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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	21	Ken Henderson	CHI	27	0.49	1.6%			26	97	16	5	0	2	8	14	11	0	15	1	0	1	0	1	5	.165	.255	.278	.533	6			0.8	.031
1974	7	Roy White	NY	30	9.02	5.6%			92	337	87	14	2	8	51	46	34	1	41	2	5	5	8	3	2	.258	.325	.383	.708	46			9.7	.105
1975	T29	Rodney Scott	KC	21	-	0.7%			22	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0			-	.000
1976	19	Dave Collins	CAL	23	2.78	1.4%			22	93	27	6	0	1	10	5	3	0	20	0	1	0	8	4	0	.290	.313	.387	.700	11			2.5	.114
1977	3	Eddie Murray	BAL	21	17.79	8.7%			177	582	154	25	2	22	78	70	48	4	96	1	4	6	16	8	19	.265	.319	.428	.747	77			15.7	.089
1978	17	Roy White	NY	34	3.02	1.2%			23	79	23	5	2	1	6	11	12	2	6	0	1	1	3	0	4	.291	.380	.443	.823	13			2.6	.113
1979	31	Roy White	NY	35	0.11	1.6%			29	95	21	6	0	1	11	15	9	0	11	0	2	1	0	1	1	.221	.286	.316	.602	9			0.3	.010
1980						0.0%
1981	7	Ken Singleton	BAL	34	5.94	4.5%			52	199	52	10	1	6	22	27	21	3	30	2	2	3	0	0	10	.261	.333	.412	.745	26			5.8	.112
1982	8	Ken Singleton	BAL	35	11.01	8.9%			181	670	172	32	0	19	86	90	101	2	103	0	1	6	5	4	24	.257	.351	.390	.741	92			15.0	.083
1983	5	Ken Singleton	BAL	36	18.57	10.6%			216	762	223	42	5	25	88	138	114	19	107	3	2	6	2	3	30	.293	.384	.459	.843	131			26.5	.123
1984	21	Jerry Hairston	CHI	32	1.97	9.3%			200	712	158	21	5	6	66	66	65	7	87	2	2	5	4	0	30	.222	.287	.291	.578	55			2.0	.010
1985	5	Ted Simmons	MIL	35	8.33	12.0%			252	850	210	42	2	24	96	119	96	11	107	4	0	11	2	5	20	.247	.323	.386	.709	107			18.1	.072
1986	7	Roy Smalley III	MIN	33	9.09	10.1%			205	704	179	32	6	27	85	85	87	4	118	0	3	4	3	5	19	.254	.335	.432	.767	101			14.4	.070
1987	12	Roy Smalley III	MIN	34	5.83	10.3%			204	689	171	24	2	16	76	65	82	4	124	3	4	5	13	13	15	.248	.329	.358	.687	82			11.3	.055
1988	5	Eddie Murray	BAL	32	13.87	8.5%			167	570	154	31	1	17	67	77	81	7	75	11	1	7	3	2	11	.270	.368	.418	.786	96			17.9	.107
1989	7	Mickey Tettleton	BAL	28	7.58	4.8%			84	279	70	20	1	11	48	33	43	6	59	2	1	4	3	0	7	.251	.351	.448	.799	45			8.9	.106
1990	10	Chili Davis	CAL	30	7.47	8.6%			164	566	155	35	4	11	76	66	89	6	136	2	3	5	2	6	15	.274	.372	.408	.780	88			15.4	.094
1991	3	Chili Davis	MIN	31	26.18	10.4%			208	701	191	42	4	36	106	123	114	15	155	3	2	5	9	7	11	.272	.374	.498	.872	136			27.1	.130
1992	4	Chili Davis	MIN	32	14.46	10.4%			199	675	183	31	2	23	96	100	133	18	137	3	3	12	7	9	12	.271	.388	.425	.813	120			23.6	.119
1993	5	Chili Davis	CAL	33	13.99	14.2%			263	982	241	45	3	40	121	158	97	18	222	4	3	3	11	5	26	.245	.315	.420	.735	126			18.6	.071
1994	3	Chili Davis	CAL	34	16.79	19.2%			242	885	255	43	2	47	143	166	127	20	163	3	0	9	9	4	23	.288	.376	.501	.877	161			26.1	.108
1995	2	Chili Davis	CAL	35	22.25	22.0%			379	1362	410	73	0	65	238	267	214	21	235	5	3	20	9	4	38	.301	.393	.498	.891	274			50.2	.132
1996	2	Chili Davis	CAL	36	19.99	30.7%			581	2136	589	109	5	88	309	340	292	31	409	6	2	37	15	8	60	.276	.359	.455	.814	351			48.3	.083
1997	2	Chili Davis	KC	37	15.93	17.8%			323	1186	340	62	1	47	168	180	130	20	219	7	1	10	9	8	39	.287	.358	.460	.818	182			27.4	.085
1998	13	Tim Raines	NY	38	5.57	11.3%			236	723	201	40	2	17	94	83	89	3	123	3	2	3	10	4	17	.278	.358	.409	.767	108			16.2	.069
1999	6	Chili Davis	NY	39	12.20	15.9%			294	984	253	52	2	34	121	121	107	7	189	7	0	6	7	5	25	.257	.332	.418	.750	137			15.6	.053
2000	7	David Segui	TEX/CLE	33	6.52	6.6%			118	418	119	26	0	15	55	54	49	2	67	2	0	3	1	2	10	.285	.360	.455	.815	69			9.0	.076
2001	12	Tony Clark	DET	29	5.47	7.1%			113	424	118	25	3	21	62	71	40	5	80	1	0	4	4	0	20	.278	.339	.500	.839	66			8.6	.076
2002	11	Ray Durham	OAK	30	6.16	11.3%			190	702	183	40	4	20	91	99	60	6	112	4	2	7	14	5	20	.261	.320	.415	.735	92			12.7	.067
2003	7	Dmitri Young	DET	29	10.74	11.4%			204	733	207	37	7	25	99	99	85	10	155	7	0	3	5	1	23	.282	.361	.454	.815	120			16.3	.080
2004	5	Dmitri Young	DET	30	5.76	16.2%			259	942	237	48	3	40	149	146	91	8	170	9	1	10	1	1	26	.252	.320	.436	.756	129			19.7	.076
2005	8	Carl Everett	CHI	34	8.13	14.9%			258	936	239	37	5	38	119	153	81	3	200	10	2	12	11	8	24	.255	.318	.427	.745	124			17.6	.068
2006	9	Greg Norton	TB	33	4.91	10.6%			185	652	168	22	1	22	86	85	63	5	127	5	0	7	3	6	11	.258	.325	.396	.721	87			8.1	.044
2007	6	Jose Vidro	SEA	32	13.75	10.2%			168	641	189	29	0	9	91	61	85	7	85	1	4	8	1	1	19	.295	.374	.382	.756	94			17.0	.101
2008	2	Milton Bradley	TEX	30	19.54	10.5%			166	600	170	29	1	22	82	98	84	14	119	9	2	7	6	3	13	.283	.376	.445	.821	107			16.9	.102
2009	17	Willy Aybar	TB	26	3.00	3.2%			53	196	57	7	1	8	30	33	28	2	37	4	1	3	0	0	4	.291	.385	.459	.844	38			4.8	.091
2010	13	Willy Aybar	TB	27	3.94	8.7%			150	504	115	25	1	10	46	59	52	5	133	7	3	3	3	1	7	.228	.307	.341	.648	58			9.3	.062
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia