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 • SFG 11.8
2. Sosa • CHC 10.2
3. Johnson • ARI 9.5
4. Schilling • ARI 8.5
5. Gonzalez • ARI 7.9
6. Walker • COL 7.8
7. Helton • COL 7.7
8. Green • LAD 7.0
9. Aurilia • SFG 6.7
10. Floyd • FLA 6.6

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 • SFG 11.8
2. Sosa • CHC 10.2
3. Gonzalez • ARI 7.9
4. Walker • COL 7.8
5. Helton • COL 7.7
6. Green • LAD 7.0
7. Aurilia • SFG 6.7
8. Floyd • FLA 6.6
9. Pujols • STL 6.6
10. Berkman • HOU 6.5

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 12.3
2. Sosa • CHC 9.7
3. Gonzalez • ARI 7.5
4. Jones • ATL 7.3
5. Helton • COL 7.1
6. Berkman • HOU 6.9
7. Nevin • SDP 6.7
8. Green • LAD 6.6
9. Walker • COL 6.4
10. Aurilia • SFG 6.4

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. Jones • ATL 3.0
2. Polanco • STL 2.7
3. Glanville • PHI 2.3
4. Cirillo • COL 2.2
5. Cabrera • MON 2.1
6. Ausmus • HOU 1.9
7. Belliard • MIL 1.6
8. Womack • ARI 1.5
9. Counsell • ARI 1.5
10. Jordan • ATL 1.4
Rentería • STL 1.4
Wilson • PIT 1.4

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 .350
2. Helton • COL .336
3. Alou • HOU .331
4. Berkman • HOU .331
5. Jones • ATL .330
6. Pujols • STL .329
7. Bonds • SFG .328
8. Sosa • CHC .328
9. Pierre • COL .327
10. Gonzalez • ARI .325

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 .515
2. Walker • COL .449
3. Sosa • CHC .437
4. Helton • COL .432
5. Berkman • HOU .430
6. Gonzalez • ARI .429
7. Jones • ATL .427
8. Sheffield • LAD .417
9. Edmonds • STL .410
10. Giles • PIT .404

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 • SFG .863
2. Sosa • CHC .737
3. Gonzalez • ARI .688
4. Helton • COL .685
5. Walker • COL .662
6. Berkman • HOU .620
7. Pujols • STL .610
8. Jones • ATL .605
9. Green • LAD .598
10. Giles • PIT .590

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 1.379
2. Sosa • CHC 1.174
3. Gonzalez • ARI 1.117
4. Helton • COL 1.116
5. Walker • COL 1.111
6. Berkman • HOU 1.051
7. Jones • ATL 1.032
8. Pujols • STL 1.013
9. Sheffield • LAD 1.000
10. Giles • PIT .994

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Gonzalez • ARI 162
Cabrera • MON 162
Abreu • PHI 162
4. Jones • ATL 161
Bagwell • HOU 161
Green • LAD 161
Pujols • STL 161
8. Sosa • CHC 160
Giles • PIT 160
10. Jones • ATL 159
Helton • COL 159
Guerrero • MON 159
Kent • SFG 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Rollins • PHI 656
2. Aurilia • SFG 636
3. Glanville • PHI 634
4. Viña • STL 631
5. Cabrera • MON 626
6. Jones • ATL 625
7. Green • LAD 619
8. Pierre • COL 617
Biggio • HOU 617
10. Gonzalez • ARI 609

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. Gonzalez • ARI 728
2. Rollins • PHI 720
3. Bagwell • HOU 717
Biggio • HOU 717
5. Sosa • CHC 711
6. Abreu • PHI 704
7. Green • LAD 701
8. Helton • COL 697
9. Kent • SFG 696
10. Jones • ATL 693

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Sosa • CHC 146
2. Helton • COL 132
3. Bonds • SFG 129
4. Gonzalez • ARI 128
5. Bagwell • HOU 126
6. Floyd • FLA 123
7. Green • LAD 121
8. Biggio • HOU 118
Abreu • PHI 118
10. Giles • PIT 116

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Aurilia • SFG 206
2. Pierre • COL 202
3. Gonzalez • ARI 198
4. Helton • COL 197
5. Pujols • STL 194
6. Berkman • HOU 191
Viña • STL 191
8. Jones • ATL 189
Sosa • CHC 189
10. Green • LAD 184
Guerrero • MON 184

Total Bases

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

1. Sosa • CHC 425
2. Gonzalez • ARI 419
3. Bonds • SFG 411
4. Helton • COL 402
5. Green • LAD 370
6. Aurilia • SFG 364
7. Pujols • STL 360
8. Berkman • HOU 358
9. Jones • ATL 346
10. Bagwell • HOU 341

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Berkman • HOU 55
2. Helton • COL 54
3. Kent • SFG 49
4. Abreu • PHI 48
5. Pujols • STL 47
6. Guerrero • MON 45
7. Floyd • FLA 44
8. Young • CHC 43
Bagwell • HOU 43
10. Cabrera • MON 41

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Rollins • PHI 12
2. Pierre • COL 11
Uribe • COL 11
4. Castillo • FLA 10
5. Pérez • COL 8
Viña • STL 8
Tucker • 2TM 8
8. Gonzalez • ARI 7
Giles • PIT 7
Ochoa • 2TM 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Bonds • SFG 73
2. Sosa • CHC 64
3. Gonzalez • ARI 57
4. Helton • COL 49
Green • LAD 49
6. Sexson • MIL 45
7. Nevin • SDP 41
8. Bagwell • HOU 39
9. Jones • ATL 38
Walker • COL 38

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Sosa • CHC 160
2. Helton • COL 146
3. Gonzalez • ARI 142
4. Bonds • SFG 137
5. Bagwell • HOU 130
Pujols • STL 130
7. Berkman • HOU 126
Nevin • SDP 126
9. Green • LAD 125
Sexson • MIL 125

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bonds • SFG 177
2. Sosa • CHC 116
3. Bagwell • HOU 106
Abreu • PHI 106
5. Gonzalez • ARI 100
6. Jones • ATL 98
Helton • COL 98
8. Sheffield • LAD 94
9. Edmonds • STL 93
10. Berkman • HOU 92

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Hernández • MIL 185
2. Sexson • MIL 178
3. Burrell • PHI 162
4. Stevens • MON 157
5. Sosa • CHC 153
6. Burnitz • MIL 150
7. Nevin • SDP 147
8. Lankford • 2TM 145
9. Jones • ATL 142
10. Abreu • PHI 137

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Pierre • COL 46
Rollins • PHI 46
3. Guerrero • MON 37
4. Abreu • PHI 36
5. Castillo • FLA 33
6. Young • CHC 31
7. Womack • ARI 28
Glanville • PHI 28
9. Reese • CIN 25
Henderson • SDP 25

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Pierre • COL 163
2. Viña • STL 144
3. Polanco • STL 140
4. Kendall • PIT 127
Aurilia • SFG 127
6. Glanville • PHI 125
Rollins • PHI 125
8. Biggio • HOU 122
9. Cirillo • COL 118
10. Gutiérrez • CHC 117

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 259
2. Sosa • CHC 203
3. Gonzalez • ARI 174
4. Sheffield • LAD 164
5. Berkman • HOU 161
6. Walker • COL 160
7. Helton • COL 160
8. Jones • ATL 160
9. Nevin • SDP 158
10. Pujols • STL 157

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 230
2. Sosa • CHC 193
3. Gonzalez • ARI 182
4. Helton • COL 174
5. Berkman • HOU 158
6. Walker • COL 155
7. Jones • ATL 147
8. Green • LAD 141
Pujols • STL 141
10. Giles • PIT 140

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 126
2. Sosa • CHC 93
3. Gonzalez • ARI 71
4. Helton • COL 60
5. Berkman • HOU 59
6. Jones • ATL 55
7. Sheffield • LAD 53
8. Pujols • STL 52
9. Walker • COL 52
10. Green • LAD 49

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 11.4
2. Sosa • CHC 8.5
3. Gonzalez • ARI 6.5
4. Helton • COL 5.6
5. Berkman • HOU 5.4
6. Jones • ATL 5.1
7. Sheffield • LAD 4.9
8. Pujols • STL 4.9
9. Walker • COL 4.9
10. Green • LAD 4.5

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Bonds • SFG 107
2. Helton • COL 105
3. Sosa • CHC 103
4. Gonzalez • ARI 100
5. Berkman • HOU 94
6. Pujols • STL 88
7. Bagwell • HOU 86
8. Green • LAD 84
9. Guerrero • MON 83
Abreu • PHI 83

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 342
2. Gonzalez • ARI 312
3. Sosa • CHC 311
4. Helton • COL 300
5. Berkman • HOU 296
6. Jones • ATL 289
7. Bagwell • HOU 285
8. Abreu • PHI 277
9. Biggio • HOU 274
10. Giles • PIT 272
Pujols • STL 272

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 .917
2. Sosa • CHC .844
3. Walker • COL .831
4. Gonzalez • ARI .815
5. Helton • COL .813
6. Berkman • HOU .789
7. Jones • ATL .764
8. Sheffield • LAD .750
9. Giles • PIT .742
10. Pujols • STL .736

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Biggio • HOU 28
2. Viña • STL 22
3. Kendall • PIT 20
4. Hidalgo • HOU 16
5. Gonzalez • ARI 14
Walker • COL 14
7. Berkman • HOU 13
Rolen • PHI 13
9. White • MIL 12
10. Grudzielanek • LAD 11
Young • PIT 11
Kent • SFG 11

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Glavine • ATL 17
Gutiérrez • CHC 17
Wilson • PIT 17
4. Dempster • FLA 16
Vázquez • MON 16
6. Young • CHC 15
Lugo • HOU 15
8. Schilling • ARI 14
Pierre • COL 14
Polanco • STL 14

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Kent • SFG 13
2. Sosa • CHC 12
Rolen • PHI 12
4. Gutiérrez • CHC 11
Hidalgo • HOU 11
6. Lowell • FLA 10
Edmonds • STL 10
8. Jones • ATL 9
Cirillo • COL 9
Lo Duca • LAD 9
Abreu • PHI 9
Lee • PHI 9
Klesko • SDP 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Sosa • CHC 37
2. Bonds • SFG 35
3. Gonzalez • ARI 24
Guerrero • MON 24
5. Jones • ATL 20
6. Floyd • FLA 19
Piazza • NYM 19
8. Ordóñez • NYM 17
9. Helton • COL 15
10. Alou • HOU 14
Giles • PIT 14

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. Guerrero • MON 24
2. Coomer • CHC 23
3. Young • CIN 22
Polanco • STL 22
5. Pujols • STL 21
6. Bagwell • HOU 20
Sexson • MIL 20
Piazza • NYM 20
9. Castilla • HOU 19
Santiago • SFG 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Pierre • COL 17
2. Castillo • FLA 16
Guerrero • MON 16
4. Young • CHC 14
Abreu • PHI 14
Kendall • PIT 14
7. Ochoa • 2TM 13
8. Lugo • HOU 11
Young • PIT 11
10. Sanders • ARI 10
Jones • ATL 10

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Reese • CIN 86.21
2. White • MIL 85.71
Floyd • FLA 85.71
4. Klesko • SDP 85.19
Rollins • PHI 85.19
6. Green • LAD 83.33
7. Shumpert • COL 82.35
Hunter • PHI 82.35
Glanville • PHI 82.35
10. Bonds • SFG 81.25
Drew • STL 81.25

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. Guerrero • MON 35.4
2. Abreu • PHI 33.3
3. Green • LAD 28.4
4. Klesko • SDP 26.0
5. Floyd • FLA 22.8
6. Bonds • SFG 22.1
7. Rollins • PHI 21.5
8. Wilson • FLA 21.4
9. Walker • COL 20.5
10. Sanders • ARI 19.7

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. Pierre • COL 21.3
2. Viña • STL 18.0
3. Lo Duca • LAD 15.3
4. Young • CHC 13.4
5. Grace • ARI 13.2
6. Polanco • STL 13.1
7. Kendall • PIT 12.6
8. Cabrera • MON 11.6
9. Ordóñez • NYM 10.7
10. Surhoff • ATL 10.1

AB per HR

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

1. Bonds • SFG 6.5
2. Sosa • CHC 9.0
3. Gonzalez • ARI 10.7
4. Helton • COL 12.0
5. Green • LAD 12.6
6. Walker • COL 13.1
7. Sexson • MIL 13.3
8. Nevin • SDP 13.3
9. Sanders • ARI 13.4 **
10. Piazza • NYM 14.0

Outs Made

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

1. Rollins • PHI 503
2. Glanville • PHI 498
3. Jones • ATL 491
4. Cabrera • MON 486
5. Young • CHC 482
6. Kendall • PIT 479
7. Sexson • MIL 463
8. Viña • STL 459
9. Biggio • HOU 458
Guerrero • MON 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. Bonds • SFG 118.88
2. Sosa • CHC 90.62
3. Gonzalez • ARI 73.56
4. Berkman • HOU 72.92
5. Helton • COL 72.74
6. Bagwell • HOU 67.89
7. Green • LAD 65.65
8. Walker • COL 64.84
9. Jones • ATL 61.55
10. Pujols • STL 54.60

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. Bonds • SFG 11.5
2. Berkman • HOU 7.1
3. Sosa • CHC 6.6
4. Walker • COL 6.1
5. Green • LAD 5.7
6. Klesko • SDP 5.5
7. Helton • COL 5.5
8. Bagwell • HOU 5.3
9. Sheffield • LAD 5.2
10. Giles • PIT 5.2

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 • SFG 12.7
2. Sosa • CHC 8.5
3. Helton • COL 7.8
4. Gonzalez • ARI 7.4
5. Green • LAD 6.6
6. Walker • COL 6.1
7. Berkman • HOU 6.1
8. Pujols • STL 5.9
9. Jones • ATL 5.7
10. Giles • PIT 5.7

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. Bonds • SFG 12.0
2. Sosa • CHC 6.3
3. Berkman • HOU 5.5
4. Green • LAD 5.2
5. Gonzalez • ARI 4.4
6. Bagwell • HOU 4.3
7. Jones • ATL 4.2
8. Abreu • PHI 4.1
9. Rolen • PHI 4.1
10. Sheffield • LAD 3.7

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 11.2
2. Sosa • CHC 8.5
3. Gonzalez • ARI 6.5
4. Berkman • HOU 6.5
5. Green • LAD 6.3
6. Bagwell • HOU 6.1
7. Helton • COL 6.1
8. Jones • ATL 5.6
9. Walker • COL 5.4
10. Pujols • STL 5.1

rOBA

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

1. Bonds • SFG .542
2. Sosa • CHC .475
3. Walker • COL .468
4. Helton • COL .467
5. Gonzalez • ARI .459
6. Berkman • HOU .447
7. Jones • ATL .436
8. Pujols • STL .431
9. Sheffield • LAD .425
10. Nevin • SDP .424

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 260
2. Sosa • CHC 210
3. Gonzalez • ARI 183
4. Helton • COL 178
5. Berkman • HOU 176
6. Walker • COL 175
7. Nevin • SDP 174
8. Jones • ATL 173
9. Sheffield • LAD 173
10. Pujols • STL 169

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