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Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:  Single-Season  Career  Active  Progressive  Year-by-Year League 

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This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning perfomances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year CareerTB  Single-SeasonTB  ActiveTB  YearlyTB 
1871Ross Barnes and Levi Meyerle91 Ross Barnes and Levi Meyerle91 Ross Barnes and Levi Meyerle91 Ross Barnes and Levi Meyerle91
1872Ross Barnes225 Ross Barnes134 Ross Barnes225 Ross Barnes134
1873Ross Barnes413 Ross Barnes188 Ross Barnes413 Ross Barnes188
1874Ross Barnes521 Ross Barnes188 Ross Barnes521 Cal McVey165
1875Ross Barnes695 Cal McVey201 Ross Barnes695 Cal McVey201
1876Ross Barnes885 Ross Barnes190 Ross Barnes885 Ross Barnes190
1877Ross Barnes911 Ross Barnes190 Ross Barnes911 Deacon White145
1878Cal McVey987 Ross Barnes190 Cal McVey987 Paul Hines, Joe Start, and Tom York125
1879Cal McVey1122 Paul Hines197 Cal McVey1122 Paul Hines197
1880Jim O'Rourke+1144 Paul Hines197 Jim O'Rourke+1144 Abner Dalrymple175
1881Jim O'Rourke+1284 Paul Hines197 Jim O'Rourke+1284 Cap Anson+175
1882Cap Anson+1455 Paul Hines197 Cap Anson+1455 Dan Brouthers+192
1883Cap Anson+1628 Dan Brouthers+243 Cap Anson+1628 Dan Brouthers+243
1884Cap Anson+1886 Fred Dunlap279 Cap Anson+1886 Fred Dunlap279
1885Cap Anson+2100 Fred Dunlap279 Cap Anson+2100 Pete Browning255
1886Cap Anson+2374 Dave Orr301 Cap Anson+2374 Dave Orr301
1887Cap Anson+2618 Tip O'Neill357 Cap Anson+2618 Tip O'Neill357
1888Cap Anson+2875 Tip O'Neill357 Cap Anson+2875 Jimmy Ryan283
1889Cap Anson+3103 Tip O'Neill357 Cap Anson+3103 Harry Stovey292
1890Cap Anson+3305 Tip O'Neill357 Cap Anson+3305 Billy Shindle282
1891Cap Anson+3526 Tip O'Neill357 Cap Anson+3526 Tom Brown276
1892Cap Anson+3724 Tip O'Neill357 Cap Anson+3724 Dan Brouthers+282
1893Cap Anson+3877 Tip O'Neill357 Cap Anson+3877 Ed Delahanty+347
1894Cap Anson+4060 Hugh Duffy+374 Cap Anson+4060 Hugh Duffy+374
1895Cap Anson+4260 Hugh Duffy+374 Cap Anson+4260 Sam Thompson+352
1896Cap Anson+4421 Hugh Duffy+374 Cap Anson+4421 Jesse Burkett+317
1897Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 Cap Anson+4574 Nap Lajoie+310
1898Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 Jim O'Rourke+3595 Jimmy Collins+286
1899Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 Jim O'Rourke+3595 Ed Delahanty+338
1900Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 Jim O'Rourke+3595 Honus Wagner+302
1901Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 Jim O'Rourke+3595 Nap Lajoie+350
1902Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 Ed Delahanty+3723 Charlie Hickman288
1903Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 Ed Delahanty+3791 Buck Freeman281
1904Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 Jake Beckley+3823 Nap Lajoie+305
1905Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 Jake Beckley+4013 Cy Seymour325
1906Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 Jake Beckley+4120 George Stone291
1907Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 Jake Beckley+4147 Ty Cobb+283
1908Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 George Davis+3646 Honus Wagner+308
1909Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 George Davis+3656 Ty Cobb+296
1910Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 Willie Keeler+3562 Nap Lajoie+304
1911Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 Honus Wagner+3782 Ty Cobb+367
1912Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 Honus Wagner+4059 Joe Jackson331
1913Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 Honus Wagner+4218 Gavvy Cravath and Sam Crawford+298
1914Cap Anson+4574 Hugh Duffy+374 Honus Wagner+4393 Benny Kauff305
1915Honus Wagner+4632 Hugh Duffy+374 Honus Wagner+4632 Ed Konetchy278
1916Honus Wagner+4792 Hugh Duffy+374 Honus Wagner+4792 Joe Jackson293
1917Honus Wagner+4862 Hugh Duffy+374 Honus Wagner+4862 Ty Cobb+335
1918Honus Wagner+4862 Hugh Duffy+374 Ty Cobb+3509 George Burns236
1919Honus Wagner+4862 Hugh Duffy+374 Ty Cobb+3765 Babe Ruth+284
1920Honus Wagner+4862 George Sisler+399 Ty Cobb+3958 George Sisler+399
1921Honus Wagner+4862 Babe Ruth+457 Ty Cobb+4260 Babe Ruth+457
1922Honus Wagner+4862 Babe Ruth+457 Ty Cobb+4557 Rogers Hornsby+450
1923Honus Wagner+4862 Babe Ruth+457 Ty Cobb+4818 Babe Ruth+399
1924Ty Cobb+5099 Babe Ruth+457 Ty Cobb+5099 Babe Ruth+391
1925Ty Cobb+5347 Babe Ruth+457 Ty Cobb+5347 Al Simmons+392
1926Ty Cobb+5466 Babe Ruth+457 Ty Cobb+5466 Babe Ruth+365
1927Ty Cobb+5702 Babe Ruth+457 Ty Cobb+5702 Lou Gehrig+447
1928Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+380
1929Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Rogers Hornsby+4352 Rogers Hornsby+409
1930Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Babe Ruth+4623 Chuck Klein+445
1931Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Babe Ruth+4997 Lou Gehrig+410
1932Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Babe Ruth+5299 Jimmie Foxx+438
1933Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Babe Ruth+5566 Jimmie Foxx+403
1934Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Babe Ruth+5762 Lou Gehrig+409
1935Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Babe Ruth+5793 Hank Greenberg+389
1936Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Rogers Hornsby+4688 Hal Trosky405
1937Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Lou Gehrig+4755 Joe DiMaggio+418
1938Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Lou Gehrig+5056 Jimmie Foxx+398
1939Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Lou Gehrig+5060 Johnny Mize+353
1940Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Al Simmons+4643 Hank Greenberg+384
1941Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Jimmie Foxx+4755 Joe DiMaggio+348
1942Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Jimmie Foxx+4860 Ted Williams+338
1943Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Jimmie Foxx+4860 Stan Musial+347
1944Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Jimmie Foxx+4862 Bill Nicholson317
1945Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Mel Ott+5032 Tommy Holmes367
1946Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Mel Ott+5041 Stan Musial+366
1947Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Mel Ott+5041 Ralph Kiner+361
1948Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Joe Medwick+3852 Stan Musial+429
1949Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Luke Appling+3487 Stan Musial+382
1950Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Joe DiMaggio+3773 Duke Snider+343
1951Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Joe DiMaggio+3948 Stan Musial+355
1952Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Johnny Mize+3580 Stan Musial+311
1953Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Stan Musial+3746 Duke Snider+370
1954Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Stan Musial+4105 Duke Snider+378
1955Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Stan Musial+4423 Willie Mays+382
1956Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Stan Musial+4733 Mickey Mantle+376
1957Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Stan Musial+5040 Hank Aaron+369
1958Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Stan Musial+5289 Ernie Banks+379
1959Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Stan Musial+5435 Hank Aaron+400
1960Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Stan Musial+5596 Hank Aaron+334
1961Ty Cobb+5854 Babe Ruth+457 Stan Musial+5778 Roger Maris366
1962Stan Musial+5998 Babe Ruth+457 Stan Musial+5998 Willie Mays+382
1963Stan Musial+6134 Babe Ruth+457 Stan Musial+6134 Hank Aaron+370
1964Stan Musial+6134 Babe Ruth+457 Willie Mays+4147 Tony Oliva374
1965Stan Musial+6134 Babe Ruth+457 Willie Mays+4507 Willie Mays+360
1966Stan Musial+6134 Babe Ruth+457 Willie Mays+4814 Frank Robinson+367
1967Stan Musial+6134 Babe Ruth+457 Willie Mays+5034 Carl Yastrzemski+360
1968Stan Musial+6134 Babe Ruth+457 Willie Mays+5277 Frank Howard330
1969Stan Musial+6134 Babe Ruth+457 Willie Mays+5453 Frank Howard340
1970Stan Musial+6134 Babe Ruth+457 Willie Mays+5695 Billy Williams+373
1971Stan Musial+6134 Babe Ruth+457 Hank Aaron+5941 Joe Torre352
1972Hank Aaron+6172 Babe Ruth+457 Hank Aaron+6172 Billy Williams+348
1973Hank Aaron+6424 Babe Ruth+457 Hank Aaron+6424 Bobby Bonds341
1974Hank Aaron+6591 Babe Ruth+457 Hank Aaron+6591 Johnny Bench+315
1975Hank Aaron+6756 Babe Ruth+457 Hank Aaron+6756 Greg Luzinski322
1976Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Hank Aaron+6856 Mike Schmidt+306
1977Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Carl Yastrzemski+4444 George Foster388
1978Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Carl Yastrzemski+4665 Jim Rice406
1979Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Carl Yastrzemski+4898 Jim Rice369
1980Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Carl Yastrzemski+5066 Mike Schmidt+342
1981Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Carl Yastrzemski+5186 Mike Schmidt+228
1982Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Carl Yastrzemski+5384 Robin Yount+367
1983Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Carl Yastrzemski+5539 Jim Rice344
1984Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Pete Rose5559 Tony Armas339
1985Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Pete Rose5688 Don Mattingly370
1986Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Pete Rose5752 Don Mattingly388
1987Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Reggie Jackson+4834 George Bell369
1988Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Mike Schmidt+4349 Kirby Puckett+358
1989Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Mike Schmidt+4404 Kevin Mitchell345
1990Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 George Brett+4363 Ryne Sandberg+344
1991Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 George Brett+4566 Cal Ripken+368
1992Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Dave Winfield+4821 Gary Sheffield323
1993Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Dave Winfield+5063 Barry Bonds365
1994Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Dave Winfield+5188 Jeff Bagwell300
1995Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Dave Winfield+5221 Albert Belle377
1996Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Eddie Murray+5344 Ellis Burks392
1997Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Eddie Murray+5397 Larry Walker409
1998Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Paul Molitor+4854 Sammy Sosa416
1999Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Cal Ripken+4856 Sammy Sosa397
2000Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Cal Ripken+4996 Todd Helton405
2001Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Cal Ripken+5168 Sammy Sosa425
2002Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Barry Bonds4961 Alex Rodriguez389
2003Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Barry Bonds5253 Albert Pujols394
2004Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Barry Bonds5556 Albert Pujols389
2005Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Barry Bonds5584 Derrek Lee393
2006Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Barry Bonds5784 Ryan Howard383
2007Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Barry Bonds5976 Matt Holliday386
2008Hank Aaron+6856 Babe Ruth+457 Ken Griffey5092 Albert Pujols342
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