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. Kershaw • LAD 8.6
2. McCutchen • PIT 7.8
3. Gómez • MIL 7.6
4. Lee • PHI 6.8
5. Votto • CIN 6.6
6. Fernández • MIA 6.6
7. Carpenter • STL 6.6
8. Wainwright • STL 6.5
9. Goldschmidt • ARI 6.3
10. Molina • STL 6.2

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. McCutchen • PIT 7.8
2. Gómez • MIL 7.6
3. Votto • CIN 6.6
4. Carpenter • STL 6.6
5. Goldschmidt • ARI 6.3
6. Molina • STL 6.2
7. Simmons • ATL 5.8
8. Parra • ARI 5.3
9. Posey • SFG 5.3
10. Bruce • CIN 5.2
Freeman • ATL 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. McCutchen • PIT 7.5
2. Carpenter • STL 6.6
3. Choo • CIN 6.5
4. Votto • CIN 6.1
5. Goldschmidt • ARI 5.8
6. Wright • NYM 5.4
7. Ramírez • LAD 5.1
8. Freeman • ATL 5.0
9. Pence • SFG 4.8
10. Werth • WSN 4.8

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. Simmons • ATL 4.3
2. Gómez • MIL 3.6
3. Lagares • NYM 3.2
4. Parra • ARI 3.2
5. Molina • STL 2.7
6. Martin • PIT 2.4
7. Castillo • CHC 2.3
8. Arenado • COL 2.3
9. Pennington • ARI 1.7
10. Ellis • LAD 1.6

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. Cuddyer • COL .331
2. Johnson • ATL .321
3. Freeman • ATL .319
4. Molina • STL .319
5. Werth • WSN .318
6. Carpenter • STL .318
7. McCutchen • PIT .317
8. Craig • STL .315
9. Tulowitzki • COL .312
10. Votto • CIN .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 .435
2. Choo • CIN .423
3. McCutchen • PIT .404
4. Goldschmidt • ARI .401
5. Werth • WSN .398
6. Freeman • ATL .396
7. Carpenter • STL .392
8. Tulowitzki • COL .391
9. Cuddyer • COL .389
10. Holliday • STL .389

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. Goldschmidt • ARI .551
2. Tulowitzki • COL .540
3. Werth • WSN .532
4. Cuddyer • COL .530
5. Byrd • 2TM .511
6. McCutchen • PIT .508
7. Gómez • MIL .506
8. González • COL .591 **
9. Wright • NYM .514 **
10. Freeman • ATL .501

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. Goldschmidt • ARI .952
2. Tulowitzki • COL .931
3. Werth • WSN .931
4. Votto • CIN .926
5. Cuddyer • COL .919
6. McCutchen • PIT .911
7. Freeman • ATL .897
8. Choo • CIN .885
9. Wright • NYM .904 **
10. Holliday • STL .879

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Votto • CIN 162
Pence • SFG 162
3. Castro • CHC 161
Murphy • NYM 161
5. Goldschmidt • ARI 160
Rizzo • CHC 160
Bruce • CIN 160
Rollins • PHI 160
9. Desmond • WSN 158
10. Simmons • ATL 157
González • LAD 157
McCutchen • PIT 157
Carpenter • STL 157
Jay • STL 157

At Bats

At Bats

1. Castro • CHC 666
2. Murphy • NYM 658
3. Pence • SFG 629
4. Bruce • CIN 626
Carpenter • STL 626
6. Span • WSN 610
7. Prado • ARI 609
8. Simmons • ATL 606
Rizzo • CHC 606
Phillips • CIN 606

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. Votto • CIN 726
2. Carpenter • STL 717
3. Choo • CIN 712
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 710
5. Castro • CHC 705
6. Bruce • CIN 697
Murphy • NYM 697
8. Rizzo • CHC 690
9. Pence • SFG 687
10. Aoki • MIL 674
McCutchen • PIT 674

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Carpenter • STL 126
2. Choo • CIN 107
3. Goldschmidt • ARI 103
Holliday • STL 103
5. Votto • CIN 101
6. McCutchen • PIT 97
7. Upton • ATL 94
8. Murphy • NYM 92
9. Pence • SFG 91
10. Freeman • ATL 89
Bruce • CIN 89

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Carpenter • STL 199
2. Murphy • NYM 188
3. McCutchen • PIT 185
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 182
5. Pence • SFG 178
6. Votto • CIN 177
7. Freeman • ATL 176
8. Segura • MIL 173
9. Prado • ARI 172
10. González • LAD 171
Aoki • MIL 171

Total Bases

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

1. Goldschmidt • ARI 332
2. Pence • SFG 304
3. Carpenter • STL 301
4. Bruce • CIN 299
5. McCutchen • PIT 296
6. Votto • CIN 285
7. Freeman • ATL 276
8. Murphy • NYM 273
9. Beltrán • STL 272
Byrd • 2TM 272
Desmond • WSN 272

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Carpenter • STL 55
2. Molina • STL 44
3. Parra • ARI 43
Bruce • CIN 43
5. Rizzo • CHC 40
6. Belt • SFG 39
7. Murphy • NYM 38
McCutchen • PIT 38
Desmond • WSN 38
10. Goldschmidt • ARI 36
Prado • ARI 36
Rollins • PHI 36

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Span • WSN 11
2. Gómez • MIL 10
Segura • MIL 10
Marte • PIT 10
5. Hechavarría • MIA 8
Venable • SDP 8
7. Carpenter • STL 7
Young • 2TM 7
9. Simmons • ATL 6
González • COL 6
Lucroy • MIL 6
Wright • NYM 6
Utley • PHI 6
Blanco • SFG 6

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Goldschmidt • ARI 36
Álvarez • PIT 36
3. Bruce • CIN 30
4. Upton • ATL 27
Brown • PHI 27
Pence • SFG 27
7. González • COL 26
Zimmerman • WSN 26
9. Tulowitzki • COL 25
Werth • WSN 25

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Goldschmidt • ARI 125
2. Freeman • ATL 109
Bruce • CIN 109
4. Phillips • CIN 103
5. González • LAD 100
Álvarez • PIT 100
7. Pence • SFG 99
8. Craig • STL 97
9. Holliday • STL 94
10. Byrd • 2TM 88

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Votto • CIN 135
2. Choo • CIN 112
3. Goldschmidt • ARI 99
4. McCutchen • PIT 78
5. Uggla • ATL 77
6. Rizzo • CHC 76
7. Upton • ATL 75
8. Stanton • MIA 74
9. Carpenter • STL 72
LaRoche • WSN 72

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Álvarez • PIT 186
2. Bruce • CIN 185
3. Uggla • ATL 171
4. Upton • ATL 161
5. Upton • ATL 151
6. Gómez • MIL 146
7. Goldschmidt • ARI 145
Desmond • WSN 145
9. Byrd • 2TM 144
10. Headley • SDP 142

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Young • 2TM 46
2. Segura • MIL 44
3. Marte • PIT 41
4. Gómez • MIL 40
5. Cabrera • SDP 37
6. McCutchen • PIT 27
7. Pierre • MIA 23
Murphy • NYM 23
9. Schafer • ATL 22
Revere • PHI 22
Rollins • PHI 22
Venable • SDP 22
Pence • SFG 22

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Aoki • MIL 140
2. Murphy • NYM 133
3. Segura • MIL 131
4. Span • WSN 127
5. Carpenter • STL 126
6. Freeman • ATL 124
7. McCutchen • PIT 121
8. Prado • ARI 120
Votto • CIN 120
10. Johnson • ATL 119

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Goldschmidt • ARI 160
2. McCutchen • PIT 157
3. Votto • CIN 156
4. Werth • WSN 153
5. Freeman • ATL 147
6. Choo • CIN 145
7. Holliday • STL 142
8. Carpenter • STL 140
9. Belt • SFG 139
10. Tulowitzki • COL 139

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. Votto • CIN 132
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 129
3. Choo • CIN 125
Carpenter • STL 125
5. McCutchen • PIT 123
6. Freeman • ATL 112
7. Pence • SFG 102
Werth • WSN 102
9. Bruce • CIN 99
Cuddyer • COL 99

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. Votto • CIN 54
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 52
3. McCutchen • PIT 49
4. Choo • CIN 44
5. Carpenter • STL 39
6. Freeman • ATL 37
7. Ramírez • LAD 36
8. Werth • WSN 36
9. Wright • NYM 33
10. Holliday • STL 32

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. Votto • CIN 5.4
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 5.3
3. McCutchen • PIT 4.9
4. Choo • CIN 4.4
5. Carpenter • STL 3.9
6. Freeman • ATL 3.7
7. Ramírez • LAD 3.6
8. Werth • WSN 3.6
9. Wright • NYM 3.4
10. Holliday • STL 3.3

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Goldschmidt • ARI 75
2. Bruce • CIN 74
3. Carpenter • STL 73
4. Pence • SFG 67
5. Rizzo • CHC 65
6. McCutchen • PIT 64
Byrd • 2TM 64
8. Gómez • MIL 61
Desmond • WSN 61
10. Álvarez • PIT 60
Belt • SFG 60

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 316
2. Choo • CIN 300
3. Goldschmidt • ARI 284
4. Carpenter • STL 280
5. McCutchen • PIT 272
6. Freeman • ATL 249
7. Aoki • MIL 237
8. Holliday • STL 234
9. Pence • SFG 233
10. Bruce • CIN 229

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. Werth • WSN .769
2. Votto • CIN .768
3. Tulowitzki • COL .758
4. Choo • CIN .752
5. McCutchen • PIT .747
6. Freeman • ATL .745
7. Cuddyer • COL .743
8. Goldschmidt • ARI .738
9. Carpenter • STL .737
10. Belt • SFG .689

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Choo • CIN 26
2. Marte • PIT 24
3. Walker • PIT 15
4. Frazier • CIN 14
Jay • STL 14
6. Castillo • CHC 11
Puig • LAD 11
Aoki • MIL 11
Frandsen • PHI 11
Headley • SDP 11

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Arroyo • CIN 16
2. Cozart • CIN 13
Hamels • PHI 13
4. Lohse • MIL 12
5. Bailey • CIN 11
Schafer • MIL 11
Lynn • STL 11
8. Samardzija • CHC 10
Nicasio • COL 10
Lee • PHI 10
Cabrera • SDP 10
Cain • SFG 10
Young • 2TM 10
Strasburg • WSN 10

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Cozart • CIN 10
González • LAD 10
3. Phillips • CIN 9
4. Lucroy • MIL 8
5. Sánchez • PIT 7
Alonso • SDP 7
Posey • SFG 7
Carpenter • STL 7
Byrd • 2TM 7
10. Montero • ARI 6
Prado • ARI 6
Upton • ATL 6
Barney • CHC 6
Votto • CIN 6
Ellis • LAD 6
Gómez • MIL 6
Howard • PHI 6
Sandoval • SFG 6
Beltrán • STL 6

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Goldschmidt • ARI 19
Votto • CIN 19
3. Bruce • CIN 13
4. McCutchen • PIT 12
5. Ethier • LAD 11
6. Freeman • ATL 10
LaRoche • WSN 10
8. Hanigan • CIN 9
9. Posey • SFG 8
Kozma • STL 8

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. Holliday • STL 31
2. Prado • ARI 29
3. Goldschmidt • ARI 25
Freese • STL 25
5. Barney • CHC 22
6. Castro • CHC 21
Young • 2TM 21
8. Johnson • ATL 20
9. Phillips • CIN 19
Hechavarría • MIA 19
Sandoval • SFG 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Marte • PIT 15
2. Segura • MIL 13
3. Aoki • MIL 12
Cabrera • SDP 12
5. Choo • CIN 11
Young • 2TM 11
7. Parra • ARI 10
Hechavarría • MIA 10
McCutchen • PIT 10
10. Fowler • COL 9
Blanco • SFG 9

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Murphy • NYM 88.46
2. Pence • SFG 88.00
3. González • COL 87.50
4. Gómez • MIL 85.11
5. Wright • NYM 85.00
6. Young • 2TM 80.70
7. Pierre • MIA 79.31
8. Crawford • LAD 78.95
9. Schafer • ATL 78.57
Venable • SDP 78.57
Rollins • PHI 78.57

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. Gómez • MIL 30.0
2. Pence • SFG 24.2
3. McCutchen • PIT 23.6
4. González • COL 23.2
5. Venable • SDP 22.0
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 21.2
7. Choo • CIN 20.5
Desmond • WSN 20.5
9. Segura • MIL 18.9
10. Marte • PIT 18.6

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. Aoki • MIL 14.9
2. Scutaro • SFG 14.4
3. Prado • ARI 11.5
4. Simmons • ATL 11.0
5. Molina • STL 9.2
6. Span • WSN 7.9
7. Barney • CHC 7.8
8. Lucroy • MIL 7.6
9. Posey • SFG 7.4
10. Segura • MIL 7.0

AB per HR

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

1. Álvarez • PIT 15.5
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 16.7
3. González • COL 15.0 **
4. Stanton • MIA 17.7
5. Tulowitzki • COL 17.8
6. Brown • PHI 18.4
7. Werth • WSN 18.5
8. Uggla • ATL 20.4
9. Upton • ATL 20.7
10. Bruce • CIN 20.9

Outs Made

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

1. Castro • CHC 532
2. Murphy • NYM 491
3. Simmons • ATL 486
4. Rizzo • CHC 484
5. Phillips • CIN 483
6. Bruce • CIN 479
7. Prado • ARI 477
8. Pence • SFG 474
9. Parra • ARI 473
Rollins • PHI 473

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. Goldschmidt • ARI 67.27
2. Freeman • ATL 63.89
3. Carpenter • STL 52.09
4. Choo • CIN 50.33
5. Votto • CIN 49.83
6. Holliday • STL 49.01
7. Craig • STL 46.96
8. McCutchen • PIT 40.02
9. Ramírez • LAD 37.80
10. Cuddyer • COL 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. Goldschmidt • ARI 8.0
2. Freeman • ATL 6.0
3. Choo • CIN 5.4
4. McCutchen • PIT 4.5
5. Carpenter • STL 4.4
6. Zimmerman • WSN 4.3
7. González • LAD 4.2
8. Holliday • STL 3.9
9. Stanton • MIA 3.8
10. Ramírez • LAD 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. McCutchen • PIT 5.3
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 5.3
3. Choo • CIN 4.9
4. Votto • CIN 4.7
5. Freeman • ATL 4.3
6. Carpenter • STL 4.0
7. Pence • SFG 3.9
8. Ramírez • LAD 3.6
9. Holliday • STL 3.6
10. Werth • WSN 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. Goldschmidt • ARI 5.0
2. Choo • CIN 3.7
3. Carpenter • STL 3.7
4. Holliday • STL 3.2
5. McCutchen • PIT 3.1
6. Freeman • ATL 2.8
7. Votto • CIN 2.5
8. Craig • STL 2.3
9. González • LAD 2.1
10. Zimmerman • WSN 2.0

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. Goldschmidt • ARI 6.6
2. Freeman • ATL 6.3
3. Carpenter • STL 5.2
4. Choo • CIN 5.0
5. Votto • CIN 5.0
6. Holliday • STL 4.9
7. Craig • STL 4.7
8. McCutchen • PIT 4.1
9. Ramírez • LAD 3.8
10. Pence • SFG 3.6

rOBA

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

1. Werth • WSN .414
2. Goldschmidt • ARI .412
3. Votto • CIN .408
4. McCutchen • PIT .404
5. Cuddyer • COL .403
6. Tulowitzki • COL .403
7. Freeman • ATL .401
8. Choo • CIN .398
9. Holliday • STL .391
10. Carpenter • STL .387

Rbat+

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

1. Goldschmidt • ARI 170
2. McCutchen • PIT 169
3. Votto • CIN 168
4. Werth • WSN 167
5. Freeman • ATL 162
6. Choo • CIN 160
7. Holliday • STL 153
8. Carpenter • STL 152
9. Belt • SFG 149
10. Byrd • 2TM 149

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