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. Foxx • PHA 10.3
2. Grove • PHA 9.3
3. Ruth • NYY 8.5
4. Gehrig • NYY 8.1
5. Ruffing • NYY 7.8
6. Ferrell • CLE 7.2
7. Crowder • WSH 6.6
8. Cronin • WSH 6.3
9. Cochrane • PHA 6.0
10. Harder • CLE 5.8

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. Foxx • PHA 10.3
2. Ruth • NYY 8.5
3. Gehrig • NYY 8.1
4. Cronin • WSH 6.3
5. Cochrane • PHA 6.0
6. Manush • WSH 5.6
7. Combs • NYY 5.1
8. Gehringer • DET 5.1
9. Averill • CLE 5.0
10. Lazzeri • NYY 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. Foxx • PHA 9.9
2. Gehrig • NYY 8.6
3. Ruth • NYY 8.5
4. Cochrane • PHA 5.8
5. Cronin • WSH 5.7
6. Averill • CLE 5.7
7. Manush • WSH 5.2
8. Combs • NYY 4.8
9. Gehringer • DET 4.8
10. Simmons • PHA 4.4

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. Cronin • WSH 1.5
2. Rogell • DET 1.4
3. Bishop • PHA 1.2
4. Melillo • SLB 1.0
5. Bluege • WSH 0.9
6. Kamm • CLE 0.9
7. West • WSH 0.9
8. Gehringer • DET 0.9
9. Ferrell • SLB 0.8
10. Vosmik • CLE 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. Alexander • 2TM .367
2. Foxx • PHA .364
3. Gehrig • NYY .349
4. Manush • WSH .342
5. Ruth • NYY .341
6. Rice • WSH .323
Walker • DET .323
8. Simmons • PHA .322
9. Combs • NYY .321
10. Cronin • WSH .318

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 .489
2. Foxx • PHA .469
3. Alexander • 2TM .454
4. Gehrig • NYY .451
5. Bishop • PHA .412
6. Cochrane • PHA .412
7. Ferrell • SLB .406
8. Combs • NYY .405
9. Morgan • CLE .402
10. Lazzeri • NYY .399

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. Foxx • PHA .749
2. Ruth • NYY .661
3. Gehrig • NYY .621
4. Averill • CLE .569
5. Simmons • PHA .548
6. Manush • WSH .520
7. Alexander • 2TM .513
8. Cochrane • PHA .510
9. Lazzeri • NYY .506
10. Gehringer • DET .497

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. Foxx • PHA 1.218
2. Ruth • NYY 1.150
3. Gehrig • NYY 1.072
4. Alexander • 2TM .966
5. Averill • CLE .961
6. Cochrane • PHA .921
7. Simmons • PHA .915
8. Lazzeri • NYY .905
9. Manush • WSH .903
10. Cronin • WSH .885

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Gehrig • NYY 156
2. Foxx • PHA 154
Simmons • PHA 154
Melillo • SLB 154
5. Averill • CLE 153
Vosmik • CLE 153
Dykes • PHA 153
8. Gehringer • DET 152
Levey • SLB 152
10. Chapman • NYY 151

At Bats

At Bats

1. Simmons • PHA 670
2. Averill • CLE 631
3. Manush • WSH 625
4. Porter • CLE 621
Vosmik • CLE 621
6. Gehringer • DET 618
7. Burns • SLB 617
8. Melillo • SLB 612
9. Campbell • 2TM 611
10. Gehrig • NYY 596

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. Simmons • PHA 718
2. Averill • CLE 712
3. Gehrig • NYY 708
4. Foxx • PHA 702
5. Porter • CLE 700
Burns • SLB 700
7. Gehringer • DET 692
8. Vosmik • CLE 690
9. Manush • WSH 677
10. Combs • NYY 675

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Foxx • PHA 151
2. Simmons • PHA 144
3. Combs • NYY 143
4. Gehrig • NYY 138
5. Manush • WSH 121
6. Ruth • NYY 120
Myer • WSH 120
8. Cochrane • PHA 118
9. Averill • CLE 116
10. Gehringer • DET 112

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Simmons • PHA 216
2. Manush • WSH 214
3. Foxx • PHA 213
4. Gehrig • NYY 208
5. Averill • CLE 198
6. Vosmik • CLE 194
7. Porter • CLE 191
8. Combs • NYY 190
9. Burns • SLB 188
10. Gehringer • DET 184
Cissell • 2TM 184

Total Bases

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

1. Foxx • PHA 438
2. Gehrig • NYY 370
3. Simmons • PHA 367
4. Averill • CLE 359
5. Manush • WSH 325
6. Gehringer • DET 307
7. Ruth • NYY 302
8. Vosmik • CLE 287
9. Stone • DET 283
10. Chapman • NYY 275

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. McNair • PHA 47
2. Gehringer • DET 44
3. Cronin • WSH 43
4. Porter • CLE 42
Gehrig • NYY 42
Kress • 2TM 42
7. Chapman • NYY 41
Manush • WSH 41
9. Vosmik • CLE 39
10. Johnson • 2TM 38
Myer • WSH 38

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Cronin • WSH 18
2. Lazzeri • NYY 16
Myer • WSH 16
4. Chapman • NYY 15
5. Averill • CLE 14
Manush • WSH 14
7. Davis • DET 13
8. Vosmik • CLE 12
Stone • DET 12
West • WSH 12

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Foxx • PHA 58
2. Ruth • NYY 41
3. Simmons • PHA 35
4. Gehrig • NYY 34
5. Averill • CLE 32
6. Cochrane • PHA 23
7. Gehringer • DET 19
8. McNair • PHA 18
Jolley • 2TM 18
10. Stone • DET 17
Goslin • SLB 17

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Foxx • PHA 169
2. Gehrig • NYY 151
Simmons • PHA 151
4. Ruth • NYY 137
5. Averill • CLE 124
6. Cronin • WSH 116
Manush • WSH 116
8. Lazzeri • NYY 113
9. Cochrane • PHA 112
10. Stone • DET 109

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ruth • NYY 130
2. Foxx • PHA 116
3. Bishop • PHA 110
4. Gehrig • NYY 108
5. Cochrane • PHA 100
6. Morgan • CLE 94
7. Goslin • SLB 92
8. Bluege • WSH 83
9. Lazzeri • NYY 82
10. Combs • NYY 81

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Campbell • 2TM 104
2. Foxx • PHA 96
3. Simmons • PHA 76
4. Pickering • BOS 71
5. Johnson • 2TM 67
6. Dykes • PHA 65
7. Stone • DET 64
Lazzeri • NYY 64
9. Ruth • NYY 62
10. West • WSH 57

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Chapman • NYY 38
2. Walker • DET 30
3. Johnson • 2TM 20
4. Cissell • 2TM 18
5. Funk • CHW 17
Blue • CHW 17
Burns • SLB 17
8. Schuble • DET 14
Rogell • DET 14
10. Myer • WSH 12
Goslin • SLB 12
Davis • DET 12

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Manush • WSH 145
2. Simmons • PHA 144
3. Combs • NYY 139
4. Porter • CLE 137
5. Burns • SLB 136
6. Cissell • 2TM 134
7. Vosmik • CLE 133
8. Haas • PHA 131
9. Jolley • 2TM 126
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. Foxx • PHA 207
2. Ruth • NYY 201
3. Gehrig • NYY 181
4. Alexander • 2TM 156
5. Averill • CLE 138
6. Lazzeri • NYY 138
7. Cochrane • PHA 134
8. Manush • WSH 134
9. Simmons • PHA 131
10. Cronin • WSH 130

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. Foxx • PHA 202
2. Gehrig • NYY 161
3. Ruth • NYY 147
4. Averill • CLE 136
5. Simmons • PHA 134
6. Manush • WSH 123
7. Gehringer • DET 111
8. Cochrane • PHA 107
9. Vosmik • CLE 106
Combs • NYY 106
Cronin • WSH 106

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. Foxx • PHA 95
2. Ruth • NYY 76
3. Gehrig • NYY 75
4. Alexander • 2TM 36
5. Averill • CLE 35
6. Cochrane • PHA 30
7. Lazzeri • NYY 30
8. Manush • WSH 29
9. Combs • NYY 27
10. Simmons • PHA 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. Foxx • PHA 8.8
2. Ruth • NYY 7.0
3. Gehrig • NYY 6.9
4. Alexander • 2TM 3.4
5. Averill • CLE 3.2
6. Cochrane • PHA 2.8
7. Lazzeri • NYY 2.8
8. Manush • WSH 2.7
9. Combs • NYY 2.5
10. Simmons • PHA 2.5

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Foxx • PHA 100
2. Gehrig • NYY 85
3. Averill • CLE 83
4. Gehringer • DET 74
5. Simmons • PHA 72
6. Manush • WSH 69
7. McNair • PHA 68
8. Cronin • WSH 67
9. Chapman • NYY 66
10. Stone • DET 64

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. Foxx • PHA 329
2. Gehrig • NYY 319
3. Ruth • NYY 288
4. Averill • CLE 279
5. Combs • NYY 273
6. Goslin • SLB 265
7. Simmons • PHA 264
8. Vosmik • CLE 257
9. Porter • CLE 256
Cochrane • PHA 256

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. Foxx • PHA .872
2. Ruth • NYY .851
3. Gehrig • NYY .803
4. Alexander • 2TM .764
5. Averill • CLE .714
6. Simmons • PHA .696
7. Manush • WSH .691
8. Cochrane • PHA .689
9. Cronin • WSH .667
10. Lazzeri • NYY .657

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Averill • CLE 6
Campbell • 2TM 6
3. Vosmik • CLE 5
Manush • WSH 5
Chapman • NYY 5
Crosetti • NYY 5
7. Levey • SLB 4
Cochrane • PHA 4
Myer • WSH 4
Selph • CHW 4
Burnett • CLE 4
Bluege • WSH 4
Dykes • PHA 4

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Haas • PHA 27
2. Burns • SLB 21
3. Bluege • WSH 20
4. Davis • DET 17
5. Porter • CLE 14
Sewell • NYY 14
7. Kamm • CLE 13
8. Olson • BOS 12
9. Oliver • BOS 11
Funk • CHW 11
Burnett • CLE 11
Earnshaw • PHA 11
Levey • SLB 11
Manush • WSH 11
Myer • WSH 11

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Goslin • SLB 12
2. Foxx • PHA 10
3. Alexander • 2TM 8
Averill • CLE 8
5. Dickey • NYY 7
Gehrig • NYY 7
7. Hayworth • DET 6
Tate • 2TM 6
9. Vosmik • CLE 5
Morgan • CLE 5

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Chapman • NYY 18
2. Cissell • 2TM 15
Funk • CHW 15
4. Lazzeri • NYY 11
Gehrig • NYY 11
Burns • SLB 11
7. Goslin • SLB 9
Combs • NYY 9
Schulte • SLB 9
10. Appling • CHW 8
Scharein • SLB 8
Gehringer • DET 8
White • DET 8
Averill • CLE 8

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. Johnson • 2TM 16.5
2. Chapman • NYY 15.8
3. Goslin • SLB 14.1
4. Burns • SLB 13.4
5. Lazzeri • NYY 12.7
6. Walker • DET 12.6
7. Gehringer • DET 12.2
8. McNair • PHA 11.1
9. Rogell • DET 11.0
10. Cissell • 2TM 10.1

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 • NYY 167.7
2. Rice • WSH 48.0
3. Selph • CHW 44.0
4. Oliver • BOS 37.9
5. Combs • NYY 36.9
6. Fothergill • CHW 34.6
7. Dickey • NYY 32.5
8. Ferrell • SLB 24.3
9. Cochrane • PHA 23.5
10. Cissell • 2TM 23.4

AB per HR

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

1. Foxx • PHA 10.1
2. Ruth • NYY 11.1
3. Gehrig • NYY 17.5
4. Simmons • PHA 19.1
5. Averill • CLE 19.7
6. Cochrane • PHA 22.5
7. Byrd • NYY 26.1
8. Dickey • NYY 28.2
9. McNair • PHA 30.8
10. Jolley • 2TM 31.8

Outs Made

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

1. Melillo • SLB 479
2. Burns • SLB 461
3. Simmons • PHA 456
4. Davis • DET 455
5. Porter • CLE 448
6. Campbell • 2TM 447
7. Gehringer • DET 445
8. Averill • CLE 441
9. Vosmik • CLE 436
10. Myer • WSH 434

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. Foxx • PHA 99.77
2. Gehrig • NYY 97.23
3. Ruth • NYY 81.36
4. Manush • WSH 56.31
5. Cochrane • PHA 45.54
6. Averill • CLE 43.47
7. Gehringer • DET 41.71
8. Simmons • PHA 35.54
9. Stone • DET 29.54
10. Cronin • WSH 26.36

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. Foxx • PHA 9.3
2. Gehrig • NYY 9.1
3. Ruth • NYY 7.0
4. Manush • WSH 6.0
5. Cochrane • PHA 3.6
6. Averill • CLE 3.4
7. Lazzeri • NYY 3.1
8. Gehringer • DET 2.3
9. Alexander • 2TM 2.3
10. Cronin • WSH 2.1

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. Foxx • PHA 9.3
2. Ruth • NYY 7.1
3. Gehrig • NYY 7.0
4. Manush • WSH 4.2
5. Simmons • PHA 3.8
6. Cochrane • PHA 3.4
7. Averill • CLE 3.0
8. Lazzeri • NYY 2.4
9. Cronin • WSH 2.3
10. Alexander • 2TM 2.2

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 16.1
2. Ruth • NYY 15.3
3. Foxx • PHA 9.6
4. Manush • WSH 6.4
5. Combs • NYY 5.0
6. Cochrane • PHA 4.1
7. Chapman • NYY 4.0
8. Gehringer • DET 3.6
9. Dickey • NYY 3.3
10. Averill • CLE 3.2

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. Gehrig • NYY 9.1
2. Foxx • PHA 9.0
3. Ruth • NYY 7.6
4. Manush • WSH 5.3
5. Cochrane • PHA 4.2
6. Averill • CLE 3.9
7. Gehringer • DET 3.8
8. Simmons • PHA 3.3
9. Stone • DET 2.7
10. Combs • NYY 2.5

rOBA

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

1. Foxx • PHA .513
2. Ruth • NYY .500
3. Gehrig • NYY .466
4. Alexander • 2TM .435
5. Averill • CLE .420
6. Cochrane • PHA .420
7. Manush • WSH .408
8. Simmons • PHA .406
9. Cronin • WSH .400
10. Lazzeri • NYY .400

Rbat+

Rbat+
Batting runs as computed for WAR, but indexed to the environment the player played in, where 100 is league average.

1. Foxx • PHA 208
2. Ruth • NYY 205
3. Gehrig • NYY 188
4. Alexander • 2TM 167
5. Cochrane • PHA 145
6. Lazzeri • NYY 144
7. Averill • CLE 143
8. Manush • WSH 142
9. Combs • NYY 140
10. Cronin • WSH 138

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