American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Rodriguez • TEX 8.8
2. Thome • CLE 7.4
3. Lowe • BOS 7.3
4. Halladay • TOR 7.2
5. Zito • OAK 7.1
6. Giambi • NYY 7.1
7. Hudson • OAK 7.0
8. Garciaparra • BOS 6.8
9. Martinez • BOS 6.4
10. Erstad • ANA 6.3
WAR Position Players
1. Rodriguez • TEX 8.8
2. Thome • CLE 7.4
3. Giambi • NYY 7.1
4. Garciaparra • BOS 6.8
5. Erstad • ANA 6.3
6. Ramirez • BOS 6.0
7. Tejada • OAK 5.7
8. Jones • MIN 5.5
9. Eckstein • ANA 5.2
10. Ordóñez • CHW 5.2
Offensive WAR
1. Rodriguez • TEX 8.7
2. Thome • CLE 8.2
3. Giambi • NYY 7.0
4. Williams • NYY 6.7
5. Tejada • OAK 6.3
6. Ordóñez • CHW 6.3
7. Soriano • NYY 6.2
8. Ramirez • BOS 6.0
9. Jeter • NYY 5.5
10. Garciaparra • BOS 5.3
Defensive WAR
1. Erstad • ANA 4.2
2. Garciaparra • BOS 2.5
3. Bordick • BAL 2.4
4. Mora • BAL 2.1
5. Eckstein • ANA 1.9
6. Molina • ANA 1.7
7. Hernández • OAK 1.7
8. Kennedy • ANA 1.6
9. Koskie • MIN 1.4
10. Young • TEX 1.3
Batting Average
1. Ramirez • BOS .349
2. Sweeney • KCR .340
3. Williams • NYY .333
4. Suzuki • SEA .321
5. Ordóñez • CHW .320
6. Giambi • NYY .314
7. Kennedy • ANA .312
8. Garciaparra • BOS .310
9. Tejada • OAK .308
10. Huff • TBD .313 **
On-Base%
1. Ramirez • BOS .450
2. Thome • CLE .445
3. Giambi • NYY .435
4. Sweeney • KCR .417
5. Williams • NYY .415
6. Delgado • TOR .406
7. Olerud • SEA .403
8. Rodriguez • TEX .392
9. Palmeiro • TEX .391
10. Suzuki • SEA .388
Slugging %
1. Thome • CLE .677
2. Ramirez • BOS .647
3. Rodriguez • TEX .623
4. Giambi • NYY .598
5. Ordóñez • CHW .597
6. Palmeiro • TEX .571
7. Sweeney • KCR .563
8. Delgado • TOR .549
9. Soriano • NYY .547
10. Burks • CLE .541
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Thome • CLE 1.122
2. Ramirez • BOS 1.097
3. Giambi • NYY 1.034
4. Rodriguez • TEX 1.015
5. Sweeney • KCR .979
6. Ordóñez • CHW .978
7. Palmeiro • TEX .962
8. Delgado • TOR .955
9. Williams • NYY .908
10. Burks • CLE .903
Games Played
1. Beltrán • KCR 162
Long • OAK 162
Tejada • OAK 162
Rodriguez • TEX 162
5. Batista • BAL 161
6. Wells • TOR 159
7. Anderson • ANA 158
Cameron • SEA 158
9. Jeter • NYY 157
Suzuki • SEA 157
At Bats
1. Soriano • NYY 696
2. Tejada • OAK 662
3. Suzuki • SEA 647
4. Jeter • NYY 644
5. Anderson • ANA 638
6. Beltrán • KCR 637
7. Garciaparra • BOS 635
8. Hillenbrand • BOS 634
9. Erstad • ANA 625
10. Rodriguez • TEX 624
Plate Appearances
1. Soriano • NYY 741
2. Jeter • NYY 730
3. Suzuki • SEA 728
4. Rodriguez • TEX 725
5. Beltrán • KCR 722
6. Tejada • OAK 715
7. Eckstein • ANA 702
Damon • BOS 702
9. Williams • NYY 699
10. Garciaparra • BOS 693
Runs Scored
1. Soriano • NYY 128
2. Rodriguez • TEX 125
3. Jeter • NYY 124
4. Giambi • NYY 120
5. Damon • BOS 118
6. Ordóñez • CHW 116
7. Beltrán • KCR 114
Durham • 2TM 114
9. Suzuki • SEA 111
10. Tejada • OAK 108
Hits
1. Soriano • NYY 209
2. Suzuki • SEA 208
3. Williams • NYY 204
Tejada • OAK 204
5. Garciaparra • BOS 197
6. Anderson • ANA 195
7. Jeter • NYY 191
8. Ordóñez • CHW 189
9. Rodriguez • TEX 187
10. Hillenbrand • BOS 186
Total Bases
1. Rodriguez • TEX 389
2. Soriano • NYY 381
3. Ordóñez • CHW 352
4. Anderson • ANA 344
5. Tejada • OAK 336
6. Garciaparra • BOS 335
Giambi • NYY 335
8. Thome • CLE 325
9. Beltrán • KCR 319
10. Palmeiro • TEX 312
Doubles
1. Anderson • ANA 56
Garciaparra • BOS 56
3. Soriano • NYY 51
4. Ordóñez • CHW 47
5. Beltrán • KCR 44
6. Hillenbrand • BOS 43
7. Posada • NYY 40
8. Olerud • SEA 39
Winn • TBD 39
10. Hinske • TOR 38
Stewart • TOR 38
Triples
1. Damon • BOS 11
2. Winn • TBD 9
3. Suzuki • SEA 8
Young • TEX 8
5. Beltrán • KCR 7
6. Eckstein • ANA 6
Fullmer • ANA 6
Kennedy • ANA 6
Singleton • BAL 6
Lofton • CHW 6
Halter • DET 6
Ibañez • KCR 6
Tucker • KCR 6
Guzmán • MIN 6
Pierzynski • MIN 6
Guillén • SEA 6
Crawford • TBD 6
Catalanotto • TEX 6
Stewart • TOR 6
Durham • 2TM 6
Home Runs
1. Rodriguez • TEX 57
2. Thome • CLE 52
3. Palmeiro • TEX 43
4. Giambi • NYY 41
5. Soriano • NYY 39
6. Ordóñez • CHW 38
7. Chavez • OAK 34
Tejada • OAK 34
9. Ramirez • BOS 33
Delgado • TOR 33
Runs Batted In
1. Rodriguez • TEX 142
2. Ordóñez • CHW 135
3. Tejada • OAK 131
4. Anderson • ANA 123
5. Giambi • NYY 122
6. Garciaparra • BOS 120
7. Thome • CLE 118
8. Glaus • ANA 111
9. Chavez • OAK 109
10. Delgado • TOR 108
Bases on Balls
1. Thome • CLE 122
2. Giambi • NYY 109
3. Palmeiro • TEX 104
4. Delgado • TOR 102
5. Olerud • SEA 98
6. Ventura • NYY 90
7. Glaus • ANA 88
Thomas • CHW 88
9. Rodriguez • TEX 87
10. Williams • NYY 83
Strikeouts
1. Cameron • SEA 176
2. Soriano • NYY 157
3. Glaus • ANA 144
4. Posada • NYY 143
5. Thome • CLE 139
Sandberg • TBD 139
7. Hinske • TOR 138
8. Beltrán • KCR 135
9. Jones • MIN 129
10. Koskie • MIN 127
Stolen Bases
1. Soriano • NYY 41
2. Beltrán • KCR 35
3. Jeter • NYY 32
4. Damon • BOS 31
Cameron • SEA 31
Suzuki • SEA 31
7. Winn • TBD 27
8. Durham • 2TM 26
9. Erstad • ANA 23
Tucker • KCR 23
Hunter • MIN 23
Singles
1. Suzuki • SEA 165
2. Jeter • NYY 147
3. Williams • NYY 146
4. Eckstein • ANA 142
5. Tejada • OAK 140
6. Erstad • ANA 135
7. Guzmán • MIN 124
8. Hillenbrand • BOS 121
Stewart • TOR 121
10. Damon • BOS 119
Winn • TBD 119
Adjusted OPS+
1. Thome • CLE 197
2. Ramirez • BOS 184
3. Giambi • NYY 172
4. Rodriguez • TEX 158
5. Ordóñez • CHW 154
6. Sweeney • KCR 148
7. Delgado • TOR 147
8. Palmeiro • TEX 146
9. Williams • NYY 141
10. Olerud • SEA 140
Runs Created
1. Thome • CLE 155
2. Rodriguez • TEX 153
3. Giambi • NYY 150
4. Palmeiro • TEX 128
5. Ramirez • BOS 127
Ordóñez • CHW 127
7. Soriano • NYY 126
8. Williams • NYY 125
9. Delgado • TOR 121
10. Garciaparra • BOS 115
Beltrán • KCR 115
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Thome • CLE 73
2. Giambi • NYY 64
3. Ramirez • BOS 57
4. Rodriguez • TEX 53
5. Ordóñez • CHW 46
6. Delgado • TOR 40
7. Palmeiro • TEX 40
8. Williams • NYY 39
9. Olerud • SEA 38
10. Sweeney • KCR 36
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Thome • CLE 6.8
2. Giambi • NYY 6.0
3. Ramirez • BOS 5.3
4. Rodriguez • TEX 5.0
5. Ordóñez • CHW 4.3
6. Delgado • TOR 3.8
7. Palmeiro • TEX 3.7
8. Williams • NYY 3.7
9. Olerud • SEA 3.6
10. Sweeney • KCR 3.4
Extra Base Hits
1. Soriano • NYY 92
2. Anderson • ANA 88
3. Ordóñez • CHW 86
Rodriguez • TEX 86
5. Garciaparra • BOS 85
6. Beltrán • KCR 80
7. Palmeiro • TEX 77
8. Giambi • NYY 76
9. Thome • CLE 73
10. Hunter • MIN 70
Times On Base
1. Giambi • NYY 300
2. Williams • NYY 290
3. Rodriguez • TEX 284
4. Suzuki • SEA 281
5. Thome • CLE 273
6. Jeter • NYY 271
7. Olerud • SEA 269
8. Palmeiro • TEX 259
9. Delgado • TOR 255
10. Tejada • OAK 253
Offensive Win %
1. Thome • CLE .834
2. Ramirez • BOS .822
3. Giambi • NYY .778
4. Sweeney • KCR .748
5. Rodriguez • TEX .746
6. Delgado • TOR .729
7. Palmeiro • TEX .719
8. Ordóñez • CHW .702
9. Williams • NYY .694
10. Salmon • ANA .669
Hit By Pitch
1. Eckstein • ANA 27
2. Mora • BAL 20
3. Fullmer • ANA 15
Giambi • NYY 15
5. Soriano • NYY 14
6. Delgado • TOR 13
7. Hillenbrand • BOS 12
Johnson • NYY 12
9. Batista • BAL 11
Easley • DET 11
Pierzynski • MIN 11
Tejada • OAK 11
Sacrifice Hits
1. Eckstein • ANA 14
2. Cirillo • SEA 13
Young • TEX 13
4. Durham • 2TM 10
5. Rowand • CHW 9
6. Hairston • BAL 8
Guzmán • MIN 8
Rivas • MIN 8
Ellis • OAK 8
Abernathy • TBD 8
Sacrifice Flies
1. Olerud • SEA 12
2. Garciaparra • BOS 11
Randa • KCR 11
4. Anderson • ANA 10
Conine • BAL 10
Thomas • CHW 10
Vizquel • CLE 10
8. Cirillo • SEA 9
9. Eckstein • ANA 8
Glaus • ANA 8
Ortiz • MIN 8
Wilson • SEA 8
Delgado • TOR 8
Wells • TOR 8
Woodward • TOR 8
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Suzuki • SEA 27
2. Thome • CLE 18
Delgado • TOR 18
4. Palmeiro • TEX 16
5. Ramirez • BOS 14
6. Chavez • OAK 13
7. Rodriguez • TEX 12
8. Anderson • ANA 11
9. Sweeney • KCR 10
10. Batista • BAL 9
Posada • NYY 9
Ventura • NYY 9
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Posada • NYY 23
2. Ordóñez • CHW 21
Tejada • OAK 21
4. Williams • NYY 19
Olerud • SEA 19
6. Hillenbrand • BOS 18
Giambi • NYY 18
8. Cordova • BAL 17
Gil • BAL 17
Garciaparra • BOS 17
Konerko • CHW 17
Fick • DET 17
Hunter • MIN 17
Long • OAK 17
Sierra • SEA 17
Huff • TBD 17
Perry • TEX 17
Stewart • TOR 17
Caught Stealing
1. Suzuki • SEA 15
2. Eckstein • ANA 13
Guzmán • MIN 13
Soriano • NYY 13
5. Koskie • MIN 11
6. Mora • BAL 10
Vizquel • CLE 10
McLemore • SEA 10
9. Lawton • CLE 9
Pérez • KCR 9
Tucker • KCR 9
SB %
1. Jeter • NYY 91.43
2. Singleton • BAL 90.91
3. Erstad • ANA 88.46
4. Stewart • TOR 87.50
5. Knoblauch • KCR 86.36
6. Damon • BOS 83.78
7. Beltrán • KCR 83.33
8. Kennedy • ANA 80.95
9. Cameron • SEA 79.49
10. Durham • 2TM 78.79
Power-Speed #
1. Soriano • NYY 40.0
2. Beltrán • KCR 31.7
3. Cameron • SEA 27.7
4. Hunter • MIN 25.7
5. Jeter • NYY 23.0
6. Damon • BOS 19.3
7. Durham • 2TM 19.0
Mondesí • 2TM 19.0
9. Winn • TBD 18.4
10. Mora • BAL 17.4
AB per SO
1. Simon • DET 16.1
2. Eckstein • ANA 13.8
3. Pérez • KCR 10.5
4. Suzuki • SEA 10.4
5. Sweeney • KCR 10.2
6. Garciaparra • BOS 10.1
7. Abernathy • TBD 10.1
8. Stewart • TOR 9.6
9. Spiezio • ANA 9.4
10. Erstad • ANA 9.3
AB per HR
1. Thome • CLE 9.2
2. Rodriguez • TEX 10.9
3. Palmeiro • TEX 12.7
4. Ramirez • BOS 13.2
5. Giambi • NYY 13.7
6. Delgado • TOR 15.3
7. Ordóñez • CHW 15.5
8. Burks • CLE 16.2
9. Chavez • OAK 17.2
10. Ventura • NYY 17.2
Outs Made
1. Soriano • NYY 516
2. Beltrán • KCR 492
Guzmán • MIN 492
4. Batista • BAL 488
5. Tejada • OAK 485
6. Jeter • NYY 476
7. Hillenbrand • BOS 473
8. Eckstein • ANA 472
Long • OAK 472
10. Suzuki • SEA 470
Wells • TOR 470
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Thome • CLE 69.50
2. Giambi • NYY 69.25
3. Ramirez • BOS 64.69
4. Rodriguez • TEX 57.36
5. Williams • NYY 43.21
6. Tejada • OAK 43.16
7. Delgado • TOR 43.07
8. Olerud • SEA 42.03
9. Sweeney • KCR 41.00
10. Ordóñez • CHW 39.30
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Thome • CLE 6.3
2. Giambi • NYY 5.7
3. Williams • NYY 5.4
4. Tejada • OAK 4.9
5. Sweeney • KCR 4.8
6. Winn • TBD 4.4
7. Rodriguez • TEX 4.3
8. Burks • CLE 4.3
9. Palmeiro • TEX 4.1
10. Hinske • TOR 3.9
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Thome • CLE 6.4
2. Giambi • NYY 5.9
3. Rodriguez • TEX 5.7
4. Ramirez • BOS 4.8
5. Ordóñez • CHW 3.7
6. Delgado • TOR 3.6
7. Williams • NYY 3.5
8. Palmeiro • TEX 3.5
9. Sweeney • KCR 3.2
10. Olerud • SEA 3.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Williams • NYY 3.4
2. Giambi • NYY 3.3
3. Olerud • SEA 2.7
4. Tejada • OAK 2.7
5. Martínez • SEA 2.2
6. Spiezio • ANA 2.1
7. Hillenbrand • BOS 2.0
8. Salmon • ANA 2.0
9. Chavez • OAK 1.9
10. Anderson • ANA 1.8
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Thome • CLE 6.5
2. Giambi • NYY 6.4
3. Ramirez • BOS 5.9
4. Rodriguez • TEX 5.2
5. Tejada • OAK 4.1
6. Williams • NYY 4.0
7. Olerud • SEA 4.0
8. Delgado • TOR 4.0
9. Ordóñez • CHW 3.7
10. Sweeney • KCR 3.7

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