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. Trout • LAA 10.5
2. Canó • NYY 8.4
3. Verlander • DET 8.0
4. Beltré • TEX 7.2
5. Cabrera • DET 7.1
6. Price • TBR 6.6
7. Gordon • KCR 6.3
8. Zobrist • TBR 5.8
9. Harrison • TEX 5.7
10. Sale • CHW 5.6

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. Trout • LAA 10.5
2. Canó • NYY 8.4
3. Beltré • TEX 7.2
4. Cabrera • DET 7.1
5. Gordon • KCR 6.3
6. Zobrist • TBR 5.8
7. Jackson • DET 5.5
8. Hunter • LAA 5.4
9. Pedroia • BOS 5.1
10. Encarnación • TOR 5.0

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. Trout • LAA 8.7
2. Cabrera • DET 7.7
3. Canó • NYY 7.0
4. Beltré • TEX 6.0
5. Jones • BAL 5.7
6. Encarnación • TOR 5.6
7. Zobrist • TBR 5.4
8. Fielder • DET 5.3
9. Mauer • MIN 5.2
10. Hamilton • TEX 5.0

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. Ryan • SEA 3.6
2. Hardy • BAL 2.8
3. Lawrie • TOR 2.4
4. Ramírez • CHW 2.3
5. Span • MIN 2.3
6. Escobar • TOR 2.2
7. Aviles • BOS 2.0
8. Trout • LAA 2.0
9. Canó • NYY 1.9
10. Wieters • BAL 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. Cabrera • DET .330
2. Trout • LAA .326
3. Beltré • TEX .321
4. Mauer • MIN .319
5. Jeter • NYY .316
6. Fielder • DET .313
7. Hunter • LAA .313
8. Butler • KCR .313
9. Canó • NYY .313
10. Murphy • TEX .304

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 .416
2. Fielder • DET .412
3. Trout • LAA .399
4. Cabrera • DET .393
5. Encarnación • TOR .384
6. Murphy • TEX .380
7. Canó • NYY .379
8. Jackson • DET .377
9. Zobrist • TBR .377
10. Choo • CLE .373

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. Cabrera • DET .606
2. Hamilton • TEX .577
3. Trout • LAA .564
4. Beltré • TEX .561
5. Encarnación • TOR .557
6. Canó • NYY .550
7. Fielder • DET .528
8. Willingham • MIN .524
9. Ríos • CHW .516
10. Pujols • LAA .516

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. Cabrera • DET .999
2. Trout • LAA .963
3. Encarnación • TOR .941
4. Fielder • DET .940
5. Hamilton • TEX .930
6. Canó • NYY .929
7. Beltré • TEX .921
8. Willingham • MIN .890
9. Butler • KCR .882
10. Mauer • MIN .861

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Jones • BAL 162
Fielder • DET 162
Suzuki • 2TM 162
4. Cabrera • DET 161
Butler • KCR 161
Gordon • KCR 161
Canó • NYY 161
8. Granderson • NYY 160
Peña • TBR 160
10. Jeter • NYY 159
Cruz • TEX 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Jeter • NYY 683
2. Hardy • BAL 663
3. Kinsler • TEX 655
4. Jones • BAL 648
5. Gordon • KCR 642
6. Andrus • TEX 629
Suzuki • 2TM 629
8. Canó • NYY 627
9. Cabrera • DET 622
10. Butler • KCR 614

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 740
2. Kinsler • TEX 731
3. Gordon • KCR 721
4. Hardy • BAL 713
5. Andrus • TEX 711
6. Jones • BAL 697
Cabrera • DET 697
Canó • NYY 697
9. Fielder • DET 690
10. Choo • CLE 686

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Trout • LAA 129
2. Cabrera • DET 109
3. Canó • NYY 105
Kinsler • TEX 105
5. Jones • BAL 103
Jackson • DET 103
Hamilton • TEX 103
8. Granderson • NYY 102
9. Jeter • NYY 99
10. Beltré • TEX 95

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Jeter • NYY 216
2. Cabrera • DET 205
3. Canó • NYY 196
4. Beltré • TEX 194
5. Butler • KCR 192
6. Gordon • KCR 189
7. Jones • BAL 186
8. Ríos • CHW 184
9. Fielder • DET 182
Trout • LAA 182

Total Bases

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

1. Cabrera • DET 377
2. Canó • NYY 345
3. Beltré • TEX 339
4. Jones • BAL 327
5. Hamilton • TEX 324
6. Trout • LAA 315
7. Butler • KCR 313
Pujols • LAA 313
9. Ríos • CHW 312
10. Fielder • DET 307

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Gordon • KCR 51
2. Pujols • LAA 50
3. Canó • NYY 48
4. Cruz • TEX 45
5. Choo • CLE 43
6. Kinsler • TEX 42
7. Cabrera • DET 40
8. Jones • BAL 39
Pedroia • BOS 39
Zobrist • TBR 39

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Jackson • DET 10
2. Andrus • TEX 9
3. Ríos • CHW 8
Trout • LAA 8
Weeks • OAK 8
6. Escobar • KCR 7
Crisp • OAK 7
Jennings • TBR 7
Zobrist • TBR 7
10. De Aza • CHW 6
Berry • DET 6
Revere • MIN 6
Suzuki • 2TM 6

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Cabrera • DET 44
2. Granderson • NYY 43
Hamilton • TEX 43
4. Encarnación • TOR 42
5. Dunn • CHW 41
6. Beltré • TEX 36
7. Willingham • MIN 35
8. Davis • BAL 33
Canó • NYY 33
10. Jones • BAL 32
Trumbo • LAA 32
Reddick • OAK 32

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Cabrera • DET 139
2. Hamilton • TEX 128
3. Willingham • MIN 110
Encarnación • TOR 110
5. Fielder • DET 108
6. Butler • KCR 107
7. Granderson • NYY 106
8. Pujols • LAA 105
9. Beltré • TEX 102
10. Dunn • CHW 96

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Dunn • CHW 105
2. Zobrist • TBR 97
3. Santana • CLE 91
4. Mauer • MIN 90
5. Peña • TBR 87
6. Fielder • DET 85
7. Encarnación • TOR 84
8. Swisher • NYY 77
9. Willingham • MIN 76
10. Granderson • NYY 75

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Dunn • CHW 222
2. Granderson • NYY 195
3. Peña • TBR 182
4. Davis • BAL 169
Upton • TBR 169
6. Hamilton • TEX 162
7. Reynolds • BAL 159
Johnson • TOR 159
9. Trumbo • LAA 153
10. Reddick • OAK 151

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Trout • LAA 49
2. Davis • TOR 46
3. Revere • MIN 40
4. Crisp • OAK 39
5. Escobar • KCR 35
6. Kipnis • CLE 31
Jennings • TBR 31
Upton • TBR 31
9. Dyson • KCR 30
10. Suzuki • 2TM 29

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Jeter • NYY 169
2. Andrus • TEX 137
3. Escobar • KCR 135
Suzuki • 2TM 135
5. Revere • MIN 131
Young • TEX 131
7. Butler • KCR 130
8. Mauer • MIN 129
9. Hunter • LAA 126
10. Beltré • TEX 123

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Trout • LAA 168
2. Cabrera • DET 164
3. Encarnación • TOR 153
4. Fielder • DET 151
5. Canó • NYY 148
6. Willingham • MIN 143
7. Hamilton • TEX 141
8. Mauer • MIN 140
9. Beltré • TEX 139
10. Céspedes • OAK 139

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 139
2. Trout • LAA 138
3. Fielder • DET 128
4. Canó • NYY 125
5. Encarnación • TOR 123
6. Beltré • TEX 122
7. Hamilton • TEX 115
8. Butler • KCR 113
9. Gordon • KCR 108
10. Jones • BAL 106

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 57
2. Trout • LAA 54
3. Fielder • DET 47
4. Canó • NYY 42
5. Encarnación • TOR 42
6. Ortiz • BOS 36
7. Mauer • MIN 35
8. Willingham • MIN 34
9. Zobrist • TBR 33
10. Pujols • LAA 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 5.5
2. Trout • LAA 5.2
3. Fielder • DET 4.5
4. Canó • NYY 4.1
5. Encarnación • TOR 4.1
6. Ortiz • BOS 3.5
7. Mauer • MIN 3.4
8. Willingham • MIN 3.3
9. Zobrist • TBR 3.2
10. Pujols • LAA 3.2

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Cabrera • DET 84
2. Canó • NYY 82
3. Pujols • LAA 80
4. Hamilton • TEX 76
5. Jones • BAL 74
6. Beltré • TEX 71
7. Ríos • CHW 70
Gordon • KCR 70
9. Cruz • TEX 69
10. Willingham • MIN 66
Reddick • OAK 66
Zobrist • TBR 66
Kinsler • TEX 66
Encarnación • TOR 66

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. Fielder • DET 284
2. Cabrera • DET 274
3. Mauer • MIN 266
Jeter • NYY 266
5. Gordon • KCR 265
6. Canó • NYY 264
7. Choo • CLE 256
8. Trout • LAA 255
9. Butler • KCR 253
10. Zobrist • TBR 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. Trout • LAA .786
2. Cabrera • DET .745
3. Encarnación • TOR .740
4. Fielder • DET .738
5. Beltré • TEX .719
6. Canó • NYY .703
7. Hamilton • TEX .699
8. Murphy • TEX .674
9. Butler • KCR .671
10. Mauer • MIN .669

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Fielder • DET 17
Youkilis • 2TM 17
3. Choo • CLE 14
Willingham • MIN 14
5. Jones • BAL 13
Peña • TBR 13
7. Encarnación • TOR 11
8. Rodriguez • NYY 10
Gentry • TEX 10
Kinsler • TEX 10

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Andrus • TEX 17
2. Wilson • LAA 13
3. Nix • NYY 9
Weeks • OAK 9
5. Podsednik • BOS 8
Beckham • CHW 8
Escobar • KCR 8
Getz • KCR 8
Ryan • SEA 8
Rodríguez • TBR 8

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Teixeira • NYY 12
2. Morneau • MIN 10
3. Beltré • TEX 9
Hamilton • TEX 9
5. Santana • CLE 8
Doumit • MIN 8
Upton • TBR 8
8. González • BOS 7
Fielder • DET 7
Young • DET 7
Trout • LAA 7
Granderson • NYY 7
Montero • SEA 7
Encarnación • TOR 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Fielder • DET 18
2. Cabrera • DET 17
3. Pujols • LAA 16
4. Ortiz • BOS 13
Hamilton • TEX 13
6. Brantley • CLE 12
Encarnación • TOR 12
8. Mauer • MIN 10
Canó • NYY 10
10. Butler • KCR 9
Francoeur • KCR 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. Cabrera • DET 28
2. Kendrick • LAA 26
Young • TEX 26
4. Jeter • NYY 24
5. Mauer • MIN 23
6. Canó • NYY 22
7. Hardy • BAL 21
Santana • CLE 21
Escobar • TOR 21
10. Peralta • DET 20
Young • DET 20
Butler • KCR 20

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Davis • TOR 13
2. De Aza • CHW 12
3. Andrus • TEX 10
4. Brantley • CLE 9
Jackson • DET 9
Revere • MIN 9
Zobrist • TBR 9
Kinsler • TEX 9
9. Lawrie • TOR 8
10. Jones • BAL 7
Ramírez • CHW 7
Choo • CLE 7
Kipnis • CLE 7
Francoeur • KCR 7
Gentry • TEX 7
Suzuki • 2TM 7

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Berry • DET 100.00
2. Casilla • MIN 95.46
3. Hosmer • KCR 94.12
4. Jennings • TBR 93.94
5. Trout • LAA 90.74
6. Crisp • OAK 90.70
7. Izturis • LAA 89.47
8. Mastroianni • MIN 87.50
Johnson • TOR 87.50
Escobar • KCR 87.50

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. Trout • LAA 37.2
2. Upton • TBR 29.4
3. Ríos • CHW 24.0
4. Jones • BAL 21.3
5. Saunders • SEA 20.0
Kinsler • TEX 20.0
7. Encarnación • TOR 19.9
8. Kipnis • CLE 19.3
9. Céspedes • OAK 18.9
10. Jennings • TBR 18.3

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. Suzuki • 2TM 10.3
2. Brantley • CLE 9.9
3. Revere • MIN 9.5
4. Pedroia • BOS 9.4
5. Kotchman • CLE 9.4 **
6. Young • TEX 8.7
7. Aybar • LAA 8.5
8. Span • MIN 8.3
9. Pujols • LAA 8.0
10. Escobar • TOR 8.0

AB per HR

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

1. Encarnación • TOR 12.9
2. Hamilton • TEX 13.1
3. Dunn • CHW 13.1
4. Granderson • NYY 13.9
5. Cabrera • DET 14.1
6. Willingham • MIN 14.8
7. Davis • BAL 15.6
8. Bautista • TOR 12.3 **
9. Beltré • TEX 16.8
10. Trumbo • LAA 17.0

Outs Made

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

1. Hardy • BAL 535
2. Kinsler • TEX 516
3. Jeter • NYY 502
4. Andrus • TEX 494
5. Jones • BAL 486
6. Reddick • OAK 484
7. Suzuki • 2TM 480
8. Ackley • SEA 478
9. Young • TEX 476
10. Gordon • KCR 475

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. Encarnación • TOR 57.12
2. Trout • LAA 53.41
3. Fielder • DET 50.28
4. Mauer • MIN 47.62
5. Cabrera • DET 46.77
6. Hamilton • TEX 45.86
7. Willingham • MIN 39.01
8. Céspedes • OAK 32.02
9. Ortiz • BOS 31.21
10. Canó • NYY 29.75

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>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Trout • LAA 5.3
2. Willingham • MIN 5.1
3. Fielder • DET 4.9
4. Encarnación • TOR 4.8
5. Cabrera • DET 4.8
6. Mauer • MIN 4.1
7. Céspedes • OAK 3.8
8. Hunter • LAA 3.5
9. Jaso • SEA 3.4
10. Jones • BAL 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. Cabrera • DET 5.9
2. Trout • LAA 5.8
3. Encarnación • TOR 4.8
4. Hamilton • TEX 4.4
5. Fielder • DET 4.4
6. Canó • NYY 3.7
7. Willingham • MIN 3.4
8. Butler • KCR 3.3
9. Beltré • TEX 3.2
10. Céspedes • OAK 3.0

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Fielder • DET 4.5
2. Cabrera • DET 4.4
3. Céspedes • OAK 4.2
4. Trout • LAA 3.6
5. Moss • OAK 3.2
6. Canó • NYY 3.0
7. Beltré • TEX 2.7
8. Jackson • DET 2.7
9. Crisp • OAK 2.5
10. Jones • BAL 2.4

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. Encarnación • TOR 5.5
2. Trout • LAA 5.3
3. Fielder • DET 4.8
4. Mauer • MIN 4.7
5. Cabrera • DET 4.4
6. Hamilton • TEX 4.3
7. Willingham • MIN 3.8
8. Céspedes • OAK 3.2
9. Ortiz • BOS 3.0
10. Canó • NYY 2.9

rOBA

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

1. Trout • LAA .430
2. Cabrera • DET .422
3. Encarnación • TOR .405
4. Fielder • DET .404
5. Canó • NYY .401
6. Beltré • TEX .395
7. Hamilton • TEX .385
8. Willingham • MIN .384
9. Mauer • MIN .380
10. Céspedes • OAK .379

Rbat+

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

1. Trout • LAA 174
2. Cabrera • DET 168
3. Encarnación • TOR 156
4. Fielder • DET 155
5. Canó • NYY 153
6. Willingham • MIN 146
7. Beltré • TEX 144
8. Mauer • MIN 144
9. Céspedes • OAK 143
10. Zobrist • TBR 140

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