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. Harper • WSN 9.7
2. Trout • LAA 9.5
3. Greinke • LAD 9.5
4. Arrieta • CHC 8.6
5. Goldschmidt • ARI 8.3
6. Votto • CIN 7.7
7. Donaldson • TOR 7.4
Scherzer • WSN 7.4
9. Kershaw • LAD 7.3
10. Machado • BAL 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. Harper • WSN 9.7
2. Trout • LAA 9.5
3. Goldschmidt • ARI 8.3
4. Votto • CIN 7.7
5. Donaldson • TOR 7.4
6. Machado • BAL 7.3
7. Heyward • STL 7.0
8. Cain • KCR 6.9
9. Kiermaier • TBR 6.9
10. Pollock • ARI 6.7

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. Harper • WSN 9.0
2. Trout • LAA 8.8
3. Donaldson • TOR 7.4
4. Votto • CIN 7.0
5. Goldschmidt • ARI 6.8
6. Cruz • SEA 6.0
7. McCutchen • PIT 5.8
8. Pollock • ARI 5.7
9. Machado • BAL 5.7
10. Bryant • CHC 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. Kiermaier • TBR 4.4
2. Simmons • ATL 3.9
3. Crawford • SFG 3.5
4. Pillar • TOR 2.9
5. Arenado • COL 2.8
6. Inciarte • ARI 2.6
7. Heyward • STL 2.4
8. Hechavarría • MIA 2.1
9. Cain • KCR 2.1
Machado • BAL 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 .338
2. Strange-Gordon • MIA .333
3. Harper • WSN .330
4. Goldschmidt • ARI .321
5. Bogaerts • BOS .320
6. Posey • SFG .318
7. Pollock • ARI .315
8. Escobar • WSN .314
9. Votto • CIN .314
10. Altuve • HOU .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. Harper • WSN .460
2. Votto • CIN .459
3. Cabrera • DET .440
4. Goldschmidt • ARI .435
5. Trout • LAA .402
6. McCutchen • PIT .401
7. Rizzo • CHC .387
8. Brantley • CLE .379
9. Posey • SFG .379
10. Fielder • TEX .378

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. Harper • WSN .649
2. Trout • LAA .590
3. Arenado • COL .575
4. Goldschmidt • ARI .570
5. Donaldson • TOR .568
6. Cruz • SEA .566
7. Davis • BAL .562
8. Encarnación • TOR .557
9. Ortiz • BOS .553
10. Céspedes • 2TM .542

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. Harper • WSN 1.109
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 1.005
3. Votto • CIN 1.000
4. Trout • LAA .991
5. Cabrera • DET .974
6. Donaldson • TOR .939
7. Cruz • SEA .936
8. Encarnación • TOR .929
9. Davis • BAL .923
10. Ortiz • BOS .913

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Machado • BAL 162
2. Seager • SEA 161
3. Davis • BAL 160
Rizzo • CHC 160
Longoria • TBR 160
Andrus • TEX 160
7. Goldschmidt • ARI 159
Calhoun • LAA 159
Trout • LAA 159
Pillar • TOR 159
Céspedes • 2TM 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Altuve • HOU 638
2. Machado • BAL 633
Céspedes • 2TM 633
4. Calhoun • LAA 630
5. Cabrera • CHW 629
6. Dozier • MIN 628
7. Kinsler • DET 624
Canó • SEA 624
9. Seager • SEA 623
10. Donaldson • TOR 620

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. Machado • BAL 713
2. Donaldson • TOR 711
3. Dozier • MIN 704
4. Rizzo • CHC 701
5. Goldschmidt • ARI 695
Votto • CIN 695
7. Fielder • TEX 693
8. Fowler • CHC 690
9. Eaton • CHW 689
Altuve • HOU 689

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Donaldson • TOR 122
2. Harper • WSN 118
3. Pollock • ARI 111
4. Bautista • TOR 108
5. Trout • LAA 104
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 103
7. Machado • BAL 102
Fowler • CHC 102
9. Cain • KCR 101
Dozier • MIN 101
Carpenter • STL 101
Céspedes • 2TM 101

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Strange-Gordon • MIA 205
2. Altuve • HOU 200
3. Bogaerts • BOS 196
4. Pollock • ARI 192
5. Fielder • TEX 187
6. Kinsler • DET 185
7. Donaldson • TOR 184
Céspedes • 2TM 184
9. Goldschmidt • ARI 182
10. Markakis • ATL 181
Machado • BAL 181
Revere • 2TM 181

Total Bases

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

1. Arenado • COL 354
2. Donaldson • TOR 352
3. Céspedes • 2TM 343
4. Trout • LAA 339
5. Harper • WSN 338
6. Cruz • SEA 334
7. Goldschmidt • ARI 323
8. Davis • BAL 322
9. Martinez • DET 319
10. Machado • BAL 318

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Brantley • CLE 45
2. Carpenter • STL 44
3. Frazier • CIN 43
Kipnis • CLE 43
Arenado • COL 43
6. Betts • BOS 42
Céspedes • 2TM 42
8. Morales • KCR 41
Donaldson • TOR 41
10. Altuve • HOU 40

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Rosario • MIN 15
2. Kiermaier • TBR 12
3. Davis • DET 11
Gattis • HOU 11
5. Peralta • ARI 10
DeShields • TEX 10
7. Eaton • CHW 9
Blackmon • COL 9
Burns • OAK 9
Odor • TEX 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Davis • BAL 47
2. Cruz • SEA 44
3. Arenado • COL 42
Harper • WSN 42
5. Trout • LAA 41
Donaldson • TOR 41
7. González • COL 40
Pujols • LAA 40
Bautista • TOR 40
10. Encarnación • TOR 39

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Arenado • COL 130
2. Donaldson • TOR 123
3. Davis • BAL 117
4. Bautista • TOR 114
5. Encarnación • TOR 111
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 110
7. Ortiz • BOS 108
8. Morales • KCR 106
9. Céspedes • 2TM 105
10. Martinez • DET 102

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Votto • CIN 143
2. Harper • WSN 124
3. Goldschmidt • ARI 118
4. Bautista • TOR 110
5. Santana • CLE 108
6. McCutchen • PIT 98
7. Trout • LAA 92
Pederson • LAD 92
9. Granderson • NYM 91
10. Davis • BAL 84
Fowler • CHC 84
Rodriguez • NYY 84

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Davis • BAL 208
2. Bryant • CHC 199
3. Desmond • WSN 187
4. Martinez • DET 178
5. Pederson • LAD 170
6. Calhoun • LAA 164
Cruz • SEA 164
8. Upton • SDP 159
9. Trout • LAA 158
Taylor • WSN 158

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Strange-Gordon • MIA 58
2. Hamilton • CIN 57
3. Blackmon • COL 43
4. Pollock • ARI 39
5. Altuve • HOU 38
6. Revere • 2TM 31
7. Marte • PIT 30
8. Cain • KCR 28
9. Polanco • PIT 27
10. Dyson • KCR 26
Burns • OAK 26

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Strange-Gordon • MIA 169
2. Bogaerts • BOS 151
3. Revere • 2TM 150
4. Altuve • HOU 141
5. Phillips • CIN 140
6. Markakis • ATL 139
7. LeMahieu • COL 138
8. Fielder • TEX 136
9. Escobar • WSN 133
10. Kinsler • DET 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. Harper • WSN 198
2. Trout • LAA 176
3. Votto • CIN 174
4. Cabrera • DET 169
5. Goldschmidt • ARI 168
6. Cruz • SEA 159
7. Donaldson • TOR 151
8. Encarnación • TOR 148
9. Davis • BAL 147
10. Rizzo • CHC 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. Harper • WSN 161
2. Votto • CIN 148
3. Goldschmidt • ARI 146
4. Trout • LAA 139
5. Donaldson • TOR 133
6. Cruz • SEA 125
7. Rizzo • CHC 124
8. Davis • BAL 121
9. McCutchen • PIT 119
10. Bautista • TOR 114

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. Harper • WSN 80
2. Votto • CIN 67
3. Trout • LAA 63
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 61
5. Cruz • SEA 46
6. Donaldson • TOR 46
7. Cabrera • DET 45
8. Rizzo • CHC 42
9. McCutchen • PIT 41
10. Davis • BAL 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. Harper • WSN 7.8
2. Votto • CIN 6.6
3. Trout • LAA 6.1
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 6.0
5. Cruz • SEA 4.5
6. Donaldson • TOR 4.5
7. Cabrera • DET 4.4
8. Rizzo • CHC 4.2
9. McCutchen • PIT 4.0
10. Davis • BAL 3.8

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Arenado • COL 89
2. Donaldson • TOR 84
3. Céspedes • 2TM 83
4. Harper • WSN 81
5. Frazier • CIN 79
Trout • LAA 79
7. Davis • BAL 78
8. Carpenter • STL 75
9. Ortiz • BOS 74
10. Goldschmidt • ARI 73
Martinez • DET 73

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. Votto • CIN 319
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 302
3. Harper • WSN 301
4. McCutchen • PIT 275
5. Trout • LAA 274
6. Rizzo • CHC 271
7. Donaldson • TOR 263
8. Fielder • TEX 262
9. Machado • BAL 255
10. Markakis • ATL 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. Harper • WSN .854
2. Votto • CIN .822
3. Goldschmidt • ARI .802
4. Trout • LAA .769
5. Cabrera • DET .766
6. Cruz • SEA .736
7. McCutchen • PIT .726
8. Rizzo • CHC .724
9. Donaldson • TOR .724
10. Peralta • ARI .714

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Rizzo • CHC 30
2. Guyer • TBR 24
3. Marte • PIT 19
4. Kang • PIT 17
5. Abreu • CHW 15
Wong • STL 15
Choo • TEX 15
8. Eaton • CHW 14
Gordon • KCR 14
Duda • NYM 14
Forsythe • TBR 14
Odor • TEX 14

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Teheran • ATL 14
2. Lindor • CLE 13
3. Koehler • MIA 12
4. Miller • ATL 11
Escobar • KCR 11
6. Haren • 2TM 10
Latos • 3TM 10
Gonzalez • WSN 10
9. Hamilton • CIN 9
Giavotella • LAA 9
Anderson • LAD 9
Harang • PHI 9
Burnett • PIT 9
Cole • PIT 9
Sucre • SEA 9
Reyes • 2TM 9

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Arenado • COL 11
2. Cabrera • CHW 10
Donaldson • TOR 10
Encarnación • TOR 10
Zimmerman • WSN 10
6. Pollock • ARI 9
Ortiz • BOS 9
Bruce • CIN 9
McCutchen • PIT 9
Molina • STL 9
Longoria • TBR 9
Andrus • TEX 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Goldschmidt • ARI 29
2. Ortiz • BOS 16
3. Votto • CIN 15
Cabrera • DET 15
Harper • WSN 15
6. Trout • LAA 14
Fielder • TEX 14
8. Arenado • COL 13
9. Mauer • MIN 12
McCutchen • PIT 12

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. Plouffe • MIN 28
2. Butler • OAK 26
Canó • SEA 26
4. Morales • KCR 24
Escobar • WSN 24
6. Perez • KCR 23
Peralta • STL 23
Ramírez • 2TM 23
9. Mauer • MIN 22
Duffy • SFG 22
Martin • TOR 22

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Strange-Gordon • MIA 20
2. Blackmon • COL 13
Altuve • HOU 13
4. Gose • DET 11
5. Inciarte • ARI 10
Peterson • ATL 10
Marte • PIT 10
Polanco • PIT 10
Jackson • 2TM 10
10. Marisnick • HOU 9
Ellsbury • NYY 9
Andrus • TEX 9
Gómez • 2TM 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Venable • 2TM 94.12
2. Brantley • CLE 93.75
3. Dyson • KCR 89.66
4. Heyward • STL 88.46
LeMahieu • COL 88.46
Phillips • CIN 88.46
7. Hamilton • CIN 87.69
8. Pillar • TOR 86.21
9. Braun • MIL 85.71
10. Pollock • ARI 84.78

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. Pollock • ARI 26.4
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 25.7
3. Machado • BAL 25.5
4. Braun • MIL 24.5
5. Blackmon • COL 24.4
6. Marte • PIT 23.3
7. Rizzo • CHC 22.0
8. Upton • SDP 22.0
9. Altuve • HOU 21.5
10. Cain • KCR 20.4

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. Murphy • NYM 13.1
2. Simmons • ATL 11.1
3. Posey • SFG 10.7
4. Brantley • CLE 10.4
5. Altuve • HOU 9.5
6. Solarte • SDP 9.4
7. Revere • 2TM 9.3
8. Inciarte • ARI 9.0
9. Beltré • TEX 8.7
10. Phillips • CIN 8.6

AB per HR

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

1. Davis • BAL 12.2
2. Harper • WSN 12.4
3. Cruz • SEA 13.4
4. Encarnación • TOR 13.5
5. Bautista • TOR 13.6
6. González • COL 13.9
7. Teixeira • NYY 12.6 **
8. Trout • LAA 14.0
9. Ortiz • BOS 14.3
10. Arenado • COL 14.7

Outs Made

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

1. Dozier • MIN 502
2. Frazier • CIN 496
3. Cabrera • CHW 487
4. Escobar • KCR 486
5. Seager • SEA 484
6. Machado • BAL 483
7. Calhoun • LAA 482
Andrus • TEX 482
9. Canó • SEA 481
10. Altuve • HOU 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. Harper • WSN 75.70
2. Votto • CIN 65.45
3. Rizzo • CHC 59.30
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 59.24
5. Donaldson • TOR 57.47
6. Trout • LAA 50.79
7. McCutchen • PIT 47.42
8. Cabrera • DET 47.23
9. Bryant • CHC 46.92
10. Davis • BAL 44.23

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. Rizzo • CHC 7.4
2. Harper • WSN 6.2
3. Votto • CIN 6.2
4. Bryant • CHC 6.1
5. Goldschmidt • ARI 6.1
6. Donaldson • TOR 6.0
7. Carpenter • STL 5.3
8. McCutchen • PIT 5.1
9. Trout • LAA 5.0
10. Cabrera • DET 4.5

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. Harper • WSN 7.9
2. Votto • CIN 6.7
3. Goldschmidt • ARI 6.0
4. Trout • LAA 5.9
5. Donaldson • TOR 5.7
6. Rizzo • CHC 5.5
7. Cruz • SEA 4.2
8. Bautista • TOR 4.2
9. Encarnación • TOR 4.1
10. Bryant • CHC 4.0

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. Trout • LAA 4.3
2. Donaldson • TOR 4.3
3. Rizzo • CHC 4.1
4. Moreland • TEX 3.6
5. Harper • WSN 3.4
6. Carpenter • STL 3.3
7. González • LAD 3.3
8. Bryant • CHC 3.2
9. McCutchen • PIT 3.1
10. Bautista • TOR 2.9

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. Harper • WSN 7.3
2. Votto • CIN 6.4
3. Rizzo • CHC 5.9
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 5.7
5. Donaldson • TOR 5.5
6. Trout • LAA 5.1
7. McCutchen • PIT 4.7
8. Bryant • CHC 4.7
9. Cabrera • DET 4.6
10. Davis • BAL 4.3

rOBA

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

1. Harper • WSN .466
2. Votto • CIN .437
3. Goldschmidt • ARI .432
4. Trout • LAA .419
5. Cabrera • DET .417
6. Donaldson • TOR .403
7. Cruz • SEA .399
8. Rizzo • CHC .397
9. Davis • BAL .395
10. Encarnación • TOR .394

Rbat+

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

1. Harper • WSN 209
2. Votto • CIN 187
3. Trout • LAA 179
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 178
5. Cabrera • DET 173
6. Cruz • SEA 162
7. Rizzo • CHC 158
8. Donaldson • TOR 154
9. McCutchen • PIT 153
10. Davis • BAL 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