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Win Shares Leaders League Averages Designated Hitter Batting per 600 Plate Appearances
Year WS Leader WS BWS/G Leader BWS/G WSQ Leader Tm  Age  WSQ   Age WS/Tm BWS/G   At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC Year
1973 F. Robinson  21.3 F. Robinson .168 F. Robinson CAL   37    30.65   31.0 11.51 .081   537.0 142.7 20.5 1.5 16.7 62.7 77.1 54.1 6.9 74.6 3.1 2.0 3.8 3.8 2.5 16.4 .266 .334 .403 .737 70.8 1973
1974 F. Robinson  17.9 O. Gamble .148 F. Robinson CAL/CLE   38    22.71   31.3 11.84 .083   535.9 140.2 20.7 2.8 13.1 64.3 65.5 52.1 6.7 72.5 3.9 3.4 4.7 7.6 5.6 13.4 .262 .329 .384 .713 68.0 1974
1975 B. Williams  15.7 J. Mayberry .196 B. Williams OAK   37    17.82   32.1 11.98 .084   534.3 138.7 20.8 2.2 17.6 62.7 72.9 55.8 6.0 80.7 2.7 2.0 5.2 6.7 3.7 12.8 .260 .330 .405 .735 71.8 1975
1976 R. Carty  22.2 H. McRae .175 R. Carty CLE   36    29.46   31.2 12.81 .092   535.6 140.3 23.7 3.1 12.5 63.8 71.5 52.4 5.3 80.4 3.5 2.2 6.3 7.6 3.9 13.0 .262 .328 .388 .716 69.5 1976
1977 J. Rice  19.4 J. Rice .167 J. Rice BOS   24    27.21   29.4 13.99 .085   537.9 146.0 26.0 3.6 18.9 69.0 75.4 51.9 4.8 79.0 3.2 2.3 4.7 5.6 4.1 15.2 .271 .337 .439 .776 78.6 1977
1978 R. Carty  19.2 J. Rice .155 R. Carty TOR/OAK   38    24.36   31.5 13.50 .084   535.0 138.3 23.9 2.9 19.1 66.9 77.3 53.3 5.0 80.5 3.1 2.8 5.8 5.8 4.3 15.2 .259 .326 .421 .747 71.5 1978
1979 D. Baylor  15.7 D. Baylor .242 D. Baylor CAL   30    27.45   31.8 12.14 .079   535.8 143.1 23.7 2.3 20.2 75.9 84.3 52.7 4.7 75.5 3.8 2.2 5.5 6.3 4.8 15.4 .267 .334 .433 .767 76.9 1979
                               
1980 H. McRae  14.0 R. Jackson .233 R. Jackson NY   34    17.70   31.2 13.87 .085   534.2 146.5 24.3 3.5 18.4 73.3 80.3 54.9 5.9 79.2 2.7 2.2 6.0 4.4 3.8 17.2 .274 .341 .436 .777 78.9 1980
1981 G. Luzinski  14.7 C. Johnson .151 G. Luzinski CHI   30    18.94   32.8 8.81 .086   528.3 132.3 23.2 1.4 17.7 61.2 71.1 60.4 4.4 82.6 4.0 1.9 5.4 3.0 3.0 14.6 .250 .329 .400 .729 69.2 1981
1982 H. McRae  26.1 H. McRae .165 H. McRae KC   36    35.96   32.3 15.89 .087   531.1 143.3 25.9 1.8 19.3 66.0 81.1 60.3 4.9 78.6 2.6 0.9 5.1 3.5 4.2 12.9 .270 .344 .434 .778 78.6 1982
1983 D. Baylor  19.9 D. Baylor .146 D. Baylor NY   34    25.37   32.6 15.78 .090   527.3 142.4 27.9 2.9 18.1 69.2 80.2 61.7 7.4 85.9 4.9 1.3 4.8 3.3 3.4 13.4 .270 .349 .437 .786 80.2 1983
1984 M. Easler  21.8 M. Easler .173 M. Easler BOS   33    30.57   33.2 15.88 .088   532.3 136.8 23.6 2.2 20.8 69.2 76.7 56.7 6.0 91.2 4.4 0.9 5.7 3.2 2.2 10.6 .257 .330 .427 .757 77.4 1984
1985 G. Thomas  12.8 G. Thomas .096 G. Thomas SEA   34    15.12   33.2 12.28 .069   529.4 129.7 22.7 1.7 21.6 68.1 83.3 59.8 4.8 93.5 4.1 1.0 5.7 2.2 2.6 13.0 .245 .323 .417 .740 71.2 1985
1986 D. Baylor  15.4 J. Grubb .202 D. Baylor BOS   37    17.87   34.0 13.58 .080   529.4 133.8 22.2 2.0 23.4 70.0 82.5 60.1 5.0 105.7 4.4 0.9 5.2 1.9 2.7 14.0 .253 .331 .435 .766 77.0 1986
1987 B. Downing  18.2 P. Molitor .269 P. Molitor MIL   30    27.43   32.1 14.46 .087   524.3 136.6 24.2 2.1 24.4 78.8 79.4 63.1 3.1 107.3 6.4 1.7 4.5 6.4 3.4 11.5 .260 .345 .454 .799 84.4 1987
1988 H. Baines  16.6 J. Clark .141 J. Clark NY   32    20.12   32.1 14.45 .087   522.1 133.2 22.8 1.3 18.0 63.8 71.6 66.1 5.3 95.6 5.2 1.2 5.4 2.4 1.9 12.5 .255 .342 .407 .749 74.4 1988
1989 B. Downing  16.9 H. Baines .145 H. Baines CHI/TEX   30    23.35   32.4 11.41 .075   537.3 141.4 25.3 1.6 16.1 63.8 72.8 52.9 6.0 95.8 2.5 0.7 6.6 2.2 1.5 13.9 .263 .328 .406 .734 72.0 1989
                                     
1990 D. Parker  14.5 B. Downing .153 B. Downing CAL   39    18.16   30.9 13.58 .082   529.9 138.0 26.2 2.3 16.9 64.2 72.6 58.8 6.5 97.5 4.1 0.6 6.6 3.8 3.7 15.1 .260 .335 .414 .749 72.6 1990
1991 F. Thomas  24.2 F. Thomas .240 F. Thomas CHI   23    37.84   31.9 16.38 .098   520.7 135.5 25.5 2.3 20.1 73.0 73.8 71.0 8.2 103.7 3.0 0.6 4.7 3.6 2.1 13.1 .260 .350 .434 .784 80.5 1991
1992 D. Winfield  21.0 D. Winfield .162 D. Winfield TOR   40    27.83   32.2 14.80 .092   529.7 138.3 24.3 1.4 17.5 67.5 76.1 59.2 6.9 96.8 4.0 1.1 6.0 6.5 3.4 14.3 .261 .337 .411 .748 73.2 1992
1993 P. Molitor  22.9 P. Molitor .167 P. Molitor TOR   36    32.70   32.7 12.69 .082   534.3 140.4 26.5 1.9 19.8 72.8 82.3 55.5 6.7 97.5 3.4 1.1 5.7 6.1 2.9 14.0 .263 .333 .431 .764 75.8 1993
1994 P. Molitor  17.6 P. Molitor .160 P. Molitor TOR   37    22.04   33.5 10.83 .102   525.1 147.9 27.7 2.1 25.9 84.7 94.4 65.8 7.0 101.3 3.4 0.4 5.3 7.5 3.0 13.4 .282 .362 .490 .852 92.6 1994
1995 E. Martinez  31.6 E. Martinez .229 E. Martinez SEA   32    46.89   32.2 15.31 .104   519.1 147.4 28.3 0.8 23.7 81.4 87.5 70.9 7.2 100.2 3.7 0.7 5.6 4.6 2.4 14.2 .284 .371 .479 .850 92.5 1995
1996 E. Martinez  22.9 E. Martinez .171 E. Martinez SEA   33    30.40   32.5 15.38 .097   516.4 147.8 30.2 1.8 22.1 82.3 88.5 72.9 6.9 101.5 4.0 0.8 5.9 4.4 2.5 14.3 .286 .375 .480 .855 93.0 1996
1997 E. Martinez  26.5 F. Thomas .210 E. Martinez SEA   34    36.31   32.9 15.08 .098   524.0 148.4 27.8 1.2 21.0 74.7 85.5 64.8 6.2 102.7 4.7 0.6 5.9 3.8 2.8 13.7 .283 .364 .461 .825 88.0 1997
1998 E. Martinez  24.1 T. Salmon .168 E. Martinez SEA   35    30.70   33.4 16.41 .101   522.4 146.7 31.0 1.9 22.3 79.8 86.4 67.6 4.6 103.6 3.8 0.4 5.8 5.4 3.1 12.4 .281 .364 .476 .840 92.2 1998
1999 R. Palmeiro  24.6 R. Palmeiro .182 R. Palmeiro TEX   34    33.21   31.9 15.21 .100   519.6 148.1 28.9 1.5 26.1 78.1 95.0 70.3 5.1 100.6 5.5 0.2 4.4 4.9 2.2 15.9 .285 .373 .498 .871 97.4 1999
                                     
2000 E. Martinez  28.2 F. Thomas .209 E. Martinez SEA   37    38.43   31.1 15.25 .104   518.3 145.1 28.8 1.1 24.7 81.1 87.3 71.2 5.0 101.4 4.2 0.7 5.6 3.8 1.7 11.5 .280 .368 .483 .851 94.9 2000
2001 E. Martinez  24.5 E. Martinez .193 E. Martinez SEA   38    34.73   31.5 12.67 .096   524.6 140.0 30.6 1.7 23.8 79.1 90.9 62.3 6.3 107.4 6.8 0.6 5.7 4.5 2.0 13.5 .267 .349 .468 .817 86.8 2001
2002 E. Burks  19.5 M. Ramirez .234 E. Burks CLE   37    23.92   30.9 14.14 .102   527.3 143.3 30.7 2.0 22.7 76.2 80.4 61.0 5.0 102.6 6.4 0.5 4.8 3.9 2.7 12.5 .272 .352 .467 .819 86.6 2002
2003 E. Martinez  20.9 E. Martinez .149 E. Martinez SEA   40    26.06   31.4 14.33 .096   521.1 136.2 27.2 1.6 23.2 72.6 81.5 68.0 5.7 110.0 7.3 0.4 3.2 2.2 1.6 13.3 .261 .353 .453 .806 84.7 2003
2004 D. Ortiz  21.6 D. Ortiz .188 D. Ortiz BOS   28    30.06   31.3 12.73 .097   525.9 142.4 29.0 1.8 22.9 79.9 87.2 60.4 5.3 106.7 8.1 0.7 4.9 2.6 1.5 12.5 .271 .352 .463 .815 87.6 2004
2005 D. Ortiz  32.8 D. Ortiz .222 D. Ortiz BOS   29    48.11   30.7 14.84 .103   525.1 138.8 28.6 1.7 23.5 77.4 82.7 62.1 4.1 108.5 7.2 0.8 4.8 3.4 1.9 13.6 .264 .347 .460 .807 85.3 2005
2006 D. Ortiz  29.6 D. Ortiz .214 D. Ortiz BOS   30    43.57   32.4 14.23 .099   517.7 135.3 26.2 1.2 27.6 79.0 88.6 71.3 7.8 115.3 5.6 0.4 5.0 1.8 1.5 12.7 .261 .354 .477 .831 90.6 2006
2007 D. Ortiz  31.4 D. Ortiz .224 D. Ortiz BOS   31    45.04   33.0 14.99 .109   517.4 140.9 27.7 1.3 22.0 75.6 84.3 71.9 6.4 100.7 5.3 0.4 5.0 3.5 1.3 13.3 .272 .364 .459 .823 89.5 2007
2008 J. Thome  17.2 M. Bradley .156 J. Thome CHI   37    19.84   32.9 12.15 .093   524.9 134.4 26.6 1.3 23.5 75.0 82.5 64.7 6.9 112.5 6.0 0.4 4.0 3.8 1.3 14.2 .256 .342 .446 .788 81.5 2008
2009 H. Matsui  17.2 H. Matsui .148 H. Matsui NY   35    22.45   32.0 12.10 .087   526.9 134.1 26.5 0.8 25.3 72.4 83.8 65.1 4.4 118.9 3.8 0.3 3.9 2.1 1.2 10.9 .255 .339 .452 .791 82.9 2009
                                     
2010 D. Ortiz  18.0 J. Thome .177 D. Ortiz BOS   34    21.08   32.8 11.42 .097   524.7 136.3 28.5 1.5 22.4 71.1 78.6 64.2 5.2 122.5 6.0 0.4 4.7 1.9 1.3 11.3 .260 .344 .448 .792 83.7 2010
High 34.0 16.41 .109 538.2 148.4 31.0 3.6 27.6 84.7 95.0 72.9 8.2 122.5 8.1 3.4 6.6 7.6 5.6 17.2 .286 .375 .498 .871 97.4
Median 32.1 13.99 .092 527.3 140.3 26.2 1.8 21.6 72.8 81.5 61.7 5.9 100.6 4.1 0.8 5.3 3.8 2.7 13.4 .263 .344 .439 .786 80.5
Low 29.4 8.81 .069 516.4 129.7 20.5 0.8 12.5 61.2 65.5 51.9 3.1 72.5 2.5 .2 3.2 1.8 1.2 10.6 .245 .323 .384 .713 68.0
Annual Leaders -
WS Leader BWS/G Leader WSQ Leader Leaders by team -  Youngest and oldest leaders -  Leader age range frequency - 
E. Martinez     7 E. Martinez     4 E. Martinez        7
D. Ortiz     5 D. Ortiz     4 D. Ortiz        5 Seattle Mariners 8 Year  Age  Age 23    1
D. Baylor     3 P. Molitor     3 D. Baylor        3 Boston Red Sox 8 F. Thomas 1991 23 Age 24    1
F. Thomas     3 P. Molitor        3 Bal/New York Yankees 4 J. Rice 1977 24 Age 25
L.A. Angels 3 D. Ortiz 2004 28 Age 26
Toronto Blue Jays 3 Age 27
Chicago White Sox 3 D. Winfield 1992 40 Age 28    1
Cleveland Indians 2 E. Martinez 2003 40 Age 29    1
Phil/KC/Oakland A's 1 B. Downing 1990 39 Age 30    5
Sea/Milwaukee Brewers 1 Age 31    1
Wash/Texas Rangers 1 Age 32    2
Copyright © 2009-2010 by Andre Lower K.C. Royals 1 Age 33    2
Split Teams 3 Age 34    6
Sources: Age 35    2
Age 36    3
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 37    7
Win Shares Digital Update Age 38    3
baseball-reference.com Age 39    1
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Age 40    2