National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mays • SFG 10.2
2. Banks • CHC 9.3
3. Aaron • MLN 7.3
4. Ashburn • PHI 7.0
5. Roberts • PHI 6.6
6. Mathews • MLN 6.5
7. Spahn • MLN 6.0
8. Boyer • STL 5.9
9. Jones • STL 5.3
10. Miller • SFG 5.0
WAR Position Players
1. Mays • SFG 10.2
2. Banks • CHC 9.3
3. Aaron • MLN 7.3
4. Ashburn • PHI 7.0
5. Mathews • MLN 6.5
6. Boyer • STL 5.9
7. Mazeroski • PIT 4.9
8. Crandall • MLN 4.7
9. Walls • CHC 4.4
10. Clemente • PIT 4.4
Skinner • PIT 4.4
Offensive WAR
1. Mays • SFG 8.8
2. Banks • CHC 8.5
3. Ashburn • PHI 6.7
4. Aaron • MLN 6.6
5. Mathews • MLN 4.9
6. Skinner • PIT 4.7
7. Boyer • STL 4.6
8. Musial • STL 4.2
Thomas • PIT 4.2
Walls • CHC 4.2
Defensive WAR
1. Mazeroski • PIT 2.9
2. Flood • STL 2.6
3. Logan • MLN 2.5
4. Clemente • PIT 2.3
5. Banks • CHC 1.9
6. Crandall • MLN 1.9
7. Mathews • MLN 1.9
8. Boyer • STL 1.7
9. Groat • PIT 1.6
10. Mays • SFG 1.5
Batting Average
1. Ashburn • PHI .350
2. Mays • SFG .347
3. Musial • STL .337
4. Aaron • MLN .326
5. Skinner • PIT .321
6. Banks • CHC .313
7. Cepeda • SFG .312
8. Boyer • STL .307
9. Temple • CIN .306
10. Walls • CHC .304
On-Base%
1. Ashburn • PHI .440
2. Musial • STL .423
3. Mays • SFG .419
4. Temple • CIN .405
5. Skinner • PIT .387
6. Aaron • MLN .386
7. Anderson • PHI .373
8. Walls • CHC .370
9. Banks • CHC .366
10. Boyer • STL .360
Slugging %
1. Banks • CHC .614
2. Mays • SFG .583
3. Aaron • MLN .546
4. Thomas • PIT .528
5. Musial • STL .528
6. Anderson • PHI .524
7. Cepeda • SFG .512
8. Robinson • CIN .504
9. Boyer • STL .496
10. Moryn • CHC .494
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Mays • SFG 1.002
2. Banks • CHC .980
3. Musial • STL .950
4. Aaron • MLN .931
5. Anderson • PHI .897
6. Ashburn • PHI .881
7. Skinner • PIT .879
8. Walls • CHC .863
9. Thomas • PIT .863
10. Boyer • STL .857
Games Played
1. Banks • CHC 154
2. Aaron • MLN 153
3. Thomson • CHC 152
Ashburn • PHI 152
Mazeroski • PIT 152
Mays • SFG 152
7. Groat • PIT 151
8. Boyer • STL 150
9. Mathews • MLN 149
Thomas • PIT 149
At Bats
1. Banks • CHC 617
2. Ashburn • PHI 615
3. Virdon • PIT 604
4. Cepeda • SFG 603
5. Aaron • MLN 601
6. Mays • SFG 600
7. Groat • PIT 584
8. Boyer • STL 570
9. Mazeroski • PIT 567
10. Thomas • PIT 562
Plate Appearances
1. Ashburn • PHI 725
2. Mays • SFG 685
3. Banks • CHC 682
4. Aaron • MLN 664
5. Virdon • PIT 662
6. Temple • CIN 653
7. Mathews • MLN 649
8. Cepeda • SFG 644
9. Gilliam • LAD 636
10. Boyer • STL 632
Runs Scored
1. Mays • SFG 121
2. Banks • CHC 119
3. Aaron • MLN 109
4. Boyer • STL 101
5. Ashburn • PHI 98
6. Mathews • MLN 97
7. Skinner • PIT 93
8. Robinson • CIN 90
9. Thomas • PIT 89
10. Cepeda • SFG 88
Hits
1. Ashburn • PHI 215
2. Mays • SFG 208
3. Aaron • MLN 196
4. Banks • CHC 193
5. Cepeda • SFG 188
6. Groat • PIT 175
Boyer • STL 175
8. Skinner • PIT 170
9. Temple • CIN 166
10. Virdon • PIT 161
Total Bases
1. Banks • CHC 379
2. Mays • SFG 350
3. Aaron • MLN 328
4. Cepeda • SFG 309
5. Thomas • PIT 297
6. Boyer • STL 283
7. Robinson • CIN 279
8. Ashburn • PHI 271
9. Anderson • PHI 270
10. Skinner • PIT 260
Doubles
1. Cepeda • SFG 38
2. Groat • PIT 36
3. Musial • STL 35
4. Aaron • MLN 34
Anderson • PHI 34
6. Skinner • PIT 33
Mays • SFG 33
8. Temple • CIN 31
9. Hoak • CIN 30
10. Thomson • CHC 27
Triples
1. Ashburn • PHI 13
2. Banks • CHC 11
Virdon • PIT 11
Mays • SFG 11
5. Clemente • PIT 10
Blasingame • STL 10
7. Roseboro • LAD 9
Groat • PIT 9
Skinner • PIT 9
Boyer • STL 9
Home Runs
1. Banks • CHC 47
2. Thomas • PIT 35
3. Robinson • CIN 31
Mathews • MLN 31
5. Aaron • MLN 30
6. Mays • SFG 29
7. Moryn • CHC 26
8. Cepeda • SFG 25
9. Walls • CHC 24
Covington • MLN 24
Runs Batted In
1. Banks • CHC 129
2. Thomas • PIT 109
3. Anderson • PHI 97
4. Cepeda • SFG 96
Mays • SFG 96
6. Aaron • MLN 95
7. Boyer • STL 90
8. Robinson • CIN 83
Furillo • LAD 83
10. Thomson • CHC 82
Bases on Balls
1. Ashburn • PHI 97
2. Temple • CIN 91
3. Mathews • MLN 85
4. Cunningham • STL 82
5. Gilliam • LAD 78
Mays • SFG 78
7. Spencer • SFG 73
8. Musial • STL 72
9. Long • CHC 66
10. Moryn • CHC 62
Robinson • CIN 62
Strikeouts
1. Anderson • PHI 95
2. Taylor • CHC 93
3. Zimmer • LAD 92
4. Neal • LAD 91
5. Banks • CHC 87
Hodges • LAD 87
7. Mathews • MLN 85
8. Cepeda • SFG 84
9. Moryn • CHC 83
10. Robinson • CIN 80
Stolen Bases
1. Mays • SFG 31
2. Ashburn • PHI 30
3. Taylor • CHC 21
4. Blasingame • STL 20
5. Gilliam • LAD 18
6. Cepeda • SFG 15
Temple • CIN 15
8. Zimmer • LAD 14
9. Skinner • PIT 12
Fernández • PHI 12
Singles
1. Ashburn • PHI 176
2. Mays • SFG 135
3. Dark • 2TM 132
4. Aaron • MLN 128
5. Groat • PIT 127
6. Temple • CIN 126
7. Boyer • STL 122
8. Cepeda • SFG 121
9. Blasingame • STL 119
10. Virdon • PIT 117
Adjusted OPS+
1. Mays • SFG 165
2. Banks • CHC 155
3. Aaron • MLN 153
4. Musial • STL 145
5. Ashburn • PHI 136
6. Anderson • PHI 136
7. Skinner • PIT 133
8. Walls • CHC 128
9. Thomas • PIT 126
10. Cepeda • SFG 125
Runs Created
1. Mays • SFG 152
2. Banks • CHC 135
3. Ashburn • PHI 129
4. Aaron • MLN 121
5. Skinner • PIT 102
Musial • STL 102
7. Anderson • PHI 100
Boyer • STL 100
9. Robinson • CIN 99
10. Cepeda • SFG 97
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Mays • SFG 58
2. Banks • CHC 46
3. Aaron • MLN 45
4. Ashburn • PHI 38
5. Musial • STL 35
6. Cunningham • STL 28
7. Covington • MLN 28
8. Anderson • PHI 28
9. Skinner • PIT 27
10. Cepeda • SFG 20
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Mays • SFG 5.5
2. Banks • CHC 4.4
3. Aaron • MLN 4.3
4. Ashburn • PHI 3.7
5. Musial • STL 3.4
6. Cunningham • STL 2.7
7. Anderson • PHI 2.7
Covington • MLN 2.7
9. Skinner • PIT 2.6
10. Cepeda • SFG 2.0
Extra Base Hits
1. Banks • CHC 81
2. Mays • SFG 73
3. Aaron • MLN 68
4. Cepeda • SFG 67
5. Thomas • PIT 65
6. Anderson • PHI 63
7. Robinson • CIN 62
8. Moryn • CHC 59
9. Skinner • PIT 55
10. Musial • STL 54
Times On Base
1. Ashburn • PHI 316
2. Mays • SFG 287
3. Temple • CIN 257
4. Aaron • MLN 256
5. Banks • CHC 249
6. Musial • STL 232
7. Skinner • PIT 230
8. Boyer • STL 227
9. Mathews • MLN 224
10. Gilliam • LAD 223
Offensive Win %
1. Mays • SFG .797
2. Musial • STL .736
3. Ashburn • PHI .732
4. Banks • CHC .731
5. Aaron • MLN .708
6. Skinner • PIT .689
7. Anderson • PHI .680
8. Walls • CHC .658
9. Robinson • CIN .637
10. Boyer • STL .636
Hit By Pitch
1. Walls • CHC 8
Moryn • CHC 8
Hemus • PHI 8
4. Torre • MLN 7
Thomas • PIT 7
Robinson • CIN 7
Davenport • SFG 7
Taylor • CHC 7
9. Logan • MLN 5
Covington • MLN 5
Kirkland • SFG 5
Neal • LAD 5
Dark • 2TM 5
Stuart • PIT 5
Sacrifice Hits
1. Temple • CIN 17
Davenport • SFG 17
3. Logan • MLN 13
4. Fernández • PHI 10
Friend • PIT 10
6. Zimmer • LAD 9
Kline • PIT 9
Mazeroski • PIT 9
O'Connell • SFG 9
10. Mathews • MLN 8
Sacrifice Flies
1. Cepeda • SFG 9
2. Banks • CHC 8
Mathews • MLN 8
Thomas • PIT 8
Spencer • SFG 8
Boyer • STL 8
7. Furillo • LAD 7
Fernández • PHI 7
Ennis • STL 7
Green • STL 7
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Musial • STL 26
2. Crandall • MLN 18
3. Aaron • MLN 16
4. Banks • CHC 12
Mays • SFG 12
6. Bailey • CIN 10
Anderson • PHI 10
Foiles • PIT 10
9. Long • CHC 9
Lopata • PHI 9
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Green • STL 24
2. Aaron • MLN 21
Groat • PIT 21
4. Thomas • PIT 19
Schmidt • SFG 19
Musial • STL 19
7. Cepeda • SFG 18
8. Zimmer • LAD 17
Spencer • SFG 17
Ennis • STL 17
Flood • STL 17
Caught Stealing
1. Ashburn • PHI 12
Flood • STL 12
3. Gilliam • LAD 11
Cepeda • SFG 11
5. Roseboro • LAD 8
Temple • CIN 8
Hoak • CIN 8
8. Boyer • STL 6
Neal • LAD 6
Mays • SFG 6
Fernández • PHI 6
Taylor • CHC 6
SB %
1. Zimmer • LAD 87.50
2. Mays • SFG 83.78
3. Blasingame • STL 80.00
4. Taylor • CHC 77.78
5. Skinner • PIT 75.00
6. Ashburn • PHI 71.43
7. Fernández • PHI 66.67
8. Temple • CIN 65.22
9. Boyer • STL 64.71
10. Gilliam • LAD 62.07
Power-Speed #
1. Mays • SFG 30.0
2. Cepeda • SFG 18.8
3. Zimmer • LAD 15.4
4. Robinson • CIN 15.1
5. Boyer • STL 14.9
6. Skinner • PIT 12.5
7. Roseboro • LAD 12.3
8. Hodges • LAD 11.7
9. Neal • LAD 10.6
10. Taylor • CHC 9.3
AB per SO
1. Gilliam • LAD 25.2
2. Groat • PIT 18.3
3. Dark • 2TM 18.2
4. Musial • STL 18.2
5. Temple • CIN 13.2
6. Ashburn • PHI 12.8
7. Clemente • PIT 12.7
8. Aaron • MLN 12.3
9. Blasingame • STL 11.6
10. Crandall • MLN 11.2
AB per HR
1. Banks • CHC 13.1
2. Thomas • PIT 16.1
3. Mathews • MLN 17.6
4. Robinson • CIN 17.9
5. Moryn • CHC 19.7
6. Aaron • MLN 20.0
7. Mays • SFG 20.7
8. Walls • CHC 21.4
9. Neal • LAD 21.5
10. Hodges • LAD 21.6
Outs Made
1. Virdon • PIT 456
2. Cepeda • SFG 453
3. Banks • CHC 451
4. Groat • PIT 443
5. Fernández • PHI 440
6. Mazeroski • PIT 439
7. Logan • MLN 435
8. Mathews • MLN 434
9. Thomas • PIT 433
10. Aaron • MLN 430
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Mays • SFG 74.38
2. Banks • CHC 53.85
3. Covington • MLN 41.88
4. Musial • STL 39.10
5. Cunningham • STL 38.60
6. Aaron • MLN 37.20
7. Anderson • PHI 33.10
8. Ashburn • PHI 29.67
9. Skinner • PIT 29.49
10. Moryn • CHC 29.19
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Mays • SFG 7.9
2. Banks • CHC 6.8
3. Covington • MLN 5.3
4. Cunningham • STL 4.1
5. Ashburn • PHI 3.8
6. Robinson • CIN 3.4
7. Aaron • MLN 3.4
8. Moryn • CHC 3.3
9. Musial • STL 3.1
10. Temple • CIN 3.1
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Mays • SFG 6.2
2. Banks • CHC 5.4
3. Ashburn • PHI 4.0
4. Aaron • MLN 3.7
5. Musial • STL 3.5
6. Moryn • CHC 3.3
7. Cunningham • STL 3.3
8. Covington • MLN 3.3
9. Anderson • PHI 2.9
10. Mathews • MLN 2.9
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Covington • MLN 14.4
2. Aaron • MLN 13.7
3. Mays • SFG 13.6
4. Mathews • MLN 8.5
5. Banks • CHC 5.8
6. Crandall • MLN 5.5
7. Kirkland • SFG 4.6
8. Long • CHC 3.9
9. Jablonski • SFG 3.6
10. Musial • STL 3.5
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Mays • SFG 7.2
2. Banks • CHC 5.2
3. Covington • MLN 4.2
4. Aaron • MLN 3.7
5. Musial • STL 3.7
6. Cunningham • STL 3.6
7. Anderson • PHI 3.2
8. Ashburn • PHI 2.9
9. Skinner • PIT 2.9
10. Moryn • CHC 2.8

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements