1997 MLB Player Hitting Stat Leaders

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PLAYER	TEAM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1 MarkM McGwireMcGwire 1B 1 ‌ ‌ ‌	STL	156	540	86	148	27	0	58	123	101	159	3	0	.274	.393	.646	1.039
2 KenK GriffeyGriffey CF 2 ‌ ‌ ‌	SEA	157	608	125	185	34	3	56	147	76	121	15	4	.304	.382	.646	1.028
3 LarryL WalkerWalker RF 3 ‌ ‌ ‌	COL	153	568	143	208	46	4	49	130	78	90	33	8	.366	.452	.720	1.172
4 TinoT MartinezMartinez 1B 4 ‌ ‌ ‌	NYY	158	594	96	176	31	2	44	141	75	75	3	1	.296	.371	.577	.948
5 JeffJ BagwellBagwell 1B 5 ‌ ‌ ‌	HOU	162	566	109	162	40	2	43	135	127	122	31	10	.286	.425	.592	1.017
6 JuanJ GonzalezGonzalez DH 6 ‌ ‌ ‌	TEX	133	533	87	158	24	3	42	131	33	107	0	0	.296	.335	.589	.924
7 AndresA GalarragaGalarraga 1B 7 ‌ ‌ ‌	COL	154	600	120	191	31	3	41	140	54	141	15	8	.318	.389	.585	.974
8 BarryB BondsBonds LF 8 ‌ ‌ ‌	SF	159	532	123	155	26	5	40	101	145	87	37	8	.291	.446	.585	1.031
8 JayJ BuhnerBuhner RF 8 ‌ ‌ ‌	SEA	157	540	104	131	18	2	40	109	119	175	0	0	.243	.383	.506	.889
8 VinnyV CastillaCastilla 3B 8 ‌ ‌ ‌	COL	159	612	94	186	25	2	40	113	44	108	2	4	.304	.356	.547	.903
8 MikeM PiazzaPiazza C 8 ‌ ‌ ‌	LA	152	556	104	201	32	1	40	124	69	77	5	1	.362	.431	.638	1.069
8 JimJ ThomeThome 1B 8 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	147	496	104	142	25	0	40	102	120	146	1	1	.286	.423	.579	1.002
13 RafaelR PalmeiroPalmeiro 1B 13 ‌ ‌ ‌	BAL	158	614	95	156	24	2	38	110	67	109	5	2	.254	.329	.485	.814
14 SammyS SosaSosa RF 14 ‌ ‌ ‌	CHC	162	642	90	161	31	4	36	119	45	174	22	12	.251	.300	.480	.780
15 FrankF ThomasThomas 1B 15 ‌ ‌ ‌	CWS	146	530	110	184	35	0	35	125	109	69	1	1	.347	.456	.611	1.067
15 MoM VaughnVaughn 1B 15 ‌ ‌ ‌	BOS	141	527	91	166	24	0	35	96	86	154	2	2	.315	.420	.560	.980
17 DavidD JusticeJustice LF 17 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	139	495	84	163	31	1	33	101	80	79	3	5	.329	.418	.596	1.014
17 TimT SalmonSalmon RF 17 ‌ ‌ ‌	ANA	157	582	95	172	28	1	33	129	95	142	9	12	.296	.394	.517	.911
19 EllisE BurksBurks CF 19 ‌ ‌ ‌	COL	119	424	91	123	19	2	32	82	47	75	7	2	.290	.363	.571	.934
19 TonyT ClarkClark 1B 19 ‌ ‌ ‌	DET	159	580	105	160	28	3	32	117	93	144	1	3	.276	.376	.500	.876
19 MattM WilliamsWilliams 3B 19 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	151	596	86	157	32	3	32	105	34	108	12	4	.263	.307	.488	.795
22 EricE KarrosKarros 1B 22 ‌ ‌ ‌	LA	162	628	86	167	28	0	31	104	61	116	15	7	.266	.329	.459	.788
22 RayR LankfordLankford CF 22 ‌ ‌ ‌	STL	133	465	94	137	36	3	31	98	95	125	21	11	.295	.411	.585	.996
22 PaulP SorrentoSorrento 1B 22 ‌ ‌ ‌	SEA	146	457	68	123	19	0	31	80	51	112	0	2	.269	.345	.514	.859
22 ToddT ZeileZeile 3B 22 ‌ ‌ ‌	LA	160	575	89	154	17	0	31	90	85	112	8	7	.268	.365	.459	.824

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