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Batting Average

Carew-MIN .333

Oliver-TEX .324

Rice-BOS .315

Piniella-NYY .314

Oglivie-MIL .303

Roberts-SEA .301

Otis-KCR .298

Lynn-BOS .298

LeFlore-DET .297

Munson-NYY .297

On-base %

Carew-MIN .411

Singleton-BAL .409

Hargrove-TEX .388

Randolph-NYY .381

Lynn-BOS .380

Otis-KCR .380

Kemp-DET .379

Lezcano-MIL .377

Thornton-CLE .377

Grubb-TOT **.381

Slugging %

Rice-BOS .600

Hisle-MIL .533

DeCinces-BAL .526

Otis-KCR .525

Thornton-CLE .516

Thomas-MIL .515

Roberts-SEA .515

Carty-TOT .502

Oglivie-MIL .497

Lynn-BOS .492

OPS

Rice-BOS .970

Hisle-MIL .906

Otis-KCR .905

Thornton-CLE .893

Roberts-SEA .879

DeCinces-BAL .872

Lynn-BOS .872

Singleton-BAL .871

Oglivie-MIL .867

Thomas-MIL .866

Games

Rice-BOS 163

Chambliss-NYY 162

Staub-DET 162

Murray-BAL 161

Kemp-DET 159

Nettles-NYY 159

Baylor-CAL 158

Smalley-MIN 158

Fisk-BOS 157

Wills-TEX 157

At Bats

Rice-BOS 677

LeFlore-DET 666

Staub-DET 642

Burleson-BOS 626

Chambliss-NYY 625

McRae-KCR 623

Bailor-TOR 621

Munson-NYY 617

Murray-BAL 610

Ford-MIN 592

Plate Appearances (approx.)

Rice-BOS 746

LeFlore-DET 741

Staub-DET 734

Smalley-MIN 702

McRae-KCR 692

Murray-BAL 690

Kemp-DET 686

Burleson-BOS 685

Baylor-CAL 677

Chambliss-NYY 677

Runs

LeFlore-DET 126

Rice-BOS 121

Baylor-CAL 103

Thornton-CLE 97

Hisle-MIL 96

Fisk-BOS 94

Bonds-TOT 93

McRae-KCR 90

Money-MIL 88

Randolph-NYY 87

Remy-BOS 87

Hits

Rice-BOS 213

LeFlore-DET 198

Carew-MIN 188

Munson-NYY 183

Staub-DET 175

Murray-BAL 174

Chambliss-NYY 171

McRae-KCR 170

Oliver-TEX 170

Thompson-DET 169

Total Bases

Rice-BOS 406

Murray-BAL 293

Baylor-CAL 279

Staub-DET 279

Thompson-DET 278

Hisle-MIL 277

Bonds-TOT 271

Fisk-BOS 271

LeFlore-DET 270

Nettles-NYY 270

Doubles

Brett-KCR 45

Fisk-BOS 39

McRae-KCR 39

DeCinces-BAL 37

Ford-MIN 36

Oliver-TEX 35

Piniella-NYY 34

Lynn-BOS 33

Burleson-BOS 32

Murray-BAL 32

Triples

Rice-BOS 15

Carew-MIN 10

Ford-MIN 10

Garr-CHW 9

Yount-MIL 9

Bell-CLE 8

Brett-KCR 8

Cowens-KCR 8

McKay-TOR 8

Rivers-NYY 8

Home Runs

Rice-BOS 46

Baylor-CAL 34

Hisle-MIL 34

Thornton-CLE 33

Thomas-MIL 32

Bonds-TOT 31

Carty-TOT 31

DeCinces-BAL 28

Alexander-TOT 27

Jackson-NYY 27

Murray-BAL 27

Nettles-NYY 27

RBI

Rice-BOS 139

Staub-DET 121

Hisle-MIL 115

Thornton-CLE 105

Baylor-CAL 99

Carty-TOT 99

Jackson-NYY 97

Otis-KCR 96

Thompson-DET 96

Murray-BAL 95

Bases on Balls

Hargrove-TEX 107

Singleton-BAL 98

Kemp-DET 97

Thornton-CLE 93

Smalley-MIN 85

Harrah-TEX 83

Randolph-NYY 82

Bonds-TOT 79

Carew-MIN 78

Staub-DET 76

Yastrzemski-BOS 76

Strikeouts

Alexander-TOT 166

Jackson-NYY 133

Thomas-MIL 133

Rice-BOS 126

Hobson-BOS 122

Bonds-TOT 120

Evans-BOS 119

May-BAL 110

LeFlore-DET 104

Murray-BAL 97

Stolen Bases

LeFlore-DET 68

Cruz-SEA 59

Wills-TEX 52

Dilone-OAK 50

Wilson-KCR 46

Bonds-TOT 43

Patek-KCR 38

Randolph-NYY 36

Otis-KCR 32

Harrah-TEX 31

Singles

LeFlore-DET 153

Munson-NYY 149

Carew-MIN 147

Bostock-CAL 135

Reynolds-SEA 132

Kuiper-CLE 131

Chambliss-NYY 130

Remy-BOS 130

Bailor-TOR 127

Rice-BOS 127

Adjusted OPS+

Rice-BOS 157

Hisle-MIL 153

Singleton-BAL 152

Thornton-CLE 151

Otis-KCR 150

DeCinces-BAL 149

Roberts-SEA 145

Oglivie-MIL 143

Thomas-MIL 142

Murray-BAL 140

Runs Created

Rice-BOS 147

Carew-MIN 105

LeFlore-DET 105

Murray-BAL 104

Thompson-DET 104

Fisk-BOS 103

Hisle-MIL 103

Lynn-BOS 103

Otis-KCR 102

Singleton-BAL 100

Adjusted Batting Runs

Rice-BOS 48

Singleton-BAL 40

Thornton-CLE 37

Hisle-MIL 37

Otis-KCR 34

Murray-BAL 33

Carew-MIN 33

DeCinces-BAL 32

Roberts-SEA 27

Oglivie-MIL 27

Batting Wins

Rice-BOS 4.8

Singleton-BAL 4.0

Hisle-MIL 3.7

Thornton-CLE 3.7

Otis-KCR 3.4

Carew-MIN 3.3

Murray-BAL 3.3

DeCinces-BAL 3.2

Oglivie-MIL 2.7

Roberts-SEA 2.7

Extra-Base Hits

Rice-BOS 86

DeCinces-BAL 66

Fisk-BOS 64

Brett-KCR 62

Murray-BAL 62

Baylor-CAL 60

McRae-KCR 60

Otis-KCR 59

Thornton-CLE 59

Hisle-MIL 58

Lynn-BOS 58

Times on Base

Rice-BOS 276

Carew-MIN 267

LeFlore-DET 267

Kemp-DET 259

Staub-DET 254

Singleton-BAL 247

Smalley-MIN 246

Murray-BAL 245

Thompson-DET 243

Fisk-BOS 240

Offensive Win%

Rice-BOS .756

Otis-KCR .727

Singleton-BAL .714

Hisle-MIL .704

Roberts-SEA .704

Carew-MIN .700

Lynn-BOS .696

Lezcano-MIL .679

Oglivie-MIL .678

Thornton-CLE .677

Hit By Pitch

Baylor-CAL 18

Jackson-NYY 9

Jackson-CAL 9

Lemon-CHW 8

Roberts-SEA 8

Chalk-CAL 7

Fisk-BOS 7

Grich-CAL 7

Hargrove-TEX 7

Money-MIL 7

Sac. Hits

Campaneris-TEX 25

Smalley-MIN 23

Gomez-TOR 19

Grich-CAL 19

Guerrero-OAK 17

Kuiper-CLE 16

Essian-OAK 15

Veryzer-CLE 15

Wilfong-MIN 15

Edwards-OAK 14

Money-MIL 14

Remy-BOS 14

Sac. Flies

Baylor-CAL 12

Cowens-KCR 11

McRae-KCR 11

Staub-DET 11

Munson-NYY 10

Otis-KCR 10

Nettles-NYY 9

Oliver-TEX 9

Bonds-TOT 8

Hobson-BOS 8

Murray-BAL 8

Thornton-CLE 8

Whitaker-DET 8

Yastrzemski-BOS 8

Intentional Walks

Carew-MIN 19

Porter-KCR 14

Lynn-BOS 11

Oglivie-MIL 10

Baylor-CAL 9

Bostock-CAL 8

Hargrove-TEX 8

Piniella-NYY 8

Yastrzemski-BOS 8

Bonds-TOT 7

Carty-TOT 7

LeFlore-DET 7

Murray-BAL 7

Otis-KCR 7

Rice-BOS 7

White-NYY 7

Zisk-TEX 7

Grounded into Double Plays

Bostock-CAL 26

Bell-CLE 24

Staub-DET 24

Munson-NYY 20

Nettles-NYY 20

Scott-BOS 19

Carew-MIN 18

May-BAL 18

Sundberg-TEX 18

Johnson-CHW 17

McKay-TOR 17

Thornton-CLE 17

Caught Stealing

Dilone-OAK 23

Bonds-TOT 22

Edwards-OAK 21

Page-OAK 19

LeFlore-DET 16

Wills-TEX 14

Miller-CAL 13

Remy-BOS 13

Beniquez-TEX 12

Bostock-CAL 12

Manning-CLE 12

Molitor-MIL 12

Wilson-KCR 12

Power/Speed Number

Bonds-TOT 36.0

Baylor-CAL 26.7

Otis-KCR 26.1

LeFlore-DET 20.4

Page-OAK 19.6

Jackson-NYY 18.4

Harrah-TEX 17.3

McRae-KCR 16.5

Hisle-MIL 15.5

Wills-TEX 15.3

At Bats per Strikeout

Bailor-TOR 29.6

Staub-DET 18.3

Bostock-CAL 15.8

Kuiper-CLE 15.6

Brett-KCR 14.6

Guerrero-OAK 14.4

Dauer-BAL **20.9

Chalk-CAL 13.8

Reynolds-SEA 13.4

Piniella-NYY 13.1

At Bats per Home Run

Thomas-MIL 14.1

Rice-BOS 14.7

Hisle-MIL 15.3

Thornton-CLE 15.4

Carty-TOT 17.0

Baylor-CAL 17.4

Bonds-TOT 18.2

DeCinces-BAL 18.3

Alexander-TOT 18.4

Jackson-NYY 18.9

Outs

Burleson-BOS 510

Staub-DET 505

LeFlore-DET 501

Rice-BOS 490

McRae-KCR 488

Bailor-TOR 483

Smalley-MIN 480

Baylor-CAL 476

Munson-NYY 468

Chambliss-NYY 467

Remy-BOS 467

ERA

Guidry-NYY 1.74

Matlack-TEX 2.27

Caldwell-MIL 2.36

Palmer-BAL 2.46

Goltz-MIN 2.49

Gura-KCR 2.72

Eckersley-BOS 2.99

Figueroa-NYY 2.99

Zahn-MIN 3.03

Jenkins-TEX 3.04

Wins

Guidry-NYY 25

Caldwell-MIL 22

Leonard-KCR 21

Palmer-BAL 21

Eckersley-BOS 20

Figueroa-NYY 20

Flanagan-BAL 19

Splittorff-KCR 19

Jenkins-TEX 18

Sorensen-MIL 18

Tanana-CAL 18

Won-Loss %

Guidry-NYY .893

Stanley-BOS .882

Gura-KCR .800

Eckersley-BOS .714

Caldwell-MIL .710

Jenkins-TEX .692

Figueroa-NYY .690

Comer-TEX .688

Hunter-NYY .667

Billingham-DET .652

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

Guidry-NYY 0.946

Caldwell-MIL 1.064

Jenkins-TEX 1.080

Gura-KCR 1.096

Matlack-TEX 1.122

McGregor-BAL 1.133

Tiant-BOS 1.140

Palmer-BAL 1.159

Splittorff-KCR 1.160

Sorensen-MIL 1.165

Hits Allowed/9IP

Guidry-NYY 6.15

Ryan-CAL 7.02

Gura-KCR 7.43

Palmer-BAL 7.48

Tiant-BOS 7.84

Caldwell-MIL 7.92

Johnson-OAK 7.94

Gale-KCR 8.00

Waits-CLE 8.05

Keough-OAK 8.12

Bases on Balls/9IP

Jenkins-TEX 1.48

Sorensen-MIL 1.60

Caldwell-MIL 1.66

Matlack-TEX 1.70

Rozema-DET 1.76

McGregor-BAL 1.82

Splittorff-KCR 2.06

Serum-MIN 2.15

Tanana-CAL 2.26

Guidry-NYY 2.37

Strikeouts/9IP

Ryan-CAL 9.97

Guidry-NYY 8.16

Kravec-CHW 6.83

Underwood-TOR 6.33

Knapp-CAL 6.02

Jenkins-TEX 5.67

Leonard-KCR 5.59

Wilcox-DET 5.52

Eckersley-BOS 5.43

Flanagan-BAL 5.34

Games

Lacey-OAK 74

Heaverlo-OAK 69

Sosa-OAK 68

Gossage-NYY 63

LaRoche-CAL 59

Lyle-NYY 59

Willoughby-CHW 59

Hrabosky-KCR 58

Kern-CLE 58

Romo-SEA 56

Stanhouse-BAL 56

Saves

Gossage-NYY 27

LaRoche-CAL 25

Stanhouse-BAL 24

Marshall-MIN 21

Hrabosky-KCR 20

LaGrow-CHW 16

Hiller-DET 15

Sosa-OAK 14

Kern-CLE 13

Willoughby-CHW 13

Innings

Palmer-BAL 296.0

Leonard-KCR 294.7

Caldwell-MIL 293.3

Flanagan-BAL 281.3

Sorensen-MIL 280.7

Martinez-BAL 276.3

Guidry-NYY 273.7

Matlack-TEX 270.0

Eckersley-BOS 268.3

Erickson-MIN 265.7

Strikeouts

Ryan-CAL 260

Guidry-NYY 248

Leonard-KCR 183

Flanagan-BAL 167

Eckersley-BOS 162

Jenkins-TEX 157

Matlack-TEX 157

Kravec-CHW 154

Martinez-BAL 142

Underwood-TOR 139

Games Started

Flanagan-BAL 40

Leonard-KCR 40

Martinez-BAL 38

Palmer-BAL 38

Splittorff-KCR 38

Erickson-MIN 37

Sorensen-MIL 36

Torrez-BOS 36

Eckersley-BOS 35

Figueroa-NYY 35

Guidry-NYY 35

Zahn-MIN 35

Comp. Games

Caldwell-MIL 23

Leonard-KCR 20

Palmer-BAL 19

Matlack-TEX 18

Flanagan-BAL 17

Sorensen-MIL 17

Eckersley-BOS 16

Guidry-NYY 16

Jenkins-TEX 16

Wilcox-DET 16

Shutouts

Guidry-NYY 9

Caldwell-MIL 6

Palmer-BAL 6

Tiant-BOS 5

Billingham-DET 4

Jenkins-TEX 4

Leonard-KCR 4

McGregor-BAL 4

Tanana-CAL 4

Eckersley-BOS 3

Gale-KCR 3

Ryan-CAL 3

Sorensen-MIL 3

Travers-MIL 3

Wright-BOS 3

Home Runs Allow.

Eckersley-BOS 30

Jefferson-TOR 28

Leonard-KCR 27

Slaton-DET 27

Tanana-CAL 26

Tiant-BOS 26

Colborn-TOT 25

Knapp-CAL 25

Underwood-TOR 23

Wood-CHW 23

Bases On Balls Allow.

Ryan-CAL 148

Gale-KCR 100

Torrez-BOS 99

Palmer-BAL 97

Kravec-CHW 95

Martinez-BAL 93

Clancy-TOR 91

Flanagan-BAL 87

Underwood-TOR 87

Jefferson-TOR 86

Waits-CLE 86

Hits Allowed

Leonard-KCR 283

Sorensen-MIL 277

Torrez-BOS 272

Flanagan-BAL 271

Erickson-MIN 268

Zahn-MIN 260

Caldwell-MIL 258

Eckersley-BOS 258

Martinez-BAL 257

Matlack-TEX 252

SO to Walk

Jenkins-TEX 3.83

Guidry-NYY 3.44

Matlack-TEX 3.08

Caldwell-MIL 2.43

Leonard-KCR 2.35

Eckersley-BOS 2.28

Tanana-CAL 2.28

McGregor-BAL 2.00

Tiant-BOS 2.00

Wilcox-DET 1.94

Losses

Wise-CLE 19

Leonard-KCR 17

Jefferson-TOR 16

Kravec-CHW 16

Abbott-SEA 15

Barrios-CHW 15

Flanagan-BAL 15

Keough-OAK 15

Waits-CLE 15

Lemanczyk-TOR 14

Mitchell-SEA 14

Underwood-TOR 14

Zahn-MIN 14

Earned Runs Allow.

Flanagan-BAL 126

Erickson-MIN 117

Torrez-BOS 110

Leonard-KCR 109

Martinez-BAL 108

Slaton-DET 107

Jefferson-TOR 103

Stone-CHW 103

Wise-CLE 102

Sorensen-MIL 100

Wild Pitches

Ryan-CAL 13

Keough-OAK 12

Leonard-KCR 12

Clyde-CLE 11

Clancy-TOR 10

Hood-CLE 10

Slaton-DET 10

Waits-CLE 10

Bird-KCR 9

Wood-CHW 9

Hit Batsmen

Kravec-CHW 10

Leonard-KCR 9

Tanana-CAL 9

Beattie-NYY 8

Billingham-DET 8

Colborn-TOT 8

Erickson-MIN 8

Paxton-CLE 8

Slaton-DET 8

Wilcox-DET 8

Batters Faced

Leonard-KCR 1218

Palmer-BAL 1197

Caldwell-MIL 1176

Flanagan-BAL 1160

Sorensen-MIL 1150

Martinez-BAL 1140

Eckersley-BOS 1121

Erickson-MIN 1120

Matlack-TEX 1097

Torrez-BOS 1091

Games Finished

Gossage-NYY 55

Marshall-MIN 51

Hrabosky-KCR 47

Stanhouse-BAL 47

Willoughby-CHW 47

Hiller-DET 46

LaRoche-CAL 46

Sosa-OAK 44

Kern-CLE 43

Romo-SEA 42

Adjusted ERA+

Guidry-NYY 208

Matlack-TEX 167

Caldwell-MIL 160

Goltz-MIN 155

Palmer-BAL 143

Gura-KCR 142

Eckersley-BOS 139

Zahn-MIN 127

Tiant-BOS 126

Gale-KCR 125

Oldest Player

Fairly-CAL 1938-07-12 (39)

Yastrzemski-BOS 1939-08-22 (38)

Carty-TOT 1939-09-01 (38)

Tiant-BOS 1940-11-23 (37)

Hendricks-BAL 1940-12-22 (37)

Lindblad-TOT 1941-08-09 (36)

Wood-CHW 1941-10-22 (36)

Campaneris-TEX 1942-03-09 (36)

Kessinger-CHW 1942-07-17 (35)

Stanley-DET 1942-07-20 (35)

Youngest Player

Conroy-OAK 1960-04-03 (18)

Milner-TOR 1959-11-17 (18)

Morgan-OAK 1959-10-08 (18)

Burns-CHW 1959-06-08 (19)

Norman-TEX 1958-05-23 (20)

Ramos-NYY 1958-03-29 (20)

Trammell-DET 1958-02-21 (20)

Cruz-TOR 1957-12-24 (20)

Chappas-CHW 1957-10-26 (20)

Griffin-CLE 1957-10-06 (20)

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. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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