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. Pujols • STL 8.4
2. Beltrán • NYM 8.2
3. Santana • MIN 7.6
4. Utley • PHI 7.3
5. Arroyo • CIN 7.0
6. Webb • ARI 6.9
7. Sizemore • CLE 6.7
8. Wells • TOR 6.2
9. Soriano • WSN 6.1
10. Oswalt • HOU 6.0

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. Pujols • STL 8.4
2. Beltrán • NYM 8.2
3. Utley • PHI 7.3
4. Sizemore • CLE 6.7
5. Wells • TOR 6.2
6. Soriano • WSN 6.1
7. Guillén • DET 6.0
8. Berkman • HOU 6.0
9. Hafner • CLE 5.9
10. Rolen • STL 5.8

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. Jeter • NYY 7.1
2. Beltrán • NYM 6.9
3. Pujols • STL 6.8
4. Cabrera • FLA 6.7
5. Sizemore • CLE 6.7
6. Mauer • MIN 6.2
7. Guillén • DET 6.2
8. Howard • PHI 6.1
9. Hafner • CLE 5.8
10. Rodriguez • NYY 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. Everett • HOU 4.1
2. Barmes • COL 3.2
3. Inge • DET 2.8
4. Counsell • ARI 2.7
5. Crede • CHW 2.6
6. Beltré • SEA 2.2
Hall • MIL 2.2
8. Feliz • SFG 2.2
9. Carroll • COL 2.2
10. Taveras • HOU 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. Mauer • MIN .347
2. Sanchez • PIT .344
3. Jeter • NYY .343
4. Canó • NYY .342
5. Cabrera • FLA .339
6. Pujols • STL .331
7. Tejada • BAL .330
8. Guerrero • LAA .329
9. Atkins • COL .329
10. Holliday • COL .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 .454 **
2. Ramirez • BOS .439
3. Hafner • CLE .439
4. Pujols • STL .431
5. Cabrera • FLA .430
6. Mauer • MIN .429
7. Johnson • WSN .428
8. Howard • PHI .425
9. Abreu • 2TM .424
10. Berkman • HOU .420

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. Pujols • STL .671
2. Howard • PHI .659
3. Hafner • CLE .659
4. Ortiz • BOS .636
5. Dye • CHW .622
6. Berkman • HOU .621
7. Ramirez • BOS .619
8. Thome • CHW .598
9. Beltrán • NYM .594
10. Holliday • COL .586

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. Pujols • STL 1.102
2. Hafner • CLE 1.097
3. Howard • PHI 1.084
4. Ramirez • BOS 1.058
5. Ortiz • BOS 1.049
6. Berkman • HOU 1.041
7. Thome • CHW 1.014
8. Dye • CHW 1.006
9. Cabrera • FLA .998
10. Beltrán • NYM .982

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Francoeur • ATL 162
Tejada • BAL 162
Pierre • CHC 162
Sizemore • CLE 162
Teixeira • TEX 162
Young • TEX 162
7. Suzuki • SEA 161
Lee • 2TM 161
9. Dunn • CIN 160
Utley • PHI 160
Feliz • SFG 160

At Bats

At Bats

1. Pierre • CHC 699
2. Suzuki • SEA 695
3. Young • TEX 691
4. Rollins • PHI 689
5. Utley • PHI 658
6. Sizemore • CLE 655
7. Furcal • LAD 654
8. Francoeur • ATL 651
9. Tejada • BAL 648
10. Reyes • NYM 647
Soriano • WSN 647

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. Rollins • PHI 758
2. Suzuki • SEA 752
3. Sizemore • CLE 751
4. Pierre • CHC 750
5. Young • TEX 748
6. Utley • PHI 739
7. Furcal • LAD 736
8. Soriano • WSN 728
9. Teixeira • TEX 727
10. Giles • SDP 717

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Sizemore • CLE 134
2. Utley • PHI 131
3. Beltrán • NYM 127
Rollins • PHI 127
5. Reyes • NYM 122
6. Holliday • COL 119
Ramírez • FLA 119
Pujols • STL 119
Soriano • WSN 119
10. Jeter • NYY 118

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 224
2. Young • TEX 217
3. Tejada • BAL 214
Jeter • NYY 214
5. Pierre • CHC 204
6. Utley • PHI 203
7. Guerrero • LAA 200
Sanchez • PIT 200
9. Atkins • COL 198
10. Holliday • COL 196
Furcal • LAD 196

Total Bases

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

1. Howard • PHI 383
2. Soriano • WSN 362
3. Pujols • STL 359
4. Ortiz • BOS 355
5. Holliday • COL 353
6. Sizemore • CLE 349
7. Utley • PHI 347
8. Lee • 2TM 337
9. Dye • CHW 335
Atkins • COL 335
Guerrero • LAA 335

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Sizemore • CLE 53
Sanchez • PIT 53
3. Gonzalez • ARI 52
Young • TEX 52
5. Cabrera • FLA 50
6. Atkins • COL 48
Rolen • STL 48
8. Lowell • BOS 47
Zimmerman • WSN 47
10. Ramírez • FLA 46
Overbay • TOR 46
Johnson • WSN 46

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Reyes • NYM 17
2. Crawford • TBD 16
3. Pierre • CHC 13
Roberts • SDP 13
5. Lofton • LAD 12
Finley • SFG 12
7. Sizemore • CLE 11
Ramírez • FLA 11
9. Sullivan • COL 10
Vizquel • SFG 10

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Howard • PHI 58
2. Ortiz • BOS 54
3. Pujols • STL 49
4. Soriano • WSN 46
5. Berkman • HOU 45
6. Dye • CHW 44
7. Thome • CHW 42
Hafner • CLE 42
9. Jones • ATL 41
Beltrán • NYM 41

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Howard • PHI 149
2. Ortiz • BOS 137
Pujols • STL 137
4. Berkman • HOU 136
5. Morneau • MIN 130
6. Jones • ATL 129
7. Ibañez • SEA 123
8. Rodriguez • NYY 121
9. Dye • CHW 120
Atkins • COL 120

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Abreu • 2TM 124
2. Ortiz • BOS 119
3. Bonds • SFG 115
4. Dunn • CIN 112
5. Giambi • NYY 110
Johnson • WSN 110
7. Howard • PHI 108
8. Thome • CHW 107
9. Giles • SDP 104
10. Bay • PIT 102

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Dunn • CIN 194
2. Howard • PHI 181
3. Granderson • DET 174
4. Hall • MIL 162
5. Soriano • WSN 160
6. Bay • PIT 156
7. Sexson • SEA 154
8. Sizemore • CLE 153
9. Peralta • CLE 152
Swisher • OAK 152

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Reyes • NYM 64
2. Pierre • CHC 58
Crawford • TBD 58
4. Figgins • LAA 52
5. Ramírez • FLA 51
6. Roberts • SDP 49
7. Patterson • BAL 45
Suzuki • SEA 45
9. López • 2TM 44
10. Soriano • WSN 41

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 186
2. Jeter • NYY 158
3. Pierre • CHC 156
4. Tejada • BAL 153
5. Young • TEX 148
6. Loretta • BOS 143
7. Castillo • MIN 142
8. Furcal • LAD 140
9. Kendall • OAK 139
Sanchez • PIT 139

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Hafner • CLE 181
2. Pujols • STL 178
3. Howard • PHI 167
4. Ramirez • BOS 165
5. Berkman • HOU 163
6. Ortiz • BOS 161
7. Cabrera • FLA 159
8. Thome • CHW 155
9. Dye • CHW 151
10. Beltrán • NYM 150

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. Howard • PHI 169
2. Ortiz • BOS 152
3. Pujols • STL 151
4. Berkman • HOU 144
5. Sizemore • CLE 140
6. Cabrera • FLA 139
7. Hafner • CLE 136
Utley • PHI 136
9. Atkins • COL 135
10. Jeter • NYY 133

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. Pujols • STL 66
2. Howard • PHI 62
3. Hafner • CLE 59
4. Cabrera • FLA 57
5. Ortiz • BOS 55
6. Berkman • HOU 54
7. Ramirez • BOS 49
8. Johnson • WSN 45
9. Thome • CHW 45
10. Beltrán • NYM 41

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. Pujols • STL 6.0
2. Howard • PHI 5.7
3. Hafner • CLE 5.4
4. Cabrera • FLA 5.2
5. Berkman • HOU 5.0
6. Ortiz • BOS 5.0
7. Ramirez • BOS 4.5
8. Johnson • WSN 4.2
9. Thome • CHW 4.1
10. Beltrán • NYM 3.8

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Sizemore • CLE 92
2. Soriano • WSN 89
3. Ortiz • BOS 85
4. Holliday • COL 84
Howard • PHI 84
6. Pujols • STL 83
7. Ramírez • CHC 80
Beltrán • NYM 80
9. Rollins • PHI 79
Teixeira • TEX 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. Howard • PHI 299
2. Jeter • NYY 295
3. Cabrera • FLA 291
4. Abreu • 2TM 290
5. Atkins • COL 284
6. Ortiz • BOS 283
7. Sizemore • CLE 281
8. Utley • PHI 280
9. Suzuki • SEA 278
10. Bay • PIT 273
Pujols • STL 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. Howard • PHI .803
2. Hafner • CLE .800
3. Pujols • STL .791
4. Ramirez • BOS .776
5. Berkman • HOU .773
6. Thome • CHW .759
7. Ortiz • BOS .759
8. Cabrera • FLA .743
9. Beltrán • NYM .730
10. Johnson • WSN .718

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Johnson • TOR 21
2. Weeks • MIL 19
3. Rowand • PHI 18
4. Giambi • NYY 16
Bautista • PIT 16
6. Holliday • COL 15
Eckstein • STL 15
8. Mora • BAL 14
Burke • HOU 14
Clark • MIL 14
Utley • PHI 14
Victorino • PHI 14

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Oswalt • HOU 20
2. Barmes • COL 19
Sullivan • COL 19
4. Smoltz • ATL 18
5. Cedeño • CHC 15
Fogg • COL 15
7. Hudson • ATL 14
Morris • SFG 14
9. Cook • COL 13
Vizquel • SFG 13
Hernández • 2TM 13

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Youkilis • BOS 11
Cabrera • LAA 11
Morneau • MIN 11
Lee • 2TM 11
5. Brown • KCR 10
Delgado • NYM 10
Ríos • TOR 10
8. Jones • ATL 9
Konerko • CHW 9
Bay • PIT 9
Sanchez • PIT 9
Gomes • TBD 9
Wells • TOR 9
Abreu • 2TM 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Bonds • SFG 38
2. Howard • PHI 37
3. Pujols • STL 28
4. Cabrera • FLA 27
5. Guerrero • LAA 25
6. Ortiz • BOS 23
7. Berkman • HOU 22
8. Mauer • MIN 21
9. Ramirez • BOS 16
Hafner • CLE 16
Suzuki • SEA 16
Soriano • WSN 16

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. Tejada • BAL 28
2. Martínez • CLE 27
Young • TEX 27
4. Konerko • CHW 25
Glaus • TOR 25
6. Atkins • COL 24
Mauer • MIN 24
González • SDP 24
9. Lowell • BOS 22
Holliday • COL 22
Rodriguez • NYY 22
Castillo • PIT 22
Hillenbrand • 2TM 22
Lee • 2TM 22

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Pierre • CHC 20
2. Podsednik • CHW 19
3. Reyes • NYM 17
Soriano • WSN 17
5. Figgins • LAA 16
6. Ramírez • FLA 15
7. Furcal • LAD 13
8. Carroll • COL 12
Amézaga • FLA 12
López • 2TM 12

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Duffy • PIT 96.30
2. Suzuki • SEA 95.75
3. Phillips • CIN 92.59
4. Lee • 2TM 90.48
5. Cabrera • LAA 90.00
Rollins • PHI 90.00
7. Byrnes • ARI 89.29
8. Roberts • SDP 89.09
9. Jeter • NYY 87.18
10. Crawford • TBD 86.57

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 • WSN 43.4
2. Rollins • PHI 29.5
3. Reyes • NYM 29.3
4. Crawford • TBD 27.5
5. Ramírez • FLA 25.5
6. Byrnes • ARI 25.5
7. Lee • 2TM 25.1
8. Beltrán • NYM 25.0
9. Sizemore • CLE 24.6
10. Damon • NYY 24.5

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 • CHC 18.4
2. Garciaparra • LAD 15.6
3. Polanco • DET 17.1 **
4. Lo Duca • NYM 13.5
5. Eckstein • STL 12.2
6. Walker • 2TM 11.6
7. Vizquel • SFG 11.4
8. Sanchez • PIT 11.2
9. Lofton • LAD 11.2
10. Hatteberg • CIN 11.1

AB per HR

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

1. Howard • PHI 10.0
2. Ortiz • BOS 10.3
3. Hafner • CLE 10.8
4. Pujols • STL 10.9
5. Thome • CHW 11.7
6. Berkman • HOU 11.9
7. Thomas • OAK 11.9
8. Giambi • NYY 12.1
9. Dye • CHW 12.3
10. Beltrán • NYM 12.4

Outs Made

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

1. Pierre • CHC 532
2. Rollins • PHI 521
3. Young • TEX 512
4. Francoeur • ATL 506
5. Soriano • WSN 493
6. Furcal • LAD 486
7. López • 2TM 483
8. Feliz • SFG 482
9. Loretta • BOS 478
Sizemore • CLE 478
Reyes • NYM 478
Beltré • SEA 478
Suzuki • SEA 478

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. Howard • PHI 74.92
2. Pujols • STL 72.14
3. Berkman • HOU 70.52
4. Cabrera • FLA 63.22
5. Beltrán • NYM 62.75
6. Hafner • CLE 59.30
7. Ortiz • BOS 58.29
8. Abreu • 2TM 54.35
9. Jeter • NYY 54.04
10. Thome • CHW 52.74

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. Pujols • STL 9.4
2. Howard • PHI 8.2
3. Ortiz • BOS 7.8
4. Jeter • NYY 6.0
5. Berkman • HOU 5.6
6. Beltrán • NYM 5.3
7. Dye • CHW 4.9
8. Bonds • SFG 4.8
9. Abreu • 2TM 4.7
10. Cabrera • FLA 4.7

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. Howard • PHI 7.4
2. Ortiz • BOS 6.5
3. Pujols • STL 6.4
4. Berkman • HOU 5.8
5. Cabrera • FLA 5.4
6. Thome • CHW 5.1
7. Hafner • CLE 4.9
8. Bonds • SFG 4.5
9. Ramirez • BOS 4.4
10. Beltrán • NYM 4.4

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. Pujols • STL 8.1
2. Howard • PHI 7.7
3. Ortiz • BOS 5.5
4. Dye • CHW 5.1
5. Jeter • NYY 4.4
6. Ramirez • BOS 4.1
7. Drew • LAD 3.8
8. Morneau • MIN 3.7
9. Giambi • NYY 3.6
10. Bonds • SFG 3.6

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. Howard • PHI 6.7
2. Pujols • STL 6.6
3. Berkman • HOU 6.5
4. Cabrera • FLA 6.0
5. Beltrán • NYM 5.8
6. Hafner • CLE 5.4
7. Ortiz • BOS 5.2
8. Abreu • 2TM 4.9
9. Jeter • NYY 4.9
10. Bonds • SFG 4.8

rOBA

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

1. Pujols • STL .457
2. Hafner • CLE .453
3. Ramirez • BOS .446
4. Howard • PHI .444
5. Berkman • HOU .436
6. Ortiz • BOS .433
7. Beltrán • NYM .432
8. Dye • CHW .432
9. Cabrera • FLA .426
10. Thome • CHW .425

Rbat+

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

1. Pujols • STL 188
2. Hafner • CLE 180
3. Howard • PHI 174
4. Berkman • HOU 173
5. Cabrera • FLA 172
6. Ramirez • BOS 169
7. Beltrán • NYM 167
8. Johnson • WSN 162
9. Ortiz • BOS 159
10. Dye • CHW 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