National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mays • NYG 8.3
2. Aaron • MLN 8.0
3. Mathews • MLN 7.4
4. Robinson • CIN 6.9
5. Banks • CHC 6.7
6. Musial • STL 6.1
7. Drysdale • BRO 5.8
8. Podres • BRO 5.8
9. Schoendienst • 2TM 5.7
10. Blasingame • STL 5.4
WAR Position Players
1. Mays • NYG 8.3
2. Aaron • MLN 8.0
3. Mathews • MLN 7.4
4. Robinson • CIN 6.9
5. Banks • CHC 6.7
6. Musial • STL 6.1
7. Schoendienst • 2TM 5.7
8. Blasingame • STL 5.4
9. Ashburn • PHI 5.4
10. Snider • BRO 5.0
Offensive WAR
1. Mays • NYG 8.1
2. Aaron • MLN 7.8
3. Banks • CHC 7.7
4. Mathews • MLN 7.3
5. Musial • STL 6.2
6. Snider • BRO 5.3
7. Robinson • CIN 5.2
8. Schoendienst • 2TM 5.1
9. Bouchee • PHI 4.6
10. Groat • PIT 4.1
Defensive WAR
1. Blasingame • STL 2.5
2. Logan • MLN 2.2
3. Clemente • PIT 2.0
4. Ashburn • PHI 2.0
5. O'Connell • 2TM 1.7
6. Morgan • 2TM 1.6
7. Reese • BRO 1.4
8. Mazeroski • PIT 1.3
9. Schoendienst • 2TM 1.3
10. Groat • PIT 1.3
Batting Average
1. Musial • STL .351
2. Mays • NYG .333
3. Robinson • CIN .322
4. Aaron • MLN .322
5. Groat • PIT .315
6. Schoendienst • 2TM .309
7. Hodges • BRO .299
8. Long • 2TM .298
9. Ashburn • PHI .297
10. Moon • STL .295
On-Base%
1. Musial • STL .422
2. Mays • NYG .407
3. Bouchee • PHI .394
4. Ashburn • PHI .390
5. Temple • CIN .387
6. Mathews • MLN .387
7. Hoak • CIN .381
8. Long • 2TM .378
9. Aaron • MLN .378
10. Robinson • CIN .376
Slugging %
1. Mays • NYG .626
2. Musial • STL .612
3. Aaron • MLN .600
4. Snider • BRO .587
5. Banks • CHC .579
6. Mathews • MLN .540
7. Robinson • CIN .529
8. Hodges • BRO .511
9. Moon • STL .508
10. Crowe • CIN .504
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Musial • STL 1.034
2. Mays • NYG 1.033
3. Aaron • MLN .978
4. Snider • BRO .955
5. Banks • CHC .939
6. Mathews • MLN .927
7. Robinson • CIN .905
8. Hodges • BRO .877
9. Long • 2TM .875
10. Moon • STL .875
Games Played
1. Banks • CHC 156
Ashburn • PHI 156
3. Bouchee • PHI 154
Blasingame • STL 154
5. Mays • NYG 152
6. McMillan • CIN 151
Aaron • MLN 151
Thomas • PIT 151
9. Hodges • BRO 150
Robinson • CIN 150
Schoendienst • 2TM 150
At Bats
1. Blasingame • STL 650
2. Schoendienst • 2TM 648
3. Ashburn • PHI 626
4. Gilliam • BRO 617
5. Aaron • MLN 615
6. Robinson • CIN 611
7. Banks • CHC 594
Thomas • PIT 594
9. Mays • NYG 585
10. Dark • STL 583
Plate Appearances
1. Ashburn • PHI 729
2. Blasingame • STL 728
3. Gilliam • BRO 695
Schoendienst • 2TM 695
5. Temple • CIN 678
6. Robinson • CIN 677
7. Aaron • MLN 675
Bouchee • PHI 675
9. Banks • CHC 674
10. Mays • NYG 669
Runs Scored
1. Aaron • MLN 118
2. Banks • CHC 113
3. Mays • NYG 112
4. Mathews • MLN 109
5. Blasingame • STL 108
6. Robinson • CIN 97
7. Hodges • BRO 94
8. Ashburn • PHI 93
9. Snider • BRO 91
Schoendienst • 2TM 91
Hits
1. Schoendienst • 2TM 200
2. Aaron • MLN 198
3. Robinson • CIN 197
4. Mays • NYG 195
5. Ashburn • PHI 186
6. Blasingame • STL 176
Musial • STL 176
8. Hodges • BRO 173
9. Thomas • PIT 172
10. Banks • CHC 169
Dark • STL 169
Total Bases
1. Aaron • MLN 369
2. Mays • NYG 366
3. Banks • CHC 344
4. Robinson • CIN 323
5. Mathews • MLN 309
6. Musial • STL 307
7. Snider • BRO 298
8. Hodges • BRO 296
9. Schoendienst • 2TM 292
10. Thomas • PIT 273
Doubles
1. Hoak • CIN 39
2. Musial • STL 38
3. Bouchee • PHI 35
4. Banks • CHC 34
5. Moryn • CHC 33
6. Spencer • NYG 31
Schoendienst • 2TM 31
8. Groat • PIT 30
Thomas • PIT 30
10. Robinson • CIN 29
Triples
1. Mays • NYG 20
2. Virdon • PIT 11
3. Bruton • MLN 9
Mathews • MLN 9
5. Covington • MLN 8
Ashburn • PHI 8
Bouchee • PHI 8
Dark • STL 8
Schoendienst • 2TM 8
10. Hodges • BRO 7
Neal • BRO 7
Snider • BRO 7
Logan • MLN 7
Clemente • PIT 7
Mazeroski • PIT 7
Blasingame • STL 7
Thomson • 2TM 7
Home Runs
1. Aaron • MLN 44
2. Banks • CHC 43
3. Snider • BRO 40
4. Mays • NYG 35
5. Mathews • MLN 32
6. Crowe • CIN 31
7. Robinson • CIN 29
Musial • STL 29
9. Hodges • BRO 27
10. Sauer • NYG 26
Runs Batted In
1. Aaron • MLN 132
2. Ennis • STL 105
3. Banks • CHC 102
Musial • STL 102
5. Hodges • BRO 98
6. Mays • NYG 97
7. Mathews • MLN 94
8. Snider • BRO 92
Crowe • CIN 92
10. Hoak • CIN 89
Thomas • PIT 89
Bases on Balls
1. Temple • CIN 94
Ashburn • PHI 94
3. Mathews • MLN 90
4. Bouchee • PHI 84
5. Snider • BRO 77
6. Mays • NYG 76
7. Hoak • CIN 74
8. Bailey • CIN 73
9. Blasingame • STL 71
10. Banks • CHC 70
Strikeouts
1. Snider • BRO 104
2. Robinson • CIN 92
3. Hodges • BRO 91
Bouchee • PHI 91
5. Moryn • CHC 90
6. Neeman • CHC 87
Morgan • 2TM 87
8. Cimoli • BRO 86
9. Banks • CHC 85
10. Post • CIN 84
Stolen Bases
1. Mays • NYG 38
2. Gilliam • BRO 26
3. Blasingame • STL 21
4. Temple • CIN 19
5. Fernández • PHI 18
6. Ashburn • PHI 13
7. Boyer • STL 12
Fondy • 2TM 12
9. Neal • BRO 11
Bruton • MLN 11
Singles
1. Ashburn • PHI 152
2. Schoendienst • 2TM 146
3. Blasingame • STL 136
4. Robinson • CIN 134
5. Dark • STL 132
6. Temple • CIN 130
7. Gilliam • BRO 122
8. Aaron • MLN 121
9. Cimoli • BRO 119
10. Thomas • PIT 118
Adjusted OPS+
1. Mays • NYG 173
2. Musial • STL 172
3. Aaron • MLN 166
4. Mathews • MLN 154
5. Banks • CHC 149
6. Snider • BRO 143
7. Bouchee • PHI 135
8. Robinson • CIN 135
9. Long • 2TM 134
10. Moon • STL 131
Runs Created
1. Mays • NYG 145
2. Aaron • MLN 136
3. Musial • STL 129
4. Mathews • MLN 126
5. Banks • CHC 123
6. Robinson • CIN 122
7. Bouchee • PHI 110
8. Hodges • BRO 109
9. Snider • BRO 106
10. Schoendienst • 2TM 99
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Mays • NYG 60
2. Musial • STL 55
3. Aaron • MLN 55
4. Mathews • MLN 45
5. Banks • CHC 40
6. Bouchee • PHI 33
7. Snider • BRO 31
8. Robinson • CIN 30
9. Moon • STL 24
10. Long • 2TM 22
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Mays • NYG 5.8
2. Aaron • MLN 5.3
3. Musial • STL 5.3
4. Mathews • MLN 4.4
5. Banks • CHC 3.9
6. Bouchee • PHI 3.2
7. Snider • BRO 3.1
8. Robinson • CIN 2.9
9. Moon • STL 2.3
10. Long • 2TM 2.2
Hoak • CIN 2.2
Extra Base Hits
1. Banks • CHC 83
2. Mays • NYG 81
3. Aaron • MLN 77
4. Snider • BRO 72
5. Musial • STL 70
6. Mathews • MLN 69
7. Robinson • CIN 63
8. Hodges • BRO 62
9. Hoak • CIN 60
Bouchee • PHI 60
Times On Base
1. Ashburn • PHI 284
2. Mays • NYG 272
3. Bouchee • PHI 266
4. Mathews • MLN 257
5. Temple • CIN 256
6. Aaron • MLN 255
7. Robinson • CIN 253
8. Blasingame • STL 248
9. Musial • STL 244
10. Banks • CHC 242
Offensive Win %
1. Musial • STL .804
2. Mays • NYG .777
3. Aaron • MLN .753
4. Mathews • MLN .741
5. Robinson • CIN .709
6. Banks • CHC .705
7. Snider • BRO .695
8. Long • 2TM .684
9. Bouchee • PHI .683
10. Hodges • BRO .673
Hit By Pitch
1. Bouchee • PHI 14
2. Robinson • CIN 12
3. Torre • MLN 9
4. Neal • BRO 8
5. Harris • NYG 6
McMillan • CIN 6
Anderson • PHI 6
Bowman • PHI 6
9. Furillo • BRO 5
Cunningham • STL 5
Repulski • PHI 5
Sacrifice Hits
1. Temple • CIN 16
2. Groat • PIT 14
3. McMillan • CIN 11
Mazeroski • PIT 11
5. Cimoli • BRO 10
6. Jeffcoat • CIN 8
Logan • MLN 8
Virdon • PIT 8
Baker • 2TM 8
Schoendienst • 2TM 8
Sacrifice Flies
1. Thomas • PIT 12
2. Jablonski • NYG 8
Ennis • STL 8
Musial • STL 8
5. Covington • MLN 7
Fernández • PHI 7
Moon • STL 7
8. Campanella • BRO 6
Hodges • BRO 6
Bell • CIN 6
Post • CIN 6
Temple • CIN 6
Mays • NYG 6
Anderson • PHI 6
Jones • PHI 6
Groat • PIT 6
Cunningham • STL 6
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Musial • STL 19
2. Aaron • MLN 15
Mays • NYG 15
4. Snider • BRO 12
Moon • STL 12
6. Banks • CHC 11
7. Bailey • CIN 9
Crandall • MLN 9
Thomas • PIT 9
10. McMillan • CIN 8
Boyer • STL 8
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Hamner • PHI 23
2. Ennis • STL 22
3. Fernández • PHI 21
4. Snider • BRO 17
5. Groat • PIT 16
Thomas • PIT 16
7. Spencer • NYG 15
Bouchee • PHI 15
9. Logan • MLN 14
Mays • NYG 14
Jones • PHI 14
Moon • STL 14
Caught Stealing
1. Mays • NYG 19
2. Hoak • CIN 15
3. Ashburn • PHI 10
Gilliam • BRO 10
5. Blasingame • STL 9
6. Boyer • STL 8
7. Fondy • 2TM 7
8. Moon • STL 6
Speake • CHC 6
10. Lockman • NYG 5
Temple • CIN 5
Fernández • PHI 5
SB %
1. Temple • CIN 79.17
2. Fernández • PHI 78.26
3. Gilliam • BRO 72.22
4. Blasingame • STL 70.00
5. Mays • NYG 66.67
6. Fondy • 2TM 63.16
7. Boyer • STL 60.00
8. Ashburn • PHI 56.52
9. Hoak • CIN 34.78
Power-Speed #
1. Mays • NYG 36.4
2. Robinson • CIN 14.9
3. Boyer • STL 14.7
4. Banks • CHC 13.5
5. Blasingame • STL 11.6
6. Neal • BRO 11.5
7. Skinner • PIT 11.3
8. Hoak • CIN 11.3
9. Repulski • PHI 10.4
10. O'Connell • 2TM 8.5
AB per SO
1. Schoendienst • 2TM 43.2
2. Lockman • NYG 24.0
3. Gilliam • BRO 19.9
4. Groat • PIT 17.9
5. Temple • CIN 16.4
6. Musial • STL 14.8
7. Ashburn • PHI 14.2
8. Blasingame • STL 13.3
9. Hamner • PHI 12.0
10. O'Connell • 2TM 10.9
AB per HR
1. Snider • BRO 12.7
2. Banks • CHC 13.8
3. Aaron • MLN 14.0
4. Crowe • CIN 15.9
5. Mays • NYG 16.7
6. Musial • STL 17.3
7. Mathews • MLN 17.9
8. Long • 2TM 20.0
9. Ennis • STL 20.4
10. Robinson • CIN 21.1
Outs Made
1. Blasingame • STL 493
2. Gilliam • BRO 488
3. Schoendienst • 2TM 472
4. Ashburn • PHI 465
5. Thomas • PIT 456
6. Banks • CHC 448
7. Virdon • PIT 442
8. Robinson • CIN 439
9. Aaron • MLN 434
Dark • STL 434
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Aaron • MLN 73.12
2. Mays • NYG 63.32
3. Musial • STL 53.21
4. Hodges • BRO 47.09
5. Mathews • MLN 46.08
6. Banks • CHC 43.47
7. Cunningham • STL 32.13
8. Moryn • CHC 30.88
9. Bouchee • PHI 30.76
10. Snider • BRO 29.81
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Mays • NYG 8.1
2. Aaron • MLN 7.0
3. Mathews • MLN 5.5
4. Musial • STL 5.4
5. Hodges • BRO 4.0
6. Cunningham • STL 3.9
7. Banks • CHC 3.7
8. Crowe • CIN 3.2
9. Snider • BRO 3.1
10. Moryn • CHC 3.1
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Aaron • MLN 6.8
2. Mays • NYG 6.6
3. Musial • STL 5.5
4. Banks • CHC 4.8
5. Robinson • CIN 4.3
6. Mathews • MLN 4.2
7. Snider • BRO 4.0
8. Hodges • BRO 3.8
9. Bouchee • PHI 3.3
10. Schoendienst • 2TM 2.7
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Aaron • MLN 19.4
2. Mathews • MLN 12.7
3. Crowe • CIN 12.4
4. Musial • STL 10.4
5. Cunningham • STL 9.4
6. Hodges • BRO 8.0
7. Schoendienst • 2TM 6.2
8. Snider • BRO 5.9
9. Bouchee • PHI 5.5
10. Bruton • MLN 5.5
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Aaron • MLN 7.3
2. Mays • NYG 6.1
3. Musial • STL 5.1
4. Mathews • MLN 4.6
5. Hodges • BRO 4.4
6. Banks • CHC 4.3
7. Cunningham • STL 3.1
8. Bouchee • PHI 3.1
9. Moryn • CHC 3.0
10. Snider • BRO 2.8

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