Batting: 1997 MLB Batting Leaders

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Batting Average

  Bat Gm AB R H Avg TB 2B 3B HR RBI BB Int
BB
SO SB Slg
Pct
OB
Pct
Tony Gwynn, SD L 149 592 97 220 .372 324 49 2 17 119 43 12 28 12 .547 .409
Larry Walker, Col L 153 568 143 208 .366 409 46 4 49 130 78 14 90 33 .720 .452
Mike Piazza, LA R 152 556 104 201 .362 355 32 1 40 124 69 11 77 5 .638 .431
Kenny Lofton, Atl L 122 493 90 164 .333 211 20 6 5 48 64 5 83 27 .428 .409
Wally Joyner, SD L 135 455 59 149 .327 221 29 2 13 83 51 5 51 3 .486 .390
Mark Grace, Chi L 151 555 87 177 .319 258 32 5 13 78 88 3 45 2 .465 .409
Andres Gallaraga, Col R 154 600 120 191 .318 351 31 3 41 140 54 2 141 15 .585 .389
Edgardo Alfonzo, NY R 151 518 84 163 .315 224 27 2 10 72 63 0 56 11 .432 .391
Raul Mondesi, LA R 159 616 95 191 .310 333 42 5 30 87 44 7 105 32 .541 .360
Craig Biggio, Hou R 162 619 146 191 .309 310 37 8 22 81 84 6 107 47 .501 .415
Dante Bichette, Col R 151 561 81 173 .308 286 31 2 26 118 30 1 90 6 .510 .343
Jeff Blauser, Atl R 151 519 90 160 .308 250 31 4 17 70 70 6 101 5 .482 .405
David Segui, Mon S 125 459 75 141 .307 232 22 3 21 68 57 12 66 1 .505 .380
Vinny Castilla, Col R 159 612 94 186 .304 335 25 2 10 113 44 9 108 2 .547 .356
Shawon Dunston, Chi-Pit R 132 490 71 147 .300 221 22 5 14 57 8 0 75 32 .451 .312
Doug Glanville, Chi R 146 474 79 142 .300 186 22 5 4 35 24 0 46 19 .392 .333
Bobby Bonilla, Fla S 153 562 77 167 .297 263 39 3 17 96 73 8 94 6 .468 .378
Delino DeShields, St.L L 150 572 92 169 .295 256 26 14 11 58 55 1 72 55 .448 .357
Chipper Jones, Atl S 157 597 100 176 .295 286 41 3 21 111 76 8 88 20 .479 .371
Mickey Morandini, Phi L 150 553 83 163 .295 210 40 2 1 39 62 0 91 16 .380 .371

Home Runs

Walker, Col 49
Bagwell, Hou 43
Galarraga, Col 41
Bonds, SF 40
Castilla, Col 40
Piazza, LA 40
Sosa, Chi 36
Burks, Col 32
Karros, LA 31
Lankford, St.L 31
Zeile, LA 31

Triples

DeShields, St.L 14
Perez, Col 10
Guerrero, LA 9
Randa, Pit 9
Womack, Pit 9
Biggio, Hou 8
Daulton, Phi-Fla 8
Johnson, NY-Chi 8
Young, Col-LA 8

On Base Pct.

Walker, Col .452
Bonds, SF .446
Piazza, LA .431
Bagwell, Hou .425
Sheffield, Fla .424
Biggio, Hou .415
Lankford, St.L .411
Lofton, Atl .409
Gwynn. SD .409
Grace, Chi .409

Runs Batted In

Galarraga, Col 140
Bagwell, Hou 135
Walker, Col 130
Piazza, LA 124
Kent, SF 121
Gwynn, SD 119
Sosa, Chi 119
Bichette, Col 118
Alou, Fla 115
Castilla, Col 113
C. Jones, Atl 111

Doubles

Grudzielanek, Mon 54
Gwynn, SD 49
Walker, Col 46
Lansing, Mon 45
Mondesi, LA 42
C. Jones, Atl 41
Bagwell, Hou 40
Morandini, Phi 40
Bonilla, Fla. 39
Clayton, St.L 39

Slugging Pct.

Walker, Col .720
Piazza, LA .638
Bagwell, Hou .592
Galarraga, Col .585
Lankford, St.L .585
Bonds, SF .585
Hundley, NY .549
Castilla, Col .547
Gwynn, SD .547
Mondesi, LA .541

Hits

Johnson, NY 227
Gwynn, SD 220
Walker, Col 208
Piazza, LA 201
Biggio, Hou 191
Galarraga, Col 191
Mondesi, LA 191
Castilla, Col 186
Womack, Pit 178
Grace, Chi 177
Grudzielanek, Mon 177

Runs

Biggio, Hou 146
Walker, Col 143
Bonds, SF 123
Galarraga, Col 120
Bagwell, Hou 109
Young, Col-LA 106
Piazza, LA 104
Finley, SD 101
C. Jones, Atl 100
Gwynn, SD 97

Walks

Bonds, SF 145
Bagwell, Hou 127
Sheffield, Fla 121
Snow, SF 96
Lankford, St.L 95
Grace, Chi 88
Olerud, NY 85
Zeile, LA 85
Biggio, Hou 84
Hundley, NY 83

Stolen Bases

  SB CS
Womack, Pit 60 7
D. Sanders, Cin 56 13
DeShields, St.L 55 14
Biggio, Hou 47 10
Young, Col-LA 45 14
Bonds, SF 37 8
Q. Veras, SD 33 12
Walker, Col 33 8
Mondesi, LA 32 15
Dunston, Chi-Pit 32 8
Renteria, Fla 32 15

Total Bases

Walker, Col 409
Piazza, LA 355
Galarraga, Col 351
Bagwell, Hou 335
Castilla, Col 335
Mondesi, LA 333
Gwynn, SD 324
Bonds, SF 311
Biggio, Hou 310
Sosa, Chi 308

Strikeouts

Sosa, Chi 174
Gant, St.L 162
Rodriguez, Mon 149
Galarraga, Col 141
Rolen*, Phi 138
Kent, SF 133
Klesko, Atl 130
Lankford, St.L 125
Snow, SF 124
Bagwell, Hou 122

 

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