American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 9.5
2. McDowell • CLE 7.9
3. Fregosi • CAL 7.7
4. Harper • MIL 7.4
5. Oliva • MIN 7.0
6. White • NYY 6.8
7. Smith • BOS 6.7
8. Palmer • BAL 6.4
Rodríguez • 2TM 6.4
10. Bando • OAK 6.2
WAR Position Players
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 9.5
2. Fregosi • CAL 7.7
3. Harper • MIL 7.4
4. Oliva • MIN 7.0
5. White • NYY 6.8
6. Smith • BOS 6.7
7. Rodríguez • 2TM 6.4
8. Bando • OAK 6.2
9. Blair • BAL 5.8
10. Campaneris • OAK 5.8
Offensive WAR
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 8.9
2. Harper • MIL 7.3
3. Howard • WSA 6.6
4. White • NYY 6.4
5. Fregosi • CAL 6.3
6. Killebrew • MIN 6.1
7. Bando • OAK 5.8
8. Powell • BAL 5.5
9. Aparicio • CHW 5.0
10. Robinson • BAL 4.9
Defensive WAR
1. Rodríguez • 2TM 3.6
2. Brinkman • WSA 3.2
3. Blair • BAL 2.7
4. Nettles • CLE 2.6
5. Fregosi • CAL 2.4
6. Smith • BOS 2.2
7. Alomar • CAL 2.1
8. Cárdenas • MIN 2.1
9. Campaneris • OAK 1.9
10. Mitterwald • MIN 1.9
Batting Average
1. Johnson • CAL .329
2. Yastrzemski • BOS .329
3. Oliva • MIN .325
4. Aparicio • CHW .313
5. Robinson • BAL .306
6. Fosse • CLE .307 **
7. Smith • BOS .303
8. Munson • NYY .302
9. Piniella • KCR .301
10. Cater • NYY .301
On-Base%
1. Yastrzemski • BOS .452
2. Howard • WSA .416
3. Powell • BAL .412
4. Killebrew • MIN .411
5. Bando • OAK .407
6. Buford • BAL .406
7. Robinson • BAL .398
8. White • NYY .387
9. Munson • NYY .386
10. Harper • MIL .377
Slugging %
1. Yastrzemski • BOS .592
2. Powell • BAL .549
3. Killebrew • MIN .546
4. Howard • WSA .546
5. Harper • MIL .522
6. Robinson • BAL .520
7. Oliva • MIN .514
8. Conigliaro • BOS .498
9. Smith • BOS .497
10. Melton • CHW .488
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 1.044
2. Howard • WSA .962
3. Powell • BAL .962
4. Killebrew • MIN .957
5. Robinson • BAL .918
6. Harper • MIL .899
7. Oliva • MIN .878
8. White • NYY .860
9. Smith • BOS .857
10. Bando • OAK .837
Games Played
1. Alomar • CAL 162
White • NYY 162
3. Yastrzemski • BOS 161
Tovar • MIN 161
Howard • WSA 161
6. Oliver • KCR 160
Cárdenas • MIN 160
8. Otis • KCR 159
Murcer • NYY 159
Rodríguez • 2TM 159
At Bats
1. Clarke • NYY 686
2. Alomar • CAL 672
3. Tovar • MIN 650
4. Oliva • MIN 628
5. Brinkman • WSA 625
6. Otis • KCR 620
7. Johnson • CAL 614
8. Oliver • KCR 612
9. Rodríguez • 2TM 610
10. White • NYY 609
Plate Appearances
1. Alomar • CAL 735
2. Clarke • NYY 732
3. Tovar • MIN 726
4. White • NYY 712
5. Howard • WSA 706
6. Otis • KCR 700
7. Yastrzemski • BOS 698
8. Brinkman • WSA 696
9. Harper • MIL 692
10. Andrews • BOS 681
Runs Scored
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 125
2. Tovar • MIN 120
3. Smith • BOS 109
White • NYY 109
5. Harper • MIL 104
6. Buford • BAL 99
7. Campaneris • OAK 97
8. Killebrew • MIN 96
Oliva • MIN 96
10. Fregosi • CAL 95
Murcer • NYY 95
Hits
1. Oliva • MIN 204
2. Johnson • CAL 202
3. Tovar • MIN 195
4. Yastrzemski • BOS 186
5. White • NYY 180
6. Harper • MIL 179
7. Smith • BOS 176
Otis • KCR 176
9. Cater • NYY 175
10. Aparicio • CHW 173
Total Bases
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 335
2. Oliva • MIN 323
3. Harper • MIL 315
4. Howard • WSA 309
5. Powell • BAL 289
6. Smith • BOS 288
Killebrew • MIN 288
White • NYY 288
9. Tovar • MIN 287
10. Johnson • CAL 282
Doubles
1. Otis • KCR 36
Oliva • MIN 36
Tovar • MIN 36
4. Harper • MIL 35
5. Cárdenas • MIN 34
6. Fregosi • CAL 33
Rodríguez • 2TM 33
8. Smith • BOS 32
9. Robinson • BAL 31
Petrocelli • BOS 31
Triples
1. Tovar • MIN 13
2. Stanley • DET 11
3. Otis • KCR 9
4. Smith • BOS 7
Oliva • MIN 7
Kenney • NYY 7
Monday • OAK 7
Rodríguez • 2TM 7
9. Johnson • CAL 6
Repoz • CAL 6
Pinson • CLE 6
Gutiérrez • DET 6
Oliver • KCR 6
Kubiak • MIL 6
White • NYY 6
Home Runs
1. Howard • WSA 44
2. Killebrew • MIN 41
3. Yastrzemski • BOS 40
4. Conigliaro • BOS 36
5. Powell • BAL 35
6. Melton • CHW 33
7. Harper • MIL 31
8. Petrocelli • BOS 29
9. Oliver • KCR 27
Mincher • OAK 27
Runs Batted In
1. Howard • WSA 126
2. Conigliaro • BOS 116
3. Powell • BAL 114
4. Killebrew • MIN 113
5. Oliva • MIN 107
6. Petrocelli • BOS 103
7. Yastrzemski • BOS 102
8. Oliver • KCR 99
9. Melton • CHW 96
10. Robinson • BAL 94
White • NYY 94
Bases on Balls
1. Howard • WSA 132
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 128
Killebrew • MIN 128
4. Bando • OAK 118
5. Buford • BAL 109
6. Powell • BAL 104
7. McAuliffe • DET 101
8. White • NYY 95
9. Murcer • NYY 87
10. Andrews • BOS 81
Nettles • CLE 81
Strikeouts
1. Jackson • OAK 135
2. Oliver • KCR 126
Walton • MIL 126
4. Howard • WSA 125
5. Epstein • WSA 117
6. Hegan • MIL 116
7. Melton • CHW 107
Harper • MIL 107
9. Kelly • KCR 105
10. Cárdenas • MIN 101
Stolen Bases
1. Campaneris • OAK 42
2. Harper • MIL 38
3. Alomar • CAL 35
4. Kelly • KCR 34
5. Otis • KCR 33
6. Tovar • MIN 30
7. Stroud • WSA 29
8. Jackson • OAK 26
9. Blair • BAL 24
White • NYY 24
Singles
1. Johnson • CAL 156
2. Alomar • CAL 147
3. Brinkman • WSA 144
4. Clarke • NYY 142
5. Oliva • MIN 138
Cater • NYY 138
7. Aparicio • CHW 136
Tovar • MIN 136
9. Piniella • KCR 123
10. White • NYY 122
Adjusted OPS+
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 177
2. Howard • WSA 170
3. Powell • BAL 163
4. Killebrew • MIN 159
5. Robinson • BAL 151
6. Harper • MIL 146
7. White • NYY 142
8. Oliva • MIN 137
9. Bando • OAK 135
10. Johnson • CAL 132
Runs Created
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 157
2. Howard • WSA 130
3. Powell • BAL 123
4. Harper • MIL 122
5. Killebrew • MIN 116
White • NYY 116
7. Oliva • MIN 112
8. Tovar • MIN 103
9. Smith • BOS 102
Otis • KCR 102
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 68
2. Howard • WSA 59
3. Powell • BAL 50
4. Killebrew • MIN 49
5. Harper • MIL 39
6. White • NYY 38
7. Robinson • BAL 35
8. Bando • OAK 31
9. Oliva • MIN 30
10. Rettenmund • BAL 26
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 6.8
2. Howard • WSA 6.0
3. Powell • BAL 5.0
4. Killebrew • MIN 4.9
5. Harper • MIL 3.9
6. White • NYY 3.8
7. Robinson • BAL 3.6
8. Bando • OAK 3.1
9. Oliva • MIN 3.0
10. Rettenmund • BAL 2.6
Extra Base Hits
1. Harper • MIL 70
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 69
3. Oliva • MIN 66
4. Powell • BAL 63
Petrocelli • BOS 63
6. Killebrew • MIN 62
7. Smith • BOS 61
8. Fregosi • CAL 60
Howard • WSA 60
10. Tovar • MIN 59
Rodríguez • 2TM 59
Times On Base
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 315
2. Howard • WSA 294
3. White • NYY 275
4. Killebrew • MIN 273
5. Powell • BAL 265
6. Harper • MIL 260
7. Bando • OAK 256
8. Tovar • MIN 255
9. Buford • BAL 254
10. Otis • KCR 245
Oliva • MIN 245
Offensive Win %
1. Yastrzemski • BOS .834
2. Powell • BAL .774
3. Howard • WSA .757
4. Robinson • BAL .743
5. Killebrew • MIN .729
6. Harper • MIL .720
7. Buford • BAL .698
8. White • NYY .697
9. Oliva • MIN .693
10. Smith • BOS .674
Hit By Pitch
1. Foster • CLE 12
2. Melton • CHW 9
Reichardt • 2TM 9
Epstein • WSA 9
5. Buford • BAL 8
Conigliaro • BOS 8
Tovar • MIN 8
Jackson • OAK 8
Rodríguez • 2TM 8
10. Robinson • BAL 7
Conigliaro • BOS 7
Johnson • CAL 7
Northrup • DET 7
Ratliff • MIN 7
Reese • MIN 7
Munson • NYY 7
Sacrifice Hits
1. Leon • CLE 23
2. Niekro • DET 15
3. Gutiérrez • DET 14
4. Kubiak • MIL 13
Cárdenas • MIN 13
6. Lockwood • MIL 12
7. Alomar • CAL 11
8. Perry • MIN 10
Tovar • MIN 10
10. Belanger • BAL 9
Cuellar • BAL 9
John • CHW 9
Drago • KCR 9
Sacrifice Flies
1. Petrocelli • BOS 10
Heidemann • CLE 10
3. Melton • CHW 9
4. Powell • BAL 8
Uhlaender • CLE 8
Killebrew • MIN 8
7. Robinson • BAL 7
Kaline • DET 7
Clarke • NYY 7
White • NYY 7
Mincher • OAK 7
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Howard • WSA 29
2. Killebrew • MIN 23
3. Powell • BAL 18
4. Kubiak • MIL 16
5. Yastrzemski • BOS 12
Oliva • MIN 12
7. White • NYY 11
Jackson • OAK 11
Mincher • OAK 11
10. Berry • CHW 10
McMullen • 2TM 10
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Killebrew • MIN 28
2. Johnson • CAL 25
May • CHW 25
4. Howard • WSA 23
5. Kaline • DET 20
6. Berry • CHW 19
Stanley • DET 19
Cater • NYY 19
Rodríguez • 2TM 19
10. Robinson • BAL 18
Horton • CLE 18
Kubiak • MIL 18
Caught Stealing
1. Jackson • OAK 17
2. Kelly • KCR 16
Harper • MIL 16
4. Tovar • MIN 15
5. Yastrzemski • BOS 13
6. Alomar • CAL 12
7. Blair • BAL 11
Scott • BOS 11
Monday • OAK 11
10. Murcer • NYY 10
White • NYY 10
Bando • OAK 10
Campaneris • OAK 10
SB %
1. Otis • KCR 94.29
2. Johnson • CAL 89.47
3. Campaneris • OAK 80.77
4. Stroud • WSA 78.38
5. Kenney • NYY 76.92
6. Clarke • NYY 76.67
7. Alomar • CAL 74.47
8. Rodríguez • 2TM 71.43
9. May • CHW 70.59
White • NYY 70.59
Power-Speed #
1. Harper • MIL 34.1
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 29.2
3. Campaneris • OAK 28.9
4. Jackson • OAK 24.4
5. White • NYY 23.0
6. Blair • BAL 20.6
7. Murcer • NYY 18.2
8. Rodríguez • 2TM 16.8
9. Otis • KCR 16.5
10. Buford • BAL 16.5
AB per SO
1. Clarke • NYY 19.6
2. Alou • OAK 18.5
3. Aparicio • CHW 16.2
4. Brinkman • WSA 15.2
5. Tovar • MIN 13.8
6. Cater • NYY 13.2
7. Piniella • KCR 12.9
8. Robinson • BAL 11.5
9. Uhlaender • CLE 10.8
10. Kubiak • MIL 10.6
AB per HR
1. Killebrew • MIN 12.9
2. Howard • WSA 12.9
3. Yastrzemski • BOS 14.2
4. Powell • BAL 15.0
5. Conigliaro • BOS 15.6
6. Melton • CHW 15.6
7. Mincher • OAK 17.1
8. Jackson • OAK 18.5
9. Robinson • BAL 18.8
10. Harper • MIL 19.5
Outs Made
1. Clarke • NYY 542
2. Alomar • CAL 535
3. Tovar • MIN 495
4. Brinkman • WSA 490
5. Rodríguez • 2TM 488
6. Oliver • KCR 476
7. Cárdenas • MIN 474
8. Robinson • BAL 467
9. Otis • KCR 465
10. Murcer • NYY 462
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 72.00
2. Howard • WSA 67.88
3. Powell • BAL 60.75
4. White • NYY 54.00
5. Oliva • MIN 48.92
6. Buford • BAL 43.41
7. Killebrew • MIN 42.56
8. Smith • BOS 38.48
9. Harper • MIL 37.88
10. Rettenmund • BAL 35.77
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Howard • WSA 7.5
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 6.3
3. White • NYY 6.1
4. Buford • BAL 5.5
5. Killebrew • MIN 5.5
6. Powell • BAL 5.3
7. Oliva • MIN 4.5
8. Smith • BOS 4.1
9. Bando • OAK 4.0
10. Savage • MIL 3.9
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 7.8
2. Howard • WSA 6.2
3. Powell • BAL 5.6
4. Killebrew • MIN 5.1
5. Harper • MIL 4.2
6. White • NYY 4.1
7. Smith • BOS 3.8
8. Bando • OAK 3.7
9. Buford • BAL 3.7
10. Robinson • BAL 3.6
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Killebrew • MIN 7.6
2. Buford • BAL 7.2
3. Powell • BAL 6.8
4. Oliva • MIN 5.5
5. Tovar • MIN 5.2
6. Fregosi • CAL 4.2
7. Robinson • BAL 3.9
8. Rettenmund • BAL 3.6
9. Johnson • CAL 3.5
10. White • NYY 3.3
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Howard • WSA 6.9
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 6.9
3. Powell • BAL 6.0
4. White • NYY 5.5
5. Oliva • MIN 4.8
6. Buford • BAL 4.3
7. Killebrew • MIN 4.2
8. Harper • MIL 3.8
9. Smith • BOS 3.7
10. Rettenmund • BAL 3.6

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