Major League Baseball titles leaders

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 winning the title in that category.

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.

Batting titles
11 Ty Cobb (1907-1909, 1911-1915, 1917-1919) 8 Tony Gwynn (1984, 1987-1989, 1994-1997) 7 Honus Wagner (1900, 1903-1904, 1906-1909, 1911) 7 Rogers Hornsby (1920-1925, 1927-1928, 1931) 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 (1901-1904) 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)&sect; 4 Ken Griffey, Jr. (1994, 1997-1999) 4 Alex Rodriguez (2001-2003, 2005)

&sect; In 1997, because of a mid-season trade, McGwire led the Major Leagues in home runs, but neither the AL or the NL.

Hits titles
8 Ty Cobb (1907-1909, 1911-1912, 1915, 1917, 1919) 7 Pete Rose (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972-1973, 1976, 1981) 7 Tony Gwynn (1984, 1986-1987, 1989, 1994-1997) 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) 6 Mickey Mantle (1954, 1956-1958, 1960-1961) 5 Ty Cobb (1909-1911, 1915-1916) 5 George 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 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 George Case (1940-1943) 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)&sect; 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)

&sect; In 1998, because of a mid-season trade, Johnson led the Major Leagues in strikeouts, but neither the AL or 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)

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 Hernandez (1994-1996, 1999)