2026 MLB Stat Leaders Thru May 4

MLB STAT LEADERS THRU MAY 4

HITTING & BASERUNNING

Qualified batters (108 PA) for rate stats, where applicable

HITS

T-1st - ATL Ozzie Albies, ATL Drake Baldwin, MIA Otto López (46)

T-4th - HOU Yordan Álvarez, A's Shea Langeliers (45)

DOUBLES & TRIPLES

1st - ATL Matt Olson (15)

T-2nd - DET Kevin McGonigle, BAL Taylor Ward, TOR Ernie Clement (13)

T-5th - TEX Josh Jung, A's Tyler Soderstrom (12)

HOME RUNS

T-1st - NYY Aaron Judge, CHW Munetaka Murakami (14)

T-3rd - ATL Matt Olson, NYY Ben Rice, HOU Yordan Álvarez (12)

RUNS SCORED

T-1st - ATL Matt Olson, ATL Drake Baldwin (33)

3rd - NYY Aaron Judge (32)

T-4th - NYY Ben Rice, WSH James Wood, LAA Mike Trout (30) 

RUNS BATTED IN

1st - ATL Matt Olson (32)

2nd - ATL Drake Baldwin (30)

T-3rd - CIN Sal Stewart, MIA Liam Hicks (29)

T-5th - CHW Munetaka Murakami, PIT Oneil Cruz, TBR Jonathan Aranda, STL Alec Burleson (28)

TIMES HIT BY PITCH

1st - STL Iván Herrera (8)

T-2nd - CHW Colson Montgomery, BOS Willson Contreras, STL JJ Wetherholt (7)

T-5th - WSH CJ Abrams, COL Tyler Freeman (6)

TIMES GROUNDED INTO DOUBLE PLAY

1st - NYM Francisco Álvarez (9)

T-2nd - PIT Ryan O'Hearn, LAA Nolan Schanuel (8)

T-4th - BAL Jeremiah Jackson, CHC Alex Bregman (7) 

WALK RATE

1st - A's Nick Kurtz (22.2%)

2nd - LAA Mike Trout (21.1%)

3rd - MIL Brice Turang (18.8%)

T-4th - PIT Bryan Reynolds, BAL Taylor Ward (18.59%)

STRIKEOUT RATE

1st - SFG Luis Arráez (4.2%)

2nd - TOR Ernie Clement (7.0%)

3rd - MIA Liam Hicks (8.6%)

4th - CHC Nico Hoerner (8.9%)

5th - CLE Brayan Rocchio (9.2%)

WALKS PER STRIKEOUT (BB/K)

1st - MIA Xavier Edwards (1.267)

2nd - SEA J.P. Crawford (1.222)

3rd - CLE Chase DeLauter (1.214)

4th - BAL Taylor Ward (1.208) 

T-5th - AZD Geraldo Perdomo, PIT Spencer Horwitz (1.200)

BATTING AVERAGE

1st - AZD Ildemaro Vargas (.382)

2nd - NYY Ben Rice (.343)

3rd - MIA Otto López (.338)

4th - A's Shea Langeliers (.336)

T-5th - MIA Xavier Edwards, HOU Yordan Álvarez, COL Mickey Moniak (.333)

EXPECTED BATTING AVERAGE (Statcast) 

1st - HOU Yordan Álvarez (.361)
2nd - AZD Ildemaro Vargas (.350)
3rd - ATL Michael Harris II (.340)
4th - DET Dillon Dinlger (.320)
5th - NYY Ben Rice (.319)

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE

1st - NYY Ben Rice (.455)

2nd - HOU Yordan Álvarez (.438)

3rd - MIL Brice Turang (.434)

4th - BAL Taylor Ward (.423)

5th - LAA Mike Trout (.422)

EXPECTED SLUGGING (Statcast) 

1st - HOU Yordan Álvarez (.773)
2nd - NYY Aaron Judge (.696)
3rd - ATL Michael Harris II (.650)
4th - LAA Mike Trout (.647)
5th - NYY Ben Rice (.643)

 

WEIGHTED ON-BASE AVERAGE (wOBA)

1st - NYY Ben Rice (.504, 1.214 OPS)
2nd - COL Mickey Moniak (.474, 1.123 OPS)
3rd - HOU Yordan Álvarez (.464, 1.105 OPS)
4th - AZD Ildemaro Vargas (.460, 1.063 OPS)
5th - NYY Aaron Judge (.447, 1.047 OPS) 

 

EXPECTED WEIGHTED ON-BASE AVERAGE (xwOBA)

1st - HOU Yordan Álvarez (.510)
2nd - NYY Aaron Judge (.462)
3rd - NYY Ben Rice (.459)
4th - LAA Mike Trout (.454)
5th - ATL Michael Harris II (.439)

ADJUSTED WEIGHTED RUNS CREATED (wRC+)

1st - NYY Ben Rice (224)

2nd - HOU Yordan Álvarez (197)

3rd - AZD Ildemaro Vargas (195)

4th - COL Mickey Moniak (192)

5th - NYY Aaron Judge (186)

Rbat+ (Baseball-Reference)

1st - NYY Ben Rice (225)

2nd - HOU Yordan Álvarez (203)

3rd - AZD Ildemaro Vargas (200)

4th - NYY Aaron Judge (195)

5th - COL Mickey Moniak (194)

STOLEN BASES

1st - WSH Nasim Nuñez (14)

T-2nd - CLE José Ramírez, NYY José Caballero (13)

T-4th - PIT Oneil Cruz, KCR Bobby Witt Jr., TBR Chandler Simpson, NYY Jazz Chisholm Jr. (11)

WEIGHTED STOLEN BASE RUNS ABOVE AVERAGE (wSB)

1st - CLE José Ramírez (2.0)

2nd - WSH Nasim Nuñez (1.8)

3rd - PIT Konnor Griffin (1.24)

4th - MIN Luke Keaschall (1.23)

5th - CIN Sal Stewart (1.21)

FANGRAPHS BASERUNNING RUNS ABOVE AVERAGE (BsR)

1st - CLE José Ramírez (2.8)

2nd - DET Kevin McGonigle (2.7)

3rd - PIT Konnor Griffin (2.17)

4th - AZD Corbin Carroll (2.12)

5th - PIT Oneil Cruz (2.10)

HARD-HIT RATE (Statcast)

1st - PIT Oneil Cruz (63.22%)

2nd - CHW Munetaka Murakami (63.16%)

3rd - SDP Fernando Tatís Jr. (60.9%)

4th - A's Nick Kurtz (59.4%)

5th - STL Jordan Walker (59.1%)

BARREL RATE per PA (Statcast)

1st - NYM Juan Soto (16.3%)

2nd - NYY Aaron Judge (14.8%)

3rd - ATL Michael Harris II (14.0%)

4th - HOU Yordan Álvarez (13.0%)

5th - WSH James Wood (12.6%)

EV90 (Statcast)

Average exit velocity of hardest-hit 90% of a hitter's batted balls

1st - PIT Oneil Cruz (113.1 MPH)

2nd - A's Nick Kurtz (112.0 MPH)

3rd - WSH James Wood (111.5 MPH)

4th - STL Jordan Walker (111.1 MPH)

5th - KCR Jac Caglianone (110.7 MPH)

 

MAX EXIT VELOCITY (Statcast)

No PA qualification

1st - PIT Oneil Cruz (119.0 MPH)

2nd - HOU Yordan Álvarez (117.8 MPH)

3rd - TBR Junior Caminero (116.9 MPH)

4th - AZD Ketel Marte (116.9 MPH)

5th - WSH James Wood (116.3 MPH) 

BLASTS PER SWING (Statcast)

A blast is defined as a ball that fulfills the criteria of both "squared-up" (>80%) and a hard swing (>75 MPH) 

1st - NYY Trent Grisham (23.0%)

2nd - ATL Michael Harris II (19.6%)

3rd - NYY Ben Rice (18.9%)

4th - HOU Yordan Álvarez (18.5%)

5th - MIL Jake Bauers (18.0%)

HITTER WIN PROBABILITY ADDED (FanGraphs)

1st - ATL Matt Olson (1.76)

2nd - A's Shea Langeliers (1.73)

3rd - NYY Ben Rice (1.63)

4th - LAA Mike Trout (1.62)

5th - CIN Nathaniel Lowe (1.52)

FANGRAPHS BATTER WINS ABOVE REPLACEMENT

1st - ATL 1B Matt Olson (2.14)

2nd - NYY RF Aaron Judge (2.12)

3rd - NYY 1B Ben Rice (2.06)

4th - HOU LF/DH Yordan Álvarez (2.03)

5th - CIN SS Elly De La Cruz (1.96)

6th - MIL 2B Brice Turang (1.89)

7th - A's C Shea Langeliers (1.85)

8th - CHC 2B Nico Hoerner (1.75)

9th - LAD 3B Max Muncy (1.71)

10th - MIA SS Otto López (1.68)

BASEBALL-REFERENCE BATTER WINS ABOVE REPLACEMENT

1st - ATL 1B Matt Olson (2.5)

2nd - NYY RF Aaron Judge (2.3)

3rd - STL RF Jordan Walker (2.2)

4th - DET SS/3B Kevin McGonigle (2.2)

5th - CHC 2B Nico Hoerner (2.1)

6th - MIL 2B Brice Turang (2.0)

7th - LAD CF Andy Pages (1.9)

8th - LAD 3B Max Muncy (1.9)

9th - MIA SS Otto López (1.9)

10th - ATL 2B Ozzie Albies (1.8)

 

FIELDING

INNINGS PLAYED

T-1st - SEA LF Randy Arozarena, SEA CF Julio Rodríguez, SEA 2B Cole Young (321.1)

4th - ATL 1B Matt Olson (321.0)

5th - ATL 2B Ozzie Albies (320.0) 

MOST ERRORS CHARGED

T-1st - MIA SS Otto López, TBR 3B Junior Caminero (7)

T-3rd - LAA SS Zach Neto, WSH 3B Brady House (6)

T-5th - PHI SS Trea Turner, WSH SS CJ Abrams (6) 

DEFENSIVE RUNS SAVED (Fielding Bible)

AS PITCHER 

1st - LAA Brent Suter (3)

2nd - WSH Foster Griffin (3)

3rd - SDP Adrián Morejón (2)

 

AS CATCHER

1st - NYY Austin Wells (5)

2nd - HOU Christian Vázquez (4)

3rd - PHI Rafael Marchán (4)

 

AS FIRST BASEMAN

1st - BAL Pete Alonso (4)

2nd - KCR Vinnie Pasquantino (4)

3rd - BOS Willson Contreras (4)

 

AS SECOND BASEMAN

1st - SEA Cole Young (7)

2nd - DET Gleyber Torres (5)

3rd - STL JJ Wetherholt (5)

AS THIRD BASEMAN

1st - BOS Caleb Durbin (6)

2nd - SFG Matt Chapman (6)

3rd - CIN Ke'Bryan Hayes (5)

 

AS SHORTSTOP

1st - KCR Bobby Witt Jr. (7)

2nd - NYY José Caballero (6)

3rd - TBR Taylor Walls (4)

 

ALL INFIELDERS

1st - KCR SS Bobby Witt Jr. (7)

2nd - SEA 2B Cole Young (7)

3rd - BOS 3B Caleb Durbin (6)

4th - NYY SS José Caballero (6)

5th - SFG 3B Matt Chapman (6)

 

AS LEFT FIELDER

1st - NYY Cody Bellinger (7)

2nd - BOS Roman Anthony (6)

3rd - MIL Blake Perkins (3)

 

AS CENTER FIELDER

1st - CHC Pete Crow-Armstrong (10)

2nd - LAD Andy Pages (6)

3rd - TEX Evan Carter (5)

 

AS RIGHT FIELDER

1st - BOS Wilyer Abreu (7)

2nd - NYY Aaron Judge (3)

3rd - STL Jordan Walker (3)

 

ALL OUTFIELDERS

1st - CHC CF Pete Crow-Armstrong (10)

2nd - BOS RF Wilyer Abreu (7)

3rd - LAD CF Andy Pages (6)

4th - NYY LF/CF Cody Bellinger (6)

5th - BOS LF Roman Anthony (6)

FIELDING RUN VALUE (Statcast)

Min. 50 IP at any given position 

AS FIRST BASEMAN

1st - BOS Willson Contreras (5)

2nd - ATL Matt Olson (3)

3rd - CHC Michael Busch (3)

 

AS SECOND BASEMAN

1st - SFG Luis Arráez (7)

2nd - CHC Nico Hoerner (6)

3rd - STL JJ Wetherholt (5)

AS THIRD BASEMAN

1st - KCR Maikel García (3)

2nd - STL Nolan Gorman (3)

3rd - CLE Daniel Schneemann (2)

 

AS SHORTSTOP

1st - KCR Bobby Witt Jr. (6)

2nd - CHW Colson Montgomery (4)

3rd - A's Jacob Wilson (3)

 

ALL INFIELDERS

1st - SFG 2B Luis Arráez (7)

2nd - KCR SS Bobby Witt Jr. (6)

3rd - CHC 2B/SS Nico Hoerner (6)

4th - STL 2B JJ Wetherholt (5)

5th - CHW SS/3B Colson Montgomery (5)

 

AS LEFT FIELDER

1st - TBR Chandler Simpson (4)

2nd - NYY Cody Bellinger (2)

3rd - TEX Wyatt Langford (2)

 

AS CENTER FIELDER

1st - CHC Pete Crow-Armstrong (8)

2nd - LAD Andy Pages (3)

3rd - ATL Michael Harris II (3)

 

AS RIGHT FIELDER

1st - HOU Cam Smith (4)

2nd - SDP Fernando Tatís Jr. (3)

3rd - BAL Colton Cowser (2)

 

ALL OUTFIELDERS

1st - CHC CF Pete Crow-Armstrong (8)

2nd - HOU RF Cam Smith (4)

3rd - TBR LF Chandler Simpson (4)

4th - LAD CF Andy Pages (3)

5th - SDP RF Fernando Tatís Jr.

 

Honorable mention: CLE Daniel Schneemann, who has +4 FRV split across time at 2B, 3B, SS, and CF 

 

CATCHER FIELDING RUN VALUE (Statcast)

BLOCKS ABOVE AVERAGE PER GAME

Min. 500 pitches 

1st - SEA Cal Raleigh (0.26)

2nd - BOS Carlos Narváez (0.25)

3rd - CIN Tyler Stephenson (0.18)

 

FRAMING RUNS

1st - SFG Patrick Bailey (5)

2nd - NYY Austin Wells (3)

3rd - BAL Adley Rutschman (3)

  

RUNNERS CAUGHT STEALING ABOVE AVERAGE PER THROW

1st - NYM Luis Torrens (0.50)

2nd - MIL William Contreras (0.31)

3rd - HOU Christian Vázquez (0.19)

 

TOTAL FIELDING RUN VALUE AT CATCHER

1st - SFG Patrick Bailey (7)

2nd - BOS Carlos Narváez (5)

3rd - DET Dillon Dingler (4)

4th - HOU Christian Vázquez (4)

5th - NYY Austin Wells (4)

 

PITCHING

Starters min. 30 IP, relievers min. 12 G for rate stats; all stats/metrics as respective positions 

QUALITY STARTS

T-1st - ATL Chris Sale, NYY Max Fried, LAD Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6)

T-4th - KCR Lugo, Wacha; DET Valdez, Skubal; PIT Keller; SFG Webb; MIA Alcántara; LAD Ohtani; CHW Martin; SEA Hancock; ATL Elder (5)

 

QA3

Defined as an appearance lasting 5 or more innings with an ERA of 4.50 or lower in that appearance

T-1st - NYM Clay Holmes, SFG Robbie Ray (7)

T-3rd - 18 pitchers (6) 

 

INNINGS PITCHED

1st - NYY Max Fried (52.2)

T-2nd - MIA Sandy Alcántara, NYY Cam Schlittler (47.1)

4th - LAA José Soriano (46.2)

5th - SEA George Kirby (45.0)

 

STARTER ERA

1st - LAD Justin Wrobleski (0.56)

2nd - LAD Shohei Ohtani (0.60)

3rd - NYY Cam Schlittler (1.52)

4th - CHW Davis Martin (1.64)

5th - NYM Clay Holmes (1.69)

 

STRIKEOUTS

1st - MIL Jacob Misiorowski (59)

2nd - TOR Dylan Cease (56)

3rd - LAA José Soriano (54)

T-4th - CLE Gavin Williams, NYY Cam Schlittler (53)

STARTER K%

1st - MIL Jacob Misiorowski (38.1%)

2nd - TOR Dylan Cease (33.7%)

3rd - NYM Nolan McLean (33.3%)

4th - LAD Tyler Glasnow (32.6%)

5th - TEX Jacob deGrom (32.5%)

 

STARTER K-BB%

1st - MIL Jacob Misiorowski (28.4%)

2nd - TEX Jacob deGrom (26.8%)

3rd - NYM Nolan McLean (26.1%)

4th - SEA Emerson Hancock (25.2%)

5th - NYY Will Warren (25.0%)

 

STARTER WHIP

1st - LAD Tyler Glasnow (0.83)

2nd - CHC Shōta Imanaga (0.847)

3rd - TBR Drew Rasmussen (0.848)

4th - PIT Paul Skenes (0.853) 

5th - NYY Cam Schlittler (0.866)

 

STARTER FIP

1st - NYY Cam Schlittler (1.75)

2nd - LAD Shohei Ohtani (1.98)

3rd - TOR Dylan Cease (2.1245)

4th - NYM Nolan McLean (2.1250)

5th - DET Tarik Skubal (2.15)

STARTER SIERA

1st - MIL Jacob Misiorowski (2.58)

2nd - NYM Nolan McLean (2.68)

3rd - PHI Jesús Luzardo (2.71)

4th - NYY Will Warren (2.74)

5th - NYY Cam Schlittler (2.78)

 

STARTER EXPECTED ERA (Statcast)

1st - LAD Shohei Ohtani (2.23)

2nd - PIT Paul Skenes (2.24)

3rd - NYY Max Fried (2.32)

4th - NYM Nolan McLean (2.33)

5th - LAD Tyler Glasnow (2.41)

 

STARTER HARD-HIT RATE (FanGraphs)

1st - SFG Landen Roupp (23.5%)

2nd - CLE Parker Messick (26.7%)

3rd - PHI Jesús Luzardo (29.1%)

4th - TBR Nick Martinez (29.2%)

5th - MIN Bailey Ober (30.1%)

 

STARTER BARREL RATE (FanGraphs)

1st - SFG Landen Roupp (0 barrels)

2nd - NYY Max Fried (2.1%)

3rd - PIT Mitch Keller (2.5%)

4th - LAD Shohei Ohtani (2.7%)

5th - ATL Bryce Elder (3.3%)

 

STARTER RA-9 WAR

Sometimes referred to as "bWAR" or "rWAR"; calculation of WAR based on runs allowed per 9 innings used by Baseball-Reference 

1st - LAA José Soriano (2.35)

2nd - CHW Davis Martin (2.27)

3rd - LAD Justin Wrobleski (2.23)

4th - NYY Cam Schlittler (2.17)

5th - TBR Nick Martinez (2.07)

6th - NYM Clay Holmes (2.06)

7th - NYY Max Fried (2.04)

8th - CIN Chase Burns (1.81)

9th - ATL Chris Sale (1.79)

10th - LAD Shohei Ohtani (1.70)

 

STARTER FANGRAPHS WAR

Sometimes referred to as "fWAR"; calculation of WAR based on fielding-independent pitching (FIP) used by FanGraphs

1st - NYY Cam Schlittler (2.09)

2nd - NYY Max Fried (1.66)

3rd - CHW Davis Martin (1.58)

4th - DET Tarik Skubal (1.56)

5th - TOR Dylan Cease (1.46)

6th - NYM Nolan McLean (1.45)

7th - KCR Seth Lugo (1.40)

8th - LAD Shohei Ohtani (1.30)

9th - CHC Shōta Imanaga (1.250)

10th - LAA Reid Detmers (1.248)

SAVES

1st - SDP Mason Miller (11)

2nd - STL Riley O'Brien (10)

T-3rd - KCR Lucas Erceg, NYY David Bednar, TBR Bryan Baker (9)

SAVES + HOLDS

1st - CLE Erik Sabrowski (12)

T-2nd - SDP Mason Miller, STL Riley O'Brien, STL JoJo Romero (11)

T-5th - KCR Lucas Erceg, CIN Tony Santillan (10)

SHUTDOWNS

A shutdown is defined by FanGraphs as any relief outing where the pitching performance was worth +0.060 WPA or better. A meltdown is the converse; -0.060 WPA or less.

1st - PIT Gregory Soto, CIN Tony Santillan, AZD Juan Morillo (11)

T-4th - STL Riley O'Brien, TBR Kevin Kelly (10)

 

BEST SHUTDOWN-TO-MELTDOWN RECORD

T-1st - SDP Mason Miller, TEX Jacob Junis (8-0)

T-3rd - NYY Tim Hill, SEA Matt Brash (7-0) 

QA5

Defined as an appearance lasting 1 or more inning and fewer than 5 innings with an ERA of 4.50 or lower in that appearance

1st - SDP Mason Miller (15)

T-2nd - CIN Graham Ashcraft, DET Kyle Finnegan, TOR Tyler Rogers, PIT Gregory Soto (14)

RELIEVER STRIKEOUTS

1st - COL Chase Dollander (35)

2nd - SDP Mason Miller (32)

3rd - MIL Aaron Ashby (30)

T-4th - TOR Louis Varland, TOR Jeff Hoffman (28) 

 

RELIEVER ERA

T-1st - COL Brennan Bernardino, SEA Matt Brash, CLE Tim Herrin (0.00)

4th - TOR Louis Varland (0.53)

5th - DET Kyle Finnegan (0.54) 

 

RELIEVER K%

1st - SDP Mason Miller (55.2%)

2nd - TOR Louis Varland (43.1%)

3rd - CLE Erik Sabrowski (42.1%)

4th - PIT Mason Montgomery (39.2%)

5th - TOR Jeff Hoffman (38.4%)

 

RELIEVER K-BB%

1st - SDP Mason Miller (50.0%)

2nd - TOR Louis Varland (35.4%)

3rd - CLE Eric Sabrowski (31.6%)

4th - ATL Dylan Lee (31.0%)

5th - BAL Grant Wolfram (30.4%)

 

RELIEVER WHIP

1st - BAL Rico Garcia (0.34)

2nd - SEA Matt Brash (0.44)

3rd - ATL Dylan Lee (0.48)

4th - MIA John King (0.511)

5th - TEX Jacob Latz (0.512)

 

RELIEVER FIP

1st - SDP Mason Miller (-0.23)

2nd - TOR Louis Varland (0.73)

3rd - BAL Grant Wolfram (1.08)

4th - ATL Dylan Lee (1.10)

5th - STL Riley O'Brien (1.44)

 

RELIEVER SIERA

1st - SDP Mason Miller (0.48)

2nd - TOR Louis Varland (1.49)

3rd - STL Riley O'Brien (1.71)

4th - NYY Tim Hill (1.77)

5th - BAL Grant Wolfram (1.82)

 

RELIEVER EXPECTED ERA (Statcast)

1st - SDP Mason Miller (0.66)

2nd - TEX Jacob Latz (1.51)

3rd - TOR Tyler Rogers (1.52)

4th - TOR Louis Varland (1.54)

5th - SFG Keaton Winn (1.70)

 

RELIEVER HARD-HIT RATE (Statcast)

1st - TOR Tyler Rogers (16.7%)

2nd - SDP Mason Miller (17.4%)

3rd - PHI Orion Kerkering (18.4%)

4th - ATL Tyler Kinley (20.0%)

5th - CLE Tim Herrin (20.6%)

RELIEVER RA-9 WAR

1st - NYM Huascar Brazobán (0.9)

2nd - BAL Rico Garcia (0.9)

3rd - SDP Mason Miller (0.9)

4th - DET Kyle Finnegan (0.8)

5th - MIA John King (0.8)

 

RELIEVER FANGRAPHS WAR

1st - SDP Mason Miller (1.1)

2nd - TOR Louis Varland (1.0)

3rd - STL Riley O'Brien (0.8)

4th - CHW Sean Newcomb (0.7)

5th - ATL Dylan Lee (0.6)