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. Gooden • NYM 13.3
2. Tudor • STL 8.3
3. McGee • STL 8.2
4. Guerrero • LAD 7.9
5. Raines • MON 7.6
6. Carter • NYM 6.9
7. Smith • STL 6.4
8. Reuschel • PIT 6.4
9. Hershiser • LAD 6.3
10. Wallach • MON 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. McGee • STL 8.2
2. Guerrero • LAD 7.9
3. Raines • MON 7.6
4. Carter • NYM 6.9
5. Smith • STL 6.4
6. Wallach • MON 6.1
7. Sandberg • CHC 5.8
8. Herr • STL 5.6
9. Scioscia • LAD 5.4
10. Doran • HOU 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. McGee • STL 7.5
2. Guerrero • LAD 7.4
3. Murphy • ATL 7.2
4. Raines • MON 6.7
5. Sandberg • CHC 6.2
6. Herr • STL 6.1
7. Carter • NYM 5.9
8. Doran • HOU 5.0
9. Schmidt • PHI 4.9
10. Scioscia • LAD 4.8

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 3.4
2. Wallach • MON 3.0
3. Pendleton • STL 3.0
4. Peña • PIT 2.5
5. Hubbard • ATL 2.4
6. Kennedy • SDP 2.1
7. Oester • CIN 2.1
8. Carter • NYM 1.9
9. Davis • CHC 1.6
10. Scioscia • LAD 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. McGee • STL .353
2. Guerrero • LAD .320
3. Raines • MON .320
4. Gwynn • SDP .317
5. Parker • CIN .312
6. Hernandez • NYM .309
7. Moreland • CHC .307
8. Sandberg • CHC .305
9. Herr • STL .302
10. Murphy • ATL .300

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. Guerrero • LAD .422
2. Scioscia • LAD .407
3. Raines • MON .405
4. Rose • CIN .395 **
5. Clark • STL .393
6. Murphy • ATL .388
7. Hernandez • NYM .384
8. McGee • STL .384
9. Herr • STL .379
10. Schmidt • PHI .375

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. Guerrero • LAD .577
2. Parker • CIN .551
3. Murphy • ATL .539
4. Schmidt • PHI .532
5. Marshall • LAD .515
6. Strawberry • NYM .557 **
7. Sandberg • CHC .504
8. McGee • STL .503
9. Clark • STL .502
10. Horner • ATL .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. Guerrero • LAD .999
2. Murphy • ATL .927
3. Parker • CIN .916
4. Schmidt • PHI .907
5. Clark • STL .895
6. McGee • STL .887
7. Strawberry • NYM .947 **
8. Raines • MON .880
9. Sandberg • CHC .868
10. Marshall • LAD .857

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Murphy • ATL 162
Garvey • SDP 162
3. Moreland • CHC 161
Samuel • PHI 161
Wilson • PHI 161
6. Parker • CIN 160
7. Herr • STL 159
8. Hernandez • NYM 158
Schmidt • PHI 158
Smith • STL 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Samuel • PHI 663
2. Garvey • SDP 654
3. Coleman • STL 636
4. Parker • CIN 635
5. Gwynn • SDP 622
6. Murphy • ATL 616
7. McGee • STL 612
8. Sandberg • CHC 609
9. Wilson • PHI 608
10. Brooks • MON 605

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. Murphy • ATL 712
2. Samuel • PHI 709
3. Garvey • SDP 699
4. Herr • STL 696
5. Parker • CIN 694
6. Coleman • STL 692
7. Hernandez • NYM 682
8. Sandberg • CHC 673
9. Gwynn • SDP 671
10. Moreland • CHC 667

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Murphy • ATL 118
2. Raines • MON 115
3. McGee • STL 114
4. Sandberg • CHC 113
5. Coleman • STL 107
6. Samuel • PHI 101
7. Guerrero • LAD 99
8. Herr • STL 97
9. Gwynn • SDP 90
10. Schmidt • PHI 89

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. McGee • STL 216
2. Parker • CIN 198
3. Gwynn • SDP 197
4. Sandberg • CHC 186
5. Murphy • ATL 185
6. Raines • MON 184
Garvey • SDP 184
8. Hernandez • NYM 183
9. Moreland • CHC 180
Herr • STL 180

Total Bases

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

1. Parker • CIN 350
2. Murphy • ATL 332
3. McGee • STL 308
4. Sandberg • CHC 307
5. Schmidt • PHI 292
6. Samuel • PHI 289
7. Guerrero • LAD 281
Garvey • SDP 281
9. Raines • MON 273
10. Carter • NYM 271

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Parker • CIN 42
2. Wilson • PHI 39
3. Herr • STL 38
4. Wallach • MON 36
5. Cruz • HOU 34
Brooks • MON 34
Hernandez • NYM 34
Garvey • SDP 34
9. Ray • PIT 33
10. Murphy • ATL 32
Durham • CHC 32

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. McGee • STL 18
2. Raines • MON 13
Samuel • PHI 13
4. Garner • HOU 10
Coleman • STL 10
6. Reynolds • HOU 8
Wilson • NYM 8
Gladden • SFG 8
9. Milner • CIN 7
Brooks • MON 7
Reynolds • 2TM 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Murphy • ATL 37
2. Parker • CIN 34
3. Guerrero • LAD 33
Schmidt • PHI 33
5. Carter • NYM 32
6. Strawberry • NYM 29
7. Marshall • LAD 28
8. Horner • ATL 27
9. Sandberg • CHC 26
10. Dawson • MON 23

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Parker • CIN 125
2. Murphy • ATL 111
3. Herr • STL 110
4. Moreland • CHC 106
5. Wilson • PHI 102
6. Brooks • MON 100
Carter • NYM 100
8. Marshall • LAD 95
9. Schmidt • PHI 93
10. Dawson • MON 91
Hernandez • NYM 91

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Murphy • ATL 90
2. Schmidt • PHI 87
Martínez • SDP 87
4. Rose • CIN 86
Law • MON 86
6. Thompson • PIT 84
7. Guerrero • LAD 83
Clark • STL 83
9. Raines • MON 81
10. Herr • STL 80

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Murphy • ATL 141
Samuel • PHI 141
3. Marshall • LAD 137
4. Schmidt • PHI 117
Wilson • PHI 117
6. Coleman • STL 115
7. Duncan • LAD 113
8. Leonard • SFG 107
9. Cey • CHC 106
10. Esasky • CIN 102
Kennedy • SDP 102

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Coleman • STL 110
2. Raines • MON 70
3. McGee • STL 56
4. Sandberg • CHC 54
5. Samuel • PHI 53
6. Redus • CIN 48
7. Lopes • CHC 47
8. Duncan • LAD 38
9. Milner • CIN 35
10. Van Slyke • STL 34

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. McGee • STL 162
2. Gwynn • SDP 157
3. Coleman • STL 139
4. Hernandez • NYM 135
5. Moreland • CHC 133
6. Herr • STL 131
7. Raines • MON 130
8. Garvey • SDP 127
9. Oester • CIN 125
10. Sandberg • CHC 123
Sax • LAD 123

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Guerrero • LAD 182
2. Murphy • ATL 152
3. Raines • MON 151
4. Clark • STL 149
5. Parker • CIN 149
6. Schmidt • PHI 149
7. McGee • STL 147
8. Marshall • LAD 141
9. Carter • NYM 138
10. Scioscia • LAD 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. Murphy • ATL 131
2. Raines • MON 124
3. McGee • STL 123
4. Guerrero • LAD 121
5. Sandberg • CHC 117
6. Schmidt • PHI 113
7. Parker • CIN 112
8. Herr • STL 107
9. Moreland • CHC 100
Hernandez • NYM 100

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. Guerrero • LAD 57
2. Murphy • ATL 45
3. Raines • MON 42
4. Parker • CIN 40
5. Schmidt • PHI 38
6. McGee • STL 35
7. Strawberry • NYM 35
8. Clark • STL 33
9. Carter • NYM 28
10. Hernandez • NYM 27

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. Guerrero • LAD 5.7
2. Murphy • ATL 4.6
3. Raines • MON 4.3
4. Parker • CIN 4.1
5. Schmidt • PHI 3.8
6. McGee • STL 3.6
7. Strawberry • NYM 3.5
8. Clark • STL 3.3
9. Carter • NYM 2.9
10. Hernandez • NYM 2.8

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Parker • CIN 80
2. Murphy • ATL 71
3. Schmidt • PHI 69
4. Sandberg • CHC 63
Samuel • PHI 63
6. Wallach • MON 61
7. Wilson • PHI 58
8. Guerrero • LAD 57
Marshall • LAD 57
Garvey • SDP 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. Murphy • ATL 276
2. Raines • MON 268
3. Hernandez • NYM 262
Herr • STL 262
5. Parker • CIN 253
6. McGee • STL 250
7. Moreland • CHC 249
8. Guerrero • LAD 245
9. Sandberg • CHC 244
Gwynn • SDP 244

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. Guerrero • LAD .809
2. Raines • MON .767
3. McGee • STL .759
4. Murphy • ATL .756
5. Schmidt • PHI .734
6. Clark • STL .724
7. Sandberg • CHC .718
8. Herr • STL .690
9. Scioscia • LAD .683
10. Parker • CIN .677

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Brown • SFG 11
2. Flannery • SDP 9
3. Madlock • 2TM 8
4. Davis • HOU 7
Gladden • SFG 7
6. Oberkfell • ATL 6
Bass • HOU 6
Guerrero • LAD 6
Carter • NYM 6
Aguayo • PHI 6
Samuel • PHI 6

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Ryan • HOU 14
Backman • NYM 14
3. Duncan • LAD 13
Darling • NYM 13
Hawkins • SDP 13
6. Hoyt • SDP 12
7. Mahler • ATL 11
Scioscia • LAD 11
Smith • MON 11
Trillo • SFG 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Herr • STL 13
2. Hernandez • NYM 10
3. Moreland • CHC 9
4. Landreaux • LAD 8
Brooks • MON 8
6. Dawson • MON 7
Corcoran • PHI 7
Wilson • PHI 7
Davis • SFG 7
10. Horner • ATL 6
Hubbard • ATL 6
Mumphrey • HOU 6
Law • MON 6
Heep • NYM 6
Schmidt • PHI 6
Ray • PIT 6
Garvey • SDP 6

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Durham • CHC 24
Parker • CIN 24
Templeton • SDP 24
4. Oester • CIN 17
5. Carter • NYM 16
6. Murphy • ATL 15
Hernandez • NYM 15
8. Guerrero • LAD 14
Clark • STL 14
10. Bailey • HOU 13
Raines • MON 13
Strawberry • NYM 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. Parker • CIN 26
2. Garvey • SDP 25
3. Wilson • PHI 24
4. Concepción • CIN 23
5. Ramírez • ATL 21
6. Brooks • MON 20
7. Peña • PIT 19
Kennedy • SDP 19
Brown • SFG 19
Leonard • SFG 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Coleman • STL 25
2. Samuel • PHI 19
3. McGee • STL 16
4. Doran • HOU 15
Gladden • SFG 15
6. Milner • CIN 13
Parker • CIN 13
8. Concepción • CIN 12
Redus • CIN 12
Backman • NYM 12
Pendleton • STL 12

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Lopes • CHC 92.16
2. Herr • STL 91.18
3. Raines • MON 88.61
4. Dykstra • NYM 88.24
5. Van Slyke • STL 85.00
6. Davis • CIN 84.21
7. Sandberg • CHC 83.08
8. Duncan • LAD 82.61
9. Coleman • STL 81.48
10. Redus • CIN 80.00

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. Sandberg • CHC 35.1
2. Samuel • PHI 28.0
3. Strawberry • NYM 27.4
4. Raines • MON 19.0
5. Van Slyke • STL 18.8
6. Lopes • CHC 17.8
7. Guerrero • LAD 17.6
8. Doran • HOU 17.4
9. Bass • HOU 17.4
10. McGee • STL 17.0

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 24.8
2. Scioscia • LAD 20.4
3. Smith • STL 19.9
4. Gwynn • SDP 18.8
5. Milner • CIN 14.6
6. Landreaux • LAD 13.0
7. Carter • NYM 12.1
8. Sax • LAD 11.3
9. Rose • CIN 11.6 **
10. Herr • STL 10.8

AB per HR

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

1. Strawberry • NYM 13.6 **
2. Guerrero • LAD 14.8
3. Schmidt • PHI 16.6
4. Murphy • ATL 16.6
5. Carter • NYM 17.3
6. Horner • ATL 17.9
7. Marshall • LAD 18.5
8. Parker • CIN 18.7
9. Clark • STL 20.1
10. Brock • LAD 20.9 **

Outs Made

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

1. Samuel • PHI 522
2. Garvey • SDP 502
3. Coleman • STL 500
4. Parker • CIN 480
5. Brooks • MON 479
6. Wilson • PHI 476
7. Ray • PIT 462
8. Ramírez • ATL 461
Concepción • CIN 461
Pendleton • STL 461

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. Herr • STL 57.96
2. Murphy • ATL 57.90
3. Guerrero • LAD 50.85
4. McGee • STL 50.83
5. Parker • CIN 42.94
6. Strawberry • NYM 37.99
7. Sandberg • CHC 36.71
8. Carter • NYM 34.60
9. Schmidt • PHI 34.01
10. Cruz • HOU 33.68

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 6.3
2. Guerrero • LAD 5.9
3. Herr • STL 5.7
4. Sandberg • CHC 5.6
5. McGee • STL 5.1
6. Parker • CIN 4.3
7. Raines • MON 3.9
8. Hernandez • NYM 3.9
9. Schmidt • PHI 3.4
10. Marshall • LAD 3.3

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 6.2
2. Murphy • ATL 5.8
3. McGee • STL 4.6
4. Raines • MON 4.5
5. Herr • STL 4.2
6. Sandberg • CHC 4.2
7. Marshall • LAD 3.8
8. Schmidt • PHI 3.7
9. Strawberry • NYM 3.7
10. Parker • CIN 3.0

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. McGee • STL 10.0
2. Hernandez • NYM 8.1
3. Guerrero • LAD 7.2
4. Strawberry • NYM 6.5
5. Herr • STL 6.1
6. Cedeño • 2TM 4.5
7. Sandberg • CHC 3.1
8. Marshall • LAD 2.9
9. Parker • CIN 2.7
10. Carter • NYM 2.6

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. Herr • STL 5.9
2. Murphy • ATL 5.7
3. Guerrero • LAD 5.2
4. McGee • STL 5.2
5. Parker • CIN 4.3
6. Strawberry • NYM 3.9
7. Sandberg • CHC 3.6
8. Carter • NYM 3.5
9. Raines • MON 3.5
10. Cruz • HOU 3.5

rOBA

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

1. Guerrero • LAD .448
2. Murphy • ATL .422
3. McGee • STL .419
4. Raines • MON .415
5. Sandberg • CHC .404
6. Schmidt • PHI .403
7. Clark • STL .397
8. Parker • CIN .390
9. Herr • STL .387
10. Marshall • LAD .387

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 196
2. Murphy • ATL 168
3. McGee • STL 163
4. Raines • MON 158
5. Clark • STL 158
6. Schmidt • PHI 157
7. Marshall • LAD 157
8. Parker • CIN 152
9. Carter • NYM 148
10. Scioscia • LAD 143

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