Willie Mays and Hank Aaron each have different lgBA from the overall common sense National League (NL) batting average (BA), which is simply all hits divided by all at bats.
As mentioned in recent posts: "baseball-reference.com definition of lgBA: a league average (non-pitcher) would have had in the same park(s)."
We can sort of negate the inclusion of pitchers in the common sense BA by comparing lgBA of both Mays and Aaron to the NL BA. (NL BA - Mays lgBA) v. (NL BA - Aaron lgBA):
Year NL-Mays NL-Aaron
1954 -0.010 -0.002
1955 -0.008 -0.002
1956 -0.007 -0.001
1957 -0.009 0.000
1958 -0.005 0.002
1959 -0.007 0.001
1960 -0.001 0.001
1961 -0.003 0.002
1962 -0.008 -0.005
1963 -0.008 -0.008
1964 -0.012 -0.010
1965 -0.013 -0.009
1966 -0.013 -0.012
1967 -0.009 -0.008
1968 -0.010 -0.010
1969 -0.008 -0.011
1970 -0.008 -0.015
1971 -0.007 -0.015
1972 -0.006 -0.019
1973 -0.006 -0.018
Let's look at 1954.
lgBA Mays: .275
lgBA Aaron: .267
NL BA (including pitchers): .265
My reason for getting into this was to determine the percent above the league average for various rates, in this case, the simple, innocuous, venerable batting average. In 1954 Mays led the NL with .345; Aaron in his rookie season batted .280.
Mays Aaron
BA 0.345 0.280
lgBA 0.275 0.267
NL 0.265 0.265
% above lgBA 25.45% 4.87%
% above NL 30.19% 5.66%
What the heck?
But suppose they both had the same BA, let's say .300.
Mays Aaron
BA 0.300 0.300
lgBA 0.275 0.267
NL 0.265 0.265
% above lgBA 9.09% 12.36%
% above NL 13.21% 13.21%
Now the percent above lgBA difference is clear and significant:
Mays 9.09%
Aaron 12.36%
So what the heck? It's freakin' BA! Simple, right? What the heck? I can't even play with BA and have a little fun, maybe gain some insight? Geez!
Stimulating, provocative, sometimes whimsical new concepts that challenge traditional baseball orthodoxy. Note: Anonymous comments will not be published. Copyright Kenneth Matinale
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Friday, May 31, 2013
Mays, Aaron: lgBA difference per season.
Willie Mays and Hank Aaron have very different lgBA in baseball-reference.com under Advanced Batting. Presumably this is caused by they're having different home parks. Mays had the advantage every season 1954 through 1967 except 1963, which was about even. Aaron's Braves moved from Milwaukee to Atlanta in 1966. Aaron had the advantage every season 1969 through 1973 except 1968 was about even.
The biggest difference for either player was for Aaron 1972 and 1973 when Mays played mostly for the Mets whose home park was Shea Stadium: 13 and 12 points. Mays topped out with a nine point edge in 1957, his Giants last season in New York where they played at the Polo Grounds.
This only matters for something like the simple thing I was trying to do: figure the percent above the league average, which is becoming an increasingly elusive concept.
Year Aaron-Mays
1954 -0.008
1955 -0.006
1956 -0.006
1957 -0.009
1958 -0.007 Mays Seal Stadium San Francisco
1959 -0.008 Mays Seal Stadium San Francisco
1960 -0.002 Mays Candlestick Park
1961 -0.005
1962 -0.003
1963 0
1964 -0.002
1965 -0.004
1966 -0.001 Aaron Atlanta
1967 -0.001
1968 0
1969 0.003
1970 0.007
1971 0.008
1972 0.013 Mays Shea Stadium New York and Candlestick Park
1973 0.012 Mays Shea Stadium New York
The biggest difference for either player was for Aaron 1972 and 1973 when Mays played mostly for the Mets whose home park was Shea Stadium: 13 and 12 points. Mays topped out with a nine point edge in 1957, his Giants last season in New York where they played at the Polo Grounds.
This only matters for something like the simple thing I was trying to do: figure the percent above the league average, which is becoming an increasingly elusive concept.
Year Aaron-Mays
1954 -0.008
1955 -0.006
1956 -0.006
1957 -0.009
1958 -0.007 Mays Seal Stadium San Francisco
1959 -0.008 Mays Seal Stadium San Francisco
1960 -0.002 Mays Candlestick Park
1961 -0.005
1962 -0.003
1963 0
1964 -0.002
1965 -0.004
1966 -0.001 Aaron Atlanta
1967 -0.001
1968 0
1969 0.003
1970 0.007
1971 0.008
1972 0.013 Mays Shea Stadium New York and Candlestick Park
1973 0.012 Mays Shea Stadium New York
Thursday, May 30, 2013
League Batting Average?
My objective was to compare batters based on percent difference from league average. So all I needed was a useful common league stat, in this case batting average (BA). Then the fun began.
Click link to view data and graph.
For Derek Jeter read Yankees. As mentioned in recent posts: "baseball-reference.com definition of lgBA: a league average (non-pitcher) would have had in the same park(s)."
baseball-reference.com has Advanced Batting under "More Stats", which include the season lgBA, league BA. I had noticed significant differences between the lgBA for common seasons for Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.
I decided to select an American League (Conference since 1994) batter because pitchers do not bat and compare his lgBA to the league BA as defined as Hits/AB (at bats). Here is the link with the traditional BA:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/bat.shtml
I put league BA from Jeter's Advanced stats and the AL into a spreadsheet to compare and create a graph. Obviously, the there are differences just as I had noticed for Mays and Aaron.
And I thought that BA would be a nice simple comparison to start with. I filled out an inquiry at baseball-reference.com asking for clarification but have not received a reply.
Year Jeter AL
1995 0.269 0.270
1996 0.278 0.277
1997 0.271 0.271
1998 0.268 0.271
1999 0.273 0.275
2000 0.275 0.276
2001 0.268 0.267
2002 0.264 0.264
2003 0.265 0.267
2004 0.268 0.270
2005 0.266 0.268
2006 0.277 0.275
2007 0.272 0.271
2008 0.272 0.268
2009 0.273 0.267
2010 0.267 0.260
2011 0.265 0.258
2012 0.258 0.255
Click link to view data and graph.
For Derek Jeter read Yankees. As mentioned in recent posts: "baseball-reference.com definition of lgBA: a league average (non-pitcher) would have had in the same park(s)."
baseball-reference.com has Advanced Batting under "More Stats", which include the season lgBA, league BA. I had noticed significant differences between the lgBA for common seasons for Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.
I decided to select an American League (Conference since 1994) batter because pitchers do not bat and compare his lgBA to the league BA as defined as Hits/AB (at bats). Here is the link with the traditional BA:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/bat.shtml
I put league BA from Jeter's Advanced stats and the AL into a spreadsheet to compare and create a graph. Obviously, the there are differences just as I had noticed for Mays and Aaron.
And I thought that BA would be a nice simple comparison to start with. I filled out an inquiry at baseball-reference.com asking for clarification but have not received a reply.
Year Jeter AL
1995 0.269 0.270
1996 0.278 0.277
1997 0.271 0.271
1998 0.268 0.271
1999 0.273 0.275
2000 0.275 0.276
2001 0.268 0.267
2002 0.264 0.264
2003 0.265 0.267
2004 0.268 0.270
2005 0.266 0.268
2006 0.277 0.275
2007 0.272 0.271
2008 0.272 0.268
2009 0.273 0.267
2010 0.267 0.260
2011 0.265 0.258
2012 0.258 0.255
Mantle, Mays, Aaron: BA percent above league.
Mickey Mantle - never negative; high 39.3%
Willie Mays - high 30%
Hank Aaron - high 37%
Click link to view detailed data. Click tab "BA % above L by Year".
baseball-reference.com definition of lgBA: a league average (non-pitcher) would have had in the same park(s).
lgBA of Mays and Aaron differs for common National League seasons: 1954-1973. lgBA appears to be by team, not player. Have requested clarification from baseball-reference.com. Mays split 1972 between two teams and the total lgBA assigned to Mays appears to be a weighted number between the two teams based on at bats for Mays with each team.
Year Aaron Mays Mantle
1951 1.86% 1.52%
1952 -10.27% 22.92%
1953 11.32%
1954 4.87% 25.45% 14.50%
1955 20.31% 19.48% 15.47%
1956 27.63% 12.55% 33.71%
1957 23.85% 23.79% 39.31%
1958 25.38% 29.96% 18.29%
1959 37.07% 17.23% 11.33%
1960 14.96% 24.61% 6.59%
1961 25.77% 16.23% 22.87%
1962 21.43% 13.01% 22.99%
1963 26.09% 24.11% 23.62%
1964 24.24% 11.28% 17.44%
1965 23.26% 20.99% 2.00%
1966 4.10% 7.06% 19.01%
1967 19.46% 1.94% 2.94%
1968 13.44% 14.23% 2.16%
1969 14.94% 9.69%
1970 9.16% 9.40%
1971 22.47% 4.63%
1972 -0.75% -1.57%
1973 10.66% -18.85%
1974 0.37%
1975 -9.30%
1976 -9.84%
min -9.84% -18.85% 2.00%
max 37.07% 29.96% 39.31%
ave 15.20% 13.26% 16.82%
StDev 12.28% 11.32% 10.98%
name Aaron Mays Mantle
Willie Mays - high 30%
Hank Aaron - high 37%
Click link to view detailed data. Click tab "BA % above L by Year".
baseball-reference.com definition of lgBA: a league average (non-pitcher) would have had in the same park(s).
lgBA of Mays and Aaron differs for common National League seasons: 1954-1973. lgBA appears to be by team, not player. Have requested clarification from baseball-reference.com. Mays split 1972 between two teams and the total lgBA assigned to Mays appears to be a weighted number between the two teams based on at bats for Mays with each team.
Year Aaron Mays Mantle
1951 1.86% 1.52%
1952 -10.27% 22.92%
1953 11.32%
1954 4.87% 25.45% 14.50%
1955 20.31% 19.48% 15.47%
1956 27.63% 12.55% 33.71%
1957 23.85% 23.79% 39.31%
1958 25.38% 29.96% 18.29%
1959 37.07% 17.23% 11.33%
1960 14.96% 24.61% 6.59%
1961 25.77% 16.23% 22.87%
1962 21.43% 13.01% 22.99%
1963 26.09% 24.11% 23.62%
1964 24.24% 11.28% 17.44%
1965 23.26% 20.99% 2.00%
1966 4.10% 7.06% 19.01%
1967 19.46% 1.94% 2.94%
1968 13.44% 14.23% 2.16%
1969 14.94% 9.69%
1970 9.16% 9.40%
1971 22.47% 4.63%
1972 -0.75% -1.57%
1973 10.66% -18.85%
1974 0.37%
1975 -9.30%
1976 -9.84%
min -9.84% -18.85% 2.00%
max 37.07% 29.96% 39.31%
ave 15.20% 13.26% 16.82%
StDev 12.28% 11.32% 10.98%
name Aaron Mays Mantle
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Mantle, Mays, Aaron: lgBA comparison
Mickey Mantle
Willie Mays
Hank Aaron
Click link to view detailed data. Click tab lgBA.
baseball-reference.com definition: a league average (non-pitcher) would have had in the same park(s).
lgBA of Mays and Aaron differs for common National League seasons: 1954-1973. I found this very surprising, something not mentioned when players are compared, much less the percent above lgBA. It's almost always BA v. BA, even for different eras. In a future post I will plot the respective seasons for percent above lgBA for all three.
Willie Mays
Hank Aaron
Click link to view detailed data. Click tab lgBA.
baseball-reference.com definition: a league average (non-pitcher) would have had in the same park(s).
lgBA of Mays and Aaron differs for common National League seasons: 1954-1973. I found this very surprising, something not mentioned when players are compared, much less the percent above lgBA. It's almost always BA v. BA, even for different eras. In a future post I will plot the respective seasons for percent above lgBA for all three.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Season Batting Averages 33% above League
Click link to view October 24, 2011 document.
Data is for the American League (AL) and the National League (NL) 1903-2010, minimum 300 At Bats (AB).
There were 192 seasons that met the criteria, including eleven of twelve .400 BA; Bill Terry's .401 in 1931 did not: (.401-.303)/.303 = 32.3%...
Twelve were at least 50% higher the league Batting Average (BA). Ten of the twelve were between 1904-1918. (seven by Ty Cobb)
31 players did this more than once (led by Cobb: 14)
Ty Cobb had 7.14% of the seasons.
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Rogers Hornsby's .403 in 1925 was the only .400 BA less than 40% above league: 38.2%.
Nap Lajoie's .384 in 1910 was the highest: 58% above league.
Ted Williams: .406 in 1941 and .388 in 1957 were both 52.2% above league.
Cobb had the biggest point difference: 1911: .4196 - .2730. = .1465.
Data is for the American League (AL) and the National League (NL) 1903-2010, minimum 300 At Bats (AB).
There were 192 seasons that met the criteria, including eleven of twelve .400 BA; Bill Terry's .401 in 1931 did not: (.401-.303)/.303 = 32.3%...
Twelve were at least 50% higher the league Batting Average (BA). Ten of the twelve were between 1904-1918. (seven by Ty Cobb)
31 players did this more than once (led by Cobb: 14)
Ty Cobb had 7.14% of the seasons.
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Rogers Hornsby's .403 in 1925 was the only .400 BA less than 40% above league: 38.2%.
Nap Lajoie's .384 in 1910 was the highest: 58% above league.
Ted Williams: .406 in 1941 and .388 in 1957 were both 52.2% above league.
Cobb had the biggest point difference: 1911: .4196 - .2730. = .1465.
Mickey Mantle: League BA 1951-1968
Mickey Mantle's batting average (BA) dropped from .365 in 1957 to .237 in 1968. The previous post addressed the percent above league average, defined in baseball-reference.com as "a league average (non-pitcher) would have had in the same park(s)" for Mantle, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron for BA, OBA, SLG, OPS.
I wondered if baseball-reference.com simply listed an unweighted average for lgBA for a player's seasons of if the lgBA was weighted by the proportion of at bats (AB) or plate appearances (PA) of that player's career. I checked it for Mantle and at least for the lgBA for his seasons, 1951-1968, the lgBA is either weighted or coincidentally correct: .256. Mantle's career BA was .298, 16.41% above lgBA.
Click link and tab "AL BA" to view detailed data and graph.
lgBA was as high as .265 in 1953 and 1955 but by 1968 was down to .232.
Year lgBA
1951 0.263
1952 0.253
1953 0.265
1954 0.262
1955 0.265
1956 0.264
1957 0.262
1958 0.257
1959 0.256
1960 0.258
1961 0.258
1962 0.261
1963 0.254
1964 0.258
1965 0.250
1966 0.242
1967 0.238
1968 0.232
BB-Ref 0.256
I wondered if baseball-reference.com simply listed an unweighted average for lgBA for a player's seasons of if the lgBA was weighted by the proportion of at bats (AB) or plate appearances (PA) of that player's career. I checked it for Mantle and at least for the lgBA for his seasons, 1951-1968, the lgBA is either weighted or coincidentally correct: .256. Mantle's career BA was .298, 16.41% above lgBA.
Click link and tab "AL BA" to view detailed data and graph.
lgBA was as high as .265 in 1953 and 1955 but by 1968 was down to .232.
Year lgBA
1951 0.263
1952 0.253
1953 0.265
1954 0.262
1955 0.265
1956 0.264
1957 0.262
1958 0.257
1959 0.256
1960 0.258
1961 0.258
1962 0.261
1963 0.254
1964 0.258
1965 0.250
1966 0.242
1967 0.238
1968 0.232
BB-Ref 0.256
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Mantle, Mays, Aaron: percent above league.
Career OPS (On Base Plus Slugging):
Mickey Mantle 36.64%
Willie Mays 28.90%
Hank Aaron 28.71%
Click link to view detailed data.
name BA% OBA% SLG% OPS%
Mantle 16.41% 27.96% 43.93% 36.64%
Mays 14.39% 16.72% 39.25% 28.90%
Aaron 16.86% 14.37% 40.86% 28.71%
baseball-reference.com definition: a league average (non-pitcher) would have had in the same park(s).
BA: batting average
OBA: On Base Average, a.k.a. On Base Percentage
SLG: Slugging average
Mickey Mantle 36.64%
Willie Mays 28.90%
Hank Aaron 28.71%
Click link to view detailed data.
name BA% OBA% SLG% OPS%
Mantle 16.41% 27.96% 43.93% 36.64%
Mays 14.39% 16.72% 39.25% 28.90%
Aaron 16.86% 14.37% 40.86% 28.71%
baseball-reference.com definition: a league average (non-pitcher) would have had in the same park(s).
BA: batting average
OBA: On Base Average, a.k.a. On Base Percentage
SLG: Slugging average
Saturday, May 25, 2013
OPS road v. home
OPS (On Base Plus Slugging averages): see the previous two posts with top batters derived from baseball-reference.com. I used those two lists to create a spreadsheet in Google Docs.
Click this link to view detailed data.
OPS road and home ranks are shown and percent difference between road and home OPS. Only these batters had lower OPS home than road:
Lou Gehrig -4.17%
DiMaggio -7.59%
Ty Cobb - 3.63%
Mike Piazza -8.33%
The new baseball-reference.com "play index" platoon slits starts in 1916 for some reason so data for Cobb and Tris Speaker is not complete. Cobb started in 1905, Speaker 1907.
The batters are being compared to themselves. I'm guessing that the home advantage is primarily due to the ball park and the absurd baseball non uniform playing areas, which combined with baseball's non-symmetrical and/or asymmetrical advantage for left handed batters, makes it less fair and more un-American than either football or basketball.
name road home OPS Dif%
Ruth 1 1 2.96%
Gehrig 2 8 -4.17%
Williams 3 2 6.10%
Bonds 4 6 2.89%
Pujols 5 10 1.28%
DiMaggio 6 46 -7.59%
Hornsby 7 9 3.61%
Ramirez 8 18 1.42%
McGwire 9 20 2.16%
Foxx 10 4 15.53%
Cobb 11 54 -3.63%
Piazza 12 102 -8.33%
Mantle 13 19 4.07%
Berkman 14 34 0.53%
Musial 15 14 6.89%
Cabrera 16 23 4.93%
Mays 17 36 2.36%
Rodriguez 23 27 5.10%
Aaron 24 48 1.63%
Greenberg x 3 22.92%
Walker x 5 23.47%
Helton x 7 22.69%
Speaker x 13 16.76%
Babe Ruth is number one, both home and road. Further highlighting the one advantage that Mutt Mantle provided to his son Mickey by forcing Mickey to switch hit is avoiding the fate of the great Joe DiMaggio whose ranks are 6/46 and OPS percent difference -7.59%, second biggest deficit to Mike Piazza's -8.33%.
Among the top road warriors, Jimmie Foxx has by far the biggest home advantage: 15.53%; next is Stan Musial at 6.89%, then Ted Williams 6.10%.
The bottom four were among the home OPS leaders but were so low in road OPS that I didn't bother to get their ranks. For me this pretty much demolishes any Hall of Fame talk about Larry Walker and Todd Helton, both tainted by the altitude friendly park in Colorado with home OPS percent advantages of 23%. Walker played 10 of 17 seasons in Colorado, Helton all 17.
Finally, the road rank and road OPS for the three best hitters from the 1950s and 1960s:
Mickey Mantle 13 .958
Willie Mays 17 .931
Hank Aaron 24 .921
Just a bit more support for my contention that: Mantle was a better hitter than Mays and that Mays was a better hitter than Aaron.
Click this link to view detailed data.
OPS road and home ranks are shown and percent difference between road and home OPS. Only these batters had lower OPS home than road:
Lou Gehrig -4.17%
DiMaggio -7.59%
Ty Cobb - 3.63%
Mike Piazza -8.33%
The new baseball-reference.com "play index" platoon slits starts in 1916 for some reason so data for Cobb and Tris Speaker is not complete. Cobb started in 1905, Speaker 1907.
The batters are being compared to themselves. I'm guessing that the home advantage is primarily due to the ball park and the absurd baseball non uniform playing areas, which combined with baseball's non-symmetrical and/or asymmetrical advantage for left handed batters, makes it less fair and more un-American than either football or basketball.
name road home OPS Dif%
Ruth 1 1 2.96%
Gehrig 2 8 -4.17%
Williams 3 2 6.10%
Bonds 4 6 2.89%
Pujols 5 10 1.28%
DiMaggio 6 46 -7.59%
Hornsby 7 9 3.61%
Ramirez 8 18 1.42%
McGwire 9 20 2.16%
Foxx 10 4 15.53%
Cobb 11 54 -3.63%
Piazza 12 102 -8.33%
Mantle 13 19 4.07%
Berkman 14 34 0.53%
Musial 15 14 6.89%
Cabrera 16 23 4.93%
Mays 17 36 2.36%
Rodriguez 23 27 5.10%
Aaron 24 48 1.63%
Greenberg x 3 22.92%
Walker x 5 23.47%
Helton x 7 22.69%
Speaker x 13 16.76%
Babe Ruth is number one, both home and road. Further highlighting the one advantage that Mutt Mantle provided to his son Mickey by forcing Mickey to switch hit is avoiding the fate of the great Joe DiMaggio whose ranks are 6/46 and OPS percent difference -7.59%, second biggest deficit to Mike Piazza's -8.33%.
Among the top road warriors, Jimmie Foxx has by far the biggest home advantage: 15.53%; next is Stan Musial at 6.89%, then Ted Williams 6.10%.
The bottom four were among the home OPS leaders but were so low in road OPS that I didn't bother to get their ranks. For me this pretty much demolishes any Hall of Fame talk about Larry Walker and Todd Helton, both tainted by the altitude friendly park in Colorado with home OPS percent advantages of 23%. Walker played 10 of 17 seasons in Colorado, Helton all 17.
Finally, the road rank and road OPS for the three best hitters from the 1950s and 1960s:
Mickey Mantle 13 .958
Willie Mays 17 .931
Hank Aaron 24 .921
Just a bit more support for my contention that: Mantle was a better hitter than Mays and that Mays was a better hitter than Aaron.
Friday, May 24, 2013
OPS home >= .920
Ruth is number one both home and road. Sixty batters met the criteria compared with 24 in the previous post for road OPS (On Base Plus Slugging averages). OPStot is career. 18 batters >= 1.000 compared with six for road OPS.
For cumulative seasons, From 1916 to 2012, Home (within Home or Away), (requiring onbase_plus_slugging≥.920 and PA≥3000), sorted by greatest On-Base Plus Slugging for this split
For cumulative seasons, From 1916 to 2012, Home (within Home or Away), (requiring onbase_plus_slugging≥.920 and PA≥3000), sorted by greatest On-Base Plus Slugging for this split
Rk | I | Player | Split | From | To | G | OPS | OPStot | GS | PA | PAtot | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ROE | BAbip |
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1 | Babe Ruth | Home | 1916 | 1935 | 1230 | 1.184 | 1.167 | 1186 | 5096 | 10509 | 3984 | 1069 | 1381 | 234 | 69 | 346 | 1051 | 72 | 68 | 1041 | 601 | .347 | .484 | .701 | 1.184 | 2791 | 0 | 18 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .341 | |
2 | Ted Williams | Home | 1939 | 1960 | 1165 | 1.148 | 1.115 | 1094 | 4954 | 9788 | 3887 | 974 | 1403 | 319 | 35 | 248 | 965 | 17 | 7 | 1031 | 323 | .361 | .496 | .652 | 1.148 | 2536 | 97 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 100 | 31 | .347 | |
3 | Hank Greenberg | Home | 1930 | 1947 | 711 | 1.121 | 1.017 | 705 | 3086 | 6097 | 2592 | 594 | 876 | 198 | 38 | 205 | 733 | 30 | 15 | 468 | 402 | .338 | .440 | .681 | 1.121 | 1765 | 30 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .338 | |
4 | Jimmie Foxx | Home | 1925 | 1945 | 1145 | 1.116 | 1.038 | 1050 | 4678 | 9676 | 3885 | 930 | 1341 | 220 | 58 | 299 | 1029 | 44 | 34 | 760 | 615 | .345 | .453 | .663 | 1.116 | 2574 | 34 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .351 | |
5 | Larry Walker | Home | 1989 | 2005 | 986 | 1.068 | .965 | 911 | 3996 | 8030 | 3429 | 789 | 1193 | 268 | 39 | 215 | 747 | 121 | 34 | 444 | 546 | .348 | .431 | .637 | 1.068 | 2184 | 82 | 82 | 4 | 37 | 69 | 34 | .362 | |
6 | Barry Bonds | Home | 1986 | 2007 | 1492 | 1.067 | 1.051 | 1415 | 6124 | 12606 | 4757 | 1105 | 1430 | 292 | 40 | 379 | 980 | 259 | 62 | 1256 | 754 | .301 | .449 | .618 | 1.067 | 2939 | 79 | 60 | 4 | 47 | 340 | 38 | .286 | |
7 | Todd Helton | Home | 1997 | 2012 | 1078 | 1.060 | .964 | 1031 | 4613 | 9011 | 3832 | 846 | 1341 | 307 | 27 | 216 | 816 | 24 | 15 | 691 | 469 | .350 | .447 | .613 | 1.060 | 2350 | 95 | 29 | 2 | 57 | 98 | 46 | .351 | |
8 | Lou Gehrig | Home | 1923 | 1939 | 1080 | 1.056 | 1.080 | 1065 | 4660 | 9663 | 3861 | 882 | 1269 | 206 | 83 | 251 | 951 | 43 | 52 | 714 | 375 | .329 | .436 | .620 | 1.056 | 2394 | 2 | 22 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .315 | |
9 | Rogers Hornsby | Home | 1916 | 1937 | 1128 | 1.032 | 1.014 | 1058 | 4627 | 9413 | 3974 | 789 | 1435 | 265 | 83 | 164 | 742 | 69 | 31 | 535 | 342 | .361 | .439 | .593 | 1.032 | 2358 | 2 | 18 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .366 | |
10 | Albert Pujols | Home | 2001 | 2012 | 931 | 1.029 | 1.022 | 909 | 3965 | 8103 | 3352 | 659 | 1101 | 271 | 4 | 218 | 733 | 48 | 20 | 527 | 347 | .328 | .422 | .607 | 1.029 | 2034 | 126 | 44 | 1 | 41 | 121 | 30 | .312 | |
11 | Chuck Klein | Home | 1928 | 1944 | 887 | 1.028 | .922 | 793 | 3635 | 7170 | 3289 | 661 | 1163 | 226 | 36 | 190 | 727 | 36 | 0 | 310 | 240 | .354 | .410 | .618 | 1.028 | 2031 | 29 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .340 | |
12 | Frank Thomas | Home | 1990 | 2008 | 1173 | 1.024 | .974 | 1160 | 5011 | 10075 | 4083 | 810 | 1246 | 250 | 7 | 312 | 889 | 15 | 13 | 840 | 685 | .305 | .424 | .599 | 1.024 | 2446 | 115 | 41 | 0 | 47 | 84 | 31 | .298 | |
13 | Tris Speaker | Home | 1916 | 1928 | 870 | 1.024 | .949 | 828 | 3684 | 7441 | 3077 | 619 | 1149 | 340 | 60 | 40 | 485 | 79 | 20 | 482 | 69 | .373 | .462 | .562 | 1.024 | 1729 | 0 | 23 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .374 | |
14 | Stan Musial | Home | 1941 | 1963 | 1524 | 1.009 | .976 | 1434 | 6331 | 12717 | 5401 | 999 | 1815 | 394 | 90 | 252 | 1057 | 38 | 17 | 857 | 337 | .336 | .427 | .582 | 1.009 | 3145 | 122 | 25 | 17 | 31 | 117 | 43 | .323 | |
15 | Earl Averill | Home | 1929 | 1941 | 853 | 1.009 | .929 | 808 | 3680 | 7221 | 3222 | 680 | 1106 | 232 | 62 | 144 | 673 | 38 | 32 | 418 | 241 | .343 | .421 | .588 | 1.009 | 1894 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .339 | ||
16 | Ralph Kiner | Home | 1946 | 1955 | 749 | 1.008 | .946 | 728 | 3153 | 6256 | 2588 | 535 | 746 | 111 | 24 | 210 | 551 | 9 | 5 | 545 | 380 | .288 | .414 | .593 | 1.008 | 1535 | 66 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 19 | .268 | |
17 | Johnny Mize | Home | 1936 | 1953 | 945 | 1.004 | .959 | 838 | 3655 | 7370 | 3185 | 584 | 1019 | 182 | 34 | 212 | 744 | 19 | 0 | 430 | 267 | .320 | .406 | .598 | 1.004 | 1905 | 50 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .298 | |
18 | Manny Ramirez | Home | 1993 | 2011 | 1151 | 1.003 | .996 | 1119 | 4790 | 9774 | 4016 | 778 | 1247 | 258 | 11 | 282 | 947 | 16 | 19 | 670 | 897 | .311 | .413 | .591 | 1.003 | 2373 | 124 | 59 | 1 | 44 | 127 | 34 | .335 | |
19 | Mickey Mantle | Home | 1951 | 1968 | 1213 | .997 | .977 | 1153 | 4878 | 9907 | 3970 | 825 | 1211 | 163 | 44 | 266 | 744 | 74 | 19 | 869 | 808 | .305 | .428 | .569 | .997 | 2260 | 56 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 78 | 57 | .323 | |
20 | Mark McGwire | Home | 1986 | 2001 | 934 | .993 | .982 | 893 | 3777 | 7660 | 3009 | 573 | 789 | 127 | 3 | 285 | 701 | 5 | 3 | 686 | 772 | .262 | .402 | .591 | .993 | 1777 | 82 | 43 | 1 | 38 | 88 | 33 | .253 | |
21 | Jim Thome | Home | 1991 | 2012 | 1287 | .985 | .956 | 1216 | 5165 | 10313 | 4189 | 836 | 1157 | 222 | 15 | 339 | 921 | 13 | 8 | 900 | 1230 | .276 | .406 | .579 | .985 | 2426 | 80 | 40 | 1 | 35 | 91 | 33 | .308 | |
22 | Mel Ott | Home | 1926 | 1947 | 1367 | .980 | .948 | 1282 | 5600 | 11348 | 4576 | 954 | 1360 | 182 | 21 | 323 | 947 | 49 | 1 | 955 | 429 | .297 | .422 | .558 | .980 | 2553 | 36 | 31 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .271 | |
23 | Miguel Cabrera | Home | 2003 | 2012 | 758 | .979 | .956 | 752 | 3172 | 6474 | 2757 | 500 | 894 | 192 | 6 | 164 | 573 | 16 | 10 | 360 | 517 | .324 | .402 | .577 | .979 | 1590 | 86 | 21 | 3 | 31 | 81 | 28 | .346 | |
24 | Jeff Bagwell | Home | 1991 | 2005 | 1083 | .978 | .948 | 1058 | 4644 | 9431 | 3830 | 806 | 1161 | 247 | 18 | 234 | 779 | 92 | 33 | 708 | 765 | .303 | .417 | .560 | .978 | 2146 | 102 | 69 | 2 | 35 | 85 | 56 | .323 | |
25 | Frank Robinson | Home | 1956 | 1976 | 1383 | .975 | .926 | 1310 | 5649 | 11742 | 4779 | 958 | 1462 | 255 | 28 | 321 | 970 | 91 | 34 | 708 | 709 | .306 | .403 | .573 | .975 | 2736 | 131 | 101 | 7 | 54 | 122 | 80 | .300 | |
Rk | I | Player | Split | From | To | G | OPS | OPStot | GS | PA | PAtot | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ROE | BAbip |
26 | Chipper Jones | Home | 1993 | 2012 | 1271 | .971 | .930 | 1225 | 5304 | 10614 | 4450 | 838 | 1396 | 276 | 17 | 259 | 888 | 78 | 26 | 790 | 681 | .314 | .413 | .558 | .971 | 2483 | 132 | 6 | 2 | 56 | 101 | 59 | .319 | |
27 | Alex Rodriguez | Home | 1994 | 2012 | 1265 | .969 | .945 | 1252 | 5485 | 11163 | 4753 | 962 | 1463 | 264 | 13 | 332 | 999 | 170 | 28 | 589 | 994 | .308 | .390 | .578 | .969 | 2749 | 124 | 86 | 7 | 50 | 45 | 64 | .325 | |
28 | David Ortiz | Home | 1997 | 2012 | 936 | .965 | .928 | 889 | 3886 | 7649 | 3305 | 599 | 1012 | 276 | 13 | 183 | 719 | 6 | 4 | 533 | 683 | .306 | .401 | .564 | .965 | 1863 | 69 | 13 | 2 | 33 | 74 | 17 | .335 | |
29 | Cy Williams | Home | 1916 | 1930 | 880 | .964 | .858 | 773 | 3485 | 6811 | 3009 | 537 | 974 | 182 | 27 | 156 | 527 | 41 | 34 | 373 | 333 | .324 | .406 | .558 | .964 | 1678 | 0 | 44 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .325 | |
30 | Jason Giambi | Home | 1995 | 2012 | 1073 | .962 | .926 | 980 | 4191 | 8622 | 3371 | 592 | 986 | 187 | 6 | 214 | 694 | 6 | 8 | 685 | 703 | .292 | .420 | .542 | .962 | 1827 | 72 | 90 | 1 | 44 | 53 | 25 | .309 | |
31 | Duke Snider | Home | 1947 | 1964 | 1091 | .959 | .919 | 930 | 4121 | 8237 | 3573 | 654 | 1085 | 189 | 43 | 224 | 705 | 43 | 32 | 504 | 618 | .304 | .390 | .569 | .959 | 2032 | 88 | 9 | 25 | 10 | 77 | 51 | .314 | |
32 | Ken Griffey | Home | 1989 | 2010 | 1319 | .958 | .907 | 1261 | 5508 | 11304 | 4732 | 859 | 1400 | 283 | 16 | 332 | 962 | 96 | 28 | 675 | 806 | .296 | .385 | .573 | .958 | 2711 | 87 | 44 | 5 | 52 | 113 | 39 | .293 | |
33 | Al Simmons | Home | 1924 | 1944 | 1118 | .957 | .915 | 1055 | 4711 | 9518 | 4301 | 757 | 1488 | 274 | 80 | 162 | 994 | 42 | 39 | 350 | 330 | .346 | .397 | .560 | .957 | 2408 | 14 | 14 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .348 | |
34 | Lance Berkman | Home | 1999 | 2012 | 908 | .955 | .953 | 867 | 3721 | 7520 | 3083 | 551 | 930 | 210 | 20 | 163 | 583 | 45 | 22 | 575 | 591 | .302 | .414 | .541 | .955 | 1669 | 68 | 35 | 1 | 27 | 77 | 28 | .326 | |
35 | Albert Belle | Home | 1989 | 2000 | 768 | .955 | .933 | 764 | 3259 | 6676 | 2852 | 488 | 861 | 193 | 13 | 191 | 643 | 40 | 21 | 335 | 456 | .302 | .375 | .580 | .955 | 1653 | 102 | 26 | 2 | 44 | 43 | 25 | .298 | |
36 | Willie Mays | Home | 1951 | 1973 | 1490 | .953 | .942 | 1400 | 6027 | 12496 | 5238 | 1017 | 1583 | 258 | 61 | 335 | 929 | 145 | 47 | 721 | 659 | .302 | .387 | .567 | .953 | 2968 | 121 | 23 | 9 | 36 | 101 | 86 | .292 | |
37 | Mo Vaughn | Home | 1991 | 2003 | 771 | .952 | .906 | 750 | 3250 | 6410 | 2774 | 463 | 854 | 157 | 4 | 169 | 559 | 17 | 5 | 396 | 723 | .308 | .402 | .550 | .952 | 1526 | 60 | 57 | 0 | 23 | 77 | 13 | .360 | |
38 | Harry Heilmann | Home | 1916 | 1932 | 1039 | .950 | .937 | 988 | 4284 | 8748 | 3695 | 623 | 1292 | 258 | 76 | 86 | 682 | 62 | 17 | 427 | 220 | .350 | .419 | .530 | .950 | 1960 | 0 | 15 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .356 | |
39 | Vladimir Guerrero | Home | 1996 | 2011 | 1092 | .950 | .931 | 1086 | 4598 | 9059 | 4153 | 696 | 1341 | 256 | 23 | 239 | 826 | 86 | 42 | 367 | 484 | .323 | .381 | .568 | .950 | 2360 | 150 | 45 | 0 | 33 | 133 | 38 | .318 | |
40 | Mark Teixeira | Home | 2003 | 2012 | 749 | .946 | .896 | 740 | 3210 | 6558 | 2782 | 507 | 813 | 173 | 11 | 189 | 613 | 10 | 2 | 356 | 546 | .292 | .380 | .566 | .946 | 1575 | 67 | 51 | 0 | 21 | 35 | 28 | .302 | |
41 | Carlos Delgado | Home | 1994 | 2009 | 1029 | .942 | .929 | 1004 | 4296 | 8655 | 3584 | 626 | 992 | 257 | 8 | 242 | 747 | 9 | 3 | 582 | 864 | .277 | .387 | .556 | .942 | 1991 | 75 | 88 | 0 | 42 | 93 | 21 | .298 | |
42 | Bob Johnson | Home | 1933 | 1945 | 909 | .942 | .899 | 897 | 3849 | 8050 | 3288 | 615 | 995 | 185 | 46 | 168 | 642 | 49 | 25 | 538 | 396 | .303 | .402 | .540 | .942 | 1776 | 44 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .304 | |
43 | Edgar Martinez | Home | 1987 | 2004 | 1017 | .940 | .933 | 985 | 4283 | 8674 | 3510 | 600 | 1090 | 268 | 5 | 149 | 636 | 25 | 16 | 681 | 618 | .311 | .423 | .517 | .940 | 1815 | 88 | 40 | 4 | 47 | 56 | 31 | .337 | |
44 | Moises Alou | Home | 1990 | 2008 | 963 | .940 | .885 | 899 | 3809 | 7913 | 3346 | 584 | 1046 | 203 | 26 | 187 | 697 | 46 | 19 | 392 | 437 | .313 | .384 | .556 | .940 | 1862 | 88 | 22 | 6 | 43 | 59 | 38 | .311 | |
45 | Dolph Camilli | Home | 1933 | 1945 | 756 | .939 | .880 | 749 | 3179 | 6352 | 2659 | 510 | 768 | 137 | 44 | 144 | 531 | 35 | 0 | 496 | 492 | .289 | .403 | .536 | .939 | 1425 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .308 | |
46 | Joe DiMaggio | Home | 1936 | 1951 | 880 | .938 | .977 | 875 | 3790 | 7673 | 3360 | 648 | 1060 | 186 | 73 | 148 | 720 | 14 | 3 | 399 | 161 | .315 | .391 | .546 | .938 | 1836 | 60 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 10 | .299 | |
47 | Dante Bichette | Home | 1988 | 2001 | 848 | .938 | .835 | 788 | 3466 | 6856 | 3212 | 574 | 1053 | 214 | 21 | 177 | 696 | 78 | 34 | 193 | 482 | .328 | .365 | .573 | .938 | 1840 | 92 | 20 | 2 | 39 | 19 | 35 | .338 | |
48 | Hank Aaron | Home | 1954 | 1976 | 1647 | .936 | .929 | 1590 | 6804 | 13941 | 5968 | 1081 | 1811 | 283 | 37 | 385 | 1117 | 117 | 33 | 746 | 651 | .303 | .379 | .557 | .936 | 3323 | 133 | 17 | 15 | 58 | 159 | 90 | .286 | |
49 | Wade Boggs | Home | 1982 | 1999 | 1242 | .934 | .858 | 1193 | 5415 | 10740 | 4590 | 849 | 1623 | 362 | 29 | 70 | 532 | 11 | 17 | 757 | 387 | .354 | .443 | .491 | .934 | 2253 | 119 | 13 | 12 | 43 | 97 | 60 | .372 | |
50 | Mike Schmidt | Home | 1972 | 1989 | 1202 | .933 | .908 | 1155 | 4922 | 10062 | 4020 | 784 | 1094 | 220 | 31 | 265 | 825 | 82 | 45 | 788 | 897 | .272 | .393 | .540 | .933 | 2171 | 84 | 48 | 6 | 60 | 104 | 54 | .284 | |
Rk | I | Player | Split | From | To | G | OPS | OPStot | GS | PA | PAtot | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ROE | BAbip |
51 | Dick Allen | Home | 1963 | 1977 | 887 | .932 | .912 | 862 | 3660 | 7315 | 3147 | 575 | 923 | 151 | 51 | 183 | 579 | 62 | 23 | 471 | 755 | .293 | .384 | .548 | .932 | 1725 | 71 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 79 | 37 | .331 | |
52 | Gary Sheffield | Home | 1988 | 2009 | 1294 | .929 | .907 | 1262 | 5409 | 10947 | 4515 | 839 | 1337 | 228 | 14 | 262 | 841 | 115 | 47 | 762 | 552 | .296 | .402 | .527 | .929 | 2379 | 108 | 74 | 5 | 53 | 66 | 52 | .286 | |
53 | Rudy York | Home | 1934 | 1948 | 792 | .929 | .846 | 761 | 3302 | 6723 | 2897 | 479 | 882 | 152 | 30 | 158 | 656 | 21 | 17 | 390 | 387 | .304 | .388 | .541 | .929 | 1568 | 79 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .308 | |
54 | Ty Cobb | Home | 1916 | 1928 | 809 | .929 | .947 | 759 | 3432 | 7128 | 2963 | 595 | 1049 | 215 | 86 | 16 | 390 | 140 | 36 | 368 | 123 | .354 | .428 | .501 | .929 | 1484 | 0 | 16 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .366 | |
55 | Bobby Doerr | Home | 1937 | 1951 | 954 | .928 | .823 | 935 | 4080 | 8028 | 3554 | 634 | 1120 | 246 | 46 | 145 | 742 | 28 | 23 | 465 | 283 | .315 | .396 | .533 | .928 | 1893 | 101 | 8 | 53 | 0 | 13 | 20 | .312 | |
56 | Paul Konerko | Home | 1997 | 2012 | 1064 | .926 | .858 | 1034 | 4302 | 8761 | 3754 | 607 | 1113 | 193 | 3 | 251 | 719 | 4 | 1 | 459 | 600 | .296 | .376 | .550 | .926 | 2065 | 124 | 46 | 1 | 42 | 43 | 33 | .293 | |
57 | Paul Waner | Home | 1926 | 1944 | 1284 | .922 | .878 | 1165 | 5379 | 10765 | 4706 | 864 | 1628 | 316 | 129 | 58 | 700 | 46 | 0 | 560 | 153 | .346 | .417 | .505 | .922 | 2376 | 59 | 17 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .349 | |
58 | Nomar Garciaparra | Home | 1996 | 2009 | 739 | .921 | .882 | 700 | 3112 | 6116 | 2826 | 501 | 928 | 208 | 24 | 117 | 520 | 46 | 18 | 217 | 293 | .328 | .378 | .543 | .921 | 1535 | 64 | 29 | 4 | 36 | 27 | 34 | .331 | |
59 | Jim Rice | Home | 1974 | 1989 | 1048 | .920 | .854 | 1036 | 4507 | 9058 | 4075 | 681 | 1304 | 207 | 44 | 208 | 802 | 32 | 17 | 348 | 691 | .320 | .374 | .546 | .920 | 2223 | 156 | 34 | 2 | 48 | 50 | 45 | .340 | |
60 | Joe Medwick | Home | 1932 | 1948 | 990 | .920 | .867 | 906 | 3961 | 8143 | 3701 | 627 | 1251 | 312 | 58 | 108 | 731 | 29 | 0 | 229 | 266 | .338 | .378 | .541 | .920 | 2003 | 91 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .344 |