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. Williams • BOS 10.3
2. DiMaggio • NYY 9.3
3. Lee • CHW 9.0
4. Feller • CLE 8.3
5. Travis • WSH 6.7
6. Keller • NYY 6.6
7. Smith • CHW 5.8
8. Henrich • NYY 5.4
9. Appling • CHW 5.3
10. Heath • CLE 5.2

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. Williams • BOS 10.3
2. DiMaggio • NYY 9.3
3. Travis • WSH 6.7
4. Keller • NYY 6.6
5. Henrich • NYY 5.4
6. Appling • CHW 5.3
7. Heath • CLE 5.2
8. Gordon • NYY 5.2
9. Cronin • BOS 4.8
10. Chapman • PHA 4.8

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. Williams • BOS 10.6
2. DiMaggio • NYY 8.5
3. Travis • WSH 7.5
4. Heath • CLE 6.0
5. Keller • NYY 5.8
6. Cronin • BOS 5.4
7. Henrich • NYY 5.1
8. Cullenbine • SLB 4.9
9. Appling • CHW 4.7
10. Chapman • PHA 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. Rizzuto • NYY 2.9
2. Gordon • NYY 1.9
3. Appling • CHW 1.7
4. Boudreau • CLE 1.6
5. Keltner • CLE 1.1
6. Dickey • NYY 0.9
7. Tresh • CHW 0.8
8. DiMaggio • NYY 0.7
9. Tebbetts • DET 0.7
10. Bloodworth • WSH 0.6
Ferrell • 2TM 0.6
McCoy • PHA 0.6

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. Williams • BOS .406
2. Travis • WSH .359
3. DiMaggio • NYY .357
4. Heath • CLE .340
5. Siebert • PHA .334
6. McCosky • DET .324
7. Chapman • PHA .322
8. Wright • CHW .322
9. Cullenbine • SLB .317
10. Appling • CHW .314

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 .553
2. Cullenbine • SLB .452
3. DiMaggio • NYY .440
4. Keller • NYY .416
5. Foxx • BOS .412
6. Grace • SLB .410
7. Travis • WSH .410
8. Cronin • BOS .406
9. McCosky • DET .401
10. Wright • CHW .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. Williams • BOS .735
2. DiMaggio • NYY .643
3. Heath • CLE .586
4. Keller • NYY .580
5. Chapman • PHA .543
6. Travis • WSH .520
7. Henrich • NYY .519
8. Cronin • BOS .508
9. Foxx • BOS .505
10. Keltner • CLE .485

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. Williams • BOS 1.287
2. DiMaggio • NYY 1.083
3. Keller • NYY .996
4. Heath • CLE .982
5. Travis • WSH .930
6. Chapman • PHA .921
7. Foxx • BOS .917
8. Cullenbine • SLB .917
9. Cronin • BOS .914
10. Henrich • NYY .895

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Gordon • NYY 156
2. York • DET 155
3. Appling • CHW 154
Clift • SLB 154
Cramer • WSH 154
6. Kuhel • CHW 153
Case • WSH 153
8. Travis • WSH 152
9. Heath • CLE 151
10. Keltner • CLE 149
Johnson • PHA 149
Cullenbine • SLB 149
Lewis • WSH 149

At Bats

At Bats

1. Cramer • WSH 660
2. Case • WSH 649
3. Travis • WSH 608
4. Kuhel • CHW 600
5. Appling • CHW 592
6. York • DET 590
7. Gordon • NYY 588
8. Heath • CLE 585
9. DiMaggio • BOS 584
Clift • SLB 584

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 709
2. Cramer • WSH 707
3. Clift • SLB 703
4. DiMaggio • BOS 688
5. York • DET 687
6. Boudreau • CLE 681
7. Appling • CHW 678
Kuhel • CHW 678
9. Gordon • NYY 665
10. Travis • WSH 663

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Williams • BOS 135
2. DiMaggio • NYY 122
3. DiMaggio • BOS 117
4. Clift • SLB 108
5. Henrich • NYY 106
Rolfe • NYY 106
Travis • WSH 106
8. Gordon • NYY 104
9. Keller • NYY 102
10. Kuhel • CHW 99

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Travis • WSH 218
2. Heath • CLE 199
3. DiMaggio • NYY 193
4. Appling • CHW 186
5. Williams • BOS 185
6. Cramer • WSH 180
7. Chapman • PHA 178
8. Case • WSH 176
9. Lewis • WSH 169
10. DiMaggio • BOS 165
Wright • CHW 165

Total Bases

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

1. DiMaggio • NYY 348
2. Heath • CLE 343
3. Williams • BOS 335
4. Travis • WSH 316
5. Chapman • PHA 300
6. Keller • NYY 294
7. Keltner • CLE 282
8. Henrich • NYY 279
9. Gordon • NYY 274
10. York • DET 269

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Boudreau • CLE 45
2. DiMaggio • NYY 43
3. Judnich • SLB 40
4. Kuhel • CHW 39
Travis • WSH 39
6. Cronin • BOS 38
7. DiMaggio • BOS 37
8. Wright • CHW 35
9. Williams • BOS 33
Clift • SLB 33

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Heath • CLE 20
2. Travis • WSH 19
3. Keltner • CLE 13
4. Walker • CLE 11
DiMaggio • NYY 11
Lewis • WSH 11
Vernon • WSH 11
8. Finney • BOS 10
Campbell • DET 10
Keller • NYY 10

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Williams • BOS 37
2. Keller • NYY 33
3. Henrich • NYY 31
4. DiMaggio • NYY 30
5. York • DET 27
6. Chapman • PHA 25
7. Heath • CLE 24
Gordon • NYY 24
9. Keltner • CLE 23
10. Johnson • PHA 22

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. DiMaggio • NYY 125
2. Heath • CLE 123
3. Keller • NYY 122
4. Williams • BOS 120
5. York • DET 111
6. Johnson • PHA 107
7. Chapman • PHA 106
8. Foxx • BOS 105
9. Tabor • BOS 101
Travis • WSH 101

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Williams • BOS 147
2. Cullenbine • SLB 121
3. Clift • SLB 113
4. Keller • NYY 102
5. Gehringer • DET 95
Johnson • PHA 95
McCoy • PHA 95
8. Foxx • BOS 93
9. York • DET 92
10. DiMaggio • BOS 90

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Foxx • BOS 103
2. Clift • SLB 93
3. York • DET 88
4. Gordon • NYY 80
5. Johnson • PHA 75
6. Croucher • DET 72
7. Heath • CLE 69
Mack • CLE 69
9. Campbell • DET 67
10. Keller • NYY 65

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Case • WSH 33
2. Kuhel • CHW 20
3. Heath • CLE 18
4. Tabor • BOS 17
Kreevich • CHW 17
6. Rizzuto • NYY 14
7. DiMaggio • BOS 13
8. Appling • CHW 12
Walker • CLE 12
10. Kolloway • CHW 11

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Travis • WSH 153
2. Appling • CHW 151
3. Cramer • WSH 147
4. Case • WSH 134
5. Rizzuto • NYY 126
6. McCosky • DET 124
7. Heath • CLE 123
8. Lewis • WSH 120
9. Higgins • DET 119
10. Wright • CHW 115
Chapman • PHA 115
Siebert • PHA 115

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Williams • BOS 235
2. DiMaggio • NYY 185
3. Heath • CLE 162
4. Keller • NYY 162
5. Travis • WSH 150
6. Chapman • PHA 144
7. Cullenbine • SLB 140
8. Foxx • BOS 139
9. Cronin • BOS 138
10. Henrich • NYY 136

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. Williams • BOS 183
2. DiMaggio • NYY 152
3. Heath • CLE 132
4. Travis • WSH 129
5. Keller • NYY 122
6. Chapman • PHA 109
7. Cronin • BOS 105
Cullenbine • SLB 105
9. Henrich • NYY 104
10. Foxx • BOS 100
Johnson • PHA 100

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. Williams • BOS 104
2. DiMaggio • NYY 67
3. Heath • CLE 48
4. Keller • NYY 47
5. Travis • WSH 42
6. Cullenbine • SLB 38
7. Chapman • PHA 32
8. Cronin • BOS 31
9. Foxx • BOS 31
10. Henrich • NYY 27

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. Williams • BOS 9.8
2. DiMaggio • NYY 6.3
3. Heath • CLE 4.6
4. Keller • NYY 4.5
5. Travis • WSH 4.0
6. Cullenbine • SLB 3.6
7. Chapman • PHA 3.1
8. Cronin • BOS 3.0
9. Foxx • BOS 2.9
10. Henrich • NYY 2.6

Extra Base Hits

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

1. DiMaggio • NYY 84
2. Heath • CLE 76
3. Williams • BOS 73
4. Keltner • CLE 67
Keller • NYY 67
6. Travis • WSH 65
7. Boudreau • CLE 63
Henrich • NYY 63
Chapman • PHA 63
10. Cronin • BOS 62

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 335
2. Cullenbine • SLB 282
3. DiMaggio • NYY 273
4. Travis • WSH 271
5. Appling • CHW 269
6. DiMaggio • BOS 262
Clift • SLB 262
8. Keller • NYY 254
9. Heath • CLE 253
10. Lewis • WSH 251

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. Williams • BOS .914
2. DiMaggio • NYY .834
3. Keller • NYY .764
4. Heath • CLE .752
5. Travis • WSH .744
6. Cullenbine • SLB .719
7. Chapman • PHA .691
8. Foxx • BOS .686
9. Cronin • BOS .678
10. Wright • CHW .670

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. DiMaggio • BOS 7
2. Wright • CHW 6
Cramer • WSH 6
4. Grace • SLB 5
Henrich • NYY 5
Lodigiani • CHW 5
7. Gordon • NYY 4
DiMaggio • NYY 4
Heath • CLE 4
10. Early • WSH 3
Johnson • PHA 3
Sturm • NYY 3
Dickey • NYY 3
Crosetti • NYY 3
Gehringer • DET 3
Croucher • DET 3
Campbell • DET 3
Boudreau • CLE 3
McCosky • DET 3
Spence • BOS 3
Williams • BOS 3
Kuhel • CHW 3

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Cronin • BOS 14
Boudreau • CLE 14
Harris • SLB 14
4. Newsome • BOS 13
Kreevich • CHW 13
6. Mack • CLE 11
Croucher • DET 11
Leonard • WSH 11
9. Wagner • BOS 10
Knickerbocker • CHW 10
Feller • CLE 10
Keltner • CLE 10
Higgins • DET 10

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Williams • BOS 25
2. DiMaggio • NYY 21
3. Wright • CHW 13
4. Dickey • NYY 12
Tresh • CHW 12
6. Heath • CLE 11
Foxx • BOS 11
Appling • CHW 11
9. Ferrell • 2TM 9
10. Keller • NYY 8
Kuhel • CHW 8

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. Hayes • PHA 23
Suder • PHA 23
3. Foxx • BOS 21
4. Cronin • BOS 20
Higgins • DET 20
6. Tabor • BOS 17
Kuhel • CHW 17
Berardino • SLB 17
9. York • DET 16
Gordon • NYY 16
Johnson • PHA 16
Cramer • WSH 16

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Heath • CLE 12
2. Hoag • 2TM 10
3. Gordon • NYY 9
Case • WSH 9
Chapman • PHA 9
Campbell • CLE 9
Tabor • BOS 9
8. Appling • CHW 8
9. Lewis • WSH 7
Pytlak • BOS 7

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. Heath • CLE 20.6
2. Tabor • BOS 16.5
3. Kuhel • CHW 15.0
4. Gordon • NYY 14.1
5. Keller • NYY 10.2
6. DiMaggio • BOS 9.9
7. Chapman • PHA 9.7
8. Lewis • WSH 9.5
Boudreau • CLE 9.5
10. Johnson • PHA 9.4

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. Cramer • WSH 44.0
2. DiMaggio • NYY 41.6
3. Radcliff • 2TM 32.1
4. Finney • BOS 29.2
5. Travis • WSH 24.3
6. Siebert • PHA 21.2
7. Dickey • NYY 20.5
8. Wright • CHW 19.0
9. Lewis • WSH 19.0
10. Appling • CHW 18.5

AB per HR

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

1. Williams • BOS 12.3
2. Keller • NYY 15.4
3. Henrich • NYY 17.4
4. DiMaggio • NYY 18.0
5. York • DET 21.9
6. Chapman • PHA 22.1
7. Heath • CLE 24.4
8. Gordon • NYY 24.5
9. Johnson • PHA 25.1
10. Keltner • CLE 25.3

Outs Made

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

1. Cramer • WSH 501
2. Case • WSH 494
3. Kuhel • CHW 477
4. Boudreau • CLE 459
5. York • DET 458
6. Clift • SLB 457
7. Gordon • NYY 452
8. Keltner • CLE 446
9. DiMaggio • BOS 439
10. Suder • PHA 435

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. Williams • BOS 94.55
2. DiMaggio • NYY 83.95
3. Heath • CLE 64.07
4. Keller • NYY 61.68
5. Travis • WSH 54.44
6. Cullenbine • SLB 42.05
7. Wright • CHW 39.46
8. Henrich • NYY 38.57
9. Foxx • BOS 36.53
10. Johnson • PHA 32.70

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>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Williams • BOS 8.0
2. DiMaggio • NYY 7.3
3. Keller • NYY 5.4
4. Travis • WSH 4.6
5. Heath • CLE 4.3
6. Henrich • NYY 3.9
7. McCosky • DET 3.3
8. Cullenbine • SLB 3.0
9. Johnson • PHA 3.0
10. Wright • CHW 2.9

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 8.4
2. DiMaggio • NYY 8.0
3. Keller • NYY 5.5
4. Travis • WSH 4.3
5. Heath • CLE 4.2
6. Henrich • NYY 4.1
7. Cullenbine • SLB 3.0
8. Foxx • BOS 2.9
9. Wright • CHW 2.6
10. Johnson • 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, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. DiMaggio • NYY 11.1
2. Keller • NYY 8.8
3. Heath • CLE 6.9
4. Williams • BOS 6.8
5. Boudreau • CLE 5.7
6. Gordon • NYY 4.1
7. Dickey • NYY 4.1
8. Keltner • CLE 4.1
9. York • DET 3.0
10. Rolfe • NYY 2.9

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. Williams • BOS 8.8
2. DiMaggio • NYY 7.9
3. Heath • CLE 6.2
4. Keller • NYY 5.9
5. Travis • WSH 5.3
6. Cullenbine • SLB 4.0
7. Wright • CHW 3.8
8. Henrich • NYY 3.7
9. Foxx • BOS 3.5
10. Johnson • PHA 3.2

rOBA

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

1. Williams • BOS .554
2. DiMaggio • NYY .475
3. Keller • NYY .441
4. Heath • CLE .429
5. Cullenbine • SLB .423
6. Travis • WSH .422
7. Cronin • BOS .412
8. Henrich • NYY .407
9. Chapman • PHA .407
10. Foxx • BOS .405

Rbat+

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

1. Williams • BOS 250
2. DiMaggio • NYY 195
3. Keller • NYY 170
4. Heath • CLE 170
5. Travis • WSH 162
6. Cullenbine • SLB 156
7. Chapman • PHA 153
8. Cronin • BOS 151
9. Henrich • NYY 147
10. Foxx • BOS 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