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. Clemens • BOS 10.4
2. Henderson • OAK 9.9
3. Finley • CAL 7.7
4. Ripken • BAL 7.5
5. Franco • TEX 6.8
6. Trammell • DET 6.7
7. Fielder • DET 6.5
8. Boddicker • BOS 5.9
9. Stieb • TOR 5.9
10. McGwire • OAK 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 • OAK 9.9
2. Ripken • BAL 7.5
3. Franco • TEX 6.8
4. Trammell • DET 6.7
5. Fielder • DET 6.5
6. McGwire • OAK 5.7
7. Martínez • SEA 5.6
8. Kelly • NYY 5.5
9. Canseco • OAK 5.4
10. McGriff • TOR 5.2

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. Henderson • OAK 8.4
2. Fielder • DET 6.6
3. Trammell • DET 5.7
4. McGriff • TOR 5.5
5. Franco • TEX 5.5
6. Ripken • BAL 5.3
7. Griffey • SEA 5.2
8. Canseco • OAK 5.1
9. Gruber • TOR 5.1
10. McGwire • OAK 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. Ripken • BAL 3.4
2. Gagne • MIN 2.9
3. Weiss • OAK 2.7
4. Kelly • NYY 2.6
5. Reynolds • SEA 2.6
6. Gaetti • MIN 2.4
7. Guillén • CHW 2.3
8. Trammell • DET 2.0
9. Fernández • TOR 2.0
10. Espinoza • NYY 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. Brett • KCR .329
2. Henderson • OAK .325
3. Palmeiro • TEX .319
4. Trammell • DET .304
5. Boggs • BOS .302
6. Martínez • SEA .302
7. Griffey • SEA .300
8. McGriff • TOR .300
9. James • CLE .299
10. Puckett • MIN .298

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. Henderson • OAK .439
2. McGriff • TOR .400
3. Martínez • SEA .397
4. Brett • KCR .387
5. Davis • SEA .387
6. Boggs • BOS .386
7. Franco • TEX .383
8. Fisk • CHW .378
9. Fielder • DET .377
10. Trammell • DET .377

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. Fielder • DET .592
2. Henderson • OAK .577
3. Canseco • OAK .543
4. McGriff • TOR .530
5. Brett • KCR .515
6. Gruber • TOR .512
7. McGwire • OAK .489
8. Burks • BOS .486
9. Griffey • SEA .481
10. Hrbek • MIN .474

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. Henderson • OAK 1.016
2. Fielder • DET .969
3. McGriff • TOR .930
4. Canseco • OAK .914
5. Brett • KCR .902
6. McGwire • OAK .859
7. Hrbek • MIN .850
8. Griffey • SEA .847
9. Gruber • TOR .842
10. Burks • BOS .835

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Kelly • NYY 162
2. Ripken • BAL 161
Fernández • TOR 161
4. Guillén • CHW 160
Reynolds • SEA 160
6. Greenwell • BOS 159
Fielder • DET 159
Sierra • TEX 159
9. Calderón • CHW 158
Seitzer • KCR 158
Yount • MIL 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Reynolds • SEA 642
2. Kelly • NYY 641
3. Fernández • TOR 635
4. Seitzer • KCR 622
5. Boggs • BOS 619
6. Sax • NYY 615
7. Greenwell • BOS 610
Parker • MIL 610
9. Sierra • TEX 608
10. Calderón • CHW 607

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. Reynolds • SEA 737
2. Fernández • TOR 721
3. Boggs • BOS 713
4. Seitzer • KCR 697
5. Ripken • BAL 695
6. Reed • BOS 691
7. Phillips • DET 687
Kelly • NYY 687
9. Yount • MIL 683
10. Greenwell • BOS 682

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Henderson • OAK 119
2. Fielder • DET 104
3. Reynolds • SEA 100
4. Yount • MIL 98
5. Phillips • DET 97
6. Franco • TEX 96
7. Browne • CLE 92
Gruber • TOR 92
9. Seitzer • KCR 91
Griffey • SEA 91
McGriff • TOR 91

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Palmeiro • TEX 191
2. Boggs • BOS 187
3. Kelly • NYY 183
4. Greenwell • BOS 181
5. Brett • KCR 179
Griffey • SEA 179
7. Parker • MIL 176
8. Fernández • TOR 175
9. Burks • BOS 174
10. Reed • BOS 173

Total Bases

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

1. Fielder • DET 339
2. Gruber • TOR 303
3. McGriff • TOR 295
4. Griffey • SEA 287
5. Burks • BOS 286
6. Henderson • OAK 282
7. Brett • KCR 280
Palmeiro • TEX 280
9. Parker • MIL 275
10. Kelly • NYY 268

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Reed • BOS 45
Brett • KCR 45
3. Boggs • BOS 44
Calderón • CHW 44
5. Harper • MIN 42
6. Puckett • MIN 40
7. Trammell • DET 37
Sierra • TEX 37
9. Reynolds • SEA 36
Gruber • TOR 36
Wilson • TOR 36

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Fernández • TOR 17
2. Sosa • CHW 10
3. Johnson • CHW 9
Liriano • 2TM 9
Polonia • 2TM 9
6. Burks • BOS 8
Pettis • TEX 8
8. Brett • KCR 7
Eisenreich • KCR 7
Griffey • SEA 7
Félix • TOR 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Fielder • DET 51
2. McGwire • OAK 39
3. Canseco • OAK 37
4. McGriff • TOR 35
5. Gruber • TOR 31
6. Jackson • KCR 28
Henderson • OAK 28
8. Deer • MIL 27
9. Barfield • NYY 25
10. Parrish • CAL 24
Incaviglia • TEX 24

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Fielder • DET 132
2. Gruber • TOR 118
3. McGwire • OAK 108
4. Canseco • OAK 101
5. Sierra • TEX 96
6. Maldonado • CLE 95
7. Parker • MIL 92
8. Burks • BOS 89
Trammell • DET 89
Palmeiro • TEX 89

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. McGwire • OAK 110
2. Tettleton • BAL 106
3. Phillips • DET 99
4. Henderson • OAK 97
5. McGriff • TOR 94
6. Fielder • DET 90
7. Milligan • BAL 88
8. Boggs • BOS 87
9. Davis • SEA 85
10. Ripken • BAL 82
Barfield • NYY 82
Franco • TEX 82

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Fielder • DET 182
2. Tettleton • BAL 160
3. Canseco • OAK 158
4. Sosa • CHW 150
Barfield • NYY 150
6. Kelly • NYY 148
7. Deer • MIL 147
8. Incaviglia • TEX 146
9. Maldonado • CLE 134
10. Jackson • KCR 128

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Henderson • OAK 65
2. Sax • NYY 43
3. Kelly • NYY 42
4. Cole • CLE 40
5. Pettis • TEX 38
6. Johnson • CHW 36
7. Calderón • CHW 32
Sosa • CHW 32
9. Reynolds • SEA 31
Franco • TEX 31

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Palmeiro • TEX 136
2. Franco • TEX 133
3. Boggs • BOS 132
Kelly • NYY 132
5. Greenwell • BOS 131
6. Sax • NYY 130
7. Seitzer • KCR 129
8. Fernández • TOR 127
9. Johnson • CHW 126
10. Reed • BOS 123

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Henderson • OAK 189
2. Fielder • DET 167
3. Canseco • OAK 159
4. Brett • KCR 153
5. McGriff • TOR 153
6. McGwire • OAK 144
7. Griffey • SEA 136
8. Fisk • CHW 134
9. Martínez • SEA 133
10. Hrbek • MIN 131

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. Henderson • OAK 137
2. Fielder • DET 129
3. McGriff • TOR 124
4. Brett • KCR 106
5. Boggs • BOS 103
Griffey • SEA 103
7. McGwire • OAK 101
Gruber • TOR 101
9. Canseco • OAK 98
10. Trammell • DET 95
Franco • TEX 95

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. Henderson • OAK 63
2. Fielder • DET 51
3. McGriff • TOR 42
4. Brett • KCR 40
5. Canseco • OAK 38
6. McGwire • OAK 35
7. Milligan • BAL 32
8. Griffey • SEA 28
9. Martínez • SEA 25
10. Trammell • DET 25

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. Henderson • OAK 6.2
2. Fielder • DET 5.1
3. McGriff • TOR 4.2
4. Brett • KCR 4.0
5. Canseco • OAK 3.8
6. McGwire • OAK 3.5
7. Milligan • BAL 3.1
8. Griffey • SEA 2.8
9. Martínez • SEA 2.5
10. Trammell • DET 2.5

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Fielder • DET 77
2. Gruber • TOR 73
3. Brett • KCR 66
4. Henderson • OAK 64
5. Burks • BOS 62
6. Calderón • CHW 60
7. Griffey • SEA 57
McGriff • TOR 57
9. Maldonado • CLE 56
10. Boggs • BOS 55
Puckett • MIN 55
McGwire • OAK 55
Palmeiro • TEX 55
Sierra • TEX 55

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 275
2. McGriff • TOR 263
3. Henderson • OAK 260
4. Franco • TEX 256
5. Fielder • DET 254
6. Fernández • TOR 253
7. Reed • BOS 252
8. Greenwell • BOS 250
9. Phillips • DET 247
10. Reynolds • SEA 246

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. Henderson • OAK .826
2. McGriff • TOR .758
3. Fielder • DET .747
4. Brett • KCR .715
5. Canseco • OAK .703
6. Martínez • SEA .665
7. McGwire • OAK .664
8. Hrbek • MIN .658
9. Fisk • CHW .657
10. Davis • SEA .655

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Bradley • 2TM 11
2. Incaviglia • TEX 9
3. Gruber • TOR 8
4. Fisk • CHW 7
Macfarlane • KCR 7
Harper • MIN 7
Hrbek • MIN 7
Leyritz • NYY 7
McGwire • OAK 7
Valle • SEA 7
Fernández • TOR 7

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Ripken • BAL 17
Gallego • OAK 17
3. Guillén • CHW 15
4. Schofield • CAL 13
Ventura • CHW 13
Fermín • CLE 13
7. Rivera • BOS 12
Browne • CLE 12
9. Barrett • BOS 11
Reed • BOS 11
Fletcher • CHW 11
Webster • CLE 11
Espinoza • NYY 11
Pettis • TEX 11
Bradley • 2TM 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Parker • MIL 14
2. Gruber • TOR 13
3. Browne • CLE 11
Bell • TOR 11
5. Sheffield • MIL 9
McGwire • OAK 9
Davis • SEA 9
8. Brunansky • BOS 8
Calderón • CHW 8
Brock • MIL 8
Yount • MIL 8
Gaetti • MIN 8
Hrbek • MIN 8
Palmeiro • TEX 8
Sierra • TEX 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Boggs • BOS 19
2. Ripken • BAL 18
3. Brett • KCR 14
4. Mattingly • NYY 13
Sierra • TEX 13
6. Greenwell • BOS 12
Griffey • SEA 12
McGriff • TOR 12
9. Fielder • DET 11
Parker • MIL 11
Puckett • MIN 11

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. Calderón • CHW 26
2. Palmeiro • TEX 24
3. Peña • BOS 23
4. Gaetti • MIN 22
5. Jacoby • CLE 20
Harper • MIN 20
Leonard • SEA 20
8. Greenwell • BOS 19
Quintana • BOS 19
Reed • BOS 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Johnson • CHW 22
2. Guillén • CHW 17
Kelly • NYY 17
4. Calderón • CHW 16
Sosa • CHW 16
Reynolds • SEA 16
7. Pettis • TEX 15
8. Eisenreich • KCR 14
Lansford • OAK 14
Polonia • 2TM 14

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Anderson • BAL 88.24
2. Cotto • SEA 87.50
Gruber • TOR 87.50
4. Henderson • OAK 86.67
5. Gantner • MIL 85.71
Molitor • MIL 85.71
7. Wilson • TOR 85.19
8. Sax • NYY 82.69
9. Cole • CLE 81.63
10. Perry • KCR 80.95

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 • OAK 39.1
2. Canseco • OAK 25.1
3. Kelly • NYY 22.1
4. Sosa • CHW 20.4
5. Jackson • KCR 19.5
6. Calderón • CHW 19.5
7. Gruber • TOR 19.3
8. Griffey • SEA 18.5
9. Franco • TEX 16.2
10. Yount • MIL 15.9

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. Harper • MIN 17.7
2. Greenwell • BOS 14.2
3. Guillén • CHW 13.9
4. Sax • NYY 13.4
5. Surhoff • MIL 12.8
6. Reynolds • SEA 12.3
7. Johnson • CHW 12.0
8. Sheffield • MIL 11.9
9. Browne • CLE 11.2
10. Hrbek • MIN 10.9

AB per HR

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

1. Fielder • DET 11.2
2. Canseco • OAK 13.0
3. McGwire • OAK 13.4
4. McGriff • TOR 15.9
5. Jackson • KCR 14.5 **
6. Deer • MIL 16.3
7. Henderson • OAK 17.5
8. Barfield • NYY 19.0
9. Gruber • TOR 19.1
10. Parrish • CAL 19.6

Outs Made

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

1. Reynolds • SEA 516
2. Fernández • TOR 498
3. Calderón • CHW 491
4. Kelly • NYY 490
5. Sax • NYY 489
6. Gaetti • MIN 477
7. Seitzer • KCR 473
Parker • MIL 473
9. Ripken • BAL 471
10. Yount • MIL 469

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. Henderson • OAK 51.44
2. Fielder • DET 50.86
3. Brett • KCR 41.46
4. McGriff • TOR 38.25
5. Gruber • TOR 35.25
6. Canseco • OAK 34.41
7. Trammell • DET 32.13
8. McGwire • OAK 31.72
9. Puckett • MIN 31.37
10. Palmeiro • TEX 31.13

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. Henderson • OAK 5.5
2. Trammell • DET 3.9
3. McGriff • TOR 3.6
4. Milligan • BAL 3.5
5. Martínez • SEA 3.3
6. Brett • KCR 3.2
7. Gruber • TOR 3.1
8. Sheffield • MIL 3.1
9. Fielder • DET 2.9
10. Puckett • MIN 2.7

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. Henderson • OAK 5.8
2. Fielder • DET 5.0
3. McGriff • TOR 4.9
4. Canseco • OAK 4.2
5. McGwire • OAK 3.8
6. Milligan • BAL 3.3
7. Gruber • TOR 3.1
8. Brett • KCR 2.9
9. Griffey • SEA 2.3
10. Fisk • CHW 2.3

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. Greenwell • BOS 6.6
2. Henderson • OAK 6.6
3. Evans • BOS 6.5
4. McGriff • TOR 5.8
5. Burks • BOS 4.4
6. Félix • TOR 4.1
7. Reed • BOS 3.1
8. Fisk • CHW 3.1
9. McGwire • OAK 2.8
10. Canseco • OAK 2.6

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. Henderson • OAK 5.2
2. Fielder • DET 5.0
3. Brett • KCR 4.2
4. McGriff • TOR 3.7
5. Canseco • OAK 3.5
6. Gruber • TOR 3.4
7. McGwire • OAK 3.2
8. Trammell • DET 3.2
9. Palmeiro • TEX 3.1
10. Puckett • MIN 3.0

rOBA

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

1. Henderson • OAK .479
2. Fielder • DET .432
3. McGriff • TOR .417
4. Canseco • OAK .411
5. Brett • KCR .397
6. McGwire • OAK .388
7. Gruber • TOR .382
8. Hrbek • MIN .382
9. Martínez • SEA .381
10. Fisk • CHW .380

Rbat+

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

1. Henderson • OAK 195
2. Fielder • DET 170
3. Canseco • OAK 161
4. McGriff • TOR 154
5. Brett • KCR 146
6. McGwire • OAK 144
7. Martínez • SEA 135
8. Fisk • CHW 134
9. Trammell • DET 132
10. Griffey • SEA 131

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