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. Lee • PHI 9.0
2. Halladay • PHI 8.6
3. Kemp • LAD 8.0
4. Braun • MIL 7.7
5. Kershaw • LAD 7.4
6. Votto • CIN 6.6
7. Hamels • PHI 6.4
8. Tulowitzki • COL 6.2
9. Sandoval • SFG 6.0
10. Pence • 2TM 5.7

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. Kemp • LAD 8.0
2. Braun • MIL 7.7
3. Votto • CIN 6.6
4. Tulowitzki • COL 6.2
5. Sandoval • SFG 6.0
6. Pence • 2TM 5.7
7. Victorino • PHI 5.5
8. Upton • ARI 5.5
9. McCutchen • PIT 5.4
10. Pujols • STL 5.3

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. Kemp • LAD 8.7
2. Braun • MIL 7.5
3. Reyes • NYM 6.1
4. Votto • CIN 5.8
5. Fielder • MIL 5.5
6. Pence • 2TM 5.4
7. Berkman • STL 5.3
8. Victorino • PHI 5.2
9. Upton • ARI 5.1
10. McCutchen • PIT 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. Barmes • HOU 2.5
2. Young • ARI 2.3
3. Tulowitzki • COL 2.1
4. Gómez • MIL 2.0
5. Maybin • SDP 1.9
6. González • ATL 1.7
Montero • ARI 1.7
Sandoval • SFG 1.7
9. Iannetta • COL 1.5
10. Stewart • SFG 1.5

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. Reyes • NYM .337
2. Braun • MIL .332
3. Kemp • LAD .324
4. Pence • 2TM .314
5. Votto • CIN .309
6. Castro • CHC .307
7. Ramírez • CHC .306
8. Molina • STL .305
9. Morse • WSN .303
10. Tulowitzki • COL .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. Votto • CIN .416
2. Fielder • MIL .415
3. Berkman • STL .412
4. Kemp • LAD .399
5. Braun • MIL .397
6. Holliday • STL .388
7. Beltrán • 2TM .385
8. Reyes • NYM .384
9. Helton • COL .385 **
10. Tulowitzki • COL .372

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 .597
2. Kemp • LAD .586
3. Fielder • MIL .566
4. Morse • WSN .550
5. Berkman • STL .547
6. Tulowitzki • COL .544
7. Pujols • STL .541
8. Stanton • FLA .537
9. Votto • CIN .531
10. Upton • ARI .529

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. Braun • MIL .994
2. Kemp • LAD .986
3. Fielder • MIL .981
4. Berkman • STL .959
5. Votto • CIN .947
6. Tulowitzki • COL .916
7. Holliday • STL .912
8. Morse • WSN .910
9. Beltrán • 2TM .910
10. Pujols • STL .906

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Fielder • MIL 162
2. Uggla • ATL 161
Votto • CIN 161
Kemp • LAD 161
5. Upton • ARI 159
Sánchez • FLA 159
Walker • PIT 159
Jay • STL 159
9. Castro • CHC 158
Stubbs • CIN 158
Loney • LAD 158
McCutchen • PIT 158
Bourn • 2TM 158
Espinosa • WSN 158

At Bats

At Bats

1. Castro • CHC 674
2. Bourn • 2TM 656
3. Phillips • CIN 610
4. Pence • 2TM 606
5. Stubbs • CIN 604
6. Kemp • LAD 602
7. Uggla • ATL 600
8. Votto • CIN 599
9. Walker • PIT 596
10. Upton • ARI 592

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. Bourn • 2TM 722
2. Votto • CIN 719
3. Castro • CHC 715
4. Fielder • MIL 692
5. Kemp • LAD 689
6. Stubbs • CIN 681
7. McCutchen • PIT 678
8. Phillips • CIN 675
9. Upton • ARI 674
10. Uggla • ATL 672

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Kemp • LAD 115
2. Braun • MIL 109
3. Upton • ARI 105
Pujols • STL 105
5. Votto • CIN 101
Reyes • NYM 101
7. Fielder • MIL 95
Victorino • PHI 95
9. Phillips • CIN 94
Bourn • 2TM 94

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Castro • CHC 207
2. Kemp • LAD 195
3. Bourn • 2TM 193
4. Pence • 2TM 190
5. Braun • MIL 187
6. Votto • CIN 185
7. Phillips • CIN 183
8. Reyes • NYM 181
9. Ramírez • CHC 173
Pujols • STL 173

Total Bases

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

1. Kemp • LAD 353
2. Braun • MIL 336
3. Fielder • MIL 322
4. Votto • CIN 318
5. Upton • ARI 313
Pujols • STL 313
7. Pence • 2TM 304
8. Tulowitzki • COL 292
9. Castro • CHC 291
10. Ramírez • CHC 288

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Votto • CIN 40
2. Upton • ARI 39
Beltrán • 2TM 39
4. Young • ARI 38
Phillips • CIN 38
Lee • HOU 38
Braun • MIL 38
Pence • 2TM 38
9. Montero • ARI 36
Castro • CHC 36
Tulowitzki • COL 36
Fielder • MIL 36
Walker • PIT 36
Holliday • STL 36
Morse • WSN 36

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Reyes • NYM 16
Victorino • PHI 16
3. Fowler • COL 15
4. Bourn • 2TM 10
5. Castro • CHC 9
Smith • COL 9
7. Parra • ARI 8
Infante • FLA 8
Maybin • SDP 8
10. Bonifácio • FLA 7
Venable • SDP 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Kemp • LAD 39
2. Fielder • MIL 38
3. Pujols • STL 37
4. Uggla • ATL 36
5. Stanton • FLA 34
6. Braun • MIL 33
Howard • PHI 33
8. Bruce • CIN 32
9. Upton • ARI 31
Berkman • STL 31
Morse • WSN 31

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Kemp • LAD 126
2. Fielder • MIL 120
3. Howard • PHI 116
4. Braun • MIL 111
5. Tulowitzki • COL 105
6. Votto • CIN 103
7. Pujols • STL 99
8. Bruce • CIN 97
Pence • 2TM 97
10. Morse • WSN 95

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Votto • CIN 110
2. Fielder • MIL 107
3. Peña • CHC 101
4. Berkman • STL 92
5. McCutchen • PIT 89
6. Young • ARI 80
7. Howard • PHI 75
8. Sánchez • FLA 74
Kemp • LAD 74
Werth • WSN 74

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Stubbs • CIN 205
2. Howard • PHI 172
3. Stanton • FLA 166
Espinosa • WSN 166
5. Peña • CHC 161
6. Werth • WSN 160
7. Kemp • LAD 159
8. Bruce • CIN 158
9. Uggla • ATL 156
10. Freeman • ATL 142

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Bourn • 2TM 61
2. Stubbs • CIN 40
Bonifácio • FLA 40
Kemp • LAD 40
Maybin • SDP 40
6. Reyes • NYM 39
7. Braun • MIL 33
8. Pagán • NYM 32
9. Bourgeois • HOU 31
10. Rollins • PHI 30

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Castro • CHC 152
2. Bourn • 2TM 147
3. Bonifácio • FLA 129
4. Reyes • NYM 127
5. Phillips • CIN 125
Pence • 2TM 125
7. Infante • FLA 121
8. Kemp • LAD 119
9. Barney • CHC 115
10. Votto • CIN 113

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Kemp • LAD 172
2. Braun • MIL 166
3. Berkman • STL 164
4. Fielder • MIL 164
5. Votto • CIN 155
6. Beltrán • 2TM 154
7. Holliday • STL 151
8. Pujols • STL 148
9. Morse • WSN 147
10. Reyes • NYM 144

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. Kemp • LAD 141
2. Braun • MIL 138
3. Fielder • MIL 135
4. Votto • CIN 133
5. Upton • ARI 118
6. Berkman • STL 113
7. Pence • 2TM 112
8. Reyes • NYM 108
9. Pujols • STL 107
10. Tulowitzki • COL 106

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. Kemp • LAD 60
2. Fielder • MIL 56
3. Braun • MIL 51
4. Votto • CIN 51
5. Berkman • STL 47
6. Beltrán • 2TM 40
7. Pujols • STL 38
8. Upton • ARI 34
9. Holliday • STL 33
10. Morse • WSN 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. Kemp • LAD 6.0
2. Fielder • MIL 5.5
3. Braun • MIL 5.1
4. Votto • CIN 5.1
5. Berkman • STL 4.6
6. Beltrán • 2TM 4.0
7. Pujols • STL 3.8
8. Upton • ARI 3.4
9. Holliday • STL 3.3
10. Morse • WSN 3.3

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Braun • MIL 77
2. Kemp • LAD 76
3. Upton • ARI 75
Fielder • MIL 75
5. Votto • CIN 72
6. Stanton • FLA 69
7. Tulowitzki • COL 68
8. Beltrán • 2TM 67
Morse • WSN 67
10. Pujols • STL 66

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. Votto • CIN 299
2. Fielder • MIL 287
3. Kemp • LAD 275
4. Braun • MIL 250
Bourn • 2TM 250
6. Upton • ARI 249
7. Pence • 2TM 247
8. McCutchen • PIT 246
9. Castro • CHC 244
10. Berkman • STL 242

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. Braun • MIL .799
2. Kemp • LAD .771
3. Fielder • MIL .770
4. Berkman • STL .767
5. Votto • CIN .747
6. Reyes • NYM .736
7. Morse • WSN .709
8. Upton • ARI .707
9. Beltrán • 2TM .705
10. Tulowitzki • COL .704

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Upton • ARI 19
Espinosa • WSN 19
3. Morgan • MIL 14
Utley • PHI 14
5. Morse • WSN 13
6. Johnson • CHC 11
7. Ramírez • CHC 10
Fielder • MIL 10
Turner • NYM 10
Ruiz • PHI 10
Werth • WSN 10

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Infante • FLA 17
2. Halladay • PHI 16
3. Morgan • MIL 15
Hernández • WSN 15
5. Hammel • COL 14
6. Marcum • MIL 12
7. Hudson • ARI 11
Bonifácio • FLA 11
Nolasco • FLA 11
Norris • HOU 11
Kershaw • LAD 11
Morton • PIT 11
Bumgarner • SFG 11
Desmond • WSN 11
Zimmermann • WSN 11

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Betancourt • MIL 10
2. Huff • SFG 9
3. Ramírez • CHC 8
Helton • COL 8
Infante • FLA 8
McGehee • MIL 8
Polanco • PHI 8
Walker • PIT 8
9. Young • ARI 7
Peña • CHC 7
Smith • COL 7
Sánchez • FLA 7
Kemp • LAD 7
Sandoval • SFG 7
Pujols • STL 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Fielder • MIL 32
2. Kemp • LAD 24
3. Berkman • STL 17
4. Parra • ARI 16
Howard • PHI 16
6. Votto • CIN 15
Pujols • STL 15
8. McCann • ATL 14
Bruce • CIN 14
10. Tulowitzki • COL 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. Pujols • STL 29
2. Holliday • STL 21
Molina • STL 21
4. Castro • CHC 20
Votto • CIN 20
6. González • ATL 19
McGehee • MIL 19
Ramos • WSN 19
9. Sánchez • FLA 18
Freese • STL 18
Beltrán • 2TM 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Bourn • 2TM 14
2. Bonifácio • FLA 11
Kemp • LAD 11
4. Bloomquist • ARI 10
Stubbs • CIN 10
Ramírez • FLA 10
McCutchen • PIT 10
Bartlett • SDP 10
Desmond • WSN 10
10. Roberts • ARI 9
Upton • ARI 9
Young • ARI 9
Castro • CHC 9
Phillips • CIN 9
Fowler • COL 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Parra • ARI 93.75
2. Campana • CHC 92.31
3. Venable • SDP 89.66
4. Gómez • MIL 88.89
5. Young • COL 87.10
6. Werth • WSN 86.36
Hudson • SDP 86.36
Victorino • PHI 86.36
9. Bernadina • WSN 85.00
10. Reyes • NYM 84.78

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. Kemp • LAD 39.5
2. Braun • MIL 33.0
3. Upton • ARI 25.0
4. McCutchen • PIT 23.0
5. González • COL 22.6
6. Stubbs • CIN 21.8
7. Young • ARI 21.0
8. Rollins • PHI 20.9
9. Werth • WSN 19.5
10. Espinosa • WSN 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. Reyes • NYM 13.1
2. Molina • STL 10.8
3. Polanco • PHI 10.7
4. Prado • ATL 10.6
5. Pujols • STL 10.0
6. Lee • HOU 9.8
7. Rollins • PHI 9.6
8. Betancourt • MIL 8.8
9. Infante • FLA 8.6
10. Victorino • PHI 8.2

AB per HR

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

1. Fielder • MIL 15.0
2. Stanton • FLA 15.2
3. Kemp • LAD 15.4
4. Pujols • STL 15.6
5. Berkman • STL 15.7
6. Uggla • ATL 16.7
7. Morse • WSN 16.8
8. Howard • PHI 16.9
9. Braun • MIL 17.1
10. Peña • CHC 17.6

Outs Made

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

1. Castro • CHC 500
2. Bourn • 2TM 492
3. Stubbs • CIN 476
4. Uggla • ATL 475
5. Desmond • WSN 471
6. Phillips • CIN 462
Walker • PIT 462
8. Espinosa • WSN 459
9. Infante • FLA 458
10. McGehee • MIL 454

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. Kemp • LAD 66.53
2. Braun • MIL 64.96
3. Votto • CIN 63.30
4. Fielder • MIL 61.99
5. Berkman • STL 53.42
6. Beltrán • 2TM 40.09
7. Pence • 2TM 38.07
8. Morse • WSN 36.54
9. Howard • PHI 36.38
10. Upton • ARI 35.09

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>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Fielder • MIL 7.7
2. Votto • CIN 7.1
3. Braun • MIL 6.4
4. Kemp • LAD 6.3
5. Berkman • STL 5.7
6. Howard • PHI 4.7
7. Pujols • STL 4.7
8. Ramírez • CHC 4.1
9. Morse • WSN 3.6
10. Beltrán • 2TM 3.5

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. Braun • MIL 6.8
2. Kemp • LAD 6.4
3. Fielder • MIL 6.1
4. Votto • CIN 5.4
5. Berkman • STL 4.7
6. Pujols • STL 4.4
7. Upton • ARI 4.3
8. Stanton • FLA 4.0
Beltrán • 2TM 4.0
10. Pence • 2TM 3.4

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added for Offensive Player</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Fielder • MIL 5.1
2. Berkman • STL 4.5
3. Pujols • STL 4.1
4. Braun • MIL 3.7
5. Votto • CIN 3.6
6. Upton • ARI 3.1
7. Holliday • STL 3.1
8. Schierholtz • SFG 2.4
9. Howard • PHI 2.4
10. Sandoval • SFG 2.1

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. Kemp • LAD 6.7
2. Braun • MIL 6.3
3. Votto • CIN 6.1
4. Fielder • MIL 6.0
5. Berkman • STL 5.3
6. Beltrán • 2TM 4.0
7. Pence • 2TM 3.8
8. Morse • WSN 3.6
9. Howard • PHI 3.6
10. McCutchen • PIT 3.5

rOBA

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

1. Braun • MIL .450
2. Kemp • LAD .433
3. Votto • CIN .419
4. Fielder • MIL .419
5. Berkman • STL .412
6. Tulowitzki • COL .402
7. Holliday • STL .400
8. Beltrán • 2TM .400
9. Morse • WSN .397
10. Upton • ARI .396

Rbat+

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

1. Braun • MIL 186
2. Kemp • LAD 184
3. Berkman • STL 174
4. Fielder • MIL 173
5. Votto • CIN 171
6. Beltrán • 2TM 164
7. Holliday • STL 160
8. Morse • WSN 157
9. Pujols • STL 156
10. Pence • 2TM 154

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