1998 National League Batting Leaders

1997 Season 1999 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 1,298 games, 16 teams, approx. 162 games in season

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Larry Walker	31	COL	Maj	COL	130	524	454	113	165	46	3	23	67	14	4	64	61	.363	.445	.630	1.075	286	11	4	0	2	2
2	John Olerud*	29	NYN	Maj	NYM	160	665	557	91	197	36	4	22	93	2	2	96	73	.354	.447	.551	.999	307	15	4	1	7	11
3	Dante Bichette	34	COL	Maj	COL	161	695	662	97	219	48	2	22	122	14	4	28	76	.331	.357	.509	.866	337	22	1	0	4	2
4	Mike Piazza	29	NYN,LAN,FLO	Maj	NYM-LAD-FLA	151	626	561	88	184	38	1	32	111	1	0	58	80	.328	.390	.570	.960	320	15	2	0	5	14
5	Jason Kendall	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	149	627	535	95	175	36	3	12	75	26	5	51	51	.327	.411	.473	.884	253	6	31	2	8	3
6	Craig Biggio	32	HOU	Maj	HOU	160	738	646	123	210	51	2	20	88	50	8	64	113	.325	.403	.503	.906	325	10	23	1	4	6
7	Vladimir Guerrero	23	MON	Maj	MON	159	677	623	108	202	37	7	38	109	11	9	42	95	.324	.371	.589	.960	367	15	7	0	5	13
8	Marvin Benard*	27	SFN	Maj	SFG	121	327	286	41	92	21	1	3	36	11	4	34	39	.322	.396	.434	.830	124	3	2	4	1	1
9	Jeff Cirillo	28	MIL	Maj	MIL	156	694	604	97	194	31	1	14	68	10	4	79	88	.321	.402	.445	.847	269	26	4	5	2	3
10	Tony Gwynn*	38	SDN	Maj	SDP	127	505	461	65	148	35	0	16	69	3	1	35	18	.321	.364	.501	.866	231	14	1	0	8	6
11	Vinny Castilla	30	COL	Maj	COL	162	697	645	108	206	28	4	46	144	5	9	40	89	.319	.362	.589	.951	380	24	6	0	6	7
12	Brian Jordan	31	SLN	Maj	STL	150	617	564	100	178	34	7	25	91	17	5	40	66	.316	.368	.534	.902	301	18	9	0	4	1
13	Mark Loretta	26	MIL	Maj	MIL	140	491	434	55	137	29	0	6	54	9	6	42	47	.316	.382	.424	.806	184	14	7	4	4	1
14	Todd Helton*	24	COL	Maj	COL	152	595	530	78	167	37	1	25	97	3	3	53	54	.315	.381	.530	.911	281	15	6	1	5	5
15	Derek Bell	29	HOU	Maj	HOU	156	695	630	111	198	41	2	22	108	13	3	51	126	.314	.364	.491	.855	309	14	4	0	10	0
16	Sean Berry	32	HOU	Maj	HOU	102	342	299	48	94	17	1	13	52	3	1	31	50	.314	.387	.508	.896	152	8	7	1	4	3
17	Kevin Sefcik	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	104	205	169	27	53	7	2	3	20	4	2	25	32	.314	.421	.432	.853	73	3	7	3	1	0
18	Dave Berg	27	FLO	Maj	FLA	81	215	182	18	57	11	0	2	21	3	0	26	46	.313	.393	.407	.800	74	1	0	4	3	1
19	Chipper Jones	26	ATL	Maj	ATL	160	707	601	123	188	29	5	34	107	16	6	96	93	.313	.404	.547	.951	329	17	1	1	8	1
20	Bobby Abreu	24	PHI	Maj	PHI	151	589	497	68	155	29	6	17	74	19	10	84	133	.312	.409	.497	.906	247	6	0	4	4	14
21	Moisés Alou	31	HOU	Maj	HOU	159	679	584	104	182	34	5	38	124	11	3	84	87	.312	.399	.582	.981	340	14	5	0	6	11
22	Fernando Viña	29	MIL	Maj	MIL	159	722	637	101	198	39	7	7	45	22	16	54	46	.311	.386	.427	.813	272	7	25	5	1	2
23	Dmitri Young	24	CIN	Maj	CIN	144	590	536	81	166	48	1	14	83	2	4	47	94	.310	.364	.481	.846	258	16	2	0	5	4
24	Mark Grace*	34	CHN	Maj	CHC	158	698	595	92	184	39	3	17	89	4	7	93	56	.309	.401	.471	.872	280	17	3	0	7	8
25	Barry Larkin	34	CIN	Maj	CIN	145	626	538	93	166	34	10	17	72	26	3	79	69	.309	.397	.504	.901	271	12	2	4	3	5
26	Darryl Hamilton	33	SFN,COL	Maj	SFG-COL	148	661	561	95	173	28	3	6	51	13	9	82	73	.308	.398	.401	.799	225	6	3	12	3	1
27	Sammy Sosa	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	159	722	643	134	198	20	0	66	158	18	9	73	171	.308	.377	.647	1.024	416	20	1	0	5	14
28	Greg Colbrunn	28	COL,ATL	Maj	COL-ATL	90	180	166	18	51	11	2	3	23	4	3	10	34	.307	.361	.452	.813	75	1	4	0	0	0
29	Andrés Galarraga	37	ATL	Maj	ATL	153	648	555	103	169	27	1	44	121	7	6	63	146	.305	.397	.595	.991	330	8	25	0	5	11
30	Gerald Williams	31	ATL	Maj	ATL	129	289	266	46	81	19	2	10	44	11	5	17	48	.305	.352	.504	.856	134	5	3	2	1	1
31	Jeff Bagwell	30	HOU	Maj	HOU	147	661	540	124	164	33	1	34	111	19	7	109	90	.304	.424	.557	.981	301	14	7	0	5	8
32	Barry Bonds*	33	SFN	Maj	SFG	156	697	552	120	167	44	7	37	122	28	12	130	92	.303	.438	.609	1.047	336	15	8	1	6	29
33	Richard Hidalgo	23	HOU	Maj	HOU	74	234	211	31	64	15	0	7	35	3	3	17	37	.303	.355	.474	.829	100	5	2	0	4	0
34	Gary Sheffield	29	LAN,FLO	Maj	LAD-FLA	130	549	437	73	132	27	2	22	85	22	7	95	46	.302	.428	.524	.952	229	7	8	0	9	12
35	Rondell White	26	MON	Maj	MON	97	397	357	54	107	21	2	17	58	16	7	30	57	.300	.363	.513	.875	183	7	7	0	3	2
36	Mark McGwire	34	SLN	Maj	STL	155	681	509	130	152	21	0	70	147	1	0	162	155	.299	.470	.753	1.222	383	8	6	0	4	28
37	Trent Hubbard	34	LAN	Maj	LAD	94	235	208	29	62	9	1	7	18	9	5	18	46	.298	.358	.452	.810	94	5	3	3	3	0
38	Wally Joyner*	36	SDN	Maj	SDP	131	494	439	58	131	30	1	12	80	1	2	51	44	.298	.370	.453	.824	199	11	1	0	3	8
39	Jeff Kent	30	SFN	Maj	SFG	137	594	526	94	156	37	3	31	128	9	4	48	110	.297	.359	.555	.914	292	16	9	1	10	4
40	Carl Everett	27	HOU	Maj	HOU	133	519	467	72	138	34	4	15	76	14	12	44	102	.296	.359	.482	.840	225	11	3	3	2	2
41	Eric Karros	30	LAN	Maj	LAD	139	564	507	59	150	20	1	23	87	7	2	47	93	.296	.355	.475	.830	241	7	3	0	7	1
42	Mickey Morandini	32	CHN	Maj	CHC	154	669	582	93	172	20	4	8	53	13	1	72	84	.296	.381	.385	.765	224	14	9	4	2	4
43	Gregg Jefferies	30	PHI	Maj	PHI	125	520	483	65	142	22	3	8	48	11	3	29	27	.294	.331	.402	.733	194	17	1	1	6	4
44	Bill Mueller	27	SFN	Maj	SFG	145	622	534	93	157	27	0	9	59	3	3	79	83	.294	.383	.395	.778	211	12	1	3	5	1
45	Ray Lankford*	31	SLN	Maj	STL	154	626	533	94	156	37	1	31	105	26	5	86	151	.293	.391	.540	.932	288	4	3	0	4	5
46	Ellis Burks	33	COL,SFN	Maj	COL-SFG	142	582	504	76	147	28	6	21	76	11	8	58	111	.292	.365	.496	.861	250	12	5	6	9	1
47	Brant Brown*	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	124	380	347	56	101	17	7	14	48	4	5	30	95	.291	.348	.501	.850	174	1	1	1	1	2
48	Delino DeShields	29	SLN	Maj	STL	117	484	420	74	122	21	8	7	44	26	10	56	61	.291	.371	.429	.799	180	6	0	4	4	2
49	Stan Javier	34	SFN	Maj	SFG	135	490	417	63	121	13	5	4	49	21	5	65	63	.290	.385	.374	.759	156	13	1	4	3	4
50	Jeff Reed	35	COL	Maj	COL	113	303	259	43	75	17	1	9	39	0	0	37	57	.290	.377	.467	.844	121	6	1	3	3	4
51	Scott Rolen	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	160	711	601	120	174	45	4	31	110	14	7	93	141	.290	.391	.532	.923	320	10	11	0	6	6
52	Jermaine Allensworth	26	PIT,NYN	Maj	PIT-NYM	103	318	287	39	83	15	3	5	28	8	6	19	59	.289	.349	.415	.764	119	1	8	3	1	0
53	Fernando Tatís	23	SLN	Maj	STL	55	229	202	28	58	16	2	8	26	7	3	24	57	.287	.367	.505	.872	102	6	2	0	1	1
54	Charlie Hayes	33	SFN	Maj	SFG	111	366	329	39	94	8	0	12	62	2	1	34	61	.286	.351	.420	.770	138	4	0	1	2	0
55	Damian Miller	28	ARI	Maj	ARI	57	183	168	17	48	14	2	3	14	1	0	11	43	.286	.337	.446	.783	75	2	2	2	0	2
56	Rey Sánchez	30	SFN	Maj	SFG	109	339	316	44	90	14	2	2	30	0	0	16	47	.285	.325	.361	.686	114	11	4	1	2	0
57	Eric Young Sr.	31	LAN	Maj	LAD	117	513	452	78	129	24	1	8	43	42	13	45	32	.285	.355	.396	.751	179	4	5	9	2	0
58	Wilton Guerrero	23	MON,LAN	Maj	MON-LAD	116	426	402	50	114	14	9	2	27	8	2	14	63	.284	.307	.378	.685	152	4	1	6	3	0
59	Javy López	27	ATL	Maj	ATL	133	534	489	73	139	21	1	34	106	5	3	30	85	.284	.328	.540	.868	264	22	6	1	8	1
60	Aaron Boone	25	CIN	Maj	CIN	58	206	181	24	51	13	2	2	28	6	1	15	36	.282	.350	.409	.759	74	3	5	3	2	1
61	Cliff Floyd	25	FLO	Maj	FLA	153	641	588	85	166	45	3	22	90	27	14	47	112	.282	.337	.481	.818	283	10	3	0	3	7
62	Édgar Rentería	21	FLO	Maj	FLA	133	580	517	79	146	18	2	3	31	41	22	48	78	.282	.347	.342	.689	177	13	4	9	2	1
63	Tony Womack	28	PIT	Maj	PIT	159	704	655	85	185	26	7	3	45	58	8	38	94	.282	.320	.357	.677	234	4	0	6	5	1
64	Gary Gaetti	39	SLN,CHN	Maj	STL-CHC	128	492	434	60	122	34	1	19	70	1	1	43	62	.281	.356	.495	.852	215	12	10	1	4	2
65	Orlando Cabrera	23	MON	Maj	MON	79	285	261	44	73	16	5	3	22	6	2	18	27	.280	.325	.414	.739	108	6	0	5	1	1
66	Lance Johnson*	34	CHN	Maj	CHC	85	332	304	51	85	8	4	2	21	10	6	26	22	.280	.335	.352	.687	107	5	0	1	1	1
67	Walt Weiss	34	ATL	Maj	ATL	96	424	347	64	97	18	2	0	27	7	1	59	53	.280	.386	.343	.729	119	4	3	12	3	0
68	Doug Glanville	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	158	735	678	106	189	28	7	8	49	23	6	42	89	.279	.325	.376	.701	255	7	6	5	4	1
69	Mark Kotsay*	22	FLO	Maj	FLA	154	623	578	72	161	25	7	11	68	10	5	34	61	.279	.318	.403	.721	233	17	1	7	3	2
70	Raúl Mondesí	27	LAN	Maj	LAD	148	617	580	85	162	26	5	30	90	16	10	30	112	.279	.316	.497	.813	288	8	3	0	4	4
71	Devon White	35	ARI	Maj	ARI	146	627	563	84	157	32	1	22	85	22	8	42	102	.279	.336	.457	.792	257	9	9	7	6	4
72	Edgardo Alfonzo	24	NYN	Maj	NYM	144	630	557	94	155	28	2	17	78	8	3	65	77	.278	.355	.427	.782	238	11	3	2	3	1
73	Ed Taubensee	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	130	491	431	61	120	27	0	11	72	1	0	52	93	.278	.352	.418	.769	180	4	0	2	6	6
74	Andy Fox	27	ARI	Maj	ARI	139	564	502	67	139	21	6	9	44	14	7	43	97	.277	.355	.396	.751	199	2	18	0	1	0
75	Ozzie Guillén	34	ATL	Maj	ATL	83	295	264	35	73	15	1	1	22	1	4	24	25	.277	.337	.352	.689	93	2	1	4	2	0
76	Kevin Jordan	28	PHI	Maj	PHI	112	261	250	23	69	13	0	2	27	0	0	8	30	.276	.303	.352	.655	88	5	2	0	1	1
77	Mike Lansing	30	COL	Maj	COL	153	638	584	73	161	39	2	12	66	10	3	39	88	.276	.325	.411	.736	240	18	5	7	3	4
78	Todd Zeile	32	FLO,LAN	Maj	FLA-LAD	106	440	392	59	108	18	2	13	66	3	4	41	58	.276	.346	.431	.777	169	9	3	0	4	2
79	Ryan Klesko*	27	ATL	Maj	ATL	129	490	427	69	117	29	1	18	70	5	3	56	66	.274	.359	.473	.832	202	9	3	0	4	5
80	Neifi Pérez	25	COL	Maj	COL	162	712	647	80	177	25	9	9	59	5	6	38	70	.274	.313	.382	.695	247	8	1	22	4	0
81	Tony Batista	24	ARI	Maj	ARI	106	318	293	46	80	16	1	18	41	1	1	18	52	.273	.318	.519	.836	152	7	3	0	4	0
82	Brad Fullmer	23	MON	Maj	MON	140	547	505	58	138	44	2	13	73	6	6	39	70	.273	.327	.446	.773	225	12	2	0	1	4
83	Brent Mayne	30	SFN	Maj	SFG	94	317	275	26	75	15	0	3	32	2	1	37	47	.273	.359	.360	.719	99	8	1	2	2	3
84	Bill Spiers	32	HOU	Maj	HOU	123	437	384	66	105	27	4	4	43	11	2	45	62	.273	.356	.396	.751	152	9	5	1	2	0
85	Sean Casey	23	CIN	Maj	CIN	96	351	302	44	82	21	1	7	52	1	1	43	45	.272	.365	.417	.782	126	11	3	0	3	3
86	Mark Grudzielanek	28	MON,LAN	Maj	MON-LAD	156	641	589	62	160	21	1	10	62	18	5	26	73	.272	.311	.362	.673	213	18	11	8	7	2
87	Andruw Jones	21	ATL	Maj	ATL	159	631	582	89	158	33	8	31	90	27	4	40	129	.272	.321	.516	.836	300	10	4	1	4	8
88	Greg Vaughn	32	SDN	Maj	SDP	158	661	573	112	156	28	4	50	119	11	4	79	121	.272	.363	.597	.960	342	7	5	0	4	6
89	Marquis Grissom	31	MIL	Maj	MIL	142	572	542	57	147	28	1	10	60	13	8	24	78	.271	.304	.382	.685	207	12	2	2	2	2
90	Willie Greene	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	111	417	356	57	96	18	1	14	49	6	3	56	80	.270	.372	.444	.816	158	7	3	0	2	2
91	Kevin Young	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	159	656	592	88	160	40	2	27	108	15	7	44	127	.270	.328	.481	.809	285	20	11	0	9	1
92	Brad Ausmus	29	HOU	Maj	HOU	128	472	412	62	111	10	4	6	45	10	3	53	60	.269	.356	.357	.713	147	18	3	3	1	11
93	Todd Hollandsworth*	25	LAN	Maj	LAD	55	187	175	23	47	6	4	3	20	4	3	9	42	.269	.308	.400	.708	70	2	1	2	0	0
94	Travis Lee*	23	ARI	Maj	ARI	146	630	562	71	151	20	2	22	72	8	1	67	123	.269	.346	.429	.775	241	13	0	0	1	5
95	Dave Nilsson	28	MIL	Maj	MIL	102	347	309	39	83	14	1	12	56	2	2	33	48	.269	.339	.437	.776	135	12	1	2	2	1
96	Reggie Sanders	30	CIN	Maj	CIN	135	545	481	83	129	18	6	14	59	20	9	51	137	.268	.346	.418	.764	201	10	7	4	2	2
97	Chris Gomez	27	SDN	Maj	SDP	145	515	449	55	120	32	3	4	39	1	3	51	87	.267	.347	.379	.725	170	11	5	7	3	7
98	José Guillén	22	PIT	Maj	PIT	153	605	573	60	153	38	2	14	84	3	5	21	100	.267	.298	.414	.712	237	7	6	1	4	0
99	Quilvio Veras	27	SDN	Maj	SDP	138	612	517	79	138	24	2	6	45	24	9	84	78	.267	.373	.356	.729	184	6	6	1	4	2
100	Matt Williams	32	ARI	Maj	ARI	135	557	510	72	136	26	1	20	71	5	1	43	102	.267	.327	.439	.766	224	19	3	0	1	8