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. Lee • PHI 9.0
2. Halladay • PHI 8.6
Verlander • DET 8.6
4. Ellsbury • BOS 8.3
5. Bautista • TOR 8.3
6. Kemp • LAD 8.0
7. Pedroia • BOS 7.9
8. Braun • MIL 7.7
9. Cabrera • DET 7.6
10. Zobrist • TBR 7.6

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. Ellsbury • BOS 8.3
2. Bautista • TOR 8.3
3. Kemp • LAD 8.0
4. Pedroia • BOS 7.9
5. Braun • MIL 7.7
6. Cabrera • DET 7.6
7. Zobrist • TBR 7.6
8. Gordon • KCR 7.3
9. Longoria • TBR 7.2
10. Kinsler • TEX 7.0

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. Kemp • LAD 8.7
2. Bautista • TOR 8.4
3. Cabrera • DET 7.9
4. Ellsbury • BOS 7.5
5. Braun • MIL 7.5
6. Granderson • NYY 6.4
7. Pedroia • BOS 6.1
8. Reyes • NYM 6.1
9. Votto • CIN 5.8
10. González • BOS 5.7

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. Jackson • DET 3.1
2. Wieters • BAL 3.0
3. Ryan • SEA 2.8
4. Barmes • HOU 2.5
5. Longoria • TBR 2.4
6. Pedroia • BOS 2.4
7. Ellis • 2TM 2.3
8. Young • ARI 2.3
9. Zobrist • TBR 2.2
10. Kinsler • TEX 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. Cabrera • DET .344
2. González • BOS .338
3. Young • TEX .338
4. Reyes • NYM .337
5. Braun • MIL .332
6. Martínez • DET .330
7. Kemp • LAD .324
8. Ellsbury • BOS .321
9. Pence • 2TM .314
10. Votto • CIN .309

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. Cabrera • DET .448
2. Bautista • TOR .447
3. Votto • CIN .416
4. Fielder • MIL .415
5. Berkman • STL .412
6. González • BOS .410
7. Kemp • LAD .399
8. Ortiz • BOS .398
9. Braun • MIL .397
10. Avila • DET .389

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. Bautista • TOR .608
2. Braun • MIL .597
3. Kemp • LAD .586
4. Cabrera • DET .586
5. Fielder • MIL .566
6. Beltré • TEX .561
7. Ortiz • BOS .554
8. Granderson • NYY .552
9. Ellsbury • BOS .552
10. Morse • WSN .550

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. Bautista • TOR 1.056
2. Cabrera • DET 1.033
3. Braun • MIL .994
4. Kemp • LAD .986
5. Fielder • MIL .981
6. Berkman • STL .959
7. González • BOS .957
8. Ortiz • BOS .953
9. Votto • CIN .947
10. Ellsbury • BOS .928

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Fielder • MIL 162
2. Uggla • ATL 161
Votto • CIN 161
Cabrera • DET 161
Kemp • LAD 161
Suzuki • SEA 161
7. Markakis • BAL 160
8. Upton • ARI 159
González • BOS 159
Pedroia • BOS 159
Sánchez • FLA 159
Butler • KCR 159
Canó • NYY 159
Gardner • NYY 159
Walker • PIT 159
Jay • STL 159
Young • TEX 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Suzuki • SEA 677
2. Castro • CHC 674
3. Ellsbury • BOS 660
4. Cabrera • KCR 658
5. Bourn • 2TM 656
6. Markakis • BAL 641
7. Pierre • CHW 639
8. Pedroia • BOS 635
9. Young • TEX 631
10. González • BOS 630

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. Ellsbury • BOS 732
2. Pedroia • BOS 731
3. Kinsler • TEX 723
4. Bourn • 2TM 722
5. Suzuki • SEA 721
6. Votto • CIN 719
7. Markakis • BAL 716
8. González • BOS 715
Castro • CHC 715
10. Pierre • CHW 711

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Granderson • NYY 136
2. Kinsler • TEX 121
3. Ellsbury • BOS 119
4. Kemp • LAD 115
5. Cabrera • DET 111
6. Braun • MIL 109
7. González • BOS 108
8. Upton • ARI 105
Pujols • STL 105
Bautista • TOR 105

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. González • BOS 213
Young • TEX 213
3. Ellsbury • BOS 212
4. Castro • CHC 207
5. Cabrera • KCR 201
6. Cabrera • DET 197
7. Pedroia • BOS 195
Kemp • LAD 195
9. Bourn • 2TM 193
10. Pence • 2TM 190

Total Bases

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

1. Ellsbury • BOS 364
2. Kemp • LAD 353
3. González • BOS 345
4. Braun • MIL 336
5. Cabrera • DET 335
6. Canó • NYY 332
7. Fielder • MIL 322
Granderson • NYY 322
9. Votto • CIN 318
10. Upton • ARI 313
Pujols • STL 313

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Cabrera • DET 48
2. Francoeur • KCR 47
3. Ellsbury • BOS 46
Canó • NYY 46
Zobrist • TBR 46
6. González • BOS 45
Gordon • KCR 45
8. Butler • KCR 44
Cabrera • KCR 44
10. Young • TEX 41

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Reyes • NYM 16
Victorino • PHI 16
3. Fowler • COL 15
4. Jackson • DET 11
Bourjos • LAA 11
6. Granderson • NYY 10
Bourn • 2TM 10
8. Castro • CHC 9
Smith • COL 9
10. Parra • ARI 8
Infante • FLA 8
Escobar • KCR 8
Aybar • LAA 8
Gardner • NYY 8
Weeks • OAK 8
Maybin • SDP 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Bautista • TOR 43
2. Granderson • NYY 41
3. Kemp • LAD 39
Teixeira • NYY 39
5. Fielder • MIL 38
6. Reynolds • BAL 37
Pujols • STL 37
8. Uggla • ATL 36
9. Stanton • FLA 34
10. Braun • MIL 33
Howard • PHI 33

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Kemp • LAD 126
2. Fielder • MIL 120
3. Granderson • NYY 119
4. Canó • NYY 118
5. González • BOS 117
6. Howard • PHI 116
7. Braun • MIL 111
Teixeira • NYY 111
9. Young • TEX 106
10. Ellsbury • BOS 105
Konerko • CHW 105
Tulowitzki • COL 105
Cabrera • DET 105
Beltré • TEX 105

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bautista • TOR 132
2. Votto • CIN 110
3. Cabrera • DET 108
4. Fielder • MIL 107
5. Peña • CHC 101
6. Santana • CLE 97
7. Swisher • NYY 95
8. Berkman • STL 92
9. McCutchen • PIT 89
Kinsler • TEX 89

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Stubbs • CIN 205
2. Reynolds • BAL 196
3. Jackson • DET 181
4. Dunn • CHW 177
5. Howard • PHI 172
6. Granderson • NYY 169
7. Stanton • FLA 166
Espinosa • WSN 166
9. Johnson • 2TM 163
10. Peña • CHC 161
Upton • TBR 161

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Bourn • 2TM 61
2. Gardner • NYY 49
Crisp • OAK 49
4. Stubbs • CIN 40
Bonifácio • FLA 40
Kemp • LAD 40
Maybin • SDP 40
Suzuki • SEA 40
9. Ellsbury • BOS 39
Reyes • NYM 39

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Pierre • CHW 155
Young • TEX 155
3. Suzuki • SEA 154
4. Castro • CHC 152
5. Bourn • 2TM 147
6. González • BOS 138
7. Markakis • BAL 135
8. Pedroia • BOS 134
Cabrera • KCR 134
10. Ellsbury • BOS 129
Bonifácio • FLA 129
Andrus • TEX 129

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Bautista • TOR 182
2. Cabrera • DET 179
3. Kemp • LAD 172
4. Braun • MIL 166
5. Berkman • STL 164
6. Fielder • MIL 164
7. González • BOS 155
8. Votto • CIN 155
9. Beltrán • 2TM 154
10. Ortiz • BOS 154

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. Cabrera • DET 149
Bautista • TOR 149
3. Kemp • LAD 141
4. Ellsbury • BOS 139
5. Braun • MIL 138
6. González • BOS 135
Fielder • MIL 135
8. Votto • CIN 133
9. Pedroia • BOS 122
10. Granderson • NYY 121

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. Cabrera • DET 70
2. Bautista • TOR 67
3. Kemp • LAD 60
4. Fielder • MIL 56
5. González • BOS 51
6. Braun • MIL 51
7. Votto • CIN 51
8. Berkman • STL 47
9. Ellsbury • BOS 42
10. Ortiz • BOS 42

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. Cabrera • DET 6.8
2. Bautista • TOR 6.4
3. Kemp • LAD 6.0
4. Fielder • MIL 5.5
5. Braun • MIL 5.1
6. Votto • CIN 5.1
7. González • BOS 5.0
8. Berkman • STL 4.6
9. Ellsbury • BOS 4.1
10. Ortiz • BOS 4.0

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Ellsbury • BOS 83
2. Canó • NYY 81
3. Cabrera • DET 78
4. Braun • MIL 77
Granderson • NYY 77
6. Kemp • LAD 76
7. Upton • ARI 75
González • BOS 75
Fielder • MIL 75
10. Votto • CIN 72
Gordon • KCR 72
Zobrist • TBR 72

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. Cabrera • DET 308
2. Votto • CIN 299
3. González • BOS 293
Bautista • TOR 293
5. Fielder • MIL 287
6. Pedroia • BOS 282
7. Kemp • LAD 275
8. Ellsbury • BOS 273
9. Young • TEX 262
10. Gordon • KCR 259

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. Bautista • TOR .822
2. Cabrera • DET .801
3. Braun • MIL .799
4. Kemp • LAD .771
5. Fielder • MIL .770
6. Berkman • STL .767
7. Votto • CIN .747
8. Reyes • NYM .736
9. González • BOS .734
10. Ellsbury • BOS .722

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Quentin • CHW 23
2. Upton • ARI 19
Espinosa • WSN 19
4. Rodríguez • TBR 18
5. Youkilis • BOS 14
Morgan • MIL 14
Utley • PHI 14
8. Beckham • CHW 13
Morse • WSN 13
10. Canó • NYY 12
Granderson • NYY 12
Kotchman • TBR 12

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Pierre • CHW 19
2. Escobar • KCR 18
3. Infante • FLA 17
4. Halladay • PHI 16
Andrus • TEX 16
6. Morgan • MIL 15
Hernández • WSN 15
8. Hammel • COL 14
Jackson • DET 14
Getz • KCR 14
Mathis • LAA 14

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Jones • BAL 12
2. Konerko • CHW 11
3. Francoeur • KCR 10
Betancourt • MIL 10
Hamilton • TEX 10
6. Peralta • DET 9
Matsui • OAK 9
Huff • SFG 9
Young • TEX 9
Rivera • 2TM 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Fielder • MIL 32
2. Kemp • LAD 24
Bautista • TOR 24
4. Cabrera • DET 22
5. González • BOS 20
6. Konerko • CHW 17
Berkman • STL 17
8. Parra • ARI 16
Howard • PHI 16
10. Votto • CIN 15
Butler • KCR 15
Pujols • STL 15

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. Pujols • STL 29
2. González • BOS 28
3. Ortiz • BOS 24
Cabrera • DET 24
Hunter • LAA 24
6. Guerrero • BAL 23
7. Holliday • STL 21
Molina • STL 21
9. Castro • CHC 20
Ríos • CHW 20
Votto • CIN 20
Martínez • DET 20

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Pierre • CHW 17
2. Ellsbury • BOS 15
3. Bourn • 2TM 14
4. Gardner • NYY 13
5. Upton • TBR 12
Andrus • TEX 12
7. Bonifácio • FLA 11
Kemp • LAD 11
Weeks • OAK 11
Davis • TOR 11

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Gentry • TEX 100.00
2. Parra • ARI 93.75
3. Campana • CHC 92.31
4. Venable • SDP 89.66
5. Gómez • MIL 88.89
6. Kinsler • TEX 88.24
7. Young • COL 87.10
8. Werth • WSN 86.36
Hudson • SDP 86.36
Victorino • PHI 86.36

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. Kemp • LAD 39.5
2. Ellsbury • BOS 35.2
3. Braun • MIL 33.0
4. Granderson • NYY 31.1
5. Kinsler • TEX 31.0
6. Upton • TBR 28.1
7. Upton • ARI 25.0
8. Pedroia • BOS 23.2
9. McCutchen • PIT 23.0
10. González • COL 22.6

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. Pierre • CHW 15.6
2. Pierzynski • CHW 14.1 **
3. Reyes • NYM 13.1
4. Molina • STL 10.8
5. Polanco • PHI 10.7
6. Prado • ATL 10.6
7. Martínez • DET 10.6
8. Guerrero • BAL 10.0
9. Pujols • STL 10.0
10. Callaspo • LAA 9.9

AB per HR

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

1. Bautista • TOR 11.9
2. Granderson • NYY 14.2
3. Reynolds • BAL 14.4
4. Napoli • TEX 12.3 **
5. Fielder • MIL 15.0
6. Teixeira • NYY 15.1
7. Stanton • FLA 15.2
8. Beltré • TEX 15.2
9. Kemp • LAD 15.4
10. Longoria • TBR 15.6

Outs Made

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

1. Suzuki • SEA 516
2. Pierre • CHW 507
3. Castro • CHC 500
4. Bourn • 2TM 492
5. Cabrera • KCR 491
6. Kinsler • TEX 489
7. Ramírez • CHW 486
8. Markakis • BAL 484
9. Ellsbury • BOS 479
10. Jackson • DET 477

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. Cabrera • DET 70.12
2. Kemp • LAD 66.53
3. Bautista • TOR 66.46
4. Braun • MIL 64.96
5. Votto • CIN 63.30
6. Fielder • MIL 61.99
7. Ellsbury • BOS 59.01
8. Berkman • STL 53.42
9. González • BOS 51.16
10. Martínez • DET 44.53

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. Bautista • TOR 8.0
2. Fielder • MIL 7.7
3. Cabrera • DET 7.6
4. Votto • CIN 7.1
5. Braun • MIL 6.4
6. Kemp • LAD 6.3
7. Ellsbury • BOS 6.2
8. Berkman • STL 5.7
9. Hamilton • TEX 4.9
10. Howard • PHI 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. Bautista • TOR 6.8
2. Braun • MIL 6.8
3. Kemp • LAD 6.4
4. Fielder • MIL 6.1
5. Cabrera • DET 6.1
6. Votto • CIN 5.4
7. Ellsbury • BOS 4.8
8. Berkman • STL 4.7
9. González • BOS 4.4
10. Pujols • STL 4.4

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. Ellsbury • BOS 5.9
2. Longoria • TBR 5.6
3. Fielder • MIL 5.1
4. Hamilton • TEX 4.8
5. Cabrera • DET 4.7
6. Berkman • STL 4.5
7. Pujols • STL 4.1
8. Braun • MIL 3.7
9. Votto • CIN 3.6
10. Pedroia • BOS 3.4

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. Cabrera • DET 6.7
2. Kemp • LAD 6.7
3. Braun • MIL 6.3
4. Bautista • TOR 6.3
5. Votto • CIN 6.1
6. Fielder • MIL 6.0
7. Ellsbury • BOS 5.6
8. Berkman • STL 5.3
9. González • BOS 4.8
10. Martínez • DET 4.3

rOBA

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

1. Bautista • TOR .451
2. Braun • MIL .450
3. Cabrera • DET .445
4. Kemp • LAD .433
5. Votto • CIN .419
6. Fielder • MIL .419
7. González • BOS .413
8. Berkman • STL .412
9. Ortiz • BOS .408
10. Ellsbury • BOS .408

Rbat+

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

1. Bautista • TOR 189
2. Braun • MIL 186
3. Cabrera • DET 186
4. Kemp • LAD 184
5. Berkman • STL 174
6. Fielder • MIL 173
7. Votto • CIN 171
8. Beltrán • 2TM 164
9. Holliday • STL 160
10. González • BOS 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