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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Newhouser • DET 12.2
2. Stirnweiss • NYY 8.8
3. Holmes • BSN 8.4
4. Potter • SLB 7.8
5. Lake • BOS 7.1
6. Roe • PIT 6.6
7. Hack • CHC 6.6
8. Gromek • CLE 6.3
9. Cavarretta • CHC 6.0
10. Galan • BRO 5.9
WAR Position Players
1. Stirnweiss • NYY 8.8
2. Holmes • BSN 8.4
3. Lake • BOS 7.1
4. Hack • CHC 6.6
5. Cavarretta • CHC 6.0
6. Galan • BRO 5.9
7. Cullenbine • 2TM 5.6
8. Stephens • SLB 5.5
9. Rosen • BRO 5.5
10. Walker • BRO 5.1
Offensive WAR
1. Holmes • BSN 8.2
2. Stirnweiss • NYY 6.7
3. Cavarretta • CHC 5.9
4. Lake • BOS 5.9
5. Galan • BRO 5.8
6. Hack • CHC 5.7
7. Stephens • SLB 5.5
8. Rosen • BRO 5.3
9. Kurowski • STL 4.9
10. Myatt • WSH 4.8
Defensive WAR
1. Stirnweiss • NYY 2.8
2. Lake • BOS 2.2
3. Mayo • DET 2.1
4. Johnson • CHC 2.0
5. Webb • DET 1.9
6. Marion • STL 1.8
7. Kerr • NYG 1.5
8. Crosetti • NYY 1.5
9. Newsome • BOS 1.5
10. Hall • PHA 1.4
Batting Average
1. Steele • BBB .394
2. Cañizares • CBE .375
Robinson • KCM .375
Austin • PS .375
5. Davis • BBB .374
6. Campanella • BEG .369
7. Wright • BEG .362
8. Gibson • HG .357
9. Cavarretta • CHC .355
10. Holmes • BSN .352
On-Base%
1. Gibson • HG .466
2. Campanella • BEG .455
3. Steele • BBB .450
4. Cavarretta • CHC .449
5. Robinson • KCM .449
6. Davis • BBB .430
7. Pennington • CAG .430
8. Leonard • HG .425
9. Galan • BRO .423
10. Hack • CHC .420
Slugging %
1. Steele • BBB .667
2. Gibson • HG .611
3. Robinson • KCM .600
4. Holmes • BSN .577
5. Campanella • BEG .571
6. Jethroe • CBE .556
Robinson • MRS .556
8. Wright • BEG .549
9. Leonard • HG .517
10. Davis • BBB .516
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Steele • BBB 1.116
2. Gibson • HG 1.077
3. Robinson • KCM 1.049
4. Campanella • BEG 1.027
5. Holmes • BSN .997
6. Jethroe • CBE .962
7. Robinson • MRS .956
8. Wright • BEG .953
9. Cavarretta • CHC .949
10. Davis • BBB .946
Games Played
1. York • DET 155
Verban • STL 155
3. Walker • BRO 154
Holmes • BSN 154
Hausmann • NYG 154
Cullenbine • 2TM 154
Adams • 2TM 154
8. Stanky • BRO 153
Clay • CIN 153
10. Galan • BRO 152
McCormick • CIN 152
Etten • NYY 152
Stirnweiss • NYY 152
At Bats
1. Clay • CIN 656
2. Holmes • BSN 636
3. Adams • 2TM 634
4. Stirnweiss • NYY 632
5. Hausmann • NYG 623
6. Hall • PHA 616
7. Walker • BRO 607
8. Rosen • BRO 606
9. Hack • CHC 597
Verban • STL 597
Plate Appearances
1. Stanky • BRO 726
2. Stirnweiss • NYY 718
3. Hausmann • NYG 715
4. Holmes • BSN 714
5. Adams • 2TM 707
6. Hack • CHC 702
7. Clay • CIN 700
8. Galan • BRO 698
9. Walker • BRO 688
10. Rosen • BRO 673
Runs Scored
1. Stanky • BRO 128
2. Rosen • BRO 126
3. Holmes • BSN 125
4. Galan • BRO 114
5. Hack • CHC 110
6. Stirnweiss • NYY 107
7. Adams • 2TM 104
8. Walker • BRO 102
9. Hausmann • NYG 98
10. Barrett • PIT 97
Hits
1. Holmes • BSN 224
2. Rosen • BRO 197
3. Stirnweiss • NYY 195
4. Hack • CHC 193
5. Clay • CIN 184
6. Walker • BRO 182
Adams • 2TM 182
8. Galan • BRO 177
Cavarretta • CHC 177
10. Olmo • BRO 174
Hausmann • NYG 174
Total Bases
1. Holmes • BSN 367
2. Stirnweiss • NYY 301
3. Rosen • BRO 279
Adams • 2TM 279
5. Stephens • SLB 270
6. Walker • BRO 266
7. Kurowski • STL 261
8. Olmo • BRO 257
9. Galan • BRO 254
10. Cavarretta • CHC 249
Doubles
1. Holmes • BSN 47
2. Walker • BRO 42
3. Galan • BRO 36
Elliott • PIT 36
5. Moses • CHW 35
6. Cavarretta • CHC 34
7. McCormick • CIN 33
8. Stirnweiss • NYY 32
Binks • WSH 32
10. McQuinn • SLB 31
Triples
1. Stirnweiss • NYY 22
2. Moses • CHW 15
3. Olmo • BRO 13
Kuhel • WSH 13
5. Pafko • CHC 12
6. Rosen • BRO 11
Rucker • NYG 11
8. Cavarretta • CHC 10
Dickshot • CHW 10
10. Kimbro • BEG 9
Walker • BRO 9
Peck • PHA 9
Gionfriddo • PIT 9
Home Runs
1. Holmes • BSN 28
2. Workman • BSN 25
3. Stephens • SLB 24
4. Adams • 2TM 22
5. Ott • NYG 21
Kurowski • STL 21
7. Lombardi • NYG 19
DiMaggio • PHI 19
9. York • DET 18
Gardella • NYG 18
Etten • NYY 18
Cullenbine • 2TM 18
Runs Batted In
1. Walker • BRO 124
2. Holmes • BSN 117
3. Etten • NYY 111
4. Olmo • BRO 110
Pafko • CHC 110
6. Adams • 2TM 109
7. Elliott • PIT 108
8. Kurowski • STL 102
9. Cavarretta • CHC 97
10. Cullenbine • 2TM 93
Bases on Balls
1. Stanky • BRO 148
2. Galan • BRO 114
3. Cullenbine • 2TM 113
4. Lake • BOS 106
5. Hack • CHC 99
6. Grimes • NYY 97
7. Nicholson • CHC 92
8. Etten • NYY 90
9. Sanders • STL 83
10. Cavarretta • CHC 81
Strikeouts
1. Seerey • CLE 97
2. DiMaggio • PHI 91
3. York • DET 85
4. Byrnes • SLB 84
5. Adams • 2TM 80
6. Nicholson • CHC 73
Grimes • NYY 73
8. Metkovich • BOS 70
Gillenwater • BSN 70
Stephens • SLB 70
Stolen Bases
1. Stirnweiss • NYY 33
2. Case • WSH 30
Myatt • WSH 30
4. Schoendienst • STL 26
5. Barrett • PIT 25
6. Metkovich • BOS 19
Clay • CIN 19
8. Dickshot • CHW 18
9. Olmo • BRO 15
Holmes • BSN 15
Russell • PIT 15
Singles
1. Hack • CHC 155
2. Clay • CIN 152
3. Rosen • BRO 150
4. Hausmann • NYG 149
5. Holmes • BSN 143
6. Johnson • CHC 141
7. Hall • PHA 139
8. Verban • STL 136
9. Stirnweiss • NYY 131
10. Adams • 2TM 130
Adjusted OPS+
1. Steele • BBB 224
2. Robinson • KCM 205
3. Gibson • HG 200
4. Campanella • BEG 186
5. Jethroe • CBE 180
6. Robinson • MRS 178
7. Davis • BBB 176
8. Holmes • BSN 175
9. Cañizares • CBE 168
10. Cavarretta • CHC 166
Runs Created
1. Holmes • BSN 155
2. Stirnweiss • NYY 115
3. Cavarretta • CHC 111
4. Galan • BRO 107
5. Rosen • BRO 104
6. Hack • CHC 102
7. Walker • BRO 101
8. Kurowski • STL 98
9. Adams • 2TM 97
10. Stephens • SLB 95
Cullenbine • 2TM 95
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Holmes • BSN 65
2. Cavarretta • CHC 49
3. Galan • BRO 39
4. Stirnweiss • NYY 36
5. Ott • NYG 34
6. Cullenbine • 2TM 33
7. Heath • CLE 32
8. Hack • CHC 32
9. Lake • BOS 29
10. Kurowski • STL 29
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Holmes • BSN 6.4
2. Cavarretta • CHC 4.9
3. Galan • BRO 4.0
4. Stirnweiss • NYY 3.8
5. Cullenbine • 2TM 3.5
6. Ott • NYG 3.4
7. Heath • CLE 3.4
8. Hack • CHC 3.2
9. Lake • BOS 3.1
10. Etten • NYY 3.0
Estalella • PHA 3.0
Extra Base Hits
1. Holmes • BSN 81
2. Stirnweiss • NYY 64
3. Walker • BRO 59
4. Stephens • SLB 54
5. Galan • BRO 52
Moses • CHW 52
Adams • 2TM 52
8. Kurowski • STL 51
Cullenbine • 2TM 51
10. Olmo • BRO 50
Cavarretta • CHC 50
Elliott • PIT 50
Times On Base
1. Holmes • BSN 298
2. Stanky • BRO 295
3. Galan • BRO 293
Hack • CHC 293
5. Stirnweiss • NYY 274
6. Walker • BRO 262
Cavarretta • CHC 262
Cullenbine • 2TM 262
9. Etten • NYY 255
10. Rosen • BRO 250
Offensive Win %
1. Steele • BBB .872
2. Robinson • KCM .860
3. Gibson • HG .853
4. Campanella • BEG .838
5. Holmes • BSN .817
6. Cañizares • CBE .816
Jethroe • CBE .816
8. Davis • BBB .800
9. Cavarretta • CHC .795
10. Wright • BEG .783
Robinson • MRS .783
Hit By Pitch
1. Crosetti • NYY 10
2. Pafko • CHC 8
Ott • NYG 8
Reyes • NYG 8
5. Metkovich • BOS 6
Workman • BSN 6
Nicholson • CHC 6
Grimes • NYY 6
Hall • PHA 6
10. Walker • BRO 5
McCormick • CIN 5
Gardella • NYG 5
Lombardi • NYG 5
Russell • PIT 5
Kurowski • STL 5
Sacrifice Hits
1. Schalk • CHW 24
2. Johnson • CHC 22
3. Lowrey • CHC 21
Pafko • CHC 21
5. Boudreau • CLE 20
Myatt • WSH 20
7. Stanky • BRO 19
Byrnes • SLB 19
9. Newsome • BOS 17
Mesner • CIN 17
Hausmann • NYG 17
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. McCormick • CIN 21
2. Walker • BRO 19
Nicholson • CHC 19
4. Cavarretta • CHC 18
Lombardi • NYG 18
6. Olmo • BRO 17
7. Reyes • NYG 16
8. O'Dea • STL 14
9. Heath • CLE 13
Sanders • STL 13
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. York • DET 23
Dahlgren • PIT 23
3. Etten • NYY 21
4. McCormick • CIN 20
5. Gillenwater • BSN 17
Mesner • CIN 17
7. Dickshot • CHW 16
Elliott • PIT 16
9. Merullo • CHC 15
Reyes • NYG 15
Estalella • PHA 15
Caught Stealing
1. Stirnweiss • NYY 17
2. Case • WSH 16
3. Gillenwater • BSN 13
Barrett • PIT 13
5. Maier • DET 11
Myatt • WSH 11
7. Hall • PHA 10
8. Olmo • BRO 9
Farrell • CHW 9
Hockett • CHW 9
Cramer • DET 9
Gionfriddo • PIT 9
Power-Speed #
1. Holmes • BSN 19.5
2. Barrett • PIT 18.8
3. Stirnweiss • NYY 15.3
4. DiMaggio • PHI 14.7
5. Russell • PIT 13.3
6. Workman • BSN 13.2
7. Nieman • BSN 12.3
8. Olmo • BRO 12.0
9. Galan • BRO 10.6
10. Lake • BOS 9.9
AB per SO
1. Holmes • BSN 70.7
2. Busch • PHA 46.2
3. Wasdell • PHI 45.5
4. Verban • STL 39.8
5. Walker • BRO 37.9
6. Kell • PHA 37.8
7. Schoendienst • STL 33.2
8. Mesner • CIN 30.0
9. Newsome • BOS 29.2
10. McCormick • CIN 26.4
AB per HR
1. Gibson • HG 19.6
2. Robinson • MRS 20.3
3. Workman • BSN 20.6
4. Ott • NYG 21.5
5. Holmes • BSN 22.7
6. DiMaggio • PHI 23.8
7. Stephens • SLB 23.8
8. Gardella • NYG 23.9
9. Kurowski • STL 24.3
10. Adams • 2TM 28.8
Outs Made
1. Clay • CIN 495
2. Hall • PHA 484
3. Hausmann • NYG 476
4. Adams • 2TM 473
5. Stirnweiss • NYY 469
6. York • DET 467
7. Verban • STL 463
8. Torres • WSH 462
9. McCormick • CIN 449
10. Stanky • BRO 446
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Holmes • BSN 59.73
2. Galan • BRO 56.20
3. Cavarretta • CHC 55.96
4. Kurowski • STL 46.67
5. Etten • NYY 39.94
6. Cullenbine • 2TM 39.44
7. Olmo • BRO 37.97
8. Rosen • BRO 37.62
9. Stirnweiss • NYY 36.35
10. Ott • NYG 36.04
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Holmes • BSN 5.1
2. Kurowski • STL 4.8
3. Rosen • BRO 4.4
4. Cavarretta • CHC 4.2
5. Walker • BRO 4.1
6. Kuhel • WSH 4.1
7. Pafko • CHC 4.0
8. Ott • NYG 3.7
9. Galan • BRO 3.6
10. Etten • NYY 3.2
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Holmes • BSN 5.4
2. Kurowski • STL 4.3
3. Cavarretta • CHC 3.8
4. Ott • NYG 3.6
5. Galan • BRO 3.5
6. Stirnweiss • NYY 3.3
7. Workman • BSN 3.3
8. Cullenbine • 2TM 3.1
9. Etten • NYY 3.0
10. Stanky • BRO 3.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Cullenbine • 2TM 15.2
2. Kurowski • STL 12.6
3. Cavarretta • CHC 12.4
4. Greenberg • DET 12.2
5. Pafko • CHC 12.2
6. Walker • BRO 11.4
7. Lewis • WSH 10.6
8. Ferrell • WSH 10.5
9. Kuhel • WSH 10.0
10. Mayo • DET 8.4
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Holmes • BSN 6.0
2. Galan • BRO 5.6
3. Cavarretta • CHC 5.6
4. Kurowski • STL 4.6
5. Etten • NYY 4.1
6. Cullenbine • 2TM 4.0
7. Olmo • BRO 3.8
8. Rosen • BRO 3.8
9. Stirnweiss • NYY 3.8
10. Ott • NYG 3.6

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