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 9.1
2. Pujols • STL 8.6
3. Prior • CHC 7.9
4. Giles • ATL 7.8
5. Sheffield • ATL 6.8
6. López • ATL 6.8
7. Hernández • MON 6.4
8. Wood • CHC 6.3
9. Helton • COL 6.2
10. Zambrano • CHC 6.1

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 9.1
2. Pujols • STL 8.6
3. Giles • ATL 7.8
4. Sheffield • ATL 6.8
5. López • ATL 6.8
6. Helton • COL 6.2
7. Edmonds • STL 6.0
8. Hidalgo • HOU 5.7
9. Rentería • STL 5.5
10. Abreu • PHI 5.4

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. Bonds • SFG 8.7
2. Pujols • STL 8.5
3. Helton • COL 7.1
4. Sheffield • ATL 7.0
5. López • ATL 6.4
6. Giles • ATL 5.9
7. Rentería • STL 5.7
8. Thome • PHI 5.3
9. Edmonds • STL 5.2
10. Rolen • STL 5.1

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. Lo Duca • LAD 2.9
2. Beltré • LAD 2.8
3. Giles • ATL 2.3
4. Everett • HOU 2.2
5. Rollins • PHI 1.9
6. Polanco • PHI 1.8
7. Ausmus • HOU 1.7
Jones • ATL 1.7
9. Castro • CIN 1.6
10. Ensberg • HOU 1.6

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. Pujols • STL .359
2. Helton • COL .358
3. Bonds • SFG .341
4. Rentería • STL .330
5. Sheffield • ATL .330
6. Kendall • PIT .325
7. López • ATL .328 **
8. Giles • ATL .316
9. Castillo • FLA .314
10. Loretta • SDP .314

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 .529
2. Helton • COL .458
3. Pujols • STL .439
4. Giles • 2TM .427
5. Walker • COL .422
6. Sheffield • ATL .419
7. Berkman • HOU .412
8. Abreu • PHI .409
9. Jones • ATL .402
10. Gonzalez • ARI .402

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 .749
2. López • ATL .687 **
3. Pujols • STL .667
4. Helton • COL .630
5. Edmonds • STL .617
6. Sheffield • ATL .604
7. Thome • PHI .573
8. Hidalgo • HOU .572
9. Sanders • PIT .567 **
10. Sosa • CHC .553

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 1.278
2. Pujols • STL 1.106
3. Helton • COL 1.088
4. López • ATL 1.065 **
5. Sheffield • ATL 1.023
6. Edmonds • STL 1.002
7. Thome • PHI .958
8. Hidalgo • HOU .957
9. Giles • 2TM .941
10. Guerrero • MON 1.012 **

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Pierre • FLA 162
Sexson • MIL 162
Cabrera • MON 162
4. Helton • COL 160
Bagwell • HOU 160
Green • LAD 160
7. Thome • PHI 159
Ramírez • 2TM 159
9. Beltré • LAD 158
Izturis • LAD 158
Abreu • PHI 158
Cruz • SFG 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Pierre • FLA 668
2. Furcal • ATL 664
3. Biggio • HOU 628
Rollins • PHI 628
5. Cabrera • MON 626
6. Green • LAD 611
7. Ramírez • 2TM 607
8. Sexson • MIL 606
9. Bagwell • HOU 605
10. Encarnación • FLA 601

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. Pierre • FLA 747
2. Furcal • ATL 734
3. Sexson • MIL 718
4. Biggio • HOU 717
5. Helton • COL 703
6. Bagwell • HOU 702
7. Thome • PHI 698
8. Abreu • PHI 695
9. Green • LAD 691
Cabrera • MON 691

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Pujols • STL 137
2. Helton • COL 135
3. Furcal • ATL 130
4. Sheffield • ATL 126
5. Thome • PHI 111
Bonds • SFG 111
7. Berkman • HOU 110
8. Bagwell • HOU 109
9. Jones • ATL 103
10. Biggio • HOU 102

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Pujols • STL 212
2. Helton • COL 209
3. Pierre • FLA 204
4. Furcal • ATL 194
Rentería • STL 194
6. Kendall • PIT 191
7. Sheffield • ATL 190
8. Castillo • FLA 187
9. Cabrera • MON 186
10. Loretta • SDP 185

Total Bases

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

1. Pujols • STL 394
2. Helton • COL 367
3. Sheffield • ATL 348
4. Sexson • MIL 332
5. Thome • PHI 331
6. Wilson • COL 322
7. Bagwell • HOU 317
8. López • ATL 314
9. Gonzalez • ARI 308
10. Payton • COL 307

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Pujols • STL 51
2. Giles • ATL 49
Helton • COL 49
Green • LAD 49
Rolen • STL 49
6. Cabrera • MON 47
Rentería • STL 47
8. Gonzalez • ARI 46
9. Biggio • HOU 44
10. Wilson • COL 43
Hidalgo • HOU 43

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Finley • ARI 10
Furcal • ATL 10
3. Podsednik • MIL 8
Lofton • 2TM 8
5. Patterson • CHC 7
Walker • COL 7
Pierre • FLA 7
Núñez • PIT 7
9. Cintrón • ARI 6
Castillo • FLA 6
Encarnación • FLA 6
González • FLA 6
Berkman • HOU 6
Izturis • LAD 6
Wigginton • NYM 6
Rollins • PHI 6
Burroughs • SDP 6
Giles • 2TM 6

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Thome • PHI 47
2. Sexson • MIL 45
Bonds • SFG 45
4. López • ATL 43
Pujols • STL 43
6. Sosa • CHC 40
7. Sheffield • ATL 39
Bagwell • HOU 39
Edmonds • STL 39
10. Jones • ATL 36
Wilson • COL 36

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Wilson • COL 141
2. Sheffield • ATL 132
3. Thome • PHI 131
4. Sexson • MIL 124
Pujols • STL 124
6. Helton • COL 117
7. Jones • ATL 116
8. López • ATL 109
9. Jones • ATL 106
Ramírez • 2TM 106

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bonds • SFG 148
2. Helton • COL 111
Thome • PHI 111
4. Abreu • PHI 109
5. Berkman • HOU 107
6. Giles • 2TM 105
7. Cruz • SFG 102
8. Walker • COL 98
Sexson • MIL 98
10. Gonzalez • ARI 94
Jones • ATL 94

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Thome • PHI 182
2. Hernández • 3TM 177
3. Wilkerson • MON 155
4. Sexson • MIL 151
5. Sosa • CHC 143
6. Burrell • PHI 142
7. Wilson • COL 139
8. Lee • FLA 131
Helms • MIL 131
10. Edmonds • STL 127

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Pierre • FLA 65
2. Podsednik • MIL 43
3. Roberts • LAD 40
4. Rentería • STL 34
5. Lofton • 2TM 30
6. Young • 2TM 28
7. Furcal • ATL 25
8. Cabrera • MON 24
9. Abreu • PHI 22
10. Castillo • FLA 21
Lee • FLA 21

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Pierre • FLA 168
2. Castillo • FLA 156
3. Kendall • PIT 153
4. Loretta • SDP 140
5. Furcal • ATL 134
6. Rentería • STL 133
7. Casey • CIN 131
8. Podsednik • MIL 129
9. Helton • COL 122
10. Cabrera • MON 120
Grissom • 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. Bonds • SFG 231
2. Pujols • STL 187
3. Helton • COL 165
4. Sheffield • ATL 162
5. Edmonds • STL 160
6. Thome • PHI 154
7. Giles • 2TM 145
8. Hidalgo • HOU 143
9. Sexson • MIL 140
10. Berkman • HOU 138

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. Pujols • STL 176
2. Helton • COL 168
3. Bonds • SFG 166
4. Sheffield • ATL 150
5. Thome • PHI 135
6. Sexson • MIL 126
7. Gonzalez • ARI 123
8. Berkman • HOU 121
9. Jones • ATL 120
10. Giles • ATL 118

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 90
2. Pujols • STL 79
3. Helton • COL 65
4. Sheffield • ATL 56
5. Thome • PHI 48
6. López • ATL 44
7. Edmonds • STL 40
8. Giles • 2TM 39
9. Sexson • MIL 37
10. Abreu • PHI 37

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 8.3
2. Pujols • STL 7.3
3. Helton • COL 6.0
4. Sheffield • ATL 5.3
5. Thome • PHI 4.5
6. López • ATL 4.1
7. Edmonds • STL 3.8
8. Giles • 2TM 3.7
9. Sexson • MIL 3.5
10. Abreu • PHI 3.5

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Pujols • STL 95
2. Helton • COL 87
3. Wilson • COL 80
Thome • PHI 80
5. Sheffield • ATL 78
Rolen • STL 78
7. Gonzalez • ARI 76
8. López • ATL 75
Hidalgo • HOU 75
Sexson • MIL 75

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 322
2. Pujols • STL 301
3. Bonds • SFG 291
4. Sheffield • ATL 284
Abreu • PHI 284
6. Gonzalez • ARI 273
7. Sexson • MIL 272
8. Berkman • HOU 271
9. Thome • PHI 269
10. Kendall • PIT 265

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 .903
2. Pujols • STL .833
3. Helton • COL .816
4. Sheffield • ATL .775
5. Giles • 2TM .725
6. Edmonds • STL .723
7. Thome • PHI .720
8. Berkman • HOU .713
9. Hidalgo • HOU .706
Jones • ATL .706

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Biggio • HOU 27
2. Kendall • PIT 25
3. LaRue • CIN 20
4. Ginter • MIL 17
5. Kinkade • LAD 16
6. González • FLA 13
Wilson • PIT 13
8. Lieberthal • PHI 12
9. Giles • ATL 11
Grudzielanek • CHC 11
Walker • COL 11
Burroughs • SDP 11
Viña • STL 11

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Castillo • FLA 15
Pierre • FLA 15
Schmidt • SFG 15
4. Franklin • MIL 12
Vázquez • MON 12
Morris • STL 12
7. Everett • HOU 11
Trachsel • NYM 11
Wilson • PIT 11
Tomko • STL 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Ramírez • 2TM 11
2. Cabrera • MON 9
Pérez • NYM 9
Klesko • SDP 9
5. Sheffield • ATL 8
Martínez • CHC 8
7. Fick • ATL 7
Helton • COL 7
Johnson • COL 7
Clark • MIL 7
Helms • MIL 7
Abreu • PHI 7
Alfonzo • SFG 7
Cruz • SFG 7
Cairo • STL 7
Martinez • STL 7
Rentería • STL 7
Rolen • STL 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Bonds • SFG 61
2. Guerrero • MON 22
3. Helton • COL 21
4. Gonzalez • ARI 17
5. Matheny • STL 16
6. Walker • COL 14
7. Jones • ATL 13
González • FLA 13
Berkman • HOU 13
Abreu • PHI 13

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. Payton • COL 27
2. Bagwell • HOU 25
Clayton • MIL 25
4. Wilson • COL 23
5. Castilla • ATL 22
6. Lo Duca • LAD 21
Phillips • NYM 21
Rentería • STL 21
Ramírez • 2TM 21
10. Gonzalez • ARI 19
Casey • CIN 19
Helton • COL 19
Rolen • STL 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Pierre • FLA 20
2. Castillo • FLA 19
3. Roberts • LAD 14
4. Rollins • PHI 12
Young • 2TM 12
6. Podsednik • MIL 10
Wilkerson • MON 10
8. Cedeño • NYM 9
Abreu • PHI 9
Lofton • 2TM 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Furcal • ATL 92.59
2. Cabrera • MON 92.31
3. Polanco • PHI 87.50
4. Boone • CIN 83.33
5. Rentería • STL 82.93
6. Sheffield • ATL 81.82
7. Rolen • STL 81.25
Reyes • NYM 81.25
9. Podsednik • MIL 81.13
10. Goodwin • CHC 79.17

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. Lee • FLA 25.0
2. Sheffield • ATL 24.6
3. Abreu • PHI 21.0
4. Sanders • PIT 20.2
5. Wilson • COL 20.2
6. Cabrera • MON 19.9
7. Young • 2TM 19.5
8. Encarnación • FLA 19.0
9. Rentería • STL 18.8
10. Furcal • ATL 18.8

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. Pierre • FLA 19.1
2. Kendall • PIT 14.7
3. Polanco • PHI 12.9
4. Alfonzo • SFG 12.5
5. Rentería • STL 10.9
6. Young • 2TM 10.8
7. Lofton • 2TM 10.7
8. Lo Duca • LAD 10.5
9. Sheffield • ATL 10.5
10. Vidro • MON 10.2

AB per HR

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

1. Bonds • SFG 8.7
2. López • ATL 10.6 **
3. Edmonds • STL 11.5
4. Thome • PHI 12.3
5. Sosa • CHC 12.9
6. Sexson • MIL 13.5
7. Pujols • STL 13.7
8. Sanders • PIT 14.6 **
9. Sheffield • ATL 14.8
10. Burnitz • 2TM 15.0

Outs Made

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

1. Pierre • FLA 511
2. Rollins • PHI 491
3. Furcal • ATL 480
4. Ramírez • 2TM 476
5. Encarnación • FLA 475
Biggio • HOU 475
7. Cabrera • MON 472
8. Bagwell • HOU 469
9. Sexson • MIL 467
10. Green • LAD 466

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 84.77
2. Helton • COL 79.46
3. Pujols • STL 77.23
4. Sheffield • ATL 74.89
5. Thome • PHI 55.38
6. Berkman • HOU 51.53
7. Abreu • PHI 48.42
8. Jones • ATL 47.04
9. Sexson • MIL 43.32
10. López • ATL 43.06

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 8.0
2. Pujols • STL 6.3
3. Helton • COL 5.6
4. Sheffield • ATL 5.2
5. Berkman • HOU 5.0
6. Thome • PHI 4.8
7. Jones • ATL 4.6
8. Giles • ATL 4.0
9. Sexson • MIL 4.0
10. Podsednik • MIL 3.9

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 8.2
2. Pujols • STL 7.6
3. Helton • COL 7.1
4. Sheffield • ATL 6.8
5. Thome • PHI 5.6
6. Sexson • MIL 4.7
7. Berkman • HOU 4.7
8. Gonzalez • ARI 4.2
9. López • ATL 4.1
10. Rolen • STL 4.1

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. Thome • PHI 5.7
2. Pujols • STL 5.2
3. Berkman • HOU 5.0
4. Bonds • SFG 4.1
5. Abreu • PHI 2.7
6. Lee • FLA 2.5
7. Vidro • MON 2.4
8. Drew • STL 2.3
9. Sosa • CHC 2.3
10. Edmonds • STL 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 7.8
2. Pujols • STL 7.3
3. Sheffield • ATL 6.9
4. Helton • COL 6.9
5. Thome • PHI 5.4
6. Berkman • HOU 4.8
7. Abreu • PHI 4.7
8. Jones • ATL 4.4
9. Sexson • MIL 4.1
10. Rentería • STL 4.0

rOBA

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

1. Bonds • SFG .514
2. Pujols • STL .470
3. Helton • COL .462
4. Sheffield • ATL .448
5. Edmonds • STL .422
6. Berkman • HOU .410
7. Hidalgo • HOU .409
8. Giles • 2TM .409
9. Thome • PHI .408
10. Giles • ATL .408

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 242
2. Pujols • STL 200
3. Helton • COL 181
4. Sheffield • ATL 177
5. Edmonds • STL 167
6. Thome • PHI 161
7. Giles • 2TM 154
8. Sexson • MIL 152
9. Hidalgo • HOU 151
10. Berkman • HOU 151

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