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 8.0
2. Foxx • PHA 7.9
3. Simmons • PHA 7.8
4. Lazzeri • NYY 7.7
5. Gehrig • NYY 7.5
6. Grove • PHA 7.4
7. Hudlin • CLE 7.3
8. Marberry • WSH 7.2
9. Ferrell • CLE 6.6
10. Walberg • PHA 6.4

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 8.0
2. Foxx • PHA 7.9
3. Simmons • PHA 7.8
4. Lazzeri • NYY 7.7
5. Gehrig • NYY 7.5
6. Gehringer • DET 5.9
7. Fonseca • CLE 5.6
8. Alexander • DET 5.2
9. Combs • NYY 5.0
10. Blue • SLB 4.7

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 7.9
2. Foxx • PHA 7.4
3. Lazzeri • NYY 7.4
4. Gehrig • NYY 7.2
5. Gehringer • DET 6.9
6. Simmons • PHA 6.3
7. Alexander • DET 5.8
8. Fonseca • CLE 5.5
9. Combs • NYY 5.1
10. Averill • CLE 5.1

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. Melillo • SLB 1.9
2. Kerr • CHW 1.4
3. Sewell • CLE 1.3
4. Durocher • NYY 1.2
5. Kress • SLB 1.1
6. Hayes • WSH 0.9
7. Simmons • PHA 0.9
8. Tavener • CLE 0.8
9. Cronin • WSH 0.8
10. Berg • CHW 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. Fonseca • CLE .369
2. Simmons • PHA .365
3. Manush • SLB .355
4. Lazzeri • NYY .354
5. Foxx • PHA .354
6. Fothergill • DET .354
7. Combs • NYY .345
8. Ruth • NYY .345
9. Heilmann • DET .344
10. Alexander • DET .343

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. Foxx • PHA .463
2. Gehrig • NYY .431
3. Ruth • NYY .430
4. Lazzeri • NYY .429
5. Fonseca • CLE .427
6. Blue • SLB .422
7. Combs • NYY .414
8. Cochrane • PHA .412
9. Heilmann • DET .412
10. Dykes • PHA .412

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 .697
2. Simmons • PHA .642
3. Foxx • PHA .625
4. Gehrig • NYY .584
5. Alexander • DET .580
6. Fothergill • DET .570
7. Heilmann • DET .565
8. Lazzeri • NYY .561
9. Dykes • PHA .539
10. Averill • CLE .538

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 1.128
2. Foxx • PHA 1.088
3. Simmons • PHA 1.040
4. Gehrig • NYY 1.015
5. Lazzeri • NYY .991
6. Alexander • DET .977
7. Heilmann • DET .977
8. Fonseca • CLE .959
9. Dykes • PHA .950
10. Fothergill • DET .949

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Alexander • DET 155
Gehringer • DET 155
3. McManus • DET 154
Gehrig • NYY 154
O'Rourke • SLB 154
6. Todt • BOS 153
7. Cissell • CHW 152
Averill • CLE 152
Sewell • CLE 152
10. Scarritt • BOS 151
Blue • SLB 151

At Bats

At Bats

1. Johnson • DET 640
2. Gehringer • DET 634
3. Alexander • DET 626
4. Cissell • CHW 618
5. Rice • WSH 616
6. McManus • DET 599
7. Averill • CLE 597
8. Combs • NYY 586
9. O'Rourke • SLB 585
10. Simmons • PHA 581

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. Gehringer • DET 717
2. Johnson • DET 715
3. Blue • SLB 714
4. Alexander • DET 701
5. Gehrig • NYY 694
Rice • WSH 694
7. Averill • CLE 680
8. Sewell • CLE 672
McManus • DET 672
10. Cissell • CHW 666
Combs • NYY 666

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Gehringer • DET 131
2. Johnson • DET 128
3. Gehrig • NYY 127
4. Foxx • PHA 123
5. Ruth • NYY 121
6. Combs • NYY 119
Rice • WSH 119
8. Haas • PHA 115
9. Simmons • PHA 114
10. Cochrane • PHA 113

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Alexander • DET 215
Gehringer • DET 215
3. Simmons • PHA 212
4. Fonseca • CLE 209
5. Manush • SLB 204
6. Combs • NYY 202
7. Johnson • DET 201
8. Rice • WSH 199
9. Averill • CLE 198
10. Lazzeri • NYY 193

Total Bases

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

1. Simmons • PHA 373
2. Alexander • DET 363
3. Ruth • NYY 348
4. Gehringer • DET 337
5. Gehrig • NYY 323
Foxx • PHA 323
7. Averill • CLE 321
8. Lazzeri • NYY 306
9. Johnson • DET 304
10. Fonseca • CLE 301

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Gehringer • DET 45
Johnson • DET 45
Manush • SLB 45
4. Fonseca • CLE 44
5. Averill • CLE 43
Alexander • DET 43
7. Heilmann • DET 41
Haas • PHA 41
Simmons • PHA 41
10. Blue • SLB 40

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Gehringer • DET 19
2. Scarritt • BOS 17
3. Miller • PHA 16
4. Fonseca • CLE 15
Alexander • DET 15
Combs • NYY 15
7. Johnson • DET 14
8. Metzler • CHW 13
Averill • CLE 13
10. Cissell • CHW 12
Reynolds • CHW 12

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Ruth • NYY 46
2. Gehrig • NYY 35
3. Simmons • PHA 34
4. Foxx • PHA 33
5. Alexander • DET 25
6. Averill • CLE 18
McManus • DET 18
Lazzeri • NYY 18
Goslin • WSH 18
10. Haas • PHA 16

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Simmons • PHA 157
2. Ruth • NYY 154
3. Alexander • DET 137
4. Gehrig • NYY 125
5. Heilmann • DET 120
6. Foxx • PHA 118
7. Kress • SLB 107
8. Gehringer • DET 106
Lazzeri • NYY 106
10. Fonseca • CLE 103

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bishop • PHA 128
2. Blue • SLB 126
3. Gehrig • NYY 122
4. Foxx • PHA 103
5. Cronin • WSH 85
6. Metzler • CHW 80
7. Kamm • CHW 75
8. Schang • SLB 74
9. Judge • WSH 73
10. Ruth • NYY 72

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Foxx • PHA 70
2. Gehrig • NYY 68
3. Alexander • DET 63
4. Johnson • DET 60
Ruth • NYY 60
6. Reeves • BOS 57
7. Kress • SLB 54
8. Cissell • CHW 53
Averill • CLE 53
10. McManus • DET 52

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Gehringer • DET 27
2. Cissell • CHW 25
3. Rothrock • BOS 24
Miller • PHA 24
5. Johnson • DET 20
6. Reynolds • CHW 19
Fonseca • CLE 19
Myer • WSH 19
9. McManus • DET 16
Rice • WSH 16

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Combs • NYY 151
2. Rice • WSH 149
3. Fonseca • CLE 144
4. Manush • SLB 143
5. Gehringer • DET 138
6. Sewell • CLE 134
7. Alexander • DET 132
Johnson • DET 132
9. Cissell • CHW 129
10. Miller • PHA 128
Simmons • PHA 128

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 193
2. Foxx • PHA 173
3. Gehrig • NYY 166
4. Lazzeri • NYY 160
5. Simmons • PHA 159
6. Heilmann • DET 149
7. Alexander • DET 148
8. Fonseca • CLE 142
9. Fothergill • DET 141
10. Gehringer • DET 139

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 148
Foxx • PHA 148
3. Simmons • PHA 147
4. Alexander • DET 141
5. Gehrig • NYY 137
6. Gehringer • DET 136
7. Lazzeri • NYY 127
8. Fonseca • CLE 125
9. Averill • CLE 123
10. Combs • NYY 113
Manush • SLB 113

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 67
2. Foxx • PHA 61
3. Gehrig • NYY 59
4. Lazzeri • NYY 50
5. Simmons • PHA 47
6. Alexander • DET 43
7. Fonseca • CLE 37
8. Gehringer • DET 37
9. Heilmann • DET 34
10. Averill • CLE 32

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 6.2
2. Foxx • PHA 5.6
3. Gehrig • NYY 5.5
4. Lazzeri • NYY 4.7
5. Simmons • PHA 4.4
6. Alexander • DET 4.0
7. Fonseca • CLE 3.5
8. Gehringer • DET 3.5
9. Heilmann • DET 3.2
10. Averill • CLE 3.0

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Simmons • PHA 84
2. Alexander • DET 83
3. Ruth • NYY 78
4. Gehringer • DET 77
Gehrig • NYY 77
6. Averill • CLE 74
7. Johnson • DET 69
8. Lazzeri • NYY 66
Haas • PHA 66
10. Fonseca • CLE 65
Foxx • PHA 65

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. Blue • SLB 296
2. Gehrig • NYY 293
3. Foxx • PHA 288
4. Gehringer • DET 285
5. Alexander • DET 271
Combs • NYY 271
7. Johnson • DET 268
8. Fonseca • CLE 266
9. Lazzeri • NYY 265
10. Averill • CLE 264

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 .824
2. Foxx • PHA .814
3. Simmons • PHA .787
4. Gehrig • NYY .753
5. Lazzeri • NYY .746
6. Heilmann • DET .737
7. Fothergill • DET .736
8. Fonseca • CLE .734
9. Alexander • DET .733
10. Gehringer • DET .719

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Dykes • PHA 7
Reeves • BOS 7
Schang • SLB 7
Fonseca • CLE 7
5. Gehringer • DET 6
6. Sewell • CLE 5
Gehrig • NYY 5
O'Rourke • SLB 5
9. Reynolds • CHW 4
Rice • DET 4
Lazzeri • NYY 4
Miller • PHA 4
Haas • PHA 4
Rhyne • BOS 4
Rice • WSH 4

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Sewell • CLE 41
2. Haas • PHA 40
3. O'Rourke • SLB 28
4. Kerr • CHW 26
5. Todt • BOS 25
6. Hale • PHA 23
7. Sewell • CLE 22
West • WSH 22
9. Cochrane • PHA 21
McGowan • SLB 21
Cronin • WSH 21
Judge • WSH 21

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Gehrig • NYY 9
2. Schang • SLB 8
Simmons • PHA 8
4. Manush • SLB 5
Ruth • NYY 5
Foxx • PHA 5
7. Ruel • WSH 4
Dickey • NYY 4
Metzler • CHW 4
10. Gehringer • DET 3
Hargrave • DET 3
Fonseca • CLE 3
Koenig • NYY 3
Reynolds • CHW 3
Boley • PHA 3
Berg • CHW 3
Todt • BOS 3

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Cissell • CHW 17
2. Johnson • DET 16
3. Averill • CLE 14
4. Rothrock • BOS 13
Gardner • CLE 13
Jamieson • CLE 13
7. Scarritt • BOS 11
Fonseca • CLE 11
McManus • DET 11
Rice • DET 11

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. Gehringer • DET 17.6
2. McManus • DET 16.9
3. Averill • CLE 15.1
4. Foxx • PHA 14.1
5. Reynolds • CHW 13.9
6. Goslin • WSH 13.7
7. Johnson • DET 13.3
8. Lazzeri • NYY 12.0
Miller • PHA 12.0
10. Dykes • PHA 9.9

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 144.5
2. Rice • WSH 68.4
3. Cochrane • PHA 64.3
4. Gehringer • DET 33.4
5. Falk • CLE 30.4
6. Jamieson • CLE 30.3
7. Dickey • NYY 27.9
8. Fothergill • DET 25.2
9. Rhyne • BOS 24.7
10. Fonseca • CLE 24.6

AB per HR

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

1. Ruth • NYY 10.8
2. Foxx • PHA 15.7
3. Gehrig • NYY 15.8
4. Simmons • PHA 17.1
5. Alexander • DET 25.0
6. Heilmann • DET 30.2
7. Lazzeri • NYY 30.3
8. Goslin • WSH 30.7
9. Dykes • PHA 30.8
10. Falk • CLE 32.8

Outs Made

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

1. Cissell • CHW 481
2. O'Rourke • SLB 473
3. Johnson • DET 461
4. McManus • DET 454
5. Rice • WSH 444
6. Sewell • CLE 443
7. Haas • PHA 441
8. Gehringer • DET 440
9. Alexander • DET 438
10. Averill • CLE 430

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 82.51
2. Foxx • PHA 63.20
3. Simmons • PHA 62.40
4. Gehrig • NYY 61.19
5. Heilmann • DET 47.47
6. Miller • PHA 42.71
7. Fonseca • CLE 42.30
8. Combs • NYY 41.59
9. Alexander • DET 40.86
10. Gehringer • DET 40.17

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. Ruth • NYY 9.4
2. Simmons • PHA 5.7
3. Foxx • PHA 5.0
4. Miller • PHA 4.2
5. Gehrig • NYY 4.0
6. Fonseca • CLE 3.8
7. Combs • NYY 3.6
8. Heilmann • DET 3.5
9. Averill • CLE 3.1
10. Gehringer • DET 3.0

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 6.7
2. Foxx • PHA 5.8
3. Simmons • PHA 5.6
4. Gehrig • NYY 5.3
5. Fonseca • CLE 3.8
6. Combs • NYY 3.7
7. Alexander • DET 3.5
8. Averill • CLE 3.4
9. Dykes • PHA 3.3
10. Gehringer • DET 3.1

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 9.2
2. Foxx • PHA 8.8
3. Simmons • PHA 8.3
4. Miller • PHA 6.4
5. Gehrig • NYY 5.7
6. Haas • PHA 4.5
7. Cochrane • PHA 4.1
8. Combs • NYY 3.2
9. Manush • SLB 3.1
10. Schulte • SLB 2.3

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 7.8
2. Gehrig • NYY 5.9
3. Foxx • PHA 5.8
4. Simmons • PHA 5.7
5. Heilmann • DET 4.4
6. Combs • NYY 4.0
7. Miller • PHA 3.9
8. Fonseca • CLE 3.9
9. Alexander • DET 3.8
10. Lazzeri • NYY 3.8

rOBA

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

1. Ruth • NYY .487
2. Foxx • PHA .478
3. Simmons • PHA .456
4. Gehrig • NYY .446
5. Lazzeri • NYY .440
6. Fonseca • CLE .436
7. Heilmann • DET .434
8. Dykes • PHA .431
9. Alexander • DET .429
10. Gehringer • DET .426

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 199
2. Foxx • PHA 183
3. Gehrig • NYY 172
4. Lazzeri • NYY 172
5. Simmons • PHA 168
6. Heilmann • DET 159
7. Alexander • DET 156
8. Fonseca • CLE 155
9. Dykes • PHA 150
10. Fothergill • DET 150

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