2013 postseason · rankings
2013 MLB Postseason Batting Leaders
57 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.
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| 1 | David Ortiz | Dominican Republic | DH | 38 | World Series | 16 | 68 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 0 | .353 | .500 | .706 | 1.206 |
| 2 | Pedro Álvarez | Dominican Republic | 3B | 26 | Division Series | 6 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .300 | .348 | .800 | 1.148 |
| 3 | Yoenis Cespedes | Cuba | LF | 28 | Division Series | 5 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .381 | .409 | .667 | 1.076 |
| 4 | Coco Crisp | United States | CF | 34 | Division Series | 5 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .389 | .455 | .611 | 1.066 |
| 5 | Hanley Ramirez | Dominican Republic | SS | 30 | LCS | 9 | 37 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .323 | .432 | .613 | 1.045 |
| 6 | A.J. Ellis | United States | C | 32 | LCS | 10 | 36 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .323 | .400 | .613 | 1.013 |
| 7 | Russell Martin | Canada | C | 30 | Division Series | 6 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .294 | .364 | .647 | 1.011 |
| 8 | Victor Martinez | Venezuela | DH | 35 | LCS | 11 | 44 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .405 | .432 | .571 | 1.003 |
| 9 | Marlon Byrd | United States | RF | 36 | Division Series | 6 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .364 | .391 | .591 | .982 |
| 10 | Carl Crawford | United States | LF | 32 | LCS | 10 | 45 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | .310 | .356 | .619 | .975 |
| 11 | James Loney | United States | 1B | 29 | Division Series | 5 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .375 | .474 | .500 | .974 |
| 12 | Adrián González | United States | 1B | 31 | LCS | 10 | 41 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .316 | .366 | .605 | .971 |
| 13 | Yunel Escobar | Cuba | SS | 31 | Division Series | 5 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .421 | .421 | .526 | .947 |
| 14 | Chris Johnson | United States | 3B | 29 | Division Series | 4 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .438 | .438 | .438 | .875 |
| 15 | Seth Smith | United States | LF | 31 | Division Series | 4 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .313 | .353 | .500 | .853 |
| 16 | Carlos Beltrán | Puerto Rico | RF | 36 | World Series | 17 | 68 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .268 | .388 | .464 | .852 |
| 17 | Jacoby Ellsbury | United States | CF | 30 | World Series | 16 | 71 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 6 | .344 | .408 | .438 | .846 |
| 18 | Andrew McCutchen | United States | CF | 27 | Division Series | 6 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .333 | .462 | .381 | .842 |
| 19 | Evan Gattis | United States | C | 27 | Division Series | 4 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .357 | .438 | .357 | .795 |
| 20 | Josh Reddick | United States | RF | 26 | Division Series | 5 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .235 | .316 | .471 | .786 |
| 21 | Yasiel Puig | Cuba | RF | 23 | LCS | 10 | 41 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .333 | .366 | .410 | .776 |
| 22 | Matt Holliday | United States | LF | 33 | World Series | 17 | 71 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .246 | .268 | .507 | .775 |
| 23 | Desmond Jennings | United States | CF | 27 | Division Series | 5 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .313 | .389 | .375 | .764 |
| 24 | Mike Napoli | United States | 1B | 32 | World Series | 14 | 52 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 0 | .217 | .308 | .435 | .742 |
| 25 | Freddie Freeman | United States | 1B | 24 | Division Series | 4 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .313 | .353 | .375 | .728 |
| 26 | Miguel Cabrera | Venezuela | 3B | 30 | LCS | 11 | 45 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 1 | .262 | .311 | .405 | .716 |
| 27 | Yadier Molina | Puerto Rico | C | 31 | World Series | 17 | 69 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | .274 | .348 | .355 | .703 |
| 28 | Andrelton Simmons | Curaçao | SS | 24 | Division Series | 4 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .357 | .333 | .690 |
| 29 | David DeJesus | United States | CF | 34 | Division Series | 5 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .231 | .375 | .308 | .683 |
| 30 | Mark Ellis | United States | 2B | 36 | LCS | 10 | 44 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | .250 | .302 | .375 | .677 |
| 31 | Justin Morneau | Canada | 1B | 32 | Division Series | 6 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .292 | .320 | .333 | .653 |
| 32 | Evan Longoria | United States | 3B | 28 | Division Series | 5 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .176 | .300 | .353 | .653 |
| 33 | Shane Victorino | United States | RF | 33 | World Series | 14 | 61 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | .216 | .333 | .314 | .647 |
| 34 | Juan Uribe | Dominican Republic | 3B | 34 | LCS | 10 | 40 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .410 | .641 |
| 35 | Alex Avila | United States | C | 26 | LCS | 11 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 0 | .161 | .350 | .258 | .608 |
| 36 | Dustin Pedroia | United States | 2B | 30 | World Series | 16 | 70 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 1 | .238 | .286 | .302 | .587 |
| 37 | Matt Adams | United States | 1B | 25 | World Series | 17 | 67 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 0 | .222 | .269 | .317 | .586 |
| 38 | Ben Zobrist | United States | 2B | 32 | Division Series | 5 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .167 | .250 | .333 | .583 |
| 39 | Jed Lowrie | United States | SS | 29 | Division Series | 5 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .150 | .227 | .350 | .577 |
| 40 | Prince Fielder | United States | 1B | 29 | LCS | 11 | 45 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .225 | .311 | .250 | .561 |
| 41 | Matt Carpenter | United States | 2B | 28 | World Series | 17 | 76 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 1 | .217 | .263 | .290 | .553 |
| 42 | Stephen Vogt | United States | C | 29 | Division Series | 5 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .188 | .235 | .313 | .548 |
| 43 | Justin Upton | United States | LF | 26 | Division Series | 4 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .143 | .333 | .214 | .548 |
| 44 | Austin Jackson | United States | CF | 26 | LCS | 11 | 47 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 1 | .214 | .298 | .238 | .536 |
| 45 | David Freese | United States | 3B | 30 | World Series | 17 | 62 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 0 | .179 | .258 | .268 | .526 |
| 46 | Omar Infante | Venezuela | 2B | 32 | LCS | 11 | 42 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .205 | .262 | .256 | .518 |
| 47 | Brandon Moss | United States | 1B | 30 | Division Series | 5 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | .111 | .238 | .278 | .516 |
| 48 | Jason Heyward | United States | RF | 24 | Division Series | 4 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 |
| 49 | Torii Hunter | United States | RF | 38 | LCS | 11 | 48 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .200 | .250 | .244 | .494 |
| 50 | Starling Marte | Dominican Republic | LF | 25 | Division Series | 6 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .125 | .192 | .292 | .484 |
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 →