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 10.4
2. Betts • BOS 9.8
3. Altuve • HOU 7.8
4. Machado • BAL 7.4
5. Verlander • DET 7.4
6. Canó • SEA 7.3
7. Donaldson • TOR 7.3
8. Correa • HOU 7.0
9. Beltré • TEX 6.9
10. Seager • SEA 6.8

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 10.4
2. Betts • BOS 9.8
3. Altuve • HOU 7.8
4. Machado • BAL 7.4
5. Canó • SEA 7.3
6. Donaldson • TOR 7.3
7. Correa • HOU 7.0
8. Beltré • TEX 6.9
9. Seager • SEA 6.8
10. Eaton • CHW 6.7

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 9.9
2. Altuve • HOU 7.9
3. Donaldson • TOR 7.3
4. Correa • HOU 6.4
5. Betts • BOS 6.4
6. Canó • SEA 6.2
7. Dozier • MIN 6.0
8. Cabrera • DET 5.4
9. Seager • SEA 5.3
10. Machado • BAL 5.2

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. Betts • BOS 2.9
2. Simmons • LAA 2.9
3. Kiermaier • TBR 2.8
4. Machado • BAL 2.8
5. Pillar • TOR 2.7
6. Eaton • CHW 2.4
7. Beltré • TEX 2.2
8. Perez • KCR 2.1
9. Rasmus • HOU 2.1
10. Lindor • CLE 2.0

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. Altuve • HOU .338
2. Betts • BOS .318
3. Pedroia • BOS .318
4. Cabrera • DET .316
5. Trout • LAA .315
6. Ortiz • BOS .315
7. Ramírez • CLE .312
8. Martinez • DET .307
9. Escobar • LAA .304
10. Andrus • TEX .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. Trout • LAA .441
2. Donaldson • TOR .404
3. Ortiz • BOS .401
4. Altuve • HOU .396
5. Cabrera • DET .393
6. Pedroia • BOS .376
7. Martinez • DET .373
8. Santana • CLE .366
9. Bautista • TOR .366
10. Ramírez • CLE .363

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. Ortiz • BOS .620
2. Cabrera • DET .563
3. Cruz • SEA .555
4. Trout • LAA .550
5. Donaldson • TOR .549
6. Dozier • MIN .546
7. Martinez • DET .535
8. Betts • BOS .534
9. Trumbo • BAL .533
10. Canó • SEA .533

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. Ortiz • BOS 1.021
2. Trout • LAA .991
3. Cabrera • DET .956
4. Donaldson • TOR .953
5. Altuve • HOU .928
6. Cruz • SEA .915
7. Martinez • DET .908
8. Betts • BOS .897
9. Dozier • MIN .886
10. Encarnación • TOR .886

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Schoop • BAL 162
Springer • HOU 162
Escobar • KCR 162
4. Altuve • HOU 161
Canó • SEA 161
6. Longoria • TBR 160
Encarnación • TOR 160
8. Trumbo • BAL 159
Abreu • CHW 159
Trout • LAA 159
Semien • OAK 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Betts • BOS 672
2. Canó • SEA 655
3. Bogaerts • BOS 652
4. Springer • HOU 644
5. Machado • BAL 640
Altuve • HOU 640
7. Escobar • KCR 637
8. Pedroia • BOS 633
Longoria • TBR 633
10. Desmond • TEX 625

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. Springer • HOU 744
2. Betts • BOS 730
3. Bogaerts • BOS 719
4. Altuve • HOU 717
5. Canó • SEA 715
6. Eaton • CHW 706
7. Encarnación • TOR 702
8. Donaldson • TOR 700
9. Pedroia • BOS 698
10. Machado • BAL 696

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Trout • LAA 123
2. Betts • BOS 122
Donaldson • TOR 122
4. Kinsler • DET 117
5. Springer • HOU 116
6. Bogaerts • BOS 115
7. Altuve • HOU 108
8. Canó • SEA 107
Desmond • TEX 107
10. Machado • BAL 105
Pedroia • BOS 105

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Altuve • HOU 216
2. Betts • BOS 214
3. Pedroia • BOS 201
4. Canó • SEA 195
5. Bogaerts • BOS 192
6. Machado • BAL 188
Cabrera • DET 188
8. Abreu • CHW 183
9. Lindor • CLE 182
10. Kinsler • DET 178
Desmond • TEX 178

Total Bases

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

1. Betts • BOS 359
2. Canó • SEA 349
3. Machado • BAL 341
4. Altuve • HOU 340
5. Dozier • MIN 336
6. Cabrera • DET 335
7. Ortiz • BOS 333
8. Longoria • TBR 330
9. Trumbo • BAL 327
Cruz • SEA 327

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Ortiz • BOS 48
2. Ramírez • CLE 46
3. Betts • BOS 42
Cabrera • CHW 42
Altuve • HOU 42
6. Kipnis • CLE 41
Longoria • TBR 41
8. Machado • BAL 40
9. Schoop • BAL 38
10. Pedroia • BOS 36
Correa • HOU 36
Seager • SEA 36
Dickerson • TBR 36

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Eaton • CHW 9
2. Dyson • KCR 8
3. Bradley • BOS 7
Andrus • TEX 7
5. Anderson • CHW 6
Escobar • KCR 6
Buxton • MIN 6
Gardner • NYY 6
Miller • TBR 6
10. Betts • BOS 5
Cabrera • CHW 5
Chisenhall • CLE 5
Naquin • CLE 5
Maybin • DET 5
Altuve • HOU 5
Springer • HOU 5
Calhoun • LAA 5
Trout • LAA 5
Dozier • MIN 5
Ellsbury • NYY 5
Beckham • TBR 5
Donaldson • TOR 5

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Trumbo • BAL 47
2. Cruz • SEA 43
3. Dozier • MIN 42
Davis • OAK 42
Encarnación • TOR 42
6. Frazier • CHW 40
7. Canó • SEA 39
8. Davis • BAL 38
Ortiz • BOS 38
Cabrera • DET 38

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Ortiz • BOS 127
Encarnación • TOR 127
3. Pujols • LAA 119
4. Betts • BOS 113
5. Ramírez • BOS 111
6. Trumbo • BAL 108
Cabrera • DET 108
8. Cruz • SEA 105
9. Hosmer • KCR 104
Beltré • TEX 104

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Trout • LAA 116
2. Donaldson • TOR 109
3. Santana • CLE 99
4. Davis • BAL 88
Springer • HOU 88
6. Bautista • TOR 87
Encarnación • TOR 87
8. Ortiz • BOS 80
9. Mauer • MIN 79
10. Napoli • CLE 78

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Davis • BAL 219
2. Napoli • CLE 194
3. Upton • DET 179
4. Springer • HOU 178
Sanó • MIN 178
6. Trumbo • BAL 170
7. Davis • OAK 166
8. Frazier • CHW 163
9. Desmond • TEX 160
10. Cruz • SEA 159
Souza • TBR 159

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Davis • CLE 43
2. Altuve • HOU 30
Dyson • KCR 30
Trout • LAA 30
5. Núñez • MIN 27
6. Betts • BOS 26
7. Martín • SEA 24
Andrus • TEX 24
9. Ramírez • CLE 22
10. Kiermaier • TBR 21
Desmond • TEX 21

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Pedroia • BOS 149
2. Altuve • HOU 145
3. Betts • BOS 136
Bogaerts • BOS 136
5. Lindor • CLE 134
6. Escobar • KCR 129
7. Abreu • CHW 125
8. Eaton • CHW 124
Desmond • TEX 124
10. Escobar • LAA 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 173
2. Ortiz • BOS 164
3. Altuve • HOU 155
4. Cabrera • DET 155
5. Donaldson • TOR 153
6. Cruz • SEA 147
7. Martinez • DET 142
8. Canó • SEA 138
9. Dozier • MIN 134
10. Encarnación • TOR 134

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. Trout • LAA 148
2. Altuve • HOU 135
3. Betts • BOS 133
Donaldson • TOR 133
5. Ortiz • BOS 130
6. Cabrera • DET 126
7. Canó • SEA 118
Cruz • SEA 118
9. Dozier • MIN 116
10. Machado • BAL 113
Encarnación • TOR 113

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. Trout • LAA 64
2. Ortiz • BOS 53
3. Altuve • HOU 51
4. Cabrera • DET 48
5. Donaldson • TOR 48
6. Cruz • SEA 39
7. Canó • SEA 34
8. Betts • BOS 31
9. Encarnación • TOR 31
10. Seager • SEA 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. Trout • LAA 6.1
2. Ortiz • BOS 5.1
3. Altuve • HOU 4.9
4. Cabrera • DET 4.6
5. Donaldson • TOR 4.6
6. Cruz • SEA 3.8
7. Canó • SEA 3.3
8. Betts • BOS 3.0
9. Encarnación • TOR 3.0
10. Dozier • MIN 2.8
Seager • SEA 2.8

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Ortiz • BOS 87
2. Dozier • MIN 82
3. Longoria • TBR 81
4. Machado • BAL 78
Betts • BOS 78
6. Encarnación • TOR 76
7. Trumbo • BAL 75
8. Canó • SEA 74
Donaldson • TOR 74
10. Altuve • HOU 71
Cruz • SEA 71

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. Trout • LAA 300
2. Altuve • HOU 283
3. Donaldson • TOR 282
4. Cabrera • DET 267
Springer • HOU 267
6. Betts • BOS 265
7. Pedroia • BOS 262
8. Bogaerts • BOS 256
9. Eaton • CHW 253
10. Santana • CLE 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. Trout • LAA .800
2. Ortiz • BOS .756
3. Donaldson • TOR .732
4. Altuve • HOU .718
5. Cabrera • DET .710
6. Betts • BOS .695
7. Cruz • SEA .681
8. Martinez • DET .679
9. Beltré • TEX .668
10. Dozier • MIN .648

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Guyer • 2TM 31
2. Abreu • CHW 15
3. Eaton • CHW 14
4. Kinsler • DET 13
5. Springer • HOU 11
Trout • LAA 11
7. Bradley • BOS 10
Martin • TOR 10
9. Aoki • SEA 9
Cruz • SEA 9
Donaldson • TOR 9

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Escobar • KCR 10
2. Dyson • KCR 8
Pérez • LAA 8
4. Eaton • CHW 7
Iglesias • DET 7
Carrera • TOR 7
Wilson • 3TM 7
8. Anderson • CHW 6
González • HOU 6
Mondesí • KCR 6

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Lindor • CLE 15
2. Abreu • CHW 9
3. Jones • BAL 8
Encarnación • TOR 8
5. Betts • BOS 7
Ortiz • BOS 7
Frazier • CHW 7
Kipnis • CLE 7
Altuve • HOU 7
Cruz • SEA 7
Martín • SEA 7
Longoria • TBR 7
Andrus • TEX 7
Mazara • TEX 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Ortiz • BOS 15
Cabrera • DET 15
3. Trout • LAA 12
4. Altuve • HOU 11
5. Mauer • MIN 10
Seager • SEA 10
7. Machado • BAL 9
8. Martínez • DET 8
Canó • SEA 8
10. Abreu • CHW 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. Cabrera • DET 26
2. Pedroia • BOS 24
Pujols • LAA 24
4. Ortiz • BOS 22
Encarnación • TOR 22
6. Abreu • CHW 21
Kipnis • CLE 21
Escobar • LAA 21
Bautista • TOR 21
10. Morales • KCR 20

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Altuve • HOU 10
Springer • HOU 10
3. Santana • MIN 9
Aoki • SEA 9
5. Ellsbury • NYY 8
Andrus • TEX 8
7. Ramírez • CLE 7
Dyson • KCR 7
Trout • LAA 7
Odor • TEX 7

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Dozier • MIN 90.00
2. Davis • CLE 87.76
3. Kiermaier • TBR 87.50
4. Betts • BOS 86.67
5. Kipnis • CLE 83.33
6. Orlando • KCR 82.35
7. Núñez • MIN 81.82
8. Correa • HOU 81.25
9. Trout • LAA 81.08
Dyson • KCR 81.08

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 29.5
2. Betts • BOS 28.3
3. Altuve • HOU 26.7
4. Dozier • MIN 25.2
5. Frazier • CHW 21.8
6. Desmond • TEX 21.5
7. Odor • TEX 19.7
8. Davis • CLE 18.8
9. Kinsler • DET 18.7
10. Martín • SEA 18.5

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. Iglesias • DET 9.3
2. Altuve • HOU 9.1
3. Ramírez • CLE 9.1
4. Beltré • TEX 8.8
5. Pedroia • BOS 8.7
6. Cabrera • CHW 8.6
7. Betts • BOS 8.4
8. Pujols • LAA 7.9
9. Simmons • LAA 11.8 **
10. Escobar • LAA 7.7

AB per HR

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

1. Trumbo • BAL 13.0
2. Davis • OAK 13.2
3. Cruz • SEA 13.7
4. Gattis • HOU 14.0 **
5. Ortiz • BOS 14.1
6. Encarnación • TOR 14.3
7. Dozier • MIN 14.6
8. Frazier • CHW 14.8
9. Davis • BAL 14.9
10. Donaldson • TOR 15.6

Outs Made

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

1. Escobar • KCR 506
2. Springer • HOU 499
3. Canó • SEA 484
4. Longoria • TBR 483
5. Betts • BOS 481
Bogaerts • BOS 481
Frazier • CHW 481
8. Kipnis • CLE 478
9. Jones • BAL 477
10. Machado • BAL 474

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. Trout • LAA 72.88
2. Ortiz • BOS 58.77
3. Donaldson • TOR 48.36
4. Altuve • HOU 38.47
5. Betts • BOS 38.37
6. Cabrera • DET 35.40
7. Correa • HOU 32.86
8. Encarnación • TOR 32.69
9. Ramírez • BOS 30.50
10. Cruz • SEA 30.49

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. Trout • LAA 6.4
2. Donaldson • TOR 4.4
3. Ortiz • BOS 4.3
4. Beltré • TEX 4.0
5. Correa • HOU 3.4
6. Ramírez • CLE 3.2
7. Betts • BOS 3.2
8. Cabrera • DET 3.1
9. Canó • SEA 3.0
10. Pedroia • BOS 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. Trout • LAA 6.5
2. Donaldson • TOR 4.9
3. Ortiz • BOS 4.8
4. Cabrera • DET 4.8
5. Cruz • SEA 4.5
6. Betts • BOS 3.6
7. Encarnación • TOR 3.5
8. Canó • SEA 3.4
9. Altuve • HOU 3.3
10. Dozier • MIN 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. Ramírez • BOS 3.9
2. Ortiz • BOS 3.5
3. Betts • BOS 3.3
4. Donaldson • TOR 3.1
5. Pedroia • BOS 2.3
6. Desmond • TEX 2.1
7. Canó • SEA 2.0
8. Cabrera • DET 2.0
9. Ramírez • CLE 2.0
10. Beltré • TEX 1.9

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. Trout • LAA 7.1
2. Ortiz • BOS 5.4
3. Donaldson • TOR 4.6
4. Altuve • HOU 3.8
5. Betts • BOS 3.6
6. Cabrera • DET 3.4
7. Correa • HOU 3.3
8. Encarnación • TOR 3.1
9. Cruz • SEA 3.0
10. Springer • HOU 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 .435
2. Ortiz • BOS .423
3. Donaldson • TOR .409
4. Cabrera • DET .402
5. Altuve • HOU .400
6. Cruz • SEA .392
7. Betts • BOS .392
8. Martinez • DET .390
9. Beltré • TEX .380
10. Dozier • MIN .380

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 182
2. Ortiz • BOS 166
3. Altuve • HOU 159
4. Donaldson • TOR 158
5. Cabrera • DET 156
6. Cruz • SEA 152
7. Martinez • DET 148
8. Canó • SEA 138
9. Correa • HOU 138
10. Betts • BOS 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