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. Rodriguez • NYY 9.4
2. Pujols • STL 8.4
3. Willis • FLA 8.3
4. Clemens • HOU 8.2
5. Lee • CHC 7.7
6. Roberts • BAL 7.3
7. Utley • PHI 7.2
8. Teixeira • TEX 7.2
9. Santana • MIN 7.2
10. Jones • ATL 6.7

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. Rodriguez • NYY 9.4
2. Pujols • STL 8.4
3. Lee • CHC 7.7
4. Roberts • BAL 7.3
5. Utley • PHI 7.2
6. Teixeira • TEX 7.2
7. Jones • ATL 6.7
8. Sizemore • CLE 6.6
9. Furcal • ATL 6.5
10. Ensberg • HOU 6.3

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. Rodriguez • NYY 9.4
2. Lee • CHC 7.2
3. Pujols • STL 7.1
4. Bay • PIT 6.5
Jeter • NYY 6.5
6. Young • TEX 6.4
7. Teixeira • TEX 6.0
8. Wright • NYM 5.9
9. Ramirez • BOS 5.9
10. Roberts • BAL 5.8

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. Wilson • PIT 4.1
2. Counsell • ARI 3.5
3. Everett • HOU 3.3
4. Furcal • ATL 3.2
5. Grudzielanek • STL 2.7
6. Pérez • CHC 2.7
7. Hall • TBD 2.7
Utley • PHI 2.7
9. Rollins • PHI 2.7
10. Polanco • 2TM 2.5

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. Lee • CHC .335
2. Polanco • 2TM .331
3. Young • TEX .331
4. Pujols • STL .330
5. Cabrera • FLA .323
6. Rodriguez • NYY .321
7. Helton • COL .320
8. Guerrero • LAA .317
9. Damon • BOS .316
10. Roberts • BAL .314

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. Helton • COL .445
2. Giambi • NYY .440
3. Pujols • STL .430
4. Giles • SDP .423
5. Rodriguez • NYY .421
6. Lee • CHC .418
7. Berkman • HOU .411
8. Hafner • CLE .408
9. Johnson • WSN .408
10. Abreu • PHI .405

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. Lee • CHC .662
2. Rodriguez • NYY .610
3. Pujols • STL .609
4. Ortiz • BOS .604
5. Hafner • CLE .595
6. Ramirez • BOS .594
7. Delgado • FLA .582
8. Griffey • CIN .576
9. Jones • ATL .575
10. Teixeira • TEX .575

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. Lee • CHC 1.080
2. Pujols • STL 1.039
3. Rodriguez • NYY 1.031
4. Hafner • CLE 1.003
5. Ortiz • BOS 1.001
6. Ramirez • BOS .982
7. Delgado • FLA .981
8. Helton • COL .979
9. Giambi • NYY .975
10. Bay • PIT .961

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Tejada • BAL 162
Pierre • FLA 162
Lee • MIL 162
Matsui • NYY 162
Rodriguez • NYY 162
Abreu • PHI 162
Bay • PIT 162
Ibañez • SEA 162
Suzuki • SEA 162
Teixeira • TEX 162

At Bats

At Bats

1. Reyes • NYM 696
2. Suzuki • SEA 679
3. Rollins • PHI 677
4. Young • TEX 668
5. Pierre • FLA 656
6. Tejada • BAL 654
Jeter • NYY 654
8. Blalock • TEX 647
9. Crawford • TBD 644
Teixeira • TEX 644

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 752
2. Suzuki • SEA 739
3. Reyes • NYM 733
4. Rollins • PHI 732
Young • TEX 732
6. Teixeira • TEX 730
7. Figgins • LAA 720
8. Pierre • FLA 719
Abreu • PHI 719
10. Rodriguez • NYY 715

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Pujols • STL 129
2. Rodriguez • NYY 124
3. Jeter • NYY 122
4. Lee • CHC 120
5. Ortiz • BOS 119
6. Damon • BOS 117
7. Rollins • PHI 115
8. Young • TEX 114
9. Figgins • LAA 113
10. Ramirez • BOS 112
Teixeira • TEX 112

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Young • TEX 221
2. Suzuki • SEA 206
3. Jeter • NYY 202
4. Tejada • BAL 199
Lee • CHC 199
6. Cabrera • FLA 198
7. Damon • BOS 197
8. Rollins • PHI 196
9. Pujols • STL 195
10. Rodriguez • NYY 194
Crawford • TBD 194
Teixeira • TEX 194

Total Bases

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

1. Lee • CHC 393
2. Teixeira • TEX 370
3. Rodriguez • NYY 369
4. Ortiz • BOS 363
5. Pujols • STL 360
6. Cabrera • FLA 344
7. Young • TEX 343
8. Jones • ATL 337
Tejada • BAL 337
10. Bay • PIT 335

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Tejada • BAL 50
Lee • CHC 50
3. Winn • 2TM 47
4. Giles • ATL 45
Roberts • BAL 45
Helton • COL 45
Matsui • NYY 45
8. Bay • PIT 44
9. Cabrera • FLA 43
Soriano • TEX 43
Randa • 2TM 43

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Reyes • NYM 17
2. Crawford • TBD 15
3. Pierre • FLA 13
4. Suzuki • SEA 12
5. Furcal • ATL 11
Sizemore • CLE 11
Rollins • PHI 11
8. Figgins • LAA 10
Roberts • SDP 10
10. Inge • DET 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Jones • ATL 51
2. Rodriguez • NYY 48
3. Ortiz • BOS 47
4. Lee • CHC 46
5. Ramirez • BOS 45
6. Teixeira • TEX 43
7. Pujols • STL 41
8. Konerko • CHW 40
Dunn • CIN 40
10. Sexson • SEA 39

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Ortiz • BOS 148
2. Ramirez • BOS 144
Teixeira • TEX 144
4. Rodriguez • NYY 130
5. Jones • ATL 128
6. Sheffield • NYY 123
7. Sexson • SEA 121
8. Burrell • PHI 117
Pujols • STL 117
Cantú • TBD 117

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Giles • SDP 119
2. Abreu • PHI 117
3. Dunn • CIN 114
4. Giambi • NYY 108
5. Helton • COL 106
6. Ortiz • BOS 102
7. Burrell • PHI 99
8. Pujols • STL 97
9. Bay • PIT 95
10. Berkman • HOU 91
Rodriguez • NYY 91
Edmonds • STL 91

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Dunn • CIN 168
2. Sexson • SEA 167
3. Burrell • PHI 160
4. Wilson • 2TM 148
5. Wilkerson • WSN 147
6. Glaus • ARI 145
7. Bay • PIT 142
8. Inge • DET 140
9. Rodriguez • NYY 139
Edmonds • STL 139

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Figgins • LAA 62
2. Reyes • NYM 60
3. Podsednik • CHW 59
4. Pierre • FLA 57
5. Furcal • ATL 46
Crawford • TBD 46
7. Rollins • PHI 41
8. Lugo • TBD 39
9. Freel • CIN 36
10. Taveras • HOU 34

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 158
2. Jeter • NYY 153
3. Taveras • HOU 152
Young • TEX 152
5. Pierre • FLA 147
6. Damon • BOS 146
7. Eckstein • STL 144
8. Figgins • LAA 143
9. Reyes • NYM 142
10. Clark • MIL 138

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Lee • CHC 174
2. Rodriguez • NYY 173
3. Pujols • STL 168
4. Hafner • CLE 168
5. Giambi • NYY 161
6. Delgado • FLA 161
7. Ortiz • BOS 158
8. Guerrero • LAA 154
9. Ramirez • BOS 153
10. Cabrera • FLA 151

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. Lee • CHC 167
2. Rodriguez • NYY 163
3. Pujols • STL 156
4. Ortiz • BOS 149
5. Bay • PIT 143
6. Teixeira • TEX 140
7. Cabrera • FLA 129
Young • TEX 129
9. Ramirez • BOS 126
Helton • COL 126

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. Lee • CHC 67
2. Rodriguez • NYY 66
3. Pujols • STL 63
4. Ortiz • BOS 54
5. Hafner • CLE 51
6. Delgado • FLA 49
7. Bay • PIT 47
8. Cabrera • FLA 46
9. Giles • SDP 46
10. Giambi • NYY 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. Lee • CHC 6.3
2. Rodriguez • NYY 6.2
3. Pujols • STL 5.9
4. Ortiz • BOS 5.0
5. Hafner • CLE 4.8
6. Delgado • FLA 4.6
7. Bay • PIT 4.5
8. Cabrera • FLA 4.4
9. Giles • SDP 4.4
10. Giambi • NYY 4.1

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Lee • CHC 99
2. Ortiz • BOS 88
3. Teixeira • TEX 87
4. Bay • PIT 82
5. Tejada • BAL 81
Pujols • STL 81
Soriano • TEX 81
8. Jones • ATL 78
Cabrera • FLA 78
Rodriguez • NYY 78

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. Rodriguez • NYY 301
Pujols • STL 301
3. Abreu • PHI 291
4. Jeter • NYY 290
5. Lee • CHC 289
6. Giles • SDP 285
7. Bay • PIT 284
8. Ortiz • BOS 283
9. Young • TEX 282
10. Helton • COL 278

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. Lee • CHC .810
2. Rodriguez • NYY .792
3. Pujols • STL .788
4. Helton • COL .768
5. Hafner • CLE .765
6. Giambi • NYY .765
7. Ortiz • BOS .752
8. Bay • PIT .748
9. Delgado • FLA .732
10. Guerrero • LAA .717

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Hillenbrand • TOR 22
2. Rowand • CHW 21
3. Kendall • OAK 20
4. Jenkins • MIL 19
Giambi • NYY 19
Guillén • WSN 19
7. Clark • MIL 18
8. Delgado • FLA 17
Biggio • HOU 17
10. Ford • MIN 16
Rodriguez • NYY 16
Johnson • TOR 16

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Vizquel • SFG 20
2. Castillo • FLA 18
3. Pettitte • HOU 15
4. Hernández • WSN 14
5. Webb • ARI 13
Crisp • CLE 13
Carroll • WSN 13
8. Smoltz • ATL 12
Pérez • CHC 12
Logan • DET 12
Cairo • NYM 12
Lowry • SFG 12

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Monroe • DET 12
2. Lee • MIL 11
3. Everett • CHW 10
Uribe • CHW 10
5. Damon • BOS 9
Ortiz • BOS 9
Lowell • FLA 9
Chavez • OAK 9
Guillén • WSN 9
10. Green • ARI 8
Palmeiro • BAL 8
Millar • BOS 8
Lo Duca • FLA 8
Matsui • NYY 8
Johnson • OAK 8
Abreu • PHI 8
Ward • PIT 8
Giles • SDP 8
Adams • TOR 8
Wells • TOR 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Pujols • STL 27
2. Guerrero • LAA 26
3. Lee • CHC 23
Suzuki • SEA 23
5. Helton • COL 22
6. Delgado • FLA 20
7. Abreu • PHI 15
8. Dunn • CIN 14
Lieberthal • PHI 14
10. Jones • ATL 13
Floyd • NYM 13
Huff • TBD 13

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. Casey • CIN 27
2. Tejada • BAL 26
Kendall • OAK 26
4. Bell • PHI 24
Cantú • TBD 24
6. Mueller • BOS 22
Pérez • CHC 22
Hatteberg • OAK 22
9. Hillenbrand • TOR 21
10. Ramirez • BOS 20
Cabrera • FLA 20
Feliz • SFG 20
Young • TEX 20

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Podsednik • CHW 23
2. Pierre • FLA 17
Figgins • LAA 17
4. Reyes • NYM 15
5. Clark • MIL 13
6. Roberts • SDP 12
7. Taveras • HOU 11
Reed • SEA 11
Lugo • TBD 11
Winn • 2TM 11

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Bay • PIT 95.46
2. Damon • BOS 94.74
3. Soriano • TEX 93.75
4. Cabrera • LAA 91.30
5. Pujols • STL 88.89
6. Weeks • MIL 88.24
Jackson • SDP 88.24
8. Lofton • PHI 88.00
9. Rollins • PHI 87.23
10. Crawford • TBD 85.19

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 • TEX 32.7
2. Rodriguez • NYY 29.2
3. Abreu • PHI 27.1
4. Bay • PIT 25.4
5. Pujols • STL 23.0
6. Lee • CHC 22.6
Crawford • TBD 22.6
8. Sizemore • CLE 22.0
9. Roberts • BAL 21.6
10. Wright • NYM 20.9

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. Polanco • 2TM 20.0
2. Kendall • OAK 15.4
3. Pierre • FLA 14.6
4. Eckstein • STL 14.3
5. Castillo • FLA 13.7
6. Pérez • CHC 12.2
7. Lo Duca • FLA 14.4 **
8. Kotsay • OAK 11.4
9. Casey • CIN 11.0
10. Clark • MIL 10.9

AB per HR

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

1. Jones • ATL 11.5
2. Ramirez • BOS 12.3
3. Rodriguez • NYY 12.6
4. Ortiz • BOS 12.8
5. Lee • CHC 12.9
6. Giambi • NYY 13.0
7. Dunn • CIN 13.6
8. Griffey • CIN 14.0
9. Sexson • SEA 14.3
10. Konerko • CHW 14.4

Outs Made

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

1. Reyes • NYM 536
2. Pierre • FLA 514
3. Rollins • PHI 500
4. Blalock • TEX 497
5. Figgins • LAA 496
6. Suzuki • SEA 494
7. Sizemore • CLE 489
8. Inge • DET 487
9. Tejada • BAL 485
10. Jeter • NYY 482

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. Ortiz • BOS 73.28
2. Rodriguez • NYY 71.12
3. Teixeira • TEX 60.97
4. Pujols • STL 60.24
5. Lee • CHC 58.75
6. Ramirez • BOS 57.55
7. Hafner • CLE 55.45
8. Giles • SDP 54.00
9. Abreu • PHI 51.68
10. Sheffield • NYY 51.47

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. Ortiz • BOS 8.8
2. Rodriguez • NYY 6.2
3. Delgado • FLA 5.9
4. Jones • ATL 5.8
5. Hafner • CLE 5.1
6. Bay • PIT 4.9
7. Lee • CHC 4.9
8. Clark • ARI 4.8
9. Guerrero • LAA 4.6
10. Alou • SFG 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. Rodriguez • NYY 7.1
2. Lee • CHC 6.9
3. Pujols • STL 6.2
4. Ortiz • BOS 5.9
5. Hafner • CLE 5.6
6. Bay • PIT 5.1
7. Cabrera • FLA 4.7
8. Giles • SDP 4.7
9. Giambi • NYY 4.6
10. Teixeira • TEX 4.6

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. Ortiz • BOS 9.3
2. Delgado • FLA 6.0
3. Rodriguez • NYY 6.0
4. Ramirez • BOS 5.5
5. Hafner • CLE 5.3
6. Martínez • CLE 4.9
7. Guerrero • LAA 4.1
8. Sheffield • NYY 4.1
9. Giambi • NYY 4.0
10. Jones • ATL 3.9

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. Ortiz • BOS 6.7
2. Rodriguez • NYY 6.7
3. Pujols • STL 5.6
4. Teixeira • TEX 5.5
5. Lee • CHC 5.4
6. Giles • SDP 5.3
7. Hafner • CLE 5.3
8. Ramirez • BOS 5.3
9. Sheffield • NYY 4.9
10. Giambi • NYY 4.8

rOBA

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

1. Lee • CHC .459
2. Rodriguez • NYY .445
3. Pujols • STL .443
4. Helton • COL .430
5. Hafner • CLE .428
6. Giambi • NYY .428
7. Bay • PIT .423
8. Ortiz • BOS .423
9. Ramirez • BOS .420
10. Delgado • FLA .415

Rbat+

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

1. Lee • CHC 187
2. Rodriguez • NYY 179
3. Pujols • STL 177
4. Hafner • CLE 171
5. Giambi • NYY 168
6. Delgado • FLA 167
7. Cabrera • FLA 162
8. Bay • PIT 161
9. Helton • COL 160
10. Ortiz • BOS 159

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