1998 Baseball Batting Averages

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
OBP
Bernie Williams, NY S 128 499 101 169 .339 287 30 5 26 97 74 9 81 15 .575 .422
Mo Vaughn, Bos L 154 609 107 205 .337 360 31 2 40 115 61 13 144 0 .591 .402
Albert Belle, Chi R 163 609 113 200 .328 399 48 2 49 152 81 10 84 6 .655 .399
Eric Davis, Bal R 131 452 81 148 .327 263 29 1 28 89 44 0 108 7 .582 .388
Derek Jeter, NY R 149 626 127 203 .324 301 25 8 19 84 57 1 119 30 .481 .384
Nomar Garciaparra, Bos R 143 304 111 195 .323 353 37 8 35 122 33 1 62 12 .584 .362
Edgar Martinez, Sea R 154 556 86 179 .322 315 47 1 29 102 106 4 96 1 .567 .429
Ivan Rodriguez, Tex R 145 579 88 186 .321 297 40 4 21 91 32 4 88 9 .513 .358
Tony Fernandez, Tor S 138 486 71 156 .321 223 36 2 9 72 45 5 53 13 .459 .387
Juan Gonzalez, Tex R 154 606 110 193 .318 382 50 2 45 157 46 9 126 2 .630 .366
Paul O'Neill, NY L 152 602 95 191 .317 307 40 2 24 116 57 2 103 15 .510 .372
Todd Walker, Min L 143 528 85 167 .316 250 41 3 12 62 47 9 65 19 .473 .372
Jose Offerman, KC S 158 607 102 191 .315 266 28 13 7 66 89 1 96 45 .438 .403
Alex Rodriguez, Sea R 161 686 123 213 .310 384 35 5 42 124 45 0 121 46 .560 .360
Hal Morris, KC L 127 472 50 146 .309 180 27 2 1 40 32 6 52 1 .381 350

Home Runs

Griffey, Sea 56
Belle, Chi 49
Canseco, Tor 46
Gonzalez, Tex 45
Ramirez, Cle 45
Palmeiro, Bal 43
Rodriguez, Sea 42
Vaughn, Bos 40
Delgado, Tor 38
Garciaparra, Bos 35
Green, Tor 35

Triples

Offerman, KC 13
Damon, KC 10
Winn*, TB 9
Garciaparra, Bos 8
O'Leary, Bos 8
Jeter, NY 8
Durham, Chi 8
Anderson, Ana 7
McCracken, TB 7

On Base Pct.

Martinez, Sea .429
Williams, NY .422
Thome, Cle .413
Salmon, Ana .410
Offerman, KC .403
Vaughn, Bos .402
Belle, Chi .399

Runs Batted In

Gonzalez, Tex 157
Belle, Chi 152
Griffey, Sea 146
Ramirez, Cle 145
Rodriguez, Sea 124
Martinez, NY 123
Garciaparra, Bos 122
Palmeiro, Bal 121
Palmer, KC 119
O'Neill, NY 116

Doubles

Gonzalez, Tex 50
Belle, Chi 48
Martinez, Sea 47
Valentin, Bos 44
Delgado, Tor 43
Edmonds, Ana 42
Clark, Tex 41
Grieve*, Oak 41
Anderson, Ana 41
Walker, Min 41

Slugging Pct.

Belle, Chi .655
Gonzalez, Tex .630
Griffey, Sea .611
Ramirez, Cle .599
Delgado, Tor .592
Vaughn, Bos .591
Garciaparra, Bos .584
Thome, Cle .584

Hits

Rodriguez, Sea 213
Vaughn, Bos 205
Jeter, NY 203
Belle, Chi 200
Garciaparra, Bos 195
Gonzalez, Tex 193
O'Neill, NY 191
Offerman, KC 191
Rodriguez, Tex 186
Edmonds, Ana 184

Runs

Jeter, NY 127
Durham, Chi 126
Rodriguez, Sea 123
Griffey, Sea 120
Knoblauch, NY 117
Edmonds, Ana 115
Belle, Chi 113
Valentin, Bos 113
Garciaparra, Bos 111
Cora, Sea-Cle 111

Walks

Henderson, Oak 118
Thomas, Chi 110
Martinez, Sea 106
Salmon, Ana 90
Offerman, KC 89
Thome, Cle 89
McLemore, Tex 89
Lofton, Cle 87
Lawton, Min 86
Grieve*, Oak 85

Stolen Bases

  SB CS
Henderson, Oak 66 13
Lofton, Cle 54 10
Stewart, Tor 51 18
Rodriguez, Sea 46 13
Offerman, KC 45 12
Hunter, Det 42 12
Goodwin, Tex 38 20
Vizquel, Cle 37 12
Nixon, Min 37 7

Total Bases

Belle, Chi 399
Griffey, Sea 387
Rodriguez, Sea 384
Gonzalez, Tex 382
Vaughn, Bos 360
Garciaparra, Bos 353
Palmeiro, Bal 350
Ramirez, Cle 342
Green, Tor 321

Strikeouts

Canseco, Tor 159
Vaughn, Bos 144
Green, Tor 142
Thome, Cle 141
Delgado, Tor 139
Palmer, KC 134
Davis, Sea 134
Sorrento, TB 133
Stanley, Bos 129
Clark, Det 128

 

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