American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ruth • NYY 10.5
2. Grove • PHA 10.0
3. Gehrig • NYY 8.6
4. Ferrell • CLE 8.0
5. Simmons • PHA 7.4
6. Cronin • WSH 6.8
7. Averill • CLE 6.5
8. Uhle • DET 6.1
9. Bishop • PHA 6.0
10. Chapman • NYY 5.9
WAR Position Players
1. Ruth • NYY 10.5
2. Gehrig • NYY 8.6
3. Simmons • PHA 7.4
4. Cronin • WSH 6.8
5. Averill • CLE 6.5
6. Bishop • PHA 6.0
7. Chapman • NYY 5.9
8. Goslin • SLB 5.7
9. Cochrane • PHA 5.4
10. Blue • CHW 5.3
Offensive WAR
1. Ruth • NYY 10.7
2. Gehrig • NYY 9.3
3. Averill • CLE 6.8
4. Simmons • PHA 6.5
5. Goslin • SLB 5.9
6. Cronin • WSH 5.7
7. Cochrane • PHA 5.5
8. Blue • CHW 5.4
9. Webb • BOS 5.4
10. Chapman • NYY 4.9
Defensive WAR
1. Bishop • PHA 2.2
2. Cronin • WSH 2.1
3. Melillo • SLB 1.3
4. Myer • WSH 1.2
5. Lary • NYY 1.1
6. Rhyne • BOS 1.1
7. West • WSH 1.0
8. McManus • 2TM 0.9
9. Dickey • NYY 0.8
10. Williams • PHA 0.8
Batting Average
1. Simmons • PHA .390
2. Ruth • NYY .373
3. Morgan • CLE .351
4. Cochrane • PHA .349
5. Gehrig • NYY .341
6. Averill • CLE .333
7. Webb • BOS .333
8. West • WSH .333
9. Goslin • SLB .328
10. Stone • DET .327
On-Base%
1. Ruth • NYY .495
2. Morgan • CLE .451
3. Gehrig • NYY .446
4. Simmons • PHA .444
5. Blue • CHW .430
6. Bishop • PHA .426
7. Cochrane • PHA .423
8. Goslin • SLB .412
9. Averill • CLE .404
10. Webb • BOS .404
Slugging %
1. Ruth • NYY .700
2. Gehrig • NYY .662
3. Simmons • PHA .641
4. Averill • CLE .576
5. Foxx • PHA .567
6. Goslin • SLB .555
7. Cochrane • PHA .553
8. Webb • BOS .528
9. Morgan • CLE .511
10. Kress • SLB .493
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Ruth • NYY 1.195
2. Gehrig • NYY 1.108
3. Simmons • PHA 1.085
4. Averill • CLE .979
5. Cochrane • PHA .976
6. Goslin • SLB .967
7. Morgan • CLE .961
8. Foxx • PHA .947
9. Webb • BOS .932
10. Chapman • NYY .879
Games Played
1. Cronin • WSH 156
2. Blue • CHW 155
Averill • CLE 155
Gehrig • NYY 155
Lary • NYY 155
6. Bluege • WSH 152
7. Webb • BOS 151
Johnson • DET 151
Goslin • SLB 151
Melillo • SLB 151
At Bats
1. Averill • CLE 627
2. Johnson • DET 621
3. Gehrig • NYY 619
4. Melillo • SLB 617
5. Manush • WSH 616
6. Cronin • WSH 611
7. Lary • NYY 610
8. Kress • SLB 605
9. Chapman • NYY 600
10. Vosmik • CLE 591
Goslin • SLB 591
Myer • WSH 591
Plate Appearances
1. Gehrig • NYY 738
2. Blue • CHW 726
3. Lary • NYY 712
4. Averill • CLE 701
5. Cronin • WSH 700
6. Johnson • DET 698
7. Chapman • NYY 686
8. Goslin • SLB 675
9. Manush • WSH 666
10. Myer • WSH 664
Runs Scored
1. Gehrig • NYY 163
2. Ruth • NYY 149
3. Averill • CLE 140
4. Chapman • NYY 120
Combs • NYY 120
6. Blue • CHW 119
7. Bishop • PHA 115
8. Goslin • SLB 114
Myer • WSH 114
10. Manush • WSH 110
Hits
1. Gehrig • NYY 211
2. Averill • CLE 209
3. Simmons • PHA 200
4. Ruth • NYY 199
5. Webb • BOS 196
6. Goslin • SLB 194
7. Stone • DET 191
8. Vosmik • CLE 189
Chapman • NYY 189
Melillo • SLB 189
Manush • WSH 189
Total Bases
1. Gehrig • NYY 410
2. Ruth • NYY 374
3. Averill • CLE 361
4. Simmons • PHA 329
5. Goslin • SLB 328
6. Webb • BOS 311
7. Kress • SLB 298
8. Cronin • WSH 293
9. Foxx • PHA 292
10. Chapman • NYY 290
Doubles
1. Webb • BOS 67
2. Alexander • DET 47
3. Kress • SLB 46
4. Cronin • WSH 44
5. Miller • PHA 43
West • WSH 43
7. Goslin • SLB 42
8. Manush • WSH 41
9. Johnson • DET 37
Simmons • PHA 37
Triples
1. Johnson • DET 19
2. Blue • CHW 15
Gehrig • NYY 15
4. Reynolds • CHW 14
Vosmik • CLE 14
6. Combs • NYY 13
Simmons • PHA 13
Cronin • WSH 13
West • WSH 13
10. Stone • DET 11
Chapman • NYY 11
Melillo • SLB 11
Manush • WSH 11
Myer • WSH 11
Home Runs
1. Gehrig • NYY 46
Ruth • NYY 46
3. Averill • CLE 32
4. Foxx • PHA 30
5. Goslin • SLB 24
6. Simmons • PHA 22
7. Chapman • NYY 17
Cochrane • PHA 17
9. Kress • SLB 16
10. Webb • BOS 14
Runs Batted In
1. Gehrig • NYY 185
2. Ruth • NYY 162
3. Averill • CLE 143
4. Simmons • PHA 128
5. Cronin • WSH 126
6. Chapman • NYY 122
7. Foxx • PHA 120
8. Vosmik • CLE 117
9. Kress • SLB 114
10. Lary • NYY 107
Bases on Balls
1. Ruth • NYY 128
2. Blue • CHW 127
3. Gehrig • NYY 117
4. Bishop • PHA 112
5. Lary • NYY 88
6. Morgan • CLE 83
7. Cronin • WSH 81
8. Goslin • SLB 80
9. Lazzeri • NYY 79
10. Chapman • NYY 75
Strikeouts
1. Foxx • PHA 84
2. Levey • SLB 83
3. Lazzeri • NYY 80
4. Chapman • NYY 77
5. Blue • CHW 60
6. Burns • SLB 58
7. Gehrig • NYY 56
8. Lary • NYY 54
9. Pickering • BOS 53
10. Cronin • WSH 52
Stolen Bases
1. Chapman • NYY 61
2. Johnson • DET 33
3. Burns • SLB 19
4. Cissell • CHW 18
Lazzeri • NYY 18
6. Reynolds • CHW 17
Gehrig • NYY 17
8. Bluege • WSH 16
9. Kamm • 2TM 14
10. Rothrock • BOS 13
Blue • CHW 13
Gehringer • DET 13
Stone • DET 13
Lary • NYY 13
Levey • SLB 13
Singles
1. Stone • DET 142
Melillo • SLB 142
3. Blue • CHW 140
4. Fonseca • 2TM 135
5. Chapman • NYY 133
6. Vosmik • CLE 132
7. Averill • CLE 131
Manush • WSH 131
9. Combs • NYY 130
10. Simmons • PHA 128
Adjusted OPS+
1. Ruth • NYY 218
2. Gehrig • NYY 194
3. Simmons • PHA 175
4. Averill • CLE 150
5. Webb • BOS 149
6. Goslin • SLB 149
7. Cochrane • PHA 149
8. Morgan • CLE 147
9. Foxx • PHA 140
10. Chapman • NYY 135
Runs Created
1. Ruth • NYY 184
2. Gehrig • NYY 180
3. Simmons • PHA 144
4. Averill • CLE 141
5. Goslin • SLB 133
6. Webb • BOS 125
7. Chapman • NYY 116
8. Cronin • WSH 112
9. Foxx • PHA 110
10. Cochrane • PHA 106
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Ruth • NYY 98
2. Gehrig • NYY 85
3. Simmons • PHA 56
4. Webb • BOS 45
5. Averill • CLE 44
6. Goslin • SLB 43
7. Morgan • CLE 37
8. Cochrane • PHA 34
9. Chapman • NYY 31
10. Blue • CHW 30
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Ruth • NYY 9.0
2. Gehrig • NYY 7.9
3. Simmons • PHA 5.2
4. Webb • BOS 4.2
5. Averill • CLE 4.2
6. Goslin • SLB 4.1
7. Morgan • CLE 3.5
8. Cochrane • PHA 3.2
9. Chapman • NYY 3.0
10. Blue • CHW 2.8
Extra Base Hits
1. Gehrig • NYY 92
2. Webb • BOS 84
3. Ruth • NYY 80
4. Averill • CLE 78
5. Goslin • SLB 76
6. Foxx • PHA 72
Simmons • PHA 72
8. Kress • SLB 70
9. Cronin • WSH 69
10. Johnson • DET 64
Times On Base
1. Gehrig • NYY 328
Ruth • NYY 328
3. Blue • CHW 309
4. Averill • CLE 283
5. Goslin • SLB 278
6. Cronin • WSH 272
7. Chapman • NYY 269
8. Webb • BOS 266
9. Lary • NYY 265
10. Bishop • PHA 260
Offensive Win %
1. Ruth • NYY .879
2. Simmons • PHA .841
3. Gehrig • NYY .824
4. Cochrane • PHA .762
5. Morgan • CLE .753
6. Averill • CLE .745
7. Goslin • SLB .745
8. Webb • BOS .729
9. Foxx • PHA .705
10. Chapman • NYY .660
Hit By Pitch
1. Miller • PHA 10
2. Sewell • NYY 9
3. Dykes • PHA 6
Reynolds • CHW 6
Lary • NYY 6
Averill • CLE 6
Manush • WSH 6
8. Kuhel • WSH 5
Bluege • WSH 5
Chapman • NYY 5
Sacrifice Hits
1. Haas • PHA 19
2. Sewell • NYY 17
3. Owen • DET 12
Kamm • 2TM 12
5. Fonseca • 2TM 11
Rice • WSH 11
7. Sweeney • BOS 10
Kerr • CHW 10
Watwood • CHW 10
Montague • CLE 10
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Gehrig • NYY 14
2. Simmons • PHA 10
3. Alexander • DET 8
Webb • BOS 8
5. Goslin • SLB 7
Berry • BOS 7
7. Sewell • CLE 6
Spencer • WSH 6
Combs • NYY 6
10. Manush • WSH 5
Ruth • NYY 5
Caught Stealing
1. Chapman • NYY 23
2. Johnson • DET 21
3. Kress • SLB 16
4. Myer • WSH 14
5. Stone • DET 13
6. Burns • SLB 12
Sweeney • BOS 12
Gehrig • NYY 12
9. Melillo • SLB 11
10. Bluege • WSH 10
Lary • NYY 10
Kamm • 2TM 10
Power-Speed #
1. Chapman • NYY 26.6
2. Gehrig • NYY 24.8
3. Averill • CLE 14.0
4. Goslin • SLB 13.1
5. Johnson • DET 12.9
6. Stone • DET 11.3
Lary • NYY 11.3
8. Lazzeri • NYY 11.1
9. Cronin • WSH 10.9
10. Bluege • WSH 10.7
AB per SO
1. Sewell • NYY 60.5
2. Rice • WSH 37.5
3. Oliver • BOS 34.5
4. Miller • PHA 33.4
5. Ferrell • SLB 32.2
6. Koenig • DET 30.3
7. Gehringer • DET 25.5
8. Kamm • 2TM 24.7
9. Dickey • NYY 23.9
10. Spencer • WSH 23.0
AB per HR
1. Ruth • NYY 11.6
2. Gehrig • NYY 13.5
3. Foxx • PHA 17.2
4. Averill • CLE 19.6
5. Simmons • PHA 23.3
6. Goslin • SLB 24.6
7. Cochrane • PHA 27.0
8. Chapman • NYY 35.3
9. Kress • SLB 37.8
10. Pickering • BOS 37.9
Outs Made
1. Johnson • DET 471
2. Lary • NYY 457
3. Melillo • SLB 446
4. Burns • SLB 442
5. Myer • WSH 441
6. Chapman • NYY 440
7. Manush • WSH 438
8. Cronin • WSH 437
9. Oliver • BOS 436
Kress • SLB 436
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Ruth • NYY 106.26
2. Gehrig • NYY 94.67
3. Averill • CLE 65.86
4. Simmons • PHA 64.88
5. Chapman • NYY 57.14
6. Goslin • SLB 51.73
7. Morgan • CLE 48.08
8. Webb • BOS 44.38
9. Cochrane • PHA 43.88
10. Cronin • WSH 43.22
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Ruth • NYY 9.0
2. Gehrig • NYY 7.1
3. Simmons • PHA 7.0
4. Averill • CLE 4.1
5. Goslin • SLB 3.7
6. Blue • CHW 3.6
7. Chapman • NYY 3.6
8. Webb • BOS 3.6
9. Foxx • PHA 3.6
10. Morgan • CLE 3.4
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Ruth • NYY 8.6
2. Gehrig • NYY 8.0
3. Simmons • PHA 5.8
4. Averill • CLE 5.2
5. Goslin • SLB 3.9
6. Webb • BOS 3.8
7. Morgan • CLE 3.7
8. Chapman • NYY 3.4
9. Foxx • PHA 3.4
10. Blue • CHW 3.2
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Simmons • PHA 12.3
2. Ruth • NYY 6.4
3. Foxx • PHA 5.4
4. Haas • PHA 4.9
5. Bishop • PHA 4.6
6. Gehrig • NYY 4.2
7. Cochrane • PHA 4.1
8. Cronin • WSH 3.4
9. Chapman • NYY 3.2
10. Harris • WSH 2.9
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Ruth • NYY 10.0
2. Gehrig • NYY 9.0
3. Averill • CLE 6.0
4. Simmons • PHA 5.9
5. Chapman • NYY 5.5
6. Goslin • SLB 4.8
7. Morgan • CLE 4.4
8. Webb • BOS 4.3
9. Cronin • WSH 4.0
10. Cochrane • PHA 4.0

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