Major League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Zettlein • CHI 4.5
2. Wolters • NYU 4.4
3. Spalding • BOS 3.6
4. McBride • ATH 3.4
5. Barnes • BOS 2.1
6. Brainard • OLY 1.9
7. Pratt • CLE 1.9
8. Wood • CHI 1.8
9. Fisher • ROK 1.8
10. Meyerle • ATH 1.7
McVey • BOS 1.7
WAR Position Players
1. Barnes • BOS 2.1
2. Wood • CHI 1.8
3. McVey • BOS 1.7
4. Meyerle • ATH 1.7
5. Force • OLY 1.5
6. Wolters • NYU 1.3
7. Waterman • OLY 1.3
8. Sutton • CLE 1.2
9. Wright • BOS 1.2
10. Eggler • NYU 1.2
Offensive WAR
1. Meyerle • ATH 2.1
2. Barnes • BOS 1.7
3. McVey • BOS 1.7
4. Wood • CHI 1.5
5. Wolters • NYU 1.3
6. Start • NYU 1.2
7. Pike • TRO 1.2
8. King • TRO 1.1
Wright • BOS 1.1
Waterman • OLY 1.1
Defensive WAR
1. Force • OLY 0.9
2. Barnes • BOS 0.5
Pinkham • CHI 0.5
4. Ferguson • NYU 0.4
5. Hall • OLY 0.4
6. Radcliff • ATH 0.3
7. Wood • CHI 0.3
8. Waterman • OLY 0.2
Treacey • CHI 0.2
10. Pearce • NYU 0.2
Eggler • NYU 0.2
Batting Average
1. Meyerle • ATH .492
2. McVey • BOS .431
3. Barnes • BOS .401
4. King • TRO .396
5. Wood • CHI .378
6. Pike • TRO .377
7. Wolters • NYU .370
8. Higham • NYU .362
9. Start • NYU .360
10. Reach • ATH .353
On-Base%
1. Meyerle • ATH .500
2. Barnes • BOS .447
3. McVey • BOS .435
4. Wood • CHI .425
5. Wolters • NYU .412
6. Pike • TRO .400
King • TRO .400
8. Malone • ATH .385
9. Pinkham • CHI .381
10. Reach • ATH .377
Slugging %
1. Meyerle • ATH .700
2. Pike • TRO .654
3. Bass • CLE .640
4. Barnes • BOS .580
5. Treacey • CHI .573
6. Wood • CHI .563
7. McVey • BOS .556
8. Sutton • CLE .555
9. King • TRO .549
10. Wolters • NYU .543
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Meyerle • ATH 1.200
2. Pike • TRO 1.054
3. Barnes • BOS 1.027
4. McVey • BOS .991
5. Wood • CHI .988
6. Bass • CLE .967
7. Wolters • NYU .956
8. King • TRO .949
9. Treacey • CHI .922
10. Sutton • CLE .911
Games Played
1. Eggler • NYU 33
Ferguson • NYU 33
Hatfield • NYU 33
Pearce • NYU 33
Start • NYU 33
6. Mills • NYU 32
Patterson • NYU 32
Wolters • NYU 32
Force • OLY 32
Hall • OLY 32
Mills • OLY 32
Waterman • OLY 32
At Bats
1. Hatfield • NYU 168
2. Pearce • NYU 163
3. Force • OLY 162
4. Start • NYU 161
5. Ferguson • NYU 158
Waterman • OLY 158
7. Barnes • BOS 157
Mills • OLY 157
9. McVey • BOS 153
10. Birdsall • BOS 152
Plate Appearances
1. Hatfield • NYU 172
2. Barnes • BOS 170
3. Waterman • OLY 168
4. Pearce • NYU 167
5. Force • OLY 166
6. Start • NYU 164
7. Ferguson • NYU 161
8. Cuthbert • ATH 160
Wright • BOS 160
Mills • OLY 160
Runs Scored
1. Barnes • BOS 66
2. Birdsall • BOS 51
3. Cuthbert • ATH 47
Radcliff • ATH 47
5. Waterman • OLY 46
6. Meyerle • ATH 45
Wood • CHI 45
Force • OLY 45
King • TRO 45
10. Fisler • ATH 43
Reach • ATH 43
McVey • BOS 43
Spalding • BOS 43
Flynn • TRO 43
Pike • TRO 43
Hits
1. McVey • BOS 66
2. Meyerle • ATH 64
3. Barnes • BOS 63
4. Start • NYU 58
5. King • TRO 57
6. Wood • CHI 51
Wolters • NYU 51
8. Waterman • OLY 50
9. Pike • TRO 49
10. Flynn • TRO 48
Total Bases
1. Meyerle • ATH 91
Barnes • BOS 91
3. McVey • BOS 85
Pike • TRO 85
5. King • TRO 79
6. Wood • CHI 76
7. Wolters • NYU 75
8. Treacey • CHI 71
Sutton • CLE 71
10. Start • NYU 68
Doubles
1. Anson • ROK 11
2. Barnes • BOS 10
Spalding • BOS 10
King • TRO 10
Allison • OLY 10
Pike • TRO 10
Wood • CHI 10
8. Meyerle • ATH 9
Bechtel • ATH 9
Gould • BOS 9
McVey • BOS 9
Force • OLY 9
Triples
1. Bass • CLE 10
2. Barnes • BOS 9
Wolters • NYU 9
4. Pratt • CLE 8
5. York • TRO 7
Sutton • CLE 7
Pike • TRO 7
8. Reach • ATH 6
Stires • ROK 6
King • TRO 6
Wood • CHI 6
Home Runs
1. Pike • TRO 4
Meyerle • ATH 4
Treacey • CHI 4
4. Cuthbert • ATH 3
Sutton • CLE 3
Bass • CLE 3
7. King • CHI 2
York • TRO 2
Stires • ROK 2
Hall • OLY 2
Allison • OLY 2
Gould • BOS 2
Hodes • CHI 2
Runs Batted In
1. Wolters • NYU 44
2. McVey • BOS 43
3. Meyerle • ATH 40
4. Pike • TRO 39
5. Reach • ATH 34
Barnes • BOS 34
Start • NYU 34
King • TRO 34
9. Malone • ATH 33
Treacey • CHI 33
Bases on Balls
1. Pinkham • CHI 18
2. Wright • BOS 13
Barnes • BOS 13
4. Wood • CHI 11
5. Cuthbert • ATH 10
Waterman • OLY 10
Wolters • NYU 10
8. York • TRO 9
Bellán • TRO 9
Malone • ATH 9
Strikeouts
1. Wolters • NYU 8
2. Mack • ROK 7
Pike • TRO 7
Ham • ROK 7
5. White • CLE 6
McMullin • TRO 6
Reach • ATH 6
8. Treacey • CHI 5
Stires • ROK 5
Allison • CLE 5
Stolen Bases
1. McGeary • TRO 20
2. Wood • CHI 18
3. Cuthbert • ATH 16
4. Eggler • NYU 14
Leonard • OLY 14
6. Treacey • CHI 13
Schafer • BOS 13
8. Mack • ROK 12
Cone • BOS 12
10. Duffy • CHI 11
Hastings • ROK 11
Waterman • OLY 11
McMullin • TRO 11
Barnes • BOS 11
Singles
1. McVey • BOS 52
2. Start • NYU 51
3. Meyerle • ATH 48
4. Barnes • BOS 44
5. Flynn • TRO 41
King • TRO 41
7. Birdsall • BOS 40
8. Pearce • NYU 39
Waterman • OLY 39
10. Hatfield • NYU 38
Adjusted OPS+
1. Meyerle • ATH 237
2. Pike • TRO 192
3. Barnes • BOS 185
4. Wolters • NYU 182
5. McVey • BOS 175
6. Wood • CHI 174
7. Bass • CLE 171
8. King • TRO 166
9. Sutton • CLE 159
10. Treacey • CHI 153
Runs Created
1. Meyerle • ATH 47
2. Barnes • BOS 40
3. McVey • BOS 38
4. Wood • CHI 35
5. Pike • TRO 33
6. Wolters • NYU 31
King • TRO 31
8. Reach • ATH 25
Sutton • CLE 25
Start • NYU 25
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Meyerle • ATH 23
2. Barnes • BOS 18
3. Pike • TRO 15
4. McVey • BOS 14
5. Wolters • NYU 14
6. Wood • CHI 13
7. King • TRO 12
8. Wright • BOS 10
9. Sutton • CLE 9
10. Treacey • CHI 8
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Meyerle • ATH 2.0
2. Barnes • BOS 1.6
3. Pike • TRO 1.3
4. McVey • BOS 1.3
5. Wolters • NYU 1.3
6. Wood • CHI 1.2
7. King • TRO 1.0
8. Wright • BOS 0.9
9. Sutton • CLE 0.8
10. Treacey • CHI 0.7
Extra Base Hits
1. Pike • TRO 21
2. Barnes • BOS 19
3. Wood • CHI 17
4. King • TRO 16
Meyerle • ATH 16
Treacey • CHI 16
7. Cuthbert • ATH 15
Wolters • NYU 15
9. York • TRO 14
Anson • ROK 14
Allison • OLY 14
Pratt • CLE 14
Bass • CLE 14
McVey • BOS 14
Times On Base
1. Barnes • BOS 76
2. McVey • BOS 67
3. Meyerle • ATH 66
4. Wood • CHI 62
5. Start • NYU 61
Wolters • NYU 61
7. Waterman • OLY 60
8. King • TRO 58
9. Wright • BOS 57
10. Malone • ATH 55
Offensive Win %
1. Meyerle • ATH .908
2. McVey • BOS .801
3. Wood • CHI .779
4. Barnes • BOS .770
5. Pike • TRO .764
6. Wolters • NYU .735
7. King • TRO .722
8. Sutton • CLE .661
9. Reach • ATH .656
10. Bechtel • ATH .656
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Patterson • NYU 3
Mills • NYU 3
Craver • TRO 3
Radcliff • ATH 3
Bird • ROK 3
Carleton • CLE 3
7. Mills • OLY 2
Beals • OLY 2
Foran • KEK 2
Pratt • CLE 2
Pabor • CLE 2
Kimball • CLE 2
Glenn • OLY 2
Leonard • OLY 2
Simmons • CHI 2
McAtee • CHI 2
Schafer • BOS 2
Fisher • ROK 2
Stires • ROK 2
Bellán • TRO 2
McMullin • TRO 2
Pike • TRO 2
Caught Stealing
1. Barnes • BOS 6
2. Treacey • CHI 5
3. Ferguson • NYU 4
McGeary • TRO 4
Schafer • BOS 4
Bellán • TRO 4
Duffy • CHI 4
Foley • CHI 4
9. Craver • TRO 3
Eggler • NYU 3
Hatfield • NYU 3
Leonard • OLY 3
Mills • OLY 3
Waterman • OLY 3
McAtee • CHI 3
Flynn • TRO 3
King • TRO 3
Sensenderfer • ATH 3
Malone • ATH 3
Fisler • ATH 3
Power-Speed #
1. Treacey • CHI 6.1
2. Cuthbert • ATH 5.1
3. Meyerle • ATH 4.0
4. Pike • TRO 3.4
5. Sutton • CLE 3.0
Gould • BOS 3.0
7. King • CHI 2.9
8. Hodes • CHI 2.4
Stires • ROK 2.4
10. York • TRO 2.0
Hall • OLY 2.0
AB per SO
1. Hatfield • NYU ∞
Force • OLY ∞
Start • NYU ∞
Waterman • OLY ∞
Patterson • NYU ∞
McGeary • TRO ∞
Mills • NYU ∞
Hall • OLY ∞
Pratt • CLE ∞
Hodes • CHI ∞
Simmons • CHI ∞
Sutton • CLE ∞
Addy • ROK ∞
Craver • TRO ∞
Flowers • TRO ∞
Higham • NYU ∞
Mathews • KEK ∞
Heubel • ATH ∞
Sellman • KEK ∞
Lennon • KEK ∞
AB per HR
1. Bass • CLE 29.7
2. Treacey • CHI 31.0
3. Pike • TRO 32.5
Meyerle • ATH 32.5
5. Sutton • CLE 42.7
6. Cuthbert • ATH 50.0
7. King • CHI 50.5
8. Stires • ROK 55.0
9. Hodes • CHI 65.0
10. Allison • OLY 66.5
Outs Made
1. Hatfield • NYU 128
2. Ferguson • NYU 124
Patterson • NYU 124
4. Pearce • NYU 120
5. Mills • OLY 119
6. Force • OLY 118
7. Cuthbert • ATH 116
8. Schafer • BOS 113
Mills • NYU 113
McGeary • TRO 113

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

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