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American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

Wins Above Replacement A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Rodriguez • TEX 8.8

2. Thome • CLE 7.4

3. Lowe • BOS 7.3

4. Halladay • TOR 7.2

5. Zito • OAK 7.1

6. Giambi • NYY 7.1

7. Hudson • OAK 7.0

8. Garciaparra • BOS 6.8

9. Martínez • BOS 6.4

10. Erstad • ANA 6.3

WAR Position Players

Wins Above Replacement for position players A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Rodriguez • TEX 8.8

2. Thome • CLE 7.4

3. Giambi • NYY 7.1

4. Garciaparra • BOS 6.8

5. Erstad • ANA 6.3

6. Ramirez • BOS 6.0

7. Tejada • OAK 5.7

8. Jones • MIN 5.5

9. Eckstein • ANA 5.2

10. Ordóñez • CHW 5.2

Offensive WAR

Offensive Wins Above Replacement (everything but Fielding) The same statistic as Wins Above Replacement for Position Players (WAR), but with the fielding value excluded. oWAR + dWAR does not equal WAR. Adding would count positions twice. Contains the factor for batting stats, baserunning, a positional adjustment, and the replacement player adjustment. Factors developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Rodriguez • TEX 8.7

2. Thome • CLE 8.2

3. Giambi • NYY 7.0

4. Williams • NYY 6.7

5. Tejada • OAK 6.3

6. Ordóñez • CHW 6.3

7. Soriano • NYY 6.2

8. Ramirez • BOS 6.0

9. Jeter • NYY 5.5

10. Garciaparra • BOS 5.3

Defensive WAR

Defensive Wins Above Replacement for position players A defensive measure of wins above replacement, but given only the defensive stats of the player and his position adjustment. For this calculation, we use a replacement level on defense is the league average. Based on Baseball Info Solutions defensive runs saved from 2003 on and total zone rating developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com previously

1. Erstad • ANA 4.2

2. Garciaparra • BOS 2.5

3. Bordick • BAL 2.4

4. Mora • BAL 2.1

5. Eckstein • ANA 1.9

6. Molina • ANA 1.7

7. Hernández • OAK 1.7

8. Kennedy • ANA 1.6

9. Koskie • MIN 1.4

10. Young • TEX 1.3

Batting Average

Hits/At Bats For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played Bold indicates either highest BA using current stats or awarded title at end of year.

1. Ramirez • BOS .349

2. Sweeney • KCR .340

3. Williams • NYY .333

4. Suzuki • SEA .321

5. Ordóñez • CHW .320

6. Giambi • NYY .314

7. Kennedy • ANA .312

8. Garciaparra • BOS .310

9. Tejada • OAK .308

10. Huff • TBD .313 **

On-Base%

(H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF) For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

1. Ramirez • BOS .450

2. Thome • CLE .445

3. Giambi • NYY .435

4. Sweeney • KCR .417

5. Williams • NYY .415

6. Delgado • TOR .406

7. Olerud • SEA .403

8. Rodriguez • TEX .392

9. Palmeiro • TEX .391

10. Suzuki • SEA .388

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. Thome • CLE .677

2. Ramirez • BOS .647

3. Rodriguez • TEX .623

4. Giambi • NYY .598

5. Ordóñez • CHW .597

6. Palmeiro • TEX .571

7. Sweeney • KCR .563

8. Delgado • TOR .549

9. Soriano • NYY .547

10. Burks • CLE .541

On-Base Plus Slugging

On-Base + Slugging Percentages For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

1. Thome • CLE 1.122

2. Ramirez • BOS 1.097

3. Giambi • NYY 1.034

4. Rodriguez • TEX 1.015

5. Sweeney • KCR .979

6. Ordóñez • CHW .978

7. Palmeiro • TEX .962

8. Delgado • TOR .955

9. Williams • NYY .908

10. Burks • CLE .903

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Beltrán • KCR 162

Long • OAK 162

Tejada • OAK 162

Rodriguez • TEX 162

5. Batista • BAL 161

6. Wells • TOR 159

7. Anderson • ANA 158

Cameron • SEA 158

9. Jeter • NYY 157

Suzuki • SEA 157

At Bats

1. Soriano • NYY 696

2. Tejada • OAK 662

3. Suzuki • SEA 647

4. Jeter • NYY 644

5. Anderson • ANA 638

6. Beltrán • KCR 637

7. Garciaparra • BOS 635

8. Hillenbrand • BOS 634

9. Erstad • ANA 625

10. Rodriguez • TEX 624

Plate Appearances

Plate Appearances When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH, which excludes catcher interferences. When this color click for a summary of each PA.

1. Soriano • NYY 741

2. Jeter • NYY 730

3. Suzuki • SEA 728

4. Rodriguez • TEX 725

5. Beltrán • KCR 722

6. Tejada • OAK 715

7. Eckstein • ANA 702

Damon • BOS 702

9. Williams • NYY 699

10. Garciaparra • BOS 693

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Soriano • NYY 128

2. Rodriguez • TEX 125

3. Jeter • NYY 124

4. Giambi • NYY 120

5. Damon • BOS 118

6. Ordóñez • CHW 116

7. Beltrán • KCR 114

Durham • 2TM 114

9. Suzuki • SEA 111

10. Tejada • OAK 108

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Soriano • NYY 209

2. Suzuki • SEA 208

3. Williams • NYY 204

Tejada • OAK 204

5. Garciaparra • BOS 197

6. Anderson • ANA 195

7. Jeter • NYY 191

8. Ordóñez • CHW 189

9. Rodriguez • TEX 187

10. Hillenbrand • BOS 186

Total Bases

Total Bases Singles + 2 x Doubles + 3 x Triples + 4 x Home Runs.

1. Rodriguez • TEX 389

2. Soriano • NYY 381

3. Ordóñez • CHW 352

4. Anderson • ANA 344

5. Tejada • OAK 336

6. Garciaparra • BOS 335

Giambi • NYY 335

8. Thome • CLE 325

9. Beltrán • KCR 319

10. Palmeiro • TEX 312

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Anderson • ANA 56

Garciaparra • BOS 56

3. Soriano • NYY 51

4. Ordóñez • CHW 47

5. Beltrán • KCR 44

6. Hillenbrand • BOS 43

7. Posada • NYY 40

8. Olerud • SEA 39

Winn • TBD 39

10. Hinske • TOR 38

Stewart • TOR 38

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Damon • BOS 11

2. Winn • TBD 9

3. Suzuki • SEA 8

Young • TEX 8

5. Beltrán • KCR 7

6. Eckstein • ANA 6

Fullmer • ANA 6

Kennedy • ANA 6

Singleton • BAL 6

Lofton • CHW 6

Halter • DET 6

Ibañez • KCR 6

Tucker • KCR 6

Guzmán • MIN 6

Pierzynski • MIN 6

Guillén • SEA 6

Crawford • TBD 6

Catalanotto • TEX 6

Stewart • TOR 6

Durham • 2TM 6

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Rodriguez • TEX 57

2. Thome • CLE 52

3. Palmeiro • TEX 43

4. Giambi • NYY 41

5. Soriano • NYY 39

6. Ordóñez • CHW 38

7. Chavez • OAK 34

Tejada • OAK 34

9. Ramirez • BOS 33

Delgado • TOR 33

Runs Batted In

1. Rodriguez • TEX 142

2. Ordóñez • CHW 135

3. Tejada • OAK 131

4. Anderson • ANA 123

5. Giambi • NYY 122

6. Garciaparra • BOS 120

7. Thome • CLE 118

8. Glaus • ANA 111

9. Chavez • OAK 109

10. Delgado • TOR 108

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Thome • CLE 122

2. Giambi • NYY 109

3. Palmeiro • TEX 104

4. Delgado • TOR 102

5. Olerud • SEA 98

6. Ventura • NYY 90

7. Glaus • ANA 88

Thomas • CHW 88

9. Rodriguez • TEX 87

10. Williams • NYY 83

Strikeouts

1. Cameron • SEA 176

2. Soriano • NYY 157

3. Glaus • ANA 144

4. Posada • NYY 143

5. Thome • CLE 139

Sandberg • TBD 139

7. Hinske • TOR 138

8. Beltrán • KCR 135

9. Jones • MIN 129

10. Koskie • MIN 127

Stolen Bases

1. Soriano • NYY 41

2. Beltrán • KCR 35

3. Jeter • NYY 32

4. Damon • BOS 31

Cameron • SEA 31

Suzuki • SEA 31

7. Winn • TBD 27

8. Durham • 2TM 26

9. Erstad • ANA 23

Tucker • KCR 23

Hunter • MIN 23

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 165

2. Jeter • NYY 147

3. Williams • NYY 146

4. Eckstein • ANA 142

5. Tejada • OAK 140

6. Erstad • ANA 135

7. Guzmán • MIN 124

8. Hillenbrand • BOS 121

Stewart • TOR 121

10. Damon • BOS 119

Winn • TBD 119

Adjusted OPS+

OPS+ 100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)

1. Thome • CLE 197

2. Ramirez • BOS 184

3. Giambi • NYY 172

4. Rodriguez • TEX 158

5. Ordóñez • CHW 154

6. Sweeney • KCR 148

7. Delgado • TOR 147

8. Palmeiro • TEX 146

9. Williams • NYY 141

10. Olerud • SEA 140

Runs Created

Runs Created A set of formulas developed by Bill James and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s runs total. This is computed with the "technical" formula when possible. If SB or CS data is missing, the "basic" formula is used. If HBP, IBB, SH, SF, or GIDP data is missing, the "stolen base" version of the formula is used. Team Runs Created is the sum of player Runs Created.

1. Thome • CLE 155

2. Rodriguez • TEX 153

3. Giambi • NYY 150

4. Palmeiro • TEX 128

5. Ramirez • BOS 127

Ordóñez • CHW 127

7. Soriano • NYY 126

8. Williams • NYY 125

9. Delgado • TOR 121

10. Garciaparra • BOS 115

Beltrán • KCR 115

Adj. Batting Runs

Adjusted Batting Runs A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s runs total via linear weights. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Thome • CLE 73

2. Giambi • NYY 64

3. Ramirez • BOS 57

4. Rodriguez • TEX 53

5. Ordóñez • CHW 46

6. Delgado • TOR 40

7. Palmeiro • TEX 40

8. Williams • NYY 39

9. Olerud • SEA 38

10. Sweeney • KCR 36

Adj. Batting Wins

Adjusted Batting Wins A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s wins with his bat. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Thome • CLE 6.8

2. Giambi • NYY 6.0

3. Ramirez • BOS 5.3

4. Rodriguez • TEX 5.0

5. Ordóñez • CHW 4.3

6. Delgado • TOR 3.8

7. Palmeiro • TEX 3.7

8. Williams • NYY 3.7

9. Olerud • SEA 3.6

10. Sweeney • KCR 3.4

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Soriano • NYY 92

2. Anderson • ANA 88

3. Ordóñez • CHW 86

Rodriguez • TEX 86

5. Garciaparra • BOS 85

6. Beltrán • KCR 80

7. Palmeiro • TEX 77

8. Giambi • NYY 76

9. Thome • CLE 73

10. Hunter • MIN 70

Times On Base

Times on Base Hits + Bases on Balls + Hit By Pitch Does not include Reached on Error or Catcher Interference.

1. Giambi • NYY 300

2. Williams • NYY 290

3. Rodriguez • TEX 284

4. Suzuki • SEA 281

5. Thome • CLE 273

6. Jeter • NYY 271

7. Olerud • SEA 269

8. Palmeiro • TEX 259

9. Delgado • TOR 255

10. Tejada • OAK 253

Offensive Win %

Offensive Winning Percentage The percentage of games a team with nine of this player batting would win. Assumes average pitching and defense. 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. Thome • CLE .834

2. Ramirez • BOS .822

3. Giambi • NYY .778

4. Sweeney • KCR .748

5. Rodriguez • TEX .746

6. Delgado • TOR .729

7. Palmeiro • TEX .719

8. Ordóñez • CHW .702

9. Williams • NYY .694

10. Salmon • ANA .669

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Eckstein • ANA 27

2. Mora • BAL 20

3. Fullmer • ANA 15

Giambi • NYY 15

5. Soriano • NYY 14

6. Delgado • TOR 13

7. Hillenbrand • BOS 12

Johnson • NYY 12

9. Batista • BAL 11

Easley • DET 11

Pierzynski • MIN 11

Tejada • OAK 11

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Eckstein • ANA 14

2. Cirillo • SEA 13

Young • TEX 13

4. Durham • 2TM 10

5. Rowand • CHW 9

6. Hairston • BAL 8

Guzmán • MIN 8

Rivas • MIN 8

Ellis • OAK 8

Abernathy • TBD 8

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Olerud • SEA 12

2. Garciaparra • BOS 11

Randa • KCR 11

4. Anderson • ANA 10

Conine • BAL 10

Thomas • CHW 10

Vizquel • CLE 10

8. Cirillo • SEA 9

9. Eckstein • ANA 8

Glaus • ANA 8

Ortiz • MIN 8

Wilson • SEA 8

Delgado • TOR 8

Wells • TOR 8

Woodward • TOR 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

Intentional Bases on Balls First tracked in 1955.

1. Suzuki • SEA 27

2. Thome • CLE 18

Delgado • TOR 18

4. Palmeiro • TEX 16

5. Ramirez • BOS 14

6. Chavez • OAK 13

7. Rodriguez • TEX 12

8. Anderson • ANA 11

9. Sweeney • KCR 10

10. Batista • BAL 9

Posada • NYY 9

Ventura • NYY 9

Double Plays Grounded Into

Double Plays Grounded Into Only includes standard 6-4-3, 4-3, etc. double plays. First tracked in 1933. For gamelogs only in seasons we have play-by-play, we include triple plays as well. All official seasonal totals do not include GITP's.

1. Posada • NYY 23

2. Ordóñez • CHW 21

Tejada • OAK 21

4. Williams • NYY 19

Olerud • SEA 19

6. Hillenbrand • BOS 18

Giambi • NYY 18

8. Cordova • BAL 17

Gil • BAL 17

Garciaparra • BOS 17

Konerko • CHW 17

Fick • DET 17

Hunter • MIN 17

Long • OAK 17

Sierra • SEA 17

Huff • TBD 17

Perry • TEX 17

Stewart • TOR 17

Caught Stealing

1. Suzuki • SEA 15

2. Eckstein • ANA 13

Guzmán • MIN 13

Soriano • NYY 13

5. Koskie • MIN 11

6. Mora • BAL 10

Vizquel • CLE 10

McLemore • SEA 10

9. Lawton • CLE 9

Pérez • KCR 9

Tucker • KCR 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Jeter • NYY 91.43

2. Singleton • BAL 90.91

3. Erstad • ANA 88.46

4. Stewart • TOR 87.50

5. Knoblauch • KCR 86.36

6. Damon • BOS 83.78

7. Beltrán • KCR 83.33

8. Kennedy • ANA 80.95

9. Cameron • SEA 79.49

10. Durham • 2TM 78.79

Power-Speed #

Power/Speed Number 2 x (Home Runs x Stolen Bases)/(Stolen Bases + Home Runs) The harmonic mean of HR and SB. To do well you need a lot of both. Developed by Bill James.

1. Soriano • NYY 40.0

2. Beltrán • KCR 31.7

3. Cameron • SEA 27.7

4. Hunter • MIN 25.7

5. Jeter • NYY 23.0

6. Damon • BOS 19.3

7. Durham • 2TM 19.0

Mondesí • 2TM 19.0

9. Winn • TBD 18.4

10. Mora • BAL 17.4

AB per SO

At Bats Per Strikeout For career marks this only includes AB’s for seasons where SO’s were tracked.

1. Simon • DET 16.1

2. Eckstein • ANA 13.8

3. Pérez • KCR 10.5

4. Suzuki • SEA 10.4

5. Sweeney • KCR 10.2

6. Garciaparra • BOS 10.1

7. Abernathy • TBD 10.1

8. Stewart • TOR 9.6

9. Spiezio • ANA 9.4

10. Erstad • ANA 9.3

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Thome • CLE 9.2

2. Rodriguez • TEX 10.9

3. Palmeiro • TEX 12.7

4. Ramirez • BOS 13.2

5. Giambi • NYY 13.7

6. Delgado • TOR 15.3

7. Ordóñez • CHW 15.5

8. Burks • CLE 16.2

9. Chavez • OAK 17.2

10. Ventura • NYY 17.2

Outs Made

Outs Made (At Bats - Hits) + Double Plays Grounded Into + Sac. Flies + Sac. Hits + Caught Stealing.

1. Soriano • NYY 516

2. Beltrán • KCR 492

Guzmán • MIN 492

4. Batista • BAL 488

5. Tejada • OAK 485

6. Jeter • NYY 476

7. Hillenbrand • BOS 473

8. Eckstein • ANA 472

Long • OAK 472

10. Suzuki • SEA 470

Wells • TOR 470

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)

Base-Out Runs Added Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the batter or baserunner add in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and above 0 is better than average

1. Thome • CLE 69.50

2. Giambi • NYY 69.25

3. Ramirez • BOS 64.69

4. Rodriguez • TEX 57.36

5. Williams • NYY 43.21

6. Tejada • OAK 43.16

7. Delgado • TOR 43.07

8. Olerud • SEA 42.03

9. Sweeney • KCR 41.00

10. Ordóñez • CHW 39.30

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Win Probability Added for Offensive Player Given average teams, this is the change in probability caused by this batter during the game. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Thome • CLE 6.3

2. Giambi • NYY 5.7

3. Williams • NYY 5.4

4. Tejada • OAK 4.9

5. Sweeney • KCR 4.8

6. Winn • TBD 4.4

7. Rodriguez • TEX 4.3

8. Burks • CLE 4.3

9. Palmeiro • TEX 4.1

10. Hinske • TOR 3.9

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)

Situational Wins (WPA/LI) It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play. WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats. This stat does not.

1. Thome • CLE 6.4

2. Giambi • NYY 5.9

3. Rodriguez • TEX 5.6

4. Ramirez • BOS 4.8

5. Ordóñez • CHW 3.7

6. Delgado • TOR 3.6

7. Williams • NYY 3.5

8. Palmeiro • TEX 3.4

9. Sweeney • KCR 3.2

10. Olerud • SEA 3.1

Championship WPA (cWPA)

Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player Given average teams, this is the change in probability of winning the World Series, displayed in percentage points. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Williams • NYY 3.4

2. Giambi • NYY 3.3

3. Olerud • SEA 2.7

4. Tejada • OAK 2.7

5. Martínez • SEA 2.2

6. Spiezio • ANA 2.1

7. Hillenbrand • BOS 2.0

8. Salmon • ANA 2.0

9. Chavez • OAK 1.9

10. Anderson • ANA 1.8

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW) This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance measured by the 24 base-out situations across every play in the game.

1. Thome • CLE 6.5

2. Giambi • NYY 6.4

3. Ramirez • BOS 5.9

4. Rodriguez • TEX 5.2

5. Tejada • OAK 4.1

6. Williams • NYY 4.0

7. Olerud • SEA 4.0

8. Delgado • TOR 4.0

9. Ordóñez • CHW 3.7

10. Sweeney • KCR 3.7

rOBA

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

1. Thome • CLE .466

2. Ramirez • BOS .463

3. Giambi • NYY .442

4. Rodriguez • TEX .428

5. Ordóñez • CHW .421

6. Sweeney • KCR .421

7. Delgado • TOR .404

8. Palmeiro • TEX .404

9. Williams • NYY .402

10. Burks • CLE .396

Rbat+

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

1. Thome • CLE 197

2. Ramirez • BOS 187

3. Giambi • NYY 174

4. Ordóñez • CHW 159

5. Rodriguez • TEX 159

6. Sweeney • KCR 153

7. Williams • NYY 146

8. Burks • CLE 146

9. Delgado • TOR 144

10. Olerud • SEA 144

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