Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Niekro • ATL 10.4
2. Guidry • NYY 9.6
3. Caldwell • MIL 8.2
4. Rice • BOS 7.6
5. Otis • KCR 7.4
6. Eckersley • BOS 7.3
7. Parker • PIT 7.0
8. DeCinces • BAL 6.8
9. Goltz • MIN 6.6
10. Palmer • BAL 6.4
WAR Position Players
1. Rice • BOS 7.6
2. Otis • KCR 7.4
3. Parker • PIT 7.0
4. DeCinces • BAL 6.8
5. Schmidt • PHI 6.2
6. Fisk • BOS 5.9
7. Clark • SFG 5.9
8. Smalley • MIN 5.9
9. Randolph • NYY 5.8
10. Carter • MON 5.8
Offensive WAR
1. Parker • PIT 6.9
2. Rice • BOS 6.7
3. Fisk • BOS 6.0
4. Otis • KCR 5.7
5. DeCinces • BAL 5.7
6. Singleton • BAL 5.6
7. Burroughs • ATL 5.5
Smalley • MIN 5.5
9. Simmons • STL 5.5
10. Hisle • MIL 5.5
Defensive WAR
1. Belanger • BAL 3.8
2. Sundberg • TEX 3.0
3. Bowa • PHI 2.9
4. Dent • NYY 2.8
5. Carter • MON 2.4
6. Burleson • BOS 2.2
7. Speier • MON 2.2
8. Maddox • PHI 2.2
9. Stearns • NYM 2.2
10. Yeager • LAD 1.9
Batting Average
1. Parker • PIT .334
2. Carew • MIN .333
3. Oliver • TEX .324
4. Garvey • LAD .316
5. Cruz • HOU .315
6. Rice • BOS .315
7. Piniella • NYY .314
8. Madlock • SFG .309
9. Winfield • SDP .308
10. Richards • SDP .308
On-Base%
1. Burroughs • ATL .432
2. Carew • MIN .411
3. Singleton • BAL .409
4. Parker • PIT .394
5. Tenace • SDP .392
6. Luzinski • PHI .388
7. Hargrove • TEX .388
8. Smith • LAD .382
9. Randolph • NYY .381
10. Richards • SDP .381
Slugging %
1. Rice • BOS .600
2. Parker • PIT .585
3. Smith • LAD .559
4. Foster • CIN .546
5. Clark • SFG .537
6. Hisle • MIL .533
7. Burroughs • ATL .529
8. DeCinces • BAL .526
9. Luzinski • PHI .526
10. Otis • KCR .525
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Parker • PIT .979
2. Rice • BOS .970
3. Burroughs • ATL .961
4. Smith • LAD .942
5. Luzinski • PHI .914
6. Hisle • MIL .906
7. Foster • CIN .906
8. Otis • KCR .905
9. Clark • SFG .895
10. Thornton • CLE .893
Games Played
1. Rice • BOS 163
2. Staub • DET 162
Cabell • HOU 162
Garvey • LAD 162
Chambliss • NYY 162
6. Murray • BAL 161
7. de Jesús • CHC 160
8. Rose • CIN 159
Kemp • DET 159
Cey • LAD 159
Cash • MON 159
Cromartie • MON 159
Montañez • NYM 159
Nettles • NYY 159
Smith • SDP 159
Evans • SFG 159
Hernandez • STL 159
At Bats
1. Rice • BOS 677
2. LeFlore • DET 666
3. Cabell • HOU 660
4. Cash • MON 658
5. Rose • CIN 655
6. Bowa • PHI 654
Taveras • PIT 654
8. Templeton • STL 647
9. Staub • DET 642
10. Garvey • LAD 639
Plate Appearances
1. Rice • BOS 746
2. LeFlore • DET 741
3. Staub • DET 734
4. Rose • CIN 731
5. de Jesús • CHC 712
6. Cash • MON 703
7. Smalley • MIN 702
Taveras • PIT 702
9. Cabell • HOU 694
10. McRae • KCR 692
Bowa • PHI 692
Runs Scored
1. LeFlore • DET 126
2. Rice • BOS 121
3. de Jesús • CHC 104
4. Baylor • CAL 103
Rose • CIN 103
6. Parker • PIT 102
7. Foster • CIN 97
Thornton • CLE 97
9. Hisle • MIL 96
10. Moreno • PIT 95
Hits
1. Rice • BOS 213
2. Garvey • LAD 202
3. Rose • CIN 198
LeFlore • DET 198
5. Cabell • HOU 195
6. Parker • PIT 194
7. Bowa • PHI 192
8. Carew • MIN 188
9. Munson • NYY 183
10. Taveras • PIT 182
Total Bases
1. Rice • BOS 406
2. Parker • PIT 340
3. Foster • CIN 330
4. Garvey • LAD 319
5. Clark • SFG 318
6. Murray • BAL 293
Winfield • SDP 293
8. Luzinski • PHI 284
9. Baylor • CAL 279
Staub • DET 279
Valentine • MON 279
Doubles
1. Rose • CIN 51
2. Clark • SFG 46
3. Brett • KCR 45
4. Simmons • STL 40
5. Fisk • BOS 39
McRae • KCR 39
Parrish • MON 39
8. Pérez • MON 38
9. DeCinces • BAL 37
10. Garvey • LAD 36
Ford • MIN 36
Robinson • PIT 36
Triples
1. Rice • BOS 15
2. Templeton • STL 13
3. Parker • PIT 12
Richards • SDP 12
5. Carew • MIN 10
Ford • MIN 10
7. Garr • CHW 9
Cruz • HOU 9
Garvey • LAD 9
Yount • MIL 9
Henderson • NYM 9
Garner • PIT 9
Taveras • PIT 9
Herndon • SFG 9
Home Runs
1. Rice • BOS 46
2. Foster • CIN 40
3. Luzinski • PHI 35
4. Baylor • CAL 34
Hisle • MIL 34
6. Thornton • CLE 33
7. Thomas • MIL 32
8. Bonds • 2TM 31
Carty • 2TM 31
10. Parker • PIT 30
Runs Batted In
1. Rice • BOS 139
2. Staub • DET 121
3. Foster • CIN 120
4. Parker • PIT 117
5. Hisle • MIL 115
6. Garvey • LAD 113
7. Thornton • CLE 105
8. Luzinski • PHI 101
9. Baylor • CAL 99
Carty • 2TM 99
Bases on Balls
1. Burroughs • ATL 117
2. Hargrove • TEX 107
3. Evans • SFG 105
4. Tenace • SDP 101
5. Luzinski • PHI 100
6. Singleton • BAL 98
7. Kemp • DET 97
8. Cey • LAD 96
9. Thornton • CLE 93
10. Schmidt • PHI 91
Strikeouts
1. Alexander • 2TM 166
2. Murphy • ATL 145
3. Foster • CIN 138
4. Luzinski • PHI 135
5. Thomas • MIL 133
Jackson • NYY 133
7. Dawson • MON 128
8. Rice • BOS 126
9. Hobson • BOS 122
10. Bonds • 2TM 120
Stolen Bases
1. Moreno • PIT 71
2. LeFlore • DET 68
3. Cruz • SEA 59
4. Wills • TEX 52
5. Diloné • OAK 50
6. Wilson • KCR 46
Taveras • PIT 46
8. Lopes • LAD 45
9. Bonds • 2TM 43
10. de Jesús • CHC 41
Singles
1. LeFlore • DET 153
Bowa • PHI 153
3. Cabell • HOU 149
Munson • NYY 149
5. Carew • MIN 147
6. Taveras • PIT 142
7. Russell • LAD 140
8. de Jesús • CHC 138
9. Rose • CIN 137
10. Garvey • LAD 136
Adjusted OPS+
1. Parker • PIT 166
2. Smith • LAD 162
3. Rice • BOS 157
4. Burroughs • ATL 156
5. Luzinski • PHI 153
6. Hisle • MIL 153
7. Clark • SFG 152
8. Singleton • BAL 152
9. Foster • CIN 151
10. Thornton • CLE 151
Runs Created
1. Rice • BOS 147
2. Parker • PIT 134
3. Burroughs • ATL 116
4. Foster • CIN 115
5. Luzinski • PHI 114
6. Clark • SFG 109
7. Garvey • LAD 108
8. LeFlore • DET 105
Carew • MIN 105
Winfield • SDP 105
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Parker • PIT 50
2. Rice • BOS 49
3. Burroughs • ATL 45
4. Luzinski • PHI 42
5. Clark • SFG 40
6. Singleton • BAL 40
7. Smith • LAD 40
8. Foster • CIN 39
9. Winfield • SDP 38
10. Thornton • CLE 37
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Parker • PIT 5.0
2. Rice • BOS 4.9
3. Burroughs • ATL 4.5
4. Luzinski • PHI 4.3
5. Clark • SFG 4.1
6. Smith • LAD 4.0
7. Foster • CIN 4.0
8. Singleton • BAL 4.0
9. Winfield • SDP 3.9
10. Thornton • CLE 3.7
Extra Base Hits
1. Rice • BOS 86
2. Clark • SFG 79
3. Parker • PIT 74
4. Foster • CIN 73
5. Luzinski • PHI 69
6. Simmons • STL 67
7. DeCinces • BAL 66
Garvey • LAD 66
9. Fisk • BOS 64
10. Murray • BAL 62
Brett • KCR 62
Valentine • MON 62
Times On Base
1. Rice • BOS 276
2. LeFlore • DET 267
Carew • MIN 267
4. Burroughs • ATL 264
5. Rose • CIN 263
6. Kemp • DET 259
7. Staub • DET 254
Luzinski • PHI 254
9. Cey • LAD 253
Parker • PIT 253
Offensive Win %
1. Parker • PIT .799
2. Burroughs • ATL .786
3. Smith • LAD .770
4. Rice • BOS .756
5. Luzinski • PHI .735
6. Otis • KCR .727
7. Singleton • BAL .714
8. Madlock • SFG .709
9. Hisle • MIL .704
Roberts • SEA .704
Hit By Pitch
1. Baylor • CAL 18
2. Dawson • MON 12
3. Luzinski • PHI 11
Tenace • SDP 11
5. Jackson • CAL 9
Jackson • NYY 9
Hebner • PHI 9
8. Lemon • CHW 8
Stearns • NYM 8
Roberts • SEA 8
Sacrifice Hits
1. Smith • SDP 28
2. Campaneris • TEX 25
3. Smalley • MIN 23
4. Grich • CAL 19
Gómez • TOR 19
6. Hooton • LAD 18
7. Guerrero • OAK 17
Moreno • PIT 17
Whitfield • SFG 17
10. Kuiper • CLE 16
Sacrifice Flies
1. Smith • LAD 13
2. Baylor • CAL 12
3. Morgan • CIN 11
Staub • DET 11
Watson • HOU 11
Cowens • KCR 11
McRae • KCR 11
Robinson • PIT 11
9. Otis • KCR 10
Munson • NYY 10
Evans • SFG 10
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Parker • PIT 23
2. Winfield • SDP 20
3. Carew • MIN 19
Montañez • NYM 19
5. Simmons • STL 17
6. Foster • CIN 16
Watson • HOU 16
Hebner • PHI 16
9. Murcer • CHC 15
Luzinski • PHI 15
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Bostock • CAL 26
2. Bell • CLE 24
Staub • DET 24
Henderson • NYM 24
5. Munson • NYY 20
Nettles • NYY 20
7. Scott • BOS 19
Parrish • MON 19
Simmons • STL 19
10. May • BAL 18
Foster • CIN 18
Watson • HOU 18
Carew • MIN 18
Garner • PIT 18
Sundberg • TEX 18
Caught Stealing
1. Taveras • PIT 25
2. Diloné • OAK 23
3. Moreno • PIT 22
Bonds • 2TM 22
5. Edwards • OAK 21
6. Page • OAK 19
7. Royster • ATL 17
Richards • SDP 17
9. LeFlore • DET 16
10. Cabell • HOU 15
SB %
1. Cedeño • HOU 92.00
2. Lopes • LAD 91.84
3. McBride • PHI 90.32
4. Sexton • HOU 88.89
5. Cruz • SEA 85.51
6. Campaneris • TEX 84.62
7. Bowa • PHI 84.38
8. Lowenstein • TEX 84.21
9. Randolph • NYY 83.72
10. Rivers • NYY 83.33
Power-Speed #
1. Bonds • 2TM 36.0
2. Baylor • CAL 26.7
3. Dawson • MON 26.4
4. Otis • KCR 26.1
5. Lopes • LAD 24.7
6. Parker • PIT 24.0
7. Winfield • SDP 22.4
8. LeFlore • DET 20.4
9. Driessen • CIN 20.4
10. Schmidt • PHI 20.0
AB per SO
1. Bailor • TOR 29.6
2. Cash • MON 22.7
3. Rose • CIN 21.8
4. Russell • LAD 18.4
5. Staub • DET 18.3
6. Bowa • PHI 16.4
7. Bostock • CAL 15.8
8. Kuiper • CLE 15.6
9. Brett • KCR 14.6
10. Guerrero • OAK 14.4
AB per HR
1. Thomas • MIL 14.1
2. Rice • BOS 14.7
3. Foster • CIN 15.1
4. Hisle • MIL 15.3
5. Thornton • CLE 15.4
6. Smith • LAD 15.4
7. Luzinski • PHI 15.4
8. Stargell • PIT 13.9 **
9. Kingman • CHC 14.1 **
10. Carty • 2TM 17.0
Outs Made
1. Cash • MON 522
2. Taveras • PIT 515
3. Burleson • BOS 510
4. Staub • DET 505
5. LeFlore • DET 501
Cabell • HOU 501
7. Smith • SDP 492
8. Rice • BOS 490
9. Templeton • STL 489
10. de Jesús • CHC 488
McRae • KCR 488
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Parker • PIT 71.17
2. Rice • BOS 61.18
3. Luzinski • PHI 49.34
4. Burroughs • ATL 46.75
5. Garvey • LAD 46.51
6. Hisle • MIL 46.10
7. Otis • KCR 43.02
8. Clark • SFG 42.84
9. Smith • LAD 41.91
10. Stargell • PIT 41.68
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Rice • BOS 6.7
2. Parker • PIT 6.4
3. Foster • CIN 5.9
4. Garvey • LAD 5.4
5. Cruz • HOU 5.1
6. Hisle • MIL 4.9
7. Otis • KCR 4.6
8. Winfield • SDP 4.5
9. Smith • LAD 4.4
10. Clark • SFG 4.4
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Parker • PIT 6.3
2. Rice • BOS 5.7
3. Burroughs • ATL 5.4
4. Hisle • MIL 4.6
5. Luzinski • PHI 4.6
6. Foster • CIN 4.4
7. Smith • LAD 4.4
8. Clark • SFG 4.1
9. Singleton • BAL 4.0
10. Garvey • LAD 4.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Luzinski • PHI 13.7
2. Parker • PIT 10.9
3. Lynn • BOS 8.0
4. Dent • NYY 7.8
5. Garvey • LAD 7.3
6. Otis • KCR 6.6
7. Clark • SFG 6.4
8. Smith • LAD 6.3
9. Maddox • PHI 6.1
10. Porter • KCR 5.6
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Parker • PIT 7.0
2. Rice • BOS 5.8
3. Luzinski • PHI 5.0
4. Garvey • LAD 4.7
5. Hisle • MIL 4.6
6. Burroughs • ATL 4.5
7. Clark • SFG 4.4
8. Cruz • HOU 4.4
9. Smith • LAD 4.3
10. Otis • KCR 4.3
rOBA
1. Parker • PIT .441
2. Rice • BOS .435
3. Burroughs • ATL .434
4. Hisle • MIL .419
5. Smith • LAD .418
6. Otis • KCR .416
7. Luzinski • PHI .415
8. Singleton • BAL .408
9. Clark • SFG .404
10. Thornton • CLE .404
Rbat+
1. Parker • PIT 174
2. Burroughs • ATL 165
3. Smith • LAD 163
4. Rice • BOS 162
5. Luzinski • PHI 161
6. Hisle • MIL 160
7. Singleton • BAL 159
8. Clark • SFG 158
9. Thornton • CLE 153
10. Foster • CIN 153

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