League Leaders Who Led?

Willie Wells

1924–1948  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'9", 170 lb  ·  b. 1904 Shawnee, OK

Career 1,052 G · 1,304 H · 145 HR · 863 RBI · .328 AVG · 0.2 IP

Seasons leading his league
30
0 best in baseball 30 league only
85 Top-5 finishes
7 Title seasons
12 Categories led
1930 Best season

Spanning 1927–1942, peaking at 12 titles in 1930.

1930 Batting Triple Crown
Led the NNL in .399 AVG, 18 HR, 112 RBI
Led in Total Bases for 4 straight seasons (1927–1930) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 29th League titles 30
  • 32nd Top-5 finishes 85

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Total Bases 4 1st 4 yrs (1927–1930) 1927 NNL 249 1928 NNL 217 1929 NNL 254 1930 NNL 234
Runs 4 1st 4 yrs (1927–1930) 1927 NNL 90 1928 NNL 82 1929 NNL 109 1930 NNL 113 1925 #3 1931 #3 1935 #2
Doubles 3 1st 2 yrs (1930–1931) 1928 NNL 28 1930 NNL 36 1931 NNL 12 1929 #3
Hits 3 1st 3 yrs (1928–1930) 1928 NNL 113 1929 NNL 137 1930 NNL 136 1927 #3
Runs Batted In 3 1st 2 yrs (1929–1930) 1927 NNL 105 1929 NNL 121 1930 NNL 112 1928 #2
Home Runs 3 1st 2 yrs (1929–1930) 1927 NNL 29 1929 NNL 27 1930 NNL 18 1928 #2 1931 #3
Slugging Percentage 2 1st — 1927 NNL .694 1930 NNL .686 1928 #2 1929 #2
On-Base Plus Slug. 2 1st — 1927 NNL 1.149 1930 NNL 1.179 1926 #3 1928 #2 1929 #2
Stolen Bases 2 1st — 1930 NNL 27 1935 NN2 14 1929 #3 1931 #2
Batting Average 2 1st — 1930 NNL .399 1942 NN2 .342 1928 #2 1929 #3 1935 #3
Walks 1 1st — 1930 NNL 56 1925 #3 1926 #2 1927 #2 1929 #2 1931 #2
On-Base Percentage 1 1st — 1930 NNL .493 1926 #2 1927 #2 1928 #3 1929 #2 1935 #3

Title Seasons

7 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1942 1 AVG .342
1935 1 SB 14
1931 1 2B 12
1930 12 AVG .399 HR 18 RBI 112 H 136 R 113 SB 27 OPS 1.179 OBP .493 SLG .686 2B 36 TB 234 BB 56
1929 5 HR 27 RBI 121 H 137 R 109 TB 254
1928 4 H 113 R 82 2B 28 TB 217
1927 6 HR 29 RBI 105 R 90 OPS 1.149 SLG .694 TB 249

Batting

21 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1924 SLS NNL 45 170 29 51 12 4 1 37 12 0 2 .300 .353 .435 .789
1925 SLS NNL 87 338 83 98 19 7 8 53 53 0 18 .290 .386 .459 .845
1926 SLS NNL 84 279 66 104 12 4 13 64 50 1 16 .373 .470 .584 1.054
1927 SLS NNL 96 359 90 131 21 5 29 105 55 0 13 .365 .456 .694 1.149
1928 SLS NNL 78 315 82 113 28 5 22 81 25 1 13 .359 .415 .689 1.103
1929 SLS +1 NNL 99 379 109 137 24 6 27 121 49 0 32 .362 .441 .670 1.111
1930 SLS NNL 91 341 113 136 36 4 18 112 56 0 27 .399 .493 .686 1.179
1931 SLS NNL 34 122 35 39 12 3 3 27 24 0 9 .320 .439 .541 .980
1932 DW +1 EWL 39 151 25 42 14 3 2 30 11 0 3 .278 .335 .450 .786
1933 CAG NN2 36 156 30 41 7 3 0 23 7 0 8 .263 .307 .346 .653
1934 CAG NN2 38 144 23 30 7 4 0 13 17 1 4 .208 .292 .313 .604
1935 CAG NN2 47 184 53 65 14 5 5 36 25 0 14 .353 .433 .565 .999
1936 NE NN2 29 111 24 35 6 1 2 12 12 1 0 .315 .387 .441 .829
1937 NE +1 NN2 32 120 32 39 9 5 3 27 12 1 2 .325 .386 .558 .945
1938 NE NN2 27 90 22 29 7 2 2 15 13 0 3 .322 .419 .511 .930
1939 NE NN2 38 150 31 40 4 0 3 21 19 3 4 .267 .347 .353 .700
1942 NE NN2 51 199 50 68 12 1 6 32 16 0 3 .342 .399 .503 .902
1945 NBY +1 NN2 27 100 13 25 6 0 0 10 9 0 1 .250 .330 .310 .640
1946 BEG +1 NN2 62 229 23 67 13 3 1 38 21 0 2 .293 .355 .389 .743
1947 CIC NAL 6 19 2 6 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 .316 .350 .421 .771
1948 MRS NAL 6 17 6 8 2 1 0 3 2 1 1 .471 .526 .706 1.232
Career — — 1,052 3,973 941 1,304 265 67 145 863 489 9 175 .328 .408 .538 .946

Pitching

1 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1945 NE NN2 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Career — — 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
SS 980 1,949 2,895 256 429 .950
3B 49 53 73 6 4 .955
2B 11 24 22 2 3 .958
OF 10 9 1 0 0 1.000
1B 2 0 0 0 0 —
P 1 0 0 0 0 —