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. Bonds • PIT 9.7
2. Dykstra • PHI 8.9
3. Sandberg • CHC 7.1
4. Whitson • SDP 7.0
5. Viola • NYM 6.3
6. Strawberry • NYM 6.3
7. Rijo • CIN 5.8
8. Roberts • SDP 5.8
9. Larkin • CIN 5.7
10. Gant • ATL 5.6

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. Bonds • PIT 9.7
2. Dykstra • PHI 8.9
3. Sandberg • CHC 7.1
4. Strawberry • NYM 6.3
5. Roberts • SDP 5.8
6. Larkin • CIN 5.7
7. Gant • ATL 5.6
8. Murray • LAD 5.1
9. Williams • SFG 5.0
10. Butler • SFG 5.0

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. Sandberg • CHC 6.8
2. Bonds • PIT 6.5
3. Gant • ATL 5.9
4. Dykstra • PHI 5.8
5. Butler • SFG 5.7
6. Roberts • SDP 5.0
7. Murray • LAD 4.8
8. Daniels • LAD 4.7
9. Van Slyke • PIT 4.5
10. Mitchell • SFG 4.4

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. Dykstra • PHI 3.2
2. Bonds • PIT 2.5
Smith • STL 2.5
4. Larkin • CIN 2.2
5. Javier • LAD 1.6
6. Oliver • CIN 1.6
7. Pagnozzi • STL 1.6
8. Daulton • PHI 1.5
9. Girardi • CHC 1.5
Strawberry • 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. McGee • STL .335
2. Murray • LAD .330
3. Magadan • NYM .328
4. Dykstra • PHI .325
5. Dawson • CHC .310
6. Roberts • SDP .309
7. Grace • CHC .309
8. Gwynn • SDP .309
9. Butler • SFG .309
10. Sandberg • CHC .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. Dykstra • PHI .418
2. Magadan • NYM .417
3. Murray • LAD .414
4. Bonds • PIT .406
5. Doran • 2TM .411 **
6. Butler • SFG .397
7. Daniels • LAD .389
8. Clark • SDP .441 **
9. Kruk • PHI .386
10. Smith • ATL .384

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. Bonds • PIT .565
2. Sandberg • CHC .559
3. Mitchell • SFG .544
4. Gant • ATL .539
5. Justice • ATL .535
6. Dawson • CHC .535
7. Daniels • LAD .531
8. Murray • LAD .520
9. Strawberry • NYM .518
10. Bonilla • PIT .518

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. Bonds • PIT .970
2. Murray • LAD .934
3. Daniels • LAD .920
4. Sandberg • CHC .913
5. Justice • ATL .908
6. Mitchell • SFG .904
7. Gant • ATL .896
8. Dawson • CHC .893
9. Strawberry • NYM .879
10. Magadan • NYM .874

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Carter • SDP 162
2. Wallach • MON 161
3. Bonilla • PIT 160
Butler • SFG 160
5. Bell • PIT 159
Williams • SFG 159
7. Larkin • CIN 158
8. Grace • CHC 157
9. Oquendo • STL 156
10. Sandberg • CHC 155
Murray • LAD 155
Galarraga • MON 155

At Bats

At Bats

1. Carter • SDP 634
2. Wallach • MON 626
3. Bonilla • PIT 625
4. Butler • SFG 622
5. Williams • SFG 617
6. Sandberg • CHC 615
7. Larkin • CIN 614
8. Jefferies • NYM 604
9. Clark • SFG 600
10. Johnson • NYM 590
Dykstra • PHI 590

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. Butler • SFG 732
2. Carter • SDP 697
3. Bell • PIT 696
4. Dykstra • PHI 691
5. Bonilla • PIT 686
6. Larkin • CIN 681
7. Wallach • MON 678
Clark • SFG 678
9. Sandberg • CHC 675
10. Johnson • NYM 668

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Sandberg • CHC 116
2. Bonilla • PIT 112
3. Butler • SFG 108
4. Gant • ATL 107
5. Dykstra • PHI 106
6. Bonds • PIT 104
Roberts • SDP 104
8. Murray • LAD 96
Jefferies • NYM 96
10. Sabo • CIN 95

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Dykstra • PHI 192
Butler • SFG 192
3. Sandberg • CHC 188
4. Larkin • CIN 185
Wallach • MON 185
6. Murray • LAD 184
7. Grace • CHC 182
8. Gwynn • SDP 177
Clark • SFG 177
10. Bonilla • PIT 175

Total Bases

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

1. Sandberg • CHC 344
2. Bonilla • PIT 324
3. Gant • ATL 310
4. Williams • SFG 301
5. Wallach • MON 295
6. Bonds • PIT 293
7. Murray • LAD 290
8. Mitchell • SFG 285
9. Dawson • CHC 283
10. Strawberry • NYM 281

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Jefferies • NYM 40
2. Bonilla • PIT 39
3. Sabo • CIN 38
4. Wallach • MON 37
Johnson • NYM 37
6. Roberts • SDP 36
7. Dykstra • PHI 35
8. Gant • ATL 34
Presley • ATL 34
10. Grace • CHC 32
Bonds • PIT 32
McGee • STL 32

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Duncan • CIN 11
2. Gwynn • SDP 10
3. Smith • ATL 9
Butler • SFG 9
Coleman • STL 9
6. Dunston • CHC 8
Kruk • PHI 8
8. Bell • PIT 7
Bonilla • PIT 7
Thompson • STL 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Sandberg • CHC 40
2. Strawberry • NYM 37
3. Mitchell • SFG 35
4. Bonds • PIT 33
Williams • SFG 33
6. Gant • ATL 32
Bonilla • PIT 32
8. Justice • ATL 28
9. Dawson • CHC 27
Daniels • LAD 27

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Williams • SFG 122
2. Bonilla • PIT 120
3. Carter • SDP 115
4. Bonds • PIT 114
5. Strawberry • NYM 108
6. Dawson • CHC 100
Sandberg • CHC 100
8. Wallach • MON 98
9. Murray • LAD 95
Clark • SFG 95

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Clark • SDP 104
2. Bonds • PIT 93
3. Butler • SFG 90
4. Dykstra • PHI 89
5. Hayes • PHI 87
6. Murray • LAD 82
7. Doran • 2TM 79
8. Magadan • NYM 74
Oquendo • STL 74
10. Daulton • PHI 72

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Galarraga • MON 169
2. Williams • SFG 138
3. Presley • ATL 130
Murphy • 2TM 130
5. Samuel • LAD 126
6. Stubbs • HOU 114
7. Walker • MON 112
8. Strawberry • NYM 110
9. Bell • PIT 109
10. Brooks • LAD 108

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Coleman • STL 77
2. Yelding • HOU 64
3. Bonds • PIT 52
4. Butler • SFG 51
5. Nixon • MON 50
6. Raines • MON 49
7. Roberts • SDP 46
8. DeShields • MON 42
9. Samuel • LAD 38
10. Johnson • NYM 34

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Butler • SFG 160
2. Larkin • CIN 147
3. Dykstra • PHI 145
4. Grace • CHC 140
5. Gwynn • SDP 134
6. Murray • LAD 133
7. Alomar • SDP 130
8. Clark • SFG 128
McGee • STL 128
10. Roberts • SDP 124

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Bonds • PIT 170
2. Murray • LAD 159
3. Daniels • LAD 155
4. Mitchell • SFG 150
5. Justice • ATL 143
6. Magadan • NYM 141
7. Sandberg • CHC 140
8. Strawberry • NYM 140
9. Gant • ATL 139
10. Dykstra • PHI 138

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. Bonds • PIT 128
2. Sandberg • CHC 124
3. Dykstra • PHI 121
4. Murray • LAD 118
5. Gant • ATL 109
6. Butler • SFG 108
7. Strawberry • NYM 104
Bonilla • PIT 104
9. Dawson • CHC 101
Clark • SFG 101
Mitchell • SFG 101

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. Bonds • PIT 53
2. Murray • LAD 48
3. Clark • SDP 37
4. Dykstra • PHI 37
5. Daniels • LAD 35
6. Mitchell • SFG 35
7. Sandberg • CHC 32
8. Magadan • NYM 31
9. Gant • ATL 29
10. Strawberry • NYM 29

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. Bonds • PIT 5.2
2. Murray • LAD 4.7
3. Clark • SDP 3.7
4. Dykstra • PHI 3.6
5. Daniels • LAD 3.5
6. Mitchell • SFG 3.4
7. Sandberg • CHC 3.2
8. Magadan • NYM 3.1
9. Gant • ATL 2.9
10. Strawberry • NYM 2.9

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Bonilla • PIT 78
2. Sandberg • CHC 73
3. Gant • ATL 69
4. Bonds • PIT 68
5. Sabo • CIN 65
6. Wallach • MON 63
Johnson • NYM 63
8. Williams • SFG 62
9. Mitchell • SFG 61
10. Dawson • CHC 60

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. Dykstra • PHI 288
Butler • SFG 288
3. Murray • LAD 267
4. Bonds • PIT 252
5. Grace • CHC 246
6. Clark • SFG 242
7. Larkin • CIN 241
8. Sandberg • CHC 239
9. Roberts • SDP 233
10. Wallach • MON 230

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. Bonds • PIT .781
2. Murray • LAD .744
3. Dykstra • PHI .743
4. Daniels • LAD .736
5. Justice • ATL .732
6. Magadan • NYM .722
7. Sandberg • CHC .720
8. Dawson • CHC .701
9. Mitchell • SFG .696
10. Strawberry • NYM .689
Gant • ATL .689

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Davis • HOU 8
2. Larkin • CIN 7
Dykstra • PHI 7
Carter • SDP 7
Williams • SFG 7
6. Smith • ATL 6
Hatcher • CIN 6
Brooks • LAD 6
Roberts • SDP 6
Butler • SFG 6
Thompson • SFG 6

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Bell • PIT 39
2. Gooden • NYM 14
3. Armstrong • CIN 13
Whitson • SDP 13
5. Boyd • MON 12
Martínez • MON 12
7. Rijo • CIN 11
Smith • STL 11
9. Bielecki • CHC 10
Walk • PIT 10

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Bonilla • PIT 15
2. Clark • SFG 13
3. Brooks • LAD 11
Guerrero • STL 11
5. Magadan • NYM 10
Hayes • PHI 10
Smith • STL 10
8. Sandberg • CHC 9
Johnson • NYM 9
10. Dawson • CHC 8
Grace • CHC 8
Raines • MON 8
McReynolds • NYM 8
Carter • SDP 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Dawson • CHC 21
Murray • LAD 21
3. Gwynn • SDP 20
4. Lind • PIT 19
5. Carter • SDP 18
6. Davis • HOU 17
7. Hayes • PHI 16
Kruk • PHI 16
9. Oliver • CIN 15
Strawberry • NYM 15
Bonds • PIT 15

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. Murphy • 2TM 22
2. Lind • PIT 20
3. Murray • LAD 19
4. Templeton • SDP 17
5. Wilson • HOU 16
Alomar • SDP 16
7. Caminiti • HOU 15
8. Larkin • CIN 14
Galarraga • MON 14
Thon • PHI 14
Bell • PIT 14
Guerrero • STL 14

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Yelding • HOU 25
2. DeShields • MON 22
3. Samuel • LAD 20
4. Butler • SFG 19
5. Coleman • STL 17
6. Gant • ATL 16
Raines • MON 16
8. Nixon • MON 13
Bonds • PIT 13
10. Roberts • SDP 12

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Gibson • LAD 92.86
2. Grissom • MON 91.67
3. Dawson • CHC 88.89
4. Davis • CIN 87.50
5. Dykstra • PHI 86.84
6. Larkin • CIN 85.71
7. Miller • NYM 84.21
Smith • STL 84.21
9. Dunston • CHC 83.33
Thompson • STL 83.33

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. Bonds • PIT 40.4
2. Gant • ATL 32.5
3. Sandberg • CHC 30.8
4. Johnson • NYM 27.4
5. Sabo • CIN 25.0
6. Carter • SDP 23.0
7. Davis • CIN 22.4
8. Strawberry • NYM 21.3
9. Stubbs • HOU 20.8
10. Dunston • CHC 20.2

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. Gwynn • SDP 24.9
2. Smith • STL 15.5
3. Jefferies • NYM 15.1
4. Larkin • CIN 12.5
5. Scioscia • LAD 14.0 **
6. Dykstra • PHI 12.3
7. Hatcher • CIN 12.0
8. Treadway • ATL 11.3
9. Grace • CHC 10.9
10. Raines • MON 10.6

AB per HR

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

1. Strawberry • NYM 14.6
2. Mitchell • SFG 15.0
3. Sandberg • CHC 15.4
4. Justice • ATL 15.7
5. Bonds • PIT 15.7
6. Clark • SDP 13.4 **
7. Daniels • LAD 16.7
8. Gant • ATL 18.0
9. Williams • SFG 18.7
10. Davis • CIN 18.9

Outs Made

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

1. Carter • SDP 513
2. Bell • PIT 500
3. Bonilla • PIT 479
4. Johnson • NYM 470
Williams • SFG 470
6. Wallach • MON 469
7. Butler • SFG 466
8. Larkin • CIN 459
9. Murphy • 2TM 454
10. Sandberg • CHC 451
Galarraga • MON 451
Jefferies • NYM 451
Alomar • SDP 451

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. Bonds • PIT 64.10
2. Sandberg • CHC 50.11
3. Dykstra • PHI 44.08
4. Daniels • LAD 43.22
5. Magadan • NYM 41.73
6. Murray • LAD 41.07
7. Williams • SFG 40.38
8. Strawberry • NYM 37.79
9. Justice • ATL 37.13
10. Clark • SDP 35.32

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. Bonds • PIT 5.7
2. Murray • LAD 4.4
3. Daniels • LAD 3.6
4. Sandberg • CHC 3.5
5. Butler • SFG 3.4
6. McGee • STL 3.4
7. Magadan • NYM 3.3
8. Dykstra • PHI 3.3
9. Stubbs • HOU 3.2
10. Roberts • SDP 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. Bonds • PIT 5.9
2. Sandberg • CHC 4.6
3. Mitchell • SFG 4.3
4. Gant • ATL 3.9
5. Dykstra • PHI 3.7
6. Daniels • LAD 3.7
7. Justice • ATL 3.7
8. Roberts • SDP 3.4
9. Murray • LAD 3.3
10. Magadan • NYM 3.2

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. Bonds • PIT 9.9
2. Magadan • NYM 4.8
3. Van Slyke • PIT 4.2
4. Strawberry • NYM 3.0
5. Bell • PIT 2.7
6. Wallach • MON 2.6
7. Bream • PIT 2.5
8. Redus • PIT 2.2
9. Larkin • CIN 2.2
10. Sabo • CIN 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. Bonds • PIT 6.4
2. Sandberg • CHC 4.8
3. Dykstra • PHI 4.4
4. Daniels • LAD 4.3
5. Murray • LAD 4.1
6. Magadan • NYM 4.1
7. Williams • SFG 4.1
8. Strawberry • NYM 3.8
9. Justice • ATL 3.6
10. Roberts • SDP 3.5

rOBA

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

1. Bonds • PIT .435
2. Sandberg • CHC .420
3. Daniels • LAD .419
4. Gant • ATL .408
5. Murray • LAD .408
6. Dawson • CHC .403
7. Justice • ATL .401
8. Mitchell • SFG .396
9. Dykstra • PHI .396
10. Magadan • NYM .394

Rbat+

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

1. Bonds • PIT 178
2. Daniels • LAD 172
3. Murray • LAD 166
4. Mitchell • SFG 160
5. Sandberg • CHC 159
6. Gant • ATL 155
7. Justice • ATL 151
8. Magadan • NYM 151
9. Strawberry • NYM 148
10. Dawson • CHC 147

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