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. Guidry • NYY 9.6
2. Caldwell • MIL 8.2
3. Rice • BOS 7.6
4. Otis • KCR 7.4
5. Eckersley • BOS 7.3
6. DeCinces • BAL 6.8
7. Goltz • MIN 6.6
8. Palmer • BAL 6.4
9. Matlack • TEX 6.2
10. Fisk • BOS 6.0

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. Rice • BOS 7.6
2. Otis • KCR 7.4
3. DeCinces • BAL 6.8
4. Fisk • BOS 6.0
5. Smalley • MIN 5.9
6. Randolph • NYY 5.9
7. Nettles • NYY 5.7
8. Bando • MIL 5.7
9. Thompson • DET 5.5
10. Brett • KCR 5.4

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. Rice • BOS 6.7
2. Fisk • BOS 5.9
3. Otis • KCR 5.7
4. DeCinces • BAL 5.7
5. Singleton • BAL 5.6
6. Smalley • MIN 5.5
7. Hisle • MIL 5.5
8. LeFlore • DET 5.2
9. Carew • MIN 5.1
10. Thornton • CLE 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 3.8
2. Sundberg • TEX 3.0
3. Dent • NYY 2.8
4. Burleson • BOS 2.2
5. White • KCR 1.9
6. Nettles • NYY 1.8
7. Bell • CLE 1.8
8. Otis • KCR 1.8
9. Yount • MIL 1.8
10. Dempsey • BAL 1.7
Wills • TEX 1.7

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 .333
2. Oliver • TEX .324
3. Rice • BOS .315
4. Piniella • NYY .314
5. Oglivie • MIL .303
6. Roberts • SEA .301
7. Otis • KCR .298
8. Lynn • BOS .298
9. LeFlore • DET .297
10. Munson • NYY .297

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 .411
2. Singleton • BAL .409
3. Hargrove • TEX .388
4. Randolph • NYY .381
5. Lynn • BOS .380
6. Otis • KCR .380
7. Kemp • DET .379
8. Lezcano • MIL .377
9. Thornton • CLE .377
10. Grubb • 2TM .381 **

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 .600
2. Hisle • MIL .533
3. DeCinces • BAL .526
4. Otis • KCR .525
5. Thornton • CLE .516
6. Thomas • MIL .515
7. Roberts • SEA .515
8. Carty • 2TM .502
9. Oglivie • MIL .497
10. Lynn • BOS .492

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. Rice • BOS .970
2. Hisle • MIL .906
3. Otis • KCR .905
4. Thornton • CLE .893
5. Roberts • SEA .879
6. DeCinces • BAL .872
7. Lynn • BOS .872
8. Singleton • BAL .871
9. Oglivie • MIL .867
10. Thomas • MIL .866

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Rice • BOS 163
2. Staub • DET 162
Chambliss • NYY 162
4. Murray • BAL 161
5. Kemp • DET 159
Nettles • NYY 159
7. Baylor • CAL 158
Smalley • MIN 158
9. Fisk • BOS 157
Wills • TEX 157

At Bats

At Bats

1. Rice • BOS 677
2. LeFlore • DET 666
3. Staub • DET 642
4. Burleson • BOS 626
5. Chambliss • NYY 625
6. McRae • KCR 623
7. Bailor • TOR 621
8. Munson • NYY 617
9. Murray • BAL 610
10. Ford • MIN 592

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. Rice • BOS 746
2. LeFlore • DET 741
3. Staub • DET 734
4. Smalley • MIN 702
5. McRae • KCR 692
6. Murray • BAL 690
7. Kemp • DET 686
8. Burleson • BOS 685
9. Baylor • CAL 677
Chambliss • NYY 677

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. LeFlore • DET 126
2. Rice • BOS 121
3. Baylor • CAL 103
4. Thornton • CLE 97
5. Hisle • MIL 96
6. Fisk • BOS 94
7. Bonds • 2TM 93
8. McRae • KCR 90
9. Money • MIL 88
10. Remy • BOS 87
Randolph • NYY 87

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Rice • BOS 213
2. LeFlore • DET 198
3. Carew • MIN 188
4. Munson • NYY 183
5. Staub • DET 175
6. Murray • BAL 174
7. Chambliss • NYY 171
8. McRae • KCR 170
Oliver • TEX 170
10. Thompson • DET 169

Total Bases

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

1. Rice • BOS 406
2. Murray • BAL 293
3. Baylor • CAL 279
Staub • DET 279
5. Thompson • DET 278
6. Hisle • MIL 277
7. Fisk • BOS 271
Bonds • 2TM 271
9. LeFlore • DET 270
Nettles • NYY 270

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Brett • KCR 45
2. Fisk • BOS 39
McRae • KCR 39
4. DeCinces • BAL 37
5. Ford • MIN 36
6. Oliver • TEX 35
7. Piniella • NYY 34
8. Lynn • BOS 33
9. Murray • BAL 32
Burleson • BOS 32

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Rice • BOS 15
2. Carew • MIN 10
Ford • MIN 10
4. Garr • CHW 9
Yount • MIL 9
6. Bell • CLE 8
Brett • KCR 8
Cowens • KCR 8
Rivers • NYY 8
McKay • TOR 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Rice • BOS 46
2. Baylor • CAL 34
Hisle • MIL 34
4. Thornton • CLE 33
5. Thomas • MIL 32
6. Bonds • 2TM 31
Carty • 2TM 31
8. DeCinces • BAL 28
9. Murray • BAL 27
Jackson • NYY 27
Nettles • NYY 27
Alexander • 2TM 27

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Rice • BOS 139
2. Staub • DET 121
3. Hisle • MIL 115
4. Thornton • CLE 105
5. Baylor • CAL 99
Carty • 2TM 99
7. Jackson • NYY 97
8. Thompson • DET 96
Otis • KCR 96
10. Murray • BAL 95

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Hargrove • TEX 107
2. Singleton • BAL 98
3. Kemp • DET 97
4. Thornton • CLE 93
5. Smalley • MIN 85
6. Harrah • TEX 83
7. Randolph • NYY 82
8. Bonds • 2TM 79
9. Carew • MIN 78
10. Yastrzemski • BOS 76
Staub • DET 76

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Alexander • 2TM 166
2. Thomas • MIL 133
Jackson • NYY 133
4. Rice • BOS 126
5. Hobson • BOS 122
6. Bonds • 2TM 120
7. Evans • BOS 119
8. May • BAL 110
9. LeFlore • DET 104
10. Murray • BAL 97

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. LeFlore • DET 68
2. Cruz • SEA 59
3. Wills • TEX 52
4. Diloné • OAK 50
5. Wilson • KCR 46
6. Bonds • 2TM 43
7. Patek • KCR 38
8. Randolph • NYY 36
9. Otis • KCR 32
10. Harrah • TEX 31

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. LeFlore • DET 153
2. Munson • NYY 149
3. Carew • MIN 147
4. Bostock • CAL 135
5. Reynolds • SEA 132
6. Kuiper • CLE 131
7. Remy • BOS 130
Chambliss • NYY 130
9. Rice • BOS 127
Bailor • TOR 127

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Rice • BOS 157
2. Hisle • MIL 153
3. Singleton • BAL 152
4. Thornton • CLE 151
5. Otis • KCR 151
6. DeCinces • BAL 149
7. Roberts • SEA 146
8. Oglivie • MIL 143
9. Thomas • MIL 142
10. Murray • BAL 140

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. Rice • BOS 147
2. LeFlore • DET 105
Carew • MIN 105
4. Murray • BAL 104
Thompson • DET 104
6. Fisk • BOS 103
Lynn • BOS 103
Hisle • MIL 103
9. Otis • KCR 102
10. Singleton • BAL 100

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. Rice • BOS 49
2. Singleton • BAL 40
3. Thornton • CLE 37
4. Hisle • MIL 37
5. Otis • KCR 35
6. Murray • BAL 33
7. Carew • MIN 33
8. DeCinces • BAL 32
9. Roberts • SEA 28
10. Oglivie • MIL 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. Rice • BOS 4.9
2. Singleton • BAL 4.0
3. Thornton • CLE 3.7
4. Hisle • MIL 3.7
5. Otis • KCR 3.5
6. Murray • BAL 3.3
7. Carew • MIN 3.3
8. DeCinces • BAL 3.2
9. Roberts • SEA 2.8
10. Oglivie • MIL 2.7

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Rice • BOS 86
2. DeCinces • BAL 66
3. Fisk • BOS 64
4. Murray • BAL 62
Brett • KCR 62
6. Baylor • CAL 60
McRae • KCR 60
8. Thornton • CLE 59
Otis • KCR 59
10. Lynn • BOS 58
Hisle • MIL 58

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. Rice • BOS 276
2. LeFlore • DET 267
Carew • MIN 267
4. Kemp • DET 259
5. Staub • DET 254
6. Singleton • BAL 247
7. Smalley • MIN 246
8. Murray • BAL 245
9. Thompson • DET 243
10. Fisk • BOS 240

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. Rice • BOS .756
2. Otis • KCR .727
3. Singleton • BAL .714
4. Roberts • SEA .704
Hisle • MIL .704
6. Carew • MIN .700
7. Lynn • BOS .696
8. Lezcano • MIL .679
9. Oglivie • MIL .678
10. Thornton • CLE .677

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Baylor • CAL 18
2. Jackson • CAL 9
Jackson • NYY 9
4. Lemon • CHW 8
Roberts • SEA 8
6. Fisk • BOS 7
Chalk • CAL 7
Grich • CAL 7
Money • MIL 7
Hargrove • TEX 7

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Campaneris • TEX 25
2. Smalley • MIN 23
3. Grich • CAL 19
Gómez • TOR 19
5. Guerrero • OAK 17
6. Kuiper • CLE 16
7. Veryzer • CLE 15
Wilfong • MIN 15
Essian • OAK 15
10. Remy • BOS 14
Money • MIL 14
Edwards • OAK 14

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Baylor • CAL 12
2. Staub • DET 11
Cowens • KCR 11
McRae • KCR 11
5. Otis • KCR 10
Munson • NYY 10
7. Nettles • NYY 9
Oliver • TEX 9
9. Murray • BAL 8
Hobson • BOS 8
Yastrzemski • BOS 8
Thornton • CLE 8
Whitaker • DET 8
Bonds • 2TM 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Carew • MIN 19
2. Porter • KCR 14
3. Lynn • BOS 11
4. Oglivie • MIL 10
5. Baylor • CAL 9
6. Yastrzemski • BOS 8
Bostock • CAL 8
Piniella • NYY 8
Hargrove • TEX 8
10. Murray • BAL 7
Rice • BOS 7
LeFlore • DET 7
Otis • KCR 7
White • NYY 7
Zisk • TEX 7
Bonds • 2TM 7
Carty • 2TM 7

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. Bostock • CAL 26
2. Bell • CLE 24
Staub • DET 24
4. Munson • NYY 20
Nettles • NYY 20
6. Scott • BOS 19
7. May • BAL 18
Carew • MIN 18
Sundberg • TEX 18
10. Johnson • CHW 17
Thornton • CLE 17
McKay • TOR 17

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Diloné • OAK 23
2. Bonds • 2TM 22
3. Edwards • OAK 21
4. Page • OAK 19
5. LeFlore • DET 16
6. Wills • TEX 14
7. Remy • BOS 13
Miller • CAL 13
9. Bostock • CAL 12
Manning • CLE 12
Wilson • KCR 12
Molitor • MIL 12
Beníquez • TEX 12

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Cruz • SEA 85.51
2. Campaneris • TEX 84.62
3. Lowenstein • TEX 84.21
4. Randolph • NYY 83.72
5. Rivers • NYY 83.33
6. LeFlore • DET 80.95
7. Otis • KCR 80.00
8. Harrah • TEX 79.49
9. Carew • MIN 79.41
10. Wilson • KCR 79.31

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 • 2TM 36.0
2. Baylor • CAL 26.7
3. Otis • KCR 26.1
4. LeFlore • DET 20.4
5. Page • OAK 19.6
6. Jackson • NYY 18.4
7. Harrah • TEX 17.3
8. McRae • KCR 16.5
9. Hisle • MIL 15.5
10. Wills • TEX 15.3

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. Bailor • TOR 29.6
2. Staub • DET 18.3
3. Bostock • CAL 15.8
4. Kuiper • CLE 15.6
5. Brett • KCR 14.6
6. Guerrero • OAK 14.4
7. Dauer • BAL 20.9 **
8. Chalk • CAL 13.8
9. Reynolds • SEA 13.4
10. Piniella • NYY 13.1

AB per HR

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

1. Thomas • MIL 14.1
2. Rice • BOS 14.7
3. Hisle • MIL 15.3
4. Thornton • CLE 15.4
5. Carty • 2TM 17.0
6. Baylor • CAL 17.4
7. Bonds • 2TM 18.2
8. DeCinces • BAL 18.3
9. Alexander • 2TM 18.4
10. Jackson • NYY 18.9

Outs Made

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

1. Burleson • BOS 510
2. Staub • DET 505
3. LeFlore • DET 501
4. Rice • BOS 490
5. McRae • KCR 488
6. Bailor • TOR 483
7. Smalley • MIN 480
8. Baylor • CAL 476
9. Munson • NYY 468
10. Remy • BOS 467
Chambliss • NYY 467

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. Rice • BOS 61.18
2. Hisle • MIL 46.10
3. Otis • KCR 43.02
4. Singleton • BAL 36.15
5. Lynn • BOS 33.82
6. Carew • MIN 33.41
7. DeCinces • BAL 33.16
8. Jackson • NYY 32.00
9. Roberts • SEA 31.99
10. Piniella • NYY 31.47

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>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Rice • BOS 6.7
2. Hisle • MIL 4.9
3. Otis • KCR 4.6
4. Roberts • SEA 4.1
5. Murray • BAL 3.9
6. Lynn • BOS 3.7
7. Thompson • DET 3.6
8. Singleton • BAL 3.6
9. Thornton • CLE 3.3
10. Piniella • NYY 2.9

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. Rice • BOS 5.7
2. Hisle • MIL 4.6
3. Singleton • BAL 4.0
4. Otis • KCR 3.4
5. Thornton • CLE 3.1
6. Oglivie • MIL 3.0
7. Lynn • BOS 3.0
8. Thompson • DET 3.0
9. DeCinces • BAL 3.0
10. Carew • MIN 2.8

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Lynn • BOS 8.0
2. Dent • NYY 7.8
3. Otis • KCR 6.6
4. Porter • KCR 5.5
5. Rice • BOS 4.2
6. Braun • 2TM 3.7
7. Nettles • NYY 3.5
8. Jackson • NYY 3.5
9. Baylor • CAL 3.4
10. Fisk • BOS 3.2

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. Rice • BOS 5.8
2. Hisle • MIL 4.6
3. Otis • KCR 4.3
4. Singleton • BAL 3.7
5. DeCinces • BAL 3.4
6. Carew • MIN 3.3
7. Jackson • NYY 3.3
8. Roberts • SEA 3.2
9. Lynn • BOS 3.2
10. Piniella • NYY 3.2

rOBA

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

1. Rice • BOS .435
2. Hisle • MIL .419
3. Otis • KCR .416
4. Singleton • BAL .408
5. Thornton • CLE .404
6. Oglivie • MIL .397
7. DeCinces • BAL .397
8. Carew • MIN .396
9. Roberts • SEA .394
10. Lynn • BOS .393

Rbat+

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

1. Rice • BOS 162
2. Hisle • MIL 160
3. Singleton • BAL 159
4. Thornton • CLE 153
5. DeCinces • BAL 152
6. Otis • KCR 151
7. Oglivie • MIL 146
8. Roberts • SEA 143
9. Thomas • MIL 142
10. Carty • 2TM 141

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