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 11.7
2. Johnson • ARI 10.5
3. Schilling • ARI 8.5
4. Kent • SFG 7.1
5. Guerrero • MON 7.0
6. Green • LAD 6.9
7. Oswalt • HOU 6.9
8. Edmonds • STL 6.7
9. Jones • ATL 6.5
10. Rolen • 2TM 6.4

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 11.7
2. Kent • SFG 7.1
3. Guerrero • MON 7.0
4. Green • LAD 6.9
5. Edmonds • STL 6.7
6. Jones • ATL 6.5
7. Rolen • 2TM 6.4
8. Helton • COL 6.3
9. Walker • COL 6.1
10. Abreu • PHI 5.8

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. Bonds • SFG 11.7
2. Giles • PIT 6.9
3. Kent • SFG 6.8
4. Guerrero • MON 6.7
5. Sosa • CHC 6.6
6. Berkman • HOU 6.0
7. Pujols • STL 6.0
8. Edmonds • STL 5.8
9. Abreu • PHI 5.6
10. Green • LAD 5.6

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. Jones • ATL 2.3
2. Furcal • ATL 2.1
3. Uribe • COL 2.0
4. Hernández • MIL 1.9
Wilson • PIT 1.9
6. Rolen • 2TM 1.8
7. Polanco • 2TM 1.8
8. Lockhart • ATL 1.7
9. Counsell • ARI 1.7
10. Shinjo • SFG 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. Bonds • SFG .370
2. Walker • COL .338
3. Guerrero • MON .336
4. Helton • COL .329
5. Jones • ATL .327
6. Vidro • MON .315
7. Pujols • STL .314
8. Kent • SFG .313
9. Edmonds • STL .311
10. Alfonzo • NYM .308

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 .582
2. Giles • PIT .450
3. Jones • ATL .435
4. Helton • COL .429
5. Walker • COL .421
6. Edmonds • STL .420
7. Guerrero • MON .417
8. Abreu • PHI .413
9. Berkman • HOU .405
10. Sheffield • ATL .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 .799
2. Giles • PIT .622
3. Walker • COL .602
4. Sosa • CHC .594
5. Guerrero • MON .593
6. Berkman • HOU .578
7. Helton • COL .577
8. Kent • SFG .565
9. Pujols • STL .561
10. Edmonds • STL .561

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 1.381
2. Giles • PIT 1.072
3. Walker • COL 1.023
4. Guerrero • MON 1.010
5. Helton • COL 1.006
6. Sosa • CHC .993
7. Berkman • HOU .982
8. Edmonds • STL .981
9. Jones • ATL .972
10. Pujols • STL .955

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Boone • CIN 162
Lee • FLA 162
3. Guerrero • MON 161
4. Lowell • FLA 160
5. Beltré • LAD 159
6. Jones • ATL 158
Dunn • CIN 158
Bagwell • HOU 158
Berkman • HOU 158
Green • LAD 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Rollins • PHI 637
2. Furcal • ATL 636
3. Kent • SFG 623
4. Viña • STL 622
5. Guerrero • MON 614
6. Walker • CIN 612
7. Boone • CIN 606
Castillo • FLA 606
9. Vidro • MON 604
10. Lowell • FLA 597

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. Guerrero • MON 709
2. Rollins • PHI 705
3. Furcal • ATL 693
4. Berkman • HOU 692
Viña • STL 692
6. Bagwell • HOU 691
7. Lee • FLA 688
8. Boone • CIN 685
Green • LAD 685
Abreu • PHI 685

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Sosa • CHC 122
2. Pujols • STL 118
3. Bonds • SFG 117
4. Green • LAD 110
5. Helton • COL 107
6. Berkman • HOU 106
Guerrero • MON 106
8. Spivey • ARI 103
Vidro • MON 103
10. Abreu • PHI 102
Kent • SFG 102

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Guerrero • MON 206
2. Kent • SFG 195
3. Vidro • MON 190
4. Castillo • FLA 185
Pujols • STL 185
6. Walker • CIN 183
7. Helton • COL 182
8. Jones • ATL 179
9. Abreu • PHI 176
10. Furcal • ATL 175

Total Bases

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

1. Guerrero • MON 364
2. Kent • SFG 352
3. Berkman • HOU 334
4. Pujols • STL 331
5. Sosa • CHC 330
6. Green • LAD 325
7. Bonds • SFG 322
8. Helton • COL 319
Burrell • PHI 319
10. Giles • PIT 309

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Abreu • PHI 50
2. Lowell • FLA 44
3. Cabrera • MON 43
Vidro • MON 43
5. Walker • CIN 42
Kent • SFG 42
7. Millar • FLA 41
8. Walker • COL 40
Pujols • STL 40
10. Helton • COL 39
Burrell • PHI 39
Klesko • SDP 39

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Rollins • PHI 10
2. McCracken • ARI 8
Furcal • ATL 8
Wilkerson • MON 8
Rolen • 2TM 8
6. Uribe • COL 7
Lee • FLA 7
Roberts • LAD 7
Sánchez • MIL 7
Kotsay • SDP 7
Payton • 2TM 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Sosa • CHC 49
2. Bonds • SFG 46
3. Berkman • HOU 42
Green • LAD 42
5. Guerrero • MON 39
6. Giles • PIT 38
7. Burrell • PHI 37
Kent • SFG 37
9. Jones • ATL 35
10. Pujols • STL 34

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Berkman • HOU 128
2. Pujols • STL 127
3. Burrell • PHI 116
4. Green • LAD 114
5. Guerrero • MON 111
6. Bonds • SFG 110
Rolen • 2TM 110
8. Helton • COL 109
9. Sosa • CHC 108
Kent • SFG 108

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bonds • SFG 198
2. Giles • PIT 135
3. Dunn • CIN 128
4. Jones • ATL 107
Berkman • HOU 107
6. Abreu • PHI 104
7. Sosa • CHC 103
8. Bagwell • HOU 101
9. Helton • COL 99
10. Lee • FLA 98

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Hernández • MIL 188
2. Dunn • CIN 170
3. Lee • FLA 164
4. Wilkerson • MON 161
5. Burrell • PHI 153
6. Vaughn • NYM 145
7. Bellhorn • CHC 144
Sosa • CHC 144
9. Patterson • CHC 142
10. Wilson • FLA 140

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Castillo • FLA 48
2. Pierre • COL 47
3. Roberts • LAD 45
4. Guerrero • MON 40
5. Sánchez • MIL 37
6. Boone • CIN 32
7. Fox • FLA 31
Young • MIL 31
Abreu • PHI 31
Rollins • PHI 31

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Castillo • FLA 160
2. Pierre • COL 144
3. Viña • STL 133
4. Furcal • ATL 128
Guerrero • MON 128
6. Womack • ARI 127
Walker • CIN 127
8. Vidro • MON 125
9. Kendall • PIT 123
10. Alomar • NYM 118
Kotsay • SDP 118

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 268
2. Giles • PIT 177
3. Sosa • CHC 160
4. Guerrero • MON 160
5. Edmonds • STL 158
6. Green • LAD 154
7. Jones • ATL 153
8. Klesko • SDP 152
9. Abreu • PHI 151
10. Walker • COL 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. Bonds • SFG 208
2. Giles • PIT 149
3. Guerrero • MON 145
4. Helton • COL 144
5. Berkman • HOU 140
6. Sosa • CHC 135
7. Jones • ATL 131
8. Abreu • PHI 130
9. Pujols • STL 126
10. Kent • SFG 125

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 124
2. Giles • PIT 65
3. Guerrero • MON 56
4. Sosa • CHC 50
5. Abreu • PHI 48
6. Jones • ATL 48
7. Green • LAD 47
8. Helton • COL 45
9. Edmonds • STL 45
10. Pujols • STL 45

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. Giles • PIT 6.1
3. Guerrero • MON 5.3
4. Sosa • CHC 4.7
5. Abreu • PHI 4.6
6. Jones • ATL 4.6
7. Green • LAD 4.5
8. Helton • COL 4.3
9. Edmonds • STL 4.3
10. Berkman • HOU 4.2
Pujols • STL 4.2

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Kent • SFG 81
2. Giles • PIT 80
3. Berkman • HOU 79
Bonds • SFG 79
5. Guerrero • MON 78
Burrell • PHI 78
7. Abreu • PHI 76
Pujols • STL 76
9. Green • LAD 74
10. Helton • COL 73

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 356
2. Guerrero • MON 296
3. Giles • PIT 290
4. Jones • ATL 288
5. Helton • COL 286
6. Abreu • PHI 283
7. Berkman • HOU 280
8. Bagwell • HOU 277
9. Dunn • CIN 270
10. Sosa • CHC 266
Pujols • STL 266

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 .938
2. Giles • PIT .815
3. Walker • COL .790
4. Helton • COL .788
5. Edmonds • STL .762
6. Jones • ATL .756
7. Berkman • HOU .752
8. Sosa • CHC .749
9. Guerrero • MON .743
10. Abreu • PHI .727

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Wilson • PIT 21
2. Viña • STL 18
3. Biggio • HOU 17
4. Spivey • ARI 16
5. Lieberthal • PHI 14
6. LaRue • CIN 13
7. Sanders • SFG 12
Rolen • 2TM 12
9. Sheffield • ATL 11
10. Jones • ATL 10
Boone • CIN 10
Fox • FLA 10
Bagwell • HOU 10
Lo Duca • LAD 10
Burnitz • NYM 10
Valentin • NYM 10
Vaughn • NYM 10

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Wilson • PIT 17
2. Rusch • MIL 14
3. McCracken • ARI 13
Glavine • ATL 13
Wells • PIT 13
Rueter • SFG 13
Polanco • 2TM 13
8. Wolf • PHI 12
9. Millwood • ATL 11
Vidro • MON 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Lowell • FLA 11
Ramírez • PIT 11
3. Helton • COL 10
4. Bagwell • HOU 9
5. Gonzalez • ARI 7
Larkin • CIN 7
Zeile • COL 7
Hammonds • MIL 7
Aurilia • SFG 7
Bell • SFG 7
Sanders • SFG 7
Santiago • SFG 7
Viña • STL 7
Encarnación • 2TM 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Bonds • SFG 68
2. Guerrero • MON 32
3. Giles • PIT 24
4. Jones • ATL 23
5. Green • LAD 22
6. Helton • COL 21
7. Berkman • HOU 20
8. Floyd • 2TM 19
9. Sosa • CHC 15
10. Anderson • PHI 14
Edmonds • STL 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. Ausmus • HOU 30
2. Zeile • COL 27
3. Green • LAD 26
Piazza • NYM 26
5. Castilla • ATL 22
Rolen • 2TM 22
7. Lo Duca • LAD 20
Guerrero • MON 20
Cruz • SDP 20
Kent • SFG 20
Pujols • STL 20

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Guerrero • MON 20
2. Furcal • ATL 15
Castillo • FLA 15
4. Sánchez • MIL 14
5. Rollins • PHI 13
6. Womack • ARI 12
Pierre • COL 12
Abreu • PHI 12
9. Wilson • FLA 11
Young • MIL 11
Viña • STL 11

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Glanville • PHI 90.48
2. Biggio • HOU 88.89
Goodwin • SFG 88.89
4. Marrero • STL 87.50
5. Cedeño • NYM 86.21
6. Patterson • CHC 85.71
7. Roberts • LAD 81.82
8. Fox • FLA 81.58
9. Finley • ARI 80.00
Boone • CIN 80.00
Alomar • NYM 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. Guerrero • MON 39.5
2. Boone • CIN 28.7
3. Abreu • PHI 24.3
4. Encarnación • 2TM 22.4
5. Lee • FLA 22.3
6. Dunn • CIN 22.0
7. Giles • PIT 21.5
8. Wilson • FLA 21.4
9. Sanders • SFG 20.2
10. Finley • ARI 19.5

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. Kendall • PIT 18.8
2. Lo Duca • LAD 18.7
3. Viña • STL 17.3
4. Polanco • 2TM 13.4
5. Young • MIL 13.1
6. Pierre • COL 11.4
7. Cabrera • MON 10.6
8. Rentería • STL 9.5
9. Ordóñez • NYM 10.0 **
10. Sheffield • ATL 9.3

AB per HR

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

1. Bonds • SFG 8.8
2. Sosa • CHC 11.3
3. Giles • PIT 13.1
4. Berkman • HOU 13.8
5. Green • LAD 13.9
6. Piazza • NYM 14.5
7. Guerrero • MON 15.7
8. Burrell • PHI 15.8
9. Jones • ATL 16.0
10. Bellhorn • CHC 16.5

Outs Made

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

1. Rollins • PHI 518
2. Furcal • ATL 495
3. Boone • CIN 490
4. Viña • STL 484
5. Beltré • LAD 465
6. Womack • ARI 463
Encarnación • 2TM 463
8. Patterson • CHC 462
Uribe • COL 462
Lowell • FLA 462

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 119.42
2. Berkman • HOU 72.92
3. Giles • PIT 67.62
4. Walker • COL 59.75
5. Helton • COL 57.85
6. Guerrero • MON 56.78
7. Sosa • CHC 56.55
8. Pujols • STL 54.32
9. Green • LAD 50.97
10. Jones • ATL 50.38

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 10.5
2. Walker • COL 6.8
3. Guerrero • MON 6.6
4. Giles • PIT 6.2
5. Berkman • HOU 5.5
6. Sheffield • ATL 5.4
7. Abreu • PHI 5.1
8. Kent • SFG 4.9
9. Jones • ATL 4.4
10. Klesko • SDP 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 11.9
2. Giles • PIT 7.0
3. Guerrero • MON 6.1
4. Sosa • CHC 5.5
5. Berkman • HOU 5.2
6. Edmonds • STL 4.9
7. Helton • COL 4.9
8. Green • LAD 4.9
9. Walker • COL 4.9
10. Kent • SFG 4.9

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 11.6
2. Kent • SFG 4.9
3. Green • LAD 4.0
4. Pujols • STL 3.6
5. Guerrero • MON 3.1
6. Grissom • LAD 2.7
7. Berkman • HOU 2.4
8. Edmonds • STL 2.4
9. Spivey • ARI 2.3
10. Vidro • MON 2.2

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 11.3
2. Berkman • HOU 6.7
3. Giles • PIT 6.3
4. Sosa • CHC 5.4
5. Guerrero • MON 5.3
6. Walker • COL 5.3
7. Pujols • STL 5.2
8. Helton • COL 5.1
9. Green • LAD 5.0
10. Klesko • SDP 4.8

rOBA

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

1. Bonds • SFG .555
2. Giles • PIT .451
3. Walker • COL .443
4. Sosa • CHC .438
5. Helton • COL .433
6. Guerrero • MON .433
7. Jones • ATL .423
8. Edmonds • STL .423
9. Berkman • HOU .423
10. Kent • SFG .419

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 283
2. Giles • PIT 184
3. Sosa • CHC 178
4. Guerrero • MON 171
5. Edmonds • STL 168
6. Walker • COL 167
7. Kent • SFG 166
8. Pujols • STL 165
9. Green • LAD 165
10. Klesko • SDP 164

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