American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Yount • MIL 10.5
2. Stieb • TOR 7.6
3. DeCinces • CAL 7.6
4. Henderson • OAK 6.7
5. Harrah • CLE 6.6
6. Evans • BOS 6.4
7. Wilson • KCR 6.3
8. Molitor • MIL 6.2
9. Brett • KCR 6.0
10. Murphy • OAK 5.9
WAR Position Players
1. Yount • MIL 10.5
2. DeCinces • CAL 7.6
3. Henderson • OAK 6.7
4. Harrah • CLE 6.6
5. Evans • BOS 6.4
6. Wilson • KCR 6.3
7. Molitor • MIL 6.2
8. Brett • KCR 6.0
9. Murphy • OAK 5.9
10. Bell • TEX 5.7
Offensive WAR
1. Yount • MIL 9.9
2. Harrah • CLE 7.1
3. Molitor • MIL 6.7
4. DeCinces • CAL 6.4
Evans • BOS 6.4
6. Henderson • OAK 5.7
7. Brett • KCR 5.6
8. Cooper • MIL 5.4
9. Thomas • MIL 5.2
10. Downing • CAL 5.1
Defensive WAR
1. Boone • CAL 3.1
2. Trammell • DET 2.1
3. Wilson • KCR 2.0
4. Whitaker • DET 1.9
5. Bell • TEX 1.8
6. Yount • MIL 1.8
7. Foli • CAL 1.8
8. Brunansky • MIN 1.8
9. García • TOR 1.7
10. Brookens • DET 1.7
Batting Average
1. Wilson • KCR .332
2. Yount • MIL .331
3. Carew • CAL .319
4. Murray • BAL .316
5. Cooper • MIL .313
6. García • TOR .310
7. Rice • BOS .309
8. McRae • KCR .308
9. Harrah • CLE .304
10. Molitor • MIL .302
On-Base%
1. Evans • BOS .402
2. Harrah • CLE .398
3. Henderson • OAK .398
4. Carew • CAL .396
5. Murray • BAL .391
6. Luzinski • CHW .386
7. Thornton • CLE .386
8. Kemp • CHW .381
9. Bochte • SEA .380
10. Yount • MIL .379
Slugging %
1. Yount • MIL .578
2. Winfield • NYY .560
3. Murray • BAL .549
4. DeCinces • CAL .548
5. McRae • KCR .542
6. Evans • BOS .534
7. Jackson • CAL .532
8. Parrish • DET .529
9. Cooper • MIL .528
10. Ward • MIN .519
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Yount • MIL .957
2. Murray • BAL .940
3. Evans • BOS .936
4. DeCinces • CAL .916
5. McRae • KCR .910
6. Jackson • CAL .907
7. Winfield • NYY .891
8. Lynn • CAL .891
9. Harrah • CLE .888
10. Brett • KCR .884
Games Played
1. Evans • BOS 162
Harrah • CLE 162
Griffin • TOR 162
4. Baines • CHW 161
Thornton • CLE 161
6. Ripken • BAL 160
Kemp • CHW 160
Hargrove • CLE 160
Molitor • MIL 160
Upshaw • TOR 160
At Bats
1. Molitor • MIL 666
2. Cooper • MIL 654
3. Remy • BOS 636
4. Yount • MIL 635
5. Downing • CAL 623
6. Herndon • DET 614
7. McRae • KCR 613
8. Evans • BOS 609
9. Baylor • CAL 608
Baines • CHW 608
Plate Appearances
1. Molitor • MIL 751
2. Evans • BOS 727
3. Downing • CAL 725
4. Remy • BOS 716
5. Harrah • CLE 708
Thornton • CLE 708
7. Hargrove • CLE 705
8. Yount • MIL 704
9. Cooper • MIL 696
10. Luzinski • CHW 686
Runs Scored
1. Molitor • MIL 136
2. Yount • MIL 129
3. Evans • BOS 122
4. Henderson • OAK 119
5. Downing • CAL 109
6. Cooper • MIL 104
7. Brett • KCR 101
8. Harrah • CLE 100
9. Thomas • MIL 96
10. DeCinces • CAL 94
Hits
1. Yount • MIL 210
2. Cooper • MIL 205
3. Molitor • MIL 201
4. Wilson • KCR 194
5. McRae • KCR 189
6. García • TOR 185
7. Harrah • CLE 183
8. Herndon • DET 179
9. Evans • BOS 178
Remy • BOS 178
Total Bases
1. Yount • MIL 367
2. Cooper • MIL 345
3. McRae • KCR 332
4. Evans • BOS 325
5. DeCinces • CAL 315
6. Murray • BAL 302
Winfield • NYY 302
8. Downing • CAL 300
Molitor • MIL 300
10. Ward • MIN 296
Doubles
1. McRae • KCR 46
Yount • MIL 46
3. White • KCR 45
4. DeCinces • CAL 42
5. Cowens • SEA 39
6. Lynn • CAL 38
Cooper • MIL 38
8. Evans • BOS 37
Downing • CAL 37
Luzinski • CHW 37
Triples
1. Wilson • KCR 15
2. Herndon • DET 13
3. Yount • MIL 12
4. Mumphrey • NYY 10
5. Bernazard • CHW 9
Brett • KCR 9
Moseby • TOR 9
8. Baines • CHW 8
Law • CHW 8
Whitaker • DET 8
McRae • KCR 8
Molitor • MIL 8
Winfield • NYY 8
Cowens • SEA 8
Griffin • TOR 8
Home Runs
1. Jackson • CAL 39
Thomas • MIL 39
3. Winfield • NYY 37
4. Oglivie • MIL 34
5. Murray • BAL 32
Evans • BOS 32
Thornton • CLE 32
Parrish • DET 32
Cooper • MIL 32
10. DeCinces • CAL 30
Runs Batted In
1. McRae • KCR 133
2. Cooper • MIL 121
3. Thornton • CLE 116
4. Yount • MIL 114
5. Thomas • MIL 112
6. Murray • BAL 110
7. Winfield • NYY 106
8. Baines • CHW 105
9. Luzinski • CHW 102
Oglivie • MIL 102
Bases on Balls
1. Henderson • OAK 116
2. Evans • BOS 112
3. Thornton • CLE 109
4. Hargrove • CLE 101
5. Murphy • OAK 94
6. Kemp • CHW 89
Luzinski • CHW 89
8. Singleton • BAL 86
Downing • CAL 86
10. Jackson • CAL 85
Strikeouts
1. Jackson • CAL 156
2. Thomas • MIL 143
3. Martin • KCR 138
4. Armas • OAK 128
5. Evans • BOS 125
6. Murphy • OAK 122
7. Luzinski • CHW 120
8. Hostetler • TEX 113
9. Grich • CAL 109
10. Gaetti • MIN 107
Stolen Bases
1. Henderson • OAK 130
2. García • TOR 54
3. Cruz • SEA 46
4. Molitor • MIL 41
5. Wilson • KCR 37
6. Law • CHW 36
Wathan • KCR 36
8. Diloné • CLE 33
9. Hayes • CLE 32
10. LeFlore • CHW 28
Lopes • OAK 28
Brown • SEA 28
Singles
1. Wilson • KCR 157
2. Remy • BOS 153
3. Molitor • MIL 148
4. García • TOR 145
5. Carew • CAL 134
6. Cooper • MIL 132
7. Hargrove • CLE 129
8. Randolph • NYY 127
9. Harrah • CLE 125
10. Rice • BOS 124
Manning • CLE 124
Adjusted OPS+
1. Yount • MIL 166
2. Murray • BAL 156
3. Evans • BOS 149
4. DeCinces • CAL 149
5. McRae • KCR 147
6. Jackson • CAL 147
7. Harrah • CLE 143
8. Lynn • CAL 143
9. Winfield • NYY 142
10. Cooper • MIL 142
Runs Created
1. Yount • MIL 136
2. Evans • BOS 134
3. Harrah • CLE 123
McRae • KCR 123
5. Cooper • MIL 118
6. Molitor • MIL 117
7. Murray • BAL 116
8. Downing • CAL 114
9. DeCinces • CAL 113
10. Thornton • CLE 109
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Yount • MIL 57
2. Evans • BOS 45
3. Murray • BAL 44
4. DeCinces • CAL 40
5. McRae • KCR 39
6. Harrah • CLE 39
7. Lowenstein • BAL 35
8. Jackson • CAL 35
9. Thornton • CLE 35
10. Cooper • MIL 35
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Yount • MIL 5.5
2. Evans • BOS 4.4
3. Murray • BAL 4.2
4. DeCinces • CAL 3.9
5. McRae • KCR 3.8
6. Harrah • CLE 3.8
7. Lowenstein • BAL 3.5
8. Jackson • CAL 3.4
9. Thornton • CLE 3.4
10. Cooper • MIL 3.4
Extra Base Hits
1. Yount • MIL 87
2. McRae • KCR 81
3. DeCinces • CAL 77
4. Evans • BOS 76
5. Cooper • MIL 73
6. Thomas • MIL 69
Winfield • NYY 69
8. Ward • MIN 68
9. Downing • CAL 67
Cowens • SEA 67
Times On Base
1. Evans • BOS 291
2. Harrah • CLE 279
3. Thornton • CLE 272
4. Molitor • MIL 271
5. Downing • CAL 266
6. Luzinski • CHW 265
Yount • MIL 265
8. Hargrove • CLE 264
9. Henderson • OAK 261
10. Kemp • CHW 258
Offensive Win %
1. Yount • MIL .731
2. Evans • BOS .730
3. Murray • BAL .724
4. McRae • KCR .712
5. Harrah • CLE .707
6. Jackson • CAL .692
7. Brett • KCR .691
8. DeCinces • CAL .680
9. Cooper • MIL .673
10. Lynn • CAL .672
Hit By Pitch
1. Lemon • DET 15
2. Harrah • CLE 12
3. Roenicke • BAL 9
Paciorek • CHW 9
5. Grich • CAL 8
Brunansky • MIN 8
Moseby • TOR 8
8. Rice • BOS 7
Baylor • CAL 7
10. Fisk • CHW 6
Luzinski • CHW 6
Wilson • KCR 6
Grubb • TEX 6
Mayberry • 2TM 6
Sacrifice Hits
1. Foli • CAL 26
2. Boone • CAL 23
3. Remy • BOS 18
4. Beníquez • CAL 16
Carew • CAL 16
Bernazard • CHW 16
7. Murphy • OAK 12
8. Dauer • BAL 11
Cruz • SEA 11
Griffin • TOR 11
Sacrifice Flies
1. Gaetti • MIN 13
2. Yount • MIL 10
3. DeCinces • CAL 9
Baines • CHW 9
Otis • KCR 9
Castillo • SEA 9
7. Lansford • BOS 8
Baylor • CAL 8
Downing • CAL 8
Luzinski • CHW 8
Winfield • NYY 8
Armas • OAK 8
Murphy • OAK 8
Milbourne • 3TM 8
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Murray • BAL 18
Thornton • CLE 18
3. Brett • KCR 14
4. Oglivie • MIL 13
5. Jackson • CAL 12
Hrbek • MIN 12
7. Luzinski • CHW 11
8. Lowenstein • BAL 10
Baines • CHW 10
10. Kemp • CHW 8
Bell • TEX 8
Upshaw • TOR 8
Smalley • 2TM 8
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Rice • BOS 29
2. Wathan • KCR 26
3. Singleton • BAL 24
Stapleton • BOS 24
5. Hargrove • CLE 22
6. Thornton • CLE 21
7. Herndon • DET 20
Simmons • MIL 20
Winfield • NYY 20
10. Luzinski • CHW 19
Aikens • KCR 19
Yount • MIL 19
Caught Stealing
1. Henderson • OAK 42
2. García • TOR 20
3. Carew • CAL 17
4. LeFlore • CHW 14
Simpson • SEA 14
6. Hayes • CLE 13
Cruz • SEA 13
Johnson • TOR 13
9. Lopes • OAK 12
10. Wilson • KCR 11
SB %
1. Sexton • OAK 100.00
2. Fisk • CHW 89.47
3. Bonnell • TOR 87.50
4. Diloné • CLE 86.84
5. Harrah • CLE 85.00
6. Brown • SEA 82.35
Yount • MIL 82.35
8. Molitor • MIL 82.00
9. Wathan • KCR 80.00
10. Bannister • CLE 78.26
Law • CHW 78.26
Power-Speed #
1. Murphy • OAK 26.5
2. Molitor • MIL 26.0
3. Harrah • CLE 20.2
4. Hayes • CLE 19.5
5. Yount • MIL 18.9
6. Henderson • OAK 18.6
7. Ward • MIN 17.8
8. Lopes • OAK 15.8
9. Herndon • DET 15.8
10. Fisk • CHW 15.4
AB per SO
1. Foli • CAL 21.8
2. Dauer • BAL 16.4
3. Randolph • NYY 15.8
4. Castillo • SEA 14.5
5. Boone • CAL 13.9
6. García • TOR 13.6
7. Simmons • MIL 13.5
8. Stapleton • BOS 13.5
9. Cooper • MIL 12.3
10. Harrah • CLE 11.6
AB per HR
1. Jackson • CAL 13.6
2. Thomas • MIL 14.5
3. Winfield • NYY 14.6
4. Parrish • DET 15.2
5. Murray • BAL 17.2
6. Oglivie • MIL 17.7
7. Lowenstein • BAL 13.4 **
8. Thornton • CLE 18.4
9. Evans • BOS 19.0
10. Armas • OAK 19.1
Outs Made
1. Remy • BOS 504
2. Molitor • MIL 498
3. Baylor • CAL 478
4. Downing • CAL 474
5. Herndon • DET 470
6. Baines • CHW 469
7. Ripken • BAL 467
Oglivie • MIL 467
9. Cooper • MIL 466
10. Hargrove • CLE 465
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Yount • MIL 59.69
2. McRae • KCR 57.88
3. Evans • BOS 50.30
4. Murray • BAL 43.27
5. Cooper • MIL 43.08
6. Lynn • CAL 36.64
7. Henderson • OAK 34.45
8. Hrbek • MIN 34.05
9. Harrah • CLE 33.95
10. DeCinces • CAL 33.65
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Murray • BAL 5.4
2. Hrbek • MIN 4.4
3. Henderson • OAK 4.2
4. Harrah • CLE 4.1
5. Yount • MIL 4.1
6. Cooper • MIL 3.8
7. Lynn • CAL 3.7
8. Evans • BOS 3.6
9. Jackson • CAL 3.6
10. Lowenstein • BAL 3.4
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Yount • MIL 5.4
2. Evans • BOS 4.5
3. Harrah • CLE 4.2
4. DeCinces • CAL 4.0
5. Jackson • CAL 3.8
6. Murray • BAL 3.7
7. Cooper • MIL 3.2
8. Lowenstein • BAL 3.1
9. Thomas • MIL 3.0
10. Downing • CAL 3.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Yount • MIL 9.5
2. Lynn • CAL 7.2
3. Murray • BAL 6.2
4. Oglivie • MIL 5.7
5. Jackson • CAL 5.4
6. Evans • BOS 5.3
7. Cooper • MIL 5.0
8. Thomas • MIL 4.9
9. Otis • KCR 4.6
10. DeCinces • CAL 4.5
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Yount • MIL 6.0
2. McRae • KCR 5.6
3. Evans • BOS 4.8
4. Cooper • MIL 4.3
5. Murray • BAL 4.2
6. Lynn • CAL 3.6
7. Henderson • OAK 3.5
8. Harrah • CLE 3.3
9. DeCinces • CAL 3.3
10. Hrbek • MIN 3.3

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