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Sports > Baseball > 2000 Season > National League Leaders

Batting

Batting Average

	Bat	Gm	AB	R	H	Avg	TB	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	Slg Pct	OBP
Todd Helton, Col	L	160	580	138	216	.372	405	59	2	42	147	103	61	5	.698	.463
Moises Alou, Hou	R	126	454	82	161	.355	283	28	2	30	114	52	45	3	.623	.416
Vladimir Guerrero, Mon	R	154	571	101	197	.345	379	28	11	44	123	58	74	9	.664	.410
Jeffrey Hammonds, Col	R	122	454	94	152	.335	240	24	2	20	106	44	83	14	.529	.395
Jeff Kent, SF	R	159	587	114	196	.334	350	41	7	33	125	90	107	12	.596	.424
Luis Castillo, Fla	S	136	539	101	180	.334	209	17	3	2	17	78	86	62	.388	.418
Jose Vidro, Mon	S	153	606	101	200	.330	327	51	2	24	97	49	69	5	.540	.379
Jeff Cirillo, Col	R	157	598	111	195	.326	285	53	2	11	115	67	72	3	.477	.392
Gary Sheffield, LA	R	141	501	105	163	.325	322	24	3	43	109	101	71	4	.643	.438
Mike Piazza, NY	R	136	482	90	156	.324	296	26	0	38	113	58	69	4	.614	.398
Edgardo Alfonzo, NY	R	150	544	109	176	.324	295	40	2	25	94	95	70	3	.542	.425
Sammy Sosa, Chi	R	156	604	106	193	.320	383	38	1	50	138	91	168	7	.634	.406
Jason Kendall, Pit	R	152	579	112	185	.320	272	33	6	14	58	79	79	22	.470	.412
Bobby Abreu, Phi	L	154	576	103	182	.316	319	42	10	25	79	100	116	28	.554	.416
Brian Giles, Pit	L	156	559	111	176	.315	332	37	7	35	123	114	69	6	.594	.432

Note: Batters must have 3.1 plate appearances per their team's games played to qualify.

Home Runs

Sosa, Chi	50
Bonds, SF	49
Bagwell, Hou	47
V. Guerrero, Mon	44
Hidalgo, Hou	44
Sheffield, LA	43
Edmonds, St.L	42
Helton, Col	42
Griffey, Cin	40
Piazza, NY	38
C. Jones, Atl	36
A. Jones, Atl	36

Triples

Womack, Ari	14
Perez, Col	11
V. Guerrero, Mon	11
Abreu, Phi	10
Goodwin, Col-LA	9
Belliard, Mil	9
Seven tied with 7 each.

On Base Pct.

Helton, Col	.463
Bonds, SF	.440
Sheffield, LA	.438
Giles, Pit	.432
Alfonzo, NY	.425
Bagwell, Hou	.424
Kent, SF	.424
Castillo, Fla	.418
Abreu, Phi	.416
Alou, Hou	.416

Runs Batted In

Helton, Col	147
Sosa, Chi	138
Bagwell, Hou	132
Kent, SF	125
Giles, Pit	123
V. Guerrero, Mon	123
Hidalgo, Hou	122
Wilson, Fla	121
Griffey, Cin	118

Doubles

Helton, Col	59
Cirillo, Col	53
Vidro, Mon	51
Gonzalez, Ari	47
Green, LA	44
Abreu, Phi	42
Hidalgo, Hou	42
Grace, Chi	41
Kent, SF	41

Slugging Pct.

Helton, Col	.698
Bonds, SF	.688
V. Guerrero, Mon	.664
Sheffield, LA	.643
Hidalgo, Hou	.636
Sosa, Chi	.634
Alou, Hou	.623
Bagwell, Hou	.615
Piazza, NY	.614

Hits

Helton, Col	216
Vidro, Mon	200
A. Jones, Atl	199
V. Guerrero, Mon	197
Kent, SF	196
Cirillo, Col	195
Sosa, Chi	193
Gonzalez, Ari	192
Perez, Col	187
Kendall, Pit	185

Runs

Bagwell, Hou	152
Helton, Col	138
Bonds, SF	129
Edmonds, St.L	129
A. Jones, Atl	122
C. Jones, Atl	118
Hidalgo, Hou	118
Kent, SF	114
Kendall, Pit	112

Walks

Bonds, SF	117
Giles, Pit	114
Bagwell, Hou	107
Edmonds, St.L	103
Helton, Col	103
Sheffield, LA	101
Abreu, Phi	100
Burnitz, Mil	99
Grace, Chi	95
C. Jones, Atl	95
Alfonzo, NY	95

Stolen Bases

	SB	CS
Castillo, Fla	62	22
Goodwin, Col-LA	55	10
Young, Chi	54	7
Womack, Ari	45	11
Furcal*, Atl	40	14
Wilson, Fla	36	14
Glanville, Phi	31	8
Owens, SD	29	14
Reese, Cin	29	3

Total Bases

Helton, Col	405
Sosa, Chi	383
V. Guerrero, Mon	379
Bagwell, Hou	363
A. Jones, Atl	355
Hidalgo, Hou	355
Kent, SF	350
Gonzalez, Ari	336
Giles, Pit	332
Bonds, SF	330

Strikeouts

Wilson, Fla	187
Sosa, Chi	168
Edmonds, St.L	167
Lankford, St.L	148
Burrell*, Phi	139
Rivera, SD	137
Jenkins, Mil	135
Snow, SF	129
Galarraga, Atl	126

National League Leaders

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