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. Heilmann • DET 6.9
2. Johnson • WSH 6.7
3. Simmons • PHA 6.5
4. Speaker • CLE 6.5
5. Goslin • WSH 6.4
6. Pennock • NYY 6.4
7. Shocker • NYY 6.3
8. Harriss • PHA 5.7
9. Cobb • DET 5.7
10. Rommel • PHA 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. Heilmann • DET 6.9
2. Simmons • PHA 6.5
3. Speaker • CLE 6.5
4. Goslin • WSH 6.4
5. Cobb • DET 5.6
6. Wingo • DET 5.4
7. Sewell • CLE 5.3
8. Collins • CHW 5.1
9. Mostil • CHW 4.5
10. Rice • WSH 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. Heilmann • DET 7.1
2. Speaker • CLE 6.3
3. Simmons • PHA 6.1
4. Cobb • DET 5.8
5. Collins • CHW 5.5
6. Goslin • WSH 5.1
7. Wingo • DET 4.8
8. Sewell • CLE 4.8
9. Combs • NYY 4.1
10. Rice • SLB 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. Schalk • CHW 1.6
2. Sewell • CLE 1.4
3. Ruel • WSH 1.2
4. Bluege • WSH 1.1
5. Bengough • NYY 1.1
6. Galloway • PHA 1.0
7. Peckinpaugh • WSH 1.0
8. Kamm • CHW 0.9
9. Davis • CHW 0.9
Bishop • PHA 0.9

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. Heilmann • DET .393
2. Speaker • CLE .389
3. Simmons • PHA .387
4. Cobb • DET .378
5. Wingo • DET .370
6. Rice • SLB .359
7. Lamar • PHA .356
8. Rice • WSH .350
9. Collins • CHW .346
10. Hale • PHA .345

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 .479
2. Cobb • DET .468
3. Collins • CHW .461
4. Heilmann • DET .457
5. Wingo • DET .456
6. Rice • SLB .450
7. Harris • 2TM .424
8. Bishop • PHA .420
9. Simmons • PHA .419
10. Combs • NYY .411

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. Williams • SLB .613
2. Simmons • PHA .599
3. Cobb • DET .598
4. Speaker • CLE .578
5. Heilmann • DET .569
6. Rice • SLB .568
7. Harris • 2TM .564
8. Goslin • WSH .547
9. Meusel • NYY .542
10. Hale • PHA .540

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 1.066
2. Speaker • CLE 1.057
3. Heilmann • DET 1.026
4. Simmons • PHA 1.018
5. Rice • SLB 1.018
6. Williams • SLB 1.003
7. Harris • 2TM .988
8. Wingo • DET .983
9. Goslin • WSH .941
10. Hale • PHA .915

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Meusel • NYY 156
2. Sewell • CLE 155
3. Falk • CHW 154
McManus • SLB 154
Robertson • SLB 154
6. Mostil • CHW 153
Sheely • CHW 153
Simmons • PHA 153
9. Kamm • CHW 152
Rice • WSH 152

At Bats

At Bats

1. Simmons • PHA 654
2. Sisler • SLB 649
Rice • WSH 649
4. Meusel • NYY 624
5. Sewell • CLE 608
6. Mostil • CHW 605
7. Falk • CHW 602
8. Goslin • WSH 601
9. Sheely • CHW 600
10. Combs • NYY 593

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. Mostil • CHW 716
2. Rice • WSH 710
3. Sheely • CHW 700
4. Sewell • CLE 699
5. Meusel • NYY 697
Simmons • PHA 697
7. Sisler • SLB 689
8. Davis • CHW 681
Robertson • SLB 681
10. McManus • SLB 678

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Mostil • CHW 135
2. Simmons • PHA 122
3. Combs • NYY 117
4. Goslin • WSH 116
5. Rice • WSH 111
6. Jamieson • CLE 109
7. McManus • SLB 108
8. Davis • CHW 105
9. Wingo • DET 104
10. Jacobson • SLB 103

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Simmons • PHA 253
2. Rice • WSH 227
3. Heilmann • DET 225
4. Sisler • SLB 224
5. Sewell • CLE 204
6. Combs • NYY 203
7. Lamar • PHA 202
8. Goslin • WSH 201
9. Sheely • CHW 189
10. Jacobson • SLB 184

Total Bases

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

1. Simmons • PHA 392
2. Meusel • NYY 338
3. Goslin • WSH 329
4. Heilmann • DET 326
5. Sisler • SLB 311
6. Rice • WSH 287
7. Jacobson • SLB 277
8. Combs • NYY 274
9. McManus • SLB 268
10. Lamar • PHA 266

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. McManus • SLB 44
2. Sheely • CHW 43
Simmons • PHA 43
4. Burns • CLE 41
5. Heilmann • DET 40
O'Rourke • DET 40
7. Lamar • PHA 39
8. Flagstead • BOS 38
9. Sewell • CLE 37
10. Mostil • CHW 36
Combs • NYY 36

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Goslin • WSH 20
2. Mostil • CHW 16
3. Sisler • SLB 15
4. Todt • BOS 13
Combs • NYY 13
Rice • WSH 13
7. Cobb • DET 12
Meusel • NYY 12
Simmons • PHA 12
10. Heilmann • DET 11
Tavener • DET 11
Dykes • PHA 11
Hale • PHA 11

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Meusel • NYY 33
2. Williams • SLB 25
Ruth • NYY 25
4. Simmons • PHA 24
5. Gehrig • NYY 20
6. Goslin • WSH 18
7. Jacobson • SLB 15
8. Robertson • SLB 14
9. Heilmann • DET 13
Harris • 2TM 13
McManus • SLB 13

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Heilmann • DET 134
Meusel • NYY 134
3. Simmons • PHA 129
4. Goslin • WSH 113
5. Sheely • CHW 111
6. Sisler • SLB 105
Williams • SLB 105
8. Cobb • DET 102
9. Falk • CHW 99
10. Sewell • CLE 98

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Kamm • CHW 90
Mostil • CHW 90
3. Collins • CHW 87
Bishop • PHA 87
5. Blue • DET 83
6. Robertson • SLB 81
7. Bassler • DET 74
8. McManus • SLB 73
9. Jamieson • CLE 72
10. Davis • CHW 71

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. McManus • SLB 69
2. Ruth • NYY 68
3. Tavener • DET 60
4. Davis • CHW 58
5. Bluege • WSH 56
6. Meusel • NYY 55
7. McNeely • WSH 54
8. Mostil • CHW 52
9. Goslin • WSH 50
10. Gehrig • NYY 49
Ward • NYY 49
Dykes • PHA 49

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Mostil • CHW 43
2. Goslin • WSH 27
3. Rice • WSH 26
4. Collins • CHW 19
Davis • CHW 19
Blue • DET 19
7. Burns • CLE 16
Galloway • PHA 16
Bluege • WSH 16
10. McNeely • WSH 15

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Rice • WSH 182
2. Sisler • SLB 176
3. Simmons • PHA 174
4. Heilmann • DET 161
5. Sewell • CLE 159
6. Lamar • PHA 152
7. Combs • NYY 151
8. Sheely • CHW 134
9. Falk • CHW 133
Blue • DET 133

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 171
2. Speaker • CLE 166
3. Heilmann • DET 161
4. Rice • SLB 152
5. Harris • 2TM 151
6. Wingo • DET 151
7. Simmons • PHA 149
8. Williams • SLB 146
9. Goslin • WSH 139
10. Collins • CHW 135

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. Simmons • PHA 157
2. Heilmann • DET 147
3. Goslin • WSH 129
4. Speaker • CLE 118
5. Cobb • DET 113
Meusel • NYY 113
7. Sisler • SLB 112
8. Rice • WSH 111
9. Combs • NYY 109
10. Jacobson • SLB 105

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. Heilmann • DET 55
2. Speaker • CLE 48
3. Cobb • DET 48
4. Simmons • PHA 45
5. Wingo • DET 38
6. Goslin • WSH 32
7. Collins • CHW 31
8. Rice • SLB 30
9. Williams • SLB 26
10. Harris • 2TM 26

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. Heilmann • DET 5.1
2. Speaker • CLE 4.4
3. Cobb • DET 4.4
4. Simmons • PHA 4.2
5. Wingo • DET 3.5
6. Goslin • WSH 3.0
7. Collins • CHW 2.8
8. Rice • SLB 2.8
9. Williams • SLB 2.4
10. Harris • 2TM 2.4

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Meusel • NYY 79
Simmons • PHA 79
3. Goslin • WSH 72
4. McManus • SLB 65
5. Heilmann • DET 64
6. Williams • SLB 61
7. Sheely • CHW 55
Cobb • DET 55
9. Mostil • CHW 54
Jacobson • SLB 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. Heilmann • DET 293
2. Simmons • PHA 289
3. Mostil • CHW 283
4. Sewell • CLE 272
Combs • NYY 272
6. Rice • WSH 268
7. Sheely • CHW 262
8. Goslin • WSH 260
9. Sisler • SLB 251
10. Blue • DET 249

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 .810
2. Cobb • DET .805
3. Heilmann • DET .787
4. Simmons • PHA .773
5. Rice • SLB .766
6. Wingo • DET .739
7. Williams • SLB .735
8. Harris • 2TM .727
9. Goslin • WSH .706
10. Collins • CHW .685

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Mostil • CHW 12
2. O'Rourke • DET 11
3. Todt • BOS 10
4. McNeely • WSH 9
Harris • WSH 9
6. Dykes • PHA 8
Miller • PHA 8
8. Vache • BOS 7
Davis • CHW 7
10. Goslin • WSH 6

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Harris • WSH 41
2. Davis • CHW 40
3. Kamm • CHW 37
4. Blue • DET 34
5. O'Rourke • DET 29
6. Sheely • CHW 26
7. Tavener • DET 25
8. Galloway • PHA 24
Bluege • WSH 24
10. Sewell • CLE 23
Heilmann • DET 23

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Bassler • DET 8
2. Robertson • SLB 6
Simmons • PHA 6
4. Goslin • WSH 5
5. Cochrane • PHA 4
Myatt • CLE 4
Cobb • DET 4
Schalk • CHW 4
9. Severeid • 2TM 3
Jacobson • SLB 3
Heving • BOS 3
Picinich • BOS 3
Burns • CLE 3
Woodall • DET 3
Hooper • CHW 3
Gehrig • NYY 3
Meusel • NYY 3

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Mostil • CHW 20
2. Jamieson • CLE 18
3. McNeely • WSH 16
4. Bluege • WSH 15
5. Davis • CHW 14
Meusel • NYY 14
Simmons • PHA 14
8. Kamm • CHW 13
Wingo • DET 13
Combs • NYY 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. Goslin • WSH 21.6
2. Meusel • NYY 18.7
3. Williams • SLB 14.3
4. Paschal • NYY 12.9
5. Cobb • DET 12.5
6. Robertson • SLB 11.7
7. Sisler • SLB 11.5
8. Simmons • PHA 10.8
9. Miller • PHA 10.5
10. Jacobson • SLB 10.4

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. Sewell • CLE 152.0
2. Rice • WSH 64.9
3. Bassler • DET 57.3
4. Collins • CHW 53.1
5. Speaker • CLE 35.8
6. Cobb • DET 34.6
7. Miller • PHA 33.9
8. Lamar • PHA 33.4
9. Williams • SLB 29.4
10. Sisler • SLB 27.0

AB per HR

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

1. Williams • SLB 16.4
2. Meusel • NYY 18.9
3. Gehrig • NYY 21.9
4. Harris • 2TM 24.5
5. Simmons • PHA 27.3
6. Rice • SLB 32.2
7. Myatt • CLE 32.5
8. Goslin • WSH 33.4
9. Cobb • DET 34.6
10. Speaker • CLE 35.8

Outs Made

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

1. Davis • CHW 481
2. Meusel • NYY 474
3. Mostil • CHW 453
4. Rice • WSH 452
5. Sisler • SLB 449
6. Falk • CHW 448
7. Harris • WSH 446
8. Robertson • SLB 445
9. McManus • SLB 442
10. Sheely • CHW 440

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. Speaker • CLE 65.31
2. Cobb • DET 60.96
3. Simmons • PHA 59.37
4. Goslin • WSH 52.27
5. Collins • CHW 42.70
6. Meusel • NYY 38.16
7. Wingo • DET 35.47
8. Heilmann • DET 33.13
9. Combs • NYY 31.38
10. Williams • SLB 30.95

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 6.0
2. Simmons • PHA 5.7
3. Speaker • CLE 5.1
4. Goslin • WSH 4.9
5. Meusel • NYY 4.8
6. Wingo • DET 3.1
7. Carlyle • 2TM 2.9
8. Combs • NYY 2.7
9. Sisler • SLB 2.6
10. Rice • SLB 2.6

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. Speaker • CLE 5.7
2. Cobb • DET 5.0
3. Simmons • PHA 4.7
4. Goslin • WSH 4.7
5. Meusel • NYY 3.0
6. Heilmann • DET 2.8
7. Rice • SLB 2.8
8. Collins • CHW 2.8
9. Combs • NYY 2.7
10. Wingo • DET 2.6

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. Simmons • PHA 15.0
2. Goslin • WSH 12.1
3. Cochrane • PHA 5.6
4. Judge • WSH 4.9
5. Johnson • WSH 4.6
6. Rice • WSH 4.3
7. Dykes • PHA 4.0
8. Speaker • CLE 3.4
9. Miller • PHA 2.6
10. Severeid • 2TM 2.2

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. Speaker • CLE 5.9
2. Cobb • DET 5.6
3. Simmons • PHA 5.3
4. Goslin • WSH 4.8
5. Collins • CHW 4.0
6. Meusel • NYY 3.6
7. Wingo • DET 3.3
8. Heilmann • DET 3.1
9. Combs • NYY 2.9
10. Williams • SLB 2.8

rOBA

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

1. Speaker • CLE .489
2. Cobb • DET .483
3. Heilmann • DET .470
4. Rice • SLB .464
5. Simmons • PHA .452
6. Wingo • DET .449
7. Williams • SLB .449
8. Harris • 2TM .447
9. Collins • CHW .439
10. Goslin • WSH .428

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 183
2. Speaker • CLE 182
3. Heilmann • DET 176
4. Wingo • DET 164
5. Rice • SLB 164
6. Harris • 2TM 157
7. Simmons • PHA 157
8. Collins • CHW 155
9. Williams • SLB 153
10. Goslin • WSH 143

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