HBP 1901-1998 Single Season Leaders - Batting

 

BATTING AVERAGE

1

Ty Cobb, 1912

.458

2

Bill Terry, 1930

.436

3

Al Simmons, 1931

.436

4

Rogers Hornsby, 1924

.421

5

Joe Jackson, 1911

.418

6

Ty Cobb, 1911

.416

7

Ted Williams, 1941

.416

8

George Sisler, 1922

.415

9

Harry Heilmann, 1927

.415

10

Lefty O'Doul, 1929

.412

11

Harry Heilmann, 1923

.409

12

Tony Gwynn, 1994

.408

 

AT BATS

1

Matty Alou, 1972

794

2

Dan McGann, 1902

765

3

Willie McGee, 1990

743

4

Tony Gonzalez, 1970

742

5

Lance Johnson, 1995

741

6

Juan Samuel, 1984

738

7

Kenny Lofton, 1996

737

8

Mark Grudzielanek, 1996

734

9

Chili Davis, 1982

733

Rennie Stennett, 1974

733

11

Tied by multiple players  ,  

731

   ,  

731

 

TRIPLES

1

Larry Doyle, 1911

37

2

Jim Bottomley, 1928

36

3

Paul Waner, 1926

35

Joe Jackson, 1912

35

5

Jeff Heath, 1938

34

6

Charlie Grimm, 1921

33

7

Joe Jackson, 1920

32

Dale Mitchell, 1949

32

9

Mike Mitchell, 1910

31

Charlie Gehringer, 1926

31

Sam Crawford, 1903

31

12

Chief Wilson, 1912

30

 

EXTRA BASE HITS

1

Larry Walker, 1994

129

Larry Walker, 1997

129

3

Albert Belle, 1995

123

Babe Ruth, 1921

123

5

Juan Gonzalez, 1996

118

6

Babe Ruth, 1928

117

7

Albert Belle, 1998

116

8

Ken Griffey Jr, 1998

114

Joe Dimaggio, 1941

114

10

Kevin Mitchell, 1994

113

Babe Ruth, 1920

113

12

Fred Mcgriff, 1994

112

 

SLUGGING AVERAGE

1

Babe Ruth, 1928

.866

2

Babe Ruth, 1921

.863

3

Babe Ruth, 1920

.837

4

Larry Walker, 1997

.800

5

Babe Ruth, 1927

.788

6

Jimmie Foxx, 1932

.782

7

Kal Daniels, 1987

.761

8

Jimmie Foxx, 1933

.757

9

Rogers Hornsby, 1925

.755

10

Babe Ruth, 1923

.754

11

Babe Ruth, 1930

.751

12

Babe Ruth, 1922

.749

 

HITS

1

Ty Cobb, 1912

284

2

Al Simmons, 1931

277

3

Matty Alou, 1972

274

4

Tony Gwynn, 1994

272

5

Rod Carew, 1977

271

6

Joe Jackson, 1911

268

Bill Terry, 1930

268

8

Ty Cobb, 1911

266

9

Rogers Hornsby, 1929

265

Rusty Greer, 1996

265

11

Tied by multiple players  ,  

261

   ,  

261

 

HOME RUNS

1

Babe Ruth, 1928

80

2

Dave Kingman, 1979

74

3

Mickey Mantle, 1961

73

Ken Griffey Jr, 1998

73

Ken Griffey Jr, 1996

73

6

Juan Gonzalez, 1996

70

7

Babe Ruth, 1927

68

Ken Griffey Jr, 1994

68

9

Ernie Banks, 1958

67

10

Tied by multiple players  ,  

66

   ,  

66

   ,  

66

 

RUNS BATTED IN

1

Babe Ruth, 1928

207

2

Vern Stephens, 1949

204

3

Jimmie Foxx, 1930

200

4

Jimmie Foxx, 1932

196

5

Ken Griffey Jr, 1996

191

6

Al Simmons, 1927

190

7

Babe Ruth, 1927

188

8

Babe Ruth, 1929

187

9

Tied by multiple players  ,  

185

   ,  

185

   ,  

185

   ,  

185

 

TOTAL BASES

1

Larry Walker, 1997

520

2

Babe Ruth, 1928

498

3

Babe Ruth, 1921

497

4

Juan Gonzalez, 1996

472

5

Jimmie Foxx, 1932

470

6

Al Simmons, 1931

465

7

Ken Griffey Jr, 1996

461

8

Babe Ruth, 1927

460

Joe Dimaggio, 1937

460

Fred Mcgriff, 1994

460

11

Hal Trosky, 1936

459

12

Dante Bichette, 1995

458

 

DOUBLES

1

Larry Walker, 1994

83

2

George Burns, 1926

74

3

Edgar Martinez, 1992

70

4

Adam Comorosky, 1930

69

5

Billy Herman, 1936

68

6

George Brett, 1978

67

7

Charlie Gehringer, 1936

66

8

Tied by multiple players  ,  

65

   ,  

65

   ,  

65

   ,  

65

   ,  

65

 

HOME RUN PERCENTAGE

1

Babe Ruth, 1928

.14

2

Mark Mcgwire, 1995

.13

3

Ralph Kiner, 1949

.12

4

Mickey Mantle, 1961

.12

5

Mark Mcgwire, 1998

.12

6

Dave Kingman, 1979

.12

7

Babe Ruth, 1927

.12

8

Babe Ruth, 1921

.11

9

Babe Ruth, 1920

.11

10

Mark Mcgwire, 1996

.11

11

Ken Griffey Jr, 1996

.11

12

Ken Griffey Jr, 1994

.11

 

RUNS BATTED IN PER GAME

1

Jimmie Foxx, 1930

1.36

2

Babe Ruth, 1928

1.34

3

Vern Stephens, 1949

1.32

4

Jimmie Foxx, 1932

1.26

5

Al Simmons, 1927

1.25

Al Simmons, 1931

1.25

7

Babe Ruth, 1927

1.24

8

Babe Ruth, 1929

1.22

9

Hank Greenberg, 1938

1.20

Hank Greenberg, 1937

1.20

11

Jimmie Foxx, 1933

1.19

12

Ken Griffey Jr, 1996

1.18

 

RUNS

1

Babe Ruth, 1921

204

2

Babe Ruth, 1928

193

3

Jimmie Foxx, 1932

188

4

Babe Ruth, 1932

185

5

Babe Ruth, 1931

179

6

Babe Ruth, 1927

178

7

Brady Anderson, 1996

177

8

Babe Ruth, 1926

175

9

Mickey Mantle, 1961

173

10

Babe Ruth, 1920

172

Earle Combs, 1932

172

12

Earle Combs, 1928

171

 

STOLEN BASES

1

Vince Coleman, 1985

178

2

Vince Coleman, 1987

165

3

Vince Coleman, 1986

163

4

Rickey Henderson, 1983

159

5

Ty Cobb, 1915

149

6

Tim Raines, 1984

136

7

Tim Raines, 1981

134

8

Maury Wills, 1965

130

9

Kenny Lofton, 1993

124

10

Lou Brock, 1974

122

Kenny Lofton, 1994

122

12

Rickey Henderson, 1982

117

 

PINCH HIT BAT AVG

1

Dutch Wetzel, 1920

.679

2

Jimmy Austin, 1926

.667

3

Eddie Ainsmith, 1924

.646

4

Roy Hutson, 1925

.600

5

Rube Bressler, 1926

.591

Frank Luce, 1923

.591

7

John Milner, 1977

.579

8

Pat Patterson, 1921

.563

9

Lloyd Waner, 1930

.550

Ed Jurak, 1982

.550

Tripp Sigman, 1929

.550

12

Charlie Hollocher, 1920

.545

 

PINCH HITS

1

Tito Francona, 1969

42

2

Jack Bolling, 1944

35

3

Carl Taylor, 1969

34

4

Jim Gentile, 1965

32

Roger Freed, 1977

32

Greg Luzinski, 1971

32

Sandy Valdespino, 1971

32

Rennie Stennett, 1971

32

9

Tied by multiple players  ,  

31

   ,  

31

   ,  

31

   ,  

31

 

RUNS PER GAME

1

Babe Ruth, 1921

1.32

2

Babe Ruth, 1928

1.25

3

Jimmie Foxx, 1932

1.21

4

Babe Ruth, 1931

1.21

5

Babe Ruth, 1932

1.21

6

Babe Ruth, 1926

1.18

7

Babe Ruth, 1927

1.17

8

Babe Ruth, 1920

1.17

9

Kiki Cuyler, 1929

1.16

10

Earle Combs, 1932

1.14

11

Rogers Hornsby, 1925

1.12

12

Babe Ruth, 1930

1.11

 

BASES ON BALLS

1

Ted Williams, 1941

188

2

Babe Ruth, 1926

181

3

Mickey Mantle, 1957

174

4

Babe Ruth, 1923

173

5

Max Bishop, 1932

171

6

Babe Ruth, 1920

170

Babe Ruth, 1932

170

8

Ted Williams, 1946

169

9

Tommy Glaviano, 1950

168

10

Mark Mcgwire, 1998

167

Ted Williams, 1947

167

12

Babe Ruth, 1921

165

 

STRIKEOUTS

1

Pete Incaviglia, 1986

216

2

Danny Tartabull, 1993

214

3

Andres Galarraga, 1990

213

4

Rob Deer, 1989

212

5

Rob Deer, 1987

206

6

Bobby Bonds, 1969

201

7

Jim Presley, 1986

200

Bo Jackson, 1988

200

9

Gorman Thomas, 1979

197

10

Steve Balboni, 1984

196

11

Tied by multiple players  ,  

194

   ,  

194

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