American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Johnson • SEA 8.6
2. Valentin • BOS 8.3
3. Martínez • SEA 7.0
4. Cone • 2TM 7.0
5. Belle • CLE 7.0
6. Knoblauch • MIN 6.7
7. Salmon • CAL 6.6
8. Williams • NYY 6.4
9. Mussina • BAL 6.1
10. Thome • CLE 5.9
WAR Position Players
1. Valentin • BOS 8.3
2. Martínez • SEA 7.0
3. Belle • CLE 7.0
4. Knoblauch • MIN 6.7
5. Salmon • CAL 6.6
6. Williams • NYY 6.4
7. Thome • CLE 5.9
8. Edmonds • CAL 5.6
9. Palmeiro • BAL 5.5
10. McGwire • OAK 5.5
Offensive WAR
1. Martínez • SEA 7.3
2. Salmon • CAL 7.2
3. Belle • CLE 7.1
4. Thomas • CHW 6.5
5. Valentin • BOS 6.2
6. Thome • CLE 5.9
7. Knoblauch • MIN 5.9
8. McGwire • OAK 5.6
9. Williams • NYY 5.2
10. Palmeiro • BAL 4.8
Defensive WAR
1. Valentin • BOS 3.0
2. Ripken • BAL 3.0
3. Gil • TEX 1.9
4. Fryman • DET 1.8
5. Gagne • KCR 1.7
Rodríguez • TEX 1.7
7. Bordick • OAK 1.7
8. Williams • NYY 1.7
9. Edmonds • CAL 1.6
10. Meares • MIN 1.5
Batting Average
1. Martínez • SEA .356
2. Knoblauch • MIN .333
3. Salmon • CAL .330
4. Boggs • NYY .324
5. Murray • CLE .323
6. Surhoff • MIL .320
7. Davis • CAL .318
8. Belle • CLE .317
9. Baerga • CLE .314
10. Thome • CLE .314
On-Base%
1. Martínez • SEA .479
2. Thomas • CHW .454
3. Thome • CLE .438
4. Salmon • CAL .429
5. Davis • CAL .429
6. Knoblauch • MIN .424
7. McGwire • OAK .441 **
8. Naehring • BOS .415
9. Boggs • NYY .412
10. Henderson • OAK .407
Slugging %
1. Belle • CLE .690
2. McGwire • OAK .685 **
3. Martínez • SEA .628
4. Thomas • CHW .606
5. Salmon • CAL .594
6. Palmeiro • BAL .583
7. Vaughn • BOS .575
8. Buhner • SEA .566
9. Ramirez • CLE .558
10. Thome • CLE .558
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Martínez • SEA 1.107
2. Belle • CLE 1.091
3. Thomas • CHW 1.061
4. McGwire • OAK 1.125 **
5. Salmon • CAL 1.024
6. Thome • CLE .996
7. Vaughn • BOS .963
8. Palmeiro • BAL .963
9. Ramirez • CLE .960
10. Baines • BAL .943
Games Played
1. Thomas • CHW 145
Martínez • SEA 145
3. Ripken • BAL 144
Curtis • DET 144
Fryman • DET 144
Williams • NYY 144
Sprague • TOR 144
8. Anderson • BAL 143
Palmeiro • BAL 143
Salmon • CAL 143
Snow • CAL 143
Belle • CLE 143
At Bats
1. Johnson • CHW 607
2. Nixon • TEX 589
3. Curtis • DET 586
4. Fryman • DET 567
5. Williams • NYY 563
6. Edmonds • CAL 558
Carter • TOR 558
8. Baerga • CLE 557
9. Anderson • BAL 554
Palmeiro • BAL 554
Plate Appearances
1. Curtis • DET 670
2. Anderson • BAL 657
3. Nixon • TEX 656
4. Williams • NYY 648
5. Thomas • CHW 647
6. Johnson • CHW 645
7. Phillips • CAL 643
8. Fryman • DET 640
9. Martínez • SEA 639
10. Salmon • CAL 638
Runs Scored
1. Belle • CLE 121
Martínez • SEA 121
3. Edmonds • CAL 120
4. Phillips • CAL 119
5. Salmon • CAL 111
6. Anderson • BAL 108
Valentin • BOS 108
8. Knoblauch • MIN 107
9. Thomas • CHW 102
10. Vaughn • BOS 98
Johnson • CHW 98
Hits
1. Johnson • CHW 186
2. Martínez • SEA 182
3. Knoblauch • MIN 179
4. Salmon • CAL 177
5. Baerga • CLE 175
6. Nixon • TEX 174
7. Belle • CLE 173
Williams • NYY 173
9. Palmeiro • BAL 172
10. Puckett • MIN 169
Total Bases
1. Belle • CLE 377
2. Palmeiro • BAL 323
3. Martínez • SEA 321
4. Salmon • CAL 319
5. Vaughn • BOS 316
6. Edmonds • CAL 299
Thomas • CHW 299
8. Martinez • SEA 286
9. Valentin • BOS 277
Puckett • MIN 277
Doubles
1. Belle • CLE 52
Martínez • SEA 52
3. Puckett • MIN 39
4. Valentin • BOS 37
5. Martinez • SEA 35
6. Salmon • CAL 34
Knoblauch • MIN 34
8. Anderson • BAL 33
Ripken • BAL 33
Seitzer • MIL 33
Triples
1. Lofton • CLE 13
2. Johnson • CHW 12
3. Anderson • BAL 10
4. Williams • NYY 9
5. Knoblauch • MIN 8
6. Viña • MIL 7
Alomar • TOR 7
8. O'Leary • BOS 6
Disarcina • CAL 6
Durham • CHW 6
Nunnally • KCR 6
Hamilton • MIL 6
Hulse • MIL 6
Coleman • 2TM 6
Home Runs
1. Belle • CLE 50
2. Thomas • CHW 40
Buhner • SEA 40
4. Palmeiro • BAL 39
Vaughn • BOS 39
McGwire • OAK 39
7. Gaetti • KCR 35
8. Salmon • CAL 34
9. Edmonds • CAL 33
10. Tettleton • TEX 32
Runs Batted In
1. Vaughn • BOS 126
Belle • CLE 126
3. Buhner • SEA 121
4. Martínez • SEA 113
5. Thomas • CHW 111
Martinez • SEA 111
7. Edmonds • CAL 107
Ramirez • CLE 107
9. Salmon • CAL 105
10. Palmeiro • BAL 104
Bases on Balls
1. Thomas • CHW 136
2. Martínez • SEA 116
3. Phillips • CAL 113
4. Tettleton • TEX 107
5. Thome • CLE 97
6. Salmon • CAL 91
7. Davis • CAL 89
8. McGwire • OAK 88
9. Anderson • BAL 87
10. Olerud • TOR 84
Strikeouts
1. Vaughn • BOS 150
2. Gil • TEX 147
3. Phillips • CAL 135
4. Edmonds • CAL 130
5. Blowers • SEA 128
6. Buhner • SEA 120
7. Fielder • DET 116
8. Gonzalez • TOR 114
9. Thome • CLE 113
10. Ramirez • CLE 112
Stolen Bases
1. Lofton • CLE 54
2. Goodwin • KCR 50
Nixon • TEX 50
4. Knoblauch • MIN 46
5. Coleman • 2TM 42
6. Johnson • CHW 40
7. Javier • OAK 36
8. Henderson • OAK 32
9. Alomar • TOR 30
10. Vizquel • CLE 29
Singles
1. Nixon • TEX 151
2. Johnson • CHW 146
3. Baerga • CLE 130
4. Knoblauch • MIN 126
5. Boggs • NYY 118
6. Williams • NYY 117
7. Fryman • DET 115
Goodwin • KCR 115
9. Seitzer • MIL 112
10. Alomar • TOR 111
Adjusted OPS+
1. Martínez • SEA 185
2. Thomas • CHW 179
3. Belle • CLE 177
4. Salmon • CAL 165
5. Thome • CLE 157
6. Ramirez • CLE 147
7. Davis • CAL 146
8. Palmeiro • BAL 145
9. Vaughn • BOS 144
10. Baines • BAL 142
Runs Created
1. Martínez • SEA 161
2. Thomas • CHW 144
Belle • CLE 144
4. Salmon • CAL 142
5. Palmeiro • BAL 123
6. Vaughn • BOS 121
7. Valentin • BOS 119
8. Thome • CLE 118
9. Knoblauch • MIN 115
10. Ramirez • CLE 109
Williams • NYY 109
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Martínez • SEA 74
2. Thomas • CHW 68
3. Belle • CLE 62
4. Salmon • CAL 55
5. McGwire • OAK 52
6. Thome • CLE 43
7. Vaughn • BOS 36
8. Palmeiro • BAL 36
9. Ramirez • CLE 35
10. Davis • CAL 35
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Martínez • SEA 6.7
2. Thomas • CHW 6.1
3. Belle • CLE 5.6
4. Salmon • CAL 5.0
5. McGwire • OAK 4.7
6. Thome • CLE 3.9
7. Vaughn • BOS 3.3
8. Palmeiro • BAL 3.2
9. Ramirez • CLE 3.2
10. Davis • CAL 3.2
Extra Base Hits
1. Belle • CLE 103
2. Martínez • SEA 81
3. Palmeiro • BAL 71
Salmon • CAL 71
5. Vaughn • BOS 70
6. Martinez • SEA 69
7. Edmonds • CAL 67
Thomas • CHW 67
9. Valentin • BOS 66
10. Buhner • SEA 63
Times On Base
1. Martínez • SEA 306
2. Thomas • CHW 294
3. Salmon • CAL 274
4. Knoblauch • MIN 267
5. Phillips • CAL 253
Williams • NYY 253
7. Belle • CLE 252
8. Vaughn • BOS 247
9. Valentin • BOS 246
10. Thome • CLE 244
Offensive Win %
1. Martínez • SEA .830
2. Thomas • CHW .780
3. Salmon • CAL .768
4. Thome • CLE .757
5. Belle • CLE .751
6. Davis • CAL .703
7. Palmeiro • BAL .696
Valentin • BOS .696
9. Ramirez • CLE .689
10. Vaughn • BOS .680
Hit By Pitch
1. Sprague • TOR 15
2. Macfarlane • BOS 14
Vaughn • BOS 14
4. Meares • MIN 11
McGwire • OAK 11
6. Anderson • BAL 10
Valentin • BOS 10
Cordova • MIN 10
Knoblauch • MIN 10
10. Viña • MIL 9
Sacrifice Hits
1. Goodwin • KCR 14
2. Alicea • BOS 13
Cora • SEA 13
4. Mayne • KCR 11
5. Vizquel • CLE 10
Kelly • NYY 10
Gil • TEX 10
McLemore • TEX 10
9. Tinsley • BOS 9
Karkovice • CHW 9
Martinez • CHW 9
Gonzalez • TOR 9
Sacrifice Flies
1. Thomas • CHW 12
2. O'Neill • NYY 11
Gates • OAK 11
Clark • TEX 11
5. Vizquel • CLE 10
6. Alicea • BOS 9
Davis • CAL 9
Joyner • KCR 9
Stanley • NYY 9
10. Ripken • BAL 8
Ventura • CHW 8
Mattingly • NYY 8
Sierra • 2TM 8
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Thomas • CHW 29
2. Martínez • SEA 19
3. Puckett • MIN 18
4. Vaughn • BOS 17
5. Martinez • SEA 15
6. Baines • BAL 13
7. Davis • CAL 12
8. Ventura • CHW 11
9. Joyner • KCR 10
Olerud • TOR 10
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. O'Neill • NYY 25
2. Belle • CLE 24
3. Sprague • TOR 19
4. Greenwell • BOS 18
Fryman • DET 18
Blowers • SEA 18
7. Baines • BAL 17
Vaughn • BOS 17
Fielder • DET 17
Meares • MIN 17
Mattingly • NYY 17
Olerud • TOR 17
Caught Stealing
1. Nixon • TEX 21
2. Goodwin • KCR 18
Knoblauch • MIN 18
4. Coleman • 2TM 16
5. Lofton • CLE 15
Curtis • DET 15
7. Vizquel • CLE 11
McLemore • TEX 11
9. Alicea • BOS 10
Phillips • CAL 10
Henderson • OAK 10
SB %
1. Amaral • SEA 91.30
2. Alomar • TOR 90.91
3. Javier • OAK 87.81
4. Johnson • CHW 86.96
5. Raines • CHW 86.67
6. Goodwin • BAL 84.62
7. Hulse • MIL 83.33
8. Listach • MIL 81.25
9. Valentin • BOS 80.00
10. Anderson • BAL 78.79
Power-Speed #
1. Curtis • DET 23.6
2. Valentin • BOS 23.0
3. Cordova • MIN 21.8
4. Anderson • BAL 19.8
5. Alomar • TOR 18.1
6. Knoblauch • MIN 17.8
7. Phillips • CAL 17.6
8. Vaughn • BOS 17.2
9. Carter • TOR 16.2
10. Johnson • CHW 16.0
AB per SO
1. Johnson • CHW 19.6
2. Baerga • CLE 18.0
3. Cora • SEA 13.8
4. Greenwell • BOS 13.7
5. Mattingly • NYY 13.1
6. Alomar • TOR 11.5
7. Hamilton • MIL 11.4
8. Guillén • CHW 16.6 **
9. Rodríguez • TEX 10.3
10. Lofton • CLE 9.8
AB per HR
1. McGwire • OAK 8.1 **
2. Belle • CLE 10.9
3. Buhner • SEA 11.8
4. Thomas • CHW 12.3
5. Tettleton • TEX 13.4
6. Vaughn • BOS 14.1
7. Palmeiro • BAL 14.2
8. Gaetti • KCR 14.7
9. Ramirez • CLE 15.6
10. Sorrento • CLE 12.9 **
Outs Made
1. Curtis • DET 463
2. Nixon • TEX 451
3. Johnson • CHW 439
4. Fryman • DET 438
5. Carter • TOR 434
6. Vizquel • CLE 433
7. Ripken • BAL 431
8. Anderson • BAL 425
9. Gates • OAK 424
10. Sprague • TOR 421
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Martínez • SEA 80.97
2. Salmon • CAL 65.95
3. Thomas • CHW 53.15
4. McGwire • OAK 49.40
5. Belle • CLE 45.27
6. Valentin • BOS 39.84
7. Knoblauch • MIN 36.31
8. Ramirez • CLE 36.04
9. Vaughn • BOS 35.77
10. Thome • CLE 33.70
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Martínez • SEA 7.5
2. McGwire • OAK 5.6
3. Thomas • CHW 4.8
4. Salmon • CAL 4.7
5. Belle • CLE 4.1
6. Ramirez • CLE 4.0
7. Knoblauch • MIN 4.0
8. Thome • CLE 4.0
9. Henderson • OAK 3.9
10. Tettleton • TEX 3.4
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Martínez • SEA 6.2
2. Thomas • CHW 5.8
3. Salmon • CAL 5.2
4. Belle • CLE 5.1
5. McGwire • OAK 4.7
6. Palmeiro • BAL 4.2
7. Thome • CLE 3.8
8. Knoblauch • MIN 3.5
9. Ramirez • CLE 3.3
10. Valentin • BOS 3.2
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Martínez • SEA 6.9
2. McGwire • OAK 3.0
3. Tettleton • TEX 2.7
4. Clark • TEX 2.5
5. Martinez • SEA 2.5
6. Salmon • CAL 2.5
7. Henderson • OAK 2.2
8. Snow • CAL 2.1
9. Williams • NYY 1.9
10. Joyner • KCR 1.9
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Martínez • SEA 7.3
2. Salmon • CAL 6.0
3. Thomas • CHW 4.9
4. McGwire • OAK 4.7
5. Belle • CLE 4.1
6. Valentin • BOS 3.6
7. Knoblauch • MIN 3.3
8. Ramirez • CLE 3.3
9. Vaughn • BOS 3.2
10. Thome • CLE 3.1
rOBA
1. Martínez • SEA .473
2. Belle • CLE .460
3. Salmon • CAL .449
4. Thomas • CHW .445
5. Thome • CLE .432
6. Knoblauch • MIN .421
7. Palmeiro • BAL .419
8. Valentin • BOS .416
9. Ramirez • CLE .413
10. Vaughn • BOS .411
Rbat+
1. Martínez • SEA 187
2. Belle • CLE 175
3. Thomas • CHW 173
4. Salmon • CAL 170
5. Thome • CLE 156
6. Knoblauch • MIN 146
7. Palmeiro • BAL 145
8. Ramirez • CLE 145
9. Davis • CAL 144
10. Henderson • OAK 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