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

Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
GwynnACV .370 LankfordMIN .423 LankfordMIN .641
LoftonCRC .327 JusticeANA .415 Walker,LDET .599
LankfordMIN .316 LoftonCRC .408 SorrentoFAR .591
RamirezACV .310 GwynnACV .401 JusticeANA .541
JusticeANA .307 CaminitiNMM .394 KentVVT .535
Rodriguez,IACV .306 Walker,LDET .391 GriffeyFAR .508
MolitorVVT .303 BagwellKIT .386 GwynnACV .503
O'LearyTBD .301 SalmonCHI .381 BurnitzNMM .500
MondesiARC .299 BiggioACV .380 HundleyFAR .500
Walker,LDET .299 BurnitzNMM .376 BagwellKIT .492
           
           
Hits Runs Runs batted in
           
GwynnACV213 Walker,LDET121 Walker,LDET141
Walker,LDET186 GriffeyFAR118 GriffeyFAR118
DurhamFAR178 GreerDET113 BagwellKIT112
GreerDET177 BiggioACV107 LankfordMIN106
Jones,ChpMIN173 BagwellKIT107 JusticeANA106
Rodriguez,IACV172 Grace,MaMIN101 SorrentoFAR104
BiggioACV170 SalmonCHI98 KentVVT104
Anderson,GMIN166 KentVVT97 Palmeiro,RCHI103
GriffeyFAR166 DurhamFAR96 BelleDET103
MolitorVVT162 Vaughn,MDET93 SalmonCHI93
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
MondesiARC38 BurnitzNMM14 Walker,LDET51
GwynnACV38 Perez,NACV12 SorrentoFAR40
CirilloLVL36 OrieKIT12 GriffeyFAR40
GreerDET33 MolitorVVT12 BagwellKIT36
Jones,ChpMIN33 DurhamFAR12 LankfordMIN33
BelleDET33 KentVVT9 HundleyFAR32
OrieKIT31 McRaeCHI8 KentVVT30
Lopez,JDET31 LankfordMIN8 JusticeANA27
Rodriguez,IACV31 SpiezioMIN8 SalmonCHI27
GriffeyFAR31 VizquelCRC8 Palmeiro,RCHI27
           
           
Extra base hits Stolen bases Steal percentage
           
Walker,LDET81 Sanders,DTBD56-16 JeterTBD .857
GriffeyFAR78 ClaytonFAR49-19 Goodwin,TCRC .821
LankfordMIN71 Goodwin,TCRC46-10 Young,EriLVL .811
KentVVT67 VizquelCRC44-14 Sanders,DTBD .778
SorrentoFAR64 WomackNMM39-13 Butler,BKIT .773
MondesiARC60 Young,EriLVL30-7 McCrackenACV .769
BagwellKIT60 BagwellKIT26-10 VizquelCRC .759
GreerDET60 DurhamFAR26-13 WomackNMM .750
BelleDET60 BiggioACV25-12 Johnson,LFAR .737
SalmonCHI59 JeterTBD24-4 BagwellKIT .722
           
           
Walks Intentional walks Strikeouts
           
BagwellKIT114 Walker,LDET24 Vaughn,MDET112
SalmonCHI91 HundleyFAR17 Rodriguez,HLVL109
Vaughn,MDET91 Bell,JACV11 SalmonCHI103
SheffieldLVL89 LankfordMIN11 GantARC101
JusticeANA89 BurnitzNMM11 PalmerCHI93
Jones,ChpMIN89 CaminitiNMM11 RolenCRC93
CaminitiNMM87 BagwellKIT11 BagwellKIT91
LankfordMIN86 GriffeyFAR9 CaminitiNMM88
Grace,MaMIN86 StrangeANA8 GriffeyFAR88
Walker,LDET86 SorrentoFAR8 SorrentoFAR85
           
           
Sacrifice bunts Sacrifice flies Hit by pitch
           
Veras,QARC14 MondesiARC13 KendallKIT30
MussinaMIN12 BordickDET12 BiggioACV19
SmoltzNMM12 Rodriguez,HLVL11 CirilloLVL17
DurhamFAR12 GrissomKIT10 GalarragaTBD15
WakefieldFAR11 KentVVT10 Bell,DeNMM12
Benes,AnARC10 BichetteTBD9 KentVVT12
Leiter,AFAR10 BagwellKIT9 OlerudCRC12
StottlemyreDET10 BrosiusFAR8 Walker,LDET12
BordickDET10 Martinez,TACV8 LawtonKIT11
ParkVVT9 BelleDET8 RolenCRC11
           
           
Ground ball DP Runs created Runs created/27 outs
           
BordickDET22 Walker,LDET 141.4 LankfordMIN10.2
Palmeiro,RCHI22 LankfordMIN 124.6 JusticeANA 8.5
Walker,LDET22 BagwellKIT 115.0 Walker,LDET 8.0
Martinez,ETBD21 GwynnACV 113.7 GwynnACV 7.9
Young,EriLVL21 SalmonCHI 110.7 SorrentoFAR 7.7
BagwellKIT21 JusticeANA 109.5 BurnitzNMM 7.0
OrieKIT20 GriffeyFAR 109.3 CaminitiNMM 7.0
MondesiARC19 GreerDET 107.6 SalmonCHI 7.0
Rodriguez,IACV19 Jones,ChpMIN 105.6 HundleyFAR 6.8
VizcainoKIT18 BiggioACV 105.5 BagwellKIT 6.6
           
           
Isolated power Total average Total bases
           
LankfordMIN .325 LankfordMIN1.211 Walker,LDET373
Walker,LDET .300 Walker,LDET1.055 GriffeyFAR331
SorrentoFAR .295 JusticeANA1.012 SorrentoFAR290
KentVVT .266 SorrentoFAR .961 GwynnACV290
GriffeyFAR .253 BagwellKIT .946 BagwellKIT288
HundleyFAR .237 BurnitzNMM .917 LankfordMIN286
JusticeANA .234 HundleyFAR .901 GreerDET284
BagwellKIT .229 CaminitiNMM .889 Jones,ChpMIN280
BurnitzNMM .219 SalmonCHI .883 SalmonCHI277
SalmonCHI .203 GwynnACV .868 KentVVT274
           
           
On-base plus slugging Secondary average AB per homerun
           
LankfordMIN1.065 LankfordMIN .534 Walker,LDET 12.2
Walker,LDET .989 Walker,LDET .461 SorrentoFAR 12.3
JusticeANA .957 BagwellKIT .451 LankfordMIN 13.5
SorrentoFAR .949 JusticeANA .421 HundleyFAR 14.6
GwynnACV .904 HundleyFAR .410 BagwellKIT 16.3
BagwellKIT .879 SorrentoFAR .399 GriffeyFAR 16.3
BurnitzNMM .876 BurnitzNMM .385 KentVVT 17.1
HundleyFAR .872 SalmonCHI .360 JusticeANA 17.6
SalmonCHI .861 CaminitiNMM .359 SalmonCHI 21.4
CaminitiNMM .858 GriffeyFAR .356 Palmeiro,RCHI 21.8
           
           
Atbats Plate appearances Games
           
GriffeyFAR651 DurhamFAR745 BelleDET162
DurhamFAR650 GriffeyFAR727 BordickDET162
Anderson,GMIN640 Walker,LDET727 DurhamFAR162
BelleDET629 Jones,ChpMIN721 GriffeyFAR162
Walker,LDET623 BagwellKIT717 Jones,ChpMIN162
Jones,ChpMIN620 BiggioACV710 Walker,LDET162
GreerDET615 BelleDET704 BagwellKIT161
BiggioACV606 Vaughn,MDET699 Vaughn,MDET160
Vaughn,MDET599 GreerDET695 Anderson,GMIN159
Palmeiro,RCHI588 Anderson,GMIN683 Palmeiro,RCHI159
           
           
Current hit streak Longest hit streak 
           
MearesVVT8 JeffersonNMM20    
Cruz,JoVVT4 GreerDET18    
Sweeney,MaFAR4 RamirezACV17    
Diaz,EKIT3 GwynnACV16    
SierraVVT2 CaminitiNMM15    
AdamsonLVL1 BichetteTBD14    
Banks,BACV1 Goodwin,CNMM14    
BieserVVT1 JusticeANA14    
OsikFAR1 MearesVVT13    
ReynosoLVL1 SalmonCHI13    
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Plate appearances per game
           
Walker,LDET471 LankfordMIN .691 BiggioACV4.83
BagwellKIT411 Walker,LDET .648 LoftonCRC4.66
GriffeyFAR401 SorrentoFAR .619 DurhamFAR4.60
LankfordMIN374 JusticeANA .611 GreerDET4.54
SalmonCHI374 BagwellKIT .573 GriffeyFAR4.49
Jones,ChpMIN371 HundleyFAR .571 Walker,LDET4.49
GreerDET359 BurnitzNMM .560 BagwellKIT4.45
BiggioACV356 KentVVT .559 Jones,ChpMIN4.45
Vaughn,MDET350 SalmonCHI .554 GwynnACV4.45
JusticeANA347 GriffeyFAR .552 RamirezACV4.42
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate AB per game
           
Walker,LDET459 LankfordMIN .688 GwynnACV4.14
BagwellKIT402 Walker,LDET .631 ClaytonFAR4.13
GriffeyFAR391 SorrentoFAR .619 BiggioACV4.12
LankfordMIN372 JusticeANA .609 RandaARC4.07
Jones,ChpMIN369 HundleyFAR .564 LoftonCRC4.06
SalmonCHI368 BagwellKIT .561 Anderson,GMIN4.03
GreerDET355 BurnitzNMM .555 BichetteTBD4.02
JusticeANA346 SalmonCHI .545 GreerDET4.02
Vaughn,MDET346 KentVVT .538 GriffeyFAR4.02
SorrentoFAR341 GriffeyFAR .538 DurhamFAR4.01
           
           
Balls in park In-play average Strikeout/walk ratio
           
DurhamFAR606 GwynnACV .361 Grace,MaMIN 0.2
Anderson,GMIN604 LoftonCRC .351 GwynnACV 0.3
GwynnACV565 RamirezACV .326 Young,EriLVL 0.4
Young,EriLVL557 Rodriguez,IACV .317 OlerudCRC 0.4
GreerDET549 LankfordMIN .317 JusticeANA 0.4
BelleDET549 JeterTBD .316 Veras,QARC 0.5
Jones,ChpMIN548 CaminitiNMM .315 VizquelCRC 0.5
Grace,MaMIN545 MolitorVVT .312 AlfonzoACV 0.5
CirilloLVL538 O'LearyTBD .304 Walker,LDET 0.6
BiggioACV530 MondesiARC .301 Jones,ChpMIN 0.7
           
           
Batting average vs LHP On-base percentage vs LHP Slugging percentage vs LHP
           
LankfordMIN .370 LankfordMIN .443 LankfordMIN .746
Grace,MaMIN .311 OlerudCRC .426 SalmonCHI .559
DurhamFAR .305 SalmonCHI .404 BelleDET .549
OlerudCRC .304 BelleDET .403 GilkeyMIN .511
BurnitzNMM .294 Vaughn,MDET .393 JusticeANA .469
BelleDET .293 Grace,MaMIN .392 Vaughn,MDET .466
Vaughn,MDET .288 GilkeyMIN .384 GriffeyFAR .462
KendallKIT .283 CaminitiNMM .377 KendallKIT .446
BraggANA .281 BerroaCRC .375 OlerudCRC .424
BerroaCRC .279 BagwellKIT .374 Grace,MaMIN .421
           
           
Hits vs LHP Runs batted in vs LHP On-base plus slugging vs LHP
           
LankfordMIN51 SalmonCHI39 LankfordMIN1.189
Grace,MaMIN51 LankfordMIN31 SalmonCHI .964
DurhamFAR50 GriffeyFAR31 BelleDET .951
KendallKIT47 Palmeiro,RCHI29 GilkeyMIN .895
MolitorVVT45 BelleDET27 Vaughn,MDET .859
BurnitzNMM45 JusticeANA26 OlerudCRC .850
BraggANA45 MondesiARC25 JusticeANA .818
BransonNMM44 O'BrienVVT23 Grace,MaMIN .813
HollandsworthKIT43 StairsFAR23 KendallKIT .792
LoftonCRC42 RamirezACV23 BagwellKIT .781
           
           
Doubles vs LHP Triples vs LHP Homeruns vs LHP
           
KendallKIT15 LankfordMIN5 LankfordMIN12
FryeKIT14 HammondsCRC4 SalmonCHI12
Myers,GANA12 MathenyARC3 BelleDET10
GwynnACV10 LoftonCRC3 GriffeyFAR10
MondesiARC10 McRaeCHI3 SorrentoFAR9
Jones,ChpMIN10 Grace,MaMIN3 GilkeyMIN9
GreerDET9 Jones,AARC2 JusticeANA9
PendletonDET8 LockhartKIT2 Vaughn,MDET8
O'LearyTBD8 Perez,NACV2 Palmeiro,RCHI8
RamirezACV8 GilTBD2 Myers,GANA7
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHP Total bases vs LHP Isolated power vs LHP
           
LankfordMIN23 LankfordMIN103 LankfordMIN .377
Myers,GANA19 SalmonCHI80 SalmonCHI .294
KendallKIT19 GriffeyFAR79 BelleDET .256
SalmonCHI18 KendallKIT74 GilkeyMIN .248
GriffeyFAR17 BelleDET73 GriffeyFAR .228
FryeKIT15 SandbergANA70 JusticeANA .214
MondesiARC15 McRaeCHI69 Vaughn,MDET .178
GilkeyMIN15 Grace,MaMIN69 SandbergANA .173
SandbergANA15 GilkeyMIN68 BagwellKIT .172
BelleDET14 JusticeANA68 Palmeiro,RCHI .164
           
           
Walks vs LHP Strikeouts vs LHP Hit by pitch vs LHP
           
SalmonCHI34 GriffeyFAR34 OlerudCRC9
BagwellKIT33 HundleyFAR33 CirilloLVL7
King,JACV29 Vaughn,MDET29 KendallKIT7
MorandiniTBD29 SalmonCHI29 GriffeyFAR7
AllensworthARC27 SveumVVT28 Walker,LDET6
GilkeyMIN26 Rodriguez,HLVL28 Young,EriLVL5
BiggioACV25 RolenCRC26 LawtonKIT4
HundleyFAR25 LankfordMIN26 LoftonCRC4
BelleDET25 Bell,DeNMM23 Rodriguez,HLVL4
Vaughn,MDET24 EverettLVL22 Morris,HLVL3
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHP Sacrifice flies vs LHP Atbats vs LHP
           
Benes,AnARC5 Guerrero,VTBD6 GriffeyFAR171
DurhamFAR5 MondesiARC5 Anderson,GMIN168
RuschCHI4 GrissomKIT5 SandbergANA168
KeyKIT4 HammondsCRC3 KendallKIT166
BordickDET4 SveumVVT3 DurhamFAR164
ParkVVT3 Alomar,SNMM3 Grace,MaMIN164
BonesCRC3 BordickDET3 BraggANA160
ReynoldsACV3 VizcainoKIT3 BurnitzNMM153
AstacioMIN3 CirilloLVL3 Bell,DeNMM152
SchmidtMIN3 SurhoffMIN2 Palmeiro,RCHI152
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHP AB per double vs LHP Plate appearances vs LHP
           
LankfordMIN 11.5 KendallKIT 11.1 GriffeyFAR188
SalmonCHI 11.9 Jones,ChpMIN 14.5 Grace,MaMIN187
BelleDET 13.3 CaminitiNMM 17.5 DurhamFAR184
GilkeyMIN 14.8 BerroaCRC 21.5 KendallKIT182
JusticeANA 16.1 BurnitzNMM 21.9 SandbergANA182
GriffeyFAR 17.1 GilkeyMIN 22.2 BagwellKIT179
Vaughn,MDET 18.3 BraggANA 22.9 BraggANA178
Palmeiro,RCHI 19.0 LankfordMIN 23.0 SalmonCHI178
BagwellKIT 20.7 SalmonCHI 23.8 BurnitzNMM173
SandbergANA 28.0 Anderson,GMIN 24.0 Vaughn,MDET173
           
           
Batting average vs RHP On-base percentage vs RHP Slugging percentage vs RHP
           
GwynnACV .379 JusticeANA .444 Walker,LDET .685
Walker,LDET .340 Walker,LDET .425 LankfordMIN .594
JusticeANA .330 Martinez,ETBD .422 GalarragaTBD .591
LoftonCRC .323 LankfordMIN .415 HundleyFAR .581
GalarragaTBD .322 LoftonCRC .413 SorrentoFAR .573
OrieKIT .320 GwynnACV .410 JusticeANA .573
Rodriguez,IACV .313 GalarragaTBD .401 KentVVT .569
MondesiARC .307 CaminitiNMM .400 Martinez,TACV .565
Martinez,ETBD .305 BagwellKIT .390 BurnitzNMM .543
RamirezACV .304 HundleyFAR .389 GriffeyFAR .525
           
           
Hits vs RHP Runs batted in vs RHP On-base plus slugging vs RHP
           
GwynnACV183 Walker,LDET119 Walker,LDET1.110
Walker,LDET162 BagwellKIT89 JusticeANA1.016
Rodriguez,IACV145 GriffeyFAR87 LankfordMIN1.009
GreerDET145 KentVVT85 GalarragaTBD .992
Jones,ChpMIN142 SorrentoFAR85 HundleyFAR .970
BiggioACV136 JusticeANA80 Martinez,TACV .948
Anderson,GMIN130 RolenCRC79 SorrentoFAR .938
BichetteTBD129 PalmerCHI77 BurnitzNMM .927
ClaytonFAR129 Martinez,TACV76 GwynnACV .918
MondesiARC128 BelleDET76 BagwellKIT .911
           
           
Doubles vs RHP Triples vs RHP Homeruns vs RHP
           
CirilloLVL32 BurnitzNMM12 Walker,LDET46
OrieKIT30 OrieKIT12 SorrentoFAR31
Lopez,JDET30 MolitorVVT12 HundleyFAR30
BelleDET29 DurhamFAR12 GriffeyFAR30
Valentin,JsLVL28 Perez,NACV10 BagwellKIT29
MondesiARC28 VizquelCRC8 Martinez,TACV26
GwynnACV28 KentVVT8 KentVVT26
PalmerCHI27 RandaARC8 Jones,ChpMIN24
Alomar,SNMM26 SierraVVT7 RolenCRC22
RandaARC26 KleskoMIN7 LankfordMIN21
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHP Total bases vs RHP Isolated power vs RHP
           
Walker,LDET70 Walker,LDET326 Walker,LDET .345
GriffeyFAR61 GriffeyFAR252 LankfordMIN .302
KentVVT59 GwynnACV245 KentVVT .290
SorrentoFAR52 Jones,ChpMIN239 HundleyFAR .286
Lopez,JDET49 SorrentoFAR238 SorrentoFAR .277
BagwellKIT49 KentVVT234 Martinez,TACV .271
LankfordMIN48 GreerDET231 BurnitzNMM .269
Jones,ChpMIN48 BagwellKIT229 GalarragaTBD .268
GreerDET47 MondesiARC206 GriffeyFAR .262
KleskoMIN46 HundleyFAR205 Cruz,JoVVT .262
           
           
Walks vs RHP Strikeouts vs RHP Hit by pitch vs RHP
           
BagwellKIT81 Vaughn,MDET83 KendallKIT23
Jones,ChpMIN69 Rodriguez,HLVL81 BiggioACV16
LankfordMIN68 GantARC79 GalarragaTBD14
JusticeANA68 PalmerCHI76 Bell,DeNMM12
Walker,LDET68 SalmonCHI74 KentVVT12
Vaughn,MDET67 BagwellKIT71 RolenCRC11
SheffieldLVL66 BeckerANA70 AllensworthARC10
Grace,MaMIN66 SorrentoFAR69 CirilloLVL10
CaminitiNMM65 RolenCRC67 BelleDET10
BurnitzNMM63 CansecoACV66 MacfarlaneCHI9
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHP Sacrifice flies vs RHP Atbats vs RHP
           
Veras,QARC12 Rodriguez,HLVL10 GreerDET497
SmoltzNMM10 BordickDET9 BelleDET496
MussinaMIN10 MondesiARC8 BiggioACV493
Leiter,AFAR9 KentVVT8 DurhamFAR486
StottlemyreDET9 BichetteTBD8 GwynnACV483
WakefieldFAR9 BagwellKIT8 GriffeyFAR480
Fernandez,AARC8 Cordova,MNMM7 Walker,LDET476
TomkoACV7 Grace,MaMIN7 Jones,ChpMIN475
Clark,MNMM7 BelleDET7 Anderson,GMIN472
AlvarezARC7 BrosiusFAR6 Rodriguez,IACV463
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHP AB per double vs RHP Plate appearances vs RHP
           
Walker,LDET 10.3 Alomar,SNMM 12.7 BiggioACV569
HundleyFAR 11.8 OrieKIT 12.8 GreerDET562
SorrentoFAR 13.4 LankfordMIN 12.8 DurhamFAR561
Martinez,TACV 13.9 Lopez,JDET 13.3 Walker,LDET555
GalarragaTBD 14.5 CirilloLVL 13.3 Jones,ChpMIN551
LankfordMIN 14.7 Valentin,JsLVL 14.6 BelleDET545
StrangeANA 15.1 MondesiARC 14.9 GriffeyFAR539
BagwellKIT 15.2 PalmerCHI 15.9 BagwellKIT538
KentVVT 15.8 RandaARC 15.9 Vaughn,MDET526
Cruz,JoVVT 15.8 KentVVT 16.4 GwynnACV521