1916 MLB Season Leaders

3 leagues · 154 team games · 62 ranking tables

Awards

Not every award existed in this season. This database has Rookie of the Year (from 1947), Cy Young Award (from 1956), Gold Glove (from 1957), Silver Slugger (from 1980). Their absence here is not a statement about these players: those awards had not been invented yet.

No award in this database was given for 1916. The Most Valuable Player award has entries from 1911, but it was not handed out every year in that early stretch, and this is one of the years with nothing recorded. An empty award section here means the record is empty, not that nobody deserved one.

American League

Led the American League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Ty Cobb	113
2	Jack Graney	106
3	Tris Speaker	102
4	Burt Shotton	97
5	Bobby Veach	92
6	Shoeless Joe Jackson	91
7	Ossie Vitt	88
8	Eddie Collins	87
9	George Sisler	83
10	Buck Weaver	78

HitsH

1	Tris Speaker	211
2	Shoeless Joe Jackson	202
3	Ty Cobb	201
4	George Sisler	177
5	Burt Shotton	174
6	Bobby Veach	173
7	Amos Strunk	172
8	Eddie Collins	168
9	Happy Felsch	164
10	Del Pratt	159

Doubles2B

1	Jack Graney	41
1	Tris Speaker	41
3	Shoeless Joe Jackson	40
4	Del Pratt	35
5	Bobby Veach	33
6	Ty Cobb	31
7	Harry Heilmann	30
7	Amos Strunk	30
9	Duffy Lewis	29
9	Tillie Walker	29

Triples3B

1	Shoeless Joe Jackson	21
2	Eddie Collins	17
3	Bobby Veach	15
3	Whitey Witt	15
5	Jack Graney	14
5	Wally Pipp	14
7	Sam Crawford	13
8	Shano Collins	12
8	Happy Felsch	12
8	Del Pratt	12
8	Ossie Vitt	12

Home RunsHR

1	Wally Pipp	12
2	Home Run Baker	10
3	Happy Felsch	7
3	Wally Schang	7
5	Ty Cobb	5
5	Jack Graney	5
5	Del Pratt	5
5	Elmer Smith	5
9	George Burns	4
9	Roger Peckinpaugh	4
9	Braggo Roth	4
9	George Sisler	4

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Del Pratt	103
2	Wally Pipp	93
3	Bobby Veach	91
4	Tris Speaker	79
5	Shoeless Joe Jackson	78
6	George Sisler	76
7	George Burns	73
7	Harry Heilmann	73
9	Chick Gandil	72
9	Braggo Roth	72

WalksBB

1	Burt Shotton	110
2	Jack Graney	102
3	Eddie Collins	86
4	Tris Speaker	82
5	Harry Hooper	80
6	Ty Cobb	78
7	Donie Bush	75
7	Ossie Vitt	75
9	Jimmy Austin	74
10	Ward Miller	72

Stolen BasesSB

1	Ty Cobb	68
2	Armando Marsans	46
3	Burt Shotton	41
4	Eddie Collins	40
5	Tris Speaker	35
6	Clyde Milan	34
6	George Sisler	34
8	Ray Schalk	30
8	Jimmy Walsh	30
10	Lee Magee	29
10	Braggo Roth	29

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Tris Speaker	12.3
2	Ty Cobb	11.7
3	Shoeless Joe Jackson	8.3
4	Eddie Collins	8.0
5	Del Pratt	7.7
6	Burt Shotton	7.2
7	Bobby Veach	7.0
8	Amos Strunk	6.7
9	Happy Felsch	6.7
10	Jack Graney	5.6

Batting Averagemin 477 PA

1	Tris Speaker	.386
2	Ty Cobb	.371
3	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.341
4	Amos Strunk	.316
5	Eddie Collins	.308
5	Larry Gardner	.308
7	Bobby Veach	.306
8	George Sisler	.305
9	Happy Felsch	.300
10	Stuffy McInnis	.295

On-Base Percentagemin 477 PA

1	Tris Speaker	.470
2	Ty Cobb	.452
3	Eddie Collins	.405
4	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.393
4	Amos Strunk	.393
6	Burt Shotton	.392
7	Larry Gardner	.372
8	Ward Miller	.371
9	Bobby Veach	.367
10	Harry Hooper	.361

Slugging Percentagemin 477 PA

1	Tris Speaker	.502
2	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.495
3	Ty Cobb	.493
4	Bobby Veach	.433
5	Happy Felsch	.427
6	Amos Strunk	.421
7	Wally Pipp	.417
8	Harry Heilmann	.410
9	George Sisler	.400
10	Eddie Collins	.396

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 477 PA

1	Tris Speaker	.972
2	Ty Cobb	.944
3	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.888
4	Amos Strunk	.814
5	Eddie Collins	.802
6	Bobby Veach	.800
7	Happy Felsch	.768
8	Harry Heilmann	.760
9	Larry Gardner	.759
10	George Sisler	.755

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Walter Johnson	25
2	Bob Shawkey	24
3	Babe Ruth	23
4	Harry Coveleski	21
5	Hooks Dauss	19
6	Dutch Leonard	18
6	Carl Mays	18
6	Reb Russell	18
9	Red Faber	17
9	Bert Gallia	17
9	Carl Weilman	17

SavesSV

1	Bob Shawkey	8
2	Dutch Leonard	6
2	Allen Russell	6
4	Jim Bagby	5
4	Eddie Cicotte	5
6	Hooks Dauss	4
6	Bob Groom	4
8	Bernie Boland	3
8	Stan Coveleski	3
8	Carl Mays	3
8	Eddie Plank	3
8	Reb Russell	3
8	Jim Scott	3

StrikeoutsSO

1	Walter Johnson	228
2	Elmer Myers	182
3	Babe Ruth	170
4	Bullet Joe Bush	157
5	Harry Harper	149
6	Dutch Leonard	144
7	Lefty Williams	138
8	Dave Davenport	129
9	Bob Shawkey	122
10	Bert Gallia	120

Innings PitchedIP

1	Walter Johnson	369.7
2	Harry Coveleski	324.3
3	Babe Ruth	323.7
4	Elmer Myers	315.0
5	Dave Davenport	290.7
6	Bullet Joe Bush	286.7
7	Bert Gallia	283.7
8	Bob Shawkey	276.7
9	Carl Weilman	276.0
10	Dutch Leonard	274.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Walter Johnson	36
2	Elmer Myers	31
3	Bullet Joe Bush	25
4	Babe Ruth	23
5	Harry Coveleski	22
6	Bob Shawkey	21
7	Carl Weilman	19
8	Hooks Dauss	18
9	Dutch Leonard	17
9	Eddie Plank	17

ShutoutsSHO

1	Babe Ruth	9
2	Bullet Joe Bush	8
3	Dutch Leonard	6
4	Reb Russell	5
5	Joe Benz	4
5	Bob Shawkey	4
7	Jim Bagby	3
7	Harry Coveleski	3
7	Red Faber	3
7	Rube Foster	3
7	Walter Johnson	3
7	Eddie Plank	3
7	Ernie Shore	3

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Walter Johnson	9.5
2	Babe Ruth	6.0
3	Harry Coveleski	5.4
4	Reb Russell	5.4
5	Dutch Leonard	4.9
6	Jim Bagby	4.1
7	Bullet Joe Bush	4.0
8	Harry Harper	4.0
9	Bob Shawkey	4.0
10	Lefty Williams	3.8

Earned Run Averagemin 154 IP

1	Babe Ruth	1.75
2	Eddie Cicotte	1.78
3	Walter Johnson	1.90
4	Harry Coveleski	1.97
5	Red Faber	2.02
6	Nick Cullop	2.05
7	Carl Weilman	2.15
8	Bob Shawkey	2.21
9	George Mogridge	2.31
10	Eddie Plank	2.33

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 154 IP

1	Reb Russell	0.94
2	Walter Johnson	1.01
3	Bob Shawkey	1.03
4	Harry Coveleski	1.05
5	Babe Ruth	1.07
6	Nick Cullop	1.10
7	Red Faber	1.11
8	Eddie Cicotte	1.11
9	George Mogridge	1.13
10	Dutch Leonard	1.13

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 154 IP

1	Walter Johnson	1.88
2	Reb Russell	2.07
3	Nick Cullop	2.39
4	Lefty Williams	2.41
5	Dutch Leonard	2.42
6	Babe Ruth	2.49
7	Red Faber	2.56
8	Ernie Shore	2.59
9	Eddie Cicotte	2.61
10	Bob Shawkey	2.63

National League

Led the National League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	George Burns	105
2	Max Carey	90
3	Dave Robertson	88
4	Heinie Groh	85
5	Dode Paskert	82
6	Rabbit Maranville	79
7	Bob Bescher	78
8	Ed Konetchy	76
8	Zack Wheat	76
8	Heinie Zimmerman	76

HitsH

1	Hal Chase	184
2	Dave Robertson	180
3	Zack Wheat	177
4	Bill Hinchman	175
5	George Burns	174
6	Max Carey	158
6	Tommy Griffith	158
8	Heinie Zimmerman	157
9	Rogers Hornsby	155
9	Dode Paskert	155

Doubles2B

1	Bert Niehoff	42
2	Zack Wheat	32
3	Dode Paskert	30
4	Hal Chase	29
4	Larry Doyle	29
4	Ed Konetchy	29
4	Heinie Zimmerman	29
8	Tommy Griffith	28
9	Casey Stengel	27
10	Fred Luderus	26

Triples3B

1	Bill Hinchman	16
2	Rogers Hornsby	15
2	Benny Kauff	15
2	Edd Roush	15
5	Heinie Groh	14
5	Hi Myers	14
7	Ed Konetchy	13
7	Rabbit Maranville	13
7	Zack Wheat	13
10	Hal Chase	12
10	George Whitted	12

Home RunsHR

1	Dave Robertson	12
1	Cy Williams	12
3	Gavvy Cravath	11
4	Benny Kauff	9
4	Zack Wheat	9
6	Dode Paskert	8
6	Casey Stengel	8
8	Max Carey	7
8	Fred Merkle	7
8	Vic Saier	7

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Heinie Zimmerman	83
2	Hal Chase	82
3	Bill Hinchman	76
4	Benny Kauff	74
5	Zack Wheat	73
6	Gavvy Cravath	70
6	Ed Konetchy	70
8	Dave Robertson	69
9	George Whitted	68
10	Art Fletcher	66
10	Cy Williams	66

WalksBB

1	Heinie Groh	84
2	Vic Saier	79
3	Dave Bancroft	74
4	Benny Kauff	68
5	Gavvy Cravath	64
6	George Burns	63
7	Bob Bescher	60
8	Max Carey	59
9	Bill Rariden	55
10	Bill Hinchman	54
10	William Louden	54
10	Dode Paskert	54

Stolen BasesSB

1	Max Carey	63
2	Benny Kauff	40
3	Bob Bescher	39
4	George Burns	37
5	Buck Herzog	34
6	Rabbit Maranville	32
7	George Whitted	29
8	George Cutshaw	27
9	Max Flack	24
9	Jack Smith	24
9	Heinie Zimmerman	24

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Zack Wheat	8.0
2	Heinie Groh	7.7
3	Max Carey	7.3
4	Larry Doyle	6.5
5	Rogers Hornsby	6.3
6	Art Fletcher	6.3
7	Cy Williams	5.9
8	Benny Kauff	5.7
9	Rabbit Maranville	5.5
10	Bill Hinchman	5.5

Batting Averagemin 477 PA

1	Hal Chase	.339
2	Jake Daubert	.316
3	Bill Hinchman	.315
4	Rogers Hornsby	.313
5	Zack Wheat	.312
6	Dave Robertson	.307
7	Honus Wagner	.287
8	Art Fletcher	.286
8	Heinie Zimmerman	.286
10	Gavvy Cravath	.283

On-Base Percentagemin 477 PA

1	Gavvy Cravath	.379
2	Bill Hinchman	.378
3	Cy Williams	.372
4	Jake Daubert	.371
5	Heinie Groh	.370
6	Rogers Hornsby	.369
7	Zack Wheat	.366
8	Hal Chase	.363
9	Vic Saier	.356
10	Honus Wagner	.350

Slugging Percentagemin 477 PA

1	Zack Wheat	.461
2	Hal Chase	.459
2	Cy Williams	.459
4	Rogers Hornsby	.444
5	Gavvy Cravath	.440
6	Bill Hinchman	.427
7	Dave Robertson	.426
8	Casey Stengel	.424
9	Benny Kauff	.408
10	Larry Doyle	.403

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 477 PA

1	Cy Williams	.831
2	Zack Wheat	.828
3	Hal Chase	.822
4	Gavvy Cravath	.819
5	Rogers Hornsby	.814
6	Bill Hinchman	.805
7	Jake Daubert	.769
8	Benny Kauff	.756
9	Casey Stengel	.753
10	Dave Robertson	.752

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Pete Alexander	33
2	Jeff Pfeffer	25
3	Eppa Rixey	22
4	Al Mamaux	21
5	Al Demaree	19
5	Dick Rudolph	19
7	Larry Cheney	18
7	Pol Perritt	18
9	Lefty Tyler	17
9	Hippo Vaughn	17

SavesSV

1	Red Ames	8
2	Tom Hughes	5
2	Rube Marquard	5
2	Gene Packard	5
5	Pete Alexander	3
5	Charles Bender	3
5	Dick Rudolph	3
8	Fred Anderson	2
8	Rube Benton	2
8	Wilbur Cooper	2
8	Claude Hendrix	2
8	Erv Kantlehner	2
8	Jimmy Lavender	2
8	Al Mamaux	2
8	Christy Mathewson	2
8	George McQuillan	2
8	Lee Meadows	2
8	Pol Perritt	2
8	Mike Prendergast	2
8	Al Schulz	2
8	Jeff Tesreau	2

StrikeoutsSO

1	Pete Alexander	167
2	Larry Cheney	166
3	Al Mamaux	163
4	Fred Toney	146
5	Hippo Vaughn	144
6	Eppa Rixey	134
7	Dick Rudolph	133
8	Al Demaree	130
9	Jeff Pfeffer	128
10	Lee Meadows	120

Innings PitchedIP

1	Pete Alexander	389.0
2	Jeff Pfeffer	328.7
3	Dick Rudolph	312.0
4	Al Mamaux	310.0
5	Fred Toney	300.0
6	Hippo Vaughn	294.0
7	Lee Meadows	289.0
8	Eppa Rixey	287.0
9	Al Demaree	285.0
10	Pete Schneider	274.3

Complete GamesCG

1	Pete Alexander	38
2	Jeff Pfeffer	30
3	Dick Rudolph	27
4	Al Mamaux	26
5	Al Demaree	25
6	Jeff Tesreau	23
7	Fred Toney	21
7	Lefty Tyler	21
7	Hippo Vaughn	21
10	Eppa Rixey	20

ShutoutsSHO

1	Pete Alexander	16
2	Jeff Pfeffer	6
2	Lefty Tyler	6
4	Larry Cheney	5
4	Pol Perritt	5
4	Dick Rudolph	5
4	Jeff Tesreau	5
8	Al Demaree	4
8	Jimmy Lavender	4
8	Slim Sallee	4
8	Ferdie Schupp	4
8	Sherry Smith	4
8	Hippo Vaughn	4

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Pete Alexander	9.0
2	Dick Rudolph	6.7
3	Hippo Vaughn	6.3
4	Al Demaree	6.3
5	Jeff Pfeffer	6.1
6	Eppa Rixey	5.7
7	Fred Toney	5.3
8	Rube Marquard	4.6
9	Al Mamaux	4.3
10	Lefty Tyler	4.3

Earned Run Averagemin 154 IP

1	Pete Alexander	1.55
2	Rube Marquard	1.58
3	Eppa Rixey	1.85
4	Wilbur Cooper	1.87
5	Jeff Pfeffer	1.92
6	Larry Cheney	1.92
7	Lefty Tyler	2.02
8	Pat Ragan	2.08
9	Dick Rudolph	2.16
10	Slim Sallee	2.18

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 154 IP

1	Pete Alexander	0.96
2	Dick Rudolph	0.97
3	George McConnell	1.00
4	Rube Marquard	1.01
5	Jeff Pfeffer	1.02
6	Lefty Tyler	1.03
7	Pat Ragan	1.04
8	Al Demaree	1.05
9	Frank Miller	1.06
10	Tom Hughes	1.07

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 154 IP

1	Rube Marquard	2.02
2	Pete Alexander	2.18
3	Dick Rudolph	2.21
4	Al Demaree	2.24
5	Hippo Vaughn	2.33
6	Pat Ragan	2.33
7	Eppa Rixey	2.38
8	Tom Hughes	2.43
9	Wheezer Dell	2.47
10	Lefty Tyler	2.48

Other leagues

Led the Other leagues — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1916 is 477 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 154-game schedule. The Other leagues played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1	Pete Hill	41
2	Jesse Barber	40
2	Bienvenido Jiménez	40
4	John Henry Lloyd	38
5	George Shively	34
6	Pelayo Chacón	32
6	Morten Clark	32
8	Louis Santop	31
8	Candy Jim Taylor	31
10	Gervasio González	30
10	Cristóbal Torriente	30

HitsH

1	Jesse Barber	75
1	John Henry Lloyd	75
3	Frank Duncan	62
4	Cristóbal Torriente	60
5	Leroy Grant	58
6	Pete Hill	56
7	Louis Santop	51
8	George Shively	50
9	Pelayo Chacón	48
9	Bill Pettus	48

Doubles2B

1	Eustaquio Pedroso	15
2	Leroy Grant	14
3	Bill Pettus	12
3	Louis Santop	12
5	Sam Bennett	11
6	Pelayo Chacón	10
6	Bill Francis	10
6	Cristóbal Torriente	10
9	Jesse Barber	9
9	John Henry Lloyd	9

Triples3B

1	Jesse Barber	7
1	Louis Santop	7
3	George Brown	4
3	Judy Gans	4
5	Oscar Charleston	3
5	Bingo DeMoss	3
5	Blainey Hall	3
5	Bill Pettus	3
5	Russell Powell	3
5	Candy Jim Taylor	3

Home RunsHR

1	Johnny Pugh	4
2	Jimmie Lyons	3
3	Jesse Bragg	2
3	Frank Forbes	2
3	Pete Hill	2
3	Bruce Petway	2
3	Vicente Rodríguez	2
3	Cristóbal Torriente	2
3	Pearl Webster	2
3	Joe Williams	2

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Leroy Grant	39
2	Cristóbal Torriente	38
3	John Henry Lloyd	34
4	Jesse Barber	33
4	Louis Santop	33
6	Bill Pettus	31
7	Eustaquio Pedroso	29
8	Ben Taylor	28
9	Frank Duncan	27
10	Vicente Rodríguez	25

WalksBB

1	Bill Francis	31
2	Pete Hill	27
2	Bienvenido Jiménez	27
4	Gervasio González	23
4	Louis Santop	23
6	Bruce Petway	22
6	Cristóbal Torriente	22
8	Pelayo Chacón	20
8	John Henry Lloyd	20
8	Matías Ríos	20
8	Manuel Villa	20

Stolen BasesSB

1	George Shively	19
2	Jimmie Lyons	17
2	Frank Warfield	17
4	Morten Clark	13
4	Candy Jim Taylor	13
6	Joe Hewitt	11
7	Bienvenido Jiménez	10
7	Johnny Pugh	10
9	Pelayo Chacón	9
9	Dan Kennard	9

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	John Henry Lloyd	3.9
2	Louis Santop	3.8
3	Cristóbal Torriente	3.1
4	Pete Hill	3.0
5	Bill Pettus	2.4
6	George Shively	2.2
7	Jimmie Lyons	2.1
8	Candy Jim Taylor	2.0
9	Bruce Petway	1.8
10	Frank Warfield	1.8

Pitching7 categories

WinsW

1	Tom Johnson	14
1	José Junco	14
3	Dick Whitworth	12
4	Juan Padrón	11
5	Dizzy Dismukes	9
6	Dick Redding	8
6	Frank Wickware	8
8	Dicta Johnson	7
9	Bill Gatewood	6
9	Lefty Harvey	6
9	Eustaquio Pedroso	6
9	String Bean Williams	6

SavesSV

1	Juan Padrón	4
2	Dizzy Dismukes	1
2	Doc Sykes	1
2	Frank Wickware	1
2	String Bean Williams	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Juan Padrón	151
2	Frank Wickware	89
3	Dick Whitworth	88
4	Eustaquio Pedroso	79
5	Tom Johnson	73
6	Dicta Johnson	67
7	String Bean Williams	65
8	José Junco	64
9	Lefty Harvey	61
10	Dick Redding	50

Innings PitchedIP

1	Juan Padrón	193.3
2	José Junco	172.3
3	Frank Wickware	169.7
4	Tom Johnson	156.0
5	Eustaquio Pedroso	149.7
6	Dizzy Dismukes	128.7
7	Dick Whitworth	121.0
8	Dicta Johnson	112.0
9	String Bean Williams	108.3
10	Doc Sykes	99.3

Complete GamesCG

1	Juan Padrón	19
2	José Junco	15
3	Eustaquio Pedroso	13
4	Tom Johnson	12
4	Frank Wickware	12
6	Dizzy Dismukes	11
6	Dicta Johnson	11
6	Dick Whitworth	11
9	Lefty Harvey	10
9	String Bean Williams	10

ShutoutsSHO

1	Juan Padrón	6
2	Frank Wickware	4
3	Dick Whitworth	3
4	Dizzy Dismukes	2
4	José Junco	2
4	Dick Redding	2
7	Dicta Johnson	1
7	Eustaquio Pedroso	1
7	Gunboat Thompson	1
7	Joe Williams	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Juan Padrón	5.1
2	José Junco	3.2
3	Frank Wickware	2.6
4	Eustaquio Pedroso	2.3
5	Tom Johnson	2.2
6	Dick Whitworth	1.8
7	Dick Redding	1.8
8	Lefty Harvey	1.6
9	String Bean Williams	1.5
10	Bill Gatewood	1.3

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1916 is 477 plate appearances and 154 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 154 games per team, measured from the season files themselves — at the official rate of 3.1 plate appearances and one inning per team game. Batting average, on-base, slugging, OPS, earned run average and WHIP all use it; a player who came to the plate twice and got two hits does not appear at the top of the batting average table, which is exactly what that line is for. Counting statistics such as home runs and strikeouts have no minimum, because none is needed.

How the rankings were made

Wins above replacement in these tables is ours rather than the source database's, so it will not match a published figure exactly. Also: why every ranking stops at one league, and why some categories are missing on purpose.

Every ranking on this page is worked out inside one league. 1916 is counted as 3 separate leagues — American League, National League and Other leagues, and a player is ranked only against the men in his own. Leading the American League and leading baseball are different claims, and the one we can make from these files is the first. There is no combined table anywhere on this page, because adding two leagues together would produce a number that no record book recognises.

There are 62 ranking tables here, 21 places deep. Players tied on a value share a place, so a table can run past ten rows when the tenth spot is shared, and a league with fewer than ten qualified players in a category is left out rather than shown as a top ten that is not one. A player who did none of the thing is not ranked in it either — a shutout table lists the pitchers who threw one, not the hundreds who threw none tied on zero. Some categories are missing on purpose: nobody leads a league in strikeouts at the plate, in losses, or in home runs allowed. A ranking is meant to mark an achievement, so only achievements are ranked.

Wins above replacement on this page is ours, not the source database's. The hitting and pitching files carry a WAR column that we compute here from the same season lines you see, using park factors and a run environment worked out per season. Published versions elsewhere use different methods and will not match ours exactly. Every other column is the record as the database supplies it.

Names on this page lead to that player's own record. Most of them open a full career page with every season he appeared in. Some open a summary screen instead — we pre-build pages for the players people look for, and everyone else is assembled on demand from the same files, so the numbers are identical either way even though the address looks different.

Data for 1871 to 2025: Lahman Baseball Database 2025, compiled by SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) and licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported. Negro Leagues data licensed from Seamheads.com and included under SABR major-league recommendations (2021-02-11, 2024-06-03). This page ranks the 1916 season lines published on this site, league by league, with WAR worked out here. — the WAR columns are computed here — and they are published under the same CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence, as ShareAlike requires. That database is published once a season is complete, so the 2026 figures on this site come from a different place: the MLB Stats API, whose notice reads “Copyright 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Use of any content on this page acknowledges agreement to the terms posted here http://gdx.mlb.com/components/copyright.txt”. Those numbers are MLB Advanced Media, L.P.’s, not SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)’s, and they carry that notice rather than the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence above. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Major League Baseball or any of its clubs.