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. Feller • CLE 9.8
2. Newsom • DET 7.3
3. DiMaggio • NYY 7.1
4. Greenberg • DET 6.7
Rigney • CHW 6.7
6. Williams • BOS 6.6
7. Gordon • NYY 6.0
8. Boudreau • CLE 5.9
9. Keller • NYY 5.6
10. Rowe • DET 5.6

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. DiMaggio • NYY 7.1
2. Greenberg • DET 6.7
3. Williams • BOS 6.6
4. Gordon • NYY 6.0
5. Boudreau • CLE 5.9
6. Keller • NYY 5.6
7. Appling • CHW 5.4
8. York • DET 4.9
9. McCosky • DET 4.4
10. Foxx • BOS 4.3

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. Greenberg • DET 6.9
2. Williams • BOS 6.7
3. DiMaggio • NYY 6.7
4. Gehringer • DET 5.3
5. Appling • CHW 5.2
6. Foxx • BOS 4.9
7. Keller • NYY 4.8
8. York • DET 4.8
9. Cronin • BOS 4.8
10. Gordon • NYY 4.6

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. Boudreau • CLE 2.5
2. Gordon • NYY 2.0
3. Appling • CHW 1.2
4. Mack • CLE 1.2
5. Crosetti • NYY 1.2
6. Hemsley • CLE 1.1
7. Tebbetts • DET 1.0
8. Kreevich • CHW 0.9
9. Heffner • SLB 0.8
10. Dickey • NYY 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. DiMaggio • NYY .352
2. Appling • CHW .348
3. Williams • BOS .344
4. Radcliff • SLB .342
5. Greenberg • DET .340
6. McCosky • DET .340
7. Wright • CHW .337
8. Travis • WSH .322
9. Finney • BOS .320
10. Lewis • WSH .317

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. Williams • BOS .442
2. Greenberg • DET .433
3. Rosenthal • CHW .432
4. Gehringer • DET .428
5. DiMaggio • NYY .425
6. Appling • CHW .420
7. Foxx • BOS .412
8. Keller • NYY .411
9. York • DET .410
10. McCosky • DET .408

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. Greenberg • DET .670
2. DiMaggio • NYY .626
3. Williams • BOS .594
4. York • DET .583
5. Foxx • BOS .581
6. Trosky • CLE .529
7. Judnich • SLB .520
8. Johnson • PHA .514
9. Gordon • NYY .511
10. Tabor • BOS .510

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. Greenberg • DET 1.103
2. DiMaggio • NYY 1.051
3. Williams • BOS 1.036
4. York • DET .993
5. Foxx • BOS .993
6. Trosky • CLE .920
7. Keller • NYY .919
8. McCosky • DET .899
9. Selkirk • NYY .896
10. Judnich • SLB .888

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Kuhel • CHW 155
Boudreau • CLE 155
York • DET 155
Dahlgren • NYY 155
Gordon • NYY 155
6. Kennedy • CHW 154
Siebert • PHA 154
Case • WSH 154
9. Doerr • BOS 151
McQuinn • SLB 151

At Bats

At Bats

1. Cramer • BOS 661
2. Case • WSH 656
3. Boudreau • CLE 627
4. Gordon • NYY 616
5. Kennedy • CHW 606
6. Kuhel • CHW 603
7. Lewis • WSH 600
8. Doerr • BOS 595
Siebert • PHA 595
Walker • WSH 595

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. Case • WSH 720
2. Cramer • BOS 712
3. Boudreau • CLE 706
4. Kuhel • CHW 703
5. York • DET 686
6. Lewis • WSH 680
7. Gordon • NYY 677
8. Greenberg • DET 671
9. Williams • BOS 661
10. McCosky • DET 660

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Williams • BOS 134
2. Greenberg • DET 129
3. McCosky • DET 123
4. Gordon • NYY 112
5. Kuhel • CHW 111
6. Case • WSH 109
7. Gehringer • DET 108
8. Foxx • BOS 106
9. York • DET 105
10. Cronin • BOS 104

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Cramer • BOS 200
McCosky • DET 200
Radcliff • SLB 200
4. Appling • CHW 197
5. Wright • CHW 196
6. Greenberg • DET 195
7. Williams • BOS 193
8. Case • WSH 192
9. Lewis • WSH 190
10. York • DET 186

Total Bases

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

1. Greenberg • DET 384
2. York • DET 343
3. Williams • BOS 333
4. DiMaggio • NYY 318
5. Gordon • NYY 315
6. Foxx • BOS 299
7. Doerr • BOS 296
8. Kuhel • CHW 294
9. McCosky • DET 289
10. Boudreau • CLE 278

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Greenberg • DET 50
2. Boudreau • CLE 46
York • DET 46
4. Williams • BOS 43
5. Moses • PHA 41
6. Chapman • CLE 40
7. Trosky • CLE 39
McCosky • DET 39
McQuinn • SLB 39
10. Lewis • WSH 38

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. McCosky • DET 19
2. Finney • BOS 15
Keller • NYY 15
4. Williams • BOS 14
5. Appling • CHW 13
6. Cramer • BOS 12
7. Weatherly • CLE 11
Travis • WSH 11
9. Doerr • BOS 10
Kreevich • CHW 10
Boudreau • CLE 10
Keltner • CLE 10
Gordon • NYY 10
McQuinn • SLB 10
Lewis • WSH 10

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Greenberg • DET 41
2. Foxx • BOS 36
3. York • DET 33
4. DiMaggio • NYY 31
Johnson • PHA 31
6. Gordon • NYY 30
7. Kuhel • CHW 27
8. Trosky • CLE 25
9. Cronin • BOS 24
Judnich • SLB 24

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Greenberg • DET 150
2. York • DET 134
3. DiMaggio • NYY 133
4. Foxx • BOS 119
5. Williams • BOS 113
6. Cronin • BOS 111
7. Doerr • BOS 105
8. Gordon • NYY 103
Johnson • PHA 103
10. Boudreau • CLE 101

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Keller • NYY 106
2. Clift • SLB 104
3. Foxx • BOS 101
Gehringer • DET 101
5. Williams • BOS 96
6. Greenberg • DET 93
7. York • DET 89
8. Kuhel • CHW 87
9. Selkirk • NYY 84
10. Cronin • BOS 83
Johnson • PHA 83

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Chapman • PHA 96
2. York • DET 88
3. Foxx • BOS 87
4. Mack • CLE 77
Crosetti • NYY 77
6. Greenberg • DET 75
7. Judnich • SLB 71
Bloodworth • WSH 71
9. Cronin • BOS 65
Keller • NYY 65

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Case • WSH 35
2. Walker • WSH 21
3. Gordon • NYY 18
4. Lewis • WSH 15
Kreevich • CHW 15
6. Crosetti • NYY 14
Tabor • BOS 14
8. Chapman • CLE 13
McCosky • DET 13
10. Kuhel • CHW 12
Bartell • DET 12

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Cramer • BOS 160
2. Appling • CHW 157
3. Case • WSH 153
4. Wright • CHW 151
Radcliff • SLB 151
6. McCosky • DET 138
7. Lewis • WSH 136
8. Siebert • PHA 128
9. Walker • WSH 126
10. Kennedy • CHW 124

Adjusted OPS+

<strong>OPS+</strong><br>100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s)

1. DiMaggio • NYY 173
2. Greenberg • DET 171
3. Williams • BOS 162
4. Foxx • BOS 150
5. York • DET 145
6. Keller • NYY 141
7. Trosky • CLE 138
8. Johnson • PHA 130
9. Hayes • PHA 126
10. Moses • PHA 126

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. Greenberg • DET 166
2. Williams • BOS 145
3. York • DET 139
4. DiMaggio • NYY 133
5. Foxx • BOS 121
6. McCosky • DET 116
7. Kuhel • CHW 109
8. Trosky • CLE 106
Gordon • NYY 106
Radcliff • SLB 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. Greenberg • DET 64
2. Williams • BOS 55
3. DiMaggio • NYY 54
4. York • DET 42
5. Foxx • BOS 41
6. Keller • NYY 33
7. Trosky • CLE 31
8. Johnson • PHA 24
9. Moses • PHA 24
10. Lewis • WSH 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. Greenberg • DET 5.9
2. Williams • BOS 5.1
3. DiMaggio • NYY 5.0
4. York • DET 3.9
5. Foxx • BOS 3.8
6. Keller • NYY 3.1
7. Trosky • CLE 2.9
8. Moses • PHA 2.2
Johnson • PHA 2.2
10. Lewis • WSH 2.2

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Greenberg • DET 99
2. York • DET 85
3. Williams • BOS 80
4. Gordon • NYY 72
5. Foxx • BOS 70
6. Doerr • BOS 69
7. Trosky • CLE 68
DiMaggio • NYY 68
9. Cronin • BOS 65
Boudreau • CLE 65
McQuinn • SLB 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. Williams • BOS 292
2. Greenberg • DET 289
3. York • DET 279
4. McCosky • DET 268
5. Appling • CHW 267
6. Gehringer • DET 265
Lewis • WSH 265
8. Boudreau • CLE 260
9. Kuhel • CHW 259
10. Foxx • BOS 254

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. Greenberg • DET .812
2. DiMaggio • NYY .789
3. Williams • BOS .782
4. York • DET .740
5. Foxx • BOS .718
6. McCosky • DET .682
7. Keller • NYY .680
8. Trosky • CLE .678
9. Gehringer • DET .660
10. Appling • CHW .656

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Crosetti • NYY 10
2. Case • WSH 5
Dahlgren • NYY 5
Bartell • DET 5
5. York • DET 4
Trosky • CLE 4
Johnson • PHA 4
8. Gehringer • DET 3
Knickerbocker • NYY 3
Keltner • CLE 3
Gordon • NYY 3
Selkirk • NYY 3
DiMaggio • NYY 3
Kuhel • CHW 3
Williams • BOS 3
Higgins • DET 3
Walker • WSH 3

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Kreevich • CHW 21
2. Cramer • BOS 14
3. Cronin • BOS 13
4. Rigney • CHW 12
5. Keltner • CLE 11
Bartell • DET 11
7. Kuhel • CHW 10
Gehringer • DET 10
9. Weatherly • CLE 9
Bloodworth • WSH 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Trosky • CLE 18
2. DiMaggio • NYY 14
3. Foxx • BOS 11
4. Hemsley • CLE 9
5. McQuinn • SLB 8
Greenberg • DET 8
York • DET 8
8. Gordon • NYY 7
Tresh • CHW 7
Doerr • BOS 7
Travis • WSH 7

Double Plays Grounded Into

<strong>Double Plays Grounded Into</strong><br>Only includes standard 6-4-3, 4-3, etc. double plays.<br>First tracked in 1933.<br>For gamelogs only in seasons we have play-by-play, we include triple plays as well.<br>All official seasonal totals do not include GITP's.

1. Boudreau • CLE 23
2. Dahlgren • NYY 20
Johnson • PHA 20
4. Chapman • CLE 19
5. Foxx • BOS 18
Kreevich • CHW 18
7. Kennedy • CHW 17
Crosetti • NYY 17
9. Doerr • BOS 16
Finney • BOS 16
DiMaggio • NYY 16

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Lewis • WSH 10
Case • WSH 10
Tabor • BOS 10
Tresh • CHW 10
5. McCosky • DET 9
6. Weatherly • CLE 8
Clift • SLB 8
Berardino • SLB 8
Crosetti • NYY 8
Gordon • NYY 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. Gordon • NYY 22.5
2. Tabor • BOS 16.8
3. Kuhel • CHW 16.6
4. Walker • WSH 16.1
5. Doerr • BOS 13.8
6. Johnson • PHA 12.7
7. Clift • SLB 12.4
8. Keltner • CLE 12.0
Judnich • SLB 12.0
10. Keller • NYY 11.6

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. Finney • BOS 41.1
2. Gehringer • DET 30.3
3. Radcliff • SLB 29.2
4. Tebbetts • DET 27.1
5. Wright • CHW 23.2
6. Travis • WSH 23.0
7. Cramer • BOS 22.8
8. Weatherly • CLE 22.2
9. Ferrell • WSH 21.7
10. Siebert • PHA 17.5

AB per HR

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

1. Greenberg • DET 14.0
2. Foxx • BOS 14.3
3. DiMaggio • NYY 16.4
4. Johnson • PHA 16.5
5. York • DET 17.8
6. Selkirk • NYY 19.9
7. Gordon • NYY 20.5
8. Trosky • CLE 20.9
9. Judnich • SLB 21.6
10. Laabs • SLB 21.8

Outs Made

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

1. Cramer • BOS 493
2. Case • WSH 486
3. Kennedy • CHW 484
4. Kreevich • CHW 474
5. Boudreau • CLE 472
6. Crosetti • NYY 470
7. Gordon • NYY 469
8. Kuhel • CHW 460
9. Rolfe • NYY 454
10. McQuinn • SLB 451

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. DiMaggio • NYY 69.23
2. Williams • BOS 56.72
3. Foxx • BOS 50.98
4. Greenberg • DET 48.70
5. Keller • NYY 45.53
6. York • DET 37.79
7. Appling • CHW 32.17
8. Gehringer • DET 31.90
9. Radcliff • SLB 30.54
10. Kuhel • CHW 29.79

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 • BOS 5.6
DiMaggio • NYY 5.6
3. Greenberg • DET 4.4
4. Keller • NYY 3.7
5. York • DET 3.5
6. Williams • BOS 3.4
7. Appling • CHW 3.0
8. Trosky • CLE 2.9
9. Radcliff • SLB 2.9
10. Travis • WSH 2.7

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. Williams • BOS 4.8
2. DiMaggio • NYY 4.8
3. Greenberg • DET 4.7
4. Keller • NYY 4.6
5. Gordon • NYY 3.7
6. Foxx • BOS 3.6
7. York • DET 3.1
8. Gehringer • DET 3.0
9. Trosky • CLE 2.9
10. Clift • SLB 2.7

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. York • DET 21.6
2. Greenberg • DET 16.8
3. Gehringer • DET 11.2
4. Trosky • CLE 8.9
5. Foxx • BOS 7.9
6. Williams • BOS 6.4
7. Higgins • DET 6.2
8. DiMaggio • NYY 5.7
9. Campbell • DET 5.5
10. Sullivan • DET 4.9

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. DiMaggio • NYY 6.5
2. Williams • BOS 5.2
3. Foxx • BOS 4.6
4. Greenberg • DET 4.3
5. Keller • NYY 4.3
6. York • DET 3.4
7. Appling • CHW 3.0
8. Gehringer • DET 2.9
9. Radcliff • SLB 2.8
10. Kuhel • CHW 2.8

rOBA

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

1. Greenberg • DET .473
2. Williams • BOS .455
3. DiMaggio • NYY .454
4. York • DET .430
5. Foxx • BOS .424
6. Gehringer • DET .412
7. Keller • NYY .411
8. McCosky • DET .404
9. Trosky • CLE .399
10. Johnson • PHA .393

Rbat+

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

1. DiMaggio • NYY 182
2. Greenberg • DET 180
3. Williams • BOS 173
4. Foxx • BOS 156
5. York • DET 153
6. Keller • NYY 150
7. Trosky • CLE 144
8. Moses • PHA 138
9. Johnson • PHA 138
10. Gehringer • DET 137

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