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 8.7
2. Wright • NYM 8.3
3. Utley • PHI 7.8
4. Jones • ATL 7.6
5. Peavy • SDP 6.8
6. Tulowitzki • COL 6.8
7. Oswalt • HOU 6.6
8. Penny • LAD 6.6
9. Rollins • PHI 6.1
10. Holliday • COL 6.0

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 8.7
2. Wright • NYM 8.3
3. Utley • PHI 7.8
4. Jones • ATL 7.6
5. Tulowitzki • COL 6.8
6. Rollins • PHI 6.1
7. Holliday • COL 6.0
8. Martin • LAD 5.6
9. Beltrán • NYM 5.4
10. Ramírez • CHC 5.2

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. Jones • ATL 7.2
2. Wright • NYM 7.2
3. Ramírez • FLA 7.1
4. Utley • PHI 6.0
5. Holliday • COL 6.0
6. Pujols • STL 5.7
7. Rollins • PHI 5.6
8. Braun • MIL 5.2
Cabrera • FLA 5.2
10. Fielder • MIL 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. Tulowitzki • COL 3.9
2. Martin • LAD 2.7
3. Feliz • SFG 2.6
4. Vizquel • SFG 2.3
5. Pujols • STL 2.3
6. Jones • ATL 2.2
7. Utley • PHI 2.1
8. Molina • STL 2.1
9. Zimmerman • WSN 2.1
10. Wilson • PIT 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. Holliday • COL .340
2. Jones • ATL .337
3. Utley • PHI .332
4. Rentería • ATL .332
5. Ramírez • FLA .332
6. Pujols • STL .327
7. Wright • NYM .325
8. Cabrera • FLA .320
9. Helton • COL .320
10. Young • WSN .320

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 .480 **
2. Helton • COL .434
3. Pujols • STL .429
4. Jones • ATL .425
5. Wright • NYM .416
6. Utley • PHI .410
7. Holliday • COL .405
8. Cabrera • FLA .401
9. Lee • CHC .400
10. Burrell • PHI .400

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. Braun • MIL .634 **
2. Fielder • MIL .618
3. Holliday • COL .607
4. Jones • ATL .604
5. Howard • PHI .584
6. Pujols • STL .568
7. Utley • PHI .566
8. Cabrera • FLA .565
9. Ramírez • FLA .562
10. Soriano • CHC .560

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. Jones • ATL 1.029
2. Fielder • MIL 1.013
3. Holliday • COL 1.012
4. Pujols • STL .997
5. Braun • MIL 1.004 **
6. Bonds • SFG 1.045 **
7. Utley • PHI .976
8. Howard • PHI .976
9. Cabrera • FLA .965
10. Wright • NYM .963

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Francoeur • ATL 162
Lee • HOU 162
Pierre • LAD 162
Rollins • PHI 162
Zimmerman • WSN 162
6. Rowand • PHI 161
González • SDP 161
Kearns • WSN 161
9. Byrnes • ARI 160
Reyes • NYM 160
Wright • NYM 160

At Bats

At Bats

1. Rollins • PHI 716
2. Reyes • NYM 681
3. Pierre • LAD 668
4. Zimmerman • WSN 653
5. Phillips • CIN 650
6. González • SDP 646
7. Francoeur • ATL 642
8. Ramírez • FLA 639
9. Holliday • COL 636
10. Uggla • FLA 632

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 778
2. Reyes • NYM 765
3. Pierre • LAD 729
4. Uggla • FLA 728
5. Zimmerman • WSN 722
6. González • SDP 720
7. Holliday • COL 713
8. Wright • NYM 711
9. Ramírez • FLA 706
10. Phillips • CIN 702

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Rollins • PHI 139
2. Ramírez • FLA 125
3. Holliday • COL 120
4. Reyes • NYM 119
5. Uggla • FLA 113
Wright • NYM 113
7. Fielder • MIL 109
8. Jones • ATL 108
9. Phillips • CIN 107
10. Rowand • PHI 105

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Holliday • COL 216
2. Ramírez • FLA 212
Rollins • PHI 212
4. Pierre • LAD 196
Wright • NYM 196
6. Reyes • NYM 191
7. Lee • HOU 190
8. Rowand • PHI 189
9. Francoeur • ATL 188
Cabrera • FLA 188

Total Bases

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

1. Holliday • COL 386
2. Rollins • PHI 380
3. Ramírez • FLA 359
4. Fielder • MIL 354
5. Cabrera • FLA 332
6. Lee • HOU 331
7. Wright • NYM 330
8. Soriano • CHC 324
González • SDP 324
10. Pujols • STL 321

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Holliday • COL 50
2. Uggla • FLA 49
3. Ramírez • FLA 48
Utley • PHI 48
5. González • SDP 46
6. Rowand • PHI 45
7. Greene • SDP 44
8. Lee • CHC 43
Lee • HOU 43
Church • WSN 43
Zimmerman • WSN 43

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Rollins • PHI 20
2. Reyes • NYM 12
3. Johnson • ATL 10
4. Hudson • ARI 9
Amézaga • FLA 9
Pence • HOU 9
Hart • MIL 9
Roberts • SFG 9
9. Byrnes • ARI 8
Harris • ATL 8
Pierre • LAD 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Fielder • MIL 50
2. Howard • PHI 47
3. Dunn • CIN 40
4. Holliday • COL 36
5. Cabrera • FLA 34
Berkman • HOU 34
Braun • MIL 34
8. Soriano • CHC 33
Beltrán • NYM 33
10. Young • ARI 32
Lee • HOU 32
Pujols • STL 32

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Holliday • COL 137
2. Howard • PHI 136
3. Cabrera • FLA 119
Lee • HOU 119
Fielder • MIL 119
6. Hawpe • COL 116
7. Beltrán • NYM 112
8. Atkins • COL 111
9. Wright • NYM 107
10. Dunn • CIN 106

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bonds • SFG 132
2. Helton • COL 116
3. Burrell • PHI 114
4. Howard • PHI 107
5. Dunn • CIN 101
6. Pujols • STL 99
7. Berkman • HOU 94
Wright • NYM 94
9. Fielder • MIL 90
10. Griffey • CIN 85

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Howard • PHI 199
2. Uggla • FLA 167
3. Dunn • CIN 165
4. Cameron • SDP 160
5. Young • ARI 141
Bay • PIT 141
7. González • SDP 140
8. Jones • ATL 138
9. Hawpe • COL 137
10. LaRoche • PIT 131

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Reyes • NYM 78
2. Pierre • LAD 64
3. Ramírez • FLA 51
4. Byrnes • ARI 50
5. Rollins • PHI 41
6. Victorino • PHI 37
7. Wright • NYM 34
8. Taveras • COL 33
9. Phillips • CIN 32
Matsui • COL 32

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Pierre • LAD 164
2. Reyes • NYM 131
3. Francoeur • ATL 129
Ramírez • FLA 129
5. Sanchez • PIT 126
6. Phillips • CIN 125
7. Holliday • COL 124
Furcal • LAD 124
Rollins • PHI 124
10. Wright • NYM 123

Adjusted OPS+

<strong>OPS+</strong><br>100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s)

1. Jones • ATL 165
2. Fielder • MIL 157
3. Pujols • STL 157
4. Holliday • COL 151
5. Cabrera • FLA 150
6. Wright • NYM 149
7. Utley • PHI 146
8. Ramírez • FLA 145
9. Howard • PHI 145
10. Dunn • CIN 136

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. Holliday • COL 151
2. Wright • NYM 146
3. Fielder • MIL 143
4. Ramírez • FLA 141
5. Rollins • PHI 135
6. Cabrera • FLA 132
Pujols • STL 132
8. Jones • ATL 130
Utley • PHI 130
10. Helton • COL 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. Pujols • STL 53
2. Jones • ATL 53
3. Fielder • MIL 50
4. Holliday • COL 49
5. Wright • NYM 49
6. Cabrera • FLA 46
7. Bonds • SFG 46
8. Ramírez • FLA 42
9. Utley • PHI 39
10. Howard • PHI 38

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 4.9
2. Jones • ATL 4.9
3. Fielder • MIL 4.6
4. Holliday • COL 4.5
5. Wright • NYM 4.5
6. Cabrera • FLA 4.2
7. Bonds • SFG 4.2
8. Ramírez • FLA 3.9
9. Utley • PHI 3.6
10. Howard • PHI 3.5

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Holliday • COL 92
2. Rollins • PHI 88
3. Fielder • MIL 87
4. Ramírez • FLA 83
Uggla • FLA 83
6. Soriano • CHC 80
7. González • SDP 79
8. Lee • HOU 76
9. Jones • ATL 75
Utley • PHI 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 296
Wright • NYM 296
3. Pujols • STL 291
4. Holliday • COL 289
5. Cabrera • FLA 272
6. Ramírez • FLA 271
7. Fielder • MIL 269
Reyes • NYM 269
9. Rollins • PHI 268
10. Lee • CHC 260

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. Jones • ATL .759
2. Utley • PHI .757
3. Fielder • MIL .744
4. Wright • NYM .742
5. Holliday • COL .740
6. Pujols • STL .716
7. Helton • COL .713
8. Cabrera • FLA .712
9. Ramírez • FLA .709
10. Howard • PHI .706

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Utley • PHI 25
2. Rowand • PHI 19
3. Willingham • FLA 16
4. Encarnación • CIN 14
Fielder • MIL 14
Weeks • MIL 14
7. Boone • FLA 13
Uggla • FLA 13
Hart • MIL 13
10. Phillips • CIN 12
Nady • PIT 12
Eckstein • STL 12
Kearns • WSN 12

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Pierre • LAD 20
2. Maine • NYM 14
Vizquel • SFG 14
4. Smoltz • ATL 13
Cook • COL 13
Francis • COL 13
7. Rodríguez • HOU 12
Glavine • NYM 12
Snell • PIT 12
Lohse • 2TM 12

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Lee • HOU 13
2. Uggla • FLA 11
Greene • SDP 11
4. Atkins • COL 10
Beltrán • NYM 10
Lo Duca • NYM 10
7. Jones • ATL 9
Griffey • CIN 9
Sanchez • PIT 9
Durham • SFG 9

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Bonds • SFG 43
2. Howard • PHI 35
3. Cabrera • FLA 23
4. Pujols • STL 22
5. Fielder • MIL 21
6. Helton • COL 16
7. Griffey • CIN 14
8. Reyes • NYM 13
9. Ethier • LAD 12
10. Hawpe • COL 11
Berkman • 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. Lee • HOU 27
Pujols • STL 27
3. Phillips • CIN 26
Zimmerman • WSN 26
5. Holliday • COL 23
6. Hudson • ARI 21
Jones • ATL 21
8. McCann • ATL 19
Torrealba • COL 19
10. Lo Duca • NYM 18
Rowand • PHI 18
LaRoche • PIT 18
Durham • SFG 18
Molina • STL 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Reyes • NYM 21
2. Pierre • LAD 15
3. Ramírez • FLA 14
4. Harris • ATL 11
5. Taveras • COL 9
Martin • LAD 9
López • WSN 9
8. Freel • CIN 8
Phillips • CIN 8
10. Byrnes • ARI 7
Amézaga • FLA 7
Hart • MIL 7

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. McLouth • PIT 95.65
2. Bourn • PHI 94.74
3. Weeks • MIL 92.59
4. Beltrán • NYM 92.00
5. Victorino • PHI 90.24
6. Matsui • COL 88.89
7. Byrnes • ARI 87.72
8. Theriot • CHC 87.50
9. Rollins • PHI 87.23
10. Wright • NYM 87.18

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. Ramírez • FLA 37.0
2. Rollins • PHI 34.6
3. Wright • NYM 31.9
4. Phillips • CIN 31.0
5. Byrnes • ARI 29.6
6. Young • ARI 29.3
7. Beltrán • NYM 27.1
8. Soriano • CHC 24.1
9. Hart • MIL 23.5
10. Braun • MIL 20.8

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 • LAD 18.1
2. Loretta • HOU 11.2
3. Eckstein • STL 19.7 **
4. Theriot • CHC 10.7
5. Vizquel • SFG 10.7
6. Wilson • PIT 10.4
7. Lee • HOU 10.0
8. Pujols • STL 9.7
9. Lo Duca • NYM 13.5 **
10. Molina • SFG 9.4

AB per HR

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

1. Howard • PHI 11.3
2. Fielder • MIL 11.5
3. Bonds • SFG 12.1 **
4. Dunn • CIN 13.1
5. Braun • MIL 13.3 **
6. Burrell • PHI 15.7
7. Berkman • HOU 16.5
8. Beltrán • NYM 16.8
9. Cabrera • FLA 17.3
10. Soriano • CHC 17.5

Outs Made

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

1. Rollins • PHI 527
2. Reyes • NYM 523
3. Pierre • LAD 519
4. Zimmerman • WSN 511
5. Phillips • CIN 504
6. Uggla • FLA 503
7. López • WSN 486
8. Lee • HOU 482
9. Greene • SDP 479
10. Francoeur • ATL 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. Holliday • COL 55.13
2. Jones • ATL 51.61
3. Helton • COL 51.39
4. Fielder • MIL 50.62
5. Cabrera • FLA 49.15
6. Pujols • STL 48.05
7. Wright • NYM 45.34
8. Utley • PHI 45.27
9. Hawpe • COL 42.13
10. Bonds • SFG 41.97

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. Fielder • MIL 5.2
2. Holliday • COL 4.8
3. Cabrera • FLA 4.8
4. Pujols • STL 4.7
5. Helton • COL 4.6
6. González • SDP 4.4
7. Ramírez • CHC 4.4
8. Jones • ATL 4.4
9. Bonds • SFG 4.3
10. Wright • NYM 4.2

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. Holliday • COL 5.5
2. Fielder • MIL 5.4
3. Jones • ATL 5.3
4. Wright • NYM 5.2
5. Pujols • STL 4.8
6. Utley • PHI 4.7
7. Bonds • SFG 4.4
8. Cabrera • FLA 4.3
9. Braun • MIL 4.0
10. Ramírez • FLA 3.9

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. González • SDP 8.8
2. Holliday • COL 8.7
3. Howard • PHI 5.4
4. Hairston • 2TM 5.4
5. Fielder • MIL 4.8
6. Ramírez • CHC 4.4
7. Rollins • PHI 4.3
8. Wright • NYM 4.1
9. Tulowitzki • COL 4.1
10. Helton • COL 3.8

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. Holliday • COL 4.9
2. Jones • ATL 4.8
3. Fielder • MIL 4.7
4. Cabrera • FLA 4.6
5. Helton • COL 4.6
6. Pujols • STL 4.5
7. Wright • NYM 4.2
8. Utley • PHI 4.1
9. Bonds • SFG 3.9
10. Hawpe • COL 3.8

rOBA

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

1. Jones • ATL .456
2. Holliday • COL .433
3. Pujols • STL .428
4. Wright • NYM .428
5. Utley • PHI .427
6. Fielder • MIL .420
7. Ramírez • FLA .418
8. Helton • COL .408
9. Cabrera • FLA .405
10. Ramírez • CHC .405

Rbat+

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

1. Jones • ATL 188
2. Pujols • STL 171
3. Wright • NYM 162
4. Holliday • COL 162
5. Fielder • MIL 161
6. Utley • PHI 159
7. Ramírez • FLA 157
8. Cabrera • FLA 154
9. Helton • COL 146
10. Ramírez • CHC 144

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