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. Scott • HOU 8.2
2. Rhoden • PIT 7.6
3. Gwynn • SDP 6.7
4. Schmidt • PHI 6.1
5. Valenzuela • LAD 6.1
6. Smith • STL 5.6
7. Hernandez • NYM 5.5
8. Raines • MON 5.5
9. Davis • CIN 5.3
10. Bass • HOU 5.2

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. Gwynn • SDP 6.7
2. Schmidt • PHI 6.1
3. Smith • STL 5.6
4. Hernandez • NYM 5.5
5. Raines • MON 5.5
6. Davis • CIN 5.3
7. Bass • HOU 5.2
8. Hayes • PHI 5.0
9. Sax • LAD 4.8
10. Brooks • MON 4.7
Dykstra • NYM 4.7

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. Sax • LAD 6.4
2. Schmidt • PHI 6.1
3. Raines • MON 6.0
4. Davis • CIN 5.7
5. Gwynn • SDP 5.3
6. McReynolds • SDP 4.7
7. Brooks • MON 4.5
8. Hernandez • NYM 4.5
9. Murphy • ATL 4.4
10. Hayes • PHI 4.3

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. Davis • CHC 3.3
2. Smith • STL 2.8
3. Uribe • SFG 2.7
4. Pendleton • STL 2.3
5. Ray • PIT 2.1
6. Santana • NYM 1.7
7. Peña • PIT 1.7
8. Wallach • MON 1.5
9. Díaz • CIN 1.4
10. LaValliere • STL 1.4

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. Raines • MON .334
2. Sax • LAD .332
3. Gwynn • SDP .329
4. Bass • HOU .311
5. Hernandez • NYM .310
6. Hayes • PHI .305
7. Ray • PIT .301
8. Knight • NYM .298
9. Dykstra • NYM .295 **
10. Brown • SFG .317 **

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. Raines • MON .413
2. Hernandez • NYM .413
3. Sax • LAD .390
4. Schmidt • PHI .390
5. Gwynn • SDP .381
6. Hayes • PHI .379
7. Smith • STL .376
8. Davis • SFG .375
9. Dykstra • NYM .377 **
10. Oberkfell • ATL .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 .547
2. Strawberry • NYM .507
3. Davis • CIN .523 **
4. McReynolds • SDP .504
5. Davis • HOU .493
6. Bass • HOU .486
7. Morrison • PIT .482
8. Hayes • PHI .480
9. Dawson • MON .478
10. Parker • CIN .477

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 .937
2. Raines • MON .889
3. Davis • CIN .901 **
4. Strawberry • NYM .865
5. McReynolds • SDP .862
6. Hayes • PHI .859
7. Hernandez • NYM .859
8. Gwynn • SDP .848
9. Bass • HOU .842
10. Davis • HOU .837

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Parker • CIN 162
2. Murphy • ATL 160
Schmidt • PHI 160
Gwynn • SDP 160
5. Pendleton • STL 159
6. Davis • HOU 158
Hayes • PHI 158
McReynolds • SDP 158
9. Bass • HOU 157
Sax • LAD 157
Uribe • SFG 157

At Bats

At Bats

1. Gwynn • SDP 642
2. Parker • CIN 637
3. Sax • LAD 633
4. Sandberg • CHC 627
5. Murphy • ATL 614
6. Hayes • PHI 610
7. Coleman • STL 600
8. Bass • HOU 591
Samuel • PHI 591
10. Moreland • CHC 586

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. Sax • LAD 704
2. Gwynn • SDP 701
3. Parker • CIN 700
4. Murphy • ATL 692
5. Hayes • PHI 690
6. Sandberg • CHC 682
7. Coleman • STL 670
8. Raines • MON 664
9. Schmidt • PHI 657
10. Bell • CIN 655

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Hayes • PHI 107
Gwynn • SDP 107
3. Davis • CIN 97
Schmidt • PHI 97
5. Hernandez • NYM 94
Coleman • STL 94
7. Doran • HOU 92
8. Davis • HOU 91
Sax • LAD 91
Raines • MON 91

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Gwynn • SDP 211
2. Sax • LAD 210
3. Raines • MON 194
4. Hayes • PHI 186
5. Bass • HOU 184
6. Sandberg • CHC 178
7. Parker • CIN 174
Ray • PIT 174
9. Hernandez • NYM 171
10. Webster • MON 167

Total Bases

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

1. Parker • CIN 304
2. Schmidt • PHI 302
3. Gwynn • SDP 300
4. Murphy • ATL 293
Hayes • PHI 293
6. Bass • HOU 287
7. Davis • HOU 283
8. McReynolds • SDP 282
9. Sax • LAD 279
10. Raines • MON 276

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Hayes • PHI 46
2. Sax • LAD 43
3. Dunston • CHC 37
Bream • PIT 37
5. Samuel • PHI 36
6. Raines • MON 35
Morrison • PIT 35
8. Hernandez • NYM 34
9. Bass • HOU 33
Ray • PIT 33
Gwynn • SDP 33

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Webster • MON 13
2. Samuel • PHI 12
3. Raines • MON 10
4. Coleman • STL 8
5. Murphy • ATL 7
Durham • CHC 7
Dykstra • NYM 7
Gwynn • SDP 7
McGee • STL 7
Van Slyke • STL 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Schmidt • PHI 37
2. Parker • CIN 31
Davis • HOU 31
4. Murphy • ATL 29
5. Horner • ATL 27
Davis • CIN 27
Strawberry • NYM 27
8. McReynolds • SDP 26
9. Carter • NYM 24
10. Stubbs • LAD 23
Morrison • PIT 23

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Schmidt • PHI 119
2. Parker • CIN 116
3. Carter • NYM 105
4. Davis • HOU 101
5. Hayes • PHI 98
6. McReynolds • SDP 96
7. Strawberry • NYM 93
8. Morrison • PIT 88
9. Horner • ATL 87
10. Maldonado • SFG 85

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Hernandez • NYM 94
2. Schmidt • PHI 89
3. Davis • SFG 84
4. Oberkfell • ATL 83
5. Doran • HOU 81
6. Smith • STL 79
7. Raines • MON 78
8. Murphy • ATL 75
9. Hayes • PHI 74
Brenly • SFG 74

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Samuel • PHI 142
2. Murphy • ATL 141
Strawberry • NYM 141
4. Parker • CIN 126
5. Dunston • CHC 114
6. Thompson • SFG 112
7. Davis • CHC 110
8. Stubbs • LAD 107
9. Russell • PHI 103
10. Bonds • PIT 102

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Coleman • STL 107
2. Davis • CIN 80
3. Raines • MON 70
4. Duncan • LAD 48
5. Doran • HOU 42
Samuel • PHI 42
7. Sax • LAD 40
8. Hatcher • HOU 38
9. Gwynn • SDP 37
10. Webster • MON 36
Bonds • PIT 36

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Sax • LAD 157
Gwynn • SDP 157
3. Raines • MON 140
4. Ray • PIT 134
5. Sandberg • CHC 131
6. Bass • HOU 126
7. Hernandez • NYM 123
8. Smith • STL 121
9. Hayes • PHI 119
10. Coleman • STL 118

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 153
2. Raines • MON 145
3. Hernandez • NYM 140
4. Strawberry • NYM 139
5. McReynolds • SDP 138
6. Sax • LAD 137
7. Gwynn • SDP 135
8. Bass • HOU 134
9. Hayes • PHI 133
10. Davis • HOU 132

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. Raines • MON 130
2. Schmidt • PHI 122
3. Gwynn • SDP 113
4. Hayes • PHI 111
5. Sax • LAD 110
6. Hernandez • NYM 106
7. McReynolds • SDP 103
8. Murphy • ATL 102
9. Davis • HOU 100
10. Bass • HOU 97

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 43
2. Raines • MON 39
3. Hernandez • NYM 35
4. Sax • LAD 33
5. Gwynn • SDP 30
6. Hayes • PHI 30
7. McReynolds • SDP 29
8. Strawberry • NYM 26
9. Bass • HOU 25
10. Brooks • MON 25

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 4.3
2. Raines • MON 3.9
3. Hernandez • NYM 3.6
4. Sax • LAD 3.4
5. Gwynn • SDP 3.0
6. Hayes • PHI 3.0
7. McReynolds • SDP 2.9
8. Strawberry • NYM 2.7
9. Bass • HOU 2.6
10. Davis • CIN 2.5
Brooks • MON 2.5

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Hayes • PHI 67
Schmidt • PHI 67
3. Davis • HOU 66
4. Murphy • ATL 65
Parker • CIN 65
6. Samuel • PHI 64
7. McReynolds • SDP 63
8. Morrison • PIT 62
9. Strawberry • NYM 59
10. Bass • HOU 58
Bream • PIT 58

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 274
2. Sax • LAD 272
3. Hernandez • NYM 269
4. Gwynn • SDP 266
5. Hayes • PHI 261
6. Schmidt • PHI 256
7. Murphy • ATL 240
8. Bell • CIN 236
9. Doran • HOU 235
Ray • PIT 235

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. Raines • MON .782
2. Schmidt • PHI .757
3. Hernandez • NYM .718
4. Strawberry • NYM .685
Hayes • PHI .685
6. Gwynn • SDP .684
7. McReynolds • SDP .679
8. Sax • LAD .676
9. Davis • HOU .655
10. Bass • HOU .643

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Wallach • MON 10
2. Davis • HOU 9
Brown • SFG 9
4. Samuel • PHI 8
5. Schmidt • PHI 7
6. Bass • HOU 6
Dawson • MON 6
Carter • NYM 6
Strawberry • NYM 6
10. Bell • CIN 5
Hatcher • HOU 5
Madlock • LAD 5
Flannery • SDP 5
Gladden • SFG 5
Thompson • SFG 5
Herr • STL 5

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Thompson • SFG 18
2. Cox • STL 16
3. Backman • NYM 14
4. Gooden • NYM 13
Tudor • STL 13
6. Krukow • SFG 12
7. Belliard • PIT 11
Forsch • STL 11
Smith • STL 11
10. Palmer • ATL 10
Scott • HOU 10
Hershiser • LAD 10
Darling • NYM 10
Rawley • PHI 10
LaValliere • STL 10

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Carter • NYM 15
2. Moreland • CHC 11
3. Horner • ATL 10
4. Strawberry • NYM 9
Schmidt • PHI 9
Wilson • PHI 9
McReynolds • SDP 9
8. Davis • CHC 8
Knight • NYM 8
10. Davis • HOU 7
Samuel • PHI 7
Bream • PIT 7
Ray • PIT 7
Pendleton • STL 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Schmidt • PHI 25
2. Davis • SFG 23
3. Templeton • SDP 21
4. Uribe • SFG 19
5. Durham • CHC 16
Oester • CIN 16
Parker • CIN 16
8. Hubbard • ATL 14
9. Smith • STL 13
10. Cruz • HOU 12
Santana • NYM 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. Carter • NYM 21
Peña • PIT 21
Ray • PIT 21
4. Gwynn • SDP 20
5. Knight • NYM 19
6. Oester • CIN 18
Parker • CIN 18
Garvey • SDP 18
9. Horner • ATL 16
Ramírez • ATL 16
Wallach • MON 16

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Doran • HOU 19
2. Sax • LAD 17
3. Moreno • ATL 16
McGee • STL 16
5. Webster • MON 15
Thompson • SFG 15
7. Hatcher • HOU 14
Samuel • PHI 14
Coleman • STL 14
10. Bass • HOU 13
Duncan • LAD 13
Davis • SFG 13

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Dernier • CHC 93.10
2. Raines • MON 88.61
3. Coleman • STL 88.43
4. Daniels • CIN 88.24
5. Davis • CIN 87.91
6. Leonard • SFG 84.21
7. Bonds • PIT 83.72
8. Thompson • PHI 82.61
9. Dykstra • NYM 81.58
Smith • STL 81.58

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. Davis • CIN 40.4
2. Strawberry • NYM 27.5
3. Samuel • PHI 23.2
4. Bonds • PIT 22.2
5. Hayes • PHI 21.2
6. Bass • HOU 21.0
7. Gwynn • SDP 20.3
8. Sandberg • CHC 19.8
9. Dawson • MON 18.9
10. Milner • CIN 16.4

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. Smith • STL 19.0
2. Gwynn • SDP 18.3
3. Oberkfell • ATL 12.6
4. Ray • PIT 12.3
5. Moreland • CHC 12.2
6. Bell • CIN 11.6
7. Sax • LAD 10.9
8. Pendleton • STL 9.8
9. Raines • MON 9.7
10. Doran • HOU 9.6

AB per HR

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

1. Schmidt • PHI 14.9
2. Davis • CIN 15.4 **
3. Strawberry • NYM 17.6
4. Davis • HOU 18.5
5. Horner • ATL 19.1
6. Stubbs • LAD 18.3 **
7. Carter • NYM 20.4
8. Parker • CIN 20.5
9. Matthews • CHC 17.6 **
10. Murphy • ATL 21.2

Outs Made

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

1. Parker • CIN 493
2. Coleman • STL 487
3. Sandberg • CHC 480
4. Pendleton • STL 471
5. Murphy • ATL 469
6. Samuel • PHI 464
Gwynn • SDP 464
8. Moreland • CHC 461
Sax • LAD 461
10. Dunston • CHC 458

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 52.38
2. Davis • CIN 44.81
3. Raines • MON 44.50
4. Hayes • PHI 41.67
5. Hernandez • NYM 41.62
6. Parker • CIN 35.50
7. Strawberry • NYM 34.95
8. Gwynn • SDP 33.17
9. Murphy • ATL 31.04
10. Sax • LAD 30.46

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. Schmidt • PHI 5.1
2. Raines • MON 5.1
3. Davis • HOU 4.4
4. Davis • CIN 4.3
5. Hernandez • NYM 4.2
6. Knight • NYM 4.1
7. Strawberry • NYM 3.9
8. McReynolds • SDP 3.3
9. Sax • LAD 3.3
10. Murphy • ATL 3.2

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 4.5
2. Raines • MON 3.9
3. Davis • CIN 3.9
4. Hernandez • NYM 3.8
5. McReynolds • SDP 3.4
6. Davis • HOU 3.3
7. Strawberry • NYM 3.2
8. Gwynn • SDP 3.2
9. Brooks • MON 3.1
10. Sax • LAD 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. Davis • HOU 6.0
2. Strawberry • NYM 3.9
3. Brown • SFG 3.8
4. Knight • NYM 3.0
5. Maldonado • SFG 2.7
6. Gwynn • SDP 2.7
7. Cruz • HOU 2.4
8. Raines • MON 2.2
9. Walling • HOU 2.2
10. Brooks • MON 2.2

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. Schmidt • PHI 5.2
2. Raines • MON 4.5
3. Davis • CIN 4.4
4. Hernandez • NYM 4.2
5. Hayes • PHI 4.1
6. Strawberry • NYM 3.6
7. Parker • CIN 3.5
8. Gwynn • SDP 3.4
9. Sax • LAD 3.2
10. Murphy • ATL 3.1

rOBA

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

1. Raines • MON .419
2. Schmidt • PHI .413
3. Hernandez • NYM .399
4. Gwynn • SDP .393
5. Strawberry • NYM .392
6. Hayes • PHI .388
7. Sax • LAD .387
8. Davis • HOU .384
9. McReynolds • SDP .383
10. Bass • HOU .378

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 163
2. Hernandez • NYM 156
3. Raines • MON 153
4. Sax • LAD 151
5. Strawberry • NYM 149
6. Gwynn • SDP 146
7. McReynolds • SDP 145
8. Davis • HOU 145
9. Hayes • PHI 143
10. Bass • HOU 142

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