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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ruth • NYY 14.1
2. Luque • CIN 10.9
3. Heilmann • DET 9.4
4. Speaker • CLE 9.1
5. Rogan • KCM 8.7
6. Uhle • CLE 7.8
7. Williams • SLB 7.7
8. Sewell • CLE 7.5
9. Frisch • NYG 7.1
10. Hornsby • STL 6.8
WAR Position Players
1. Ruth • NYY 14.1
2. Heilmann • DET 9.4
3. Speaker • CLE 9.1
4. Williams • SLB 7.7
5. Sewell • CLE 7.5
6. Frisch • NYG 7.1
7. Hornsby • STL 6.8
8. Collins • CHW 6.4
9. Johnson • KCM 5.8
10. Fournier • BRO 5.7
Offensive WAR
1. Ruth • NYY 12.3
2. Speaker • CLE 9.3
3. Heilmann • DET 8.9
4. Sewell • CLE 8.1
5. Williams • SLB 7.3
6. Hornsby • STL 6.7
7. Collins • CHW 6.7
8. Johnson • KCM 6.1
9. Fournier • BRO 5.9
10. Frisch • NYG 5.8
Defensive WAR
1. Riggins • DS 2.5
2. Maranville • PIT 2.3
3. Bassler • DET 2.2
4. Moore • KCM 2.1
5. Ward • NYY 2.1
6. Frisch • NYG 1.9
7. Peckinpaugh • WSH 1.8
8. DeMoss • CAG 1.8
9. Ruel • WSH 1.7
10. Jackson • NYG 1.7
Batting Average
1. Mackey • HIL .423
2. Johnson • KCM .406
3. Heilmann • DET .403
4. Ruth • NYY .393
5. Torriente • CAG .387
6. Hornsby • STL .384
7. Speaker • CLE .380
8. Taylor • 2TM .372
9. Bottomley • STL .371
10. Oms • CSE .367
Hudspeth • NLG .367
On-Base%
1. Ruth • NYY .545
2. Heilmann • DET .481
3. Torriente • CAG .481
4. Johnson • KCM .471
5. Speaker • CLE .469
6. Hornsby • STL .459
7. Mackey • HIL .456
8. Sewell • CLE .456
9. Collins • CHW .455
10. Charleston • ABC .453
Slugging %
1. Ruth • NYY .764
2. Johnson • KCM .722
3. Taylor • 2TM .712
4. Stearnes • DS .710
5. Heilmann • DET .632
6. Hornsby • STL .627
7. Williams • SLB .623
8. Speaker • CLE .610
9. Charleston • ABC .591
10. Fournier • BRO .588
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Ruth • NYY 1.309
2. Johnson • KCM 1.193
3. Taylor • 2TM 1.149
4. Heilmann • DET 1.113
5. Stearnes • DS 1.110
6. Hornsby • STL 1.086
7. Speaker • CLE 1.079
8. Williams • SLB 1.062
9. Mackey • HIL 1.044
10. Charleston • ABC 1.043
Games Played
1. Sheely • CHW 156
2. McInnis • BSN 154
Statz • CHC 154
Burns • CIN 154
Gerber • SLB 154
McManus • SLB 154
Peckinpaugh • WSH 154
8. Southworth • BSN 153
Mostil • CHW 153
Sewell • CLE 153
Carey • PIT 153
Traynor • PIT 153
At Bats
1. Statz • CHC 655
2. Jamieson • CLE 644
Dugan • NYY 644
4. Frisch • NYG 641
5. Tobin • SLB 637
6. Johnston • BRO 625
7. Traynor • PIT 616
8. Burns • CIN 614
9. Southworth • BSN 611
10. Carey • PIT 610
Plate Appearances
1. Jamieson • CLE 746
2. Burns • CIN 724
3. Statz • CHC 722
4. Frisch • NYG 703
5. Ruth • NYY 699
Carey • PIT 699
7. Tobin • SLB 696
8. Speaker • CLE 695
9. Johnston • BRO 693
10. Southworth • BSN 692
Gerber • SLB 692
Runs Scored
1. Ruth • NYY 151
2. Speaker • CLE 133
3. Jamieson • CLE 130
4. Heilmann • DET 121
Youngs • NYG 121
6. Carey • PIT 120
7. Rice • WSH 117
8. Frisch • NYG 116
9. Witt • NYY 113
10. Johnston • BRO 111
Dugan • NYY 111
Hits
1. Frisch • NYG 223
2. Jamieson • CLE 222
3. Speaker • CLE 218
4. Heilmann • DET 211
5. Statz • CHC 209
6. Traynor • PIT 208
7. Ruth • NYY 205
8. Johnston • BRO 203
9. Tobin • SLB 202
10. Youngs • NYG 200
Total Bases
1. Ruth • NYY 399
2. Speaker • CLE 350
3. Williams • SLB 346
4. Heilmann • DET 331
5. Frisch • NYG 311
6. Williams • PHI 308
7. Fournier • BRO 303
Tobin • SLB 303
9. Traynor • PIT 301
10. Statz • CHC 288
Jamieson • CLE 288
Doubles
1. Speaker • CLE 59
2. Burns • BOS 47
3. Ruth • NYY 45
4. Heilmann • DET 44
5. Roush • CIN 41
Sewell • CLE 41
7. Cobb • DET 40
8. Kamm • CHW 39
9. Mostil • CHW 37
Williams • SLB 37
Triples
1. Carey • PIT 19
Traynor • PIT 19
3. Roush • CIN 18
Goslin • WSH 18
Rice • WSH 18
6. Southworth • BSN 16
7. Mostil • CHW 15
Tobin • SLB 15
9. Stearnes • DS 14
Meusel • NYG 14
Bottomley • STL 14
Home Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 41
Williams • PHI 41
3. Williams • SLB 29
4. Fournier • BRO 22
5. Miller • CHC 20
Johnson • KCM 20
Taylor • 2TM 20
8. Meusel • NYG 19
9. Heilmann • DET 18
10. Speaker • CLE 17
Stearnes • DS 17
Hauser • PHA 17
Hornsby • STL 17
Runs Batted In
1. Speaker • CLE 130
Ruth • NYY 130
3. Meusel • NYG 125
4. Johnson • KCM 120
5. Heilmann • DET 115
6. Williams • PHI 114
7. Frisch • NYG 111
8. Sewell • CLE 109
Pipp • NYY 109
10. Kelly • NYG 103
Bases on Balls
1. Ruth • NYY 170
2. Burns • CIN 101
3. Sewell • CLE 98
4. Blue • DET 96
5. Speaker • CLE 93
6. Collins • CHW 84
7. Sand • PHI 82
8. Jamieson • CLE 80
9. Sheely • CHW 79
Williams • SLB 79
Strikeouts
1. Ruth • NYY 93
2. Grantham • CHC 92
3. Kamm • CHW 82
4. Schliebner • 2TM 67
5. Felix • BSN 65
Ward • NYY 65
7. Kelly • NYG 64
8. Lutzke • CLE 57
Williams • PHI 57
10. Sand • PHI 56
Stolen Bases
1. Carey • PIT 51
2. Collins • CHW 48
3. Grantham • CHC 43
4. Mostil • CHW 41
5. Heathcote • CHC 32
Smith • STL 32
7. Statz • CHC 29
Frisch • NYG 29
9. Traynor • PIT 28
10. Charleston • ABC 25
Singles
1. Jamieson • CLE 172
2. Frisch • NYG 169
3. Johnston • BRO 159
4. Statz • CHC 158
Traynor • PIT 158
6. McInnis • BSN 157
7. Witt • NYY 153
8. Youngs • NYG 152
9. Collins • CHW 150
10. Grimm • PIT 145
Adjusted OPS+
1. Ruth • NYY 239
2. Johnson • KCM 207
3. Taylor • 2TM 195
4. Heilmann • DET 194
5. Mackey • HIL 192
6. Hornsby • STL 188
7. Stearnes • DS 184
8. Speaker • CLE 182
9. Williams • SLB 171
10. Charleston • ABC 170
Runs Created
1. Ruth • NYY 209
2. Speaker • CLE 160
3. Heilmann • DET 156
4. Williams • SLB 146
5. Johnson • KCM 125
6. Fournier • BRO 122
Frisch • NYG 122
8. Jamieson • CLE 119
Sewell • CLE 119
10. Hornsby • STL 118
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 121
2. Heilmann • DET 74
3. Speaker • CLE 74
4. Johnson • KCM 59
5. Williams • SLB 58
6. Hornsby • STL 55
7. Fournier • BRO 46
8. Sewell • CLE 45
9. Bottomley • STL 42
10. Scales • 2TM 38
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Ruth • NYY 11.3
2. Heilmann • DET 7.0
3. Speaker • CLE 7.0
4. Williams • SLB 5.5
5. Johnson • KCM 5.4
6. Hornsby • STL 5.2
7. Fournier • BRO 4.3
8. Sewell • CLE 4.3
9. Bottomley • STL 4.0
10. Collins • CHW 3.5
Extra Base Hits
1. Ruth • NYY 99
2. Speaker • CLE 87
3. Williams • SLB 78
4. Heilmann • DET 73
5. Williams • PHI 66
6. Fournier • BRO 65
Roush • CIN 65
Johnson • KCM 65
9. McManus • SLB 60
Tobin • SLB 60
Times On Base
1. Ruth • NYY 379
2. Speaker • CLE 315
3. Jamieson • CLE 308
4. Sewell • CLE 300
5. Heilmann • DET 290
6. Williams • SLB 279
7. Youngs • NYG 278
8. Frisch • NYG 273
9. Collins • CHW 270
10. Burns • CIN 269
Offensive Win %
1. Ruth • NYY .909
2. Johnson • KCM .874
3. Heilmann • DET .852
4. Mackey • HIL .851
5. Taylor • 2TM .849
6. Hornsby • STL .837
7. Speaker • CLE .829
8. Stearnes • DS .826
9. Williams • SLB .806
10. Torriente • CAG .805
Hit By Pitch
1. Manush • DET 17
2. Harris • WSH 13
3. Mostil • CHW 12
Hargrave • CIN 12
Hauser • PHA 12
6. Fournier • BRO 9
Schang • NYY 9
Henline • PHI 9
Blades • STL 9
10. Reichle • BOS 8
Brower • CLE 8
Johnson • KCM 8
Hale • PHA 8
McAdoo • SLS 8
Bluege • WSH 8
Sacrifice Hits
1. Peckinpaugh • WSH 40
2. Collins • CHW 39
3. McInnis • BSN 37
4. McClellan • CHW 36
5. Rigney • DET 33
6. Jones • DET 29
7. Duncan • CIN 28
Gerber • SLB 28
9. Wambsganss • CLE 27
Haney • DET 27
Caught Stealing
1. Collins • CHW 29
2. Grantham • CHC 28
3. Statz • CHC 23
4. Ruth • NYY 21
5. Adams • CHC 19
Friberg • CHC 19
Bohne • CIN 19
Youngs • NYG 19
9. Hooper • CHW 18
10. Heathcote • CHC 17
Williams • SLB 17
Power-Speed #
1. Ruth • NYY 24.0
2. Williams • SLB 22.2
3. Johnson • KCM 18.4
4. Williams • PHI 17.3
5. Frisch • NYG 17.0
6. Traynor • PIT 16.8
7. Charleston • ABC 15.3
8. Kelly • NYG 14.9
9. Statz • CHC 14.9
10. Fournier • BRO 14.7
AB per SO
1. Collins • CHW 63.1
2. Frisch • NYG 53.4
3. McInnis • BSN 50.6
4. Rice • WSH 49.6
5. Tobin • SLB 49.0
6. Sewell • CLE 46.1
7. Johnston • BRO 41.7
8. Cobb • DET 39.7
9. Severeid • SLB 39.3
10. Speaker • CLE 38.3
AB per HR
1. Taylor • 2TM 10.8
2. Ruth • NYY 12.7
3. Williams • PHI 13.0
4. Stearnes • DS 16.4
5. Wesley • DS 16.6
6. Johnson • KCM 18.7
7. Williams • SLB 19.1
8. Fournier • BRO 23.4
9. Carr • HIL 24.0
10. Miller • CHC 24.3
Outs Made
1. Statz • CHC 477
Dugan • NYY 477
3. Burns • CIN 469
Gerber • SLB 469
5. McClellan • CHW 468
6. Peckinpaugh • WSH 466
7. Grantham • CHC 462
8. McInnis • BSN 461
9. Stock • STL 458
10. Tobin • SLB 455
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Ruth • NYY 121.95
2. Speaker • CLE 92.21
3. Heilmann • DET 62.62
4. Hornsby • STL 62.22
5. Sewell • CLE 54.77
6. Williams • SLB 50.32
7. Frisch • NYG 50.05
8. Fournier • BRO 46.71
9. Williams • PHI 45.37
10. Bottomley • STL 43.44
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Ruth • NYY 11.8
2. Speaker • CLE 7.2
3. Hornsby • STL 5.5
4. Williams • SLB 5.1
5. Frisch • NYG 4.3
6. Youngs • NYG 4.3
7. Heilmann • DET 4.2
8. Bottomley • STL 4.0
9. Carey • PIT 3.9
10. Sewell • CLE 3.7
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Ruth • NYY 10.6
2. Speaker • CLE 6.2
3. Hornsby • STL 5.6
4. Heilmann • DET 5.4
5. Williams • SLB 5.1
6. Fournier • BRO 4.7
7. Frisch • NYG 3.8
8. Sewell • CLE 3.7
9. Carey • PIT 3.5
10. Traynor • PIT 3.3
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Frisch • NYG 16.7
2. Ruth • NYY 16.6
3. Youngs • NYG 14.3
4. Traynor • PIT 9.9
5. Meusel • NYG 9.7
6. Stengel • NYG 8.6
7. Hargrave • CIN 7.7
8. Carey • PIT 7.4
9. Roush • CIN 6.0
10. Bentley • NYG 5.5
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Ruth • NYY 11.3
2. Speaker • CLE 8.7
3. Heilmann • DET 6.0
4. Hornsby • STL 6.0
5. Sewell • CLE 5.2
6. Frisch • NYG 4.8
7. Williams • SLB 4.7
8. Fournier • BRO 4.5
9. Bottomley • STL 4.2
10. Williams • PHI 4.1

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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements