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. deGrom • NYM 9.9
2. Nola • PHI 9.2
3. Scherzer • WSN 8.7
4. Freeland • COL 7.6
5. Yelich • MIL 7.3
6. Cain • MIL 6.8
7. Báez • CHC 6.8
8. Arenado • COL 6.3
9. Story • COL 6.3
10. Goldschmidt • ARI 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. Yelich • MIL 7.3
2. Cain • MIL 6.8
3. Báez • CHC 6.8
4. Arenado • COL 6.3
5. Story • COL 6.3
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 5.8
7. Freeman • ATL 5.5
8. Rendon • WSN 5.2
9. Turner • WSN 4.9
10. Turner • LAD 4.9

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. Yelich • MIL 7.3
2. Story • COL 5.6
3. Báez • CHC 5.5
4. Arenado • COL 5.2
5. Goldschmidt • ARI 5.1
6. Rendon • WSN 5.0
7. Nimmo • NYM 4.9
8. Cain • MIL 4.9
9. Freeman • ATL 4.8
10. Muncy • LAD 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. Ahmed • ARI 3.3
2. Cain • MIL 2.4
3. LeMahieu • COL 2.2
4. Russell • CHC 2.1
5. Báez • CHC 2.0
6. Inciarte • ATL 2.0
7. Wong • STL 1.9
8. Turner • WSN 1.8
9. Contreras • CHC 1.8
10. Albies • ATL 1.7
Taylor • WSN 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. Yelich • MIL .326
2. Gennett • CIN .310
3. Freeman • ATL .309
4. Rendon • WSN .308
5. Cain • MIL .308
6. Zobrist • CHC .305
7. Martínez • STL .305
8. Dickerson • PIT .300
9. Markakis • ATL .297
10. Arenado • COL .297

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 .417
2. Nimmo • NYM .404
3. Yelich • MIL .402
4. Soto • WSN .406 **
5. Cain • MIL .395
6. Harper • WSN .393
7. Goldschmidt • ARI .389
8. Freeman • ATL .388
9. Zobrist • CHC .378
10. Rizzo • CHC .376

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. Yelich • MIL .598
2. Story • COL .567
3. Arenado • COL .561
4. Báez • CHC .554
5. Muncy • LAD .582 **
6. Aguilar • MIL .539
7. Rendon • WSN .535
8. Acuña • ATL .552 **
9. Goldschmidt • ARI .533
10. Suárez • CIN .526

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. Yelich • MIL 1.000
2. Arenado • COL .935
3. Muncy • LAD .973 **
4. Goldschmidt • ARI .922
5. Story • COL .914
6. Rendon • WSN .909
7. Soto • WSN .923 **
8. Carpenter • STL .897
9. Freeman • ATL .892
10. Suárez • CIN .892

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Freeman • ATL 162
Markakis • ATL 162
Bellinger • LAD 162
Galvis • SDP 162
Turner • WSN 162
6. Hernández • PHI 161
Santana • PHI 161
8. Báez • CHC 160
Desmond • COL 160
10. Harper • WSN 159

At Bats

At Bats

1. Turner • WSN 664
2. Albies • ATL 639
3. Peraza • CIN 632
4. Blackmon • COL 626
5. Markakis • ATL 623
6. Freeman • ATL 618
7. Hosmer • SDP 613
8. Báez • CHC 606
9. Hernández • PHI 605
10. Galvis • SDP 602

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. Turner • WSN 740
2. Hernández • PHI 708
3. Freeman • ATL 707
4. Markakis • ATL 705
5. Blackmon • COL 696
6. Harper • WSN 695
7. Goldschmidt • ARI 690
8. Albies • ATL 684
9. Peraza • CIN 683
10. Santana • PHI 679

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Blackmon • COL 119
2. Yelich • MIL 118
3. Carpenter • STL 111
4. Albies • ATL 105
5. Arenado • COL 104
6. Harper • WSN 103
Turner • WSN 103
8. Báez • CHC 101
9. Goldschmidt • ARI 95
10. Freeman • ATL 94

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Freeman • ATL 191
2. Yelich • MIL 187
3. Markakis • ATL 185
4. Peraza • CIN 182
Blackmon • COL 182
6. Gennett • CIN 181
7. Turner • WSN 180
8. Báez • CHC 176
9. Arenado • COL 175
10. Story • COL 174

Total Bases

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

1. Yelich • MIL 343
2. Story • COL 339
3. Báez • CHC 336
4. Arenado • COL 331
5. Goldschmidt • ARI 316
6. Blackmon • COL 314
7. Freeman • ATL 312
8. Carpenter • STL 295
9. Peralta • ARI 289
Albies • ATL 289

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Freeman • ATL 44
Rendon • WSN 44
3. Markakis • ATL 43
4. Story • COL 42
Carpenter • STL 42
6. Albies • ATL 40
Báez • CHC 40
8. Arenado • COL 38
Hoskins • PHI 38
10. Cabrera • 2TM 36

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Marte • ARI 12
2. Báez • CHC 9
Hamilton • CIN 9
4. Desmond • COL 8
Taylor • LAD 8
Nimmo • NYM 8
Rosario • NYM 8
Margot • SDP 8
9. Blackmon • COL 7
Bellinger • LAD 7
Yelich • MIL 7
Dickerson • PIT 7
Difo • WSN 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Arenado • COL 38
2. Story • COL 37
3. Yelich • MIL 36
Carpenter • STL 36
5. Muncy • LAD 35
Aguilar • MIL 35
7. Báez • CHC 34
Suárez • CIN 34
Hoskins • PHI 34
Harper • WSN 34

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Báez • CHC 111
2. Arenado • COL 110
Yelich • MIL 110
4. Story • COL 108
Aguilar • MIL 108
6. Suárez • CIN 104
7. Rizzo • CHC 101
8. Harper • WSN 100
9. Freeman • ATL 98
10. Hoskins • PHI 96

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Harper • WSN 130
2. Santana • PHI 110
3. Votto • CIN 108
4. Carpenter • STL 102
5. Hernández • PHI 95
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 90
7. Hoskins • PHI 87
8. Conforto • NYM 84
9. Nimmo • NYM 80
10. Muncy • LAD 79
Soto • WSN 79

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Taylor • LAD 178
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 173
3. Harper • WSN 169
4. Story • COL 168
5. Báez • CHC 167
Happ • CHC 167
7. Conforto • NYM 159
8. Carpenter • STL 158
9. Hernández • PHI 155
10. Bellinger • LAD 151

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Turner • WSN 43
2. Hamilton • CIN 34
3. Marte • PIT 33
4. Cain • MIL 30
5. Inciarte • ATL 28
6. Story • COL 27
7. Rosario • NYM 24
Jankowski • SDP 24
Taylor • WSN 24
10. Peraza • CIN 23

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Peraza • CIN 133
2. Cain • MIL 129
3. Turner • WSN 128
4. Markakis • ATL 126
5. Gennett • CIN 125
6. Ozuna • STL 122
7. Freeman • ATL 120
Hernández • PHI 120
9. Castro • MIA 119
10. Martínez • STL 116

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Yelich • MIL 164
2. Nimmo • NYM 148
3. Carpenter • STL 143
4. Goldschmidt • ARI 142
5. Freeman • ATL 139
6. Rendon • WSN 137
7. Suárez • CIN 136
8. Aguilar • MIL 135
9. Harper • WSN 133
10. Arenado • COL 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. Yelich • MIL 140
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 127
3. Freeman • ATL 125
4. Arenado • COL 122
5. Carpenter • STL 120
6. Harper • WSN 119
7. Story • COL 118
8. Blackmon • COL 114
9. Rendon • WSN 110
10. Báez • CHC 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. Yelich • MIL 52
2. Carpenter • STL 38
3. Goldschmidt • ARI 37
4. Freeman • ATL 36
5. Muncy • LAD 36
6. Nimmo • NYM 34
7. Harper • WSN 33
8. Arenado • COL 30
9. Rendon • WSN 29
10. Turner • 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. Yelich • MIL 5.1
2. Carpenter • STL 3.7
3. Goldschmidt • ARI 3.6
4. Freeman • ATL 3.6
5. Muncy • LAD 3.5
6. Nimmo • NYM 3.3
7. Harper • WSN 3.2
8. Arenado • COL 2.9
9. Rendon • WSN 2.9
10. Turner • LAD 2.8

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Story • COL 85
2. Báez • CHC 83
3. Arenado • COL 78
Carpenter • STL 78
5. Yelich • MIL 77
6. Goldschmidt • ARI 73
7. Hoskins • PHI 72
8. Freeman • ATL 71
9. Rendon • WSN 70
10. Albies • ATL 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. Freeman • ATL 274
2. Harper • WSN 273
3. Goldschmidt • ARI 268
4. Yelich • MIL 262
5. Votto • CIN 260
6. Markakis • ATL 258
7. Turner • WSN 254
8. Carpenter • STL 253
9. Hernández • PHI 252
10. Arenado • COL 251

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. Yelich • MIL .784
2. Goldschmidt • ARI .732
3. Rendon • WSN .726
4. Carpenter • STL .717
5. Freeman • ATL .713
6. Arenado • COL .710
7. Harper • WSN .707
8. Nimmo • NYM .700
9. Story • COL .692
10. Votto • CIN .672

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Nimmo • NYM 22
2. Dietrich • MIA 21
3. Rizzo • CHC 20
4. Bryant • CHC 17
5. Anderson • MIA 16
6. Jay • ARI 15
Cervelli • PIT 15
8. Alfaro • PHI 14
Wong • STL 14
10. Suzuki • ATL 13
Contreras • CHC 13

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Teheran • ATL 12
2. Chacín • MIL 9
3. Godley • ARI 8
Foltynewicz • ATL 8
Peraza • CIN 8
Maeda • LAD 8
Strasburg • WSN 8
8. Newcomb • ATL 7
Bailey • CIN 7
Nola • PHI 7
Rodríguez • SFG 7
Weaver • STL 7

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Aguilar • MIL 10
2. Markakis • ATL 9
Rizzo • CHC 9
Flores • NYM 9
Harper • WSN 9
6. Frazier • NYM 8
Santana • PHI 8
Rendon • WSN 8
9. Descalso • ARI 7
Pollock • ARI 7
Zobrist • CHC 7
LeMahieu • COL 7
Kemp • LAD 7
Moran • PIT 7
Polanco • PIT 7
Margot • SDP 7

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Schwarber • CHC 20
2. Carpenter • STL 17
3. Harper • WSN 16
4. Swanson • ATL 15
Rizzo • CHC 15
6. Crawford • SFG 13
7. Freeman • ATL 12
8. Goldschmidt • ARI 11
9. Markakis • ATL 10
Arenado • COL 10
Hosmer • SDP 10
Soto • WSN 10

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. Rojas • MIA 23
2. Suárez • CIN 20
3. Aguilar • MIL 19
4. Markakis • ATL 18
Anderson • MIA 18
Castro • MIA 18
Hosmer • SDP 18
8. Desmond • COL 17
9. Arenado • COL 16
Cabrera • 2TM 16

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Inciarte • ATL 14
Marte • PIT 14
3. Rosario • NYM 11
4. Hamilton • CIN 10
Margot • SDP 10
6. Báez • CHC 9
Turner • WSN 9
8. Cain • MIL 7
Jankowski • SDP 7
10. Peraza • CIN 6
Desmond • COL 6
Story • COL 6
Taylor • LAD 6
Nimmo • NYM 6
Hernández • PHI 6
Galvis • SDP 6
McCutchen • SFG 6
Muñoz • STL 6
Pham • STL 6
Taylor • WSN 6

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Villar • MIL 87.50
2. Yelich • MIL 84.62
3. Dyson • ARI 84.21
4. Bader • STL 83.33
5. Turner • WSN 82.69
6. Albies • ATL 82.35
7. Story • COL 81.82
8. Harper • WSN 81.25
9. Cain • MIL 81.08
10. Taylor • WSN 80.00

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. Story • COL 31.2
2. Yelich • MIL 27.3
3. Turner • WSN 26.4
4. Báez • CHC 26.0
5. Marte • PIT 24.9
6. Desmond • COL 21.0
7. Acuña • ATL 19.8
8. Harper • WSN 18.8
9. Puig • LAD 18.2
10. Bellinger • LAD 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. Peraza • CIN 8.4
2. Markakis • ATL 7.8
3. Zobrist • CHC 7.6
4. Rizzo • CHC 7.1
5. Rojas • MIA 7.1
6. Molina • STL 7.0
7. Inciarte • ATL 6.9
8. Marte • ARI 6.6
9. LeMahieu • COL 6.5
10. Rendon • WSN 6.5

AB per HR

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

1. Muncy • LAD 11.3 **
2. Aguilar • MIL 14.1
3. Suárez • CIN 15.5
4. Arenado • COL 15.5
5. Shaw • MIL 15.6
6. Carpenter • STL 15.7
7. Yelich • MIL 15.9
8. Story • COL 16.2
9. Harper • WSN 16.2
10. Hoskins • PHI 16.4

Outs Made

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

1. Turner • WSN 502
2. Albies • ATL 488
3. Peraza • CIN 481
Hosmer • SDP 481
5. Hernández • PHI 474
Galvis • SDP 474
7. Inciarte • ATL 467
8. Markakis • ATL 466
9. Blackmon • COL 461
10. Castro • MIA 456

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. Yelich • MIL 64.30
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 43.50
3. Harper • WSN 43.47
4. Freeman • ATL 39.75
5. Muncy • LAD 38.29
6. Carpenter • STL 38.26
7. Arenado • COL 37.75
8. Rendon • WSN 34.98
9. Suárez • CIN 32.97
10. Story • COL 32.89

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. Yelich • MIL 6.0
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 4.7
3. Freeman • ATL 3.7
4. Carpenter • STL 3.5
5. Soto • WSN 3.4
6. Arenado • COL 3.4
7. Harper • WSN 3.2
8. Polanco • PIT 3.1
9. Anderson • MIA 3.1
10. Báez • CHC 3.1

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. Yelich • MIL 5.9
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 4.9
3. Freeman • ATL 4.4
4. Arenado • COL 4.3
5. Muncy • LAD 4.2
6. Story • COL 3.9
7. Carpenter • STL 3.7
8. Harper • WSN 3.5
9. Báez • CHC 3.5
10. Rizzo • CHC 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. Yelich • MIL 6.4
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 5.6
3. Freeman • ATL 3.2
4. Descalso • ARI 3.1
5. Rizzo • CHC 2.8
6. Cain • MIL 2.5
7. Muncy • LAD 2.5
8. Peralta • ARI 2.3
9. Arenado • COL 2.2
10. Báez • CHC 2.2

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. Yelich • MIL 6.2
2. Goldschmidt • ARI 4.1
3. Harper • WSN 4.1
4. Freeman • ATL 3.9
5. Carpenter • STL 3.8
6. Muncy • LAD 3.8
7. Arenado • COL 3.4
8. Rendon • WSN 3.3
9. Suárez • CIN 3.2
10. Nimmo • NYM 3.2

rOBA

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

1. Yelich • MIL .437
2. Goldschmidt • ARI .407
3. Arenado • COL .401
4. Story • COL .401
5. Nimmo • NYM .394
6. Freeman • ATL .392
7. Rendon • WSN .388
8. Suárez • CIN .385
9. Harper • WSN .385
10. Báez • CHC .385

Rbat+

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

1. Yelich • MIL 179
2. Nimmo • NYM 163
3. Goldschmidt • ARI 159
4. Freeman • ATL 150
5. Carpenter • STL 146
6. Suárez • CIN 145
7. Arenado • COL 144
8. Rendon • WSN 143
9. Báez • CHC 142
10. Harper • WSN 139

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