American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mantle • NYY 8.7
2. Lary • DET 6.7
3. Kaline • DET 6.5
4. Cerv • KCA 6.4
5. Colavito • CLE 6.0
6. Runnels • BOS 5.5
7. Harshman • BAL 5.2
8. Pierce • CHW 5.1
9. Miñoso • CLE 4.9
10. Jensen • BOS 4.9
WAR Position Players
1. Mantle • NYY 8.7
2. Kaline • DET 6.5
3. Cerv • KCA 6.4
4. Colavito • CLE 5.8
5. Runnels • BOS 5.5
6. Miñoso • CLE 4.9
7. Jensen • BOS 4.9
8. Siebern • NYY 4.8
9. Power • 2TM 4.7
10. Aparicio • CHW 4.3
Offensive WAR
1. Mantle • NYY 9.2
2. Colavito • CLE 5.9
3. Williams • BOS 5.9
4. Cerv • KCA 5.3
5. Runnels • BOS 5.1
6. Jensen • BOS 4.9
7. Miñoso • CLE 4.4
8. Sievers • WSH 4.4
9. Power • 2TM 4.0
10. Landis • CHW 3.9
Defensive WAR
1. Aparicio • CHW 2.9
2. Kubek • NYY 2.3
3. Kaline • DET 2.2
4. Bolling • DET 1.9
5. Piersall • BOS 1.4
6. DeMaestri • KCA 1.4
7. Fox • CHW 1.3
8. Malzone • BOS 1.2
9. McDougald • NYY 1.0
10. Busby • BAL 1.0
Batting Average
1. Williams • BOS .328
2. Runnels • BOS .322
3. Kuenn • DET .319
4. Kaline • DET .313
5. Power • 2TM .312
6. Cerv • KCA .305
7. Mantle • NYY .304
8. Colavito • CLE .303
9. Miñoso • CLE .302
10. Fox • CHW .300
On-Base%
1. Williams • BOS .458
2. Mantle • NYY .443
3. Runnels • BOS .416
4. Colavito • CLE .405
5. Jensen • BOS .396
6. Siebern • NYY .388
7. Miñoso • CLE .383
8. Woodling • BAL .378
9. Kaline • DET .374
10. Kuenn • DET .373
Slugging %
1. Colavito • CLE .620
2. Cerv • KCA .592
3. Mantle • NYY .592
4. Williams • BOS .584
5. Sievers • WSH .544
6. Jensen • BOS .535
7. Kaline • DET .490
8. Power • 2TM .490
9. Miñoso • CLE .484
10. Harris • DET .481
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Williams • BOS 1.042
2. Mantle • NYY 1.035
3. Colavito • CLE 1.024
4. Cerv • KCA .963
5. Jensen • BOS .931
6. Sievers • WSH .900
7. Miñoso • CLE .867
8. Kaline • DET .864
9. Runnels • BOS .854
10. Siebern • NYY .842
Games Played
1. Malzone • BOS 155
Fox • CHW 155
3. Jensen • BOS 154
Bolling • DET 154
5. Gardner • BAL 151
López • KCA 151
7. Mantle • NYY 150
Maris • 2TM 150
9. Miñoso • CLE 149
10. Tuttle • KCA 148
Sievers • WSH 148
At Bats
1. Malzone • BOS 627
2. Fox • CHW 623
3. Bolling • DET 610
4. Power • 2TM 590
5. Maris • 2TM 583
6. Runnels • BOS 568
7. López • KCA 564
8. Kuenn • DET 561
9. Gardner • BAL 560
10. Kubek • NYY 559
Plate Appearances
1. Fox • CHW 698
2. Bolling • DET 681
3. Malzone • BOS 673
4. Runnels • BOS 666
5. Jensen • BOS 655
6. Mantle • NYY 654
7. Miñoso • CLE 638
8. Maris • 2TM 637
9. López • KCA 631
10. Power • 2TM 620
Runs Scored
1. Mantle • NYY 127
2. Runnels • BOS 103
3. Power • 2TM 98
4. Miñoso • CLE 94
5. Cerv • KCA 93
6. Bolling • DET 91
7. Maris • 2TM 87
8. Sievers • WSH 85
9. Kaline • DET 84
López • KCA 84
Hits
1. Fox • CHW 187
2. Malzone • BOS 185
3. Power • 2TM 184
4. Runnels • BOS 183
5. Kuenn • DET 179
6. Kaline • DET 170
7. Miñoso • CLE 168
8. Bolling • DET 164
9. Sievers • WSH 162
10. Mantle • NYY 158
Total Bases
1. Mantle • NYY 307
2. Cerv • KCA 305
3. Colavito • CLE 303
4. Sievers • WSH 299
5. Jensen • BOS 293
6. Power • 2TM 289
7. Miñoso • CLE 269
8. Kaline • DET 266
9. Malzone • BOS 264
10. Maris • 2TM 251
Doubles
1. Kuenn • DET 39
2. Power • 2TM 37
3. Kaline • DET 34
4. Runnels • BOS 32
5. Jensen • BOS 31
6. Malzone • BOS 30
7. Gardner • BAL 28
López • KCA 28
9. Colavito • CLE 26
10. Buddin • BOS 25
Miñoso • CLE 25
Bolling • DET 25
Pearson • WSH 25
Triples
1. Power • 2TM 10
2. Tuttle • KCA 9
Lemon • WSH 9
Aparicio • CHW 9
5. Harris • DET 8
6. Cerv • KCA 7
Martyn • KCA 7
Kaline • DET 7
Landis • CHW 7
10. Plews • WSH 6
Bauer • NYY 6
Fox • CHW 6
Home Runs
1. Mantle • NYY 42
2. Colavito • CLE 41
3. Sievers • WSH 39
4. Cerv • KCA 38
5. Jensen • BOS 35
6. Triandos • BAL 30
7. Maris • 2TM 28
8. Williams • BOS 26
Lemon • WSH 26
10. Miñoso • CLE 24
Runs Batted In
1. Jensen • BOS 122
2. Colavito • CLE 113
3. Sievers • WSH 108
4. Cerv • KCA 104
5. Mantle • NYY 97
6. Berra • NYY 90
7. Malzone • BOS 87
8. Williams • BOS 85
Kaline • DET 85
10. Lollar • CHW 84
Bases on Balls
1. Mantle • NYY 129
2. Jensen • BOS 99
3. Williams • BOS 98
4. Runnels • BOS 87
5. Colavito • CLE 84
6. Buddin • BOS 82
7. Yost • WSH 81
8. Tuttle • KCA 74
9. Woodling • BAL 66
Siebern • NYY 66
Strikeouts
1. Mantle • NYY 120
Lemon • WSH 120
3. Buddin • BOS 106
4. Colavito • CLE 89
5. Siebern • NYY 87
6. Maris • 2TM 85
7. DeMaestri • KCA 84
8. Cerv • KCA 82
9. Landis • CHW 80
10. Gernert • BOS 78
Stolen Bases
1. Aparicio • CHW 29
2. Rivera • CHW 21
3. Landis • CHW 19
4. Mantle • NYY 18
5. Miñoso • CLE 14
6. Piersall • BOS 12
Harrell • CLE 12
8. Wilson • DET 10
9. Jensen • BOS 9
10. Pilarcik • BAL 7
Tuttle • KCA 7
Kaline • DET 7
Pearson • WSH 7
Torgeson • CHW 7
Singles
1. Fox • CHW 160
2. Malzone • BOS 138
Runnels • BOS 138
4. Kuenn • DET 129
5. Kubek • NYY 124
6. Bolling • DET 121
Power • 2TM 121
8. Aparicio • CHW 117
Miñoso • CLE 117
10. Kaline • DET 113
Pearson • WSH 113
Adjusted OPS+
1. Mantle • NYY 188
2. Colavito • CLE 180
3. Williams • BOS 179
4. Cerv • KCA 159
5. Jensen • BOS 148
6. Sievers • WSH 147
7. Miñoso • CLE 139
8. Siebern • NYY 136
9. Runnels • BOS 130
10. Kaline • DET 130
Runs Created
1. Mantle • NYY 147
2. Colavito • CLE 122
3. Jensen • BOS 120
4. Williams • BOS 112
5. Runnels • BOS 107
6. Cerv • KCA 106
Sievers • WSH 106
8. Miñoso • CLE 101
9. Kaline • DET 96
10. Power • 2TM 93
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Mantle • NYY 69
2. Colavito • CLE 55
3. Williams • BOS 52
4. Jensen • BOS 40
5. Cerv • KCA 39
6. Sievers • WSH 34
7. Miñoso • CLE 31
8. Nieman • BAL 29
9. Runnels • BOS 29
10. Siebern • NYY 24
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Mantle • NYY 6.9
2. Colavito • CLE 5.5
3. Williams • BOS 5.2
4. Jensen • BOS 4.0
5. Cerv • KCA 3.9
6. Sievers • WSH 3.4
7. Miñoso • CLE 3.1
8. Nieman • BAL 2.9
9. Runnels • BOS 2.9
10. Siebern • NYY 2.4
Extra Base Hits
1. Colavito • CLE 70
2. Jensen • BOS 66
3. Cerv • KCA 65
4. Mantle • NYY 64
5. Power • 2TM 63
6. Sievers • WSH 58
7. Kaline • DET 57
8. Williams • BOS 51
Miñoso • CLE 51
Maris • 2TM 51
Times On Base
1. Mantle • NYY 289
2. Runnels • BOS 276
3. Jensen • BOS 259
4. Fox • CHW 245
5. Miñoso • CLE 242
6. Williams • BOS 237
7. Colavito • CLE 234
8. Kuenn • DET 230
9. Kaline • DET 226
10. Malzone • BOS 222
Bolling • DET 222
Offensive Win %
1. Mantle • NYY .834
2. Williams • BOS .825
3. Colavito • CLE .795
4. Jensen • BOS .747
5. Cerv • KCA .731
6. Runnels • BOS .711
7. Sievers • WSH .706
8. Siebern • NYY .675
9. Miñoso • CLE .674
10. Kaline • DET .673
Hit By Pitch
1. Miñoso • CLE 15
2. Fox • CHW 11
3. Courtney • WSH 9
Yost • WSH 9
5. Landis • CHW 8
Lollar • CHW 8
7. Runnels • BOS 6
Carey • NYY 6
Held • 2TM 6
10. Robinson • BAL 5
Smith • CHW 5
Cerv • KCA 5
Sacrifice Hits
1. Martin • DET 13
2. Fox • CHW 12
Ávila • CLE 12
4. Sisler • BOS 11
Pearson • WSH 11
6. Williams • BAL 10
7. Buddin • BOS 9
Landis • CHW 9
Lary • DET 9
10. Sullivan • BOS 8
Aparicio • CHW 8
Moran • CLE 8
Kubek • NYY 8
Hunter • 2TM 8
Sacrifice Flies
1. Bolling • DET 9
López • KCA 9
3. Smith • KCA 8
4. Triandos • BAL 7
Rivera • CHW 7
Bertoia • DET 7
Sievers • WSH 7
8. Piersall • BOS 6
Harris • DET 6
Martin • DET 6
Chiti • KCA 6
Berra • NYY 6
McDougald • NYY 6
Power • 2TM 6
Yost • WSH 6
Zauchin • WSH 6
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Mantle • NYY 13
2. Williams • BOS 12
3. Cerv • KCA 10
4. Kuenn • DET 8
5. Jensen • BOS 7
6. Howard • NYY 6
Kaline • DET 6
Colavito • CLE 6
9. Fox • CHW 5
Wilson • DET 5
Berra • NYY 5
Rivera • CHW 5
Nieman • BAL 5
Martyn • KCA 5
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. López • KCA 23
2. Triandos • BAL 22
3. Malzone • BOS 21
4. Robinson • BAL 19
Williams • BOS 19
Cerv • KCA 19
7. Kaline • DET 18
8. Williams • BAL 17
Smith • CHW 17
Tuttle • KCA 17
Caught Stealing
1. Miñoso • CLE 14
2. Kuenn • DET 10
3. Tuttle • KCA 9
4. Pearson • WSH 8
Siebern • NYY 8
Nieman • BAL 8
7. Landis • CHW 7
Ávila • CLE 7
9. Williams • BAL 6
Aparicio • CHW 6
Fox • CHW 6
Baxes • KCA 6
Yost • WSH 6
SB %
1. Rivera • CHW 87.50
2. Mantle • NYY 85.71
3. Aparicio • CHW 82.86
4. Landis • CHW 73.08
5. Miñoso • CLE 50.00
6. Tuttle • KCA 43.75
Power-Speed #
1. Mantle • NYY 25.2
2. Miñoso • CLE 17.7
3. Landis • CHW 16.8
4. Jensen • BOS 14.3
5. Rivera • CHW 12.6
6. Kaline • DET 9.7
7. Piersall • BOS 9.6
8. Harrell • CLE 8.8
9. Tuttle • KCA 8.6
10. McDougald • NYY 8.4
Bolling • DET 8.4
AB per SO
1. Fox • CHW 56.6
2. Power • 2TM 42.1
3. Courtney • WSH 19.6
4. Pearson • WSH 17.1
5. Kuenn • DET 16.5
6. Aparicio • CHW 14.7
7. Malzone • BOS 11.8
8. Runnels • BOS 11.6
9. Kaline • DET 11.6
10. Lollar • CHW 11.4
AB per HR
1. Colavito • CLE 11.9
2. Mantle • NYY 12.4
3. Cerv • KCA 13.6
4. Sievers • WSH 14.1
5. Jensen • BOS 15.7
6. Triandos • BAL 15.8
7. Williams • BOS 15.8
8. Lemon • WSH 19.3
9. Maris • 2TM 20.8
10. Lollar • CHW 21.1
Outs Made
1. Malzone • BOS 474
2. Fox • CHW 472
Bolling • DET 472
4. Gardner • BAL 458
López • KCA 458
6. Maris • 2TM 454
7. Aparicio • CHW 434
Kubek • NYY 434
9. Power • 2TM 430
10. Tuttle • KCA 427
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Mantle • NYY 67.91
2. Williams • BOS 62.03
3. Colavito • CLE 56.65
4. Jensen • BOS 55.01
5. Cerv • KCA 49.18
6. Sievers • WSH 44.02
7. Runnels • BOS 43.68
8. Kaline • DET 39.19
9. Power • 2TM 34.11
10. Nieman • BAL 27.47
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Williams • BOS 6.8
2. Jensen • BOS 6.6
3. Mantle • NYY 6.3
4. Sievers • WSH 5.6
5. Colavito • CLE 5.2
6. Cerv • KCA 4.0
7. Lollar • CHW 4.0
8. Woodling • BAL 3.8
9. Power • 2TM 3.7
10. Kaline • DET 3.6
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Mantle • NYY 8.0
2. Williams • BOS 5.2
3. Colavito • CLE 5.2
4. Cerv • KCA 4.9
5. Jensen • BOS 4.5
6. Sievers • WSH 4.4
7. Runnels • BOS 3.3
8. Miñoso • CLE 3.0
9. Kaline • DET 2.7
10. Power • 2TM 2.6
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Mantle • NYY 8.9
2. Howard • NYY 5.1
3. Jensen • BOS 4.2
4. Cerv • KCA 4.0
5. Power • 2TM 3.3
6. Woodling • BAL 3.1
7. Williams • BOS 2.8
8. Vernon • CLE 2.8
9. Carey • NYY 2.3
10. Berra • NYY 2.2
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Mantle • NYY 6.9
2. Williams • BOS 6.0
3. Colavito • CLE 5.7
4. Jensen • BOS 5.3
5. Cerv • KCA 4.9
6. Sievers • WSH 4.5
7. Runnels • BOS 4.3
8. Kaline • DET 3.8
9. Power • 2TM 3.4
10. Nieman • BAL 2.8
rOBA
1. Williams • BOS .468
2. Mantle • NYY .467
3. Colavito • CLE .455
4. Cerv • KCA .435
5. Jensen • BOS .418
6. Sievers • WSH .407
7. Miñoso • CLE .399
8. Runnels • BOS .397
9. Kaline • DET .393
10. Woodling • BAL .390
Rbat+
1. Mantle • NYY 192
2. Williams • BOS 187
3. Colavito • CLE 184
4. Cerv • KCA 167
5. Jensen • BOS 150
6. Sievers • WSH 149
7. Miñoso • CLE 146
8. Woodling • BAL 141
9. Siebern • NYY 139
10. Runnels • BOS 136

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