American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mantle • NYY 9.5
2. Kaline • DET 8.2
3. Pierce • CHW 6.9
Williams • BOS 6.9
5. Wynn • CLE 6.1
6. Hoeft • DET 5.4
7. Bauer • NYY 5.3
8. Score • CLE 5.3
9. Fox • CHW 5.1
10. McDougald • NYY 5.1
WAR Position Players
1. Mantle • NYY 9.5
2. Kaline • DET 8.2
3. Williams • BOS 6.9
4. Bauer • NYY 5.3
5. Fox • CHW 5.1
6. McDougald • NYY 5.1
7. Smith • CLE 4.7
8. Piersall • BOS 4.6
9. Berra • NYY 4.5
10. Doby • CLE 3.7
Offensive WAR
1. Mantle • NYY 8.4
2. Kaline • DET 7.1
3. Williams • BOS 6.1
4. Smith • CLE 5.4
5. Berra • NYY 4.1
6. Kuenn • DET 4.0
7. Fox • CHW 3.8
8. Bauer • NYY 3.6
9. Doby • CLE 3.6
10. Power • KCA 3.5
Defensive WAR
1. Piersall • BOS 2.7
2. McDougald • NYY 2.1
3. Fox • CHW 1.9
4. Carrasquel • CHW 1.9
5. Hunter • NYY 1.6
6. Bauer • NYY 1.1
7. Mantle • NYY 1.1
8. Berra • NYY 1.0
9. Miranda • BAL 1.0
10. Lollar • CHW 1.0
Batting Average
1. Kaline • DET .340
2. Power • KCA .319
3. Kell • CHW .312
4. Fox • CHW .311
5. Kuenn • DET .306
6. Smith • CLE .306
7. Mantle • NYY .306
8. Vernon • WSH .301
9. Philley • 2TM .299
10. Goodman • BOS .294
On-Base%
1. Mantle • NYY .431
2. Kaline • DET .421
3. Smith • CLE .407
4. Goodman • BOS .394
5. Kell • CHW .389
6. Miñoso • CHW .387
7. Vernon • WSH .384
8. Lollar • CHW .374
9. Doby • CLE .369
10. Jensen • BOS .369
Slugging %
1. Mantle • NYY .611
2. Kaline • DET .546
3. Zernial • KCA .508
4. Doby • CLE .505
5. Power • KCA .505
6. Sievers • WSH .489
7. Jensen • BOS .479
8. Boone • DET .476
9. Smith • CLE .473
10. Berra • NYY .470
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Mantle • NYY 1.042
2. Kaline • DET .967
3. Smith • CLE .880
4. Doby • CLE .874
5. Power • KCA .859
6. Sievers • WSH .853
7. Jensen • BOS .848
8. Vernon • WSH .835
9. Boone • DET .822
10. Bauer • NYY .821
Games Played
1. Fox • CHW 154
Smith • CLE 154
Tuttle • DET 154
4. Miranda • BAL 153
5. Jensen • BOS 152
Kaline • DET 152
7. Finigan • KCA 150
Vernon • WSH 150
9. Goodman • BOS 149
Piersall • BOS 149
At Bats
1. Fox • CHW 636
2. Kuenn • DET 620
3. Smith • CLE 607
4. Tuttle • DET 603
5. Goodman • BOS 599
6. Power • KCA 596
7. Kaline • DET 588
8. Jensen • BOS 574
9. Finigan • KCA 545
10. White • BOS 544
Plate Appearances
1. Smith • CLE 725
2. Goodman • BOS 716
3. Fox • CHW 709
4. Tuttle • DET 698
5. Jensen • BOS 681
Kaline • DET 681
7. Kuenn • DET 666
8. Ávila • CLE 643
9. Power • KCA 639
10. Mantle • NYY 638
Runs Scored
1. Smith • CLE 123
2. Kaline • DET 121
Mantle • NYY 121
4. Tuttle • DET 102
5. Kuenn • DET 101
6. Goodman • BOS 100
Fox • CHW 100
8. Bauer • NYY 97
9. Jensen • BOS 95
10. Doby • CLE 91
Power • KCA 91
Hits
1. Kaline • DET 200
2. Fox • CHW 198
3. Kuenn • DET 190
Power • KCA 190
5. Smith • CLE 186
6. Goodman • BOS 176
7. Tuttle • DET 168
8. Vernon • WSH 162
9. Jensen • BOS 158
Mantle • NYY 158
Total Bases
1. Kaline • DET 321
2. Mantle • NYY 316
3. Power • KCA 301
4. Smith • CLE 287
5. Jensen • BOS 275
6. Kuenn • DET 262
7. Fox • CHW 258
8. Berra • NYY 254
9. Sievers • WSH 249
10. Doby • CLE 248
Doubles
1. Kuenn • DET 38
2. Power • KCA 34
3. Goodman • BOS 31
4. White • BOS 30
Finigan • KCA 30
6. Fox • CHW 28
7. Jensen • BOS 27
Smith • CLE 27
9. Klaus • BOS 26
Miñoso • CHW 26
Triples
1. Carey • NYY 11
Mantle • NYY 11
3. Power • KCA 10
4. Kaline • DET 8
McDougald • NYY 8
Sievers • WSH 8
Vernon • WSH 8
8. Fox • CHW 7
Miñoso • CHW 7
Boone • DET 7
Finigan • KCA 7
Howard • NYY 7
Simpson • 2TM 7
Paula • WSH 7
Home Runs
1. Mantle • NYY 37
2. Zernial • KCA 30
3. Williams • BOS 28
4. Zauchin • BOS 27
Kaline • DET 27
Berra • NYY 27
7. Jensen • BOS 26
Doby • CLE 26
9. Sievers • WSH 25
10. Smith • CLE 22
Runs Batted In
1. Jensen • BOS 116
Boone • DET 116
3. Berra • NYY 108
4. Sievers • WSH 106
5. Kaline • DET 102
6. Mantle • NYY 99
7. Zauchin • BOS 93
8. Vernon • WSH 85
9. Zernial • KCA 84
10. Williams • BOS 83
Bases on Balls
1. Mantle • NYY 113
2. Goodman • BOS 99
3. Yost • WSH 95
4. Fain • 2TM 94
5. Smith • CLE 93
6. Rosen • CLE 92
7. Williams • BOS 91
8. Abrams • BAL 89
Jensen • BOS 89
10. Ávila • CLE 82
Kaline • DET 82
Strikeouts
1. Zauchin • BOS 105
2. Doby • CLE 100
3. Mantle • NYY 97
4. Zernial • KCA 90
5. Smith • CLE 77
McDougald • NYY 77
7. Dropo • CHW 71
8. Abrams • BAL 69
9. Sievers • WSH 66
10. Bauer • NYY 65
Pope • 2TM 65
Stolen Bases
1. Rivera • CHW 25
2. Miñoso • CHW 19
3. Jensen • BOS 16
4. Busby • 2TM 12
5. Smith • CLE 11
6. Hunter • NYY 9
Torgeson • DET 9
8. Kuenn • DET 8
Mantle • NYY 8
Bauer • NYY 8
Singles
1. Fox • CHW 157
2. Goodman • BOS 143
3. Kaline • DET 141
4. Kuenn • DET 139
5. Smith • CLE 133
6. Tuttle • DET 127
Power • KCA 127
8. McDougald • NYY 121
Runnels • WSH 121
10. Klaus • BOS 118
Adjusted OPS+
1. Mantle • NYY 180
2. Kaline • DET 162
3. Smith • CLE 133
4. Sievers • WSH 133
5. Doby • CLE 130
6. Power • KCA 130
7. Vernon • WSH 129
8. Boone • DET 122
9. Bauer • NYY 121
10. Berra • NYY 120
Runs Created
1. Mantle • NYY 148
2. Kaline • DET 135
3. Smith • CLE 128
4. Williams • BOS 118
5. Power • KCA 103
6. Jensen • BOS 102
7. Fox • CHW 95
Doby • CLE 95
9. Vernon • WSH 93
10. Kuenn • DET 92
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Mantle • NYY 61
2. Williams • BOS 57
3. Kaline • DET 52
4. Smith • CLE 33
5. Valo • KCA 26
6. Vernon • WSH 24
7. Sievers • WSH 23
8. Power • KCA 21
9. Doby • CLE 20
10. Jensen • BOS 17
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Mantle • NYY 5.9
2. Williams • BOS 5.5
3. Kaline • DET 5.1
4. Smith • CLE 3.2
5. Valo • KCA 2.5
6. Vernon • WSH 2.3
7. Sievers • WSH 2.2
8. Power • KCA 2.1
9. Doby • CLE 1.9
10. Jensen • BOS 1.7
Extra Base Hits
1. Mantle • NYY 73
2. Power • KCA 63
3. Jensen • BOS 59
Kaline • DET 59
5. Smith • CLE 53
Sievers • WSH 53
7. Williams • BOS 52
8. Kuenn • DET 51
9. Berra • NYY 50
10. Boone • DET 49
Times On Base
1. Smith • CLE 294
2. Kaline • DET 287
3. Goodman • BOS 278
4. Mantle • NYY 274
5. Fox • CHW 253
6. Jensen • BOS 250
7. Tuttle • DET 245
8. Vernon • WSH 239
9. Miñoso • CHW 235
10. Kuenn • DET 231
Offensive Win %
1. Mantle • NYY .826
2. Kaline • DET .764
3. Smith • CLE .725
4. Doby • CLE .688
5. Power • KCA .651
6. Kell • CHW .637
7. Bauer • NYY .637
8. Sievers • WSH .628
9. Vernon • WSH .628
10. Jensen • BOS .618
Hit By Pitch
1. Fox • CHW 17
2. Smith • CLE 15
3. Yost • WSH 11
4. Miñoso • CHW 10
Lollar • CHW 10
6. Bauer • NYY 8
7. Berra • NYY 7
White • BOS 7
9. Astroth • KCA 6
Kell • CHW 6
Sacrifice Hits
1. Ávila • CLE 18
2. Fox • CHW 14
Strickland • CLE 14
4. Kell • CHW 13
Tuttle • DET 13
Rizzuto • NYY 13
7. Sullivan • BOS 12
8. Hatfield • DET 11
9. Goodman • BOS 10
Rivera • CHW 10
Astroth • KCA 10
Busby • 2TM 10
Stone • WSH 10
Sacrifice Flies
1. Jensen • BOS 12
2. Rosen • CLE 8
Zernial • KCA 8
Vernon • WSH 8
5. Hegan • CLE 7
Smith • CLE 7
Boone • DET 7
Torgeson • DET 7
Carey • NYY 7
McDougald • NYY 7
Woodling • 2TM 7
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Williams • BOS 17
2. Kaline • DET 12
Lollar • CHW 12
4. Vernon • WSH 9
5. Doby • CLE 8
Dropo • CHW 8
Jensen • BOS 8
8. Robinson • NYY 7
Piersall • BOS 7
10. Astroth • KCA 6
Mantle • NYY 6
Carey • NYY 6
Woodling • 2TM 6
Berra • NYY 6
Hatfield • DET 6
Finigan • KCA 6
Power • KCA 6
Courtney • 2TM 6
Rivera • CHW 6
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Tuttle • DET 25
2. White • BOS 23
3. Jensen • BOS 20
4. Miñoso • CHW 18
Finigan • KCA 18
6. Ávila • CLE 17
Zernial • KCA 17
Sievers • WSH 17
Vernon • WSH 17
10. Smith • BAL 16
Piersall • BOS 16
Boone • DET 16
Caught Stealing
1. Rivera • CHW 16
2. Fox • CHW 9
Runnels • WSH 9
4. Abrams • BAL 8
Diering • BAL 8
Kaline • DET 8
Miñoso • CHW 8
8. Jensen • BOS 7
9. Smith • CLE 6
10. Simpson • 2TM 5
Woodling • 2TM 5
Goodman • BOS 5
DeMaestri • KCA 5
SB %
1. Miñoso • CHW 70.37
2. Jensen • BOS 69.57
3. Smith • CLE 64.71
4. Rivera • CHW 60.98
5. Fox • CHW 43.75
Power-Speed #
1. Jensen • BOS 19.8
2. Smith • CLE 14.7
3. Rivera • CHW 14.3
4. Mantle • NYY 13.2
5. Miñoso • CHW 13.1
6. Bauer • NYY 11.4
7. Kaline • DET 9.8
8. Torgeson • DET 9.0
9. Busby • 2TM 8.8
10. Tuttle • DET 8.4
AB per SO
1. Fox • CHW 42.4
2. Berra • NYY 27.1
3. Kuenn • DET 23.0
4. Power • KCA 22.1
5. Smith • BAL 20.2
6. Goodman • BOS 13.6
7. Lollar • CHW 12.5
8. Klaus • BOS 12.3
9. Woodling • 2TM 12.2
10. Miñoso • CHW 12.0
AB per HR
1. Zernial • KCA 13.8
2. Mantle • NYY 14.0
3. Zauchin • BOS 17.7
4. Doby • CLE 18.9
5. Berra • NYY 20.0
6. Sievers • WSH 20.4
7. Kaline • DET 21.8
8. Jensen • BOS 22.1
9. Rosen • CLE 23.4
10. Dropo • CHW 23.8
Outs Made
1. Tuttle • DET 481
2. Fox • CHW 473
3. Jensen • BOS 458
4. Goodman • BOS 455
5. Kuenn • DET 445
6. Smith • CLE 441
7. White • BOS 435
8. Ávila • CLE 434
9. Finigan • KCA 433
10. Power • KCA 428
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Mantle • NYY 67.41
2. Williams • BOS 65.51
3. Kaline • DET 60.33
4. Smith • CLE 38.97
5. Boone • DET 37.33
6. Valo • KCA 34.65
7. Sievers • WSH 29.80
8. Berra • NYY 27.73
9. Yost • WSH 26.30
10. Vernon • WSH 26.10
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Williams • BOS 6.4
2. Mantle • NYY 6.3
3. Kaline • DET 4.4
4. Valo • KCA 4.1
5. Berra • NYY 3.8
6. Boone • DET 3.0
7. Smith • CLE 2.8
8. Kell • CHW 2.5
9. Slaughter • 2TM 2.4
10. Power • KCA 2.2
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Mantle • NYY 7.5
2. Williams • BOS 6.0
3. Kaline • DET 5.0
4. Smith • CLE 3.3
5. Valo • KCA 3.0
6. Boone • DET 2.4
7. Doby • CLE 2.3
8. Power • KCA 2.3
9. Bauer • NYY 2.2
10. Yost • WSH 2.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Mantle • NYY 22.1
2. Berra • NYY 17.3
3. Bauer • NYY 12.0
4. Williams • BOS 7.9
5. Smith • CLE 6.3
6. Evers • 2TM 5.4
7. Ávila • CLE 5.3
8. Kell • CHW 5.1
9. Kiner • CLE 4.2
10. Kaline • DET 4.2
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Mantle • NYY 6.5
2. Williams • BOS 6.0
3. Kaline • DET 5.9
4. Smith • CLE 3.7
5. Boone • DET 3.7
6. Valo • KCA 3.4
7. Sievers • WSH 3.0
8. Berra • NYY 2.7
9. Yost • WSH 2.6
10. Vernon • WSH 2.6

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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements