MLB League Leaders by Year, 1871-2025

Source Lahman database155 seasonsAL, NL, AA, NA, UA, PL, FL

Every major league season on record, 1871 to 2025, with that year's batting and pitching leaders per league: home runs, batting average, RBI, OPS+, wins, ERA, strikeouts, saves, ERA+ and more. Pick a season.

1870s

1871 leaders 1872 leaders 1873 leaders 1874 leaders 1875 leaders 1876 leaders 1877 leaders 1878 leaders 1879 leaders

1880s

1880 leaders 1881 leaders 1882 leaders 1883 leaders 1884 leaders 1885 leaders 1886 leaders 1887 leaders 1888 leaders 1889 leaders

1890s

1890 leaders 1891 leaders 1892 leaders 1893 leaders 1894 leaders 1895 leaders 1896 leaders 1897 leaders 1898 leaders 1899 leaders

1900s

1900 leaders 1901 leaders 1902 leaders 1903 leaders 1904 leaders 1905 leaders 1906 leaders 1907 leaders 1908 leaders 1909 leaders

1910s

1910 leaders 1911 leaders 1912 leaders 1913 leaders 1914 leaders 1915 leaders 1916 leaders 1917 leaders 1918 leaders 1919 leaders

1920s

1920 leaders 1921 leaders 1922 leaders 1923 leaders 1924 leaders 1925 leaders 1926 leaders 1927 leaders 1928 leaders 1929 leaders

1930s

1930 leaders 1931 leaders 1932 leaders 1933 leaders 1934 leaders 1935 leaders 1936 leaders 1937 leaders 1938 leaders 1939 leaders

1940s

1940 leaders 1941 leaders 1942 leaders 1943 leaders 1944 leaders 1945 leaders 1946 leaders 1947 leaders 1948 leaders 1949 leaders

1950s

1950 leaders 1951 leaders 1952 leaders 1953 leaders 1954 leaders 1955 leaders 1956 leaders 1957 leaders 1958 leaders 1959 leaders

1960s

1960 leaders 1961 leaders 1962 leaders 1963 leaders 1964 leaders 1965 leaders 1966 leaders 1967 leaders 1968 leaders 1969 leaders

1970s

1970 leaders 1971 leaders 1972 leaders 1973 leaders 1974 leaders 1975 leaders 1976 leaders 1977 leaders 1978 leaders 1979 leaders

1980s

1980 leaders 1981 leaders 1982 leaders 1983 leaders 1984 leaders 1985 leaders 1986 leaders 1987 leaders 1988 leaders 1989 leaders

1990s

1990 leaders 1991 leaders 1992 leaders 1993 leaders 1994 leaders 1995 leaders 1996 leaders 1997 leaders 1998 leaders 1999 leaders

2000s

2000 leaders 2001 leaders 2002 leaders 2003 leaders 2004 leaders 2005 leaders 2006 leaders 2007 leaders 2008 leaders 2009 leaders

2010s

2010 leaders 2011 leaders 2012 leaders 2013 leaders 2014 leaders 2015 leaders 2016 leaders 2017 leaders 2018 leaders 2019 leaders

2020s

2020 leaders 2021 leaders 2022 leaders 2023 leaders 2024 leaders 2025 leaders

What these pages cover

Each season page ranks the top 10 in every batting and pitching category per major league that played that year, with era-scaled qualifiers: batters need 3.1 plate appearances per scheduled team game and pitchers an inning per scheduled team game on the rate boards. Adjusted stats (OPS+, ERA+) are normalized within each player's own league-season and are not park-adjusted.

The records come from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition), used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See the sources page for every dataset behind Legends Deck.

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