National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Musial • STL 11.3
2. Sain • BSN 8.7
3. Brecheen • STL 8.5
4. Mize • NYG 6.6
5. Elliott • BSN 6.3
6. Kiner • PIT 6.1
Pafko • CHC 6.1
8. Leonard • PHI 6.0
9. Gordon • NYG 5.8
10. Vander Meer • CIN 5.4
WAR Position Players
1. Musial • STL 11.3
2. Mize • NYG 6.6
3. Elliott • BSN 6.3
4. Kiner • PIT 6.1
Pafko • CHC 6.1
6. Gordon • NYG 5.8
7. Slaughter • STL 5.4
8. Robinson • BRO 5.3
9. Reese • BRO 5.2
10. Lockman • NYG 4.9
Offensive WAR
1. Musial • STL 10.8
2. Mize • NYG 6.5
3. Elliott • BSN 6.3
4. Gordon • NYG 6.1
5. Pafko • CHC 5.7
6. Kiner • PIT 5.6
7. Slaughter • STL 5.1
8. Robinson • BRO 4.9
9. Reese • BRO 4.7
10. Lockman • NYG 4.5
Defensive WAR
1. Reese • BRO 1.7
2. Rojek • PIT 1.6
3. Marion • STL 1.5
4. Murtaugh • PIT 1.2
5. Kerr • NYG 1.1
6. Campanella • BRO 1.0
7. Robinson • BRO 1.0
8. Rice • STL 0.9
Dark • BSN 0.9
10. Kluttz • PIT 0.9
Batting Average
1. Musial • STL .376
2. Ashburn • PHI .333
3. Holmes • BSN .325
4. Dark • BSN .322
5. Slaughter • STL .321
6. Walker • PIT .316
7. Pafko • CHC .312
8. Gordon • NYG .299
9. Baumholtz • CIN .296
10. Robinson • BRO .296
On-Base%
1. Musial • STL .450
2. Elliott • BSN .423
3. Ashburn • PHI .410
4. Slaughter • STL .409
5. Mize • NYG .395
6. Walker • PIT .393
7. Kiner • PIT .391
8. Hermanski • BRO .391
9. Gordon • NYG .390
10. Holmes • BSN .375
Slugging %
1. Musial • STL .702
2. Mize • NYG .564
3. Gordon • NYG .537
4. Kiner • PIT .533
5. Ennis • PHI .525
6. Pafko • CHC .516
7. Sauer • CIN .504
8. Hermanski • BRO .493
9. Elliott • BSN .474
10. Slaughter • STL .470
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Musial • STL 1.152
2. Mize • NYG .959
3. Gordon • NYG .927
4. Kiner • PIT .924
5. Elliott • BSN .897
6. Pafko • CHC .891
7. Hermanski • BRO .883
8. Slaughter • STL .879
9. Ennis • PHI .869
10. Sauer • CIN .844
Games Played
1. Kiner • PIT 156
Rojek • PIT 156
3. Musial • STL 155
4. Mize • NYG 152
Ennis • PHI 152
6. Reese • BRO 151
Elliott • BSN 151
8. Stallcup • CIN 149
9. Robinson • BRO 147
10. Lockman • NYG 146
Murtaugh • PIT 146
Slaughter • STL 146
At Bats
1. Rojek • PIT 641
2. Musial • STL 611
3. Ennis • PHI 589
4. Holmes • BSN 585
5. Lockman • NYG 584
6. Robinson • BRO 574
7. Marion • STL 567
8. Reese • BRO 566
9. Waitkus • CHC 562
10. Mize • NYG 560
Plate Appearances
1. Rojek • PIT 714
2. Musial • STL 698
3. Elliott • BSN 677
4. Kiner • PIT 670
5. Lockman • NYG 659
6. Mize • NYG 658
7. Reese • BRO 655
8. Robinson • BRO 648
9. Ennis • PHI 641
10. Holmes • BSN 639
Runs Scored
1. Musial • STL 135
2. Lockman • NYG 117
3. Mize • NYG 110
4. Robinson • BRO 108
5. Kiner • PIT 104
6. Gordon • NYG 100
7. Elliott • BSN 99
8. Reese • BRO 96
9. Slaughter • STL 91
10. Waitkus • CHC 87
Hits
1. Musial • STL 230
2. Holmes • BSN 190
3. Rojek • PIT 186
4. Slaughter • STL 176
5. Dark • BSN 175
6. Pafko • CHC 171
Ennis • PHI 171
8. Robinson • BRO 170
9. Lockman • NYG 167
10. Waitkus • CHC 166
Total Bases
1. Musial • STL 429
2. Mize • NYG 316
3. Ennis • PHI 309
4. Kiner • PIT 296
5. Pafko • CHC 283
6. Gordon • NYG 280
7. Sauer • CIN 267
8. Lockman • NYG 265
9. Robinson • BRO 260
10. Slaughter • STL 258
Doubles
1. Musial • STL 46
2. Ennis • PHI 40
3. Dark • BSN 39
4. Robinson • BRO 38
5. Holmes • BSN 35
6. Reese • BRO 31
7. Pafko • CHC 30
Stallcup • CIN 30
9. Waitkus • CHC 27
Blatnik • PHI 27
Rojek • PIT 27
Slaughter • STL 27
Triples
1. Musial • STL 18
2. Hopp • PIT 12
3. Slaughter • STL 11
4. Waitkus • CHC 10
Lockman • NYG 10
6. Wyrostek • CIN 9
Jones • STL 9
8. Robinson • BRO 8
Marshall • NYG 8
Blatnik • PHI 8
Home Runs
1. Mize • NYG 40
Kiner • PIT 40
3. Musial • STL 39
4. Sauer • CIN 35
5. Gordon • NYG 30
Ennis • PHI 30
7. Pafko • CHC 26
8. Elliott • BSN 23
9. Heath • BSN 20
10. Nicholson • CHC 19
Runs Batted In
1. Musial • STL 131
2. Mize • NYG 125
3. Kiner • PIT 123
4. Gordon • NYG 107
5. Pafko • CHC 101
6. Elliott • BSN 100
7. Sauer • CIN 97
8. Ennis • PHI 95
9. Slaughter • STL 90
10. Marshall • NYG 86
Bases on Balls
1. Elliott • BSN 131
2. Kiner • PIT 112
3. Mize • NYG 94
4. Torgeson • BSN 81
Nicholson • CHC 81
Slaughter • STL 81
7. Reese • BRO 79
Musial • STL 79
9. Gordon • NYG 74
10. Hatton • CIN 72
Strikeouts
1. Sauer • CIN 85
2. Thomson • NYG 77
Blatnik • PHI 77
4. Smalley • CHC 76
5. Jeffcoat • CHC 68
Seminick • PHI 68
7. Reese • BRO 63
Wyrostek • CIN 63
Lockman • NYG 63
10. Gustine • PIT 62
Stolen Bases
1. Ashburn • PHI 32
2. Reese • BRO 25
3. Rojek • PIT 24
4. Robinson • BRO 22
5. Torgeson • BSN 19
6. Hermanski • BRO 15
7. Waitkus • CHC 11
8. Murtaugh • PIT 10
9. Kerr • NYG 9
10. Rackley • BRO 8
Jeffcoat • CHC 8
Baumholtz • CIN 8
Gordon • NYG 8
Lockman • NYG 8
Haas • PHI 8
Singles
1. Rojek • PIT 150
2. Holmes • BSN 142
3. Ashburn • PHI 131
4. Dark • BSN 127
Musial • STL 127
Slaughter • STL 127
7. Waitkus • CHC 122
Murtaugh • PIT 122
9. Lockman • NYG 115
10. Pafko • CHC 113
Adjusted OPS+
1. Musial • STL 200
2. Mize • NYG 156
3. Gordon • NYG 148
4. Kiner • PIT 146
5. Pafko • CHC 144
6. Elliott • BSN 143
7. Ennis • PHI 135
8. Hermanski • BRO 134
9. Slaughter • STL 132
10. Sauer • CIN 129
Runs Created
1. Musial • STL 192
2. Mize • NYG 124
3. Kiner • PIT 114
4. Gordon • NYG 108
5. Elliott • BSN 107
6. Slaughter • STL 105
7. Ennis • PHI 104
8. Pafko • CHC 103
9. Holmes • BSN 96
Lockman • NYG 96
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Musial • STL 87
2. Mize • NYG 45
3. Elliott • BSN 40
4. Kiner • PIT 38
5. Gordon • NYG 35
6. Heath • BSN 33
7. Pafko • CHC 33
8. Slaughter • STL 27
9. Ennis • PHI 26
10. Hermanski • BRO 20
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Musial • STL 8.4
2. Mize • NYG 4.4
3. Elliott • BSN 3.9
4. Kiner • PIT 3.7
5. Gordon • NYG 3.5
6. Heath • BSN 3.3
7. Pafko • CHC 3.2
8. Slaughter • STL 2.7
9. Ennis • PHI 2.6
10. Hermanski • BRO 2.0
Extra Base Hits
1. Musial • STL 103
2. Ennis • PHI 74
3. Mize • NYG 70
4. Kiner • PIT 64
5. Gordon • NYG 60
6. Robinson • BRO 58
Pafko • CHC 58
Sauer • CIN 58
9. Elliott • BSN 52
Lockman • NYG 52
Times On Base
1. Musial • STL 312
2. Elliott • BSN 284
3. Kiner • PIT 262
4. Mize • NYG 260
5. Slaughter • STL 258
6. Rojek • PIT 250
7. Holmes • BSN 237
8. Lockman • NYG 236
9. Reese • BRO 234
Robinson • BRO 234
Offensive Win %
1. Musial • STL .872
2. Mize • NYG .751
3. Gordon • NYG .712
4. Kiner • PIT .704
5. Slaughter • STL .703
6. Hermanski • BRO .694
7. Elliott • BSN .691
8. Pafko • CHC .691
9. Ashburn • PHI .664
10. Ennis • PHI .658
Hit By Pitch
1. Robinson • BRO 7
2. Kurowski • STL 5
Pafko • CHC 5
Nicholson • CHC 5
Rice • STL 5
Maddern • CHC 5
7. Schenz • CHC 4
Miller • PHI 4
Sauer • CIN 4
Mize • NYG 4
Northey • STL 4
Westlake • PIT 4
Sacrifice Hits
1. Sain • BSN 16
2. Jeffcoat • CHC 14
3. Masi • BSN 11
Corbitt • CIN 11
Verban • 2TM 11
6. Dark • BSN 10
Torgeson • BSN 10
8. Reese • BRO 9
Roe • BRO 9
Salkeld • BSN 9
Stallcup • CIN 9
Jones • NYG 9
Marion • STL 9
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Lamanno • CIN 15
Seminick • PHI 15
3. Nicholson • CHC 14
4. Sisler • PHI 12
5. Marshall • NYG 10
Elliott • BSN 10
7. Stallcup • CIN 9
Sauer • CIN 9
Mize • NYG 9
Hodges • BRO 9
Hermanski • BRO 9
Slaughter • STL 9
Kluszewski • CIN 9
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Jones • STL 25
2. Holmes • BSN 18
Gordon • NYG 18
Musial • STL 18
5. Reese • BRO 16
6. Masi • BSN 15
Lamanno • CIN 15
Thomson • NYG 15
Kiner • PIT 15
Litwhiler • 2TM 15
Caught Stealing
1. Rojek • PIT 16
2. Robinson • BRO 14
3. Murtaugh • PIT 11
4. Ashburn • PHI 10
5. Baumholtz • CIN 9
6. Elliott • BSN 8
Sisler • PHI 8
8. Wyrostek • CIN 7
9. Verban • 2TM 6
Dusak • STL 6
Masi • BSN 6
Kerr • NYG 6
Rigney • NYG 6
Westlake • PIT 6
Walker • PHI 6
Gustine • PIT 6
Power-Speed #
1. Robinson • BRO 15.5
2. Hermanski • BRO 15.0
3. Reese • BRO 13.2
4. Torgeson • BSN 13.1
5. Gordon • NYG 12.6
6. Musial • STL 11.9
7. Lockman • NYG 11.1
8. Wyrostek • CIN 9.9
9. Elliott • BSN 9.5
10. Hodges • BRO 8.6
Waitkus • CHC 8.6
AB per SO
1. Verban • 2TM 34.8
2. Waitkus • CHC 29.6
3. Holmes • BSN 29.3
4. Schoendienst • STL 25.5
5. Walker • PIT 22.7
6. Ashburn • PHI 21.0
7. Slaughter • STL 18.9
8. Musial • STL 18.0
9. Marshall • NYG 15.8
10. Rojek • PIT 15.6
AB per HR
1. Kiner • PIT 13.9
2. Mize • NYG 14.0
3. Sauer • CIN 15.1
4. Musial • STL 15.7
5. Gordon • NYG 17.4
6. Ennis • PHI 19.6
7. Pafko • CHC 21.1
8. Elliott • BSN 23.5
9. Westlake • PIT 25.2
10. Nicholson • CHC 26.0
Outs Made
1. Rojek • PIT 487
2. Marion • STL 447
3. Stallcup • CIN 443
4. Reese • BRO 439
5. Ennis • PHI 436
6. Robinson • BRO 433
7. Lockman • NYG 430
8. Kiner • PIT 425
9. Holmes • BSN 422
10. Waitkus • CHC 418
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Musial • STL 90.57
2. Mize • NYG 65.17
3. Slaughter • STL 48.92
4. Kiner • PIT 47.70
5. Robinson • BRO 47.08
6. Gordon • NYG 42.10
7. Pafko • CHC 37.63
8. Heath • BSN 31.11
9. Elliott • BSN 28.54
10. Wyrostek • CIN 28.50
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Musial • STL 8.7
2. Mize • NYG 6.8
3. Pafko • CHC 5.1
4. Kiner • PIT 5.0
5. Slaughter • STL 4.4
6. Robinson • BRO 4.0
7. Wyrostek • CIN 3.2
8. Hermanski • BRO 2.7
9. Lockman • NYG 2.5
10. Litwhiler • 2TM 2.4
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Musial • STL 8.0
2. Mize • NYG 5.4
3. Kiner • PIT 4.4
4. Pafko • CHC 4.1
5. Slaughter • STL 3.6
6. Robinson • BRO 3.1
7. Gordon • NYG 2.8
8. Heath • BSN 2.8
9. Nicholson • CHC 2.5
10. Elliott • BSN 2.4
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Musial • STL 19.3
2. Kiner • PIT 11.1
3. Slaughter • STL 11.0
4. Mize • NYG 9.8
5. Heath • BSN 8.1
6. Elliott • BSN 5.2
7. Torgeson • BSN 5.1
8. Walker • PIT 4.6
9. Holmes • BSN 4.6
10. Hermanski • BRO 4.6
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Musial • STL 8.5
2. Mize • NYG 6.3
3. Slaughter • STL 4.7
4. Kiner • PIT 4.6
5. Robinson • BRO 4.5
6. Gordon • NYG 4.1
7. Pafko • CHC 3.8
8. Heath • BSN 3.1
9. Wyrostek • CIN 2.9
10. Elliott • BSN 2.8
rOBA
1. Musial • STL .506
2. Mize • NYG .426
3. Gordon • NYG .416
4. Kiner • PIT .413
5. Elliott • BSN .405
6. Slaughter • STL .399
7. Hermanski • BRO .399
8. Pafko • CHC .398
9. Ashburn • PHI .385
10. Ennis • PHI .385
Rbat+
1. Musial • STL 210
2. Mize • NYG 160
3. Gordon • NYG 154
4. Kiner • PIT 150
5. Elliott • BSN 150
6. Pafko • CHC 149
7. Slaughter • STL 137
8. Ennis • PHI 137
9. Hermanski • BRO 136
10. Ashburn • PHI 131

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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements