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. Denny • PHI 7.5
2. Thon • HOU 7.4
3. Carter • MON 7.1
Murphy • ATL 7.1
5. Schmidt • PHI 6.9
6. Dawson • MON 6.8
7. Soto • CIN 6.7
8. Cruz • HOU 6.2
9. Raines • MON 6.0
10. Carlton • PHI 5.7

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. Thon • HOU 7.4
2. Carter • MON 7.1
Murphy • ATL 7.1
4. Schmidt • PHI 6.9
5. Dawson • MON 6.8
6. Cruz • HOU 6.2
7. Raines • MON 6.0
8. Hernandez • 2TM 5.6
9. Guerrero • LAD 5.5
10. Ray • PIT 5.1

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. Murphy • ATL 7.0
2. Guerrero • LAD 6.8
3. Schmidt • PHI 6.3
4. Raines • MON 5.8
5. Dawson • MON 5.8
6. Thon • HOU 5.3
7. Cruz • HOU 5.1
8. Evans • SFG 4.6
9. Horner • ATL 4.3
10. Carter • MON 4.1

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 4.0
2. Thon • HOU 3.2
3. Ray • PIT 2.8
4. Smith • STL 2.3
5. Sandberg • CHC 2.0
6. Yeager • LAD 1.9
7. Concepción • CIN 1.9
8. Doran • HOU 1.7
9. Bowa • CHC 1.5
10. Bailor • NYM 1.5

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 .323
2. Smith • STL .321
3. Cruz • HOU .318
4. Hendrick • STL .318
5. Knight • HOU .304
6. Murphy • ATL .302
7. Moreland • CHC .302
8. Peña • PIT .301
9. Oliver • MON .300
10. Dawson • MON .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. Schmidt • PHI .399
2. Hernandez • 2TM .396
3. Murphy • ATL .393
4. Raines • MON .393
5. Madlock • PIT .386
6. Cruz • HOU .385
7. Smith • STL .381
8. Benedict • ATL .385 **
9. Evans • SFG .378
10. Moreland • CHC .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. Murphy • ATL .540
2. Dawson • MON .539
3. Guerrero • LAD .531
4. Schmidt • PHI .524
5. Evans • SFG .516
6. Hendrick • STL .493
7. Chambliss • ATL .481
8. Davis • CHC .480
9. Strawberry • NYM .512 **
10. Cruz • HOU .463

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. Murphy • ATL .933
2. Schmidt • PHI .923
3. Guerrero • LAD .904
4. Evans • SFG .894
5. Dawson • MON .877
6. Hendrick • STL .866
7. Cruz • HOU .848
8. Chambliss • ATL .847
9. Moreland • CHC .838
10. Smith • STL .834

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Murphy • ATL 162
2. Berra • PIT 161
3. Cruz • HOU 160
Guerrero • LAD 160
5. Cey • CHC 159
Dawson • MON 159
Smith • STL 159
8. Sandberg • CHC 158
de Jesús • PHI 158
10. Oester • CIN 157
Oliver • MON 157
Foster • NYM 157

At Bats

At Bats

1. Wilson • NYM 638
2. Sandberg • CHC 633
Dawson • MON 633
4. Buckner • CHC 626
5. Sax • LAD 623
6. Ramírez • ATL 622
7. Thon • HOU 619
8. Raines • MON 615
9. Oliver • MON 614
10. Foster • NYM 601
McGee • STL 601

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 720
2. Sandberg • CHC 699
3. Dawson • MON 698
4. Sax • LAD 692
5. Murphy • ATL 687
6. Thon • HOU 686
7. Schmidt • PHI 669
8. Ramírez • ATL 668
9. Buckner • CHC 665
10. Cruz • HOU 664
Guerrero • LAD 664
Oliver • MON 664

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Raines • MON 133
2. Murphy • ATL 131
3. Dawson • MON 104
Schmidt • PHI 104
5. Sandberg • CHC 94
Sax • LAD 94
Evans • SFG 94
8. Wilson • NYM 91
9. Redus • CIN 90
10. Guerrero • LAD 87

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Cruz • HOU 189
Dawson • MON 189
3. Ramírez • ATL 185
4. Oliver • MON 184
5. Raines • MON 183
6. Murphy • ATL 178
7. Thon • HOU 177
8. Wilson • NYM 176
9. Buckner • CHC 175
Sax • LAD 175

Total Bases

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

1. Dawson • MON 341
2. Murphy • ATL 318
3. Guerrero • LAD 310
4. Thon • HOU 283
5. Schmidt • PHI 280
6. Cruz • HOU 275
7. Buckner • CHC 273
8. Evans • SFG 270
9. Cey • CHC 267
10. Raines • MON 264

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Buckner • CHC 38
Oliver • MON 38
Ray • PIT 38
4. Carter • MON 37
5. Knight • HOU 36
Dawson • MON 36
7. Cey • CHC 33
Wallach • MON 33
Hendrick • STL 33
10. Raines • MON 32

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Butler • ATL 13
2. Moreno • HOU 11
3. Dawson • MON 10
Green • STL 10
5. Redus • CIN 9
Thon • HOU 9
7. Washington • ATL 8
Durham • CHC 8
Cruz • HOU 8
Raines • MON 8
McGee • STL 8
Lefebvre • 2TM 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Schmidt • PHI 40
2. Murphy • ATL 36
3. Guerrero • LAD 32
Dawson • MON 32
5. Evans • SFG 30
6. Foster • NYM 28
7. Strawberry • NYM 26
8. Cey • CHC 24
Davis • CHC 24
10. Leonard • SFG 21

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Murphy • ATL 121
2. Dawson • MON 113
3. Schmidt • PHI 109
4. Guerrero • LAD 103
5. Kennedy • SDP 98
6. Hendrick • STL 97
7. Cruz • HOU 92
8. Cey • CHC 90
Foster • NYM 90
10. Leonard • SFG 87

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Schmidt • PHI 128
2. Thompson • PIT 99
3. Raines • MON 97
4. Murphy • ATL 90
5. Morgan • PHI 89
6. Hernandez • 2TM 88
7. Doran • HOU 86
8. Evans • SFG 84
9. Brock • LAD 83
10. Driessen • CIN 75

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Schmidt • PHI 148
2. Strawberry • NYM 128
Thompson • PIT 128
4. Marshall • LAD 127
5. Leonard • SFG 116
6. Redus • CIN 111
Foster • NYM 111
8. Murphy • ATL 110
Guerrero • LAD 110
10. Davis • SFG 108

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Raines • MON 90
2. Wiggins • SDP 66
3. Sax • LAD 56
4. Wilson • NYM 54
5. Smith • STL 43
6. Milner • CIN 41
7. Butler • ATL 39
Redus • CIN 39
LeMaster • SFG 39
McGee • STL 39

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Ramírez • ATL 160
2. Sax • LAD 147
3. Cruz • HOU 139
4. Wilson • NYM 138
5. McGee • STL 137
6. Oliver • MON 135
7. Raines • MON 132
8. Sandberg • CHC 128
9. Peña • PIT 123
10. Thon • HOU 120
Brooks • NYM 120
Madlock • PIT 120

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 156
2. Guerrero • LAD 150
3. Evans • SFG 150
4. Murphy • ATL 149
5. Cruz • HOU 142
6. Dawson • MON 141
7. Hendrick • STL 138
8. Hernandez • 2TM 131
9. Smith • STL 130
10. Raines • MON 129

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. Murphy • ATL 131
2. Raines • MON 120
3. Guerrero • LAD 118
4. Schmidt • PHI 117
5. Dawson • MON 113
6. Cruz • HOU 109
7. Evans • SFG 104
8. Hernandez • 2TM 98
9. Hendrick • STL 96
10. Thon • HOU 95

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 45
2. Murphy • ATL 41
3. Guerrero • LAD 39
4. Evans • SFG 36
5. Cruz • HOU 34
6. Dawson • MON 33
7. Raines • MON 29
8. Hendrick • STL 28
9. Hernandez • 2TM 26
10. Horner • ATL 24

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 4.6
2. Murphy • ATL 4.2
3. Guerrero • LAD 4.0
4. Evans • SFG 3.7
5. Cruz • HOU 3.5
6. Dawson • MON 3.4
7. Raines • MON 2.9
8. Hendrick • STL 2.9
9. Hernandez • 2TM 2.6
10. Horner • ATL 2.4

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Dawson • MON 78
2. Guerrero • LAD 66
3. Murphy • ATL 64
4. Evans • SFG 62
5. Buckner • CHC 60
Schmidt • PHI 60
7. Cey • CHC 58
8. Davis • CHC 57
Thon • HOU 57
Carter • MON 57

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. Raines • MON 282
2. Murphy • ATL 270
3. Schmidt • PHI 267
4. Cruz • HOU 255
5. Hernandez • 2TM 250
6. Guerrero • LAD 248
7. Dawson • MON 236
8. Sax • LAD 234
Thompson • PIT 234
10. Thon • HOU 233

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. Murphy • ATL .765
2. Schmidt • PHI .739
3. Guerrero • LAD .730
4. Evans • SFG .720
5. Raines • MON .712
6. Cruz • HOU .705
7. Hernandez • 2TM .696
8. Hendrick • STL .695
9. Dawson • MON .670
10. Smith • STL .668

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Dawson • MON 9
Smith • STL 9
3. Carter • MON 7
4. Wallach • MON 6
5. Buckner • CHC 5
Cey • CHC 5
Garner • HOU 5
Marshall • LAD 5
Flannery • SDP 5
Youngblood • SFG 5

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Rogers • MON 20
2. Denny • PHI 17
3. Wiggins • SDP 16
4. McMurtry • ATL 12
Milner • CIN 12
Niekro • HOU 12
Russell • LAD 12
Valenzuela • LAD 12
Lea • MON 12
10. Soto • CIN 11
Lynch • NYM 11
de Jesús • PHI 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Dawson • MON 18
2. Knight • HOU 11
Hendrick • STL 11
4. Moreland • CHC 10
5. Cey • CHC 9
Kennedy • SDP 9
Davis • SFG 9
8. Thon • HOU 8
Carter • MON 8
10. Hubbard • ATL 7
Concepción • CIN 7
Baker • LAD 7
Matthews • PHI 7
Rose • PHI 7
Clark • SFG 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Berra • PIT 19
2. de Jesús • PHI 18
3. Oliver • MON 17
Schmidt • PHI 17
5. Benedict • ATL 16
6. Chambliss • ATL 15
Kennedy • SDP 15
Hendrick • STL 15
9. Oester • CIN 14
Hernandez • 2TM 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. Concepción • CIN 21
Oliver • MON 21
3. Cey • CHC 20
4. Foster • NYM 19
Bonilla • SDP 19
6. Oester • CIN 17
Knight • HOU 17
8. Davis • CHC 16
Moreland • CHC 16
Madlock • PIT 16
Garvey • SDP 16
Templeton • SDP 16

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Sax • LAD 30
2. Butler • ATL 23
3. LeMaster • SFG 19
4. Smith • STL 18
5. Cruz • HOU 16
Thon • HOU 16
Wilson • NYM 16
Green • STL 16
9. Redus • CIN 14
Raines • MON 14

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Morgan • PHI 90.00
2. Murphy • ATL 88.24
Venable • SFG 88.24
4. Raines • MON 86.54
5. Bailor • NYM 85.71
6. Wiggins • SDP 83.54
7. Dernier • PHI 83.33
8. McGee • STL 82.98
9. Smith • STL 82.93
10. Leonard • SFG 78.79

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. Murphy • ATL 32.7
2. Dawson • MON 28.1
3. Guerrero • LAD 26.8
4. Thon • HOU 25.2
5. Redus • CIN 23.7
6. Leonard • SFG 23.2
7. Strawberry • NYM 22.0
8. Landreaux • LAD 21.7
9. Raines • MON 19.6
10. Cruz • HOU 19.1

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. Ray • PIT 22.2
2. Buckner • CHC 20.9
3. Madlock • PIT 19.7
4. Oberkfell • STL 18.1
5. Rose • PHI 17.6
6. Bowa • CHC 16.6
7. Smith • STL 15.3
8. Russell • LAD 14.5
9. Oliver • MON 14.0
10. Bonilla • SDP 13.9

AB per HR

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

1. Schmidt • PHI 13.4
2. Murphy • ATL 16.4
3. Strawberry • NYM 16.2 **
4. Evans • SFG 17.4
5. Guerrero • LAD 18.3
6. Dawson • MON 19.8
7. Davis • CHC 21.3
8. Foster • NYM 21.5
9. Chambliss • ATL 22.4
10. Horner • ATL 19.3 **

Outs Made

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

1. Sandberg • CHC 499
2. Sax • LAD 496
3. Dawson • MON 487
Wilson • NYM 487
5. Thon • HOU 481
6. Foster • NYM 480
7. Buckner • CHC 474
8. Brooks • NYM 467
9. Ramírez • ATL 465
10. Raines • MON 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. Murphy • ATL 57.17
2. Raines • MON 53.60
3. Schmidt • PHI 49.60
4. Cruz • HOU 46.25
5. Guerrero • LAD 44.74
6. Evans • SFG 38.66
7. Hendrick • STL 34.48
8. Moreland • CHC 28.37
9. Horner • ATL 28.33
10. Kennedy • SDP 23.50

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. Murphy • ATL 6.1
2. Raines • MON 5.1
3. Guerrero • LAD 3.5
4. Cruz • HOU 3.4
5. Evans • SFG 3.3
6. Hendrick • STL 3.1
7. Horner • ATL 3.1
8. Morgan • PHI 2.9
9. Porter • STL 2.9
10. Lefebvre • 2TM 2.8

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. Murphy • ATL 5.3
2. Schmidt • PHI 4.9
3. Guerrero • LAD 4.5
4. Raines • MON 4.4
5. Cruz • HOU 3.7
6. Dawson • MON 3.6
7. Evans • SFG 3.6
8. Hendrick • STL 3.2
9. Horner • ATL 2.9
10. Moreland • CHC 2.5

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. Murphy • ATL 9.9
2. Raines • MON 8.0
3. Morgan • PHI 7.1
4. Lefebvre • 2TM 6.7
5. Guerrero • LAD 6.0
6. Madlock • PIT 5.6
7. Schmidt • PHI 5.4
8. Marshall • LAD 4.8
9. Horner • ATL 4.2
10. Chambliss • ATL 4.2

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. Murphy • ATL 5.6
2. Raines • MON 5.4
3. Schmidt • PHI 5.0
4. Cruz • HOU 4.8
5. Guerrero • LAD 4.5
6. Evans • SFG 4.0
7. Hendrick • STL 3.5
8. Moreland • CHC 2.8
9. Horner • ATL 2.8
10. Kennedy • SDP 2.4

rOBA

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

1. Murphy • ATL .427
2. Guerrero • LAD .416
3. Schmidt • PHI .409
4. Raines • MON .408
5. Evans • SFG .398
6. Smith • STL .392
7. Dawson • MON .390
8. Hendrick • STL .390
9. Cruz • HOU .388
10. Moreland • CHC .386

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 165
2. Guerrero • LAD 164
3. Murphy • ATL 160
4. Evans • SFG 157
5. Cruz • HOU 152
6. Hendrick • STL 147
7. Dawson • MON 146
8. Raines • MON 143
9. Smith • STL 143
10. Moreland • CHC 141

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