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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ruth • NYY 10.5
2. Grove • PHA 10.0
3. Gehrig • NYY 8.6
4. Ferrell • CLE 8.0
5. Simmons • PHA 7.4
6. Cronin • WSH 6.8
7. Terry • NYG 6.6
8. Averill • CLE 6.5
9. Clark • BRO 6.3
10. Brandt • BSN 6.2
WAR Position Players
1. Ruth • NYY 10.5
2. Gehrig • NYY 8.6
3. Simmons • PHA 7.4
4. Cronin • WSH 6.8
5. Terry • NYG 6.6
6. Averill • CLE 6.5
7. Ott • NYG 6.1
8. Bishop • PHA 6.0
9. Berger • BSN 5.9
10. Chapman • NYY 5.9
Offensive WAR
1. Ruth • NYY 10.7
2. Gehrig • NYY 9.3
3. Averill • CLE 6.8
4. Simmons • PHA 6.5
5. Klein • PHI 6.2
6. Terry • NYG 5.9
7. Goslin • SLB 5.9
8. Cronin • WSH 5.7
9. Ott • NYG 5.5
10. Cochrane • PHA 5.5
Defensive WAR
1. Jackson • NYG 2.8
2. Thevenow • PIT 2.3
3. Bishop • PHA 2.2
4. Gelbert • STL 2.1
5. Cronin • WSH 2.1
6. Durocher • CIN 1.6
7. English • CHC 1.5
8. Frisch • STL 1.4
9. Melillo • SLB 1.3
10. Myer • WSH 1.2
Batting Average
1. Simmons • PHA .390
2. Stearnes • DS .376
3. Ruth • NYY .373
4. Williams • AB2 .354
5. Scott • LOW .353
6. Morgan • CLE .351
7. Hafey • STL .349
8. Terry • NYG .349
9. Cochrane • PHA .349
10. Bottomley • STL .348
On-Base%
1. Ruth • NYY .495
2. Stearnes • DS .465
3. Morgan • CLE .451
4. Gehrig • NYY .446
5. Simmons • PHA .444
6. Wells • SLS .439
7. Johnston • DS .432
8. Blue • CHW .430
9. Bishop • PHA .426
10. Cochrane • PHA .423
Slugging %
1. Ruth • NYY .700
2. Gehrig • NYY .662
3. Simmons • PHA .641
4. Stearnes • DS .632
5. Suttles • SLS .628
6. Klein • PHI .584
7. Averill • CLE .576
8. Hornsby • CHC .574
9. Hafey • STL .569
10. Foxx • PHA .567
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Ruth • NYY 1.195
2. Gehrig • NYY 1.108
3. Stearnes • DS 1.096
4. Simmons • PHA 1.085
5. Suttles • SLS 1.046
6. Hornsby • CHC .996
7. Klein • PHI .982
8. Wells • SLS .980
9. Averill • CLE .979
10. Cochrane • PHA .976
Games Played
1. Berger • BSN 156
English • CHC 156
Cronin • WSH 156
4. Blue • CHW 155
Averill • CLE 155
Gehrig • NYY 155
Lary • NYY 155
Traynor • PIT 155
9. Cuyler • CHC 154
Cuccinello • CIN 154
Waner • PIT 154
At Bats
1. Waner • PIT 681
2. English • CHC 634
3. Averill • CLE 627
4. Johnson • DET 621
5. Gehrig • NYY 619
6. Berger • BSN 617
Melillo • SLB 617
8. Manush • WSH 616
9. Traynor • PIT 615
10. Cuyler • CHC 613
Plate Appearances
1. Gehrig • NYY 738
2. English • CHC 727
3. Blue • CHW 726
Waner • PIT 726
5. Lary • NYY 712
6. Cuyler • CHC 710
7. Averill • CLE 701
8. Cronin • WSH 700
9. Johnson • DET 698
10. Chapman • NYY 686
Runs Scored
1. Gehrig • NYY 163
2. Ruth • NYY 149
3. Averill • CLE 140
4. Terry • NYG 121
Klein • PHI 121
6. Chapman • NYY 120
Combs • NYY 120
8. Blue • CHW 119
9. English • CHC 117
10. Bishop • PHA 115
Hits
1. Waner • PIT 214
2. Terry • NYG 213
3. Gehrig • NYY 211
4. Averill • CLE 209
5. Cuyler • CHC 202
English • CHC 202
7. Simmons • PHA 200
Klein • PHI 200
9. Berger • BSN 199
Ruth • NYY 199
Total Bases
1. Gehrig • NYY 410
2. Ruth • NYY 374
3. Averill • CLE 361
4. Klein • PHI 347
5. Simmons • PHA 329
6. Goslin • SLB 328
7. Terry • NYG 323
8. Herman • BRO 320
9. Berger • BSN 316
10. Webb • BOS 311
Doubles
1. Webb • BOS 67
2. Alexander • DET 47
3. Kress • SLB 46
Adams • STL 46
5. Berger • BSN 44
Cronin • WSH 44
7. Herman • BRO 43
Terry • NYG 43
Miller • PHA 43
Bartell • PHI 43
West • WSH 43
Triples
1. Terry • NYG 20
2. Johnson • DET 19
3. Herman • BRO 16
4. Blue • CHW 15
Gehrig • NYY 15
Traynor • PIT 15
7. Bissonette • BRO 14
Reynolds • CHW 14
Vosmik • CLE 14
10. Combs • NYY 13
Simmons • PHA 13
Waner • PIT 13
Watkins • STL 13
Cronin • WSH 13
West • WSH 13
Home Runs
1. Gehrig • NYY 46
Ruth • NYY 46
3. Averill • CLE 32
4. Klein • PHI 31
5. Foxx • PHA 30
6. Ott • NYG 29
7. Goslin • SLB 24
8. Simmons • PHA 22
9. Berger • BSN 19
10. Herman • BRO 18
Arlett • PHI 18
Runs Batted In
1. Gehrig • NYY 185
2. Ruth • NYY 162
3. Averill • CLE 143
4. Simmons • PHA 128
5. Cronin • WSH 126
6. Chapman • NYY 122
7. Klein • PHI 121
8. Foxx • PHA 120
9. Vosmik • CLE 117
10. Ott • NYG 115
Bases on Balls
1. Ruth • NYY 128
2. Blue • CHW 127
3. Gehrig • NYY 117
4. Bishop • PHA 112
5. Lary • NYY 88
6. Morgan • CLE 83
7. Cronin • WSH 81
8. Ott • NYG 80
Goslin • SLB 80
10. Lazzeri • NYY 79
Strikeouts
1. Cullop • CIN 86
2. Foxx • PHA 84
3. Levey • SLB 83
4. English • CHC 80
Lazzeri • NYY 80
6. Chapman • NYY 77
7. Berger • BSN 70
8. Wilson • CHC 69
9. Watkins • STL 66
10. Herman • BRO 65
Vergez • NYG 65
Stolen Bases
1. Chapman • NYY 61
2. Johnson • DET 33
3. Frisch • STL 28
4. Burns • SLB 19
5. Cissell • CHW 18
Lazzeri • NYY 18
7. Herman • BRO 17
Reynolds • CHW 17
Gehrig • NYY 17
10. Bell • SLS 16
Adams • STL 16
Martin • STL 16
Bluege • WSH 16
Singles
1. Waner • PIT 172
2. English • CHC 154
3. Cuyler • CHC 144
4. Stone • DET 142
Melillo • SLB 142
6. Terry • NYG 141
7. Blue • CHW 140
8. Fonseca • 2TM 135
9. Chapman • NYY 133
10. Vosmik • CLE 132
Adjusted OPS+
1. Ruth • NYY 218
2. Stearnes • DS 205
3. Gehrig • NYY 194
4. Suttles • SLS 190
5. Simmons • PHA 175
6. Wells • SLS 173
7. Hornsby • CHC 163
8. Hafey • STL 154
9. Klein • PHI 153
10. Ott • NYG 152
Runs Created
1. Ruth • NYY 184
2. Gehrig • NYY 180
3. Simmons • PHA 144
4. Averill • CLE 141
5. Klein • PHI 134
6. Goslin • SLB 133
7. Webb • BOS 125
8. Terry • NYG 122
9. Berger • BSN 118
10. Chapman • NYY 116
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 98
2. Gehrig • NYY 85
3. Simmons • PHA 56
4. Webb • BOS 45
5. Averill • CLE 44
6. Klein • PHI 43
7. Goslin • SLB 43
8. Terry • NYG 41
9. Morgan • CLE 37
10. Ott • NYG 37
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Ruth • NYY 9.0
2. Gehrig • NYY 7.9
3. Simmons • PHA 5.2
4. Klein • PHI 4.2
5. Webb • BOS 4.2
6. Averill • CLE 4.2
7. Goslin • SLB 4.1
8. Terry • NYG 4.0
9. Ott • NYG 3.6
10. Morgan • CLE 3.5
Extra Base Hits
1. Gehrig • NYY 92
2. Webb • BOS 84
3. Ruth • NYY 80
4. Averill • CLE 78
5. Herman • BRO 77
6. Goslin • SLB 76
7. Klein • PHI 75
8. Terry • NYG 72
Foxx • PHA 72
Simmons • PHA 72
Times On Base
1. Gehrig • NYY 328
Ruth • NYY 328
3. Blue • CHW 309
4. Averill • CLE 283
5. Cuyler • CHC 279
6. Goslin • SLB 278
7. English • CHC 277
8. Cronin • WSH 272
9. Chapman • NYY 269
10. Webb • BOS 266
Offensive Win %
1. Ruth • NYY .879
2. Stearnes • DS .866
3. Simmons • PHA .841
4. Gehrig • NYY .824
5. Suttles • SLS .806
6. Hornsby • CHC .791
7. Hafey • STL .776
8. Wells • SLS .772
9. Klein • PHI .771
10. Bottomley • STL .765
Hit By Pitch
1. Miller • PHA 10
2. Barton • CHC 9
Sewell • NYY 9
4. English • CHC 7
5. Frederick • BRO 6
Gilbert • BRO 6
Reynolds • CHW 6
Averill • CLE 6
Vergez • NYG 6
Lary • NYY 6
Dykes • PHA 6
Manush • WSH 6
Sacrifice Hits
1. Maguire • BSN 31
2. Bartell • PHI 30
3. Cuyler • CHC 20
4. Haas • PHA 19
5. English • CHC 18
6. Jurges • CHC 17
Sewell • NYY 17
Grantham • PIT 17
9. Maranville • BSN 16
Jensen • PIT 16
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Gehrig • NYY 14
2. Simmons • PHA 10
3. Webb • BOS 8
Sukeforth • CIN 8
Alexander • DET 8
Hogan • NYG 8
Hendrick • 2TM 8
8. Berry • BOS 7
Goslin • SLB 7
10. Lopez • BRO 6
Berger • BSN 6
Sewell • CLE 6
Combs • NYY 6
Phillips • PIT 6
Spencer • WSH 6
Caught Stealing
1. Chapman • NYY 23
2. Johnson • DET 21
3. Cuyler • CHC 17
4. Kress • SLB 16
Adams • STL 16
6. Terry • NYG 14
Myer • WSH 14
8. Stone • DET 13
9. Sweeney • BOS 12
Lindstrom • NYG 12
Gehrig • NYY 12
Burns • SLB 12
Frisch • STL 12
Power-Speed #
1. Chapman • NYY 26.6
2. Gehrig • NYY 24.8
3. Herman • BRO 17.5
4. Berger • BSN 15.4
5. Ott • NYG 14.9
6. Averill • CLE 14.0
7. Watkins • STL 13.9
8. Goslin • SLB 13.1
9. Hafey • STL 13.0
10. Johnson • DET 12.9
AB per SO
1. Roush • CIN 75.2
2. Sewell • NYY 60.5
3. Leach • NYG 57.2
4. Waner • PIT 42.6
5. Frisch • STL 39.8
6. Rice • WSH 37.5
7. Oliver • BOS 34.5
8. Miller • PHA 33.4
9. Ferrell • SLB 32.2
10. O'Doul • BRO 32.0
AB per HR
1. Ruth • NYY 11.6
2. Gehrig • NYY 13.5
3. Stearnes • DS 16.6
4. Ott • NYG 17.1
5. Foxx • PHA 17.2
6. Suttles • SLS 17.3
7. Klein • PHI 19.2
8. Averill • CLE 19.6
9. Hornsby • CHC 22.3
10. Arlett • PHI 23.2
Outs Made
1. Waner • PIT 476
2. Johnson • DET 471
3. English • CHC 461
4. Lary • NYY 457
5. Frederick • BRO 452
Adams • STL 452
7. Cuyler • CHC 448
8. Melillo • SLB 446
9. Traynor • PIT 444
10. Burns • SLB 442
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Ruth • NYY 106.26
2. Gehrig • NYY 94.67
3. Averill • CLE 65.86
4. Simmons • PHA 64.88
5. Klein • PHI 63.72
6. Chapman • NYY 57.14
7. Hornsby • CHC 53.13
8. Goslin • SLB 51.73
9. Morgan • CLE 48.08
10. Cuyler • CHC 46.57
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Ruth • NYY 9.0
2. Gehrig • NYY 7.1
3. Simmons • PHA 7.0
4. Traynor • PIT 4.8
5. Bissonette • BRO 4.8
6. Hornsby • CHC 4.7
7. Klein • PHI 4.7
8. Bottomley • STL 4.5
9. Averill • CLE 4.1
10. Cuyler • CHC 3.9
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Ruth • NYY 8.6
2. Gehrig • NYY 8.0
3. Klein • PHI 5.9
4. Simmons • PHA 5.8
5. Averill • CLE 5.2
6. Ott • NYG 4.2
7. Hafey • STL 4.0
8. Goslin • SLB 3.9
9. Webb • BOS 3.8
10. Hornsby • CHC 3.8
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Simmons • PHA 12.3
2. Frisch • STL 8.3
3. Hornsby • CHC 6.9
4. Bottomley • STL 6.4
5. Ruth • NYY 6.4
6. Cuyler • CHC 6.1
7. Watkins • STL 5.9
8. Collins • STL 5.6
9. Foxx • PHA 5.4
10. Ott • NYG 4.9
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Ruth • NYY 10.0
2. Gehrig • NYY 9.0
3. Averill • CLE 6.0
4. Klein • PHI 5.9
5. Simmons • PHA 5.9
6. Chapman • NYY 5.5
7. Hornsby • CHC 5.1
8. Goslin • SLB 4.8
9. Cuyler • CHC 4.5
10. Morgan • CLE 4.4

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