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. Judge • NYY 10.8
2. Ohtani • LAA 9.7
3. Giménez • CLE 7.4
4. Alvarez • HOU 6.8
5. Cease • CHW 6.4
6. Rodríguez • SEA 6.2
7. Trout • LAA 6.1
8. Manoah • TOR 6.0
9. Ramírez • CLE 5.9
10. Bogaerts • BOS 5.7

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. Judge • NYY 10.8
2. Giménez • CLE 7.4
3. Alvarez • HOU 6.8
4. Rodríguez • SEA 6.2
5. Trout • LAA 6.1
6. Ramírez • CLE 5.9
7. Bogaerts • BOS 5.7
8. Kwan • CLE 5.7
Semien • TEX 5.7
10. Tucker • HOU 5.5

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. Judge • NYY 10.3
2. Altuve • HOU 6.9
3. Alvarez • HOU 6.4
4. Trout • LAA 6.3
5. Rodríguez • SEA 6.0
6. Ramírez • CLE 5.8
7. Giménez • CLE 5.6
8. Bichette • TOR 5.5
9. Bogaerts • BOS 5.4
10. Devers • BOS 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. Walls • TBR 2.8
2. Peña • HOU 2.6
3. Taylor • KCR 2.5
4. Mateo • BAL 2.5
5. Giménez • CLE 2.4
6. Straw • CLE 2.3
7. Kiner-Falefa • NYY 1.9
8. Urías • BAL 1.9
9. Semien • TEX 1.8
10. Velazquez • LAA 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. Arraez • MIN .316
2. Judge • NYY .311
3. Bogaerts • BOS .307
4. Alvarez • HOU .306
5. Abreu • CHW .304
6. Benintendi • 2TM .304
7. Lowe • TEX .302
8. Altuve • HOU .300
9. Kwan • CLE .298
10. Giménez • CLE .297

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. Judge • NYY .425
2. Alvarez • HOU .406
3. Díaz • TBR .401
4. Altuve • HOU .387
5. Abreu • CHW .378
6. Bogaerts • BOS .377
7. Arraez • MIN .375
8. Benintendi • 2TM .373
9. Kwan • CLE .373
10. Kirk • TOR .372

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. Judge • NYY .686
2. Trout • LAA .630 **
3. Alvarez • HOU .613
4. Altuve • HOU .533
5. Devers • BOS .521
6. Ohtani • LAA .519
7. Ramírez • CLE .514
8. Rodríguez • SEA .509
9. Lowe • TEX .492
10. Hernández • TOR .491

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. Judge • NYY 1.111
2. Alvarez • HOU 1.019
3. Trout • LAA .999 **
4. Altuve • HOU .921
5. Devers • BOS .879
6. Ohtani • LAA .875
7. Ramírez • CLE .869
8. Rodríguez • SEA .853
9. Lowe • TEX .851
10. Giménez • CLE .837

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Semien • TEX 161
2. Guerrero • TOR 160
3. Bichette • TOR 159
4. Abreu • CHW 157
Ramírez • CLE 157
Ohtani • LAA 157
Judge • NYY 157
Lowe • TEX 157
9. Mullins • BAL 156
Frazier • SEA 156
García • TEX 156

At Bats

At Bats

1. Semien • TEX 657
2. Bichette • TOR 652
3. Guerrero • TOR 638
4. Rosario • CLE 637
5. Mullins • BAL 608
6. García • TEX 605
7. Abreu • CHW 601
Ramírez • CLE 601
9. Verdugo • BOS 593
Lowe • TEX 593
Seager • TEX 593

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 • TEX 724
2. Guerrero • TOR 706
3. Bichette • TOR 697
4. Judge • NYY 696
5. Ramírez • CLE 685
6. Abreu • CHW 679
7. Mullins • BAL 672
8. Rosario • CLE 670
9. Ohtani • LAA 666
10. Seager • TEX 663

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Judge • NYY 133
2. Altuve • HOU 103
3. Semien • TEX 101
4. Alvarez • HOU 95
5. Bregman • HOU 93
6. Seager • TEX 91
Bichette • TOR 91
8. Ramírez • CLE 90
Ohtani • LAA 90
Guerrero • TOR 90

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Bichette • TOR 189
2. Abreu • CHW 183
3. Rosario • CLE 180
4. Lowe • TEX 179
5. Judge • NYY 177
6. Guerrero • TOR 175
7. Arraez • MIN 173
8. Bogaerts • BOS 171
9. Kwan • CLE 168
Ramírez • CLE 168

Total Bases

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

1. Judge • NYY 391
2. Ramírez • CLE 309
3. Bichette • TOR 306
Guerrero • TOR 306
5. Ohtani • LAA 304
6. Lowe • TEX 292
7. Devers • BOS 289
8. Alvarez • HOU 288
9. Semien • TEX 282
10. Altuve • HOU 281

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Ramírez • CLE 44
2. Martinez • BOS 43
Bichette • TOR 43
4. Devers • BOS 42
5. Arozarena • TBR 41
6. Abreu • CHW 40
Gurriel • HOU 40
8. Verdugo • BOS 39
Altuve • HOU 39
10. Bogaerts • BOS 38
Bregman • HOU 38

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Rosario • CLE 9
2. Mateo • BAL 7
Kwan • CLE 7
4. Witt • KCR 6
Ohtani • LAA 6
6. Ramírez • CLE 5
García • TEX 5
Semien • TEX 5
9. Mullins • BAL 4
Báez • DET 4
Greene • DET 4
Dozier • KCR 4
Isbel • KCR 4
Lopez • KCR 4
Rengifo • LAA 4
Gordon • MIN 4
Frazier • SEA 4
Springer • TOR 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Judge • NYY 62
2. Trout • LAA 40
3. Alvarez • HOU 37
4. Ohtani • LAA 34
5. Santander • BAL 33
Seager • TEX 33
7. Rizzo • NYY 32
Guerrero • TOR 32
9. Stanton • NYY 31
Suárez • SEA 31

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Judge • NYY 131
2. Ramírez • CLE 126
3. Tucker • HOU 107
4. García • TEX 101
5. Alvarez • HOU 97
Guerrero • TOR 97
7. Ohtani • LAA 95
8. Bregman • HOU 93
Bichette • TOR 93
10. Santander • BAL 89
Arozarena • TBR 89

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Judge • NYY 111
2. Bregman • HOU 87
3. Winker • SEA 84
4. Alvarez • HOU 78
Díaz • TBR 78
6. Suárez • SEA 73
7. Ohtani • LAA 72
8. Santana • 2TM 71
9. Ramírez • CLE 69
10. Crawford • SEA 68
Chapman • TOR 68

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Suárez • SEA 196
2. García • TEX 183
3. Judge • NYY 175
4. Chapman • TOR 170
5. Ohtani • LAA 161
6. Arozarena • TBR 156
7. Bichette • TOR 155
8. Mountcastle • BAL 154
9. Hernández • TOR 152
10. Donaldson • NYY 148

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Mateo • BAL 35
2. Mullins • BAL 34
3. Arozarena • TBR 32
4. Witt • KCR 30
5. Tucker • HOU 25
Rodríguez • SEA 25
García • TEX 25
Semien • TEX 25
9. Kiner-Falefa • NYY 22
10. Straw • CLE 21
Moore • SEA 21

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Rosario • CLE 134
2. Arraez • MIN 133
3. Kwan • CLE 130
4. Abreu • CHW 128
5. Lowe • TEX 123
6. Bichette • TOR 121
7. Bogaerts • BOS 118
8. Verdugo • BOS 115
9. Benintendi • 2TM 109
10. Guerrero • TOR 108

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Judge • NYY 210
2. Alvarez • HOU 188
3. Altuve • HOU 161
4. Ramírez • CLE 148
5. Rodríguez • SEA 147
6. Ohtani • LAA 144
7. Díaz • TBR 142
8. Giménez • CLE 141
9. Devers • BOS 141
10. Lowe • TEX 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. Judge • NYY 171
2. Alvarez • HOU 119
3. Ramírez • CLE 114
4. Altuve • HOU 113
5. Ohtani • LAA 109
6. Trout • LAA 104
Lowe • TEX 104
8. Devers • BOS 101
Abreu • CHW 101
10. Bogaerts • BOS 98

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. Judge • NYY 87
2. Alvarez • HOU 57
3. Altuve • HOU 45
4. Trout • LAA 44
5. Ramírez • CLE 39
6. Ohtani • LAA 34
7. Díaz • TBR 31
8. Devers • BOS 31
9. Abreu • CHW 30
10. Rodríguez • SEA 30

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. Judge • NYY 8.6
2. Alvarez • HOU 5.7
3. Altuve • HOU 4.5
4. Trout • LAA 4.4
5. Ramírez • CLE 4.0
6. Ohtani • LAA 3.5
7. Díaz • TBR 3.1
8. Devers • BOS 3.1
9. Abreu • CHW 3.0
10. Bregman • HOU 3.0
Rodríguez • SEA 3.0

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Judge • NYY 90
2. Ramírez • CLE 78
3. Devers • BOS 70
Ohtani • LAA 70
Trout • LAA 70
6. Alvarez • HOU 68
Bichette • TOR 68
8. Altuve • HOU 67
Guerrero • TOR 67
10. García • TEX 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. Judge • NYY 294
2. Abreu • CHW 257
3. Ramírez • CLE 243
4. Bregman • HOU 240
5. Guerrero • TOR 239
6. Bogaerts • BOS 238
7. Kwan • CLE 237
Ohtani • LAA 237
9. Altuve • HOU 234
10. Bichette • TOR 232

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. Judge • NYY .852
2. Alvarez • HOU .805
3. Altuve • HOU .756
4. Ramírez • CLE .699
5. Devers • BOS .692
6. Ohtani • LAA .690
7. Giménez • CLE .689
8. Lowe • TEX .688
9. Díaz • TBR .684
10. Bogaerts • BOS .681

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Giménez • CLE 25
2. Rizzo • NYY 23
3. France • SEA 21
4. Harrison • CHW 14
5. Santander • BAL 13
Murphy • OAK 13
Moore • SEA 13
8. Abreu • CHW 12
Laureano • OAK 12
10. Bregman • HOU 11
Arozarena • TBR 11

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Hedges • CLE 10
Lopez • KCR 10
3. Velazquez • LAA 6
Allen • OAK 6
McGuire • 2TM 6
6. Wade • LAA 5
Kemp • OAK 5
8. Giménez • CLE 4
Maldonado • HOU 4
Frazier • SEA 4
Culberson • TEX 4
Phillips • 2TM 4

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Bregman • HOU 10
Semien • TEX 10
3. Miller • CLE 9
Ramírez • CLE 9
5. Merrifield • 2TM 8
6. Mountcastle • BAL 7
Bogaerts • BOS 7
Alvarez • HOU 7
Melendez • KCR 7
Urshela • MIN 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Ramírez • CLE 20
2. Judge • NYY 19
3. Ohtani • LAA 14
4. Devers • BOS 11
5. Alvarez • HOU 9
6. Trout • LAA 8
7. Seager • TEX 7
8. Guerrero • TOR 6
Rizzo • NYY 6
10. Rodríguez • SEA 4
Giménez • CLE 4
Naylor • CLE 4
Walsh • LAA 4
Story • BOS 4
Tucker • HOU 4

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. Guerrero • TOR 26
2. Urshela • MIN 21
Bichette • TOR 21
4. Martinez • BOS 20
5. Abreu • CHW 19
Rosario • CLE 19
Miranda • MIN 19
8. Bregman • HOU 18
Correa • MIN 18
France • SEA 18
Hernández • TOR 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Arozarena • TBR 12
2. Mullins • BAL 10
3. Mateo • BAL 9
Ohtani • LAA 9
5. Moore • SEA 8
Semien • TEX 8
Bichette • TOR 8
8. Ramírez • CLE 7
Witt • KCR 7
Rodríguez • SEA 7

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Straw • CLE 95.46
2. Altuve • HOU 94.74
3. Velazquez • LAA 94.44
4. Siri • 2TM 87.50
Springer • TOR 87.50
6. Giménez • CLE 86.96
7. Tucker • HOU 86.21
8. Thompson • TEX 85.71
9. Kiner-Falefa • NYY 84.62
10. Judge • NYY 84.21

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. Tucker • HOU 27.3
2. Rodríguez • SEA 26.4
3. García • TEX 26.0
4. Semien • TEX 25.5
5. Judge • NYY 25.4
6. Arozarena • TBR 24.6
7. Witt • KCR 24.0
8. Ramírez • CLE 23.7
9. Altuve • HOU 21.9
10. Mullins • BAL 21.8

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. Arraez • MIN 12.7
2. Kwan • CLE 9.4
3. Kirk • TOR 8.1
4. Díaz • TBR 7.9
5. Gurriel • HOU 7.5
6. Frazier • SEA 7.4
7. Ramírez • CLE 7.3
8. Kemp • OAK 7.2
9. Bregman • HOU 7.1
10. Verdugo • BOS 6.9

AB per HR

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

1. Judge • NYY 9.2
2. Trout • LAA 11.0 **
3. Alvarez • HOU 12.7
4. Stanton • NYY 12.8 **
5. Rizzo • NYY 14.5
6. Buxton • MIN 12.1 **
7. Raleigh • SEA 13.7 **
8. Ohtani • LAA 17.2
9. Santander • BAL 17.4
10. Suárez • SEA 17.5

Outs Made

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

1. Semien • TEX 519
2. Guerrero • TOR 496
3. Bichette • TOR 494
4. Rosario • CLE 484
5. García • TEX 475
6. Mullins • BAL 471
7. Seager • TEX 467
8. Witt • KCR 465
9. Arozarena • TBR 463
10. Santander • BAL 457

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. Judge • NYY 80.74
2. Alvarez • HOU 42.87
3. Ramírez • CLE 42.87
4. Trout • LAA 41.97
5. Devers • BOS 37.36
6. Altuve • HOU 36.02
7. Rodríguez • SEA 32.54
8. Tucker • HOU 32.33
9. Ohtani • LAA 31.70
10. Giménez • CLE 29.99

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. Judge • NYY 7.6
2. Alvarez • HOU 5.1
3. Trout • LAA 4.7
4. Giménez • CLE 4.3
5. Rodríguez • SEA 3.8
6. Devers • BOS 3.1
7. Ramírez • CLE 3.1
8. Tucker • HOU 3.1
9. Altuve • HOU 2.8
10. Naylor • CLE 2.8

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. Judge • NYY 8.1
2. Alvarez • HOU 5.7
3. Trout • LAA 5.0
4. Altuve • HOU 3.5
5. Ohtani • LAA 3.4
6. Devers • BOS 3.2
7. Ramírez • CLE 3.1
8. Rodríguez • SEA 2.8
9. Lowe • TEX 2.7
10. Díaz • TBR 2.4

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. Judge • NYY 3.1
2. Giménez • CLE 2.4
3. Alvarez • HOU 2.4
4. Naylor • CLE 1.9
5. Bichette • TOR 1.7
6. Trout • LAA 1.7
7. Rodríguez • SEA 1.5
8. Springer • TOR 1.5
9. Ward • LAA 1.4
10. Ramírez • CLE 1.4

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. Judge • NYY 8.0
2. Ramírez • CLE 4.4
3. Alvarez • HOU 4.3
4. Trout • LAA 4.2
5. Altuve • HOU 3.6
6. Devers • BOS 3.6
7. Rodríguez • SEA 3.4
8. Tucker • HOU 3.3
9. Ohtani • LAA 3.2
10. Giménez • CLE 3.1

rOBA

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

1. Judge • NYY .463
2. Alvarez • HOU .426
3. Altuve • HOU .405
4. Devers • BOS .381
5. Rodríguez • SEA .380
6. Giménez • CLE .373
7. Lowe • TEX .373
8. Ohtani • LAA .371
9. Díaz • TBR .370
10. Abreu • CHW .368

Rbat+

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

1. Judge • NYY 208
2. Alvarez • HOU 184
3. Altuve • HOU 163
4. Rodríguez • SEA 151
5. Díaz • TBR 147
6. Devers • BOS 143
7. Lowe • TEX 142
8. Ohtani • LAA 142
9. Giménez • CLE 142
10. Ramírez • CLE 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