2016 National League leaders: DJ LeMahieu sits, edges Daniel Murphy for batting title by .001

Joe Rodgers

2016 National League leaders: DJ LeMahieu sits, edges Daniel Murphy for batting title by .001 image

For the ninth time over the past 19 seasons, the National League batting title is back in Colorado. 

Rockies infielder DJ LeMahieu won his first batting title Sunday, sitting out his second straight game to protect his lead over Nationals slugger Daniel Murphy, who flied out in a pinch-hit at-bat Sunday.

LeMahieu, who also did not play Saturday against the Brewers, hit a MLB-best .348 to finish one point ahead of Murphy with the NL's highest average since Chipper Jones batted .364 in 2008 for the Braves. Murphy had missed the final 10 games of the season with a strained buttocks before Sunday's appearance.

LeMahieu's teammate, Nolan Arenado, led MLB with 133 RBIs and finished tied for first in the NL with 41 home runs and second place with 116 runs scored. 

Here are the top five statistical leaders in each major category in for the NL: 

Batting average

LeMahieu, Rockies, .348

Murphy, Nationals, .347

Joey Votto, Reds, .326

Charlie Blackmon, Rockies, .324

Jean Segura, Diamondbacks, .319

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Home runs

Arenado, Rockies, 41

Chris Carter, Brewers, 41

Kris Bryant, Cubs, 39

Matt Kemp, Braves, 35

Freddie Freeman, Braves, 34

Runs batted in

Arenado, Rockies, 133

Anthony Rizzo, Cubs, 109

Kemp, Braves, 108

Murphy, Nationals, 104

Adam Duvall, Reds, 103

Stolen bases

Jonathan Villar, Brewers, 62

Billy Hamilton, Reds, 58

Starling Marte, Pirates, 47

Hernan Perez, Brewers, 34

Segura, D-backs, 33

Trea Turner, Nationals, 33

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Runs scored

Bryant, Cubs, 121

Arenado, Rockies, 116

Blackmon, Rockies, 111

Paul Goldschmidt, D-backs, 106

Corey Seager, Dodgers, 105

Hits

Segura, D-backs, 203

Seager, Dodgers, 193

LeMahieu, Rockies, 192

Blackmon, Rockies, 187

Murphy, Nationals, 184

Walks

Goldschmidt, D-backs, 110

Bryce Harper, Nationals, 108

Votto, Reds, 108

Brandon Belt, Giants, 104

Ben Zobrist, Cubs, 96

Starting pitching ERA

Kyle Hendricks, Cubs, 2.13

Jon Lester Cubs, 2.44

Noah Syndergaard, Mets, 2.60

Madison Bumgarner, Giants, 2.74

Johnny Cueto, Giants, 2.79

Record

Max Scherzer, Nationals, 20-7

Lester, Cubs, 19-5

Cueto, 18-5

Jake Arrieta, Cubs, 18-8

Jose Fernandez, Marlins, 16-8

Hendricks, Cubs, 16-8

Saves

Jeurys Familia, Mets, 51

Kenley Jansen, Dodgers, 47

Mark Melancon, Nationals, 47

A.J. Ramos, Marlins, 40

Jeanmar Gomez, Phillies, 37

Strikeouts

Scherzer, Nationals, 284

Fernandez, Marlins, 253

Bumgarner, Giants, 251

Robbie Ray, D-backs, 218

Syndergaard, Mets, 218

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