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 11.0
2. Ruth • BOS 9.9
3. Cicotte • CHW 9.8
4. Coveleski • CLE 7.4
5. Veach • DET 6.8
6. Peckinpaugh • NYY 6.5
7. Shaw • WSH 6.3
8. Sisler • SLB 6.2
9. Sothoron • SLB 5.9
10. Jackson • CHW 5.6

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. Ruth • BOS 9.2
2. Veach • DET 6.8
3. Peckinpaugh • NYY 6.5
4. Sisler • SLB 6.2
5. Jackson • CHW 5.6
6. Pratt • NYY 5.5
7. Speaker • CLE 5.4
8. Cobb • DET 5.3
9. Collins • CHW 5.2
10. Schang • BOS 4.7

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. Ruth • BOS 8.3
2. Cobb • DET 6.0
3. Veach • DET 5.9
4. Jackson • CHW 5.8
5. Sisler • SLB 5.6
6. Collins • CHW 4.8
7. Peckinpaugh • NYY 4.7
8. Schang • BOS 4.3
9. Heilmann • DET 4.3
10. Speaker • CLE 4.2

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. Pratt • NYY 2.7
2. Peckinpaugh • NYY 2.7
3. Scott • BOS 1.6
4. Vitt • BOS 1.5
5. Perkins • PHA 1.4
6. Schalk • CHW 1.3
7. Baker • NYY 1.2
8. Foster • WSH 1.1
O'Neill • CLE 1.1
10. Schang • BOS 1.0
Weaver • CHW 1.0

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 .384
2. Veach • DET .355
3. Sisler • SLB .352
4. Jackson • CHW .351
5. Flagstead • DET .331
6. Tobin • SLB .327
7. Jacobson • SLB .323
8. Ruth • BOS .322
9. Rice • WSH .321
10. Heilmann • DET .320

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. Ruth • BOS .456
2. Schang • BOS .436
3. Cobb • DET .428
4. Jackson • CHW .422
5. Flagstead • DET .416
6. Leibold • CHW .404
7. Collins • CHW .400
8. Veach • DET .398
9. Speaker • CLE .395
10. Sisler • SLB .390

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. Ruth • BOS .657
2. Sisler • SLB .530
3. Veach • DET .519
4. Cobb • DET .514
5. Jackson • CHW .506
6. Flagstead • DET .481
7. Heilmann • DET .477
8. Jacobson • SLB .453
9. Walker • PHA .450
10. Burns • PHA .447

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. Ruth • BOS 1.114
2. Cobb • DET .942
3. Jackson • CHW .928
4. Sisler • SLB .921
5. Veach • DET .916
6. Flagstead • DET .897
7. Heilmann • DET .843
8. Speaker • CLE .828
9. Jacobson • SLB .815
10. Tobin • SLB .814

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Baker • NYY 141
Lewis • NYY 141
Rice • WSH 141
4. Collins • CHW 140
Weaver • CHW 140
Heilmann • DET 140
Pratt • NYY 140
Gerber • SLB 140
9. Jackson • CHW 139
Gardner • CLE 139
Wambsganss • CLE 139
Veach • DET 139

At Bats

At Bats

1. Weaver • CHW 571
2. Baker • NYY 567
3. Lewis • NYY 559
4. Rice • WSH 557
5. Veach • DET 538
6. Heilmann • DET 537
7. Pratt • NYY 527
8. Wambsganss • CLE 526
9. Gardner • CLE 524
10. Pipp • NYY 523

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. Collins • CHW 628
2. Baker • NYY 623
3. Weaver • CHW 622
4. Rice • WSH 614
5. Judge • WSH 611
6. Bush • DET 602
Lewis • NYY 602
8. Veach • DET 601
9. Jackson • CHW 599
10. Gardner • CLE 597
Pipp • NYY 597

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Ruth • BOS 103
2. Sisler • SLB 96
3. Cobb • DET 92
4. Weaver • CHW 89
Peckinpaugh • NYY 89
6. Collins • CHW 87
Veach • DET 87
8. Speaker • CLE 83
Judge • WSH 83
10. Bush • DET 82

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Cobb • DET 191
Veach • DET 191
3. Jackson • CHW 181
4. Sisler • SLB 180
5. Rice • WSH 179
6. Heilmann • DET 172
7. Weaver • CHW 169
8. Baker • NYY 166
9. Collins • CHW 165
10. Tobin • SLB 159

Total Bases

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

1. Ruth • BOS 284
2. Veach • DET 279
3. Sisler • SLB 271
4. Jackson • CHW 261
5. Cobb • DET 256
Heilmann • DET 256
7. Weaver • CHW 229
Rice • WSH 229
9. Baker • NYY 220
10. Felsch • CHW 215

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Veach • DET 45
2. Speaker • CLE 38
3. Cobb • DET 36
4. O'Neill • CLE 35
5. Ruth • BOS 34
Felsch • CHW 34
7. Weaver • CHW 33
Judge • WSH 33
9. Jackson • CHW 31
Jacobson • SLB 31
Sisler • SLB 31

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Veach • DET 17
2. Heilmann • DET 15
Sisler • SLB 15
4. Jackson • CHW 14
5. Cobb • DET 13
6. Ruth • BOS 12
Speaker • CLE 12
Ainsmith • DET 12
Roth • 2TM 12
Judge • WSH 12

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Ruth • BOS 29
2. Baker • NYY 10
Walker • PHA 10
Sisler • SLB 10
5. Smith • CLE 9
6. Heilmann • DET 8
Burns • PHA 8
8. Lewis • NYY 7
Felsch • CHW 7
Jackson • CHW 7
Peckinpaugh • NYY 7
Pipp • NYY 7

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Ruth • BOS 113
2. Veach • DET 97
3. Jackson • CHW 96
4. Heilmann • DET 92
5. Lewis • NYY 89
6. Felsch • CHW 86
7. Baker • NYY 83
Sisler • SLB 83
9. Collins • CHW 80
10. Gardner • CLE 79

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Graney • CLE 105
2. Ruth • BOS 101
3. Judge • WSH 81
4. Hooper • BOS 79
5. Bush • DET 75
6. Speaker • CLE 73
7. Leibold • CHW 72
8. Schang • BOS 71
9. Collins • CHW 68
10. Jackson • CHW 60

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Shannon • 2TM 70
2. Ruth • BOS 58
3. Vick • NYY 55
4. Roth • 2TM 53
5. Thomas • PHA 52
6. Shanks • WSH 48
7. Jacobson • SLB 47
8. Bodie • NYY 46
Menosky • WSH 46
10. Kopp • PHA 43
Picinich • WSH 43

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Collins • CHW 33
2. Cobb • DET 28
Sisler • SLB 28
4. Rice • WSH 26
5. Hooper • BOS 23
Judge • WSH 23
7. Weaver • CHW 22
Bush • DET 22
Pratt • NYY 22
10. Johnston • CLE 21

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Rice • WSH 144
2. Cobb • DET 141
3. Collins • CHW 135
4. Baker • NYY 133
5. Jackson • CHW 129
6. Veach • DET 126
7. Weaver • CHW 124
Sisler • SLB 124
Tobin • SLB 124
10. Scott • BOS 122

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Ruth • BOS 217
2. Cobb • DET 166
3. Jackson • CHW 159
4. Veach • DET 158
5. Sisler • SLB 156
6. Flagstead • DET 153
7. Heilmann • DET 137
8. Schang • BOS 133
9. Tobin • SLB 127
10. Jacobson • SLB 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. Ruth • BOS 128
2. Jackson • CHW 109
Cobb • DET 109
Veach • DET 109
5. Sisler • SLB 104
6. Heilmann • DET 93
7. Rice • WSH 84
8. Collins • CHW 83
Speaker • CLE 83
10. Judge • WSH 82

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. Ruth • BOS 72
2. Cobb • DET 43
3. Jackson • CHW 42
4. Veach • DET 40
5. Sisler • SLB 35
6. Heilmann • DET 24
7. Flagstead • DET 22
8. Schang • BOS 21
9. Speaker • CLE 21
10. Collins • CHW 20

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. Ruth • BOS 7.3
2. Cobb • DET 4.4
3. Jackson • CHW 4.3
4. Veach • DET 4.1
5. Sisler • SLB 3.6
6. Heilmann • DET 2.5
7. Flagstead • DET 2.3
8. Schang • BOS 2.2
9. Speaker • CLE 2.2
10. Judge • WSH 2.1
Collins • CHW 2.1

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Ruth • BOS 75
2. Veach • DET 65
3. Sisler • SLB 56
4. Heilmann • DET 53
5. Felsch • CHW 52
Jackson • CHW 52
Speaker • CLE 52
8. Cobb • DET 50
9. Judge • WSH 47
10. Burns • PHA 46
Walker • PHA 46

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. Ruth • BOS 246
2. Jackson • CHW 245
3. Collins • CHW 235
4. Judge • WSH 233
5. Cobb • DET 230
6. Veach • DET 229
7. Rice • WSH 228
8. Speaker • CLE 227
9. Graney • CLE 216
10. Hooper • BOS 215

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. Ruth • BOS .872
2. Cobb • DET .819
3. Jackson • CHW .788
4. Sisler • SLB .776
5. Veach • DET .773
6. Flagstead • DET .747
7. Heilmann • DET .704
8. Jacobson • SLB .689
9. Tobin • SLB .684
10. Speaker • CLE .675

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Burns • PHA 12
2. Speaker • CLE 8
Shannon • 2TM 8
4. Flagstead • DET 7
Gedeon • SLB 7
Menosky • WSH 7
Rice • WSH 7
Fewster • NYY 7
9. Ruth • BOS 6
Roth • 2TM 6
Felsch • CHW 6

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Chapman • CLE 50
2. Vitt • BOS 47
3. Young • DET 46
4. Collins • CHW 40
Gedeon • SLB 40
6. Weaver • CHW 33
7. Shanks • WSH 32
8. Gardner • CLE 31
9. Pipp • NYY 30
10. Gerber • SLB 28

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. Sisler • SLB 14.7
2. Baker • NYY 11.3
3. Ruth • BOS 11.3
4. Smith • CLE 11.3
5. Burns • PHA 10.4
6. Felsch • CHW 10.2
7. Walker • PHA 8.9
8. Bodie • NYY 8.6
9. Peckinpaugh • NYY 8.2
10. Menosky • WSH 8.2

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. Jackson • CHW 51.6
2. Vitt • BOS 42.6
3. Speaker • CLE 41.2
4. McInnis • BOS 40.0
5. Baker • NYY 31.5
6. Weaver • CHW 27.2
7. Severeid • SLB 27.0
8. Burns • PHA 26.1
9. Sisler • SLB 25.6
10. Foster • WSH 22.8

AB per HR

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

1. Ruth • BOS 14.9
2. Smith • CLE 43.9
3. Walker • PHA 45.6
4. Sisler • SLB 51.1
5. Baker • NYY 56.7
6. Menosky • WSH 57.0
7. Flagstead • DET 57.4
8. Burns • PHA 58.8
9. Peckinpaugh • NYY 64.7
10. Heilmann • DET 67.1

Outs Made

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

1. Weaver • CHW 435
2. Lewis • NYY 433
3. Baker • NYY 410
4. Pipp • NYY 409
5. Wambsganss • CLE 406
Young • DET 406
7. Vitt • BOS 402
8. Bush • DET 401
Shanks • WSH 401
10. Gardner • CLE 398

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. Ruth • BOS 82.02
2. Veach • DET 54.05
3. Sisler • SLB 49.41
4. Jackson • CHW 45.30
5. Cobb • DET 44.46
6. Speaker • CLE 31.75
7. Baker • NYY 30.37
8. Collins • CHW 29.81
9. Harris • CLE 28.17
10. Heilmann • DET 24.41

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. Ruth • BOS 9.0
2. Veach • DET 6.0
3. Cobb • DET 5.8
4. Sisler • SLB 4.8
5. Baker • NYY 4.6
6. Jackson • CHW 4.3
7. Speaker • CLE 2.9
8. Harris • CLE 2.8
9. Walker • PHA 2.4
10. Weaver • CHW 2.4

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. Ruth • BOS 6.4
2. Veach • DET 5.3
3. Jackson • CHW 4.4
4. Cobb • DET 4.2
5. Sisler • SLB 3.7
6. Flagstead • DET 2.1
7. Speaker • CLE 2.0
8. Heilmann • DET 2.0
9. Collins • CHW 1.8
10. Harris • CLE 1.8

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. Jackson • CHW 13.7
2. Weaver • CHW 9.8
3. Baker • NYY 7.5
4. Cobb • DET 5.3
5. Veach • DET 5.3
6. Lewis • NYY 5.2
7. Peckinpaugh • NYY 4.5
8. Collins • CHW 4.4
9. Speaker • CLE 4.0
10. Felsch • CHW 3.8

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. Ruth • BOS 8.5
2. Veach • DET 5.6
3. Sisler • SLB 5.0
4. Jackson • CHW 4.6
5. Cobb • DET 4.6
6. Speaker • CLE 3.2
7. Baker • NYY 3.1
8. Collins • CHW 3.1
9. Harris • CLE 2.8
10. Heilmann • DET 2.6

rOBA

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

1. Ruth • BOS .509
2. Cobb • DET .441
3. Sisler • SLB .437
4. Jackson • CHW .435
5. Veach • DET .432
6. Flagstead • DET .426
7. Schang • BOS .402
8. Speaker • CLE .402
9. Heilmann • DET .395
10. Collins • CHW .390

Rbat+

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

1. Ruth • BOS 224
2. Cobb • DET 179
3. Jackson • CHW 174
4. Veach • DET 170
5. Sisler • SLB 168
6. Flagstead • DET 166
7. Schang • BOS 149
8. Heilmann • DET 146
9. Speaker • CLE 140
10. Collins • CHW 139

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