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. Betts • BOS 10.7
2. deGrom • NYM 9.9
3. Trout • LAA 9.9
4. Nola • PHI 9.2
5. Scherzer • WSN 8.7
6. Ramírez • CLE 7.6
7. Freeland • COL 7.6
8. Bregman • HOU 7.6
9. Chapman • OAK 7.4
10. Lindor • CLE 7.3
Yelich • MIL 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. Betts • BOS 10.7
2. Trout • LAA 9.9
3. Ramírez • CLE 7.6
4. Bregman • HOU 7.6
5. Chapman • OAK 7.4
6. Lindor • CLE 7.3
Yelich • MIL 7.3
8. Cain • MIL 6.8
9. Báez • CHC 6.8
10. Martinez • BOS 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. Trout • LAA 9.2
2. Betts • BOS 8.7
3. Ramírez • CLE 7.5
4. Yelich • MIL 7.3
5. Bregman • HOU 7.2
6. Martinez • BOS 6.8
7. Machado • 2TM 6.6
8. Lindor • CLE 6.4
9. Bogaerts • BOS 5.6
Story • COL 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. Ahmed • ARI 3.3
2. Chapman • OAK 2.8
3. Simmons • LAA 2.5
4. Anderson • CHW 2.4
5. Cain • MIL 2.4
6. LeMahieu • COL 2.2
7. Russell • CHC 2.1
8. Jones • DET 2.1
9. Báez • CHC 2.0
10. Semien • OAK 2.0

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. Betts • BOS .346
2. Martinez • BOS .330
3. Yelich • MIL .326
4. Altuve • HOU .316
5. Trout • LAA .312
6. Gennett • CIN .310
7. Freeman • ATL .309
8. Brantley • CLE .309
9. Rendon • WSN .308
10. Cain • MIL .308

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. Trout • LAA .460
2. Betts • BOS .438
3. Votto • CIN .417
4. Nimmo • NYM .404
5. Yelich • MIL .402
6. Martinez • BOS .402
7. Soto • WSN .406 **
8. Cain • MIL .395
9. Bregman • HOU .394
10. Harper • WSN .393

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. Betts • BOS .640
2. Martinez • BOS .629
3. Trout • LAA .628
4. Yelich • MIL .598
5. Story • COL .567
6. Arenado • COL .561
7. Báez • CHC .554
8. Muncy • LAD .582 **
9. Ramírez • CLE .552
10. Davis • OAK .549

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 1.088
2. Betts • BOS 1.078
3. Martinez • BOS 1.031
4. Yelich • MIL 1.000
5. Ramírez • CLE .939
6. Arenado • COL .935
7. Muncy • LAD .973 **
8. Bregman • HOU .926
9. Goldschmidt • ARI .922
10. Story • COL .914

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Freeman • ATL 162
Markakis • ATL 162
Bellinger • LAD 162
Olson • OAK 162
Galvis • SDP 162
Machado • 2TM 162
Turner • WSN 162
8. Hernández • PHI 161
Santana • PHI 161
10. Báez • CHC 160
Desmond • COL 160

At Bats

At Bats

1. Turner • WSN 664
2. Lindor • CLE 661
3. Albies • ATL 639
4. Peraza • CIN 632
Merrifield • KCR 632
Semien • OAK 632
Machado • 2TM 632
8. Blackmon • COL 626
9. Markakis • ATL 623
10. Castellanos • DET 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. Lindor • CLE 745
2. Turner • WSN 740
3. Machado • 2TM 709
4. Hernández • PHI 708
5. Freeman • ATL 707
Merrifield • KCR 707
7. Markakis • ATL 705
Bregman • HOU 705
Stanton • NYY 705
10. Semien • OAK 703

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Betts • BOS 129
Lindor • CLE 129
3. Blackmon • COL 119
4. Yelich • MIL 118
5. Martinez • BOS 111
Carpenter • STL 111
7. Ramírez • CLE 110
8. Albies • ATL 105
Bregman • HOU 105
10. Arenado • COL 104

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Merrifield • KCR 192
2. Freeman • ATL 191
3. Martinez • BOS 188
Machado • 2TM 188
5. Yelich • MIL 187
6. Markakis • ATL 185
Castellanos • DET 185
8. Lindor • CLE 183
9. Peraza • CIN 182
Blackmon • COL 182

Total Bases

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

1. Martinez • BOS 358
2. Lindor • CLE 343
Yelich • MIL 343
4. Machado • 2TM 340
5. Story • COL 339
6. Báez • CHC 336
7. Betts • BOS 333
8. Arenado • COL 331
9. Ramírez • CLE 319
10. Goldschmidt • ARI 316
Bregman • HOU 316
Davis • OAK 316

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Bregman • HOU 51
2. Escobar • 2TM 48
3. Betts • BOS 47
Andujar • NYY 47
5. Castellanos • DET 46
6. Bogaerts • BOS 45
7. Freeman • ATL 44
Rendon • WSN 44
9. Markakis • ATL 43
Merrifield • KCR 43

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Marte • ARI 12
2. Sanchez • CHW 10
Smith • TBR 10
4. Báez • CHC 9
Hamilton • CIN 9
Kiermaier • TBR 9
7. Desmond • COL 8
Taylor • LAD 8
Nimmo • NYM 8
Rosario • NYM 8
Margot • SDP 8
Strange-Gordon • SEA 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Davis • OAK 48
2. Martinez • BOS 43
3. Gallo • TEX 40
4. Ramírez • CLE 39
Trout • LAA 39
6. Lindor • CLE 38
Arenado • COL 38
Stanton • NYY 38
9. Story • COL 37
Cruz • SEA 37
Machado • 2TM 37

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Martinez • BOS 130
2. Davis • OAK 123
3. Báez • CHC 111
4. Arenado • COL 110
Yelich • MIL 110
6. Story • COL 108
Aguilar • MIL 108
8. Encarnación • CLE 107
Machado • 2TM 107
10. Ramírez • CLE 105

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Harper • WSN 130
2. Trout • LAA 122
3. Santana • PHI 110
4. Votto • CIN 108
5. Ramírez • CLE 106
6. Carpenter • STL 102
7. Bregman • HOU 96
8. Hernández • PHI 95
McCutchen • 2TM 95
10. Choo • TEX 92

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Moncada • CHW 217
2. Stanton • NYY 211
3. Gallo • TEX 207
4. Davis • BAL 192
5. Taylor • LAD 178
6. Upton • LAA 176
7. Davis • OAK 175
8. Goldschmidt • ARI 173
9. Harper • WSN 169
10. Story • COL 168

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Merrifield • KCR 45
2. Turner • WSN 43
3. Smith • TBR 40
4. Villar • 2TM 35
5. Hamilton • CIN 34
Ramírez • CLE 34
7. Marte • PIT 33
8. Mondesí • KCR 32
9. Betts • BOS 30
Cain • MIL 30
Strange-Gordon • SEA 30

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Segura • SEA 136
2. Merrifield • KCR 134
3. Peraza • CIN 133
4. Cain • MIL 129
5. Turner • WSN 128
6. Markakis • ATL 126
7. Gennett • CIN 125
Altuve • HOU 125
9. Ozuna • STL 122
10. Brantley • CLE 121
Duffy • TBR 121

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 198
2. Betts • BOS 186
3. Martinez • BOS 173
4. Yelich • MIL 164
5. Bregman • HOU 152
6. Ramírez • CLE 151
7. Nimmo • NYM 148
8. Machado • 2TM 145
9. Carpenter • STL 143
10. Goldschmidt • ARI 142

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. Betts • BOS 156
2. Trout • LAA 152
3. Martinez • BOS 141
4. Yelich • MIL 140
5. Ramírez • CLE 137
6. Bregman • HOU 129
7. Goldschmidt • ARI 127
8. Freeman • ATL 125
Lindor • CLE 125
10. Arenado • COL 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. Trout • LAA 72
2. Betts • BOS 68
3. Martinez • BOS 59
4. Yelich • MIL 52
5. Bregman • HOU 48
6. Ramírez • CLE 45
7. Machado • 2TM 40
8. Carpenter • STL 38
9. Goldschmidt • ARI 37
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 6.9
2. Betts • BOS 6.5
3. Martinez • BOS 5.7
4. Yelich • MIL 5.1
5. Bregman • HOU 4.7
6. Ramírez • CLE 4.3
7. Machado • 2TM 3.8
8. Carpenter • STL 3.7
9. Goldschmidt • ARI 3.6
10. Freeman • ATL 3.6

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Story • COL 85
2. Betts • BOS 84
3. Báez • CHC 83
Bregman • HOU 83
5. Martinez • BOS 82
Lindor • CLE 82
7. Ramírez • CLE 81
8. Arenado • COL 78
Carpenter • STL 78
10. Yelich • MIL 77
Davis • OAK 77

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. Trout • LAA 279
2. Bregman • HOU 278
3. Freeman • ATL 274
4. Harper • WSN 273
5. Ramírez • CLE 270
6. Betts • BOS 269
7. Goldschmidt • ARI 268
8. Yelich • MIL 262
9. Martinez • BOS 261
Lindor • CLE 261

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 .854
2. Betts • BOS .846
3. Yelich • MIL .784
4. Martinez • BOS .780
5. Ramírez • CLE .748
6. Goldschmidt • ARI .732
7. Rendon • WSN .726
8. Bregman • HOU .719
9. Carpenter • STL .717
10. Freeman • ATL .713

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Nimmo • NYM 22
2. Dietrich • MIA 21
Gómez • TBR 21
4. Rizzo • CHC 20
5. Chirinos • TEX 19
6. Jay • 2TM 18
7. Bryant • CHC 17
Cron • TBR 17
9. Anderson • MIA 16
10. Cervelli • PIT 15

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Teheran • ATL 12
DeShields • TEX 12
3. Chacín • MIL 9
Strange-Gordon • SEA 9
5. Godley • ARI 8
Foltynewicz • ATL 8
Peraza • CIN 8
Escobar • KCR 8
Maeda • LAD 8
Strasburg • WSN 8

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Correa • HOU 11
2. Aguilar • MIL 10
Stanton • NYY 10
Wendle • TBR 10
5. Markakis • ATL 9
Rizzo • CHC 9
Flores • NYM 9
Gregorius • NYY 9
Harper • WSN 9
10. Gattis • HOU 8
Frazier • NYM 8
Santana • PHI 8
Beltré • TEX 8
Escobar • 2TM 8
Rendon • WSN 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Trout • LAA 25
2. Schwarber • CHC 20
3. Machado • 2TM 18
4. Carpenter • STL 17
5. Harper • WSN 16
6. Swanson • ATL 15
Rizzo • CHC 15
Ramírez • CLE 15
9. Crawford • SFG 13
10. Freeman • ATL 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. Machado • 2TM 26
2. Rojas • MIA 23
3. Gurriel • HOU 22
4. Jones • BAL 21
Piscotty • OAK 21
Healy • SEA 21
Solarte • TOR 21
8. Suárez • CIN 20
Ramos • 2TM 20
10. Martinez • BOS 19
Martínez • DET 19
Perez • KCR 19
Aguilar • MIL 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Inciarte • ATL 14
Marte • PIT 14
3. Strange-Gordon • SEA 12
Smith • TBR 12
Odor • TEX 12
6. Rosario • NYM 11
Segura • SEA 11
8. Hamilton • CIN 10
Lindor • CLE 10
Merrifield • KCR 10
Margot • SDP 10

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Bradley • BOS 94.44
2. Trout • LAA 92.31
3. Gardner • NYY 88.89
4. Benintendi • BOS 87.50
Machado • 2TM 87.50
Villar • 2TM 87.50
7. Ramírez • CLE 85.00
8. Yelich • MIL 84.62
9. Dyson • ARI 84.21
10. Allen • CLE 84.00

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. Ramírez • CLE 36.3
2. Story • COL 31.2
3. Betts • BOS 31.0
4. Lindor • CLE 30.2
5. Trout • LAA 29.7
6. Yelich • MIL 27.3
7. Turner • WSN 26.4
8. Báez • CHC 26.0
9. Marte • PIT 24.9
10. Anderson • CHW 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. Simmons • LAA 12.6
2. Martínez • DET 9.5
3. Brantley • CLE 9.5
4. Gurriel • HOU 8.5
5. Segura • SEA 8.5
6. Peraza • CIN 8.4
7. Markakis • ATL 7.8
8. Kinsler • 2TM 7.6
9. Zobrist • CHC 7.6
10. Gregorius • NYY 7.3

AB per HR

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

1. Muncy • LAD 11.3 **
2. Davis • OAK 12.0
3. Trout • LAA 12.1
4. Gallo • TEX 12.5
5. Martinez • BOS 13.2
6. Cruz • SEA 14.0
7. Aguilar • MIL 14.1
8. Ramírez • CLE 14.8
9. Judge • NYY 15.3 **
10. Suárez • CIN 15.5

Outs Made

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

1. Turner • WSN 502
2. Lindor • CLE 499
3. Semien • OAK 498
4. Albies • ATL 488
5. Peraza • CIN 481
Hosmer • SDP 481
7. Stanton • NYY 480
8. Machado • 2TM 477
9. Sanchez • CHW 475
10. Hernández • PHI 474
Galvis • SDP 474

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. Martinez • BOS 73.27
2. Yelich • MIL 64.30
3. Betts • BOS 64.10
4. Trout • LAA 63.18
5. Ramírez • CLE 54.34
6. Bregman • HOU 53.86
7. Goldschmidt • ARI 43.50
8. Harper • WSN 43.47
9. Judge • NYY 40.01
10. Freeman • ATL 39.75

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. Yelich • MIL 6.0
2. Betts • BOS 6.0
3. Bregman • HOU 5.7
4. Martinez • BOS 5.4
5. Goldschmidt • ARI 4.7
6. Benintendi • BOS 4.0
7. Trout • LAA 3.9
8. Bogaerts • BOS 3.8
9. Freeman • ATL 3.7
10. Davis • OAK 3.7

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. Betts • BOS 6.6
2. Trout • LAA 6.5
3. Yelich • MIL 5.9
4. Ramírez • CLE 5.1
5. Martinez • BOS 5.0
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 4.9
7. Bregman • HOU 4.6
8. Freeman • ATL 4.4
9. Arenado • COL 4.3
10. Muncy • LAD 4.2

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. Yelich • MIL 6.4
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 5.6
3. Bregman • HOU 4.5
4. Freeman • ATL 3.2
5. Descalso • ARI 3.1
6. Betts • BOS 3.1
7. Rizzo • CHC 2.8
8. Martinez • BOS 2.7
9. Benintendi • BOS 2.6
10. Haniger • SEA 2.6

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. Martinez • BOS 6.9
2. Yelich • MIL 6.2
3. Trout • LAA 6.1
4. Betts • BOS 6.0
5. Bregman • HOU 5.2
6. Ramírez • CLE 5.2
7. Goldschmidt • ARI 4.1
8. Harper • WSN 4.1
9. Freeman • ATL 3.9
10. Judge • NYY 3.9

rOBA

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

1. Betts • BOS .462
2. Trout • LAA .455
3. Martinez • BOS .440
4. Yelich • MIL .437
5. Goldschmidt • ARI .407
6. Ramírez • CLE .403
7. Arenado • COL .401
8. Story • COL .401
9. Bregman • HOU .397
10. Nimmo • NYM .394

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 194
2. Betts • BOS 192
3. Martinez • BOS 180
4. Yelich • MIL 179
5. Nimmo • NYM 163
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 159
7. Bregman • HOU 154
8. Freeman • ATL 150
9. Ramírez • CLE 150
10. Carpenter • STL 146

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