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American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

Wins Above Replacement A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Young • BOS 12.4

2. Lajoie • PHA 8.3

3. McGinnity • BLA 7.6

4. Griffith • CHW 7.2

5. Collins • BOS 6.6

6. Miller • DET 6.5

7. Callahan • CHW 6.0

8. Plank • PHA 5.1

9. Parent • BOS 5.0

10. Freeman • BOS 4.8

WAR Position Players

Wins Above Replacement for position players A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Lajoie • PHA 8.3

2. Collins • BOS 6.6

3. Parent • BOS 5.0

4. Freeman • BOS 4.8

5. Anderson • MLA 4.4

6. Hoy • CHW 4.2

7. Stahl • BOS 4.2

8. Donlin • BLA 4.2

9. Williams • BLA 4.0

10. Elberfeld • DET 3.9

Offensive WAR

Offensive Wins Above Replacement (everything but Fielding) The same statistic as Wins Above Replacement for Position Players (WAR), but with the fielding value excluded. oWAR + dWAR does not equal WAR. Adding would count positions twice. Contains the factor for batting stats, baserunning, a positional adjustment, and the replacement player adjustment. Factors developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Lajoie • PHA 8.3

2. Collins • BOS 5.2

3. Freeman • BOS 4.8

4. Anderson • MLA 4.3

Williams • BLA 4.3

6. Elberfeld • DET 4.1

7. McGraw • BLA 4.0

8. Parent • BOS 4.0

9. Hoy • CHW 4.0

10. Donlin • BLA 3.8

Defensive WAR

Defensive Wins Above Replacement for position players A defensive measure of wins above replacement, but given only the defensive stats of the player and his position adjustment. For this calculation, we use a replacement level on defense is the league average. Based on Baseball Info Solutions defensive runs saved from 2003 on and total zone rating developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com previously

1. Collins • BOS 1.9

2. Parent • BOS 1.8

3. Ferris • BOS 1.4

4. Criger • BOS 1.1

5. Bradley • CLE 1.0

6. Casey • DET 1.0

7. Clarke • WSH 1.0

8. Buelow • DET 0.9

Cross • PHA 0.9

10. Clingman • WSH 0.9

Batting Average

Hits/At Bats For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played Bold indicates either highest BA using current stats or awarded title at end of year.

1. Lajoie • PHA .426

2. Donlin • BLA .340

3. Freeman • BOS .339

4. Seybold • PHA .334

5. Collins • BOS .332

6. Anderson • MLA .330

7. Keister • BLA .328

8. Cross • PHA .328

9. McCarthy • CLE .321

10. Dungan • WSH .320

On-Base%

(H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF) For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

1. Lajoie • PHA .463

2. Jones • CHW .412

3. Donlin • BLA .409

4. Hoy • CHW .407

5. Freeman • BOS .400

6. Seybold • PHA .397

Elberfeld • DET .397

8. Williams • BLA .388

9. Barrett • DET .385

10. McFarland • CHW .384

Slugging %

Total Bases/At Bats or
(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played

1. Lajoie • PHA .643

2. Freeman • BOS .520

3. Seybold • PHA .503

4. Williams • BLA .495

5. Collins • BOS .495

6. Keister • BLA .482

7. Anderson • MLA .476

8. Donlin • BLA .475

9. Grady • WSH .470

10. Cross • PHA .465

On-Base Plus Slugging

On-Base + Slugging Percentages For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

1. Lajoie • PHA 1.106

2. Freeman • BOS .920

3. Seybold • PHA .901

4. Donlin • BLA .883

5. Williams • BLA .883

6. Collins • BOS .869

7. Keister • BLA .847

8. Anderson • MLA .836

9. Elberfeld • DET .825

10. Cross • PHA .823

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Waldron • 2TM 141

2. Hallman • MLA 139

3. Collins • BOS 138

Dowd • BOS 138

Ferris • BOS 138

Parent • BOS 138

Anderson • MLA 138

Dungan • WSH 138

9. Isbell • CHW 137

Mertes • CHW 137

Pickering • CLE 137

Clingman • WSH 137

Coughlin • WSH 137

At Bats

1. Waldron • 2TM 598

2. Dowd • BOS 594

3. Anderson • MLA 576

4. Collins • BOS 564

5. Fultz • PHA 561

6. Dungan • WSH 559

7. Isbell • CHW 556

8. Farrell • WSH 555

9. Hallman • MLA 549

10. LaChance • CLE 548

Plate Appearances

Plate Appearances When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH, which excludes catcher interferences. When this color click for a summary of each PA.

1. Waldron • 2TM 651

2. Dowd • BOS 646

3. Hoy • CHW 641

4. Barrett • DET 632

5. Jones • CHW 629

6. Mertes • CHW 624

7. Pickering • CLE 621

8. Collins • BOS 617

9. Farrell • WSH 616

10. Dungan • WSH 615

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Lajoie • PHA 145

2. Jones • CHW 120

3. Williams • BLA 113

4. Hoy • CHW 112

5. Barrett • DET 110

6. Collins • BOS 108

7. Donlin • BLA 107

8. Stahl • BOS 105

Casey • DET 105

10. Dowd • BOS 104

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Lajoie • PHA 232

2. Anderson • MLA 190

3. Collins • BOS 187

4. Waldron • 2TM 186

5. Dungan • WSH 179

6. Pickering • CLE 169

7. Seymour • BLA 166

Freeman • BOS 166

LaChance • CLE 166

10. Fultz • PHA 164

Total Bases

Total Bases Singles + 2 x Doubles + 3 x Triples + 4 x Home Runs.

1. Lajoie • PHA 350

2. Collins • BOS 279

3. Anderson • MLA 274

4. Freeman • BOS 255

5. Williams • BLA 248

6. Dungan • WSH 232

7. Donlin • BLA 226

Stahl • BOS 226

Seybold • PHA 226

Waldron • 2TM 226

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Lajoie • PHA 48

2. Anderson • MLA 46

3. Collins • BOS 42

4. Farrell • WSH 32

5. Hoy • CHW 28

Bradley • CLE 28

Holmes • DET 28

Cross • PHA 28

Davis • PHA 28

10. Hallman • MLA 27

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Keister • BLA 21

Williams • BLA 21

3. Mertes • CHW 17

4. Collins • BOS 16

Stahl • BOS 16

6. Ferris • BOS 15

Freeman • BOS 15

8. Lajoie • PHA 14

Seybold • PHA 14

10. Donlin • BLA 13

Hartman • CHW 13

Bradley • CLE 13

Coughlin • WSH 13

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Lajoie • PHA 14

2. Freeman • BOS 12

3. Grady • WSH 9

4. Anderson • MLA 8

Davis • PHA 8

Seybold • PHA 8

7. Williams • BLA 7

Foster • 2TM 7

9. Beck • CLE 6

Coughlin • WSH 6

Collins • BOS 6

Stahl • BOS 6

Runs Batted In

1. Lajoie • PHA 125

2. Freeman • BOS 114

3. Anderson • MLA 99

4. Mertes • CHW 98

5. Williams • BLA 96

6. Collins • BOS 94

7. Keister • BLA 93

8. Seybold • PHA 90

9. Hartman • CHW 89

10. Beck • CLE 79

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Hoy • CHW 86

2. Jones • CHW 84

3. Barrett • DET 76

4. McFarland • CHW 75

5. McGraw • BLA 61

6. Pickering • CLE 58

7. Elberfeld • DET 57

8. Williams • BLA 56

9. Stahl • BOS 54

10. Donlin • BLA 53

Strikeouts

1. Barrett • DET 64

2. Hallman • MLA 55

Powers • PHA 55

4. Foster • 2TM 52

5. Ferris • BOS 50

McFarland • CHW 50

7. Seybold • PHA 44

8. Coughlin • WSH 43

9. Conroy • MLA 42

10. Howell • BLA 41

Stolen Bases

1. Isbell • CHW 52

2. Mertes • CHW 46

3. Seymour • BLA 38

Jones • CHW 38

5. Pickering • CLE 36

Fultz • PHA 36

7. Holmes • DET 35

Anderson • MLA 35

9. Casey • DET 34

10. Donlin • BLA 33

Dowd • BOS 33

McFarland • CHW 33

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Lajoie • PHA 156

2. Waldron • 2TM 155

3. Jones • CHW 141

4. Dungan • WSH 140

5. Seymour • BLA 138

Pickering • CLE 138

Fultz • PHA 138

8. LaChance • CLE 134

9. Dowd • BOS 131

10. Barrett • DET 130

Adjusted OPS+

OPS+ 100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)

1. Lajoie • PHA 198

2. Freeman • BOS 155

3. Seybold • PHA 143

4. Collins • BOS 140

5. Donlin • BLA 139

6. Williams • BLA 139

7. Anderson • MLA 135

8. Keister • BLA 129

9. Hoy • CHW 127

10. Grady • WSH 127

Runs Created

Runs Created A set of formulas developed by Bill James and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s runs total. This is computed with the "technical" formula when possible. If SB or CS data is missing, the "basic" formula is used. If HBP, IBB, SH, SF, or GIDP data is missing, the "stolen base" version of the formula is used. Team Runs Created is the sum of player Runs Created.

1. Lajoie • PHA 158

2. Collins • BOS 103

3. Freeman • BOS 100

4. Anderson • MLA 98

5. Williams • BLA 96

6. Donlin • BLA 92

7. Seybold • PHA 88

8. Dungan • WSH 85

9. Stahl • BOS 83

Hoy • CHW 83

Adj. Batting Runs

Adjusted Batting Runs A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s runs total via linear weights. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Lajoie • PHA 72

2. Freeman • BOS 36

3. McGraw • BLA 30

4. Collins • BOS 30

5. Donlin • BLA 27

6. Seybold • PHA 26

7. Williams • BLA 26

Anderson • MLA 26

9. Hoy • CHW 26

10. Jones • CHW 20

Adj. Batting Wins

Adjusted Batting Wins A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s wins with his bat. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Lajoie • PHA 7.1

2. Freeman • BOS 3.5

3. McGraw • BLA 3.0

4. Collins • BOS 2.9

5. Donlin • BLA 2.7

6. Seybold • PHA 2.6

7. Anderson • MLA 2.6

Williams • BLA 2.6

9. Hoy • CHW 2.6

10. Jones • CHW 2.0

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Lajoie • PHA 76

2. Collins • BOS 64

3. Anderson • MLA 61

4. Williams • BLA 54

5. Freeman • BOS 50

6. Davis • PHA 46

Seybold • PHA 46

Farrell • WSH 46

9. Keister • BLA 43

10. Stahl • BOS 42

Bradley • CLE 42

Holmes • DET 42

Cross • PHA 42

Times On Base

Times on Base Hits + Bases on Balls + Hit By Pitch Does not include Reached on Error or Catcher Interference.

1. Lajoie • PHA 269

2. Hoy • CHW 255

3. Jones • CHW 252

4. Barrett • DET 240

5. Pickering • CLE 235

6. Waldron • 2TM 228

7. Collins • BOS 226

8. Dungan • WSH 221

9. Donlin • BLA 217

Williams • BLA 217

Stahl • BOS 217

Anderson • MLA 217

Offensive Win %

Offensive Winning Percentage The percentage of games a team with nine of this player batting would win. Assumes average pitching and defense. This uses the Pythagorean win pct formula with the player's RC/G for runs scored and the league's R/9 as runs allowed.

1. Lajoie • PHA .885

2. Freeman • BOS .750

3. Seybold • PHA .732

4. Donlin • BLA .732

5. Williams • BLA .716

6. Collins • BOS .703

7. Anderson • MLA .683

8. Keister • BLA .679

9. Cross • PHA .665

10. Elberfeld • DET .649

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. McGraw • BLA 14

Hoy • CHW 14

3. Lajoie • PHA 13

4. Clarke • WSH 12

5. Casey • DET 10

6. Parent • BOS 9

Hartman • CHW 9

McFarland • CHW 9

9. Brodie • BLA 8

Keister • BLA 8

Bradley • CLE 8

Pickering • CLE 8

Conroy • MLA 8

Maloney • MLA 8

Grady • WSH 8

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Nance • DET 24

2. Parent • BOS 21

3. Stahl • BOS 20

Mertes • CHW 20

5. McCarthy • CLE 19

6. Jones • CHW 18

7. Fultz • PHA 16

8. Gleason • DET 15

Gilbert • MLA 15

10. Dunn • BLA 14

Jackson • BLA 14

Hoy • CHW 14

Hallman • MLA 14

Burke • 2TM 14

Power-Speed #

Power/Speed Number 2 x (Home Runs x Stolen Bases)/(Stolen Bases + Home Runs) The harmonic mean of HR and SB. To do well you need a lot of both. Developed by Bill James.

1. Lajoie • PHA 18.4

2. Freeman • BOS 14.1

3. Anderson • MLA 13.0

4. Davis • PHA 11.6

5. Grady • WSH 11.0

6. Williams • BLA 10.5

7. Seybold • PHA 10.4

8. Stahl • BOS 9.9

9. Collins • BOS 9.1

10. Mertes • CHW 9.0

AB per SO

At Bats Per Strikeout For career marks this only includes AB’s for seasons where SO’s were tracked.

1. Dungan • WSH 93.2

2. Cross • PHA 70.7

3. Lajoie • PHA 60.4

4. McAllister • DET 43.7

5. Wood • CLE 43.3

6. McCarthy • CLE 42.9

7. Schrecongost • BOS 40.0

8. Stahl • BOS 32.2

9. Collins • BOS 31.3

10. Davis • PHA 31.0

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Grady • WSH 38.6

2. Lajoie • PHA 38.9

3. Freeman • BOS 40.8

4. Seybold • PHA 56.1

5. Foster • 2TM 61.0

6. Davis • PHA 62.0

7. Williams • BLA 71.6

8. Anderson • MLA 72.0

9. Coughlin • WSH 84.3

10. Stahl • BOS 85.8

Outs Made

Outs Made (At Bats - Hits) + Double Plays Grounded Into + Sac. Flies + Sac. Hits + Caught Stealing.

1. Dowd • BOS 442

2. Hallman • MLA 428

3. Isbell • CHW 426

4. Waldron • 2TM 423

5. Mertes • CHW 414

6. Fultz • PHA 413

7. Hemphill • BOS 412

Gleason • DET 412

9. Farrell • WSH 410

10. Ferris • BOS 404

rOBA

rOBA
A measure of a player's offensive contributions, weighted in proportion to each event's actual run value

1. Lajoie • PHA .506

2. Freeman • BOS .422

3. Donlin • BLA .413

4. Seybold • PHA .411

5. Williams • BLA .406

6. Collins • BOS .402

7. Keister • BLA .392

8. Elberfeld • DET .392

9. Anderson • MLA .391

10. Hoy • CHW .389

Rbat+

Rbat+
Batting runs as computed for WAR, but indexed to the environment the player played in, where 100 is league average.

1. Lajoie • PHA 194

2. Freeman • BOS 153

3. Collins • BOS 142

4. Seybold • PHA 141

5. Donlin • BLA 141

6. Williams • BLA 138

7. Hoy • CHW 137

8. Anderson • MLA 136

9. Stahl • BOS 132

10. Jones • CHW 132

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 rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements