American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Ohtani • LAA 9.0
2. Correa • HOU 7.3
3. Semien • TOR 7.1
4. Ray • TOR 6.8
5. Ramírez • CLE 6.7
6. Guerrero • TOR 6.5
7. Mullins • BAL 6.2
8. Olson • OAK 6.0
9. Judge • NYY 5.9
10. Bichette • TOR 5.9

WAR Position Players

<strong>Wins Above Replacement for position players</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br> Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Correa • HOU 7.3
2. Semien • TOR 7.1
3. Ramírez • CLE 6.7
4. Guerrero • TOR 6.5
5. Mullins • BAL 6.2
6. Olson • OAK 6.0
7. Judge • NYY 5.9
8. Bichette • TOR 5.9
9. Perez • KCR 5.3
10. Tucker • HOU 5.2

Offensive WAR

<strong>Offensive Wins Above Replacement (everything but Fielding)</strong><br>The same statistic as Wins Above Replacement for Position<br>Players (WAR), but with the fielding value excluded.<br>oWAR + dWAR does not equal WAR.<br>Adding would count positions twice.<br>Contains the factor for batting stats, baserunning, a positional adjustment, and the replacement player adjustment.<br> Factors developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Guerrero • TOR 6.4
2. Mullins • BAL 5.9
3. Semien • TOR 5.8
4. Ramírez • CLE 5.8
5. Bichette • TOR 5.5
6. Lowe • TBR 5.5
7. Bogaerts • BOS 5.5
8. Correa • HOU 5.2
9. Olson • OAK 5.2
10. Judge • NYY 5.0

Defensive WAR

<strong>Defensive Wins Above Replacement for position players</strong><br>A defensive measure of wins above replacement, but given<br>only the defensive stats of the player and his position adjustment. For this calculation, we use a<br>replacement level on defense is the league average.<br>Based on Baseball Info Solutions defensive runs saved from 2003 on<br>and total zone rating developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com previously

1. Correa • HOU 3.0
2. Taylor • KCR 2.7
3. Kiner-Falefa • TEX 2.2
4. Simmons • MIN 2.1
5. Hernández • BOS 2.1
6. Semien • TOR 1.9
7. Kiermaier • TBR 1.8
8. Fletcher • LAA 1.8
9. García • TEX 1.7
10. Merrifield • KCR 1.7

Batting Average

<strong>Hits/At Bats</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played<br>Bold indicates either highest BA using current stats<br>or awarded title at end of year.

1. Gurriel • HOU .319
2. Brantley • HOU .311
3. Guerrero • TOR .311
4. Anderson • CHW .309
5. Lopez • KCR .300
6. Bichette • TOR .298
7. Hernández • TOR .296
8. Bogaerts • BOS .295
9. Tucker • HOU .294
10. France • SEA .291

On-Base%

<strong>(H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF)</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played

1. Guerrero • TOR .401
2. Gurriel • HOU .383
3. Moncada • CHW .375
4. Judge • NYY .373
5. Ohtani • LAA .372
6. Olson • OAK .371
7. Bogaerts • BOS .370
8. France • SEA .368
9. Correa • HOU .366
10. Lopez • KCR .365

Slugging %

Total Bases/At Bats or
(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played

1. Guerrero • TOR .601
2. Ohtani • LAA .592
3. Tucker • HOU .557
4. Judge • NYY .544
5. Perez • KCR .544
6. Olson • OAK .540
7. Semien • TOR .538
8. Devers • BOS .538
9. Ramírez • CLE .538
10. Alvarez • HOU .531

On-Base Plus Slugging

<strong>On-Base + Slugging Percentages </strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played

1. Guerrero • TOR 1.002
2. Ohtani • LAA .965
3. Tucker • HOU .917
4. Judge • NYY .916
5. Olson • OAK .911
6. Ramírez • CLE .893
7. Devers • BOS .890
8. Mullins • BAL .878
9. Alvarez • HOU .877
10. Semien • TOR .873

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Merrifield • KCR 162
Semien • TOR 162
3. Perez • KCR 161
Guerrero • TOR 161
5. Crawford • SEA 160
6. Mullins • BAL 159
Seager • SEA 159
Bichette • TOR 159
9. Santana • KCR 158
Kiner-Falefa • TEX 158
Straw • 2TM 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Merrifield • KCR 664
2. Semien • TOR 652
3. Bichette • TOR 640
4. Kiner-Falefa • TEX 635
5. Fletcher • LAA 626
6. Schoop • DET 623
7. Perez • KCR 620
Haniger • SEA 620
9. Crawford • SEA 619
10. Guerrero • TOR 604

Plate Appearances

<strong>Plate Appearances</strong><br>When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts<br>Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH,<br>which excludes catcher interferences.<br>When <span class=tooltip>this color</span> click for a summary of each PA.

1. Semien • TOR 724
2. Merrifield • KCR 720
3. Guerrero • TOR 698
4. Haniger • SEA 691
5. Bichette • TOR 690
6. Crawford • SEA 687
7. LeMahieu • NYY 679
8. Altuve • HOU 678
9. Kiner-Falefa • TEX 677
10. Mullins • BAL 675

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Guerrero • TOR 123
2. Bichette • TOR 121
3. Altuve • HOU 117
4. Semien • TOR 115
5. Ramírez • CLE 111
6. Haniger • SEA 110
7. Correa • HOU 104
8. Ohtani • LAA 103
9. Devers • BOS 101
Olson • OAK 101

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Bichette • TOR 191
2. Guerrero • TOR 188
3. Merrifield • KCR 184
4. Mullins • BAL 175
5. Schoop • DET 173
Semien • TOR 173
7. Kiner-Falefa • TEX 172
8. Gurriel • HOU 169
Perez • KCR 169
Crawford • SEA 169

Total Bases

<strong>Total Bases</strong><br>Singles + 2 x Doubles + 3 x Triples + 4 x Home Runs.

1. Guerrero • TOR 363
2. Semien • TOR 351
3. Perez • KCR 337
4. Devers • BOS 318
Ohtani • LAA 318
6. Mullins • BAL 312
7. Bichette • TOR 310
8. Olson • OAK 305
9. Haniger • SEA 301
10. Judge • NYY 299

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Martinez • BOS 42
Candelario • DET 42
Merrifield • KCR 42
4. Semien • TOR 39
5. Mullins • BAL 37
Devers • BOS 37
Tucker • HOU 37
Crawford • SEA 37
9. Hernández • BOS 35
Alvarez • HOU 35
Polanco • MIN 35
Olson • OAK 35

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Ohtani • LAA 8
2. Baddoo • DET 7
Kiermaier • TBR 7
4. Rosario • CLE 6
Castro • DET 6
Dozier • KCR 6
Lopez • KCR 6
Arraez • MIN 6
9. Mullins • BAL 5
Dalbec • BOS 5
Ramírez • CLE 5
Franco • TBR 5

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Perez • KCR 48
Guerrero • TOR 48
3. Ohtani • LAA 46
4. Semien • TOR 45
5. Judge • NYY 39
Olson • OAK 39
Haniger • SEA 39
Lowe • TBR 39
9. Devers • BOS 38
Gallo • 2TM 38

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Perez • KCR 121
2. Abreu • CHW 117
3. Hernández • TOR 116
4. Devers • BOS 113
5. Olson • OAK 111
Guerrero • TOR 111
7. Meadows • TBR 106
8. Alvarez • HOU 104
9. Ramírez • CLE 103
10. Bichette • TOR 102
Semien • TOR 102

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Gallo • 2TM 111
2. Grossman • DET 98
3. Ohtani • LAA 96
4. Olson • OAK 88
5. Grandal • CHW 87
6. Santana • KCR 86
Guerrero • TOR 86
8. Moncada • CHW 84
9. Chapman • OAK 80
Lowe • TEX 80

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Gallo • 2TM 213
2. Chapman • OAK 202
3. García • TEX 194
4. Ohtani • LAA 189
5. Sanó • MIN 183
6. Perez • KCR 170
Arozarena • TBR 170
8. Haniger • SEA 169
9. Lowe • TBR 167
10. Lowe • TEX 162

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Merrifield • KCR 40
2. Mullins • BAL 30
Straw • 2TM 30
4. Ramírez • CLE 27
5. Ohtani • LAA 26
6. Marte • OAK 25
Bichette • TOR 25
8. Lopez • KCR 22
9. Moore • SEA 21
10. Grossman • DET 20
Arozarena • TBR 20
Kiner-Falefa • TEX 20

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Kiner-Falefa • TEX 136
2. Fletcher • LAA 132
3. Bichette • TOR 131
4. Merrifield • KCR 129
5. LeMahieu • NYY 125
6. Gurriel • HOU 123
Crawford • SEA 123
8. Schoop • DET 120
Lopez • KCR 120
10. Straw • 2TM 119

Adjusted OPS+

<strong>OPS+</strong><br>100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s)

1. Guerrero • TOR 167
2. Ohtani • LAA 157
3. Olson • OAK 153
4. Judge • NYY 149
5. Tucker • HOU 147
6. Ramírez • CLE 142
7. Lowe • TBR 140
8. Mullins • BAL 137
9. Alvarez • HOU 136
10. Stanton • NYY 136

Runs Created

<strong>Runs Created</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Bill James and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total.<br>This is computed with the "technical" formula when possible.<br>If SB or CS data is missing, the "basic" formula is used.<br>If HBP, IBB, SH, SF, or GIDP data is missing, the "stolen base" version of the formula is used. <br>Team Runs Created is the sum of player Runs Created.

1. Guerrero • TOR 144
2. Ohtani • LAA 122
3. Semien • TOR 121
4. Mullins • BAL 119
5. Olson • OAK 115
6. Judge • NYY 112
7. Devers • BOS 110
Bichette • TOR 110
9. Ramírez • CLE 109
10. Altuve • HOU 105

Adj. Batting Runs

<strong>Adjusted Batting Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Guerrero • TOR 58
2. Olson • OAK 45
3. Ohtani • LAA 43
4. Judge • NYY 38
5. Tucker • HOU 33
6. Ramírez • CLE 33
7. Mullins • BAL 31
8. Lowe • TBR 30
9. Devers • BOS 28
10. Semien • TOR 27

Adj. Batting Wins

<strong>Adjusted Batting Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his bat.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Guerrero • TOR 5.6
2. Olson • OAK 4.4
3. Ohtani • LAA 4.2
4. Judge • NYY 3.7
5. Tucker • HOU 3.2
6. Ramírez • CLE 3.2
7. Mullins • BAL 3.1
8. Lowe • TBR 2.9
9. Devers • BOS 2.8
10. Semien • TOR 2.7

Extra Base Hits

<strong>Extra Base Hits</strong><br>Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Semien • TOR 86
2. Ohtani • LAA 80
3. Guerrero • TOR 78
4. Devers • BOS 76
5. Olson • OAK 74
6. Martinez • BOS 73
Ramírez • CLE 73
8. Mullins • BAL 72
Perez • KCR 72
10. Tucker • HOU 70
Polanco • MIN 70
Lowe • TBR 70

Times On Base

<strong>Times on Base</strong><br>Hits + Bases on Balls + Hit By Pitch<br>Does not include Reached on Error or Catcher Interference.

1. Guerrero • TOR 280
2. Olson • OAK 250
3. Mullins • BAL 242
Semien • TOR 242
5. Grossman • DET 239
France • SEA 239
7. Ohtani • LAA 238
8. Altuve • HOU 237
LeMahieu • NYY 237
Bichette • TOR 237

Offensive Win %

<strong>Offensive Winning Percentage</strong><br>The percentage of games a team with nine of this player<br>batting would win. Assumes average pitching and defense.<br>This uses the Pythagorean win pct formula with the player's RC/G for runs scored and the league's R/9 as runs allowed.

1. Guerrero • TOR .766
2. Ohtani • LAA .725
3. Tucker • HOU .703
4. Judge • NYY .696
5. Mullins • BAL .695
6. Olson • OAK .682
7. Ramírez • CLE .674
8. Hernández • TOR .671
9. Lowe • TBR .664
10. Bogaerts • BOS .663

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Canha • OAK 27
France • SEA 27
3. Abreu • CHW 22
4. Zimmer • CLE 15
Solak • TEX 15
6. Arozarena • TBR 14
7. Perez • KCR 13
8. Murphy • OAK 12
9. Suzuki • LAA 11
Odor • NYY 11
Kiner-Falefa • TEX 11

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Lopez • KCR 12
2. García • CHW 9
3. Hedges • CLE 7
4. Fletcher • LAA 6
5. Gardner • NYY 5
6. Zavala • CHW 4
Castro • DET 4
Alberto • KCR 4
Lagares • LAA 4
Wong • LAA 4
Kemp • OAK 4
Culberson • TEX 4
Eaton • 2TM 4

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Gurriel • HOU 12
Merrifield • KCR 12
3. Olson • OAK 11
4. Abreu • CHW 10
5. Cabrera • DET 9
Chapman • OAK 9
Cruz • 2TM 9
8. Schoop • DET 8
Donaldson • MIN 8
Haniger • SEA 8
Meadows • TBR 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

<strong>Intentional Bases on Balls</strong><br>First tracked in 1955.

1. Ohtani • LAA 20
2. Olson • OAK 12
3. Ramírez • CLE 10
Cruz • 2TM 10
5. Guerrero • TOR 7
Devers • BOS 7
7. Martinez • BOS 6
Walsh • LAA 6
Verdugo • BOS 6
10. Trout • LAA 5
Tucker • HOU 5
Gallo • 2TM 5

Double Plays Grounded Into

<strong>Double Plays Grounded Into</strong><br>Only includes standard 6-4-3, 4-3, etc. double plays.<br>First tracked in 1933.<br>For gamelogs only in seasons we have play-by-play, we include triple plays as well.<br>All official seasonal totals do not include GITP's.

1. Abreu • CHW 28
2. Donaldson • MIN 22
Stanton • NYY 22
4. Cabrera • DET 21
5. Guerrero • TOR 20
6. Mancini • BAL 19
7. Martinez • BOS 18
8. Olson • OAK 17
Grichuk • TOR 17
10. Alvarez • HOU 16
Correa • HOU 16
Gurriel • HOU 16
Judge • NYY 16
LeMahieu • NYY 16
Urshela • NYY 16

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Ohtani • LAA 10
Arozarena • TBR 10
3. Benintendi • KCR 9
4. Mullins • BAL 8
Margot • TBR 8
6. Anderson • CHW 7
Taylor • KCR 7
8. Polanco • MIN 6
Torres • NYY 6
Wade • NYY 6
Crawford • SEA 6
Wendle • TBR 6
Straw • 2TM 6

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Bichette • TOR 96.15
2. Lopez • KCR 95.65
3. Semien • TOR 93.75
Mondesí • KCR 93.75
5. Marte • OAK 92.59
6. Merrifield • KCR 90.91
7. Tucker • HOU 87.50
8. Ramírez • CLE 87.10
9. Zimmer • CLE 83.33
Fletcher • LAA 83.33
Straw • 2TM 83.33

Power-Speed #

<strong>Power/Speed Number</strong><br>2 x (Home Runs x Stolen Bases)/(Stolen Bases + Home Runs)<br>The harmonic mean of HR and SB.<br>To do well you need a lot of both.<br>Developed by Bill James.

1. Ohtani • LAA 33.2
2. Ramírez • CLE 30.9
3. Mullins • BAL 30.0
4. Bichette • TOR 26.9
5. Semien • TOR 22.5
6. Grossman • DET 21.4
7. García • TEX 21.1
8. Arozarena • TBR 20.0
9. Tucker • HOU 19.1
10. Anderson • CHW 17.5

AB per SO

<strong>At Bats Per Strikeout</strong><br>For career marks this only includes AB&#x2019;s for seasons where SO&#x2019;s were tracked.

1. Fletcher • LAA 10.4
2. Brantley • HOU 8.8
3. Gurriel • HOU 7.8
4. Kiner-Falefa • TEX 7.1
5. Lopez • KCR 6.7
6. Altuve • HOU 6.6
7. Merrifield • KCR 6.4
8. Iglesias • 2TM 6.4
9. LeMahieu • NYY 6.4
10. Ramírez • CLE 6.3

AB per HR

<strong>At Bats Per Home Run</strong>

1. Ohtani • LAA 11.7
2. Guerrero • TOR 12.6
3. Perez • KCR 12.9
4. Gallo • 2TM 13.1
5. Lowe • TBR 13.7
6. Zunino • TBR 10.1 **
7. Judge • NYY 14.1
8. Olson • OAK 14.5
9. Semien • TOR 14.5
10. Stanton • NYY 14.6

Outs Made

<strong>Outs Made</strong><br>(At Bats - Hits) + Double Plays Grounded Into <br>+ Sac. Flies + Sac. Hits + Caught Stealing.

1. Merrifield • KCR 508
2. Semien • TOR 492
3. Seager • SEA 487
4. Haniger • SEA 483
5. Fletcher • LAA 482
Kiner-Falefa • TEX 482
7. Schoop • DET 473
8. Crawford • SEA 471
9. Perez • KCR 469
10. García • TEX 464
Bichette • TOR 464

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)

<strong>Base-Out Runs Added</strong><br>Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the batter<br> or baserunner add in the resulting play.<br>Compared to average, so 0 is average, and above 0 is better than average

1. Guerrero • TOR 52.41
2. Ohtani • LAA 51.96
3. Hernández • TOR 41.00
4. Ramírez • CLE 40.65
5. Lowe • TBR 38.18
6. Judge • NYY 37.74
7. Walsh • LAA 35.25
8. Tucker • HOU 32.39
9. Abreu • CHW 29.85
10. Devers • BOS 29.56

Win Probability Added (WPA)

<strong>Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability<br>caused by this batter during the game.<br>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Ohtani • LAA 5.0
2. Judge • NYY 4.4
3. Ramírez • CLE 3.8
4. Guerrero • TOR 3.6
5. Perez • KCR 3.5
6. Polanco • MIN 3.3
7. Devers • BOS 3.1
Lowe • TBR 3.1
9. Walsh • LAA 2.9
10. Olson • OAK 2.9

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)

<strong>Situational Wins (WPA/LI)</strong><br>It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play.<br>WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats.<br>This stat does not.

1. Guerrero • TOR 4.9
2. Ohtani • LAA 4.9
3. Olson • OAK 4.0
4. Judge • NYY 3.7
5. Lowe • TBR 3.6
6. Mullins • BAL 3.1
7. Semien • TOR 2.9
8. Ramírez • CLE 2.8
9. Grandal • CHW 2.7
10. Hernández • TOR 2.5

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Judge • NYY 3.7
2. Devers • BOS 3.3
3. Haniger • SEA 2.4
4. Guerrero • TOR 2.3
5. Olson • OAK 2.3
6. Stanton • NYY 2.2
7. Lowe • TBR 1.9
8. Ramírez • CLE 1.9
9. Ohtani • LAA 1.7
10. Verdugo • BOS 1.7

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)

<strong>Base-Out Wins Added (REW)</strong><br>This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance measured by the 24 <br>base-out situations across every play in the game.

1. Guerrero • TOR 5.0
2. Ohtani • LAA 5.0
3. Ramírez • CLE 3.9
4. Hernández • TOR 3.9
5. Lowe • TBR 3.8
6. Judge • NYY 3.7
7. Walsh • LAA 3.4
8. Tucker • HOU 3.1
9. Haniger • SEA 2.9
10. Abreu • CHW 2.9

rOBA

rOBA
A measure of a player's offensive contributions, weighted in proportion to each event's actual run value

1. Guerrero • TOR .422
2. Ohtani • LAA .399
3. Judge • NYY .392
4. Tucker • HOU .390
5. Olson • OAK .380
6. Hernández • TOR .380
7. Bogaerts • BOS .379
8. Ramírez • CLE .378
9. Mullins • BAL .378
10. Stanton • NYY .376

Rbat+

Rbat+
Batting runs as computed for WAR, but indexed to the environment the player played in, where 100 is league average.

1. Guerrero • TOR 168
2. Ohtani • LAA 154
3. Judge • NYY 150
4. Olson • OAK 148
5. Tucker • HOU 146
6. Stanton • NYY 140
7. Lowe • TBR 138
8. Hernández • TOR 138
9. Mullins • BAL 137
10. Ramírez • CLE 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 rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements