American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Williams • BOS 7.1
2. Garver • SLB 6.6
3. Doby • CLE 6.4
4. Joost • PHA 6.1
5. Wynn • CLE 5.8
6. Miñoso • 2TM 5.5
7. Berra • NYY 5.3
8. Parnell • BOS 5.2
9. Rogovin • 2TM 5.2
10. Fox • CHW 5.0
WAR Position Players
1. Williams • BOS 7.1
2. Doby • CLE 6.4
3. Joost • PHA 6.1
4. Miñoso • 2TM 5.5
5. Berra • NYY 5.3
6. Fox • CHW 5.0
7. Ávila • CLE 4.9
8. Fain • PHA 4.6
9. McDougald • NYY 4.5
10. Pesky • BOS 4.4
Wertz • DET 4.4
Offensive WAR
1. Williams • BOS 7.0
2. Doby • CLE 5.9
3. Miñoso • 2TM 5.8
4. Yost • WSH 5.6
5. Joost • PHA 5.6
6. McDougald • NYY 4.3
7. Berra • NYY 4.2
8. Fox • CHW 4.2
9. Fain • PHA 4.2
10. Ávila • CLE 4.1
Defensive WAR
1. Carrasquel • CHW 2.8
2. Rizzuto • NYY 2.0
3. Berra • NYY 1.4
4. Fox • CHW 1.4
5. Joost • PHA 1.4
6. Ávila • CLE 1.3
7. Tipton • PHA 1.1
8. Coleman • NYY 1.0
9. Pesky • BOS 0.9
10. Boone • CLE 0.9
Batting Average
1. Fain • PHA .344
2. Miñoso • 2TM .326
3. Kell • DET .319
4. Williams • BOS .318
5. Fox • CHW .313
6. Pesky • BOS .313
7. McDougald • NYY .306
8. Ávila • CLE .304
9. Coan • WSH .303
10. Valo • PHA .302
On-Base%
1. Williams • BOS .464
2. Fain • PHA .451
3. Doby • CLE .428
4. Yost • WSH .423
5. Miñoso • 2TM .422
6. Pesky • BOS .417
7. Valo • PHA .412
8. Joost • PHA .409
9. McDougald • NYY .396
10. Goodman • BOS .388
Slugging %
1. Williams • BOS .556
2. Doby • CLE .512
3. Zernial • 2TM .511
4. Wertz • DET .511
5. Miñoso • 2TM .500
6. Robinson • CHW .495
7. Berra • NYY .492
8. McDougald • NYY .488
9. Easter • CLE .481
10. Stephens • BOS .501 **
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Williams • BOS 1.019
2. Doby • CLE .941
3. Miñoso • 2TM .922
4. Fain • PHA .921
5. Wertz • DET .894
6. McDougald • NYY .884
7. Joost • PHA .870
8. Robinson • CHW .866
9. Valo • PHA .858
10. Zernial • 2TM .856
Games Played
1. Rosen • CLE 154
Priddy • DET 154
Yost • WSH 154
4. Robinson • CHW 151
Boone • CLE 151
6. Williams • BOS 148
7. Carrasquel • CHW 147
Fox • CHW 147
Kell • DET 147
Young • SLB 147
At Bats
1. DiMaggio • BOS 639
2. Young • SLB 611
3. Fox • CHW 604
4. Kell • DET 598
5. Priddy • DET 584
6. Rosen • CLE 573
7. Zernial • 2TM 571
8. Yost • WSH 568
9. Robinson • CHW 564
10. Mele • WSH 558
Plate Appearances
1. DiMaggio • BOS 718
2. Yost • WSH 716
3. Fox • CHW 682
4. Williams • BOS 675
5. Kell • DET 674
Young • SLB 674
7. Joost • PHA 667
8. Priddy • DET 665
9. Rosen • CLE 661
10. Robinson • CHW 650
Runs Scored
1. DiMaggio • BOS 113
2. Miñoso • 2TM 112
3. Williams • BOS 109
Yost • WSH 109
5. Joost • PHA 107
6. Pesky • BOS 93
Fox • CHW 93
8. Goodman • BOS 92
Kell • DET 92
Berra • NYY 92
Zernial • 2TM 92
Hits
1. Kell • DET 191
2. DiMaggio • BOS 189
Fox • CHW 189
4. Miñoso • 2TM 173
5. Williams • BOS 169
6. Ávila • CLE 165
7. Coan • WSH 163
8. Goodman • BOS 162
9. Berra • NYY 161
Yost • WSH 161
Total Bases
1. Williams • BOS 295
2. Zernial • 2TM 292
3. Robinson • CHW 279
4. Berra • NYY 269
5. DiMaggio • BOS 267
6. Miñoso • 2TM 265
7. Fox • CHW 257
8. Rosen • CLE 256
Wertz • DET 256
10. Joost • PHA 255
Doubles
1. Kell • DET 36
Mele • WSH 36
Yost • WSH 36
4. DiMaggio • BOS 34
Goodman • BOS 34
Miñoso • 2TM 34
7. Noren • WSH 33
8. Fox • CHW 32
9. Rosen • CLE 30
Fain • PHA 30
Zernial • 2TM 30
Vernon • WSH 30
Triples
1. Miñoso • 2TM 14
2. Fox • CHW 12
Coleman • 2TM 12
4. Young • SLB 9
5. Woodling • NYY 8
Valo • PHA 8
7. Mitchell • CLE 7
Philley • 2TM 7
Coan • WSH 7
Mele • WSH 7
Vernon • WSH 7
Home Runs
1. Zernial • 2TM 33
2. Williams • BOS 30
3. Robinson • CHW 29
4. Easter • CLE 27
Wertz • DET 27
Berra • NYY 27
7. Rosen • CLE 24
8. Vollmer • BOS 22
9. Doby • CLE 20
10. Joost • PHA 19
Runs Batted In
1. Zernial • 2TM 129
2. Williams • BOS 126
3. Robinson • CHW 117
4. Easter • CLE 103
5. Rosen • CLE 102
6. Wertz • DET 94
Mele • WSH 94
8. Berra • NYY 88
9. Vernon • WSH 87
10. Noren • WSH 86
Bases on Balls
1. Williams • BOS 144
2. Yost • WSH 126
3. Joost • PHA 106
4. Doby • CLE 101
5. Rosen • CLE 85
6. Pesky • BOS 84
7. Fain • PHA 80
8. Goodman • BOS 79
9. Wertz • DET 78
10. Robinson • CHW 77
Strikeouts
1. Zernial • 2TM 101
2. Doby • CLE 81
3. Mantle • NYY 74
4. Priddy • DET 73
5. Hegan • CLE 72
6. Easter • CLE 71
Rosen • CLE 71
8. Joost • PHA 70
9. Vollmer • BOS 66
10. Coan • WSH 62
Stolen Bases
1. Miñoso • 2TM 31
2. Busby • CHW 26
3. Rizzuto • NYY 18
4. McDougald • NYY 14
Ávila • CLE 14
Carrasquel • CHW 14
7. Valo • PHA 11
8. Noren • WSH 10
Joost • PHA 10
Kell • DET 10
Singles
1. Kell • DET 150
2. Fox • CHW 141
3. DiMaggio • BOS 139
4. Young • SLB 136
5. Ávila • CLE 131
6. Goodman • BOS 124
7. Coan • WSH 122
8. Pesky • BOS 121
9. Rizzuto • NYY 119
10. Priddy • DET 116
Adjusted OPS+
1. Williams • BOS 164
2. Doby • CLE 160
3. Miñoso • 2TM 152
4. Fain • PHA 148
5. Wertz • DET 140
6. Robinson • CHW 136
7. Joost • PHA 134
8. Yost • WSH 131
9. Valo • PHA 131
10. Berra • NYY 130
Runs Created
1. Williams • BOS 137
2. Miñoso • 2TM 110
3. Joost • PHA 102
4. Robinson • CHW 101
5. Zernial • 2TM 100
Yost • WSH 100
7. Doby • CLE 98
8. DiMaggio • BOS 96
Wertz • DET 96
10. Rosen • CLE 92
Kell • DET 92
Berra • NYY 92
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Williams • BOS 58
2. Doby • CLE 43
3. Miñoso • 2TM 41
4. Fain • PHA 35
5. Yost • WSH 34
6. Joost • PHA 31
7. Wertz • DET 28
8. Robinson • CHW 27
9. McDougald • NYY 25
10. Valo • PHA 23
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Williams • BOS 5.6
2. Doby • CLE 4.2
3. Miñoso • 2TM 4.0
4. Fain • PHA 3.4
5. Yost • WSH 3.4
6. Joost • PHA 3.0
7. Wertz • DET 2.8
8. Robinson • CHW 2.7
9. McDougald • NYY 2.4
10. Valo • PHA 2.3
Extra Base Hits
1. Zernial • 2TM 68
2. Williams • BOS 62
3. Miñoso • 2TM 58
4. Robinson • CHW 57
5. Rosen • CLE 55
Wertz • DET 55
7. Doby • CLE 52
Joost • PHA 52
Yost • WSH 52
10. DiMaggio • BOS 50
Berra • NYY 50
Times On Base
1. Williams • BOS 313
2. Yost • WSH 298
3. Joost • PHA 272
4. DiMaggio • BOS 264
5. Miñoso • 2TM 261
6. Kell • DET 256
7. Fox • CHW 246
8. Goodman • BOS 243
9. Robinson • CHW 239
Rosen • CLE 239
Offensive Win %
1. Williams • BOS .807
2. Doby • CLE .744
3. Fain • PHA .741
4. Miñoso • 2TM .728
5. Wertz • DET .684
6. Joost • PHA .674
7. Valo • PHA .661
8. Robinson • CHW .653
9. Yost • WSH .646
10. Zernial • 2TM .640
Hit By Pitch
1. Miñoso • 2TM 16
2. Fox • CHW 14
3. Yost • WSH 11
4. Easter • CLE 9
5. Valo • PHA 8
6. Boudreau • BOS 6
Coan • WSH 6
DiMaggio • NYY 6
Joost • PHA 6
10. Boone • CLE 5
Rizzuto • NYY 5
Sacrifice Hits
1. Rizzuto • NYY 26
2. Fox • CHW 20
3. Young • SLB 19
4. Ávila • CLE 13
Raschi • NYY 13
6. Priddy • DET 12
7. Goodman • BOS 11
Kell • DET 11
Lipon • DET 11
McDougald • NYY 11
Yost • WSH 11
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Williams • BOS 9
Hegan • CLE 9
3. Tipton • PHA 6
Vernon • WSH 6
Kennedy • CLE 6
6. Priddy • DET 5
Rosen • CLE 5
Kluttz • 2TM 5
Masi • CHW 5
Robinson • CHW 5
Easter • CLE 5
Doby • CLE 5
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Stephens • BOS 22
Mele • WSH 22
3. Vollmer • BOS 20
Lollar • SLB 20
5. Priddy • DET 18
6. Dropo • BOS 16
Ávila • CLE 16
Groth • DET 16
Berra • NYY 16
DiMaggio • NYY 16
Delsing • SLB 16
Caught Stealing
1. Fox • CHW 12
2. Busby • CHW 11
3. Miñoso • 2TM 10
4. Delsing • SLB 9
5. Ávila • CLE 8
Joost • PHA 8
7. Collins • NYY 7
Mantle • NYY 7
DiMaggio • BOS 7
Noren • WSH 7
Coleman • 2TM 7
Young • SLB 7
Mitchell • CLE 7
SB %
1. Rizzuto • NYY 85.71
2. Carrasquel • CHW 77.78
3. Miñoso • 2TM 75.61
4. McDougald • NYY 73.68
5. Busby • CHW 70.27
6. Valo • PHA 64.71
7. Ávila • CLE 63.64
8. Noren • WSH 58.82
9. Collins • NYY 56.25
10. Joost • PHA 55.56
Power-Speed #
1. Miñoso • 2TM 15.1
2. McDougald • NYY 14.0
3. Joost • PHA 13.1
4. Ávila • CLE 11.7
5. Rosen • CLE 10.8
6. Mantle • NYY 9.9
7. Collins • NYY 9.0
8. Noren • WSH 8.9
9. Valo • PHA 8.6
Mitchell • CLE 8.6
AB per SO
1. Fox • CHW 54.9
2. Kell • DET 33.2
3. Pesky • BOS 32.0
4. Mitchell • CLE 31.9
5. Berra • NYY 27.4
6. Valo • PHA 22.2
7. Fain • PHA 21.3
8. Rizzuto • NYY 20.0
9. Lipon • DET 18.0
10. Mele • WSH 18.0
AB per HR
1. Zernial • 2TM 17.3
2. Williams • BOS 17.7
3. Easter • CLE 18.0
4. Vollmer • BOS 17.5 **
5. Wertz • DET 18.6
6. Robinson • CHW 19.4
7. Berra • NYY 20.3
8. Doby • CLE 22.4
9. Stephens • BOS 22.2 **
10. Rosen • CLE 23.9
Outs Made
1. Young • SLB 492
2. DiMaggio • BOS 474
3. Priddy • DET 465
4. Fox • CHW 454
5. Rosen • CLE 441
6. Boone • CLE 439
7. Zernial • 2TM 435
8. Kell • DET 434
9. Mele • WSH 433
10. Rizzuto • NYY 431
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Williams • BOS 85.23
2. Doby • CLE 43.54
3. Joost • PHA 37.17
4. Yost • WSH 35.40
5. Fain • PHA 34.31
6. Rosen • CLE 33.45
7. Miñoso • 2TM 30.65
8. Wertz • DET 27.32
9. Mantle • NYY 26.66
10. Robinson • CHW 25.76
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Williams • BOS 6.4
2. Joost • PHA 4.5
3. Yost • WSH 3.3
4. Kell • DET 3.1
5. Doby • CLE 2.9
6. Fain • PHA 2.9
7. Pesky • BOS 2.8
8. Miñoso • 2TM 2.8
9. Berra • NYY 2.8
10. Bauer • NYY 2.5
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Williams • BOS 6.4
2. Doby • CLE 4.4
3. Miñoso • 2TM 4.1
4. Joost • PHA 3.4
5. Fain • PHA 2.9
6. Woodling • NYY 2.9
7. Yost • WSH 2.8
8. Rosen • CLE 2.5
9. Berra • NYY 2.4
10. Robinson • CHW 2.2
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Williams • BOS 15.0
2. Mantle • NYY 10.4
3. Woodling • NYY 9.2
4. DiMaggio • NYY 8.3
5. Bauer • NYY 7.4
6. Vollmer • BOS 7.4
7. Ávila • CLE 7.2
8. Mitchell • CLE 7.1
9. Miñoso • 2TM 6.6
10. Robinson • CHW 6.5
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Williams • BOS 7.9
2. Doby • CLE 4.4
3. Joost • PHA 3.6
4. Yost • WSH 3.5
5. Rosen • CLE 3.4
6. Fain • PHA 3.3
7. Miñoso • 2TM 3.1
8. Wertz • DET 2.7
9. Mantle • NYY 2.7
10. Robinson • CHW 2.6
rOBA
1. Williams • BOS .465
2. Doby • CLE .431
3. Fain • PHA .430
4. Miñoso • 2TM .430
5. Wertz • DET .404
6. Joost • PHA .404
7. Valo • PHA .404
8. Yost • WSH .403
9. Robinson • CHW .393
10. Pesky • BOS .392
Rbat+
1. Williams • BOS 170
2. Doby • CLE 162
3. Fain • PHA 158
4. Miñoso • 2TM 157
5. Wertz • DET 141
6. Yost • WSH 141
7. Joost • PHA 139
8. Valo • PHA 138
9. Robinson • CHW 136
10. Berra • NYY 131

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