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Players Who Played in Both Leagues in 1997

While all indivdual major league statistics count on career records, players cannot transfer their stats from one league to the other if they are traded during the regular season. Here are the combined stats for batters with 235 at bats and pitchers with 80 innings pitched, who played in both leagues in 1997.

Batters (235 AB)

	Avg	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
Greg Colbrunn	.280	271	27	76	7	35	1
MIN	.281	217	24	61	5	26	1
ATL	.278	54	3	15	2	9	0
Rickey Henderson	.248	403	84	100	8	34	45
S.D.	.274	288	63	79	6	27	29
ANA	.183	115	21	21	2	7	16
Brian Johnson	.261	318	32	83	13	45	1
DET	.237	139	13	33	2	18	1
S.F.	.279	179	19	50	11	27	0
Mark McGwire	.274	540	86	148	58	123	3
OAK	.284	366	48	104	34	81	1
ST.L	.253	174	38	44	24	42	2
Otis Nixon	.266	576	84	153	2	44	59
TOR	.262	401	54	105	1	26	47
L.A.	.274	175	30	48	1	18	12
Rey Sanchez	.274	343	35	94	2	27	4
CHI (NL)	.249	205	14	51	1	12	4
N.Y. (AL)	.312	138	21	43	1	15	0
Chuck Carr	.248	238	37	59	4	17	12
MIL	.130	46	3	6	0	0	1
HOU	.276	192	34	53	4	17	11

Pitchers (80 IP)

	ERA	W-L	Gm	IP	BB	SO
Wilson Alvarez	3.48	13-11	33	212.0	91	179
CHI (AL)	3.03	9-8	22	145.2	55	110
S.F.	4.48	4-3	11	66.1	36	69
Ricky Bones	6.75	4-8	30	96.0	36	44
CIN	10.19	0-1	9	17.2	11	8
K.C.	5.97	4-7	21	78.1	25	36
Hector Carrasco	4.40	2-8	66	86.0	41	76
CIN	3.68	1-2	38	51.1	25	46
K.C.	5.45	1-6	28	34.2	16	30
Danny Darwin	4.35	5-11	31	157.1	45	92
CHI (AL)	4.13	4-8	21	113.1	31	62
SF	4.91	1-3	10	44.0	14	30
Rick Helling	4.47	5-9	41	131.0	69	99
FLA	4.38	2-6	31	76.0	48	53
TEX	4.58	3-3	10	55.0	21	46
Roberto Hernandez	2.45	10-3	74	80.2	38	82
CHI (AL)	2.44	5-1	46	48.0	24	47
S.F.	2.48	5-2	28	32.2	14	35
Mike Johnson	6.83	2-6	25	89.2	37	57
BAL	7.94	0-1	14	39.2	16	29
MON	5.94	2-5	11	50.0	21	28
Jeff Juden	4.46	11-6	30	161.1	72	136
MON	4.22	11-5	22	130.0	57	107
CLE	5.46	0-1	8	31.1	15	29
John Smiley	5.31	11-14	26	154.1	41	120
CIN	5.23	9-10	20	117.0	31	94
CLE	5.54	2-4	6	37.1	10	26

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