League Batting Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 5/31/1989

Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
LansfordOak .424 LansfordOak .488 SierraTex .591
PuckettMin .372 LirianoTor .434 Jackson,BKC .586
BoggsBos .342 Davis,ASea .430 PuckettMin .572
DowningCal .340 BoggsBos .425 Davis,CCal .567
PalmeiroTex .338 Henderson,RNYY .419 LansfordOak .565
Bell,GTor .337 BainesChW .417 Carter,JCle .551
GreenwellBos .337 PuckettMin .410 BoggsBos .543
SaxNYY .336 Davis,CCal .400 McGwireOak .540
Reynolds,HSea .333 RayCal .400 DowningCal .534
RayCal .333 DowningCal .396 EsaskyBos .526
JoynerCal .324 Reed,JoBos .395 IncavigliaTex .523
LirianoTor .323 PalmeiroTex .390 CalderonChW .523
           
           
Hits Runs Runs batted in
           
LansfordOak81 PuckettMin41 Jackson,BKC 42
PuckettMin80 DowningCal40 SierraTex42
SaxNYY73 Henderson,RNYY36 Carter,JCle41
Reynolds,HSea69 Jackson,BKC 34 MattinglyNYY40
PalmeiroTex66 GladdenMin34 PuckettMin37
GreenwellBos66 Kelly,RNYY31 IncavigliaTex36
DowningCal65 PalmeiroTex31 LeonardSea36
SierraTex65 LansfordOak31 GaettiMin36
BoggsBos63 SaxNYY31 BurksBos35
Bell,GTor62 BoggsBos30 CalderonChW35
GuillenChW61 SeitzerKC 30 White,DCal35
GladdenMin60 Carter,JCle30 2 tied with 34
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
PuckettMin21 SierraTex6 Jackson,BKC 19
LansfordOak19 BoggsBos5 HrbekMin14
Carter,JCle18 CalderonChW5 Carter,JCle14
SierraTex16 SpiersMil4 McGwireOak13
BoggsBos15 PoloniaOak4 McGriff,FTor13
EsaskyBos14 GagneMin4 LeonardSea11
WhittTor13 GaettiMin4 PresleySea10
Bell,GTor13 7 tied with 3 Davis,CCal10
MattinglyNYY13     IncavigliaTex10
6 tied with 12     TartabullKC 10
        CalderonChW10
        6 tied with 9
           
           
Extra base hits Stolen bases Steal percentage
           
Carter,JCle32 Henderson,RNYY24-12 ThurmanKC 1.000
SierraTex31 SaxNYY19-2 FelderMil1.000
PuckettMin29 PoloniaOak19-3 PettisDet .909
BoggsBos24 Reynolds,HSea17-10 SaxNYY .905
Jackson,BKC 24 EspyTex16-4 MosesMin .889
EsaskyBos22 GladdenMin14-7 JavierOak .875
Davis,CCal22 Jackson,BKC 11-2 PoloniaOak .864
IncavigliaTex22 LirianoTor11-3 SeitzerKC .857
McGriff,FTor22 White,DCal11-4 YountMil .857
LansfordOak22 Anderson,BBal11-5 Jackson,BKC .846
JacobyCle21 4 tied with 10 EisenreichKC .833
CalderonChW21     BurksBos .818
           
           
Walks Intentional walks Strikeouts
           
Henderson,RNYY48 BoggsBos9 Barfield,JeNYY62
BainesChW44 HrbekMin6 Jackson,BKC 62
McGriff,FTor38 BainesChW4 IncavigliaTex59
Davis,ASea36 CalderonChW4 DeerMil59
Evans,DwBos35 Davis,ASea3 TartabullKC 52
SeitzerKC 33 Jackson,BKC 3 Snyder,CCle49
WhitakerDet30 GreenwellBos3 McGriff,FTor48
LirianoTor28 PuckettMin3 White,DCal48
TettletonBal28 11 tied with 2 KittleChW47
Larkin,GMin28     BuecheleTex46
BoggsBos25     LeonardSea44
O'Brien,PCle25     EspyTex43
           
           
On-base plus slugging Total bases Extra base hits
           
LansfordOak1.054 PuckettMin123 Carter,JCle32
PuckettMin .982 SierraTex120 SierraTex31
BoggsBos .969 Carter,JCle118 PuckettMin29
Davis,CCal .967 Jackson,BKC 109 BoggsBos24
SierraTex .945 LansfordOak108 Jackson,BKC 24
DowningCal .930 CalderonChW104 EsaskyBos22
LirianoTor .914 DowningCal102 Davis,CCal22
EsaskyBos .909 BoggsBos100 IncavigliaTex22
TettletonBal .891 Davis,CCal97 McGriff,FTor22
Jackson,BKC .890 GaettiMin96 LansfordOak22
Davis,ASea .888 LeonardSea95 JacobyCle21
JacobyCle .885 IncavigliaTex92 CalderonChW21
           
           
Runs created Runs created/27 outs Isolated power
           
LansfordOak 51.8 LansfordOak11.6 Jackson,BKC .333
PuckettMin 48.9 BoggsBos 9.3 McGwireOak .309
BoggsBos 43.6 PuckettMin 9.0 Carter,JCle .280
SierraTex 40.8 Davis,CCal 8.7 McGriff,FTor .273
DowningCal 40.2 LirianoTor 8.5 SierraTex .271
Davis,CCal 39.3 DowningCal 8.2 IncavigliaTex .256
Henderson,RNYY 38.6 Davis,ASea 8.1 Davis,CCal .246
HrbekMin 36.8 SierraTex 7.7 TettletonBal .237
Carter,JCle 35.6 EsaskyBos 7.6 CalderonChW .231
CalderonChW 34.8 TettletonBal 7.5 EsaskyBos .230
JacobyCle 34.7 Williams,EChW 7.2 TartabullKC .222
Reynolds,HSea 34.4 JacobyCle 7.2 GagneMin .213
           
           
Total average Secondary average AB per homerun
           
LansfordOak1.157 Henderson,RNYY .505 Jackson,BKC 9.8
LirianoTor1.099 McGriff,FTor .500 McGwireOak 10.7
Henderson,RNYY1.040 McGwireOak .489 McGriff,FTor 13.5
BoggsBos1.032 Davis,ASea .466 Carter,JCle 15.3
Davis,ASea1.021 Jackson,BKC .452 Davis,CCal 17.1
Davis,CCal1.008 LirianoTor .441 TettletonBal 17.4
PuckettMin1.000 TettletonBal .439 IncavigliaTex 17.6
TettletonBal .942 BainesChW .410 TartabullKC 18.5
EsaskyBos .927 Evans,DwBos .398 LeonardSea 18.5
DowningCal .924 Davis,CCal .386 Griffey Jr.Sea 19.3
SierraTex .923 EsaskyBos .368 BraggsMil 19.4
Jackson,BKC .918 JacobyCle .339 CalderonChW 19.9
           
           
Games Plate appearances Atbats
           
GuillenChW51 Henderson,RNYY236 SaxNYY217
GallagherChW51 PuckettMin234 GuillenChW216
O'Brien,PCle51 Carter,JCle233 PuckettMin215
Carter,JCle51 GuillenChW231 Carter,JCle214
LansfordOak51 Reynolds,HSea231 McDowell,OCle209
Reynolds,HSea51 SaxNYY229 White,DCal207
McGriff,FTor51 O'Brien,PCle227 Reynolds,HSea207
8 tied with 50 GallagherChW225 GallagherChW206
    White,DCal221 GaettiMin206
    Henderson,DOak221 LeonardSea204
    McDowell,OCle220 SierraTex203
    SeitzerKC 220 Henderson,DOak202
           
           
Hit by pitch Sacrifice bunts Sacrifice flies
           
FerminCle6 BrowneCle9 MattinglyNYY7
BurksBos6 Ripken,BBal7 BurksBos6
Larkin,GMin5 GuillenChW7 JoynerCal5
DowningCal5 Barrett,MBos6 White,DCal5
SlaughtNYY4 Reynolds,HSea6 PolidorMil4
Williams,EChW4 GallagherChW5 LirianoTor4
GagneMin4 GallegoOak4 GruberTor4
MosebyTor4 JavierOak4 Bell,GTor4
Fletcher,STex4 GagneMin4 GaettiMin4
LansfordOak4 FerminCle4 Carter,JCle4
10 tied with 3 MosebyTor4 14 tied with 3
    8 tied with 3    
           
           
Ground ball DP Longest hit streak Current hit streak
           
GaettiMin12 DowningCal20 Parrish,LnCal14
HasseyOak10 BoggsBos19 PoloniaOak12
TablerKC 10 PuckettMin17 SierraTex10
Barrett,MBos10 Kelly,RNYY17 BurksBos8
ColesSea9 Parrish,LnCal14 Reynolds,HSea7
McGriff,FTor9 TartabullKC 14 12 tied with 6
SaxNYY9 MosesMin14    
6 tied with 8 Barrett,MBos13    
    PresleySea13    
    GuillenChW12    
    DeerMil12    
    PoloniaOak12    
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Plate appearances per game
           
PuckettMin139 LansfordOak .614 BoggsBos4.86
Carter,JCle133 Jackson,BKC .612 Henderson,RNYY4.72
LansfordOak132 SierraTex .609 PuckettMin4.68
Henderson,RNYY132 Davis,CCal .609 MolitorMil4.63
SierraTex131 McGwireOak .602 DowningCal4.61
BoggsBos128 BoggsBos .598 RayCal4.59
Jackson,BKC 123 PuckettMin .594 Barrett,MBos4.59
McGriff,FTor122 TettletonBal .583 SaxNYY4.58
DowningCal121 EsaskyBos .583 Carter,JCle4.57
Davis,CCal120 Davis,ASea .576 GuillenChW4.53
CalderonChW119 Carter,JCle .571 Reynolds,HSea4.53
JacobyCle114 DowningCal .571 2 tied with 4.51
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate AB per game
           
PuckettMin138 Davis,CCal .609 SaxNYY4.34
Carter,JCle131 Jackson,BKC .607 PuckettMin4.30
SierraTex130 SierraTex .605 McDowell,OCle4.27
Henderson,RNYY130 McGwireOak .596 GuillenChW4.24
LansfordOak128 LansfordOak .595 White,DCal4.22
BoggsBos125 PuckettMin .590 GaettiMin4.20
Jackson,BKC 122 BoggsBos .584 Carter,JCle4.20
Davis,CCal120 TettletonBal .583 BoggsBos4.18
McGriff,FTor120 EsaskyBos .577 Wilson,WKC 4.17
CalderonChW117 Carter,JCle .562 LeonardSea4.16
DowningCal116 Davis,ASea .558 MolitorMil4.16
JacobyCle112 LirianoTor .553 DowningCal4.15
           
           
Balls in park In-play average Strikeout/walk ratio
           
GuillenChW207 LansfordOak .449 Davis,ASea 0.3
Reynolds,HSea201 Bell,GTor .389 FerminCle 0.4
SaxNYY196 PuckettMin .379 LirianoTor 0.4
PuckettMin195 BoggsBos .378 RayCal 0.5
MattinglyNYY189 SaxNYY .362 Henderson,RNYY 0.5
McDowell,OCle184 Parrish,LnCal .361 WhitakerDet 0.6
GreenwellBos182 PalmeiroTex .360 O'Brien,PCle 0.6
PalmeiroTex178 Kelly,RNYY .357 Larkin,GMin 0.6
O'Brien,PCle178 EspinozaNYY .355 LansfordOak 0.6
GallagherChW177 White,FKC .354 Barrett,MBos 0.7
LansfordOak176 GreenwellBos .346 Reynolds,HSea 0.8
Carter,JCle176 Davis,CCal .346 BainesChW 0.8
           
           
Batting average vs LHP On-base percentage vs LHP Slugging percentage vs LHP
           
LansfordOak .492 LansfordOak .544 Castillo,CMin .690
Kelly,RNYY .433 Davis,ASea .519 Kelly,RNYY .683
Castillo,CMin .414 Parrish,LnCal .518 DowningCal .661
Parrish,LnCal .413 Henderson,RNYY .511 LansfordOak .656
Reed,JoBos .391 Reed,JoBos .462 JoynerCal .652
MorelandDet .377 Kelly,RNYY .460 Davis,ASea .650
SaxNYY .375 Castillo,CMin .452 CottoSea .638
Davis,ASea .375 SeitzerKC .443 TartabullKC .633
JoynerCal .370 PuckettMin .433 CalderonChW .632
PuckettMin .367 SaxNYY .427 IncavigliaTex .621
KarkoviceChW .362 YountMil .426 KarkoviceChW .617
CottoSea .362 3 tied with  .412 Jackson,BKC .596
           
           
Hits vs LHP Runs batted in vs LHP On-base plus slugging vs LHP
           
LansfordOak30 MattinglyNYY23 LansfordOak1.200
SaxNYY30 O'Brien,PCle18 Davis,ASea1.169
Kelly,RNYY26 GaettiMin15 Kelly,RNYY1.144
EspinozaNYY26 Ward,GDet14 Castillo,CMin1.141
MattinglyNYY26 SierraTex14 Parrish,LnCal1.105
Castillo,CMin24 GagneMin13 DowningCal1.070
GruberTor24 JoynerCal12 JoynerCal1.064
O'Brien,PCle24 Jackson,BKC 12 CottoSea1.050
JacobyCle23 IncavigliaTex12 KarkoviceChW1.029
GaettiMin23 GreenwellBos12 CalderonChW1.028
Bell,GTor23 5 tied with 11 TartabullKC 1.022
2 tied with 22     Reed,JoBos .983
           
           
Doubles vs LHP Triples vs LHP Homeruns vs LHP
           
PuckettMin8 CalderonChW3 Jackson,BKC 6
LansfordOak8 SierraTex3 DowningCal6
SierraTex7 ColesSea2 LeonardSea5
Meyer,JMil6 Castillo,CMin2 TartabullKC 5
KarkoviceChW6 Kelly,RNYY2 Snyder,CCle5
Castillo,CMin6 Phillips,TOak2 HeathDet4
9 tied with 5 GaettiMin2 TettletonBal4
    28 tied with 1 JoynerCal4
        IncavigliaTex4
        MedinaCle4
        O'Brien,PCle4
        15 tied with 3
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHP Total bases vs LHP Isolated power vs LHP
           
SierraTex11 Kelly,RNYY41 Jackson,BKC .365
Castillo,CMin10 Castillo,CMin40 TettletonBal .341
IncavigliaTex9 LansfordOak40 TartabullKC .327
Kelly,RNYY9 O'Brien,PCle40 DowningCal .322
LansfordOak9 DowningCal39 IncavigliaTex .310
HeathDet8 SierraTex38 JoynerCal .283
KarkoviceChW8 JacobyCle37 CalderonChW .281
PuckettMin8 GaettiMin37 CottoSea .277
O'Brien,PCle8 CalderonChW36 Castillo,CMin .276
11 tied with 7 IncavigliaTex36 Davis,ASea .275
    MattinglyNYY34 BuecheleTex .261
    3 tied with 33 KarkoviceChW .255
           
           
Walks vs LHP Strikeouts vs LHP Hit by pitch vs LHP
           
Henderson,RNYY25 McGriff,FTor28 JoynerCal3
WhitakerDet12 MedinaCle25 Davis,ASea3
SeitzerKC 12 TettletonBal21 Larkin,GMin3
Barfield,JeNYY11 Barfield,JeNYY21 MosebyTor3
TettletonBal10 BainesChW19 ManriqueChW2
Parrish,LnCal10 Jackson,BKC 18 Williams,EChW2
Evans,DwBos10 Davis,CCal18 BoggsBos2
Fletcher,STex10 IncavigliaTex16 McGriff,FTor2
YountMil10 White,DCal16 28 tied with 1
BainesChW10 SlaughtNYY16    
8 tied with 9 3 tied with 15    
           
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHP Sacrifice flies vs LHP Atbats vs LHP
           
BrowneCle5 PolidorMil3 O'Brien,PCle86
Barrett,MBos3 MattinglyNYY3 Carter,JCle83
GallagherChW3 TartabullKC 2 SaxNYY80
MosebyTor3 BurksBos2 GruberTor80
McDowell,OCle3 GagneMin2 MattinglyNYY78
KunkelTex2 IncavigliaTex2 McDowell,OCle77
Ripken,BBal2 Carter,JCle2 BalboniNYY77
LirianoTor2 38 tied with 1 McGriff,FTor77
Anderson,BBal2     Bell,GTor73
GladdenMin2     Snyder,CCle72
GuillenChW2     EspinozaNYY72
FerminCle2     2 tied with 71
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHP AB per double vs LHP Plate appearances vs LHP
           
Jackson,BKC 8.7 PuckettMin 7.5 O'Brien,PCle96
TartabullKC 9.8 LansfordOak 7.6 Carter,JCle92
DowningCal 9.8 KarkoviceChW 7.8 Henderson,RNYY90
TettletonBal 11.0 SierraTex 9.6 SaxNYY89
JoynerCal 11.5 Castillo,CMin 9.7 McGriff,FTor89
Davis,ASea 13.3 Williams,EChW 11.0 MattinglyNYY85
Snyder,CCle 14.4 White,FKC 11.0 BalboniNYY84
IncavigliaTex 14.5 YountMil 11.4 GruberTor83
BuecheleTex 15.3 BoggsBos 11.6 McDowell,OCle82
CottoSea 15.7 Kelly,RNYY 12.0 Snyder,CCle79
MedinaCle 16.0 RiceBos 12.2 JacobyCle78
Parker,DOak 16.0 Evans,DwBos 12.8 BrowneCle78
           
           
Batting average vs RHP On-base percentage vs RHP Slugging percentage vs RHP
           
LansfordOak .392 BainesChW .478 Carter,JCle .740
PalmeiroTex .386 Davis,CCal .469 McGriff,FTor .687
PuckettMin .374 LansfordOak .463 McGwireOak .680
Davis,CCal .370 LirianoTor .459 Davis,CCal .648
LirianoTor .360 PalmeiroTex .444 EsaskyBos .612
GladdenMin .352 EsaskyBos .442 SierraTex .603
Bell,GTor .351 BoggsBos .440 PuckettMin .600
White,FKC .350 OrsulakBal .432 BoggsBos .595
EsaskyBos .350 McGriff,FTor .411 Jackson,BKC .582
GreenwellBos .349 RayCal .402 BushMin .573
OrsulakBal .341 PuckettMin .401 OrsulakBal .561
BoggsBos .341 PhelpsNYY .398 LirianoTor .535
           
           
Hits vs RHP Runs batted in vs RHP On-base plus slugging vs RHP
           
PuckettMin58 Carter,JCle32 Davis,CCal1.117
LansfordOak51 McGriff,FTor30 Carter,JCle1.109
Reynolds,HSea50 Jackson,BKC 30 McGriff,FTor1.098
PalmeiroTex49 SierraTex28 McGwireOak1.067
GladdenMin45 Ripken,CBal27 EsaskyBos1.053
GreenwellBos45 PuckettMin27 BoggsBos1.035
DowningCal45 LeonardSea26 PuckettMin1.001
Carter,JCle44 White,DCal25 LirianoTor .994
BoggsBos43 SaxNYY25 OrsulakBal .993
SierraTex43 CalderonChW25 LansfordOak .986
SaxNYY43 5 tied with 24 BainesChW .958
LeonardSea41     PalmeiroTex .955
           
           
Doubles vs RHP Triples vs RHP Homeruns vs RHP
           
Carter,JCle14 BoggsBos5 Carter,JCle13
WhittTor13 SpiersMil4 Jackson,BKC 13
PuckettMin13 PoloniaOak4 McGriff,FTor12
EsaskyBos11 GagneMin3 McGwireOak12
Anderson,BBal11 EisenreichKC 3 HrbekMin11
GladdenMin11 EspyTex3 Griffey Jr.Sea9
LansfordOak11 SierraTex3 PresleySea8
BoggsBos10 Reynolds,HSea3 Ripken,CBal8
5 tied with 9 20 tied with 2 SierraTex8
        Davis,CCal7
        WhitakerDet7
        CalderonChW7
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHP Total bases vs RHP Isolated power vs RHP
           
Carter,JCle27 Carter,JCle97 McGriff,FTor .444
PuckettMin21 PuckettMin93 Carter,JCle .405
McGriff,FTor20 SierraTex82 McGwireOak .400
SierraTex20 Jackson,BKC 78 Jackson,BKC .321
BoggsBos19 BoggsBos75 SierraTex .287
HrbekMin17 Davis,CCal70 Davis,CCal .278
EsaskyBos17 Griffey Jr.Sea69 PresleySea .266
Jackson,BKC 17 McGriff,FTor68 EsaskyBos .262
Griffey Jr.Sea17 McGwireOak68 BoggsBos .254
McGwireOak16 LansfordOak68 BushMin .245
WhittTor16 CalderonChW68 Griffey Jr.Sea .240
Davis,CCal16 LeonardSea67 Washington,CCal .231
           
           
Walks vs RHP Strikeouts vs RHP Hit by pitch vs RHP
           
BainesChW34 DeerMil45 FerminCle6
McGriff,FTor29 Jackson,BKC 44 BurksBos5
Davis,ASea27 IncavigliaTex43 SlaughtNYY4
Evans,DwBos25 Barfield,JeNYY41 GagneMin4
Henderson,RNYY23 BuecheleTex39 DowningCal4
BoggsBos22 TartabullKC 39 LansfordOak4
SeitzerKC 21 LeonardSea37 ValleSea3
Larkin,GMin20 KittleChW35 Bradley,PBal3
Davis,CCal20 Snyder,CCle35 SheffieldMil3
LirianoTor19 Parrish,LnCal33 Fletcher,STex3
3 tied with 18 BraggsMil33 ColesSea3
    EspyTex33 22 tied with 2
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHP Sacrifice flies vs RHP Atbats vs RHP
           
Reynolds,HSea6 LirianoTor4 LeonardSea157
Ripken,BBal5 Bell,GTor4 PuckettMin155
GuillenChW5 MattinglyNYY4 GuillenChW151
GallegoOak4 JoynerCal4 Reynolds,HSea150
BrowneCle4 GaettiMin4 Griffey Jr.Sea146
GagneMin3 BurksBos4 GallagherChW145
JavierOak3 White,DCal4 CalderonChW142
Barrett,MBos3 6 tied with 3 Henderson,DOak141
13 tied with 2     YountMil138
        4 tied with 137
           
           
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHP AB per double vs RHP Plate appearances vs RHP
           
McGriff,FTor 8.3 WhittTor 8.2 Reynolds,HSea168
McGwireOak 8.3 Carter,JCle 9.4 PuckettMin167
Carter,JCle 10.1 EsaskyBos 9.4 LeonardSea164
Jackson,BKC 10.3 Anderson,BBal 10.7 GuillenChW162
PresleySea 13.6 GladdenMin 11.6 Griffey Jr.Sea161
Davis,CCal 15.4 LansfordOak 11.8 Henderson,DOak156
Griffey Jr.Sea 16.2 PuckettMin 11.9 GallagherChW155
Ripken,CBal 16.4 Davis,CCal 12.0 WhitakerDet155
SierraTex 17.0 JacobyCle 12.0 CalderonChW153
Clark,DCle 17.5 LirianoTor 12.3 Ripken,CBal151
Washington,CCal 18.0 McGriff,FTor 12.4 YountMil151
BushMin 18.3 BoggsBos 12.6 2 tied with 150