American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mantle • NYY 11.2
2. Wynn • CLE 8.4
3. Score • CLE 7.5
4. Lary • DET 6.7
5. Kaline • DET 6.5
6. Berra • NYY 6.2
7. Miñoso • CHW 6.2
8. Williams • BOS 6.1
9. Lemon • CLE 5.9
10. Maxwell • DET 5.9
WAR Position Players
1. Mantle • NYY 11.2
2. Kaline • DET 6.5
3. Berra • NYY 6.2
4. Miñoso • CHW 6.2
5. Williams • BOS 6.1
6. Maxwell • DET 5.9
7. McDougald • NYY 5.1
8. Doby • CHW 4.9
9. Piersall • BOS 4.8
10. Kuenn • DET 4.6
Offensive WAR
1. Mantle • NYY 10.6
2. Williams • BOS 5.9
3. Miñoso • CHW 5.8
4. Berra • NYY 5.7
5. Kaline • DET 5.3
6. Maxwell • DET 5.2
7. Kuenn • DET 4.6
8. Boone • DET 4.5
9. McDougald • NYY 4.3
10. Doby • CHW 4.3
Defensive WAR
1. Piersall • BOS 3.2
2. DeMaestri • KCA 1.7
3. McDougald • NYY 1.4
4. Ávila • CLE 1.3
5. Carrasquel • CLE 1.3
6. Aparicio • CHW 1.2
7. Berra • NYY 1.2
8. Miranda • BAL 1.1
9. Goodman • BOS 1.1
10. Collins • NYY 0.9
Batting Average
1. Mantle • NYY .353
2. Williams • BOS .345
3. Kuenn • DET .332
4. Maxwell • DET .326
5. Nieman • 2TM .320
6. Miñoso • CHW .316
7. Jensen • BOS .315
8. Kaline • DET .314
9. McDougald • NYY .311
10. Vernon • BOS .310
On-Base%
1. Williams • BOS .479
2. Mantle • NYY .464
3. Nieman • 2TM .436
4. Miñoso • CHW .425
5. Maxwell • DET .414
6. Yost • WSH .412
7. McDougald • NYY .405
8. Jensen • BOS .405
9. Vernon • BOS .403
10. Boone • DET .403
Slugging %
1. Mantle • NYY .705
2. Williams • BOS .605
3. Maxwell • DET .534
4. Berra • NYY .534
5. Kaline • DET .530
6. Skowron • NYY .528
7. Miñoso • CHW .525
8. Boone • DET .518
9. Vernon • BOS .511
10. Wertz • CLE .509
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Mantle • NYY 1.169
2. Williams • BOS 1.084
3. Miñoso • CHW .950
4. Maxwell • DET .948
5. Nieman • 2TM .931
6. Boone • DET .920
7. Vernon • BOS .914
8. Kaline • DET .913
9. Berra • NYY .911
10. Skowron • NYY .910
Games Played
1. Piersall • BOS 155
2. Fox • CHW 154
3. Kaline • DET 153
4. Aparicio • CHW 152
Sievers • WSH 152
Yost • WSH 152
7. Jensen • BOS 151
Miñoso • CHW 151
López • KCA 151
10. Mantle • NYY 150
At Bats
1. Fox • CHW 649
2. Kaline • DET 617
3. Piersall • BOS 601
4. Kuenn • DET 591
5. Jensen • BOS 578
Runnels • WSH 578
7. López • KCA 561
8. Sievers • WSH 550
9. Tuttle • DET 546
10. Miñoso • CHW 545
Plate Appearances
1. Fox • CHW 721
2. Kaline • DET 693
3. Yost • WSH 684
4. Piersall • BOS 682
5. Jensen • BOS 673
6. Miñoso • CHW 665
7. Sievers • WSH 659
8. Kuenn • DET 657
9. Mantle • NYY 652
10. Runnels • WSH 646
Runs Scored
1. Mantle • NYY 132
2. Fox • CHW 109
3. Miñoso • CHW 106
4. Maxwell • DET 97
5. Kaline • DET 96
Kuenn • DET 96
Bauer • NYY 96
8. Yost • WSH 94
9. Berra • NYY 93
10. Sievers • WSH 92
Hits
1. Kuenn • DET 196
2. Kaline • DET 194
3. Fox • CHW 192
4. Mantle • NYY 188
5. Jensen • BOS 182
6. Runnels • WSH 179
7. Piersall • BOS 176
8. Miñoso • CHW 172
9. Power • KCA 164
10. Maxwell • DET 163
Total Bases
1. Mantle • NYY 376
2. Kaline • DET 327
3. Jensen • BOS 287
4. Miñoso • CHW 286
5. Kuenn • DET 278
Berra • NYY 278
7. Piersall • BOS 270
Lemon • WSH 270
9. Maxwell • DET 267
10. Simpson • KCA 266
Doubles
1. Piersall • BOS 40
2. Kaline • DET 32
Kuenn • DET 32
4. Klaus • BOS 29
Miñoso • CHW 29
Berra • NYY 29
Runnels • WSH 29
8. Vernon • BOS 28
Williams • BOS 28
Lollar • CHW 28
Triples
1. Jensen • BOS 11
Miñoso • CHW 11
Simpson • KCA 11
Lemon • WSH 11
5. Fox • CHW 10
Kaline • DET 10
7. Runnels • WSH 9
8. Goodman • BOS 8
9. Bolling • DET 7
Kuenn • DET 7
Bauer • NYY 7
Herzog • WSH 7
Plews • WSH 7
Home Runs
1. Mantle • NYY 52
2. Wertz • CLE 32
3. Berra • NYY 30
4. Sievers • WSH 29
5. Maxwell • DET 28
6. Kaline • DET 27
Lemon • WSH 27
8. Bauer • NYY 26
9. Boone • DET 25
10. Williams • BOS 24
Doby • CHW 24
Runs Batted In
1. Mantle • NYY 130
2. Kaline • DET 128
3. Wertz • CLE 106
4. Simpson • KCA 105
Berra • NYY 105
6. Doby • CHW 102
7. Jensen • BOS 97
8. Lemon • WSH 96
9. Sievers • WSH 95
10. Skowron • NYY 90
Bases on Balls
1. Yost • WSH 151
2. Mantle • NYY 112
3. Williams • BOS 102
Doby • CHW 102
5. Sievers • WSH 100
6. Klaus • BOS 90
Nieman • 2TM 90
8. Jensen • BOS 89
9. Miñoso • CHW 86
10. Smith • CLE 84
Strikeouts
1. Lemon • WSH 138
2. Doby • CHW 105
3. Mantle • NYY 99
4. Sievers • WSH 88
5. Wertz • CLE 87
6. Simpson • KCA 82
Yost • WSH 82
8. Lepcio • BOS 77
9. Rivera • CHW 75
10. Maxwell • DET 74
Herzog • WSH 74
Stolen Bases
1. Aparicio • CHW 21
2. Rivera • CHW 20
3. Ávila • CLE 17
4. Miñoso • CHW 12
5. Francona • BAL 11
Jensen • BOS 11
7. Mantle • NYY 10
8. Kuenn • DET 9
Pilarcik • KCA 9
Carey • NYY 9
Singles
1. Fox • CHW 158
2. Kuenn • DET 145
3. Runnels • WSH 133
4. Jensen • BOS 128
5. Kaline • DET 125
6. Power • KCA 124
7. Maxwell • DET 118
8. Piersall • BOS 116
9. Aparicio • CHW 114
10. Miñoso • CHW 111
Adjusted OPS+
1. Mantle • NYY 210
2. Williams • BOS 172
3. Nieman • 2TM 155
4. Miñoso • CHW 149
5. Maxwell • DET 149
6. Berra • NYY 142
7. Skowron • NYY 142
8. Boone • DET 141
9. Kaline • DET 139
10. Vernon • BOS 130
Runs Created
1. Mantle • NYY 188
2. Miñoso • CHW 130
3. Kaline • DET 129
4. Williams • BOS 121
5. Maxwell • DET 118
6. Jensen • BOS 116
7. Kuenn • DET 109
8. Berra • NYY 108
9. Boone • DET 103
10. Doby • CHW 100
Sievers • WSH 100
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Mantle • NYY 87
2. Williams • BOS 50
3. Miñoso • CHW 43
4. Nieman • 2TM 39
5. Maxwell • DET 37
6. Kaline • DET 33
7. Berra • NYY 31
8. Boone • DET 30
9. Skowron • NYY 26
10. Jensen • BOS 24
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Mantle • NYY 8.1
2. Williams • BOS 4.7
3. Miñoso • CHW 4.1
4. Nieman • 2TM 3.7
5. Maxwell • DET 3.5
6. Kaline • DET 3.1
7. Berra • NYY 3.0
8. Boone • DET 2.8
9. Skowron • NYY 2.5
10. Jensen • BOS 2.3
Extra Base Hits
1. Mantle • NYY 79
2. Kaline • DET 69
3. Miñoso • CHW 61
Berra • NYY 61
5. Piersall • BOS 60
6. Lemon • WSH 59
7. Sievers • WSH 58
8. Jensen • BOS 54
Williams • BOS 54
Wertz • CLE 54
Simpson • KCA 54
Times On Base
1. Mantle • NYY 302
2. Miñoso • CHW 281
3. Yost • WSH 278
4. Jensen • BOS 272
5. Kaline • DET 265
6. Kuenn • DET 254
7. Fox • CHW 246
8. Maxwell • DET 244
Sievers • WSH 244
10. Williams • BOS 241
Doby • CHW 241
Offensive Win %
1. Mantle • NYY .879
2. Williams • BOS .837
3. Maxwell • DET .756
4. Miñoso • CHW .747
5. Nieman • 2TM .717
6. Kaline • DET .711
7. Boone • DET .708
8. Vernon • BOS .700
9. Berra • NYY .696
10. Jensen • BOS .681
Hit By Pitch
1. Miñoso • CHW 23
2. Lollar • CHW 16
3. Fox • CHW 10
4. Courtney • WSH 9
Hatfield • 2TM 9
6. Yost • WSH 8
Smith • CLE 8
Belardi • DET 8
9. Gardner • BAL 7
Vernon • BOS 7
Sacrifice Hits
1. Aparicio • CHW 14
Kell • 2TM 14
3. Fox • CHW 13
4. Piersall • BOS 9
Carrasquel • CLE 9
Yost • WSH 9
7. Gardner • BAL 8
Ávila • CLE 8
Garcia • CLE 8
López • KCA 8
Martin • NYY 8
Herzog • WSH 8
Sacrifice Flies
1. Piersall • BOS 12
2. Kuenn • DET 8
Maxwell • DET 8
4. Miñoso • CHW 7
Rosen • CLE 7
Wertz • CLE 7
Philley • 2TM 7
8. Buddin • BOS 6
Dropo • CHW 6
Lollar • CHW 6
Rivera • CHW 6
Smith • CLE 6
Lemon • WSH 6
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Williams • BOS 11
2. Sievers • WSH 10
Wertz • CLE 10
4. Yost • WSH 9
Berberet • WSH 9
6. Simpson • KCA 8
Boone • DET 8
8. Smith • CLE 7
Berra • NYY 7
Wilson • DET 7
White • BOS 7
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Jensen • BOS 23
2. Triandos • BAL 21
3. Piersall • BOS 19
Fox • CHW 19
Lollar • CHW 19
Simpson • KCA 19
7. White • BOS 18
Tuttle • DET 18
Smith • 2TM 18
Runnels • WSH 18
Caught Stealing
1. Rivera • CHW 9
2. McDougald • NYY 8
3. Piersall • BOS 7
4. Miranda • BAL 6
Miñoso • CHW 6
Woodling • CLE 6
Carey • NYY 6
Nieman • 2TM 6
9. Boyd • BAL 5
Diering • BAL 5
Francona • BAL 5
Gardner • BAL 5
Williams • BAL 5
Kuenn • DET 5
López • KCA 5
Courtney • WSH 5
Herzog • WSH 5
Runnels • WSH 5
Yost • WSH 5
SB %
1. Aparicio • CHW 84.00
2. Ávila • CLE 80.95
3. Rivera • CHW 68.97
4. Francona • BAL 68.75
5. Miñoso • CHW 66.67
Power-Speed #
1. Mantle • NYY 16.8
2. Miñoso • CHW 15.3
3. Rivera • CHW 15.0
4. Jensen • BOS 14.2
5. Ávila • CLE 12.6
6. Kaline • DET 11.1
7. Kuenn • DET 10.3
8. Francona • BAL 9.9
9. Busby • CLE 9.6
10. Piersall • BOS 9.3
AB per SO
1. Fox • CHW 46.4
2. Power • KCA 33.1
3. Berra • NYY 18.0
4. Kuenn • DET 17.4
5. Miñoso • CHW 13.6
6. Jensen • BOS 13.4
7. Lollar • CHW 13.2
8. Piersall • BOS 12.5
9. Klaus • BOS 12.1
10. Kell • 2TM 11.5
AB per HR
1. Mantle • NYY 10.3
2. Wertz • CLE 15.0
3. Williams • BOS 16.7
4. Berra • NYY 17.4
5. Maxwell • DET 17.9
6. Sievers • WSH 19.0
7. Boone • DET 19.2
8. Lemon • WSH 19.9
9. Skowron • NYY 20.2
10. Bauer • NYY 20.7
Outs Made
1. Fox • CHW 498
2. Piersall • BOS 472
3. Kaline • DET 439
4. López • KCA 438
5. Tuttle • DET 437
6. Bauer • NYY 434
7. Runnels • WSH 430
8. Jensen • BOS 427
Sievers • WSH 427
10. Gardner • BAL 425
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Mantle • NYY 99.65
2. Williams • BOS 59.39
3. Miñoso • CHW 49.88
4. Maxwell • DET 47.19
5. Kaline • DET 46.55
6. Berra • NYY 41.33
7. Doby • CHW 40.99
8. Skowron • NYY 40.76
9. Boone • DET 32.62
10. Kuenn • DET 32.12
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Mantle • NYY 8.4
2. Kaline • DET 4.8
3. Williams • BOS 4.7
4. Berra • NYY 4.3
5. Lemon • WSH 4.0
6. Nieman • 2TM 3.9
7. Miñoso • CHW 3.8
8. Maxwell • DET 3.6
9. Jensen • BOS 3.6
10. McDougald • NYY 3.0
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Mantle • NYY 9.4
2. Williams • BOS 5.1
3. Miñoso • CHW 4.6
4. Kaline • DET 4.3
5. Berra • NYY 4.0
6. Maxwell • DET 3.9
7. Skowron • NYY 3.8
8. Nieman • 2TM 3.3
9. Doby • CHW 3.2
10. Boone • DET 3.2
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Mantle • NYY 19.2
2. Skowron • NYY 7.3
3. Miñoso • CHW 5.2
4. McDougald • NYY 4.7
5. Collins • NYY 4.1
6. Esposito • CHW 3.6
7. Berra • NYY 3.6
8. Wertz • CLE 2.5
9. Jensen • BOS 2.4
10. Williams • BOS 2.3
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Mantle • NYY 9.4
2. Williams • BOS 5.3
3. Miñoso • CHW 4.7
4. Maxwell • DET 4.4
5. Kaline • DET 4.4
6. Berra • NYY 4.0
7. Skowron • NYY 3.9
8. Doby • CHW 3.9
9. Boone • DET 3.1
10. Kuenn • DET 3.0
rOBA
1. Mantle • NYY .520
2. Williams • BOS .500
3. Miñoso • CHW .442
4. Maxwell • DET .435
5. Skowron • NYY .430
6. Boone • DET .429
7. Kaline • DET .428
8. Nieman • 2TM .425
9. Vernon • BOS .424
10. Jensen • BOS .418
Rbat+
1. Mantle • NYY 212
2. Williams • BOS 187
3. Nieman • 2TM 158
4. Miñoso • CHW 156
5. Skowron • NYY 152
6. Maxwell • DET 150
7. Boone • DET 146
8. Kaline • DET 144
9. Berra • NYY 142
10. McDougald • NYY 140

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