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. Banks • CHC 10.2
2. Aaron • MLN 8.6
3. Mathews • MLN 8.1
4. Mays • SFG 7.8
5. Boyer • STL 7.4
6. Jackson • STL 6.9
7. Law • PIT 6.6
8. Newcombe • CIN 6.6
9. Pinson • CIN 6.5
10. Drysdale • LAD 6.3

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. Banks • CHC 10.2
2. Aaron • MLN 8.6
3. Mathews • MLN 8.1
4. Mays • SFG 7.8
5. Boyer • STL 7.4
6. Pinson • CIN 6.5
7. Robinson • CIN 5.8
8. Moon • LAD 5.5
9. Neal • LAD 4.4
10. Crandall • MLN 4.3

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. Aaron • MLN 9.1
2. Mathews • MLN 8.4
3. Banks • CHC 7.8
4. Mays • SFG 7.3
5. Boyer • STL 6.7
Pinson • CIN 6.7
7. Robinson • CIN 5.8
8. Moon • LAD 4.8
9. Cunningham • STL 4.6
10. Cepeda • SFG 4.5

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. Banks • CHC 3.5
2. Crandall • MLN 2.2
3. Bailey • CIN 2.0
4. Koppe • PHI 1.6
5. Bressoud • SFG 1.4
6. Grammas • STL 1.3
7. Landrith • SFG 1.2
8. Boyer • STL 1.1
9. Logan • MLN 1.1
10. Smith • STL 1.1

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. Aaron • MLN .355
2. Cunningham • STL .345
3. Cepeda • SFG .317
4. Pinson • CIN .316
5. Mays • SFG .313
6. Robinson • CIN .311
7. Temple • CIN .311
8. Boyer • STL .309
9. Mathews • MLN .306
10. Banks • CHC .304

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. Cunningham • STL .453
2. Aaron • MLN .401
3. Moon • LAD .394
4. Robinson • CIN .391
5. Mathews • MLN .390
6. Gilliam • LAD .387
7. Boyer • STL .384
8. Mays • SFG .381
9. Temple • CIN .380
10. Bouchee • PHI .375

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. Aaron • MLN .636
2. Banks • CHC .596
3. Mathews • MLN .593
4. Robinson • CIN .583
5. Mays • SFG .583
6. Cepeda • SFG .522
7. Hodges • LAD .513
8. Pinson • CIN .509
9. Boyer • STL .508
10. Moon • LAD .495

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. Aaron • MLN 1.037
2. Mathews • MLN .983
3. Robinson • CIN .975
4. Banks • CHC .970
5. Mays • SFG .964
6. Cunningham • STL .931
7. Boyer • STL .892
8. Moon • LAD .890
9. Hodges • LAD .880
10. Pinson • CIN .880

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Banks • CHC 155
Hoak • PIT 155
3. Pinson • CIN 154
Aaron • MLN 154
5. Ashburn • PHI 153
6. Anderson • PHI 152
Spencer • SFG 152
8. Neal • LAD 151
Cepeda • SFG 151
Mays • SFG 151

At Bats

At Bats

1. Pinson • CIN 648
2. Aaron • MLN 629
3. Taylor • CHC 624
4. Neal • LAD 616
5. Blasingame • STL 615
6. Cepeda • SFG 605
7. Temple • CIN 598
8. Mathews • MLN 594
9. Groat • PIT 593
10. Banks • CHC 589

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. Pinson • CIN 706
2. Temple • CIN 696
3. Aaron • MLN 693
4. Blasingame • STL 691
5. Taylor • CHC 688
6. Neal • LAD 686
7. Mathews • MLN 682
8. Banks • CHC 671
9. Ashburn • PHI 660
10. Gilliam • LAD 655

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Pinson • CIN 131
2. Mays • SFG 125
3. Mathews • MLN 118
4. Aaron • MLN 116
5. Robinson • CIN 106
6. Neal • LAD 103
7. Temple • CIN 102
8. Banks • CHC 97
9. Taylor • CHC 96
10. Moon • LAD 93

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Aaron • MLN 223
2. Pinson • CIN 205
3. Cepeda • SFG 192
4. Temple • CIN 186
5. Mathews • MLN 182
6. Mays • SFG 180
7. Banks • CHC 179
8. Blasingame • STL 178
9. Neal • LAD 177
10. Taylor • CHC 175

Total Bases

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

1. Aaron • MLN 400
2. Mathews • MLN 352
3. Banks • CHC 351
4. Mays • SFG 335
5. Pinson • CIN 330
6. Cepeda • SFG 316
7. Robinson • CIN 315
8. Neal • LAD 286
Boyer • STL 286
10. Moon • LAD 269

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Pinson • CIN 47
2. Aaron • MLN 46
3. Mays • SFG 43
4. Cimoli • STL 40
5. Temple • CIN 35
Cepeda • SFG 35
7. White • STL 33
8. Robinson • CIN 31
9. Taylor • CHC 30
Neal • LAD 30

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Moon • LAD 11
Neal • LAD 11
3. Dark • CHC 9
Pinson • CIN 9
White • STL 9
6. Taylor • CHC 8
Mathews • MLN 8
8. Roseboro • LAD 7
Aaron • MLN 7
Koppe • PHI 7
Clemente • PIT 7
Groat • PIT 7
Blasingame • STL 7
Cimoli • STL 7

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Mathews • MLN 46
2. Banks • CHC 45
3. Aaron • MLN 39
4. Robinson • CIN 36
5. Mays • SFG 34
6. Boyer • STL 28
7. Stuart • PIT 27
Cepeda • SFG 27
9. Hodges • LAD 25
Adcock • MLN 25

Runs Batted In

Runs Batted In

1. Banks • CHC 143
2. Robinson • CIN 125
3. Aaron • MLN 123
4. Bell • CIN 115
5. Mathews • MLN 114
6. Cepeda • SFG 105
7. Mays • SFG 104
8. Post • PHI 94
Boyer • STL 94
10. Snider • LAD 88

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Gilliam • LAD 96
2. Cunningham • STL 88
3. Moon • LAD 81
4. Mathews • MLN 80
5. Ashburn • PHI 79
6. Temple • CIN 72
7. Hoak • PIT 71
8. Bouchee • PHI 70
9. Robinson • CIN 69
10. Skinner • PIT 67
Blasingame • STL 67
Boyer • STL 67

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Post • PHI 101
2. Cepeda • SFG 100
3. Pinson • CIN 98
4. Anderson • PHI 95
5. Robinson • CIN 93
6. Hodges • LAD 92
7. Demeter • LAD 87
8. Taylor • CHC 86
Neal • LAD 86
Stuart • PIT 86

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases

1. Mays • SFG 27
2. Gilliam • LAD 23
Taylor • CHC 23
Cepeda • SFG 23
5. Pinson • CIN 21
6. Robinson • CIN 18
7. Neal • LAD 17
8. Blasingame • STL 15
Moon • LAD 15
White • STL 15

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Blasingame • STL 144
2. Temple • CIN 137
3. Gilliam • LAD 131
Aaron • MLN 131
Ashburn • PHI 131
6. Taylor • CHC 129
Pinson • CIN 129
Groat • PIT 129
9. Hoak • PIT 126
Cepeda • SFG 126

Adjusted OPS+

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

1. Aaron • MLN 183
2. Mathews • MLN 168
3. Mays • SFG 156
4. Banks • CHC 156
5. Robinson • CIN 153
6. Cunningham • STL 143
7. Cepeda • SFG 134
8. Boyer • STL 130
9. Pinson • CIN 129
10. Moon • LAD 129

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. Aaron • MLN 156
2. Mathews • MLN 143
3. Mays • SFG 131
4. Banks • CHC 126
5. Pinson • CIN 124
6. Robinson • CIN 122
7. Boyer • STL 112
8. Moon • LAD 111
9. Cepeda • SFG 110
10. Temple • CIN 104
Cunningham • STL 104

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. Aaron • MLN 72
2. Mathews • MLN 56
3. Mays • SFG 47
4. Banks • CHC 46
5. Robinson • CIN 43
6. Cunningham • STL 35
7. Cepeda • SFG 27
8. Pinson • CIN 27
9. Moon • LAD 25
10. Boyer • STL 24

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. Aaron • MLN 6.9
2. Mathews • MLN 5.4
3. Mays • SFG 4.5
4. Banks • CHC 4.5
5. Robinson • CIN 4.2
6. Cunningham • STL 3.4
7. Cepeda • SFG 2.7
8. Pinson • CIN 2.6
9. Moon • LAD 2.4
10. Boyer • STL 2.4

Extra Base Hits

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

1. Aaron • MLN 92
2. Mays • SFG 82
3. Banks • CHC 76
Pinson • CIN 76
5. Robinson • CIN 71
6. Mathews • MLN 70
7. Cepeda • SFG 66
8. Neal • LAD 60
9. Moon • LAD 56
10. Cimoli • STL 55

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. Aaron • MLN 278
2. Mathews • MLN 265
3. Pinson • CIN 261
4. Temple • CIN 260
5. Gilliam • LAD 252
6. Cunningham • STL 251
7. Banks • CHC 250
8. Moon • LAD 248
9. Mays • SFG 247
Blasingame • STL 247

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. Aaron • MLN .793
2. Mathews • MLN .773
3. Cunningham • STL .761
4. Mays • SFG .750
5. Robinson • CIN .734
6. Banks • CHC .713
7. Boyer • STL .705
8. Moon • LAD .700
9. Pinson • CIN .693
10. Cepeda • SFG .666

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Robinson • CIN 8
2. Altman • CHC 7
Banks • CHC 7
4. Ashburn • PHI 6
Demeter • LAD 6
Taylor • CHC 6
7. Walls • CHC 5
Anderson • PHI 5
Bouchee • PHI 5
Freese • PHI 5
Mejías • PIT 5
Cepeda • SFG 5
Cunningham • STL 5

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts)

1. Neal • LAD 21
2. Friend • PIT 12
3. Temple • CIN 11
Jones • SFG 11
McCormick • SFG 11
6. Mazeroski • PIT 10
7. Crandall • MLN 9
Groat • PIT 9
Davenport • SFG 9
10. Drysdale • LAD 8
Larker • LAD 8
Moon • LAD 8

Sacrifice Flies

Sacrifice Flies
First tracked in 1954.

1. Temple • CIN 13
2. Banks • CHC 9
Robinson • CIN 9
Aaron • MLN 9
5. Bell • CIN 8
6. Taylor • CHC 7
Stuart • PIT 7
8. Thomas • CIN 6
Adcock • MLN 6
Burgess • PIT 6
Hoak • PIT 6
Mays • SFG 6

Intentional Bases on Balls

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

1. Banks • CHC 20
2. Aaron • MLN 17
3. Anderson • PHI 14
4. Taylor • CHC 13
Snider • LAD 13
6. Roseboro • LAD 11
Sawatski • PHI 11
Virdon • PIT 11
Musial • STL 11
10. Cepeda • SFG 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. Crandall • MLN 24
2. Neal • LAD 22
3. Groat • PIT 21
4. Aaron • MLN 19
Cimoli • STL 19
6. Banks • CHC 18
Hoak • PIT 18
8. Robinson • CIN 16
Mazeroski • PIT 16
10. Anderson • PHI 15

Caught Stealing

Caught Stealing

1. Blasingame • STL 15
2. Ashburn • PHI 11
3. Gilliam • LAD 10
White • STL 10
5. Cepeda • SFG 9
Taylor • CHC 9
Anderson • PHI 9
8. Robinson • CIN 8
9. Skinner • PIT 7
Koppe • PHI 7

SB %

Stolen Base Percentage
SB / (SB + CS)

1. Mays • SFG 87.10
2. Temple • CIN 82.35
3. Pinson • CIN 77.78
4. Neal • LAD 73.91
5. Bruton • MLN 72.22
6. Taylor • CHC 71.88
Cepeda • SFG 71.88
8. Moon • LAD 71.43
9. Gilliam • LAD 69.70
10. Robinson • CIN 69.23

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. Mays • SFG 30.1
2. Cepeda • SFG 24.8
3. Robinson • CIN 24.0
4. Pinson • CIN 20.5
5. Neal • LAD 17.9
6. Boyer • STL 16.8
7. Moon • LAD 16.8
8. White • STL 13.3
9. Aaron • MLN 13.3
10. Taylor • CHC 11.9
Freese • PHI 11.9

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. Gilliam • LAD 22.1
2. Groat • PIT 16.9
3. Temple • CIN 15.0
4. Blasingame • STL 14.6
5. Ashburn • PHI 13.4
6. Bell • CIN 13.2
7. Aaron • MLN 11.6
8. Crandall • MLN 10.8
9. Logan • MLN 10.4
10. Mays • SFG 9.9

AB per HR

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

1. Mathews • MLN 12.9
2. Banks • CHC 13.1
3. Robinson • CIN 15.0
4. Aaron • MLN 16.1
5. Hodges • LAD 16.5
6. Mays • SFG 16.9
7. Boyer • STL 20.1
8. Kirkland • SFG 21.0
9. Post • PHI 21.3
10. Cepeda • SFG 22.4

Outs Made

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

1. Neal • LAD 489
2. Taylor • CHC 479
3. Groat • PIT 466
4. Blasingame • STL 462
5. Pinson • CIN 460
6. Temple • CIN 450
7. Ashburn • PHI 446
8. Banks • CHC 443
9. Cepeda • SFG 436
10. Bell • CIN 435

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. Aaron • MLN 69.44
2. Mathews • MLN 63.60
3. Banks • CHC 58.45
4. Mays • SFG 58.28
5. Robinson • CIN 52.52
6. Boyer • STL 43.44
7. Pinson • CIN 36.13
8. Cepeda • SFG 34.66
9. Bell • CIN 34.49
10. Snider • LAD 33.13

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. Aaron • MLN 7.7
2. Boyer • STL 6.1
3. Mays • SFG 5.8
4. Cunningham • STL 5.5
5. Banks • CHC 5.2
6. Mathews • MLN 4.6
7. Moon • LAD 4.4
8. Stuart • PIT 3.8
9. Snider • LAD 3.7
10. Hodges • LAD 3.3

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. Aaron • MLN 8.0
2. Mathews • MLN 6.5
3. Mays • SFG 5.4
4. Banks • CHC 5.2
5. Robinson • CIN 4.5
6. Boyer • STL 4.1
7. Cunningham • STL 3.9
8. Pinson • CIN 3.6
9. Cepeda • SFG 3.4
10. Moon • LAD 3.4

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. Aaron • MLN 23.9
2. Mays • SFG 23.6
3. Mathews • MLN 20.8
4. McCovey • SFG 15.3
5. Moon • LAD 14.6
6. Hodges • LAD 13.7
7. Larker • LAD 13.5
8. Snider • LAD 12.0
9. Furillo • LAD 10.1
10. Brandt • SFG 6.8

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. Aaron • MLN 7.0
2. Mathews • MLN 6.4
3. Mays • SFG 5.7
4. Banks • CHC 5.7
5. Robinson • CIN 5.0
6. Boyer • STL 4.1
7. Pinson • CIN 3.5
8. Cepeda • SFG 3.4
9. Bell • CIN 3.3
10. Bouchee • PHI 3.1

rOBA

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

1. Aaron • MLN .448
2. Mathews • MLN .434
3. Robinson • CIN .431
4. Mays • SFG .426
5. Cunningham • STL .420
6. Boyer • STL .417
7. Banks • CHC .417
8. Pinson • CIN .405
9. Moon • LAD .404
10. Hodges • LAD .396

Rbat+

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

1. Aaron • MLN 192
2. Mathews • MLN 183
3. Robinson • CIN 167
4. Banks • CHC 165
5. Mays • SFG 164
6. Cunningham • STL 161
7. Boyer • STL 155
8. Cepeda • SFG 146
9. Pinson • CIN 146
10. Moon • LAD 143

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