American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Guidry • NYY 9.6
2. Caldwell • MIL 8.2
3. Rice • BOS 7.6
4. Otis • KCR 7.4
5. Eckersley • BOS 7.3
6. DeCinces • BAL 6.8
7. Goltz • MIN 6.6
8. Palmer • BAL 6.4
9. Matlack • TEX 6.2
10. Fisk • BOS 5.9
WAR Position Players
1. Rice • BOS 7.6
2. Otis • KCR 7.4
3. DeCinces • BAL 6.8
4. Fisk • BOS 5.9
5. Smalley • MIN 5.9
6. Randolph • NYY 5.8
7. Nettles • NYY 5.7
8. Bando • MIL 5.7
9. Thompson • DET 5.6
10. Brett • KCR 5.4
Sundberg • TEX 5.4
Offensive WAR
1. Rice • BOS 6.7
2. Fisk • BOS 6.0
3. Otis • KCR 5.7
4. DeCinces • BAL 5.7
5. Singleton • BAL 5.6
6. Smalley • MIN 5.5
7. Hisle • MIL 5.5
8. LeFlore • DET 5.2
9. Carew • MIN 5.1
10. Thornton • CLE 5.0
Defensive WAR
1. Belanger • BAL 3.7
2. Sundberg • TEX 3.0
3. Dent • NYY 2.8
4. Burleson • BOS 2.2
5. White • KCR 1.9
6. Nettles • NYY 1.8
7. Bell • CLE 1.8
Otis • KCR 1.8
9. Yount • MIL 1.8
10. Wills • TEX 1.7
Batting Average
1. Carew • MIN .333
2. Oliver • TEX .324
3. Rice • BOS .315
4. Piniella • NYY .314
5. Oglivie • MIL .303
6. Roberts • SEA .301
7. Otis • KCR .298
8. Lynn • BOS .298
9. LeFlore • DET .297
10. Munson • NYY .297
On-Base%
1. Carew • MIN .411
2. Singleton • BAL .409
3. Hargrove • TEX .388
4. Randolph • NYY .381
5. Lynn • BOS .380
6. Otis • KCR .380
7. Kemp • DET .379
8. Lezcano • MIL .377
9. Thornton • CLE .377
10. Grubb • 2TM .381 **
Slugging %
1. Rice • BOS .600
2. Hisle • MIL .533
3. DeCinces • BAL .526
4. Otis • KCR .525
5. Thornton • CLE .516
6. Thomas • MIL .515
7. Roberts • SEA .515
8. Carty • 2TM .502
9. Oglivie • MIL .497
10. Lynn • BOS .492
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Rice • BOS .970
2. Hisle • MIL .906
3. Otis • KCR .905
4. Thornton • CLE .893
5. Roberts • SEA .879
6. DeCinces • BAL .872
7. Lynn • BOS .872
8. Singleton • BAL .871
9. Oglivie • MIL .867
10. Thomas • MIL .866
Games Played
1. Rice • BOS 163
2. Staub • DET 162
Chambliss • NYY 162
4. Murray • BAL 161
5. Kemp • DET 159
Nettles • NYY 159
7. Baylor • CAL 158
Smalley • MIN 158
9. Fisk • BOS 157
Wills • TEX 157
At Bats
1. Rice • BOS 677
2. LeFlore • DET 666
3. Staub • DET 642
4. Burleson • BOS 626
5. Chambliss • NYY 625
6. McRae • KCR 623
7. Bailor • TOR 621
8. Munson • NYY 617
9. Murray • BAL 610
10. Ford • MIN 592
Plate Appearances
1. Rice • BOS 746
2. LeFlore • DET 741
3. Staub • DET 734
4. Smalley • MIN 702
5. McRae • KCR 692
6. Murray • BAL 690
7. Kemp • DET 686
8. Burleson • BOS 685
9. Baylor • CAL 677
Chambliss • NYY 677
Runs Scored
1. LeFlore • DET 126
2. Rice • BOS 121
3. Baylor • CAL 103
4. Thornton • CLE 97
5. Hisle • MIL 96
6. Fisk • BOS 94
7. Bonds • 2TM 93
8. McRae • KCR 90
9. Money • MIL 88
10. Remy • BOS 87
Randolph • NYY 87
Hits
1. Rice • BOS 213
2. LeFlore • DET 198
3. Carew • MIN 188
4. Munson • NYY 183
5. Staub • DET 175
6. Murray • BAL 174
7. Chambliss • NYY 171
8. McRae • KCR 170
Oliver • TEX 170
10. Thompson • DET 169
Total Bases
1. Rice • BOS 406
2. Murray • BAL 293
3. Baylor • CAL 279
Staub • DET 279
5. Thompson • DET 278
6. Hisle • MIL 277
7. Fisk • BOS 271
Bonds • 2TM 271
9. LeFlore • DET 270
Nettles • NYY 270
Doubles
1. Brett • KCR 45
2. Fisk • BOS 39
McRae • KCR 39
4. DeCinces • BAL 37
5. Ford • MIN 36
6. Oliver • TEX 35
7. Piniella • NYY 34
8. Lynn • BOS 33
9. Murray • BAL 32
Burleson • BOS 32
Triples
1. Rice • BOS 15
2. Carew • MIN 10
Ford • MIN 10
4. Garr • CHW 9
Yount • MIL 9
6. Bell • CLE 8
Brett • KCR 8
Cowens • KCR 8
Rivers • NYY 8
McKay • TOR 8
Home Runs
1. Rice • BOS 46
2. Baylor • CAL 34
Hisle • MIL 34
4. Thornton • CLE 33
5. Thomas • MIL 32
6. Bonds • 2TM 31
Carty • 2TM 31
8. DeCinces • BAL 28
9. Murray • BAL 27
Jackson • NYY 27
Nettles • NYY 27
Alexander • 2TM 27
Runs Batted In
1. Rice • BOS 139
2. Staub • DET 121
3. Hisle • MIL 115
4. Thornton • CLE 105
5. Baylor • CAL 99
Carty • 2TM 99
7. Jackson • NYY 97
8. Thompson • DET 96
Otis • KCR 96
10. Murray • BAL 95
Bases on Balls
1. Hargrove • TEX 107
2. Singleton • BAL 98
3. Kemp • DET 97
4. Thornton • CLE 93
5. Smalley • MIN 85
6. Harrah • TEX 83
7. Randolph • NYY 82
8. Bonds • 2TM 79
9. Carew • MIN 78
10. Yastrzemski • BOS 76
Staub • DET 76
Strikeouts
1. Alexander • 2TM 166
2. Thomas • MIL 133
Jackson • NYY 133
4. Rice • BOS 126
5. Hobson • BOS 122
6. Bonds • 2TM 120
7. Evans • BOS 119
8. May • BAL 110
9. LeFlore • DET 104
10. Murray • BAL 97
Stolen Bases
1. LeFlore • DET 68
2. Cruz • SEA 59
3. Wills • TEX 52
4. Diloné • OAK 50
5. Wilson • KCR 46
6. Bonds • 2TM 43
7. Patek • KCR 38
8. Randolph • NYY 36
9. Otis • KCR 32
10. Harrah • TEX 31
Singles
1. LeFlore • DET 153
2. Munson • NYY 149
3. Carew • MIN 147
4. Bostock • CAL 135
5. Reynolds • SEA 132
6. Kuiper • CLE 131
7. Remy • BOS 130
Chambliss • NYY 130
9. Rice • BOS 127
Bailor • TOR 127
Adjusted OPS+
1. Rice • BOS 157
2. Hisle • MIL 153
3. Singleton • BAL 152
4. Thornton • CLE 151
5. Otis • KCR 151
6. DeCinces • BAL 149
7. Roberts • SEA 146
8. Oglivie • MIL 143
9. Thomas • MIL 142
10. Murray • BAL 140
Runs Created
1. Rice • BOS 147
2. LeFlore • DET 105
Carew • MIN 105
4. Murray • BAL 104
Thompson • DET 104
6. Fisk • BOS 103
Lynn • BOS 103
Hisle • MIL 103
9. Otis • KCR 102
10. Singleton • BAL 100
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Rice • BOS 49
2. Singleton • BAL 40
3. Thornton • CLE 37
4. Hisle • MIL 37
5. Otis • KCR 35
6. Murray • BAL 33
7. Carew • MIN 33
8. DeCinces • BAL 32
9. Roberts • SEA 28
10. Oglivie • MIL 27
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Rice • BOS 4.9
2. Singleton • BAL 4.0
3. Thornton • CLE 3.7
4. Hisle • MIL 3.7
5. Otis • KCR 3.5
6. Murray • BAL 3.3
7. Carew • MIN 3.3
8. DeCinces • BAL 3.2
9. Roberts • SEA 2.8
10. Oglivie • MIL 2.7
Extra Base Hits
1. Rice • BOS 86
2. DeCinces • BAL 66
3. Fisk • BOS 64
4. Murray • BAL 62
Brett • KCR 62
6. Baylor • CAL 60
McRae • KCR 60
8. Thornton • CLE 59
Otis • KCR 59
10. Lynn • BOS 58
Hisle • MIL 58
Times On Base
1. Rice • BOS 276
2. LeFlore • DET 267
Carew • MIN 267
4. Kemp • DET 259
5. Staub • DET 254
6. Singleton • BAL 247
7. Smalley • MIN 246
8. Murray • BAL 245
9. Thompson • DET 243
10. Fisk • BOS 240
Offensive Win %
1. Rice • BOS .756
2. Otis • KCR .727
3. Singleton • BAL .714
4. Roberts • SEA .704
Hisle • MIL .704
6. Carew • MIN .700
7. Lynn • BOS .696
8. Lezcano • MIL .679
9. Oglivie • MIL .678
10. Thornton • CLE .677
Hit By Pitch
1. Baylor • CAL 18
2. Jackson • CAL 9
Jackson • NYY 9
4. Lemon • CHW 8
Roberts • SEA 8
6. Fisk • BOS 7
Chalk • CAL 7
Grich • CAL 7
Money • MIL 7
Hargrove • TEX 7
Sacrifice Hits
1. Campaneris • TEX 25
2. Smalley • MIN 23
3. Grich • CAL 19
Gómez • TOR 19
5. Guerrero • OAK 17
6. Kuiper • CLE 16
7. Veryzer • CLE 15
Wilfong • MIN 15
Essian • OAK 15
10. Remy • BOS 14
Money • MIL 14
Edwards • OAK 14
Sacrifice Flies
1. Baylor • CAL 12
2. Staub • DET 11
Cowens • KCR 11
McRae • KCR 11
5. Otis • KCR 10
Munson • NYY 10
7. Nettles • NYY 9
Oliver • TEX 9
9. Murray • BAL 8
Hobson • BOS 8
Yastrzemski • BOS 8
Thornton • CLE 8
Whitaker • DET 8
Bonds • 2TM 8
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Carew • MIN 19
2. Porter • KCR 14
3. Lynn • BOS 11
4. Oglivie • MIL 10
5. Baylor • CAL 9
6. Yastrzemski • BOS 8
Bostock • CAL 8
Piniella • NYY 8
Hargrove • TEX 8
10. Murray • BAL 7
Rice • BOS 7
LeFlore • DET 7
Otis • KCR 7
White • NYY 7
Zisk • TEX 7
Bonds • 2TM 7
Carty • 2TM 7
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Bostock • CAL 26
2. Bell • CLE 24
Staub • DET 24
4. Munson • NYY 20
Nettles • NYY 20
6. Scott • BOS 19
7. May • BAL 18
Carew • MIN 18
Sundberg • TEX 18
10. Johnson • CHW 17
Thornton • CLE 17
McKay • TOR 17
Caught Stealing
1. Diloné • OAK 23
2. Bonds • 2TM 22
3. Edwards • OAK 21
4. Page • OAK 19
5. LeFlore • DET 16
6. Wills • TEX 14
7. Remy • BOS 13
Miller • CAL 13
9. Bostock • CAL 12
Manning • CLE 12
Wilson • KCR 12
Molitor • MIL 12
Beníquez • TEX 12
SB %
1. Cruz • SEA 85.51
2. Campaneris • TEX 84.62
3. Lowenstein • TEX 84.21
4. Randolph • NYY 83.72
5. Rivers • NYY 83.33
6. LeFlore • DET 80.95
7. Otis • KCR 80.00
8. Harrah • TEX 79.49
9. Carew • MIN 79.41
10. Wilson • KCR 79.31
Power-Speed #
1. Bonds • 2TM 36.0
2. Baylor • CAL 26.7
3. Otis • KCR 26.1
4. LeFlore • DET 20.4
5. Page • OAK 19.6
6. Jackson • NYY 18.4
7. Harrah • TEX 17.3
8. McRae • KCR 16.5
9. Hisle • MIL 15.5
10. Wills • TEX 15.3
AB per SO
1. Bailor • TOR 29.6
2. Staub • DET 18.3
3. Bostock • CAL 15.8
4. Kuiper • CLE 15.6
5. Brett • KCR 14.6
6. Guerrero • OAK 14.4
7. Dauer • BAL 20.9 **
8. Chalk • CAL 13.8
9. Reynolds • SEA 13.4
10. Piniella • NYY 13.1
AB per HR
1. Thomas • MIL 14.1
2. Rice • BOS 14.7
3. Hisle • MIL 15.3
4. Thornton • CLE 15.4
5. Carty • 2TM 17.0
6. Baylor • CAL 17.4
7. Bonds • 2TM 18.2
8. DeCinces • BAL 18.3
9. Alexander • 2TM 18.4
10. Jackson • NYY 18.9
Outs Made
1. Burleson • BOS 510
2. Staub • DET 505
3. LeFlore • DET 501
4. Rice • BOS 490
5. McRae • KCR 488
6. Bailor • TOR 483
7. Smalley • MIN 480
8. Baylor • CAL 476
9. Munson • NYY 468
10. Remy • BOS 467
Chambliss • NYY 467
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Rice • BOS 61.18
2. Hisle • MIL 46.10
3. Otis • KCR 43.02
4. Singleton • BAL 36.15
5. Lynn • BOS 33.82
6. DeCinces • BAL 33.16
7. Carew • MIN 33.12
8. Jackson • NYY 32.00
9. Roberts • SEA 31.99
10. Piniella • NYY 31.47
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Rice • BOS 6.7
2. Hisle • MIL 4.9
3. Otis • KCR 4.6
4. Roberts • SEA 4.1
5. Murray • BAL 3.9
6. Lynn • BOS 3.7
7. Thompson • DET 3.6
8. Singleton • BAL 3.6
9. Thornton • CLE 3.3
10. Piniella • NYY 2.9
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Rice • BOS 5.7
2. Hisle • MIL 4.6
3. Singleton • BAL 4.0
4. Otis • KCR 3.4
5. Thornton • CLE 3.2
6. Lynn • BOS 3.0
7. Thompson • DET 3.0
8. Oglivie • MIL 3.0
9. DeCinces • BAL 2.9
10. Carew • MIN 2.8
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Lynn • BOS 8.0
2. Dent • NYY 7.8
3. Otis • KCR 6.6
4. Porter • KCR 5.6
5. Rice • BOS 4.2
6. Braun • 2TM 3.7
7. Nettles • NYY 3.5
8. Jackson • NYY 3.5
9. Baylor • CAL 3.4
10. Fisk • BOS 3.2
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Rice • BOS 5.8
2. Hisle • MIL 4.6
3. Otis • KCR 4.3
4. Singleton • BAL 3.7
5. DeCinces • BAL 3.4
6. Carew • MIN 3.3
7. Jackson • NYY 3.3
8. Roberts • SEA 3.2
9. Lynn • BOS 3.2
10. Piniella • NYY 3.2

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements