2008 season · rankings

2008 MLB Batting Leaders

147 players qualified at 501.8 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	Albert Pujols	Dominican Republic	1B	28	147	641	37	116	7	.357	.462	.653	.296	16.2%	8.4%	.466	89.1%	—	—	—	194	8.0
2	Hanley Ramirez	Dominican Republic	SS	25	152	693	33	67	35	.301	.400	.540	.239	13.3%	17.6%	.409	80.9%	—	—	—	154	7.7
3	Chipper Jones	United States	3B	36	128	534	22	75	4	.364	.470	.574	.210	16.9%	11.4%	.452	81.3%	—	—	—	178	6.9
4	David Wright	United States	3B	26	160	736	33	124	15	.302	.390	.534	.232	12.8%	16.0%	.403	82.1%	—	—	—	150	6.7
5	Chase Utley	United States	2B	30	159	707	33	104	14	.292	.380	.535	.244	9.1%	14.7%	.395	83.1%	—	—	—	141	6.6
6	Manny Ramirez	Dominican Republic	LF	36	153	654	37	121	3	.332	.430	.601	.270	13.3%	19.0%	.439	78.1%	—	—	—	168	6.5
7	Grady Sizemore	United States	CF	26	157	745	33	90	38	.268	.374	.502	.233	13.2%	17.4%	.382	81.7%	—	—	—	134	6.3
8	Lance Berkman	United States	1B	32	159	665	29	106	18	.312	.420	.567	.255	14.9%	16.2%	.424	75.3%	—	—	—	160	6.1
9	Alex Rodriguez	United States	3B	33	138	594	35	103	18	.302	.392	.573	.271	10.9%	19.7%	.416	74.4%	—	—	—	155	6.0
10	Matt Holliday	United States	LF	28	139	623	25	88	28	.321	.409	.538	.217	11.9%	16.7%	.415	74.9%	—	—	—	151	6.0
11	Carlos Beltrán	Puerto Rico	CF	31	161	706	27	112	25	.284	.376	.500	.216	13.0%	13.6%	.381	85.2%	—	—	—	135	5.9
12	Josh Hamilton	United States	CF	27	156	704	32	130	9	.304	.371	.530	.226	9.1%	17.9%	.389	72.2%	—	—	—	133	5.8
13	Joe Mauer	United States	C	25	146	633	9	85	1	.328	.413	.451	.123	13.3%	7.9%	.384	89.7%	—	—	—	139	5.8
14	José Reyes	Dominican Republic	SS	25	159	763	16	68	56	.297	.358	.475	.179	8.7%	10.7%	.365	85.8%	—	—	—	123	5.7
15	Dustin Pedroia	United States	2B	25	157	726	17	83	20	.326	.376	.493	.167	6.9%	7.2%	.382	91.8%	—	—	—	131	5.5
16	Mark Teixeira	United States	1B	28	157	685	33	121	2	.308	.410	.552	.244	14.2%	13.6%	.416	82.1%	—	—	—	154	5.5
17	Ryan Ludwick	United States	RF	30	149	617	37	113	4	.299	.375	.591	.292	10.0%	23.7%	.415	73.7%	—	—	—	159	5.3
18	Brian McCann	United States	C	24	145	573	23	87	5	.301	.373	.523	.222	9.9%	11.2%	.392	85.0%	—	—	—	138	5.2
19	Nick Markakis	United States	RF	25	157	697	20	87	10	.306	.406	.491	.185	14.2%	16.2%	.398	83.7%	—	—	—	142	5.1
20	Nate McLouth	United States	CF	27	152	685	26	94	23	.276	.356	.497	.221	9.5%	13.6%	.370	87.0%	—	—	—	129	5.1
21	Aramis Ramirez	Dominican Republic	3B	30	149	645	27	111	2	.289	.380	.518	.229	11.5%	14.6%	.392	79.0%	—	—	—	138	5.1
22	Kevin Youkilis	United States	1B	29	143	621	29	115	3	.312	.390	.569	.257	10.0%	17.4%	.413	82.9%	—	—	—	151	5.0
23	Carlos Quentin	United States	LF	26	130	569	36	100	7	.287	.394	.571	.283	11.6%	14.1%	.421	78.4%	—	—	—	155	5.0
24	Brian Roberts	United States	2B	31	155	704	9	57	40	.296	.378	.450	.154	11.6%	14.8%	.370	86.2%	—	—	—	123	5.0
25	Jason Bay	Canada	LF	30	154	670	31	101	10	.286	.373	.522	.236	12.1%	20.4%	.390	76.3%	—	—	—	143	5.0
26	Ian Kinsler	United States	2B	26	121	583	18	71	26	.319	.375	.517	.199	7.7%	11.5%	.391	86.5%	—	—	—	134	4.9
27	Curtis Granderson	United States	CF	27	139	629	22	66	12	.280	.365	.494	.213	11.3%	17.6%	.379	78.3%	—	—	—	129	4.7
28	Dan Uggla	United States	2B	28	146	619	32	92	5	.260	.360	.514	.254	12.4%	27.6%	.382	69.2%	—	—	—	135	4.6
29	Geovany Soto	Puerto Rico	C	25	140	563	23	86	0	.285	.364	.504	.219	11.0%	21.5%	.379	73.9%	—	—	—	129	4.5
30	Troy Glaus	United States	3B	32	151	637	27	99	0	.270	.372	.483	.213	13.7%	16.3%	.379	77.7%	—	—	—	134	4.4
31	Andre Ethier	United States	RF	26	140	596	20	77	6	.305	.375	.510	.206	9.9%	14.8%	.389	84.1%	—	—	—	145	4.4
32	Russell Martin	Canada	C	25	155	650	13	69	18	.280	.385	.396	.116	13.8%	12.8%	.355	82.4%	—	—	—	120	4.4
33	Adam Dunn	United States	LF	29	158	651	40	100	2	.236	.386	.513	.277	18.7%	25.2%	.392	70.6%	—	—	—	137	4.4
34	Mark DeRosa	United States	2B	33	149	593	21	87	6	.285	.376	.481	.196	11.6%	17.9%	.380	78.6%	—	—	—	130	4.2
35	Milton Bradley	United States	DH	30	125	510	22	77	5	.321	.436	.563	.242	15.7%	22.0%	.431	73.2%	—	—	—	160	4.2
36	Ryan Braun	United States	LF	25	151	663	37	106	14	.285	.335	.553	.268	6.3%	19.5%	.382	77.8%	—	—	—	136	4.1
37	Jimmy Rollins	United States	SS	30	137	625	11	59	47	.277	.349	.437	.160	9.3%	8.8%	.347	90.3%	—	—	—	109	4.1
38	Stephen Drew	United States	SS	25	150	663	21	67	3	.291	.333	.502	.211	6.2%	16.4%	.361	81.6%	—	—	—	114	4.1
39	Aubrey Huff	United States	DH	32	154	661	32	108	4	.304	.360	.552	.247	8.0%	13.5%	.392	84.2%	—	—	—	138	4.0
40	Brian Giles	United States	RF	37	146	653	12	63	2	.306	.398	.456	.150	13.3%	8.0%	.383	92.5%	—	—	—	143	4.0
41	J.J. Hardy	United States	SS	26	145	629	24	74	2	.283	.343	.478	.195	8.3%	15.6%	.361	82.6%	—	—	—	121	4.0
42	B.J. Upton	United States	CF	24	145	640	9	67	44	.273	.383	.401	.128	15.2%	20.9%	.357	79.2%	—	—	—	118	3.9
43	Bobby Abreu	Venezuela	RF	34	156	684	20	100	22	.296	.371	.471	.176	10.7%	15.9%	.375	84.7%	—	—	—	127	3.8
44	Johnny Damon	United States	LF	35	142	623	17	71	29	.303	.375	.461	.159	10.3%	13.2%	.374	86.0%	—	—	—	127	3.7
45	Evan Longoria	United States	3B	23	122	508	27	85	7	.272	.343	.531	.259	9.1%	24.0%	.376	75.2%	—	—	—	131	3.7
46	Shane Victorino	United States	CF	28	146	627	14	58	36	.293	.352	.447	.154	7.2%	11.0%	.356	87.8%	—	—	—	114	3.6
47	Brad Hawpe	United States	RF	29	138	569	25	85	2	.283	.381	.498	.215	13.4%	23.6%	.387	70.7%	—	—	—	132	3.6
48	Miguel Cabrera	Venezuela	1B	25	160	684	37	127	1	.292	.349	.537	.245	8.2%	18.4%	.382	76.3%	—	—	—	130	3.6
49	Pat Burrell	United States	LF	32	157	645	33	86	0	.250	.367	.507	.257	15.8%	21.1%	.382	80.7%	—	—	—	132	3.6
50	Carlos Pena	Dominican Republic	1B	30	139	607	31	102	1	.247	.377	.494	.247	15.8%	27.3%	.383	69.2%	—	—	—	136	3.5

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 →