American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mantle • NYY 10.5
2. Cash • DET 9.2
3. Kaline • DET 8.4
4. Colavito • DET 7.6
5. Gentile • BAL 6.9
Maris • NYY 6.9
7. Kralick • MIN 5.7
8. Killebrew • MIN 5.7
9. Howard • NYY 5.3
10. Pascual • MIN 5.1
WAR Position Players
1. Mantle • NYY 10.5
2. Cash • DET 9.2
3. Kaline • DET 8.4
4. Colavito • DET 7.6
5. Gentile • BAL 6.9
Maris • NYY 6.9
7. Killebrew • MIN 5.7
8. Howard • NYY 5.3
9. Piersall • CLE 4.8
10. Romano • CLE 4.6
Offensive WAR
1. Mantle • NYY 10.6
2. Cash • DET 8.5
3. Maris • NYY 7.0
4. Gentile • BAL 6.3
5. Killebrew • MIN 6.0
6. Colavito • DET 5.9
7. Kaline • DET 5.6
8. Howard • NYY 5.1
9. Romano • CLE 4.9
10. Howser • KCA 4.7
Defensive WAR
1. Boyer • NYY 3.4
2. Hansen • BAL 2.7
3. Kaline • DET 2.3
Kubek • NYY 2.3
5. Schilling • BOS 1.9
6. Robinson • BAL 1.9
7. Aparicio • CHW 1.8
8. Piersall • CLE 1.6
9. Cottier • 2TM 1.5
10. Adair • BAL 1.3
Batting Average
1. Cash • DET .361
2. Kaline • DET .324
3. Piersall • CLE .322
4. Mantle • NYY .317
5. Gentile • BAL .302
6. Battey • MIN .302
7. Francona • CLE .301
8. Romano • CLE .299
9. Brandt • BAL .297
10. Siebern • KCA .296
On-Base%
1. Cash • DET .487
2. Mantle • NYY .448
3. Gentile • BAL .423
4. Pearson • LAA .420
5. Killebrew • MIN .405
6. Colavito • DET .402
7. Kaline • DET .393
8. Siebern • KCA .384
9. Piersall • CLE .378
10. Battey • MIN .377
Slugging %
1. Mantle • NYY .687
2. Cash • DET .662
3. Gentile • BAL .646
4. Maris • NYY .620
5. Killebrew • MIN .606
6. Colavito • DET .580
7. Sievers • CHW .537
8. Wagner • LAA .517
9. Kaline • DET .515
10. Smith • CHW .506
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Cash • DET 1.148
2. Mantle • NYY 1.135
3. Gentile • BAL 1.069
4. Killebrew • MIN 1.012
5. Maris • NYY .993
6. Colavito • DET .982
7. Sievers • CHW .913
8. Kaline • DET .909
9. Wagner • LAA .865
10. Romano • CLE .860
Games Played
1. Robinson • BAL 163
Colavito • DET 163
3. Wood • DET 162
Richardson • NYY 162
5. Maris • NYY 161
6. Bruton • DET 160
7. Fox • CHW 159
Cash • DET 159
Allison • MIN 159
10. Schilling • BOS 158
Howser • KCA 158
At Bats
1. Robinson • BAL 668
2. Wood • DET 663
3. Richardson • NYY 662
4. Schilling • BOS 646
5. Aparicio • CHW 625
6. Kubek • NYY 617
7. Howser • KCA 611
8. Fox • CHW 606
9. Green • MIN 600
10. Bruton • DET 596
Plate Appearances
1. Schilling • BOS 738
2. Robinson • BAL 736
3. Wood • DET 731
4. Howser • KCA 719
5. Colavito • DET 708
6. Richardson • NYY 706
7. Maris • NYY 698
8. Fox • CHW 696
9. Green • MIN 692
10. Allison • MIN 677
Runs Scored
1. Maris • NYY 132
2. Mantle • NYY 131
3. Colavito • DET 129
4. Cash • DET 119
5. Kaline • DET 116
6. Howser • KCA 108
7. Bruton • DET 99
8. Gentile • BAL 96
Wood • DET 96
10. Killebrew • MIN 94
Hits
1. Cash • DET 193
2. Robinson • BAL 192
3. Kaline • DET 190
4. Francona • CLE 178
5. Richardson • NYY 173
6. Wood • DET 171
Howser • KCA 171
Green • MIN 171
9. Aparicio • CHW 170
Kubek • NYY 170
Total Bases
1. Maris • NYY 366
2. Cash • DET 354
3. Mantle • NYY 353
4. Colavito • DET 338
5. Killebrew • MIN 328
6. Gentile • BAL 314
7. Kaline • DET 302
8. Francona • CLE 272
9. Smith • CHW 269
10. Siebern • KCA 266
Doubles
1. Kaline • DET 41
2. Robinson • BAL 38
Kubek • NYY 38
4. Siebern • KCA 36
5. Power • CLE 34
6. Yastrzemski • BOS 31
7. Francona • CLE 30
Colavito • DET 30
O'Connell • WSA 30
10. Smith • CHW 29
Romano • CLE 29
Howser • KCA 29
Lumpe • KCA 29
Hunt • LAA 29
Triples
1. Wood • DET 14
2. Lumpe • KCA 9
Keough • WSA 9
4. Landis • CHW 8
Francona • CLE 8
Cash • DET 8
7. Robinson • BAL 7
Robinson • CHW 7
Piersall • CLE 7
Kaline • DET 7
Green • MIN 7
Killebrew • MIN 7
Home Runs
1. Maris • NYY 61
2. Mantle • NYY 54
3. Gentile • BAL 46
Killebrew • MIN 46
5. Colavito • DET 45
6. Cash • DET 41
7. Allison • MIN 29
8. Smith • CHW 28
Wagner • LAA 28
Skowron • NYY 28
Runs Batted In
1. Gentile • BAL 141
Maris • NYY 141
3. Colavito • DET 140
4. Cash • DET 132
5. Mantle • NYY 128
6. Killebrew • MIN 122
7. Allison • MIN 105
8. Siebern • KCA 98
9. Kirkland • CLE 95
10. Smith • CHW 93
Bases on Balls
1. Mantle • NYY 126
2. Cash • DET 124
3. Colavito • DET 113
4. Killebrew • MIN 107
5. Allison • MIN 103
6. Gentile • BAL 96
Pearson • LAA 96
8. Maris • NYY 94
9. Howser • KCA 92
10. Geiger • BOS 87
Strikeouts
1. Wood • DET 141
2. Hunt • LAA 120
3. Mantle • NYY 112
4. Held • CLE 111
5. Killebrew • MIN 109
6. Skowron • NYY 108
7. Gentile • BAL 106
8. Allison • MIN 100
9. Lemon • MIN 98
10. Hansen • BAL 96
Yastrzemski • BOS 96
Stolen Bases
1. Aparicio • CHW 53
2. Howser • KCA 37
3. Wood • DET 30
4. Bruton • DET 22
Hinton • WSA 22
6. Landis • CHW 19
7. Green • MIN 17
8. Geiger • BOS 16
Versalles • MIN 16
10. O'Connell • WSA 15
Singles
1. Richardson • NYY 148
2. Robinson • BAL 140
3. Aparicio • CHW 136
4. Schilling • BOS 135
5. Fox • CHW 134
6. Howser • KCA 133
7. Wood • DET 129
8. Green • MIN 127
9. Lumpe • KCA 126
10. Francona • CLE 124
Adjusted OPS+
1. Mantle • NYY 206
2. Cash • DET 201
3. Gentile • BAL 187
4. Maris • NYY 167
5. Killebrew • MIN 162
6. Colavito • DET 157
7. Sievers • CHW 144
8. Kaline • DET 139
9. Romano • CLE 132
10. Siebern • KCA 129
Runs Created
1. Cash • DET 178
2. Mantle • NYY 174
3. Colavito • DET 141
4. Gentile • BAL 138
Killebrew • MIN 138
Maris • NYY 138
7. Kaline • DET 121
8. Siebern • KCA 108
9. Sievers • CHW 101
10. Francona • CLE 100
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Cash • DET 85
2. Mantle • NYY 81
3. Gentile • BAL 64
4. Maris • NYY 54
5. Colavito • DET 51
6. Killebrew • MIN 50
7. Kaline • DET 34
8. Howard • NYY 32
9. Sievers • CHW 31
10. Siebern • KCA 26
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Cash • DET 8.1
2. Mantle • NYY 7.7
3. Gentile • BAL 6.1
4. Maris • NYY 5.2
5. Colavito • DET 4.9
6. Killebrew • MIN 4.8
7. Kaline • DET 3.3
8. Howard • NYY 3.1
9. Sievers • CHW 3.0
10. Siebern • KCA 2.5
Extra Base Hits
1. Maris • NYY 81
2. Colavito • DET 77
3. Mantle • NYY 76
4. Gentile • BAL 73
Killebrew • MIN 73
6. Cash • DET 71
7. Kaline • DET 67
8. Smith • CHW 61
9. Sievers • CHW 59
Siebern • KCA 59
Times On Base
1. Cash • DET 326
2. Mantle • NYY 289
3. Colavito • DET 284
4. Howser • KCA 268
5. Killebrew • MIN 266
6. Kaline • DET 260
Maris • NYY 260
8. Green • MIN 258
9. Gentile • BAL 254
10. Siebern • KCA 249
Offensive Win %
1. Cash • DET .867
2. Mantle • NYY .866
3. Gentile • BAL .809
4. Killebrew • MIN .775
5. Colavito • DET .753
6. Maris • NYY .735
7. Kaline • DET .713
8. Sievers • CHW .703
9. Siebern • KCA .682
10. Pearson • LAA .681
Hit By Pitch
1. Miñoso • CHW 16
2. Gentile • BAL 11
3. Fox • CHW 9
Cash • DET 9
5. Boros • DET 8
Skowron • NYY 8
7. Maris • NYY 7
8. Lollar • CHW 6
Sievers • CHW 6
Green • MIN 6
Sacrifice Hits
1. Fox • CHW 15
O'Connell • WSA 15
3. Monbouquette • BOS 14
4. Francona • CLE 12
5. Schilling • BOS 11
Schwall • BOS 11
7. Fisher • BAL 10
Landis • CHW 10
Kubek • NYY 10
Richardson • NYY 10
Veal • WSA 10
Sacrifice Flies
1. Miñoso • CHW 12
Power • CLE 12
Posada • KCA 12
4. Robinson • BAL 9
Malzone • BOS 9
6. Gentile • BAL 8
Colavito • DET 8
Allison • MIN 8
Boyer • NYY 8
10. Fox • CHW 7
Smith • CHW 7
Kirkland • CLE 7
Boros • DET 7
Wagner • LAA 7
Maris • NYY 7
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Cash • DET 19
2. Held • CLE 11
3. Lollar • CHW 10
4. Blanchard • NYY 9
Mantle • NYY 9
Skowron • NYY 9
7. Triandos • BAL 7
Buddin • BOS 7
9. Killebrew • MIN 6
Howard • NYY 6
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Green • WSA 26
2. Robinson • BAL 21
Skowron • NYY 21
4. Hansen • BAL 19
Malzone • BOS 19
Yastrzemski • BOS 19
Power • CLE 19
8. Piersall • CLE 18
Battey • MIN 18
10. Brandt • BAL 17
Fox • CHW 17
Smith • CHW 17
Allison • MIN 17
Caught Stealing
1. Aparicio • CHW 13
2. Green • MIN 11
3. Tasby • WSA 10
4. Versalles • MIN 9
Wood • DET 9
Howser • KCA 9
7. Veal • WSA 8
Jensen • BOS 8
9. Allison • MIN 7
Richardson • NYY 7
SB %
1. Hinton • WSA 81.48
2. Howser • KCA 80.44
3. Aparicio • CHW 80.30
4. Geiger • BOS 80.00
5. Landis • CHW 79.17
6. Bruton • DET 78.57
7. Wood • DET 76.92
8. O'Connell • WSA 75.00
9. Keough • WSA 70.59
10. Cash • DET 68.75
Power-Speed #
1. Landis • CHW 20.4
2. Mantle • NYY 19.6
3. Bruton • DET 19.2
4. Cash • DET 17.3
5. Geiger • BOS 16.9
6. Kaline • DET 16.1
7. Wood • DET 16.1
8. Brandt • BAL 12.3
9. Hunt • LAA 12.1
10. Green • MIN 11.8
AB per SO
1. Fox • CHW 50.5
2. Power • CLE 35.2
3. Richardson • NYY 28.8
4. Aparicio • CHW 18.9
5. Howser • KCA 16.1
6. Lumpe • KCA 14.6
7. Temple • CLE 14.4
8. Kaline • DET 14.0
9. Malzone • BOS 12.0
10. Green • MIN 12.0
AB per HR
1. Mantle • NYY 9.5
2. Maris • NYY 9.7
3. Gentile • BAL 10.6
4. Killebrew • MIN 11.8
5. Colavito • DET 13.0
6. Cash • DET 13.0
7. Wagner • LAA 16.2
8. Sievers • CHW 18.2
9. Thomas • 2TM 18.8
10. Smith • CHW 19.0
Outs Made
1. Richardson • NYY 523
2. Robinson • BAL 517
3. Wood • DET 515
4. Schilling • BOS 505
5. Fox • CHW 496
6. Aparicio • CHW 488
7. Kubek • NYY 470
8. Howser • KCA 468
9. Bruton • DET 466
10. Malzone • BOS 464
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Mantle • NYY 95.59
2. Cash • DET 92.44
3. Gentile • BAL 77.33
4. Maris • NYY 71.59
5. Killebrew • MIN 60.88
6. Colavito • DET 55.21
7. Kaline • DET 55.04
8. Siebern • KCA 43.87
9. Howard • NYY 43.13
10. Romano • CLE 30.17
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Mantle • NYY 9.0
2. Cash • DET 7.7
3. Gentile • BAL 7.3
4. Maris • NYY 7.0
5. Kaline • DET 4.6
6. Siebern • KCA 4.4
7. Blanchard • NYY 4.2
8. Colavito • DET 4.2
9. Miñoso • CHW 4.0
10. Brandt • BAL 3.5
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Mantle • NYY 8.8
2. Cash • DET 8.5
3. Maris • NYY 7.6
4. Gentile • BAL 5.8
5. Colavito • DET 5.3
6. Kaline • DET 5.2
7. Killebrew • MIN 5.1
8. Howard • NYY 3.5
9. Romano • CLE 3.1
10. Siebern • KCA 2.9
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Mantle • NYY 24.0
2. Cash • DET 20.2
3. Maris • NYY 18.8
4. Colavito • DET 14.3
5. Kaline • DET 10.5
6. Blanchard • NYY 10.1
7. Howard • NYY 9.8
8. Skowron • NYY 6.4
9. Bruton • DET 5.9
10. Gentile • BAL 4.3
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Mantle • NYY 9.3
2. Cash • DET 8.7
3. Gentile • BAL 7.5
4. Maris • NYY 7.0
5. Killebrew • MIN 5.7
6. Colavito • DET 5.2
7. Kaline • DET 5.2
8. Howard • NYY 4.2
9. Siebern • KCA 4.2
10. Romano • CLE 3.0

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