This page contains information about the year's league leaders broken down into several categories.
At the top of the page there are the following links:
Year - to the year page PREV - to the previous year split leader page NEXT - to the next year split leader page
The first section contains the batting leaders. The following categories are presented:
Home - Leaders in Home Games Away - Leaders in Away Games vs Right - Leaders Against Right-Handed Pitchers vs Left - Leaders Against Left-Handed Pitchers Day - Leaders in Day Games Night - Leaders in Night Games Bases Empty - Leaders with the Bases Empty RISP - Leaders with Men On Second or Third Base
For each category, the following leaders will be included:
G - Games Played PA - Plate Appearances (AB + BB + SH + SF + HBP) AB - At Bats R - Runs Scored H - Hits 2B - Doubles 3B - Triples HR - Home Runs RBI - Runs Batted In BB - Bases On Balls IBB - Intentional Bases On Balls SO - Strikeouts HBP - Hit By Pitch SH - Sacrifice Hits SF - Sacrifice Flies SB - Stolen Bases CS - Caught Stealing GDP - Grounded in Double Plays BAVG - Batting Average (H / AB) OBP - On-Base Percentage ((H + BB + HBP) / (AB + BB + HBP + SF)) SLG - Slugging Percentage ((H + 2B + (2 * 3B) + (3 * HR)) / AB) Low BAVG - Lowest Batting Average (H / AB) Low OBP - Lowest On-Base Percentage ((H + BB + HBP) / (AB + BB + HBP + SF)) Low SLG - Lowest Slugging Percentage ((H + 2B + (2 * 3B) + (3 * HR)) / AB)
To qualify for an average category each player must have a minimum of the following PAs per game played by his team:
Home - 1.25 Away - 1.25 vs Right - 1.25 vs Left - 0.62 Day - 0.62 Night - 1.25 Bases Empty - 1.25 RISP - 0.62
If a player didn't qualify in the BAVG, OBP or SLG category, but would have been among the leaders with the number of PAs needed to qualify added to his ABs, he is listed along with an asterisk and an explanatory note at the bottom.
The next section contains the pitching leaders. The following categories are presented:
Home - Leaders in Home Games Away - Leaders in Away Games vs Right - Leaders Against Right-Handed Batters vs Left - Leaders Against Left-Handed Batters Day - Leaders in Day Games Night - Leaders in Night Games Bases Empty - Leaders with the Bases Empty RISP - Leaders with Men On Second or Third Base
For the "vs Right", "vs Left", "Bases Empty" and "RISP" categories, the same leaders are included as with the batting categories. For the other categories, the following leaders will be included:
G - Games Pitched GS - Games Started CG - Complete Games SHO - Shutouts GF - Relief Games Finished SV - Saves W - Wins L - Losses IP - Innings Pitched H - Hits Allowed HR - Home Runs Allowed R - Runs Allowed ER - Earned Runs Allowed BB - Bases On Balls IBB - Intentional Bases On Balls SO - Strikeouts HBP - Hit By Pitch WP - Wild Pitches BK - Balks ERA - Earned Run Average High ERA - Highest Earned Run Average
To qualify as an ERA leader, each pitcher must have a minimum of the following IPs per game played by his team:
Home - 0.40 Away - 0.40 Day - 0.25 Night - 0.40
