1909 American League Batting Leaders

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American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.	Cobb • DET	9.9
2.	Collins • PHA	9.7
3.	Smith • CHW	7.8
4.	Walsh • CHW	6.8
5.	Bush • DET	6.5
6.	Lajoie • CLE	6.5
7.	Speaker • BOS	6.3
8.	Morgan • 2TM	5.9
9.	Plank • PHA	5.7
10.	Baker • PHA	5.7

WAR Position Players
1.	Cobb • DET	9.9
2.	Collins • PHA	9.7
3.	Bush • DET	6.5
4.	Lajoie • CLE	6.5
5.	Speaker • BOS	6.3
6.	Baker • PHA	5.7
7.	Crawford • DET	5.6
8.	Parent • CHW	5.3
9.	Lord • BOS	3.9
10.	Engle • NYY	3.6
	Moriarty • DET	3.6

Offensive WAR
1.	Cobb • DET	9.6
2.	Collins • PHA	8.5
3.	Crawford • DET	6.1
4.	Baker • PHA	6.0
5.	Bush • DET	5.7
6.	Speaker • BOS	5.5
7.	Lajoie • CLE	5.1
8.	Lord • BOS	4.3
9.	Stahl • BOS	4.2
10.	Dougherty • CHW	4.2

Defensive WAR
1.	Tannehill • CHW	2.5
2.	Parent • CHW	2.5
3.	Bush • DET	2.2
4.	Street • WSH	1.6
5.	Barry • PHA	1.6
6.	Carrigan • BOS	1.4
7.	Lajoie • CLE	1.4
	Livingston • PHA	1.4
9.	Moriarty • DET	1.4
10.	Collins • PHA	1.3

Batting Average
1.	Cobb • DET	.377
2.	Collins • PHA	.347
3.	Lajoie • CLE	.324
4.	Lord • BOS	.315
5.	Crawford • DET	.314
6.	Speaker • BOS	.309
7.	Baker • PHA	.305
8.	Carrigan • BOS	.296
9.	Stahl • BOS	.294
10.	Birmingham • CLE	.289

On-Base%
1.	Cobb • DET	.431
2.	Collins • PHA	.416
3.	Bush • DET	.380
4.	Lajoie • CLE	.378
5.	Stahl • BOS	.377
6.	Crawford • DET	.366
7.	Speaker • BOS	.362
8.	Gessler • 2TM	.361
9.	Dougherty • CHW	.359
10.	Hoffman • SLB	.349

Slugging %
1.	Cobb • DET	.517
2.	Crawford • DET	.452
3.	Collins • PHA	.450
4.	Baker • PHA	.447
5.	Speaker • BOS	.443
6.	Stahl • BOS	.434
7.	Lajoie • CLE	.431
8.	Murphy • PHA	.412
9.	Dougherty • CHW	.391
10.	Easterly • CLE	.390

On-Base Plus Slugging
1.	Cobb • DET	.947
2.	Collins • PHA	.866
3.	Crawford • DET	.817
4.	Stahl • BOS	.812
5.	Lajoie • CLE	.809
6.	Speaker • BOS	.805
7.	Baker • PHA	.790
8.	Dougherty • CHW	.751
9.	Murphy • PHA	.744
10.	Gessler • 2TM	.712

Games Played
1.	Bush • DET	157
2.	Cobb • DET	156
	Crawford • DET	156
	McBride • WSH	156
5.	Tannehill • CHW	155
6.	Collins • PHA	153
7.	Hartzell • SLB	152
8.	Davis • PHA	149
	Murphy • PHA	149
10.	Baker • PHA	148
	Ferris • SLB	148

At Bats
1.	Hartzell • SLB	595
2.	Crawford • DET	589
3.	Cobb • DET	573
4.	Collins • PHA	571
5.	Stovall • CLE	565
6.	Ferris • SLB	556
7.	Niles • BOS	546
8.	Speaker • BOS	544
9.	Baker • PHA	541
	Murphy • PHA	541

Plate Appearances
1.	Bush • DET	678
2.	Collins • PHA	666
3.	Crawford • DET	665
4.	Cobb • DET	655
5.	Hartzell • SLB	650
6.	Niles • BOS	616
	Murphy • PHA	616
8.	Speaker • BOS	609
9.	Baker • PHA	606
10.	Davis • PHA	604

Runs Scored
1.	Bush • DET	115
	Cobb • DET	115
3.	Collins • PHA	104
4.	Lord • BOS	89
5.	Crawford • DET	83
6.	Speaker • BOS	73
	Baker • PHA	73
	Davis • PHA	73
9.	Dougherty • CHW	71
10.	Demmitt • NYY	68

Hits
1.	Cobb • DET	216
2.	Collins • PHA	198
3.	Crawford • DET	185
4.	Lord • BOS	168
	Speaker • BOS	168
6.	Baker • PHA	165
7.	Hartzell • SLB	161
8.	Lajoie • CLE	152
	Murphy • PHA	152
10.	Bush • DET	145

Total Bases
1.	Cobb • DET	296
2.	Crawford • DET	266
3.	Collins • PHA	257
4.	Baker • PHA	242
5.	Speaker • BOS	241
6.	Murphy • PHA	223
7.	Lajoie • CLE	202
8.	Davis • PHA	198
9.	Lord • BOS	194
10.	Dougherty • CHW	192

Doubles
1.	Crawford • DET	35
2.	Lajoie • CLE	33
	Cobb • DET	33
4.	Collins • PHA	30
5.	Murphy • PHA	28
6.	Baker • PHA	27
7.	Speaker • BOS	26
	Gessler • 2TM	26
9.	Dougherty • CHW	23
	Delahanty • 2TM	23

Triples
1.	Baker • PHA	19
2.	Crawford • DET	14
	Murphy • PHA	14
4.	Speaker • BOS	13
	Dougherty • CHW	13
	Hinchman • CLE	13
7.	Stahl • BOS	12
	Demmitt • NYY	12
9.	Davis • PHA	11
10.	Easterly • CLE	10
	Stovall • CLE	10
	Cobb • DET	10
	Collins • PHA	10

Home Runs
1.	Cobb • DET	9
2.	Speaker • BOS	7
3.	Stahl • BOS	6
	Crawford • DET	6
5.	Murphy • PHA	5
6.	Ferris • SLB	4
	Davis • PHA	4
	Baker • PHA	4
	Demmitt • NYY	4
	Chase • NYY	4

Runs Batted In
1.	Cobb • DET	107
2.	Crawford • DET	97
3.	Baker • PHA	85
4.	Speaker • BOS	77
5.	Davis • PHA	75
6.	Engle • NYY	71
7.	Murphy • PHA	69
8.	Chase • NYY	63
9.	Stahl • BOS	60
10.	Ferris • SLB	58

Bases on Balls
1.	Bush • DET	88
2.	Collins • PHA	62
3.	Demmitt • NYY	55
4.	McIntyre • DET	54
5.	Dougherty • CHW	51
	Davis • PHA	51
7.	Cobb • DET	48
	Hartsel • PHA	48
9.	Crawford • DET	47
	Engle • NYY	47

Strikeouts
1.	Stahl • BOS	94
2.	Hinchman • CLE	82
3.	Bush • DET	74
4.	Davis • PHA	72
5.	Good • CLE	68
	Knight • NYY	68
7.	Hoffman • SLB	67
	Unglaub • WSH	67
9.	Austin • NYY	61
	Schaefer • 2TM	61

Stolen Bases
1.	Cobb • DET	76
2.	Collins • PHA	63
3.	Bush • DET	53
4.	Lord • BOS	36
	Dougherty • CHW	36
6.	Speaker • BOS	35
7.	Moriarty • DET	34
8.	Parent • CHW	32
9.	Crawford • DET	30
	Austin • NYY	30

Singles
1.	Cobb • DET	164
2.	Collins • PHA	155
3.	Lord • BOS	149
4.	Hartzell • SLB	144
5.	Crawford • DET	130
6.	Bush • DET	125
7.	Speaker • BOS	122
8.	Niles • BOS	116
9.	Baker • PHA	115
10.	Lajoie • CLE	111

Adjusted OPS+
1.	Cobb • DET	192
2.	Collins • PHA	170
3.	Stahl • BOS	153
4.	Crawford • DET	152
5.	Lajoie • CLE	151
6.	Speaker • BOS	150
7.	Baker • PHA	146
8.	Dougherty • CHW	140
9.	Murphy • PHA	131
10.	Hoffman • SLB	123

Runs Created
1.	Cobb • DET	126
2.	Collins • PHA	106
3.	Crawford • DET	97
4.	Speaker • BOS	85
5.	Baker • PHA	82
6.	Lajoie • CLE	75
7.	Murphy • PHA	72
8.	Stahl • BOS	68
	Dougherty • CHW	68
10.	Lord • BOS	66
	Davis • PHA	66

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Cobb • DET	62
2.	Collins • PHA	49
3.	Crawford • DET	35
4.	Speaker • BOS	30
5.	Lajoie • CLE	28
6.	Stahl • BOS	27
7.	Baker • PHA	25
8.	Dougherty • CHW	23
9.	Murphy • PHA	18
10.	Bush • DET	15

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Cobb • DET	7.2
2.	Collins • PHA	5.7
3.	Crawford • DET	4.1
4.	Speaker • BOS	3.6
5.	Lajoie • CLE	3.4
6.	Stahl • BOS	3.3
7.	Baker • PHA	3.0
8.	Dougherty • CHW	2.7
9.	Murphy • PHA	2.1
10.	Bush • DET	1.9

Extra Base Hits
1.	Crawford • DET	55
2.	Cobb • DET	52
3.	Baker • PHA	50
4.	Murphy • PHA	47
5.	Speaker • BOS	46
6.	Collins • PHA	43
7.	Lajoie • CLE	41
8.	Stahl • BOS	37
	Dougherty • CHW	37
	Davis • PHA	37

Times On Base
1.	Cobb • DET	270
2.	Collins • PHA	266
3.	Bush • DET	237
4.	Crawford • DET	233
5.	Speaker • BOS	213
6.	Davis • PHA	198
7.	Dougherty • CHW	197
	Hartzell • SLB	197
9.	Lord • BOS	196
	Baker • PHA	196

Offensive Win %
1.	Cobb • DET	.874
2.	Collins • PHA	.827
3.	Lajoie • CLE	.780
4.	Crawford • DET	.776
5.	Speaker • BOS	.762
6.	Stahl • BOS	.757
7.	Baker • PHA	.735
8.	Dougherty • CHW	.701
9.	Murphy • PHA	.673
10.	Lord • BOS	.665
	Carrigan • BOS	.665

Hit By Pitch
1.	Altizer • CHW	16
2.	Stahl • BOS	15
	Delahanty • 2TM	15
4.	Elberfeld • NYY	14
5.	Niles • BOS	13
6.	Gessler • 2TM	11
7.	Keeler • NYY	10
	Barry • PHA	10
9.	Good • CLE	9
	Hinchman • CLE	9
	Cree • NYY	9
	McAleese • SLB	9
	Jones • 2TM	9

Sacrifice Hits
1.	Bush • DET	52
2.	Ganley • 2TM	41
3.	Baker • PHA	34
	Murphy • PHA	34
5.	Keeler • NYY	33
6.	Lord • BOS	30
	Austin • NYY	30
	Jones • 2TM	30
9.	Tannehill • CHW	29
10.	Purtell • CHW	28
	Barry • PHA	28

Power-Speed #
1.	Cobb • DET	16.1
2.	Speaker • BOS	11.7
3.	Crawford • DET	10.0
4.	Stahl • BOS	8.7
5.	Murphy • PHA	7.9
6.	Chase • NYY	6.9
7.	Davis • PHA	6.7
	Baker • PHA	6.7
9.	Demmitt • NYY	6.4
10.	Ferris • SLB	5.9

AB per SO
1.	Keeler • NYY	60.0
2.	Lajoie • CLE	24.7
3.	Jones • 2TM	23.3
4.	Elberfeld • NYY	22.3
5.	Parent • CHW	19.7
6.	Crawford • DET	18.4
7.	Street • WSH	16.3
8.	Wallace • SLB	16.1
9.	Collins • PHA	15.9
10.	Murphy • PHA	14.2

AB per HR
1.	Cobb • DET	63.7
2.	Stahl • BOS	72.5
3.	Speaker • BOS	77.7
4.	Crawford • DET	98.2
5.	Demmitt • NYY	106.8
6.	Murphy • PHA	108.2
7.	Chase • NYY	118.5
8.	Davis • PHA	132.5
9.	Baker • PHA	135.3
10.	Ferris • SLB	139.0

Outs Made
1.	Ferris • SLB	451
2.	Hartzell • SLB	450
3.	Stovall • CLE	446
4.	Tannehill • CHW	442
5.	Bush • DET	439
6.	Niles • BOS	430
7.	Crawford • DET	429
8.	Murphy • PHA	423
9.	McBride • WSH	413
10.	Baker • PHA	410

rOBA
1.	Cobb • DET	.482
2.	Collins • PHA	.436
3.	Crawford • DET	.400
4.	Speaker • BOS	.395
5.	Lajoie • CLE	.395
6.	Stahl • BOS	.388
7.	Baker • PHA	.382
8.	Dougherty • CHW	.372
9.	Murphy • PHA	.363
10.	Bush • DET	.355

Rbat+
1.	Cobb • DET	199
2.	Collins • PHA	175
3.	Crawford • DET	157
4.	Lajoie • CLE	155
5.	Speaker • BOS	153
6.	Stahl • BOS	151
7.	Baker • PHA	148
8.	Dougherty • CHW	142
9.	Murphy • PHA	134
10.	Gessler • 2TM	125

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