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. Evans • BOS 6.7
2. Henderson • OAK 6.7
3. Bell • TEX 6.2
4. Blyleven • CLE 5.6
5. Grich • CAL 5.5
6. Yount • MIL 4.9
7. Burleson • CAL 4.5
8. McCatty • OAK 4.5
9. Stieb • TOR 4.4
10. Murphy • OAK 4.4

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. Evans • BOS 6.7
2. Henderson • OAK 6.7
3. Bell • TEX 6.2
4. Grich • CAL 5.5
5. Yount • MIL 4.9
6. Burleson • CAL 4.5
7. Murphy • OAK 4.4
8. Paciorek • SEA 4.3
9. Cooper • MIL 4.2
10. Armas • OAK 4.2

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. Evans • BOS 5.2
2. Grich • CAL 5.0
3. Henderson • OAK 4.3
4. Cooper • MIL 3.9
5. Lansford • BOS 3.7
Lemon • CHW 3.7
7. Murray • BAL 3.6
8. Brett • KCR 3.5
Burleson • CAL 3.5
10. Harrah • CLE 3.5

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. Bell • TEX 3.4
2. Yount • MIL 2.8
3. Trammell • DET 2.4
4. Henderson • OAK 2.0
Whitaker • DET 2.0
6. Wilson • KCR 1.9
7. Burleson • CAL 1.9
8. Sundberg • TEX 1.6
9. Mendoza • TEX 1.4
10. Armas • OAK 1.2
Dempsey • BAL 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. Lansford • BOS .336
2. Paciorek • SEA .326
3. Gibson • DET .328 **
4. Cooper • MIL .320
5. Henderson • OAK .319
6. Hargrove • CLE .317
7. Brett • KCR .314
8. Zisk • SEA .311
9. Oliver • TEX .309
10. Remy • BOS .307

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. Hargrove • CLE .424
2. Evans • BOS .415
3. Henderson • OAK .408
4. Kemp • DET .389
5. Lansford • BOS .389
6. Lemon • CHW .384
7. Harrah • CLE .382
8. Singleton • BAL .380
9. Carew • CAL .380
10. Paciorek • SEA .379

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. Grich • CAL .543
2. Murray • BAL .534
3. Evans • BOS .522
4. Paciorek • SEA .509
5. Cooper • MIL .495
6. Thomas • MIL .493
7. Lemon • CHW .491
8. Zisk • SEA .485
9. Brett • KCR .484
10. Armas • OAK .480

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. Evans • BOS .937
2. Grich • CAL .921
3. Murray • BAL .895
4. Paciorek • SEA .888
5. Lemon • CHW .874
6. Cooper • MIL .858
7. Zisk • SEA .851
8. Brett • KCR .846
9. Henderson • OAK .845
10. Luzinski • CHW .841

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Burleson • CAL 109
Whitaker • DET 109
Armas • OAK 109
4. Evans • BOS 108
Rice • BOS 108
Henderson • OAK 108
7. Gantner • MIL 107
Oglivie • MIL 107
Murphy • OAK 107
10. Bernazard • CHW 106
Cooper • MIL 106

At Bats

At Bats

1. Rice • BOS 451
2. Armas • OAK 440
3. Wilson • KCR 439
4. Burleson • CAL 430
5. Henderson • OAK 423
6. Oliver • TEX 421
7. Cooper • MIL 416
8. Evans • BOS 412
9. Wills • TEX 410
10. Paciorek • SEA 405

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. Evans • BOS 504
2. Rice • BOS 495
3. Henderson • OAK 493
4. Burleson • CAL 490
5. Murphy • OAK 477
6. Wilson • KCR 465
7. Trammell • DET 463
8. Armas • OAK 462
9. Wills • TEX 454
10. Cooper • MIL 453

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Henderson • OAK 89
2. Evans • BOS 84
3. Cooper • MIL 70
4. Harrah • CLE 64
5. Rivers • TEX 62
6. Bumbry • BAL 61
Lansford • BOS 61
8. Randolph • NYY 59
9. Murphy • OAK 58
10. Murray • BAL 57
Carew • CAL 57
Cruz • SEA 57

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Henderson • OAK 135
2. Lansford • BOS 134
3. Wilson • KCR 133
Cooper • MIL 133
5. Paciorek • SEA 132
6. Oliver • TEX 130
7. Rice • BOS 128
8. Burleson • CAL 126
9. Evans • BOS 122
10. Armas • OAK 115

Total Bases

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

1. Evans • BOS 215
2. Armas • OAK 211
3. Cooper • MIL 206
Paciorek • SEA 206
5. Murray • BAL 202
6. Rice • BOS 199
7. Grich • CAL 191
8. Henderson • OAK 185
9. Luzinski • CHW 180
Winfield • NYY 180

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Cooper • MIL 35
2. Oliver • TEX 29
3. Paciorek • SEA 28
4. Dauer • BAL 27
Brett • KCR 27
6. Winfield • NYY 25
7. Armas • OAK 24
8. DeCinces • BAL 23
Lansford • BOS 23
Lemon • CHW 23
McRae • KCR 23
Hatcher • MIN 23

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Castino • MIN 9
2. Baines • CHW 7
Brett • KCR 7
Wilson • KCR 7
Henderson • OAK 7
6. Lemon • CHW 6
Ward • MIN 6
Griffin • TOR 6
9. Diloné • CLE 5
Yount • MIL 5
Mumphrey • NYY 5

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Murray • BAL 22
Evans • BOS 22
Grich • CAL 22
Armas • OAK 22
5. Luzinski • CHW 21
Thomas • MIL 21
7. Rice • BOS 17
Baylor • CAL 17
Aikens • KCR 17
Johnson • OAK 17
Mayberry • TOR 17

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Murray • BAL 78
2. Armas • OAK 76
3. Oglivie • MIL 72
4. Evans • BOS 71
5. Winfield • NYY 68
6. Baylor • CAL 66
Paciorek • SEA 66
8. Thomas • MIL 65
9. Bell • TEX 64
10. Rice • BOS 62
Luzinski • CHW 62

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Evans • BOS 85
2. Murphy • OAK 73
3. Kemp • DET 70
4. Henderson • OAK 64
5. Aikens • KCR 62
6. Singleton • BAL 61
7. Hargrove • CLE 60
8. Luzinski • CHW 58
9. Harrah • CLE 57
Randolph • NYY 57

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Armas • OAK 115
2. Murphy • OAK 91
3. Moseby • TOR 86
4. Evans • BOS 85
Thomas • MIL 85
6. Jackson • NYY 82
7. Luzinski • CHW 80
8. Rice • BOS 76
9. Ford • CAL 71
Grich • CAL 71

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Henderson • OAK 56
2. Cruz • SEA 43
3. LeFlore • CHW 36
4. Wilson • KCR 34
5. Diloné • CLE 29
6. Manning • CLE 25
7. Bumbry • BAL 22
8. Gibson • DET 17
9. Carew • CAL 16
Almon • CHW 16
Bannister • CLE 16
Otis • KCR 16

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Wilson • KCR 115
2. Lansford • BOS 104
Henderson • OAK 104
4. Burleson • CAL 103
5. Remy • BOS 100
6. Oliver • TEX 96
7. Rice • BOS 92
8. Carew • CAL 91
9. Almon • CHW 89
10. Paciorek • SEA 88
Rivers • TEX 88

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Grich • CAL 165
2. Evans • BOS 163
3. Murray • BAL 156
4. Lemon • CHW 155
5. Cooper • MIL 151
6. Henderson • OAK 151
7. Paciorek • SEA 151
8. Thomas • MIL 146
9. Luzinski • CHW 145
10. Brett • KCR 145

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. Evans • BOS 95
2. Henderson • OAK 81
3. Paciorek • SEA 76
4. Grich • CAL 73
5. Murray • BAL 70
Cooper • MIL 70
7. Lansford • BOS 68
8. Luzinski • CHW 67
9. Winfield • NYY 66
10. Rice • BOS 64
Kemp • DET 64
Murphy • OAK 64

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. Evans • BOS 38
2. Henderson • OAK 31
3. Grich • CAL 29
4. Cooper • MIL 27
5. Paciorek • SEA 27
6. Murray • BAL 26
7. Lemon • CHW 24
8. Hargrove • CLE 23
9. Luzinski • CHW 23
10. Thomas • MIL 22

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. Evans • BOS 3.9
2. Henderson • OAK 3.2
3. Grich • CAL 3.0
4. Cooper • MIL 2.8
5. Paciorek • SEA 2.8
6. Murray • BAL 2.7
7. Lemon • CHW 2.5
8. Hargrove • CLE 2.4
9. Luzinski • CHW 2.4
10. Thomas • MIL 2.3

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Armas • OAK 49
2. Cooper • MIL 48
3. Murray • BAL 45
Evans • BOS 45
5. Paciorek • SEA 44
6. Thomas • MIL 43
7. Brett • KCR 40
8. Winfield • NYY 39
9. DeCinces • BAL 38
Grich • CAL 38
Lemon • CHW 38

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. Evans • BOS 208
2. Henderson • OAK 201
3. Kemp • DET 174
4. Murphy • OAK 173
5. Burleson • CAL 171
Paciorek • SEA 171
7. Lansford • BOS 170
8. Hargrove • CLE 167
9. Rice • BOS 165
10. Cooper • MIL 164

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. Evans • BOS .787
2. Grich • CAL .751
3. Paciorek • SEA .716
4. Henderson • OAK .716
5. Murray • BAL .708
6. Lansford • BOS .696
7. Zisk • SEA .694
8. Brett • KCR .689
9. Lemon • CHW .688
10. Luzinski • CHW .682

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Lemon • CHW 13
2. Fisk • CHW 12
3. Mayberry • TOR 8
4. Baylor • CAL 7
Sample • TEX 7
6. Oglivie • MIL 6
7. Ford • CAL 5
Hargrove • CLE 5
9. Downing • CAL 4
Grich • CAL 4
Wilson • KCR 4
Paciorek • SEA 4

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Trammell • DET 16
2. Mendoza • TEX 14
3. Remy • BOS 13
Squires • CHW 13
5. Burleson • CAL 11
6. Carew • CAL 10
7. Bernazard • CHW 9
Morrison • CHW 9
Gantner • MIL 9
Picciolo • OAK 9

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Bell • TEX 10
2. Otis • KCR 9
3. Harrah • CLE 8
Oglivie • MIL 8
5. Rice • BOS 7
Hargrove • CLE 7
Winfield • NYY 7
Paciorek • SEA 7
9. Baylor • CAL 6
Brookens • DET 6
Simmons • MIL 6
Yount • MIL 6
Johnson • OAK 6

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Aikens • KCR 12
2. Murray • BAL 10
Oglivie • MIL 10
Bell • TEX 10
Oliver • TEX 10
6. Harrah • CLE 8
Thomas • MIL 8
8. Carew • CAL 7
Brett • KCR 7
Revering • 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. Singleton • BAL 21
2. Oliver • TEX 17
3. Ford • CAL 16
Parrish • DET 16
Cooper • MIL 16
6. Thornton • CLE 15
7. Rice • BOS 14
Hargrove • CLE 14
9. Baylor • CAL 13
Kemp • DET 13
Winfield • NYY 13

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Henderson • OAK 22
2. Bumbry • BAL 15
3. Griffin • TOR 12
4. LeFlore • CHW 11
5. Lansford • BOS 10
Diloné • CLE 10
Washington • KCR 10
Paciorek • SEA 10
9. Carew • CAL 9
Mumphrey • NYY 9
Wills • TEX 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Harrah • CLE 92.31
2. Winfield • NYY 91.67
3. Manning • CLE 89.29
4. Bannister • CLE 88.89
5. Cruz • SEA 84.31
6. Remy • BOS 81.82
7. García • TOR 81.25
8. Wilson • KCR 80.95
9. Simpson • SEA 80.00
10. Gibson • DET 77.27

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. Paciorek • SEA 13.5
2. Murphy • OAK 12.0
3. Winfield • NYY 11.9
4. Gibson • DET 11.8
5. Otis • KCR 11.5
6. Henderson • OAK 10.8
7. Moseby • TOR 9.9
8. Kemp • DET 9.0
9. Brett • KCR 8.4
Mumphrey • NYY 8.4

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. Dauer • BAL 20.5
2. Hargrove • CLE 20.1
3. Squires • CHW 17.3
4. Stapleton • BOS 16.1
5. Brett • KCR 15.1
6. Oliver • TEX 15.0
7. Randolph • NYY 14.9
8. Lansford • BOS 14.3
9. Cooper • MIL 13.9
10. Wathan • KCR 13.1

AB per HR

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

1. Grich • CAL 16.0
2. Johnson • OAK 16.1 **
3. Mayberry • TOR 17.1
4. Murray • BAL 17.2
5. Thomas • MIL 17.3
6. Luzinski • CHW 18.0
7. Evans • BOS 18.7
8. Armas • OAK 20.0
9. Aikens • KCR 20.5
10. Baylor • CAL 22.2

Outs Made

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

1. Rice • BOS 346
2. Wills • TEX 335
3. Burleson • CAL 333
Armas • OAK 333
Griffin • TOR 333
6. Trammell • DET 323
Wilson • KCR 323
Oglivie • MIL 323
9. Henderson • OAK 321
10. Simmons • MIL 316

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. Evans • BOS 40.20
2. Murray • BAL 28.66
3. Murphy • OAK 26.88
4. Hargrove • CLE 26.12
5. Grich • CAL 25.67
6. Thomas • MIL 24.43
7. Bell • TEX 23.58
8. Harrah • CLE 23.14
9. Lansford • BOS 22.05
10. Lemon • CHW 21.66

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. Evans • BOS 5.6
2. Murphy • OAK 4.5
3. Harrah • CLE 2.9
4. Gibson • DET 2.8
5. Armas • OAK 2.8
6. Murray • BAL 2.6
7. Lansford • BOS 2.3
8. Hargrove • CLE 2.3
9. Henderson • OAK 2.2
10. Yount • MIL 2.2

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. Evans • BOS 4.6
2. Grich • CAL 3.4
3. Murray • BAL 2.6
4. Cooper • MIL 2.3
5. Kemp • DET 2.3
6. Henderson • OAK 2.3
7. Luzinski • CHW 2.2
8. Aikens • KCR 2.1
9. Thomas • MIL 2.1
10. Paciorek • SEA 2.1

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. Yount • MIL 5.9
2. Evans • BOS 3.9
3. Cooper • MIL 3.5
4. Murphy • OAK 3.4
5. Gibson • DET 2.6
6. Armas • OAK 2.5
7. Wilson • KCR 2.4
8. Murray • BAL 2.4
9. Klutts • OAK 2.2
10. Henderson • OAK 1.8

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. Evans • BOS 4.0
2. Murray • BAL 2.9
3. Murphy • OAK 2.9
4. Hargrove • CLE 2.7
5. Grich • CAL 2.7
6. Thomas • MIL 2.6
7. Bell • TEX 2.5
8. Harrah • CLE 2.4
9. Lemon • CHW 2.3
10. Lansford • BOS 2.2

rOBA

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

1. Evans • BOS .427
2. Grich • CAL .426
3. Murray • BAL .403
4. Paciorek • SEA .402
5. Lemon • CHW .401
6. Henderson • OAK .398
7. Cooper • MIL .396
8. Hargrove • CLE .393
9. Luzinski • CHW .391
10. Brett • KCR .388

Rbat+

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

1. Grich • CAL 175
2. Evans • BOS 166
3. Lemon • CHW 161
4. Murray • BAL 156
5. Cooper • MIL 155
6. Paciorek • SEA 152
7. Henderson • OAK 151
8. Hargrove • CLE 150
9. Luzinski • CHW 148
10. Brett • KCR 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