MLB Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ruth • NYY 12.6
2. Faber • CHW 11.1
3. Hornsby • STL 10.8
4. Shocker • SLB 8.5
5. Grimes • BRO 8.0
6. Bancroft • NYG 7.4
7. Mays • NYY 7.4
8. Jones • BOS 7.2
9. Frisch • NYG 6.9
10. Heilmann • DET 6.8
WAR Position Players
1. Ruth • NYY 12.8
2. Hornsby • STL 10.8
3. Bancroft • NYG 7.4
4. Frisch • NYG 6.9
5. Heilmann • DET 6.8
6. Cobb • DET 6.8
7. Speaker • CLE 6.5
8. Sisler • SLB 5.7
9. Williams • SLB 5.5
10. Veach • DET 5.4
Offensive WAR
1. Ruth • NYY 12.2
2. Hornsby • STL 9.9
3. Heilmann • DET 7.3
4. Cobb • DET 6.7
5. Frisch • NYG 5.8
6. Speaker • CLE 5.5
7. Sewell • CLE 5.3
8. Williams • SLB 5.3
9. Bancroft • NYG 5.3
Sisler • SLB 5.3
Defensive WAR
1. Bancroft • NYG 3.3
2. Maranville • PIT 2.6
3. Scott • BOS 2.6
4. Lavan • STL 2.2
5. Frisch • NYG 1.6
6. Ward • NYY 1.6
7. Hollocher • CHC 1.6
8. Perkins • PHA 1.5
9. Gharrity • WSH 1.5
10. Hornsby • STL 1.3
Batting Average
1. Hornsby • STL .397
2. Heilmann • DET .394
3. Cobb • DET .389
4. Ruth • NYY .378
5. Sisler • SLB .371
6. Speaker • CLE .362
7. Jacobson • SLB .352
8. Tobin • SLB .352
9. Roush • CIN .352
10. McHenry • STL .350
On-Base%
1. Ruth • NYY .512
2. Hornsby • STL .458
3. Cobb • DET .452
4. Heilmann • DET .444
5. Speaker • CLE .439
6. Cruise • BSN .429
7. Williams • SLB .429
8. Schang • NYY .428
9. O'Neill • CLE .424
10. Blue • DET .416
Slugging %
1. Ruth • NYY .846
2. Hornsby • STL .639
3. Heilmann • DET .606
4. Cobb • DET .596
5. Williams • SLB .561
6. Sisler • SLB .560
7. Meusel • NYY .559
8. Speaker • CLE .538
9. McHenry • STL .531
10. Veach • DET .529
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Ruth • NYY 1.359
2. Hornsby • STL 1.097
3. Heilmann • DET 1.051
4. Cobb • DET 1.048
5. Williams • SLB .990
6. Speaker • CLE .977
7. Sisler • SLB .971
8. Cruise • BSN .932
9. McHenry • STL .924
10. Veach • DET .917
Games Played
1. Dykes • PHA 155
2. Witt • PHA 154
Harris • WSH 154
Shanks • WSH 154
Hornsby • STL 154
Scott • BOS 154
Sheely • CHW 154
Sewell • CLE 154
9. Bancroft • NYG 153
Pipp • NYY 153
Boeckel • BSN 153
Bohne • CIN 153
Maranville • PIT 153
Ward • NYY 153
Judge • WSH 153
Blue • DET 153
Gardner • CLE 153
Frisch • NYG 153
At Bats
1. Tobin • SLB 671
2. Olson • BRO 652
3. Bigbee • PIT 632
4. Witt • PHA 629
5. Powell • BSN 624
Johnston • BRO 624
7. Judge • WSH 622
8. Frisch • NYG 618
9. Johnson • CHW 613
Bohne • CIN 613
Dykes • PHA 613
Plate Appearances
1. Witt • PHA 731
Tobin • SLB 731
3. Judge • WSH 715
4. Blue • DET 711
5. Dykes • PHA 701
6. Powell • BSN 699
Burns • NYG 699
8. Bancroft • NYG 698
9. Peckinpaugh • NYY 696
10. Olson • BRO 695
Runs Scored
1. Ruth • NYY 177
2. Tobin • SLB 132
3. Hornsby • STL 131
4. Peckinpaugh • NYY 128
5. Sisler • SLB 125
6. Cobb • DET 124
7. Bancroft • NYG 121
Frisch • NYG 121
9. Williams • SLB 115
10. Powell • BSN 114
Heilmann • DET 114
Hits
1. Heilmann • DET 237
2. Tobin • SLB 236
3. Hornsby • STL 235
4. Sisler • SLB 216
5. Jacobson • SLB 211
Frisch • NYG 211
7. Veach • DET 207
8. Bigbee • PIT 204
Ruth • NYY 204
10. Johnston • BRO 203
Total Bases
1. Ruth • NYY 457
2. Hornsby • STL 378
3. Heilmann • DET 365
4. Meusel • NYY 334
5. Tobin • SLB 327
6. Sisler • SLB 326
7. Veach • DET 324
8. Kelly • NYG 310
9. Williams • SLB 307
10. McHenry • STL 305
Doubles
1. Speaker • CLE 52
2. Hornsby • STL 44
Ruth • NYY 44
4. Veach • DET 43
Heilmann • DET 43
6. Kelly • NYG 42
7. Johnston • BRO 41
8. Meusel • NYY 40
9. Rice • WSH 39
10. Sisler • SLB 38
Grimes • CHC 38
Jacobson • SLB 38
Triples
1. Powell • BSN 18
Sisler • SLB 18
Tobin • SLB 18
Shanks • WSH 18
Hornsby • STL 18
6. Grimm • PIT 17
Bigbee • PIT 17
Frisch • NYG 17
9. Bohne • CIN 16
Cobb • DET 16
Youngs • NYG 16
Ruth • NYY 16
Meusel • NYY 16
Home Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 59
2. Williams • SLB 24
Meusel • NYY 24
4. Kelly • NYG 23
Walker • PHA 23
6. Hornsby • STL 21
7. Heilmann • DET 19
8. Williams • PHI 18
9. McHenry • STL 17
10. Veach • DET 16
Dykes • PHA 16
Smith • CLE 16
Fournier • STL 16
Runs Batted In
1. Ruth • NYY 168
2. Heilmann • DET 139
3. Meusel • NYY 138
4. Veach • DET 128
5. Hornsby • STL 126
6. Kelly • NYG 122
7. Gardner • CLE 120
8. Williams • SLB 117
9. Sisler • SLB 104
10. Pipp • NYY 103
Bases on Balls
1. Ruth • NYY 145
2. Blue • DET 103
3. Peckinpaugh • NYY 84
4. Burns • NYG 80
Sewell • CLE 80
6. Schang • NYY 78
7. Witt • PHA 77
8. Williams • SLB 74
9. Walker • PHA 73
10. Youngs • NYG 71
Strikeouts
1. Meusel • NYY 88
2. Powell • BSN 85
3. Parkinson • PHI 81
Ruth • NYY 81
5. Dykes • PHA 75
6. Kelly • NYG 73
7. Falk • CHW 69
8. Ward • NYY 68
9. O'Rourke • WSH 56
10. Grimes • CHC 55
Stolen Bases
1. Frisch • NYG 49
2. Carey • PIT 37
3. Sisler • SLB 35
4. Harris • WSH 29
5. Johnston • BRO 28
6. Rice • WSH 26
Bohne • CIN 26
8. Maranville • PIT 25
9. Groh • CIN 22
Johnson • CHW 22
Cobb • DET 22
Southworth • BSN 22
Singles
1. Tobin • SLB 179
2. Bigbee • PIT 161
Heilmann • DET 161
4. Frisch • NYG 155
5. Jacobson • SLB 154
6. Witt • PHA 152
Hornsby • STL 152
8. Sisler • SLB 148
9. Bancroft • NYG 146
10. Johnson • CHW 145
Collins • CHW 145
Fournier • STL 145
Adjusted OPS+
1. Ruth • NYY 239
2. Hornsby • STL 191
3. Heilmann • DET 167
4. Cobb • DET 166
5. Speaker • CLE 146
6. McHenry • STL 145
7. Williams • SLB 145
8. Fournier • STL 144
9. Roush • CIN 143
10. Sisler • SLB 140
Runs Created
1. Ruth • NYY 229
2. Hornsby • STL 167
3. Heilmann • DET 159
4. Sisler • SLB 134
5. Cobb • DET 133
6. Williams • SLB 126
7. Tobin • SLB 124
8. Veach • DET 123
9. Frisch • NYG 119
10. Speaker • CLE 118
Meusel • NYY 118
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 120
2. Hornsby • STL 78
3. Heilmann • DET 60
4. Cobb • DET 52
5. Speaker • CLE 39
6. Williams • SLB 39
7. Fournier • STL 38
8. McHenry • STL 37
9. Sisler • SLB 33
10. Veach • DET 28
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Ruth • NYY 10.9
2. Hornsby • STL 7.5
3. Heilmann • DET 5.5
4. Cobb • DET 4.8
5. Fournier • STL 3.7
6. McHenry • STL 3.6
7. Williams • SLB 3.6
Speaker • CLE 3.6
9. Sisler • SLB 3.0
10. Cruise • BSN 2.7
Extra Base Hits
1. Ruth • NYY 119
2. Hornsby • STL 83
3. Meusel • NYY 80
4. Heilmann • DET 76
5. Kelly • NYG 74
6. Veach • DET 72
7. Speaker • CLE 69
8. Sisler • SLB 68
9. Cobb • DET 65
10. Williams • SLB 62
McHenry • STL 62
Times On Base
1. Ruth • NYY 353
2. Hornsby • STL 302
3. Heilmann • DET 292
4. Blue • DET 288
5. Tobin • SLB 284
6. Witt • PHA 276
7. Sewell • CLE 273
8. Williams • SLB 268
9. Burns • NYG 267
10. Bancroft • NYG 263
Offensive Win %
1. Ruth • NYY .905
2. Hornsby • STL .845
3. Heilmann • DET .805
4. Cobb • DET .790
5. Speaker • CLE .752
6. Sisler • SLB .747
7. Williams • SLB .721
8. Meusel • 2TM .701
9. McHenry • STL .700
10. Frisch • NYG .691
Hit By Pitch
1. Harris • WSH 18
2. Dykes • PHA 15
3. Mostil • CHW 13
4. Sewell • CLE 11
5. Rice • WSH 9
Menosky • BOS 9
7. Fournier • STL 8
Ward • NYY 8
9. Schalk • CHW 7
O'Rourke • WSH 7
Hornsby • STL 7
Sheely • CHW 7
Sacrifice Hits
1. Wambsganss • CLE 43
2. Bush • 2TM 41
3. Stock • STL 36
4. Southworth • BSN 35
McInnis • BOS 35
6. Mulligan • CHW 34
Terry • CHC 34
8. Pipp • NYY 33
Daubert • CIN 33
Peckinpaugh • NYY 33
Caught Stealing
1. Bohne • CIN 22
Fournier • STL 22
3. Burns • NYG 20
Southworth • BSN 20
McHenry • STL 20
Bigbee • PIT 20
7. Mulligan • CHW 18
Rapp • 2TM 18
Duncan • CIN 18
10. Powell • BSN 17
Williams • SLB 17
Youngs • NYG 17
Roush • CIN 17
Blue • DET 17
Power-Speed #
1. Ruth • NYY 26.4
2. Williams • SLB 21.8
3. Meusel • NYY 19.9
4. Sisler • SLB 17.9
5. Fournier • STL 17.8
6. Hornsby • STL 16.1
7. Cobb • DET 15.5
8. Veach • DET 14.9
9. Frisch • NYG 13.8
10. Meusel • 2TM 13.5
AB per SO
1. McInnis • BOS 64.9
2. Rice • WSH 56.1
3. Severeid • SLB 52.4
4. Roush • CIN 52.3
5. Pratt • BOS 52.1
6. Collins • CHW 47.8
7. Deal • CHC 46.9
8. Southworth • BSN 43.8
9. Hollocher • CHC 42.9
10. Speaker • CLE 42.2
AB per HR
1. Ruth • NYY 9.2
2. Williams • SLB 22.8
3. Walker • PHA 24.2
4. Meusel • NYY 24.9
5. Kelly • NYG 25.5
6. Smith • CLE 26.9
7. Hornsby • STL 28.2
8. Williams • PHI 31.2
9. Heilmann • DET 31.7
10. McHenry • STL 33.8
Outs Made
1. Mulligan • CHW 508
2. Olson • BRO 498
3. Bohne • CIN 480
4. Maranville • PIT 467
5. Johnson • CHW 466
6. Witt • PHA 465
7. Powell • BSN 463
Dykes • PHA 463
Judge • WSH 463
10. Holke • BSN 462
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Ruth • NYY 115.85
2. Hornsby • STL 53.21
3. Speaker • CLE 50.38
4. Frisch • NYG 41.71
5. Bancroft • NYG 39.42
6. Youngs • NYG 38.86
7. Roush • CIN 31.58
8. Grimes • CHC 31.23
9. Cruise • BSN 30.74
10. Sisler • SLB 30.64
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Ruth • NYY 9.1
2. Frisch • NYG 4.8
3. Hornsby • STL 4.5
4. Roush • CIN 4.5
5. Southworth • BSN 3.9
6. Meusel • 2TM 3.5
7. Grimes • CHC 3.3
8. Speaker • CLE 3.1
9. Johnston • BRO 3.0
10. Smith • NYG 2.8
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Ruth • NYY 9.9
2. Hornsby • STL 4.6
3. Speaker • CLE 3.4
4. Frisch • NYG 3.2
5. Meusel • 2TM 3.1
6. Bancroft • NYG 2.8
7. Sisler • SLB 2.7
8. Grimes • CHC 2.6
9. Cruise • BSN 2.6
10. Roush • CIN 2.5
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Ruth • NYY 40.1
2. Frisch • NYG 18.7
3. Gardner • CLE 10.9
4. Burns • CLE 10.8
5. Schang • NYY 9.7
6. Smith • NYG 9.6
7. Speaker • CLE 8.3
8. Bancroft • NYG 7.0
9. Snyder • NYG 7.0
10. Sewell • CLE 6.9
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Ruth • NYY 10.4
2. Hornsby • STL 5.2
3. Speaker • CLE 4.6
4. Frisch • NYG 4.0
5. Bancroft • NYG 3.8
6. Youngs • NYG 3.8
7. Roush • CIN 3.1
8. Cruise • BSN 3.1
9. Grimes • CHC 3.0
10. Sisler • SLB 2.8

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