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. Brown • SDP 9.1
2. Bonds • SFG 8.1
3. Olerud • NYM 7.6
4. McGwire • STL 7.5
5. Guerrero • MON 7.4
Jones • ATL 7.4
7. Maddux • ATL 7.1
8. Jones • ATL 7.0
Jordan • STL 7.0
10. Leiter • NYM 6.8

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 8.1
2. Olerud • NYM 7.6
3. McGwire • STL 7.5
4. Guerrero • MON 7.4
Jones • ATL 7.4
6. Jones • ATL 7.0
Jordan • STL 7.0
8. Rolen • PHI 6.7
9. Biggio • HOU 6.5
10. Sosa • CHC 6.4

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. McGwire • STL 9.2
2. Biggio • HOU 7.4
3. Bonds • SFG 7.2
4. Jones • ATL 6.9
5. Piazza • 3TM 6.5
6. Sosa • CHC 6.3
7. Olerud • NYM 6.2
8. Vaughn • SDP 6.2
9. Bagwell • HOU 6.0
10. Lankford • STL 6.0

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. Jones • ATL 3.9
2. Abreu • PHI 2.2
3. Kotsay • FLA 2.1
4. Jordan • STL 2.0
5. Cirillo • MIL 2.0
6. Jones • MON 1.8
7. White • ARI 1.5
8. Johnson • 2TM 1.5
9. Rolen • PHI 1.4
10. Morandini • CHC 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. Walker • COL .363
2. Olerud • NYM .354
3. Bichette • COL .331
4. Piazza • 3TM .328
5. Kendall • PIT .327
6. Biggio • HOU .325
7. Guerrero • MON .324
8. Cirillo • MIL .321
9. Gwynn • SDP .321
10. Castilla • COL .319

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. McGwire • STL .470
2. Olerud • NYM .447
3. Walker • COL .445
4. Bonds • SFG .438
5. Sheffield • 2TM .428
6. Bagwell • HOU .424
7. Kendall • PIT .411
8. Abreu • PHI .409
9. Jones • ATL .404
10. Biggio • HOU .403

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. McGwire • STL .752
2. Sosa • CHC .647
3. Walker • COL .630
4. Bonds • SFG .609
5. Vaughn • SDP .597
6. Galarraga • ATL .595
7. Castilla • COL .589
8. Guerrero • MON .589
9. Alou • HOU .582
10. Piazza • 3TM .570

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. McGwire • STL 1.222
2. Walker • COL 1.075
3. Bonds • SFG 1.047
4. Sosa • CHC 1.024
5. Olerud • NYM .998
6. Galarraga • ATL .991
7. Alou • HOU .981
8. Bagwell • HOU .981
9. Piazza • 3TM .960
10. Vaughn • SDP .960

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Castilla • COL 162
Pérez • COL 162
3. Bichette • COL 161
Burnitz • MIL 161
5. Jones • ATL 160
Biggio • HOU 160
Olerud • NYM 160
Rolen • PHI 160
9. Jones • ATL 159
Sosa • CHC 159
Alou • HOU 159
Viña • MIL 159
Guerrero • MON 159
McRae • NYM 159
Womack • PIT 159
Young • PIT 159
Finley • SDP 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Glanville • PHI 678
2. Bichette • COL 662
3. Womack • PIT 655
4. Pérez • COL 647
5. Biggio • HOU 646
6. Castilla • COL 645
7. Sosa • CHC 643
8. Viña • MIL 637
9. Bell • HOU 630
10. Guerrero • MON 623

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 738
2. Glanville • PHI 735
3. Sosa • CHC 722
Viña • MIL 722
5. Pérez • COL 712
6. Rolen • PHI 711
7. Jones • ATL 707
8. Womack • PIT 704
9. Grace • CHC 698
10. Castilla • COL 697
Bonds • SFG 697

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Sosa • CHC 134
2. McGwire • STL 130
3. Bagwell • HOU 124
4. Jones • ATL 123
Biggio • HOU 123
6. Rolen • PHI 120
Bonds • SFG 120
8. Walker • COL 113
9. Vaughn • SDP 112
10. Bell • HOU 111

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Bichette • COL 219
2. Biggio • HOU 210
3. Castilla • COL 206
4. Guerrero • MON 202
5. Sosa • CHC 198
Bell • HOU 198
Viña • MIL 198
8. Olerud • NYM 197
9. Cirillo • MIL 194
10. Glanville • PHI 189

Total Bases

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

1. Sosa • CHC 416
2. McGwire • STL 383
3. Castilla • COL 380
4. Guerrero • MON 367
5. Vaughn • SDP 342
6. Alou • HOU 340
7. Bichette • COL 337
8. Bonds • SFG 336
9. Galarraga • ATL 330
10. Jones • ATL 329

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Biggio • HOU 51
2. Young • CIN 48
Bichette • COL 48
4. Walker • COL 46
5. Floyd • FLA 45
Rolen • PHI 45
7. Fullmer • MON 44
Bonds • SFG 44
9. Bell • HOU 41
10. Young • PIT 40
Finley • SDP 40

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Dellucci • ARI 12
2. Larkin • CIN 10
3. Pérez • COL 9
Guerrero • 2TM 9
5. García • ARI 8
Jones • ATL 8
DeShields • STL 8
8. Brown • CHC 7
Hernández • CHC 7
Dunwoody • FLA 7
Kotsay • FLA 7
Viña • MIL 7
Guerrero • MON 7
Glanville • PHI 7
Womack • PIT 7
Bonds • SFG 7
Jordan • STL 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. McGwire • STL 70
2. Sosa • CHC 66
3. Vaughn • SDP 50
4. Castilla • COL 46
5. Galarraga • ATL 44
6. Alou • HOU 38
Burnitz • MIL 38
Guerrero • MON 38
9. Bonds • SFG 37
10. Jones • ATL 34
López • ATL 34
Bagwell • HOU 34

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Sosa • CHC 158
2. McGwire • STL 147
3. Castilla • COL 144
4. Kent • SFG 128
5. Burnitz • MIL 125
6. Alou • HOU 124
7. Bichette • COL 122
Bonds • SFG 122
9. Galarraga • ATL 121
10. Vaughn • SDP 119

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. McGwire • STL 162
2. Bonds • SFG 130
3. Bagwell • HOU 109
4. Jones • ATL 96
Olerud • NYM 96
6. Sheffield • 2TM 95
7. Grace • CHC 93
Rolen • PHI 93
9. Lankford • STL 86
10. Alou • HOU 84
Abreu • PHI 84
Veras • SDP 84

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Sosa • CHC 171
2. Burnitz • MIL 158
3. McGwire • STL 155
4. Lankford • STL 151
5. Galarraga • ATL 146
6. Rolen • PHI 141
7. Hernández • CHC 140
8. Sanders • CIN 137
Andrews • MON 137
10. Abreu • PHI 133

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Womack • PIT 58
2. Biggio • HOU 50
3. Young • LAD 42
4. Rentería • FLA 41
5. Bonds • SFG 28
6. Jones • ATL 27
Floyd • FLA 27
8. Larkin • CIN 26
Kendall • PIT 26
DeShields • STL 26
Lankford • STL 26

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Womack • PIT 149
2. Cirillo • MIL 148
3. Bichette • COL 147
4. Glanville • PHI 146
5. Viña • MIL 145
6. Morandini • CHC 140
7. Biggio • HOU 137
8. Hamilton • 2TM 136
9. Olerud • NYM 135
10. Pérez • COL 134

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. McGwire • STL 216
2. Bonds • SFG 178
3. Olerud • NYM 163
4. Sosa • CHC 160
5. Bagwell • HOU 158
6. Walker • COL 158
7. Galarraga • ATL 157
8. Alou • HOU 157
9. Vaughn • SDP 156
10. Sheffield • 2TM 155

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. McGwire • STL 193
2. Bonds • SFG 153
3. Sosa • CHC 149
4. Biggio • HOU 142
5. Olerud • NYM 141
6. Alou • HOU 138
7. Jones • ATL 136
8. Galarraga • ATL 134
Bagwell • HOU 134
10. Rolen • PHI 131

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. McGwire • STL 95
2. Bonds • SFG 71
3. Olerud • NYM 57
4. Sosa • CHC 53
5. Bagwell • HOU 52
6. Alou • HOU 50
7. Galarraga • ATL 47
8. Vaughn • SDP 46
9. Jones • ATL 45
10. Walker • COL 44

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. McGwire • STL 8.9
2. Bonds • SFG 6.7
3. Olerud • NYM 5.4
4. Sosa • CHC 5.0
5. Bagwell • HOU 4.9
6. Alou • HOU 4.7
7. Galarraga • ATL 4.4
8. Vaughn • SDP 4.3
9. Jones • ATL 4.2
10. Walker • COL 4.1

Extra Base Hits

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

1. McGwire • STL 91
2. Bonds • SFG 88
3. Sosa • CHC 86
4. Guerrero • MON 82
Vaughn • SDP 82
6. Rolen • PHI 80
7. Castilla • COL 78
8. Alou • HOU 77
9. Biggio • HOU 73
10. Galarraga • ATL 72
Jones • ATL 72
Bichette • COL 72
Walker • COL 72

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. McGwire • STL 320
2. Bonds • SFG 305
3. Biggio • HOU 297
Olerud • NYM 297
5. Jones • ATL 285
6. Grace • CHC 280
Bagwell • HOU 280
8. Rolen • PHI 278
9. Cirillo • MIL 277
Viña • MIL 277

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. McGwire • STL .875
2. Walker • COL .827
3. Olerud • NYM .784
4. Bonds • SFG .783
5. Bagwell • HOU .754
6. Galarraga • ATL .751
7. Sheffield • 2TM .749
8. Alou • HOU .745
9. Lankford • STL .734
10. Piazza • 3TM .731

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Kendall • PIT 31
2. Galarraga • ATL 25
Viña • MIL 25
4. Biggio • HOU 23
Santangelo • MON 23
6. Fox • ARI 18
7. Rolen • PHI 11
Young • PIT 11
Grudzielanek • 2TM 11
10. Lee • FLA 10
Gaetti • 2TM 10

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Pérez • COL 22
2. Jones • MON 15
Ordóñez • NYM 15
4. Glavine • ATL 14
Pérez • 2TM 14
6. Weiss • ATL 12
Jones • NYM 12
Reed • NYM 12
Schilling • PHI 12
Schmidt • PIT 12
Hamilton • 2TM 12

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Bell • HOU 10
Brogna • PHI 10
Kent • SFG 10
4. Young • PIT 9
Burks • 2TM 9
Sheffield • 2TM 9
7. Jones • ATL 8
López • ATL 8
Lewis • PHI 8
Kendall • PIT 8
Caminiti • SDP 8
Gwynn • SDP 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Bonds • SFG 29
2. McGwire • STL 28
3. Sosa • CHC 14
Abreu • PHI 14
Piazza • 3TM 14
6. Guerrero • MON 13
7. Sheffield • 2TM 12
8. Galarraga • ATL 11
Alou • HOU 11
Ausmus • HOU 11
Olerud • NYM 11

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. Cirillo • MIL 26
2. Castilla • COL 24
3. Boone • CIN 23
4. López • ATL 22
Bichette • COL 22
6. Baerga • NYM 21
7. Sosa • CHC 20
Gutiérrez • HOU 20
Young • PIT 20
10. Williams • ARI 19
Hernández • SDP 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Rentería • FLA 22
2. Viña • MIL 16
3. Floyd • FLA 14
4. Young • LAD 13
5. Everett • HOU 12
Bonds • SFG 12
7. McRae • NYM 11
8. Mondesí • LAD 10
Abreu • PHI 10
DeShields • STL 10

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Stynes • CIN 93.75
2. Larkin • CIN 89.66
3. Womack • PIT 87.88
4. Jones • ATL 87.10
5. Martin • PIT 86.96
6. Biggio • HOU 86.21
7. Lankford • STL 83.87
Kendall • PIT 83.87
9. Bell • HOU 81.25
10. Javier • SFG 80.77

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 • SFG 31.9
2. Jones • ATL 28.9
3. Biggio • HOU 28.6
4. Sosa • CHC 28.3
5. Lankford • STL 28.3
6. Bagwell • HOU 24.4
7. Floyd • FLA 24.2
8. White • ARI 22.0
Sheffield • 2TM 22.0
10. Jones • ATL 21.8

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 25.6
2. Jefferies • PHI 17.9
3. Young • LAD 14.1
4. Viña • MIL 13.8
5. Grace • CHC 10.6
6. Kendall • PIT 10.5
7. Helton • COL 9.8
8. Sheffield • 2TM 9.5
9. Kotsay • FLA 9.5
10. Baerga • NYM 9.3

AB per HR

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

1. McGwire • STL 7.3
2. Sosa • CHC 9.7
3. Vaughn • SDP 11.5
4. Galarraga • ATL 12.6
5. Castilla • COL 14.0
6. Rodríguez • CHC 13.4 **
7. López • ATL 14.4
8. Bonds • SFG 14.9
9. Alou • HOU 15.4
10. Caminiti • SDP 15.6

Outs Made

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

1. Glanville • PHI 511
2. Pérez • COL 510
3. Womack • PIT 493
4. Finley • SDP 484
5. Sosa • CHC 479
6. Castilla • COL 478
7. Bichette • COL 473
8. Burnitz • MIL 470
9. Boone • CIN 468
Viña • MIL 468
Young • PIT 468

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. McGwire • STL 94.34
2. Bonds • SFG 71.34
3. Sosa • CHC 69.58
4. Alou • HOU 58.45
5. Bagwell • HOU 56.33
6. Olerud • NYM 55.24
7. Lankford • STL 51.48
8. Biggio • HOU 50.78
9. Galarraga • ATL 50.66
10. Jones • ATL 48.81

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>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. McGwire • STL 9.6
2. Bonds • SFG 7.0
3. Sosa • CHC 6.3
4. Olerud • NYM 6.0
5. Jones • ATL 5.6
6. Biggio • HOU 5.1
7. Vaughn • SDP 5.0
8. Grace • CHC 4.9
9. Bell • HOU 4.6
10. Alou • HOU 4.6

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. McGwire • STL 9.8
2. Sosa • CHC 7.6
3. Bonds • SFG 6.8
4. Jones • ATL 5.7
5. Olerud • NYM 5.7
6. Biggio • HOU 5.4
7. Walker • COL 5.3
8. Alou • HOU 5.1
9. Guerrero • MON 5.1
10. Galarraga • ATL 5.0

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Gaetti • 2TM 7.6
2. Piazza • 3TM 7.1
3. Sosa • CHC 7.1
4. Olerud • NYM 6.5
5. Grace • CHC 5.4
6. Bonds • SFG 3.5
7. Biggio • HOU 3.3
8. McGwire • STL 3.2
9. Vaughn • SDP 2.9
10. Hayes • SFG 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. McGwire • STL 8.8
2. Bonds • SFG 6.9
3. Sosa • CHC 6.4
4. Alou • HOU 5.6
5. Bagwell • HOU 5.4
6. Olerud • NYM 5.2
7. Lankford • STL 4.9
8. Biggio • HOU 4.8
9. Galarraga • ATL 4.8
10. Jones • ATL 4.6

rOBA

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

1. McGwire • STL .501
2. Walker • COL .473
3. Olerud • NYM .442
4. Bonds • SFG .442
5. Sosa • CHC .440
6. Bagwell • HOU .435
7. Alou • HOU .427
8. Galarraga • ATL .425
9. Jones • ATL .424
10. Piazza • 3TM .423

Rbat+

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

1. McGwire • STL 221
2. Bonds • SFG 182
3. Olerud • NYM 178
4. Walker • COL 177
5. Sosa • CHC 172
6. Bagwell • HOU 171
7. Alou • HOU 166
8. Vaughn • SDP 165
9. Galarraga • ATL 165
10. Piazza • 3TM 165

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