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. BettsLAD 3.7
2. FreemanATL 3.3
3. BieberCLE 3.2
4. LeMahieuNYY 3.0
MachadoSDP 3.0
6. BauerCIN 3.0
7. FriedATL 2.9
RyuTOR 2.9
9. TatísSDP 2.8
10. TurnerWSN 2.8

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. BettsLAD 3.7
2. FreemanATL 3.3
3. LeMahieuNYY 3.0
MachadoSDP 3.0
5. TatísSDP 2.8
6. TurnerWSN 2.8
7. OzunaATL 2.8
SwansonATL 2.8
9. AbreuCHW 2.7
10. YastrzemskiSFG 2.7

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. TurnerWSN 3.2
2. SotoWSN 3.2
3. FreemanATL 3.2
4. RamírezCLE 3.1
5. LeMahieuNYY 3.1
6. OzunaATL 2.8
7. TatísSDP 2.8
8. TroutLAA 2.7
9. BettsLAD 2.6
10. AbreuCHW 2.5

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. ArenadoCOL 1.4
2. Kiner-FalefaTEX 1.3
3. SwansonATL 1.2
4. GalloTEX 1.2
KiermaierTBR 1.2
6. BuxtonMIN 1.2
7. RobertCHW 1.1
8. CorreaHOU 1.0
9. BettsLAD 0.9
10. HernándezLAD 0.9
StoryCOL 0.9

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. LeMahieuNYY .364
2. SotoWSN .351
3. FreemanATL .341
4. OzunaATL .338
5. TurnerWSN .335
6. SolanoSFG .326
7. BohmPHI .338 **
8. AndersonCHW .322
9. ConfortoNYM .322
10. TapiaCOL .321

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. SotoWSN .490
2. FreemanATL .462
3. OzunaATL .431
4. LeMahieuNYY .421
5. HarperPHI .420
6. RendonLAA .418
7. GoldschmidtSTL .417
8. ConfortoNYM .412
9. BeltSFG .425 **
10. AcuñaATL .406

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. SotoWSN .695
2. FreemanATL .640
3. OzunaATL .636
4. AbreuCHW .617
5. SmithNYM .616
6. VoitNYY .610
7. RamírezCLE .607
8. MyersSDP .606
9. TroutLAA .603
10. CruzMIN .595

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. SotoWSN 1.185
2. FreemanATL 1.102
3. OzunaATL 1.067
4. LeMahieuNYY 1.011
5. RamírezCLE .993
6. TroutLAA .993
7. SmithNYM .993
8. CruzMIN .992
9. AcuñaATL .987
10. AbreuCHW .987

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Marte2TM 61
2. FreemanATL 60
OzunaATL 60
SwansonATL 60
AbreuCHW 60
CastellanosCIN 60
LindorCLE 60
SantanaCLE 60
FrancoKCR 60
MerrifieldKCR 60
OlsonOAK 60
GregoriusPHI 60
MachadoSDP 60
SeagerSEA 60
GuerreroTOR 60

At Bats

At Bats

1. MerrifieldKCR 248
2. AbreuCHW 240
3. SwansonATL 237
4. LindorCLE 236
5. StoryCOL 235
6. HernándezCLE 233
TurnerWSN 233
8. DeversBOS 232
9. OzunaATL 228
Marte2TM 228

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. OzunaATL 267
2. LindorCLE 266
3. MerrifieldKCR 265
BiggioTOR 265
5. SwansonATL 264
6. FreemanATL 262
AbreuCHW 262
8. HernándezCLE 261
9. StoryCOL 259
TurnerWSN 259

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. FreemanATL 51
2. TatísSDP 50
3. SwansonATL 49
4. BettsLAD 47
5. AcuñaATL 46
TurnerWSN 46
7. AndersonCHW 45
RamírezCLE 45
9. MachadoSDP 44
10. AbreuCHW 43

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. TurnerWSN 78
2. OzunaATL 77
3. AbreuCHW 76
4. FreemanATL 73
5. LeMahieuNYY 71
6. MerrifieldKCR 70
7. StoryCOL 68
MachadoSDP 68
9. AndersonCHW 67
BlackmonCOL 67

Total Bases

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

1. AbreuCHW 148
2. OzunaATL 145
3. FreemanATL 137
TurnerWSN 137
5. RamírezCLE 133
6. VoitNYY 130
MachadoSDP 130
8. TatísSDP 128
9. SeagerLAD 124
10. BettsLAD 123

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. FreemanATL 23
2. SmithNYM 21
3. HernándezCLE 20
4. WalkerARI 18
5. IglesiasBAL 17
6. DeversBOS 16
MartinezBOS 16
VerdugoBOS 16
RamírezCLE 16
FrancoKCR 16
BiggioTOR 16

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. TuckerHOU 6
2. StoryCOL 4
YastrzemskiSFG 4
TurnerWSN 4
5. EscobarARI 3
MullinsBAL 3
MoncadaCHW 3
HampsonCOL 3
CandelarioDET 3
MondesíKCR 3
NimmoNYM 3
CronenworthSDP 3
GrishamSDP 3
KiermaierTBR 3
Kiner-FalefaTEX 3
Pillar2TM 3
CabreraWSN 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. VoitNYY 22
2. AbreuCHW 19
3. OzunaATL 18
4. RamírezCLE 17
TroutLAA 17
TatísSDP 17
7. CalhounARI 16
DuvallATL 16
BettsLAD 16
PollockLAD 16
CruzMIN 16
AlonsoNYM 16
MachadoSDP 16
HernándezTOR 16

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. AbreuCHW 60
2. OzunaATL 56
3. FreemanATL 53
4. VoitNYY 52
5. MachadoSDP 47
6. RamírezCLE 46
TroutLAA 46
8. TatísSDP 45
9. DeversBOS 43
10. BlackmonCOL 42
TuckerHOU 42
RosarioMIN 42
SmithNYM 42
OlsonOAK 42

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. HarperPHI 49
2. SantanaCLE 47
3. YelichMIL 46
4. FreemanATL 45
5. HicksNYY 41
BiggioTOR 41
SotoWSN 41
8. MuncyLAD 39
9. AcuñaATL 38
OzunaATL 38
RendonLAA 38

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. SanóMIN 90
2. HiuraMIL 85
3. WhiteSEA 84
4. GalloTEX 79
5. OlsonOAK 77
6. YelichMIL 76
7. BáezCHC 75
8. AdamesTBR 74
9. RobertCHW 73
10. MoncadaCHW 72

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. MondesíKCR 24
2. Villar2TM 16
3. StoryCOL 15
4. MerrifieldKCR 12
QuinnPHI 12
MooreSEA 12
MargotTBR 12
TurnerWSN 12
9. TatísSDP 11
10. RamírezCLE 10
BettsLAD 10
GrishamSDP 10
Marte2TM 10

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. FletcherLAA 50
2. MerrifieldKCR 49
LeMahieuNYY 49
Kiner-FalefaTEX 49
5. BlackmonCOL 48
TapiaCOL 48
7. TurnerWSN 47
8. PeraltaARI 45
OzunaATL 45
AndersonCHW 45

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. SotoWSN 217
2. FreemanATL 187
3. LeMahieuNYY 178
4. OzunaATL 177
5. CruzMIN 171
6. SmithNYM 168
7. TroutLAA 167
8. RamírezCLE 167
9. AbreuCHW 165
10. YastrzemskiSFG 164

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. FreemanATL 65
OzunaATL 65
3. SotoWSN 56
4. RamírezCLE 54
TurnerWSN 54
6. AbreuCHW 51
7. TroutLAA 50
LeMahieuNYY 50
9. BettsLAD 47
HarperPHI 47
TatísSDP 47

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. FreemanATL 30
2. SotoWSN 29
3. OzunaATL 26
4. AbreuCHW 21
5. LeMahieuNYY 21
6. RamírezCLE 21
7. TurnerWSN 20
8. TroutLAA 20
9. MachadoSDP 19
10. HarperPHI 18

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. FreemanATL 2.8
2. SotoWSN 2.7
3. OzunaATL 2.5
4. AbreuCHW 2.0
5. RamírezCLE 2.0
LeMahieuNYY 2.0
7. TurnerWSN 1.9
8. TroutLAA 1.9
9. MachadoSDP 1.8
10. CruzMIN 1.7

Extra Base Hits

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

1. FreemanATL 37
2. AbreuCHW 34
RamírezCLE 34
4. OzunaATL 32
SmithNYM 32
6. MyersSDP 31
TurnerWSN 31
8. TatísSDP 30
9. MachadoSDP 29
10. DeversBOS 28
JiménezCHW 28
StoryCOL 28
TroutLAA 28
SeagerLAD 28
YastrzemskiSFG 28

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. FreemanATL 121
2. OzunaATL 115
3. HarperPHI 102
TurnerWSN 102
5. BiggioTOR 99
6. RamírezCLE 98
7. AbreuCHW 97
RendonLAA 97
9. ConfortoNYM 96
GoldschmidtSTL 96
SotoWSN 96

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. SotoWSN .880
2. FreemanATL .834
3. OzunaATL .820
4. LeMahieuNYY .813
5. RamírezCLE .768
TroutLAA .768
7. AcuñaATL .755
8. SmithNYM .750
YastrzemskiSFG .750
10. TurnerWSN .742

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. ContrerasCHC 14
2. LaureanoOAK 12
3. HiuraMIL 11
4. RizzoCHC 10
CanhaOAK 10
6. Marte2TM 9
RoblesWSN 9
8. MooreSEA 8
9. ToroHOU 7
UptonLAA 7
ConfortoNYM 7
DavisNYM 7
SeagerSEA 7

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Hedges2TM 5
2. MullinsBAL 4
EatonWSN 4
VelazquezBAL 4
DeShieldsCLE 4
McGuireTOR 4
7. HampsonCOL 3
JansenTOR 3
LopezKCR 3
HaseleyPHI 3
GarciaSDP 3

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. SeagerSEA 6
2. ReyesCLE 5
BlackmonCOL 5
GurrielHOU 5
CanhaOAK 5
6. CalhounARI 4
ArenadoCOL 4
FrancoKCR 4
TroutLAA 4
AguilarMIA 4
GonzálezMIN 4
UrshelaNYY 4
BellPIT 4
MachadoSDP 4
DeJongSTL 4
SolakTEX 4
CabreraWSN 4

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. SotoWSN 12
2. HarperPHI 8
3. FreemanATL 7
4. CruzMIN 5
5. EscobarARI 4
RizzoCHC 4
BlackmonCOL 4
TroutLAA 4
AlonsoNYM 4
BellPIT 4
MachadoSDP 4

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. AbreuCHW 10
RendonLAA 10
ArciaMIL 10
LongoriaSFG 10
5. MoranPIT 9
MachadoSDP 9
7. d'ArnaudATL 8
DeversBOS 8
BáezCHC 8
LindorCLE 8
SchoopDET 8
SeagerLAD 8
CruzMIN 8
DavisNYM 8

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. MondesíKCR 8
2. LopezKCR 5
MooreSEA 5
Kiner-FalefaTEX 5
Villar2TM 5
6. EdmanSTL 4
MargotTBR 4
TurnerWSN 4
9. HaysBAL 3
VázquezBOS 3
HappCHC 3
AkiyamaCIN 3
RamírezCLE 3
StoryCOL 3
AltuveHOU 3
MerrifieldKCR 3
GarcíaMIL 3
ConfortoNYM 3
GardnerNYY 3
FrazierPIT 3
GonzálezPIT 3
MachadoSDP 3
TatísSDP 3
CrawfordSEA 3
DubónSFG 3

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. PhamSDP 100.00
Dyson2TM 100.00
BogaertsBOS 100.00
QuinnPHI 100.00
TauchmanNYY 100.00
BiggioTOR 100.00
TaverasTEX 100.00
HarrisonMIA 100.00
9. GrishamSDP 90.91
10. AcuñaATL 88.89
GrossmanOAK 88.89
GiménezNYM 88.89
SlaterSFG 88.89
KiermaierTBR 88.89
TuckerHOU 88.89

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. TatísSDP 13.4
2. StoryCOL 12.7
3. RamírezCLE 12.6
4. BettsLAD 12.3
5. TurnerWSN 12.0
6. MerrifieldKCR 10.3
7. AcuñaATL 10.2
8. GrishamSDP 10.0
9. HarperPHI 9.9
10. RobertCHW 9.9

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. La Stella2TM 16.3
2. LeMahieuNYY 9.3
3. ArenadoCOL 9.1
4. MarteARI 8.6
5. FletcherLAA 8.3
6. GurrielHOU 7.8
7. GregoriusPHI 7.7
8. McNeilNYM 7.6
9. MerrifieldKCR 7.5
10. AlbertoBAL 7.3

AB per HR

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

1. VoitNYY 9.7
2. AcuñaATL 11.4
3. CruzMIN 11.6
4. TroutLAA 11.7
5. SotoWSN 11.8
6. CalhounARI 11.9
DuvallATL 11.9
HernándezTOR 11.9
9. PollockLAD 12.3
10. AbreuCHW 12.6

Outs Made

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

1. BáezCHC 187
LindorCLE 187
3. MerrifieldKCR 185
4. HiuraMIL 182
5. DeversBOS 179
6. CastellanosCIN 177
MondesíKCR 177
8. AbreuCHW 175
StoryCOL 175
10. MartinezBOS 174
GurrielHOU 174

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. FreemanATL 34.33
2. SotoWSN 31.86
3. OzunaATL 26.41
4. YastrzemskiSFG 25.95
5. BettsLAD 23.98
6. RamírezCLE 23.23
7. AbreuCHW 23.10
8. TroutLAA 19.79
9. TaylorLAD 19.19
10. VoitNYY 18.92

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. YastrzemskiSFG 2.8
2. FreemanATL 2.6
3. LoweTBR 2.5
4. LaureanoOAK 2.4
5. BohmPHI 2.2
6. BettsLAD 2.1
7. SotoWSN 2.1
8. AbreuCHW 1.9
9. SwansonATL 1.9
10. OzunaATL 1.8

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. OzunaATL 2.9
2. FreemanATL 2.4
3. SotoWSN 2.3
4. TurnerWSN 2.0
5. TroutLAA 2.0
6. BettsLAD 2.0
7. YastrzemskiSFG 2.0
8. AbreuCHW 1.8
9. LeMahieuNYY 1.8
10. HarperPHI 1.7

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. YastrzemskiSFG 2.4
2. BohmPHI 2.1
3. HarperPHI 1.9
4. LoweTBR 1.4
5. SwansonATL 1.2
6. FreemanATL 1.1
7. UrshelaNYY 1.1
8. BrantleyHOU 1.0
9. LaureanoOAK 1.0
10. TatísSDP 1.0

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. FreemanATL 3.1
2. SotoWSN 3.0
3. YastrzemskiSFG 2.5
4. OzunaATL 2.4
5. BettsLAD 2.3
6. AbreuCHW 2.2
RamírezCLE 2.2
8. TroutLAA 1.9
9. VoitNYY 1.8
10. TaylorLAD 1.8

rOBA

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

1. SotoWSN .494
2. FreemanATL .466
3. OzunaATL .444
4. LeMahieuNYY .441
5. RamírezCLE .426
6. AbreuCHW .421
7. TurnerWSN .421
8. AcuñaATL .420
9. YastrzemskiSFG .419
10. BettsLAD .417

Rbat+

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

1. SotoWSN 221
2. FreemanATL 190
3. LeMahieuNYY 182
4. OzunaATL 174
5. YastrzemskiSFG 168
6. RamírezCLE 168
7. AbreuCHW 168
8. CruzMIN 168
9. ConfortoNYM 164
10. TroutLAA 163