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. Witt • KCR 4.7
2. McGonigle • DET 4.6
3. Alvarez • HOU 4.4
4. Schlittler • NYY 4.1
5. Rafaela • BOS 3.9
6. Abreu • BOS 3.9
7. Caminero • TBR 3.9
8. Cease • TOR 3.6
9. Bellinger • NYY 3.5
10. Kurtz • ATH 3.5

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. Witt • KCR 4.7
2. McGonigle • DET 4.6
3. Alvarez • HOU 4.4
4. Rafaela • BOS 3.9
5. Abreu • BOS 3.9
6. Caminero • TBR 3.9
7. Bellinger • NYY 3.5
8. Kurtz • ATH 3.5
9. Contreras • BOS 3.5
10. Vargas • CHW 3.3

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. Alvarez • HOU 4.8
2. Witt • KCR 4.1
3. McGonigle • DET 4.0
4. Caminero • TBR 3.7
5. Rice • NYY 3.6
6. Contreras • BOS 3.4
7. Trout • LAA 3.4
8. Dingler • DET 3.2
9. Vargas • CHW 3.2
10. Buxton • MIN 3.1

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. Rafaela • BOS 1.9
2. Walls • TBR 1.7
3. Young • SEA 1.5
4. Abreu • BOS 1.5
5. Bellinger • NYY 1.3
6. Witt • KCR 1.2
7. McGonigle • DET 1.2
8. Durbin • BOS 1.1
9. Wells • NYY 1.1
10. Langeliers • ATH 1.0

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. Alvarez • HOU .320
2. Díaz • TBR .315
3. Jung • TEX .296
4. Clement • TOR .295
5. Aranda • TBR .290
6. Greene • DET .286
7. Antonacci • CHW .285
8. Contreras • BOS .283
9. Rice • NYY .282
10. McGonigle • DET .281

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. Alvarez • HOU .430
2. Kurtz • ATH .405
3. Díaz • TBR .393
4. Trout • LAA .390
5. McGonigle • DET .389
6. Aranda • TBR .388
7. Ward • BAL .386
8. Contreras • BOS .379
9. Greene • DET .377
10. Arozarena • SEA .377

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. Alvarez • HOU .635
2. Rice • NYY .601
3. Buxton • MIN .575
4. Caminero • TBR .556
5. Contreras • BOS .544
6. Dingler • DET .508
7. Kurtz • ATH .497
8. Clemens • MIN .495
9. Langeliers • ATH .490
10. Vargas • CHW .490

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. Alvarez • HOU 1.065
2. Rice • NYY .974
3. Caminero • TBR .927
4. Contreras • BOS .923
5. Buxton • MIN .904
6. Kurtz • ATH .902
7. Díaz • TBR .871
8. Trout • LAA .862
9. Aranda • TBR .848
10. Vargas • CHW .845

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Alonso • BAL 99
Young • SEA 99
3. Henderson • BAL 98
Ward • BAL 98
Alvarez • HOU 98
Smith • HOU 98
Walker • HOU 98
Adell • LAA 98
9. Greene • DET 97
Torkelson • DET 97
Caminero • TBR 97

At Bats

At Bats

1. Henderson • BAL 406
2. Adell • LAA 380
3. Neto • LAA 379
4. Witt • KCR 368
5. Alonso • BAL 367
Caminero • TBR 367
7. Clement • TOR 366
8. Ward • BAL 364
Abreu • BOS 364
Walker • HOU 364

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. Henderson • BAL 448
Ward • BAL 448
3. Neto • LAA 431
4. Alvarez • HOU 430
5. Alonso • BAL 428
6. Caminero • TBR 423
7. McGonigle • DET 422
8. Vargas • CHW 418
9. Aranda • TBR 415
10. Abreu • BOS 413

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Neto • LAA 68
2. Vargas • CHW 65
Alvarez • HOU 65
4. Rice • NYY 64
5. Caminero • TBR 63
6. Kurtz • ATH 61
7. Alonso • BAL 60
McGonigle • DET 60
Arozarena • SEA 60
10. Ward • BAL 59

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Alvarez • HOU 114
2. Díaz • TBR 112
3. Clement • TOR 108
4. Witt • KCR 103
Caminero • TBR 103
6. Jung • TEX 102
7. McGonigle • DET 101
Aranda • TBR 101
9. Greene • DET 100
10. Rafaela • BOS 99

Total Bases

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

1. Alvarez • HOU 226
2. Rice • NYY 205
3. Caminero • TBR 204
4. Buxton • MIN 176
5. Langeliers • ATH 175
6. Contreras • BOS 173
7. Vargas • CHW 172
8. Alonso • BAL 171
9. Neto • LAA 170
Díaz • TBR 170

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Rafaela • BOS 25
2. Jung • TEX 23
Clement • TOR 23
4. Witt • KCR 22
Nimmo • TEX 22
6. Soderstrom • ATH 21
Vargas • CHW 21
Jensen • KCR 21
Bell • MIN 21
Arozarena • SEA 21

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Simpson • TBR 6
2. Taveras • BAL 5
3. Nimmo • TEX 4
4. Abreu • BOS 3
Rafaela • BOS 3
Peters • CHW 3
McGonigle • DET 3
Clemens • MIN 3
Bellinger • NYY 3
Rice • NYY 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Alvarez • HOU 31
2. Rice • NYY 29
Caminero • TBR 29
4. Buxton • MIN 25
5. Montgomery • CHW 23
6. Langeliers • ATH 22
Okamoto • TOR 22
8. Alonso • BAL 21
Contreras • BOS 21
Vargas • CHW 21

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Alvarez • HOU 72
2. Rice • NYY 68
3. Kurtz • ATH 66
Alonso • BAL 66
5. Aranda • TBR 64
6. Contreras • BOS 62
Okamoto • TOR 62
8. Dingler • DET 60
Bell • MIN 60
Caminero • TBR 60

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ward • BAL 77
2. Kurtz • ATH 76
3. Trout • LAA 68
4. Alvarez • HOU 66
5. McGonigle • DET 60
6. Vargas • CHW 56
7. Alonso • BAL 53
Caminero • TBR 53
9. Greene • DET 52
Aranda • TBR 52

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Neto • LAA 135
2. Kurtz • ATH 130
3. Montgomery • CHW 125
4. Torkelson • DET 124
5. Okamoto • TOR 120
6. Duran • BOS 116
7. Greene • DET 110
8. Alonso • BAL 107
Chisholm • NYY 107
10. Henderson • BAL 103
Caglianone • KCR 103

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Witt • KCR 30
2. Chisholm • NYY 26
3. Ramírez • CLE 24
4. Simpson • TBR 23
5. Caballero • NYY 22
6. Arozarena • SEA 19
7. Naylor • SEA 18
8. Acuña • CHW 15
Rocchio • CLE 15
Mullins • TBR 15
Walls • TBR 15

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Díaz • TBR 81
2. Simpson • TBR 79
3. Clement • TOR 76
4. Meidroth • CHW 72
5. McGonigle • DET 71
6. Naylor • SEA 70
Aranda • TBR 70
Guerrero • TOR 70
9. Jung • TEX 69
10. Witt • KCR 67

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Alvarez • HOU 195
2. Rice • NYY 168
3. Contreras • BOS 159
4. Caminero • TBR 155
5. Buxton • MIN 146
6. Trout • LAA 145
7. Kurtz • ATH 145
8. Díaz • TBR 142
9. Arozarena • SEA 137
10. Aranda • TBR 136

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. Alvarez • HOU 103
2. Rice • NYY 77
3. Kurtz • ATH 73
4. Caminero • TBR 71
5. Contreras • BOS 67
Díaz • TBR 67
7. Vargas • CHW 66
McGonigle • DET 66
9. Aranda • TBR 65
10. Greene • DET 62
Witt • KCR 62

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. Alvarez • HOU 48
2. Rice • NYY 31
3. Caminero • TBR 27
4. Contreras • BOS 26
5. Kurtz • ATH 23
6. Díaz • TBR 22
7. Trout • LAA 21
8. Aranda • TBR 20
9. Arozarena • SEA 19
10. Vargas • CHW 18

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. Alvarez • HOU 4.7
2. Rice • NYY 3.0
3. Caminero • TBR 2.7
4. Contreras • BOS 2.6
5. Kurtz • ATH 2.3
6. Díaz • TBR 2.1
7. Trout • LAA 2.0
8. Aranda • TBR 2.0
9. Arozarena • SEA 1.9
10. Vargas • CHW 1.8

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Alvarez • HOU 50
2. Rice • NYY 48
3. Vargas • CHW 43
Caminero • TBR 43
5. Buxton • MIN 42
6. Dingler • DET 41
Neto • LAA 41
8. Montgomery • CHW 40
Walker • HOU 40
10. Langeliers • ATH 39
Soderstrom • ATH 39
Contreras • BOS 39
Clemens • MIN 39

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. Alvarez • HOU 185
2. Ward • BAL 173
3. Kurtz • ATH 167
4. McGonigle • DET 164
5. Aranda • TBR 161
6. Díaz • TBR 160
7. Caminero • TBR 157
8. Greene • DET 154
9. Alonso • BAL 148
Vargas • CHW 148

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. Alvarez • HOU .843
2. Rice • NYY .750
3. Kurtz • ATH .737
4. Contreras • BOS .722
5. Buxton • MIN .699
6. Trout • LAA .697
7. Díaz • TBR .694
8. McGonigle • DET .686
9. Caminero • TBR .677
10. Aranda • TBR .675

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Antonacci • CHW 18
2. Arozarena • SEA 16
3. Contreras • BOS 15
4. Paredes • HOU 13
Adell • LAA 13
6. Dingler • DET 11
7. Keaschall • MIN 10
8. Montgomery • CHW 9
Caratini • MIN 9
Díaz • TBR 9

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Taveras • BAL 7
2. Walls • TBR 6
3. Isbel • KCR 5
Simpson • TBR 5
Carter • TEX 5
Lopez • TEX 5
7. Wong • BOS 4
Meidroth • CHW 4
Peters • CHW 4
Hedges • CLE 4
Kwan • CLE 4
Martínez • CLE 4
Vázquez • HOU 4
Mullins • TBR 4
Heineman • 2TM 4

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Caratini • MIN 8
2. Aranda • TBR 7
3. Rutschman • BAL 5
Abreu • BOS 5
Duran • BOS 5
Quero • CHW 5
Jensen • KCR 5
Perez • KCR 5
Keaschall • MIN 5
Bellinger • NYY 5
Guerrero • TOR 5

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Alvarez • HOU 16
2. Kurtz • ATH 9
3. Trout • LAA 8
4. Caminero • TBR 7
5. Ramírez • CLE 5
Judge • NYY 5
Guerrero • TOR 5
8. Díaz • TBR 4
Soderstrom • ATH 4
Rice • NYY 4
Witt • KCR 4
Murakami • CHW 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. Caminero • TBR 18
2. Naylor • SEA 14
Jung • TEX 14
4. Altuve • HOU 13
Guerrero • TOR 13
6. Perez • KCR 12
Adell • LAA 12
8. Walker • HOU 11
9. Alonso • BAL 10
Jackson • BAL 10
Dingler • DET 10
Greene • DET 10
Paredes • HOU 10
Schanuel • LAA 10
Díaz • TBR 10

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Simpson • TBR 11
2. Neto • LAA 9
3. Caballero • NYY 8
4. Rafaela • BOS 6
Martin • MIN 6
Mullins • TBR 6
7. Antonacci • CHW 5
Rocchio • CLE 5
Collins • KCR 5
Witt • KCR 5
Bellinger • NYY 5
Chisholm • NYY 5
Arozarena • SEA 5
Palacios • TBR 5

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. McGonigle • DET 100.00
2. Duran • BOS 93.33
3. Ramírez • CLE 92.31
4. Carter • TEX 91.67
5. Smith • HOU 90.00
Watson • CLE 90.00
7. Witt • KCR 85.71
8. Giménez • TOR 84.62
Peraza • LAA 84.62
Vargas • CHW 84.62

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 18.1
2. Chisholm • NYY 17.3
3. Neto • LAA 14.7
4. Vargas • CHW 14.4
5. Ramírez • CLE 14.1
6. Arozarena • SEA 13.9
7. Caballero • NYY 13.8
8. Duran • BOS 13.5
9. Rodríguez • SEA 12.9
10. Mullins • TBR 12.7

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. Simpson • TBR 9.9
2. Clement • TOR 9.9
3. Kwan • CLE 8.4
4. Naylor • SEA 7.3
5. Guerrero • TOR 6.7
6. DeLauter • CLE 6.7
7. McNeil • ATH 7.5 **
8. Rocchio • CLE 6.5
9. Díaz • TBR 6.5
10. Durbin • BOS 6.5

AB per HR

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

1. Alvarez • HOU 11.5
2. Rice • NYY 11.8
3. Buxton • MIN 12.2
4. Caminero • TBR 12.7
5. Murakami • CHW 10.9 **
6. Judge • NYY 12.6 **
7. Montgomery • CHW 15.1
8. Contreras • BOS 15.1
9. Okamoto • TOR 15.7
10. Trout • LAA 16.1

Outs Made

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

1. Henderson • BAL 329
2. Adell • LAA 303
Neto • LAA 303
4. Perez • KCR 298
5. Duran • BOS 292
6. Walker • HOU 291
7. Alonso • BAL 290
8. Naylor • SEA 288
9. Caminero • TBR 286
10. Ward • BAL 285

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. Alvarez • HOU 48.06
2. Kurtz • ATH 38.31
3. Rice • NYY 34.51
4. Díaz • TBR 27.09
5. McGonigle • DET 22.02
6. Contreras • BOS 21.94
7. Murakami • CHW 20.71
8. Vargas • CHW 20.63
9. Aranda • TBR 20.48
10. Trout • LAA 19.52

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 4.2
2. Kurtz • ATH 3.6
3. Rice • NYY 2.7
4. Díaz • TBR 2.6
5. Aranda • TBR 2.3
6. Vargas • CHW 2.3
7. Contreras • BOS 2.0
8. McGonigle • DET 1.9
9. Witt • KCR 1.9
10. Burger • TEX 1.7

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. Alvarez • HOU 4.0
2. Rice • NYY 3.0
3. Kurtz • ATH 2.7
4. Contreras • BOS 2.6
5. Díaz • TBR 2.3
6. Trout • LAA 1.9
7. Caminero • TBR 1.8
8. Aranda • TBR 1.7
9. Judge • NYY 1.6
10. McGonigle • DET 1.5

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 2.4
2. Kurtz • ATH 2.4
3. Díaz • TBR 2.0
4. Rice • NYY 2.0
5. Aranda • TBR 1.7
6. Rocchio • CLE 1.4
7. Antonacci • CHW 1.2
8. Burger • TEX 1.2
9. Vargas • CHW 1.2
10. Langford • TEX 1.0

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. Alvarez • HOU 4.7
2. Kurtz • ATH 3.6
3. Rice • NYY 3.4
4. Díaz • TBR 2.6
5. Contreras • BOS 2.2
6. McGonigle • DET 2.1
7. Vargas • CHW 2.0
8. Murakami • CHW 2.0
9. Aranda • TBR 2.0
10. Trout • LAA 2.0

rOBA

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

1. Alvarez • HOU .447
2. Rice • NYY .415
3. Contreras • BOS .404
4. Kurtz • ATH .397
5. Caminero • TBR .392
6. Trout • LAA .387
7. Buxton • MIN .385
8. Díaz • TBR .379
9. Arozarena • SEA .379
10. Vargas • CHW .372

Rbat+

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

1. Alvarez • HOU 193
2. Rice • NYY 166
3. Contreras • BOS 163
4. Caminero • TBR 151
5. Trout • LAA 149
6. Kurtz • ATH 146
7. Arozarena • SEA 144
8. Buxton • MIN 142
9. Díaz • TBR 141
10. Jung • TEX 139

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