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 9.2
2. Utley • PHI 9.0
3. Lincecum • SFG 8.0
4. Teixeira • 2TM 7.8
5. Markakis • BAL 7.4
6. Jones • ATL 7.3
7. Sabathia • 2TM 7.2
8. Santana • NYM 7.2
9. Pedroia • BOS 7.0
10. Beltrán • NYM 6.9

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 9.2
2. Utley • PHI 9.0
3. Teixeira • 2TM 7.8
4. Markakis • BAL 7.4
5. Jones • ATL 7.3
6. Pedroia • BOS 7.0
7. Beltrán • NYM 6.9
8. Berkman • HOU 6.8
9. Wright • NYM 6.8
10. Rodriguez • NYY 6.8

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. Pujols • STL 7.5
2. Ramírez • FLA 7.1
3. Rodriguez • NYY 6.5
4. Wright • NYM 6.4
5. Ramirez • 2TM 6.4
6. Jones • ATL 6.4
7. Mauer • MIN 6.2
8. Sizemore • CLE 6.1
9. Hamilton • TEX 6.1
10. Utley • PHI 5.9

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. Utley • PHI 3.5
2. Beltré • SEA 3.1
3. Kendall • MIL 2.9
4. Ellis • OAK 2.8
5. Scutaro • TOR 2.7
6. Rollins • PHI 2.5
7. Kennedy • STL 2.1
Ríos • TOR 2.1
9. Suzuki • OAK 2.1
10. Beltrán • NYM 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. Jones • ATL .364
2. Pujols • STL .357
3. Ramirez • 2TM .332
4. Mauer • MIN .328
5. Pedroia • BOS .326
6. Bradley • TEX .321
7. Holliday • COL .321
8. Kinsler • TEX .319
9. Ordóñez • DET .317
10. Guzmán • WSN .316

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. Jones • ATL .470
2. Pujols • STL .462
3. Bradley • TEX .436
4. Ramirez • 2TM .430
5. Berkman • HOU .420
6. Mauer • MIN .413
7. Teixeira • 2TM .410
8. Holliday • COL .409
9. Markakis • BAL .406
10. Ramírez • FLA .400

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 .653
2. Ramirez • 2TM .601
3. Ludwick • STL .591
4. Jones • ATL .574
5. Rodriguez • NYY .573
6. Quentin • CHW .571
7. Youkilis • BOS .569
8. Berkman • HOU .567
9. Bradley • TEX .563
10. Braun • MIL .553

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 1.114
2. Jones • ATL 1.044
3. Ramirez • 2TM 1.031
4. Bradley • TEX .999
5. Berkman • HOU .986
6. Ludwick • STL .966
7. Rodriguez • NYY .965
8. Quentin • CHW .965
9. Teixeira • 2TM .962
10. Youkilis • BOS .958

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Morneau • MIN 163
2. Howard • PHI 162
González • SDP 162
Ibañez • SEA 162
Suzuki • SEA 162
6. Cabrera • CHW 161
Loney • LAD 161
Beltrán • NYM 161
9. Young • ARI 160
Cabrera • DET 160
Wright • NYM 160

At Bats

At Bats

1. Reyes • NYM 688
2. Suzuki • SEA 686
3. Cabrera • CHW 661
4. Pedroia • BOS 653
5. Young • TEX 645
6. López • SEA 644
7. Ibañez • SEA 635
Ríos • TOR 635
9. Sizemore • CLE 634
10. Tejada • HOU 632

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. Reyes • NYM 763
2. Suzuki • SEA 749
3. Sizemore • CLE 745
4. Wright • NYM 736
5. Cabrera • CHW 730
6. Pedroia • BOS 726
7. Morneau • MIN 712
8. Young • TEX 708
9. Utley • PHI 707
Ibañez • SEA 707
Iwamura • TBR 707

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Ramírez • FLA 125
2. Pedroia • BOS 118
3. Beltrán • NYM 116
4. Wright • NYM 115
5. Berkman • HOU 114
6. Reyes • NYM 113
Utley • PHI 113
McLouth • PIT 113
9. Granderson • DET 112
10. Bay • 2TM 111

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Pedroia • BOS 213
Suzuki • SEA 213
3. Reyes • NYM 204
4. López • SEA 191
5. Hamilton • TEX 190
6. Wright • NYM 189
7. Morneau • MIN 187
Pujols • STL 187
9. Cabrera • CHW 186
Ibañez • SEA 186

Total Bases

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

1. Pujols • STL 342
2. Braun • MIL 338
3. Wright • NYM 334
4. Ramirez • 2TM 332
5. Cabrera • DET 331
Howard • PHI 331
Hamilton • TEX 331
8. Huff • BAL 330
9. Reyes • NYM 327
10. Utley • PHI 325

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Pedroia • BOS 54
2. Roberts • BAL 51
3. Huff • BAL 48
Markakis • BAL 48
5. Morneau • MIN 47
Ríos • TOR 47
7. Berkman • HOU 46
McLouth • PIT 46
9. Hart • MIL 45
10. Drew • ARI 44
Ramírez • CHC 44
Pujols • STL 44

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Reyes • NYM 19
2. Granderson • DET 13
3. Drew • ARI 11
Lewis • SFG 11
5. Crawford • TBR 10
6. Rollins • PHI 9
Iwamura • TBR 9
8. Roberts • BAL 8
Victorino • PHI 8
Ríos • TOR 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Howard • PHI 48
2. Dunn • 2TM 40
3. Delgado • NYM 38
4. Cabrera • DET 37
Braun • MIL 37
Ludwick • STL 37
Pujols • STL 37
Ramirez • 2TM 37
9. Quentin • CHW 36
González • SDP 36

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Howard • PHI 146
2. Hamilton • TEX 130
3. Morneau • MIN 129
4. Cabrera • DET 127
5. Wright • NYM 124
6. Ramirez • 2TM 121
Teixeira • 2TM 121
8. González • SDP 119
9. Pujols • STL 116
10. Youkilis • BOS 115
Delgado • NYM 115

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Dunn • 2TM 122
2. Cust • OAK 111
3. Pujols • STL 104
4. Burrell • PHI 102
5. Markakis • BAL 99
Berkman • HOU 99
7. Sizemore • CLE 98
8. Upton • TBR 97
Teixeira • 2TM 97
10. Peña • TBR 96

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Reynolds • ARI 204
2. Howard • PHI 199
3. Cust • OAK 197
4. Uggla • FLA 171
5. Peña • TBR 166
6. Young • ARI 165
7. Dunn • 2TM 164
8. Kemp • LAD 153
9. Thome • CHW 147
10. Ludwick • STL 146

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Taveras • COL 68
2. Reyes • NYM 56
3. Ellsbury • BOS 50
4. Rollins • PHI 47
5. Upton • TBR 44
6. Suzuki • SEA 43
7. Bourn • HOU 41
8. Roberts • BAL 40
Pierre • LAD 40
10. Sizemore • CLE 38

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 180
2. Theriot • CHC 154
3. Cabrera • CHW 144
4. Pedroia • BOS 140
Jeter • NYY 140
6. Guzmán • WSN 134
7. Polanco • DET 133
Winn • SFG 133
Young • TEX 133
10. Mauer • MIN 132
Reyes • NYM 132
López • SEA 132

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Pujols • STL 192
2. Jones • ATL 176
3. Ramirez • 2TM 166
4. Bradley • TEX 162
5. Berkman • HOU 160
6. Teixeira • 2TM 152
7. Ludwick • STL 151
8. Rodriguez • NYY 150
9. Quentin • CHW 149
10. Youkilis • BOS 144

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 160
2. Ramirez • 2TM 145
3. Berkman • HOU 137
4. Ramírez • FLA 136
5. Wright • NYM 135
6. Teixeira • 2TM 134
7. Sizemore • CLE 131
8. Utley • PHI 130
9. Hamilton • TEX 128
10. Holliday • COL 127

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 77
2. Ramirez • 2TM 57
3. Jones • ATL 55
4. Berkman • HOU 53
5. Teixeira • 2TM 48
6. Bradley • TEX 43
7. Wright • NYM 42
8. Ludwick • STL 41
9. Ramírez • FLA 40
10. Rodriguez • NYY 38

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 7.2
2. Ramirez • 2TM 5.3
3. Jones • ATL 5.1
4. Berkman • HOU 5.0
5. Teixeira • 2TM 4.5
6. Bradley • TEX 4.0
7. Wright • NYM 4.0
8. Ludwick • STL 3.8
9. Ramírez • FLA 3.8
10. Rodriguez • NYY 3.6

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Braun • MIL 83
2. Huff • BAL 82
3. Pujols • STL 81
4. Ludwick • STL 80
5. Berkman • HOU 79
6. Howard • PHI 78
Utley • PHI 78
8. Dye • CHW 77
Sizemore • CLE 77
Wright • NYM 77

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. Pujols • STL 296
2. Wright • NYM 287
3. Markakis • BAL 283
4. Ramirez • 2TM 281
Teixeira • 2TM 281
6. Sizemore • CLE 279
Berkman • HOU 279
8. Ramírez • FLA 277
9. Reyes • NYM 271
10. Pedroia • BOS 270

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. Pujols • STL .833
2. Jones • ATL .818
3. Ramirez • 2TM .783
4. Bradley • TEX .765
5. Berkman • HOU .757
6. Holliday • COL .752
7. Teixeira • 2TM .732
8. Ramírez • FLA .729
9. Ludwick • STL .717
10. Rodriguez • NYY .714

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Utley • PHI 27
2. Giambi • NYY 22
3. Quentin • CHW 20
4. Garko • CLE 15
Kouzmanoff • SDP 15
6. Iannetta • COL 14
Willingham • FLA 14
Weeks • MIL 14
Rodriguez • NYY 14
Rowand • SFG 14
Milledge • WSN 14

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Dempster • CHC 19
2. Cook • COL 16
3. Taveras • COL 15
4. Webb • ARI 13
Casilla • MIN 13
Looper • STL 13
Redding • WSN 13
8. Lilly • CHC 12
Moyer • PHI 12
Wellemeyer • STL 12

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Mauer • MIN 11
Wright • NYM 11
Molina • SFG 11
4. Atkins • COL 10
Fielder • MIL 10
Morneau • MIN 10
7. Pedroia • BOS 9
Youkilis • BOS 9
Cabrera • CHW 9
Cabrera • DET 9
Hart • MIL 9
Giambi • NYY 9
López • SEA 9
Winn • SFG 9
Peña • TBR 9
Hamilton • TEX 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Pujols • STL 34
2. Ramirez • 2TM 24
3. Fielder • MIL 19
Delgado • NYM 19
5. Berkman • HOU 18
González • SDP 18
7. Howard • PHI 17
8. Jones • ATL 16
Guerrero • LAA 16
Morneau • MIN 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 • HOU 32
2. Lee • CHC 27
Ordóñez • DET 27
Guerrero • LAA 27
5. Peralta • CLE 26
6. Loney • LAD 25
7. Escobar • ATL 24
Jeter • NYY 24
González • SDP 24
Overbay • TOR 24

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Upton • TBR 16
2. Reyes • NYM 15
3. Theriot • CHC 13
Figgins • LAA 13
5. Ramírez • FLA 12
Pierre • LAD 12
7. Ellsbury • BOS 11
Kemp • LAD 11
Gómez • MIN 11
Abreu • NYY 11
Victorino • PHI 11

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Werth • PHI 95.24
Pedroia • BOS 95.24
3. Rollins • PHI 94.00
4. Holliday • COL 93.33
5. Kinsler • TEX 92.86
6. Winn • SFG 92.59
7. Suzuki • SEA 91.49
8. Taveras • COL 90.67
9. Castillo • NYM 89.47
10. Beltrán • NYM 89.29

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. Sizemore • CLE 35.3
2. Ramírez • FLA 34.0
3. Holliday • COL 26.4
4. Beltrán • NYM 26.0
5. Reyes • NYM 24.9
6. McLouth • PIT 24.4
7. Kemp • LAD 23.8
Rodriguez • NYY 23.8
9. Soriano • CHC 23.0
10. Berkman • HOU 22.2

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. Keppinger • CIN 19.1
2. Molina • SFG 13.9
3. Polanco • DET 13.5
4. Kotchman • 2TM 13.5
5. Betancourt • SEA 13.3
6. Pedroia • BOS 12.6
7. Kendall • MIL 11.5
8. Giles • SDP 10.8
9. Mauer • MIN 10.7
10. Suzuki • SEA 10.6

AB per HR

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

1. Howard • PHI 12.7
2. Dunn • 2TM 12.9
3. Quentin • CHW 13.3
4. Pujols • STL 14.2
5. Giambi • NYY 14.3
6. Ludwick • STL 14.5
7. Rodriguez • NYY 14.6
8. Cust • OAK 14.6
9. Thome • CHW 14.8
10. Jacobs • FLA 14.9

Outs Made

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

1. Reyes • NYM 516
2. Cabrera • CHW 509
3. Young • ARI 496
Tejada • HOU 496
5. Suzuki • SEA 492
6. Young • TEX 487
7. Hart • MIL 485
López • SEA 485
9. Ríos • TOR 483
10. Kouzmanoff • SDP 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. Pujols • STL 73.33
2. Ramirez • 2TM 62.41
3. Berkman • HOU 60.50
4. Teixeira • 2TM 58.97
5. Jones • ATL 48.83
6. Holliday • COL 45.96
7. Sizemore • CLE 45.92
8. Hamilton • TEX 44.71
9. Morneau • MIN 44.25
10. McLouth • PIT 44.12

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. Ramirez • 2TM 7.1
2. Berkman • HOU 7.0
3. Pujols • STL 6.5
4. Teixeira • 2TM 6.1
5. Bay • 2TM 5.6
6. Lee • HOU 5.1
7. Beltrán • NYM 5.1
8. Holliday • COL 4.9
9. Ramírez • FLA 4.8
10. Mauer • MIN 4.8

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. Pujols • STL 6.5
2. Ramirez • 2TM 5.6
3. Wright • NYM 5.4
4. Berkman • HOU 5.0
5. Bay • 2TM 4.9
6. Teixeira • 2TM 4.8
7. Ludwick • STL 4.7
8. Jones • ATL 4.6
9. Ramírez • FLA 4.4
10. Holliday • COL 4.3

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. Beltrán • NYM 8.2
2. Ramirez • 2TM 7.2
3. Braun • MIL 5.6
4. Pujols • STL 5.0
5. Ethier • LAD 4.4
6. Span • MIN 4.4
7. Howard • PHI 4.3
8. Fielder • MIL 4.0
9. Quentin • CHW 3.6
10. Delgado • NYM 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. Pujols • STL 6.9
2. Berkman • HOU 5.8
3. Ramirez • 2TM 5.7
4. Teixeira • 2TM 5.5
5. Jones • ATL 4.6
6. Sizemore • CLE 4.3
7. McLouth • PIT 4.2
8. Morneau • MIN 4.2
9. Hamilton • TEX 4.2
10. Holliday • COL 4.1

rOBA

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

1. Pujols • STL .462
2. Jones • ATL .452
3. Ramirez • 2TM .442
4. Bradley • TEX .434
5. Holliday • COL .428
6. Rodriguez • NYY .426
7. Quentin • CHW .424
8. Berkman • HOU .422
9. Teixeira • 2TM .420
10. Ludwick • STL .416

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 198
2. Jones • ATL 188
3. Ramirez • 2TM 174
4. Bradley • TEX 168
5. Berkman • HOU 165
6. Ludwick • STL 162
7. Teixeira • 2TM 161
8. Rodriguez • NYY 156
9. Wright • NYM 156
10. Quentin • CHW 156

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