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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	5	Carlos May	CHI	25	11.14	19.6%			342	1115	294	49	1	30	124	151	123	10	153	11	6	5	15	7	34	.264	.341	.390	.731	151			22.6	.066
1974	5	Hal McRae	KC	28	13.90	25.2%			427	1483	399	58	11	34	164	194	140	9	198	11	12	15	17	16	36	.269	.334	.392	.726	196			39.6	.093
1975	3	Cecil Cooper	BOS	25	11.84	25.2%			435	1441	388	73	15	51	189	206	170	17	225	7	12	8	27	14	27	.269	.347	.447	.794	228			46.7	.107
1976	4	Steve Braun	MIN	28	9.02	33.2%			554	1900	497	79	13	41	247	256	160	8	326	12	13	21	28	11	30	.262	.320	.382	.702	237			46.8	.084
1977	4	Oscar Gamble	CHI	27	17.47	31.9%			666	2010	538	92	6	75	270	287	222	15	305	16	11	19	25	15	53	.268	.342	.431	.773	302			52.1	.078
1978	4	Don Baylor	CAL	29	15.64	28.9%			557	1929	483	76	18	76	261	277	196	19	328	16	11	27	28	26	49	.250	.321	.427	.748	259			49.1	.088
1979	7	Jim Rice	BOS	26	8.88	24.3%			458	1466	380	48	9	40	210	189	157	16	219	9	8	13	25	27	45	.259	.332	.386	.718	183			29.8	.065
1980	3	Jason Thompson	CAL	25	16.90	36.0%			695	2324	615	81	17	89	329	359	255	24	417	7	9	26	25	17	79	.265	.336	.429	.765	332			57.6	.083
1981	T24	Mitchell Page	OAK	29	-	2.2%			29	87	12	1	0	3	8	12	7	0	29	0	1	1	2	1	1	.138	.200	.253	.453	4			-	.000
1982	11	Mike Ivie	DET	29	4.65	19.4%			450	1346	336	53	5	39	151	185	110	8	194	2	3	17	9	16	24	.250	.304	.383	.687	156			20.9	.046
1983	11	Kirk Gibson	DET	26	6.03	15.4%			330	1083	277	48	17	36	137	188	110	5	218	7	5	8	8	10	33	.256	.326	.431	.757	146			22.6	.068
1984	6	Ken Phelps	SEA	29	14.72	17.9%			396	1286	315	54	6	56	181	167	154	13	240	10	2	16	9	5	21	.245	.327	.427	.754	188			33.0	.083
1985	11	Larry Sheets	BAL	25	4.95	15.8%			343	1087	280	41	3	56	153	165	101	4	201	9	1	11	6	11	28	.258	.323	.455	.778	154			24.6	.072
1986	14	Larry Sheets	BAL	26	5.04	14.8%			313	1015	245	37	5	42	126	158	77	6	219	3	2	11	4	2	35	.241	.294	.412	.706	119			16.7	.053
1987	4	Harold Baines	CHI	28	12.38	22.3%			436	1534	409	71	10	56	199	221	148	5	295	6	6	15	29	16	26	.267	.331	.435	.766	226			34.2	.078
1988	2	Harold Baines	CHI	29	18.91	27.1%			529	1876	480	94	1	36	173	228	213	27	310	19	3	20	2	8	50	.256	.335	.365	.700	234			40.8	.077
1989	5	Danny Tartabull	KC	26	7.97	30.4%			556	1792	447	82	5	61	215	243	180	25	395	10	3	24	8	6	41	.249	.318	.403	.721	233			37.8	.068
1990	3	Chris James	CLE	27	14.70	42.8%			855	2811	737	146	13	86	347	387	292	30	522	24	6	25	31	22	74	.262	.334	.415	.749	388			73.0	.085
1991	7	Sam Horn	BAL	27	8.54	25.8%			521	1767	427	76	3	80	223	249	204	15	436	16	2	15	13	6	42	.242	.323	.424	.747	247			40.6	.078
1992	6	Albert Belle	CLE	25	10.11	26.2%			504	1833	483	82	5	69	244	275	183	19	422	16	4	19	31	16	53	.264	.333	.427	.760	256			46.5	.092
1993	6	Troy Neel	OAK	27	11.80	19.9%			371	1326	346	60	3	56	191	208	157	22	281	12	1	13	16	10	27	.261	.342	.437	.779	201			33.1	.089
1994	2	Jose Canseco	TEX	29	19.20	23.1%			292	1048	299	52	4	68	199	206	160	15	240	9	1	12	22	12	28	.285	.381	.537	.918	215			38.7	.133
1995	5	Juan Gonzalez	TEX	25	10.93	27.9%			497	1757	453	84	2	89	268	313	188	19	360	11	0	22	11	8	59	.258	.330	.460	.790	260			37.1	.075
1996	6	Reggie Jefferson	BOS	27	11.57	16.7%			340	1089	336	74	6	54	182	190	142	17	239	7	5	11	14	8	23	.309	.388	.536	.924	232			36.4	.107
1997	3	Frank Thomas	CHI	29	15.08	28.3%			539	1809	520	104	5	78	265	299	185	15	359	12	1	20	4	7	42	.287	.354	.480	.834	298			50.9	.094
1998	3	Tim Salmon	ANA	29	24.15	12.8%			248	855	258	57	3	44	150	164	127	9	184	6	1	15	4	4	20	.302	.390	.530	.920	180			31.7	.128
1999	8	Jim Thome	CLE	28	9.97	24.6%			453	1514	413	90	7	67	220	264	163	6	302	21	0	7	15	6	55	.273	.350	.474	.824	250			34.2	.075
2000	3	Brad Fullmer	TOR	25	14.61	35.9%			642	2290	614	115	6	108	360	373	252	11	434	24	6	29	23	9	42	.268	.343	.465	.808	382			61.3	.095
2001	2	Manny Ramirez	BOS	29	21.32	39.7%			634	2283	637	136	12	90	325	390	251	42	459	26	2	21	18	5	57	.279	.354	.467	.821	383			60.3	.095
2002	7	Brad Fullmer	ANA	27	9.91	33.2%			560	2062	569	126	8	83	285	288	165	19	316	21	0	22	16	11	52	.276	.333	.466	.799	312			45.8	.082
2003	3	David Ortiz	BOS	27	14.06	46.4%			832	2966	798	165	12	128	441	470	351	34	663	40	1	18	14	9	74	.269	.352	.462	.814	489			74.9	.090
2004	1	David Ortiz	BOS	28	30.06	39.5%			624	2269	638	144	12	122	372	437	269	21	516	41	3	26	11	8	60	.281	.364	.517	.881	432			67.5	.108
2005	1	David Ortiz	BOS	29	48.11	37.9%			649	2341	664	157	5	127	380	437	287	27	493	35	3	22	8	6	58	.284	.367	.518	.885	448			86.7	.134
2006	3	Travis Hafner	CLE	29	29.09	27.2%			478	1595	411	99	5	83	243	264	228	23	407	18	2	14	7	6	36	.258	.354	.482	.836	287			43.9	.092
2007	8	Jack Cust	OAK	28	7.34	8.0%			135	468	116	30	2	20	66	79	80	1	163	5	0	4	7	3	9	.248	.361	.449	.810	81			13.0	.096
2008	7	Jason Kubel	MIN	26	7.83	11.5%			183	659	162	28	5	39	108	102	86	4	189	5	0	6	4	1	16	.246	.335	.481	.816	107			17.2	.094
2009	2	Adam Lind	TOR	25	15.62	22.4%			371	1422	389	82	3	71	200	246	145	17	310	10	1	11	4	2	33	.274	.343	.485	.828	237			36.8	.099
2010	10	Adam Lind	TOR	26	6.81	18.0%			302	1088	255	60	4	34	122	157	104	10	254	11	2	12	0	2	22	.234	.305	.391	.696	133			20.9	.069
		Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower
		Sources:
		All-Time Major League Handbook
		Win Shares Digital Update
		baseball-reference.com
		ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia