Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mays • SFG 10.6
2. Ellsworth • CHC 9.9
3. Koufax • LAD 9.9
4. Aaron • MLN 9.1
5. Marichal • SFG 8.1
6. Callison • PHI 8.1
7. Mathews • MLN 8.0
8. Allison • MIN 7.4
9. Groat • STL 7.1
10. Peters • CHW 7.0
WAR Position Players
1. Mays • SFG 10.6
2. Aaron • MLN 9.1
3. Callison • PHI 8.1
4. Mathews • MLN 8.0
5. Allison • MIN 7.4
6. Groat • STL 7.1
7. Santo • CHC 6.6
8. Yastrzemski • BOS 6.6
9. McCovey • SFG 6.5
10. Williams • CHC 6.4
Offensive WAR
1. Aaron • MLN 9.6
2. Mays • SFG 9.1
3. Cepeda • SFG 6.7
4. McCovey • SFG 6.3
5. Mathews • MLN 6.2
6. Pinson • CIN 6.1
7. Groat • STL 6.0
8. Callison • PHI 5.8
9. Gilliam • LAD 5.7
10. Allison • MIN 5.7
Defensive WAR
1. Hansen • CHW 3.7
2. Mazeroski • PIT 3.3
3. Cárdenas • CIN 2.2
4. Wine • PHI 2.2
5. Groat • STL 2.1
6. Bertell • CHC 2.1
7. Boyer • NYY 2.1
8. Menke • MLN 2.0
Richardson • NYY 2.0
10. Causey • KCA 2.0
Batting Average
1. Davis • LAD .326
2. Yastrzemski • BOS .321
3. Clemente • PIT .320
4. Aaron • MLN .319
Groat • STL .319
6. Cepeda • SFG .316
7. Mays • SFG .314
8. Pinson • CIN .313
9. Kaline • DET .312
10. Rollins • MIN .307
On-Base%
1. Yastrzemski • BOS .418
2. Pearson • LAA .402
3. Mathews • MLN .399
4. Aaron • MLN .391
5. Cash • DET .386
6. Mays • SFG .380
7. Robinson • CIN .379
8. Allison • MIN .378
9. Groat • STL .377
10. Kaline • DET .375
Slugging %
1. Aaron • MLN .586
2. Mays • SFG .582
3. McCovey • SFG .566
4. Cepeda • SFG .563
5. Killebrew • MIN .555
6. Allison • MIN .533
7. Howard • NYY .528
8. Stuart • BOS .521
9. Hall • MIN .521
10. Pinson • CIN .514
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Aaron • MLN .977
2. Mays • SFG .962
3. Cepeda • SFG .929
4. McCovey • SFG .915
5. Allison • MIN .911
6. Killebrew • MIN .904
7. Yastrzemski • BOS .894
8. Kaline • DET .889
9. Howard • NYY .869
10. Hall • MIN .863
Games Played
1. Santo • CHC 162
Pinson • CIN 162
White • STL 162
4. Robinson • BAL 161
Williams • CHC 161
Aaron • MLN 161
Javier • STL 161
8. Colavito • DET 160
9. Versalles • MIN 159
Boyer • STL 159
At Bats
1. Flood • STL 662
2. White • STL 658
3. Pinson • CIN 652
4. Taylor • PHI 640
5. Aaron • MLN 631
Groat • STL 631
7. Santo • CHC 630
Richardson • NYY 630
9. Callison • PHI 626
10. Rose • CIN 623
Plate Appearances
1. White • STL 726
2. Aaron • MLN 714
Flood • STL 714
4. Groat • STL 704
5. Taylor • PHI 700
6. Rose • CIN 696
7. Pinson • CIN 695
8. Boyer • STL 693
9. Colavito • DET 692
Callison • PHI 692
Runs Scored
1. Aaron • MLN 121
2. Mays • SFG 115
3. Flood • STL 112
4. White • STL 106
5. McCovey • SFG 103
6. Taylor • PHI 102
7. Rose • CIN 101
8. Cepeda • SFG 100
9. Allison • MIN 99
10. Pinson • CIN 96
Callison • PHI 96
Hits
1. Pinson • CIN 204
2. Aaron • MLN 201
Groat • STL 201
4. Flood • STL 200
White • STL 200
6. Clemente • PIT 192
7. Santo • CHC 187
Mays • SFG 187
9. Yastrzemski • BOS 183
Cepeda • SFG 183
Total Bases
1. Aaron • MLN 370
2. Mays • SFG 347
3. Pinson • CIN 335
4. Cepeda • SFG 326
5. White • STL 323
6. Stuart • BOS 319
McCovey • SFG 319
8. Callison • PHI 314
9. Williams • CHC 304
10. Santo • CHC 303
Doubles
1. Groat • STL 43
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 40
3. Pinson • CIN 37
4. Williams • CHC 36
Callison • PHI 36
González • PHI 36
7. Ward • CHW 34
Flood • STL 34
9. Cepeda • SFG 33
10. Alvis • CLE 32
Causey • KCA 32
Torres • LAA 32
Mays • SFG 32
Triples
1. Pinson • CIN 14
2. Versalles • MIN 13
3. Fregosi • LAA 12
González • PHI 12
Hinton • WSA 12
6. Brock • CHC 11
Cimoli • KCA 11
Callison • PHI 11
Groat • STL 11
10. Taylor • PHI 10
Home Runs
1. Killebrew • MIN 45
2. Aaron • MLN 44
McCovey • SFG 44
4. Stuart • BOS 42
5. Mays • SFG 38
6. Allison • MIN 35
7. Cepeda • SFG 34
8. Hall • MIN 33
9. Howard • LAD 28
Howard • NYY 28
Runs Batted In
1. Aaron • MLN 130
2. Stuart • BOS 118
3. Boyer • STL 111
4. White • STL 109
5. Pinson • CIN 106
6. Mays • SFG 103
7. McCovey • SFG 102
8. Kaline • DET 101
9. Santo • CHC 99
10. Cepeda • SFG 97
Bases on Balls
1. Mathews • MLN 124
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 95
3. Pearson • LAA 92
4. Allison • MIN 90
5. Cash • DET 89
6. Colavito • DET 84
7. Tresh • NYY 83
8. Robinson • CIN 81
9. Siebern • KCA 79
10. Hansen • CHW 78
Aaron • MLN 78
Strikeouts
1. Nicholson • CHW 175
2. Lock • WSA 151
3. Stuart • BOS 144
4. Clendenon • PIT 136
5. Goss • HOU 128
6. Brock • CHC 122
7. Hickman • NYM 120
8. Mathews • MLN 119
McCovey • SFG 119
10. Clinton • BOS 118
Stolen Bases
1. Aparicio • BAL 40
Wills • LAD 40
3. Aaron • MLN 31
4. Pinson • CIN 27
5. Robinson • CIN 26
6. Davis • LAD 25
Hinton • WSA 25
8. Brock • CHC 24
9. Taylor • PHI 23
10. Clendenon • PIT 22
Singles
1. Flood • STL 152
2. Taylor • PHI 145
3. Clemente • PIT 144
4. Davis • LAD 143
5. Groat • STL 141
6. Pearson • LAA 139
White • STL 139
8. Richardson • NYY 138
9. Wills • LAD 137
10. Pinson • CIN 131
Adjusted OPS+
1. Aaron • MLN 179
2. Mays • SFG 175
3. Cepeda • SFG 165
4. McCovey • SFG 161
5. Allison • MIN 151
6. Yastrzemski • BOS 148
7. Killebrew • MIN 147
8. Mathews • MLN 147
9. Kaline • DET 144
10. Davis • LAD 142
Runs Created
1. Aaron • MLN 149
2. Mays • SFG 131
3. Yastrzemski • BOS 118
4. White • STL 117
5. Pinson • CIN 113
Allison • MIN 113
Cepeda • SFG 113
8. McCovey • SFG 111
9. Williams • CHC 108
10. Callison • PHI 107
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Aaron • MLN 65
2. Mays • SFG 57
3. Cepeda • SFG 47
4. Yastrzemski • BOS 42
5. McCovey • SFG 42
6. Mathews • MLN 40
7. Allison • MIN 38
8. Pinson • CIN 33
9. Kaline • DET 33
10. Killebrew • MIN 33
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Aaron • MLN 6.8
2. Mays • SFG 6.0
3. Cepeda • SFG 4.9
4. McCovey • SFG 4.4
5. Yastrzemski • BOS 4.3
6. Mathews • MLN 4.2
7. Allison • MIN 3.9
8. Pinson • CIN 3.5
9. Kaline • DET 3.3
Killebrew • MIN 3.3
Extra Base Hits
1. Aaron • MLN 77
Mays • SFG 77
3. Pinson • CIN 73
Callison • PHI 73
5. Stuart • BOS 71
Cepeda • SFG 71
7. Williams • CHC 70
8. McCovey • SFG 68
9. Allison • MIN 64
10. Killebrew • MIN 63
Times On Base
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 279
Aaron • MLN 279
3. Pearson • LAA 271
4. Mathews • MLN 269
5. Groat • STL 263
6. White • STL 259
7. Mays • SFG 255
8. Boyer • STL 248
9. Colavito • DET 247
10. Williams • CHC 245
Offensive Win %
1. Aaron • MLN .818
2. Mays • SFG .792
3. Yastrzemski • BOS .759
4. Cepeda • SFG .755
5. Allison • MIN .751
6. McCovey • SFG .750
7. Mathews • MLN .734
8. Kaline • DET .721
9. White • STL .720
10. Tresh • NYY .711
Hit By Pitch
1. Robinson • CIN 14
2. Hunt • NYM 13
3. McCovey • SFG 11
4. Alvis • CLE 10
Cepeda • SFG 10
6. Orsino • BAL 9
Rodgers • CHC 9
Bateman • HOU 9
Thomas • LAA 9
10. Held • CLE 8
Dees • LAA 8
Battey • MIN 8
Rollins • MIN 8
González • PHI 8
Miñoso • WSA 8
Sacrifice Hits
1. Bolling • MLN 17
2. Temple • HOU 13
Power • MIN 13
Callison • PHI 13
Hiller • SFG 13
Javier • STL 13
7. Gilliam • LAD 12
8. Fairly • LAD 11
Bouton • NYY 11
Davenport • SFG 11
Sacrifice Flies
1. Santo • CHC 11
2. Phillips • DET 10
3. Sievers • PHI 9
4. Banks • CHC 8
Nicholson • CHW 8
Colavito • DET 8
Charles • KCA 8
Siebern • KCA 8
9. Whitfield • CLE 7
Moran • LAA 7
Wagner • LAA 7
Davis • LAD 7
Roseboro • LAD 7
Menke • MLN 7
Torre • MLN 7
Mays • SFG 7
Hinton • WSA 7
Lock • WSA 7
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Robinson • CIN 20
2. Aaron • MLN 18
3. Banks • CHC 16
4. Dalrymple • PHI 15
5. Mathews • MLN 14
6. Kaline • DET 12
7. Boyer • NYY 11
Bailey • SFG 11
Cepeda • SFG 11
10. Held • CLE 10
Demeter • PHI 10
Boyer • STL 10
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Malzone • BOS 24
Stuart • BOS 24
Clemente • PIT 24
4. Thomas • NYM 23
5. Charles • KCA 21
6. Runnels • HOU 20
Torres • LAA 20
Boyer • STL 20
9. Hansen • CHW 19
Torre • MLN 19
Caught Stealing
1. Wills • LAD 19
2. Rose • CIN 15
3. Clendenon • PIT 13
4. Brock • CHC 12
Flood • STL 12
6. Davis • LAD 11
7. Robinson • CIN 10
Pearson • LAA 10
Davis • LAD 10
Javier • STL 10
SB %
1. Tartabull • KCA 94.12
2. Weis • CHW 93.75
Richardson • NYY 93.75
4. Maye • MLN 87.50
5. Aparicio • BAL 86.96
6. Aaron • MLN 86.11
7. Gilliam • LAD 79.17
8. McCraw • CHW 78.95
9. Snyder • BAL 78.26
Wood • DET 78.26
Power-Speed #
1. Aaron • MLN 36.4
2. Pinson • CIN 24.2
3. Robinson • CIN 23.2
4. Hinton • WSA 18.8
5. Clendenon • PIT 17.8
6. Davis • LAD 15.5
7. Charles • KCA 15.0
8. White • STL 14.6
9. Alou • SFG 14.2
10. Clemente • PIT 14.1
AB per SO
1. Fox • CHW 31.7
2. Richardson • NYY 28.6
3. Power • MIN 22.5
4. Gilliam • LAD 18.8
5. Aparicio • BAL 17.2
6. Pearson • LAA 15.6
7. Lumpe • KCA 13.5
8. Malzone • BOS 12.9
9. Robinson • CHW 12.3
10. Hershberger • CHW 12.2
AB per HR
1. Killebrew • MIN 11.4
2. McCovey • SFG 12.8
3. Aaron • MLN 14.3
4. Stuart • BOS 14.6
5. Allison • MIN 15.1
6. Hall • MIN 15.1
7. Mays • SFG 15.7
8. Cepeda • SFG 17.0
9. Howard • NYY 17.4
10. Cash • DET 19.0
Outs Made
1. Taylor • PHI 491
2. Rose • CIN 488
3. Flood • STL 487
4. Charles • KCA 484
5. Richardson • NYY 483
6. Javier • STL 482
7. Versalles • MIN 481
White • STL 481
9. Aparicio • BAL 479
10. Stuart • BOS 478
Pinson • CIN 478
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Aaron • MLN 84.81
2. Mays • SFG 58.12
3. Kaline • DET 54.73
4. White • STL 54.19
5. McCovey • SFG 53.81
6. Mathews • MLN 49.76
7. Robinson • CIN 48.31
8. Yastrzemski • BOS 46.57
9. Allison • MIN 44.14
10. Williams • CHC 43.76
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Kaline • DET 6.7
2. Aaron • MLN 6.7
3. Mays • SFG 6.5
4. White • STL 6.4
5. Howard • LAD 4.5
6. Mathews • MLN 4.5
7. Pinson • CIN 4.5
8. Williams • CHC 4.4
9. Allison • MIN 4.4
10. Yastrzemski • BOS 4.3
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Aaron • MLN 8.0
2. Mays • SFG 7.2
3. McCovey • SFG 6.3
4. Allison • MIN 5.3
5. White • STL 5.0
6. Mathews • MLN 4.9
7. Kaline • DET 4.8
8. Cepeda • SFG 4.7
9. Killebrew • MIN 4.5
10. Howard • LAD 4.4
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. White • STL 14.3
2. Howard • LAD 12.9
3. Mays • SFG 11.9
4. Davis • LAD 9.2
5. Tresh • NYY 8.1
6. Fairly • LAD 7.5
7. McCovey • SFG 6.8
8. Howard • NYY 6.8
9. Davis • LAD 6.8
10. Williams • CHC 6.5
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Aaron • MLN 8.8
2. Mays • SFG 6.1
3. McCovey • SFG 5.7
4. Kaline • DET 5.5
5. White • STL 5.4
6. Mathews • MLN 5.3
7. Robinson • CIN 5.0
8. Yastrzemski • BOS 4.7
9. Williams • CHC 4.5
10. Pinson • CIN 4.5
rOBA
1. Aaron • MLN .451
2. Mays • SFG .440
3. Cepeda • SFG .425
4. Allison • MIN .414
5. McCovey • SFG .413
6. Yastrzemski • BOS .409
7. Kaline • DET .406
8. Killebrew • MIN .405
9. Pinson • CIN .395
10. White • STL .393
Rbat+
1. Aaron • MLN 188
2. Mays • SFG 184
3. Cepeda • SFG 174
4. McCovey • SFG 166
5. Allison • MIN 159
6. Yastrzemski • BOS 156
7. Kaline • DET 155
8. Killebrew • MIN 154
9. Mathews • MLN 150
10. Callison • PHI 147

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