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 10.1
2. Gehrig • NYY 9.5
3. Goslin • WSH 7.5
4. Manush • SLB 7.3
5. Grove • PHA 7.2
6. Thomas • CHW 7.0
7. Jones • WSH 6.2
8. Pennock • NYY 5.9
9. Braxton • WSH 5.6
10. Sewell • CLE 5.4

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 10.1
2. Gehrig • NYY 9.5
3. Goslin • WSH 7.5
4. Manush • SLB 7.3
5. Sewell • CLE 5.4
6. Bishop • PHA 5.1
7. Foxx • PHA 4.9
8. Blue • SLB 4.8
9. Combs • NYY 4.7
10. Lazzeri • NYY 4.6

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 9.9
2. Gehrig • NYY 9.0
3. Manush • SLB 6.8
4. Goslin • WSH 6.6
5. Gehringer • DET 5.1
6. Sewell • CLE 5.0
7. Bishop • PHA 4.7
8. Lazzeri • NYY 4.7
9. Foxx • PHA 4.6
10. Combs • NYY 4.5

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. Bluege • WSH 1.6
2. Sewell • CLE 1.3
3. Sewell • CLE 1.1
4. Brannan • SLB 1.0
5. Myer • BOS 1.0
6. Berg • CHW 0.9
7. Gerber • 2TM 0.8
8. Hale • PHA 0.8
9. Bishop • PHA 0.7
10. Mostil • CHW 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. Goslin • WSH .379
2. Manush • SLB .378
3. Gehrig • NYY .374
4. Simmons • PHA .351
5. Lazzeri • NYY .332
6. Miller • PHA .329
7. Heilmann • DET .328
8. Rice • WSH .328
9. Foxx • PHA .328
10. Sewell • CLE .323

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. Gehrig • NYY .467
2. Ruth • NYY .463
3. Goslin • WSH .442
4. Bishop • PHA .438
5. Foxx • PHA .416
6. Manush • SLB .414
7. Metzler • CHW .410
8. Blue • SLB .400
9. Lazzeri • NYY .397
10. Judge • WSH .396

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 .709
2. Gehrig • NYY .648
3. Goslin • WSH .614
4. Manush • SLB .575
5. Simmons • PHA .558
6. Foxx • PHA .548
7. Lazzeri • NYY .535
8. Heilmann • DET .507
9. Fothergill • DET .481
10. Barnes • WSH .472

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 1.172
2. Gehrig • NYY 1.115
3. Goslin • WSH 1.056
4. Manush • SLB .989
5. Foxx • PHA .964
6. Simmons • PHA .954
7. Lazzeri • NYY .932
8. Heilmann • DET .897
9. Bishop • PHA .870
10. Barnes • WSH .863

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Kamm • CHW 155
Sewell • CLE 155
3. Lind • CLE 154
Gehringer • DET 154
Gehrig • NYY 154
Ruth • NYY 154
Blue • SLB 154
Manush • SLB 154
9. Judge • WSH 153
10. Heilmann • DET 151

At Bats

At Bats

1. Lind • CLE 650
2. Manush • SLB 638
3. Combs • NYY 626
4. Rice • WSH 616
5. Gehringer • DET 603
6. Sewell • CLE 588
7. Gehrig • NYY 562
8. Kress • SLB 560
9. Heilmann • DET 558
10. Schulte • SLB 556

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. Lind • CLE 714
2. Combs • NYY 709
3. Manush • SLB 697
4. Gehringer • DET 691
5. Ruth • NYY 684
6. Blue • SLB 681
Rice • WSH 681
8. Sewell • CLE 678
Gehrig • NYY 678
10. Kamm • CHW 656

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Ruth • NYY 163
2. Gehrig • NYY 139
3. Combs • NYY 118
4. Blue • SLB 116
5. Gehringer • DET 107
6. Bishop • PHA 104
Manush • SLB 104
8. Lind • CLE 102
9. Rice • WSH 95
10. Cochrane • PHA 92

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Manush • SLB 241
2. Gehrig • NYY 210
3. Rice • WSH 202
4. Combs • NYY 194
5. Gehringer • DET 193
6. Lind • CLE 191
7. Sewell • CLE 190
8. Heilmann • DET 183
9. Ruth • NYY 173
Goslin • WSH 173

Total Bases

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

1. Ruth • NYY 380
2. Manush • SLB 367
3. Gehrig • NYY 364
4. Combs • NYY 290
5. Heilmann • DET 283
6. Goslin • WSH 280
7. Gehringer • DET 272
8. Rice • WSH 270
9. Simmons • PHA 259
10. Blue • SLB 250

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Gehrig • NYY 47
Manush • SLB 47
3. Meusel • NYY 45
4. Schulte • SLB 44
5. Lind • CLE 42
6. Flagstead • BOS 41
7. Sewell • CLE 40
8. Heilmann • DET 38
9. McManus • DET 37
10. Goslin • WSH 36

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Combs • NYY 21
2. Manush • SLB 20
3. Gehringer • DET 16
4. Tavener • DET 15
Barnes • WSH 15
Rice • WSH 15
7. Taitt • BOS 14
Metzler • CHW 14
9. Gehrig • NYY 13
10. Kamm • CHW 12
Rice • DET 12
Cochrane • PHA 12

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Ruth • NYY 54
2. Gehrig • NYY 27
3. Goslin • WSH 17
4. Hauser • PHA 16
5. Simmons • PHA 15
6. Heilmann • DET 14
Blue • SLB 14
8. Foxx • PHA 13
Manush • SLB 13
10. Todt • BOS 12

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Gehrig • NYY 147
2. Ruth • NYY 146
3. Meusel • NYY 113
4. Manush • SLB 108
5. Heilmann • DET 107
Simmons • PHA 107
7. Goslin • WSH 102
8. Judge • WSH 93
9. Miller • PHA 85
Schulte • SLB 85

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ruth • NYY 137
2. Blue • SLB 105
3. Bishop • PHA 100
4. Gehrig • NYY 95
5. Judge • WSH 80
6. Metzler • CHW 77
Combs • NYY 77
8. Cochrane • PHA 76
9. Kamm • CHW 73
10. Gehringer • DET 69

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Ruth • NYY 87
2. Kress • SLB 70
3. Gehrig • NYY 69
4. Schulte • SLB 60
5. Meusel • NYY 56
6. Mostil • CHW 54
7. Durocher • NYY 52
8. Tavener • DET 51
9. Lazzeri • NYY 50
10. Lind • CLE 48

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Myer • BOS 30
2. Mostil • CHW 23
3. Rice • DET 20
4. Cissell • CHW 18
Bluege • WSH 18
6. Kamm • CHW 17
7. Hunnefield • CHW 16
Manush • SLB 16
Goslin • WSH 16
Judge • WSH 16
Rice • WSH 16

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Manush • SLB 161
2. Rice • WSH 153
3. Lind • CLE 144
Sewell • CLE 144
5. Gehringer • DET 142
6. Koenig • NYY 137
7. Myer • BOS 135
8. Combs • NYY 133
9. Kamm • CHW 127
10. Gehrig • NYY 123

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 206
2. Gehrig • NYY 193
3. Goslin • WSH 176
4. Manush • SLB 154
5. Foxx • PHA 148
6. Simmons • PHA 145
7. Lazzeri • NYY 145
8. Heilmann • DET 132
9. Barnes • WSH 127
10. Bishop • PHA 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 • NYY 173
2. Gehrig • NYY 164
3. Manush • SLB 153
4. Goslin • WSH 125
5. Heilmann • DET 111
Combs • NYY 111
7. Gehringer • DET 106
8. Rice • WSH 104
9. Simmons • PHA 100
10. Blue • SLB 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. Ruth • NYY 88
2. Gehrig • NYY 80
3. Goslin • WSH 51
4. Manush • SLB 48
5. Foxx • PHA 29
6. Simmons • PHA 29
7. Lazzeri • NYY 26
8. Heilmann • DET 26
9. Bishop • PHA 25
10. Combs • NYY 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. Ruth • NYY 8.3
2. Gehrig • NYY 7.5
3. Goslin • WSH 4.8
4. Manush • SLB 4.6
5. Foxx • PHA 2.8
6. Simmons • PHA 2.8
7. Lazzeri • NYY 2.5
Heilmann • DET 2.5
9. Bishop • PHA 2.4
10. Combs • NYY 2.2

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Ruth • NYY 91
2. Gehrig • NYY 87
3. Manush • SLB 80
4. Goslin • WSH 63
5. Heilmann • DET 62
6. Combs • NYY 61
Meusel • NYY 61
8. Simmons • PHA 57
Blue • SLB 57
Schulte • SLB 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. Ruth • NYY 313
2. Gehrig • NYY 309
3. Manush • SLB 280
4. Combs • NYY 273
5. Gehringer • DET 268
6. Blue • SLB 263
7. Sewell • CLE 255
8. Rice • WSH 253
9. Bishop • PHA 252
10. Judge • WSH 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. Ruth • NYY .851
2. Gehrig • NYY .836
3. Goslin • WSH .821
4. Manush • SLB .787
5. Simmons • PHA .742
6. Foxx • PHA .723
7. Lazzeri • NYY .719
8. Heilmann • DET .697
9. Barnes • WSH .655
10. Bishop • PHA .653

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Bluege • WSH 8
Miller • PHA 8
McNeely • SLB 8
4. Sewell • CLE 7
5. Summa • CLE 6
Metzler • CHW 6
Burns • 2TM 6
Gehringer • DET 6
9. Dykes • PHA 5
Reynolds • CHW 5

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Todt • BOS 31
2. Clancy • CHW 29
3. Kamm • CHW 28
4. Lind • CLE 27
5. Myer • BOS 26
Kress • SLB 26
7. Sewell • CLE 25
O'Rourke • SLB 25
9. Summa • CLE 23
Judge • WSH 23

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Ruth • NYY 8
2. Schang • SLB 6
3. Sewell • CLE 5
Sewell • CLE 5
Goslin • WSH 5
Burns • 2TM 5
7. Dykes • PHA 4
8. Simmons • PHA 3
Cochrane • PHA 3
Koenig • NYY 3
Gehrig • NYY 3
Collins • NYY 3
Manush • SLB 3
Heilmann • DET 3
Myatt • CLE 3
Metzler • CHW 3
Ruel • WSH 3
Hunnefield • CHW 3
Falk • CHW 3
Crouse • CHW 3
Clancy • CHW 3
Judge • WSH 3

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Mostil • CHW 20
2. Myer • BOS 16
3. McManus • DET 13
4. Jamieson • CLE 12
Rice • DET 12
6. Gehrig • NYY 11
7. Bishop • PHA 10
Ruel • WSH 10
9. Flagstead • BOS 9
Williams • BOS 9
Clancy • CHW 9
Kamm • CHW 9
Gehringer • DET 9
Meusel • NYY 9
Foxx • PHA 9
Brannan • SLB 9

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 16.5
2. Manush • SLB 14.3
3. Blue • SLB 12.9
4. Lazzeri • NYY 12.0
5. Heilmann • DET 9.3
6. McManus • DET 9.3
7. Rice • DET 9.2
8. Miller • PHA 8.9
9. Gehringer • DET 8.6
10. Combs • NYY 8.6

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 65.3
2. Manush • SLB 45.6
3. Rice • WSH 41.1
4. Boley • PHA 38.6
5. Summa • CLE 33.6
6. Williams • BOS 30.8
7. Judge • WSH 28.5
8. Koenig • NYY 28.1
9. Gehringer • DET 27.4
10. Brannan • SLB 25.4

AB per HR

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

1. Ruth • NYY 9.9
2. Gehrig • NYY 20.8
3. Goslin • WSH 26.8
4. Foxx • PHA 30.8
5. Simmons • PHA 30.9
6. Hargrave • DET 32.0
7. Blue • SLB 39.2
8. Heilmann • DET 39.9
9. Lazzeri • NYY 40.4
10. Todt • BOS 44.9

Outs Made

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

1. Lind • CLE 489
2. Combs • NYY 444
3. Todt • BOS 439
4. Kress • SLB 437
5. Gehringer • DET 432
6. Rice • WSH 431
7. Sewell • CLE 424
8. Schulte • SLB 423
9. Blue • SLB 422
Manush • SLB 422

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 98.03
2. Ruth • NYY 93.68
3. Manush • SLB 68.29
4. Goslin • WSH 41.78
5. Simmons • PHA 34.46
6. Combs • NYY 34.40
7. Foxx • PHA 34.36
8. Heilmann • DET 32.44
9. Lazzeri • NYY 32.28
10. Rice • DET 31.24

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. Gehrig • NYY 7.9
2. Ruth • NYY 7.4
3. Manush • SLB 6.3
4. Goslin • WSH 4.6
5. Simmons • PHA 3.5
6. Heilmann • DET 2.6
7. Foxx • PHA 2.5
8. Kamm • CHW 2.5
9. Lazzeri • NYY 2.4
10. Miller • PHA 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 8.9
2. Gehrig • NYY 8.1
3. Manush • SLB 5.2
4. Goslin • WSH 4.2
5. Combs • NYY 3.2
6. Foxx • PHA 2.9
7. Simmons • PHA 2.8
8. Bishop • PHA 2.6
9. Blue • SLB 2.6
10. Cochrane • PHA 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. Gehrig • NYY 21.3
2. Ruth • NYY 15.8
3. Simmons • PHA 12.2
4. Combs • NYY 8.5
5. Lazzeri • NYY 8.2
6. Bishop • PHA 6.7
7. Koenig • NYY 4.9
8. Meusel • NYY 4.8
9. Dykes • PHA 4.2
10. Collins • NYY 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. Gehrig • NYY 9.3
2. Ruth • NYY 8.9
3. Manush • SLB 6.4
4. Goslin • WSH 4.0
5. Combs • NYY 3.3
6. Simmons • PHA 3.2
7. Foxx • PHA 3.2
8. Lazzeri • NYY 3.1
9. Heilmann • DET 3.1
10. Rice • DET 3.0

rOBA

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

1. Ruth • NYY .503
2. Gehrig • NYY .487
3. Goslin • WSH .479
4. Manush • SLB .449
5. Foxx • PHA .429
6. Simmons • PHA .426
7. Lazzeri • NYY .420
8. Heilmann • DET .406
9. Bishop • PHA .405
10. Cochrane • PHA .397

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 211
2. Gehrig • NYY 204
3. Goslin • WSH 191
4. Manush • SLB 168
5. Foxx • PHA 159
6. Simmons • PHA 155
7. Lazzeri • NYY 153
8. Bishop • PHA 143
9. Heilmann • DET 141
10. Barnes • WSH 136

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