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. Judge • NYY 10.8
2. Ohtani • LAA 9.7
3. Alcantara • MIA 8.0
4. Arenado • STL 7.9
5. Goldschmidt • STL 7.7
6. Giménez • CLE 7.4
7. Alvarez • HOU 6.8
8. Machado • SDP 6.8
9. Betts • LAD 6.7
10. Realmuto • PHI 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. Judge • NYY 10.8
2. Arenado • STL 7.9
3. Goldschmidt • STL 7.7
4. Giménez • CLE 7.4
5. Alvarez • HOU 6.8
6. Machado • SDP 6.8
7. Betts • LAD 6.7
8. Realmuto • PHI 6.5
9. Riley • ATL 6.4
10. Rodríguez • SEA 6.2

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. Judge • NYY 10.3
2. Goldschmidt • STL 7.4
3. Machado • SDP 7.0
4. Altuve • HOU 6.9
5. Freeman • LAD 6.4
6. Alvarez • HOU 6.4
7. Trout • LAA 6.3
8. Rodríguez • SEA 6.0
9. Ramírez • CLE 5.8
10. Lindor • NYM 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. Hayes • PIT 3.1
2. Rodgers • COL 2.9
3. Edman • STL 2.8
4. Walls • TBR 2.8
5. Rojas • MIA 2.6
6. Peña • HOU 2.6
7. Taylor • KCR 2.5
8. Mateo • BAL 2.5
9. Arenado • STL 2.4
10. Giménez • CLE 2.4

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. McNeil • NYM .326
2. Freeman • LAD .325
3. Goldschmidt • STL .317
4. Arraez • MIN .316
5. Judge • NYY .311
6. Bogaerts • BOS .307
7. Alvarez • HOU .306
8. Abreu • CHW .304
9. Benintendi • 2TM .304
10. Lowe • TEX .302

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. Judge • NYY .425
2. Freeman • LAD .407
3. Alvarez • HOU .406
4. Goldschmidt • STL .404
5. Díaz • TBR .401
6. Soto • 2TM .401
7. Altuve • HOU .387
8. McNeil • NYM .382
9. Abreu • CHW .378
10. Bogaerts • BOS .377

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. Judge • NYY .686
2. Trout • LAA .630 **
3. Alvarez • HOU .613
4. Goldschmidt • STL .578
5. Betts • LAD .533
6. Arenado • STL .533
7. Altuve • HOU .533
8. Machado • SDP .531
9. Riley • ATL .528
10. Devers • BOS .521

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. Judge • NYY 1.111
2. Alvarez • HOU 1.019
3. Trout • LAA .999 **
4. Goldschmidt • STL .981
5. Altuve • HOU .921
6. Freeman • LAD .918
7. Machado • SDP .898
8. Arenado • STL .891
9. Devers • BOS .879
10. Riley • ATL .878

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Olson • ATL 162
Swanson • ATL 162
3. Lindor • NYM 161
Semien • TEX 161
5. Walker • ARI 160
Turner • LAD 160
Alonso • NYM 160
Guerrero • TOR 160
9. Riley • ATL 159
Freeman • LAD 159
Bichette • TOR 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Semien • TEX 657
2. Turner • LAD 652
Bichette • TOR 652
4. Swanson • ATL 640
5. Guerrero • TOR 638
6. Rosario • CLE 637
7. Lindor • NYM 630
8. Olson • ATL 616
9. Riley • ATL 615
10. Freeman • LAD 612

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. Semien • TEX 724
2. Freeman • LAD 708
Turner • LAD 708
4. Lindor • NYM 706
Guerrero • TOR 706
6. Olson • ATL 699
7. Bichette • TOR 697
8. Swanson • ATL 696
Judge • NYY 696
10. Riley • ATL 693

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Judge • NYY 133
2. Betts • LAD 117
Freeman • LAD 117
4. Goldschmidt • STL 106
5. Altuve • HOU 103
6. Nimmo • NYM 102
7. Turner • LAD 101
Semien • TEX 101
9. Schwarber • PHI 100
Machado • SDP 100

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Freeman • LAD 199
2. Turner • LAD 194
3. Bichette • TOR 189
4. Abreu • CHW 183
5. Rosario • CLE 180
6. Lowe • TEX 179
7. Goldschmidt • STL 178
8. Swanson • ATL 177
Judge • NYY 177
10. Guerrero • TOR 175

Total Bases

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

1. Judge • NYY 391
2. Riley • ATL 325
3. Goldschmidt • STL 324
4. Freeman • LAD 313
5. Ramírez • CLE 309
Alonso • NYM 309
7. Machado • SDP 307
8. Bichette • TOR 306
Guerrero • TOR 306
10. Betts • LAD 305

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Freeman • LAD 47
2. Olson • ATL 44
Ramírez • CLE 44
4. Martinez • BOS 43
Bichette • TOR 43
6. Marte • ARI 42
Devers • BOS 42
Happ • CHC 42
Arenado • STL 42
10. Goldschmidt • STL 41
Arozarena • TBR 41

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Rosario • CLE 9
2. Mateo • BAL 7
Kwan • CLE 7
Lux • LAD 7
Nimmo • NYM 7
6. Blackmon • COL 6
Witt • KCR 6
Ohtani • LAA 6
9. Hoerner • CHC 5
Friedl • CIN 5
Ramírez • CLE 5
Lindor • NYM 5
Marte • NYM 5
Realmuto • PHI 5
García • TEX 5
Semien • TEX 5

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Judge • NYY 62
2. Schwarber • PHI 46
3. Trout • LAA 40
Alonso • NYM 40
5. Riley • ATL 38
6. Alvarez • HOU 37
7. Walker • ARI 36
8. Betts • LAD 35
Tellez • MIL 35
Goldschmidt • STL 35

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Alonso • NYM 131
Judge • NYY 131
3. Ramírez • CLE 126
4. Goldschmidt • STL 115
5. Tucker • HOU 107
Lindor • NYM 107
7. Olson • ATL 103
Arenado • STL 103
9. Cron • COL 102
Machado • SDP 102

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Soto • 2TM 135
2. Judge • NYY 111
3. Muncy • LAD 90
4. Yelich • MIL 88
5. Bregman • HOU 87
6. Schwarber • PHI 86
7. Freeman • LAD 84
Winker • SEA 84
9. Bell • 2TM 81
10. Goldschmidt • STL 79

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Schwarber • PHI 200
2. Suárez • SEA 196
3. Wisdom • CHC 183
García • TEX 183
5. Swanson • ATL 182
6. Voit • 2TM 179
7. Judge • NYY 175
8. Olson • ATL 170
Chapman • TOR 170
10. Hoskins • PHI 169

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Berti • MIA 41
2. Mateo • BAL 35
3. Mullins • BAL 34
4. Edman • STL 32
Arozarena • TBR 32
6. Witt • KCR 30
7. Acuña • ATL 29
8. Turner • LAD 27
9. Tucker • HOU 25
Rodríguez • SEA 25
García • TEX 25
Semien • TEX 25

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Rosario • CLE 134
2. Arraez • MIN 133
3. Kwan • CLE 130
Turner • LAD 130
5. Freeman • LAD 129
6. Abreu • CHW 128
7. McNeil • NYM 125
8. Bohm • PHI 124
9. Lowe • TEX 123
10. Bichette • TOR 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. Judge • NYY 210
2. Alvarez • HOU 188
3. Goldschmidt • STL 177
4. Altuve • HOU 161
5. Machado • SDP 157
6. Freeman • LAD 156
7. Arenado • STL 151
8. Ramírez • CLE 148
9. Soto • 2TM 147
10. Rodríguez • SEA 147

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. Judge • NYY 171
2. Goldschmidt • STL 138
3. Freeman • LAD 135
4. Alvarez • HOU 119
5. Riley • ATL 115
6. Ramírez • CLE 114
7. Altuve • HOU 113
Machado • SDP 113
9. Ohtani • LAA 109
Turner • LAD 109

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. Judge • NYY 87
2. Goldschmidt • STL 60
3. Alvarez • HOU 57
4. Freeman • LAD 50
5. Altuve • HOU 45
6. Trout • LAA 44
7. Machado • SDP 43
8. Soto • 2TM 40
9. Ramírez • CLE 39
10. Arenado • STL 38

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. Judge • NYY 8.6
2. Goldschmidt • STL 6.0
3. Alvarez • HOU 5.7
4. Freeman • LAD 5.0
5. Altuve • HOU 4.5
6. Trout • LAA 4.4
7. Machado • SDP 4.3
8. Soto • 2TM 4.0
9. Ramírez • CLE 4.0
10. Arenado • STL 3.8

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Judge • NYY 90
2. Riley • ATL 79
3. Olson • ATL 78
Ramírez • CLE 78
Betts • LAD 78
6. Goldschmidt • STL 76
7. Arenado • STL 73
8. Devers • BOS 70
Ohtani • LAA 70
Trout • LAA 70
Freeman • LAD 70
Schwarber • PHI 70
Machado • SDP 70

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. Judge • NYY 294
2. Freeman • LAD 288
3. Soto • 2TM 266
4. Goldschmidt • STL 262
5. Abreu • CHW 257
6. Nimmo • NYM 246
7. Ramírez • CLE 243
8. Riley • ATL 242
Turner • LAD 242
10. Alonso • NYM 241

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. Judge • NYY .852
2. Alvarez • HOU .805
3. Goldschmidt • STL .801
4. Freeman • LAD .769
5. Altuve • HOU .756
6. Machado • SDP .713
7. McNeil • NYM .704
8. Ramírez • CLE .699
9. Devers • BOS .692
10. Soto • 2TM .690

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Canha • NYM 28
2. Giménez • CLE 25
3. Contreras • CHC 24
4. Rizzo • NYY 23
5. France • SEA 21
6. Riley • ATL 17
7. Farmer • CIN 16
Nimmo • NYM 16
Cronenworth • SDP 16
10. Harrison • CHW 14
India • CIN 14
Wong • MIL 14
Reynolds • PIT 14
Estrada • SFG 14
Donovan • STL 14

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Perdomo • ARI 12
Nido • NYM 12
3. Robles • WSN 11
4. Hedges • CLE 10
Lopez • KCR 10
6. Grisham • SDP 7
7. Velazquez • LAA 6
Allen • OAK 6
McGuire • 2TM 6
10. Rojas • ARI 5
Wade • LAA 5
Kemp • OAK 5
Marcano • PIT 5

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Bregman • HOU 10
Bohm • PHI 10
Semien • TEX 10
4. Miller • CLE 9
Ramírez • CLE 9
Alonso • NYM 9
Nola • SDP 9
8. Turner • LAD 8
Cronenworth • SDP 8
Merrifield • 2TM 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Ramírez • CLE 20
2. Judge • NYY 19
3. Alonso • NYM 16
4. Ohtani • LAA 14
5. Freeman • LAD 12
6. Devers • BOS 11
7. Machado • SDP 10
8. Alvarez • HOU 9
Tellez • MIL 9
Harper • PHI 9

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. Guerrero • TOR 26
2. Rodgers • COL 25
3. Bell • 2TM 22
4. Urshela • MIN 21
Bichette • TOR 21
6. Martinez • BOS 20
Farmer • CIN 20
Tellez • MIL 20
Pham • 2TM 20
10. Abreu • CHW 19
Rosario • CLE 19
Miranda • MIN 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Arozarena • TBR 12
2. Acuña • ATL 11
3. Mullins • BAL 10
4. Mateo • BAL 9
Ohtani • LAA 9
Marte • NYM 9
7. Moore • SEA 8
Semien • TEX 8
Bichette • TOR 8
10. Swanson • ATL 7
Morel • CHC 7
Ortega • CHC 7
Ramírez • CLE 7
Witt • KCR 7
Rodríguez • SEA 7

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Straw • CLE 95.46
Realmuto • PHI 95.46
3. Altuve • HOU 94.74
4. Velazquez • LAA 94.44
5. Edman • STL 91.43
6. Harris • ATL 90.91
Hoerner • CHC 90.91
8. Turner • LAD 90.00
9. Berti • MIA 89.13
10. Rojas • ARI 88.46
McCarthy • ARI 88.46

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. Tucker • HOU 27.3
2. Rodríguez • SEA 26.4
3. García • TEX 26.0
4. Semien • TEX 25.5
5. Judge • NYY 25.4
6. Arozarena • TBR 24.6
7. Witt • KCR 24.0
8. Ramírez • CLE 23.7
9. Turner • LAD 23.6
10. Altuve • HOU 21.9

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. Arraez • MIN 12.7
2. Kwan • CLE 9.4
3. McNeil • NYM 8.7
4. Hoerner • CHC 8.4
5. Kirk • TOR 8.1
6. Díaz • TBR 7.9
7. Arenado • STL 7.7
8. Rojas • MIA 7.7
9. Gurriel • HOU 7.5
10. Frazier • SEA 7.4

AB per HR

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

1. Judge • NYY 9.2
2. Trout • LAA 11.0 **
3. Schwarber • PHI 12.5
4. Alvarez • HOU 12.7
5. Stanton • NYY 12.8 **
6. Rizzo • NYY 14.5
7. Alonso • NYM 14.9
8. Tellez • MIL 15.1
9. Goldschmidt • STL 16.0
10. Riley • ATL 16.2

Outs Made

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

1. Semien • TEX 519
2. Guerrero • TOR 496
3. Bichette • TOR 494
4. Swanson • ATL 486
5. Olson • ATL 485
6. Rosario • CLE 484
Lindor • NYM 484
8. Turner • LAD 476
9. García • TEX 475
10. Mullins • BAL 471

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. Judge • NYY 80.74
2. Goldschmidt • STL 68.41
3. Freeman • LAD 57.34
4. Machado • SDP 44.06
5. Alvarez • HOU 42.87
6. Ramírez • CLE 42.87
7. Trout • LAA 41.97
8. Devers • BOS 37.36
9. Alonso • NYM 36.35
10. Altuve • HOU 36.02

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. Judge • NYY 7.6
2. Alvarez • HOU 5.1
3. Trout • LAA 4.7
4. Goldschmidt • STL 4.6
5. Machado • SDP 4.4
6. Giménez • CLE 4.3
7. Betts • LAD 4.2
8. Rodríguez • SEA 3.8
9. Lindor • NYM 3.3
10. Devers • BOS 3.1

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. Judge • NYY 8.1
2. Goldschmidt • STL 5.9
3. Alvarez • HOU 5.7
4. Trout • LAA 5.0
5. Machado • SDP 4.3
6. Freeman • LAD 4.0
7. Betts • LAD 3.7
8. Altuve • HOU 3.5
9. Ohtani • LAA 3.4
10. Riley • ATL 3.4

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. Judge • NYY 3.1
2. Goldschmidt • STL 3.1
3. Machado • SDP 2.7
4. Giménez • CLE 2.4
5. Alvarez • HOU 2.4
6. Olson • ATL 2.2
7. Naylor • CLE 1.9
8. Marte • NYM 1.8
9. Bichette • TOR 1.7
10. Trout • LAA 1.7

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. Judge • NYY 8.0
2. Goldschmidt • STL 6.8
3. Freeman • LAD 5.6
4. Machado • SDP 4.5
5. Ramírez • CLE 4.4
6. Alvarez • HOU 4.3
7. Trout • LAA 4.2
8. Alonso • NYM 3.7
9. Altuve • HOU 3.6
10. Devers • BOS 3.6

rOBA

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

1. Judge • NYY .463
2. Goldschmidt • STL .427
3. Alvarez • HOU .426
4. Altuve • HOU .405
5. Freeman • LAD .403
6. Machado • SDP .392
7. Betts • LAD .384
8. Soto • 2TM .382
9. Arenado • STL .381
10. Devers • BOS .381

Rbat+

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

1. Judge • NYY 208
2. Alvarez • HOU 184
3. Goldschmidt • STL 181
4. Altuve • HOU 163
5. Machado • SDP 159
6. Freeman • LAD 159
7. Soto • 2TM 152
8. Rodríguez • SEA 151
9. Arenado • STL 150
10. Díaz • TBR 147

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