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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ruth • NYY 10.5
2. Grove • PHA 10.3
3. Gehrig • NYY 9.6
4. Ferrell • CLE 9.4
5. Cronin • WSH 8.5
6. Terry • NYG 7.9
7. Stewart • SLB 7.8
8. Simmons • PHA 7.8
9. Wilson • CHC 7.4
10. Uhle • DET 7.3
WAR Position Players
1. Ruth • NYY 10.3
2. Gehrig • NYY 9.6
3. Cronin • WSH 8.5
4. Terry • NYG 7.9
5. Simmons • PHA 7.8
6. Wilson • CHC 7.4
7. Foxx • PHA 6.9
Herman • BRO 6.9
9. Wells • SLS 6.7
10. Lindstrom • NYG 6.6
Offensive WAR
1. Ruth • NYY 10.0
2. Gehrig • NYY 9.9
3. Wilson • CHC 8.4
4. Herman • BRO 7.5
5. Simmons • PHA 7.4
6. Terry • NYG 7.3
7. Klein • PHI 6.9
8. Wells • SLS 6.7
9. Cronin • WSH 6.6
10. Foxx • PHA 6.4
Defensive WAR
1. Cronin • WSH 2.8
2. Wright • BRO 2.7
3. Jackson • NYG 2.2
4. Melillo • SLB 1.7
5. Gelbert • STL 1.5
6. Frisch • STL 1.3
7. Gilbert • BRO 1.3
8. Bluege • WSH 1.1
9. Bishop • PHA 1.1
10. Durocher • CIN 1.1
Ferrell • SLB 1.1
Batting Average
1. Wells • SLS .411
2. Suttles • SLS .409
3. Terry • NYG .401
4. Herman • BRO .393
5. Klein • PHI .386
6. O'Doul • PHI .383
7. Simmons • PHA .381
8. Lindstrom • NYG .379
9. Gehrig • NYY .379
10. Watkins • STL .373
On-Base%
1. Suttles • SLS .508
2. Ruth • NYY .493
3. Wells • SLS .492
4. Gehrig • NYY .473
5. Ott • NYG .458
6. Herman • BRO .455
7. Wilson • CHC .454
8. O'Doul • PHI .453
9. Terry • NYG .452
10. Klein • PHI .436
Slugging %
1. Suttles • SLS .817
2. Ruth • NYY .732
3. Wilson • CHC .723
4. Gehrig • NYY .721
5. Simmons • PHA .708
6. Klein • PHI .687
7. Wells • SLS .682
8. Herman • BRO .678
9. Hafey • STL .652
10. Foxx • PHA .637
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Suttles • SLS 1.325
2. Ruth • NYY 1.225
3. Gehrig • NYY 1.194
4. Wilson • CHC 1.177
5. Wells • SLS 1.174
6. Herman • BRO 1.132
7. Simmons • PHA 1.130
8. Klein • PHI 1.123
9. Terry • NYG 1.071
10. Foxx • PHA 1.066
Games Played
1. Cuyler • CHC 156
English • CHC 156
Klein • PHI 156
Thevenow • PHI 156
5. Wilson • CHC 155
6. Oliver • BOS 154
Hodapp • CLE 154
Alexander • DET 154
Gehringer • DET 154
Terry • NYG 154
Gehrig • NYY 154
Miller • PHA 154
Kress • SLB 154
Douthit • STL 154
Cronin • WSH 154
At Bats
1. Douthit • STL 664
2. Critz • 2TM 662
3. Klein • PHI 648
4. Oliver • BOS 646
5. Cuyler • CHC 642
6. English • CHC 638
7. Hodapp • CLE 635
8. Terry • NYG 633
9. Gilbert • BRO 623
10. Frederick • BRO 616
Jolley • CHW 616
Plate Appearances
1. English • CHC 755
2. Douthit • STL 748
3. Cuyler • CHC 741
4. Klein • PHI 722
5. Terry • NYG 710
6. Wilson • CHC 709
7. Critz • 2TM 707
8. Gehrig • NYY 703
9. Oliver • BOS 701
10. Gehringer • DET 700
Runs Scored
1. Klein • PHI 158
2. Cuyler • CHC 155
3. English • CHC 152
Simmons • PHA 152
5. Ruth • NYY 150
6. Wilson • CHC 146
7. Gehringer • DET 144
8. Herman • BRO 143
Gehrig • NYY 143
10. Terry • NYG 139
Hits
1. Terry • NYG 254
2. Klein • PHI 250
3. Herman • BRO 241
4. Lindstrom • NYG 231
5. Cuyler • CHC 228
6. Hodapp • CLE 225
7. Gehrig • NYY 220
8. Waner • PIT 217
9. English • CHC 214
10. Simmons • PHA 211
Total Bases
1. Klein • PHI 445
2. Wilson • CHC 423
3. Gehrig • NYY 419
4. Herman • BRO 416
5. Terry • NYG 392
Simmons • PHA 392
7. Ruth • NYY 379
8. Foxx • PHA 358
9. Cuyler • CHC 351
Morgan • CLE 351
Goslin • 2TM 351
Doubles
1. Klein • PHI 59
2. Hodapp • CLE 51
3. Cuyler • CHC 50
4. Manush • 2TM 49
5. Herman • BRO 48
6. Morgan • CLE 47
Gehringer • DET 47
Comorosky • PIT 47
9. Frisch • STL 46
10. Frederick • BRO 44
Triples
1. Comorosky • PIT 23
2. Combs • NYY 22
3. Reynolds • CHW 18
Waner • PIT 18
5. Cuyler • CHC 17
English • CHC 17
Gehrig • NYY 17
8. Simmons • PHA 16
9. Gehringer • DET 15
Terry • NYG 15
Lazzeri • NYY 15
Home Runs
1. Wilson • CHC 56
2. Ruth • NYY 49
3. Gehrig • NYY 41
4. Klein • PHI 40
5. Berger • BSN 38
6. Hartnett • CHC 37
Foxx • PHA 37
Goslin • 2TM 37
9. Simmons • PHA 36
10. Herman • BRO 35
Runs Batted In
1. Wilson • CHC 191
2. Gehrig • NYY 173
3. Klein • PHI 170
4. Simmons • PHA 165
5. Foxx • PHA 156
6. Ruth • NYY 153
7. Goslin • 2TM 138
8. Morgan • CLE 136
9. Alexander • DET 135
10. Cuyler • CHC 134
Bases on Balls
1. Ruth • NYY 136
2. Bishop • PHA 128
3. Wilson • CHC 105
4. Ott • NYG 103
5. Gehrig • NYY 101
6. English • CHC 100
7. Foxx • PHA 93
8. Grantham • PIT 81
Blue • SLB 81
10. Suhr • PIT 80
Strikeouts
1. Wilson • CHC 84
2. English • CHC 72
3. Wright • BRO 70
4. Berger • BSN 69
5. Bissonette • BRO 66
Morgan • CLE 66
Foxx • PHA 66
Grantham • PIT 66
9. Meusel • CIN 63
Gehrig • NYY 63
Stolen Bases
1. Cuyler • CHC 37
2. McManus • DET 23
3. Gehringer • DET 19
4. McDuffie • BBB 18
Herman • BRO 18
Waner • PIT 18
Wells • SLS 18
8. Johnson • DET 17
Goslin • 2TM 17
Cronin • WSH 17
Singles
1. Terry • NYG 177
2. Lindstrom • NYG 163
3. Waner • PIT 159
4. Rice • WSH 158
5. Hodapp • CLE 157
6. Oliver • BOS 153
Whitney • PHI 153
8. Cuyler • CHC 148
9. Herman • BRO 147
English • CHC 147
Adjusted OPS+
1. Suttles • SLS 253
2. Wells • SLS 214
3. Ruth • NYY 211
4. Gehrig • NYY 203
5. Wilson • CHC 177
6. Simmons • PHA 175
7. Herman • BRO 169
8. Foxx • PHA 161
9. Klein • PHI 159
10. Terry • NYG 158
Runs Created
1. Gehrig • NYY 192
2. Wilson • CHC 191
3. Klein • PHI 190
4. Herman • BRO 184
5. Ruth • NYY 183
6. Terry • NYG 177
7. Simmons • PHA 166
8. Cuyler • CHC 151
Foxx • PHA 151
10. Lindstrom • NYG 147
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 95
2. Gehrig • NYY 94
3. Wilson • CHC 76
4. Herman • BRO 70
5. Klein • PHI 62
6. Simmons • PHA 60
7. Terry • NYG 60
8. Wells • SLS 58
9. Foxx • PHA 53
10. Ott • NYG 49
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Ruth • NYY 8.5
2. Gehrig • NYY 8.4
3. Wilson • CHC 6.5
4. Herman • BRO 6.0
5. Wells • SLS 5.5
6. Simmons • PHA 5.4
7. Klein • PHI 5.3
8. Terry • NYG 5.2
9. Foxx • PHA 4.8
10. Ott • NYG 4.2
Extra Base Hits
1. Klein • PHI 107
2. Gehrig • NYY 100
3. Wilson • CHC 97
4. Herman • BRO 94
5. Simmons • PHA 93
6. Ruth • NYY 86
7. Goslin • 2TM 85
8. Morgan • CLE 84
9. Foxx • PHA 83
10. Comorosky • PIT 82
Times On Base
1. Gehrig • NYY 324
2. Ruth • NYY 323
3. English • CHC 320
4. Wilson • CHC 314
5. Terry • NYG 312
6. Herman • BRO 311
7. Cuyler • CHC 310
8. Klein • PHI 308
9. Ott • NYG 287
10. Foxx • PHA 281
Offensive Win %
1. Suttles • SLS .926
2. Wells • SLS .896
3. Ruth • NYY .848
4. Gehrig • NYY .840
5. Simmons • PHA .824
6. Wilson • CHC .808
7. Herman • BRO .795
8. Klein • PHI .793
9. Terry • NYG .783
10. O'Doul • PHI .771
Hit By Pitch
1. Cuyler • CHC 10
Dykes • PHA 10
3. Bluege • WSH 8
4. Blair • CHC 7
Reynolds • CHW 7
Sewell • CLE 7
Gehringer • DET 7
Leach • NYG 7
Hafey • STL 7
10. English • CHC 6
Grimm • CHC 6
Bishop • PHA 6
Sacrifice Hits
1. Haas • PHA 33
Comorosky • PIT 33
3. Bluege • WSH 27
4. Thevenow • PHI 26
5. Bottomley • STL 24
6. Ford • CIN 23
Funk • DET 23
Traynor • PIT 23
9. Bartell • PIT 22
Cronin • WSH 22
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Foxx • PHA 9
2. Ruth • NYY 8
Bool • PIT 8
4. Berger • BSN 7
Jolley • CHW 7
6. Wilson • CHC 6
Klein • PHI 6
8. Todt • BOS 5
Hartnett • CHC 5
Stephenson • CHC 5
Caught Stealing
1. Gehringer • DET 15
2. Gehrig • NYY 14
3. Herman • BRO 13
Miller • PHA 13
5. Kress • SLB 12
6. Goslin • 2TM 11
Myer • WSH 11
8. Richbourg • BSN 10
Cuyler • CHC 10
Johnson • DET 10
Combs • NYY 10
Ruth • NYY 10
Frisch • STL 10
Brickell • 2TM 10
Cronin • WSH 10
Power-Speed #
1. Herman • BRO 23.8
2. Goslin • 2TM 23.3
3. Cuyler • CHC 19.2
4. Gehrig • NYY 18.6
5. Reynolds • CHW 18.5
6. Lindstrom • NYG 17.8
7. Wells • SLS 17.5
8. Gehringer • DET 17.4
9. Ruth • NYY 16.6
10. Hafey • STL 16.4
AB per SO
1. Sewell • CLE 117.7
2. Rice • WSH 42.4
3. Gehringer • DET 35.9
4. Frisch • STL 33.8
5. Waner • PIT 32.7
6. Ferrell • SLB 31.4
7. Sisler • BSN 28.7
8. Cochrane • PHA 27.1
9. Miller • PHA 26.6
10. Traynor • PIT 26.2
AB per HR
1. Wilson • CHC 10.4
2. Ruth • NYY 10.6
3. Suttles • SLS 12.6
4. Hartnett • CHC 13.7
5. Gehrig • NYY 14.2
6. Berger • BSN 14.6
7. Foxx • PHA 15.2
8. Simmons • PHA 15.4
9. Goslin • 2TM 15.8
10. Klein • PHI 16.2
Outs Made
1. Critz • 2TM 508
2. Douthit • STL 489
3. Oliver • BOS 472
4. Gilbert • BRO 461
5. Melillo • SLB 454
6. Comorosky • PIT 451
7. Kress • SLB 447
8. Cuyler • CHC 441
9. Miller • PHA 440
10. Thevenow • PHI 438
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Gehrig • NYY 100.67
2. Simmons • PHA 93.32
3. Ruth • NYY 92.90
4. Wilson • CHC 83.88
5. Klein • PHI 82.67
6. Foxx • PHA 69.64
7. Ott • NYG 69.35
8. Herman • BRO 65.72
9. Cuyler • CHC 63.07
10. Terry • NYG 54.40
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Simmons • PHA 10.6
2. Foxx • PHA 7.0
3. Gehrig • NYY 6.8
4. Wilson • CHC 5.8
5. Klein • PHI 5.7
6. Lindstrom • NYG 4.8
7. Terry • NYG 4.7
8. Ott • NYG 4.6
9. Morgan • CLE 4.2
10. Cochrane • PHA 4.1
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Ruth • NYY 8.1
2. Gehrig • NYY 7.8
3. Wilson • CHC 6.8
4. Simmons • PHA 6.6
5. Herman • BRO 6.2
6. Klein • PHI 5.7
7. Ott • NYG 5.5
8. Terry • NYG 5.3
9. Foxx • PHA 5.0
10. Cuyler • CHC 4.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Simmons • PHA 20.8
2. Wilson • CHC 18.6
3. Foxx • PHA 16.6
4. Cuyler • CHC 11.1
5. Cochrane • PHA 10.8
6. Lindstrom • NYG 10.1
7. Hartnett • CHC 9.6
8. Terry • NYG 9.5
9. Herman • BRO 9.3
10. Ott • NYG 9.1
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Gehrig • NYY 9.1
2. Ruth • NYY 8.4
3. Simmons • PHA 8.1
4. Wilson • CHC 7.1
5. Klein • PHI 6.8
6. Foxx • PHA 6.1
7. Ott • NYG 6.0
8. Herman • BRO 5.6
9. Cuyler • CHC 5.4
10. Combs • NYY 4.8

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