Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mays • SFG 10.2
2. Banks • CHC 9.3
3. Mantle • NYY 8.7
4. Aaron • MLN 7.3
5. Ashburn • PHI 7.0
6. Lary • DET 6.7
7. Roberts • PHI 6.6
8. Kaline • DET 6.5
9. Mathews • MLN 6.5
10. Cerv • KCA 6.4
WAR Position Players
1. Mays • SFG 10.2
2. Banks • CHC 9.3
3. Mantle • NYY 8.7
4. Aaron • MLN 7.3
5. Ashburn • PHI 7.0
6. Kaline • DET 6.5
7. Mathews • MLN 6.5
8. Cerv • KCA 6.4
9. Boyer • STL 5.9
10. Colavito • CLE 5.8
Offensive WAR
1. Mantle • NYY 9.2
2. Mays • SFG 8.8
3. Banks • CHC 8.5
4. Ashburn • PHI 6.8
5. Aaron • MLN 6.6
6. Colavito • CLE 5.9
7. Williams • BOS 5.9
8. Cerv • KCA 5.3
9. Runnels • BOS 5.1
10. Mathews • MLN 4.9
Defensive WAR
1. Mazeroski • PIT 2.9
2. Aparicio • CHW 2.9
3. Flood • STL 2.6
4. Logan • MLN 2.5
5. Kubek • NYY 2.3
6. Clemente • PIT 2.3
7. Kaline • DET 2.2
8. Banks • CHC 1.9
9. Crandall • MLN 1.9
10. Mathews • MLN 1.9
Batting Average
1. Ashburn • PHI .350
2. Mays • SFG .347
3. Musial • STL .337
4. Williams • BOS .328
5. Aaron • MLN .326
6. Runnels • BOS .322
7. Skinner • PIT .321
8. Kuenn • DET .319
9. Kaline • DET .313
10. Banks • CHC .313
On-Base%
1. Williams • BOS .458
2. Mantle • NYY .443
3. Ashburn • PHI .440
4. Musial • STL .423
5. Mays • SFG .419
6. Runnels • BOS .416
7. Colavito • CLE .405
8. Temple • CIN .405
9. Jensen • BOS .396
10. Siebern • NYY .388
Slugging %
1. Colavito • CLE .620
2. Banks • CHC .614
3. Cerv • KCA .592
4. Mantle • NYY .592
5. Williams • BOS .584
6. Mays • SFG .583
7. Aaron • MLN .546
8. Sievers • WSH .544
9. Jensen • BOS .535
10. Thomas • PIT .528
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Williams • BOS 1.042
2. Mantle • NYY 1.035
3. Colavito • CLE 1.024
4. Mays • SFG 1.002
5. Banks • CHC .980
6. Cerv • KCA .963
7. Musial • STL .950
8. Aaron • MLN .931
9. Jensen • BOS .931
10. Sievers • WSH .900
Games Played
1. Malzone • BOS 155
Fox • CHW 155
3. Jensen • BOS 154
Banks • CHC 154
Bolling • DET 154
6. Aaron • MLN 153
7. Thomson • CHC 152
Ashburn • PHI 152
Mazeroski • PIT 152
Mays • SFG 152
At Bats
1. Malzone • BOS 627
2. Fox • CHW 623
3. Banks • CHC 617
4. Ashburn • PHI 615
5. Bolling • DET 610
6. Virdon • PIT 604
7. Cepeda • SFG 603
8. Aaron • MLN 601
9. Mays • SFG 600
10. Power • 2TM 590
Plate Appearances
1. Ashburn • PHI 725
2. Fox • CHW 698
3. Mays • SFG 685
4. Banks • CHC 682
5. Bolling • DET 681
6. Malzone • BOS 673
7. Runnels • BOS 666
8. Aaron • MLN 664
9. Virdon • PIT 662
10. Jensen • BOS 655
Runs Scored
1. Mantle • NYY 127
2. Mays • SFG 121
3. Banks • CHC 119
4. Aaron • MLN 109
5. Runnels • BOS 103
6. Boyer • STL 101
7. Ashburn • PHI 98
Power • 2TM 98
9. Mathews • MLN 97
10. Miñoso • CLE 94
Hits
1. Ashburn • PHI 215
2. Mays • SFG 208
3. Aaron • MLN 196
4. Banks • CHC 193
5. Cepeda • SFG 188
6. Fox • CHW 187
7. Malzone • BOS 185
8. Power • 2TM 184
9. Runnels • BOS 183
10. Kuenn • DET 179
Total Bases
1. Banks • CHC 379
2. Mays • SFG 350
3. Aaron • MLN 328
4. Cepeda • SFG 309
5. Mantle • NYY 307
6. Cerv • KCA 305
7. Colavito • CLE 303
8. Sievers • WSH 299
9. Thomas • PIT 297
10. Jensen • BOS 293
Doubles
1. Kuenn • DET 39
2. Cepeda • SFG 38
3. Power • 2TM 37
4. Groat • PIT 36
5. Musial • STL 35
6. Kaline • DET 34
Aaron • MLN 34
Anderson • PHI 34
9. Skinner • PIT 33
Mays • SFG 33
Triples
1. Ashburn • PHI 13
2. Banks • CHC 11
Virdon • PIT 11
Mays • SFG 11
5. Clemente • PIT 10
Blasingame • STL 10
Power • 2TM 10
8. Aparicio • CHW 9
Tuttle • KCA 9
Roseboro • LAD 9
Groat • PIT 9
Skinner • PIT 9
Boyer • STL 9
Lemon • WSH 9
Home Runs
1. Banks • CHC 47
2. Mantle • NYY 42
3. Colavito • CLE 41
4. Sievers • WSH 39
5. Cerv • KCA 38
6. Jensen • BOS 35
Thomas • PIT 35
8. Robinson • CIN 31
Mathews • MLN 31
10. Triandos • BAL 30
Aaron • MLN 30
Runs Batted In
1. Banks • CHC 129
2. Jensen • BOS 122
3. Colavito • CLE 113
4. Thomas • PIT 109
5. Sievers • WSH 108
6. Cerv • KCA 104
7. Mantle • NYY 97
Anderson • PHI 97
9. Cepeda • SFG 96
Mays • SFG 96
Bases on Balls
1. Mantle • NYY 129
2. Jensen • BOS 99
3. Williams • BOS 98
4. Ashburn • PHI 97
5. Temple • CIN 91
6. Runnels • BOS 87
7. Mathews • MLN 85
8. Colavito • CLE 84
9. Buddin • BOS 82
Cunningham • STL 82
Strikeouts
1. Mantle • NYY 120
Lemon • WSH 120
3. Buddin • BOS 106
4. Anderson • PHI 95
5. Taylor • CHC 93
6. Zimmer • LAD 92
7. Neal • LAD 91
8. Colavito • CLE 89
9. Banks • CHC 87
Hodges • LAD 87
Siebern • NYY 87
Stolen Bases
1. Mays • SFG 31
2. Ashburn • PHI 30
3. Aparicio • CHW 29
4. Taylor • CHC 21
Rivera • CHW 21
6. Blasingame • STL 20
7. Landis • CHW 19
8. Gilliam • LAD 18
Mantle • NYY 18
10. Temple • CIN 15
Cepeda • SFG 15
Singles
1. Ashburn • PHI 176
2. Fox • CHW 160
3. Malzone • BOS 138
Runnels • BOS 138
5. Mays • SFG 135
6. Dark • 2TM 132
7. Kuenn • DET 129
8. Aaron • MLN 128
9. Groat • PIT 127
10. Temple • CIN 126
Adjusted OPS+
1. Mantle • NYY 188
2. Colavito • CLE 180
3. Williams • BOS 179
4. Mays • SFG 165
5. Cerv • KCA 159
6. Banks • CHC 155
7. Aaron • MLN 153
8. Jensen • BOS 148
9. Sievers • WSH 147
10. Musial • STL 145
Runs Created
1. Mays • SFG 152
2. Mantle • NYY 147
3. Banks • CHC 135
4. Ashburn • PHI 129
5. Colavito • CLE 122
6. Aaron • MLN 121
7. Jensen • BOS 120
8. Williams • BOS 112
9. Runnels • BOS 107
10. Cerv • KCA 106
Sievers • WSH 106
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Mantle • NYY 69
2. Mays • SFG 58
3. Colavito • CLE 55
4. Williams • BOS 52
5. Banks • CHC 46
6. Aaron • MLN 45
7. Jensen • BOS 40
8. Cerv • KCA 39
9. Ashburn • PHI 38
10. Musial • STL 35
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Mantle • NYY 6.9
2. Mays • SFG 5.5
3. Colavito • CLE 5.5
4. Williams • BOS 5.2
5. Banks • CHC 4.4
6. Aaron • MLN 4.3
7. Jensen • BOS 4.0
8. Cerv • KCA 3.9
9. Ashburn • PHI 3.7
10. Musial • STL 3.4
Extra Base Hits
1. Banks • CHC 81
2. Mays • SFG 73
3. Colavito • CLE 70
4. Aaron • MLN 68
5. Cepeda • SFG 67
6. Jensen • BOS 66
7. Cerv • KCA 65
Thomas • PIT 65
9. Mantle • NYY 64
10. Anderson • PHI 63
Power • 2TM 63
Times On Base
1. Ashburn • PHI 316
2. Mantle • NYY 289
3. Mays • SFG 287
4. Runnels • BOS 276
5. Jensen • BOS 259
6. Temple • CIN 257
7. Aaron • MLN 256
8. Banks • CHC 249
9. Fox • CHW 245
10. Miñoso • CLE 242
Offensive Win %
1. Mantle • NYY .834
2. Williams • BOS .825
3. Mays • SFG .797
4. Colavito • CLE .795
5. Jensen • BOS .747
6. Musial • STL .736
7. Ashburn • PHI .732
8. Cerv • KCA .731
9. Banks • CHC .731
10. Runnels • BOS .711
Hit By Pitch
1. Miñoso • CLE 15
2. Fox • CHW 11
3. Courtney • WSH 9
Yost • WSH 9
5. Moryn • CHC 8
Walls • CHC 8
Landis • CHW 8
Lollar • CHW 8
Hemus • PHI 8
10. Taylor • CHC 7
Robinson • CIN 7
Torre • MLN 7
Thomas • PIT 7
Davenport • SFG 7
Sacrifice Hits
1. Temple • CIN 17
Davenport • SFG 17
3. Martin • DET 13
Logan • MLN 13
5. Fox • CHW 12
Ávila • CLE 12
7. Sisler • BOS 11
Pearson • WSH 11
9. Williams • BAL 10
Fernández • PHI 10
Friend • PIT 10
Sacrifice Flies
1. Bolling • DET 9
López • KCA 9
Cepeda • SFG 9
4. Banks • CHC 8
Smith • KCA 8
Mathews • MLN 8
Thomas • PIT 8
Spencer • SFG 8
Boyer • STL 8
10. Triandos • BAL 7
Rivera • CHW 7
Bertoia • DET 7
Furillo • LAD 7
Fernández • PHI 7
Ennis • STL 7
Green • STL 7
Sievers • WSH 7
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Musial • STL 26
2. Crandall • MLN 18
3. Aaron • MLN 16
4. Mantle • NYY 13
5. Williams • BOS 12
Banks • CHC 12
Mays • SFG 12
8. Bailey • CIN 10
Cerv • KCA 10
Anderson • PHI 10
Foiles • PIT 10
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Green • STL 24
2. López • KCA 23
3. Triandos • BAL 22
4. Malzone • BOS 21
Aaron • MLN 21
Groat • PIT 21
7. Robinson • BAL 19
Williams • BOS 19
Cerv • KCA 19
Thomas • PIT 19
Schmidt • SFG 19
Musial • STL 19
Caught Stealing
1. Miñoso • CLE 14
2. Ashburn • PHI 12
Flood • STL 12
4. Gilliam • LAD 11
Cepeda • SFG 11
6. Kuenn • DET 10
7. Tuttle • KCA 9
8. Nieman • BAL 8
Hoak • CIN 8
Temple • CIN 8
Roseboro • LAD 8
Siebern • NYY 8
Pearson • WSH 8
SB %
1. Rivera • CHW 87.50
Zimmer • LAD 87.50
3. Mantle • NYY 85.71
4. Mays • SFG 83.78
5. Aparicio • CHW 82.86
6. Blasingame • STL 80.00
7. Taylor • CHC 77.78
8. Skinner • PIT 75.00
9. Landis • CHW 73.08
10. Ashburn • PHI 71.43
Power-Speed #
1. Mays • SFG 30.0
2. Mantle • NYY 25.2
3. Cepeda • SFG 18.8
4. Miñoso • CLE 17.7
5. Landis • CHW 16.8
6. Zimmer • LAD 15.4
7. Robinson • CIN 15.1
8. Boyer • STL 14.9
9. Jensen • BOS 14.3
10. Rivera • CHW 12.6
AB per SO
1. Fox • CHW 56.6
2. Power • 2TM 42.1
3. Gilliam • LAD 25.2
4. Courtney • WSH 19.6
5. Groat • PIT 18.3
6. Dark • 2TM 18.2
7. Musial • STL 18.2
8. Pearson • WSH 17.1
9. Kuenn • DET 16.5
10. Aparicio • CHW 14.7
AB per HR
1. Colavito • CLE 11.9
2. Mantle • NYY 12.4
3. Banks • CHC 13.1
4. Cerv • KCA 13.6
5. Sievers • WSH 14.1
6. Jensen • BOS 15.7
7. Triandos • BAL 15.8
8. Williams • BOS 15.8
9. Thomas • PIT 16.1
10. Mathews • MLN 17.6
Outs Made
1. Malzone • BOS 474
2. Fox • CHW 472
Bolling • DET 472
4. Gardner • BAL 458
López • KCA 458
6. Virdon • PIT 456
7. Maris • 2TM 454
8. Cepeda • SFG 453
9. Banks • CHC 451
10. Groat • PIT 443
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Mays • SFG 74.38
2. Mantle • NYY 67.91
3. Williams • BOS 62.03
4. Colavito • CLE 56.65
5. Jensen • BOS 55.01
6. Banks • CHC 53.85
7. Cerv • KCA 49.18
8. Sievers • WSH 44.02
9. Runnels • BOS 43.68
10. Covington • MLN 41.88
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Mays • SFG 7.9
2. Williams • BOS 6.8
3. Banks • CHC 6.8
4. Jensen • BOS 6.6
5. Mantle • NYY 6.3
6. Sievers • WSH 5.6
7. Covington • MLN 5.3
8. Colavito • CLE 5.2
9. Cunningham • STL 4.1
10. Cerv • KCA 4.0
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Mantle • NYY 8.0
2. Mays • SFG 6.2
3. Banks • CHC 5.4
4. Williams • BOS 5.2
5. Colavito • CLE 5.2
6. Cerv • KCA 4.9
7. Jensen • BOS 4.5
8. Sievers • WSH 4.4
9. Ashburn • PHI 4.0
10. Aaron • MLN 3.7
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Covington • MLN 14.4
2. Aaron • MLN 13.7
3. Mays • SFG 13.6
4. Mantle • NYY 8.9
5. Mathews • MLN 8.5
6. Banks • CHC 5.8
7. Crandall • MLN 5.5
8. Howard • NYY 5.1
9. Kirkland • SFG 4.6
10. Jensen • BOS 4.2
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Mays • SFG 7.2
2. Mantle • NYY 6.9
3. Williams • BOS 6.0
4. Colavito • CLE 5.7
5. Jensen • BOS 5.3
6. Banks • CHC 5.2
7. Cerv • KCA 4.9
8. Sievers • WSH 4.5
9. Runnels • BOS 4.3
10. Covington • MLN 4.2
rOBA
1. Williams • BOS .468
2. Mantle • NYY .467
3. Colavito • CLE .455
4. Mays • SFG .448
5. Cerv • KCA .435
6. Banks • CHC .429
7. Jensen • BOS .418
8. Musial • STL .417
9. Aaron • MLN .416
10. Ashburn • PHI .410
Rbat+
1. Mantle • NYY 192
2. Williams • BOS 187
3. Colavito • CLE 184
4. Mays • SFG 172
5. Cerv • KCA 167
6. Banks • CHC 163
7. Aaron • MLN 160
8. Jensen • BOS 150
9. Sievers • WSH 149
10. Musial • STL 149

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