1997 Batting Average Leaders

Rk	Player	AVG	G	PA	AB	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Tony Gwynn	0.372	149	635	592	17	0.372	0.414	0.547	0.961
2	Larry Walker	0.366	153	646	568	49	0.366	0.443	0.720	1.163
3	Mike Piazza	0.362	152	625	556	40	0.362	0.432	0.638	1.070
4	Frank Thomas	0.347	146	639	530	35	0.347	0.459	0.611	1.070
5	Kenny Lofton	0.333	122	557	493	5	0.333	0.409	0.428	0.837
6	Edgar Martinez	0.330	155	661	542	28	0.330	0.451	0.554	1.004
7	David Justice	0.329	139	575	495	33	0.329	0.423	0.596	1.019
8	Bernie Williams	0.328	129	582	509	21	0.328	0.412	0.544	0.957
9	Manny Ramirez	0.328	150	640	561	26	0.328	0.411	0.538	0.949
10	Wally Joyner	0.327	135	506	455	13	0.327	0.395	0.486	0.881
11	Paul O'Neill	0.324	149	628	553	21	0.324	0.404	0.514	0.918
12	Rusty Greer	0.321	157	684	601	26	0.321	0.404	0.531	0.934
13	Reggie Jefferson	0.319	136	513	489	13	0.319	0.351	0.470	0.821
14	Mark Grace	0.319	151	643	555	13	0.319	0.412	0.465	0.877
15	Andres Galarraga	0.318	154	654	600	41	0.318	0.375	0.585	0.960
16	Mo Vaughn	0.315	141	613	527	35	0.315	0.411	0.560	0.971
17	Edgardo Alfonzo	0.315	151	581	518	10	0.315	0.389	0.432	0.821
18	Ivan Rodriguez	0.313	150	635	597	20	0.313	0.354	0.484	0.838
19	Raúl Mondesi	0.310	159	660	616	30	0.310	0.356	0.541	0.897
20	Troy O'Leary	0.309	146	538	499	15	0.309	0.359	0.479	0.838
21	Craig Biggio	0.309	162	703	619	22	0.309	0.391	0.501	0.892
22	Dante Bichette	0.308	151	591	561	26	0.308	0.343	0.510	0.853
23	Jeff Blauser	0.308	151	589	519	17	0.308	0.390	0.482	0.872
24	David Segui	0.307	125	516	459	21	0.307	0.384	0.505	0.889
25	John Valentin	0.306	143	633	575	18	0.306	0.370	0.499	0.869
26	Nomar Garciaparra	0.306	153	719	684	30	0.306	0.339	0.534	0.873
27	Paul Molitor	0.305	135	583	538	10	0.305	0.358	0.435	0.793
28	Ken Griffey Jr.	0.304	157	684	608	56	0.304	0.382	0.646	1.028
29	Vinny Castilla	0.304	159	656	612	40	0.304	0.351	0.547	0.898
30	Garret Anderson	0.303	154	654	624	8	0.303	0.335	0.409	0.744
31	Harold Baines	0.301	137	507	452	16	0.301	0.377	0.458	0.835
32	Alex Rodriguez	0.300	141	628	587	23	0.300	0.346	0.496	0.841
33	Joey Cora	0.300	149	627	574	11	0.300	0.359	0.441	0.800
34	Darin Erstad	0.299	139	590	539	16	0.299	0.359	0.466	0.825
35	Bobby Higginson	0.299	146	616	546	27	0.299	0.378	0.520	0.898
36	Ron Coomer	0.298	140	545	523	13	0.298	0.327	0.438	0.764
37	Bobby Bonilla	0.297	153	635	562	17	0.297	0.378	0.468	0.846
38	Juan Gonzalez	0.296	133	566	533	42	0.296	0.337	0.589	0.927
39	Tino Martinez	0.296	158	669	594	44	0.296	0.375	0.577	0.953
40	Tim Salmon	0.296	157	677	582	33	0.296	0.394	0.517	0.912
41	Delino DeShields	0.295	150	627	572	11	0.295	0.357	0.448	0.805
42	Chipper Jones	0.295	157	673	597	21	0.295	0.374	0.479	0.854
43	Mickey Morandini	0.295	150	615	553	1	0.295	0.366	0.380	0.746
44	Ray Lankford	0.295	133	560	465	31	0.295	0.414	0.585	0.999
45	Jason Kendall	0.294	144	535	486	8	0.294	0.359	0.434	0.793
46	John Olerud	0.294	154	609	524	22	0.294	0.392	0.489	0.881
47	Jason Giambi	0.293	142	574	519	20	0.293	0.361	0.495	0.856
48	Moises Alou	0.292	150	608	538	23	0.292	0.373	0.493	0.866
49	Jay Bell	0.291	153	644	573	21	0.291	0.370	0.461	0.830
50	Barry Bonds	0.291	159	677	532	40	0.291	0.443	0.585	1.028
51	Chuck Knoblauch	0.291	156	695	611	9	0.291	0.377	0.411	0.788
52	Jim Edmonds	0.291	133	562	502	26	0.291	0.367	0.500	0.867
53	Derek Jeter	0.291	159	728	654	10	0.291	0.363	0.405	0.768
54	Ken Caminiti	0.290	137	566	486	26	0.290	0.390	0.508	0.899
55	Dave Hollins	0.288	149	634	572	16	0.288	0.358	0.430	0.788
56	Brady Anderson	0.288	151	674	590	18	0.288	0.377	0.469	0.846
57	Jeff Cirillo	0.288	154	640	580	10	0.288	0.355	0.426	0.781
58	Jim Thome	0.286	147	616	496	40	0.286	0.425	0.579	1.004
59	Jeff Bagwell	0.286	162	693	566	43	0.286	0.417	0.592	1.009
60	Dave Martinez	0.286	145	559	504	12	0.286	0.356	0.413	0.769
61	B.J. Surhoff	0.284	147	577	528	18	0.284	0.345	0.458	0.803
62	Gerónimo Berroa	0.283	156	637	561	26	0.283	0.369	0.467	0.836
63	Scott Rolen	0.283	156	637	561	21	0.283	0.369	0.469	0.838
64	Michael Tucker	0.283	138	543	499	14	0.283	0.341	0.445	0.786
65	Mike Lansing	0.281	144	617	572	20	0.281	0.334	0.472	0.806
66	Jeromy Burnitz	0.281	153	569	494	27	0.281	0.376	0.553	0.929
67	Wil Cordero	0.281	140	601	570	18	0.281	0.318	0.432	0.749
68	J.T. Snow	0.281	157	627	531	28	0.281	0.391	0.510	0.901
69	Eric Young Sr.	0.280	155	693	622	8	0.280	0.354	0.397	0.751
70	Omar Vizquel	0.280	153	622	565	5	0.280	0.346	0.368	0.714
71	Chili Davis	0.279	140	562	477	30	0.279	0.388	0.509	0.897
72	Dave Nilsson	0.278	156	619	554	20	0.278	0.354	0.446	0.800
73	Tony Womack	0.278	155	684	641	6	0.278	0.323	0.374	0.698
74	Edgar Renteria	0.277	154	662	617	4	0.277	0.326	0.340	0.667
75	Fred McGriff	0.277	152	632	564	22	0.277	0.354	0.441	0.796
76	Derek Bell	0.276	129	533	493	15	0.276	0.330	0.438	0.768
77	Tony Clark	0.276	159	673	580	32	0.276	0.376	0.500	0.876
78	Johnny Damon	0.275	146	514	472	8	0.275	0.335	0.386	0.720
79	Tony Phillips	0.275	141	636	534	8	0.275	0.392	0.391	0.783
80	Albert Belle	0.274	161	687	634	30	0.274	0.330	0.491	0.821
81	Mark McGwire	0.274	156	641	540	58	0.274	0.388	0.646	1.035
82	Travis Fryman	0.274	154	641	595	22	0.274	0.326	0.440	0.766
83	Mark Grudzielanek	0.273	156	672	649	4	0.273	0.298	0.384	0.681
84	Ray Durham	0.271	155	695	634	11	0.271	0.335	0.382	0.717
85	Rondell White	0.270	151	623	592	28	0.270	0.307	0.478	0.785
86	Cal Ripken Jr.	0.270	162	671	615	17	0.270	0.331	0.402	0.732
87	Dan Wilson	0.270	146	547	508	15	0.270	0.322	0.423	0.745
88	Darryl Hamilton	0.270	125	521	460	5	0.270	0.355	0.365	0.720
89	Paul Sorrento	0.269	146	508	457	31	0.269	0.343	0.514	0.857
90	Brian L. Hunter	0.269	162	724	658	4	0.269	0.336	0.353	0.688
91	Todd Zeile	0.268	160	660	575	31	0.268	0.362	0.459	0.821
92	Jose Guillen	0.267	143	515	498	14	0.267	0.291	0.412	0.703
93	Eric Karros	0.266	162	689	628	31	0.266	0.331	0.459	0.790