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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   12 John Ellis CLE   24     4.56 24.9%   449 528.5 124.3 17.5 1.9 13.6 58.3 63.3 61.4 5.0 79.6 1.5 3.9 4.7 3.5 3.9 16.7 .235 .314 .353 .667 58.3      8.9 .051
1974    7 Roy White NY   30     9.02 36.0%   648 538.5 129.7 19.3 3.0 10.7 55.9 65.0 50.0 4.8 85.7 2.4 4.3 4.8 9.4 6.7 14.0 .241 .306 .348 .654 58.3      9.8 .056
1975    3 Cecil Cooper BOS   25    11.84 31.6%   573 526.2 139.8 25.9 4.6 20.4 73.1 76.9 63.3 4.9 85.8 2.8 4.6 3.1 13.0 6.5 9.6 .266 .346 .449 .795 84.3     17.5 .099
1976    5 Craig Kusick MIN   27     8.87 38.2%   665 544.8 135.5 24.6 4.1 11.1 61.7 68.4 43.5 3.4 93.8 2.6 3.1 6.0 9.8 4.7 9.1 .249 .304 .370 .674 63.2     12.4 .072
1977   10 Lou Piniella NY   33     6.02 35.0%   729 538.7 137.7 23.0 2.2 15.3 62.3 67.5 51.2 2.2 91.0 2.4 3.6 4.1 8.1 3.6 13.4 .256 .321 .392 .713 68.7     11.1 .064
1978    1 Rico Carty OAK   38     6.95 39.7%   794 529.5 135.0 22.7 4.0 18.2 64.7 76.8 58.2 5.2 84.1 3.1 4.2 5.0 6.1 6.5 13.6 .255 .330 .416 .746 71.6     12.8 .077
1979    6 Willie Aikens CAL   24     9.62 33.5%   633 530.0 143.1 25.9 2.6 18.2 75.0 77.9 58.1 6.3 73.7 4.2 2.4 5.3 7.7 4.2 14.8 .270 .344 .432 .776 79.8     13.8 .082
                         
1980    7 Steve Kemp DET   25     8.38 46.3%   922 535.8 141.4 22.6 3.5 14.1 68.8 74.7 52.5 5.5 74.3 2.8 2.8 6.1 3.9 4.6 18.9 .264 .329 .398 .727 69.5     11.0 .065
1981    7 Ken Singleton BAL   34     5.94 22.4%   300 528.5 119.0 15.4 1.8 17.9 59.2 67.2 57.3 1.8 87.6 3.1 4.3 6.8 3.7 2.5 16.0 .225 .301 .363 .664 58.6     10.7 .058
1982   10 Don Money MIL   35     6.60 28.9%   692 541.0 138.1 23.8 2.3 17.6 56.1 75.4 50.2 3.4 81.1 2.0 1.7 5.1 4.5 6.8 10.2 .255 .318 .405 .723 70.0     10.5 .054
1983   12 Rod Carew CAL   37     4.84 26.9%   596 543.5 145.8 27.5 3.8 15.5 73.2 75.8 48.3 3.2 73.2 2.4 2.6 3.2 3.5 6.1 12.3 .268 .329 .419 .748 72.3     10.4 .060
1984    7 Jorge Orta KC   33     9.50 31.2%   705 541.4 138.2 24.8 3.1 17.5 65.6 67.5 51.4 4.8 80.8 1.2 1.4 4.6 4.1 2.2 10.1 .255 .319 .410 .729 72.4     12.3 .072
1985   10 Ruppert Jones CAL   30     5.73 36.1%   803 536.3 132.1 23.8 2.4 17.5 69.3 74.6 54.4 3.8 84.6 3.1 0.7 5.5 4.4 3.3 11.3 .246 .316 .398 .714 68.6     10.6 .059
1986    8 Ron Hassey CHI   33     8.14 34.4%   721 538.5 132.3 22.3 2.1 18.4 63.6 72.6 54.6 3.7 107.2 1.2 1.6 4.1 1.6 3.2 13.3 .246 .314 .397 .711 68.7     10.1 .061
1987    1 Paul Molitor MIL   30    27.43 41.0%   837 527.7 138.4 26.8 2.6 22.4 78.5 73.9 60.9 2.2 104.7 4.0 2.2 5.2 11.0 4.2 12.0 .262 .340 .450 .790 84.3     14.0 .084
1988    7 Paul Molitor MIL   31     9.95 38.7%   792 534.0 136.0 21.3 1.7 13.9 60.8 65.0 57.5 4.6 85.1 2.9 0.8 4.8 3.7 2.9 12.0 .255 .328 .379 .707 68.1     11.7 .071
1989    7 Mickey Tettleton BAL   28     7.58 38.5%   727 539.9 131.9 23.8 2.0 14.2 63.5 66.7 49.5 4.7 101.3 2.0 1.2 7.4 2.7 1.0 13.7 .244 .306 .375 .681 63.3      9.5 .053
                         
1990    8 Dan Pasqua CHI   28     8.20 40.8%   841 535.7 130.2 27.8 2.5 15.5 61.8 68.4 53.2 5.8 96.8 4.3 0.4 6.4 2.9 4.1 15.7 .243 .313 .391 .704 62.8     10.9 .063
1991    8 Jose Canseco OAK   26     7.51 23.9%   510 531.5 134.2 25.0 2.1 18.8 66.8 71.9 56.8 4.8 112.3 3.8 1.7 6.2 6.5 3.1 17.8 .253 .326 .414 .740 71.2     11.8 .067
1992    7 Mickey Tettleton DET   31    10.07 30.0%   591 526.7 138.6 22.7 1.3 18.5 73.6 71.5 61.6 6.0 107.3 5.2 2.1 4.4 8.1 5.0 14.9 .263 .344 .417 .761 75.4     13.5 .087
1993    7 Greg Vaughn MIL   27     8.86 20.4%   398 523.2 127.6 19.1 1.2 20.7 69.1 84.1 66.6 8.5 123.1 2.5 1.6 6.1 5.3 3.7 9.3 .244 .329 .404 .733 71.5     11.6 .072
1994   10 Jim Leyritz NY   30     4.28 14.7%   196 513.4 139.3 30.0 0.8 18.6 75.3 71.3 74.5 4.0 111.7 6.5 0.8 4.8 4.0 3.2 7.3 .271 .368 .442 .810 89.1     12.2 .077
1995   10 Mickey Tettleton TEX   34     6.59 27.0%   504 521.2 138.7 25.5 0.3 18.2 69.8 71.2 69.8 4.6 122.4 3.6 1.7 3.7 2.0 2.3 12.9 .266 .355 .421 .776 77.1     11.6 .070
1996    6 Reggie Jefferson BOS   27    11.57 28.3%   558 520.2 152.8 30.5 2.5 22.2 85.3 88.1 66.9 8.0 108.1 4.9 2.2 5.8 5.8 3.6 11.0 .294 .376 .490 .866 99.6     15.7 .103
1997    3 Frank Thomas CHI   29    15.08 34.3%   661 520.4 144.1 26.5 1.5 18.6 76.4 76.6 68.2 5.0 105.9 5.2 1.2 5.0 4.7 3.5 11.7 .277 .363 .441 .804 86.3     14.5 .089
1998    6 Mike Stanley TOR   35     7.57 32.9%   673 527.4 146.4 27.6 1.5 21.0 77.7 83.4 61.5 3.9 116.0 5.9 0.5 4.7 5.7 2.2 12.6 .277 .357 .455 .812 87.6     13.3 .080
1999   11 Brian Daubach BOS   27     7.39 28.8%   553 540.7 140.0 30.5 1.9 18.8 71.0 82.6 50.5 2.8 98.0 3.5 0.3 5.0 4.4 2.8 16.3 .259 .324 .427 .751 73.8      8.9 .052
                         
2000    4 Mike Sweeney KC   26     8.56 44.8%   795 517.0 142.2 25.9 1.5 24.1 84.2 81.2 70.9 3.7 101.8 5.5 1.1 5.5 6.2 2.2 10.7 .275 .365 .471 .836 92.4     14.0 .096
2001    4 Rafael Palmeiro TEX   36    11.17 34.8%   564 535.9 144.7 32.9 2.7 20.8 76.3 89.8 48.0 4.0 104.0 10.5 0.5 5.1 5.1 2.2 14.6 .270 .339 .458 .797 84.4     12.1 .080
2002   12 Scott Hatteberg OAK   32     5.56 37.1%   629 529.0 132.5 26.8 1.9 16.1 66.7 67.7 61.5 5.2 102.6 4.8 0.7 4.0 4.5 4.3 13.3 .250 .332 .400 .732 70.3      9.9 .067
2003   11 Jack Cust BAL   24     5.42 34.8%   632 530.2 132.1 27.3 1.0 19.2 69.1 75.5 60.2 4.6 114.9 5.5 1.2 2.9 3.8 2.9 14.6 .249 .330 .413 .743 72.7     10.1 .066
2004    8 Troy Glaus ANA   27     5.07 35.6%   570 527.7 135.0 24.1 2.1 19.7 75.9 74.1 57.3 3.4 107.6 9.3 0.8 4.9 3.1 2.1 13.7 .256 .337 .421 .758 75.7     10.9 .074
2005    9 Gary Sheffield NY   36     7.93 38.0%   665 534.3 135.4 28.5 1.4 20.4 72.0 74.3 52.8 2.7 106.9 6.8 1.8 4.3 4.3 1.8 13.8 .253 .326 .426 .752 74.3     10.8 .072
2006    9 Greg Norton TB   33     4.91 32.6%   593 539.9 140.7 28.6 1.7 17.0 66.5 71.5 52.6 4.7 114.0 2.8 1.1 3.6 3.6 1.7 13.1 .261 .327 .414 .741 74.2      9.8 .060
2007    8 Jack Cust OAK   28     7.34 23.1%   385 523.2 127.7 24.5 2.2 19.0 68.4 77.2 63.6 6.6 108.3 6.2 0.4 6.6 5.5 1.5 12.8 .244 .329 .408 .737 72.8     11.3 .080
2008    5 Vladimir Guerrero LA   33    10.77 25.6%   410 527.0 133.8 26.7 1.1 22.4 75.8 78.6 59.4 4.3 121.4 10.7 0.4 2.5 5.7 2.1 14.9 .254 .340 .436 .776 79.7     12.9 .088
2009    9 Joe Mauer MIN   26     6.12 22.1%   369 534.7 139.4 25.0 0.8 21.5 71.8 71.8 54.2 3.8 94.9 6.5 1.1 3.5 4.6 1.9 13.4 .261 .334 .431 .765 78.7     10.6 .075
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia