League Leaders Who Led?

1997 Batting Average Leaders

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# Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Tony Gwynn Tony Gwynn SDN 149 592 97 220 49 2 17 119 43 28 12 .372 .409 .547 .957
2 Larry Walker Larry Walker COL 153 568 143 208 46 4 49 130 78 90 33 .366 .452 .720 1.172
3 Mike Piazza Mike Piazza LAN 152 556 104 201 32 1 40 124 69 77 5 .362 .431 .639 1.070
4 Frank Thomas Frank Thomas CHA 146 530 110 184 35 0 35 125 109 69 1 .347 .456 .611 1.067
5 Kenny Lofton Kenny Lofton ATL 122 493 90 164 20 6 5 48 64 83 27 .333 .409 .428 .837
6 Edgar Martinez Edgar Martinez SEA 155 542 104 179 35 1 28 108 119 86 2 .330 .456 .554 1.009
7 David Justice CLE 139 495 84 163 31 1 33 101 80 79 3 .329 .418 .596 1.014
8 Bernie Williams Bernie Williams NYA 129 509 107 167 35 6 21 100 73 80 15 .328 .408 .544 .952
9 Manny Ramirez Manny Ramirez CLE 150 561 99 184 40 0 26 88 79 115 2 .328 .415 .538 .953
10 Wally Joyner Wally Joyner SDN 135 455 59 149 29 2 13 83 51 51 3 .328 .390 .486 .876
11 Paul O'Neill NYA 149 553 89 179 42 0 21 117 75 92 10 .324 .399 .514 .912
12 Rusty Greer Rusty Greer TEX 157 601 112 193 42 3 26 87 83 87 9 .321 .405 .531 .936
13 Reggie Jefferson BOS 136 489 74 156 33 1 13 67 24 93 1 .319 .358 .470 .828
14 Mark Grace Mark Grace CHN 151 555 87 177 32 5 13 78 88 45 2 .319 .409 .465 .874
15 Andres Galarraga Andres Galarraga COL 154 600 120 191 31 3 41 140 54 141 15 .318 .389 .585 .974
16 Mo Vaughn Mo Vaughn BOS 141 527 91 166 24 0 35 96 86 154 2 .315 .420 .560 .980
17 Edgardo Alfonzo Edgardo Alfonzo NYN 151 518 84 163 27 2 10 72 63 56 11 .315 .391 .432 .823
18 Ivan Rodriguez Ivan Rodriguez TEX 150 597 98 187 34 4 20 77 38 89 7 .313 .360 .484 .844
19 Raul Mondesi Raul Mondesi LAN 159 616 95 191 42 5 30 87 44 105 32 .310 .360 .541 .901
20 Craig Biggio Craig Biggio HOU 162 619 146 191 37 8 22 81 84 107 47 .309 .415 .501 .916
21 Troy O'Leary Troy O'Leary BOS 146 499 65 154 32 4 15 80 39 70 0 .309 .359 .479 .838
22 Dante Bichette COL 151 561 81 173 31 2 26 118 30 90 6 .308 .343 .510 .853
23 Jeff Blauser Jeff Blauser ATL 151 519 90 160 31 4 17 70 70 101 5 .308 .405 .482 .886
24 David Segui MON 125 459 75 141 22 3 21 68 57 66 1 .307 .381 .505 .886
25 John Valentin John Valentin BOS 143 575 95 176 47 5 18 77 58 66 7 .306 .372 .499 .871
26 Nomar Garciaparra Nomar Garciaparra BOS 153 684 122 209 44 11 30 98 35 92 22 .306 .342 .534 .875
27 Paul Molitor Paul Molitor MIN 135 538 63 164 32 4 10 89 45 73 11 .305 .351 .435 .786
28 Ken Griffey Ken Griffey SEA 157 608 125 185 34 3 56 147 76 121 15 .304 .382 .646 1.029
29 Vinny Castilla Vinny Castilla COL 159 612 94 186 25 2 40 113 44 108 2 .304 .356 .547 .904
30 Garret Anderson Garret Anderson ANA 154 624 76 189 36 3 8 92 30 70 10 .303 .334 .409 .743
31 Harold Baines Harold Baines CHA +1 137 452 55 136 23 0 16 67 55 62 0 .301 .375 .458 .833
32 Shawon Dunston Shawon Dunston CHN +1 132 490 71 147 22 5 14 57 8 75 32 .300 .312 .451 .763
33 Alex Rodriguez Alex Rodriguez SEA 141 587 100 176 40 3 23 84 41 99 29 .300 .350 .496 .846
34 Joey Cora SEA 149 574 105 172 40 4 11 54 53 49 6 .300 .359 .441 .800
35 Doug Glanville Doug Glanville CHN 146 474 79 142 22 5 4 35 24 46 19 .300 .333 .392 .726
36 Darin Erstad Darin Erstad ANA 139 539 99 161 34 4 16 77 51 86 23 .299 .360 .466 .826
37 Bobby Higginson Bobby Higginson DET 146 546 94 163 30 5 27 101 70 85 12 .299 .379 .520 .899
38 Ron Coomer Ron Coomer MIN 140 523 63 156 30 2 13 85 22 91 4 .298 .324 .438 .762
39 Bobby Bonilla Bobby Bonilla FLO 153 562 77 167 39 3 17 96 73 94 6 .297 .378 .468 .846
40 Juan Gonzalez TEX 133 533 87 158 24 3 42 131 33 107 0 .296 .335 .589 .924
41 Tino Martinez Tino Martinez NYA 158 594 96 176 31 2 44 141 75 75 3 .296 .371 .577 .948
42 Tim Salmon Tim Salmon ANA 157 582 95 172 28 1 33 129 95 142 9 .296 .394 .517 .911
43 Delino DeShields SLN 150 572 92 169 26 14 11 58 55 72 55 .296 .357 .448 .805
44 Chipper Jones Chipper Jones ATL 157 597 100 176 41 3 21 111 76 88 20 .295 .371 .479 .850
45 Mickey Morandini PHI 150 553 83 163 40 2 1 39 62 91 16 .295 .371 .380 .751
46 Ray Lankford Ray Lankford SLN 133 465 94 137 36 3 31 98 95 125 21 .295 .411 .585 .996
47 Jason Kendall Jason Kendall PIT 144 486 71 143 36 4 8 49 49 53 18 .294 .391 .434 .825
48 John Olerud John Olerud NYN 154 524 90 154 34 1 22 102 85 67 0 .294 .400 .489 .889
49 Jason Giambi Jason Giambi OAK 142 519 66 152 41 2 20 81 55 89 0 .293 .362 .495 .857
50 Moises Alou Moises Alou FLO 150 538 88 157 29 5 23 115 70 85 9 .292 .373 .493 .866
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