1999 American League Batting Leaders

1998 Season 2000 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 1,133 games, 14 teams, approx. 161 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	Nomar Garciaparra	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	135	595	532	103	190	42	4	27	104	14	3	51	39	.357	.419	.603	1.022	321	11	8	0	4	7
2	Derek Jeter	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	158	739	627	134	219	37	9	24	102	19	8	91	116	.349	.438	.552	.989	346	12	12	3	6	5
3	Bernie Williams	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	158	697	591	116	202	28	6	25	115	9	10	100	95	.342	.435	.536	.971	317	11	1	0	5	17
4	Cal Ripken Jr.	38	BAL	Maj	BAL	86	354	332	51	113	27	0	18	57	0	1	13	31	.340	.368	.584	.952	194	14	3	3	3	3
5	Edgar Martínez	36	SEA	Maj	SEA	142	608	502	86	169	35	1	24	86	7	2	97	99	.337	.447	.554	1.001	278	12	6	0	3	6
6	Manny Ramirez	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	147	640	522	131	174	34	3	44	165	2	4	96	131	.333	.442	.663	1.105	346	12	13	0	9	9
7	Omar Vizquel	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	144	664	574	112	191	36	4	5	66	42	9	65	50	.333	.397	.436	.833	250	8	1	17	7	0
8	Iván Rodríguez	27	TEX	Maj	TEX	144	630	600	116	199	29	1	35	113	25	12	24	64	.332	.356	.558	.914	335	31	1	0	5	2
9	Tony Fernández	37	TOR	Maj	TOR	142	576	485	73	159	41	0	6	75	6	7	77	62	.328	.427	.450	.877	218	10	10	0	4	11
10	Juan González	29	TEX	Maj	TEX	144	629	562	114	183	36	1	39	128	3	3	51	105	.326	.378	.601	.980	338	10	4	0	12	7
11	Rafael Palmeiro*	34	TEX	Maj	TEX	158	674	565	96	183	30	1	47	148	2	4	97	69	.324	.420	.630	1.050	356	13	3	0	9	14
12	Luis Polonia*	35	DET	Maj	DET	87	355	333	46	108	21	8	10	32	17	9	16	32	.324	.357	.526	.882	175	2	2	2	2	0
13	Roberto Alomar	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	159	694	563	138	182	40	3	24	120	37	6	99	96	.323	.422	.533	.955	300	13	7	12	13	3
14	Mike Sweeney	25	KCA	Maj	KCR	150	643	575	101	185	44	2	22	102	6	1	54	48	.322	.387	.520	.907	299	21	10	0	4	0
15	Homer Bush	26	TOR	Maj	TOR	128	523	485	69	155	26	4	5	55	32	8	21	82	.320	.353	.421	.774	204	9	6	8	3	0
16	Randy Velarde	36	ANA,OAK	Maj	ANA-OAK	156	711	631	105	200	25	7	16	76	24	8	70	98	.317	.390	.455	.845	287	19	6	4	0	2
17	Jason Giambi	28	OAK	Maj	OAK	158	695	575	115	181	36	1	33	123	1	1	105	106	.315	.422	.553	.975	318	11	7	0	8	6
18	Joe Randa	29	KCA	Maj	KCR	156	689	628	92	197	36	8	16	84	5	4	50	80	.314	.363	.473	.836	297	15	3	1	7	4
19	Harold Baines*	40	BAL,CLE	Maj	BAL-CLE	135	486	430	62	134	18	1	25	103	1	2	54	48	.312	.387	.533	.919	229	16	0	0	2	3
20	Corey Koskie	26	MIN	Maj	MIN	117	392	342	42	106	21	0	11	58	4	4	40	72	.310	.387	.468	.855	160	6	5	2	3	4
21	Fred McGriff*	35	TBA	Maj	TBD	144	620	529	75	164	30	1	32	104	1	0	86	107	.310	.405	.552	.957	292	12	1	0	4	11
22	Shawn Green*	26	TOR	Maj	TOR	153	696	614	134	190	45	0	42	123	20	7	66	117	.309	.384	.588	.972	361	13	11	0	5	4
23	B.J. Surhoff	34	BAL	Maj	BAL	162	727	673	104	207	38	1	28	107	5	1	43	78	.308	.347	.492	.839	331	15	2	1	8	1
24	Johnny Damon*	25	KCA	Maj	KCR	145	660	583	101	179	39	9	14	77	36	6	67	50	.307	.379	.477	.856	278	13	3	3	4	5
25	Mike Difelice	30	TBA	Maj	TBD	51	191	179	21	55	11	0	6	27	0	0	8	23	.307	.346	.469	.815	84	1	3	0	1	0
26	Frank Thomas	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	135	590	486	74	148	36	0	15	77	3	3	87	66	.305	.414	.471	.885	229	15	9	0	8	13
27	Shannon Stewart	25	TOR	Maj	TOR	145	682	608	102	185	28	2	11	67	37	14	59	83	.304	.371	.411	.782	250	12	8	3	4	0
28	Garret Anderson*	27	ANA	Maj	ANA	157	660	620	88	188	36	2	21	80	3	4	34	81	.303	.336	.469	.806	291	15	0	0	6	8
29	Will Clark*	35	BAL	Maj	BAL	77	294	251	40	76	15	0	10	29	2	2	38	42	.303	.395	.482	.877	121	5	2	0	3	2
30	Wade Boggs	41	TBA	Maj	TBD	90	334	292	40	88	14	1	2	29	1	0	38	23	.301	.377	.377	.754	110	14	0	0	4	2
31	Kenny Lofton*	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	120	560	465	110	140	28	6	7	39	25	6	79	84	.301	.405	.432	.838	201	6	6	5	5	2
32	Magglio Ordóñez	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	157	677	624	100	188	34	3	30	117	13	6	47	64	.301	.349	.510	.858	318	24	1	0	5	4
33	Rusty Greer*	30	TEX	Maj	TEX	147	662	556	107	167	41	3	20	101	2	2	96	67	.300	.405	.493	.898	274	17	5	0	5	2
34	Roberto Kelly	34	TEX	Maj	TEX	87	318	290	41	87	17	1	8	37	6	1	21	57	.300	.355	.448	.804	130	5	5	0	2	0
35	Chris Singleton*	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	133	529	496	72	149	31	6	17	72	20	5	22	45	.300	.328	.490	.818	243	10	1	4	6	1
36	Wil Cordero	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	54	217	194	35	58	15	0	8	32	2	0	15	37	.299	.364	.500	.864	97	7	6	0	2	0
37	Kevin Stocker	29	TBA	Maj	TBD	79	286	254	39	76	11	2	1	27	9	7	24	41	.299	.369	.370	.739	94	4	4	4	0	0
38	David Segui*	32	SEA,TOR	Maj	SEA-TOR	121	486	440	57	131	27	3	14	52	1	2	40	60	.298	.355	.468	.823	206	10	1	1	4	4
39	Albert Belle	32	BAL	Maj	BAL	161	722	610	108	181	36	1	37	117	17	3	101	82	.297	.400	.541	.941	330	19	7	0	4	15
40	Brook Fordyce	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	105	362	333	36	99	25	1	9	49	2	0	21	48	.297	.343	.460	.802	153	5	3	3	2	0
41	Ray Durham	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	153	694	612	109	181	30	8	13	60	34	11	73	105	.296	.373	.435	.808	266	9	4	3	2	1
42	Miguel Cairo	25	TBA	Maj	TBD	120	508	465	61	137	15	5	3	36	22	7	24	46	.295	.335	.368	.703	171	13	7	7	5	0
43	Brian Daubach	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	110	420	381	61	112	33	3	21	73	0	1	36	92	.294	.360	.562	.921	214	5	3	0	0	0
44	Jermaine Dye	25	KCA	Maj	KCR	158	673	608	96	179	44	8	27	119	2	3	58	119	.294	.354	.526	.880	320	17	1	0	6	4
45	Paul Konerko	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	142	564	513	71	151	31	4	24	81	1	0	45	68	.294	.352	.511	.862	262	19	2	1	3	0
46	José Offerman	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	149	693	586	107	172	37	11	8	69	18	12	96	79	.294	.391	.435	.826	255	11	2	2	7	5
47	Rey Sánchez	31	KCA	Maj	KCR	134	518	479	66	141	18	6	2	56	11	5	22	48	.294	.329	.370	.698	177	14	4	10	3	2
48	Carlos Beltrán	22	KCA	Maj	KCR	156	723	663	112	194	27	7	22	108	27	8	46	123	.293	.338	.454	.792	301	17	4	0	10	2
49	Carlos Lee	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	127	517	492	66	144	32	2	16	84	4	2	13	72	.293	.312	.463	.775	228	11	4	1	7	0
50	Todd Zeile	33	TEX	Maj	TEX	156	656	588	80	172	41	1	24	98	1	2	56	94	.293	.354	.488	.842	287	20	4	1	7	3
51	Chuck Knoblauch	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	150	715	603	120	176	36	4	18	68	28	9	83	57	.292	.393	.454	.848	274	7	21	3	5	0
52	Jeff Conine	33	BAL	Maj	BAL	139	485	444	54	129	31	1	13	75	0	3	30	40	.291	.335	.453	.787	201	12	3	1	7	0
53	Darrin Fletcher	32	TOR	Maj	TOR	115	448	412	48	120	26	0	18	80	0	0	26	47	.291	.339	.485	.825	200	16	6	0	4	0
54	Tom Lampkin	35	SEA	Maj	SEA	76	227	206	29	60	11	2	9	34	1	3	13	32	.291	.345	.495	.840	102	2	5	1	2	1
55	Bubba Trammell	27	TBA	Maj	TBD	82	328	283	49	82	19	0	14	39	0	2	43	37	.290	.384	.505	.889	143	7	1	0	1	1
56	Jacque Jones*	24	MIN	Maj	MIN	95	347	322	54	93	24	2	9	44	3	4	17	63	.289	.330	.460	.789	148	7	4	1	3	1
57	Royce Clayton	29	TEX	Maj	TEX	133	520	465	69	134	21	5	14	52	8	6	39	100	.288	.346	.445	.792	207	6	4	9	3	1
58	David Justice*	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	133	530	429	75	123	18	0	21	88	1	3	94	90	.287	.413	.476	.889	204	14	2	0	5	11
59	Ken Griffey Jr.*	29	SEA	Maj	SEA	160	706	606	123	173	26	3	48	134	24	7	91	108	.286	.384	.576	.960	349	8	7	0	2	17
60	Tony Batista	25	TOR	Maj	TOR	98	409	375	61	107	25	1	26	79	2	0	22	79	.285	.328	.565	.893	212	11	4	3	5	1
61	Marty Cordova	29	MIN	Maj	MIN	124	488	425	62	121	28	3	14	70	13	4	48	96	.285	.365	.464	.828	197	22	9	0	6	2
62	Jeremy Giambi*	24	KCA	Maj	KCR	90	336	288	34	82	13	1	3	34	0	0	40	67	.285	.373	.368	.741	106	7	3	1	4	5
63	Paul O'Neill*	36	NYA	Maj	NYY	153	675	597	70	170	39	4	19	110	11	9	66	89	.285	.353	.459	.812	274	24	2	0	10	1
64	Alex Rodriguez	23	SEA	Maj	SEA	129	572	502	110	143	25	0	42	111	21	7	56	109	.285	.357	.586	.943	294	12	5	1	8	2
65	Deivi Cruz	26	DET	Maj	DET	155	553	518	64	147	35	0	13	58	1	4	12	57	.284	.302	.427	.729	221	10	4	14	5	0
66	Dave Martinez*	34	TBA	Maj	TBD	143	594	514	79	146	25	5	6	66	13	6	60	76	.284	.361	.387	.749	199	6	5	10	5	3
67	Terry Steinbach	37	MIN	Maj	MIN	101	380	338	35	96	16	4	4	42	2	2	38	54	.284	.358	.391	.748	132	10	2	0	2	1
68	Brady Anderson*	35	BAL	Maj	BAL	150	692	564	109	159	28	5	24	81	36	7	96	105	.282	.404	.477	.881	269	6	24	1	7	7
69	Butch Huskey	27	SEA,BOS	Maj	SEA-BOS	119	423	386	62	109	15	0	22	77	3	1	34	65	.282	.338	.492	.830	190	9	0	0	3	1
70	Lee Stevens*	31	TEX	Maj	TEX	146	576	517	76	146	31	1	24	81	2	3	52	132	.282	.344	.486	.829	251	19	0	0	7	10
71	Einar Díaz	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	119	427	392	43	110	21	1	3	32	11	4	23	41	.281	.328	.362	.690	142	10	5	6	1	0
72	Mike Stanley	36	BOS	Maj	BOS	136	512	427	59	120	22	0	19	72	0	0	70	94	.281	.393	.466	.859	199	8	11	0	4	3
73	Mo Vaughn	31	ANA	Maj	ANA	139	592	524	63	147	20	0	33	108	0	0	54	127	.281	.358	.508	.866	266	11	11	0	3	7
74	Tony Clark	27	DET	Maj	DET	143	609	536	74	150	29	0	31	99	2	1	64	133	.280	.361	.508	.869	272	14	6	0	3	7
75	Troy O'Leary*	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	157	661	596	84	167	36	4	28	103	1	2	56	91	.280	.343	.495	.838	295	21	4	0	5	5
76	José Canseco	34	TBA	Maj	TBD	113	502	430	75	120	18	1	34	95	3	0	58	135	.279	.369	.563	.931	242	14	7	0	7	3
77	Todd Walker	26	MIN	Maj	MIN	143	586	531	62	148	37	4	6	46	18	10	52	83	.279	.343	.397	.740	211	15	1	0	2	5
78	John Flaherty	31	TBA	Maj	TBD	117	482	446	53	124	19	0	14	71	0	2	19	64	.278	.310	.415	.725	185	14	6	1	10	0
79	Orlando Palmeiro*	30	ANA	Maj	ANA	109	371	317	46	88	12	1	1	23	5	5	39	30	.278	.364	.331	.696	105	4	6	6	3	1
80	Chad Allen	24	MIN	Maj	MIN	137	523	481	69	133	21	3	10	46	14	7	37	89	.277	.330	.395	.725	190	10	2	1	2	1
81	Mike Bordick	33	BAL	Maj	BAL	160	708	631	93	175	35	7	10	77	14	4	54	102	.277	.334	.403	.737	254	25	5	8	10	1
82	Reggie Jefferson*	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	83	225	206	21	57	13	1	5	17	0	0	17	54	.277	.338	.422	.760	87	9	2	0	0	0
83	Jim Thome	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	146	629	494	101	137	27	2	33	108	0	0	127	171	.277	.426	.541	.967	267	6	4	0	4	13
84	Frank Catalanotto	25	DET	Maj	DET	100	315	286	41	79	19	0	11	35	3	4	15	49	.276	.327	.458	.785	131	5	9	0	5	1
85	John Jaha	33	OAK	Maj	OAK	142	570	457	93	126	23	0	35	111	2	0	101	129	.276	.414	.556	.970	254	14	9	0	3	2
86	Ricky Ledée*	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	88	280	250	45	69	13	5	9	40	4	3	28	73	.276	.346	.476	.822	119	2	0	0	2	5
87	Brad Ausmus	30	DET	Maj	DET	127	527	458	62	126	25	6	9	54	12	9	51	71	.275	.365	.415	.779	190	11	14	3	1	0
88	Olmedo Sáenz	28	OAK	Maj	OAK	97	295	255	41	70	18	0	11	41	1	1	22	47	.275	.363	.475	.837	121	6	15	0	3	1
89	Mark McLemore	34	TEX	Maj	TEX	144	664	566	105	155	20	7	6	45	16	8	83	79	.274	.363	.366	.729	207	8	0	9	6	2
90	Carlos Delgado	27	TOR	Maj	TOR	152	681	573	113	156	39	0	44	134	1	1	86	141	.272	.377	.571	.948	327	11	15	0	7	7
91	Trot Nixon*	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	124	447	381	67	103	22	5	15	52	3	1	53	75	.270	.357	.472	.830	180	7	3	2	8	1
92	Chili Davis	39	NYA	Maj	NYY	146	554	476	59	128	25	1	19	78	4	1	73	100	.269	.366	.445	.812	212	12	2	0	3	7
93	Jerry Hairston	23	BAL	Maj	BAL	50	193	175	26	47	12	1	4	17	9	4	11	24	.269	.323	.417	.740	73	2	3	4	0	0
94	Jason Varitek	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	144	544	483	70	130	39	2	20	76	1	2	46	85	.269	.330	.482	.813	233	13	2	5	8	2
95	David Bell	26	SEA	Maj	SEA	157	667	597	92	160	31	2	21	78	7	4	58	90	.268	.331	.432	.764	258	7	2	3	7	0
96	Denny Hocking	29	MIN	Maj	MIN	136	421	386	47	103	18	2	7	41	11	7	22	54	.267	.307	.378	.685	146	10	3	4	6	1
97	Randy Winn	25	TBA	Maj	TBD	79	324	303	44	81	16	4	2	24	9	9	17	63	.267	.307	.366	.673	111	3	1	1	2	0
98	Damion Easley	29	DET	Maj	DET	151	627	549	83	146	30	1	20	65	11	3	51	124	.266	.346	.434	.779	238	15	19	2	6	2
99	Tim Salmon	30	ANA	Maj	ANA	98	422	353	60	94	24	2	17	69	4	1	63	82	.266	.372	.490	.862	173	7	0	0	6	2
100	Dan Wilson	30	SEA	Maj	SEA	123	457	414	46	110	23	2	7	38	5	0	29	83	.266	.315	.382	.697	158	10	2	10	2	4