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. Bregman • HOU 9.0
2. Semien • OAK 8.4
3. Trout • LAA 7.9
4. Minor • TEX 7.8
5. Lynn • TEX 7.7
6. Verlander • HOU 7.3
7. Chapman • OAK 7.3
8. Betts • BOS 7.2
9. Cole • HOU 6.5
10. Springer • HOU 6.5

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. Bregman • HOU 9.0
2. Semien • OAK 8.4
3. Trout • LAA 7.9
4. Chapman • OAK 7.3
5. Betts • BOS 7.2
6. Springer • HOU 6.5
7. Bogaerts • BOS 6.3
8. Judge • NYY 5.6
LeMahieu • NYY 5.6
10. Devers • BOS 5.4

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 8.1
2. Bregman • HOU 7.8
3. Semien • OAK 7.6
4. Bogaerts • BOS 7.0
5. Devers • BOS 5.7
6. Polanco • MIN 5.5
7. LeMahieu • NYY 5.2
8. Betts • BOS 5.2
9. Springer • HOU 5.1
10. Moncada • CHW 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. Pérez • CLE 2.8
2. Chapman • OAK 2.7
3. Adames • TBR 1.8
Chirinos • HOU 1.8
5. Judge • NYY 1.7
6. Bregman • HOU 1.7
7. Lindor • CLE 1.7
Semien • OAK 1.7
9. Tauchman • NYY 1.7
10. Fletcher • LAA 1.6

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. Anderson • CHW .335
2. LeMahieu • NYY .327
3. Moncada • CHW .315
4. Brantley • HOU .311
5. Devers • BOS .311
6. Cruz • MIN .311
7. Bogaerts • BOS .309
8. Alberto • BAL .305
9. Martinez • BOS .304
10. Merrifield • KCR .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 .438
2. Bregman • HOU .423
3. Santana • CLE .397
4. Canha • OAK .396 **
5. Cruz • MIN .392
6. Betts • BOS .391
7. Bogaerts • BOS .384
8. Springer • HOU .383
9. Martinez • BOS .383
10. Voit • NYY .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. Trout • LAA .645
2. Cruz • MIN .639
3. Bregman • HOU .592
4. Springer • HOU .591
5. Soler • KCR .569
6. Meadows • TBR .558
7. Martinez • BOS .557
8. Bogaerts • BOS .555
9. Devers • BOS .555
10. Altuve • HOU .550

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. Trout • LAA 1.083
2. Cruz • MIN 1.031
3. Bregman • HOU 1.015
4. Springer • HOU .974
5. Bogaerts • BOS .939
6. Martinez • BOS .939
7. Soler • KCR .922
8. Meadows • TBR .922
9. Devers • BOS .916
10. Moncada • CHW .915

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Villar • BAL 162
Merrifield • KCR 162
Soler • KCR 162
Semien • OAK 162
5. Abreu • CHW 159
6. Santana • CLE 158
7. Devers • BOS 156
Bregman • HOU 156
Chapman • OAK 156
10. Bogaerts • BOS 155

At Bats

At Bats

1. Merrifield • KCR 681
2. Semien • OAK 657
3. Devers • BOS 647
4. Villar • BAL 642
5. Abreu • CHW 634
6. Polanco • MIN 631
7. Bogaerts • BOS 614
8. Mancini • BAL 602
LeMahieu • NYY 602
10. Andrus • TEX 600

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. Semien • OAK 747
2. Merrifield • KCR 735
3. Villar • BAL 714
4. Betts • BOS 706
5. Polanco • MIN 704
6. Devers • BOS 702
7. Bogaerts • BOS 698
8. Abreu • CHW 693
9. Bregman • HOU 690
10. Santana • CLE 686

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Betts • BOS 135
2. Devers • BOS 129
3. Semien • OAK 123
4. Bregman • HOU 122
5. Villar • BAL 111
6. Bogaerts • BOS 110
Santana • CLE 110
Trout • LAA 110
9. LeMahieu • NYY 109
10. Polanco • MIN 107

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Merrifield • KCR 206
2. Devers • BOS 201
3. LeMahieu • NYY 197
4. Bogaerts • BOS 190
5. Semien • OAK 187
6. Polanco • MIN 186
7. Abreu • CHW 180
8. Brantley • HOU 179
9. Villar • BAL 176
Betts • BOS 176

Total Bases

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

1. Devers • BOS 359
2. Semien • OAK 343
3. Bogaerts • BOS 341
4. Soler • KCR 335
5. Bregman • HOU 328
6. Mancini • BAL 322
7. Martinez • BOS 320
8. Abreu • CHW 319
9. Merrifield • KCR 315
10. Betts • BOS 313

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Devers • BOS 54
2. Bogaerts • BOS 52
3. Semien • OAK 43
4. Merrifield • KCR 41
5. Benintendi • BOS 40
Betts • BOS 40
Lindor • CLE 40
Brantley • HOU 40
Gurriel • HOU 40
Polanco • MIN 40

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Dozier • KCR 10
Merrifield • KCR 10
Mondesí • KCR 10
4. Smith • SEA 9
5. Polanco • MIN 7
Gardner • NYY 7
Semien • OAK 7
Kiermaier • TBR 7
Meadows • TBR 7
10. Strange-Gordon • SEA 6
Santana • TEX 6

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Soler • KCR 48
2. Trout • LAA 45
3. Bregman • HOU 41
Cruz • MIN 41
5. Springer • HOU 39
6. Torres • NYY 38
7. Martinez • BOS 36
Kepler • MIN 36
Chapman • OAK 36
Olson • OAK 36

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Abreu • CHW 123
2. Bogaerts • BOS 117
Soler • KCR 117
4. Devers • BOS 115
5. Bregman • HOU 112
6. Rosario • MIN 109
7. Cruz • MIN 108
8. Martinez • BOS 105
9. Gurriel • HOU 104
Trout • LAA 104

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bregman • HOU 119
2. Trout • LAA 110
3. Santana • CLE 108
4. Betts • BOS 97
5. Vogelbach • SEA 92
6. Semien • OAK 87
7. Pham • TBR 81
8. Smoak • TOR 79
9. Choo • TEX 78
10. Bogaerts • BOS 76

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Soler • KCR 178
Odor • TEX 178
3. Villar • BAL 176
4. Choo • TEX 165
5. Santana • SEA 164
6. Grichuk • TOR 163
7. Calhoun • LAA 162
8. Sanó • MIN 159
9. Bradley • BOS 155
10. Moncada • CHW 154

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Smith • SEA 46
2. Mondesí • KCR 43
3. Villar • BAL 40
4. Andrus • TEX 31
5. Pham • TBR 25
6. Ramírez • CLE 24
DeShields • TEX 24
8. Lindor • CLE 22
Strange-Gordon • SEA 22
10. Santana • TEX 21

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Merrifield • KCR 139
2. LeMahieu • NYY 136
3. Fletcher • LAA 133
4. Alberto • BAL 125
5. García • CHW 123
6. Andrus • TEX 122
7. Anderson • CHW 117
Polanco • MIN 117
9. Brantley • HOU 115
10. Villar • BAL 114

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 182
2. Cruz • MIN 168
3. Bregman • HOU 162
4. Springer • HOU 150
5. Meadows • TBR 144
6. Moncada • CHW 140
7. Semien • OAK 139
8. Bogaerts • BOS 139
9. Martinez • BOS 139
10. Olson • 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. Bregman • HOU 150
2. Trout • LAA 145
3. Bogaerts • BOS 134
4. Betts • BOS 130
5. Semien • OAK 128
6. Devers • BOS 127
7. Santana • CLE 122
8. Martinez • BOS 121
9. Soler • KCR 118
10. LeMahieu • NYY 115

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 63
2. Bregman • HOU 57
3. Cruz • MIN 45
4. Semien • OAK 39
5. Bogaerts • BOS 38
6. Springer • HOU 35
7. Alvarez • HOU 35
8. Martinez • BOS 34
9. Betts • BOS 34
10. Santana • CLE 34

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 5.8
2. Bregman • HOU 5.3
3. Cruz • MIN 4.2
4. Semien • OAK 3.6
5. Bogaerts • BOS 3.5
6. Springer • HOU 3.3
7. Alvarez • HOU 3.3
8. Martinez • BOS 3.2
9. Betts • BOS 3.2
10. Santana • CLE 3.1

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Devers • BOS 90
2. Bogaerts • BOS 85
3. Semien • OAK 83
4. Soler • KCR 82
5. Bregman • HOU 80
6. Mancini • BAL 75
Chapman • OAK 75
8. Betts • BOS 74
Lindor • CLE 74
Trout • LAA 74

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. Bregman • HOU 292
2. Betts • BOS 276
Semien • OAK 276
4. Santana • CLE 272
5. Bogaerts • BOS 268
6. Trout • LAA 263
7. Merrifield • KCR 256
8. Devers • BOS 253
9. Martinez • BOS 251
10. Polanco • MIN 250

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 .815
2. Bregman • HOU .774
3. Cruz • MIN .744
4. Springer • HOU .713
5. Bogaerts • BOS .706
6. Moncada • CHW .702
7. Betts • BOS .694
8. Santana • CLE .684
9. Martinez • BOS .684
10. Meadows • TBR .683

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Gordon • KCR 19
2. Canha • OAK 18
Choo • TEX 18
4. Trout • LAA 16
5. Abreu • CHW 13
Chirinos • HOU 13
7. Bradley • BOS 12
Olson • OAK 12
9. Chapman • OAK 11
Laureano • OAK 11
Smith • SEA 11

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. García • CHW 11
2. DeShields • TEX 8
3. Sanchez • CHW 7
Mercado • CLE 7
Pérez • CLE 7
6. Cordell • CHW 6
Freeman • CLE 6
8. Martin • BAL 5
Jay • CHW 5
Kipnis • CLE 5

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Abreu • CHW 10
Andrus • TEX 10
3. Betts • BOS 9
Reddick • HOU 9
5. Bregman • HOU 8
Pujols • LAA 8
Laureano • OAK 8
8. Polanco • MIN 7
Choi • TBR 7
10. Bogaerts • BOS 6
Kipnis • CLE 6
Lindor • CLE 6
Ramírez • CLE 6
Stewart • DET 6
Díaz • HOU 6
Gurriel • HOU 6
Gordon • KCR 6
Mondesí • KCR 6
Rosario • MIN 6
Torres • NYY 6
Strange-Gordon • SEA 6
d'Arnaud • TBR 6
Mazara • TEX 6

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Trout • LAA 14
2. Santana • CLE 12
3. Martinez • BOS 9
Lindor • CLE 9
5. Cruz • MIN 8
6. Devers • BOS 7
Calhoun • LAA 7
Olson • OAK 7
9. Betts • BOS 6
Meadows • TBR 6

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. Abreu • CHW 24
2. Mancini • BAL 22
Pham • TBR 22
4. Brantley • HOU 21
Pujols • LAA 21
Simmons • LAA 21
7. Grichuk • TOR 20
8. Martinez • BOS 19
Altuve • HOU 19
10. Cabrera • DET 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Merrifield • KCR 10
2. Villar • BAL 9
Moore • SEA 9
Smith • SEA 9
Odor • TEX 9
6. Devers • BOS 8
Semien • OAK 8
Andrus • TEX 8
9. Mondesí • KCR 7
Meadows • TBR 7

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Choo • TEX 93.75
2. Pham • TBR 86.21
3. Mondesí • KCR 86.00
4. Ramírez • CLE 85.71
5. Betts • BOS 84.21
6. Smith • SEA 83.64
7. Buxton • MIN 82.35
8. Villar • BAL 81.63
9. Lindor • CLE 81.48
Strange-Gordon • SEA 81.48

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. Villar • BAL 30.0
2. Lindor • CLE 26.1
3. Santana • TEX 24.0
4. Ramírez • CLE 23.5
5. Pham • TBR 22.8
6. Betts • BOS 20.6
7. Choo • TEX 18.5
8. Merrifield • KCR 17.8
9. Trout • LAA 17.7
10. Meadows • TBR 17.6

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. Alberto • BAL 10.5
2. Fletcher • LAA 9.3
3. Brantley • HOU 8.7
4. Gurriel • HOU 8.7
5. Reddick • HOU 7.6
6. Pujols • LAA 7.2
7. LeMahieu • NYY 6.7
8. Bregman • HOU 6.7
9. Rosario • MIN 6.5
10. Ramírez • CLE 6.5

AB per HR

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

1. Trout • LAA 10.4
2. Cruz • MIN 11.1
3. Soler • KCR 12.3
4. Springer • HOU 12.3
5. Encarnación • 2TM 12.3 **
6. Sanó • MIN 11.2 **
7. Sánchez • NYY 11.6 **
8. Olson • OAK 13.4
9. Bregman • HOU 13.5
10. Torres • NYY 14.4

Outs Made

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

1. Merrifield • KCR 497
2. Abreu • CHW 490
Semien • OAK 490
4. Villar • BAL 489
5. Grichuk • TOR 473
6. Andrus • TEX 469
7. Polanco • MIN 468
8. Devers • BOS 465
9. Mancini • BAL 454
Soler • KCR 454
Chapman • OAK 454

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 66.48
2. Bregman • HOU 51.33
3. Devers • BOS 49.02
4. Cruz • MIN 48.18
5. LeMahieu • NYY 47.88
6. Semien • OAK 43.90
7. Betts • BOS 43.85
8. Bogaerts • BOS 42.45
9. Soler • KCR 35.05
10. Alvarez • HOU 34.29

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 5.1
2. Olson • OAK 4.7
3. Bogaerts • BOS 4.4
4. Bregman • HOU 4.0
5. Betts • BOS 4.0
6. Chapman • OAK 3.6
7. Cruz • MIN 3.5
8. Santana • CLE 3.4
9. Choo • TEX 3.0
10. LeMahieu • NYY 3.0

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 6.3
2. Bregman • HOU 5.7
3. Cruz • MIN 4.3
4. Meadows • TBR 3.9
5. Santana • CLE 3.5
6. Semien • OAK 3.5
7. Mancini • BAL 3.5
8. Martinez • BOS 3.4
9. Bogaerts • BOS 3.3
10. Alvarez • HOU 3.3

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. Olson • OAK 3.4
2. Chapman • OAK 2.7
3. Santana • CLE 2.4
4. LeMahieu • NYY 2.2
5. Bogaerts • BOS 2.0
6. Meadows • TBR 2.0
7. Cruz • MIN 1.9
8. Trout • LAA 1.8
9. Laureano • OAK 1.8
10. Betts • BOS 1.8

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 6.1
2. Bregman • HOU 4.7
3. LeMahieu • NYY 4.5
4. Cruz • MIN 4.5
5. Devers • BOS 4.4
6. Semien • OAK 4.2
7. Betts • BOS 4.0
8. Bogaerts • BOS 3.8
9. Soler • KCR 3.2
10. Alvarez • HOU 3.1

rOBA

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

1. Trout • LAA .444
2. Bregman • HOU .421
3. Cruz • MIN .418
4. Springer • HOU .407
5. Bogaerts • BOS .400
6. Martinez • BOS .393
7. Betts • BOS .390
8. Soler • KCR .388
9. Moncada • CHW .386
10. Santana • CLE .386

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 181
2. Cruz • MIN 166
3. Bregman • HOU 162
4. Springer • HOU 152
5. Semien • OAK 147
6. Bogaerts • BOS 145
7. Moncada • CHW 142
8. Meadows • TBR 141
9. Martinez • BOS 140
10. LeMahieu • NYY 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