- 4 - Career Batting Records 1871 - 2012 Top 10 Players for each Statistical Category Lou Gehrig Courtesy of National Baseball Hall of Fame Library Active Players names listed in bold print Major League Record, dark yellow background: 3,562 Ranked Column/statistic, blue background: 3,308 Some of the statistical categories require that players have a minimum of 3,000 career plate appearances Section 4 - Page 139 Career Batting Records Contents - Section 4 Page Career Batting Records in each category 141 WAR Wins Above Replacement, with & w/o Fielding 142 SABR Top 6 for: BPA, TA, SecA, ISO, OWP, RC/G, RC 143 YRS Seasons played 144 Team One team for entire career; Most teams played for G Games 145 AB At Bats TPA Total Plate Appearances AVG Batting Average 146 R Runs 147 R Runs Scored as a % of Times on Base (H+BB+HBP) H Hits per Game played H Hits 148 SIN Singles 2B Doubles 149 3B Triples HR Inside-the-Park Home Runs HR Home Runs 150 HR At Bats per HR; Home vs. Road HR by 500 HR hitters 151 HR 2-HR & 3-HR Games 152 HR Lead-off Home Runs (leading off 1st inning) 153 HR Walk-off Home Runs (game-ending) HR Grand Slams 154 HR Extra-inning Home Runs SO/HR Strikeouts per Home Run 155 PSN Power/Speed Number XBH Extra Base Hits; At Bats per XBH; % of XBH to Hits 156 RBI RBI; At Bats per RBI 157 RP Runs Produced (R + RBI - HR) 158 SLG Slugging Percentage TB Total Bases OBP On Base Percentage 159 TOB Times On Base OPS On-Base Pct. + Slugging Pct. OPS+ Adjusted OPS+ (normalized for ballpark & league) 160 BB Bases on Balls (Walks); BB/TPA IBB Intentional BB; IBB w/bases empty 161 HBP Hit By Pitches SB Stolen Bases; Stolen Base Pct. 162 CS Caught Stealing 163 SB Stealing Home Base / 2nd, 3rd & Home SO Strikeouts; At Bats per SO 164 GIDP Grounded into Double Plays; AB per GIDP 165 PH Pinch Hit AVG 166 PH Pinch Hits; Pinch Hit HR 167 ROE Reached Base on Error 168 SAC Sacrifice Hits SF Sacrifice Flies Section 4 - Page 140 Career Batting Records Years Year Statistical Category Record Player Played Retired Wins Above Replacement 159.2 Babe Ruth 22 1935 Offensive WAR 151.3 Babe Ruth 22 1935 Seasons Played (Pre-1900) 27 Cap Anson 27 1897 (Post-1900) 25 Eddie Collins 25 1930 (Post-1900) 25 Rickey Henderson 25 2003 Games Played 3,562 Pete Rose 24 1986 At Bats 14,053 Pete Rose 24 1986 Total Plate Appearances 15,890 Pete Rose 24 1986 Batting Average .366 Ty Cobb 24 1928 Runs 2,295 Rickey Henderson 25 2003 Hits 4,256 Pete Rose 24 1986 Singles 3,215 Pete Rose 24 1986 Doubles 792 Tris Speaker 22 1928 Triples 309 Sam Crawford 19 1917 Home Runs 762 Barry Bonds 22 2007 At Bats per HR 10.61 Mark McGwire 16 2001 Grand Slam HR 23 Lou Gehrig 17 1939 23 Alex Rodriguez 19 Active Player Power/Speed Number 613.90 Barry Bonds 22 2007 Extra Base Hits 1,477 Hank Aaron 23 1976 At Bats per XBH 6.19 Babe Ruth 22 1935 RBI 2,297 Hank Aaron 23 1976 At Bats per RBI 3.80 Babe Ruth 22 1935 Runs Produced (R+RBI-HR) 4,067 Ty Cobb 23 1928 Slugging Percentage .690 Babe Ruth 22 1935 Total Bases 6,856 Hank Aaron 23 1976 On Base Percentage .482 Ted Williams 19 1960 Times On Base 5,929 Pete Rose 24 1986 On-Base Pct. + Slug. Pct. (OPS) 1.164 Babe Ruth 22 1935 Adjusted OPS+ 206 Babe Ruth 22 1935 Bases on Balls (Walks) 2,558 Barry Bonds 22 2007 Intentional BB 688 Barry Bonds 22 2007 Hit By Pitches 287 Hughie Jennings 17 1918 Stolen Bases 1,406 Rickey Henderson 25 2003 Stolen Base Pct. .867 Carlos Beltran 15 Active Player Caught Stealing 335 Rickey Henderson 25 2003 Stealing Home Base 54 Ty Cobb 23 1928 Most Strikeouts 2,597 Reggie Jackson 21 1987 Most SO - At Bats per SO 2.62 Russell Branyan 14 Active Player Fewest SO - At Bats per SO 62.56 Joe Sewell 14 1933 Grounded into Double Plays (GIDP) 350 Cal Ripken 21 2001 Most GIDP - At Bats per GIDP 22.4 Ernie Lombardi 17 1947 Fewest GIDP - At Bats per GIDP 158.7 Michael Bourn 7 Active Player Pinch Hit Average (min. 100 PH AB) .353 Jamey Carroll 11 Active Player Pinch Hit Average (min. 150 PH AB) .320 Alex Arias 11 2002 Pinch Hits 212 Lenny Harris 18 2005 Pinch Hit Home Runs 23 Matt Stairs 19 2011 Sacrifice Hits + Flies (through 1953) 512 Eddie Collins 25 1930 Sacrifice Flies (since 1954) 128 Eddie Murray 21 1997 Sacrifice Bunts (since 1954) 256 Omar Vizquel 23 2012 Section 4 - Page 141 WAR - WINS ABOVE REPLACEMENT for Position Players - career Record Progression Seasons Played Best Player Years WAR Yr. Set Yrs. Held 1900---1920---1940----1960----1980----2000 Season 1 Babe Ruth 22 159.2 1932 80 1914-1935 13.7 2 Barry Bonds 22 158.1 1986-2007 11.6 3 Willie Mays 22 150.8 1951-1973 10.9 4 Ty Cobb 24 144.9 1923 9 1905-1928 11.1 5 Hank Aaron 23 137.3 1954-1976 9.1 6 Tris Speaker 22 127.8 1907-1928 9.8 7 Honus Wagner 21 126.2 1909 14 1897-1917 11.3 8 Rogers Hornsby 23 124.6 1915-1937 12.0 9 Stan Musial 22 123.4 1941-1963 10.8 10 Ted Williams 19 119.8 1939-1960 10.7 11 Eddie Collins 25 118.5 1906-1930 10.1 12 Alex Rodriguez 19 111.4 1994------- 10.1 13 Lou Gehrig 17 108.5 1923-1939 11.5 14 Rickey Henderson 25 106.8 1979-2003 9.8 15 Mickey Mantle 18 105.5 1951-1968 11.1 16 Mel Ott 22 104.0 1926-1947 8.5 17 Mike Schmidt 18 103.0 1972-1989 9.5 18 Nap Lajoie 21 102.2 1896-1916 9.8 19 Frank Robinson 21 100.9 1956-1976 8.4 20 Joe Morgan 22 97.1 1963-1984 10.8 21 Jimmie Foxx 20 92.5 1925-1945 10.2 22 Eddie Mathews 17 91.9 1952-1968 8.0 23 Cap Anson 27 91.1 1881 28 1871-1897 6.8 WAR contains factors for: Batting stats, baserunning, positional adjustment, replacement player adjustment, fielding. Offensive WAR (Fielding factor excluded) - career Record Progression Seasons Played Best Player Years Off WAR Yr. Set Yrs. Held 1900---1920---1940----1960----1980----2000 Season 1 Babe Ruth 22 151.3 1933 79 1914-1935 12.0 2 Ty Cobb 24 144.7 1922 11 1905-1928 10.4 3 Barry Bonds 22 138.7 1986-2007 12.2 4 Willie Mays 22 131.3 1951-1973 9.2 5 Hank Aaron 23 126.6 1954-1976 9.2 6 Ted Williams 19 122.9 1939-1960 10.4 7 Stan Musial 22 119.8 1941-1963 10.3 8 Rogers Hornsby 23 119.1 1915-1937 11.4 9 Honus Wagner 21 118.4 1910 12 1897-1917 11.3 10 Tris Speaker 22 117.4 1907-1928 8.9 11 Eddie Collins 25 114.0 1906-1930 8.7 12 Mickey Mantle 18 111.9 1951-1968 11.0 13 Lou Gehrig 17 108.3 1923-1939 11.0 14 Alex Rodriguez 19 108.2 1994------- 9.3 15 Joe Morgan 22 100.8 1963-1984 9.5 15 Frank Robinson 21 100.8 1956-1976 8.6 17 Rickey Henderson 25 100.5 1979-2003 8.5 18 Mel Ott 22 99.7 1926-1947 7.9 19 Nap Lajoie 21 92.6 1896-1916 9.6 20 Derek Jeter 18 91.5 1995---------- 8.8 21 Jimmie Foxx 20 90.4 1925-1945 9.8 22 Eddie Mathews 17 89.3 1952-1968 8.3 23 Cap Anson 27 88.3 1881 29 1871-1897 6.7 Section 4 - Page 142 Misc. SABERMETRICS Statistics - career (min. 3,000 Plate Appearances) Record Progression Seasons Played Best Player Years Career Yr. Set Yrs. Held 1900---1920---1940----1960----1980----2000 Season BPA - Bases per Plate Appearance BPA = (TB+BB+HBP+SB-CS-GIDP) / (AB+BB+HBP+SF) 1 Babe Ruth 22 .752 1922 90 1914-1935 (peak .772 through 1924) .885 2 Barry Bonds 22 .702 1986-2007 .907 3 Lou Gehrig 17 .692 1923-1939 .806 4 Ted Williams 19 .690 1939-1960 .781 5 Jimmie Foxx 20 .663 1925-1945 .785 6 Hank Greenberg 13 .656 1930-1947 .743 TA - Total Average Bases Gained, divided by Outs Made; TA = (TB+SB+BB+HBP-CS) / ((AB-H) + (CS+GIDP)) 1 Babe Ruth 22 1.400 1922 90 1914-1935 (peak 1.449 through 1924) 1.803 2 Ted Williams 19 1.320 1939-1960 1.695 3 Barry Bonds 22 1.249 1986-2007 2.250 4 Lou Gehrig 17 1.228 1923-1939 1.500 5 Jimmie Foxx 20 1.143 1925-1945 1.451 6 Hank Greenberg 13 1.105 1930-1947 1.306 SecA - Secondary Average Extra bases gained outside of Batting AVG; SecA = ((2B*2)+(3B*3)+(HR*4)+BB / (AB+BB) 1 Barry Bonds 22 .621 2004 8 1986-2007 1.088 2 Babe Ruth 22 .608 1922 82 1914-1935 (peak .629 through 1924) .830 3 Ted Williams 19 .555 1939-1960 .656 4 Mark McGwire 16 .540 1986-2001 .774 5 Lou Gehrig 17 .493 1923-1939 .596 6 Mickey Mantle 18 .491 1951-1968 .641 ISO - Isolated Power Isolated Power measures accrued bases beyond singles; ISO = SLG - AVG 1 Babe Ruth 22 .348 1922 90 1914-1935 (peak .363 through 1930) .472 2 Mark McGwire 16 .325 1986-2001 .454 3 Barry Bonds 22 .309 1986-2007 .536 4 Lou Gehrig 17 .292 1923-1939 .392 5 Hank Greenberg 13 .292 1930-1947 .369 6 Ted Williams 19 .289 1939-1960 .343 OWP - Offensive Winning Pct.