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1998 MLB leaders

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

Batting average

  1. 1Larry WalkerCOL.363
  2. 2John OlerudNYM.354
  3. 3Bernie WilliamsNYY.339
  4. 4Mo VaughnBOS.337
  5. 5Dante BichetteCOL.331
  6. 6Albert BelleCWS.328
  7. 7Eric DavisBAL.327
  8. 8Jason KendallPIT.327
  9. 9Craig BiggioHOU.325
  10. 10Derek JeterNYY.324

Home runs

  1. 1Mark McGwireSTL70
  2. 2Sammy SosaCHC66
  3. 3Ken Griffey Jr.SEA56
  4. 4Greg VaughnSD50
  5. 5Albert BelleCWS49
  6. 6José CansecoTOR46
  7. 7Vinny CastillaCOL46
  8. 8Juan GonzalezTEX45
  9. 9Manny RamirezCLE45
  10. 10Andres GalarragaATL44

RBI

  1. 1Sammy SosaCHC158
  2. 2Juan GonzalezTEX157
  3. 3Albert BelleCWS152
  4. 4Mark McGwireSTL147
  5. 5Ken Griffey Jr.SEA146
  6. 6Manny RamirezCLE145
  7. 7Vinny CastillaCOL144
  8. 8Jeff KentSF128
  9. 9Jeromy BurnitzMIL125
  10. 10Moises AlouHOU124

Hits

  1. 1Dante BichetteCOL219
  2. 2Alex RodriguezSEA213
  3. 3Craig BiggioHOU210
  4. 4Vinny CastillaCOL206
  5. 5Mo VaughnBOS205
  6. 6Derek JeterNYY203
  7. 7Vladimir GuerreroWSH202
  8. 8Albert BelleCWS200
  9. 9DBDerek BellHOU198
  10. 10Sammy SosaCHC198

Stolen bases

  1. 1Rickey HendersonOAK66
  2. 2Tony WomackPIT58
  3. 3Kenny LoftonCLE54
  4. 4SSShannon StewartTOR51
  5. 5Craig BiggioHOU50
  6. 6Alex RodriguezSEA46
  7. 7Jose OffermanKC45
  8. 8BLBrian L. HunterDET42
  9. 9Eric Young Sr.LAD42
  10. 10Edgar RenteriaMIA41

ERA

  1. 1Greg MadduxATL2.22
  2. 2Kevin BrownSD2.38
  3. 3Al LeiterNYM2.47
  4. 4Tom GlavineATL2.47
  5. 5Roger ClemensTOR2.65
  6. 6ODOmar DaalAZ2.88
  7. 7Pedro MartínezBOS2.89
  8. 8John SmoltzATL2.90
  9. 9DHDustin HermansonWSH3.13
  10. 10Pete HarnischCIN3.14

Wins

  1. 1Roger ClemensTOR20
  2. 2David ConeNYY20
  3. 3Tom GlavineATL20
  4. 4RHRick HellingTEX20
  5. 5Pedro MartínezBOS19
  6. 6Shane ReynoldsHOU19
  7. 7Aaron SeleTEX19
  8. 8KTKevin TapaniCHC19
  9. 9Kevin BrownSD18
  10. 10Greg MadduxATL18

Strikeouts (P)

  1. 1Curt SchillingPHI300
  2. 2Roger ClemensTOR271
  3. 3Kevin BrownSD257
  4. 4Pedro MartínezBOS251
  5. 5Kerry WoodCHC233
  6. 6Randy JohnsonSEA213
  7. 7Chuck FinleyLAA212
  8. 8David ConeNYY209
  9. 9Shane ReynoldsHOU209
  10. 10Greg MadduxATL204

Saves

  1. 1Trevor HoffmanSD53
  2. 2Rod BeckCHC51
  3. 3Tom GordonBOS46
  4. 4Troy PercivalLAA42
  5. 5John WettelandTEX42
  6. 6Robb NenSF40
  7. 7MJMike JacksonCLE40
  8. 8Rick AguileraMIN38
  9. 9John FrancoNYM38
  10. 10Mariano RiveraNYY36

Runs

  1. 1Sammy SosaCHC134
  2. 2Mark McGwireSTL130
  3. 3Derek JeterNYY127
  4. 4Ray DurhamCWS126
  5. 5Jeff BagwellHOU124
  6. 6Craig BiggioHOU123
  7. 7Chipper JonesATL123
  8. 8Alex RodriguezSEA123
  9. 9Barry BondsSF120
  10. 10Ken Griffey Jr.SEA120

Doubles

  1. 1Craig BiggioHOU51
  2. 2Juan GonzalezTEX50
  3. 3Albert BelleCWS48
  4. 4Dante BichetteCOL48
  5. 5Dmitri YoungCIN48
  6. 6Edgar MartinezSEA46
  7. 7Larry WalkerCOL46
  8. 8Cliff FloydMIA45
  9. 9Scott RolenPHI45
  10. 10Barry BondsSF44