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. Shantz • PHA 9.4
2. Pierce • CHW 7.4
3. Doby • CLE 7.0
4. Mantle • NYY 6.3
5. Rosen • CLE 6.0
6. Lemon • CLE 5.8
7. Berra • NYY 5.7
8. Porterfield • WSH 5.3
9. Rizzuto • NYY 5.3
10. Garcia • CLE 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. Doby • CLE 7.0
2. Mantle • NYY 6.3
3. Rosen • CLE 6.0
4. Berra • NYY 5.7
5. Rizzuto • NYY 5.3
6. Ávila • CLE 4.9
7. Fain • PHA 4.8
8. Bauer • NYY 4.3
9. Joost • PHA 4.1
10. Miñoso • CHW 4.1

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. Doby • CLE 6.4
2. Mantle • NYY 6.3
3. Rosen • CLE 6.3
4. Ávila • CLE 5.2
5. Berra • NYY 5.1
6. Joost • PHA 4.9
7. Fain • PHA 4.5
8. Robinson • CHW 4.0
9. Bauer • NYY 3.8
10. Yost • WSH 3.7

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 3.2
2. Martin • NYY 2.2
3. McDougald • NYY 1.7
4. Fox • CHW 1.6
5. Berra • NYY 1.1
6. Goodman • BOS 1.0
7. Lipon • 2TM 1.0
8. Miranda • 2TM 0.8
9. Courtney • SLB 0.8
10. White • BOS 0.7
Stephens • BOS 0.7

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. Fain • PHA .327
2. Mitchell • CLE .323
3. Mantle • NYY .311
4. Kell • 2TM .311
5. Woodling • NYY .309
6. Goodman • BOS .306
7. Rosen • CLE .302
8. Ávila • CLE .300
9. Fox • CHW .296
Robinson • CHW .296

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. Fain • PHA .438
2. Valo • PHA .432 **
3. Woodling • NYY .397
4. Mantle • NYY .394
5. Joost • PHA .388
6. Rosen • CLE .387
7. Mitchell • CLE .387
8. Doby • CLE .383
9. Robinson • CHW .382
10. Wertz • 2TM .381

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. Doby • CLE .541
2. Mantle • NYY .530
3. Rosen • CLE .524
4. Easter • CLE .513
5. Wertz • 2TM .506
6. Collins • NYY .481
7. Berra • NYY .478
8. Dropo • 2TM .477
9. Woodling • NYY .473
10. Robinson • CHW .466

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. Mantle • NYY .924
2. Doby • CLE .924
3. Rosen • CLE .911
4. Wertz • 2TM .887
5. Woodling • NYY .870
6. Fain • PHA .867
7. Easter • CLE .850
8. Robinson • CHW .848
9. Collins • NYY .845
10. Berra • NYY .835

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Yost • WSH 157
2. Robinson • CHW 155
3. Vernon • WSH 154
4. Fox • CHW 152
McDougald • NYY 152
Rizzuto • NYY 152
Dropo • 2TM 152
Runnels • WSH 152
9. Philley • PHA 151
Jensen • 2TM 151

At Bats

At Bats

1. Fox • CHW 648
2. Ávila • CLE 597
3. Robinson • CHW 594
4. Dropo • 2TM 591
5. Jensen • 2TM 589
6. Yost • WSH 587
7. Philley • PHA 586
8. Rizzuto • NYY 578
9. Young • SLB 575
10. Miñoso • CHW 569
Vernon • WSH 569

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. Yost • WSH 734
2. Fox • CHW 700
3. Ávila • CLE 684
4. Robinson • CHW 681
5. Rizzuto • NYY 673
6. Joost • PHA 669
7. Miñoso • CHW 668
8. Philley • PHA 666
9. Jensen • 2TM 664
Vernon • WSH 664

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Doby • CLE 104
2. Ávila • CLE 102
3. Rosen • CLE 101
4. Berra • NYY 97
5. Miñoso • CHW 96
6. Mantle • NYY 94
Joost • PHA 94
8. Yost • WSH 92
9. Rizzuto • NYY 89
10. Bauer • NYY 86

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Fox • CHW 192
2. Ávila • CLE 179
3. Robinson • CHW 176
Fain • PHA 176
5. Rosen • CLE 171
Mantle • NYY 171
7. Mitchell • CLE 165
Jensen • 2TM 165
9. Dropo • 2TM 163
10. Bauer • NYY 162

Total Bases

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

1. Rosen • CLE 297
2. Mantle • NYY 291
3. Dropo • 2TM 282
4. Doby • CLE 281
5. Robinson • CHW 277
6. Bauer • NYY 256
7. Berra • NYY 255
8. Ávila • CLE 248
Zernial • PHA 248
10. Miñoso • CHW 241

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Fain • PHA 43
2. Mantle • NYY 37
3. Robinson • CHW 33
Vernon • WSH 33
5. Rosen • CLE 32
Yost • WSH 32
7. Bauer • NYY 31
8. Jensen • 2TM 30
9. Goodman • BOS 27
10. Ávila • CLE 26
Doby • CLE 26
Mitchell • CLE 26
Joost • PHA 26
Valo • PHA 26

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Ávila • CLE 11
2. Fox • CHW 10
Simpson • CLE 10
Rizzuto • NYY 10
5. Miñoso • CHW 9
Young • SLB 9
Rivera • 2TM 9
Vernon • WSH 9
9. Doby • CLE 8
Collins • NYY 8
Michaels • 3TM 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Doby • CLE 32
2. Easter • CLE 31
3. Berra • NYY 30
4. Zernial • PHA 29
Dropo • 2TM 29
6. Rosen • CLE 28
7. Mantle • NYY 23
Wertz • 2TM 23
9. Robinson • CHW 22
10. Joost • PHA 20

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Rosen • CLE 105
2. Robinson • CHW 104
Doby • CLE 104
4. Zernial • PHA 100
5. Berra • NYY 98
6. Easter • CLE 97
Dropo • 2TM 97
8. Mantle • NYY 87
9. Jensen • 2TM 82
10. Vernon • WSH 80

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Yost • WSH 129
2. Joost • PHA 122
3. Fain • PHA 105
4. Valo • PHA 101
5. Doby • CLE 90
6. Vernon • WSH 89
7. Rosen • CLE 75
Mantle • NYY 75
9. Runnels • WSH 72
10. Miñoso • CHW 71

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Doby • CLE 111
Mantle • NYY 111
3. Joost • PHA 94
4. Zernial • PHA 87
5. Rivera • 2TM 86
6. Dropo • 2TM 85
7. Easter • CLE 84
8. Gernert • BOS 83
9. Simpson • CLE 82
10. McDougald • NYY 73
Nieman • SLB 73
Yost • WSH 73

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Miñoso • CHW 22
2. Rivera • 2TM 21
3. Jensen • 2TM 18
4. Rizzuto • NYY 17
5. Throneberry • BOS 16
6. Valo • PHA 12
Ávila • CLE 12
8. Philley • PHA 11
9. Coan • WSH 9
10. Rosen • CLE 8
Goodman • BOS 8

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Fox • CHW 157
2. Runnels • WSH 136
3. Ávila • CLE 135
4. Mitchell • CLE 131
5. Fain • PHA 128
6. Goodman • BOS 123
7. Groth • DET 121
8. Robinson • CHW 120
9. Jensen • 2TM 119
10. Philley • PHA 118

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Doby • CLE 163
2. Mantle • NYY 162
3. Rosen • CLE 160
4. Wertz • 2TM 145
5. Easter • CLE 142
6. Collins • NYY 140
7. Berra • NYY 137
8. Fain • PHA 136
9. Robinson • CHW 134
10. Bauer • NYY 132

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. Mantle • NYY 115
2. Rosen • CLE 113
3. Doby • CLE 108
4. Robinson • CHW 103
5. Fain • PHA 100
6. Ávila • CLE 90
7. Berra • NYY 89
Dropo • 2TM 89
9. Bauer • NYY 88
10. Zernial • PHA 86

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. Mantle • NYY 46
2. Rosen • CLE 45
3. Doby • CLE 44
4. Fain • PHA 35
5. Robinson • CHW 29
6. Woodling • NYY 27
7. Wertz • 2TM 26
8. Berra • NYY 25
9. Valo • PHA 23
10. Bauer • NYY 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. Mantle • NYY 4.7
2. Rosen • CLE 4.6
3. Doby • CLE 4.5
4. Fain • PHA 3.6
5. Robinson • CHW 3.0
6. Woodling • NYY 2.8
7. Wertz • 2TM 2.6
8. Berra • NYY 2.6
9. Valo • PHA 2.4
10. Bauer • NYY 2.3

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Mantle • NYY 67
2. Doby • CLE 66
3. Rosen • CLE 65
4. Dropo • 2TM 57
5. Robinson • CHW 56
6. Bauer • NYY 54
7. Vernon • WSH 52
8. Joost • PHA 49
9. Berra • NYY 48
Fain • PHA 48

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. Fain • PHA 282
2. Yost • WSH 274
3. Joost • PHA 259
4. Robinson • CHW 258
5. Rosen • CLE 250
6. Ávila • CLE 247
7. Mantle • NYY 246
8. Miñoso • CHW 245
9. Jensen • 2TM 235
10. Doby • CLE 233

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. Mantle • NYY .770
2. Doby • CLE .749
3. Rosen • CLE .733
4. Wertz • 2TM .722
5. Fain • PHA .718
6. Robinson • CHW .692
7. Collins • NYY .677
8. Easter • CLE .669
9. Berra • NYY .663
10. Valo • PHA .659

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Miñoso • CHW 14
2. Lollar • CHW 12
Robinson • CHW 12
4. Martin • NYY 8
Yost • WSH 8
6. Hatfield • 2TM 7
7. Delsing • 2TM 6
Noren • 2TM 6
9. Gernert • BOS 5
Easter • CLE 5
Rizzuto • NYY 5
Joost • PHA 5

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Rizzuto • NYY 23
2. Ávila • CLE 19
3. Philley • PHA 17
4. McDougald • NYY 16
5. Fox • CHW 15
6. Goodman • BOS 14
Miñoso • CHW 14
Lipon • 2TM 14
9. Shantz • PHA 13
10. Dobson • CHW 10
Garcia • CLE 10
Raschi • NYY 10
Hitchcock • PHA 10
Busby • 2TM 10
Yost • WSH 10

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Robinson • CHW 16
2. Mele • 2TM 11
Simpson • CLE 11
Zernial • PHA 11
5. Mantle • NYY 10
Doby • CLE 10
7. Rosen • CLE 9
Vernon • WSH 9
Easter • CLE 9
Berra • NYY 9

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. Philley • PHA 29
2. Dropo • 2TM 26
3. Fain • PHA 19
4. Rosen • CLE 18
Astroth • PHA 18
Mele • 2TM 18
7. Souchock • DET 17
Hoderlein • WSH 17
9. Ávila • CLE 16
Jensen • 2TM 16

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Miñoso • CHW 16
2. Valo • PHA 11
3. Groth • DET 10
Runnels • WSH 10
Ávila • CLE 10
6. Rivera • 2TM 9
7. DiMaggio • BOS 8
Priddy • DET 8
Joost • PHA 8
Busby • 2TM 8

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Jensen • 2TM 75.00
2. Rizzuto • NYY 73.91
3. Rivera • 2TM 70.00
4. Throneberry • BOS 69.57
5. Miñoso • CHW 57.90
6. Ávila • CLE 54.55
7. Valo • PHA 52.17

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. Miñoso • CHW 16.3
2. Jensen • 2TM 12.9
3. Rosen • CLE 12.4
4. Rivera • 2TM 10.5
5. Bauer • NYY 8.9
6. Ávila • CLE 8.8
7. Doby • CLE 8.6
8. Philley • PHA 8.6
9. Zernial • PHA 8.5
10. Vernon • WSH 8.2

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 56.8
2. Fox • CHW 46.3
3. Goodman • BOS 22.3
4. Berra • NYY 22.3
5. Fain • PHA 20.7
6. Kell • 2TM 18.6
7. Rodríguez • CHW 18.5
8. Philley • PHA 16.7
9. Ávila • CLE 16.6
10. Courtney • SLB 15.9

AB per HR

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

1. Easter • CLE 14.1
2. Doby • CLE 16.2
3. Berra • NYY 17.8
4. Wertz • 2TM 18.0
5. Zernial • PHA 18.9
6. Rosen • CLE 20.3
7. Dropo • 2TM 20.4
8. Gernert • BOS 19.3 **
9. Collins • NYY 23.8
10. Mantle • NYY 23.9

Outs Made

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

1. Fox • CHW 487
2. Philley • PHA 482
3. Yost • WSH 472
4. Rizzuto • NYY 469
5. Ávila • CLE 463
6. Dropo • 2TM 457
7. Miñoso • CHW 454
8. Busby • 2TM 451
Jensen • 2TM 451
10. Vernon • WSH 449

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. Doby • CLE 49.12
2. Mantle • NYY 45.24
3. Rosen • CLE 44.63
4. Robinson • CHW 43.53
5. Fain • PHA 33.92
6. Woodling • NYY 32.95
7. Berra • NYY 32.33
8. Valo • PHA 31.05
9. Goodman • BOS 30.48
10. Easter • CLE 28.80

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. Doby • CLE 4.2
2. Fain • PHA 4.2
3. Mantle • NYY 4.1
4. Robinson • CHW 3.9
5. Rosen • CLE 3.8
6. Berra • NYY 3.7
7. Wertz • 2TM 3.4
8. Goodman • BOS 3.2
9. Easter • CLE 2.9
10. Valo • PHA 2.8

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. Doby • CLE 4.8
2. Mantle • NYY 4.1
3. Rosen • CLE 3.6
4. Robinson • CHW 3.6
5. Fain • PHA 3.3
6. Berra • NYY 3.2
7. Valo • PHA 2.7
8. Wertz • 2TM 2.7
9. Bauer • NYY 2.5
10. Miñoso • CHW 2.4

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. Berra • NYY 20.6
2. Mantle • NYY 19.6
3. Doby • CLE 14.4
4. Woodling • NYY 13.0
5. Rosen • CLE 12.9
6. Easter • CLE 11.9
7. Collins • NYY 7.5
8. Gernert • BOS 4.5
9. Goodman • BOS 4.3
10. Mitchell • CLE 4.0

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. Doby • CLE 5.2
2. Mantle • NYY 4.8
3. Rosen • CLE 4.7
4. Robinson • CHW 4.4
5. Woodling • NYY 3.5
6. Berra • NYY 3.4
7. Fain • PHA 3.4
8. Valo • PHA 3.1
9. Easter • CLE 3.1
10. Goodman • BOS 3.0

rOBA

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

1. Mantle • NYY .417
2. Doby • CLE .414
3. Rosen • CLE .414
4. Fain • PHA .408
5. Wertz • 2TM .405
6. Valo • PHA .394
7. Robinson • CHW .389
8. Collins • NYY .385
9. Berra • NYY .383
10. Easter • CLE .381

Rbat+

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

1. Rosen • CLE 170
2. Mantle • NYY 170
3. Doby • CLE 170
4. Wertz • 2TM 154
5. Fain • PHA 153
6. Collins • NYY 148
7. Berra • NYY 148
8. Easter • CLE 147
9. Valo • PHA 146
10. Mitchell • CLE 144

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