National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Roberts • PHI 8.6
2. Robinson • BRO 8.4
3. Musial • STL 7.5
4. Hemus • STL 6.9
5. Spahn • BSN 6.9
6. Rush • CHC 6.1
7. Dark • NYG 5.9
8. Raffensberger • CIN 5.8
9. Hacker • CHC 5.8
10. Sauer • CHC 5.6
WAR Position Players
1. Robinson • BRO 8.4
2. Musial • STL 7.5
3. Hemus • STL 6.9
4. Dark • NYG 5.9
5. Sauer • CHC 5.6
6. Schoendienst • STL 5.4
7. Hodges • BRO 5.3
8. Reese • BRO 5.2
9. Gordon • BSN 5.0
10. Slaughter • STL 4.7
Offensive WAR
1. Robinson • BRO 7.8
2. Musial • STL 7.4
3. Hemus • STL 6.2
4. Dark • NYG 5.4
5. Kiner • PIT 4.9
Reese • BRO 4.9
7. Sauer • CHC 4.9
8. Gordon • BSN 4.8
9. Snider • BRO 4.8
10. Schoendienst • STL 4.6
Defensive WAR
1. Hemus • STL 1.8
2. Hamner • PHI 1.7
3. Schoendienst • STL 1.6
Dark • NYG 1.6
5. Robinson • BRO 1.4
McMillan • CIN 1.4
7. Reese • BRO 1.3
8. Ryan • PHI 1.3
9. Williams • NYG 1.2
10. Campanella • BRO 1.1
Batting Average
1. Musial • STL .336
2. Baumholtz • CHC .325
3. Kluszewski • CIN .320
4. Robinson • BRO .308
5. Snider • BRO .303
6. Schoendienst • STL .303
7. Dark • NYG .301
8. Slaughter • STL .300
9. Fondy • CHC .300
10. Lockman • NYG .290
On-Base%
1. Robinson • BRO .440
2. Musial • STL .432
3. Hemus • STL .392
4. Hodges • BRO .386
5. Slaughter • STL .386
6. Kiner • PIT .384
7. Gordon • BSN .384
8. Kluszewski • CIN .383
9. Baumholtz • CHC .371
10. Waitkus • PHI .371
Slugging %
1. Musial • STL .538
2. Sauer • CHC .531
3. Kluszewski • CIN .509
4. Hodges • BRO .500
Kiner • PIT .500
6. Snider • BRO .494
7. Gordon • BSN .483
8. Thomson • NYG .482
9. Ennis • PHI .475
10. Robinson • BRO .465
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Musial • STL .970
2. Robinson • BRO .904
3. Kluszewski • CIN .892
4. Sauer • CHC .892
5. Hodges • BRO .886
6. Kiner • PIT .884
7. Gordon • BSN .866
8. Snider • BRO .863
9. Slaughter • STL .831
10. Hemus • STL .817
Games Played
1. Adams • CIN 154
McMillan • CIN 154
Lockman • NYG 154
Ashburn • PHI 154
Ryan • PHI 154
Musial • STL 154
7. Hodges • BRO 153
Thomson • NYG 153
9. Schoendienst • STL 152
10. Jethroe • BSN 151
Sauer • CHC 151
Dark • NYG 151
Ennis • PHI 151
Hamner • PHI 151
Hemus • STL 151
At Bats
1. Adams • CIN 637
2. Schoendienst • STL 620
3. Ashburn • PHI 613
4. Jethroe • BSN 608
Thomson • NYG 608
6. Lockman • NYG 606
7. Hamner • PHI 596
8. Ennis • PHI 592
9. Dark • NYG 589
10. Musial • STL 578
Plate Appearances
1. Ashburn • PHI 702
2. Adams • CIN 694
3. Hemus • STL 690
4. Jethroe • BSN 688
5. Lockman • NYG 687
6. Musial • STL 678
7. Schoendienst • STL 673
8. Thomson • NYG 666
9. Reese • BRO 660
10. Ryan • PHI 656
Runs Scored
1. Hemus • STL 105
Musial • STL 105
3. Robinson • BRO 104
4. Lockman • NYG 99
5. Reese • BRO 94
6. Ashburn • PHI 93
7. Dark • NYG 92
8. Schoendienst • STL 91
9. Ennis • PHI 90
Kiner • PIT 90
Hits
1. Musial • STL 194
2. Schoendienst • STL 188
3. Adams • CIN 180
4. Dark • NYG 177
5. Lockman • NYG 176
6. Ashburn • PHI 173
7. Ennis • PHI 171
8. Fondy • CHC 166
9. Thomson • NYG 164
Hamner • PHI 164
Total Bases
1. Musial • STL 311
2. Sauer • CHC 301
3. Thomson • NYG 293
4. Ennis • PHI 281
5. Snider • BRO 264
6. Schoendienst • STL 263
7. Kiner • PIT 258
8. Hamner • PHI 255
9. Hodges • BRO 254
Dark • NYG 254
Doubles
1. Musial • STL 42
2. Schoendienst • STL 40
3. McMillan • CIN 32
4. Sauer • CHC 31
Ashburn • PHI 31
6. Ennis • PHI 30
Hamner • PHI 30
8. Dark • NYG 29
Thomson • NYG 29
Waitkus • PHI 29
Triples
1. Thomson • NYG 14
2. Slaughter • STL 12
3. Kluszewski • CIN 11
4. Ennis • PHI 10
5. Fondy • CHC 9
Thompson • NYG 9
7. Reese • BRO 8
Hemus • STL 8
9. Snider • BRO 7
Jethroe • BSN 7
Mueller • NYG 7
Schoendienst • STL 7
Home Runs
1. Sauer • CHC 37
Kiner • PIT 37
3. Hodges • BRO 32
4. Gordon • BSN 25
Mathews • BSN 25
6. Thomson • NYG 24
7. Campanella • BRO 22
8. Snider • BRO 21
Musial • STL 21
10. Ennis • PHI 20
Runs Batted In
1. Sauer • CHC 121
2. Thomson • NYG 108
3. Ennis • PHI 107
4. Hodges • BRO 102
5. Slaughter • STL 101
6. Campanella • BRO 97
7. Snider • BRO 92
8. Musial • STL 91
9. Hamner • PHI 87
Kiner • PIT 87
Bases on Balls
1. Kiner • PIT 110
2. Hodges • BRO 107
3. Robinson • BRO 106
4. Hemus • STL 96
Musial • STL 96
6. Reese • BRO 86
7. Torgeson • BSN 81
8. Gordon • BSN 77
Sauer • CHC 77
10. Westrum • NYG 76
Strikeouts
1. Mathews • BSN 115
2. Jethroe • BSN 112
3. Sauer • CHC 92
4. Hodges • BRO 90
5. Serena • CHC 83
6. McMillan • CIN 81
7. Snider • BRO 77
Kiner • PIT 77
9. Thomson • NYG 74
10. Ryan • PHI 72
Bell • PIT 72
Stolen Bases
1. Reese • BRO 30
2. Jethroe • BSN 28
3. Robinson • BRO 24
4. Ashburn • PHI 16
5. Ryan • PHI 13
Fondy • CHC 13
7. Adams • CIN 11
Torgeson • BSN 11
9. Cox • BRO 10
10. Schoendienst • STL 9
Davis • PIT 9
Singles
1. Adams • CIN 145
2. Lockman • NYG 142
3. Ashburn • PHI 135
4. Schoendienst • STL 134
5. Dark • NYG 131
6. Fondy • CHC 126
7. Musial • STL 125
8. Reese • BRO 120
9. Robinson • BRO 118
10. Pafko • BRO 117
Adjusted OPS+
1. Musial • STL 167
2. Robinson • BRO 149
3. Kluszewski • CIN 146
4. Sauer • CHC 143
5. Gordon • BSN 142
6. Hodges • BRO 142
7. Kiner • PIT 141
8. Snider • BRO 135
9. Slaughter • STL 130
10. Hemus • STL 126
Runs Created
1. Musial • STL 132
2. Sauer • CHC 107
3. Robinson • BRO 104
4. Kiner • PIT 98
5. Snider • BRO 97
6. Hodges • BRO 96
Thomson • NYG 96
8. Kluszewski • CIN 95
Ennis • PHI 95
10. Gordon • BSN 94
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Musial • STL 58
2. Robinson • BRO 42
3. Sauer • CHC 33
4. Hodges • BRO 33
5. Kiner • PIT 32
6. Gordon • BSN 31
7. Kluszewski • CIN 30
8. Hemus • STL 26
9. Snider • BRO 25
10. Slaughter • STL 21
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Musial • STL 5.9
2. Robinson • BRO 4.3
3. Sauer • CHC 3.4
4. Hodges • BRO 3.4
5. Kiner • PIT 3.3
6. Gordon • BSN 3.2
7. Kluszewski • CIN 3.1
8. Hemus • STL 2.6
9. Snider • BRO 2.5
10. Slaughter • STL 2.2
Extra Base Hits
1. Sauer • CHC 71
2. Musial • STL 69
3. Thomson • NYG 67
4. Hodges • BRO 60
Ennis • PHI 60
6. Kiner • PIT 56
7. Schoendienst • STL 54
8. Snider • BRO 53
Mathews • BSN 53
10. Hamner • PHI 52
Times On Base
1. Musial • STL 292
2. Robinson • BRO 277
3. Hemus • STL 269
4. Ashburn • PHI 250
5. Lockman • NYG 245
6. Kiner • PIT 243
7. Hodges • BRO 238
Reese • BRO 238
9. Sauer • CHC 234
10. Gordon • BSN 231
Offensive Win %
1. Musial • STL .798
2. Robinson • BRO .737
3. Kluszewski • CIN .731
4. Sauer • CHC .703
5. Kiner • PIT .702
6. Hodges • BRO .696
7. Gordon • BSN .693
8. Snider • BRO .692
9. Slaughter • STL .681
10. Ennis • PHI .641
Hit By Pitch
1. Hemus • STL 20
2. Robinson • BRO 14
3. Jethroe • BSN 9
4. Williams • NYG 8
5. Kiner • PIT 7
6. Jones • PHI 6
Rice • STL 6
8. Pafko • BRO 5
Ryan • PHI 5
Glaviano • STL 5
Crowe • BSN 5
Dark • NYG 5
Sacrifice Hits
1. Hamner • PHI 17
2. Reese • BRO 15
3. Roberts • PHI 13
4. Maglie • NYG 12
5. Raffensberger • CIN 11
Lockman • NYG 11
Ashburn • PHI 11
Jones • PHI 11
Groat • PIT 11
Schoendienst • STL 11
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Musial • STL 27
2. Hodges • BRO 16
3. Kluszewski • CIN 15
4. Kiner • PIT 13
5. Campanella • BRO 12
6. Jones • PHI 11
7. Westrum • NYG 10
8. Sauer • CHC 9
Ennis • PHI 9
Snider • BRO 9
Slaughter • STL 9
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Campanella • BRO 22
2. Hamner • PHI 18
Groat • PIT 18
4. Snider • BRO 17
Jeffcoat • CHC 17
Ennis • PHI 17
Schoendienst • STL 17
8. Furillo • BRO 16
Reese • BRO 16
Robinson • BRO 16
Thomson • NYG 16
Caught Stealing
1. Cox • BRO 12
2. Fondy • CHC 11
Ashburn • PHI 11
4. Wyrostek • 2TM 9
Adams • CIN 9
Jethroe • BSN 9
7. Koshorek • PIT 7
Robinson • BRO 7
Baumholtz • CHC 7
Torgeson • BSN 7
Musial • STL 7
SB %
1. Reese • BRO 85.71
2. Robinson • BRO 77.42
3. Jethroe • BSN 75.68
4. Ryan • PHI 72.22
5. Torgeson • BSN 61.11
6. Ashburn • PHI 59.26
7. Adams • CIN 55.00
8. Fondy • CHC 54.17
9. Cox • BRO 45.46
Power-Speed #
1. Robinson • BRO 21.2
2. Jethroe • BSN 17.8
3. Ryan • PHI 12.5
4. Campanella • BRO 11.7
5. Fondy • CHC 11.3
6. Musial • STL 10.5
Snider • BRO 10.5
8. Reese • BRO 10.0
9. Hamner • PHI 9.9
10. Mathews • BSN 9.7
AB per SO
1. Waitkus • PHI 21.7
2. Schoendienst • STL 20.7
3. Ashburn • PHI 20.4
4. Slaughter • STL 20.4
5. Musial • STL 19.9
6. Mueller • NYG 19.0
7. Marshall • 2TM 18.5
8. Kluszewski • CIN 17.8
9. Baumholtz • CHC 15.1
10. Dark • NYG 15.1
AB per HR
1. Kiner • PIT 13.9
2. Sauer • CHC 15.3
3. Hodges • BRO 15.9
4. Gordon • BSN 20.9
5. Mathews • BSN 21.1
6. Campanella • BRO 21.3
7. Thompson • NYG 24.9
8. Thomson • NYG 25.3
9. Snider • BRO 25.4
10. Serena • CHC 26.0 **
Outs Made
1. Adams • CIN 489
2. Jethroe • BSN 487
3. Hamner • PHI 470
4. Ashburn • PHI 469
5. Schoendienst • STL 466
6. Thomson • NYG 464
7. Ryan • PHI 461
8. Lockman • NYG 453
9. Ennis • PHI 447
10. Reese • BRO 443
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Robinson • BRO 47.67
2. Hodges • BRO 45.09
3. Kluszewski • CIN 43.27
4. Musial • STL 41.61
5. Thomson • NYG 35.09
6. Snider • BRO 32.70
7. Sauer • CHC 32.40
8. Gordon • BSN 31.91
9. Kiner • PIT 26.91
10. Slaughter • STL 23.39
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Robinson • BRO 4.9
2. Thomson • NYG 4.8
3. Musial • STL 4.3
4. Kluszewski • CIN 3.8
5. Hodges • BRO 3.7
6. Slaughter • STL 3.3
7. Campanella • BRO 3.2
8. Gordon • BSN 3.1
9. Thompson • NYG 3.0
10. Snider • BRO 2.6
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Robinson • BRO 5.0
2. Musial • STL 4.7
3. Gordon • BSN 3.7
4. Hodges • BRO 3.6
5. Snider • BRO 3.6
6. Kluszewski • CIN 3.1
7. Thomson • NYG 2.9
8. Kiner • PIT 2.7
9. Sauer • CHC 2.6
10. Pafko • BRO 2.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Hodges • BRO 11.3
2. Robinson • BRO 11.0
3. Thomson • NYG 9.7
4. Campanella • BRO 7.8
5. Thompson • NYG 6.7
6. Reese • BRO 6.5
7. Shuba • BRO 6.1
8. Pafko • BRO 5.3
9. Snider • BRO 4.7
10. Mueller • NYG 3.0
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Robinson • BRO 4.8
2. Hodges • BRO 4.6
3. Kluszewski • CIN 4.4
4. Musial • STL 4.2
5. Thomson • NYG 3.6
6. Gordon • BSN 3.3
7. Snider • BRO 3.3
8. Sauer • CHC 3.3
9. Kiner • PIT 2.7
10. Slaughter • STL 2.4
rOBA
1. Musial • STL .426
2. Robinson • BRO .420
3. Kiner • PIT .395
4. Kluszewski • CIN .395
5. Sauer • CHC .394
6. Gordon • BSN .391
7. Hodges • BRO .390
8. Snider • BRO .384
9. Slaughter • STL .379
10. Hemus • STL .376
Rbat+
1. Musial • STL 172
2. Robinson • BRO 159
3. Kluszewski • CIN 148
4. Gordon • BSN 148
5. Sauer • CHC 145
6. Kiner • PIT 144
7. Hodges • BRO 143
8. Snider • BRO 137
9. Hemus • STL 135
10. Slaughter • STL 134

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