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. Stanton • MIA 8.1
2. Votto • CIN 7.8
3. Scherzer • WSN 7.5
4. Arenado • COL 6.6
5. Strasburg • WSN 6.5
6. Pham • STL 6.3
7. Gonzalez • WSN 6.2
8. Rendon • WSN 6.1
9. Goldschmidt • ARI 6.1
Greinke • ARI 6.1

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 8.1
2. Votto • CIN 7.8
3. Arenado • COL 6.6
4. Pham • STL 6.3
5. Rendon • WSN 6.1
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 6.1
7. Turner • LAD 5.8
8. Bryant • CHC 5.7
9. Ozuna • MIA 5.7
10. Blackmon • COL 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. Stanton • MIA 6.8
2. Blackmon • COL 6.4
3. Votto • CIN 6.3
4. Bryant • CHC 5.9
5. Turner • LAD 5.2
6. Rendon • WSN 5.2
7. Ozuna • MIA 5.1
Pham • STL 5.1
9. Arenado • COL 5.0
10. Goldschmidt • ARI 4.9

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. Barnhart • CIN 3.1
2. Story • COL 2.1
3. Arenado • COL 1.9
4. Lagares • NYM 1.9
5. Piña • MIL 1.8
6. Russell • CHC 1.8
7. Hamilton • CIN 1.6
8. Crawford • SFG 1.6
9. LeMahieu • COL 1.5
10. Realmuto • MIA 1.4

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. Blackmon • COL .331
2. Murphy • WSN .322
3. Turner • LAD .322
4. Votto • CIN .320
5. Posey • SFG .320
6. Harper • WSN .319 **
7. Ozuna • MIA .312
8. LeMahieu • COL .310
9. Arenado • COL .309
10. Strange-Gordon • MIA .308

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 .454
2. Turner • LAD .415
3. Pham • STL .411
4. Bryant • CHC .409
5. Harper • WSN .413 **
6. Goldschmidt • ARI .404
7. Rendon • WSN .403
8. Freeman • ATL .403
9. Posey • SFG .400
10. Blackmon • COL .399

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 .631
2. Blackmon • COL .601
3. Freeman • ATL .586
4. Arenado • COL .586
5. Harper • WSN .595 **
6. Bellinger • LAD .581
7. Votto • CIN .578
8. Zimmerman • WSN .573
9. Goldschmidt • ARI .563
10. Ozuna • MIA .548

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. Votto • CIN 1.032
2. Stanton • MIA 1.007
3. Blackmon • COL 1.000
4. Freeman • ATL .989
5. Harper • WSN 1.008 **
6. Goldschmidt • ARI .966
7. Arenado • COL .959
8. Bryant • CHC .946
9. Turner • LAD .945
10. Rendon • WSN .937

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Votto • CIN 162
Galvis • PHI 162
3. Markakis • ATL 160
4. Arenado • COL 159
Blackmon • COL 159
Ozuna • MIA 159
Stanton • MIA 159
Bell • PIT 159
9. Strange-Gordon • MIA 158
10. Inciarte • ATL 157
Rizzo • CHC 157
Duvall • CIN 157

At Bats

At Bats

1. Inciarte • ATL 662
2. Strange-Gordon • MIA 653
3. Blackmon • COL 644
4. Ozuna • MIA 613
5. LeMahieu • COL 609
6. Galvis • PHI 608
7. Arenado • COL 606
8. Yelich • MIA 602
9. Stanton • MIA 597
10. Markakis • ATL 593

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. Blackmon • COL 725
2. Inciarte • ATL 718
3. Votto • CIN 707
4. Strange-Gordon • MIA 695
Yelich • MIA 695
6. Stanton • MIA 692
7. Rizzo • CHC 691
8. LeMahieu • COL 682
9. Arenado • COL 680
10. Ozuna • MIA 679

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Blackmon • COL 137
2. Stanton • MIA 123
3. Goldschmidt • ARI 117
4. Strange-Gordon • MIA 114
5. Bryant • CHC 111
6. Votto • CIN 106
7. Arenado • COL 100
Yelich • MIA 100
9. Rizzo • CHC 99
10. LeMahieu • COL 95
Pham • STL 95
Harper • WSN 95

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Blackmon • COL 213
2. Inciarte • ATL 201
Strange-Gordon • MIA 201
4. Ozuna • MIA 191
5. LeMahieu • COL 189
6. Arenado • COL 187
7. Votto • CIN 179
8. Murphy • WSN 172
9. Yelich • MIA 170
10. Stanton • MIA 168

Total Bases

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

1. Blackmon • COL 387
2. Stanton • MIA 377
3. Arenado • COL 355
4. Ozuna • MIA 336
5. Votto • CIN 323
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 314
7. Zimmerman • WSN 300
8. Bryant • CHC 295
9. Rizzo • CHC 290
Murphy • WSN 290

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Arenado • COL 43
Murphy • WSN 43
3. Herrera • PHI 42
4. Rendon • WSN 41
5. Markakis • ATL 39
6. Bryant • CHC 38
7. Drury • ARI 37
Duvall • CIN 37
9. Yelich • MIA 36
10. Freeman • ATL 35
Blackmon • COL 35

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Blackmon • COL 14
2. Hamilton • CIN 11
3. Strange-Gordon • MIA 9
Fowler • STL 9
5. Cozart • CIN 7
Arenado • COL 7
Reyes • NYM 7
Margot • SDP 7
9. Pollock • ARI 6
Galvis • PHI 6
Hernández • PHI 6
Bell • PIT 6
Frazier • PIT 6
Turner • WSN 6

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Stanton • MIA 59
2. Bellinger • LAD 39
3. Arenado • COL 37
Blackmon • COL 37
Ozuna • MIA 37
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 36
Votto • CIN 36
Zimmerman • WSN 36
9. Rizzo • CHC 32
10. Duvall • CIN 31
Shaw • MIL 31
Thames • MIL 31

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Stanton • MIA 132
2. Arenado • COL 130
3. Ozuna • MIA 124
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 120
5. Rizzo • CHC 109
6. Zimmerman • WSN 108
7. Lamb • ARI 105
8. Blackmon • COL 104
9. Shaw • MIL 101
10. Votto • CIN 100
Rendon • WSN 100

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Votto • CIN 134
2. Carpenter • STL 109
3. Bryant • CHC 95
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 94
5. Rizzo • CHC 91
6. Lamb • ARI 87
7. Stanton • MIA 85
8. Suárez • CIN 84
Rendon • WSN 84
10. Yelich • MIA 80

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Story • COL 191
2. Myers • SDP 180
3. Santana • MIL 178
4. Reynolds • COL 175
Broxton • MIL 175
6. Duvall • CIN 170
7. Stanton • MIA 163
Thames • MIL 163
9. Lamb • ARI 152
10. Schwarber • CHC 150

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Strange-Gordon • MIA 60
2. Hamilton • CIN 59
3. Turner • WSN 46
4. Pham • STL 25
5. Reyes • NYM 24
6. Peraza • CIN 23
Villar • MIL 23
8. Inciarte • ATL 22
9. Broxton • MIL 21
Marte • PIT 21

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Strange-Gordon • MIA 170
2. Inciarte • ATL 158
3. LeMahieu • COL 149
4. Blackmon • COL 127
5. Ozuna • MIA 122
6. Markakis • ATL 115
7. Yelich • MIA 114
8. Hamilton • CIN 112
Posey • SFG 112
10. Hernández • PHI 109

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Stanton • MIA 169
2. Votto • CIN 167
3. Freeman • ATL 155
4. Turner • LAD 150
5. Ozuna • MIA 149
6. Pham • STL 144
7. Bellinger • LAD 143
8. Bryant • CHC 142
9. Goldschmidt • ARI 142
10. Blackmon • COL 141

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. Blackmon • COL 157
2. Votto • CIN 155
3. Stanton • MIA 142
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 131
5. Bryant • CHC 128
6. Arenado • COL 127
7. Ozuna • MIA 122
8. Rendon • WSN 116
9. Rizzo • CHC 115
10. Murphy • WSN 109

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 65
2. Stanton • MIA 60
3. Ozuna • MIA 43
4. Blackmon • COL 40
5. Bryant • CHC 40
6. Turner • LAD 38
7. Goldschmidt • ARI 38
8. Freeman • ATL 38
9. Harper • WSN 37
10. Rendon • WSN 34

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 6.1
2. Stanton • MIA 5.6
3. Ozuna • MIA 4.1
4. Blackmon • COL 3.8
5. Bryant • CHC 3.7
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 3.6
Turner • LAD 3.6
8. Freeman • ATL 3.6
9. Harper • WSN 3.5
10. Rendon • WSN 3.2

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Stanton • MIA 91
2. Arenado • COL 87
3. Blackmon • COL 86
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 73
5. Bryant • CHC 71
Duvall • CIN 71
Votto • CIN 71
8. Bellinger • LAD 69
Ozuna • MIA 69
Murphy • WSN 69
Zimmerman • WSN 69

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 321
2. Blackmon • COL 288
3. Bryant • CHC 272
4. Rizzo • CHC 271
5. Goldschmidt • ARI 268
6. Stanton • MIA 260
7. Yelich • MIA 256
8. Ozuna • MIA 255
9. LeMahieu • COL 254
10. Arenado • COL 253

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. Votto • CIN .797
2. Blackmon • COL .766
3. Freeman • ATL .742
4. Stanton • MIA .735
5. Turner • LAD .734
6. Goldschmidt • ARI .733
7. Bryant • CHC .732
8. Rendon • WSN .730
9. Cozart • CIN .725
10. Pham • STL .697

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Rizzo • CHC 24
2. Harrison • PIT 23
3. Flowers • ATL 20
4. Turner • LAD 19
5. Dietrich • MIA 18
6. Bryant • CHC 15
Freese • PIT 15
8. Schebler • CIN 14
9. Suzuki • ATL 13
10. Jay • CHC 12
Wong • STL 12

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Davies • MIL 14
2. Teheran • ATL 12
Cole • PIT 12
4. Godley • ARI 9
Nova • PIT 9
6. Corbin • ARI 8
Márquez • COL 8
Straily • MIA 8
Ureña • MIA 8
Richard • SDP 8

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Duvall • CIN 11
2. Parra • COL 9
Crawford • SFG 9
Molina • STL 9
5. Panik • SFG 8
6. Turner • LAD 7
Myers • SDP 7
Gyorko • STL 7
9. Bryant • CHC 6
Votto • CIN 6
Arenado • COL 6
González • COL 6
Yelich • MIA 6
Flores • NYM 6
Lind • WSN 6
Rendon • WSN 6

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Votto • CIN 20
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 15
Báez • CHC 15
4. Freeman • ATL 14
Murphy • WSN 14
6. Lamb • ARI 13
Bellinger • LAD 13
Stanton • MIA 13
Mercer • PIT 13
Posey • SFG 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. Kemp • ATL 25
2. LeMahieu • COL 24
3. Rizzo • CHC 21
Arenado • COL 21
Puig • LAD 21
Franco • PHI 21
Joseph • PHI 21
8. Shaw • MIL 20
9. Phillips • ATL 19
Cabrera • NYM 19

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Strange-Gordon • MIA 16
2. Hamilton • CIN 13
3. Blackmon • COL 10
4. Inciarte • ATL 9
5. Phillips • ATL 8
Peraza • CIN 8
Villar • MIL 8
Turner • WSN 8
9. Arcia • MIL 7
Broxton • MIL 7
Margot • SDP 7
Span • SFG 7
Pham • STL 7
Taylor • WSN 7

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Blanco • ARI 93.75
2. Yelich • MIA 88.89
3. Turner • WSN 85.19
4. Marte • PIT 84.00
5. Hamilton • CIN 81.94
6. Taylor • LAD 80.95
7. Reyes • NYM 80.00
8. Santana • MIL 78.95
Strange-Gordon • MIA 78.95
Desmond • COL 78.95

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. Goldschmidt • ARI 24.0
Myers • SDP 24.0
3. Pham • STL 24.0
4. Broxton • MIL 20.5
5. Blackmon • COL 20.3
6. Santana • MIL 20.0
7. Puig • LAD 19.5
8. Taylor • LAD 18.8
9. Reyes • NYM 18.5
10. Taylor • WSN 17.9

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. Panik • SFG 9.5
2. Turner • LAD 8.2
3. Phillips • ATL 8.2 **
4. Solarte • SDP 7.6
5. Posey • SFG 7.5
6. Span • SFG 7.2
7. Inciarte • ATL 7.0
8. Strange-Gordon • MIA 7.0
9. Peraza • CIN 7.0
10. Murphy • WSN 6.9

AB per HR

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

1. Stanton • MIA 10.1
2. Bellinger • LAD 12.3
3. Zimmerman • WSN 14.6
4. Schwarber • CHC 14.1 **
5. Harper • WSN 14.5 **
6. Thames • MIL 15.1
7. Goldschmidt • ARI 15.5
8. Votto • CIN 15.5
9. Freeman • ATL 15.7
10. Schebler • CIN 15.8

Outs Made

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

1. Inciarte • ATL 485
2. Strange-Gordon • MIA 481
3. Galvis • PHI 476
4. Franco • PHI 469
5. Duvall • CIN 466
6. Hamilton • CIN 463
7. LeMahieu • COL 457
Myers • SDP 457
9. Yelich • MIA 453
10. Markakis • ATL 451
Blackmon • COL 451

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. Votto • CIN 67.74
2. Blackmon • COL 56.83
3. Arenado • COL 53.40
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 52.87
5. Stanton • MIA 52.32
6. Ozuna • MIA 47.07
7. Rendon • WSN 43.15
8. Harper • WSN 39.36
9. Murphy • WSN 39.05
10. Conforto • NYM 38.70

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. Arenado • COL 4.8
2. Votto • CIN 4.8
3. Stanton • MIA 4.8
4. Rizzo • CHC 4.4
5. Blackmon • COL 4.2
6. Harper • WSN 4.0
7. Bellinger • LAD 3.9
8. Freeman • ATL 3.1
9. Pham • STL 3.1
10. Turner • LAD 3.0

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. Votto • CIN 6.5
2. Stanton • MIA 6.1
3. Blackmon • COL 5.2
4. Bryant • CHC 4.4
5. Goldschmidt • ARI 4.4
6. Harper • WSN 4.1
7. Arenado • COL 4.0
8. Turner • LAD 4.0
9. Zimmerman • WSN 3.5
10. Freeman • ATL 3.5

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. Rizzo • CHC 4.1
2. Arenado • COL 3.1
3. Harper • WSN 2.8
4. Blackmon • COL 2.4
5. Bryant • CHC 2.1
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 1.7
7. Thames • MIL 1.7
8. Lamb • ARI 1.7
9. Santana • MIL 1.7
10. Freeman • ATL 1.7

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. Votto • CIN 6.3
2. Stanton • MIA 5.2
3. Blackmon • COL 5.0
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 4.8
5. Ozuna • MIA 4.7
6. Arenado • COL 4.7
7. Rendon • WSN 4.0
8. Conforto • NYM 3.7
9. Harper • WSN 3.6
10. Murphy • WSN 3.6

rOBA

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

1. Votto • CIN .436
2. Blackmon • COL .425
3. Stanton • MIA .417
4. Pham • STL .417
5. Freeman • ATL .414
6. Goldschmidt • ARI .411
7. Turner • LAD .408
8. Bryant • CHC .405
9. Cozart • CIN .405
10. Arenado • COL .403

Rbat+

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

1. Votto • CIN 178
2. Stanton • MIA 177
3. Freeman • ATL 165
4. Pham • STL 163
5. Turner • LAD 161
6. Blackmon • COL 158
7. Ozuna • MIA 157
8. Bryant • CHC 154
9. Cozart • CIN 153
10. Goldschmidt • ARI 151

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