American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Carew • MIN 9.7
2. Tanana • CAL 8.3
3. Ryan • CAL 7.8
4. Brett • KCR 7.6
5. Palmer • BAL 7.3
6. Fisk • BOS 7.0
7. Page • OAK 6.1
8. Lemon • CHW 5.9
9. Bostock • MIN 5.8
10. Blyleven • TEX 5.8
WAR Position Players
1. Carew • MIN 9.7
2. Brett • KCR 7.6
3. Fisk • BOS 7.0
4. Page • OAK 6.1
5. Lemon • CHW 5.9
6. Bostock • MIN 5.8
7. Harrah • TEX 5.7
Singleton • BAL 5.7
9. Nettles • NYY 5.5
10. Hargrove • TEX 5.5
Offensive WAR
1. Carew • MIN 8.9
2. Singleton • BAL 6.9
3. Harrah • TEX 6.5
4. Bostock • MIN 6.1
5. Brett • KCR 6.0
Page • OAK 6.0
7. Fisk • BOS 5.7
8. Hisle • MIN 5.5
9. Rice • BOS 5.4
10. Munson • NYY 5.1
Defensive WAR
1. Belanger • BAL 3.4
2. Campaneris • TEX 2.8
3. Sundberg • TEX 2.5
4. Fisk • BOS 2.4
5. Dent • NYY 2.3
6. Brett • KCR 2.1
7. Lemon • CHW 2.0
8. Wills • TEX 2.0
9. Randolph • NYY 1.9
10. White • KCR 1.8
Batting Average
1. Carew • MIN .388
2. Bostock • MIN .336
3. Singleton • BAL .328
4. Rivers • NYY .326
5. LeFlore • DET .325
6. Rice • BOS .320
7. Bumbry • BAL .317
8. Fisk • BOS .315
9. Brett • KCR .312
10. Cowens • KCR .312
On-Base%
1. Carew • MIN .449
2. Singleton • BAL .438
3. Hargrove • TEX .420
4. Page • OAK .405
5. Fisk • BOS .402
6. Harrah • TEX .393
7. Bostock • MIN .389
8. Thornton • CLE .378
9. Rice • BOS .376
10. Jackson • NYY .375
Slugging %
1. Rice • BOS .593
2. Carew • MIN .570
3. Jackson • NYY .550
4. Gamble • CHW .588 **
5. Hisle • MIN .533
6. Brett • KCR .532
7. Thornton • CLE .527
8. Cowens • KCR .525
9. Page • OAK .521
10. Fisk • BOS .521
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Carew • MIN 1.019
2. Rice • BOS .969
3. Singleton • BAL .945
4. Page • OAK .926
5. Jackson • NYY .925
6. Fisk • BOS .922
7. Gamble • CHW .974 **
8. Brett • KCR .905
9. Thornton • CLE .904
10. Hisle • MIN .902
Games Played
1. Cowens • KCR 162
McRae • KCR 162
3. Murray • BAL 160
Rice • BOS 160
Cooper • MIL 160
Jones • SEA 160
7. Hobson • BOS 159
Bando • MIL 159
Meyer • SEA 159
Harrah • TEX 159
At Bats
1. Burleson • BOS 663
2. LeFlore • DET 652
3. Rice • BOS 644
4. Cooper • MIL 643
5. McRae • KCR 641
6. Staub • DET 623
7. Carew • MIN 616
8. Fuentes • DET 615
9. Murray • BAL 611
10. Kuiper • CLE 610
Plate Appearances
1. Burleson • BOS 721
2. McRae • KCR 720
3. Rice • BOS 710
4. LeFlore • DET 698
5. Staub • DET 695
6. Carew • MIN 694
7. Smalley • MIN 680
8. Bonds • CAL 679
Kuiper • CLE 679
Cooper • MIL 679
Runs Scored
1. Carew • MIN 128
2. Fisk • BOS 106
3. Brett • KCR 105
4. Rice • BOS 104
McRae • KCR 104
Bostock • MIN 104
7. Scott • BOS 103
Bonds • CAL 103
9. LeFlore • DET 100
10. Yastrzemski • BOS 99
Lemon • CHW 99
Nettles • NYY 99
Hits
1. Carew • MIN 239
2. LeFlore • DET 212
3. Rice • BOS 206
4. Bostock • MIN 199
5. Burleson • BOS 194
6. Cooper • MIL 193
7. McRae • KCR 191
8. Fuentes • DET 190
9. Cowens • KCR 189
10. Rivers • NYY 184
Total Bases
1. Rice • BOS 382
2. Carew • MIN 351
3. McRae • KCR 330
4. Cowens • KCR 318
5. LeFlore • DET 310
6. Bonds • CAL 308
7. Bostock • MIN 301
8. Brett • KCR 300
9. Cooper • MIL 298
10. Scott • BOS 292
Nettles • NYY 292
Doubles
1. McRae • KCR 54
2. Jackson • NYY 39
3. Lemon • CHW 38
Carew • MIN 38
5. Burleson • BOS 36
Bostock • MIN 36
Hisle • MIN 36
8. Staub • DET 34
Yount • MIL 34
10. Hobson • BOS 33
Triples
1. Carew • MIN 16
2. Rice • BOS 15
3. Cowens • KCR 14
4. Brett • KCR 13
5. Bostock • MIN 12
6. McRae • KCR 11
Randolph • NYY 11
8. Remy • CAL 10
Fuentes • DET 10
LeFlore • DET 10
Home Runs
1. Rice • BOS 39
2. Bonds • CAL 37
Nettles • NYY 37
4. Scott • BOS 33
5. Jackson • NYY 32
6. Gamble • CHW 31
Thompson • DET 31
8. Hobson • BOS 30
Zisk • CHW 30
10. Yastrzemski • BOS 28
Thornton • CLE 28
Hisle • MIN 28
Runs Batted In
1. Hisle • MIN 119
2. Bonds • CAL 115
3. Rice • BOS 114
4. Hobson • BOS 112
Cowens • KCR 112
6. Jackson • NYY 110
7. Nettles • NYY 107
8. Thompson • DET 105
9. Fisk • BOS 102
Yastrzemski • BOS 102
Bases on Balls
1. Harrah • TEX 109
2. Singleton • BAL 107
3. Hargrove • TEX 103
4. Gross • OAK 86
5. Mayberry • KCR 83
6. Braun • SEA 80
7. Page • OAK 78
8. Fisk • BOS 75
Bando • MIL 75
White • NYY 75
Strikeouts
1. Hobson • BOS 162
2. Bonds • CAL 141
3. Jackson • NYY 129
4. LeFlore • DET 121
5. Rice • BOS 120
Jones • SEA 120
7. May • BAL 119
8. Horton • 2TM 117
9. Stanton • SEA 115
10. Scott • BOS 112
Washington • TEX 112
Stolen Bases
1. Patek • KCR 53
2. Page • OAK 42
3. Bonds • CAL 41
Remy • CAL 41
5. LeFlore • DET 39
6. Scott • OAK 33
7. Wills • TEX 28
8. Campaneris • TEX 27
Harrah • TEX 27
10. Baylor • CAL 26
Norris • CLE 26
Alexander • OAK 26
Beníquez • TEX 26
Singles
1. Carew • MIN 171
2. Fuentes • DET 156
LeFlore • DET 156
4. Rivers • NYY 149
5. Burleson • BOS 148
6. Kuiper • CLE 145
7. Bostock • MIN 137
8. Cooper • MIL 135
9. Yount • MIL 132
Munson • NYY 132
Adjusted OPS+
1. Carew • MIN 178
2. Singleton • BAL 165
3. Page • OAK 154
4. Jackson • NYY 150
5. Thornton • CLE 149
6. Rice • BOS 147
7. Hisle • MIN 144
8. Bostock • MIN 144
9. Hargrove • TEX 144
10. Brett • KCR 142
Runs Created
1. Carew • MIN 160
2. Rice • BOS 136
3. Singleton • BAL 124
4. McRae • KCR 119
5. Fisk • BOS 117
Page • OAK 117
7. Bostock • MIN 116
Jackson • NYY 116
9. Harrah • TEX 112
10. Yastrzemski • BOS 110
LeFlore • DET 110
Hargrove • TEX 110
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Carew • MIN 69
2. Singleton • BAL 55
3. Rice • BOS 41
4. Page • OAK 41
5. Hargrove • TEX 39
6. Jackson • NYY 38
7. Bostock • MIN 37
8. Gamble • CHW 35
9. Hisle • MIN 34
10. McRae • KCR 33
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Carew • MIN 6.6
2. Singleton • BAL 5.3
3. Rice • BOS 4.0
4. Page • OAK 3.9
5. Hargrove • TEX 3.7
6. Jackson • NYY 3.7
7. Bostock • MIN 3.6
8. Gamble • CHW 3.4
9. Hisle • MIN 3.3
10. McRae • KCR 3.2
Extra Base Hits
1. McRae • KCR 86
2. Rice • BOS 83
3. Jackson • NYY 73
4. Bonds • CAL 69
Cowens • KCR 69
6. Hobson • BOS 68
Carew • MIN 68
8. Brett • KCR 67
Hisle • MIN 67
10. Scott • BOS 64
Nettles • NYY 64
Times On Base
1. Carew • MIN 311
2. Singleton • BAL 285
3. Hargrove • TEX 269
4. Rice • BOS 267
5. McRae • KCR 263
6. Harrah • TEX 261
7. Bostock • MIN 256
8. Fisk • BOS 253
LeFlore • DET 253
10. Burleson • BOS 243
Offensive Win %
1. Carew • MIN .821
2. Singleton • BAL .760
3. Page • OAK .755
4. Jackson • NYY .734
5. Fisk • BOS .729
6. Rice • BOS .721
7. Hargrove • TEX .703
8. Bostock • MIN .696
9. Thornton • CLE .687
10. Yastrzemski • BOS .686
Hit By Pitch
1. McRae • KCR 13
2. Baylor • CAL 12
3. Lemon • CHW 11
Thornton • CLE 11
5. Ford • MIN 10
Harrah • TEX 10
7. Fisk • BOS 9
8. Rice • BOS 8
Cowens • KCR 8
10. Kuiper • CLE 7
Mayberry • KCR 7
Money • MIL 7
Randall • MIN 7
Sacrifice Hits
1. Campaneris • TEX 40
2. Kuiper • CLE 21
3. Sundberg • TEX 20
4. Remy • CAL 19
5. Smalley • MIN 15
Reynolds • SEA 15
7. Dent • NYY 14
Picciolo • OAK 14
9. Duffy • CLE 13
Fuentes • DET 13
Patek • KCR 13
Randall • MIN 13
Sacrifice Flies
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 11
Bannister • CHW 11
3. Fisk • BOS 10
Bonds • CAL 10
Staub • DET 10
6. Zisk • CHW 9
Dade • CLE 9
Thompson • DET 9
Otis • KCR 9
Dent • NYY 9
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Carew • MIN 15
2. Singleton • BAL 13
3. Spencer • CHW 11
Fairly • TOR 11
5. Rice • BOS 10
6. Brett • KCR 9
Mayberry • KCR 9
White • NYY 9
Washington • TEX 9
10. Munson • NYY 8
Nettles • NYY 8
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Staub • DET 27
2. Scott • BOS 24
3. Murray • BAL 22
Chambliss • NYY 22
5. Rice • BOS 21
6. May • BAL 20
Ault • TOR 20
Bochte • 2TM 20
9. Williams • OAK 19
Meyer • SEA 19
Caught Stealing
1. Campaneris • TEX 20
2. LeFlore • DET 19
3. Bonds • CAL 18
Scott • OAK 18
Beníquez • TEX 18
6. Remy • CAL 17
Norris • CLE 17
8. Wohlford • MIL 16
9. McRae • KCR 14
Rivers • NYY 14
Alexander • OAK 14
SB %
1. Page • OAK 89.36
2. Jackson • NYY 85.00
3. Harrah • TEX 84.38
4. White • KCR 82.14
5. Patek • KCR 80.30
6. López • SEA 80.00
7. Kelly • BAL 78.13
8. Otis • KCR 76.67
9. Washington • TEX 72.41
10. Lintz • OAK 72.22
Power-Speed #
1. Bonds • CAL 38.9
2. Page • OAK 28.0
3. Harrah • TEX 27.0
4. Baylor • CAL 25.5
5. Hisle • MIN 24.0
6. LeFlore • DET 22.7
7. Jackson • NYY 22.2
8. Otis • KCR 19.6
9. McRae • KCR 19.4
10. Cowens • KCR 18.9
AB per SO
1. Brett • KCR 23.5
2. Bailor • TOR 19.1
3. Dent • NYY 17.0
4. Sanguillén • OAK 16.3
5. McRae • KCR 14.9
6. Yastrzemski • BOS 14.0
7. Staub • DET 13.3
8. Rivers • NYY 12.6
9. Garr • CHW 12.3
10. Bochte • 2TM 11.7
AB per HR
1. Gamble • CHW 13.2 **
2. Thornton • CLE 15.5
3. Nettles • NYY 15.9
4. Bonds • CAL 16.0
5. Jackson • NYY 16.4
6. Rice • BOS 16.5
7. Stanton • SEA 16.8
8. Scott • BOS 17.7
9. Zisk • CHW 17.7
10. Soderholm • CHW 18.4
Outs Made
1. Burleson • BOS 505
2. Staub • DET 490
3. Smalley • MIN 487
4. Kuiper • CLE 486
5. Campaneris • TEX 484
6. McRae • KCR 483
7. Remy • CAL 479
Cooper • MIL 479
9. LeFlore • DET 475
10. Bonds • CAL 474
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Carew • MIN 79.49
2. Singleton • BAL 52.73
3. Bostock • MIN 43.79
4. Hisle • MIN 42.77
5. Rice • BOS 42.01
6. Jackson • NYY 41.88
7. Fisk • BOS 40.94
8. Cowens • KCR 39.96
9. Gamble • CHW 36.57
10. Page • OAK 36.54
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Carew • MIN 6.6
2. Singleton • BAL 5.7
3. Bostock • MIN 4.9
4. Jackson • NYY 4.4
5. Gamble • CHW 4.2
6. Cowens • KCR 3.9
7. Fisk • BOS 3.9
8. Rice • BOS 3.8
9. Bonds • CAL 3.7
10. Hisle • MIN 3.6
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Carew • MIN 6.5
2. Singleton • BAL 5.1
3. Rice • BOS 4.5
4. Jackson • NYY 3.9
5. Bostock • MIN 3.9
6. Page • OAK 3.8
7. Gamble • CHW 3.8
8. Fisk • BOS 3.7
9. Hisle • MIN 3.5
10. McRae • KCR 3.4
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Jackson • NYY 9.1
2. Carew • MIN 8.2
3. Singleton • BAL 7.8
4. Gamble • CHW 6.7
5. Rice • BOS 6.2
6. Bostock • MIN 6.0
7. Nettles • NYY 5.6
8. Orta • CHW 5.2
9. Zisk • CHW 5.1
10. Hisle • MIN 4.8
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Carew • MIN 7.6
2. Singleton • BAL 5.2
3. Bostock • MIN 4.3
4. Hisle • MIN 4.2
5. Jackson • NYY 4.1
6. Cowens • KCR 3.8
7. Rice • BOS 3.8
8. Fisk • BOS 3.7
9. Page • OAK 3.6
10. Gamble • CHW 3.5

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