1998 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 AlbertA BelleBelle LF 1 ‌ ‌ ‌	CWS	163	609	113	200	48	2	49	152	81	84	6	4	.328	.399	.655	1.054
2 JimJ ThomeThome 1B 2 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	123	440	89	129	34	2	30	85	89	141	1	0	.293	.413	.584	.997
2 BernieB WilliamsWilliams CF 2 ‌ ‌ ‌	NYY	128	499	101	169	30	5	26	97	74	81	15	9	.339	.422	.575	.997
4 JuanJ GonzalezGonzalez RF 4 ‌ ‌ ‌	TEX	154	606	110	193	50	2	45	157	46	126	2	1	.318	.366	.630	.996
5 EdgarE MartinezMartinez DH 5 ‌ ‌ ‌	SEA	154	556	86	179	46	1	29	102	106	96	1	1	.322	.429	.565	.994
6 MoM VaughnVaughn 1B 6 ‌ ‌ ‌	BOS	154	609	107	205	31	2	40	115	61	144	0	0	.337	.402	.591	.993
7 CarlosC DelgadoDelgado 1B 7 ‌ ‌ ‌	TOR	142	530	94	155	43	1	38	115	73	139	3	0	.292	.385	.592	.977
8 KenK GriffeyGriffey CF 8 ‌ ‌ ‌	SEA	161	633	120	180	33	3	56	146	76	121	20	5	.284	.365	.611	.976
8 MannyM RamirezRamirez RF 8 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	150	571	108	168	35	2	45	145	76	121	5	3	.294	.377	.599	.976
10 EricE DavisDavis RF 10 ‌ ‌ ‌	BAL	131	452	81	148	29	1	28	89	44	108	7	6	.327	.388	.582	.970
11 NomarN GarciaparraGarciaparra SS 11 ‌ ‌ ‌	BOS	143	604	111	195	37	8	35	122	33	62	12	6	.323	.362	.584	.946
12 RafaelR PalmeiroPalmeiro 1B 12 ‌ ‌ ‌	BAL	162	619	98	183	36	1	43	121	79	91	11	7	.296	.379	.565	.944
13 TimT SalmonSalmon DH 13 ‌ ‌ ‌	ANA	136	463	84	139	28	1	26	88	90	100	0	1	.300	.410	.533	.943
14 AlexA RodriguezRodriguez SS 14 ‌ ‌ ‌	SEA	161	686	123	213	35	5	42	124	45	121	46	13	.310	.360	.560	.920
15 WillW ClarkClark 1B 15 ‌ ‌ ‌	TEX	149	554	98	169	41	1	23	102	72	97	1	0	.305	.384	.507	.891
16 PaulP O'NeillO'Neill RF 16 ‌ ‌ ‌	NYY	152	602	95	191	40	2	24	116	57	103	15	1	.317	.372	.510	.882
17 MattM StairsStairs DH 17 ‌ ‌ ‌	OAK	149	523	88	154	33	1	26	106	59	93	8	3	.294	.370	.511	.881
18 TonyT ClarkClark 1B 18 ‌ ‌ ‌	DET	157	602	84	175	37	0	34	103	63	128	3	3	.291	.358	.522	.880
19 JimJ EdmondsEdmonds CF 19 ‌ ‌ ‌	ANA	154	599	115	184	42	1	25	91	57	114	7	5	.307	.368	.506	.874
20 JasonJ GiambiGiambi 1B 20 ‌ ‌ ‌	OAK	153	562	92	166	28	0	27	110	81	102	2	2	.295	.384	.489	.873
21 IvanI RodriguezRodriguez C 21 ‌ ‌ ‌	TEX	145	579	88	186	40	4	21	91	32	88	9	0	.321	.358	.513	.871
22 DerekD JeterJeter SS 22 ‌ ‌ ‌	NYY	149	626	127	203	25	8	19	84	57	119	30	6	.324	.384	.481	.865
22 MattM Lawton IIILawton RF 22 ‌ ‌ ‌	MIN	152	557	91	155	36	6	21	77	86	64	16	8	.278	.387	.478	.865
24 FrankF ThomasThomas DH 24 ‌ ‌ ‌	CWS	160	585	109	155	35	2	29	109	110	93	7	0	.265	.381	.480	.861
25 TinoT MartinezMartinez 1B 25 ‌ ‌ ‌	NYY	142	531	92	149	33	1	28	123	61	83	2	1	.281	.355	.505	.860

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