2005 season · rankings

2005 MLB Batting Leaders

148 players qualified at 502.4 plate appearances, ranked by dbWAR. Every column sorts across the full qualified set — not just the rows shown — and the whole table downloads as Parquet. Filter by position, cohort, league or country of birth, several countries at a time.

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TableBatting Pitching

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1	Alex Rodriguez	United States	3B	30	162	715	48	130	21	.321	.421	.610	.289	12.7%	19.4%	.442	74.1%	—	—	—	174	9.4
2	Derrek Lee	United States	1B	30	158	691	46	107	15	.335	.418	.662	.327	12.3%	15.8%	.451	79.2%	—	—	—	182	8.1
3	Albert Pujols	Dominican Republic	1B	25	161	700	41	117	16	.330	.430	.609	.279	13.9%	9.3%	.439	85.3%	—	—	—	172	7.4
4	Michael Young	United States	SS	29	159	732	24	91	5	.331	.385	.513	.183	7.9%	12.4%	.394	84.8%	—	—	—	141	6.9
5	Jason Bay	Canada	LF	27	162	707	32	101	21	.306	.402	.559	.254	13.4%	20.1%	.413	76.4%	—	—	—	155	6.6
6	Brian Roberts	United States	2B	28	143	640	18	73	27	.314	.387	.515	.201	10.5%	13.0%	.393	87.7%	—	—	—	148	6.0
7	David Ortiz	Dominican Republic	DH	30	159	713	47	148	1	.300	.397	.604	.304	14.3%	17.4%	.425	78.5%	—	—	—	164	6.0
8	Chase Utley	United States	2B	27	147	628	28	105	16	.291	.376	.540	.249	11.0%	17.4%	.395	82.0%	—	—	—	138	5.9
9	Derek Jeter	United States	SS	31	159	752	19	70	14	.309	.389	.450	.141	10.2%	15.6%	.373	82.7%	—	—	—	128	5.9
10	David Wright	United States	3B	23	160	657	27	102	17	.306	.388	.523	.217	11.0%	17.2%	.398	84.4%	—	—	—	148	5.8
11	Mark Teixeira	United States	1B	25	162	730	43	144	4	.301	.379	.575	.273	9.9%	17.0%	.411	79.1%	—	—	—	152	5.8
12	Miguel Cabrera	Venezuela	LF	22	158	685	33	116	1	.323	.385	.561	.238	9.3%	18.2%	.405	78.6%	—	—	—	156	5.8
13	Morgan Ensberg	United States	3B	30	149	624	36	101	6	.283	.388	.557	.274	13.6%	19.1%	.405	76.0%	—	—	—	153	5.7
14	Manny Ramirez	Dominican Republic	LF	33	152	650	45	144	1	.292	.388	.594	.301	12.3%	18.3%	.418	78.2%	—	—	—	159	5.7
15	Andruw Jones	Curaçao	CF	28	159	672	51	128	5	.263	.347	.575	.312	9.5%	16.7%	.389	73.0%	—	—	—	137	5.6
16	Brian Giles	United States	RF	34	158	674	15	83	13	.301	.423	.483	.182	17.7%	9.5%	.398	91.5%	—	—	—	155	5.5
17	Ken Griffey Jr.	United States	CF	36	128	555	35	92	0	.301	.369	.576	.275	9.7%	16.8%	.405	83.0%	—	—	—	146	5.3
18	Todd Helton	United States	1B	32	144	626	20	79	3	.320	.445	.534	.214	16.9%	12.8%	.422	86.8%	—	—	—	151	5.3
19	Miguel Tejada	Dominican Republic	SS	31	162	704	26	98	5	.304	.349	.515	.211	5.7%	11.8%	.372	83.6%	—	—	—	133	5.3
20	Travis Hafner	United States	DH	28	137	578	33	108	0	.305	.408	.595	.290	13.7%	21.3%	.429	73.7%	—	—	—	174	5.2
21	Bobby Abreu	Venezuela	RF	31	162	719	24	102	31	.286	.405	.474	.189	16.3%	18.6%	.384	80.8%	—	—	—	131	5.1
22	Carlos Delgado	Puerto Rico	1B	33	144	616	33	115	0	.301	.399	.582	.280	11.7%	19.6%	.414	72.2%	—	—	—	162	5.1
23	Adam Dunn	United States	LF	26	160	671	40	101	4	.247	.387	.540	.293	17.0%	25.0%	.398	73.0%	—	—	—	141	5.0
24	Jason Giambi	United States	1B	34	139	545	32	87	0	.271	.440	.535	.264	19.8%	20.0%	.428	79.3%	—	—	—	164	5.0
25	Troy Glaus	United States	3B	29	149	634	37	97	4	.258	.363	.522	.264	13.2%	22.9%	.385	68.7%	—	—	—	134	5.0
26	Jeff Kent	United States	2B	37	149	637	29	105	6	.289	.377	.512	.222	11.3%	13.3%	.385	79.5%	—	—	—	141	5.0
27	Jhonny Peralta	Dominican Republic	SS	23	140	570	24	78	0	.292	.366	.520	.228	10.2%	22.5%	.384	76.7%	—	—	—	142	5.0
28	Jim Edmonds	United States	CF	35	141	567	29	89	5	.263	.385	.533	.270	16.0%	24.5%	.395	73.9%	—	—	—	143	4.9
29	Victor Martinez	Venezuela	C	27	147	622	20	80	0	.305	.378	.475	.170	10.1%	12.5%	.371	84.2%	—	—	—	133	4.8
30	Felipe López	Puerto Rico	SS	25	147	648	23	85	15	.291	.352	.486	.195	8.8%	17.1%	.365	84.1%	—	—	—	120	4.8
31	Vladimir Guerrero	Dominican Republic	RF	30	141	594	32	108	13	.317	.394	.565	.248	10.3%	8.1%	.403	83.5%	—	—	—	153	4.8
32	Gary Sheffield	United States	RF	37	153	675	34	123	10	.291	.379	.512	.221	11.6%	11.3%	.387	84.0%	—	—	—	137	4.7
33	Grady Sizemore	United States	CF	23	158	706	22	81	22	.289	.348	.484	.195	7.4%	18.7%	.365	82.7%	—	—	—	128	4.7
34	Jason Varitek	United States	C	33	133	539	22	70	2	.281	.366	.489	.209	11.5%	21.7%	.375	79.4%	—	—	—	129	4.5
35	Julio Lugo	Dominican Republic	SS	30	158	690	6	57	39	.295	.362	.403	.107	8.8%	10.4%	.343	85.3%	—	—	—	110	4.5
36	Johnny Damon	United States	CF	32	148	688	10	75	18	.316	.366	.439	.123	7.7%	10.0%	.355	87.8%	—	—	—	116	4.5
37	Randy Winn	United States	LF	31	160	683	20	63	19	.306	.360	.499	.193	7.0%	13.3%	.374	84.2%	—	—	—	131	4.4
38	Lance Berkman	United States	1B	29	132	565	24	82	4	.293	.411	.524	.231	16.1%	12.7%	.405	82.2%	—	—	—	153	4.4
39	Aramis Ramirez	Dominican Republic	3B	27	123	506	31	92	0	.302	.358	.568	.266	6.9%	11.9%	.398	81.4%	—	—	—	146	4.3
40	Alfonso Soriano	Dominican Republic	2B	29	156	682	36	104	30	.268	.309	.512	.243	4.8%	18.3%	.353	75.8%	—	—	—	113	4.3
41	Richie Sexson	United States	1B	31	156	656	39	121	1	.263	.369	.541	.278	13.6%	25.5%	.394	67.1%	—	—	—	145	4.3
42	Paul Konerko	United States	1B	29	158	664	40	100	0	.283	.375	.534	.250	12.2%	16.4%	.392	80.1%	—	—	—	140	4.2
43	Pat Burrell	United States	LF	29	154	669	32	117	0	.281	.389	.504	.222	14.8%	23.9%	.390	74.5%	—	—	—	135	4.2
44	Marcus Giles	United States	2B	27	151	654	15	63	16	.291	.365	.461	.170	9.8%	16.5%	.365	81.0%	—	—	—	120	4.2
45	Hideki Matsui	Japan	LF	31	162	704	23	116	2	.305	.367	.496	.191	8.9%	11.1%	.374	87.3%	—	—	—	128	4.0
46	Jimmy Rollins	United States	SS	27	156	732	12	54	41	.290	.338	.431	.142	6.4%	9.7%	.337	88.0%	—	—	—	100	4.0
47	Melvin Mora	Venezuela	3B	33	149	664	27	88	7	.283	.348	.474	.191	7.5%	16.9%	.362	80.4%	—	—	—	126	4.0
48	Rafael Furcal	Dominican Republic	SS	28	153	689	12	58	46	.284	.348	.429	.144	9.0%	11.3%	.343	88.2%	—	—	—	106	3.9
49	Geoff Jenkins	United States	RF	31	148	618	25	86	0	.292	.375	.513	.221	9.1%	22.3%	.384	72.3%	—	—	—	137	3.9
50	Cliff Floyd	United States	LF	33	150	626	34	98	12	.273	.358	.505	.233	10.1%	15.7%	.372	76.9%	—	—	—	129	3.7

Reading this table

wOBA weights each offensive outcome by the runs it is actually worth, using weights measured from this season's own play-by-play. wRC+ indexes that against the league and adjusts for park, so 100 is average. dbWAR is our own open implementation, not fWAR or bWAR. See the full derivation →