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. Greinke • KCR 10.4
2. Pujols • STL 9.7
3. Zobrist • TBR 8.6
4. Utley • PHI 8.2
5. Mauer • MIN 7.8
6. Figgins • LAA 7.7
7. Lincecum • SFG 7.4
8. Johnson • FLA 7.4
9. Ramírez • FLA 7.3
10. Zimmerman • WSN 7.3

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 9.7
2. Zobrist • TBR 8.6
3. Utley • PHI 8.2
4. Mauer • MIN 7.8
5. Figgins • LAA 7.7
6. Ramírez • FLA 7.3
7. Zimmerman • WSN 7.3
8. Longoria • TBR 7.0
9. González • SDP 6.9
10. Gutiérrez • SEA 6.6

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 7.9
2. Mauer • MIN 7.7
3. Ramírez • FLA 7.1
4. Utley • PHI 7.0
5. Braun • MIL 6.6
6. Jeter • NYY 6.3
7. Fielder • MIL 6.3
8. Zobrist • TBR 6.1
9. Bartlett • TBR 5.7
10. Youkilis • BOS 5.6

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. Gutiérrez • SEA 3.7
2. Wilson • 2TM 3.5
3. Figgins • LAA 3.3
4. Ryan • STL 3.2
5. Kinsler • TEX 2.7
6. Zobrist • TBR 2.6
7. Zimmerman • WSN 2.6
8. Andrus • TEX 2.3
9. Beltré • SEA 2.3
10. Longoria • TBR 2.3

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 .365
2. Suzuki • SEA .352
3. Ramírez • FLA .342
4. Jeter • NYY .334
5. Sandoval • SFG .330
6. Pujols • STL .327
7. Helton • COL .325
8. Cabrera • DET .324
9. Votto • CIN .322
10. Young • TEX .322

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. Mauer • MIN .444
2. Pujols • STL .443
3. Johnson • 2TM .426
4. Helton • COL .416
5. Votto • CIN .414
6. Youkilis • BOS .413
7. Fielder • MIL .412
8. Ramírez • FLA .410
9. González • SDP .407
10. Jeter • NYY .406

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 .658
2. Fielder • MIL .602
3. Mauer • MIN .587
4. Lee • CHC .579
5. Howard • PHI .571
6. Morales • LAA .569
7. Votto • CIN .567
8. Teixeira • NYY .565
9. Lind • TOR .562
10. Sandoval • SFG .556

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 1.101
2. Mauer • MIN 1.031
3. Fielder • MIL 1.014
4. Votto • CIN .981
5. Lee • CHC .972
6. Youkilis • BOS .961
7. González • SDP .958
8. Ramírez • FLA .954
9. Teixeira • NYY .948
10. Zobrist • TBR .948

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Fielder • MIL 162
2. Markakis • BAL 161
Inge • DET 161
Canó • NYY 161
5. Cabrera • DET 160
Granderson • DET 160
Lee • HOU 160
Ethier • LAD 160
Howard • PHI 160
González • SDP 160
Pujols • STL 160
Cabrera • 2TM 160

At Bats

At Bats

1. Hill • TOR 682
2. Rollins • PHI 672
3. Cabrera • 2TM 656
4. Markakis • BAL 642
5. Suzuki • SEA 639
6. Canó • NYY 637
7. Tejada • HOU 635
Braun • MIL 635
9. Jeter • NYY 634
10. Roberts • BAL 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. Hill • TOR 734
2. Figgins • LAA 729
3. Rollins • PHI 725
4. Fielder • MIL 719
5. Roberts • BAL 717
6. Jeter • NYY 716
7. Pedroia • BOS 714
8. Markakis • BAL 711
9. Granderson • DET 710
10. Braun • MIL 708
Cabrera • 2TM 708

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Pujols • STL 124
2. Pedroia • BOS 115
3. Figgins • LAA 114
4. Braun • MIL 113
5. Utley • PHI 112
6. Roberts • BAL 110
Zimmerman • WSN 110
8. Damon • NYY 107
Jeter • NYY 107
10. Howard • PHI 105

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 225
2. Jeter • NYY 212
3. Canó • NYY 204
4. Braun • MIL 203
5. Tejada • HOU 199
6. Cabrera • DET 198
7. Ramírez • FLA 197
8. Hill • TOR 195
9. Mauer • MIN 191
10. Sandoval • SFG 189

Total Bases

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

1. Pujols • STL 374
2. Fielder • MIL 356
3. Howard • PHI 352
4. Braun • MIL 350
5. Teixeira • NYY 344
6. Hill • TOR 340
7. Cabrera • DET 334
8. Canó • NYY 331
9. Lind • TOR 330
10. Morales • LAA 322

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Roberts • BAL 56
2. Butler • KCR 51
3. Pedroia • BOS 48
Canó • NYY 48
5. Tejada • HOU 46
Lind • TOR 46
7. Markakis • BAL 45
Pujols • STL 45
9. Sandoval • SFG 44
Longoria • TBR 44

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Victorino • PHI 13
2. Drew • ARI 12
Bourn • HOU 12
4. Pagán • NYM 11
5. Ellsbury • BOS 10
Fowler • COL 10
Span • MIN 10
8. Tulowitzki • COL 9
DeJesus • KCR 9
Aybar • LAA 9
McCutchen • PIT 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Pujols • STL 47
2. Fielder • MIL 46
3. Howard • PHI 45
4. Reynolds • ARI 44
5. González • SDP 40
6. Teixeira • NYY 39
Peña • TBR 39
8. Dunn • WSN 38
9. Bay • BOS 36
Werth • PHI 36
Hill • TOR 36

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Fielder • MIL 141
Howard • PHI 141
3. Pujols • STL 135
4. Teixeira • NYY 122
5. Bay • BOS 119
6. Braun • MIL 114
Lind • TOR 114
8. Longoria • TBR 113
9. Lee • CHC 111
10. Holliday • 2TM 109

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. González • SDP 119
2. Dunn • WSN 116
3. Pujols • STL 115
4. Fielder • MIL 110
5. Jones • ATL 101
Figgins • LAA 101
7. Johnson • 2TM 99
8. Berkman • HOU 97
Swisher • NYY 97
10. Bay • BOS 94
Abreu • LAA 94

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Reynolds • ARI 223
2. Howard • PHI 186
3. Cust • OAK 185
4. Dunn • WSN 177
5. Inge • DET 170
6. Peña • TBR 163
7. Bay • BOS 162
8. Cameron • MIL 156
Werth • PHI 156
10. Upton • TBR 152

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Ellsbury • BOS 70
2. Bourn • HOU 61
3. Crawford • TBR 60
4. Figgins • LAA 42
Upton • TBR 42
Morgan • 2TM 42
7. Davis • OAK 41
8. Kemp • LAD 34
9. Andrus • TEX 33
10. Rollins • PHI 31
Kinsler • TEX 31

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 179
2. Jeter • NYY 166
3. Span • MIN 146
4. Ellsbury • BOS 143
5. Figgins • LAA 141
6. Theriot • CHC 139
7. Tejada • HOU 138
Cabrera • 2TM 138
9. López • 2TM 137
10. Crawford • TBR 134

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 189
2. Mauer • MIN 171
3. Fielder • MIL 166
4. González • SDP 162
5. Votto • CIN 156
6. Zobrist • TBR 149
7. Ramírez • FLA 148
8. Braun • MIL 146
9. Lee • CHC 146
10. Youkilis • BOS 146

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 165
2. Fielder • MIL 150
3. Braun • MIL 140
4. Mauer • MIN 138
5. Teixeira • NYY 135
6. Ramírez • FLA 132
7. Howard • PHI 130
Utley • PHI 130
9. Cabrera • DET 127
10. González • SDP 124

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 80
2. Fielder • MIL 61
3. Mauer • MIN 58
4. González • SDP 55
5. Ramírez • FLA 42
6. Braun • MIL 42
7. Votto • CIN 41
8. Cabrera • DET 40
9. Zobrist • TBR 39
10. Dunn • WSN 39

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 7.5
2. Fielder • MIL 5.8
3. Mauer • MIN 5.3
4. González • SDP 5.2
5. Ramírez • FLA 4.0
6. Braun • MIL 4.0
7. Votto • CIN 3.9
8. Cabrera • DET 3.7
9. Dunn • WSN 3.7
10. Zobrist • TBR 3.6

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Pujols • STL 93
2. Howard • PHI 86
3. Teixeira • NYY 85
4. Fielder • MIL 84
5. Lind • TOR 81
6. Morales • LAA 79
7. Braun • MIL 77
Longoria • TBR 77
9. Ethier • LAD 76
10. Reynolds • ARI 75
Canó • NYY 75

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 310
2. Fielder • MIL 296
3. Jeter • NYY 289
4. Figgins • LAA 285
5. González • SDP 277
6. Braun • MIL 273
Utley • PHI 273
8. Cabrera • DET 271
Teixeira • NYY 271
10. Choo • CLE 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 .810
2. Mauer • MIN .791
3. Votto • CIN .768
4. Fielder • MIL .764
5. Ramírez • FLA .752
6. Lee • CHC .742
7. Braun • MIL .735
8. Youkilis • BOS .732
9. Utley • PHI .732
10. Sandoval • SFG .719

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Utley • PHI 24
2. Shoppach • CLE 18
3. Choo • CLE 17
Inge • DET 17
Kendall • MIL 17
6. Youkilis • BOS 16
7. Quentin • CHW 15
8. Rowand • SFG 14
9. Diaz • ATL 13
Ethier • LAD 13
Braun • MIL 13
Garko • 2TM 13

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Vázquez • ATL 20
2. Castillo • NYM 19
3. Matsui • HOU 16
4. Everett • DET 15
5. Arroyo • CIN 14
Fowler • COL 14
Oswalt • HOU 14
Duke • PIT 14
9. Theriot • CHC 13
Punto • MIN 13
Eckstein • SDP 13
Gutiérrez • SEA 13
Lincecum • SFG 13
Cedeño • 2TM 13

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Molina • SFG 11
2. Markakis • BAL 10
Helton • COL 10
Blake • LAD 10
Byrd • TEX 10
Cabrera • 2TM 10
7. Anderson • ATL 9
Tulowitzki • COL 9
Abreu • LAA 9
Fielder • MIL 9
Murphy • TEX 9
Francoeur • 2TM 9
Zimmerman • WSN 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Pujols • STL 44
2. González • SDP 22
3. Ramirez • LAD 21
Fielder • MIL 21
5. Jones • ATL 18
6. Dunn • WSN 16
7. Suzuki • SEA 15
8. Cabrera • DET 14
Ramírez • FLA 14
Berkman • HOU 14
Mauer • MIN 14

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 29
2. Molina • STL 27
Longoria • TBR 27
4. Pence • HOU 25
Kouzmanoff • SDP 25
López • SEA 25
7. Lowell • BOS 24
8. González • SDP 23
Pujols • STL 23
10. Cabrera • DET 22
Cuddyer • MIN 22
Canó • NYY 22
Cabrera • 2TM 22
Zimmerman • WSN 22

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Figgins • LAA 17
Morgan • 2TM 17
3. Crawford • TBR 16
4. Upton • TBR 14
5. Podsednik • CHW 13
6. Ellsbury • BOS 12
Bourn • HOU 12
Pierre • LAD 12
Davis • OAK 12
10. Tulowitzki • COL 11
Pence • HOU 11

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Utley • PHI 100.00
2. Getz • CHW 92.59
3. Choo • CLE 91.30
4. Winn • SFG 88.89
5. Rodriguez • NYY 87.50
6. Werth • PHI 86.96
7. Matsui • HOU 86.36
8. Kinsler • TEX 86.11
9. Jeter • NYY 85.71
10. Ellsbury • BOS 85.37

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. Reynolds • ARI 31.1
2. Kinsler • TEX 31.0
3. Kemp • LAD 29.5
4. Utley • PHI 26.4
5. Werth • PHI 25.7
6. Ramírez • FLA 25.4
7. Rollins • PHI 25.0
8. Cruz • TEX 24.9
9. Tulowitzki • COL 24.6
Braun • MIL 24.6

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. Pedroia • BOS 13.9
2. Polanco • DET 13.4
3. Tejada • HOU 13.2
4. Molina • STL 12.3
5. Lee • HOU 12.0
6. Callaspo • KCR 11.3
7. Eckstein • SDP 10.9
8. Betancourt • 2TM 10.7
9. Canó • NYY 10.1
10. Pierzynski • CHW 9.7

AB per HR

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

1. Peña • TBR 12.1
2. Pujols • STL 12.1
3. Fielder • MIL 12.8
4. Reynolds • ARI 13.1
5. Howard • PHI 13.7
6. González • SDP 13.8
7. Branyan • SEA 13.9
8. Cruz • TEX 14.0
9. Dunn • WSN 14.4
10. Ibañez • PHI 14.7

Outs Made

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

1. Rollins • PHI 526
2. Cabrera • 2TM 512
3. Hill • TOR 511
4. Wells • TOR 493
5. Granderson • DET 486
6. López • SEA 484
7. Markakis • BAL 478
8. Pedroia • BOS 477
9. Roberts • BAL 476
10. Tejada • HOU 475

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 78.73
2. Fielder • MIL 70.74
3. Mauer • MIN 56.18
4. Lee • CHC 55.30
5. Braun • MIL 51.65
6. Votto • CIN 51.19
7. Ramírez • FLA 48.31
8. Utley • PHI 47.83
9. Bay • BOS 47.39
10. Howard • PHI 46.85

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. Fielder • MIL 8.0
2. Pujols • STL 8.0
3. Howard • PHI 6.4
4. Votto • CIN 6.1
5. Ethier • LAD 4.8
6. Utley • PHI 4.6
7. Bay • BOS 4.5
8. Braun • MIL 4.4
9. Sandoval • SFG 4.2
10. Zobrist • TBR 4.2

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 7.2
2. Fielder • MIL 6.7
3. Mauer • MIN 5.0
4. Votto • CIN 5.0
5. Ramírez • FLA 4.9
6. Lee • CHC 4.8
7. González • SDP 4.8
8. Utley • PHI 4.8
9. Braun • MIL 4.5
10. Teixeira • NYY 3.9

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 5.2
2. Fielder • MIL 4.3
3. Howard • PHI 4.3
4. Cuddyer • MIN 4.2
5. Utley • PHI 3.9
6. Bay • BOS 3.6
7. Casilla • MIN 3.5
8. Cabrera • DET 3.0
9. Tolbert • MIN 2.8
10. Kubel • MIN 2.7

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 7.5
2. Fielder • MIL 6.7
3. Mauer • MIN 5.2
4. Lee • CHC 5.1
5. Braun • MIL 4.9
6. Votto • CIN 4.8
7. Ramírez • FLA 4.5
8. Utley • PHI 4.5
9. Howard • PHI 4.4
10. González • SDP 4.4

rOBA

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

1. Pujols • STL .459
2. Mauer • MIN .441
3. Lee • CHC .435
4. Fielder • MIL .432
5. Votto • CIN .431
6. Ramírez • FLA .421
7. Youkilis • BOS .420
8. Braun • MIL .418
9. González • SDP .412
10. Sandoval • SFG .412

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 196
2. Fielder • MIL 176
3. Mauer • MIN 175
4. Votto • CIN 171
5. González • SDP 170
6. Lee • CHC 166
7. Braun • MIL 161
8. Ramírez • FLA 159
9. Sandoval • SFG 157
10. Zobrist • TBR 152

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