1996 Batting Average Leaders

Rk	Player	AVG	G	PA	AB	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Alex Rodriguez	0.358	146	660	601	36	0.358	0.415	0.631	1.046
2	Frank Thomas	0.349	141	636	527	40	0.349	0.461	0.626	1.087
3	Ellis Burks	0.344	156	674	613	40	0.344	0.404	0.639	1.043
4	Paul Molitor	0.341	161	716	660	9	0.341	0.392	0.468	0.861
5	Chuck Knoblauch	0.341	153	676	578	13	0.341	0.436	0.517	0.954
6	Mike Piazza	0.336	148	628	547	36	0.336	0.422	0.563	0.985
7	Lance Johnson	0.333	160	715	682	9	0.333	0.364	0.479	0.843
8	Rusty Greer	0.332	139	604	542	18	0.332	0.401	0.530	0.930
9	Dave Nilsson	0.331	123	510	453	17	0.331	0.406	0.525	0.931
10	Mark Grace	0.331	142	609	547	9	0.331	0.399	0.455	0.854
11	Roberto Alomar	0.328	153	678	588	22	0.328	0.417	0.527	0.945
12	Edgar Martinez	0.327	139	622	499	26	0.327	0.460	0.595	1.055
13	Kevin Seitzer	0.326	154	660	573	13	0.326	0.415	0.466	0.881
14	Ken Caminiti	0.326	146	624	546	40	0.326	0.410	0.621	1.031
15	Mo Vaughn	0.326	161	730	635	44	0.326	0.414	0.583	0.996
16	Jeff Cirillo	0.325	158	624	566	15	0.325	0.388	0.504	0.891
17	Eric Young Sr.	0.324	141	615	568	8	0.324	0.376	0.421	0.796
18	Bobby Higginson	0.320	130	505	440	26	0.320	0.408	0.577	0.985
19	Kenny Lofton	0.317	154	723	662	14	0.317	0.375	0.446	0.820
20	Bernard Gilkey	0.317	153	644	571	30	0.317	0.394	0.562	0.957
21	Jeff Bagwell	0.315	162	703	568	31	0.315	0.447	0.570	1.017
22	Derek Jeter	0.314	157	630	582	10	0.314	0.367	0.430	0.796
23	Juan Gonzalez	0.314	134	586	541	47	0.314	0.367	0.643	1.010
24	Gary Sheffield	0.314	161	661	519	42	0.314	0.461	0.624	1.086
25	Dante Bichette	0.313	159	678	633	31	0.313	0.358	0.531	0.889
26	Hal Morris	0.313	142	578	528	16	0.313	0.372	0.479	0.851
27	Mark McGwire	0.312	130	539	423	52	0.312	0.460	0.730	1.191
28	Wade Boggs	0.311	132	568	501	2	0.311	0.393	0.389	0.782
29	Harold Baines	0.311	143	568	495	22	0.311	0.400	0.503	0.903
30	Jim Thome	0.311	151	628	505	38	0.311	0.446	0.612	1.058
31	Albert Belle	0.311	158	701	602	48	0.311	0.408	0.623	1.031
32	Brian Jordan	0.310	140	542	513	17	0.310	0.347	0.483	0.830
33	Chipper Jones	0.309	157	685	598	30	0.309	0.397	0.530	0.927
34	Marty Cordova	0.309	145	622	569	16	0.309	0.368	0.478	0.846
35	Manny Ramirez	0.309	152	635	550	33	0.309	0.402	0.582	0.983
36	Marquis Grissom	0.308	158	712	671	23	0.308	0.348	0.489	0.837
37	Barry Bonds	0.308	158	668	517	42	0.308	0.464	0.615	1.079
38	Mark Grudzielanek	0.306	153	683	657	6	0.306	0.332	0.397	0.730
39	Bernie Williams	0.305	143	633	551	29	0.305	0.395	0.535	0.930
40	Vinny Castilla	0.304	160	664	629	40	0.304	0.340	0.548	0.889
41	Andres Galarraga	0.304	159	666	626	47	0.304	0.345	0.601	0.946
42	Jose Offerman	0.303	151	635	561	5	0.303	0.384	0.417	0.801
43	Ken Griffey Jr.	0.303	140	623	545	49	0.303	0.390	0.628	1.018
44	Paul O'Neill	0.302	150	648	546	19	0.302	0.412	0.474	0.886
45	Ivan Rodriguez	0.300	153	677	639	19	0.300	0.340	0.473	0.812
46	John Jaha	0.300	148	628	543	34	0.300	0.395	0.543	0.938
47	Al Martin	0.300	155	684	630	18	0.300	0.355	0.452	0.808
48	Barry Larkin	0.298	152	613	517	33	0.298	0.408	0.567	0.975
49	Steve Finley	0.298	161	711	655	30	0.298	0.353	0.531	0.884
50	Brady Anderson	0.297	149	655	579	50	0.297	0.379	0.637	1.016
51	Jose Vizcaino	0.297	144	577	542	1	0.297	0.340	0.363	0.703
52	Omar Vizquel	0.297	151	598	542	9	0.297	0.363	0.417	0.780
53	Raúl Mondesi	0.297	157	666	634	24	0.297	0.330	0.495	0.826
54	John Mabry	0.297	151	580	543	13	0.297	0.341	0.431	0.772
55	John Valentin	0.296	131	590	527	13	0.296	0.371	0.436	0.808
56	Fred McGriff	0.295	159	685	617	28	0.295	0.365	0.494	0.859
57	Darryl Hamilton	0.293	148	681	627	6	0.293	0.349	0.381	0.731
58	Jeff Conine	0.293	157	659	597	26	0.293	0.360	0.484	0.844
59	Chili Davis	0.292	145	616	530	28	0.292	0.391	0.496	0.887
60	Tino Martinez	0.292	155	663	595	25	0.292	0.365	0.466	0.831
61	B.J. Surhoff	0.292	143	584	537	21	0.292	0.349	0.482	0.832
62	Rich Becker	0.291	148	593	525	12	0.291	0.373	0.434	0.807
63	Jason Giambi	0.291	140	587	536	20	0.291	0.353	0.481	0.834
64	Todd Hollandsworth	0.291	149	519	478	12	0.291	0.347	0.437	0.784
65	Joey Cora	0.291	144	565	530	6	0.291	0.335	0.417	0.751
66	Mark McLemore	0.290	147	604	517	5	0.290	0.392	0.379	0.771
67	Gerónimo Berroa	0.290	153	633	586	36	0.290	0.343	0.532	0.875
68	Rafael Palmeiro	0.289	162	721	626	39	0.289	0.383	0.546	0.929
69	Paul Sorrento	0.289	143	528	471	23	0.289	0.366	0.507	0.873
70	Craig Biggio	0.288	162	680	605	15	0.288	0.366	0.415	0.781
71	Bobby Bonilla	0.287	159	670	595	28	0.287	0.367	0.491	0.858
72	Orlando Merced	0.287	120	504	453	17	0.287	0.359	0.457	0.816
73	Robin Ventura	0.287	158	664	586	34	0.287	0.370	0.520	0.891
74	Otis Nixon	0.286	125	567	496	1	0.286	0.376	0.327	0.702
75	Greg Colbrunn	0.286	141	536	511	16	0.286	0.319	0.438	0.757
76	Tim Salmon	0.286	156	674	581	30	0.286	0.384	0.501	0.885
77	Mike Lansing	0.285	159	685	641	11	0.285	0.331	0.406	0.737
78	Dan Wilson	0.285	138	523	491	18	0.285	0.329	0.444	0.773
79	Garret Anderson	0.285	150	634	607	12	0.285	0.315	0.405	0.721
80	Randy Velarde	0.285	136	600	530	14	0.285	0.368	0.426	0.795
81	Fernando Viña	0.283	140	592	554	7	0.283	0.329	0.392	0.721
82	Tom Goodwin	0.282	143	563	524	1	0.282	0.332	0.330	0.662
83	Walt Weiss	0.282	155	597	517	8	0.282	0.379	0.375	0.754
84	Javy Lopez	0.282	138	517	489	23	0.282	0.321	0.466	0.787
85	Ryan Klesko	0.282	153	596	528	34	0.282	0.364	0.530	0.894
86	Moises Alou	0.281	143	589	540	21	0.281	0.341	0.457	0.799
87	Dean Palmer	0.280	154	641	582	38	0.280	0.346	0.527	0.874
88	Cal Ripken Jr.	0.278	163	699	640	26	0.278	0.339	0.466	0.805
89	Wally Joyner	0.277	121	502	433	8	0.277	0.376	0.404	0.781
90	Tony Phillips	0.277	153	706	581	12	0.277	0.405	0.399	0.804
91	Royce Clayton	0.277	129	524	491	6	0.277	0.323	0.371	0.693
92	Henry Rodriguez	0.276	145	569	532	36	0.276	0.323	0.562	0.885
93	Brian L. Hunter	0.276	132	543	526	5	0.276	0.298	0.363	0.661
94	Brian McRae	0.276	157	697	624	17	0.276	0.352	0.425	0.776
95	Ray Lankford	0.275	149	624	545	21	0.275	0.367	0.486	0.853
96	Ray Durham	0.275	156	615	557	10	0.275	0.343	0.406	0.749
97	Gary Gaetti	0.274	141	557	522	23	0.274	0.320	0.473	0.793
98	Devon White	0.274	146	590	552	17	0.274	0.320	0.455	0.775
99	Sammy Sosa	0.273	124	532	498	40	0.273	0.320	0.564	0.884
100	Terry Steinbach	0.272	145	563	514	35	0.272	0.336	0.529	0.865
101	Jay Buhner	0.271	150	648	564	44	0.271	0.366	0.557	0.922
102	Luis Gonzalez	0.271	146	544	483	15	0.271	0.353	0.443	0.796
103	Johnny Damon	0.271	145	548	517	6	0.271	0.312	0.368	0.680
104	Jeff King	0.271	155	661	591	30	0.271	0.348	0.497	0.845
105	Carlos Delgado	0.270	138	546	488	25	0.270	0.348	0.490	0.838
106	Mark Lewis	0.270	145	587	545	11	0.270	0.322	0.396	0.718
107	Travis Fryman	0.268	157	673	616	22	0.268	0.330	0.437	0.767
108	Pat Meares	0.267	152	534	517	8	0.267	0.290	0.391	0.681