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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    1 Frank Robinson CAL 37    30.65 66.1%   1112 537.8 144.7 21.5 1.6 15.9 60.8 77.7 53.2 6.4 84.5 2.7 2.6 3.7 4.4 2.5 17.3 .269 .336 .404 .740 71.2     12.9 .085
1974    1 Frank Robinson CAL/CLE 38    22.71 60.8%   1039 535.2 135.7 20.5 2.4 12.9 62.3 65.9 52.8 6.5 78.1 4.2 3.3 4.5 8.7 5.4 14.7 .254 .323 .373 .696 65.0     11.4 .073
1975    2 Willie Horton DET 32    12.09 61.3%   1026 541.7 140.0 19.9 1.5 16.7 60.3 73.8 49.5 4.2 86.5 1.2 1.6 6.0 5.8 3.7 14.8 .258 .319 .393 .712 66.5     11.1 .074
1976    1 Rico Carty CLE 36    29.46 62.4%   1045 539.5 144.8 25.2 2.7 14.1 62.3 74.0 48.4 5.2 79.0 3.8 1.8 6.5 5.9 3.3 15.8 .268 .329 .404 .733 72.0     15.5 .098
1977    1 Jim Rice BOS 24    27.21 60.5%   1186 539.7 146.0 25.7 4.4 19.7 67.8 77.1 50.9 4.3 85.1 3.9 1.2 4.3 6.0 4.5 15.6 .270 .335 .444 .779 79.2     13.8 .089
1978    1 Rico Carty TOR/OAK 38    24.36 64.0%   1227 535.4 138.5 23.4 2.8 20.3 69.3 79.6 52.2 5.8 89.9 3.5 2.6 6.3 5.9 3.6 15.7 .259 .325 .427 .752 72.5     13.2 .087
1979    1 Don Baylor CAL 30    27.45 62.5%   1130 542.5 149.0 25.3 2.4 21.6 77.8 89.1 45.8 3.2 79.8 4.3 2.0 5.4 7.2 3.4 16.9 .275 .333 .450 .783 80.0     12.6 .083
                 
1980    2 Hal McRae KC 34    17.13 59.9%   1161 542.1 142.7 25.3 3.6 17.0 69.0 76.5 48.2 5.3 81.9 2.9 1.4 5.4 2.5 3.2 18.3 .263 .324 .417 .741 71.1     11.5 .071
1981    1 Greg Luzinski CHI 30    18.94 60.7%   741 525.4 134.7 21.0 1.6 22.0 65.0 74.0 61.3 2.5 88.6 5.1 1.8 6.4 2.9 3.5 13.0 .256 .336 .428 .764 75.3     14.4 .095
1982    1 Hal McRae KC 36    35.96 64.2%   1392 533.2 145.5 27.1 2.3 19.8 68.8 83.6 58.3 6.2 78.9 3.0 1.3 4.2 3.5 4.6 13.6 .273 .345 .444 .789 79.7     14.8 .093
1983    1 Don Baylor NY 34    25.37 58.7%   1231 528.8 143.5 27.5 2.4 20.9 73.1 85.4 59.0 6.2 89.4 5.8 0.5 5.9 3.3 2.8 14.2 .271 .347 .451 .798 82.1     14.9 .095
1984    2 Dave Kingman OAK 35    26.73 50.6%   1092 530.6 141.2 24.5 2.0 22.3 69.3 82.8 55.9 5.4 87.9 5.6 0.6 7.3 2.5 2.5 11.6 .266 .338 .446 .784 81.1     15.5 .101
1985    1 Gorman Thomas SEA 34    15.12 51.7%   1090 525.8 127.2 21.2 0.9 24.7 65.0 89.6 61.6 4.2 99.3 5.4 1.2 6.0 2.3 2.9 13.1 .242 .324 .426 .750 71.8     11.3 .071
1986    1 Don Baylor BOS 37    17.87 51.6%   1038 531.6 122.7 20.2 1.0 25.7 70.0 84.1 54.6 3.2 118.9 7.2 0.7 5.9 2.4 2.9 12.9 .231 .308 .418 .726 68.7     10.4 .068
1987    1 Paul Molitor MIL 30    27.43 49.5%   971 524.1 138.5 24.9 2.2 24.9 82.3 80.4 59.6 2.9 103.2 9.2 2.2 4.9 8.7 3.3 13.6 .264 .347 .463 .810 86.2     14.3 .093
1988    1 Jack Clark NY 32    20.12 49.1%   975 524.2 126.9 20.2 1.9 20.2 67.2 72.5 61.9 3.2 110.9 7.1 1.1 5.7 3.3 1.9 12.2 .242 .327 .404 .731 70.6     12.3 .080
1989    2 Brian Downing CAL 38    21.36 49.5%   886 539.4 137.7 23.7 2.0 17.2 62.2 76.2 49.5 2.3 103.6 3.4 0.7 7.0 2.7 1.8 13.3 .255 .318 .402 .720 70.1     12.1 .076
                 
1990    1 Brian Downing CAL 39    18.16 41.0%   814 536.1 137.0 25.0 2.4 18.3 65.4 69.2 52.3 4.1 101.6 5.1 0.6 5.9 4.5 3.7 16.1 .255 .324 .413 .737 70.4     12.8 .080
1991    1 Frank Thomas CHI 23    37.84 45.0%   892 518.9 141.5 23.4 2.9 20.7 77.9 71.9 72.5 6.4 103.5 4.2 0.9 3.5 4.5 2.5 15.5 .273 .364 .449 .813 85.7     16.7 .111
1992    1 Dave Winfield TOR 40    27.83 58.6%   1119 530.1 138.9 23.8 1.0 20.0 70.0 84.1 59.0 5.8 102.3 4.5 0.8 5.6 6.2 2.3 15.2 .262 .338 .424 .762 75.9     15.0 .104
1993    1 Paul Molitor TOR 36    32.70 51.8%   959 532.9 139.6 27.5 1.8 19.3 74.8 84.6 55.9 5.3 98.3 3.9 1.4 5.9 6.0 1.8 14.4 .262 .333 .429 .762 77.2     12.7 .088
1994    1 Paul Molitor TOR 37    22.04 58.2%   731 527.1 147.1 27.7 2.7 22.9 84.3 90.1 63.7 5.4 102.6 4.2 0.2 4.8 9.2 3.1 15.6 .279 .358 .472 .830 89.5     14.2 .101
1995    1 Edgar Martinez SEA 32    46.89 58.7%   1025 523.4 148.1 30.0 1.0 24.6 82.7 88.1 66.4 6.9 104.5 4.2 0.6 5.4 5.0 2.4 13.4 .283 .365 .485 .850 93.2     15.5 .107
1996    1 Edgar Martinez SEA 33    30.40 48.1%   917 516.6 149.9 31.5 2.3 22.5 86.9 91.9 72.8 6.7 103.4 5.5 1.1 4.0 4.8 2.7 14.5 .290 .381 .491 .872 96.7     14.8 .104
1997    1 Edgar Martinez SEA 34    36.31 52.5%   960 519.4 142.8 27.7 1.4 19.8 74.6 86.6 66.8 4.6 107.6 6.3 0.5 7.0 4.0 2.1 14.9 .275 .360 .448 .808 85.4     14.3 .098
1998    1 Edgar Martinez SEA 35    30.70 54.2%   1041 515.9 143.1 29.5 1.8 24.2 83.0 90.4 71.7 4.2 104.2 4.6 0.1 7.7 4.3 2.8 11.9 .277 .366 .482 .848 93.9     16.6 .114
1999    2 John Jaha OAK 33    29.01 47.9%   865 511.9 146.7 30.1 1.1 26.2 83.5 95.7 74.4 4.6 109.2 8.5 0.0 5.2 5.0 0.9 18.3 .287 .383 .503 .886 99.1     16.0 .104
                 
2000    1 Edgar Martinez SEA 37    38.43 52.3%   913 509.9 144.0 26.3 0.8 25.7 84.4 87.6 79.3 5.7 107.0 5.1 0.3 5.4 3.1 1.4 11.0 .282 .381 .488 .869 98.9     16.8 .119
2001    1 Edgar Martinez SEA 38    34.73 53.3%   841 516.5 139.6 31.5 1.4 24.8 81.1 95.8 67.8 6.3 113.6 8.7 0.5 6.5 5.6 2.4 12.3 .270 .360 .481 .841 91.7     16.0 .111
2002    1 Ellis Burks CLE 37    23.92 43.6%   724 523.3 142.5 30.5 1.2 24.8 77.9 84.8 65.4 5.2 117.3 6.5 0.2 4.6 2.4 2.4 12.1 .272 .357 .477 .834 89.4     16.9 .118
2003    1 Edgar Martinez SEA 40    26.06 41.8%   742 519.3 134.9 27.7 0.8 23.4 69.4 83.8 67.5 5.1 115.2 9.5 0.0 3.7 0.8 1.2 14.2 .260 .353 .451 .804 83.7     15.1 .104
2004    4 Frank Thomas CHI 36    15.94 41.8%   659 526.1 140.7 26.2 1.5 20.4 73.5 80.2 60.7 4.8 107.3 7.8 0.6 4.8 3.3 2.2 13.0 .267 .349 .439 .788 82.2     11.7 .082
2005    3 Mike Sweeney KC 31    11.71 32.3%   558 531.8 140.4 29.1 1.9 21.4 72.7 73.2 51.5 3.4 112.1 10.6 1.1 5.0 4.2 1.6 15.1 .264 .338 .446 .784 80.1     13.4 .091
2006    4 Frank Thomas OAK 38    25.76 43.2%   762 525.5 134.4 25.7 1.4 24.8 73.3 84.7 61.7 3.7 114.3 6.5 0.4 5.9 2.6 2.2 14.3 .256 .338 .452 .790 80.9     11.4 .073
2007    4 Frank Thomas TOR 39    15.10 44.3%   739 530.2 139.3 26.3 1.9 21.5 71.3 86.5 57.4 4.6 95.9 7.1 0.2 5.1 5.3 1.5 13.9 .263 .340 .441 .781 80.6     12.2 .086
2008    5 Vladimir Guerrero LA 33    10.77 28.6%   455 533.2 135.9 23.6 0.6 24.2 69.4 79.6 58.2 4.5 102.8 6.7 0.0 1.9 5.1 1.3 20.7 .255 .335 .438 .773 75.8     10.6 .073
2009   11 Vladimir Guerrero LA 34     5.96 27.4%   460 536.3 138.1 26.2 0.6 22.2 71.5 71.2 55.3 2.8 113.7 4.0 0.0 4.4 3.1 1.6 14.1 .257 .329 .433 .762 76.8     10.0 .070
                 
2010    3 Vladimir Guerrero TEX 35    17.61 25.4%   421 538.1 144.9 25.6 1.4 24.6 75.7 90.3 46.0 2.8 102.7 10.4 0.0 5.5 2.4 1.4 16.3 .269 .335 .459 .794 81.6     14.8 .102
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia