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. Pujols • STL 8.4
2. Beltrán • NYM 8.2
3. Utley • PHI 7.3
4. Arroyo • CIN 7.0
5. Webb • ARI 6.9
6. Soriano • WSN 6.1
7. Oswalt • HOU 6.0
8. Berkman • HOU 6.0
9. Rolen • STL 5.8
10. Reyes • NYM 5.8
Smoltz • ATL 5.8

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. Pujols • STL 8.4
2. Beltrán • NYM 8.2
3. Utley • PHI 7.3
4. Soriano • WSN 6.1
5. Berkman • HOU 6.0
6. Rolen • STL 5.8
7. Reyes • NYM 5.8
8. Cabrera • FLA 5.8
Hall • MIL 5.8
10. Jones • ATL 5.6

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. Beltrán • NYM 6.9
2. Pujols • STL 6.8
3. Cabrera • FLA 6.7
4. Howard • PHI 6.1
5. Berkman • HOU 5.7
6. Utley • PHI 5.5
7. Ramírez • FLA 5.2
8. Atkins • COL 5.2
9. Johnson • WSN 5.0
10. Reyes • NYM 5.0

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. Everett • HOU 4.1
2. Barmes • COL 3.2
3. Counsell • ARI 2.7
4. Hall • MIL 2.2
5. Feliz • SFG 2.2
6. Carroll • COL 2.2
7. Taveras • HOU 2.1
8. Utley • PHI 2.1
9. Molina • STL 2.0
10. Rollins • PHI 2.0

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. Sanchez • PIT .344
2. Cabrera • FLA .339
3. Pujols • STL .331
4. Atkins • COL .329
5. Holliday • COL .326
6. McCann • ATL .333 **
7. Lo Duca • NYM .318
8. Berkman • HOU .315
9. Howard • PHI .313
10. Wright • NYM .311

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 .454 **
2. Pujols • STL .431
3. Cabrera • FLA .430
4. Johnson • WSN .428
5. Howard • PHI .425
6. Berkman • HOU .420
7. Atkins • COL .409
8. Helton • COL .404
9. Bay • PIT .396
10. Drew • LAD .393

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. Pujols • STL .671
2. Howard • PHI .659
3. Berkman • HOU .621
4. Beltrán • NYM .594
5. Holliday • COL .586
6. Cabrera • FLA .568
7. Jones • ATL .596 **
8. LaRoche • ATL .561
9. Ramírez • CHC .561
10. McCann • ATL .572 **

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. Pujols • STL 1.102
2. Howard • PHI 1.084
3. Berkman • HOU 1.041
4. Cabrera • FLA .998
5. Beltrán • NYM .982
6. Bonds • SFG .999 **
7. Holliday • COL .973
8. Atkins • COL .965
9. Jones • ATL 1.005 **
10. Johnson • WSN .948

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Francoeur • ATL 162
Pierre • CHC 162
3. Dunn • CIN 160
Utley • PHI 160
Feliz • SFG 160
6. Furcal • LAD 159
Howard • PHI 159
Bay • PIT 159
Soriano • WSN 159
10. Cabrera • FLA 158
Ramírez • FLA 158
Rollins • PHI 158
Giles • SDP 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Pierre • CHC 699
2. Rollins • PHI 689
3. Utley • PHI 658
4. Furcal • LAD 654
5. Francoeur • ATL 651
6. Reyes • NYM 647
Soriano • WSN 647
8. Ramírez • FLA 633
9. López • 2TM 617
10. Zimmerman • WSN 614

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. Rollins • PHI 758
2. Pierre • CHC 750
3. Utley • PHI 739
4. Furcal • LAD 736
5. Soriano • WSN 728
6. Giles • SDP 717
7. López • 2TM 714
8. Howard • PHI 704
9. Reyes • NYM 703
10. Ramírez • FLA 700

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Utley • PHI 131
2. Beltrán • NYM 127
Rollins • PHI 127
4. Reyes • NYM 122
5. Holliday • COL 119
Ramírez • FLA 119
Pujols • STL 119
Soriano • WSN 119
9. Atkins • COL 117
10. Furcal • LAD 113

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Pierre • CHC 204
2. Utley • PHI 203
3. Sanchez • PIT 200
4. Atkins • COL 198
5. Holliday • COL 196
Furcal • LAD 196
7. Cabrera • FLA 195
8. Reyes • NYM 194
9. Rollins • PHI 191
10. Ramírez • FLA 185

Total Bases

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

1. Howard • PHI 383
2. Soriano • WSN 362
3. Pujols • STL 359
4. Holliday • COL 353
5. Utley • PHI 347
6. Atkins • COL 335
7. Ramírez • CHC 333
Berkman • HOU 333
9. Rollins • PHI 329
10. Cabrera • FLA 327

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Sanchez • PIT 53
2. Gonzalez • ARI 52
3. Cabrera • FLA 50
4. Atkins • COL 48
Rolen • STL 48
6. Zimmerman • WSN 47
7. Ramírez • FLA 46
Johnson • WSN 46
9. Holliday • COL 45
Rollins • PHI 45

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Reyes • NYM 17
2. Pierre • CHC 13
Roberts • SDP 13
4. Lofton • LAD 12
Finley • SFG 12
6. Ramírez • FLA 11
7. Sullivan • COL 10
Vizquel • SFG 10
9. Hudson • ARI 9
Furcal • LAD 9
Rollins • PHI 9
Cameron • SDP 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Howard • PHI 58
2. Pujols • STL 49
3. Soriano • WSN 46
4. Berkman • HOU 45
5. Jones • ATL 41
Beltrán • NYM 41
7. Dunn • CIN 40
8. Ramírez • CHC 38
Delgado • NYM 38
10. Hall • MIL 35
Bay • PIT 35

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Howard • PHI 149
2. Pujols • STL 137
3. Berkman • HOU 136
4. Jones • ATL 129
5. Atkins • COL 120
6. Ramírez • CHC 119
7. Beltrán • NYM 116
Wright • NYM 116
9. Holliday • COL 114
Cabrera • FLA 114
Delgado • NYM 114

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bonds • SFG 115
2. Dunn • CIN 112
3. Johnson • WSN 110
4. Howard • PHI 108
5. Giles • SDP 104
6. Bay • PIT 102
7. Ensberg • HOU 101
8. Berkman • HOU 98
Burrell • PHI 98
10. Beltrán • NYM 95

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Dunn • CIN 194
2. Howard • PHI 181
3. Hall • MIL 162
4. Soriano • WSN 160
5. Bay • PIT 156
6. Cameron • SDP 142
7. Kearns • 2TM 135
8. Francoeur • ATL 132
Utley • PHI 132
10. Burrell • PHI 131

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Reyes • NYM 64
2. Pierre • CHC 58
3. Ramírez • FLA 51
4. Roberts • SDP 49
5. López • 2TM 44
6. Soriano • WSN 41
7. Freel • CIN 37
Furcal • LAD 37
9. Rollins • PHI 36
10. Taveras • HOU 33

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Pierre • CHC 156
2. Furcal • LAD 140
3. Sanchez • PIT 139
4. Vizquel • SFG 135
5. Reyes • NYM 128
López • 2TM 128
7. Utley • PHI 127
8. Eckstein • STL 125
9. Taveras • HOU 122
10. Atkins • COL 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. Pujols • STL 178
2. Howard • PHI 167
3. Berkman • HOU 163
4. Cabrera • FLA 159
5. Beltrán • NYM 150
6. Johnson • WSN 149
7. Bay • PIT 138
8. Holliday • COL 137
9. Atkins • COL 136
10. Soriano • WSN 135

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. Howard • PHI 169
2. Pujols • STL 151
3. Berkman • HOU 144
4. Cabrera • FLA 139
5. Utley • PHI 136
6. Atkins • COL 135
7. Holliday • COL 130
Soriano • WSN 130
9. Beltrán • NYM 127
10. Bay • PIT 126

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. Pujols • STL 66
2. Howard • PHI 62
3. Cabrera • FLA 57
4. Berkman • HOU 54
5. Johnson • WSN 45
6. Beltrán • NYM 41
7. Bonds • SFG 39
8. Atkins • COL 37
9. Bay • PIT 36
10. Jones • ATL 35

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. Pujols • STL 6.0
2. Howard • PHI 5.7
3. Cabrera • FLA 5.2
4. Berkman • HOU 5.0
5. Johnson • WSN 4.2
6. Beltrán • NYM 3.8
7. Bonds • SFG 3.6
8. Atkins • COL 3.4
9. Bay • PIT 3.4
10. Jones • ATL 3.2

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Soriano • WSN 89
2. Holliday • COL 84
Howard • PHI 84
4. Pujols • STL 83
5. Ramírez • CHC 80
Beltrán • NYM 80
7. Rollins • PHI 79
8. Atkins • COL 78
Cabrera • FLA 78
Hall • MIL 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. Howard • PHI 299
2. Cabrera • FLA 291
3. Atkins • COL 284
4. Utley • PHI 280
5. Bay • PIT 273
Pujols • STL 273
7. Berkman • HOU 271
8. Furcal • LAD 270
9. Giles • SDP 268
Johnson • WSN 268

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. Howard • PHI .803
2. Pujols • STL .791
3. Berkman • HOU .773
4. Cabrera • FLA .743
5. Beltrán • NYM .730
6. Johnson • WSN .718
7. Atkins • COL .710
8. Holliday • COL .695
9. Bay • PIT .685
10. Utley • PHI .681

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Weeks • MIL 19
2. Rowand • PHI 18
3. Bautista • PIT 16
4. Holliday • COL 15
Eckstein • STL 15
6. Burke • HOU 14
Clark • MIL 14
Utley • PHI 14
Victorino • PHI 14
10. Jones • ATL 13
Encarnación • CIN 13
Johnson • WSN 13

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Oswalt • HOU 20
2. Barmes • COL 19
Sullivan • COL 19
4. Smoltz • ATL 18
5. Cedeño • CHC 15
Fogg • COL 15
7. Hudson • ATL 14
Morris • SFG 14
9. Cook • COL 13
Vizquel • SFG 13
Hernández • 2TM 13

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Delgado • NYM 10
2. Jones • ATL 9
Bay • PIT 9
Sanchez • PIT 9
5. Estrada • ARI 8
Uggla • FLA 8
Berkman • HOU 8
Fielder • MIL 8
Wright • NYM 8
Rolen • STL 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Bonds • SFG 38
2. Howard • PHI 37
3. Pujols • STL 28
4. Cabrera • FLA 27
5. Berkman • HOU 22
6. Soriano • WSN 16
7. Helton • COL 15
Johnson • WSN 15
9. Wright • NYM 13
10. Dunn • CIN 12

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. Atkins • COL 24
González • SDP 24
3. Holliday • COL 22
Castillo • PIT 22
5. Ausmus • HOU 21
6. Pujols • STL 20
Wilson • 2TM 20
8. Phillips • CIN 19
9. Jackson • ARI 18
Cabrera • FLA 18
Giles • SDP 18
Feliz • SFG 18
Bell • 2TM 18
Kearns • 2TM 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Pierre • CHC 20
2. Reyes • NYM 17
Soriano • WSN 17
4. Ramírez • FLA 15
5. Furcal • LAD 13
6. Carroll • COL 12
Amézaga • FLA 12
López • 2TM 12
9. Freel • CIN 11
10. Taveras • HOU 9
Hall • MIL 9
Cameron • SDP 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Duffy • PIT 96.30
2. Phillips • CIN 92.59
3. Rollins • PHI 90.00
4. Byrnes • ARI 89.29
5. Roberts • SDP 89.09
6. Lofton • LAD 86.49
7. Beltrán • NYM 85.71
8. Abreu • PHI 83.33
9. Barfield • SDP 80.77
10. Wright • 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. Soriano • WSN 43.4
2. Rollins • PHI 29.5
3. Reyes • NYM 29.3
4. Ramírez • FLA 25.5
5. Byrnes • ARI 25.5
6. Beltrán • NYM 25.0
7. Cameron • SDP 23.4
8. Wright • NYM 22.6
9. Furcal • LAD 21.3
10. Utley • PHI 20.4

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 • CHC 18.4
2. Garciaparra • LAD 15.6
3. Lo Duca • NYM 13.5
4. Eckstein • STL 12.2
5. Walker • 2TM 11.6
6. Vizquel • SFG 11.4
7. Sanchez • PIT 11.2
8. Lofton • LAD 11.2
9. Hatteberg • CIN 11.1
10. Pujols • STL 10.7

AB per HR

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

1. Howard • PHI 10.0
2. Pujols • STL 10.9
3. Berkman • HOU 11.9
4. Beltrán • NYM 12.4
5. Jones • ATL 13.8
6. Delgado • NYM 13.8
7. Dunn • CIN 14.0
8. Soriano • WSN 14.1
9. Bonds • SFG 14.1 **
10. Hall • MIL 15.3

Outs Made

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

1. Pierre • CHC 532
2. Rollins • PHI 521
3. Francoeur • ATL 506
4. Soriano • WSN 493
5. Furcal • LAD 486
6. López • 2TM 483
7. Feliz • SFG 482
8. Reyes • NYM 478
9. Ramírez • FLA 477
10. Utley • PHI 472

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. Howard • PHI 74.92
2. Pujols • STL 72.14
3. Berkman • HOU 70.52
4. Cabrera • FLA 63.22
5. Beltrán • NYM 62.75
6. Bonds • SFG 52.45
7. Atkins • COL 44.50
8. McCann • ATL 40.28
9. Helton • COL 38.67
10. Jones • ATL 37.47

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. Pujols • STL 9.4
2. Howard • PHI 8.2
3. Berkman • HOU 5.6
4. Beltrán • NYM 5.3
5. Bonds • SFG 4.8
6. Cabrera • FLA 4.7
7. Wright • NYM 4.5
8. Zimmerman • WSN 4.4
9. Utley • PHI 4.2
10. Jones • ATL 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. Howard • PHI 7.4
2. Pujols • STL 6.4
3. Berkman • HOU 5.8
4. Cabrera • FLA 5.4
5. Bonds • SFG 4.5
6. Beltrán • NYM 4.4
7. Utley • PHI 3.8
8. Bay • PIT 3.6
9. Atkins • COL 3.6
10. Holliday • COL 3.6

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. Pujols • STL 8.1
2. Howard • PHI 7.7
3. Drew • LAD 3.8
4. Bonds • SFG 3.6
5. Anderson • 2TM 3.1
6. Rollins • PHI 3.1
7. Utley • PHI 2.8
8. Durham • SFG 2.7
9. Berkman • HOU 2.3
10. Bard • SDP 2.3

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. Howard • PHI 6.7
2. Pujols • STL 6.6
3. Berkman • HOU 6.5
4. Cabrera • FLA 6.0
5. Beltrán • NYM 5.8
6. Bonds • SFG 4.8
7. Atkins • COL 3.9
8. McCann • ATL 3.7
9. Jones • ATL 3.5
10. Helton • COL 3.4
Delgado • NYM 3.4

rOBA

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

1. Pujols • STL .457
2. Howard • PHI .444
3. Berkman • HOU .436
4. Beltrán • NYM .432
5. Cabrera • FLA .426
6. Holliday • COL .419
7. Johnson • WSN .416
8. Atkins • COL .416
9. Bay • PIT .399
10. Utley • PHI .396

Rbat+

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

1. Pujols • STL 188
2. Howard • PHI 174
3. Berkman • HOU 173
4. Cabrera • FLA 172
5. Beltrán • NYM 167
6. Johnson • WSN 162
7. Holliday • COL 150
8. Atkins • COL 146
9. Bay • PIT 144
10. Soriano • WSN 140

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