American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Williams • BOS 10.5
2. Gordon • NYY 7.7
3. Keller • NYY 6.8
4. DiMaggio • NYY 6.4
5. Hughson • BOS 6.3
6. Pesky • BOS 6.2
7. Rizzuto • NYY 5.8
8. Doerr • BOS 5.5
9. DiMaggio • BOS 5.4
White • DET 5.4
WAR Position Players
1. Williams • BOS 10.5
2. Gordon • NYY 7.7
3. Keller • NYY 6.8
4. DiMaggio • NYY 6.4
5. Pesky • BOS 6.2
6. Rizzuto • NYY 5.8
7. Doerr • BOS 5.5
8. DiMaggio • BOS 5.4
9. Judnich • SLB 5.3
10. Boudreau • CLE 4.6
Offensive WAR
1. Williams • BOS 10.0
2. Keller • NYY 6.4
3. DiMaggio • NYY 6.0
4. Gordon • NYY 6.0
5. Judnich • SLB 5.3
6. Pesky • BOS 5.1
7. Spence • WSH 5.0
8. Doerr • BOS 4.4
9. Clift • SLB 4.3
10. Laabs • SLB 4.1
Defensive WAR
1. Rizzuto • NYY 3.4
2. Gordon • NYY 2.5
3. Pesky • BOS 2.2
4. Doerr • BOS 1.8
5. Boudreau • CLE 1.7
6. DiMaggio • BOS 1.5
7. Mack • CLE 1.2
8. Early • WSH 1.1
9. Bloodworth • DET 1.1
10. Keltner • CLE 1.1
Batting Average
1. Williams • BOS .356
2. Pesky • BOS .331
3. Spence • WSH .323
4. Gordon • NYY .322
5. Case • WSH .320
6. Judnich • SLB .313
7. DiMaggio • NYY .305
8. Stephens • SLB .294
9. McCosky • DET .293
10. Keller • NYY .292
On-Base%
1. Williams • BOS .499
2. Keller • NYY .417
3. Judnich • SLB .413
4. Fleming • CLE .412
5. Gordon • NYY .409
6. Cullenbine • 3TM .405
7. Estalella • WSH .400
8. Clift • SLB .394
9. Spence • WSH .384
10. Johnson • PHA .384
Slugging %
1. Williams • BOS .648
2. Keller • NYY .513
3. Judnich • SLB .499
4. DiMaggio • NYY .498
5. Laabs • SLB .498
6. Gordon • NYY .491
7. Doerr • BOS .455
8. Johnson • PHA .451
9. Heath • CLE .442
10. DiMaggio • BOS .437
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Williams • BOS 1.147
2. Keller • NYY .930
3. Judnich • SLB .912
4. Gordon • NYY .900
5. Laabs • SLB .878
6. DiMaggio • NYY .875
7. Fleming • CLE .845
8. Johnson • PHA .835
9. Doerr • BOS .824
10. Spence • WSH .817
Games Played
1. Fleming • CLE 156
2. McCosky • DET 154
DiMaggio • NYY 154
4. York • DET 153
Siebert • PHA 153
6. Keltner • CLE 152
Keller • NYY 152
8. DiMaggio • BOS 151
Cramer • DET 151
Vernon • WSH 151
At Bats
1. Cramer • DET 630
2. Spence • WSH 629
3. Keltner • CLE 624
4. DiMaggio • BOS 622
5. Vernon • WSH 621
6. Pesky • BOS 620
7. Gutteridge • SLB 616
8. Siebert • PHA 612
9. DiMaggio • NYY 610
10. Kolloway • CHW 601
Hockett • CLE 601
Plate Appearances
1. DiMaggio • BOS 702
2. Spence • WSH 696
3. Gutteridge • SLB 689
4. Pesky • BOS 686
5. Vernon • WSH 685
6. Cramer • DET 682
7. McCosky • DET 681
8. DiMaggio • NYY 680
9. Williams • BOS 671
10. Keltner • CLE 663
Runs Scored
1. Williams • BOS 141
2. DiMaggio • NYY 123
3. DiMaggio • BOS 110
4. Clift • SLB 108
5. Keller • NYY 106
6. Pesky • BOS 105
7. Case • WSH 101
8. Spence • WSH 94
9. Gutteridge • SLB 90
Laabs • SLB 90
Hits
1. Pesky • BOS 205
2. Spence • WSH 203
3. Williams • BOS 186
DiMaggio • NYY 186
5. Keltner • CLE 179
6. DiMaggio • BOS 178
7. McCosky • DET 176
8. Gordon • NYY 173
9. Stephens • SLB 169
10. Vernon • WSH 168
Total Bases
1. Williams • BOS 338
2. DiMaggio • NYY 304
3. Keller • NYY 279
4. DiMaggio • BOS 272
Spence • WSH 272
6. Gordon • NYY 264
7. Laabs • SLB 259
8. Pesky • BOS 258
9. Heath • CLE 251
10. Stephens • SLB 249
Doubles
1. Kolloway • CHW 40
2. Clift • SLB 39
3. Heath • CLE 37
4. DiMaggio • BOS 36
5. Doerr • BOS 35
Johnson • PHA 35
7. Williams • BOS 34
Keltner • CLE 34
Higgins • DET 34
Vernon • WSH 34
Triples
1. Spence • WSH 15
2. Heath • CLE 13
DiMaggio • NYY 13
4. McQuillen • SLB 12
5. McCosky • DET 11
Gutteridge • SLB 11
7. Boudreau • CLE 10
Harris • DET 10
Valo • PHA 10
10. Pesky • BOS 9
Keller • NYY 9
Home Runs
1. Williams • BOS 36
2. Laabs • SLB 27
3. Keller • NYY 26
4. York • DET 21
DiMaggio • NYY 21
6. Gordon • NYY 18
7. Judnich • SLB 17
8. Doerr • BOS 15
9. Fleming • CLE 14
DiMaggio • BOS 14
Stephens • SLB 14
Runs Batted In
1. Williams • BOS 137
2. DiMaggio • NYY 114
3. Keller • NYY 108
4. Gordon • NYY 103
5. Doerr • BOS 102
6. Laabs • SLB 99
7. Stephens • SLB 92
8. York • DET 90
9. Vernon • WSH 86
10. Fleming • CLE 82
Judnich • SLB 82
Bases on Balls
1. Williams • BOS 145
2. Keller • NYY 114
3. Fleming • CLE 106
Clift • SLB 106
5. Cullenbine • 3TM 92
6. Laabs • SLB 88
7. Estalella • WSH 85
8. Johnson • PHA 82
9. Gordon • NYY 79
10. Boudreau • CLE 75
Strikeouts
1. Gordon • NYY 95
2. Laabs • SLB 88
3. McQuinn • SLB 77
4. York • DET 71
5. Heath • CLE 66
6. Bloodworth • DET 63
Vernon • WSH 63
8. Keller • NYY 61
Johnson • PHA 61
10. Fleming • CLE 57
Stolen Bases
1. Case • WSH 44
2. Vernon • WSH 25
3. Kuhel • CHW 22
Rizzuto • NYY 22
5. Appling • CHW 17
Hoag • CHW 17
7. DiMaggio • BOS 16
Kolloway • CHW 16
Moses • CHW 16
Gutteridge • SLB 16
Singles
1. Pesky • BOS 165
2. Spence • WSH 157
3. Cramer • DET 136
4. Keltner • CLE 135
5. Case • WSH 131
6. McCosky • DET 130
7. Hassett • NYY 126
8. Siebert • PHA 125
9. DiMaggio • NYY 123
Stephens • SLB 123
Adjusted OPS+
1. Williams • BOS 216
2. Keller • NYY 163
3. Gordon • NYY 155
4. Judnich • SLB 154
5. DiMaggio • NYY 147
6. Fleming • CLE 144
7. Laabs • SLB 144
8. Johnson • PHA 135
9. Spence • WSH 130
10. Estalella • WSH 130
Runs Created
1. Williams • BOS 168
2. Keller • NYY 118
3. DiMaggio • NYY 114
4. Gordon • NYY 108
5. Spence • WSH 105
6. DiMaggio • BOS 97
Laabs • SLB 97
8. Pesky • BOS 96
9. Fleming • CLE 95
Johnson • PHA 95
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Williams • BOS 93
2. Keller • NYY 49
3. Gordon • NYY 41
4. Fleming • CLE 38
5. DiMaggio • NYY 36
6. Judnich • SLB 35
7. Laabs • SLB 31
8. Johnson • PHA 28
9. Spence • WSH 25
10. Clift • SLB 22
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Williams • BOS 9.3
2. Keller • NYY 5.0
3. Gordon • NYY 4.2
4. Fleming • CLE 3.9
5. DiMaggio • NYY 3.7
6. Judnich • SLB 3.6
7. Laabs • SLB 3.2
8. Johnson • PHA 2.9
9. Spence • WSH 2.6
10. Clift • SLB 2.3
Extra Base Hits
1. Williams • BOS 75
2. DiMaggio • NYY 63
3. Heath • CLE 60
4. Keller • NYY 59
5. DiMaggio • BOS 58
6. Doerr • BOS 55
Johnson • PHA 55
Laabs • SLB 55
9. York • DET 51
Gordon • NYY 51
Times On Base
1. Williams • BOS 335
2. Keller • NYY 275
3. Fleming • CLE 272
4. Spence • WSH 266
5. DiMaggio • NYY 256
Clift • SLB 256
7. DiMaggio • BOS 254
8. Gordon • NYY 253
9. Pesky • BOS 249
10. McCosky • DET 244
Offensive Win %
1. Williams • BOS .890
2. Keller • NYY .774
3. Judnich • SLB .751
4. Gordon • NYY .738
5. DiMaggio • NYY .727
6. Laabs • SLB .700
7. Spence • WSH .693
8. Johnson • PHA .681
9. Case • WSH .681
10. Fleming • CLE .679
Hit By Pitch
1. Crosetti • NYY 9
2. Rizzuto • NYY 6
Fleming • CLE 6
DiMaggio • BOS 6
5. Bloodworth • DET 5
Henrich • NYY 5
7. Judnich • SLB 4
Boudreau • CLE 4
Wright • CHW 4
Williams • BOS 4
Valo • PHA 4
Wagner • PHA 4
Sacrifice Hits
1. Pesky • BOS 22
2. Boudreau • CLE 19
3. Keltner • CLE 16
McQuinn • SLB 16
5. Gutteridge • SLB 14
6. Doerr • BOS 12
Lupien • BOS 12
McCosky • DET 12
9. Wagner • BOS 11
Hassett • NYY 11
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Fleming • CLE 23
2. Williams • BOS 20
3. Wright • CHW 13
4. Heath • CLE 10
DiMaggio • NYY 10
6. Keller • NYY 9
7. Mack • CLE 8
York • DET 8
9. Dickey • NYY 7
Gordon • NYY 7
Rizzuto • NYY 7
Johnson • PHA 7
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Gordon • NYY 22
2. Higgins • DET 21
McQuillen • SLB 21
4. Suder • PHA 20
5. Estalella • WSH 19
6. Keltner • CLE 16
York • DET 16
Johnson • PHA 16
9. Cramer • DET 15
Stephens • SLB 15
Caught Stealing
1. Boudreau • CLE 16
2. Kolloway • CHW 14
3. Weatherly • CLE 13
Gutteridge • SLB 13
Tabor • BOS 13
6. Hockett • CLE 12
Lupien • BOS 12
8. DiMaggio • BOS 10
Moses • CHW 10
10. Heath • CLE 9
Kuhel • CHW 9
Kreevich • PHA 9
Power-Speed #
1. Keller • NYY 18.2
2. DiMaggio • BOS 14.9
3. Gordon • NYY 14.4
4. Vernon • WSH 13.2
5. Moses • CHW 9.7
6. Heath • CLE 9.5
7. Case • WSH 9.0
8. Hockett • CLE 8.8
9. McCosky • DET 8.6
10. Fleming • CLE 8.4
AB per SO
1. Spence • WSH 39.3
2. Finney • BOS 36.1
3. Siebert • PHA 36.0
4. Cramer • DET 35.0
5. Hassett • NYY 33.6
6. Higgins • DET 23.8
7. Appling • CHW 23.6
8. Lupien • BOS 23.2
9. Valo • PHA 21.9
10. Moses • CHW 21.4
AB per HR
1. Williams • BOS 14.5
2. Laabs • SLB 19.3
3. Keller • NYY 20.9
4. Judnich • SLB 26.9
5. York • DET 27.5
6. DiMaggio • NYY 29.0
7. Gordon • NYY 29.9
8. Chartak • 3TM 33.4
9. Doerr • BOS 36.3
10. Henrich • NYY 37.2
Outs Made
1. Gutteridge • SLB 494
2. Cramer • DET 489
3. Keltner • CLE 480
4. Hockett • CLE 478
5. Kolloway • CHW 474
6. Siebert • PHA 469
Vernon • WSH 469
8. DiMaggio • BOS 467
9. McCosky • DET 453
10. Pesky • BOS 452
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Williams • BOS 92.88
2. Keller • NYY 61.41
3. DiMaggio • NYY 46.59
4. Gordon • NYY 43.29
5. Laabs • SLB 34.26
6. Judnich • SLB 32.94
7. Johnson • PHA 30.56
8. Pesky • BOS 28.72
9. Clift • SLB 28.12
10. Spence • WSH 27.86
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Williams • BOS 9.8
2. Keller • NYY 6.7
3. Fleming • CLE 4.5
4. Johnson • PHA 3.6
5. DiMaggio • NYY 3.5
6. Judnich • SLB 3.5
7. Spence • WSH 3.3
8. Doerr • BOS 3.3
9. Gordon • NYY 3.2
10. Clift • SLB 3.2
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Williams • BOS 8.3
2. Keller • NYY 5.3
3. DiMaggio • NYY 3.2
4. Gordon • NYY 2.8
5. Judnich • SLB 2.7
6. Laabs • SLB 2.7
7. Johnson • PHA 2.7
8. Doerr • BOS 2.6
9. Clift • SLB 2.5
10. Spence • WSH 2.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Williams • BOS 10.7
2. Keller • NYY 9.7
3. Henrich • NYY 8.6
4. Gordon • NYY 7.2
5. Fleming • CLE 6.3
6. Keltner • CLE 4.8
7. DiMaggio • NYY 4.6
8. Doerr • BOS 3.8
9. Heath • CLE 3.4
10. Rizzuto • NYY 3.0
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Williams • BOS 9.2
2. Keller • NYY 6.3
3. DiMaggio • NYY 4.8
4. Gordon • NYY 4.5
5. Laabs • SLB 3.5
6. Judnich • SLB 3.4
7. Johnson • PHA 3.2
8. Pesky • BOS 2.9
9. Spence • WSH 2.9
10. Clift • SLB 2.9
rOBA
1. Williams • BOS .514
2. Keller • NYY .434
3. Judnich • SLB .426
4. Gordon • NYY .416
5. DiMaggio • NYY .404
6. Laabs • SLB .402
7. Case • WSH .389
8. Estalella • WSH .388
9. Johnson • PHA .388
10. Spence • WSH .387
Rbat+
1. Williams • BOS 219
2. Keller • NYY 165
3. Judnich • SLB 159
4. Gordon • NYY 156
5. DiMaggio • NYY 148
6. Fleming • CLE 144
7. Laabs • SLB 144
8. Johnson • PHA 137
9. Estalella • WSH 136
10. Spence • WSH 134

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