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. Carew • MIN 9.7
2. Tanana • CAL 8.3
3. Ryan • CAL 7.8
4. Brett • KCR 7.6
5. Palmer • BAL 7.3
6. Fisk • BOS 7.0
7. Page • OAK 6.1
8. Bostock • MIN 5.9
9. Lemon • CHW 5.9
10. Blyleven • TEX 5.8

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. Carew • MIN 9.7
2. Brett • KCR 7.6
3. Fisk • BOS 7.0
4. Page • OAK 6.1
5. Bostock • MIN 5.9
6. Lemon • CHW 5.9
7. Harrah • TEX 5.7
8. Singleton • BAL 5.7
9. Nettles • NYY 5.5
10. Hargrove • TEX 5.5

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. Carew • MIN 8.9
2. Singleton • BAL 6.8
3. Harrah • TEX 6.5
4. Bostock • MIN 6.1
5. Brett • KCR 6.0
6. Page • OAK 6.0
7. Fisk • BOS 5.7
8. Hisle • MIN 5.5
9. Rice • BOS 5.4
10. Munson • NYY 5.1

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 3.4
2. Campaneris • TEX 2.8
3. Sundberg • TEX 2.5
4. Fisk • BOS 2.4
5. Dent • NYY 2.3
6. Brett • KCR 2.1
7. Lemon • CHW 2.0
8. Wills • TEX 2.0
9. Randolph • NYY 1.9
10. White • KCR 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. Carew • MIN .388
2. Bostock • MIN .336
3. Singleton • BAL .328
4. Rivers • NYY .326
5. LeFlore • DET .325
6. Rice • BOS .320
7. Bumbry • BAL .317
8. Fisk • BOS .315
9. Brett • KCR .312
10. Cowens • KCR .312

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. Carew • MIN .449
2. Singleton • BAL .438
3. Hargrove • TEX .420
4. Page • OAK .405
5. Fisk • BOS .402
6. Harrah • TEX .393
7. Bostock • MIN .389
8. Thornton • CLE .378
9. Rice • BOS .376
10. Jackson • NYY .375

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. Rice • BOS .593
2. Carew • MIN .570
3. Jackson • NYY .550
4. Gamble • CHW .588 **
5. Hisle • MIN .533
6. Brett • KCR .532
7. Thornton • CLE .527
8. Cowens • KCR .525
9. Page • OAK .521
10. Fisk • BOS .521

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. Carew • MIN 1.019
2. Rice • BOS .969
3. Singleton • BAL .945
4. Page • OAK .926
5. Jackson • NYY .925
6. Fisk • BOS .922
7. Gamble • CHW .974 **
8. Brett • KCR .905
9. Thornton • CLE .904
10. Hisle • MIN .902

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Cowens • KCR 162
McRae • KCR 162
3. Murray • BAL 160
Rice • BOS 160
Cooper • MIL 160
Jones • SEA 160
7. Hobson • BOS 159
Bando • MIL 159
Meyer • SEA 159
Harrah • TEX 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Burleson • BOS 663
2. LeFlore • DET 652
3. Rice • BOS 644
4. Cooper • MIL 643
5. McRae • KCR 641
6. Staub • DET 623
7. Carew • MIN 616
8. Fuentes • DET 615
9. Murray • BAL 611
10. Kuiper • CLE 610

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. Burleson • BOS 721
2. McRae • KCR 720
3. Rice • BOS 710
4. LeFlore • DET 698
5. Staub • DET 695
6. Carew • MIN 694
7. Smalley • MIN 680
8. Bonds • CAL 679
Kuiper • CLE 679
Cooper • MIL 679

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Carew • MIN 128
2. Fisk • BOS 106
3. Brett • KCR 105
4. Rice • BOS 104
McRae • KCR 104
Bostock • MIN 104
7. Scott • BOS 103
Bonds • CAL 103
9. LeFlore • DET 100
10. Yastrzemski • BOS 99
Lemon • CHW 99
Nettles • NYY 99

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Carew • MIN 239
2. LeFlore • DET 212
3. Rice • BOS 206
4. Bostock • MIN 199
5. Burleson • BOS 194
6. Cooper • MIL 193
7. McRae • KCR 191
8. Fuentes • DET 190
9. Cowens • KCR 189
10. Rivers • NYY 184

Total Bases

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

1. Rice • BOS 382
2. Carew • MIN 351
3. McRae • KCR 330
4. Cowens • KCR 318
5. LeFlore • DET 310
6. Bonds • CAL 308
7. Bostock • MIN 301
8. Brett • KCR 300
9. Cooper • MIL 298
10. Scott • BOS 292
Nettles • NYY 292

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. McRae • KCR 54
2. Jackson • NYY 39
3. Lemon • CHW 38
Carew • MIN 38
5. Burleson • BOS 36
Bostock • MIN 36
Hisle • MIN 36
8. Staub • DET 34
Yount • MIL 34
10. Hobson • BOS 33

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Carew • MIN 16
2. Rice • BOS 15
3. Cowens • KCR 14
4. Brett • KCR 13
5. Bostock • MIN 12
6. McRae • KCR 11
Randolph • NYY 11
8. Remy • CAL 10
Fuentes • DET 10
LeFlore • DET 10

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Rice • BOS 39
2. Bonds • CAL 37
Nettles • NYY 37
4. Scott • BOS 33
5. Jackson • NYY 32
6. Gamble • CHW 31
Thompson • DET 31
8. Hobson • BOS 30
Zisk • CHW 30
10. Yastrzemski • BOS 28
Thornton • CLE 28
Hisle • MIN 28

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Hisle • MIN 119
2. Bonds • CAL 115
3. Rice • BOS 114
4. Hobson • BOS 112
Cowens • KCR 112
6. Jackson • NYY 110
7. Nettles • NYY 107
8. Thompson • DET 105
9. Fisk • BOS 102
Yastrzemski • BOS 102

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Harrah • TEX 109
2. Singleton • BAL 107
3. Hargrove • TEX 103
4. Gross • OAK 86
5. Mayberry • KCR 83
6. Braun • SEA 80
7. Page • OAK 78
8. Fisk • BOS 75
Bando • MIL 75
White • NYY 75

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Hobson • BOS 162
2. Bonds • CAL 141
3. Jackson • NYY 129
4. LeFlore • DET 121
5. Rice • BOS 120
Jones • SEA 120
7. May • BAL 119
8. Horton • 2TM 117
9. Stanton • SEA 115
10. Scott • BOS 112
Washington • TEX 112

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Patek • KCR 53
2. Page • OAK 42
3. Bonds • CAL 41
Remy • CAL 41
5. LeFlore • DET 39
6. Scott • OAK 33
7. Wills • TEX 28
8. Campaneris • TEX 27
Harrah • TEX 27
10. Baylor • CAL 26
Norris • CLE 26
Alexander • OAK 26
Beníquez • TEX 26

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Carew • MIN 171
2. Fuentes • DET 156
LeFlore • DET 156
4. Rivers • NYY 149
5. Burleson • BOS 148
6. Kuiper • CLE 145
7. Bostock • MIN 137
8. Cooper • MIL 135
9. Yount • MIL 132
Munson • NYY 132

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Carew • MIN 178
2. Singleton • BAL 165
3. Page • OAK 154
4. Jackson • NYY 150
5. Thornton • CLE 149
6. Rice • BOS 147
7. Hisle • MIN 144
8. Bostock • MIN 144
9. Hargrove • TEX 144
10. Brett • KCR 142

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. Carew • MIN 160
2. Rice • BOS 136
3. Singleton • BAL 124
4. McRae • KCR 119
5. Fisk • BOS 117
Page • OAK 117
7. Bostock • MIN 116
Jackson • NYY 116
9. Harrah • TEX 112
10. Yastrzemski • BOS 110
LeFlore • DET 110
Hargrove • TEX 110

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. Carew • MIN 69
2. Singleton • BAL 55
3. Rice • BOS 41
4. Page • OAK 41
5. Hargrove • TEX 39
6. Jackson • NYY 38
7. Bostock • MIN 37
8. Gamble • CHW 35
9. Hisle • MIN 34
10. McRae • KCR 33

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. Carew • MIN 6.6
2. Singleton • BAL 5.3
3. Rice • BOS 4.0
4. Page • OAK 3.9
5. Hargrove • TEX 3.7
6. Jackson • NYY 3.7
7. Bostock • MIN 3.6
8. Gamble • CHW 3.4
9. Hisle • MIN 3.3
10. McRae • KCR 3.2

Extra Base Hits

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

1. McRae • KCR 86
2. Rice • BOS 83
3. Jackson • NYY 73
4. Bonds • CAL 69
Cowens • KCR 69
6. Hobson • BOS 68
Carew • MIN 68
8. Brett • KCR 67
Hisle • MIN 67
10. Scott • BOS 64
Nettles • NYY 64

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 311
2. Singleton • BAL 285
3. Hargrove • TEX 269
4. Rice • BOS 267
5. McRae • KCR 263
6. Harrah • TEX 261
7. Bostock • MIN 256
8. Fisk • BOS 253
LeFlore • DET 253
10. Burleson • BOS 243

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. Carew • MIN .821
2. Singleton • BAL .760
3. Page • OAK .755
4. Jackson • NYY .734
5. Fisk • BOS .729
6. Rice • BOS .721
7. Hargrove • TEX .703
8. Bostock • MIN .696
9. Thornton • CLE .687
10. Yastrzemski • BOS .686

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. McRae • KCR 13
2. Baylor • CAL 12
3. Lemon • CHW 11
Thornton • CLE 11
5. Ford • MIN 10
Harrah • TEX 10
7. Fisk • BOS 9
8. Rice • BOS 8
Cowens • KCR 8
10. Kuiper • CLE 7
Mayberry • KCR 7
Money • MIL 7
Randall • MIN 7

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Campaneris • TEX 40
2. Kuiper • CLE 21
3. Sundberg • TEX 20
4. Remy • CAL 19
5. Smalley • MIN 15
Reynolds • SEA 15
7. Dent • NYY 14
Picciolo • OAK 14
9. Duffy • CLE 13
Fuentes • DET 13
Patek • KCR 13
Randall • MIN 13

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Yastrzemski • BOS 11
Bannister • CHW 11
3. Fisk • BOS 10
Bonds • CAL 10
Staub • DET 10
6. Zisk • CHW 9
Dade • CLE 9
Thompson • DET 9
Otis • KCR 9
Dent • NYY 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Carew • MIN 15
2. Singleton • BAL 13
3. Spencer • CHW 11
Fairly • TOR 11
5. Rice • BOS 10
6. Brett • KCR 9
Mayberry • KCR 9
White • NYY 9
Washington • TEX 9
10. Munson • NYY 8
Nettles • NYY 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 27
2. Scott • BOS 24
3. Murray • BAL 22
Chambliss • NYY 22
5. Rice • BOS 21
6. May • BAL 20
Ault • TOR 20
Bochte • 2TM 20
9. Williams • OAK 19
Meyer • SEA 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Campaneris • TEX 20
2. LeFlore • DET 19
3. Bonds • CAL 18
Scott • OAK 18
Beníquez • TEX 18
6. Remy • CAL 17
Norris • CLE 17
8. Wohlford • MIL 16
9. McRae • KCR 14
Rivers • NYY 14
Alexander • OAK 14

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Page • OAK 89.36
2. Jackson • NYY 85.00
3. Harrah • TEX 84.38
4. White • KCR 82.14
5. Patek • KCR 80.30
6. López • SEA 80.00
7. Kelly • BAL 78.13
8. Otis • KCR 76.67
9. Washington • TEX 72.41
10. Lintz • OAK 72.22

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. Bonds • CAL 38.9
2. Page • OAK 28.0
3. Harrah • TEX 27.0
4. Baylor • CAL 25.5
5. Hisle • MIN 24.0
6. LeFlore • DET 22.7
7. Jackson • NYY 22.2
8. Otis • KCR 19.6
9. McRae • KCR 19.4
10. Cowens • KCR 18.9

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 23.5
2. Bailor • TOR 19.1
3. Dent • NYY 17.0
4. Sanguillén • OAK 16.3
5. McRae • KCR 14.9
6. Yastrzemski • BOS 14.0
7. Staub • DET 13.3
8. Rivers • NYY 12.6
9. Garr • CHW 12.3
10. Bochte • 2TM 11.7

AB per HR

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

1. Gamble • CHW 13.2 **
2. Thornton • CLE 15.5
3. Nettles • NYY 15.9
4. Bonds • CAL 16.0
5. Jackson • NYY 16.4
6. Rice • BOS 16.5
7. Stanton • SEA 16.8
8. Scott • BOS 17.7
9. Zisk • CHW 17.7
10. Soderholm • CHW 18.4

Outs Made

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

1. Burleson • BOS 505
2. Staub • DET 490
3. Smalley • MIN 487
4. Kuiper • CLE 486
5. Campaneris • TEX 484
6. McRae • KCR 483
7. Remy • CAL 479
Cooper • MIL 479
9. LeFlore • DET 475
10. Bonds • CAL 474

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 79.49
2. Singleton • BAL 52.73
3. Bostock • MIN 43.79
4. Hisle • MIN 42.77
5. Rice • BOS 42.01
6. Jackson • NYY 41.88
7. Fisk • BOS 40.94
8. Cowens • KCR 39.96
9. Gamble • CHW 36.57
10. Page • OAK 36.54

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. Carew • MIN 6.6
2. Singleton • BAL 5.7
3. Bostock • MIN 4.9
4. Jackson • NYY 4.4
5. Gamble • CHW 4.2
6. Cowens • KCR 3.9
7. Fisk • BOS 3.9
8. Rice • BOS 3.8
9. Bonds • CAL 3.7
10. Hisle • MIN 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. Carew • MIN 6.5
2. Singleton • BAL 5.1
3. Rice • BOS 4.5
4. Jackson • NYY 3.9
5. Bostock • MIN 3.9
6. Page • OAK 3.8
7. Gamble • CHW 3.8
8. Fisk • BOS 3.7
9. Hisle • MIN 3.5
10. McRae • KCR 3.4

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. Jackson • NYY 9.1
2. Carew • MIN 8.2
3. Singleton • BAL 7.8
4. Gamble • CHW 6.7
5. Rice • BOS 6.2
6. Bostock • MIN 6.0
7. Nettles • NYY 5.6
8. Orta • CHW 5.2
9. Zisk • CHW 5.1
10. Hisle • MIN 4.8

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 7.6
2. Singleton • BAL 5.2
3. Bostock • MIN 4.3
4. Hisle • MIN 4.2
5. Jackson • NYY 4.1
6. Cowens • KCR 3.8
7. Rice • BOS 3.8
8. Fisk • BOS 3.7
9. Page • OAK 3.6
10. Gamble • CHW 3.5

rOBA

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

1. Carew • MIN .451
2. Page • OAK .430
3. Singleton • BAL .429
4. Rice • BOS .426
5. Jackson • NYY .411
6. Bostock • MIN .406
7. Thornton • CLE .406
8. Brett • KCR .404
9. Hisle • MIN .404
10. Fisk • BOS .403

Rbat+

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

1. Carew • MIN 181
2. Singleton • BAL 171
3. Page • OAK 157
4. Thornton • CLE 152
5. Rice • BOS 150
6. Jackson • NYY 148
7. Bostock • MIN 147
8. Brett • KCR 147
9. Hisle • MIN 146
10. Hargrove • TEX 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