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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    3 Tony Oliva MIN 32    13.35 49.0%   823 542.5 143.5 18.3 1.8 13.2 61.4 76.8 50.0 6.6 72.9 1.3 1.8 4.4 4.2 2.9 16.3 .265 .326 .378 .704 64.7     10.7 .071
1974    4 Tommy Davis BAL 34    15.55 39.6%   690 545.7 139.2 16.3 2.1 11.3 62.6 59.3 42.8 6.4 64.7 3.5 4.0 4.0 12.1 7.1 15.6 .255 .311 .355 .666 58.8      9.8 .060
1975    2 Willie Horton DET 32    12.09 37.2%   617 537.7 139.9 16.0 1.2 14.8 58.0 64.9 50.6 7.9 73.3 4.1 1.2 6.4 8.1 4.8 14.1 .260 .325 .377 .702 65.2     10.3 .070
1976    2 Hal McRae KC 30    28.29 34.2%   568 525.4 142.1 25.6 5.0 12.7 67.2 75.7 60.8 6.1 77.9 5.8 1.9 6.1 9.4 4.4 14.3 .270 .349 .410 .759 76.8     17.2 .110
1977    2 Hal McRae KC 31    25.45 34.3%   656 542.9 150.2 29.2 4.0 17.0 68.3 79.2 46.9 4.0 71.4 2.9 1.3 6.0 4.7 4.2 14.9 .277 .334 .439 .773 77.6     13.6 .093
1978    2 Hal McRae KC 32    16.86 46.0%   891 530.7 140.8 27.2 2.6 15.3 64.9 74.3 57.4 4.9 71.5 3.3 3.0 5.6 5.4 3.1 15.3 .265 .338 .413 .751 72.8     12.6 .081
1979    1 Don Baylor CAL 30    27.45 41.3%   774 533.4 149.9 27.4 2.6 23.8 84.7 94.2 52.8 3.8 69.3 5.1 2.1 6.6 8.3 4.0 11.3 .281 .348 .476 .824 90.6     16.4 .100
                 
1980    1 Reggie Jackson NY 34    17.70 44.3%   861 537.5 157.2 27.6 3.2 18.2 75.4 82.8 51.2 7.3 63.6 3.4 2.1 5.8 4.7 4.3 15.8 .293 .354 .458 .812 86.3     16.1 .100
1981    1 Greg Luzinski CHI 30    18.94 72.4%   889 527.4 136.1 23.1 1.2 20.3 64.9 76.2 60.8 5.0 84.0 4.7 1.5 5.6 2.4 2.6 15.1 .258 .337 .422 .759 74.5     14.8 .096
1982    2 Greg Luzinski CHI 31    27.06 47.6%   1017 525.5 141.8 24.2 0.8 20.4 67.7 77.6 65.7 6.4 83.2 3.3 0.6 4.9 4.8 4.7 14.1 .270 .352 .435 .787 79.9     15.0 .097
1983    1 Don Baylor NY 34    25.37 45.3%   951 529.6 144.1 27.4 1.6 20.5 74.5 80.1 57.1 5.7 82.5 5.3 1.3 6.7 5.3 3.8 11.8 .272 .345 .446 .791 82.2     14.8 .095
1984    1 Mike Easler BOS 33    30.57 41.1%   882 534.2 138.3 24.1 2.6 17.8 65.5 72.9 58.0 5.5 83.5 2.3 0.5 5.0 3.1 2.1 10.7 .259 .331 .414 .745 76.4     12.9 .084
1985    1 Gorman Thomas SEA 34    15.12 33.6%   726 524.4 128.4 25.9 2.5 18.7 70.3 78.4 66.8 3.5 102.9 2.3 1.2 5.3 3.2 2.3 12.0 .245 .330 .411 .741 72.4     11.3 .067
1986    2 Larry Parrish TEX 32    17.13 18.9%   382 520.1 147.4 27.9 4.4 25.0 79.5 86.0 71.9 5.7 93.3 2.0 1.2 4.8 2.0 2.4 14.5 .283 .370 .498 .868 96.5     16.7 .108
1987    1 Paul Molitor MIL 30    27.43 27.7%   551 523.3 143.4 26.8 3.2 28.6 84.8 88.8 67.8 4.0 111.9 4.0 0.6 4.3 8.7 1.4 11.3 .274 .359 .501 .860 96.6     16.8 .105
1988    1 Jack Clark NY 32    20.12 38.4%   772 519.4 135.7 22.8 1.8 22.6 71.0 76.3 71.8 4.1 107.9 2.9 0.6 5.3 3.9 1.4 11.1 .261 .351 .443 .794 83.5     16.2 .103
1989    1 Harold Baines CHI/TEX 30    23.35 31.7%   584 536.8 144.9 26.3 2.0 15.9 66.1 72.4 53.1 6.9 92.6 2.0 0.6 7.5 3.2 2.3 14.4 .270 .334 .415 .749 74.5     12.6 .075
                 
1990    5 Harold Baines TEX/OAK 31    11.24 26.3%   536 531.5 134.5 24.0 0.9 18.6 58.4 63.8 57.8 6.9 105.8 3.5 0.0 7.2 1.6 3.5 16.1 .253 .326 .407 .733 67.3     11.3 .067
1991    2 Paul Molitor MIL 34    27.20 33.9%   683 520.7 140.1 23.1 3.2 18.8 73.9 74.6 72.1 13.4 85.0 1.8 0.2 5.2 4.1 2.7 8.6 .269 .357 .434 .791 85.5     17.4 .112
1992    4 Chili Davis MIN 32    14.46 36.9%   713 526.7 135.3 21.4 1.0 18.3 65.8 79.3 61.6 8.3 87.0 3.5 1.3 6.9 2.9 2.9 16.0 .257 .335 .406 .741 70.6     12.7 .086
1993    2 Julio Franco TEX 34    18.89 39.2%   730 530.9 135.9 27.5 1.2 21.7 72.6 92.3 60.3 6.8 107.1 1.6 1.8 5.4 3.4 1.6 14.9 .256 .331 .435 .766 76.6     12.7 .086
1994    3 Chili Davis CAL 34    16.79 25.0%   315 511.0 139.6 27.7 1.3 24.2 80.1 84.6 80.1 7.6 117.7 3.1 0.0 5.8 2.7 2.2 11.2 .273 .371 .475 .846 90.4     14.1 .100
1995    1 Edgar Martinez SEA 32    46.89 37.2%   655 512.5 151.8 30.6 0.7 22.7 84.1 88.8 76.7 7.9 110.0 5.2 0.4 5.2 3.1 2.7 11.0 .296 .390 .491 .881 100.3     18.2 .124
1996    1 Edgar Martinez SEA 33    30.40 38.9%   727 510.5 139.4 31.1 1.1 22.4 88.6 89.0 78.9 6.8 106.6 5.3 0.6 4.7 2.7 2.5 13.3 .273 .373 .470 .843 91.2     14.0 .101
1997    1 Edgar Martinez SEA 34    36.31 34.9%   642 508.2 145.1 26.3 0.9 21.4 77.2 85.1 77.9 5.3 110.4 9.1 0.2 4.6 2.6 2.6 16.0 .285 .387 .467 .854 94.1     16.7 .112
1998    2 Frank Thomas CHI 30    30.05 45.3%   884 524.1 139.7 31.0 1.9 22.8 81.4 84.6 65.7 4.1 111.0 4.6 0.5 5.1 6.6 3.6 10.9 .266 .350 .463 .813 86.9     13.8 .092
1999    1 Rafael Palmeiro TEX 34    33.21 45.0%   809 513.9 145.3 27.0 1.3 30.0 81.3 98.3 74.5 6.9 101.9 6.2 0.2 5.2 5.2 3.0 14.8 .283 .377 .515 .892 100.6     16.8 .111
                 
2000    2 Frank Thomas CHI 32    37.75 30.1%   524 506.4 145.0 32.0 0.5 21.0 81.5 80.4 86.1 7.5 100.3 3.5 0.5 3.5 3.0 2.4 13.4 .286 .391 .476 .867 97.4     16.0 .113
2001    7 Juan Gonzalez CLE 31     7.87 11.5%   188 513.9 124.6 27.9 0.8 20.5 79.5 90.2 56.6 2.5 116.4 17.2 3.3 9.0 9.0 5.7 8.2 .242 .332 .419 .751 76.2     11.4 .074
2002    2 Manny Ramirez BOS 30    17.72 35.3%   588 517.3 138.2 30.2 3.2 20.9 76.6 78.1 69.5 3.2 101.4 7.4 0.7 5.1 5.4 2.9 10.8 .267 .359 .459 .818 87.9     15.9 .110
2003    5 Jason Giambi NY 32    12.66 14.5%   255 511.8 117.8 25.1 0.6 22.3 65.3 71.4 73.7 4.5 108.8 11.2 0.0 3.3 3.3 2.2 12.8 .230 .338 .412 .750 74.8     13.2 .093
2004    3 Erubiel Durazo OAK 30    25.28 32.8%   520 536.2 148.2 25.8 1.9 21.6 82.1 81.3 49.4 5.3 93.2 9.7 1.1 3.6 3.6 1.7 10.0 .276 .346 .453 .799 85.2     14.0 .097
2005    3 Mike Sweeney KC 31    11.71 39.9%   686 528.6 134.5 24.9 1.9 19.8 74.6 69.3 59.1 3.2 107.7 7.7 0.6 4.0 4.9 2.1 13.6 .254 .336 .421 .757 76.1     12.5 .086
2006    1 David Ortiz BOS 30    43.57 29.1%   493 527.0 146.2 28.1 2.0 27.5 79.1 88.0 63.1 10.4 99.3 4.7 0.0 5.2 3.2 1.4 13.0 .277 .357 .495 .852 96.1     15.4 .108
2007    1 David Ortiz BOS 31    45.04 47.4%   779 520.6 147.3 28.5 1.4 18.8 76.0 79.4 69.7 8.4 80.6 3.9 0.7 5.1 2.3 1.2 14.3 .283 .368 .452 .820 89.7     15.3 .111
2008    2 Milton Bradley TEX 30    19.54 45.8%   710 530.3 140.4 32.1 1.2 21.9 75.9 88.5 58.1 8.3 99.0 6.2 0.8 4.6 4.3 1.7 11.6 .265 .342 .454 .796 84.2     14.3 .104
2009    5 David Ortiz BOS 33     9.68 50.8%   849 527.2 130.6 25.8 0.8 24.4 73.7 78.7 64.6 4.7 125.9 4.2 0.0 4.0 2.0 1.3 10.4 .248 .332 .439 .771 79.2     10.6 .074
                 
2010    1 David Ortiz BOS 34    21.08 48.0%   798 519.4 135.8 30.6 1.1 25.0 72.3 78.8 68.8 6.3 138.0 6.6 0.2 5.0 1.8 1.7 10.5 .262 .352 .469 .821 88.9     14.1 .096
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia