1997 American League
Positional Leaderboards
 
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(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Catchers     C - 1B - 2B - 3B - SS - LF - CF - RF
Batting Average
PiazzaNYY.317
ReyesKCR.305*
SantiagoMIN.283
ReedDET.272
NilssonOAK.270
On-Base Pct
PiazzaNYY.395
ReyesKCR.348*
KreuterTEX.342
ReedDET.340
NilssonOAK.338
Slugging Pct
PiazzaNYY.521
SantiagoMIN.486
NilssonOAK.463
KreuterTEX.450
ReedDET.438
OPS
PiazzaNYY.916
NilssonOAK.801
SantiagoMIN.801
KreuterTEX.792
ReedDET.779
XR
PiazzaNYY112.0
NilssonOAK87.7
SantiagoMIN80.4
KreuterTEX75.3
ReedDET68.5
Games
NilssonOAK 158
PiazzaNYY 150
SantiagoMIN 147
MacfarlaneCHW 137
OliverNOR 136
At-Bats
NilssonOAK 600
SantiagoMIN 587
PiazzaNYY 580
OliverNOR 494
MacfarlaneCHW 487
KreuterTEX 487
Runs
PiazzaNYY 100
SantiagoMIN 93
NilssonOAK 78
KreuterTEX 71
ReedDET 68
Hits
PiazzaNYY 184
SantiagoMIN 166
NilssonOAK 162
ReyesKCR 140
MacfarlaneCHW 130
Total Bases
PiazzaNYY 302
SantiagoMIN 285
NilssonOAK 278
KreuterTEX 219
MacfarlaneCHW 209
Singles
PiazzaNYY 120
ReyesKCR 117
SasserOAK 107
SantiagoMIN 101
NilssonOAK 91
Doubles
NilssonOAK 47
OliverNOR 43
PiazzaNYY 36
SantiagoMIN 35
DaultonCLE 29
Triples
KreuterTEX 7
SantiagoMIN 6
DaultonCLE 4
NilssonOAK 3
MercedesTOR 3
ReedDET 3
WebsterSEA 3
Homeruns
PiazzaNYY 26
SantiagoMIN 24
NilssonOAK 21
KreuterTEX 19
MacfarlaneCHW 17
ReedDET 17
RBIs
NilssonOAK 125
PiazzaNYY 103
KreuterTEX 92
SantiagoMIN 90
MacfarlaneCHW 81
Stolen Bases
SantiagoMIN 2
SasserOAK 1
OliverNOR 1
MacfarlaneCHW 1
JohnsonMIN 1
Caught Stealing
WebsterSEA 1
FlahertyBAL 1
Walks
KreuterTEX 64
PiazzaNYY 64
NilssonOAK 63
DaultonCLE 58
ReedDET 50
Strikeouts
OliverNOR 142
MacfarlaneCHW 136
SantiagoMIN 135
SasserOAK 131
NilssonOAK 119

Salary
GedmanBOS7,500,000
SantiagoMIN7,500,000
PiazzaNYY6,028,572
FitzgeraldBAL6,000,000
ReedDET6,000,000

First Basemen     C - 1B - 2B - 3B - SS - LF - CF - RF
Batting Average
SeguiTEX.326
HornCLE.311
JeffersonTOR.305
ColbrunnDET.298
BagwellBOS.279
On-Base Pct
HornCLE.416
BagwellBOS.402
SeguiTEX.401
ColbrunnDET.368
JeffersonTOR.356
Slugging Pct
BagwellBOS.588
JeffersonTOR.480
SeguiTEX.463
VenturaCAL.451
ConineSEA.439
OPS
BagwellBOS.989
SeguiTEX.864
HornCLE.855
JeffersonTOR.836
ColbrunnDET.802
XR
BagwellBOS130.6
SeguiTEX110.3
HornCLE100.8
ColbrunnDET92.3
JeffersonTOR92.0
Games
ColbrunnDET 162
VenturaCAL 158
BagwellBOS 158
SeguiTEX 156
JeffersonTOR 156
At-Bats
ColbrunnDET 640
SeguiTEX 635
BagwellBOS 594
JeffersonTOR 583
VenturaCAL 570
Runs
BagwellBOS 124
SeguiTEX 114
HornCLE 90
ColbrunnDET 90
JeffersonTOR 89
Hits
SeguiTEX 207
ColbrunnDET 191
JeffersonTOR 178
HornCLE 173
BagwellBOS 166
Total Bases
BagwellBOS 349
SeguiTEX 294
JeffersonTOR 280
ColbrunnDET 278
VenturaCAL 257
Singles
SeguiTEX 142
ColbrunnDET 131
HornCLE 127
JeffersonTOR 109
CabreraSEA 89
Doubles
BagwellBOS 53
SeguiTEX 52
JeffersonTOR 50
ColbrunnDET 46
MarreroKCR 39
Triples
MarreroKCR 6
JeffersonTOR 5
BagwellBOS 5
VenturaCAL 4
SeguiTEX 4
ConineSEA 4
Homeruns
BagwellBOS 40
VenturaCAL 25
ConineSEA 20
JahaTEX 19
SnowCHW 19
RBIs
BagwellBOS 135
ColbrunnDET 96
JeffersonTOR 91
ConineSEA 90
HornCLE 89
SeguiTEX 89
Stolen Bases
SeguiTEX 2
ColbrunnDET 2
HamelinCHW 1
ConineSEA 1
BagwellBOS 1
Caught Stealing
MarreroKCR 1
ColbrunnDET 1
BenzingerMIN 1
Walks
BagwellBOS 115
HornCLE 94
SeguiTEX 76
VenturaCAL 73
ColbrunnDET 62
Strikeouts
VenturaCAL 155
HornCLE 147
ConineSEA 147
BagwellBOS 123
MarreroKCR 114

Salary
BagwellBOS10,500,000
HornCLE5,250,000
ConineSEA4,500,000
SeguiTEX3,930,000
JeffersonTOR1,707,143

Second Basemen     C - 1B - 2B - 3B - SS - LF - CF - RF
Batting Average
AlfonzoTEX.329
GatesOAK.318
DuncanCAL.305
LorettaKCR.295
LemkeBOS.282
On-Base Pct
GatesOAK.385
AlfonzoTEX.380
LorettaKCR.364
LemkeBOS.361
KnoblauchSEA.356
Slugging Pct
AlfonzoTEX.537
DuncanCAL.481
KnoblauchSEA.471
LorettaKCR.453
GatesOAK.451
OPS
AlfonzoTEX.917
GatesOAK.836
DuncanCAL.835
KnoblauchSEA.827
LorettaKCR.816
XR
DuncanCAL108.2
AlfonzoTEX105.1
KnoblauchSEA101.2
LemkeBOS94.5
LorettaKCR89.6
Games
SpiersNOR 160
LemkeBOS 158
ShaveNOR 158
DuncanCAL 156
LorettaKCR 156
At-Bats
LemkeBOS 660
DuncanCAL 655
SpiersNOR 637
KnoblauchSEA 596
LorettaKCR 590
Runs
LemkeBOS 114
KnoblauchSEA 113
DuncanCAL 107
SpiersNOR 96
SchofieldCLE 94
Hits
DuncanCAL 200
AlfonzoTEX 192
LemkeBOS 186
LorettaKCR 174
GatesOAK 165
Total Bases
DuncanCAL 315
AlfonzoTEX 313
KnoblauchSEA 281
LemkeBOS 273
LorettaKCR 267
Singles
DuncanCAL 136
LemkeBOS 128
AlfonzoTEX 118
GatesOAK 116
LorettaKCR 114
Doubles
AlfonzoTEX 48
KnoblauchSEA 47
LemkeBOS 40
LorettaKCR 40
ShaveNOR 39
Triples
DuncanCAL 11
YoungCAL 9
LemkeBOS 7
SpiersNOR 7
CedenoCLE 7
LorettaKCR 7
Homeruns
KnoblauchSEA 22
AlfonzoTEX 21
DuncanCAL 20
KingMIN 15
YoungCAL 14
GantBAL 14
RBIs
LemkeBOS 95
AlfonzoTEX 95
DuncanCAL 87
WalkerTOR 82
VinaBAL 81
Stolen Bases
KnoblauchSEA 51
YoungCAL 47
DuncanCAL 39
VinaBAL 35
SpiersNOR 17
Caught Stealing
KnoblauchSEA 14
YoungCAL 9
DuncanCAL 8
SpiersNOR 7
GantBAL 6
Walks
SpiersNOR 86
LemkeBOS 81
KnoblauchSEA 72
GatesOAK 54
SchofieldCLE 52
LorettaKCR 52
Strikeouts
SpiersNOR 147
KnoblauchSEA 143
ShaveNOR 122
KingMIN 115
DuncanCAL 114

Salary
SpiersNOR6,000,000
GantBAL5,500,000
DuncanCAL4,000,000
LemkeBOS3,750,000
SchofieldCLE3,000,000

Third Basemen     C - 1B - 2B - 3B - SS - LF - CF - RF
Batting Average
LivingstoneDET.334
CirilloSEA.310
GiambiTEX.303
ColesNYY.293
MitchellNYY.274
On-Base Pct
CirilloSEA.399
LivingstoneDET.376
GiambiTEX.372
SveumKCR.357
WilliamsTOR.334
Slugging Pct
WilliamsTOR.565
GiambiTEX.533
CirilloSEA.517
SveumKCR.513
MitchellNYY.498
OPS
CirilloSEA.916
GiambiTEX.905
WilliamsTOR.900
SveumKCR.870
LivingstoneDET.843
XR
CirilloSEA117.2
WilliamsTOR101.1
MitchellNYY98.5
SveumKCR89.3
GiambiTEX88.2
Games
ColesNYY 161
CirilloSEA 156
MitchellNYY 156
SveumKCR 154
WilliamsTOR 149
At-Bats
ColesNYY 675
MitchellNYY 646
CirilloSEA 609
WilliamsTOR 573
RolenBAL 567
Runs
MitchellNYY 117
WilliamsTOR 104
CirilloSEA 99
GiambiTEX 98
ColesNYY 88
Hits
ColesNYY 198
CirilloSEA 189
MitchellNYY 177
LivingstoneDET 175
WilliamsTOR 153
Total Bases
WilliamsTOR 324
MitchellNYY 322
CirilloSEA 315
SveumKCR 272
ColesNYY 267
Singles
ColesNYY 148
LivingstoneDET 123
CirilloSEA 120
MitchellNYY 114
RolenBAL 93
Doubles
LivingstoneDET 41
CirilloSEA 39
ColesNYY 39
Huskey  37
SveumKCR 35
Triples
GiambiTEX 7
RolenBAL 6
BenavidesNOR 6
KellyMIN 4
ColemanCHW 4
MitchellNYY 4
LivingstoneDET 4
AmaralSEA 4
Homeruns
WilliamsTOR 47
MitchellNYY 39
SveumKCR 32
CirilloSEA 27
GiambiTEX 22
RBIs
WilliamsTOR 135
MitchellNYY 120
CirilloSEA 110
SveumKCR 107
GiambiTEX 92
Stolen Bases
ColemanCHW 31
KellyMIN 13
WilliamsTOR 3
WehnerCHW 3
KutcherDET 2
Caught Stealing
ColemanCHW 26
WilliamsTOR 3
KellyMIN 2
AmaralSEA 2
WehnerCHW 1
RolenBAL 1
KutcherDET 1
Walks
CirilloSEA 83
SveumKCR 76
WilliamsTOR 59
MitchellNYY 50
GiambiTEX 47
Strikeouts
SveumKCR 147
ColesNYY 137
RolenBAL 127
WilliamsTOR 112
KellyMIN 109

Salary
MitchellNYY10,000,000
WilliamsTOR3,000,000
SveumKCR3,000,000
HollinsKCR2,514,286
LivingstoneDET2,178,571

Shortstops     C - 1B - 2B - 3B - SS - LF - CF - RF
Batting Average
ListachBAL.315
GarciaparraTEX.309
LarkinMIN.308
CoraCLE.303
BaergaBOS.299
On-Base Pct
ListachBAL.404
BlauserNYY.386
LarkinMIN.372
RodriguezTEX.371
GarciaparraTEX.366
Slugging Pct
GarciaparraTEX.598
RodriguezTEX.569
KentTOR.528
CedenoBOS.518
LarkinMIN.516
OPS
GarciaparraTEX.964
RodriguezTEX.940
LarkinMIN.889
ListachBAL.867
CedenoBOS.859
XR
RodriguezTEX125.5
GarciaparraTEX117.8
CedenoBOS112.5
LarkinMIN112.2
BlauserNYY107.5
Games
CedenoBOS 159
KentTOR 159
LarkinMIN 159
RodriguezTEX 156
BlauserNYY 155
At-Bats
CedenoBOS 649
CoraCLE 641
RodriguezTEX 633
LarkinMIN 610
BlauserNYY 602
Runs
RodriguezTEX 138
CedenoBOS 114
GarciaparraTEX 112
BlauserNYY 111
SheffieldSEA 108
Hits
CoraCLE 194
RodriguezTEX 188
LarkinMIN 188
GarciaparraTEX 184
CedenoBOS 176
Total Bases
RodriguezTEX 360
GarciaparraTEX 356
CedenoBOS 336
LarkinMIN 315
KentTOR 313
Singles
CoraCLE 134
LarkinMIN 125
ListachBAL 113
CedenoBOS 110
BlauserNYY 108
Doubles
KentTOR 53
CoraCLE 50
GarciaparraTEX 48
BaergaBOS 48
RodriguezTEX 44
Triples
GarciaparraTEX 14
RodriguezTEX 10
CoraCLE 7
JeterBAL 6
CedenoBOS 6
LarkinMIN 6
Homeruns
CedenoBOS 44
KentTOR 37
RodriguezTEX 36
GarciaparraTEX 32
SheffieldSEA 31
RBIs
CedenoBOS 140
RodriguezTEX 136
KentTOR 127
BaergaBOS 109
GarciaparraTEX 104
Stolen Bases
LarkinMIN 55
GarciaparraTEX 28
MeachamNOR 22
RodriguezTEX 17
BlauserNYY 14
Caught Stealing
ListachBAL 11
LarkinMIN 11
MeachamNOR 10
GarciaparraTEX 7
RodriguezTEX 5
Walks
BlauserNYY 94
SheffieldSEA 93
RodriguezTEX 78
ListachBAL 77
CedenoBOS 67
Strikeouts
KentTOR 198
CedenoBOS 186
DelgadoCLE 164
SheffieldSEA 157
RodriguezTEX 147

Salary
BlauserNYY10,800,000
LarkinMIN8,930,000
SheffieldSEA6,950,000
MeachamNOR6,800,000
GruberMIN4,870,000

Left Fielders     C - 1B - 2B - 3B - SS - LF - CF - RF
Batting Average
RobertsBOS.328
BryantCLE.286
GonzalezNYY.282
DanielsNOR.273
CordovaMIN.254
On-Base Pct
RobertsBOS.380
DanielsNOR.377
Huff .350
CordovaMIN.348
BryantCLE.343
Slugging Pct
DanielsNOR.507
GonzalezNYY.486
RobertsBOS.472
CordovaMIN.452
MartinKCR.442
OPS
DanielsNOR.884
RobertsBOS.852
GonzalezNYY.805
CordovaMIN.800
MartinKCR.771
XR
DanielsNOR112.8
RobertsBOS99.9
McNeelyKCR91.4
CordovaMIN91.1
MartinKCR89.0
Games
LennonOAK 161
MartinKCR 160
McNeelyKCR 159
GonzalezNYY 158
CordovaMIN 156
DanielsNOR 156
RobertsBOS 156
At-Bats
McNeelyKCR 652
RobertsBOS 631
MartinKCR 602
GonzalezNYY 599
DanielsNOR 572
Runs
RobertsBOS 121
McNeelyKCR 114
DanielsNOR 108
MartinKCR 97
CordovaMIN 87
Hits
RobertsBOS 207
GonzalezNYY 169
McNeelyKCR 165
BryantCLE 161
DanielsNOR 156
Total Bases
RobertsBOS 298
GonzalezNYY 291
DanielsNOR 290
MartinKCR 266
McNeelyKCR 264
Singles
RobertsBOS 141
BryantCLE 113
McNeelyKCR 102
MartinKCR 92
DanielsNOR 85
GonzalezNYY 85
Doubles
GonzalezNYY 64
RobertsBOS 47
CordovaMIN 41
BryantCLE 35
DanielsNOR 35
McNeelyKCR 35
Triples
McNeelyKCR 20
RobertsBOS 13
DanielsNOR 9
MartinKCR 8
BryantCLE 6
Homeruns
DanielsNOR 27
MartinKCR 25
CordovaMIN 23
GonzalezNYY 18
BellKCR 14
RBIs
GonzalezNYY 109
RobertsBOS 97
MartinKCR 96
CordovaMIN 91
BryantCLE 91
Stolen Bases
McNeelyKCR 92
DanielsNOR 46
ColeBAL 29
CordovaMIN 9
MartinezSEA 8
Caught Stealing
McNeelyKCR 23
ColeBAL 13
DanielsNOR 9
RobertsBOS 6
MartinKCR 2
CordovaMIN 2
Walks
DanielsNOR 86
MartinKCR 75
CordovaMIN 73
McNeelyKCR 67
Huff  67
Strikeouts
McNeelyKCR 197
LennonOAK 180
GonzalezNYY 177
BryantCLE 151
CordovaMIN 141

Salary
RobertsBOS10,420,000
DanielsNOR9,000,000
ColeBAL6,500,000
MartinKCR4,150,000
GonzalezNYY3,750,000

Center Fielders     C - 1B - 2B - 3B - SS - LF - CF - RF
Batting Average
LankfordTEX.301
CedenoCHW.301
BuhnerSEA.298
CangelosiDET.297
JavierTOR.295
On-Base Pct
BondsCLE.398
JavierTOR.396
BuhnerSEA.391
CangelosiDET.385
AndersonBOS.383
Slugging Pct
BondsCLE.562
BuhnerSEA.526
LankfordTEX.518
JavierTOR.506
GoodwinBAL.410
OPS
BondsCLE.960
BuhnerSEA.918
JavierTOR.902
LankfordTEX.894
AndersonBOS.790
XR
JavierTOR114.8
BuhnerSEA107.7
BondsCLE104.4
LankfordTEX100.8
CangelosiDET92.5
Games
JavierTOR 160
CedenoCHW 159
AbnerOAK 159
WaltonMIN 158
BuhnerSEA 156
At-Bats
CedenoCHW 658
WaltonMIN 639
CangelosiDET 616
AbnerOAK 586
JavierTOR 577
Runs
CangelosiDET 123
JavierTOR 122
LankfordTEX 112
BondsCLE 93
WaltonMIN 91
Hits
CedenoCHW 198
WaltonMIN 186
CangelosiDET 183
JavierTOR 170
LankfordTEX 168
Total Bases
JavierTOR 292
BuhnerSEA 291
LankfordTEX 289
BondsCLE 263
WaltonMIN 261
Singles
CedenoCHW 157
WaltonMIN 139
CangelosiDET 137
JavierTOR 108
BuhnerSEA 103
Doubles
LankfordTEX 40
CangelosiDET 36
AbnerOAK 35
ErstadNOR 33
WaltonMIN 32
Triples
YoungTOR 12
LankfordTEX 9
BondsCLE 8
CedenoCHW 7
CangelosiDET 6
JavierTOR 6
AbnerOAK 6
Homeruns
BondsCLE 33
BuhnerSEA 31
JavierTOR 27
LankfordTEX 21
AndersonBOS 17
RBIs
BondsCLE 114
BuhnerSEA 108
JavierTOR 95
LankfordTEX 86
ErstadNOR 80
Stolen Bases
FrazierCAL 32
YoungTOR 20
BondsCLE 18
NixonCHW 17
WaltonMIN 16
Caught Stealing
ButlerTOR 11
NixonCHW 8
CedenoCHW 8
FrazierCAL 8
YoungTOR 8
Walks
BondsCLE 108
AndersonBOS 105
JavierTOR 103
CangelosiDET 89
BuhnerSEA 87
Strikeouts
BuhnerSEA 171
BondsCLE 161
AndersonBOS 160
CedenoCHW 145
AbnerOAK 140

Salary
JavierTOR15,000,000
BondsCLE8,500,000
CangelosiDET8,000,000
BuhnerSEA7,350,500
WaltonMIN5,990,000

Right Fielders     C - 1B - 2B - 3B - SS - LF - CF - RF
Batting Average
HamiltonBAL.334
PalmeiroTEX.302
GreenwellSEA.293
JamesBAL.291
SalmonNYY.286
On-Base Pct
HamiltonBAL.400
SalmonNYY.373
LawtonBOS.373
PalmeiroTEX.364
GreenDET.356
Slugging Pct
PalmeiroTEX.574
GreenDET.542
SalmonNYY.516
GreenwellSEA.487
LawtonBOS.482
OPS
PalmeiroTEX.939
GreenDET.898
SalmonNYY.889
HamiltonBAL.860
LawtonBOS.855
XR
PalmeiroTEX120.6
HamiltonBAL116.3
SalmonNYY104.8
GreenDET102.3
GreenwellSEA92.9
Games
GardnerCHW 162
HamiltonBAL 160
HallCHW 159
PalmeiroTEX 159
GreenwellSEA 158
SosaNYY 158
At-Bats
HamiltonBAL 664
PalmeiroTEX 613
JamesBAL 604
GreenwellSEA 597
JohnsonCHW 591
Runs
PalmeiroTEX 118
HamiltonBAL 103
GreenDET 98
SalmonNYY 98
SosaNYY 88
Hits
HamiltonBAL 222
PalmeiroTEX 185
JamesBAL 176
GreenwellSEA 175
GreenDET 166
SalmonNYY 166
Total Bases
PalmeiroTEX 352
GreenDET 315
HamiltonBAL 305
SalmonNYY 299
GreenwellSEA 291
Singles
HamiltonBAL 164
SheetsNOR 124
JamesBAL 119
PalmeiroTEX 109
GreenwellSEA 106
Doubles
GreenDET 51
GreenwellSEA 45
HallCHW 45
HamiltonBAL 40
SalmonNYY 38
Triples
JohnsonCHW 13
HamiltonBAL 11
SosaNYY 5
GilkeyDET 5
JamesBAL 5
AbreuSEA 5
Homeruns
PalmeiroTEX 45
SosaNYY 30
GreenDET 30
SalmonNYY 29
GreenwellSEA 23