League Leaders Who Led?

1996 NL Batting Average Leaders

Hits per at bat

All-time career leaders →

Tony Gwynn led the NL in batting average in 1996 with .353, 8 points ahead of Ellis Burks (.344). It was one of 8 times Tony Gwynn led in batting average.

AVGHRRBIHRSBOPSOBPSLG2B3BXBHTBBBSOPAABG

Showing players with at least 503 plate appearances — the standard 3.1 plate appearances per team game. Show all players

Tony Gwynn Led the NL in 1996 Tony Gwynn San Diego Padres
.353 Batting Average .008 clear of Ellis Burks
Showing Batting Average and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Tony Gwynn Tony Gwynn SDN .353 116 451 159 .400
2 Ellis Burks Ellis Burks COL .344 156 613 211 .408
3 Mike Piazza Mike Piazza LAN .336 148 547 184 .422
4 Lance Johnson NYN .333 160 682 227 .362
5 Mark Grace Mark Grace CHN .331 142 547 181 .396
6 Ken Caminiti SDN .326 146 546 178 .408
7 Eric Young Eric Young COL .324 141 568 184 .393
8 Bernard Gilkey Bernard Gilkey NYN .317 153 571 181 .393
9 Jeff Bagwell Jeff Bagwell HOU .315 162 568 179 .451
10 Gary Sheffield Gary Sheffield FLO .314 161 519 163 .465
11 Dante Bichette COL .313 159 633 198 .359
12 Hal Morris Hal Morris CIN .313 142 528 165 .374
13 Brian Jordan Brian Jordan SLN .310 140 513 159 .350
14 Chipper Jones Chipper Jones ATL .309 157 598 185 .393
15 Marquis Grissom ATL .309 158 671 207 .349
16 Barry Bonds Barry Bonds SFN .308 158 517 159 .461
17 Mark Grudzielanek MON .306 153 657 201 .340
18 Vinny Castilla Vinny Castilla COL .304 160 629 191 .343
19 Andres Galarraga Andres Galarraga COL .304 159 626 190 .358
20 Al Martin PIT .300 155 630 189 .354
21 Barry Larkin Barry Larkin CIN .298 152 517 154 .410
22 Steve Finley Steve Finley SDN .298 161 655 195 .354
23 Jose Vizcaino Jose Vizcaino NYN +1 .297 144 542 161 .341
24 Raul Mondesi Raul Mondesi LAN .297 157 634 188 .334
25 John Mabry John Mabry SLN .297 151 543 161 .342
26 Fred McGriff Fred McGriff ATL .295 159 617 182 .365
27 Jeff Conine Jeff Conine FLO .293 157 597 175 .360
28 Todd Hollandsworth Todd Hollandsworth LAN .291 149 478 139 .348
29 Craig Biggio Craig Biggio HOU .288 162 605 174 .386
30 Orlando Merced PIT .287 120 453 130 .357
31 Greg Colbrunn FLO .286 141 511 146 .333
32 Mike Lansing MON .286 159 641 183 .341
33 Walt Weiss Walt Weiss COL .282 155 517 146 .381
34 Ryan Klesko Ryan Klesko ATL .282 153 528 149 .364
35 Javy Lopez Javy Lopez ATL .282 138 489 138 .322
36 Moises Alou Moises Alou MON .282 143 540 152 .340
37 Wally Joyner Wally Joyner SDN .277 121 433 120 .377
38 Royce Clayton Royce Clayton SLN .277 129 491 136 .321
39 Henry Rodriguez MON .276 145 532 147 .325
40 Brian Hunter Brian Hunter HOU .276 132 526 145 .297
41 Brian McRae Brian McRae CHN .276 157 624 172 .360
42 Ray Lankford Ray Lankford SLN .275 149 545 150 .366
43 Gary Gaetti Gary Gaetti SLN .274 141 522 143 .326
44 Devon White FLO .274 146 552 151 .325
45 Sammy Sosa Sammy Sosa CHN .273 124 498 136 .324
46 Luis Gonzalez Luis Gonzalez CHN .271 146 483 131 .354
47 Jeff King Jeff King PIT .271 155 591 160 .346
48 Benito Santiago Benito Santiago PHI .264 136 481 127 .332
49 Derek Bell Derek Bell HOU .263 158 627 165 .311
50 Todd Zeile Todd Zeile PHI +1 .263 163 617 162 .348
1–50 of 65Next →