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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Williams • BOS 10.6
2. Feller • CLE 9.7
3. Newhouser • DET 9.6
4. Musial • STL 9.3
5. Sain • BSN 8.0
6. Trout • DET 8.0
7. Pesky • BOS 7.2
8. Pollet • STL 6.8
9. Stanky • BRO 6.7
10. Greenberg • DET 6.5
WAR Position Players
1. Williams • BOS 10.6
2. Musial • STL 9.3
3. Pesky • BOS 7.2
4. Stanky • BRO 6.7
5. Greenberg • DET 6.5
6. Mize • NYG 6.4
7. Appling • CHW 6.3
8. Keller • NYY 6.1
9. Reese • BRO 6.1
10. Vernon • WSH 5.7
Offensive WAR
1. Williams • BOS 10.1
2. Musial • STL 9.5
3. Stanky • BRO 6.5
4. Pesky • BOS 6.2
5. Vernon • WSH 5.9
6. Mize • NYG 5.9
7. Keller • NYY 5.8
8. Greenberg • DET 5.7
9. Spence • WSH 5.5
10. Kurowski • STL 5.4
Defensive WAR
1. Marion • STL 3.1
2. Doerr • BOS 2.4
3. Appling • CHW 2.4
4. Pesky • BOS 2.2
Reese • BRO 2.2
6. Miller • CIN 2.0
7. Gordon • NYY 1.9
8. Adams • CIN 1.9
9. Stirnweiss • NYY 1.9
10. Rizzuto • NYY 1.8
Batting Average
1. Irvin • NE .369
2. Musial • STL .365
3. Doby • NE .365
4. Strong • KCM .364
5. Nelson • CAG .361
6. Ware • CBE .358
7. Kimbro • BEG .357
8. Grace • CBE .356
9. Vernon • WSH .353
10. Williams • BOS .342
On-Base%
1. Williams • BOS .497
2. Strong • KCM .466
3. Greene • KCM .462
4. Leonard • HG .459
5. Kellman • CBE .455
6. Kimbro • BEG .449
7. Irvin • NE .443
8. Doby • NE .437
9. Stanky • BRO .436
10. Musial • STL .434
Slugging %
1. Williams • BOS .667
2. Gibson • HG .653
3. Greenberg • DET .604
4. Doby • NE .592
5. Musial • STL .587
6. Kimbro • BEG .557
7. Brown • KCM .552
8. Irvin • NE .548
9. Leonard • HG .538
10. Keller • NYY .533
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Williams • BOS 1.164
2. Doby • NE 1.030
3. Gibson • HG 1.026
4. Musial • STL 1.021
5. Kimbro • BEG 1.006
6. Leonard • HG .998
7. Irvin • NE .991
8. Greenberg • DET .977
9. Strong • KCM .966
10. Keller • NYY .938
Games Played
1. Musial • STL 156
Slaughter • STL 156
3. Lake • DET 155
4. York • BOS 154
5. Pesky • BOS 153
6. Reese • BRO 152
Spence • WSH 152
8. Doerr • BOS 151
9. Williams • BOS 150
Walker • BRO 150
Henrich • NYY 150
Keller • NYY 150
Lewis • WSH 150
At Bats
1. Musial • STL 624
2. Pesky • BOS 621
3. Slaughter • STL 609
4. Schoendienst • STL 606
5. Lake • DET 587
Vernon • WSH 587
7. Doerr • BOS 583
8. Appling • CHW 582
Berardino • SLB 582
Lewis • WSH 582
Plate Appearances
1. Lake • DET 705
2. Pesky • BOS 703
3. Musial • STL 702
4. Slaughter • STL 685
5. Williams • BOS 672
Henrich • NYY 672
7. York • BOS 669
8. Doerr • BOS 659
Appling • CHW 659
10. Lewis • WSH 656
Runs Scored
1. Williams • BOS 142
2. Musial • STL 124
3. Pesky • BOS 115
4. Lake • DET 108
5. Slaughter • STL 100
6. Stanky • BRO 98
Keller • NYY 98
8. Doerr • BOS 95
9. Schoendienst • STL 94
10. Henrich • NYY 92
Hits
1. Musial • STL 228
2. Pesky • BOS 208
3. Vernon • WSH 207
4. Walker • BRO 184
5. Slaughter • STL 183
6. Appling • CHW 180
7. Williams • BOS 176
Holmes • BSN 176
9. Schoendienst • STL 170
Lewis • WSH 170
Total Bases
1. Musial • STL 366
2. Williams • BOS 343
3. Greenberg • DET 316
4. Vernon • WSH 298
5. Keller • NYY 287
Spence • WSH 287
7. Slaughter • STL 283
8. Pesky • BOS 265
9. Doerr • BOS 264
10. Ennis • PHI 262
Doubles
1. Vernon • WSH 51
2. Musial • STL 50
Spence • WSH 50
4. Pesky • BOS 43
5. Williams • BOS 37
6. Holmes • BSN 35
7. Doerr • BOS 34
8. Edwards • CLE 33
9. Kurowski • STL 32
Heath • 2TM 32
Triples
1. Musial • STL 20
2. Edwards • CLE 16
3. Lewis • WSH 13
4. Reese • BRO 10
Cavarretta • CHC 10
Doby • NE 10
Keller • NYY 10
Kell • 2TM 10
Spence • WSH 10
10. Doerr • BOS 9
Walker • BRO 9
Zarilla • SLB 9
Home Runs
1. Greenberg • DET 44
2. Williams • BOS 38
3. Keller • NYY 30
4. Seerey • CLE 26
5. DiMaggio • NYY 25
6. Kiner • PIT 23
7. Mize • NYG 22
8. Chapman • PHA 20
9. Henrich • NYY 19
10. Doerr • BOS 18
Slaughter • STL 18
Runs Batted In
1. Slaughter • STL 130
2. Greenberg • DET 127
3. Williams • BOS 123
4. York • BOS 119
5. Doerr • BOS 116
Walker • BRO 116
7. Musial • STL 103
8. Keller • NYY 101
9. DiMaggio • NYY 95
10. Kurowski • STL 89
Bases on Balls
1. Williams • BOS 156
2. Stanky • BRO 137
3. Keller • NYY 113
4. Fletcher • PIT 111
5. Lake • DET 103
6. Cavarretta • CHC 88
Cullenbine • DET 88
8. Reese • BRO 87
Henrich • NYY 87
10. York • BOS 86
Strikeouts
1. Kiner • PIT 109
2. Seerey • CLE 101
Keller • NYY 101
4. York • BOS 93
5. Greenberg • DET 88
6. Seminick • PHI 86
7. Heath • 2TM 73
Priddy • WSH 73
9. Gordon • NYY 72
10. Reese • BRO 71
Stolen Bases
1. Reiser • BRO 34
2. Case • CLE 28
3. Haas • CIN 22
4. Hopp • BSN 21
5. Pearson • NE 18
Stirnweiss • NYY 18
7. Adams • CIN 16
8. Lake • DET 15
9. Walker • BRO 14
Kolloway • CHW 14
Rizzuto • NYY 14
Vernon • WSH 14
Singles
1. Pesky • BOS 159
2. Appling • CHW 147
3. Musial • STL 142
4. Vernon • WSH 140
5. Walker • BRO 137
Schoendienst • STL 137
7. DiMaggio • BOS 131
8. Holmes • BSN 129
Kell • 2TM 129
10. Slaughter • STL 127
Adjusted OPS+
1. Williams • BOS 215
2. Doby • NE 186
3. Strong • KCM 184
4. Musial • STL 183
5. Gibson • HG 183
6. Kimbro • BEG 180
7. Leonard • HG 178
8. Irvin • NE 176
9. Nelson • CAG 171
10. Brown • KCM 168
Runs Created
1. Williams • BOS 170
2. Musial • STL 155
3. Greenberg • DET 118
Vernon • WSH 118
5. Keller • NYY 114
6. Slaughter • STL 105
7. Pesky • BOS 104
8. Walker • BRO 101
Spence • WSH 101
10. Mize • NYG 94
DiMaggio • NYY 94
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Williams • BOS 93
2. Musial • STL 69
3. Vernon • WSH 46
4. Keller • NYY 46
5. Mize • NYG 44
6. Greenberg • DET 43
7. Cullenbine • DET 41
8. Spence • WSH 35
9. Cavarretta • CHC 30
10. Walker • BRO 29
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Williams • BOS 9.3
2. Musial • STL 7.1
3. Keller • NYY 4.7
Vernon • WSH 4.7
5. Mize • NYG 4.6
6. Greenberg • DET 4.3
7. Cullenbine • DET 4.2
8. Spence • WSH 3.5
9. Cavarretta • CHC 3.1
10. Walker • BRO 3.0
Extra Base Hits
1. Musial • STL 86
2. Williams • BOS 83
3. Greenberg • DET 78
4. Spence • WSH 76
5. Keller • NYY 69
6. Vernon • WSH 67
7. Doerr • BOS 61
8. Edwards • CLE 59
9. Slaughter • STL 56
10. Heath • 2TM 55
Times On Base
1. Williams • BOS 334
2. Musial • STL 304
3. Pesky • BOS 276
4. Stanky • BRO 271
5. Keller • NYY 265
6. Lake • DET 256
Vernon • WSH 256
8. Slaughter • STL 254
9. Walker • BRO 252
10. Appling • CHW 251
Offensive Win %
1. Williams • BOS .889
2. Musial • STL .842
3. Doby • NE .833
4. Strong • KCM .821
5. Kimbro • BEG .821
6. Irvin • NE .816
7. Leonard • HG .814
8. Nelson • CAG .805
9. Gibson • HG .797
10. Brown • KCM .775
Hit By Pitch
1. Henrich • NYY 7
2. Blattner • NYG 6
Rizzuto • NYY 6
Grace • 2TM 6
5. Steele • BBB 5
Hopp • BSN 5
Clay • CIN 5
Mize • NYG 5
Kurowski • STL 5
10. Kimbro • BEG 4
Anderson • BRO 4
Kellman • CBE 4
Pafko • CHC 4
Michaels • CHW 4
Lake • DET 4
Drake • IC 4
Gordon • NYY 4
Keller • NYY 4
Ennis • PHI 4
Seminick • PHI 4
Coan • WSH 4
Spence • WSH 4
Travis • WSH 4
Sacrifice Hits
1. Stanky • BRO 20
2. Kerr • NYG 19
3. Lowrey • CHC 17
Newsome • PHI 17
5. Boudreau • CLE 15
Marion • STL 15
Kell • 2TM 15
8. Pesky • BOS 14
Reese • BRO 14
Adams • CIN 14
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Williams • BOS 29
2. Walker • BRO 19
3. Wagner • BOS 16
4. Reese • BRO 14
Mize • NYG 14
Kurowski • STL 14
Marion • STL 14
8. Cavarretta • CHC 13
Keller • NYY 13
Slaughter • STL 13
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Chapman • PHA 22
2. Rosar • PHA 20
3. Seminick • PHI 19
4. Doerr • BOS 18
5. Wright • CHW 17
Greenberg • DET 17
Travis • WSH 17
8. DiMaggio • BOS 16
York • BOS 16
Cavarretta • CHC 16
Libke • CIN 16
Berardino • SLB 16
Caught Stealing
1. Reese • BRO 12
Haas • CIN 12
Russell • PIT 12
4. Furillo • BRO 11
Reiser • BRO 11
Case • CLE 11
7. Tucker • CHW 10
Vernon • WSH 10
9. Culler • BSN 9
Lake • DET 9
Seminick • PHI 9
Musial • STL 9
Schoendienst • STL 9
Power-Speed #
1. Reiser • BRO 16.6
2. Slaughter • STL 12.0
3. Blattner • NYG 11.5
4. Pearson • NE 11.1
5. Walker • BRO 11.0
6. Lake • DET 10.4
7. Vernon • WSH 10.2
8. Musial • STL 9.7
9. Russell • PIT 9.3
10. Greenberg • DET 9.0
AB per SO
1. Holmes • BSN 40.6
2. Boudreau • CLE 36.8
3. Waitkus • CHC 31.5
4. Cox • PIT 27.4
5. Culler • BSN 26.8
6. Verban • 2TM 26.3
7. Kell • 2TM 26.1
8. Rosar • PHA 24.9
9. Wright • CHW 24.8
10. Lowrey • CHC 24.5
AB per HR
1. Greenberg • DET 11.9
2. Gibson • HG 13.1
3. Williams • BOS 13.5
4. Seerey • CLE 15.5
5. Keller • NYY 17.9
6. DiMaggio • NYY 20.1
7. Kiner • PIT 21.8
8. Leonard • HG 24.1
9. Chapman • PHA 27.3
10. Northey • PHI 27.4
Outs Made
1. Lake • DET 464
2. Schoendienst • STL 463
3. Doerr • BOS 458
4. Berardino • SLB 453
5. Pesky • BOS 443
Henrich • NYY 443
Slaughter • STL 443
8. York • BOS 440
9. Lewis • WSH 438
Spence • WSH 438
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Williams • BOS 82.43
2. Musial • STL 70.31
3. Slaughter • STL 52.07
4. Keller • NYY 49.05
5. Walker • BRO 46.54
6. Mize • NYG 43.24
7. York • BOS 37.41
8. Robinson • NYY 34.43
9. Vernon • WSH 34.10
10. Galan • BRO 32.20
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Williams • BOS 7.7
2. Musial • STL 6.1
3. Reiser • BRO 4.9
4. Herman • 2TM 4.5
5. Slaughter • STL 4.5
6. Walker • BRO 4.3
7. Henrich • NYY 4.2
8. Mize • NYG 4.0
9. Vernon • WSH 3.9
10. Keller • NYY 3.9
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Williams • BOS 7.8
2. Musial • STL 5.9
3. Keller • NYY 5.4
4. Walker • BRO 3.8
5. Stanky • BRO 3.8
6. Mize • NYG 3.5
7. Vernon • WSH 3.4
8. Slaughter • STL 3.3
9. Greenberg • DET 3.3
10. Doerr • BOS 3.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Musial • STL 27.1
2. Slaughter • STL 19.0
3. Reiser • BRO 15.1
4. Williams • BOS 12.1
5. Reese • BRO 11.1
6. Walker • BRO 9.7
7. Galan • BRO 8.8
8. Kurowski • STL 8.5
9. Herman • 2TM 6.4
10. Edwards • BRO 6.3
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Williams • BOS 8.0
2. Musial • STL 7.1
3. Slaughter • STL 5.3
4. Keller • NYY 5.0
5. Walker • BRO 4.8
6. Mize • NYG 4.4
7. York • BOS 3.7
8. Vernon • WSH 3.6
9. Robinson • NYY 3.5
10. Galan • BRO 3.3

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