2006 season · rankings

2006 MLB Batting Leaders

162 players qualified at 502 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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1	Derek Jeter	United States	SS	32	154	715	14	97	34	.343	.417	.483	.140	9.7%	14.3%	.398	81.9%	—	—	—	145	7.3
2	Ryan Howard	United States	1B	27	159	704	58	149	0	.313	.425	.659	.346	15.3%	25.7%	.443	66.6%	—	—	—	168	7.2
3	Miguel Cabrera	Venezuela	3B	23	158	676	26	114	9	.339	.430	.568	.229	12.7%	16.0%	.422	79.8%	—	—	—	162	6.9
4	Albert Pujols	Dominican Republic	1B	26	143	634	49	137	7	.331	.431	.671	.340	14.5%	7.9%	.454	85.8%	—	—	—	181	6.8
5	Carlos Beltrán	Puerto Rico	CF	29	140	617	41	116	18	.275	.388	.594	.320	15.4%	16.0%	.415	83.8%	—	—	—	157	6.7
6	Grady Sizemore	United States	CF	24	162	751	28	76	22	.290	.375	.533	.243	10.4%	20.4%	.390	81.7%	—	—	—	138	6.3
7	Chase Utley	United States	2B	28	160	739	32	102	15	.309	.379	.527	.219	8.5%	17.9%	.394	83.0%	—	—	—	136	6.3
8	Garrett Atkins	United States	3B	27	157	695	29	120	4	.329	.409	.556	.228	11.4%	10.9%	.415	88.5%	—	—	—	146	6.2
9	Lance Berkman	United States	1B	30	152	646	45	136	3	.315	.420	.621	.306	15.2%	16.4%	.433	78.7%	—	—	—	163	6.0
10	Travis Hafner	United States	DH	29	129	564	42	117	0	.308	.439	.659	.350	17.7%	19.7%	.458	72.7%	—	—	—	184	6.0
11	David Ortiz	Dominican Republic	DH	31	151	686	54	137	1	.287	.413	.636	.349	17.3%	17.1%	.435	77.2%	—	—	—	164	6.0
12	Manny Ramirez	Dominican Republic	LF	34	130	558	35	102	0	.321	.439	.619	.298	17.9%	18.3%	.443	77.6%	—	—	—	170	5.7
13	Joe Mauer	United States	C	23	140	608	13	84	8	.347	.429	.507	.159	13.0%	8.9%	.401	87.9%	—	—	—	145	5.6
14	Alex Rodriguez	United States	3B	31	154	674	35	121	15	.290	.392	.523	.233	13.4%	20.6%	.396	73.3%	—	—	—	144	5.6
15	Carlos Guillén	Venezuela	SS	31	153	622	19	85	20	.320	.400	.519	.199	11.4%	14.0%	.397	84.0%	—	—	—	141	5.5
16	José Reyes	Dominican Republic	SS	23	152	703	19	81	64	.300	.354	.487	.187	7.5%	11.5%	.364	85.3%	—	—	—	122	5.4
17	Jermaine Dye	United States	RF	32	145	611	44	120	7	.315	.385	.622	.306	9.7%	19.3%	.425	78.2%	—	—	—	156	5.4
18	Hanley Ramirez	Dominican Republic	SS	23	158	700	17	59	51	.292	.353	.480	.188	8.0%	18.3%	.364	84.5%	—	—	—	122	5.3
19	Vernon Wells	United States	CF	28	152	677	32	106	17	.303	.357	.542	.239	8.0%	13.3%	.386	82.5%	—	—	—	130	5.2
20	Miguel Tejada	Dominican Republic	SS	32	162	709	24	100	6	.330	.379	.498	.168	6.5%	11.1%	.379	84.4%	—	—	—	129	5.1
21	Matt Holliday	United States	LF	26	155	667	34	114	10	.326	.387	.586	.261	7.0%	16.5%	.417	77.7%	—	—	—	147	5.1
22	Jim Thome	United States	DH	36	143	610	42	109	0	.288	.416	.598	.310	17.5%	24.1%	.428	71.4%	—	—	—	159	5.1
23	David Wright	United States	3B	24	154	661	26	116	20	.311	.381	.531	.220	10.0%	17.1%	.388	83.7%	—	—	—	138	5.1
24	Bobby Abreu	Venezuela	RF	32	155	686	15	107	30	.297	.424	.462	.164	18.1%	20.1%	.394	76.7%	—	—	—	136	5.0
25	Nick Johnson	United States	1B	28	147	628	23	77	10	.290	.428	.520	.230	17.5%	15.8%	.411	84.3%	—	—	—	152	4.8
26	Jason Bay	Canada	LF	28	159	689	35	109	11	.286	.396	.532	.246	14.8%	22.6%	.399	74.5%	—	—	—	142	4.7
27	Andruw Jones	Curaçao	CF	29	156	669	41	129	4	.262	.363	.531	.269	12.3%	19.0%	.381	72.4%	—	—	—	132	4.7
28	Rafael Furcal	Dominican Republic	SS	29	159	736	15	63	37	.300	.369	.445	.145	9.9%	13.3%	.360	86.1%	—	—	—	114	4.7
29	Aramis Ramirez	Dominican Republic	3B	28	157	660	38	119	2	.291	.352	.561	.269	7.6%	9.5%	.387	83.4%	—	—	—	131	4.7
30	Jorge Posada	Puerto Rico	C	36	142	545	23	93	3	.277	.374	.492	.215	11.7%	17.8%	.380	80.3%	—	—	—	133	4.5
31	Vladimir Guerrero	Dominican Republic	RF	31	156	665	33	116	15	.329	.382	.552	.222	7.5%	10.2%	.391	82.8%	—	—	—	140	4.5
32	Jimmy Rollins	United States	SS	28	158	758	25	83	36	.277	.334	.478	.200	7.5%	10.6%	.351	87.4%	—	—	—	108	4.5
33	Alfonso Soriano	Dominican Republic	LF	30	159	728	46	95	41	.277	.351	.560	.283	9.2%	22.0%	.383	73.3%	—	—	—	133	4.5
34	Gary Matthews Jr.	United States	CF	32	147	690	19	79	10	.313	.371	.495	.182	8.4%	14.3%	.375	81.7%	—	—	—	123	4.4
35	Victor Martinez	Venezuela	C	28	153	652	16	93	0	.316	.391	.465	.149	10.9%	12.0%	.375	84.0%	—	—	—	128	4.4
36	Bill Hall	United States	SS	27	148	608	35	85	8	.270	.345	.553	.283	10.4%	26.6%	.381	71.2%	—	—	—	129	4.4
37	Jason Giambi	United States	DH	35	139	579	37	113	2	.253	.413	.558	.305	19.0%	18.3%	.414	80.2%	—	—	—	156	4.4
38	Scott Rolen	United States	3B	31	141	594	22	95	7	.296	.369	.518	.223	9.4%	11.6%	.380	85.9%	—	—	—	131	4.3
39	Johnny Damon	United States	CF	33	147	671	24	80	25	.285	.359	.482	.197	10.0%	12.7%	.368	86.1%	—	—	—	124	4.2
40	Justin Morneau	Canada	1B	25	157	661	34	130	3	.321	.375	.559	.238	8.0%	14.1%	.396	79.9%	—	—	—	141	4.2
41	Freddy Sanchez	United States	3B	29	157	632	6	85	3	.344	.378	.473	.129	4.9%	8.2%	.369	90.0%	—	—	—	122	4.0
42	Mike Cameron	United States	CF	33	140	634	22	83	25	.268	.355	.482	.214	11.2%	22.4%	.365	76.8%	—	—	—	124	4.0
43	Michael Young	United States	SS	30	162	748	14	103	7	.314	.356	.459	.145	6.4%	12.8%	.357	81.8%	—	—	—	111	3.9
44	J.D. Drew	United States	RF	31	146	594	20	100	2	.283	.393	.498	.215	15.0%	17.8%	.387	79.5%	—	—	—	132	3.9
45	Ray Durham	United States	2B	35	137	555	26	93	7	.293	.360	.538	.245	9.2%	11.0%	.384	87.9%	—	—	—	132	3.9
46	Carlos Lee	Panama	LF	30	161	695	37	116	19	.300	.355	.540	.240	8.3%	9.4%	.380	85.4%	—	—	—	129	3.8
47	Carl Crawford	United States	LF	25	149	653	18	77	58	.305	.348	.482	.177	5.7%	13.0%	.361	83.3%	—	—	—	115	3.7
48	Edgar Renteria	Colombia	SS	31	149	673	14	70	17	.293	.361	.436	.144	9.2%	13.2%	.354	83.2%	—	—	—	114	3.7
49	Paul Konerko	United States	1B	30	152	643	35	113	1	.313	.381	.551	.239	9.3%	16.2%	.400	81.6%	—	—	—	140	3.6
50	Dan Uggla	United States	2B	26	154	683	27	90	6	.282	.339	.480	.198	7.0%	18.0%	.355	74.7%	—	—	—	116	3.6

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 →