2012 postseason · rankings

2012 MLB Postseason Batting Leaders

61 players from 10 clubs qualified, ranked by OPS. October is short and uneven — one club plays two games, another nineteen — so the qualifier is 3.1 plate appearances per game the player's own club played, and never fewer than 10. None of it counts toward the regular-season leaders.

GamesRegular season Postseason

TableBatting Pitching

PositionLeaguePool

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61 of 61 qualifiedDownload Parquet

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1	Ryan Ludwick	United States	LF	34	Division Series	5	22	4	6	0	3	4	4	5	0	.333	.455	.833	1.288
2	Carlos Beltrán	Puerto Rico	RF	35	LCS	12	50	8	15	6	3	6	7	5	3	.357	.440	.714	1.154
3	Pablo Sandoval	Venezuela	3B	26	World Series	16	70	9	24	5	6	13	3	8	0	.364	.386	.712	1.098
4	Ryan Zimmerman	United States	3B	28	Division Series	5	22	3	8	1	2	4	0	6	0	.381	.364	.714	1.078
5	Brandon Phillips	United States	2B	31	Division Series	5	25	1	9	3	1	7	0	4	1	.375	.360	.625	.985
6	Delmon Young	United States	DH	27	World Series	13	52	5	15	2	3	9	3	11	0	.313	.365	.542	.907
7	Jay Bruce	United States	RF	25	Division Series	5	22	2	5	2	1	4	2	2	0	.263	.364	.526	.890
8	Joey Votto	Canada	1B	29	Division Series	5	22	3	7	0	0	0	4	5	0	.389	.500	.389	.889
9	Adam LaRoche	United States	1B	33	Division Series	5	21	4	3	0	2	2	4	3	0	.176	.333	.529	.863
10	Austin Jackson	United States	CF	25	World Series	13	58	9	14	4	1	4	7	16	0	.280	.368	.460	.828
11	Derek Jeter	United States	SS	38	LCS	6	30	4	9	1	0	2	2	10	0	.333	.379	.444	.824
12	Miguel Cabrera	Venezuela	3B	29	World Series	13	57	5	13	3	2	8	7	7	0	.265	.368	.449	.817
13	Ian Desmond	United States	SS	27	Division Series	5	19	2	7	1	0	0	0	3	0	.368	.368	.421	.789
14	Nate McLouth	United States	LF	31	Division Series	6	28	3	8	1	1	5	1	3	3	.308	.321	.462	.783
15	David Freese	United States	3B	29	LCS	13	52	5	13	5	1	4	4	13	0	.277	.327	.447	.774
16	Marco Scutaro	Venezuela	2B	37	World Series	16	70	11	21	4	0	8	5	3	0	.328	.377	.391	.767
17	Jayson Werth	United States	RF	33	Division Series	5	24	3	5	1	1	1	3	6	0	.238	.333	.429	.762
18	Grégor Blanco	Venezuela	RF	29	World Series	16	59	10	12	2	1	5	7	14	0	.235	.339	.412	.751
19	Yoenis Cespedes	Cuba	LF	27	Division Series	5	21	1	6	1	0	2	2	2	2	.316	.381	.368	.749
20	Jhonny Peralta	Dominican Republic	SS	30	World Series	13	52	5	13	1	3	5	2	9	1	.260	.288	.460	.748
21	Mark Teixeira	United States	1B	32	LCS	9	40	2	9	1	0	1	8	3	1	.281	.425	.313	.738
22	Seth Smith	United States	LF	30	Division Series	5	19	3	2	1	1	3	3	6	0	.133	.316	.400	.716
23	Ichiro Suzuki	Japan	RF	39	LCS	9	43	3	11	2	1	5	2	5	1	.275	.310	.400	.710
24	Allen Craig	United States	1B	28	LCS	13	54	4	11	4	1	6	5	12	0	.234	.315	.383	.698
25	Cliff Pennington	United States	SS	28	Division Series	5	17	1	4	0	0	1	3	4	0	.286	.412	.286	.697
26	Pete Kozma	United States	SS	24	LCS	13	51	8	9	2	1	7	8	14	1	.214	.353	.333	.686
27	Josh Donaldson	United States	3B	27	Division Series	5	18	1	5	1	0	0	1	4	0	.294	.333	.353	.686
28	Michael Morse	United States	LF	30	Division Series	5	19	2	5	0	1	2	0	4	0	.263	.263	.421	.684
29	Daniel Descalso	United States	2B	26	LCS	13	52	9	11	2	2	6	2	12	2	.234	.260	.404	.664
30	Omar Infante	Venezuela	2B	31	World Series	13	54	9	15	1	0	0	2	13	2	.300	.340	.320	.660
31	Buster Posey	United States	C	25	World Series	16	68	5	12	0	3	9	8	15	0	.200	.294	.350	.644
32	Brandon Belt	United States	1B	24	World Series	14	56	7	9	1	1	3	7	19	1	.184	.286	.347	.633
33	Yadier Molina	Puerto Rico	C	30	LCS	13	55	5	13	1	0	4	5	2	0	.265	.345	.286	.631
34	Manny Machado	United States	3B	20	Division Series	6	23	2	3	1	1	2	2	6	0	.158	.238	.368	.607
35	Brandon Crawford	United States	SS	25	World Series	16	54	3	10	1	0	7	7	12	1	.217	.321	.283	.603
36	Matt Holliday	United States	LF	32	LCS	12	54	5	11	1	1	7	2	10	1	.224	.296	.306	.602
37	Stephen Drew	United States	SS	29	Division Series	5	21	0	4	2	0	1	2	7	0	.211	.286	.316	.602
38	Drew Stubbs	United States	CF	28	Division Series	5	19	4	4	1	0	1	0	3	0	.211	.211	.368	.579
39	Ángel Pagán	Puerto Rico	CF	31	World Series	16	74	10	13	3	2	6	4	12	1	.188	.230	.348	.578
40	Zack Cozart	United States	SS	27	Division Series	5	24	2	5	0	0	0	2	5	0	.238	.333	.238	.571
41	Kurt Suzuki	United States	C	29	Division Series	5	19	0	4	0	0	2	2	4	0	.235	.316	.235	.551
42	Scott Rolen	United States	3B	37	Division Series	4	17	1	4	0	0	1	1	4	0	.250	.294	.250	.544
43	Andy Dirks	United States	LF	26	World Series	13	47	0	10	2	0	1	2	7	1	.227	.261	.273	.534
44	Russell Martin	Canada	C	29	LCS	9	34	3	5	1	1	1	3	5	0	.161	.235	.290	.526
45	Bryce Harper	United States	CF	20	Division Series	5	23	2	3	1	1	2	0	8	0	.130	.130	.391	.522
46	Hunter Pence	United States	RF	29	World Series	16	65	7	13	2	1	4	2	17	2	.210	.231	.290	.521
47	Coco Crisp	United States	CF	33	Division Series	5	22	3	4	0	1	2	0	2	0	.182	.182	.318	.500
48	Jon Jay	United States	CF	27	LCS	13	59	7	10	1	0	7	3	11	2	.189	.241	.245	.487
49	Chris Davis	United States	DH	26	Division Series	6	26	1	5	0	0	2	1	9	0	.208	.269	.208	.478
50	J.J. Hardy	United States	SS	30	Division Series	6	28	1	5	2	0	2	1	5	0	.185	.214	.259	.474

Reading this table

Box-score and rate statistics only. wOBA, wRC+, FIP and dbWAR are all measured against a league season, and a dozen clubs playing each other's best pitchers for a month is not one — borrowing the regular season's baselines would print numbers that look comparable and are not. Reached is the last round the player's club played in. The Parquet holds every round as well as the October totals. See the methodology →