American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Henderson • NYY 9.9
2. Boggs • BOS 9.1
3. Brett • KCR 8.3
4. Saberhagen • KCR 7.1
5. Barfield • TOR 6.9
6. Stieb • TOR 6.8
7. Blyleven • 2TM 6.7
8. Leibrandt • KCR 6.6
9. Mattingly • NYY 6.5
10. Hough • TEX 6.3
WAR Position Players
1. Henderson • NYY 9.9
2. Boggs • BOS 9.1
3. Brett • KCR 8.3
4. Barfield • TOR 6.9
5. Mattingly • NYY 6.5
6. Murray • BAL 5.6
7. Ripken • BAL 5.6
8. Gibson • DET 5.4
9. Gedman • BOS 5.4
10. Bradley • SEA 4.8
Offensive WAR
1. Henderson • NYY 8.6
2. Boggs • BOS 8.3
3. Brett • KCR 8.2
4. Mattingly • NYY 6.5
5. Ripken • BAL 5.6
6. Murray • BAL 5.3
7. Gibson • DET 5.2
8. Butler • CLE 5.0
9. Bradley • SEA 5.0
10. Whitaker • DET 4.9
Defensive WAR
1. Boone • CAL 2.4
2. Fernández • TOR 2.3
3. Gedman • BOS 2.1
4. Gantner • MIL 1.9
5. Trammell • DET 1.9
6. Barfield • TOR 1.9
7. Guillén • CHW 1.8
8. Randolph • NYY 1.6
9. Gaetti • MIN 1.5
Henderson • NYY 1.5
Batting Average
1. Boggs • BOS .368
2. Brett • KCR .335
3. Mattingly • NYY .324
4. Henderson • NYY .314
5. Butler • CLE .311
6. Baines • CHW .309
7. Bradley • SEA .300
8. Buckner • BOS .299
9. Molitor • MIL .297
10. Murray • BAL .297
On-Base%
1. Boggs • BOS .450
2. Brett • KCR .436
3. Harrah • TEX .432
4. Henderson • NYY .419
5. Murray • BAL .383
6. Randolph • NYY .382
7. Davis • SEA .381
8. Evans • BOS .378
9. Butler • CLE .377
10. Carew • CAL .371
Slugging %
1. Brett • KCR .585
2. Mattingly • NYY .567
3. Barfield • TOR .536
4. Murray • BAL .523
5. Evans • DET .519
6. Gibson • DET .518
7. Henderson • NYY .516
8. Young • BAL .513
9. Bradley • SEA .498
10. Fisk • CHW .488
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Brett • KCR 1.022
2. Mattingly • NYY .939
3. Henderson • NYY .934
4. Boggs • BOS .928
5. Murray • BAL .906
6. Barfield • TOR .905
7. Gibson • DET .882
8. Evans • DET .875
9. Bradley • SEA .862
10. Young • BAL .861
Games Played
1. Walker • CHW 163
2. Buckner • BOS 162
Griffin • OAK 162
4. Ripken • BAL 161
Boggs • BOS 161
Jacoby • CLE 161
Puckett • MIN 161
Fernández • TOR 161
9. Baines • CHW 160
Franco • CLE 160
Balboni • KCR 160
Gaetti • MIN 160
At Bats
1. Puckett • MIN 691
2. Buckner • BOS 673
3. Boggs • BOS 653
4. Mattingly • NYY 652
5. Ripken • BAL 642
6. Bradley • SEA 641
7. Baines • CHW 640
8. Franco • CLE 636
9. Winfield • NYY 633
10. Cooper • MIL 631
Plate Appearances
1. Boggs • BOS 758
2. Evans • BOS 744
Puckett • MIN 744
4. Mattingly • NYY 727
5. Buckner • BOS 719
6. Ripken • BAL 718
7. Bradley • SEA 714
8. Franco • CLE 703
9. Whitaker • DET 701
10. Baines • CHW 693
Runs Scored
1. Henderson • NYY 146
2. Ripken • BAL 116
3. Murray • BAL 111
4. Evans • BOS 110
5. Brett • KCR 108
6. Boggs • BOS 107
Mattingly • NYY 107
8. Butler • CLE 106
9. Winfield • NYY 105
10. Whitaker • DET 102
Hits
1. Boggs • BOS 240
2. Mattingly • NYY 211
3. Buckner • BOS 201
4. Puckett • MIN 199
5. Baines • CHW 198
6. Bradley • SEA 192
7. Cooper • MIL 185
8. Butler • CLE 184
Brett • KCR 184
10. Franco • CLE 183
Total Bases
1. Mattingly • NYY 370
2. Brett • KCR 322
3. Bradley • SEA 319
4. Boggs • BOS 312
5. Murray • BAL 305
6. Ripken • BAL 301
Buckner • BOS 301
Gibson • DET 301
9. Baines • CHW 299
10. Winfield • NYY 298
Doubles
1. Mattingly • NYY 48
2. Buckner • BOS 46
3. Boggs • BOS 42
4. Cooper • MIL 39
5. Walker • CHW 38
Brett • KCR 38
7. Murray • BAL 37
Gibson • DET 37
9. Brookens • DET 34
Winfield • NYY 34
Davis • OAK 34
O'Brien • TEX 34
Barfield • TOR 34
Triples
1. Wilson • KCR 21
2. Butler • CLE 14
3. Puckett • MIN 13
4. Fernández • TOR 10
5. Guillén • CHW 9
Barfield • TOR 9
7. Pettis • CAL 8
Whitaker • DET 8
Cooper • MIL 8
Bradley • SEA 8
Home Runs
1. Evans • DET 40
2. Fisk • CHW 37
3. Balboni • KCR 36
4. Mattingly • NYY 35
5. Thomas • SEA 32
6. Murray • BAL 31
7. Brett • KCR 30
Kingman • OAK 30
9. Evans • BOS 29
Gibson • DET 29
Runs Batted In
1. Mattingly • NYY 145
2. Murray • BAL 124
3. Winfield • NYY 114
4. Baines • CHW 113
5. Brett • KCR 112
6. Ripken • BAL 110
Buckner • BOS 110
8. Fisk • CHW 107
9. Rice • BOS 103
10. Cooper • MIL 99
Bases on Balls
1. Evans • BOS 114
2. Harrah • TEX 113
3. Brett • KCR 103
4. Henderson • NYY 99
5. Boggs • BOS 96
6. Davis • SEA 90
7. Evans • DET 85
Randolph • NYY 85
9. Murray • BAL 84
Murphy • OAK 84
Thomas • SEA 84
Strikeouts
1. Balboni • KCR 166
2. Barfield • TOR 143
3. Jackson • CAL 138
4. Gibson • DET 137
5. Easler • BOS 129
Bradley • SEA 129
7. Thomas • SEA 126
8. Pettis • CAL 125
9. Murphy • OAK 123
10. Jacoby • CLE 120
Stolen Bases
1. Henderson • NYY 80
2. Pettis • CAL 56
3. Butler • CLE 47
4. Wilson • KCR 43
5. Smith • KCR 40
6. Moseby • TOR 37
7. Perconte • SEA 31
8. Wiggins • BAL 30
Gibson • DET 30
10. Law • CHW 29
Collins • OAK 29
Singles
1. Boggs • BOS 187
2. Puckett • MIN 153
3. Baines • CHW 144
4. Franco • CLE 140
5. Griffin • OAK 139
6. Butler • CLE 137
7. Buckner • BOS 136
8. García • TOR 132
9. Molitor • MIL 130
10. Mattingly • NYY 125
Bradley • SEA 125
Adjusted OPS+
1. Brett • KCR 179
2. Henderson • NYY 157
3. Mattingly • NYY 156
4. Boggs • BOS 151
5. Murray • BAL 149
6. Barfield • TOR 141
7. Gibson • DET 140
8. Evans • DET 138
9. Young • BAL 136
10. Bradley • SEA 134
Runs Created
1. Brett • KCR 146
2. Boggs • BOS 143
3. Henderson • NYY 138
4. Mattingly • NYY 136
5. Murray • BAL 122
6. Gibson • DET 118
7. Bradley • SEA 116
8. Evans • BOS 112
9. Whitaker • DET 107
10. Barfield • TOR 106
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Brett • KCR 66
2. Boggs • BOS 53
3. Mattingly • NYY 51
4. Henderson • NYY 48
5. Murray • BAL 42
6. Gibson • DET 34
7. Barfield • TOR 31
8. Bradley • SEA 30
9. Evans • DET 27
10. Davis • OAK 25
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Brett • KCR 6.4
2. Boggs • BOS 5.2
3. Mattingly • NYY 4.9
4. Henderson • NYY 4.7
5. Murray • BAL 4.1
6. Gibson • DET 3.3
7. Barfield • TOR 3.0
8. Bradley • SEA 2.9
9. Evans • DET 2.6
10. Davis • OAK 2.5
Extra Base Hits
1. Mattingly • NYY 86
2. Brett • KCR 73
3. Gibson • DET 71
4. Barfield • TOR 70
5. Murray • BAL 69
6. Bradley • SEA 67
7. Walker • CHW 66
Balboni • KCR 66
Winfield • NYY 66
10. Buckner • BOS 65
Times On Base
1. Boggs • BOS 340
2. Brett • KCR 290
3. Evans • BOS 281
4. Henderson • NYY 274
5. Mattingly • NYY 269
6. Murray • BAL 259
Bradley • SEA 259
8. Davis • SEA 258
9. Whitaker • DET 252
10. Ripken • BAL 249
Offensive Win %
1. Brett • KCR .808
2. Henderson • NYY .784
3. Boggs • BOS .764
4. Mattingly • NYY .719
5. Murray • BAL .717
6. Gibson • DET .697
7. Harrah • TEX .685
8. Barfield • TOR .681
9. Evans • DET .657
10. Bradley • SEA .653
Hit By Pitch
1. Baylor • NYY 24
2. Fisk • CHW 17
3. Downing • CAL 13
4. Bradley • SEA 12
5. Lemon • DET 10
6. Schofield • CAL 8
Bell • TOR 8
8. Gaetti • MIN 7
9. Concepción • KCR 6
Slaught • TEX 6
Sacrifice Hits
1. Meacham • NYY 23
2. Boone • CAL 16
Hill • OAK 16
4. Barrett • BOS 12
Schofield • CAL 12
Concepción • KCR 12
7. Fletcher • CHW 11
Trammell • DET 11
9. Gantner • MIL 10
Heath • OAK 10
Sacrifice Flies
1. Mattingly • NYY 15
2. Brunansky • MIN 13
3. Buckner • BOS 11
4. Baines • CHW 10
Gibson • DET 10
Cooper • MIL 10
Oglivie • MIL 10
Baylor • NYY 10
9. Rice • BOS 9
Franco • CLE 9
Trammell • DET 9
Brett • KCR 9
Yount • MIL 9
Presley • SEA 9
O'Brien • TEX 9
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Brett • KCR 31
2. Gibson • DET 16
3. Mattingly • NYY 13
4. Murray • BAL 12
Jackson • CAL 12
Fisk • CHW 12
Evans • DET 12
Hrbek • MIN 12
9. Gedman • BOS 11
DeCinces • CAL 11
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Rice • BOS 35
2. Ripken • BAL 32
3. Presley • SEA 29
4. Franco • CLE 26
5. Cooper • MIL 24
Randolph • NYY 24
7. Baines • CHW 23
Cowens • SEA 23
9. Boggs • BOS 20
10. Ward • TEX 19
Caught Stealing
1. Butler • CLE 20
2. García • TOR 15
Moseby • TOR 15
4. Wiggins • BAL 13
5. Puckett • MIN 12
Tolleson • TEX 12
7. Nixon • CLE 11
Wilson • KCR 11
9. Henderson • NYY 10
Davis • OAK 10
O'Brien • TEX 10
SB %
1. Perconte • SEA 93.94
2. Henderson • NYY 88.89
3. Gibson • DET 88.24
4. Pettis • CAL 86.15
5. Smith • KCR 85.11
6. Law • CHW 82.86
7. Buckner • BOS 81.82
8. Carter • CLE 80.00
9. Wilson • KCR 79.63
10. Ward • TEX 78.79
Power-Speed #
1. Henderson • NYY 36.9
2. Gibson • DET 29.5
3. Barfield • TOR 24.2
4. Moseby • TOR 24.2
5. Davis • OAK 24.0
Bell • TOR 24.0
7. Bradley • SEA 23.8
8. Fisk • CHW 23.3
9. Winfield • NYY 22.0
10. McDowell • TEX 20.9
AB per SO
1. Buckner • BOS 18.7
2. Simmons • MIL 16.5
3. Mattingly • NYY 15.9
4. García • TOR 14.6
5. Butler • CLE 14.1
6. Fernández • TOR 13.8
7. Guillén • CHW 13.6
8. Perconte • SEA 13.5
9. Boone • CAL 13.1
10. Randolph • NYY 12.7
AB per HR
1. Evans • DET 12.6
2. Fisk • CHW 14.7
3. Thomas • SEA 15.1
4. Young • BAL 16.1
5. Balboni • KCR 16.7
6. Jackson • CAL 17.0
7. Kittle • CHW 14.6 **
8. Brett • KCR 18.3
9. Mattingly • NYY 18.6
10. Murray • BAL 18.8
Outs Made
1. Puckett • MIN 521
2. Buckner • BOS 505
3. Ripken • BAL 504
4. Franco • CLE 497
5. Winfield • NYY 487
6. Cooper • MIL 484
7. Evans • BOS 481
8. Trammell • DET 480
Kingman • OAK 480
10. Bradley • SEA 478
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Brett • KCR 61.91
2. Boggs • BOS 57.27
3. Henderson • NYY 56.27
4. Mattingly • NYY 55.28
5. Murray • BAL 54.43
6. Gibson • DET 42.29
7. Whitaker • DET 32.08
8. Evans • DET 29.13
9. Bradley • SEA 28.14
10. Barfield • TOR 28.04
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Murray • BAL 6.8
2. Brett • KCR 5.5
3. Henderson • NYY 5.0
4. Mattingly • NYY 4.7
5. Boggs • BOS 4.5
6. Bradley • SEA 3.9
7. Whitaker • DET 3.7
8. Evans • BOS 3.4
9. Downing • CAL 3.3
10. Winfield • NYY 3.2
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Brett • KCR 5.3
2. Henderson • NYY 5.2
3. Boggs • BOS 5.1
4. Mattingly • NYY 4.7
5. Gibson • DET 4.6
6. Murray • BAL 3.9
7. Bradley • SEA 3.6
8. Evans • BOS 3.5
9. Barfield • TOR 3.0
10. Ripken • BAL 2.7
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Brett • KCR 11.2
2. Henderson • NYY 4.8
3. Mattingly • NYY 4.4
4. Whitaker • DET 4.3
5. Downing • CAL 4.2
6. Murray • BAL 3.6
7. Mulliniks • TOR 3.2
8. Moseby • TOR 3.2
9. Bochte • OAK 2.4
10. Walker • CHW 2.3
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Brett • KCR 6.0
2. Henderson • NYY 5.5
3. Boggs • BOS 5.4
4. Mattingly • NYY 5.4
5. Murray • BAL 5.3
6. Gibson • DET 4.1
7. Whitaker • DET 3.1
8. Evans • DET 2.9
9. Bradley • SEA 2.7
10. Barfield • TOR 2.7

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