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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	BA	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Greg Morrison	21	MDH	PION	Rk	.448	TOR	69	264	241	63	108	16	3	23	88	2	3	14	29	.473	.826	1.299	199	3	3	0	6	1
2	Todd Takayoshi	26	REN	WL	Ind	.407		83	394	337	88	137	28	1	11	88	0	1	55	44	.490	.593	1.083	200	9	1	0	1	1
3	Andy Tarpley	24	REN	WL	Ind	.404		87	388	317	92	128	28	5	15	82	9	2	52	48	.499	.666	1.164	211	2	13	1	5	1
4	Brett Jenkins	27	REN	WL	Ind	.400		62	284	240	59	96	21	2	17	55	1	3	31	47	.486	.717	1.203	172	2	11	0	2	0
5	Jorge Alvarez	29	AMA	TXLA	Ind	.395		67	298	263	60	104	23	5	5	68	21	4	30	29	.455	.578	1.032	152	5	1	1	3	1
6	Roberqui Videaux	--	GNO	CNS	Fgn	.393		84	333	280	40	110	17	2	8	48	3	4	42	34	.480	.554	1.034	155	8	5	6	0	2
7	Bryan Warner	22	RGV	TXLA	Ind	.392		86	382	339	75	133	28	4	25	94	8	4	37	44	.455	.720	1.175	244	5	4	0	2	6
8	Jake Kraus	23	HEL,OGD	PION	Rk	.390	MIL	69	300	246	51	96	22	1	10	69	8	4	38	15	.487	.610	1.096	150	12	12	0	4	3
9	Mike Kinkade	24	ELP	TL	AA	.385	MIL	125	540	468	112	180	35	12	12	109	17	4	52	66	.455	.588	1.042	275	13	13	1	6	0
10	Carlos Tabares	--	IDT	CNS	Fgn	.385		74	332	304	57	117	9	3	1	36	18	11	20	14	.424	.444	.868	135	4	2	4	2	0
11	Dan Kopriva	27	MJW,GFK	PRAI	Ind	.384		64	265	224	53	86	14	0	9	34	16	4	27	24	.460	.567	1.027	127	9	8	2	4	0
12	Randy Kapano	27	REG	PRAI	Ind	.383		57	262	201	68	77	10	2	23	72	5	1	50	43	.506	.796	1.302	160	1	5	1	5	3
13	Antuan Bunkley	21	HEL	PION	Rk	.381	MIL	70	309	270	52	103	23	0	17	67	2	4	32	37	.450	.656	1.105	177	8	4	0	3	5
14	Lance Downing	18	DBK	ARIZ	Rk	.381		55	254	215	48	82	12	1	2	40	10	4	37	26	.472	.474	.947	102	3	1	0	1	0
15	Manny Francois	31	WEI,THB,OAX	CPBL,NORL,MEX	Fgn,Ind,AAA	.379		60	237	203	39	77	20	1	8	35	8	4	27	47	.458	.606	1.064	123	3	4	1	2	1
16	Omar Linares	29	PRO	CNS	Fgn	.377		45	182	138	38	52	8	1	8	23	3	0	39	11	.516	.623	1.140	86	4	3	0	2	3
17	Mike Frank	23	BIL	PION	Rk	.376	CIN	69	306	266	62	100	22	6	10	62	18	8	35	24	.448	.617	1.064	164	7	2	0	3	5
18	Sean Casey	22	AKR,BFL,CLE	EL,AA,AL	AA,AAA,Maj	.375	CLE	88	364	323	51	121	26	1	15	85	0	1	33	47	.442	.601	1.043	194	5	7	0	1	2
19	Lonnie Maclin	30	AMA	TXLA	Ind	.375		86	358	312	65	117	19	9	4	58	22	16	38	28	.435	.532	.967	166	7	0	2	6	2
20	Sean Collins	30	TYL	TXLA	Ind	.374		85	413	353	91	132	25	3	13	51	36	7	48	28	.450	.572	1.022	202	6	4	4	4	3
21	Angel Santiago	22	WCO	HEAR	Ind	.374		68	294	254	49	95	16	0	9	44	1	1	31	43	.445	.543	.989	138	6	4	2	3	2
22	Jason McClure	24	ABL	TXLA	Ind	.373		78	328	276	61	103	16	2	4	54	20	7	43	36	.457	.489	.946	135	6	2	4	3	2
23	Alex Sutherland	25	ADK	NEAS	Ind	.373		68	261	236	42	88	13	1	9	48	6	3	18	26	.415	.551	.966	130	5	2	1	4	0
24	Ted Wood	30	BTH	CPBL	Fgn	.373		96	438	373	84	139	32	5	23	94	5	4	56	67	.456	.670	1.127	250	5	4	2	3	3
25	Tony Gwynn	37	SDN	NL	Maj	.372	SDP	149	651	592	97	220	49	2	17	119	12	5	43	28	.409	.547	.957	324	12	3	1	12	12
26	J.D. Ramirez	30	LUB	TXLA	Ind	.371		64	280	240	45	89	26	3	6	47	3	3	32	25	.448	.579	1.027	139	3	4	1	3	1
27	Jerrone Williams	31	TUP	BSOL	Ind	.371		49	209	151	49	56	12	3	11	47	16	3	52	37	.531	.709	1.240	107	4	3	0	3	5
28	Hirohide Hoshikawa	23	REG	PRAI	Ind	.368		60	229	190	52	70	11	1	12	51	11	3	32	35	.456	.626	1.082	119	0	2	1	4	0
29	Javier Méndez	--	IDT	CNS	Fgn	.368		85	375	291	45	107	24	0	12	67	0	2	72	21	.496	.574	1.070	167	12	7	0	5	10
30	Dave Orndorff	19	ELZ	APPY	Rk	.368	MIN	55	260	228	62	84	15	1	11	42	18	4	22	25	.434	.588	1.022	134	1	6	2	2	0
31	Kuei Chang Tseng	29	CTE	CPBL	Fgn	.368		43	194	171	28	63	15	0	6	36	7	0	18	18	.427	.561	.988	96	0	1	2	2	1
32	Larry Walker	30	COL	NL	Maj	.366	COL	153	664	568	143	208	46	4	49	130	33	8	78	90	.452	.720	1.172	409	15	14	0	4	14
33	Jose Nunez	18	RKS	ARIZ	Rk	.365	COL	52	237	208	31	76	17	3	3	32	12	2	19	31	.419	.519	.939	108	4	4	1	5	2
34	Alexander Ramos	29	IDJ	CNS	Fgn	.365		90	388	329	39	120	12	5	3	36	11	2	43	36	.455	.459	.914	151	11	12	3	1	13
35	Héctor Villanueva	32	CTE,QRO	CPBL,MEX	Fgn,AAA	.365		29	129	104	21	38	13	0	5	24	2	0	22	20	.488	.635	1.123	66	4	3	0	0	0
36	Jose Moreno	19	MRE	ARIZ	Rk	.363	SEA	51	223	190	56	69	12	0	0	36	31	10	25	18	.438	.426	.865	81	2	2	4	2	0
37	Jarrod Patterson	23	REG	PRAI	Ind	.363		65	283	240	52	87	24	2	7	50	7	3	38	47	.452	.567	1.019	136	1	2	2	1	2
38	Harvey Pulliam	29	CSP,COL	PCL,NL	AAA,Maj	.363	COL	99	234	204	59	74	13	2	15	52	1	1	26	34	.444	.667	1.111	136	3	4	0	0	3
39	Kevin Burford	19	PDS,IDF	ARIZ,PION	Rk	.362	SDP	54	255	196	44	71	15	3	5	53	12	5	50	30	.490	.546	1.036	107	4	4	0	5	1
40	Shawn Cheek	23	MRD	BSOL	Ind	.362		59	242	221	48	80	19	4	8	39	7	2	16	42	.413	.593	1.006	131	4	4	0	1	0
41	Mike Piazza	28	LAN	NL	Maj	.362	LAD	152	633	556	104	201	32	1	40	124	5	1	69	77	.431	.638	1.070	355	19	3	0	5	11
42	Darryl Robinson	29	MOT	PRAI	Ind	.362		57	235	221	35	80	10	2	3	40	3	1	4	16	.378	.466	.844	103	4	4	2	4	0
43	Mark Charbonnet	26	BND	WL	Ind	.361		78	340	319	54	115	20	1	15	58	14	2	16	55	.388	.571	.959	182	4	1	0	4	1
44	Scott Krause	23	ELP	TL	AA	.361	MIL	125	512	474	97	171	33	11	16	88	13	4	20	108	.390	.578	.968	274	7	7	4	7	3
45	Jorge Morales	26	TEN,MRD	BSOL	Ind	.361		42	177	166	31	60	11	1	5	32	6	0	8	15	.395	.530	.926	88	6	2	0	1	2
46	Brian Giles	37	SSK,BRN,PZR	PRAI,MEX	Ind,AAA	.360		46	216	175	46	63	14	1	6	28	5	1	37	29	.468	.554	1.022	97	7	1	0	3	0
47	Aldo Pecorilli	26	ARK	TL	AA	.360	STL	31	124	111	21	40	10	0	4	22	2	3	7	15	.395	.559	.954	62	2	2	0	4	0
48	Boi Rodriguez	31	UPR	CPBL	Fgn	.360		92	385	314	83	113	22	1	27	77	5	3	64	67	.471	.694	1.166	218	8	4	1	2	3
49	Willy Ruiz	20	ROY	GULF	Rk	.360	KCR	54	216	197	33	71	4	0	0	14	20	11	9	19	.406	.381	.786	75	6	6	4	0	0
50	Mo Bruce	22	KPT,PFD	APPY,NYPL	Rk,A-	.358	NYM	63	276	243	61	87	15	6	7	35	26	6	27	43	.428	.556	.983	135	5	4	0	2	0
51	Yasser Gómez	17	MPS	CNS	Fgn	.358		87	351	313	50	112	9	2	0	31	8	6	20	46	.401	.399	.801	125	6	4	12	2	0
52	Richie Harrelson	24	TUP	BSOL	Ind	.358		55	238	204	31	73	18	0	4	42	3	1	28	29	.437	.505	.942	103	3	3	0	3	3
53	Andre Johnson	27	SSK	PRAI	Ind	.358		66	292	243	67	87	16	0	22	71	20	3	43	60	.459	.695	1.154	169	7	4	0	2	2
54	Terry Lee	35	WPG	NORL	Ind	.358		77	369	313	88	112	22	2	20	78	2	0	43	32	.439	.633	1.072	198	8	7	0	6	6
55	Danny Lewis	29	THB	NORL	Ind	.358		77	329	288	54	103	16	0	24	67	1	1	37	47	.432	.663	1.095	191	10	2	0	2	8
56	Luis Lopez	23	HGR	SALL	A	.358	TOR	136	577	503	96	180	47	4	11	99	5	8	60	45	.430	.533	.963	268	14	8	0	6	4
57	Mike Stoner	24	HDS	CALL	A+	.358		136	618	567	115	203	44	5	33	142	6	4	36	91	.392	.628	1.020	356	17	3	1	11	4
58	Jay Davis	26	RGV	TXLA	Ind	.357		80	364	333	68	119	22	2	15	62	33	11	24	34	.399	.571	.970	190	11	2	1	4	3
59	Juan Bell	29	SIN	CPBL	Fgn	.356		94	426	371	85	132	27	3	16	73	22	10	45	61	.426	.574	1.000	213	2	3	3	4	2
60	Chih Yuan Chu	26	CTE	CPBL	Fgn	.356		40	151	132	20	47	6	0	6	20	0	1	12	15	.423	.538	.961	71	4	4	2	1	0
61	Felix DeLeon	23	ALB	NEAS	Ind	.356		76	334	320	55	114	16	2	2	28	13	7	11	27	.378	.438	.815	140	8	0	3	0	0
62	Felix Colon	26	MAS	NEAS	Ind	.355		77	343	304	50	108	21	0	10	65	5	3	31	29	.420	.523	.943	159	4	5	0	3	6
63	Roger Poll	--	CGA	CNS	Fgn	.355		89	399	352	59	125	16	3	4	30	14	16	23	31	.417	.452	.869	159	3	16	6	2	1
64	Kyle Shade	26	ALX	TXLA	Ind	.354		88	401	353	68	125	34	4	8	53	1	0	37	41	.425	.541	.966	191	9	8	1	2	6
65	Curt Ford	36	AMA	TXLA	Ind	.353		66	259	221	48	78	8	2	4	35	15	6	35	21	.442	.462	.903	102	5	1	1	1	1
66	Keith Habig	23	RCH	FRON	Ind	.353		75	345	295	68	104	18	2	9	51	8	2	33	26	.429	.519	.947	153	7	10	2	5	0
67	Dave McCarty	27	PHX	PCL	AAA	.353	SFG	121	488	434	85	153	27	5	22	92	9	4	49	75	.419	.590	1.009	256	18	2	1	2	5
68	Raul Franco	20	UTI	NYPL	A-	.352	FLA	72	319	293	41	103	19	0	3	38	10	4	17	24	.385	.447	.832	131	11	2	2	5	3
69	Tim Howard	28	AMA	TXLA	Ind	.352		82	364	298	80	105	17	5	7	51	36	18	52	18	.450	.513	.964	153	5	6	2	6	3
70	Dwight Smith	33	STP	NORL	Ind	.352		74	326	264	53	93	22	1	9	52	10	7	56	50	.469	.545	1.015	144	7	4	0	2	4
71	Ty Woods	27	PAW,MTN	IL,MEX	AAA	.352	BOS	29	118	105	16	37	3	1	9	28	1	1	11	35	.407	.657	1.064	69	4	0	0	2	0
72	Jacob Cruz	24	PHX,SFN	PCL,NL	AAA,Maj	.351	SFG	143	594	518	100	182	46	3	12	98	18	3	67	68	.424	.521	.945	270	14	3	0	6	9
73	Steve Hagins	22	BTE	PION	Rk	.351	ANA	64	297	268	59	94	20	1	17	56	13	3	17	53	.409	.623	1.032	167	5	10	1	1	2
74	Glenn Reeves	23	PRT	EL	AA	.351	FLA	66	267	222	53	78	14	2	6	35	9	4	39	43	.453	.514	.967	114	3	4	0	2	0
75	Mike Mitchell	24	RCU	CALL	A+	.350	SDP	109	486	440	78	154	36	1	17	106	2	0	35	83	.401	.552	.954	243	8	6	0	5	0
76	Brian Raabe	29	TAC,SEA,COL	PCL,AL,NL	AAA,Maj	.350	SEA-COL	139	615	549	101	192	35	4	14	80	1	6	39	23	.403	.505	.907	277	12	16	2	9	5
77	Tom Smith	26	ABD	PRAI	Ind	.350		67	308	277	49	97	10	3	15	58	3	1	25	50	.403	.570	.973	158	6	2	0	4	3
78	Eric Burroughs	27	ATO	HEAR	Ind	.349		62	263	238	48	83	9	4	5	44	15	10	22	55	.403	.483	.886	115	4	1	0	2	2
79	Jess Graham	21	CCE	FRON	Ind	.349		48	176	146	41	51	7	2	3	17	12	5	23	16	.448	.486	.935	71	4	4	2	1	0
80	Brian Jenkins	18	MET	GULF	Rk	.349	NYM	36	114	109	17	38	6	1	1	15	1	1	4	16	.368	.450	.818	49	3	0	0	1	0
81	Chad Overton	22	DCO	HEAR	Ind	.349		72	299	241	43	84	22	3	7	45	5	3	48	37	.468	.552	1.020	133	2	8	0	2	1
82	Marcus Giles	19	DAN	APPY	Rk	.348	ATL	55	246	207	53	72	13	3	8	45	5	2	32	47	.437	.556	.992	115	4	3	1	3	0
83	Tom Hage	22	ALN	NEAS	Ind	.348		74	337	302	44	105	17	1	4	43	2	1	27	23	.401	.450	.851	136	7	3	0	5	0
84	Juan Mora	19	LAT	GULF	Rk	.348	DET	43	175	155	26	54	9	5	4	31	9	2	18	43	.411	.548	.960	85	3	0	0	2	0
85	Antonio Pacheco	--	SOC	CNS	Fgn	.348		52	231	198	34	69	11	0	11	49	0	0	31	33	.437	.571	1.008	113	9	1	0	1	4
86	Corey Paul	28	CCO	WL	Ind	.348		53	238	184	48	64	11	4	6	41	15	1	49	42	.496	.549	1.045	101	0	5	0	0	2
87	Gordon Powell	26	REG	PRAI	Ind	.348		66	307	282	67	98	24	2	9	45	32	2	13	37	.377	.543	.920	153	4	3	5	4	2
88	Ron Walker	21	WPT,RFD	NYPL,MIDW	A-,A	.348	CHC	58	231	204	31	71	10	1	10	44	0	1	20	50	.416	.554	.970	113	6	5	0	2	7
89	Bret Barberie	29	MVO	WL	Ind	.347		72	319	274	46	95	18	2	11	40	5	4	37	16	.424	.547	.971	150	4	2	3	3	2
90	Marc Suarez	21	BIL	PION	Rk	.347	CIN	64	259	219	42	76	17	0	9	37	2	1	33	51	.440	.548	.988	120	5	5	0	2	0
91	Frank Thomas	29	CHA	AL	Maj	.347	CHW	146	649	530	110	184	35	0	35	125	1	1	109	69	.456	.611	1.067	324	15	3	0	7	9
92	Danel Castro	20	LTS	CNS	Fgn	.346		87	389	335	53	116	19	11	5	51	9	5	41	46	.423	.513	.936	172	11	7	1	5	6
93	Turner Ward	32	CGY,PIT	PCL,NL	AAA,Maj	.346	PIT	130	430	376	77	130	34	4	16	77	11	2	42	43	.419	.585	1.004	220	6	7	3	2	2
94	Luke Allen	18	GRF	PION	Rk	.345	LAD	67	278	258	50	89	12	6	7	40	12	11	19	53	.390	.519	.909	134	3	0	1	0	1
95	Juan Linares	--	PRO	CNS	Fgn	.345		88	384	328	50	113	24	1	3	38	1	1	40	25	.426	.451	.877	148	5	10	1	5	3
96	Carlos Mendoza	22	BNG,NFK,NYN	EL,IL,NL	AA,AAA,Maj	.345	NYM	84	311	275	45	95	12	3	1	14	15	12	21	31	.406	.422	.828	116	5	7	8	0	1
97	Kevin Reimer	33	TAC	PCL	AAA	.345	SEA	46	185	168	21	58	18	0	3	21	0	3	12	22	.389	.506	.895	85	8	2	0	3	0
98	Casey Smith	20	BRL,CBS	APPY,SALL	Rk,A	.345	CLE	32	128	113	14	39	2	0	3	12	1	0	11	37	.414	.442	.857	50	0	3	0	1	0
99	Clay Snellgrove	22	IDF	PION	Rk	.345	SDP	66	310	281	52	97	19	7	2	48	3	2	18	39	.383	.484	.867	136	7	3	2	6	2
100	Ichiro Suzuki	23	ORX	JPPL	Fgn	.345		135	607	536	94	185	31	4	17	91	39	4	62	36	.414	.513	.927	275	10	4	0	5	14

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1997 Register Batting Leaders

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