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1998 Minor League Batting Leaders

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Rk Age Tm Lg Lev Aff BA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Rene Reyes 20 RKS ARIZ Rk COL .429 49 201 177 40 76 9 4 5 39 16 7 8 15 .493 .610 1.103 108 5 15 0 1 1
2 Jay Gibbons 21 MDH PION Rk TOR .397 73 339 290 66 115 29 1 19 98 2 1 37 25 .457 .700 1.157 203 7 3 0 9 1
3 Max St. Pierre 18 LAT GULF Rk DET .385 31 120 104 18 40 3 0 2 15 6 2 15 12 .467 .471 .938 49 1 1 0 0 0
4 Jorge Piedra 19 GRF PION Rk LAD .383 72 325 282 72 108 22 7 2 33 16 7 39 29 .460 .532 .992 150 4 1 3 0 3
5 Pat Watkins 25 INA IL AAA CIN .378 44 206 188 37 71 12 1 3 24 8 3 15 26 .424 .500 .924 94 5 1 1 1 0
6 Eric Battersby 22 WSX ARIZ Rk CHW .375 43 168 136 34 51 15 3 5 27 4 2 29 32 .479 .640 1.119 87 0 0 1 2 0
7 Jack Wilson 20 JOH APPY Rk STL .373 61 263 241 50 90 18 4 4 29 22 6 18 30 .424 .531 .955 128 4 3 1 0 0
8 Jeremy Giambi 23 OMA PCL AAA KCR .372 96 394 325 68 121 21 2 20 66 8 5 57 64 .469 .634 1.103 206 4 6 2 4 8
9 Dave Callahan 18 MLN,BRE GULF,FLOR Rk,A+ FLA .371 34 136 124 19 46 12 0 0 11 2 1 11 19 .426 .468 .894 58 1 1 0 0 0
10 Adam Riggs 25 ABQ PCL AAA LAD .371 44 196 170 30 63 13 3 4 25 12 6 21 29 .446 .553 .999 94 1 3 1 1 1
11 Carlos Urquiola 18 SBN,DBK MIDW,ARIZ A,Rk ARI .370 48 221 200 42 74 11 8 0 26 23 9 15 20 .421 .505 .926 101 1 4 0 2 0
12 Michael Restovich 19 ELZ,FWA APPY,MIDW Rk,A MIN .369 76 354 287 77 106 25 3 13 70 5 2 58 70 .489 .613 1.102 176 11 9 0 0 0
13 David Goodwin 23 ROY GULF Rk KCR .367 48 205 177 26 65 20 0 4 33 0 0 20 33 .441 .548 .989 97 2 5 1 2 1
14 Todd Pratt 31 NFK,SCE,MET IL,FLOR,GULF AAA,A+,Rk NYM .366 42 170 142 19 52 7 0 8 33 3 0 20 25 .462 .585 1.046 83 4 6 1 1 0
15 Jeff Pickler 22 OGD PION Rk MIL .364 71 327 280 55 102 22 0 4 49 20 8 39 25 .443 .486 .928 136 4 2 4 2 0
16 Paul Day 21 BRL APPY Rk CLE .362 60 251 229 33 83 16 2 7 45 10 0 17 39 .406 .541 .948 124 6 2 0 3 0
17 Nate Espy 20 MTV APPY Rk PHI .361 66 287 227 50 82 20 1 13 56 2 2 51 55 .479 .630 1.109 143 4 4 1 4 1
18 Casey Blake 24 DUN,KNX FLOR,SOUL A+,AA TOR .357 133 588 512 103 183 43 7 18 103 19 6 52 106 .421 .574 .995 294 11 11 3 10 1
19 Eric Byrnes 22 SOR,VIS NORW,CALL A-,A+ OAK .357 71 317 277 62 99 19 4 11 52 17 2 34 31 .429 .574 1.003 159 5 3 0 3 1
20 Pablo Ozuna 23 PEO MIDW A STL .357 133 592 538 122 192 27 10 9 62 62 26 29 56 .400 .494 .894 266 6 11 12 2 3
21 Darryl Brinkley 29 NVL PCL AAA PIT .355 114 413 372 57 132 23 3 9 51 10 8 27 53 .416 .505 .922 188 9 13 0 1 2
22 Rolando Garza 18 WSX ARIZ Rk CHW .354 53 230 206 41 73 11 2 3 33 17 7 18 35 .415 .471 .886 97 7 4 1 1 2
23 James Mouton 29 LVG PCL AAA SDP .354 50 211 192 38 68 17 3 4 31 15 1 17 31 .408 .536 .944 103 9 1 0 1 0
24 Mitch Meluskey 24 NOR PCL AAA HOU .353 121 490 397 76 140 41 0 17 71 2 0 85 59 .465 .584 1.050 232 15 3 0 5 10
25 Kevin Haverbusch 22 LBG,CAR CARL,SOUL A+,AA PIT .352 95 382 349 53 123 22 1 11 68 5 5 22 53 .403 .516 .919 180 8 9 0 2 1
26 Brian McMillin 21 ELZ APPY Rk MIN .352 36 155 122 30 43 10 0 6 39 8 3 27 22 .477 .582 1.059 71 4 4 0 2 0
27 Juan Pierre 20 POR NORW A- COL .352 64 290 264 55 93 9 2 0 30 38 9 19 11 .399 .402 .800 106 3 2 4 1 0
28 Julio Vinas 25 ROC IL AAA BAL .352 62 215 199 26 70 15 4 6 40 2 1 12 30 .388 .558 .946 111 3 1 1 2 0
29 Scott Pratt 21 WTR NYPL A- CLE .351 47 215 174 37 61 12 3 2 14 15 10 34 26 .467 .489 .956 85 4 5 1 1 1
30 Jason LaRue 24 CNG,INA SOUL,IL AA,AAA CIN .350 120 502 437 76 153 43 8 14 87 4 4 44 68 .413 .581 .994 254 15 10 1 10 1
31 Shea Hillenbrand 22 BTC MIDW A BOS .349 129 531 498 80 174 33 4 19 93 13 7 19 49 .383 .546 .929 272 11 10 1 3 2
32 Mark Quinn 24 WCH TL AA KCR .349 100 432 372 82 130 26 6 16 84 4 1 43 54 .424 .581 1.004 216 5 10 0 7 1
33 Jalal Leach 29 SHV,FRE TL,PCL AA,AAA SFG .347 107 433 383 66 133 25 4 19 71 13 4 44 61 .409 .582 .991 223 9 0 0 6 4
34 Sean Mahoney 22 HDV NYPL A- TBD .347 65 290 248 44 86 16 2 5 53 11 5 31 47 .421 .488 .909 121 4 5 0 6 3
35 Paul Konerko 22 INA,ABQ IL,PCL AAA CIN,LAD .346 63 275 237 41 82 18 0 14 65 1 0 30 30 .415 .599 1.014 142 11 2 0 6 0
36 Todd Haney 32 NFK,SCE IL,FLOR AAA,A+ NYM .345 118 510 444 85 153 33 4 3 51 11 2 55 44 .422 .457 .879 203 13 5 5 1 1
37 Jose Pena 18 RES GULF Rk BOS .344 48 183 160 28 55 12 3 4 21 6 5 14 33 .423 .531 .954 85 2 8 1 0 0
38 Jason Clarke 22 CBZ ARIZ Rk CHC .343 35 157 140 30 48 10 4 2 25 7 4 12 15 .397 .514 .912 72 0 2 1 2 0
39 Derrick White 28 IWA,CSP PCL AAA CHC,COL .343 88 390 332 72 114 22 2 20 86 6 6 48 62 .431 .602 1.033 200 7 6 0 4 3
40 Mike Colangelo 21 LEL,CDR CALL,MIDW A+,A ANA .342 58 263 228 46 78 19 3 9 29 7 7 25 40 .422 .570 .992 130 2 8 0 2 1
41 Matt Holliday 18 RKS ARIZ Rk COL .342 32 138 117 20 40 4 1 5 23 2 1 15 21 .413 .521 .934 61 0 2 0 4 2
42 Joe McEwing 25 MEM,ARK PCL,TL AAA,AA STL .342 138 603 552 97 189 51 11 15 92 15 12 42 57 .391 .556 .947 307 6 4 2 3 4
43 Aaron Rowand 20 HCK SALL A CHW .342 61 256 222 42 76 13 3 5 32 7 3 21 36 .410 .495 .906 110 5 6 5 2 0
44 Mo Bruce 23 CLM SALL A NYM .341 126 560 516 81 176 24 4 15 74 45 15 41 107 .390 .490 .880 253 5 1 1 1 4
45 Josh Loggins 21 IDF PION Rk SDP .341 71 339 299 66 102 20 5 8 64 8 8 35 60 .411 .522 .933 156 7 2 1 2 0
46 Jimmy Terrell 20 HCK,WSM SALL,CARL A,A+ CHW .341 134 582 511 85 174 24 5 13 66 25 8 53 92 .405 .483 .888 247 15 5 9 4 3
47 Rick Elder 18 OLS GULF Rk BAL .340 29 121 106 19 36 5 4 3 26 3 2 12 20 .397 .547 .944 58 0 0 0 3 0
48 Brendan Kingman 25 LNR CALL A+ SEA .340 112 507 456 91 155 30 3 16 78 6 7 40 55 .397 .524 .921 239 20 6 1 4 6
49 Alex Pelaez 22 IDF PION Rk SDP .340 63 294 262 52 89 17 1 8 51 3 1 29 32 .405 .504 .909 132 10 1 0 2 0
50 Larry Huff 26 REA EL AA PHI .338 40 162 136 26 46 7 2 7 25 10 2 19 15 .435 .574 1.008 78 4 5 1 1 0
51 Jon Shave 30 SLK PCL AAA MIN .338 90 370 317 63 107 20 1 4 41 8 9 34 46 .422 .445 .867 141 7 13 5 1 1
52 Andy Stewart 27 WCH,OMA TL,PCL AA,AAA KCR .338 93 366 334 50 113 30 0 13 64 0 3 20 34 .382 .545 .927 182 14 6 2 4 0
53 Jake Weber 22 EVR NORW A- SEA .338 75 352 275 75 93 20 2 11 52 14 7 67 42 .471 .545 1.017 150 3 5 2 3 3
54 Henry Calderon 24 SPO NORW A- KCR .337 72 319 282 58 95 17 2 9 48 19 4 25 66 .396 .507 .903 143 4 5 3 4 3
55 Jeff DaVanon 24 MOD CALL A+ OAK .336 84 367 301 66 101 17 4 5 60 33 10 59 69 .439 .468 .907 141 4 1 0 6 1
56 Jeremy Dodson 21 SPO NORW A- KCR .336 69 304 268 56 90 19 5 9 59 8 4 25 59 .398 .545 .943 146 6 6 0 5 2
57 Dave Roberts 26 JCK,AKR,BFL SOUL,EL,IL AA,AAA DET,CLE .336 130 627 521 122 175 24 10 12 77 51 15 88 92 .431 .489 .921 255 7 4 8 6 6
58 Eddie Williams 33 LVG PCL AAA SDP .336 90 353 307 69 103 24 0 20 77 1 1 33 66 .402 .609 1.011 187 6 6 0 7 7
59 Doug Clark 22 SKZ NORW A- SFG .335 59 264 227 49 76 8 6 3 41 12 8 32 31 .422 .463 .885 105 1 3 1 1 0
60 Eric Owens 27 LOU IL AAA MIL .335 77 292 254 48 85 11 4 5 40 21 6 34 30 .408 .469 .876 119 7 0 0 4 0
61 Jarrod Patterson 24 HDS CALL A+ ARI .335 131 563 492 89 165 34 9 18 102 9 2 66 97 .414 .551 .965 271 8 2 0 3 4
62 Angel Pena 23 SAN TL AA LAD .335 126 542 483 81 162 32 2 22 105 9 5 48 80 .401 .547 .947 264 7 6 3 2 3
63 Mike Zywica 23 CHT,TUL FLOR,TL A+,AA TEX .335 126 538 466 107 156 36 7 16 94 23 8 53 96 .409 .545 .954 254 7 11 0 8 2
64 Keith Luuloa 23 MDL,VAN TL,PCL AA,AAA ANA .334 138 614 509 89 170 44 10 17 105 7 6 79 57 .418 .560 .978 285 16 7 2 17 5
65 Obispo Brito 20 OGD PION Rk MIL .333 32 124 120 22 40 12 2 2 19 5 0 2 20 .350 .517 .866 62 3 1 1 0 0
66 Frank Catalanotto 24 TOL IL AAA DET .333 28 129 105 20 35 6 3 4 28 0 0 14 21 .438 .562 .999 59 2 7 1 2 0
67 Eddie Christian 26 MDL TL AA ANA .333 105 454 400 80 133 39 4 5 49 13 11 49 61 .407 .488 .895 195 6 3 0 2 4
68 Shawn Garrett 19 PDS ARIZ Rk SDP .333 49 206 186 36 62 13 2 0 29 5 3 16 36 .393 .425 .818 79 3 3 0 1 0
69 Rich Gomez 21 LAT GULF Rk DET .333 47 188 162 42 54 11 4 6 40 20 2 21 37 .426 .562 .987 91 3 5 0 0 3
70 Jack Voigt 32 OKC,EDM PCL AAA TEX,OAK .333 38 162 138 20 46 12 0 6 22 1 3 22 34 .426 .551 .977 76 1 1 0 1 0
71 Eric Valent 21 CLW,KAN FLOR,SALL A+,A PHI .332 56 249 214 48 71 20 1 13 53 1 2 30 48 .418 .617 1.034 132 4 3 0 2 2
72 Jeff Bailey 19 MLN GULF Rk FLA .331 37 154 127 21 42 10 0 2 28 3 2 19 31 .442 .457 .898 58 3 7 0 1 0
73 Alex Fernandez 17 MRE ARIZ Rk SEA .331 44 163 151 25 50 11 6 5 31 3 1 9 23 .368 .583 .951 88 3 1 0 2 3
74 Chad Green 23 STK,ELP CALL,TL A+,AA MIL .331 47 173 157 30 52 13 2 0 17 22 5 13 25 .384 .439 .823 69 2 1 1 1 3
75 Elpidio Guzman 21 BTE PION Rk ANA .331 69 327 299 70 99 16 5 9 61 40 9 24 44 .383 .508 .892 152 8 2 1 1 2
76 Warren Morris 24 TUL,CAR TL,SOUL AA TEX,PIT .331 139 619 541 87 179 30 8 19 103 17 9 67 97 .406 .521 .927 282 13 5 1 5 3
77 Roberto Petagine 27 INA IL AAA CIN .331 102 443 363 79 120 30 1 24 109 3 1 70 71 .436 .617 1.053 224 14 3 0 7 6
78 Junior Roman 17 WSX,BRS ARIZ,APPY Rk CHW .331 43 190 157 36 52 3 1 1 16 17 11 28 29 .444 .382 .827 60 1 4 1 0 0
79 Julio Zuleta 23 DYT,WTN FLOR,SOUL A+,AA CHC .331 134 577 505 87 167 34 1 18 106 6 4 45 89 .399 .509 .908 257 15 18 1 8 1
80 Emil Brown 23 CAR SOUL AA PIT .330 123 536 466 89 154 31 2 14 67 24 7 50 71 .401 .496 .897 231 12 11 0 9 2
81 Charley Carter 22 AUB NYPL A- HOU .330 61 246 218 32 72 24 1 8 42 1 1 22 35 .388 .560 .947 122 5 1 1 4 1
82 Geoff Jenkins 23 LOU IL AAA MIL .330 55 236 215 38 71 10 4 7 52 1 1 14 39 .381 .512 .893 110 6 5 0 2 3
83 Alex Sanchez 21 SPT FLOR A+ TBD .330 128 593 545 77 180 17 9 1 50 66 33 31 70 .360 .400 .760 218 5 1 4 12 1
84 Mario Valdez 23 CGY PCL AAA CHW .330 123 524 448 86 148 32 0 20 81 1 2 60 102 .420 .536 .956 240 14 12 0 4 3
85 Mario Valenzuela 21 BRS APPY Rk CHW .330 61 262 233 44 77 13 1 10 46 6 4 24 49 .397 .524 .921 122 3 3 0 2 1
86 Travis Wilson 20 DAN,MAC APPY,SALL Rk,A ATL .330 68 304 282 50 93 25 5 10 52 16 5 17 57 .375 .560 .935 158 5 4 0 1 1
87 Shayne Carnes 21 BAT NYPL A- PHI .329 66 271 237 52 78 15 0 6 38 3 0 29 48 .410 .468 .878 111 7 4 0 1 1
88 Mike Frank 24 CNG,INA SOUL,IL AA,AAA CIN .329 80 349 319 51 105 16 4 12 56 6 2 26 37 .378 .517 .895 165 6 1 0 3 1
89 Micah Franklin 26 IWA PCL AAA CHC .329 118 435 359 74 118 26 2 29 95 5 3 59 72 .437 .655 1.091 235 10 13 0 4 8
90 Marcus Giles 20 MAC SALL A ATL .329 135 603 505 111 166 38 3 37 108 12 5 85 103 .433 .636 1.068 321 15 10 0 3 4
91 Victor Martinez 20 EVR,APP NORW,MIDW A-,A SEA .329 72 344 310 62 102 13 2 5 34 22 8 28 53 .386 .432 .818 134 9 2 2 2 0
92 Juan Rivera 19 YNK,ONE GULF,NYPL Rk,A- NYY .329 63 257 228 45 75 9 1 13 48 9 6 27 31 .401 .548 .949 125 10 1 0 1 2
93 Brent Abernathy 20 DUN FLOR A+ TOR .328 124 548 485 85 159 36 1 3 65 35 13 44 38 .381 .425 .805 206 11 1 12 6 0
94 Rafael Furcal 20 DAN APPY Rk ATL .328 66 309 268 56 88 15 4 0 23 60 15 36 29 .412 .414 .827 111 2 3 1 1 0
95 Dave Hajek 30 LVG PCL AAA SDP .328 130 578 539 85 177 45 3 4 63 14 6 23 46 .350 .445 .795 240 13 1 3 12 0
96 Randy Knorr 29 CHR IL AAA FLA .328 68 240 201 30 66 15 0 7 39 1 2 34 41 .421 .507 .928 102 3 1 0 4 0
97 Emmanuel Valdez 19 MXS,MCT ARIZ,MEX Rk,AAA .328 50 222 183 31 60 18 2 1 35 5 3 26 55 .421 .464 .885 85 5 7 1 5 0
98 Danny Buxbaum 25 MDL,VAN TL,PCL AA,AAA ANA .327 103 434 397 68 130 23 2 19 70 1 2 30 50 .373 .539 .912 214 11 1 2 4 3
99 Eric Chavez 20 HVL,EDM SOUL,PCL AA,AAA OAK .327 135 593 529 104 173 45 1 33 126 14 7 54 93 .388 .603 .991 319 10 2 3 5 4
100 Aaron Guiel 25 LVG,PDS PCL,ARIZ AAA,Rk SDP .327 68 242 199 41 65 18 5 6 37 6 2 33 56 .436 .558 .993 111 4 7 1 2 3

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