1996 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 ‌ ‌ ‌	OAK	130	423	104	132	21	0	52	113	116	112	0	0	.312	.467	.730	1.197
2 FrankF ThomasThomas 1B 2 ‌ ‌ ‌	CWS	141	527	110	184	26	0	40	134	109	70	1	1	.349	.459	.626	1.085
3 JimJ ThomeThome 3B 3 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	151	505	122	157	28	5	38	116	123	141	2	2	.311	.450	.612	1.062
4 EdgarE MartinezMartinez DH 4 ‌ ‌ ‌	SEA	139	499	121	163	52	2	26	103	123	84	3	3	.327	.464	.595	1.059
5 AlexA RodriguezRodriguez SS 5 ‌ ‌ ‌	SEA	146	601	141	215	54	1	36	123	59	104	15	4	.358	.414	.631	1.045
6 BradyB AndersonAnderson CF 6 ‌ ‌ ‌	BAL	149	579	117	172	37	5	50	110	76	106	21	8	.297	.396	.637	1.033
6 AlbertA BelleBelle LF 6 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	158	602	124	187	38	3	48	148	99	87	11	0	.311	.410	.623	1.033
8 KenK GriffeyGriffey CF 8 ‌ ‌ ‌	SEA	140	545	125	165	26	2	49	140	78	104	16	1	.303	.392	.628	1.020
9 JuanJ GonzalezGonzalez RF 9 ‌ ‌ ‌	TEX	134	541	89	170	33	2	47	144	45	82	2	0	.314	.368	.643	1.011
10 MoM VaughnVaughn 1B 10 ‌ ‌ ‌	BOS	161	635	118	207	29	1	44	143	95	154	2	0	.326	.420	.583	1.003
11 BobbyB HigginsonHigginson LF 11 ‌ ‌ ‌	DET	130	440	75	141	35	0	26	81	65	66	6	3	.320	.404	.577	.981
11 MannyM RamirezRamirez RF 11 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	152	550	94	170	45	3	33	112	85	104	8	5	.309	.399	.582	.981
13 ChuckC KnoblauchKnoblauch 2B 13 ‌ ‌ ‌	MIN	153	578	140	197	35	14	13	72	98	74	45	14	.341	.448	.517	.965
14 JohnJ JahaJaha 1B 14 ‌ ‌ ‌	MIL	148	543	108	163	28	1	34	118	85	118	3	1	.300	.398	.543	.941
15 RobertoR AlomarAlomar 2B 15 ‌ ‌ ‌	BAL	153	588	132	193	43	4	22	94	90	65	17	6	.328	.411	.527	.938
16 DaveD NilssonNilsson RF 16 ‌ ‌ ‌	MIL	123	453	81	150	33	2	17	84	57	68	2	3	.331	.407	.525	.932
17 RustyR GreerGreer LF 17 ‌ ‌ ‌	TEX	139	542	96	180	41	6	18	100	62	86	9	0	.332	.397	.530	.927
17 RafaelR PalmeiroPalmeiro 1B 17 ‌ ‌ ‌	BAL	162	626	110	181	40	2	39	142	95	96	8	0	.289	.381	.546	.927
19 JayJ BuhnerBuhner RF 19 ‌ ‌ ‌	SEA	150	564	107	153	29	0	44	138	84	159	0	1	.271	.369	.557	.926
19 BernieB WilliamsWilliams CF 19 ‌ ‌ ‌	NYY	143	551	108	168	26	7	29	102	82	72	17	4	.305	.391	.535	.926
21 HaroldH BainesBaines DH 21 ‌ ‌ ‌	CWS	143	495	80	154	29	0	22	95	73	62	3	1	.311	.399	.503	.902
22 JeffJ CirilloCirillo 3B 22 ‌ ‌ ‌	MIL	158	566	101	184	46	5	15	83	58	69	4	9	.325	.391	.504	.895
23 RobinR VenturaVentura 3B 23 ‌ ‌ ‌	CWS	158	586	96	168	31	2	34	105	78	81	1	3	.287	.368	.520	.888
24 TimT SalmonSalmon RF 24 ‌ ‌ ‌	CAL	156	581	90	166	27	4	30	98	93	125	4	2	.286	.386	.501	.887
25 PaulP O'NeillO'Neill RF 25 ‌ ‌ ‌	NYY	150	546	89	165	35	1	19	91	102	76	0	1	.302	.411	.474	.885

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