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. Niekro • ATL 10.4
2. Parker • PIT 7.0
3. Blue • SFG 6.2
Schmidt • PHI 6.2
5. Clark • SFG 5.9
6. Carter • MON 5.8
7. Knepper • SFG 5.8
8. Bowa • PHI 5.7
9. Denny • STL 5.6
10. Valentine • MON 5.6

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. Parker • PIT 7.0
2. Schmidt • PHI 6.2
3. Clark • SFG 5.9
4. Carter • MON 5.8
5. Bowa • PHI 5.7
6. Valentine • MON 5.6
7. Simmons • STL 5.5
8. Cey • LAD 5.3
9. Cruz • HOU 5.3
10. Stearns • NYM 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. Parker • PIT 6.9
2. Burroughs • ATL 5.5
3. Simmons • STL 5.5
4. Cruz • HOU 5.4
5. Clark • SFG 5.3
6. Luzinski • PHI 5.3
7. Winfield • SDP 5.3
8. Cey • LAD 5.2
9. Madlock • SFG 5.1
10. Smith • LAD 5.1

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. Bowa • PHI 2.9
2. Carter • MON 2.4
3. Speier • MON 2.2
4. Maddox • PHI 2.2
5. Stearns • NYM 2.2
6. Yeager • LAD 1.9
7. Schmidt • PHI 1.8
8. Cromartie • MON 1.8
9. Templeton • STL 1.7
10. Boone • PHI 1.7

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. Parker • PIT .334
2. Garvey • LAD .316
3. Cruz • HOU .315
4. Madlock • SFG .309
5. Winfield • SDP .308
6. Richards • SDP .308
7. Clark • SFG .306
8. Rose • CIN .302
9. Buckner • CHC .323 **
10. Burroughs • ATL .301

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. Burroughs • ATL .432
2. Parker • PIT .394
3. Tenace • SDP .392
4. Luzinski • PHI .388
5. Smith • LAD .382
6. Richards • SDP .381
7. Cey • LAD .380
8. Madlock • SFG .378
9. Simmons • STL .377
10. Murcer • CHC .376

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. Parker • PIT .585
2. Smith • LAD .559
3. Foster • CIN .546
4. Clark • SFG .537
5. Burroughs • ATL .529
6. Luzinski • PHI .526
7. Simmons • STL .512
8. Stargell • PIT .567 **
9. Garvey • LAD .499
10. Winfield • SDP .499

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. Parker • PIT .979
2. Burroughs • ATL .961
3. Smith • LAD .942
4. Luzinski • PHI .914
5. Foster • CIN .906
6. Clark • SFG .895
7. Simmons • STL .889
8. Winfield • SDP .866
9. Madlock • SFG .859
10. Garvey • LAD .852

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Cabell • HOU 162
Garvey • LAD 162
3. de Jesús • CHC 160
4. Rose • CIN 159
Cey • LAD 159
Cash • MON 159
Cromartie • MON 159
Montañez • NYM 159
Smith • SDP 159
Evans • SFG 159
Hernandez • STL 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Cabell • HOU 660
2. Cash • MON 658
3. Rose • CIN 655
4. Bowa • PHI 654
Taveras • PIT 654
6. Templeton • STL 647
7. Garvey • LAD 639
8. Russell • LAD 625
9. de Jesús • CHC 619
10. Griffey • CIN 614

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 731
2. de Jesús • CHC 712
3. Cash • MON 703
4. Taveras • PIT 702
5. Cabell • HOU 694
6. Bowa • PHI 692
7. Garvey • LAD 689
8. Foster • CIN 687
9. Griffey • CIN 680
10. Montañez • NYM 679

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. de Jesús • CHC 104
2. Rose • CIN 103
3. Parker • PIT 102
4. Foster • CIN 97
5. Moreno • PIT 95
6. Lopes • LAD 93
Schmidt • PHI 93
8. Cabell • HOU 92
9. Griffey • CIN 90
Richards • SDP 90
Clark • SFG 90
Hernandez • STL 90

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Garvey • LAD 202
2. Rose • CIN 198
3. Cabell • HOU 195
4. Parker • PIT 194
5. Bowa • PHI 192
6. Taveras • PIT 182
7. Winfield • SDP 181
Clark • SFG 181
Templeton • STL 181
10. Cromartie • MON 180

Total Bases

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

1. Parker • PIT 340
2. Foster • CIN 330
3. Garvey • LAD 319
4. Clark • SFG 318
5. Winfield • SDP 293
6. Luzinski • PHI 284
7. Valentine • MON 279
8. Rose • CIN 276
9. Dawson • MON 269
10. Simmons • STL 264

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Rose • CIN 51
2. Clark • SFG 46
3. Simmons • STL 40
4. Parrish • MON 39
5. Pérez • MON 38
6. Garvey • LAD 36
Robinson • PIT 36
8. Valentine • MON 35
9. Cruz • HOU 34
Maddox • PHI 34

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Templeton • STL 13
2. Parker • PIT 12
Richards • SDP 12
4. Cruz • HOU 9
Garvey • LAD 9
Henderson • NYM 9
Garner • PIT 9
Taveras • PIT 9
Herndon • SFG 9
10. Royster • ATL 8
Griffey • CIN 8
Cabell • HOU 8
Dawson • MON 8
Flynn • NYM 8
Randle • NYM 8
Youngblood • NYM 8
Clark • SFG 8
Morales • STL 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Foster • CIN 40
2. Luzinski • PHI 35
3. Parker • PIT 30
4. Smith • LAD 29
5. Kingman • CHC 28
Stargell • PIT 28
7. Dawson • MON 25
Valentine • MON 25
Clark • SFG 25
10. Winfield • SDP 24

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Foster • CIN 120
2. Parker • PIT 117
3. Garvey • LAD 113
4. Luzinski • PHI 101
5. Clark • SFG 98
6. Stargell • PIT 97
Winfield • SDP 97
8. Montañez • NYM 96
9. Smith • LAD 93
10. Cey • LAD 84

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Burroughs • ATL 117
2. Evans • SFG 105
3. Tenace • SDP 101
4. Luzinski • PHI 100
5. Cey • LAD 96
6. Schmidt • PHI 91
7. Hernandez • STL 82
8. Moreno • PIT 81
9. Murcer • CHC 80
10. Morgan • CIN 79

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Murphy • ATL 145
2. Foster • CIN 138
3. Luzinski • PHI 135
4. Dawson • MON 128
5. Kingman • CHC 111
6. Henderson • NYM 109
7. Robinson • PIT 105
8. Pérez • MON 104
Moreno • PIT 104
10. Parrish • MON 103
Schmidt • PHI 103

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Moreno • PIT 71
2. Taveras • PIT 46
3. Lopes • LAD 45
4. de Jesús • CHC 41
5. Smith • SDP 40
6. Cruz • HOU 37
Richards • SDP 37
8. Templeton • STL 34
9. Cabell • HOU 33
Maddox • PHI 33

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Bowa • PHI 153
2. Cabell • HOU 149
3. Taveras • PIT 142
4. Russell • LAD 140
5. de Jesús • CHC 138
6. Rose • CIN 137
7. Garvey • LAD 136
8. Puhl • HOU 135
Templeton • STL 135
10. Cash • MON 134

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Parker • PIT 166
2. Smith • LAD 162
3. Burroughs • ATL 156
4. Luzinski • PHI 153
5. Clark • SFG 152
6. Foster • CIN 151
7. Winfield • SDP 151
8. Simmons • STL 148
9. Madlock • SFG 144
10. Cruz • HOU 142

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. Parker • PIT 134
2. Burroughs • ATL 116
3. Foster • CIN 115
4. Luzinski • PHI 114
5. Clark • SFG 109
6. Garvey • LAD 108
7. Winfield • SDP 105
8. Rose • CIN 102
Cruz • HOU 102
Smith • LAD 102

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. Parker • PIT 50
2. Burroughs • ATL 45
3. Luzinski • PHI 42
4. Clark • SFG 40
5. Smith • LAD 40
6. Foster • CIN 39
7. Winfield • SDP 38
8. Simmons • STL 36
9. Cruz • HOU 31
10. Stargell • PIT 30

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. Parker • PIT 5.0
2. Burroughs • ATL 4.5
3. Luzinski • PHI 4.3
4. Clark • SFG 4.1
5. Smith • LAD 4.0
6. Foster • CIN 4.0
7. Winfield • SDP 3.9
8. Simmons • STL 3.7
9. Cruz • HOU 3.2
10. Stargell • PIT 3.1

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Clark • SFG 79
2. Parker • PIT 74
3. Foster • CIN 73
4. Luzinski • PHI 69
5. Simmons • STL 67
6. Garvey • LAD 66
7. Valentine • MON 62
8. Rose • CIN 61
9. Burroughs • ATL 59
Winfield • SDP 59

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. Burroughs • ATL 264
2. Rose • CIN 263
3. Luzinski • PHI 254
4. Cey • LAD 253
Parker • PIT 253
6. de Jesús • CHC 248
7. Foster • CIN 247
8. Garvey • LAD 243
9. Richards • SDP 239
10. Winfield • SDP 238
Evans • SFG 238

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. Parker • PIT .799
2. Burroughs • ATL .786
3. Smith • LAD .770
4. Luzinski • PHI .735
5. Madlock • SFG .709
6. Foster • CIN .702
7. Cruz • HOU .701
8. Simmons • STL .699
9. Clark • SFG .692
10. Winfield • SDP .691

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Dawson • MON 12
2. Luzinski • PHI 11
Tenace • SDP 11
4. Hebner • PHI 9
5. Stearns • NYM 8
6. Foster • CIN 7
Cey • LAD 7
Cromartie • MON 7
Stargell • PIT 7
10. Office • ATL 6
Kingman • CHC 6
Gamble • SDP 6

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Smith • SDP 28
2. Hooton • LAD 18
3. Moreno • PIT 17
Whitfield • SFG 17
5. de Jesús • CHC 15
6. Sutton • LAD 14
LeMaster • SFG 14
8. Seaver • CIN 13
Rau • LAD 13
Perry • SDP 13
Herndon • SFG 13

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Smith • LAD 13
2. Morgan • CIN 11
Watson • HOU 11
Robinson • PIT 11
5. Evans • SFG 10
6. Horner • ATL 9
Montañez • NYM 9
Clark • SFG 9
9. Trillo • CHC 8
Garvey • LAD 8
Boone • PHI 8
Schmidt • PHI 8
Simmons • STL 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Parker • PIT 23
2. Winfield • SDP 20
3. Montañez • NYM 19
4. Simmons • STL 17
5. Foster • CIN 16
Watson • HOU 16
Hebner • PHI 16
8. Murcer • CHC 15
Luzinski • PHI 15
10. Burroughs • ATL 12
Schmidt • PHI 12
Garner • PIT 12
Evans • SFG 12

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. Henderson • NYM 24
2. Parrish • MON 19
Simmons • STL 19
4. Foster • CIN 18
Watson • HOU 18
Garner • PIT 18
7. Garvey • LAD 17
Russell • LAD 17
9. Burroughs • ATL 16
Matthews • ATL 16
Buckner • CHC 16
Cash • MON 16

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Taveras • PIT 25
2. Moreno • PIT 22
3. Royster • ATL 17
Richards • SDP 17
5. Cabell • HOU 15
6. Puhl • HOU 14
Garner • PIT 14
8. Mazzilli • NYM 13
Stearns • NYM 13
10. de Jesús • CHC 12
Smith • SDP 12

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Cedeño • HOU 92.00
2. Lopes • LAD 91.84
3. McBride • PHI 90.32
4. Sexton • HOU 88.89
5. Bowa • PHI 84.38
6. Maddox • PHI 82.50
7. Griffey • CIN 82.14
8. Cruz • HOU 80.44
9. Morgan • CIN 79.17
10. de Jesús • CHC 77.36

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. Dawson • MON 26.4
2. Lopes • LAD 24.7
3. Parker • PIT 24.0
4. Winfield • SDP 22.4
5. Driessen • CIN 20.4
6. Schmidt • PHI 20.0
7. Stearns • NYM 18.8
Clark • SFG 18.8
9. Mazzilli • NYM 17.8
10. Valentine • MON 17.1

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. Cash • MON 22.7
2. Rose • CIN 21.8
3. Russell • LAD 18.4
4. Bowa • PHI 16.4
5. Smith • SDP 13.7
6. Simmons • STL 13.2
7. Puhl • HOU 12.7
8. Madlock • SFG 11.5
9. Morgan • CIN 11.0
10. Taveras • PIT 10.9

AB per HR

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

1. Foster • CIN 15.1
2. Smith • LAD 15.4
3. Luzinski • PHI 15.4
4. Stargell • PIT 13.9 **
5. Kingman • CHC 14.1 **
6. Bench • CIN 17.1 **
7. Parker • PIT 19.4
8. Horner • ATL 14.0 **
9. Burroughs • ATL 21.2
10. Valentine • MON 22.8

Outs Made

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

1. Cash • MON 522
2. Taveras • PIT 515
3. Cabell • HOU 501
4. Smith • SDP 492
5. Templeton • STL 489
6. de Jesús • CHC 488
7. Bowa • PHI 486
8. Russell • LAD 484
9. Rose • CIN 483
10. Dawson • MON 482

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. Parker • PIT 71.17
2. Luzinski • PHI 49.34
3. Burroughs • ATL 46.75
4. Garvey • LAD 46.51
5. Clark • SFG 42.84
6. Smith • LAD 41.91
7. Stargell • PIT 41.68
8. Foster • CIN 41.12
9. Cruz • HOU 41.11
10. Winfield • SDP 38.42

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>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Parker • PIT 6.4
2. Foster • CIN 5.9
3. Garvey • LAD 5.4
4. Cruz • HOU 5.1
5. Winfield • SDP 4.5
6. Smith • LAD 4.4
7. Clark • SFG 4.4
8. Burroughs • ATL 4.4
9. Luzinski • PHI 4.3
10. Stargell • PIT 3.6

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. Parker • PIT 6.3
2. Burroughs • ATL 5.4
3. Luzinski • PHI 4.6
4. Foster • CIN 4.4
5. Smith • LAD 4.4
6. Clark • SFG 4.1
7. Garvey • LAD 4.0
8. Winfield • SDP 3.7
9. Stargell • PIT 3.7
10. Cruz • HOU 3.6

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Luzinski • PHI 13.7
2. Parker • PIT 10.9
3. Garvey • LAD 7.3
4. Clark • SFG 6.4
5. Smith • LAD 6.3
6. Maddox • PHI 6.1
7. Foster • CIN 5.2
8. Lopes • LAD 4.3
9. Baker • LAD 4.3
10. Murcer • CHC 3.9

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. Parker • PIT 7.0
2. Luzinski • PHI 5.0
3. Garvey • LAD 4.7
4. Burroughs • ATL 4.5
5. Clark • SFG 4.4
6. Cruz • HOU 4.4
7. Smith • LAD 4.3
8. Foster • CIN 4.2
9. Stargell • PIT 4.1
10. Winfield • SDP 4.1

rOBA

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

1. Parker • PIT .441
2. Burroughs • ATL .434
3. Smith • LAD .418
4. Luzinski • PHI .415
5. Clark • SFG .404
6. Foster • CIN .403
7. Madlock • SFG .399
8. Cruz • HOU .397
9. Simmons • STL .395
10. Winfield • SDP .392

Rbat+

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

1. Parker • PIT 181
2. Burroughs • ATL 172
3. Smith • LAD 170
4. Luzinski • PHI 168
5. Clark • SFG 165
6. Foster • CIN 160
7. Winfield • SDP 159
8. Madlock • SFG 159
9. Tenace • SDP 156
10. Cruz • HOU 156

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