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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	529.1	87.3	27.3	0.0	10.9	43.6	76.4	60.0	0.0	81.8	5.4	0.0	5.5	0.0	5.5	27.3	.165	.255	.278	.533	32.7			4.4	.031
1974	7	Roy White	NY	30	9.02	5.6%			92	528.0	136.3	21.9	3.1	12.5	79.9	72.1	53.3	1.6	64.2	3.1	7.8	7.8	12.5	4.7	3.1	.258	.325	.383	.708	72.1			15.2	.105
1975	T29	Rodney Scott	KC	21	-	0.7%			22	450.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	150.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	150.0	0.0	300.0	300.0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0			-	.000
1976	19	Dave Collins	CAL	23	2.78	1.4%			22	575.3	167.0	37.1	0.0	6.2	61.9	30.9	18.5	0.0	123.7	0.0	6.2	0.0	49.5	24.7	0.0	.290	.313	.387	.700	68.0			15.5	.114
1977	3	Eddie Murray	BAL	21	17.79	8.7%			177	544.8	144.1	23.4	1.9	20.6	73.0	65.5	44.9	3.7	89.9	0.9	3.8	5.6	15.0	7.5	17.8	.265	.319	.428	.747	72.1			14.7	.089
1978	17	Roy White	NY	34	3.02	1.2%			23	509.7	148.4	32.3	12.9	6.5	38.7	71.0	77.4	12.9	38.7	0.0	6.4	6.5	19.4	0.0	25.8	.291	.380	.443	.823	83.9			16.8	.113
1979	31	Roy White	NY	35	0.11	1.6%			29	532.7	117.8	33.6	0.0	5.6	61.7	84.1	50.5	0.0	61.7	0.0	11.2	5.6	0.0	5.6	5.6	.221	.286	.316	.602	50.5			1.7	.010
1980						0.0%
1981	7	Ken Singleton	BAL	34	5.94	4.5%			52	526.0	137.4	26.4	2.6	15.9	58.1	71.4	55.5	7.9	79.3	5.3	5.3	7.9	0.0	0.0	26.4	.261	.333	.412	.745	68.7			15.3	.112
1982	8	Ken Singleton	BAL	35	11.01	8.9%			181	516.7	132.6	24.7	0.0	14.7	66.3	69.4	77.9	1.5	79.4	0.0	0.8	4.6	3.9	3.1	18.5	.257	.351	.390	.741	71.0			11.6	.083
1983	5	Ken Singleton	BAL	36	18.57	10.6%			216	515.4	150.8	28.4	3.4	16.9	59.5	93.3	77.1	12.9	72.4	2.0	1.4	4.1	1.4	2.0	20.3	.293	.384	.459	.843	88.6			17.9	.123
1984	21	Jerry Hairston	CHI	32	1.97	9.3%			200	543.5	120.6	16.0	3.8	4.6	50.4	50.4	49.6	5.3	66.4	1.6	1.5	3.8	3.1	0.0	22.9	.222	.287	.291	.578	42.0			1.5	.010
1985	5	Ted Simmons	MIL	35	8.33	12.0%			252	530.7	131.1	26.2	1.2	15.0	59.9	74.3	59.9	6.9	66.8	2.5	0.0	6.9	1.2	3.1	12.5	.247	.323	.386	.709	66.8			11.3	.072
1986	7	Roy Smalley III	MIN	33	9.09	10.1%			205	529.3	134.6	24.1	4.5	20.3	63.9	63.9	65.4	3.0	88.7	0.0	2.3	3.0	2.3	3.8	14.3	.254	.335	.432	.767	75.9			10.8	.070
1987	12	Roy Smalley III	MIN	34	5.83	10.3%			204	528.0	131.0	18.4	1.5	12.3	58.2	49.8	62.8	3.1	95.0	2.3	3.1	3.8	10.0	10.0	11.5	.248	.329	.358	.687	62.8			8.7	.055
1988	5	Eddie Murray	BAL	32	13.87	8.5%			167	510.4	137.9	27.8	0.9	15.2	60.0	69.0	72.5	6.3	67.2	9.9	0.9	6.3	2.7	1.8	9.9	.270	.368	.418	.786	86.0			16.0	.107
1989	7	Mickey Tettleton	BAL	28	7.58	4.8%			84	508.8	127.7	36.5	1.8	20.1	87.5	60.2	78.4	10.9	107.6	3.7	1.8	7.3	5.5	0.0	12.8	.251	.351	.448	.799	82.1			16.2	.106
1990	10	Chili Davis	CAL	30	7.47	8.6%			164	510.7	139.8	31.6	3.6	9.9	68.6	59.5	80.3	5.4	122.7	1.8	2.7	4.5	1.8	5.4	13.5	.274	.372	.408	.780	79.4			13.9	.094
1991	3	Chili Davis	MIN	31	26.18	10.4%			208	509.8	138.9	30.5	2.9	26.2	77.1	89.5	82.9	10.9	112.7	2.2	1.5	3.6	6.5	5.1	8.0	.272	.374	.498	.872	98.9			19.7	.130
1992	4	Chili Davis	MIN	32	14.46	10.4%			199	490.3	132.9	22.5	1.5	16.7	69.7	72.6	96.6	13.1	99.5	2.2	2.2	8.7	5.1	6.5	8.7	.271	.388	.425	.813	87.2			17.1	.119
1993	5	Chili Davis	CAL	33	13.99	14.2%			263	541.0	132.8	24.8	1.7	22.0	66.7	87.1	53.4	9.9	122.3	2.2	1.7	1.7	6.1	2.8	14.3	.245	.315	.420	.735	69.4			10.2	.071
1994	3	Chili Davis	CAL	34	16.79	19.2%			242	518.5	149.4	25.2	1.2	27.5	83.8	97.3	74.4	11.7	95.5	1.8	0.0	5.3	5.3	2.3	13.5	.288	.376	.501	.877	94.3			15.3	.108
1995	2	Chili Davis	CAL	35	22.25	22.0%			379	509.5	153.4	27.3	0.0	24.3	89.0	99.9	80.0	7.9	87.9	1.9	1.1	7.5	3.4	1.5	14.2	.301	.393	.498	.891	102.5			18.8	.132
1996	2	Chili Davis	CAL	36	19.99	30.7%			581	518.2	142.9	26.4	1.2	21.4	75.0	82.5	70.8	7.5	99.2	1.5	0.5	9.0	3.6	1.9	14.6	.276	.359	.455	.814	85.2			11.7	.083
1997	2	Chili Davis	KC	37	15.93	17.8%			323	533.4	152.9	27.9	0.4	21.1	75.6	81.0	58.5	9.0	98.5	3.1	0.5	4.5	4.0	3.6	17.5	.287	.358	.460	.818	81.9			12.3	.085
1998	13	Tim Raines	NY	38	5.57	11.3%			236	529.0	147.1	29.3	1.5	12.4	68.8	60.7	65.1	2.2	90.0	2.2	1.5	2.2	7.3	2.9	12.4	.278	.358	.409	.767	79.0			11.9	.069
1999	6	Chili Davis	NY	39	12.20	15.9%			294	534.8	137.5	28.3	1.1	18.5	65.8	65.8	58.1	3.8	102.7	3.8	0.0	3.3	3.8	2.7	13.6	.257	.332	.418	.750	74.5			8.5	.053
2000	7	David Segui	TEX/CLE	33	6.52	6.6%			118	531.4	151.3	33.1	0.0	19.1	69.9	68.6	62.3	2.5	85.2	2.5	0.0	3.8	1.3	2.5	12.7	.285	.360	.455	.815	87.7			11.4	.076
2001	12	Tony Clark	DET	29	5.47	7.1%			113	542.4	151.0	32.0	3.8	26.9	79.3	90.8	51.2	6.4	102.3	1.3	0.0	5.1	5.1	0.0	25.6	.278	.339	.500	.839	84.4			11.0	.076
2002	11	Ray Durham	OAK	30	6.16	11.3%			190	543.5	141.7	31.0	3.1	15.5	70.5	76.6	46.5	4.6	86.7	3.1	1.5	5.4	10.8	3.9	15.5	.261	.320	.415	.735	71.2			9.8	.067
2003	7	Dmitri Young	DET	29	10.74	11.4%			204	531.1	150.0	26.8	5.1	18.1	71.7	71.7	61.6	7.2	112.3	5.1	0.0	2.2	3.6	0.7	16.7	.282	.361	.454	.815	87.0			11.8	.080
2004	5	Dmitri Young	DET	30	5.76	16.2%			259	536.8	135.0	27.4	1.7	22.8	84.9	83.2	51.8	4.6	96.9	5.1	0.6	5.7	0.6	0.6	14.8	.252	.320	.436	.756	73.5			11.2	.076
2005	8	Carl Everett	CHI	34	8.13	14.9%			258	539.5	137.8	21.3	2.9	21.9	68.6	88.2	46.7	1.7	115.3	5.8	1.1	6.9	6.3	4.6	13.8	.255	.318	.427	.745	71.5			10.1	.068
2006	9	Greg Norton	TB	33	4.91	10.6%			185	538.1	138.7	18.2	0.8	18.2	71.0	70.2	52.0	4.1	104.8	4.1	0.0	5.8	2.5	5.0	9.1	.258	.325	.396	.721	71.8			6.7	.044
2007	6	Jose Vidro	SEA	32	13.75	10.2%			168	520.4	153.5	23.5	0.0	7.3	73.9	49.5	69.0	5.7	69.0	0.8	3.3	6.5	0.8	0.8	15.4	.295	.374	.382	.756	76.3			13.8	.101
2008	2	Milton Bradley	TEX	30	19.54	10.5%			166	512.8	145.3	24.8	0.9	18.8	70.1	83.8	71.8	12.0	101.7	7.7	1.7	6.0	5.1	2.6	11.1	.283	.376	.445	.821	91.5			14.4	.102
2009	17	Willy Aybar	TB	26	3.00	3.2%			53	506.9	147.4	18.1	2.6	20.7	77.6	85.3	72.4	5.2	95.7	10.3	2.6	7.8	0.0	0.0	10.3	.291	.385	.459	.844	98.3			12.4	.091
2010	13	Willy Aybar	TB	27	3.94	8.7%			150	531.4	121.3	26.4	1.1	10.5	48.5	62.2	54.8	5.3	140.2	7.4	3.2	3.2	3.2	1.1	7.4	.228	.307	.341	.648	61.2			9.8	.062
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		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia