American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Fidrych • DET 9.6
2. Nettles • NYY 8.0
3. Blue • OAK 7.6
4. Brett • KCR 7.5
5. Tanana • CAL 7.5
6. Carew • MIN 6.8
7. Blyleven • 2TM 6.5
8. Belanger • BAL 6.5
Palmer • BAL 6.5
10. Rivers • NYY 6.4
WAR Position Players
1. Nettles • NYY 8.0
2. Brett • KCR 7.5
3. Carew • MIN 6.8
4. Belanger • BAL 6.5
5. Rivers • NYY 6.4
6. Grich • BAL 6.1
7. Bando • OAK 5.8
8. White • NYY 5.5
9. Jackson • BAL 5.3
LeFlore • DET 5.3
Offensive WAR
1. Brett • KCR 7.1
2. Grich • BAL 6.0
3. Carew • MIN 5.8
4. Jackson • BAL 5.7
5. Bando • OAK 5.6
6. LeFlore • DET 5.6
7. Munson • NYY 5.4
8. Tenace • OAK 5.0
9. Nettles • NYY 5.0
10. Rivers • NYY 5.0
Defensive WAR
1. Belanger • BAL 3.9
2. Nettles • NYY 3.6
3. Randolph • NYY 2.7
4. Sundberg • TEX 2.6
5. Beníquez • TEX 2.6
6. White • KCR 2.5
7. Campaneris • OAK 2.2
8. Mason • NYY 2.0
9. Patek • KCR 1.8
10. Remy • CAL 1.8
Batting Average
1. Brett • KCR .333
2. McRae • KCR .332
3. Carew • MIN .331
4. Bostock • MIN .323
5. LeFlore • DET .316
6. Lynn • BOS .314
7. Rivers • NYY .312
8. Carty • CLE .310
9. Munson • NYY .302
10. Garr • CHW .300
On-Base%
1. McRae • KCR .407
2. Hargrove • TEX .397
3. Carew • MIN .395
4. Staub • DET .386
5. Carty • CLE .379
6. Brett • KCR .377
7. LeFlore • DET .376
8. Braun • MIN .384 **
9. Grich • BAL .373
10. Tenace • OAK .373
Slugging %
1. Jackson • BAL .502
2. Rice • BOS .482
3. Nettles • NYY .475
4. Lynn • BOS .467
5. Carew • MIN .463
6. Brett • KCR .462
7. McRae • KCR .461
8. Tenace • OAK .458
9. Ford • MIN .457
10. Hendrick • CLE .448
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. McRae • KCR .868
2. Carew • MIN .858
3. Jackson • BAL .853
4. Brett • KCR .839
5. Lynn • BOS .835
6. Tenace • OAK .831
7. Carty • CLE .821
8. Staub • DET .818
9. Nettles • NYY .802
10. Rice • BOS .797
Games Played
1. Staub • DET 161
Mayberry • KCR 161
Yount • MIL 161
4. Bell • CLE 159
Brett • KCR 159
Garner • OAK 159
7. Dent • CHW 158
Orta • CHW 158
Nettles • NYY 158
Bando • OAK 158
Burroughs • TEX 158
At Bats
1. Brett • KCR 645
2. Chambliss • NYY 641
3. Yount • MIL 638
4. Orta • CHW 636
5. White • NYY 626
6. Munson • NYY 616
7. Scott • MIL 606
8. Carew • MIN 605
9. Bell • CLE 604
Burroughs • TEX 604
Plate Appearances
1. White • NYY 728
2. Brett • KCR 705
3. Staub • DET 690
Mayberry • KCR 690
Yount • MIL 690
6. Orta • CHW 688
Harrah • TEX 688
8. Carew • MIN 687
9. Baylor • OAK 685
10. Burroughs • TEX 681
Runs Scored
1. White • NYY 104
2. Carew • MIN 97
3. Rivers • NYY 95
4. Brett • KCR 94
5. Grich • BAL 93
LeFlore • DET 93
Otis • KCR 93
8. North • OAK 91
9. Nettles • NYY 88
10. Ford • MIN 87
Hits
1. Brett • KCR 215
2. Carew • MIN 200
3. Chambliss • NYY 188
4. Munson • NYY 186
5. Rivers • NYY 184
6. White • NYY 179
7. Staub • DET 176
8. McRae • KCR 175
9. Orta • CHW 174
10. LeFlore • DET 172
Total Bases
1. Brett • KCR 298
2. Chambliss • NYY 283
3. Rice • BOS 280
Carew • MIN 280
5. Nettles • NYY 277
6. Munson • NYY 266
7. Otis • KCR 263
8. Orta • CHW 261
9. White • NYY 256
10. Staub • DET 255
Rivers • NYY 255
Doubles
1. Otis • KCR 40
2. Evans • BOS 34
Carty • CLE 34
Brett • KCR 34
McRae • KCR 34
6. Lynn • BOS 32
Chambliss • NYY 32
Rudi • OAK 32
9. Grich • BAL 31
Rivers • NYY 31
Triples
1. Brett • KCR 14
2. Carew • MIN 12
Garner • OAK 12
4. Poquette • KCR 10
5. Bostock • MIN 9
6. Lynn • BOS 8
Rice • BOS 8
Orta • CHW 8
LeFlore • DET 8
Rivers • NYY 8
Home Runs
1. Nettles • NYY 32
2. Jackson • BAL 27
Bando • OAK 27
4. May • BAL 25
Rice • BOS 25
Hendrick • CLE 25
7. Tenace • OAK 22
8. Yastrzemski • BOS 21
9. Ford • MIN 20
Grieve • TEX 20
Runs Batted In
1. May • BAL 109
2. Munson • NYY 105
3. Yastrzemski • BOS 102
4. Staub • DET 96
Hisle • MIN 96
Chambliss • NYY 96
7. Mayberry • KCR 95
8. Rudi • OAK 94
9. Nettles • NYY 93
10. Jackson • BAL 91
Bases on Balls
1. Hargrove • TEX 97
2. Harrah • TEX 91
3. Grich • BAL 86
4. Staub • DET 83
White • NYY 83
6. Mayberry • KCR 82
7. Tenace • OAK 81
8. Yastrzemski • BOS 80
9. Singleton • BAL 79
Wynegar • MIN 79
Strikeouts
1. Rice • BOS 123
2. Grieve • TEX 119
3. Scott • MIL 118
Ford • MIN 118
5. Lezcano • MIL 112
6. LeFlore • DET 111
7. Jackson • BAL 108
8. Howell • TEX 106
Smalley • 2TM 106
10. May • BAL 104
Stolen Bases
1. North • OAK 75
2. LeFlore • DET 58
3. Campaneris • OAK 54
4. Baylor • OAK 52
5. Patek • KCR 51
6. Carew • MIN 49
7. Rivers • NYY 43
8. Bumbry • BAL 42
9. Randolph • NYY 37
Washington • OAK 37
Singles
1. Brett • KCR 160
2. Carew • MIN 150
3. Munson • NYY 141
4. LeFlore • DET 137
Yount • MIL 137
Rivers • NYY 137
7. North • OAK 136
8. Bell • CLE 135
9. Chambliss • NYY 133
White • NYY 133
Adjusted OPS+
1. Jackson • BAL 155
2. McRae • KCR 153
3. Tenace • OAK 149
4. Carew • MIN 148
5. Brett • KCR 144
6. Carty • CLE 143
7. Grich • BAL 138
8. Staub • DET 137
9. Nettles • NYY 135
10. Lynn • BOS 132
Runs Created
1. Brett • KCR 114
2. Carew • MIN 111
3. McRae • KCR 101
4. Staub • DET 99
5. White • NYY 98
6. Carty • CLE 92
Otis • KCR 92
Nettles • NYY 92
9. Hargrove • TEX 91
10. Chambliss • NYY 90
Adj. Batting Runs
1. McRae • KCR 39
2. Carew • MIN 38
3. Brett • KCR 35
4. Jackson • BAL 33
5. Carty • CLE 33
6. Staub • DET 32
7. Tenace • OAK 29
8. Grich • BAL 29
9. Hargrove • TEX 27
10. White • NYY 25
Adj. Batting Wins
1. McRae • KCR 4.1
2. Carew • MIN 4.0
3. Brett • KCR 3.6
4. Jackson • BAL 3.5
5. Carty • CLE 3.4
6. Staub • DET 3.4
7. Tenace • OAK 3.0
8. Grich • BAL 3.0
9. Hargrove • TEX 2.8
10. White • NYY 2.7
Extra Base Hits
1. Nettles • NYY 63
2. Otis • KCR 60
3. Rice • BOS 58
4. Jackson • BAL 56
Evans • BOS 56
6. Brett • KCR 55
Chambliss • NYY 55
8. Orta • CHW 51
Ford • MIN 51
10. Lynn • BOS 50
Carew • MIN 50
Times On Base
1. Carew • MIN 268
2. Staub • DET 266
3. Brett • KCR 265
4. White • NYY 262
5. Hargrove • TEX 258
6. McRae • KCR 247
7. Harrah • TEX 246
8. Carty • CLE 238
North • OAK 238
10. Singleton • BAL 230
Offensive Win %
1. McRae • KCR .739
2. Brett • KCR .722
3. Carew • MIN .717
4. Lynn • BOS .699
5. Tenace • OAK .693
6. Carty • CLE .684
Hargrove • TEX .684
8. Jackson • BAL .680
9. Staub • DET .677
10. Grich • BAL .668
Hit By Pitch
1. Baylor • OAK 20
2. Chalk • CAL 10
Ford • MIN 10
4. Munson • NYY 9
5. McRae • KCR 8
Randall • MIN 8
7. Jackson • CAL 7
Lemon • CHW 7
Staub • DET 7
10. Evans • BOS 6
Fisk • BOS 6
Veryzer • DET 6
Hargrove • TEX 6
García • 2TM 6
Sacrifice Hits
1. Smalley • 2TM 25
2. White • KCR 18
Campaneris • OAK 18
4. Dent • CHW 17
Randall • MIN 17
6. Kuiper • CLE 14
7. Blair • BAL 13
Remy • CAL 13
Patek • KCR 13
10. Chalk • CAL 12
Duffy • CLE 12
Johnson • MIL 12
Sacrifice Flies
1. Mayberry • KCR 12
2. Staub • DET 11
Baylor • OAK 11
Campaneris • OAK 11
5. Lynn • BOS 10
Munson • NYY 10
Rudi • OAK 10
8. Rice • BOS 9
Carty • CLE 9
Hisle • MIN 9
White • NYY 9
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Spencer • CHW 19
2. Williams • OAK 15
3. Carew • MIN 14
4. Hargrove • TEX 13
5. Bochte • CAL 11
Staub • DET 11
7. Rudi • OAK 10
8. Brohamer • CHW 9
Carty • CLE 9
10. May • BAL 8
Piniella • NYY 8
Howell • TEX 8
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Staub • DET 23
2. Burroughs • TEX 22
3. Rodríguez • DET 19
Scott • MIL 19
5. Rice • BOS 18
Carty • CLE 18
Grieve • TEX 18
8. Jackson • BAL 17
Munson • NYY 17
Clines • TEX 17
Harrah • TEX 17
Caught Stealing
1. North • OAK 29
2. Carew • MIN 22
3. LeFlore • DET 20
Washington • OAK 20
5. Collins • CAL 19
6. Hisle • MIN 18
7. Belanger • BAL 17
Kuiper • CLE 17
9. Remy • CAL 16
Cowens • KCR 16
Wohlford • KCR 16
SB %
1. Rivers • NYY 86.00
2. Campaneris • OAK 81.82
3. Baylor • OAK 81.25
4. Bumbry • BAL 80.77
5. Jackson • BAL 80.00
6. Otis • KCR 78.79
7. Patek • KCR 77.27
8. Bando • OAK 76.92
9. Randolph • NYY 75.51
10. Nelson • KCR 75.00
Braun • MIN 75.00
Orta • CHW 75.00
Bannister • CHW 75.00
Power-Speed #
1. Jackson • BAL 27.5
2. Baylor • OAK 23.3
3. Bando • OAK 23.0
4. Otis • KCR 21.3
5. Hisle • MIN 19.3
White • NYY 19.3
7. Ford • MIN 18.4
8. Orta • CHW 17.7
9. Nettles • NYY 16.4
10. Munson • NYY 15.4
AB per SO
1. Brett • KCR 17.9
2. Munson • NYY 16.2
3. Burleson • BOS 14.6
4. Garr • CHW 12.9
5. Bostock • MIN 12.8
6. Randall • MIN 12.5
7. Dent • CHW 12.5
8. Bell • CLE 12.3
9. Carty • CLE 12.3
10. McRae • KCR 12.3
AB per HR
1. Nettles • NYY 18.2
2. Jackson • BAL 18.4
3. Tenace • OAK 19.0
4. Bando • OAK 20.4
5. May • BAL 21.2
6. Hendrick • CLE 22.0
7. Rice • BOS 23.2
8. Thompson • DET 24.2 **
9. Ford • MIN 25.7
10. Yastrzemski • BOS 26.0
Outs Made
1. Yount • MIL 515
2. Orta • CHW 494
3. White • NYY 492
4. Burroughs • TEX 489
5. Baylor • OAK 483
6. Mayberry • KCR 482
7. North • OAK 474
8. Hisle • MIN 472
9. Munson • NYY 469
10. Chambliss • NYY 468
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Carew • MIN 49.11
2. Staub • DET 44.45
3. McRae • KCR 40.20
4. Jackson • BAL 39.04
5. Brett • KCR 32.85
6. Rivers • NYY 30.72
7. Yastrzemski • BOS 29.75
8. Grich • BAL 28.91
9. Hisle • MIN 26.71
10. Tenace • OAK 26.03
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Staub • DET 5.8
2. Brett • KCR 5.1
3. Jackson • BAL 5.0
4. Carew • MIN 4.1
5. Rudi • OAK 3.5
6. Grich • BAL 3.4
7. Rivers • NYY 3.3
8. McRae • KCR 3.3
9. Singleton • BAL 3.0
10. Tenace • OAK 3.0
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. McRae • KCR 3.4
2. Tenace • OAK 3.3
3. Staub • DET 3.2
4. Carew • MIN 3.1
5. Lynn • BOS 3.0
6. Jackson • BAL 2.9
7. Bando • OAK 2.9
8. Carty • CLE 2.6
9. Nettles • NYY 2.5
10. Brett • KCR 2.5
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Brett • KCR 5.9
2. McRae • KCR 3.8
3. Rivers • NYY 3.5
4. White • NYY 3.0
5. Otis • KCR 2.4
6. Rudi • OAK 2.4
7. Chambliss • NYY 2.3
8. Munson • NYY 2.0
9. Harrah • TEX 2.0
10. Carty • CLE 1.9
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Carew • MIN 5.0
2. Staub • DET 4.6
3. Jackson • BAL 4.2
4. McRae • KCR 4.2
5. Brett • KCR 3.4
6. Rivers • NYY 3.2
7. Grich • BAL 3.1
8. Yastrzemski • BOS 2.9
9. Tenace • OAK 2.8
10. May • BAL 2.8
rOBA
1. Jackson • BAL .409
2. Carew • MIN .408
3. McRae • KCR .406
4. Tenace • OAK .399
5. LeFlore • DET .397
6. Lynn • BOS .395
7. Brett • KCR .394
8. Staub • DET .390
9. Grich • BAL .380
10. Carty • CLE .380
Rbat+
1. Jackson • BAL 160
2. Tenace • OAK 158
3. McRae • KCR 155
4. Carew • MIN 154
5. Brett • KCR 146
6. Grich • BAL 144
7. Staub • DET 142
8. LeFlore • DET 140
9. Carty • CLE 140
10. Lynn • BOS 138

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