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. Helton • COL 8.8
2. Jones • ATL 8.2
3. Johnson • ARI 8.1
4. Bonds • SFG 7.7
5. Kent • SFG 7.1
6. Brown • LAD 6.7
7. Maddux • ATL 6.6
8. Giles • PIT 6.4
9. Alfonzo • NYM 6.4
10. Edmonds • STL 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. Helton • COL 8.8
2. Jones • ATL 8.2
3. Bonds • SFG 7.7
4. Kent • SFG 7.1
5. Giles • PIT 6.4
6. Alfonzo • NYM 6.4
7. Edmonds • STL 6.3
8. Hidalgo • HOU 6.3
9. Abreu • PHI 6.2
10. Sheffield • LAD 6.0

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. Bonds • SFG 7.3
2. Helton • COL 7.2
3. Kent • SFG 7.1
4. Giles • PIT 6.7
5. Sheffield • LAD 6.5
6. Alfonzo • NYM 6.4
7. Sosa • CHC 6.3
8. Edmonds • STL 6.2
9. Jones • ATL 5.8
10. Guerrero • MON 5.7

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 2.7
2. Matheny • STL 2.4
3. Pérez • COL 2.1
4. Reese • CIN 1.8
5. Blanco • MIL 1.7
6. Goodwin • 2TM 1.4
7. Griffey • CIN 1.3
8. Miller • ARI 1.3
9. Polanco • STL 1.3
10. Jackson • SDP 1.2

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. Helton • COL .372
2. Alou • HOU .355
3. Guerrero • MON .345
4. Hammonds • COL .335
5. Castillo • FLA .334
6. Kent • SFG .334
7. Vidro • MON .330
8. Cirillo • COL .326
9. Sheffield • LAD .325
10. Piazza • NYM .324

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. Helton • COL .463
2. Bonds • SFG .440
3. Sheffield • LAD .438
4. Giles • PIT .432
5. Alfonzo • NYM .425
6. Kent • SFG .424
7. Bagwell • HOU .424
8. Castillo • FLA .418
9. Abreu • PHI .416
10. Alou • HOU .416

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. Helton • COL .698
2. Bonds • SFG .688
3. Guerrero • MON .664
4. Sheffield • LAD .643
5. Hidalgo • HOU .636
6. Sosa • CHC .634
7. Alou • HOU .623
8. Bagwell • HOU .615
9. Piazza • NYM .614
10. Kent • SFG .596

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. Helton • COL 1.162
2. Bonds • SFG 1.127
3. Sheffield • LAD 1.081
4. Guerrero • MON 1.074
5. Sosa • CHC 1.040
6. Bagwell • HOU 1.039
7. Alou • HOU 1.039
8. Hidalgo • HOU 1.028
9. Giles • PIT 1.026
10. Kent • SFG 1.021

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Gonzalez • ARI 162
Pérez • COL 162
Green • LAD 162
4. Jones • ATL 161
Wilson • FLA 161
Burnitz • MIL 161
7. Helton • COL 160
8. Bagwell • HOU 159
Kent • SFG 159
10. Lee • FLA 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Jones • ATL 656
2. Pérez • COL 651
3. Glanville • PHI 637
4. Gonzalez • ARI 618
5. Womack • ARI 617
Grudzielanek • LAD 617
7. Green • LAD 610
8. Young • CHC 607
9. Vidro • MON 606
10. Wilson • FLA 605

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. Jones • ATL 729
2. Gonzalez • ARI 722
3. Bagwell • HOU 719
4. Green • LAD 714
5. Sosa • CHC 705
6. Pérez • COL 699
7. Helton • COL 697
8. Kent • SFG 695
9. Young • CHC 690
10. Glanville • PHI 689

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Bagwell • HOU 152
2. Helton • COL 138
3. Bonds • SFG 129
Edmonds • STL 129
5. Jones • ATL 122
6. Jones • ATL 118
Hidalgo • HOU 118
8. Kent • SFG 114
9. Kendall • PIT 112
10. Cirillo • COL 111
Giles • PIT 111

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Helton • COL 216
2. Vidro • MON 200
3. Jones • ATL 199
4. Guerrero • MON 197
5. Kent • SFG 196
6. Cirillo • COL 195
7. Sosa • CHC 193
8. Gonzalez • ARI 192
9. Pérez • COL 187
10. Kendall • PIT 185

Total Bases

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

1. Helton • COL 405
2. Sosa • CHC 383
3. Guerrero • MON 379
4. Bagwell • HOU 363
5. Jones • ATL 355
Hidalgo • HOU 355
7. Kent • SFG 350
8. Gonzalez • ARI 336
9. Giles • PIT 332
10. Bonds • SFG 330

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Helton • COL 59
2. Cirillo • COL 53
3. Vidro • MON 51
4. Gonzalez • ARI 47
5. Green • LAD 44
6. Hidalgo • HOU 42
Abreu • PHI 42
8. Grace • CHC 41
Kent • SFG 41
10. Young • CHC 40
Alfonzo • NYM 40

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Womack • ARI 14
2. Pérez • COL 11
Guerrero • MON 11
4. Abreu • PHI 10
5. Belliard • MIL 9
Goodwin • 2TM 9
7. Shumpert • COL 7
Walker • COL 7
Bergeron • MON 7
Giles • PIT 7
Owens • SDP 7
Kent • SFG 7
Bautista • 2TM 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Sosa • CHC 50
2. Bonds • SFG 49
3. Bagwell • HOU 47
4. Hidalgo • HOU 44
Guerrero • MON 44
6. Sheffield • LAD 43
7. Helton • COL 42
Edmonds • STL 42
9. Griffey • CIN 40
10. Piazza • NYM 38

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Helton • COL 147
2. Sosa • CHC 138
3. Bagwell • HOU 132
4. Kent • SFG 125
5. Guerrero • MON 123
Giles • PIT 123
7. Hidalgo • HOU 122
8. Wilson • FLA 121
9. Griffey • CIN 118
10. Cirillo • COL 115

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bonds • SFG 117
2. Giles • PIT 114
3. Bagwell • HOU 107
4. Helton • COL 103
Edmonds • STL 103
6. Sheffield • LAD 101
7. Abreu • PHI 100
8. Burnitz • MIL 99
9. Jones • ATL 95
Grace • CHC 95
Alfonzo • NYM 95

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Wilson • FLA 187
2. Sosa • CHC 168
3. Edmonds • STL 167
4. Lankford • STL 148
5. Burrell • PHI 139
6. Rivera • SDP 137
7. Jenkins • MIL 135
8. Snow • SFG 129
9. Galarraga • ATL 126
10. Hernández • MIL 125
Bell • NYM 125

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Castillo • FLA 62
2. Goodwin • 2TM 55
3. Young • CHC 54
4. Womack • ARI 45
5. Furcal • ATL 40
6. Wilson • FLA 36
7. Glanville • PHI 31
8. Reese • CIN 29
Owens • SDP 29
10. Abreu • PHI 28
Jackson • SDP 28

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Castillo • FLA 158
2. Owens • SDP 139
3. Glanville • PHI 134
4. Young • CHC 132
Kendall • PIT 132
6. Cirillo • COL 129
7. Pérez • COL 127
8. Womack • ARI 125
9. Grudzielanek • LAD 124
10. Vidro • MON 123

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 • SFG 188
2. Sheffield • LAD 176
3. Helton • COL 163
4. Kent • SFG 162
5. Guerrero • MON 162
6. Sosa • CHC 161
7. Giles • PIT 157
8. Piazza • NYM 155
9. Bagwell • HOU 152
10. Alou • HOU 151

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. Helton • COL 192
2. Sosa • CHC 157
3. Bagwell • HOU 156
4. Bonds • SFG 155
5. Giles • PIT 151
6. Kent • SFG 149
7. Guerrero • MON 147
8. Sheffield • LAD 143
9. Hidalgo • HOU 140
10. Abreu • PHI 139

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 70
2. Helton • COL 67
3. Sheffield • LAD 62
4. Kent • SFG 60
5. Sosa • CHC 58
6. Giles • PIT 55
7. Guerrero • MON 53
8. Bagwell • HOU 51
9. Alfonzo • NYM 44
10. McGwire • STL 42

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 6.2
2. Helton • COL 6.0
3. Sheffield • LAD 5.6
4. Kent • SFG 5.4
5. Sosa • CHC 5.2
6. Giles • PIT 4.9
7. Guerrero • MON 4.8
8. Bagwell • HOU 4.6
9. Alfonzo • NYM 4.0
10. McGwire • STL 3.8

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Helton • COL 103
2. Sosa • CHC 89
Hidalgo • HOU 89
4. Bagwell • HOU 85
5. Guerrero • MON 83
6. Bonds • SFG 81
Kent • SFG 81
8. Gonzalez • ARI 80
9. Giles • PIT 79
10. Jones • ATL 78

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. Helton • COL 323
2. Bagwell • HOU 305
3. Giles • PIT 297
4. Kent • SFG 295
5. Sosa • CHC 286
6. Abreu • PHI 283
7. Gonzalez • ARI 282
8. Kendall • PIT 279
9. Jones • ATL 277
10. Alfonzo • NYM 276

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. Helton • COL .840
2. Bonds • SFG .812
3. Sheffield • LAD .777
4. Giles • PIT .758
5. Guerrero • MON .751
6. Sosa • CHC .748
7. Bagwell • HOU .742
8. Edmonds • STL .741
9. Kent • SFG .737
10. Alou • HOU .730

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Viña • STL 28
2. Hidalgo • HOU 21
3. Galarraga • ATL 17
4. Biggio • HOU 16
5. Bagwell • HOU 15
Jenkins • MIL 15
Kendall • PIT 15
8. Burnitz • MIL 14
9. Gonzalez • ARI 12
Relaford • 2TM 12

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Gutiérrez • CHC 16
2. Glavine • ATL 14
Millwood • ATL 14
Brown • LAD 14
Bergeron • MON 14
Reed • NYM 14
7. Vázquez • MON 13
Stephenson • STL 13
9. Yoshii • COL 12
Glanville • PHI 12

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Snow • SFG 14
2. Gonzalez • ARI 12
Cirillo • COL 12
Karros • LAD 12
5. Pérez • COL 11
Lowell • FLA 11
7. Jones • ATL 10
Helton • COL 10
9. Finley • ARI 9
Floyd • FLA 9
Alou • HOU 9
Hidalgo • HOU 9
Burnitz • MIL 9
Kent • SFG 9
Rentería • STL 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Guerrero • MON 23
2. Helton • COL 22
Bonds • SFG 22
4. Sosa • CHC 19
5. Griffey • CIN 17
6. Mayne • COL 13
Giles • PIT 13
8. Ventura • NYM 12
McGwire • STL 12
10. Grace • CHC 11
Bagwell • HOU 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. Alou • HOU 21
2. López • ATL 20
Snow • SFG 20
4. Cirillo • COL 19
Bagwell • HOU 19
Rentería • STL 19
7. Bichette • CIN 18
Green • LAD 18
Karros • LAD 18
10. Kotsay • FLA 17
Vidro • MON 17
Nevin • SDP 17
Kent • SFG 17

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Castillo • FLA 22
2. Furcal • ATL 14
Wilson • FLA 14
Owens • SDP 14
5. Bergeron • MON 13
Rentería • STL 13
7. Veras • ATL 12
Kendall • PIT 12
9. Womack • ARI 11
Cedeño • HOU 11
Payton • NYM 11

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Reese • CIN 90.63
2. Floyd • FLA 88.89
3. Young • CHC 88.53
4. Hunter • 2TM 86.96
5. Goodwin • 2TM 84.62
6. Sanders • ATL 84.00
7. Green • LAD 82.76
8. Jackson • SDP 82.35
9. Womack • ARI 80.36
10. Glanville • PHI 79.49

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. Wilson • FLA 33.3
2. Jones • ATL 26.5
3. Abreu • PHI 26.4
4. Klesko • SDP 24.4
5. Green • LAD 24.0
6. Floyd • FLA 23.0
7. Jones • ATL 20.2
8. Hidalgo • HOU 20.1
9. Hollandsworth • 2TM 18.5
10. Rentería • STL 18.2

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. Grace • CHC 18.2
2. Young • CHC 15.6
3. Viña • STL 13.5
4. Kotsay • FLA 11.5
5. Pérez • COL 10.3
6. Alou • HOU 10.1
7. Helton • COL 9.5
8. Owens • SDP 9.3
9. Jones • ATL 9.0
10. Mueller • SFG 9.0

AB per HR

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

1. Bonds • SFG 9.8
2. Sheffield • LAD 11.7
3. Sosa • CHC 12.1
4. Edmonds • STL 12.5
5. Bagwell • HOU 12.6
6. Hidalgo • HOU 12.7
7. Piazza • NYM 12.7
8. Guerrero • MON 13.0
9. Griffey • CIN 13.0
10. McGwire • STL 7.4 **

Outs Made

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

1. Glanville • PHI 500
2. Pérez • COL 497
3. Jones • ATL 480
4. Wilson • FLA 476
5. Green • LAD 475
Grissom • MIL 475
7. Womack • ARI 474
8. Karros • LAD 471
9. Grudzielanek • LAD 469
10. Young • CHC 458
Burnitz • MIL 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. Helton • COL 94.87
2. Bonds • SFG 66.98
3. Kent • SFG 66.67
4. Giles • PIT 65.07
5. Sheffield • LAD 60.54
6. Bagwell • HOU 59.26
7. Sosa • CHC 58.84
8. Burks • SFG 51.42
9. Piazza • NYM 50.91
10. Guerrero • MON 48.73

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. Helton • COL 9.0
2. Bonds • SFG 6.2
3. Giles • PIT 5.9
4. Edmonds • STL 5.5
5. Piazza • NYM 5.3
6. Bagwell • HOU 5.1
7. Sosa • CHC 4.7
8. Kent • SFG 4.7
9. Abreu • PHI 4.6
10. Guerrero • MON 4.3

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 7.2
2. Helton • COL 7.0
3. Sheffield • LAD 6.4
4. Giles • PIT 6.1
5. Guerrero • MON 5.5
6. Bagwell • HOU 5.5
7. Sosa • CHC 5.2
8. Kent • SFG 5.1
9. Edmonds • STL 5.1
10. Piazza • NYM 4.7

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. Piazza • NYM 4.1
2. Helton • COL 3.9
3. Gonzalez • ARI 3.4
4. Bonds • SFG 3.2
5. Edmonds • STL 2.8
6. Sheffield • LAD 2.7
7. Burks • SFG 2.7
8. Alfonzo • NYM 2.6
9. Kent • SFG 2.6
10. Green • LAD 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. Helton • COL 7.6
2. Bonds • SFG 6.2
3. Kent • SFG 6.2
4. Giles • PIT 5.9
5. Sheffield • LAD 5.6
6. Sosa • CHC 5.4
7. Bagwell • HOU 5.2
8. Burks • SFG 4.8
9. Piazza • NYM 4.7
10. Edmonds • STL 4.4

rOBA

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

1. Helton • COL .489
2. Bonds • SFG .465
3. Sheffield • LAD .458
4. Alou • HOU .448
5. Guerrero • MON .444
6. Bagwell • HOU .444
7. Sosa • CHC .443
8. Giles • PIT .440
9. Kent • SFG .439
10. Edmonds • STL .435

Rbat+

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

1. Bonds • SFG 191
2. Sheffield • LAD 186
3. Helton • COL 181
4. Kent • SFG 173
5. Sosa • CHC 171
6. Guerrero • MON 170
7. Giles • PIT 165
8. Alou • HOU 164
9. Piazza • NYM 162
10. Alfonzo • NYM 162

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