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.
- 11 Ty Cobb (1907-1909, 1911-1915, 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)
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)
- 4 Lip Pike (1871-1873, 1877)
- 4 Harry Davis (1904-1908)
- 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 Reggie Jackson (1973, 1975, 1980, 1982)
- 4 Mark McGwire (1987, 1996, 1998-1999)§
- 4 Ken Griffey, Jr. (1994, 1997-1999)
- 4 Alex Rodriguez (2001-2003, 2005)
§ In 1997, because of a mid-season trade, McGwire led Major League Baseball in home runs, but neither the AL nor the NL.
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 Ross Barnes (1872-1873, 1875-1876)
- 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)
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)
Runs titles[]
- 8 Babe Ruth (1919-1921, 1923-1924, 1926-1928)
- 6 Ted Williams (1940-1942, 1946-1947, 1949)
- 5 Mickey Mantle (1954, 1956-1958, 1960)
- 5 Ty Cobb (1909-1911, 1915-1916)
- 5 George J. Burns (1914, 1916-1917, 1919-1920)
- 5 Rogers Hornsby (1921-1922, 1924, 1927, 1929)
- 5 Stan Musial (1946, 1948, 1951-1952)
- 5 Rickey Henderson (1981, 1985-1986, 1989-1990)
- 4 Ross Barnes (1871, 1873, 1875-1876)
- 4 Billy Hamilton (1891, 1894-1895, 1897)
- 4 Lou Gehrig (1931, 1933, 1935-1936)
- 4 Pete Rose (1969, 1974-1976)
- 4 Alex Rodriguez (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005)
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 Ross Barnes (1871-1873, 1876)
- 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)
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)
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 Martinez (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)
Wins titles[]
- 8 Warren Spahn (1949-1950, 1953, 1957-1961)
- 6 Al Spalding (1871-1876)
- 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)
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, Johnson led Major League Baseball in strikeouts, but neither the AL nor the NL.
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)
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)
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)