2012 season · rankings

2012 MLB Batting Leaders

143 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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1	Mike Trout	United States	CF	21	138	639	30	83	49	.326	.399	.564	.238	10.5%	21.8%	.414	79.6%	—	—	—	175	8.0
2	Andrew McCutchen	United States	CF	26	157	673	31	96	20	.327	.400	.553	.226	10.4%	19.6%	.408	76.1%	—	—	—	173	7.9
3	Miguel Cabrera	Venezuela	3B	29	161	697	44	139	4	.330	.393	.606	.277	9.5%	14.1%	.424	81.1%	—	—	—	168	7.7
4	Ryan Braun	United States	LF	29	154	677	41	112	30	.319	.391	.595	.276	9.3%	18.9%	.419	77.9%	—	—	—	161	7.2
5	Robinson Canó	Dominican Republic	2B	30	161	697	33	94	3	.313	.379	.550	.238	8.8%	13.8%	.400	81.0%	—	—	—	156	7.1
6	Buster Posey	United States	C	25	148	610	24	103	1	.336	.408	.549	.213	11.3%	15.7%	.412	83.4%	—	—	—	177	7.0
7	Chase Headley	United States	3B	28	161	699	31	115	17	.286	.376	.498	.212	12.3%	22.5%	.383	73.2%	—	—	—	150	6.7
8	Adrian Beltré	Dominican Republic	3B	33	156	654	36	102	1	.321	.359	.561	.240	5.5%	12.5%	.393	81.9%	—	—	—	143	5.9
9	Aramis Ramirez	Dominican Republic	3B	34	149	630	27	105	9	.300	.360	.540	.240	7.0%	13.0%	.389	79.5%	—	—	—	141	5.8
10	David Wright	United States	3B	30	156	670	21	93	15	.306	.391	.492	.186	12.1%	16.7%	.381	81.9%	—	—	—	148	5.7
11	Josh Hamilton	United States	LF	31	147	636	43	128	7	.285	.354	.577	.292	9.4%	25.5%	.393	63.7%	—	—	—	143	5.5
12	Aaron Hill	United States	2B	30	155	668	26	85	14	.302	.360	.522	.220	7.8%	12.9%	.381	84.2%	—	—	—	136	5.5
13	Yadier Molina	Puerto Rico	C	30	138	563	22	76	12	.315	.373	.501	.186	8.0%	9.8%	.380	83.8%	—	—	—	143	5.4
14	Prince Fielder	United States	1B	28	162	690	30	108	1	.313	.412	.528	.215	12.3%	12.2%	.403	79.8%	—	—	—	155	5.3
15	Edwin Encarnación	Dominican Republic	DH	29	151	644	42	110	13	.280	.384	.557	.277	13.0%	14.6%	.402	80.5%	—	—	—	157	5.2
16	Ben Zobrist	United States	RF	31	157	668	20	74	14	.270	.377	.471	.202	14.5%	15.4%	.371	82.8%	—	—	—	141	5.0
17	Adam Jones	United States	CF	27	162	697	32	82	16	.287	.334	.505	.218	4.9%	18.1%	.366	72.7%	—	—	—	126	5.0
18	José Reyes	Dominican Republic	SS	29	160	716	11	57	40	.287	.347	.433	.146	8.8%	7.8%	.339	87.0%	—	—	—	114	4.9
19	Austin Jackson	United States	CF	25	137	617	16	66	12	.300	.377	.479	.179	10.9%	21.7%	.376	79.0%	—	—	—	137	4.8
20	Joe Mauer	United States	C	29	147	641	10	85	8	.319	.416	.446	.127	14.0%	13.7%	.380	86.3%	—	—	—	140	4.7
21	Matt Holliday	United States	LF	32	157	688	27	102	4	.295	.379	.497	.202	10.9%	19.2%	.383	75.8%	—	—	—	145	4.7
22	Derek Jeter	United States	SS	38	159	740	15	58	9	.316	.362	.429	.113	6.1%	12.2%	.350	82.4%	—	—	—	122	4.5
23	Miguel Montero	Venezuela	C	29	141	573	15	88	0	.286	.391	.438	.152	12.7%	22.7%	.368	72.7%	—	—	—	127	4.5
24	Ian Desmond	United States	SS	27	129	547	25	73	21	.292	.335	.511	.218	5.5%	20.7%	.368	76.9%	—	—	—	133	4.4
25	Curtis Granderson	United States	CF	31	159	684	43	106	10	.232	.319	.492	.260	11.0%	28.5%	.351	70.3%	—	—	—	122	4.4
26	Ángel Pagán	Puerto Rico	CF	31	153	659	8	56	29	.288	.338	.440	.152	7.3%	14.7%	.338	87.3%	—	—	—	122	4.3
27	Josh Willingham	United States	LF	33	145	615	35	110	3	.260	.366	.524	.264	12.4%	22.9%	.386	74.0%	—	—	—	144	4.2
28	Shin-Soo Choo	South Korea	RF	30	154	686	16	67	21	.283	.373	.441	.159	10.6%	21.9%	.363	74.4%	—	—	—	134	4.1
29	Dexter Fowler	United States	CF	26	135	530	13	53	12	.300	.389	.474	.174	12.8%	24.2%	.380	77.0%	—	—	—	122	4.1
30	Ryan Zimmerman	United States	3B	28	145	641	25	95	5	.282	.346	.478	.196	8.9%	18.1%	.357	77.4%	—	—	—	125	4.0
31	A.J. Pierzynski	United States	C	36	135	520	27	77	0	.278	.326	.501	.223	5.4%	15.0%	.356	82.9%	—	—	—	116	4.0
32	Dustin Pedroia	United States	2B	29	141	623	15	65	20	.290	.347	.449	.160	7.7%	9.6%	.348	87.6%	—	—	—	114	3.9
33	Jimmy Rollins	United States	SS	34	155	699	23	68	30	.250	.316	.427	.177	8.9%	13.7%	.327	85.5%	—	—	—	106	3.9
34	Yoenis Cespedes	Cuba	LF	27	128	540	23	82	16	.292	.356	.505	.214	8.0%	18.9%	.373	72.0%	—	—	—	141	3.9
35	David Freese	United States	3B	29	143	567	20	79	3	.293	.372	.467	.174	10.1%	21.5%	.370	73.5%	—	—	—	136	3.9
36	Bryce Harper	United States	CF	20	139	597	22	59	18	.270	.340	.477	.206	9.4%	20.1%	.357	74.8%	—	—	—	126	3.8
37	Carlos González	Venezuela	LF	27	135	579	22	85	20	.303	.371	.510	.207	9.7%	19.9%	.379	71.5%	—	—	—	121	3.8
38	Alex Gordon	United States	LF	28	160	721	14	72	10	.294	.368	.455	.160	10.1%	19.4%	.362	78.7%	—	—	—	128	3.7
39	Jason Heyward	United States	RF	23	157	651	27	82	21	.269	.335	.479	.210	8.9%	23.3%	.356	73.1%	—	—	—	124	3.7
40	Michael Bourn	United States	CF	30	155	703	9	57	42	.274	.348	.391	.117	10.0%	22.0%	.330	77.4%	—	—	—	106	3.7
41	Albert Pujols	Dominican Republic	1B	32	154	670	30	105	8	.285	.343	.516	.231	7.8%	11.3%	.365	83.0%	—	—	—	139	3.6
42	Billy Butler	United States	DH	26	161	679	29	107	2	.313	.373	.510	.197	8.0%	16.3%	.382	81.8%	—	—	—	142	3.6
43	Hanley Ramirez	Dominican Republic	3B	29	156	667	24	92	21	.257	.322	.437	.180	8.1%	19.8%	.333	80.6%	—	—	—	109	3.5
44	Torii Hunter	United States	RF	37	136	584	16	92	9	.313	.365	.451	.139	6.5%	22.8%	.360	73.7%	—	—	—	136	3.5
45	Starlin Castro	Dominican Republic	SS	22	162	691	14	78	25	.283	.323	.430	.147	5.2%	14.5%	.327	81.6%	—	—	—	105	3.5
46	Nick Swisher	United States	RF	32	148	624	24	93	2	.272	.364	.473	.201	12.3%	22.6%	.368	74.9%	—	—	—	134	3.5
47	Pedro Álvarez	Dominican Republic	3B	25	149	586	30	85	1	.244	.317	.467	.223	9.7%	30.7%	.340	68.2%	—	—	—	123	3.4
48	Alcides Escobar	Venezuela	SS	26	155	648	5	52	35	.293	.331	.390	.098	4.2%	15.4%	.319	80.4%	—	—	—	99	3.4
49	Alex Rios	United States	RF	31	157	640	25	91	23	.304	.334	.516	.212	4.1%	14.4%	.366	85.4%	—	—	—	123	3.4
50	Asdrúbal Cabrera	Venezuela	SS	27	141	616	16	68	9	.270	.338	.423	.153	8.4%	16.1%	.336	82.6%	—	—	—	115	3.4

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 →