2007 Major League Baseball Batting Leaders

Major League Baseball Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

Wins Above Replacement A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Rodriguez • NYY 9.4

2. Pujols • STL 8.7

3. Wright • NYM 8.3

4. Utley • PHI 7.8

5. Jones • ATL 7.6

6. Granderson • DET 7.6

7. Ordóñez • DET 7.3

8. Peña • TBD 7.2

9. Peavy • SDP 6.8

10. Tulowitzki • COL 6.8

WAR Position Players

Wins Above Replacement for position players A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Rodriguez • NYY 9.4

2. Pujols • STL 8.7

3. Wright • NYM 8.3

4. Utley • PHI 7.8

5. Jones • ATL 7.6

6. Granderson • DET 7.6

7. Ordóñez • DET 7.3

8. Peña • TBD 7.2

9. Tulowitzki • COL 6.8

10. Canó • NYY 6.7

Offensive WAR

Offensive Wins Above Replacement (everything but Fielding) The same statistic as Wins Above Replacement for Position Players (WAR), but with the fielding value excluded. oWAR + dWAR does not equal WAR. Adding would count positions twice. Contains the factor for batting stats, baserunning, a positional adjustment, and the replacement player adjustment. Factors developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Rodriguez • NYY 9.5

2. Jones • ATL 7.2

Ordóñez • DET 7.2

4. Wright • NYM 7.2

5. Ramírez • FLA 7.1

6. Posada • NYY 6.6

7. Ortiz • BOS 6.5

8. Peña • TBD 6.4

9. Jeter • NYY 6.3

10. Granderson • DET 6.2

Defensive WAR

Defensive Wins Above Replacement for position players A defensive measure of wins above replacement, but given only the defensive stats of the player and his position adjustment. For this calculation, we use a replacement level on defense is the league average. Based on Baseball Info Solutions defensive runs saved from 2003 on and total zone rating developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com previously

1. Tulowitzki • COL 3.9

2. Canó • NYY 2.8

3. Hill • TOR 2.7

McDonald • TOR 2.7

5. Martin • LAD 2.7

6. Feliz • SFG 2.6

7. Peña • KCR 2.6

8. Vizquel • SFG 2.3

9. Bartlett • MIN 2.3

Pujols • STL 2.3

Batting Average

Hits/At Bats For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played Bold indicates either highest BA using current stats or awarded title at end of year.

1. Ordóñez • DET .363

2. Suzuki • SEA .351

3. Polanco • DET .341

4. Holliday • COL .340

5. Posada • NYY .338

6. Jones • ATL .337

7. Utley • PHI .332

8. Rentería • ATL .332

9. Ramírez • FLA .332

10. Ortiz • BOS .332

On-Base%

(H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF) For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

1. Bonds • SFG .480 **

2. Ortiz • BOS .445

3. Helton • COL .434

4. Ordóñez • DET .434

5. Pujols • STL .429

6. Posada • NYY .426

7. Jones • ATL .425

8. Rodriguez • NYY .422

9. Wright • NYM .416

10. Peña • TBD .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. Rodriguez • NYY .645

2. Peña • TBD .627

3. Ortiz • BOS .621

4. Braun • MIL .634 **

5. Fielder • MIL .618

6. Holliday • COL .607

7. Jones • ATL .604

8. Ordóñez • DET .595

9. Howard • PHI .584

10. Pujols • STL .568

On-Base Plus Slugging

On-Base + Slugging Percentages For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

1. Rodriguez • NYY 1.067

2. Ortiz • BOS 1.066

3. Peña • TBD 1.037

4. Jones • ATL 1.029

5. Ordóñez • DET 1.029

6. Fielder • MIL 1.013

7. Holliday • COL 1.012

8. Pujols • STL .997

9. Braun • MIL 1.004 **

10. Bonds • SFG 1.045 **

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Francoeur • ATL 162

Sizemore • CLE 162

Lee • HOU 162

Pierre • LAD 162

Rollins • PHI 162

Young • TBD 162

Zimmerman • WSN 162

8. Markakis • BAL 161

Rowand • PHI 161

González • SDP 161

Suzuki • SEA 161

Ríos • TOR 161

Kearns • WSN 161

At Bats

1. Rollins • PHI 716

2. Reyes • NYM 681

3. Suzuki • SEA 678

4. Pierre • LAD 668

5. Zimmerman • WSN 653

6. Phillips • CIN 650

7. González • SDP 646

8. Young • TBD 645

9. Ríos • TOR 643

10. Francoeur • ATL 642

Plate Appearances

Plate Appearances When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH, which excludes catcher interferences. When this color click for a summary of each PA.

1. Rollins • PHI 778

2. Reyes • NYM 765

3. Sizemore • CLE 748

4. Suzuki • SEA 736

5. Pierre • LAD 729

6. Uggla • FLA 728

7. Zimmerman • WSN 722

8. González • SDP 720

9. Roberts • BAL 716

10. Jeter • NYY 714

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Rodriguez • NYY 143

2. Rollins • PHI 139

3. Ramírez • FLA 125

4. Abreu • NYY 123

5. Granderson • DET 122

6. Holliday • COL 120

7. Reyes • NYM 119

8. Sizemore • CLE 118

9. Ordóñez • DET 117

10. Ortiz • BOS 116

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 238

2. Holliday • COL 216

Ordóñez • DET 216

4. Ramírez • FLA 212

Rollins • PHI 212

6. Jeter • NYY 206

7. Young • TEX 201

8. Polanco • DET 200

9. Pierre • LAD 196

Wright • NYM 196

Total Bases

Total Bases Singles + 2 x Doubles + 3 x Triples + 4 x Home Runs.

1. Holliday • COL 386

2. Rollins • PHI 380

3. Rodriguez • NYY 376

4. Ramírez • FLA 359

5. Ordóñez • DET 354

Fielder • MIL 354

7. Ortiz • BOS 341

8. Granderson • DET 338

9. Cabrera • FLA 332

10. Lee • HOU 331

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Ordóñez • DET 54

2. Ortiz • BOS 52

3. Holliday • COL 50

4. Uggla • FLA 49

5. Ramírez • FLA 48

Utley • PHI 48

7. Hill • TOR 47

8. González • SDP 46

9. Guerrero • LAA 45

Hunter • MIN 45

Rowand • PHI 45

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Granderson • DET 23

2. Rollins • PHI 20

3. Reyes • NYM 12

4. Johnson • ATL 10

Iwamura • TBD 10

6. Hudson • ARI 9

Guillén • DET 9

Amézaga • FLA 9

Pence • HOU 9

DeJesus • KCR 9

Hart • MIL 9

Roberts • SFG 9

Crawford • TBD 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Rodriguez • NYY 54

2. Fielder • MIL 50

3. Howard • PHI 47

4. Peña • TBD 46

5. Dunn • CIN 40

6. Holliday • COL 36

7. Ortiz • BOS 35

Thome • CHW 35

9. Cabrera • FLA 34

Berkman • HOU 34

Braun • MIL 34

Runs Batted In

1. Rodriguez • NYY 156

2. Ordóñez • DET 139

3. Holliday • COL 137

4. Howard • PHI 136

5. Guerrero • LAA 125

6. Peña • TBD 121

7. Lowell • BOS 120

8. Cabrera • FLA 119

Lee • HOU 119

Fielder • MIL 119

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bonds • SFG 132

2. Helton • COL 116

3. Burrell • PHI 114

4. Ortiz • BOS 111

5. Howard • PHI 107

6. Cust • OAK 105

7. Peña • TBD 103

8. Hafner • CLE 102

9. Dunn • CIN 101

Sizemore • CLE 101

Strikeouts

1. Howard • PHI 199

2. Uggla • FLA 167

3. Dunn • CIN 165

4. Cust • OAK 164

5. Cameron • SDP 160

6. Sizemore • CLE 155

7. Upton • TBD 154

8. Inge • DET 150

9. Peralta • CLE 146

10. Peña • TBD 142

Stolen Bases

1. Reyes • NYM 78

2. Pierre • LAD 64

3. Ramírez • FLA 51

4. Byrnes • ARI 50

Roberts • BAL 50

Crawford • TBD 50

7. Figgins • LAA 41

Rollins • PHI 41

9. Patterson • BAL 37

Victorino • PHI 37

Suzuki • SEA 37

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 203

2. Pierre • LAD 164

3. Young • TEX 154

4. Polanco • DET 152

5. Jeter • NYY 151

6. Cabrera • LAA 148

7. Vidro • SEA 140

Castillo • 2TM 140

9. Young • TBD 135

10. Ordóñez • DET 134

Adjusted OPS+

OPS+ 100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)

1. Rodriguez • NYY 176

2. Peña • TBD 172

3. Ortiz • BOS 171

4. Ordóñez • DET 166

5. Jones • ATL 165

6. Fielder • MIL 157

7. Pujols • STL 157

8. Posada • NYY 153

9. Holliday • COL 151

10. Thome • CHW 150

Runs Created

Runs Created A set of formulas developed by Bill James and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s runs total. This is computed with the "technical" formula when possible. If SB or CS data is missing, the "basic" formula is used. If HBP, IBB, SH, SF, or GIDP data is missing, the "stolen base" version of the formula is used. Team Runs Created is the sum of player Runs Created.

1. Rodriguez • NYY 166

2. Ortiz • BOS 156

3. Ordóñez • DET 152

4. Holliday • COL 151

5. Wright • NYM 146

6. Fielder • MIL 143

7. Ramírez • FLA 141

8. Rollins • PHI 135

Peña • TBD 135

10. Cabrera • FLA 132

Pujols • STL 132

Adj. Batting Runs

Adjusted Batting Runs A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s runs total via linear weights. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Rodriguez • NYY 68

2. Ortiz • BOS 64

3. Ordóñez • DET 61

4. Peña • TBD 55

5. Pujols • STL 53

6. Jones • ATL 53

7. Fielder • MIL 50

8. Holliday • COL 49

9. Wright • NYM 49

10. Cabrera • FLA 46

Adj. Batting Wins

Adjusted Batting Wins A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s wins with his bat. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Rodriguez • NYY 6.3

2. Ortiz • BOS 5.9

3. Ordóñez • DET 5.6

4. Peña • TBD 5.1

5. Pujols • STL 4.9

6. Jones • ATL 4.9

7. Fielder • MIL 4.6

8. Holliday • COL 4.5

9. Wright • NYM 4.5

10. Cabrera • FLA 4.2

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Holliday • COL 92

2. Ortiz • BOS 88

Rollins • PHI 88

4. Fielder • MIL 87

5. Rodriguez • NYY 85

6. Granderson • DET 84

7. Ramírez • FLA 83

Uggla • FLA 83

9. Ordóñez • DET 82

10. Soriano • CHC 80

Times On Base

Times on Base Hits + Bases on Balls + Hit By Pitch Does not include Reached on Error or Catcher Interference.

1. Rodriguez • NYY 299

2. Ortiz • BOS 297

3. Helton • COL 296

Wright • NYM 296

5. Ordóñez • DET 294

6. Sizemore • CLE 292

7. Pujols • STL 291

8. Suzuki • SEA 290

9. Holliday • COL 289

10. Jeter • NYY 276

Offensive Win %

Offensive Winning Percentage The percentage of games a team with nine of this player batting would win. Assumes average pitching and defense. 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. Ortiz • BOS .800

2. Rodriguez • NYY .788

3. Ordóñez • DET .778

4. Peña • TBD .771

5. Jones • ATL .759

6. Utley • PHI .757

7. Fielder • MIL .744

8. Wright • NYM .742

9. Holliday • COL .740

10. Posada • NYY .733

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Utley • PHI 25

2. DeJesus • KCR 23

3. Rodriguez • NYY 21

4. Garko • CLE 20

5. Rowand • PHI 19

Guillén • SEA 19

7. Sizemore • CLE 17

8. Willingham • FLA 16

9. Youkilis • BOS 15

10. Encarnación • CIN 14

Fielder • MIL 14

Weeks • MIL 14

Jeter • NYY 14

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Pierre • LAD 20

2. Maine • NYM 14

Vizquel • SFG 14

4. Smoltz • ATL 13

Patterson • BAL 13

Cook • COL 13

Francis • COL 13

8. Rodríguez • HOU 12

Glavine • NYM 12

Snell • PIT 12

Vázquez • TEX 12

McDonald • TOR 12

Lohse • 2TM 12

Castillo • 2TM 12

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Lee • HOU 13

2. Martínez • CLE 11

Uggla • FLA 11

Cabrera • LAA 11

Greene • SDP 11

6. Atkins • COL 10

Beltrán • NYM 10

Lo Duca • NYM 10

Matsui • NYY 10

10. Jones • ATL 9

Griffey • CIN 9

Morneau • MIN 9

Cabrera • NYY 9

Rodriguez • NYY 9

Swisher • OAK 9

Sanchez • PIT 9

Durham • SFG 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

Intentional Bases on Balls First tracked in 1955.

1. Bonds • SFG 43

2. Howard • PHI 35

3. Guerrero • LAA 28

4. Cabrera • FLA 23

5. Pujols • STL 22

6. Fielder • MIL 21

7. Hafner • CLE 17

8. Helton • COL 16

9. Griffey • CIN 14

10. Ramirez • BOS 13

Reyes • NYM 13

Suzuki • SEA 13

Teixeira • 2TM 13

Double Plays Grounded Into

Double Plays Grounded Into Only includes standard 6-4-3, 4-3, etc. double plays. First tracked in 1933. For gamelogs only in seasons we have play-by-play, we include triple plays as well. All official seasonal totals do not include GITP's.

1. Lee • HOU 27

Pujols • STL 27

3. Phillips • CIN 26

Zimmerman • WSN 26

5. Holliday • COL 23

Teahen • KCR 23

Young • TBD 23

8. Markakis • BAL 22

Mora • BAL 22

Tejada • BAL 22

Johjima • SEA 22

Caught Stealing

1. Reyes • NYM 21

2. Pierre • LAD 15

3. Ramírez • FLA 14

4. Figgins • LAA 12

5. Harris • ATL 11

6. Sizemore • CLE 10

Crawford • TBD 10

8. Patterson • BAL 9

Uribe • CHW 9

Taveras • COL 9

Martin • LAD 9

Hunter • MIN 9

López • WSN 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Granderson • DET 96.30

2. McLouth • PIT 95.65

3. Bourn • PHI 94.74

4. Weeks • MIL 92.59

5. Kinsler • TEX 92.00

Beltrán • NYM 92.00

7. Victorino • PHI 90.24

8. Damon • NYY 90.00

9. Matsui • COL 88.89

10. Bartlett • MIN 88.46

Power-Speed #

Power/Speed Number 2 x (Home Runs x Stolen Bases)/(Stolen Bases + Home Runs) The harmonic mean of HR and SB. To do well you need a lot of both. Developed by Bill James.

1. Ramírez • FLA 37.0

2. Rollins • PHI 34.6

3. Rodriguez • NYY 33.2

4. Wright • NYM 31.9

5. Phillips • CIN 31.0

6. Byrnes • ARI 29.6

7. Young • ARI 29.3

8. Sizemore • CLE 27.8

9. Beltrán • NYM 27.1

10. Granderson • DET 24.4

AB per SO

At Bats Per Strikeout For career marks this only includes AB’s for seasons where SO’s were tracked.

1. Polanco • DET 19.6

2. Pierre • LAD 18.1

3. Pedroia • BOS 12.4

4. Castillo • 2TM 12.2

5. Johjima • SEA 11.8

6. Loretta • HOU 11.2

7. Betancourt • SEA 11.2

8. Kendall • 2TM 11.1

9. Eckstein • STL 19.7 **

10. Theriot • CHC 10.7

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Peña • TBD 10.7

2. Rodriguez • NYY 10.8

3. Howard • PHI 11.3

4. Fielder • MIL 11.5

5. Thome • CHW 12.3

6. Bonds • SFG 12.1 **

7. Dunn • CIN 13.1

8. Braun • MIL 13.3 **

9. Cust • OAK 15.2

10. Ortiz • BOS 15.7

Outs Made

Outs Made (At Bats - Hits) + Double Plays Grounded Into + Sac. Flies + Sac. Hits + Caught Stealing.

1. Rollins • PHI 527

2. Reyes • NYM 523

3. Pierre • LAD 519

4. Zimmerman • WSN 511

5. Phillips • CIN 504

6. Uggla • FLA 503

7. Young • TBD 492

8. López • WSN 486

9. Lee • HOU 482

10. Markakis • BAL 481

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)

Base-Out Runs Added Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the batter or baserunner add in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and above 0 is better than average

1. Rodriguez • NYY 82.54

2. Ordóñez • DET 68.36

3. Ortiz • BOS 64.26

4. Holliday • COL 55.13

5. Peña • TBD 54.63

6. Guerrero • LAA 53.82

7. Jones • ATL 51.61

8. Helton • COL 51.39

9. Fielder • MIL 50.62

10. Cabrera • FLA 49.15

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Win Probability Added for Offensive Player Given average teams, this is the change in probability caused by this batter during the game. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Rodriguez • NYY 7.5

2. Ordóñez • DET 6.3

3. Guerrero • LAA 5.9

4. Fielder • MIL 5.2

5. Holliday • COL 4.8

6. Cabrera • FLA 4.8

7. Pujols • STL 4.7

8. Helton • COL 4.6

9. Ortiz • BOS 4.6

10. González • SDP 4.4

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)

Situational Wins (WPA/LI) It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play. WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats. This stat does not.

1. Rodriguez • NYY 6.5

2. Ortiz • BOS 6.2

3. Holliday • COL 5.5

4. Fielder • MIL 5.4

5. Jones • ATL 5.3

6. Ordóñez • DET 5.3

7. Wright • NYM 5.2

8. Peña • TBD 4.9

9. Pujols • STL 4.8

10. Utley • PHI 4.7

Championship WPA (cWPA)

Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player Given average teams, this is the change in probability of winning the World Series, displayed in percentage points. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. González • SDP 8.8

2. Holliday • COL 8.7

3. Rodriguez • NYY 6.0

4. Howard • PHI 5.4

5. Ordóñez • DET 5.4

6. Hairston • 2TM 5.4

7. Fielder • MIL 4.8

8. Ramírez • CHC 4.4

9. Rollins • PHI 4.3

10. Guerrero • LAA 4.1

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW) This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance measured by the 24 base-out situations across every play in the game.

1. Rodriguez • NYY 7.5

2. Ordóñez • DET 6.2

3. Ortiz • BOS 5.7

4. Peña • TBD 5.1

5. Guerrero • LAA 4.9

6. Holliday • COL 4.9

7. Jones • ATL 4.8

8. Fielder • MIL 4.7

9. Cabrera • FLA 4.6

10. Helton • COL 4.6

rOBA

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

1. Rodriguez • NYY .457

2. Jones • ATL .456

3. Ortiz • BOS .454

4. Ordóñez • DET .445

5. Peña • TBD .437

6. Holliday • COL .433

7. Pujols • STL .428

8. Wright • NYM .428

9. Posada • NYY .428

10. Utley • PHI .427

Rbat+

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

1. Jones • ATL 188

2. Rodriguez • NYY 177

3. Ortiz • BOS 173

4. Pujols • STL 171

5. Ordóñez • DET 171

6. Peña • TBD 170

7. Wright • NYM 162

8. Holliday • COL 162

9. Fielder • MIL 161

10. Posada • NYY 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