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. Martínez • BOS 9.8
2. Jeter • NYY 8.0
3. Alomar • CLE 7.4
4. Ramirez • CLE 7.3
5. Velarde • 2TM 7.0
6. Moyer • SEA 6.6
7. Garciaparra • BOS 6.6
8. Radke • MIN 6.5
9. Green • TOR 6.4
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. Jeter • NYY 8.0
2. Alomar • CLE 7.4
3. Ramirez • CLE 7.3
4. Velarde • 2TM 7.0
5. Garciaparra • BOS 6.6
6. Green • TOR 6.4
7. Rodríguez • TEX 6.4
8. Vizquel • CLE 6.0
9. Giambi • OAK 5.9
10. Anderson • BAL 5.9

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. Jeter • NYY 9.1
2. Garciaparra • BOS 7.2
3. Ramirez • CLE 7.1
4. Williams • NYY 6.9
5. Alomar • CLE 6.8
6. Giambi • OAK 6.5
7. Griffey • SEA 6.2
8. Anderson • BAL 6.1
9. Green • TOR 5.9
10. Velarde • 2TM 5.5

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. Bordick • BAL 2.8
2. Sánchez • KCR 2.8
3. Rodríguez • TEX 2.7
4. Singleton • CHW 2.4
5. Lewis • BOS 2.3
6. Beltrán • KCR 2.3
7. Erstad • ANA 2.2
8. Vizquel • CLE 2.1
9. Ordóñez • CHW 2.0
Velarde • 2TM 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. Garciaparra • BOS .357
2. Jeter • NYY .349
3. Williams • NYY .342
4. Martínez • SEA .337
5. Ramirez • CLE .333
6. Vizquel • CLE .333
7. Rodríguez • TEX .332
8. Fernández • TOR .328
9. González • TEX .326
10. Palmeiro • TEX .324

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 .447
2. Ramirez • CLE .442
3. Jeter • NYY .438
4. Williams • NYY .435
5. Fernández • TOR .427
6. Thome • CLE .426
7. Alomar • CLE .422
8. Giambi • OAK .422
9. Palmeiro • TEX .420
10. Garciaparra • BOS .418

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. Ramirez • CLE .663
2. Palmeiro • TEX .630
3. Garciaparra • BOS .603
4. González • TEX .601
5. Green • TOR .588
6. Rodriguez • SEA .586
7. Griffey • SEA .576
8. Delgado • TOR .571
9. Canseco • TBD .563
10. Rodríguez • TEX .558

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. Ramirez • CLE 1.105
2. Palmeiro • TEX 1.050
3. Garciaparra • BOS 1.022
4. Martínez • SEA 1.001
5. Jeter • NYY .989
6. González • TEX .980
7. Giambi • OAK .975
8. Green • TOR .972
9. Williams • NYY .971
10. Jaha • OAK .970

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Surhoff • BAL 162
2. Belle • BAL 161
3. Bordick • BAL 160
Griffey • SEA 160
5. Alomar • CLE 159
Martinez • NYY 159
Tejada • OAK 159
8. Dye • KCR 158
Jeter • NYY 158
Williams • NYY 158
Giambi • OAK 158
Palmeiro • TEX 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Surhoff • BAL 673
2. Beltrán • KCR 663
3. Bordick • BAL 631
Velarde • 2TM 631
5. Randa • KCR 628
6. Jeter • NYY 627
7. Ordóñez • CHW 624
8. Anderson • ANA 620
9. Green • TOR 614
10. Durham • CHW 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. Jeter • NYY 739
2. Surhoff • BAL 727
3. Beltrán • KCR 723
4. Belle • BAL 722
5. Knoblauch • NYY 715
6. Velarde • 2TM 711
7. Bordick • BAL 708
8. Griffey • SEA 706
9. Williams • NYY 697
10. Green • TOR 696

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Alomar • CLE 138
2. Jeter • NYY 134
Green • TOR 134
4. Ramirez • CLE 131
5. Griffey • SEA 123
6. Knoblauch • NYY 120
7. Williams • NYY 116
Rodríguez • TEX 116
9. Giambi • OAK 115
10. González • TEX 114

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Jeter • NYY 219
2. Surhoff • BAL 207
3. Williams • NYY 202
4. Velarde • 2TM 200
5. Rodríguez • TEX 199
6. Randa • KCR 197
7. Beltrán • KCR 194
8. Vizquel • CLE 191
9. Garciaparra • BOS 190
Green • TOR 190

Total Bases

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

1. Green • TOR 361
2. Palmeiro • TEX 356
3. Griffey • SEA 349
4. Ramirez • CLE 346
Jeter • NYY 346
6. González • TEX 338
7. Rodríguez • TEX 335
8. Surhoff • BAL 331
9. Belle • BAL 330
10. Delgado • TOR 327

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Green • TOR 45
2. Dye • KCR 44
Sweeney • KCR 44
4. Garciaparra • BOS 42
5. Greer • TEX 41
Zeile • TEX 41
Fernández • TOR 41
8. Alomar • CLE 40
9. Varitek • BOS 39
Damon • KCR 39
O'Neill • NYY 39
Delgado • TOR 39

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Offerman • BOS 11
2. Damon • KCR 9
Febles • KCR 9
Jeter • NYY 9
5. Durham • CHW 8
Polonia • DET 8
Dye • KCR 8
Randa • KCR 8
9. Bordick • BAL 7
Sexson • CLE 7
Beltrán • KCR 7
McLemore • TEX 7
Velarde • 2TM 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Griffey • SEA 48
2. Palmeiro • TEX 47
3. Ramirez • CLE 44
Delgado • TOR 44
5. Rodriguez • SEA 42
Green • TOR 42
7. González • TEX 39
8. Palmer • DET 38
Stairs • OAK 38
10. Belle • BAL 37

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Ramirez • CLE 165
2. Palmeiro • TEX 148
3. Griffey • SEA 134
Delgado • TOR 134
5. González • TEX 128
6. Giambi • OAK 123
Green • TOR 123
8. Alomar • CLE 120
9. Dye • KCR 119
10. Belle • BAL 117
Ordóñez • CHW 117

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Thome • CLE 127
2. Giambi • OAK 105
3. Belle • BAL 101
Jaha • OAK 101
5. Williams • NYY 100
6. Alomar • CLE 99
7. Martínez • SEA 97
Palmeiro • TEX 97
9. Anderson • BAL 96
Offerman • BOS 96
Ramirez • CLE 96
Greer • TEX 96

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Thome • CLE 171
2. Palmer • DET 153
3. Glaus • ANA 143
4. Delgado • TOR 141
5. Canseco • TBD 135
6. Clark • DET 133
7. Stevens • TEX 132
8. Ramirez • CLE 131
9. Jaha • OAK 129
10. Vaughn • ANA 127

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Hunter • 2TM 44
2. Vizquel • CLE 42
3. Goodwin • TEX 39
4. Alomar • CLE 37
Stewart • TOR 37
6. Anderson • BAL 36
Damon • KCR 36
8. Durham • CHW 34
9. Encarnación • DET 33
10. Bush • TOR 32

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Velarde • 2TM 152
2. Jeter • NYY 149
3. Vizquel • CLE 146
4. Stewart • TOR 144
5. Williams • NYY 143
6. Surhoff • BAL 140
7. Beltrán • KCR 138
8. Randa • KCR 137
9. Rodríguez • TEX 134
10. Durham • CHW 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. Ramirez • CLE 174
2. Palmeiro • TEX 160
3. Giambi • OAK 153
4. Jeter • NYY 153
5. Garciaparra • BOS 153
6. Martínez • SEA 152
7. Jaha • OAK 152
8. Williams • NYY 149
9. Green • TOR 144
10. Belle • BAL 143

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. Ramirez • CLE 158
Jeter • NYY 158
3. Palmeiro • TEX 152
4. Giambi • OAK 142
5. Williams • NYY 140
6. Alomar • CLE 139
Griffey • SEA 139
Green • TOR 139
9. Garciaparra • BOS 136
10. Belle • BAL 135

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. Ramirez • CLE 64
2. Jeter • NYY 55
3. Palmeiro • TEX 54
4. Giambi • OAK 52
5. Williams • NYY 48
6. Martínez • SEA 46
7. Garciaparra • BOS 44
8. Belle • BAL 43
9. Green • TOR 41
10. Jaha • OAK 40

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. Ramirez • CLE 5.7
2. Jeter • NYY 4.9
3. Palmeiro • TEX 4.8
4. Giambi • OAK 4.7
5. Williams • NYY 4.3
6. Martínez • SEA 4.1
7. Garciaparra • BOS 3.9
8. Belle • BAL 3.9
9. Green • TOR 3.7
10. Jaha • OAK 3.6

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Green • TOR 87
2. Delgado • TOR 83
3. Ramirez • CLE 81
4. Dye • KCR 79
5. Palmeiro • TEX 78
6. Griffey • SEA 77
7. González • TEX 76
8. Belle • BAL 74
9. Garciaparra • BOS 73
10. Jeter • NYY 70
Giambi • OAK 70

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. Jeter • NYY 322
2. Williams • NYY 303
3. Giambi • OAK 293
4. Belle • BAL 289
5. Alomar • CLE 288
6. Ramirez • CLE 283
Palmeiro • TEX 283
8. Knoblauch • NYY 280
9. Anderson • BAL 279
10. Velarde • 2TM 276

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. Ramirez • CLE .794
2. Garciaparra • BOS .758
3. Martínez • SEA .754
4. Palmeiro • TEX .753
5. Jeter • NYY .742
6. Giambi • OAK .724
7. Thome • CLE .721
8. Williams • NYY .718
9. Alomar • CLE .706
10. Jaha • OAK .696

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Anderson • BAL 24
2. Knoblauch • NYY 21
3. Easley • DET 19
4. Sáenz • OAK 15
Delgado • TOR 15
6. Ausmus • DET 14
7. Ramirez • CLE 13
8. Jeter • NYY 12
9. Vaughn • ANA 11
Stanley • BOS 11
Green • TOR 11

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Vizquel • CLE 17
2. Lewis • BOS 14
Cruz • DET 14
4. Alomar • CLE 12
Febles • KCR 12
6. Caruso • CHW 11
7. Sánchez • KCR 10
Wilson • SEA 10
Martinez • TBD 10
10. Disarcina • ANA 9
Hinch • OAK 9
Tejada • OAK 9
Clayton • TEX 9
McLemore • TEX 9

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Alomar • CLE 13
2. González • TEX 12
3. Bordick • BAL 10
Beltrán • KCR 10
O'Neill • NYY 10
Flaherty • TBD 10
7. Ramirez • CLE 9
Brosius • NYY 9
Palmeiro • TEX 9
10. Surhoff • BAL 8
Nixon • BOS 8
Valentin • BOS 8
Varitek • BOS 8
Thomas • CHW 8
Sexson • CLE 8
Giambi • OAK 8
Rodriguez • SEA 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Williams • NYY 17
Griffey • SEA 17
3. Belle • BAL 15
4. Palmeiro • TEX 14
5. Thomas • CHW 13
Thome • CLE 13
7. Justice • CLE 11
McGriff • TBD 11
Fernández • TOR 11
10. Stevens • TEX 10

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. Rodríguez • TEX 31
2. Bordick • BAL 25
3. Ordóñez • CHW 24
O'Neill • NYY 24
5. Cordova • MIN 22
6. O'Leary • BOS 21
Sweeney • KCR 21
8. Zeile • TEX 20
9. Belle • BAL 19
Konerko • CHW 19
Sexson • CLE 19
Stevens • TEX 19
Velarde • 2TM 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Caruso • CHW 14
Stewart • TOR 14
3. Offerman • BOS 12
Encarnación • DET 12
Rodríguez • TEX 12
6. Durham • CHW 11
Goodwin • TEX 11
8. Lewis • BOS 10
Walker • MIN 10
Williams • NYY 10

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Lawton • MIN 86.67
2. Alomar • CLE 86.05
3. Damon • KCR 85.71
4. Belle • BAL 85.00
5. Hunter • 2TM 84.62
6. Anderson • BAL 83.72
7. Febles • KCR 83.33
8. Garciaparra • BOS 82.35
Vizquel • CLE 82.35
10. Lofton • CLE 80.65

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. Griffey • SEA 32.0
2. Rodríguez • TEX 29.2
3. Alomar • CLE 29.1
4. Anderson • BAL 28.8
5. Rodriguez • SEA 28.0
6. Green • TOR 27.1
7. Beltrán • KCR 24.2
8. Encarnación • DET 24.1
9. Belle • BAL 23.3
10. Knoblauch • NYY 21.9

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. Caruso • CHW 14.7
2. Garciaparra • BOS 13.6
3. Sweeney • KCR 12.0
4. Damon • KCR 11.7
5. Vizquel • CLE 11.5
6. Singleton • CHW 11.0
7. Knoblauch • NYY 10.6
8. Cairo • TBD 10.1
9. Sánchez • KCR 10.0
10. Ordóñez • CHW 9.8

AB per HR

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

1. Ramirez • CLE 11.9
2. Rodriguez • SEA 12.0
3. Palmeiro • TEX 12.0
4. Griffey • SEA 12.6
5. Canseco • TBD 12.6
6. Delgado • TOR 13.0
7. Jaha • OAK 13.1
8. Stairs • OAK 14.0
9. González • TEX 14.4
10. Green • TOR 14.6

Outs Made

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

1. Beltrán • KCR 504
2. Bordick • BAL 503
3. Surhoff • BAL 491
4. Tejada • OAK 476
5. Ordóñez • CHW 471
6. O'Neill • NYY 470
7. Erstad • ANA 465
8. Velarde • 2TM 462
9. Randa • KCR 458
Bell • SEA 458

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. Ramirez • CLE 75.60
2. Palmeiro • TEX 67.08
3. Jeter • NYY 58.94
4. Alomar • CLE 56.51
5. Giambi • OAK 54.79
6. Thome • CLE 50.83
7. Greer • TEX 48.93
8. Garciaparra • BOS 48.67
9. Williams • NYY 46.75
10. Jaha • OAK 46.45

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>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Jeter • NYY 6.2
2. Ramirez • CLE 5.7
3. Palmeiro • TEX 5.5
4. Alomar • CLE 5.5
5. Griffey • SEA 4.7
6. Greer • TEX 4.3
7. Giambi • OAK 4.1
8. Vizquel • CLE 3.8
9. Thomas • CHW 3.1
10. Belle • BAL 3.1
Thome • CLE 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. Ramirez • CLE 6.0
2. Jeter • NYY 5.3
3. Palmeiro • TEX 5.1
4. Green • TOR 4.7
5. Griffey • SEA 4.1
6. Jaha • OAK 4.1
7. Alomar • CLE 4.1
8. Garciaparra • BOS 3.9
9. Williams • NYY 3.9
10. Thome • CLE 3.9

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Jeter • NYY 4.3
2. Palmeiro • TEX 3.2
3. Giambi • OAK 3.1
4. Greer • TEX 2.5
5. Griffey • SEA 2.1
6. Garciaparra • BOS 2.1
7. Delgado • TOR 1.9
8. Jaha • OAK 1.9
9. Williams • NYY 1.8
10. Ramirez • CLE 1.8

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. Ramirez • CLE 6.6
2. Palmeiro • TEX 5.9
3. Jeter • NYY 5.3
4. Giambi • OAK 5.0
5. Alomar • CLE 5.0
6. Thome • CLE 4.5
7. Greer • TEX 4.3
8. Jaha • OAK 4.3
9. Garciaparra • BOS 4.3
10. Williams • NYY 4.2

rOBA

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

1. Ramirez • CLE .460
2. Garciaparra • BOS .449
3. Martínez • SEA .442
4. Jeter • NYY .441
5. Palmeiro • TEX .435
6. Jaha • OAK .429
7. Alomar • CLE .428
8. Giambi • OAK .427
9. Thome • CLE .423
10. McGriff • TBD .420

Rbat+

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

1. Ramirez • CLE 172
2. Jeter • NYY 161
3. Garciaparra • BOS 159
4. Martínez • SEA 157
5. Jaha • OAK 156
6. Giambi • OAK 156
7. Palmeiro • TEX 154
8. Williams • NYY 151
9. McGriff • TBD 145
10. Thome • CLE 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