Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Robinson • BRO 9.3
2. Musial • STL 9.1
3. Williams • BOS 9.0
4. Parnell • BOS 8.4
5. Kiner • PIT 8.1
6. Reese • BRO 7.4
7. Lemon • CLE 7.0
8. Joost • PHA 7.0
9. Stephens • BOS 6.9
10. Pollet • STL 6.6
WAR Position Players
1. Robinson • BRO 9.3
2. Musial • STL 9.1
3. Williams • BOS 9.0
4. Kiner • PIT 8.1
5. Reese • BRO 7.4
6. Joost • PHA 7.0
7. Stephens • BOS 6.9
8. Thomson • NYG 6.4
9. Slaughter • STL 6.0
10. Ennis • PHI 5.5
Offensive WAR
1. Williams • BOS 9.1
2. Musial • STL 8.8
3. Kiner • PIT 8.5
4. Robinson • BRO 8.3
5. Joost • PHA 6.4
6. Reese • BRO 6.2
7. Stephens • BOS 5.9
8. Thomson • NYG 5.6
9. Slaughter • STL 5.6
10. Ennis • PHI 5.4
Defensive WAR
1. Reese • BRO 2.3
2. Gordon • CLE 2.1
3. Stephens • BOS 2.0
4. Rizzuto • NYY 1.9
5. Marion • STL 1.9
6. Robinson • BRO 1.8
7. Doerr • BOS 1.8
8. Schoendienst • STL 1.7
9. Coleman • NYY 1.6
10. Boudreau • CLE 1.6
Batting Average
1. Kell • DET .343
2. Williams • BOS .343
3. Robinson • BRO .342
4. Musial • STL .338
5. Slaughter • STL .336
6. Dillinger • SLB .324
7. Furillo • BRO .322
8. Mitchell • CLE .317
9. Kiner • PIT .310
10. Thomson • NYG .309
On-Base%
1. Williams • BOS .490
2. Appling • CHW .439
3. Musial • STL .438
4. Robinson • BRO .432
5. Kiner • PIT .432
6. Joost • PHA .429
7. Kell • DET .424
8. Slaughter • STL .418
9. Stanky • BSN .417
10. Michaels • CHW .417
Slugging %
1. Kiner • PIT .658
2. Williams • BOS .650
3. Musial • STL .624
4. Stephens • BOS .539
5. Robinson • BRO .528
6. Henrich • NYY .526
7. Ennis • PHI .525
8. Thomson • NYG .518
9. Slaughter • STL .511
10. Sauer • 2TM .507
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Williams • BOS 1.141
2. Kiner • PIT 1.089
3. Musial • STL 1.062
4. Robinson • BRO .960
5. Henrich • NYY .942
6. Stephens • BOS .930
7. Slaughter • STL .929
8. Gordon • NYG .909
9. Kell • DET .892
10. Ennis • PHI .892
Games Played
1. Musial • STL 157
2. Hodges • BRO 156
Robinson • BRO 156
Thomson • NYG 156
5. Stephens • BOS 155
Williams • BOS 155
Reese • BRO 155
Wertz • DET 155
9. Michaels • CHW 154
Chapman • PHA 154
Ashburn • PHI 154
Ennis • PHI 154
Hamner • PHI 154
At Bats
1. Ashburn • PHI 662
Hamner • PHI 662
3. Thomson • NYG 641
4. Mitchell • CLE 640
Schoendienst • STL 640
6. Reese • BRO 617
Lockman • NYG 617
8. Rizzuto • NYY 614
9. Musial • STL 612
10. Stephens • BOS 610
Ennis • PHI 610
Plate Appearances
1. Reese • BRO 743
2. Williams • BOS 730
3. Ashburn • PHI 728
4. Musial • STL 722
5. Pesky • BOS 713
6. Stephens • BOS 712
Rizzuto • NYY 712
8. DiMaggio • BOS 706
9. Robinson • BRO 704
10. Schoendienst • STL 702
Runs Scored
1. Williams • BOS 150
2. Reese • BRO 132
3. Joost • PHA 128
Musial • STL 128
5. DiMaggio • BOS 126
6. Robinson • BRO 122
7. Kiner • PIT 116
8. Stephens • BOS 113
9. Pesky • BOS 111
10. Rizzuto • NYY 110
Hits
1. Musial • STL 207
2. Robinson • BRO 203
Mitchell • CLE 203
4. Thomson • NYG 198
5. Williams • BOS 194
6. Slaughter • STL 191
7. Schoendienst • STL 190
8. Ashburn • PHI 188
9. DiMaggio • BOS 186
Lockman • NYG 186
Total Bases
1. Musial • STL 382
2. Williams • BOS 368
3. Kiner • PIT 361
4. Thomson • NYG 332
5. Stephens • BOS 329
6. Ennis • PHI 320
7. Robinson • BRO 313
8. Slaughter • STL 290
9. Wertz • DET 283
10. Furillo • BRO 278
Doubles
1. Musial • STL 41
2. Williams • BOS 39
Ennis • PHI 39
4. Robinson • BRO 38
Hatton • CIN 38
Kell • DET 38
7. Thomson • NYG 35
Jones • PHI 35
9. DiMaggio • BOS 34
Slaughter • STL 34
Triples
1. Mitchell • CLE 23
2. Dillinger • SLB 13
Musial • STL 13
Slaughter • STL 13
5. Robinson • BRO 12
Valo • PHA 12
7. Ashburn • PHI 11
Ennis • PHI 11
9. Furillo • BRO 10
Smalley • CHC 10
Home Runs
1. Kiner • PIT 54
2. Williams • BOS 43
3. Stephens • BOS 39
4. Musial • STL 36
5. Sauer • 2TM 31
6. Thomson • NYG 27
7. Gordon • NYG 26
8. Ennis • PHI 25
9. Doby • CLE 24
Henrich • NYY 24
Chapman • PHA 24
Seminick • PHI 24
Graham • SLB 24
Runs Batted In
1. Stephens • BOS 159
Williams • BOS 159
3. Wertz • DET 133
4. Kiner • PIT 127
5. Robinson • BRO 124
6. Musial • STL 123
7. Hodges • BRO 115
8. Ennis • PHI 110
9. Doerr • BOS 109
Thomson • NYG 109
Bases on Balls
1. Williams • BOS 162
2. Joost • PHA 149
3. Fain • PHA 136
4. Appling • CHW 121
5. Valo • PHA 119
6. Kiner • PIT 117
7. Reese • BRO 116
8. Stanky • BSN 113
9. Musial • STL 107
10. Stephens • BOS 101
Michaels • CHW 101
Strikeouts
1. Snider • BRO 92
2. Kokos • SLB 91
3. Doby • CLE 90
4. Hegan • CLE 89
5. Priddy • SLB 81
6. Joost • PHA 80
7. Smalley • CHC 77
8. Sievers • SLB 75
9. Seminick • PHI 74
10. Stephens • BOS 73
Stolen Bases
1. Robinson • BRO 37
2. Reese • BRO 26
3. Dillinger • SLB 20
4. Rizzuto • NYY 18
5. Valo • PHA 14
6. Philley • CHW 13
7. Hermanski • BRO 12
Snider • BRO 12
Jeffcoat • CHC 12
Lockman • NYG 12
Singles
1. Mitchell • CLE 161
2. Schoendienst • STL 160
3. Ashburn • PHI 158
4. Pesky • BOS 149
5. Philley • CHW 143
6. Dillinger • SLB 140
7. DiMaggio • BOS 139
8. Robinson • BRO 137
9. Lockman • NYG 136
10. Rizzuto • NYY 135
Adjusted OPS+
1. Williams • BOS 191
2. Kiner • PIT 186
3. Musial • STL 177
4. Robinson • BRO 152
5. Henrich • NYY 148
6. Slaughter • STL 144
7. Gordon • NYG 142
8. Ennis • PHI 139
9. Stephens • BOS 137
10. Joost • PHA 137
Runs Created
1. Williams • BOS 180
2. Musial • STL 165
3. Kiner • PIT 154
4. Robinson • BRO 134
5. Stephens • BOS 128
6. Slaughter • STL 118
7. Thomson • NYG 117
8. Ennis • PHI 116
9. Wertz • DET 108
10. Doerr • BOS 105
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Williams • BOS 86
2. Musial • STL 71
3. Kiner • PIT 69
4. Robinson • BRO 48
5. Slaughter • STL 38
6. Joost • PHA 36
7. Gordon • NYG 33
8. Ennis • PHI 32
9. DiMaggio • NYY 32
10. Stephens • BOS 32
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Williams • BOS 8.2
2. Musial • STL 6.8
3. Kiner • PIT 6.7
4. Robinson • BRO 4.7
5. Slaughter • STL 3.7
6. Joost • PHA 3.5
7. Gordon • NYG 3.2
8. Ennis • PHI 3.2
9. DiMaggio • NYY 3.1
10. Stephens • BOS 3.1
Extra Base Hits
1. Musial • STL 90
2. Williams • BOS 85
3. Kiner • PIT 78
4. Ennis • PHI 75
5. Stephens • BOS 72
6. Thomson • NYG 71
7. Robinson • BRO 66
8. Slaughter • STL 60
9. Snider • BRO 58
10. Doerr • BOS 57
Times On Base
1. Williams • BOS 358
2. Musial • STL 316
3. Robinson • BRO 297
4. Reese • BRO 292
5. Joost • PHA 291
6. Pesky • BOS 289
7. Kiner • PIT 288
8. DiMaggio • BOS 284
9. Stephens • BOS 278
10. Michaels • CHW 277
Offensive Win %
1. Williams • BOS .856
2. Musial • STL .823
3. Kiner • PIT .822
4. Robinson • BRO .742
5. Slaughter • STL .736
6. Henrich • NYY .724
7. Stephens • BOS .712
8. Ennis • PHI .694
9. Kell • DET .692
10. Gordon • NYG .687
Hit By Pitch
1. Pafko • CHC 9
2. Robinson • BRO 8
Fletcher • BSN 8
4. Doby • CLE 7
Robinson • WSH 7
6. Berra • NYY 6
Fox • PHA 6
Westlake • PIT 6
Glaviano • STL 6
10. Hermanski • BRO 5
Henrich • NYY 5
Nicholson • PHI 5
Seminick • PHI 5
Rice • STL 5
Zarilla • 2TM 5
Cooper • 2TM 5
Sacrifice Hits
1. Rizzuto • NYY 25
2. Kress • 2TM 18
3. Robinson • BRO 17
Marion • STL 17
5. Kell • DET 16
Rojek • PIT 16
7. Vernon • CLE 15
8. Newhouser • DET 14
9. Fletcher • BSN 13
Hamner • PHI 13
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Campanella • BRO 17
2. Musial • STL 15
3. Hegan • CLE 13
4. Hodges • BRO 12
Robinson • BRO 12
Kiner • PIT 12
7. Williams • BOS 11
8. Gordon • CLE 10
Mize • 2TM 10
10. Masi • 2TM 9
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Doerr • BOS 31
2. Gordon • NYG 24
3. Appling • CHW 23
Chapman • PHA 23
5. Williams • BOS 22
Robinson • BRO 22
7. Michaels • CHW 20
Gordon • CLE 20
Suder • PHA 20
Hamner • PHI 20
Jones • PHI 20
Caught Stealing
1. Robinson • BRO 16
2. Dillinger • SLB 14
3. Appling • CHW 12
Hopp • 2TM 12
5. Valo • PHA 11
Rojek • PIT 11
7. Doby • CLE 9
8. Wyrostek • CIN 8
Lake • DET 8
Slaughter • STL 8
Power-Speed #
1. Robinson • BRO 22.3
2. Reese • BRO 19.8
3. Snider • BRO 15.8
4. Thomson • NYG 14.6
5. Doby • CLE 14.1
6. Hodges • BRO 13.9
7. Vernon • CLE 12.0
8. Lockman • NYG 11.5
9. Kiner • PIT 10.8
10. Robertson • WSH 10.5
AB per SO
1. Mitchell • CLE 58.2
2. Boudreau • CLE 47.5
3. Kell • DET 40.2
4. Schoendienst • STL 35.6
5. Pesky • BOS 31.8
6. Marshall • NYG 25.0
7. Dente • WSH 24.6
8. Kluszewski • CIN 22.1
9. Lowrey • 2TM 22.1
10. Robinson • BRO 22.0
AB per HR
1. Kiner • PIT 10.2
2. Williams • BOS 13.2
3. Stephens • BOS 15.6
4. Sauer • 2TM 16.4
5. Musial • STL 17.0
6. Henrich • NYY 17.1
7. Gordon • NYG 18.8
8. Campanella • BRO 19.8
9. Berra • NYY 20.8
10. Graham • SLB 20.8
Outs Made
1. Hamner • PHI 522
2. Rizzuto • NYY 494
Ashburn • PHI 494
4. Schoendienst • STL 472
5. Thomson • NYG 465
6. Reese • BRO 460
7. Rojek • PIT 458
8. Chapman • PHA 455
9. Stephens • BOS 454
Dente • WSH 454
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Williams • BOS 90.98
2. Kiner • PIT 63.87
3. Robinson • BRO 62.62
4. Musial • STL 58.85
5. Reese • BRO 47.10
6. Slaughter • STL 47.03
7. Joost • PHA 45.35
8. Henrich • NYY 44.80
9. DiMaggio • NYY 42.00
10. Stephens • BOS 39.49
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Williams • BOS 7.4
2. Robinson • BRO 6.0
3. Musial • STL 5.9
4. Kiner • PIT 5.7
5. Henrich • NYY 5.4
6. Ennis • PHI 4.9
7. Joost • PHA 4.5
8. Reese • BRO 4.2
9. Stephens • BOS 4.1
10. Slaughter • STL 4.0
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Williams • BOS 8.2
2. Kiner • PIT 6.0
3. Robinson • BRO 5.8
4. Musial • STL 5.2
5. Stephens • BOS 4.0
6. Henrich • NYY 3.9
7. Joost • PHA 3.8
8. Ennis • PHI 3.6
9. DiMaggio • NYY 3.3
10. Slaughter • STL 3.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Musial • STL 24.7
2. Henrich • NYY 21.5
3. Snider • BRO 20.9
4. Robinson • BRO 18.8
5. Williams • BOS 17.4
6. Furillo • BRO 14.9
7. DiMaggio • NYY 13.3
8. Reese • BRO 12.8
9. Slaughter • STL 12.1
10. Hermanski • BRO 11.8
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Williams • BOS 8.4
2. Kiner • PIT 6.1
3. Robinson • BRO 6.0
4. Musial • STL 5.6
5. Reese • BRO 4.5
6. Slaughter • STL 4.5
7. Joost • PHA 4.5
8. Henrich • NYY 4.3
9. DiMaggio • NYY 4.0
10. Stephens • BOS 3.7
rOBA
1. Williams • BOS .516
2. Kiner • PIT .470
3. Musial • STL .464
4. Henrich • NYY .438
5. Robinson • BRO .433
6. Stephens • BOS .428
7. Kell • DET .423
8. Joost • PHA .422
9. Doerr • BOS .415
10. Slaughter • STL .414
Rbat+
1. Williams • BOS 197
2. Kiner • PIT 188
3. Musial • STL 182
4. Robinson • BRO 159
5. Henrich • NYY 152
6. Slaughter • STL 150
7. Gordon • NYG 147
8. Joost • PHA 144
9. Kell • DET 144
10. Elliott • BSN 142

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