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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Alexander • CHC 12.7
2. Ruth • NYY 11.8
3. Sisler • SLB 9.8
4. Hornsby • STL 9.6
5. Bagby • CLE 9.5
6. Coveleski • CLE 8.9
7. Speaker • CLE 8.6
8. Grimes • BRO 8.4
9. Shawkey • NYY 8.1
10. Collins • CHW 7.9
WAR Position Players
1. Ruth • NYY 11.9
2. Sisler • SLB 9.7
3. Hornsby • STL 9.6
4. Speaker • CLE 8.6
5. Collins • CHW 7.9
6. Jackson • CHW 7.5
7. Bancroft • 2TM 6.9
8. Youngs • NYG 6.5
9. Roush • CIN 6.0
10. Jacobson • SLB 5.9
Offensive WAR
1. Ruth • NYY 11.8
2. Sisler • SLB 9.2
3. Hornsby • STL 9.0
4. Speaker • CLE 8.3
5. Collins • CHW 7.5
6. Jackson • CHW 7.4
7. Youngs • NYG 6.2
8. Williams • PHI 5.2
9. Jacobson • SLB 5.2
10. Roush • CIN 5.1
Defensive WAR
1. Bancroft • 2TM 4.0
2. Perkins • PHA 2.8
3. Fletcher • 2TM 2.4
4. Scott • BOS 1.9
5. Peckinpaugh • NYY 1.9
6. Schalk • CHW 1.8
7. Gardner • CLE 1.8
8. O'Neil • BSN 1.7
9. Ward • NYY 1.6
10. Gowdy • BSN 1.5
Batting Average
1. Torriente • CAG .411
2. Sisler • SLB .407
3. Speaker • CLE .388
4. Jackson • CHW .382
5. Lyons • DS .379
6. Ruth • NYY .376
7. Collins • CHW .372
8. Hornsby • STL .370
9. Jacobson • SLB .355
10. Charleston • ABC .353
On-Base%
1. Ruth • NYY .532
2. Speaker • CLE .483
3. Torriente • CAG .479
4. Sisler • SLB .449
5. Lyons • DS .445
6. Jackson • CHW .444
7. Collins • CHW .438
8. Hornsby • STL .431
9. Youngs • NYG .427
10. Charleston • ABC .418
Slugging %
1. Ruth • NYY .847
2. Sisler • SLB .632
3. Torriente • CAG .606
4. Lyons • DS .595
5. Jackson • CHW .589
6. Speaker • CLE .562
7. Hornsby • STL .559
8. Felsch • CHW .540
9. Smith • CLE .520
10. Meusel • NYY .517
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Ruth • NYY 1.379
2. Torriente • CAG 1.085
3. Sisler • SLB 1.082
4. Speaker • CLE 1.045
5. Lyons • DS 1.040
6. Jackson • CHW 1.033
7. Hornsby • STL .990
8. Charleston • ABC .936
9. Collins • CHW .932
10. Felsch • CHW .923
Games Played
1. Johnston • BRO 155
Kelly • NYG 155
Stock • STL 155
4. Scott • BOS 154
Myers • BRO 154
Duncan • CIN 154
Gardner • CLE 154
Veach • DET 154
Burns • NYG 154
Pratt • NYY 154
Gerber • SLB 154
Jacobson • SLB 154
Sisler • SLB 154
At Bats
1. Stock • STL 639
2. Olson • BRO 637
3. Johnston • BRO 635
4. Burns • NYG 631
Sisler • SLB 631
6. Weaver • CHW 629
7. Rice • WSH 624
8. Bancroft • 2TM 613
9. Veach • DET 612
10. Pipp • NYY 610
Plate Appearances
1. Burns • NYG 714
2. Gedeon • SLB 713
3. Johnston • BRO 708
Stock • STL 708
5. Collins • CHW 706
6. Young • DET 705
7. Weaver • CHW 692
Sisler • SLB 692
9. Pipp • NYY 687
Rice • WSH 687
Runs Scored
1. Ruth • NYY 158
2. Speaker • CLE 137
Sisler • SLB 137
4. Collins • CHW 117
5. Burns • NYG 115
6. Peckinpaugh • NYY 109
Pipp • NYY 109
8. Jackson • CHW 105
9. Judge • WSH 103
10. Weaver • CHW 102
Bancroft • 2TM 102
Hits
1. Sisler • SLB 257
2. Collins • CHW 224
3. Jackson • CHW 218
Hornsby • STL 218
5. Jacobson • SLB 216
6. Speaker • CLE 214
7. Rice • WSH 211
8. Weaver • CHW 208
9. Youngs • NYG 204
Stock • STL 204
Total Bases
1. Sisler • SLB 399
2. Ruth • NYY 388
3. Jackson • CHW 336
4. Hornsby • STL 329
5. Speaker • CLE 310
6. Jacobson • SLB 305
7. Felsch • CHW 300
8. Collins • CHW 297
9. Williams • PHI 293
10. Veach • DET 290
Doubles
1. Speaker • CLE 50
2. Sisler • SLB 49
3. Hornsby • STL 44
4. Jackson • CHW 42
5. Felsch • CHW 40
Meusel • NYY 40
Dugan • PHA 40
8. O'Neill • CLE 39
Veach • DET 39
10. Collins • CHW 38
Triples
1. Myers • BRO 22
2. Jackson • CHW 20
Hornsby • STL 20
4. Sisler • SLB 18
5. Hooper • BOS 17
6. Roush • CIN 16
7. Maranville • BSN 15
Felsch • CHW 15
Veach • DET 15
Bigbee • PIT 15
Judge • WSH 15
Home Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 54
2. Sisler • SLB 19
3. Walker • PHA 17
4. Williams • PHI 15
5. Felsch • CHW 14
Meusel • PHI 14
7. Jackson • CHW 12
Smith • CLE 12
9. Veach • DET 11
Wesley • DS 11
Kelly • NYG 11
Meusel • NYY 11
Pipp • NYY 11
Ward • NYY 11
Runs Batted In
1. Ruth • NYY 135
2. Jacobson • SLB 122
Sisler • SLB 122
4. Jackson • CHW 121
5. Gardner • CLE 118
6. Felsch • CHW 115
7. Veach • DET 113
8. Pratt • NYY 108
9. Speaker • CLE 107
10. Smith • CLE 103
Bases on Balls
1. Ruth • NYY 150
2. Speaker • CLE 97
3. Hooper • BOS 88
4. Young • DET 85
5. Burns • NYG 76
6. Youngs • NYG 75
Roth • WSH 75
8. Bush • DET 73
9. Peckinpaugh • NYY 72
10. Collins • CHW 69
O'Neill • CLE 69
Strikeouts
1. Kelly • NYG 92
2. Ward • NYY 84
3. Powell • BSN 83
4. Ruth • NYY 80
5. Dykes • PHA 73
McHenry • STL 73
7. Meusel • NYY 72
8. Walker • PHA 59
9. Paskert • CHC 58
10. Roth • WSH 57
Stolen Bases
1. Rice • WSH 63
2. Carey • PIT 52
3. Sisler • SLB 42
4. Roush • CIN 36
5. Frisch • NYG 34
6. Bigbee • PIT 31
7. Neale • CIN 29
8. Portuondo • KCM 27
9. Fournier • STL 26
10. Roth • WSH 24
Singles
1. Sisler • SLB 171
2. Collins • CHW 170
Stock • STL 170
Rice • WSH 170
5. Weaver • CHW 164
6. Jacobson • SLB 159
7. Youngs • NYG 157
8. Johnston • BRO 155
9. Roush • CIN 154
Tobin • SLB 154
Adjusted OPS+
1. Ruth • NYY 255
2. Torriente • CAG 223
3. Lyons • DS 209
4. Hornsby • STL 185
5. Sisler • SLB 181
6. Charleston • ABC 179
7. Jackson • CHW 172
8. Speaker • CLE 172
9. Youngs • NYG 159
10. Blackwell • SLG 156
Runs Created
1. Ruth • NYY 200
2. Sisler • SLB 178
3. Speaker • CLE 145
4. Jackson • CHW 143
5. Hornsby • STL 136
6. Collins • CHW 131
7. Jacobson • SLB 121
8. Youngs • NYG 114
9. Felsch • CHW 109
10. Williams • PHI 103
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 114
2. Sisler • SLB 72
3. Hornsby • STL 65
4. Speaker • CLE 65
5. Jackson • CHW 59
6. Youngs • NYG 48
7. Collins • CHW 43
8. Torriente • CAG 36
9. Charleston • ABC 33
10. Hooper • BOS 31
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Ruth • NYY 10.8
2. Sisler • SLB 6.9
Hornsby • STL 6.9
4. Speaker • CLE 6.3
5. Jackson • CHW 5.7
6. Youngs • NYG 5.1
7. Collins • CHW 4.2
8. Torriente • CAG 3.8
9. Charleston • ABC 3.5
10. Williams • PHI 3.3
Extra Base Hits
1. Ruth • NYY 99
2. Sisler • SLB 86
3. Jackson • CHW 74
4. Hornsby • STL 73
5. Felsch • CHW 69
Speaker • CLE 69
7. Veach • DET 65
8. Myers • BRO 62
9. Williams • PHI 61
10. Smith • CLE 59
Times On Base
1. Ruth • NYY 325
2. Speaker • CLE 316
3. Sisler • SLB 305
4. Collins • CHW 295
5. Jackson • CHW 281
Youngs • NYG 281
Hornsby • STL 281
8. Jacobson • SLB 264
9. Young • DET 260
10. Burns • NYG 259
Offensive Win %
1. Ruth • NYY .921
2. Torriente • CAG .902
3. Lyons • DS .876
4. Sisler • SLB .850
5. Hornsby • STL .836
6. Speaker • CLE .819
7. Charleston • ABC .817
8. Jackson • CHW .809
9. Youngs • NYG .776
10. Baró • CSW .755
Hit By Pitch
1. Harris • WSH 21
2. Fournier • STL 12
3. Griffin • PHA 11
McAdoo • SLG 11
5. Menosky • BOS 9
Walters • BOS 9
Dykes • PHA 9
Fletcher • 2TM 9
9. Deal • CHC 8
Herzog • CHC 8
Killefer • CHC 8
Groh • CIN 8
Neale • CIN 8
Blackwell • SLG 8
Sacrifice Hits
1. Bush • DET 48
Gedeon • SLB 48
3. McInnis • BOS 45
4. Chapman • CLE 41
5. Wambsganss • CLE 40
6. Cutshaw • PIT 37
7. Deal • CHC 34
8. Myers • BRO 33
Terry • CHC 33
Collins • CHW 33
Caught Stealing
1. Rice • WSH 30
2. Southworth • PIT 25
3. Roush • CIN 24
4. Robertson • CHC 23
5. Burns • NYG 22
6. Gardner • CLE 20
Fournier • STL 20
8. Menosky • BOS 19
Flack • CHC 19
Groh • CIN 19
Power-Speed #
1. Sisler • SLB 26.2
2. Ruth • NYY 22.2
3. Williams • PHI 16.4
4. Meusel • PHI 15.4
5. Roth • WSH 13.1
6. Williams • SLB 12.9
7. Robertson • CHC 12.6
8. Lyons • DS 11.6
9. Veach • DET 11.0
10. Walker • PHA 10.9
AB per SO
1. Cutshaw • PIT 48.8
2. Speaker • CLE 42.5
3. Milan • WSH 42.2
4. Jackson • CHW 40.7
5. Severeid • SLB 38.4
6. Scott • BOS 37.9
7. Paulette • PHI 35.1
8. Flack • CHC 34.7
9. Olson • BRO 33.5
10. Sisler • SLB 33.2
AB per HR
1. Ruth • NYY 8.5
2. Wesley • DS 22.5
3. Lyons • DS 28.4
4. Sisler • SLB 33.2
5. Walker • PHA 34.4
6. Meusel • PHI 37.0
7. Smith • CLE 38.0
8. Williams • PHI 39.3
9. Felsch • CHW 39.7
10. Meusel • NYY 41.8
Outs Made
1. Powell • BSN 499
2. Johnston • BRO 493
3. Olson • BRO 489
4. Wambsganss • CLE 485
5. Gedeon • SLB 480
Stock • STL 480
7. Burns • NYG 477
8. Pipp • NYY 472
9. Weaver • CHW 465
10. Gardner • CLE 464
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Ruth • NYY 113.31
2. Speaker • CLE 83.39
3. Sisler • SLB 76.74
4. Hornsby • STL 67.92
5. Jackson • CHW 65.55
6. Collins • CHW 53.23
7. Youngs • NYG 51.31
8. Wheat • BRO 50.02
9. Smith • CLE 47.48
10. Cobb • DET 37.03
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Ruth • NYY 8.2
2. Speaker • CLE 6.4
3. Hornsby • STL 6.1
4. Wheat • BRO 5.9
5. Jackson • CHW 5.4
6. Sisler • SLB 5.3
7. Collins • CHW 5.2
8. Hooper • BOS 4.8
9. Smith • CLE 4.2
10. Cobb • DET 4.1
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Ruth • NYY 11.1
2. Sisler • SLB 6.5
3. Speaker • CLE 6.2
4. Hornsby • STL 5.9
5. Jackson • CHW 4.9
6. Williams • PHI 4.2
7. Youngs • NYG 4.2
8. Collins • CHW 4.0
9. Wheat • BRO 3.8
10. Smith • CLE 3.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Ruth • NYY 26.6
2. Speaker • CLE 21.7
3. Wheat • BRO 21.5
4. Smith • CLE 21.4
5. Jackson • CHW 19.1
6. Felsch • CHW 16.5
7. Myers • BRO 12.4
8. Collins • CHW 11.2
9. Sewell • CLE 11.0
10. Groh • CIN 9.7
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Ruth • NYY 10.5
2. Speaker • CLE 7.8
3. Sisler • SLB 7.3
4. Hornsby • STL 7.2
5. Jackson • CHW 6.3
6. Youngs • NYG 5.4
7. Wheat • BRO 5.2
8. Collins • CHW 5.2
9. Smith • CLE 4.5
10. Roush • CIN 3.7
rOBA
1. Ruth • NYY .587
2. Torriente • CAG .510
3. Sisler • SLB .502
4. Lyons • DS .501
5. Speaker • CLE .486
6. Jackson • CHW .473
7. Hornsby • STL .455
8. Charleston • ABC .451
9. Collins • CHW .444
10. Youngs • NYG .423
Rbat+
1. Ruth • NYY 248
2. Torriente • CAG 215
3. Lyons • DS 202
4. Hornsby • STL 190
5. Sisler • SLB 187
6. Speaker • CLE 182
7. Jackson • CHW 179
8. Charleston • ABC 173
9. Youngs • NYG 165
10. Collins • CHW 155

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