1909 Major League Batting Leaders

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World Series Champion: Pittsburgh Pirates

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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Mathewson • NYG	10.6
2.	Cobb • DET	9.9
3.	Collins • PHA	9.7
4.	Brown • CHC	9.6
5.	Wagner • PIT	9.2
6.	Overall • CHC	8.3
7.	Smith • CHW	7.8
8.	Rucker • BRO	7.1
9.	Walsh • CHW	6.8
10.	Bush • DET	6.5

WAR Position Players
1.	Cobb • DET	9.9
2.	Collins • PHA	9.7
3.	Wagner • PIT	9.2
4.	Bush • DET	6.5
5.	Lajoie • CLE	6.5
6.	Speaker • BOS	6.3
7.	Baker • PHA	5.7
8.	Crawford • DET	5.6
9.	Bridwell • NYG	5.5
10.	Mitchell • CIN	5.5

Offensive WAR
1.	Cobb • DET	9.6
2.	Collins • PHA	8.5
3.	Wagner • PIT	8.3
4.	Crawford • DET	6.1
5.	Baker • PHA	6.0
6.	Bush • DET	5.7
7.	Speaker • BOS	5.5
8.	Lajoie • CLE	5.1
9.	Doyle • NYG	5.0
10.	Bridwell • NYG	4.8

Defensive WAR
1.	Tinker • CHC	3.0
2.	Bergen • BRO	2.8
3.	Tannehill • CHW	2.5
4.	Parent • CHW	2.5
5.	Gibson • PIT	2.2
6.	Bush • DET	2.2
7.	Doolin • PHI	2.1
8.	Wagner • PIT	2.0
9.	Bridwell • NYG	1.8
10.	McLean • CIN	1.7

Batting Average
1.	Cobb • DET	.377
2.	Collins • PHA	.347
3.	Wagner • PIT	.339
4.	Lajoie • CLE	.324
5.	Lord • BOS	.315
6.	Crawford • DET	.314
7.	Mitchell • CIN	.310
8.	Speaker • BOS	.309
9.	Hoblitzell • CIN	.308
10.	Baker • PHA	.305

On-Base%
1.	Cobb • DET	.431
2.	Wagner • PIT	.420
3.	Collins • PHA	.416
4.	Jordan • BRO	.386
5.	Bridwell • NYG	.386
6.	Clarke • PIT	.384
7.	Bush • DET	.380
8.	Lajoie • CLE	.378
9.	Mitchell • CIN	.378
10.	Stahl • BOS	.377

Slugging %
1.	Cobb • DET	.517
2.	Wagner • PIT	.489
3.	Crawford • DET	.452
4.	Collins • PHA	.450
5.	Baker • PHA	.447
6.	Speaker • BOS	.443
7.	Stahl • BOS	.434
8.	Lajoie • CLE	.431
9.	Mitchell • CIN	.430
10.	Doyle • NYG	.419

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Cobb • DET	.947
2.	Wagner • PIT	.909
3.	Collins • PHA	.866
4.	Crawford • DET	.817
5.	Stahl • BOS	.812
6.	Lajoie • CLE	.809
7.	Mitchell • CIN	.808
8.	Speaker • BOS	.805
9.	Baker • PHA	.790
10.	Hoblitzell • CIN	.782

Games Played
1.	Bush • DET	157
2.	Cobb • DET	156
	Crawford • DET	156
	McBride • WSH	156
5.	Tannehill • CHW	155
6.	Grant • PHI	154
	Wilson • PIT	154
8.	Hofman • CHC	153
	Collins • PHA	153
10.	Burch • BRO	152
	Becker • BSN	152
	Clarke • PIT	152
	Hartzell • SLB	152
	Konetchy • STL	152

At Bats
1.	Grant • PHI	631
2.	Burch • BRO	601
3.	Hartzell • SLB	595
4.	Crawford • DET	589
	Byrne • 2TM	589
6.	Leach • PIT	587
7.	Konetchy • STL	576
8.	Ellis • STL	575
9.	Cobb • DET	573
10.	Collins • PHA	571

Plate Appearances
1.	Grant • PHI	700
2.	Byrne • 2TM	693
3.	Leach • PIT	686
4.	Bush • DET	678
5.	Burch • BRO	668
6.	Clarke • PIT	667
7.	Collins • PHA	666
8.	Crawford • DET	665
9.	Konetchy • STL	663
10.	Cobb • DET	655

Runs Scored
1.	Leach • PIT	126
2.	Bush • DET	115
	Cobb • DET	115
4.	Collins • PHA	104
5.	Clarke • PIT	97
6.	Wagner • PIT	92
	Byrne • 2TM	92
8.	Lord • BOS	89
9.	Evers • CHC	88
	Konetchy • STL	88

Hits
1.	Cobb • DET	216
2.	Collins • PHA	198
3.	Crawford • DET	185
4.	Doyle • NYG	172
5.	Grant • PHI	170
6.	Lord • BOS	168
	Speaker • BOS	168
	Wagner • PIT	168
9.	Baker • PHA	165
	Konetchy • STL	165

Total Bases
1.	Cobb • DET	296
2.	Crawford • DET	266
3.	Collins • PHA	257
4.	Baker • PHA	242
	Wagner • PIT	242
6.	Speaker • BOS	241
7.	Doyle • NYG	239
8.	Konetchy • STL	228
9.	Mitchell • CIN	225
10.	Murphy • PHA	223

Doubles
1.	Wagner • PIT	39
2.	Crawford • DET	35
3.	Lajoie • CLE	33
	Cobb • DET	33
	Magee • PHI	33
6.	Miller • PIT	31
7.	Collins • PHA	30
8.	Sheckard • CHC	29
	Leach • PIT	29
10.	Murphy • PHA	28

Triples
1.	Baker • PHA	19
2.	Mitchell • CIN	17
3.	Crawford • DET	14
	Murphy • PHA	14
	Magee • PHI	14
	Konetchy • STL	14
7.	Speaker • BOS	13
	Dougherty • CHW	13
	Hinchman • CLE	13
	Miller • PIT	13

Home Runs
1.	Cobb • DET	9
2.	Speaker • BOS	7
	Murray • NYG	7
4.	Stahl • BOS	6
	Becker • BSN	6
	Crawford • DET	6
	Doyle • NYG	6
	Leach • PIT	6
9.	Murphy • PHA	5
	Wagner • PIT	5

Runs Batted In
1.	Cobb • DET	107
2.	Wagner • PIT	100
3.	Crawford • DET	97
4.	Murray • NYG	91
5.	Miller • PIT	87
6.	Mitchell • CIN	86
7.	Baker • PHA	85
8.	Konetchy • STL	80
9.	Speaker • BOS	77
10.	Davis • PHA	75

Bases on Balls
1.	Bush • DET	88
2.	Clarke • PIT	80
3.	Byrne • 2TM	78
4.	Evers • CHC	73
5.	Sheckard • CHC	72
6.	Bridwell • NYG	67
7.	Titus • PHI	66
	Leach • PIT	66
	Wagner • PIT	66
	Evans • STL	66

Strikeouts
1.	Stahl • BOS	94
2.	Becker • BSN	87
3.	Hinchman • CLE	82
4.	Bescher • CIN	76
	Ellis • STL	76
6.	Bush • DET	74
	Grant • PHI	74
8.	Davis • PHA	72
9.	Sheckard • CHC	71
10.	Good • CLE	68
	Knight • NYY	68

Stolen Bases
1.	Cobb • DET	76
2.	Collins • PHA	63
3.	Bescher • CIN	54
4.	Bush • DET	53
5.	Murray • NYG	48
6.	Egan • CIN	39
7.	Burch • BRO	38
	Magee • PHI	38
9.	Mitchell • CIN	37
	Bates • 2TM	37

Singles
1.	Cobb • DET	164
2.	Collins • PHA	155
3.	Lord • BOS	149
4.	Grant • PHI	147
5.	Hartzell • SLB	144
6.	Burch • BRO	136
7.	Ellis • STL	132
8.	Crawford • DET	130
9.	Doyle • NYG	128
	Clarke • PIT	128

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Cobb • DET	192
2.	Wagner • PIT	177
3.	Collins • PHA	170
4.	Stahl • BOS	153
5.	Crawford • DET	152
6.	Mitchell • CIN	152
7.	Lajoie • CLE	151
8.	Speaker • BOS	150
9.	Baker • PHA	146
10.	Konetchy • STL	144

Runs Created
1.	Cobb • DET	126
2.	Collins • PHA	106
3.	Wagner • PIT	101
4.	Crawford • DET	97
5.	Speaker • BOS	85
	Mitchell • CIN	85
7.	Doyle • NYG	84
8.	Baker • PHA	82
	Konetchy • STL	82
10.	Hoblitzell • CIN	78

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Cobb • DET	62
2.	Collins • PHA	49
3.	Wagner • PIT	48
4.	Crawford • DET	35
5.	Mitchell • CIN	30
6.	Speaker • BOS	30
7.	Konetchy • STL	30
8.	Lajoie • CLE	28
9.	Stahl • BOS	27
10.	Doyle • NYG	25

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Cobb • DET	7.2
2.	Collins • PHA	5.7
3.	Wagner • PIT	5.5
4.	Crawford • DET	4.1
5.	Speaker • BOS	3.6
6.	Mitchell • CIN	3.5
7.	Konetchy • STL	3.4
8.	Lajoie • CLE	3.4
9.	Stahl • BOS	3.3
10.	Baker • PHA	3.0

Extra Base Hits
1.	Crawford • DET	55
2.	Wagner • PIT	54
3.	Cobb • DET	52
4.	Baker • PHA	50
5.	Magee • PHI	49
6.	Murphy • PHA	47
	Miller • PIT	47
8.	Speaker • BOS	46
9.	Doyle • NYG	44
10.	Collins • PHA	43
	Leach • PIT	43

Times On Base
1.	Cobb • DET	270
2.	Collins • PHA	266
3.	Clarke • PIT	244
4.	Bush • DET	237
	Wagner • PIT	237
	Konetchy • STL	237
7.	Crawford • DET	233
8.	Titus • PHI	228
9.	Doyle • NYG	224
10.	Byrne • 2TM	222

Offensive Win %
1.	Cobb • DET	.874
2.	Wagner • PIT	.830
3.	Collins • PHA	.827
4.	Lajoie • CLE	.780
5.	Crawford • DET	.776
6.	Speaker • BOS	.762
7.	Mitchell • CIN	.761
8.	Stahl • BOS	.757
9.	Baker • PHA	.735
10.	Doyle • NYG	.727

Hit By Pitch
1.	Altizer • CHW	16
	Titus • PHI	16
3.	Stahl • BOS	15
	Delahanty • 2TM	15
5.	Elberfeld • NYY	14
	Evans • STL	14
7.	Niles • BOS	13
8.	Magee • PHI	11
	Gessler • 2TM	11
	Byrne • 2TM	11

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Bush • DET	52
2.	Sheckard • CHC	46
3.	Ganley • 2TM	41
4.	Becker • BSN	35
5.	Baker • PHA	34
	Murphy • PHA	34
7.	Keeler • NYY	33
8.	Hofman • CHC	32
9.	Hummel • BRO	31
	Steinfeldt • CHC	31
	Grant • PHI	31

Power-Speed #
1.	Cobb • DET	16.1
2.	Murray • NYG	12.2
3.	Speaker • BOS	11.7
4.	Doyle • NYG	10.1
5.	Crawford • DET	10.0
6.	Leach • PIT	9.8
7.	Becker • BSN	9.3
8.	Wagner • PIT	8.8
9.	Stahl • BOS	8.7
10.	Murphy • PHA	7.9

AB per SO
1.	Keeler • NYY	60.0
2.	Bridwell • NYG	31.7
3.	Evers • CHC	25.7
4.	McLean • CIN	24.9
5.	Lajoie • CLE	24.7
6.	Jones • 2TM	23.3
7.	Sweeney • BSN	22.4
8.	Elberfeld • NYY	22.3
9.	Dooin • PHI	22.3
10.	Wagner • PIT	20.6

AB per HR
1.	Cobb • DET	63.7
2.	Stahl • BOS	72.5
3.	Speaker • BOS	77.7
4.	Murray • NYG	81.4
5.	Becker • BSN	93.7
6.	Doyle • NYG	95.0
7.	Leach • PIT	97.8
8.	Crawford • DET	98.2
9.	Wagner • PIT	99.0
10.	Lobert • CIN	106.3

Outs Made
1.	Grant • PHI	492
2.	Byrne • 2TM	468
3.	Leach • PIT	461
4.	Becker • BSN	459
5.	Ferris • SLB	451
6.	Hartzell • SLB	450
7.	Burch • BRO	446
	Stovall • CLE	446
9.	Tannehill • CHW	442
10.	Bush • DET	439

rOBA
1.	Cobb • DET	.482
2.	Wagner • PIT	.446
3.	Collins • PHA	.436
4.	Crawford • DET	.400
5.	Mitchell • CIN	.397
6.	Speaker • BOS	.395
7.	Lajoie • CLE	.395
8.	Stahl • BOS	.388
9.	Doyle • NYG	.383
10.	Baker • PHA	.382

Rbat+
1.	Cobb • DET	199
2.	Wagner • PIT	182
3.	Collins • PHA	175
4.	Crawford • DET	157
5.	Lajoie • CLE	155
6.	Speaker • BOS	153
7.	Mitchell • CIN	152
8.	Stahl • BOS	151
9.	Baker • PHA	148
10.	Jordan • BRO	145

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