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. Greinke • KCR 10.4
2. Zobrist • TBR 8.6
3. Mauer • MIN 7.8
4. Figgins • LAA 7.7
5. Longoria • TBR 7.0
6. Halladay • TOR 6.9
7. Gutiérrez • SEA 6.6
8. Youkilis • BOS 6.6
9. Jeter • NYY 6.6
10. Sabathia • NYY 6.2

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. Zobrist • TBR 8.6
2. Mauer • MIN 7.8
3. Figgins • LAA 7.7
4. Longoria • TBR 7.0
5. Gutiérrez • SEA 6.6
6. Youkilis • BOS 6.6
7. Jeter • NYY 6.6
8. Bartlett • TBR 6.2
9. Kinsler • TEX 6.0
10. Hill • TOR 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. Mauer • MIN 7.7
2. Jeter • NYY 6.3
3. Zobrist • TBR 6.1
4. Bartlett • TBR 5.7
5. Youkilis • BOS 5.6
6. Choo • CLE 5.3
7. Cabrera • DET 5.2
8. Longoria • TBR 5.2
9. Teixeira • NYY 5.1
10. Bay • BOS 5.1

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. Gutiérrez • SEA 3.7
2. Figgins • LAA 3.3
3. Kinsler • TEX 2.7
4. Zobrist • TBR 2.6
5. Andrus • TEX 2.3
6. Beltré • SEA 2.3
7. Longoria • TBR 2.3
8. Scutaro • TOR 2.0
9. Izturis • BAL 2.0
10. Pedroia • BOS 1.9

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. Mauer • MIN .365
2. Suzuki • SEA .352
3. Jeter • NYY .334
4. Cabrera • DET .324
5. Young • TEX .322
6. Canó • NYY .320
7. Bartlett • TBR .320
8. Aybar • LAA .312
9. Span • MIN .311
10. Ordóñez • DET .310

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. Mauer • MIN .444
2. Youkilis • BOS .413
3. Jeter • NYY .406
4. Zobrist • TBR .405
5. Rodriguez • NYY .402
6. Cabrera • DET .396
7. Figgins • LAA .395
8. Choo • CLE .394
9. Drew • BOS .392
10. Span • MIN .392

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. Mauer • MIN .587
2. Morales • LAA .569
3. Teixeira • NYY .565
4. Lind • TOR .562
5. Youkilis • BOS .548
6. Cabrera • DET .547
7. Zobrist • TBR .543
8. Kubel • MIN .539
9. Peña • TBR .537
10. Bay • BOS .537

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. Mauer • MIN 1.031
2. Youkilis • BOS .961
3. Teixeira • NYY .948
4. Zobrist • TBR .948
5. Cabrera • DET .942
6. Rodriguez • NYY .933
7. Lind • TOR .932
8. Morales • LAA .924
9. Bay • BOS .921
10. Drew • BOS .914

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Markakis • BAL 161
Inge • DET 161
Canó • NYY 161
4. Cabrera • DET 160
Granderson • DET 160
Cabrera • 2TM 160
7. Roberts • BAL 159
Butler • KCR 159
9. Figgins • LAA 158
Hill • TOR 158
Wells • TOR 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Hill • TOR 682
2. Cabrera • 2TM 656
3. Markakis • BAL 642
4. Suzuki • SEA 639
5. Canó • NYY 637
6. Jeter • NYY 634
7. Roberts • BAL 632
8. Granderson • DET 631
9. Wells • TOR 630
10. Pedroia • BOS 626

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. Hill • TOR 734
2. Figgins • LAA 729
3. Roberts • BAL 717
4. Jeter • NYY 716
5. Pedroia • BOS 714
6. Markakis • BAL 711
7. Granderson • DET 710
8. Cabrera • 2TM 708
9. Teixeira • NYY 707
10. Ellsbury • BOS 693

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Pedroia • BOS 115
2. Figgins • LAA 114
3. Roberts • BAL 110
4. Damon • NYY 107
Jeter • NYY 107
6. Bay • BOS 103
Canó • NYY 103
Teixeira • NYY 103
Hill • TOR 103
10. Kinsler • TEX 101

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 225
2. Jeter • NYY 212
3. Canó • NYY 204
4. Cabrera • DET 198
5. Hill • TOR 195
6. Mauer • MIN 191
7. Markakis • BAL 188
Ellsbury • BOS 188
9. Cabrera • 2TM 186
10. Pedroia • BOS 185
Crawford • TBR 185

Total Bases

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

1. Teixeira • NYY 344
2. Hill • TOR 340
3. Cabrera • DET 334
4. Canó • NYY 331
5. Lind • TOR 330
6. Morales • LAA 322
7. Mauer • MIN 307
Longoria • TBR 307
9. Cuddyer • MIN 306
10. Butler • KCR 299

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Roberts • BAL 56
2. Butler • KCR 51
3. Pedroia • BOS 48
Canó • NYY 48
5. Lind • TOR 46
6. Markakis • BAL 45
7. Longoria • TBR 44
8. Morales • LAA 43
Teixeira • NYY 43
Byrd • TEX 43

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Ellsbury • BOS 10
Span • MIN 10
3. DeJesus • KCR 9
Aybar • LAA 9
5. Granderson • DET 8
Bloomquist • KCR 8
Callaspo • KCR 8
Crawford • TBR 8
Andrus • TEX 8
10. Figgins • LAA 7
Cuddyer • MIN 7
Bartlett • TBR 7
Zobrist • TBR 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Teixeira • NYY 39
Peña • TBR 39
3. Bay • BOS 36
Hill • TOR 36
5. Lind • TOR 35
6. Cabrera • DET 34
Morales • LAA 34
8. Longoria • TBR 33
Cruz • TEX 33
10. Cuddyer • MIN 32

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Teixeira • NYY 122
2. Bay • BOS 119
3. Lind • TOR 114
4. Longoria • TBR 113
5. Morales • LAA 108
Hill • TOR 108
Martínez • 2TM 108
8. Cabrera • DET 103
Abreu • LAA 103
Kubel • MIN 103

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Figgins • LAA 101
2. Swisher • NYY 97
3. Bay • BOS 94
Abreu • LAA 94
5. Cust • OAK 93
6. Zobrist • TBR 91
7. Scutaro • TOR 90
8. Peña • TBR 87
9. Drew • BOS 82
10. Teixeira • NYY 81

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Cust • OAK 185
2. Inge • DET 170
3. Peña • TBR 163
4. Bay • BOS 162
5. Upton • TBR 152
6. Choo • CLE 151
7. Davis • TEX 150
8. Branyan • SEA 149
9. Granderson • DET 141
10. Longoria • TBR 140

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Ellsbury • BOS 70
2. Crawford • TBR 60
3. Figgins • LAA 42
Upton • TBR 42
5. Davis • OAK 41
6. Andrus • TEX 33
7. Kinsler • TEX 31
8. Roberts • BAL 30
Podsednik • CHW 30
Abreu • LAA 30
Jeter • NYY 30
Bartlett • TBR 30

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 179
2. Jeter • NYY 166
3. Span • MIN 146
4. Ellsbury • BOS 143
5. Figgins • LAA 141
6. Cabrera • 2TM 138
7. Crawford • TBR 134
8. Mauer • MIN 132
9. Polanco • DET 131
10. Cabrera • DET 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. Mauer • MIN 171
2. Zobrist • TBR 149
3. Youkilis • BOS 146
4. Cabrera • DET 144
5. Lind • TOR 141
6. Teixeira • NYY 141
7. Morales • LAA 139
8. Rodriguez • NYY 138
9. Kubel • MIN 137
10. Choo • CLE 136

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. Mauer • MIN 138
2. Teixeira • NYY 135
3. Cabrera • DET 127
4. Jeter • NYY 123
5. Choo • CLE 122
6. Lind • TOR 120
7. Suzuki • SEA 118
8. Bay • BOS 117
Youkilis • BOS 117
Zobrist • TBR 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. Mauer • MIN 58
2. Cabrera • DET 40
3. Zobrist • TBR 39
4. Teixeira • NYY 38
5. Youkilis • BOS 37
6. Lind • TOR 35
7. Choo • CLE 35
8. Morales • LAA 32
9. Longoria • TBR 30
10. Bay • BOS 29

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. Mauer • MIN 5.3
2. Cabrera • DET 3.7
3. Zobrist • TBR 3.6
4. Teixeira • NYY 3.5
5. Youkilis • BOS 3.4
6. Lind • TOR 3.3
7. Choo • CLE 3.2
8. Morales • LAA 3.0
9. Longoria • TBR 2.7
10. Bay • BOS 2.7

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Teixeira • NYY 85
2. Lind • TOR 81
3. Morales • LAA 79
4. Longoria • TBR 77
5. Canó • NYY 75
6. Roberts • BAL 73
Butler • KCR 73
Cuddyer • MIN 73
Hill • TOR 73
10. Bay • BOS 68
Cabrera • DET 68

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 289
2. Figgins • LAA 285
3. Cabrera • DET 271
Teixeira • NYY 271
5. Choo • CLE 270
6. Mauer • MIN 269
7. Pedroia • BOS 264
8. Suzuki • SEA 261
9. Abreu • LAA 260
Span • MIN 260

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. Mauer • MIN .791
2. Youkilis • BOS .732
3. Zobrist • TBR .718
4. Teixeira • NYY .699
5. Rodriguez • NYY .692
6. Cabrera • DET .685
7. Bay • BOS .683
8. Choo • CLE .680
9. Bartlett • TBR .675
10. Drew • BOS .674

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Shoppach • CLE 18
2. Choo • CLE 17
Inge • DET 17
4. Youkilis • BOS 16
5. Quentin • CHW 15
6. Teixeira • NYY 12
7. Konerko • CHW 10
Garko • CLE 10
Laird • DET 10
Span • MIN 10
Byrd • TEX 10

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Everett • DET 15
2. Punto • MIN 13
Gutiérrez • SEA 13
4. Aybar • LAA 12
Span • MIN 12
Andrus • TEX 12
7. Betancourt • 2TM 11
8. Cabrera • CLE 10
Laird • DET 10
Santiago • DET 10
Tolbert • MIN 10

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Markakis • BAL 10
Byrd • TEX 10
Cabrera • 2TM 10
4. Abreu • LAA 9
Murphy • TEX 9
6. Roberts • BAL 8
Ramírez • CHW 8
Morales • LAA 8
9. Ortiz • BOS 7
Konerko • CHW 7
Choo • CLE 7
Izturis • LAA 7
Morneau • MIN 7
Suzuki • OAK 7
López • SEA 7
Longoria • TBR 7
Barajas • TOR 7
Scutaro • TOR 7
Ríos • 2TM 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Suzuki • SEA 15
2. Cabrera • DET 14
Mauer • MIN 14
4. Morneau • MIN 12
5. Longoria • TBR 11
Peña • TBR 11
7. Morales • LAA 10
8. Kubel • MIN 9
Teixeira • NYY 9
10. Abreu • LAA 7
Rodriguez • NYY 7
Lind • TOR 7
Huff • 2TM 7

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. Longoria • TBR 27
2. López • SEA 25
3. Lowell • BOS 24
4. Cabrera • DET 22
Cuddyer • MIN 22
Canó • NYY 22
Cabrera • 2TM 22
8. Ríos • 2TM 21
9. Peralta • CLE 20
Butler • KCR 20

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Figgins • LAA 17
2. Crawford • TBR 16
3. Upton • TBR 14
4. Podsednik • CHW 13
5. Ellsbury • BOS 12
Davis • OAK 12
7. Span • MIN 10
8. DeJesus • KCR 9
Suzuki • SEA 9
10. Pedroia • BOS 8
Sizemore • CLE 8
Abreu • LAA 8

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Getz • CHW 92.59
2. Choo • CLE 91.30
3. Rodriguez • NYY 87.50
4. Kinsler • TEX 86.11
5. Jeter • NYY 85.71
6. Ellsbury • BOS 85.37
7. Andrus • TEX 84.62
8. Punto • MIN 84.21
9. Gardner • NYY 83.87
10. Anderson • 2TM 83.33
Cruz • TEX 83.33

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. Kinsler • TEX 31.0
2. Cruz • TEX 24.9
3. Granderson • DET 24.0
Crawford • TBR 24.0
5. Jeter • NYY 22.5
6. Roberts • BAL 20.9
7. Zobrist • TBR 20.9
8. Choo • CLE 20.5
9. Abreu • LAA 20.0
10. Ríos • 2TM 19.9

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. Pedroia • BOS 13.9
2. Polanco • DET 13.4
3. Callaspo • KCR 11.3
4. Betancourt • 2TM 10.7
5. Canó • NYY 10.1
6. Pierzynski • CHW 9.7
7. Suzuki • OAK 9.7
8. Aybar • LAA 9.3
9. Rivera • LAA 9.3
10. Cabrera • 2TM 9.2

AB per HR

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

1. Peña • TBR 12.1
2. Branyan • SEA 13.9
3. Cruz • TEX 14.0
4. Bay • BOS 14.8
5. Rodriguez • NYY 14.8
6. Teixeira • NYY 15.6
7. Matsui • NYY 16.3
8. Morales • LAA 16.6
9. Lind • TOR 16.8
10. Morneau • MIN 16.9

Outs Made

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

1. Cabrera • 2TM 512
2. Hill • TOR 511
3. Wells • TOR 493
4. Granderson • DET 486
5. López • SEA 484
6. Markakis • BAL 478
7. Pedroia • BOS 477
8. Roberts • BAL 476
9. Ellsbury • BOS 473
10. Ríos • 2TM 472

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. Mauer • MIN 56.18
2. Bay • BOS 47.39
3. Youkilis • BOS 43.59
4. Zobrist • TBR 43.04
5. Teixeira • NYY 41.75
6. Lind • TOR 39.02
7. Abreu • LAA 34.84
8. Morales • LAA 31.72
9. Choo • CLE 30.15
10. Bartlett • TBR 29.68

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. Bay • BOS 4.5
2. Zobrist • TBR 4.2
3. Mauer • MIN 3.8
4. Damon • NYY 3.7
5. Suzuki • SEA 3.7
6. Rodriguez • NYY 3.7
7. Teixeira • NYY 3.5
8. Martínez • 2TM 3.3
9. Gutiérrez • SEA 3.2
10. Abreu • LAA 2.9

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. Mauer • MIN 5.0
2. Teixeira • NYY 3.9
3. Bay • BOS 3.7
4. Youkilis • BOS 3.7
5. Zobrist • TBR 3.5
6. Cabrera • DET 3.5
7. Bartlett • TBR 3.3
8. Lind • TOR 3.0
9. Choo • CLE 3.0
10. Morales • LAA 2.8

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. Cuddyer • MIN 4.2
2. Bay • BOS 3.6
3. Casilla • MIN 3.5
4. Cabrera • DET 3.0
5. Tolbert • MIN 2.8
6. Kubel • MIN 2.7
7. Damon • NYY 2.7
8. Granderson • DET 2.7
9. Martínez • 2TM 2.7
10. Mauer • MIN 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. Mauer • MIN 5.2
2. Bay • BOS 4.3
3. Zobrist • TBR 4.0
4. Youkilis • BOS 3.9
5. Teixeira • NYY 3.8
6. Lind • TOR 3.6
7. Abreu • LAA 3.2
8. Morales • LAA 3.0
9. Choo • CLE 2.9
10. Bartlett • TBR 2.8

rOBA

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

1. Mauer • MIN .441
2. Youkilis • BOS .420
3. Cabrera • DET .412
Zobrist • TBR .412
5. Rodriguez • NYY .409
6. Teixeira • NYY .406
7. Bay • BOS .406
8. Lind • TOR .401
9. Jeter • NYY .398
10. Bartlett • TBR .396

Rbat+

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

1. Mauer • MIN 175
2. Zobrist • TBR 152
3. Youkilis • BOS 151
4. Cabrera • DET 150
5. Lind • TOR 144
6. Teixeira • NYY 142
7. Rodriguez • NYY 141
8. Bay • BOS 141
9. Choo • CLE 140
10. Bartlett • TBR 138

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