American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Brett • KCR 9.4
2. Henderson • OAK 8.8
3. Wilson • KCR 8.5
4. Yount • MIL 7.1
5. Burns • CHW 7.0
6. Murphy • OAK 6.9
7. Cooper • MIL 6.8
8. Randolph • NYY 6.6
9. Bell • TEX 6.5
10. Oglivie • MIL 6.5
WAR Position Players
1. Brett • KCR 9.4
2. Henderson • OAK 8.8
3. Wilson • KCR 8.5
4. Yount • MIL 7.1
5. Murphy • OAK 6.9
6. Cooper • MIL 6.8
7. Randolph • NYY 6.6
8. Bell • TEX 6.5
9. Oglivie • MIL 6.5
10. Bumbry • BAL 6.1
Offensive WAR
1. Brett • KCR 8.5
2. Henderson • OAK 6.9
3. Yount • MIL 6.5
4. Randolph • NYY 6.4
5. Jackson • NYY 6.1
6. Wilson • KCR 6.0
7. Cooper • MIL 6.0
8. Bumbry • BAL 5.8
9. Singleton • BAL 5.5
10. Bell • TEX 5.2
Defensive WAR
1. Dent • NYY 3.1
2. Murphy • OAK 2.5
3. Wilson • KCR 2.2
4. DeCinces • BAL 2.2
5. Wynegar • MIN 2.1
6. Cerone • NYY 1.9
7. Armas • OAK 1.8
8. Bell • TEX 1.7
9. Castino • MIN 1.7
10. Garcia • BAL 1.6
Yount • MIL 1.6
Batting Average
1. Brett • KCR .390
2. Cooper • MIL .352
3. Diloné • CLE .341
4. Rivers • TEX .333
5. Carew • CAL .331
6. Bell • TEX .329
7. Wilson • KCR .326
8. Oliver • TEX .319
9. Bumbry • BAL .318
10. Watson • NYY .307
On-Base%
1. Brett • KCR .454
2. Randolph • NYY .427
3. Henderson • OAK .420
4. Hargrove • CLE .415
5. Thompson • 2TM .398
6. Jackson • NYY .398
7. Singleton • BAL .397
8. Carew • CAL .396
9. Bumbry • BAL .392
10. Lemon • CHW .388
Slugging %
1. Brett • KCR .664
2. Jackson • NYY .597
3. Oglivie • MIL .563
4. Cooper • MIL .539
5. Yount • MIL .519
6. Murray • BAL .519
7. Rice • BOS .504
8. Armas • OAK .500
9. Parrish • DET .499
10. Bell • TEX .498
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Brett • KCR 1.118
2. Jackson • NYY .995
3. Cooper • MIL .926
4. Oglivie • MIL .925
5. Singleton • BAL .882
6. Bell • TEX .877
7. Thompson • 2TM .873
8. Murray • BAL .873
9. Kemp • DET .851
10. Charboneau • CLE .846
Games Played
1. Oliver • TEX 163
2. Morrison • CHW 162
Thomas • MIL 162
4. Wilson • KCR 161
5. Bumbry • BAL 160
Hargrove • CLE 160
Harrah • CLE 160
8. Murphy • OAK 159
9. Murray • BAL 158
Armas • OAK 158
Henderson • OAK 158
At Bats
1. Wilson • KCR 705
2. Oliver • TEX 656
3. Griffin • TOR 653
4. Bumbry • BAL 645
5. Burleson • BOS 644
6. Rivers • TEX 630
7. Thomas • MIL 628
Armas • OAK 628
9. Cooper • MIL 622
10. Murray • BAL 621
Plate Appearances
1. Wilson • KCR 745
2. Bumbry • BAL 738
3. Henderson • OAK 722
4. Hargrove • CLE 720
5. Burleson • BOS 718
6. Oliver • TEX 709
7. Murphy • OAK 702
8. Thomas • MIL 697
9. Griffin • TOR 696
10. Murray • BAL 683
Runs Scored
1. Wilson • KCR 133
2. Yount • MIL 121
3. Bumbry • BAL 118
4. Henderson • OAK 111
5. Trammell • DET 107
6. Wills • TEX 102
7. Murray • BAL 100
Harrah • CLE 100
9. Randolph • NYY 99
10. Cooper • MIL 96
Oliver • TEX 96
Rivers • TEX 96
Hits
1. Wilson • KCR 230
2. Cooper • MIL 219
3. Rivers • TEX 210
4. Oliver • TEX 209
5. Bumbry • BAL 205
6. Murray • BAL 186
7. Diloné • CLE 180
Oglivie • MIL 180
9. Burleson • BOS 179
Carew • CAL 179
Hargrove • CLE 179
Yount • MIL 179
Henderson • OAK 179
Total Bases
1. Cooper • MIL 335
2. Oglivie • MIL 333
3. Murray • BAL 322
4. Yount • MIL 317
5. Oliver • TEX 315
6. Armas • OAK 314
7. Jackson • NYY 307
8. Brett • KCR 298
9. Wilson • KCR 297
10. Thomas • MIL 296
Doubles
1. Yount • MIL 49
2. Oliver • TEX 43
3. Morrison • CHW 40
4. McRae • KCR 39
5. Evans • BOS 37
6. Murray • BAL 36
7. Carew • CAL 34
Parrish • DET 34
Bochte • SEA 34
10. Stapleton • BOS 33
Brett • KCR 33
Cooper • MIL 33
Triples
1. Wilson • KCR 15
Griffin • TOR 15
3. Washington • KCR 11
Landreaux • MIN 11
5. Yount • MIL 10
6. Bumbry • BAL 9
Diloné • CLE 9
Brookens • DET 9
Brett • KCR 9
Howell • TOR 9
Home Runs
1. Oglivie • MIL 41
Jackson • NYY 41
3. Thomas • MIL 38
4. Armas • OAK 35
5. Murray • BAL 32
6. Mayberry • TOR 30
7. Pérez • BOS 25
Cooper • MIL 25
9. Singleton • BAL 24
Rice • BOS 24
Parrish • DET 24
Brett • KCR 24
Runs Batted In
1. Cooper • MIL 122
2. Brett • KCR 118
Oglivie • MIL 118
4. Oliver • TEX 117
5. Murray • BAL 116
6. Jackson • NYY 111
7. Armas • OAK 109
8. Pérez • BOS 105
Thomas • MIL 105
10. Singleton • BAL 104
Bases on Balls
1. Randolph • NYY 119
2. Henderson • OAK 117
3. Hargrove • CLE 111
4. Murphy • OAK 102
5. Harrah • CLE 98
6. Singleton • BAL 92
7. Grich • CAL 84
8. Jackson • NYY 83
Thompson • 2TM 83
10. Bumbry • BAL 78
Strikeouts
1. Thomas • MIL 170
2. Armas • OAK 128
3. Jackson • NYY 122
4. Parrish • DET 109
5. Grich • CAL 108
6. Evans • BOS 98
7. Murphy • OAK 96
8. Singleton • BAL 94
9. Pérez • BOS 93
Lansford • CAL 93
Stolen Bases
1. Henderson • OAK 100
2. Wilson • KCR 79
3. Diloné • CLE 61
4. Cruz • SEA 45
5. Bumbry • BAL 44
6. Molitor • MIL 34
Wills • TEX 34
8. Randolph • NYY 30
9. Brown • NYY 27
10. Murphy • OAK 26
Singles
1. Wilson • KCR 184
2. Rivers • TEX 165
3. Bumbry • BAL 158
4. Cooper • MIL 157
5. Hargrove • CLE 144
Henderson • OAK 144
Oliver • TEX 144
8. Diloné • CLE 141
9. Burleson • BOS 140
10. Carew • CAL 135
Adjusted OPS+
1. Brett • KCR 203
2. Jackson • NYY 172
3. Cooper • MIL 155
4. Oglivie • MIL 153
5. Bell • TEX 143
6. Singleton • BAL 142
7. Thompson • 2TM 141
8. Murray • BAL 138
9. Henderson • OAK 135
10. Randolph • NYY 133
Runs Created
1. Brett • KCR 135
2. Cooper • MIL 126
3. Jackson • NYY 125
4. Oglivie • MIL 121
5. Henderson • OAK 120
6. Bumbry • BAL 118
7. Wilson • KCR 117
8. Singleton • BAL 113
9. Murray • BAL 111
10. Oliver • TEX 108
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Brett • KCR 66
2. Jackson • NYY 51
3. Cooper • MIL 46
4. Oglivie • MIL 42
5. Singleton • BAL 37
6. Henderson • OAK 37
7. Randolph • NYY 32
8. Murray • BAL 31
9. Hargrove • CLE 29
10. Thompson • 2TM 29
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Brett • KCR 6.3
2. Jackson • NYY 5.0
3. Cooper • MIL 4.5
4. Oglivie • MIL 4.1
5. Henderson • OAK 3.6
Singleton • BAL 3.6
7. Randolph • NYY 3.1
8. Murray • BAL 3.1
9. Hargrove • CLE 2.8
10. Oliver • TEX 2.8
Extra Base Hits
1. Yount • MIL 82
2. Murray • BAL 70
3. Oglivie • MIL 69
4. Thomas • MIL 67
Jackson • NYY 67
6. Brett • KCR 66
7. Oliver • TEX 65
8. Parrish • DET 64
9. Cooper • MIL 62
10. Armas • OAK 61
Times On Base
1. Henderson • OAK 301
2. Hargrove • CLE 298
3. Bumbry • BAL 286
4. Randolph • NYY 272
5. Singleton • BAL 270
6. Wilson • KCR 264
7. Murphy • OAK 261
8. Cooper • MIL 260
9. Harrah • CLE 255
10. Oliver • TEX 253
Offensive Win %
1. Brett • KCR .856
2. Jackson • NYY .776
3. Cooper • MIL .720
4. Oglivie • MIL .709
5. Randolph • NYY .706
6. Thompson • 2TM .691
Henderson • OAK .691
8. Singleton • BAL .687
9. Bell • TEX .670
10. Bumbry • BAL .668
Hit By Pitch
1. Fisk • BOS 13
2. Lemon • CHW 12
3. Baylor • CAL 11
4. Morrison • CHW 8
Hargrove • CLE 8
Veryzer • CLE 8
McRae • KCR 8
8. Molinaro • CHW 7
Harrah • CLE 7
Aikens • KCR 7
Sacrifice Hits
1. Murphy • OAK 22
2. Castino • MIN 21
3. Milbourne • SEA 15
Wills • TEX 15
5. Dybzinski • CLE 14
6. Trammell • DET 13
Cruz • SEA 13
8. Morrison • CHW 12
Whitaker • DET 12
Simpson • SEA 12
Frías • TEX 12
Sacrifice Flies
1. Lansford • CAL 11
2. Hargrove • CLE 10
Otis • KCR 10
Cerone • NYY 10
5. Manning • CLE 9
Kemp • DET 9
Aikens • KCR 9
Oglivie • MIL 9
Smalley • MIN 9
Murcer • NYY 9
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Oglivie • MIL 19
2. Brett • KCR 16
3. Cooper • MIL 15
Jackson • NYY 15
5. Bochte • SEA 13
6. Pérez • BOS 11
Manning • CLE 11
Bell • TEX 11
9. Murray • BAL 10
Hargrove • CLE 10
Thompson • 2TM 10
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Pérez • BOS 25
2. Burleson • BOS 24
Charboneau • CLE 24
Kemp • DET 24
Parrish • DET 24
6. Aikens • KCR 23
7. Dauer • BAL 22
Hargrove • CLE 22
Armas • OAK 22
10. DeCinces • BAL 20
Watson • NYY 20
Caught Stealing
1. Henderson • OAK 26
2. Griffin • TOR 23
3. Diloné • CLE 18
4. Carew • CAL 15
Murphy • OAK 15
6. Burleson • BOS 13
García • TOR 13
8. Trammell • DET 12
9. Bumbry • BAL 11
Brookens • DET 11
SB %
1. Otis • KCR 94.12
2. Harrah • CLE 89.47
3. Kelly • BAL 88.89
4. Wilson • KCR 88.76
5. Cruz • SEA 86.54
6. Randolph • NYY 85.71
7. Wathan • KCR 85.00
8. Molitor • MIL 82.93
9. Powell • MIN 82.35
10. Simpson • SEA 80.95
Power-Speed #
1. Yount • MIL 21.4
2. Cooper • MIL 20.2
3. Brett • KCR 18.5
4. Brown • NYY 18.4
5. Oglivie • MIL 17.3
6. Murphy • OAK 17.3
7. Henderson • OAK 16.5
8. Page • OAK 15.4
9. Bumbry • BAL 14.9
10. Lansford • CAL 14.5
AB per SO
1. Dauer • BAL 29.3
2. Brett • KCR 20.4
3. Rivers • TEX 18.5
4. Hargrove • CLE 16.4
5. Cooper • MIL 14.8
6. Carew • CAL 14.2
7. Oliver • TEX 14.0
8. Wynegar • MIN 13.5
9. Dent • NYY 13.2
10. Meyer • SEA 12.6
AB per HR
1. Jackson • NYY 12.5
2. Oglivie • MIL 14.4
3. Thomas • MIL 16.5
4. Mayberry • TOR 16.7
5. Armas • OAK 17.9
6. Brett • KCR 18.7
7. Murray • BAL 19.4
8. Charboneau • CLE 19.7
9. Thompson • 2TM 20.9
10. Rice • BOS 21.0
Outs Made
1. Griffin • TOR 532
2. Burleson • BOS 512
3. Thomas • MIL 499
4. Wilson • KCR 495
5. Armas • OAK 485
6. Lansford • CAL 480
7. Oliver • TEX 477
8. Morrison • CHW 476
9. Bumbry • BAL 472
10. Murphy • OAK 468
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Brett • KCR 78.45
2. Cooper • MIL 55.97
3. Jackson • NYY 55.92
4. Singleton • BAL 44.97
5. Henderson • OAK 41.16
6. Oglivie • MIL 38.21
7. Randolph • NYY 37.85
8. Thompson • 2TM 35.63
9. Kemp • DET 33.90
10. Wockenfuss • DET 33.78
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Brett • KCR 6.2
2. Jackson • NYY 4.6
3. Bochte • SEA 4.1
4. Singleton • BAL 3.7
Randolph • NYY 3.7
6. Wockenfuss • DET 3.6
7. Henderson • OAK 3.4
8. Cooper • MIL 3.3
9. Murray • BAL 3.3
10. Carew • CAL 3.1
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Brett • KCR 6.0
2. Jackson • NYY 5.0
3. Henderson • OAK 4.1
4. Cooper • MIL 4.1
5. Singleton • BAL 4.1
6. Oglivie • MIL 4.0
7. Randolph • NYY 3.3
8. Yount • MIL 3.1
9. Murray • BAL 2.9
10. Bell • TEX 2.7
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Jackson • NYY 6.9
2. Randolph • NYY 4.3
3. Brett • KCR 3.5
4. Watson • NYY 3.4
5. Murcer • NYY 3.3
6. Murray • BAL 3.3
7. Singleton • BAL 3.0
8. Gamble • NYY 2.9
9. Lowenstein • BAL 2.7
10. Wilson • KCR 2.0
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Brett • KCR 7.5
2. Cooper • MIL 5.5
3. Jackson • NYY 5.5
4. Singleton • BAL 4.4
5. Henderson • OAK 4.2
6. Oglivie • MIL 3.8
7. Randolph • NYY 3.7
8. Thompson • 2TM 3.5
9. Oliver • TEX 3.3
10. Kemp • DET 3.3

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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements