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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	3	Tony Oliva	MIN	32	13.35	49.0%			823	2960	783	100	10	72	335	419	273	36	398	7	10	24	23	16	89	.265	.326	.378	.704	353			58.2	.071
1974	4	Tommy Davis	BAL	34	15.55	39.6%			690	2309	589	69	9	48	265	251	181	27	274	15	17	17	51	30	66	.255	.311	.355	.666	249			41.6	.060
1975	2	Willie Horton	DET	32	12.09	37.2%			617	2252	586	67	5	62	243	272	212	33	307	17	5	27	34	20	59	.260	.325	.377	.702	273			43.2	.070
1976	2	Hal McRae	KC	30	28.29	34.2%			568	1908	516	93	18	46	244	275	221	22	283	21	7	22	34	16	52	.270	.349	.410	.759	279			62.4	.110
1977	2	Hal McRae	KC	31	25.45	34.3%			656	2433	673	131	18	76	306	355	210	18	320	13	6	27	21	19	67	.277	.334	.439	.773	348			60.8	.093
1978	2	Hal McRae	KC	32	16.86	46.0%			891	3049	809	156	15	88	373	427	330	28	411	19	17	32	31	18	88	.265	.338	.413	.751	418			72.2	.081
1979	1	Don Baylor	CAL	30	27.45	41.3%			774	2508	705	129	12	112	398	443	248	18	326	24	10	31	39	19	53	.281	.348	.476	.824	426			77.1	.100
1980	1	Reggie Jackson	NY	34	17.70	44.3%			861	2858	836	147	17	97	401	440	272	39	338	18	11	31	25	23	84	.293	.354	.458	.812	459			85.7	.100
1981	1	Greg Luzinski	CHI	30	18.94	72.4%			889	3038	784	133	7	117	374	439	350	29	484	27	9	32	14	15	87	.258	.337	.422	.759	429			85.5	.096
1982	2	Greg Luzinski	CHI	31	27.06	47.6%			1017	3472	937	160	5	135	447	513	434	42	550	22	4	32	32	31	93	.270	.352	.435	.787	528			98.8	.097
1983	1	Don Baylor	NY	34	25.37	45.3%			951	3227	878	167	10	125	454	488	348	35	503	32	8	41	32	23	72	.272	.345	.446	.791	501			90.2	.095
1984	1	Mike Easler	BOS	33	30.57	41.1%			882	3083	798	139	15	103	378	421	335	32	482	13	3	29	18	12	62	.259	.331	.414	.745	441			74.3	.084
1985	1	Gorman Thomas	SEA	34	15.12	33.6%			726	2267	555	112	11	81	304	339	289	15	445	10	5	23	14	10	52	.245	.330	.411	.741	313			48.8	.067
1986	2	Larry Parrish	TEX	32	17.13	18.9%			382	1288	365	69	11	62	197	213	178	14	231	5	3	12	5	6	36	.283	.370	.498	.868	239			41.3	.108
1987	1	Paul Molitor	MIL	30	27.43	27.7%			551	1814	497	93	11	99	294	308	235	14	388	14	2	15	30	5	39	.274	.359	.501	.860	335			58.1	.105
1988	1	Jack Clark	NY	32	20.12	38.4%			772	2533	662	111	9	110	346	372	350	20	526	14	3	26	19	7	54	.261	.351	.443	.794	407			79.2	.103
1989	1	Harold Baines	CHI/TEX	30	23.35	31.7%			584	1860	502	91	7	55	229	251	184	24	321	7	2	26	11	8	50	.270	.334	.415	.749	258			43.7	.075
1990	5	Harold Baines	TEX/OAK	31	11.24	26.3%			536	1683	426	76	3	59	185	202	183	22	335	11	0	23	5	11	51	.253	.326	.407	.733	213			35.8	.067
1991	2	Paul Molitor	MIL	34	27.20	33.9%			683	2296	618	102	14	83	326	329	318	59	375	8	1	23	18	12	38	.269	.357	.434	.791	377			76.7	.112
1992	4	Chili Davis	MIN	32	14.46	36.9%			713	2531	650	103	5	88	316	381	296	40	418	17	6	33	14	14	77	.257	.335	.406	.741	339			61.1	.086
1993	2	Julio Franco	TEX	34	18.89	39.2%			730	2641	676	137	6	108	361	459	300	34	533	8	9	27	17	8	74	.256	.331	.435	.766	381			63.0	.086
1994	3	Chili Davis	CAL	34	16.79	25.0%			315	1142	312	62	3	54	179	189	179	17	263	7	0	13	6	5	25	.273	.371	.475	.846	202			31.6	.100
1995	1	Edgar Martinez	SEA	32	46.89	37.2%			655	2279	675	136	3	101	374	395	341	35	489	23	2	23	14	12	49	.296	.390	.491	.881	446			81.0	.124
1996	1	Edgar Martinez	SEA	33	30.40	38.9%			727	2691	735	164	6	118	467	469	416	36	562	28	3	25	14	13	70	.273	.373	.470	.843	481			73.6	.101
1997	1	Edgar Martinez	SEA	34	36.31	34.9%			642	2186	624	113	4	92	332	366	335	23	475	39	1	20	11	11	69	.285	.387	.467	.854	405			71.9	.112
1998	2	Frank Thomas	CHI	30	30.05	45.3%			884	3077	820	182	11	134	478	497	386	24	652	27	3	30	39	21	64	.266	.350	.463	.813	510			81.3	.092
1999	1	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX	34	33.21	45.0%			809	2744	776	144	7	160	434	525	398	37	544	33	1	28	28	16	79	.283	.377	.515	.892	537			89.9	.111
2000	2	Frank Thomas	CHI	32	37.75	30.1%			524	1883	539	119	2	78	303	299	320	28	373	13	2	13	11	9	50	.286	.391	.476	.867	362			59.4	.113
2001	7	Juan Gonzalez	CLE	31	7.87	11.5%			188	627	152	34	1	25	97	110	69	3	142	21	4	11	11	7	10	.242	.332	.419	.751	93			13.9	.074
2002	2	Manny Ramirez	BOS	30	17.72	35.3%			588	2107	563	123	13	85	312	318	283	13	413	30	3	21	22	12	44	.267	.359	.459	.818	358			64.6	.110
2003	5	Jason Giambi	NY	32	12.66	14.5%			255	917	211	45	1	40	117	128	132	8	195	20	0	6	6	4	23	.230	.338	.412	.750	134			23.7	.093
2004	3	Erubiel Durazo	OAK	30	25.28	32.8%			520	1932	534	93	7	78	296	293	178	19	336	35	4	13	13	6	36	.276	.346	.453	.799	307			50.5	.097
2005	3	Mike Sweeney	KC	31	11.71	39.9%			686	2488	633	117	9	93	351	326	278	15	507	36	3	19	23	10	64	.254	.336	.421	.757	358			59.0	.086
2006	1	David Ortiz	BOS	30	43.57	29.1%			493	1820	505	97	7	95	273	304	218	36	343	16	0	18	11	5	45	.277	.357	.495	.852	332			53.3	.108
2007	1	David Ortiz	BOS	31	45.04	47.4%			779	2959	837	162	8	107	432	451	396	48	458	22	4	29	13	7	81	.283	.368	.452	.820	510			86.7	.111
2008	2	Milton Bradley	TEX	30	19.54	45.8%			710	2738	725	166	6	113	392	457	300	43	511	32	4	24	22	9	60	.265	.342	.454	.796	435			73.8	.104
2009	5	David Ortiz	BOS	33	9.68	50.8%			849	3148	780	154	5	146	440	470	386	28	752	25	0	24	12	8	62	.248	.332	.439	.771	473			63.1	.074
2010	1	David Ortiz	BOS	34	21.08	48.0%			798	2822	738	166	6	136	393	428	374	34	750	36	1	27	10	9	57	.262	.352	.469	.821	483			76.7	.096
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia