League Leaders


League Leaders --------------------------------------------------------------

BATTING (AL)
(Through Sunday, May 4)

(Minimum 81 plate appearances)

PLAYER,TEAM AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI
Bip Roberts, KAN .385 91 16 35 6 0 1 10
David Justice, CLE .383 94 20 36 7 1 9 22
Eric Davis, BAL .368 76 20 28 6 0 6 18
Sandy Alomar, CLE .366 82 18 30 6 0 8 21
Ken Griffey Jr., SEA .357 115 27 41 5 1 14 35
Bernie Williams, NYY .352 122 28 43 10 1 4 24
Tino Martinez, NYY .352 125 26 44 7 0 12 40
Brady Anderson, BAL .351 94 20 33 4 2 2 16
Ivan Rodriguez, TEX .345 110 14 38 6 1 2 16
Dan Wilson, SEA .344 96 17 33 9 1 1 18

HOME RUNS (AL)

(Through Sunday, May 4)

PLAYER,TEAM HR
Ken Griffey Jr., SEA 14
Tino Martinez, NYY 12
Mark McGwire, OAK 11
David Justice, CLE 9
Tony Clark, DET 9

RBI (AL)

(Through Sunday, May 4)
PLAYER,TEAM RBI
Tino Martinez, NYY 40
Ken Griffey Jr., SEA 35
Tony Clark, DET 31
Matt Williams, CLE 26
Mark McGwire, OAK 25

SLUGGING PCT. (AL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) (Minimum 81 plate appearances) PLAYER,TEAM AB TB SLG Ken Griffey Jr., SEA 115 90 .783 David Justice, CLE 94 72 .766 Sandy Alomar, CLE 82 60 .732 Mark McGwire, OAK 98 70 .714 Tino Martinez, NYY 125 87 .696 DOUBLES (AL)

(Through Sunday, May 4)
PLAYER,TEAM 2B Ed Sprague, TOR 14 Paul O'Neill, NYY 12 Matt Lawton, MIN 11 Matt Williams, CLE 11 Orlando Merced, TOR 11

TRIPLES (AL)

(Through Sunday, May 4)
PLAYER,TEAM 3B Luis Alicea, ANA 3 Derek Jeter, NYY 3 Chuck Knoblauch, MIN 3 Omar Vizquel, CLE 3 8 with 2

STOLEN BASES (AL)

(Through Sunday, May 4)
PLAYER,TEAM SB Chuck Knoblauch, MIN 13 Brian L. Hunter, DET 12 Otis Nixon, TOR 10 Damon Buford, TEX 9 Damion Easley, DET 9 Omar Vizquel, CLE 9

RUNS (AL)(Through Sunday, May 4)
PLAYER,TEAM R Bernie Williams, NYY 28 Ken Griffey Jr., SEA 27 Tino Martinez, NYY 26 Alex Rodriguez, SEA 25 Nomar Garciaparra, BOS 24

HITS (AL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM H Tino Martinez, NYY 44 Alex Rodriguez, SEA 43 Bernie Williams, NYY 43 Nomar Garciaparra, BOS 42 Ken Griffey Jr., SEA 41 WALKS (AL)

(Through Sunday, May 4)
PLAYER,TEAM BB Jim Thome, CLE 31 Jeff King, KAN 29 Chuck Knoblauch, MIN 28 Jay Buhner, SEA 27 Mark McGwire, OAK 27

STRIKEOUTS (AL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM K Jose Canseco, OAK 33 Melvin Nieves, DET 33 Jay Buhner, SEA 32 Tony Clark, DET 32 Tim Salmon, ANA 31

ERA (AL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) (Minimum 26 innings pitched)
PLAYER,TEAM W L ERA IP H R ER BB SO Roger Clemens, TOR 4 0 1.72 36.2 22 7 7 11 29 Jose Rosado, KAN 2 0 2.08 39.0 33 13 9 14 23 Andy Pettitte, NYY 5 1 2.13 50.2 44 14 12 16 30 Jimmy Key, BAL 5 0 2.21 40.2 36 12 10 15 25 Tim Belcher, KAN 3 3 2.31 46.2 43 15 12 13 23

WINS (AL)(Through Sunday, May 4)
PLAYER,TEAM W Jimmy Key, BAL 5 Andy Pettitte, NYY 5 Bobby Witt, TEX 5 8 with 4

LOSSES (AL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM L Scott Karl, MIL 5 Bob Tewksbury, MIN 5 Wilson Alvarez, CHA 4 James Baldwin, CHA 4 Scott Sanders, SEA 4 Rick Trlicek, BOS 4 SAVES (AL)

(Through Sunday, May 4)
PLAYER,TEAM S Randy Myers, BAL 11 Mariano Rivera, NYY 9 Norm Charlton, SEA 7 John Wetteland, TEX 7 Bill Taylor, OAK 6

INNINGS PITCHED (AL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM IP Pat Hentgen, TOR 53.2 Bob Tewksbury, MIN 51.0 Andy Pettitte, NYY 50.2 Charles Nagy, CLE 47.2 David Cone, NYY 47.0 Jaime Navarro, CHA 47.0
COMPLETE GAMES (AL)
(Through Sunday, May 4)
PLAYER,TEAM CG Kevin Appier, KAN 2 Jason Dickson, ANA 2 Andy Pettitte, NYY 2 Tim Belcher, KAN 2 Bob Tewksbury, MIN 2

WALKS (AL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM BB David Cone, NYY 32 Ariel Prieto, OAK 24 Aaron Sele, BOS 23 Scott Karl, MIL 23 Mark Langston, ANA 22
STRIKEOUTS (AL)
(Through Sunday, May 4)
PLAYER,TEAM SO David Cone, NYY 55 Randy Johnson, SEA 50 Kevin Appier, KAN 39 Jaime Navarro, CHA 37 Pat Hentgen, TOR 36 Charles Nagy, CLE 0 36
SHUTOUTS (AL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM SHO Jason Dickson, ANA 1 Pat Hentgen, TOR 1 Jimmy Key, BAL 1 Brian Moehler, DET 1 Bob Tewksbury, MIN 1

BATTING (NL)
(Through Sunday, May 4)
(Minimum 87 plate appearances)
PLAYER,TEAM AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI
Larry Walker, COL .421 107 33 45 8 1 11 33
Jeff Blauser, ATL .409 93 18 38 9 2 3 12
Michael Tucker, ATL .391 92 16 36 1 2 3 21
Tony Gwynn, SDG .374 115 18 43 3 1 7 25
Deion Sanders, CIN .368 125 16 46 5 5 1 10
Brett Butler, LOS .360 89 10 32 4 0 0 2
Eric Young, COL .359 117 26 42 12 2 0 10
Kenny Lofton, ATL .359 131 26 47 4 1 2 13
John Olerud, NYM .357 115 21 41 11 0 4 23
Andres Galarraga, COL .352 91 22 32 4 0 5 26

HOME RUNS (NL)

(Through Sunday, May 4)
PLAYER,TEAM HR Larry Walker, COL 11 Vinny Castilla, COL 10 Moises Alou, FLA 8 Jeff Bagwell, HOU 8 6 with 7

RBI (NL)
(Through Sunday, May 4)
PLAYER,TEAM RBI Larry Walker, COL 33 Moises Alou, FLA 31 Jeff Bagwell, HOU 29 Dante Bichette, COL 27 Andres Galarraga, COL 26 Jeff Kent, SFO 26 Vinny Castilla, COL 26
SLUGGING PCT. (NL) (Through Sunday, May 4)
(Minimum 87 plate appearances)
PLAYER,TEAM AB TB SLG Larry Walker, COL 107 88 .822 Moises Alou, FLA 103 69 .670 Javier Lopez, ATL 87 57 .655 Henry Rodriguez, MON 112 73 .652 Jeff Blauser, ATL 93 60 .645
DOUBLES (NL)
(Through Sunday, May 4)
PLAYER,TEAM 2B Eric Young, COL 12 Mark Grudzielanek, MON 12 Henry RJohn Olerud, NYM 11 Jeff Kent, SFO 10
TRIPLES (NL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM 3B Deion Sanders, CIN 5 Wilton Guerrero, LOS 5 Delino DeShields, STL 3 Tony Womack, PIT 3 17 with 2
STOLEN BASES (NL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM SB Deion Sanders, CIN 20 Luis Castillo, FLA 11 Kenny Lofton, ATL 11 Tony Womack, PIT 11 Larry Walker, COL 10
RUNS (NL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM R Larry Walker, COL 33 Eric Young, COL 26 Kenny Lofton, ATL 26 Craig Biggio, HOU 22 Andres Galarraga, COL 22 Vinny Castilla, COL 22
HITS (NL)(Through Sunday, May 4)
PLAYER,TEAM H Kenny Lofton, ATL 47 Deion Sanders, CIN 46 Larry Walker, COL 45 Tony Gwynn, SDG 43 Eric Young, COL 42
WALKS (NL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM BB Gary Sheffield, FLA 31 Barry Bonds, SFO 29 Barry Larkin, CIN 23 Kevin Elster, PIT 19 Todd Hundley, NYM 19 Lance Johnson, NYM 19

STRIKEOUTS (NL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM K Ron Gant, STL 33 Henry Rodriguez, MON 33 Kevin Elster, PIT 29 Jeff Bagwell, HOU 26 Glenallen Hill, SFO 26 Mark Johnson, PIT 26
ERA (NL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) (Minimum 28 innings pitched) PLAYER,TEAM W L ERA IP H R ER BB SO Pedro J. Martinez, MON 4 0 0.31 29.1 15 2 1 9 32 Rick Reed, NYM 3 1 1.07 42.0 28 7 5 5 28 Greg Maddux, ATL 3 1 1.38 39.0 26 7 6 4 31 Esteban Loaiza, PIT 3 0 1.49 42.1 35 9 7 12 24 Tom Glavine, ATL 4 1 1.56 52.0 40 10 9 14 28

(NL) (Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM W Bobby Jones, NYM 4 Carlos Perez, MON 4 Shawn Estes, SFO 4 Tom Glavine, ATL 4 Pedro J. Martinez, MON Denny Neagle, ATL 4 Roger Bailey, COL 4 Shane Reynolds, HOU 4 Jamey Wright, COL 4
LOSSES (NL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM L John Smiley, CIN 5 Bobby Munoz, PHI 4 Jim Bullinger, MON 4 Frank Castillo, CHN 4 Ismael Valdes, LOS 4 Steve Trachsel, CHN 4

SAVES (NL)(Through Sunday, May 4)
PLAYER,TEAM S Rod Beck, SFO 11 Todd Worrell, LOS 8 Mark Wohlers, ATL 8 John Franco, NYM 7 Robb Nen, FLA 7
INNINGS PITCHED (NL) (Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM IP Shane Reynolds, HOU 54.1 Darryl Kile, HOU 52.1 Tom Glavine, ATL 52.0 John Smoltz, ATL 50.2 Curt ScCOMPLETE GAMES (NL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM CG Roger Bailey, COL 3 Shane Reynolds, HOU 2 John Smoltz, ATL 2 18 with 1
WALKS (NL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM BB Ramon Martinez, LOS 25 Al Leiter, FLA 22 Jim Bullinger, MON 22 Dave Burba, CIN 21 Darryl Kile, HOU 21
STRIKEOUTS (NL) (Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM SO Curt Schilling, PHI 49 Shane Reynolds, HOU 45 Kevin Brown, FLA 44 Alan Benes, STL 42 Hideo Nomo, LOS 42

SHUTOUTS (NL)
(Through Sunday, May 4) PLAYER,TEAM SHO Roger Bailey, COL 2 9 with 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Mercury Mail, Inc. is an independent company not affiliated or associated with Mercury Center, the San Jose Mercury News, or Knight-Ridder, Inc. Copyright 1997 Mercury Mail, Inc. All rights reserved. Mercury Mail Services are for personal use only. Commercial use or redistribution in any form, printed or electronic is prohibited. If you'd like to subscribe to other Sports Wrap products or modify your current settings, visit our web site at http://www.merc.com. If you don't have web access, please e-mail your request to [email protected]. ------------------------------------------------------------

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