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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Musial • STL 9.5
2. Boudreau • CLE 8.1
3. Appling • CHW 7.4
4. Chandler • NYY 7.3
5. Nicholson • CHC 6.7
6. Keller • NYY 6.6
7. Klein • STL 6.5
8. Gordon • NYY 6.5
9. Gibson • HG 6.3
10. York • DET 6.1
WAR Position Players
1. Musial • STL 9.5
2. Boudreau • CLE 8.1
3. Appling • CHW 7.4
4. Nicholson • CHC 6.7
5. Keller • NYY 6.6
6. Klein • STL 6.5
7. Gordon • NYY 6.5
8. Gibson • HG 6.3
9. York • DET 6.1
10. Galan • BRO 6.0
Offensive WAR
1. Musial • STL 8.1
2. Appling • CHW 7.0
3. Nicholson • CHC 6.4
4. Gibson • HG 6.2
5. Boudreau • CLE 6.0
6. Vaughan • BRO 5.9
7. Keller • NYY 5.9
8. Stephens • SLB 5.3
9. Herman • BRO 5.3
10. Galan • BRO 5.1
Defensive WAR
1. Miller • CIN 4.0
2. Marion • STL 3.4
3. Boudreau • CLE 3.3
4. Klein • STL 2.9
5. Gordon • NYY 2.8
6. Frey • CIN 2.6
7. Wietelmann • BSN 2.5
8. Richards • DET 2.0
9. Rosar • CLE 1.8
10. Doerr • BOS 1.8
Batting Average
1. Vargas • NYC .471
2. Gibson • HG .466
3. Benjamin • HG .372
4. Radcliff • CAG .369
5. Coimbre • NYC .360
6. Harris • HG .358
7. Musial • STL .357
8. Bell • HG .355
9. Easterling • HG .352
10. Brown • KCM .340
On-Base%
1. Gibson • HG .560
2. Vargas • NYC .529
3. Brown • PS .440
4. Leonard • HG .439
5. Bell • HG .432
6. Coimbre • NYC .429
7. Musial • STL .425
8. Benjamin • HG .423
9. Harris • HG .421
10. Appling • CHW .419
Slugging %
1. Gibson • HG .867
2. Vargas • NYC .587
3. Musial • STL .562
4. Brown • KCM .533
5. Nicholson • CHC .531
6. York • DET .527
7. Keller • NYY .525
8. Leonard • HG .504
9. Easterling • HG .502
10. Davis • NE .500
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Gibson • HG 1.427
2. Vargas • NYC 1.116
3. Musial • STL .988
4. Leonard • HG .943
5. Brown • KCM .923
6. Keller • NYY .922
7. Nicholson • CHC .917
8. Benjamin • HG .901
9. Easterling • HG .896
10. York • DET .893
Games Played
1. DiMaggio • PIT 157
Musial • STL 157
3. Elliott • PIT 156
4. Doerr • BOS 155
Appling • CHW 155
Wakefield • DET 155
York • DET 155
Johnson • NYY 155
9. Lupien • BOS 154
Nicholson • CHC 154
Miller • CIN 154
Etten • NYY 154
Fletcher • PIT 154
Klein • STL 154
At Bats
1. Wakefield • DET 633
2. Holmes • BSN 629
3. Klein • STL 627
4. Witek • NYG 622
5. Musial • STL 617
6. Workman • BSN 615
7. Case • WSH 613
8. Vaughan • BRO 610
9. Lupien • BOS 608
Nicholson • CHC 608
Plate Appearances
1. Musial • STL 701
2. Holmes • BSN 697
Wakefield • DET 697
4. Klein • STL 696
5. Vaughan • BRO 685
6. Nicholson • CHC 684
7. Workman • BSN 679
8. Appling • CHW 677
9. Doerr • BOS 676
10. Lupien • BOS 672
Witek • NYG 672
Runs Scored
1. Vaughan • BRO 112
2. Musial • STL 108
3. Case • WSH 102
4. Keller • NYY 97
5. Nicholson • CHC 95
6. Cavarretta • CHC 93
Gibson • HG 93
8. Stanky • CHC 92
9. Wakefield • DET 91
Fletcher • PIT 91
Klein • STL 91
Hits
1. Musial • STL 220
2. Wakefield • DET 200
3. Witek • NYG 195
4. Herman • BRO 193
5. Appling • CHW 192
6. Nicholson • CHC 188
7. Vaughan • BRO 186
8. Elliott • PIT 183
9. Cramer • DET 182
10. Klein • STL 180
Case • WSH 180
Total Bases
1. Musial • STL 347
2. Nicholson • CHC 323
3. York • DET 301
4. Wakefield • DET 275
5. Keller • NYY 269
6. Elliott • PIT 258
7. Klein • STL 257
8. Vaughan • BRO 252
Northey • PHI 252
10. Doerr • BOS 249
Doubles
1. Musial • STL 48
2. Herman • BRO 41
DiMaggio • PIT 41
4. Vaughan • BRO 39
5. Wakefield • DET 38
6. Case • WSH 36
7. Etten • NYY 35
Gutteridge • SLB 35
9. Holmes • BSN 33
Appling • CHW 33
Hockett • CLE 33
Triples
1. Musial • STL 20
2. Klein • STL 14
3. Lowrey • CHC 12
Moses • CHW 12
Lindell • NYY 12
Elliott • PIT 12
7. York • DET 11
Gordon • NYG 11
Keller • NYY 11
Russell • PIT 11
Home Runs
1. York • DET 34
2. Keller • NYY 31
3. Nicholson • CHC 29
4. Stephens • SLB 22
5. Gibson • HG 20
6. Heath • CLE 18
Ott • NYG 18
8. Gordon • NYY 17
Laabs • SLB 17
10. Doerr • BOS 16
Northey • PHI 16
Runs Batted In
1. Nicholson • CHC 128
2. York • DET 118
3. Gibson • HG 109
4. Etten • NYY 107
5. Elliott • PIT 101
6. Herman • BRO 100
7. Johnson • NYY 94
8. Stephens • SLB 91
9. DiMaggio • PIT 88
Spence • WSH 88
Bases on Balls
1. Keller • NYY 106
2. Galan • BRO 103
3. Gordon • NYY 98
4. Cullenbine • CLE 96
5. Ott • NYG 95
Fletcher • PIT 95
7. Stanky • CHC 92
8. Appling • CHW 90
Boudreau • CLE 90
10. Tipton • CIN 85
Strikeouts
1. DiMaggio • PIT 126
2. Laabs • SLB 105
3. Hoover • DET 101
4. York • DET 88
5. Nicholson • CHC 86
6. Joost • BSN 80
7. Priddy • WSH 76
8. Gordon • NYY 75
9. Stephens • SLB 73
10. Workman • BSN 72
Tucker • CHW 72
Stolen Bases
1. Case • WSH 61
2. Moses • CHW 56
3. Tucker • CHW 29
4. Appling • CHW 27
5. Vernon • WSH 24
6. Fox • BOS 22
7. Vaughan • BRO 20
8. Bankhead • HG 17
9. Lupien • BOS 16
10. Culberson • BOS 14
Kuhel • CHW 14
Singles
1. Witek • NYG 172
2. Cramer • DET 159
3. Appling • CHW 154
4. Herman • BRO 148
5. Wakefield • DET 147
6. Musial • STL 139
7. Case • WSH 138
8. Vaughan • BRO 136
9. Elliott • PIT 134
10. Johnson • NYY 131
Klein • STL 131
Adjusted OPS+
1. Gibson • HG 281
2. Vargas • NYC 200
3. Brown • KCM 184
4. Musial • STL 177
5. Keller • NYY 168
6. Nicholson • CHC 166
7. Radcliff • CAG 164
8. Heath • CLE 156
9. Leonard • HG 153
10. York • DET 153
Runs Created
1. Musial • STL 146
2. Nicholson • CHC 124
3. Gibson • HG 121
4. York • DET 109
5. Keller • NYY 106
6. Appling • CHW 103
Wakefield • DET 103
8. Elliott • PIT 97
9. Herman • BRO 95
10. Vaughan • BRO 92
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Gibson • HG 66
2. Musial • STL 62
3. Nicholson • CHC 50
4. Keller • NYY 45
5. Appling • CHW 37
6. York • DET 37
7. Cullenbine • CLE 33
8. Galan • BRO 29
9. Heath • CLE 29
10. Herman • BRO 29
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Musial • STL 6.5
2. Gibson • HG 5.9
3. Nicholson • CHC 5.2
4. Keller • NYY 4.9
5. Appling • CHW 4.0
6. York • DET 3.9
7. Cullenbine • CLE 3.6
8. Heath • CLE 3.2
9. Galan • BRO 3.1
10. Herman • BRO 3.1
Extra Base Hits
1. Musial • STL 81
2. Nicholson • CHC 68
3. York • DET 67
4. DiMaggio • PIT 58
5. Keller • NYY 57
6. Etten • NYY 54
7. Wakefield • DET 53
8. Northey • PHI 52
Stephens • SLB 52
10. Doerr • BOS 51
Gibson • HG 51
Laabs • SLB 51
Times On Base
1. Musial • STL 294
2. Appling • CHW 283
3. Nicholson • CHC 264
4. Wakefield • DET 262
5. Herman • BRO 259
6. Fletcher • PIT 255
7. Vaughan • BRO 249
8. Galan • BRO 247
9. Keller • NYY 245
10. Boudreau • CLE 244
Offensive Win %
1. Gibson • HG .947
2. Vargas • NYC .891
3. Musial • STL .826
4. Brown • KCM .822
5. Radcliff • CAG .796
6. Nicholson • CHC .781
7. Keller • NYY .775
8. Appling • CHW .742
9. Davenport • 2TM .741
10. York • DET .735
Hit By Pitch
1. Vernon • WSH 10
2. Kuhel • CHW 7
Linares • NYC 7
Bartell • NYG 7
Crosetti • NYY 7
6. Hodgin • CHW 6
Hall • PHA 6
Fletcher • PIT 6
Kampouris • 2TM 6
10. Nicholson • CHC 5
Mayo • PHA 5
Spence • WSH 5
Sacrifice Hits
1. Walker • STL 36
2. Hoover • DET 28
3. Mayo • PHA 23
4. Boudreau • CLE 20
5. Miller • CIN 19
6. Fox • BOS 18
7. Mesner • CIN 17
8. Ryan • BSN 16
9. Hack • CHC 15
Klein • STL 15
Sanders • STL 15
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Lopez • PIT 17
2. Nicholson • CHC 15
Gordon • NYY 15
4. Mueller • CIN 14
Musial • STL 14
6. Appling • CHW 12
7. Herman • BRO 11
8. Sanders • STL 10
9. McCormick • CIN 9
York • DET 9
Ott • NYG 9
Lindell • NYY 9
DiMaggio • PIT 9
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Bloodworth • DET 29
2. Johnson • NYY 27
3. Gordon • NYG 26
4. Wakefield • DET 23
5. York • DET 22
Dahlgren • PHI 22
7. Witek • NYG 21
8. Herman • BRO 19
Siebert • PHA 19
10. Lombardi • NYG 18
Gordon • NYY 18
May • PHI 18
Caught Stealing
1. Hockett • CLE 18
2. Tucker • CHW 17
3. Moses • CHW 14
Case • WSH 14
5. Curtright • CHW 12
6. Vaughan • BRO 11
Russell • PIT 11
8. Lupien • BOS 9
Stirnweiss • NYY 9
Gutteridge • SLB 9
Power-Speed #
1. DiMaggio • PIT 12.7
2. Keller • NYY 11.4
3. Workman • BSN 10.9
4. Vernon • WSH 10.8
5. Doerr • BOS 10.7
6. Musial • STL 10.6
7. Ott • NYG 10.1
8. Spence • WSH 9.6
9. Tabor • BOS 9.1
10. York • DET 8.7
AB per SO
1. Vaughan • BRO 46.9
2. Cramer • DET 46.6
3. Musial • STL 34.3
4. Rosar • CLE 31.8
5. McCormick • CIN 31.5
6. Holmes • BSN 31.5
7. Witek • NYG 27.0
8. Lombardi • NYG 26.8
9. Siebert • PHA 26.6
10. Lupien • BOS 26.4
AB per HR
1. Gibson • HG 12.5
2. Keller • NYY 16.5
3. York • DET 16.8
4. Nicholson • CHC 21.0
5. Ott • NYG 21.1
6. Stephens • SLB 23.3
7. Heath • CLE 23.6
8. Triplett • 2TM 25.7
9. Brown • KCM 28.1
10. Brooks • NYC 28.3
Outs Made
1. Workman • BSN 483
2. Miller • CIN 482
3. Holmes • BSN 478
Hoover • DET 478
5. Moses • CHW 476
6. Lupien • BOS 474
7. Doerr • BOS 469
Klein • STL 469
9. Hockett • CLE 468
10. Witek • NYG 464
Johnson • NYY 464
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Nicholson • CHC 58.20
2. Galan • BRO 52.97
3. Keller • NYY 50.21
4. Herman • BRO 41.27
5. Musial • STL 40.73
6. Elliott • PIT 39.17
7. Etten • NYY 39.15
8. Vaughan • BRO 34.12
9. Cavarretta • CHC 33.36
10. Fletcher • PIT 33.25
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Keller • NYY 6.2
2. Nicholson • CHC 5.5
3. Galan • BRO 5.4
4. Vaughan • BRO 4.9
5. Musial • STL 4.1
6. Fletcher • PIT 3.9
7. Etten • NYY 3.8
8. Herman • BRO 3.2
9. Elliott • PIT 3.1
10. Nieman • BSN 3.0
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Musial • STL 4.7
2. Nicholson • CHC 4.4
3. Keller • NYY 4.2
4. Elliott • PIT 3.4
5. Galan • BRO 3.3
6. Herman • BRO 2.8
7. Etten • NYY 2.5
8. Dickey • NYY 2.5
9. Appling • CHW 2.5
10. Cavarretta • CHC 2.5
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Galan • BRO 12.6
2. Etten • NYY 11.3
3. Keller • NYY 10.4
4. Vaughan • BRO 7.7
5. Johnson • WSH 6.6
6. Musial • STL 5.9
7. Herman • BRO 5.6
8. Fletcher • PIT 4.8
9. Kurowski • STL 4.4
10. Waner • BRO 4.3
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Nicholson • CHC 6.2
2. Galan • BRO 5.5
3. Keller • NYY 5.3
4. Herman • BRO 4.3
5. Etten • NYY 4.2
6. Musial • STL 4.2
7. Elliott • PIT 4.1
8. Vaughan • BRO 3.6
9. Cavarretta • CHC 3.6
10. Fletcher • PIT 3.5

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