2012 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. Trout • LAA 10.5

2. Canó • NYY 8.4

3. Verlander • DET 8.0

4. Posey • SFG 7.5

5. Beltré • TEX 7.2

6. Molina • STL 7.2

7. Cabrera • DET 7.1

8. Wright • NYM 7.1

9. McCutchen • PIT 6.9

10. Braun • MIL 6.9

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. Trout • LAA 10.5

2. Canó • NYY 8.4

3. Posey • SFG 7.5

4. Beltré • TEX 7.2

5. Molina • STL 7.2

6. Cabrera • DET 7.1

7. Wright • NYM 7.1

8. McCutchen • PIT 6.9

9. Braun • MIL 6.9

10. Gordon • KCR 6.3

Headley • SDP 6.3

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. Trout • LAA 8.7

2. Cabrera • DET 7.7

3. McCutchen • PIT 7.4

4. Posey • SFG 7.3

5. Canó • NYY 7.0

6. Headley • SDP 6.5

7. Braun • MIL 6.1

8. Beltré • TEX 6.0

9. Jones • BAL 5.7

10. Encarnación • TOR 5.6

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. Barney • CHC 3.6

2. Ryan • SEA 3.6

3. Bourn • ATL 2.9

4. Molina • STL 2.9

5. Hardy • BAL 2.8

6. Simmons • ATL 2.4

7. Lawrie • TOR 2.4

8. Ramírez • CHW 2.3

9. Span • MIN 2.3

10. Escobar • TOR 2.2

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. Posey • SFG .336

2. Cabrera • DET .330

3. McCutchen • PIT .327

4. Trout • LAA .326

5. Beltré • TEX .321

6. Braun • MIL .319

7. Mauer • MIN .319

8. Jeter • NYY .316

9. Molina • STL .315

10. Votto • CIN .337 **

On-Base%

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

1. Votto • CIN .474 **

2. Mauer • MIN .416

3. Fielder • DET .412

4. Posey • SFG .408

5. McCutchen • PIT .400

6. Trout • LAA .399

7. Cabrera • DET .393

8. Braun • MIL .391

9. Wright • NYM .391

10. Montero • ARI .391

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. Stanton • MIA .608 **

2. Cabrera • DET .606

3. Braun • MIL .595

4. Hamilton • TEX .577

5. Trout • LAA .564

6. Beltré • TEX .561

7. Encarnación • TOR .557

8. McCutchen • PIT .553

9. Canó • NYY .550

10. Posey • SFG .549

On-Base Plus Slugging

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

1. Cabrera • DET .999

2. Braun • MIL .987

3. Votto • CIN 1.041 **

4. Stanton • MIA .969 **

5. Trout • LAA .963

6. Posey • SFG .957

7. McCutchen • PIT .953

8. Encarnación • TOR .941

9. Fielder • DET .940

10. Hamilton • TEX .930

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Jones • BAL 162

Castro • CHC 162

Fielder • DET 162

Suzuki • 2TM 162

5. Cabrera • DET 161

Butler • KCR 161

Gordon • KCR 161

Canó • NYY 161

Headley • SDP 161

10. Reyes • MIA 160

Granderson • NYY 160

Peña • TBR 160

Pence • 2TM 160

Espinosa • WSN 160

At Bats

1. Jeter • NYY 683

2. Hardy • BAL 663

3. Kinsler • TEX 655

4. Jones • BAL 648

5. Castro • CHC 646

6. Gordon • KCR 642

Reyes • MIA 642

8. Rollins • PHI 632

9. Andrus • TEX 629

Suzuki • 2TM 629

González • 2TM 629

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. Jeter • NYY 740

2. Kinsler • TEX 731

3. Gordon • KCR 721

4. Reyes • MIA 716

5. Hardy • BAL 713

6. Andrus • TEX 711

7. Bourn • ATL 703

8. Rollins • PHI 699

Headley • SDP 699

10. Jones • BAL 697

Cabrera • DET 697

Canó • NYY 697

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Trout • LAA 129

2. Cabrera • DET 109

3. Braun • MIL 108

4. Upton • ARI 107

McCutchen • PIT 107

6. Canó • NYY 105

Kinsler • TEX 105

8. Jones • BAL 103

Jackson • DET 103

Hamilton • TEX 103

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Jeter • NYY 216

2. Cabrera • DET 205

3. Canó • NYY 196

4. McCutchen • PIT 194

Beltré • TEX 194

6. Butler • KCR 192

7. Braun • MIL 191

8. Scutaro • 2TM 190

9. Gordon • KCR 189

10. González • 2TM 188

Total Bases

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

1. Cabrera • DET 377

2. Braun • MIL 356

3. Canó • NYY 345

4. Beltré • TEX 339

5. McCutchen • PIT 328

6. Jones • BAL 327

7. Hamilton • TEX 324

8. Hill • ARI 318

9. Trout • LAA 315

10. Butler • KCR 313

Pujols • LAA 313

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Gordon • KCR 51

2. Pujols • LAA 50

Ramírez • MIL 50

4. Canó • NYY 48

5. González • 2TM 47

6. Cruz • TEX 45

7. Hill • ARI 44

Votto • CIN 44

9. Goldschmidt • ARI 43

Choo • CLE 43

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Pagán • SFG 15

2. Castro • CHC 12

Reyes • MIA 12

4. Fowler • COL 11

5. Bourn • ATL 10

Colvin • COL 10

Jackson • DET 10

Cabrera • SFG 10

9. Andrus • TEX 9

Harper • WSN 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Cabrera • DET 44

2. Granderson • NYY 43

Hamilton • TEX 43

4. Encarnación • TOR 42

5. Dunn • CHW 41

Braun • MIL 41

7. Stanton • MIA 37

8. Beltré • TEX 36

9. Willingham • MIN 35

10. Bruce • CIN 34

Runs Batted In

1. Cabrera • DET 139

2. Hamilton • TEX 128

3. Headley • SDP 115

4. Braun • MIL 112

5. Willingham • MIN 110

Encarnación • TOR 110

7. Soriano • CHC 108

Fielder • DET 108

González • 2TM 108

10. Butler • KCR 107

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Dunn • CHW 105

2. Zobrist • TBR 97

3. Uggla • ATL 94

Votto • CIN 94

5. Santana • CLE 91

6. Mauer • MIN 90

7. Peña • TBR 87

8. Headley • SDP 86

9. Fielder • DET 85

10. Encarnación • TOR 84

Strikeouts

1. Dunn • CHW 222

2. Granderson • NYY 195

3. Espinosa • WSN 189

4. Peña • TBR 182

5. Álvarez • PIT 180

6. Davis • BAL 169

Weeks • MIL 169

Upton • TBR 169

9. Uggla • ATL 168

10. Stubbs • CIN 166

Stolen Bases

1. Trout • LAA 49

2. Davis • TOR 46

3. Cabrera • SDP 44

4. Bourn • ATL 42

5. Reyes • MIA 40

Revere • MIN 40

7. Crisp • OAK 39

Victorino • 2TM 39

9. Gómez • MIL 37

Pierre • PHI 37

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Jeter • NYY 169

2. Scutaro • 2TM 147

3. Andrus • TEX 137

4. Escobar • KCR 135

Suzuki • 2TM 135

6. Revere • MIN 131

Young • TEX 131

8. Butler • KCR 130

9. Mauer • MIN 129

10. Prado • ATL 128

Castro • CHC 128

McCutchen • PIT 128

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Posey • SFG 171

2. Trout • LAA 168

3. Cabrera • DET 164

4. McCutchen • PIT 162

5. Braun • MIL 158

6. Encarnación • TOR 153

7. Fielder • DET 151

8. Canó • NYY 148

9. Headley • SDP 145

10. Wright • NYM 144

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. Braun • MIL 142

2. Cabrera • DET 139

3. Trout • LAA 138

4. McCutchen • PIT 132

5. Fielder • DET 128

6. Canó • NYY 125

7. Encarnación • TOR 123

8. Beltré • TEX 122

9. Headley • SDP 120

10. Posey • SFG 117

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. Cabrera • DET 57

2. Posey • SFG 56

3. Trout • LAA 54

4. McCutchen • PIT 52

5. Votto • CIN 50

6. Braun • MIL 50

7. Fielder • DET 47

8. Canó • NYY 42

9. Encarnación • TOR 42

10. Headley • SDP 41

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. Cabrera • DET 5.5

2. Posey • SFG 5.4

3. Trout • LAA 5.2

4. McCutchen • PIT 5.1

5. Braun • MIL 4.9

6. Votto • CIN 4.9

7. Fielder • DET 4.5

8. Canó • NYY 4.1

9. Encarnación • TOR 4.1

10. Headley • SDP 4.0

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Cabrera • DET 84

2. Canó • NYY 82

3. Pujols • LAA 80

Braun • MIL 80

Ramírez • MIL 80

6. Hill • ARI 76

Hamilton • TEX 76

8. Jones • BAL 74

Bruce • CIN 74

10. Beltré • TEX 71

Times On Base

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

1. Fielder • DET 284

2. Cabrera • DET 274

3. McCutchen • PIT 269

4. Mauer • MIN 266

Jeter • NYY 266

6. Gordon • KCR 265

Braun • MIL 265

8. Canó • NYY 264

9. Headley • SDP 263

10. Wright • NYM 262

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. Trout • LAA .786

2. Braun • MIL .773

3. McCutchen • PIT .754

4. Posey • SFG .750

5. Cabrera • DET .745

6. Encarnación • TOR .740

7. Fielder • DET .738

8. Beltré • TEX .719

9. Canó • NYY .703

10. Headley • SDP .700

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Fielder • DET 17

Quentin • SDP 17

Youkilis • 2TM 17

4. Ruiz • PHI 16

5. Jay • STL 15

6. Choo • CLE 14

Willingham • MIN 14

8. Jones • BAL 13

Aoki • MIL 13

Weeks • MIL 13

Peña • TBR 13

Espinosa • WSN 13

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Cueto • CIN 17

Pierre • PHI 17

Andrus • TEX 17

4. Kershaw • LAD 14

5. Wilson • LAA 13

Capuano • LAD 13

7. Lohse • STL 12

8. Kennedy • ARI 10

Hanson • ATL 10

Latos • CIN 10

Nolasco • MIA 10

Dickey • NYM 10

Lincecum • SFG 10

Zito • SFG 10

Lynn • STL 10

Scutaro • 2TM 10

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Teixeira • NYY 12

2. Morneau • MIN 10

3. Goldschmidt • ARI 9

Freeman • ATL 9

Prado • ATL 9

Posey • SFG 9

Beltré • TEX 9

Hamilton • TEX 9

Scutaro • 2TM 9

LaRoche • WSN 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

Intentional Bases on Balls First tracked in 1955.

1. Votto • CIN 18

Fielder • DET 18

3. Cabrera • DET 17

4. Pujols • LAA 16

Wright • NYM 16

6. Braun • MIL 15

Beltrán • STL 15

8. Ortiz • BOS 13

Hanigan • CIN 13

McCutchen • PIT 13

Hamilton • TEX 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. Cabrera • DET 28

2. Kendrick • LAA 26

Young • TEX 26

4. Jeter • NYY 24

5. Mauer • MIN 23

6. Canó • NYY 22

7. Hardy • BAL 21

Santana • CLE 21

Escobar • TOR 21

Loney • 2TM 21

Caught Stealing

1. Bourn • ATL 13

Castro • CHC 13

Davis • TOR 13

4. De Aza • CHW 12

McCutchen • PIT 12

Tábata • PIT 12

7. Altuve • HOU 11

Reyes • MIA 11

9. Bloomquist • ARI 10

Strange-Gordon • LAD 10

Wright • NYM 10

Andrus • TEX 10

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Berry • DET 100.00

2. Casilla • MIN 95.46

3. Hosmer • KCR 94.12

4. Jennings • TBR 93.94

5. Cabrera • SDP 91.67

6. Campana • CHC 90.91

Bonifácio • MIA 90.91

8. Trout • LAA 90.74

9. Crisp • OAK 90.70

10. Izturis • LAA 89.47

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. Trout • LAA 37.2

2. Braun • MIL 34.6

3. Upton • TBR 29.4

4. Rollins • PHI 26.0

5. Gómez • MIL 25.1

6. McCutchen • PIT 24.3

7. Ríos • CHW 24.0

8. Heyward • ATL 23.6

9. Desmond • WSN 22.8

10. Ramírez • 2TM 22.4

AB per SO

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

1. Scutaro • 2TM 12.7

2. Reyes • MIA 11.5

3. Lee • 2TM 11.2

4. Suzuki • 2TM 10.3

5. Brantley • CLE 9.9

6. Revere • MIN 9.5

7. Aoki • MIL 9.5

8. Barney • CHC 9.4

9. Pedroia • BOS 9.4

10. Molina • STL 9.2

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Stanton • MIA 12.1 **

2. Encarnación • TOR 12.9

3. Hamilton • TEX 13.1

4. Dunn • CHW 13.1

5. Granderson • NYY 13.9

6. Cabrera • DET 14.1

7. Braun • MIL 14.6

8. Willingham • MIN 14.8

9. Davis • BAL 15.6

10. Bautista • TOR 12.3 **

Outs Made

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

1. Hardy • BAL 535

2. Kinsler • TEX 516

3. Jeter • NYY 502

4. Castro • CHC 496

5. Andrus • TEX 494

6. Rollins • PHI 493

7. Reyes • MIA 490

8. Jones • BAL 486

9. Pence • 2TM 485

10. Reddick • OAK 484

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. Encarnación • TOR 57.12

2. Trout • LAA 53.41

3. Headley • SDP 51.60

4. Braun • MIL 51.51

5. Posey • SFG 50.78

6. Fielder • DET 50.28

7. Votto • CIN 50.24

8. McCutchen • PIT 48.04

9. Mauer • MIN 47.62

10. Cabrera • DET 46.77

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. A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Votto • CIN 6.1

2. Trout • LAA 5.3

3. Braun • MIL 5.1

4. Willingham • MIN 5.1

5. Fielder • DET 4.9

6. Encarnación • TOR 4.8

7. Posey • SFG 4.8

8. Cabrera • DET 4.8

9. Ramírez • MIL 4.6

10. McCutchen • PIT 4.6

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. Cabrera • DET 5.9

2. Trout • LAA 5.8

3. Braun • MIL 5.7

4. Posey • SFG 4.9

5. McCutchen • PIT 4.9

6. Encarnación • TOR 4.8

7. Headley • SDP 4.8

8. Votto • CIN 4.5

9. Hamilton • TEX 4.4

10. Fielder • DET 4.4

Championship WPA (cWPA)

Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points. A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Fielder • DET 4.5

2. Cabrera • DET 4.4

3. Céspedes • OAK 4.2

4. Votto • CIN 3.7

5. Posey • SFG 3.6

6. Trout • LAA 3.6

7. Jones • PIT 3.4

8. Molina • STL 3.4

9. Moss • OAK 3.2

10. Wright • NYM 3.1

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. Encarnación • TOR 5.5

2. Trout • LAA 5.3

3. Headley • SDP 5.3

4. Posey • SFG 5.2

5. Braun • MIL 4.9

6. McCutchen • PIT 4.8

7. Votto • CIN 4.8

8. Fielder • DET 4.8

9. Mauer • MIN 4.7

10. Cabrera • DET 4.4

rOBA

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

1. Trout • LAA .430

2. Braun • MIL .424

3. Cabrera • DET .422

4. Posey • SFG .417

5. McCutchen • PIT .407

6. Encarnación • TOR .405

7. Fielder • DET .404

8. Canó • NYY .401

9. Ramírez • MIL .395

10. Beltré • TEX .395

Rbat+

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

1. Posey • SFG 183

2. Trout • LAA 174

3. McCutchen • PIT 170

4. Cabrera • DET 168

5. Braun • MIL 167

6. Headley • SDP 159

7. Encarnación • TOR 156

8. Fielder • DET 155

9. Canó • NYY 153

10. Molina • STL 151

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