American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Blyleven • MIN 9.8
2. Grich • BAL 8.3
3. Hiller • DET 7.9
4. Jackson • OAK 7.8
5. Perry • CLE 7.8
6. Ryan • CAL 7.7
7. Wood • CHW 7.6
8. Munson • NYY 7.2
9. Carew • MIN 7.0
North • OAK 7.0
WAR Position Players
1. Grich • BAL 8.3
2. Jackson • OAK 7.8
3. Munson • NYY 7.2
4. Carew • MIN 7.0
North • OAK 7.0
6. Scott • MIL 6.7
7. Bando • OAK 6.5
8. Nettles • NYY 5.6
9. Yastrzemski • BOS 5.5
10. Mayberry • KCR 5.2
Offensive WAR
1. Bando • OAK 7.2
2. Carew • MIN 7.0
3. Jackson • OAK 6.6
4. Munson • NYY 6.2
5. Mayberry • KCR 5.3
6. Murcer • NYY 5.2
Otis • KCR 5.2
8. May • MIL 5.2
9. Grich • BAL 5.1
10. Scott • MIL 5.1
Defensive WAR
1. Belanger • BAL 4.0
2. Grich • BAL 4.0
3. Campaneris • OAK 3.3
4. North • OAK 2.9
5. Nettles • NYY 2.7
6. Robinson • BAL 2.6
7. Blair • BAL 2.2
8. Fosse • OAK 2.2
9. Aparicio • BOS 2.2
10. Duffy • CLE 2.1
Batting Average
1. Carew • MIN .350
2. Scott • MIL .306
3. Davis • BAL .306
4. Murcer • NYY .304
5. May • MIL .303
6. Munson • NYY .301
7. Otis • KCR .300
8. Smith • BOS .303 **
9. Yastrzemski • BOS .296
10. Alou • NYY .296
On-Base%
1. Mayberry • KCR .417
2. Carew • MIN .411
3. Yastrzemski • BOS .407
4. Smith • BOS .398 **
5. Tenace • OAK .387
6. Jackson • OAK .383
7. North • OAK .376
8. Bando • OAK .375
9. Grich • BAL .373
10. Robinson • CAL .372
Slugging %
1. Jackson • OAK .531
2. Smith • BOS .515 **
3. Bando • OAK .498
4. Robinson • CAL .489
5. Scott • MIL .488
6. Munson • NYY .487
7. Burroughs • TEX .487
8. Otis • KCR .484
9. Mayberry • KCR .478
10. May • MIL .473
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Jackson • OAK .914
2. Smith • BOS .913 **
3. Mayberry • KCR .895
4. Carew • MIN .881
5. Bando • OAK .873
6. Yastrzemski • BOS .870
7. Robinson • CAL .861
8. Scott • MIL .858
9. Otis • KCR .851
10. Munson • NYY .849
Games Played
1. Grich • BAL 162
Brinkman • DET 162
White • NYY 162
Bando • OAK 162
5. Rodríguez • DET 160
García • MIL 160
Murcer • NYY 160
Nettles • NYY 160
Tenace • OAK 160
10. Scott • MIL 158
Johnson • TEX 158
At Bats
1. White • NYY 639
2. Bell • CLE 631
3. May • MIL 624
Johnson • TEX 624
5. Murcer • NYY 616
6. Scott • MIL 604
7. Stanley • DET 602
8. Campaneris • OAK 601
9. Bando • OAK 592
10. Clarke • NYY 590
Plate Appearances
1. White • NYY 723
2. Grich • BAL 700
3. Bando • OAK 690
4. Bell • CLE 689
5. May • MIL 680
6. Scott • MIL 673
7. Murcer • NYY 672
8. Campaneris • OAK 671
9. Johnson • TEX 663
10. Stanley • DET 661
Runs Scored
1. Jackson • OAK 99
2. Scott • MIL 98
Carew • MIN 98
North • OAK 98
5. Bando • OAK 97
6. May • MIL 96
7. Harper • BOS 92
8. Otis • KCR 89
Campaneris • OAK 89
10. Hisle • MIN 88
White • NYY 88
Hits
1. Carew • MIN 203
2. May • MIL 189
3. Murcer • NYY 187
4. Scott • MIL 185
5. Johnson • TEX 179
6. Otis • KCR 175
7. Bando • OAK 170
8. Davis • BAL 169
Bell • CLE 169
10. Oliva • MIN 166
Total Bases
1. May • MIL 295
Scott • MIL 295
Bando • OAK 295
4. Murcer • NYY 286
Jackson • OAK 286
6. Otis • KCR 282
7. Carew • MIN 273
8. Robinson • CAL 261
9. Burroughs • TEX 256
10. Munson • NYY 253
Doubles
1. García • MIL 32
Bando • OAK 32
3. Chambliss • CLE 30
Scott • MIL 30
Carew • MIN 30
6. Grich • BAL 29
Robinson • CAL 29
Melton • CHW 29
Rojas • KCR 29
Munson • NYY 29
Murcer • NYY 29
Triples
1. Bumbry • BAL 11
Carew • MIN 11
3. Orta • CHW 10
4. Coggins • BAL 9
5. Coluccio • MIL 8
6. Grich • BAL 7
Miller • BOS 7
Bell • CLE 7
Northrup • DET 7
Briggs • MIL 7
Harris • TEX 7
Home Runs
1. Jackson • OAK 32
2. Robinson • CAL 30
Burroughs • TEX 30
4. Bando • OAK 29
5. Fisk • BOS 26
Mayberry • KCR 26
Otis • KCR 26
8. May • MIL 25
9. Scott • MIL 24
Tenace • OAK 24
Runs Batted In
1. Jackson • OAK 117
2. Scott • MIL 107
3. Mayberry • KCR 100
4. Bando • OAK 98
5. Robinson • CAL 97
6. May • CHW 96
7. Yastrzemski • BOS 95
Murcer • NYY 95
9. Otis • KCR 93
May • MIL 93
Bases on Balls
1. Mayberry • KCR 122
2. Grich • BAL 107
3. Yastrzemski • BOS 105
4. Tenace • OAK 101
5. Briggs • MIL 87
6. Powell • BAL 85
7. Robinson • CAL 82
Bando • OAK 82
9. Nettles • NYY 78
White • NYY 78
North • OAK 78
Strikeouts
1. Darwin • MIN 137
2. Hisle • MIN 128
3. García • MIL 119
4. Johnson • OAK 116
5. Mitterwald • MIN 111
Jackson • OAK 111
7. Williams • BAL 107
8. Leon • CHW 103
Spikes • CLE 103
10. Oliver • CAL 100
Stolen Bases
1. Harper • BOS 54
2. North • OAK 53
3. Nelson • TEX 43
4. Carew • MIN 41
5. Patek • KCR 36
6. Campaneris • OAK 34
7. Baylor • BAL 32
8. Alomar • CAL 25
9. Bumbry • BAL 23
10. Kelly • CHW 22
Money • MIL 22
Jackson • OAK 22
Singles
1. Carew • MIN 156
2. Johnson • TEX 142
3. Davis • BAL 139
4. North • OAK 138
5. May • MIL 137
6. Murcer • NYY 134
7. Clarke • NYY 132
8. Oliva • MIN 130
Nelson • TEX 130
10. Scott • MIL 127
Adjusted OPS+
1. Jackson • OAK 161
2. Robinson • CAL 151
3. Bando • OAK 150
4. Mayberry • KCR 146
5. Carew • MIN 144
6. Scott • MIL 144
7. Munson • NYY 142
8. Burroughs • TEX 141
9. Yastrzemski • BOS 139
10. Tenace • OAK 139
Runs Created
1. Mayberry • KCR 113
Carew • MIN 113
Bando • OAK 113
4. Jackson • OAK 112
5. Scott • MIL 106
6. Yastrzemski • BOS 103
Otis • KCR 103
8. May • MIL 100
Murcer • NYY 100
10. Robinson • CAL 99
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Jackson • OAK 46
2. Bando • OAK 41
3. Robinson • CAL 39
4. Mayberry • KCR 38
5. Carew • MIN 36
6. Scott • MIL 35
7. Yastrzemski • BOS 34
8. Tenace • OAK 32
9. Smith • BOS 31
10. Burroughs • TEX 29
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Jackson • OAK 4.5
2. Bando • OAK 4.1
3. Robinson • CAL 3.9
4. Mayberry • KCR 3.9
5. Carew • MIN 3.6
6. Scott • MIL 3.5
7. Yastrzemski • BOS 3.4
8. Tenace • OAK 3.2
9. Smith • BOS 3.1
10. Burroughs • TEX 2.9
Extra Base Hits
1. Bando • OAK 64
2. Jackson • OAK 62
3. Robinson • CAL 59
4. Scott • MIL 58
5. Munson • NYY 53
Murcer • NYY 53
7. García • MIL 52
May • MIL 52
9. Otis • KCR 51
10. Melton • CHW 50
Times On Base
1. Carew • MIN 267
2. Mayberry • KCR 266
3. Yastrzemski • BOS 265
4. Grich • BAL 260
5. Bando • OAK 256
6. Scott • MIL 248
7. Tenace • OAK 243
8. Jackson • OAK 241
9. Murcer • NYY 240
10. Otis • KCR 239
North • OAK 239
Offensive Win %
1. Mayberry • KCR .756
2. Jackson • OAK .724
3. Carew • MIN .716
4. Bando • OAK .693
5. Yastrzemski • BOS .689
6. Robinson • CAL .676
7. Otis • KCR .672
8. Burroughs • TEX .671
9. Scott • MIL .667
10. Tenace • OAK .657
Munson • NYY .657
Hit By Pitch
1. Baylor • BAL 13
2. Freehan • DET 11
3. Fisk • BOS 10
Robinson • CAL 10
Rodríguez • MIL 10
Tenace • OAK 10
7. Cash • DET 8
Epstein • 2TM 8
9. Grich • BAL 7
Herrmann • CHW 7
Horton • DET 7
Nettles • NYY 7
Jackson • OAK 7
Sacrifice Hits
1. Belanger • BAL 15
2. Brinkman • DET 14
3. Griffin • BOS 13
4. Aparicio • BOS 12
Alomar • CAL 12
6. Brinkman • CHW 11
Leon • CHW 11
Patek • KCR 11
Johnson • MIL 11
Money • MIL 11
Nelson • TEX 11
Sacrifice Flies
1. Burroughs • TEX 11
2. Williams • BAL 7
Aparicio • BOS 7
Pinson • CAL 7
Ellis • CLE 7
Campaneris • OAK 7
Jackson • OAK 7
Rudi • OAK 7
Tenace • OAK 7
10. Baylor • BAL 6
Griffin • BOS 6
Yastrzemski • BOS 6
Herrmann • CHW 6
Stanley • DET 6
García • MIL 6
Carew • MIN 6
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Mayberry • KCR 17
2. Oliva • MIN 14
3. Cepeda • BOS 13
Yastrzemski • BOS 13
5. Robinson • CAL 12
6. Jackson • OAK 11
7. Powell • BAL 10
8. Carew • MIN 9
9. Williams • BAL 8
Chambliss • CLE 8
Braun • MIN 8
Tenace • OAK 8
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Cepeda • BOS 24
2. Brinkman • DET 22
Piniella • KCR 22
Darwin • MIN 22
5. Melton • CHW 20
6. Robinson • BAL 19
Yastrzemski • BOS 19
Berry • CAL 19
Scott • MIL 19
10. Kelly • CHW 18
Alou • NYY 18
Clarke • NYY 18
Caught Stealing
1. North • OAK 20
2. Carew • MIN 16
Nelson • TEX 16
4. Kelly • CHW 15
Bell • CLE 15
6. Harper • BOS 14
Patek • KCR 14
8. Harris • TEX 12
9. Bumbry • BAL 10
Alomar • CAL 10
García • MIL 10
Clarke • NYY 10
Campaneris • OAK 10
SB %
1. Rojas • KCR 81.82
2. Money • MIL 81.48
3. Harper • BOS 79.41
4. Baylor • BAL 78.05
5. Campaneris • OAK 77.27
6. Jackson • OAK 73.33
7. Nelson • TEX 72.88
8. North • OAK 72.60
9. Patek • KCR 72.00
10. Carew • MIN 71.93
Power-Speed #
1. Jackson • OAK 26.1
2. Harper • BOS 25.9
3. Otis • KCR 17.3
4. White • NYY 16.9
5. Baylor • BAL 16.4
6. Briggs • MIL 16.4
7. Money • MIL 14.7
8. Grich • BAL 14.1
9. Coluccio • MIL 13.9
10. Scott • MIL 13.1
AB per SO
1. Aparicio • BOS 15.1
2. Rojas • KCR 14.5
3. Bell • CLE 13.4
4. Oliva • MIN 13.0
5. Otis • KCR 12.4
6. Clarke • NYY 12.3
7. Alou • NYY 11.6
8. Robinson • BAL 11.0
9. Alomar • CAL 10.7
10. Carew • MIN 10.5
AB per HR
1. Jackson • OAK 16.8
2. Burroughs • TEX 17.5
3. Robinson • CAL 17.8
4. Fisk • BOS 19.5
5. Mayberry • KCR 19.6
6. Bando • OAK 20.4
7. Smith • BOS 20.1 **
8. Williams • BAL 20.9
9. Tenace • OAK 21.3
10. Spikes • CLE 22.0
Outs Made
1. White • NYY 509
2. Bell • CLE 493
3. Campaneris • OAK 487
4. Stanley • DET 481
5. Clarke • NYY 474
6. Johnson • TEX 472
7. García • MIL 469
8. May • MIL 462
9. Grich • BAL 456
10. Rodríguez • DET 453
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Jackson • OAK 56.41
2. Mayberry • KCR 48.11
3. Scott • MIL 41.78
4. May • MIL 37.46
5. Robinson • CAL 36.49
6. Bando • OAK 35.94
7. Harper • BOS 35.68
8. Otis • KCR 31.48
9. Bumbry • BAL 30.99
10. Carew • MIN 30.78
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. May • MIL 5.6
2. Scott • MIL 5.1
3. Jackson • OAK 3.9
4. Tenace • OAK 3.7
5. Bando • OAK 3.6
6. Bumbry • BAL 3.5
7. Otis • KCR 3.4
8. Porter • MIL 3.0
9. Mayberry • KCR 2.9
10. Blomberg • NYY 2.6
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Jackson • OAK 5.1
2. Mayberry • KCR 4.5
3. Bando • OAK 3.8
4. Carew • MIN 3.2
5. Scott • MIL 3.0
6. Robinson • CAL 3.0
7. Otis • KCR 2.8
8. Tenace • OAK 2.8
9. Smith • BOS 2.8
10. Bumbry • BAL 2.7
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Otis • KCR 5.6
2. Jackson • OAK 5.3
3. Bando • OAK 4.7
4. Murcer • NYY 3.9
5. Tenace • OAK 3.9
6. Bumbry • BAL 3.7
7. May • MIL 3.6
8. Johnson • OAK 3.5
9. North • OAK 3.5
10. Powell • BAL 3.3
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Jackson • OAK 5.7
2. Mayberry • KCR 4.7
3. Scott • MIL 4.2
4. Robinson • CAL 3.8
5. May • MIL 3.8
6. Bando • OAK 3.7
7. Harper • BOS 3.5
8. Bumbry • BAL 3.1
9. Otis • KCR 3.1
10. Carew • MIN 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