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. Kershaw • LAD 8.2
2. Kluber • CLE 8.1
3. Trout • LAA 7.7
4. Brantley • CLE 6.9
5. Donaldson • OAK 6.9
6. Bautista • TOR 6.9
7. Hamels • PHI 6.6
8. Cueto • CIN 6.6
9. Stanton • MIA 6.5
10. Rendon • WSN 6.5

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. Trout • LAA 7.7
2. Brantley • CLE 6.9
3. Donaldson • OAK 6.9
4. Bautista • TOR 6.9
5. Stanton • MIA 6.5
6. Rendon • WSN 6.5
7. Lucroy • MIL 6.4
8. McCutchen • PIT 6.4
9. Canó • SEA 6.4
10. Seager • SEA 6.3

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. Trout • LAA 8.8
2. McCutchen • PIT 7.7
3. Bautista • TOR 6.8
4. Abreu • CHW 6.8
5. Brantley • CLE 6.7
6. Altuve • HOU 6.7
7. Canó • SEA 6.3
8. Stanton • MIA 5.9
9. Martínez • DET 5.9
10. Beltré • TEX 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. Lagares • NYM 3.1
2. Simmons • ATL 2.9
3. Cozart • CIN 2.6
4. Peralta • STL 2.5
5. Martín • TEX 2.3
6. Molina • STL 2.3
Perez • KCR 2.3
8. Kinsler • DET 2.2
9. Martin • PIT 2.2
Seager • SEA 2.2

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. Altuve • HOU .341
2. Martínez • DET .335
3. Brantley • CLE .327
4. Beltré • TEX .324
5. Morneau • COL .319
6. Abreu • CHW .317
7. Harrison • PIT .315
8. Canó • SEA .314
9. McCutchen • PIT .314
10. Cabrera • DET .313

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. McCutchen • PIT .410
2. Martínez • DET .409
3. Bautista • TOR .403
4. Stanton • MIA .395
5. Werth • WSN .394
6. Beltré • TEX .388
7. Rizzo • CHC .386
8. Freeman • ATL .386
9. Brantley • CLE .385
10. Abreu • CHW .383

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. Abreu • CHW .581
2. Martínez • DET .565
3. Trout • LAA .561
4. Stanton • MIA .555
5. Encarnación • TOR .547
6. McCutchen • PIT .542
7. Dickerson • COL .567 **
8. Martinez • DET .553 **
9. Rizzo • CHC .527
10. Cruz • BAL .525

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. Martínez • DET .974
2. Abreu • CHW .964
3. McCutchen • PIT .952
4. Stanton • MIA .950
5. Trout • LAA .939
6. Bautista • TOR .928
7. Rizzo • CHC .913
8. Encarnación • TOR .901
9. Cabrera • DET .895
10. Brantley • CLE .890

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Freeman • ATL 162
Escobar • KCR 162
Pence • SFG 162
Longoria • TBR 162
5. Kinsler • DET 161
6. McGehee • MIA 160
7. Cruz • BAL 159
Jones • BAL 159
Cabrera • DET 159
Pujols • LAA 159
González • LAD 159
Seager • SEA 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Kinsler • DET 684
2. Altuve • HOU 660
3. Pence • SFG 650
4. Jones • BAL 644
5. Markakis • BAL 642
6. Pujols • LAA 633
7. Longoria • TBR 624
8. Ramírez • CHW 622
9. Andrus • TEX 619
10. Kendrick • LAA 617

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. Kinsler • DET 726
2. Markakis • BAL 710
3. Carpenter • STL 709
4. Freeman • ATL 708
Pence • SFG 708
6. Altuve • HOU 707
Dozier • MIN 707
8. Trout • LAA 705
9. Longoria • TBR 700
10. Pujols • LAA 695
Donaldson • OAK 695

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Trout • LAA 115
2. Dozier • MIN 112
3. Rendon • WSN 111
4. Pence • SFG 106
5. Cabrera • DET 101
Bautista • TOR 101
7. Kinsler • DET 100
8. Carpenter • STL 99
9. Gómez • MIL 95
10. Brantley • CLE 94
Yelich • MIA 94
Reyes • TOR 94
Span • WSN 94

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Altuve • HOU 225
2. Brantley • CLE 200
3. Cabrera • DET 191
4. Kinsler • DET 188
Martínez • DET 188
6. Canó • SEA 187
7. Revere • PHI 184
Span • WSN 184
9. Jones • BAL 181
Kendrick • LAA 181

Total Bases

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

1. Trout • LAA 338
2. Abreu • CHW 323
3. Cruz • BAL 322
4. Cabrera • DET 320
5. Martínez • DET 317
6. Brantley • CLE 309
7. Jones • BAL 302
8. Altuve • HOU 299
Stanton • MIA 299
10. McCutchen • PIT 297

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Lucroy • MIL 53
2. Cabrera • DET 52
3. Altuve • HOU 47
4. Brantley • CLE 45
5. Freeman • ATL 43
6. González • LAD 41
7. Kinsler • DET 40
Plouffe • MIN 40
9. Goldschmidt • ARI 39
Trout • LAA 39
Rendon • WSN 39
Span • WSN 39

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Strange-Gordon • LAD 12
2. Eaton • CHW 10
Bourn • CLE 10
Hechavarría • MIA 10
Crawford • SFG 10
Pence • SFG 10
7. Peralta • ARI 9
Trout • LAA 9
Puig • LAD 9
10. Hamilton • CIN 8
Gardner • NYY 8
Kiermaier • TBR 8
Ríos • TEX 8
De Aza • 2TM 8
Span • WSN 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Cruz • BAL 40
2. Carter • HOU 37
Stanton • MIA 37
4. Abreu • CHW 36
Trout • LAA 36
6. Ortiz • BOS 35
Bautista • TOR 35
8. Encarnación • TOR 34
9. Rizzo • CHC 32
Martínez • DET 32

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. González • LAD 116
2. Trout • LAA 111
3. Cabrera • DET 109
4. Cruz • BAL 108
5. Abreu • CHW 107
6. Pujols • LAA 105
Stanton • MIA 105
8. Ortiz • BOS 104
9. Martínez • DET 103
Bautista • TOR 103

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Santana • CLE 113
2. Bautista • TOR 104
3. Carpenter • STL 95
4. Stanton • MIA 94
5. Freeman • ATL 90
6. Dozier • MIN 89
7. McCutchen • PIT 84
8. Trout • LAA 83
Werth • WSN 83
10. LaRoche • WSN 82

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Howard • PHI 190
2. Byrd • PHI 185
3. Trout • LAA 184
4. Desmond • WSN 183
5. Carter • HOU 182
6. Upton • ATL 173
Davis • BAL 173
8. Upton • ATL 171
9. Stanton • MIA 170
10. Ozuna • MIA 164

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Strange-Gordon • LAD 64
2. Hamilton • CIN 56
Altuve • HOU 56
4. Revere • PHI 49
5. Ellsbury • NYY 39
6. Davis • DET 36
Dyson • KCR 36
8. Gómez • MIL 34
9. Escobar • KCR 31
Martín • TEX 31
Span • WSN 31

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Altuve • HOU 168
2. Revere • PHI 162
3. McGehee • MIA 143
4. Strange-Gordon • LAD 138
Loney • TBR 138
6. Kendrick • LAA 136
7. Markakis • BAL 135
8. Canó • SEA 134
9. Brantley • CLE 133
10. Span • WSN 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. Abreu • CHW 173
2. Martínez • DET 172
3. Trout • LAA 169
4. McCutchen • PIT 166
5. Stanton • MIA 164
6. Bautista • TOR 162
7. Encarnación • TOR 152
8. Rizzo • CHC 152
9. Cabrera • DET 150
10. Brantley • CLE 148

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. Trout • LAA 137
2. McCutchen • PIT 130
3. Martínez • DET 126
4. Brantley • CLE 122
5. Abreu • CHW 121
Bautista • TOR 121
7. Stanton • MIA 120
8. Cabrera • DET 115
9. Altuve • HOU 114
10. Rizzo • CHC 111

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. Trout • LAA 56
2. Martínez • DET 56
3. Abreu • CHW 53
4. McCutchen • PIT 53
5. Bautista • TOR 50
6. Stanton • MIA 49
7. Cabrera • DET 43
8. Brantley • CLE 40
9. Rizzo • CHC 39
10. Freeman • ATL 36

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. Trout • LAA 5.6
2. Martínez • DET 5.6
3. McCutchen • PIT 5.4
4. Abreu • CHW 5.3
5. Bautista • TOR 5.0
6. Stanton • MIA 5.0
7. Cabrera • DET 4.3
8. Brantley • CLE 4.0
9. Rizzo • CHC 4.0
10. Freeman • ATL 3.7

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Trout • LAA 84
2. Cabrera • DET 78
3. Cruz • BAL 74
4. Abreu • CHW 73
5. Stanton • MIA 69
McCutchen • PIT 69
7. González • LAD 68
Lucroy • MIL 68
9. Brantley • CLE 67
10. Pujols • LAA 66
Kemp • LAD 66
Rendon • WSN 66

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. Freeman • ATL 273
2. Bautista • TOR 271
3. Altuve • HOU 266
Trout • LAA 266
McCutchen • PIT 266
6. Carpenter • STL 265
7. Martínez • DET 262
8. Brantley • CLE 260
9. Cabrera • DET 254
Canó • SEA 254

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. McCutchen • PIT .796
2. Martínez • DET .776
3. Trout • LAA .766
4. Stanton • MIA .764
5. Abreu • CHW .762
6. Rizzo • CHC .749
7. Bautista • TOR .743
8. Brantley • CLE .737
9. Werth • WSN .721
10. Puig • LAD .714

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Jay • STL 20
2. Gómez • MIL 19
3. Marte • PIT 17
Zunino • SEA 17
Holliday • STL 17
6. Rizzo • CHC 15
Martin • PIT 15
8. Blackmon • COL 13
Ramírez • MIL 13
Utley • PHI 13

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Ramírez • CLE 13
Gardner • NYY 13
Miller • STL 13
4. Cueto • CIN 12
Wheeler • NYM 12
6. Aviles • CLE 11
Roark • WSN 11
8. Segura • MIL 10
9. Miley • ARI 9
Harang • ATL 9
Hamilton • CIN 9
Lohse • MIL 9
Cabrera • SDP 9
Chávez • SEA 9
Jennings • TBR 9
Andrus • TEX 9
Hernández • 2TM 9
Fister • WSN 9
Strasburg • WSN 9
Zimmermann • WSN 9

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Cabrera • DET 11
González • LAD 11
3. Trout • LAA 10
Crawford • SFG 10
5. Pujols • LAA 9
Utley • PHI 9
Carpenter • STL 9
Joyce • TBR 9
Longoria • TBR 9
Jackson • 2TM 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Martínez • DET 28
2. Stanton • MIA 24
3. Ortiz • BOS 22
4. Canó • SEA 20
5. Abreu • CHW 15
6. Beltré • TEX 13
7. Mauer • MIN 12
Utley • PHI 12
Mercer • PIT 12
10. Montero • ARI 11
Pujols • LAA 11
Tejada • NYM 11
Longoria • TBR 11
Fielder • TEX 11
Bautista • TOR 11

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. McGehee • MIA 31
2. Pujols • LAA 28
3. Simmons • ATL 25
4. Johnson • ATL 23
Dominguez • HOU 23
6. Perez • KCR 22
Wright • NYM 22
8. Ramírez • CHW 21
Cabrera • DET 21
Butler • KCR 21
Kemp • LAD 21
Hechavarría • MIA 21
Loney • TBR 21
Andrus • TEX 21

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Hamilton • CIN 23
2. Strange-Gordon • LAD 19
3. Andrus • TEX 15
4. Gómez • MIL 12
Martín • TEX 12
6. Davis • DET 11
Marte • PIT 11
8. Blackmon • COL 10
LeMahieu • COL 10
De Aza • 2TM 10

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Jones • SEA 96.43
2. Brantley • CLE 95.83
3. Reyes • TOR 93.75
4. Gentry • OAK 90.91
5. Trout • LAA 88.89
6. Ellsbury • NYY 88.64
7. Kipnis • CLE 88.00
8. Stubbs • COL 86.96
9. Inciarte • ARI 86.36
10. Altuve • HOU 86.15

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. Gómez • MIL 27.4
2. Desmond • WSN 24.0
3. Frazier • CIN 23.7
4. Ellsbury • NYY 22.7
5. Blackmon • COL 22.6
6. Trout • LAA 22.2
7. Dozier • MIN 22.0
8. Brantley • CLE 21.4
9. Rollins • PHI 21.2
10. McCutchen • PIT 20.9

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. Martínez • DET 13.4
2. Altuve • HOU 12.5
3. Revere • PHI 12.3
4. Brantley • CLE 10.9
5. Aoki • KCR 10.0
6. Suzuki • MIN 9.8
7. Aybar • LAA 9.5
8. Span • WSN 9.4
9. Simmons • ATL 9.0
10. Pujols • LAA 8.9

AB per HR

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

1. Carter • HOU 13.7
2. Encarnación • TOR 14.0
3. Stanton • MIA 14.6
4. Ortiz • BOS 14.8
5. Cruz • BAL 15.3
6. Abreu • CHW 15.4
7. Bautista • TOR 15.8
8. Rizzo • CHC 16.4
9. Trout • LAA 16.7
10. Duda • NYM 17.1

Outs Made

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

1. Kinsler • DET 528
2. Andrus • TEX 508
3. Pujols • LAA 499
4. Pence • SFG 492
5. Longoria • TBR 491
6. Jones • BAL 482
Ramírez • CHW 482
8. Markakis • BAL 479
McGehee • MIA 479
Dozier • MIN 479

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. Trout • LAA 65.17
2. Martínez • DET 54.74
3. Stanton • MIA 49.65
4. Abreu • CHW 47.14
5. Werth • WSN 45.54
6. Bautista • TOR 44.74
7. Brantley • CLE 44.38
8. Cabrera • DET 44.26
9. McCutchen • PIT 42.41
10. Goldschmidt • ARI 41.05

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. Trout • LAA 7.0
2. Stanton • MIA 5.1
3. McCutchen • PIT 4.9
4. Posey • SFG 4.9
5. Holliday • STL 4.4
6. Cabrera • DET 4.4
7. Abreu • CHW 4.4
8. Werth • WSN 4.4
9. Martínez • DET 4.4
10. Brantley • CLE 4.3

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 5.6
2. Trout • LAA 5.5
3. Stanton • MIA 5.1
4. McCutchen • PIT 5.0
5. Martínez • DET 4.6
6. Abreu • CHW 4.6
7. Rizzo • CHC 4.5
8. Cabrera • DET 4.4
9. Brantley • CLE 4.3
10. Beltré • TEX 3.7

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. Cabrera • DET 4.8
2. Holliday • STL 4.6
3. Posey • SFG 4.3
4. Trout • LAA 4.2
5. Martínez • DET 4.0
6. Lucroy • MIL 3.6
7. Pence • SFG 3.2
8. McCutchen • PIT 3.1
9. Stanton • MIA 3.1
10. Werth • WSN 2.8

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. Trout • LAA 6.6
2. Martínez • DET 5.4
3. Stanton • MIA 5.0
4. Abreu • CHW 4.8
5. Werth • WSN 4.5
6. Bautista • TOR 4.5
7. Cabrera • DET 4.4
8. Brantley • CLE 4.4
9. McCutchen • PIT 4.3
10. Mesoraco • CIN 4.1

rOBA

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

1. Abreu • CHW .425
2. McCutchen • PIT .423
3. Martínez • DET .423
4. Bautista • TOR .414
5. Trout • LAA .413
6. Stanton • MIA .409
7. Brantley • CLE .407
8. Rizzo • CHC .402
9. Encarnación • TOR .393
10. Beltré • TEX .391

Rbat+

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

1. Abreu • CHW 183
2. McCutchen • PIT 179
3. Martínez • DET 179
4. Trout • LAA 171
5. Bautista • TOR 170
6. Stanton • MIA 169
7. Rizzo • CHC 165
8. Puig • LAD 157
9. Brantley • CLE 156
10. Posey • SFG 154

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