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 8.7
2. Mussina • BAL 8.2
3. Appier • KCR 8.0
4. Puckett • MIN 7.1
5. Thomas • CHW 7.0
6. Alomar • TOR 6.6
7. Lofton • CLE 6.6
8. Mack • MIN 6.5
9. Martínez • SEA 6.5
10. McGwire • OAK 6.5

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. Puckett • MIN 7.1
2. Thomas • CHW 7.0
3. Alomar • TOR 6.6
4. Lofton • CLE 6.6
5. Mack • MIN 6.5
6. Martínez • SEA 6.5
7. McGwire • OAK 6.5
8. Raines • CHW 6.3
9. Baerga • CLE 6.3
10. White • TOR 6.2

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. Thomas • CHW 7.9
2. Martínez • SEA 7.1
3. Puckett • MIN 6.9
4. Alomar • TOR 6.6
5. Mack • MIN 6.6
6. Griffey • SEA 6.2
7. McGwire • OAK 6.0
8. Baerga • CLE 5.7
9. Henderson • OAK 5.3
10. Molitor • MIL 4.9

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. White • TOR 3.9
2. Ripken • BAL 2.5
3. Lofton • CLE 2.3
4. Vizquel • SEA 2.3
5. Lee • TOR 2.1
6. Disarcina • CAL 2.0
7. Johnson • CHW 1.9
8. Rodríguez • TEX 1.7
Ventura • CHW 1.7
10. Fryman • DET 1.6

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. Martínez • SEA .343
2. Puckett • MIN .329
3. Thomas • CHW .323
4. Molitor • MIL .320
5. Mack • MIN .315
6. Baerga • CLE .312
7. Alomar • TOR .310
8. Griffey • SEA .308
9. Harper • MIN .307
10. Bordick • OAK .300

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. Thomas • CHW .439
2. Henderson • OAK .426 **
3. Tartabull • NYY .409
4. Alomar • TOR .405
5. Martínez • SEA .404
6. Mack • MIN .394
7. Molitor • MIL .389
8. Phillips • DET .387
9. Whitaker • DET .386
10. Davis • MIN .386

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. McGwire • OAK .585
2. Martínez • SEA .544
3. Thomas • CHW .536
4. Griffey • SEA .535
5. González • TEX .529
6. Carter • TOR .498
7. Winfield • TOR .491
8. Puckett • MIN .490
9. Tartabull • NYY .489
10. Deer • DET .547 **

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. Thomas • CHW .975
2. McGwire • OAK .970
3. Martínez • SEA .948
4. Tartabull • NYY .898
5. Griffey • SEA .896
6. Henderson • OAK .883 **
7. Winfield • TOR .867
8. Puckett • MIN .864
9. Mack • MIN .860
10. Molitor • MIL .851

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Ripken • BAL 162
2. Baerga • CLE 161
Fryman • DET 161
4. Thomas • CHW 160
Puckett • MIN 160
6. Anderson • BAL 159
Phillips • DET 159
Palmeiro • TEX 159
9. Molitor • MIL 158
Carter • TOR 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Fryman • DET 659
2. Baerga • CLE 657
3. Devereaux • BAL 653
4. White • TOR 641
5. Mattingly • NYY 640
6. Puckett • MIN 639
7. Ripken • BAL 637
8. Bell • CHW 627
9. Anderson • BAL 623
10. Carter • TOR 622

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. Anderson • BAL 749
2. Phillips • DET 733
3. Fryman • DET 721
4. Baerga • CLE 716
5. Ripken • BAL 715
6. Thomas • CHW 711
7. Devereaux • BAL 710
8. Knoblauch • MIN 707
9. Molitor • MIL 701
Palmeiro • TEX 701

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Phillips • DET 114
2. Thomas • CHW 108
3. Alomar • TOR 105
4. Knoblauch • MIN 104
Puckett • MIN 104
6. Raines • CHW 102
7. Mack • MIN 101
8. Anderson • BAL 100
Martínez • SEA 100
10. White • TOR 98

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Puckett • MIN 210
2. Baerga • CLE 205
3. Molitor • MIL 195
4. Mack • MIN 189
5. Thomas • CHW 185
6. Mattingly • NYY 184
7. Martínez • SEA 181
8. Devereaux • BAL 180
9. Knoblauch • MIN 178
10. Alomar • TOR 177

Total Bases

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

1. Puckett • MIN 313
2. Carter • TOR 310
3. González • TEX 309
4. Thomas • CHW 307
5. Devereaux • BAL 303
6. Griffey • SEA 302
7. Baerga • CLE 299
8. Martínez • SEA 287
9. Winfield • TOR 286
10. Molitor • MIL 281

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Thomas • CHW 46
Martínez • SEA 46
3. Yount • MIL 40
Mattingly • NYY 40
5. Griffey • SEA 39
6. Ventura • CHW 38
Puckett • MIN 38
8. Jefferies • KCR 36
Joyner • KCR 36
Molitor • MIL 36
Hall • NYY 36

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Johnson • CHW 12
2. Devereaux • BAL 11
3. Anderson • BAL 10
4. Raines • CHW 9
5. Lofton • CLE 8
Alomar • TOR 8
7. Hamilton • MIL 7
Molitor • MIL 7
Carter • TOR 7
White • TOR 7
Sierra • 2TM 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. González • TEX 43
2. McGwire • OAK 42
3. Fielder • DET 35
4. Belle • CLE 34
Carter • TOR 34
6. Deer • DET 32
Tettleton • DET 32
8. Griffey • SEA 27
9. Palmer • TEX 26
Winfield • TOR 26
Canseco • 2TM 26

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Fielder • DET 124
2. Carter • TOR 119
3. Thomas • CHW 115
4. Bell • CHW 112
Belle • CLE 112
6. Puckett • MIN 110
7. González • TEX 109
8. Winfield • TOR 108
9. Devereaux • BAL 107
10. Baerga • CLE 105

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Thomas • CHW 122
Tettleton • DET 122
3. Phillips • DET 114
4. Milligan • BAL 106
5. Tartabull • NYY 103
6. Anderson • BAL 98
7. Henderson • OAK 95
8. Ventura • CHW 93
9. McGwire • OAK 90
10. Knoblauch • MIN 88

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Palmer • TEX 154
2. Fielder • DET 151
3. Buhner • SEA 146
4. Fryman • DET 144
5. González • TEX 143
6. Tettleton • DET 137
7. White • TOR 133
8. Deer • DET 131
9. Félix • CAL 128
Belle • CLE 128
Canseco • 2TM 128

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Lofton • CLE 66
2. Listach • MIL 54
3. Anderson • BAL 53
4. Polonia • CAL 51
5. Alomar • TOR 49
6. Henderson • OAK 48
7. Raines • CHW 45
8. Curtis • CAL 43
9. Johnson • CHW 41
Hamilton • MIL 41

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Baerga • CLE 152
2. Knoblauch • MIN 151
3. Puckett • MIN 149
4. Polonia • CAL 144
5. Listach • MIL 142
6. Molitor • MIL 140
7. Lofton • CLE 136
Mack • MIN 136
9. Alomar • TOR 134
10. Mattingly • NYY 130

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. McGwire • OAK 176
2. Thomas • CHW 174
3. Martínez • SEA 164
4. Tartabull • NYY 153
5. Griffey • SEA 149
6. Molitor • MIL 140
7. Puckett • MIN 139
8. Mack • MIN 139
9. Winfield • TOR 138
10. Whitaker • DET 137

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. Thomas • CHW 142
2. Anderson • BAL 118
3. Molitor • MIL 116
Martínez • SEA 116
5. Mack • MIN 114
Puckett • MIN 114
7. Alomar • TOR 111
8. McGwire • OAK 110
Winfield • TOR 110
10. Baerga • CLE 105

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. Thomas • CHW 66
2. McGwire • OAK 50
3. Martínez • SEA 47
4. Molitor • MIL 36
Henderson • OAK 36
6. Griffey • SEA 35
7. Tartabull • NYY 35
8. Mack • MIN 33
9. Puckett • MIN 33
10. Tettleton • DET 31

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. Thomas • CHW 6.5
2. McGwire • OAK 4.9
3. Martínez • SEA 4.6
4. Molitor • MIL 3.6
5. Henderson • OAK 3.5
6. Griffey • SEA 3.5
7. Tartabull • NYY 3.4
8. Mack • MIN 3.3
9. Puckett • MIN 3.3
10. Tettleton • DET 3.1

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Thomas • CHW 72
2. Carter • TOR 71
3. Griffey • SEA 70
4. González • TEX 69
5. Martínez • SEA 67
6. Devereaux • BAL 64
McGwire • OAK 64
8. Winfield • TOR 62
9. Puckett • MIN 61
10. Anderson • BAL 59

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. Thomas • CHW 312
2. Phillips • DET 282
3. Anderson • BAL 276
4. Molitor • MIL 271
Knoblauch • MIN 271
6. Alomar • TOR 269
7. Mack • MIN 268
8. Ventura • CHW 260
Puckett • MIN 260
10. Baerga • CLE 253

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. Thomas • CHW .790
2. Martínez • SEA .765
3. McGwire • OAK .756
4. Tartabull • NYY .733
5. Alomar • TOR .707
6. Molitor • MIL .698
7. Mack • MIN .693
8. Winfield • TOR .693
9. Griffey • SEA .687
10. Puckett • MIN .681

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Macfarlane • KCR 15
Mack • MIN 15
3. Miller • KCR 14
4. Baerga • CLE 13
5. Carter • TOR 11
6. Kelly • NYY 10
Palmeiro • TEX 10
Reimer • TEX 10
9. Anderson • BAL 9
Bordick • OAK 9

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Browne • OAK 16
2. Bordick • OAK 14
3. Peña • BOS 13
4. Sax • CHW 12
Listach • MIL 12
Gagne • MIN 12
7. Mack • MIN 11
Weiss • OAK 11
Reynolds • SEA 11
Frye • TEX 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Carter • TOR 13
2. Yount • MIL 12
Knoblauch • MIN 12
4. Thomas • CHW 11
Molitor • MIL 11
6. Surhoff • MIL 10
Harper • MIN 10
Sierra • 2TM 10
9. Anderson • BAL 9
Devereaux • BAL 9
Félix • CAL 9
Baerga • CLE 9
Jefferies • KCR 9
Seitzer • MIL 9
Davis • MIN 9
Hall • NYY 9
McGwire • OAK 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Boggs • BOS 19
2. Tettleton • DET 18
3. Griffey • SEA 15
4. Anderson • BAL 14
Ripken • BAL 14
Tartabull • NYY 14
7. Puckett • MIN 13
8. Molitor • MIL 12
McGwire • OAK 12
Sierra • 2TM 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. Bell • CHW 29
2. Jefferies • KCR 24
Martinez • SEA 24
4. Johnson • CHW 20
Steinbach • OAK 20
6. Thomas • CHW 19
Joyner • KCR 19
Kelly • NYY 19
9. Polonia • CAL 18
Belle • CLE 18
Muñoz • MIN 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Polonia • CAL 21
2. Curtis • CAL 18
Listach • MIL 18
4. Anderson • BAL 16
5. Vaughn • MIL 15
6. Johnson • CHW 14
Hamilton • MIL 14
Mack • MIN 14
9. Knoblauch • MIN 13
Vizquel • SEA 13

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Cotto • SEA 92.00
2. White • TOR 90.24
3. Raines • CHW 88.24
4. Kelly • NYY 84.85
5. Lofton • CLE 84.62
6. Alomar • TOR 84.48
7. Molitor • MIL 83.78
8. Henderson • OAK 81.36
9. McRae • KCR 78.26
10. Sierra • 2TM 77.78
Wilson • OAK 77.78
Martínez • SEA 77.78

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. Anderson • BAL 30.1
2. White • TOR 23.3
3. Henderson • OAK 22.9
4. Mack • MIN 19.8
5. Vaughn • MIL 18.2
6. Puckett • MIN 17.9
7. Carter • TOR 17.7
8. Molitor • MIL 17.3
9. Curtis • CAL 16.2
10. Martínez • SEA 15.8

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. Harper • MIN 22.8
2. Jefferies • KCR 20.8
3. Johnson • CHW 17.2
4. Boggs • BOS 16.6
5. Mattingly • NYY 14.9
6. Sax • CHW 13.5
7. Ripken • BAL 12.7
8. Lansford • OAK 12.7
9. Vizquel • SEA 12.7
10. Reed • BOS 12.5

AB per HR

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

1. McGwire • OAK 11.1
2. González • TEX 13.6
3. Deer • DET 12.3 **
4. Tettleton • DET 16.4
5. Tartabull • NYY 16.8
6. Canseco • 2TM 16.9
7. Fielder • DET 17.0
8. Belle • CLE 17.2
9. Carter • TOR 18.3
10. Nokes • NYY 17.5 **

Outs Made

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

1. Fryman • DET 512
2. Devereaux • BAL 504
Bell • CHW 504
4. Ripken • BAL 500
5. White • TOR 498
6. Anderson • BAL 491
Carter • TOR 491
8. Sax • CHW 480
Baerga • CLE 480
10. Phillips • DET 474
Jefferies • KCR 474

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. Thomas • CHW 62.07
2. McGwire • OAK 45.29
3. Alomar • TOR 45.08
4. Griffey • SEA 44.41
5. Mack • MIN 42.61
6. Tartabull • NYY 41.88
7. Puckett • MIN 39.74
8. Winfield • TOR 39.33
9. Martínez • SEA 39.19
10. Molitor • MIL 38.04

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. Thomas • CHW 6.5
2. Henderson • OAK 5.4
3. Alomar • TOR 4.6
4. Baerga • CLE 4.3
5. Martínez • SEA 4.1
6. McGwire • OAK 4.0
7. Griffey • SEA 3.8
8. Molitor • MIL 3.6
9. Tartabull • NYY 3.6
10. Raines • CHW 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. Thomas • CHW 6.9
2. McGwire • OAK 4.7
3. Martínez • SEA 4.2
4. Henderson • OAK 4.0
5. Alomar • TOR 3.5
6. Tartabull • NYY 3.5
7. Puckett • MIN 3.4
8. Molitor • MIL 3.2
9. Mack • MIN 3.1
10. Griffey • SEA 3.1

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. Alomar • TOR 7.7
2. Henderson • OAK 6.6
3. McGwire • OAK 5.4
4. Winfield • TOR 4.7
5. Anderson • BAL 3.9
6. Mack • MIN 3.9
7. Thomas • CHW 3.1
8. Baines • OAK 2.8
9. Olerud • TOR 2.7
10. Molitor • MIL 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. Thomas • CHW 6.2
2. McGwire • OAK 4.6
3. Griffey • SEA 4.4
4. Alomar • TOR 4.4
5. Mack • MIN 4.2
6. Tartabull • NYY 4.2
7. Puckett • MIN 3.9
8. Martínez • SEA 3.9
9. Winfield • TOR 3.8
10. Molitor • MIL 3.8

rOBA

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

1. Martínez • SEA .440
2. Thomas • CHW .438
3. McGwire • OAK .426
4. Tartabull • NYY .411
5. Mack • MIN .410
6. Alomar • TOR .403
7. Griffey • SEA .401
8. Puckett • MIN .399
9. Molitor • MIL .395
10. Winfield • TOR .394

Rbat+

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

1. Thomas • CHW 176
2. McGwire • OAK 174
3. Martínez • SEA 174
4. Tartabull • NYY 158
5. Mack • MIN 153
6. Griffey • SEA 149
7. Puckett • MIN 145
8. Molitor • MIL 141
9. Winfield • TOR 141
10. Whitaker • DET 138

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