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. Schmidt • PHI 7.7
2. Dawson • MON 7.4
3. Carlton • PHI 5.5
4. Valenzuela • LAD 5.3
5. Ryan • HOU 5.1
6. Seaver • CIN 4.3
7. Reuss • LAD 4.3
8. Hernandez • STL 4.2
9. Carter • MON 3.8
10. Concepción • CIN 3.7

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. Schmidt • PHI 7.7
2. Dawson • MON 7.4
3. Hernandez • STL 4.2
4. Carter • MON 3.8
5. Concepción • CIN 3.7
6. Foster • CIN 3.7
7. Howe • HOU 3.5
8. Raines • MON 3.5
9. Cey • LAD 3.5
Madlock • PIT 3.5

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. Schmidt • PHI 6.5
2. Dawson • MON 5.3
3. Foster • CIN 4.0
4. Madlock • PIT 3.4
Matthews • PHI 3.4
6. Concepción • CIN 3.3
7. Raines • MON 3.3
8. Cey • LAD 3.2
9. Hernandez • STL 3.2
10. Richards • SDP 3.1

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. Carter • MON 2.3
2. Dawson • MON 2.2
3. Templeton • STL 1.7
4. Oester • CIN 1.6
5. Benedict • ATL 1.4
6. Smith • SDP 1.3
7. Schmidt • PHI 1.3
8. Ashby • HOU 1.2
9. Russell • LAD 1.2
10. Herr • STL 1.1

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. Madlock • PIT .341
2. Rose • PHI .325
3. Baker • LAD .320
4. Schmidt • PHI .316
5. Buckner • CHC .311
6. Griffey • CIN .311
7. May • SFG .310
8. Brooks • NYM .307
9. Concepción • CIN .306
10. Hernandez • STL .306

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. Schmidt • PHI .435
2. Madlock • PIT .413
3. Hernandez • STL .401
4. Matthews • PHI .398
5. Rose • PHI .391
6. Raines • MON .391
7. Henderson • CHC .382
8. May • SFG .376
9. Foster • CIN .373
10. Richards • SDP .373

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. Schmidt • PHI .644
2. Dawson • MON .553
3. Foster • CIN .519
4. Madlock • PIT .495
5. Hendrick • STL .485
6. Buckner • CHC .480
7. Cey • LAD .474
8. Guerrero • LAD .464
9. Hernandez • STL .463
10. Durham • CHC .460

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. Schmidt • PHI 1.080
2. Dawson • MON .918
3. Madlock • PIT .907
4. Foster • CIN .892
5. Hernandez • STL .864
6. Matthews • PHI .849
7. Cey • LAD .846
8. Hendrick • STL .841
9. Raines • MON .829
10. Buckner • CHC .829

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Garvey • LAD 110
Smith • SDP 110
3. Salazar • SDP 109
4. Foster • CIN 108
5. Chambliss • ATL 107
Cruz • HOU 107
Rose • PHI 107
8. Buckner • CHC 106
de Jesús • CHC 106
Concepción • CIN 106
Knight • CIN 106

At Bats

At Bats

1. Smith • SDP 450
2. Moreno • PIT 434
3. Garvey • LAD 431
Rose • PHI 431
5. Buckner • CHC 421
Concepción • CIN 421
7. Foster • CIN 414
8. Herr • STL 411
9. Cruz • HOU 409
10. Chambliss • ATL 404

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. Smith • SDP 507
2. Rose • PHI 486
3. Foster • CIN 472
4. Concepción • CIN 468
Moreno • PIT 468
6. Herr • STL 463
7. Garvey • LAD 461
8. de Jesús • CHC 460
9. Chambliss • ATL 455
10. Buckner • CHC 453
Richards • SDP 453

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Schmidt • PHI 78
2. Rose • PHI 73
3. Dawson • MON 71
4. Hendrick • STL 67
5. Griffey • CIN 65
Hernandez • STL 65
7. Foster • CIN 64
8. Collins • CIN 63
Garvey • LAD 63
10. Matthews • PHI 62
Moreno • PIT 62

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Rose • PHI 140
2. Buckner • CHC 131
3. Concepción • CIN 129
4. Baker • LAD 128
5. Griffey • CIN 123
6. Foster • CIN 122
Garvey • LAD 122
8. Salazar • SDP 121
9. Moreno • PIT 120
10. Dawson • MON 119

Total Bases

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

1. Schmidt • PHI 228
2. Dawson • MON 218
3. Foster • CIN 215
4. Buckner • CHC 202
5. Hendrick • STL 191
6. Baker • LAD 178
7. Garvey • LAD 177
Clark • SFG 177
9. Cruz • HOU 174
Hernandez • STL 174

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Buckner • CHC 35
2. Jones • SDP 34
3. Concepción • CIN 28
4. Hernandez • STL 27
5. Chambliss • ATL 25
6. Kennedy • SDP 24
7. Foster • CIN 23
Knight • CIN 23
Garvey • LAD 23
Madlock • PIT 23

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Reynolds • HOU 12
Richards • SDP 12
3. Herr • STL 9
4. Wilson • NYM 8
Moreno • PIT 8
Herndon • SFG 8
Templeton • STL 8
8. Oester • CIN 7
Raines • MON 7
10. Durham • CHC 6
Collins • CIN 6
Griffey • CIN 6
Salazar • SDP 6
Oberkfell • STL 6

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Schmidt • PHI 31
2. Dawson • MON 24
3. Foster • CIN 22
Kingman • NYM 22
5. Hendrick • STL 18
6. Clark • SFG 17
7. Carter • MON 16
8. Horner • ATL 15
Thompson • PIT 15
10. Murphy • ATL 13
Cruz • HOU 13
Cey • LAD 13

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Schmidt • PHI 91
2. Foster • CIN 90
3. Buckner • CHC 75
4. Carter • MON 68
5. Concepción • CIN 67
Matthews • PHI 67
7. Garvey • LAD 64
Dawson • MON 64
9. Hendrick • STL 61
10. Kingman • NYM 59

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Schmidt • PHI 73
2. Morgan • SFG 66
3. Hernandez • STL 61
4. Matthews • PHI 59
Thompson • PIT 59
6. Kingman • NYM 55
7. Evans • SFG 54
8. Richards • SDP 53
9. Foster • CIN 51
10. Scott • MON 50

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Kingman • NYM 105
2. Moreno • PIT 76
3. Foster • CIN 75
4. Parrish • MON 73
5. Murphy • ATL 72
Salazar • SDP 72
7. Schmidt • PHI 71
8. Jones • SDP 66
9. Brooks • NYM 65
10. de Jesús • CHC 61
Henderson • CHC 61
Concepción • CIN 61

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Raines • MON 71
2. Moreno • PIT 39
3. Scott • MON 30
4. Collins • CIN 26
Dawson • MON 26
North • SFG 26
7. Durham • CHC 25
8. Wilson • NYM 24
Lacy • PIT 24
10. Miller • ATL 23
Herr • STL 23

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Rose • PHI 117
2. Baker • LAD 99
3. Concepción • CIN 96
4. Griffey • CIN 94
5. Moreno • PIT 93
Salazar • SDP 93
7. Bonilla • SDP 91
8. Oberkfell • STL 90
9. Garvey • LAD 88
Kennedy • SDP 88

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Schmidt • PHI 198
2. Dawson • MON 157
3. Madlock • PIT 153
4. Foster • CIN 150
5. Cey • LAD 143
6. Hernandez • STL 142
7. Guerrero • LAD 138
8. Matthews • PHI 137
9. Raines • MON 135
10. Hendrick • STL 135

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. Schmidt • PHI 102
2. Dawson • MON 83
3. Foster • CIN 81
4. Hernandez • STL 73
5. Matthews • PHI 71
6. Rose • PHI 67
Hendrick • STL 67
8. Buckner • CHC 65
9. Raines • MON 64
10. Baker • LAD 63
Richards • SDP 63

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. Schmidt • PHI 49
2. Dawson • MON 29
3. Foster • CIN 27
4. Hernandez • STL 24
5. Madlock • PIT 22
6. Matthews • PHI 21
7. Cey • LAD 18
8. Thompson • PIT 18
9. Hendrick • STL 17
10. Guerrero • LAD 17

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. Schmidt • PHI 5.0
2. Dawson • MON 3.0
3. Foster • CIN 2.8
4. Hernandez • STL 2.5
5. Madlock • PIT 2.3
6. Matthews • PHI 2.1
7. Cey • LAD 1.9
8. Thompson • PIT 1.9
9. Hendrick • STL 1.8
10. Guerrero • LAD 1.7

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Schmidt • PHI 52
2. Buckner • CHC 48
Dawson • MON 48
4. Foster • CIN 47
5. Hendrick • STL 40
6. Jones • SDP 39
Hernandez • STL 39
8. Carter • MON 38
Clark • SFG 38
10. Kingman • NYM 36

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 • PHI 189
Schmidt • PHI 189
3. Hernandez • STL 178
4. Foster • CIN 176
5. Matthews • PHI 170
6. Concepción • CIN 167
Richards • SDP 167
8. Griffey • CIN 163
9. Dawson • MON 161
10. Buckner • CHC 158
Baker • LAD 158

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. Schmidt • PHI .852
2. Madlock • PIT .772
3. Dawson • MON .761
4. Raines • MON .738
5. Matthews • PHI .734
6. Foster • CIN .732
7. Hernandez • STL .729
8. Cey • LAD .688
9. Hendrick • STL .674
10. Rose • PHI .659

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Dawson • MON 7
2. Collins • CIN 6
3. Smith • PHI 5
Smith • SDP 5
5. Washington • ATL 4
Knight • CIN 4
Puhl • HOU 4
Wallach • MON 4
Schmidt • PHI 4
Hendrick • STL 4
Tenace • STL 4

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Reynolds • HOU 18
2. Foli • PIT 14
3. Scott • MON 13
4. Niekro • HOU 11
5. de Jesús • CHC 10
Smith • SDP 10
7. Ramírez • ATL 9
Bonilla • SDP 9
Whitson • SFG 9
10. Washington • ATL 8

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Maddox • PHI 8
2. Concepción • CIN 7
Oester • CIN 7
Cruz • HOU 7
Jones • SDP 7
6. Reitz • CHC 6
Carter • MON 6
Brooks • NYM 6
Matthews • PHI 6
Easler • PIT 6
Clark • SFG 6

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Schmidt • PHI 18
2. Dawson • MON 14
3. Cromartie • MON 12
4. Chambliss • ATL 10
Speier • MON 10
May • SFG 10
7. Buckner • CHC 9
8. Murphy • ATL 8
Oester • CIN 8
Scioscia • LAD 8
Flynn • NYM 8
Evans • SFG 8

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. Knight • CIN 18
2. Buckner • CHC 17
3. Concepción • CIN 13
Russell • LAD 13
5. Linares • ATL 12
Foster • CIN 12
Guerrero • LAD 12
Flynn • NYM 12
Lefebvre • SDP 12
Clark • SFG 12
Herndon • SFG 12

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Moreno • PIT 14
2. Wilson • NYM 12
Smith • SDP 12
Templeton • STL 12
5. Durham • CHC 11
Raines • MON 11
7. Collins • CIN 10
Smith • PHI 10
Scott • 2TM 10
10. de Jesús • CHC 9
Guerrero • LAD 9
Bonilla • SDP 9
Jones • SDP 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Berra • PIT 91.67
2. Lopes • LAD 90.91
3. Lacy • PIT 88.89
4. Matthews • PHI 88.24
5. Dawson • MON 86.67
6. Raines • MON 86.59
7. Stearns • NYM 85.71
8. Puhl • HOU 84.62
9. Miller • ATL 82.14
10. Landreaux • LAD 81.82

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 25.0
2. Schmidt • PHI 17.3
3. Durham • CHC 14.3
4. Murphy • ATL 13.5
5. Matthews • PHI 11.3
6. Morgan • SFG 10.2
7. Landreaux • LAD 10.1
8. Hernandez • STL 9.6
9. Baker • LAD 9.5
10. Kingman • NYM 9.4

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. Foli • PIT 31.6
2. Buckner • CHC 26.3
3. Bowa • PHI 21.2
4. Flynn • NYM 17.1
5. Rose • PHI 16.6
6. Madlock • PIT 16.4
7. Scioscia • LAD 16.1
8. Bonilla • SDP 16.0
9. Howe • HOU 15.7
10. Benedict • ATL 14.0

AB per HR

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

1. Schmidt • PHI 11.4
2. Kingman • NYM 16.0
3. Dawson • MON 16.4
4. Thompson • PIT 14.9 **
5. Foster • CIN 18.8
6. Horner • ATL 20.0
7. Hendrick • STL 21.9
8. Clark • SFG 22.6
9. Carter • MON 23.4
10. Cey • LAD 24.0

Outs Made

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

1. Smith • SDP 381
2. de Jesús • CHC 347
3. Moreno • PIT 334
4. Herr • STL 328
5. Garvey • LAD 326
6. Jones • SDP 325
7. Cruz • HOU 321
8. Concepción • CIN 319
9. Buckner • CHC 314
Knight • CIN 314
Cabell • SFG 314
Scott • 2TM 314

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. Schmidt • PHI 52.25
2. Foster • CIN 44.16
3. Raines • MON 34.99
4. Buckner • CHC 31.78
5. Matthews • PHI 30.88
6. Dawson • MON 26.49
7. Madlock • PIT 24.26
8. Hernandez • STL 23.68
9. Garvey • LAD 20.74
10. Griffey • CIN 20.37

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. Schmidt • PHI 5.8
2. Foster • CIN 4.2
3. Raines • MON 3.3
4. Dawson • MON 3.1
5. Matthews • PHI 2.9
6. Guerrero • LAD 2.8
7. Monday • LAD 2.8
8. Buckner • CHC 2.7
9. Concepción • CIN 2.6
10. Hernandez • STL 2.2

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. Schmidt • PHI 4.6
2. Dawson • MON 4.1
3. Foster • CIN 3.1
4. Matthews • PHI 2.8
5. Raines • MON 2.8
6. Hernandez • STL 2.6
7. Clark • SFG 2.3
8. Madlock • PIT 2.3
9. Thompson • PIT 2.0
10. Cey • LAD 1.9

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. Porter • STL 3.5
2. Iorg • STL 3.4
3. Foster • CIN 3.0
4. Hernandez • STL 2.8
5. Dawson • MON 2.8
6. Monday • LAD 2.5
7. Guerrero • LAD 2.4
8. Tenace • STL 2.3
9. Oester • CIN 2.2
10. Schmidt • PHI 2.1

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. Schmidt • PHI 5.2
2. Foster • CIN 4.5
3. Raines • MON 3.6
4. Buckner • CHC 3.2
5. Matthews • PHI 3.1
6. Dawson • MON 2.7
7. Madlock • PIT 2.4
8. Hernandez • STL 2.4
9. Garvey • LAD 2.2
10. Griffey • CIN 2.1

rOBA

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

1. Schmidt • PHI .481
2. Dawson • MON .437
3. Madlock • PIT .424
4. Raines • MON .421
5. Foster • CIN .412
6. Matthews • PHI .404
7. Hernandez • STL .401
8. Cey • LAD .396
9. Hendrick • STL .388
10. Guerrero • LAD .388

Rbat+

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

1. Schmidt • PHI 213
2. Dawson • MON 175
3. Madlock • PIT 166
4. Foster • CIN 161
5. Cey • LAD 158
6. Guerrero • LAD 156
7. Hernandez • STL 152
8. Matthews • PHI 148
9. Baker • LAD 144
10. Hendrick • STL 144

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