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. Ohtani • LAA 9.9
2. Semien • TEX 7.7
3. Cole • NYY 7.4
4. Seager • TEX 7.2
5. Henderson • BAL 6.1
6. Gray • MIN 5.6
7. Rodríguez • SEA 5.5
Tucker • HOU 5.5
9. Franco • TBR 5.4
10. Robert • CHW 5.3

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. Semien • TEX 7.7
2. Seager • TEX 7.2
3. Ohtani • LAA 6.1
4. Henderson • BAL 6.1
5. Rodríguez • SEA 5.5
Tucker • HOU 5.5
7. Franco • TBR 5.4
8. Robert • CHW 5.3
9. Crawford • SEA 5.2
10. Díaz • TBR 5.1

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. Seager • TEX 6.6
2. Ohtani • LAA 6.1
3. Semien • TEX 6.0
4. Rodríguez • SEA 6.0
5. Crawford • SEA 5.6
6. Tucker • HOU 5.3
7. Díaz • TBR 5.1
8. Judge • NYY 4.8
9. Henderson • BAL 4.8
10. Witt • KCR 4.8

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. Giménez • CLE 2.8
2. Varsho • TOR 2.6
3. Volpe • NYY 2.5
4. Semien • TEX 2.3
5. Franco • TBR 2.2
6. Kiermaier • TOR 2.2
7. Wong • BOS 1.9
8. Henderson • BAL 1.9
9. Kirk • TOR 1.7
10. Peña • HOU 1.7

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. Díaz • TBR .330
2. Seager • TEX .327
3. Bichette • TOR .306
4. Ohtani • LAA .304
5. Naylor • CLE .308 **
6. Lowe • TBR .292 **
7. Yoshida • BOS .289
8. Alvarez • HOU .293 **
9. Tucker • HOU .284
10. Ramírez • CLE .282

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. Ohtani • LAA .412
2. Díaz • TBR .410
3. Alvarez • HOU .407 **
4. Seager • TEX .390
5. Crawford • SEA .380
6. Rutschman • BAL .374
7. Judge • NYY .406 **
8. Tucker • HOU .369
9. Casas • BOS .367
10. Arozarena • TBR .364

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. Ohtani • LAA .654
2. Seager • TEX .623
3. Alvarez • HOU .583 **
4. Judge • NYY .613 **
5. Robert • CHW .542
6. Díaz • TBR .522
7. Tucker • HOU .517
8. García • TEX .508
9. Devers • BOS .500
10. Lowe • TBR .500 **

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. Ohtani • LAA 1.066
2. Seager • TEX 1.013
3. Alvarez • HOU .990 **
4. Díaz • TBR .932
5. Judge • NYY 1.019 **
6. Tucker • HOU .886
7. Robert • CHW .857
8. Casas • BOS .856
9. Devers • BOS .851
10. Paredes • TBR .840

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Suárez • SEA 162
Semien • TEX 162
3. Bregman • HOU 161
Lowe • TEX 161
5. Hernández • SEA 160
6. Torkelson • DET 159
Volpe • NYY 159
8. Kwan • CLE 158
Witt • KCR 158
Torres • NYY 158
France • SEA 158
Varsho • TOR 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Semien • TEX 670
2. Rodríguez • SEA 654
3. Witt • KCR 641
4. Kwan • CLE 638
5. Hernández • SEA 625
6. Lowe • TEX 623
7. Bregman • HOU 622
8. Springer • TOR 613
9. Ramírez • CLE 611
10. Torkelson • DET 606

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 753
2. Bregman • HOU 724
Lowe • TEX 724
4. Kwan • CLE 718
5. Rodríguez • SEA 714
6. Witt • KCR 694
Suárez • SEA 694
8. Ramírez • CLE 691
9. Rutschman • BAL 687
10. Torkelson • DET 684

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Semien • TEX 122
2. García • TEX 108
3. Bregman • HOU 103
4. Ohtani • LAA 102
Rodríguez • SEA 102
6. Henderson • BAL 100
7. Tucker • HOU 97
Witt • KCR 97
9. Arozarena • TBR 95
Díaz • TBR 95

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Semien • TEX 185
2. Rodríguez • SEA 180
3. Witt • KCR 177
4. Bichette • TOR 175
5. Díaz • TBR 173
6. Ramírez • CLE 172
7. Kwan • CLE 171
8. Rutschman • BAL 163
Bregman • HOU 163
Tucker • HOU 163
Torres • NYY 163
Lowe • TEX 163

Total Bases

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

1. Ohtani • LAA 325
2. Semien • TEX 320
3. Witt • KCR 317
Rodríguez • SEA 317
5. Tucker • HOU 297
Seager • TEX 297
7. Robert • CHW 296
8. Devers • BOS 290
Ramírez • CLE 290
10. García • TEX 282

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Seager • TEX 42
2. Santander • BAL 41
3. Semien • TEX 40
4. Chapman • TOR 39
5. Lowe • TEX 38
6. Verdugo • BOS 37
Tucker • HOU 37
Rodríguez • SEA 37
9. Hays • BAL 36
Robert • CHW 36
Kwan • CLE 36
Ramírez • CLE 36

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Witt • KCR 11
2. Henderson • BAL 9
3. Ohtani • LAA 8
4. Kwan • CLE 7
5. Rosario • CLE 6
Franco • TBR 6
Kiermaier • TOR 6
8. Verdugo • BOS 5
Giménez • CLE 5
Ramírez • CLE 5
Vierling • DET 5
Tucker • HOU 5
Melendez • KCR 5
Waters • KCR 5
Castro • MIN 5

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Ohtani • LAA 44
2. García • TEX 39
3. Robert • CHW 38
4. Judge • NYY 37
5. Devers • BOS 33
Seager • TEX 33
7. Rodríguez • SEA 32
8. Torkelson • DET 31
Alvarez • HOU 31
Paredes • TBR 31

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Tucker • HOU 112
2. García • TEX 107
3. Rodríguez • SEA 103
4. Devers • BOS 100
Semien • TEX 100
6. Bregman • HOU 98
Paredes • TBR 98
8. Naylor • CLE 97
Alvarez • HOU 97
10. Turner • BOS 96
Witt • KCR 96
Suárez • SEA 96
Seager • TEX 96

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Crawford • SEA 94
2. Lowe • TEX 93
3. Rutschman • BAL 92
Bregman • HOU 92
5. Ohtani • LAA 91
6. Judge • NYY 88
7. Tucker • HOU 80
Arozarena • TBR 80
9. Noda • OAK 77
10. Ramírez • CLE 73

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Suárez • SEA 214
2. Hernández • SEA 211
3. Rodríguez • SEA 175
García • TEX 175
5. Robert • CHW 172
Rooker • OAK 172
7. Torkelson • DET 171
8. Melendez • KCR 170
Noda • OAK 170
10. Volpe • NYY 167

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Ruiz • OAK 67
2. Witt • KCR 49
3. Rodríguez • SEA 37
4. Castro • MIN 33
5. Mateo • BAL 32
Lowe • TBR 32
7. Giménez • CLE 30
Tucker • HOU 30
Franco • TBR 30
10. Ramírez • CLE 28

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Kwan • CLE 123
2. Bichette • TOR 122
3. Díaz • TBR 116
4. Semien • TEX 112
5. Rutschman • BAL 111
Merrifield • TOR 111
Springer • TOR 111
8. Rodríguez • SEA 109
9. Witt • KCR 108
Torres • NYY 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. Ohtani • LAA 185
2. Seager • TEX 174
3. Díaz • TBR 157
4. Tucker • HOU 142
5. Crawford • SEA 133
6. Paredes • TBR 130
7. Robert • CHW 130
8. Rodríguez • SEA 130
9. Casas • BOS 129
10. Rutschman • BAL 128

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. Ohtani • LAA 138
2. Semien • TEX 118
3. Tucker • HOU 116
Seager • TEX 116
5. Díaz • TBR 112
6. Ramírez • CLE 108
7. Rodríguez • SEA 105
8. Alvarez • HOU 103
9. Devers • BOS 101
Witt • KCR 101

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. Ohtani • LAA 61
2. Seager • TEX 50
3. Díaz • TBR 44
4. Alvarez • HOU 43
5. Judge • NYY 41
6. Tucker • HOU 36
7. Crawford • SEA 29
8. Rutschman • BAL 26
9. Altuve • HOU 26
10. Rodríguez • SEA 26

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. Ohtani • LAA 5.8
2. Seager • TEX 4.8
3. Díaz • TBR 4.3
4. Alvarez • HOU 4.1
5. Judge • NYY 4.0
6. Tucker • HOU 3.5
7. Crawford • SEA 2.9
8. Rutschman • BAL 2.6
9. Rodríguez • SEA 2.5
10. Altuve • HOU 2.5

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Ohtani • LAA 78
2. Robert • CHW 75
Seager • TEX 75
4. Semien • TEX 73
5. Tucker • HOU 71
Rodríguez • SEA 71
7. Santander • BAL 70
8. Witt • KCR 69
9. García • TEX 68
10. Devers • BOS 67

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 263
2. Semien • TEX 262
3. Lowe • TEX 261
4. Rutschman • BAL 257
5. Ramírez • CLE 246
Tucker • HOU 246
Díaz • TBR 246
8. Ohtani • LAA 245
9. Kwan • CLE 244
10. Crawford • SEA 241

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. Ohtani • LAA .810
2. Seager • TEX .781
3. Díaz • TBR .737
4. Tucker • HOU .689
5. Casas • BOS .664
6. Crawford • SEA .649
7. Semien • TEX .643
8. Ramírez • CLE .640
9. Devers • BOS .628
10. Paredes • TBR .627

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. France • SEA 34
2. Giménez • CLE 20
Paredes • TBR 20
4. Arozarena • TBR 18
Raley • TBR 18
6. Caballero • SEA 17
7. Neto • LAA 16
Ruiz • OAK 16
9. Solano • MIN 15
Suárez • SEA 15

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Maldonado • HOU 12
2. Kemp • OAK 7
3. Allen • OAK 6
Straw • CLE 6
5. Mateo • BAL 5
Smith • OAK 5
7. Remillard • CHW 4
Giménez • CLE 4
Lopez • KCR 4
Ruiz • OAK 4
Jeffers • MIN 4
Frazier • BAL 4

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Suárez • SEA 11
2. Tucker • HOU 10
Garcia • KCR 10
4. Perez • KCR 8
Witt • KCR 8
Grossman • TEX 8
7. Mountcastle • BAL 7
Naylor • CLE 7
Hernández • SEA 7
10. Turner • BOS 6
Kwan • CLE 6
Ramírez • CLE 6
Straw • CLE 6
Abreu • HOU 6
Diaz • HOU 6
Ward • LAA 6
Torres • NYY 6
Ramírez • TBR 6
García • TEX 6
Seager • TEX 6
Merrifield • TOR 6

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Ramírez • CLE 22
2. Ohtani • LAA 21
3. Devers • BOS 10
4. Naylor • CLE 9
Tucker • HOU 9
Judge • NYY 9
Seager • TEX 9
8. Rutschman • BAL 6
Perez • KCR 6
Rodríguez • SEA 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. Correa • MIN 30
2. France • SEA 25
3. Guerrero • TOR 23
4. Bregman • HOU 22
Lowe • TEX 22
6. Kirk • TOR 21
7. Yoshida • BOS 20
Springer • TOR 20
9. Torres • NYY 19
10. Franco • TBR 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Witt • KCR 15
2. Ruiz • OAK 13
3. Rodríguez • SEA 10
Arozarena • TBR 10
Franco • TBR 10
Merrifield • TOR 10
7. Peña • HOU 9
8. Garcia • KCR 7
Varsho • TOR 7
10. Giménez • CLE 6
Ramírez • CLE 6
Straw • CLE 6
McKinstry • DET 6
Vierling • DET 6
McCormick • HOU 6
Ohtani • LAA 6
Torres • NYY 6

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Walls • TBR 95.65
2. Jankowski • TEX 95.00
3. Duran • BOS 92.31
4. Lowe • TBR 91.43
5. Caballero • SEA 89.66
6. Bader • NYY 89.47
7. Gelof • OAK 87.50
Kwan • CLE 87.50
Altuve • HOU 87.50
10. Castro • MIN 86.84

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. Witt • KCR 37.2
2. Rodríguez • SEA 34.3
3. Tucker • HOU 29.5
4. Ohtani • LAA 27.5
5. Robert • CHW 26.2
6. Ramírez • CLE 25.8
7. Lowe • TBR 24.6
8. Arozarena • TBR 22.5
9. Volpe • NYY 22.4
10. Franco • TBR 21.7

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. Kwan • CLE 8.5
2. Ramírez • CLE 8.4
3. Bregman • HOU 7.1
4. Yoshida • BOS 6.6
5. Benintendi • CHW 6.3
6. Tucker • HOU 6.2
7. Semien • TEX 6.1
8. Torres • NYY 6.1
9. Naylor • CLE 6.6 **
10. Guerrero • TOR 6.0

AB per HR

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

1. Judge • NYY 9.9 **
2. Ohtani • LAA 11.3
3. Alvarez • HOU 13.2 **
4. García • TEX 14.2
5. Robert • CHW 14.4
6. Seager • TEX 14.5
7. Rooker • OAK 15.4
8. Paredes • TBR 15.9
9. Raleigh • SEA 17.1
10. Devers • BOS 17.6

Outs Made

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

1. Rodríguez • SEA 500
2. Witt • KCR 499
3. Semien • TEX 498
4. Kwan • CLE 486
5. Torkelson • DET 485
Lowe • TEX 485
7. Bregman • HOU 484
8. Springer • TOR 483
9. Suárez • SEA 481
10. Hernández • SEA 479

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. Ohtani • LAA 61.80
2. Alvarez • HOU 52.35
3. Seager • TEX 50.66
4. Judge • NYY 47.27
5. Díaz • TBR 46.85
6. Tucker • HOU 38.08
7. Rodríguez • SEA 34.71
8. Semien • TEX 33.43
9. Bregman • HOU 27.07
10. McCormick • HOU 25.81

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. Alvarez • HOU 4.7
2. Seager • TEX 4.6
3. Tucker • HOU 4.5
4. Díaz • TBR 4.3
5. Ohtani • LAA 4.3
6. McCormick • HOU 3.3
7. Ramírez • CLE 3.1
8. Judge • NYY 3.0
9. Crawford • SEA 2.8
10. Robert • CHW 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. Ohtani • LAA 6.2
2. Seager • TEX 4.7
3. Judge • NYY 4.3
4. Díaz • TBR 3.6
5. Tucker • HOU 3.5
6. Alvarez • HOU 3.3
7. Paredes • TBR 2.8
8. Rodríguez • SEA 2.7
9. Semien • TEX 2.7
10. Robert • CHW 2.6

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. Alvarez • HOU 4.7
2. Seager • TEX 4.1
3. Tucker • HOU 4.0
4. Crawford • SEA 3.6
5. Díaz • TBR 2.9
6. Ohtani • LAA 2.4
7. McCormick • HOU 2.3
8. Rutschman • BAL 1.9
9. Heim • TEX 1.8
10. Altuve • HOU 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. Ohtani • LAA 5.9
2. Alvarez • HOU 5.0
3. Seager • TEX 4.9
4. Díaz • TBR 4.6
5. Judge • NYY 4.5
6. Tucker • HOU 3.7
7. Rodríguez • SEA 3.5
8. Semien • TEX 3.3
9. Bregman • HOU 2.6
10. McCormick • HOU 2.5

rOBA

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

1. Ohtani • LAA .435
2. Seager • TEX .419
3. Díaz • TBR .399
4. Tucker • HOU .381
5. Casas • BOS .369
6. Paredes • TBR .367
7. Devers • BOS .365
8. Semien • TEX .364
9. Robert • CHW .363
10. Crawford • SEA .362

Rbat+

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

1. Ohtani • LAA 181
2. Seager • TEX 173
3. Díaz • TBR 159
4. Tucker • HOU 141
5. Crawford • SEA 138
6. Paredes • TBR 135
7. Rodríguez • SEA 133
8. Semien • TEX 131
9. Casas • BOS 130
10. Robert • CHW 128

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