National League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Denny • PHI 7.5
2. Thon • HOU 7.4
3. Murphy • ATL 7.1
4. Carter • MON 7.1
5. Schmidt • PHI 6.9
6. Dawson • MON 6.9
7. Soto • CIN 6.7
8. Cruz • HOU 6.2
9. Raines • MON 6.0
10. Carlton • PHI 5.7
WAR Position Players
1. Thon • HOU 7.4
2. Murphy • ATL 7.1
3. Carter • MON 7.1
4. Schmidt • PHI 6.9
5. Dawson • MON 6.9
6. Cruz • HOU 6.2
7. Raines • MON 6.0
8. Hernandez • 2TM 5.6
9. Guerrero • LAD 5.5
10. Ray • PIT 5.1
Offensive WAR
1. Murphy • ATL 7.0
2. Guerrero • LAD 6.8
3. Schmidt • PHI 6.3
4. Raines • MON 5.8
5. Dawson • MON 5.8
6. Thon • HOU 5.3
7. Cruz • HOU 5.1
8. Evans • SFG 4.6
9. Horner • ATL 4.3
10. Carter • MON 4.1
Defensive WAR
1. Carter • MON 4.0
2. Thon • HOU 3.2
3. Ray • PIT 2.8
4. Smith • STL 2.3
5. Sandberg • CHC 2.0
6. Yeager • LAD 1.9
7. Concepción • CIN 1.9
8. Doran • HOU 1.7
9. Bowa • CHC 1.5
10. Bailor • NYM 1.5
Batting Average
1. Madlock • PIT .323
2. Smith • STL .321
3. Cruz • HOU .318
4. Hendrick • STL .318
5. Knight • HOU .304
6. Murphy • ATL .302
7. Moreland • CHC .302
8. Peña • PIT .301
9. Oliver • MON .300
10. Dawson • MON .299
On-Base%
1. Schmidt • PHI .399
2. Hernandez • 2TM .396
3. Murphy • ATL .393
4. Raines • MON .393
5. Madlock • PIT .386
6. Cruz • HOU .385
7. Smith • STL .381
8. Benedict • ATL .385 **
9. Evans • SFG .378
10. Moreland • CHC .378
Slugging %
1. Murphy • ATL .540
2. Dawson • MON .539
3. Guerrero • LAD .531
4. Schmidt • PHI .524
5. Evans • SFG .516
6. Hendrick • STL .493
7. Chambliss • ATL .481
8. Davis • CHC .480
9. Strawberry • NYM .512 **
10. Cruz • HOU .463
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Murphy • ATL .933
2. Schmidt • PHI .923
3. Guerrero • LAD .904
4. Evans • SFG .894
5. Dawson • MON .877
6. Hendrick • STL .866
7. Cruz • HOU .848
8. Chambliss • ATL .847
9. Moreland • CHC .838
10. Smith • STL .834
Games Played
1. Murphy • ATL 162
2. Berra • PIT 161
3. Cruz • HOU 160
Guerrero • LAD 160
5. Cey • CHC 159
Dawson • MON 159
Smith • STL 159
8. Sandberg • CHC 158
de Jesús • PHI 158
10. Oester • CIN 157
Oliver • MON 157
Foster • NYM 157
At Bats
1. Wilson • NYM 638
2. Sandberg • CHC 633
Dawson • MON 633
4. Buckner • CHC 626
5. Sax • LAD 623
6. Ramírez • ATL 622
7. Thon • HOU 619
8. Raines • MON 615
9. Oliver • MON 614
10. Foster • NYM 601
McGee • STL 601
Plate Appearances
1. Raines • MON 720
2. Sandberg • CHC 699
3. Dawson • MON 698
4. Sax • LAD 692
5. Murphy • ATL 687
6. Thon • HOU 686
7. Schmidt • PHI 669
8. Ramírez • ATL 668
9. Buckner • CHC 665
10. Cruz • HOU 664
Guerrero • LAD 664
Oliver • MON 664
Runs Scored
1. Raines • MON 133
2. Murphy • ATL 131
3. Dawson • MON 104
Schmidt • PHI 104
5. Sandberg • CHC 94
Sax • LAD 94
Evans • SFG 94
8. Wilson • NYM 91
9. Redus • CIN 90
10. Guerrero • LAD 87
Hits
1. Cruz • HOU 189
Dawson • MON 189
3. Ramírez • ATL 185
4. Oliver • MON 184
5. Raines • MON 183
6. Murphy • ATL 178
7. Thon • HOU 177
8. Wilson • NYM 176
9. Buckner • CHC 175
Sax • LAD 175
Total Bases
1. Dawson • MON 341
2. Murphy • ATL 318
3. Guerrero • LAD 310
4. Thon • HOU 283
5. Schmidt • PHI 280
6. Cruz • HOU 275
7. Buckner • CHC 273
8. Evans • SFG 270
9. Cey • CHC 267
10. Raines • MON 264
Doubles
1. Buckner • CHC 38
Oliver • MON 38
Ray • PIT 38
4. Carter • MON 37
5. Knight • HOU 36
Dawson • MON 36
7. Cey • CHC 33
Wallach • MON 33
Hendrick • STL 33
10. Raines • MON 32
Triples
1. Butler • ATL 13
2. Moreno • HOU 11
3. Dawson • MON 10
Green • STL 10
5. Redus • CIN 9
Thon • HOU 9
7. Washington • ATL 8
Durham • CHC 8
Cruz • HOU 8
Raines • MON 8
McGee • STL 8
Lefebvre • 2TM 8
Home Runs
1. Schmidt • PHI 40
2. Murphy • ATL 36
3. Guerrero • LAD 32
Dawson • MON 32
5. Evans • SFG 30
6. Foster • NYM 28
7. Strawberry • NYM 26
8. Cey • CHC 24
Davis • CHC 24
10. Leonard • SFG 21
Runs Batted In
1. Murphy • ATL 121
2. Dawson • MON 113
3. Schmidt • PHI 109
4. Guerrero • LAD 103
5. Kennedy • SDP 98
6. Hendrick • STL 97
7. Cruz • HOU 92
8. Cey • CHC 90
Foster • NYM 90
10. Leonard • SFG 87
Bases on Balls
1. Schmidt • PHI 128
2. Thompson • PIT 99
3. Raines • MON 97
4. Murphy • ATL 90
5. Morgan • PHI 89
6. Hernandez • 2TM 88
7. Doran • HOU 86
8. Evans • SFG 84
9. Brock • LAD 83
10. Driessen • CIN 75
Strikeouts
1. Schmidt • PHI 148
2. Strawberry • NYM 128
Thompson • PIT 128
4. Marshall • LAD 127
5. Leonard • SFG 116
6. Redus • CIN 111
Foster • NYM 111
8. Murphy • ATL 110
Guerrero • LAD 110
10. Davis • SFG 108
Stolen Bases
1. Raines • MON 90
2. Wiggins • SDP 66
3. Sax • LAD 56
4. Wilson • NYM 54
5. Smith • STL 43
6. Milner • CIN 41
7. Butler • ATL 39
Redus • CIN 39
LeMaster • SFG 39
McGee • STL 39
Singles
1. Ramírez • ATL 160
2. Sax • LAD 147
3. Cruz • HOU 139
4. Wilson • NYM 138
5. McGee • STL 137
6. Oliver • MON 135
7. Raines • MON 132
8. Sandberg • CHC 128
9. Peña • PIT 123
10. Thon • HOU 120
Brooks • NYM 120
Madlock • PIT 120
Adjusted OPS+
1. Schmidt • PHI 156
2. Guerrero • LAD 150
3. Evans • SFG 150
4. Murphy • ATL 149
5. Cruz • HOU 142
6. Dawson • MON 141
7. Hendrick • STL 138
8. Hernandez • 2TM 131
9. Smith • STL 130
10. Raines • MON 129
Runs Created
1. Murphy • ATL 131
2. Raines • MON 120
3. Guerrero • LAD 118
4. Schmidt • PHI 117
5. Dawson • MON 113
6. Cruz • HOU 109
7. Evans • SFG 104
8. Hernandez • 2TM 98
9. Hendrick • STL 96
10. Thon • HOU 95
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Schmidt • PHI 45
2. Murphy • ATL 41
3. Guerrero • LAD 39
4. Evans • SFG 36
5. Cruz • HOU 34
6. Dawson • MON 33
7. Raines • MON 29
8. Hendrick • STL 28
9. Hernandez • 2TM 26
10. Horner • ATL 24
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Schmidt • PHI 4.6
2. Murphy • ATL 4.2
3. Guerrero • LAD 4.0
4. Evans • SFG 3.7
5. Cruz • HOU 3.5
6. Dawson • MON 3.4
7. Raines • MON 2.9
8. Hendrick • STL 2.9
9. Hernandez • 2TM 2.6
10. Horner • ATL 2.4
Extra Base Hits
1. Dawson • MON 78
2. Guerrero • LAD 66
3. Murphy • ATL 64
4. Evans • SFG 62
5. Buckner • CHC 60
Schmidt • PHI 60
7. Cey • CHC 58
8. Davis • CHC 57
Thon • HOU 57
Carter • MON 57
Times On Base
1. Raines • MON 282
2. Murphy • ATL 270
3. Schmidt • PHI 267
4. Cruz • HOU 255
5. Hernandez • 2TM 250
6. Guerrero • LAD 248
7. Dawson • MON 236
8. Sax • LAD 234
Thompson • PIT 234
10. Thon • HOU 233
Offensive Win %
1. Murphy • ATL .765
2. Schmidt • PHI .739
3. Guerrero • LAD .730
4. Evans • SFG .720
5. Raines • MON .712
6. Cruz • HOU .705
7. Hernandez • 2TM .696
8. Hendrick • STL .695
9. Dawson • MON .670
10. Smith • STL .668
Hit By Pitch
1. Dawson • MON 9
Smith • STL 9
3. Carter • MON 7
4. Wallach • MON 6
5. Buckner • CHC 5
Cey • CHC 5
Garner • HOU 5
Marshall • LAD 5
Flannery • SDP 5
Youngblood • SFG 5
Sacrifice Hits
1. Rogers • MON 20
2. Denny • PHI 17
3. Wiggins • SDP 16
4. McMurtry • ATL 12
Milner • CIN 12
Niekro • HOU 12
Russell • LAD 12
Valenzuela • LAD 12
Lea • MON 12
10. Soto • CIN 11
Lynch • NYM 11
de Jesús • PHI 11
Sacrifice Flies
1. Dawson • MON 18
2. Knight • HOU 11
Hendrick • STL 11
4. Moreland • CHC 10
5. Cey • CHC 9
Kennedy • SDP 9
Davis • SFG 9
8. Thon • HOU 8
Carter • MON 8
10. Hubbard • ATL 7
Concepción • CIN 7
Baker • LAD 7
Matthews • PHI 7
Rose • PHI 7
Clark • SFG 7
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Berra • PIT 19
2. de Jesús • PHI 18
3. Oliver • MON 17
Schmidt • PHI 17
5. Benedict • ATL 16
6. Chambliss • ATL 15
Kennedy • SDP 15
Hendrick • STL 15
9. Oester • CIN 14
Hernandez • 2TM 14
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Concepción • CIN 21
Oliver • MON 21
3. Cey • CHC 20
4. Foster • NYM 19
Bonilla • SDP 19
6. Oester • CIN 17
Knight • HOU 17
8. Davis • CHC 16
Moreland • CHC 16
Madlock • PIT 16
Garvey • SDP 16
Templeton • SDP 16
Caught Stealing
1. Sax • LAD 30
2. Butler • ATL 23
3. LeMaster • SFG 19
4. Smith • STL 18
5. Cruz • HOU 16
Thon • HOU 16
Wilson • NYM 16
Green • STL 16
9. Redus • CIN 14
Raines • MON 14
SB %
1. Morgan • PHI 90.00
2. Murphy • ATL 88.24
Venable • SFG 88.24
4. Raines • MON 86.54
5. Bailor • NYM 85.71
6. Wiggins • SDP 83.54
7. Dernier • PHI 83.33
8. McGee • STL 82.98
9. Smith • STL 82.93
10. Leonard • SFG 78.79
Power-Speed #
1. Murphy • ATL 32.7
2. Dawson • MON 28.1
3. Guerrero • LAD 26.8
4. Thon • HOU 25.2
5. Redus • CIN 23.7
6. Leonard • SFG 23.2
7. Strawberry • NYM 22.0
8. Landreaux • LAD 21.7
9. Raines • MON 19.6
10. Cruz • HOU 19.1
AB per SO
1. Ray • PIT 22.2
2. Buckner • CHC 20.9
3. Madlock • PIT 19.7
4. Oberkfell • STL 18.1
5. Rose • PHI 17.6
6. Bowa • CHC 16.6
7. Smith • STL 15.3
8. Russell • LAD 14.5
9. Oliver • MON 14.0
10. Bonilla • SDP 13.9
AB per HR
1. Schmidt • PHI 13.4
2. Murphy • ATL 16.4
3. Strawberry • NYM 16.2 **
4. Evans • SFG 17.4
5. Guerrero • LAD 18.3
6. Dawson • MON 19.8
7. Davis • CHC 21.3
8. Foster • NYM 21.5
9. Chambliss • ATL 22.4
10. Horner • ATL 19.3 **
Outs Made
1. Sandberg • CHC 499
2. Sax • LAD 496
3. Dawson • MON 487
Wilson • NYM 487
5. Thon • HOU 481
6. Foster • NYM 480
7. Buckner • CHC 474
8. Brooks • NYM 467
9. Ramírez • ATL 465
10. Raines • MON 464
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Murphy • ATL 57.17
2. Raines • MON 53.60
3. Schmidt • PHI 49.60
4. Cruz • HOU 46.25
5. Guerrero • LAD 44.74
6. Evans • SFG 38.66
7. Hendrick • STL 34.48
8. Moreland • CHC 28.37
9. Horner • ATL 28.33
10. Kennedy • SDP 23.50
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Murphy • ATL 6.1
2. Raines • MON 5.1
3. Guerrero • LAD 3.5
4. Cruz • HOU 3.4
5. Evans • SFG 3.3
6. Hendrick • STL 3.1
7. Horner • ATL 3.1
8. Morgan • PHI 2.9
9. Porter • STL 2.9
10. Lefebvre • 2TM 2.8
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Murphy • ATL 5.3
2. Schmidt • PHI 4.9
3. Guerrero • LAD 4.5
4. Raines • MON 4.4
5. Cruz • HOU 3.7
6. Dawson • MON 3.7
7. Evans • SFG 3.6
8. Hendrick • STL 3.2
9. Horner • ATL 2.9
10. Moreland • CHC 2.5
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Murphy • ATL 9.9
2. Raines • MON 8.0
3. Morgan • PHI 7.1
4. Lefebvre • 2TM 6.7
5. Guerrero • LAD 6.0
6. Madlock • PIT 5.6
7. Schmidt • PHI 5.4
8. Marshall • LAD 4.8
9. Horner • ATL 4.2
10. Chambliss • ATL 4.2
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Murphy • ATL 5.6
2. Raines • MON 5.4
3. Schmidt • PHI 5.0
4. Cruz • HOU 4.8
5. Guerrero • LAD 4.5
6. Evans • SFG 4.0
7. Hendrick • STL 3.5
8. Moreland • CHC 2.8
9. Horner • ATL 2.8
10. Kennedy • SDP 2.4
rOBA
1. Murphy • ATL .427
2. Guerrero • LAD .416
3. Schmidt • PHI .409
4. Raines • MON .408
5. Evans • SFG .398
6. Smith • STL .392
7. Dawson • MON .390
8. Hendrick • STL .390
9. Cruz • HOU .388
10. Moreland • CHC .386
Rbat+
1. Schmidt • PHI 158
2. Guerrero • LAD 157
3. Murphy • ATL 153
4. Evans • SFG 150
5. Cruz • HOU 146
6. Hendrick • STL 140
7. Dawson • MON 140
8. Smith • STL 137
9. Raines • MON 137
10. Moreland • CHC 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