American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ruth • NYY 11.4
2. Uhle • CLE 9.2
3. Gehrig • NYY 6.9
Goslin • WSH 6.9
5. Grove • PHA 6.6
6. Mostil • CHW 6.4
7. Sewell • CLE 6.0
8. Lyons • CHW 5.8
9. Falk • CHW 5.7
10. Speaker • CLE 5.5
WAR Position Players
1. Ruth • NYY 11.4
2. Gehrig • NYY 6.9
Goslin • WSH 6.9
4. Mostil • CHW 6.4
5. Sewell • CLE 6.0
6. Falk • CHW 5.7
7. Speaker • CLE 5.5
8. Manush • DET 5.2
9. Burns • CLE 5.2
10. Kamm • CHW 5.1
Offensive WAR
1. Ruth • NYY 11.0
2. Gehrig • NYY 6.4
3. Goslin • WSH 6.4
4. Manush • DET 5.9
5. Heilmann • DET 5.7
6. Sewell • CLE 5.5
7. Simmons • PHA 5.5
8. Mostil • CHW 5.4
9. Speaker • CLE 5.0
10. Falk • CHW 4.9
Defensive WAR
1. Kamm • CHW 1.9
2. Sewell • CLE 1.5
3. Bishop • PHA 1.3
4. Rigney • BOS 1.3
5. Haney • BOS 1.2
6. Lutzke • CLE 1.1
7. Spurgeon • CLE 1.0
8. Dykes • PHA 0.9
9. Schang • SLB 0.9
10. Bassler • DET 0.8
Batting Average
1. Manush • DET .378
2. Ruth • NYY .372
3. Fothergill • DET .367
4. Heilmann • DET .367
5. Burns • CLE .358
6. Goslin • WSH .354
7. Falk • CHW .345
8. Collins • CHW .344
9. Simmons • PHA .341
10. Rice • WSH .337
On-Base%
1. Ruth • NYY .516
2. Heilmann • DET .445
3. Collins • CHW .441
4. Collins • NYY .433
5. Bishop • PHA .431
6. Goslin • WSH .425
7. Fothergill • DET .421
8. Manush • DET .421
9. Gehrig • NYY .420
10. Mostil • CHW .415
Slugging %
1. Ruth • NYY .737
2. Simmons • PHA .564
3. Manush • DET .564
4. Gehrig • NYY .549
5. Goslin • WSH .542
6. Heilmann • DET .534
7. Schang • SLB .516
8. Williams • SLB .510
9. Fothergill • DET .506
10. Burns • CLE .494
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Ruth • NYY 1.253
2. Manush • DET .985
3. Heilmann • DET .979
4. Gehrig • NYY .969
5. Goslin • WSH .967
6. Simmons • PHA .957
7. Fothergill • DET .927
8. Schang • SLB .921
9. Collins • CHW .900
10. Falk • CHW .892
Games Played
1. Tavener • DET 156
2. Falk • CHW 155
Gehrig • NYY 155
Lazzeri • NYY 155
5. Todt • BOS 154
Sewell • CLE 154
Summa • CLE 154
8. Ruth • NYY 152
Rice • WSH 152
10. Burns • CLE 151
At Bats
1. Rice • WSH 641
2. Koenig • NYY 617
3. Spurgeon • CLE 614
4. Sisler • SLB 613
5. Combs • NYY 606
6. Burns • CLE 603
7. Mostil • CHW 600
8. Todt • BOS 599
9. Lazzeri • NYY 589
10. Simmons • PHA 583
Plate Appearances
1. Rice • WSH 704
2. Mostil • CHW 702
3. Gehrig • NYY 697
4. Koenig • NYY 679
5. Spurgeon • CLE 678
6. Sewell • CLE 672
7. Combs • NYY 670
8. Lazzeri • NYY 665
9. Todt • BOS 663
Sisler • SLB 663
Runs Scored
1. Ruth • NYY 139
2. Gehrig • NYY 135
3. Mostil • CHW 120
4. Combs • NYY 113
5. Goslin • WSH 105
6. McManus • SLB 102
7. Spurgeon • CLE 101
8. Rice • WSH 98
9. Burns • CLE 97
10. Speaker • CLE 96
Hits
1. Burns • CLE 216
Rice • WSH 216
3. Goslin • WSH 201
4. Simmons • PHA 199
5. Mostil • CHW 197
6. Falk • CHW 195
7. Manush • DET 188
8. Sewell • CLE 187
9. Heilmann • DET 184
Ruth • NYY 184
Total Bases
1. Ruth • NYY 365
2. Simmons • PHA 329
3. Gehrig • NYY 314
4. Goslin • WSH 308
5. Burns • CLE 298
6. Rice • WSH 285
7. Manush • DET 281
8. Mostil • CHW 280
9. Lazzeri • NYY 272
10. Falk • CHW 270
Doubles
1. Burns • CLE 64
2. Simmons • PHA 53
3. Speaker • CLE 52
4. Jacobson • 2TM 51
5. Gehrig • NYY 47
6. Falk • CHW 43
7. Mostil • CHW 41
Sewell • CLE 41
Heilmann • DET 41
10. Sheely • CHW 40
Triples
1. Gehrig • NYY 20
2. Gehringer • DET 17
3. Mostil • CHW 15
Goslin • WSH 15
5. Blue • DET 14
Tavener • DET 14
Lazzeri • NYY 14
Rice • WSH 14
9. Todt • BOS 12
Combs • NYY 12
Sisler • SLB 12
McNeely • WSH 12
Home Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 47
2. Simmons • PHA 19
3. Lazzeri • NYY 18
4. Goslin • WSH 17
Williams • SLB 17
6. Gehrig • NYY 16
7. Manush • DET 14
8. Meusel • NYY 12
9. Heilmann • DET 9
Rice • SLB 9
McManus • SLB 9
Runs Batted In
1. Ruth • NYY 153
2. Lazzeri • NYY 117
3. Burns • CLE 115
4. Simmons • PHA 110
5. Gehrig • NYY 109
Goslin • WSH 109
7. Falk • CHW 108
8. Heilmann • DET 101
9. Judge • WSH 92
10. Jacobson • 2TM 89
Bases on Balls
1. Ruth • NYY 144
2. Bishop • PHA 116
3. Rigney • BOS 108
4. Gehrig • NYY 105
5. Speaker • CLE 94
6. Blue • DET 90
7. Mostil • CHW 79
8. Kamm • CHW 77
9. Sheely • CHW 75
10. Haney • BOS 74
Strikeouts
1. Lazzeri • NYY 96
2. Ruth • NYY 76
3. Gehrig • NYY 73
4. McManus • SLB 62
5. Collins • NYY 57
6. Mostil • CHW 55
7. Tavener • DET 53
8. Simmons • PHA 49
9. Bluege • WSH 46
10. Gehringer • DET 42
Grove • PHA 42
Stolen Bases
1. Mostil • CHW 35
2. Hunnefield • CHW 24
Rice • WSH 24
4. McNeely • WSH 18
5. Sewell • CLE 17
6. Lazzeri • NYY 16
Meusel • NYY 16
Harris • WSH 16
9. Summa • CLE 15
10. Haney • BOS 13
Collins • CHW 13
Burns • CLE 13
Blue • DET 13
Singles
1. Rice • WSH 167
2. Spurgeon • CLE 147
3. Burns • CLE 145
4. Goslin • WSH 143
5. Falk • CHW 140
6. Summa • CLE 138
Sisler • SLB 138
8. Mostil • CHW 137
Sewell • CLE 137
10. Rice • SLB 135
Adjusted OPS+
1. Ruth • NYY 226
2. Manush • DET 154
3. Heilmann • DET 154
4. Goslin • WSH 153
5. Gehrig • NYY 153
6. Simmons • PHA 143
7. Fothergill • DET 140
8. Collins • CHW 138
9. Schang • SLB 135
10. Falk • CHW 135
Runs Created
1. Ruth • NYY 185
2. Gehrig • NYY 131
3. Simmons • PHA 130
4. Goslin • WSH 127
5. Heilmann • DET 116
Manush • DET 116
7. Mostil • CHW 115
Burns • CLE 115
9. Falk • CHW 109
10. Speaker • CLE 104
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 101
2. Gehrig • NYY 46
3. Goslin • WSH 44
4. Heilmann • DET 43
5. Manush • DET 38
6. Simmons • PHA 35
7. Mostil • CHW 32
8. Falk • CHW 32
9. Burns • CLE 27
10. Speaker • CLE 26
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Ruth • NYY 9.5
2. Gehrig • NYY 4.5
3. Goslin • WSH 4.2
4. Heilmann • DET 4.1
5. Manush • DET 3.7
6. Simmons • PHA 3.3
7. Mostil • CHW 3.1
8. Falk • CHW 3.1
9. Burns • CLE 2.6
10. Speaker • CLE 2.5
Extra Base Hits
1. Gehrig • NYY 83
2. Ruth • NYY 82
Simmons • PHA 82
4. Burns • CLE 71
5. Speaker • CLE 67
6. Jacobson • 2TM 61
7. Mostil • CHW 60
Lazzeri • NYY 60
9. Heilmann • DET 58
Goslin • WSH 58
Times On Base
1. Ruth • NYY 331
2. Mostil • CHW 286
3. Gehrig • NYY 285
4. Goslin • WSH 271
5. Falk • CHW 263
6. Sewell • CLE 260
Rice • WSH 260
8. Speaker • CLE 258
9. Heilmann • DET 255
10. Burns • CLE 252
Offensive Win %
1. Ruth • NYY .893
2. Manush • DET .768
3. Heilmann • DET .761
4. Simmons • PHA .757
5. Goslin • WSH .752
6. Gehrig • NYY .744
7. Fothergill • DET .706
8. Burns • CLE .699
9. Collins • CHW .699
10. Schang • SLB .694
Hit By Pitch
1. Mostil • CHW 10
2. Harris • WSH 9
3. Summa • CLE 8
Sewell • CLE 8
Dykes • PHA 8
Burns • CLE 8
7. Sheely • CHW 7
O'Rourke • DET 7
Miller • 2TM 7
Goslin • WSH 7
Sacrifice Hits
1. Spurgeon • CLE 35
2. Hunnefield • CHW 31
3. Haney • BOS 28
Speaker • CLE 28
Manush • DET 28
Tavener • DET 28
7. Gehringer • DET 27
Miller • 2TM 27
Harris • WSH 27
10. Rigney • BOS 26
Sewell • CLE 26
Cochrane • PHA 26
Jacobson • 2TM 26
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Heilmann • DET 14
2. Ruth • NYY 13
3. Simmons • PHA 6
4. Judge • WSH 3
Cochrane • PHA 3
Falk • CHW 3
Kamm • CHW 3
Fothergill • DET 3
Sheely • CHW 3
10. Sisler • SLB 2
Collins • NYY 2
Manush • DET 2
Bassler • DET 2
Poole • PHA 2
Sewell • CLE 2
Williams • SLB 2
Jacobson • 2TM 2
Goslin • WSH 2
Grabowski • CHW 2
Collins • CHW 2
Caught Stealing
1. Rice • WSH 23
2. Meusel • NYY 17
3. Mostil • CHW 14
4. Fothergill • DET 12
5. Morehart • CHW 11
Rice • SLB 11
Harris • WSH 11
Myer • WSH 11
9. Falk • CHW 10
Miller • 2TM 10
Power-Speed #
1. Ruth • NYY 17.8
2. Lazzeri • NYY 16.9
3. Simmons • PHA 13.9
4. Meusel • NYY 13.7
5. Manush • DET 12.3
6. Goslin • WSH 10.9
7. Rice • SLB 9.5
8. Sisler • SLB 8.8
9. Gehrig • NYY 8.7
10. Falk • CHW 8.5
AB per SO
1. Sewell • CLE 96.3
2. Summa • CLE 64.6
3. Collins • CHW 46.9
4. Sheely • CHW 40.4
5. Speaker • CLE 35.9
6. Rice • WSH 32.1
7. Lamar • PHA 27.9
8. Dugan • NYY 27.1
9. Heilmann • DET 26.4
10. Combs • NYY 26.3
AB per HR
1. Ruth • NYY 10.5
2. Williams • SLB 20.4
3. Simmons • PHA 30.7
4. Lazzeri • NYY 32.7
5. Goslin • WSH 33.4
6. Meusel • NYY 34.4
7. Manush • DET 35.6
8. Schang • SLB 35.6
9. Gehrig • NYY 35.8
10. Collins • NYY 41.4
Outs Made
1. Spurgeon • CLE 470
Koenig • NYY 470
3. Todt • BOS 467
4. Rice • WSH 466
5. Sisler • SLB 459
6. Lazzeri • NYY 454
7. Combs • NYY 445
8. Jacobson • 2TM 433
9. Mostil • CHW 430
10. Summa • CLE 426
Tavener • DET 426
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Ruth • NYY 111.05
2. Gehrig • NYY 69.05
3. Simmons • PHA 44.48
4. Burns • CLE 44.01
5. Speaker • CLE 43.74
6. Goslin • WSH 41.89
7. Heilmann • DET 41.71
8. Falk • CHW 40.95
9. Collins • CHW 35.73
10. Rice • SLB 29.43
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Ruth • NYY 9.4
2. Gehrig • NYY 5.9
3. Burns • CLE 5.9
4. Simmons • PHA 5.4
5. Speaker • CLE 5.1
6. Mostil • CHW 3.7
7. Heilmann • DET 3.7
8. Collins • CHW 3.4
9. Falk • CHW 3.0
10. Rice • SLB 2.7
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Ruth • NYY 9.6
2. Gehrig • NYY 5.2
3. Simmons • PHA 3.9
4. Goslin • WSH 3.6
5. Burns • CLE 3.6
6. Heilmann • DET 3.3
7. Speaker • CLE 3.0
8. Manush • DET 2.9
9. Mostil • CHW 2.7
10. Sewell • CLE 2.7
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Ruth • NYY 26.1
2. Gehrig • NYY 17.2
3. Burns • CLE 7.7
4. Speaker • CLE 6.4
5. Lazzeri • NYY 5.6
6. Collins • CHW 5.1
7. Falk • CHW 4.3
8. Mostil • CHW 3.5
9. Paschal • NYY 3.5
10. Simmons • PHA 3.5
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Ruth • NYY 10.5
2. Gehrig • NYY 6.6
3. Burns • CLE 4.2
4. Speaker • CLE 4.2
5. Simmons • PHA 4.2
6. Goslin • WSH 4.1
7. Falk • CHW 4.0
8. Heilmann • DET 4.0
9. Collins • CHW 3.5
10. Rice • SLB 2.8

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