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 • NYY 9.4
2. Roberts • BAL 7.3
3. Teixeira • TEX 7.2
4. Santana • MIN 7.2
5. Sizemore • CLE 6.6
6. Tejada • BAL 5.9
7. Guerrero • LAA 5.7
8. Johnson • NYY 5.7
9. Halladay • TOR 5.5
10. Hafner • CLE 5.4

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 • NYY 9.4
2. Roberts • BAL 7.3
3. Teixeira • TEX 7.2
4. Sizemore • CLE 6.6
5. Tejada • BAL 5.9
6. Guerrero • LAA 5.7
7. Hafner • CLE 5.4
8. Ortiz • BOS 5.2
9. Martínez • CLE 5.2
10. Peralta • CLE 5.1

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 • NYY 9.4
2. Jeter • NYY 6.5
3. Young • TEX 6.4
4. Teixeira • TEX 6.0
5. Ramirez • BOS 5.9
6. Roberts • BAL 5.8
7. Sizemore • CLE 5.7
8. Peralta • CLE 5.6
9. Sheffield • NYY 5.6
10. Tejada • BAL 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. Hall • TBD 2.7
2. Hudson • TOR 2.3
3. Belliard • CLE 2.3
4. Zaun • TOR 2.2
5. Kennedy • LAA 2.0
6. Roberts • BAL 2.0
7. Rowand • CHW 1.9
8. Gathright • TBD 1.8
9. Cora • 2TM 1.8
10. Logan • DET 1.8

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. Young • TEX .331
2. Rodriguez • NYY .321
3. Guerrero • LAA .317
4. Damon • BOS .316
5. Roberts • BAL .314
6. Jeter • NYY .309
7. Martínez • CLE .305
8. Matsui • NYY .305
9. Hafner • CLE .305
10. Ellis • OAK .316 **

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. Giambi • NYY .440
2. Rodriguez • NYY .421
3. Hafner • CLE .408
4. Ortiz • BOS .397
5. Guerrero • LAA .394
6. Jeter • NYY .389
7. Ramirez • BOS .388
8. Roberts • BAL .387
9. Young • TEX .385
10. Teixeira • TEX .379

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. Rodriguez • NYY .610
2. Ortiz • BOS .604
3. Hafner • CLE .595
4. Ramirez • BOS .594
5. Teixeira • TEX .575
6. Guerrero • LAA .565
7. Sexson • SEA .541
8. Giambi • NYY .535
9. Konerko • CHW .534
10. Peralta • CLE .520

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. Rodriguez • NYY 1.031
2. Hafner • CLE 1.003
3. Ortiz • BOS 1.001
4. Ramirez • BOS .982
5. Giambi • NYY .975
6. Guerrero • LAA .959
7. Teixeira • TEX .954
8. Sexson • SEA .910
9. Konerko • CHW .909
10. Roberts • BAL .903

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Tejada • BAL 162
Matsui • NYY 162
Rodriguez • NYY 162
Ibañez • SEA 162
Suzuki • SEA 162
Teixeira • TEX 162
7. Blalock • TEX 161
8. Inge • DET 160
Chavez • OAK 160
10. Ortiz • BOS 159
Berroa • KCR 159
Jeter • NYY 159
Young • TEX 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Suzuki • SEA 679
2. Young • TEX 668
3. Tejada • BAL 654
Jeter • NYY 654
5. Blalock • TEX 647
6. Crawford • TBD 644
Teixeira • TEX 644
8. Figgins • LAA 642
9. Sizemore • CLE 640
10. Soriano • TEX 637

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 752
2. Suzuki • SEA 739
3. Young • TEX 732
4. Teixeira • TEX 730
5. Figgins • LAA 720
6. Rodriguez • NYY 715
7. Ortiz • BOS 713
8. Sizemore • CLE 706
9. Blalock • TEX 705
10. Tejada • BAL 704
Matsui • NYY 704

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Rodriguez • NYY 124
2. Jeter • NYY 122
3. Ortiz • BOS 119
4. Damon • BOS 117
5. Young • TEX 114
6. Figgins • LAA 113
7. Ramirez • BOS 112
Teixeira • TEX 112
9. Sizemore • CLE 111
Suzuki • SEA 111

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Young • TEX 221
2. Suzuki • SEA 206
3. Jeter • NYY 202
4. Tejada • BAL 199
5. Damon • BOS 197
6. Rodriguez • NYY 194
Crawford • TBD 194
Teixeira • TEX 194
9. Matsui • NYY 192
10. Figgins • LAA 186

Total Bases

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

1. Teixeira • TEX 370
2. Rodriguez • NYY 369
3. Ortiz • BOS 363
4. Young • TEX 343
5. Tejada • BAL 337
6. Ramirez • BOS 329
7. Soriano • TEX 326
8. Matsui • NYY 312
9. Sizemore • CLE 310
10. Konerko • CHW 307

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Tejada • BAL 50
2. Roberts • BAL 45
Matsui • NYY 45
4. Soriano • TEX 43
5. Crisp • CLE 42
Hafner • CLE 42
7. Teixeira • TEX 41
8. Ortiz • BOS 40
Chavez • OAK 40
Cantú • TBD 40
Young • TEX 40

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Crawford • TBD 15
2. Suzuki • SEA 12
3. Sizemore • CLE 11
4. Figgins • LAA 10
5. Inge • DET 9
6. Roberts • BAL 7
7. Damon • BOS 6
Iguchi • CHW 6
DeJesus • KCR 6
Gomes • TBD 6
Lugo • TBD 6
Johnson • TOR 6
Ríos • TOR 6

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Rodriguez • NYY 48
2. Ortiz • BOS 47
3. Ramirez • BOS 45
4. Teixeira • TEX 43
5. Konerko • CHW 40
6. Sexson • SEA 39
7. Soriano • TEX 36
8. Sheffield • NYY 34
9. Hafner • CLE 33
10. Guerrero • LAA 32
Giambi • NYY 32

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Ortiz • BOS 148
2. Ramirez • BOS 144
Teixeira • TEX 144
4. Rodriguez • NYY 130
5. Sheffield • NYY 123
6. Sexson • SEA 121
7. Cantú • TBD 117
8. Matsui • NYY 116
9. Hafner • CLE 108
Guerrero • LAA 108

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Giambi • NYY 108
2. Ortiz • BOS 102
3. Rodriguez • NYY 91
4. Sexson • SEA 89
5. Konerko • CHW 81
6. Ramirez • BOS 80
7. Hafner • CLE 79
8. Sheffield • NYY 78
9. Jeter • NYY 77
10. Dellucci • TEX 76

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Sexson • SEA 167
2. Inge • DET 140
3. Rodriguez • NYY 139
4. Sizemore • CLE 132
Blalock • TEX 132
6. Chavez • OAK 129
7. Peralta • CLE 128
8. Soriano • TEX 125
9. Ortiz • BOS 124
Teixeira • TEX 124

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Figgins • LAA 62
2. Podsednik • CHW 59
3. Crawford • TBD 46
4. Lugo • TBD 39
5. Suzuki • SEA 33
6. Soriano • TEX 30
7. Roberts • BAL 27
Womack • NYY 27
9. Logan • DET 23
Hunter • MIN 23

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 158
2. Jeter • NYY 153
3. Young • TEX 152
4. Damon • BOS 146
5. Figgins • LAA 143
6. Kendall • OAK 134
Lugo • TBD 134
8. Crawford • TBD 131
9. Berroa • KCR 127
10. Rentería • BOS 124

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Rodriguez • NYY 173
2. Hafner • CLE 168
3. Giambi • NYY 161
4. Ortiz • BOS 158
5. Guerrero • LAA 154
6. Ramirez • BOS 153
7. Sexson • SEA 144
8. Teixeira • TEX 144
9. Roberts • BAL 139
10. Sheffield • NYY 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. Rodriguez • NYY 163
2. Ortiz • BOS 149
3. Teixeira • TEX 140
4. Young • TEX 129
5. Ramirez • BOS 126
6. Hafner • CLE 123
7. Konerko • CHW 119
8. Jeter • NYY 118
Sheffield • NYY 118
10. Roberts • BAL 117

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. Rodriguez • NYY 66
2. Ortiz • BOS 54
3. Hafner • CLE 51
4. Giambi • NYY 44
5. Ramirez • BOS 44
6. Guerrero • LAA 42
7. Teixeira • TEX 41
8. Sexson • SEA 37
9. Roberts • BAL 34
10. Sheffield • NYY 33

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. Rodriguez • NYY 6.2
2. Ortiz • BOS 5.0
3. Hafner • CLE 4.8
4. Giambi • NYY 4.1
5. Ramirez • BOS 4.1
6. Guerrero • LAA 3.9
7. Teixeira • TEX 3.9
8. Sexson • SEA 3.5
9. Roberts • BAL 3.2
10. Sheffield • NYY 3.1

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Ortiz • BOS 88
2. Teixeira • TEX 87
3. Tejada • BAL 81
Soriano • TEX 81
5. Rodriguez • NYY 78
6. Ramirez • BOS 76
Sexson • SEA 76
8. Hafner • CLE 75
9. Matsui • NYY 71
10. Roberts • BAL 70
Sizemore • CLE 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. Rodriguez • NYY 301
2. Jeter • NYY 290
3. Ortiz • BOS 283
4. Young • TEX 282
5. Teixeira • TEX 277
6. Matsui • NYY 258
Suzuki • SEA 258
8. Sheffield • NYY 256
9. Damon • BOS 252
Ramirez • BOS 252

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. Rodriguez • NYY .792
2. Hafner • CLE .765
3. Giambi • NYY .765
4. Ortiz • BOS .752
5. Guerrero • LAA .717
6. Ramirez • BOS .713
7. Teixeira • TEX .707
8. Roberts • BAL .692
9. Konerko • CHW .685
10. Young • TEX .675

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Hillenbrand • TOR 22
2. Rowand • CHW 21
3. Kendall • OAK 20
4. Giambi • NYY 19
5. Ford • MIN 16
Rodriguez • NYY 16
Johnson • TOR 16
8. Berroa • KCR 14
Gomes • TBD 14
10. Pierzynski • CHW 12

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Crisp • CLE 13
2. Logan • DET 12
3. Iguchi • CHW 11
Uribe • CHW 11
5. Berroa • KCR 10
Green • TBD 10
7. Figgins • LAA 9
Castro • MIN 9
9. Mora • BAL 8
Belliard • CLE 8
Infante • DET 8

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Monroe • DET 12
2. Everett • CHW 10
Uribe • CHW 10
4. Damon • BOS 9
Ortiz • BOS 9
Chavez • OAK 9
7. Palmeiro • BAL 8
Millar • BOS 8
Matsui • NYY 8
Johnson • OAK 8
Adams • TOR 8
Wells • TOR 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Guerrero • LAA 26
2. Suzuki • SEA 23
3. Huff • TBD 13
4. Jones • MIN 12
Mauer • MIN 12
6. Konerko • CHW 10
7. Tejada • BAL 9
Ortiz • BOS 9
Ramirez • BOS 9
Martínez • CLE 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. Tejada • BAL 26
Kendall • OAK 26
3. Cantú • TBD 24
4. Mueller • BOS 22
Hatteberg • OAK 22
6. Hillenbrand • TOR 21
7. Ramirez • BOS 20
Young • TEX 20
9. Rodríguez • DET 19
Cuddyer • MIN 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Podsednik • CHW 23
2. Figgins • LAA 17
3. Reed • SEA 11
Lugo • TBD 11
5. Roberts • BAL 10
Sizemore • CLE 10
7. Matos • BAL 9
Rivera • LAA 9
Ríos • TOR 9
10. Punto • MIN 8
Suzuki • SEA 8
Crawford • TBD 8

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Damon • BOS 94.74
2. Soriano • TEX 93.75
3. Cabrera • LAA 91.30
4. Crawford • TBD 85.19
5. Womack • NYY 84.38
6. Kennedy • LAA 82.61
7. Suzuki • SEA 80.49
8. Gathright • TBD 80.00
9. Logan • DET 79.31
10. Figgins • LAA 78.48

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. Soriano • TEX 32.7
2. Rodriguez • NYY 29.2
3. Crawford • TBD 22.6
4. Sizemore • CLE 22.0
5. Roberts • BAL 21.6
6. Suzuki • SEA 20.6
7. Guerrero • LAA 18.5
8. Hunter • MIN 17.4
9. Jones • MIN 16.6
10. Dye • CHW 16.2

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. Kendall • OAK 15.4
2. Kotsay • OAK 11.4
3. Guerrero • LAA 10.8
4. Cabrera • LAA 10.8
5. Suzuki • SEA 10.3
6. Damon • BOS 9.0
7. Gibbons • BAL 8.7
8. Hatteberg • OAK 8.6
9. Lugo • TBD 8.6
10. Adams • TOR 8.4

AB per HR

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

1. Ramirez • BOS 12.3
2. Rodriguez • NYY 12.6
3. Ortiz • BOS 12.8
4. Giambi • NYY 13.0
5. Sexson • SEA 14.3
6. Konerko • CHW 14.4
7. Hafner • CLE 14.7
8. Teixeira • TEX 15.0
9. Dellucci • TEX 15.0
10. Guerrero • LAA 16.3

Outs Made

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

1. Blalock • TEX 497
2. Figgins • LAA 496
3. Suzuki • SEA 494
4. Sizemore • CLE 489
5. Inge • DET 487
6. Tejada • BAL 485
7. Jeter • NYY 482
8. Rentería • BOS 481
9. Crawford • TBD 480
10. Soriano • TEX 479

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. Ortiz • BOS 73.28
2. Rodriguez • NYY 71.12
3. Teixeira • TEX 60.97
4. Ramirez • BOS 57.55
5. Hafner • CLE 55.45
6. Sheffield • NYY 51.47
7. Giambi • NYY 50.80
8. Guerrero • LAA 47.30
9. Sexson • SEA 42.36
10. Matsui • NYY 32.91

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. Ortiz • BOS 8.8
2. Rodriguez • NYY 6.2
3. Hafner • CLE 5.1
4. Guerrero • LAA 4.6
5. Sheffield • NYY 4.4
6. Ramirez • BOS 3.7
7. Matsui • NYY 3.5
8. Giambi • NYY 3.4
9. Martínez • CLE 3.4
10. Teixeira • TEX 3.2

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. Rodriguez • NYY 7.1
2. Ortiz • BOS 5.9
3. Hafner • CLE 5.6
4. Giambi • NYY 4.6
5. Teixeira • TEX 4.6
6. Guerrero • LAA 4.1
7. Ramirez • BOS 3.6
8. Sheffield • NYY 3.3
9. Young • TEX 3.0
10. Sexson • SEA 2.9

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. Ortiz • BOS 9.3
2. Rodriguez • NYY 6.0
3. Ramirez • BOS 5.5
4. Hafner • CLE 5.3
5. Martínez • CLE 4.9
6. Guerrero • LAA 4.1
7. Sheffield • NYY 4.1
8. Giambi • NYY 4.0
9. Matsui • NYY 3.2
10. Jeter • NYY 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. Ortiz • BOS 6.7
2. Rodriguez • NYY 6.7
3. Teixeira • TEX 5.5
4. Hafner • CLE 5.3
5. Ramirez • BOS 5.3
6. Sheffield • NYY 4.9
7. Giambi • NYY 4.8
8. Guerrero • LAA 4.5
9. Sexson • SEA 4.1
10. Matsui • NYY 3.1

rOBA

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

1. Rodriguez • NYY .445
2. Hafner • CLE .428
3. Giambi • NYY .428
4. Ortiz • BOS .423
5. Ramirez • BOS .420
6. Teixeira • TEX .412
7. Guerrero • LAA .409
8. Roberts • BAL .397
9. Sheffield • NYY .396
10. Young • TEX .395

Rbat+

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

1. Rodriguez • NYY 179
2. Hafner • CLE 171
3. Giambi • NYY 168
4. Ortiz • BOS 159
5. Ramirez • BOS 156
6. Guerrero • LAA 153
7. Teixeira • TEX 148
8. Sexson • SEA 144
9. Sheffield • NYY 144
10. Roberts • BAL 143

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