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. Faber • CHW 9.5
2. Sisler • SLB 8.7
3. Williams • SLB 7.9
4. Shocker • SLB 7.3
5. Rommel • PHA 7.2
6. Shawkey • NYY 7.0
7. Speaker • CLE 6.9
8. Cobb • DET 6.8
9. Ruth • NYY 6.4
10. Coveleski • CLE 5.8

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. Sisler • SLB 8.7
2. Williams • SLB 7.9
3. Speaker • CLE 6.9
4. Cobb • DET 6.8
5. Ruth • NYY 6.4
6. Heilmann • DET 5.4
7. Veach • DET 5.0
8. Pipp • NYY 4.6
9. McManus • SLB 4.5
10. Miller • PHA 4.3

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. Sisler • SLB 8.2
2. Cobb • DET 7.2
3. Williams • SLB 7.2
4. Speaker • CLE 7.0
5. Heilmann • DET 6.1
6. Ruth • NYY 5.9
7. Collins • CHW 4.5
8. Veach • DET 4.3
9. Miller • PHA 4.2
10. Walker • PHA 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. Scott • NYY 2.6
2. Peckinpaugh • WSH 2.1
3. Schalk • CHW 1.6
Gerber • SLB 1.6
Severeid • SLB 1.6
6. Ward • NYY 1.3
7. Schang • NYY 1.3
8. Mulligan • CHW 1.2
9. McManus • SLB 1.2
10. Ellerbe • SLB 1.1

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. Sisler • SLB .420
2. Cobb • DET .401
3. Speaker • CLE .378
4. Heilmann • DET .356
5. Miller • PHA .335
6. Williams • SLB .332
7. Tobin • SLB .331
8. Pipp • NYY .329
9. Veach • DET .327
10. Collins • CHW .324

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. Speaker • CLE .474
2. Sisler • SLB .467
3. Cobb • DET .462
4. Ruth • NYY .434
5. Heilmann • DET .432
6. O'Neill • CLE .423
7. Bassler • DET .422
8. Williams • SLB .413
9. Schang • NYY .405
10. Collins • CHW .401

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 • NYY .672
2. Williams • SLB .627
3. Speaker • CLE .606
4. Heilmann • DET .598
5. Sisler • SLB .594
6. Cobb • DET .565
7. Miller • PHA .551
8. Walker • PHA .549
9. Meusel • NYY .522
10. Hauser • PHA .481

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 • NYY 1.106
2. Speaker • CLE 1.080
3. Sisler • SLB 1.061
4. Williams • SLB 1.040
5. Heilmann • DET 1.030
6. Cobb • DET 1.026
7. Miller • PHA .922
8. Walker • PHA .906
9. Meusel • NYY .898
10. Tobin • SLB .862

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Rigney • DET 155
Veach • DET 155
Galloway • PHA 155
4. Pratt • BOS 154
Collins • CHW 154
Scott • NYY 154
Ward • NYY 154
McManus • SLB 154
Harris • WSH 154
Rice • WSH 154

At Bats

At Bats

1. Rice • WSH 633
2. Tobin • SLB 625
3. Veach • DET 618
4. Pratt • BOS 607
5. McManus • SLB 606
6. Gerber • SLB 604
7. Johnson • CHW 603
8. Hooper • CHW 602
Harris • WSH 602
10. Collins • CHW 598

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. Veach • DET 705
2. Collins • CHW 701
Tobin • SLB 701
4. Rice • WSH 692
5. Harris • WSH 690
6. Gerber • SLB 689
7. Hooper • CHW 687
8. Blue • DET 681
9. Williams • SLB 678
10. Pratt • BOS 673
Johnson • CHW 673

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Sisler • SLB 134
2. Blue • DET 131
3. Williams • SLB 128
4. Tobin • SLB 122
5. Hooper • CHW 111
Walker • PHA 111
7. Cobb • DET 99
8. Witt • NYY 98
9. Veach • DET 96
Pipp • NYY 96

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Sisler • SLB 246
2. Cobb • DET 211
3. Tobin • SLB 207
4. Veach • DET 202
5. Collins • CHW 194
Williams • SLB 194
7. Pipp • NYY 190
8. McManus • SLB 189
9. Rice • WSH 187
10. Galloway • PHA 185

Total Bases

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

1. Williams • SLB 367
2. Sisler • SLB 348
3. Walker • PHA 310
4. Cobb • DET 297
5. Tobin • SLB 296
6. Miller • PHA 295
7. Veach • DET 289
8. McManus • SLB 278
9. Ruth • NYY 273
10. Heilmann • DET 272

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Speaker • CLE 48
2. Pratt • BOS 44
3. Cobb • DET 42
Sisler • SLB 42
5. Sheely • CHW 37
Rice • WSH 37
7. Hooper • CHW 35
8. Veach • DET 34
McManus • SLB 34
Tobin • SLB 34
Williams • SLB 34

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Sisler • SLB 18
2. Cobb • DET 16
Jacobson • SLB 16
4. Judge • WSH 15
5. Mostil • CHW 14
6. Veach • DET 13
Rice • WSH 13
8. Collins • CHW 12
Miller • PHA 12
10. Jamieson • CLE 11
Meusel • NYY 11
McManus • SLB 11
Williams • SLB 11

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Williams • SLB 39
2. Walker • PHA 37
3. Ruth • NYY 35
4. Miller • PHA 21
Heilmann • DET 21
6. Meusel • NYY 16
7. Tobin • SLB 13
8. Burns • BOS 12
Dykes • PHA 12
Falk • CHW 12

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Williams • SLB 155
2. Veach • DET 126
3. McManus • SLB 109
4. Sisler • SLB 105
5. Jacobson • SLB 102
6. Cobb • DET 99
Walker • PHA 99
8. Ruth • NYY 96
9. Pipp • NYY 94
10. Wood • CLE 92
Heilmann • DET 92

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Witt • NYY 89
2. Ruth • NYY 84
3. Blue • DET 82
4. Speaker • CLE 77
5. Williams • SLB 74
6. Collins • CHW 73
O'Neill • CLE 73
Sewell • CLE 73
9. Hooper • CHW 68
Rigney • DET 68

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Dykes • PHA 98
2. Ruth • NYY 80
3. Walker • PHA 67
4. Ward • NYY 64
5. Wood • CLE 63
6. Meusel • NYY 58
7. Falk • CHW 55
8. Dugan • 2TM 49
9. Blue • DET 48
10. McGowan • PHA 46

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Sisler • SLB 51
2. Williams • SLB 37
3. Harris • WSH 25
4. Johnson • CHW 21
5. Collins • CHW 20
Rice • WSH 20
7. Jacobson • SLB 19
8. Wambsganss • CLE 17
Rigney • DET 17
10. Hooper • CHW 16

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Sisler • SLB 178
2. Collins • CHW 161
3. Tobin • SLB 152
4. Cobb • DET 149
5. Veach • DET 146
6. Galloway • PHA 144
7. Jamieson • CLE 140
8. Pipp • NYY 139
9. Witt • NYY 136
10. Rigney • DET 135

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 • NYY 182
2. Speaker • CLE 177
3. Sisler • SLB 170
4. Cobb • DET 169
5. Heilmann • DET 169
6. Williams • SLB 164
7. Miller • PHA 136
8. Walker • PHA 131
9. Meusel • NYY 130
10. Veach • DET 122

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. Sisler • SLB 163
2. Williams • SLB 146
3. Cobb • DET 131
4. Speaker • CLE 123
5. Heilmann • DET 116
Ruth • NYY 116
7. Tobin • SLB 112
8. Walker • PHA 109
9. Veach • DET 108
10. Miller • PHA 104

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. Sisler • SLB 62
2. Cobb • DET 56
3. Speaker • CLE 54
4. Williams • SLB 54
5. Ruth • NYY 50
6. Heilmann • DET 46
7. Miller • PHA 24
8. Walker • PHA 23
9. Veach • DET 19
10. Meusel • NYY 19

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. Sisler • SLB 5.9
2. Cobb • DET 5.3
3. Speaker • CLE 5.1
4. Williams • SLB 5.1
5. Ruth • NYY 4.8
6. Heilmann • DET 4.4
7. Miller • PHA 2.3
8. Walker • PHA 2.2
9. Veach • DET 1.8
10. Meusel • NYY 1.8

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Williams • SLB 84
2. Walker • PHA 72
3. Sisler • SLB 68
4. Speaker • CLE 67
Ruth • NYY 67
6. Cobb • DET 62
Miller • PHA 62
8. Heilmann • DET 58
9. Pratt • BOS 57
Judge • WSH 57

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. Sisler • SLB 298
2. Williams • SLB 275
3. Collins • CHW 270
Cobb • DET 270
5. Tobin • SLB 265
6. Blue • DET 264
7. Hooper • CHW 256
8. Veach • DET 252
9. Pipp • NYY 250
10. Witt • NYY 247

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. Speaker • CLE .840
2. Sisler • SLB .838
3. Ruth • NYY .819
4. Heilmann • DET .799
5. Cobb • DET .793
6. Williams • SLB .772
7. Miller • PHA .687
8. Meusel • NYY .679
9. Walker • PHA .665
10. Tobin • SLB .657

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Mostil • CHW 14
Harris • WSH 14
3. Dykes • PHA 10
Brower • WSH 10
5. Burns • BOS 9
Jacobson • SLB 9
7. Veach • DET 8
8. Blue • DET 7
Miller • PHA 7
Williams • SLB 7

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Wambsganss • CLE 42
2. Rigney • DET 37
3. Veach • DET 36
4. Cutshaw • DET 33
5. Ward • NYY 32
Gerber • SLB 32
7. Sheely • CHW 29
Jones • DET 29
9. Mulligan • CHW 28
Scott • NYY 28

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Williams • SLB 20
2. Galloway • PHA 19
Sisler • SLB 19
4. Johnson • CHW 18
5. Judge • WSH 15
6. Cobb • DET 13
7. Sewell • CLE 12
Hooper • CHW 12
Collins • CHW 12
Pipp • NYY 12

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. Williams • SLB 38.0
2. Meusel • NYY 14.3
3. Sisler • SLB 13.8
4. Miller • PHA 13.5
5. Hooper • CHW 13.0
6. Jacobson • SLB 12.2
7. Heilmann • DET 11.6
8. McManus • SLB 9.9
9. Burns • BOS 9.6
10. Mostil • CHW 9.3

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. McInnis • CLE 107.4
2. Rice • WSH 48.7
3. Severeid • SLB 43.1
4. Sisler • SLB 41.9
5. Speaker • CLE 38.7
6. Cutshaw • DET 38.4
7. Collins • CHW 37.4
8. Bassler • DET 31.0
9. Pratt • BOS 30.4
10. Judge • WSH 29.6

AB per HR

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

1. Ruth • NYY 11.6
2. Williams • SLB 15.0
3. Walker • PHA 15.3
4. Heilmann • DET 21.7
5. Miller • PHA 25.5
6. Meusel • NYY 29.6
7. Welch • PHA 34.1
8. Speaker • CLE 38.7
9. Falk • CHW 40.3
10. Hauser • PHA 40.9

Outs Made

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

1. Johnson • CHW 494
2. Gerber • SLB 479
3. Harris • WSH 468
4. Rice • WSH 461
5. Veach • DET 453
6. Wambsganss • CLE 449
7. Dugan • 2TM 448
8. Judge • WSH 446
9. Ward • NYY 445
10. Pratt • BOS 443
Collins • CHW 443
Tobin • SLB 443

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. Sisler • SLB 73.38
2. Williams • SLB 67.29
3. Speaker • CLE 60.84
4. Ruth • NYY 57.74
5. Cobb • DET 55.16
6. Veach • DET 37.24
7. Heilmann • DET 36.44
8. Jacobson • SLB 31.09
9. Pipp • NYY 30.67
10. Miller • PHA 27.47

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. Williams • SLB 6.1
2. Ruth • NYY 5.2
3. Cobb • DET 4.7
4. Speaker • CLE 4.5
5. Sisler • SLB 4.5
6. Veach • DET 3.9
7. Tobin • SLB 2.9
8. Pipp • NYY 2.7
9. Heilmann • DET 2.4
10. Schang • NYY 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 • NYY 5.6
2. Sisler • SLB 5.5
3. Williams • SLB 5.3
4. Speaker • CLE 5.1
5. Cobb • DET 4.7
6. Walker • PHA 3.1
7. Miller • PHA 3.0
8. Pipp • NYY 2.8
9. Heilmann • DET 2.7
10. Veach • DET 2.4

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. Ruth • NYY 22.7
2. Williams • SLB 19.3
3. Pipp • NYY 13.2
4. Sisler • SLB 11.6
5. Schang • NYY 8.5
6. Tobin • SLB 7.7
7. Severeid • SLB 7.7
8. Meusel • NYY 7.3
9. Witt • NYY 5.6
10. Speaker • CLE 4.2

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. Sisler • SLB 6.8
2. Williams • SLB 6.3
3. Speaker • CLE 5.7
4. Ruth • NYY 5.4
5. Cobb • DET 5.3
6. Veach • DET 3.6
7. Heilmann • DET 3.5
8. Jacobson • SLB 2.9
9. Pipp • NYY 2.9
10. Miller • PHA 2.6

rOBA

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

1. Speaker • CLE .493
2. Sisler • SLB .490
3. Ruth • NYY .481
4. Heilmann • DET .468
5. Williams • SLB .465
6. Cobb • DET .465
7. Miller • PHA .414
8. Walker • PHA .407
9. Meusel • NYY .403
10. O'Neill • CLE .401

Rbat+

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

1. Speaker • CLE 195
2. Sisler • SLB 188
3. Ruth • NYY 188
4. Cobb • DET 188
5. Heilmann • DET 182
6. Williams • SLB 175
7. Miller • PHA 144
8. Walker • PHA 137
9. Meusel • NYY 136
10. Veach • DET 133

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