Following are Baseball's All-Time Leaders in certain categories. For each category the top ten rankings are given for career and the top five for World Series. Also given is the minimum criteria where other than the indicated category. Ties are generally broken by carrying calculations out to five decimals, or if such calculation is not applicable, players are listed with lower rank alphabetically. The statistics are excerpted from 1996 Information Please Sports Almanac, (c) 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company, and are inclusive of the 1995 season.
Last updated on April 30, 1996.
| Ranking | Career | World Series | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ty Cobb | .367 | Pepper Martin | .418 | |
| 2. | Rogers Hornsby | .358 | Lou Brock | .391 | |
| 3. | Joe Jackson | .356 | Thurman Munson | .373 | |
| 4. | Ed Delahanty | .346 | George Brett | .373 | |
| 5. | Tris Speaker | .344 | Hank Aaron | .364 | |
| 6. | Ted Williams | .344 | |||
| 7. | Billy Hamilton | .344 | |||
| 8. | Willie Keeler | .343 | Criteria | At Bats | |
| 9. | Dan Brouthers | .342 | Career | 4000+ | |
| 10. | Babe Ruth | .342 | World Series | 50+ | |
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| Ranking | Career | World Series | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Babe Ruth | .690 | Reggie Jackson | .755 | |
| 2. | Ted Williams | .634 | Babe Ruth | .744 | |
| 3. | Lou Gehrig | .632 | Lou Gehrig | .731 | |
| 4. | Jimmie Fox | .609 | Al Simmons | .658 | |
| 5. | Hank Greenberg | .605 | Lou Brock | .658 | |
| 6. | Joe DiMaggio | .579 | |||
| 7. | Rogers Hornsby | .577 | |||
| 8. | Johnny Mize | .562 | Criteria | At Bats | |
| 9. | Stan Musial | .559 | Career | 4000+ | |
| 10. | Willie Mays | .557 | World Series | 50+ | |
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| Ranking | Career | World Series | |||
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| 1. | Pete Rose | 14,053 | Yogi Berra | 259 | |
| 2. | Hank Aaron | 12,364 | Mickey Mantle | 230 | |
| 3. | Carl Yastrzemski | 11,988 | Joe DiMaggio | 199 | |
| 4. | Ty Cobb | 11,429 | Frankie Frisch | 197 | |
| 5. | Robin Yount | 11,008 | Gil McDougald | 190 | |
| 6. | Dave Winfield | 11,003 | 7. | Stan Musial | 10,972 |
| 8. | Willie Mays | 10,881 | |||
| 9. | Brooks Robinson | 10,654 | |||
| 10. | Eddie Murray | 10,603 | |||
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| Ranking | Career | World Series | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pete Rose | 4,256 | Yogi Berra | 71 | |
| 2. | Ty Cobb | 4,191 | Mickey Mantle | 59 | |
| 3. | Hank Aaron | 3,771 | Frankie Frisch | 58 | |
| 4. | Stan Musial | 3,630 | Joe DiMaggio | 54 | |
| 5. | Tris Speaker | 3,514 | Hank Bauer Pee Wee Reese |
46 | |
| 6. | Carl Yastrzemski | 3,419 | |||
| 7. | Honus Wagner | 3,418 | |||
| 8. | Eddie Collins | 3,313 | |||
| 9. | Willie Mays | 3,283 | |||
| 10. | Nap Lajoie | 3,244 | |||
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| Ranking | Career | World Series | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hank Aaron | 755 | Mickey Mantle | 18 | |
| 2. | Babe Ruth | 714 | Babe Ruth | 15 | |
| 3. | Willie Mays | 660 | Yogi Berra | 12 | |
| 4. | Frank Robinson | 586 | Duke Snider | 11 | |
| 5. | Harmon Killebrew | 573 | Lou Gehrig Reggie Jackson |
10 | |
| 6. | Reggie Jackson | 563 | |||
| 7. | Mike Schmidt | 548 | |||
| 8. | Mickey Mantle | 536 | |||
| 9. | Jimmie Foxx | 534 | |||
| 10. | Willie McCovey Ted Williams |
521 | |||
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| Ranking | Career | World Series | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ty Cobb | 2,245 | Mickey Mantle | 42 | |
| 2. | Hank Aaron Babe Ruth |
2,174 | Yogi Berra | 41 | |
| 3. | Babe Ruth | 37 | |||
| 4. | Pete Rose | 2,165 | Lou Gehrig | 30 | |
| 5. | Willie Mays | 2,062 | Joe DiMaggio | 27 | |
| 6. | Stan Musial | 1,949 | |||
| 7. | Lou Gehrig | 1,888 | |||
| 8. | Tris Speaker | 1,882 | |||
| 9. | Mel Ott | 1,859 | |||
| 10. | Frank Robinson | 1,829 | |||
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| Ranking | Career | World Series | |||
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| 1. | Hank Aaron | 2,297 | Mickey Mantle | 40 | |
| 2. | Babe Ruth | 2,211 | Yogi Berra | 39 | |
| 3. | Lou Gehrig | 1,990 | Lou Gehrig | 35 | |
| 4. | Ty Cobb | 1,961 | Babe Ruth | 33 | |
| 5. | Stan Musial | 1,951 | Joe DiMaggio | 30 | |
| 6. | Jimmie Foxx | 1,921 | |||
| 7. | Willie Mays | 1,903 | |||
| 8. | Mel Ott | 1,861 | |||
| 9. | Carl Yastrzemski | 1,844 | |||
| 10. | Ted Williams | 1,839 | |||
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| Ranking | Career | World Series | |||
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| 1. | Cy Young | 511 | Whitey Ford | 10 | |
| 2. | Walter Johnson | 416 | Bob Gibson Allie Reynolds Red Ruffing |
7 | |
| 3. | Grover Alexander Christy Mathewson |
373 | |||
| 5. | Warren Spahn | 363 | Chief Bender Lefty Gomez Waite Hoyt |
6 | |
| 6. | Pud Galvin Kid Nichols |
361 | |||
| 8. | Tim Keefe | 342 | |||
| 9. | Steve Carlton | 329 | |||
| 10. | Eddie Plank | 327 | |||
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| Ranking | Career | World Series | |||
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| 1. | Bob Caruthers | .692 | Several pitchers with perfect win records. |
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| 2. | Whitey Ford Dave Foutz |
.690 | |||
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| 4. | Lefty Grove | .680 | |||
| 5. | Vic Raschi | .667 | |||
| 6. | Christy Mathewson | .665 | |||
| 7. | Larry Corcoran | .663 | |||
| 8. | Sam Leever | .658 | |||
| 9. | Sal Maglie | .657 | Criteria | Games | |
| 10. | Sandy Koufax | .655 | Career | 300 | |
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| Ranking | Career | World Series | |||
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| 1. | Nolan Ryan | 5,714 | Whitey Ford | 94 | |
| 2. | Steve Carlton | 4,136 | Bob Gibson | 92 | |
| 3. | Bert Blyleven | 3,701 | Allie Reynolds | 62 | |
| 4. | Tom Seaver | 3,640 | Sandy Koufax Red Ruffing |
61 | |
| 5. | Don Sutton | 3,574 | |||
| 6. | Gaylord Perry | 3,534 | |||
| 7. | Walter Johnson | 3,508 | |||
| 8. | Phil Niekro | 3,342 | |||
| 9. | Ferguson Jenkins | 3,192 | |||
| 10. | Bob Gibson | 3,117 | |||
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Last updated April 30, 1996