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 • LAD 5.9
2. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 5.8
3. Sánchez • PHI 5.3
4. Lopez • MIA 4.9
5. Witt • KCR 4.8
6. Wheeler • PHI 4.7
7. McGonigle • DET 4.5
8. Alvarez • HOU 4.5
9. Pages • LAD 4.4
10. Rodríguez • ARI 4.3

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. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 5.8
2. Lopez • MIA 4.9
3. Witt • KCR 4.8
4. McGonigle • DET 4.5
5. Alvarez • HOU 4.5
6. Pages • LAD 4.4
7. Wood • WSN 4.1
8. Rafaela • BOS 4.1
9. Wetherholt • STL 4.0
10. Turang • MIL 3.9

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. Alvarez • HOU 4.8
2. Wood • WSN 4.7
3. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 4.7
4. Lopez • MIA 4.6
5. Witt • KCR 4.1
6. McGonigle • DET 3.9
7. Caminero • TBR 3.8
8. Rice • NYY 3.6
9. Abrams • WSN 3.6
10. Contreras • BOS 3.5

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. Pages • LAD 2.1
2. Rafaela • BOS 2.0
3. Walls • TBR 1.8
4. Chapman • SFG 1.8
5. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 1.5
6. Young • SEA 1.5
7. Abreu • BOS 1.5
8. Wetherholt • STL 1.5
9. Perdomo • ARI 1.4
10. Turang • MIL 1.4

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. Lopez • MIA .336
2. Arraez • SFG .328
3. Alvarez • HOU .321
4. Díaz • TBR .314
5. Gonzales • PIT .308
6. Lee • SFG .307
7. Edwards • MIA .303
8. McCarthy • COL .301
9. Johnston • COL .301
10. Clement • TOR .298

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. Alvarez • HOU .431
2. Soto • NYM .412
3. Wood • WSN .409
4. Kurtz • ATH .405
5. Reynolds • PIT .400
6. Ohtani • LAD .400
7. Díaz • TBR .391
8. Aranda • TBR .389
9. McGonigle • DET .388
10. Trout • LAA .388

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. Alvarez • HOU .636
2. Rice • NYY .601
3. Buxton • MIN .575
4. Wood • WSN .570
5. Soto • NYM .563
6. Schwarber • PHI .559
7. Caminero • TBR .559
8. García • WSN .554
9. Contreras • BOS .547
10. Olson • ATL .543

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. Alvarez • HOU 1.067
2. Wood • WSN .978
3. Soto • NYM .976
4. Rice • NYY .974
5. Ohtani • LAD .942
6. Caminero • TBR .932
7. Schwarber • PHI .925
8. Contreras • BOS .925
9. Crow-Armstrong • CHC .911
10. Buxton • MIN .904

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Alonso • BAL 98
Edwards • MIA 98
Harper • PHI 98
Young • SEA 98
Wood • WSN 98
6. Henderson • BAL 97
Ward • BAL 97
Crow-Armstrong • CHC 97
Alvarez • HOU 97
Smith • HOU 97
Walker • HOU 97
Adell • LAA 97
Pages • LAD 97
Bichette • NYM 97
Reynolds • PIT 97
Devers • SFG 97

At Bats

At Bats

1. Henderson • BAL 401
2. Turner • PHI 390
3. Lopez • MIA 384
Bichette • NYM 384
5. Hoerner • CHC 378
6. Tatís • SDP 377
7. Marte • ARI 376
Adell • LAA 376
Lile • WSN 376
10. Neto • LAA 375

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. Wood • WSN 460
2. Henderson • BAL 443
Ward • BAL 443
4. Bregman • CHC 435
5. Busch • CHC 428
Herrera • STL 428
7. Neto • LAA 427
8. Alvarez • HOU 425
9. Hoerner • CHC 424
10. Alonso • BAL 423

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Wood • WSN 91
2. Neto • LAA 68
Reynolds • PIT 68
4. Olson • ATL 66
Turang • MIL 66
6. Vargas • CHW 65
Alvarez • HOU 65
Ohtani • LAD 65
9. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 64
Rice • NYY 64

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Lopez • MIA 129
2. Arraez • SFG 120
3. Alvarez • HOU 113
4. Díaz • TBR 111
5. Edwards • MIA 108
Clement • TOR 108
7. Tatís • SDP 106
Walker • STL 106
9. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 104
Gonzales • PIT 104
Wood • WSN 104

Total Bases

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

1. Alvarez • HOU 224
2. Wood • WSN 213
3. Rice • NYY 205
4. Olson • ATL 203
Caminero • TBR 203
6. Schwarber • PHI 198
7. Lopez • MIA 195
8. Walker • STL 191
9. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 190
10. Ohtani • LAD 184

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Lopez • MIA 27
2. Devers • SFG 25
3. Olson • ATL 24
Rafaela • BOS 24
Johnston • COL 24
6. Hoerner • CHC 23
Stewart • CIN 23
Freeman • LAD 23
Turang • MIL 23
Burleson • STL 23
Jung • TEX 23
Clement • TOR 23
Wood • WSN 23

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Carroll • ARI 10
2. Arraez • SFG 7
3. McCarthy • COL 6
Edwards • MIA 6
Lopez • MIA 6
Simpson • TBR 6
7. Taveras • BAL 5
8. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 4
Stott • PHI 4
Nimmo • TEX 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Schwarber • PHI 32
2. Alvarez • HOU 31
3. Rice • NYY 29
Caminero • TBR 29
5. Wood • WSN 28
6. Goodman • COL 27
7. Olson • ATL 26
8. Buxton • MIN 25
9. Montgomery • CHW 23
10. Langeliers • ATH 22
Ohtani • LAD 22
Walker • STL 22
Okamoto • TOR 22

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Walker • STL 74
2. Alvarez • HOU 71
3. Rice • NYY 68
Abrams • WSN 68
García • WSN 68
6. Stewart • CIN 67
Burleson • STL 67
8. Kurtz • ATH 66
Alonso • BAL 66
Pages • LAD 66
Wood • WSN 66

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Wood • WSN 80
2. Kurtz • ATH 76
Ward • BAL 76
4. Trout • LAA 67
5. Alvarez • HOU 65
6. Busch • CHC 63
7. Reynolds • PIT 62
8. Harper • PHI 61
9. McGonigle • DET 60
Ohtani • LAD 60

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Schwarber • PHI 145
2. Neto • LAA 135
3. Wood • WSN 133
4. Kurtz • ATH 130
5. Happ • CHC 126
6. Goodman • COL 124
7. Torkelson • DET 123
8. Montgomery • CHW 122
9. Okamoto • TOR 118
10. Duran • BOS 115

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Nuñez • WSN 35
2. Witt • KCR 30
3. Chisholm • NYY 26
4. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 25
5. Ramírez • CLE 24
6. Tatís • SDP 23
7. Caballero • NYY 22
Simpson • TBR 22
9. Cruz • PIT 21
10. Ruiz • MIA 20
Griffin • PIT 20

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Arraez • SFG 88
2. Lopez • MIA 87
3. Gonzales • PIT 85
4. Edwards • MIA 83
5. Tatís • SDP 81
6. Díaz • TBR 80
7. Simpson • TBR 78
8. Clement • TOR 76
9. Contreras • MIL 75
10. Lee • SFG 74

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Alvarez • HOU 196
2. Soto • NYM 170
3. Wood • WSN 169
4. Rice • NYY 168
5. Contreras • BOS 160
6. Ohtani • LAD 159
7. Caminero • TBR 156
8. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 153
9. Walker • STL 147
10. Buxton • MIN 146

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. Alvarez • HOU 102
2. Wood • WSN 96
3. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 80
4. Ohtani • LAD 78
Schwarber • PHI 78
6. Rice • NYY 77
7. Reynolds • PIT 74
8. Kurtz • ATH 73
Olson • ATL 73
Lopez • MIA 73

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. Alvarez • HOU 48
2. Wood • WSN 39
3. Rice • NYY 31
4. Ohtani • LAD 30
5. Soto • NYM 28
6. Caminero • TBR 27
7. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 27
8. Contreras • BOS 26
9. Lopez • MIA 23
10. Kurtz • ATH 23

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. Alvarez • HOU 4.7
2. Wood • WSN 3.7
3. Rice • NYY 3.0
4. Ohtani • LAD 2.9
5. Soto • NYM 2.7
6. Caminero • TBR 2.7
7. Contreras • BOS 2.6
Crow-Armstrong • CHC 2.6
9. Kurtz • ATH 2.3
10. Lopez • MIA 2.3

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Wood • WSN 52
2. Olson • ATL 50
3. Alvarez • HOU 49
4. Rice • NYY 48
5. Devers • SFG 45
6. Carroll • ARI 43
Schwarber • PHI 43
Lowe • PIT 43
Caminero • TBR 43
10. Vargas • CHW 42
Stewart • CIN 42
Goodman • COL 42
Lopez • MIA 42
Buxton • MIN 42

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. Wood • WSN 188
2. Alvarez • HOU 183
3. Ward • BAL 172
4. Reynolds • PIT 169
5. Kurtz • ATH 167
6. Ohtani • LAD 163
7. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 162
McGonigle • DET 162
9. Herrera • STL 161
Aranda • TBR 161

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. Alvarez • HOU .845
2. Wood • WSN .779
3. Soto • NYM .766
4. Rice • NYY .750
5. Ohtani • LAD .741
6. Kurtz • ATH .737
7. Crow-Armstrong • CHC .728
8. Schwarber • PHI .720
9. Contreras • BOS .719
10. Reynolds • PIT .715

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Herrera • STL 24
2. Antonacci • CHW 18
3. Freeman • COL 15
4. Contreras • BOS 14
Arozarena • SEA 14
Wetherholt • STL 14
7. Paredes • HOU 13
Adell • LAA 13
9. Busch • CHC 10
Crow-Armstrong • CHC 10
Keaschall • MIN 10
Abrams • WSN 10

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Hamilton • MIL 10
Scott • STL 10
3. Taveras • BAL 7
4. Freeman • COL 6
Arraez • SFG 6
Walls • TBR 6
Nuñez • WSN 6
8. Barrosa • ARI 5
Friedl • CIN 5
Isbel • KCR 5
Simpson • TBR 5
Carter • TEX 5

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Albies • ATL 10
2. Caratini • MIN 8
Arraez • SFG 8
4. Caissie • MIA 7
Aranda • TBR 7
6. Tovar • COL 6
Hicks • MIA 6
Lopez • MIA 6
Bichette • NYM 6
Harper • PHI 6
Lowe • PIT 6
Winn • STL 6
Abrams • WSN 6

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Alvarez • HOU 15
2. Ohtani • LAD 10
3. Kurtz • ATH 9
Soto • NYM 9
5. Trout • LAA 8
Wood • WSN 8
7. Caminero • TBR 7
8. Ramírez • CLE 5
Judge • NYY 5
Guerrero • TOR 5

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. Caminero • TBR 17
2. Freeman • COL 14
Freeman • LAD 14
Alvarez • NYM 14
Naylor • SEA 14
Jung • TEX 14
7. Altuve • HOU 13
Bichette • NYM 13
O'Hearn • PIT 13
Herrera • STL 13
Guerrero • TOR 13

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Simpson • TBR 11
2. Marsee • MIA 10
3. Neto • LAA 9
Tatís • SDP 9
5. Perdomo • ARI 8
Caballero • NYY 8
7. Acuña • ATL 7
8. Rafaela • BOS 6
Crow-Armstrong • CHC 6
De La Cruz • CIN 6
Pages • LAD 6
Martin • MIN 6
Ewing • NYM 6
Mangum • PIT 6
Mullins • TBR 6

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Stott • PHI 100.00
McGonigle • DET 100.00
Swanson • CHC 100.00
4. Griffin • PIT 95.24
5. Duran • BOS 93.33
6. Ramírez • CLE 92.31
Bogaerts • SDP 92.31
8. Carter • TEX 91.67
9. Merrill • SDP 90.48
10. Smith • HOU 90.00
Mateo • ATL 90.00

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. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 22.8
2. Wood • WSN 19.5
3. Witt • KCR 18.1
4. Chisholm • NYY 17.3
5. Abrams • WSN 17.1
6. Cruz • PIT 16.8
7. Walker • STL 16.3
8. De La Cruz • CIN 14.9
9. Neto • LAA 14.7
10. Turang • MIL 14.5

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 • SFG 22.9
2. Hoerner • CHC 11.5
3. Simpson • TBR 10.1
4. Lee • SFG 9.9
5. Clement • TOR 9.8
6. Vargas • ARI 9.8
7. Hicks • MIA 9.7
8. Frelick • MIL 8.9
9. Kwan • CLE 8.3
10. Edwards • MIA 7.3

AB per HR

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

1. Schwarber • PHI 11.1
2. Alvarez • HOU 11.4
3. Rice • NYY 11.8
4. Buxton • MIN 12.2
5. Caminero • TBR 12.5
6. Murakami • CHW 10.8 **
7. Goodman • COL 12.7
8. Soto • NYM 13.2
9. Wood • WSN 13.4
10. Olson • ATL 14.4

Outs Made

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

1. Henderson • BAL 324
2. Bichette • NYM 306
Turner • PHI 306
4. Hoerner • CHC 304
5. Bregman • CHC 300
6. Adell • LAA 299
7. Neto • LAA 298
Lile • WSN 298
9. Merrill • SDP 297
10. Perez • KCR 295
Tatís • SDP 295

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. Alvarez • HOU 48.13
2. Wood • WSN 41.24
3. Kurtz • ATH 38.31
4. Rice • NYY 34.52
5. Ohtani • LAD 29.37
6. Soto • NYM 28.02
7. García • WSN 27.88
8. Reynolds • PIT 27.61
9. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 27.24
10. Díaz • TBR 26.10

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. Alvarez • HOU 4.1
2. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 3.7
3. Kurtz • ATH 3.6
4. Wood • WSN 3.3
5. Rice • NYY 2.7
6. Olson • ATL 2.7
7. García • WSN 2.6
8. Vargas • CHW 2.5
9. Díaz • TBR 2.5
10. Turang • MIL 2.4

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. Alvarez • HOU 4.0
2. Wood • WSN 3.1
3. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 3.0
4. Rice • NYY 3.0
5. Soto • NYM 2.9
6. Kurtz • ATH 2.7
7. Contreras • BOS 2.6
8. Schwarber • PHI 2.5
9. Ohtani • LAD 2.3
10. Díaz • TBR 2.3

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. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 2.8
2. Kurtz • ATH 2.4
3. Alvarez • HOU 2.3
4. Rice • NYY 2.0
5. Díaz • TBR 2.0
6. Lowe • CIN 1.9
7. Walker • STL 1.8
8. Olson • ATL 1.7
9. Aranda • TBR 1.7
10. Mitchell • MIL 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. Alvarez • HOU 4.7
2. Wood • WSN 4.0
3. Kurtz • ATH 3.6
4. Rice • NYY 3.4
5. Ohtani • LAD 2.8
6. Soto • NYM 2.7
7. García • WSN 2.7
8. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 2.7
9. Reynolds • PIT 2.6
10. Díaz • TBR 2.6

rOBA

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

1. Alvarez • HOU .448
2. Wood • WSN .418
3. Rice • NYY .415
4. Soto • NYM .411
5. Contreras • BOS .404
6. Ohtani • LAD .402
7. Kurtz • ATH .397
8. Crow-Armstrong • CHC .397
9. Schwarber • PHI .394
10. Caminero • TBR .393

Rbat+

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

1. Alvarez • HOU 193
2. Rice • NYY 166
3. Soto • NYM 166
4. Wood • WSN 166
5. Contreras • BOS 164
6. Ohtani • LAD 158
7. Caminero • TBR 152
8. Walker • STL 151
9. Crow-Armstrong • CHC 151
10. Trout • LAA 149

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