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. Boudreau • CLE 8.0
2. Appling • CHW 7.3
3. Chandler • NYY 7.2
4. Keller • NYY 6.6
5. Gordon • NYY 6.5
6. York • DET 6.1
7. Trout • DET 5.4
8. Hughson • BOS 5.2
9. Doerr • BOS 5.2
10. Cullenbine • CLE 5.1

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. Boudreau • CLE 8.0
2. Appling • CHW 7.3
3. Keller • NYY 6.6
4. Gordon • NYY 6.5
5. York • DET 6.1
6. Doerr • BOS 5.2
7. Cullenbine • CLE 5.1
8. Spence • WSH 4.4
9. Case • WSH 4.2
Heath • CLE 4.2

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. Appling • CHW 6.9
2. Boudreau • CLE 5.9
3. Keller • NYY 5.9
4. Stephens • SLB 5.3
5. York • DET 4.9
6. Cullenbine • CLE 4.8
7. Gordon • NYY 4.5
8. Spence • WSH 4.5
9. Doerr • BOS 4.2
10. Heath • CLE 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. Boudreau • CLE 3.3
2. Gordon • NYY 2.8
3. Richards • DET 2.0
4. Rosar • CLE 1.8
5. Doerr • BOS 1.8
6. Appling • CHW 1.6
7. Mack • CLE 1.5
8. Johnson • NYY 1.3
9. Newsome • BOS 1.1
10. Sullivan • WSH 1.0
Stirnweiss • NYY 1.0

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. Appling • CHW .328
2. Wakefield • DET .316
3. Hodgin • CHW .314
4. Cramer • DET .300
5. Case • WSH .294
6. Curtright • CHW .291
7. Stephens • SLB .289
8. Cullenbine • CLE .289
9. Fox • BOS .288
10. Boudreau • CLE .286

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. Appling • CHW .419
2. Cullenbine • CLE .407
3. Keller • NYY .396
4. Boudreau • CLE .388
5. Curtright • CHW .382
6. Wakefield • DET .377
7. Heath • CLE .369
8. York • DET .366
9. Spence • WSH .366
10. Gordon • NYY .365

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. York • DET .527
2. Keller • NYY .525
3. Stephens • SLB .482
4. Heath • CLE .481
5. Wakefield • DET .434
6. Etten • NYY .420
7. Hodgin • CHW .415
8. Gordon • NYY .413
9. Doerr • BOS .412
10. Estalella • PHA .409

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. Keller • NYY .922
2. York • DET .893
3. Heath • CLE .850
4. Stephens • SLB .839
5. Appling • CHW .825
6. Wakefield • DET .811
7. Cullenbine • CLE .811
8. Gordon • NYY .778
9. Boudreau • CLE .776
10. Etten • NYY .775

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Doerr • BOS 155
Appling • CHW 155
Wakefield • DET 155
York • DET 155
Johnson • NYY 155
6. Lupien • BOS 154
Etten • NYY 154
8. Kuhel • CHW 153
Mack • CLE 153
10. Boudreau • CLE 152
Gordon • NYY 152

At Bats

At Bats

1. Wakefield • DET 633
2. Case • WSH 613
3. Lupien • BOS 608
4. Cramer • DET 606
5. Doerr • BOS 604
6. Hockett • CLE 601
7. Moses • CHW 599
8. Johnson • NYY 592
9. Appling • CHW 585
10. Etten • NYY 583

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. Wakefield • DET 697
2. Appling • CHW 677
3. Doerr • BOS 676
4. Lupien • BOS 672
5. Etten • NYY 666
Laabs • SLB 666
7. Spence • WSH 663
8. York • DET 661
9. Case • WSH 660
10. Hockett • CLE 657

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Case • WSH 102
2. Keller • NYY 97
3. Wakefield • DET 91
4. York • DET 90
5. Vernon • WSH 89
6. Laabs • SLB 83
7. Moses • CHW 82
Gordon • NYY 82
9. Tucker • CHW 81
10. Cramer • DET 79

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Wakefield • DET 200
2. Appling • CHW 192
3. Cramer • DET 182
4. Case • WSH 180
5. Hockett • CLE 166
Johnson • NYY 166
7. Doerr • BOS 163
8. Etten • NYY 158
9. Lupien • BOS 155
York • DET 155

Total Bases

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

1. York • DET 301
2. Wakefield • DET 275
3. Keller • NYY 269
4. Doerr • BOS 249
5. Stephens • SLB 247
6. Etten • NYY 245
7. Appling • CHW 238
8. Laabs • SLB 237
9. Spence • WSH 231
10. Case • WSH 229

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Wakefield • DET 38
2. Case • WSH 36
3. Etten • NYY 35
Gutteridge • SLB 35
5. Appling • CHW 33
Hockett • CLE 33
7. Doerr • BOS 32
Boudreau • CLE 32
9. Keltner • CLE 31
Priddy • WSH 31

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Moses • CHW 12
Lindell • NYY 12
3. York • DET 11
Keller • NYY 11
5. Spence • WSH 10
6. Lupien • BOS 9
7. Hodgin • CHW 8
Hoover • DET 8
Wakefield • DET 8
Johnson • WSH 8
Vernon • WSH 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. York • DET 34
2. Keller • NYY 31
3. Stephens • SLB 22
4. Heath • CLE 18
5. Gordon • NYY 17
Laabs • SLB 17
7. Doerr • BOS 16
8. Etten • NYY 14
9. Tabor • BOS 13
10. McQuinn • SLB 12
Spence • WSH 12

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. York • DET 118
2. Etten • NYY 107
3. Johnson • NYY 94
4. Stephens • SLB 91
5. Spence • WSH 88
6. Keller • NYY 86
7. Tabor • BOS 85
Laabs • SLB 85
9. Higgins • DET 84
10. Appling • CHW 80

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Keller • NYY 106
2. Gordon • NYY 98
3. Cullenbine • CLE 96
4. Appling • CHW 90
Boudreau • CLE 90
6. York • DET 84
Spence • WSH 84
8. Tucker • CHW 79
9. Kuhel • CHW 76
Etten • NYY 76

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Laabs • SLB 105
2. Hoover • DET 101
3. York • DET 88
4. Priddy • WSH 76
5. Gordon • NYY 75
6. Stephens • SLB 73
7. Tucker • CHW 72
8. McQuinn • SLB 65
9. Mack • CLE 61
10. Curtright • CHW 60
Wakefield • DET 60
Keller • NYY 60

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Case • WSH 61
2. Moses • CHW 56
3. Tucker • CHW 29
4. Appling • CHW 27
5. Vernon • WSH 24
6. Fox • BOS 22
7. Lupien • BOS 16
8. Culberson • BOS 14
Kuhel • CHW 14
10. Hockett • CLE 13
Curtright • CHW 13

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Cramer • DET 159
2. Appling • CHW 154
3. Wakefield • DET 147
4. Case • WSH 138
5. Johnson • NYY 131
6. Hockett • CLE 127
7. Lupien • BOS 121
8. Hall • PHA 120
9. Higgins • DET 114
Priddy • WSH 114

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Keller • NYY 168
2. Heath • CLE 156
3. York • DET 153
4. Cullenbine • CLE 145
5. Appling • CHW 143
6. Stephens • SLB 141
7. Boudreau • CLE 134
8. Wakefield • DET 130
9. Spence • WSH 129
10. Johnson • WSH 127

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. York • DET 109
2. Keller • NYY 106
3. Appling • CHW 103
Wakefield • DET 103
5. Stephens • SLB 88
6. Etten • NYY 85
Spence • WSH 85
8. Doerr • BOS 83
Case • WSH 83
10. Boudreau • CLE 80
Gordon • NYY 80

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. Keller • NYY 45
2. Appling • CHW 37
3. York • DET 37
4. Cullenbine • CLE 33
5. Heath • CLE 29
6. Boudreau • CLE 28
7. Stephens • SLB 25
8. Wakefield • DET 25
9. Dickey • NYY 25
10. Spence • WSH 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. Keller • NYY 4.9
2. Appling • CHW 4.0
3. York • DET 3.9
4. Cullenbine • CLE 3.6
5. Heath • CLE 3.2
6. Boudreau • CLE 3.0
7. Stephens • SLB 2.7
8. Wakefield • DET 2.7
9. Dickey • NYY 2.7
10. Spence • WSH 2.4

Extra Base Hits

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

1. York • DET 67
2. Keller • NYY 57
3. Etten • NYY 54
4. Wakefield • DET 53
5. Stephens • SLB 52
6. Doerr • BOS 51
Laabs • SLB 51
8. Gordon • NYY 50
9. Heath • CLE 46
10. Spence • WSH 45

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. Appling • CHW 283
2. Wakefield • DET 262
3. Keller • NYY 245
4. Boudreau • CLE 244
5. Spence • WSH 241
6. York • DET 240
7. Cullenbine • CLE 238
8. Gordon • NYY 235
9. Etten • NYY 234
10. Doerr • BOS 226

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. Keller • NYY .775
2. Appling • CHW .742
3. York • DET .735
4. Stephens • SLB .716
5. Heath • CLE .712
6. Wakefield • DET .702
7. Cullenbine • CLE .684
8. Spence • WSH .653
9. Hodgin • CHW .647
10. Boudreau • CLE .636

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Vernon • WSH 10
2. Kuhel • CHW 7
Crosetti • NYY 7
4. Hodgin • CHW 6
Hall • PHA 6
6. Mayo • PHA 5
Kampouris • WSH 5
Spence • WSH 5
9. Johnson • NYY 4
Lindell • NYY 4
Laabs • SLB 4
Christman • SLB 4
Hockett • CLE 4
White • PHA 4
Early • WSH 4

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Hoover • DET 28
2. Mayo • PHA 23
3. Boudreau • CLE 20
4. Fox • BOS 18
5. Mack • CLE 14
6. Cullenbine • CLE 13
Bloodworth • DET 13
Cramer • DET 13
9. Curtright • CHW 12
White • PHA 12

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Gordon • NYY 15
2. Appling • CHW 12
3. York • DET 9
Lindell • NYY 9
5. Kuhel • CHW 8
6. Stephens • SLB 7
7. Rocco • CLE 6
Richards • DET 6
Etten • NYY 6
Johnson • NYY 6

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. Bloodworth • DET 29
2. Johnson • NYY 27
3. Wakefield • DET 23
4. York • DET 22
5. Siebert • PHA 19
6. Gordon • NYY 18
7. Higgins • DET 17
Priddy • WSH 17
9. Estalella • PHA 16
10. Mack • CLE 15

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Hockett • CLE 18
2. Tucker • CHW 17
3. Moses • CHW 14
Case • WSH 14
5. Curtright • CHW 12
6. Lupien • BOS 9
Stirnweiss • NYY 9
Gutteridge • SLB 9
9. Doerr • BOS 8
Fox • BOS 8
Appling • CHW 8
Kuhel • CHW 8
Edwards • CLE 8
Heath • CLE 8
Harris • DET 8
Vernon • WSH 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. Keller • NYY 11.4
2. Vernon • WSH 10.8
3. Doerr • BOS 10.7
4. Spence • WSH 9.6
5. Tabor • BOS 9.1
6. York • DET 8.7
7. Johnson • WSH 8.6
8. Heath • CLE 7.8
9. Laabs • SLB 7.7
10. Mack • CLE 7.5

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 • DET 46.6
2. Rosar • CLE 31.8
3. Siebert • PHA 26.6
4. Lupien • BOS 26.4
5. Case • WSH 22.7
6. Newsome • BOS 21.4
7. Keltner • CLE 21.4
8. Appling • CHW 20.2
9. Johnson • NYY 19.7
10. Etten • NYY 18.8

AB per HR

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

1. Keller • NYY 16.5
2. York • DET 16.8
3. Stephens • SLB 23.3
4. Heath • CLE 23.6
5. Gordon • NYY 31.9
6. Estalella • PHA 33.4
7. Laabs • SLB 34.1
8. Chartak • SLB 34.4
9. McQuinn • SLB 37.4
10. Doerr • BOS 37.8

Outs Made

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

1. Hoover • DET 478
2. Moses • CHW 476
3. Lupien • BOS 474
4. Doerr • BOS 469
5. Hockett • CLE 468
6. Johnson • NYY 464
7. Wakefield • DET 463
Laabs • SLB 463
9. Mack • CLE 457
10. Case • WSH 453

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. Keller • NYY 50.65
2. Etten • NYY 39.09
3. Appling • CHW 31.32
4. York • DET 30.97
5. Stephens • SLB 27.30
6. Boudreau • CLE 26.07
7. Wakefield • DET 21.80
8. Dickey • NYY 20.28
9. Byrnes • SLB 18.14
10. Case • WSH 18.11

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. Keller • NYY 6.3
2. Etten • NYY 3.8
3. Stephens • SLB 3.4
4. Case • WSH 2.9
5. York • DET 2.7
6. Appling • CHW 2.6
7. Boudreau • CLE 2.6
8. Johnson • WSH 2.4
9. Dickey • NYY 2.4
10. Moses • CHW 2.4

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. Keller • NYY 4.2
2. Appling • CHW 2.8
3. Boudreau • CLE 2.6
4. Etten • NYY 2.6
5. Dickey • NYY 2.5
6. Stephens • SLB 2.2
7. York • DET 2.2
8. Vernon • WSH 2.0
9. Cullenbine • CLE 1.7
10. Wakefield • DET 1.7

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. Etten • NYY 11.3
2. Keller • NYY 10.4
3. Johnson • WSH 6.2
4. Dickey • NYY 4.2
5. York • DET 4.0
6. Johnson • NYY 3.7
7. Case • WSH 3.2
8. Sears • NYY 3.1
9. Stephens • SLB 3.1
10. Lindell • 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. Keller • NYY 5.4
2. Etten • NYY 4.2
3. Appling • CHW 3.4
4. York • DET 3.2
5. Boudreau • CLE 2.9
6. Stephens • SLB 2.9
7. Wakefield • DET 2.3
8. Dickey • NYY 2.2
9. Case • WSH 2.0
10. Byrnes • SLB 1.9

rOBA

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

1. Keller • NYY .430
2. York • DET .412
3. Appling • CHW .399
4. Heath • CLE .393
5. Stephens • SLB .392
6. Cullenbine • CLE .389
7. Wakefield • DET .384
8. Spence • WSH .373
9. Boudreau • CLE .370
10. Johnson • WSH .366

Rbat+

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

1. Keller • NYY 178
2. Heath • CLE 163
3. York • DET 161
4. Cullenbine • CLE 159
5. Appling • CHW 154
6. Stephens • SLB 149
7. Boudreau • CLE 148
8. Wakefield • DET 140
9. Spence • WSH 140
10. Johnson • WSH 136

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