National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Seaver • NYM 11.0
2. Morgan • CIN 9.3
3. Evans • ATL 9.0
4. Rose • CIN 8.3
5. Bonds • SFG 7.8
6. Cedeño • HOU 7.4
7. Stargell • PIT 7.2
8. Twitchell • PHI 6.1
9. Singleton • MON 5.7
10. Simmons • STL 5.5

WAR Position Players

<strong>Wins Above Replacement for position players</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br> Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Morgan • CIN 9.3
2. Evans • ATL 9.0
3. Rose • CIN 8.3
4. Bonds • SFG 7.8
5. Cedeño • HOU 7.4
6. Stargell • PIT 7.2
7. Singleton • MON 5.7
8. Simmons • STL 5.5
9. Pérez • CIN 5.3
10. Crawford • LAD 5.3

Offensive WAR

<strong>Offensive Wins Above Replacement (everything but Fielding)</strong><br>The same statistic as Wins Above Replacement for Position<br>Players (WAR), but with the fielding value excluded.<br>oWAR + dWAR does not equal WAR.<br>Adding would count positions twice.<br>Contains the factor for batting stats, baserunning, a positional adjustment, and the replacement player adjustment.<br> Factors developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Morgan • CIN 8.0
2. Evans • ATL 7.1
3. Stargell • PIT 7.0
4. Cedeño • HOU 6.4
5. Bonds • SFG 6.2
6. Rose • CIN 6.1
7. Johnson • ATL 5.5
8. Pérez • CIN 5.4
9. Singleton • MON 5.4
10. Ferguson • LAD 5.3

Defensive WAR

<strong>Defensive Wins Above Replacement for position players</strong><br>A defensive measure of wins above replacement, but given<br>only the defensive stats of the player and his position adjustment. For this calculation, we use a<br>replacement level on defense is the league average.<br>Based on Baseball Info Solutions defensive runs saved from 2003 on<br>and total zone rating developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com previously

1. Russell • LAD 2.3
2. Evans • ATL 2.2
3. Cey • LAD 2.1
4. Sizemore • STL 2.0
5. Foli • MON 1.8
Morgan • CIN 1.8
Simmons • STL 1.8
8. Harrelson • NYM 1.6
9. Bench • CIN 1.6
10. Boone • PHI 1.6

Batting Average

<strong>Hits/At Bats</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played<br>Bold indicates either highest BA using current stats<br>or awarded title at end of year.

1. Rose • CIN .338
2. Cedeño • HOU .320
3. Maddox • SFG .319
4. Pérez • CIN .314
5. Watson • HOU .312
6. Simmons • STL .310
7. Cardenal • CHC .303
8. Singleton • MON .302
9. Matthews • SFG .300
10. Garr • ATL .299

On-Base%

<strong>(H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF)</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played

1. Singleton • MON .425
2. Fairly • MON .422
3. McCovey • SFG .420 **
4. Morgan • CIN .406
5. Hunt • MON .418 **
6. Watson • HOU .403
7. Evans • ATL .403
8. Rose • CIN .401
9. Crawford • LAD .396
10. Pérez • CIN .393

Slugging %

Total Bases/At Bats or
(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played

1. Stargell • PIT .646
2. Aaron • ATL .643 **
3. Evans • ATL .556
4. Johnson • ATL .546
5. Cedeño • HOU .537
6. McCovey • SFG .546 **
7. Bonds • SFG .530
8. Pérez • CIN .527
9. Robinson • PHI .529 **
10. Morgan • CIN .493

On-Base Plus Slugging

<strong>On-Base + Slugging Percentages </strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played

1. Stargell • PIT 1.038
2. Aaron • ATL 1.045 **
3. Evans • ATL .959
4. McCovey • SFG .966 **
5. Pérez • CIN .919
6. Johnson • ATL .916
7. Cedeño • HOU .913
8. Singleton • MON .904
9. Bonds • SFG .900
10. Morgan • CIN .899

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Russell • LAD 162
Singleton • MON 162
3. Evans • ATL 161
Luzinski • PHI 161
Simmons • STL 161
6. Kessinger • CHC 160
Rose • CIN 160
Bonds • SFG 160
Fuentes • SFG 160
Brock • STL 160

At Bats

At Bats

1. Rose • CIN 680
2. Garr • ATL 668
3. Fuentes • SFG 656
4. Oliver • PIT 654
5. Brock • STL 650
6. Bonds • SFG 643
7. Millán • NYM 638
8. Simmons • STL 619
9. Russell • LAD 615
10. Luzinski • PHI 610

Plate Appearances

<strong>Plate Appearances</strong><br>When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts<br>Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH,<br>which excludes catcher interferences.<br>When <span class=tooltip>this color</span> click for a summary of each PA.

1. Rose • CIN 752
2. Bonds • SFG 738
3. Evans • ATL 733
4. Fuentes • SFG 731
5. Brock • STL 727
6. Millán • NYM 699
7. Garr • ATL 698
Morgan • CIN 698
9. Singleton • MON 692
10. Oliver • PIT 690
Simmons • STL 690

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Bonds • SFG 131
2. Morgan • CIN 116
3. Rose • CIN 115
4. Evans • ATL 114
5. Brock • STL 110
6. Stargell • PIT 106
7. Baker • ATL 101
8. Singleton • MON 100
9. Watson • HOU 97
10. Garr • ATL 94

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Rose • CIN 230
2. Garr • ATL 200
3. Brock • STL 193
4. Simmons • STL 192
5. Oliver • PIT 191
6. Maddox • SFG 187
7. Millán • NYM 185
8. Bonds • SFG 182
Fuentes • SFG 182
10. Watson • HOU 179

Total Bases

<strong>Total Bases</strong><br>Singles + 2 x Doubles + 3 x Triples + 4 x Home Runs.

1. Bonds • SFG 341
2. Stargell • PIT 337
3. Evans • ATL 331
4. Johnson • ATL 305
5. Oliver • PIT 303
6. Pérez • CIN 297
Rose • CIN 297
8. Luzinski • PHI 295
9. Morgan • CIN 284
10. Cedeño • HOU 282

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Stargell • PIT 43
2. Oliver • PIT 38
3. Rose • CIN 36
Staub • NYM 36
Simmons • STL 36
6. Morgan • CIN 35
Cedeño • HOU 35
8. Bonds • SFG 34
9. Cardenal • CHC 33
Pérez • CIN 33

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Metzger • HOU 14
2. Maddox • SFG 10
Matthews • SFG 10
4. Davis • LAD 9
5. Evans • ATL 8
Rose • CIN 8
Brock • STL 8
8. Oliver • PIT 7
Sanguillén • PIT 7
Zisk • PIT 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Stargell • PIT 44
2. Johnson • ATL 43
3. Evans • ATL 41
4. Aaron • ATL 40
5. Bonds • SFG 39
6. Luzinski • PHI 29
McCovey • SFG 29
8. May • HOU 28
9. Pérez • CIN 27
10. Monday • CHC 26
Morgan • CIN 26
Bailey • MON 26

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Stargell • PIT 119
2. May • HOU 105
3. Evans • ATL 104
Bench • CIN 104
5. Singleton • MON 103
6. Pérez • CIN 101
7. Baker • ATL 99
Johnson • ATL 99
Oliver • PIT 99
10. Luzinski • PHI 97

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Evans • ATL 124
2. Singleton • MON 123
3. Morgan • CIN 111
4. McCovey • SFG 105
5. Monday • CHC 92
6. Wynn • HOU 91
7. Bailey • MON 88
8. Ferguson • LAD 87
Bonds • SFG 87
10. Fairly • MON 86

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Bonds • SFG 148
2. Colbert • SDP 146
3. Schmidt • PHI 136
4. Luzinski • PHI 135
5. Stargell • PIT 129
6. Monday • CHC 124
7. May • HOU 122
Kingman • SFG 122
9. Pérez • CIN 117
10. Brock • STL 112

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Brock • STL 70
2. Morgan • CIN 67
3. Cedeño • HOU 56
4. Bonds • SFG 43
5. Lopes • LAD 36
6. Garr • ATL 35
7. Baker • ATL 24
Maddox • SFG 24
9. Concepción • CIN 22
10. Cardenal • CHC 19

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Rose • CIN 181
2. Millán • NYM 155
3. Garr • ATL 151
4. Brock • STL 149
5. Fuentes • SFG 146
6. Simmons • STL 141
7. Watson • HOU 136
Maddox • SFG 136
9. Buckner • LAD 130
Russell • LAD 130

Adjusted OPS+

<strong>OPS+</strong><br>100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s)

1. Stargell • PIT 186
2. Pérez • CIN 159
3. Evans • ATL 156
4. Morgan • CIN 154
5. Cedeño • HOU 152
6. Singleton • MON 148
7. Johnson • ATL 143
8. Bonds • SFG 143
9. Fairly • MON 142
10. Crawford • LAD 140

Runs Created

<strong>Runs Created</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Bill James and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total.<br>This is computed with the "technical" formula when possible.<br>If SB or CS data is missing, the "basic" formula is used.<br>If HBP, IBB, SH, SF, or GIDP data is missing, the "stolen base" version of the formula is used. <br>Team Runs Created is the sum of player Runs Created.

1. Evans • ATL 143
2. Stargell • PIT 136
3. Bonds • SFG 130
4. Morgan • CIN 128
5. Rose • CIN 119
6. Pérez • CIN 118
7. Johnson • ATL 116
8. Singleton • MON 113
9. Aaron • ATL 104
Watson • HOU 104

Adj. Batting Runs

<strong>Adjusted Batting Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Stargell • PIT 61
2. Evans • ATL 50
3. Morgan • CIN 48
4. Pérez • CIN 46
5. Singleton • MON 44
6. Aaron • ATL 42
7. Bonds • SFG 38
8. McCovey • SFG 38
9. Rose • CIN 36
10. Cedeño • HOU 36

Adj. Batting Wins

<strong>Adjusted Batting Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a player&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his bat.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Stargell • PIT 6.1
2. Evans • ATL 5.0
3. Morgan • CIN 4.8
4. Pérez • CIN 4.7
5. Singleton • MON 4.5
6. Aaron • ATL 4.2
7. Bonds • SFG 3.9
8. McCovey • SFG 3.9
9. Rose • CIN 3.7
10. Cedeño • HOU 3.6

Extra Base Hits

<strong>Extra Base Hits</strong><br>Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Stargell • PIT 90
2. Bonds • SFG 77
3. Evans • ATL 74
4. Johnson • ATL 68
5. Oliver • PIT 65
6. Morgan • CIN 63
Pérez • CIN 63
8. Cedeño • HOU 62
9. Luzinski • PHI 59
10. Robinson • PHI 58

Times On Base

<strong>Times on Base</strong><br>Hits + Bases on Balls + Hit By Pitch<br>Does not include Reached on Error or Catcher Interference.

1. Rose • CIN 301
2. Evans • ATL 294
Singleton • MON 294
4. Morgan • CIN 282
5. Bonds • SFG 273
6. Watson • HOU 268
7. Brock • STL 264
8. Simmons • STL 255
9. Pérez • CIN 254
10. Baker • ATL 246

Offensive Win %

<strong>Offensive Winning Percentage</strong><br>The percentage of games a team with nine of this player<br>batting would win. Assumes average pitching and defense.<br>This uses the Pythagorean win pct formula with the player's RC/G for runs scored and the league's R/9 as runs allowed.

1. Stargell • PIT .819
2. Evans • ATL .780
3. Pérez • CIN .751
4. Morgan • CIN .749
5. Fairly • MON .739
6. Johnson • ATL .733
7. Bonds • SFG .719
8. Singleton • MON .713
9. Crawford • LAD .710
Cedeño • HOU .710

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Hunt • MON 24
2. Torre • STL 10
3. Johnson • ATL 9
Schmidt • PHI 9
5. Colbert • SDP 8
6. Cedeño • HOU 7
Luzinski • PHI 7
Fuentes • SFG 7
9. Lum • ATL 6
Rose • CIN 6
Millán • NYM 6
Montañez • PHI 6
Maddox • SFG 6
Rader • SFG 6

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Sizemore • STL 25
2. Millán • NYM 18
3. Fuentes • SFG 17
4. Koosman • NYM 15
5. Billingham • CIN 13
6. Metzger • HOU 12
Roberts • HOU 12
Matlack • NYM 12
Barr • SFG 12
10. Kirby • SDP 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Bench • CIN 10
Ferguson • LAD 10
3. Baker • ATL 9
May • HOU 9
Oliver • PIT 9
6. Evans • ATL 8
Cey • LAD 8
Jones • NYM 8
Boone • PHI 8
Sanguillén • PIT 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

<strong>Intentional Bases on Balls</strong><br>First tracked in 1955.

1. McCovey • SFG 25
2. Rader • SFG 23
3. Stargell • PIT 22
4. Russell • LAD 20
5. Kessinger • CHC 18
6. Brock • STL 15
Simmons • STL 15
8. Williams • CHC 14
Bench • CIN 14
Torre • STL 14

Double Plays Grounded Into

<strong>Double Plays Grounded Into</strong><br>Only includes standard 6-4-3, 4-3, etc. double plays.<br>First tracked in 1933.<br>For gamelogs only in seasons we have play-by-play, we include triple plays as well.<br>All official seasonal totals do not include GITP's.

1. Simmons • STL 29
2. Santo • CHC 27
Singleton • MON 27
4. Bailey • MON 23
5. Bench • CIN 22
6. Millán • NYM 20
Torre • STL 20
8. Cedeño • HOU 19
Cey • LAD 19
10. Perez • ATL 18
Watson • HOU 18
Foli • MON 18
Oliver • PIT 18
Speier • SFG 18
Reitz • STL 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Brock • STL 20
2. Bonds • SFG 17
3. Lopes • LAD 16
4. Morgan • CIN 15
Cedeño • HOU 15
6. Monday • CHC 12
7. Garr • ATL 11
Wynn • HOU 11
9. Tolan • CIN 10
Maddox • SFG 10

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Baker • ATL 88.89
2. Morgan • CIN 81.71
3. Concepción • CIN 81.48
4. Hernández • SDP 78.95
5. Cedeño • HOU 78.87
6. Brock • STL 77.78
7. Matthews • SFG 77.27
Davis • LAD 77.27
9. Garr • ATL 76.09
10. Thomas • SDP 75.00
Lintz • MON 75.00

Power-Speed #

<strong>Power/Speed Number</strong><br>2 x (Home Runs x Stolen Bases)/(Stolen Bases + Home Runs)<br>The harmonic mean of HR and SB.<br>To do well you need a lot of both.<br>Developed by Bill James.

1. Bonds • SFG 40.9
2. Morgan • CIN 37.5
3. Cedeño • HOU 34.6
4. Baker • ATL 22.4
5. Garr • ATL 16.7
6. Davis • LAD 16.5
7. Wynn • HOU 16.5
8. Maddox • SFG 15.1
9. Roberts • SDP 14.4
10. Matthews • SFG 14.1

AB per SO

<strong>At Bats Per Strikeout</strong><br>For career marks this only includes AB&#x2019;s for seasons where SO&#x2019;s were tracked.

1. Millán • NYM 29.0
2. Helms • HOU 25.9
3. Rader • SFG 21.0
4. Sanguillén • PIT 20.3
5. Buckner • LAD 16.9
6. Rose • CIN 16.2
7. Sizemore • STL 15.3
8. Kendall • SDP 14.5
9. Boone • PHI 14.5
10. Simmons • STL 13.2

AB per HR

<strong>At Bats Per Home Run</strong>

1. Aaron • ATL 9.8 **
2. Stargell • PIT 11.9
3. Johnson • ATL 13.0
4. McCovey • SFG 13.2 **
5. Evans • ATL 14.5
6. Bonds • SFG 16.5
7. Robinson • PHI 18.1 **
8. Kingman • SFG 12.7 **
9. May • HOU 19.5
10. Ferguson • LAD 19.5

Outs Made

<strong>Outs Made</strong><br>(At Bats - Hits) + Double Plays Grounded Into <br>+ Sac. Flies + Sac. Hits + Caught Stealing.

1. Fuentes • SFG 514
2. Garr • ATL 497
3. Millán • NYM 495
4. Brock • STL 492
5. Oliver • PIT 490
Bonds • SFG 490
7. Russell • LAD 484
8. Rose • CIN 472
9. Simmons • STL 466
10. Metzger • HOU 464

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)

<strong>Base-Out Runs Added</strong><br>Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the batter<br> or baserunner add in the resulting play.<br>Compared to average, so 0 is average, and above 0 is better than average

1. Stargell • PIT 68.50
2. Morgan • CIN 62.58
3. Bonds • SFG 59.51
4. Evans • ATL 57.78
5. Rose • CIN 50.35
6. Watson • HOU 45.25
7. Aaron • ATL 44.24
8. Cedeño • HOU 39.82
9. Ferguson • LAD 39.07
10. Pérez • CIN 37.71

Win Probability Added (WPA)

<strong>Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability<br>caused by this batter during the game.<br>See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Morgan • CIN 7.4
2. Stargell • PIT 6.4
3. Cedeño • HOU 6.0
4. Bonds • SFG 6.0
5. Evans • ATL 5.2
6. Ferguson • LAD 4.9
7. McCovey • SFG 4.5
8. Pérez • CIN 4.4
9. Crawford • LAD 4.3
10. Rose • CIN 4.2

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)

<strong>Situational Wins (WPA/LI)</strong><br>It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play.<br>WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats.<br>This stat does not.

1. Evans • ATL 6.6
2. Stargell • PIT 6.1
3. Morgan • CIN 5.6
4. Bonds • SFG 5.3
5. Cedeño • HOU 4.8
6. Rose • CIN 4.4
7. Aaron • ATL 4.4
8. Johnson • ATL 4.1
9. Pérez • CIN 4.0
10. McCovey • SFG 3.8

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability of winning the World Series, displayed in percentage points.<br>See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Stargell • PIT 9.8
2. Morgan • CIN 7.7
3. Bonds • SFG 6.9
4. Crawford • LAD 5.8
5. Ferguson • LAD 5.6
6. Brock • STL 5.3
7. Jones • NYM 5.1
8. Rose • CIN 4.8
9. Garrett • NYM 4.8
10. Cardenal • CHC 4.6

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)

<strong>Base-Out Wins Added (REW)</strong><br>This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance measured by the 24 <br>base-out situations across every play in the game.

1. Stargell • PIT 6.9
2. Morgan • CIN 6.4
3. Bonds • SFG 5.9
4. Evans • ATL 5.6
5. Rose • CIN 5.2
6. Watson • HOU 4.6
7. Aaron • ATL 4.3
8. Cedeño • HOU 4.0
9. Ferguson • LAD 4.0
10. Pérez • CIN 3.9

rOBA

rOBA
A measure of a player's offensive contributions, weighted in proportion to each event's actual run value

1. Stargell • PIT .449
2. Cedeño • HOU .436
3. Evans • ATL .427
4. Morgan • CIN .426
5. Bonds • SFG .416
6. Pérez • CIN .413
7. Johnson • ATL .412
8. Singleton • MON .411
9. Fairly • MON .409
10. Rose • CIN .402

Rbat+

Rbat+
Batting runs as computed for WAR, but indexed to the environment the player played in, where 100 is league average.

1. Stargell • PIT 193
2. Cedeño • HOU 171
3. Pérez • CIN 168
4. Morgan • CIN 166
5. Evans • ATL 165
6. Singleton • MON 162
7. Rose • CIN 160
8. Fairly • MON 158
9. Bonds • SFG 158
10. Johnson • ATL 154

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 rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements