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 10.5
2. Feller • CLE 9.7
3. Newhouser • DET 9.6
4. Trout • DET 8.0
5. Pesky • BOS 7.2
6. Greenberg • DET 6.5
7. Appling • CHW 6.2
8. Keller • NYY 6.1
9. Vernon • WSH 5.7
10. Hughson • BOS 5.7

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. Williams • BOS 10.5
2. Pesky • BOS 7.2
3. Greenberg • DET 6.5
4. Appling • CHW 6.2
5. Keller • NYY 6.1
6. Vernon • WSH 5.7
7. Doerr • BOS 5.6
8. DiMaggio • NYY 5.2
9. Spence • WSH 5.0
10. Cullenbine • DET 5.0

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 10.1
2. Pesky • BOS 6.2
3. Vernon • WSH 5.9
4. Keller • NYY 5.8
5. Greenberg • DET 5.8
6. Spence • WSH 5.5
7. Appling • CHW 5.0
8. Cullenbine • DET 4.9
9. DiMaggio • NYY 4.8
10. Doerr • BOS 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. Doerr • BOS 2.4
2. Appling • CHW 2.4
3. Pesky • BOS 2.2
4. Gordon • NYY 1.9
5. Stirnweiss • NYY 1.9
6. Rizzuto • NYY 1.8
7. Rosar • PHA 1.8
8. Hegan • CLE 1.3
9. Boudreau • CLE 1.3
10. Kolloway • CHW 1.2

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. Vernon • WSH .353
2. Williams • BOS .342
3. Pesky • BOS .335
4. Kell • 2TM .322
5. DiMaggio • BOS .316
6. Appling • CHW .309
7. Stephens • SLB .307
8. Edwards • CLE .301
9. Boudreau • CLE .293
10. Spence • WSH .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 .497
2. Keller • NYY .405
3. Vernon • WSH .403
4. Pesky • BOS .401
5. DiMaggio • BOS .393
6. Appling • CHW .384
7. Heath • 2TM .374
8. Greenberg • DET .373
9. Kell • 2TM .372
10. York • BOS .371

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 .667
2. Greenberg • DET .604
3. Keller • NYY .533
4. DiMaggio • NYY .511
5. Edwards • CLE .509
6. Vernon • WSH .508
7. Spence • WSH .497
8. Heath • 2TM .473
9. Seerey • CLE .470
10. Stephens • SLB .460

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 1.164
2. Greenberg • DET .977
3. Keller • NYY .938
4. Vernon • WSH .910
5. DiMaggio • NYY .878
6. Edwards • CLE .870
7. Spence • WSH .861
8. Heath • 2TM .847
9. Pesky • BOS .827
10. DiMaggio • BOS .820

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Lake • DET 155
2. York • BOS 154
3. Pesky • BOS 153
4. Spence • WSH 152
5. Doerr • BOS 151
6. Williams • BOS 150
Henrich • NYY 150
Keller • NYY 150
Lewis • WSH 150
10. Appling • CHW 149

At Bats

At Bats

1. Pesky • BOS 621
2. Lake • DET 587
Vernon • WSH 587
4. Doerr • BOS 583
5. Appling • CHW 582
Berardino • SLB 582
Lewis • WSH 582
8. York • BOS 579
9. Spence • WSH 578
10. Henrich • NYY 565

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. Lake • DET 705
2. Pesky • BOS 703
3. Williams • BOS 672
Henrich • NYY 672
5. York • BOS 669
6. Doerr • BOS 659
Appling • CHW 659
8. Lewis • WSH 656
9. Keller • NYY 655
10. Spence • WSH 652

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Williams • BOS 142
2. Pesky • BOS 115
3. Lake • DET 108
4. Keller • NYY 98
5. Doerr • BOS 95
6. Henrich • NYY 92
7. Greenberg • DET 90
8. Vernon • WSH 88
9. DiMaggio • BOS 85
10. Spence • WSH 83

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Pesky • BOS 208
2. Vernon • WSH 207
3. Appling • CHW 180
4. Williams • BOS 176
5. Lewis • WSH 170
6. DiMaggio • BOS 169
Spence • WSH 169
8. Kell • 2TM 168
9. York • BOS 160
10. Doerr • BOS 158

Total Bases

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

1. Williams • BOS 343
2. Greenberg • DET 316
3. Vernon • WSH 298
4. Keller • NYY 287
Spence • WSH 287
6. Pesky • BOS 265
7. Doerr • BOS 264
8. DiMaggio • NYY 257
9. York • BOS 253
10. Lewis • WSH 245

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Vernon • WSH 51
2. Spence • WSH 50
3. Pesky • BOS 43
4. Williams • BOS 37
5. Doerr • BOS 34
6. Edwards • CLE 33
7. Heath • 2TM 32
8. York • BOS 30
Boudreau • CLE 30
10. Greenberg • DET 29
Keller • NYY 29
Berardino • SLB 29

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Edwards • CLE 16
2. Lewis • WSH 13
3. Keller • NYY 10
Kell • 2TM 10
Spence • WSH 10
6. Doerr • BOS 9
Zarilla • SLB 9
8. Williams • BOS 8
DiMaggio • NYY 8
Priddy • WSH 8
Vernon • WSH 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Greenberg • DET 44
2. Williams • BOS 38
3. Keller • NYY 30
4. Seerey • CLE 26
5. DiMaggio • NYY 25
6. Chapman • PHA 20
7. Henrich • NYY 19
8. Doerr • BOS 18
9. York • BOS 17
10. Robinson • NYY 16
Laabs • SLB 16
Heath • 2TM 16
Spence • WSH 16

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Greenberg • DET 127
2. Williams • BOS 123
3. York • BOS 119
4. Doerr • BOS 116
5. Keller • NYY 101
6. DiMaggio • NYY 95
7. Spence • WSH 87
8. Vernon • WSH 85
9. Heath • 2TM 84
10. Henrich • NYY 83

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Williams • BOS 156
2. Keller • NYY 113
3. Lake • DET 103
4. Cullenbine • DET 88
5. Henrich • NYY 87
6. York • BOS 86
7. Greenberg • DET 80
8. Heath • 2TM 73
9. Appling • CHW 71
10. Wagner • BOS 69

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Seerey • CLE 101
Keller • NYY 101
3. York • BOS 93
4. Greenberg • DET 88
5. Heath • 2TM 73
Priddy • WSH 73
7. Gordon • NYY 72
8. Lake • DET 69
9. Doerr • BOS 67
10. Chapman • PHA 66

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Case • CLE 28
2. Stirnweiss • NYY 18
3. Lake • DET 15
4. Kolloway • CHW 14
Rizzuto • NYY 14
Vernon • WSH 14
7. DiMaggio • BOS 10
Wright • CHW 10
9. Pesky • BOS 9
Michaels • CHW 9
Tucker • CHW 9
Valo • PHA 9
Priddy • WSH 9

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Pesky • BOS 159
2. Appling • CHW 147
3. Vernon • WSH 140
4. DiMaggio • BOS 131
5. Kell • 2TM 129
6. Lewis • WSH 122
7. Lake • DET 116
8. Berardino • SLB 115
9. Boudreau • CLE 109
10. York • BOS 107

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 215
2. Greenberg • DET 162
3. Vernon • WSH 160
4. Keller • NYY 159
5. Edwards • CLE 149
6. Spence • WSH 145
7. DiMaggio • NYY 142
8. Heath • 2TM 134
9. Seerey • CLE 130
10. Pesky • BOS 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. Williams • BOS 170
2. Greenberg • DET 118
Vernon • WSH 118
4. Keller • NYY 114
5. Pesky • BOS 104
6. Spence • WSH 101
7. DiMaggio • NYY 94
8. York • BOS 93
9. Doerr • BOS 90
10. DiMaggio • BOS 89

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. Vernon • WSH 46
3. Keller • NYY 46
4. Greenberg • DET 43
5. Cullenbine • DET 41
6. Spence • WSH 35
7. Edwards • CLE 27
8. DiMaggio • NYY 27
9. Pesky • BOS 24
10. Heath • 2TM 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. Williams • BOS 9.3
2. Keller • NYY 4.7
Vernon • WSH 4.7
4. Greenberg • DET 4.3
5. Cullenbine • DET 4.2
6. Spence • WSH 3.5
7. Edwards • CLE 2.8
8. DiMaggio • NYY 2.7
9. Pesky • BOS 2.5
10. Heath • 2TM 2.4

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Williams • BOS 83
2. Greenberg • DET 78
3. Spence • WSH 76
4. Keller • NYY 69
5. Vernon • WSH 67
6. Doerr • BOS 61
7. Edwards • CLE 59
8. Heath • 2TM 55
9. York • BOS 53
DiMaggio • NYY 53

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 334
2. Pesky • BOS 276
3. Keller • NYY 265
4. Lake • DET 256
Vernon • WSH 256
6. Appling • CHW 251
7. York • BOS 247
8. DiMaggio • BOS 236
Henrich • NYY 236
10. Spence • WSH 235

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 .889
2. Greenberg • DET .766
3. Vernon • WSH .760
4. Keller • NYY .752
5. Edwards • CLE .710
6. DiMaggio • NYY .707
7. Pesky • BOS .679
8. Spence • WSH .672
9. Heath • 2TM .668
10. DiMaggio • BOS .662

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Henrich • NYY 7
2. Grace • 2TM 6
Rizzuto • NYY 6
4. Gordon • NYY 4
Travis • WSH 4
Spence • WSH 4
Coan • WSH 4
Keller • NYY 4
Lake • DET 4
Michaels • CHW 4

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Boudreau • CLE 15
Kell • 2TM 15
3. Pesky • BOS 14
4. Lewis • WSH 13
5. Henrich • NYY 12
Grimes • 2TM 12
McCosky • 2TM 12
8. Suder • PHA 11
Newsom • 2TM 11
10. Hughson • BOS 10

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Williams • BOS 29
2. Wagner • BOS 16
3. Keller • NYY 13
4. Vernon • WSH 10
5. Evans • WSH 9
6. Doerr • BOS 7
Priddy • WSH 7
Robinson • NYY 7
DiMaggio • NYY 7
Greenberg • DET 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. Chapman • PHA 22
2. Rosar • PHA 20
3. Doerr • BOS 18
4. Wright • CHW 17
Greenberg • DET 17
Travis • WSH 17
7. DiMaggio • BOS 16
York • BOS 16
Berardino • SLB 16
10. Appling • CHW 15
Christman • SLB 15

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Case • CLE 11
2. Tucker • CHW 10
Vernon • WSH 10
4. Lake • DET 9
5. Pesky • BOS 8
Kennedy • CHW 8
Valo • PHA 8
8. Platt • CHW 7
Boudreau • CLE 7
Rizzuto • NYY 7
Grace • 2TM 7
Spence • 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. Lake • DET 10.4
2. Vernon • WSH 10.2
3. Greenberg • DET 9.0
4. DiMaggio • BOS 8.2
Wright • CHW 8.2
6. Henrich • NYY 7.9
7. Doerr • BOS 7.8
8. Priddy • WSH 7.2
9. Robertson • WSH 6.0
Boudreau • CLE 6.0

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. Boudreau • CLE 36.8
2. Kell • 2TM 26.1
3. Rosar • PHA 24.9
4. Wright • CHW 24.8
5. Lewis • WSH 22.4
6. Pesky • BOS 21.4
7. DiMaggio • NYY 21.0
8. Spence • WSH 18.6
9. Kolloway • CHW 16.6
10. Christman • SLB 15.8

AB per HR

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

1. Greenberg • DET 11.9
2. Williams • BOS 13.5
3. Seerey • CLE 15.5
4. Keller • NYY 17.9
5. DiMaggio • NYY 20.1
6. Chapman • PHA 27.3
7. Henrich • NYY 29.7
8. Heath • 2TM 30.1
9. Stephens • SLB 32.1
10. Doerr • BOS 32.4

Outs Made

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

1. Lake • DET 464
2. Doerr • BOS 458
3. Berardino • SLB 453
4. Pesky • BOS 443
Henrich • NYY 443
6. York • BOS 440
7. Lewis • WSH 438
Spence • WSH 438
9. Chapman • PHA 430
10. Appling • CHW 427

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 82.73
2. Keller • NYY 49.81
3. York • BOS 37.22
4. Vernon • WSH 34.88
5. Robinson • NYY 34.43
6. Pesky • BOS 30.53
7. Henrich • NYY 29.85
8. Doerr • BOS 28.81
9. McCosky • 2TM 28.64
10. DiMaggio • NYY 26.44

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 7.7
2. Henrich • NYY 4.3
3. Keller • NYY 4.0
4. Vernon • WSH 3.9
5. Doerr • BOS 3.8
6. McCosky • 2TM 3.2
7. Robinson • NYY 3.2
8. Greenberg • DET 2.8
9. Pesky • BOS 2.7
10. Edwards • CLE 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. Williams • BOS 7.8
2. Keller • NYY 5.5
3. Vernon • WSH 3.4
4. Greenberg • DET 3.3
5. Doerr • BOS 3.1
6. Spence • WSH 3.1
7. Henrich • NYY 3.1
8. Pesky • BOS 2.7
9. Cullenbine • DET 2.6
10. Edwards • CLE 2.4

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 12.1
2. Keller • NYY 6.4
3. Henrich • NYY 5.7
4. Doerr • BOS 5.7
5. Pesky • BOS 4.9
6. Robinson • NYY 4.5
7. DiMaggio • BOS 3.2
8. Wagner • BOS 2.1
9. Mayo • DET 2.0
10. Johnson • BOS 1.9

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 8.1
2. Keller • NYY 5.0
3. York • BOS 3.7
4. Vernon • WSH 3.7
5. Robinson • NYY 3.5
6. Henrich • NYY 3.0
7. Pesky • BOS 3.0
8. McCosky • 2TM 2.9
9. Doerr • BOS 2.9
10. DiMaggio • NYY 2.7

rOBA

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

1. Williams • BOS .513
2. Greenberg • DET .439
3. Keller • NYY .419
4. Vernon • WSH .413
5. DiMaggio • NYY .404
6. Edwards • CLE .395
7. Spence • WSH .393
8. Pesky • BOS .388
9. Heath • 2TM .383
10. DiMaggio • BOS .382

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 232
2. Greenberg • DET 173
3. Vernon • WSH 170
4. Keller • NYY 169
5. Edwards • CLE 159
6. Spence • WSH 159
7. DiMaggio • NYY 155
8. Heath • 2TM 145
9. Pesky • BOS 141
10. Seerey • CLE 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