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 10.6
2. Beltré • LAD 9.5
3. Rolen • STL 9.1
4. Pujols • STL 8.5
5. Drew • ATL 8.3
Helton • COL 8.3
7. Johnson • ARI 8.2
8. Sheets • MIL 7.3
9. Zambrano • CHC 7.3
10. Edmonds • STL 7.2

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 10.6
2. Beltré • LAD 9.5
3. Rolen • STL 9.1
4. Pujols • STL 8.5
5. Drew • ATL 8.3
Helton • COL 8.3
7. Edmonds • STL 7.2
8. Abreu • PHI 6.5
9. Berkman • HOU 6.0
Loretta • SDP 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 11.4
2. Pujols • STL 7.8
3. Beltré • LAD 7.3
4. Helton • COL 7.1
5. Edmonds • STL 7.0
6. Drew • ATL 6.8
7. Abreu • PHI 6.5
8. Loretta • SDP 6.4
9. Berkman • HOU 6.1
10. Rolen • STL 6.1

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. Rolen • STL 3.3
2. Schneider • MON 3.2
3. Everett • HOU 2.5
4. Beltré • LAD 2.5
5. Izturis • LAD 2.3
6. Bell • PHI 2.0
7. Wilson • PIT 1.9
8. LaRue • CIN 1.8
9. Rollins • PHI 1.7
10. Lo Duca • 2TM 1.7

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 .362
2. Helton • COL .347
3. Loretta • SDP .335
4. Beltré • LAD .334
5. Pujols • STL .331
6. Pierre • FLA .326
7. Casey • CIN .324
8. Kendall • PIT .319
9. Ramírez • CHC .318
10. Berkman • HOU .316

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 .609
2. Helton • COL .469
3. Berkman • HOU .450
4. Drew • ATL .436
5. Abreu • PHI .428
6. Edmonds • STL .418
7. Pujols • STL .415
8. Rolen • STL .409
9. Kendall • PIT .399
10. Thome • PHI .396

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 .812
2. Pujols • STL .657
3. Edmonds • STL .643
4. Beltré • LAD .629
5. Helton • COL .620
6. Rolen • STL .598
7. Thome • PHI .581
8. Ramírez • CHC .578
9. Drew • ATL .569
10. Dunn • CIN .569

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 1.422
2. Helton • COL 1.088
3. Pujols • STL 1.072
4. Edmonds • STL 1.061
5. Beltré • LAD 1.017
6. Berkman • HOU 1.016
7. Rolen • STL 1.007
8. Drew • ATL 1.006
9. Thome • PHI .977
10. Abreu • PHI .971

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Pierre • FLA 162
Finley • 2TM 162
3. Lee • CHC 161
Dunn • CIN 161
5. Cabrera • FLA 160
Berkman • HOU 160
Wilkerson • MON 160
8. González • FLA 159
Izturis • LAD 159
Overbay • MIL 159
Abreu • PHI 159
Giles • SDP 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Pierre • FLA 678
2. Izturis • LAD 670
3. Rollins • PHI 657
4. Wilson • PIT 652
5. Podsednik • MIL 640
6. Biggio • HOU 633
7. Patterson • CHC 631
8. Finley • 2TM 628
9. Loretta • SDP 620
10. Jenkins • MIL 617

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 748
2. Izturis • LAD 728
3. Rollins • PHI 725
4. Podsednik • MIL 713
Abreu • PHI 713
6. Giles • SDP 711
7. Loretta • SDP 707
8. Finley • 2TM 706
9. Biggio • HOU 700
10. Wilson • PIT 693

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Pujols • STL 133
2. Bonds • SFG 129
3. Rollins • PHI 119
4. Drew • ATL 118
Abreu • PHI 118
6. Helton • COL 115
7. Wilkerson • MON 112
8. Rolen • STL 109
9. Loretta • SDP 108
10. Alou • CHC 106

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Pierre • FLA 221
2. Loretta • SDP 208
3. Wilson • PIT 201
4. Beltré • LAD 200
5. Pujols • STL 196
6. Izturis • LAD 193
7. Helton • COL 190
Rollins • PHI 190
9. Casey • CIN 185
10. Kendall • PIT 183

Total Bases

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

1. Pujols • STL 389
2. Beltré • LAD 376
3. Helton • COL 339
4. Alou • CHC 335
5. Dunn • CIN 323
6. Edmonds • STL 320
7. Ramírez • CHC 316
8. Castilla • COL 312
Abreu • PHI 312
10. Cabrera • FLA 309

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Overbay • MIL 53
2. Pujols • STL 51
3. Helton • COL 49
4. Biggio • HOU 47
Abreu • PHI 47
Loretta • SDP 47
7. Casey • CIN 44
Lowell • FLA 44
9. Castilla • COL 43
Rollins • PHI 43

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Pierre • FLA 12
Rollins • PHI 12
Wilson • PIT 12
4. Izturis • LAD 9
5. Drew • ATL 8
Freel • CIN 8
Kent • HOU 8
Durham • SFG 8
9. Cintrón • ARI 7
Castillo • FLA 7
Beltrán • HOU 7
Roberts • LAD 7
Podsednik • MIL 7
Giles • SDP 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Beltré • LAD 48
2. Dunn • CIN 46
Pujols • STL 46
4. Bonds • SFG 45
5. Thome • PHI 42
Edmonds • STL 42
7. Alou • CHC 39
8. Burnitz • COL 37
9. Ramírez • CHC 36
Finley • 2TM 36

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Castilla • COL 131
2. Rolen • STL 124
3. Pujols • STL 123
4. Beltré • LAD 121
5. Cabrera • FLA 112
6. Edmonds • STL 111
7. Burnitz • COL 110
Batista • MON 110
9. Kent • HOU 107
10. Alou • CHC 106
Berkman • HOU 106

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bonds • SFG 232
2. Helton • COL 127
Berkman • HOU 127
Abreu • PHI 127
5. Drew • ATL 118
6. Dunn • CIN 108
7. Wilkerson • MON 106
8. Thome • PHI 104
9. Edmonds • STL 101
10. Bagwell • HOU 96

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Dunn • CIN 195
2. Wilson • PIT 169
3. Patterson • CHC 168
4. Jenkins • MIL 152
Wilkerson • MON 152
6. Edmonds • STL 150
7. Cabrera • FLA 148
8. Jones • ATL 147
9. Thome • PHI 144
10. Cameron • NYM 143

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Podsednik • MIL 70
2. Pierre • FLA 45
3. Abreu • PHI 40
4. Freel • CIN 37
5. Roberts • LAD 33
6. Patterson • CHC 32
Chávez • MON 32
8. Rollins • PHI 30
9. Furcal • ATL 29
10. Beltrán • HOU 28

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Pierre • FLA 184
2. Izturis • LAD 148
Kendall • PIT 148
4. Castillo • FLA 143
Loretta • SDP 143
6. Womack • STL 140
7. Wilson • PIT 137
8. Miles • COL 129
9. Burroughs • SDP 128
10. Redman • PIT 122

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 263
2. Pujols • STL 173
3. Edmonds • STL 171
4. Helton • COL 165
5. Beltré • LAD 163
6. Berkman • HOU 160
7. Rolen • STL 158
8. Drew • ATL 157
9. Dunn • CIN 147
10. Abreu • PHI 145

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 203
2. Helton • COL 168
3. Pujols • STL 157
4. Abreu • PHI 152
5. Berkman • HOU 148
6. Edmonds • STL 144
7. Beltré • LAD 143
8. Drew • ATL 141
9. Dunn • CIN 132
10. Rolen • STL 127

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. Pujols • STL 67
3. Helton • COL 64
4. Berkman • HOU 58
5. Edmonds • STL 57
6. Beltré • LAD 54
7. Drew • ATL 50
8. Abreu • PHI 46
9. Rolen • STL 46
10. Dunn • CIN 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 11.3
2. Pujols • STL 6.2
3. Helton • COL 5.9
4. Berkman • HOU 5.4
5. Edmonds • STL 5.3
6. Beltré • LAD 5.0
7. Drew • ATL 4.6
8. Abreu • PHI 4.3
9. Rolen • STL 4.2
10. Dunn • CIN 3.9

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Pujols • STL 99
2. Helton • COL 83
Edmonds • STL 83
4. Castilla • COL 81
5. Dunn • CIN 80
Beltré • LAD 80
7. Alou • CHC 78
Abreu • PHI 78
9. Bonds • SFG 75
10. Berkman • HOU 73
Wilkerson • MON 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 376
2. Helton • COL 320
3. Berkman • HOU 309
4. Abreu • PHI 305
5. Pujols • STL 287
6. Drew • ATL 281
7. Loretta • SDP 275
8. Pierre • FLA 274
9. Giles • SDP 266
10. Dunn • CIN 264

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 .937
2. Helton • COL .831
3. Edmonds • STL .798
4. Drew • ATL .782
5. Berkman • HOU .780
6. Pujols • STL .771
7. Abreu • PHI .771
8. Rolen • STL .759
9. Beltré • LAD .749
10. Thome • PHI .717

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Wilson • PIT 30
2. LaRue • CIN 24
3. Kendall • PIT 19
4. Cora • LAD 18
5. Biggio • HOU 15
Pierzynski • SFG 15
7. Rolen • STL 13
8. Hillenbrand • ARI 12
Freel • CIN 12
Jenkins • MIL 12
Polanco • PHI 12
Hill • PIT 12

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Clayton • COL 24
2. Everett • HOU 22
3. Pierre • FLA 15
Hernández • MON 15
Benson • 2TM 15
6. Oswalt • HOU 13
Schmidt • SFG 13
Tomko • SFG 13
9. Cintrón • ARI 12
Cora • LAD 12
Izturis • LAD 12
Chávez • MON 12

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Loretta • SDP 16
2. Kent • HOU 11
3. Batista • MON 10
Rentería • STL 10
5. Giles • SDP 9
Pujols • STL 9
7. Barrett • CHC 8
Castilla • COL 8
Cabrera • FLA 8
Greene • SDP 8
Edmonds • STL 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Bonds • SFG 120
2. Thome • PHI 26
3. Helton • COL 19
4. Berkman • HOU 14
Piazza • NYM 14
6. Edmonds • STL 12
Pujols • STL 12
8. Gonzalez • ARI 11
Dunn • CIN 11
Ausmus • 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. Pierzynski • SFG 27
2. Ramírez • CHC 25
3. Jones • ATL 24
4. Kent • HOU 23
5. Castilla • COL 22
Grissom • SFG 22
Lo Duca • 2TM 22
8. Pujols • STL 21
9. Bautista • ARI 20
Cabrera • FLA 20

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Pierre • FLA 24
2. Podsednik • MIL 13
3. Bradley • LAD 11
Rentería • STL 11
5. Freel • CIN 10
6. Patterson • CHC 9
Izturis • LAD 9
Rollins • PHI 9
9. Clark • MIL 8
Kendall • PIT 8

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Beltrán • HOU 100.00
2. Roberts • LAD 97.06
3. Reyes • NYM 90.48
4. Abreu • PHI 88.89
5. Podsednik • MIL 84.34
6. Castillo • FLA 84.00
7. Womack • STL 83.87
8. Furcal • ATL 82.86
9. Matsui • NYM 82.35
10. Chávez • MON 82.05

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. Abreu • PHI 34.3
2. Patterson • CHC 27.4
3. Cameron • NYM 25.4
4. Beltrán • HOU 25.3
5. Sanders • STL 21.5
6. Podsednik • MIL 20.5
7. Batista • MON 19.5
8. Rollins • PHI 19.1
9. Furcal • ATL 18.9
10. Wilkerson • MON 18.5

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. Pierre • FLA 19.4
2. Pierzynski • SFG 17.4
3. Casey • CIN 15.9
4. Kendall • PIT 14.0
5. Loretta • SDP 13.8
6. Alfonzo • SFG 13.0
7. Polanco • PHI 12.9
8. Chávez • MON 12.6
9. Hillenbrand • ARI 11.5
10. Pujols • STL 11.4

AB per HR

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

1. Bonds • SFG 8.3
2. Edmonds • STL 11.9
3. Thome • PHI 12.1
4. Dunn • CIN 12.3
5. Beltré • LAD 12.5
6. Pujols • STL 12.9
7. Sosa • CHC 13.7
8. Burnitz • COL 14.6
9. Rolen • STL 14.7
10. Ramírez • CHC 15.2

Outs Made

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

1. Podsednik • MIL 511
2. Pierre • FLA 507
Izturis • LAD 507
4. Finley • 2TM 495
5. Batista • MON 494
6. Rollins • PHI 488
7. Patterson • CHC 485
8. Wilson • PIT 482
9. Jenkins • MIL 480
10. Biggio • HOU 477

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 128.83
2. Helton • COL 66.81
3. Pujols • STL 66.68
4. Abreu • PHI 66.54
5. Berkman • HOU 60.31
6. Edmonds • STL 59.90
7. Rolen • STL 57.14
8. Drew • ATL 51.74
9. Beltré • LAD 50.09
10. Loretta • SDP 44.69

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 13.0
2. Berkman • HOU 6.4
3. Pujols • STL 6.4
4. Edmonds • STL 5.8
5. Beltré • LAD 5.6
6. Helton • COL 5.6
7. Drew • ATL 5.2
8. Abreu • PHI 5.1
9. Rolen • STL 4.2
10. Dunn • CIN 4.1

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 11.3
2. Pujols • STL 7.3
3. Helton • COL 7.0
4. Abreu • PHI 5.9
5. Berkman • HOU 5.8
6. Edmonds • STL 5.8
7. Drew • ATL 5.8
8. Beltré • LAD 5.2
9. Loretta • SDP 4.7
10. Rolen • STL 4.3

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 13.4
2. Snow • SFG 5.0
3. Beltré • LAD 4.6
4. Berkman • HOU 4.5
5. Garciaparra • CHC 3.7
6. Ramírez • CHC 3.6
7. Pujols • STL 3.5
8. Abreu • PHI 3.5
9. Durham • SFG 3.1
10. Cabrera • FLA 2.9

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 11.6
2. Pujols • STL 6.2
3. Abreu • PHI 6.0
4. Helton • COL 5.8
5. Edmonds • STL 5.6
6. Berkman • HOU 5.6
7. Rolen • STL 5.3
8. Drew • ATL 4.8
9. Beltré • LAD 4.8
10. Loretta • SDP 4.4

rOBA

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

1. Bonds • SFG .552
2. Helton • COL .465
3. Pujols • STL .460
4. Edmonds • STL .444
5. Drew • ATL .440
6. Beltré • LAD .435
7. Berkman • HOU .433
8. Abreu • PHI .432
9. Rolen • STL .422
10. Ramírez • CHC .411

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 290
2. Pujols • STL 193
3. Helton • COL 183
4. Edmonds • STL 180
5. Beltré • LAD 177
6. Drew • ATL 173
7. Berkman • HOU 172
8. Rolen • STL 164
9. Abreu • PHI 158
10. Dunn • CIN 155

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