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. Maddux • ATL 9.6
2. Bonds • SFG 7.5
3. Sanders • CIN 6.6
4. Biggio • HOU 6.3
5. Piazza • LAD 6.2
6. Larkin • CIN 5.9
7. Glavine • ATL 5.5
8. Sosa • CHC 5.3
9. Jordan • STL 5.2
10. Ashby • SDP 5.1

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. Bonds • SFG 7.5
2. Sanders • CIN 6.6
3. Biggio • HOU 6.3
4. Piazza • LAD 6.2
5. Larkin • CIN 5.9
6. Sosa • CHC 5.3
7. Jordan • STL 5.2
8. Grace • CHC 5.0
9. Bagwell • HOU 4.8
10. Mondesí • LAD 4.8

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. Biggio • HOU 6.4
2. Larkin • CIN 6.4
3. Piazza • LAD 6.3
4. Bonds • SFG 6.2
5. Sanders • CIN 5.3
6. Grace • CHC 4.4
7. Caminiti • SDP 4.3
8. Gwynn • SDP 4.0
9. Williams • SFG 4.0
10. Bagwell • HOU 4.0

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. Clayton • SFG 2.6
2. Johnson • FLA 1.8
3. Sosa • CHC 1.7
4. Lemke • ATL 1.7
5. Jordan • STL 1.6
6. Lewis • 2TM 1.6
7. Ausmus • SDP 1.5
8. Lansing • MON 1.3
9. Oquendo • STL 1.3
10. Branson • CIN 1.3

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. Gwynn • SDP .368
2. Piazza • LAD .346
3. Bichette • COL .340
4. Bell • HOU .334
5. Grace • CHC .326
6. Larkin • CIN .319
7. Castilla • COL .309
8. Segui • 2TM .309
9. Jefferies • PHI .306
10. Sanders • CIN .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. Bonds • SFG .431
2. Biggio • HOU .406
3. Magadan • HOU .428 **
4. Gwynn • SDP .404
5. Weiss • COL .403
6. Piazza • LAD .400
7. Bagwell • HOU .399
8. Sanders • CIN .397
9. Grace • CHC .395
10. Larkin • CIN .394

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. Bichette • COL .620
2. Walker • COL .607
3. Piazza • LAD .606
4. Sanders • CIN .579
5. Bonds • SFG .577
6. Castilla • COL .564
7. Gant • CIN .554
8. Karros • LAD .535
9. Conine • FLA .520
10. Grace • CHC .516

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 • SFG 1.009
2. Piazza • LAD 1.006
3. Walker • COL .988
4. Bichette • COL .984
5. Sanders • CIN .975
6. Gant • CIN .940
7. Castilla • COL .911
8. Grace • CHC .911
9. Karros • LAD .905
10. Conine • FLA .899

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. McGriff • ATL 144
Sosa • CHC 144
Bonds • SFG 144
4. Grace • CHC 143
Galarraga • COL 143
Karros • LAD 143
Caminiti • SDP 143
8. Biggio • HOU 141
Hayes • PHI 141
10. Jones • ATL 140

At Bats

At Bats

1. McRae • CHC 580
2. Bichette • COL 579
3. Sosa • CHC 564
4. Finley • SDP 562
5. Galarraga • COL 554
6. Biggio • HOU 553
7. Grace • CHC 552
8. Grissom • ATL 551
Karros • LAD 551
10. Mondesí • LAD 536

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. Biggio • HOU 673
2. McRae • CHC 638
3. Bonds • SFG 635
4. Finley • SDP 630
5. Sosa • CHC 629
6. Grace • CHC 627
7. Karros • LAD 620
8. Bichette • COL 612
9. Grissom • ATL 606
10. McGriff • ATL 604
Galarraga • COL 604

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Biggio • HOU 123
2. Bonds • SFG 109
3. Finley • SDP 104
4. Bichette • COL 102
5. Larkin • CIN 98
6. Grace • CHC 97
7. Walker • COL 96
8. McRae • CHC 92
9. Sanders • CIN 91
Mondesí • LAD 91

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Bichette • COL 197
Gwynn • SDP 197
3. Grace • CHC 180
4. McRae • CHC 167
Biggio • HOU 167
Finley • SDP 167
7. Karros • LAD 164
8. Castilla • COL 163
9. Caminiti • SDP 159
10. Larkin • CIN 158

Total Bases

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

1. Bichette • COL 359
2. Walker • COL 300
3. Castilla • COL 297
4. Karros • LAD 295
5. Bonds • SFG 292
6. Grace • CHC 285
7. Galarraga • COL 283
8. Sosa • CHC 282
9. Sanders • CIN 280
10. Caminiti • SDP 270

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Grace • CHC 51
2. McRae • CHC 38
Bichette • COL 38
4. Sanders • CIN 36
5. Cordero • MON 35
Lankford • STL 35
7. Boone • CIN 34
Castilla • COL 34
Morandini • PHI 34
10. White • MON 33
Caminiti • SDP 33
Gwynn • SDP 33
Gilkey • STL 33

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Young • COL 9
Butler • 2TM 9
3. Finley • SDP 8
Gonzalez • 2TM 8
Sanders • 2TM 8
6. Bullett • CHC 7
McRae • CHC 7
Abbott • FLA 7
Veras • FLA 7
Morandini • PHI 7
Bonds • SFG 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Bichette • COL 40
2. Sosa • CHC 36
Walker • COL 36
4. Bonds • SFG 33
5. Castilla • COL 32
Karros • LAD 32
Piazza • LAD 32
8. Galarraga • COL 31
9. Gant • CIN 29
10. Sanders • CIN 28

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Bichette • COL 128
2. Sosa • CHC 119
3. Galarraga • COL 106
4. Conine • FLA 105
Karros • LAD 105
6. Bonds • SFG 104
7. Walker • COL 101
8. Sanders • CIN 99
9. Caminiti • SDP 94
10. McGriff • ATL 93
Piazza • LAD 93

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bonds • SFG 120
2. Weiss • COL 98
3. Veras • FLA 80
Biggio • HOU 80
5. Bagwell • HOU 79
6. Gant • CIN 74
7. Jones • ATL 73
Justice • ATL 73
9. Magadan • HOU 71
10. Sanders • CIN 69
Offerman • LAD 69
Caminiti • SDP 69

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Galarraga • COL 146
2. Sosa • CHC 134
3. Sanders • CIN 122
4. Karros • LAD 115
5. Brogna • NYM 111
6. Abbott • FLA 110
Bell • PIT 110
Lankford • STL 110
9. Clayton • SFG 109
10. Gant • CIN 108

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Veras • FLA 56
2. Larkin • CIN 51
3. DeShields • LAD 39
4. Sanders • CIN 36
Finley • SDP 36
6. Young • COL 35
7. Sosa • CHC 34
8. Biggio • HOU 33
9. Butler • 2TM 32
Lewis • 2TM 32

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Gwynn • SDP 154
2. Finley • SDP 126
Butler • 2TM 126
4. Bell • HOU 120
5. Bichette • COL 117
Vizcaíno • NYM 117
7. Biggio • HOU 113
8. Grace • CHC 110
McRae • CHC 110
10. Larkin • CIN 108
Kelly • 2TM 108

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Piazza • LAD 172
2. Bonds • SFG 170
3. Sanders • CIN 155
4. Gant • CIN 146
5. Karros • LAD 145
6. Bagwell • HOU 143
7. Biggio • HOU 142
8. Grace • CHC 142
9. Caminiti • SDP 137
10. Gwynn • SDP 137

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 • SFG 134
2. Bichette • COL 121
Biggio • HOU 121
4. Grace • CHC 115
Sanders • CIN 115
6. Walker • COL 114
7. Larkin • CIN 108
8. Karros • LAD 107
9. Caminiti • SDP 105
10. Piazza • LAD 103

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 • SFG 57
2. Piazza • LAD 43
3. Sanders • CIN 41
4. Biggio • HOU 40
5. Grace • CHC 36
6. Karros • LAD 36
7. Bagwell • HOU 33
8. Williams • SFG 31
9. Caminiti • SDP 30
10. Gwynn • SDP 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 • SFG 5.4
2. Piazza • LAD 4.1
3. Sanders • CIN 3.8
4. Biggio • HOU 3.8
5. Grace • CHC 3.5
6. Karros • LAD 3.4
7. Bagwell • HOU 3.1
8. Williams • SFG 2.9
9. Caminiti • SDP 2.8
10. Gwynn • SDP 2.8

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Bichette • COL 80
2. Walker • COL 72
3. Grace • CHC 70
Sanders • CIN 70
Bonds • SFG 70
6. Castilla • COL 68
7. Karros • LAD 64
8. Galarraga • COL 63
9. Lankford • STL 62
10. Caminiti • SDP 59

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. Bonds • SFG 274
2. Biggio • HOU 269
3. Grace • CHC 247
4. Gwynn • SDP 233
5. Karros • LAD 229
Caminiti • SDP 229
Finley • SDP 229
8. Sanders • CIN 225
9. Bichette • COL 223
10. Larkin • CIN 222

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 • SFG .771
2. Piazza • LAD .770
3. Sanders • CIN .737
4. Walker • COL .733
5. Larkin • CIN .722
6. Grace • CHC .709
7. Bichette • COL .708
8. Biggio • HOU .704
9. Gant • CIN .691
10. Bagwell • HOU .684

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Biggio • HOU 22
2. Walker • COL 14
3. Galarraga • COL 13
4. Blauser • ATL 12
Patterson • SFG 12
6. Jordan • STL 11
7. Manwaring • SFG 10
8. Veras • FLA 9
Alou • MON 9
Cordero • MON 9
Morandini • PHI 9
Stocker • PHI 9

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Jones • NYM 18
2. Ashby • SDP 17
3. Martínez • LAD 13
Vizcaíno • NYM 13
5. Schourek • CIN 12
Girardi • COL 12
Mlicki • NYM 12
Lewis • 2TM 12
9. Ritz • COL 11
Biggio • HOU 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Conine • FLA 12
2. King • PIT 8
3. Grace • CHC 7
Bichette • COL 7
Biggio • HOU 7
Mondesí • LAD 7
Kelly • 2TM 7
8. McGriff • ATL 6
Branson • CIN 6
Sanders • CIN 6
Castilla • COL 6
Bagwell • HOU 6
Bell • HOU 6
Orsulak • NYM 6
Hayes • PHI 6
Jefferies • PHI 6
Caminiti • SDP 6
Gwynn • SDP 6
Butler • 2TM 6
Gonzalez • 2TM 6

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Bonds • SFG 22
2. Branson • CIN 14
3. Walker • COL 13
4. Bagwell • HOU 12
Tarasco • MON 12
6. Sosa • CHC 11
7. Klesko • ATL 10
Piazza • LAD 10
Bonilla • NYM 10
Gwynn • SDP 10

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. Hayes • PHI 22
2. Williams • SDP 21
3. Gwynn • SDP 20
4. McGriff • ATL 19
5. Lemke • ATL 17
Gilkey • STL 17
7. Bichette • COL 16
Gonzalez • 2TM 16
9. Castilla • COL 15
Girardi • COL 15
Colbrunn • FLA 15
Fletcher • MON 15
Jefferies • PHI 15

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Veras • FLA 21
2. Lewis • 2TM 18
3. DeShields • LAD 14
4. Sanders • CIN 12
Young • COL 12
Brumfield • PIT 12
Finley • SDP 12
8. Carr • FLA 11
Martin • PIT 11
10. Bonds • SFG 10
Kelly • 2TM 10

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Larkin • CIN 91.07
2. Roberts • SDP 90.91
3. Tarasco • MON 88.89
4. Mondesí • LAD 87.10
Lansing • MON 87.10
6. Walker • COL 84.21
7. Hill • SFG 83.33
White • MON 83.33
Weiss • COL 83.33
10. Sosa • CHC 82.93

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. Sosa • CHC 35.0
2. Bonds • SFG 32.0
3. Sanders • CIN 31.5
4. Mondesí • LAD 26.5
5. Biggio • HOU 26.4
6. Gant • CIN 25.7
7. Hill • SFG 24.5
Lankford • STL 24.5
9. Larkin • CIN 23.2
10. Jordan • STL 23.0

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. Gwynn • SDP 35.7
2. Jefferies • PHI 18.5
3. Grace • CHC 12.0
4. Reed • SDP 11.7
5. Larkin • CIN 10.1
6. Butler • 2TM 10.1
7. Lemke • ATL 10.0
8. Segui • 2TM 9.7
9. Finley • SDP 9.1
10. Grissom • ATL 9.0

AB per HR

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

1. Piazza • LAD 13.6
2. Walker • COL 13.7
3. Gant • CIN 14.1
4. Bichette • COL 14.5
5. Bonds • SFG 15.3
6. Sosa • CHC 15.7
7. Castilla • COL 16.5
8. Justice • ATL 17.1
9. Klesko • ATL 14.3 **
10. Karros • LAD 17.2

Outs Made

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

1. McRae • CHC 437
2. Grissom • ATL 431
3. Sosa • CHC 430
4. Finley • SDP 421
5. Galarraga • COL 420
6. Biggio • HOU 418
7. Bichette • COL 414
8. Bell • PIT 413
9. Hayes • PHI 412
10. McGriff • ATL 411

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 • SFG 63.67
2. Sanders • CIN 55.40
3. Piazza • LAD 51.51
4. Larkin • CIN 45.90
5. Biggio • HOU 45.28
6. Grace • CHC 43.83
7. Gwynn • SDP 41.94
8. Bagwell • HOU 38.30
9. Bichette • COL 36.28
10. Gant • CIN 33.59

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 • SFG 7.5
2. Grace • CHC 4.8
3. Bagwell • HOU 4.6
4. Karros • LAD 4.4
5. Gant • CIN 4.4
6. Gwynn • SDP 4.2
7. Larkin • CIN 4.1
8. Biggio • HOU 4.1
9. Sanders • CIN 4.0
10. Bichette • COL 3.9

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 • SFG 5.7
2. Piazza • LAD 4.9
3. Sanders • CIN 4.6
4. Biggio • HOU 4.4
5. Larkin • CIN 4.4
6. Grace • CHC 3.9
7. Gant • CIN 3.3
8. Karros • LAD 3.2
9. Walker • COL 3.1
10. Klesko • ATL 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. Biggio • HOU 5.5
2. Karros • LAD 5.2
3. Bagwell • HOU 4.8
4. Bichette • COL 4.4
5. Bonds • SFG 4.0
6. Piazza • LAD 3.2
7. Walker • COL 3.0
8. Gant • CIN 2.7
9. DeShields • LAD 2.4
10. Justice • ATL 2.4

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. Bonds • SFG 6.1
2. Sanders • CIN 5.2
3. Piazza • LAD 5.1
4. Biggio • HOU 4.5
5. Larkin • CIN 4.4
6. Grace • CHC 4.2
7. Gwynn • SDP 4.0
8. Bagwell • HOU 3.8
9. Gant • CIN 3.2
10. Karros • LAD 3.2

rOBA

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

1. Piazza • LAD .449
2. Sanders • CIN .441
3. Bonds • SFG .438
4. Walker • COL .429
5. Bichette • COL .422
6. Larkin • CIN .420
7. Gant • CIN .419
8. Biggio • HOU .409
9. Bagwell • HOU .402
10. Grace • CHC .401

Rbat+

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

1. Piazza • LAD 190
2. Bonds • SFG 176
3. Sanders • CIN 172
4. Gant • CIN 157
5. Biggio • HOU 156
6. Bagwell • HOU 155
7. Karros • LAD 150
8. Grace • CHC 149
9. Larkin • CIN 148
10. Gwynn • SDP 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