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The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league.
Robin Roberts led the National League in wins four years in a row (1952–1955). Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax led the NL in wins three times before retiring at the age of 30. Jake Peavy's 19 wins in 2007 led all National League pitchers. 2006 Cy Young Award winner Brandon Webb led the National League with 22 wins in 2008.
Major League Baseball recognizes runs scored leaders in the American League and National League each season. In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate , touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded.
Josh Gibson, who played 510 game in the Negro League, holds the record for highest batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base plus slugging in a career. Barry Bonds holds the career home run and single-season home run records. Ichiro Suzuki collected 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old record for most hits in a season.
The addition of 10 hitless at-bats would have lowered his slugging percentage to a value that was still better than anyone else in the league, so Braun was the National League slugging percentage champion. A similar situation occurred when Tony Gwynn won the NL batting title in 1996. [2] Year-by-Year National League Slugging Percentage Leaders
MLB American League National League 1 Roberto Clemente* 2,305 0 2,305 2 Paul Waner* 2,250 0 2,250 Held major league record, 1943–1972; held National League record, 1936–1972 3 Harry Hooper* 2,183 2,183 0 Held major league record, 1924–1943 4 Hank Aaron* 2,174 0 2,174 5 Mel Ott* 2,161 0 2,161 6 Tony Gwynn* 2,144 0 2,144 7 Dwight Evans: 2,092
Rank amongst leaders in career games finished. A blank field indicates a tie. Player: Name of the player GF: Total career games finished * Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame: Bold: Denotes an active player [note 1]