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 9.7
2. Raleigh • SEA 7.2
3. Witt • KCR 7.1
4. Rodríguez • SEA 6.6
5. Skubal • DET 6.4
6. Seager • TEX 6.1
7. Crochet • BOS 6.0
8. Brown • HOU 5.9
9. Ramírez • CLE 5.9
10. Garcia • KCR 5.8

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. Judge • NYY 9.7
2. Raleigh • SEA 7.2
3. Witt • KCR 7.1
4. Rodríguez • SEA 6.6
5. Seager • TEX 6.1
6. Ramírez • CLE 5.9
7. Garcia • KCR 5.8
8. Peña • HOU 5.7
9. Langford • TEX 5.5
10. Henderson • BAL 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. Judge • NYY 9.3
2. Raleigh • SEA 7.6
3. Witt • KCR 6.8
4. Ramírez • CLE 5.8
5. Rodríguez • SEA 5.6
6. Henderson • BAL 5.6
7. Springer • TOR 5.5
8. Buxton • MIN 5.4
9. Peña • HOU 5.2
10. Caminero • TBR 4.8
Kurtz • ATH 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. Clement • TOR 2.9
2. Rafaela • BOS 2.8
3. Walls • TBR 2.5
4. Seager • TEX 2.3
5. Neto • LAA 2.2
6. Straw • TOR 1.9
7. Kwan • CLE 1.9
8. Dubón • HOU 1.7
9. Narváez • BOS 1.7
10. Garcia • KCR 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. Judge • NYY .331
2. Bichette • TOR .311
3. Wilson • ATH .311
4. Springer • TOR .309
5. Peña • HOU .304
6. Díaz • TBR .300
7. Witt • KCR .295
8. Guerrero • TOR .292
9. Garcia • KCR .286
10. Ramírez • CLE .283

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 .457
2. Springer • TOR .399
3. Guerrero • TOR .381
4. Kurtz • ATH .383 **
5. Díaz • TBR .366
6. Peña • HOU .363
7. Ramírez • CLE .360
8. Raleigh • SEA .359
9. Trout • LAA .359
10. Torres • DET .358

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 .688
2. Kurtz • ATH .619 **
3. Raleigh • SEA .589
4. Springer • TOR .560
5. Buxton • MIN .551
6. Langeliers • ATH .536
7. Caminero • TBR .535
8. Ramírez • CLE .503
9. Witt • KCR .501
10. Rice • NYY .499

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 1.144
2. Kurtz • ATH 1.002 **
3. Springer • TOR .959
4. Raleigh • SEA .948
5. Buxton • MIN .878
6. Ramírez • CLE .863
7. Langeliers • ATH .861
8. Witt • KCR .852
9. Guerrero • TOR .848
10. Díaz • TBR .848

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Rooker • ATH 162
2. Garcia • KCR 160
Pasquantino • KCR 160
Arozarena • SEA 160
Rodríguez • SEA 160
6. Raleigh • SEA 159
7. Soderstrom • ATH 158
Ramírez • CLE 158
9. Duran • BOS 157
Story • BOS 157
Greene • DET 157
Witt • KCR 157
Ward • LAA 157
Crawford • SEA 157
Clement • TOR 157

At Bats

At Bats

1. Rodríguez • SEA 652
2. Rooker • ATH 626
3. Kwan • CLE 625
4. Witt • KCR 623
5. Pasquantino • KCR 621
6. Duran • BOS 620
7. Arozarena • SEA 613
8. Story • BOS 612
9. Caminero • TBR 602
10. Greene • DET 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. Rodríguez • SEA 710
2. Arozarena • SEA 709
3. Raleigh • SEA 705
4. Rooker • ATH 699
5. Duran • BOS 696
6. Kwan • CLE 693
7. Witt • KCR 687
8. Pasquantino • KCR 682
9. Guerrero • TOR 680
10. Judge • NYY 679

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Judge • NYY 137
2. Raleigh • SEA 110
3. Rodríguez • SEA 106
Springer • TOR 106
5. Ramírez • CLE 103
6. Witt • KCR 99
7. Buxton • MIN 97
8. Guerrero • TOR 96
9. Arozarena • SEA 95
10. Caminero • TBR 93

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Witt • KCR 184
2. Bichette • TOR 181
3. Judge • NYY 179
4. Díaz • TBR 175
5. Rodríguez • SEA 174
6. Guerrero • TOR 172
7. Kwan • CLE 170
Garcia • KCR 170
9. Ramírez • CLE 168
10. Rooker • ATH 164
Pasquantino • KCR 164

Total Bases

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

1. Judge • NYY 372
2. Raleigh • SEA 351
3. Caminero • TBR 322
4. Witt • KCR 312
5. Rodríguez • SEA 309
6. Rooker • ATH 300
7. Ramírez • CLE 298
8. Greene • DET 296
9. Pasquantino • KCR 295
10. Bellinger • NYY 282

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Witt • KCR 47
2. Bichette • TOR 44
3. Duran • BOS 41
4. Rooker • ATH 40
5. Garcia • KCR 39
6. Perez • KCR 35
Clement • TOR 35
8. Soderstrom • ATH 34
Henderson • BAL 34
Rafaela • BOS 34
Ramírez • CLE 34
Guerrero • TOR 34

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Duran • BOS 13
2. McKinstry • DET 11
3. Buxton • MIN 7
4. Witt • KCR 6
5. Henderson • BAL 5
Carpenter • DET 5
Garcia • KCR 5
Bellinger • NYY 5
9. Rafaela • BOS 4
Pérez • DET 4
Isbel • KCR 4
Clemens • MIN 4
Rice • NYY 4
Volpe • NYY 4
Rodríguez • SEA 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Raleigh • SEA 60
2. Judge • NYY 53
3. Caminero • TBR 45
4. Adell • LAA 37
5. Kurtz • ATH 36
Greene • DET 36
Ward • LAA 36
8. Buxton • MIN 35
9. Grisham • NYY 34
10. Pasquantino • KCR 32
Rodríguez • SEA 32
Springer • TOR 32

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Raleigh • SEA 125
2. Judge • NYY 114
3. Pasquantino • KCR 113
4. Greene • DET 111
5. Caminero • TBR 110
6. Ward • LAA 103
7. Perez • KCR 100
8. Adell • LAA 98
Bellinger • NYY 98
10. Story • BOS 96

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Judge • NYY 124
2. Raleigh • SEA 97
3. Trout • LAA 87
4. Torres • DET 85
5. Grisham • NYY 82
6. Guerrero • TOR 81
7. Ward • LAA 75
8. Crawford • SEA 74
Langford • TEX 74
10. Torkelson • DET 72

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Greene • DET 201
2. Arozarena • SEA 191
3. Raleigh • SEA 188
4. Butler • ATH 179
5. Trout • LAA 178
6. Walker • HOU 177
7. Story • BOS 176
8. Ward • LAA 175
9. Duran • BOS 169
Torkelson • DET 169

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Caballero • 2TM 49
2. Ramírez • CLE 44
Simpson • TBR 44
4. Witt • KCR 38
5. Robert • CHW 33
6. Story • BOS 31
Chisholm • NYY 31
Arozarena • SEA 31
9. Henderson • BAL 30
Rodríguez • SEA 30

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Kwan • CLE 129
2. Díaz • TBR 120
3. Bichette • TOR 118
4. Crawford • SEA 115
Guerrero • TOR 115
6. Wilson • ATH 112
7. Garcia • KCR 110
8. Witt • KCR 108
9. Story • BOS 107
Rodríguez • SEA 107

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 213
2. Raleigh • SEA 167
3. Springer • TOR 159
4. Ramírez • CLE 138
5. Buxton • MIN 137
6. Witt • KCR 137
7. Díaz • TBR 135
8. Peña • HOU 133
9. Polanco • SEA 132
10. Langeliers • ATH 132

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 173
2. Raleigh • SEA 132
3. Springer • TOR 116
4. Witt • KCR 114
5. Ramírez • CLE 113
6. Guerrero • TOR 106
7. Kurtz • ATH 104
Díaz • TBR 104
9. Rooker • ATH 101
10. Rodríguez • SEA 100

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 91
2. Raleigh • SEA 54
3. Springer • TOR 42
4. Kurtz • ATH 41
5. Ramírez • CLE 31
6. Witt • KCR 31
7. Díaz • TBR 28
8. Guerrero • TOR 28
9. Seager • TEX 27
10. Aranda • TBR 24

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 8.8
2. Raleigh • SEA 5.3
3. Springer • TOR 4.2
4. Kurtz • ATH 4.1
5. Ramírez • CLE 3.1
6. Witt • KCR 3.1
7. Díaz • TBR 2.8
8. Guerrero • TOR 2.7
9. Seager • TEX 2.7
10. Aranda • TBR 2.4

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Judge • NYY 85
2. Raleigh • SEA 84
3. Witt • KCR 76
4. Rooker • ATH 73
Caminero • TBR 73
6. Duran • BOS 70
7. Ward • LAA 69
8. Greene • DET 68
9. Ramírez • CLE 67
Rodríguez • SEA 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 310
2. Guerrero • TOR 259
3. Raleigh • SEA 253
4. Ramírez • CLE 242
5. Witt • KCR 241
6. Díaz • TBR 238
7. Arozarena • SEA 237
8. Rooker • ATH 234
9. Garcia • KCR 233
10. Duran • BOS 231
Springer • TOR 231

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 .857
2. Springer • TOR .766
3. Raleigh • SEA .728
4. Buxton • MIN .701
5. Ramírez • CLE .682
6. Peña • HOU .675
7. Witt • KCR .671
8. Díaz • TBR .667
9. Guerrero • TOR .660
10. Langeliers • ATH .638

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Arozarena • SEA 27
2. France • 2TM 21
3. Neto • LAA 14
4. Caratini • HOU 13
India • KCR 13
Raley • SEA 13
7. Duran • BOS 12
Peña • HOU 12
Perez • KCR 12
Rodríguez • SEA 12

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Isbel • KCR 13
2. Straw • TOR 11
3. Clement • TOR 7
Lukes • TOR 7
5. Crawford • SEA 6
6. Martínez • CLE 5
Wilson • CLE 5
McCormick • HOU 5
Mastrobuoni • SEA 5
Heineman • TOR 5

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Wells • NYY 11
2. Urías • 2TM 10
3. Bellinger • NYY 9
Semien • TEX 9
5. Kwan • CLE 7
Torres • DET 7
Witt • KCR 7
Judge • NYY 7
Volpe • NYY 7
Caminero • TBR 7
García • TEX 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Judge • NYY 36
2. Ramírez • CLE 22
3. Raleigh • SEA 17
4. Trout • LAA 10
Seager • TEX 10
6. Witt • KCR 8
Guerrero • TOR 8
8. Devers • BOS 7
9. Torkelson • DET 6
Neto • LAA 6
Henderson • BAL 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. Caminero • TBR 31
2. Altuve • HOU 20
3. Larnach • MIN 19
Correa • 2TM 19
5. Soderstrom • ATH 18
Rice • NYY 18
7. Bichette • TOR 17
Guerrero • TOR 17
9. Wilson • ATH 16
Judge • NYY 16
Kirk • TOR 16

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Simpson • TBR 12
2. Holliday • BAL 11
Caballero • 2TM 11
4. Garcia • KCR 9
Witt • KCR 9
Neto • LAA 9
7. Robert • CHW 8
Chisholm • NYY 8
Volpe • NYY 8
10. Butler • ATH 7
Ramírez • CLE 7
Rengifo • LAA 7

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Naylor • SEA 100.00
Buxton • MIN 100.00
3. Story • BOS 96.88
4. Springer • TOR 94.74
5. Tolbert • KCR 91.30
6. Peña • HOU 90.91
7. Mateo • BAL 88.24
8. Carter • TEX 87.50
9. Ramírez • CLE 86.28
10. Henderson • BAL 85.71

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 35.7
2. Chisholm • NYY 31.0
3. Rodríguez • SEA 31.0
4. Arozarena • SEA 28.9
5. Witt • KCR 28.7
6. Buxton • MIN 28.5
7. Story • BOS 27.7
8. Neto • LAA 26.0
9. Springer • TOR 23.0
10. Raleigh • SEA 22.7

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. Wilson • ATH 12.5
2. Kwan • CLE 10.4
3. Clement • TOR 8.9
4. Ramírez • CLE 8.0
5. Kirk • TOR 7.6
6. Garcia • KCR 7.1
7. Schanuel • LAA 6.9
8. Bellinger • NYY 6.5
9. Bichette • TOR 6.4
10. Díaz • TBR 6.3

AB per HR

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

1. Raleigh • SEA 9.9
2. Judge • NYY 10.2
3. Kurtz • ATH 11.7 **
4. Caminero • TBR 13.4
5. Buxton • MIN 13.9
6. Adell • LAA 14.2
7. Grisham • NYY 14.5
8. Chisholm • NYY 14.9
9. Langeliers • ATH 15.5
10. Springer • 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. Rodríguez • SEA 501
2. Arozarena • SEA 487
3. Caminero • TBR 482
4. Rooker • ATH 478
5. Duran • BOS 477
6. Pasquantino • KCR 476
7. Kwan • CLE 473
8. Perez • KCR 471
9. Ward • LAA 467
10. Greene • DET 465
Altuve • HOU 465

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 73.17
2. Raleigh • SEA 50.82
3. Kurtz • ATH 41.88
4. Springer • TOR 40.34
5. Ramírez • CLE 40.28
6. Witt • KCR 35.95
7. Buxton • MIN 32.59
8. Guerrero • TOR 30.64
9. Grisham • NYY 28.67
10. Bellinger • NYY 28.02

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>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Judge • NYY 5.6
2. Ramírez • CLE 4.1
3. Polanco • SEA 3.6
4. Raleigh • SEA 3.6
5. Bichette • TOR 3.5
6. Witt • KCR 3.4
7. Guerrero • TOR 3.4
8. Springer • TOR 3.2
9. Buxton • MIN 3.1
10. Grisham • NYY 2.6

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 7.8
2. Raleigh • SEA 4.3
3. Springer • TOR 4.3
4. Ramírez • CLE 4.0
5. Witt • KCR 3.4
6. Kurtz • ATH 3.3
7. Buxton • MIN 3.2
8. Rodríguez • SEA 3.1
9. Guerrero • TOR 3.0
10. Seager • TEX 2.8

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Judge • NYY 4.9
2. Raleigh • SEA 3.0
3. Guerrero • TOR 2.9
4. Ramírez • CLE 2.9
5. Springer • TOR 2.4
6. Stanton • NYY 2.3
7. Bichette • TOR 2.3
8. Polanco • SEA 2.3
9. Peña • HOU 1.7
10. Witt • KCR 1.6

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 7.1
2. Raleigh • SEA 5.1
3. Kurtz • ATH 4.0
4. Ramírez • CLE 3.9
5. Springer • TOR 3.9
6. Witt • KCR 3.6
7. Buxton • MIN 3.2
8. Guerrero • TOR 2.9
9. Grisham • NYY 2.8
10. Bellinger • NYY 2.7

rOBA

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

1. Judge • NYY .461
2. Springer • TOR .414
3. Raleigh • SEA .392
4. Buxton • MIN .383
5. Ramírez • CLE .372
6. Witt • KCR .370
7. Peña • HOU .368
8. Caminero • TBR .366
9. Guerrero • TOR .365
10. Díaz • TBR .364

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 210
2. Springer • TOR 163
3. Raleigh • SEA 163
4. Buxton • MIN 140
5. Witt • KCR 137
6. Caminero • TBR 135
7. Ramírez • CLE 135
8. Díaz • TBR 135
9. Grisham • NYY 133
10. Peña • HOU 133

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