American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Lynn • BOS 8.9
2. Brett • KCR 8.6
3. Porter • KCR 7.6
4. Koosman • MIN 7.2
5. Eckersley • BOS 7.2
6. Bell • TEX 6.9
7. Guidry • NYY 6.5
8. Rice • BOS 6.4
9. Wilson • KCR 6.3
10. Kern • TEX 6.1
WAR Position Players
1. Lynn • BOS 8.9
2. Brett • KCR 8.6
3. Porter • KCR 7.6
4. Bell • TEX 6.9
5. Rice • BOS 6.4
6. Wilson • KCR 6.3
7. Grich • CAL 6.0
8. Lemon • CHW 5.8
9. Molitor • MIL 5.6
10. Lezcano • MIL 5.6
Offensive WAR
1. Lynn • BOS 7.9
2. Brett • KCR 7.0
3. Porter • KCR 6.8
4. Downing • CAL 6.4
5. Rice • BOS 6.4
6. Lezcano • MIL 6.2
7. Grich • CAL 6.0
8. Harrah • CLE 5.7
Singleton • BAL 5.7
10. Molitor • MIL 5.3
Defensive WAR
1. Bell • TEX 3.7
2. Dent • NYY 3.2
3. Burleson • BOS 3.0
4. Wynegar • MIN 2.7
5. Randolph • NYY 2.4
6. Sundberg • TEX 2.0
7. Dempsey • BAL 2.0
8. Brett • KCR 2.0
9. Dauer • BAL 2.0
Wilson • KCR 2.0
Batting Average
1. Lynn • BOS .333
2. Brett • KCR .329
3. Downing • CAL .326
4. Rice • BOS .325
5. Oliver • TEX .323
6. Molitor • MIL .322
7. Lezcano • MIL .321
8. Kemp • DET .318
9. Lemon • CHW .318
10. Bochte • SEA .316
On-Base%
1. Lynn • BOS .423
2. Porter • KCR .421
3. Downing • CAL .418
4. Lezcano • MIL .414
5. Carew • CAL .419 **
6. Singleton • BAL .405
7. Kemp • DET .398
8. Whitaker • DET .395
9. Lemon • CHW .391
10. Harrah • CLE .389
Slugging %
1. Lynn • BOS .637
2. Rice • BOS .596
3. Lezcano • MIL .573
4. Brett • KCR .563
5. Jackson • NYY .544
6. Kemp • DET .543
7. Thomas • MIL .539
8. Grich • CAL .537
9. Singleton • BAL .533
10. Baylor • CAL .530
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Lynn • BOS 1.059
2. Lezcano • MIL .987
3. Rice • BOS .977
4. Kemp • DET .941
5. Brett • KCR .939
6. Singleton • BAL .938
7. Jackson • NYY .926
8. Porter • KCR .905
9. Grich • CAL .903
10. Baylor • CAL .901
Games Played
1. Baylor • CAL 162
Smalley • MIN 162
Horton • SEA 162
Jones • SEA 162
Bell • TEX 162
Bosetti • TOR 162
7. Murray • BAL 159
Singleton • BAL 159
Jackson • MIN 159
10. Rice • BOS 158
At Bats
1. Bell • TEX 670
2. Lansford • CAL 654
3. Horton • SEA 646
4. Brett • KCR 645
5. Baylor • CAL 628
6. Burleson • BOS 627
7. Griffin • TOR 624
8. Jones • SEA 622
9. Smalley • MIN 621
10. Rice • BOS 619
Bosetti • TOR 619
Plate Appearances
1. Smalley • MIN 729
2. Baylor • CAL 722
3. Bell • TEX 720
4. Jones • SEA 716
5. Lansford • CAL 712
6. Brett • KCR 701
7. Horton • SEA 696
8. Griffin • TOR 689
9. Singleton • BAL 688
Rice • BOS 688
Runs Scored
1. Baylor • CAL 120
2. Brett • KCR 119
3. Rice • BOS 117
4. Lynn • BOS 116
5. Lansford • CAL 114
6. Wilson • KCR 113
7. LeFlore • DET 110
8. Jones • SEA 109
9. Porter • KCR 101
10. Ford • CAL 100
Otis • KCR 100
Hits
1. Brett • KCR 212
2. Rice • BOS 201
3. Bell • TEX 200
4. Lansford • CAL 188
Molitor • MIL 188
6. Baylor • CAL 186
7. Wilson • KCR 185
8. Cooper • MIL 182
9. LeFlore • DET 180
Horton • SEA 180
Total Bases
1. Rice • BOS 369
2. Brett • KCR 363
3. Lynn • BOS 338
4. Baylor • CAL 333
5. Singleton • BAL 304
6. Bell • TEX 302
7. Cooper • MIL 300
Thomas • MIL 300
9. Horton • SEA 296
10. Murray • BAL 288
Doubles
1. Lemon • CHW 44
Cooper • MIL 44
3. Lynn • BOS 42
Brett • KCR 42
Bell • TEX 42
6. Jackson • MIN 40
7. Rice • BOS 39
8. Bochte • SEA 38
9. Bosetti • TOR 35
10. Baylor • CAL 33
Washington • CHW 33
Triples
1. Brett • KCR 20
2. Molitor • MIL 16
3. Wilson • KCR 13
Randolph • NYY 13
5. LeFlore • DET 10
Porter • KCR 10
Griffin • TOR 10
8. Garcia • BAL 9
Jones • SEA 9
10. Bannister • CHW 8
Whitaker • DET 8
Castino • MIN 8
Rivers • 2TM 8
Home Runs
1. Thomas • MIL 45
2. Lynn • BOS 39
Rice • BOS 39
4. Baylor • CAL 36
5. Singleton • BAL 35
6. Grich • CAL 30
7. Oglivie • MIL 29
Jackson • NYY 29
Horton • SEA 29
10. Hobson • BOS 28
Lezcano • MIL 28
Runs Batted In
1. Baylor • CAL 139
2. Rice • BOS 130
3. Thomas • MIL 123
4. Lynn • BOS 122
5. Porter • KCR 112
6. Singleton • BAL 111
7. Brett • KCR 107
8. Cooper • MIL 106
Horton • SEA 106
10. Kemp • DET 105
Bases on Balls
1. Porter • KCR 121
2. Singleton • BAL 109
3. Thomas • MIL 98
4. Randolph • NYY 95
5. Thornton • CLE 90
6. Harrah • CLE 89
7. Jones • SEA 85
8. Murphy • OAK 84
9. Lynn • BOS 82
10. Smalley • MIN 80
Strikeouts
1. Thomas • MIL 175
2. Bonds • CLE 135
3. Singleton • BAL 118
4. Lansford • CAL 115
5. Horton • SEA 112
6. Jackson • NYY 107
7. Parrish • DET 105
8. May • BAL 100
Alexander • CLE 100
10. Rice • BOS 97
Stolen Bases
1. Wilson • KCR 83
2. LeFlore • DET 78
3. Cruz • SEA 49
4. Bumbry • BAL 37
5. Wills • TEX 35
6. Bonds • CLE 34
7. Molitor • MIL 33
Randolph • NYY 33
Henderson • OAK 33
Jones • SEA 33
Singles
1. Wilson • KCR 148
2. Griffin • TOR 145
3. LeFlore • DET 139
4. Bell • TEX 137
5. Molitor • MIL 136
6. Lansford • CAL 134
7. Burleson • BOS 132
8. Manning • CLE 128
9. Brett • KCR 127
Horton • SEA 127
Adjusted OPS+
1. Lynn • BOS 176
2. Lezcano • MIL 164
3. Singleton • BAL 155
4. Rice • BOS 154
5. Jackson • NYY 150
6. Kemp • DET 149
7. Brett • KCR 148
8. Baylor • CAL 145
9. Grich • CAL 145
10. Porter • KCR 142
Runs Created
1. Lynn • BOS 147
2. Rice • BOS 138
3. Brett • KCR 134
4. Singleton • BAL 127
5. Baylor • CAL 126
6. Porter • KCR 119
7. Lezcano • MIL 115
8. Cooper • MIL 110
Thomas • MIL 110
10. Murray • BAL 107
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Lynn • BOS 60
2. Singleton • BAL 49
3. Rice • BOS 46
4. Lezcano • MIL 46
5. Baylor • CAL 41
6. Brett • KCR 41
7. Porter • KCR 40
8. Gamble • 2TM 36
9. Kemp • DET 36
10. Downing • CAL 34
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Lynn • BOS 5.7
2. Singleton • BAL 4.6
3. Rice • BOS 4.4
4. Lezcano • MIL 4.4
5. Baylor • CAL 3.9
6. Brett • KCR 3.9
7. Porter • KCR 3.8
8. Kemp • DET 3.4
Gamble • 2TM 3.4
10. Downing • CAL 3.3
Extra Base Hits
1. Brett • KCR 85
2. Rice • BOS 84
3. Lynn • BOS 82
4. Thomas • MIL 74
5. Baylor • CAL 72
6. Cooper • MIL 69
7. Singleton • BAL 65
Grich • CAL 65
9. Lemon • CHW 63
Oglivie • MIL 63
Bell • TEX 63
Times On Base
1. Porter • KCR 284
2. Singleton • BAL 278
3. Baylor • CAL 268
4. Lynn • BOS 263
Brett • KCR 263
6. Rice • BOS 262
7. Jones • SEA 254
8. Murray • BAL 253
Randolph • NYY 253
10. Smalley • MIN 252
Offensive Win %
1. Lynn • BOS .815
2. Lezcano • MIL .759
3. Rice • BOS .736
4. Singleton • BAL .722
5. Brett • KCR .718
6. Kemp • DET .715
7. Porter • KCR .713
8. Downing • CAL .683
9. Baylor • CAL .677
10. Jackson • NYY .671
Hit By Pitch
1. Lemon • CHW 13
2. Roenicke • BAL 12
3. Baylor • CAL 11
4. Jackson • MIN 9
5. Bonds • CLE 8
Harrah • CLE 8
Porter • KCR 8
8. Wilson • KCR 7
9. Fisk • BOS 6
Putnam • TEX 6
Bailor • TOR 6
Howell • TOR 6
Sacrifice Hits
1. Wilfong • MIN 25
2. Castino • MIN 22
3. Norman • TEX 18
4. Griffin • TOR 16
5. Smalley • MIN 15
6. Whitaker • DET 14
Wills • TEX 14
8. Wilson • KCR 13
Randall • MIN 13
Rivera • MIN 13
Dent • NYY 13
Murphy • OAK 13
Mendoza • SEA 13
Sacrifice Flies
1. Ford • CAL 13
Porter • KCR 13
3. Baylor • CAL 12
4. Wilfong • MIN 10
Bochte • SEA 10
Bell • TEX 10
7. Smalley • MIN 9
Essian • OAK 9
9. Dauer • BAL 8
Burleson • BOS 8
Rice • BOS 8
Yastrzemski • BOS 8
Kemp • DET 8
Morales • DET 8
Cooper • MIL 8
Landreaux • MIN 8
Dent • NYY 8
Nettles • NYY 8
Piniella • NYY 8
Rivers • 2TM 8
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Singleton • BAL 16
2. Brett • KCR 14
3. Oglivie • MIL 12
Gamble • 2TM 12
5. Spencer • NYY 11
6. Grich • CAL 10
Cooper • MIL 10
Meyer • SEA 10
9. Murray • BAL 9
Gross • OAK 9
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Bochte • SEA 27
2. Scott • 3TM 24
3. Hobson • BOS 23
Johnson • CHW 23
Randolph • NYY 23
6. Carty • TOR 21
7. Horton • SEA 20
8. Jones • SEA 19
9. May • BAL 18
10. Downing • CAL 17
Ford • CAL 17
Bando • MIL 17
Jackson • NYY 17
Piniella • NYY 17
Newman • OAK 17
Sundberg • TEX 17
Bosetti • TOR 17
Caught Stealing
1. Bonds • CLE 23
2. Page • OAK 16
Griffin • TOR 16
4. LeFlore • DET 14
Trammell • DET 14
6. Molitor • MIL 13
7. Bumbry • BAL 12
Baylor • CAL 12
Patek • KCR 12
Wilson • KCR 12
Randolph • NYY 12
Jones • SEA 12
Bosetti • TOR 12
SB %
1. Wilson • KCR 87.37
2. Otis • KCR 85.71
3. LeFlore • DET 84.78
4. Cruz • SEA 84.48
5. Cooper • MIL 83.33
6. Lowenstein • BAL 80.00
7. Manning • CLE 78.95
8. Bannister • CHW 78.57
9. White • KCR 77.78
10. Campaneris • 2TM 76.47
Power-Speed #
1. Bonds • CLE 28.8
2. Baylor • CAL 27.3
3. Jones • SEA 25.7
4. Otis • KCR 22.5
5. Harrah • CLE 20.0
6. Brett • KCR 19.6
7. Lansford • CAL 19.5
8. Cooper • MIL 18.5
9. Oglivie • MIL 17.0
10. LeFlore • DET 16.1
AB per SO
1. Brett • KCR 17.9
2. Kuiper • CLE 17.7
3. Meyer • SEA 15.0
4. Bell • TEX 14.9
5. Randolph • NYY 14.7
6. Oliver • TEX 14.5
7. Wynegar • MIN 14.0
8. Rivers • 2TM 13.7
9. Dauer • BAL 13.3
10. Bannister • CHW 12.7
AB per HR
1. Thomas • MIL 12.4
2. Lynn • BOS 13.6
3. Rice • BOS 15.9
4. Jackson • NYY 16.0
5. Singleton • BAL 16.3
6. Lezcano • MIL 16.9
7. Roenicke • BAL 15.0 **
8. Baylor • CAL 17.4
9. Oglivie • MIL 17.7
10. Grich • CAL 17.8
Outs Made
1. Bell • TEX 507
2. Lansford • CAL 506
3. Bosetti • TOR 500
4. Jones • SEA 493
5. Horton • SEA 491
Griffin • TOR 491
7. Smalley • MIN 489
8. Burleson • BOS 488
9. Baylor • CAL 476
10. Randolph • NYY 464
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Lynn • BOS 61.42
2. Brett • KCR 55.96
3. Porter • KCR 53.56
4. Rice • BOS 52.32
5. Lezcano • MIL 49.79
6. Singleton • BAL 44.39
7. Kemp • DET 40.70
8. Gamble • 2TM 39.59
9. Baylor • CAL 39.24
10. Hargrove • CLE 38.03
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Brett • KCR 6.0
2. Lezcano • MIL 5.7
3. Lynn • BOS 5.4
4. Hargrove • CLE 4.8
5. Porter • KCR 4.7
6. Kemp • DET 4.1
7. Harrah • CLE 3.7
8. Murray • BAL 3.7
9. Thomas • MIL 3.7
10. Ford • CAL 3.7
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Lynn • BOS 5.5
2. Lezcano • MIL 5.0
3. Brett • KCR 4.9
4. Rice • BOS 4.8
5. Singleton • BAL 4.4
6. Grich • CAL 3.6
7. Porter • KCR 3.6
8. Gamble • 2TM 3.2
9. Kemp • DET 3.1
10. Harrah • CLE 2.9
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Grich • CAL 6.5
2. Ford • CAL 6.4
3. Brett • KCR 6.0
4. Lynn • BOS 5.9
5. Porter • KCR 5.3
6. Singleton • BAL 4.5
7. Murray • BAL 4.3
8. Yastrzemski • BOS 4.1
9. Baylor • CAL 3.9
10. Downing • CAL 3.9
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Lynn • BOS 5.7
2. Brett • KCR 5.3
3. Porter • KCR 5.1
4. Rice • BOS 4.9
5. Lezcano • MIL 4.7
6. Singleton • BAL 4.3
7. Baylor • CAL 3.8
8. Kemp • DET 3.8
9. Gamble • 2TM 3.8
10. Hargrove • CLE 3.6
rOBA
1. Lynn • BOS .457
2. Lezcano • MIL .445
3. Rice • BOS .434
4. Brett • KCR .414
5. Kemp • DET .413
6. Singleton • BAL .409
7. Downing • CAL .408
8. Jackson • NYY .406
9. Grich • CAL .406
10. Porter • KCR .403
Rbat+
1. Lynn • BOS 174
2. Lezcano • MIL 173
3. Rice • BOS 157
4. Downing • CAL 150
5. Singleton • BAL 149
6. Grich • CAL 149
7. Brett • KCR 149
8. Jackson • NYY 148
9. Kemp • DET 148
10. Baylor • CAL 143

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