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 10.9
2. Witt • KCR 9.6
3. Ohtani • LAD 9.0
4. Duran • BOS 9.0
5. Henderson • BAL 8.8
6. Soto • NYY 8.0
7. Chapman • SFG 7.1
8. Lindor • NYM 6.8
9. Ramírez • CLE 6.8
10. Marte • ARI 6.8

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. Judge • NYY 10.9
2. Witt • KCR 9.6
3. Ohtani • LAD 9.0
4. Duran • BOS 9.0
5. Henderson • BAL 8.8
6. Soto • NYY 8.0
7. Chapman • SFG 7.1
8. Lindor • NYM 6.8
9. Ramírez • CLE 6.8
10. Marte • ARI 6.8

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 11.7
2. Witt • KCR 9.4
3. Ohtani • LAD 9.1
4. Henderson • BAL 8.3
5. Soto • NYY 8.0
6. Lindor • NYM 6.7
7. Duran • BOS 6.5
8. Ramírez • CLE 6.2
9. Guerrero • TOR 6.1
10. Alvarez • HOU 5.8

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. Varsho • TOR 3.0
2. Turang • MIL 2.8
3. Giménez • CLE 2.7
4. Duran • BOS 2.5
5. Winn • STL 2.4
6. Chapman • SFG 2.2
7. Fermin • KCR 2.2
8. Kiner-Falefa • 2TM 2.2
9. Neto • LAA 2.1
10. Clement • TOR 2.1

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. Witt • KCR .332
2. Guerrero • TOR .323
3. Judge • NYY .322
4. Arraez • 2TM .314
5. Ohtani • LAD .310
6. Alvarez • HOU .308
7. Ozuna • ATL .302
8. Diaz • HOU .299
9. Turner • PHI .295
10. Altuve • HOU .295

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 .458
2. Soto • NYY .419
3. Guerrero • TOR .396
4. Alvarez • HOU .392
5. Ohtani • LAD .390
6. Witt • KCR .389
7. Profar • SDP .380
8. Ozuna • ATL .378
9. Freeman • LAD .378
10. Harper • PHI .373

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 .701
2. Ohtani • LAD .646
3. Witt • KCR .588
4. Soto • NYY .569
5. Alvarez • HOU .567
6. Rooker • OAK .562
7. Marte • ARI .560
8. Ozuna • ATL .546
9. Guerrero • TOR .544
10. Ramírez • CLE .537

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 1.159
2. Ohtani • LAD 1.036
3. Soto • NYY .989
4. Witt • KCR .977
5. Alvarez • HOU .959
6. Guerrero • TOR .940
7. Marte • ARI .932
8. Rooker • OAK .927
9. Ozuna • ATL .925
10. Harper • PHI .898

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Olson • ATL 162
Ozuna • ATL 162
Alonso • NYM 162
Castellanos • PHI 162
5. Witt • KCR 161
Adames • MIL 161
7. Duran • BOS 160
De La Cruz • CIN 160
Volpe • NYY 160
10. Henderson • BAL 159
Ohtani • LAD 159
Bleday • OAK 159
Semien • TEX 159
Guerrero • TOR 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Duran • BOS 671
2. Tovar • COL 655
3. Semien • TEX 650
4. Volpe • NYY 637
Arraez • 2TM 637
6. Witt • KCR 636
Ohtani • LAD 636
8. Henderson • BAL 630
9. Altuve • HOU 628
10. Reynolds • PIT 622

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. Duran • BOS 735
2. Ohtani • LAD 731
3. Henderson • BAL 719
4. Semien • TEX 718
5. Soto • NYY 713
6. Witt • KCR 709
7. Judge • NYY 704
8. Guerrero • TOR 697
9. De La Cruz • CIN 696
10. Tovar • COL 695
Alonso • NYM 695

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Ohtani • LAD 134
2. Soto • NYY 128
3. Witt • KCR 125
4. Judge • NYY 122
5. Carroll • ARI 121
6. Henderson • BAL 118
7. Ramírez • CLE 114
8. Duran • BOS 111
9. Schwarber • PHI 110
10. Lindor • NYM 107

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Witt • KCR 211
2. Arraez • 2TM 200
3. Guerrero • TOR 199
4. Ohtani • LAD 197
5. Duran • BOS 191
6. Altuve • HOU 185
7. Ozuna • ATL 183
8. Judge • NYY 180
9. Henderson • BAL 177
10. Tovar • COL 176

Total Bases

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

1. Ohtani • LAD 411
2. Judge • NYY 392
3. Witt • KCR 374
4. Guerrero • TOR 335
5. Henderson • BAL 333
Ramírez • CLE 333
7. Ozuna • ATL 331
8. Duran • BOS 330
9. Soto • NYY 328
10. Alvarez • HOU 313

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Duran • BOS 48
2. Tovar • COL 45
Witt • KCR 45
4. Bohm • PHI 44
Guerrero • TOR 44
6. Bleday • OAK 43
7. Harper • PHI 42
8. Ramírez • CLE 39
Lindor • NYM 39
Chapman • SFG 39

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Carroll • ARI 14
Duran • BOS 14
3. Witt • KCR 11
4. De La Cruz • CIN 10
5. Yastrzemski • SFG 9
6. Isbel • KCR 8
7. McCarthy • ARI 7
Henderson • BAL 7
Ohtani • LAD 7
Volpe • NYY 7
Varsho • TOR 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Judge • NYY 58
2. Ohtani • LAD 54
3. Santander • BAL 44
4. Soto • NYY 41
5. Ozuna • ATL 39
Ramírez • CLE 39
Rooker • OAK 39
8. Schwarber • PHI 38
9. Henderson • BAL 37
10. Marte • ARI 36

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Judge • NYY 144
2. Ohtani • LAD 130
3. Ramírez • CLE 118
4. Adames • MIL 112
Rooker • OAK 112
6. Witt • KCR 109
Soto • NYY 109
8. Naylor • CLE 108
9. Machado • SDP 105
10. Ozuna • ATL 104
Perez • KCR 104
Schwarber • PHI 104

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Judge • NYY 133
2. Soto • NYY 129
3. Schwarber • PHI 106
4. Ohtani • LAD 81
5. Happ • CHC 80
India • CIN 80
7. Henderson • BAL 78
Freeman • LAD 78
Contreras • MIL 78
10. Nimmo • NYM 77

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. De La Cruz • CIN 218
2. Tovar • COL 200
3. Schwarber • PHI 197
4. Hernández • LAD 188
Gelof • OAK 188
6. McMahon • COL 185
7. Cruz • PIT 181
8. Rooker • OAK 177
García • TEX 177
10. Suárez • ARI 176
Raleigh • SEA 176

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. De La Cruz • CIN 67
2. Ohtani • LAD 59
3. Turang • MIL 50
4. Caballero • TBR 44
5. Ramírez • CLE 41
6. Chisholm • 2TM 40
7. Garcia • KCR 37
8. Carroll • ARI 35
9. Duran • BOS 34
Robles • 2TM 34

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Arraez • 2TM 161
2. Altuve • HOU 134
3. Diaz • HOU 127
4. Guerrero • TOR 124
5. Witt • KCR 123
6. Rodríguez • SEA 118
Arenado • STL 118
8. Hoerner • CHC 116
9. Giménez • CLE 115
Peña • HOU 115
Reynolds • PIT 115

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 225
2. Ohtani • LAD 187
3. Soto • NYY 179
4. Witt • KCR 174
5. Alvarez • HOU 170
6. Rooker • OAK 165
7. Guerrero • TOR 164
8. Henderson • BAL 155
9. Marte • ARI 154
10. Ozuna • ATL 154

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 183
2. Ohtani • LAD 174
3. Witt • KCR 150
4. Soto • NYY 147
5. Henderson • BAL 131
Guerrero • TOR 131
7. Alvarez • HOU 124
8. Ozuna • ATL 122
9. Duran • BOS 118
10. Rooker • OAK 116

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 100
2. Ohtani • LAD 75
3. Soto • NYY 67
4. Witt • KCR 62
5. Guerrero • TOR 54
6. Alvarez • HOU 52
7. Rooker • OAK 46
8. Henderson • BAL 46
9. Ozuna • ATL 45
10. Marte • ARI 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 9.9
2. Ohtani • LAD 7.2
3. Soto • NYY 6.6
4. Witt • KCR 6.2
5. Guerrero • TOR 5.4
6. Alvarez • HOU 5.2
7. Henderson • BAL 4.6
Rooker • OAK 4.6
9. Ozuna • ATL 4.4
10. Marte • ARI 3.8

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Ohtani • LAD 99
2. Judge • NYY 95
3. Witt • KCR 88
4. Duran • BOS 83
5. Ramírez • CLE 80
6. Soto • NYY 76
7. Henderson • BAL 75
Tovar • COL 75
Guerrero • TOR 75
10. Lindor • NYM 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. Judge • NYY 322
2. Soto • NYY 299
3. Ohtani • LAD 284
4. Witt • KCR 276
Guerrero • TOR 276
6. Henderson • BAL 262
7. Ozuna • ATL 260
8. Schwarber • PHI 253
9. Profar • SDP 252
10. Duran • BOS 251

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 .870
2. Ohtani • LAD .818
3. Soto • NYY .801
4. Witt • KCR .793
5. Alvarez • HOU .770
6. Guerrero • TOR .757
7. Rooker • OAK .749
8. Henderson • BAL .739
9. Marte • ARI .729
10. Ozuna • ATL .705

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Arozarena • 2TM 22
2. Castro • MIN 21
3. Raley • SEA 20
4. Freeman • CLE 19
5. Pederson • ARI 18
Profar • SDP 18
Smith • TEX 18
8. Paredes • 2TM 17
9. Neto • LAA 16
Wallner • MIN 16
Jimenez • TOR 16
Abrams • WSN 16

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Siani • STL 11
2. Young • WSN 9
3. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 8
Isbel • KCR 8
Rojas • PHI 8
6. Herrera • ARI 7
Perdomo • ARI 7
Fortes • MIA 7
Kiermaier • 2TM 7
10. Newman • ARI 6
Lopez • CHW 6
Sánchez • MIA 6
Robles • 2TM 6

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Pasquantino • KCR 13
2. Suárez • ARI 11
3. Verdugo • NYY 10
4. Carroll • ARI 9
Marte • ARI 9
Stott • PHI 9
Kirk • TOR 9
8. Walker • ARI 8
Doyle • COL 8
Diaz • HOU 8
Witt • KCR 8
Ward • LAA 8
Freeman • LAD 8
Smith • LAD 8
Torres • NYY 8
Schwarber • PHI 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Judge • NYY 20
2. Alvarez • HOU 16
3. Devers • BOS 14
4. Ramírez • CLE 12
Guerrero • TOR 12
6. Harper • PHI 11
Seager • TEX 11
8. Ohtani • LAD 10
9. Perez • KCR 9
Witt • KCR 9
Freeman • LAD 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. Machado • SDP 25
2. Ozuna • ATL 23
3. Diaz • HOU 22
Judge • NYY 22
Bell • 2TM 22
6. Goldschmidt • STL 20
7. Contreras • MIL 19
Cronenworth • SDP 19
9. Bohm • PHI 18
Harper • PHI 18
Arraez • 2TM 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. De La Cruz • CIN 16
Caballero • TBR 16
3. Thomas • 2TM 14
4. Witt • KCR 12
Abrams • WSN 12
6. Rafaela • BOS 10
Adell • LAA 10
Neto • LAA 10
Arozarena • 2TM 10
Chisholm • 2TM 10
Young • WSN 10

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Butler • OAK 100.00
McKinstry • DET 100.00
3. Lowe • TBR 96.15
4. Cruz • PIT 95.65
5. Yelich • MIL 95.46
6. Palacios • TBR 95.00
7. Garcia • KCR 94.87
8. Robles • 2TM 94.44
9. Marte • NYM 94.12
Springer • TOR 94.12

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. Ohtani • LAD 56.4
2. Ramírez • CLE 40.0
3. De La Cruz • CIN 36.4
4. Witt • KCR 31.5
5. Lindor • NYM 30.9
6. Chisholm • 2TM 30.0
7. Carroll • ARI 27.0
8. Henderson • BAL 26.8
9. Doyle • COL 26.0
Neto • LAA 26.0

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 • 2TM 22.0
2. Kwan • CLE 9.4
3. Hoerner • CHC 8.8
4. Betts • LAD 7.9
5. Ramírez • CLE 7.6
6. Donovan • STL 7.2
7. Burleson • STL 7.2
8. Pasquantino • KCR 7.0
9. Bregman • HOU 6.8
10. Ruiz • WSN 8.5 **

AB per HR

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

1. Judge • NYY 9.6
2. Ohtani • LAD 11.8
3. Santander • BAL 13.5
4. Marte • ARI 14.0
Rooker • OAK 14.0
6. Soto • NYY 14.0
7. O'Neill • BOS 13.3 **
8. Schwarber • PHI 15.1
9. Ozuna • ATL 15.5
10. Alvarez • HOU 15.8

Outs Made

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

1. Tovar • COL 512
2. Semien • TEX 509
3. Volpe • NYY 503
4. Duran • BOS 497
5. De La Cruz • CIN 489
6. Alonso • NYM 480
7. Carroll • ARI 476
Adames • MIL 476
9. Goldschmidt • STL 474
10. García • TEX 473

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 96.33
2. Ohtani • LAD 80.88
3. Soto • NYY 69.80
4. Witt • KCR 65.96
5. Ramírez • CLE 48.90
6. Rooker • OAK 46.72
7. Alvarez • HOU 45.24
8. Guerrero • TOR 44.68
9. Marte • ARI 40.53
10. Seager • TEX 36.48

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. Ohtani • LAD 7.2
2. Judge • NYY 6.2
3. Soto • NYY 5.9
4. Witt • KCR 4.9
5. Profar • SDP 4.8
6. Seager • TEX 4.2
7. Lindor • NYM 4.0
8. Alvarez • HOU 3.9
9. Rooker • OAK 3.7
10. Ozuna • ATL 3.6

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 9.3
2. Ohtani • LAD 7.8
3. Soto • NYY 7.1
4. Witt • KCR 5.6
5. Alvarez • HOU 5.2
6. Guerrero • TOR 4.4
7. Rooker • OAK 3.9
8. Ozuna • ATL 3.8
9. Ramírez • CLE 3.6
10. Marte • ARI 3.6

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. Ohtani • LAD 5.6
2. Judge • NYY 4.4
3. Soto • NYY 4.0
4. Witt • KCR 4.0
5. Lindor • NYM 3.9
6. Profar • SDP 2.8
7. Ozuna • ATL 2.6
8. Carroll • ARI 2.5
9. Pederson • ARI 2.2
10. Alvarez • HOU 2.0

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. Judge • NYY 9.4
2. Ohtani • LAD 7.9
3. Soto • NYY 6.9
4. Witt • KCR 6.5
5. Ramírez • CLE 4.9
6. Rooker • OAK 4.8
7. Alvarez • HOU 4.5
8. Guerrero • TOR 4.4
9. Marte • ARI 3.9
10. Seager • TEX 3.7

rOBA

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

1. Judge • NYY .484
2. Ohtani • LAD .449
3. Soto • NYY .424
4. Witt • KCR .416
5. Alvarez • HOU .406
6. Guerrero • TOR .399
7. Rooker • OAK .399
8. Marte • ARI .396
9. Ozuna • ATL .394
10. Henderson • BAL .385

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 224
2. Ohtani • LAD 188
3. Soto • NYY 180
4. Witt • KCR 174
5. Alvarez • HOU 167
6. Rooker • OAK 166
7. Guerrero • TOR 163
8. Ozuna • ATL 154
9. Marte • ARI 154
10. Henderson • BAL 153

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