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 9.2
2. Utley • PHI 9.0
3. Lincecum • SFG 8.0
4. Jones • ATL 7.3
5. Santana • NYM 7.2
6. Beltrán • NYM 6.9
7. Dempster • CHC 6.8
8. Berkman • HOU 6.8
9. Wright • NYM 6.8
10. Ramírez • FLA 6.7

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 9.2
2. Utley • PHI 9.0
3. Jones • ATL 7.3
4. Beltrán • NYM 6.9
5. Berkman • HOU 6.8
6. Wright • NYM 6.8
7. Ramírez • FLA 6.7
8. Holliday • COL 5.8
9. Ludwick • STL 5.5
10. McCann • ATL 5.5

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. Pujols • STL 7.5
2. Ramírez • FLA 7.1
3. Wright • NYM 6.4
4. Jones • ATL 6.4
5. Utley • PHI 5.9
6. Holliday • COL 5.4
7. Berkman • HOU 5.4
8. Beltrán • NYM 5.3
9. Ludwick • STL 5.2
10. Reyes • NYM 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. Utley • PHI 3.5
2. Kendall • MIL 2.9
3. Rollins • PHI 2.5
4. Kennedy • STL 2.1
5. Beltrán • NYM 2.0
6. Hardy • MIL 2.0
7. Guzmán • WSN 1.9
8. Izturis • STL 1.8
9. Wilson • PIT 1.7
10. Amézaga • FLA 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. Jones • ATL .364
2. Pujols • STL .357
3. Holliday • COL .321
4. Guzmán • WSN .316
5. Berkman • HOU .312
6. Theriot • CHC .307
7. Winn • SFG .306
8. Giles • SDP .306
9. Ethier • LAD .305
10. Wright • NYM .302

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. Jones • ATL .470
2. Pujols • STL .462
3. Berkman • HOU .420
4. Holliday • COL .409
5. Ramírez • FLA .400
6. Giles • SDP .398
7. Wright • NYM .390
8. Theriot • CHC .387
9. Dunn • 2TM .386
10. Martin • LAD .385

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 .653
2. Ludwick • STL .591
3. Jones • ATL .574
4. Berkman • HOU .567
5. Braun • MIL .553
6. Lee • HOU .569 **
7. Howard • PHI .543
8. Ramírez • FLA .540
9. Holliday • COL .538
10. Utley • PHI .535

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 1.114
2. Jones • ATL 1.044
3. Berkman • HOU .986
4. Ludwick • STL .966
5. Holliday • COL .947
6. Ramírez • FLA .940
7. Wright • NYM .924
8. Utley • PHI .915
9. Dunn • 2TM .898
10. Ramírez • CHC .898

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Howard • PHI 162
González • SDP 162
3. Loney • LAD 161
Beltrán • NYM 161
5. Young • ARI 160
Wright • NYM 160
7. Berkman • HOU 159
Fielder • MIL 159
Delgado • NYM 159
Reyes • NYM 159
Utley • PHI 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Reyes • NYM 688
2. Tejada • HOU 632
3. Cantú • FLA 628
4. Wright • NYM 626
5. Young • ARI 625
6. Kouzmanoff • SDP 624
7. Lee • CHC 623
8. González • SDP 616
9. Hart • MIL 612
10. Drew • ARI 611
Atkins • COL 611
Braun • MIL 611

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. Reyes • NYM 763
2. Wright • NYM 736
3. Utley • PHI 707
4. Beltrán • NYM 706
5. Howard • PHI 700
González • SDP 700
7. Young • ARI 699
8. Lee • CHC 698
9. Fielder • MIL 694
10. Ramírez • FLA 693

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Ramírez • FLA 125
2. Beltrán • NYM 116
3. Wright • NYM 115
4. Berkman • HOU 114
5. Reyes • NYM 113
Utley • PHI 113
McLouth • PIT 113
8. Holliday • COL 107
9. Howard • PHI 105
10. Ludwick • STL 104

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Reyes • NYM 204
2. Wright • NYM 189
3. Pujols • STL 187
4. Winn • SFG 183
Guzmán • WSN 183
6. Lee • CHC 181
7. Tejada • HOU 179
8. Drew • ARI 178
Theriot • CHC 178
10. Ramírez • FLA 177
Utley • PHI 177

Total Bases

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

1. Pujols • STL 342
2. Braun • MIL 338
3. Wright • NYM 334
4. Howard • PHI 331
5. Reyes • NYM 327
6. Utley • PHI 325
7. Ramírez • FLA 318
Ludwick • STL 318
9. Berkman • HOU 314
González • SDP 314

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Berkman • HOU 46
McLouth • PIT 46
3. Hart • MIL 45
4. Drew • ARI 44
Ramírez • CHC 44
Pujols • STL 44
7. Young • ARI 42
McCann • ATL 42
Wright • NYM 42
10. Lee • CHC 41
Cantú • FLA 41
Utley • PHI 41

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Reyes • NYM 19
2. Drew • ARI 11
Lewis • SFG 11
4. Rollins • PHI 9
5. Victorino • PHI 8
6. Young • ARI 7
Phillips • CIN 7
Braun • MIL 7
Weeks • MIL 7
Vélez • SFG 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Howard • PHI 48
2. Dunn • 2TM 40
3. Delgado • NYM 38
4. Braun • MIL 37
Ludwick • STL 37
Pujols • STL 37
7. González • SDP 36
8. Fielder • MIL 34
9. Ramírez • FLA 33
Wright • NYM 33
Burrell • PHI 33
Utley • PHI 33

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Howard • PHI 146
2. Wright • NYM 124
3. González • SDP 119
4. Pujols • STL 116
5. Delgado • NYM 115
6. Ludwick • STL 113
7. Beltrán • NYM 112
8. Ramírez • CHC 111
9. Berkman • HOU 106
Braun • MIL 106

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Dunn • 2TM 122
2. Pujols • STL 104
3. Burrell • PHI 102
4. Berkman • HOU 99
5. Wright • NYM 94
6. Ramírez • FLA 92
Beltrán • NYM 92
8. Jones • ATL 90
Martin • LAD 90
10. Giles • SDP 87
Glaus • STL 87

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Reynolds • ARI 204
2. Howard • PHI 199
3. Uggla • FLA 171
4. Young • ARI 165
5. Dunn • 2TM 164
6. Kemp • LAD 153
7. Ludwick • STL 146
8. Cameron • MIL 142
González • SDP 142
10. Kouzmanoff • SDP 139

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Taveras • COL 68
2. Reyes • NYM 56
3. Rollins • PHI 47
4. Bourn • HOU 41
5. Pierre • LAD 40
6. Victorino • PHI 36
7. Ramírez • FLA 35
Kemp • LAD 35
9. Holliday • COL 28
10. Beltrán • NYM 25
Winn • SFG 25

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Theriot • CHC 154
2. Guzmán • WSN 134
3. Winn • SFG 133
4. Reyes • NYM 132
5. Schumaker • STL 128
6. Tejada • HOU 125
7. Atkins • COL 119
8. Loney • LAD 118
9. Lee • CHC 117
Martin • LAD 117
Sanchez • PIT 117

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 192
2. Jones • ATL 176
3. Berkman • HOU 160
4. Ludwick • STL 151
5. Ramírez • FLA 143
6. Wright • NYM 142
7. González • SDP 140
8. Holliday • COL 138
9. Giles • SDP 138
10. Utley • PHI 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. Pujols • STL 160
2. Berkman • HOU 137
3. Ramírez • FLA 136
4. Wright • NYM 135
5. Utley • PHI 130
6. Holliday • COL 127
7. Jones • ATL 123
8. Reyes • NYM 122
9. Beltrán • NYM 121
Ludwick • STL 121

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 77
2. Jones • ATL 55
3. Berkman • HOU 53
4. Wright • NYM 42
5. Ludwick • STL 41
6. Ramírez • FLA 40
7. Giles • SDP 37
8. González • SDP 37
9. Ramirez • LAD 36
10. Utley • PHI 33

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 7.2
2. Jones • ATL 5.1
3. Berkman • HOU 5.0
4. Wright • NYM 4.0
5. Ludwick • STL 3.8
6. Ramírez • FLA 3.8
7. Giles • SDP 3.5
8. González • SDP 3.5
9. Ramirez • LAD 3.3
10. Utley • PHI 3.2

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Braun • MIL 83
2. Pujols • STL 81
3. Ludwick • STL 80
4. Berkman • HOU 79
5. Howard • PHI 78
Utley • PHI 78
7. Wright • NYM 77
8. Drew • ARI 76
McLouth • PIT 76
10. Ramírez • CHC 72
Beltrán • NYM 72
Reyes • NYM 72

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. Pujols • STL 296
2. Wright • NYM 287
3. Berkman • HOU 279
4. Ramírez • FLA 277
5. Reyes • NYM 271
6. Utley • PHI 268
7. Beltrán • NYM 265
8. Giles • SDP 260
9. Fielder • MIL 258
10. Holliday • COL 255

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. Pujols • STL .833
2. Jones • ATL .818
3. Berkman • HOU .757
4. Holliday • COL .752
5. Ramírez • FLA .729
6. Ludwick • STL .717
7. Utley • PHI .698
8. Wright • NYM .698
9. Ethier • LAD .679
10. Dunn • 2TM .675

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Utley • PHI 27
2. Kouzmanoff • SDP 15
3. Iannetta • COL 14
Willingham • FLA 14
Weeks • MIL 14
Rowand • SFG 14
Milledge • WSN 14
8. Kendall • MIL 13
9. Johnson • CHC 12
Fielder • MIL 12
McLouth • PIT 12

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Dempster • CHC 19
2. Cook • COL 16
3. Taveras • COL 15
4. Webb • ARI 13
Looper • STL 13
Redding • WSN 13
7. Lilly • CHC 12
Moyer • PHI 12
Wellemeyer • STL 12
10. Francis • COL 10
Nolasco • FLA 10
Suppan • MIL 10

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Wright • NYM 11
Molina • SFG 11
3. Atkins • COL 10
Fielder • MIL 10
5. Hart • MIL 9
Winn • SFG 9
7. DeRosa • CHC 8
Delgado • NYM 8
Utley • PHI 8
Ludwick • STL 8
Pujols • STL 8

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Pujols • STL 34
2. Fielder • MIL 19
Delgado • NYM 19
4. Berkman • HOU 18
González • SDP 18
6. Howard • PHI 17
7. Jones • ATL 16
Ramirez • LAD 16
9. Utley • PHI 14
10. Griffey • CIN 13
Beltrán • NYM 13
Dunn • 2TM 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. Tejada • HOU 32
2. Lee • CHC 27
3. Loney • LAD 25
4. Escobar • ATL 24
González • SDP 24
6. Molina • SFG 23
7. Rowand • SFG 21
Molina • STL 21
9. Atkins • COL 20
10. Theriot • CHC 19
Schumaker • STL 19
Milledge • WSN 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Reyes • NYM 15
2. Theriot • CHC 13
3. Ramírez • FLA 12
Pierre • LAD 12
5. Kemp • LAD 11
Victorino • PHI 11
7. Phillips • CIN 10
Bourn • HOU 10
Pence • HOU 10
10. Patterson • CIN 9
Milledge • WSN 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Werth • PHI 95.24
2. Rollins • PHI 94.00
3. Holliday • COL 93.33
4. Winn • SFG 92.59
5. Taveras • COL 90.67
6. Castillo • NYM 89.47
7. Beltrán • NYM 89.29
8. McLouth • PIT 88.46
9. Utley • PHI 87.50
10. Soriano • CHC 86.36

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 34.0
2. Holliday • COL 26.4
3. Beltrán • NYM 26.0
4. Reyes • NYM 24.9
5. McLouth • PIT 24.4
6. Kemp • LAD 23.8
7. Soriano • CHC 23.0
8. Berkman • HOU 22.2
9. Phillips • CIN 22.0
10. Werth • PHI 21.8

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. Keppinger • CIN 19.1
2. Molina • SFG 13.9
3. Kendall • MIL 11.5
4. Giles • SDP 10.8
5. Guzmán • WSN 10.2
6. Rollins • PHI 10.1
7. Theriot • CHC 10.0
8. Pujols • STL 9.7
9. Molina • STL 15.3 **
10. Sanchez • PIT 9.0

AB per HR

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

1. Howard • PHI 12.7
2. Dunn • 2TM 12.9
3. Pujols • STL 14.2
4. Ludwick • STL 14.5
5. Jacobs • FLA 14.9
6. Soriano • CHC 15.6
7. Delgado • NYM 15.7
8. Burrell • PHI 16.2
9. Lee • HOU 15.6 **
10. Braun • MIL 16.5

Outs Made

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

1. Reyes • NYM 516
2. Young • ARI 496
Tejada • HOU 496
4. Hart • MIL 485
5. Kouzmanoff • SDP 482
6. Francoeur • ATL 479
7. Cantú • FLA 478
8. Lee • CHC 475
Howard • PHI 475
10. González • SDP 471

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. Pujols • STL 73.33
2. Berkman • HOU 60.50
3. Jones • ATL 48.83
4. Holliday • COL 45.96
5. McLouth • PIT 44.12
6. Ludwick • STL 42.02
7. Wright • NYM 41.56
8. Lee • HOU 41.22
9. Beltrán • NYM 38.97
10. Howard • PHI 38.96

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. Berkman • HOU 7.0
2. Pujols • STL 6.5
3. Lee • HOU 5.1
4. Beltrán • NYM 5.1
5. Holliday • COL 4.9
6. Ramírez • FLA 4.8
7. Wright • NYM 4.2
8. Bay • PIT 4.1
9. Burrell • PHI 4.0
10. Braun • MIL 3.8

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. Pujols • STL 6.5
2. Wright • NYM 5.4
3. Berkman • HOU 5.0
4. Ludwick • STL 4.7
5. Jones • ATL 4.6
6. Ramírez • FLA 4.4
7. Holliday • COL 4.3
8. Utley • PHI 3.8
9. Beltrán • NYM 3.5
10. Lee • HOU 3.4

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. Beltrán • NYM 8.2
2. Braun • MIL 5.6
3. Pujols • STL 5.0
4. Ethier • LAD 4.4
5. Howard • PHI 4.3
6. Fielder • MIL 4.0
7. Ramirez • LAD 3.9
8. Delgado • NYM 3.5
9. Werth • PHI 3.3
10. Wright • NYM 3.3

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. Pujols • STL 6.9
2. Berkman • HOU 5.8
3. Jones • ATL 4.6
4. McLouth • PIT 4.2
5. Holliday • COL 4.1
6. Ludwick • STL 4.0
7. Wright • NYM 4.0
8. Lee • HOU 3.9
9. Beltrán • NYM 3.7
10. Howard • PHI 3.6

rOBA

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

1. Pujols • STL .462
2. Jones • ATL .452
3. Holliday • COL .428
4. Berkman • HOU .422
5. Ludwick • STL .416
6. Ramírez • FLA .415
7. Wright • NYM .410
8. Utley • PHI .399
9. McCann • ATL .398
10. Ramírez • CHC .390

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 198
2. Jones • ATL 188
3. Berkman • HOU 165
4. Ludwick • STL 162
5. Wright • NYM 156
6. Ramírez • FLA 155
7. Holliday • COL 153
8. Giles • SDP 152
9. McCann • ATL 147
10. González • SDP 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