Major League 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. Schmidt • PHI 7.7
2. Dawson • MON 7.5
3. Evans • BOS 6.7
4. Henderson • OAK 6.7
5. Bell • TEX 6.2
6. Blyleven • CLE 5.6
7. Carlton • PHI 5.5
8. Grich • CAL 5.5
9. Valenzuela • LAD 5.3
10. Ryan • HOU 5.1

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. Schmidt • PHI 7.7
2. Dawson • MON 7.5
3. Evans • BOS 6.7
4. Henderson • OAK 6.7
5. Bell • TEX 6.2
6. Grich • CAL 5.5
7. Yount • MIL 4.9
8. Burleson • CAL 4.5
9. Murphy • OAK 4.4
10. Paciorek • SEA 4.3

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. Schmidt • PHI 6.6
2. Dawson • MON 5.3
3. Evans • BOS 5.2
4. Grich • CAL 5.0
5. Henderson • OAK 4.3
6. Foster • CIN 4.0
7. Cooper • MIL 3.9
8. Lansford • BOS 3.7
Lemon • CHW 3.7
10. Murray • BAL 3.6

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. Bell • TEX 3.4
2. Yount • MIL 2.8
3. Trammell • DET 2.4
4. Carter • MON 2.3
5. Dawson • MON 2.2
6. Henderson • OAK 2.0
Whitaker • DET 2.0
8. Wilson • KCR 1.9
9. Burleson • CAL 1.9
10. Templeton • STL 1.7

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. Madlock • PIT .341
2. Lansford • BOS .336
3. Paciorek • SEA .326
4. Rose • PHI .325
5. Gibson • DET .328 **
6. Baker • LAD .320
7. Cooper • MIL .320
8. Henderson • OAK .319
9. Hargrove • CLE .317
10. Schmidt • PHI .316

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. Schmidt • PHI .435
2. Hargrove • CLE .424
3. Evans • BOS .415
4. Madlock • PIT .413
5. Henderson • OAK .408
6. Hernandez • STL .401
7. Matthews • PHI .398
8. Rose • PHI .391
9. Raines • MON .391
10. Kemp • DET .389

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. Schmidt • PHI .644
2. Dawson • MON .553
3. Grich • CAL .543
4. Murray • BAL .534
5. Evans • BOS .522
6. Foster • CIN .519
7. Paciorek • SEA .509
8. Cooper • MIL .495
9. Madlock • PIT .495
10. Thomas • MIL .493

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. Schmidt • PHI 1.080
2. Evans • BOS .937
3. Grich • CAL .921
4. Dawson • MON .918
5. Madlock • PIT .907
6. Murray • BAL .895
7. Foster • CIN .892
8. Paciorek • SEA .888
9. Lemon • CHW .874
10. Hernandez • STL .864

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Garvey • LAD 110
Smith • SDP 110
3. Burleson • CAL 109
Whitaker • DET 109
Armas • OAK 109
Salazar • SDP 109
7. Evans • BOS 108
Rice • BOS 108
Foster • CIN 108
Henderson • OAK 108

At Bats

At Bats

1. Rice • BOS 451
2. Smith • SDP 450
3. Armas • OAK 440
4. Wilson • KCR 439
5. Moreno • PIT 434
6. Garvey • LAD 431
Rose • PHI 431
8. Burleson • CAL 430
9. Henderson • OAK 423
10. Buckner • CHC 421
Concepción • CIN 421
Oliver • TEX 421

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. Smith • SDP 507
2. Evans • BOS 504
3. Rice • BOS 495
4. Henderson • OAK 493
5. Burleson • CAL 490
6. Rose • PHI 486
7. Murphy • OAK 477
8. Foster • CIN 472
9. Concepción • CIN 468
Moreno • PIT 468

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Henderson • OAK 89
2. Evans • BOS 84
3. Schmidt • PHI 78
4. Rose • PHI 73
5. Dawson • MON 71
6. Cooper • MIL 70
7. Hendrick • STL 67
8. Griffey • CIN 65
Hernandez • STL 65
10. Foster • CIN 64
Harrah • CLE 64

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Rose • PHI 140
2. Henderson • OAK 135
3. Lansford • BOS 134
4. Wilson • KCR 133
Cooper • MIL 133
6. Paciorek • SEA 132
7. Buckner • CHC 131
8. Oliver • TEX 130
9. Concepción • CIN 129
10. Rice • BOS 128
Baker • LAD 128

Total Bases

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

1. Schmidt • PHI 228
2. Dawson • MON 218
3. Evans • BOS 215
Foster • CIN 215
5. Armas • OAK 211
6. Cooper • MIL 206
Paciorek • SEA 206
8. Murray • BAL 202
Buckner • CHC 202
10. Rice • BOS 199

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Buckner • CHC 35
Cooper • MIL 35
3. Jones • SDP 34
4. Oliver • TEX 29
5. Concepción • CIN 28
Paciorek • SEA 28
7. Dauer • BAL 27
Brett • KCR 27
Hernandez • STL 27
10. Chambliss • ATL 25
Winfield • NYY 25

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Reynolds • HOU 12
Richards • SDP 12
3. Castino • MIN 9
Herr • STL 9
5. Wilson • NYM 8
Moreno • PIT 8
Herndon • SFG 8
Templeton • STL 8
9. Baines • CHW 7
Oester • CIN 7
Brett • KCR 7
Wilson • KCR 7
Raines • MON 7
Henderson • OAK 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Schmidt • PHI 31
2. Dawson • MON 24
3. Murray • BAL 22
Evans • BOS 22
Grich • CAL 22
Foster • CIN 22
Kingman • NYM 22
Armas • OAK 22
9. Luzinski • CHW 21
Thomas • MIL 21

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Schmidt • PHI 91
2. Foster • CIN 90
3. Murray • BAL 78
4. Armas • OAK 76
5. Buckner • CHC 75
6. Oglivie • MIL 72
7. Evans • BOS 71
8. Carter • MON 68
Winfield • NYY 68
10. Concepción • CIN 67
Matthews • PHI 67

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Evans • BOS 85
2. Murphy • OAK 73
Schmidt • PHI 73
4. Kemp • DET 70
5. Morgan • SFG 66
6. Henderson • OAK 64
7. Aikens • KCR 62
8. Singleton • BAL 61
Hernandez • STL 61
10. Hargrove • CLE 60

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Armas • OAK 115
2. Kingman • NYM 105
3. Murphy • OAK 91
4. Moseby • TOR 86
5. Evans • BOS 85
Thomas • MIL 85
7. Jackson • NYY 82
8. Luzinski • CHW 80
9. Rice • BOS 76
Moreno • PIT 76

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Raines • MON 71
2. Henderson • OAK 56
3. Cruz • SEA 43
4. Moreno • PIT 39
5. LeFlore • CHW 36
6. Wilson • KCR 34
7. Scott • MON 30
8. Diloné • CLE 29
9. Collins • CIN 26
Dawson • MON 26
North • SFG 26

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Rose • PHI 117
2. Wilson • KCR 115
3. Lansford • BOS 104
Henderson • OAK 104
5. Burleson • CAL 103
6. Remy • BOS 100
7. Baker • LAD 99
8. Concepción • CIN 96
Oliver • TEX 96
10. Griffey • CIN 94

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Schmidt • PHI 198
2. Grich • CAL 165
3. Evans • BOS 163
4. Dawson • MON 157
5. Murray • BAL 156
6. Lemon • CHW 155
7. Madlock • PIT 153
8. Cooper • MIL 151
9. Henderson • OAK 151
10. Paciorek • SEA 151

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. Schmidt • PHI 102
2. Evans • BOS 95
3. Dawson • MON 83
4. Foster • CIN 81
Henderson • OAK 81
6. Paciorek • SEA 76
7. Grich • CAL 73
Hernandez • STL 73
9. Matthews • PHI 71
10. Murray • BAL 70
Cooper • MIL 70

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. Schmidt • PHI 49
2. Evans • BOS 38
3. Henderson • OAK 31
4. Grich • CAL 29
5. Dawson • MON 29
6. Cooper • MIL 27
7. Paciorek • SEA 27
8. Foster • CIN 27
9. Murray • BAL 26
10. Hernandez • STL 24

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. Schmidt • PHI 5.0
2. Evans • BOS 3.9
3. Henderson • OAK 3.2
4. Grich • CAL 3.0
5. Dawson • MON 3.0
6. Cooper • MIL 2.8
7. Foster • CIN 2.8
Paciorek • SEA 2.8
9. Murray • BAL 2.7
10. Hernandez • STL 2.5

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Schmidt • PHI 52
2. Armas • OAK 49
3. Buckner • CHC 48
Cooper • MIL 48
Dawson • MON 48
6. Foster • CIN 47
7. Murray • BAL 45
Evans • BOS 45
9. Paciorek • SEA 44
10. Thomas • MIL 43

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. Evans • BOS 208
2. Henderson • OAK 201
3. Rose • PHI 189
Schmidt • PHI 189
5. Hernandez • STL 178
6. Foster • CIN 176
7. Kemp • DET 174
8. Murphy • OAK 173
9. Burleson • CAL 171
Paciorek • SEA 171

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. Schmidt • PHI .852
2. Evans • BOS .787
3. Madlock • PIT .772
4. Dawson • MON .761
5. Grich • CAL .751
6. Raines • MON .738
7. Matthews • PHI .734
8. Foster • CIN .732
9. Hernandez • STL .729
10. Paciorek • SEA .716

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Lemon • CHW 13
2. Fisk • CHW 12
3. Mayberry • TOR 8
4. Baylor • CAL 7
Dawson • MON 7
Sample • TEX 7
7. Collins • CIN 6
Oglivie • MIL 6
9. Ford • CAL 5
Hargrove • CLE 5
Smith • PHI 5
Smith • SDP 5

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Reynolds • HOU 18
2. Trammell • DET 16
3. Foli • PIT 14
Mendoza • TEX 14
5. Remy • BOS 13
Squires • CHW 13
Scott • MON 13
8. Burleson • CAL 11
Niekro • HOU 11
10. Carew • CAL 10
de Jesús • CHC 10
Smith • SDP 10

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Bell • TEX 10
2. Otis • KCR 9
3. Harrah • CLE 8
Oglivie • MIL 8
Maddox • PHI 8
6. Rice • BOS 7
Concepción • CIN 7
Oester • CIN 7
Hargrove • CLE 7
Cruz • HOU 7
Winfield • NYY 7
Jones • SDP 7
Paciorek • SEA 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Schmidt • PHI 18
2. Dawson • MON 14
3. Aikens • KCR 12
Cromartie • MON 12
5. Chambliss • ATL 10
Murray • BAL 10
Oglivie • MIL 10
Speier • MON 10
May • SFG 10
Bell • TEX 10
Oliver • TEX 10

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. Singleton • BAL 21
2. Knight • CIN 18
3. Buckner • CHC 17
Oliver • TEX 17
5. Ford • CAL 16
Parrish • DET 16
Cooper • MIL 16
8. Thornton • CLE 15
9. Rice • BOS 14
Hargrove • CLE 14

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Henderson • OAK 22
2. Bumbry • BAL 15
3. Moreno • PIT 14
4. Wilson • NYM 12
Smith • SDP 12
Templeton • STL 12
Griffin • TOR 12
8. Durham • CHC 11
LeFlore • CHW 11
Raines • MON 11

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Harrah • CLE 92.31
2. Winfield • NYY 91.67
Berra • PIT 91.67
4. Lopes • LAD 90.91
5. Manning • CLE 89.29
6. Lacy • PIT 88.89
Bannister • CLE 88.89
8. Matthews • PHI 88.24
9. Dawson • MON 86.67
10. Raines • MON 86.59

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. Dawson • MON 25.0
2. Schmidt • PHI 17.3
3. Durham • CHC 14.3
4. Murphy • ATL 13.5
Paciorek • SEA 13.5
6. Murphy • OAK 12.0
7. Winfield • NYY 11.9
8. Gibson • DET 11.8
9. Otis • KCR 11.5
10. Matthews • PHI 11.3

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. Foli • PIT 31.6
2. Buckner • CHC 26.3
3. Bowa • PHI 21.2
4. Dauer • BAL 20.5
5. Hargrove • CLE 20.1
6. Squires • CHW 17.3
7. Flynn • NYM 17.1
8. Rose • PHI 16.6
9. Madlock • PIT 16.4
10. Stapleton • BOS 16.1

AB per HR

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

1. Schmidt • PHI 11.4
2. Grich • CAL 16.0
3. Kingman • NYM 16.0
4. Dawson • MON 16.4
5. Johnson • OAK 16.1 **
6. Mayberry • TOR 17.1
7. Thompson • PIT 14.9 **
8. Murray • BAL 17.2
9. Thomas • MIL 17.3
10. Luzinski • CHW 18.0

Outs Made

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

1. Smith • SDP 381
2. de Jesús • CHC 347
3. Rice • BOS 346
4. Wills • TEX 335
5. Moreno • PIT 334
6. Burleson • CAL 333
Armas • OAK 333
Griffin • TOR 333
9. Herr • STL 328
10. Garvey • LAD 326

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. Schmidt • PHI 52.25
2. Foster • CIN 44.16
3. Evans • BOS 40.20
4. Raines • MON 34.99
5. Buckner • CHC 31.78
6. Matthews • PHI 30.88
7. Murray • BAL 28.66
8. Murphy • OAK 26.88
9. Dawson • MON 26.49
10. Hargrove • CLE 26.12

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>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Schmidt • PHI 5.8
2. Evans • BOS 5.6
3. Murphy • OAK 4.5
4. Foster • CIN 4.2
5. Raines • MON 3.3
6. Dawson • MON 3.1
7. Matthews • PHI 2.9
8. Harrah • CLE 2.9
9. Gibson • DET 2.8
10. Armas • OAK 2.8

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. Evans • BOS 4.6
2. Schmidt • PHI 4.6
3. Dawson • MON 4.1
4. Grich • CAL 3.4
5. Foster • CIN 3.1
6. Matthews • PHI 2.8
7. Raines • MON 2.8
8. Murray • BAL 2.6
Hernandez • STL 2.6
10. Clark • SFG 2.3

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Yount • MIL 5.9
2. Evans • BOS 3.9
3. Cooper • MIL 3.5
4. Porter • STL 3.5
5. Murphy • OAK 3.4
Iorg • STL 3.4
7. Foster • CIN 3.0
8. Hernandez • STL 2.8
9. Dawson • MON 2.8
10. Gibson • DET 2.6

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. Schmidt • PHI 5.2
2. Foster • CIN 4.5
3. Evans • BOS 4.0
4. Raines • MON 3.6
5. Buckner • CHC 3.2
6. Matthews • PHI 3.1
7. Murray • BAL 2.9
8. Murphy • OAK 2.9
9. Dawson • MON 2.7
10. Hargrove • CLE 2.7

rOBA

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

1. Schmidt • PHI .481
2. Dawson • MON .437
3. Evans • BOS .427
4. Grich • CAL .426
5. Madlock • PIT .424
6. Raines • MON .421
7. Foster • CIN .412
8. Matthews • PHI .404
9. Murray • BAL .403
10. Paciorek • SEA .402

Rbat+

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

1. Schmidt • PHI 206
2. Grich • CAL 175
3. Dawson • MON 168
4. Evans • BOS 166
5. Lemon • CHW 161
6. Madlock • PIT 159
7. Murray • BAL 156
8. Cooper • MIL 155
9. Foster • CIN 155
10. Cey • LAD 152

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 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements