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1998 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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Larry Walker led all of MLB in batting average in 1998 with .363, 10 points ahead of John Olerud (.354). It was one of 3 times Larry Walker led in batting average.

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Larry Walker Led all of MLB in 1998 Larry Walker Colorado Rockies
.363 Batting Average .010 clear of John Olerud
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Larry Walker Larry Walker COL .363 130 454 165 .445
2 John Olerud John Olerud NYN .354 160 557 197 .447
3 Bernie Williams Bernie Williams NYA .339 128 499 169 .422
4 Mo Vaughn Mo Vaughn BOS .337 154 609 205 .402
5 Dante Bichette COL .331 161 662 219 .357
6 Albert Belle Albert Belle CHA .328 163 609 200 .399
7 Mike Piazza Mike Piazza NYN +2 .328 151 561 184 .390
8 Eric Davis Eric Davis BAL .327 131 452 148 .388
9 Jason Kendall Jason Kendall PIT .327 149 535 175 .411
10 Craig Biggio Craig Biggio HOU .325 160 646 210 .403
11 Derek Jeter NYA .324 149 626 203 .384
12 Vladimir Guerrero Vladimir Guerrero MON .324 159 623 202 .371
13 Nomar Garciaparra Nomar Garciaparra BOS .323 143 604 195 .362
14 Edgar Martinez Edgar Martinez SEA .322 154 556 179 .429
15 Jeff Cirillo MIL .321 156 604 194 .402
16 Ivan Rodriguez Ivan Rodriguez TEX .321 145 579 186 .358
17 Tony Fernandez Tony Fernandez TOR .321 138 486 156 .387
18 Tony Gwynn Tony Gwynn SDN .321 127 461 148 .364
19 Vinny Castilla Vinny Castilla COL .319 162 645 206 .362
20 Juan Gonzalez TEX .319 154 606 193 .366
21 Paul O'Neill NYA .317 152 602 191 .372
22 Todd Walker MIN .316 143 528 167 .372
23 Brian Jordan Brian Jordan SLN .316 150 564 178 .368
24 Todd Helton Todd Helton COL .315 152 530 167 .381
25 Jose Offerman KCA .315 158 607 191 .403
26 Derek Bell Derek Bell HOU .314 156 630 198 .364
27 Chipper Jones Chipper Jones ATL .313 160 601 188 .404
28 Bobby Abreu Bobby Abreu PHI .312 151 497 155 .409
29 Moises Alou Moises Alou HOU .312 159 584 182 .399
30 Fernando Vina MIL .311 159 637 198 .386
31 Alex Rodriguez Alex Rodriguez SEA .311 161 686 213 .360
32 Dmitri Young Dmitri Young CIN .310 144 536 166 .364
33 Hal Morris Hal Morris KCA .309 127 472 146 .350
34 Mark Grace Mark Grace CHN .309 158 595 184 .401
35 Barry Larkin Barry Larkin CIN .309 145 538 166 .397
36 Darryl Hamilton SFN +1 .308 148 561 173 .398
37 Sammy Sosa Sammy Sosa CHN .308 159 643 198 .377
38 Jim Edmonds Jim Edmonds ANA .307 154 599 184 .368
39 Rusty Greer Rusty Greer TEX .306 155 598 183 .386
40 Mike Caruso CHA .306 133 523 160 .331
41 Will Clark Will Clark TEX .305 149 554 169 .384
42 David Segui SEA .305 143 522 159 .359
43 Andres Galarraga Andres Galarraga ATL .305 153 555 169 .397
44 Jeff Bagwell Jeff Bagwell HOU .304 147 540 164 .424
45 Barry Bonds Barry Bonds SFN .303 156 552 167 .438
46 Gary Sheffield Gary Sheffield LAN +1 .302 130 437 132 .428
47 Gregg Jefferies Gregg Jefferies PHI +1 .301 144 555 167 .333
48 Tim Salmon Tim Salmon ANA .300 136 463 139 .410
49 Scott Brosius Scott Brosius NYA .300 152 530 159 .371
50 Mark McGwire Mark McGwire SLN .299 155 509 152 .470
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