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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	12	John Ellis	CLE	24	4.56	24.9%			449	1361	320	45	5	35	150	163	158	13	205	4	10	12	9	10	43	.235	.314	.353	.667	150			22.8	.051
1974	7	Roy White	NY	30	9.02	36.0%			648	2005	483	72	11	40	208	242	186	18	319	9	16	18	35	25	52	.241	.306	.348	.654	217			36.6	.056
1975	3	Cecil Cooper	BOS	25	11.84	31.6%			573	1705	453	84	15	66	237	249	205	16	278	9	15	10	42	21	31	.266	.346	.449	.795	273			56.8	.099
1976	5	Craig Kusick	MIN	27	8.87	38.2%			665	2103	523	95	16	43	238	264	168	13	362	10	12	23	38	18	35	.249	.304	.370	.674	244			48.0	.072
1977	10	Lou Piniella	NY	33	6.02	35.0%			729	2250	575	96	9	64	260	282	214	9	380	10	15	17	34	15	56	.256	.321	.392	.713	287			46.5	.064
1978	1	Rico Carty	OAK	38	6.95	39.7%			794	2537	647	109	19	87	310	368	279	25	403	15	20	24	29	31	65	.255	.330	.416	.746	343			61.3	.077
1979	6	Willie Aikens	CAL	24	9.62	33.5%			633	2007	542	98	10	69	284	295	220	24	279	16	9	20	29	16	56	.270	.344	.432	.776	302			52.1	.082
1980	7	Steve Kemp	DET	25	8.38	46.3%			922	2898	765	122	19	76	372	404	284	30	402	15	15	33	21	25	102	.264	.329	.398	.727	376			59.6	.065
1981	7	Ken Singleton	BAL	34	5.94	22.4%			300	857	193	25	3	29	96	109	93	3	142	5	7	11	6	4	26	.225	.301	.363	.664	95			17.4	.058
1982	10	Don Money	MIL	35	6.60	28.9%			692	1908	487	84	8	62	198	266	177	12	286	7	6	18	16	24	36	.255	.318	.405	.723	247			37.1	.054
1983	12	Rod Carew	CAL	37	4.84	26.9%			596	1856	498	94	13	53	250	259	165	11	250	8	9	11	12	21	42	.268	.329	.419	.748	247			35.6	.060
1984	7	Jorge Orta	KC	33	9.50	31.2%			705	2252	575	103	13	73	273	281	214	20	336	5	6	19	17	9	42	.255	.319	.410	.729	301			51.1	.072
1985	10	Ruppert Jones	CAL	30	5.73	36.1%			803	2416	595	107	11	79	312	336	245	17	381	14	3	25	20	15	51	.246	.316	.398	.714	309			47.6	.059
1986	8	Ron Hassey	CHI	33	8.14	34.4%			721	2345	576	97	9	80	277	316	238	16	467	5	7	18	7	14	58	.246	.314	.397	.711	299			43.9	.061
1987	1	Paul Molitor	MIL	30	27.43	41.0%			837	2635	691	134	13	112	392	369	304	11	523	20	11	26	55	21	60	.262	.340	.450	.790	421			70.1	.084
1988	7	Paul Molitor	MIL	31	9.95	38.7%			792	2580	657	103	8	67	294	314	278	22	411	14	4	23	18	14	58	.255	.328	.379	.707	329			56.3	.071
1989	7	Mickey Tettleton	BAL	28	7.58	38.5%			727	2202	538	97	8	58	259	272	202	19	413	8	5	30	11	4	56	.244	.306	.375	.681	258			38.6	.053
1990	8	Dan Pasqua	CHI	28	8.20	40.8%			841	2600	632	135	12	75	300	332	258	28	470	21	2	31	14	20	76	.243	.313	.391	.704	305			53.0	.063
1991	8	Jose Canseco	OAK	26	7.51	23.9%			510	1552	392	73	6	55	195	210	166	14	328	11	5	18	19	9	52	.253	.326	.414	.740	208			34.4	.067
1992	7	Mickey Tettleton	DET	31	10.07	30.0%			591	2018	531	87	5	71	282	274	236	23	411	20	8	17	31	19	57	.263	.344	.417	.761	289			51.6	.087
1993	7	Greg Vaughn	MIL	27	8.86	20.4%			398	1288	314	47	3	51	170	207	164	21	303	6	4	15	13	9	23	.244	.329	.404	.733	176			28.5	.072
1994	10	Jim Leyritz	NY	30	4.28	14.7%			196	634	172	37	1	23	93	88	92	5	138	8	1	6	5	4	9	.271	.368	.442	.810	110			15.1	.077
1995	10	Mickey Tettleton	TEX	34	6.59	27.0%			504	1575	419	77	1	55	211	215	211	14	370	11	5	11	6	7	39	.266	.355	.421	.776	233			35.1	.070
1996	6	Reggie Jefferson	BOS	27	11.57	28.3%			558	1896	557	111	9	81	311	321	244	29	394	18	8	21	21	13	40	.294	.376	.490	.866	363			57.2	.103
1997	3	Frank Thomas	CHI	29	15.08	34.3%			661	2098	581	107	6	75	308	309	275	20	427	21	5	20	19	14	47	.277	.363	.441	.804	348			58.5	.089
1998	6	Mike Stanley	TOR	35	7.57	32.9%			673	2137	593	112	6	85	315	338	249	16	470	24	2	19	23	9	51	.277	.357	.455	.812	355			53.8	.080
1999	11	Brian Daubach	BOS	27	7.39	28.8%			553	1722	446	97	6	60	226	263	161	9	312	11	1	16	14	9	52	.259	.324	.427	.751	235			28.5	.052
2000	4	Mike Sweeney	KC	26	8.56	44.8%			795	2813	774	141	8	131	458	442	386	20	554	30	6	30	34	12	58	.275	.365	.471	.836	503			76.4	.096
2001	4	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX	36	11.17	34.8%			564	1988	537	122	10	77	283	333	178	15	386	39	2	19	19	8	54	.270	.339	.458	.797	313			45.0	.080
2002	12	Scott Hatteberg	OAK	32	5.56	37.1%			629	2228	558	113	8	68	281	285	259	22	432	20	3	17	19	18	56	.250	.332	.400	.732	296			41.9	.067
2003	11	Jack Cust	BAL	24	5.42	34.8%			632	2211	551	114	4	80	288	315	251	19	479	23	5	12	16	12	61	.249	.330	.413	.743	303			42.0	.066
2004	8	Troy Glaus	ANA	27	5.07	35.6%			570	2036	521	93	8	76	293	286	221	13	415	36	3	19	12	8	53	.256	.337	.421	.758	292			41.9	.074
2005	9	Gary Sheffield	NY	36	7.93	38.0%			665	2360	598	126	6	90	318	328	233	12	472	30	8	19	19	8	61	.253	.326	.426	.752	328			47.8	.072
2006	9	Greg Norton	TB	33	4.91	32.6%			593	1942	506	103	6	61	239	257	189	17	410	10	4	13	13	6	47	.261	.327	.414	.741	267			35.4	.060
2007	8	Jack Cust	OAK	28	7.34	23.1%			385	1430	349	67	6	52	187	211	174	18	296	17	1	18	15	4	35	.244	.329	.408	.737	199			30.8	.080
2008	5	Vladimir Guerrero	LA	33	10.77	25.6%			410	1481	376	75	3	63	213	221	167	12	341	30	1	7	16	6	42	.254	.340	.436	.776	224			36.2	.088
2009	9	Joe Mauer	MIN	26	6.12	22.1%			369	1392	363	65	2	56	187	187	141	10	247	17	3	9	12	5	35	.261	.334	.431	.765	205			27.7	.075
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia