1937 MLB Leaders and Award Winners

3 leagues · 152 team games · 62 ranking tables · 2 awards

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Charlie GehringerAmerican League
Joe MedwickNational League

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.

American League

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

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Joe DiMaggio	151
2	Red Rolfe	143
3	Lou Gehrig	138
4	Hank Greenberg	137
5	Charlie Gehringer	133
6	Frankie Crosetti	127
7	Earl Averill	121
8	Pete Fox	116
9	Wally Moses	113
10	Jimmie Foxx	111

HitsH

1	Beau Bell	218
2	Joe DiMaggio	215
3	Gee Walker	213
4	Buddy Lewis	210
5	Charlie Gehringer	209
6	Pete Fox	208
6	Wally Moses	208
8	Lou Gehrig	200
8	Hank Greenberg	200
10	Joe Vosmik	193

Doubles2B

1	Beau Bell	51
2	Hank Greenberg	49
3	Wally Moses	48
4	Joe Vosmik	47
5	Lyn Lary	46
6	Luke Appling	42
6	Bruce Campbell	42
6	Moose Solters	42
6	Gee Walker	42
10	Zeke Bonura	41

Triples3B

1	Mike Kreevich	16
1	Dixie Walker	16
3	Joe DiMaggio	15
3	John Stone	15
5	Hank Greenberg	14
6	Wally Moses	13
7	Ben Chapman	12
8	Earl Averill	11
8	Bruce Campbell	11
8	Doc Cramer	11
8	Joe Kuhel	11
8	Moose Solters	11

Home RunsHR

1	Joe DiMaggio	46
2	Hank Greenberg	40
3	Lou Gehrig	37
4	Jimmie Foxx	36
5	Rudy York	35
6	Hal Trosky	32
7	Harlond Clift	29
7	Bill Dickey	29
9	Bob Johnson	25
9	Wally Moses	25

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Hank Greenberg	183
2	Joe DiMaggio	167
3	Lou Gehrig	159
4	Bill Dickey	133
5	Hal Trosky	128
6	Jimmie Foxx	127
7	Harlond Clift	118
8	Beau Bell	117
9	Gee Walker	113
10	Joe Cronin	110

WalksBB

1	Lou Gehrig	127
2	Hank Greenberg	102
3	Jimmie Foxx	99
4	Harlond Clift	98
4	Bob Johnson	98
6	Charlie Gehringer	90
6	Red Rolfe	90
8	Earl Averill	88
8	Lyn Lary	88
10	Luke Appling	86
10	Frankie Crosetti	86

Stolen BasesSB

1	Ben Chapman	35
1	Billy Werber	35
3	Gee Walker	23
4	Luke Appling	18
4	Jesse Hill	18
4	Lyn Lary	18
7	Frankie Pytlak	16
8	Tony Piet	14
9	Frankie Crosetti	13
10	Mel Almada	12
10	Pete Fox	12
10	Jo-Jo White	12

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Joe DiMaggio	11.2
2	Harlond Clift	9.3
3	Hank Greenberg	8.8
4	Charlie Gehringer	8.8
5	Lou Gehrig	8.6
6	Bill Dickey	7.4
7	Luke Appling	6.5
8	Bob Johnson	6.4
9	Wally Moses	5.9
10	Joe Cronin	5.7

Batting Averagemin 471 PA

1	Charlie Gehringer	.371
2	Lou Gehrig	.351
3	Joe DiMaggio	.346
4	Zeke Bonura	.345
5	Cecil Travis	.344
6	Beau Bell	.340
7	Hank Greenberg	.337
8	Gee Walker	.335
9	Bill Dickey	.332
10	Pete Fox	.331

On-Base Percentagemin 471 PA

1	Lou Gehrig	.473
2	Charlie Gehringer	.458
3	Hank Greenberg	.436
4	Bob Johnson	.425
5	Bill Dickey	.417
6	Harlond Clift	.413
7	Zeke Bonura	.412
7	Joe DiMaggio	.412
9	Luke Appling	.407
9	Buddy Myer	.407

Slugging Percentagemin 471 PA

1	Joe DiMaggio	.673
2	Hank Greenberg	.668
3	Lou Gehrig	.643
4	Zeke Bonura	.573
5	Bill Dickey	.570
6	Bob Johnson	.556
7	Wally Moses	.550
8	Hal Trosky	.547
9	Harlond Clift	.546
10	Jimmie Foxx	.538

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 471 PA

1	Lou Gehrig	1.116
2	Hank Greenberg	1.105
3	Joe DiMaggio	1.085
4	Bill Dickey	.987
5	Zeke Bonura	.984
6	Bob Johnson	.981
7	Charlie Gehringer	.978
8	Harlond Clift	.960
9	Jimmie Foxx	.929
10	Wally Moses	.925

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Lefty Gomez	21
2	Red Ruffing	20
3	Roxie Lawson	18
4	Elden Auker	17
4	Lefty Grove	17
6	Bobo Newsom	16
6	Jack Wilson	16
8	Johnny Allen	15
8	Tommy Bridges	15
8	Mel Harder	15
8	Monty Stratton	15

SavesSV

1	Clint Brown	18
2	Johnny Murphy	10
3	Jack Wilson	7
4	Pat Malone	6
5	Joe Heving	5
5	Eddie Smith	5
7	Syd Cohen	4
7	Jack Russell	4
9	Denny Galehouse	3
9	Ed Linke	3
9	Frank Makosky	3
9	Johnny Marcum	3
9	Boots Poffenberger	3

StrikeoutsSO

1	Lefty Gomez	194
2	Bobo Newsom	166
3	Lefty Grove	153
4	Bob Feller	150
5	Tommy Bridges	138
6	Jack Wilson	137
7	Red Ruffing	131
8	Wes Ferrell	123
9	Vern Kennedy	114
10	George Caster	100

Innings PitchedIP

1	Wes Ferrell	281.0
2	Lefty Gomez	278.3
3	Bobo Newsom	275.3
4	Jimmie DeShong	264.3
5	Lefty Grove	262.0
6	Red Ruffing	256.3
7	Elden Auker	252.7
8	Tommy Bridges	245.3
9	Mel Harder	233.7
10	George Caster	231.7

Complete GamesCG

1	Wes Ferrell	26
2	Lefty Gomez	25
3	Red Ruffing	22
4	Lefty Grove	21
5	Jimmie DeShong	20
6	Elden Auker	19
6	George Caster	19
8	Tommy Bridges	18
9	Bobo Newsom	17
10	Vern Kennedy	15
10	Roxie Lawson	15

ShutoutsSHO

1	Lefty Gomez	6
2	Monty Stratton	5
3	Pete Appleton	4
3	Red Ruffing	4
3	John Whitehead	4
6	Tommy Bridges	3
6	George Caster	3
6	Lefty Grove	3
9	Ivy Andrews	2
9	Spud Chandler	2
9	Willis Hudlin	2
9	Thornton Lee	2

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Lefty Gomez	6.5
2	Lefty Grove	6.0
3	Red Ruffing	4.5
4	Tommy Bridges	3.8
5	Monty Stratton	3.4
6	Johnny Allen	3.2
7	Mel Harder	3.2
8	Elden Auker	2.5
9	Bob Feller	2.5
10	Bobo Newsom	2.3

Earned Run Averagemin 152 IP

1	Lefty Gomez	2.33
2	Monty Stratton	2.40
3	Johnny Allen	2.55
4	Red Ruffing	2.98
5	Lefty Grove	3.02
6	Thornton Lee	3.52
7	Jack Wilson	3.70
8	Elden Auker	3.88
9	Eddie Smith	3.94
10	Tommy Bridges	4.07

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 152 IP

1	Monty Stratton	1.09
2	Lefty Gomez	1.17
3	Red Ruffing	1.21
4	Johnny Allen	1.25
5	Thornton Lee	1.31
6	Ted Lyons	1.34
7	Lefty Grove	1.34
8	Eddie Smith	1.36
9	Elden Auker	1.37
10	Monte Weaver	1.42

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 152 IP

1	Lefty Gomez	3.29
2	Lefty Grove	3.44
3	Monty Stratton	3.55
4	Johnny Allen	3.62
5	Red Ruffing	3.85
6	Tommy Bridges	4.02
7	Mel Harder	4.04
8	Willis Hudlin	4.21
9	Jack Wilson	4.38
10	Denny Galehouse	4.39

National League

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

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Joe Medwick	111
2	Stan Hack	106
2	Billy Herman	106
4	Frank Demaree	104
4	Augie Galan	104
6	Johnny Mize	103
7	Hersh Martin	102
8	Dolph Camilli	101
9	Mel Ott	99
10	Paul Waner	94

HitsH

1	Joe Medwick	237
2	Paul Waner	219
3	Johnny Mize	204
4	Frank Demaree	199
5	Billy Herman	189
6	Jo-Jo Moore	180
7	Lloyd Waner	177
8	Stan Hack	173
9	Buddy Hassett	169
10	Pinky Whitney	166

Doubles2B

1	Joe Medwick	56
2	Johnny Mize	40
3	Dick Bartell	38
4	Jo-Jo Moore	37
4	Babe Phelps	37
6	Tony Cuccinello	36
6	Frank Demaree	36
8	Billy Herman	35
8	Hersh Martin	35
10	Buddy Hassett	31

Triples3B

1	Arky Vaughan	17
2	Gus Suhr	14
3	Ival Goodman	12
3	Lee Handley	12
5	Billy Herman	11
6	Augie Galan	10
6	Don Gutteridge	10
6	Billy Jurges	10
6	Joe Medwick	10
6	Gene Moore	10
6	Jo-Jo Moore	10
6	Al Todd	10

Home RunsHR

1	Joe Medwick	31
1	Mel Ott	31
3	Dolph Camilli	27
4	Johnny Mize	25
5	Augie Galan	18
6	Wally Berger	17
6	Frank Demaree	17
6	Alex Kampouris	17
9	Ripper Collins	16
9	Gene Moore	16

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Joe Medwick	154
2	Frank Demaree	115
3	Johnny Mize	113
4	Gus Suhr	97
5	Mel Ott	95
6	Al Todd	86
7	Gabby Hartnett	82
8	Dolph Camilli	80
8	Tony Cuccinello	80
10	Pinky Whitney	79

WalksBB

1	Mel Ott	102
2	Dolph Camilli	90
3	Stan Hack	83
3	Gus Suhr	83
5	Augie Galan	79
6	Cookie Lavagetto	74
7	Hersh Martin	69
8	Woody English	65
9	Paul Waner	63
10	Tony Cuccinello	61
10	Gene Moore	61

Stolen BasesSB

1	Augie Galan	23
2	Stan Hack	16
3	Buddy Hassett	13
3	Cookie Lavagetto	13
3	Terry Moore	13
3	George Scharein	13
7	Don Gutteridge	12
8	Frenchy Bordagaray	11
8	Hersh Martin	11
8	Gene Moore	11

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Joe Medwick	8.4
2	Billy Herman	7.0
3	Dick Bartell	6.4
4	Dolph Camilli	6.2
5	Johnny Mize	5.9
6	Mel Ott	5.1
7	Arky Vaughan	4.9
8	Gabby Hartnett	4.9
9	Gene Moore	4.3
10	Paul Waner	3.8

Batting Averagemin 471 PA

1	Joe Medwick	.374
2	Johnny Mize	.364
3	Paul Waner	.354
4	Pinky Whitney	.341
5	Dolph Camilli	.339
6	Billy Herman	.335
7	Heinie Manush	.333
8	Lloyd Waner	.330
9	Frank Demaree	.324
10	Arky Vaughan	.322

On-Base Percentagemin 471 PA

1	Dolph Camilli	.446
2	Johnny Mize	.427
3	Joe Medwick	.414
4	Paul Waner	.413
5	Mel Ott	.408
6	Billy Herman	.396
7	Pinky Whitney	.395
8	Arky Vaughan	.394
9	Heinie Manush	.389
10	Stan Hack	.388

Slugging Percentagemin 471 PA

1	Joe Medwick	.641
2	Johnny Mize	.595
3	Dolph Camilli	.587
4	Mel Ott	.523
5	Frank Demaree	.485
6	Billy Herman	.479
7	Dick Bartell	.469
8	Arky Vaughan	.463
9	Don Padgett	.457
10	Gene Moore	.456

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 471 PA

1	Joe Medwick	1.056
2	Dolph Camilli	1.034
3	Johnny Mize	1.021
4	Mel Ott	.931
5	Billy Herman	.875
6	Frank Demaree	.866
7	Arky Vaughan	.857
8	Paul Waner	.855
9	Pinky Whitney	.841
10	Dick Bartell	.836

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Carl Hubbell	22
2	Lou Fette	20
2	Cliff Melton	20
2	Jim Turner	20
5	Lon Warneke	18
6	Tex Carleton	16
6	Larry French	16
8	Wayne LaMaster	15
8	Bob Weiland	15
10	Cy Blanton	14
10	Bill Lee	14
10	Danny MacFayden	14
10	Claude Passeau	14
10	Bucky Walters	14

SavesSV

1	Mace Brown	7
1	Cliff Melton	7
3	Lee Grissom	6
4	Al Hollingsworth	5
4	Charlie Root	5
6	Carl Hubbell	4
6	Wayne LaMaster	4
8	Clay Bryant	3
8	Dick Coffman	3
8	Peaches Davis	3
8	Syl Johnson	3
8	Orville Jorgens	3
8	Bill Lee	3
8	Hugh Mulcahy	3
8	Van Mungo	3
8	Bob Smith	3
8	Bill Swift	3

StrikeoutsSO

1	Carl Hubbell	159
2	Lee Grissom	149
3	Cy Blanton	143
4	Cliff Melton	142
5	Wayne LaMaster	135
5	Claude Passeau	135
7	Van Mungo	122
8	Dizzy Dean	120
9	Russ Bauers	118
10	Bill Lee	108

Innings PitchedIP

1	Claude Passeau	292.3
2	Bill Lee	272.3
3	Bob Weiland	264.3
4	Carl Hubbell	261.7
5	Lou Fette	259.0
6	Jim Turner	256.7
7	Cliff Melton	248.0
8	Bucky Walters	246.3
9	Danny MacFayden	246.0
10	Cy Blanton	242.7

Complete GamesCG

1	Jim Turner	24
2	Lou Fette	23
3	Bob Weiland	21
4	Tex Carleton	18
4	Carl Hubbell	18
4	Claude Passeau	18
4	Lon Warneke	18
8	Dizzy Dean	17
8	Bill Lee	17
10	Danny MacFayden	16

ShutoutsSHO

1	Lou Fette	5
1	Lee Grissom	5
1	Jim Turner	5
4	Cy Blanton	4
4	Tex Carleton	4
4	Dizzy Dean	4
4	Larry French	4
4	Carl Hubbell	4
9	Bucky Walters	3
10	Russ Bauers	2
10	Ed Brandt	2
10	Slick Castleman	2
10	Bill Lee	2
10	Danny MacFayden	2
10	Cliff Melton	2
10	Gene Schott	2
10	Lon Warneke	2
10	Bob Weiland	2

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Carl Hubbell	5.1
2	Claude Passeau	5.1
3	Cliff Melton	5.1
4	Dizzy Dean	5.0
5	Danny MacFayden	4.5
6	Cy Blanton	4.5
7	Bill Lee	4.4
8	Van Mungo	4.2
9	Luke Hamlin	4.0
10	Lou Fette	3.9

Earned Run Averagemin 152 IP

1	Jim Turner	2.38
2	Cliff Melton	2.61
3	Dizzy Dean	2.69
4	Russ Bauers	2.88
5	Lou Fette	2.88
6	Van Mungo	2.91
7	Danny MacFayden	2.93
8	Gene Schott	2.97
9	Ed Brandt	3.11
10	Tex Carleton	3.15

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 152 IP

1	Jim Turner	1.09
2	Cliff Melton	1.09
3	Slick Castleman	1.13
4	Charlie Root	1.15
5	Dizzy Dean	1.18
6	Bill Swift	1.18
7	Van Mungo	1.19
8	Carl Hubbell	1.21
9	Luke Hamlin	1.24
10	Lou Fette	1.25

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 152 IP

1	Van Mungo	3.03
2	Dizzy Dean	3.11
3	Luke Hamlin	3.25
4	Cliff Melton	3.27
5	Russ Bauers	3.42
6	Paul Derringer	3.51
7	Carl Hubbell	3.54
8	Lee Grissom	3.58
9	Gene Schott	3.60
10	Waite Hoyt	3.62

Negro Leagues in 1937

16 more ranking tables from 1937. These clubs played a much shorter league schedule than the American and National Leagues did, so the counting statistics are not on the same scale as the ones above.

The Negro Leagues had none of these awards. There was no Most Valuable Player vote, no Cy Young Award, no Gold Glove and no Silver Slugger in Black baseball, so no player in those sections below could appear in the award list above however he played. A blank there says something about how the leagues were organised and nothing at all about the players.

Negro Leagues

Led the Negro 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 1937 is 471 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 152-game schedule. The Negro 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	Henry Milton	63
2	Josh Gibson	60
3	Jerry Benjamin	59
3	Vic Harris	59
5	Buck Leonard	54
6	Willard Brown	51
7	Newt Allen	43
8	Ted Bond	40
9	Eddie Dwight	38
10	Matt Carlisle	37
10	Javier Pérez	37

HitsH

1	Willard Brown	81
2	Newt Allen	73
3	Jim Williams	67
4	Vic Harris	66
5	Jerry Benjamin	65
5	Josh Gibson	65
7	Buck Leonard	64
8	Javier Pérez	58
9	Henry Milton	57
9	Wild Bill Wright	57

Doubles2B

1	Vic Harris	17
2	Jerry Benjamin	15
2	Buck Leonard	15
4	Jess Brooks	14
5	Josh Gibson	13
6	Howard Easterling	12
6	Ted Strong	12
6	Jim Williams	12
9	Willard Brown	11
9	Lloyd Davenport	11
9	George Giles	11

Triples3B

1	Wild Bill Wright	11
2	Willard Brown	10
3	Alex Radcliff	9
4	Howard Easterling	7
4	Josh Gibson	7
4	David Whatley	7
7	Jess Brooks	6
7	Vic Harris	6
7	Ed Mayweather	6
10	Matt Carlisle	5
10	Red Hale	5
10	Willie Wells	5

Home RunsHR

1	Josh Gibson	20
2	Buck Leonard	13
3	Willard Brown	10
4	Mule Suttles	7
4	Wild Bill Wright	7
6	Vic Harris	5
6	Turkey Stearnes	5
6	David Whatley	5
6	Zollie Wright	5
10	Jerry Benjamin	4
10	Henry Kimbro	4
10	Henry Spearman	4
10	Clint Thomas	4

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Josh Gibson	73
2	Willard Brown	60
3	Buck Leonard	55
4	Newt Allen	50
5	Vic Harris	48
6	Jim Williams	41
7	Wild Bill Wright	38
8	Jerry Benjamin	35
8	Alex Radcliff	35
10	Ed Mayweather	33

WalksBB

1	Eddie Dwight	31
2	Jerry Benjamin	30
2	Henry Milton	30
4	Josh Gibson	25
4	Buck Leonard	25
6	Vic Harris	24
7	Jess Brooks	23
8	Javier Pérez	22
9	Newt Allen	21
10	Willard Brown	19

Stolen BasesSB

1	Henry Milton	33
2	Eddie Dwight	22
3	Newt Allen	13
3	Jerry Benjamin	13
5	Alex Radcliff	11
6	Willard Brown	10
6	Wilson Redus	10
6	Willie Simms	10
9	Goose Curry	8
10	Ted Bond	7
10	Pen Gilliard	7

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Josh Gibson	4.8
2	Buck Leonard	3.1
3	Willard Brown	3.0
4	Newt Allen	2.2
5	Wild Bill Wright	2.2
6	Vic Harris	1.8
7	Jerry Benjamin	1.8
8	Willie Wells	1.5
9	Turkey Stearnes	1.4
10	David Whatley	1.4

Pitching7 categories

WinsW

1	Ray Brown	11
1	Hilton Smith	11
3	Vet Barnes	9
3	Jesse Houston	9
5	Johnny Markham	7
5	Tom Parker	7
5	Edsall Walker	7
8	Louis Dula	6
8	Terris McDuffie	6
10	Eugene Bremer	5
10	Willie Cornelius	5
10	Bob Evans	5
10	Theolic Smith	5
10	Sam Thompson	5
10	Ted Trent	5
10	Roy Welmaker	5

SavesSV

1	Ray Brown	4
2	Henry McHenry	3
3	Vet Barnes	2
3	Bill Howard	2
3	Ted Trent	2
3	Edsall Walker	2
3	George Walker	2
8	Newt Allen	1
8	Willie Cornelius	1
8	Leon Day	1
8	Louis Dula	1
8	Leroy Matlock	1
8	Specs Roberts	1
8	Bullet Rogan	1
8	Hilton Smith	1
8	Neck Stanley	1
8	Woody Williams	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Hilton Smith	99
2	Jesse Houston	84
3	Ray Brown	74
4	Willie Cornelius	66
5	Barney Morris	58
6	Porter Moss	57
7	Floyd Kranson	50
8	Johnny Markham	47
9	Willie Foster	46
10	Vet Barnes	45

Innings PitchedIP

1	Hilton Smith	130.3
2	Ray Brown	126.0
3	Jesse Houston	111.7
4	Willie Cornelius	103.0
5	Tommy Johnson	90.3
6	Bob Evans	83.7
7	Porter Moss	81.3
8	Willie Foster	80.7
8	Floyd Kranson	80.7
10	Louis Dula	80.3

Complete GamesCG

1	Ray Brown	12
2	Jesse Houston	10
3	Hilton Smith	9
4	Terris McDuffie	8
5	Bob Evans	7
5	Tommy Johnson	7
7	Jack Bruton	6
7	Willie Cornelius	6
7	Barney Morris	6
7	Porter Moss	6

ShutoutsSHO

1	Hilton Smith	3
1	Ted Trent	3
3	Eugene Bremer	2
3	Willie Foster	2
5	Cliff Blackmon	1
5	Willie Cornelius	1
5	Leon Day	1
5	Louis Dula	1
5	Jesse Houston	1
5	Terris McDuffie	1
5	Henry McHenry	1
5	Jim Missouri	1
5	Bo Mitchell	1
5	Barney Morris	1
5	Tom Parker	1
5	Neck Stanley	1
5	Sam Thompson	1
5	Roy Welmaker	1
5	Lefty Wilson	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Hilton Smith	3.9
2	Jesse Houston	3.3
3	Ray Brown	2.4
4	Porter Moss	2.0
5	Willie Cornelius	1.9
6	Barney Morris	1.9
7	Lefty Wilson	1.7
8	Andy Cooper	1.6
9	Henry McHenry	1.6
10	Eugene Bremer	1.6

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1937 is 471 plate appearances and 152 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 152 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. 1937 is counted as 3 separate leagues — American League, National League and Negro 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, 19 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 1937 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.