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. Ohtani • LAA 9.9
2. Betts • LAD 8.6
3. Acuña • ATL 8.4
4. Semien • TEX 7.7
5. Olson • ATL 7.5
6. Cole • NYY 7.4
7. Seager • TEX 7.2
8. Freeman • LAD 6.8
9. Snell • SDP 6.5
10. Lindor • NYM 6.1

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 • LAD 8.6
2. Acuña • ATL 8.4
3. Semien • TEX 7.7
4. Olson • ATL 7.5
5. Seager • TEX 7.2
6. Freeman • LAD 6.8
7. Ohtani • LAA 6.1
8. Lindor • NYM 6.1
9. Henderson • BAL 6.1
10. Riley • ATL 6.0

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. Acuña • ATL 8.6
2. Freeman • LAD 7.6
3. Betts • LAD 7.6
4. Olson • ATL 6.8
5. Seager • TEX 6.6
6. Ohtani • LAA 6.1
7. Semien • TEX 6.0
8. Rodríguez • SEA 6.0
9. Soto • SDP 5.8
10. Carroll • ARI 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. Moreno • ARI 3.1
2. Giménez • CLE 2.8
3. Swanson • CHC 2.6
Varsho • TOR 2.6
5. Volpe • NYY 2.5
6. Hayes • PIT 2.4
7. Tatís • SDP 2.3
8. Semien • TEX 2.3
9. Franco • TBR 2.2
10. Kiermaier • TOR 2.2

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. Arraez • MIA .354
2. Acuña • ATL .337
3. Freeman • LAD .331
4. Díaz • TBR .330
5. Seager • TEX .327
6. Bellinger • CHC .307
7. Betts • LAD .307
8. Bichette • TOR .306
9. Ohtani • LAA .304
10. Naylor • CLE .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. Acuña • ATL .416
2. Ohtani • LAA .412
3. Soto • SDP .410
4. Díaz • TBR .410
5. Freeman • LAD .410
6. Betts • LAD .408
7. Alvarez • HOU .407 **
8. Harper • PHI .401
9. Arraez • MIA .393
10. Seager • TEX .390

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. Ohtani • LAA .654
2. Seager • TEX .623
3. Olson • ATL .604
4. Acuña • ATL .596
5. Betts • LAD .579
6. Alvarez • HOU .583 **
7. Freeman • LAD .567
8. Ozuna • ATL .558
9. Judge • NYY .613 **
10. Martinez • LAD .572 **

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. Ohtani • LAA 1.066
2. Seager • TEX 1.013
3. Acuña • ATL 1.012
4. Olson • ATL .993
5. Betts • LAD .987
6. Alvarez • HOU .990 **
7. Freeman • LAD .976
8. Díaz • TBR .932
9. Soto • SDP .930
10. Judge • NYY 1.019 **

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Olson • ATL 162
Soto • SDP 162
Suárez • SEA 162
Semien • TEX 162
5. Bregman • HOU 161
Freeman • LAD 161
Lowe • TEX 161
8. Lindor • NYM 160
Schwarber • PHI 160
Hernández • SEA 160

At Bats

At Bats

1. Semien • TEX 670
2. Rodríguez • SEA 654
3. Acuña • ATL 643
4. Witt • KCR 641
5. Turner • PHI 639
6. Kwan • CLE 638
7. Freeman • LAD 637
8. Riley • ATL 636
9. Thomas • WSN 628
10. Castellanos • PHI 626

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 753
2. Acuña • ATL 735
3. Freeman • LAD 730
4. Bregman • HOU 724
Lowe • TEX 724
6. Olson • ATL 720
Schwarber • PHI 720
8. Kwan • CLE 718
9. Riley • ATL 715
10. Rodríguez • SEA 714

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Acuña • ATL 149
2. Freeman • LAD 131
3. Olson • ATL 127
4. Betts • LAD 126
5. Semien • TEX 122
6. Riley • ATL 117
7. Carroll • ARI 116
8. Lindor • NYM 108
Schwarber • PHI 108
García • TEX 108

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Acuña • ATL 217
2. Freeman • LAD 211
3. Arraez • MIA 203
4. Semien • TEX 185
5. Rodríguez • SEA 180
6. Riley • ATL 179
Betts • LAD 179
8. Witt • KCR 177
9. Hoerner • CHC 175
Bichette • TOR 175

Total Bases

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

1. Acuña • ATL 383
2. Olson • ATL 367
3. Freeman • LAD 361
4. Betts • LAD 338
5. Riley • ATL 328
6. Ohtani • LAA 325
7. Semien • TEX 320
8. Witt • KCR 317
Rodríguez • SEA 317
10. Albies • ATL 306

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Freeman • LAD 59
2. Seager • TEX 42
3. Santander • BAL 41
4. Betts • LAD 40
Semien • TEX 40
6. Chapman • TOR 39
Candelario • 2TM 39
8. Contreras • MIL 38
Lowe • TEX 38
10. Verdugo • BOS 37
Steer • CIN 37
Tovar • COL 37
Tucker • HOU 37
Castellanos • PHI 37
Rodríguez • SEA 37

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Witt • KCR 11
2. Carroll • ARI 10
3. Marte • ARI 9
Henderson • BAL 9
5. Benson • CIN 8
Friedl • CIN 8
Ohtani • LAA 8
Rosario • 2TM 8
9. De La Cruz • CIN 7
Kwan • CLE 7
Hayes • PIT 7
Cronenworth • SDP 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Olson • ATL 54
2. Schwarber • PHI 47
3. Alonso • NYM 46
4. Ohtani • LAA 44
5. Acuña • ATL 41
6. Ozuna • ATL 40
7. Betts • LAD 39
García • TEX 39
9. Robert • CHW 38
10. Riley • ATL 37
Judge • NYY 37

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Olson • ATL 139
2. Alonso • NYM 118
3. Tucker • HOU 112
4. Albies • ATL 109
Soto • SDP 109
6. Betts • LAD 107
García • TEX 107
8. Acuña • ATL 106
Castellanos • PHI 106
10. Muncy • LAD 105

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Soto • SDP 132
2. Schwarber • PHI 126
3. Olson • ATL 104
4. Happ • CHC 99
5. Betts • LAD 96
6. Crawford • SEA 94
7. Lowe • TEX 93
8. Rutschman • BAL 92
Bregman • HOU 92
10. Ohtani • LAA 91

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Schwarber • PHI 215
2. Suárez • SEA 214
3. Hernández • SEA 211
4. McMahon • COL 198
5. Castellanos • PHI 185
6. Outman • LAD 181
7. Thomas • WSN 176
8. Rodríguez • SEA 175
García • TEX 175
10. Riley • ATL 172
Robert • CHW 172
Rooker • OAK 172
Suwinski • PIT 172

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Acuña • ATL 73
2. Ruiz • OAK 67
3. Carroll • ARI 54
4. Witt • KCR 49
5. Abrams • WSN 47
6. Hoerner • CHC 43
7. Kim • SDP 38
8. Rodríguez • SEA 37
9. De La Cruz • CIN 35
10. Castro • MIN 33

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Arraez • MIA 160
2. Acuña • ATL 137
3. Hoerner • CHC 135
4. Kwan • CLE 123
5. Bichette • TOR 122
6. Freeman • LAD 121
7. McNeil • NYM 119
8. Bogaerts • SDP 118
Meneses • WSN 118
10. Díaz • TBR 116

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Ohtani • LAA 185
2. Seager • TEX 174
3. Acuña • ATL 171
4. Betts • LAD 165
5. Olson • ATL 164
6. Freeman • LAD 163
7. Díaz • TBR 157
8. Soto • SDP 155
9. Harper • PHI 145
10. Tucker • HOU 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. Acuña • ATL 168
2. Freeman • LAD 154
3. Betts • LAD 148
4. Olson • ATL 147
5. Ohtani • LAA 138
6. Soto • SDP 127
7. Semien • TEX 118
8. Tucker • HOU 116
Seager • TEX 116
10. Carroll • ARI 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. Acuña • ATL 65
2. Ohtani • LAA 61
3. Freeman • LAD 60
4. Betts • LAD 57
5. Olson • ATL 56
6. Soto • SDP 51
7. Seager • TEX 50
8. Díaz • TBR 44
9. Alvarez • HOU 43
10. Judge • NYY 41

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. Acuña • ATL 6.2
2. Ohtani • LAA 5.8
3. Freeman • LAD 5.7
4. Betts • LAD 5.5
5. Olson • ATL 5.3
6. Soto • SDP 4.8
Seager • TEX 4.8
8. Díaz • TBR 4.3
9. Alvarez • HOU 4.1
10. Judge • NYY 4.0

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Freeman • LAD 90
2. Olson • ATL 84
3. Acuña • ATL 80
Betts • LAD 80
5. Ohtani • LAA 78
6. Robert • CHW 75
Seager • TEX 75
8. Semien • TEX 73
9. Riley • ATL 72
10. Walker • ARI 71
Tucker • HOU 71
Rodríguez • SEA 71

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. Acuña • ATL 306
2. Freeman • LAD 299
3. Soto • SDP 290
4. Betts • LAD 283
5. Olson • ATL 280
6. Bregman • HOU 263
7. Semien • TEX 262
8. Lowe • TEX 261
9. Rutschman • BAL 257
10. Happ • CHC 249
Goldschmidt • STL 249

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. Ohtani • LAA .810
2. Acuña • ATL .790
3. Seager • TEX .781
4. Betts • LAD .779
5. Freeman • LAD .771
6. Olson • ATL .750
7. Díaz • TBR .737
8. Soto • SDP .707
9. Harper • PHI .703
10. Tucker • HOU .689

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. France • SEA 34
2. Alonso • NYM 21
3. Giménez • CLE 20
Paredes • TBR 20
5. Murphy • ATL 18
McNeil • NYM 18
Arozarena • TBR 18
Raley • TBR 18
9. Caballero • SEA 17
Canha • 2TM 17

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Perdomo • ARI 14
2. Maldonado • HOU 12
3. Hedges • 2TM 10
4. Friedl • CIN 8
5. Kemp • OAK 7
6. Carroll • ARI 6
Straw • CLE 6
Allen • OAK 6
Rojas • PHI 6
10. Herrera • ARI 5
Mateo • BAL 5
Madrigal • CHC 5
Smith • OAK 5
Azócar • SDP 5
Kim • SDP 5

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Bellinger • CHC 12
Smith • LAD 12
3. Riley • ATL 11
Suárez • SEA 11
5. Tucker • HOU 10
Garcia • KCR 10
7. Martinez • LAD 9
8. Walker • ARI 8
Albies • ATL 8
Perez • KCR 8
Witt • KCR 8
Stott • PHI 8
Arenado • STL 8
Grossman • TEX 8
Moustakas • 2TM 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Ramírez • CLE 22
2. Ohtani • LAA 21
3. Freeman • LAD 12
4. Soto • SDP 11
5. Devers • BOS 10
Arraez • MIA 10
7. Naylor • CLE 9
Tucker • HOU 9
Judge • NYY 9
Seager • TEX 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. Correa • MIN 30
2. France • SEA 25
3. Contreras • MIL 23
Bohm • PHI 23
Guerrero • TOR 23
6. Bregman • HOU 22
Lowe • TEX 22
8. Bogaerts • SDP 21
Arenado • STL 21
Kirk • TOR 21

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Witt • KCR 15
2. Acuña • ATL 14
3. Ruiz • OAK 13
4. Rodríguez • SEA 10
Arozarena • TBR 10
Franco • TBR 10
Merrifield • TOR 10
8. Peña • HOU 9
Bae • PIT 9
Kim • SDP 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Turner • PHI 100.00
2. Freeman • LAD 95.83
3. Walls • TBR 95.65
4. Jankowski • TEX 95.00
5. Duran • BOS 92.31
6. Abrams • WSN 92.16
7. Carroll • ARI 91.53
8. Lowe • TBR 91.43
9. Stott • PHI 91.18
10. Bogaerts • SDP 90.48

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. Acuña • ATL 52.5
2. Witt • KCR 37.2
3. Rodríguez • SEA 34.3
4. Carroll • ARI 34.2
5. Lindor • NYM 31.0
6. Tucker • HOU 29.5
7. Turner • PHI 27.9
8. Ohtani • LAA 27.5
9. Tatís • SDP 26.9
10. Robert • CHW 26.2

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 • MIA 16.9
2. Ruiz • WSN 9.0
3. McNeil • NYM 9.0
4. Kwan • CLE 8.5
5. Ramírez • CLE 8.4
6. Acuña • ATL 7.7
7. Hoerner • CHC 7.5
8. Bregman • HOU 7.1
9. Yoshida • BOS 6.6
10. Benintendi • CHW 6.3

AB per HR

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

1. Judge • NYY 9.9 **
2. Olson • ATL 11.3
3. Ohtani • LAA 11.3
4. Alonso • NYM 12.3
5. Schwarber • PHI 12.4
6. Ozuna • ATL 13.3
7. Muncy • LAD 13.4
8. Alvarez • HOU 13.2 **
9. Martinez • LAD 13.1 **
10. Soler • MIA 14.0

Outs Made

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

1. Rodríguez • SEA 500
2. Witt • KCR 499
3. Semien • TEX 498
4. Riley • ATL 487
5. Kwan • CLE 486
6. Torkelson • DET 485
Lowe • TEX 485
8. Bregman • HOU 484
9. Springer • TOR 483
10. Turner • PHI 482

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. Acuña • ATL 73.95
2. Freeman • LAD 69.15
3. Olson • ATL 66.06
4. Betts • LAD 63.32
5. Ohtani • LAA 61.80
6. Alvarez • HOU 52.35
7. Seager • TEX 50.66
8. Soto • SDP 48.60
9. Judge • NYY 47.27
10. Díaz • TBR 46.85

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. Acuña • ATL 6.9
2. Harper • PHI 5.7
3. Carroll • ARI 5.2
4. Betts • LAD 5.0
5. Alvarez • HOU 4.7
6. Seager • TEX 4.6
7. Tucker • HOU 4.5
8. Olson • ATL 4.5
9. Díaz • TBR 4.3
10. Freeman • LAD 4.3

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. Acuña • ATL 6.2
2. Ohtani • LAA 6.2
3. Freeman • LAD 5.8
4. Betts • LAD 5.6
5. Olson • ATL 5.2
6. Seager • TEX 4.7
7. Soto • SDP 4.7
8. Judge • NYY 4.3
9. Díaz • TBR 3.6
10. Tucker • HOU 3.5

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. Alvarez • HOU 4.7
2. Carroll • ARI 4.4
3. Seager • TEX 4.1
4. Tucker • HOU 4.0
5. Crawford • SEA 3.6
6. Freeman • LAD 3.1
7. Betts • LAD 3.1
8. Díaz • TBR 2.9
9. Acuña • ATL 2.6
10. Harper • PHI 2.4

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. Acuña • ATL 7.0
2. Freeman • LAD 6.5
3. Olson • ATL 6.2
4. Betts • LAD 6.0
5. Ohtani • LAA 5.9
6. Alvarez • HOU 5.0
7. Seager • TEX 4.9
8. Soto • SDP 4.7
9. Díaz • TBR 4.6
10. Judge • NYY 4.5

rOBA

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

1. Acuña • ATL .444
2. Ohtani • LAA .435
3. Freeman • LAD .425
4. Betts • LAD .424
5. Seager • TEX .419
6. Olson • ATL .415
7. Díaz • TBR .399
8. Soto • SDP .398
9. Carroll • ARI .387
10. Harper • PHI .387

Rbat+

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

1. Ohtani • LAA 181
2. Acuña • ATL 175
3. Seager • TEX 173
4. Betts • LAD 169
5. Freeman • LAD 167
6. Olson • ATL 163
7. Díaz • TBR 159
8. Soto • SDP 155
9. Harper • PHI 144
10. Bellinger • CHC 141

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