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. Ruth • NYY 11.3
2. Ehmke • BOS 8.2
3. Pennock • NYY 7.9
4. Johnson • WSH 7.5
5. Shaute • CLE 6.7
6. Goslin • WSH 6.5
7. Heilmann • DET 6.3
8. Bush • NYY 5.8
9. Smith • CLE 5.8
10. Cobb • DET 5.5

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 • NYY 11.3
2. Goslin • WSH 6.5
3. Heilmann • DET 6.3
4. Cobb • DET 5.5
5. Collins • CHW 5.0
6. Hooper • CHW 4.8
7. Speaker • CLE 4.6
8. Jacobson • SLB 4.5
9. Rice • WSH 4.5
10. Rigney • DET 4.5

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 • NYY 10.4
2. Collins • CHW 6.4
3. Heilmann • DET 6.1
4. Goslin • WSH 5.4
5. Cobb • DET 4.9
6. Speaker • CLE 4.9
7. Rigney • DET 4.4
8. Sewell • CLE 4.4
9. Sheely • CHW 4.0
10. Hooper • CHW 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. Peckinpaugh • WSH 3.1
2. Severeid • SLB 1.2
3. Scott • NYY 1.0
4. Ruel • WSH 1.0
5. Rigney • DET 1.0
6. Kamm • CHW 0.9
7. Clark • BOS 0.7
8. Bishop • PHA 0.7
9. Ezzell • BOS 0.7
10. Jacobson • SLB 0.7

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. Ruth • NYY .378
2. Jamieson • CLE .359
3. Falk • CHW .352
4. Collins • CHW .349
5. Bassler • DET .346
6. Heilmann • DET .346
7. Goslin • WSH .344
8. Speaker • CLE .344
9. Myatt • CLE .342
10. Miller • PHA .342

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 • NYY .513
2. Bassler • DET .441
3. Collins • CHW .441
4. Speaker • CLE .432
5. Heilmann • DET .428
6. Sheely • CHW .426
7. Williams • SLB .425
8. Goslin • WSH .421
9. Cobb • DET .418
10. Hooper • CHW .413

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 .739
2. Heilmann • DET .533
3. Williams • SLB .533
4. Jacobson • SLB .528
5. Myatt • CLE .518
6. Goslin • WSH .516
7. Hauser • PHA .516
8. Speaker • CLE .510
9. Boone • BOS .497
10. Meusel • NYY .494

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 1.252
2. Heilmann • DET .961
3. Williams • SLB .958
4. Speaker • CLE .943
5. Goslin • WSH .937
6. Myatt • CLE .919
7. Boone • BOS .901
8. Collins • CHW .896
9. Hooper • CHW .894
10. Falk • CHW .893

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Wambsganss • BOS 156
2. Cobb • DET 155
Peckinpaugh • WSH 155
4. Goslin • WSH 154
Rice • WSH 154
6. Sewell • CLE 153
Heilmann • DET 153
Pipp • NYY 153
Ruth • NYY 153
Scott • NYY 153

At Bats

At Bats

1. Rice • WSH 646
2. Wambsganss • BOS 636
Sisler • SLB 636
4. Cobb • DET 625
5. Dugan • NYY 610
6. Witt • NYY 600
7. Jamieson • CLE 594
Sewell • CLE 594
Simmons • PHA 594
10. Pipp • NYY 589

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. Wambsganss • BOS 732
2. Cobb • DET 727
3. Rice • WSH 712
4. Sewell • CLE 686
5. Sisler • SLB 685
6. Heilmann • DET 682
7. Ruth • NYY 681
8. Collins • CHW 678
9. Goslin • WSH 674
10. Dugan • NYY 671

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Ruth • NYY 143
2. Cobb • DET 114
3. Collins • CHW 108
4. Hooper • CHW 107
Heilmann • DET 107
6. Flagstead • BOS 106
Rice • WSH 106
8. Dugan • NYY 105
9. Jacobson • SLB 103
10. Goslin • WSH 100

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Rice • WSH 216
2. Jamieson • CLE 213
3. Cobb • DET 211
4. Ruth • NYY 200
5. Goslin • WSH 199
6. Heilmann • DET 197
7. Collins • CHW 194
Sisler • SLB 194
9. Sewell • CLE 188
Meusel • NYY 188

Total Bases

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

1. Ruth • NYY 391
2. Jacobson • SLB 306
3. Heilmann • DET 304
4. Goslin • WSH 299
5. Hauser • PHA 290
6. Meusel • NYY 286
Rice • WSH 286
8. Cobb • DET 281
9. Jamieson • CLE 272
10. Pipp • NYY 269

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Sewell • CLE 45
Heilmann • DET 45
3. Wambsganss • BOS 41
Jacobson • SLB 41
5. Meusel • NYY 40
6. Ruth • NYY 39
Rice • WSH 39
8. Cobb • DET 38
Judge • WSH 38
10. Falk • CHW 37
Burns • CLE 37

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Pipp • NYY 19
2. Goslin • WSH 17
3. Heilmann • DET 16
4. Rice • WSH 14
5. Jacobson • SLB 12
6. Meusel • NYY 11
7. Cobb • DET 10
Ward • NYY 10
Sisler • SLB 10
10. Harris • BOS 9
Veach • BOS 9
Speaker • CLE 9
Rigney • DET 9
Simmons • PHA 9
Harris • WSH 9
Judge • WSH 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Ruth • NYY 46
2. Hauser • PHA 27
3. Jacobson • SLB 19
4. Williams • SLB 18
5. Boone • BOS 13
6. Meusel • NYY 12
Goslin • WSH 12
8. Heilmann • DET 10
Hooper • CHW 10
10. Manush • DET 9
Sisler • SLB 9
Speaker • CLE 9
Pipp • NYY 9

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Goslin • WSH 129
2. Meusel • NYY 124
Ruth • NYY 124
4. Hauser • PHA 115
5. Heilmann • DET 114
6. Pipp • NYY 110
7. Sewell • CLE 106
8. Sheely • CHW 103
9. Simmons • PHA 102
10. Veach • BOS 99
Falk • CHW 99

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ruth • NYY 142
2. Rigney • DET 102
3. Sheely • CHW 95
4. Collins • CHW 89
5. Cobb • DET 85
6. Harris • BOS 81
7. Heilmann • DET 78
8. Flagstead • BOS 77
9. Speaker • CLE 72
Peckinpaugh • WSH 72

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Ruth • NYY 81
2. Dykes • PHA 60
Simmons • PHA 60
4. Kamm • CHW 59
5. Hauser • PHA 52
6. Lutzke • CLE 46
7. Ward • NYY 45
Jacobson • SLB 45
Peckinpaugh • WSH 45
10. Meusel • NYY 43
Schang • NYY 43
Riconda • PHA 43

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Collins • CHW 42
2. Meusel • NYY 26
3. Rice • WSH 24
4. Cobb • DET 23
5. Jamieson • CLE 21
6. Williams • SLB 20
Harris • WSH 20
8. Sisler • SLB 19
9. Hooper • CHW 16
Simmons • PHA 16

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Jamieson • CLE 168
2. Rice • WSH 162
3. Cobb • DET 159
4. Collins • CHW 154
5. Sisler • SLB 148
6. Witt • NYY 146
7. Dugan • NYY 143
8. Goslin • WSH 140
9. Simmons • PHA 135
10. Falk • CHW 134
Sewell • CLE 134

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 220
2. Heilmann • DET 149
3. Goslin • WSH 143
4. Speaker • CLE 141
5. Williams • SLB 140
6. Collins • CHW 134
7. Myatt • CLE 134
8. Hooper • CHW 133
9. Boone • BOS 132
10. Falk • CHW 132

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 • NYY 194
2. Heilmann • DET 130
3. Goslin • WSH 120
4. Cobb • DET 117
5. Collins • CHW 114
6. Jamieson • CLE 110
7. Rice • WSH 108
8. Jacobson • SLB 106
9. Speaker • CLE 104
10. Falk • CHW 102

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 • NYY 104
2. Heilmann • DET 43
3. Goslin • WSH 37
4. Collins • CHW 34
5. Speaker • CLE 32
6. Cobb • DET 27
7. Falk • CHW 25
8. Williams • SLB 25
9. Hooper • CHW 25
10. Boone • BOS 24

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 • NYY 9.6
2. Heilmann • DET 4.1
3. Goslin • WSH 3.5
4. Collins • CHW 3.2
5. Speaker • CLE 3.0
6. Cobb • DET 2.6
7. Falk • CHW 2.4
8. Williams • SLB 2.4
9. Hooper • CHW 2.4
10. Boone • BOS 2.3

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Ruth • NYY 92
2. Jacobson • SLB 72
3. Heilmann • DET 71
4. Hauser • PHA 66
5. Meusel • NYY 63
6. Goslin • WSH 59
7. Pipp • NYY 58
8. Sewell • CLE 54
Speaker • CLE 54
Rice • WSH 54

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 • NYY 346
2. Cobb • DET 297
3. Collins • CHW 286
4. Heilmann • DET 279
5. Goslin • WSH 276
6. Sheely • CHW 270
7. Rice • WSH 266
8. Jamieson • CLE 262
9. Flagstead • BOS 260
10. Sewell • CLE 257

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 • NYY .885
2. Heilmann • DET .737
3. Myatt • CLE .721
4. Speaker • CLE .720
5. Williams • SLB .719
6. Boone • BOS .707
7. Goslin • WSH .702
8. Collins • CHW .685
9. Falk • CHW .683
10. Jamieson • CLE .668
Bassler • DET .668

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Manush • DET 16
2. Burns • CLE 15
3. Flagstead • BOS 11
4. Miller • PHA 10
5. Gerber • SLB 9
Bluege • WSH 9
Goslin • WSH 9
8. Harris • WSH 7
Ruel • WSH 7
10. Judge • WSH 6

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Harris • WSH 46
2. Wambsganss • BOS 37
3. Kamm • CHW 32
4. Rigney • DET 31
Severeid • SLB 31
6. Ruel • WSH 29
7. Veach • BOS 28
Collins • CHW 28
Sheely • CHW 28
10. Heilmann • DET 26
Pratt • DET 26

Intentional Bases on Balls

<strong>Intentional Bases on Balls</strong><br>First tracked in 1955.

1. Ruth • NYY 28
2. Collins • CHW 10
3. Bassler • DET 9
Falk • CHW 9
5. Williams • SLB 7
Heilmann • DET 7
7. Sewell • CLE 4
Severeid • SLB 4
Rigney • DET 4
10. Gerber • SLB 3
Pratt • DET 3
Burns • CLE 3
Meusel • NYY 3

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Collins • CHW 17
Sisler • SLB 17
3. Simmons • PHA 15
4. Cobb • DET 14
Meusel • NYY 14
Goslin • WSH 14
7. Flagstead • BOS 13
Hooper • CHW 13
Ruth • NYY 13
Rice • WSH 13

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 18.9
2. Meusel • NYY 16.4
3. Ruth • NYY 15.1
4. Goslin • WSH 13.3
5. Hooper • CHW 12.3
6. Sisler • SLB 12.2
7. Heilmann • DET 11.3
8. Hauser • PHA 11.1
9. Manush • DET 11.0
10. Simmons • PHA 10.7

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. Tobin • SLB 47.4
2. Sewell • CLE 45.7
3. Pratt • DET 42.9
4. Jamieson • CLE 39.6
5. Speaker • CLE 37.4
6. Scott • NYY 36.5
7. Collins • CHW 34.8
8. Cobb • DET 34.7
9. Bassler • DET 34.5
10. Robertson • SLB 31.4

AB per HR

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

1. Ruth • NYY 11.5
2. Hauser • PHA 20.8
3. Williams • SLB 22.1
4. Jacobson • SLB 30.5
5. Boone • BOS 37.5
6. Myatt • CLE 42.8
7. Manush • DET 46.9
8. Hooper • CHW 47.6
9. Meusel • NYY 48.3
Goslin • WSH 48.3

Outs Made

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

1. Wambsganss • BOS 507
2. Sisler • SLB 473
3. Rice • WSH 459
4. Harris • WSH 454
5. Dugan • NYY 453
6. Witt • NYY 444
Simmons • PHA 444
8. Cobb • DET 443
Pipp • NYY 443
10. Scott • NYY 436

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 • NYY 109.53
2. Collins • CHW 44.24
3. Goslin • WSH 42.98
4. Heilmann • DET 41.19
5. Meusel • NYY 38.04
6. Falk • CHW 33.40
7. Speaker • CLE 33.38
8. Myatt • CLE 32.00
9. Cobb • DET 31.39
10. Sheely • CHW 30.66

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>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Ruth • NYY 8.1
2. Collins • CHW 4.6
3. Speaker • CLE 4.2
4. Goslin • WSH 4.0
5. Sheely • CHW 4.0
6. Williams • SLB 3.7
7. Cobb • DET 3.4
8. Meusel • NYY 3.4
9. Myatt • CLE 3.1
10. Heilmann • DET 3.1

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 10.2
2. Heilmann • DET 4.0
3. Collins • CHW 3.4
4. Goslin • WSH 3.3
5. Speaker • CLE 3.2
6. Meusel • NYY 2.7
7. Cobb • DET 2.7
8. Williams • SLB 2.6
9. Sheely • CHW 2.4
10. Jacobson • SLB 2.4

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Ruth • NYY 31.1
2. Goslin • WSH 21.2
3. Meusel • NYY 18.4
4. Judge • WSH 9.9
5. Rigney • DET 9.0
6. Cobb • DET 7.9
7. Lefler • WSH 6.9
8. Pipp • NYY 6.2
9. Blue • DET 6.2
10. Bassler • DET 6.0

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 • NYY 10.1
2. Collins • CHW 4.2
3. Goslin • WSH 4.1
4. Heilmann • DET 3.9
5. Meusel • NYY 3.6
6. Falk • CHW 3.2
7. Speaker • CLE 3.1
8. Cobb • DET 3.0
9. Myatt • CLE 3.0
10. Sheely • CHW 2.9

rOBA

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

1. Ruth • NYY .535
2. Heilmann • DET .443
3. Williams • SLB .439
4. Speaker • CLE .439
5. Goslin • WSH .432
6. Myatt • CLE .428
7. Collins • CHW .427
8. Boone • BOS .420
9. Hooper • CHW .416
10. Bassler • DET .414

Rbat+

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

1. Ruth • NYY 224
2. Heilmann • DET 159
3. Speaker • CLE 154
4. Goslin • WSH 154
5. Williams • SLB 149
6. Collins • CHW 148
7. Hooper • CHW 144
8. Myatt • CLE 143
9. Boone • BOS 141
10. Falk • CHW 141

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