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. Johnson • WSH 12.8
2. Cobb • DET 9.5
3. Collins • CHW 9.1
4. Speaker • BOS 7.1
5. Morton • CLE 7.0
6. Weilman • SLB 5.9
7. Fournier • CHW 5.9
8. Wood • BOS 5.8
9. Caldwell • NYY 5.8
10. Dauss • DET 5.7

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. Cobb • DET 9.5
2. Collins • CHW 9.1
3. Speaker • BOS 7.1
4. Fournier • CHW 5.9
5. Veach • DET 4.8
6. Pratt • SLB 4.7
7. Vitt • DET 4.5
8. Chapman • CLE 4.5
9. Schalk • CHW 4.4
10. Shotton • SLB 4.4

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 9.9
2. Collins • CHW 7.7
3. Speaker • BOS 6.0
4. Fournier • CHW 5.7
5. Chapman • CLE 5.3
6. Crawford • DET 4.6
7. Veach • DET 4.5
8. Shotton • SLB 4.4
9. Jackson • 2TM 4.0
Strunk • PHA 4.0

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. McBride • WSH 2.3
2. Schalk • CHW 2.0
3. Peckinpaugh • NYY 1.9
Boone • NYY 1.9
5. Vitt • DET 1.7
6. Weaver • CHW 1.7
7. Bush • DET 1.6
8. Lavan • SLB 1.5
9. Scott • BOS 1.4
10. Collins • CHW 1.4

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 .369
2. Collins • CHW .332
3. Fournier • CHW .322
4. Speaker • BOS .322
5. McInnis • PHA .314
6. Veach • DET .313
7. Jackson • 2TM .308
8. Crawford • DET .299
9. Strunk • PHA .297
10. Kavanagh • DET .295

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. Cobb • DET .486
2. Collins • CHW .460
3. Fournier • CHW .429
4. Speaker • BOS .416
5. Shotton • SLB .409
6. Veach • DET .390
7. Jackson • 2TM .385
8. Schang • PHA .385
9. Kavanagh • DET .378
10. Strunk • PHA .371

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. Fournier • CHW .491
2. Cobb • DET .487
3. Kavanagh • DET .452
4. Jackson • 2TM .445
5. Roth • 2TM .438
6. Collins • CHW .436
7. Veach • DET .434
8. Crawford • DET .431
9. Strunk • PHA .427
10. Speaker • BOS .411

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 .973
2. Fournier • CHW .920
3. Collins • CHW .896
4. Jackson • 2TM .830
5. Kavanagh • DET .829
6. Speaker • BOS .827
7. Veach • DET .824
8. Roth • 2TM .799
9. Crawford • DET .799
10. Strunk • PHA .798

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Pratt • SLB 159
2. Lavan • SLB 157
3. Cobb • DET 156
Crawford • DET 156
Shotton • SLB 156
6. Collins • CHW 155
Bush • DET 155
8. Chapman • CLE 154
Foster • WSH 154
10. Collins • CHW 153
Milan • WSH 153

At Bats

At Bats

1. Foster • WSH 618
2. Crawford • DET 612
3. Pratt • SLB 602
4. Collins • CHW 576
5. Milan • WSH 573
6. Chapman • CLE 570
7. Veach • DET 569
8. Hooper • BOS 566
9. Weaver • CHW 563
Cobb • DET 563

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. Bush • DET 705
2. Cobb • DET 701
3. Crawford • DET 694
4. Vitt • DET 687
5. Shotton • SLB 685
6. Collins • CHW 681
7. Hooper • BOS 676
Foster • WSH 676
9. Chapman • CLE 674
10. Pratt • SLB 666

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Cobb • DET 144
2. Collins • CHW 118
3. Vitt • DET 116
4. Speaker • BOS 108
5. Chapman • CLE 101
6. Bush • DET 99
7. Shotton • SLB 93
8. Hooper • BOS 90
9. Murphy • 2TM 88
10. Fournier • CHW 86

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Cobb • DET 208
2. Crawford • DET 183
3. Veach • DET 178
4. Speaker • BOS 176
5. Pratt • SLB 175
6. Collins • CHW 173
7. Foster • WSH 170
8. Milan • WSH 165
9. Lewis • BOS 162
10. Shotton • SLB 158

Total Bases

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

1. Cobb • DET 274
2. Crawford • DET 264
3. Veach • DET 247
4. Pratt • SLB 237
5. Collins • CHW 227
6. Speaker • BOS 225
7. Foster • WSH 215
8. Lewis • BOS 213
9. Collins • CHW 212
10. Chapman • CLE 211

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Veach • DET 40
2. Lewis • BOS 31
Cobb • DET 31
Crawford • DET 31
Pratt • SLB 31
6. Strunk • PHA 28
7. Speaker • BOS 25
Foster • WSH 25
9. Collins • CHW 24
Lajoie • PHA 24

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Crawford • DET 19
2. Fournier • CHW 18
3. Collins • CHW 17
Chapman • CLE 17
Roth • 2TM 17
6. Strunk • PHA 16
7. Gandil • WSH 15
8. Jackson • 2TM 14
9. Hooper • BOS 13
Cobb • DET 13
Kavanagh • DET 13
Vitt • DET 13
Pipp • NYY 13

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Roth • 2TM 7
2. Oldring • PHA 6
3. Boone • NYY 5
Walker • SLB 5
Burns • DET 5
Jackson • 2TM 5
Fournier • CHW 5
Peckinpaugh • NYY 5
9. Collins • CHW 4
Caldwell • NYY 4
Maisel • NYY 4
Crawford • DET 4
Pipp • NYY 4
Ruth • BOS 4
Kavanagh • DET 4

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Crawford • DET 112
Veach • DET 112
3. Cobb • DET 99
4. Collins • CHW 85
5. Jackson • 2TM 81
6. Pratt • SLB 78
7. Collins • CHW 77
Fournier • CHW 77
9. Lewis • BOS 76
10. Speaker • BOS 69

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Collins • CHW 119
2. Bush • DET 118
Cobb • DET 118
Shotton • SLB 118
5. Hooper • BOS 89
6. Speaker • BOS 81
7. Vitt • DET 80
8. Chapman • CLE 70
9. Veach • DET 68
Murphy • 2TM 68

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Lavan • SLB 83
2. Chapman • CLE 82
3. Pipp • NYY 81
4. Walker • SLB 77
5. Smith • CLE 75
6. Peckinpaugh • NYY 72
Roth • 2TM 72
8. Walsh • PHA 64
9. Lewis • BOS 63
Moeller • WSH 63

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Cobb • DET 96
2. Maisel • NYY 51
3. Collins • CHW 46
4. Shotton • SLB 43
5. Milan • WSH 40
6. Collins • CHW 38
7. Chapman • CLE 36
8. Bush • DET 35
9. Murphy • 2TM 33
10. Pratt • SLB 32
Moeller • WSH 32

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Cobb • DET 161
2. Milan • WSH 143
3. Speaker • BOS 139
4. Collins • CHW 137
5. Foster • WSH 135
6. Pratt • SLB 130
7. Crawford • DET 129
8. Shotton • SLB 128
9. Veach • DET 125
McInnis • PHA 125

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 185
2. Fournier • CHW 172
3. Collins • CHW 165
4. Speaker • BOS 151
5. Jackson • 2TM 147
6. Kavanagh • DET 143
7. Strunk • PHA 143
8. Veach • DET 142
9. Roth • 2TM 137
10. Shotton • SLB 134

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 138
2. Collins • CHW 103
3. Crawford • DET 96
4. Veach • DET 91
5. Speaker • BOS 89
6. Fournier • CHW 83
7. Shotton • SLB 81
8. Chapman • CLE 75
9. Lewis • BOS 73
Jackson • 2TM 73

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 71
2. Collins • CHW 52
3. Fournier • CHW 40
4. Speaker • BOS 38
5. Veach • DET 31
6. Shotton • SLB 31
7. Jackson • 2TM 26
8. Strunk • PHA 25
9. Crawford • DET 24
10. Kavanagh • DET 17

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 7.8
2. Collins • CHW 5.8
3. Fournier • CHW 4.4
4. Speaker • BOS 4.2
5. Veach • DET 3.5
6. Shotton • SLB 3.5
7. Jackson • 2TM 2.9
8. Strunk • PHA 2.8
9. Crawford • DET 2.7
10. Kavanagh • DET 1.9

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Crawford • DET 54
2. Veach • DET 53
3. Cobb • DET 47
4. Strunk • PHA 45
Pratt • SLB 45
6. Collins • CHW 43
Fournier • CHW 43
8. Lewis • BOS 40
9. Jackson • 2TM 39
10. Smith • CLE 38

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. Cobb • DET 336
2. Collins • CHW 297
3. Shotton • SLB 278
4. Speaker • BOS 264
5. Veach • DET 250
6. Crawford • DET 249
7. Bush • DET 248
8. Chapman • CLE 227
9. Hooper • BOS 225
10. Vitt • DET 224

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 .859
2. Fournier • CHW .790
3. Collins • CHW .773
4. Speaker • BOS .722
5. Kavanagh • DET .720
6. Veach • DET .718
7. Crawford • DET .711
8. Jackson • 2TM .710
9. Roth • 2TM .699
10. Strunk • PHA .670

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Fournier • CHW 15
2. Schang • PHA 14
3. Cobb • DET 10
4. Kopf • PHA 9
5. Janvrin • BOS 8
Quinlan • CHW 8
Boone • NYY 8
Cook • NYY 8
Barry • 2TM 8
Murphy • 2TM 8

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Weaver • CHW 42
Vitt • DET 42
3. Collins • CHW 40
4. Collins • CHW 35
Austin • SLB 35
6. Peckinpaugh • NYY 33
7. Pratt • SLB 32
8. Barry • 2TM 30
9. Hoblitzell • BOS 28
Lewis • BOS 28

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Cobb • DET 38
2. Shotton • SLB 32
3. Collins • CHW 30
4. Bush • DET 27
5. Speaker • BOS 25
6. Pratt • SLB 23
7. Hooper • BOS 20
Weaver • CHW 20
Jackson • 2TM 20
10. Collins • CHW 19
Veach • DET 19
Hartzell • NYY 19
Strunk • PHA 19
Lavan • SLB 19
Milan • WSH 19

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. Roth • 2TM 11.0
2. Fournier • CHW 8.1
3. Walker • SLB 8.0
4. Peckinpaugh • NYY 7.9
5. Oldring • PHA 7.8
6. Jackson • 2TM 7.6
7. Maisel • NYY 7.4
8. Boone • NYY 7.4
9. Collins • CHW 7.4
10. Crawford • DET 6.9

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. Speaker • BOS 39.1
2. Lajoie • PHA 30.6
3. McInnis • PHA 26.8
4. Vitt • DET 25.5
5. Barry • 2TM 22.1
6. Crawford • DET 21.1
7. Foster • WSH 20.6
8. Jackson • 2TM 20.0
9. Murphy • 2TM 19.7
10. Schalk • CHW 19.7

AB per HR

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

1. Roth • 2TM 54.9
2. Oldring • PHA 68.0
3. Burns • DET 78.4
4. Kavanagh • DET 83.0
5. Fournier • CHW 84.4
6. Boone • NYY 86.2
7. Jackson • 2TM 92.2
8. Walker • SLB 102.0
9. Peckinpaugh • NYY 108.0
10. Pipp • NYY 119.8

Outs Made

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

1. Collins • CHW 487
2. Bush • DET 482
Pratt • SLB 482
4. Vitt • DET 480
5. Weaver • CHW 474
6. Hooper • BOS 470
7. Peckinpaugh • NYY 466
8. Foster • WSH 462
9. Crawford • DET 459
10. Chapman • CLE 457

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)

<strong>Base-Out Runs Added</strong><br>Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the batter<br> or baserunner add in the resulting play.<br>Compared to average, so 0 is average, and above 0 is better than average

1. Cobb • DET 87.85
2. Collins • CHW 56.71
3. Fournier • CHW 56.39
4. Veach • DET 39.20
5. Speaker • BOS 38.86
6. Crawford • DET 36.09
7. Jackson • 2TM 31.69
8. Roth • 2TM 27.99
9. Schang • PHA 23.80
10. Murphy • 2TM 22.13

Win Probability Added (WPA)

<strong>Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability<br>caused by this batter during the game.<br>See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Cobb • DET 7.8
2. Speaker • BOS 5.1
3. Fournier • CHW 4.7
4. Veach • DET 4.6
5. Collins • CHW 4.2
6. Crawford • DET 3.2
7. Jackson • 2TM 2.5
8. Shotton • SLB 2.4
9. Murphy • 2TM 2.4
10. Kavanagh • DET 2.2

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)

<strong>Situational Wins (WPA/LI)</strong><br>It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play.<br>WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats.<br>This stat does not.

1. Cobb • DET 7.9
2. Collins • CHW 4.4
3. Fournier • CHW 4.1
4. Jackson • 2TM 3.4
5. Speaker • BOS 3.2
6. Crawford • DET 2.3
7. Strunk • PHA 2.3
8. Veach • DET 2.1
9. Schang • PHA 2.0
10. Chapman • CLE 1.9

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability of winning the World Series, displayed in percentage points.<br>See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Cobb • DET 20.0
2. Speaker • BOS 12.8
3. Veach • DET 11.1
4. Collins • CHW 7.3
5. Hoblitzell • BOS 6.8
6. Fournier • CHW 6.6
7. Crawford • DET 6.1
8. Kavanagh • DET 4.9
9. Thomas • BOS 4.6
10. Gardner • BOS 4.6

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)

<strong>Base-Out Wins Added (REW)</strong><br>This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance measured by the 24 <br>base-out situations across every play in the game.

1. Cobb • DET 9.4
2. Collins • CHW 6.2
3. Fournier • CHW 6.2
4. Speaker • BOS 4.4
5. Veach • DET 4.3
6. Crawford • DET 4.0
7. Jackson • 2TM 3.5
8. Roth • 2TM 3.1
9. Schang • PHA 2.7
10. Strunk • PHA 2.5

rOBA

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

1. Cobb • DET .493
2. Fournier • CHW .448
3. Collins • CHW .442
4. Speaker • BOS .410
5. Kavanagh • DET .404
6. Jackson • 2TM .400
7. Veach • DET .399
8. Crawford • DET .398
9. Roth • 2TM .394
10. Strunk • PHA .383

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 194
2. Collins • CHW 179
3. Fournier • CHW 179
4. Speaker • BOS 162
5. Jackson • 2TM 153
6. Veach • DET 149
7. Strunk • PHA 148
8. Kavanagh • DET 147
9. Shotton • SLB 144
10. Crawford • DET 140

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