American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ruth • NYY 14.1
2. Heilmann • DET 9.3
3. Speaker • CLE 9.1
4. Uhle • CLE 7.8
5. Williams • SLB 7.7
6. Sewell • CLE 7.5
7. Shocker • SLB 6.5
8. Collins • CHW 6.4
9. Pennock • NYY 6.2
10. Ehmke • BOS 6.1
WAR Position Players
1. Ruth • NYY 14.1
2. Heilmann • DET 9.3
3. Speaker • CLE 9.1
4. Williams • SLB 7.7
5. Sewell • CLE 7.5
6. Collins • CHW 6.4
7. Cobb • DET 5.6
8. Jamieson • CLE 5.3
9. Bassler • DET 4.9
10. Harris • BOS 4.7
Offensive WAR
1. Ruth • NYY 12.3
2. Speaker • CLE 9.3
3. Heilmann • DET 8.9
4. Sewell • CLE 8.1
5. Williams • SLB 7.3
6. Collins • CHW 6.7
7. Cobb • DET 5.0
8. Jamieson • CLE 5.0
9. Harris • BOS 4.7
10. Rigney • DET 4.2
Defensive WAR
1. Bassler • DET 2.2
2. Ward • NYY 2.1
3. Peckinpaugh • WSH 1.8
4. Ruel • WSH 1.7
5. Kamm • CHW 1.6
6. Scott • NYY 1.5
7. Lutzke • CLE 1.4
Dugan • NYY 1.4
9. Gerber • SLB 1.3
10. Ruth • NYY 1.2
Batting Average
1. Heilmann • DET .403
2. Ruth • NYY .393
3. Speaker • CLE .380
4. Collins • CHW .360
5. Williams • SLB .357
6. Sewell • CLE .353
7. Jamieson • CLE .345
8. Cobb • DET .340
9. Harris • BOS .335
10. Manush • DET .334
On-Base%
1. Ruth • NYY .545
2. Heilmann • DET .481
3. Speaker • CLE .469
4. Sewell • CLE .456
5. Collins • CHW .455
6. Williams • SLB .439
7. Jamieson • CLE .422
8. Bassler • DET .414
9. Cobb • DET .413
10. Judge • WSH .406
Slugging %
1. Ruth • NYY .764
2. Heilmann • DET .632
3. Williams • SLB .623
4. Speaker • CLE .610
5. Harris • BOS .520
6. Brower • CLE .509
7. McManus • SLB .481
8. Sewell • CLE .479
9. Meusel • NYY .478
10. Tobin • SLB .476
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Ruth • NYY 1.309
2. Heilmann • DET 1.113
3. Speaker • CLE 1.079
4. Williams • SLB 1.062
5. Sewell • CLE .935
6. Harris • BOS .925
7. Collins • CHW .909
8. Brower • CLE .901
9. Cobb • DET .882
10. Manush • DET .877
Games Played
1. Sheely • CHW 156
2. Gerber • SLB 154
McManus • SLB 154
Peckinpaugh • WSH 154
5. Mostil • CHW 153
Sewell • CLE 153
7. Jamieson • CLE 152
Ruth • NYY 152
Scott • NYY 152
Ward • NYY 152
At Bats
1. Jamieson • CLE 644
Dugan • NYY 644
3. Tobin • SLB 637
4. Gerber • SLB 605
5. Goslin • WSH 600
6. Witt • NYY 596
7. Rice • WSH 595
8. Jacobson • SLB 592
9. McManus • SLB 582
10. Hooper • CHW 576
Plate Appearances
1. Jamieson • CLE 746
2. Ruth • NYY 699
3. Tobin • SLB 696
4. Speaker • CLE 695
5. Gerber • SLB 692
6. Witt • NYY 686
7. Sewell • CLE 685
8. Dugan • NYY 684
9. Sheely • CHW 683
10. Peckinpaugh • WSH 673
Runs Scored
1. Ruth • NYY 151
2. Speaker • CLE 133
3. Jamieson • CLE 130
4. Heilmann • DET 121
5. Rice • WSH 117
6. Witt • NYY 113
7. Dugan • NYY 111
8. Williams • SLB 106
9. Cobb • DET 103
10. Blue • DET 100
Hits
1. Jamieson • CLE 222
2. Speaker • CLE 218
3. Heilmann • DET 211
4. Ruth • NYY 205
5. Tobin • SLB 202
6. Williams • SLB 198
7. Sewell • CLE 195
8. Cobb • DET 189
9. Rice • WSH 188
10. Witt • NYY 187
Total Bases
1. Ruth • NYY 399
2. Speaker • CLE 350
3. Williams • SLB 346
4. Heilmann • DET 331
5. Tobin • SLB 303
6. Jamieson • CLE 288
7. McManus • SLB 280
8. Goslin • WSH 272
9. Rice • WSH 268
10. Sewell • CLE 265
Doubles
1. Speaker • CLE 59
2. Burns • BOS 47
3. Ruth • NYY 45
4. Heilmann • DET 44
5. Sewell • CLE 41
6. Cobb • DET 40
7. Kamm • CHW 39
8. Mostil • CHW 37
Williams • SLB 37
10. Jamieson • CLE 36
Triples
1. Goslin • WSH 18
Rice • WSH 18
3. Mostil • CHW 15
Tobin • SLB 15
5. Ruth • NYY 13
Harris • WSH 13
7. Jamieson • CLE 12
Williams • SLB 12
9. Harris • BOS 11
Speaker • CLE 11
Heilmann • DET 11
Rigney • DET 11
Ward • NYY 11
Home Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 41
2. Williams • SLB 29
3. Heilmann • DET 18
4. Hauser • PHA 17
Speaker • CLE 17
6. Brower • CLE 16
7. McManus • SLB 15
8. Harris • BOS 13
Tobin • SLB 13
10. Miller • PHA 12
Runs Batted In
1. Speaker • CLE 130
Ruth • NYY 130
3. Heilmann • DET 115
4. Sewell • CLE 109
Pipp • NYY 109
6. Goslin • WSH 99
7. Hauser • PHA 94
McManus • SLB 94
9. Meusel • NYY 91
Williams • SLB 91
Bases on Balls
1. Ruth • NYY 170
2. Sewell • CLE 98
3. Blue • DET 96
4. Speaker • CLE 93
5. Collins • CHW 84
6. Jamieson • CLE 80
7. Sheely • CHW 79
Williams • SLB 79
9. Bassler • DET 76
10. Heilmann • DET 74
Strikeouts
1. Ruth • NYY 93
2. Kamm • CHW 82
3. Ward • NYY 65
4. Schliebner • SLB 60
5. Lutzke • CLE 57
6. Bluege • WSH 53
Goslin • WSH 53
8. Meusel • NYY 52
Hauser • PHA 52
10. Mostil • CHW 51
Stolen Bases
1. Collins • CHW 48
2. Mostil • CHW 41
3. Harris • WSH 23
4. Rice • WSH 20
5. Hooper • CHW 18
Kamm • CHW 18
Jamieson • CLE 18
Williams • SLB 18
9. Ruth • NYY 17
10. Elsh • CHW 16
Matthews • PHA 16
Singles
1. Jamieson • CLE 172
2. Witt • NYY 153
3. Collins • CHW 150
4. Tobin • SLB 142
5. Sewell • CLE 141
6. Pipp • NYY 140
Gerber • SLB 140
Jacobson • SLB 140
9. Heilmann • DET 138
Dugan • NYY 138
Adjusted OPS+
1. Ruth • NYY 239
2. Heilmann • DET 194
3. Speaker • CLE 182
4. Williams • SLB 171
5. Sewell • CLE 146
6. Harris • BOS 142
7. Collins • CHW 142
8. Brower • CLE 136
9. Cobb • DET 134
10. Manush • DET 132
Runs Created
1. Ruth • NYY 209
2. Speaker • CLE 160
3. Heilmann • DET 156
4. Williams • SLB 146
5. Jamieson • CLE 119
Sewell • CLE 119
7. Tobin • SLB 107
8. Cobb • DET 105
9. Collins • CHW 103
10. Harris • BOS 101
Rice • WSH 101
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 121
2. Heilmann • DET 74
3. Speaker • CLE 74
4. Williams • SLB 58
5. Sewell • CLE 45
6. Collins • CHW 37
7. Jamieson • CLE 30
8. Cobb • DET 30
9. Harris • BOS 29
10. Hauser • PHA 23
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Ruth • NYY 11.3
2. Heilmann • DET 7.0
3. Speaker • CLE 7.0
4. Williams • SLB 5.5
5. Sewell • CLE 4.3
6. Collins • CHW 3.5
7. Jamieson • CLE 2.9
8. Cobb • DET 2.9
9. Harris • BOS 2.8
10. Hauser • PHA 2.2
Extra Base Hits
1. Ruth • NYY 99
2. Speaker • CLE 87
3. Williams • SLB 78
4. Heilmann • DET 73
5. McManus • SLB 60
Tobin • SLB 60
7. Burns • BOS 59
8. Goslin • WSH 56
Rice • WSH 56
10. Mostil • CHW 55
Times On Base
1. Ruth • NYY 379
2. Speaker • CLE 315
3. Jamieson • CLE 308
4. Sewell • CLE 300
5. Heilmann • DET 290
6. Williams • SLB 279
7. Collins • CHW 270
8. Cobb • DET 258
9. Witt • NYY 257
10. Sheely • CHW 253
Offensive Win %
1. Ruth • NYY .909
2. Heilmann • DET .852
3. Speaker • CLE .829
4. Williams • SLB .806
5. Sewell • CLE .736
6. Harris • BOS .728
7. Jamieson • CLE .682
8. Cobb • DET .679
Collins • CHW .679
10. Brower • CLE .666
Hit By Pitch
1. Manush • DET 17
2. Harris • WSH 13
3. Mostil • CHW 12
Hauser • PHA 12
5. Schang • NYY 9
6. Brower • CLE 8
Hale • PHA 8
Reichle • BOS 8
Bluege • WSH 8
10. Burns • BOS 7
Hooper • CHW 7
Sewell • CLE 7
Sacrifice Hits
1. Peckinpaugh • WSH 40
2. Collins • CHW 39
3. McClellan • CHW 36
4. Rigney • DET 33
5. Jones • DET 29
6. Gerber • SLB 28
7. Wambsganss • CLE 27
Haney • DET 27
9. Sheely • CHW 26
10. Summa • CLE 25
Harris • WSH 25
Caught Stealing
1. Collins • CHW 29
2. Ruth • NYY 21
3. Hooper • CHW 18
4. Williams • SLB 17
5. Mostil • CHW 16
Matthews • PHA 16
Harris • WSH 16
8. Meusel • NYY 15
9. Fewster • BOS 14
Jamieson • CLE 14
Power-Speed #
1. Ruth • NYY 24.0
2. Williams • SLB 22.2
3. McManus • SLB 14.5
4. Hooper • CHW 12.9
5. Heilmann • DET 12.0
6. Speaker • CLE 10.9
7. Meusel • NYY 10.6
8. Miller • PHA 10.3
9. Tobin • SLB 9.9
10. Harris • BOS 9.1
AB per SO
1. Collins • CHW 63.1
2. Rice • WSH 49.6
3. Tobin • SLB 49.0
4. Sewell • CLE 46.1
5. Cobb • DET 39.7
6. Severeid • SLB 39.3
7. Speaker • CLE 38.3
8. Pratt • DET 33.0
9. Bassler • DET 29.5
10. Jones • DET 28.6
AB per HR
1. Ruth • NYY 12.7
2. Williams • SLB 19.1
3. Brower • CLE 24.8
4. Heilmann • DET 29.1
5. Hauser • PHA 31.6
6. Speaker • CLE 33.8
7. Harris • BOS 37.2
8. Miller • PHA 38.2
9. McManus • SLB 38.8
10. Flagstead • 2TM 47.9
Outs Made
1. Dugan • NYY 477
2. Gerber • SLB 469
3. McClellan • CHW 468
4. Peckinpaugh • WSH 466
5. Tobin • SLB 455
6. Jamieson • CLE 448
7. Hooper • CHW 442
8. Witt • NYY 435
Jacobson • SLB 435
McManus • SLB 435
Goslin • WSH 435
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Ruth • NYY 121.89
2. Speaker • CLE 92.62
3. Heilmann • DET 62.77
4. Sewell • CLE 54.24
5. Williams • SLB 50.32
6. Cobb • DET 31.10
7. Harris • BOS 30.09
8. Hauser • PHA 29.30
9. Brower • CLE 26.30
10. Rice • WSH 25.53
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Ruth • NYY 11.8
2. Speaker • CLE 7.2
3. Williams • SLB 5.1
4. Heilmann • DET 4.2
5. Sewell • CLE 3.6
6. Cobb • DET 3.4
7. Harris • BOS 3.1
8. Burns • BOS 3.1
9. Rice • WSH 2.5
10. Hauser • PHA 2.0
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Ruth • NYY 10.6
2. Speaker • CLE 6.2
3. Heilmann • DET 5.4
4. Williams • SLB 5.1
5. Sewell • CLE 3.7
6. Harris • BOS 2.7
7. Collins • CHW 2.6
8. Rice • WSH 2.2
9. Hauser • PHA 2.1
10. Burns • BOS 2.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Ruth • NYY 16.6
2. Speaker • CLE 5.3
3. Witt • NYY 5.1
4. Smith • NYY 4.3
5. Jamieson • CLE 4.3
6. Ward • NYY 2.7
7. Cobb • DET 2.6
8. Sewell • CLE 2.6
9. Williams • SLB 2.1
10. Brower • CLE 1.8
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Ruth • NYY 11.3
2. Speaker • CLE 8.8
3. Heilmann • DET 6.0
4. Sewell • CLE 5.2
5. Williams • SLB 4.7
6. Cobb • DET 3.0
7. Harris • BOS 2.9
8. Hauser • PHA 2.8
9. Brower • CLE 2.5
10. Rice • WSH 2.5
rOBA
1. Ruth • NYY .565
2. Heilmann • DET .508
3. Speaker • CLE .496
4. Williams • SLB .479
5. Sewell • CLE .447
6. Collins • CHW .434
7. Harris • BOS .433
8. Brower • CLE .417
9. Cobb • DET .416
10. Jamieson • CLE .413
Rbat+
1. Ruth • NYY 236
2. Heilmann • DET 202
3. Speaker • CLE 191
4. Williams • SLB 175
5. Sewell • CLE 157
6. Collins • CHW 154
7. Harris • BOS 147
8. Cobb • DET 141
9. Brower • CLE 138
10. Manush • DET 138

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