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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	1	Frank Robinson	CAL	37	30.65	20.6%			345	1212	334	58	1	55	151	194	145	26	188	12	3	6	1	4	50	.276	.357	.461	.818	188			38.7	.112
1974	1	Frank Robinson	CAL/CLE	38	22.71	22.2%			363	1309	324	63	4	40	172	173	180	22	214	12	2	14	7	4	31	.248	.341	.393	.734	183			34.7	.096
1975	1	Billy Williams	OAK	37	17.82	33.0%			556	1948	485	75	3	72	219	283	218	14	296	6	4	18	4	2	48	.249	.324	.401	.725	256			47.8	.086
1976	1	Rico Carty	CLE	36	29.46	26.0%			433	1474	379	61	0	38	153	187	163	25	163	1	1	17	8	8	44	.257	.328	.376	.704	183			37.2	.086
1977	6	Rico Carty	CLE	37	11.75	12.2%			240	811	218	36	3	24	95	114	113	14	111	1	4	5	5	4	25	.269	.357	.409	.766	120			18.4	.077
1978	1	Rico Carty	TOR/OAK	38	24.36	23.4%			448	1617	417	64	2	72	190	250	138	16	255	3	3	12	13	6	51	.258	.315	.434	.749	211			39.9	.089
1979	5	Willie Horton	SEA	36	11.77	31.6%			559	2074	526	90	6	72	246	310	180	15	298	11	7	18	9	9	78	.254	.314	.407	.721	248			31.6	.057
1980	14	Rusty Staub	TEX	36	5.86	18.7%			372	1154	290	60	8	31	137	156	127	8	182	6	6	15	3	6	41	.251	.325	.398	.723	147			22.3	.060
1981	6	Hal McRae	KC	35	6.97	23.9%			293	1009	242	48	3	20	94	109	116	6	135	5	3	10	4	7	26	.240	.318	.353	.671	112			19.2	.066
1982	1	Hal McRae	KC	36	35.96	28.8%			622	2113	596	125	13	76	266	364	241	15	272	8	6	13	6	10	54	.282	.356	.461	.817	338			64.2	.103
1983	2	Hal McRae	KC	37	23.16	31.4%			657	2194	603	119	10	66	264	324	307	47	346	20	4	14	3	10	65	.275	.367	.428	.795	343			63.4	.096
1984	2	Dave Kingman	OAK	35	26.73	40.1%			871	2964	768	129	10	125	396	468	296	38	537	38	7	34	14	13	65	.259	.331	.436	.767	431			80.3	.092
1985	2	Dave Kingman	OAK	36	12.00	48.2%			1002	3412	824	139	6	140	414	569	385	43	547	35	7	39	9	12	88	.242	.321	.409	.730	448			72.1	.072
1986	1	Don Baylor	BOS	37	17.87	62.5%			1252	4362	1082	175	10	190	566	676	507	44	848	48	6	44	16	27	106	.248	.330	.423	.753	618			100.1	.080
1987	2	Brian Downing	CAL	36	24.23	37.8%			745	2468	600	97	3	102	365	342	313	15	457	55	13	20	18	15	62	.243	.339	.409	.748	356			57.0	.077
1988	3	Brian Downing	CAL	37	16.63	31.5%			628	2089	523	83	5	72	272	291	271	21	318	32	10	21	9	9	53	.250	.342	.398	.740	289			50.6	.081
1989	2	Brian Downing	CAL	38	21.36	37.9%			682	2288	614	107	6	62	261	311	221	17	343	11	2	23	5	3	63	.268	.333	.402	.735	305			55.4	.081
1990	1	Brian Downing	CAL	39	18.16	25.3%			489	1684	451	86	10	53	219	237	203	24	263	13	0	29	10	12	56	.268	.346	.425	.771	244			45.2	.092
1991	5	Jack Clark	BOS	35	15.97	33.2%			662	2272	578	123	11	73	320	298	311	26	447	15	5	20	13	8	67	.254	.345	.415	.760	318			52.3	.079
1992	1	Dave Winfield	TOR	40	27.83	31.6%			597	2214	591	112	8	60	282	297	267	27	362	19	3	22	38	14	48	.267	.348	.406	.754	321			64.3	.108
1993	1	Paul Molitor	TOR	36	32.70	33.4%			607	2345	637	124	13	74	328	328	212	21	323	19	1	30	44	14	68	.272	.333	.430	.763	325			48.2	.079
1994	1	Paul Molitor	TOR	37	22.04	48.4%			618	2297	655	117	11	101	351	407	229	24	362	14	2	17	37	10	65	.285	.351	.478	.829	377			56.3	.091
1995	2	Chili Davis	CAL	35	22.25	33.7%			589	2094	613	114	5	90	318	328	307	32	320	10	5	22	30	8	60	.293	.382	.481	.863	386			64.4	.109
1996	2	Chili Davis	CAL	36	19.99	37.7%			715	2625	772	139	11	102	385	442	356	37	438	7	2	35	34	10	85	.294	.375	.472	.847	449			64.7	.090
1997	2	Chili Davis	KC	37	15.93	35.0%			628	2338	641	118	6	80	305	359	270	38	401	7	5	32	27	15	57	.274	.347	.432	.779	350			53.1	.085
1998	1	Edgar Martinez	SEA	35	30.70	40.9%			801	2765	799	154	11	110	395	451	357	25	496	16	1	29	26	15	75	.289	.370	.472	.842	491			82.3	.103
1999	3	Edgar Martinez	SEA	36	27.85	23.4%			427	1403	427	78	2	66	205	255	226	15	250	9	0	8	12	4	38	.304	.402	.504	.906	292			51.0	.119
2000	1	Edgar Martinez	SEA	37	38.43	27.8%			487	1772	508	88	6	97	262	325	250	21	338	11	1	21	13	3	36	.287	.374	.507	.881	343			54.5	.112
2001	1	Edgar Martinez	SEA	38	34.73	44.6%			701	2545	671	152	6	135	405	452	344	21	527	25	0	30	20	8	67	.264	.353	.487	.840	442			75.8	.108
2002	1	Ellis Burks	CLE	37	23.92	24.4%			399	1474	391	79	1	71	210	236	212	22	318	14	1	12	6	7	34	.265	.360	.465	.825	249			44.4	.111
2003	1	Edgar Martinez	SEA	40	26.06	35.0%			626	2208	585	106	6	105	294	358	310	27	414	25	1	15	6	6	56	.265	.360	.461	.821	370			64.9	.104
2004	4	Frank Thomas	CHI	36	15.94	27.6%			435	1584	394	82	1	52	211	229	217	18	322	13	1	15	5	3	42	.249	.341	.400	.741	225			34.8	.080
2005	9	Gary Sheffield	NY	36	7.93	14.6%			255	879	214	33	0	39	116	150	119	3	162	3	2	9	1	3	27	.243	.333	.414	.747	123			21.3	.084
2006	2	Jim Thome	CHI	35	38.23	42.1%			727	2507	637	105	2	141	393	454	378	32	568	31	0	26	3	6	59	.254	.356	.466	.822	429			73.5	.101
2007	2	Jim Thome	CHI	36	31.31	40.5%			672	2472	650	122	4	127	371	429	360	22	530	34	1	25	22	6	63	.263	.361	.470	.831	435			75.2	.112
2008	1	Jim Thome	CHI	37	19.84	36.4%			577	2061	518	86	4	101	301	317	306	30	486	28	0	13	16	5	62	.251	.354	.444	.798	330			49.6	.086
2009	1	Hideki Matsui	NY	35	22.45	25.5%			426	1553	390	75	1	79	201	261	230	7	320	10	0	11	1	1	31	.251	.349	.453	.802	258			44.0	.103
2010	2	Jim Thome	MIN	39	18.64	32.0%			525	1931	520	91	7	81	278	295	234	13	366	20	2	13	12	4	43	.269	.352	.450	.802	316			58.7	.112
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia