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1998 Heartland League Batting Leaders

1997 Season

Classification: Independent

Overall: 161 games, 6 teams, approx. 53 games in season

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Minimum 53 AB's to appear on leaderboard

League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Josh Hannah	22	CKC	Ind	49	213	192	40	69	10	2	7	26	5	2	16	42	.359	.406	.542	.947	104	0	1	1	3	1
2	Jason Baker*	25	TNS	Ind	59	281	249	49	87	19	2	1	38	18	5	24	27	.349	.399	.454	.853	113	4	0	3	5	4
3	Brendan Connolly*	23	DCO	Ind	40	133	117	14	40	4	1	3	21	0	0	13	12	.342	.409	.470	.879	55	2	1	1	1	4
4	Chad Overton	23	DCO	Ind	66	282	249	40	83	19	1	1	28	2	2	29	46	.333	.408	.430	.838	107	4	3	0	1	5
5	Keith Goodwin	23	LAF	Ind	68	309	272	58	90	11	4	11	44	21	5	24	52	.331	.396	.522	.918	142	2	6	6	1	2
6	Chris Chiprez	23	DCO	Ind	67	293	259	45	84	11	0	7	30	11	5	24	12	.324	.388	.448	.835	116	5	4	4	2	4
7	Gino Kinchen	22	LAF	Ind	65	271	225	52	73	15	0	24	66	1	0	30	55	.324	.418	.711	1.129	160	5	9	3	4	6
8	Erik Metzger	23	LAF	Ind	68	288	257	40	83	14	1	4	38	8	5	15	52	.323	.377	.432	.809	111	2	9	4	3	0
9	Angel Santiago	23	CKC	Ind	25	95	85	15	27	2	1	2	22	4	1	8	14	.318	.383	.435	.818	37	1	1	1	0	1
10	Doyle Preston	25	TNS	Ind	58	257	226	30	71	13	1	4	39	0	1	27	40	.314	.387	.434	.820	98	3	1	1	2	0
11	David Suarez	24	CKC	Ind	50	194	163	20	51	16	1	0	31	3	1	23	17	.313	.404	.423	.827	69	7	4	1	3	1
12	Rauf Tunali	23	TNS	Ind	30	86	71	14	22	5	0	0	9	1	1	9	21	.310	.430	.380	.811	27	1	6	0	0	0
13	Jeff Michael	26	TNS	Ind	54	222	202	37	62	9	1	1	30	13	1	13	20	.307	.350	.376	.726	76	1	1	5	1	1
14	Nick Malone	25	LAF	Ind	61	256	232	33	71	14	2	0	30	13	6	14	46	.306	.344	.384	.728	89	1	0	9	1	0
15	Angel Hermoso	21	LAF	Ind	60	231	202	35	61	9	1	1	21	9	8	20	40	.302	.366	.371	.737	75	1	1	7	1	0
16	Curt Underwood*	28	TNS	Ind	61	266	224	32	67	13	0	5	39	5	1	33	27	.299	.402	.424	.826	95	4	7	0	2	5
17	Al Benjamin	20	DCO	Ind	57	230	215	31	64	11	3	7	40	14	3	8	32	.298	.325	.474	.799	102	5	2	2	3	1
18	Joe Clemente	23	DCO	Ind	20	62	57	2	17	7	0	0	11	0	1	4	9	.298	.339	.421	.760	24	1	0	0	1	0
19	Liam Healy	21	LAF	Ind	51	206	188	25	55	10	0	5	35	1	2	8	38	.293	.332	.426	.757	80	2	4	4	2	1
20	Dom Horgeshimer	28	LAF	Ind	38	151	133	19	39	5	1	5	24	1	1	15	32	.293	.362	.459	.821	61	2	0	2	1	0
21	Tommy Keeling	23	TNS	Ind	54	213	180	32	52	9	0	8	30	2	1	28	45	.289	.389	.472	.861	85	6	2	2	1	0
22	Alonso Mendoza	27	TNS	Ind	27	119	104	14	30	5	0	1	12	0	2	13	14	.289	.370	.365	.735	38	2	1	0	1	0
23	Jude Donato	25	HTG,DCO	Ind	66	290	264	36	75	17	2	2	21	15	7	17	42	.284	.331	.386	.717	102	3	3	3	3	0
24	Jason Evans	22	TNS	Ind	31	113	95	16	27	7	0	3	16	1	0	15	22	.284	.384	.453	.837	43	4	1	1	1	0
25	Mike Pitzer*	23	LAF	Ind	53	201	175	25	49	14	1	3	30	1	1	17	20	.280	.340	.423	.763	74	0	2	1	6	2
26	Shane Smith	22	TNS	Ind	52	187	163	36	45	13	2	1	16	7	0	20	35	.276	.360	.399	.759	65	3	2	1	1	1
27	Shorty Flees	23	CKC	Ind	53	201	182	32	50	11	0	6	29	6	1	12	28	.275	.317	.434	.751	79	4	1	2	4	1
28	Jason Colemire*	22	DCO	Ind	24	93	83	15	22	2	0	4	19	7	2	4	14	.265	.312	.434	.746	36	1	3	0	3	0
29	Neil Bradshaw	23	CKC	Ind	60	253	235	31	62	7	1	0	18	13	6	16	27	.264	.311	.302	.613	71	1	0	2	0	0
30	Tommy Johnston	25	DCO	Ind	67	222	182	22	48	3	0	0	16	9	5	19	37	.264	.357	.280	.637	51	3	9	9	3	0
31	Michael Serembiczky	21	CKC	Ind	57	215	187	15	49	3	0	0	23	5	2	16	30	.262	.329	.278	.607	52	1	3	8	1	0
32	J.D. McGuirt	25	CKC	Ind	58	199	168	20	43	7	1	0	12	0	2	26	35	.256	.367	.310	.676	52	3	4	0	1	2
33	Keith Koenig	23	CKC	Ind	62	250	209	32	53	10	3	0	22	5	3	28	35	.254	.351	.330	.681	69	2	4	8	1	2
34	Ryan Missler	22	LAF	Ind	44	175	154	22	39	6	1	3	17	10	2	11	33	.253	.330	.364	.693	56	2	7	2	1	0
35	Andy Thompson	24	TNS	Ind	52	191	170	18	43	7	0	4	35	0	1	17	34	.253	.321	.365	.686	62	3	1	1	2	1
36	Nekie Dixon	25	HTG	Ind	39	123	108	15	27	6	0	1	8	13	4	10	30	.250	.331	.333	.664	36	1	3	2	0	0
37	Caleb Slaughter	22	HTG	Ind	35	114	100	8	25	3	0	2	11	0	0	11	28	.250	.327	.340	.667	34	0	1	1	1	0
38	Brad Bohannon	23	DCO	Ind	43	184	157	23	39	4	0	4	18	5	3	17	34	.248	.330	.350	.680	55	3	4	2	4	0
39	Chris Starkey	24	HTG	Ind	30	90	77	11	19	6	1	2	9	1	0	11	33	.247	.337	.429	.766	33	0	0	1	1	0
40	Corey Breyne	21	CKC	Ind	33	134	111	22	27	7	1	1	7	6	2	20	20	.243	.364	.351	.715	39	0	1	2	0	0
41	Barry Shelton	24	HTG	Ind	40	162	149	16	36	9	0	4	15	3	1	10	41	.242	.296	.383	.679	57	2	2	0	1	0
42	Ryan Hendricks	25	LAF	Ind	27	87	75	13	18	3	0	1	6	2	0	10	32	.240	.337	.320	.657	24	2	1	1	0	0
43	Steve Langhans	24	HTG	Ind	37	130	113	12	27	6	0	1	8	4	0	16	30	.239	.339	.319	.657	36	3	1	0	0	0
44	Dwight Ferguson*	21	LAF	Ind	68	194	156	33	37	9	1	0	12	14	8	24	55	.237	.376	.308	.684	48	1	12	0	2	0
45	Brian Mazurek*	24	CKC	Ind	21	81	76	10	18	4	0	0	5	0	1	5	9	.237	.284	.290	.574	22	1	0	0	0	0
46	James Rowson	21	CKC	Ind	50	158	145	23	34	6	2	5	17	7	2	11	41	.235	.285	.407	.692	59	0	0	0	2	0
47	Colin Aita	23	CKC	Ind	24	94	73	9	17	3	0	0	10	8	1	12	11	.233	.356	.274	.630	20	1	3	4	2	0
48	Javier Solis	24	LAF	Ind	55	168	150	28	35	7	0	1	15	2	3	7	15	.233	.282	.300	.582	45	1	4	5	2	0
49	Eric Burroughs*	28	HTG	Ind	39	165	143	18	33	6	3	1	11	12	3	20	41	.231	.321	.336	.657	48	1	0	0	2	2
50	Andy Pallissard	23	DCO	Ind	68	281	242	45	56	11	1	2	30	20	4	25	39	.231	.332	.310	.642	75	4	12	1	1	0
51	Vincent Griffin	23	DCO	Ind	26	95	87	11	20	4	1	3	11	4	2	7	17	.230	.284	.402	.687	35	0	0	0	1	2
52	Rohrk Cutchlow	23	DCO	Ind	32	96	75	11	17	2	0	0	3	4	3	14	22	.227	.383	.253	.636	19	2	5	2	0	0
53	Theo Fefee*	24	CKC	Ind	58	194	182	25	41	10	1	2	16	12	1	8	26	.225	.266	.324	.590	59	1	2	2	0	3
54	Tony Huntley	23	DCO	Ind	49	175	158	15	35	6	0	4	20	2	0	7	38	.222	.272	.335	.608	53	4	4	6	0	0
55	Tony Sheffield*	24	TNS	Ind	33	104	87	15	19	6	2	2	11	1	0	12	27	.218	.314	.402	.716	35	0	1	2	2	2
56	Claude Love*	23	HTG	Ind	40	167	150	13	32	3	2	1	10	10	4	13	22	.213	.279	.280	.559	42	3	1	2	1	0
57	Craig Delk	22	TNS	Ind	49	170	151	22	32	2	0	0	10	3	2	12	31	.212	.286	.225	.511	34	2	4	2	1	0
58	Jeff Bell	23	TNS	Ind	44	149	135	19	26	3	0	2	7	5	4	10	34	.193	.259	.259	.518	35	1	2	2	0	0
59	Matt Bazzani	24	LAF	Ind	25	83	73	11	14	4	0	1	6	0	0	6	26	.192	.289	.288	.577	21	1	4	0	0	0
60	Ben Foster	20	CKC	Ind	45	137	126	13	23	3	0	1	11	0	0	9	33	.183	.248	.230	.478	29	3	2	0	0	0
61	Ryan Brennan	23	DCO	Ind	26	94	83	8	14	1	0	0	5	4	3	9	15	.169	.266	.181	.447	15	0	2	0	0	0
62	Gil Gonzalez	25	HTG	Ind	37	145	134	13	20	3	0	3	15	0	0	10	46	.149	.214	.239	.453	32	2	1	0	0	0
63	Randy Meadows	21	DCO	Ind	39	103	96	10	14	2	0	0	6	1	2	3	16	.146	.194	.167	.361	16	4	3	0	1	0