Offseason stat package--BPA

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BPA is bases per plate appearance. The formula is (TB+BB+HBP+SB-CS-GIDP)/(AB+BB+HBP+SF)

CAREER BPA LEADERS

1 Babe Ruth .752
2 Lou Gehrig .692
3 Ted Williams .690
4 Barry Bonds .678
5 Jimmie Foxx .663
6 Hank Greenberg .656
7 Billy Hamilton .649
8 Mark McGwire .638
9 Rogers Hornsby .634
10 Mickey Mantle .633
11 Frank Thomas .623
12 Larry Walker .623
13 Ty Cobb .617
14 Jim Thome .615
15 Jeff Bagwell .614
16 Ken Griffey Jr. .612
17 Dan Brouthers .612
18 Joe DiMaggio .611
19 Ed Delahanty .609
20 Hack Wilson .609
21 Mel Ott .607
22 Johnny Mize .606
23 Willie Mays .606
24 Ralph Kiner .605
25 Stan Musial .599
26 Joe Jackson .593
27 Ken Williams .591
28 Mike Tiernan .590
29 Harry Stovey .590
30 Tris Speaker .590
31 Mike Piazza .589
32 Mike Schmidt .589
33 Earl Averill .587
34 Rickey Henderson .586
35 Chuck Klein .586
36 Frank Robinson .584
37 Hank Aaron .584
38 Albert Belle .584
39 Edgar Martinez .582
40 Gary Sheffield .582
41 Babe Herman .581
42 Sam Thompson .579
43 Sammy Sosa .579
44 Duke Snider .578
45 Honus Wagner .577
46 Darryl Strawberry .577
47 Dick Allen .577
48 Harry Heilmann .575
49 Joe Kelley .575
50 Roger Connor .574
51 Hugh Duffy .573
52 Mo Vaughn .572
53 Eric Davis .571
54 Chick Hafey .571
55 Juan Gonzalez .569
56 Eddie Mathews .569
57 Tim Salmon .569
58 Dolph Camilli .567
59 Al Simmons .567
60 Denny Lyons .566
61 Bob Johnson .565
62 Pete Browning .565
63 Willie McCovey .564
64 Hal Trosky .562
65 Willie Stargell .561
66 Goose Goslin .561
67 Jose Canseco .560
68 Harmon Killebrew .560
69 Elmer Flick .559
70 Ray Lankford .558
71 Frank Chance .558
72 Joe Morgan .558
73 Fred McGriff .558
74 David Justice .557
75 Mickey Cochrane .557
76 Eddie Collins .556
77 Wally Berger .556
78 Kiki Cuyler .555
79 Buck Ewing .555
80 Rafael Palmeiro .555
81 Mike Griffin .554
82 Tommy Henrich .554
83 Bobby Bonds .553
84 Jeff Heath .553
85 Jackie Robinson .553
86 Jesse Burkett .551
87 Jack Fournier .551
88 Ellis Burks .551
89 Oyster Burns .551
90 Tim Raines .551
91 Charlie Gehringer .551
92 Elmer Smith .549
93 Larry Doby .548
94 Reggie Jackson .547
95 Bill Terry .546
96 Bernie Williams .545
97 Jim Bottomley .545
98 Jimmy Ryan .544
99 King Kelly .544
100 George Grantham .544

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ACTIVE BPA LEADERS

1 Barry Bonds .678
2 Frank Thomas .623
3 Larry Walker .623
4 Jim Thome .615
5 Jeff Bagwell .614
6 Ken Griffey Jr. .612
7 Mike Piazza .589
8 Rickey Henderson .586
9 Edgar Martinez .582
10 Gary Sheffield .582
11 Sammy Sosa .579
12 Mo Vaughn .572
13 Juan Gonzalez .569
14 Tim Salmon .569
15 Jose Canseco .560
16 Ray Lankford .558
17 Fred McGriff .558
18 David Justice .557
19 Rafael Palmeiro .555
20 Ellis Burks .551

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SINGLE SEASON BPA LEADERS

1 Barry Bonds 2001 .907
2 Babe Ruth 1920 .885
3 Babe Ruth 1921 .885
4 Babe Ruth 1927 .820
5 Babe Ruth 1923 .818
6 Lou Gehrig 1927 .806
7 Babe Ruth 1926 .801
8 Mark McGwire 1998 .799
9 Rogers Hornsby 1925 .795
10 Babe Ruth 1924 .790
11 Babe Ruth 1930 .788
12 Jimmie Foxx 1932 .785
13 Ty Cobb 1911 .781
14 Ted Williams 1941 .780
15 Hack Wilson 1930 .770
16 Larry Walker 1997 .770
17 Jeff Bagwell 1994 .768
18 Babe Ruth 1928 .768
19 Ted Williams 1957 .767
20 Mark McGwire 1996 .765
21 Lou Gehrig 1930 .761
22 Mickey Mantle 1956 .760
23 Babe Ruth 1931 .760
24 Lou Gehrig 1934 .759
25 Sammy Sosa 2001 .758
26 Jimmie Foxx 1938 .757
27 Mickey Mantle 1961 .757
28 Rogers Hornsby 1922 .756
29 Mickey Mantle 1957 .753
30 Lou Gehrig 1936 .753
31 Frank Thomas 1994 .747
32 Jimmie Foxx 1933 .746
33 Barry Bonds 2000 .745
34 Hank Greenberg 1938 .743
35 Albert Belle 1994 .741
36 Babe Ruth 1929 .740
37 Barry Bonds 1993 .740
38 Al Simmons 1930 .739
39 Babe Ruth 1919 .738
40 Barry Bonds 1994 .738
T41 Babe Ruth 1932 .737
T41 Babe Herman 1930 .737
43 Mark McGwire 1999 .735
44 Barry Bonds 1992 .734
45 Larry Walker 1999 .731
46 Barry Bonds 1996 .729
47 Rogers Hornsby 1924 .729
48 Joe Morgan 1976 .728
49 Ted Williams 1946 .728
50 Jimmie Foxx 1934 .727
51 Manny Ramirez 2000 .726
52 Hank Greenberg 1937 .725
53 Rogers Hornsby 1929 .723
54 Lou Gehrig 1931 .723
55 Stan Musial 1948 .722
56 Babe Ruth 1922 .721
57 Todd Helton 2000 .720
58 Eric Davis 1987 .719
59 Chuck Klein 1930 .718
60 Rickey Henderson 1990 .718
61 Ty Cobb 1910 .718
62 Jimmie Foxx 1939 .715
63 Chick Hafey 1930 .713
64 Luis Gonzalez 2001 .713
65 Nap Lajoie 1901 .713
66 Ralph Kiner 1949 .712
67 Norm Cash 1961 .712
68 Lou Gehrig 1937 .711
69 Joe DiMaggio 1937 .710
70 Ted Williams 1942 .709
71 Todd Helton 2001 .709
72 Mel Ott 1929 .709
73 Mickey Mantle 1962 .709
74 Ken Griffey Jr. 1994 .708
75 Carlos Delgado 2000 .707
76 Ted Williams 1954 .707
77 Larry Walker 2001 .707
78 Rogers Hornsby 1928 .707
79 Jason Giambi 2000 .706
80 Willie Mays 1955 .706
81 Ted Williams 1947 .705
82 Chuck Klein 1932 .705
83 Jimmie Foxx 1935 .703
84 Tris Speaker 1912 .702
85 Mike Schmidt 1981 .700
86 Jason Giambi 2001 .700
87 Jimmie Foxx 1936 .700
88 Ty Cobb 1913 .700
89 Willie McCovey 1969 .700
90 Ken Williams 1922 .700
91 Hank Greenberg 1940 .699
92 Ted Williams 1949 .699
93 Chipper Jones 1999 .698
94 Ty Cobb 1917 .697
95 Joe Jackson 1911 .696
96 Barry Bonds 1997 .696
97 George Sisler 1920 .695
98 Chuck Klein 1929 .693
99 Kevin Mitchell 1994 .692
100 Joe Morgan 1975 .692

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BIGGEST DIFFERENCE ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE BPA

CAREER DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Babe Ruth .284 .752 .468
2 Ted Williams .247 .690 .443
3 Barry Bonds .220 .678 .458
4 Lou Gehrig .211 .692 .481
5 Mickey Mantle .199 .633 .434
6 Jimmie Foxx .188 .663 .475
7 Hank Greenberg .188 .656 .468
8 Mark McGwire .181 .638 .458
9 Rogers Hornsby .179 .634 .454
10 Ty Cobb .173 .617 .443

SINGLE SEASON YEAR DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Babe Ruth 1920 .429 .885 .456
2 Barry Bonds 2001 .426 .907 .480
3 Babe Ruth 1921 .407 .885 .478
4 Babe Ruth 1923 .354 .818 .464
5 Babe Ruth 1927 .345 .820 .474
6 Ted Williams 1957 .333 .767 .434
7 Lou Gehrig 1927 .332 .806 .474
8 Mark McGwire 1998 .331 .799 .468
9 Babe Ruth 1926 .330 .801 .470
10 Ted Williams 1941 .327 .780 .453

2001 DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Barry Bonds .426 .907 .480
2 Sammy Sosa .278 .758 .480
3 Luis Gonzalez .233 .713 .480
4 Jason Giambi .230 .700 .471
5 Todd Helton .229 .709 .480
6 Larry Walker .227 .707 .480
7 Jim Thome .202 .672 .471
8 Alex Rodriguez .188 .658 .471
9 Lance Berkman .178 .658 .480
10 Manny Ramirez .176 .647 .471

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BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BELOW THE LEAGUE AVERAGE BPA

CAREER DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Tim Foli -.107 .324 .432
2 Ozzie Guillen -.104 .351 .455
3 Everett Scott -.102 .346 .448
4 Ed Brinkman -.098 .324 .422
5 Leo Durocher -.097 .353 .450
6 Bones Ely -.097 .391 .488
7 Ski Melillo -.097 .382 .479
8 Alfredo Griffin -.092 .347 .439
9 Pete Suder -.092 .342 .434
10 Wally Gerber -.091 .373 .464

Active leader--Mike Bordick (-.072, 23rd all time)

SINGLE SEASON YEAR DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Jim Levey 1933 -.189 .276 .465
2 Skeeter Newsome 1936 -.183 .322 .505
3 Sparky Anderson 1959 -.178 .276 .454
4 Tommy Helms 1970 -.177 .275 .452
5 Matt Walbeck 1994 -.177 .302 .478
6 Hal Lanier 1969 -.174 .252 .426
7 Mike Caruso 1999 -.171 .311 .482
8 Hal Lanier 1968 -.169 .220 .389
9 Hal Lanier 1967 -.166 .248 .414
10 Rey Ordonez 1998 -.166 .302 .468

2001 DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Rey Sanchez -.138 .336 .474
2 Rey Ordonez -.131 .349 .480
3 Benito Santiago -.120 .360 .480
4 Cal Ripken -.115 .356 .471
5 Michael Barrett -.108 .373 .480
6 Omar Vizquel -.092 .379 .471
7 Jason Kendall -.091 .390 .480
8 Placido Polanco -.088 .393 .480
9 Alex Gonzalez -.084 .396 .480
10 Geoff Blum -.081 .399 .480

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BPA LEADERS--LAST 3-10 YEARS

LAST 3 YEARS (SINCE 1999)
MAJORS--Barry Bonds, .795
AL--Manny Ramirez, .685
NL--Barry Bonds, .795

Bonds's .795 BPA was the highest in the majors since Babe Ruth's .796, from 1926-28. Ruth was the only player to have higher 3 year figures than Bonds.

Bonds's .795 BPA set the NL record, breaking the mark of .773, by Mark McGwire, from 1998-2000.

It was the 6th time Bonds led the majors and the 9th time he led the NL. It was the 2nd consecutive time Ramirez led the AL.

LAST 4 YEARS (SINCE 1998)
MAJORS--Barry Bonds, .763
AL--Manny Ramirez, .666
NL--Barry Bonds, .763

Bonds's .763 BPA was the highest in the majors since Babe Ruth's .765, from 1928-31. Ruth was the only player to have higher 4 year figures than Bonds.

Bonds's .763 BPA set the NL record, breaking the mark of .740, by Rogers Hornsby, from 1922-25.

It was the 7th time Bonds led the majors and the 10th time he led the NL. Bonds became the 5th player to lead his league at least 10 times. Babe Ruth led 13 times, Ty Cobb led 12 times and Rickey Henderson and Rogers Hornsby led 11 times

LAST 5 YEARS (SINCE 1997)
MAJORS--Barry Bonds, .748
AL--Manny Ramirez, .645
NL--Barry Bonds, .748

Babe Ruth and Mark McGwire were the only players with higher 5 year figures than Bonds.

Bonds's .748 BPA set the NL record, breaking the mark of .726, by Rogers Hornsby, from 1921-25.

It was the 7th time Bonds led the majors and the 9th time he led the NL.

LAST 6 YEARS (SINCE 1996)
MAJORS--Barry Bonds, .744
AL--Jim Thome, .640
NL--Barry Bonds, .744

Babe Ruth and Mark McGwire were the only players to have higher 6 year figures than Bonds.

Bonds's .744 BPA set the NL record. Prior to Bonds, the record was .703, by Rogers Hornsby, from 1920-25. Bonds broke the record with .705, from 1991-96, before raising it to .717, from 1992-97, and then to .744.

It was the 7th time Bonds led the majors and the 10th consecutive time he led the NL. Bonds became the 8th player to lead his league at least 10 times. Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth led 12 times, Rickey Henderson and Willie Mays led 11 times and Mickey Mantle, Reggie Jackson and Rogers Hornsby led 10 times.

LAST 7 YEARS (SINCE 1995)
MAJORS--Barry Bonds, .734
AL--Jim Thome, .638
NL--Barry Bonds, .734

Bonds's .734 BPA was the highest in the majors since Babe Ruth's .756, from 1927-33. Ruth was the only player to have higher 7 year figures than Bonds.

Bonds's .734 BPA set the NL record. Prior to Bonds, the record was .692, by Rogers Hornsby, from 1922-28. Bonds broke the record with .701, from 1990-96, before raising the record to .703, from 1991-97, to .712, from 1992-98, and then to .734.

It was the 9th consecutive time Bonds led the majors and the 10th consecutive time he led the NL. Bonds became the 7th player to lead his league at least 10 times. Babe Ruth led 13 times, Ty Cobb led 12 times, Rickey Henderson and Rogers Hornsby led 11 times and Stan Musial and Willie Mays led 10 times.

LAST 8 YEARS (SINCE 1994)
MAJORS--Barry Bonds, .734
AL--Jim Thome, .631
NL--Barry Bonds, .734

Bonds's .734 BPA was the highest in the majors since Babe Ruth's .745, from 1927-34. Ruth was the only player to have higher 8 year figures than Bonds.

Bonds's .734 BPA set the NL record. Prior to Bonds, the record was .697, by Rogers Hornsby, from 1922-29. Bonds broke the record with .700, from 1990-97, before raising it to .701, from 1991-98, to .710, from 1992-99, to .712, from 1993-2000, before raising it to .734.

It was the 8th consecutive time Bonds led the majors and the 10th consecutive time he led the NL. Bonds became the 8th player to lead his league at least 10 times. Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth led 12 times, Rickey Henderson and Stan Musial led 11 times and Mickey Mantle, Rogers Hornsby and Willie Mays led 10 times.

LAST 9 YEARS (SINCE 1999)
MAJORS--Barry Bonds, .735
AL--Frank Thomas, .626
NL--Barry Bonds, .735

Bonds's .735 BPA was the highest in the majors since Babe Ruth's .741, from 1927-35. Ruth was the only player with higher 9 year figures than Bonds.

Bonds's .735 BPA set the NL record. Prior to Bonds, the record was .694, by Rogers Hornsby, from 1921-29. Bonds broke the record with .698, from 1990-98, before raising it to .700, from 1991-99, to .714, from 1992-2000, and then to .735.

It was the 8th consecutive time Bonds led the majors and the 9th consecutive time he led the NL. It was the 3rd time Thomas led the AL.

LAST 10 YEARS (SINCE 1992)
MAJORS--Barry Bonds, .735
AL--Frank Thomas, .626
NL--Barry Bonds, .735

Bonds's .735 BPA was the highest in the majors since Babe Ruth's .741, from 1927-36. Ruth was the only player to have higher 10 year figures than Bonds.

Bonds's .735 BPA set the NL record. Prior to Bonds, the record was .690, by Rogers Hornsby, from 1921-30. Bonds broke the record with .698, from 1990-99, before raising it to .705, from 1991-2000, and then to .735.

It was the 8th consecutive time Bonds led the majors and the NL. It was the 2nd time Thomas led the AL.

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2001 BPA LEADERS

AL
1 Jason Giambi .700
2 Jim Thome .672
3 Alex Rodriguez .658
4 Manny Ramirez .647
5 Roberto Alomar .614
6 Rafael Palmeiro .613
7 Carlos Delgado .612
8 Edgar Martinez .601
9 Jose Cruz Jr. .594
10 Magglio Ordonez .589
11 Troy Glaus .588
12 Carlos Beltran .585
13 Bret Boone .581
14 Juan Gonzalez .578
15 Mike Sweeney .575
16 Ellis Burks .569
17 Eric Chavez .566
18 Bernie Williams .564
19 Mike Cameron .560
20 Trot Nixon .560
21 Corey Koskie .553
22 Jose Valentin .551
23 Derek Jeter .546
24 Frank Catalanotto .546
25 Ichiro Suzuki .535
26 Raul Mondesi .527
27 Paul Konerko .526
28 Cristian Guzman .524
29 Ray Durham .520
30 Shannon Stewart .517
31 John Olerud .516
32 Tino Martinez .513
33 Bobby Higginson .511
34 Jermaine Dye .510
35 Jorge Posada .510
36 Gabe Alvarez .509
37 Miguel Tejada .504
38 Paul O'Neill .503
39 Doug Mientkiewicz .502
40 Greg Vaughn .498
41 Carlos Lee .497
42 Torii Hunter .495
43 Roger Cedeno .495
44 Alfonso Soriano .494
45 Jeff Conine .488
46 Garret Anderson .487
47 Tim Salmon .484
48 Shane Halter .480
49 Scott Spiezio .472
50 Ben Grieve .466

NL
1 Barry Bonds .907
2 Sammy Sosa .758
3 Luis Gonzalez .713
4 Todd Helton .709
5 Larry Walker .707
6 Lance Berkman .658
7 Shawn Green .646
8 Brian Giles .639
9 Chipper Jones .638
10 Gary Sheffield .634
11 Cliff Floyd .630
12 Bobby Abreu .618
13 Jeff Bagwell .615
14 Albert Pujols .615
15 Phil Nevin .614
16 Jim Edmonds .611
17 Vladimir Guerrero .604
18 Ryan Klesko .602
19 Mike Piazza .585
20 Rich Aurilia .576
21 Moises Alou .568
22 Scott Rolen .564
23 Richie Sexson .556
24 Aramis Ramirez .554
25 Paul Lo Duca .549
26 Jeromy Burnitz .547
27 Jeff Kent .537
28 Preston Wilson .528
29 Mark Grace .520
30 Pat Burrell .513
31 Craig Biggio .512
32 Jimmy Rollins .504
33 Jeff Cirillo .501
34 John Vander Wal .497
35 Andruw Jones .496
36 Bubba Trammell .496
37 Jose Vidro .495
38 Juan Pierre .493
39 Derrek Lee .493
40 Brian Jordan .493
41 Lee Stevens .490
42 Dmitri Young .484
43 Richard Hidalgo .482
44 Robin Ventura .481
45 Sean Casey .480
46 Mike Lowell .472
47 Steve Finley .471
48 Travis Lee .469
49 Todd Walker .469
50 Fernando Vina .467

It was the 8th time Bonds led the NL. He also led in 1990-93, 1995-96 and 2000.