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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	16	Charlie Spikes	CLE	22	1.80	1.6%			26	94	21	1	2	2	11	18	11	0	22	1	0	3	2	0	1	.223	.303	.340	.643	11			1.9	.073
1974	9	Mike Hargrove	TEX	24	6.86	5.9%			119	284	76	15	3	6	36	41	30	3	47	0	2	4	11	8	10	.268	.333	.405	.738	37			8.3	.070
1975	9	Jim Rice	BOS	22	7.07	5.9%			119	286	79	16	1	11	47	46	20	2	70	0	2	5	12	5	6	.276	.318	.455	.773	42			8.9	.075
1976	25	Lamar Johnson	CHI	25	1.46	3.9%			69	215	45	9	1	1	16	15	7	0	39	1	1	3	1	0	9	.209	.235	.274	.509	13			2.5	.036
1977	3	Eddie Murray	BAL	21	17.79	11.1%			215	800	215	39	5	30	98	102	48	6	122	3	4	4	2	4	28	.269	.311	.443	.754	102			16.6	.077
1978	22	Bob Molinaro	CHI	28	2.41	4.2%			86	268	65	9	4	11	39	33	19	0	39	2	6	3	6	8	6	.243	.295	.429	.724	31			4.7	.055
1979	6	Willie Aikens	CAL	24	9.62	4.4%			83	256	70	10	1	12	37	44	32	8	47	3	0	2	0	2	7	.273	.358	.461	.819	43			8.4	.101
1980	12	Joe Charboneau	CLE	25	6.84	4.1%			78	272	71	9	1	16	45	52	24	0	41	1	0	3	1	0	17	.261	.320	.478	.798	37			6.9	.088
1981	21	Von Hayes	CLE	22	0.74	1.5%			21	55	11	2	1	0	9	4	6	0	7	0	2	0	4	1	2	.200	.279	.273	.552	4			1.0	.048
1982	12	Randy S. Johnson	MIN	23	4.63	6.6%			160	427	114	19	1	15	47	60	39	2	70	3	2	10	2	7	6	.267	.326	.422	.748	59			8.1	.051
1983	10	Randy Bush	MIN	24	6.21	8.0%			173	557	149	40	2	16	72	74	61	12	83	7	0	1	1	3	10	.268	.347	.433	.780	84			13.1	.076
1984						0.0%
1985	11	Larry Sheets	BAL	25	4.95	6.7%			152	455	115	12	2	19	61	59	31	3	75	2	1	3	0	2	14	.253	.301	.413	.714	53			7.2	.047
1986	16	Jim Traber	BAL	24	3.42	3.8%			79	268	60	10	0	12	27	33	25	2	86	2	0	1	0	1	6	.224	.294	.396	.690	32			4.9	.062
1987	6	Fred McGriff	TOR	23	10.80	8.4%			170	536	144	31	0	34	95	84	81	4	153	4	0	2	4	7	10	.269	.368	.517	.885	102			17.2	.101
1988	18	Joey Meyer	MIL	26	2.97	3.3%			66	231	52	12	0	7	15	31	20	1	67	1	0	1	0	1	6	.225	.289	.368	.657	24			3.7	.056
1989	T33	Luis Medina	CLE	26	-	1.3%			25	71	14	1	0	3	7	6	4	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	2	.197	.240	.338	.578	4			-	.000
1990	6	John Olerud	TOR	21	9.45	8.4%			175	521	123	21	5	14	58	62	60	4	120	3	2	5	1	3	12	.236	.316	.376	.692	64			11.3	.065
1991	13	Kevin Reimer	TEX	27	4.63	2.6%			56	170	45	10	0	8	21	25	13	3	42	3	0	5	0	0	4	.265	.319	.465	.784	25			4.9	.088
1992	23	Eric Wedge	BOS	24	1.78	0.9%			20	52	11	2	0	4	8	8	7	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.305	.481	.786	8			1.8	.090
1993	6	Troy Neel	OAK	27	11.80	6.5%			126	434	115	18	0	19	54	60	40	4	106	2	0	2	3	2	10	.265	.328	.438	.766	61			11.1	.088
1994	6	Bob Hamelin	KC	26	9.77	5.3%			70	214	57	15	0	17	47	48	47	3	45	1	0	4	4	2	3	.266	.395	.575	.970	52			8.8	.126
1995	22	Michael Tucker	KC	24	0.87	2.9%			60	160	41	5	0	7	20	19	15	0	46	1	1	0	0	1	5	.256	.324	.419	.743	21			2.5	.042
1996	15	Brian Giles	CLE	25	5.19	7.2%			144	476	134	31	4	17	71	72	64	4	101	6	1	5	8	6	17	.282	.370	.471	.841	83			11.6	.081
1997						0.0%
1998	23	Frank Catalanotto	DET	24	1.33	1.1%			23	67	22	9	0	1	10	7	5	1	9	1	0	1	1	0	1	.328	.378	.507	.885	13			1.6	.070
1999	11	Brian Daubach	BOS	27	7.39	6.3%			120	368	111	21	3	9	56	60	45	3	80	3	1	4	4	2	8	.302	.379	.448	.827	65			9.5	.079
2000	23	Russ Branyan	CLE	24	2.26	4.0%			71	254	62	10	0	16	40	41	26	1	63	3	2	2	0	0	3	.244	.319	.472	.791	40			5.1	.072
2001	24	Jay Gibbons	BAL	24	0.70	5.7%			95	339	85	16	0	9	38	43	15	2	63	4	0	1	1	2	16	.251	.290	.378	.668	33			2.9	.031
2002	6	Josh Phelps	TOR	24	11.23	7.1%			121	425	126	25	1	22	70	83	42	4	134	9	2	0	1	1	14	.296	.372	.515	.887	78			14.9	.123
2003	11	Jack Cust	BAL	24	5.42	8.4%			154	542	140	34	3	21	63	73	46	4	151	6	0	3	1	1	11	.258	.322	.448	.770	80			9.9	.064
2004	11	David Newhan	BAL	30	3.72	3.4%			52	203	56	7	0	7	31	30	20	0	51	3	4	1	7	0	3	.276	.348	.414	.762	32			5.4	.104
2005	7	Jonny Gomes	TB	24	8.60	10.6%			183	658	173	42	8	18	85	83	60	7	141	17	3	9	11	4	14	.263	.336	.433	.769	98			14.7	.080
2006	17	Esteban German	KC	28	1.92	2.6%			51	146	35	7	1	2	15	14	13	0	33	0	3	0	3	0	8	.240	.302	.342	.644	14			2.1	.041
2007	13	Billy Butler	KC	21	4.08	4.1%			69	265	76	16	2	8	32	45	20	5	49	2	0	2	0	0	6	.287	.339	.453	.792	40			5.0	.072
2008	26	Jeff Clement	SEA	24	0.06	1.3%			21	71	7	2	0	0	4	2	8	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	2	.099	.210	.127	.337	2			0.2	.010
2009	15	Randy Ruiz	TOR	31	3.38	3.1%			51	194	56	8	0	12	36	25	16	0	51	3	2	1	9	4	7	.289	.350	.515	.865	34			4.4	.086
2010						0.0%
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia