1919 MLB Season Leaders

3 leagues · 138 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 1919. 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	Babe Ruth	103
2	George Sisler	96
3	Ty Cobb	92
4	Roger Peckinpaugh	89
4	Buck Weaver	89
6	Eddie Collins	87
6	Bobby Veach	87
8	Joe Judge	83
8	Tris Speaker	83
10	Donie Bush	82

HitsH

1	Ty Cobb	191
1	Bobby Veach	191
3	Shoeless Joe Jackson	181
4	George Sisler	180
5	Sam Rice	179
6	Harry Heilmann	172
7	Buck Weaver	169
8	Home Run Baker	166
9	Eddie Collins	165
10	Jack Tobin	159

Doubles2B

1	Bobby Veach	45
2	Tris Speaker	38
3	Ty Cobb	36
4	Steve O'Neill	35
5	Happy Felsch	34
5	Babe Ruth	34
7	Joe Judge	33
7	Buck Weaver	33
9	Shoeless Joe Jackson	31
9	Baby Doll Jacobson	31
9	George Sisler	31

Triples3B

1	Bobby Veach	17
2	Harry Heilmann	15
2	George Sisler	15
4	Shoeless Joe Jackson	14
5	Ty Cobb	13
6	Eddie Ainsmith	12
6	Joe Judge	12
6	Braggo Roth	12
6	Babe Ruth	12
6	Tris Speaker	12

Home RunsHR

1	Babe Ruth	29
2	Home Run Baker	10
2	George Sisler	10
2	Tillie Walker	10
5	Elmer Smith	9
6	George Burns	8
6	Harry Heilmann	8
8	Happy Felsch	7
8	Shoeless Joe Jackson	7
8	Duffy Lewis	7
8	Roger Peckinpaugh	7
8	Wally Pipp	7

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Babe Ruth	114
2	Bobby Veach	101
3	Shoeless Joe Jackson	96
4	Harry Heilmann	93
5	Duffy Lewis	89
6	Happy Felsch	86
7	Home Run Baker	83
7	George Sisler	83
9	Eddie Collins	80
10	Larry Gardner	79

WalksBB

1	Jack Graney	105
2	Babe Ruth	101
3	Joe Judge	81
4	Harry Hooper	79
5	Donie Bush	75
6	Tris Speaker	73
7	Nemo Leibold	72
8	Wally Schang	71
9	Eddie Collins	68
10	Shoeless Joe Jackson	60

Stolen BasesSB

1	Eddie Collins	33
2	Ty Cobb	28
2	George Sisler	28
4	Sam Rice	26
5	Harry Hooper	23
5	Joe Judge	23
7	Donie Bush	22
7	Del Pratt	22
7	Buck Weaver	22
10	Doc Johnston	21

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Babe Ruth	10.8
2	Bobby Veach	9.0
3	Ty Cobb	8.7
4	Tris Speaker	8.1
5	George Sisler	7.6
6	Eddie Collins	7.4
7	Shoeless Joe Jackson	7.2
8	Roger Peckinpaugh	7.2
9	Happy Felsch	6.1
10	Del Pratt	6.1

Batting Averagemin 428 PA

1	Ty Cobb	.384
2	Bobby Veach	.355
3	George Sisler	.352
4	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.351
5	Jack Tobin	.327
6	Baby Doll Jacobson	.323
7	Babe Ruth	.322
8	Sam Rice	.321
9	Harry Heilmann	.320
10	Eddie Collins	.319

On-Base Percentagemin 428 PA

1	Babe Ruth	.456
2	Ty Cobb	.429
3	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.422
4	Nemo Leibold	.404
5	Eddie Collins	.400
6	Bobby Veach	.398
7	Tris Speaker	.395
8	Roger Peckinpaugh	.390
8	George Sisler	.390
10	Joe Judge	.386

Slugging Percentagemin 428 PA

1	Babe Ruth	.657
2	George Sisler	.530
3	Bobby Veach	.519
4	Ty Cobb	.515
5	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.506
6	Harry Heilmann	.477
7	Baby Doll Jacobson	.453
8	Tillie Walker	.450
9	George Burns	.447
10	Elmer Smith	.438
10	Jack Tobin	.438

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 428 PA

1	Babe Ruth	1.114
2	Ty Cobb	.944
3	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.928
4	George Sisler	.921
5	Bobby Veach	.916
6	Harry Heilmann	.843
7	Tris Speaker	.828
8	Baby Doll Jacobson	.815
9	Jack Tobin	.814
10	Eddie Collins	.805

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Eddie Cicotte	29
2	Stan Coveleski	24
3	Lefty Williams	23
4	Hooks Dauss	21
5	Walter Johnson	20
5	Bob Shawkey	20
5	Allen Sothoron	20
8	Jim Bagby	17
8	Howard Ehmke	17
8	Jim Shaw	17

SavesSV

1	Allen Russell	5
1	Jim Shaw	5
1	Bob Shawkey	5
4	Stan Coveleski	4
5	Jim Bagby	3
5	Allen Sothoron	3
7	Walter Johnson	2
7	Walt Kinney	2
7	Carl Mays	2
10	Doc Ayers	1
10	Bernie Boland	1
10	Eddie Cicotte	1
10	Fritz Coumbe	1
10	Molly Craft	1
10	George Cunningham	1
10	Dave Danforth	1
10	Bert Gallia	1
10	Sad Sam Jones	1
10	Rudy Kallio	1
10	Slim Love	1
10	Elmer Myers	1
10	Scott Perry	1
10	Babe Ruth	1
10	Harry Thompson	1
10	Hank Thormahlen	1
10	Lefty Williams	1
10	Smoky Joe Wood	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Walter Johnson	147
2	Jim Shaw	128
3	Lefty Williams	125
4	Bob Shawkey	122
5	Stan Coveleski	118
6	Allen Russell	113
7	Eddie Cicotte	110
8	Carl Mays	107
9	Allen Sothoron	106
10	Dutch Leonard	102

Innings PitchedIP

1	Eddie Cicotte	306.7
1	Jim Shaw	306.7
3	Lefty Williams	297.0
4	Walter Johnson	290.3
5	Stan Coveleski	286.0
6	Allen Sothoron	270.0
7	Carl Mays	266.0
7	Jack Quinn	266.0
9	Bob Shawkey	261.3
10	Hooks Dauss	256.3

Complete GamesCG

1	Eddie Cicotte	30
2	Walter Johnson	27
2	Lefty Williams	27
4	Carl Mays	26
5	Stan Coveleski	24
6	Jim Shaw	23
7	Hooks Dauss	22
7	Bob Shawkey	22
9	Jim Bagby	21
9	Sad Sam Jones	21
9	Allen Sothoron	21

ShutoutsSHO

1	Walter Johnson	7
2	Eddie Cicotte	5
2	Sad Sam Jones	5
2	Herb Pennock	5
2	Urban Shocker	5
2	Lefty Williams	5
7	Stan Coveleski	4
7	Dutch Leonard	4
7	Jack Quinn	4
10	Carl Mays	3
10	George Mogridge	3
10	Guy Morton	3
10	Jim Shaw	3
10	Bob Shawkey	3
10	Allen Sothoron	3
10	Carl Weilman	3

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Walter Johnson	7.1
2	Eddie Cicotte	6.2
3	Stan Coveleski	6.0
4	Lefty Williams	5.6
5	Jim Shaw	4.5
6	Jim Bagby	4.4
7	Carl Mays	3.8
8	Allen Sothoron	3.8
9	Jack Quinn	3.7
10	Herb Pennock	3.6

Earned Run Averagemin 138 IP

1	Walter Johnson	1.49
2	Eddie Cicotte	1.82
3	Carl Weilman	2.07
4	Carl Mays	2.10
5	Allen Sothoron	2.20
6	Jack Quinn	2.60
7	Stan Coveleski	2.61
8	Hank Thormahlen	2.62
9	Lefty Williams	2.64
10	Urban Shocker	2.69

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 138 IP

1	Walter Johnson	0.98
2	Eddie Cicotte	0.99
3	Lefty Williams	1.09
4	Carl Mays	1.14
5	Hank Thormahlen	1.15
6	Jack Quinn	1.15
7	Urban Shocker	1.18
8	Bob Shawkey	1.19
9	Guy Morton	1.19
10	Carl Weilman	1.20

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 138 IP

1	Walter Johnson	2.09
2	Stan Coveleski	2.45
3	Eddie Cicotte	2.50
4	Lefty Williams	2.67
5	Herb Pennock	2.68
6	Jim Bagby	2.76
7	Dickey Kerr	2.82
8	Allen Russell	2.85
9	Guy Morton	2.86
10	Urban Shocker	2.90

National League

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

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	George Burns	86
2	Jake Daubert	79
2	Heinie Groh	79
4	Morrie Rath	77
5	Benny Kauff	73
5	Ivy Olson	73
5	Edd Roush	73
5	Ross Youngs	73
9	Max Flack	71
10	Zack Wheat	70

HitsH

1	Ivy Olson	164
2	Rogers Hornsby	163
3	George Burns	162
3	Edd Roush	162
5	Irish Meusel	159
5	Zack Wheat	159
7	Hi Myers	157
8	Ross Youngs	152
9	Walter Holke	151
9	Milt Stock	151

Doubles2B

1	Ross Youngs	31
2	George Burns	30
2	Fred Luderus	30
4	Benny Kauff	27
5	Irish Meusel	26
6	Ed Konetchy	24
7	Charlie Deal	23
7	Hi Myers	23
7	Zack Wheat	23
10	George Whitted	21
10	Cy Williams	21

Triples3B

1	Hi Myers	14
1	Billy Southworth	14
3	Jake Daubert	12
3	Les Mann	12
3	Greasy Neale	12
3	Ray Powell	12
3	Edd Roush	12
8	Heinie Groh	11
8	Austin McHenry	11
8	Zack Wheat	11

Home RunsHR

1	Gavvy Cravath	12
2	Benny Kauff	10
3	Cy Williams	9
4	Rogers Hornsby	8
5	Larry Doyle	7
6	Max Flack	6
6	Tommy Griffith	6
8	Hal Chase	5
8	Heinie Groh	5
8	Ernie Krueger	5
8	Fred Luderus	5
8	Rabbit Maranville	5
8	Irish Meusel	5
8	Hi Myers	5
8	Zack Wheat	5

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Hi Myers	73
2	Rogers Hornsby	71
2	Edd Roush	71
4	Benny Kauff	67
5	Heinie Groh	63
6	Fred Merkle	62
6	Zack Wheat	62
8	Billy Southworth	61
9	Irish Meusel	59
10	Larry Kopf	58
10	Heinie Zimmerman	58

WalksBB

1	George Burns	82
2	Morrie Rath	64
3	Heinie Groh	56
4	Fred Luderus	54
5	Tony Boeckel	53
6	Ross Youngs	51
7	Milt Stock	49
8	Rogers Hornsby	48
9	Greasy Neale	47
10	Charlie Hollocher	44

Stolen BasesSB

1	George Burns	40
2	George Cutshaw	36
3	Carson Bigbee	31
4	Jack Smith	30
5	Buck Herzog	28
5	Greasy Neale	28
7	Cliff Heathcote	27
8	Ivy Olson	26
9	Irish Meusel	24
9	Ross Youngs	24

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Edd Roush	6.9
2	Rogers Hornsby	6.3
3	George Burns	6.2
4	Rabbit Maranville	6.2
5	Heinie Groh	6.1
6	Hi Myers	5.7
7	Milt Stock	4.9
8	Art Fletcher	4.8
9	Ross Youngs	4.5
10	Morrie Rath	4.5

Batting Averagemin 428 PA

1	Edd Roush	.321
2	Rogers Hornsby	.318
3	Ross Youngs	.311
4	Heinie Groh	.310
5	Hi Myers	.307
5	Milt Stock	.307
7	Irish Meusel	.305
8	George Burns	.303
9	Ed Konetchy	.298
10	Zack Wheat	.297

On-Base Percentagemin 428 PA

1	George Burns	.396
2	Heinie Groh	.392
3	Rogers Hornsby	.384
3	Ross Youngs	.384
5	Edd Roush	.380
6	Milt Stock	.371
7	Fred Luderus	.365
8	Charlie Hollocher	.347
9	Max Flack	.346
10	Zack Wheat	.344

Slugging Percentagemin 428 PA

1	Hi Myers	.436
2	Heinie Groh	.431
2	Edd Roush	.431
4	Rogers Hornsby	.430
5	Benny Kauff	.422
6	Ross Youngs	.415
7	Irish Meusel	.411
8	Zack Wheat	.409
9	Fred Luderus	.405
10	George Burns	.404

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 428 PA

1	Heinie Groh	.823
2	Rogers Hornsby	.814
3	Edd Roush	.811
4	George Burns	.801
5	Ross Youngs	.799
6	Hi Myers	.774
7	Fred Luderus	.770
8	Benny Kauff	.756
9	Zack Wheat	.753
10	Max Flack	.738
10	Irish Meusel	.738

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Jesse Barnes	25
2	Slim Sallee	21
2	Hippo Vaughn	21
4	Wilbur Cooper	19
4	Hod Eller	19
4	Dutch Ruether	19
7	Babe Adams	17
7	Rube Benton	17
7	Art Nehf	17
7	Jeff Pfeffer	17

SavesSV

1	Oscar Tuero	4
2	Al Demaree	3
2	Jean Dubuc	3
2	Dolf Luque	3
2	Jimmy Ring	3
2	Jesse Winters	3
7	Red Ames	2
7	Rube Benton	2
7	Hod Eller	2
7	Dana Fillingim	2
7	Speed Martin	2
7	Dick Rudolph	2

StrikeoutsSO

1	Hippo Vaughn	141
2	Hod Eller	137
3	Pete Alexander	121
4	Lee Meadows	116
5	Wilbur Cooper	106
6	Leon Cadore	94
7	Babe Adams	92
7	Jesse Barnes	92
7	Jeff Pfeffer	92
10	Phil Douglas	84

Innings PitchedIP

1	Hippo Vaughn	306.7
2	Jesse Barnes	295.7
3	Wilbur Cooper	286.7
4	Dick Rudolph	273.7
5	Art Nehf	270.7
6	Jeff Pfeffer	267.0
7	Babe Adams	263.3
8	Leon Cadore	250.7
9	Lee Meadows	250.3
10	Hod Eller	248.3

Complete GamesCG

1	Wilbur Cooper	27
2	Jeff Pfeffer	26
3	Hippo Vaughn	25
4	Dick Rudolph	24
5	Babe Adams	23
5	Jesse Barnes	23
7	Art Nehf	22
7	Slim Sallee	22
9	Pete Alexander	20
9	Dutch Ruether	20

ShutoutsSHO

1	Pete Alexander	9
2	Hod Eller	7
3	Babe Adams	6
4	Ray Fisher	5
5	Jesse Barnes	4
5	Wilbur Cooper	4
5	Phil Douglas	4
5	Lee Meadows	4
5	Jeff Pfeffer	4
5	Slim Sallee	4
5	Fred Toney	4
5	Hippo Vaughn	4

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Hippo Vaughn	6.9
2	Babe Adams	6.6
3	Pete Alexander	5.9
4	Jesse Barnes	5.5
5	Hod Eller	5.0
6	Leon Cadore	4.9
7	Dick Rudolph	4.9
8	Jeff Pfeffer	4.7
9	Phil Douglas	4.6
10	Lee Meadows	3.9

Earned Run Averagemin 138 IP

1	Pete Alexander	1.72
2	Hippo Vaughn	1.79
3	Dutch Ruether	1.82
4	Fred Toney	1.84
5	Babe Adams	1.98
6	Phil Douglas	2.03
7	Slim Sallee	2.06
8	Ray Fisher	2.17
9	Dick Rudolph	2.17
10	Hal Carlson	2.23

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 138 IP

1	Babe Adams	0.90
2	Pete Alexander	0.93
3	Jesse Barnes	1.01
4	Frank Miller	1.01
5	Ray Fisher	1.03
6	Art Nehf	1.03
7	Wilbur Cooper	1.06
8	Slim Sallee	1.06
9	Phil Douglas	1.06
9	Fred Toney	1.06

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 138 IP

1	Pete Alexander	2.13
2	Babe Adams	2.15
3	Phil Douglas	2.32
4	Hippo Vaughn	2.38
5	Hod Eller	2.42
6	Leon Cadore	2.55
7	Jesse Barnes	2.61
8	Dick Rudolph	2.67
9	Hal Carlson	2.68
10	Claude Hendrix	2.77

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 1919 is 428 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 138-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	Oscar Charleston	47
2	Bingo DeMoss	41
3	Pete Hill	38
4	Joe Hewitt	35
4	Frank Warfield	35
6	Cristóbal Torriente	32
7	Eustaquio Pedroso	25
8	Edgar Wesley	21
9	Matías Ríos	20
10	Bill Francis	19
10	Bartolo Portuondo	19

HitsH

1	Oscar Charleston	71
2	Pete Hill	53
3	Cristóbal Torriente	47
4	Edgar Wesley	46
5	Leroy Grant	43
6	Eustaquio Pedroso	38
7	Joe Hewitt	37
8	Bingo DeMoss	36
9	Bartolo Portuondo	35
10	Bobby Williams	33

Doubles2B

1	Cristóbal Torriente	10
2	Oscar Charleston	9
2	Bill Handy	9
2	Pete Hill	9
5	Bingo DeMoss	8
5	Blainey Hall	8
7	Eustaquio Pedroso	7
7	Edgar Wesley	7
9	Frank Duncan	6
9	Leroy Grant	6
9	Joe Hewitt	6

Triples3B

1	Frank Warfield	9
2	Oscar Charleston	6
3	Edgar Wesley	5
4	Pete Hill	4
4	George Johnson	4
4	Ben Taylor	4
7	Bill Francis	3
7	Bill Handy	3
7	Dick Lundy	3
7	Eustaquio Pedroso	3
7	John Reese	3
7	Cristóbal Torriente	3

Home RunsHR

1	Pete Hill	16
2	Oscar Charleston	8
2	Edgar Wesley	8
4	José Méndez	3
4	Cristóbal Torriente	3
6	Jesse Barber	2
6	Bernardo Baró	2
6	Judy Gans	2
6	Fred Hutchinson	2
6	José Leblanc	2
6	Manuel Villa	2
6	Frank Warfield	2

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Pete Hill	49
2	Oscar Charleston	43
3	Edgar Wesley	41
4	Cristóbal Torriente	35
5	Eustaquio Pedroso	20
5	Frank Warfield	20
7	Blainey Hall	18
8	George Dixon	17
8	Manuel Villa	17
10	Bill Francis	16
10	Leroy Grant	16
10	Bobby Williams	16

WalksBB

1	Cristóbal Torriente	33
2	Bingo DeMoss	28
3	Bill Francis	24
3	Joe Hewitt	24
3	Frank Warfield	24
6	Pete Hill	22
7	Oscar Charleston	19
8	George Dixon	15
8	Matías Ríos	15
10	Bernardo Baró	12
10	José Méndez	12
10	Eustaquio Pedroso	12
10	Bobby Williams	12

Stolen BasesSB

1	Oscar Charleston	16
2	Bernardo Baró	9
3	Tatica Campos	7
3	Pelayo Chacón	7
3	Bingo DeMoss	7
3	Bill Francis	7
3	Joe Hewitt	7
3	Cristóbal Torriente	7
9	Todd Allen	6
9	Pete Hill	6
9	Bruce Petway	6
9	Bartolo Portuondo	6
9	Frank Warfield	6

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Oscar Charleston	5.1
2	Pete Hill	4.6
3	Cristóbal Torriente	3.5
4	John Henry Lloyd	1.9
5	Edgar Wesley	1.9
6	Pelayo Chacón	1.6
7	Frank Warfield	1.4
8	Blainey Hall	1.1
9	Bingo DeMoss	1.1
10	Todd Allen	1.0

Pitching7 categories

WinsW

1	Sam Crawford	11
2	Dick Whitworth	10
3	Joe Williams	9
4	Dick Redding	7
5	José Leblanc	6
6	John Donaldson	5
6	Tom Johnson	5
6	Frank Wickware	5
9	Dicta Johnson	4
9	Abraham Tolosa	4
9	String Bean Williams	4
9	Tom Williams	4

SavesSV

1	Sam Crawford	3
2	José Leblanc	2
2	José Méndez	2
2	Dick Whitworth	2
5	Juan Padrón	1
5	Ben Taylor	1
5	Joe Williams	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Joe Williams	88
2	Sam Crawford	68
3	Dick Whitworth	57
4	Dicta Johnson	48
4	Dick Redding	48
6	José Leblanc	42
7	John Donaldson	39
8	Frank Wickware	36
9	Tom Johnson	30
9	Roy Roberts	30

Innings PitchedIP

1	Sam Crawford	147.0
2	Joe Williams	102.7
3	Dick Whitworth	98.0
4	Dick Redding	93.3
5	José Leblanc	87.0
6	Tom Johnson	86.3
7	John Donaldson	85.0
8	Abraham Tolosa	78.0
9	Dicta Johnson	67.3
10	Tom Williams	64.3

Complete GamesCG

1	Sam Crawford	12
2	Joe Williams	11
3	John Donaldson	9
4	Dick Whitworth	8
5	José Leblanc	7
5	Dick Redding	7
7	Abraham Tolosa	6
8	Tatica Campos	5
8	Jesse Hubbard	5
8	Dicta Johnson	5
8	Tom Johnson	5
8	Tom Williams	5

ShutoutsSHO

1	John Donaldson	2
1	Dick Whitworth	2
1	Joe Williams	2
1	Tom Williams	2
5	Lucas Boada	1
5	Sam Crawford	1
5	José Leblanc	1
5	Henry McLaughlin	1
5	José Méndez	1
5	Dick Redding	1
5	Roy Roberts	1
5	José Suárez	1
5	Abraham Tolosa	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Joe Williams	3.2
2	Dick Redding	2.0
3	John Donaldson	1.5
4	Sam Crawford	1.5
5	Dick Whitworth	1.2
6	Tom Williams	1.1
7	José Leblanc	1.1
8	José Méndez	1.0
9	Frank Wickware	1.0
10	Juan Padrón	1.0

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1919 is 428 plate appearances and 138 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 138 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. 1919 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, 27 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 1919 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.