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 12.5
2. Gehrig • NYY 11.8
3. Lyons • CHW 7.9
4. Thomas • CHW 7.9
5. Combs • NYY 7.1
6. Heilmann • DET 7.0
7. Lazzeri • NYY 6.4
8. Hoyt • NYY 6.1
9. Simmons • PHA 5.9
10. Moore • NYY 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. Ruth • NYY 12.5
2. Gehrig • NYY 11.8
3. Combs • NYY 7.1
4. Heilmann • DET 7.0
5. Lazzeri • NYY 6.4
6. Simmons • PHA 5.9
7. Goslin • WSH 5.1
8. Falk • CHW 4.8
9. Metzler • CHW 4.4
10. Fothergill • DET 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. Ruth • NYY 11.3
2. Gehrig • NYY 11.3
3. Heilmann • DET 7.6
4. Combs • NYY 6.3
5. Simmons • PHA 5.7
6. Lazzeri • NYY 5.0
7. Goslin • WSH 4.7
8. Cobb • PHA 4.3
9. Cochrane • PHA 4.2
10. Fothergill • DET 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. Lazzeri • NYY 2.0
2. Bluege • WSH 1.8
3. Koenig • NYY 1.5
4. Sewell • CLE 1.2
5. Crouse • CHW 1.0
6. Schang • SLB 0.9
7. Ruel • WSH 0.9
8. Gehringer • DET 0.9
9. Boley • PHA 0.9
10. O'Neill • SLB 0.8

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 .398
2. Simmons • PHA .392
3. Gehrig • NYY .373
4. Fothergill • DET .359
5. Cobb • PHA .357
6. Combs • NYY .356
7. Ruth • NYY .356
8. Cochrane • PHA .338
9. Meusel • NYY .337
10. Goslin • WSH .334

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 .486
2. Heilmann • DET .475
3. Gehrig • NYY .474
4. Bishop • PHA .442
5. Cobb • PHA .440
6. Simmons • PHA .436
7. Combs • NYY .414
8. Fothergill • DET .413
9. Cochrane • PHA .409
10. Williams • SLB .403

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 .772
2. Gehrig • NYY .765
3. Simmons • PHA .645
4. Heilmann • DET .616
5. Williams • SLB .525
6. Goslin • WSH .516
7. Fothergill • DET .516
8. Combs • NYY .511
9. Meusel • NYY .510
10. Cochrane • PHA .495

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 1.258
2. Gehrig • NYY 1.240
3. Heilmann • DET 1.091
4. Simmons • PHA 1.081
5. Fothergill • DET .929
6. Williams • SLB .928
7. Combs • NYY .925
8. Cobb • PHA .921
9. Goslin • WSH .908
10. Cochrane • PHA .904

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Gehrig • NYY 155
2. Sewell • CLE 153
Lazzeri • NYY 153
4. Combs • NYY 152
5. Manush • DET 151
Ruth • NYY 151
7. Sisler • SLB 149
8. Kamm • CHW 148
Myer • 2TM 148
Goslin • WSH 148

At Bats

At Bats

1. Combs • NYY 648
2. Sisler • SLB 614
3. Rice • WSH 603
4. Manush • DET 593
5. Gehrig • NYY 584
6. Goslin • WSH 581
7. Summa • CLE 574
8. Lazzeri • NYY 570
9. Sewell • CLE 569
10. Warner • DET 559

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. Combs • NYY 726
2. Gehrig • NYY 717
3. Ruth • NYY 691
4. Sisler • SLB 662
5. Lazzeri • NYY 660
6. Manush • DET 659
Goslin • WSH 659
8. Sewell • CLE 652
9. Rice • WSH 651
10. Summa • CLE 640

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Ruth • NYY 158
2. Gehrig • NYY 149
3. Combs • NYY 137
4. Gehringer • DET 110
5. Heilmann • DET 106
6. Cobb • PHA 104
7. Manush • DET 101
8. Koenig • NYY 99
9. Harris • WSH 98
Rice • WSH 98

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Combs • NYY 231
2. Gehrig • NYY 218
3. Heilmann • DET 201
Sisler • SLB 201
5. Goslin • WSH 194
6. Ruth • NYY 192
7. Fothergill • DET 189
8. Sewell • CLE 180
9. Rice • WSH 179
10. Manush • DET 177

Total Bases

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

1. Gehrig • NYY 447
2. Ruth • NYY 417
3. Combs • NYY 331
4. Heilmann • DET 311
5. Goslin • WSH 300
6. Lazzeri • NYY 275
7. Fothergill • DET 272
8. Sisler • SLB 264
9. Meusel • NYY 263
10. Manush • DET 262
Simmons • PHA 262

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Gehrig • NYY 52
2. Burns • CLE 51
3. Heilmann • DET 50
4. Sewell • CLE 48
5. Meusel • NYY 47
6. Speaker • WSH 43
7. Summa • CLE 41
8. Fothergill • DET 38
9. Regan • BOS 37
Goslin • WSH 37

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Combs • NYY 23
2. Manush • DET 18
Gehrig • NYY 18
4. Goslin • WSH 15
5. Rice • WSH 14
6. Kamm • CHW 13
7. Metzler • CHW 11
Gehringer • DET 11
Koenig • NYY 11
Simmons • PHA 11
Myer • 2TM 11
Judge • WSH 11

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Ruth • NYY 60
2. Gehrig • NYY 47
3. Lazzeri • NYY 18
4. Williams • SLB 17
5. Simmons • PHA 15
6. Heilmann • DET 14
7. Goslin • WSH 13
8. Cochrane • PHA 12
9. Falk • CHW 9
Fothergill • DET 9
McManus • DET 9

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Gehrig • NYY 173
2. Ruth • NYY 165
3. Heilmann • DET 120
Goslin • WSH 120
5. Fothergill • DET 114
6. Simmons • PHA 108
7. Meusel • NYY 103
8. Lazzeri • NYY 102
9. Sisler • SLB 97
10. Cobb • PHA 93

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ruth • NYY 137
2. Gehrig • NYY 109
3. Bishop • PHA 105
4. Heilmann • DET 72
5. Blue • DET 71
6. Kamm • CHW 70
7. Lazzeri • NYY 69
8. Cobb • PHA 67
9. Harris • WSH 66
10. Jamieson • CLE 64
O'Rourke • SLB 64

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Ruth • NYY 89
2. Gehrig • NYY 84
3. Lazzeri • NYY 82
4. Meusel • NYY 58
5. Ward • CHW 56
6. Reeves • WSH 53
7. Regan • BOS 51
8. Bluege • WSH 47
9. Rothrock • BOS 46
Barrett • CHW 46

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Sisler • SLB 27
2. Meusel • NYY 24
3. Neun • DET 22
Lazzeri • NYY 22
Cobb • PHA 22
6. Goslin • WSH 21
7. Barrett • CHW 20
8. Tavener • DET 19
Rice • WSH 19
10. O'Rourke • SLB 18
Harris • WSH 18

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Combs • NYY 166
2. Sisler • SLB 156
3. Fothergill • DET 133
4. Cobb • PHA 131
5. Metzler • CHW 130
Rice • WSH 130
7. Goslin • WSH 129
8. Heilmann • DET 128
9. Sewell • CLE 126
10. Falk • CHW 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. Ruth • NYY 225
2. Gehrig • NYY 220
3. Heilmann • DET 180
4. Simmons • PHA 172
5. Combs • NYY 141
6. Fothergill • DET 139
7. Williams • SLB 136
8. Goslin • WSH 136
9. Meusel • NYY 135
10. Cobb • PHA 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. Gehrig • NYY 207
2. Ruth • NYY 201
3. Heilmann • DET 144
4. Combs • NYY 138
5. Goslin • WSH 115
6. Simmons • PHA 114
7. Fothergill • DET 106
8. Lazzeri • NYY 104
9. Meusel • NYY 101
10. Cobb • PHA 99

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. Gehrig • NYY 105
2. Ruth • NYY 104
3. Heilmann • DET 64
4. Simmons • PHA 42
5. Combs • NYY 38
6. Fothergill • DET 30
7. Goslin • WSH 29
8. Cobb • PHA 29
9. Meusel • NYY 26
10. Williams • SLB 23

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. Gehrig • NYY 9.7
2. Ruth • NYY 9.7
3. Heilmann • DET 6.0
4. Simmons • PHA 4.0
5. Combs • NYY 3.6
6. Fothergill • DET 2.9
7. Goslin • WSH 2.8
8. Cobb • PHA 2.7
9. Meusel • NYY 2.5
10. Williams • SLB 2.2

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Gehrig • NYY 117
2. Ruth • NYY 97
3. Heilmann • DET 73
4. Combs • NYY 65
Goslin • WSH 65
6. Meusel • NYY 64
7. Simmons • PHA 62
8. Burns • CLE 56
Fothergill • DET 56
10. Manush • DET 55
Lazzeri • NYY 55

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. Gehrig • NYY 330
2. Ruth • NYY 329
3. Combs • NYY 295
4. Heilmann • DET 275
5. Goslin • WSH 249
6. Cobb • PHA 247
7. Lazzeri • NYY 245
8. Metzler • CHW 243
9. Sewell • CLE 240
10. Fothergill • DET 238

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 .884
2. Gehrig • NYY .875
3. Heilmann • DET .833
4. Simmons • PHA .826
5. Combs • NYY .738
6. Cobb • PHA .699
7. Fothergill • DET .698
8. Williams • SLB .690
9. Goslin • WSH .681
10. Cochrane • PHA .674

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. O'Rourke • SLB 12
2. Flagstead • BOS 9
Metzler • CHW 9
Sewell • CLE 9
Miller • SLB 9
6. Burns • CLE 7
Summa • CLE 7
8. Warner • DET 6
9. Jamieson • CLE 5
Bishop • PHA 5
Cobb • PHA 5
Bluege • WSH 5
Goslin • WSH 5
Harris • WSH 5
Ruel • WSH 5

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Harris • WSH 30
2. Hale • PHA 28
3. Summa • CLE 27
4. Barrett • CHW 26
5. Kamm • CHW 25
6. Todt • BOS 24
Clancy • CHW 24
8. Flagstead • BOS 23
Ward • CHW 23
Lutzke • CLE 23
Sewell • CLE 23
Spurgeon • CLE 23
Cochrane • PHA 23
Gerber • SLB 23
Goslin • WSH 23
Judge • WSH 23

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Gehrig • NYY 9
2. Goslin • WSH 8
3. Sewell • CLE 6
4. Collins • NYY 5
Cochrane • PHA 5
6. Woodall • DET 4
Heilmann • DET 4
Fothergill • DET 4
Bassler • DET 4
Burns • CLE 4

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Cobb • PHA 19
2. Sewell • CLE 18
3. Fothergill • DET 17
4. Myer • 2TM 15
5. Manush • DET 14
Lazzeri • NYY 14
Meusel • NYY 14
8. Hunnefield • CHW 13
Burns • CLE 13
Blue • DET 13
Tavener • DET 13
Bishop • PHA 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. Lazzeri • NYY 19.8
2. Gehrig • NYY 16.5
3. Goslin • WSH 16.1
4. Ruth • NYY 12.5
5. Heilmann • DET 12.3
6. Simmons • PHA 12.0
Meusel • NYY 12.0
8. Williams • SLB 11.8
9. Cochrane • PHA 10.3
10. Fothergill • DET 9.0

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 81.3
2. Speaker • WSH 65.4
3. Cochrane • PHA 61.7
4. Rice • WSH 54.8
5. Tobin • BOS 41.6
6. Sisler • SLB 40.9
7. Cobb • PHA 40.8
8. Jamieson • CLE 34.9
9. Summa • CLE 31.9
10. Heilmann • DET 31.6

AB per HR

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

1. Ruth • NYY 9.0
2. Gehrig • NYY 12.4
3. Williams • SLB 24.9
4. Simmons • PHA 27.1
5. Lazzeri • NYY 31.7
6. Cochrane • PHA 36.0
7. Heilmann • DET 36.1
8. McManus • DET 41.0
9. Goslin • WSH 44.7
10. Fothergill • DET 58.6

Outs Made

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

1. Rice • WSH 446
2. Manush • DET 445
3. Summa • CLE 444
4. Sisler • SLB 440
5. Barrett • CHW 435
6. Warner • DET 434
Combs • NYY 434
8. Sewell • CLE 430
9. Lazzeri • NYY 429
10. Kamm • CHW 428

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. Gehrig • NYY 112.95
2. Ruth • NYY 111.44
3. Heilmann • DET 70.85
4. Simmons • PHA 51.22
5. Combs • NYY 50.01
6. Cobb • PHA 46.95
7. Williams • SLB 32.99
8. Fothergill • DET 32.75
9. Goslin • WSH 30.23
10. Cochrane • PHA 25.50

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. Gehrig • NYY 8.9
2. Ruth • NYY 8.6
3. Heilmann • DET 5.8
4. Combs • NYY 4.4
5. Simmons • PHA 4.0
6. Cochrane • PHA 3.9
7. Cobb • PHA 3.4
8. Fothergill • DET 3.1
9. Williams • SLB 2.9
10. Manush • DET 2.3

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. Gehrig • NYY 9.6
3. Heilmann • DET 5.9
4. Simmons • PHA 4.6
5. Combs • NYY 4.2
6. Cobb • PHA 3.5
7. Williams • SLB 2.8
8. Goslin • WSH 2.4
9. Cochrane • PHA 2.3
10. Fothergill • DET 2.1

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. Gehrig • NYY 13.8
2. Ruth • NYY 11.7
3. Combs • NYY 5.7
4. Simmons • PHA 4.1
5. Cochrane • PHA 2.9
6. Meusel • NYY 2.4
7. Falk • CHW 2.2
8. Lazzeri • NYY 2.2
9. Fothergill • DET 2.1
10. Manush • DET 1.8

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. Gehrig • NYY 10.6
2. Ruth • NYY 10.4
3. Heilmann • DET 6.6
4. Combs • NYY 4.8
5. Simmons • PHA 4.7
6. Cobb • PHA 4.3
7. Fothergill • DET 3.1
8. Williams • SLB 3.1
9. Goslin • WSH 2.9
10. Cochrane • PHA 2.4

rOBA

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

1. Ruth • NYY .542
2. Gehrig • NYY .533
3. Heilmann • DET .492
4. Simmons • PHA .488
5. Combs • NYY .430
6. Cobb • PHA .425
7. Williams • SLB .419
8. Fothergill • DET .416
9. Cochrane • PHA .416
10. Goslin • WSH .413

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 227
2. Gehrig • NYY 225
3. Heilmann • DET 195
4. Simmons • PHA 184
5. Combs • NYY 151
6. Fothergill • DET 148
7. Cobb • PHA 148
8. Williams • SLB 145
9. Goslin • WSH 143
10. Meusel • NYY 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