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. Walker • COL 9.8
2. Biggio • HOU 9.3
3. Martínez • MON 8.8
4. Piazza • LAD 8.7
5. Bonds • SFG 8.1
6. Maddux • ATL 7.7
7. Bagwell • HOU 7.7
8. Brown • FLA 6.8
9. Glavine • ATL 6.5
10. Schilling • PHI 6.3

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. Walker • COL 9.8
2. Biggio • HOU 9.3
3. Piazza • LAD 8.7
4. Bonds • SFG 8.1
5. Bagwell • HOU 7.7
6. Alfonzo • NYM 6.2
7. Mondesí • LAD 5.7
8. Lankford • STL 5.2
9. Lofton • ATL 4.9
10. Blauser • ATL 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. Piazza • LAD 8.9
2. Walker • COL 8.9
3. Biggio • HOU 7.5
4. Bagwell • HOU 6.8
5. Bonds • SFG 6.8
6. Gwynn • SDP 5.8
7. Lankford • STL 5.6
8. Caminiti • SDP 5.2
9. Blauser • ATL 5.1
10. Jones • ATL 4.6

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. Johnson • FLA 2.7
2. White • MON 2.7
3. Ordóñez • NYM 2.6
4. Jones • ATL 2.5
5. Clayton • STL 2.4
6. Biggio • HOU 2.3
7. Ausmus • HOU 2.1
8. Alfonzo • NYM 2.1
Lofton • ATL 2.1
10. Bogar • HOU 1.9

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 .372
2. Walker • COL .366
3. Piazza • LAD .362
4. Lofton • ATL .333
5. Joyner • SDP .327
6. Grace • CHC .319
7. Galarraga • COL .318
8. Alfonzo • NYM .315
9. Mondesí • LAD .310
10. Biggio • HOU .309

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. Walker • COL .452
2. Bonds • SFG .446
3. Piazza • LAD .431
4. Bagwell • HOU .425
5. Sheffield • FLA .424
6. Biggio • HOU .415
7. Lankford • STL .411
8. Lofton • ATL .409
9. Gwynn • SDP .409
10. Grace • CHC .409

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. Walker • COL .720
2. Piazza • LAD .638
3. Bagwell • HOU .592
4. Galarraga • COL .585
5. Lankford • STL .585
6. Bonds • SFG .585
7. Hundley • NYM .549
8. Castilla • COL .547
9. Gwynn • SDP .547
10. Mondesí • LAD .541

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. Walker • COL 1.172
2. Piazza • LAD 1.070
3. Bonds • SFG 1.031
4. Bagwell • HOU 1.017
5. Lankford • STL .996
6. Galarraga • COL .974
7. Gwynn • SDP .957
8. Hundley • NYM .943
9. Biggio • HOU .916
10. Castilla • COL .904

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Sosa • CHC 162
Bagwell • HOU 162
Biggio • HOU 162
Karros • LAD 162
5. Zeile • LAD 160
6. Castilla • COL 159
Mondesí • LAD 159
Bonds • SFG 159
9. Jones • ATL 157
Snow • SFG 157

At Bats

At Bats

1. Grudzielanek • MON 649
2. Sosa • CHC 642
3. Womack • PIT 641
4. Karros • LAD 628
5. Young • 2TM 622
6. Biggio • HOU 619
7. Rentería • FLA 617
8. Mondesí • LAD 616
9. Castilla • COL 612
10. Galarraga • COL 600

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 744
2. Young • 2TM 718
3. Bagwell • HOU 717
4. Karros • LAD 700
5. Sosa • CHC 694
6. Rentería • FLA 691
7. Bonds • SFG 690
8. Womack • PIT 689
9. Grudzielanek • MON 688
10. Jones • ATL 679

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Biggio • HOU 146
2. Walker • COL 143
3. Bonds • SFG 123
4. Galarraga • COL 120
5. Bagwell • HOU 109
6. Young • 2TM 106
7. Piazza • LAD 104
8. Finley • SDP 101
9. Jones • ATL 100
10. Gwynn • SDP 97

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Gwynn • SDP 220
2. Walker • COL 208
3. Piazza • LAD 201
4. Galarraga • COL 191
Biggio • HOU 191
Mondesí • LAD 191
7. Castilla • COL 186
8. Womack • PIT 178
9. Grace • CHC 177
Grudzielanek • MON 177

Total Bases

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

1. Walker • COL 409
2. Piazza • LAD 355
3. Galarraga • COL 351
4. Castilla • COL 335
Bagwell • HOU 335
6. Mondesí • LAD 333
7. Gwynn • SDP 324
8. Bonds • SFG 311
9. Biggio • HOU 310
10. Sosa • CHC 308

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Grudzielanek • MON 54
2. Gwynn • SDP 49
3. Walker • COL 46
4. Lansing • MON 45
5. Mondesí • LAD 42
6. Jones • ATL 41
7. Bagwell • HOU 40
Morandini • PHI 40
9. Bonilla • FLA 39
Clayton • STL 39

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. DeShields • STL 14
2. Pérez • COL 10
3. Guerrero • LAD 9
Randa • PIT 9
Womack • PIT 9
6. Biggio • HOU 8
Daulton • 2TM 8
Johnson • 2TM 8
Young • 2TM 8
10. Tucker • ATL 7
Sanders • CIN 7
Martin • PIT 7
Vizcaíno • SFG 7
McRae • 2TM 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Walker • COL 49
2. Bagwell • HOU 43
3. Galarraga • COL 41
4. Castilla • COL 40
Piazza • LAD 40
Bonds • SFG 40
7. Sosa • CHC 36
8. Burks • COL 32
9. Karros • LAD 31
Zeile • LAD 31
Lankford • STL 31

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Galarraga • COL 140
2. Bagwell • HOU 135
3. Walker • COL 130
4. Piazza • LAD 124
5. Kent • SFG 121
6. Sosa • CHC 119
Gwynn • SDP 119
8. Bichette • COL 118
9. Alou • FLA 115
10. Castilla • COL 113

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bonds • SFG 145
2. Bagwell • HOU 127
3. Sheffield • FLA 121
4. Snow • SFG 96
5. Lankford • STL 95
6. Grace • CHC 88
7. Zeile • LAD 85
Olerud • NYM 85
9. Biggio • HOU 84
10. Hundley • NYM 83

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Sosa • CHC 174
2. Gant • STL 162
3. Rodríguez • MON 149
4. Galarraga • COL 141
5. Rolen • PHI 138
6. Kent • SFG 133
7. Klesko • ATL 130
8. Lankford • STL 125
9. Snow • SFG 124
10. Bagwell • HOU 122

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Womack • PIT 60
2. Sanders • CIN 56
3. DeShields • STL 55
4. Biggio • HOU 47
5. Young • 2TM 45
6. Bonds • SFG 37
7. Walker • COL 33
Veras • SDP 33
9. Rentería • FLA 32
Mondesí • LAD 32
Dunston • 2TM 32

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Gwynn • SDP 152
2. Rentería • FLA 143
3. Womack • PIT 137
4. Lofton • ATL 133
5. Piazza • LAD 128
6. Grace • CHC 127
7. Young • 2TM 125
8. Biggio • HOU 124
Alfonzo • NYM 124
10. Morandini • PHI 120
Vizcaíno • SFG 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. Piazza • LAD 185
2. Walker • COL 178
3. Bonds • SFG 170
4. Bagwell • HOU 168
5. Lankford • STL 159
6. Gwynn • SDP 156
7. Hundley • NYM 148
8. Biggio • HOU 143
9. Caminiti • SDP 141
10. Mondesí • LAD 140

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. Walker • COL 187
2. Bagwell • HOU 153
3. Bonds • SFG 151
4. Piazza • LAD 150
5. Biggio • HOU 148
6. Galarraga • COL 134
7. Gwynn • SDP 132
8. Mondesí • LAD 116
9. Lankford • STL 115
10. Castilla • COL 113

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. Walker • COL 71
2. Piazza • LAD 69
3. Bagwell • HOU 64
4. Bonds • SFG 64
5. Gwynn • SDP 51
6. Biggio • HOU 45
7. Lankford • STL 44
8. Mondesí • LAD 34
9. Caminiti • SDP 32
10. Olerud • NYM 32

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. Walker • COL 6.7
2. Piazza • LAD 6.5
3. Bagwell • HOU 6.0
4. Bonds • SFG 6.0
5. Gwynn • SDP 4.8
6. Biggio • HOU 4.3
7. Lankford • STL 4.1
8. Mondesí • LAD 3.2
9. Caminiti • SDP 3.0
10. Olerud • NYM 3.0

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Walker • COL 99
2. Bagwell • HOU 85
3. Mondesí • LAD 77
4. Galarraga • COL 75
5. Piazza • LAD 73
6. Sosa • CHC 71
Bonds • SFG 71
8. Lankford • STL 70
9. Kent • SFG 69
10. Gwynn • SDP 68

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. Biggio • HOU 309
2. Bonds • SFG 308
3. Bagwell • HOU 305
4. Walker • COL 300
5. Piazza • LAD 273
6. Grace • CHC 267
7. Gwynn • SDP 266
8. Galarraga • COL 262
9. Young • 2TM 254
10. Jones • ATL 252
Olerud • NYM 252

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. Walker • COL .857
2. Piazza • LAD .805
3. Bonds • SFG .790
4. Bagwell • HOU .772
5. Biggio • HOU .751
6. Gwynn • SDP .747
7. Lankford • STL .744
8. Galarraga • COL .723
9. Hundley • NYM .697
10. Blauser • ATL .683

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Biggio • HOU 34
2. Kendall • PIT 31
3. Santangelo • MON 25
4. Blauser • ATL 20
5. Galarraga • COL 17
6. Bagwell • HOU 16
7. Sheffield • FLA 15
8. Walker • COL 14
9. Olerud • NYM 13
Rolen • PHI 13
Kent • SFG 13

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Rentería • FLA 19
2. Glavine • ATL 17
3. Butler • LAD 15
4. Ordóñez • NYM 14
5. Guerrero • LAD 13
Vizcaíno • SFG 13
7. Santangelo • MON 12
Morandini • PHI 12
Schilling • PHI 12
10. Foster • CHC 11
Trachsel • CHC 11
Park • LAD 11
Beech • PHI 11
Astacio • 2TM 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Gilkey • NYM 12
Gwynn • SDP 12
3. Joyner • SDP 10
Kent • SFG 10
5. Blauser • ATL 9
Karros • LAD 9
Daulton • 2TM 9
8. Grace • CHC 8
Bonilla • FLA 8
Bagwell • HOU 8
Huskey • NYM 8
Olerud • NYM 8
Young • PIT 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Bonds • SFG 34
2. Bagwell • HOU 27
3. Hundley • NYM 16
4. Walker • COL 14
5. Snow • SFG 13
6. Segui • MON 12
Gwynn • SDP 12
8. Sheffield • FLA 11
Piazza • LAD 11
10. López • ATL 10
Lankford • STL 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. McGriff • ATL 22
2. Huskey • NYM 21
3. Gaetti • STL 20
4. Jones • ATL 19
Piazza • LAD 19
Olerud • NYM 19
Clayton • STL 19
8. Grace • CHC 18
Bonilla • FLA 18
Zeile • LAD 18
White • MON 18
Young • 2TM 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Lofton • ATL 20
2. Rentería • FLA 15
Mondesí • LAD 15
4. DeShields • STL 14
Young • 2TM 14
6. Goodwin • CIN 13
Sanders • CIN 13
Morandini • PHI 13
9. Sosa • CHC 12
Veras • SDP 12
Johnson • 2TM 12

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Womack • PIT 89.55
2. Javier • SFG 89.29
3. Henderson • SDP 87.88
4. Finley • SDP 83.33
5. Biggio • HOU 82.46
6. Larkin • CIN 82.35
7. Bonds • SFG 82.22
8. Sanders • CIN 81.16
9. Walker • COL 80.49
10. Jones • ATL 80.00
Dunston • 2TM 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. Walker • COL 39.4
2. Bonds • SFG 38.4
3. Bagwell • HOU 36.0
4. Mondesí • LAD 31.0
5. Biggio • HOU 30.0
6. Sosa • CHC 27.3
7. Lankford • STL 25.0
8. Galarraga • COL 22.0
9. Jones • ATL 20.5
10. White • MON 20.4

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. Gwynn • SDP 21.1
2. Jefferies • PHI 17.6
3. Grace • CHC 12.3
4. Young • 2TM 11.5
5. Glanville • CHC 10.3
6. Alfonzo • NYM 9.3
7. Kendall • PIT 9.2
8. Joyner • SDP 8.9
9. Grudzielanek • MON 8.5
10. Gonzalez • HOU 8.2

AB per HR

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

1. Walker • COL 11.6
2. Bagwell • HOU 13.2
3. Bonds • SFG 13.3
4. Piazza • LAD 13.9
Hundley • NYM 13.9
6. Burks • COL 13.3 **
7. Galarraga • COL 14.6
8. Lankford • STL 15.0
9. Castilla • COL 15.3
10. Sosa • CHC 17.8

Outs Made

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

1. Sosa • CHC 514
2. Rentería • FLA 503
3. Grudzielanek • MON 500
4. Young • 2TM 496
5. Karros • LAD 487
6. Womack • PIT 478
7. White • MON 463
8. Kent • SFG 462
9. Clayton • STL 459
10. Mondesí • LAD 455
McRae • 2TM 455

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. Walker • COL 86.37
2. Gwynn • SDP 75.06
3. Piazza • LAD 69.62
4. Bagwell • HOU 68.90
5. Bonds • SFG 66.66
6. Biggio • HOU 59.48
7. Olerud • NYM 50.80
8. Lankford • STL 47.16
9. Galarraga • COL 45.67
10. Alou • FLA 44.44

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. Gwynn • SDP 7.6
2. Walker • COL 7.3
3. Bonds • SFG 6.6
4. Bagwell • HOU 6.3
5. Piazza • LAD 5.6
6. Biggio • HOU 5.4
7. Olerud • NYM 4.6
8. Caminiti • SDP 4.6
9. Daulton • 2TM 4.2
10. Alou • FLA 4.1

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. Walker • COL 8.4
2. Bagwell • HOU 7.3
3. Piazza • LAD 6.9
4. Bonds • SFG 6.6
5. Biggio • HOU 5.6
6. Gwynn • SDP 5.3
7. Galarraga • COL 4.5
8. Lankford • STL 4.2
9. Snow • SFG 3.7
10. Sheffield • FLA 3.3

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 • SFG 7.3
2. Piazza • LAD 5.6
3. Bagwell • HOU 4.8
4. Biggio • HOU 4.3
5. Walker • COL 3.7
6. Alfonzo • NYM 3.2
7. Alou • FLA 3.2
8. Spiers • HOU 2.7
9. Mondesí • LAD 2.6
10. Everett • NYM 2.5

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. Walker • COL 7.3
2. Gwynn • SDP 7.3
3. Piazza • LAD 6.7
4. Bagwell • HOU 6.6
5. Bonds • SFG 6.3
6. Biggio • HOU 5.7
7. Olerud • NYM 4.9
8. Lankford • STL 4.5
9. Alou • FLA 4.3
10. Snow • SFG 3.9

rOBA

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

1. Walker • COL .507
2. Piazza • LAD .473
3. Bonds • SFG .450
4. Bagwell • HOU .441
5. Galarraga • COL .432
6. Lankford • STL .426
7. Biggio • HOU .422
8. Gwynn • SDP .421
9. Caminiti • SDP .406
10. Olerud • NYM .404

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 203
2. Walker • COL 198
3. Bonds • SFG 179
4. Bagwell • HOU 176
5. Gwynn • SDP 166
6. Lankford • STL 164
7. Biggio • HOU 157
8. Caminiti • SDP 153
9. Sheffield • FLA 152
10. Mondesí • LAD 149

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