Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Maddux • ATL 9.6
2. Johnson • SEA 8.6
3. Valentin • BOS 8.3
4. Bonds • SFG 7.5
5. Martínez • SEA 7.0
6. Cone • 2TM 7.0
7. Belle • CLE 7.0
8. Knoblauch • MIN 6.7
9. Sanders • CIN 6.6
10. Salmon • CAL 6.6
WAR Position Players
1. Valentin • BOS 8.3
2. Bonds • SFG 7.5
3. Martínez • SEA 7.0
4. Belle • CLE 7.0
5. Knoblauch • MIN 6.7
6. Sanders • CIN 6.6
7. Salmon • CAL 6.6
8. Williams • NYY 6.4
9. Biggio • HOU 6.3
10. Piazza • LAD 6.2
Offensive WAR
1. Martínez • SEA 7.3
2. Salmon • CAL 7.2
3. Belle • CLE 7.1
4. Biggio • HOU 6.5
Thomas • CHW 6.5
6. Larkin • CIN 6.4
7. Piazza • LAD 6.4
8. Bonds • SFG 6.2
9. Valentin • BOS 6.2
10. Thome • CLE 5.9
Defensive WAR
1. Valentin • BOS 3.0
2. Ripken • BAL 3.0
3. Clayton • SFG 2.6
4. Gil • TEX 1.9
5. Johnson • FLA 1.8
6. Fryman • DET 1.8
7. Sosa • CHC 1.7
8. Gagne • KCR 1.7
Rodríguez • TEX 1.7
10. Bordick • OAK 1.7
Batting Average
1. Gwynn • SDP .368
2. Martínez • SEA .356
3. Piazza • LAD .346
4. Bichette • COL .340
5. Bell • HOU .334
6. Knoblauch • MIN .333
7. Salmon • CAL .330
8. Bonilla • 2TM .329
9. Grace • CHC .326
10. Boggs • NYY .324
On-Base%
1. Martínez • SEA .479
2. Thomas • CHW .454
3. Thome • CLE .438
4. Bonds • SFG .431
5. Salmon • CAL .429
6. Davis • CAL .429
7. Knoblauch • MIN .424
8. McGwire • OAK .441 **
9. Naehring • BOS .415
10. Boggs • NYY .412
Slugging %
1. Belle • CLE .690
2. McGwire • OAK .685 **
3. Martínez • SEA .628
4. Bichette • COL .620
5. Walker • COL .607
6. Thomas • CHW .606
7. Piazza • LAD .606
8. Salmon • CAL .594
9. Palmeiro • BAL .583
10. Sanders • CIN .579
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Martínez • SEA 1.107
2. Belle • CLE 1.091
3. Thomas • CHW 1.061
4. McGwire • OAK 1.125 **
5. Salmon • CAL 1.024
6. Bonds • SFG 1.009
7. Piazza • LAD 1.006
8. Thome • CLE .996
9. Walker • COL .988
10. Bichette • COL .984
Games Played
1. Thomas • CHW 145
Martínez • SEA 145
3. McGriff • ATL 144
Ripken • BAL 144
Sosa • CHC 144
Curtis • DET 144
Fryman • DET 144
Williams • NYY 144
Bonds • SFG 144
Sprague • TOR 144
At Bats
1. Johnson • CHW 607
2. Nixon • TEX 589
3. Curtis • DET 586
4. McRae • CHC 580
5. Bichette • COL 579
6. Fryman • DET 567
7. Sosa • CHC 564
8. Williams • NYY 563
9. Finley • SDP 562
10. Edmonds • CAL 558
Carter • TOR 558
Plate Appearances
1. Biggio • HOU 673
2. Curtis • DET 670
3. Anderson • BAL 657
4. Nixon • TEX 656
5. Williams • NYY 648
6. Thomas • CHW 647
7. Johnson • CHW 645
8. Phillips • CAL 643
9. Fryman • DET 640
10. Martínez • SEA 639
Runs Scored
1. Biggio • HOU 123
2. Belle • CLE 121
Martínez • SEA 121
4. Edmonds • CAL 120
5. Phillips • CAL 119
6. Salmon • CAL 111
7. Bonds • SFG 109
8. Anderson • BAL 108
Valentin • BOS 108
10. Knoblauch • MIN 107
Hits
1. Bichette • COL 197
Gwynn • SDP 197
3. Johnson • CHW 186
4. Martínez • SEA 182
Bonilla • 2TM 182
6. Grace • CHC 180
7. Knoblauch • MIN 179
8. Salmon • CAL 177
9. Baerga • CLE 175
10. Nixon • TEX 174
Total Bases
1. Belle • CLE 377
2. Bichette • COL 359
3. Palmeiro • BAL 323
4. Martínez • SEA 321
5. Salmon • CAL 319
Bonilla • 2TM 319
7. Vaughn • BOS 316
8. Walker • COL 300
9. Edmonds • CAL 299
Thomas • CHW 299
Doubles
1. Belle • CLE 52
Martínez • SEA 52
3. Grace • CHC 51
4. Puckett • MIN 39
5. McRae • CHC 38
Bichette • COL 38
7. Valentin • BOS 37
Bonilla • 2TM 37
9. Sanders • CIN 36
10. Cordero • MON 35
Martinez • SEA 35
Lankford • STL 35
Triples
1. Lofton • CLE 13
2. Johnson • CHW 12
3. Anderson • BAL 10
4. Young • COL 9
Williams • NYY 9
Butler • 2TM 9
7. Knoblauch • MIN 8
Finley • SDP 8
Gonzalez • 2TM 8
Sanders • 2TM 8
Bonilla • 2TM 8
Home Runs
1. Belle • CLE 50
2. Thomas • CHW 40
Bichette • COL 40
Buhner • SEA 40
5. Palmeiro • BAL 39
Vaughn • BOS 39
McGwire • OAK 39
8. Sosa • CHC 36
Walker • COL 36
10. Gaetti • KCR 35
Runs Batted In
1. Bichette • COL 128
2. Vaughn • BOS 126
Belle • CLE 126
4. Buhner • SEA 121
5. Sosa • CHC 119
6. Martínez • SEA 113
7. Thomas • CHW 111
Martinez • SEA 111
9. Edmonds • CAL 107
Ramirez • CLE 107
Bases on Balls
1. Thomas • CHW 136
2. Bonds • SFG 120
3. Martínez • SEA 116
4. Phillips • CAL 113
5. Tettleton • TEX 107
6. Weiss • COL 98
7. Thome • CLE 97
8. Salmon • CAL 91
9. Davis • CAL 89
10. McGwire • OAK 88
Strikeouts
1. Vaughn • BOS 150
2. Gil • TEX 147
3. Galarraga • COL 146
4. Phillips • CAL 135
5. Sosa • CHC 134
6. Edmonds • CAL 130
7. Blowers • SEA 128
8. Sanders • CIN 122
9. Buhner • SEA 120
10. Fielder • DET 116
Stolen Bases
1. Veras • FLA 56
2. Lofton • CLE 54
3. Larkin • CIN 51
4. Goodwin • KCR 50
Nixon • TEX 50
6. Knoblauch • MIN 46
7. Coleman • 2TM 42
8. Johnson • CHW 40
9. DeShields • LAD 39
10. Sanders • CIN 36
Javier • OAK 36
Finley • SDP 36
Singles
1. Gwynn • SDP 154
2. Nixon • TEX 151
3. Johnson • CHW 146
4. Baerga • CLE 130
5. Knoblauch • MIN 126
Finley • SDP 126
Butler • 2TM 126
8. Bell • HOU 120
9. Boggs • NYY 118
10. Bichette • COL 117
Vizcaíno • NYM 117
Williams • NYY 117
Adjusted OPS+
1. Martínez • SEA 185
2. Thomas • CHW 179
3. Belle • CLE 177
4. Piazza • LAD 172
5. Bonds • SFG 170
6. Salmon • CAL 165
7. Thome • CLE 157
8. Sanders • CIN 155
9. Bonilla • 2TM 151
10. Ramirez • CLE 147
Runs Created
1. Martínez • SEA 161
2. Thomas • CHW 144
Belle • CLE 144
4. Salmon • CAL 142
5. Bonds • SFG 134
6. Palmeiro • BAL 123
7. Vaughn • BOS 121
Bichette • COL 121
Biggio • HOU 121
10. Valentin • BOS 119
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Martínez • SEA 74
2. Thomas • CHW 68
3. Belle • CLE 62
4. Bonds • SFG 57
5. Salmon • CAL 55
6. McGwire • OAK 52
7. Thome • CLE 43
8. Piazza • LAD 43
9. Sanders • CIN 41
10. Bonilla • 2TM 40
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Martínez • SEA 6.7
2. Thomas • CHW 6.1
3. Belle • CLE 5.6
4. Bonds • SFG 5.4
5. Salmon • CAL 5.0
6. McGwire • OAK 4.7
7. Piazza • LAD 4.1
8. Thome • CLE 3.9
9. Sanders • CIN 3.8
10. Biggio • HOU 3.8
Extra Base Hits
1. Belle • CLE 103
2. Martínez • SEA 81
3. Bichette • COL 80
4. Bonilla • 2TM 73
5. Walker • COL 72
6. Palmeiro • BAL 71
Salmon • CAL 71
8. Vaughn • BOS 70
Grace • CHC 70
Sanders • CIN 70
Bonds • SFG 70
Times On Base
1. Martínez • SEA 306
2. Thomas • CHW 294
3. Salmon • CAL 274
Bonds • SFG 274
5. Biggio • HOU 269
6. Knoblauch • MIN 267
7. Phillips • CAL 253
Williams • NYY 253
9. Belle • CLE 252
10. Vaughn • BOS 247
Grace • CHC 247
Offensive Win %
1. Martínez • SEA .830
2. Thomas • CHW .780
3. Bonds • SFG .771
4. Piazza • LAD .770
5. Salmon • CAL .768
6. Thome • CLE .757
7. Belle • CLE .751
8. Sanders • CIN .737
9. Walker • COL .733
10. Larkin • CIN .722
Hit By Pitch
1. Biggio • HOU 22
2. Sprague • TOR 15
3. Macfarlane • BOS 14
Vaughn • BOS 14
Walker • COL 14
6. Galarraga • COL 13
7. Blauser • ATL 12
Patterson • SFG 12
9. Meares • MIN 11
McGwire • OAK 11
Jordan • STL 11
Sacrifice Hits
1. Jones • NYM 18
2. Ashby • SDP 17
3. Goodwin • KCR 14
4. Alicea • BOS 13
Martínez • LAD 13
Vizcaíno • NYM 13
Cora • SEA 13
8. Schourek • CIN 12
Girardi • COL 12
Mlicki • NYM 12
Lewis • 2TM 12
Sacrifice Flies
1. Thomas • CHW 12
Conine • FLA 12
3. O'Neill • NYY 11
Gates • OAK 11
Clark • TEX 11
6. Vizquel • CLE 10
7. Alicea • BOS 9
Davis • CAL 9
Joyner • KCR 9
Stanley • NYY 9
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Thomas • CHW 29
2. Bonds • SFG 22
3. Martínez • SEA 19
4. Puckett • MIN 18
5. Vaughn • BOS 17
6. Martinez • SEA 15
7. Branson • CIN 14
8. Baines • BAL 13
Walker • COL 13
10. Davis • CAL 12
Bagwell • HOU 12
Tarasco • MON 12
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. O'Neill • NYY 25
2. Belle • CLE 24
3. Hayes • PHI 22
Bonilla • 2TM 22
5. Williams • SDP 21
6. Gwynn • SDP 20
7. McGriff • ATL 19
Sprague • TOR 19
9. Greenwell • BOS 18
Fryman • DET 18
Blowers • SEA 18
Caught Stealing
1. Veras • FLA 21
Nixon • TEX 21
3. Goodwin • KCR 18
Knoblauch • MIN 18
Lewis • 2TM 18
6. Coleman • 2TM 16
7. Lofton • CLE 15
Curtis • DET 15
9. DeShields • LAD 14
10. Sanders • CIN 12
Young • COL 12
Brumfield • PIT 12
Finley • SDP 12
SB %
1. Amaral • SEA 91.30
2. Larkin • CIN 91.07
3. Roberts • SDP 90.91
Alomar • TOR 90.91
5. Tarasco • MON 88.89
6. Javier • OAK 87.81
7. Lansing • MON 87.10
Mondesí • LAD 87.10
9. Johnson • CHW 86.96
10. Raines • CHW 86.67
Power-Speed #
1. Sosa • CHC 35.0
2. Bonds • SFG 32.0
3. Sanders • CIN 31.5
4. Mondesí • LAD 26.5
5. Biggio • HOU 26.4
6. Gant • CIN 25.7
7. Hill • SFG 24.5
Lankford • STL 24.5
9. Curtis • DET 23.6
10. Larkin • CIN 23.2
AB per SO
1. Gwynn • SDP 35.7
2. Johnson • CHW 19.6
3. Jefferies • PHI 18.5
4. Baerga • CLE 18.0
5. Cora • SEA 13.8
6. Greenwell • BOS 13.7
7. Mattingly • NYY 13.1
8. Grace • CHC 12.0
9. Reed • SDP 11.7
10. Alomar • TOR 11.5
AB per HR
1. McGwire • OAK 8.1 **
2. Belle • CLE 10.9
3. Buhner • SEA 11.8
4. Thomas • CHW 12.3
5. Tettleton • TEX 13.4
6. Piazza • LAD 13.6
7. Walker • COL 13.7
8. Vaughn • BOS 14.1
9. Gant • CIN 14.1
10. Palmeiro • BAL 14.2
Outs Made
1. Curtis • DET 463
2. Nixon • TEX 451
3. Johnson • CHW 439
4. Fryman • DET 438
5. McRae • CHC 437
6. Carter • TOR 434
7. Vizquel • CLE 433
8. Grissom • ATL 431
Ripken • BAL 431
10. Sosa • CHC 430
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Martínez • SEA 80.97
2. Salmon • CAL 65.95
3. Bonds • SFG 63.67
4. Sanders • CIN 55.40
5. Thomas • CHW 53.15
6. Piazza • LAD 51.51
7. McGwire • OAK 49.40
8. Larkin • CIN 45.90
9. Biggio • HOU 45.28
10. Belle • CLE 45.27
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Bonds • SFG 7.5
2. Martínez • SEA 7.5
3. McGwire • OAK 5.6
4. Thomas • CHW 4.8
5. Grace • CHC 4.8
6. Salmon • CAL 4.7
7. Bagwell • HOU 4.6
8. Karros • LAD 4.4
9. Gant • CIN 4.4
10. Gwynn • SDP 4.2
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Martínez • SEA 6.2
2. Thomas • CHW 5.8
3. Bonds • SFG 5.7
4. Salmon • CAL 5.2
5. Belle • CLE 5.1
6. Piazza • LAD 4.9
7. McGwire • OAK 4.7
8. Sanders • CIN 4.6
9. Biggio • HOU 4.4
10. Larkin • CIN 4.4
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Martínez • SEA 6.9
2. Biggio • HOU 5.5
3. Karros • LAD 5.2
4. Bagwell • HOU 4.8
5. Bichette • COL 4.4
6. Bonds • SFG 4.0
7. Piazza • LAD 3.2
8. McGwire • OAK 3.0
9. Walker • COL 3.0
10. Gant • CIN 2.7
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Martínez • SEA 7.3
2. Bonds • SFG 6.1
3. Salmon • CAL 6.0
4. Sanders • CIN 5.2
5. Piazza • LAD 5.1
6. Thomas • CHW 4.9
7. McGwire • OAK 4.7
8. Biggio • HOU 4.5
9. Larkin • CIN 4.4
10. Grace • CHC 4.2
rOBA
1. Martínez • SEA .473
2. Belle • CLE .460
3. Salmon • CAL .449
4. Piazza • LAD .449
5. Thomas • CHW .445
6. Sanders • CIN .441
7. Bonds • SFG .438
8. Thome • CLE .432
9. Walker • COL .429
10. Bichette • COL .422
Rbat+
1. Martínez • SEA 187
2. Piazza • LAD 184
3. Belle • CLE 175
4. Thomas • CHW 173
5. Salmon • CAL 170
6. Bonds • SFG 170
7. Sanders • CIN 166
8. Thome • CLE 156
9. Bonilla • 2TM 156
10. Gant • CIN 151

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