2005–2026 · rankings

MLB Leaders by Season

22 seasons of batting and pitching leaderboards, each ranked by dbWAR and sortable across the whole qualified pool, with each October ranked on its own. The leaders named below are the regular-season WAR leaders of their year.

Every published season. WAR here is dbWAR, this project's own open replacement-level calculation — it contains no fielding.
Season	Batting leader	wRC+	WAR	Pitching leader	ERA	WAR
2026 batting · pitching · postseason	Pete Crow-Armstrong	157	8.7	Jacob Misiorowski	1.80	6.2
2025 batting · pitching · postseason	Aaron Judge	210	9.8	Cristopher Sánchez	2.50	6.5
2024 batting · pitching · postseason	Aaron Judge	216	11.9	Chris Sale	2.38	6.2
2023 batting · pitching · postseason	Ronald Acuña Jr.	173	9.1	Spencer Strider	3.86	5.5
2022 batting · pitching · postseason	Aaron Judge	206	10.8	Aaron Nola	3.25	6.0
2021 batting · pitching · postseason	Bryce Harper	184	7.3	Corbin Burnes	2.43	7.2
2020 batting · pitching · postseason	Freddie Freeman	192	3.6	Shane Bieber	1.63	3.1
2019 batting · pitching · postseason	Alex Bregman	164	8.3	Gerrit Cole	2.50	7.1
2018 batting · pitching · postseason	Mike Trout	194	9.5	Jacob deGrom	1.70	7.7
2017 batting · pitching · postseason	Charlie Blackmon	150	7.9	Chris Sale	2.90	7.2
2016 batting · pitching · postseason	Mike Trout	173	8.7	Noah Syndergaard	2.60	6.2
2015 batting · pitching · postseason	Bryce Harper	207	9.6	Clayton Kershaw	2.13	8.1
2014 batting · pitching · postseason	Mike Trout	171	8.6	Clayton Kershaw	1.77	6.9
2013 batting · pitching · postseason	Miguel Cabrera	192	9.7	Clayton Kershaw	1.83	6.8
2012 batting · pitching · postseason	Mike Trout	175	8.0	Justin Verlander	2.64	5.9
2011 batting · pitching · postseason	Matt Kemp	171	8.3	Roy Halladay	2.35	7.5
2010 batting · pitching · postseason	Josh Hamilton	182	7.7	Cliff Lee	3.18	6.3
2009 batting · pitching · postseason	Joe Mauer	171	7.8	Zack Greinke	2.16	8.0
2008 batting · pitching · postseason	Albert Pujols	194	8.0	Tim Lincecum	2.62	7.1
2007 batting · pitching · postseason	Alex Rodriguez	175	9.3	CC Sabathia	3.21	6.6
2006 batting · pitching · postseason	Derek Jeter	145	7.3	Johan Santana	2.77	6.5
2005 batting · pitching · postseason	Alex Rodriguez	174	9.4	Chris Carpenter	2.83	6.7

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