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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. Santana • MIN 7.6

2. Sizemore • CLE 6.7

3. Wells • TOR 6.2

4. Guillén • DET 6.0

5. Wang • NYY 6.0

6. Hafner • CLE 5.9

7. Mauer • MIN 5.8

8. Ortiz • BOS 5.8

9. Schilling • BOS 5.6

10. Jeter • NYY 5.5

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. Sizemore • CLE 6.7

2. Wells • TOR 6.2

3. Guillén • DET 6.0

4. Hafner • CLE 5.9

5. Mauer • MIN 5.8

6. Ortiz • BOS 5.8

7. Jeter • NYY 5.5

8. Beltré • SEA 5.4

9. Suzuki • SEA 5.3

10. Matthews • TEX 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. Jeter • NYY 7.1

2. Sizemore • CLE 6.7

3. Mauer • MIN 6.2

4. Guillén • DET 6.2

5. Hafner • CLE 5.8

6. Rodriguez • NYY 5.8

7. Ortiz • BOS 5.7

8. Ramirez • BOS 5.7

9. Tejada • BAL 5.6

10. Dye • CHW 5.4

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. Inge • DET 2.8

2. Crede • CHW 2.6

3. Beltré • SEA 2.2

4. Kendall • OAK 2.1

5. Punto • MIN 2.0

6. Hill • TOR 2.0

7. Grudzielanek • KCR 1.9

8. Ellis • OAK 1.9

9. Patterson • BAL 1.8

10. Wells • TOR 1.5

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. Mauer • MIN .347

2. Jeter • NYY .343

3. Canó • NYY .342

4. Tejada • BAL .330

5. Guerrero • LAA .329

6. Suzuki • SEA .322

7. Morneau • MIN .321

8. Ramirez • BOS .321

9. Guillén • DET .320

10. Johnson • TOR .319

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 .439

2. Hafner • CLE .439

3. Mauer • MIN .429

4. Jeter • NYY .417

5. Thome • CHW .416

6. Giambi • NYY .413

7. Ortiz • BOS .413

8. Guillén • DET .400

9. Rodriguez • NYY .392

10. Martínez • CLE .391

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. Hafner • CLE .659

2. Ortiz • BOS .636

3. Dye • CHW .622

4. Ramirez • BOS .619

5. Thome • CHW .598

6. Morneau • MIN .559

7. Giambi • NYY .558

8. Guerrero • LAA .552

9. Konerko • CHW .551

10. Thomas • OAK .545

On-Base Plus Slugging

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

1. Hafner • CLE 1.097

2. Ramirez • BOS 1.058

3. Ortiz • BOS 1.049

4. Thome • CHW 1.014

5. Dye • CHW 1.006

6. Giambi • NYY .971

7. Mauer • MIN .936

8. Morneau • MIN .934

9. Guerrero • LAA .934

10. Konerko • CHW .932

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Tejada • BAL 162

Sizemore • CLE 162

Teixeira • TEX 162

Young • TEX 162

5. Suzuki • SEA 161

6. Granderson • DET 159

Inge • DET 159

Ibañez • SEA 159

9. Sexson • SEA 158

10. Morneau • MIN 157

Swisher • OAK 157

Betancourt • SEA 157

Overbay • TOR 157

At Bats

1. Suzuki • SEA 695

2. Young • TEX 691

3. Sizemore • CLE 655

4. Tejada • BAL 648

5. Loretta • BOS 635

6. Teixeira • TEX 628

7. Ibañez • SEA 626

8. Mora • BAL 624

9. Jeter • NYY 623

10. Beltré • SEA 620

Matthews • TEX 620

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. Suzuki • SEA 752

2. Sizemore • CLE 751

3. Young • TEX 748

4. Teixeira • TEX 727

5. Jeter • NYY 715

6. Tejada • BAL 709

7. Mora • BAL 705

8. Loretta • BOS 703

9. Ibañez • SEA 699

10. Matthews • TEX 690

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Sizemore • CLE 134

2. Jeter • NYY 118

3. Ortiz • BOS 115

Damon • NYY 115

5. Rodriguez • NYY 113

6. Suzuki • SEA 110

7. Thome • CHW 108

8. Swisher • OAK 106

9. Glaus • TOR 105

10. Dye • CHW 103

Ibañez • SEA 103

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 224

2. Young • TEX 217

3. Tejada • BAL 214

Jeter • NYY 214

5. Guerrero • LAA 200

6. Matthews • TEX 194

7. Sizemore • CLE 190

Morneau • MIN 190

9. Wells • TOR 185

10. Crawford • TBD 183

Total Bases

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

1. Ortiz • BOS 355

2. Sizemore • CLE 349

3. Dye • CHW 335

Guerrero • LAA 335

5. Morneau • MIN 331

Wells • TOR 331

7. Tejada • BAL 323

Ibañez • SEA 323

Teixeira • TEX 323

10. Young • TEX 317

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Sizemore • CLE 53

2. Young • TEX 52

3. Lowell • BOS 47

4. Overbay • TOR 46

5. Cabrera • LAA 45

Teixeira • TEX 45

7. Matthews • TEX 44

8. Youkilis • BOS 42

9. Guillén • DET 41

Brown • KCR 41

Cuddyer • MIN 41

Canó • NYY 41

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Crawford • TBD 16

2. Sizemore • CLE 11

3. Granderson • DET 9

Suzuki • SEA 9

5. Figgins • LAA 8

López • SEA 8

7. DeJesus • KCR 7

Teahen • KCR 7

Punto • MIN 7

10. Podsednik • CHW 6

Kennedy • LAA 6

Castillo • MIN 6

Scutaro • OAK 6

Betancourt • SEA 6

Baldelli • TBD 6

Matthews • TEX 6

Ríos • TOR 6

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Ortiz • BOS 54

2. Dye • CHW 44

3. Thome • CHW 42

Hafner • CLE 42

5. Thomas • OAK 39

6. Glaus • TOR 38

7. Giambi • NYY 37

8. Ramirez • BOS 35

Konerko • CHW 35

Rodriguez • NYY 35

Swisher • OAK 35

Runs Batted In

1. Ortiz • BOS 137

2. Morneau • MIN 130

3. Ibañez • SEA 123

4. Rodriguez • NYY 121

5. Dye • CHW 120

6. Hafner • CLE 117

7. Guerrero • LAA 116

8. Thomas • OAK 114

9. Konerko • CHW 113

Giambi • NYY 113

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ortiz • BOS 119

2. Giambi • NYY 110

3. Thome • CHW 107

4. Ramirez • BOS 100

Hafner • CLE 100

6. Swisher • OAK 97

7. Youkilis • BOS 91

8. Rodriguez • NYY 90

9. Teixeira • TEX 89

10. Glaus • TOR 86

Strikeouts

1. Granderson • DET 174

2. Sexson • SEA 154

3. Sizemore • CLE 153

4. Peralta • CLE 152

Swisher • OAK 152

6. Thome • CHW 147

7. Rodriguez • NYY 139

8. Glaus • TOR 134

9. Cuddyer • MIN 130

10. Inge • DET 128

Teixeira • TEX 128

Stolen Bases

1. Crawford • TBD 58

2. Figgins • LAA 52

3. Patterson • BAL 45

Suzuki • SEA 45

5. Podsednik • CHW 40

6. Roberts • BAL 36

7. Jeter • NYY 34

8. Cabrera • LAA 27

9. Castillo • MIN 25

Damon • NYY 25

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 186

2. Jeter • NYY 158

3. Tejada • BAL 153

4. Young • TEX 148

5. Loretta • BOS 143

6. Castillo • MIN 142

7. Kendall • OAK 139

8. Guerrero • LAA 132

9. Mora • BAL 130

10. Crawford • TBD 129

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Hafner • CLE 181

2. Ramirez • BOS 165

3. Ortiz • BOS 161

4. Thome • CHW 155

5. Dye • CHW 151

6. Giambi • NYY 148

7. Mauer • MIN 144

8. Morneau • MIN 140

9. Thomas • OAK 140

10. Guerrero • LAA 138

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. Ortiz • BOS 152

2. Sizemore • CLE 140

3. Hafner • CLE 136

4. Jeter • NYY 133

5. Thome • CHW 132

6. Dye • CHW 127

7. Ramirez • BOS 126

8. Morneau • MIN 125

9. Guerrero • LAA 123

10. Teixeira • TEX 121

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. Hafner • CLE 59

2. Ortiz • BOS 55

3. Ramirez • BOS 49

4. Thome • CHW 45

5. Dye • CHW 40

6. Mauer • MIN 39

7. Giambi • NYY 38

8. Morneau • MIN 36

9. Guerrero • LAA 34

10. Jeter • NYY 33

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. Hafner • CLE 5.4

2. Ortiz • BOS 5.0

3. Ramirez • BOS 4.5

4. Thome • CHW 4.1

5. Dye • CHW 3.7

6. Mauer • MIN 3.6

7. Giambi • NYY 3.5

8. Morneau • MIN 3.3

9. Guerrero • LAA 3.1

10. Sizemore • CLE 3.0

Jeter • NYY 3.0

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Sizemore • CLE 92

2. Ortiz • BOS 85

3. Teixeira • TEX 79

4. Wells • TOR 77

5. Dye • CHW 74

Hafner • CLE 74

Sexson • SEA 74

8. Morneau • MIN 72

9. Ibañez • SEA 71

10. Cuddyer • 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. Jeter • NYY 295

2. Ortiz • BOS 283

3. Sizemore • CLE 281

4. Suzuki • SEA 278

5. Teixeira • TEX 270

6. Tejada • BAL 269

7. Young • TEX 266

8. Rodriguez • NYY 264

9. Mauer • MIN 261

10. Youkilis • BOS 259

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. Hafner • CLE .800

2. Ramirez • BOS .776

3. Thome • CHW .759

4. Ortiz • BOS .759

5. Dye • CHW .714

6. Giambi • NYY .711

7. Jeter • NYY .691

8. Mauer • MIN .682

9. Morneau • MIN .677

10. Sizemore • CLE .677

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Johnson • TOR 21

2. Giambi • NYY 16

3. Mora • BAL 14

4. Sizemore • CLE 13

Johjima • SEA 13

6. Millar • BAL 12

Loretta • BOS 12

DeJesus • KCR 12

Jeter • NYY 12

Kendall • OAK 12

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. López • SEA 12

2. Wilson • DET 10

Punto • MIN 10

4. Fahey • BAL 9

Uribe • CHW 9

Berroa • KCR 9

Castillo • MIN 9

Crawford • TBD 9

Gathright • 2TM 9

10. Patterson • BAL 8

Iguchi • CHW 8

Podsednik • CHW 8

Polanco • DET 8

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Youkilis • BOS 11

Cabrera • LAA 11

Morneau • MIN 11

4. Brown • KCR 10

Ríos • TOR 10

6. Konerko • CHW 9

Gomes • TBD 9

Wells • TOR 9

9. Ramirez • BOS 8

Matthews • TEX 8

Young • TEX 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

Intentional Bases on Balls First tracked in 1955.

1. Guerrero • LAA 25

2. Ortiz • BOS 23

3. Mauer • MIN 21

4. Ramirez • BOS 16

Hafner • CLE 16

Suzuki • SEA 16

7. Ibañez • SEA 15

8. Thome • CHW 12

Giambi • NYY 12

Teixeira • TEX 12

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. Tejada • BAL 28

2. Martínez • CLE 27

Young • TEX 27

4. Konerko • CHW 25

Glaus • TOR 25

6. Mauer • MIN 24

7. Lowell • BOS 22

Rodriguez • NYY 22

9. Berroa • KCR 21

10. Peralta • CLE 19

Hunter • MIN 19

Canó • NYY 19

Chavez • OAK 19

Kendall • OAK 19

Overbay • TOR 19

Caught Stealing

1. Podsednik • CHW 19

2. Figgins • LAA 16

3. Castillo • MIN 11

4. Kennedy • LAA 10

Damon • NYY 10

6. Patterson • BAL 9

Guillén • DET 9

Crawford • TBD 9

Gathright • 2TM 9

10. Betancourt • SEA 8

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Suzuki • SEA 95.75

2. Cabrera • LAA 90.00

3. Jeter • NYY 87.18

4. Crawford • TBD 86.57

5. Crisp • BOS 84.62

6. Bloomquist • SEA 84.21

7. Roberts • BAL 83.72

8. Patterson • BAL 83.33

9. Lugo • TBD 81.82

10. Wells • TOR 80.95

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. Crawford • TBD 27.5

2. Sizemore • CLE 24.6

3. Damon • NYY 24.5

4. Patterson • BAL 23.6

5. Wells • TOR 22.2

6. Rodriguez • NYY 21.0

7. Guerrero • LAA 20.6

8. Jeter • NYY 19.8

9. Guillén • DET 19.5

10. Hunter • MIN 17.3

AB per SO

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

1. Polanco • DET 17.1 **

2. Johjima • SEA 11.0

3. Catalanotto • TOR 11.8 **

4. Payton • OAK 10.7

5. Cabrera • LAA 10.5

6. Betancourt • SEA 10.3

7. Kendall • OAK 10.2

8. Loretta • BOS 10.1

9. Castillo • MIN 10.1

10. Suzuki • SEA 9.8

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Ortiz • BOS 10.3

2. Hafner • CLE 10.8

3. Thome • CHW 11.7

4. Thomas • OAK 11.9

5. Giambi • NYY 12.1

6. Dye • CHW 12.3

7. Ramirez • BOS 12.8

8. Glaus • TOR 14.2

9. Swisher • OAK 15.9

10. Konerko • CHW 16.2

Outs Made

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

1. Young • TEX 512

2. Loretta • BOS 478

Sizemore • CLE 478

Beltré • SEA 478

Suzuki • SEA 478

6. Figgins • LAA 477

7. Mora • BAL 476

8. Teixeira • TEX 474

9. Tejada • BAL 470

10. Ibañez • SEA 469

López • SEA 469

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. Hafner • CLE 59.30

2. Ortiz • BOS 58.29

3. Jeter • NYY 54.04

4. Thome • CHW 52.74

5. Ramirez • BOS 48.02

6. Giambi • NYY 46.44

7. Dye • CHW 45.65

8. Morneau • MIN 44.02

9. Mauer • MIN 39.44

10. Sizemore • CLE 36.54

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. Ortiz • BOS 7.8

2. Jeter • NYY 6.0

3. Dye • CHW 4.9

4. Hafner • CLE 4.6

5. Morneau • MIN 4.6

6. Giambi • NYY 4.2

7. Ramirez • BOS 3.8

8. Sizemore • CLE 3.5

9. Thomas • OAK 3.4

10. Guerrero • LAA 3.2

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. Ortiz • BOS 6.5

2. Thome • CHW 5.1

3. Hafner • CLE 4.9

4. Ramirez • BOS 4.4

5. Dye • CHW 4.3

6. Jeter • NYY 3.8

7. Sizemore • CLE 3.8

8. Giambi • NYY 3.7

9. Guillén • DET 3.4

10. Morneau • MIN 3.3

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. Ortiz • BOS 5.5

2. Dye • CHW 5.1

3. Jeter • NYY 4.4

4. Ramirez • BOS 4.1

5. Morneau • MIN 3.7

6. Giambi • NYY 3.6

7. Thomas • OAK 2.5

8. Damon • NYY 2.1

9. Wells • TOR 1.9

10. Guerrero • LAA 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. Hafner • CLE 5.4

2. Ortiz • BOS 5.2

3. Jeter • NYY 4.9

4. Thome • CHW 4.7

5. Ramirez • BOS 4.3

6. Giambi • NYY 4.2

7. Dye • CHW 4.1

8. Morneau • MIN 4.0

9. Mauer • MIN 3.6

10. Sizemore • CLE 3.4

rOBA

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

1. Hafner • CLE .453

2. Ramirez • BOS .446

3. Ortiz • BOS .433

4. Dye • CHW .432

5. Thome • CHW .425

6. Giambi • NYY .415

7. Jeter • NYY .412

8. Mauer • MIN .407

9. Guillén • DET .405

10. Rodriguez • NYY .402

Rbat+

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

1. Hafner • CLE 180

2. Ramirez • BOS 169

3. Ortiz • BOS 159

4. Dye • CHW 158

5. Thome • CHW 154

6. Giambi • NYY 149

7. Mauer • MIN 147

8. Thomas • OAK 144

9. Guillén • DET 143

10. Jeter • NYY 142

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