American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Higuera • MIL 9.4
2. Clemens • BOS 8.8
3. Boggs • BOS 8.1
4. Barfield • TOR 7.6
5. Eichhorn • TOR 7.3
6. Mattingly • NYY 7.2
7. Ripken • BAL 6.7
8. Henderson • NYY 6.3
9. Trammell • DET 6.3
10. Witt • CAL 6.1
WAR Position Players
1. Boggs • BOS 8.1
2. Barfield • TOR 7.6
3. Mattingly • NYY 7.2
4. Ripken • BAL 6.7
5. Henderson • NYY 6.3
6. Trammell • DET 6.3
7. Gaetti • MIN 5.8
8. Puckett • MIN 5.7
9. Carter • CLE 5.7
10. Rice • BOS 5.6
Offensive WAR
1. Boggs • BOS 7.3
2. Mattingly • NYY 7.2
3. Puckett • MIN 6.5
4. Henderson • NYY 5.7
5. Trammell • DET 5.5
6. Barfield • TOR 5.5
7. Ripken • BAL 5.1
8. Carter • CLE 5.0
9. Gaetti • MIN 4.8
10. Bell • TOR 4.6
Rice • BOS 4.6
Yount • MIL 4.6
Defensive WAR
1. Guillén • CHW 3.1
2. Ripken • BAL 2.7
3. Boone • CAL 2.7
4. Pettis • CAL 2.4
5. Gedman • BOS 2.2
6. Schofield • CAL 2.1
7. Fletcher • TEX 2.0
8. Murphy • OAK 1.9
9. Phillips • OAK 1.9
Trammell • DET 1.9
Batting Average
1. Boggs • BOS .357
2. Mattingly • NYY .352
3. Puckett • MIN .328
4. Tabler • CLE .326
5. Rice • BOS .324
6. Yount • MIL .312
7. Fernández • TOR .310
8. Bradley • SEA .310
9. Bell • TOR .309
10. Franco • CLE .306
On-Base%
1. Boggs • BOS .453
2. Bradley • SEA .405
3. Brett • KCR .401
4. Murray • BAL .396
5. Mattingly • NYY .394
6. Randolph • NYY .393
7. Downing • CAL .389
8. Yount • MIL .388
9. O'Brien • TEX .385
10. Rice • BOS .384
Slugging %
1. Mattingly • NYY .573
2. Barfield • TOR .559
3. Puckett • MIN .537
4. Bell • TOR .532
5. Gaetti • MIN .518
6. Carter • CLE .514
7. Parrish • TEX .509
8. Deer • MIL .494
9. Gibson • DET .492
10. Rice • BOS .490
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Mattingly • NYY .967
2. Boggs • BOS .939
3. Barfield • TOR .927
4. Puckett • MIN .903
5. Brett • KCR .881
6. Bell • TOR .881
7. Rice • BOS .874
8. Gaetti • MIN .865
9. Gibson • DET .863
10. Murray • BAL .859
Games Played
1. Fernández • TOR 163
2. Ripken • BAL 162
Carter • CLE 162
Mattingly • NYY 162
Griffin • OAK 162
6. Butler • CLE 161
Puckett • MIN 161
8. Baylor • BOS 160
9. Guillén • CHW 159
Bell • TOR 159
At Bats
1. Fernández • TOR 687
2. Puckett • MIN 680
3. Mattingly • NYY 677
4. Carter • CLE 663
5. Bell • TOR 641
6. Wilson • KCR 631
7. Buckner • BOS 629
8. Ripken • BAL 627
9. Barrett • BOS 625
10. Rice • BOS 618
Plate Appearances
1. Mattingly • NYY 742
2. Fernández • TOR 727
3. Puckett • MIN 723
4. Barrett • BOS 713
5. Carter • CLE 709
6. Ripken • BAL 707
7. Henderson • NYY 701
8. Boggs • BOS 693
Rice • BOS 693
10. Bell • TOR 690
Runs Scored
1. Henderson • NYY 130
2. Puckett • MIN 119
3. Mattingly • NYY 117
4. Carter • CLE 108
5. Boggs • BOS 107
Trammell • DET 107
Barfield • TOR 107
8. McDowell • TEX 105
9. Bell • TOR 101
10. Ripken • BAL 98
Rice • BOS 98
Hits
1. Mattingly • NYY 238
2. Puckett • MIN 223
3. Fernández • TOR 213
4. Boggs • BOS 207
5. Rice • BOS 200
Carter • CLE 200
7. Bell • TOR 198
8. Franco • CLE 183
9. Barrett • BOS 179
10. Ripken • BAL 177
Total Bases
1. Mattingly • NYY 388
2. Puckett • MIN 365
3. Carter • CLE 341
Bell • TOR 341
5. Barfield • TOR 329
6. Gaetti • MIN 309
7. Rice • BOS 303
8. Fernández • TOR 294
9. Ripken • BAL 289
10. Henderson • NYY 285
Presley • SEA 285
Doubles
1. Mattingly • NYY 53
2. Boggs • BOS 47
3. Barrett • BOS 39
Buckner • BOS 39
Rice • BOS 39
6. Bell • TOR 38
7. White • KCR 37
Puckett • MIN 37
9. Carter • CLE 36
10. Ripken • BAL 35
Barfield • TOR 35
Triples
1. Butler • CLE 14
2. Sierra • TEX 10
3. Carter • CLE 9
Fernández • TOR 9
5. Trammell • DET 7
Smith • KCR 7
Wilson • KCR 7
Yount • MIL 7
Bush • MIN 7
McDowell • TEX 7
Owen • 2TM 7
Home Runs
1. Barfield • TOR 40
2. Kingman • OAK 35
3. Gaetti • MIN 34
4. Deer • MIL 33
Canseco • OAK 33
6. Baylor • BOS 31
Puckett • MIN 31
Mattingly • NYY 31
Bell • TOR 31
10. Incaviglia • TEX 30
Runs Batted In
1. Carter • CLE 121
2. Canseco • OAK 117
3. Mattingly • NYY 113
4. Rice • BOS 110
5. Gaetti • MIN 108
Barfield • TOR 108
Bell • TOR 108
8. Presley • SEA 107
9. Winfield • NYY 104
10. Buckner • BOS 102
Bases on Balls
1. Boggs • BOS 105
2. Evans • BOS 97
3. Randolph • NYY 94
4. Jackson • CAL 92
5. Evans • DET 91
6. Downing • CAL 90
7. Henderson • NYY 89
8. Phelps • SEA 88
9. O'Brien • TEX 87
10. Brett • KCR 80
Strikeouts
1. Incaviglia • TEX 185
2. Deer • MIL 179
3. Canseco • OAK 175
4. Presley • SEA 172
5. Tartabull • SEA 157
6. Balboni • KCR 146
Barfield • TOR 146
8. Jacoby • CLE 137
9. Bradley • SEA 134
10. Pettis • CAL 132
Stolen Bases
1. Henderson • NYY 87
2. Pettis • CAL 50
Cangelosi • CHW 50
4. Gibson • DET 34
Wilson • KCR 34
6. Griffin • OAK 33
McDowell • TEX 33
8. Butler • CLE 32
Moseby • TOR 32
10. Reynolds • SEA 30
Singles
1. Fernández • TOR 161
2. Mattingly • NYY 152
3. Boggs • BOS 150
4. Puckett • MIN 149
5. Rice • BOS 139
6. Franco • CLE 138
7. Griffin • OAK 136
8. Wilson • KCR 134
9. Barrett • BOS 132
10. Lansford • OAK 129
Adjusted OPS+
1. Mattingly • NYY 161
2. Boggs • BOS 157
3. Barfield • TOR 146
4. Puckett • MIN 142
5. Brett • KCR 138
6. Rice • BOS 137
7. Murray • BAL 136
8. Bell • TOR 133
9. Gibson • DET 133
10. Bradley • SEA 132
Runs Created
1. Mattingly • NYY 150
2. Boggs • BOS 133
3. Puckett • MIN 127
4. Barfield • TOR 122
5. Carter • CLE 116
6. Rice • BOS 115
7. Bell • TOR 113
8. Henderson • NYY 112
9. Ripken • BAL 102
10. Evans • BOS 100
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Mattingly • NYY 58
2. Boggs • BOS 54
3. Barfield • TOR 38
4. Puckett • MIN 36
5. Rice • BOS 34
6. Phelps • SEA 29
7. Murray • BAL 28
8. Bell • TOR 28
9. Brett • KCR 28
10. Bradley • SEA 27
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Mattingly • NYY 5.6
2. Boggs • BOS 5.2
3. Barfield • TOR 3.6
4. Puckett • MIN 3.5
5. Rice • BOS 3.3
6. Phelps • SEA 2.8
7. Murray • BAL 2.7
8. Bell • TOR 2.7
9. Brett • KCR 2.7
10. Bradley • SEA 2.6
Extra Base Hits
1. Mattingly • NYY 86
2. Barfield • TOR 77
3. Bell • TOR 75
4. Carter • CLE 74
Puckett • MIN 74
6. Gaetti • MIN 69
7. Henderson • NYY 64
Presley • SEA 64
9. Canseco • OAK 63
10. White • KCR 62
Times On Base
1. Boggs • BOS 312
2. Mattingly • NYY 292
3. Rice • BOS 266
4. Puckett • MIN 264
5. Ripken • BAL 251
Henderson • NYY 251
7. Bradley • SEA 248
8. O'Brien • TEX 247
Barfield • TOR 247
10. Barrett • BOS 245
Offensive Win %
1. Boggs • BOS .768
2. Mattingly • NYY .753
3. Barfield • TOR .698
4. Brett • KCR .695
5. Puckett • MIN .677
6. Gibson • DET .670
Rice • BOS .670
8. Bradley • SEA .668
9. Murray • BAL .661
10. Yount • MIL .654
Hit By Pitch
1. Baylor • BOS 35
2. Downing • CAL 17
3. Smith • KCR 10
4. Wilson • KCR 9
5. Lemon • DET 8
Canseco • OAK 8
Bradley • SEA 8
Barfield • TOR 8
9. Cangelosi • CHW 7
Gibson • DET 7
Puckett • MIN 7
Sacrifice Hits
1. Barrett • BOS 18
2. Butler • CLE 17
3. Pettis • CAL 15
4. Gagne • MIN 13
Tolleson • 2TM 13
6. Boone • CAL 12
Guillén • CHW 12
Griffin • OAK 12
9. Allanson • CLE 11
Trammell • DET 11
Sacrifice Flies
1. Joyner • CAL 12
2. Mattingly • NYY 10
3. Rice • BOS 9
Schofield • CAL 9
Canseco • OAK 9
6. Buckner • BOS 8
Downing • CAL 8
Baines • CHW 8
Bernazard • CLE 8
Carter • CLE 8
Thornton • CLE 8
Coles • DET 8
Kittle • 2TM 8
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Brett • KCR 18
2. Boggs • BOS 14
3. Gedman • BOS 13
Easler • NYY 13
5. Jackson • CAL 11
Mattingly • NYY 11
O'Brien • TEX 11
8. Pagliarulo • NYY 10
Davis • SEA 10
10. Buckner • BOS 9
Baines • CHW 9
Hrbek • MIN 9
Winfield • NYY 9
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Franco • CLE 28
2. Buckner • BOS 25
3. Lynn • BAL 20
Whitaker • DET 20
Winfield • NYY 20
6. Ripken • BAL 19
Rice • BOS 19
DeCinces • CAL 19
O'Brien • TEX 19
10. Gaetti • MIN 18
Presley • SEA 18
Caught Stealing
1. Henderson • NYY 18
Moses • SEA 18
3. Cangelosi • CHW 17
4. Griffin • OAK 16
5. Butler • CLE 15
Gaetti • MIN 15
McDowell • TEX 15
8. Pettis • CAL 13
9. Collins • DET 12
Trammell • DET 12
Puckett • MIN 12
Bradley • SEA 12
Reynolds • SEA 12
Fernández • TOR 12
SB %
1. Felder • MIL 88.89
2. Randolph • NYY 88.24
3. Davis • OAK 87.10
4. Gibson • DET 85.00
5. Henderson • NYY 82.86
6. Upshaw • TOR 82.14
Schofield • CAL 82.14
8. Wilson • KCR 80.95
9. Carter • CLE 80.56
10. Molitor • MIL 80.00
Power-Speed #
1. Henderson • NYY 42.4
2. Gibson • DET 30.7
3. Carter • CLE 29.0
4. Moseby • TOR 25.4
5. Puckett • MIN 24.3
6. McDowell • TEX 23.3
7. Trammell • DET 22.8
8. Davis • OAK 22.3
9. Canseco • OAK 20.6
10. Gaetti • MIN 19.8
AB per SO
1. Buckner • BOS 25.2
2. Barrett • BOS 20.2
3. Mattingly • NYY 19.3
4. Boone • CAL 14.7
5. Fernández • TOR 13.2
6. Boggs • BOS 13.2
7. Lansford • OAK 11.6
8. Griffin • OAK 11.4
9. Guillén • CHW 10.5
10. Ripken • BAL 10.5
AB per HR
1. Deer • MIL 14.1
2. Barfield • TOR 14.7
3. Gibson • DET 15.8
4. Kingman • OAK 16.0
5. Parrish • TEX 16.6
6. Phelps • SEA 14.3 **
7. Evans • DET 17.5
8. Gaetti • MIN 17.5
9. Balboni • KCR 17.7
10. Pagliarulo • NYY 18.0
Incaviglia • TEX 18.0
Outs Made
1. Fernández • TOR 503
2. Buckner • BOS 498
3. Barrett • BOS 488
4. Carter • CLE 487
5. Puckett • MIN 485
6. Canseco • OAK 484
7. Presley • SEA 483
8. Henderson • NYY 480
9. Wilson • KCR 479
10. Ripken • BAL 477
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Boggs • BOS 59.83
2. Mattingly • NYY 46.56
3. O'Brien • TEX 38.05
4. Puckett • MIN 37.55
5. Barfield • TOR 36.49
6. Downing • CAL 34.91
7. Carter • CLE 33.86
8. Gibson • DET 32.92
9. Grubb • DET 32.07
10. Phelps • SEA 31.10
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Boggs • BOS 6.5
2. Joyner • CAL 4.7
3. Mattingly • NYY 4.5
4. Carter • CLE 4.0
5. O'Brien • TEX 3.6
6. Barfield • TOR 3.5
7. Gibson • DET 3.5
8. Johnson • TOR 3.3
9. Evans • BOS 3.2
10. Downing • CAL 3.1
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Mattingly • NYY 5.5
2. Boggs • BOS 4.8
3. Barfield • TOR 3.8
4. Puckett • MIN 3.7
5. Carter • CLE 3.6
6. Bradley • SEA 3.3
7. Evans • BOS 3.2
8. Hrbek • MIN 3.1
9. Phelps • SEA 2.9
10. O'Brien • TEX 2.8
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Boggs • BOS 7.9
2. Joyner • CAL 5.9
3. Evans • BOS 4.3
4. O'Brien • TEX 3.1
5. Rice • BOS 3.0
6. Downing • CAL 2.9
7. Mattingly • NYY 2.9
8. Barrett • BOS 2.8
9. Henderson • NYY 2.5
10. Hassey • 2TM 2.4
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Boggs • BOS 5.7
2. Mattingly • NYY 4.5
3. O'Brien • TEX 3.6
4. Puckett • MIN 3.6
5. Barfield • TOR 3.5
6. Downing • CAL 3.4
7. Carter • CLE 3.3
8. Gibson • DET 3.2
9. Grubb • DET 3.1
10. Evans • BOS 3.0
rOBA
1. Boggs • BOS .426
2. Mattingly • NYY .424
3. Barfield • TOR .409
4. Puckett • MIN .406
5. Gibson • DET .404
6. Henderson • NYY .395
7. Rice • BOS .394
8. Bell • TOR .391
9. Bradley • SEA .390
10. Carter • CLE .389
Rbat+
1. Boggs • BOS 165
2. Mattingly • NYY 162
3. Barfield • TOR 149
4. Puckett • MIN 148
5. Rice • BOS 140
6. Gibson • DET 139
7. Downing • CAL 138
8. Bradley • SEA 137
9. Murray • BAL 137
10. Bell • TOR 137

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