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. Hamilton • TEX 8.7
2. Longoria • TBR 8.2
3. Canó • NYY 8.1
4. Beltré • BOS 7.8
5. Gardner • NYY 7.4
6. Hernández • SEA 7.1
7. Crawford • TBR 7.0
8. Bautista • TOR 7.0
9. Cabrera • DET 6.5
10. Choo • CLE 5.9

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. Hamilton • TEX 8.7
2. Longoria • TBR 8.2
3. Canó • NYY 8.1
4. Beltré • BOS 7.8
5. Gardner • NYY 7.4
6. Crawford • TBR 7.0
7. Bautista • TOR 7.0
8. Cabrera • DET 6.5
9. Choo • CLE 5.9
10. Mauer • MIN 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. Hamilton • TEX 7.6
2. Bautista • TOR 7.3
3. Cabrera • DET 7.0
4. Canó • NYY 6.4
5. Crawford • TBR 6.1
6. Konerko • CHW 6.1
7. Longoria • TBR 6.0
8. Beltré • BOS 5.8
9. Mauer • MIN 5.5
10. Choo • CLE 5.4

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. Gardner • NYY 3.4
2. Ramírez • CHW 3.1
3. Longoria • TBR 2.6
4. Beltré • BOS 2.4
5. Rodríguez • TBR 2.3
6. Pennington • OAK 2.3
7. Canó • NYY 2.2
8. Kelly • DET 2.0
9. González • TOR 1.9
10. Jackson • 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. Hamilton • TEX .359
2. Cabrera • DET .328
3. Mauer • MIN .327
4. Beltré • BOS .321
5. Canó • NYY .319
6. Butler • KCR .318
7. Suzuki • SEA .315
8. Konerko • CHW .312
9. Crawford • TBR .307
10. Martínez • BOS .302

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. Cabrera • DET .420
2. Hamilton • TEX .411
3. Mauer • MIN .402
4. Choo • CLE .401
5. Barton • OAK .393
6. Konerko • CHW .393
7. Butler • KCR .388
8. Gardner • NYY .383
9. Canó • NYY .381
10. Bautista • TOR .378

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. Hamilton • TEX .633
2. Cabrera • DET .622
3. Bautista • TOR .617
4. Konerko • CHW .584
5. Beltré • BOS .553
6. Scott • BAL .535
7. Canó • NYY .534
8. Ortiz • BOS .529
9. Wells • TOR .515
10. Swisher • NYY .511

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. Hamilton • TEX 1.044
2. Cabrera • DET 1.042
3. Bautista • TOR .995
4. Konerko • CHW .977
5. Beltré • BOS .919
6. Canó • NYY .914
7. Scott • BAL .902
8. Ortiz • BOS .899
9. Choo • CLE .885
10. Longoria • TBR .879

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Suzuki • SEA 162
2. Figgins • SEA 161
Bautista • TOR 161
4. Markakis • BAL 160
Pierre • CHW 160
Canó • NYY 160
7. Barton • OAK 159
8. Butler • KCR 158
Kendrick • LAA 158
Teixeira • NYY 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Suzuki • SEA 680
2. Jeter • NYY 663
3. Young • TEX 656
4. Pierre • CHW 651
5. Scutaro • BOS 632
6. Markakis • BAL 629
Span • MIN 629
8. Canó • NYY 626
9. Jackson • DET 618
10. Kendrick • LAA 616

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. Pierre • CHW 734
3. Suzuki • SEA 732
4. Young • TEX 718
5. Teixeira • NYY 712
6. Markakis • BAL 709
7. Span • MIN 705
8. Figgins • SEA 702
9. Canó • NYY 696
10. Scutaro • BOS 695

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Teixeira • NYY 113
2. Cabrera • DET 111
Jeter • NYY 111
4. Crawford • TBR 110
5. Bautista • TOR 109
6. Jackson • DET 103
Canó • NYY 103
8. Young • TEX 99
9. Gardner • NYY 97
10. Pierre • CHW 96
Longoria • TBR 96

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 214
2. Canó • NYY 200
3. Beltré • BOS 189
Butler • KCR 189
5. Markakis • BAL 187
6. Hamilton • TEX 186
Young • TEX 186
8. Crawford • TBR 184
9. Jackson • DET 181
10. Cabrera • DET 180

Total Bases

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

1. Bautista • TOR 351
2. Cabrera • DET 341
3. Canó • NYY 334
4. Hamilton • TEX 328
5. Beltré • BOS 326
6. Konerko • CHW 320
7. Wells • TOR 304
8. Crawford • TBR 297
9. Guerrero • TEX 294
10. Longoria • TBR 291
Young • TEX 291

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Beltré • BOS 49
2. Young • MIN 46
Longoria • TBR 46
4. Markakis • BAL 45
Cabrera • DET 45
Butler • KCR 45
7. Wells • TOR 44
8. Mauer • MIN 43
9. Abreu • LAA 41
Kendrick • LAA 41
Canó • NYY 41

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Crawford • TBR 13
2. Jackson • DET 10
Span • MIN 10
4. Pennington • OAK 8
5. Gardner • NYY 7
Granderson • NYY 7
7. Maier • KCR 6
Podsednik • KCR 6
9. Jones • BAL 5
Pie • BAL 5
Youkilis • BOS 5
Damon • DET 5
Inge • DET 5
Cuddyer • MIN 5
Hudson • MIN 5
Barton • OAK 5
Longoria • TBR 5
Lewis • TOR 5
Patterson • 2TM 5

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Bautista • TOR 54
2. Konerko • CHW 39
3. Cabrera • DET 38
4. Teixeira • NYY 33
5. Ortiz • BOS 32
Hamilton • TEX 32
7. Wells • TOR 31
8. Rodriguez • NYY 30
9. Canó • NYY 29
Swisher • NYY 29
Guerrero • TEX 29

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Cabrera • DET 126
2. Rodriguez • NYY 125
3. Bautista • TOR 124
4. Guerrero • TEX 115
5. Young • MIN 112
6. Konerko • CHW 111
7. Canó • NYY 109
8. Teixeira • NYY 108
9. Longoria • TBR 104
10. Beltré • BOS 102
Ortiz • BOS 102

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Barton • OAK 110
2. Bautista • TOR 100
3. Teixeira • NYY 93
4. Zobrist • TBR 92
5. Cabrera • DET 89
6. Abreu • LAA 87
Peña • TBR 87
8. Choo • CLE 83
9. Ortiz • BOS 82
10. Gardner • NYY 79

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Jackson • DET 170
2. Upton • TBR 164
3. Peña • TBR 158
4. Ortiz • BOS 145
5. Lind • TOR 144
6. Swisher • NYY 139
7. Napoli • LAA 137
Gutiérrez • SEA 137
9. Inge • DET 134
10. Abreu • LAA 132

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Pierre • CHW 68
2. Davis • OAK 50
3. Gardner • NYY 47
Crawford • TBR 47
5. Figgins • SEA 42
Suzuki • SEA 42
Upton • TBR 42
8. Ríos • CHW 34
9. Crisp • OAK 32
Andrus • TEX 32

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Suzuki • SEA 175
2. Pierre • CHW 157
3. Andrus • TEX 138
4. Jeter • NYY 136
5. Jackson • DET 133
6. Figgins • SEA 132
7. Butler • KCR 129
Span • MIN 129
9. Markakis • BAL 127
Canó • NYY 127

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Cabrera • DET 178
2. Hamilton • TEX 170
3. Bautista • TOR 164
4. Konerko • CHW 160
5. Choo • CLE 147
6. Scott • BAL 144
7. Longoria • TBR 143
8. Beltré • BOS 141
9. Canó • NYY 141
10. Mauer • MIN 140

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. Cabrera • DET 141
2. Bautista • TOR 139
3. Hamilton • TEX 134
4. Konerko • CHW 129
5. Canó • NYY 123
6. Crawford • TBR 114
7. Choo • CLE 112
8. Beltré • BOS 110
Longoria • TBR 110
10. Teixeira • NYY 109

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. Cabrera • DET 64
2. Bautista • TOR 52
3. Hamilton • TEX 52
4. Konerko • CHW 47
5. Choo • CLE 40
6. Morneau • MIN 38
7. Longoria • TBR 37
8. Canó • NYY 36
9. Beltré • BOS 34
10. Thome • MIN 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. Cabrera • DET 6.1
2. Bautista • TOR 5.0
3. Hamilton • TEX 4.9
4. Konerko • CHW 4.5
5. Choo • CLE 3.8
6. Morneau • MIN 3.6
7. Longoria • TBR 3.6
8. Canó • NYY 3.5
9. Beltré • BOS 3.3
10. Thome • MIN 3.2

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Bautista • TOR 92
2. Cabrera • DET 84
3. Beltré • BOS 79
4. Wells • TOR 78
5. Hamilton • TEX 75
6. Canó • NYY 73
Longoria • TBR 73
8. Konerko • CHW 70
9. Ortiz • BOS 69
Teixeira • NYY 69

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. Cabrera • DET 272
2. Canó • NYY 265
Barton • OAK 265
4. Butler • KCR 263
5. Markakis • BAL 262
Suzuki • SEA 262
7. Teixeira • NYY 260
8. Choo • CLE 259
9. Bautista • TOR 258
10. Jeter • NYY 251

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. Hamilton • TEX .808
2. Cabrera • DET .786
3. Konerko • CHW .760
4. Bautista • TOR .749
5. Choo • CLE .698
6. Canó • NYY .692
7. Scott • BAL .690
8. Crawford • TBR .676
9. Ortiz • BOS .671
10. Beltré • BOS .664

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Pierre • CHW 21
2. Quentin • CHW 20
3. Jones • BAL 13
Teixeira • NYY 13
5. Hafner • CLE 12
Suzuki • OAK 12
Wilson • SEA 12
8. Choo • CLE 11
Napoli • LAA 11
10. Youkilis • BOS 10
Bautista • TOR 10
Kearns • 2TM 10

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Figgins • SEA 17
Andrus • TEX 17
3. Pierre • CHW 15
4. McDonald • BOS 12
Barton • OAK 12
Pennington • OAK 12
7. Cabrera • CLE 11
Aybar • LAA 11
Bartlett • TBR 11
10. Patterson • BAL 10
Podsednik • KCR 10
Span • MIN 10

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Zobrist • TBR 12
2. Rodriguez • NYY 11
Young • TEX 11
4. Longoria • TBR 10
Peralta • 2TM 10
6. Wigginton • BAL 9
Butler • KCR 9
Young • MIN 9
9. Cabrera • DET 8
Gutiérrez • SEA 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Cabrera • DET 32
2. Ortiz • BOS 14
Mauer • MIN 14
Canó • NYY 14
5. Suzuki • SEA 13
6. Longoria • TBR 12
7. Choo • CLE 11
8. Beltré • BOS 10
Hafner • CLE 10
10. Markakis • BAL 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. Butler • KCR 32
2. Cuddyer • MIN 26
3. Beltré • BOS 25
4. Wigginton • BAL 23
5. Hunter • LAA 22
Jeter • NYY 22
Suzuki • OAK 22
Callaspo • 2TM 22
9. Ríos • CHW 21
Young • TEX 21

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Pierre • CHW 18
2. Figgins • SEA 15
Andrus • TEX 15
4. Ríos • CHW 14
5. Podsednik • KCR 12
Hunter • LAA 12
7. Davis • OAK 11
8. Abreu • LAA 10
Crawford • TBR 10
10. Gardner • NYY 9
Suzuki • SEA 9
Upton • TBR 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Crisp • OAK 91.43
2. Gutiérrez • SEA 89.29
3. Zobrist • TBR 88.89
4. Getz • KCR 88.24
5. Murphy • TEX 87.50
6. Span • MIN 86.67
7. Pennington • OAK 85.29
8. Patterson • BAL 84.00
9. Gardner • NYY 83.93
10. Crawford • TBR 82.46

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. Crawford • TBR 27.1
2. Ríos • CHW 26.0
3. Upton • TBR 25.2
4. Choo • CLE 22.0
5. Abreu • LAA 21.8
6. Cruz • TEX 19.2
7. Longoria • TBR 17.8
8. Gutiérrez • SEA 16.2
9. Granderson • NYY 16.0
10. Bautista • TOR 15.4

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. Pierre • CHW 13.9
2. Callaspo • 2TM 13.4
3. Pierzynski • CHW 12.2
4. Suzuki • OAK 10.1
5. Guerrero • TEX 9.9
6. Mauer • MIN 9.6
7. Martínez • BOS 9.5
8. López • SEA 9.0
9. Izturis • BAL 8.9
10. Scutaro • BOS 8.9

AB per HR

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

1. Bautista • TOR 10.5
2. Konerko • CHW 14.1
3. Cabrera • DET 14.4
4. Ortiz • BOS 16.2
Hamilton • TEX 16.2
6. Scott • BAL 16.6
7. Peña • TBR 17.3
8. Rodriguez • NYY 17.4
9. Quentin • CHW 17.4
Napoli • LAA 17.4

Outs Made

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

1. Pierre • CHW 515
Jeter • NYY 515
3. Young • TEX 504
4. Figgins • SEA 503
5. Span • MIN 491
6. Scutaro • BOS 482
Suzuki • SEA 482
8. Cuddyer • MIN 477
9. López • SEA 476
10. Kendrick • LAA 473

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. Cabrera • DET 60.93
2. Hamilton • TEX 56.70
3. Bautista • TOR 54.20
4. Konerko • CHW 47.86
5. Canó • NYY 42.13
6. Crawford • TBR 41.67
7. Choo • CLE 39.36
8. Rodriguez • NYY 36.47
9. Teixeira • NYY 34.38
10. Youkilis • BOS 32.57

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. Cabrera • DET 7.5
2. Hamilton • TEX 6.2
3. Choo • CLE 4.7
4. Cruz • TEX 4.2
5. Young • MIN 4.1
6. Bautista • TOR 4.1
7. Canó • NYY 4.1
8. Rodriguez • NYY 3.9
9. Youkilis • BOS 3.8
10. Konerko • CHW 3.7

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. Cabrera • DET 5.9
2. Bautista • TOR 5.6
3. Hamilton • TEX 5.2
4. Konerko • CHW 5.1
5. Canó • NYY 3.9
6. Morneau • MIN 3.9
7. Choo • CLE 3.8
8. Cruz • TEX 3.6
9. Thome • MIN 3.5
10. Crawford • TBR 3.4

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. Hamilton • TEX 4.6
2. Cabrera • DET 4.6
3. Canó • NYY 3.0
4. Young • MIN 3.0
5. Mauer • MIN 2.7
6. Morneau • MIN 2.7
7. Crawford • TBR 2.5
8. Longoria • TBR 2.4
9. Thome • MIN 2.4
10. Youkilis • BOS 2.2

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. Cabrera • DET 5.8
2. Hamilton • TEX 5.2
3. Bautista • TOR 5.1
4. Konerko • CHW 4.5
5. Crawford • TBR 4.1
6. Canó • NYY 3.9
7. Choo • CLE 3.9
8. Rodriguez • NYY 3.4
9. Teixeira • NYY 3.2
10. Morneau • MIN 3.1

rOBA

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

1. Hamilton • TEX .455
2. Cabrera • DET .437
3. Bautista • TOR .429
4. Konerko • CHW .428
5. Scott • BAL .399
6. Canó • NYY .399
7. Beltré • BOS .396
8. Choo • CLE .394
9. Crawford • TBR .388
10. Swisher • NYY .385

Rbat+

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

1. Hamilton • TEX 180
2. Cabrera • DET 179
3. Konerko • CHW 168
4. Bautista • TOR 167
5. Choo • CLE 150
6. Scott • BAL 149
7. Canó • NYY 144
8. Longoria • TBR 141
9. Beltré • BOS 141
10. Mauer • MIN 141

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