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 |
1996 NL Team by Team Statistics 1997 Season 1997 Major League Baseball Milestones 
