League Leaders

1996 Batting Average Leaders

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Showing players with at least 500 plate appearances — the standard 3.1 plate appearances per team game. Show all players

# Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Alex Rodriguez Alex Rodriguez SEA 146 601 141 215 54 1 36 123 59 104 15 .358 .414 .631 1.045
2 Frank Thomas Frank Thomas CHA 141 527 110 184 26 0 40 134 109 70 1 .349 .459 .626 1.085
3 Ellis Burks Ellis Burks COL 156 613 142 211 45 8 40 128 61 114 32 .344 .408 .640 1.047
4 Paul Molitor Paul Molitor MIN 161 660 99 225 41 8 9 113 56 72 18 .341 .390 .468 .858
5 Chuck Knoblauch Chuck Knoblauch MIN 153 578 140 197 35 14 13 72 98 74 45 .341 .448 .517 .965
6 Mike Piazza Mike Piazza LAN 148 547 87 184 16 0 36 105 81 93 0 .336 .422 .563 .985
7 Lance Johnson NYN 160 682 117 227 31 21 9 69 33 40 50 .333 .362 .480 .842
8 Rusty Greer Rusty Greer TEX 139 542 96 180 41 6 18 100 62 86 9 .332 .397 .530 .927
9 Dave Nilsson ML4 123 453 81 150 33 2 17 84 57 68 2 .331 .407 .525 .932
10 Mark Grace Mark Grace CHN 142 547 88 181 39 1 9 75 62 41 2 .331 .396 .455 .851
11 Roberto Alomar Roberto Alomar BAL 153 588 132 193 43 4 22 94 90 65 17 .328 .411 .527 .938
12 Edgar Martinez Edgar Martinez SEA 139 499 121 163 52 2 26 103 123 84 3 .327 .464 .595 1.059
13 Kevin Seitzer Kevin Seitzer ML4 +1 154 573 85 187 35 3 13 78 87 79 6 .326 .416 .466 .882
14 Mo Vaughn Mo Vaughn BOS 161 635 118 207 29 1 44 143 95 154 2 .326 .420 .583 1.003
15 Ken Caminiti SDN 146 546 109 178 37 2 40 130 78 99 11 .326 .408 .621 1.028
16 Jeff Cirillo ML4 158 566 101 184 46 5 15 83 58 69 4 .325 .391 .504 .894
17 Eric Young Eric Young COL 141 568 113 184 23 4 8 74 47 31 53 .324 .393 .421 .814
18 Bobby Higginson Bobby Higginson DET 130 440 75 141 35 0 26 81 65 66 6 .321 .404 .577 .982
19 Kenny Lofton Kenny Lofton CLE 154 662 132 210 35 4 14 67 61 82 75 .317 .372 .446 .817
20 Bernard Gilkey Bernard Gilkey NYN 153 571 108 181 44 3 30 117 73 125 17 .317 .393 .562 .956
21 Jeff Bagwell Jeff Bagwell HOU 162 568 111 179 48 2 31 120 135 114 21 .315 .451 .570 1.021
22 Derek Jeter NYA 157 582 104 183 25 6 10 78 48 102 14 .314 .370 .430 .800
23 Juan Gonzalez TEX 134 541 89 170 33 2 47 144 45 82 2 .314 .368 .643 1.012
24 Gary Sheffield Gary Sheffield FLO 161 519 118 163 33 1 42 120 142 66 16 .314 .465 .624 1.090
25 Dante Bichette COL 159 633 114 198 39 3 31 141 45 105 31 .313 .359 .531 .890
26 Hal Morris Hal Morris CIN 142 528 82 165 32 4 16 80 50 76 7 .313 .374 .479 .853
27 Mark McGwire Mark McGwire OAK 130 423 104 132 21 0 52 113 116 112 0 .312 .467 .731 1.198
28 Wade Boggs Wade Boggs NYA 132 501 80 156 29 2 2 41 67 32 1 .311 .389 .389 .778
29 Harold Baines Harold Baines CHA 143 495 80 154 29 0 22 95 73 62 3 .311 .399 .503 .902
30 Jim Thome Jim Thome CLE 151 505 122 157 28 5 38 116 123 141 2 .311 .450 .612 1.062
31 Albert Belle Albert Belle CLE 158 602 124 187 38 3 48 148 99 87 11 .311 .410 .623 1.033
32 Brian Jordan Brian Jordan SLN 140 513 82 159 36 1 17 104 29 84 22 .310 .350 .483 .833
33 Chipper Jones Chipper Jones ATL 157 598 114 185 32 5 30 110 87 88 14 .309 .393 .530 .923
34 Marty Cordova MIN 145 569 97 176 46 1 16 111 53 96 11 .309 .371 .478 .849
35 Manny Ramirez Manny Ramirez CLE 152 550 94 170 45 3 33 112 85 104 8 .309 .399 .582 .981
36 Marquis Grissom ATL 158 671 106 207 32 10 23 74 41 73 28 .309 .349 .489 .838
37 Barry Bonds Barry Bonds SFN 158 517 122 159 27 3 42 129 151 76 40 .308 .461 .615 1.076
38 Mark Grudzielanek MON 153 657 99 201 34 4 6 49 26 83 33 .306 .340 .397 .737
39 Bernie Williams Bernie Williams NYA 143 551 108 168 26 7 29 102 82 72 17 .305 .391 .535 .926
40 Vinny Castilla Vinny Castilla COL 160 629 97 191 34 0 40 113 35 88 7 .304 .343 .549 .892
41 Andres Galarraga Andres Galarraga COL 159 626 119 190 39 3 47 150 40 157 18 .304 .358 .601 .958
42 Jose Offerman KCA 151 561 85 170 33 8 5 47 74 98 24 .303 .384 .417 .801
43 Ken Griffey Ken Griffey SEA 140 545 125 165 26 2 49 140 78 104 16 .303 .393 .628 1.020
44 Paul O'Neill NYA 150 546 89 165 35 1 19 91 102 76 0 .302 .411 .474 .885
45 Ivan Rodriguez Ivan Rodriguez TEX 153 639 116 192 47 3 19 86 38 55 5 .301 .342 .473 .814
46 John Jaha John Jaha ML4 148 543 108 163 28 1 34 118 85 118 3 .300 .398 .543 .941
47 Al Martin PIT 155 630 101 189 40 1 18 72 54 116 38 .300 .354 .452 .806
48 Barry Larkin Barry Larkin CIN 152 517 117 154 32 4 33 89 96 52 36 .298 .410 .567 .977
49 Steve Finley Steve Finley SDN 161 655 126 195 45 9 30 95 56 87 22 .298 .354 .531 .886
50 Brady Anderson BAL 149 579 117 172 37 5 50 110 76 106 21 .297 .397 .637 1.034
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