1903 Major League Batting Leaders

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World Series Champion: Boston Americans

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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	McGinnity • NYG	11.9
2.	Mathewson • NYG	10.8
3.	Young • BOS	8.1
4.	Donovan • DET	8.0
5.	Lajoie • CLE	7.9
6.	Wagner • PIT	7.6
7.	Waddell • PHA	7.6
8.	Hahn • CIN	7.5
9.	Sheckard • BRO	7.1
10.	Bradley • CLE	7.0

WAR Position Players
1.	Lajoie • CLE	7.9
2.	Wagner • PIT	7.6
3.	Sheckard • BRO	7.1
4.	Bradley • CLE	7.0
5.	Parent • BOS	6.4
6.	Chance • CHC	5.8
7.	Crawford • DET	5.7
8.	Thomas • PHI	5.7
9.	Collins • BOS	5.3
10.	Barrett • DET	5.0
	Dahlen • BRO	5.0

Offensive WAR
1.	Wagner • PIT	6.6
2.	Lajoie • CLE	6.1
3.	Sheckard • BRO	6.0
4.	Bradley • CLE	6.0
5.	Chance • CHC	5.6
6.	Crawford • DET	5.4
7.	Barrett • DET	5.0
8.	Thomas • PHI	5.0
9.	Parent • BOS	5.0
10.	Bresnahan • NYG	4.7

Defensive WAR
1.	Dahlen • BRO	2.5
2.	Parent • BOS	2.5
3.	Wallace • SLB	2.2
4.	Kling • CHC	2.0
5.	Ritchey • PIT	2.0
6.	Criger • BOS	1.9
7.	Moran • BSN	1.9
8.	Lajoie • CLE	1.8
9.	Wagner • PIT	1.7
10.	Williams • NYY	1.7

Batting Average
1.	Wagner • PIT	.355
2.	Clarke • PIT	.351
3.	Donlin • CIN	.351
4.	Bresnahan • NYG	.350
5.	Lajoie • CLE	.344
6.	Seymour • CIN	.342
7.	Beaumont • PIT	.341
8.	Crawford • DET	.335
9.	Sheckard • BRO	.332
10.	Dougherty • BOS	.331

On-Base%
1.	Thomas • PHI	.453
2.	Bresnahan • NYG	.443
3.	Chance • CHC	.439
4.	Sheckard • BRO	.423
5.	Donlin • CIN	.420
6.	Tenney • BSN	.415
7.	Clarke • PIT	.414
8.	Wagner • PIT	.414
9.	Barrett • DET	.407
10.	Kelley • CIN	.402

Slugging %
1.	Clarke • PIT	.532
2.	Wagner • PIT	.518
3.	Lajoie • CLE	.518
4.	Donlin • CIN	.516
5.	Bradley • CLE	.496
6.	Freeman • BOS	.496
7.	Bresnahan • NYG	.493
8.	Crawford • DET	.489
9.	Steinfeldt • CIN	.481
10.	Seymour • CIN	.478

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Clarke • PIT	.946
2.	Donlin • CIN	.936
3.	Bresnahan • NYG	.936
4.	Wagner • PIT	.931
5.	Sheckard • BRO	.899
6.	Lajoie • CLE	.896
7.	Chance • CHC	.878
8.	Hartsel • PHA	.868
9.	Steinfeldt • CIN	.867
10.	Seymour • CIN	.861

Games Played
1.	Ferris • BOS	141
	Freeman • BOS	141
	LaChance • BOS	141
	Browne • NYG	141
	Beaumont • PIT	141
6.	Gremminger • BSN	140
	Bay • CLE	140
	Flick • CLE	140
	Selbach • WSH	140
10.	Dougherty • BOS	139
	Parent • BOS	139
	Doyle • BRO	139
	Sheckard • BRO	139
	Slagle • CHC	139

At Bats
1.	Beaumont • PIT	613
2.	Browne • NYG	591
3.	Dougherty • BOS	590
4.	Bay • CLE	579
5.	Freeman • BOS	567
6.	Parent • BOS	560
7.	Cross • PHA	559
8.	Seymour • CIN	558
9.	Cooley • BSN	553
10.	Crawford • DET	550
	Barry • PHI	550
	Anderson • SLB	550

Plate Appearances
1.	Beaumont • PIT	678
2.	Browne • NYG	653
3.	Slagle • CHC	650
4.	Dougherty • BOS	647
5.	Bay • CLE	637
6.	Sheckard • BRO	621
7.	Barrett • DET	616
8.	Strang • BRO	615
9.	Thomas • PHI	612
10.	Freeman • BOS	611

Runs Scored
1.	Beaumont • PIT	137
2.	Donlin • CIN	110
3.	Dougherty • BOS	107
4.	Browne • NYG	105
5.	Slagle • CHC	104
6.	Strang • BRO	101
	Bradley • CLE	101
8.	Mertes • NYG	100
9.	Sheckard • BRO	99
10.	Leach • PIT	97
	Wagner • PIT	97

Hits
1.	Beaumont • PIT	209
2.	Dougherty • BOS	195
3.	Seymour • CIN	191
4.	Browne • NYG	185
5.	Crawford • DET	184
6.	Wagner • PIT	182
7.	Donlin • CIN	174
8.	Sheckard • BRO	171
9.	Parent • BOS	170
10.	Bay • CLE	169

Total Bases
1.	Freeman • BOS	281
2.	Beaumont • PIT	272
3.	Crawford • DET	269
4.	Seymour • CIN	267
5.	Bradley • CLE	266
6.	Wagner • PIT	265
7.	Donlin • CIN	256
8.	Lajoie • CLE	251
9.	Dougherty • BOS	250
10.	Parent • BOS	247

Doubles
1.	Seybold • PHA	45
2.	Lajoie • CLE	41
3.	Freeman • BOS	39
4.	Bradley • CLE	36
5.	Anderson • SLB	34
6.	Collins • BOS	33
7.	Steinfeldt • CIN	32
	Mertes • NYG	32
	Clarke • PIT	32
10.	Parent • BOS	31
	Hickman • CLE	31
	Murphy • PHA	31

Triples
1.	Crawford • DET	25
2.	Bradley • CLE	22
3.	Freeman • BOS	20
4.	Wagner • PIT	19
5.	Donlin • CIN	18
6.	Collins • BOS	17
	Parent • BOS	17
	Leach • PIT	17
9.	Flick • CLE	16
10.	Seymour • CIN	15
	Clarke • PIT	15
	Heidrick • SLB	15
	Brain • STL	15

Home Runs
1.	Freeman • BOS	13
2.	Hickman • CLE	12
3.	Ferris • BOS	9
	Sheckard • BRO	9
5.	Seybold • PHA	8
6.	Moran • BSN	7
	Donlin • CIN	7
	Seymour • CIN	7
	Lajoie • CLE	7
	Mertes • NYG	7
	Beaumont • PIT	7
	Leach • PIT	7
	Ryan • WSH	7

Runs Batted In
1.	Freeman • BOS	104
	Mertes • NYG	104
3.	Wagner • PIT	101
4.	Hickman • CLE	97
5.	Lajoie • CLE	93
6.	Doyle • BRO	91
7.	Cross • PHA	90
8.	Crawford • DET	89
9.	Leach • PIT	87
10.	Seybold • PHA	84

Bases on Balls
1.	Thomas • PHI	107
2.	Dahlen • BRO	82
3.	Slagle • CHC	81
4.	Chance • CHC	78
5.	Sheckard • BRO	75
	Strang • BRO	75
7.	Barrett • DET	74
8.	Tenney • BSN	70
	Lush • DET	70
10.	Dexter • BSN	61
	Bresnahan • NYG	61
	Mertes • NYG	61

Strikeouts
1.	Pickering • PHA	75
2.	Freeman • BOS	73
3.	Bradley • CLE	69
	McCormick • 2TM	69
5.	Barrett • DET	67
6.	Isbell • CHW	65
7.	Babb • NYG	64
8.	Dougherty • BOS	62
9.	Hickman • CLE	61
	Magoon • 2TM	61

Stolen Bases
1.	Sheckard • BRO	67
	Chance • CHC	67
3.	Strang • BRO	46
	Wagner • PIT	46
5.	Bay • CLE	45
	Mertes • NYG	45
7.	Pickering • PHA	40
8.	Gilbert • NYG	37
9.	McGann • NYG	36
10.	Dougherty • BOS	35
	Holmes • 2TM	35

Singles
1.	Beaumont • PIT	166
2.	Dougherty • BOS	160
3.	Browne • NYG	159
4.	Seymour • CIN	144
5.	Thomas • PHI	142
6.	Bay • CLE	141
7.	Keeler • NYY	139
8.	Barrett • DET	138
9.	Slagle • CHC	136
10.	Cross • PHA	135

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Lajoie • CLE	168
2.	Clarke • PIT	165
3.	Wagner • PIT	161
4.	Bresnahan • NYG	161
5.	Crawford • DET	160
6.	Sheckard • BRO	158
7.	Hartsel • PHA	155
8.	Donlin • CIN	154
9.	Chance • CHC	154
10.	Bradley • CLE	152

Runs Created
1.	Wagner • PIT	108
2.	Donlin • CIN	107
3.	Beaumont • PIT	105
4.	Sheckard • BRO	102
5.	Seymour • CIN	101
6.	Crawford • DET	98
7.	Lajoie • CLE	94
8.	Clarke • PIT	93
9.	Bradley • CLE	92
10.	Dougherty • BOS	91
	Freeman • BOS	91

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Sheckard • BRO	42
2.	Wagner • PIT	40
3.	Lajoie • CLE	39
4.	Thomas • PHI	38
5.	Chance • CHC	37
6.	Bresnahan • NYG	37
7.	Crawford • DET	36
8.	Clarke • PIT	36
9.	Donlin • CIN	36
10.	Barrett • DET	33

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Sheckard • BRO	4.4
2.	Lajoie • CLE	4.3
3.	Wagner • PIT	4.2
4.	Crawford • DET	4.0
5.	Thomas • PHI	3.9
6.	Chance • CHC	3.8
7.	Bresnahan • NYG	3.8
8.	Clarke • PIT	3.8
9.	Donlin • CIN	3.7
10.	Barrett • DET	3.6

Extra Base Hits
1.	Freeman • BOS	72
2.	Bradley • CLE	64
3.	Seybold • PHA	61
4.	Lajoie • CLE	59
5.	Collins • BOS	55
6.	Hickman • CLE	54
	Wagner • PIT	54
8.	Mertes • NYG	53
9.	Parent • BOS	52
	Crawford • DET	52
	Clarke • PIT	52

Times On Base
1.	Thomas • PHI	266
2.	Beaumont • PIT	258
3.	Sheckard • BRO	252
4.	Slagle • CHC	247
5.	Barrett • DET	243
6.	Dougherty • BOS	234
7.	Donlin • CIN	233
	Wagner • PIT	233
9.	Chance • CHC	232
	Browne • NYG	232

Offensive Win %
1.	Donlin • CIN	.804
2.	Clarke • PIT	.801
3.	Wagner • PIT	.800
4.	Lajoie • CLE	.796
	Bresnahan • NYG	.796
6.	Hartsel • PHA	.776
7.	Sheckard • BRO	.758
8.	Crawford • DET	.756
9.	Chance • CHC	.755
10.	Seymour • CIN	.740

Hit By Pitch
1.	Babb • NYG	22
2.	Gilbert • NYG	20
3.	Elberfeld • 2TM	15
4.	Gessler • 2TM	14
5.	Keeler • NYY	13
6.	McGann • NYG	12
	Ganzel • NYY	12
8.	Moran • BSN	11
	Harley • CHC	11
10.	Strang • BRO	10
	Chance • CHC	10

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Lush • DET	34
2.	McGann • NYG	30
3.	Keeler • NYY	27
4.	Gochnaur • CLE	26
	Gilbert • NYG	26
6.	Bay • CLE	25
	Crawford • DET	25
	Pickering • PHA	25
9.	Jones • CHW	24
10.	Bradley • CLE	23
	Wolverton • PHI	23
	McCarthy • 2TM	23

Power-Speed #
1.	Sheckard • BRO	15.9
2.	Hickman • CLE	12.9
3.	Mertes • NYG	12.1
4.	Donlin • CIN	11.0
5.	Seymour • CIN	10.9
6.	Beaumont • PIT	10.7
7.	Leach • PIT	10.6
8.	Lajoie • CLE	10.5
9.	Green • CHW	9.9
10.	Ferris • BOS	9.9

AB per SO
1.	Keeler • NYY	42.7
2.	Beckley • CIN	35.3
3.	Beaumont • PIT	34.1
4.	Wolverton • PHI	32.9
5.	Cross • PHA	32.9
6.	Wagner • PIT	30.1
7.	Elberfeld • 2TM	28.3
8.	Parent • BOS	26.7
9.	Casey • CHC	25.6
10.	Douglass • PHI	23.6

AB per HR
1.	Hickman • CLE	43.5
2.	Freeman • BOS	43.6
3.	Moran • BSN	55.6
4.	Sheckard • BRO	57.2
5.	Ferris • BOS	58.3
6.	Ryan • WSH	62.4
7.	Seybold • PHA	65.3
8.	Lajoie • CLE	69.3
9.	Davis • PHA	70.0
10.	Donlin • CIN	70.9

Outs Made
1.	Isbell • CHW	436
2.	Bay • CLE	435
3.	Browne • NYG	420
4.	Beaumont • PIT	416
5.	Freeman • BOS	414
6.	Dougherty • BOS	413
7.	Barry • PHI	412
8.	Selbach • WSH	411
9.	LaChance • BOS	410
10.	Ferris • BOS	408
	Tannehill • CHW	408

rOBA
1.	Wagner • PIT	.451
2.	Chance • CHC	.448
3.	Sheckard • BRO	.448
4.	Bresnahan • NYG	.448
5.	Clarke • PIT	.446
6.	Donlin • CIN	.441
7.	Lajoie • CLE	.414
8.	Steinfeldt • CIN	.410
9.	Seymour • CIN	.408
10.	Thomas • PHI	.406

Rbat+
1.	Lajoie • CLE	168
2.	Clarke • PIT	162
3.	Wagner • PIT	159
4.	Crawford • DET	159
5.	Bresnahan • NYG	158
6.	Sheckard • BRO	157
7.	Chance • CHC	154
8.	Hartsel • PHA	154
9.	Thomas • PHI	154
10.	Donlin • CIN	150

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