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. Yount • MIL 10.6
2. Stieb • TOR 7.6
3. DeCinces • CAL 7.6
4. Henderson • OAK 6.7
5. Harrah • CLE 6.6
6. Evans • BOS 6.5
7. Wilson • KCR 6.3
8. Molitor • MIL 6.2
9. Brett • KCR 6.0
10. Murphy • OAK 5.9

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. Yount • MIL 10.6
2. DeCinces • CAL 7.6
3. Henderson • OAK 6.7
4. Harrah • CLE 6.6
5. Evans • BOS 6.5
6. Wilson • KCR 6.3
7. Molitor • MIL 6.2
8. Brett • KCR 6.0
9. Murphy • OAK 5.9
10. Bell • TEX 5.7

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. Yount • MIL 9.9
2. Harrah • CLE 7.1
3. Molitor • MIL 6.7
4. DeCinces • CAL 6.4
Evans • BOS 6.4
6. Henderson • OAK 5.7
7. Brett • KCR 5.6
8. Cooper • MIL 5.4
9. Thomas • MIL 5.2
10. Downing • CAL 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. Boone • CAL 3.1
2. Trammell • DET 2.1
3. Wilson • KCR 2.0
4. Whitaker • DET 1.9
5. Yount • MIL 1.9
6. Bell • TEX 1.8
7. Brunansky • MIN 1.8
Foli • CAL 1.8
9. García • TOR 1.7
10. Brookens • DET 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. Wilson • KCR .332
2. Yount • MIL .331
3. Carew • CAL .319
4. Murray • BAL .316
5. Cooper • MIL .313
6. García • TOR .310
7. Rice • BOS .309
8. McRae • KCR .308
9. Harrah • CLE .304
10. Molitor • MIL .302

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. Evans • BOS .402
2. Harrah • CLE .398
3. Henderson • OAK .398
4. Carew • CAL .396
5. Murray • BAL .391
6. Luzinski • CHW .386
7. Thornton • CLE .386
8. Kemp • CHW .381
9. Bochte • SEA .380
10. Yount • MIL .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. Yount • MIL .578
2. Winfield • NYY .560
3. Murray • BAL .549
4. DeCinces • CAL .548
5. McRae • KCR .542
6. Evans • BOS .534
7. Jackson • CAL .532
8. Parrish • DET .529
9. Cooper • MIL .528
10. Ward • MIN .519

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. Yount • MIL .957
2. Murray • BAL .940
3. Evans • BOS .936
4. DeCinces • CAL .916
5. McRae • KCR .910
6. Jackson • CAL .907
7. Winfield • NYY .891
8. Lynn • CAL .891
9. Harrah • CLE .888
10. Brett • KCR .884

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Evans • BOS 162
Harrah • CLE 162
Griffin • TOR 162
4. Baines • CHW 161
Thornton • CLE 161
6. Ripken • BAL 160
Kemp • CHW 160
Hargrove • CLE 160
Molitor • MIL 160
Upshaw • TOR 160

At Bats

At Bats

1. Molitor • MIL 666
2. Cooper • MIL 654
3. Remy • BOS 636
4. Yount • MIL 635
5. Downing • CAL 623
6. Herndon • DET 614
7. McRae • KCR 613
8. Evans • BOS 609
9. Baylor • CAL 608
Baines • CHW 608

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. Molitor • MIL 751
2. Evans • BOS 727
3. Downing • CAL 725
4. Remy • BOS 716
5. Harrah • CLE 708
Thornton • CLE 708
7. Hargrove • CLE 705
8. Yount • MIL 704
9. Cooper • MIL 696
10. Luzinski • CHW 686

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Molitor • MIL 136
2. Yount • MIL 129
3. Evans • BOS 122
4. Henderson • OAK 119
5. Downing • CAL 109
6. Cooper • MIL 104
7. Brett • KCR 101
8. Harrah • CLE 100
9. Thomas • MIL 96
10. DeCinces • CAL 94

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Yount • MIL 210
2. Cooper • MIL 205
3. Molitor • MIL 201
4. Wilson • KCR 194
5. McRae • KCR 189
6. García • TOR 185
7. Harrah • CLE 183
8. Herndon • DET 179
9. Evans • BOS 178
Remy • BOS 178

Total Bases

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

1. Yount • MIL 367
2. Cooper • MIL 345
3. McRae • KCR 332
4. Evans • BOS 325
5. DeCinces • CAL 315
6. Murray • BAL 302
Winfield • NYY 302
8. Downing • CAL 300
Molitor • MIL 300
10. Ward • MIN 296

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. McRae • KCR 46
Yount • MIL 46
3. White • KCR 45
4. DeCinces • CAL 42
5. Cowens • SEA 39
6. Lynn • CAL 38
Cooper • MIL 38
8. Evans • BOS 37
Downing • CAL 37
Luzinski • CHW 37

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Wilson • KCR 15
2. Herndon • DET 13
3. Yount • MIL 12
4. Mumphrey • NYY 10
5. Bernazard • CHW 9
Brett • KCR 9
Moseby • TOR 9
8. Baines • CHW 8
Law • CHW 8
Whitaker • DET 8
McRae • KCR 8
Molitor • MIL 8
Winfield • NYY 8
Cowens • SEA 8
Griffin • TOR 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Jackson • CAL 39
Thomas • MIL 39
3. Winfield • NYY 37
4. Oglivie • MIL 34
5. Murray • BAL 32
Evans • BOS 32
Thornton • CLE 32
Parrish • DET 32
Cooper • MIL 32
10. DeCinces • CAL 30

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. McRae • KCR 133
2. Cooper • MIL 121
3. Thornton • CLE 116
4. Yount • MIL 114
5. Thomas • MIL 112
6. Murray • BAL 110
7. Winfield • NYY 106
8. Baines • CHW 105
9. Luzinski • CHW 102
Oglivie • MIL 102

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Henderson • OAK 116
2. Evans • BOS 112
3. Thornton • CLE 109
4. Hargrove • CLE 101
5. Murphy • OAK 94
6. Kemp • CHW 89
Luzinski • CHW 89
8. Singleton • BAL 86
Downing • CAL 86
10. Jackson • CAL 85

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Jackson • CAL 156
2. Thomas • MIL 143
3. Martin • KCR 138
4. Armas • OAK 128
5. Evans • BOS 125
6. Murphy • OAK 122
7. Luzinski • CHW 120
8. Hostetler • TEX 113
9. Grich • CAL 109
10. Gaetti • MIN 107

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Henderson • OAK 130
2. García • TOR 54
3. Cruz • SEA 46
4. Molitor • MIL 41
5. Wilson • KCR 37
6. Law • CHW 36
Wathan • KCR 36
8. Diloné • CLE 33
9. Hayes • CLE 32
10. LeFlore • CHW 28
Lopes • OAK 28
Brown • SEA 28

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Wilson • KCR 157
2. Remy • BOS 153
3. Molitor • MIL 148
4. García • TOR 145
5. Carew • CAL 134
6. Cooper • MIL 132
7. Hargrove • CLE 129
8. Randolph • NYY 127
9. Harrah • CLE 125
10. Rice • BOS 124
Manning • CLE 124

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Yount • MIL 166
2. Murray • BAL 156
3. Evans • BOS 149
4. DeCinces • CAL 149
5. McRae • KCR 147
6. Jackson • CAL 147
7. Harrah • CLE 143
8. Lynn • CAL 143
9. Winfield • NYY 142
10. Cooper • MIL 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. Yount • MIL 136
2. Evans • BOS 134
3. Harrah • CLE 123
McRae • KCR 123
5. Cooper • MIL 118
6. Molitor • MIL 117
7. Murray • BAL 116
8. Downing • CAL 114
9. DeCinces • CAL 113
10. Thornton • CLE 109

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. Yount • MIL 57
2. Evans • BOS 45
3. Murray • BAL 44
4. DeCinces • CAL 40
5. McRae • KCR 39
6. Harrah • CLE 39
7. Lowenstein • BAL 35
8. Jackson • CAL 35
9. Thornton • CLE 35
10. Cooper • MIL 35

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. Yount • MIL 5.5
2. Evans • BOS 4.4
3. Murray • BAL 4.2
4. DeCinces • CAL 3.9
5. McRae • KCR 3.8
6. Harrah • CLE 3.8
7. Lowenstein • BAL 3.5
8. Jackson • CAL 3.4
9. Thornton • CLE 3.4
10. Cooper • MIL 3.4

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Yount • MIL 87
2. McRae • KCR 81
3. DeCinces • CAL 77
4. Evans • BOS 76
5. Cooper • MIL 73
6. Thomas • MIL 69
Winfield • NYY 69
8. Ward • MIN 68
9. Downing • CAL 67
Cowens • SEA 67

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 291
2. Harrah • CLE 279
3. Thornton • CLE 272
4. Molitor • MIL 271
5. Downing • CAL 266
6. Luzinski • CHW 265
Yount • MIL 265
8. Hargrove • CLE 264
9. Henderson • OAK 261
10. Kemp • CHW 258

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. Yount • MIL .731
2. Evans • BOS .730
3. Murray • BAL .724
4. McRae • KCR .712
5. Harrah • CLE .707
6. Jackson • CAL .692
7. Brett • KCR .691
8. DeCinces • CAL .680
9. Cooper • MIL .673
10. Lynn • CAL .672

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Lemon • DET 15
2. Harrah • CLE 12
3. Roenicke • BAL 9
Paciorek • CHW 9
5. Grich • CAL 8
Brunansky • MIN 8
Moseby • TOR 8
8. Rice • BOS 7
Baylor • CAL 7
10. Fisk • CHW 6
Luzinski • CHW 6
Wilson • KCR 6
Grubb • TEX 6
Mayberry • 2TM 6

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Foli • CAL 26
2. Boone • CAL 23
3. Remy • BOS 18
4. Beníquez • CAL 16
Carew • CAL 16
Bernazard • CHW 16
7. Murphy • OAK 12
8. Dauer • BAL 11
Cruz • SEA 11
Griffin • TOR 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Gaetti • MIN 13
2. Yount • MIL 10
3. DeCinces • CAL 9
Baines • CHW 9
Otis • KCR 9
Castillo • SEA 9
7. Lansford • BOS 8
Baylor • CAL 8
Downing • CAL 8
Luzinski • CHW 8
Winfield • NYY 8
Armas • OAK 8
Murphy • OAK 8
Milbourne • 3TM 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Murray • BAL 18
Thornton • CLE 18
3. Brett • KCR 14
4. Oglivie • MIL 13
5. Jackson • CAL 12
Hrbek • MIN 12
7. Luzinski • CHW 11
8. Lowenstein • BAL 10
Baines • CHW 10
10. Kemp • CHW 8
Bell • TEX 8
Upshaw • TOR 8
Smalley • 2TM 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. Rice • BOS 29
2. Wathan • KCR 26
3. Singleton • BAL 24
Stapleton • BOS 24
5. Hargrove • CLE 22
6. Thornton • CLE 21
7. Herndon • DET 20
Simmons • MIL 20
Winfield • NYY 20
10. Luzinski • CHW 19
Aikens • KCR 19
Yount • MIL 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Henderson • OAK 42
2. García • TOR 20
3. Carew • CAL 17
4. LeFlore • CHW 14
Simpson • SEA 14
6. Hayes • CLE 13
Cruz • SEA 13
Johnson • TOR 13
9. Lopes • OAK 12
10. Wilson • KCR 11

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Sexton • OAK 100.00
2. Fisk • CHW 89.47
3. Bonnell • TOR 87.50
4. Diloné • CLE 86.84
5. Harrah • CLE 85.00
6. Brown • SEA 82.35
Yount • MIL 82.35
8. Molitor • MIL 82.00
9. Wathan • KCR 80.00
10. Bannister • CLE 78.26
Law • CHW 78.26

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. Murphy • OAK 26.5
2. Molitor • MIL 26.0
3. Harrah • CLE 20.2
4. Hayes • CLE 19.5
5. Yount • MIL 18.9
6. Henderson • OAK 18.6
7. Ward • MIN 17.8
8. Lopes • OAK 15.8
9. Herndon • DET 15.8
10. Fisk • CHW 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. Foli • CAL 21.8
2. Dauer • BAL 16.4
3. Randolph • NYY 15.8
4. Castillo • SEA 14.5
5. Boone • CAL 13.9
6. García • TOR 13.6
7. Simmons • MIL 13.5
8. Stapleton • BOS 13.5
9. Cooper • MIL 12.3
10. Harrah • CLE 11.6

AB per HR

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

1. Jackson • CAL 13.6
2. Thomas • MIL 14.5
3. Winfield • NYY 14.6
4. Parrish • DET 15.2
5. Murray • BAL 17.2
6. Oglivie • MIL 17.7
7. Lowenstein • BAL 13.4 **
8. Thornton • CLE 18.4
9. Evans • BOS 19.0
10. Armas • OAK 19.1

Outs Made

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

1. Remy • BOS 504
2. Molitor • MIL 498
3. Baylor • CAL 478
4. Downing • CAL 474
5. Herndon • DET 470
6. Baines • CHW 469
7. Ripken • BAL 467
Oglivie • MIL 467
9. Cooper • MIL 466
10. Hargrove • CLE 465

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. Yount • MIL 59.69
2. McRae • KCR 57.88
3. Evans • BOS 50.30
4. Murray • BAL 43.27
5. Cooper • MIL 43.08
6. Lynn • CAL 36.64
7. Henderson • OAK 34.45
8. Hrbek • MIN 34.05
9. Harrah • CLE 33.95
10. DeCinces • CAL 33.65

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. Murray • BAL 5.4
2. Hrbek • MIN 4.4
3. Henderson • OAK 4.2
4. Harrah • CLE 4.1
5. Yount • MIL 4.1
6. Cooper • MIL 3.8
7. Lynn • CAL 3.7
8. Evans • BOS 3.6
9. Jackson • CAL 3.6
10. Lowenstein • BAL 3.4

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. Yount • MIL 5.4
2. Evans • BOS 4.5
3. Harrah • CLE 4.2
4. DeCinces • CAL 4.0
5. Jackson • CAL 3.8
6. Murray • BAL 3.7
7. Cooper • MIL 3.1
8. Lowenstein • BAL 3.1
9. Thomas • MIL 3.0
10. Downing • CAL 3.0

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. Yount • MIL 9.5
2. Lynn • CAL 7.2
3. Murray • BAL 6.2
4. Oglivie • MIL 5.7
5. Jackson • CAL 5.4
6. Evans • BOS 5.3
7. Cooper • MIL 5.0
8. Thomas • MIL 4.9
9. Otis • KCR 4.6
10. DeCinces • CAL 4.5

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. Yount • MIL 6.0
2. McRae • KCR 5.6
3. Evans • BOS 4.8
4. Cooper • MIL 4.3
5. Murray • BAL 4.2
6. Lynn • CAL 3.6
7. Henderson • OAK 3.5
8. Harrah • CLE 3.3
9. DeCinces • CAL 3.3
10. Hrbek • MIN 3.3

rOBA

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

1. Yount • MIL .433
2. Evans • BOS .420
3. Murray • BAL .411
4. Harrah • CLE .409
5. DeCinces • CAL .404
6. McRae • KCR .400
7. Jackson • CAL .400
8. Henderson • OAK .397
9. Cooper • MIL .390
10. Molitor • MIL .390

Rbat+

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

1. Yount • MIL 174
2. Evans • BOS 154
3. Murray • BAL 153
4. DeCinces • CAL 150
5. Harrah • CLE 149
6. Jackson • CAL 148
7. McRae • KCR 147
8. Cooper • MIL 146
9. Lynn • CAL 141
10. Thomas • MIL 140

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