HBP 1901-2001 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

 

AT BATS

1

Matty Alou, 1972

794

2

Dan McGann, 1902

765

3

Neifi Perez, 1999

753

4

Willie McGee, 1990

743

5

Tony Gonzalez, 1970

742

6

Lance Johnson, 1995

741

7

Juan Samuel, 1984

738

8

Ivan Rodriguez, 1999

737

Kenny Lofton, 1996

737

10

Neifi Perez, 2000

734

 

TRIPLES

1

Larry Doyle, 1911

37

2

Jim Bottomley, 1928

36

3

Joe Jackson, 1912

35

Paul Waner, 1926

35

5

Jeff Heath, 1938

34

6

Charlie Grimm, 1921

33

7

Joe Jackson, 1920

32

Dale Mitchell, 1949

32

9

Tied by multiple players  ,  

31

   ,  

31

 

EXTRA BASE HITS

1

Larry Walker, 1997

129

Larry Walker, 1994

129

3

Albert Belle, 1995

123

Babe Ruth, 1921

123

5

Todd Helton, 2001

122

6

Sammy Sosa, 2001

118

Juan Gonzalez, 1996

118

8

Babe Ruth, 1928

117

9

Albert Belle, 1998

116

10

Ken Griffey Jr, 1998

114

 

SLUGGING AVERAGE

1

Babe Ruth, 1928

.866

2

Babe Ruth, 1921

.863

3

Babe Ruth, 1920

.837

4

Barry Bonds, 2001

.810

5

Larry Walker, 1997

.800

6

Babe Ruth, 1927

.788

7

Jimmie Foxx, 1932

.782

8

Kal Daniels, 1987

.761

9

Jimmie Foxx, 1933

.757

10

Rogers Hornsby, 1925

.755

 

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

Bill Terry, 1930

268

Joe Jackson, 1911

268

8

Ty Cobb, 1911

266

9

Tied by multiple players  ,  

265

   ,  

265

 

HOME RUNS

1

Barry Bonds, 2001

81

2

Babe Ruth, 1928

80

3

Mark Mcgwire, 1999

78

4

Dave Kingman, 1979

74

5

Mickey Mantle, 1961

73

Ken Griffey Jr, 1998

73

Ken Griffey Jr, 1996

73

8

Sammy Sosa, 1999

70

Juan Gonzalez, 1996

70

10

Babe Ruth, 1927

68

 

RUNS BATTED IN

1

Babe Ruth, 1928

207

2

Vern Stephens, 1949

204

3

Jimmie Foxx, 1930

200

4

Jimmie Foxx, 1932

196

5

Todd Helton, 2001

192

6

Ken Griffey Jr, 1996

191

7

Al Simmons, 1927

190

8

Mark Mcgwire, 1999

189

9

Babe Ruth, 1927

188

10

Babe Ruth, 1929

187

 

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

Todd Helton, 2001

462

8

Ken Griffey Jr, 1996

461

9

Tied by multiple players  ,  

460

   ,  

460

 

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

 

HOME RUN PERCENTAGE

1

Barry Bonds, 2001

.15

2

Babe Ruth, 1928

.14

3

Mark Mcgwire, 1995

.13

4

Mark Mcgwire, 1999

.13

5

Ralph Kiner, 1949

.12

6

Mickey Mantle, 1961

.12

7

Mark Mcgwire, 1998

.12

8

Dave Kingman, 1979

.12

9

Babe Ruth, 1927

.12

10

Babe Ruth, 1921

.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, 1931

1.25

Al Simmons, 1927

1.25

7

Babe Ruth, 1927

1.24

8

Babe Ruth, 1929

1.22

9

Tied by multiple players  ,  

1.20

   ,  

1.20

 

RUNS

1

Babe Ruth, 1921

204

2

Babe Ruth, 1928

193

3

Jimmie Foxx, 1932

188

4

Babe Ruth, 1932

185

5

Richard Hidalgo, 2000

180

6

Babe Ruth, 1931

179

7

Babe Ruth, 1927

178

8

Brady Anderson, 1996

177

9

Babe Ruth, 1926

175

10

Mickey Mantle, 1961

173

 

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

Kenny Lofton, 1994

122

 

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

Bruce Aven, 2001

.591

8

John Milner, 1977

.579

9

Pat Patterson, 1921

.563

10

Ed Jurak, 1982

.550

 

PINCH HITS

1

Tito Francona, 1969

42

2

Jack Bolling, 1944

35

3

Carl Taylor, 1969

34

4

Sandy Valdespino, 1971

32

Roger Freed, 1977

32

Jim Gentile, 1965

32

Rennie Stennett, 1971

32

Greg Luzinski, 1971

32

9

Tied by multiple players  ,  

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

 

BASES ON BALLS

1

Barry Bonds, 2001

192

2

Ted Williams, 1941

188

3

Babe Ruth, 1926

181

4

Mickey Mantle, 1957

174

5

Babe Ruth, 1923

173

6

Max Bishop, 1932

171

7

Babe Ruth, 1932

170

Babe Ruth, 1920

170

9

Ted Williams, 1946

169

10

Tommy Glaviano, 1950

168

 

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

Bo Jackson, 1988

200

Jim Presley, 1986

200

9

Preston Wilson, 2000

198

10

Gorman Thomas, 1979

197

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