MLB 2025 Stat Leaders: The Year of Kyle Schwarber, Paul Skenes, and Cal Raleigh

The regular season is over, the bracket is set, and before Red October kicks off we’ve got to hand out some love (and side-eyes) to the guys who dominated the stat sheet this year.

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MLB Home Run Kings

• Cal Raleigh (SEA) — 60 HR: The Mariners catcher went full Paul Bunyan on baseballs, becoming the first backstop ever to hit 60 and the seventh player in MLB history to reach that number. Switch-hitter. Catcher. Franchise record. Nuts.
• Kyle Schwarber (PHI) — 56 HR: Schwarbs put Citizens Bank Park into orbit, including a four-homer game against Atlanta. That’s the second-most bombs in Phillies history, trailing only Ryan Howard’s 58 in ’06.

Batting Champs

• Aaron Judge (NYY) — .331: The guy doesn’t just hit nukes; he’s also the AL batting champ. First time in his career, and he did it by outhitting literally everyone in baseball.
• Trea Turner (PHI) — .304: Played on one hamstring the final month, still came back and stole the Phillies’ first batting title since Richie Ashburn in 1958. Lone .300 hitter in the NL.

RBI Leaders

• Cal Raleigh (SEA) — 125 RBI: Johnny Bench is the only name you need to compare this to. That’s the level of company Raleigh kept in 2025.
• Kyle Schwarber (PHI) — 132 RBI: First Phillie to lead MLB in RBIs since Ryan Howard in 2008. He wasn’t just launching bombs, he was cashing checks every night.

Stolen Base Artists

• José Caballero (NYY) — 49 SB: Spent the first half swiping bags in Tampa, finished with the Yankees, still ran wild on everyone.
• Oneil Cruz (PIT) & Juan Soto (NYM) — 38 SB: Yes, Soto. The same guy who used to steal, like, three bases a year. Now he’s a 30-30 guy. Cruz meanwhile is built like a power forward and still swiped 38. Unreal.

Statcast Freak Show

• Aaron Judge (NYY) — 96 barrels: He’s basically an air-raid siren with pinstripes.
• Shohei Ohtani (LAD) — 100 barrels: Fifty-five homers, 59.6% hard-hit rate, and enough barrels to make Cooperstown blush.

Pitching Wins

• Max Fried (NYY) — 19 wins: New ace in the Bronx. First Yankee since CC Sabathia (2010) to sniff 20.
• Freddy Peralta (MIL) — 17 wins: The Brewers’ bulldog finally put it all together with a career year and a 2.70 ERA.

ERA Leaders

• Tarik Skubal (DET) — 2.21 ERA: Back-to-back ERA titles for the Tigers ace. He’s the guy Detroit hasn’t had since, what, Denny McLain?
• Paul Skenes (PIT) — 1.97 ERA: Yes, you read that right. A sub-2.00 ERA. The phenom looks like a Cy Young winner already.

Strikeout Kings

• Garrett Crochet (BOS) — 255 K: From the South Side to Fenway, Crochet became a strikeout machine with 11.2 K/9. Pure filth.
• Logan Webb (SF) — 224 K: Doesn’t blow you away with velocity, but the ground-ball king still piled up punchouts and led the NL in innings.

Save Leaders

• Carlos Estévez (KC) — 42 saves: Kansas City closer quietly shoved. Only AL pitcher over 40 saves.
• Robert Suarez (SD) — 40 saves: Padres locked down with Suarez. No Hader, no problem.

Welcome to Red October

2025 gave us a catcher with 60 homers, a pitcher with a sub-2 ERA, Schwarber leading MLB in RBIs, Turner bringing Philly its first batting title in nearly 70 years, and Soto turning into Rickey Henderson.

The regular season belonged to these guys. Now it’s about who writes their name into October history.

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