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. Carter • MON 8.6
2. Dawson • MON 7.9
3. Rogers • MON 7.7
4. Soto • CIN 7.6
5. Schmidt • PHI 7.4
6. Guerrero • LAD 6.8
7. Madlock • PIT 6.2
8. Carlton • PHI 6.1
Thon • HOU 6.1
10. Smith • STL 6.1

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. Carter • MON 8.6
2. Dawson • MON 7.9
3. Schmidt • PHI 7.4
4. Guerrero • LAD 6.8
5. Madlock • PIT 6.2
6. Thon • HOU 6.1
7. Smith • STL 6.1
8. Murphy • ATL 6.1
9. Lezcano • SDP 5.9
10. Oliver • MON 5.2

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. Guerrero • LAD 6.9
2. Carter • MON 6.9
3. Schmidt • PHI 6.8
4. Oliver • MON 6.0
5. Dawson • MON 5.7
6. Murphy • ATL 5.7
7. Madlock • PIT 5.5
8. Durham • CHC 5.3
9. Morgan • SFG 5.2
10. Smith • STL 5.2

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. Smith • STL 3.5
2. Carter • MON 2.8
3. Thon • HOU 2.4
4. Berra • PIT 2.4
5. Russell • LAD 2.4
6. Dawson • MON 2.1
7. Herr • STL 2.1
8. Davis • CHC 1.9
9. Ray • PIT 1.8
10. Peña • PIT 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. Oliver • MON .331
2. Madlock • PIT .319
3. Durham • CHC .312
4. Smith • STL .307
5. Buckner • CHC .306
6. Guerrero • LAD .304
7. Dawson • MON .301
8. Baker • LAD .300
9. Hernandez • STL .299
10. Peña • PIT .296

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 .403
2. Morgan • SFG .400
3. Hernandez • STL .397
4. Oliver • MON .392
5. Thompson • PIT .391
6. Lezcano • SDP .388
7. Durham • CHC .388
8. Smith • STL .381
9. Carter • MON .381
10. Murphy • ATL .378

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 .547
2. Guerrero • LAD .536
3. Durham • CHC .521
4. Oliver • MON .514
5. Thompson • PIT .511
6. Carter • MON .510
7. Murphy • ATL .507
8. Horner • ATL .501
9. Dawson • MON .498
10. Madlock • PIT .488

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 .949
2. Guerrero • LAD .914
3. Durham • CHC .909
4. Oliver • MON .906
5. Thompson • PIT .902
6. Carter • MON .890
7. Murphy • ATL .885
8. Lezcano • SDP .860
9. Madlock • PIT .856
10. Clark • SFG .853

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Murphy • ATL 162
Garvey • LAD 162
Matthews • PHI 162
Rose • PHI 162
Ray • PIT 162
6. Buckner • CHC 161
de Jesús • PHI 161
8. Oliver • MON 160
Hernandez • STL 160
10. Wilson • NYM 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Buckner • CHC 657
2. Raines • MON 647
Ray • PIT 647
4. Moreno • PIT 645
5. Davis • SFG 641
6. Wilson • NYM 639
7. Sax • LAD 638
8. Sandberg • CHC 635
9. Rose • PHI 634
10. Garvey • LAD 625

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. Raines • MON 731
2. Rose • PHI 720
3. Buckner • CHC 709
4. Moreno • PIT 706
5. Ray • PIT 703
6. Davis • SFG 701
7. Sax • LAD 699
8. Murphy • ATL 698
9. Hernandez • STL 694
10. Matthews • PHI 690

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Smith • STL 120
2. Murphy • ATL 113
3. Schmidt • PHI 108
4. Dawson • MON 107
5. Sandberg • CHC 103
6. Washington • ATL 94
7. Buckner • CHC 93
8. Madlock • PIT 92
9. Carter • MON 91
10. Oliver • MON 90
Raines • MON 90
Wilson • NYM 90
Clark • SFG 90

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Oliver • MON 204
2. Buckner • CHC 201
3. Dawson • MON 183
4. Ray • PIT 182
Smith • STL 182
6. Madlock • PIT 181
7. Sax • LAD 180
8. Knight • HOU 179
Raines • MON 179
10. Wilson • NYM 178

Total Bases

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

1. Oliver • MON 317
2. Guerrero • LAD 308
3. Murphy • ATL 303
Dawson • MON 303
5. Buckner • CHC 290
6. Carter • MON 284
7. Durham • CHC 281
Wallach • MON 281
Schmidt • PHI 281
Thompson • PIT 281

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Oliver • MON 43
2. Kennedy • SDP 42
3. Dawson • MON 37
4. Knight • HOU 36
5. Cedeño • CIN 35
Garvey • LAD 35
Smith • STL 35
8. Buckner • CHC 34
9. Durham • CHC 33
Sandberg • CHC 33
Garner • HOU 33
Madlock • PIT 33
Hernandez • STL 33

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Thon • HOU 10
2. Puhl • HOU 9
Wilson • NYM 9
Moreno • PIT 9
5. Garner • HOU 8
Raines • MON 8
Richards • SDP 8
Templeton • SDP 8
McGee • STL 8
Smith • STL 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Kingman • NYM 37
2. Murphy • ATL 36
3. Schmidt • PHI 35
4. Horner • ATL 32
Guerrero • LAD 32
6. Thompson • PIT 31
7. Carter • MON 29
8. Wallach • MON 28
9. Clark • SFG 27
10. Cey • LAD 24

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Murphy • ATL 109
Oliver • MON 109
3. Buckner • CHC 105
4. Hendrick • STL 104
5. Clark • SFG 103
6. Thompson • PIT 101
7. Guerrero • LAD 100
8. Kingman • NYM 99
9. Horner • ATL 97
Carter • MON 97
Wallach • MON 97
Kennedy • SDP 97

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Schmidt • PHI 107
2. Thompson • PIT 101
3. Hernandez • STL 100
4. Murphy • ATL 93
5. Clark • SFG 90
6. Morgan • SFG 85
7. Driessen • CIN 82
8. Carter • MON 78
Lezcano • SDP 78
10. Evans • SFG 77

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Kingman • NYM 156
2. Murphy • ATL 134
3. Schmidt • PHI 131
4. Foster • NYM 123
5. Moreno • PIT 121
6. Davis • SFG 115
7. Washington • ATL 107
Thompson • PIT 107
9. Wilson • NYM 102
10. Cey • LAD 99

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Raines • MON 78
2. Smith • STL 68
3. Moreno • PIT 60
4. Wilson • NYM 58
5. Sax • LAD 49
6. Dernier • PHI 42
7. Lacy • PIT 40
8. Dawson • MON 39
9. Thon • HOU 37
10. Wills • CHC 35

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Buckner • CHC 147
2. Sax • LAD 146
3. Rose • PHI 140
4. Wilson • NYM 139
5. Ray • PIT 138
6. Oliver • MON 137
7. Raines • MON 135
8. Ramírez • ATL 131
Knight • HOU 131
Smith • STL 131

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 161
2. Guerrero • LAD 156
3. Durham • CHC 151
4. Oliver • MON 150
5. Thompson • PIT 147
6. Carter • MON 146
7. Lezcano • SDP 145
8. Murphy • ATL 142
9. Clark • SFG 139
10. Morgan • SFG 136

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. Oliver • MON 125
2. Guerrero • LAD 120
3. Murphy • ATL 118
Schmidt • PHI 118
5. Thompson • PIT 117
6. Durham • CHC 108
7. Carter • MON 107
8. Dawson • MON 106
9. Madlock • PIT 103
10. Smith • STL 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. Schmidt • PHI 47
2. Oliver • MON 43
3. Guerrero • LAD 42
4. Thompson • PIT 40
5. Durham • CHC 37
6. Carter • MON 37
7. Murphy • ATL 35
8. Clark • SFG 32
9. Lezcano • SDP 31
10. Hernandez • STL 28

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 4.7
2. Oliver • MON 4.4
3. Guerrero • LAD 4.3
4. Thompson • PIT 4.0
5. Durham • CHC 3.8
6. Carter • MON 3.8
7. Murphy • ATL 3.6
8. Clark • SFG 3.2
9. Lezcano • SDP 3.2
10. Hernandez • STL 2.8

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Dawson • MON 67
Oliver • MON 67
3. Guerrero • LAD 64
Schmidt • PHI 64
Kennedy • SDP 64
6. Thompson • PIT 63
7. Durham • CHC 62
Carter • MON 62
Wallach • MON 62
10. Murphy • ATL 61

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. Hernandez • STL 275
2. Oliver • MON 269
3. Murphy • ATL 264
4. Thompson • PIT 259
5. Raines • MON 256
6. Smith • STL 255
7. Schmidt • PHI 254
8. Carter • MON 247
9. Guerrero • LAD 245
Rose • PHI 245
Clark • SFG 245

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 .766
2. Oliver • MON .756
3. Guerrero • LAD .752
4. Thompson • PIT .747
5. Durham • CHC .733
6. Morgan • SFG .732
7. Murphy • ATL .717
8. Lezcano • SDP .708
9. Carter • MON .703
10. Madlock • PIT .697

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Smith • STL 9
2. Dawson • MON 8
Youngblood • 2TM 8
4. Rose • PHI 7
5. Washington • ATL 6
Carter • MON 6
Easler • PIT 6
8. Buckner • CHC 5
Wills • CHC 5
Knight • HOU 5
Guerrero • LAD 5
Brooks • NYM 5
Kennedy • SDP 5

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Hubbard • ATL 20
2. Ramírez • ATL 16
Reuss • LAD 16
Sanderson • MON 16
5. Forsch • STL 14
6. Ray • PIT 13
7. Jenkins • CHC 12
Berenyi • CIN 12
Rogers • MON 12
Gardenhire • NYM 12
Christenson • PHI 12
Ruthven • PHI 12

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Hendrick • STL 14
2. Knight • HOU 13
Madlock • PIT 13
4. Hernandez • STL 12
5. Buckner • CHC 10
6. Baker • LAD 9
Garvey • LAD 9
Berra • PIT 9
Thompson • PIT 9
10. Cey • LAD 8
Carter • MON 8
Kennedy • SDP 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Hernandez • STL 19
2. Schmidt • PHI 17
3. Guerrero • LAD 16
Madlock • PIT 16
5. Howe • HOU 15
Cromartie • MON 15
Oliver • MON 15
8. Durham • CHC 14
Vukovich • PHI 14
10. Chambliss • ATL 13

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. Matthews • PHI 23
2. Concepción • CIN 20
Díaz • PHI 20
Clark • SFG 20
5. Templeton • SDP 19
6. Peña • PIT 17
7. Oester • CIN 16
Treviño • CIN 16
Knight • HOU 16
Cey • LAD 16
Carter • MON 16

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Moreno • PIT 26
Smith • STL 26
3. Richards • SDP 20
4. Sax • LAD 19
5. Raines • MON 16
Wilson • NYM 16
Templeton • SDP 16
8. Lacy • PIT 15
Jones • SDP 15
10. Ramírez • ATL 14
Durham • CHC 14

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Bailor • NYM 86.96
2. Morgan • SFG 85.71
3. Wiggins • SDP 84.62
4. Matthews • PHI 84.00
5. Smith • STL 83.33
6. Raines • MON 82.98
7. Thon • HOU 82.22
8. Scott • HOU 81.82
9. Guerrero • LAD 81.48
10. Dawson • MON 79.59

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 28.9
2. Murphy • ATL 28.1
3. Guerrero • LAD 26.1
4. Durham • CHC 24.6
5. Washington • ATL 21.6
6. Davis • SFG 21.2
7. Schmidt • PHI 20.0
8. Matthews • PHI 20.0
9. Baker • LAD 19.6
10. Madlock • PIT 18.5

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. Buckner • CHC 25.3
2. Rose • PHI 19.8
3. Ray • PIT 19.0
4. Russell • LAD 16.6
5. Smith • STL 15.3
6. Oberkfell • STL 15.2
7. Madlock • PIT 14.6
8. Bowa • CHC 13.1
9. Ramírez • ATL 12.4
10. Sax • LAD 12.0

AB per HR

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

1. Kingman • NYM 14.5
2. Schmidt • PHI 14.7
3. Horner • ATL 15.6
4. Murphy • ATL 16.6
5. Thompson • PIT 17.7
6. Guerrero • LAD 18.0
7. Carter • MON 19.2
8. Clark • SFG 20.9
9. Wallach • MON 21.3
10. Cey • LAD 23.2

Outs Made

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

1. Moreno • PIT 535
2. Davis • SFG 513
3. Ray • PIT 498
4. Sax • LAD 497
Raines • MON 497
6. Sandberg • CHC 494
7. Rose • PHI 493
8. Buckner • CHC 486
Wilson • NYM 486
10. Ramírez • ATL 485

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. Guerrero • LAD 47.92
2. Oliver • MON 46.34
3. Murphy • ATL 43.31
4. Durham • CHC 41.36
5. Thompson • PIT 40.67
6. Madlock • PIT 40.22
7. Smith • STL 38.67
8. Clark • SFG 38.57
9. Schmidt • PHI 35.60
10. Hernandez • STL 35.19

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. Durham • CHC 5.5
2. Murphy • ATL 4.9
3. Schmidt • PHI 4.7
4. Morgan • SFG 4.6
5. Thompson • PIT 4.5
6. Smith • STL 4.4
7. Guerrero • LAD 4.3
8. Hernandez • STL 4.2
9. Madlock • PIT 4.1
10. Washington • ATL 4.0

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. Guerrero • LAD 4.8
2. Schmidt • PHI 4.7
3. Oliver • MON 4.1
4. Murphy • ATL 4.0
5. Madlock • PIT 4.0
6. Durham • CHC 3.8
7. Thompson • PIT 3.6
8. Horner • ATL 3.2
9. Morgan • SFG 3.2
10. Dawson • MON 3.2

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. Washington • ATL 12.0
2. Hernandez • STL 8.3
3. Schmidt • PHI 7.8
4. Smith • STL 7.7
5. Murphy • ATL 7.5
6. Harper • ATL 5.8
7. Russell • LAD 5.7
8. Guerrero • LAD 5.5
9. Horner • ATL 4.9
10. Oliver • MON 4.4

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. Guerrero • LAD 4.9
2. Oliver • MON 4.7
3. Murphy • ATL 4.3
4. Durham • CHC 4.2
5. Thompson • PIT 4.1
6. Madlock • PIT 4.0
7. Clark • SFG 3.9
8. Smith • STL 3.9
9. Schmidt • PHI 3.6
10. Hernandez • STL 3.6

rOBA

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

1. Guerrero • LAD .429
2. Schmidt • PHI .423
3. Oliver • MON .418
4. Durham • CHC .409
5. Thompson • PIT .408
6. Carter • MON .401
7. Murphy • ATL .401
8. Lezcano • SDP .399
9. Madlock • PIT .397
10. Dawson • MON .397

Rbat+

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

1. Guerrero • LAD 176
2. Schmidt • PHI 170
3. Oliver • MON 167
4. Durham • CHC 161
5. Lezcano • SDP 159
6. Carter • MON 157
7. Thompson • PIT 157
8. Murphy • ATL 152
9. Clark • SFG 150
10. Horner • ATL 149

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