MLB STAT LEADERS THRU AUGUST 31
HITTING & BASERUNNING
Qualified batters for rate stats, where applicable
HITS
T-1st - MIA SS Otto López, SFG/PHI 2B Luis Arráez (164)3rd - TBR DH Yandy Díaz (157)
4th - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (155)
5th - LAD 1B Freddie Freeman (153)
DOUBLES & TRIPLES
1st - AZD RF Corbin Carroll (44)
2nd - MIA SS Otto López (37)
T-3rd - SFG/PHI 2B Luis Arráez, BOS CF Ceddanne Rafaela, BOS RF Wilyer Abreu (35)
HOME RUNS
ADJUSTED WEIGHTED RUNS CREATED (wRC+)1st - PHI DH Kyle Schwarber (40)
2nd - CHC CF Pete Crow-Armstrong (38)
T-3rd - ATL 1B Matt Olson, HOU DH Yordan Álvarez, TBR 3B Junior Caminero (37)
RUNS SCORED
T-1st - CHC CF Pete Crow-Armstrong, WSH RF James Wood (100)
3rd - ATL 1B Matt Olson (93)
4th - CHW 3B Miguel Vargas (92)
5th - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (91)
RUNS BATTED IN
1st - CIN 1B Sal Stewart (105)
2nd - STL 1B Alec Burleson (100)
3rd - STL RF Jordan Walker (97)
4th - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (94)
5th - WSH SS CJ Abrams (92)
TIMES HIT BY PITCH
1st - STL DH/C Iván Herrera (27)
2nd - CHW LF Sam Antonacci (24)
3rd - BOS 1B Willson Contreras (22)
4th - SEA LF Randy Arozarena (20)
T-5th - HOU 3B Isaac Paredes, MIN 2B/OF Luke Keaschall (17)
TIMES GROUNDED INTO DOUBLE PLAY
1st - TBR 3B Junior Caminero (23)
T-2nd - KCR DH/C Salvador Pérez, PHI 3B/1B Alec Bohm, SDP 3B Manny Machado (19)
5th - LAD 1B Freddie Freeman (18)
WALK RATE
1st - A's 1B Nick Kurtz (18.2%)
2nd - CHW 1B Munetaka Murakami (17.9%)
3rd - WSH RF James Wood (16.8%)
4th - LAA CF Mike Trout (16.7%)
5th - PHI 1B/RF Bryce Harper (16.44%)
STRIKEOUT RATE
1st - SFG/PHI 2B Luis Arráez (4.2%)
2nd - TBR LF Chandler Simpson (8.0%)
3rd - CHC 2B/SS Nico Hoerner (8.8%)
4th - MIA/TBR C Liam Hicks (9.4%)
5th - SFG RF Jung-hoo Lee (9.8%)
WALKS PER STRIKEOUT (BB/K)
1st - CLE LF/CF Steven Kwan (1.34)
T-2nd - SFG/PHI Luis Arráez, AZD SS Geraldo Perdomo (1.13)
4th - MIA/TBR C Liam Hicks (1.09)
5th - DET SS/3B Kevin McGonigle (0.99)
BATTING AVERAGE
1st - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (.317)
2nd - SFG/PHI 2B Luis Arráez (.316)
3rd - TBR LF Chandler Simpson (.311)
4th - PIT 3B/2B Nick Gonzales (.307)
5th - MIA SS Otto López (.305)
EXPECTED BATTING AVERAGE (Statcast)
1st - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (.326)
2nd - KCR SS Bobby Witt Jr. (.303)
3rd - LAD 1B Freddie Freeman (.3002)
4th - CHC 2B/SS Nico Hoerner (.2996)
5th - STL 1B Alec Burleson (.2960)
ON-BASE PERCENTAGE
1st - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (.432)
2nd - A's 1B Nick Kurtz (.396)
3rd - WSH RF James Wood (.393)
4th - MIL 1B/RF Jake Bauers (.389)
5th - PHI 1B/RF Bryce Harper (.386)
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE
1st - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (.605)
2nd - CHC CF Pete Crow-Armstrong (.573)
3rd - WSH/NYY 1B Luis García Jr. (.549)
4th - COL C Hunter Goodman (.543)
5th - TBR 3B Junior Caminero (.536)
EXPECTED SLUGGING (Statcast)
1st - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (.661)
2nd - WSH RF James Wood (.585)
3rd - LAD DH Shohei Ohtani (.563)
4th - BAL 1B Pete Alonso (.545)
5th - STL 1B Alec Burleson (.529)
WEIGHTED ON-BASE AVERAGE (wOBA)
1st - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (.430, 1.037 OPS)
2nd - CHC CF Pete Crow-Armstrong (.403, .949 OPS)3rd - WSH RF James Wood (.395, .928 OPS)
4th - BOS 1B Willson Contreras (.390, .900 OPS)
5th - MIL 1B/RF Jake Bauers (.38503, .887 OPS)
EXPECTED WEIGHTED ON-BASE AVERAGE (xwOBA)
1st - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (.452)
2nd - WSH RF James Wood (.419)
3rd - LAD DH Shohei Ohtani (.402)
4th - PHI 1B/RF Bryce Harper (.393)
5th - BAL 1B Pete Alonso (.392)
1st - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (181)
2nd - CHC CF Pete Crow-Armstrong (159)
3rd - BOS 1B Willson Contreras (150.3)
4th - WSH RF James Wood (149.8)
5th - TBR 3B Junior Caminero (148.5)
STOLEN BASES
1st - WSH 2B Nasim Nuñez (44)
2nd - NYY 2B Jazz Chisholm Jr. (40)
3rd - TBR LF Chandler Simpson (38)
4th - KCR SS Bobby Witt Jr. (36)
5th - CHC CF Pete Crow-Armstrong (32)
WEIGHTED STOLEN BASE RUNS ABOVE AVERAGE (wSB)
1st - WSH 2B Nasim Nuñez (4.8)
2nd - NYY 2B Jazz Chisholm Jr. (4.1)3rd - CLE 3B José Ramírez (3.95)
4th - PHI 2B/3B Bryson Stott (3.87)
5th - KCR SS Bobby Witt Jr. (3.6)
FANGRAPHS BASERUNNING RUNS ABOVE AVERAGE (BsR)
1st - AZD RF Corbin Carroll (8.3)
2nd - PHI 2B/3B Bryson Stott (7.33)
3rd - KCR SS Bobby Witt Jr. (7.26)
4th - NYY 2B Jazz Chisholm Jr. (6.24)
5th - TBR LF Chandler Simpson (6.21)
HARD-HIT RATE (Statcast)
1st - WSH RF James Wood (57.6%)
2nd - A's 1B Nick Kurtz (57.3%)
3rd - CHW 1B Munetaka Murakami (57.2%)
4th - PIT CF Oneil Cruz (57.1%)
5th - BAL 1B Pete Alonso (56.8%)
BARREL RATE per PA (Statcast)
1st - WSH RF James Wood (11.2%)
2nd - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (10.9%)
3rd - MIN CF/DH Byron Buxton (10.5%)
4th - A's C Shea Langeliers (10.1%)
5th - LAD DH Shohei Ohtani (9.8%)
EV90 (Statcast)
Average exit velocity of hardest-hit 90% of a hitter's batted balls
1st - PIT CF Oneil Cruz (111.8 MPH)
2nd - TBR 3B Junior Caminero (111.1 MPH)
3rd - WSH RF James Wood (110.5 MPH)
4th - STL RF Jordan Walker (110.4 MPH)
5th - KCR RF/1B Jac Caglianone (110.4 MPH)
MAX EXIT VELOCITY (Statcast)
No PA qualification
1st - PIT CF Oneil Cruz (119.0 MPH)
2nd - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (118.5 MPH)
3rd - KCR SS Bobby Witt Jr. (117.2 MPH)
4th - TBR 3B Junior Caminero (116.9 MPH)
5th - AZD 2B Ketel Marte (116.9 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 - TBR 3B Junior Caminero (19.5%)
2nd - SDP RF Fernando Tatís Jr. (18.6%)
3rd - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (18.2%)
4th - KCR RF/1B Jac Caglianone (17.9%)
5th - WSH RF James Wood (17.7%)
HITTER WIN PROBABILITY ADDED (FanGraphs)
1st - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (6.3)
2nd - CHC CF Pete Crow-Armstrong (5.5)
3rd - A's 1B Nick Kurtz (3.32)
4th - WSH RF James Wood (3.27)5th - PHI DH Kyle Schwarber (3.04)
FANGRAPHS BATTER WINS ABOVE REPLACEMENT
1st - CHC CF Pete Crow-Armstrong (9.3)
2nd - KCR SS Bobby Witt Jr. (6.4)
3rd - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (5.8)
4th - DET C Dillon Dingler (4.9)
5th - MIA SS Otto López (4.8)
6th - CIN SS Elly De La Cruz (4.6)
7th - DET SS/3B Kevin McGonigle (4.6)
8th - TEX UTL Ezequiel Durán (4.5)
9th - CHW 3B Miguel Vargas (4.5)
10th - AZD RF Corbin Carroll (4.4)
BASEBALL-REFERENCE BATTER WINS ABOVE REPLACEMENT
1st - CHC CF Pete Crow-Armstrong (8.4)
2nd - KCR SS Bobby Witt Jr. (6.3)
3rd - DET SS/3B Kevin McGonigle (6.1)
4th - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (5.9)
5th - LAD CF Andy Pages (5.6)
2nd - KCR SS Bobby Witt Jr. (6.3)
3rd - DET SS/3B Kevin McGonigle (6.1)
4th - HOU DH Yordan Álvarez (5.9)
5th - LAD CF Andy Pages (5.6)
