What you will see below is the list of three-year averages and totals for the top 50 MLB players in each of the 10 primary scoring categories for fantasy baseball. While looking at three-year averages is not the be-all, end-all of analysis, it does tend to help remove things like luck and help us with regard to data sample sizes. What you should do is just scroll through and see how and where everyone measures up. We’re not cracking any codes here, but studying these lists will allow you to find a few players to help you in areas you may not have thought. It help give you an idea of some potential targets if you’re looking to get category specific at any point in your drafts.
*NOTE: For batting average batters required 1,500 plate appearances to qualify. For pitchers, the ERA/WHIP categories required a minimum of 450-innings pitched.
Batting Average
Player | AVG | Player | AVG | |
Jose Altuve | .332 | Jean Segura | .293 | |
Joey Votto | .320 | Christian Yelich | .293 | |
DJ LeMahieu | .319 | Mookie Betts | .292 | |
Daniel Murphy | .317 | Nelson Cruz | .292 | |
Charlie Blackmon | .314 | Brandon Phillips | .290 | |
Dee Gordon | .309 | Robinson Cano | .289 | |
Buster Posey | .308 | Josh Reddick | .289 | |
Mike Trout | .307 | Ryan Braun | .288 | |
Paul Goldschmidt | .305 | Kris Bryant | .288 | |
Dustin Pedroia | .304 | Carlos Correa | .288 | |
Miguel Cabrera | .301 | Cesar Hernandez | .288 | |
Yunel Escobar | .300 | Odubel Herrera | .288 | |
Ender Inciarte | .300 | Yoenis Cespedes | .287 | |
Lorenzo Cain | .299 | Adam Eaton | .286 | |
Adrian Beltre | .298 | Elvis Andrus | .285 | |
Nolanm Arenado | .297 | Melky Cabrera | .285 | |
Jose Abreu | .296 | Josh Donaldson | .285 | |
Xander Bogaerts | .296 | Yadier Molina | .284 | |
Freddie Freeman | .296 | Marcell Ozuna | .281 | |
Bryce Harper | .296 | J.T. Realmuto | .281 | |
J.D. Martinez | .296 | Anthony Rizzo | .281 | |
Justin Turner | .295 | Josh Harrison | .280 | |
Eric Hosmer | .294 | Manny Machado | .280 | |
Jose Ramirez | .294 | Nick Markakis | .280 | |
Francisco Lindor | .293 | Anthony Rendon | .280 | |
Starling Marte | .293 | Jonathan Schoop | .280 |
Home Runs
RBI
Player | RBI | Player | RBI | |
Nolan Arenado | 393 | Mike Trout | 262 | |
Edwin Encarnacion | 345 | Kyle Seager | 261 | |
Paul Goldschmidt | 325 | Adrian Beltre | 258 | |
Anthony Rizzo | 319 | Evan Longoria | 257 | |
Nelson Cruz | 317 | Carlos Gonzalez | 254 | |
Albert Pujols | 315 | Carlos Santana | 251 | |
Jose Abreu | 303 | Jose Bautista | 248 | |
Josh Donaldson | 300 | Melky Cabrera | 248 | |
Mookie Betts | 292 | Carlos Correa | 248 | |
Eric Hosmer | 291 | Brandon Crawford | 245 | |
Jay Bruce | 287 | Charlie Blackmon | 244 | |
Kendrys Morales | 284 | Miguel Cabrera | 244 | |
Robinson Cano | 279 | Marcell Ozuna | 244 | |
Khris Davis | 278 | Jose Altuve | 243 | |
Manny Machado | 277 | Buster Posey | 242 | |
Joey Votto | 277 | Adam Jones | 238 | |
Justin Upton | 277 | Mark Trumbo | 237 | |
J.D. Martinez | 274 | David Ortiz | 235 | |
Kris Bryant | 274 | Yoenis Cespedes | 233 | |
Bryce Harper | 272 | Xander Bogaerts | 232 | |
Matt Kemp | 272 | Nick Castellanos | 232 | |
Daniel Murphy | 270 | Jake Lamb | 230 | |
Brian Dozier | 269 | Kole Calhoun | 229 | |
Todd Frazier | 263 | Freddie Freeman | 228 | |
Andrew McCutchen | 263 | Ryan Braun | 227 | |
Chris Davis | 262 | Ryan Zimmerman | 227 |
Runs Scored
Player | Runs | Player | Runs | |
Charlie Blackmon | 341 | Chris Davis | 264 | |
Paul Goldschmidt | 326 | Curtis Granderson | 260 | |
Kris Bryant | 319 | Dexter Fowler | 254 | |
Mike Trout | 319 | Carlos Santana | 251 | |
Mookie Betts | 315 | Ender Inciarte | 251 | |
Nolan Arenado | 313 | Jose Abreu | 250 | |
Brian Dozier | 311 | Freddie Freeman | 248 | |
Josh Donaldson | 309 | Francisco Lindor | 248 | |
Jose Altuve | 306 | J.D. Martinez | 247 | |
Joey Votto | 302 | Kyle Seager | 246 | |
Ian Kinsler | 301 | Carlos Gonzalez | 246 | |
Bryce Harper | 297 | Kole Calhoun | 246 | |
Xander Bogaerts | 293 | Todd Frazier | 245 | |
Edwin Encarnacion | 289 | Elvis Andrus | 244 | |
Manny Machado | 288 | Lorenzo Cain | 243 | |
Anthony Rizzo | 287 | Adam Jones | 242 | |
George Springer | 287 | Christian Yelich | 241 | |
DJ LeMahieu | 284 | Jose Ramirez | 241 | |
Nelson Cruz | 277 | Jean Segura | 239 | |
Eric Hosmer | 276 | Daniel Murphy | 238 | |
Matt Carpenter | 273 | Mark Trumbo | 235 | |
Brett Gardner | 270 | Khris Davis | 230 | |
Robinson Cano | 268 | Jay Bruce | 228 | |
Jose Bautista | 268 | Ben Zobrist | 228 | |
Justin Upton | 266 | Giancarlo Stanton | 226 | |
Andrew McCutchen | 266 | Evan Longoria | 226 |
Stolen Bases
Player | SB | Player | SB | |
Billy Hamilton | 174 | Ryan Braun | 52 | |
Dee Gordon | 148 | Hernan Perez | 52 | |
Jose Altuve | 100 | Gregory Polanco | 52 | |
Starling Marte | 98 | Cesar Hernandez | 51 | |
Jonathan Villar | 92 | Ian Desmond | 49 | |
Rajai Davis | 90 | Odubel Herrera | 49 | |
Jarrod Dyson | 84 | Chris Owings | 49 | |
Trea Turner | 81 | Jose Ramirez | 49 | |
Jean Segura | 80 | Carlos Gomez | 48 | |
Elvis Andrus | 74 | Brandon Phillips | 48 | |
Charlie Blackmon | 74 | Jose Peraza | 47 | |
Mookie Betts | 73 | Michael A. Taylor | 47 | |
Eduardo Nunez | 72 | Brian Dozier | 46 | |
Paul Goldschmidt | 71 | Francisco Lindor | 46 | |
Cameron Maybin | 71 | Keon Broxton | 45 | |
Lorenzo Cain | 68 | Leonys Martin | 45 | |
Ben Revere | 66 | Billy Burns | 43 | |
Jacoby Ellsbury | 63 | Jake Marisnick | 43 | |
A.J. Pollock | 63 | Whit Merrifield | 42 | |
Mike Trout | 63 | Justin Upton | 42 | |
Delino DeShields | 62 | Byron Buxton | 41 | |
Brett Gardner | 59 | Freddy Galvis | 41 | |
Ender Inciarte | 59 | Josh Harrison | 41 | |
Jose Reyes | 57 | Christian Yelich | 41 | |
Kevin Kiermaier | 55 | Dexter Fowler | 40 | |
Kevin Pillar | 54 | DJ LeMahieu | 40 | |
Wil Myers | 53 |
ERA
Player | ERA | Player | ERA | |
Clayton Kershaw | 2.07 | Gio Gonzalez | 3.74 | |
Jake Arrieta | 2.71 | Masahiro Tanaka | 3.76 | |
Max Scherzer | 2.76 | Chris Archer | 3.77 | |
Zack Greinke | 2.93 | Danny Duffy | 3.77 | |
Madison Bumgarner | 2.93 | Robbie Ray | 3.82 | |
Corey Kluber | 2.98 | Tanner Roark | 3.83 | |
Kyle Hendricks | 3.02 | Marco Estrada | 3.88 | |
Jacob deGrom | 3.05 | Julio Teheran | 3.92 | |
Stephen Strasburg | 3.14 | Jaime Garcia | 3.95 | |
Chris Sale | 3.21 | Collin McHugh | 4.03 | |
Dallas Keuchel | 3.23 | Jimmy Nelson | 4.08 | |
Justin Verlander | 3.24 | Mike Leake | 4.09 | |
Carlos Martinez | 3.24 | Taijuan Walker | 4.10 | |
David Price | 3.26 | Michael Wacha | 4.12 | |
Jon Lester | 3.33 | CC Sabathia | 4.12 | |
Carlos Carrasco | 3.41 | Rick Porcello | 4.17 | |
J.A. Happ | 3.43 | Kevin Gausman | 4.17 | |
Johnny Cueto | 3.47 | R.A. Dickey | 4.19 | |
Ervin Santana | 3.47 | Andrew Cashner | 4.26 | |
John Lackey | 3.49 | Jason Hammel | 4.31 | |
Gerrit Cole | 3.52 | Trevor Bauer | 4.33 | |
Jose Quintana | 3.55 | Ian Kennedy | 4.38 | |
Cole Hamels | 3.67 | Edinson Volquez | 4.39 | |
Jake Odorizzi | 3.71 | Jeff Samardzija | 4.41 | |
Sonny Gray | 3.71 | Mike Fiers | 4.43 |
WHIP
Player | WHIP | Player | WHIP | |
Clayton Kershaw | 0.860 | Gerrit Cole | 1.230 | |
Max Scherzer | 0.931 | Cole Hamels | 1.234 | |
Corey Kluber | 0.996 | Jeremy Hellickson | 1.240 | |
Chris Sale | 1.031 | Carlos Martinez | 1.241 | |
Madison Bumgarner | 1.032 | Rick Porcello | 1.242 | |
Jake Arrieta | 1.038 | J.A. Happ | 1.243 | |
Zack Greinke | 1.040 | Julio Teheran | 1.244 | |
Stephen Strasburg | 1.070 | Mike Leake | 1.251 | |
Justin Verlander | 1.085 | Danny Duffy | 1.251 | |
Kyle Hendricks | 1.101 | Taijuan Walker | 1.253 | |
Carlos Carrasco | 1.102 | Taner Roark | 1.260 | |
Masahiro Tanaka | 1.107 | Jason Hammel | 1.267 | |
Jacob deGrom | 1.118 | Ian Kennedy | 1.276 | |
Dallas Keuchel | 1.127 | Jaime Garcia | 1.294 | |
Jon Lester | 1.147 | R.A. Dickey | 1.303 | |
David Price | 1.149 | Gio Gonzalez | 1.309 | |
John Lackey | 1.180 | Robbie Ray | 1.321 | |
Marco Estrada | 1.184 | Bartolo Colon | 1.322 | |
Jake Odorizzi | 1.193 | Trevor Bauer | 1.329 | |
Ervin Santana | 1.196 | Collin McHugh | 1.333 | |
Johnny Cueto | 1.197 | Michael Wacha | 1.338 | |
Jeff Samardzija | 1.211 | CC Sabathia | 1.340 | |
Chris Archer | 1.211 | Mike Fiers | 1.342 | |
Jose Quintana | 1.219 | Jimmy Nelson | 1.352 | |
Sonny Gray | 1.223 | Kevin Gausman | 1.352 |
Strikeouts
Player | K | Player | K | |
Max Scherzer | 828 | Gerrit Cole | 496 | |
Chris Sale | 815 | Ian Kennedy | 489 | |
Corey Kluber | 737 | Julio Teheran | 489 | |
Chris Archer | 734 | Jimmy Nelson | 487 | |
Clayton Kershaw | 675 | Dallas Keuchel | 485 | |
Carlos Carrasco | 592 | Marco Estrada | 472 | |
Jake Arrieta | 589 | Jason Hammel | 461 | |
Jacob deGrom | 587 | Mike Fiers | 460 | |
Madison Bumgarner | 586 | Kyle Hendricks | 460 | |
Justin Verlander | 586 | Kevin Gausman | 456 | |
Jon Lester | 584 | J.A. Happ | 456 | |
Carlos Martinez | 575 | James Shields | 454 | |
Jose Quintana | 565 | Jake Odorizzi | 443 | |
Robbie Ray | 555 | Ubaldo Jimenez | 432 | |
Zack Greinke | 549 | Wade Miley | 426 | |
Stephen Strasburg | 542 | Michael Wacha | 425 | |
Jeff Samardzija | 535 | Taijuan Walker | 422 | |
Trevor Bauer | 534 | Danny Duffy | 420 | |
David Price | 529 | Sonny Gray | 416 | |
Gio Gonzalez | 528 | Collin McHugh | 410 | |
Cole Hamels | 520 | CC Sabathia | 409 | |
Rick Porcello | 519 | Tanner Roark | 408 | |
Johnny Cueto | 510 | Ervin Santana | 398 | |
John Lackey | 504 | R.A. Dickey | 388 | |
Masahiro Tanaka | 498 | Jaime Garcia | 376 |
Wins
Saves