOR 678
4. Pierre • FLA 668
5. Young • TEX 666
6. Furcal • ATL 664
7. Garciaparra • BOS 658
8. Anderson • ANA 638
9. Baldelli • TBD 637
10. Tejada • OAK 636
Huff • TBD 636

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. Pierre • FLA 747
2. Wells • TOR 735
3. Furcal • ATL 734
Soriano • NYY 734
5. Suzuki • SEA 725
6. Garciaparra • BOS 719
7. Sexson • MIL 718
8. Biggio • HOU 717
9. Rodriguez • TEX 715
10. Young • TEX 713

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Pujols • STL 137
2. Helton • COL 135
3. Furcal • ATL 130
4. Sheffield • ATL 126
5. Rodriguez • TEX 124
6. Garciaparra • BOS 120
7. Wells • TOR 118
8. Ramirez • BOS 117
Delgado • TOR 117
10. Soriano • NYY 114

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Wells • TOR 215
2. Suzuki • SEA 212
Pujols • STL 212
4. Helton • COL 209
5. Pierre • FLA 204
Young • TEX 204
7. Anderson • ANA 201
8. Garciaparra • BOS 198
Soriano • NYY 198
Huff • TBD 198

Total Bases

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

1. Pujols • STL 394
2. Wells • TOR 373
3. Helton • COL 367
4. Rodriguez • TEX 364
5. Soriano • NYY 358
6. Huff • TBD 353
7. Sheffield • ATL 348
8. Anderson • ANA 345
Garciaparra • BOS 345
10. Delgado • TOR 338

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Pujols • STL 51
2. Anderson • ANA 49
Giles • ATL 49
Helton • COL 49
Green • LAD 49
Rolen • STL 49
Wells • TOR 49
8. Cabrera • MON 47
Rentería • STL 47
Huff • TBD 47

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Guzmán • MIN 14
2. Garciaparra • BOS 13
3. Finley • ARI 10
Furcal • ATL 10
Beltrán • KCR 10
6. Rivas • MIN 9
Byrnes • OAK 9
Crawford • TBD 9
Young • TEX 9
10. Podsednik • MIL 8
Suzuki • SEA 8
Baldelli • TBD 8
Lofton • 2TM 8
Sánchez • 2TM 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Thome • PHI 47
Rodriguez • TEX 47
3. Sexson • MIL 45
Bonds • SFG 45
5. López • ATL 43
Pujols • STL 43
7. Thomas • CHW 42
Delgado • TOR 42
9. Giambi • NYY 41
10. Sosa • CHC 40

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Delgado • TOR 145
2. Wilson • COL 141
3. Sheffield • ATL 132
4. Thome • PHI 131
5. Sexson • MIL 124
Pujols • STL 124
7. Rodriguez • TEX 118
8. Helton • COL 117
Boone • SEA 117
Wells • TOR 117

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bonds • SFG 148
2. Giambi • NYY 129
3. Helton • COL 111
Thome • PHI 111
5. Abreu • PHI 109
Delgado • TOR 109
7. Berkman • HOU 107
8. Giles • 2TM 105
9. Cruz • SFG 102
10. Thomas • CHW 100
Durazo • OAK 100

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Thome • PHI 182
2. Hernández • 3TM 177
3. Wilkerson • MON 155
4. Sexson • MIL 151
5. Sosa • CHC 143
6. Burrell • PHI 142
7. Giambi • NYY 140
8. Wilson • COL 139
9. Cameron • SEA 137
Delgado • TOR 137

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Pierre • FLA 65
2. Crawford • TBD 55
3. Sánchez • 2TM 52
4. Podsednik • MIL 43
5. Beltrán • KCR 41
6. Roberts • LAD 40
7. Soriano • NYY 35
8. Suzuki • SEA 34
Rentería • STL 34
10. Damon • BOS 30
Lofton • 2TM 30

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Pierre • FLA 168
2. Suzuki • SEA 162
3. Castillo • FLA 156
4. Kendall • PIT 153
5. Young • TEX 148
6. Crawford • TBD 145
7. Loretta • SDP 140
8. Furcal • ATL 134
9. Rentería • STL 133
Baldelli • TBD 133

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Bonds • SFG 231
2. Pujols • STL 187
3. Helton • COL 165
4. Sheffield • ATL 162
5. Delgado • TOR 161
6. Edmonds • STL 160
7. Ramirez • BOS 160
8. Thome • PHI 154
9. Nixon • BOS 149
10. Giambi • NYY 148

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. Pujols • STL 176
2. Helton • COL 168
3. Bonds • SFG 166
4. Delgado • TOR 152
5. Sheffield • ATL 150
6. Rodriguez • TEX 148
7. Ramirez • BOS 141
8. Thome • PHI 135
9. Wells • TOR 129
10. Giambi • NYY 128

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. Bonds • SFG 90
2. Pujols • STL 79
3. Helton • COL 65
4. Delgado • TOR 58
5. Sheffield • ATL 56
6. Ramirez • BOS 54
7. Thome • PHI 48
8. Giambi • NYY 45
9. Rodriguez • TEX 44
10. López • ATL 44

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. Bonds • SFG 8.3
2. Pujols • STL 7.3
3. Helton • COL 6.0
4. Delgado • TOR 5.3
5. Sheffield • ATL 5.3
6. Ramirez • BOS 5.0
7. Thome • PHI 4.5
8. Giambi • NYY 4.2
9. López • ATL 4.1
Rodriguez • TEX 4.1

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Pujols • STL 95
2. Helton • COL 87
Wells • TOR 87
4. Huff • TBD 84
5. Rodriguez • TEX 83
6. Anderson • ANA 82
7. Delgado • TOR 81
8. Wilson • COL 80
Thome • PHI 80
10. Soriano • NYY 79

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. Helton • COL 322
2. Pujols • STL 301
3. Delgado • TOR 300
4. Bonds • SFG 291
5. Ramirez • BOS 290
6. Sheffield • ATL 284
Giambi • NYY 284
Abreu • PHI 284
9. Rodriguez • TEX 283
10. Gonzalez • ARI 273

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 .903
2. Pujols • STL .833
3. Helton • COL .816
4. Sheffield • ATL .775
5. Delgado • TOR .773
6. Ramirez • BOS .749
7. Nixon • BOS .743
8. Rodriguez • TEX .735
9. Giles • 2TM .725
10. Edmonds • STL .723

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Biggio • HOU 27
2. Kendall • PIT 25
3. Giambi • NYY 21
4. LaRue • CIN 20
Johnson • TOR 20
6. Delgado • TOR 19
7. Berroa • KCR 18
8. Ginter • MIL 17
Phelps • TOR 17
10. Kinkade • LAD 16

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Santiago • DET 18
2. Castillo • FLA 15
Pierre • FLA 15
Schmidt • SFG 15
5. Berroa • KCR 13
6. Franklin • MIL 12
Guzmán • MIN 12
Vázquez • MON 12
Morris • STL 12
Alomar • 2TM 12

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Conine • 2TM 13
2. Stewart • 2TM 11
Ramírez • 2TM 11
4. Garciaparra • BOS 10
Walker • BOS 10
Ibañez • KCR 10
7. Millar • BOS 9
Koskie • MIN 9
Cabrera • MON 9
Pérez • NYM 9
Klesko • SDP 9
Huff • TBD 9
Hillenbrand • 2TM 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Bonds • SFG 61
2. Ramirez • BOS 28
3. Delgado • TOR 23
4. Guerrero • MON 22
5. Helton • COL 21
6. Gonzalez • ARI 17
Huff • TBD 17
8. Young • DET 16
Matheny • STL 16
10. Walker • COL 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. Konerko • CHW 28
2. Payton • COL 27
3. Bagwell • HOU 25
Clayton • MIL 25
Matsui • NYY 25
6. Wilson • COL 23
7. Castilla • ATL 22
Ramirez • BOS 22
Hillenbrand • 2TM 22
10. Lo Duca • LAD 21
Phillips • NYM 21
Williams • NYY 21
Rentería • STL 21
Wells • TOR 21
Ramírez • 2TM 21

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Sánchez • 2TM 24
2. Pierre • FLA 20
3. Castillo • FLA 19
4. Roberts • LAD 14
5. Rollins • PHI 12
Young • 2TM 12
7. Mondesí • 2TM 11
8. Tucker • KCR 10
Podsednik • MIL 10
Wilkerson • MON 10
Baldelli • TBD 10
Crawford • TBD 10

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Furcal • ATL 92.59
2. Cabrera • MON 92.31
3. Beltrán • KCR 91.11
4. Boone • 2TM 88.46
5. Polanco • PHI 87.50
6. Anderson • TBD 86.36
7. Rodriguez • TEX 85.00
8. Crawford • TBD 84.62
9. Boone • SEA 84.21
10. Relaford • KCR 83.33
Damon • BOS 83.33

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. Soriano • NYY 36.4
2. Beltrán • KCR 31.8
3. Lee • FLA 25.0
4. Rodriguez • TEX 25.0
5. Sheffield • ATL 24.6
6. Boone • 2TM 23.5
7. Mondesí • 2TM 23.0
8. Lee • CHW 22.8
9. Garciaparra • BOS 22.6
10. Boone • SEA 22.0

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. Pierre • FLA 19.1
2. Kendall • PIT 14.7
3. Polanco • PHI 12.9
4. Alfonzo • SFG 12.5
5. Cruz • BAL 11.2
6. Walker • BOS 10.9
Rentería • STL 10.9
8. Young • 2TM 10.8
9. Garciaparra • BOS 10.8
10. Lofton • 2TM 10.7

AB per HR

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

1. Bonds • SFG 8.7
2. López • ATL 10.6 **
3. Edmonds • STL 11.5
4. Thome • PHI 12.3
5. Rodriguez • TEX 12.9
6. Sosa • CHC 12.9
7. Thomas • CHW 13.0
8. Giambi • NYY 13.0
9. Sexson • MIL 13.5
10. Delgado • TOR 13.6

Outs Made

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

1. Batista • BAL 512
2. Pierre • FLA 511
3. Soriano • NYY 502
4. Wells • TOR 493
5. Rollins • PHI 491
6. Young • TEX 488
7. Garciaparra • BOS 486
8. Suzuki • SEA 482
Baldelli • TBD 482
10. Furcal • ATL 480

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 84.77
2. Helton • COL 79.46
3. Pujols • STL 77.23
4. Sheffield • ATL 74.89
5. Delgado • TOR 69.70
6. Thome • PHI 55.38
7. Berkman • HOU 51.53
8. Abreu • PHI 48.42
9. Jones • ATL 47.04
10. Rodriguez • TEX 43.94

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 8.0
2. Delgado • TOR 6.6
3. Pujols • STL 6.3
4. Helton • COL 5.6
5. Sheffield • ATL 5.2
6. Berkman • HOU 5.0
7. Thome • PHI 4.8
8. Rodriguez • TEX 4.7
9. Giambi • NYY 4.6
10. Jones • ATL 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. Bonds • SFG 8.2
2. Pujols • STL 7.6
3. Helton • COL 7.1
4. Sheffield • ATL 6.8
5. Thome • PHI 5.6
6. Rodriguez • TEX 5.3
7. Delgado • TOR 5.2
8. Ramirez • BOS 4.8
9. Sexson • MIL 4.7
10. Berkman • HOU 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. Thome • PHI 5.7
2. Pujols • STL 5.2
3. Berkman • HOU 5.0
4. Bonds • SFG 4.1
5. Ramirez • BOS 4.0
6. Ortiz • BOS 3.9
7. Giambi • NYY 3.3
8. Delgado • TOR 2.9
9. Abreu • PHI 2.7
10. Varitek • BOS 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. Bonds • SFG 7.8
2. Pujols • STL 7.3
3. Sheffield • ATL 6.9
4. Helton • COL 6.9
5. Delgado • TOR 6.3
6. Thome • PHI 5.4
7. Berkman • HOU 4.8
8. Abreu • PHI 4.7
9. Jones • ATL 4.4
10. Giambi • NYY 4.1

rOBA

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

1. Bonds • SFG .514
2. Pujols • STL .470
3. Helton • COL .462
4. Sheffield • ATL .448
5. Ramirez • BOS .430
6. Delgado • TOR .426
7. Rodriguez • TEX .424
8. Edmonds • STL .422
9. Nixon • BOS .419
10. Mueller • BOS .411

Rbat+

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

1. Bonds • SFG 242
2. Pujols • STL 200
3. Helton • COL 181
4. Sheffield • ATL 177
5. Edmonds • STL 167
6. Ramirez • BOS 161
7. Thome • PHI 161
8. Delgado • TOR 159
9. Giles • 2TM 154
10. Nixon • BOS 152

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