League Batting Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 7/9/1989

Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
LansfordOak .393 LansfordOak .455 SierraTex .622
PuckettMin .362 BainesChW .455 Carter,JCle .558
SaxNYY .361 Davis,ASea .423 CalderonChW .536
Bell,GTor .340 Henderson,ROak .420 MattinglyNYY .535
SierraTex .331 BoggsBos .415 LansfordOak .520
BainesChW .328 SaxNYY .399 Jackson,BKC .510
CalderonChW .327 PuckettMin .396 EsaskyBos .507
MattinglyNYY .325 Bradley,PBal .389 BainesChW .505
BoggsBos .320 Reed,JoBos .383 PuckettMin .500
GladdenMin .320 Bell,GTor .381 TettletonBal .498
RayCal .317 DowningCal .378 TartabullKC .494
BrowneCle .315 LirianoTor .378 GruberTor .494
           
           
Hits Runs Runs batted in
           
SaxNYY132 Henderson,ROak67 SierraTex77
PuckettMin131 PuckettMin60 MattinglyNYY76
LansfordOak118 SaxNYY60 Carter,JCle69
SierraTex114 DowningCal58 Jackson,BKC 66
CalderonChW112 BoggsBos58 GaettiMin66
Bell,GTor111 SierraTex56 Ripken,CBal63
MattinglyNYY111 PalmeiroTex55 PuckettMin63
GuillenChW106 BainesChW54 GreenwellBos61
GreenwellBos104 5 tied with 50 CalderonChW61
BoggsBos103     TettletonBal53
DowningCal102     McGriff,FTor53
GruberTor102     GruberTor53
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
PuckettMin28 SierraTex12 Carter,JCle25
LansfordOak25 BoggsBos8 Jackson,BKC 24
Carter,JCle25 CalderonChW8 HrbekMin19
BoggsBos24 StillwellKC 6 McGriff,FTor18
Bell,GTor23 PoloniaNYY6 SierraTex18
MattinglyNYY23 EspyTex6 McGwireOak17
SierraTex22 White,DCal6 TettletonBal17
CalderonChW20 MilliganBal5 LeonardSea16
Henderson,ROak19 EsaskyBos5 TartabullKC 15
Parker,DOak19 GagneMin5 MattinglyNYY15
MolitorMil19 PalmeiroTex5 GaettiMin15
GuillenChW19 GaettiMin5 4 tied with 14
           
           
Extra base hits Stolen bases Steal percentage
           
SierraTex52 Henderson,ROak40-17 FelderMil1.000
Carter,JCle50 SaxNYY30-4 PettisDet .903
MattinglyNYY40 EspyTex29-9 SeitzerKC .900
CalderonChW40 PettisDet28-3 StillwellKC .900
BoggsBos37 PoloniaNYY27-5 SaxNYY .882
PuckettMin36 Reynolds,HSea25-12 MosebyTor .867
TettletonBal34 White,DCal24-6 PoloniaNYY .844
EsaskyBos33 MolitorMil23-6 EisenreichKC .833
Jackson,BKC 33 Jackson,BKC 21-5 Finley,SBal .813
McGriff,FTor32 EisenreichKC 20-4 Jackson,BKC .808
Davis,CCal31 GladdenMin19-7 White,DCal .800
Henderson,ROak31 FelderMil17-0 Griffey Jr.Sea .800
           
           
Walks Intentional walks Strikeouts
           
Henderson,ROak70 BoggsBos10 Jackson,BKC 103
BainesChW67 HrbekMin7 DeerMil102
McGriff,FTor67 BainesChW7 Barfield,JeNYY99
SeitzerKC 56 PuckettMin7 Snyder,CCle84
Evans,DwBos55 DwyerMin5 IncavigliaTex79
TettletonBal53 CalderonChW5 LeonardSea77
McGwireOak50 GreenwellBos4 McGriff,FTor76
WhitakerDet50 McGriff,FTor4 BuecheleTex73
Davis,ASea48 MattinglyNYY4 TettletonBal73
BoggsBos48 4 tied with 3 BraggsMil71
Barfield,JeNYY45     TartabullKC 69
PalmeiroTex41     GaettiMin69
           
           
On-base plus slugging Total bases Extra base hits
           
SierraTex .995 SierraTex214 SierraTex52
LansfordOak .975 Carter,JCle193 Carter,JCle50
BainesChW .960 CalderonChW184 MattinglyNYY40
Davis,ASea .914 MattinglyNYY183 CalderonChW40
CalderonChW .911 PuckettMin181 BoggsBos37
BoggsBos .906 SaxNYY168 PuckettMin36
MattinglyNYY .898 GruberTor160 TettletonBal34
PuckettMin .896 DowningCal159 EsaskyBos33
Henderson,ROak .873 BoggsBos158 Jackson,BKC 33
DowningCal .869 LansfordOak156 McGriff,FTor32
EsaskyBos .869 Jackson,BKC 155 Davis,CCal31
Carter,JCle .868 GaettiMin154 Henderson,ROak31
           
           
Runs created Runs created/27 outs Isolated power
           
SierraTex 77.4 LansfordOak 9.4 SierraTex .291
BainesChW 69.6 BainesChW 9.0 Carter,JCle .289
LansfordOak 69.3 SierraTex 8.5 Jackson,BKC .266
PuckettMin 68.9 Davis,ASea 8.4 TettletonBal .247
CalderonChW 68.0 BoggsBos 7.9 TartabullKC .243
BoggsBos 67.4 CalderonChW 7.5 McGwireOak .233
SaxNYY 67.2 PuckettMin 7.4 McGriff,FTor .229
MattinglyNYY 65.7 DowningCal 7.3 EsaskyBos .222
Henderson,ROak 65.4 Henderson,ROak 7.2 MattinglyNYY .211
DowningCal 61.8 SaxNYY 7.2 CalderonChW .210
Bell,GTor 58.5 MattinglyNYY 7.1 Davis,CCal .206
Carter,JCle 57.3 Bell,GTor 7.0 Griffey Jr.Sea .202
           
           
Total average Secondary average AB per homerun
           
Henderson,ROak1.045 Henderson,ROak .472 Jackson,BKC 12.7
BainesChW1.043 McGriff,FTor .458 Carter,JCle 13.8
LansfordOak1.025 TettletonBal .437 McGwireOak 15.6
SierraTex1.021 McGwireOak .425 TettletonBal 16.4
Davis,ASea1.006 BainesChW .410 TartabullKC 16.5
BoggsBos .938 Davis,ASea .408 McGriff,FTor 16.5
CalderonChW .904 Jackson,BKC .391 SierraTex 19.1
SaxNYY .881 Carter,JCle .373 Griffey Jr.Sea 20.1
TettletonBal .877 SierraTex .372 LeonardSea 20.4
LirianoTor .872 Evans,DwBos .367 Davis,CCal 20.8
MattinglyNYY .871 LirianoTor .353 Parrish,LnCal 21.3
Carter,JCle .865 TartabullKC .348 BraggsMil 22.0
           
           
Games Plate appearances Atbats
           
GuillenChW88 PuckettMin391 SaxNYY366
GallagherChW87 SaxNYY391 PuckettMin362
DeerMil86 Ripken,CBal389 GuillenChW355
GaettiMin86 GallagherChW386 GaettiMin353
Franco,JuTex86 Henderson,ROak383 GallagherChW347
SierraTex86 GuillenChW382 White,DCal346
PalmeiroTex86 GaettiMin379 Carter,JCle346
9 tied with 85 BoggsBos378 Ripken,CBal345
    MattinglyNYY378 SierraTex344
    Carter,JCle377 CalderonChW343
    SeitzerKC 376 MattinglyNYY342
    YountMil376 GreenwellBos338
           
           
Hit by pitch Sacrifice bunts Sacrifice flies
           
DowningCal8 GuillenChW14 MattinglyNYY10
BurksBos7 BrowneCle11 GaettiMin10
SlaughtNYY7 FerminCle9 Franco,JuTex8
GantnerMil7 BackmanMin8 JoynerCal7
Larkin,GMin7 Ripken,BBal8 Carter,JCle7
FerminCle6 Lyons,SChW8 BurksBos6
SeitzerKC 6 JavierOak7 GagneMin6
BoggsBos6 Reynolds,HSea7 Bell,GTor6
7 tied with 5 SchofieldCal6 DeerMil6
    Barrett,MBos6 White,DCal6
    GallagherChW6 9 tied with 5
    5 tied with 5    
           
           
Ground ball DP Longest hit streak Current hit streak
           
GaettiMin16 SaxNYY23 McGriff,FTor12
Franco,JuTex15 SierraTex21 Martinez,CrChW10
TablerKC 14 DowningCal20 Harper,BMin10
SaxNYY14 CalderonChW20 Henderson,ROak9
Ripken,BBal13 BoggsBos19 GallagherChW8
ColesSea12 GallegoOak18 Boone,BKC 7
GagneMin12 PuckettMin17 SpiersMil7
WorthingtonBal12 Kelly,RNYY17 GladdenMin7
BainesChW12 MolitorMil16 Davis,ASea7
PalmeiroTex12 Parrish,LnCal15 Fernandez,TTor7
PuckettMin12 YountMil15 6 tied with 6
7 tied with 11 4 tied with 14    
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Plate appearances per game
           
SierraTex240 SierraTex .640 BoggsBos4.78
BainesChW217 BainesChW .598 Henderson,ROak4.61
Carter,JCle217 Davis,ASea .581 PuckettMin4.60
Henderson,ROak213 Carter,JCle .576 SaxNYY4.60
CalderonChW212 TettletonBal .574 Ripken,CBal4.58
BoggsBos212 LansfordOak .569 Fernandez,TTor4.58
MattinglyNYY209 CalderonChW .565 MolitorMil4.56
PuckettMin205 BoggsBos .561 Henderson,DOak4.54
McGriff,FTor201 EsaskyBos .557 TrammellDet4.52
DowningCal194 Henderson,ROak .556 Reynolds,HSea4.49
TettletonBal193 MattinglyNYY .553 BainesChW4.48
SaxNYY192 TartabullKC .545 SeitzerKC 4.48
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate AB per game
           
SierraTex239 SierraTex .637 SaxNYY4.31
BainesChW215 BainesChW .592 PuckettMin4.26
Carter,JCle214 TettletonBal .571 Fernandez,TTor4.14
CalderonChW209 Carter,JCle .568 White,DCal4.12
MattinglyNYY209 Davis,ASea .563 Henderson,DOak4.11
Henderson,ROak209 CalderonChW .557 GaettiMin4.10
BoggsBos206 LansfordOak .557 MolitorMil4.10
PuckettMin204 MattinglyNYY .553 TrammellDet4.08
McGriff,FTor199 EsaskyBos .550 BoggsBos4.08
TettletonBal192 Henderson,ROak .546 GreenwellBos4.07
SaxNYY191 BoggsBos .545 Carter,JCle4.07
2 tied with 186 McGriff,FTor .539 Ripken,CBal4.06
           
           
Balls in park In-play average Strikeout/walk ratio
           
GuillenChW342 LansfordOak .414 Davis,ASea 0.3
PuckettMin332 SaxNYY .384 FerminCle 0.4
SaxNYY328 PuckettMin .377 Reynolds,HSea 0.5
MattinglyNYY324 Bell,GTor .375 MattinglyNYY 0.5
GreenwellBos307 Bradley,PBal .367 RayCal 0.6
Reynolds,HSea306 BainesChW .367 O'Brien,PCle 0.6
Ripken,CBal302 CalderonChW .352 Henderson,ROak 0.6
PalmeiroTex301 BoggsBos .345 LansfordOak 0.6
O'Brien,PCle294 Phillips,TOak .339 PalmeiroTex 0.7
GallagherChW293 GladdenMin .339 LirianoTor 0.7
BrowneCle292 BrowneCle .336 SeitzerKC 0.7
SierraTex291 DowningCal .333 WhitakerDet 0.7
           
           
Batting average vs LHP On-base percentage vs LHP Slugging percentage vs LHP
           
LansfordOak .411 Davis,ASea .490 TartabullKC .671
Kelly,RNYY .398 Henderson,ROak .483 TettletonBal .642
CalderonChW .394 LansfordOak .472 Kelly,RNYY .639
MattinglyNYY .394 Reed,JoBos .462 Bradley,PBal .620
EspinozaNYY .389 CalderonChW .449 CalderonChW .606
Reed,JoBos .383 LemonDet .444 Davis,ASea .605
Davis,ASea .383 Parrish,LnCal .442 DowningCal .602
MolitorMil .370 Kelly,RNYY .440 SierraTex .596
SaxNYY .360 Phillips,TOak .438 MattinglyNYY .591
Phillips,TOak .359 YountMil .434 IncavigliaTex .580
Parrish,LnCal .356 SaxNYY .434 Parrish,LnCal .578
YountMil .355 MolitorMil .431 Jackson,BKC .568
           
           
Hits vs LHP Runs batted in vs LHP On-base plus slugging vs LHP
           
MattinglyNYY52 MattinglyNYY38 Davis,ASea1.095
SaxNYY45 GaettiMin24 Kelly,RNYY1.078
EspinozaNYY42 GagneMin23 TartabullKC 1.076
CalderonChW41 TettletonBal22 CalderonChW1.055
GruberTor41 GreenwellBos22 Bradley,PBal1.036
LansfordOak39 Jackson,BKC 20 Parrish,LnCal1.020
SierraTex37 SierraTex20 LansfordOak1.009
RayCal36 JoynerCal19 MattinglyNYY1.001
GuillenChW36 O'Brien,PCle18 TettletonBal .996
White,DCal36 5 tied with 17 DowningCal .986
Bradley,PBal35     SierraTex .978
GallagherChW35     LemonDet .976
           
           
Doubles vs LHP Triples vs LHP Homeruns vs LHP
           
MattinglyNYY12 CalderonChW4 DowningCal10
KunkelTex11 SierraTex4 Jackson,BKC 9
SierraTex11 Phillips,TOak3 TettletonBal9
PuckettMin10 Castillo,CMin3 TartabullKC 8
Bradley,PBal10 MilliganBal3 Snyder,CCle8
Davis,ASea9 GaettiMin3 8 tied with 6
TettletonBal9 13 tied with 2    
6 tied with 8        
           
           
           
           
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHP Total bases vs LHP Isolated power vs LHP
           
TettletonBal19 MattinglyNYY78 TettletonBal .400
Bradley,PBal18 DowningCal68 TartabullKC .357
SierraTex18 Bradley,PBal67 Jackson,BKC .341
MattinglyNYY17 SierraTex65 DowningCal .301
MilliganBal14 CalderonChW63 Bradley,PBal .296
DowningCal14 TettletonBal61 IncavigliaTex .296
KunkelTex13 GruberTor57 Snyder,CCle .264
BrookensNYY13 White,DCal56 MilliganBal .260
BalboniNYY13 MilliganBal55 SierraTex .257
9 tied with 12 Castillo,CMin54 BrookensNYY .250
    BrookensNYY54 BraggsMil .244
    GaettiMin54 Kelly,RNYY .241
           
           
Walks vs LHP Strikeouts vs LHP Hit by pitch vs LHP
           
Henderson,ROak35 McGriff,FTor38 Davis,ASea5
Barfield,JeNYY26 TettletonBal35 Larkin,GMin5
SeitzerKC 21 MedinaCle31 BoggsBos5
MilliganBal20 FelixTor31 JoynerCal4
Fletcher,STex19 Jackson,BKC 30 MosebyTor3
LemonDet19 Davis,CCal29 KunkelTex2
TettletonBal17 Barfield,JeNYY27 Williams,EChW2
BainesChW17 IncavigliaTex25 ManriqueChW2
Bradley,PBal17 BainesChW25 DowningCal2
McGriff,FTor16 BrenlyTor24 McGriff,FTor2
SaxNYY16 Ward,GDet24 43 tied with 1
2 tied with 15 White,DCal24    
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHP Sacrifice flies vs LHP Atbats vs LHP
           
BrowneCle5 GagneMin5 White,DCal138
McDowell,O 4 MattinglyNYY5 MattinglyNYY132
GuillenChW4 PolidorMil3 SaxNYY125
Barrett,MBos3 17 tied with 2 O'Brien,PCle124
KunkelTex3     BalboniNYY124
LirianoTor3     Carter,JCle121
MosebyTor3     GaettiMin121
FerminCle3     GruberTor120
GallagherChW3     BrowneCle119
9 tied with 2     GuillenChW118
        GreenwellBos116
        2 tied with 115
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHP AB per double vs LHP Plate appearances vs LHP
           
TartabullKC 8.8 Davis,ASea 9.0 MattinglyNYY144
Jackson,BKC 9.8 SierraTex 9.9 Henderson,ROak143
TettletonBal 10.6 PuckettMin 10.4 SaxNYY143
DowningCal 11.3 TettletonBal 10.6 White,DCal142
Snyder,CCle 13.3 Bradley,PBal 10.8 O'Brien,PCle135
IncavigliaTex 13.5 MattinglyNYY 11.0 BalboniNYY134
BraggsMil 14.3 Kelly,RNYY 11.9 Carter,JCle132
LeonardSea 16.0 LansfordOak 11.9 DevereauxBal130
GagneMin 16.7 CeroneBos 12.0 DowningCal130
DeerMil 16.8 BoggsBos 12.5 GallagherChW130
BrookensNYY 17.3 Evans,DwBos 13.0 GaettiMin130
Bradley,PBal 18.0 SheffieldMil 13.3 McGriff,FTor130
           
           
Batting average vs RHP On-base percentage vs RHP Slugging percentage vs RHP
           
BainesChW .385 BainesChW .514 Carter,JCle .711
LansfordOak .385 LansfordOak .447 SierraTex .634
PuckettMin .376 OrsulakBal .447 BainesChW .609
Bell,GTor .372 BoggsBos .433 EsaskyBos .597
OrsulakBal .366 EsaskyBos .426 McGriff,FTor .565
SaxNYY .361 PalmeiroTex .421 BoggsBos .550
GladdenMin .352 BrowneCle .405 Washington,CCal .542
EsaskyBos .348 PuckettMin .399 Davis,CCal .540
BoggsBos .338 Bell,GTor .398 FelixTor .538
BrowneCle .333 McGriff,FTor .397 PuckettMin .531
GreenwellBos .329 Davis,CCal .397 OrsulakBal .530
SierraTex .328 GallegoOak .392 GreenwellBos .514
           
           
Hits vs RHP Runs batted in vs RHP On-base plus slugging vs RHP
           
PuckettMin97 Carter,JCle59 BainesChW1.124
SaxNYY87 SierraTex57 Carter,JCle1.058
Bell,GTor83 McGriff,FTor48 EsaskyBos1.023
LansfordOak79 Ripken,CBal47 SierraTex1.004
SierraTex77 PuckettMin47 BoggsBos .982
BoggsBos75 Jackson,BKC 46 OrsulakBal .977
BainesChW74 CalderonChW44 McGriff,FTor .962
GreenwellBos73 GaettiMin42 LansfordOak .960
CalderonChW71 Evans,DwBos41 Davis,CCal .937
PalmeiroTex70 GruberTor41 PuckettMin .930
Carter,JCle70 McGwireOak39 Washington,CCal .899
GuillenChW70 GreenwellBos39 GreenwellBos .894
           
           
Doubles vs RHP Triples vs RHP Homeruns vs RHP
           
WhittTor18 BoggsBos8 Carter,JCle24
Bell,GTor18 SierraTex8 McGriff,FTor16
Carter,JCle18 StillwellKC 6 HrbekMin15
PuckettMin18 EspyTex6 McGwireOak15
LansfordOak17 PoloniaNYY6 Jackson,BKC 15
GuillenChW17 PalmeiroTex5 SierraTex15
BoggsBos16 8 tied with 4 Griffey Jr.Sea13
Anderson,BBal15     MattinglyNYY11
CalderonChW15     WhitakerDet11
Parker,DOak15     GaettiMin11
5 tied with 14     Ripken,CBal11
        5 tied with 10
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHP Total bases vs RHP Isolated power vs RHP
           
Carter,JCle42 Carter,JCle160 Carter,JCle .400
SierraTex34 SierraTex149 McGriff,FTor .328
McGriff,FTor29 PuckettMin137 SierraTex .306
BoggsBos29 BoggsBos122 McGwireOak .260
CalderonChW28 CalderonChW121 EsaskyBos .249
PuckettMin26 BainesChW117 FelixTor .247
EsaskyBos25 SaxNYY116 Jackson,BKC .236
Griffey Jr.Sea24 GreenwellBos114 Davis,CCal .233
WhittTor23 EsaskyBos108 Griffey Jr.Sea .231
MattinglyNYY23 Ripken,CBal108 Washington,CCal .226
GreenwellBos23 Bell,GTor107 BainesChW .224
4 tied with 22 4 tied with 105 MattinglyNYY .219
           
           
Walks vs RHP Strikeouts vs RHP Hit by pitch vs RHP
           
McGriff,FTor51 DeerMil80 SlaughtNYY7
BainesChW50 Jackson,BKC 73 BurksBos6
Evans,DwBos40 Barfield,JeNYY72 FerminCle6
WhitakerDet38 Snyder,CCle66 GantnerMil6
BoggsBos37 LeonardSea62 DowningCal6
Davis,ASea36 BraggsMil61 SeitzerKC 6
TettletonBal36 BuecheleTex59 GagneMin5
McGwireOak36 IncavigliaTex54 10 tied with 4
Henderson,ROak35 TartabullKC 52    
SeitzerKC 35 EspyTex51    
PalmeiroTex35 GaettiMin48    
O'Brien,PCle30 Henderson,DOak48    
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHP Sacrifice flies vs RHP Atbats vs RHP
           
GuillenChW10 GaettiMin8 PuckettMin258
BackmanMin7 DeerMil6 Parker,DOak251
Lyons,SChW7 Franco,JuTex6 SaxNYY241
Reynolds,HSea7 LirianoTor5 CalderonChW239
Ripken,BBal6 JoynerCal5 YountMil239
FerminCle6 White,DCal5 Henderson,DOak239
JavierOak6 MattinglyNYY5 GuillenChW237
BrowneCle6 Bell,GTor5 PoloniaNYY237
GallegoOak5 Carter,JCle5 MolitorMil236
Reed,JoBos5 PuckettMin5 SierraTex235
4 tied with 4 9 tied with 4 Ripken,CBal233
        2 tied with 232
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHP AB per double vs RHP Plate appearances vs RHP
           
Carter,JCle 9.4 WhittTor 10.3 PuckettMin276
McGriff,FTor 11.6 Anderson,BBal 11.9 YountMil270
McGwireOak 13.1 LansfordOak 12.1 Ripken,CBal267
Jackson,BKC 14.4 Ripken,BBal 12.1 WhitakerDet265
SierraTex 15.7 LirianoTor 12.4 Parker,DOak265
Griffey Jr.Sea 16.6 Bell,GTor 12.4 Henderson,DOak265
Washington,CCal 16.8 Carter,JCle 12.5 MolitorMil263
FelixTor 17.6 Leach,RTex 12.8 BoggsBos261
Davis,CCal 17.6 EisenreichKC 13.6 Franco,JuTex261
MattinglyNYY 19.1 GladdenMin 13.8 CalderonChW257
BainesChW 19.2 BoggsBos 13.9 GuillenChW257
GruberTor 20.4 EsaskyBos 13.9 SierraTex257