Major League Baseball titles leaders

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At the end of each Major League Baseball season, the league leaders of various statistical categories are announced. Leading the 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.

Contents 1 Batting titles 2 Home run titles 3 Hits titles 4 RBI titles 5 Runs titles 6 Total bases titles 7 Stolen base titles 8 ERA titles 9 Wins titles 10 Strikeout titles (pitchers) 11 Innings pitched titles 12 Games started titles 13 Saves titles

[edit] Batting titles

12 Ty Cobb (1907-1915, 1917-1919)

8 Tony Gwynn (1984, 1987-1989, 1994-1997)

8 Honus Wagner (1900, 1903-1904, 1906-1909, 1911)

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)

[edit] Home run titles

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 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, 1931-1934)

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)

4 Mark McGwire (1987, 1996, 1998-1999)§

§ In 1997, because of a mid-season trade, Mark McGwire led Major League Baseball in home runs, but neither the AL nor the NL.

[edit] Hits titles

8 Ty Cobb (1907-1909, 1911-1912, 1915, 1917, 1919)

8 Tony Gwynn (1984, 1986-1987, 1989, 1994-1997)

7 Pete Rose (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972-1973, 1976, 1981)

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 Ichiro Suzuki (2001, 2004, 2006 - 2007)

[edit] RBI titles

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 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)

[edit] Runs titles

8 Babe Ruth (1919-1921, 1923-1924, 1926-1928)

6 Ted Williams (1940-1942, 1946-1947, 1949)

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 Mickey Mantle (1954, 1956-1958, 1960)

5 Stan Musial (1946, 1948, 1951-1952)

5 Alex Rodriguez (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)

4 Lou Gehrig (1931, 1933, 1935-1936)

4 Billy Hamilton (1891, 1894-1895, 1897)

4 Pete Rose (1969, 1974-1976)

[edit] Total bases titles

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 Chuck Klein (1930-1933)

4 Lou Gehrig (1927, 1930-1931, 1934)

4 Jim Rice (1977-1979, 1983)

4 Alex Rodriguez, (1996, 2001-2002, 2007)

[edit] Stolen base titles

12 Rickey Henderson (1980-1986, 1988-1991, 1998)

10 Max Carey (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)

[edit] ERA titles

9 Lefty Grove (1926, 1929-1932, 1935-1936, 1938-1939)

7 Roger Clemens (1986, 1990-1992, 1997-1998, 2005)

6 Christy Mathewson (1905, 1908-1909, 1911, 1913)

5 Walter Johnson (1912-1913, 1918-1919, 1924)

5 Sandy Koufax (1962-1966)

5 Pedro Martínez (1997, 1999-2000, 2002-2003)

4 Grover Cleveland Alexander (1915-1916, 1919-1920)

4 Greg Maddux (1993-1995, 1998)

4 Randy Johnson (1995, 1999, 2001-2002)

[edit] Wins titles

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 Jim Palmer (1970, 1975-1977)

4 Steve Carlton (1972, 1977, 1980, 1982)

4 Roger Clemens (1986-1987, 1997-1998)

[edit] Strikeout titles (pitchers)

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 Gomez (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)

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.

[edit] Innings pitched titles

7 Grover Cleveland Alexander (1911-1912, 1914-1917, 1920)

5 Walter Johnson (1910, 1914-1916)

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)

[edit] Games started titles

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)

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)

[edit] Saves titles

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 Roberto Hernández (1994-1996, 1999)