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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Foxx • PHA 10.4
2. Grove • PHA 9.3
3. Ruth • NYY 8.5
4. Ott • NYG 8.3
5. Gehrig • NYY 8.1
6. Ruffing • NYY 7.8
7. Terry • NYG 7.7
8. Klein • PHI 7.5
9. Hubbell • NYG 7.4
10. Ferrell • CLE 7.2
WAR Position Players
1. Foxx • PHA 10.4
2. Ruth • NYY 8.5
3. Ott • NYG 8.3
4. Gehrig • NYY 8.1
5. Terry • NYG 7.7
6. Klein • PHI 7.5
7. Herman • CIN 6.3
8. Cronin • WSH 6.3
O'Doul • BRO 6.3
10. Cochrane • PHA 6.1
Offensive WAR
1. Foxx • PHA 10.0
2. Gehrig • NYY 8.6
3. Ruth • NYY 8.5
4. Klein • PHI 8.1
5. Ott • NYG 7.9
6. Terry • NYG 6.8
7. O'Doul • BRO 6.5
8. Cochrane • PHA 5.8
9. Hurst • PHI 5.8
10. Cronin • WSH 5.7
Defensive WAR
1. Jurges • CHC 2.7
2. Cronin • WSH 1.5
3. Rogell • DET 1.4
4. Bartell • PHI 1.4
5. Wright • BRO 1.3
6. Bishop • PHA 1.2
7. Durocher • CIN 1.1
8. Urbanski • BSN 1.1
9. Cuccinello • BRO 1.0
10. Hartnett • CHC 1.0
Batting Average
1. Lundy • BBS .381
2. Morney • MRM .378
3. O'Doul • BRO .368
4. Hamilton • WAP .368
5. Alexander • 2TM .367
6. Foxx • PHA .364
7. Scott • AB2 .362
8. Hughes • WAP .351
9. Parnell • MRM .350
10. Terry • NYG .350
On-Base%
1. Ruth • NYY .489
2. Foxx • PHA .469
3. Alexander • 2TM .454
4. Gehrig • NYY .451
5. Lundy • BBS .431
6. Morney • MRM .427
7. Hughes • WAP .426
8. Harris • 2TM .426
9. Stephens • HG .424
10. Ott • NYG .424
Slugging %
1. Foxx • PHA .749
2. Ruth • NYY .661
3. Klein • PHI .646
4. Gehrig • NYY .621
5. Ott • NYG .601
6. Terry • NYG .580
7. Averill • CLE .569
8. Finley • BBS .557
9. Parnell • MRM .556
10. O'Doul • BRO .555
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Foxx • PHA 1.218
2. Ruth • NYY 1.150
3. Gehrig • NYY 1.072
4. Klein • PHI 1.050
5. Ott • NYG 1.025
6. O'Doul • BRO .978
7. Alexander • 2TM .966
8. Terry • NYG .962
9. Averill • CLE .961
10. Hurst • PHI .959
Games Played
1. Gehrig • NYY 156
2. Cuccinello • BRO 154
Herman • CHC 154
Ott • NYG 154
Terry • NYG 154
Foxx • PHA 154
Simmons • PHA 154
Bartell • PHI 154
Klein • PHI 154
Whitney • PHI 154
Piet • PIT 154
Suhr • PIT 154
Waner • PIT 154
Melillo • SLB 154
At Bats
1. Simmons • PHA 670
2. Critz • NYG 659
3. Herman • CHC 656
4. Klein • PHI 650
5. Terry • NYG 643
6. Averill • CLE 631
7. Waner • PIT 630
8. Manush • WSH 625
9. Whitney • PHI 624
10. Porter • CLE 621
Vosmik • CLE 621
Plate Appearances
1. Herman • CHC 723
2. Bartell • PHI 719
3. Simmons • PHA 718
4. Averill • CLE 712
5. Klein • PHI 711
6. Gehrig • NYY 708
7. Foxx • PHA 702
8. Porter • CLE 700
Critz • NYG 700
Burns • SLB 700
Runs Scored
1. Klein • PHI 152
2. Foxx • PHA 151
3. Simmons • PHA 144
4. Combs • NYY 143
5. Gehrig • NYY 138
6. Terry • NYG 124
7. Manush • WSH 121
8. O'Doul • BRO 120
Ruth • NYY 120
Myer • WSH 120
Hits
1. Klein • PHI 226
2. Terry • NYG 225
3. O'Doul • BRO 219
4. Simmons • PHA 216
5. Waner • PIT 215
6. Manush • WSH 214
7. Foxx • PHA 213
8. Gehrig • NYY 208
9. Herman • CHC 206
10. Averill • CLE 198
Total Bases
1. Foxx • PHA 438
2. Klein • PHI 420
3. Terry • NYG 373
4. Gehrig • NYY 370
5. Simmons • PHA 367
6. Averill • CLE 359
7. Ott • NYG 340
8. O'Doul • BRO 330
9. Manush • WSH 325
10. Waner • PIT 321
Doubles
1. Waner • PIT 62
2. Klein • PHI 50
3. Stephenson • CHC 49
4. Bartell • PHI 48
5. McNair • PHA 47
6. Gehringer • DET 44
7. Cronin • WSH 43
8. Grimm • CHC 42
Herman • CHC 42
Porter • CLE 42
Terry • NYG 42
Gehrig • NYY 42
Lee • PHI 42
Kress • 2TM 42
Triples
1. Herman • CIN 19
2. Cronin • WSH 18
3. Lazzeri • NYY 16
Suhr • PIT 16
Myer • WSH 16
6. Chapman • NYY 15
Klein • PHI 15
8. Averill • CLE 14
Manush • WSH 14
10. Davis • DET 13
Home Runs
1. Foxx • PHA 58
2. Ruth • NYY 41
3. Ott • NYG 38
Klein • PHI 38
5. Simmons • PHA 35
6. Gehrig • NYY 34
7. Averill • CLE 32
8. Terry • NYG 28
9. Hurst • PHI 24
10. Wilson • BRO 23
Cochrane • PHA 23
Runs Batted In
1. Foxx • PHA 169
2. Gehrig • NYY 151
Simmons • PHA 151
4. Hurst • PHI 143
5. Ruth • NYY 137
Klein • PHI 137
7. Averill • CLE 124
Whitney • PHI 124
9. Wilson • BRO 123
Ott • NYG 123
Bases on Balls
1. Ruth • NYY 130
2. Foxx • PHA 116
3. Bishop • PHA 110
4. Gehrig • NYY 108
5. Ott • NYG 100
Cochrane • PHA 100
7. Morgan • CLE 94
8. Goslin • SLB 92
9. Bluege • WSH 83
10. Lazzeri • NYY 82
Strikeouts
1. Campbell • 2TM 104
2. Foxx • PHA 96
3. Wilson • BRO 85
4. Simmons • PHA 76
5. English • CHC 73
6. Pickering • BOS 71
7. Collins • STL 67
Johnson • 2TM 67
9. Berger • BSN 66
Whitney • PHI 66
Stolen Bases
1. Chapman • NYY 38
2. Walker • DET 30
3. O'Bryant • WAP 21
4. Klein • PHI 20
Johnson • 2TM 20
6. Piet • PIT 19
7. Frisch • STL 18
Watkins • STL 18
Cissell • 2TM 18
10. Blue • CHW 17
Funk • CHW 17
Burns • SLB 17
Singles
1. O'Doul • BRO 158
2. Herman • CHC 156
3. Waner • PIT 148
4. Manush • WSH 145
5. Terry • NYG 144
Simmons • PHA 144
7. Critz • NYG 141
8. Combs • NYY 139
9. Porter • CLE 137
10. Burns • SLB 136
Adjusted OPS+
1. Foxx • PHA 207
2. Ruth • NYY 201
3. Morney • MRM 196
4. Parnell • MRM 194
5. Gehrig • NYY 181
6. Ott • NYG 174
7. Scott • AB2 172
8. Jackson • AB2 164
9. Klein • PHI 164
10. O'Doul • BRO 163
Runs Created
1. Foxx • PHA 202
2. Klein • PHI 168
3. Gehrig • NYY 161
4. Ruth • NYY 147
5. Ott • NYG 142
6. Terry • NYG 140
7. Averill • CLE 136
8. O'Doul • BRO 134
Simmons • PHA 134
10. Hurst • PHI 129
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Foxx • PHA 95
2. Ruth • NYY 76
3. Gehrig • NYY 75
4. Ott • NYG 63
5. Klein • PHI 60
6. O'Doul • BRO 53
7. Terry • NYG 48
8. Waner • PIT 42
9. Herman • CIN 41
10. Hurst • PHI 39
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Foxx • PHA 8.8
2. Ruth • NYY 7.0
3. Gehrig • NYY 6.9
4. Ott • NYG 6.0
5. Klein • PHI 5.8
6. O'Doul • BRO 5.1
7. Terry • NYG 4.7
8. Waner • PIT 4.1
9. Herman • CIN 4.0
10. Hurst • PHI 3.8
Extra Base Hits
1. Klein • PHI 103
2. Foxx • PHA 100
3. Gehrig • NYY 85
4. Averill • CLE 83
5. Terry • NYG 81
6. Waner • PIT 80
7. Ott • NYG 76
8. Gehringer • DET 74
9. Herman • CIN 73
10. Simmons • PHA 72
Times On Base
1. Foxx • PHA 329
2. Gehrig • NYY 319
3. Ruth • NYY 288
4. Klein • PHI 287
5. Ott • NYG 284
6. Averill • CLE 279
7. O'Doul • BRO 276
8. Combs • NYY 273
Waner • PIT 273
10. Hurst • PHI 268
Offensive Win %
1. Foxx • PHA .872
2. Morney • MRM .853
3. Ruth • NYY .851
4. Parnell • MRM .830
5. Klein • PHI .815
6. Scott • AB2 .804
7. Gehrig • NYY .803
8. Ott • NYG .794
9. Miller • 2TM .788
10. O'Doul • BRO .778
Hit By Pitch
1. Watkins • STL 8
2. O'Doul • BRO 7
Hurst • PHI 7
Piet • PIT 7
5. Seay • BBS 6
Averill • CLE 6
Bartell • PHI 6
Vaughan • PIT 6
Campbell • 2TM 6
10. Schulmerich • BSN 5
Herman • CHC 5
Vosmik • CLE 5
Chapman • NYY 5
Crosetti • NYY 5
Manush • WSH 5
Sacrifice Hits
1. Bartell • PHI 35
2. Haas • PHA 27
3. Urbanski • BSN 22
Herman • CHC 22
5. Stripp • BRO 21
Burns • SLB 21
7. Bluege • WSH 20
8. Whitney • PHI 19
9. Davis • DET 17
10. Maranville • BSN 15
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Lombardi • CIN 12
Goslin • SLB 12
3. Foxx • PHA 10
4. Suhr • PIT 9
5. Stephenson • CHC 8
Averill • CLE 8
Alexander • 2TM 8
8. Herman • CIN 7
Dickey • NYY 7
Gehrig • NYY 7
Davis • PHI 7
Caught Stealing
1. Herman • CHC 18
Chapman • NYY 18
3. Funk • CHW 15
Cissell • 2TM 15
5. Lee • PHI 12
Waner • PIT 12
7. O'Doul • BRO 11
Critz • NYG 11
Gehrig • NYY 11
Lazzeri • NYY 11
Burns • SLB 11
Watkins • STL 11
Power-Speed #
1. Klein • PHI 26.2
2. Johnson • 2TM 16.5
3. Chapman • NYY 15.8
4. O'Doul • BRO 14.4
5. Hurst • PHI 14.1
6. Goslin • SLB 14.1
7. Burns • SLB 13.4
8. Lazzeri • NYY 12.7
9. Walker • DET 12.6
10. Taylor • 2TM 12.3
AB per SO
1. Sewell • NYY 167.7
2. Waner • PIT 51.4
3. Rice • WSH 48.0
4. Selph • CHW 44.0
5. Oliver • BOS 37.9
6. Frisch • STL 37.4
7. Combs • NYY 36.9
8. Fothergill • CHW 34.6
9. Dickey • NYY 32.5
10. Moore • BSN 31.9
AB per HR
1. Foxx • PHA 10.1
2. Ruth • NYY 11.1
3. Ott • NYG 14.9
4. Klein • PHI 17.1
5. Gehrig • NYY 17.5
6. Simmons • PHA 19.1
7. Averill • CLE 19.7
8. Wilson • BRO 20.9
9. Cochrane • PHA 22.5
10. Terry • NYG 23.0
Outs Made
1. Critz • NYG 494
2. Herman • CHC 490
3. Melillo • SLB 479
4. Whitney • PHI 467
5. Bartell • PHI 466
6. Burns • SLB 461
7. Simmons • PHA 456
8. Davis • DET 455
9. Maranville • BSN 454
10. Porter • CLE 448
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Foxx • PHA 99.68
2. Gehrig • NYY 93.89
3. Ruth • NYY 79.52
4. Hurst • PHI 70.60
5. Ott • NYG 67.57
6. Klein • PHI 67.05
7. Manush • WSH 52.84
8. Terry • NYG 51.74
9. O'Doul • BRO 51.07
10. Waner • PIT 45.75
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Foxx • PHA 9.3
2. Gehrig • NYY 8.9
3. Hurst • PHI 7.2
4. Ruth • NYY 6.9
5. Manush • WSH 6.0
6. Ott • NYG 5.8
7. Klein • PHI 4.7
8. Terry • NYG 4.5
9. O'Doul • BRO 4.1
10. Waner • PIT 4.1
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Foxx • PHA 9.3
2. Ruth • NYY 6.9
3. Gehrig • NYY 6.7
4. Klein • PHI 5.9
5. Ott • NYG 5.9
6. Hurst • PHI 5.1
7. O'Doul • BRO 4.8
8. Terry • NYG 4.2
9. Manush • WSH 4.0
10. Herman • CIN 4.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Gehrig • NYY 15.8
2. Ruth • NYY 15.0
3. Stephenson • CHC 12.3
4. Foxx • PHA 9.6
5. English • CHC 8.1
6. Hurst • PHI 7.9
7. Waner • PIT 7.3
8. Klein • PHI 6.6
9. Manush • WSH 6.4
10. Koenig • CHC 5.7
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Foxx • PHA 9.0
2. Gehrig • NYY 8.8
3. Ruth • NYY 7.5
4. Ott • NYG 6.6
5. Hurst • PHI 6.4
6. Klein • PHI 6.1
7. Terry • NYG 5.0
8. O'Doul • BRO 5.0
9. Manush • WSH 5.0
10. Waner • PIT 4.5

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