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Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:  Single-Season  Career  Active  Progressive  Year-by-Year League 

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Minimum of 3.1 PA/G, 1.0 IP/G, and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. Explanation of min. requirements

Minimum of 1000 IP, 3000 PA and 100 decisions for career and active leaderboards for rate statistics.

This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning perfomances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year CareerOBP  Single-SeasonOBP  ActiveOBP  YearlyOBP 
1871 Levi Meyerle.5000 Levi Meyerle.5000
1872 Levi Meyerle.5000 Cap Anson+.4549
1873 Levi Meyerle.5000 Ross Barnes.4559
1874 Levi Meyerle.5000 Levi Meyerle.4008
1875 Levi Meyerle.5000 Ross Barnes.3750
1876 Ross Barnes.4620 Ross Barnes.4620
1877 Ross Barnes.4620 Jim O'Rourke+.4070
1878 Ross Barnes.4620 Bob Ferguson.3755
1879 Ross Barnes.4620 Jim O'Rourke+.3707
1880 Ross Barnes.4620 George Gore.3994
1881Cap Anson+.3771 Ross Barnes.4620 Cap Anson+.3771 Cap Anson+.4417
1882Cap Anson+.3792 Ross Barnes.4620 Cap Anson+.3792 Pete Browning.4299
1883Cap Anson+.3744 Ross Barnes.4620 Cap Anson+.3744 Dan Brouthers+.3968
1884Cap Anson+.3742 Ross Barnes.4620 Cap Anson+.3742 Fred Dunlap.4477
1885Cap Anson+.3725 Ross Barnes.4620 Cap Anson+.3725 Roger Connor+.4348
1886George Gore.3860 King Kelly+.4832 George Gore.3860 King Kelly+.4832
1887Dan Brouthers+.4001 Tip O'Neill.4895 Dan Brouthers+.4001 Tip O'Neill.4895
1888Pete Browning.4008 Tip O'Neill.4895 Pete Browning.4008 Yank Robinson.3997
1889Dan Brouthers+.4077 Tip O'Neill.4895 Dan Brouthers+.4077 Fred Carroll.4855
1890Dan Brouthers+.4144 Tip O'Neill.4895 Dan Brouthers+.4144 Dan Brouthers+.4662
1891Dan Brouthers+.4204 Tip O'Neill.4895 Dan Brouthers+.4204 Dan Brouthers+.4707
1892Dan Brouthers+.4216 Tip O'Neill.4895 Dan Brouthers+.4216 Cupid Childs.4430
1893Billy Hamilton+.4326 Billy Hamilton+.4896 Billy Hamilton+.4326 Billy Hamilton+.4896
1894Billy Hamilton+.4489 Billy Hamilton+.5228 Billy Hamilton+.4489 Billy Hamilton+.5228
1895Billy Hamilton+.4548 Billy Hamilton+.5228 Billy Hamilton+.4548 Ed Delahanty+.5000
1896Billy Hamilton+.4576 Billy Hamilton+.5228 Billy Hamilton+.4576 Billy Hamilton+.4772
1897Billy Hamilton+.4580 Billy Hamilton+.5228 Billy Hamilton+.4580 John McGraw+.4709
1898Billy Hamilton+.4599 Billy Hamilton+.5228 Billy Hamilton+.4599 Billy Hamilton+.4802
1899John McGraw+.4606 John McGraw+.5475 John McGraw+.4606 John McGraw+.5475
1900John McGraw+.4650 John McGraw+.5475 John McGraw+.4650 John McGraw+.5045
1901John McGraw+.4679 John McGraw+.5475 John McGraw+.4679 Nap Lajoie+.4630
1902John McGraw+.4658 John McGraw+.5475 John McGraw+.4658 Ed Delahanty+.4527
1903John McGraw+.4658 John McGraw+.5475 John McGraw+.4658 Roy Thomas.4532
1904John McGraw+.4658 John McGraw+.5475 John McGraw+.4658 Honus Wagner+.4232
1905John McGraw+.4658 John McGraw+.5475 John McGraw+.4658 Frank Chance+.4497
1906John McGraw+.4657 John McGraw+.5475 John McGraw+.4657 Sammy Strang.4228
1907John McGraw+.4657 John McGraw+.5475 Roy Thomas.4249 Honus Wagner+.4081
1908John McGraw+.4657 John McGraw+.5475 Roy Thomas.4183 Honus Wagner+.4147
1909John McGraw+.4657 John McGraw+.5475 Roy Thomas.4158 Ty Cobb+.4306
1910John McGraw+.4657 John McGraw+.5475 Roy Thomas.4139 Ty Cobb+.4564
1911John McGraw+.4657 John McGraw+.5475 Roy Thomas.4135 Joe Jackson.4677
1912John McGraw+.4657 John McGraw+.5475 Ty Cobb+.4142 Tris Speaker+.4641
1913John McGraw+.4657 John McGraw+.5475 Ty Cobb+.4197 Ty Cobb+.4674
1914John McGraw+.4657 John McGraw+.5475 Ty Cobb+.4233 Ty Cobb+.4657
1915John McGraw+.4657 John McGraw+.5475 Joe Jackson.4340 Ty Cobb+.4862
1916John McGraw+.4657 John McGraw+.5475 Ty Cobb+.4328 Tris Speaker+.4699
1917John McGraw+.4657 John McGraw+.5475 Ty Cobb+.4338 Ty Cobb+.4441
1918John McGraw+.4657 John McGraw+.5475 Ty Cobb+.4342 Ty Cobb+.4397
1919John McGraw+.4657 John McGraw+.5475 Ty Cobb+.4339 Babe Ruth+.4564
1920John McGraw+.4657 John McGraw+.5475 Ty Cobb+.4328 Babe Ruth+.5328
1921John McGraw+.4657 John McGraw+.5475 Ty Cobb+.4340 Babe Ruth+.5123
1922John McGraw+.4657 John McGraw+.5475 Babe Ruth+.4619 Tris Speaker+.4742
1923Babe Ruth+.4771 John McGraw+.5475 Babe Ruth+.4771 Babe Ruth+.5445
1924Babe Ruth+.4824 John McGraw+.5475 Babe Ruth+.4824 Babe Ruth+.5126
1925Babe Ruth+.4747 John McGraw+.5475 Babe Ruth+.4747 Rogers Hornsby+.4890
1926Babe Ruth+.4795 John McGraw+.5475 Babe Ruth+.4795 Babe Ruth+.5156
1927Babe Ruth+.4802 John McGraw+.5475 Babe Ruth+.4802 Babe Ruth+.4860
1928Babe Ruth+.4785 John McGraw+.5475 Babe Ruth+.4785 Rogers Hornsby+.4983
1929Babe Ruth+.4748 John McGraw+.5475 Babe Ruth+.4748 Lefty O'Doul.4652
1930Babe Ruth+.4763 John McGraw+.5475 Babe Ruth+.4763 Babe Ruth+.4931
1931Babe Ruth+.4777 John McGraw+.5475 Babe Ruth+.4777 Babe Ruth+.4947
1932Babe Ruth+.4784 John McGraw+.5475 Babe Ruth+.4784 Babe Ruth+.4890
1933Babe Ruth+.4763 John McGraw+.5475 Babe Ruth+.4763 Mickey Cochrane+.4591
1934Babe Ruth+.4750 John McGraw+.5475 Babe Ruth+.4750 Lou Gehrig+.4652
1935Babe Ruth+.4740 John McGraw+.5475 Babe Ruth+.4740 Arky Vaughan+.4909
1936Babe Ruth+.4740 John McGraw+.5475 Lou Gehrig+.4490 Lou Gehrig+.4776
1937Babe Ruth+.4740 John McGraw+.5475 Lou Gehrig+.4509 Lou Gehrig+.4729
1938Babe Ruth+.4740 John McGraw+.5475 Lou Gehrig+.4480 Jimmie Foxx+.4620
1939Babe Ruth+.4740 John McGraw+.5475 Lou Gehrig+.4474 Jimmie Foxx+.4642
1940Babe Ruth+.4740 John McGraw+.5475 Jimmie Foxx+.4373 Ted Williams+.4424
1941Babe Ruth+.4740 Ted Williams+.5528 Jimmie Foxx+.4357 Ted Williams+.5528
1942Babe Ruth+.4740 Ted Williams+.5528 Jimmie Foxx+.4314 Ted Williams+.4992
1943Babe Ruth+.4740 Ted Williams+.5528 Jimmie Foxx+.4314 Stan Musial+.4255
1944Babe Ruth+.4740 Ted Williams+.5528 Jimmie Foxx+.4307 Stan Musial+.4404
1945Babe Ruth+.4740 Ted Williams+.5528 Jimmie Foxx+.4283 Phil Cavarretta.4494
1946Ted Williams+.4843 Ted Williams+.5528 Ted Williams+.4843 Ted Williams+.4970
1947Ted Williams+.4868 Ted Williams+.5528 Ted Williams+.4868 Ted Williams+.4986
1948Ted Williams+.4882 Ted Williams+.5528 Ted Williams+.4882 Ted Williams+.4969
1949Ted Williams+.4885 Ted Williams+.5528 Ted Williams+.4885 Ted Williams+.4904
1950Ted Williams+.4858 Ted Williams+.5528 Ted Williams+.4858 Eddie Stanky.4597
1951Ted Williams+.4835 Ted Williams+.5528 Ted Williams+.4835 Ted Williams+.4637
1952Ted Williams+.4836 Ted Williams+.5528 Ted Williams+.4836 Jackie Robinson+.4397
1953Ted Williams+.4840 Ted Williams+.5528 Ted Williams+.4840 Stan Musial+.4370
1954Ted Williams+.4862 Ted Williams+.5528 Ted Williams+.4862 Ted Williams+.5133
1955Ted Williams+.4867 Ted Williams+.5528 Ted Williams+.4867 Richie Ashburn+.4486
1956Ted Williams+.4862 Ted Williams+.5528 Ted Williams+.4862 Ted Williams+.4791
1957Ted Williams+.4888 Ted Williams+.5528 Ted Williams+.4888 Ted Williams+.5256
1958Ted Williams+.4870 Ted Williams+.5528 Ted Williams+.4870 Ted Williams+.4584
1959Ted Williams+.4830 Ted Williams+.5528 Ted Williams+.4830 Joe Cunningham.4531
1960Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Ted Williams+.4817 Richie Ashburn+.4150
1961Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Mickey Mantle+.4246 Norm Cash.4866
1962Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Mickey Mantle+.4289 Mickey Mantle+.4861
1963Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Mickey Mantle+.4293 Carl Yastrzemski+.4183
1964Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Mickey Mantle+.4288 Mickey Mantle+.4233
1965Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Mickey Mantle+.4263 Willie Mays+.3978
1966Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Mickey Mantle+.4246 Ron Santo.4119
1967Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Mickey Mantle+.4226 Carl Yastrzemski+.4183
1968Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Mickey Mantle+.4205 Carl Yastrzemski+.4262
1969Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Frank Robinson+.3936 Willie McCovey+.4526
1970Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Frank Robinson+.3939 Rico Carty.4536
1971Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Frank Robinson+.3933 Bobby Murcer.4270
1972Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Frank Robinson+.3918 Dick Allen.4204
1973Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Frank Robinson+.3906 Ken Singleton.4255
1974Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Carl Yastrzemski+.3904 Rod Carew+.4328
1975Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Joe Morgan+.3964 Joe Morgan+.4664
1976Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Joe Morgan+.4004 Joe Morgan+.4441
1977Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Joe Morgan+.4018 Rod Carew+.4488
1978Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Mike Hargrove.3995 Jeff Burroughs.4321
1979Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Mike Hargrove.4002 Fred Lynn.4228
1980Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Mike Hargrove.4027 George Brett+.4544
1981Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Mike Hargrove.4045 Mike Schmidt+.4355
1982Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Mike Hargrove.4008 Mike Schmidt+.4025
1983Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Mike Hargrove.3996 Wade Boggs+.4443
1984Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Rickey Henderson.4004 Gary Matthews.4102
1985Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Rickey Henderson.4033 Wade Boggs+.4503
1986Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Wade Boggs+.4346 Wade Boggs+.4528
1987Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Wade Boggs+.4392 Wade Boggs+.4610
1988Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Wade Boggs+.4448 Wade Boggs+.4757
1989Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Wade Boggs+.4428 Wade Boggs+.4299
1990Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Wade Boggs+.4361 Rickey Henderson.4392
1991Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Wade Boggs+.4346 Frank Thomas.4529
1992Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Wade Boggs+.4280 Barry Bonds.4559
1993Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Wade Boggs+.4239 John Olerud.4728
1994Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Wade Boggs+.4244 Frank Thomas.4874
1995Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Frank Thomas.4503 Edgar Martinez.4789
1996Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Frank Thomas.4517 Mark McGwire.4672
1997Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Frank Thomas.4523 Frank Thomas.4561
1998Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Frank Thomas.4430 Mark McGwire.4699
1999Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Frank Thomas.4402 Larry Walker.4581
2000Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Frank Thomas.4397 Jason Giambi.4759
2001Ted Williams+.4817 Ted Williams+.5528 Frank Thomas.4383 Barry Bonds.5151
2002Ted Williams+.4817 Barry Bonds.5817 Frank Thomas.4318 Barry Bonds.5817
2003Ted Williams+.4817 Barry Bonds.5817 Barry Bonds.4332 Barry Bonds.5291
2004Ted Williams+.4817 Barry Bonds.6094 Barry Bonds.4426 Barry Bonds.6094
2005Ted Williams+.4817 Barry Bonds.6094 Barry Bonds.4424 Todd Helton.4448
2006Ted Williams+.4817 Barry Bonds.6094 Barry Bonds.4429 Barry Bonds.4544
2007Ted Williams+.4817 Barry Bonds.6094 Barry Bonds.4443 Barry Bonds.4801
2008Ted Williams+.4817 Barry Bonds.6094 Todd Helton.4284 Chipper Jones.4700
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