1901 American League Batting Leaders

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American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Young • BOS	12.5
2.	Lajoie • PHA	8.3
3.	McGinnity • BLA	7.6
4.	Griffith • CHW	7.2
5.	Collins • BOS	6.7
6.	Miller • DET	6.5
7.	Callahan • CHW	6.0
8.	Plank • PHA	5.1
9.	Parent • BOS	5.0
10.	Freeman • BOS	4.8

WAR Position Players
1.	Lajoie • PHA	8.3
2.	Collins • BOS	6.7
3.	Parent • BOS	5.0
4.	Freeman • BOS	4.8
5.	Anderson • MLA	4.4
6.	Hoy • CHW	4.2
7.	Stahl • BOS	4.2
8.	Donlin • BLA	4.2
9.	Williams • BLA	4.0
10.	Elberfeld • DET	3.9

Offensive WAR
1.	Lajoie • PHA	8.4
2.	Collins • BOS	5.2
3.	Freeman • BOS	4.8
4.	Anderson • MLA	4.3
	Williams • BLA	4.3
6.	Elberfeld • DET	4.1
7.	McGraw • BLA	4.0
8.	Parent • BOS	4.0
9.	Hoy • CHW	4.0
10.	Donlin • BLA	3.8

Defensive WAR
1.	Collins • BOS	1.9
2.	Parent • BOS	1.8
3.	Ferris • BOS	1.4
4.	Criger • BOS	1.1
5.	Bradley • CLE	1.0
6.	Casey • DET	1.0
7.	Clarke • WSH	1.0
8.	Buelow • DET	0.9
	Cross • PHA	0.9
10.	Clingman • WSH	0.9

Batting Average
1.	Lajoie • PHA	.426
2.	Donlin • BLA	.340
3.	Freeman • BOS	.339
4.	Seybold • PHA	.334
5.	Collins • BOS	.332
6.	Anderson • MLA	.330
7.	Keister • BLA	.328
8.	Cross • PHA	.328
9.	McCarthy • CLE	.321
10.	Dungan • WSH	.320

On-Base%
1.	Lajoie • PHA	.463
2.	Jones • CHW	.412
3.	Donlin • BLA	.409
4.	Hoy • CHW	.407
5.	Freeman • BOS	.400
6.	Seybold • PHA	.397
	Elberfeld • DET	.397
8.	Williams • BLA	.388
9.	Barrett • DET	.385
10.	McFarland • CHW	.384

Slugging %
1.	Lajoie • PHA	.643
2.	Freeman • BOS	.520
3.	Seybold • PHA	.503
4.	Williams • BLA	.495
5.	Collins • BOS	.495
6.	Keister • BLA	.482
7.	Anderson • MLA	.476
8.	Donlin • BLA	.475
9.	Grady • WSH	.470
10.	Cross • PHA	.465

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Lajoie • PHA	1.106
2.	Freeman • BOS	.920
3.	Seybold • PHA	.901
4.	Donlin • BLA	.883
5.	Williams • BLA	.883
6.	Collins • BOS	.869
7.	Keister • BLA	.847
8.	Anderson • MLA	.836
9.	Elberfeld • DET	.825
10.	Cross • PHA	.823

Games Played
1.	Waldron • 2TM	141
2.	Hallman • MLA	139
3.	Collins • BOS	138
	Dowd • BOS	138
	Ferris • BOS	138
	Parent • BOS	138
	Anderson • MLA	138
	Dungan • WSH	138
9.	Isbell • CHW	137
	Mertes • CHW	137
	Pickering • CLE	137
	Clingman • WSH	137
	Coughlin • WSH	137

At Bats
1.	Waldron • 2TM	598
2.	Dowd • BOS	594
3.	Anderson • MLA	576
4.	Collins • BOS	564
5.	Fultz • PHA	561
6.	Dungan • WSH	559
7.	Isbell • CHW	556
8.	Farrell • WSH	555
9.	Hallman • MLA	549
10.	LaChance • CLE	548

Plate Appearances
1.	Waldron • 2TM	651
2.	Dowd • BOS	646
3.	Hoy • CHW	641
4.	Barrett • DET	632
5.	Jones • CHW	629
6.	Mertes • CHW	624
7.	Pickering • CLE	621
8.	Collins • BOS	617
9.	Farrell • WSH	616
10.	Dungan • WSH	615

Runs Scored
1.	Lajoie • PHA	145
2.	Jones • CHW	120
3.	Williams • BLA	113
4.	Hoy • CHW	112
5.	Barrett • DET	110
6.	Collins • BOS	108
7.	Donlin • BLA	107
8.	Stahl • BOS	105
	Casey • DET	105
10.	Dowd • BOS	104

Hits
1.	Lajoie • PHA	232
2.	Anderson • MLA	190
3.	Collins • BOS	187
4.	Waldron • 2TM	186
5.	Dungan • WSH	179
6.	Pickering • CLE	169
7.	Seymour • BLA	166
	Freeman • BOS	166
	LaChance • CLE	166
10.	Fultz • PHA	164

Total Bases
1.	Lajoie • PHA	350
2.	Collins • BOS	279
3.	Anderson • MLA	274
4.	Freeman • BOS	255
5.	Williams • BLA	248
6.	Dungan • WSH	232
7.	Donlin • BLA	226
	Stahl • BOS	226
	Seybold • PHA	226
	Waldron • 2TM	226

Doubles
1.	Lajoie • PHA	48
2.	Anderson • MLA	46
3.	Collins • BOS	42
4.	Farrell • WSH	32
5.	Hoy • CHW	28
	Bradley • CLE	28
	Holmes • DET	28
	Cross • PHA	28
	Davis • PHA	28
10.	Hallman • MLA	27

Triples
1.	Keister • BLA	21
	Williams • BLA	21
3.	Mertes • CHW	17
4.	Collins • BOS	16
	Stahl • BOS	16
6.	Ferris • BOS	15
	Freeman • BOS	15
8.	Lajoie • PHA	14
	Seybold • PHA	14
10.	Donlin • BLA	13
	Hartman • CHW	13
	Bradley • CLE	13
	Coughlin • WSH	13

Home Runs
1.	Lajoie • PHA	14
2.	Freeman • BOS	12
3.	Grady • WSH	9
4.	Anderson • MLA	8
	Davis • PHA	8
	Seybold • PHA	8
7.	Williams • BLA	7
	Foster • 2TM	7
9.	Beck • CLE	6
	Coughlin • WSH	6
	Collins • BOS	6
	Stahl • BOS	6

Runs Batted In
1.	Lajoie • PHA	125
2.	Freeman • BOS	114
3.	Anderson • MLA	99
4.	Mertes • CHW	98
5.	Williams • BLA	96
6.	Collins • BOS	94
7.	Keister • BLA	93
8.	Seybold • PHA	90
9.	Hartman • CHW	89
10.	Beck • CLE	79

Bases on Balls
1.	Hoy • CHW	86
2.	Jones • CHW	84
3.	Barrett • DET	76
4.	McFarland • CHW	75
5.	McGraw • BLA	61
6.	Pickering • CLE	58
7.	Elberfeld • DET	57
8.	Williams • BLA	56
9.	Stahl • BOS	54
10.	Donlin • BLA	53

Strikeouts
1.	Barrett • DET	64
2.	Hallman • MLA	55
	Powers • PHA	55
4.	Foster • 2TM	52
5.	Ferris • BOS	50
	McFarland • CHW	50
7.	Seybold • PHA	44
8.	Coughlin • WSH	43
9.	Conroy • MLA	42
10.	Howell • BLA	41

Stolen Bases
1.	Isbell • CHW	52
2.	Mertes • CHW	46
3.	Seymour • BLA	38
	Jones • CHW	38
5.	Pickering • CLE	36
	Fultz • PHA	36
7.	Holmes • DET	35
	Anderson • MLA	35
9.	Casey • DET	34
10.	Donlin • BLA	33
	Dowd • BOS	33
	McFarland • CHW	33

Singles
1.	Lajoie • PHA	156
2.	Waldron • 2TM	155
3.	Jones • CHW	141
4.	Dungan • WSH	140
5.	Seymour • BLA	138
	Pickering • CLE	138
	Fultz • PHA	138
8.	LaChance • CLE	134
9.	Dowd • BOS	131
10.	Barrett • DET	130

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Lajoie • PHA	198
2.	Freeman • BOS	155
3.	Seybold • PHA	143
4.	Collins • BOS	140
5.	Donlin • BLA	139
6.	Williams • BLA	139
7.	Anderson • MLA	135
8.	Keister • BLA	129
9.	Hoy • CHW	127
10.	Grady • WSH	127

Runs Created
1.	Lajoie • PHA	158
2.	Collins • BOS	103
3.	Freeman • BOS	100
4.	Anderson • MLA	98
5.	Williams • BLA	96
6.	Donlin • BLA	92
7.	Seybold • PHA	88
8.	Dungan • WSH	85
9.	Stahl • BOS	83
	Hoy • CHW	83

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Lajoie • PHA	72
2.	Freeman • BOS	36
3.	McGraw • BLA	30
4.	Collins • BOS	30
5.	Donlin • BLA	27
6.	Seybold • PHA	26
7.	Williams • BLA	26
	Anderson • MLA	26
9.	Hoy • CHW	26
10.	Jones • CHW	20

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Lajoie • PHA	7.1
2.	Freeman • BOS	3.5
3.	McGraw • BLA	3.0
4.	Collins • BOS	2.9
5.	Donlin • BLA	2.7
6.	Seybold • PHA	2.6
7.	Anderson • MLA	2.6
	Williams • BLA	2.6
9.	Hoy • CHW	2.6
10.	Jones • CHW	2.0

Extra Base Hits
1.	Lajoie • PHA	76
2.	Collins • BOS	64
3.	Anderson • MLA	61
4.	Williams • BLA	54
5.	Freeman • BOS	50
6.	Davis • PHA	46
	Seybold • PHA	46
	Farrell • WSH	46
9.	Keister • BLA	43
10.	Stahl • BOS	42
	Bradley • CLE	42
	Holmes • DET	42
	Cross • PHA	42

Times On Base
1.	Lajoie • PHA	269
2.	Hoy • CHW	255
3.	Jones • CHW	252
4.	Barrett • DET	240
5.	Pickering • CLE	235
6.	Waldron • 2TM	228
7.	Collins • BOS	226
8.	Dungan • WSH	221
9.	Donlin • BLA	217
	Williams • BLA	217
	Stahl • BOS	217
	Anderson • MLA	217

Offensive Win %
1.	Lajoie • PHA	.885
2.	Freeman • BOS	.750
3.	Seybold • PHA	.732
4.	Donlin • BLA	.732
5.	Williams • BLA	.716
6.	Collins • BOS	.703
7.	Anderson • MLA	.683
8.	Keister • BLA	.679
9.	Cross • PHA	.665
10.	Elberfeld • DET	.649

Hit By Pitch
1.	McGraw • BLA	14
	Hoy • CHW	14
3.	Lajoie • PHA	13
4.	Clarke • WSH	12
5.	Casey • DET	10
6.	Parent • BOS	9
	Hartman • CHW	9
	McFarland • CHW	9
9.	Brodie • BLA	8
	Keister • BLA	8
	Bradley • CLE	8
	Pickering • CLE	8
	Conroy • MLA	8
	Maloney • MLA	8
	Grady • WSH	8

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Nance • DET	24
2.	Parent • BOS	21
3.	Stahl • BOS	20
	Mertes • CHW	20
5.	McCarthy • CLE	19
6.	Jones • CHW	18
7.	Fultz • PHA	16
8.	Gleason • DET	15
	Gilbert • MLA	15
10.	Dunn • BLA	14
	Jackson • BLA	14
	Hoy • CHW	14
	Hallman • MLA	14
	Burke • 2TM	14

Power-Speed #
1.	Lajoie • PHA	18.4
2.	Freeman • BOS	14.1
3.	Anderson • MLA	13.0
4.	Davis • PHA	11.6
5.	Grady • WSH	11.0
6.	Williams • BLA	10.5
7.	Seybold • PHA	10.4
8.	Stahl • BOS	9.9
9.	Collins • BOS	9.1
10.	Mertes • CHW	9.0

AB per SO
1.	Dungan • WSH	93.2
2.	Cross • PHA	70.7
3.	Lajoie • PHA	60.4
4.	McAllister • DET	43.7
5.	Wood • CLE	43.3
6.	McCarthy • CLE	42.9
7.	Schrecongost • BOS	40.0
8.	Stahl • BOS	32.2
9.	Collins • BOS	31.3
10.	Davis • PHA	31.0

AB per HR
1.	Grady • WSH	38.6
2.	Lajoie • PHA	38.9
3.	Freeman • BOS	40.8
4.	Seybold • PHA	56.1
5.	Foster • 2TM	61.0
6.	Davis • PHA	62.0
7.	Williams • BLA	71.6
8.	Anderson • MLA	72.0
9.	Coughlin • WSH	84.3
10.	Stahl • BOS	85.8

Outs Made
1.	Dowd • BOS	442
2.	Hallman • MLA	428
3.	Isbell • CHW	426
4.	Waldron • 2TM	423
5.	Mertes • CHW	414
6.	Fultz • PHA	413
7.	Hemphill • BOS	412
	Gleason • DET	412
9.	Farrell • WSH	410
10.	Ferris • BOS	404

rOBA
1.	Lajoie • PHA	.506
2.	Freeman • BOS	.422
3.	Donlin • BLA	.413
4.	Seybold • PHA	.411
5.	Williams • BLA	.406
6.	Collins • BOS	.402
7.	Keister • BLA	.392
8.	Elberfeld • DET	.392
9.	Anderson • MLA	.391
10.	Hoy • CHW	.389

Rbat+
1.	Lajoie • PHA	190
2.	Freeman • BOS	149
3.	Collins • BOS	137
4.	Seybold • PHA	136
5.	Donlin • BLA	136
6.	Williams • BLA	133
7.	Hoy • CHW	132
8.	Anderson • MLA	132
9.	Stahl • BOS	127
10.	Jones • CHW	127

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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements