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. Newhouser • DET 12.2
2. Stirnweiss • NYY 8.8
3. Potter • SLB 7.8
4. Lake • BOS 7.1
5. Gromek • CLE 6.3
6. Wolff • WSH 5.6
7. Stephens • SLB 5.5
8. Cullenbine • 2TM 5.5
9. Ferriss • BOS 5.1
10. Mayo • DET 4.7

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. Stirnweiss • NYY 8.8
2. Lake • BOS 7.1
3. Stephens • SLB 5.5
4. Cullenbine • 2TM 5.5
5. Mayo • DET 4.7
6. Moses • CHW 4.5
7. Kuhel • WSH 4.3
Myatt • WSH 4.3
9. Estalella • PHA 3.8
10. Boudreau • CLE 3.7

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. Stirnweiss • NYY 6.7
2. Lake • BOS 5.8
3. Stephens • SLB 5.5
4. Myatt • WSH 4.8
5. Cullenbine • 2TM 4.6
6. Meyer • CLE 4.2
7. Kuhel • WSH 4.0
8. Heath • CLE 3.9
9. Etten • NYY 3.8
10. Estalella • PHA 3.8

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. Stirnweiss • NYY 2.8
2. Lake • BOS 2.2
3. Mayo • DET 2.1
4. Webb • DET 1.9
5. Crosetti • NYY 1.5
6. Newsome • BOS 1.5
7. Hall • PHA 1.4
8. Tresh • CHW 1.4
9. Boudreau • CLE 1.2
10. Kell • PHA 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. Stirnweiss • NYY .309
2. Cuccinello • CHW .308
3. Dickshot • CHW .302
4. Estalella • PHA .299
5. Myatt • WSH .296
6. Moses • CHW .295
7. Case • WSH .294
8. Hockett • CHW .293
9. Meyer • CLE .292
10. Newsome • BOS .290

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. Lake • BOS .412
2. Cullenbine • 2TM .402
3. Estalella • PHA .399
4. Grimes • NYY .395
5. Etten • NYY .387
6. Stirnweiss • NYY .385
7. Cuccinello • CHW .379
8. Kuhel • WSH .378
9. Myatt • WSH .378
10. Moses • CHW .373

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. Stirnweiss • NYY .476
2. Stephens • SLB .473
3. Cullenbine • 2TM .444
4. Etten • NYY .437
5. Estalella • PHA .435
6. Johnson • BOS .425
7. Moses • CHW .420
8. Meyer • CLE .418
9. York • DET .413
10. Lake • BOS .410

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. Stirnweiss • NYY .862
2. Cullenbine • 2TM .846
3. Estalella • PHA .834
4. Stephens • SLB .825
5. Etten • NYY .824
6. Lake • BOS .822
7. Moses • CHW .793
8. Johnson • BOS .783
9. Cuccinello • CHW .780
10. Kuhel • WSH .778

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. York • DET 155
2. Cullenbine • 2TM 154
3. Etten • NYY 152
Stirnweiss • NYY 152
5. Hall • PHA 151
Hayes • 2TM 151
7. Tresh • CHW 150
8. Stephens • SLB 149
9. Kell • PHA 147
Siebert • PHA 147
Torres • WSH 147

At Bats

At Bats

1. Stirnweiss • NYY 632
2. Hall • PHA 616
3. York • DET 595
4. Siebert • PHA 573
5. Stephens • SLB 571
6. Moses • CHW 569
7. Kell • PHA 567
8. Rocco • CLE 565
Etten • NYY 565
10. Torres • WSH 562

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. Stirnweiss • NYY 718
2. Hall • PHA 668
3. Etten • NYY 663
4. Cullenbine • 2TM 657
5. York • DET 656
6. Moses • CHW 641
7. Siebert • PHA 633
8. Stephens • SLB 632
9. Rocco • CLE 628
10. Kuhel • WSH 615

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Stirnweiss • NYY 107
2. Stephens • SLB 90
3. Cullenbine • 2TM 83
4. Lake • BOS 81
Rocco • CLE 81
Myatt • WSH 81
7. Moses • CHW 79
8. Etten • NYY 77
9. Dickshot • CHW 74
10. Kuhel • WSH 73

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Stirnweiss • NYY 195
2. Moses • CHW 168
3. Stephens • SLB 165
4. Etten • NYY 161
Hall • PHA 161
6. York • DET 157
7. Kell • PHA 154
8. Meyer • CLE 153
Siebert • PHA 153
Binks • WSH 153

Total Bases

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

1. Stirnweiss • NYY 301
2. Stephens • SLB 270
3. Etten • NYY 247
4. York • DET 246
5. Moses • CHW 239
6. Cullenbine • 2TM 238
7. Johnson • BOS 225
8. Meyer • CLE 219
Rocco • CLE 219
10. Binks • WSH 215

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Moses • CHW 35
2. Stirnweiss • NYY 32
Binks • WSH 32
4. McQuinn • SLB 31
5. Newsome • BOS 30
Kell • PHA 30
7. Meyer • CLE 29
Siebert • PHA 29
Byrnes • SLB 29
Kuhel • WSH 29

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Stirnweiss • NYY 22
2. Moses • CHW 15
3. Kuhel • WSH 13
4. Dickshot • CHW 10
5. Peck • PHA 9
6. Meyer • CLE 8
Cramer • DET 8
8. Johnson • BOS 7
McBride • BOS 7
Curtright • CHW 7
Heath • CLE 7
Mackiewicz • CLE 7
Maier • DET 7
Grimes • NYY 7
Hayes • 2TM 7
Lewis • WSH 7
Myatt • WSH 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Stephens • SLB 24
2. Cullenbine • 2TM 18
York • DET 18
Etten • NYY 18
5. Heath • CLE 15
6. Seerey • CLE 14
7. Greenberg • DET 13
Derry • NYY 13
9. Johnson • BOS 12
10. Lake • BOS 11

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Etten • NYY 111
2. Cullenbine • 2TM 93
3. Stephens • SLB 89
4. York • DET 87
5. Binks • WSH 81
6. Kuhel • WSH 75
7. Johnson • BOS 74
8. Schalk • CHW 65
9. Stirnweiss • NYY 64
10. Metkovich • BOS 62

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Cullenbine • 2TM 113
2. Lake • BOS 106
3. Grimes • NYY 97
4. Etten • NYY 90
5. Kuhel • WSH 79
6. Stirnweiss • NYY 78
Byrnes • SLB 78
8. Clift • WSH 76
9. Estalella • PHA 74
10. Hayes • 2TM 71

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Seerey • CLE 97
2. York • DET 85
3. Byrnes • SLB 84
4. Grimes • NYY 73
5. Metkovich • BOS 70
Stephens • SLB 70
7. Hayes • 2TM 66
8. Crosetti • NYY 65
9. Stirnweiss • NYY 62
10. Clift • WSH 58

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Stirnweiss • NYY 33
2. Case • WSH 30
Myatt • WSH 30
4. Metkovich • BOS 19
5. Dickshot • CHW 18
6. Moses • CHW 11
Binks • WSH 11
Kreevich • 2TM 11
9. Hockett • CHW 10
Kuhel • WSH 10
Steiner • BOS 10

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Hall • PHA 139
2. Stirnweiss • NYY 131
3. Case • WSH 123
4. Myatt • WSH 120
5. Kell • PHA 117
6. Moses • CHW 116
Siebert • PHA 116
Torres • WSH 116
9. Etten • NYY 115
10. Dickshot • CHW 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. Stirnweiss • NYY 145
2. Estalella • PHA 144
3. Cullenbine • 2TM 139
4. Lake • BOS 137
5. Etten • NYY 135
6. Kuhel • WSH 135
7. Moses • CHW 133
8. Stephens • SLB 133
9. Cuccinello • CHW 129
10. Dickshot • CHW 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. Stirnweiss • NYY 115
2. Stephens • SLB 95
Cullenbine • 2TM 95
4. Etten • NYY 94
5. Moses • CHW 89
6. Kuhel • WSH 81
7. Johnson • BOS 80
York • DET 80
9. Lake • BOS 79
10. Estalella • PHA 76

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. Stirnweiss • NYY 36
2. Cullenbine • 2TM 33
3. Heath • CLE 32
4. Lake • BOS 29
5. Estalella • PHA 28
6. Etten • NYY 28
7. Kuhel • WSH 26
8. Moses • CHW 25
9. Greenberg • DET 24
10. Lewis • WSH 24

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. Stirnweiss • NYY 3.8
2. Cullenbine • 2TM 3.5
3. Heath • CLE 3.4
4. Lake • BOS 3.1
5. Estalella • PHA 3.0
Etten • NYY 3.0
7. Kuhel • WSH 2.8
8. Moses • CHW 2.6
9. Greenberg • DET 2.6
10. Lewis • WSH 2.5

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Stirnweiss • NYY 64
2. Stephens • SLB 54
3. Moses • CHW 52
4. Cullenbine • 2TM 51
5. York • DET 48
6. Johnson • BOS 46
Etten • NYY 46
8. Meyer • CLE 44
Rocco • CLE 44
Binks • WSH 44
Kuhel • WSH 44

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. Stirnweiss • NYY 274
2. Cullenbine • 2TM 262
3. Etten • NYY 255
4. Lake • BOS 239
Moses • CHW 239
6. Kuhel • WSH 232
7. Grimes • NYY 230
8. Stephens • SLB 221
9. York • DET 217
10. Johnson • BOS 212

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. Stirnweiss • NYY .725
2. Cullenbine • 2TM .708
3. Estalella • PHA .692
Stephens • SLB .692
5. Lake • BOS .680
Etten • NYY .680
7. Moses • CHW .678
8. Cuccinello • CHW .665
9. Dickshot • CHW .656
10. Kuhel • WSH .656

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Crosetti • NYY 10
2. Hall • PHA 6
Grimes • NYY 6
Metkovich • BOS 6
5. Fox • BOS 4
Metheny • NYY 4
Etten • NYY 4
Hayes • 2TM 4
Clift • WSH 4
10. Laabs • SLB 3
Cramer • DET 3
Cullenbine • 2TM 3
Lewis • WSH 3
Binks • WSH 3
Case • WSH 3
Christman • SLB 3
Holm • BOS 3
Michaels • CHW 3
Hockett • CHW 3
Lindell • NYY 3
Kish • PHA 3

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Schalk • CHW 24
2. Boudreau • CLE 20
Myatt • WSH 20
4. Byrnes • SLB 19
5. Newsome • BOS 17
6. Cramer • DET 15
Torres • WSH 15
8. Michaels • CHW 14
Crosetti • NYY 14
10. Cihocki • CLE 13
Mayo • DET 13

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Heath • CLE 13
2. Etten • NYY 12
3. Hayes • 2TM 9
Tresh • CHW 9
5. Byrnes • SLB 8
Cullenbine • 2TM 8
Boudreau • CLE 8
8. York • DET 7
Swift • DET 7
Stephens • SLB 7
Mackiewicz • CLE 7
Cuccinello • CHW 7
Binks • 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. York • DET 23
2. Etten • NYY 21
3. Dickshot • CHW 16
4. Estalella • PHA 15
5. Culberson • BOS 14
Mancuso • SLB 14
Torres • WSH 14
8. Johnson • BOS 13
Newsome • BOS 13
Michaels • CHW 13
Schalk • CHW 13
Mackiewicz • CLE 13
Kell • PHA 13

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Stirnweiss • NYY 17
2. Case • WSH 16
3. Maier • DET 11
Myatt • WSH 11
5. Hall • PHA 10
6. Farrell • CHW 9
Hockett • CHW 9
Cramer • DET 9
9. Lake • BOS 7
Michaels • CHW 7
Mayo • DET 7
Outlaw • DET 7
Webb • DET 7
Siebert • PHA 7
Binks • WSH 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. Stirnweiss • NYY 15.3
2. Lake • BOS 9.9
3. York • DET 9.0
4. Mayo • DET 8.2
5. Metkovich • BOS 7.9
6. Binks • WSH 7.8
7. Johnson • BOS 7.1
8. Dickshot • CHW 6.5
9. Metheny • NYY 6.2
10. Martin • NYY 5.1
Grimes • NYY 5.1
Crosetti • NYY 5.1

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. Busch • PHA 46.2
2. Kell • PHA 37.8
3. Newsome • BOS 29.2
4. Cramer • DET 25.8
5. Etten • NYY 24.6
6. Cuccinello • CHW 21.2
7. Torres • WSH 19.4
8. Case • WSH 18.7
9. Siebert • PHA 17.4
10. Mayo • DET 17.3

AB per HR

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

1. Stephens • SLB 23.8
2. Seerey • CLE 29.6
3. Cullenbine • 2TM 29.8
4. Etten • NYY 31.4
5. York • DET 33.1
6. Lake • BOS 43.0
7. Johnson • BOS 44.1
8. Mayo • DET 50.1
9. Hayes • 2TM 55.0
10. Byrnes • SLB 55.3

Outs Made

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

1. Hall • PHA 484
2. Stirnweiss • NYY 469
3. York • DET 467
4. Torres • WSH 462
5. Rocco • CLE 443
Siebert • PHA 443
7. Gutteridge • SLB 434
8. Kell • PHA 433
9. Etten • NYY 432
10. Schalk • CHW 429

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. Etten • NYY 41.10
2. Cullenbine • 2TM 40.71
3. Stirnweiss • NYY 37.03
4. Moses • CHW 29.91
5. Kuhel • WSH 29.61
6. Greenberg • DET 26.17
7. McQuinn • SLB 24.20
8. Lake • BOS 22.75
9. Lewis • WSH 22.67
10. Boudreau • CLE 22.42

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. Kuhel • WSH 4.2
2. Moses • CHW 3.6
3. Etten • NYY 3.3
4. Cullenbine • 2TM 3.2
5. McQuinn • SLB 2.9
6. Greenberg • DET 2.7
7. Stirnweiss • NYY 2.7
8. Estalella • PHA 2.7
9. Boudreau • CLE 2.6
10. Stephens • SLB 2.5

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. Stirnweiss • NYY 3.3
2. Cullenbine • 2TM 3.3
3. Etten • NYY 3.1
4. Kuhel • WSH 2.6
5. Lake • BOS 2.5
6. Lewis • WSH 2.4
7. Myatt • WSH 2.3
8. Stephens • SLB 2.3
9. Estalella • PHA 2.0
10. Greenberg • DET 1.9

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. Cullenbine • 2TM 15.7
2. Greenberg • DET 11.7
3. Lewis • WSH 10.6
4. Ferrell • WSH 10.5
5. Kuhel • WSH 10.1
6. Mayo • DET 9.3
7. Binks • WSH 7.2
8. Outlaw • DET 7.0
9. Etten • NYY 6.4
10. Myatt • WSH 4.8

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. Etten • NYY 4.3
2. Cullenbine • 2TM 4.2
3. Stirnweiss • NYY 3.8
4. Kuhel • WSH 3.3
5. Moses • CHW 3.2
6. Greenberg • DET 2.7
7. McQuinn • SLB 2.5
8. Lewis • WSH 2.5
9. Boudreau • CLE 2.4
10. Lake • BOS 2.4

rOBA

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

1. Stirnweiss • NYY .406
2. Cullenbine • 2TM .405
3. Lake • BOS .398
4. Estalella • PHA .394
5. Etten • NYY .389
6. Stephens • SLB .387
7. Moses • CHW .378
8. Dickshot • CHW .374
9. Kuhel • WSH .373
10. Cuccinello • CHW .372

Rbat+

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

1. Estalella • PHA 155
2. Stirnweiss • NYY 155
3. Lake • BOS 152
4. Cullenbine • 2TM 151
5. Etten • NYY 145
6. Kuhel • WSH 145
7. Moses • CHW 142
8. Stephens • SLB 140
9. Cuccinello • CHW 138
10. Myatt • WSH 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