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Batting Leaders
NL Batting Leaders
Glossary
Batting Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ashburn
(PHI)
.338
2.
Mays
(NYG)
.319
3.
Musial
(STL)
.319
4.
Campanella
(BRO)
.318
5.
Aaron
(MLN)
.314
6.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
.314
7.
Furillo
(BRO)
.314
8.
Post
(CIN)
.309
9.
Snider
(BRO)
.309
10.
Bell
(CIN)
.308
On-Base%
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ashburn
(PHI)
.449
2.
Snider
(BRO)
.418
3.
Mathews
(MLN)
.413
4.
Musial
(STL)
.408
5.
Mays
(NYG)
.400
6.
Campanella
(BRO)
.395
7.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
.382
8.
Hodges
(BRO)
.377
9.
Post
(CIN)
.372
10.
Reese
(BRO)
.371
Slugging %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(NYG)
.659
2.
Snider
(BRO)
.628
3.
Mathews
(MLN)
.601
4.
Banks
(CHC)
.596
5.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
.585
6.
Campanella
(BRO)
.583
7.
Post
(CIN)
.574
8.
Musial
(STL)
.566
9.
Aaron
(MLN)
.540
10.
Furillo
(BRO)
.520
On-Base Plus Slugging
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(NYG)
1.059
2.
Snider
(BRO)
1.046
3.
Mathews
(MLN)
1.014
4.
Campanella
(BRO)
.978
5.
Musial
(STL)
.974
6.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
.967
7.
Post
(CIN)
.946
8.
Banks
(CHC)
.941
9.
Aaron
(MLN)
.906
10.
Ashburn
(PHI)
.897
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bell
(CIN)
154
Banks
(CHC)
154
Post
(CIN)
154
Logan
(MLN)
154
Musial
(STL)
154
Baker
(CHC)
154
7.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
153
Aaron
(MLN)
153
9.
Moon
(STL)
152
Mays
(NYG)
152
At Bats
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bruton
(MLN)
636
2.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
612
3.
Bell
(CIN)
610
4.
Baker
(CHC)
609
5.
Mueller
(NYG)
605
6.
Aaron
(MLN)
602
7.
Post
(CIN)
601
8.
Banks
(CHC)
596
9.
Logan
(MLN)
595
10.
Moon
(STL)
593
Plate Appearances
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
686
2.
Bruton
(MLN)
685
3.
Temple
(CIN)
684
4.
Baker
(CHC)
681
5.
Logan
(MLN)
680
6.
Bell
(CIN)
672
7.
Mays
(NYG)
670
8.
Post
(CIN)
668
9.
Aaron
(MLN)
665
10.
Musial
(STL)
656
Runs Scored
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Snider
(BRO)
126
2.
Mays
(NYG)
123
3.
Post
(CIN)
116
Kluszewski
(CIN)
116
5.
Gilliam
(BRO)
110
6.
Mathews
(MLN)
108
7.
Bruton
(MLN)
106
8.
Aaron
(MLN)
105
9.
Reese
(BRO)
99
10.
Banks
(CHC)
98
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
192
2.
Aaron
(MLN)
189
3.
Bell
(CIN)
188
4.
Post
(CIN)
186
5.
Mueller
(NYG)
185
Mays
(NYG)
185
7.
Ashburn
(PHI)
180
8.
Musial
(STL)
179
9.
Logan
(MLN)
177
10.
Banks
(CHC)
176
Total Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(NYG)
382
2.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
358
3.
Banks
(CHC)
355
4.
Post
(CIN)
345
5.
Snider
(BRO)
338
6.
Aaron
(MLN)
325
7.
Musial
(STL)
318
8.
Bell
(CIN)
311
9.
Mathews
(MLN)
300
10.
Ennis
(PHI)
292
Doubles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Logan
(MLN)
37
Aaron
(MLN)
37
3.
Snider
(BRO)
34
4.
Post
(CIN)
33
5.
Ashburn
(PHI)
32
6.
Musial
(STL)
30
Bruton
(MLN)
30
Bell
(CIN)
30
9.
Banks
(CHC)
29
Baker
(CHC)
29
Reese
(BRO)
29
Triples
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(NYG)
13
Long
(PIT)
13
3.
Bruton
(MLN)
12
4.
Clemente
(PIT)
11
5.
Aaron
(MLN)
9
Ashburn
(PHI)
9
Banks
(CHC)
9
8.
Fondy
(CHC)
8
Freese
(PIT)
8
Moon
(STL)
8
Gilliam
(BRO)
8
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(NYG)
51
2.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
47
3.
Banks
(CHC)
44
4.
Snider
(BRO)
42
5.
Mathews
(MLN)
41
6.
Post
(CIN)
40
7.
Musial
(STL)
33
8.
Campanella
(BRO)
32
9.
Ennis
(PHI)
29
10.
Hodges
(BRO)
27
Bell
(CIN)
27
Aaron
(MLN)
27
Runs Batted In
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Snider
(BRO)
136
2.
Mays
(NYG)
127
3.
Ennis
(PHI)
120
4.
Banks
(CHC)
117
5.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
113
6.
Post
(CIN)
109
7.
Musial
(STL)
108
8.
Campanella
(BRO)
107
9.
Aaron
(MLN)
106
10.
Bell
(CIN)
104
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mathews
(MLN)
109
2.
Ashburn
(PHI)
105
3.
Snider
(BRO)
104
4.
Thompson
(NYG)
84
5.
Temple
(CIN)
80
Musial
(STL)
80
Hodges
(BRO)
80
8.
Mays
(NYG)
79
9.
Reese
(BRO)
78
10.
Jones
(PHI)
77
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Post
(CIN)
102
2.
Mathews
(MLN)
98
3.
Hodges
(BRO)
91
4.
Snider
(BRO)
87
Fondy
(CHC)
87
6.
Thomas
(PIT)
76
7.
Bruton
(MLN)
72
Morgan
(PHI)
72
Banks
(CHC)
72
Long
(PIT)
72
Stolen Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bruton
(MLN)
25
2.
Mays
(NYG)
24
3.
Boyer
(STL)
22
4.
Temple
(CIN)
19
5.
Gilliam
(BRO)
15
6.
Robinson
(BRO)
12
Ashburn
(PHI)
12
8.
Moon
(STL)
11
9.
Amoros
(BRO)
10
10.
Baker
(CHC)
9
Hoak
(BRO)
9
Harmon
(CIN)
9
Snider
(BRO)
9
Banks
(CHC)
9
Singles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mueller
(NYG)
152
2.
Temple
(CIN)
142
3.
Ashburn
(PHI)
136
4.
Bell
(CIN)
125
5.
Moon
(STL)
124
Bruton
(MLN)
124
7.
Lockman
(NYG)
123
8.
Logan
(MLN)
122
9.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
120
10.
Aaron
(MLN)
116
Baker
(CHC)
116
Adjusted OPS+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(NYG)
174
2.
Mathews
(MLN)
170
3.
Snider
(BRO)
169
4.
Musial
(STL)
157
5.
Campanella
(BRO)
152
6.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
148
7.
Banks
(CHC)
144
8.
Post
(CIN)
142
9.
Ashburn
(PHI)
142
10.
Aaron
(MLN)
141
Runs Created
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(NYG)
157
2.
Snider
(BRO)
145
3.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
136
4.
Musial
(STL)
131
Mathews
(MLN)
131
6.
Post
(CIN)
125
7.
Banks
(CHC)
117
Ashburn
(PHI)
117
9.
Bell
(CIN)
114
Aaron
(MLN)
114
Adj. Batting Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(NYG)
61
2.
Snider
(BRO)
58
3.
Mathews
(MLN)
55
4.
Musial
(STL)
48
5.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
41
6.
Ashburn
(PHI)
40
7.
Post
(CIN)
36
8.
Campanella
(BRO)
35
9.
Aaron
(MLN)
35
10.
Banks
(CHC)
34
Adj. Batting Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(NYG)
5.8
2.
Snider
(BRO)
5.5
3.
Mathews
(MLN)
5.2
4.
Musial
(STL)
4.7
5.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
4.0
6.
Ashburn
(PHI)
3.9
7.
Post
(CIN)
3.4
8.
Campanella
(BRO)
3.4
9.
Aaron
(MLN)
3.3
10.
Banks
(CHC)
3.3
Extra Base Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(NYG)
82
Snider
(BRO)
82
Banks
(CHC)
82
4.
Post
(CIN)
76
5.
Aaron
(MLN)
73
6.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
72
7.
Mathews
(MLN)
69
8.
Musial
(STL)
68
9.
Bell
(CIN)
63
10.
Ennis
(PHI)
60
Times On Base
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ashburn
(PHI)
288
2.
Snider
(BRO)
271
3.
Mays
(NYG)
268
4.
Musial
(STL)
267
5.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
262
6.
Mathews
(MLN)
254
7.
Post
(CIN)
248
8.
Temple
(CIN)
246
9.
Bell
(CIN)
242
10.
Aaron
(MLN)
241
Hodges
(BRO)
241
Offensive Win %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(NYG)
.802
2.
Snider
(BRO)
.793
3.
Mathews
(MLN)
.783
4.
Musial
(STL)
.755
5.
Ashburn
(PHI)
.748
6.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
.743
7.
Campanella
(BRO)
.730
8.
Post
(CIN)
.709
9.
Banks
(CHC)
.681
10.
Bell
(CIN)
.672
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Musial
(STL)
8
2.
McMillan
(CIN)
7
Furillo
(BRO)
7
4.
Campanella
(BRO)
6
Gilliam
(BRO)
6
Seminick
(TOT)
6
Amoros
(BRO)
6
8.
O'Connell
(MLN)
5
Dark
(NYG)
5
10.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
4
Bruton
(MLN)
4
Thompson
(NYG)
4
Freese
(PIT)
4
Logan
(MLN)
4
Mays
(NYG)
4
Pafko
(MLN)
4
Repulski
(STL)
4
Schoendienst
(STL)
4
Sacrifice Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Baker
(CHC)
18
2.
Logan
(MLN)
16
Freese
(PIT)
16
4.
Reese
(BRO)
13
5.
Groat
(PIT)
11
Gilliam
(BRO)
11
7.
Miksis
(CHC)
10
Temple
(CIN)
10
McMillan
(CIN)
10
10.
Conley
(MLN)
8
Sacrifice Flies
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hodges
(BRO)
10
2.
Jones
(PHI)
9
Ennis
(PHI)
9
Virdon
(STL)
9
Campanella
(BRO)
9
6.
Thompson
(NYG)
8
Repulski
(STL)
8
8.
Mays
(NYG)
7
Logan
(MLN)
7
Mueller
(NYG)
7
Intentional Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
25
2.
Mathews
(MLN)
20
3.
Snider
(BRO)
19
Musial
(STL)
19
5.
Mays
(NYG)
13
6.
Crandall
(MLN)
11
Groat
(PIT)
11
8.
Thomas
(PIT)
10
9.
Grammas
(STL)
9
Campanella
(BRO)
9
Atwell
(PIT)
9
Double Plays Grounded Into
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Reese
(BRO)
22
2.
Aaron
(MLN)
20
Groat
(PIT)
20
4.
Repulski
(STL)
17
5.
Hodges
(BRO)
16
Banks
(CHC)
16
7.
Post
(CIN)
15
Furillo
(BRO)
15
9.
Long
(PIT)
14
Campanella
(BRO)
14
Ennis
(PHI)
14
Clemente
(PIT)
14
Burgess
(TOT)
14
Baker
(CHC)
14
Caught Stealing
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Boyer
(STL)
17
2.
Gilliam
(BRO)
15
3.
Moon
(STL)
11
Bruton
(MLN)
11
5.
Ashburn
(PHI)
10
6.
Harmon
(CIN)
9
Fondy
(CHC)
9
8.
Reese
(BRO)
7
Baker
(CHC)
7
Schoendienst
(STL)
7
Snider
(BRO)
7
Repulski
(STL)
7
Power-Speed #
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(NYG)
32.6
2.
Boyer
(STL)
19.8
3.
Banks
(CHC)
14.9
4.
Snider
(BRO)
14.8
5.
Moon
(STL)
13.9
6.
Bruton
(MLN)
13.2
7.
Post
(CIN)
11.9
8.
Fondy
(CHC)
10.9
9.
Amoros
(BRO)
10.0
10.
Baker
(CHC)
9.9
AB per SO
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mueller
(NYG)
50.4
2.
Groat
(PIT)
20.0
3.
Schoendienst
(STL)
19.8
4.
Temple
(CIN)
18.4
5.
Lockman
(NYG)
16.9
6.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
15.3
7.
Dark
(NYG)
14.8
8.
Ashburn
(PHI)
14.8
9.
Gilliam
(BRO)
14.5
10.
Musial
(STL)
14.4
AB per HR
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(NYG)
11.4
2.
Mathews
(MLN)
12.2
3.
Snider
(BRO)
12.8
4.
Kluszewski
(CIN)
13.0
5.
Banks
(CHC)
13.5
6.
Campanella
(BRO)
13.9
7.
Post
(CIN)
15.0
8.
Crandall
(MLN)
16.9
9.
Musial
(STL)
17.0
10.
Ennis
(PHI)
19.4
Outs Made
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Baker
(CHC)
488
2.
Bruton
(MLN)
476
3.
Logan
(MLN)
456
4.
Temple
(CIN)
448
5.
Mueller
(NYG)
447
Fondy
(CHC)
447
7.
Aaron
(MLN)
445
8.
Reese
(BRO)
444
9.
Moon
(STL)
442
Banks
(CHC)
442
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