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American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

Wins Above Replacement A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Ruth • NYY 10.5

2. Grove • PHA 10.4

3. Gehrig • NYY 9.6

4. Ferrell • CLE 9.4

5. Cronin • WSH 8.5

6. Stewart • SLB 7.8

7. Simmons • PHA 7.8

8. Uhle • DET 7.3

9. Foxx • PHA 6.9

10. Gehringer • DET 6.6

WAR Position Players

Wins Above Replacement for position players A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Ruth • NYY 10.2

2. Gehrig • NYY 9.6

3. Cronin • WSH 8.5

4. Simmons • PHA 7.8

5. Foxx • PHA 6.9

6. Gehringer • DET 6.6

7. Reynolds • CHW 6.3

8. Morgan • CLE 5.8

9. Combs • NYY 5.3

10. Goslin • 2TM 5.3

Offensive WAR

Offensive Wins Above Replacement (everything but Fielding) The same statistic as Wins Above Replacement for Position Players (WAR), but with the fielding value excluded. oWAR + dWAR does not equal WAR. Adding would count positions twice. Contains the factor for batting stats, baserunning, a positional adjustment, and the replacement player adjustment. Factors developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Ruth • NYY 10.0

2. Gehrig • NYY 9.9

3. Simmons • PHA 7.4

4. Cronin • WSH 6.6

5. Foxx • PHA 6.4

6. Gehringer • DET 5.9

7. Morgan • CLE 5.9

8. Cochrane • PHA 5.4

9. Reynolds • CHW 5.3

10. Combs • NYY 5.3

Defensive WAR

Defensive Wins Above Replacement for position players A defensive measure of wins above replacement, but given only the defensive stats of the player and his position adjustment. For this calculation, we use a replacement level on defense is the league average. Based on Baseball Info Solutions defensive runs saved from 2003 on and total zone rating developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com previously

1. Cronin • WSH 2.8

2. Melillo • SLB 1.7

3. Bluege • WSH 1.1

4. Bishop • PHA 1.1

5. Ferrell • SLB 1.1

6. Gehringer • DET 1.1

7. Regan • BOS 0.9

8. Myer • WSH 0.9

9. Berry • BOS 0.8

10. Tate • 2TM 0.7

Batting Average

Hits/At Bats For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played Bold indicates either highest BA using current stats or awarded title at end of year.

1. Simmons • PHA .381

2. Gehrig • NYY .379

3. Ruth • NYY .359

4. Reynolds • CHW .359

5. Cochrane • PHA .357

6. Hodapp • CLE .354

7. Manush • 2TM .350

8. Porter • CLE .350

9. Morgan • CLE .349

10. Rice • WSH .349

On-Base%

(H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF) For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

1. Ruth • NYY .493

2. Gehrig • NYY .473

3. Foxx • PHA .429

4. Bishop • PHA .426

5. Combs • NYY .424

6. Cochrane • PHA .424

7. Simmons • PHA .423

8. Cronin • WSH .422

9. Porter • CLE .420

10. Dykes • PHA .414

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 .732

2. Gehrig • NYY .721

3. Simmons • PHA .708

4. Foxx • PHA .637

5. Morgan • CLE .601

Goslin • 2TM .601

7. Reynolds • CHW .584

8. Averill • CLE .537

9. Gehringer • DET .534

10. Manush • 2TM .531

On-Base Plus Slugging

On-Base + Slugging Percentages For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

1. Ruth • NYY 1.225

2. Gehrig • NYY 1.194

3. Simmons • PHA 1.130

4. Foxx • PHA 1.066

5. Morgan • CLE 1.014

6. Goslin • 2TM .983

7. Reynolds • CHW .973

8. Cochrane • PHA .949

9. Combs • NYY .947

10. Averill • CLE .941

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Oliver • BOS 154

Hodapp • CLE 154

Alexander • DET 154

Gehringer • DET 154

Gehrig • NYY 154

Miller • PHA 154

Kress • SLB 154

Cronin • WSH 154

9. Foxx • PHA 153

10. Jolley • CHW 152

At Bats

1. Oliver • BOS 646

2. Hodapp • CLE 635

3. Jolley • CHW 616

4. Kress • SLB 614

5. Gehringer • DET 610

6. Alexander • DET 602

7. Rice • WSH 593

8. Cronin • WSH 587

9. Miller • PHA 585

10. Morgan • CLE 584

Goslin • 2TM 584

Plate Appearances

Plate Appearances When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH, which excludes catcher interferences. When this color click for a summary of each PA.

1. Gehrig • NYY 703

2. Oliver • BOS 701

3. Gehringer • DET 700

4. Hodapp • CLE 687

5. Cronin • WSH 686

6. Kress • SLB 680

7. Ruth • NYY 676

8. Foxx • PHA 674

9. Goslin • 2TM 670

10. Rice • WSH 669

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Simmons • PHA 152

2. Ruth • NYY 150

3. Gehringer • DET 144

4. Gehrig • NYY 143

5. Combs • NYY 129

6. Foxx • PHA 127

Cronin • WSH 127

8. Morgan • CLE 122

9. Rice • WSH 121

10. Bishop • PHA 117

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Hodapp • CLE 225

2. Gehrig • NYY 220

3. Simmons • PHA 211

4. Rice • WSH 207

5. Morgan • CLE 204

6. Cronin • WSH 203

7. Reynolds • CHW 202

8. Gehringer • DET 201

9. Alexander • DET 196

10. Manush • 2TM 194

Total Bases

Total Bases Singles + 2 x Doubles + 3 x Triples + 4 x Home Runs.

1. Gehrig • NYY 419

2. Simmons • PHA 392

3. Ruth • NYY 379

4. Foxx • PHA 358

5. Morgan • CLE 351

Goslin • 2TM 351

7. Reynolds • CHW 329

8. Gehringer • DET 326

9. Hodapp • CLE 319

10. Alexander • DET 305

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Hodapp • CLE 51

2. Manush • 2TM 49

3. Morgan • CLE 47

Gehringer • DET 47

5. Porter • CLE 43

Kress • SLB 43

7. Gehrig • NYY 42

Cochrane • PHA 42

9. Simmons • PHA 41

Cronin • WSH 41

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Combs • NYY 22

2. Reynolds • CHW 18

3. Gehrig • NYY 17

4. Simmons • PHA 16

5. Gehringer • DET 15

Lazzeri • NYY 15

7. Johnson • DET 13

Foxx • PHA 13

Rice • WSH 13

10. Jolley • CHW 12

Goslin • 2TM 12

Manush • 2TM 12

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Ruth • NYY 49

2. Gehrig • NYY 41

3. Foxx • PHA 37

Goslin • 2TM 37

5. Simmons • PHA 36

6. Morgan • CLE 26

7. Reynolds • CHW 22

8. Alexander • DET 20

9. Averill • CLE 19

10. Webb • BOS 16

Jolley • CHW 16

Gehringer • DET 16

Kress • SLB 16

Runs Batted In

1. Gehrig • NYY 173

2. Simmons • PHA 165

3. Foxx • PHA 156

4. Ruth • NYY 153

5. Goslin • 2TM 138

6. Morgan • CLE 136

7. Alexander • DET 135

8. Cronin • WSH 126

9. Hodapp • CLE 121

Lazzeri • NYY 121

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ruth • NYY 136

2. Bishop • PHA 128

3. Gehrig • NYY 101

4. Foxx • PHA 93

5. Blue • SLB 81

6. Combs • NYY 74

Dykes • PHA 74

8. Cronin • WSH 72

9. Gehringer • DET 69

10. Goslin • 2TM 67

Strikeouts

1. Morgan • CLE 66

Foxx • PHA 66

3. Gehrig • NYY 63

4. Lazzeri • NYY 62

5. Cooke • NYY 61

Ruth • NYY 61

7. Regan • BOS 60

Bishop • PHA 60

9. Chapman • NYY 58

10. Harris • 2TM 57

Stolen Bases

1. McManus • DET 23

2. Gehringer • DET 19

3. Johnson • DET 17

Goslin • 2TM 17

Cronin • WSH 17

6. Cissell • CHW 16

Reynolds • CHW 16

Combs • NYY 16

9. Melillo • SLB 15

Bluege • WSH 15

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Rice • WSH 158

2. Hodapp • CLE 157

3. Oliver • BOS 153

4. Cronin • WSH 140

5. Reynolds • CHW 137

6. Myer • WSH 136

7. Alexander • DET 135

8. Jolley • CHW 127

9. Kress • SLB 125

10. Combs • NYY 124

Manush • 2TM 124

Adjusted OPS+

OPS+ 100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)

1. Ruth • NYY 211

2. Gehrig • NYY 203

3. Simmons • PHA 175

4. Foxx • PHA 161

5. Morgan • CLE 150

6. Reynolds • CHW 147

7. Goslin • 2TM 143

8. Combs • NYY 143

9. Cronin • WSH 135

10. Cochrane • PHA 134

Runs Created

Runs Created A set of formulas developed by Bill James and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s runs total. This is computed with the "technical" formula when possible. If SB or CS data is missing, the "basic" formula is used. If HBP, IBB, SH, SF, or GIDP data is missing, the "stolen base" version of the formula is used. Team Runs Created is the sum of player Runs Created.

1. Gehrig • NYY 192

2. Ruth • NYY 183

3. Simmons • PHA 166

4. Foxx • PHA 151

5. Morgan • CLE 144

6. Goslin • 2TM 132

7. Reynolds • CHW 126

Gehringer • DET 126

9. Cronin • WSH 125

10. Hodapp • CLE 122

Adj. Batting Runs

Adjusted Batting Runs A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s runs total via linear weights. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Ruth • NYY 95

2. Gehrig • NYY 94

3. Simmons • PHA 60

4. Foxx • PHA 53

5. Morgan • CLE 45

6. Combs • NYY 36

7. Reynolds • CHW 36

8. Goslin • 2TM 36

9. Cronin • WSH 34

10. Gehringer • DET 32

Adj. Batting Wins

Adjusted Batting Wins A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s wins with his bat. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Ruth • NYY 8.5

2. Gehrig • NYY 8.4

3. Simmons • PHA 5.4

4. Foxx • PHA 4.8

5. Morgan • CLE 4.1

6. Combs • NYY 3.3

7. Reynolds • CHW 3.2

8. Goslin • 2TM 3.2

9. Cronin • WSH 3.1

10. Gehringer • DET 3.0

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Gehrig • NYY 100

2. Simmons • PHA 93

3. Ruth • NYY 86

4. Goslin • 2TM 85

5. Morgan • CLE 84

6. Foxx • PHA 83

7. Gehringer • DET 78

8. Manush • 2TM 70

9. Hodapp • CLE 68

10. Kress • SLB 67

Times On Base

Times on Base Hits + Bases on Balls + Hit By Pitch Does not include Reached on Error or Catcher Interference.

1. Gehrig • NYY 324

2. Ruth • NYY 323

3. Foxx • PHA 281

4. Cronin • WSH 280

5. Gehringer • DET 277

6. Morgan • CLE 267

7. Rice • WSH 265

8. Hodapp • CLE 258

9. Combs • NYY 257

10. Simmons • PHA 251

Offensive Win %

Offensive Winning Percentage The percentage of games a team with nine of this player batting would win. Assumes average pitching and defense. 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 .848

2. Gehrig • NYY .840

3. Simmons • PHA .824

4. Foxx • PHA .766

5. Morgan • CLE .747

6. Reynolds • CHW .724

7. Cochrane • PHA .718

8. Combs • NYY .703

9. Goslin • 2TM .692

10. Averill • CLE .690

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Dykes • PHA 10

2. Bluege • WSH 8

3. Sewell • CLE 7

Gehringer • DET 7

Reynolds • CHW 7

6. Bishop • PHA 6

7. Funk • DET 5

Cronin • WSH 5

Rice • 2TM 5

Boley • PHA 5

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Haas • PHA 33

2. Bluege • WSH 27

3. Funk • DET 23

4. Cronin • WSH 22

5. Ruth • NYY 21

6. Hodapp • CLE 19

Morgan • CLE 19

Lary • NYY 19

Foxx • PHA 19

Miller • PHA 19

Intentional Bases on Balls

Intentional Bases on Balls First tracked in 1955.

1. Foxx • PHA 9

2. Ruth • NYY 8

3. Jolley • CHW 7

4. Todt • BOS 5

5. Webb • BOS 4

Boley • PHA 4

7. Kamm • CHW 3

Myatt • CLE 3

Morgan • CLE 3

Dykes • PHA 3

Miller • PHA 3

Gehringer • DET 3

Harris • 2TM 3

Autry • CHW 3

Manush • 2TM 3

Rice • 2TM 3

Gehrig • NYY 3

Dickey • NYY 3

Caught Stealing

1. Gehringer • DET 15

2. Gehrig • NYY 14

3. Miller • PHA 13

4. Kress • SLB 12

5. Myer • WSH 11

Goslin • 2TM 11

7. Combs • NYY 10

Cronin • WSH 10

Johnson • DET 10

Ruth • NYY 10

Power-Speed #

Power/Speed Number 2 x (Home Runs x Stolen Bases)/(Stolen Bases + Home Runs) The harmonic mean of HR and SB. To do well you need a lot of both. Developed by Bill James.

1. Goslin • 2TM 23.3

2. Gehrig • NYY 18.6

3. Reynolds • CHW 18.5

4. Gehringer • DET 17.4

5. Ruth • NYY 16.6

6. Cronin • WSH 14.7

7. Simmons • PHA 14.4

8. Averill • CLE 13.1

9. McManus • DET 12.9

10. Morgan • CLE 12.2

AB per SO

At Bats Per Strikeout For career marks this only includes AB’s for seasons where SO’s were tracked.

1. Sewell • CLE 117.7

2. Rice • WSH 42.4

3. Gehringer • DET 35.9

4. Ferrell • SLB 31.4

5. Cochrane • PHA 27.1

6. Miller • PHA 26.6

7. Dickey • NYY 26.1

8. Oliver • BOS 25.8

9. Manush • 2TM 23.1

10. Hodapp • CLE 21.9

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Ruth • NYY 10.6

2. Gehrig • NYY 14.2

3. Foxx • PHA 15.2

4. Simmons • PHA 15.4

5. Goslin • 2TM 15.8

6. Morgan • CLE 22.5

7. Reynolds • CHW 25.6

8. Webb • BOS 28.1

9. Averill • CLE 28.1

10. Alexander • DET 30.1

Outs Made

Outs Made (At Bats - Hits) + Double Plays Grounded Into + Sac. Flies + Sac. Hits + Caught Stealing.

1. Oliver • BOS 472

2. Melillo • SLB 454

3. Kress • SLB 447

4. Miller • PHA 440

5. Gehringer • DET 437

6. Hodapp • CLE 434

7. Cissell • CHW 431

8. Goslin • 2TM 429

9. Jolley • CHW 428

10. Alexander • DET 425

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)

Base-Out Runs Added Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the batter or baserunner add in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and above 0 is better than average

1. Gehrig • NYY 100.67

2. Simmons • PHA 93.32

3. Ruth • NYY 92.90

4. Foxx • PHA 69.64

5. Combs • NYY 52.17

6. Goslin • 2TM 50.03

7. Gehringer • DET 49.66

8. Cronin • WSH 46.92

9. Averill • CLE 45.79

10. Reynolds • CHW 44.05

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Win Probability Added for Offensive Player Given average teams, this is the change in probability caused by this batter during the game. A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Simmons • PHA 10.6

2. Foxx • PHA 7.0

3. Gehrig • NYY 6.8

4. Morgan • CLE 4.2

5. Cochrane • PHA 4.1

6. Ruth • NYY 4.0

7. Combs • NYY 4.0

8. Porter • CLE 3.9

9. Reynolds • CHW 3.5

10. Gehringer • DET 3.2

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)

Situational Wins (WPA/LI) It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play. WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats. This stat does not.

1. Ruth • NYY 8.1

2. Gehrig • NYY 7.8

3. Simmons • PHA 6.6

4. Foxx • PHA 5.1

5. Combs • NYY 4.0

6. Morgan • CLE 3.8

7. Gehringer • DET 3.5

8. Reynolds • CHW 3.4

9. Cronin • WSH 3.2

10. Averill • CLE 3.0

Championship WPA (cWPA)

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

1. Simmons • PHA 20.8

2. Foxx • PHA 16.6

3. Cochrane • PHA 10.8

4. Gehrig • NYY 7.7

5. Cronin • WSH 5.7

6. Combs • NYY 4.4

7. Bishop • PHA 4.3

8. Ruth • NYY 4.1

9. Hodapp • CLE 3.4

10. Lazzeri • NYY 3.0

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW) This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance measured by the 24 base-out situations across every play in the game.

1. Gehrig • NYY 9.1

2. Ruth • NYY 8.4

3. Simmons • PHA 8.1

4. Foxx • PHA 6.1

5. Combs • NYY 4.8

6. Goslin • 2TM 4.5

7. Gehringer • DET 4.5

8. Cronin • WSH 4.2

9. Averill • CLE 4.1

10. Reynolds • CHW 4.1

rOBA

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

1. Ruth • NYY .515

2. Gehrig • NYY .505

3. Simmons • PHA .489

4. Foxx • PHA .454

5. Morgan • CLE .442

6. Cochrane • PHA .433

7. Reynolds • CHW .428

8. Combs • NYY .425

9. Goslin • 2TM .422

10. Cronin • WSH .421

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 215

2. Gehrig • NYY 208

3. Simmons • PHA 183

4. Foxx • PHA 165

5. Morgan • CLE 156

6. Combs • NYY 153

7. Reynolds • CHW 153

8. Cochrane • PHA 147

9. Goslin • 2TM 146

10. Cronin • WSH 146

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