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 10.4
2. Gordon • NYY 7.7
3. Keller • NYY 6.7
4. DiMaggio • NYY 6.4
5. Hughson • BOS 6.3
6. Pesky • BOS 6.1
7. Rizzuto • NYY 5.7
8. Doerr • BOS 5.4
9. White • DET 5.3
10. DiMaggio • BOS 5.3

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 10.4
2. Gordon • NYY 7.7
3. Keller • NYY 6.7
4. DiMaggio • NYY 6.4
5. Pesky • BOS 6.1
6. Rizzuto • NYY 5.7
7. Doerr • BOS 5.4
8. DiMaggio • BOS 5.3
9. Judnich • SLB 5.2
10. Boudreau • CLE 4.5

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 9.8
2. Keller • NYY 6.3
3. DiMaggio • NYY 5.9
Gordon • NYY 5.9
5. Judnich • SLB 5.2
6. Pesky • BOS 5.0
7. Spence • WSH 4.9
8. Doerr • BOS 4.3
9. Clift • SLB 4.2
10. Laabs • SLB 4.0

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 3.4
2. Gordon • NYY 2.5
3. Pesky • BOS 2.2
4. Doerr • BOS 1.8
5. Boudreau • CLE 1.7
6. DiMaggio • BOS 1.5
7. Mack • CLE 1.2
8. Early • WSH 1.1
9. Bloodworth • DET 1.1
10. Keltner • CLE 1.1

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 .356
2. Pesky • BOS .331
3. Spence • WSH .323
4. Gordon • NYY .322
5. Case • WSH .320
6. Judnich • SLB .313
7. DiMaggio • NYY .305
8. Stephens • SLB .294
9. McCosky • DET .293
10. Keller • NYY .292

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 .499
2. Keller • NYY .417
3. Judnich • SLB .413
4. Fleming • CLE .412
5. Gordon • NYY .409
6. Cullenbine • 3TM .405
7. Estalella • WSH .400
8. Clift • SLB .394
9. Spence • WSH .384
10. Johnson • PHA .384

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 .648
2. Keller • NYY .513
3. Judnich • SLB .499
4. DiMaggio • NYY .498
5. Laabs • SLB .498
6. Gordon • NYY .491
7. Doerr • BOS .455
8. Johnson • PHA .451
9. Heath • CLE .442
10. DiMaggio • BOS .437

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 1.147
2. Keller • NYY .930
3. Judnich • SLB .912
4. Gordon • NYY .900
5. Laabs • SLB .878
6. DiMaggio • NYY .875
7. Fleming • CLE .845
8. Johnson • PHA .835
9. Doerr • BOS .824
10. Spence • WSH .817

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Fleming • CLE 156
2. McCosky • DET 154
DiMaggio • NYY 154
4. York • DET 153
Siebert • PHA 153
6. Keltner • CLE 152
Keller • NYY 152
8. DiMaggio • BOS 151
Cramer • DET 151
Vernon • WSH 151

At Bats

At Bats

1. Cramer • DET 630
2. Spence • WSH 629
3. Keltner • CLE 624
4. DiMaggio • BOS 622
5. Vernon • WSH 621
6. Pesky • BOS 620
7. Gutteridge • SLB 616
8. Siebert • PHA 612
9. DiMaggio • NYY 610
10. Kolloway • CHW 601
Hockett • CLE 601

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. DiMaggio • BOS 702
2. Spence • WSH 696
3. Gutteridge • SLB 689
4. Pesky • BOS 686
5. Vernon • WSH 685
6. Cramer • DET 682
7. McCosky • DET 681
8. DiMaggio • NYY 680
9. Williams • BOS 671
10. Keltner • CLE 663

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Williams • BOS 141
2. DiMaggio • NYY 123
3. DiMaggio • BOS 110
4. Clift • SLB 108
5. Keller • NYY 106
6. Pesky • BOS 105
7. Case • WSH 101
8. Spence • WSH 94
9. Gutteridge • SLB 90
Laabs • SLB 90

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Pesky • BOS 205
2. Spence • WSH 203
3. Williams • BOS 186
DiMaggio • NYY 186
5. Keltner • CLE 179
6. DiMaggio • BOS 178
7. McCosky • DET 176
8. Gordon • NYY 173
9. Stephens • SLB 169
10. Vernon • WSH 168

Total Bases

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

1. Williams • BOS 338
2. DiMaggio • NYY 304
3. Keller • NYY 279
4. DiMaggio • BOS 272
Spence • WSH 272
6. Gordon • NYY 264
7. Laabs • SLB 259
8. Pesky • BOS 258
9. Heath • CLE 251
10. Stephens • SLB 249

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Kolloway • CHW 40
2. Clift • SLB 39
3. Heath • CLE 37
4. DiMaggio • BOS 36
5. Doerr • BOS 35
Johnson • PHA 35
7. Williams • BOS 34
Keltner • CLE 34
Higgins • DET 34
Vernon • WSH 34

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Spence • WSH 15
2. Heath • CLE 13
DiMaggio • NYY 13
4. McQuillen • SLB 12
5. McCosky • DET 11
Gutteridge • SLB 11
7. Boudreau • CLE 10
Harris • DET 10
Valo • PHA 10
10. Pesky • BOS 9
Keller • NYY 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Williams • BOS 36
2. Laabs • SLB 27
3. Keller • NYY 26
4. York • DET 21
DiMaggio • NYY 21
6. Gordon • NYY 18
7. Judnich • SLB 17
8. Doerr • BOS 15
9. Fleming • CLE 14
DiMaggio • BOS 14
Stephens • SLB 14

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Williams • BOS 137
2. DiMaggio • NYY 114
3. Keller • NYY 108
4. Gordon • NYY 103
5. Doerr • BOS 102
6. Laabs • SLB 99
7. Stephens • SLB 92
8. York • DET 90
9. Vernon • WSH 86
10. Fleming • CLE 82
Judnich • SLB 82

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Williams • BOS 145
2. Keller • NYY 114
3. Fleming • CLE 106
Clift • SLB 106
5. Cullenbine • 3TM 92
6. Laabs • SLB 88
7. Estalella • WSH 85
8. Johnson • PHA 82
9. Gordon • NYY 79
10. Boudreau • CLE 75

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Gordon • NYY 95
2. Laabs • SLB 88
3. McQuinn • SLB 77
4. York • DET 71
5. Heath • CLE 66
6. Bloodworth • DET 63
Vernon • WSH 63
8. Keller • NYY 61
Johnson • PHA 61
10. Fleming • CLE 57

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Case • WSH 44
2. Vernon • WSH 25
3. Kuhel • CHW 22
Rizzuto • NYY 22
5. Appling • CHW 17
Hoag • CHW 17
7. DiMaggio • BOS 16
Kolloway • CHW 16
Moses • CHW 16
Gutteridge • SLB 16

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Pesky • BOS 165
2. Spence • WSH 157
3. Cramer • DET 136
4. Keltner • CLE 135
5. Case • WSH 131
6. McCosky • DET 130
7. Hassett • NYY 126
8. Siebert • PHA 125
9. DiMaggio • NYY 123
Stephens • SLB 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. Williams • BOS 216
2. Keller • NYY 163
3. Gordon • NYY 155
4. Judnich • SLB 154
5. DiMaggio • NYY 147
6. Fleming • CLE 144
7. Laabs • SLB 144
8. Johnson • PHA 135
9. Spence • WSH 130
10. Estalella • 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. Williams • BOS 168
2. Keller • NYY 118
3. DiMaggio • NYY 114
4. Gordon • NYY 108
5. Spence • WSH 105
6. DiMaggio • BOS 97
Laabs • SLB 97
8. Pesky • BOS 96
9. Fleming • CLE 95
Johnson • PHA 95

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 93
2. Keller • NYY 49
3. Gordon • NYY 41
4. Fleming • CLE 38
5. DiMaggio • NYY 36
6. Judnich • SLB 35
7. Laabs • SLB 31
8. Johnson • PHA 28
9. Spence • WSH 25
10. Clift • SLB 22

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 9.3
2. Keller • NYY 5.0
3. Gordon • NYY 4.2
4. Fleming • CLE 3.9
5. DiMaggio • NYY 3.7
6. Judnich • SLB 3.6
7. Laabs • SLB 3.2
8. Johnson • PHA 2.9
9. Spence • WSH 2.6
10. Clift • SLB 2.3

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Williams • BOS 75
2. DiMaggio • NYY 63
3. Heath • CLE 60
4. Keller • NYY 59
5. DiMaggio • BOS 58
6. Doerr • BOS 55
Johnson • PHA 55
Laabs • SLB 55
9. York • DET 51
Gordon • NYY 51

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. Keller • NYY 275
3. Fleming • CLE 272
4. Spence • WSH 266
5. DiMaggio • NYY 256
Clift • SLB 256
7. DiMaggio • BOS 254
8. Gordon • NYY 253
9. Pesky • BOS 249
10. McCosky • DET 244

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 .890
2. Keller • NYY .774
3. Judnich • SLB .751
4. Gordon • NYY .738
5. DiMaggio • NYY .727
6. Laabs • SLB .700
7. Spence • WSH .693
8. Johnson • PHA .681
9. Case • WSH .681
10. Fleming • CLE .679

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Crosetti • NYY 9
2. Rizzuto • NYY 6
Fleming • CLE 6
DiMaggio • BOS 6
5. Bloodworth • DET 5
Henrich • NYY 5
7. Judnich • SLB 4
Boudreau • CLE 4
Wright • CHW 4
Williams • BOS 4
Valo • PHA 4
Wagner • PHA 4

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Pesky • BOS 22
2. Boudreau • CLE 19
3. Keltner • CLE 16
McQuinn • SLB 16
5. Gutteridge • SLB 14
6. Doerr • BOS 12
Lupien • BOS 12
McCosky • DET 12
9. Wagner • BOS 11
Hassett • NYY 11

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Fleming • CLE 23
2. Williams • BOS 20
3. Wright • CHW 13
4. Heath • CLE 10
DiMaggio • NYY 10
6. Keller • NYY 9
7. Mack • CLE 8
York • DET 8
9. Dickey • NYY 7
Gordon • NYY 7
Rizzuto • NYY 7
Johnson • PHA 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. Gordon • NYY 22
2. Higgins • DET 21
McQuillen • SLB 21
4. Suder • PHA 20
5. Estalella • WSH 19
6. Keltner • CLE 16
York • DET 16
Johnson • PHA 16
9. Cramer • DET 15
Stephens • SLB 15

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Boudreau • CLE 16
2. Kolloway • CHW 14
3. Weatherly • CLE 13
Gutteridge • SLB 13
Tabor • BOS 13
6. Hockett • CLE 12
Lupien • BOS 12
8. DiMaggio • BOS 10
Moses • CHW 10
10. Heath • CLE 9
Kuhel • CHW 9
Kreevich • PHA 9

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. Keller • NYY 18.2
2. DiMaggio • BOS 14.9
3. Gordon • NYY 14.4
4. Vernon • WSH 13.2
5. Moses • CHW 9.7
6. Heath • CLE 9.5
7. Case • WSH 9.0
8. Hockett • CLE 8.8
9. McCosky • DET 8.6
10. Fleming • CLE 8.4

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. Spence • WSH 39.3
2. Finney • BOS 36.1
3. Siebert • PHA 36.0
4. Cramer • DET 35.0
5. Hassett • NYY 33.6
6. Higgins • DET 23.8
7. Appling • CHW 23.6
8. Lupien • BOS 23.2
9. Valo • PHA 21.9
10. Moses • CHW 21.4

AB per HR

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

1. Williams • BOS 14.5
2. Laabs • SLB 19.3
3. Keller • NYY 20.9
4. Judnich • SLB 26.9
5. York • DET 27.5
6. DiMaggio • NYY 29.0
7. Gordon • NYY 29.9
8. Chartak • 3TM 33.4
9. Doerr • BOS 36.3
10. Henrich • NYY 37.2

Outs Made

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

1. Gutteridge • SLB 494
2. Cramer • DET 489
3. Keltner • CLE 480
4. Hockett • CLE 478
5. Kolloway • CHW 474
6. Siebert • PHA 469
Vernon • WSH 469
8. DiMaggio • BOS 467
9. McCosky • DET 453
10. Pesky • BOS 452

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 92.88
2. Keller • NYY 61.18
3. DiMaggio • NYY 46.33
4. Gordon • NYY 43.26
5. Judnich • SLB 33.73
6. Laabs • SLB 31.25
7. Johnson • PHA 29.07
8. Pesky • BOS 28.72
9. Clift • SLB 28.28
10. Henrich • NYY 26.87

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. Williams • BOS 9.8
2. Keller • NYY 6.7
3. Fleming • CLE 4.5
4. Johnson • PHA 3.6
5. Judnich • SLB 3.6
6. DiMaggio • NYY 3.5
7. Doerr • BOS 3.3
8. Case • WSH 3.3
9. Spence • WSH 3.2
10. Gordon • NYY 3.2

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 8.3
2. Keller • NYY 5.3
3. DiMaggio • NYY 3.1
4. Judnich • SLB 2.9
5. Gordon • NYY 2.8
6. Johnson • PHA 2.6
7. Doerr • BOS 2.6
8. Clift • SLB 2.6
9. Laabs • SLB 2.5
10. Pesky • BOS 2.1

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. Williams • BOS 10.7
2. Keller • NYY 9.7
3. Henrich • NYY 8.6
4. Gordon • NYY 7.2
5. Fleming • CLE 6.3
6. Keltner • CLE 4.8
7. DiMaggio • NYY 4.6
8. Doerr • BOS 3.8
9. Heath • CLE 3.4
10. Rizzuto • NYY 3.0

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 9.2
2. Keller • NYY 6.3
3. DiMaggio • NYY 4.8
4. Gordon • NYY 4.5
5. Judnich • SLB 3.4
6. Laabs • SLB 3.2
7. Johnson • PHA 3.0
8. Pesky • BOS 2.9
9. Clift • SLB 2.9
10. Henrich • NYY 2.8

rOBA

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

1. Williams • BOS .514
2. Keller • NYY .434
3. Judnich • SLB .426
4. Gordon • NYY .416
5. DiMaggio • NYY .404
6. Laabs • SLB .402
7. Case • WSH .389
8. Estalella • WSH .388
9. Johnson • PHA .388
10. Spence • WSH .387

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 227
2. Keller • NYY 172
3. Judnich • SLB 167
4. Gordon • NYY 163
5. DiMaggio • NYY 155
6. Fleming • CLE 152
7. Laabs • SLB 152
8. Johnson • PHA 144
9. Estalella • WSH 143
10. Spence • WSH 142

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