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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	66.1%			1112	3951	1063	158	12	117	447	571	391	47	621	20	19	27	32	18	127	.269	.336	.404	.740	523			94.6	.085
1974	1	Frank Robinson	CAL/CLE	38	22.71	60.8%			1039	3557	902	136	16	86	414	438	351	43	519	28	22	30	58	36	98	.254	.323	.373	.696	432			75.9	.073
1975	2	Willie Horton	DET	32	12.09	61.3%			1026	3708	958	136	10	114	413	505	339	29	592	8	11	41	40	25	101	.258	.319	.393	.712	455			76.3	.074
1976	1	Rico Carty	CLE	36	29.46	62.4%			1045	3557	955	166	18	93	411	488	319	34	521	25	12	43	39	22	104	.268	.329	.404	.733	475			102.5	.098
1977	1	Jim Rice	BOS	24	27.21	60.5%			1186	4156	1124	198	34	152	522	594	392	33	655	30	9	33	46	35	120	.270	.335	.444	.779	610			106.1	.089
1978	1	Rico Carty	TOR/OAK	38	24.36	64.0%			1227	4325	1119	189	23	164	560	643	422	47	726	28	21	51	48	29	127	.259	.325	.427	.752	586			106.5	.087
1979	1	Don Baylor	CAL	30	27.45	62.5%			1130	4016	1103	187	18	160	576	660	339	24	591	32	15	40	53	25	125	.275	.333	.450	.783	592			93.5	.083
1980	2	Hal McRae	KC	34	17.13	59.9%			1161	3914	1030	183	26	123	498	552	348	38	591	21	10	39	18	23	132	.263	.324	.417	.741	513			82.8	.071
1981	1	Greg Luzinski	CHI	30	18.94	60.7%			741	2555	655	102	8	107	316	360	298	12	431	25	9	31	14	17	63	.256	.336	.428	.764	366			70.2	.095
1982	1	Hal McRae	KC	36	35.96	64.2%			1392	4681	1277	238	20	174	604	734	512	54	693	26	11	37	31	40	119	.273	.345	.444	.789	700			130.0	.093
1983	1	Don Baylor	NY	34	25.37	58.7%			1231	4180	1134	217	19	165	578	675	466	49	707	46	4	47	26	22	112	.271	.347	.451	.798	649			117.5	.095
1984	2	Dave Kingman	OAK	35	26.73	50.6%			1092	3762	1001	174	14	158	491	587	396	38	623	40	4	52	18	18	82	.266	.338	.446	.784	575			110.1	.101
1985	1	Gorman Thomas	SEA	34	15.12	51.7%			1090	3602	871	145	6	169	445	614	422	29	680	37	8	41	16	20	90	.242	.324	.426	.750	492			77.6	.071
1986	1	Don Baylor	BOS	37	17.87	51.6%			1038	3614	834	137	7	175	476	572	371	22	808	49	5	40	16	20	88	.231	.308	.418	.726	467			70.5	.068
1987	1	Paul Molitor	MIL	30	27.43	49.5%			971	3306	874	157	14	157	519	507	376	18	651	58	14	31	55	21	86	.264	.347	.463	.810	544			90.3	.093
1988	1	Jack Clark	NY	32	20.12	49.1%			975	3317	803	128	12	128	425	459	392	20	702	45	7	36	21	12	77	.242	.327	.404	.731	447			77.9	.080
1989	2	Brian Downing	CAL	38	21.36	49.5%			886	3008	768	132	11	96	347	425	276	13	578	19	4	39	15	10	74	.255	.318	.402	.720	391			67.2	.076
1990	1	Brian Downing	CAL	39	18.16	41.0%			814	2728	697	127	12	93	333	352	266	21	517	26	3	30	23	19	82	.255	.324	.413	.737	358			65.3	.080
1991	1	Frank Thomas	CHI	23	37.84	45.0%			892	3083	841	139	17	123	463	427	431	38	615	25	5	21	27	15	92	.273	.364	.449	.813	509			99.1	.111
1992	1	Dave Winfield	TOR	40	27.83	58.6%			1119	4102	1075	184	8	155	542	651	457	45	792	35	6	43	48	18	118	.262	.338	.424	.762	587			116.4	.104
1993	1	Paul Molitor	TOR	36	32.70	51.8%			959	3528	924	182	12	128	495	560	370	35	651	26	9	39	40	12	95	.262	.333	.429	.762	511			84.4	.088
1994	1	Paul Molitor	TOR	37	22.04	58.2%			731	2738	764	144	14	119	438	468	331	28	533	22	1	25	48	16	81	.279	.358	.472	.830	465			73.8	.101
1995	1	Edgar Martinez	SEA	32	46.89	58.7%			1025	3697	1046	212	7	174	584	622	469	49	738	30	4	38	35	17	95	.283	.365	.485	.850	658			109.7	.107
1996	1	Edgar Martinez	SEA	33	30.40	48.1%			917	3312	961	202	15	144	557	589	467	43	663	35	7	26	31	17	93	.290	.381	.491	.872	620			95.0	.104
1997	1	Edgar Martinez	SEA	34	36.31	52.5%			960	3389	932	181	9	129	487	565	436	30	702	41	3	46	26	14	97	.275	.360	.448	.808	557			93.6	.098
1998	1	Edgar Martinez	SEA	35	30.70	54.2%			1041	3693	1024	211	13	173	594	647	513	30	746	33	1	55	31	20	85	.277	.366	.482	.848	672			118.9	.114
1999	2	John Jaha	OAK	33	29.01	47.9%			865	2889	828	170	6	148	471	540	420	26	616	48	0	29	28	5	103	.287	.383	.503	.886	559			90.1	.104
2000	1	Edgar Martinez	SEA	37	38.43	52.3%			913	3294	930	170	5	166	545	566	512	37	691	33	2	35	20	9	71	.282	.381	.488	.869	639			108.5	.119
2001	1	Edgar Martinez	SEA	38	34.73	53.3%			841	3019	816	184	8	145	474	560	396	37	664	51	3	38	33	14	72	.270	.360	.481	.841	536			93.6	.111
2002	1	Ellis Burks	CLE	37	23.92	43.6%			724	2641	719	154	6	125	393	428	330	26	592	33	1	23	12	12	61	.272	.357	.477	.834	451			85.5	.118
2003	1	Edgar Martinez	SEA	40	26.06	41.8%			742	2663	692	142	4	120	356	430	346	26	591	49	0	19	4	6	73	.260	.353	.451	.804	429			77.3	.104
2004	4	Frank Thomas	CHI	36	15.94	41.8%			659	2427	649	121	7	94	339	370	280	22	495	36	3	22	15	10	60	.267	.349	.439	.788	379			54.1	.082
2005	3	Mike Sweeney	KC	31	11.71	32.3%			558	2012	531	110	7	81	275	277	195	13	424	40	4	19	16	6	57	.264	.338	.446	.784	303			50.8	.091
2006	4	Frank Thomas	OAK	38	25.76	43.2%			762	2580	660	126	7	122	360	416	303	18	561	32	2	29	13	11	70	.256	.338	.452	.790	397			56.0	.073
2007	4	Frank Thomas	TOR	39	15.10	44.3%			739	2782	731	138	10	113	374	454	301	24	503	37	1	27	28	8	73	.263	.340	.441	.781	423			63.9	.086
2008	5	Vladimir Guerrero	LA	33	10.77	28.6%			455	1675	427	74	2	76	218	250	183	14	323	21	0	6	16	4	65	.255	.335	.438	.773	238			33.2	.073
2009	11	Vladimir Guerrero	LA	34	5.96	27.4%			460	1717	442	84	2	71	229	228	177	9	364	13	0	14	10	5	45	.257	.329	.433	.762	246			32.0	.070
2010	3	Vladimir Guerrero	TEX	35	17.61	25.4%			421	1556	419	74	4	71	219	261	133	8	297	30	0	16	7	4	47	.269	.335	.459	.794	236			42.9	.102
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia