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. Fidrych • DET 9.6
2. Nettles • NYY 8.0
3. Blue • OAK 7.6
4. Brett • KCR 7.5
5. Tanana • CAL 7.5
6. Carew • MIN 6.8
7. Blyleven • 2TM 6.5
8. Belanger • BAL 6.5
Palmer • BAL 6.5
10. Rivers • NYY 6.4

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. Nettles • NYY 8.0
2. Brett • KCR 7.5
3. Carew • MIN 6.8
4. Belanger • BAL 6.5
5. Rivers • NYY 6.4
6. Grich • BAL 6.1
7. Bando • OAK 5.8
8. White • NYY 5.5
9. Jackson • BAL 5.3
10. LeFlore • DET 5.3

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. Brett • KCR 7.1
2. Grich • BAL 6.0
3. Carew • MIN 5.8
4. Jackson • BAL 5.7
5. Bando • OAK 5.6
6. LeFlore • DET 5.6
7. Munson • NYY 5.4
8. Tenace • OAK 5.0
9. Nettles • NYY 5.0
10. Rivers • NYY 5.0

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. Belanger • BAL 3.9
2. Nettles • NYY 3.6
3. Randolph • NYY 2.7
4. Sundberg • TEX 2.6
5. Beníquez • TEX 2.6
6. White • KCR 2.5
7. Campaneris • OAK 2.2
8. Mason • NYY 2.0
9. Patek • KCR 1.8
10. Remy • CAL 1.8

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. Brett • KCR .333
2. McRae • KCR .332
3. Carew • MIN .331
4. Bostock • MIN .323
5. LeFlore • DET .316
6. Lynn • BOS .314
7. Rivers • NYY .312
8. Carty • CLE .310
9. Munson • NYY .302
10. Garr • 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. McRae • KCR .407
2. Hargrove • TEX .397
3. Carew • MIN .395
4. Staub • DET .386
5. Carty • CLE .379
6. Brett • KCR .377
7. LeFlore • DET .376
8. Braun • MIN .384 **
9. Grich • BAL .373
10. Tenace • OAK .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. Jackson • BAL .502
2. Rice • BOS .482
3. Nettles • NYY .475
4. Lynn • BOS .467
5. Carew • MIN .463
6. Brett • KCR .462
7. McRae • KCR .461
8. Tenace • OAK .458
9. Ford • MIN .457
10. Hendrick • CLE .448

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. McRae • KCR .868
2. Carew • MIN .858
3. Jackson • BAL .853
4. Brett • KCR .839
5. Lynn • BOS .835
6. Tenace • OAK .831
7. Carty • CLE .821
8. Staub • DET .818
9. Nettles • NYY .802
10. Rice • BOS .797

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Staub • DET 161
Mayberry • KCR 161
Yount • MIL 161
4. Bell • CLE 159
Brett • KCR 159
Garner • OAK 159
7. Dent • CHW 158
Orta • CHW 158
Nettles • NYY 158
Bando • OAK 158
Burroughs • TEX 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Brett • KCR 645
2. Chambliss • NYY 641
3. Yount • MIL 638
4. Orta • CHW 636
5. White • NYY 626
6. Munson • NYY 616
7. Scott • MIL 606
8. Carew • MIN 605
9. Bell • CLE 604
Burroughs • TEX 604

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. White • NYY 728
2. Brett • KCR 705
3. Staub • DET 690
Mayberry • KCR 690
Yount • MIL 690
6. Orta • CHW 688
Harrah • TEX 688
8. Carew • MIN 687
9. Baylor • OAK 685
10. Burroughs • TEX 681

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. White • NYY 104
2. Carew • MIN 97
3. Rivers • NYY 95
4. Brett • KCR 94
5. Grich • BAL 93
LeFlore • DET 93
Otis • KCR 93
8. North • OAK 91
9. Nettles • NYY 88
10. Ford • MIN 87

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Brett • KCR 215
2. Carew • MIN 200
3. Chambliss • NYY 188
4. Munson • NYY 186
5. Rivers • NYY 184
6. White • NYY 179
7. Staub • DET 176
8. McRae • KCR 175
9. Orta • CHW 174
10. LeFlore • DET 172

Total Bases

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

1. Brett • KCR 298
2. Chambliss • NYY 283
3. Rice • BOS 280
Carew • MIN 280
5. Nettles • NYY 277
6. Munson • NYY 266
7. Otis • KCR 263
8. Orta • CHW 261
9. White • NYY 256
10. Staub • DET 255
Rivers • NYY 255

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Otis • KCR 40
2. Evans • BOS 34
Carty • CLE 34
Brett • KCR 34
McRae • KCR 34
6. Lynn • BOS 32
Chambliss • NYY 32
Rudi • OAK 32
9. Grich • BAL 31
Rivers • NYY 31

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Brett • KCR 14
2. Carew • MIN 12
Garner • OAK 12
4. Poquette • KCR 10
5. Bostock • MIN 9
6. Lynn • BOS 8
Rice • BOS 8
Orta • CHW 8
LeFlore • DET 8
Rivers • NYY 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Nettles • NYY 32
2. Jackson • BAL 27
Bando • OAK 27
4. May • BAL 25
Rice • BOS 25
Hendrick • CLE 25
7. Tenace • OAK 22
8. Yastrzemski • BOS 21
9. Ford • MIN 20
Grieve • TEX 20

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. May • BAL 109
2. Munson • NYY 105
3. Yastrzemski • BOS 102
4. Staub • DET 96
Hisle • MIN 96
Chambliss • NYY 96
7. Mayberry • KCR 95
8. Rudi • OAK 94
9. Nettles • NYY 93
10. Jackson • BAL 91

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Hargrove • TEX 97
2. Harrah • TEX 91
3. Grich • BAL 86
4. Staub • DET 83
White • NYY 83
6. Mayberry • KCR 82
7. Tenace • OAK 81
8. Yastrzemski • BOS 80
9. Singleton • BAL 79
Wynegar • MIN 79

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Rice • BOS 123
2. Grieve • TEX 119
3. Scott • MIL 118
Ford • MIN 118
5. Lezcano • MIL 112
6. LeFlore • DET 111
7. Jackson • BAL 108
8. Howell • TEX 106
Smalley • 2TM 106
10. May • BAL 104

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. North • OAK 75
2. LeFlore • DET 58
3. Campaneris • OAK 54
4. Baylor • OAK 52
5. Patek • KCR 51
6. Carew • MIN 49
7. Rivers • NYY 43
8. Bumbry • BAL 42
9. Randolph • NYY 37
Washington • OAK 37

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Brett • KCR 160
2. Carew • MIN 150
3. Munson • NYY 141
4. LeFlore • DET 137
Yount • MIL 137
Rivers • NYY 137
7. North • OAK 136
8. Bell • CLE 135
9. Chambliss • NYY 133
White • NYY 133

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Jackson • BAL 155
2. McRae • KCR 153
3. Tenace • OAK 149
4. Carew • MIN 148
5. Brett • KCR 144
6. Carty • CLE 143
7. Grich • BAL 138
8. Staub • DET 137
9. Nettles • NYY 135
10. Lynn • BOS 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. Brett • KCR 114
2. Carew • MIN 111
3. McRae • KCR 101
4. Staub • DET 99
5. White • NYY 98
6. Carty • CLE 92
Otis • KCR 92
Nettles • NYY 92
9. Hargrove • TEX 91
10. Chambliss • NYY 90

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. McRae • KCR 39
2. Carew • MIN 38
3. Brett • KCR 35
4. Jackson • BAL 33
5. Carty • CLE 33
6. Staub • DET 32
7. Tenace • OAK 29
8. Grich • BAL 29
9. Hargrove • TEX 27
10. White • NYY 25

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. McRae • KCR 4.1
2. Carew • MIN 4.0
3. Brett • KCR 3.6
4. Jackson • BAL 3.5
5. Carty • CLE 3.4
6. Staub • DET 3.4
7. Tenace • OAK 3.0
8. Grich • BAL 3.0
9. Hargrove • TEX 2.8
10. White • NYY 2.7

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Nettles • NYY 63
2. Otis • KCR 60
3. Rice • BOS 58
4. Jackson • BAL 56
Evans • BOS 56
6. Brett • KCR 55
Chambliss • NYY 55
8. Orta • CHW 51
Ford • MIN 51
10. Lynn • BOS 50
Carew • MIN 50

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. Carew • MIN 268
2. Staub • DET 266
3. Brett • KCR 265
4. White • NYY 262
5. Hargrove • TEX 258
6. McRae • KCR 247
7. Harrah • TEX 246
8. Carty • CLE 238
North • OAK 238
10. Singleton • BAL 230

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. McRae • KCR .739
2. Brett • KCR .722
3. Carew • MIN .717
4. Lynn • BOS .699
5. Tenace • OAK .693
6. Carty • CLE .684
Hargrove • TEX .684
8. Jackson • BAL .680
9. Staub • DET .677
10. Grich • BAL .668

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Baylor • OAK 20
2. Chalk • CAL 10
Ford • MIN 10
4. Munson • NYY 9
5. McRae • KCR 8
Randall • MIN 8
7. Jackson • CAL 7
Lemon • CHW 7
Staub • DET 7
10. Evans • BOS 6
Fisk • BOS 6
Veryzer • DET 6
Hargrove • TEX 6
García • 2TM 6

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Smalley • 2TM 25
2. White • KCR 18
Campaneris • OAK 18
4. Dent • CHW 17
Randall • MIN 17
6. Kuiper • CLE 14
7. Blair • BAL 13
Remy • CAL 13
Patek • KCR 13
10. Chalk • CAL 12
Duffy • CLE 12
Johnson • MIL 12

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Mayberry • KCR 12
2. Staub • DET 11
Baylor • OAK 11
Campaneris • OAK 11
5. Lynn • BOS 10
Munson • NYY 10
Rudi • OAK 10
8. Rice • BOS 9
Carty • CLE 9
Hisle • MIN 9
White • NYY 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Spencer • CHW 19
2. Williams • OAK 15
3. Carew • MIN 14
4. Hargrove • TEX 13
5. Bochte • CAL 11
Staub • DET 11
7. Rudi • OAK 10
8. Brohamer • CHW 9
Carty • CLE 9
10. May • BAL 8
Piniella • NYY 8
Howell • TEX 8

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. Staub • DET 23
2. Burroughs • TEX 22
3. Rodríguez • DET 19
Scott • MIL 19
5. Rice • BOS 18
Carty • CLE 18
Grieve • TEX 18
8. Jackson • BAL 17
Munson • NYY 17
Clines • TEX 17
Harrah • TEX 17

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. North • OAK 29
2. Carew • MIN 22
3. LeFlore • DET 20
Washington • OAK 20
5. Collins • CAL 19
6. Hisle • MIN 18
7. Belanger • BAL 17
Kuiper • CLE 17
9. Remy • CAL 16
Cowens • KCR 16
Wohlford • KCR 16

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Rivers • NYY 86.00
2. Campaneris • OAK 81.82
3. Baylor • OAK 81.25
4. Bumbry • BAL 80.77
5. Jackson • BAL 80.00
6. Otis • KCR 78.79
7. Patek • KCR 77.27
8. Bando • OAK 76.92
9. Randolph • NYY 75.51
10. Nelson • KCR 75.00
Braun • MIN 75.00
Orta • CHW 75.00
Bannister • CHW 75.00

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. Jackson • BAL 27.5
2. Baylor • OAK 23.3
3. Bando • OAK 23.0
4. Otis • KCR 21.3
5. Hisle • MIN 19.3
White • NYY 19.3
7. Ford • MIN 18.4
8. Orta • CHW 17.7
9. Nettles • NYY 16.4
10. Munson • NYY 15.4

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. Brett • KCR 17.9
2. Munson • NYY 16.2
3. Burleson • BOS 14.6
4. Garr • CHW 12.9
5. Bostock • MIN 12.8
6. Randall • MIN 12.5
7. Dent • CHW 12.5
8. Bell • CLE 12.3
9. Carty • CLE 12.3
10. McRae • KCR 12.3

AB per HR

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

1. Nettles • NYY 18.2
2. Jackson • BAL 18.4
3. Tenace • OAK 19.0
4. Bando • OAK 20.4
5. May • BAL 21.2
6. Hendrick • CLE 22.0
7. Rice • BOS 23.2
8. Thompson • DET 24.2 **
9. Ford • MIN 25.7
10. Yastrzemski • BOS 26.0

Outs Made

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

1. Yount • MIL 515
2. Orta • CHW 494
3. White • NYY 492
4. Burroughs • TEX 489
5. Baylor • OAK 483
6. Mayberry • KCR 482
7. North • OAK 474
8. Hisle • MIN 472
9. Munson • NYY 469
10. Chambliss • NYY 468

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. Carew • MIN 49.11
2. Staub • DET 44.45
3. McRae • KCR 40.20
4. Jackson • BAL 39.04
5. Brett • KCR 32.85
6. Rivers • NYY 30.72
7. Yastrzemski • BOS 29.75
8. Grich • BAL 28.91
9. Hisle • MIN 26.71
10. Tenace • OAK 26.03

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. Staub • DET 5.8
2. Brett • KCR 5.1
3. Jackson • BAL 5.0
4. Carew • MIN 4.1
5. Rudi • OAK 3.5
6. Grich • BAL 3.4
7. Rivers • NYY 3.3
8. McRae • KCR 3.3
9. Singleton • BAL 3.0
10. Tenace • OAK 3.0

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. McRae • KCR 3.4
2. Tenace • OAK 3.3
3. Staub • DET 3.2
4. Lynn • BOS 3.0
5. Carew • MIN 3.0
6. Bando • OAK 2.9
7. Jackson • BAL 2.9
8. Carty • CLE 2.6
9. Brett • KCR 2.4
10. Nettles • NYY 2.4

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. Brett • KCR 5.9
2. McRae • KCR 3.8
3. Rivers • NYY 3.5
4. White • NYY 3.0
5. Otis • KCR 2.4
6. Rudi • OAK 2.4
7. Chambliss • NYY 2.3
8. Munson • NYY 2.0
9. Harrah • TEX 2.0
10. Carty • CLE 1.9

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. Carew • MIN 5.0
2. Staub • DET 4.6
3. Jackson • BAL 4.2
4. McRae • KCR 4.2
5. Brett • KCR 3.4
6. Rivers • NYY 3.2
7. Grich • BAL 3.1
8. Yastrzemski • BOS 2.9
9. Tenace • OAK 2.8
10. May • BAL 2.8

rOBA

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

1. Jackson • BAL .409
2. Carew • MIN .408
3. McRae • KCR .406
4. Tenace • OAK .399
5. LeFlore • DET .397
6. Lynn • BOS .395
7. Brett • KCR .394
8. Staub • DET .390
9. Grich • BAL .380
10. Carty • CLE .380

Rbat+

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

1. Jackson • BAL 160
2. Tenace • OAK 158
3. McRae • KCR 155
4. Carew • MIN 154
5. Brett • KCR 146
6. Grich • BAL 144
7. Staub • DET 142
8. LeFlore • DET 140
9. Carty • CLE 140
10. Lynn • BOS 138

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