2009 season · rankings

2009 MLB Batting Leaders

154 players qualified at 502.2 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	Joe Mauer	United States	C	26	138	606	28	96	4	.365	.444	.587	.222	12.5%	10.4%	.444	87.0%	—	—	—	171	7.8
2	Albert Pujols	Dominican Republic	1B	29	160	700	47	135	16	.327	.443	.658	.331	16.4%	9.1%	.454	85.7%	—	—	—	187	7.8
3	Hanley Ramirez	Dominican Republic	SS	26	151	652	24	106	27	.342	.410	.543	.201	9.4%	15.5%	.412	79.6%	—	—	—	148	7.4
4	Chase Utley	United States	2B	31	156	687	31	93	23	.282	.397	.508	.226	12.8%	16.0%	.400	83.3%	—	—	—	144	7.1
5	Derek Jeter	United States	SS	35	153	716	18	66	30	.334	.406	.465	.131	10.1%	12.6%	.389	84.7%	—	—	—	140	6.9
6	Prince Fielder	United States	1B	25	162	719	46	141	2	.299	.412	.602	.303	15.3%	19.2%	.428	75.9%	—	—	—	170	6.9
7	Ryan Braun	United States	LF	26	158	708	32	114	20	.320	.386	.551	.231	8.1%	17.1%	.409	79.8%	—	—	—	157	6.4
8	Ben Zobrist	United States	2B	28	150	599	27	91	17	.297	.405	.543	.246	15.2%	17.4%	.413	81.4%	—	—	—	154	6.1
9	Kevin Youkilis	United States	1B	30	136	588	27	94	7	.305	.413	.548	.242	13.1%	21.3%	.419	81.2%	—	—	—	155	5.7
10	Mark Teixeira	United States	1B	29	156	707	39	122	2	.292	.383	.565	.273	11.5%	16.1%	.408	82.4%	—	—	—	153	5.7
11	Pablo Sandoval	Venezuela	3B	23	153	633	25	90	5	.330	.387	.556	.226	8.2%	13.1%	.404	81.8%	—	—	—	146	5.6
12	Troy Tulowitzki	United States	SS	25	151	628	32	92	20	.297	.377	.552	.256	11.6%	17.8%	.400	82.3%	—	—	—	136	5.4
13	Jason Bartlett	United States	SS	30	137	567	14	66	30	.320	.389	.490	.170	9.5%	15.7%	.387	81.5%	—	—	—	137	5.2
14	Adrián González	United States	1B	27	159	681	40	99	1	.277	.407	.551	.274	17.5%	16.0%	.409	76.2%	—	—	—	164	5.2
15	Victor Martinez	Venezuela	C	31	155	672	23	108	1	.303	.381	.480	.177	11.2%	11.0%	.380	87.4%	—	—	—	139	5.1
16	Ryan Zimmerman	United States	3B	25	157	694	33	106	2	.292	.364	.525	.233	10.4%	17.1%	.383	80.3%	—	—	—	133	5.0
17	Shin-Soo Choo	South Korea	RF	27	156	685	20	86	21	.300	.394	.489	.189	11.4%	22.0%	.389	73.9%	—	—	—	145	5.0
18	Joey Votto	Canada	1B	26	130	544	25	84	4	.322	.414	.567	.245	12.9%	19.5%	.424	74.8%	—	—	—	163	5.0
19	Alex Rodriguez	United States	3B	34	124	535	30	100	14	.286	.402	.532	.245	15.0%	18.1%	.407	76.9%	—	—	—	152	5.0
20	Derrek Lee	United States	1B	34	141	615	35	111	1	.306	.393	.579	.273	12.4%	17.7%	.419	78.2%	—	—	—	152	5.0
21	Mark Reynolds	United States	3B	26	155	662	44	102	24	.260	.349	.543	.284	11.5%	33.7%	.386	61.0%	—	—	—	129	4.9
22	Jason Bay	Canada	LF	31	151	638	36	119	13	.267	.384	.537	.269	14.7%	25.4%	.401	70.6%	—	—	—	143	4.9
23	Miguel Cabrera	Venezuela	1B	26	160	685	34	103	6	.324	.396	.547	.223	9.9%	15.6%	.408	79.6%	—	—	—	150	4.9
24	Michael Young	United States	3B	33	135	593	22	68	8	.322	.374	.518	.196	7.9%	15.2%	.390	79.9%	—	—	—	135	4.8
25	Ryan Howard	United States	1B	30	160	703	45	141	8	.279	.360	.571	.292	10.7%	26.5%	.398	66.3%	—	—	—	143	4.8
26	Adam Dunn	United States	1B	30	159	668	38	105	0	.267	.398	.529	.262	17.4%	26.5%	.401	72.1%	—	—	—	146	4.7
27	Evan Longoria	United States	3B	24	157	671	33	113	9	.281	.364	.526	.245	10.7%	20.9%	.383	74.5%	—	—	—	134	4.7
28	Matt Holliday	United States	LF	29	156	670	24	109	14	.313	.394	.515	.201	10.7%	15.1%	.396	77.0%	—	—	—	144	4.7
29	Matt Kemp	United States	CF	25	159	667	26	101	34	.297	.352	.490	.193	7.8%	20.8%	.366	75.6%	—	—	—	128	4.7
30	Robinson Canó	Dominican Republic	2B	27	161	674	25	85	5	.320	.352	.520	.199	4.5%	9.3%	.379	89.9%	—	—	—	133	4.7
31	Aaron Hill	United States	2B	27	158	734	36	108	6	.286	.330	.499	.213	5.7%	13.4%	.362	83.1%	—	—	—	122	4.5
32	Jayson Werth	United States	RF	30	159	676	36	99	20	.268	.373	.506	.238	13.5%	23.1%	.383	77.3%	—	—	—	133	4.4
33	Adam Lind	United States	DH	26	151	654	35	114	1	.305	.370	.562	.257	8.9%	16.8%	.402	81.9%	—	—	—	149	4.4
34	Marco Scutaro	Venezuela	SS	34	144	680	12	60	14	.282	.379	.409	.127	13.2%	11.0%	.358	92.4%	—	—	—	119	4.3
35	Brian Roberts	United States	2B	32	159	717	16	79	30	.283	.356	.451	.168	10.3%	15.6%	.357	88.0%	—	—	—	115	4.3
36	Ichiro Suzuki	Japan	RF	36	146	678	11	46	26	.352	.386	.465	.113	4.7%	10.5%	.371	88.2%	—	—	—	128	4.2
37	Chone Figgins	United States	3B	31	158	729	5	54	42	.298	.395	.393	.096	13.9%	15.6%	.361	86.4%	—	—	—	118	4.2
38	David Wright	United States	3B	27	144	618	10	72	27	.307	.390	.447	.140	12.0%	22.7%	.371	79.3%	—	—	—	128	4.1
39	Shane Victorino	United States	CF	29	155	694	10	62	25	.292	.358	.445	.153	8.6%	10.2%	.356	87.6%	—	—	—	115	4.1
40	Dustin Pedroia	United States	2B	26	154	714	15	72	20	.296	.371	.447	.152	10.4%	6.3%	.364	92.5%	—	—	—	119	4.1
41	Torii Hunter	United States	CF	34	118	506	22	90	18	.299	.366	.508	.208	9.3%	18.2%	.380	75.7%	—	—	—	131	4.0
42	Johnny Damon	United States	LF	36	143	626	24	82	12	.282	.365	.489	.207	11.3%	15.7%	.377	83.3%	—	—	—	132	4.0
43	Todd Helton	United States	1B	36	151	645	15	86	0	.325	.416	.489	.164	13.8%	11.3%	.399	88.9%	—	—	—	135	4.0
44	Justin Upton	United States	RF	22	137	588	26	86	20	.300	.366	.532	.232	9.4%	23.3%	.390	71.6%	—	—	—	131	4.0
45	J.D. Drew	United States	RF	34	137	539	24	68	2	.279	.392	.522	.243	15.2%	20.2%	.400	80.8%	—	—	—	143	3.9
46	Carl Crawford	United States	LF	28	155	672	15	68	60	.305	.364	.452	.147	7.6%	14.7%	.362	82.1%	—	—	—	120	3.9
47	Ian Kinsler	United States	2B	27	143	640	31	86	31	.253	.327	.488	.235	9.2%	12.0%	.356	87.2%	—	—	—	113	3.9
48	Brian McCann	United States	C	25	138	551	21	94	4	.281	.349	.486	.205	8.9%	15.1%	.365	82.1%	—	—	—	125	3.8
49	Lance Berkman	United States	1B	33	136	563	25	80	7	.274	.399	.509	.235	17.2%	17.4%	.393	78.3%	—	—	—	144	3.8
50	Dan Uggla	United States	2B	29	158	668	31	90	2	.243	.354	.459	.216	13.8%	22.5%	.360	74.2%	—	—	—	114	3.8

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 →