National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Robinson • BRO 9.7
2. Musial • STL 8.8
3. Roberts • PHI 8.7
4. Kiner • PIT 8.0
5. Spahn • BSN 7.9
6. Irvin • NYG 6.9
7. Campanella • BRO 6.9
8. Ashburn • PHI 6.7
9. Dark • NYG 6.3
10. Maglie • NYG 5.9
WAR Position Players
1. Robinson • BRO 9.7
2. Musial • STL 8.8
3. Kiner • PIT 8.0
4. Irvin • NYG 6.9
5. Campanella • BRO 6.9
6. Ashburn • PHI 6.7
7. Dark • NYG 6.3
8. Stanky • NYG 5.6
9. Hodges • BRO 5.4
10. Thomson • NYG 5.3
Offensive WAR
1. Kiner • PIT 8.8
2. Musial • STL 8.6
3. Robinson • BRO 8.1
4. Campanella • BRO 6.4
5. Irvin • NYG 6.3
6. Thomson • NYG 5.9
7. Dark • NYG 5.9
8. Ashburn • PHI 5.6
9. Jethroe • BSN 5.3
10. Gordon • BSN 5.2
Defensive WAR
1. Robinson • BRO 2.4
2. Stanky • NYG 1.7
3. Dark • NYG 1.6
4. Hemus • STL 1.6
5. Johnson • STL 1.6
6. Reese • BRO 1.5
7. Schoendienst • STL 1.4
8. Ashburn • PHI 1.2
9. Campanella • BRO 1.1
10. Hamner • PHI 1.1
Batting Average
1. Musial • STL .355
2. Ashburn • PHI .344
3. Robinson • BRO .338
4. Campanella • BRO .325
5. Irvin • NYG .312
6. Wyrostek • CIN .311
7. Kiner • PIT .309
8. Dark • NYG .303
9. Furillo • BRO .295
10. Thomson • NYG .293
On-Base%
1. Kiner • PIT .452
2. Musial • STL .449
3. Robinson • BRO .429
4. Irvin • NYG .415
5. Stanky • NYG .401
6. Hemus • STL .395
7. Campanella • BRO .393
8. Ashburn • PHI .393
9. Slaughter • STL .386
10. Thomson • NYG .385
Slugging %
1. Kiner • PIT .627
2. Musial • STL .614
3. Campanella • BRO .590
4. Thomson • NYG .562
5. Hodges • BRO .527
6. Robinson • BRO .527
7. Irvin • NYG .514
8. Pafko • 2TM .501
9. Gordon • BSN .500
10. Sauer • CHC .486
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Kiner • PIT 1.079
2. Musial • STL 1.063
3. Campanella • BRO .983
4. Robinson • BRO .957
5. Thomson • NYG .947
6. Irvin • NYG .929
7. Hodges • BRO .901
8. Gordon • BSN .883
9. Pafko • 2TM .848
10. Jones • PHI .828
Games Played
1. Furillo • BRO 158
Hodges • BRO 158
3. Dark • NYG 156
4. Torgeson • BSN 155
5. Reese • BRO 154
Kluszewski • CIN 154
Ashburn • PHI 154
8. Robinson • BRO 153
Lockman • NYG 153
10. Musial • STL 152
At Bats
1. Furillo • BRO 667
2. Dark • NYG 646
3. Ashburn • PHI 643
4. Reese • BRO 616
5. Lockman • NYG 614
6. Waitkus • PHI 610
7. Kluszewski • CIN 607
8. Snider • BRO 606
9. Bell • PIT 600
10. Hamner • PHI 589
Plate Appearances
1. Furillo • BRO 724
2. Ashburn • PHI 712
3. Reese • BRO 711
4. Dark • NYG 700
5. Torgeson • BSN 690
6. Hodges • BRO 681
7. Musial • STL 678
8. Lockman • NYG 673
9. Snider • BRO 672
10. Kiner • PIT 670
Runs Scored
1. Kiner • PIT 124
Musial • STL 124
3. Hodges • BRO 118
4. Dark • NYG 114
5. Robinson • BRO 106
6. Jethroe • BSN 101
7. Torgeson • BSN 99
8. Snider • BRO 96
Gordon • BSN 96
10. Reese • BRO 94
Irvin • NYG 94
Hits
1. Ashburn • PHI 221
2. Musial • STL 205
3. Furillo • BRO 197
4. Dark • NYG 196
5. Robinson • BRO 185
6. Reese • BRO 176
7. Irvin • NYG 174
8. Lockman • NYG 173
9. Snider • BRO 168
10. Wyrostek • CIN 167
Bell • PIT 167
Total Bases
1. Musial • STL 355
2. Kiner • PIT 333
3. Hodges • BRO 307
4. Campanella • BRO 298
5. Snider • BRO 293
Dark • NYG 293
7. Thomson • NYG 291
8. Robinson • BRO 289
9. Irvin • NYG 287
10. Furillo • BRO 285
Doubles
1. Dark • NYG 41
2. Kluszewski • CIN 35
3. Campanella • BRO 33
Robinson • BRO 33
5. Furillo • BRO 32
Schoendienst • STL 32
7. Wyrostek • CIN 31
Ashburn • PHI 31
Kiner • PIT 31
10. Musial • STL 30
Triples
1. Bell • PIT 12
Musial • STL 12
3. Irvin • NYG 11
4. Jethroe • BSN 10
Baumholtz • CHC 10
6. Hemus • STL 9
7. Reese • BRO 8
Thomson • NYG 8
Slaughter • STL 8
10. Robinson • BRO 7
Marshall • BSN 7
Dark • NYG 7
Lockman • NYG 7
Mueller • NYG 7
Hamner • PHI 7
Strickland • PIT 7
Schoendienst • STL 7
Home Runs
1. Kiner • PIT 42
2. Hodges • BRO 40
3. Campanella • BRO 33
4. Thomson • NYG 32
Musial • STL 32
6. Sauer • CHC 30
Pafko • 2TM 30
8. Snider • BRO 29
Gordon • BSN 29
10. Torgeson • BSN 24
Irvin • NYG 24
Runs Batted In
1. Irvin • NYG 121
2. Gordon • BSN 109
Kiner • PIT 109
4. Campanella • BRO 108
Musial • STL 108
6. Hodges • BRO 103
7. Snider • BRO 101
Thomson • NYG 101
9. Pafko • 2TM 93
10. Torgeson • BSN 92
Bases on Balls
1. Kiner • PIT 137
2. Stanky • NYG 127
3. Westrum • NYG 104
4. Torgeson • BSN 102
5. Musial • STL 98
6. Hodges • BRO 93
7. Irvin • NYG 89
8. Reese • BRO 81
9. Gordon • BSN 80
10. Robinson • BRO 79
Ryan • CIN 79
Strikeouts
1. Hodges • BRO 99
2. Snider • BRO 97
3. Westrum • NYG 93
4. Jethroe • BSN 88
5. Strickland • PIT 83
6. Sauer • CHC 77
7. Hartsfield • BSN 73
8. Ryan • CIN 72
9. Torgeson • BSN 70
10. Westlake • 2TM 68
Stolen Bases
1. Jethroe • BSN 35
2. Ashburn • PHI 29
3. Robinson • BRO 25
4. Reese • BRO 20
Torgeson • BSN 20
6. Snider • BRO 14
Jackson • CHC 14
8. Dark • NYG 12
Irvin • NYG 12
10. Ryan • CIN 11
Miksis • 2TM 11
Singles
1. Ashburn • PHI 181
2. Furillo • BRO 145
3. Reese • BRO 138
4. Dark • NYG 134
5. Wyrostek • CIN 131
Musial • STL 131
7. Lockman • NYG 127
8. Robinson • BRO 126
9. Waitkus • PHI 125
10. Irvin • NYG 120
Adjusted OPS+
1. Kiner • PIT 185
2. Musial • STL 183
3. Campanella • BRO 159
4. Robinson • BRO 154
5. Thomson • NYG 150
6. Irvin • NYG 147
7. Gordon • BSN 143
8. Hodges • BRO 138
9. Elliott • BSN 126
10. Jethroe • BSN 125
Runs Created
1. Musial • STL 157
2. Kiner • PIT 150
3. Robinson • BRO 124
4. Irvin • NYG 118
5. Campanella • BRO 115
6. Hodges • BRO 112
7. Ashburn • PHI 111
8. Thomson • NYG 109
9. Gordon • BSN 104
10. Dark • NYG 101
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Kiner • PIT 71
2. Musial • STL 71
3. Robinson • BRO 46
4. Campanella • BRO 42
5. Irvin • NYG 40
6. Thomson • NYG 37
7. Gordon • BSN 35
8. Hodges • BRO 32
9. Torgeson • BSN 24
10. Ashburn • PHI 21
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Kiner • PIT 6.9
2. Musial • STL 6.9
3. Robinson • BRO 4.5
4. Campanella • BRO 4.1
5. Irvin • NYG 3.9
6. Thomson • NYG 3.6
7. Gordon • BSN 3.5
8. Hodges • BRO 3.1
9. Torgeson • BSN 2.3
10. Ashburn • PHI 2.1
Extra Base Hits
1. Kiner • PIT 79
2. Musial • STL 74
3. Hodges • BRO 68
4. Campanella • BRO 67
Thomson • NYG 67
6. Dark • NYG 62
7. Snider • BRO 61
8. Robinson • BRO 59
9. Gordon • BSN 58
10. Jethroe • BSN 57
Times On Base
1. Musial • STL 304
2. Kiner • PIT 303
3. Robinson • BRO 273
Ashburn • PHI 273
5. Irvin • NYG 272
6. Stanky • NYG 260
7. Reese • BRO 259
8. Torgeson • BSN 257
9. Hodges • BRO 254
10. Furillo • BRO 247
Offensive Win %
1. Musial • STL .835
2. Kiner • PIT .828
3. Robinson • BRO .765
4. Campanella • BRO .763
5. Irvin • NYG .735
6. Thomson • NYG .715
7. Hodges • BRO .675
8. Ashburn • PHI .670
9. Gordon • BSN .665
10. Jethroe • BSN .625
Hit By Pitch
1. Pafko • 2TM 12
2. Jethroe • BSN 11
3. Irvin • NYG 9
Robinson • BRO 9
5. Furillo • BRO 7
6. Johnson • STL 6
Westlake • 2TM 6
Dark • NYG 6
Stanky • NYG 6
10. Hodges • BRO 5
Westrum • NYG 5
Gordon • BSN 5
Sacrifice Hits
1. Jones • PHI 19
2. Ashburn • PHI 17
3. Castiglione • PIT 16
4. Roberts • PHI 14
5. Cox • BRO 13
Meyer • PHI 13
7. Reese • BRO 12
Jansen • NYG 12
Lowrey • STL 12
10. Schoendienst • STL 11
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Musial • STL 24
2. Hodges • BRO 15
Westrum • NYG 15
4. Campanella • BRO 14
Ennis • PHI 14
6. Kiner • PIT 13
7. Kluszewski • CIN 11
Thomson • NYG 11
9. Cox • BRO 10
10. Seminick • PHI 9
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Gordon • BSN 28
2. Adcock • CIN 25
3. Snider • BRO 23
4. Jackson • CHC 21
5. Hamner • PHI 20
6. Campanella • BRO 19
Reese • BRO 19
8. Marshall • BSN 18
Torgeson • BSN 18
Ennis • PHI 18
Caught Stealing
1. Reese • BRO 14
2. Torgeson • BSN 11
3. Adams • CIN 10
Snider • BRO 10
5. Thompson • BRO 8
Robinson • BRO 8
7. Dark • NYG 7
Hemus • STL 7
Hodges • BRO 7
Furillo • BRO 7
SB %
1. Jethroe • BSN 87.50
2. Ashburn • PHI 82.86
3. Jackson • CHC 82.35
4. Robinson • BRO 75.76
5. Miksis • 2TM 68.75
6. Ryan • CIN 64.71
7. Torgeson • BSN 64.52
8. Dark • NYG 63.16
9. Reese • BRO 58.82
10. Snider • BRO 58.33
Power-Speed #
1. Jethroe • BSN 23.8
2. Torgeson • BSN 21.8
3. Robinson • BRO 21.6
4. Snider • BRO 18.9
5. Irvin • NYG 16.0
6. Jackson • CHC 14.9
7. Hodges • BRO 14.7
8. Reese • BRO 13.3
9. Ryan • CIN 13.0
10. Dark • NYG 12.9
AB per SO
1. Mueller • NYG 36.1
2. Waitkus • PHI 27.7
3. Marshall • BSN 26.1
4. Schoendienst • STL 24.0
5. Robinson • BRO 20.3
6. Furillo • BRO 20.2
7. Lockman • NYG 19.2
8. Hamner • PHI 18.4
9. Kluszewski • CIN 18.4
10. Metkovich • PIT 18.4
AB per HR
1. Kiner • PIT 12.6
2. Hodges • BRO 14.6
3. Pafko • 2TM 15.2
4. Campanella • BRO 15.3
5. Thomson • NYG 16.2
6. Sauer • CHC 17.5
7. Musial • STL 18.1
8. Gordon • BSN 19.0
9. Westrum • NYG 18.1 **
10. Westlake • 2TM 20.4
Outs Made
1. Furillo • BRO 499
2. Reese • BRO 485
3. Snider • BRO 475
4. Dark • NYG 474
5. Hamner • PHI 471
6. Lockman • NYG 469
7. Kluszewski • CIN 468
8. Waitkus • PHI 465
9. Torgeson • BSN 462
10. Ashburn • PHI 449
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Kiner • PIT 63.75
2. Irvin • NYG 58.43
3. Robinson • BRO 50.85
4. Musial • STL 47.76
5. Campanella • BRO 42.99
6. Gordon • BSN 38.55
7. Thomson • NYG 38.21
8. Jethroe • BSN 33.33
9. Hodges • BRO 32.92
10. Reese • BRO 32.38
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Irvin • NYG 7.2
2. Robinson • BRO 7.1
3. Thomson • NYG 6.1
4. Kiner • PIT 5.5
5. Musial • STL 4.1
6. Jethroe • BSN 3.8
7. Gordon • BSN 3.8
8. Reese • BRO 2.8
9. Campanella • BRO 2.8
10. Westrum • NYG 2.6
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Robinson • BRO 6.0
2. Kiner • PIT 6.0
3. Musial • STL 5.4
4. Irvin • NYG 4.6
5. Thomson • NYG 4.2
6. Hodges • BRO 4.1
7. Gordon • BSN 3.9
8. Campanella • BRO 3.2
9. Dark • NYG 2.9
10. Jethroe • BSN 2.6
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Thomson • NYG 50.2
2. Robinson • BRO 30.5
3. Lockman • NYG 17.7
4. Reese • BRO 15.7
5. Irvin • NYG 13.9
6. Snider • BRO 9.0
7. Hodges • BRO 4.0
8. Campanella • BRO 3.9
9. Musial • STL 3.3
10. Westrum • NYG 2.7
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Kiner • PIT 6.1
2. Irvin • NYG 5.7
3. Robinson • BRO 4.9
4. Musial • STL 4.7
5. Campanella • BRO 4.2
6. Gordon • BSN 3.9
7. Thomson • NYG 3.7
8. Jethroe • BSN 3.4
9. Hodges • BRO 3.2
10. Reese • BRO 3.2

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