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 10.9
2. Witt • KCR 9.6
3. Duran • BOS 9.0
4. Henderson • BAL 8.8
5. Soto • NYY 8.0
6. Ramírez • CLE 6.8
7. Skubal • DET 6.7
8. Guerrero • TOR 6.0
9. Rooker • OAK 5.6
10. Greene • DET 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. Judge • NYY 10.9
2. Witt • KCR 9.6
3. Duran • BOS 9.0
4. Henderson • BAL 8.8
5. Soto • NYY 8.0
6. Ramírez • CLE 6.8
7. Guerrero • TOR 6.0
8. Rooker • OAK 5.6
9. Greene • DET 5.3
10. Seager • TEX 5.2

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 11.7
2. Witt • KCR 9.4
3. Henderson • BAL 8.3
4. Soto • NYY 8.0
5. Duran • BOS 6.5
6. Ramírez • CLE 6.2
7. Guerrero • TOR 6.1
8. Alvarez • HOU 5.8
9. Rooker • OAK 5.7
10. Devers • BOS 4.9

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. Varsho • TOR 3.0
2. Giménez • CLE 2.7
3. Duran • BOS 2.5
4. Fermin • KCR 2.2
5. Neto • LAA 2.1
6. Clement • TOR 2.1
7. Rocchio • CLE 1.9
8. Rafaela • BOS 1.9
9. Walls • TBR 1.7
10. Volpe • NYY 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. Witt • KCR .332
2. Guerrero • TOR .323
3. Judge • NYY .322
4. Alvarez • HOU .308
5. Diaz • HOU .299
6. Altuve • HOU .295
7. Rooker • OAK .293
8. Kwan • CLE .292
9. Soto • NYY .288
10. Duran • BOS .285

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 .458
2. Soto • NYY .419
3. Guerrero • TOR .396
4. Alvarez • HOU .392
5. Witt • KCR .389
6. Kwan • CLE .368
7. Rooker • OAK .365
8. Henderson • BAL .364
9. Lowe • TEX .361
10. Devers • BOS .354

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 .701
2. Witt • KCR .588
3. Soto • NYY .569
4. Alvarez • HOU .567
5. Rooker • OAK .562
6. Guerrero • TOR .544
7. Ramírez • CLE .537
8. Henderson • BAL .529
9. Devers • BOS .516
10. Seager • TEX .512

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 1.159
2. Soto • NYY .989
3. Witt • KCR .977
4. Alvarez • HOU .959
5. Guerrero • TOR .940
6. Rooker • OAK .927
7. Henderson • BAL .893
8. Ramírez • CLE .872
9. Devers • BOS .871
10. Seager • TEX .864

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Witt • KCR 161
2. Duran • BOS 160
Volpe • NYY 160
4. Henderson • BAL 159
Bleday • OAK 159
Semien • TEX 159
Guerrero • TOR 159
8. Ramírez • CLE 158
Perez • KCR 158
Castro • MIN 158
Judge • NYY 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Duran • BOS 671
2. Semien • TEX 650
3. Volpe • NYY 637
4. Witt • KCR 636
5. Henderson • BAL 630
6. Altuve • HOU 628
7. Ramírez • CLE 620
8. Guerrero • TOR 616
9. Peña • HOU 602
10. Santander • BAL 595

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. Duran • BOS 735
2. Henderson • BAL 719
3. Semien • TEX 718
4. Soto • NYY 713
5. Witt • KCR 709
6. Judge • NYY 704
7. Guerrero • TOR 697
8. Volpe • NYY 689
9. Ramírez • CLE 682
Altuve • HOU 682

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Soto • NYY 128
2. Witt • KCR 125
3. Judge • NYY 122
4. Henderson • BAL 118
5. Ramírez • CLE 114
6. Duran • BOS 111
7. Semien • TEX 101
8. Guerrero • TOR 98
9. Altuve • HOU 94
10. Santander • BAL 91

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Witt • KCR 211
2. Guerrero • TOR 199
3. Duran • BOS 191
4. Altuve • HOU 185
5. Judge • NYY 180
6. Henderson • BAL 177
7. Diaz • HOU 175
8. Ramírez • CLE 173
9. Alvarez • HOU 170
10. Soto • NYY 166

Total Bases

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

1. Judge • NYY 392
2. Witt • KCR 374
3. Guerrero • TOR 335
4. Henderson • BAL 333
Ramírez • CLE 333
6. Duran • BOS 330
7. Soto • NYY 328
8. Alvarez • HOU 313
9. Rooker • OAK 307
10. Santander • BAL 301

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Duran • BOS 48
2. Witt • KCR 45
3. Guerrero • TOR 44
4. Bleday • OAK 43
5. Ramírez • CLE 39
6. Judge • NYY 36
7. Devers • BOS 34
Alvarez • HOU 34
Neto • LAA 34
10. Abreu • BOS 33
Arozarena • 2TM 33

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Duran • BOS 14
2. Witt • KCR 11
3. Isbel • KCR 8
4. Henderson • BAL 7
Volpe • NYY 7
Varsho • TOR 7
7. Greene • DET 6
Meadows • DET 6
Pérez • DET 6
10. Westburg • BAL 5
Devers • BOS 5
Rafaela • BOS 5
Carpenter • DET 5
McKinstry • DET 5
Vierling • DET 5
Garcia • KCR 5
Castro • MIN 5

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Judge • NYY 58
2. Santander • BAL 44
3. Soto • NYY 41
4. Ramírez • CLE 39
Rooker • OAK 39
6. Henderson • BAL 37
7. Alvarez • HOU 35
8. Raleigh • SEA 34
9. Witt • KCR 32
10. O'Neill • BOS 31
Naylor • CLE 31

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Judge • NYY 144
2. Ramírez • CLE 118
3. Rooker • OAK 112
4. Witt • KCR 109
Soto • NYY 109
6. Naylor • CLE 108
7. Perez • KCR 104
8. Guerrero • TOR 103
9. Santander • BAL 102
10. Raleigh • SEA 100

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Judge • NYY 133
2. Soto • NYY 129
3. Henderson • BAL 78
4. Arozarena • 2TM 73
5. Guerrero • TOR 72
6. Lowe • TEX 71
7. Raleigh • SEA 70
8. Alvarez • HOU 69
9. Schanuel • LAA 68
10. Devers • BOS 67
Bleday • OAK 67

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Gelof • OAK 188
2. Rooker • OAK 177
García • TEX 177
4. Raleigh • SEA 176
5. Cowser • BAL 172
6. Judge • NYY 171
7. Siri • TBR 170
8. Arozarena • 2TM 169
9. Ward • LAA 163
10. Duran • BOS 160

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Caballero • TBR 44
2. Ramírez • CLE 41
3. Garcia • KCR 37
4. Duran • BOS 34
5. Hamilton • BOS 33
6. Mullins • BAL 32
Moore • SEA 32
8. Blanco • KCR 31
Witt • KCR 31
10. Giménez • CLE 30
Neto • LAA 30
Robles • SEA 30

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Altuve • HOU 134
2. Diaz • HOU 127
3. Guerrero • TOR 124
4. Witt • KCR 123
5. Rodríguez • SEA 118
6. Giménez • CLE 115
Peña • HOU 115
8. Díaz • TBR 112
9. Torres • NYY 110
10. Volpe • NYY 109

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 225
2. Soto • NYY 179
3. Witt • KCR 174
4. Alvarez • HOU 170
5. Rooker • OAK 165
6. Guerrero • TOR 164
7. Henderson • BAL 155
8. Seager • TEX 149
9. Ramírez • CLE 143
10. Devers • BOS 142

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 183
2. Witt • KCR 150
3. Soto • NYY 147
4. Henderson • BAL 131
Guerrero • TOR 131
6. Alvarez • HOU 124
7. Duran • BOS 118
8. Rooker • OAK 116
9. Ramírez • CLE 115
10. Devers • BOS 97

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 100
2. Soto • NYY 67
3. Witt • KCR 62
4. Guerrero • TOR 54
5. Alvarez • HOU 52
6. Rooker • OAK 46
7. Henderson • BAL 46
8. Ramírez • CLE 35
9. Tucker • HOU 31
10. Devers • BOS 31

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 9.9
2. Soto • NYY 6.6
3. Witt • KCR 6.2
4. Guerrero • TOR 5.4
5. Alvarez • HOU 5.2
6. Henderson • BAL 4.6
Rooker • OAK 4.6
8. Ramírez • CLE 3.5
9. Tucker • HOU 3.1
10. Devers • BOS 3.1

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Judge • NYY 95
2. Witt • KCR 88
3. Duran • BOS 83
4. Ramírez • CLE 80
5. Soto • NYY 76
6. Henderson • BAL 75
Guerrero • TOR 75
8. Santander • BAL 71
Alvarez • HOU 71
10. Devers • BOS 67
Bleday • OAK 67
Rooker • OAK 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. Judge • NYY 322
2. Soto • NYY 299
3. Witt • KCR 276
Guerrero • TOR 276
5. Henderson • BAL 262
6. Duran • BOS 251
7. Alvarez • HOU 249
8. Altuve • HOU 239
9. Ramírez • CLE 228
10. Rooker • OAK 224

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 .870
2. Soto • NYY .801
3. Witt • KCR .793
4. Alvarez • HOU .770
5. Guerrero • TOR .757
6. Rooker • OAK .749
7. Henderson • BAL .739
8. Ramírez • CLE .685
9. Seager • TEX .682
10. Devers • BOS .680

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Arozarena • 2TM 22
2. Castro • MIN 21
3. Raley • SEA 20
4. Freeman • CLE 19
5. Smith • TEX 18
6. Neto • LAA 16
Wallner • MIN 16
Jimenez • TOR 16
9. Giménez • CLE 15
10. Yoshida • BOS 14
Peña • HOU 14
Jeffers • MIN 14
Moore • SEA 14

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Isbel • KCR 8
2. Lopez • CHW 6
3. Robles • SEA 5
Kiermaier • TOR 5
Schuemann • OAK 5
Vázquez • MIN 5
7. Garcia • KCR 4
Neto • LAA 4
9. Frazier • KCR 3
Caballero • TBR 3
Hedges • CLE 3
Giménez • CLE 3
Freeman • CLE 3
Taveras • TEX 3
Schanuel • LAA 3
Allen • OAK 3
Maldonado • CHW 3
Peña • HOU 3
Kiner-Falefa • TOR 3
Gelof • OAK 3
Dubón • HOU 3
Meyers • HOU 3

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Pasquantino • KCR 13
2. Verdugo • NYY 10
3. Kirk • TOR 9
4. Diaz • HOU 8
Witt • KCR 8
Ward • LAA 8
Torres • NYY 8
8. Rutschman • BAL 7
Schanuel • LAA 7
Wells • NYY 7
Turner • 2TM 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Judge • NYY 20
2. Alvarez • HOU 16
3. Devers • BOS 14
4. Ramírez • CLE 12
Guerrero • TOR 12
6. Seager • TEX 11
7. Perez • KCR 9
Witt • KCR 9
9. Naylor • CLE 7
10. O'Neill • BOS 5

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. Diaz • HOU 22
Judge • NYY 22
3. Naylor • CLE 17
Meyers • HOU 17
Perez • KCR 17
Stanton • NYY 17
7. Polanco • SEA 16
Guerrero • TOR 16
Springer • TOR 16
Turner • 2TM 16

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Caballero • TBR 16
2. Witt • KCR 12
3. Rafaela • BOS 10
Adell • LAA 10
Neto • LAA 10
Arozarena • 2TM 10
7. Castro • MIN 9
8. Duran • BOS 7
Wong • BOS 7
Lopez • CHW 7
Ramírez • CLE 7
Altuve • HOU 7
Blanco • KCR 7
Rengifo • LAA 7
Volpe • NYY 7
Siri • TBR 7

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Butler • OAK 100.00
McKinstry • DET 100.00
3. Robles • SEA 96.77
4. Lowe • TBR 96.15
5. Palacios • TBR 95.00
6. Garcia • KCR 94.87
7. Springer • TOR 94.12
8. Chisholm • NYY 90.00
9. Gelof • OAK 89.29
10. Hamilton • BOS 89.19

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. Ramírez • CLE 40.0
2. Witt • KCR 31.5
3. Henderson • BAL 26.8
4. Neto • LAA 26.0
5. Duran • BOS 26.0
6. Mullins • BAL 23.0
7. Rodríguez • SEA 21.8
8. Altuve • HOU 21.0
9. Gelof • OAK 20.2
10. Arozarena • 2TM 20.0

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 9.4
2. Ramírez • CLE 7.6
3. Pasquantino • KCR 7.0
4. Bregman • HOU 6.8
5. Guerrero • TOR 6.4
6. Semien • TEX 6.2
7. Verdugo • NYY 6.0
8. Giménez • CLE 6.0
9. Witt • KCR 6.0
10. Díaz • TBR 5.9

AB per HR

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

1. Judge • NYY 9.6
2. Santander • BAL 13.5
3. Rooker • OAK 14.0
4. Soto • NYY 14.0
5. O'Neill • BOS 13.3 **
6. Alvarez • HOU 15.8
7. Seager • TEX 15.8
8. Ramírez • CLE 15.9
9. Raleigh • SEA 16.1
10. Langeliers • OAK 16.6

Outs Made

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

1. Semien • TEX 509
2. Volpe • NYY 503
3. Duran • BOS 497
4. García • TEX 473
5. Peña • HOU 472
6. Santander • BAL 469
Ramírez • CLE 469
8. Altuve • HOU 465
9. Ward • LAA 464
10. Henderson • BAL 463

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 96.33
2. Soto • NYY 69.80
3. Witt • KCR 65.96
4. Ramírez • CLE 48.90
5. Rooker • OAK 46.72
6. Alvarez • HOU 45.24
7. Guerrero • TOR 44.68
8. Seager • TEX 36.48
9. Henderson • BAL 34.42
10. Correa • MIN 30.53

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 6.2
2. Soto • NYY 5.9
3. Witt • KCR 4.9
4. Seager • TEX 4.2
5. Alvarez • HOU 3.9
6. Rooker • OAK 3.7
7. Ramírez • CLE 3.4
8. Henderson • BAL 3.0
9. Westburg • BAL 2.8
10. Guerrero • TOR 2.7

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 9.3
2. Soto • NYY 7.1
3. Witt • KCR 5.6
4. Alvarez • HOU 5.2
5. Guerrero • TOR 4.4
6. Rooker • OAK 3.9
7. Ramírez • CLE 3.6
8. Henderson • BAL 3.4
9. Tucker • HOU 3.2
10. Devers • BOS 3.0

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 4.4
2. Soto • NYY 4.0
3. Witt • KCR 4.0
4. Alvarez • HOU 2.0
5. Henderson • BAL 2.0
6. Ramírez • CLE 1.9
7. Westburg • BAL 1.6
8. Seager • TEX 1.5
9. Duran • BOS 1.5
10. Correa • MIN 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 9.4
2. Soto • NYY 6.9
3. Witt • KCR 6.5
4. Ramírez • CLE 4.9
5. Rooker • OAK 4.8
6. Alvarez • HOU 4.5
7. Guerrero • TOR 4.4
8. Seager • TEX 3.7
9. Henderson • BAL 3.5
10. Correa • MIN 3.0

rOBA

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

1. Judge • NYY .484
2. Soto • NYY .424
3. Witt • KCR .416
4. Alvarez • HOU .406
5. Guerrero • TOR .399
6. Rooker • OAK .399
7. Henderson • BAL .385
8. Ramírez • CLE .376
9. Duran • BOS .373
10. Devers • BOS .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 224
2. Soto • NYY 180
3. Witt • KCR 174
4. Alvarez • HOU 167
5. Rooker • OAK 166
6. Guerrero • TOR 163
7. Henderson • BAL 153
8. Seager • TEX 144
9. Ramírez • CLE 140
10. Devers • 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