Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mantle • NYY 9.5
2. Mays • NYG 9.2
3. Snider • BRO 8.6
4. Kaline • DET 8.2
5. Banks • CHC 8.1
6. Mathews • MLN 7.2
7. Williams • BOS 6.9
8. Pierce • CHW 6.9
9. Ashburn • PHI 6.3
10. Aaron • MLN 6.2
WAR Position Players
1. Mantle • NYY 9.5
2. Mays • NYG 9.2
3. Snider • BRO 8.6
4. Kaline • DET 8.2
5. Banks • CHC 8.1
6. Mathews • MLN 7.2
7. Williams • BOS 6.9
8. Ashburn • PHI 6.3
9. Aaron • MLN 6.2
10. Musial • STL 6.2
Offensive WAR
1. Mays • NYG 8.8
2. Mantle • NYY 8.4
3. Snider • BRO 8.2
4. Mathews • MLN 7.2
5. Kaline • DET 7.1
6. Banks • CHC 7.0
7. Williams • BOS 6.1
8. Musial • STL 6.1
9. Ashburn • PHI 6.0
10. Aaron • MLN 5.8
Defensive WAR
1. Piersall • BOS 2.7
2. McMillan • CIN 2.6
3. Banks • CHC 2.2
4. McDougald • NYY 2.1
5. Carrasquel • CHW 1.9
Fox • CHW 1.9
7. Logan • MLN 1.9
8. Hunter • NYY 1.6
9. Schoendienst • STL 1.5
10. Hoak • BRO 1.5
Batting Average
1. Kaline • DET .340
2. Ashburn • PHI .338
3. Mays • NYG .319
4. Power • KCA .319
5. Musial • STL .319
6. Campanella • BRO .318
7. Aaron • MLN .314
8. Kluszewski • CIN .314
9. Furillo • BRO .314
10. Kell • CHW .312
On-Base%
1. Ashburn • PHI .449
2. Mantle • NYY .431
3. Kaline • DET .421
4. Snider • BRO .418
5. Mathews • MLN .413
6. Musial • STL .408
7. Smith • CLE .407
8. Mays • NYG .400
9. Torgeson • 2TM .396
10. Campanella • BRO .395
Slugging %
1. Mays • NYG .659
2. Snider • BRO .628
3. Mantle • NYY .611
4. Mathews • MLN .601
5. Banks • CHC .596
6. Kluszewski • CIN .585
7. Campanella • BRO .583
8. Post • CIN .574
9. Musial • STL .566
10. Kaline • DET .546
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Mays • NYG 1.059
2. Snider • BRO 1.046
3. Mantle • NYY 1.042
4. Mathews • MLN 1.014
5. Campanella • BRO .978
6. Musial • STL .974
7. Kaline • DET .967
8. Kluszewski • CIN .967
9. Post • CIN .946
10. Banks • CHC .941
Games Played
1. Baker • CHC 154
Banks • CHC 154
Fox • CHW 154
Bell • CIN 154
Post • CIN 154
Smith • CLE 154
Tuttle • DET 154
Logan • MLN 154
Musial • STL 154
10. Miranda • BAL 153
Kluszewski • CIN 153
Aaron • MLN 153
At Bats
1. Fox • CHW 636
Bruton • MLN 636
3. Kuenn • DET 620
4. Kluszewski • CIN 612
5. Bell • CIN 610
6. Baker • CHC 609
7. Smith • CLE 607
8. Mueller • NYG 605
9. Tuttle • DET 603
10. Aaron • MLN 602
Plate Appearances
1. Smith • CLE 725
2. Goodman • BOS 716
3. Fox • CHW 709
4. Tuttle • DET 698
5. Kluszewski • CIN 686
6. Bruton • MLN 685
7. Temple • CIN 684
8. Jensen • BOS 681
Baker • CHC 681
Kaline • DET 681
Runs Scored
1. Snider • BRO 126
2. Smith • CLE 123
Mays • NYG 123
4. Kaline • DET 121
Mantle • NYY 121
6. Kluszewski • CIN 116
Post • CIN 116
8. Gilliam • BRO 110
9. Mathews • MLN 108
10. Bruton • MLN 106
Hits
1. Kaline • DET 200
2. Fox • CHW 198
3. Kluszewski • CIN 192
4. Kuenn • DET 190
Power • KCA 190
6. Aaron • MLN 189
7. Bell • CIN 188
8. Post • CIN 186
Smith • CLE 186
10. Mays • NYG 185
Mueller • NYG 185
Total Bases
1. Mays • NYG 382
2. Kluszewski • CIN 358
3. Banks • CHC 355
4. Post • CIN 345
5. Snider • BRO 338
6. Aaron • MLN 325
7. Kaline • DET 321
8. Musial • STL 318
9. Mantle • NYY 316
10. Bell • CIN 311
Doubles
1. Kuenn • DET 38
2. Aaron • MLN 37
Logan • MLN 37
4. Snider • BRO 34
Power • KCA 34
6. Post • CIN 33
7. Ashburn • PHI 32
8. Goodman • BOS 31
9. White • BOS 30
Bell • CIN 30
Finigan • KCA 30
Bruton • MLN 30
Musial • STL 30
Triples
1. Mays • NYG 13
Long • PIT 13
3. Bruton • MLN 12
4. Carey • NYY 11
Mantle • NYY 11
Clemente • PIT 11
7. Power • KCA 10
8. Banks • CHC 9
Aaron • MLN 9
Ashburn • PHI 9
Home Runs
1. Mays • NYG 51
2. Kluszewski • CIN 47
3. Banks • CHC 44
4. Snider • BRO 42
5. Mathews • MLN 41
6. Post • CIN 40
7. Mantle • NYY 37
8. Musial • STL 33
9. Campanella • BRO 32
10. Zernial • KCA 30
Runs Batted In
1. Snider • BRO 136
2. Mays • NYG 127
3. Ennis • PHI 120
4. Banks • CHC 117
5. Jensen • BOS 116
Boone • DET 116
7. Kluszewski • CIN 113
8. Post • CIN 109
9. Berra • NYY 108
Musial • STL 108
Bases on Balls
1. Mantle • NYY 113
2. Mathews • MLN 109
3. Ashburn • PHI 105
4. Snider • BRO 104
5. Goodman • BOS 99
6. Yost • WSH 95
7. Fain • 2TM 94
8. Smith • CLE 93
Torgeson • 2TM 93
10. Rosen • CLE 92
Strikeouts
1. Zauchin • BOS 105
2. Post • CIN 102
3. Doby • CLE 100
4. Mathews • MLN 98
5. Mantle • NYY 97
6. Hodges • BRO 91
7. Zernial • KCA 90
8. Snider • BRO 87
Fondy • CHC 87
10. Smith • CLE 77
McDougald • NYY 77
Stolen Bases
1. Rivera • CHW 25
Bruton • MLN 25
3. Mays • NYG 24
4. Boyer • STL 22
5. Miñoso • CHW 19
Temple • CIN 19
7. Jensen • BOS 16
8. Gilliam • BRO 15
9. Robinson • BRO 12
Ashburn • PHI 12
Busby • 2TM 12
Singles
1. Fox • CHW 157
2. Mueller • NYG 152
3. Goodman • BOS 143
4. Temple • CIN 142
5. Kaline • DET 141
6. Kuenn • DET 139
7. Ashburn • PHI 136
8. Smith • CLE 133
9. Tuttle • DET 127
Power • KCA 127
Adjusted OPS+
1. Mantle • NYY 180
2. Mays • NYG 174
3. Mathews • MLN 170
4. Snider • BRO 169
5. Kaline • DET 162
6. Musial • STL 157
7. Campanella • BRO 152
8. Kluszewski • CIN 148
9. Banks • CHC 144
10. Post • CIN 142
Runs Created
1. Mays • NYG 157
2. Mantle • NYY 148
3. Snider • BRO 145
4. Kluszewski • CIN 136
5. Kaline • DET 135
6. Mathews • MLN 131
Musial • STL 131
8. Smith • CLE 128
9. Post • CIN 125
10. Williams • BOS 118
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Mays • NYG 61
2. Mantle • NYY 61
3. Snider • BRO 58
4. Williams • BOS 57
5. Mathews • MLN 54
6. Kaline • DET 52
7. Musial • STL 48
8. Kluszewski • CIN 41
9. Ashburn • PHI 40
10. Post • CIN 36
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Mantle • NYY 5.9
2. Mays • NYG 5.8
3. Snider • BRO 5.5
4. Williams • BOS 5.5
5. Mathews • MLN 5.2
6. Kaline • DET 5.1
7. Musial • STL 4.7
8. Kluszewski • CIN 4.0
9. Ashburn • PHI 3.9
10. Post • CIN 3.5
Extra Base Hits
1. Snider • BRO 82
Banks • CHC 82
Mays • NYG 82
4. Post • CIN 76
5. Aaron • MLN 73
Mantle • NYY 73
7. Kluszewski • CIN 72
8. Mathews • MLN 69
9. Musial • STL 68
10. Bell • CIN 63
Power • KCA 63
Times On Base
1. Smith • CLE 294
2. Ashburn • PHI 288
3. Kaline • DET 287
4. Goodman • BOS 278
5. Mantle • NYY 274
6. Snider • BRO 271
7. Mays • NYG 268
8. Musial • STL 267
9. Kluszewski • CIN 262
10. Mathews • MLN 254
Offensive Win %
1. Mantle • NYY .826
2. Mays • NYG .802
3. Snider • BRO .793
4. Mathews • MLN .783
5. Kaline • DET .764
6. Musial • STL .755
7. Ashburn • PHI .748
8. Kluszewski • CIN .743
9. Campanella • BRO .730
10. Smith • CLE .725
Hit By Pitch
1. Fox • CHW 17
2. Smith • CLE 15
3. Yost • WSH 11
4. Lollar • CHW 10
Miñoso • CHW 10
6. Bauer • NYY 8
Musial • STL 8
8. White • BOS 7
Furillo • BRO 7
McMillan • CIN 7
Berra • NYY 7
Sacrifice Hits
1. Baker • CHC 18
Ávila • CLE 18
3. Logan • MLN 16
Freese • PIT 16
5. Fox • CHW 14
Strickland • CLE 14
7. Reese • BRO 13
Kell • CHW 13
Tuttle • DET 13
Rizzuto • NYY 13
Sacrifice Flies
1. Jensen • BOS 12
2. Hodges • BRO 10
3. Campanella • BRO 9
Ennis • PHI 9
Jones • PHI 9
Virdon • STL 9
7. Rosen • CLE 8
Zernial • KCA 8
Thompson • NYG 8
Repulski • STL 8
Torgeson • 2TM 8
Vernon • WSH 8
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Kluszewski • CIN 25
2. Mathews • MLN 20
3. Snider • BRO 19
Musial • STL 19
5. Williams • BOS 17
6. Mays • NYG 13
7. Lollar • CHW 12
Kaline • DET 12
9. Crandall • MLN 11
Groat • PIT 11
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Tuttle • DET 25
2. White • BOS 23
3. Reese • BRO 22
4. Jensen • BOS 20
Aaron • MLN 20
Groat • PIT 20
7. Miñoso • CHW 18
Finigan • KCA 18
9. Ávila • CLE 17
Zernial • KCA 17
Repulski • STL 17
Sievers • WSH 17
Vernon • WSH 17
Caught Stealing
1. Boyer • STL 17
2. Rivera • CHW 16
3. Gilliam • BRO 15
4. Bruton • MLN 11
Moon • STL 11
6. Ashburn • PHI 10
7. Fondy • CHC 9
Fox • CHW 9
Harmon • CIN 9
Runnels • WSH 9
SB %
1. Mays • NYG 85.71
2. Temple • CIN 82.61
3. Miñoso • CHW 70.37
4. Jensen • BOS 69.57
5. Bruton • MLN 69.44
6. Smith • CLE 64.71
7. Rivera • CHW 60.98
8. Boyer • STL 56.41
9. Snider • BRO 56.25
Baker • CHC 56.25
Power-Speed #
1. Mays • NYG 32.6
2. Jensen • BOS 19.8
3. Boyer • STL 19.8
4. Banks • CHC 14.9
5. Snider • BRO 14.8
6. Smith • CLE 14.7
7. Rivera • CHW 14.3
8. Moon • STL 13.9
9. Bruton • MLN 13.2
10. Mantle • NYY 13.2
AB per SO
1. Mueller • NYG 50.4
2. Fox • CHW 42.4
3. Berra • NYY 27.1
4. Kuenn • DET 23.0
5. Power • KCA 22.1
6. Smith • BAL 20.2
7. Groat • PIT 20.0
8. Schoendienst • STL 19.8
9. Temple • CIN 18.4
10. Lockman • NYG 16.9
AB per HR
1. Mays • NYG 11.4
2. Mathews • MLN 12.2
3. Snider • BRO 12.8
4. Kluszewski • CIN 13.0
5. Banks • CHC 13.5
6. Zernial • KCA 13.8
7. Campanella • BRO 13.9
8. Mantle • NYY 14.0
9. Post • CIN 15.0
10. Crandall • MLN 16.9
Outs Made
1. Baker • CHC 488
2. Tuttle • DET 481
3. Bruton • MLN 476
4. Fox • CHW 473
5. Jensen • BOS 458
6. Logan • MLN 456
7. Goodman • BOS 455
8. Temple • CIN 448
9. Fondy • CHC 447
Mueller • NYG 447
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Snider • BRO 73.78
2. Mays • NYG 68.03
3. Mantle • NYY 67.41
4. Williams • BOS 65.88
5. Kaline • DET 60.33
6. Mathews • MLN 50.12
7. Kluszewski • CIN 42.04
8. Musial • STL 41.95
9. Banks • CHC 41.88
10. Campanella • BRO 41.04
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Mays • NYG 7.0
2. Williams • BOS 6.4
3. Mantle • NYY 6.3
4. Snider • BRO 6.2
5. Mathews • MLN 5.0
6. Musial • STL 4.9
7. Kaline • DET 4.4
8. Valo • KCA 4.2
9. Berra • NYY 3.8
10. Lopata • PHI 3.5
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Mantle • NYY 7.5
2. Mays • NYG 7.1
3. Williams • BOS 6.0
4. Snider • BRO 6.0
5. Mathews • MLN 5.5
6. Kaline • DET 5.0
7. Musial • STL 4.6
8. Kluszewski • CIN 4.5
9. Banks • CHC 4.0
10. Post • CIN 4.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Mantle • NYY 22.1
2. Berra • NYY 17.3
3. Bauer • NYY 12.0
4. Snider • BRO 10.9
5. Williams • BOS 7.9
6. Smith • CLE 6.3
7. Campanella • BRO 5.7
8. Evers • 2TM 5.4
9. Ávila • CLE 5.3
10. Kell • CHW 5.1
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Snider • BRO 6.9
2. Mantle • NYY 6.5
3. Mays • NYG 6.5
4. Williams • BOS 6.0
5. Kaline • DET 5.9
6. Mathews • MLN 4.9
7. Musial • STL 4.1
8. Banks • CHC 4.0
9. Kluszewski • CIN 4.0
10. Campanella • BRO 3.9
rOBA
1. Mantle • NYY .474
2. Mays • NYG .459
3. Kaline • DET .449
4. Snider • BRO .446
5. Mathews • MLN .432
6. Post • CIN .421
7. Musial • STL .421
8. Smith • CLE .417
9. Campanella • BRO .416
10. Banks • CHC .416
Rbat+
1. Mantle • NYY 182
2. Mays • NYG 177
3. Snider • BRO 172
4. Mathews • MLN 170
5. Kaline • DET 170
6. Musial • STL 157
7. Banks • CHC 151
8. Post • CIN 150
9. Campanella • BRO 150
10. Aaron • MLN 148

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