MLB Baseball Statistics

1. MLB MVP awards by position, through 2025

First basemen account for 37 MVP-winning seasons in MLB’s historical positional breakdown, ahead of right fielders on 31 and left fielders on 24. Barry Bonds’ seven awards make him a large part of the left-field total, while centre field includes the recognised seasons of Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and Mike Trout. These are awards, not unique players: a repeat winner contributes once for every season won. Each season is assigned to the winner’s primary role that year, which can differ from the position most associated with their career.

The split also carries an important historical qualification. MLB’s comparison includes earlier forms of the MVP award as well as the modern Baseball Writers’ Association of America prizes, first awarded in 1931. Shohei Ohtani accounts for all four designated-hitter entries through 2025, despite pitching in three of those seasons; MLB places those wins in its DH category. The 2026 awards have not yet been decided, so adding a provisional winner would distort the historical count.

Sources: MLB: total MVP awards by position, through 2025; MLB: MVP award history

2. Dominican and Venezuelan MLB players by position, 2026 Opening Day

MLB identified 93 Dominican-born and 60 Venezuelan-born players on its 26 March 2026 Opening Day rosters and inactive lists. Grouping those named players into broad primary positions puts pitchers first for the Dominican Republic, with 51, followed by 21 infielders and 16 outfielders. Venezuela’s group is more evenly spread: 22 infielders, 20 pitchers and 12 catchers. The catchers include Salvador Perez, William Contreras and Francisco Alvarez, whereas several Dominican stars, such as Juan Soto and Fernando Tatis Jr., fall among the outfielders.

This is a snapshot of roster membership, not a census of everyone who appeared in a Major League game during 2026. It includes injured and restricted players named in MLB’s release, and a player’s birthplace is not necessarily their national eligibility or identity. We coded the named roster list into five broad roles; versatile players are counted once in a primary group, with Marcell Ozuna treated as a designated hitter. The attached classification list makes the assignment auditable and explains why the country totals equal MLB’s published 93 and 60.

Sources: MLB: 2026 international Opening Day roster release and named-player list; MLB: named-player list (PDF)

3. World Series titles by franchise, through 2025

The Yankees remain the runaway World Series leader with 27 titles, more than twice the Cardinals’ 11. The Dodgers’ 2025 victory over Toronto raised their franchise count to nine, level with the Red Sox and Athletics. That was their second consecutive championship; the 2026 postseason has not yet produced a champion. The top group reflects both sustained success and long franchise histories, including spells in different home cities. In particular, the Dodgers’ nine includes their Brooklyn title, and the Athletics’ nine spans Philadelphia and Oakland.

Championship totals measure postseason outcomes, so they should not be read as a simple ranking of regular-season quality. A club can have an excellent season and still leave a short playoff series without the trophy. The Giants have eight titles but none since 2014; the Pirates and Reds have five apiece. This chart includes every current franchise with at least four titles through 2025, rather than breaking a tie arbitrarily to force an exact top ten. The 1904 season had no World Series and is not assigned a winner.

Source: MLB: teams with the most World Series titles, updated after 2025

4. All-time regular-season winning percentage by franchise

The Yankees’ all-time regular-season winning percentage is about 57.0%, clearly ahead of the Giants and Dodgers, each close to 53%. These are franchise records across their full recognised Major League histories: New York Giants seasons count toward San Francisco, and Brooklyn seasons toward the Los Angeles Dodgers. Historical records include very different league sizes, schedules and competitive conditions, so the percentages express longevity as much as a comparison of modern rosters. The chart excludes tied games from its denominator, dividing wins by wins plus losses.

The separation below the leading three is modest. St. Louis and Boston remain above 51%, while the Cubs, Guardians, Braves, Reds and Astros cluster close to .500. Over more than a century of games, however, a small percentage-point difference can amount to hundreds of wins. These cumulative figures were checked against franchise win–loss records and the 2026 MLB standings available on 28 September. Several postponed games remained listed for 29 September, so the figures are a dated historical snapshot and may move by a few hundredths when those games are completed.

Sources: All-time MLB franchise regular-season win–loss records, compilation; MLB: 2026 regular-season standings, 28 September snapshot

5. All-time MLB career home-run leaders

Barry Bonds’ 762 regular-season home runs still lead the official MLB list, narrowly ahead of Hank Aaron’s 755. Babe Ruth follows on 714, with Albert Pujols on 703 and Alex Rodriguez on 696. The top ten spans markedly different baseball eras, ballparks, season lengths and approaches to hitting. Ruth helped establish the home run as a central part of the game; later sluggers such as Ken Griffey Jr. and Jim Thome built totals across long careers in a far more specialised modern environment.

No active player’s 2026 total has entered this top ten, so the membership is unchanged in the current MLB leaderboard. These are regular-season homers only; postseason results do not add to a player’s career figure here. Historical comparisons also need care around the steroid era, especially when discussing Bonds, Rodriguez and Sosa. The official counting record reports what happened on the field without resolving debates about performance-enhancing drugs. A home-run total alone is therefore a descriptive achievement, not a complete measure of a hitter’s overall value.

Source: MLB: all-time career home-run leaderboard

6. 2026 MLB home-run leaders

Power was shared at the top of MLB’s 2026 home-run board at this snapshot: Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Schwarber each had 45, followed by Pete Alonso on 43. Yordan Alvarez and Junior Caminero both reached 42, while Hunter Goodman, Matt Olson and Ben Rice were tied on 41. This produces a crowded upper tier rather than one hitter far beyond the field. Schwarber’s total came as a designated hitter for Philadelphia, whereas Crow-Armstrong combined his power with 41 stolen bases for the Cubs.

The display includes eleven players because Brandon Lowe and Munetaka Murakami shared tenth place with 35. A tied player is not silently removed to make the chart fit ten names. This is an MLB regular-season leaderboard retrieved on 29 September, after the games reflected in MLB’s 28 September data. A few postponed games were still listed for 29 September, so a later season-end update may change the values or order. Postseason home runs do not enter the totals. Differences in playing time also matter when comparing players’ raw counts.

Source: MLB: 2026 regular-season home-run leaders

7. 2026 MLB stolen-base leaders

Nasim Nuñez led MLB with 49 stolen bases at the 28 September snapshot, narrowly ahead of Chandler Simpson’s 46 and Bobby Witt Jr.’s 45. Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Pete Crow-Armstrong each had 41, underscoring the presence of both specialist runners and players who also contribute substantial batting power. A steal is credited only when the runner advances under the official scoring rules; simply taking an extra base on a hit or a defensive error does not count in this measure.

The cluster of four players on 34 creates an eighth-place tie, so all eleven players through that shared rank are shown. Stolen-base totals on their own do not capture efficiency: the MLB table also reports caught-stealing counts, which vary among leaders. Nor does a count adjust for opportunities to reach base or a team’s willingness to run. These values describe regular-season play recorded at the snapshot, with a handful of rescheduled 2026 games still on the calendar. They are separate from the all-time career rankings elsewhere on this page.

Source: MLB: 2026 regular-season stolen-base leaders

8. 2026 MLB pitching strikeout leaders

Jacob Misiorowski headed the 2026 pitching strikeout table with 252, four ahead of Gavin Williams. Dylan Cease and Cam Schlittler shared third on 239, while Philadelphia’s Cristopher Sánchez and Jesús Luzardo both appear in the leading six. Strikeouts describe one important way pitchers prevent the ball being put in play, but their raw totals reflect innings worked as well as strikeout ability. A starter with many outings usually has more chances to accumulate them than a high-rate relief pitcher.

The ten listed pitchers each reached at least 201 at the snapshot, and the ties at third and eighth are retained in the ordering. Misiorowski’s 252 came in 174⅔ innings in MLB’s table; Sánchez reached 231 in 207 innings. That contrast shows why totals and rates answer different questions. These figures are regular-season pitching strikeouts, excluding postseason appearances and including the official scoring decisions current to MLB’s 28 September data. MLB still listed some rescheduled games for 29 September, so final published totals may move.

Source: MLB: 2026 regular-season pitching strikeout leaders

9. 2026 MLB teams with the largest run differentials

Milwaukee led MLB in run differential at plus 214, with the Dodgers close behind at plus 201. The Brewers scored 832 runs and allowed 618; Los Angeles scored 801 and conceded 600. Chicago’s Cubs ranked third at plus 147 despite having fewer wins than the Rays and Braves at this snapshot. Run differential provides a useful check on a win–loss record because it reflects the balance of scoring across every game, rather than counting narrow and lopsided wins identically.

The table also shows why the measure is not a guaranteed standings order. Tampa Bay had 98 wins with a plus-86 differential, whereas the Cubs had 89 wins and a larger plus-147. Detroit’s plus-71 ranked eighth even though the Tigers finished below .500. Timing, close-game outcomes and the distribution of runs all influence a club’s actual victories. These are MLB’s standings values after games on 27 September, accessed 29 September. Outstanding make-up games for some teams can still alter this dated snapshot; postseason runs are excluded.

Source: MLB: 2026 standings, expanded runs scored and runs allowed

10. All-time MLB career hits leaders

Pete Rose’s 4,256 career hits remain MLB’s leading total, with Ty Cobb second on 4,191. Hank Aaron, who also ranks second for career home runs, sits third for hits on 3,771. The rest of this group reaches from Stan Musial’s 3,630 down to Paul Molitor’s 3,319. A career hits chart rewards the ability to produce consistently and stay in the line-up over many seasons; it does not distinguish a single from an extra-base hit, or account for walks and other ways of reaching base.

These numbers come from MLB’s all-time regular-season hitting table. Its counting conventions and historical coverage should be read with the linked source, especially when comparing nineteenth-century players with the present game. A player’s postseason hits are excluded, and none of the current 2026 leaders is close enough to enter this top ten at the snapshot. Rose and Cobb are separated by only 65 hits, a narrow gap given both careers exceeded four thousand. The chart complements the home-run ranking by highlighting a different dimension of batting longevity.

Source: MLB: all-time career hits leaderboard

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