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. Higuera • MIL 9.4
2. Clemens • BOS 8.8
3. Boggs • BOS 8.1
4. Barfield • TOR 7.6
5. Eichhorn • TOR 7.3
6. Mattingly • NYY 7.2
7. Ripken • BAL 6.7
8. Henderson • NYY 6.3
9. Trammell • DET 6.3
10. Witt • CAL 6.1

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. Boggs • BOS 8.1
2. Barfield • TOR 7.6
3. Mattingly • NYY 7.2
4. Ripken • BAL 6.7
5. Henderson • NYY 6.3
6. Trammell • DET 6.3
7. Gaetti • MIN 5.8
8. Puckett • MIN 5.7
9. Carter • CLE 5.7
10. Rice • BOS 5.6

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. Boggs • BOS 7.3
2. Mattingly • NYY 7.2
3. Puckett • MIN 6.5
4. Henderson • NYY 5.7
5. Trammell • DET 5.5
6. Barfield • TOR 5.5
7. Ripken • BAL 5.1
8. Carter • CLE 5.0
9. Gaetti • MIN 4.8
10. Bell • TOR 4.6

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. Guillén • CHW 3.1
2. Ripken • BAL 2.7
3. Boone • CAL 2.7
4. Pettis • CAL 2.4
5. Gedman • BOS 2.2
6. Schofield • CAL 2.1
7. Fletcher • TEX 2.0
8. Murphy • OAK 1.9
9. Phillips • OAK 1.9
Trammell • DET 1.9

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. Boggs • BOS .357
2. Mattingly • NYY .352
3. Puckett • MIN .328
4. Tabler • CLE .326
5. Rice • BOS .324
6. Yount • MIL .312
7. Fernández • TOR .310
8. Bradley • SEA .310
9. Bell • TOR .309
10. Franco • CLE .306

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. Boggs • BOS .453
2. Bradley • SEA .405
3. Brett • KCR .401
4. Murray • BAL .396
5. Mattingly • NYY .394
6. Randolph • NYY .393
7. Downing • CAL .389
8. Yount • MIL .388
9. O'Brien • TEX .385
10. Rice • BOS .384

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. Mattingly • NYY .573
2. Barfield • TOR .559
3. Puckett • MIN .537
4. Bell • TOR .532
5. Gaetti • MIN .518
6. Carter • CLE .514
7. Parrish • TEX .509
8. Deer • MIL .494
9. Gibson • DET .492
10. Rice • BOS .490

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. Mattingly • NYY .967
2. Boggs • BOS .939
3. Barfield • TOR .927
4. Puckett • MIN .903
5. Brett • KCR .881
6. Bell • TOR .881
7. Rice • BOS .874
8. Gaetti • MIN .865
9. Gibson • DET .863
10. Murray • BAL .859

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Fernández • TOR 163
2. Ripken • BAL 162
Carter • CLE 162
Mattingly • NYY 162
Griffin • OAK 162
6. Butler • CLE 161
Puckett • MIN 161
8. Baylor • BOS 160
9. Guillén • CHW 159
Bell • TOR 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Fernández • TOR 687
2. Puckett • MIN 680
3. Mattingly • NYY 677
4. Carter • CLE 663
5. Bell • TOR 641
6. Wilson • KCR 631
7. Buckner • BOS 629
8. Ripken • BAL 627
9. Barrett • BOS 625
10. Rice • BOS 618

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. Mattingly • NYY 742
2. Fernández • TOR 727
3. Puckett • MIN 723
4. Barrett • BOS 713
5. Carter • CLE 709
6. Ripken • BAL 707
7. Henderson • NYY 701
8. Boggs • BOS 693
Rice • BOS 693
10. Bell • TOR 690

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Henderson • NYY 130
2. Puckett • MIN 119
3. Mattingly • NYY 117
4. Carter • CLE 108
5. Boggs • BOS 107
Trammell • DET 107
Barfield • TOR 107
8. McDowell • TEX 105
9. Bell • TOR 101
10. Ripken • BAL 98
Rice • BOS 98

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Mattingly • NYY 238
2. Puckett • MIN 223
3. Fernández • TOR 213
4. Boggs • BOS 207
5. Rice • BOS 200
Carter • CLE 200
7. Bell • TOR 198
8. Franco • CLE 183
9. Barrett • BOS 179
10. Ripken • BAL 177

Total Bases

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

1. Mattingly • NYY 388
2. Puckett • MIN 365
3. Carter • CLE 341
Bell • TOR 341
5. Barfield • TOR 329
6. Gaetti • MIN 309
7. Rice • BOS 303
8. Fernández • TOR 294
9. Ripken • BAL 289
10. Henderson • NYY 285
Presley • SEA 285

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Mattingly • NYY 53
2. Boggs • BOS 47
3. Barrett • BOS 39
Buckner • BOS 39
Rice • BOS 39
6. Bell • TOR 38
7. White • KCR 37
Puckett • MIN 37
9. Carter • CLE 36
10. Ripken • BAL 35
Barfield • TOR 35

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Butler • CLE 14
2. Sierra • TEX 10
3. Carter • CLE 9
Fernández • TOR 9
5. Trammell • DET 7
Smith • KCR 7
Wilson • KCR 7
Yount • MIL 7
Bush • MIN 7
McDowell • TEX 7
Owen • 2TM 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Barfield • TOR 40
2. Kingman • OAK 35
3. Gaetti • MIN 34
4. Deer • MIL 33
Canseco • OAK 33
6. Baylor • BOS 31
Puckett • MIN 31
Mattingly • NYY 31
Bell • TOR 31
10. Incaviglia • TEX 30

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Carter • CLE 121
2. Canseco • OAK 117
3. Mattingly • NYY 113
4. Rice • BOS 110
5. Gaetti • MIN 108
Barfield • TOR 108
Bell • TOR 108
8. Presley • SEA 107
9. Winfield • NYY 104
10. Buckner • BOS 102

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Boggs • BOS 105
2. Evans • BOS 97
3. Randolph • NYY 94
4. Jackson • CAL 92
5. Evans • DET 91
6. Downing • CAL 90
7. Henderson • NYY 89
8. Phelps • SEA 88
9. O'Brien • TEX 87
10. Brett • KCR 80

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Incaviglia • TEX 185
2. Deer • MIL 179
3. Canseco • OAK 175
4. Presley • SEA 172
5. Tartabull • SEA 157
6. Balboni • KCR 146
Barfield • TOR 146
8. Jacoby • CLE 137
9. Bradley • SEA 134
10. Pettis • CAL 132

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Henderson • NYY 87
2. Pettis • CAL 50
Cangelosi • CHW 50
4. Gibson • DET 34
Wilson • KCR 34
6. Griffin • OAK 33
McDowell • TEX 33
8. Butler • CLE 32
Moseby • TOR 32
10. Reynolds • SEA 30

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Fernández • TOR 161
2. Mattingly • NYY 152
3. Boggs • BOS 150
4. Puckett • MIN 149
5. Rice • BOS 139
6. Franco • CLE 138
7. Griffin • OAK 136
8. Wilson • KCR 134
9. Barrett • BOS 132
10. Lansford • OAK 129

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Mattingly • NYY 161
2. Boggs • BOS 157
3. Barfield • TOR 146
4. Puckett • MIN 142
5. Brett • KCR 138
6. Rice • BOS 137
7. Murray • BAL 136
8. Bell • TOR 133
9. Gibson • DET 133
10. Bradley • SEA 132

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. Mattingly • NYY 150
2. Boggs • BOS 133
3. Puckett • MIN 127
4. Barfield • TOR 122
5. Carter • CLE 116
6. Rice • BOS 115
7. Bell • TOR 113
8. Henderson • NYY 112
9. Ripken • BAL 102
10. Evans • BOS 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. Mattingly • NYY 58
2. Boggs • BOS 54
3. Barfield • TOR 38
4. Puckett • MIN 36
5. Rice • BOS 34
6. Phelps • SEA 29
7. Murray • BAL 28
8. Bell • TOR 28
9. Brett • KCR 28
10. Bradley • SEA 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. Mattingly • NYY 5.6
2. Boggs • BOS 5.2
3. Barfield • TOR 3.6
4. Puckett • MIN 3.5
5. Rice • BOS 3.3
6. Phelps • SEA 2.8
7. Murray • BAL 2.7
8. Bell • TOR 2.7
9. Brett • KCR 2.7
10. Bradley • SEA 2.6

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Mattingly • NYY 86
2. Barfield • TOR 77
3. Bell • TOR 75
4. Carter • CLE 74
Puckett • MIN 74
6. Gaetti • MIN 69
7. Henderson • NYY 64
Presley • SEA 64
9. Canseco • OAK 63
10. White • KCR 62

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. Boggs • BOS 312
2. Mattingly • NYY 292
3. Rice • BOS 266
4. Puckett • MIN 264
5. Ripken • BAL 251
Henderson • NYY 251
7. Bradley • SEA 248
8. O'Brien • TEX 247
Barfield • TOR 247
10. Barrett • BOS 245

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. Boggs • BOS .768
2. Mattingly • NYY .753
3. Barfield • TOR .698
4. Brett • KCR .695
5. Puckett • MIN .677
6. Gibson • DET .670
Rice • BOS .670
8. Bradley • SEA .668
9. Murray • BAL .661
10. Yount • MIL .654

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Baylor • BOS 35
2. Downing • CAL 17
3. Smith • KCR 10
4. Wilson • KCR 9
5. Lemon • DET 8
Canseco • OAK 8
Bradley • SEA 8
Barfield • TOR 8
9. Cangelosi • CHW 7
Gibson • DET 7
Puckett • MIN 7

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Barrett • BOS 18
2. Butler • CLE 17
3. Pettis • CAL 15
4. Gagne • MIN 13
Tolleson • 2TM 13
6. Boone • CAL 12
Guillén • CHW 12
Griffin • OAK 12
9. Allanson • CLE 11
Trammell • DET 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Joyner • CAL 12
2. Mattingly • NYY 10
3. Rice • BOS 9
Schofield • CAL 9
Canseco • OAK 9
6. Buckner • BOS 8
Downing • CAL 8
Baines • CHW 8
Bernazard • CLE 8
Carter • CLE 8
Thornton • CLE 8
Coles • DET 8
Kittle • 2TM 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Brett • KCR 18
2. Boggs • BOS 14
3. Gedman • BOS 13
Easler • NYY 13
5. Jackson • CAL 11
Mattingly • NYY 11
O'Brien • TEX 11
8. Pagliarulo • NYY 10
Davis • SEA 10
10. Buckner • BOS 9
Baines • CHW 9
Hrbek • MIN 9
Winfield • NYY 9

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. Franco • CLE 28
2. Buckner • BOS 25
3. Lynn • BAL 20
Whitaker • DET 20
Winfield • NYY 20
6. Ripken • BAL 19
Rice • BOS 19
DeCinces • CAL 19
O'Brien • TEX 19
10. Gaetti • MIN 18
Presley • SEA 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Henderson • NYY 18
Moses • SEA 18
3. Cangelosi • CHW 17
4. Griffin • OAK 16
5. Butler • CLE 15
Gaetti • MIN 15
McDowell • TEX 15
8. Pettis • CAL 13
9. Collins • DET 12
Trammell • DET 12
Puckett • MIN 12
Bradley • SEA 12
Reynolds • SEA 12
Fernández • TOR 12

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Felder • MIL 88.89
2. Randolph • NYY 88.24
3. Davis • OAK 87.10
4. Gibson • DET 85.00
5. Henderson • NYY 82.86
6. Upshaw • TOR 82.14
Schofield • CAL 82.14
8. Wilson • KCR 80.95
9. Carter • CLE 80.56
10. Molitor • MIL 80.00

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. Henderson • NYY 42.4
2. Gibson • DET 30.7
3. Carter • CLE 29.0
4. Moseby • TOR 25.4
5. Puckett • MIN 24.3
6. McDowell • TEX 23.3
7. Trammell • DET 22.8
8. Davis • OAK 22.3
9. Canseco • OAK 20.6
10. Gaetti • MIN 19.8

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. Buckner • BOS 25.2
2. Barrett • BOS 20.2
3. Mattingly • NYY 19.3
4. Boone • CAL 14.7
5. Fernández • TOR 13.2
6. Boggs • BOS 13.2
7. Lansford • OAK 11.6
8. Griffin • OAK 11.4
9. Guillén • CHW 10.5
10. Ripken • BAL 10.5

AB per HR

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

1. Deer • MIL 14.1
2. Barfield • TOR 14.7
3. Gibson • DET 15.8
4. Kingman • OAK 16.0
5. Parrish • TEX 16.6
6. Phelps • SEA 14.3 **
7. Evans • DET 17.5
8. Gaetti • MIN 17.5
9. Balboni • KCR 17.7
10. Pagliarulo • NYY 18.0
Incaviglia • TEX 18.0

Outs Made

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

1. Fernández • TOR 503
2. Buckner • BOS 498
3. Barrett • BOS 488
4. Carter • CLE 487
5. Puckett • MIN 485
6. Canseco • OAK 484
7. Presley • SEA 483
8. Henderson • NYY 480
9. Wilson • KCR 479
10. Ripken • BAL 477

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. Boggs • BOS 59.83
2. Mattingly • NYY 46.56
3. O'Brien • TEX 38.05
4. Puckett • MIN 37.55
5. Barfield • TOR 36.49
6. Downing • CAL 34.91
7. Carter • CLE 33.86
8. Gibson • DET 32.92
9. Grubb • DET 32.07
10. Phelps • SEA 31.10

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. Boggs • BOS 6.5
2. Joyner • CAL 4.7
3. Mattingly • NYY 4.5
4. Carter • CLE 4.0
5. O'Brien • TEX 3.6
6. Barfield • TOR 3.5
7. Gibson • DET 3.5
8. Johnson • TOR 3.3
9. Evans • BOS 3.2
10. Downing • CAL 3.1

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. Mattingly • NYY 5.5
2. Boggs • BOS 4.9
3. Barfield • TOR 3.8
4. Puckett • MIN 3.7
5. Carter • CLE 3.6
6. Bradley • SEA 3.3
7. Evans • BOS 3.2
8. Hrbek • MIN 3.0
9. Phelps • SEA 2.9
10. O'Brien • TEX 2.8

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. Boggs • BOS 7.9
2. Joyner • CAL 5.9
3. Evans • BOS 4.3
4. O'Brien • TEX 3.1
5. Rice • BOS 3.0
6. Downing • CAL 2.9
7. Mattingly • NYY 2.9
8. Barrett • BOS 2.8
9. Henderson • NYY 2.5
10. Hassey • 2TM 2.4

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. Boggs • BOS 5.7
2. Mattingly • NYY 4.5
3. O'Brien • TEX 3.6
4. Puckett • MIN 3.6
5. Barfield • TOR 3.5
6. Downing • CAL 3.4
7. Carter • CLE 3.3
8. Gibson • DET 3.2
9. Grubb • DET 3.1
10. Evans • BOS 3.0

rOBA

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

1. Boggs • BOS .426
2. Mattingly • NYY .424
3. Barfield • TOR .409
4. Puckett • MIN .406
5. Gibson • DET .404
6. Henderson • NYY .395
7. Rice • BOS .394
8. Bell • TOR .391
9. Bradley • SEA .390
10. Carter • CLE .389

Rbat+

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

1. Boggs • BOS 165
2. Mattingly • NYY 162
3. Barfield • TOR 149
4. Puckett • MIN 148
5. Rice • BOS 140
6. Gibson • DET 139
7. Downing • CAL 138
8. Bradley • SEA 137
9. Murray • BAL 137
10. Bell • TOR 137

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