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1999 MLB
Batting Leaders
AL Batting Leaders
Glossary
Batting Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Garciaparra
(BOS)
.357
2.
Jeter
(NYY)
.349
3.
Williams
(NYY)
.342
4.
Martinez
(SEA)
.337
5.
Ramirez
(CLE)
.333
6.
Vizquel
(CLE)
.333
7.
Rodriguez
(TEX)
.332
8.
Fernandez
(TOR)
.328
9.
Gonzalez
(TEX)
.326
10.
Palmeiro
(TEX)
.324
On-Base%
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Martinez
(SEA)
.447
2.
Ramirez
(CLE)
.442
3.
Jeter
(NYY)
.438
4.
Williams
(NYY)
.435
5.
Fernandez
(TOR)
.427
6.
Thome
(CLE)
.426
7.
Alomar
(CLE)
.422
8.
Giambi
(OAK)
.422
9.
Palmeiro
(TEX)
.420
10.
Garciaparra
(BOS)
.418
Slugging %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ramirez
(CLE)
.663
2.
Palmeiro
(TEX)
.630
3.
Garciaparra
(BOS)
.603
4.
Gonzalez
(TEX)
.601
5.
Green
(TOR)
.588
6.
Rodriguez
(SEA)
.586
7.
Griffey
(SEA)
.576
8.
Delgado
(TOR)
.571
9.
Canseco
(TBD)
.563
10.
Rodriguez
(TEX)
.558
On-Base Plus Slugging
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ramirez
(CLE)
1.105
2.
Palmeiro
(TEX)
1.050
3.
Garciaparra
(BOS)
1.022
4.
Martinez
(SEA)
1.001
5.
Jeter
(NYY)
.989
6.
Gonzalez
(TEX)
.980
7.
Giambi
(OAK)
.975
8.
Green
(TOR)
.972
9.
Williams
(NYY)
.971
10.
Jaha
(OAK)
.970
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Surhoff
(BAL)
162
2.
Belle
(BAL)
161
3.
Griffey
(SEA)
160
Bordick
(BAL)
160
5.
Tejada
(OAK)
159
Martinez
(NYY)
159
Alomar
(CLE)
159
8.
Jeter
(NYY)
158
Dye
(KCR)
158
Palmeiro
(TEX)
158
Williams
(NYY)
158
Giambi
(OAK)
158
At Bats
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Surhoff
(BAL)
673
2.
Beltran
(KCR)
663
3.
Velarde
(TOT)
631
Bordick
(BAL)
631
5.
Randa
(KCR)
628
6.
Jeter
(NYY)
627
7.
Ordonez
(CHW)
624
8.
Anderson
(ANA)
620
9.
Green
(TOR)
614
10.
Durham
(CHW)
612
Plate Appearances
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Jeter
(NYY)
739
2.
Surhoff
(BAL)
727
3.
Beltran
(KCR)
723
4.
Belle
(BAL)
722
5.
Knoblauch
(NYY)
715
6.
Velarde
(TOT)
711
7.
Bordick
(BAL)
708
8.
Griffey
(SEA)
706
9.
Williams
(NYY)
697
10.
Green
(TOR)
696
Runs Scored
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Alomar
(CLE)
138
2.
Jeter
(NYY)
134
Green
(TOR)
134
4.
Ramirez
(CLE)
131
5.
Griffey
(SEA)
123
6.
Knoblauch
(NYY)
120
7.
Rodriguez
(TEX)
116
Williams
(NYY)
116
9.
Giambi
(OAK)
115
10.
Gonzalez
(TEX)
114
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Jeter
(NYY)
219
2.
Surhoff
(BAL)
207
3.
Williams
(NYY)
202
4.
Velarde
(TOT)
200
5.
Rodriguez
(TEX)
199
6.
Randa
(KCR)
197
7.
Beltran
(KCR)
194
8.
Vizquel
(CLE)
191
9.
Garciaparra
(BOS)
190
Green
(TOR)
190
Total Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Green
(TOR)
361
2.
Palmeiro
(TEX)
356
3.
Griffey
(SEA)
349
4.
Ramirez
(CLE)
346
Jeter
(NYY)
346
6.
Gonzalez
(TEX)
338
7.
Rodriguez
(TEX)
335
8.
Surhoff
(BAL)
331
9.
Belle
(BAL)
330
10.
Delgado
(TOR)
327
Doubles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Green
(TOR)
45
2.
Sweeney
(KCR)
44
Dye
(KCR)
44
4.
Garciaparra
(BOS)
42
5.
Zeile
(TEX)
41
Fernandez
(TOR)
41
Greer
(TEX)
41
8.
Alomar
(CLE)
40
9.
Varitek
(BOS)
39
Delgado
(TOR)
39
O'Neill
(NYY)
39
Damon
(KCR)
39
Triples
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Offerman
(BOS)
11
2.
Febles
(KCR)
9
Damon
(KCR)
9
Jeter
(NYY)
9
5.
Durham
(CHW)
8
Polonia
(DET)
8
Dye
(KCR)
8
Randa
(KCR)
8
9.
Bordick
(BAL)
7
Velarde
(TOT)
7
Beltran
(KCR)
7
Sexson
(CLE)
7
McLemore
(TEX)
7
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Griffey
(SEA)
48
2.
Palmeiro
(TEX)
47
3.
Delgado
(TOR)
44
Ramirez
(CLE)
44
5.
Rodriguez
(SEA)
42
Green
(TOR)
42
7.
Gonzalez
(TEX)
39
8.
Palmer
(DET)
38
Stairs
(OAK)
38
10.
Belle
(BAL)
37
Runs Batted In
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ramirez
(CLE)
165
2.
Palmeiro
(TEX)
148
3.
Griffey
(SEA)
134
Delgado
(TOR)
134
5.
Gonzalez
(TEX)
128
6.
Giambi
(OAK)
123
Green
(TOR)
123
8.
Alomar
(CLE)
120
9.
Dye
(KCR)
119
10.
Ordonez
(CHW)
117
Belle
(BAL)
117
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Thome
(CLE)
127
2.
Giambi
(OAK)
105
3.
Belle
(BAL)
101
Jaha
(OAK)
101
5.
Williams
(NYY)
100
6.
Alomar
(CLE)
99
7.
Palmeiro
(TEX)
97
Martinez
(SEA)
97
9.
Greer
(TEX)
96
Anderson
(BAL)
96
Offerman
(BOS)
96
Ramirez
(CLE)
96
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Thome
(CLE)
171
2.
Palmer
(DET)
153
3.
Glaus
(ANA)
143
4.
Delgado
(TOR)
141
5.
Canseco
(TBD)
135
6.
Clark
(DET)
133
7.
Stevens
(TEX)
132
8.
Ramirez
(CLE)
131
9.
Jaha
(OAK)
129
10.
Vaughn
(ANA)
127
Stolen Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hunter
(TOT)
44
2.
Vizquel
(CLE)
42
3.
Goodwin
(TEX)
39
4.
Alomar
(CLE)
37
Stewart
(TOR)
37
6.
Anderson
(BAL)
36
Damon
(KCR)
36
8.
Durham
(CHW)
34
9.
Encarnacion
(DET)
33
10.
Bush
(TOR)
32
Singles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Velarde
(TOT)
152
2.
Jeter
(NYY)
149
3.
Vizquel
(CLE)
146
4.
Stewart
(TOR)
144
5.
Williams
(NYY)
143
6.
Surhoff
(BAL)
140
7.
Beltran
(KCR)
138
8.
Randa
(KCR)
137
9.
Rodriguez
(TEX)
134
10.
Durham
(CHW)
130
Adjusted OPS+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ramirez
(CLE)
173
2.
Palmeiro
(TEX)
159
3.
Giambi
(OAK)
153
4.
Jeter
(NYY)
153
5.
Garciaparra
(BOS)
153
6.
Martinez
(SEA)
152
7.
Jaha
(OAK)
152
8.
Williams
(NYY)
149
9.
Green
(TOR)
143
10.
Belle
(BAL)
142
Runs Created
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Jeter
(NYY)
158
Ramirez
(CLE)
158
3.
Palmeiro
(TEX)
152
4.
Giambi
(OAK)
142
5.
Green
(TOR)
140
Williams
(NYY)
140
7.
Griffey
(SEA)
139
Alomar
(CLE)
139
9.
Garciaparra
(BOS)
136
10.
Belle
(BAL)
135
Adj. Batting Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ramirez
(CLE)
63
2.
Jeter
(NYY)
55
3.
Palmeiro
(TEX)
53
4.
Giambi
(OAK)
52
5.
Williams
(NYY)
48
6.
Martinez
(SEA)
46
7.
Garciaparra
(BOS)
44
8.
Belle
(BAL)
42
9.
Jaha
(OAK)
40
10.
Green
(TOR)
40
Adj. Batting Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ramirez
(CLE)
5.6
2.
Jeter
(NYY)
4.9
3.
Giambi
(OAK)
4.7
Palmeiro
(TEX)
4.7
5.
Williams
(NYY)
4.3
6.
Martinez
(SEA)
4.1
7.
Garciaparra
(BOS)
3.9
8.
Belle
(BAL)
3.8
9.
Green
(TOR)
3.6
Jaha
(OAK)
3.6
Extra Base Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Green
(TOR)
87
2.
Delgado
(TOR)
83
3.
Ramirez
(CLE)
81
4.
Dye
(KCR)
79
5.
Palmeiro
(TEX)
78
6.
Griffey
(SEA)
77
7.
Gonzalez
(TEX)
76
8.
Belle
(BAL)
74
9.
Garciaparra
(BOS)
73
10.
Giambi
(OAK)
70
Jeter
(NYY)
70
Times On Base
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Jeter
(NYY)
322
2.
Williams
(NYY)
303
3.
Giambi
(OAK)
293
4.
Belle
(BAL)
289
5.
Alomar
(CLE)
288
6.
Palmeiro
(TEX)
283
Ramirez
(CLE)
283
8.
Knoblauch
(NYY)
280
9.
Anderson
(BAL)
279
10.
Velarde
(TOT)
276
Offensive Win %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ramirez
(CLE)
.794
2.
Garciaparra
(BOS)
.757
3.
Palmeiro
(TEX)
.754
Martinez
(SEA)
.754
5.
Jeter
(NYY)
.742
6.
Giambi
(OAK)
.724
7.
Thome
(CLE)
.721
8.
Williams
(NYY)
.717
9.
Alomar
(CLE)
.706
10.
Jaha
(OAK)
.696
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anderson
(BAL)
24
2.
Knoblauch
(NYY)
21
3.
Easley
(DET)
19
4.
Saenz
(OAK)
15
Delgado
(TOR)
15
6.
Ausmus
(DET)
14
7.
Ramirez
(CLE)
13
8.
Jeter
(NYY)
12
9.
Vaughn
(ANA)
11
Stanley
(BOS)
11
Green
(TOR)
11
Sacrifice Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Vizquel
(CLE)
17
2.
Cruz
(DET)
14
Lewis
(BOS)
14
4.
Alomar
(CLE)
12
Febles
(KCR)
12
6.
Caruso
(CHW)
11
7.
Sanchez
(KCR)
10
Wilson
(SEA)
10
Martinez
(TBD)
10
10.
McLemore
(TEX)
9
Clayton
(TEX)
9
Tejada
(OAK)
9
Hinch
(OAK)
9
DiSarcina
(ANA)
9
Sacrifice Flies
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Alomar
(CLE)
13
2.
Gonzalez
(TEX)
12
3.
O'Neill
(NYY)
10
Beltran
(KCR)
10
Flaherty
(TBD)
10
Bordick
(BAL)
10
7.
Brosius
(NYY)
9
Palmeiro
(TEX)
9
Ramirez
(CLE)
9
10.
Surhoff
(BAL)
8
Giambi
(OAK)
8
Nixon
(BOS)
8
Rodriguez
(SEA)
8
Thomas
(CHW)
8
Sexson
(CLE)
8
Valentin
(BOS)
8
Varitek
(BOS)
8
Intentional Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Griffey
(SEA)
17
Williams
(NYY)
17
3.
Belle
(BAL)
15
4.
Palmeiro
(TEX)
14
5.
Thomas
(CHW)
13
Thome
(CLE)
13
7.
Fernandez
(TOR)
11
McGriff
(TBD)
11
Justice
(CLE)
11
10.
Stevens
(TEX)
10
Double Plays Grounded Into
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Rodriguez
(TEX)
31
2.
Bordick
(BAL)
25
3.
O'Neill
(NYY)
24
Ordonez
(CHW)
24
5.
Cordova
(MIN)
22
6.
Sweeney
(KCR)
21
O'Leary
(BOS)
21
8.
Zeile
(TEX)
20
9.
Stevens
(TEX)
19
Belle
(BAL)
19
Sexson
(CLE)
19
Konerko
(CHW)
19
Velarde
(TOT)
19
Caught Stealing
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Stewart
(TOR)
14
Caruso
(CHW)
14
3.
Rodriguez
(TEX)
12
Offerman
(BOS)
12
Encarnacion
(DET)
12
6.
Durham
(CHW)
11
Goodwin
(TEX)
11
8.
Walker
(MIN)
10
Williams
(NYY)
10
Lewis
(BOS)
10
Power-Speed #
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Griffey
(SEA)
32.0
2.
Rodriguez
(TEX)
29.2
3.
Alomar
(CLE)
29.1
4.
Anderson
(BAL)
28.8
5.
Rodriguez
(SEA)
28.0
6.
Green
(TOR)
27.1
7.
Beltran
(KCR)
24.2
8.
Encarnacion
(DET)
24.1
9.
Belle
(BAL)
23.3
10.
Knoblauch
(NYY)
21.9
AB per SO
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Caruso
(CHW)
14.694
2.
Garciaparra
(BOS)
13.641
3.
Sweeney
(KCR)
11.979
4.
Damon
(KCR)
11.660
5.
Vizquel
(CLE)
11.480
6.
Singleton
(CHW)
11.022
7.
Knoblauch
(NYY)
10.579
8.
Cairo
(TBD)
10.109
9.
Sanchez
(KCR)
9.979
10.
Ordonez
(CHW)
9.750
AB per HR
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ramirez
(CLE)
11.864
2.
Rodriguez
(SEA)
11.952
3.
Palmeiro
(TEX)
12.021
4.
Griffey
(SEA)
12.625
5.
Canseco
(TBD)
12.647
6.
Delgado
(TOR)
13.023
7.
Jaha
(OAK)
13.057
8.
Stairs
(OAK)
13.974
9.
Gonzalez
(TEX)
14.410
10.
Green
(TOR)
14.619
Outs Made
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Beltran
(KCR)
504
2.
Bordick
(BAL)
503
3.
Surhoff
(BAL)
491
4.
Tejada
(OAK)
476
5.
Ordonez
(CHW)
471
6.
O'Neill
(NYY)
470
7.
Erstad
(ANA)
465
8.
Velarde
(TOT)
462
9.
Randa
(KCR)
458
Bell
(SEA)
458
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Batting Leaders