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. Rodriguez • SEA 8.5
2. Clemens • TOR 8.1
3. Jeter • NYY 7.5
4. Rogers • OAK 7.5
5. Finley • ANA 7.1
Martínez • BOS 7.1
7. Belle • CHW 7.1
Garciaparra • BOS 7.1
9. Griffey • SEA 6.6
10. Rodríguez • TEX 6.4

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. Rodriguez • SEA 8.5
2. Jeter • NYY 7.5
3. Belle • CHW 7.1
Garciaparra • BOS 7.1
5. Griffey • SEA 6.6
6. Rodríguez • TEX 6.4
7. Palmeiro • BAL 6.3
8. Lofton • CLE 6.0
9. Ventura • CHW 5.8
10. O'Neill • NYY 5.8

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. Rodriguez • SEA 7.8
2. Belle • CHW 7.4
3. Jeter • NYY 7.3
4. Griffey • SEA 6.9
5. Williams • NYY 6.6
6. Garciaparra • BOS 6.1
7. Martínez • SEA 5.6
8. Offerman • KCR 5.6
9. Durham • CHW 5.5
10. Vaughn • BOS 5.2

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. Ventura • CHW 3.5
2. Rodríguez • TEX 2.7
3. Cairo • TBD 2.6
4. Valentin • BOS 2.3
5. Cruz • DET 2.2
6. Easley • DET 2.2
Lofton • CLE 2.2
8. Bordick • BAL 2.2
9. Stocker • TBD 2.1
10. Hunter • DET 2.0

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. Williams • NYY .339
2. Vaughn • BOS .337
3. Belle • CHW .328
4. Davis • BAL .327
5. Jeter • NYY .324
6. Garciaparra • BOS .323
7. Martínez • SEA .322
8. Rodríguez • TEX .321
9. Fernández • TOR .321
10. González • TEX .318

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. Martínez • SEA .429
2. Williams • NYY .422
3. Thome • CLE .413
4. Salmon • ANA .410
5. Offerman • KCR .403
6. Vaughn • BOS .402
7. Belle • CHW .399
8. Davis • BAL .388
9. Fernández • TOR .387
10. Lawton • MIN .387

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. Belle • CHW .655
2. González • TEX .630
3. Griffey • SEA .611
4. Ramirez • CLE .599
5. Delgado • TOR .592
6. Vaughn • BOS .591
7. Garciaparra • BOS .584
8. Thome • CLE .584
9. Davis • BAL .582
10. Williams • NYY .575

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. Belle • CHW 1.055
2. Thome • CLE .997
3. Williams • NYY .997
4. González • TEX .997
5. Vaughn • BOS .993
6. Martínez • SEA .993
7. Delgado • TOR .978
8. Griffey • SEA .977
9. Ramirez • CLE .976
10. Davis • BAL .970

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Belle • CHW 163
2. Palmeiro • BAL 162
Surhoff • BAL 162
4. Ripken • BAL 161
Ventura • CHW 161
Damon • KCR 161
Griffey • SEA 161
Rodriguez • SEA 161
9. Thomas • CHW 160
10. Durham • CHW 158
Offerman • KCR 158
Gonzalez • TOR 158
Green • TOR 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Rodriguez • SEA 686
2. Damon • KCR 642
3. Durham • CHW 635
4. Griffey • SEA 633
5. Green • TOR 630
6. Jeter • NYY 626
7. Anderson • ANA 622
8. Palmeiro • BAL 619
9. McCracken • TBD 614
10. Higginson • DET 612

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. Rodriguez • SEA 748
2. Durham • CHW 723
3. Griffey • SEA 720
4. Thomas • CHW 712
5. Damon • KCR 710
6. Palmeiro • BAL 709
Offerman • KCR 709
8. Belle • CHW 706
Knoblauch • NYY 706
10. Lofton • CLE 698

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Jeter • NYY 127
2. Durham • CHW 126
3. Rodriguez • SEA 123
4. Griffey • SEA 120
5. Knoblauch • NYY 117
6. Edmonds • ANA 115
7. Valentin • BOS 113
Belle • CHW 113
9. Garciaparra • BOS 111
Cora • 2TM 111

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Rodriguez • SEA 213
2. Vaughn • BOS 205
3. Jeter • NYY 203
4. Belle • CHW 200
5. Garciaparra • BOS 195
6. González • TEX 193
7. Offerman • KCR 191
O'Neill • NYY 191
9. Rodríguez • TEX 186
10. Edmonds • ANA 184

Total Bases

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

1. Belle • CHW 399
2. Griffey • SEA 387
3. Rodriguez • SEA 384
4. González • TEX 382
5. Vaughn • BOS 360
6. Garciaparra • BOS 353
7. Palmeiro • BAL 350
8. Ramirez • CLE 342
9. Green • TOR 321
10. Clark • DET 314
Martínez • SEA 314
Delgado • TOR 314

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. González • TEX 50
2. Belle • CHW 48
3. Martínez • SEA 46
4. Valentin • BOS 44
5. Delgado • TOR 43
6. Edmonds • ANA 42
7. Anderson • ANA 41
Walker • MIN 41
Grieve • OAK 41
Clark • TEX 41

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Offerman • KCR 13
2. Damon • KCR 10
3. Winn • TBD 9
4. Garciaparra • BOS 8
O'Leary • BOS 8
Durham • CHW 8
Jeter • NYY 8
8. Anderson • ANA 7
McCracken • TBD 7
10. Caruso • CHW 6
Lofton • CLE 6
Vizquel • CLE 6
Lawton • MIN 6
Nixon • MIN 6
Cora • 2TM 6

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Griffey • SEA 56
2. Belle • CHW 49
3. Canseco • TOR 46
4. Ramirez • CLE 45
González • TEX 45
6. Palmeiro • BAL 43
7. Rodriguez • SEA 42
8. Vaughn • BOS 40
9. Delgado • TOR 38
10. Garciaparra • BOS 35
Green • TOR 35

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. González • TEX 157
2. Belle • CHW 152
3. Griffey • SEA 146
4. Ramirez • CLE 145
5. Rodriguez • SEA 124
6. Martinez • NYY 123
7. Garciaparra • BOS 122
8. Palmeiro • BAL 121
9. Palmer • KCR 119
10. O'Neill • NYY 116

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Henderson • OAK 118
2. Thomas • CHW 110
3. Martínez • SEA 106
4. Salmon • ANA 90
5. Thome • CLE 89
Offerman • KCR 89
McLemore • TEX 89
8. Lofton • CLE 87
9. Lawton • MIN 86
10. Grieve • OAK 85

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Canseco • TOR 159
2. Vaughn • BOS 144
3. Green • TOR 142
4. Thome • CLE 141
5. Delgado • TOR 139
6. Palmer • KCR 134
Davis • SEA 134
8. Sorrento • TBD 133
9. Stanley • 2TM 129
10. Clark • DET 128

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Henderson • OAK 66
2. Lofton • CLE 54
3. Stewart • TOR 51
4. Rodriguez • SEA 46
5. Offerman • KCR 45
6. Hunter • DET 42
7. Goodwin • TEX 38
8. Vizquel • CLE 37
Nixon • MIN 37
10. Durham • CHW 36

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Jeter • NYY 151
2. Offerman • KCR 143
3. Goodwin • TEX 133
4. Vaughn • BOS 132
Caruso • CHW 132
6. Rodriguez • SEA 131
Greer • TEX 131
8. Vizquel • CLE 128
9. McCracken • TBD 127
Cora • 2TM 127

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Belle • CHW 172
2. Williams • NYY 160
3. Martínez • SEA 158
4. Thome • CLE 153
5. Vaughn • BOS 153
6. Delgado • TOR 151
7. Davis • BAL 151
8. Griffey • SEA 150
9. González • TEX 149
10. Ramirez • CLE 146

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. Belle • CHW 158
2. Vaughn • BOS 144
3. Griffey • SEA 142
4. Martínez • SEA 141
5. Rodriguez • SEA 138
6. González • TEX 134
7. Palmeiro • BAL 132
8. Ramirez • CLE 128
9. Delgado • TOR 126
10. Garciaparra • BOS 120

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. Belle • CHW 67
2. Martínez • SEA 54
3. Vaughn • BOS 47
4. Williams • NYY 47
5. Griffey • SEA 44
6. González • TEX 44
7. Delgado • TOR 42
8. Palmeiro • BAL 41
9. Ramirez • CLE 40
10. Thome • CLE 39

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. Belle • CHW 6.1
2. Martínez • SEA 4.9
3. Vaughn • BOS 4.3
4. Williams • NYY 4.2
5. Griffey • SEA 4.1
6. González • TEX 4.0
7. Delgado • TOR 3.8
8. Palmeiro • BAL 3.7
9. Ramirez • CLE 3.6
10. Thome • CLE 3.5

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Belle • CHW 99
2. González • TEX 97
3. Griffey • SEA 92
4. Ramirez • CLE 82
Rodriguez • SEA 82
Delgado • TOR 82
7. Palmeiro • BAL 80
Garciaparra • BOS 80
9. Martínez • SEA 76
10. Vaughn • BOS 73

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. Martínez • SEA 288
2. Offerman • KCR 285
3. Belle • CHW 282
4. Vaughn • BOS 274
5. Thomas • CHW 271
6. Palmeiro • BAL 269
7. Rodriguez • SEA 268
8. Greer • TEX 267
9. Jeter • NYY 265
10. Griffey • SEA 263

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. Belle • CHW .750
2. Martínez • SEA .749
3. Thome • CLE .746
4. Vaughn • BOS .738
5. Salmon • ANA .718
6. Delgado • TOR .717
7. Williams • NYY .717
8. González • TEX .689
9. Davis • BAL .688
10. Griffey • SEA .686

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Knoblauch • NYY 18
2. Easley • DET 16
Fasano • KCR 16
4. Anderson • BAL 15
Lawton • MIN 15
Stewart • TOR 15
7. Sprague • 2TM 13
8. Delgado • TOR 11
Fernández • TOR 11
10. Bordick • BAL 10
Brosius • NYY 10
Rodriguez • SEA 10

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Bordick • BAL 15
2. Benjamin • BOS 13
Hinch • OAK 13
Gonzalez • TOR 13
5. Disarcina • ANA 12
Vizquel • CLE 12
McLemore • TEX 12
Cora • 2TM 12
9. Cairo • TBD 11
Winn • TBD 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Belle • CHW 15
2. Palmer • KCR 13
3. Thomas • CHW 11
O'Neill • NYY 11
González • TEX 11
6. Salmon • ANA 10
Surhoff • BAL 10
Ramirez • CLE 10
King • KCR 10
Molitor • MIN 10
Martinez • NYY 10

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Ventura • CHW 15
2. Vaughn • BOS 13
Delgado • TOR 13
4. Griffey • SEA 11
5. Belle • CHW 10
6. Surhoff • BAL 9
Walker • MIN 9
Williams • NYY 9
McGriff • TBD 9
González • TEX 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. Coomer • MIN 22
O'Neill • NYY 22
3. Garciaparra • BOS 20
González • TEX 20
5. Ordóñez • CHW 19
Molitor • MIN 19
Williams • NYY 19
Fletcher • TOR 19
9. Ramirez • CLE 18
Palmer • KCR 18
Martinez • NYY 18
Grieve • OAK 18
Greer • TEX 18
Rodríguez • TEX 18
Fielder • 2TM 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Goodwin • TEX 20
2. Stewart • TOR 18
3. Canseco • TOR 17
4. Henderson • OAK 13
Rodriguez • SEA 13
6. Lewis • BOS 12
Vizquel • CLE 12
Hunter • DET 12
Damon • KCR 12
Offerman • KCR 12
Knoblauch • NYY 12
Winn • TBD 12
Green • TOR 12

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. O'Neill • NYY 93.75
2. Lofton • CLE 84.38
3. Nixon • MIN 84.09
4. Henderson • OAK 83.54
5. Jeter • NYY 83.33
6. Curtis • NYY 80.77
7. Roberts • 2TM 80.00
Griffey • SEA 80.00
Durham • CHW 80.00
10. Offerman • KCR 78.95

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. Rodriguez • SEA 43.9
2. Canseco • TOR 35.6
3. Green • TOR 35.0
4. Griffey • SEA 29.5
5. Durham • CHW 24.9
6. Jeter • NYY 23.3
7. Henderson • OAK 23.1
8. Knoblauch • NYY 22.0
9. Damon • KCR 21.3
10. Lofton • CLE 19.6

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. Caruso • CHW 13.8
2. Molitor • MIN 12.2
3. Cairo • TBD 11.7
4. Disarcina • ANA 10.8
5. Cora • 2TM 10.2
6. Ordóñez • CHW 10.1
7. Garciaparra • BOS 9.7
8. Fernández • TOR 9.2
9. Morris • KCR 9.1
10. Vizquel • CLE 9.0

AB per HR

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

1. Griffey • SEA 11.3
2. Belle • CHW 12.4
3. Canseco • TOR 12.7
4. Ramirez • CLE 12.7
5. González • TEX 13.5
6. Delgado • TOR 13.9
7. Palmeiro • BAL 14.4
8. Thome • CLE 14.7
9. Vaughn • BOS 15.2
10. Davis • BAL 16.1

Outs Made

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

1. Rodriguez • SEA 505
2. Damon • KCR 486
3. Durham • CHW 477
Knoblauch • NYY 477
Green • TOR 477
6. Griffey • SEA 476
7. McCracken • TBD 474
8. Canseco • TOR 473
9. O'Leary • BOS 470
10. Hunter • DET 467
Gonzalez • TOR 467

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. Belle • CHW 60.76
2. Jeter • NYY 48.59
3. González • TEX 46.45
4. Griffey • SEA 45.89
5. Martínez • SEA 44.90
6. Rodriguez • SEA 44.03
7. Vaughn • BOS 43.77
8. Williams • NYY 42.03
9. Thome • CLE 39.34
10. Ramirez • CLE 37.76

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. Rodriguez • SEA 4.9
2. Belle • CHW 4.5
3. Williams • NYY 4.5
4. Jeter • NYY 4.3
5. Offerman • KCR 3.7
6. Martínez • SEA 3.7
7. Vaughn • BOS 3.6
8. Grieve • OAK 3.4
9. Davis • BAL 3.1
10. Edmonds • ANA 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. Belle • CHW 6.2
2. Griffey • SEA 5.6
3. Martínez • SEA 4.6
4. Jeter • NYY 4.5
5. Vaughn • BOS 4.3
6. Rodriguez • SEA 4.3
7. Williams • NYY 4.1
8. Thome • CLE 3.7
9. González • TEX 3.5
10. Ramirez • CLE 3.5

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. Edmonds • ANA 2.6
2. González • TEX 2.3
3. Salmon • ANA 2.2
4. Thome • CLE 1.9
5. Clark • TEX 1.6
6. Vaughn • BOS 1.6
7. Garciaparra • BOS 1.5
8. Williams • NYY 1.5
9. Alicea • TEX 1.4
10. Simms • TEX 1.3

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. Belle • CHW 5.6
2. Jeter • NYY 4.5
3. Griffey • SEA 4.2
4. González • TEX 4.2
5. Martínez • SEA 4.1
6. Rodriguez • SEA 4.0
7. Vaughn • BOS 4.0
8. Williams • NYY 3.9
9. Thome • CLE 3.5
10. Ramirez • CLE 3.4

rOBA

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

1. Belle • CHW .440
2. Williams • NYY .437
3. Martínez • SEA .435
4. Thome • CLE .428
5. Vaughn • BOS .423
6. Davis • BAL .420
7. González • TEX .420
8. Ramirez • CLE .415
9. Salmon • ANA .415
10. Griffey • SEA .413

Rbat+

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

1. Belle • CHW 168
2. Williams • NYY 167
3. Martínez • SEA 162
4. Davis • BAL 154
5. Thome • CLE 153
6. Vaughn • BOS 151
7. González • TEX 147
8. Salmon • ANA 146
9. Delgado • TOR 145
10. Griffey • SEA 145

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