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. Pascual • WSH 8.6
2. Wilhelm • BAL 6.8
3. Mantle • NYY 6.6
4. Fox • CHW 6.0
5. Kaline • DET 5.9
6. Landis • CHW 5.7
7. Miñoso • CLE 5.5
8. Yost • DET 5.4
9. Colavito • CLE 5.3
10. Runnels • BOS 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. Mantle • NYY 6.6
2. Fox • CHW 6.0
3. Kaline • DET 5.9
4. Landis • CHW 5.7
5. Miñoso • CLE 5.5
6. Yost • DET 5.4
7. Colavito • CLE 5.3
8. Runnels • BOS 5.3
9. Francona • CLE 4.7
10. Jensen • BOS 4.4

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 6.2
2. Yost • DET 5.4
3. Kuenn • DET 5.4
4. Kaline • DET 5.3
5. Killebrew • WSH 5.2
6. Francona • CLE 5.2
7. Runnels • BOS 5.0
8. Miñoso • CLE 4.0
9. Fox • CHW 4.0
10. Berra • NYY 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. Fox • CHW 2.6
2. Landis • CHW 2.4
3. Gardner • BAL 2.0
4. Piersall • CLE 1.7
5. Aparicio • CHW 1.7
6. McDougald • NYY 1.6
7. Bolling • DET 1.6
8. Robinson • BAL 1.5
9. Tuttle • KCA 1.2
10. Lollar • 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. Kuenn • DET .353
2. Kaline • DET .327
3. Runnels • BOS .314
4. Fox • CHW .306
5. Miñoso • CLE .302
6. Richardson • NYY .301
7. Tuttle • KCA .300
8. Woodling • BAL .300
9. Power • CLE .289
10. Cerv • KCA .285

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. Yost • DET .435
2. Runnels • BOS .415
3. Kaline • DET .410
4. Kuenn • DET .402
5. Woodling • BAL .402
6. Mantle • NYY .390
7. Fox • CHW .380
8. Miñoso • CLE .377
9. Jensen • BOS .372
10. Landis • CHW .370

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. Kaline • DET .530
2. Killebrew • WSH .516
3. Mantle • NYY .514
4. Colavito • CLE .512
5. Lemon • WSH .510
6. Kuenn • DET .501
7. Jensen • BOS .492
8. Allison • WSH .482
9. Cerv • KCA .479
10. López • 2TM .471

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. Kaline • DET .940
2. Mantle • NYY .904
3. Kuenn • DET .903
4. Yost • DET .871
5. Killebrew • WSH .870
6. Jensen • BOS .863
7. Woodling • BAL .856
8. Colavito • CLE .849
9. Miñoso • CLE .846
10. Lemon • WSH .844

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Fox • CHW 156
2. Malzone • BOS 154
Colavito • CLE 154
4. Killebrew • WSH 153
5. Aparicio • CHW 152
6. Buddin • BOS 151
7. Allison • WSH 150
8. Landis • CHW 149
9. Jensen • BOS 148
Miñoso • CLE 148
Yost • DET 148

At Bats

At Bats

1. Fox • CHW 624
2. Aparicio • CHW 612
3. Malzone • BOS 604
4. Power • CLE 595
5. Colavito • CLE 588
6. Miñoso • CLE 570
Allison • WSH 570
8. Kuenn • DET 561
9. Runnels • BOS 560
10. Killebrew • WSH 546

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 717
2. Aparicio • CHW 686
3. Yost • DET 675
4. Colavito • CLE 664
5. Runnels • BOS 661
6. Malzone • BOS 660
7. Miñoso • CLE 650
8. Killebrew • WSH 648
9. Power • CLE 645
10. Mantle • NYY 640

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Yost • DET 115
2. Mantle • NYY 104
3. Power • CLE 102
4. Jensen • BOS 101
5. Kuenn • DET 99
6. Aparicio • CHW 98
Killebrew • WSH 98
8. Runnels • BOS 95
9. Miñoso • CLE 92
10. Malzone • BOS 90
Colavito • CLE 90

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Kuenn • DET 198
2. Fox • CHW 191
3. Runnels • BOS 176
4. Miñoso • CLE 172
Power • CLE 172
6. Malzone • BOS 169
7. Kaline • DET 167
8. Aparicio • CHW 157
9. Mantle • NYY 154
10. López • 2TM 153

Total Bases

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

1. Colavito • CLE 301
2. Killebrew • WSH 282
3. Kuenn • DET 281
4. Mantle • NYY 278
5. Allison • WSH 275
6. Kaline • DET 271
Lemon • WSH 271
8. Miñoso • CLE 267
9. Malzone • BOS 264
10. Jensen • BOS 263

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Kuenn • DET 42
2. Malzone • BOS 34
Fox • CHW 34
4. Runnels • BOS 33
Williams • KCA 33
6. Miñoso • CLE 32
7. Jensen • BOS 31
Power • CLE 31
9. Phillips • CHW 27
10. Landis • CHW 26
López • 2TM 26

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Allison • WSH 9
2. McDougald • NYY 8
3. Landis • CHW 7
Kuenn • DET 7
Maris • KCA 7
Kubek • NYY 7
7. Runnels • BOS 6
Fox • CHW 6
Power • CLE 6
Tuttle • KCA 6
Howard • NYY 6
Richardson • NYY 6

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Colavito • CLE 42
Killebrew • WSH 42
3. Lemon • WSH 33
4. Maxwell • DET 31
Mantle • NYY 31
6. Allison • WSH 30
7. Held • CLE 29
8. Jensen • BOS 28
9. Kaline • DET 27
10. Triandos • BAL 25

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Jensen • BOS 112
2. Colavito • CLE 111
3. Killebrew • WSH 105
4. Lemon • WSH 100
5. Maxwell • DET 95
6. Kaline • DET 94
7. López • 2TM 93
8. Malzone • BOS 92
Miñoso • CLE 92
10. Cerv • KCA 87

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Yost • DET 135
2. Runnels • BOS 95
3. Mantle • NYY 93
4. Buddin • BOS 92
5. Killebrew • WSH 90
6. Jensen • BOS 88
7. Maxwell • DET 81
8. Woodling • BAL 78
Landis • CHW 78
10. Kaline • DET 72

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Mantle • NYY 126
2. Held • CLE 118
3. Killebrew • WSH 116
4. Buddin • BOS 99
Lemon • WSH 99
6. Allison • WSH 92
7. Maxwell • DET 91
8. Cerv • KCA 87
9. Colavito • CLE 86
10. Tasby • BAL 80

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Aparicio • CHW 56
2. Mantle • NYY 21
3. Landis • CHW 20
Jensen • BOS 20
5. Allison • WSH 13
6. Kaline • DET 10
Tuttle • KCA 10
8. Yost • DET 9
Power • CLE 9
Green • 2TM 9
Geiger • BOS 9
Pilarcik • BAL 9

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Fox • CHW 149
2. Kuenn • DET 140
3. Runnels • BOS 131
4. Aparicio • CHW 128
5. Power • CLE 125
6. Miñoso • CLE 119
Kaline • DET 119
8. Richardson • NYY 115
9. Malzone • BOS 114
10. Tuttle • KCA 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. Mantle • NYY 151
2. Kaline • DET 151
3. Kuenn • DET 141
4. Woodling • BAL 138
5. Killebrew • WSH 137
6. Yost • DET 135
7. Miñoso • CLE 135
8. Colavito • CLE 133
9. Jensen • BOS 132
10. Lemon • WSH 129

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. Kuenn • DET 117
Mantle • NYY 117
3. Yost • DET 115
4. Kaline • DET 114
5. Killebrew • WSH 103
6. Runnels • BOS 102
7. Colavito • CLE 101
8. Jensen • BOS 100
Miñoso • CLE 100
10. Fox • CHW 97

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 40
2. Francona • CLE 38
3. Kaline • DET 38
4. Yost • DET 35
5. Kuenn • DET 33
6. Miñoso • CLE 29
7. Killebrew • WSH 28
8. Woodling • BAL 27
9. Runnels • BOS 27
10. Jensen • BOS 27

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 4.0
2. Francona • CLE 3.8
3. Kaline • DET 3.8
4. Yost • DET 3.5
5. Kuenn • DET 3.3
6. Miñoso • CLE 2.9
7. Killebrew • WSH 2.8
8. Woodling • BAL 2.7
9. Runnels • BOS 2.7
10. Jensen • BOS 2.7

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Colavito • CLE 66
2. Killebrew • WSH 64
3. Jensen • BOS 59
4. Kuenn • DET 58
Mantle • NYY 58
6. Allison • WSH 57
7. Malzone • BOS 55
8. Lemon • WSH 54
9. Miñoso • CLE 53
López • 2TM 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. Yost • DET 292
2. Runnels • BOS 272
3. Fox • CHW 269
4. Mantle • NYY 249
5. Kuenn • DET 247
6. Miñoso • CLE 243
Kaline • DET 243
8. Jensen • BOS 236
9. Killebrew • WSH 229
10. Landis • CHW 226

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. Kaline • DET .764
2. Kuenn • DET .762
3. Yost • DET .745
4. Mantle • NYY .743
5. Woodling • BAL .717
6. Runnels • BOS .682
7. Killebrew • WSH .666
8. Jensen • BOS .660
9. Maris • KCA .659
10. Miñoso • CLE .658

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Miñoso • CLE 17
2. Yost • DET 12
3. Lollar • CHW 9
4. Landis • CHW 8
5. López • 2TM 7
Fox • CHW 7
Bolling • DET 7
Killebrew • WSH 7
9. Harris • DET 6
Tasby • BAL 6
Maxwell • DET 6

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Pilarcik • BAL 13
Landis • CHW 13
Kubek • NYY 13
4. Boyd • BAL 12
5. Aparicio • CHW 11
Williams • KCA 11
7. Shaw • CHW 10
Richardson • NYY 10
9. Brown • BAL 9
Fox • CHW 9
McLish • CLE 9
Lumpe • 2TM 9

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Jensen • BOS 12
2. Cerv • KCA 11
3. Malzone • BOS 10
4. Landis • CHW 9
5. Aparicio • CHW 7
Berberet • DET 7
7. Strickland • CLE 6
Kaline • DET 6
Williams • KCA 6
Lemon • WSH 6

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Kaline • DET 12
2. Gardner • BAL 9
3. Fox • CHW 8
DeMaestri • KCA 8
Colavito • CLE 8
6. Phillips • CHW 7
7. Triandos • BAL 6
Williams • BOS 6
White • BOS 6
Malzone • BOS 6
Lollar • CHW 6
Lumpe • 2TM 6
House • KCA 6
Mantle • NYY 6
Sievers • WSH 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. Lollar • CHW 27
2. Allison • WSH 22
3. Jensen • BOS 20
4. Power • CLE 19
5. Runnels • BOS 17
6. Malzone • BOS 15
7. White • BOS 14
Bridges • DET 14
9. Colavito • CLE 13
Cerv • KCA 13
Williams • KCA 13

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Aparicio • CHW 13
Power • CLE 13
3. Miñoso • CLE 10
4. Landis • CHW 9
5. Allison • WSH 8
6. Tuttle • KCA 6
Fox • CHW 6
Torgeson • CHW 6
9. Tasby • BAL 5
Jensen • BOS 5
Runnels • BOS 5
Smith • CHW 5
Richardson • NYY 5
Green • 2TM 5
Bertoia • WSH 5

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Mantle • NYY 87.50
2. Aparicio • CHW 81.16
3. Jensen • BOS 80.00
4. Landis • CHW 68.97
5. Tuttle • KCA 62.50
6. Allison • WSH 61.91
7. Miñoso • CLE 44.44
8. Power • CLE 40.91

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 25.0
2. Jensen • BOS 23.3
3. Allison • WSH 18.1
4. Kaline • DET 14.6
5. Yost • DET 12.6
6. Miñoso • CLE 11.6
7. Aparicio • CHW 10.8
8. Smith • CHW 9.9
9. Geiger • BOS 9.9
10. Power • CLE 9.5

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 48.0
2. Power • CLE 27.0
3. Richardson • NYY 23.5
4. Aparicio • CHW 15.3
5. Kuenn • DET 15.2
6. Woodling • BAL 12.6
7. Berra • NYY 12.4
8. Bolling • DET 12.4
9. Miñoso • CLE 12.4
10. Tuttle • KCA 12.2

AB per HR

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

1. Killebrew • WSH 13.0
2. Colavito • CLE 14.0
3. Lemon • WSH 16.1
4. Maxwell • DET 16.7
5. Mantle • NYY 17.5
6. Held • CLE 18.1
7. Kaline • DET 18.9
8. Allison • WSH 19.0
9. Jensen • BOS 19.1
10. Lollar • CHW 23.0

Outs Made

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

1. Aparicio • CHW 497
2. Malzone • BOS 463
Power • CLE 463
4. Fox • CHW 459
5. Allison • WSH 458
6. Colavito • CLE 456
7. Killebrew • WSH 432
8. Miñoso • CLE 428
9. Jensen • BOS 425
10. Runnels • BOS 411
Landis • CHW 411
Held • CLE 411

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. Francona • CLE 49.29
2. Lemon • WSH 42.39
3. Miñoso • CLE 41.47
4. Mantle • NYY 40.97
5. Kuenn • DET 40.90
6. Yost • DET 40.86
7. Jensen • BOS 39.04
8. Woodling • BAL 38.74
9. Killebrew • WSH 35.31
10. Colavito • CLE 34.87

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. Francona • CLE 6.1
2. Miñoso • CLE 5.0
3. Fox • CHW 4.8
4. Kuenn • DET 4.1
5. Yost • DET 4.0
6. Lemon • WSH 3.8
7. Colavito • CLE 3.4
8. Killebrew • WSH 3.2
9. Berra • NYY 3.1
10. Mantle • NYY 3.1

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. Kaline • DET 4.1
2. Francona • CLE 4.0
3. Kuenn • DET 4.0
4. Yost • DET 3.9
5. Jensen • BOS 3.9
6. Killebrew • WSH 3.8
7. Mantle • NYY 3.6
8. Runnels • BOS 3.3
9. Colavito • CLE 3.3
10. Miñoso • CLE 2.8

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. Francona • CLE 18.5
2. Miñoso • CLE 14.9
3. Fox • CHW 12.9
4. Colavito • CLE 11.6
5. Landis • CHW 8.7
6. Romano • CHW 8.5
7. Woodling • BAL 4.6
8. López • 2TM 4.4
9. Power • CLE 4.3
10. Kuenn • DET 3.9

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. Francona • CLE 4.9
2. Lemon • WSH 4.2
3. Miñoso • CLE 4.2
4. Mantle • NYY 4.2
5. Yost • DET 3.9
6. Kuenn • DET 3.9
7. Woodling • BAL 3.9
8. Jensen • BOS 3.8
9. Colavito • CLE 3.5
10. Killebrew • WSH 3.5

rOBA

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

1. Kuenn • DET .422
2. Kaline • DET .422
3. Mantle • NYY .422
4. Yost • DET .410
5. Killebrew • WSH .403
6. Jensen • BOS .398
7. Runnels • BOS .397
8. Woodling • BAL .396
9. Lemon • WSH .391
10. Miñoso • CLE .388

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 162
2. Kaline • DET 157
3. Kuenn • DET 155
4. Killebrew • WSH 149
5. Woodling • BAL 147
6. Yost • DET 146
7. Miñoso • CLE 145
8. Runnels • BOS 141
9. Colavito • CLE 141
10. Lemon • WSH 139

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