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Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Trout • DET 10.9
2. Musial • STL 8.9
3. Stirnweiss • NYY 8.6
4. Newhouser • DET 8.4
5. Boudreau • CLE 8.0
6. Doerr • BOS 6.3
7. Johnson • BOS 6.3
8. Sewell • PIT 6.3
9. Galan • BRO 6.3
10. Tobin • BSN 6.2
WAR Position Players
1. Musial • STL 8.9
2. Stirnweiss • NYY 8.6
3. Boudreau • CLE 8.0
4. Doerr • BOS 6.3
5. Johnson • BOS 6.3
6. Galan • BRO 6.3
7. Spence • WSH 6.1
8. Nicholson • CHC 6.1
9. Walker • BRO 5.8
10. Hopp • STL 5.8
Offensive WAR
1. Musial • STL 7.4
2. Boudreau • CLE 7.0
3. Stirnweiss • NYY 6.9
4. Doerr • BOS 6.8
5. Walker • BRO 6.7
6. Galan • BRO 6.6
7. Nicholson • CHC 6.4
8. Johnson • BOS 6.4
9. Spence • WSH 6.2
10. Hopp • STL 5.6
Defensive WAR
1. Marion • STL 3.6
Williams • CIN 3.6
3. Miller • CIN 3.3
4. Stirnweiss • NYY 2.5
5. Mayo • DET 2.4
Verban • STL 2.4
7. Boudreau • CLE 2.1
8. Webb • CHW 1.6
9. Rosar • CLE 1.4
10. Richards • DET 1.3
Batting Average
1. Douglas • CAG .400
2. Campanella • 2TM .388
3. Hoskins • BEG .388
4. Wilson • BBB .379
5. Kimbro • BEG .377
6. Woods • CBE .377
7. West • PS .358
8. Steele • BBB .357
9. Walker • BRO .357
10. Williams • PS .353
On-Base%
1. Douglas • CAG .464
2. Leonard • HG .451
3. Kimbro • BEG .445
4. Steele • BBB .442
5. Hoskins • BEG .441
6. Musial • STL .440
7. Walker • BRO .434
8. Johnson • BOS .431
9. Galan • BRO .426
10. Curry • PS .425
Slugging %
1. Hoskins • BEG .621
2. Leonard • HG .620
3. Gibson • HG .602
4. Douglas • CAG .573
5. Steele • BBB .563
6. Campanella • 2TM .554
7. Musial • STL .549
8. Harper • 2TM .545
9. Nicholson • CHC .545
10. Ott • NYG .544
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Leonard • HG 1.071
2. Hoskins • BEG 1.062
3. Douglas • CAG 1.038
4. Gibson • HG 1.014
5. Steele • BBB 1.004
6. Musial • STL .990
7. Kimbro • BEG .984
8. Campanella • 2TM .976
9. Ott • NYG .967
10. Walker • BRO .963
Games Played
1. Dahlgren • PIT 158
2. Nicholson • CHC 156
3. Holmes • BSN 155
Miller • CIN 155
Mueller • CIN 155
Williams • CIN 155
Rocco • CLE 155
Hayes • PHA 155
9. Johnson • CHC 154
Cullenbine • CLE 154
Mayo • DET 154
Etten • NYY 154
Stirnweiss • NYY 154
Sanders • STL 154
At Bats
1. Williams • CIN 653
Rocco • CLE 653
3. Stirnweiss • NYY 643
4. Holmes • BSN 631
5. Cavarretta • CHC 614
6. Johnson • CHC 608
7. Mayo • DET 607
8. Gutteridge • SLB 603
9. Sanders • STL 601
10. Dahlgren • PIT 599
Plate Appearances
1. Stirnweiss • NYY 723
2. Rocco • CLE 722
3. Williams • CIN 707
4. Holmes • BSN 705
5. Mayo • DET 696
6. Cavarretta • CHC 692
7. Nicholson • CHC 686
8. Sanders • STL 683
9. Adams • PHI 682
10. Boudreau • CLE 681
Runs Scored
1. Stirnweiss • NYY 125
2. Nicholson • CHC 116
3. Musial • STL 112
4. Russell • PIT 109
5. Johnson • BOS 106
Cavarretta • CHC 106
Hopp • STL 106
8. Barrett • PIT 99
9. Cullenbine • CLE 98
10. Galan • BRO 96
Hits
1. Stirnweiss • NYY 205
2. Cavarretta • CHC 197
Musial • STL 197
4. Holmes • BSN 195
5. Walker • BRO 191
Boudreau • CLE 191
7. Spence • WSH 187
8. Russell • PIT 181
9. Lindell • NYY 178
10. McCormick • CIN 177
Hopp • STL 177
Sanders • STL 177
Total Bases
1. Nicholson • CHC 317
2. Musial • STL 312
3. Lindell • NYY 297
4. Stirnweiss • NYY 296
5. Holmes • BSN 288
Spence • WSH 288
7. Walker • BRO 283
Northey • PHI 283
9. McCormick • CIN 280
10. Johnson • BOS 277
Cavarretta • CHC 277
Doubles
1. Musial • STL 51
2. Boudreau • CLE 45
3. Galan • BRO 43
4. Holmes • BSN 42
5. Keltner • CLE 41
6. Johnson • BOS 40
7. Fox • BOS 37
Walker • BRO 37
Johnson • CHC 37
McCormick • CIN 37
Triples
1. Barrett • PIT 19
2. Lindell • NYY 16
Stirnweiss • NYY 16
Elliott • PIT 16
5. Cavarretta • CHC 15
6. Russell • PIT 14
Musial • STL 14
8. Gutteridge • SLB 11
9. Doerr • BOS 10
10. Galan • BRO 9
Moses • CHW 9
Keltner • CLE 9
Cramer • DET 9
Weintraub • NYG 9
Estalella • PHA 9
Lupien • PHI 9
Northey • PHI 9
Hopp • STL 9
Sanders • STL 9
Epps • 2TM 9
Home Runs
1. Nicholson • CHC 33
2. Ott • NYG 26
3. Etten • NYY 22
Northey • PHI 22
5. McCormick • CIN 20
Stephens • SLB 20
Kurowski • STL 20
8. York • DET 18
Lindell • NYY 18
Spence • WSH 18
Runs Batted In
1. Nicholson • CHC 122
2. Stephens • SLB 109
3. Elliott • PIT 108
4. Johnson • BOS 106
5. Northey • PHI 104
6. Lindell • NYY 103
7. McCormick • CIN 102
Sanders • STL 102
9. Dahlgren • PIT 101
10. Spence • WSH 100
Bases on Balls
1. Galan • BRO 101
2. Etten • NYY 97
3. Johnson • BOS 95
4. Nicholson • CHC 93
5. Ott • NYG 90
Musial • STL 90
7. Cullenbine • CLE 87
8. Barrett • PIT 86
9. McQuinn • SLB 85
10. Higgins • DET 81
Strikeouts
1. Seerey • CLE 99
2. Stirnweiss • NYY 87
3. DiMaggio • PIT 83
4. Adams • PHI 74
McQuinn • SLB 74
6. York • DET 73
7. Nicholson • CHC 71
8. Johnson • BOS 67
Schultz • BRO 67
10. Hoover • DET 66
Stolen Bases
1. Stirnweiss • NYY 55
2. Case • WSH 49
3. Barrett • PIT 28
4. Myatt • WSH 26
5. Moses • CHW 21
6. Gutteridge • SLB 20
7. Lupien • PHI 18
8. Hughes • CHC 16
9. Hopp • STL 15
10. Kerr • NYG 14
Singles
1. Stirnweiss • NYY 146
2. Cavarretta • CHC 142
3. Boudreau • CLE 138
Cramer • DET 138
5. Holmes • BSN 134
6. Walker • BRO 133
7. Lupien • PHI 132
8. Medwick • NYG 131
9. Williams • CIN 130
Spence • WSH 130
Adjusted OPS+
1. Douglas • CAG 218
2. Steele • BBB 208
3. Harper • 2TM 191
4. Leonard • HG 184
5. Hoskins • BEG 182
6. Wilson • BBB 182
7. Woods • CBE 178
8. Johnson • BOS 174
9. Musial • STL 174
10. Walker • BRO 172
Runs Created
1. Musial • STL 134
2. Walker • BRO 123
3. Stirnweiss • NYY 122
4. Nicholson • CHC 121
5. Johnson • BOS 116
6. Galan • BRO 115
7. Spence • WSH 109
8. Cavarretta • CHC 107
Hopp • STL 107
10. Holmes • BSN 106
Etten • NYY 106
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Musial • STL 61
2. Johnson • BOS 56
3. Walker • BRO 54
4. Galan • BRO 50
5. Nicholson • CHC 50
6. Spence • WSH 43
7. Ott • NYG 42
8. Doerr • BOS 39
9. Boudreau • CLE 38
10. Etten • NYY 36
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Musial • STL 6.2
2. Johnson • BOS 5.8
3. Walker • BRO 5.5
4. Galan • BRO 5.1
5. Nicholson • CHC 5.0
6. Spence • WSH 4.4
7. Ott • NYG 4.3
8. Doerr • BOS 4.1
9. Boudreau • CLE 4.0
10. Etten • NYY 3.8
Extra Base Hits
1. Musial • STL 77
2. Nicholson • CHC 76
3. Lindell • NYY 67
4. Northey • PHI 66
5. Johnson • BOS 65
6. Galan • BRO 64
7. Keltner • CLE 63
8. Holmes • BSN 61
9. McCormick • CIN 60
10. Stirnweiss • NYY 59
Times On Base
1. Musial • STL 292
2. Stirnweiss • NYY 279
3. Galan • BRO 277
4. Johnson • BOS 269
Boudreau • CLE 269
Etten • NYY 269
7. Cavarretta • CHC 267
8. Nicholson • CHC 266
9. Russell • PIT 265
10. Walker • BRO 264
Offensive Win %
1. Douglas • CAG .888
2. Steele • BBB .853
3. Hoskins • BEG .838
4. Harper • 2TM .836
5. Wilson • BBB .824
6. Woods • CBE .820
7. Walker • BRO .813
8. Musial • STL .811
9. Leonard • HG .806
10. Campanella • 2TM .801
Hit By Pitch
1. Litwhiler • STL 10
2. Ortiz • WSH 8
3. Adams • PHI 7
Myatt • WSH 7
5. Nicholson • CHC 6
Hodgin • CHW 6
Hoover • DET 6
Crosetti • NYY 6
Dahlgren • PIT 6
Zarilla • SLB 6
Sacrifice Hits
1. Mayo • DET 28
2. Hausmann • NYG 27
3. Schalk • CHW 21
McQuinn • SLB 21
Myatt • WSH 21
6. Newsome • BOS 19
Boudreau • CLE 19
Kell • PHA 19
Verban • STL 19
Garrison • 2TM 19
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Northey • PHI 29
2. Nicholson • CHC 27
3. Etten • NYY 18
4. Walker • BRO 16
5. Spence • WSH 15
6. McCormick • CIN 14
Ott • NYG 14
8. Mueller • CIN 13
9. Miller • CIN 12
Siebert • PHA 12
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Kell • PHA 28
2. Keltner • CLE 23
Lombardi • NYG 23
4. Busch • PHA 20
Dahlgren • PIT 20
Torres • WSH 20
7. McCormick • CIN 19
8. Owen • BRO 18
Tipton • CIN 18
York • DET 18
Christman • SLB 18
Caught Stealing
1. Case • WSH 18
2. Mayo • DET 13
3. Tucker • CHW 12
4. Stirnweiss • NYY 11
5. Hoover • DET 10
Russell • PIT 10
Myatt • WSH 10
8. Hack • CHC 9
Tipton • CIN 9
Hockett • CLE 9
Power-Speed #
1. Stirnweiss • NYY 14.0
2. Hopp • STL 12.7
3. Barrett • PIT 11.2
4. Kerr • NYG 11.0
5. Metkovich • BOS 10.6
6. McCormick • CIN 10.4
7. Olmo • BRO 9.5
Elliott • PIT 9.5
9. Musial • STL 8.8
10. Walker • BRO 8.2
AB per SO
1. Holmes • BSN 57.4
2. Verban • STL 35.6
3. McCormick • CIN 34.2
4. Hodgin • CHW 33.2
5. Busch • PHA 28.5
6. Siebert • PHA 27.5
7. Cramer • DET 27.5
8. Williams • CIN 27.2
9. Owen • BRO 27.1
10. Wasdell • PHI 26.5
AB per HR
1. Ott • NYG 15.3
2. Nicholson • CHC 17.6
3. Gibson • HG 19.6
4. Seerey • CLE 22.8
5. Hoskins • BEG 23.2
6. Leonard • HG 25.6
7. Northey • PHI 25.9
8. Etten • NYY 26.0
9. Kurowski • STL 27.8
10. Weintraub • NYG 27.8
Outs Made
1. Williams • CIN 520
2. Rocco • CLE 509
Mayo • DET 509
4. Schalk • CHW 500
5. Gutteridge • SLB 473
6. Johnson • CHC 462
Hayes • PHA 462
8. Rucker • NYG 461
Stirnweiss • NYY 461
10. Holmes • BSN 457
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Galan • BRO 64.00
2. Nicholson • CHC 61.99
3. Walker • BRO 57.06
4. Musial • STL 55.20
5. Ott • NYG 50.94
6. Weintraub • NYG 50.22
7. Johnson • BOS 49.91
8. Hopp • STL 44.00
9. McCormick • CIN 43.66
10. Sanders • STL 41.89
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Nicholson • CHC 6.5
2. Walker • BRO 6.2
3. Galan • BRO 5.9
4. McCormick • CIN 5.6
5. Hopp • STL 4.3
6. Ott • NYG 4.1
7. Lindell • NYY 4.1
8. Weintraub • NYG 3.8
9. Northey • PHI 3.7
10. Musial • STL 3.7
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Walker • BRO 5.2
2. Galan • BRO 5.2
3. Nicholson • CHC 5.1
4. Ott • NYG 4.7
5. Johnson • BOS 4.4
6. Musial • STL 3.8
7. McCormick • CIN 3.7
8. Stirnweiss • NYY 3.3
9. Etten • NYY 3.3
10. Hopp • STL 3.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Wakefield • DET 17.0
2. York • DET 12.0
3. Laabs • SLB 10.7
4. Etten • NYY 9.4
5. Lindell • NYY 7.9
6. Johnson • BOS 6.1
7. Musial • STL 5.3
8. Zarilla • SLB 5.1
9. Doerr • BOS 4.1
10. Hopp • STL 4.0
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Galan • BRO 6.5
2. Nicholson • CHC 6.3
3. Walker • BRO 5.8
4. Musial • STL 5.5
5. Johnson • BOS 5.2
6. Ott • NYG 5.2
7. Weintraub • NYG 5.1
8. McCormick • CIN 4.5
9. Hopp • STL 4.4
10. Sanders • STL 4.2

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