American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ruth • NYY 12.6
2. Faber • CHW 11.1
3. Shocker • SLB 8.6
4. Mays • NYY 7.5
5. Jones • BOS 7.2
6. Heilmann • DET 6.9
7. Cobb • DET 6.7
8. Speaker • CLE 6.6
9. Coveleski • CLE 6.5
10. Mogridge • WSH 6.3
WAR Position Players
1. Ruth • NYY 12.8
2. Heilmann • DET 6.9
3. Cobb • DET 6.7
4. Speaker • CLE 6.6
5. Sisler • SLB 5.7
6. Veach • DET 5.5
7. Williams • SLB 5.5
8. Sewell • CLE 4.9
9. Gardner • CLE 4.5
10. Collins • CHW 4.5
Offensive WAR
1. Ruth • NYY 12.2
2. Heilmann • DET 7.3
3. Cobb • DET 6.6
4. Speaker • CLE 5.6
5. Sewell • CLE 5.4
6. Williams • SLB 5.3
7. Sisler • SLB 5.2
8. Veach • DET 4.6
9. Schang • NYY 4.3
10. Collins • CHW 4.1
Defensive WAR
1. Scott • BOS 2.6
2. Ward • NYY 1.6
3. Perkins • PHA 1.5
4. Gharrity • WSH 1.5
5. Schalk • CHW 1.2
6. Severeid • SLB 1.2
7. Johnson • CHW 1.1
8. Baker • NYY 1.1
9. McNally • NYY 1.0
10. Gardner • CLE 0.9
Batting Average
1. Heilmann • DET .394
2. Cobb • DET .389
3. Ruth • NYY .378
4. Sisler • SLB .371
5. Speaker • CLE .362
6. Jacobson • SLB .352
7. Tobin • SLB .352
8. Williams • SLB .347
9. Veach • DET .338
10. Collins • CHW .337
On-Base%
1. Ruth • NYY .512
2. Cobb • DET .452
3. Heilmann • DET .444
4. Speaker • CLE .439
5. Williams • SLB .429
6. Schang • NYY .428
7. O'Neill • CLE .424
8. Blue • DET .416
9. Collins • CHW .412
10. Sewell • CLE .412
Slugging %
1. Ruth • NYY .846
2. Heilmann • DET .606
3. Cobb • DET .596
4. Williams • SLB .561
5. Sisler • SLB .560
6. Meusel • NYY .559
7. Speaker • CLE .538
8. Veach • DET .529
9. Smith • CLE .508
10. Walker • PHA .504
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Ruth • NYY 1.359
2. Heilmann • DET 1.051
3. Cobb • DET 1.048
4. Williams • SLB .990
5. Speaker • CLE .977
6. Sisler • SLB .971
7. Veach • DET .917
8. Meusel • NYY .915
9. Walker • PHA .892
10. Jacobson • SLB .885
Games Played
1. Dykes • PHA 155
2. Scott • BOS 154
Sheely • CHW 154
Sewell • CLE 154
Witt • PHA 154
Harris • WSH 154
Shanks • WSH 154
8. Gardner • CLE 153
Blue • DET 153
Pipp • NYY 153
Ward • NYY 153
Judge • WSH 153
At Bats
1. Tobin • SLB 671
2. Witt • PHA 629
3. Judge • WSH 622
4. Johnson • CHW 613
Dykes • PHA 613
6. Veach • DET 612
7. Mulligan • CHW 609
8. Heilmann • DET 602
9. Jacobson • SLB 599
10. Meusel • NYY 598
Plate Appearances
1. Witt • PHA 731
Tobin • SLB 731
3. Judge • WSH 715
4. Blue • DET 711
5. Dykes • PHA 701
6. Peckinpaugh • NYY 696
7. Ruth • NYY 693
8. Veach • DET 692
9. Harris • WSH 688
10. Gardner • CLE 686
Runs Scored
1. Ruth • NYY 177
2. Tobin • SLB 132
3. Peckinpaugh • NYY 128
4. Sisler • SLB 125
5. Cobb • DET 124
6. Williams • SLB 115
7. Heilmann • DET 114
8. Veach • DET 110
9. Speaker • CLE 107
10. Meusel • NYY 104
Hits
1. Heilmann • DET 237
2. Tobin • SLB 236
3. Sisler • SLB 216
4. Jacobson • SLB 211
5. Veach • DET 207
6. Ruth • NYY 204
7. Witt • PHA 198
8. Cobb • DET 197
9. Meusel • NYY 190
Williams • SLB 190
Total Bases
1. Ruth • NYY 457
2. Heilmann • DET 365
3. Meusel • NYY 334
4. Tobin • SLB 327
5. Sisler • SLB 326
6. Veach • DET 324
7. Williams • SLB 307
8. Cobb • DET 302
9. Jacobson • SLB 292
10. Walker • PHA 280
Doubles
1. Speaker • CLE 52
2. Ruth • NYY 44
3. Heilmann • DET 43
Veach • DET 43
5. Meusel • NYY 40
6. Rice • WSH 39
7. Jacobson • SLB 38
Sisler • SLB 38
9. Cobb • DET 37
10. Pratt • BOS 36
Sewell • CLE 36
Triples
1. Sisler • SLB 18
Tobin • SLB 18
Shanks • WSH 18
4. Cobb • DET 16
Meusel • NYY 16
Ruth • NYY 16
7. Gardner • CLE 14
Speaker • CLE 14
Heilmann • DET 14
Jacobson • SLB 14
Home Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 59
2. Meusel • NYY 24
Williams • SLB 24
4. Walker • PHA 23
5. Heilmann • DET 19
6. Veach • DET 16
Smith • CLE 16
Dykes • PHA 16
9. Sisler • SLB 12
Cobb • DET 12
Perkins • PHA 12
Runs Batted In
1. Ruth • NYY 168
2. Heilmann • DET 139
3. Meusel • NYY 138
4. Veach • DET 128
5. Gardner • CLE 120
6. Williams • SLB 117
7. Sisler • SLB 104
8. Pipp • NYY 103
9. Pratt • BOS 102
10. Cobb • DET 101
Walker • PHA 101
Bases on Balls
1. Ruth • NYY 145
2. Blue • DET 103
3. Peckinpaugh • NYY 84
4. Sewell • CLE 80
5. Schang • NYY 78
6. Witt • PHA 77
7. Williams • SLB 74
8. Walker • PHA 73
9. Young • DET 69
10. Speaker • CLE 68
Judge • WSH 68
Strikeouts
1. Meusel • NYY 88
2. Ruth • NYY 81
3. Dykes • PHA 75
4. Falk • CHW 69
5. Ward • NYY 68
6. O'Rourke • WSH 56
7. Mulligan • CHW 53
8. Witt • PHA 52
9. Miller • WSH 50
10. Blue • DET 47
Stolen Bases
1. Sisler • SLB 35
2. Harris • WSH 29
3. Rice • WSH 26
4. Johnson • CHW 22
Cobb • DET 22
6. Judge • WSH 21
7. Williams • SLB 20
8. Meusel • NYY 17
Pipp • NYY 17
Ruth • NYY 17
Singles
1. Tobin • SLB 179
2. Heilmann • DET 161
3. Jacobson • SLB 154
4. Witt • PHA 152
5. Sisler • SLB 148
6. Collins • CHW 145
Johnson • CHW 145
8. Judge • WSH 143
9. Harris • WSH 139
10. McInnis • BOS 138
Gardner • CLE 138
Adjusted OPS+
1. Ruth • NYY 239
2. Heilmann • DET 167
3. Cobb • DET 166
4. Speaker • CLE 146
5. Williams • SLB 145
6. Sisler • SLB 140
7. Veach • DET 133
8. Meusel • NYY 128
9. Walker • PHA 126
10. Hooper • CHW 125
Runs Created
1. Ruth • NYY 229
2. Heilmann • DET 159
3. Sisler • SLB 134
4. Cobb • DET 133
5. Williams • SLB 126
6. Tobin • SLB 124
7. Veach • DET 123
8. Speaker • CLE 118
Meusel • NYY 118
10. Jacobson • SLB 113
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 120
2. Heilmann • DET 60
3. Cobb • DET 52
4. Speaker • CLE 39
5. Williams • SLB 39
6. Sisler • SLB 33
7. Veach • DET 28
8. Walker • PHA 22
9. Meusel • NYY 21
10. Blue • DET 20
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Ruth • NYY 10.9
2. Heilmann • DET 5.5
3. Cobb • DET 4.8
4. Speaker • CLE 3.6
Williams • SLB 3.6
6. Sisler • SLB 3.0
7. Veach • DET 2.6
8. Walker • PHA 2.1
9. Meusel • NYY 1.9
10. Blue • DET 1.9
Extra Base Hits
1. Ruth • NYY 119
2. Meusel • NYY 80
3. Heilmann • DET 76
4. Veach • DET 72
5. Speaker • CLE 69
6. Sisler • SLB 68
7. Cobb • DET 65
8. Williams • SLB 62
9. Dykes • PHA 61
10. Walker • PHA 60
Times On Base
1. Ruth • NYY 353
2. Heilmann • DET 292
3. Blue • DET 288
4. Tobin • SLB 284
5. Witt • PHA 276
6. Sewell • CLE 273
7. Williams • SLB 268
8. Judge • WSH 258
9. Gardner • CLE 256
Cobb • DET 256
Veach • DET 256
Jacobson • SLB 256
Offensive Win %
1. Ruth • NYY .905
2. Heilmann • DET .805
3. Cobb • DET .790
4. Speaker • CLE .752
5. Sisler • SLB .747
6. Williams • SLB .721
7. Veach • DET .669
8. Meusel • NYY .667
9. Jacobson • SLB .660
10. Schang • NYY .656
Tobin • SLB .656
Hit By Pitch
1. Harris • WSH 18
2. Dykes • PHA 15
3. Mostil • CHW 13
4. Sewell • CLE 11
5. Menosky • BOS 9
Rice • WSH 9
7. Ward • NYY 8
8. Schalk • CHW 7
Sheely • CHW 7
O'Rourke • WSH 7
Sacrifice Hits
1. Wambsganss • CLE 43
2. Bush • 2TM 41
3. McInnis • BOS 35
4. Mulligan • CHW 34
5. Peckinpaugh • NYY 33
Pipp • NYY 33
7. Gardner • CLE 31
8. Ellerbe • 2TM 30
9. Ward • NYY 29
10. Johnston • CLE 27
Veach • DET 27
Harris • WSH 27
Caught Stealing
1. Mulligan • CHW 18
2. Blue • DET 17
Williams • SLB 17
4. Cobb • DET 15
Witt • PHA 15
6. Johnson • CHW 13
Ruth • NYY 13
Bush • 2TM 13
9. Mostil • CHW 12
Tobin • SLB 12
Rice • WSH 12
Power-Speed #
1. Ruth • NYY 26.4
2. Williams • SLB 21.8
3. Meusel • NYY 19.9
4. Sisler • SLB 17.9
5. Cobb • DET 15.5
6. Veach • DET 14.9
7. Pipp • NYY 10.9
8. Judge • WSH 10.5
9. Hooper • CHW 9.9
10. Dykes • PHA 8.7
AB per SO
1. McInnis • BOS 64.9
2. Rice • WSH 56.1
3. Severeid • SLB 52.4
4. Pratt • BOS 52.1
5. Collins • CHW 47.8
6. Speaker • CLE 42.2
7. Gardner • CLE 36.6
8. Sewell • CLE 33.6
9. Milan • WSH 31.2
10. Tobin • SLB 30.5
AB per HR
1. Ruth • NYY 9.2
2. Williams • SLB 22.8
3. Walker • PHA 24.2
4. Meusel • NYY 24.9
5. Smith • CLE 26.9
6. Heilmann • DET 31.7
7. Veach • DET 38.3
8. Dykes • PHA 38.3
9. Cobb • DET 42.3
10. Perkins • PHA 44.8
Outs Made
1. Mulligan • CHW 508
2. Johnson • CHW 466
3. Witt • PHA 465
4. Dykes • PHA 463
Judge • WSH 463
6. Tobin • SLB 459
7. Pipp • NYY 457
8. Scott • BOS 451
Harris • WSH 451
10. Falk • CHW 446
Peckinpaugh • NYY 446
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Ruth • NYY 134.12
2. Cobb • DET 59.19
3. Heilmann • DET 57.92
4. Speaker • CLE 52.51
5. Sisler • SLB 51.22
6. Veach • DET 44.47
7. Meusel • NYY 35.22
8. Williams • SLB 34.29
9. Schang • NYY 32.03
10. Tobin • SLB 29.60
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Ruth • NYY 11.1
2. Heilmann • DET 5.3
3. Tobin • SLB 3.8
4. Severeid • SLB 3.4
5. Sisler • SLB 3.3
6. Speaker • CLE 3.3
7. Veach • DET 3.1
8. Williams • SLB 2.9
9. Gardner • CLE 2.8
10. Cobb • DET 2.7
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Ruth • NYY 11.2
2. Heilmann • DET 4.8
3. Sisler • SLB 4.4
4. Cobb • DET 4.0
5. Speaker • CLE 3.5
6. Williams • SLB 3.5
7. Veach • DET 2.9
8. Tobin • SLB 2.9
9. Meusel • NYY 2.6
10. Schang • NYY 2.4
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Ruth • NYY 44.9
2. Gardner • CLE 11.8
3. Burns • CLE 10.7
4. Schang • NYY 9.8
5. Speaker • CLE 8.9
6. Sewell • CLE 7.7
7. Meusel • NYY 6.1
8. Pipp • NYY 5.4
9. Heilmann • DET 4.5
10. Graney • CLE 3.7
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Ruth • NYY 12.0
2. Cobb • DET 5.5
3. Heilmann • DET 5.4
4. Speaker • CLE 4.8
5. Sisler • SLB 4.6
6. Veach • DET 4.1
7. Meusel • NYY 3.2
8. Williams • SLB 3.1
9. Schang • NYY 2.9
10. Tobin • SLB 2.7
rOBA
1. Ruth • NYY .571
2. Cobb • DET .474
3. Heilmann • DET .474
4. Speaker • CLE .451
5. Sisler • SLB .447
6. Williams • SLB .445
7. Veach • DET .417
8. Schang • NYY .416
9. Hooper • CHW .409
10. Walker • PHA .408
Rbat+
1. Ruth • NYY 233
2. Cobb • DET 174
3. Heilmann • DET 173
4. Speaker • CLE 153
5. Williams • SLB 150
6. Sisler • SLB 143
7. Veach • DET 135
8. Hooper • CHW 130
9. Schang • NYY 130
10. Walker • PHA 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