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. Saberhagen • KCR 9.7
2. Henderson • 2TM 8.7
3. Boggs • BOS 8.4
4. Ripken • BAL 6.7
5. McGriff • TOR 6.6
6. Gubicza • KCR 6.3
7. Blyleven • CAL 6.0
8. Sierra • TEX 5.9
9. Yount • MIL 5.8
10. Molitor • MIL 5.7

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. Henderson • 2TM 8.7
2. Boggs • BOS 8.4
3. Ripken • BAL 6.7
4. McGriff • TOR 6.6
5. Sierra • TEX 5.9
6. Yount • MIL 5.8
7. Molitor • MIL 5.7
8. Whitaker • DET 5.3
9. Franco • TEX 5.3
10. Gruber • TOR 5.0

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 7.3
2. Boggs • BOS 6.3
3. McGriff • TOR 6.2
4. Henderson • 2TM 6.1
5. Sierra • TEX 5.8
6. Molitor • MIL 5.4
7. Puckett • MIN 5.3
8. Franco • TEX 5.3
9. Lansford • OAK 5.3
10. Whitaker • DET 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. Ripken • BAL 3.5
2. White • CAL 2.8
3. Guillén • CHW 2.7
4. Boggs • BOS 2.4
Fernández • TOR 2.4
6. Fermín • CLE 2.3
7. Trammell • DET 2.3
8. Henderson • OAK 2.2
9. Gagne • MIN 2.2
10. Henderson • 2TM 2.1

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. Puckett • MIN .339
2. Lansford • OAK .336
3. Boggs • BOS .330
4. Yount • MIL .318
5. Franco • TEX .316
6. Molitor • MIL .315
7. Sax • NYY .315
8. Baines • 2TM .309
9. Greenwell • BOS .308
10. Sierra • TEX .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 .430
2. Davis • SEA .424
3. Henderson • 2TM .411
4. McGriff • TOR .399
5. Lansford • OAK .398
6. Evans • BOS .397
7. Baines • 2TM .395
8. Seitzer • KCR .387
9. Franco • TEX .386
10. Yount • MIL .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. Sierra • TEX .543
2. McGriff • TOR .525
3. Yount • MIL .511
4. Esasky • BOS .500
5. Davis • SEA .496
6. Jackson • KCR .495
7. Tettleton • BAL .509 **
8. Mattingly • NYY .477
9. McGwire • OAK .467
10. Carter • CLE .465

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. McGriff • TOR .924
2. Davis • SEA .920
3. Yount • MIL .896
4. Sierra • TEX .889
5. Boggs • BOS .879
6. Evans • BOS .861
7. Baines • 2TM .860
8. Esasky • BOS .855
9. Tettleton • BAL .877 **
10. Franco • TEX .848

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Ripken • BAL 162
Carter • CLE 162
Sierra • TEX 162
4. Gallagher • CHW 161
McGriff • TOR 161
6. Seitzer • KCR 160
Yount • MIL 160
8. Joyner • CAL 159
Puckett • MIN 159
10. Mattingly • NYY 158
Sax • NYY 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Carter • CLE 651
Sax • NYY 651
3. Ripken • BAL 646
4. White • CAL 636
5. Puckett • MIN 635
6. Sierra • TEX 634
7. Mattingly • NYY 631
8. Calderón • CHW 622
9. Boggs • BOS 621
10. Molitor • MIL 615

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. Boggs • BOS 742
2. Sax • NYY 717
3. Seitzer • KCR 715
4. Ripken • BAL 712
5. Carter • CLE 705
6. Molitor • MIL 696
7. Mattingly • NYY 693
8. Yount • MIL 690
9. Sierra • TEX 689
10. Browne • CLE 685

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Boggs • BOS 113
Henderson • 2TM 113
3. Yount • MIL 101
Sierra • TEX 101
5. McGriff • TOR 98
6. Sax • NYY 88
Bell • TOR 88
8. Greenwell • BOS 87
Reynolds • SEA 87
10. White • CAL 86
Jackson • KCR 86

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Puckett • MIN 215
2. Boggs • BOS 205
Sax • NYY 205
4. Yount • MIL 195
5. Molitor • MIL 194
Sierra • TEX 194
7. Mattingly • NYY 191
8. Lansford • OAK 185
9. Reynolds • SEA 184
10. Bell • TOR 182

Total Bases

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

1. Sierra • TEX 344
2. Yount • MIL 314
3. Carter • CLE 303
4. Mattingly • NYY 301
5. Puckett • MIN 295
6. McGriff • TOR 289
7. Esasky • BOS 282
8. Bell • TOR 281
9. Boggs • BOS 279
10. Calderón • CHW 272

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Boggs • BOS 51
2. Puckett • MIN 45
3. Reed • BOS 42
4. Bell • TOR 41
5. Yount • MIL 38
6. Mattingly • NYY 37
7. Greenwell • BOS 36
8. Molitor • MIL 35
Sierra • TEX 35
10. Calderón • CHW 34

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Sierra • TEX 14
2. White • CAL 13
3. Bradley • BAL 10
4. Calderón • CHW 9
Yount • MIL 9
Reynolds • SEA 9
Fernández • TOR 9
8. Guillén • CHW 8
Félix • TOR 8
10. Boggs • BOS 7
Eisenreich • KCR 7
Stillwell • KCR 7
Wilson • KCR 7
Gagne • MIN 7
Espy • TEX 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. McGriff • TOR 36
2. Carter • CLE 35
3. McGwire • OAK 33
4. Jackson • KCR 32
5. Esasky • BOS 30
6. Sierra • TEX 29
7. Whitaker • DET 28
8. Tettleton • BAL 26
Deer • MIL 26
10. Hrbek • MIN 25

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Sierra • TEX 119
2. Mattingly • NYY 113
3. Esasky • BOS 108
4. Carter • CLE 105
Jackson • KCR 105
6. Bell • TOR 104
7. Yount • MIL 103
8. Evans • BOS 100
9. Parker • OAK 97
10. Greenwell • BOS 95
McGwire • OAK 95
Davis • SEA 95

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Henderson • 2TM 126
2. McGriff • TOR 119
3. Boggs • BOS 107
4. Seitzer • KCR 102
5. Davis • SEA 101
6. Evans • BOS 99
7. Whitaker • DET 89
8. Barfield • 2TM 87
9. Pettis • DET 84
10. O'Brien • CLE 83
McGwire • OAK 83

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Jackson • KCR 172
2. Deer • MIL 158
3. Barfield • 2TM 150
4. Incaviglia • TEX 136
5. Snyder • CLE 134
6. McGriff • TOR 132
7. Henderson • OAK 131
8. White • CAL 129
9. Howell • CAL 125
Leonard • SEA 125

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Henderson • 2TM 77
2. Espy • TEX 45
3. White • CAL 44
4. Pettis • DET 43
Sax • NYY 43
6. Lansford • OAK 37
7. Guillén • CHW 36
8. Kelly • NYY 35
9. Eisenreich • KCR 27
Molitor • MIL 27

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Sax • NYY 171
2. Puckett • MIN 157
3. Lansford • OAK 153
4. Reynolds • SEA 151
5. Seitzer • KCR 145
6. Boggs • BOS 144
Molitor • MIL 144
8. Browne • CLE 139
9. Gallagher • CHW 135
10. Ray • CAL 129
Mattingly • NYY 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. McGriff • TOR 165
2. Davis • SEA 156
3. Yount • MIL 152
4. Sierra • TEX 146
5. Baines • 2TM 144
6. Boggs • BOS 142
7. Franco • TEX 137
8. Evans • BOS 136
9. Whitaker • DET 133
10. Mattingly • NYY 133

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 125
2. Boggs • BOS 122
Sierra • TEX 122
4. McGriff • TOR 121
5. Henderson • 2TM 110
6. Davis • SEA 109
7. Puckett • MIN 107
8. Molitor • MIL 106
9. Mattingly • NYY 104
10. Esasky • BOS 100
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. McGriff • TOR 52
2. Davis • SEA 44
3. Boggs • BOS 44
4. Yount • MIL 43
5. Sierra • TEX 35
6. Baines • 2TM 32
7. Henderson • 2TM 32
8. Evans • BOS 30
9. Franco • TEX 29
10. Tettleton • BAL 29

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. McGriff • TOR 5.2
2. Davis • SEA 4.4
3. Boggs • BOS 4.4
4. Yount • MIL 4.3
5. Sierra • TEX 3.6
6. Baines • 2TM 3.2
7. Henderson • 2TM 3.2
8. Evans • BOS 3.0
9. Franco • TEX 2.9
10. Tettleton • BAL 2.9

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Sierra • TEX 78
2. Carter • CLE 71
3. Yount • MIL 68
4. McGriff • TOR 66
5. Mattingly • NYY 62
6. Boggs • BOS 61
Esasky • BOS 61
Bell • TOR 61
9. Puckett • MIN 58
10. Calderón • CHW 57

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 319
2. Henderson • 2TM 277
3. Seitzer • KCR 275
4. McGriff • TOR 271
5. Yount • MIL 264
6. Molitor • MIL 262
7. Puckett • MIN 259
Davis • SEA 259
9. Sax • NYY 258
10. Evans • BOS 250

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. Davis • SEA .751
2. Yount • MIL .738
3. McGriff • TOR .735
4. Boggs • BOS .721
5. Sierra • TEX .712
6. Henderson • 2TM .707
7. Evans • BOS .690
Baines • 2TM .690
9. Esasky • BOS .668
Puckett • MIN .668

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Gantner • MIL 10
2. O'Brien • MIL 9
Larkin • MIN 9
Lansford • OAK 9
5. Carter • CLE 8
Lemon • DET 8
7. Bradley • BAL 7
Boggs • BOS 7
9. Downing • CAL 6
Joyner • CAL 6
Yount • MIL 6
Harper • MIN 6
Kelly • NYY 6
Gallego • OAK 6
Coles • SEA 6
Davis • SEA 6
Valle • SEA 6
Incaviglia • TEX 6
Palmeiro • TEX 6
Moseby • TOR 6

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Fermín • CLE 32
2. Espinoza • NYY 23
3. Ripken • BAL 19
4. Gallagher • CHW 16
5. Barrett • BOS 15
6. Browne • CLE 14
7. Reed • BOS 13
Vizquel • SEA 13
Manrique • 2TM 13
10. Lyons • CHW 12

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Bell • TOR 14
2. Ray • CAL 12
Leonard • SEA 12
4. McGwire • OAK 11
5. Surhoff • MIL 10
Mattingly • NYY 10
Sierra • TEX 10
Fernández • TOR 10
9. Whitaker • DET 9
Brett • KCR 9
Molitor • MIL 9
Gaetti • MIN 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Boggs • BOS 19
2. Mattingly • NYY 18
3. O'Brien • CLE 17
4. Greenwell • BOS 15
Davis • SEA 15
6. Brett • KCR 14
7. Parker • OAK 13
Baines • 2TM 13
9. Davis • CAL 12
McGriff • TOR 12

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 • TEX 27
2. McGwire • OAK 23
3. Ripken • BAL 22
4. Greenwell • BOS 21
Davis • CAL 21
Puckett • MIN 21
Lansford • OAK 21
Parker • OAK 21
Buechele • TEX 21
Moreland • 2TM 21

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Espy • TEX 20
2. Reynolds • SEA 18
3. Guillén • CHW 17
Sax • NYY 17
5. White • CAL 16
6. Pettis • DET 15
Lansford • OAK 15
8. Henderson • 2TM 14
9. Surhoff • MIL 12
Newman • MIN 12
Kelly • NYY 12
Félix • TOR 12

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Thurman • KCR 100.00
2. Franco • TEX 87.50
3. Yount • MIL 86.36
4. Finley • BAL 85.00
5. Henderson • 2TM 84.62
6. Johnson • CHW 84.21
7. Felder • MIL 83.87
8. Burks • BOS 80.77
9. Wilson • KCR 80.00
Anderson • BAL 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. Jackson • KCR 28.7
2. Henderson • 2TM 20.8
3. Yount • MIL 20.0
4. Carter • CLE 19.0
5. White • CAL 18.9
6. Franco • TEX 16.1
7. Griffey • SEA 16.0
8. Braggs • MIL 15.9
9. Molitor • MIL 15.6
10. Burks • BOS 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. Lansford • OAK 22.0
2. Mattingly • NYY 21.0
3. Fermín • CLE 17.9
4. Ray • CAL 17.7
5. Sax • NYY 14.8
6. Reynolds • SEA 13.6
7. Greenwell • BOS 13.1
8. Guillén • CHW 12.4
9. Boggs • BOS 12.2
10. Reed • BOS 11.9

AB per HR

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

1. McGwire • OAK 14.8
2. McGriff • TOR 15.3
3. Jackson • KCR 16.1
4. Tettleton • BAL 15.8 **
5. Hrbek • MIN 15.0 **
6. Deer • MIL 17.9
7. Whitaker • DET 18.2
8. Carter • CLE 18.6
9. Esasky • BOS 18.8
10. Sierra • TEX 21.9

Outs Made

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

1. White • CAL 517
2. Carter • CLE 511
3. Ripken • BAL 510
4. Sax • NYY 495
5. Guillén • CHW 485
6. Gallagher • CHW 474
7. Calderón • CHW 473
8. Bell • TOR 466
9. Mattingly • NYY 465
10. Seitzer • KCR 464

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. Davis • SEA 54.54
2. Yount • MIL 49.24
3. Henderson • 2TM 48.92
4. Boggs • BOS 42.11
5. McGriff • TOR 41.91
6. Sierra • TEX 41.15
7. Mattingly • NYY 36.62
8. Whitaker • DET 35.94
9. Franco • TEX 35.87
10. Esasky • BOS 35.63

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. Davis • SEA 4.6
2. Henderson • 2TM 4.3
3. McGriff • TOR 4.2
4. Whitaker • DET 4.2
5. Sierra • TEX 4.1
6. Puckett • MIN 4.0
7. Yount • MIL 3.8
8. Mattingly • NYY 3.7
9. Milligan • BAL 3.4
10. Greenwell • BOS 3.3

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. Davis • SEA 5.1
2. McGriff • TOR 4.1
3. Yount • MIL 4.1
4. Sierra • TEX 3.8
5. Boggs • BOS 3.7
6. Henderson • 2TM 3.6
7. Whitaker • DET 3.6
8. Molitor • MIL 3.0
9. Baines • 2TM 2.9
10. Mattingly • NYY 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. Milligan • BAL 6.6
2. Henderson • 2TM 6.6
3. Canseco • OAK 4.1
4. McGwire • OAK 3.4
5. McGriff • TOR 3.3
6. Joyner • CAL 3.2
7. Orsulak • BAL 3.1
8. Henderson • OAK 3.1
9. Davis • CAL 3.0
10. Tettleton • BAL 2.9

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. Davis • SEA 5.3
2. Yount • MIL 4.9
3. Henderson • 2TM 4.9
4. McGriff • TOR 4.3
5. Sierra • TEX 4.1
6. Boggs • BOS 4.1
7. Mattingly • NYY 3.7
8. Whitaker • DET 3.6
9. Franco • TEX 3.6
10. Esasky • BOS 3.5

rOBA

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

1. Davis • SEA .416
2. McGriff • TOR .414
3. Yount • MIL .411
4. Henderson • 2TM .409
5. Boggs • BOS .408
6. Sierra • TEX .402
7. Evans • BOS .401
8. Franco • TEX .393
9. Esasky • BOS .389
10. Lansford • OAK .389

Rbat+

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

1. McGriff • TOR 164
2. Davis • SEA 159
3. Yount • MIL 154
4. Boggs • BOS 151
5. Sierra • TEX 146
6. Baines • 2TM 144
7. Henderson • 2TM 143
8. Evans • BOS 143
9. Lansford • OAK 141
10. Molitor • 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