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At the end of each
Major League Baseball season, the league leaders of various statistical categories are announced.
[1] Leading either the American League or the National League in a particular category is referred to as a title .
The following lists describe which players hold the most titles in a career for a particular category. Listed are players with four or more titles in a category. Active players are highlighted .
Ty Cobb
12
Ty Cobb (1907–1915, 1917–1919)*
8
Honus Wagner (1900, 1903–1904, 1906–1909, 1911)
8
Tony Gwynn (1984, 1987–1989, 1994–1997)
7
Rogers Hornsby (1920–1925, 1928)
7
Stan Musial (1943, 1946, 1948, 1950–1952, 1957)
7
Rod Carew (1969, 1972–1975, 1977–1978)
6
Ted Williams (1941–1942, 1947–1948, 1957–1958)
5
Dan Brouthers (1882–1883, 1889, 1891–1892)
5
Wade Boggs (1983, 1985–1988)
4
Nap Lajoie (1901, 1903–1904, 1910)*
4
Harry Heilmann (1921, 1923, 1925, 1927)
4
Roberto Clemente (1961, 1964–1965, 1967)
4
Bill Madlock (1975–1976, 1981, 1983)
* The 1910 American League batting title is disputed, with different sources giving the title to Ty Cobb or to Nap Lajoie or to both. See
1910 Chalmers Award .
Ted Williams
12
Ted Williams (1940–1942, 1946–1949, 1951, 1954, 1956–1958)
10
Babe Ruth (1919–1921, 1923–1924, 1926–1927, 1930–1932)
9
Rogers Hornsby (1920–1925, 1927–1928, 1931)
7
Barry Bonds (1992, 2001–2004, 2006–2007)
7
Ty Cobb (1909–1910, 1913–1915, 1917–1918)
7
Joey Votto (2010−2013, 2016–2018)
6
Stan Musial (1943–1944, 1948–1949, 1953, 1957)
6
Wade Boggs (1983, 1985–1989)
5
Dan Brouthers (1882–1883, 1887, 1890–1891)
5
Billy Hamilton (1891, 1893–1894, 1896, 1898)
5
Lou Gehrig (1928, 1934–1937)
5
Carl Yastrzemski (1963, 1965, 1967–1968, 1970)
4
Honus Wagner (1904, 1907–1909)
4
Richie Ashburn (1954–1955, 1958, 1960)
4
Joe Morgan (1972, 1974–1976)
4
Rod Carew (1974–1975, 1977–1978)
4
Frank Thomas (1991–1992, 1994, 1997)
4
Mike Trout (2016−2019)
Babe Ruth
13
Babe Ruth (1919–1924, 1926–1932)
9
Rogers Hornsby (1917, 1920–1925, 1928–1929)
9
Ted Williams (1941–1942, 1946–1949, 1951, 1954, 1957)
8
Ty Cobb (1907–1912, 1914, 1917)
7
Dan Brouthers (1881–1886, 1891)
6
Honus Wagner (1900, 1902, 1904, 1907–1909)
6
Stan Musial (1943–1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952)
6
Barry Bonds (1992-1993, 2001-2004)
[2]
5
Ed Delahanty (1892–1893, 1896, 1899, 1902)
5
Jimmie Foxx (1932–1933, 1935, 1938–1939)
5
Willie Mays (1954, 1955, 1957, 1964, 1965)
5
Mike Schmidt (1974, 1980–1982, 1986)
4
Nap Lajoie (1897, 1901, 1903–1904)
4
Johnny Mize (1938–1940, 1942)
4
Mickey Mantle (1955–1956, 1961–1962)
4
Hank Aaron (1959, 1963, 1967, 1971)
4
Frank Robinson (1960–1962, 1966)
4
Alex Rodriguez (2003, 2005, 2007–2008)
13
Babe Ruth (1918–1924, 1926–1931)
11
Rogers Hornsby (1917, 1920–1925, 1927–1929, 1931)
10
Ted Williams (1941–1942, 1946–1949, 1951, 1954, 1957–1958)
9
Ty Cobb (1907–1912, 1914–1915, 1917)
8
Dan Brouthers (1882–1887, 1891, 1892)
7
Honus Wagner (1902, 1904, 1906–1909, 1911)
7
Stan Musial (1943–1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1957)
6
Barry Bonds (1992-1993, 2001-2004)
5
Ed Delahanty (1895–1896, 1899, 1901–1902)
5
Jimmie Foxx (1932–1933, 1935, 1938–1939)
5
Willie Mays (1954–1955, 1958, 1964–1965)
5
Mickey Mantle (1955–1956, 1960, 1962, 1964)
5
Mike Schmidt (1980–1982, 1984, 1986)
4
Frank Robinson (1960–1962, 1966)
4
Carl Yastrzemski (1965, 1967–1968, 1970)
4
Frank Thomas (1991–1992, 1994, 1997)
8
Ichiro Suzuki (2001, 2004–2008, 2010–2011)
7
Doc Cramer (1933–1935, 1938, 1940–1942)
5
Nellie Fox (1952, 1955–1956, 1959–1960)
4
Abner Dalrymple (1880, 1882, 1884–1885)
4
Eddie Foster (1912, 1914–1915, 1918)
4
Pete Rose (1965, 1972–1973, 1977)
4
Jimmy Rollins , (2001–2002, 2007, 2009)
7
Pete Rose (1965, 1972–1974, 1976–1978)
5
Donie Bush (1909, 1913–1915, 1918)
5
Nellie Fox (1956–1960)
5
Craig Biggio (1992, 1995, 1997–1999)
4
Derek Jeter (1997, 1999, 2005, 2010, 2012)
4
George Burns (1915–1916, 1920, 1923)
4
Richie Ashburn (1952, 1956–1958)
4
Ichiro Suzuki (2001, 2004, 2006, 2008)
8
Babe Ruth (1919–1921, 1923–1924, 1926–1928)
6
Ted Williams (1940–1942, 1946–1947, 1949)
6
Mickey Mantle (1954, 1956–1958, 1960–1961)
5
George J. Burns (1914, 1916–1917, 1919–1920)
5
Ty Cobb (1909–1911, 1915–1916)
5
Rickey Henderson (1981, 1985–1986, 1989–1990)
5
Rogers Hornsby (1921–1922, 1924, 1927, 1929)
5
Stan Musial (1946, 1948, 1951–1952, 1954)
5
Alex Rodriguez (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
5
Albert Pujols (2003–2005, 2009–2010)
4
Billy Hamilton (1891, 1894–1895, 1897)
4
Lou Gehrig (1931, 1933, 1935–1936)
4
Pete Rose (1969, 1974–1976)
4
Mike Trout (2012−2014, 2016)
8
Ty Cobb (1907–1909, 1911–1912, 1915, 1917, 1919)
7
Tony Gwynn (1984, 1986–1987, 1989, 1994–1995, 1997)
7
Pete Rose (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972–1973, 1976, 1981)
7
Ichiro Suzuki (2001, 2004, 2006–2010)
6
Stan Musial (1943–1944, 1946, 1948–1949, 1952)
5
Tony Oliva (1964–1966, 1969–1970)
4
Ginger Beaumont (1902–1904, 1906)
4
Nap Lajoie (1901, 1904, 1906, 1910)
4
Rogers Hornsby (1920–1922, 1924)
4
Nellie Fox (1952, 1954, 1957–1958)
4
Harvey Kuenn (1953–1954, 1956, 1959)
4
Kirby Puckett (1987–1989, 1992)
4
José Altuve (2014–2017)
[3]
8
Hank Aaron (1956–1957, 1959–1961, 1963, 1967, 1969)
7
Rogers Hornsby (1917, 1920–1922, 1924–1925, 1929)
6
Honus Wagner (1900, 1904, 1906–1909)
6
Ty Cobb (1907–1909, 1911, 1915, 1917)
6
Babe Ruth (1919, 1921, 1923–1924, 1926, 1928)
6
Ted Williams (1939, 1942, 1946–1947, 1949, 1951)
6
Stan Musial (1943, 1946, 1948–1949, 1951–1952)
4
Dan Brouthers (1882–1883, 1886, 1892)
4
Nap Lajoie (1897, 1901, 1904, 1910)
4
Chuck Klein (1930–1933)
4
Lou Gehrig (1927, 1930–1931, 1934)
4
Jim Rice (1977–1979, 1983)
4
Alex Rodriguez (1996, 2001–2002, 2007)
4
Albert Pujols , (2003–2004, 2008–2009)
8
Tris Speaker (1912, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1920–1923)
8
Stan Musial (1943–1944, 1946, 1948–1949, 1952–1954)
7
Honus Wagner (1900, 1902, 1904, 1906–1909)
5
Ed Delahanty (1895–1896, 1899, 1901–1902)
5
Nap Lajoie (1898, 1901, 1904, 1906, 1910)
5
Pete Rose (1974–1976, 1978, 1980)
4
Rogers Hornsby (1920–1922, 1924)
4
Hank Aaron (1955–1956, 1961, 1965)
4
Tony Oliva (1964, 1967, 1969–1970)
5
Stan Musial (1943, 1946, 1948–1949, 1951)
5
Lance Johnson (1991–1994, 1996)
5
Willie Wilson (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987–1988)
4
Ty Cobb (1908, 1911, 1917–1918)
4
Brett Butler (1983, 1986, 1994–1995)
4
Jimmy Rollins (2001–2002, 2004, 2007)
4
Carl Crawford (2004–2006, 2010)
4
José Reyes (2005–2006, 2008, 2011)
12
Babe Ruth (1918–1921, 1923–1924, 1926–1931)
8
Mike Schmidt (1974–1976, 1980–1981, 1983–1984, 1986)
7
Ralph Kiner (1946–1952)
6
Gavvy Cravath (1913–1915, 1917–1919)
6
Mel Ott (1932, 1934, 1936–1938, 1942)
6
Harmon Killebrew (1959, 1962–1964, 1967, 1969)
5
Mark McGwire (1987, 1996-1999)
5
Harry Stovey (1880, 1883, 1885, 1889, 1891)
5
Alex Rodriguez (2001–2003, 2005, 2007)
4
Harry Davis (1904–1907)
4
Frank Baker (1911–1914)
4
Cy Williams (1916, 1920, 1923, 1927)
4
Hack Wilson (1926–1928, 1930)
4
Chuck Klein (1929, 1931–1933)
4
Jimmie Foxx (1932–1933, 1935, 1939)
4
Hank Greenberg (1935, 1938, 1940, 1946)
4
Johnny Mize (1939–1940, 1947–1948)
4
Ted Williams (1941–1942, 1947, 1949)
4
Mickey Mantle (1955–1956, 1958, 1960)
4
Willie Mays (1955, 1962, 1964–1965)
4
Hank Aaron (1957, 1963, 1966–1967)
4
Ken Griffey Jr. (1994,1997–1999)
4
Reggie Jackson (1973, 1975, 1980, 1982)
Hank Greenberg , Hall of Famer and 2-time MVP
8
Cap Anson (1880–1882, 1884–1886, 1888, 1891)
6
Babe Ruth (1919–1921, 1923, 1926, 1928)
5
Honus Wagner (1901–1902, 1908–1909, 1912)
5
Lou Gehrig (1927–1928, 1930–1931, 1934)
4
Ty Cobb (1907–1909, 1911)
4
Sherry Magee (1907, 1910, 1914, 1918)
4
Rogers Hornsby (1920–1922, 1925)
4
Hank Greenberg (1935, 1937, 1940, 1946)
4
Ted Williams (1939, 1942, 1947, 1949)
4
Hank Aaron (1957, 1960, 1963, 1966)
4
Mike Schmidt (1980–1981, 1984, 1986)
11
Babe Ruth (1920–1921, 1923–1924, 1926–1928, 1930–1933)
8
Ted Williams (1941–1942, 1946–1949, 1951, 1954)
8
Barry Bonds (1992, 1996-1997, 2001-2004, 2007)
7
Roy Thomas (1900–1904, 1906–1907)
6
Mel Ott (1929, 1931–1933, 1937, 1942)
6
Eddie Yost (1950, 1952–1953, 1956, 1959–1960)
5
Billy Hamilton (1891, 1894–1897)
5
Topsy Hartsel (1902, 1905–1908)
5
Donie Bush (1909–1912, 1914)
5
George Burns (1917, 1919–1921, 1923)
5
Mickey Mantle (1955, 1957–1958, 1961–1962)
4
Miller Huggins (1905, 1907, 1910, 1914)
4
Eddie Mathews (1955, 1961–1963)
4
Ron Santo (1964, 1966–1968)
4
Harmon Killebrew (1966–1967, 1969, 1971)
4
Mike Schmidt (1979, 1981–1983)
4
Rickey Henderson (1982–1983, 1989, 1998)
4
Frank Thomas (1991–1992, 1994–1995)
4
Joey Votto (2011−2013, 2016)
7
Jimmie Foxx (1929–1931, 1933, 1935–1936, 1941)
6
Vince DiMaggio (1937–1938, 1942–1945)
5
Babe Ruth (1918, 1923–1924, 1927–1928)
5
Hack Wilson (1927–1930, 1932)
5
Mickey Mantle (1952, 1954, 1958–1960)
5
Reggie Jackson (1968–1971, 1982)
4
Pud Galvin (1879–1881, 1883)
4
Tom Brown (1891–1892, 1894–1895)
4
Dolph Camilli (1934–1935, 1939, 1941)
4
Pat Seerey (1944–1946, 1948)
4
Mike Schmidt (1974–1976, 1983)
4
Rob Deer (1987–1988, 1991, 1993)
4
Juan Samuel (1984–1987)
4
Andrés Galarraga (1988–1990, 1995)
4
Mark Reynolds (2008–2011)
12
Rickey Henderson (1980–1986, 1988–1991, 1998)
10
Max Carey (1913, 1915–1918, 1920, 1922–1925)
9
Luis Aparicio (1956–1964)
8
Lou Brock (1966–1969, 1971–1974)
6
Ty Cobb (1907, 1909, 1911, 1915–1917)
6
George Case (1939–1943, 1946)
6
Bert Campaneris (1965–1968, 1970, 1972)
6
Maury Wills (1960–1965)
6
Vince Coleman (1985–1990)
5
Honus Wagner (1901–1902, 1904, 1907–1908)
5
Kenny Lofton (1992–1996)
4
Billy Hamilton (1890–1891, 1894–1895)
4
Bob Bescher (1909–1912)
4
Eddie Collins (1910, 1919, 1923–1924)
4
George Sisler (1918, 1921–1922, 1927)
4
Kiki Cuyler (1926, 1928–1930)
4
Ben Chapman (1931–1933, 1937)
4
Willie Mays (1956–1959)
4
Tim Raines (1981–1984)
4
Carl Crawford (2003–2004, 2006–2007)
5
Mule Haas (1930–1934)
4
Otto Knabe (1907–1908, 1910, 1913)
4
Phil Rizzuto (1949–1952)
Hall of Famer
Sandy Koufax
9
Lefty Grove (1926, 1929–1932, 1935–1936, 1938–1939)
7
Roger Clemens (1986, 1990–1992, 1997–1998, 2005)
5
Christy Mathewson (1905, 1908–1909, 1911, 1913)
5
Grover Cleveland Alexander (1915–1917, 1919–1920)
5
Walter Johnson (1912–1913, 1918–1919, 1924)
5
Sandy Koufax (1962–1966)
5
Pedro Martínez (1997, 1999–2000, 2002–2003)
5
Clayton Kershaw (2011–2014, 2017)
4
Greg Maddux (1993–1995, 1998)
4
Randy Johnson (1995, 1999, 2001–2002)
8
Warren Spahn (1949–1950, 1953, 1957–1961)
6
Grover Cleveland Alexander (1911, 1914–1917, 1920)
6
Walter Johnson (1913–1916, 1918, 1924)
6
Bob Feller (1939–1941, 1946–1947, 1951)
5
Cy Young (1892, 1895, 1901–1903)
5
Joe McGinnity (1899–1900, 1903–1904, 1906)
5
Tom Glavine (1991–1993, 1998, 2000)
4
Christy Mathewson (1905, 1907–1908, 1910)
4
Lefty Grove (1928, 1930–1931, 1933)
4
Hal Newhouser (1944–1946, 1948)
4
Robin Roberts (1952–1955)
4
Steve Carlton (1972, 1977, 1980, 1982)
4
Roger Clemens (1986–1987, 1997–1998)
4
Justin Verlander (2009, 2011, 2019, 2022)
7
Cy Young (1892, 1895, 1899, 1901, 1904–1905, 1907)
6
Walter Johnson (1912–1913, 1915, 1918–1919, 1924)
6
Carl Hubbell (1931–1934, 1936, 1938)
6
Pedro Martínez (1997, 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2005)
5
Babe Adams (1911, 1914, 1919–1921)
5
Pete Alexander (1915–1916, 1923, 1926–1927)
5
Lefty Grove (1930–1932, 1935–1936)
5
Justin Verlander (2011, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022)
4
Tim Keefe (1880, 1883, 1887–1888)
4
Christy Mathewson (1905, 1908–1909, 1913)
4
Warren Spahn (1947, 1953, 1958, 1961)
4
Sandy Koufax (1962–1965)
4
Don Sutton (1972, 1975, 1980–1981)
4
Greg Maddux (1993–1995, 1998)
4
Johan Santana (2004–2007)
4
Clayton Kershaw (2011–2014)
6
Firpo Marberry (1924–1926, 1928–1929, 1932)
6
Joe McGinnity (1901, 1903–1907)
5
Ed Walsh (1907–1908, 1910–1912)
4
Mike Marshall (1972–1974, 1979)
4
Kent Tekulve (1978–1979, 1982, 1987)
4
Paul Quantrill (2001–2004)
5
Ed Walsh (1907–1908, 1910–1912)
5
Firpo Marberry (1924–1926, 1929, 1932)
5
Dan Quisenberry (1980, 1982–1985)
5
Bruce Sutter (1979–1982, 1984)
4
Kid Nichols (1891, 1895, 1897–1898)
4
Mordecai Brown (1908–1911)
4
Johnny Murphy (1938–1939, 1941–1942)
4
Lee Smith (1983, 1991–1992, 1994)
4
Craig Kimbrel (2011–2014)
7
Grover Cleveland Alexander (1911–1912, 1914–1917, 1920)
5
Walter Johnson (1910, 1913–1916)
5
Bob Feller (1939–1941, 1946–1947)
5
Robin Roberts (1951–1955)
5
Steve Carlton (1972–1973, 1980, 1982–1983)
5
Greg Maddux (1991–1995)
4
John Clarkson (1885, 1887–1889)
4
Joe McGinnity (1900–1901, 1903–1904)
4
Bob Lemon (1948, 1950, 1952–1953)
4
Warren Spahn (1947, 1949, 1958–1959)
4
Wilbur Wood (1972–1975)
4
Jim Palmer (1970, 1976–1978)
4
Phil Niekro (1974, 1977–1979)
4
Roy Halladay (2002-2003, 2008, 2010)
4
Justin Verlander (2009, 2011, 2012, 2019)
12
Walter Johnson (1910, 1912–1919, 1921, 1923–1924)
11
Nolan Ryan (1972–1974, 1976–1979, 1987–1990)
9
Randy Johnson (1992–1995, 1999–2002, 2004)§
7
Dazzy Vance (1922–1928)
7
Lefty Grove (1925–1931)
7
Bob Feller (1938–1941, 1946–1948)
6
Rube Waddell (1902–1907)
6
Grover Cleveland Alexander (1912, 1914–1917, 1920)
5
Amos Rusie (1890–1891, 1893–1895)
5
Christy Mathewson (1903–1905, 1907–1908)
5
Sam McDowell (1965–1966, 1968–1970)
5
Tom Seaver (1970–1971, 1973, 1975–1976)
5
Steve Carlton (1972, 1974, 1980, 1982–1983)
5
Roger Clemens (1988, 1991, 1996–1998)
5
Justin Verlander (2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018)
4
Dizzy Dean (1932–1935)
4
Warren Spahn (1949–1952)
4
Sandy Koufax (1961, 1963, 1965–1966)
§ In 1998, because of a mid-season trade, Randy Johnson led Major League Baseball in strikeouts, but neither the AL nor the NL.
7
Greg Maddux (1990–1993, 2000, 2003, 2005)
6
Robin Roberts (1950–1955)
6
Tom Glavine (1993, 1996, 1999–2002)
5
Bob Feller (1940–1941, 1946–1948)
5
Early Wynn (1943, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1959)
4
Walter Johnson (1910, 1914–1915, 1924)
4
Bobo Newsom (1936–1939)
4
Don Drysdale (1962–1965)
4
Phil Niekro (1977–1980)
4
Tom Browning (1986, 1988–1990)
4
Dave Stewart (1988–1991)
4
Barry Zito (2001, 2002, 2005, 2006)
9
Warren Spahn (1949, 1951, 1957–1963)
7
Roy Halladay (2003, 2005, 2007–2011)
6
Walter Johnson (1910–1911, 1913–1916)
6
Pete Alexander (1911, 1914–1917, 1920)
5
Bob Lemon (1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956)
5
Robin Roberts (1952–1956)
4
Burleigh Grimes (1921, 1923–1924, 1928)
4
Wes Ferrell (1931, 1935–1937)
4
Ferguson Jenkins (1967, 1970–1971, 1974)
4
Phil Niekro (1974, 1977–1979)
4
Randy Johnson (1994, 1999–2000, 2002)
4
Curt Schilling (1996, 1998, 2000–2001)
7
Cy Young (1892, 1895–1896, 1900–1901, 1903–1904)
7
Walter Johnson (1911, 1913–1915, 1918–1919, 1924)
7
Pete Alexander (1911, 1913, 1915–1917, 1919, 1921)
6
Roger Clemens (1987–1988, 1990–1992, 1997)
5
Greg Maddux (1994–1995, 1998, 2000–2001)
4
Amos Rusie (1891, 1893–1895)
4
Christy Mathewson (1902, 1905, 1907–1908)
4
Dazzy Vance (1922, 1925, 1928, 1930)
4
Bob Feller (1940–1941, 1946–1947)
4
Warren Spahn (1947, 1951, 1959, 1961)
4
Bob Gibson (1962, 1966, 1968, 1971)
4
Roy Halladay (2003, 2008–2010)
4
Bobo Newsom (1934–1935, 1941, 1945)
4
Pedro Ramos (1958–1961)
4
Phil Niekro (1977–1980)
6
Nolan Ryan (1972, 1977–1978, 1981, 1986, 1989)
6
Larry Cheney (1912–1914, 1916–1918)
6
Jack Morris (1983–1985, 1987, 1991, 1994)
5
Jimmy Ring (1921–1923, 1925–1926)
4
Will White (1878–1880, 1882)
4
Joe Niekro (1979, 1982–1983, 1985)
6
Howard Ehmke (1920–1923, 1925, 1927)
5
Tommy Byrne (1948–1952)
5
Don Drysdale (1958–1961, 1965)
5
Dave Stieb (1981, 1983–1984, 1986, 1989)
4
Roy Parmelee (1933, 1935–1937)
4
Frank Lary (1956–1958, 1960)
4
Jim Bunning (1964–1967)
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