American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Ripken • BAL 8.2
2. Boggs • BOS 7.8
3. Yount • MIL 7.3
4. Stieb • TOR 7.0
5. Henderson • OAK 6.9
6. Whitaker • DET 6.7
7. Murray • BAL 6.7
8. Lemon • DET 6.2
9. Trammell • DET 6.0
10. Moseby • TOR 6.0
WAR Position Players
1. Ripken • BAL 8.2
2. Boggs • BOS 7.8
3. Yount • MIL 7.3
4. Henderson • OAK 6.9
5. Whitaker • DET 6.7
6. Murray • BAL 6.7
7. Lemon • DET 6.2
8. Trammell • DET 6.0
9. Moseby • TOR 6.0
10. Rice • BOS 5.7
Offensive WAR
1. Yount • MIL 7.6
2. Boggs • BOS 7.1
3. Ripken • BAL 7.1
4. Whitaker • DET 6.3
5. Trammell • DET 6.2
6. Henderson • OAK 5.9
7. Murray • BAL 5.8
8. Brett • KCR 5.6
9. Moseby • TOR 5.0
10. Fisk • CHW 4.9
Defensive WAR
1. Fletcher • CHW 2.4
2. Lemon • DET 2.4
3. Ripken • BAL 2.3
4. Parrish • DET 2.0
5. Bell • TEX 2.0
6. Cruz • 2TM 1.9
7. Law • CHW 1.9
8. Cruz • 2TM 1.8
9. Boone • CAL 1.8
10. Sundberg • TEX 1.8
Batting Average
1. Boggs • BOS .361
2. Carew • CAL .339
3. Whitaker • DET .320
4. Trammell • DET .319
5. Ripken • BAL .318
6. Moseby • TOR .315
7. McRae • KCR .311
8. Brett • KCR .310
9. Simmons • MIL .308
10. Yount • MIL .308
On-Base%
1. Boggs • BOS .444
2. Henderson • OAK .414
3. Carew • CAL .409
4. Grich • CAL .414 **
5. Singleton • BAL .393
6. Murray • BAL .393
7. Hargrove • CLE .388
8. Trammell • DET .385
9. Brett • KCR .385
10. Thornton • CLE .383
Slugging %
1. Brett • KCR .563
2. Rice • BOS .550
3. Murray • BAL .538
4. Fisk • CHW .518
5. Ripken • BAL .517
6. Upshaw • TOR .515
7. Winfield • NYY .513
8. Cooper • MIL .508
9. Kittle • CHW .504
10. Yount • MIL .503
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Brett • KCR .947
2. Boggs • BOS .931
3. Murray • BAL .930
4. Rice • BOS .911
5. Ripken • BAL .888
6. Upshaw • TOR .887
7. Yount • MIL .886
8. Moseby • TOR .875
9. Fisk • CHW .874
10. Winfield • NYY .858
Games Played
1. Ripken • BAL 162
Wright • TEX 162
Griffin • TOR 162
4. Whitaker • DET 161
Gantner • MIL 161
6. Cooper • MIL 160
Upshaw • TOR 160
Cruz • 2TM 160
9. Manning • 2TM 158
10. McRae • KCR 157
Gaetti • MIN 157
Ward • MIN 157
At Bats
1. Ripken • BAL 663
2. Cooper • MIL 661
3. Whitaker • DET 643
4. Wright • TEX 634
5. Rice • BOS 626
6. Ward • MIN 623
7. Bell • TEX 618
8. Molitor • MIL 608
9. Parrish • DET 605
10. Herndon • DET 603
Gantner • MIL 603
Plate Appearances
1. Ripken • BAL 726
2. Whitaker • DET 720
3. Cooper • MIL 710
4. Rice • BOS 689
5. Boggs • BOS 685
6. Molitor • MIL 682
7. Wright • TEX 681
8. Murray • BAL 680
9. Bell • TEX 678
10. Ward • MIN 676
Runs Scored
1. Ripken • BAL 121
2. Murray • BAL 115
3. Cooper • MIL 106
4. Henderson • OAK 105
5. Moseby • TOR 104
6. Yount • MIL 102
7. Boggs • BOS 100
8. Winfield • NYY 99
Upshaw • TOR 99
10. Law • CHW 95
Molitor • MIL 95
Hits
1. Ripken • BAL 211
2. Boggs • BOS 210
3. Whitaker • DET 206
4. Cooper • MIL 203
5. Rice • BOS 191
6. Simmons • MIL 185
7. McRae • KCR 183
8. Herndon • DET 182
9. Murray • BAL 178
Yount • MIL 178
Total Bases
1. Rice • BOS 344
2. Ripken • BAL 343
3. Cooper • MIL 336
4. Murray • BAL 313
5. Winfield • NYY 307
6. Upshaw • TOR 298
7. Whitaker • DET 294
8. Parrish • DET 292
9. Yount • MIL 291
10. Herndon • DET 288
Doubles
1. Ripken • BAL 47
2. Boggs • BOS 44
3. Parrish • DET 42
Yount • MIL 42
5. McRae • KCR 41
Hrbek • MIN 41
7. Whitaker • DET 40
8. Simmons • MIL 39
9. Brett • KCR 38
10. Cooper • MIL 37
Triples
1. Yount • MIL 10
2. Gibson • DET 9
Herndon • DET 9
Griffin • TOR 9
5. Franco • CLE 8
Wilson • KCR 8
Gantner • MIL 8
Winfield • NYY 8
9. Boggs • BOS 7
Law • CHW 7
Henderson • OAK 7
Moseby • TOR 7
Upshaw • TOR 7
Home Runs
1. Rice • BOS 39
2. Armas • BOS 36
3. Kittle • CHW 35
4. Murray • BAL 33
5. Luzinski • CHW 32
Winfield • NYY 32
7. Cooper • MIL 30
8. Brunansky • MIN 28
9. Ripken • BAL 27
Parrish • DET 27
Barfield • TOR 27
Upshaw • TOR 27
Runs Batted In
1. Rice • BOS 126
Cooper • MIL 126
3. Winfield • NYY 116
4. Parrish • DET 114
5. Murray • BAL 111
6. Simmons • MIL 108
7. Armas • BOS 107
8. Upshaw • TOR 104
9. Ripken • BAL 102
10. Kittle • CHW 100
Bases on Balls
1. Henderson • OAK 103
2. Singleton • BAL 99
3. Boggs • BOS 92
4. Thornton • CLE 87
5. Murray • BAL 86
6. Thomas • 2TM 80
7. Hargrove • CLE 78
8. Grich • CAL 76
9. Harrah • CLE 75
10. Yount • MIL 72
Strikeouts
1. Kittle • CHW 150
2. Thomas • 2TM 148
3. Jackson • CAL 140
4. Armas • BOS 131
5. Gaetti • MIN 121
6. Luzinski • CHW 117
7. Barfield • TOR 110
8. Cruz • 2TM 108
9. Parrish • DET 106
10. Murphy • OAK 105
Stolen Bases
1. Henderson • OAK 108
2. Law • CHW 77
3. Wilson • KCR 59
4. Cruz • 2TM 57
5. Sample • TEX 44
6. Molitor • MIL 41
7. Washington • KCR 40
8. Tolleson • TEX 33
9. Franco • CLE 32
Davis • OAK 32
Singles
1. Boggs • BOS 154
2. Whitaker • DET 148
3. Remy • BOS 142
4. Ripken • BAL 135
5. Cooper • MIL 133
6. Carew • CAL 132
7. Simmons • MIL 130
8. García • TOR 129
9. Gantner • MIL 128
10. Wilson • KCR 127
Adjusted OPS+
1. Brett • KCR 158
2. Murray • BAL 156
3. Yount • MIL 150
4. Boggs • BOS 150
5. Ripken • BAL 144
6. Rice • BOS 141
7. Henderson • OAK 139
8. Trammell • DET 138
9. Cooper • MIL 138
10. Baylor • NYY 138
Runs Created
1. Boggs • BOS 130
2. Murray • BAL 127
3. Ripken • BAL 120
4. Yount • MIL 115
5. Whitaker • DET 114
6. Rice • BOS 113
Upshaw • TOR 113
8. Cooper • MIL 110
9. Henderson • OAK 109
10. Moseby • TOR 104
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Murray • BAL 48
2. Boggs • BOS 47
3. Yount • MIL 42
4. Ripken • BAL 40
5. Brett • KCR 38
6. Rice • BOS 34
7. Henderson • OAK 34
8. Cooper • MIL 32
9. Whitaker • DET 31
10. Upshaw • TOR 29
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Murray • BAL 4.6
2. Boggs • BOS 4.6
3. Yount • MIL 4.1
4. Ripken • BAL 3.9
5. Brett • KCR 3.7
6. Rice • BOS 3.3
7. Henderson • OAK 3.3
8. Cooper • MIL 3.2
9. Whitaker • DET 3.1
10. Upshaw • TOR 2.9
Extra Base Hits
1. Ripken • BAL 76
2. Rice • BOS 74
3. Parrish • DET 72
4. Cooper • MIL 70
5. Yount • MIL 69
6. Murray • BAL 66
Winfield • NYY 66
8. Brett • KCR 65
9. Hrbek • MIN 62
10. Armas • BOS 61
Times On Base
1. Boggs • BOS 303
2. Whitaker • DET 273
3. Ripken • BAL 269
4. Murray • BAL 267
5. Henderson • OAK 257
6. Yount • MIL 253
7. Rice • BOS 249
8. McRae • KCR 243
Upshaw • TOR 243
10. Cooper • MIL 241
Offensive Win %
1. Boggs • BOS .766
2. Brett • KCR .740
3. Murray • BAL .736
4. Henderson • OAK .709
5. Yount • MIL .701
6. Upshaw • TOR .693
7. Moseby • TOR .690
8. Trammell • DET .674
9. Ripken • BAL .666
10. Fisk • CHW .663
Hit By Pitch
1. Lemon • DET 20
2. Baylor • NYY 13
3. Luzinski • CHW 11
4. McRae • KCR 10
5. Kittle • CHW 8
6. Grich • CAL 7
Harrah • CLE 7
Bush • MIN 7
9. Rice • BOS 6
Fisk • CHW 6
Gantner • MIL 6
Sacrifice Hits
1. Trammell • DET 15
2. Moore • MIL 14
3. Lubratich • CAL 13
4. Remy • BOS 12
5. Hoffman • BOS 11
Foli • CAL 11
Dybzinski • CHW 11
Fischlin • CLE 11
Gantner • MIL 11
Phillips • OAK 11
Griffin • TOR 11
Sacrifice Flies
1. Parrish • DET 13
2. Almon • OAK 11
3. Luzinski • CHW 10
Lopes • OAK 10
5. Murray • BAL 9
Parrish • TEX 9
7. Armas • BOS 8
Stapleton • BOS 8
DeCinces • CAL 8
Thornton • CLE 8
Whitaker • DET 8
Cooper • MIL 8
Oglivie • MIL 8
Yount • MIL 8
Gaetti • MIN 8
Baylor • NYY 8
Thomas • 2TM 8
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Singleton • BAL 19
2. Thornton • CLE 14
3. Murray • BAL 13
Baines • CHW 13
Brett • KCR 13
6. Oglivie • MIL 12
7. Yastrzemski • BOS 11
Baylor • NYY 11
9. Rice • BOS 10
Lynn • CAL 10
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Armas • BOS 31
Rice • BOS 31
3. Winfield • NYY 30
4. Ripken • BAL 24
Ward • MIN 24
Bell • TEX 24
7. Simmons • MIL 23
8. Singleton • BAL 22
9. Franco • CLE 21
Parrish • DET 21
Caught Stealing
1. Henderson • OAK 19
2. García • TOR 17
3. Davis • OAK 15
4. Henderson • SEA 14
5. Law • CHW 12
Franco • CLE 12
Cruz • 2TM 12
8. Griffin • TOR 11
9. Harrah • CLE 10
Trammell • DET 10
Whitaker • DET 10
Tolleson • TEX 10
SB %
1. Shelby • BAL 88.24
2. Wilson • KCR 88.06
3. Law • CHW 86.52
4. Washington • KCR 85.11
5. Henderson • OAK 85.04
6. Sample • TEX 84.62
Lopes • OAK 84.62
8. Molitor • MIL 83.67
9. Cruz • 2TM 82.61
10. Gibson • DET 82.35
Power-Speed #
1. Molitor • MIL 22.0
2. Moseby • TOR 21.6
3. Winfield • NYY 20.4
4. Lopes • OAK 19.2
5. Trammell • DET 19.1
6. Sample • TEX 18.9
7. Baylor • NYY 18.8
8. Henderson • OAK 16.6
9. Upshaw • TOR 14.6
10. Gibson • DET 14.5
AB per SO
1. Remy • BOS 16.9
2. Boggs • BOS 16.2
3. Dauer • BAL 15.8
4. García • TOR 15.4
5. Law • CHW 13.9
6. Gantner • MIL 13.1
7. Bell • TEX 12.9
8. Moore • MIL 12.6
9. Stapleton • BOS 12.3
10. Sample • TEX 12.0
AB per HR
1. Kittle • CHW 14.9
2. Luzinski • CHW 15.7
3. Armas • BOS 15.9
4. Rice • BOS 16.1
5. Barfield • TOR 14.4 **
6. Murray • BAL 17.6
7. Brett • KCR 18.6
8. Winfield • NYY 18.7
9. Fisk • CHW 18.8
10. Johnson • TOR 18.5 **
Outs Made
1. Armas • BOS 489
2. Cooper • MIL 487
3. Ripken • BAL 485
4. Bell • TEX 482
5. Ward • MIN 481
6. Parrish • DET 479
Wright • TEX 479
8. Molitor • MIL 477
9. Rice • BOS 473
10. Winfield • NYY 471
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Boggs • BOS 62.67
2. Murray • BAL 54.19
3. Henderson • OAK 37.48
4. Cooper • MIL 36.47
5. Yount • MIL 35.80
6. Whitaker • DET 33.81
7. Ripken • BAL 32.22
8. Brett • KCR 31.69
9. Moseby • TOR 29.28
10. Winfield • NYY 28.28
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Boggs • BOS 6.9
2. Murray • BAL 4.8
3. Henderson • OAK 4.4
4. Moseby • TOR 4.2
5. Whitaker • DET 4.0
6. Winfield • NYY 3.8
7. Rice • BOS 3.7
8. Brett • KCR 3.7
9. Cooper • MIL 3.6
10. Simmons • MIL 3.5
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Boggs • BOS 4.9
2. Murray • BAL 4.2
3. Rice • BOS 3.8
4. Henderson • OAK 3.6
5. Brett • KCR 3.6
6. Cooper • MIL 3.4
7. Upshaw • TOR 3.3
8. Moseby • TOR 3.2
9. Ripken • BAL 3.1
10. Trammell • DET 2.9
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Murray • BAL 5.6
2. Moseby • TOR 5.3
3. Singleton • BAL 4.4
4. Winfield • NYY 4.0
5. Simmons • MIL 3.7
6. Trammell • DET 3.4
7. Ripken • BAL 3.4
8. Johnson • TOR 3.3
9. Law • CHW 3.1
10. Brett • KCR 3.1
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Boggs • BOS 5.9
2. Murray • BAL 5.3
3. Henderson • OAK 3.8
4. Cooper • MIL 3.7
5. Yount • MIL 3.6
6. Whitaker • DET 3.4
7. Ripken • BAL 3.2
8. Brett • KCR 3.1
9. Winfield • NYY 2.8
10. Moseby • TOR 2.8

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