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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    5 Carlos May CHI 25    11.14 19.6%   342 530.9 140.0 23.3 0.5 14.3 59.0 71.9 58.6 4.8 72.9 5.2 2.9 2.4 7.1 3.3 16.2 .264 .341 .390 .731 71.9     10.8 .066
1974    5 Hal McRae KC 28    13.90 25.2%   427 535.7 144.1 21.0 4.0 12.3 59.2 70.1 50.6 3.3 71.5 4.0 4.3 5.4 6.1 5.8 13.0 .269 .334 .392 .726 70.8     14.3 .093
1975    3 Cecil Cooper BOS 25    11.84 25.2%   435 527.8 142.1 26.7 5.5 18.7 69.2 75.5 62.3 6.2 82.4 2.6 4.4 2.9 9.9 5.1 9.9 .269 .347 .447 .794 83.5     17.1 .107
1976    4 Steve Braun MIN 28     9.02 33.2%   554 541.3 141.6 22.5 3.7 11.7 70.4 72.9 45.6 2.3 92.9 3.4 3.7 6.0 8.0 3.1 8.5 .262 .320 .382 .702 67.5     13.3 .084
1977    4 Oscar Gamble CHI 27    17.47 31.9%   666 529.4 141.7 24.2 1.6 19.8 71.1 75.6 58.5 4.0 80.3 4.2 2.9 5.0 6.6 4.0 14.0 .268 .342 .431 .773 79.5     13.7 .078
1978    4 Don Baylor CAL 29    15.64 28.9%   557 531.2 133.0 20.9 5.0 20.9 71.9 76.3 54.0 5.2 90.3 4.4 3.0 7.4 7.7 7.2 13.5 .250 .321 .427 .748 71.3     13.5 .088
1979    7 Jim Rice BOS 26     8.88 24.3%   458 532.1 137.9 17.4 3.3 14.5 76.2 68.6 57.0 5.8 79.5 3.3 2.9 4.7 9.1 9.8 16.3 .259 .332 .386 .718 66.4     10.8 .065
                 
1980    3 Jason Thompson CAL 25    16.90 36.0%   695 532.0 140.8 18.5 3.9 20.4 75.3 82.2 58.4 5.5 95.5 1.6 2.1 5.9 5.7 3.9 18.1 .265 .336 .429 .765 76.0     13.2 .083
1981  T24  Mitchell Page OAK 29      -   2.2%   29 543.8 75.0 6.3 0.0 18.8 50.0 75.0 43.8 0.0 181.3 0.0 6.2 6.2 12.5 6.3 6.3 .138 .200 .253 .453 25.0      -   .000
1982   11 Mike Ivie DET 29     4.65 19.4%   450 546.4 136.4 21.5 2.0 15.8 61.3 75.1 44.7 3.2 78.8 0.8 1.2 6.9 3.7 6.5 9.7 .250 .304 .383 .687 63.3      8.5 .046
1983   11 Kirk Gibson DET 26     6.03 15.4%   330 535.7 137.0 23.7 8.4 17.8 67.8 93.0 54.4 2.5 107.8 3.5 2.5 3.9 4.0 4.9 16.3 .256 .326 .431 .757 72.2     11.2 .068
1984    6 Ken Phelps SEA 29    14.72 17.9%   396 525.6 128.7 22.1 2.5 22.9 74.0 68.3 63.0 5.3 98.1 4.1 0.8 6.5 3.7 2.0 8.6 .245 .327 .427 .754 76.8     13.5 .083
1985   11 Larry Sheets BAL 25     4.95 15.8%   343 539.4 139.0 20.3 1.5 27.8 75.9 81.9 50.1 2.0 99.8 4.5 0.5 5.5 3.0 5.5 13.9 .258 .323 .455 .778 76.4     12.2 .072
1986   14 Larry Sheets BAL 26     5.04 14.8%   313 549.6 132.7 20.0 2.7 22.7 68.2 85.6 41.7 3.2 118.6 1.6 1.1 6.0 2.2 1.1 19.0 .241 .294 .412 .706 64.4      9.0 .053
1987    4 Harold Baines CHI 28    12.38 22.3%   436 538.6 143.6 24.9 3.5 19.7 69.9 77.6 51.9 1.8 103.6 2.1 2.1 5.3 10.2 5.6 9.1 .267 .331 .435 .766 79.3     12.0 .078
1988    2 Harold Baines CHI 29    18.91 27.1%   529 528.2 135.1 26.5 0.3 10.1 48.7 64.2 60.0 7.6 87.3 5.4 0.8 5.6 0.6 2.3 14.1 .256 .335 .365 .700 65.9     11.5 .077
1989    5 Danny Tartabull KC 26     7.97 30.4%   556 535.2 133.5 24.5 1.5 18.2 64.2 72.6 53.7 7.5 118.0 3.0 0.9 7.2 2.4 1.8 12.2 .249 .318 .403 .721 69.6     11.3 .068
                 
1990    3 Chris James CLE 27    14.70 42.8%   855 534.1 140.0 27.7 2.5 16.3 65.9 73.5 55.5 5.7 99.2 4.6 1.1 4.7 5.9 4.2 14.1 .262 .334 .415 .749 73.7     13.9 .085
1991    7 Sam Horn BAL 27     8.54 25.8%   521 529.0 127.8 22.8 0.9 24.0 66.8 74.6 61.1 4.5 130.5 4.8 0.6 4.5 3.9 1.8 12.6 .242 .323 .424 .747 74.0     12.2 .078
1992    6 Albert Belle CLE 25    10.11 26.2%   504 535.2 141.0 23.9 1.5 20.1 71.2 80.3 53.4 5.5 123.2 4.7 1.2 5.5 9.1 4.7 15.5 .264 .333 .427 .760 74.7     13.6 .092
1993    6 Troy Neel OAK 27    11.80 19.9%   371 527.2 137.6 23.9 1.2 22.3 75.9 82.7 62.4 8.7 111.7 4.8 0.4 5.2 6.4 4.0 10.7 .261 .342 .437 .779 79.9     13.2 .089
1994    2 Jose Canseco TEX 29    19.20 23.1%   292 511.2 145.9 25.4 2.0 33.2 97.1 100.5 78.0 7.3 117.1 4.4 0.5 5.9 10.7 5.9 13.7 .285 .381 .537 .918 104.9     18.9 .133
1995    5 Juan Gonzalez TEX 25    10.93 27.9%   497 533.0 137.4 25.5 0.6 27.0 81.3 94.9 57.0 5.8 109.2 3.3 0.0 6.7 3.3 2.4 17.9 .258 .330 .460 .790 78.9     11.3 .075
1996    6 Reggie Jefferson BOS 27    11.57 16.7%   340 521.1 160.8 35.4 2.9 25.8 87.1 90.9 67.9 8.1 114.4 3.3 2.4 5.3 6.7 3.8 11.0 .309 .388 .536 .924 111.0     17.4 .107
1997    3 Frank Thomas CHI 29    15.08 28.3%   539 535.5 153.9 30.8 1.5 23.1 78.4 88.5 54.8 4.4 106.3 3.5 0.3 5.9 1.2 2.1 12.4 .287 .354 .480 .834 88.2     15.1 .094
1998    3 Tim Salmon ANA 29    24.15 12.8%   248 510.9 154.2 34.1 1.8 26.3 89.6 98.0 75.9 5.4 110.0 3.6 0.6 9.0 2.4 2.4 12.0 .302 .390 .530 .920 107.6     18.9 .128
1999    8 Jim Thome CLE 28     9.97 24.6%   453 532.8 145.3 31.7 2.5 23.6 77.4 92.9 57.3 2.1 106.3 7.4 0.0 2.5 5.3 2.1 19.4 .273 .350 .474 .824 88.0     12.0 .075
                 
2000    3 Brad Fullmer TOR 25    14.61 35.9%   642 528.3 141.6 26.5 1.4 24.9 83.0 86.0 58.1 2.5 100.1 5.5 1.4 6.7 5.3 2.1 9.7 .268 .343 .465 .808 88.1     14.1 .095
2001    2 Manny Ramirez BOS 29    21.32 39.7%   634 530.3 148.0 31.6 2.8 20.9 75.5 90.6 58.3 9.8 106.6 6.0 0.5 4.9 4.2 1.2 13.2 .279 .354 .467 .821 89.0     14.0 .095
2002    7 Brad Fullmer ANA 27     9.91 33.2%   560 545.0 150.4 33.3 2.1 21.9 75.3 76.1 43.6 5.0 83.5 5.6 0.0 5.8 4.2 2.9 13.7 .276 .333 .466 .799 82.5     12.1 .082
2003    3 David Ortiz BOS 27    14.06 46.4%   832 527.1 141.8 29.3 2.1 22.7 78.4 83.5 62.4 6.0 117.8 7.1 0.2 3.2 2.5 1.6 13.2 .269 .352 .462 .814 86.9     13.3 .090
2004    1 David Ortiz BOS 28    30.06 39.5%   624 522.0 146.8 33.1 2.8 28.1 85.6 100.5 61.9 4.8 118.7 9.4 0.7 6.0 2.5 1.8 13.8 .281 .364 .517 .881 99.4     15.5 .108
2005    1 David Ortiz BOS 29    48.11 37.9%   649 522.5 148.2 35.0 1.1 28.3 84.8 97.5 64.1 6.0 110.0 7.8 0.7 4.9 1.8 1.3 12.9 .284 .367 .518 .885 100.0     19.4 .134
2006    3 Travis Hafner CLE 29    29.09 27.2%   478 515.4 132.8 32.0 1.6 26.8 78.5 85.3 73.7 7.4 131.5 5.8 0.6 4.5 2.3 1.9 11.6 .258 .354 .482 .836 92.7     14.2 .092
2007    8 Jack Cust OAK 28     7.34 8.0%   135 504.1 125.0 32.3 2.2 21.5 71.1 85.1 86.2 1.1 175.6 5.4 0.0 4.3 7.5 3.2 9.7 .248 .361 .449 .810 87.3     14.0 .096
2008    7 Jason Kubel MIN 26     7.83 11.5%   183 523.0 128.6 22.2 4.0 31.0 85.7 81.0 68.2 3.2 150.0 4.0 0.0 4.8 3.2 0.8 12.7 .246 .335 .481 .816 84.9     13.7 .094
2009    2 Adam Lind TOR 25    15.62 22.4%   371 536.9 146.9 31.0 1.1 26.8 75.5 92.9 54.7 6.4 117.1 3.8 0.4 4.2 1.5 0.8 12.5 .274 .343 .485 .828 89.5     13.9 .099
                 
2010   10 Adam Lind TOR 26     6.81 18.0%   302 536.4 125.7 29.6 2.0 16.8 60.1 77.4 51.3 4.9 125.2 5.4 1.0 5.9 0.0 1.0 10.8 .234 .305 .391 .696 65.6     10.3 .069
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia