League batting leaders -- American
Regular season -- as of 10/1/1997

Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
PiazzaCAN .367 PiazzaCAN .426 McGwireBAL .647
Williams,BeMEH .327 Williams,BeMEH .413 PiazzaCAN .636
Anderson,BraBSS .306 Anderson,BraBSS .410 SnowMEH .546
BonillaPRE .305 BondsBAL .399 BondsBAL .544
O'NeillDEX .302 SnowMEH .398 Williams,BeMEH .520
SnowMEH .299 O'NeillDEX .392 Gonzalez,JuSTB .516
DunstonFRA .299 Thomas,FSTB .390 Davis,CFRA .496
EasleyBAL .298 EasleyBAL .386 GarciaparraBSS .495
GarciaparraBSS .298 Clark,TWRH .384 HigginsonSTB .491
HigginsonSTB .292 BlauserDEX .381 ThomeNOZ .481
           
           
Hits Runs Runs batted in
           
PiazzaCAN219 BondsBAL139 McGwireBAL173
GarciaparraBSS205 McGwireBAL109 BondsBAL141
Anderson,BraBSS184 Anderson,BraBSS109 PiazzaCAN125
SosaFRA183 PiazzaCAN108 SosaFRA113
BonillaPRE180 SosaFRA106 BuhnerMON110
CoraNOZ179 DeShieldsPRE104 SnowMEH104
Williams,BeMEH175 CoraNOZ101 BonillaPRE103
DeShieldsPRE171 GarciaparraBSS100 ThomeNOZ96
RenteriaMON171 BonillaPRE96 AlouBSS95
BondsBAL170 Thomas,FSTB95 Williams,MaMEH95
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
GarciaparraBSS43 HigginsonSTB15 McGwireBAL66
O'NeillDEX41 DeShieldsPRE15 PiazzaCAN40
BonillaPRE41 GarciaparraBSS15 BuhnerMON37
Valentin,JnPAN38 DunstonFRA12 BondsBAL37
GiambiCAN38 SamuelNOZ10 Gonzalez,JuSTB36
Delgado,CCAN38 StewartMON10 Davis,CFRA32
SosaFRA38 JavierPRE10 ThomeNOZ31
Williams,BeMEH37 BondsBAL10 SosaFRA31
PiazzaCAN36 Lewis,MMON9 Thomas,FSTB29
Anderson,BraBSS36 DamonDEX9 SnowMEH27
           
           
Extra base hits Stolen bases Steal percentage
           
McGwireBAL91 DeShieldsPRE58-23 AlexanderFRA .846
GarciaparraBSS79 Hunter,BMEH49-19 HendersonBAL .818
PiazzaCAN78 KnoblauchPAN35-10 KnoblauchPAN .778
BondsBAL72 DunstonFRA34-16 JavierPRE .762
SosaFRA71 JavierPRE32-10 RenteriaMON .741
Delgado,CCAN65 EasleyBAL28-11 Hunter,BMEH .721
SnowMEH64 SosaFRA26-15 EasleyBAL .718
BonillaPRE64 BufordFRA24-11 DeShieldsPRE .716
Williams,BeMEH62 AlexanderFRA22-4 Hamilton,DPRE .706
ThomeNOZ61 NixonWRH21-10 GlanvilleNOZ .700
           
           
Walks Intentional walks Strikeouts
           
BondsBAL115 SnowMEH20 McGwireBAL130
ThomeNOZ109 Reed,JeFRA18 SosaFRA128
Thomas,FSTB100 Williams,BeMEH18 NievesNOZ121
BuhnerMON98 Thomas,FSTB12 BuhnerMON107
Anderson,BraBSS97 EdmondsIND10 Clark,TWRH105
Clark,TWRH96 ThomeNOZ10 ThomeNOZ102
SnowMEH86 PiazzaCAN10 Delgado,CCAN97
EdmondsIND83 BuhnerMON10 Vaughn,GSTB95
Phillips,TIND82 SpragueDEX9 FrymanBAL91
Williams,BeMEH82 HattebergBSS7 Boone,BFRA89
           
           
Sacrifice bunts Sacrifice flies Hit by pitch
           
Martinez,PJDEX15 McGwireBAL13 BlauserDEX33
CandiottiMEH14 BondsBAL11 SantangeloBAL22
MorganIND14 BlauserDEX10 KnoblauchPAN17
NeagleDEX14 AlouBSS10 Oliver,DBSS16
NixonWRH14 BonillaPRE10 Anderson,BraBSS13
GlavineMEH13 SeguiPAN9 CastillaIND12
Morris,MPRE12 SnowMEH9 PrincePAN11
Reed,RCAN12 JavierPRE9 Robertson,MMON9
GrudzielanekIND12 Williams,MaMEH9 CounsellWRH8
DeShieldsPRE12 HoilesPRE8 StewartMON8
           
           
Ground ball DP Runs created Runs created/27 outs
           
PiazzaCAN37 PiazzaCAN 145.9 PiazzaCAN 9.4
CastillaIND29 BondsBAL 140.1 Williams,BeMEH 8.6
White,RPAN27 McGwireBAL 131.0 BondsBAL 8.3
BuhnerMON26 Williams,BeMEH 119.8 SnowMEH 8.3
AlouBSS20 Anderson,BraBSS 118.2 McGwireBAL 7.7
Clark,TWRH20 SnowMEH 113.8 Anderson,BraBSS 7.4
HuskeyWRH19 Thomas,FSTB 112.8 HigginsonSTB 7.2
Garcia,CSTB18 BonillaPRE 109.3 Thomas,FSTB 6.8
BurksNOZ18 HigginsonSTB 107.0 BonillaPRE 6.7
EasleyBAL18 Clark,TWRH 106.2 ThomeNOZ 6.6
           
           
Isolated power Total average Total bases
           
McGwireBAL .384 PiazzaCAN1.068 PiazzaCAN379
PiazzaCAN .268 BondsBAL1.043 McGwireBAL378
BondsBAL .260 McGwireBAL1.031 GarciaparraBSS341
SnowMEH .247 SnowMEH1.020 BondsBAL326
Davis,CFRA .242 Williams,BeMEH .992 SosaFRA318
Gonzalez,JuSTB .237 HigginsonSTB .899 Gonzalez,JuSTB296
ThomeNOZ .236 ThomeNOZ .892 BonillaPRE283
Delgado,CCAN .222 Anderson,BraBSS .892 Thomas,FSTB281
BuhnerMON .221 EasleyBAL .887 Williams,BeMEH278
SosaFRA .200 Thomas,FSTB .883 Clark,TWRH275
           
           
On-base plus slugging Secondary average AB per homerun
           
PiazzaCAN1.062 McGwireBAL .519 McGwireBAL 8.8
McGwireBAL .994 BondsBAL .476 Davis,CFRA 14.4
SnowMEH .945 ThomeNOZ .443 PiazzaCAN 14.9
BondsBAL .943 SnowMEH .430 BuhnerMON 15.6
Williams,BeMEH .933 BuhnerMON .394 Gonzalez,JuSTB 15.9
Thomas,FSTB .868 Davis,CFRA .392 BondsBAL 16.2
HigginsonSTB .865 PiazzaCAN .372 ThomeNOZ 17.0
BonillaPRE .860 Thomas,FSTB .362 SnowMEH 18.4
EasleyBAL .858 Clark,TWRH .355 Thomas,FSTB 20.3
ThomeNOZ .857 GilesBAL .355 Delgado,CCAN 21.1
           
           
Atbats Plate appearances Games
           
GarciaparraBSS689 BondsBAL732 BondsBAL162
SosaFRA674 SosaFRA726 SosaFRA162
RenteriaMON643 GarciaparraBSS721 BuhnerMON161
Williams,MaMEH627 Anderson,BraBSS717 RenteriaMON161
CoraNOZ620 RenteriaMON700 Rodriguez,ABAL160
GrudzielanekIND620 Thomas,FSTB700 Anderson,BraBSS159
Hunter,BMEH607 CoraNOZ694 GarciaparraBSS159
Rodriguez,ABAL606 BuhnerMON690 Boone,BFRA158
CastillaIND604 Clark,TWRH683 Clark,TWRH158
Anderson,BraBSS601 BonillaPRE679 CastillaIND157
           
           
Current hit streak Longest hit streak 
           
WaltonWRH10 Anderson,BraBSS21    
FasanoMON4 McGeeBSS19    
AnthonyIND3 AlouBSS17    
Miller,DSTB3 PiazzaCAN17    
Cabrera,OMEH2 CorderoMEH16    
HansonPRE2 HigginsonSTB16    
Johnson,RuNOZ2 CoraNOZ15    
PagnozziMON2 GarciaparraBSS14    
SeguiPAN2 HalterFRA14    
White,RPAN2 Rodriguez,ABAL14    
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Plate appearances per game
           
McGwireBAL459 McGwireBAL .677 HigginsonSTB4.66
BondsBAL448 PiazzaCAN .668 White,RPAN4.63
PiazzaCAN442 BondsBAL .612 Hamilton,DPRE4.62
Thomas,FSTB385 SnowMEH .602 Hunter,BMEH4.62
Clark,TWRH373 Williams,BeMEH .578 DeShieldsPRE4.57
Anderson,BraBSS373 ThomeNOZ .569 CoraNOZ4.57
BuhnerMON371 Thomas,FSTB .550 GarciaparraBSS4.53
GarciaparraBSS369 HigginsonSTB .549 BondsBAL4.52
SosaFRA366 Davis,CFRA .547 Anderson,BraBSS4.51
ThomeNOZ365 Gonzalez,JuSTB .547 SosaFRA4.48
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate AB per game
           
McGwireBAL456 McGwireBAL .673 GarciaparraBSS4.33
PiazzaCAN441 PiazzaCAN .666 White,RPAN4.33
BondsBAL441 BondsBAL .602 Hunter,BMEH4.19
Thomas,FSTB381 SnowMEH .599 SosaFRA4.16
Clark,TWRH371 Williams,BeMEH .578 Williams,MaMEH4.10
GarciaparraBSS367 ThomeNOZ .565 HigginsonSTB4.09
BuhnerMON366 Davis,CFRA .547 CoraNOZ4.08
SosaFRA365 HigginsonSTB .547 DeShieldsPRE4.03
ThomeNOZ362 Thomas,FSTB .544 Hamilton,DPRE4.00
Williams,BeMEH360 Clark,TWRH .543 RenteriaMON3.99
           
           
Balls in park In-play average Strikeout/walk ratio
           
GarciaparraBSS618 PiazzaCAN .353 GilesBAL 0.4
GrudzielanekIND602 Williams,BeMEH .331 Alomar,RMEH 0.4
CoraNOZ587 Anderson,BraBSS .328 Thomas,FSTB 0.5
RenteriaMON580 O'NeillDEX .323 BondsBAL 0.5
DeShieldsPRE566 TuckerWRH .320 EdmondsIND 0.5
Hunter,BMEH541 EasleyBAL .316 JoynerBSS 0.5
BonillaPRE538 DunstonFRA .308 Williams,BeMEH 0.5
CastillaIND529 Clark,TWRH .307 Hamilton,DPRE 0.5
Anderson,BraBSS528 Phillips,TIND .307 CoraNOZ 0.6
Williams,MaMEH523 BonillaPRE .305 BonillaPRE 0.6
           
           
Batting average vs LHP On-base percentage vs LHP Slugging percentage vs LHP
           
PiazzaCAN .407 PiazzaCAN .478 SosaFRA .656
CoraNOZ .372 AlouBSS .464 GarciaparraBSS .643
SosaFRA .356 BuhnerMON .455 PiazzaCAN .638
Fernandez,TPRE .354 CoraNOZ .428 Perez,EduIND .611
AlouBSS .347 Williams,BeMEH .415 BuhnerMON .599
HollinsBSS .346 Anderson,BraBSS .413 CoraNOZ .596
BuhnerMON .346 SosaFRA .411 Williams,BeMEH .595
SanchezDEX .342 StanleyDEX .402 AlouBSS .583
JefferiesDEX .339 Johnson,CPAN .400 BonillaPRE .571
Williams,BeMEH .338 CoomerSTB .396 Thomas,FSTB .565
           
           
Hits vs LHP Runs batted in vs LHP On-base plus slugging vs LHP
           
PiazzaCAN72 McGwireBAL40 PiazzaCAN1.116
CoraNOZ70 Perez,EduIND40 SosaFRA1.068
CastillaIND64 AndrewsFRA38 BuhnerMON1.054
BuhnerMON63 PiazzaCAN38 AlouBSS1.047
HollinsBSS62 BuhnerMON38 CoraNOZ1.024
Clark,TWRH62 SosaFRA37 Williams,BeMEH1.010
BonillaPRE59 HollinsBSS37 GarciaparraBSS .978
GarciaparraBSS59 GarciaparraBSS36 BonillaPRE .967
SosaFRA58 JahaPRE35 HollinsBSS .958
JefferiesDEX58 Clark,TWRH34 Perez,EduIND .948
           
           
Doubles vs LHP Triples vs LHP Homeruns vs LHP
           
PiazzaCAN16 Lewis,MMON7 Perez,EduIND16
GarciaparraBSS16 StewartMON6 AndrewsFRA15
AlouBSS15 HigginsonSTB6 JahaPRE15
Johnson,CPAN14 DeShieldsPRE5 Thomas,FSTB15
Delgado,CCAN13 GarciaparraBSS4 SosaFRA14
HollinsBSS13 CoraNOZ4 McGwireBAL13
Davis,ECAN12 WardFRA3 BuhnerMON13
SpragueDEX12 GilesBAL3 Gonzalez,JuSTB12
CurtisDEX12 BondsBAL3 Williams,MaMEH12
Sanders,RIND11 White,RPAN3 GarciaparraBSS12
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHP Total bases vs LHP Isolated power vs LHP
           
GarciaparraBSS32 GarciaparraBSS119 Perez,EduIND .346
AndrewsFRA25 PiazzaCAN113 GarciaparraBSS .324
PiazzaCAN25 CoraNOZ112 McGwireBAL .314
Perez,EduIND24 BuhnerMON109 SosaFRA .301
McGwireBAL23 SosaFRA107 Thomas,FSTB .282
AlouBSS22 Clark,TWRH106 Gonzalez,JuSTB .271
HollinsBSS22 HollinsBSS101 Williams,MaMEH .262
CoraNOZ22 BonillaPRE100 Williams,BeMEH .257
SosaFRA21 Thomas,FSTB100 BuhnerMON .253
BonillaPRE21 Perez,EduIND99 StanleyDEX .247
           
           
Walks vs LHP Strikeouts vs LHP Hit by pitch vs LHP
           
BuhnerMON38 NievesNOZ43 SantangeloBAL10
McGwireBAL34 McGwireBAL42 CounsellWRH8
HendersonBAL33 HollinsBSS38 Robertson,MMON7
AlouBSS33 Clark,TWRH36 Oliver,DBSS7
BondsBAL33 BenardWRH31 GiambiCAN7
StanleyDEX29 Delgado,CCAN30 Clark,WMON6
ZaunWRH28 SantangeloBAL27 Anderson,BraBSS6
GilesBAL25 Rodriguez,ABAL27 DeShieldsPRE5
BlauserDEX25 FrymanBAL27 ZaunWRH4
Thomas,FSTB25 BlauserDEX27 BondsBAL4
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHP Sacrifice flies vs LHP Atbats vs LHP
           
MorganIND7 BlauserDEX6 Clark,TWRH212
Reed,RCAN7 McGwireBAL4 TuckerWRH196
Thompson,JMEH6 MercedPRE3 DeShieldsPRE193
NavarroIND5 Hill,GCAN3 CastillaIND190
CandiottiMEH5 ColbrunnMEH3 CoraNOZ188
GrudzielanekIND5 VoigtCAN3 Lewis,MMON188
EricksonDEX4 BurksNOZ3 GarciaparraBSS185
Hamilton,JIND4 Ordonez,RWRH3 RenteriaMON185
SchillingNOZ4 White,RPAN3 BuhnerMON182
CookeBAL4 BonillaPRE3 Anderson,BraBSS180
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHP AB per double vs LHP Plate appearances vs LHP
           
Perez,EduIND 10.1 AlouBSS 9.6 Clark,TWRH235
SosaFRA 11.6 Delgado,CCAN 10.3 BuhnerMON222
Thomas,FSTB 11.8 PiazzaCAN 11.1 TuckerWRH215
McGwireBAL 12.0 GarciaparraBSS 11.6 CastillaIND213
Gonzalez,JuSTB 12.9 Johnson,CPAN 11.9 DeShieldsPRE213
Williams,MaMEH 13.7 Davis,RCAN 13.6 RenteriaMON210
BuhnerMON 14.0 HollinsBSS 13.8 CoraNOZ209
Williams,BeMEH 14.8 SanchezDEX 13.8 Anderson,BraBSS208
GarciaparraBSS 15.4 CurtisDEX 14.5 Thomas,FSTB205
StanleyDEX 16.7 StanleyDEX 15.0 BondsBAL203
           
           
Batting average vs RHP On-base percentage vs RHP Slugging percentage vs RHP
           
PiazzaCAN .351 SnowMEH .438 McGwireBAL .685
SnowMEH .334 O'NeillDEX .418 PiazzaCAN .635
O'NeillDEX .323 Williams,BeMEH .412 SnowMEH .622
Williams,BeMEH .323 BondsBAL .412 BondsBAL .596
Martin,ABAL .319 BlauserDEX .410 BurksNOZ .567
Valentin,JnPAN .319 Anderson,BraBSS .409 Reed,JeFRA .521
DunstonFRA .313 Reed,JeFRA .404 Valentin,JnPAN .518
BondsBAL .305 PiazzaCAN .403 ThomeNOZ .516
EasleyBAL .304 Thomas,FSTB .398 Alomar,RMEH .511
Alomar,RMEH .302 EasleyBAL .395 Gonzalez,JuSTB .508
           
           
Hits vs RHP Runs batted in vs RHP On-base plus slugging vs RHP
           
PiazzaCAN147 McGwireBAL133 SnowMEH1.060
GarciaparraBSS146 BondsBAL112 PiazzaCAN1.038
SnowMEH136 SnowMEH97 McGwireBAL1.025
GrudzielanekIND134 PiazzaCAN87 BondsBAL1.008
BondsBAL133 SosaFRA76 Reed,JeFRA .925
DunstonFRA130 ThomeNOZ74 BurksNOZ .918
Rodriguez,ABAL130 BuhnerMON72 ThomeNOZ .907
RenteriaMON127 EdmondsIND70 Williams,BeMEH .903
Anderson,BraBSS126 BonillaPRE70 O'NeillDEX .887
Williams,BeMEH125 Williams,MaMEH70 Alomar,RMEH .884
           
           
Doubles vs RHP Triples vs RHP Homeruns vs RHP
           
O'NeillDEX32 DunstonFRA12 McGwireBAL53
GiambiCAN32 GarciaparraBSS11 PiazzaCAN33
GrudzielanekIND32 SamuelNOZ10 BondsBAL31
SosaFRA31 DeShieldsPRE10 ThomeNOZ27
Valentin,JnPAN30 JavierPRE9 SnowMEH27
EasleyBAL30 Williams,BeMEH9 BurksNOZ26
BonillaPRE30 HigginsonSTB9 BuhnerMON24
Williams,BeMEH29 DamonDEX9 Gonzalez,JuSTB24
Anderson,BraBSS28 BogarPAN7 Davis,CFRA22
Hamilton,DPRE27 SantangeloBAL7 Delgado,CCAN22
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHP Total bases vs RHP Isolated power vs RHP
           
McGwireBAL68 McGwireBAL293 McGwireBAL .409
SnowMEH58 PiazzaCAN266 BurksNOZ .311
BondsBAL58 BondsBAL260 BondsBAL .291
PiazzaCAN53 SnowMEH253 SnowMEH .287
SosaFRA50 GarciaparraBSS222 PiazzaCAN .284
Delgado,CCAN48 Gonzalez,JuSTB213 ThomeNOZ .269
GarciaparraBSS47 SosaFRA211 Reed,JeFRA .260
ThomeNOZ46 EasleyBAL196 Delgado,CCAN .237
Valentin,JnPAN45 Rodriguez,ABAL195 Gonzalez,JuSTB .224
EasleyBAL45 ThomeNOZ192 Davis,CFRA .222
           
           
Walks vs RHP Strikeouts vs RHP Hit by pitch vs RHP
           
ThomeNOZ88 SosaFRA105 BlauserDEX33
BondsBAL82 McGwireBAL88 KnoblauchPAN16
SnowMEH79 BuhnerMON85 SantangeloBAL12
Thomas,FSTB75 NievesNOZ78 Oliver,DBSS9
Anderson,BraBSS75 ThomeNOZ78 PrincePAN9
Clark,TWRH73 Williams,MaMEH75 CastillaIND9
EdmondsIND68 Vaughn,GSTB74 StewartMON8
Williams,BeMEH61 Clark,TWRH69 StynesCAN7
O'NeillDEX60 Phillips,TIND69 GagneMEH7
BuhnerMON60 HoilesPRE67 Guillen,JIND7
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHP Sacrifice flies vs RHP Atbats vs RHP
           
Martinez,PJDEX14 McGwireBAL9 SosaFRA511
GlavineMEH12 JavierPRE8 GarciaparraBSS504
TewksburyMON10 AlouBSS8 GrudzielanekIND470
NeagleDEX10 BondsBAL8 Williams,MaMEH463
NixonWRH10 SeguiPAN7 RenteriaMON458
DeShieldsPRE10 BonillaPRE7 Rodriguez,ABAL451
CandiottiMEH9 Williams,MaMEH7 Hunter,BMEH440
Morris,MPRE9 SnowMEH7 BondsBAL436
HershiserPAN8 HoilesPRE6 KnoblauchPAN436
Ordonez,RWRH8 Guillen,JIND6 CorderoMEH435
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHP AB per double vs RHP Plate appearances vs RHP
           
McGwireBAL 8.1 O'NeillDEX 11.4 SosaFRA546
BurksNOZ 11.1 GiambiCAN 11.6 GarciaparraBSS530
PiazzaCAN 12.7 Valentin,JnPAN 12.0 BondsBAL529
Reed,JeFRA 13.4 Williams,BeMEH 13.3 Anderson,BraBSS509
ThomeNOZ 13.8 EasleyBAL 13.5 KnoblauchPAN508
BondsBAL 14.1 Hamilton,DPRE 13.5 SnowMEH498
SnowMEH 15.1 BonillaPRE 13.8 Thomas,FSTB495
Davis,CFRA 15.4 MercedPRE 14.3 GrudzielanekIND494
BuhnerMON 16.5 GrudzielanekIND 14.7 Rodriguez,ABAL493
Gonzalez,JuSTB 17.5 Anderson,BraBSS 15.0 Williams,MaMEH493