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. OK, 11 as we threw OBP in there as well. 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 | |
José Altuve | 0.334 | Kris Bryant | 0.288 | |
Daniel Murphy | 0.326 | Eduardo Núñez | 0.288 | |
J.D. Martinez | 0.315 | Elvis Andrus | 0.288 | |
Charlie Blackmon | 0.315 | Marcell Ozuna | 0.287 | |
Mike Trout | 0.312 | Ender Inciarte | 0.287 | |
DJ LeMahieu | 0.312 | Xander Bogaerts | 0.286 | |
Joey Votto | 0.311 | J.T. Realmuto | 0.286 | |
Mookie Betts | 0.308 | Nicholas Castellanos | 0.285 | |
Jean Segura | 0.308 | Dee Gordon | 0.285 | |
Freddie Freeman | 0.306 | Eddie Rosario | 0.284 | |
Christian Yelich | 0.302 | Andrelton Simmons | 0.284 | |
Nolan Arenado | 0.300 | Manny Machado | 0.283 | |
José Ramírez | 0.300 | Francisco Lindor | 0.283 | |
Justin Turner | 0.300 | Joe Mauer | 0.283 | |
Lorenzo Cain | 0.299 | Anthony Rizzo | 0.282 | |
Buster Posey | 0.298 | Alex Bregman | 0.282 | |
Paul Goldschmidt | 0.295 | Yadier Molina | 0.282 | |
Adrián Béltre | 0.294 | Starlin Castro | 0.281 | |
Whit Merrifield | 0.293 | Javier Báez | 0.280 | |
Robinson Canó | 0.292 | Carlos González | 0.280 | |
Anthony Rendón | 0.292 | Nick Markakis | 0.280 | |
Trea Turner | 0.291 | Eric Hosmer | 0.279 | |
Scooter Gennett | 0.290 | César Hernández | 0.279 | |
José Abreu | 0.289 | Nelson Cruz | 0.278 | |
Melky Cabrera | 0.289 | Matt Kemp | 0.277 |
On-Base Percentage
Player | OBP | Player | OBP | |
Mike Trout | 0.447 | Shin-Soo Choo | 0.366 | |
Joey Votto | 0.436 | Ben Zobrist | 0.363 | |
Paul Goldschmidt | 0.401 | Carlos Santana | 0.360 | |
José Altuve | 0.398 | Nelson Cruz | 0.359 | |
Freddie Freeman | 0.396 | Carlos Correa | 0.359 | |
Kris Bryant | 0.391 | George Springer | 0.357 | |
Bryce Harper | 0.391 | Edwin Encarnación | 0.357 | |
J.D. Martinez | 0.385 | Nick Markakis | 0.356 | |
Anthony Rizzo | 0.384 | Andrew McCutchen | 0.356 | |
Justin Turner | 0.383 | Adrián Béltre | 0.355 | |
Christian Yelich | 0.382 | Jean Segura | 0.353 | |
Charlie Blackmon | 0.380 | Xander Bogaerts | 0.353 | |
Mookie Betts | 0.379 | Giancarlo Stanton | 0.351 | |
Matt Carpenter | 0.379 | Robinson Canó | 0.350 | |
Daniel Murphy | 0.375 | Eugenio Suárez | 0.350 | |
José Ramírez | 0.375 | Francisco Lindor | 0.349 | |
Buster Posey | 0.374 | Trea Turner | 0.348 | |
Anthony Rendón | 0.374 | Jed Lowrie | 0.347 | |
DJ LeMahieu | 0.372 | José Abreu | 0.345 | |
Nolan Arenado | 0.370 | Eric Hosmer | 0.345 | |
Lorenzo Cain | 0.368 | Justin Smoak | 0.344 | |
Brandon Belt | 0.367 | Whit Merrifield | 0.342 | |
Joe Mauer | 0.366 | Marcell Ozuna | 0.342 | |
Alex Bregman | 0.366 | Ender Inciarte | 0.342 | |
César Hernández | 0.366 | Brett Gardner | 0.342 |
Home Runs
Player | HR | Player | HR | |
Khris Davis | 133 | Rougned Odor | 81 | |
Giancarlo Stanton | 124 | José Abreu | 80 | |
Nelson Cruz | 119 | Matt Carpenter | 80 | |
Nolan Arenado | 116 | Chris Davis | 80 | |
Edwin Encarnación | 112 | José Ramírez | 79 | |
J.D. Martin ez | 110 | Kendrys Morales | 79 | |
Manny Machado | 107 | Travis Shaw | 79 | |
Mike Trout | 101 | Kyle Seager | 79 | |
Brian Dozier | 97 | Adam Duvall | 79 | |
Justin Upton | 96 | Jonathan Schoop | 78 | |
Charlie Blackmon | 95 | Jay Bruce | 78 | |
Paul Goldschmidt | 93 | Joey Votto | 77 | |
Anthony Rizzo | 89 | Justin Smoak | 77 | |
Trevor Story | 88 | Salvador Pérez | 76 | |
Mookie Betts | 87 | Christian Yelich | 75 | |
Bryce Harper | 87 | Matt Kemp | 75 | |
Mark Trumbo | 87 | Albert Pujols | 73 | |
Francisco Lindor | 86 | Robinson Canó | 72 | |
Freddie Freeman | 85 | Didi Gregorius | 72 | |
George Springer | 85 | Andrew McCutchen | 72 | |
Todd Frazier | 85 | Evan Longoria | 72 | |
Marcell Ozuna | 83 | Javier Báez | 71 | |
Kris Bryant | 81 | Maikel Franco | 71 | |
Eugenio Suárez | 81 | Adam Jones | 70 | |
Carlos Santana | 81 | Anthony Rendón | 69 |
RBI
Player | RBI | Player | RBI | |
Nolan Arenado | 373 | Francisco Lindor | 259 | |
Edwin Encarnación | 341 | Nick Markakis | 258 | |
Khris Davis | 335 | Travis Shaw | 258 | |
Nelson Cruz | 321 | Matt Kemp | 257 | |
Anthony Rizzo | 319 | Charlie Blackmon | 256 | |
Giancarlo Stanton | 306 | Eugenio Suárez | 256 | |
J.D. Martin ez | 302 | Xander Bogaerts | 254 | |
Paul Goldschmidt | 298 | Carlos Santana | 252 | |
Manny Machado | 298 | Mike Trout | 251 | |
Mookie Betts | 295 | Robinson Canó | 250 | |
Christian Yelich | 289 | Nicholas Castellanos | 248 | |
Marcell Ozuna | 288 | Jonathan Schoop | 248 | |
Albert Pujols | 284 | Carlos Correa | 245 | |
Justin Upton | 281 | Scooter Gennett | 245 | |
José Abreu | 280 | Javier Báez | 245 | |
Anthony Rendón | 277 | Didi Gregorius | 243 | |
Bryce Harper | 273 | Nomar Mazara | 242 | |
Eric Hosmer | 267 | Adrián Béltre | 240 | |
Kyle Seager | 265 | Daniel Murphy | 239 | |
Joey Votto | 264 | José Altuve | 238 | |
José Ramírez | 264 | George Springer | 238 | |
Brian Dozier | 264 | Evan Longoria | 238 | |
Adam Duvall | 263 | Jay Bruce | 237 | |
Trevor Story | 262 | Kendrys Morales | 235 | |
Freddie Freeman | 260 | Todd Frazier | 233 |
Runs Scored
Player | R | Player | R | |
Charlie Blackmon | 367 | Anthony Rizzo | 267 | |
Mookie Betts | 352 | J.D. Martinez | 265 | |
George Springer | 330 | Ender Inciarte | 261 | |
Francisco Lindor | 327 | Justin Upton | 261 | |
Nolan Arenado | 320 | Carlos Santana | 261 | |
Paul Goldschmidt | 318 | Anthony Rendón | 260 | |
Mike Trout | 316 | Andrew McCutchen | 258 | |
José Altuve | 304 | Nelson Cruz | 257 | |
José Ramírez | 301 | Eric Hosmer | 250 | |
Christian Yelich | 296 | Rougned Odor | 244 | |
Brian Dozier | 291 | Eugenio Suárez | 244 | |
Kris Bryant | 291 | César Hernández | 243 | |
DJ LeMahieu | 289 | Kole Calhoun | 239 | |
Matt Carpenter | 283 | Marcell Ozuna | 237 | |
Bryce Harper | 282 | Ian Desmond | 236 | |
Xander Bogaerts | 281 | Jonathan Schoop | 235 | |
Giancarlo Stanton | 281 | Lorenzo Cain | 232 | |
Freddie Freeman | 280 | Trea Turner | 231 | |
Joey Votto | 274 | Didi Gregorius | 230 | |
Khris Davis | 274 | Carlos González | 230 | |
Jean Segura | 273 | José Abreu | 230 | |
Ian Kinsler | 273 | Robinson Canó | 230 | |
Brett Gardner | 271 | Billy Hamilton | 228 | |
Manny Machado | 270 | Elvis Andrus | 228 | |
Edwin Encarnación | 269 | Jackie Bradley Jr. | 228 |
Stolen Bases
Player | SB | Player | SB | |
Billy Hamilton | 151 | Javier Báez | 43 | |
Trea Turner | 122 | Kevin Pillar | 43 | |
Jonathan Villar | 120 | Trevor Story | 42 | |
Dee Gordon | 120 | Rougned Odor | 41 | |
Whit Merrifield | 87 | Freddy Galvis | 39 | |
Mookie Betts | 82 | Andrelton Simmons | 39 | |
José Altuve | 79 | Bryce Harper | 38 | |
Mike Trout | 76 | Odubel Herrera | 38 | |
Jean Segura | 75 | Grégory Polanco | 37 | |
José Ramírez | 73 | Xander Bogaerts | 36 | |
Eduardo Núñez | 71 | Marcus Semien | 36 | |
Lorenzo Cain | 70 | Jackie Bradley Jr. | 34 | |
Ender Inciarte | 66 | Denard Span | 33 | |
Wil Myers | 61 | Justin Upton | 31 | |
Francisco Lindor | 59 | Andrew McCutchen | 31 | |
Paul Goldschmidt | 57 | Alex Bregman | 29 | |
Ian Desmond | 56 | Alcides Escobar | 29 | |
Brett Gardner | 55 | Todd Frazier | 28 | |
Elvis Andrus | 54 | Jason Kipnis | 28 | |
Tim Anderson | 51 | Alex Gordon | 27 | |
César Hernández | 51 | Freddie Freeman | 24 | |
Christian Yelich | 47 | Shin-Soo Choo | 24 | |
Brian Dozier | 46 | Manny Machado | 23 | |
Ian Kinsler | 44 | DJ LeMahieu | 23 | |
Charlie Blackmon | 43 | J.T. Realmuto | 23 |
ERA
Player | ERA | Player | ERA | |
Clayton Kershaw | 2.26 | Michael Fulmer | 3.81 | |
Max Scherzer | 2.67 | Masahiro Tanaka | 3.83 | |
Jacob deGrom | 2.70 | Gio González | 3.87 | |
Corey Kluber | 2.77 | Julio Teherán | 3.88 | |
Chris Sale | 2.85 | Tanner Roark | 3.89 | |
Kyle Hendricks | 2.86 | Mike Foltynewicz | 3.89 | |
Justin Verlander | 2.97 | Robbie Ray | 3.93 | |
Madison Bumgarner | 3.02 | Sean Manaea | 3.94 | |
Stephen Strasburg | 3.22 | Rick Porcello | 3.99 | |
Carlos Martínez | 3.29 | Jhoulys Chacin | 4.00 | |
Aaron Nola | 3.32 | Dan Straily | 4.03 | |
Carlos Carrasco | 3.33 | Patrick Corbin | 4.03 | |
Jon Lester | 3.33 | Danny Duffy | 4.04 | |
J.A. Happ | 3.44 | Kevin Gausman | 4.07 | |
Jake Arrieta | 3.51 | Jake Odorizzi | 4.09 | |
Zack Greinke | 3.53 | Marcus Stroman | 4.10 | |
Trevor Bauer | 3.57 | Chris Archer | 4.12 | |
Luis Severino | 3.59 | Iván Nova | 4.16 | |
Gerrit Cole | 3.64 | Mike Leake | 4.32 | |
Chase Anderson | 3.71 | Jeff Samardzija | 4.33 | |
Cole Hamels | 3.72 | Mike Fiers | 4.39 | |
David Price | 3.74 | Ian Kennedy | 4.49 | |
CC Sabathia | 3.76 | Kyle Gibson | 4.50 | |
José Quintana | 3.77 | Jon Gray | 4.57 | |
Dallas Keuchel | 3.77 | Andrew Cashner | 4.58 |
WHIP
Player | WHIP | Player | WHIP | |
Clayton Kershaw | 0.91 | José Quintana | 1.23 | |
Max Scherzer | 0.93 | Dallas Keuchel | 1.25 | |
Chris Sale | 0.97 | Carlos Martínez | 1.25 | |
Corey Kluber | 0.97 | Dan Straily | 1.26 | |
Justin Verlander | 1.02 | Trevor Bauer | 1.26 | |
Jacob deGrom | 1.09 | Jake Odorizzi | 1.26 | |
Kyle Hendricks | 1.10 | Tanner Roark | 1.26 | |
Stephen Strasburg | 1.10 | Cole Hamels | 1.26 | |
Madison Bumgarner | 1.10 | Iván Nova | 1.27 | |
Carlos Carrasco | 1.12 | Mike Foltynewicz | 1.27 | |
Aaron Nola | 1.13 | Jhoulys Chacin | 1.28 | |
Zack Greinke | 1.13 | Chris Archer | 1.28 | |
Masahiro Tanaka | 1.15 | Danny Duffy | 1.29 | |
Luis Severino | 1.15 | Ian Kennedy | 1.30 | |
David Price | 1.18 | Mike Leake | 1.30 | |
Rick Porcello | 1.19 | Marco Estrada | 1.30 | |
Michael Fulmer | 1.19 | Jon Gray | 1.30 | |
Jake Arrieta | 1.19 | CC Sabathia | 1.30 | |
J.A. Happ | 1.20 | Gio González | 1.31 | |
Julio Teherán | 1.20 | Mike Fiers | 1.32 | |
Gerrit Cole | 1.21 | Dylan Bundy | 1.32 | |
Jon Lester | 1.21 | Patrick Corbin | 1.32 | |
Jeff Samardzija | 1.21 | Robbie Ray | 1.33 | |
Chase Anderson | 1.22 | Marcus Stroman | 1.33 | |
Sean Manaea | 1.22 | Kevin Gausman | 1.36 |
Strikeouts
Player | K | Player | K | |
Max Scherzer | 852 | Jake Arrieta | 491 | |
Chris Sale | 778 | Tanner Roark | 484 | |
Justin Verlander | 763 | David Price | 481 | |
Corey Kluber | 714 | Julio Teherán | 480 | |
Jacob deGrom | 651 | Jon Gray | 480 | |
Chris Archer | 644 | Madison Bumgarner | 461 | |
Carlos Carrasco | 607 | Danny Duffy | 459 | |
Robbie Ray | 601 | Mike Foltynewicz | 456 | |
Trevor Bauer | 585 | Jake Odorizzi | 455 | |
Gerrit Cole | 570 | Kyle Hendricks | 454 | |
Rick Porcello | 560 | Marco Estrada | 444 | |
Patrick Corbin | 555 | Dylan Bundy | 440 | |
Zack Greinke | 548 | Dan Straily | 431 | |
José Quintana | 546 | Jhoulys Chacin | 428 | |
Stephen Strasburg | 543 | Dallas Keuchel | 422 | |
Clayton Kershaw | 529 | Ian Kennedy | 420 | |
Aaron Nola | 529 | Mike Fiers | 419 | |
Jon Lester | 526 | CC Sabathia | 412 | |
Masahiro Tanaka | 518 | Matt Moore | 412 | |
Luis Severino | 516 | Marcus Stroman | 407 | |
Carlos Martínez | 508 | Kyle Gibson | 404 | |
Gio González | 507 | Jeff Samardzija | 402 | |
Kevin Gausman | 501 | James Shields | 392 | |
J.A. Happ | 498 | Chase Anderson | 381 | |
Cole Hamels | 493 | Jason Hammel | 381 |
Wins
Player | W | Player | W | |
Corey Kluber | 56 | Jhoulys Chacin | 34 | |
Max Scherzer | 54 | Jacob deGrom | 32 | |
Rick Porcello | 50 | Jon Gray | 32 | |
Jon Lester | 50 | Mike Foltynewicz | 32 | |
Justin Verlander | 47 | CC Sabathia | 32 | |
J.A. Happ | 47 | Iván Nova | 32 | |
Chris Sale | 46 | Dylan Bundy | 31 | |
Carlos Carrasco | 46 | Mike Fiers | 31 | |
Zack Greinke | 45 | Sean Manaea | 31 | |
Jake Arrieta | 42 | Patrick Corbin | 30 | |
Trevor Bauer | 41 | Kevin Gausman | 30 | |
Stephen Strasburg | 40 | Chase Anderson | 30 | |
Clayton Kershaw | 39 | Robbie Ray | 29 | |
Masahiro Tanaka | 39 | Danny Duffy | 29 | |
David Price | 39 | Dan Straily | 29 | |
Tanner Roark | 38 | Mike Leake | 29 | |
José Quintana | 37 | Bartolo Colón | 29 | |
Kyle Hendricks | 37 | Kyle Gibson | 28 | |
Luis Severino | 36 | Julio Teherán | 27 | |
Carlos Martínez | 36 | Jake Odorizzi | 27 | |
Gio González | 36 | Jason Hammel | 27 | |
Aaron Nola | 35 | Marco Estrada | 26 | |
Cole Hamels | 35 | Marcus Stroman | 26 | |
Dallas Keuchel | 35 | Chris Archer | 25 | |
Gerrit Cole | 34 | Madison Bumgarner | 25 |
Saves
Player | Sv | Player | Sv | |
Kenley Jansen | 126 | Brandon Kintzler | 48 | |
Edwin Díaz | 109 | Bud Norris | 47 | |
Craig Kimbrel | 108 | Greg Holland | 44 | |
Wade Davis | 102 | Jim Johnson | 44 | |
Álex Colomé | 96 | Shane Greene | 43 | |
Roberto Osuna | 96 | Jeremy Jeffress | 42 | |
Aroldis Chapman | 90 | Seunghwan Oh | 42 | |
Cody Allen | 89 | Brad Ziegler | 42 | |
Fernando Rodney | 89 | Arodys Vizcaíno | 40 | |
Jeurys Familia | 75 | Jeanmar Gómez | 39 | |
Ken Giles | 75 | Héctor Neris | 39 | |
Zack Britton | 69 | Ryan Madson | 36 | |
AJ Ramos | 67 | Brandon Maurer | 36 | |
Raisel Iglesias | 64 | Héctor Rondón | 33 | |
Mark Melancon | 61 | Brad Boxberger | 32 | |
Felipe Vázquez | 59 | Brad Brach | 32 | |
Corey Knebel | 57 | Steve Cishek | 30 | |
David Robertson | 56 | Sergio Romo | 29 | |
Sam Dyson | 55 | Dellin Betances | 26 | |
Kelvin Herrera | 55 | Keone Kela | 26 | |
Blake Treinen | 55 | Tony Watson | 25 | |
Brad Hand | 54 | Trevor Rosenthal | 25 | |
Sean Doolittle | 53 | Brandon Morrow | 24 | |
Francisco Rodríguez | 51 | Blake Parker | 23 | |
Santiago Casilla | 48 | Addison Reed | 20 |