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1997 MLB leaders

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

Batting average

  1. 1Tony GwynnSD.372
  2. 2Larry WalkerCOL.366
  3. 3Mike PiazzaLAD.362
  4. 4Frank ThomasCWS.347
  5. 5Kenny LoftonATL.333
  6. 6Edgar MartinezSEA.330
  7. 7David JusticeCLE.329
  8. 8Bernie WilliamsNYY.328
  9. 9Manny RamirezCLE.328
  10. 10Wally JoynerSD.327

Home runs

  1. 1Ken Griffey Jr.SEA56
  2. 2Larry WalkerCOL49
  3. 3Tino MartinezNYY44
  4. 4Jeff BagwellHOU43
  5. 5Juan GonzalezTEX42
  6. 6Andres GalarragaCOL41
  7. 7Barry BondsSF40
  8. 8Jay BuhnerSEA40
  9. 9Vinny CastillaCOL40
  10. 10Mike PiazzaLAD40

RBI

  1. 1Ken Griffey Jr.SEA147
  2. 2Tino MartinezNYY141
  3. 3Andres GalarragaCOL140
  4. 4Jeff BagwellHOU135
  5. 5Juan GonzalezTEX131
  6. 6Larry WalkerCOL130
  7. 7TSTim SalmonLAA129
  8. 8Frank ThomasCWS125
  9. 9Mike PiazzaLAD124
  10. 10Jeff KentSF121

Hits

  1. 1Tony GwynnSD220
  2. 2Nomar GarciaparraBOS209
  3. 3Larry WalkerCOL208
  4. 4Mike PiazzaLAD201
  5. 5RGRusty GreerTEX193
  6. 6Craig BiggioHOU191
  7. 7Andres GalarragaCOL191
  8. 8Raúl MondesiLAD191
  9. 9Derek JeterNYY190
  10. 10Garret AndersonLAA189

Stolen bases

  1. 1BLBrian L. HunterDET74
  2. 2Chuck KnoblauchMIN62
  3. 3Tony WomackPIT60
  4. 4Deion SandersCIN56
  5. 5DDDelino DeShieldsSTL55
  6. 6Craig BiggioHOU47
  7. 7ONOtis NixonTOR47
  8. 8Omar VizquelCLE43
  9. 9Barry BondsSF37
  10. 10TGTom GoodwinKC34

ERA

  1. 1Pedro MartínezWSH1.90
  2. 2Roger ClemensTOR2.05
  3. 3Greg MadduxATL2.20
  4. 4Randy JohnsonSEA2.28
  5. 5Darryl KileHOU2.57
  6. 6IVIsmael ValdezLAD2.65
  7. 7Kevin BrownMIA2.69
  8. 8David ConeNYY2.82
  9. 9Andy PettitteNYY2.88
  10. 10Rick ReedNYM2.89

Wins

  1. 1Roger ClemensTOR21
  2. 2Randy JohnsonSEA20
  3. 3Denny NeagleATL20
  4. 4Brad RadkeMIN20
  5. 5Shawn EstesSF19
  6. 6Darryl KileHOU19
  7. 7Greg MadduxATL19
  8. 8Andy PettitteNYY18
  9. 9AFAlex FernandezMIA17
  10. 10Pedro MartínezWSH17

Strikeouts (P)

  1. 1Curt SchillingPHI319
  2. 2Pedro MartínezWSH305
  3. 3Roger ClemensTOR292
  4. 4Randy JohnsonSEA291
  5. 5John SmoltzATL241
  6. 6Hideo NomoLAD233
  7. 7David ConeNYY222
  8. 8Mike MussinaBAL218
  9. 9Kevin BrownMIA205
  10. 10Darryl KileHOU205

Saves

  1. 1RMRandy MyersBAL45
  2. 2Mariano RiveraNYY43
  3. 3Jeff ShawCIN42
  4. 4Rod BeckSF37
  5. 5Trevor HoffmanSD37
  6. 6John FrancoNYM36
  7. 7Doug JonesMIL36
  8. 8DEDennis EckersleySTL36
  9. 9Robb NenMIA35
  10. 10TWTodd WorrellLAD35

Runs

  1. 1Craig BiggioHOU146
  2. 2Larry WalkerCOL143
  3. 3Ken Griffey Jr.SEA125
  4. 4Barry BondsSF123
  5. 5Nomar GarciaparraBOS122
  6. 6Andres GalarragaCOL120
  7. 7Chuck KnoblauchMIN117
  8. 8Derek JeterNYY116
  9. 9RGRusty GreerTEX112
  10. 10BLBrian L. HunterDET112

Doubles

  1. 1Mark GrudzielanekWSH54
  2. 2Tony GwynnSD49
  3. 3JVJohn ValentinBOS47
  4. 4Jeff CirilloMIL46
  5. 5Larry WalkerCOL46
  6. 6Albert BelleCWS45
  7. 7MLMike LansingWSH45
  8. 8Nomar GarciaparraBOS44
  9. 9Carlos DelgadoTOR42
  10. 10RGRusty GreerTEX42