1997 American League Batting Leaders

1996 Season 1998 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 1,132 games, 14 teams, approx. 161 games in season

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Frank Thomas	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	146	649	530	110	184	35	0	35	125	1	1	109	69	.347	.456	.611	1.067	324	15	3	0	7	9
2	Roberto Alomar	29	BAL	Maj	BAL	112	469	412	64	137	23	2	14	60	9	3	40	43	.333	.390	.500	.890	206	10	3	7	7	2
3	Edgar Martínez	34	SEA	Maj	SEA	155	678	542	104	179	35	1	28	108	2	4	119	86	.330	.456	.554	1.009	300	21	11	0	6	11
4	David Justice*	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	139	582	495	84	163	31	1	33	101	3	5	80	79	.329	.418	.596	1.014	295	12	0	0	7	11
5	Manny Ramirez	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	150	651	561	99	184	40	0	26	88	2	3	79	115	.328	.415	.538	.953	302	19	7	0	4	5
6	Bernie Williams	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	129	591	509	107	167	35	6	21	100	15	8	73	80	.328	.408	.544	.952	277	10	1	0	8	7
7	Will Clark*	33	TEX	Maj	TEX	110	450	393	56	128	29	1	12	51	0	0	49	62	.326	.400	.496	.896	195	4	3	0	5	11
8	Sandy Alomar	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	125	480	451	63	146	37	0	21	83	0	2	19	48	.324	.354	.546	.900	246	16	3	6	1	2
9	Paul O'Neill*	34	NYA	Maj	NYY	149	637	553	89	179	42	0	21	117	10	7	75	92	.324	.399	.514	.912	284	16	0	0	9	8
10	Rusty Greer*	28	TEX	Maj	TEX	157	690	601	112	193	42	3	26	87	9	5	83	87	.321	.405	.531	.936	319	11	3	1	2	4
11	Tim Raines	37	NYA	Maj	NYY	74	318	271	56	87	20	2	4	38	8	5	41	34	.321	.403	.454	.856	123	4	0	0	6	0
12	Reggie Jefferson*	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	136	524	489	74	156	33	1	13	67	1	2	24	93	.319	.358	.470	.828	230	17	7	1	3	5
13	Mo Vaughn	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	141	628	527	91	166	24	0	35	96	2	2	86	154	.315	.420	.560	.980	295	10	12	0	3	17
14	Iván Rodríguez	25	TEX	Maj	TEX	150	648	597	98	187	34	4	20	77	7	3	38	89	.313	.360	.484	.844	289	18	8	1	4	7
15	Jeff Frye	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	127	442	404	56	126	36	2	3	51	19	8	27	44	.312	.352	.433	.786	175	12	2	2	7	1
16	Troy O'Leary*	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	146	545	499	65	154	32	4	15	80	0	5	39	70	.309	.359	.479	.838	239	13	2	1	4	7
17	Luis Sojo	32	NYA	Maj	NYY	77	239	215	27	66	6	1	2	25	3	1	16	14	.307	.355	.372	.727	80	5	1	5	2	0
18	Nomar Garciaparra	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	153	734	684	122	209	44	11	30	98	22	9	35	92	.306	.342	.534	.875	365	9	6	2	7	2
19	John Valentin	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	143	644	575	95	176	47	5	18	77	7	4	58	66	.306	.372	.499	.871	287	21	5	1	5	5
20	Paul Molitor	40	MIN	Maj	MIN	135	597	538	63	164	32	4	10	89	11	4	45	73	.305	.351	.435	.786	234	8	0	2	12	8
21	Ken Griffey Jr.*	27	SEA	Maj	SEA	157	704	608	125	185	34	3	56	147	15	4	76	121	.304	.382	.646	1.029	393	12	8	0	12	23
22	Garret Anderson*	25	ANA	Maj	ANA	154	662	624	76	189	36	3	8	92	10	4	30	70	.303	.334	.409	.743	255	20	2	1	5	6
23	Dave Magadan	34	OAK	Maj	OAK	128	328	271	38	82	10	1	4	30	1	0	50	40	.303	.414	.391	.805	106	7	2	4	1	1
24	Bip Roberts	33	KCA,CLE	Maj	KCR-CLE	120	468	431	63	130	20	2	4	44	18	3	28	67	.302	.345	.385	.730	166	7	3	1	5	2
25	Harold Baines*	38	CHA,BAL	Maj	CHW-BAL	137	510	452	55	136	23	0	16	67	0	1	55	62	.301	.375	.458	.833	207	12	0	0	3	11
26	Norberto Martin	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	71	219	213	24	64	7	1	2	27	1	4	6	31	.301	.320	.371	.691	79	2	0	0	0	0
27	Lee Stevens*	29	TEX	Maj	TEX	137	454	426	58	128	24	2	21	74	1	3	23	83	.301	.336	.514	.850	219	18	1	1	3	2
28	Joey Cora	32	SEA	Maj	SEA	149	649	574	105	172	40	4	11	54	6	7	53	49	.300	.359	.441	.800	253	6	5	8	9	2
29	Alex Rodriguez	21	SEA	Maj	SEA	141	638	587	100	176	40	3	23	84	29	6	41	99	.300	.350	.496	.846	291	14	5	4	1	1
30	Darin Erstad*	23	ANA	Maj	ANA	139	605	539	99	161	34	4	16	77	23	8	51	86	.299	.360	.466	.826	251	5	4	5	6	4
31	Bobby Higginson	26	DET	Maj	DET	146	623	546	94	163	30	5	27	101	12	7	70	85	.299	.379	.520	.899	284	10	3	0	4	2
32	Ron Coomer	30	MIN	Maj	MIN	140	550	523	63	156	30	2	13	85	4	3	22	91	.298	.324	.438	.762	229	11	0	0	5	5
33	Matt Stairs	29	OAK	Maj	OAK	133	410	352	62	105	19	0	27	73	3	2	50	60	.298	.386	.582	.969	205	6	3	1	4	1
34	José Offerman	28	KCA	Maj	KCR	106	471	424	59	126	23	6	2	39	9	10	41	64	.297	.359	.394	.753	167	5	0	6	0	3
35	Mike Stanley	34	BOS,NYA	Maj	BOS-NYY	125	415	347	61	103	25	0	16	65	0	1	54	72	.297	.393	.507	.900	176	13	6	0	8	4
36	Juan González	27	TEX	Maj	TEX	133	579	533	87	158	24	3	42	131	0	0	33	107	.296	.335	.589	.924	314	12	3	0	10	7
37	Tino Martinez	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	158	685	594	96	176	31	2	44	141	3	1	75	75	.296	.371	.577	.948	343	15	3	0	13	14
38	Tim Salmon	28	ANA	Maj	ANA	157	695	582	95	172	28	1	33	129	9	12	95	142	.296	.394	.517	.911	301	7	7	0	11	5
39	Jason Giambi	26	OAK	Maj	OAK	142	588	519	66	152	41	2	20	81	0	1	55	89	.293	.362	.495	.857	257	11	6	0	8	3
40	Wade Boggs	39	NYA	Maj	NYY	104	407	353	55	103	23	1	4	28	0	1	48	38	.292	.373	.397	.769	140	3	0	2	4	3
41	Jay Bell	31	KCA	Maj	KCR	153	660	573	89	167	28	3	21	92	10	6	71	101	.291	.368	.461	.829	264	13	4	3	9	2
42	Jim Edmonds*	27	ANA	Maj	ANA	133	571	502	82	146	27	0	26	80	5	7	60	80	.291	.368	.500	.868	251	8	4	0	5	5
43	Derek Jeter	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	159	748	654	116	190	31	7	10	70	23	12	74	125	.291	.370	.405	.776	265	14	10	8	2	0
44	Roberto Kelly	32	MIN,SEA	Maj	MIN-SEA	105	398	368	58	107	26	2	12	59	9	5	22	67	.291	.333	.470	.803	173	6	3	2	3	0
45	Chuck Knoblauch	28	MIN	Maj	MIN	156	716	611	117	178	26	10	9	58	62	10	84	84	.291	.390	.411	.801	251	11	17	0	4	6
46	Dave Hollins	31	ANA	Maj	ANA	149	648	572	101	165	29	2	16	85	16	6	62	124	.289	.363	.430	.793	246	12	8	1	5	2
47	Brent Mayne	29	OAK	Maj	OAK	85	282	256	29	74	12	0	6	22	1	0	18	33	.289	.343	.406	.749	104	6	4	2	2	1
48	George Williams	28	OAK	Maj	OAK	76	241	201	30	58	9	1	3	22	0	1	35	46	.289	.398	.388	.786	78	2	2	2	1	0
49	Brady Anderson*	33	BAL	Maj	BAL	151	696	590	97	170	39	7	18	73	18	12	84	105	.288	.393	.470	.863	277	1	19	2	1	6
50	Jeff Cirillo	27	MIL	Maj	MIL	154	661	580	74	167	46	2	10	82	4	3	60	74	.288	.367	.426	.793	247	13	14	4	3	0
51	Shawn Green*	24	TOR	Maj	TOR	135	471	429	57	123	22	4	16	53	14	3	36	99	.287	.340	.469	.809	201	4	1	1	4	4
52	Mark Loretta	25	MIL	Maj	MIL	132	482	418	56	120	17	5	5	47	5	5	47	60	.287	.354	.388	.742	162	15	2	5	10	2
53	Tony Fernández	35	CLE	Maj	CLE	120	442	409	55	117	21	1	11	44	6	6	22	47	.286	.323	.423	.746	173	11	2	6	3	0
54	Dave Martinez*	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	145	573	504	78	144	16	6	12	55	12	6	55	69	.286	.356	.413	.768	208	4	3	5	6	7
55	Tim Naehring	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	70	301	259	38	74	18	1	9	40	1	1	38	40	.286	.375	.467	.843	121	10	1	0	3	0
56	Shannon Stewart	23	TOR	Maj	TOR	44	193	168	25	48	13	7	0	22	10	3	19	24	.286	.368	.446	.814	75	3	4	0	2	1
57	Jim Thome	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	147	627	496	104	142	25	0	40	102	1	1	120	146	.286	.423	.579	1.001	287	9	3	0	8	9
58	Jesse Levis	29	MIL	Maj	MIL	99	232	200	19	57	7	0	1	19	1	0	24	17	.285	.361	.335	.696	67	4	1	5	2	0
59	Rich Amaral	35	SEA	Maj	SEA	89	210	190	34	54	5	0	1	21	12	8	10	34	.284	.327	.326	.653	62	7	3	5	2	0
60	Chad Curtis	28	NYA,CLE	Maj	NYY-CLE	115	408	349	59	99	22	1	15	55	12	6	43	59	.284	.362	.481	.844	168	7	5	2	9	1
61	Mark McGwire	33	OAK	Maj	OAK	105	433	366	48	104	24	0	34	81	1	0	58	98	.284	.383	.628	1.012	230	9	4	0	5	8
62	B.J. Surhoff	32	BAL	Maj	BAL	147	595	528	80	150	30	4	18	88	1	1	49	60	.284	.345	.458	.803	242	7	5	3	10	14
63	Gerónimo Berroa	32	BAL,OAK	Maj	BAL-OAK	156	648	561	88	159	25	0	26	90	4	4	76	120	.283	.369	.467	.836	262	18	4	0	7	4
64	Domingo Cedeño	28	TEX	Maj	TEX	113	397	365	49	103	19	6	4	36	3	3	27	77	.282	.334	.400	.734	146	5	2	2	1	0
65	Jeromy Burnitz	28	MIL	Maj	MIL	153	577	494	85	139	37	8	27	85	20	13	75	111	.281	.382	.553	.934	273	8	5	3	0	8
66	Greg Colbrunn	27	MIN	Maj	MIN	70	228	217	24	61	14	0	5	26	1	2	8	38	.281	.307	.415	.722	90	7	1	0	2	1
67	Wil Cordero	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	140	609	570	82	160	26	3	18	72	1	3	31	122	.281	.320	.432	.752	246	11	4	0	4	7
68	Omar Vizquel	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	153	642	565	89	158	23	6	5	49	43	12	57	58	.280	.347	.368	.715	208	16	2	16	2	1
69	Rafael Bournigal	31	OAK	Maj	OAK	79	249	222	29	62	9	0	1	20	2	1	16	19	.279	.339	.333	.672	74	11	4	7	0	1
70	Chili Davis	37	KCA	Maj	KCR	140	567	477	71	133	20	0	30	90	6	3	85	96	.279	.386	.509	.896	243	15	1	0	4	16
71	Dave Nilsson	27	MIL	Maj	MIL	156	629	554	71	154	33	0	20	81	2	3	65	88	.278	.352	.446	.798	247	7	2	1	7	8
72	Scott Hatteberg	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	114	395	350	46	97	23	1	10	44	0	1	40	70	.277	.354	.434	.788	152	11	2	2	1	2
73	Jim Leyritz	33	ANA,TEX	Maj	ANA-TEX	121	455	379	58	105	11	0	11	64	2	1	60	78	.277	.379	.393	.772	149	13	6	4	6	2
74	Tony Clark	25	DET	Maj	DET	159	681	580	105	160	28	3	32	117	1	3	93	144	.276	.376	.500	.876	290	11	3	0	5	13
75	Pat Meares	28	MIN	Maj	MIN	134	483	439	63	121	23	3	10	60	7	7	18	86	.276	.323	.410	.733	180	9	16	3	7	0
76	Billy Ripken	32	TEX	Maj	TEX	71	218	203	18	56	9	1	3	24	0	1	9	32	.276	.300	.374	.674	76	7	0	1	5	0
77	Johnny Damon*	23	KCA	Maj	KCR	146	524	472	70	130	12	8	8	48	16	10	42	70	.275	.338	.386	.723	182	3	3	6	1	2
78	Tony Phillips	38	ANA,CHA	Maj	ANA-CHW	141	648	534	96	147	34	2	8	57	13	10	102	118	.275	.392	.391	.783	209	11	3	5	4	5
79	Fernando Viña	28	MIL	Maj	MIL	79	348	324	37	89	12	2	4	28	8	7	12	23	.275	.312	.361	.673	117	4	7	2	3	1
80	Albert Belle	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	161	701	634	90	174	45	1	30	116	4	4	53	105	.274	.332	.491	.823	311	26	6	0	8	6
81	Brent Brede*	25	MIN	Maj	MIN	61	214	190	25	52	11	1	3	21	7	2	21	38	.274	.347	.390	.737	74	1	1	1	1	0
82	Travis Fryman	28	DET	Maj	DET	154	657	595	90	163	27	3	22	102	16	3	46	113	.274	.326	.440	.766	262	15	5	0	11	5
83	Russ Davis	27	SEA	Maj	SEA	119	454	420	57	114	29	1	20	63	6	2	27	100	.271	.317	.488	.805	205	11	2	3	2	2
84	Ray Durham	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	155	711	634	106	172	27	5	11	53	33	16	61	96	.271	.337	.382	.719	242	14	6	2	8	0
85	Julio Franco	38	CLE,MIL	Maj	CLE-MIL	120	505	430	68	116	16	1	7	44	15	6	69	116	.270	.369	.361	.730	155	17	1	1	4	4
86	Bob Hamelin*	29	DET	Maj	DET	110	369	318	47	86	15	0	18	52	2	1	48	72	.270	.366	.487	.853	155	8	1	0	2	3
87	Cal Ripken Jr.	36	BAL	Maj	BAL	162	686	615	79	166	30	0	17	84	1	0	56	73	.270	.331	.402	.733	247	19	5	0	10	3
88	Dan Wilson	28	SEA	Maj	SEA	146	563	508	66	137	31	1	15	74	7	2	39	72	.270	.326	.423	.749	215	12	5	8	3	1
89	Brian Hunter	26	DET	Maj	DET	162	738	658	112	177	29	7	4	45	74	18	66	121	.269	.334	.353	.687	232	13	1	8	5	1
90	Lyle Mouton	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	88	260	242	26	65	9	0	5	23	4	4	14	66	.269	.308	.368	.676	89	8	1	0	3	1
91	Paul Sorrento	31	SEA	Maj	SEA	146	513	457	68	123	19	0	31	80	0	2	51	112	.269	.345	.514	.859	235	13	3	0	2	9
92	Brian Giles*	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	130	451	377	62	101	15	3	17	61	13	3	63	50	.268	.368	.459	.827	173	10	1	3	7	2
93	Kevin Seitzer	35	CLE	Maj	CLE	64	220	198	27	53	14	0	2	24	0	0	18	25	.268	.326	.369	.694	73	6	0	2	2	0
94	Yamil Benítez	24	KCA	Maj	KCR	53	204	191	22	51	7	1	8	21	2	2	10	49	.267	.307	.440	.747	84	2	1	2	0	0
95	Greg Myers	31	MIN	Maj	MIN	62	183	165	24	44	11	1	5	28	0	0	16	29	.267	.328	.436	.764	72	4	0	0	2	2
96	Orlando Merced	30	TOR	Maj	TOR	98	420	368	45	98	23	2	9	40	7	3	47	62	.266	.352	.413	.765	152	6	3	0	2	1
97	Jeffrey Hammonds	26	BAL	Maj	BAL	118	434	397	71	105	19	3	21	55	15	1	32	73	.265	.323	.486	.809	193	6	3	0	2	1
98	Mark Whiten	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	69	248	215	34	57	11	0	5	24	4	2	30	47	.265	.360	.386	.746	83	6	2	1	0	5
99	Rich Becker*	25	MIN	Maj	MIN	132	510	443	61	117	22	3	10	45	17	5	62	130	.264	.354	.395	.749	175	4	1	2	2	1
100	Damion Easley	27	DET	Maj	DET	151	620	527	97	139	37	3	22	72	28	13	68	102	.264	.362	.471	.833	248	18	16	4	5	3