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											American League
	Pos					Pct. of				Batting Statistics as Designated Hitter																							Win Shares
Year	Rank	WSQ Leader	Tm	Age	WSQ	Total			Games	At Bats	Hits	2B	3B	HR	Runs	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HP	SH	SF	SB	CS	GDP	BA	OBA	SA	OPS	RC			B WS	WS
1973	7	Oscar Gamble	CLE	23	9.86	10.8%			189	629	161	19	4	27	81	85	55	4	83	4	3	7	3	1	8	.256	.317	.428	.745	88			18.6	.098
1974	2	Oscar Gamble	CLE	24	22.69	13.1%			226	764	222	36	7	21	103	99	69	15	107	5	5	5	8	11	14	.291	.351	.438	.789	116			26.2	.116
1975	9	Jim Rice	BOS	22	7.07	4.6%			96	220	62	13	1	8	37	39	12	2	57	0	1	4	9	5	6	.282	.314	.459	.773	31			6.1	.064
1976	13	Jim Rice	BOS	23	3.86	6.7%			110	404	97	19	2	8	33	41	13	1	82	3	2	7	11	6	8	.240	.265	.356	.621	39			7.3	.066
1977	1	Jim Rice	BOS	24	27.21	21.6%			417	1534	413	69	19	64	199	195	110	13	261	10	8	8	19	14	47	.269	.321	.464	.785	221			36.6	.088
1978	31	Dick Davis	MIL	24	0.42	1.7%			34	115	26	4	1	4	15	16	4	0	15	1	4	2	1	4	3	.226	.254	.383	.637	9			0.8	.024
1979	6	Willie Aikens	CAL	24	9.62	2.8%			51	170	50	8	0	10	27	36	27	6	33	0	0	2	0	1	3	.294	.387	.518	.905	35			7.2	.141
1980	33	Mark Brouhard	MIL	24	0.54	1.0%			21	65	14	3	0	3	11	7	4	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	2	.215	.271	.400	.671	7			0.8	.038
1981	21	Von Hayes	CLE	22	0.74	1.5%			21	55	11	2	1	0	9	4	6	0	7	0	2	0	4	1	2	.200	.279	.273	.552	4			1.0	.048
1982	12	Randy S. Johnson	MIN	23	4.63	4.2%			93	287	78	14	1	12	33	40	34	2	52	3	0	7	0	0	4	.272	.347	.453	.800	46			6.8	.073
1983	10	Randy Bush	MIN	24	6.21	8.0%			173	557	149	40	2	16	72	74	61	12	83	7	0	1	1	3	10	.268	.347	.433	.780	84			13.1	.076
1984	15	Greg Walker	CHI	24	3.63	0.9%			21	71	22	6	0	5	7	11	4	0	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	.310	.347	.606	.953	16			2.9	.138
1985	33	Nelson Simmons	DET	22	0.79	2.5%			59	166	39	5	2	6	21	18	8	1	31	0	0	2	0	1	2	.235	.267	.398	.665	17			1.8	.031
1986	16	Jim Traber	BAL	24	3.42	3.8%			79	268	60	10	0	12	27	33	25	2	86	2	0	1	0	1	6	.224	.294	.396	.690	32			4.9	.062
1987	6	Fred McGriff	TOR	23	10.80	12.3%			255	768	209	43	2	50	131	126	97	5	207	6	0	6	4	7	17	.272	.356	.529	.885	143			24.2	.095
1988	23	Cecil Fielder	TOR	24	1.26	3.0%			71	179	39	4	1	12	25	25	11	0	69	1	0	2	1	0	3	.218	.264	.453	.717	22			2.8	.039
1989						0.0%
1990	6	John Olerud	TOR	21	9.45	5.7%			113	363	89	16	2	11	41	43	48	4	83	2	1	5	1	1	6	.245	.333	.391	.724	51			8.9	.079
1991	1	Frank Thomas	CHI	23	37.84	7.1%			133	491	154	33	2	27	88	92	98	8	101	1	0	3	3	2	25	.314	.427	.554	.981	114			26.9	.202
1992	22	Tino Martinez	SEA	24	1.79	5.4%			110	366	89	21	0	13	43	44	30	4	67	1	1	4	2	0	10	.243	.299	.407	.706	44			5.7	.052
1993	11	John Olerud	TOR	24	4.26	7.6%			149	498	131	17	2	14	48	54	39	9	106	4	3	3	1	5	9	.263	.320	.390	.710	59			8.0	.054
1994	16	Dave Nilsson	MIL	24	2.86	3.4%			43	163	44	14	1	6	21	34	15	6	32	0	0	5	1	0	1	.270	.322	.479	.801	26			3.3	.077
1995	22	Michael Tucker	KC	24	0.87	1.1%			22	59	17	3	0	3	10	7	10	0	26	0	1	0	0	1	1	.288	.391	.492	.883	11			1.2	.055
1996	11	Carlos Delgado	TOR	24	8.07	6.7%			130	448	119	24	1	19	58	73	54	2	108	11	0	8	0	2	12	.266	.353	.451	.804	73			9.9	.076
1997	13	Shawn Green	TOR	24	6.04	1.8%			35	123	44	7	0	9	18	30	9	1	28	0	0	1	5	2	1	.358	.398	.634	1.032	31			5.0	.143
1998	23	Frank Catalanotto	DET	24	1.33	1.1%			23	67	22	9	0	1	10	7	5	1	9	1	0	1	1	0	1	.328	.378	.507	.885	13			1.6	.070
1999	14	Paul Konerko	CHI	23	3.57	6.9%			131	421	118	26	2	13	55	68	36	2	82	2	1	8	2	0	14	.280	.334	.444	.778	61			7.4	.056
2000	14	David Ortiz	MIN	24	4.26	6.1%			111	384	111	30	0	19	65	69	47	1	93	3	0	6	0	0	13	.289	.366	.516	.882	72			7.8	.070
2001	24	Jay Gibbons	BAL	24	0.70	4.2%			68	250	63	11	0	9	33	36	14	2	40	2	0	0	0	2	13	.252	.297	.404	.701	26			2.0	.029
2002	6	Josh Phelps	TOR	24	11.23	7.1%			121	425	126	25	1	22	70	83	42	4	134	9	2	0	1	1	14	.296	.372	.515	.887	78			14.9	.123
2003	11	Jack Cust	BAL	24	5.42	4.1%			76	253	64	15	0	9	32	36	35	1	67	4	3	0	1	1	9	.253	.353	.419	.772	38			8.4	.111
2004						0.0%
2005	7	Jonny Gomes	TB	24	8.60	7.7%			135	469	122	29	6	18	64	60	46	3	114	11	2	6	8	3	11	.260	.336	.463	.799	74			11.1	.082
2006	29	Jason Kubel	MIN	24	0.02	1.6%			29	94	19	4	0	2	9	7	5	0	22	0	2	0	0	0	7	.202	.242	.309	.551	5			0.1	.003
2007	13	Billy Butler	KC	21	4.08	4.1%			69	265	76	16	2	8	32	45	20	5	49	2	0	2	0	0	6	.287	.339	.453	.792	40			5.0	.072
2008	14	Billy Butler	KC	22	4.05	6.4%			103	387	91	16	0	9	34	43	29	0	67	2	0	1	0	0	20	.235	.291	.346	.637	36			5.2	.050
2009	23	Julio Borbon	TEX	23	1.10	1.3%			21	83	21	1	0	2	12	10	6	0	18	0	2	0	8	3	2	.253	.303	.337	.640	8			1.3	.062
2010	12	Billy Butler	KC	24	3.94	2.0%			31	121	36	7	0	3	15	13	17	2	22	1	0	1	0	0	6	.298	.386	.430	.816	19			3.6	.116
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia