American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

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

1. Walsh • CHW 10.7
2. Young • BOS 9.7
3. Joss • CLE 8.8
4. Lajoie • CLE 7.9
5. Plank • PHA 7.6
6. Wallace • SLB 6.3
7. Vickers • PHA 6.3
8. Cobb • DET 6.2
9. McIntyre • DET 6.0
10. Johnson • WSH 5.3

WAR Position Players

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

1. Lajoie • CLE 7.9
2. Wallace • SLB 6.3
3. Cobb • DET 6.2
4. McIntyre • DET 6.0
5. Crawford • DET 5.1
6. Jones • CHW 4.8
7. Gessler • BOS 4.6
8. McBride • WSH 4.4
9. Stovall • CLE 4.2
10. Schmidt • DET 4.2

Offensive WAR

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

1. Cobb • DET 6.5
2. Crawford • DET 6.2
3. Lajoie • CLE 5.3
4. McIntyre • DET 4.9
5. Gessler • BOS 4.6
6. Hemphill • NYY 4.5
7. Wallace • SLB 4.1
8. Rossman • DET 4.0
9. Schaefer • DET 3.8
10. Jones • CHW 3.7

Defensive WAR

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

1. Wallace • SLB 3.4
2. McBride • WSH 2.6
3. Schmidt • DET 2.6
4. Lajoie • CLE 2.6
5. Tannehill • CHW 2.4
6. Wagner • BOS 2.3
7. Parent • CHW 2.1
8. Sullivan • CHW 1.9
9. Street • WSH 1.9
10. Criger • BOS 1.5

Batting Average

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

1. Cobb • DET .324
2. Crawford • DET .311
3. Gessler • BOS .308
4. Hemphill • NYY .297
5. McIntyre • DET .295
6. Rossman • DET .294
7. Stovall • CLE .292
8. Lajoie • CLE .289
9. Unglaub • 2TM .286
10. Stone • SLB .281

On-Base%

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

1. Gessler • BOS .394
2. McIntyre • DET .392
3. Hemphill • NYY .374
4. Hartsel • PHA .371
5. Cobb • DET .368
6. Dougherty • CHW .367
7. Jones • CHW .366
8. Crawford • DET .355
9. Cravath • BOS .354
10. Lajoie • CLE .352

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. Cobb • DET .476
2. Crawford • DET .457
3. Gessler • BOS .423
4. Rossman • DET .418
5. McIntyre • DET .383
6. Cravath • BOS .383
7. Stovall • CLE .380
8. Collins • PHA .379
9. Lajoie • CLE .375
10. Stahl • 2TM .371

On-Base Plus Slugging

<strong>On-Base + Slugging Percentages </strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played

1. Cobb • DET .844
2. Gessler • BOS .817
3. Crawford • DET .812
4. McIntyre • DET .775
5. Rossman • DET .748
6. Cravath • BOS .737
7. Hemphill • NYY .730
8. Lajoie • CLE .727
9. Stone • SLB .714
10. Hartsel • PHA .701

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Lajoie • CLE 157
2. Jones • SLB 155
McBride • WSH 155
4. Freeman • WSH 154
5. Wagner • BOS 153
Schaefer • DET 153
Stahl • 2TM 153
8. Crawford • DET 152
9. McIntyre • DET 151
10. Cobb • DET 150
Nicholls • PHA 150
Ganley • WSH 150

At Bats

At Bats

1. Crawford • DET 591
2. Stone • SLB 588
3. Schaefer • DET 584
4. Lajoie • CLE 581
5. Cobb • DET 580
6. McIntyre • DET 569
7. Lord • BOS 560
8. Ferris • SLB 555
9. Nicholls • PHA 550
10. Jones • SLB 549
Ganley • WSH 549

Plate Appearances

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

1. McIntyre • DET 678
2. Lajoie • CLE 667
Schaefer • DET 667
4. Stone • SLB 662
5. Jones • CHW 656
6. Crawford • DET 655
7. Bradley • CLE 651
Ganley • WSH 651
9. Cobb • DET 635
10. Lord • BOS 628

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. McIntyre • DET 105
2. Crawford • DET 102
3. Schaefer • DET 96
4. Jones • CHW 92
5. Stone • SLB 89
6. Cobb • DET 88
7. McConnell • BOS 77
Lajoie • CLE 77
9. Hartsel • PHA 73
10. Stovall • CLE 71

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Cobb • DET 188
2. Crawford • DET 184
3. Lajoie • CLE 168
McIntyre • DET 168
5. Stone • SLB 165
6. Stovall • CLE 156
7. Unglaub • 2TM 155
8. Rossman • DET 154
9. Schaefer • DET 151
10. Hemphill • NYY 150
Ferris • SLB 150

Total Bases

<strong>Total Bases</strong><br>Singles + 2 x Doubles + 3 x Triples + 4 x Home Runs.

1. Cobb • DET 276
2. Crawford • DET 270
3. Rossman • DET 219
4. Lajoie • CLE 218
McIntyre • DET 218
6. Stone • SLB 217
7. Stovall • CLE 203
8. Schaefer • DET 200
9. Stahl • 2TM 199
10. Ferris • SLB 196

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Cobb • DET 36
2. Crawford • DET 33
Rossman • DET 33
4. Lajoie • CLE 32
5. Stovall • CLE 29
6. Murphy • PHA 28
7. Stahl • 2TM 27
8. Ferris • SLB 26
9. Bradley • CLE 24
McIntyre • DET 24
Wallace • SLB 24

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Cobb • DET 20
2. Crawford • DET 16
Stahl • 2TM 16
4. Gessler • BOS 14
5. McIntyre • DET 13
Rossman • DET 13
7. Milan • WSH 12
8. Cravath • BOS 11
9. Schaefer • DET 10
10. Thoney • BOS 9
Hemphill • NYY 9
Davis • PHA 9
Ganley • WSH 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Crawford • DET 7
2. Hinchman • CLE 6
3. Niles • 2TM 5
Stone • SLB 5
Davis • PHA 5
6. Williams • SLB 4
Cobb • DET 4
Hartsel • PHA 4
Murphy • PHA 4
Nicholls • PHA 4

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Cobb • DET 108
2. Crawford • DET 80
3. Lajoie • CLE 74
Ferris • SLB 74
5. Rossman • DET 71
6. Murphy • PHA 66
7. Stahl • 2TM 65
8. Gessler • BOS 63
9. Davis • PHA 62
10. Wallace • SLB 60

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Hartsel • PHA 93
2. Jones • CHW 86
3. McIntyre • DET 83
4. Clarke • CLE 76
5. Davis • PHA 61
6. Hemphill • NYY 59
7. Dougherty • CHW 58
8. Stone • SLB 55
Williams • SLB 55
10. Wallace • SLB 52

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Ball • NYY 91
2. Clarke • CLE 84
3. Stahl • 2TM 80
4. Schaefer • DET 75
5. Ferris • SLB 72
6. Williams • SLB 71
7. Hinchman • CLE 68
Stone • SLB 68
9. Birmingham • CLE 63
McIntyre • DET 63

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Dougherty • CHW 47
2. Hemphill • NYY 42
3. Schaefer • DET 40
4. Cobb • DET 39
5. Clarke • CLE 37
6. Ball • NYY 32
7. McConnell • BOS 31
8. Stahl • 2TM 30
Ganley • WSH 30
10. Milan • WSH 29

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. McIntyre • DET 131
Stone • SLB 131
3. Hemphill • NYY 129
4. Lajoie • CLE 128
Cobb • DET 128
Crawford • DET 128
7. Unglaub • 2TM 125
8. Lord • BOS 122
McConnell • BOS 122
10. Stovall • CLE 119

Adjusted OPS+

<strong>OPS+</strong><br>100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s)

1. Cobb • DET 170
2. Gessler • BOS 162
3. Crawford • DET 160
4. McIntyre • DET 149
5. Rossman • DET 139
6. Hemphill • NYY 137
7. Lajoie • CLE 137
8. Cravath • BOS 136
9. Stone • SLB 132
10. Dougherty • CHW 127

Runs Created

<strong>Runs Created</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Bill James and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total.<br>This is computed with the "technical" formula when possible.<br>If SB or CS data is missing, the "basic" formula is used.<br>If HBP, IBB, SH, SF, or GIDP data is missing, the "stolen base" version of the formula is used. <br>Team Runs Created is the sum of player Runs Created.

1. Cobb • DET 100
2. Crawford • DET 95
3. McIntyre • DET 84
4. Lajoie • CLE 75
5. Stone • SLB 74
6. Rossman • DET 72
7. Gessler • BOS 70
8. Hemphill • NYY 67
9. Stovall • CLE 64
10. Schaefer • DET 61

Adj. Batting Runs

<strong>Adjusted Batting Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Cobb • DET 43
2. Crawford • DET 37
3. McIntyre • DET 36
4. Gessler • BOS 32
5. Lajoie • CLE 25
6. Hemphill • NYY 23
7. Stone • SLB 21
8. Rossman • DET 21
9. Delahanty • WSH 19
10. Dougherty • CHW 18

Adj. Batting Wins

<strong>Adjusted Batting Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his bat.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Cobb • DET 5.2
2. Crawford • DET 4.5
3. McIntyre • DET 4.3
4. Gessler • BOS 3.9
5. Lajoie • CLE 3.1
6. Hemphill • NYY 2.8
7. Stone • SLB 2.6
8. Rossman • DET 2.6
9. Delahanty • WSH 2.3
10. Dougherty • CHW 2.2
Jones • CHW 2.2

Extra Base Hits

<strong>Extra Base Hits</strong><br>Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Cobb • DET 60
2. Crawford • DET 56
3. Rossman • DET 48
4. Stahl • 2TM 45
5. Lajoie • CLE 40
6. Murphy • PHA 39
7. Hinchman • CLE 37
Stovall • CLE 37
McIntyre • DET 37
Davis • PHA 37

Times On Base

<strong>Times on Base</strong><br>Hits + Bases on Balls + Hit By Pitch<br>Does not include Reached on Error or Catcher Interference.

1. McIntyre • DET 258
2. Jones • CHW 228
Cobb • DET 228
4. Lajoie • CLE 224
Crawford • DET 224
6. Stone • SLB 223
7. Hemphill • NYY 212
8. Hartsel • PHA 205
9. Dougherty • CHW 202
10. Clarke • CLE 199

Offensive Win %

<strong>Offensive Winning Percentage</strong><br>The percentage of games a team with nine of this player<br>batting would win. Assumes average pitching and defense.<br>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. Cobb • DET .815
2. Gessler • BOS .789
3. Crawford • DET .784
4. McIntyre • DET .756
5. Rossman • DET .724
6. Hemphill • NYY .717
7. Cravath • BOS .698
8. Stone • SLB .691
9. Lajoie • CLE .690
10. Hartsel • PHA .661

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Stahl • 2TM 23
2. Hahn • CHW 13
Bradley • CLE 13
4. Gessler • BOS 11
McConnell • BOS 11
6. Dougherty • CHW 10
7. Hinchman • CLE 9
Lajoie • CLE 9
Oldring • PHA 9
10. Lord • BOS 8
Jones • CHW 8

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Bradley • CLE 60
2. Ganley • WSH 52
3. Schaefer • DET 43
4. Lord • BOS 36
5. Jones • SLB 34
6. Stovall • CLE 31
Nicholls • PHA 31
8. Davis • CHW 30
Lajoie • CLE 30
Ferris • SLB 30

Power-Speed #

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

1. Crawford • DET 9.5
2. Niles • 2TM 8.1
3. Stone • SLB 8.0
Davis • PHA 8.0
5. Cobb • DET 7.3
6. Hinchman • CLE 7.2
7. Murphy • PHA 6.4
8. Hartsel • PHA 6.3
9. Nicholls • PHA 6.2
10. Schaefer • DET 5.6

AB per SO

<strong>At Bats Per Strikeout</strong><br>For career marks this only includes AB&#x2019;s for seasons where SO&#x2019;s were tracked.

1. Lajoie • CLE 29.1
2. Jones • SLB 26.1
3. Hahn • CHW 21.3
4. Crawford • DET 21.1
5. Schmidt • DET 20.0
6. Collins • PHA 18.8
7. Altizer • 2TM 18.4
8. LaPorte • 2TM 15.1
9. Murphy • PHA 14.2
10. Cobb • DET 13.8

AB per HR

<strong>At Bats Per Home Run</strong>

1. Hinchman • CLE 77.3
2. Niles • 2TM 78.8
3. Crawford • DET 84.4
4. Davis • PHA 102.6
5. Hartsel • PHA 115.0
6. Stone • SLB 117.6
7. Murphy • PHA 131.3
8. Williams • SLB 134.8
9. Nicholls • PHA 137.5
10. Gessler • BOS 145.0
Cobb • DET 145.0

Outs Made

<strong>Outs Made</strong><br>(At Bats - Hits) + Double Plays Grounded Into <br>+ Sac. Flies + Sac. Hits + Caught Stealing.

1. Schaefer • DET 476
2. Bradley • CLE 475
3. Ganley • WSH 470
4. Nicholls • PHA 462
5. Lord • BOS 451
6. Jones • SLB 448
7. Lajoie • CLE 443
8. Stone • SLB 436
9. Ferris • SLB 435
10. Williams • SLB 434

rOBA

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

1. Cobb • DET .413
2. Gessler • BOS .395
3. Crawford • DET .394
4. McIntyre • DET .376
5. Hemphill • NYY .364
6. Rossman • DET .361
7. Lajoie • CLE .357
8. Cravath • BOS .355
9. Dougherty • CHW .353
10. Hartsel • PHA .348

Rbat+

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

1. Cobb • DET 175
2. Gessler • BOS 169
3. Crawford • DET 168
4. McIntyre • DET 156
5. Lajoie • CLE 147
6. Hemphill • NYY 145
7. Rossman • DET 145
8. Cravath • BOS 142
9. Stone • SLB 138
10. Dougherty • CHW 136

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

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