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. Mantle • NYY 8.7
2. Lary • DET 6.7
3. Kaline • DET 6.5
4. Cerv • KCA 6.4
5. Colavito • CLE 6.0
6. Runnels • BOS 5.5
7. Harshman • BAL 5.2
8. Pierce • CHW 5.1
9. Miñoso • CLE 5.0
10. Jensen • BOS 4.9

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. Mantle • NYY 8.7
2. Kaline • DET 6.5
3. Cerv • KCA 6.4
4. Colavito • CLE 5.8
5. Runnels • BOS 5.5
6. Miñoso • CLE 5.0
7. Jensen • BOS 4.9
8. Siebern • NYY 4.8
9. Power • 2TM 4.7
10. Aparicio • CHW 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. Mantle • NYY 9.2
2. Colavito • CLE 5.9
3. Williams • BOS 5.8
4. Cerv • KCA 5.2
5. Runnels • BOS 5.1
6. Jensen • BOS 4.8
7. Miñoso • CLE 4.4
8. Sievers • WSH 4.4
9. Power • 2TM 4.0
10. Landis • CHW 3.9

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. Aparicio • CHW 2.9
2. Kubek • NYY 2.3
3. Kaline • DET 2.2
4. Bolling • DET 1.9
5. Piersall • BOS 1.4
6. DeMaestri • KCA 1.4
7. Fox • CHW 1.3
8. Malzone • BOS 1.2
9. McDougald • NYY 1.0
10. Busby • BAL 1.0

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. Williams • BOS .328
2. Runnels • BOS .322
3. Kuenn • DET .319
4. Kaline • DET .313
5. Power • 2TM .312
6. Cerv • KCA .305
7. Mantle • NYY .304
8. Colavito • CLE .303
9. Miñoso • CLE .302
10. Fox • CHW .300

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 .458
2. Mantle • NYY .443
3. Runnels • BOS .416
4. Colavito • CLE .405
5. Jensen • BOS .396
6. Siebern • NYY .388
7. Miñoso • CLE .383
8. Woodling • BAL .378
9. Kaline • DET .374
10. Kuenn • DET .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. Colavito • CLE .620
2. Cerv • KCA .592
3. Mantle • NYY .592
4. Williams • BOS .584
5. Sievers • WSH .544
6. Jensen • BOS .535
7. Kaline • DET .490
8. Power • 2TM .490
9. Miñoso • CLE .484
10. Harris • DET .481

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 1.042
2. Mantle • NYY 1.035
3. Colavito • CLE 1.024
4. Cerv • KCA .963
5. Jensen • BOS .931
6. Sievers • WSH .900
7. Miñoso • CLE .867
8. Kaline • DET .864
9. Runnels • BOS .854
10. Siebern • NYY .842

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Malzone • BOS 155
Fox • CHW 155
3. Jensen • BOS 154
Bolling • DET 154
5. Gardner • BAL 151
López • KCA 151
7. Mantle • NYY 150
Maris • 2TM 150
9. Miñoso • CLE 149
10. Tuttle • KCA 148
Sievers • WSH 148

At Bats

At Bats

1. Malzone • BOS 627
2. Fox • CHW 623
3. Bolling • DET 610
4. Power • 2TM 590
5. Maris • 2TM 583
6. Runnels • BOS 568
7. López • KCA 564
8. Kuenn • DET 561
9. Gardner • BAL 560
10. Kubek • NYY 559

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. Fox • CHW 698
2. Bolling • DET 681
3. Malzone • BOS 673
4. Runnels • BOS 666
5. Jensen • BOS 655
6. Mantle • NYY 654
7. Miñoso • CLE 638
8. Maris • 2TM 637
9. López • KCA 631
10. Power • 2TM 620

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Mantle • NYY 127
2. Runnels • BOS 103
3. Power • 2TM 98
4. Miñoso • CLE 94
5. Cerv • KCA 93
6. Bolling • DET 91
7. Maris • 2TM 87
8. Sievers • WSH 85
9. Kaline • DET 84
López • KCA 84

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Fox • CHW 187
2. Malzone • BOS 185
3. Power • 2TM 184
4. Runnels • BOS 183
5. Kuenn • DET 179
6. Kaline • DET 170
7. Miñoso • CLE 168
8. Bolling • DET 164
9. Sievers • WSH 162
10. Mantle • NYY 158

Total Bases

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

1. Mantle • NYY 307
2. Cerv • KCA 305
3. Colavito • CLE 303
4. Sievers • WSH 299
5. Jensen • BOS 293
6. Power • 2TM 289
7. Miñoso • CLE 269
8. Kaline • DET 266
9. Malzone • BOS 264
10. Maris • 2TM 251

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Kuenn • DET 39
2. Power • 2TM 37
3. Kaline • DET 34
4. Runnels • BOS 32
5. Jensen • BOS 31
6. Malzone • BOS 30
7. Gardner • BAL 28
López • KCA 28
9. Colavito • CLE 26
10. Buddin • BOS 25
Miñoso • CLE 25
Bolling • DET 25
Pearson • WSH 25

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Power • 2TM 10
2. Tuttle • KCA 9
Lemon • WSH 9
Aparicio • CHW 9
5. Harris • DET 8
6. Cerv • KCA 7
Martyn • KCA 7
Kaline • DET 7
Landis • CHW 7
10. Plews • WSH 6
Bauer • NYY 6
Fox • CHW 6

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Mantle • NYY 42
2. Colavito • CLE 41
3. Sievers • WSH 39
4. Cerv • KCA 38
5. Jensen • BOS 35
6. Triandos • BAL 30
7. Maris • 2TM 28
8. Williams • BOS 26
Lemon • WSH 26
10. Miñoso • CLE 24

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Jensen • BOS 122
2. Colavito • CLE 113
3. Sievers • WSH 108
4. Cerv • KCA 104
5. Mantle • NYY 97
6. Berra • NYY 90
7. Malzone • BOS 87
8. Williams • BOS 85
Kaline • DET 85
10. Lollar • CHW 84

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Mantle • NYY 129
2. Jensen • BOS 99
3. Williams • BOS 98
4. Runnels • BOS 87
5. Colavito • CLE 84
6. Buddin • BOS 82
7. Yost • WSH 81
8. Tuttle • KCA 74
9. Woodling • BAL 66
Siebern • NYY 66

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Mantle • NYY 120
Lemon • WSH 120
3. Buddin • BOS 106
4. Colavito • CLE 89
5. Siebern • NYY 87
6. Maris • 2TM 85
7. DeMaestri • KCA 84
8. Cerv • KCA 82
9. Landis • CHW 80
10. Gernert • BOS 78

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Aparicio • CHW 29
2. Rivera • CHW 21
3. Landis • CHW 19
4. Mantle • NYY 18
5. Miñoso • CLE 14
6. Piersall • BOS 12
Harrell • CLE 12
8. Wilson • DET 10
9. Jensen • BOS 9
10. Pilarcik • BAL 7
Tuttle • KCA 7
Kaline • DET 7
Pearson • WSH 7
Torgeson • CHW 7

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Fox • CHW 160
2. Malzone • BOS 138
Runnels • BOS 138
4. Kuenn • DET 129
5. Kubek • NYY 124
6. Bolling • DET 121
Power • 2TM 121
8. Aparicio • CHW 117
Miñoso • CLE 117
10. Kaline • DET 113
Pearson • WSH 113

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Mantle • NYY 188
2. Colavito • CLE 180
3. Williams • BOS 179
4. Cerv • KCA 159
5. Jensen • BOS 148
6. Sievers • WSH 147
7. Miñoso • CLE 139
8. Siebern • NYY 136
9. Runnels • BOS 130
10. Kaline • DET 130

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 147
2. Colavito • CLE 122
3. Jensen • BOS 120
4. Williams • BOS 112
5. Runnels • BOS 107
6. Cerv • KCA 106
Sievers • WSH 106
8. Miñoso • CLE 101
9. Kaline • DET 96
10. Power • 2TM 93

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 69
2. Colavito • CLE 55
3. Williams • BOS 52
4. Jensen • BOS 40
5. Cerv • KCA 39
6. Sievers • WSH 34
7. Miñoso • CLE 31
8. Nieman • BAL 29
9. Runnels • BOS 29
10. Siebern • NYY 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. Mantle • NYY 6.9
2. Colavito • CLE 5.5
3. Williams • BOS 5.2
4. Jensen • BOS 4.0
5. Cerv • KCA 3.9
6. Sievers • WSH 3.4
7. Miñoso • CLE 3.1
8. Nieman • BAL 2.9
9. Runnels • BOS 2.9
10. Siebern • NYY 2.4

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Colavito • CLE 70
2. Jensen • BOS 66
3. Cerv • KCA 65
4. Mantle • NYY 64
5. Power • 2TM 63
6. Sievers • WSH 58
7. Kaline • DET 57
8. Williams • BOS 51
Miñoso • CLE 51
Maris • 2TM 51

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. Mantle • NYY 289
2. Runnels • BOS 276
3. Jensen • BOS 259
4. Fox • CHW 245
5. Miñoso • CLE 242
6. Williams • BOS 237
7. Colavito • CLE 234
8. Kuenn • DET 230
9. Kaline • DET 226
10. Malzone • BOS 222
Bolling • DET 222

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 .834
2. Williams • BOS .825
3. Colavito • CLE .795
4. Jensen • BOS .747
5. Cerv • KCA .731
6. Runnels • BOS .711
7. Sievers • WSH .706
8. Siebern • NYY .675
9. Miñoso • CLE .674
10. Kaline • DET .673

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Miñoso • CLE 15
2. Fox • CHW 11
3. Courtney • WSH 9
Yost • WSH 9
5. Landis • CHW 8
Lollar • CHW 8
7. Runnels • BOS 6
Carey • NYY 6
Held • 2TM 6
10. Robinson • BAL 5
Smith • CHW 5
Cerv • KCA 5

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Martin • DET 13
2. Fox • CHW 12
Ávila • CLE 12
4. Sisler • BOS 11
Pearson • WSH 11
6. Williams • BAL 10
7. Buddin • BOS 9
Landis • CHW 9
Lary • DET 9
10. Sullivan • BOS 8
Aparicio • CHW 8
Moran • CLE 8
Kubek • NYY 8
Hunter • 2TM 8

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Bolling • DET 9
López • KCA 9
3. Smith • KCA 8
4. Triandos • BAL 7
Rivera • CHW 7
Bertoia • DET 7
Sievers • WSH 7
8. Piersall • BOS 6
Harris • DET 6
Martin • DET 6
Chiti • KCA 6
Berra • NYY 6
McDougald • NYY 6
Power • 2TM 6
Yost • WSH 6
Zauchin • WSH 6

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Mantle • NYY 13
2. Williams • BOS 12
3. Cerv • KCA 10
4. Kuenn • DET 8
5. Jensen • BOS 7
6. Howard • NYY 6
Kaline • DET 6
Colavito • CLE 6
9. Fox • CHW 5
Wilson • DET 5
Berra • NYY 5
Rivera • CHW 5
Nieman • BAL 5
Martyn • KCA 5

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. López • KCA 23
2. Triandos • BAL 22
3. Malzone • BOS 21
4. Robinson • BAL 19
Williams • BOS 19
Cerv • KCA 19
7. Kaline • DET 18
8. Williams • BAL 17
Smith • CHW 17
Tuttle • KCA 17

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Miñoso • CLE 14
2. Kuenn • DET 10
3. Tuttle • KCA 9
4. Pearson • WSH 8
Siebern • NYY 8
Nieman • BAL 8
7. Landis • CHW 7
Ávila • CLE 7
9. Williams • BAL 6
Aparicio • CHW 6
Fox • CHW 6
Baxes • KCA 6
Yost • WSH 6

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Rivera • CHW 87.50
2. Mantle • NYY 85.71
3. Aparicio • CHW 82.86
4. Landis • CHW 73.08
5. Miñoso • CLE 50.00
6. Tuttle • KCA 43.75

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. Mantle • NYY 25.2
2. Miñoso • CLE 17.7
3. Landis • CHW 16.8
4. Jensen • BOS 14.3
5. Rivera • CHW 12.6
6. Kaline • DET 9.7
7. Piersall • BOS 9.6
8. Harrell • CLE 8.8
9. Tuttle • KCA 8.6
10. McDougald • NYY 8.4
Bolling • DET 8.4

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. Fox • CHW 56.6
2. Power • 2TM 42.1
3. Courtney • WSH 19.6
4. Pearson • WSH 17.1
5. Kuenn • DET 16.5
6. Aparicio • CHW 14.7
7. Malzone • BOS 11.8
8. Runnels • BOS 11.6
9. Kaline • DET 11.6
10. Lollar • CHW 11.4

AB per HR

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

1. Colavito • CLE 11.9
2. Mantle • NYY 12.4
3. Cerv • KCA 13.6
4. Sievers • WSH 14.1
5. Jensen • BOS 15.7
6. Triandos • BAL 15.8
7. Williams • BOS 15.8
8. Lemon • WSH 19.3
9. Maris • 2TM 20.8
10. Lollar • CHW 21.1

Outs Made

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

1. Malzone • BOS 474
2. Fox • CHW 472
Bolling • DET 472
4. Gardner • BAL 458
López • KCA 458
6. Maris • 2TM 454
7. Aparicio • CHW 434
Kubek • NYY 434
9. Power • 2TM 430
10. Tuttle • KCA 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. Mantle • NYY 67.91
2. Williams • BOS 62.03
3. Colavito • CLE 56.65
4. Jensen • BOS 55.01
5. Cerv • KCA 48.80
6. Sievers • WSH 44.02
7. Runnels • BOS 43.68
8. Kaline • DET 39.19
9. Power • 2TM 34.58
10. Nieman • BAL 27.47

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 6.8
2. Jensen • BOS 6.6
3. Mantle • NYY 6.3
4. Sievers • WSH 5.6
5. Colavito • CLE 5.2
6. Cerv • KCA 4.0
7. Lollar • CHW 4.0
8. Woodling • BAL 3.8
9. Power • 2TM 3.8
10. Kaline • DET 3.6

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. Mantle • NYY 8.0
2. Williams • BOS 5.2
3. Colavito • CLE 5.0
4. Cerv • KCA 4.9
5. Jensen • BOS 4.5
6. Sievers • WSH 4.4
7. Runnels • BOS 3.3
8. Miñoso • CLE 3.0
9. Kaline • DET 2.7
10. Power • 2TM 2.6

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. Mantle • NYY 8.9
2. Howard • NYY 5.1
3. Jensen • BOS 4.2
4. Cerv • KCA 3.9
5. Power • 2TM 3.3
6. Woodling • BAL 3.1
7. Williams • BOS 2.8
8. Vernon • CLE 2.8
9. Carey • NYY 2.3
10. Berra • NYY 2.2

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. Mantle • NYY 6.9
2. Williams • BOS 6.0
3. Colavito • CLE 5.7
4. Jensen • BOS 5.3
5. Cerv • KCA 4.8
6. Sievers • WSH 4.5
7. Runnels • BOS 4.3
8. Kaline • DET 3.8
9. Power • 2TM 3.5
10. Nieman • BAL 2.8

rOBA

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

1. Williams • BOS .468
2. Mantle • NYY .467
3. Colavito • CLE .455
4. Cerv • KCA .435
5. Jensen • BOS .418
6. Sievers • WSH .407
7. Miñoso • CLE .399
8. Runnels • BOS .397
9. Kaline • DET .393
10. Woodling • BAL .390

Rbat+

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

1. Mantle • NYY 199
2. Williams • BOS 193
3. Colavito • CLE 190
4. Cerv • KCA 173
5. Jensen • BOS 156
6. Sievers • WSH 155
7. Miñoso • CLE 152
8. Woodling • BAL 148
9. Siebern • NYY 145
10. Runnels • BOS 142

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