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. Posey • SFG 7.5
2. Molina • STL 7.2
3. Wright • NYM 7.1
4. McCutchen • PIT 6.9
5. Braun • MIL 6.9
6. Kershaw • LAD 6.8
7. Headley • SDP 6.3
8. Bourn • ATL 6.0
9. Votto • CIN 5.9
10. Dickey • NYM 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. Posey • SFG 7.5
2. Molina • STL 7.2
3. Wright • NYM 7.1
4. McCutchen • PIT 6.9
5. Braun • MIL 6.9
6. Headley • SDP 6.3
7. Bourn • ATL 6.0
8. Votto • CIN 5.9
9. Ramírez • MIL 5.6
10. Heyward • 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. McCutchen • PIT 7.4
2. Posey • SFG 7.3
3. Headley • SDP 6.5
4. Braun • MIL 6.1
5. Wright • NYM 5.2
6. Hill • ARI 5.1
Molina • STL 5.1
8. Ramírez • MIL 5.0
9. Votto • CIN 4.8
10. Cabrera • SFG 4.6

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. Barney • CHC 3.6
2. Bourn • ATL 2.9
3. Molina • STL 2.9
4. Simmons • ATL 2.4
5. Barmes • PIT 2.2
6. Wright • NYM 2.1
7. Cozart • CIN 2.1
8. Crawford • SFG 2.0
9. Hanigan • CIN 1.8
10. Phillips • CIN 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. Posey • SFG .336
2. McCutchen • PIT .327
3. Braun • MIL .319
4. Molina • STL .315
5. Votto • CIN .337 **
6. Pacheco • COL .309
7. Craig • STL .307
8. Scutaro • 2TM .306
9. Wright • NYM .306
10. Jay • STL .305

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 .474 **
2. Posey • SFG .408
3. McCutchen • PIT .400
4. Braun • MIL .391
5. Wright • NYM .391
6. Montero • ARI .391
7. Fowler • COL .389
8. Holliday • STL .379
9. Headley • SDP .376
10. Jay • STL .373

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. Stanton • MIA .608 **
2. Braun • MIL .595
3. McCutchen • PIT .553
4. Posey • SFG .549
5. Ramírez • MIL .540
6. Votto • CIN .567 **
7. Craig • STL .522
8. Hill • ARI .522
9. Jones • PIT .516
10. Bruce • CIN .514

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 .987
2. Votto • CIN 1.041 **
3. Stanton • MIA .969 **
4. Posey • SFG .957
5. McCutchen • PIT .953
6. Ramírez • MIL .901
7. Wright • NYM .883
8. Hill • ARI .882
9. González • COL .881
10. Holliday • STL .877

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Castro • CHC 162
2. Headley • SDP 161
3. Reyes • MIA 160
Pence • 2TM 160
Espinosa • WSN 160
6. Heyward • ATL 158
7. Weeks • MIL 157
McCutchen • PIT 157
Holliday • STL 157
Ramírez • 2TM 157

At Bats

At Bats

1. Castro • CHC 646
2. Reyes • MIA 642
3. Rollins • PHI 632
4. Bourn • ATL 624
5. Scutaro • 2TM 620
6. Prado • ATL 617
Pence • 2TM 617
8. Hill • ARI 609
9. Pagán • SFG 605
10. Headley • SDP 604
Ramírez • 2TM 604

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 • MIA 716
2. Bourn • ATL 703
3. Rollins • PHI 699
Headley • SDP 699
5. Castro • CHC 691
6. Prado • ATL 690
7. Holliday • STL 688
Pence • 2TM 688
9. Scutaro • 2TM 683
10. Braun • MIL 677
Weeks • MIL 677

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Braun • MIL 108
2. Upton • ARI 107
McCutchen • PIT 107
4. Rollins • PHI 102
5. Harper • WSN 98
6. Bourn • ATL 96
7. Headley • SDP 95
Pagán • SFG 95
Holliday • STL 95
10. Hill • ARI 93
Heyward • ATL 93
Zimmerman • WSN 93

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. McCutchen • PIT 194
2. Braun • MIL 191
3. Scutaro • 2TM 190
4. Prado • ATL 186
5. Hill • ARI 184
Reyes • MIA 184
7. Castro • CHC 183
8. Wright • NYM 178
Posey • SFG 178
10. Holliday • STL 177

Total Bases

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

1. Braun • MIL 356
2. McCutchen • PIT 328
3. Hill • ARI 318
4. Ramírez • MIL 308
5. Headley • SDP 301
6. Holliday • STL 298
7. Posey • SFG 291
LaRoche • WSN 291
9. Bruce • CIN 288
10. Wright • NYM 286

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Ramírez • MIL 50
2. Hill • ARI 44
Votto • CIN 44
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 43
5. Prado • ATL 42
6. Wright • NYM 41
7. Murphy • NYM 40
8. Alonso • SDP 39
Posey • SFG 39
10. Pagán • SFG 38

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Pagán • SFG 15
2. Castro • CHC 12
Reyes • MIA 12
4. Fowler • COL 11
5. Bourn • ATL 10
Colvin • COL 10
Cabrera • SFG 10
8. Harper • WSN 9
9. DeJesus • CHC 8
Venable • SDP 8

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Braun • MIL 41
2. Stanton • MIA 37
3. Bruce • CIN 34
4. LaRoche • WSN 33
5. Soriano • CHC 32
Davis • NYM 32
Beltrán • STL 32
8. McCutchen • PIT 31
Headley • SDP 31
10. Kubel • ARI 30
Hart • MIL 30
Álvarez • PIT 30

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Headley • SDP 115
2. Braun • MIL 112
3. Soriano • CHC 108
4. Ramírez • MIL 105
5. Pence • 2TM 104
6. Posey • SFG 103
7. Holliday • STL 102
8. LaRoche • WSN 100
9. Bruce • CIN 99
10. Beltrán • STL 97

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Uggla • ATL 94
Votto • CIN 94
3. Headley • SDP 86
4. Wright • NYM 81
5. Holliday • STL 75
6. Weeks • MIL 74
7. Montero • ARI 73
8. Bourn • ATL 70
McCutchen • PIT 70
10. Posey • SFG 69

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Espinosa • WSN 189
2. Álvarez • PIT 180
3. Weeks • MIL 169
4. Uggla • ATL 168
5. Stubbs • CIN 166
6. Headley • SDP 157
7. Bourn • ATL 155
Bruce • CIN 155
9. Soriano • CHC 153
10. Heyward • ATL 152

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Cabrera • SDP 44
2. Bourn • ATL 42
3. Reyes • MIA 40
4. Victorino • 2TM 39
5. Gómez • MIL 37
Pierre • PHI 37
7. Altuve • HOU 33
8. Strange-Gordon • LAD 32
9. Campana • CHC 30
Stubbs • CIN 30
Bonifácio • MIA 30
Aoki • MIL 30
Braun • MIL 30
Rollins • PHI 30

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Scutaro • 2TM 147
2. Prado • ATL 128
Castro • CHC 128
McCutchen • PIT 128
5. Bourn • ATL 126
6. Reyes • MIA 124
7. Altuve • HOU 122
8. Murphy • NYM 117
9. Phillips • CIN 114
Wright • NYM 114
Posey • SFG 114

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Posey • SFG 171
2. McCutchen • PIT 162
3. Braun • MIL 158
4. Headley • SDP 145
5. Wright • NYM 144
6. Holliday • STL 138
7. Molina • STL 137
8. Craig • STL 137
9. Ramírez • MIL 136
10. Hill • ARI 133

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. Braun • MIL 142
2. McCutchen • PIT 132
3. Headley • SDP 120
4. Posey • SFG 117
5. Holliday • STL 113
6. Hill • ARI 112
7. Wright • NYM 111
8. Ramírez • MIL 110
9. Votto • CIN 107
10. LaRoche • WSN 102

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. Posey • SFG 56
2. McCutchen • PIT 52
3. Votto • CIN 50
4. Braun • MIL 50
5. Headley • SDP 41
6. Wright • NYM 39
7. Cabrera • SFG 35
8. Holliday • STL 35
9. Stanton • MIA 34
10. Ramírez • MIL 29

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. Posey • SFG 5.4
2. McCutchen • PIT 5.1
3. Braun • MIL 4.9
4. Votto • CIN 4.9
5. Headley • SDP 4.0
6. Wright • NYM 3.9
7. Cabrera • SFG 3.5
8. Holliday • STL 3.4
9. Stanton • MIA 3.3
10. Ramírez • MIL 2.9

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Braun • MIL 80
Ramírez • MIL 80
3. Hill • ARI 76
4. Bruce • CIN 74
5. Hart • MIL 69
LaRoche • WSN 69
7. Stanton • MIA 68
8. Soriano • CHC 67
9. McCutchen • PIT 66
10. Holliday • STL 65

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. McCutchen • PIT 269
2. Braun • MIL 265
3. Headley • SDP 263
4. Wright • NYM 262
5. Holliday • STL 261
6. Posey • SFG 249
7. Reyes • MIA 247
8. Prado • ATL 246
9. Bourn • ATL 244
10. Hill • ARI 240

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 .773
2. McCutchen • PIT .754
3. Posey • SFG .750
4. Headley • SDP .700
5. Fowler • COL .696
6. Ramírez • MIL .692
7. Molina • STL .691
8. González • COL .690
9. Wright • NYM .683
10. Holliday • STL .677

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Quentin • SDP 17
2. Ruiz • PHI 16
3. Jay • STL 15
4. Aoki • MIL 13
Weeks • MIL 13
Espinosa • WSN 13
7. Montero • ARI 12
Ramírez • MIL 12
Utley • PHI 12
10. Braun • MIL 11
Hart • MIL 11

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Cueto • CIN 17
Pierre • PHI 17
3. Kershaw • LAD 14
4. Capuano • LAD 13
5. Lohse • STL 12
6. Kennedy • ARI 10
Hanson • ATL 10
Latos • CIN 10
Nolasco • MIA 10
Dickey • NYM 10
Lincecum • SFG 10
Zito • SFG 10
Lynn • STL 10
Scutaro • 2TM 10

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Goldschmidt • ARI 9
Freeman • ATL 9
Prado • ATL 9
Posey • SFG 9
Scutaro • 2TM 9
LaRoche • WSN 9
7. Walker • PIT 8
8. Bruce • CIN 7
Dobbs • MIA 7
Jones • PIT 7
Sandoval • SFG 7
Carpenter • STL 7
Craig • STL 7
Pence • 2TM 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Votto • CIN 18
2. Wright • NYM 16
3. Braun • MIL 15
Beltrán • STL 15
5. Hanigan • CIN 13
McCutchen • PIT 13
7. Bruce • CIN 11
González • COL 11
Ellis • LAD 11
10. Reyes • MIA 9
Stanton • MIA 9
Alonso • SDP 9

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. Zimmerman • WSN 20
2. Prado • ATL 19
Phillips • CIN 19
Posey • SFG 19
Freese • STL 19
6. Soriano • CHC 18
Martinez • HOU 18
Johnson • 2TM 18
9. Ellis • LAD 17
Mayberry • PHI 17
Ramírez • 2TM 17
Desmond • WSN 17

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Bourn • ATL 13
Castro • CHC 13
3. McCutchen • PIT 12
Tábata • PIT 12
5. Altuve • HOU 11
Reyes • MIA 11
7. Bloomquist • ARI 10
Strange-Gordon • LAD 10
Wright • NYM 10
10. Parra • ARI 9
Schafer • HOU 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Cabrera • SDP 91.67
2. Bonifácio • MIA 90.91
Campana • CHC 90.91
4. Phillips • CIN 88.24
5. Young • COL 87.50
6. Victorino • 2TM 86.67
7. Gómez • MIL 86.05
8. Goldschmidt • ARI 85.71
Rollins • PHI 85.71
10. Weeks • MIL 84.21

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. Braun • MIL 34.6
2. Rollins • PHI 26.0
3. Gómez • MIL 25.1
4. McCutchen • PIT 24.3
5. Heyward • ATL 23.6
6. Desmond • WSN 22.8
7. Ramírez • 2TM 22.4
8. Headley • SDP 22.0
9. González • COL 21.0
10. Harper • WSN 19.8

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. Scutaro • 2TM 12.7
2. Reyes • MIA 11.5
3. Lee • 2TM 11.2
4. Aoki • MIL 9.5
5. Barney • CHC 9.4
6. Molina • STL 9.2
7. Prado • ATL 8.9
8. Furcal • STL 8.4
9. Pacheco • COL 7.8
10. Altuve • HOU 7.8

AB per HR

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

1. Stanton • MIA 12.1 **
2. Braun • MIL 14.6
3. Davis • NYM 16.2
4. Bruce • CIN 16.5
5. Rosario • COL 14.1 **
6. Kubel • ARI 16.9
7. Beltrán • STL 17.1
8. LaRoche • WSN 17.3
9. Ludwick • CIN 16.2 **
10. Álvarez • PIT 17.5

Outs Made

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

1. Castro • CHC 496
2. Rollins • PHI 493
3. Reyes • MIA 490
4. Pence • 2TM 485
5. Ramírez • 2TM 476
6. Bourn • ATL 474
7. Espinosa • WSN 469
8. Prado • ATL 467
Weeks • MIL 467
10. Victorino • 2TM 466

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. Headley • SDP 51.60
2. Braun • MIL 51.51
3. Posey • SFG 50.78
4. Votto • CIN 50.24
5. McCutchen • PIT 48.04
6. Wright • NYM 38.72
7. Goldschmidt • ARI 38.58
8. Holliday • STL 37.99
9. Ramírez • MIL 37.74
10. Stanton • MIA 37.35

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. Votto • CIN 6.1
2. Braun • MIL 5.1
3. Posey • SFG 4.8
4. Ramírez • MIL 4.6
5. McCutchen • PIT 4.6
6. Molina • STL 4.2
7. Desmond • WSN 4.1
8. Headley • SDP 4.1
9. Wright • NYM 4.1
10. Jones • PIT 3.7

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 5.7
2. Posey • SFG 4.9
3. McCutchen • PIT 4.9
4. Headley • SDP 4.8
5. Votto • CIN 4.5
6. Stanton • MIA 4.1
7. Cabrera • SFG 3.9
8. Goldschmidt • ARI 3.8
9. Holliday • STL 3.7
10. Ramírez • MIL 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. Votto • CIN 3.7
2. Posey • SFG 3.6
3. Jones • PIT 3.4
4. Molina • STL 3.4
5. Wright • NYM 3.1
6. McCutchen • PIT 3.0
7. Desmond • WSN 2.6
8. Cabrera • SFG 2.6
9. Craig • STL 2.6
10. Pagán • SFG 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. Headley • SDP 5.3
2. Posey • SFG 5.2
3. Braun • MIL 4.9
4. McCutchen • PIT 4.8
5. Votto • CIN 4.8
6. Wright • NYM 3.9
7. Holliday • STL 3.8
8. Goldschmidt • ARI 3.7
9. Cabrera • SFG 3.6
10. Molina • STL 3.6

rOBA

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

1. Braun • MIL .424
2. Posey • SFG .417
3. McCutchen • PIT .407
4. Ramírez • MIL .395
5. Molina • STL .392
6. Headley • SDP .391
7. Holliday • STL .385
8. Fowler • COL .385
9. Hill • ARI .384
10. González • COL .384

Rbat+

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

1. Posey • SFG 183
2. McCutchen • PIT 170
3. Braun • MIL 167
4. Headley • SDP 159
5. Molina • STL 151
6. Wright • NYM 150
7. Holliday • STL 149
8. Ramírez • MIL 148
9. Craig • STL 146
10. Hill • ARI 142

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