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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Vance • BRO 10.3
2. Ruth • NYY 10.2
3. Gehrig • NYY 9.5
4. Hornsby • BSN 8.9
5. Goslin • WSH 7.5
6. Manush • SLB 7.3
7. Grove • PHA 7.2
8. Grimes • PIT 7.1
9. Thomas • CHW 7.0
10. Waner • PIT 6.8
WAR Position Players
1. Ruth • NYY 10.2
2. Gehrig • NYY 9.5
3. Hornsby • BSN 8.9
4. Goslin • WSH 7.5
5. Manush • SLB 7.3
6. Waner • PIT 6.8
7. Wells • SLS 6.1
8. Lindstrom • NYG 6.1
9. Bottomley • STL 5.6
10. Wilson • CHC 5.5
Offensive WAR
1. Hornsby • BSN 10.1
2. Ruth • NYY 9.9
3. Gehrig • NYY 9.0
4. Manush • SLB 6.9
5. Goslin • WSH 6.7
6. Bottomley • STL 6.6
7. Waner • PIT 6.4
8. Wilson • CHC 6.0
9. Wells • SLS 5.2
10. Hafey • STL 5.1
Defensive WAR
1. Jackson • NYG 3.5
2. Ford • CIN 3.1
3. Maguire • CHC 2.6
4. Russell • SLS 2.1
5. English • CHC 2.0
6. Maranville • STL 1.7
7. Cohen • NYG 1.6
8. Bluege • WSH 1.6
Wilson • 2TM 1.6
10. Lindstrom • NYG 1.5
Batting Average
1. Wilson • BBS .399
2. Dixon • BBS .398
3. Hornsby • BSN .387
4. Lloyd • NLG .383
5. Goslin • WSH .379
6. Manush • SLB .378
7. Gehrig • NYY .374
8. White • AC .371
9. Waner • PIT .370
10. Thomas • AC .366
On-Base%
1. Hornsby • BSN .498
2. Wilson • BBS .492
3. Dixon • BBS .478
4. Gehrig • NYY .467
5. Ruth • NYY .463
6. Waner • PIT .446
7. Goslin • WSH .442
8. Bishop • PHA .438
9. Lloyd • NLG .431
10. Thomas • AC .427
Slugging %
1. Ruth • NYY .709
2. Suttles • SLS .704
3. Dixon • BBS .701
4. Wells • SLS .689
5. Redus • SLS .663
6. Wilson • BBS .652
7. Gehrig • NYY .648
8. Stearnes • DS .644
9. Hornsby • BSN .632
10. Bottomley • STL .628
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Dixon • BBS 1.180
2. Ruth • NYY 1.172
3. Wilson • BBS 1.144
4. Hornsby • BSN 1.130
5. Gehrig • NYY 1.115
6. Suttles • SLS 1.109
7. Wells • SLS 1.103
8. Redus • SLS 1.062
9. Goslin • WSH 1.056
10. Stearnes • DS 1.031
Games Played
1. Bissonette • BRO 155
Kamm • CHW 155
Sewell • CLE 155
4. Lind • CLE 154
Gehringer • DET 154
Gehrig • NYY 154
Ruth • NYY 154
Blue • SLB 154
Manush • SLB 154
Douthit • STL 154
At Bats
1. Waner • PIT 659
2. Lind • CLE 650
3. Douthit • STL 648
4. Lindstrom • NYG 646
5. Critz • CIN 641
6. Manush • SLB 638
7. Thompson • PHI 634
8. Combs • NYY 626
9. Rice • WSH 616
10. Richbourg • BSN 612
Plate Appearances
1. Douthit • STL 752
2. Waner • PIT 720
3. Lind • CLE 714
4. Combs • NYY 709
5. Thompson • PHI 700
6. Critz • CIN 698
Waner • PIT 698
8. Manush • SLB 697
9. Gehringer • DET 691
10. Lindstrom • NYG 687
Runs Scored
1. Ruth • NYY 163
2. Waner • PIT 142
3. Gehrig • NYY 139
4. Bottomley • STL 123
5. Waner • PIT 121
6. Combs • NYY 118
7. Blue • SLB 116
8. Douthit • STL 111
9. Gehringer • DET 107
Frisch • STL 107
Hits
1. Manush • SLB 241
2. Lindstrom • NYG 231
3. Waner • PIT 223
4. Waner • PIT 221
5. Gehrig • NYY 210
6. Richbourg • BSN 206
7. Rice • WSH 202
8. Combs • NYY 194
9. Gehringer • DET 193
10. Traynor • PIT 192
Total Bases
1. Ruth • NYY 380
2. Manush • SLB 367
3. Gehrig • NYY 364
4. Bottomley • STL 362
5. Lindstrom • NYG 330
6. Waner • PIT 329
7. Bissonette • BRO 319
8. Hafey • STL 314
9. Hornsby • BSN 307
10. Wilson • CHC 306
Doubles
1. Waner • PIT 50
2. Gehrig • NYY 47
Manush • SLB 47
4. Hafey • STL 46
5. Meusel • NYY 45
6. Schulte • SLB 44
7. Hornsby • BSN 42
Lind • CLE 42
Bottomley • STL 42
10. Flagstead • BOS 41
Triples
1. Combs • NYY 21
2. Manush • SLB 20
Bottomley • STL 20
4. Waner • PIT 19
5. Gehringer • DET 16
6. Tavener • DET 15
Barnes • WSH 15
Rice • WSH 15
9. Taitt • BOS 14
Metzler • CHW 14
Waner • PIT 14
Home Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 54
2. Wilson • CHC 31
Bottomley • STL 31
4. Gehrig • NYY 27
Hafey • STL 27
6. Bissonette • BRO 25
7. Stearnes • DS 24
8. Redus • SLS 22
Wells • SLS 22
10. Hornsby • BSN 21
Suttles • SLS 21
Runs Batted In
1. Gehrig • NYY 147
2. Ruth • NYY 146
3. Bottomley • STL 136
4. Traynor • PIT 124
5. Wilson • CHC 120
6. Meusel • NYY 113
7. Hafey • STL 111
8. Manush • SLB 108
9. Heilmann • DET 107
Lindstrom • NYG 107
Simmons • PHA 107
Bases on Balls
1. Ruth • NYY 137
2. Hornsby • BSN 107
3. Blue • SLB 105
4. Bishop • PHA 100
5. Gehrig • NYY 95
6. Douthit • STL 84
7. Bressler • BRO 80
Judge • WSH 80
9. Wilson • CHC 77
Metzler • CHW 77
Combs • NYY 77
Waner • PIT 77
Strikeouts
1. Wilson • CHC 94
2. Ruth • NYY 87
3. Bissonette • BRO 75
4. Kress • SLB 70
5. Gehrig • NYY 69
6. Cuyler • CHC 61
7. Schulte • SLB 60
8. Beck • CHC 58
9. Meusel • NYY 56
10. Mostil • CHW 54
Bottomley • STL 54
Stolen Bases
1. Cuyler • CHC 37
2. Myer • BOS 30
3. Dwight • KCM 29
Frisch • STL 29
5. Mostil • CHW 23
6. Rice • DET 20
Joseph • KCM 20
8. Gardner • CAG 19
Walker • CIN 19
Allen • KCM 19
Thompson • PHI 19
Bell • SLS 19
Singles
1. Waner • PIT 180
2. Lindstrom • NYG 169
3. Richbourg • BSN 166
4. Manush • SLB 161
5. Critz • CIN 153
Rice • WSH 153
7. Douthit • STL 150
8. Waner • PIT 148
9. Lind • CLE 144
Sewell • CLE 144
Sisler • 2TM 144
Adjusted OPS+
1. Ruth • NYY 206
2. Hornsby • BSN 202
3. Dixon • BBS 200
4. Suttles • SLS 197
5. Wells • SLS 196
6. Gehrig • NYY 193
7. Wilson • BBS 192
8. Redus • SLS 185
9. Stearnes • DS 177
10. Goslin • WSH 176
Runs Created
1. Ruth • NYY 173
2. Gehrig • NYY 164
3. Hornsby • BSN 153
Manush • SLB 153
5. Bottomley • STL 145
6. Waner • PIT 142
7. Goslin • WSH 125
8. Bissonette • BRO 123
Wilson • CHC 123
10. Hafey • STL 121
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 88
2. Hornsby • BSN 81
3. Gehrig • NYY 80
4. Waner • PIT 51
5. Goslin • WSH 51
6. Bottomley • STL 51
7. Manush • SLB 48
8. Wilson • CHC 44
9. Wells • SLS 41
10. Bissonette • BRO 38
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Ruth • NYY 8.3
2. Hornsby • BSN 7.6
3. Gehrig • NYY 7.5
4. Waner • PIT 4.9
5. Bottomley • STL 4.8
Goslin • WSH 4.8
7. Manush • SLB 4.6
8. Wilson • CHC 4.2
9. Wells • SLS 4.0
10. Bissonette • BRO 3.7
Extra Base Hits
1. Bottomley • STL 93
2. Ruth • NYY 91
3. Gehrig • NYY 87
4. Manush • SLB 80
5. Hafey • STL 79
6. Waner • PIT 75
7. Wilson • CHC 72
8. Hornsby • BSN 70
9. Bissonette • BRO 68
10. Terry • NYG 64
Times On Base
1. Ruth • NYY 313
2. Gehrig • NYY 309
3. Waner • PIT 305
4. Hornsby • BSN 296
5. Douthit • STL 285
6. Manush • SLB 280
7. Combs • NYY 273
8. Richbourg • BSN 270
9. Gehringer • DET 268
10. Waner • PIT 265
Offensive Win %
1. Dixon • BBS .862
2. Hornsby • BSN .856
3. Suttles • SLS .851
4. Ruth • NYY .851
5. Wilson • BBS .850
6. Wells • SLS .849
7. Gehrig • NYY .836
8. Goslin • WSH .821
9. Redus • SLS .821
10. Melton • CTG .804
Hit By Pitch
1. Jiménez • CSW 10
Douthit • STL 10
3. Redus • SLS 9
4. Mothell • KCM 8
Hogan • NYG 8
Welsh • NYG 8
Miller • PHA 8
McNeely • SLB 8
Bluege • WSH 8
10. Cuyler • CHC 7
Sewell • CLE 7
Rile • DS 7
Sacrifice Hits
1. Traynor • PIT 42
2. Maguire • CHC 37
3. Jackson • NYG 33
4. Todt • BOS 31
5. Clancy • CHW 29
6. Grimm • CHC 28
Kamm • CHW 28
8. Lind • CLE 27
9. Myer • BOS 26
Kress • SLB 26
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Hogan • NYG 12
2. Hartnett • CHC 10
3. Hornsby • BSN 9
4. Ruth • NYY 8
5. Bissonette • BRO 7
6. Williams • PHI 6
Schang • SLB 6
Wilson • 2TM 6
9. Henline • BRO 5
Herman • BRO 5
Taylor • BSN 5
Sewell • CLE 5
Sewell • CLE 5
Jackson • NYG 5
Terry • NYG 5
Burns • 2TM 5
Hargreaves • 2TM 5
Goslin • WSH 5
Caught Stealing
1. Lindstrom • NYG 21
2. Mostil • CHW 20
3. Myer • BOS 16
Richbourg • BSN 16
5. Hendrick • BRO 15
Sothern • PHI 15
7. Allen • CIN 13
McManus • DET 13
9. Jamieson • CLE 12
Rice • DET 12
Thompson • PHI 12
Power-Speed #
1. Cuyler • CHC 23.3
2. Goslin • WSH 16.5
3. Wells • SLS 16.3
4. Bottomley • STL 15.1
5. Frisch • STL 14.9
6. Lindstrom • NYG 14.5
7. Manush • SLB 14.3
8. Dixon • BBS 13.9
9. Hendrick • BRO 13.0
10. Blue • SLB 12.9
AB per SO
1. Sewell • CLE 65.3
2. Traynor • PIT 56.9
3. Waner • PIT 50.7
4. Manush • SLB 45.6
5. O'Doul • NYG 44.3
6. Rice • WSH 41.1
7. Boley • PHA 38.6
8. Waner • PIT 37.6
9. High • STL 36.8
10. Summa • CLE 33.6
AB per HR
1. Ruth • NYY 9.9
2. Stearnes • DS 13.1
3. Redus • SLS 14.3
Wells • SLS 14.3
5. Suttles • SLS 14.3
6. Wilson • CHC 16.8
7. Dixon • BBS 17.0
8. Harper • 2TM 17.3
9. Bottomley • STL 18.6
10. Hafey • STL 19.3
Outs Made
1. Lind • CLE 489
2. Thompson • PHI 487
3. Critz • CIN 482
4. Douthit • STL 477
5. Waner • PIT 462
6. Bell • BSN 459
7. Maguire • CHC 454
8. Lindstrom • NYG 450
9. Combs • NYY 444
10. Todt • BOS 439
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Gehrig • NYY 94.22
2. Ruth • NYY 92.85
3. Hornsby • BSN 70.08
4. Manush • SLB 68.29
5. Bottomley • STL 60.09
6. Waner • PIT 58.53
7. Bissonette • BRO 49.80
8. Hafey • STL 43.73
9. Goslin • WSH 41.84
10. Terry • NYG 40.98
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Gehrig • NYY 7.5
2. Ruth • NYY 7.5
3. Manush • SLB 6.3
4. Hornsby • BSN 5.8
5. Waner • PIT 5.3
6. Bottomley • STL 4.6
7. Goslin • WSH 4.6
8. Bissonette • BRO 4.4
9. Hogan • NYG 4.3
10. Hafey • STL 4.0
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Ruth • NYY 8.8
2. Gehrig • NYY 7.8
3. Hornsby • BSN 6.3
4. Waner • PIT 5.5
5. Manush • SLB 5.2
6. Bottomley • STL 4.9
7. Bissonette • BRO 4.7
8. Goslin • WSH 4.2
9. Hafey • STL 4.0
10. Ott • NYG 3.3
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Gehrig • NYY 20.5
2. Hogan • NYG 19.1
3. Hafey • STL 17.6
4. Ruth • NYY 17.4
5. Bottomley • STL 17.3
6. Simmons • PHA 12.2
7. Terry • NYG 11.8
8. Ott • NYG 11.3
9. Combs • NYY 9.0
10. Harper • 2TM 7.4
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Gehrig • NYY 8.9
2. Ruth • NYY 8.8
3. Hornsby • BSN 6.9
4. Manush • SLB 6.4
5. Bottomley • STL 5.6
6. Waner • PIT 5.5
7. Bissonette • BRO 4.8
8. Hafey • STL 4.1
9. Goslin • WSH 4.0
10. Terry • NYG 3.9

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