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1996 MLB leaders

Top 10 in each major batting and pitching category. Rate-stat boards apply MLB season qualification minimums.

Batting average

  1. 1Alex RodriguezSEA.358
  2. 2Frank ThomasCWS.349
  3. 3Ellis BurksCOL.344
  4. 4PMPaul MolitorMIN.341
  5. 5Chuck KnoblauchMIN.341
  6. 6Mike PiazzaLAD.336
  7. 7Lance JohnsonNYM.333
  8. 8RGRusty GreerTEX.332
  9. 9DNDave NilssonMIL.331
  10. 10Mark GraceCHC.331

Home runs

  1. 1Mark McGwireOAK52
  2. 2Brady AndersonBAL50
  3. 3Ken Griffey Jr.SEA49
  4. 4Albert BelleCLE48
  5. 5Andres GalarragaCOL47
  6. 6Juan GonzalezTEX47
  7. 7Jay BuhnerSEA44
  8. 8Mo VaughnBOS44
  9. 9Barry BondsSF42
  10. 10Gary SheffieldMIA42

RBI

  1. 1Andres GalarragaCOL150
  2. 2Albert BelleCLE148
  3. 3Juan GonzalezTEX144
  4. 4Mo VaughnBOS143
  5. 5Rafael PalmeiroBAL142
  6. 6Dante BichetteCOL141
  7. 7Ken Griffey Jr.SEA140
  8. 8Jay BuhnerSEA138
  9. 9Frank ThomasCWS134
  10. 10Ken CaminitiSD130

Hits

  1. 1Lance JohnsonNYM227
  2. 2PMPaul MolitorMIN225
  3. 3Alex RodriguezSEA215
  4. 4Ellis BurksCOL211
  5. 5Kenny LoftonCLE210
  6. 6Marquis GrissomATL207
  7. 7Mo VaughnBOS207
  8. 8Mark GrudzielanekWSH201
  9. 9Dante BichetteCOL198
  10. 10Chuck KnoblauchMIN197

Stolen bases

  1. 1Kenny LoftonCLE75
  2. 2TGTom GoodwinKC66
  3. 3ONOtis NixonTOR54
  4. 4Eric Young Sr.COL53
  5. 5Lance JohnsonNYM50
  6. 6DDDelino DeShieldsLAD48
  7. 7Chuck KnoblauchMIN45
  8. 8Barry BondsSF40
  9. 9AMAl MartinPIT38
  10. 10Rickey HendersonSD37

ERA

  1. 1Kevin BrownMIA1.89
  2. 2Greg MadduxATL2.72
  3. 3Juan GuzmánTOR2.93
  4. 4Al LeiterMIA2.93
  5. 5John SmoltzATL2.94
  6. 6Tom GlavineATL2.98
  7. 7Steve TrachselCHC3.03
  8. 8Denny NeaglePIT3.05
  9. 9Curt SchillingPHI3.19
  10. 10Hideo NomoLAD3.19

Wins

  1. 1John SmoltzATL24
  2. 2Andy PettitteNYY21
  3. 3Pat HentgenTOR20
  4. 4Mike MussinaBAL19
  5. 5Andy BenesSTL18
  6. 6Kevin BrownMIA17
  7. 7Charles NagyCLE17
  8. 8KRKevin RitzCOL17
  9. 9AFAlex FernandezCWS16
  10. 10Ken HillTEX16

Strikeouts (P)

  1. 1John SmoltzATL276
  2. 2Roger ClemensBOS257
  3. 3Hideo NomoLAD234
  4. 4JFJeff FasseroWSH222
  5. 5Pedro MartínezWSH222
  6. 6Darryl KileHOU219
  7. 7Chuck FinleyLAA215
  8. 8Kevin AppierKC207
  9. 9Mike MussinaBAL204
  10. 10Shane ReynoldsHOU204

Saves

  1. 1Jeff BrantleyCIN44
  2. 2TWTodd WorrellLAD44
  3. 3John WettelandNYY43
  4. 4Trevor HoffmanSD42
  5. 5Jose MesaCLE39
  6. 6Mark WohlersATL39
  7. 7Roberto HernandezCWS38
  8. 8Troy PercivalLAA36
  9. 9MRMel RojasWSH36
  10. 10Rod BeckSF35

Runs

  1. 1Ellis BurksCOL142
  2. 2Alex RodriguezSEA141
  3. 3Chuck KnoblauchMIN140
  4. 4Roberto AlomarBAL132
  5. 5Kenny LoftonCLE132
  6. 6Steve FinleySD126
  7. 7Ken Griffey Jr.SEA125
  8. 8Albert BelleCLE124
  9. 9Barry BondsSF122
  10. 10Jim ThomeCLE122

Doubles

  1. 1Alex RodriguezSEA54
  2. 2Edgar MartinezSEA52
  3. 3Jeff BagwellHOU48
  4. 4Ivan RodriguezTEX47
  5. 5Jeff CirilloMIL46
  6. 6MCMarty CordovaMIN46
  7. 7Ellis BurksCOL45
  8. 8Steve FinleySD45
  9. 9Manny RamirezCLE45
  10. 10BGBernard GilkeyNYM44