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. Altuve • HOU 8.1
2. Stanton • MIA 8.1
3. Judge • NYY 8.1
4. Simmons • LAA 8.0
5. Kluber • CLE 7.9
6. Votto • CIN 7.8
7. Scherzer • WSN 7.5
8. Verlander • 2TM 6.9
9. Ramírez • CLE 6.9
10. Trout • LAA 6.9

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. Altuve • HOU 8.1
2. Stanton • MIA 8.1
3. Judge • NYY 8.1
4. Simmons • LAA 8.0
5. Votto • CIN 7.8
6. Ramírez • CLE 6.9
7. Trout • LAA 6.9
8. Correa • HOU 6.7
9. Arenado • COL 6.6
10. Betts • BOS 6.5

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. Altuve • HOU 7.8
2. Trout • LAA 7.2
3. Judge • NYY 7.2
4. Stanton • MIA 6.8
5. Ramírez • CLE 6.4
6. Blackmon • COL 6.4
7. Votto • CIN 6.3
8. Bryant • CHC 5.9
9. Correa • HOU 5.7
10. Turner • LAD 5.2

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. Simmons • LAA 5.2
2. Barnhart • CIN 3.1
3. Betts • BOS 2.7
4. Buxton • MIN 2.7
5. Andrus • TEX 2.4
6. Kiermaier • TBR 2.3
7. Story • COL 2.1
8. Maldonado • LAA 1.9
9. Arenado • COL 1.9
10. Lagares • NYM 1.9

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 .346
2. Blackmon • COL .331
3. García • CHW .330
4. Murphy • WSN .322
5. Turner • LAD .322
6. Votto • CIN .320
7. Posey • SFG .320
8. Hosmer • KCR .318
9. Ramírez • CLE .318
10. Reddick • HOU .314

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. Votto • CIN .454
2. Trout • LAA .442
3. Judge • NYY .422
4. Turner • LAD .415
5. Pham • STL .411
6. Altuve • HOU .410
7. Bryant • CHC .409
8. Harper • WSN .413 **
9. Goldschmidt • ARI .404
10. Rendon • WSN .403

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. Martinez • 2TM .690 **
2. Stanton • MIA .631
3. Trout • LAA .629
4. Judge • NYY .627
5. Blackmon • COL .601
6. Freeman • ATL .586
7. Arenado • COL .586
8. Ramírez • CLE .583
9. Harper • WSN .595 **
10. Bellinger • LAD .581

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. Trout • LAA 1.071
2. Judge • NYY 1.049
3. Martinez • 2TM 1.066 **
4. Votto • CIN 1.032
5. Stanton • MIA 1.007
6. Blackmon • COL 1.000
7. Freeman • ATL .989
8. Harper • WSN 1.008 **
9. Goldschmidt • ARI .966
10. Arenado • COL .959

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Votto • CIN 162
Escobar • KCR 162
Hosmer • KCR 162
Galvis • PHI 162
Odor • TEX 162
6. Markakis • ATL 160
Schoop • BAL 160
8. Lindor • CLE 159
Arenado • COL 159
Blackmon • COL 159
Ozuna • MIA 159
Stanton • MIA 159
Bell • PIT 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Inciarte • ATL 662
2. Strange-Gordon • MIA 653
3. Lindor • CLE 651
4. Blackmon • COL 644
5. Andrus • TEX 643
6. Machado • BAL 630
7. Betts • BOS 628
8. Schoop • BAL 622
9. Abreu • CHW 621
10. Cabrera • 2TM 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. Blackmon • COL 725
2. Lindor • CLE 723
3. Inciarte • ATL 718
4. Betts • BOS 712
5. Votto • CIN 707
6. Dozier • MIN 705
7. Strange-Gordon • MIA 695
Yelich • MIA 695
9. Stanton • MIA 692
10. Rizzo • CHC 691

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Blackmon • COL 137
2. Judge • NYY 128
3. Stanton • MIA 123
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 117
5. Strange-Gordon • MIA 114
6. Altuve • HOU 112
Springer • HOU 112
8. Bryant • CHC 111
9. Ramírez • CLE 107
10. Votto • CIN 106
Dozier • MIN 106

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Blackmon • COL 213
2. Altuve • HOU 204
3. Inciarte • ATL 201
Strange-Gordon • MIA 201
5. Hosmer • KCR 192
6. Ozuna • MIA 191
Andrus • TEX 191
8. Abreu • CHW 189
LeMahieu • COL 189
10. Arenado • COL 187

Total Bases

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

1. Blackmon • COL 387
2. Stanton • MIA 377
3. Arenado • COL 355
4. Abreu • CHW 343
5. Ramírez • CLE 341
6. Judge • NYY 340
7. Ozuna • MIA 336
8. Lindor • CLE 329
9. Votto • CIN 323
Altuve • HOU 323

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Ramírez • CLE 56
2. Lowrie • OAK 49
3. Betts • BOS 46
4. Lindor • CLE 44
Andrus • TEX 44
Upton • 2TM 44
7. Abreu • CHW 43
Arenado • COL 43
Gurriel • HOU 43
Murphy • WSN 43

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Blackmon • COL 14
2. Hamilton • CIN 11
3. Castellanos • DET 10
4. Strange-Gordon • MIA 9
Fowler • STL 9
6. Sanchez • CHW 8
7. Cozart • CIN 7
Arenado • COL 7
Reyes • NYM 7
Margot • SDP 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Stanton • MIA 59
2. Judge • NYY 52
3. Martinez • 2TM 45
4. Davis • OAK 43
5. Gallo • TEX 41
6. Bellinger • LAD 39
Cruz • SEA 39
8. Encarnación • CLE 38
Moustakas • KCR 38
Morrison • TBR 38
Smoak • TOR 38

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Stanton • MIA 132
2. Arenado • COL 130
3. Ozuna • MIA 124
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 120
5. Cruz • SEA 119
6. Judge • NYY 114
7. Davis • OAK 110
8. Rizzo • CHC 109
Upton • 2TM 109
10. Zimmerman • WSN 108

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Votto • CIN 134
2. Judge • NYY 127
3. Carpenter • STL 109
4. Encarnación • CLE 104
5. Bryant • CHC 95
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 94
Trout • LAA 94
8. Rizzo • CHC 91
9. Santana • CLE 88
10. Lamb • ARI 87

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Judge • NYY 208
2. Gallo • TEX 196
3. Davis • BAL 195
Davis • OAK 195
5. Story • COL 191
6. Myers • SDP 180
Upton • 2TM 180
8. Souza • TBR 179
9. Santana • MIL 178
10. Reynolds • COL 175
Broxton • MIL 175

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Strange-Gordon • MIA 60
2. Hamilton • CIN 59
3. Turner • WSN 46
4. Merrifield • KCR 34
5. Maybin • 2TM 33
6. Altuve • HOU 32
7. Buxton • MIN 29
DeShields • TEX 29
Davis • 2TM 29
10. Dyson • SEA 28

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Strange-Gordon • MIA 170
2. Inciarte • ATL 158
3. LeMahieu • COL 149
4. Altuve • HOU 137
5. Hosmer • KCR 135
6. Cain • KCR 128
Cabrera • 2TM 128
8. Blackmon • COL 127
9. Andrus • TEX 123
10. Ozuna • MIA 122

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Trout • LAA 186
2. Judge • NYY 171
3. Stanton • MIA 169
4. Votto • CIN 167
5. Altuve • HOU 160
6. Freeman • ATL 155
7. Turner • LAD 150
8. Ozuna • MIA 149
9. Cruz • SEA 149
10. González • HOU 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. Blackmon • COL 157
2. Votto • CIN 155
3. Judge • NYY 149
4. Stanton • MIA 142
5. Altuve • HOU 133
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 131
7. Bryant • CHC 128
8. Arenado • COL 127
9. Ramírez • CLE 126
10. Ozuna • MIA 122

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. Votto • CIN 65
2. Judge • NYY 61
3. Stanton • MIA 60
4. Trout • LAA 55
5. Altuve • HOU 53
6. Ozuna • MIA 43
7. Martinez • 2TM 42
8. Cruz • SEA 41
9. Blackmon • COL 40
10. Bryant • CHC 40

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. Votto • CIN 6.1
2. Judge • NYY 5.8
3. Stanton • MIA 5.6
4. Trout • LAA 5.2
5. Altuve • HOU 5.0
6. Ozuna • MIA 4.1
7. Martinez • 2TM 4.0
8. Cruz • SEA 3.9
9. Blackmon • COL 3.8
10. Bryant • CHC 3.7

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Ramírez • CLE 91
Stanton • MIA 91
3. Arenado • COL 87
4. Blackmon • COL 86
5. Abreu • CHW 82
6. Lindor • CLE 81
7. Judge • NYY 79
Upton • 2TM 79
9. Martinez • 2TM 74
10. Goldschmidt • ARI 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 321
2. Blackmon • COL 288
3. Judge • NYY 286
4. Bryant • CHC 272
5. Rizzo • CHC 271
Altuve • HOU 271
7. Goldschmidt • ARI 268
8. Stanton • MIA 260
9. Hosmer • KCR 258
10. Yelich • MIA 256

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. Trout • LAA .817
2. Votto • CIN .797
3. Judge • NYY .781
4. Blackmon • COL .766
5. Freeman • ATL .742
6. Altuve • HOU .739
7. Stanton • MIA .735
8. Turner • LAD .734
9. Goldschmidt • ARI .733
10. Bryant • CHC .732

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Rizzo • CHC 24
2. Harrison • PIT 23
3. Flowers • ATL 20
4. Turner • LAD 19
Gómez • TEX 19
6. Maldonado • LAA 18
Dietrich • MIA 18
8. Bryant • CHC 15
Abreu • CHW 15
Freese • PIT 15

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Davies • MIL 14
2. DeShields • TEX 13
3. Teheran • ATL 12
Cole • PIT 12
5. Godley • ARI 9
Nova • PIT 9
7. Corbin • ARI 8
Engel • CHW 8
Márquez • COL 8
Maldonado • LAA 8
Straily • MIA 8
Ureña • MIA 8
Richard • SDP 8

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Reddick • HOU 12
Longoria • TBR 12
3. Duvall • CIN 11
4. Machado • BAL 9
Parra • COL 9
Crawford • SFG 9
Molina • STL 9
8. Benintendi • BOS 8
Simmons • LAA 8
Rosario • MIN 8
Valencia • SEA 8
Panik • SFG 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Votto • CIN 20
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 15
Báez • CHC 15
Trout • LAA 15
5. Freeman • ATL 14
Murphy • WSN 14
7. Lamb • ARI 13
Bellinger • LAD 13
Stanton • MIA 13
Mercer • PIT 13
Posey • SFG 13

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 • LAA 26
2. Kemp • ATL 25
3. LeMahieu • COL 24
4. Perez • KCR 23
Martinez • 2TM 23
6. Morales • TOR 22
7. Rizzo • CHC 21
Abreu • CHW 21
Arenado • COL 21
Puig • LAD 21
Franco • PHI 21
Joseph • PHI 21
Phillips • 2TM 21

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Strange-Gordon • MIA 16
2. Hamilton • CIN 13
3. Blackmon • COL 10
Andrus • TEX 10
5. Inciarte • ATL 9
Sanchez • CHW 9
7. Peraza • CIN 8
Merrifield • KCR 8
Villar • MIL 8
Rosario • MIN 8
Segura • SEA 8
DeShields • TEX 8
Maybin • 2TM 8
Phillips • 2TM 8
Turner • WSN 8

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Buxton • MIN 96.67
2. Zimmer • CLE 94.74
3. Blanco • ARI 93.75
Bogaerts • BOS 93.75
Anderson • CHW 93.75
6. Cain • KCR 92.86
7. Betts • BOS 89.66
8. Yelich • MIA 88.89
9. Ellsbury • NYY 88.00
10. Turner • WSN 85.19

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. Altuve • HOU 27.4
2. Trout • LAA 26.4
3. Betts • BOS 25.0
4. Merrifield • KCR 24.4
5. Goldschmidt • ARI 24.0
Myers • SDP 24.0
7. Pham • STL 24.0
8. Andrus • TEX 22.2
9. Gardner • NYY 22.0
10. Dozier • MIN 21.8

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. Panik • SFG 9.5
2. Simmons • LAA 8.8
3. Gurriel • HOU 8.5
4. Ramírez • CLE 8.5
5. Cabrera • 2TM 8.4
6. Turner • LAD 8.2
7. Betts • BOS 7.9
8. Phillips • 2TM 7.8
9. Solarte • SDP 7.6
10. Gregorius • NYY 7.6

AB per HR

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

1. Martinez • 2TM 9.6 **
2. Stanton • MIA 10.1
3. Judge • NYY 10.4
4. Gallo • TEX 11.0
5. Trout • LAA 12.2
6. Bellinger • LAD 12.3
7. Donaldson • TOR 12.6 **
8. Davis • OAK 13.2
9. Morrison • TBR 13.5
10. Cruz • SEA 14.3

Outs Made

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

1. Odor • TEX 506
2. Machado • BAL 497
3. Lindor • CLE 495
4. Bautista • TOR 494
5. Inciarte • ATL 485
Andrus • TEX 485
7. Longoria • TBR 484
8. Escobar • KCR 481
Strange-Gordon • MIA 481
10. Pujols • LAA 480

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. Votto • CIN 67.74
2. Blackmon • COL 56.83
3. Arenado • COL 53.40
4. Trout • LAA 53.05
5. Goldschmidt • ARI 52.87
6. Stanton • MIA 52.32
7. Judge • NYY 50.91
8. Cruz • SEA 47.52
9. Ozuna • MIA 47.07
10. Rendon • WSN 43.15

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 5.2
2. Arenado • COL 4.8
3. Votto • CIN 4.8
4. Stanton • MIA 4.8
5. Rizzo • CHC 4.4
6. Blackmon • COL 4.2
7. Harper • WSN 4.0
8. Bellinger • LAD 3.9
9. Altuve • HOU 3.5
10. Cruz • SEA 3.4

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. Votto • CIN 6.5
2. Stanton • MIA 6.1
3. Trout • LAA 5.8
4. Judge • NYY 5.5
5. Blackmon • COL 5.2
6. Altuve • HOU 4.4
7. Bryant • CHC 4.4
8. Goldschmidt • ARI 4.4
9. Harper • WSN 4.1
10. Arenado • COL 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. Rizzo • CHC 4.1
2. Arenado • COL 3.1
3. Harper • WSN 2.8
4. Trout • LAA 2.8
5. Blackmon • COL 2.4
6. Mauer • MIN 2.4
7. Betts • BOS 2.1
8. Bryant • CHC 2.1
9. Sánchez • NYY 2.1
10. Souza • TBR 1.8

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. Votto • CIN 6.3
2. Stanton • MIA 5.2
3. Trout • LAA 5.0
4. Blackmon • COL 5.0
5. Goldschmidt • ARI 4.8
6. Judge • NYY 4.7
7. Ozuna • MIA 4.7
8. Arenado • COL 4.7
9. Cruz • SEA 4.6
10. Rendon • WSN 4.0

rOBA

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

1. Trout • LAA .451
2. Votto • CIN .436
3. Judge • NYY .435
4. Blackmon • COL .425
5. Stanton • MIA .417
6. Pham • STL .417
7. Altuve • HOU .415
8. Freeman • ATL .414
9. Goldschmidt • ARI .411
10. Turner • LAD .408

Rbat+

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

1. Trout • LAA 188
2. Votto • CIN 178
3. Stanton • MIA 177
4. Judge • NYY 173
5. Freeman • ATL 165
6. Pham • STL 163
7. Altuve • HOU 163
8. Turner • LAD 161
9. Blackmon • COL 158
10. Ozuna • MIA 157

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