League Batting Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/23/1988

Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
PuckettMin .356 BoggsBos .443 GaettiMin .615
HrbekMin .355 HrbekMin .429 McGriff,FTor .568
GaettiMin .335 McGriff,FTor .419 HrbekMin .565
BoggsBos .333 GreenwellBos .419 PuckettMin .563
JoynerCal .331 Larkin,GMin .398 SnyderCle .561
GreenwellBos .329 Henderson,RNYY .392 Henderson,DOak .544
Henderson,DOak .324 GaettiMin .392 Evans,DwBos .532
Evans,DwBos .309 Davis,ASea .387 CansecoOak .530
Larkin,GMin .308 JoynerCal .387 GreenwellBos .529
McGriff,FTor .307 Henderson,DOak .385 TartabullKC .504
Henderson,RNYY .307 Evans,DwBos .382 BrettKC .497
TrammellDet .307 PuckettMin .381 LemonDet .495
           
           
Hits Runs Runs batted in
           
PuckettMin243 PuckettMin134 CansecoOak125
BoggsBos200 Henderson,RNYY123 Evans,DwBos121
YountMil200 BoggsBos109 PuckettMin121
HrbekMin196 McGwireOak108 HrbekMin117
JoynerCal195 GreenwellBos107 BrettKC115
GreenwellBos193 MolitorMil107 GaettiMin113
Franco,JuCle189 CansecoOak106 SnyderCle109
MolitorMil189 Ripken,CBal104 McGwireOak105
RayCal185 GladdenMin102 GreenwellBos104
Sierra,RTex182 Carter,JCle99 Sierra,RTex97
GladdenMin181 MurrayBal94 McGriff,FTor96
MurrayBal181 Fernandez,TTor94 TartabullKC96
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
RayCal51 Reynolds,HSea14 CansecoOak39
YountMil47 GreenwellBos13 SnyderCle34
BoggsBos46 GagneMin11 McGwireOak33
PuckettMin46 Wilson,WKC9 Jackson,BKC32
GreenwellBos43 PhillipsOak8 GaettiMin32
Sierra,RTex43 McDowell,OTex8 Clark,JNYY32
BenzingerBos42 MosebyTor8 McGriff,FTor30
Henderson,DOak42 FletcherTex8 DowningCal29
BainesChW42 GuillenChW8 DeerMil29
BrettKC41 YountMil8 TartabullKC29
MattinglyNYY40 3 tied with 7 MurrayBal29
4 tied with 39     PuckettMin29
           
           
Extra base hits Stolen bases Steal percentage
           
PuckettMin79 Henderson,RNYY95-20 PoloniaOak .941
GreenwellBos72 MolitorMil47-6 Wilson,WKC .909
CansecoOak72 Wilson,WKC40-4 Washington,CNYY .900
GaettiMin71 CansecoOak39-11 MolitorMil .887
McGriff,FTor71 Reynolds,HSea36-26 Redus  .857
Sierra,RTex71 PettisDet34-10 BurksBos .833
Evans,DwBos70 PoloniaOak32-2 Carter,JCle .833
BrettKC69 Redus 30-5 LirianoTor .833
TartabullKC68 BurksBos30-6 MosebyTor .829
Henderson,DOak67 Carter,JCle30-6 Henderson,RNYY .826
SnyderCle67 MosebyTor29-6 GladdenMin .815
2 tied with 66 McDowell,OTex29-10 Sierra,RTex .808
           
           
Walks Intentional walks Strikeouts
           
BoggsBos117 GreenwellBos21 Jackson,BKC171
McGriff,FTor103 McGriff,FTor16 IncavigliaTex168
Ripken,CBal96 Davis,ASea8 DeerMil156
Clark,JNYY90 Evans,DwBos7 Howell,JkCal151
Evans,DDet87 BoggsBos7 CansecoOak142
McGwireOak85 NokesDet6 McGriff,FTor137
GreenwellBos85 PagliaruloNYY6 TartabullKC136
DowningCal84 HrbekMin6 Clark,JNYY134
Davis,ASea83 5 tied with 5 SveumMil132
Henderson,RNYY81     McGwireOak132
WhitakerDet78     Parrish,LrBos126
HrbekMin78     2 tied with 125
           
           
On-base plus slugging Total bases Extra base hits
           
GaettiMin1.007 PuckettMin384 PuckettMin79
HrbekMin .994 CansecoOak329 GreenwellBos72
McGriff,FTor .987 HrbekMin312 CansecoOak72
GreenwellBos .948 GreenwellBos310 GaettiMin71
PuckettMin .944 Sierra,RTex305 McGriff,FTor71
Henderson,DOak .929 Evans,DwBos301 Sierra,RTex71
BoggsBos .915 MurrayBal300 Evans,DwBos70
SnyderCle .915 SnyderCle298 BrettKC69
Evans,DwBos .914 BrettKC298 TartabullKC68
CansecoOak .894 GaettiMin296 Henderson,DOak67
BrettKC .868 YountMil296 SnyderCle67
McGwireOak .864 McGriff,FTor294 2 tied with 66
           
           
Runs created Runs created/27 outs Isolated power
           
PuckettMin 139.8 HrbekMin 9.8 GaettiMin .281
HrbekMin 137.8 GaettiMin 9.6 SnyderCle .264
GreenwellBos 136.9 McGriff,FTor 9.3 McGriff,FTor .261
BoggsBos 132.9 GreenwellBos 8.8 CansecoOak .245
McGriff,FTor 129.1 BoggsBos 8.6 TartabullKC .244
CansecoOak 119.6 PuckettMin 8.1 LemonDet .227
GaettiMin 118.7 Henderson,DOak 7.6 DeerMil .226
BrettKC 116.3 Evans,DwBos 7.4 Evans,DwBos .223
Evans,DwBos 115.8 BrettKC 7.1 Henderson,DOak .220
MurrayBal 111.7 SnyderCle 7.0 McGwireOak .220
Henderson,RNYY 110.3 McGwireOak 6.9 Clark,JNYY .213
McGwireOak 108.9 Larkin,GMin 6.9 HrbekMin .210
           
           
Total average Secondary average AB per homerun
           
McGriff,FTor1.089 McGriff,FTor .469 GaettiMin 15.0
GaettiMin1.079 CansecoOak .409 SnyderCle 15.6
HrbekMin1.062 Clark,JNYY .391 Clark,JNYY 15.8
GreenwellBos1.039 GaettiMin .389 CansecoOak 15.9
Henderson,RNYY .982 Henderson,RNYY .386 DowningCal 17.0
BoggsBos .974 DowningCal .378 McGwireOak 17.1
CansecoOak .945 TartabullKC .374 McGriff,FTor 17.3
Evans,DwBos .927 McGwireOak .371 DeerMil 17.3
PuckettMin .917 SnyderCle .365 TartabullKC 18.3
Henderson,DOak .911 DeerMil .361 HrbekMin 21.2
SnyderCle .903 Evans,DDet .361 MurrayBal 21.3
BrettKC .890 GreenwellBos .360 BarfieldTor 21.8
           
           
Games Plate appearances Atbats
           
MurrayBal162 MolitorMil727 PuckettMin682
Ripken,CBal162 YountMil726 YountMil663
YountMil162 BoggsBos724 Fernandez,TTor663
SchofieldCal159 Fernandez,TTor724 MolitorMil649
Carter,JCle159 PuckettMin717 Sierra,RTex647
BrettKC159 CansecoOak711 Bell,GTor647
Reynolds,HSea159 Ripken,CBal709 RayCal634
GreenwellBos158 Franco,JuCle701 Franco,JuCle633
Davis,CCal158 MurrayBal699 Davis,CCal626
PuckettMin158 GreenwellBos695 BainesChW621
CansecoOak158 Carter,JCle692 Carter,JCle621
4 tied with 157 BrettKC690 CansecoOak621
           
           
Hit by pitch Sacrifice bunts Sacrifice flies
           
Carter,JCle18 Barrett,MBos23 MattinglyNYY13
DowningCal17 SchofieldCal17 Larkin,GMin11
Larkin,GMin14 FletcherTex17 HrbekMin11
BaylorOak13 WhitakerDet15 Evans,DwBos11
GagneMin13 AllansonCle15 GreenwellBos11
SchofieldCal13 GuillenChW15 IncavigliaTex10
GreenwellBos13 WeissOak14 JoynerCal9
FletcherTex12 Lyons,SChW14 Reynolds,HSea9
JoynerCal11 SurhoffMil14 Sierra,RTex9
Washington,RCle10 Salazar,LDet13 7 tied with 8
3 tied with 9 GantnerMil13    
    GagneMin12    
           
           
Ground ball DP Longest hit streak Current hit streak
           
LansfordOak27 BoggsBos19 Evans,DwBos11
Bell,GTor27 JoynerCal19 JoynerCal9
White,FKC23 MulliniksTor19 MolitorMil9
LemonDet23 Redus 18 Ripken,CBal7
BainesChW23 GaettiMin18 Walker,GChW7
Franco,JuCle23 NokesDet17 Wilson,WKC7
YountMil22 HarperMin17 YountMil7
CansecoOak21 Reed,JoBos16 Fernandez,TTor7
SlaughtNYY20 GallagherChW16 TettletonBal6
WinfieldNYY20 Franco,JuCle16 BrookensDet6
SeitzerKC20 PuckettMin16 12 tied with 5
5 tied with 19 3 tied with 15    
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Plate appearances per game
           
PuckettMin414 GaettiMin .644 Henderson,RNYY4.74
CansecoOak411 McGriff,FTor .635 Fernandez,TTor4.70
GreenwellBos408 HrbekMin .610 BoggsBos4.64
BoggsBos404 SnyderCle .592 MolitorMil4.63
McGriff,FTor398 GreenwellBos .587 Barrett,MBos4.56
HrbekMin392 Henderson,DOak .582 Franco,JuCle4.55
BrettKC380 CansecoOak .578 Wilson,WKC4.54
MurrayBal378 PuckettMin .577 GladdenMin4.54
Evans,DwBos375 Evans,DwBos .576 MattinglyNYY4.54
McGwireOak369 TartabullKC .558 PuckettMin4.54
Ripken,CBal369 McGwireOak .558 FletcherTex4.52
YountMil350 BoggsBos .558 CansecoOak4.50
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate AB per game
           
PuckettMin408 McGriff,FTor .633 PuckettMin4.32
CansecoOak403 GaettiMin .631 Fernandez,TTor4.31
BoggsBos401 HrbekMin .607 Wilson,WKC4.24
McGriff,FTor397 SnyderCle .590 MattinglyNYY4.24
GreenwellBos395 Henderson,DOak .573 Sierra,RTex4.17
HrbekMin390 Evans,DwBos .573 RayCal4.17
MurrayBal377 PuckettMin .569 GladdenMin4.16
Evans,DwBos373 GreenwellBos .568 MolitorMil4.13
BrettKC373 CansecoOak .567 Brantley,MSea4.13
Ripken,CBal366 BoggsBos .554 Bell,GTor4.12
McGwireOak363 TartabullKC .550 Henderson,RNYY4.11
2 tied with 346 McGwireOak .549 Franco,JuCle4.11
           
           
Balls in park In-play average Strikeout/walk ratio
           
Barrett,MBos596 PuckettMin .379 BoggsBos 0.3
Fernandez,TTor596 McGriff,FTor .362 GreenwellBos 0.4
RayCal593 Henderson,DOak .360 Larkin,GMin 0.6
YountMil593 HrbekMin .357 BrettKC 0.6
MattinglyNYY578 JoynerCal .347 FletcherTex 0.7
MolitorMil577 WinfieldNYY .346 Davis,ASea 0.7
Reynolds,HSea573 BoggsBos .345 Barrett,MBos 0.7
PuckettMin564 GaettiMin .341 Ripken,CBal 0.8
BoggsBos557 SveumMil .339 DowningCal 0.8
Bell,GTor555 DeerMil .332 Henderson,RNYY 0.8
Sierra,RTex548 GladdenMin .332 HrbekMin 0.8
Franco,JuCle548 Evans,DwBos .330 UpshawCle 0.8
           
           
Batting average vs LHP On-base percentage vs LHP Slugging percentage vs LHP
           
GaettiMin .449 TablerKC .512 GaettiMin .790
PuckettMin .426 GaettiMin .509 LemonDet .684
TablerKC .419 Henderson,RNYY .495 PuckettMin .667
Henderson,RNYY .400 BoggsBos .467 TettletonBal .647
Franco,JuCle .394 Ripken,CBal .452 Henderson,RNYY .594
Larkin,GMin .383 PuckettMin .446 Franco,JuCle .592
FletcherTex .375 Franco,JuCle .442 Sierra,RTex .586
Reynolds,HSea .360 Davis,ASea .440 Henderson,DOak .578
TettletonBal .346 Larkin,GMin .440 TablerKC .566
WinfieldNYY .346 FletcherTex .439 CansecoOak .563
LemonDet .345 WinfieldNYY .417 Larkin,GMin .557
BoggsBos .333 Evans,DwBos .412 Ripken,CBal .550
           
           
Hits vs LHP Runs batted in vs LHP On-base plus slugging vs LHP
           
PuckettMin78 Sierra,RTex43 GaettiMin1.299
Reynolds,HSea72 GaettiMin40 PuckettMin1.112
Henderson,RNYY68 LemonDet36 Henderson,RNYY1.089
Ripken,CBal67 BrettKC36 LemonDet1.086
FletcherTex66 Ward,GNYY34 TablerKC1.079
WinfieldNYY66 WinfieldNYY34 TettletonBal1.054
Sierra,RTex66 MattinglyNYY34 Franco,JuCle1.034
Larkin,GMin64 SnyderCle33 Ripken,CBal1.001
GaettiMin62 Ripken,CBal32 Larkin,GMin .997
LemonDet61 Larkin,GMin31 WinfieldNYY .962
SeitzerKC60 TettletonBal30 Henderson,DOak .951
JoynerCal60 Davis,CCal30 FletcherTex .933
           
           
Doubles vs LHP Triples vs LHP Homeruns vs LHP
           
Larkin,GMin21 GagneMin9 FielderTor16
Sierra,RTex20 SveumMil7 SnyderCle14
HrbekMin19 PhillipsOak6 TettletonBal14
Quinones,RSea18 Wilson,WKC6 LemonDet14
GaettiMin17 GallagherChW5 Ripken,CBal12
PuckettMin17 FletcherTex5 Sierra,RTex11
Davis,ASea16 SeitzerKC4 Bell,GTor11
LemonDet16 8 tied with 3 GaettiMin10
MurrayBal16     BarfieldTor10
4 tied with 15     CansecoOak10
        7 tied with 9
           
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHP Total bases vs LHP Isolated power vs LHP
           
LemonDet31 PuckettMin122 GaettiMin .341
Sierra,RTex31 LemonDet121 LemonDet .339
SnyderCle29 Sierra,RTex119 FielderTor .338
GaettiMin27 Ripken,CBal111 TettletonBal .301
PuckettMin26 GaettiMin109 CansecoOak .272
Larkin,GMin24 WinfieldNYY104 IncavigliaTex .267
CansecoOak23 SnyderCle103 Sierra,RTex .261
Henderson,DOak23 TettletonBal101 Henderson,DOak .247
Quinones,RSea21 Henderson,RNYY101 BarfieldTor .242
BrettKC21 Henderson,DOak96 PuckettMin .240
MurrayBal21 Larkin,GMin93 TartabullKC .229
3 tied with 20 GladdenMin93 CottoSea .223
           
           
Walks vs LHP Strikeouts vs LHP Hit by pitch vs LHP
           
Ripken,CBal45 Jackson,BKC61 GreenwellBos10
Clark,JNYY38 BainesChW57 JoynerCal8
BoggsBos37 McGriff,FTor56 Anderson,BBal5
DowningCal34 IncavigliaTex50 Davis,ASea5
Henderson,RNYY32 FielderTor50 StanicekBal5
HerndonDet30 Wilson,WKC49 SchofieldCal5
McGwireOak29 Parrish,LrBos48 GagneMin4
DeerMil29 Clark,JNYY44 CottoSea4
BrookensDet29 Howell,JkCal43 Howell,JkCal4
Evans,DwBos28 SveumMil43 DowningCal4
TartabullKC28 CansecoOak41 BrettKC4
BrowerTex27 BarfieldTor40 9 tied with 3
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHP Sacrifice flies vs LHP Atbats vs LHP
           
WhitakerDet11 MattinglyNYY7 MurrayBal235
GuillenChW8 Reynolds,HSea5 Davis,CCal223
Lyons,SChW7 HrbekMin4 Fernandez,TTor222
Barrett,MBos7 Larkin,GMin4 RayCal217
MosebyTor6 Sierra,RTex4 MolitorMil216
GagneMin5 RayCal4 Salazar,LDet212
GantnerMil5 Davis,CCal4 MattinglyNYY212
SchofieldCal5 19 tied with 3 Bell,GTor208
Salazar,LDet5     JoynerCal205
8 tied with 4     Sierra,RTex203
        Ripken,CBal202
        GerhartBal202
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHP AB per double vs LHP Plate appearances vs LHP
           
FielderTor 9.3 HrbekMin 7.9 MurrayBal251
TettletonBal 11.1 Larkin,GMin 8.0 Ripken,CBal248
LemonDet 12.6 Davis,ASea 8.1 Davis,CCal243
GaettiMin 13.8 GaettiMin 8.1 MolitorMil240
BarfieldTor 15.3 Quinones,RSea 8.5 RayCal236
CansecoOak 15.8 Sierra,RTex 10.1 Fernandez,TTor232
IncavigliaTex 16.2 PuckettMin 10.8 MattinglyNYY231
Ripken,CBal 16.8 LemonDet 11.1 BrettKC230
TartabullKC 17.0 Meyer,JMil 11.8 YountMil229
CottoSea 17.4 ArmasCal 11.9 Salazar,LDet226
Clark,JNYY 17.6 CansecoOak 12.2 JoynerCal223
McGwireOak 18.1 TablerKC 12.4 DowningCal222
           
           
Batting average vs RHP On-base percentage vs RHP Slugging percentage vs RHP
           
HrbekMin .388 GreenwellBos .466 McGriff,FTor .646
GreenwellBos .364 HrbekMin .456 HrbekMin .622
JoynerCal .351 McGriff,FTor .437 GreenwellBos .608
BoggsBos .333 BoggsBos .433 Evans,DwBos .567
PuckettMin .331 MurrayBal .413 MurrayBal .547
MolitorMil .326 JoynerCal .413 GaettiMin .545
LansfordOak .321 PhelpsNYY .404 WhitakerDet .545
Henderson,DOak .320 WhitakerDet .404 Henderson,DOak .528
SantanaNYY .318 MulliniksTor .400 PuckettMin .525
MurrayBal .318 BergmanDet .396 BrettKC .525
Brantley,MSea .317 HasseyOak .392 DeerMil .524
YountMil .313 Henderson,DOak .391 McGwireOak .523
           
           
Hits vs RHP Runs batted in vs RHP On-base plus slugging vs RHP
           
PuckettMin165 Evans,DwBos101 McGriff,FTor1.083
HrbekMin156 CansecoOak101 HrbekMin1.078
BoggsBos148 PuckettMin92 GreenwellBos1.073
YountMil145 HrbekMin89 MurrayBal .960
GreenwellBos142 McGwireOak87 WhitakerDet .949
MolitorMil141 BrettKC79 Evans,DwBos .940
LansfordOak140 Carter,JCle79 PhelpsNYY .924
JoynerCal135 GreenwellBos76 Henderson,DOak .919
Evans,DwBos135 SnyderCle76 BrettKC .912
Franco,JuCle133 GaettiMin73 BoggsBos .910
CansecoOak131 TartabullKC71 McGwireOak .906
Brantley,MSea130 McGriff,FTor69 GaettiMin .887
           
           
Doubles vs RHP Triples vs RHP Homeruns vs RHP
           
YountMil43 GreenwellBos13 CansecoOak29
RayCal36 Reynolds,HSea13 McGriff,FTor28
BoggsBos36 GuillenChW8 HrbekMin25
Evans,DwBos35 YountMil8 McGwireOak25
Hall,MCle32 McDowell,OTex7 MurrayBal24
GladdenMin31 WhittTor7 Jackson,BKC23
WinfieldNYY30 ManriqueChW6 Clark,JNYY23
GreenwellBos30 MosebyTor6 GaettiMin22
Barrett,MBos30 Evans,DwBos6 DeerMil22
Henderson,DOak29 9 tied with 5 DowningCal21
MattinglyNYY29     Evans,DwBos21
PuckettMin29     6 tied with 20
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHP Total bases vs RHP Isolated power vs RHP
           
Evans,DwBos62 PuckettMin262 McGriff,FTor .337
McGriff,FTor58 HrbekMin250 GaettiMin .257
YountMil57 Evans,DwBos245 Evans,DwBos .255
GreenwellBos56 CansecoOak240 LynnDet .253
PuckettMin53 GreenwellBos237 TartabullKC .251
TartabullKC51 McGriff,FTor226 WhitakerDet .245
CansecoOak49 YountMil222 GreenwellBos .244
BrettKC48 McGwireOak219 Jackson,BKC .243
BoggsBos47 BoggsBos212 DeerMil .241
Carter,JCle47 MolitorMil211 PhelpsNYY .240
GaettiMin44 Carter,JCle211 CansecoOak .235
Henderson,DOak44 2 tied with 210 HrbekMin .234
           
           
Walks vs RHP Strikeouts vs RHP Hit by pitch vs RHP
           
McGriff,FTor83 DeerMil120 Carter,JCle16
BoggsBos80 IncavigliaTex118 DowningCal13
GreenwellBos78 Jackson,BKC110 Larkin,GMin13
Evans,DDet77 Howell,JkCal108 BaylorOak11
WhittTor67 TartabullKC104 FletcherTex11
MurrayBal63 CansecoOak101 Washington,RCle9
O'Brien,PTex60 LaudnerMin96 WeissOak9
PhelpsNYY59 McGwireOak95 GagneMin9
Davis,ASea59 PresleySea94 Franco,JuCle9
UpshawCle59 WinfieldNYY92 SchofieldCal8
MulliniksTor58 3 tied with 90 BushMin8
CansecoOak57     5 tied with 7
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHP Sacrifice flies vs RHP Atbats vs RHP
           
Barrett,MBos16 IncavigliaTex9 PuckettMin499
FletcherTex13 MulliniksTor8 Franco,JuCle491
SchofieldCal12 GreenwellBos8 Carter,JCle479
AllansonCle11 Evans,DwBos8 YountMil463
WeissOak10 Larkin,GMin7 CansecoOak463
SurhoffMil10 BushMin7 Hall,MCle448
Anderson,BBal9 HrbekMin7 BoggsBos445
Salazar,LDet8 7 tied with 6 Sierra,RTex444
PettisDet8     Fernandez,TTor441
GantnerMil8     Bell,GTor439
9 tied with 7     LansfordOak436
        MolitorMil433
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHP AB per double vs RHP Plate appearances vs RHP
           
McGriff,FTor 12.5 YountMil 10.8 Franco,JuCle545
LynnDet 14.1 BenzingerBos 10.9 Carter,JCle540
Jackson,BKC 14.5 RayCal 11.6 CansecoOak532
DowningCal 14.7 Henderson,DOak 12.3 BoggsBos526
PhelpsNYY 15.1 Evans,DwBos 12.3 PuckettMin524
Clark,JNYY 15.2 BoggsBos 12.4 YountMil497
GaettiMin 15.6 Reed,JoBos 12.5 Fernandez,TTor492
DeerMil 15.9 WinfieldNYY 12.5 Barrett,MBos487
CansecoOak 16.0 GreenwellBos 13.0 MolitorMil487
MurrayBal 16.0 McGriff,FTor 13.5 Evans,DwBos486
HrbekMin 16.1 GladdenMin 13.6 McGwireOak485
WhitakerDet 16.3 MattinglyNYY 13.8 GreenwellBos479