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 9.0
2. Parnell • BOS 8.4
3. Lemon • CLE 7.0
4. Joost • PHA 7.0
5. Stephens • BOS 6.9
6. Trucks • DET 6.2
7. Newhouser • DET 5.7
8. Doerr • BOS 5.4
9. Michaels • CHW 5.4
10. Appling • CHW 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. Williams • BOS 9.0
2. Joost • PHA 7.0
3. Stephens • BOS 6.9
4. Doerr • BOS 5.4
5. Michaels • CHW 5.4
6. Appling • CHW 5.1
7. Kell • DET 4.9
8. Valo • PHA 4.4
9. DiMaggio • NYY 4.3
10. Henrich • NYY 4.3

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 9.1
2. Joost • PHA 6.4
3. Stephens • BOS 5.9
4. Appling • CHW 4.9
5. Michaels • CHW 4.8
6. Kell • DET 4.7
7. Doerr • BOS 4.3
8. Henrich • NYY 4.1
9. DiMaggio • NYY 3.9
10. Doby • CLE 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. Gordon • CLE 2.1
2. Stephens • BOS 2.0
3. Rizzuto • NYY 1.9
4. Doerr • BOS 1.8
5. Coleman • NYY 1.6
6. Boudreau • CLE 1.6
7. Joost • PHA 1.6
8. Michaels • CHW 1.3
9. Suder • PHA 1.2
10. Appling • CHW 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. Kell • DET .343
2. Williams • BOS .343
3. Dillinger • SLB .324
4. Mitchell • CLE .317
5. Doerr • BOS .309
6. Michaels • CHW .308
7. DiMaggio • BOS .307
8. Pesky • BOS .306
9. Sievers • SLB .306
10. Wertz • DET .304

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 .490
2. Appling • CHW .439
3. Joost • PHA .429
4. Kell • DET .424
5. Michaels • CHW .417
6. Henrich • NYY .416
7. Fain • PHA .415
8. Valo • PHA .413
9. Pesky • BOS .408
10. DiMaggio • BOS .404

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 .650
2. Stephens • BOS .539
3. Henrich • NYY .526
4. Doerr • BOS .497
5. Berra • NYY .480
6. Sievers • SLB .471
7. Doby • CLE .468
8. Kell • DET .467
9. Wertz • DET .465
10. Robinson • WSH .459

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 1.141
2. Henrich • NYY .942
3. Stephens • BOS .930
4. Kell • DET .892
5. Doerr • BOS .890
6. Joost • PHA .883
7. Sievers • SLB .869
8. Doby • CLE .857
9. Wertz • DET .851
10. Robinson • WSH .840

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Stephens • BOS 155
Williams • BOS 155
Wertz • DET 155
4. Michaels • CHW 154
Chapman • PHA 154
6. Vernon • CLE 153
Rizzuto • NYY 153
Dente • WSH 153
9. Hegan • CLE 152
10. Fain • PHA 150
Valo • PHA 150

At Bats

At Bats

1. Mitchell • CLE 640
2. Rizzuto • NYY 614
3. Stephens • BOS 610
4. Wertz • DET 608
5. DiMaggio • BOS 605
6. Pesky • BOS 604
7. Philley • CHW 598
8. Dente • WSH 590
9. Chapman • PHA 589
10. Vernon • CLE 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. Williams • BOS 730
2. Pesky • BOS 713
3. Stephens • BOS 712
Rizzuto • NYY 712
5. DiMaggio • BOS 706
6. Wertz • DET 695
7. Mitchell • CLE 685
8. Joost • PHA 682
9. Valo • PHA 680
10. Chapman • PHA 674

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Williams • BOS 150
2. Joost • PHA 128
3. DiMaggio • BOS 126
4. Stephens • BOS 113
5. Pesky • BOS 111
6. Rizzuto • NYY 110
7. Doby • CLE 106
8. Kell • DET 97
9. Wertz • DET 96
10. Doerr • BOS 91

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Mitchell • CLE 203
2. Williams • BOS 194
3. DiMaggio • BOS 186
4. Pesky • BOS 185
Wertz • DET 185
6. Kell • DET 179
7. Stephens • BOS 177
8. Dillinger • SLB 176
9. Michaels • CHW 173
10. Philley • CHW 171

Total Bases

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

1. Williams • BOS 368
2. Stephens • BOS 329
3. Wertz • DET 283
4. Mitchell • CLE 274
5. Doerr • BOS 269
6. Chapman • PHA 268
7. Vernon • CLE 259
8. Doby • CLE 256
9. DiMaggio • BOS 254
10. Kell • DET 244

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Williams • BOS 39
2. Kell • DET 38
3. DiMaggio • BOS 34
4. Zarilla • 2TM 33
5. Stephens • BOS 31
6. Doerr • BOS 30
7. Kokos • SLB 28
Sievers • SLB 28
9. Pesky • BOS 27
Michaels • CHW 27
Vernon • CLE 27
Valo • PHA 27
Robinson • WSH 27

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Mitchell • CLE 23
2. Dillinger • SLB 13
3. Valo • PHA 12
4. Doerr • BOS 9
Michaels • CHW 9
Kell • DET 9
7. Philley • CHW 8
Coan • WSH 8
9. Pesky • BOS 7
Rizzuto • NYY 7
Woodling • NYY 7
Yost • WSH 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Williams • BOS 43
2. Stephens • BOS 39
3. Doby • CLE 24
Henrich • NYY 24
Chapman • PHA 24
Graham • SLB 24
7. Joost • PHA 23
Kokos • SLB 23
9. Gordon • CLE 20
Wertz • DET 20
Berra • NYY 20

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Stephens • BOS 159
Williams • BOS 159
3. Wertz • DET 133
4. Doerr • BOS 109
5. Chapman • PHA 108
6. Berra • NYY 91
Sievers • SLB 91
8. Doby • CLE 85
Henrich • NYY 85
Valo • PHA 85

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Williams • BOS 162
2. Joost • PHA 149
3. Fain • PHA 136
4. Appling • CHW 121
5. Valo • PHA 119
6. Stephens • BOS 101
Michaels • CHW 101
8. Pesky • BOS 100
9. DiMaggio • BOS 96
10. Doby • CLE 91
Yost • WSH 91

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Kokos • SLB 91
2. Doby • CLE 90
3. Hegan • CLE 89
4. Priddy • SLB 81
5. Joost • PHA 80
6. Sievers • SLB 75
7. Stephens • BOS 73
8. Chapman • PHA 68
9. Graham • SLB 62
Vollmer • WSH 62

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Dillinger • SLB 20
2. Rizzuto • NYY 18
3. Valo • PHA 14
4. Philley • CHW 13
5. Mitchell • CLE 10
Doby • CLE 10
Robertson • WSH 10
8. DiMaggio • BOS 9
Vernon • CLE 9
Coan • WSH 9

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Mitchell • CLE 161
2. Pesky • BOS 149
3. Philley • CHW 143
4. Dillinger • SLB 140
5. DiMaggio • BOS 139
6. Rizzuto • NYY 135
7. Wertz • DET 133
8. Dente • WSH 132
9. Michaels • CHW 131
10. Kell • DET 129

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 191
2. Henrich • NYY 148
3. Stephens • BOS 137
4. Joost • PHA 137
5. Kell • DET 136
6. Doby • CLE 128
7. Doerr • BOS 127
8. Michaels • CHW 126
9. Appling • CHW 125
10. Sievers • SLB 125

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 180
2. Stephens • BOS 128
3. Wertz • DET 108
4. Doerr • BOS 105
5. DiMaggio • BOS 102
Kell • DET 102
7. Joost • PHA 101
8. Mitchell • CLE 99
9. Chapman • PHA 97
10. Michaels • CHW 96
Doby • CLE 96

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 86
2. Joost • PHA 36
3. DiMaggio • NYY 32
4. Stephens • BOS 32
5. Henrich • NYY 31
6. Kell • DET 30
7. Appling • CHW 26
8. Michaels • CHW 25
9. Doby • CLE 23
10. Valo • PHA 21

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 8.2
2. Joost • PHA 3.5
3. DiMaggio • NYY 3.1
4. Stephens • BOS 3.1
5. Henrich • NYY 3.0
6. Kell • DET 2.9
7. Appling • CHW 2.6
8. Michaels • CHW 2.5
9. Doby • CLE 2.3
10. Valo • PHA 2.1

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Williams • BOS 85
2. Stephens • BOS 72
3. Doerr • BOS 57
4. Doby • CLE 52
Wertz • DET 52
Chapman • PHA 52
Kokos • SLB 52
8. Joost • PHA 51
9. Kell • DET 50
10. Vernon • CLE 49

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 358
2. Joost • PHA 291
3. Pesky • BOS 289
4. DiMaggio • BOS 284
5. Stephens • BOS 278
6. Michaels • CHW 277
7. Valo • PHA 276
8. Fain • PHA 274
9. Appling • CHW 269
10. Wertz • DET 265

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 .856
2. Henrich • NYY .724
3. Stephens • BOS .712
4. Kell • DET .692
5. Doerr • BOS .671
Joost • PHA .671
7. Sievers • SLB .658
8. Wertz • DET .646
9. DiMaggio • BOS .634
10. Michaels • CHW .625
Doby • CLE .625

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Robinson • WSH 7
Doby • CLE 7
3. Berra • NYY 6
Fox • PHA 6
5. Henrich • NYY 5
Zarilla • 2TM 5
7. Boudreau • CLE 4
Vico • DET 4
Joost • PHA 4
Majeski • PHA 4
Gordon • CLE 4
Graham • SLB 4
Pesky • BOS 4

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Rizzuto • NYY 25
2. Kress • CHW 17
3. Kell • DET 16
4. Vernon • CLE 15
5. Newhouser • DET 14
6. Boudreau • CLE 12
Hegan • CLE 12
Valo • PHA 12
9. Coleman • NYY 11
Raschi • NYY 11
Fain • PHA 11
Fox • PHA 11

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Hegan • CLE 13
2. Williams • BOS 11
3. Gordon • CLE 10
4. Guerra • PHA 8
Robinson • DET 8
6. DiMaggio • NYY 7
Doby • CLE 7
Souchock • CHW 7
Vernon • CLE 7
10. Baker • CHW 6
Tebbetts • BOS 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. Doerr • BOS 31
2. Appling • CHW 23
Chapman • PHA 23
4. Williams • BOS 22
5. Michaels • CHW 20
Gordon • CLE 20
Suder • PHA 20
8. Stephens • BOS 19
Boudreau • CLE 19
Wertz • DET 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Dillinger • SLB 14
2. Appling • CHW 12
3. Valo • PHA 11
4. Doby • CLE 9
5. Lake • DET 8
6. Michaels • CHW 7
Vernon • CLE 7
Evers • DET 7
Groth • DET 7
DiMaggio • BOS 7
Kress • CHW 7
Kolloway • 2TM 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. Doby • CLE 14.1
2. Vernon • CLE 12.0
3. Robertson • WSH 10.5
4. DiMaggio • BOS 8.5
5. Gordon • CLE 8.0
6. Rizzuto • NYY 7.8
7. Valo • PHA 7.4
8. Priddy • SLB 6.9
9. Stewart • WSH 6.9
10. Zarilla • 2TM 6.7

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. Mitchell • CLE 58.2
2. Boudreau • CLE 47.5
3. Kell • DET 40.2
4. Pesky • BOS 31.8
5. Dente • WSH 24.6
6. Goodman • BOS 21.1
7. Appling • CHW 20.5
8. Majeski • PHA 19.5
9. Kolloway • 2TM 18.7
10. Tebbetts • BOS 18.3

AB per HR

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

1. Williams • BOS 13.2
2. Stephens • BOS 15.6
3. Henrich • NYY 17.1
4. Berra • NYY 20.8
5. Graham • SLB 20.8
6. Kokos • SLB 21.8
7. Doby • CLE 22.8
8. Joost • PHA 22.8
9. Chapman • PHA 24.5
10. Gordon • CLE 27.1

Outs Made

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

1. Rizzuto • NYY 494
2. Chapman • PHA 455
3. Stephens • BOS 454
Dente • WSH 454
5. Wertz • DET 452
6. Mitchell • CLE 450
7. Philley • CHW 449
8. Vernon • CLE 444
9. Pesky • BOS 440
10. DiMaggio • BOS 439

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 90.98
2. Joost • PHA 45.35
3. Henrich • NYY 44.80
4. DiMaggio • NYY 42.00
5. Stephens • BOS 39.49
6. Valo • PHA 32.53
7. Pesky • BOS 31.27
8. DiMaggio • BOS 28.55
9. Wertz • DET 27.79
10. Robinson • WSH 23.69

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 7.4
2. Henrich • NYY 5.4
3. Joost • PHA 4.5
4. Stephens • BOS 4.1
5. DiMaggio • NYY 3.4
6. Valo • PHA 3.4
7. Wertz • DET 3.2
8. Fain • PHA 3.1
9. Pesky • BOS 2.9
10. DiMaggio • BOS 2.7

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 8.2
2. Stephens • BOS 4.0
3. Henrich • NYY 3.8
4. Joost • PHA 3.8
5. DiMaggio • NYY 3.3
6. Doby • CLE 2.8
7. Valo • PHA 2.3
8. DiMaggio • BOS 2.1
9. Doerr • BOS 2.0
10. Kell • DET 2.0

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. Henrich • NYY 21.5
2. Williams • BOS 17.4
3. DiMaggio • NYY 13.3
4. Pesky • BOS 10.9
5. Lindell • NYY 10.4
6. Johnson • NYY 6.8
7. Doerr • BOS 6.5
8. Joost • PHA 5.2
9. Berra • NYY 5.0
10. Valo • PHA 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. Williams • BOS 8.4
2. Joost • PHA 4.5
3. Henrich • NYY 4.3
4. DiMaggio • NYY 4.0
5. Stephens • BOS 3.7
6. Valo • PHA 3.2
7. Pesky • BOS 2.9
8. Wertz • DET 2.7
9. DiMaggio • BOS 2.7
10. Robinson • WSH 2.3

rOBA

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

1. Williams • BOS .516
2. Henrich • NYY .438
3. Stephens • BOS .428
4. Kell • DET .423
5. Joost • PHA .422
6. Doerr • BOS .415
7. Sievers • SLB .405
8. Appling • CHW .404
9. Michaels • CHW .399
10. Wertz • DET .398

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 203
2. Henrich • NYY 158
3. Joost • PHA 150
4. Kell • DET 150
5. Appling • CHW 144
6. Stephens • BOS 144
7. Michaels • CHW 139
8. Doerr • BOS 136
9. Doby • CLE 134
10. Valo • PHA 134

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