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 10.6
2. Beltré • LAD 9.5
3. Suzuki • SEA 9.2
4. Rolen • STL 9.1
5. Santana • MIN 8.8
6. Pujols • STL 8.5
7. Drew • ATL 8.3
Helton • COL 8.3
9. Johnson • ARI 8.2
10. Schilling • BOS 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. Bonds • SFG 10.6
2. Beltré • LAD 9.5
3. Suzuki • SEA 9.2
4. Rolen • STL 9.1
5. Pujols • STL 8.5
6. Drew • ATL 8.3
Helton • COL 8.3
8. Rodriguez • NYY 7.6
9. Tejada • BAL 7.4
10. Edmonds • STL 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 11.4
2. Pujols • STL 7.8
3. Beltré • LAD 7.3
4. Helton • COL 7.1
5. Edmonds • STL 7.0
6. Drew • ATL 6.8
7. Tejada • BAL 6.8
8. Mora • BAL 6.7
9. Abreu • PHI 6.5
10. Guerrero • ANA 6.4

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. Rolen • STL 3.3
2. Schneider • MON 3.2
3. Hudson • TOR 2.9
4. Everett • HOU 2.5
5. Beltré • LAD 2.5
6. Suzuki • SEA 2.5
7. Izturis • LAD 2.3
8. Hunter • MIN 2.1
9. Sánchez • TBD 2.1
10. Reese • BOS 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. Suzuki • SEA .372
2. Bonds • SFG .362
3. Helton • COL .347
4. Mora • BAL .340
5. Guerrero • ANA .337
6. Loretta • SDP .335
7. Beltré • LAD .334
8. Rodríguez • DET .334
9. Pujols • STL .331
10. Pierre • FLA .326

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 .609
2. Helton • COL .469
3. Berkman • HOU .450
4. Drew • ATL .436
5. Abreu • PHI .428
6. Mora • BAL .419
7. Edmonds • STL .418
8. Pujols • STL .415
9. Suzuki • SEA .414
10. Hafner • CLE .410

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 .812
2. Pujols • STL .657
3. Edmonds • STL .643
4. Beltré • LAD .629
5. Helton • COL .620
6. Ramirez • BOS .613
7. Ortiz • BOS .603
8. Guerrero • ANA .598
9. Rolen • STL .598
10. Hafner • CLE .583

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 1.422
2. Helton • COL 1.088
3. Pujols • STL 1.072
4. Edmonds • STL 1.061
5. Beltré • LAD 1.017
6. Berkman • HOU 1.016
7. Ramirez • BOS 1.009
8. Rolen • STL 1.007
9. Drew • ATL 1.006
10. Hafner • CLE .993

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Tejada • BAL 162
Pierre • FLA 162
Matsui • NYY 162
Finley • 2TM 162
5. Lee • CHC 161
Dunn • CIN 161
Suzuki • SEA 161
Cabrera • 2TM 161
9. Cabrera • FLA 160
Berkman • HOU 160
Wilkerson • MON 160
Young • TEX 160

At Bats

At Bats

1. Suzuki • SEA 704
2. Young • TEX 690
3. Pierre • FLA 678
4. Izturis • LAD 670
5. Rollins • PHI 657
6. Tejada • BAL 653
7. Wilson • PIT 652
8. Jeter • NYY 643
9. Roberts • BAL 641
10. Podsednik • MIL 640

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. Suzuki • SEA 762
2. Pierre • FLA 748
3. Young • TEX 739
4. Roberts • BAL 736
5. Izturis • LAD 728
6. Tejada • BAL 725
Rollins • PHI 725
8. Jeter • NYY 721
9. Podsednik • MIL 713
Abreu • PHI 713
Blalock • TEX 713

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Pujols • STL 133
2. Bonds • SFG 129
3. Guerrero • ANA 124
4. Damon • BOS 123
5. Beltrán • 2TM 121
6. Rollins • PHI 119
7. Drew • ATL 118
Abreu • PHI 118
9. Sheffield • NYY 117
10. Helton • COL 115

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 262
2. Pierre • FLA 221
3. Young • TEX 216
4. Loretta • SDP 208
5. Guerrero • ANA 206
6. Tejada • BAL 203
7. Wilson • PIT 201
8. Beltré • LAD 200
9. Pujols • STL 196
10. Izturis • LAD 193

Total Bases

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

1. Pujols • STL 389
2. Beltré • LAD 376
3. Guerrero • ANA 366
4. Ortiz • BOS 351
5. Tejada • BAL 349
6. Ramirez • BOS 348
7. Helton • COL 339
8. Alou • CHC 335
9. Young • TEX 333
10. Beltrán • 2TM 328

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Overbay • MIL 53
2. Pujols • STL 51
3. Roberts • BAL 50
4. Helton • COL 49
5. Belliard • CLE 48
6. Ortiz • BOS 47
Biggio • HOU 47
Abreu • PHI 47
Loretta • SDP 47
10. Ramirez • BOS 44
Casey • CIN 44
Lowell • FLA 44
Jeter • NYY 44

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Crawford • TBD 19
2. Figgins • ANA 17
3. Pierre • FLA 12
Rollins • PHI 12
Wilson • PIT 12
6. Guillén • DET 10
7. Infante • DET 9
Izturis • LAD 9
Young • TEX 9
Beltrán • 2TM 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Beltré • LAD 48
2. Dunn • CIN 46
Pujols • STL 46
4. Bonds • SFG 45
5. Ramirez • BOS 43
6. Thome • PHI 42
Edmonds • STL 42
8. Ortiz • BOS 41
Konerko • CHW 41
10. Guerrero • ANA 39
Alou • CHC 39

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Tejada • BAL 150
2. Ortiz • BOS 139
3. Castilla • COL 131
4. Ramirez • BOS 130
5. Guerrero • ANA 126
6. Rolen • STL 124
7. Pujols • STL 123
8. Beltré • LAD 121
Sheffield • NYY 121
10. Konerko • CHW 117

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bonds • SFG 232
2. Helton • COL 127
Berkman • HOU 127
Abreu • PHI 127
5. Drew • ATL 118
6. Dunn • CIN 108
7. Wilkerson • MON 106
8. Thome • PHI 104
9. Edmonds • STL 101
10. Bagwell • HOU 96

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Dunn • CIN 195
2. Bellhorn • BOS 177
3. Wilson • PIT 169
4. Patterson • CHC 168
5. Jenkins • MIL 152
Wilkerson • MON 152
7. Edmonds • STL 150
8. Blalock • TEX 149
9. Cabrera • FLA 148
10. Jones • ATL 147

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Podsednik • MIL 70
2. Crawford • TBD 59
3. Pierre • FLA 45
4. Beltrán • 2TM 42
5. Abreu • PHI 40
6. Roberts • 2TM 38
7. Freel • CIN 37
8. Suzuki • SEA 36
9. Figgins • ANA 34
10. Patterson • CHC 32
Chávez • MON 32

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 225
2. Pierre • FLA 184
3. Young • TEX 152
4. Izturis • LAD 148
Kendall • PIT 148
6. Castillo • FLA 143
Loretta • SDP 143
8. Womack • STL 140
9. Wilson • PIT 137
10. Kotsay • OAK 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. Bonds • SFG 263
2. Pujols • STL 173
3. Edmonds • STL 171
4. Helton • COL 165
5. Beltré • LAD 163
6. Hafner • CLE 162
7. Berkman • HOU 160
8. Rolen • STL 158
9. Drew • ATL 157
10. Guerrero • ANA 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. Bonds • SFG 203
2. Helton • COL 168
3. Pujols • STL 157
4. Abreu • PHI 152
5. Berkman • HOU 148
6. Edmonds • STL 144
7. Beltré • LAD 143
8. Drew • ATL 141
9. Guerrero • ANA 140
10. Suzuki • SEA 137

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 124
2. Pujols • STL 67
3. Helton • COL 64
4. Berkman • HOU 58
5. Edmonds • STL 57
6. Beltré • LAD 54
7. Guerrero • ANA 51
8. Drew • ATL 50
9. Hafner • CLE 48
10. Mora • BAL 48

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 11.3
2. Pujols • STL 6.2
3. Helton • COL 5.9
4. Berkman • HOU 5.4
5. Edmonds • STL 5.3
6. Beltré • LAD 5.0
7. Guerrero • ANA 4.7
8. Drew • ATL 4.6
9. Hafner • CLE 4.4
10. Mora • BAL 4.4

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Pujols • STL 99
2. Ortiz • BOS 91
3. Ramirez • BOS 87
4. Helton • COL 83
Edmonds • STL 83
Beltrán • 2TM 83
7. Castilla • COL 81
8. Guerrero • ANA 80
Dunn • CIN 80
Beltré • LAD 80

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. Bonds • SFG 376
2. Helton • COL 320
3. Suzuki • SEA 315
4. Berkman • HOU 309
5. Abreu • PHI 305
6. Pujols • STL 287
7. Drew • ATL 281
8. Loretta • SDP 275
9. Pierre • FLA 274
10. Sheffield • NYY 269

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 .937
2. Helton • COL .831
3. Edmonds • STL .798
4. Drew • ATL .782
5. Berkman • HOU .780
6. Pujols • STL .771
7. Abreu • PHI .771
8. Rolen • STL .759
9. Beltré • LAD .749
10. Mora • BAL .737

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Wilson • PIT 30
2. LaRue • CIN 24
3. Kendall • PIT 19
4. Cora • LAD 18
5. Millar • BOS 17
Hafner • CLE 17
7. Guillén • ANA 15
Biggio • HOU 15
Pierzynski • SFG 15
10. Cairo • NYY 14
Jeter • NYY 14

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Clayton • COL 24
2. Everett • HOU 22
3. Vizquel • CLE 20
4. Jeter • NYY 16
5. Roberts • BAL 15
Pierre • FLA 15
Hernández • MON 15
Benson • 2TM 15
9. Eckstein • ANA 14
10. Oswalt • HOU 13
Guzmán • MIN 13
Schmidt • SFG 13
Tomko • SFG 13

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Loretta • SDP 16
2. Tejada • BAL 14
3. Kent • HOU 11
Delgado • TOR 11
5. Batista • MON 10
Rentería • STL 10
Cabrera • 2TM 10
8. Palmeiro • BAL 9
Giles • SDP 9
Pujols • STL 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Bonds • SFG 120
2. Thome • PHI 26
3. Helton • COL 19
Suzuki • SEA 19
5. Palmeiro • BAL 15
Ramirez • BOS 15
7. Guerrero • ANA 14
Berkman • HOU 14
Piazza • NYM 14
10. Edmonds • STL 12
Pujols • STL 12
Teixeira • TEX 12
Delgado • TOR 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. Pierzynski • SFG 27
2. Ramírez • CHC 25
3. Jones • ATL 24
Tejada • BAL 24
Posada • NYY 24
6. Konerko • CHW 23
Kent • HOU 23
Hunter • MIN 23
9. Castilla • COL 22
Grissom • SFG 22
Lo Duca • 2TM 22

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Pierre • FLA 24
2. Crawford • TBD 15
3. Figgins • ANA 13
Crisp • CLE 13
Sánchez • DET 13
Podsednik • MIL 13
7. Roberts • BAL 12
8. Uribe • CHW 11
DeJesus • KCR 11
Bradley • LAD 11
Suzuki • SEA 11
Rentería • STL 11

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Byrnes • OAK 94.44
2. Erstad • ANA 94.12
3. Rivas • MIN 93.75
4. Beltrán • 2TM 93.33
5. Roberts • 2TM 92.68
6. Ford • MIN 90.91
7. Reyes • NYM 90.48
8. Abreu • PHI 88.89
9. Rodriguez • NYY 87.50
10. DaVanon • ANA 85.71

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. Beltrán • 2TM 39.9
2. Abreu • PHI 34.3
3. Rodriguez • NYY 31.5
4. Patterson • CHC 27.4
5. Cameron • NYM 25.4
6. Jeter • NYY 23.0
7. Hunter • MIN 22.0
8. Soriano • TEX 21.9
9. Guerrero • ANA 21.7
10. Sanders • STL 21.5

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 19.4
2. Pierzynski • SFG 17.4
3. Casey • CIN 15.9
4. Kendall • PIT 14.0
5. Loretta • SDP 13.8
6. Alfonzo • SFG 13.0
7. Polanco • PHI 12.9
8. Chávez • MON 12.6
9. Eckstein • ANA 11.6
10. Hillenbrand • ARI 11.5

AB per HR

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

1. Bonds • SFG 8.3
2. Edmonds • STL 11.9
3. Thome • PHI 12.1
4. Dunn • CIN 12.3
5. Beltré • LAD 12.5
6. Pujols • STL 12.9
7. Ramirez • BOS 13.2
8. Sosa • CHC 13.7
9. Konerko • CHW 13.7
10. Ortiz • BOS 14.2

Outs Made

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

1. Podsednik • MIL 511
2. Pierre • FLA 507
Izturis • LAD 507
4. Roberts • BAL 502
5. Jeter • NYY 496
6. Finley • 2TM 495
7. Batista • MON 494
8. Young • TEX 492
9. Tejada • BAL 489
10. Rollins • PHI 488
Cabrera • 2TM 488

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 128.83
2. Helton • COL 66.81
3. Pujols • STL 66.68
4. Abreu • PHI 66.54
5. Berkman • HOU 60.31
6. Edmonds • STL 59.90
7. Rolen • STL 57.14
8. Ramirez • BOS 52.32
9. Drew • ATL 51.74
10. Beltré • LAD 50.09

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. Bonds • SFG 13.0
2. Berkman • HOU 6.4
3. Pujols • STL 6.4
4. Edmonds • STL 5.8
5. Beltré • LAD 5.6
6. Helton • COL 5.6
7. Drew • ATL 5.2
8. Abreu • PHI 5.1
9. Sheffield • NYY 5.0
10. Mora • BAL 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 11.3
2. Pujols • STL 7.3
3. Helton • COL 7.0
4. Abreu • PHI 5.9
5. Berkman • HOU 5.8
6. Edmonds • STL 5.8
7. Drew • ATL 5.8
8. Beltré • LAD 5.2
9. Mora • BAL 4.9
10. Loretta • SDP 4.7

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 13.4
2. Guerrero • ANA 5.0
3. Snow • SFG 5.0
4. Beltré • LAD 4.6
5. Berkman • HOU 4.5
6. Ramirez • BOS 3.6
7. Garciaparra • 2TM 3.6
8. Ramírez • CHC 3.6
9. Chavez • OAK 3.6
10. Pujols • STL 3.5

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. Bonds • SFG 11.6
2. Pujols • STL 6.2
3. Abreu • PHI 6.0
4. Helton • COL 5.8
5. Edmonds • STL 5.6
6. Berkman • HOU 5.6
7. Rolen • STL 5.3
8. Drew • ATL 4.8
9. Beltré • LAD 4.8
10. Ramirez • BOS 4.6

rOBA

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

1. Bonds • SFG .552
2. Helton • COL .465
3. Pujols • STL .460
4. Edmonds • STL .444
5. Drew • ATL .440
6. Beltré • LAD .435
7. Berkman • HOU .433
8. Abreu • PHI .432
9. Ramirez • BOS .424
10. Mora • BAL .423

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 290
2. Pujols • STL 193
3. Helton • COL 183
4. Edmonds • STL 180
5. Beltré • LAD 177
6. Drew • ATL 173
7. Berkman • HOU 172
8. Rolen • STL 164
9. Hafner • CLE 162
10. Mora • BAL 158

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