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 8.2
2. Hamels • PHI 6.6
3. Cueto • CIN 6.6
4. Stanton • MIA 6.5
5. Rendon • WSN 6.5
6. Lucroy • MIL 6.4
7. McCutchen • PIT 6.4
8. Wainwright • STL 6.4
9. Peralta • STL 5.7
10. Tulowitzki • COL 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. Stanton • MIA 6.5
2. Rendon • WSN 6.5
3. Lucroy • MIL 6.4
4. McCutchen • PIT 6.4
5. Peralta • STL 5.7
6. Tulowitzki • COL 5.7
7. Martin • PIT 5.6
8. Harrison • PIT 5.6
Rizzo • CHC 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 7.7
2. Stanton • MIA 5.9
3. Posey • SFG 5.6
4. Lucroy • MIL 5.6
5. Puig • LAD 5.3
6. Rendon • WSN 4.9
7. Tulowitzki • COL 4.8
8. Gómez • MIL 4.7
Ramírez • LAD 4.7
10. Rizzo • CHC 4.7

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. Lagares • NYM 3.1
2. Simmons • ATL 2.9
3. Cozart • CIN 2.6
4. Peralta • STL 2.5
5. Molina • STL 2.3
6. Martin • PIT 2.2
7. Inciarte • ARI 2.1
8. Rendon • WSN 2.0
9. Uribe • LAD 2.0
10. Heyward • ATL 1.9

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. Morneau • COL .319
2. Harrison • PIT .315
3. McCutchen • PIT .314
4. Posey • SFG .311
5. Revere • PHI .306
6. Span • WSN .302
7. Lucroy • MIL .301
8. Puig • LAD .296
9. Dickerson • COL .312 **
10. Werth • WSN .292

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. McCutchen • PIT .410
2. Stanton • MIA .395
3. Werth • WSN .394
4. Rizzo • CHC .386
5. Freeman • ATL .386
6. Puig • LAD .382
7. Goldschmidt • ARI .396 **
8. Carpenter • STL .375
9. Lucroy • MIL .373
10. Holliday • STL .370

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 .555
2. McCutchen • PIT .542
3. Dickerson • COL .567 **
4. Rizzo • CHC .527
5. Goldschmidt • ARI .542 **
6. Kemp • LAD .506
7. Morneau • COL .496
8. Upton • ATL .491
9. Harrison • PIT .490
10. Posey • SFG .490

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. McCutchen • PIT .952
2. Stanton • MIA .950
3. Rizzo • CHC .913
4. Goldschmidt • ARI .938 **
5. Dickerson • COL .931 **
6. Puig • LAD .863
7. Morneau • COL .860
8. Posey • SFG .854
9. Kemp • LAD .852
10. Werth • WSN .849

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Freeman • ATL 162
Pence • SFG 162
3. McGehee • MIA 160
4. González • LAD 159
5. Carpenter • STL 158
6. Frazier • CIN 157
Sandoval • SFG 157
Peralta • STL 157
9. Holliday • STL 156
10. Granderson • NYM 155
Utley • PHI 155

At Bats

At Bats

1. Pence • SFG 650
2. McGehee • MIA 616
3. Rendon • WSN 613
4. Span • WSN 610
5. Strange-Gordon • LAD 609
6. Freeman • ATL 607
7. Revere • PHI 601
8. Frazier • CIN 597
9. Murphy • NYM 596
10. Carpenter • STL 595

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. Carpenter • STL 709
2. Freeman • ATL 708
Pence • SFG 708
4. McGehee • MIA 691
5. Rendon • WSN 683
6. Span • WSN 668
7. Holliday • STL 667
8. Utley • PHI 664
9. Frazier • CIN 660
González • LAD 660
Yelich • MIA 660

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Rendon • WSN 111
2. Pence • SFG 106
3. Carpenter • STL 99
4. Gómez • MIL 95
5. Yelich • MIA 94
Span • WSN 94
7. Freeman • ATL 93
8. Strange-Gordon • LAD 92
Puig • LAD 92
10. Rizzo • CHC 89
Stanton • MIA 89
McCutchen • PIT 89

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Revere • PHI 184
Span • WSN 184
3. Pence • SFG 180
4. McGehee • MIA 177
5. Strange-Gordon • LAD 176
Lucroy • MIL 176
Rendon • WSN 176
8. Freeman • ATL 175
9. Murphy • NYM 172
McCutchen • PIT 172

Total Bases

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

1. Stanton • MIA 299
2. McCutchen • PIT 297
3. Rendon • WSN 290
4. Pence • SFG 289
5. González • LAD 285
6. Freeman • ATL 280
7. Upton • ATL 278
8. Rizzo • CHC 276
9. Frazier • CIN 274
Kemp • LAD 274
Gómez • MIL 274

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Lucroy • MIL 53
2. Freeman • ATL 43
3. González • LAD 41
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 39
Rendon • WSN 39
Span • WSN 39
7. Kemp • LAD 38
Harrison • PIT 38
McCutchen • PIT 38
Peralta • STL 38

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Strange-Gordon • LAD 12
2. Hechavarría • MIA 10
Crawford • SFG 10
Pence • SFG 10
5. Peralta • ARI 9
Puig • LAD 9
7. Hamilton • CIN 8
Span • WSN 8
9. Rutledge • COL 7
Revere • PHI 7
Harrison • PIT 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Stanton • MIA 37
2. Rizzo • CHC 32
3. Duda • NYM 30
4. Upton • ATL 29
Frazier • CIN 29
6. González • LAD 27
7. LaRoche • WSN 26
8. Mesoraco • CIN 25
Kemp • LAD 25
Byrd • PHI 25
McCutchen • PIT 25

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. González • LAD 116
2. Stanton • MIA 105
3. Upton • ATL 102
4. Howard • PHI 95
5. Duda • NYM 92
LaRoche • WSN 92
7. Desmond • WSN 91
8. Holliday • STL 90
9. Kemp • LAD 89
Posey • SFG 89

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Carpenter • STL 95
2. Stanton • MIA 94
3. Freeman • ATL 90
4. McCutchen • PIT 84
5. Werth • WSN 83
6. LaRoche • WSN 82
7. Granderson • NYM 79
8. Holliday • STL 74
9. Rizzo • CHC 73
10. Yelich • MIA 70

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Howard • PHI 190
2. Byrd • PHI 185
3. Desmond • WSN 183
4. Upton • ATL 173
5. Upton • ATL 171
6. Stanton • MIA 170
7. Ozuna • MIA 164
8. Johnson • ATL 159
9. Bruce • CIN 149
10. Freeman • ATL 145
Kemp • LAD 145

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Strange-Gordon • LAD 64
2. Hamilton • CIN 56
3. Revere • PHI 49
4. Gómez • MIL 34
5. Span • WSN 31
6. Young • NYM 30
Marte • PIT 30
8. Blackmon • COL 28
Rollins • PHI 28
10. Bonifácio • 2TM 26

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Revere • PHI 162
2. McGehee • MIA 143
3. Strange-Gordon • LAD 138
4. Span • WSN 132
5. Murphy • NYM 124
6. Blackmon • COL 122
7. Pence • SFG 121
8. Yelich • MIA 120
9. Sandoval • SFG 119
Carpenter • STL 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. McCutchen • PIT 166
2. Stanton • MIA 164
3. Rizzo • CHC 152
4. Puig • LAD 145
5. Posey • SFG 143
6. Kemp • LAD 140
7. Freeman • ATL 139
8. Duda • NYM 137
9. Werth • WSN 134
10. Smith • SDP 134

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. McCutchen • PIT 130
2. Stanton • MIA 120
3. Rizzo • CHC 111
4. Freeman • ATL 109
5. Puig • LAD 106
6. Rendon • WSN 105
7. Werth • WSN 103
8. Lucroy • MIL 101
9. Gómez • MIL 100
10. Upton • ATL 97

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. McCutchen • PIT 53
2. Stanton • MIA 49
3. Rizzo • CHC 39
4. Freeman • ATL 36
5. Puig • LAD 35
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 35
7. Tulowitzki • COL 34
8. Posey • SFG 31
9. Werth • WSN 29
10. Kemp • LAD 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. McCutchen • PIT 5.4
2. Stanton • MIA 5.0
3. Rizzo • CHC 4.0
4. Freeman • ATL 3.7
5. Puig • LAD 3.6
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 3.6
7. Tulowitzki • COL 3.4
8. Posey • SFG 3.2
9. Werth • WSN 3.0
10. Kemp • LAD 3.0

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Stanton • MIA 69
McCutchen • PIT 69
3. González • LAD 68
Lucroy • MIL 68
5. Kemp • LAD 66
Rendon • WSN 66
7. Freeman • ATL 65
Upton • ATL 65
9. Puig • LAD 62
10. Rizzo • CHC 61
Davis • MIL 61
Gómez • MIL 61

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. Freeman • ATL 273
2. McCutchen • PIT 266
3. Carpenter • STL 265
4. Stanton • MIA 252
5. Werth • WSN 248
6. Holliday • STL 247
7. McGehee • MIA 245
8. Puig • LAD 244
Lucroy • MIL 244
10. Rendon • WSN 239

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. McCutchen • PIT .796
2. Stanton • MIA .764
3. Rizzo • CHC .749
4. Werth • WSN .721
5. Puig • LAD .714
6. Morneau • COL .706
7. Freeman • ATL .683
8. Lucroy • MIL .679
Posey • SFG .679
10. Harrison • PIT .679

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Jay • STL 20
2. Gómez • MIL 19
3. Marte • PIT 17
Holliday • STL 17
5. Rizzo • CHC 15
Martin • PIT 15
7. Blackmon • COL 13
Ramírez • MIL 13
Utley • PHI 13
10. Mesoraco • CIN 12
Puig • LAD 12
Ruiz • PHI 12
Espinosa • WSN 12

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Miller • STL 13
2. Cueto • CIN 12
Wheeler • NYM 12
4. Roark • WSN 11
5. Segura • MIL 10
6. Miley • ARI 9
Harang • ATL 9
Hamilton • CIN 9
Lohse • MIL 9
Cabrera • SDP 9
Hernández • 2TM 9
Fister • WSN 9
Strasburg • WSN 9
Zimmermann • WSN 9

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. González • LAD 11
2. Crawford • SFG 10
3. Utley • PHI 9
Carpenter • STL 9
5. Upton • ATL 8
Morneau • COL 8
Posey • SFG 8
LaRoche • WSN 8
9. Hill • ARI 7
McGehee • MIA 7
Sandoval • SFG 7
Adams • STL 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Stanton • MIA 24
2. Utley • PHI 12
Mercer • PIT 12
4. Montero • ARI 11
Tejada • NYM 11
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 10
Crawford • SFG 10
8. González • LAD 9
LaRoche • WSN 9
10. Duda • NYM 8
McCutchen • PIT 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. McGehee • MIA 31
2. Simmons • ATL 25
3. Johnson • ATL 23
4. Wright • NYM 22
5. Kemp • LAD 21
Hechavarría • MIA 21
7. Holliday • STL 20
8. Morse • SFG 19
Peralta • STL 19
10. Freeman • ATL 18
Castro • CHC 18
Ramírez • MIL 18

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Hamilton • CIN 23
2. Strange-Gordon • LAD 19
3. Gómez • MIL 12
4. Marte • PIT 11
5. Blackmon • COL 10
LeMahieu • COL 10
7. Segura • MIL 9
8. Frazier • CIN 8
Revere • PHI 8
Cabrera • SDP 8
Bonifácio • 2TM 8

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Schafer • ATL 88.24
2. Stubbs • COL 86.96
3. Inciarte • ARI 86.36
4. Revere • PHI 85.97
5. McCutchen • PIT 85.71
6. Rendon • WSN 85.00
7. Heyward • ATL 83.33
Wong • STL 83.33
Young • NYM 83.33
10. Desmond • WSN 82.76

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 27.4
2. Desmond • WSN 24.0
3. Frazier • CIN 23.7
4. Blackmon • COL 22.6
5. Rollins • PHI 21.2
6. McCutchen • PIT 20.9
7. Stanton • MIA 19.2
8. Rendon • WSN 18.8
9. Marte • PIT 18.1
10. Stubbs • COL 17.1

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. Revere • PHI 12.3
2. Span • WSN 9.4
3. Simmons • ATL 9.0
4. Morneau • COL 8.4
5. Lucroy • MIL 8.2
6. Posey • SFG 7.9
7. Segura • MIL 7.3
8. Murphy • NYM 6.9
9. Utley • PHI 6.9
10. Sandoval • SFG 6.9

AB per HR

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

1. Stanton • MIA 14.6
2. Rizzo • CHC 16.4
3. Duda • NYM 17.1
4. Mesoraco • CIN 15.4 **
5. LaRoche • WSN 19.0
6. Dickerson • COL 18.2 **
7. Upton • ATL 19.5
8. Reynolds • MIL 17.2 **
9. Frazier • CIN 20.6
10. Tulowitzki • COL 15.0 **

Outs Made

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

1. Pence • SFG 492
2. McGehee • MIA 479
3. Desmond • WSN 467
4. Strange-Gordon • LAD 461
5. Hamilton • CIN 459
6. Rendon • WSN 458
7. Freeman • ATL 457
Howard • PHI 457
9. Johnson • ATL 456
10. Frazier • CIN 455

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. Stanton • MIA 49.65
2. Werth • WSN 45.54
3. McCutchen • PIT 42.41
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 41.05
5. Mesoraco • CIN 40.86
6. Holliday • STL 40.45
7. Rizzo • CHC 35.72
8. Pence • SFG 34.47
9. Tulowitzki • COL 33.92
10. Posey • SFG 33.69

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. Stanton • MIA 5.1
2. McCutchen • PIT 4.9
3. Posey • SFG 4.9
4. Holliday • STL 4.4
5. Werth • WSN 4.4
6. Rizzo • CHC 4.0
7. Lucroy • MIL 4.0
8. LaRoche • WSN 4.0
9. Span • WSN 3.9
10. Morneau • COL 3.9

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. Stanton • MIA 5.1
2. McCutchen • PIT 5.0
3. Rizzo • CHC 4.5
4. Werth • WSN 3.7
5. Holliday • STL 3.6
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 3.5
7. Puig • LAD 3.3
8. Gómez • MIL 3.3
9. Dickerson • COL 3.2
10. Freeman • ATL 3.2

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. Holliday • STL 4.6
2. Posey • SFG 4.3
3. Lucroy • MIL 3.6
4. Pence • SFG 3.2
5. McCutchen • PIT 3.1
6. Stanton • MIA 3.1
7. Werth • WSN 2.8
8. Heyward • ATL 2.7
9. Span • WSN 2.4
10. Freeman • ATL 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. Stanton • MIA 5.0
2. Werth • WSN 4.5
3. McCutchen • PIT 4.3
4. Mesoraco • CIN 4.1
5. Holliday • STL 4.1
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 4.1
7. Pence • SFG 3.6
8. Rizzo • CHC 3.6
9. Posey • SFG 3.5
10. Puig • LAD 3.3

rOBA

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

1. McCutchen • PIT .423
2. Stanton • MIA .409
3. Rizzo • CHC .402
4. Puig • LAD .385
5. Marte • PIT .384
6. Werth • WSN .384
7. Posey • SFG .379
8. Ramírez • LAD .377
9. Freeman • ATL .376
10. Lucroy • MIL .376

Rbat+

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

1. McCutchen • PIT 179
2. Stanton • MIA 169
3. Rizzo • CHC 165
4. Puig • LAD 157
5. Posey • SFG 154
6. Marte • PIT 150
7. Kemp • LAD 149
8. Freeman • ATL 149
9. Ramírez • LAD 149
10. Smith • SDP 146

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