NL Top 10 Player Rankings through games of 10/11/96


                                HITTING  
                               --------- 

             AVERAGE (High)   (162 at bats)   AVERAGE (Low)     
        Batter        Team    AVG          Batter        Team   AVG 
      eisenreich,jim   Phi   0.361       owens,eric       Cin  0.200
      gwynn,tony       SDG   0.353       fonville,chad    Los  0.204
      burks,ellis      Col   0.344       thompson,robby   SFO  0.211
      piazza,mike      Los   0.336       sanchez,rey      Chi  0.211
      johnson,lance    New   0.333       bullett,scott    Chi  0.212
      grace,mark       Chi   0.331       mccarty,david    SFO  0.217
      mueller,bill     SFO   0.330       johnson,charles  Flo  0.218
      caminiti,ken     SDG   0.326       scarsone,steve   SFO  0.219
      young,eric       Col   0.324       orsulak,joe      Flo  0.221
      gilkey,bernard   New   0.317       deshields,delin  Los  0.224

                  RBI                           RUNS           
        Batter        Team   RBIs          Batter        Team  RUNS
      galarraga,andre  Col   150         burks,ellis      Col  142
      bichette,dante   Col   141         finley,steve     SDG  126
      caminiti,ken     SDG   130         bonds,barry      SFO  122
      bonds,barry      SFO   129         galarraga,andre  Col  119
      burks,ellis      Col   128         sheffield,gary   Flo  118
      sheffield,gary   Flo   120         larkin,barry     Cin  117
      bagwell,jeff     Hou   120         johnson,lance    New  117
      gilkey,bernard   New   117         bichette,dante   Col  114
      castilla,vinny   Col   113         jones,chipper    Atl  114
      bell,derek       Hou   113         biggio,craig     Hou  113

               HOME RUNS                           HITS         
        Batter        Team    HRs          Batter        Team  HITS
      galarraga,andre  Col    47         johnson,lance    New  227
      sheffield,gary   Flo    42         burks,ellis      Col  211
      bonds,barry      SFO    42         grissom,marquis  Atl  207
      hundley,todd     New    41         grudzielanek,ma  Mon  201
      sosa,sammy       Chi    40         bichette,dante   Col  198
      burks,ellis      Col    40         finley,steve     SDG  195
      castilla,vinny   Col    40         castilla,vinny   Col  191
      caminiti,ken     SDG    40         galarraga,andre  Col  190
      rodriguez,henry  Mon    36         martin,al        Pit  189
      piazza,mike      Los    36         mondesi,raul     Los  188

                DOUBLES                        TRIPLES         
        Batter        Team    2Bs          Batter        Team   3Bs
      bagwell,jeff     Hou    48         johnson,lance    New   21
      finley,steve     SDG    45         grissom,marquis  Atl   10
      burks,ellis      Col    45         howard,thomas    Cin   10
      gilkey,bernard   New    44         finley,steve     SDG    9
      rodriguez,henry  Mon    42         deshields,delin  Los    8
      mondesi,raul     Los    40         lankford,ray     Stl    8
      lansing,mike     Mon    40         burks,ellis      Col    8
      martin,al        Pit    40         mondesi,raul     Los    7
      bell,derek       Hou    40         abbott,kurt      Flo    7
      grace,mark       Chi    39         otero,ricky      Phi    7

             STOLEN BASES                           ERRORS     
        Batter        Team   SB-CS         Batter        Team   ERs
      young,eric       Col   53-19      weiss,walt       Col   30
      johnson,lance    New   50-12      ordonez,rey      New   27
      deshields,delin  Los   47-11      grudzielanek,ma  Mon   27
      bonds,barry      SFO   40- 7      alicea,luis      Stl   24
      martin,al        Pit   38-12      blauser,jeff     Atl   23
      mcrae,brian      Chi   37- 9      berry,sean       Hou   22
      henderson,ricke  SDG   37-15      kent,jeff        New   21
      larkin,barry     Cin   36-10      gagne,greg       Los   21
      lankford,ray     Stl   35- 7      miller,orlando   Hou   21
      hunter,brian.l   Hou   35- 9      caminiti,ken     SDG   20

                           Strike Outs / Walks
                           -------------------

               Strike Outs                            Walks     
        Batter        Team       Ks        Batter         Team     BBs 
      rodriguez,henry  Mon      160       bonds,barry      SFO     151
      galarraga,andre  Col      157       sheffield,gary   Flo     142
      hundley,todd     New      146       bagwell,jeff     Hou     135
      sosa,sammy       Chi      134       henderson,ricke  SDG     125
      lankford,ray     Stl      133       larkin,barry     Cin      96
      klesko,ryan      Atl      129       jones,chipper    Atl      87
      gilkey,bernard   New      125       piazza,mike      Los      81
      deshields,delin  Los      124       weiss,walt       Col      80
      bell,derek       Hou      123       lankford,ray     Stl      79
      mondesi,raul     Los      122       hundley,todd     New      79

                           SLG PCT / On Base Pct
                           ----------------------

              Slugging PCT      (162 at bats)        OBP Leaders 
        Batter        Team      SLG         Batter        Team      OBP 
      burks,ellis      Col     0.639       bonds,barry      SFO    0.464
      sheffield,gary   Flo     0.624       sheffield,gary   Flo    0.461
      caminiti,ken     SDG     0.621       bagwell,jeff     Hou    0.447
      bonds,barry      SFO     0.615       piazza,mike      Los    0.422
      galarraga,andre  Col     0.601       eisenreich,jim   Phi    0.415
      bagwell,jeff     Hou     0.570       caminiti,ken     SDG    0.410
      walker,larry     Col     0.570       larkin,barry     Cin    0.408
      larkin,barry     Cin     0.567       gwynn,tony       SDG    0.404
      sosa,sammy       Chi     0.564       burks,ellis      Col    0.404
      piazza,mike      Los     0.563       mueller,bill     SFO    0.402


                                PITCHING 
                               ----------

                 LOW ERA       (97.2 in)       HIGH ERA         
        Pitcher       Team    ERA          Pitcher       Team    ERA 
      brown,kevin      Flo   1.89        bullinger,jim    Chi   6.54
      shaw,jeff        Red   2.49        freeman,marvin   Roc   6.04
      maddux,greg      Atl   2.72        jarvis,kevin     Red   5.98
      leiter,al        Flo   2.93        mimbs,michael    Phi   5.53
      adams,terry      Chi   2.94        williams,mike    Phi   5.44
      smoltz,john      Atl   2.94        vanlandingham,b  Exp   5.40
      glavine,tom      Atl   2.98        wilson,paul      New   5.38
      trachsel,steve   Chi   3.03        thompson,mark    Roc   5.30
      worrell,tim      SDG   3.05        castillo,frank   Chi   5.28
      schilling,curt   Phi   3.19        ritz,kevin       Roc   5.28

                 WINS                              LOSES       
        Pitcher       Team    Wins         Pitcher       Team   Loses
      smoltz,john      Atl    24- 8     0                Ast    19-17
      0                Ast    19-17     castillo,frank   Chi     7-16
      benes,andy       Stl    18-10     rapp,pat         Flo     8-16
      brown,kevin      Flo    17-11     isringhausen,ja  New     6-14
      ritz,kevin       Roc    17-11     williams,mike    Phi     6-14
      1                Pir    16- 8     vanlandingham,b  Exp     9-14
      neagle,denny     Bra    16- 9     smiley,john      Red    13-14
      reynolds,shane   Hou    16-10     fernandez,osval  Exp     7-13
      nomo,hideo       Los    16-11     burba,dave       Red    11-13
      leiter,al        Flo    16-12     wilson,paul      New     5-12

              INNINGS                                GAMES     
        Pitcher       Team  Innings        Pitcher       Team    Games
      0                Ast    292.2      clontz,brad      Bra    81
      smoltz,john      Atl    253.2      patterson,bob    Chi    79
      maddux,greg      Atl    245.0      dewey,mark       Exp    78
      reynolds,shane   Hou    239.0      shaw,jeff        Red    78
      navarro,jaime    Chi    236.2      wohlers,mark     Atl    77
      glavine,tom      Atl    235.1      nen,robb         Flo    75
      brown,kevin      Flo    233.0      rojas,mel        Mon    74
      fassero,jeff     Mon    231.2      plesac,dan       Pir    73
      benes,andy       Stl    230.1      mcmichael,greg   Atl    73
      nomo,hideo       Los    228.0      osuna,antonio    Los    73

         RUNNERS/INNING (Low)  (97.2 in)   RUNNERS/INNING (High)
        Pitcher       Team  Runners        Pitcher       Team   Runners
      brown,kevin      Flo    0.944      rapp,pat         Flo   1.696
      smoltz,john      Atl    1.003      bullinger,jim    Chi   1.642
      maddux,greg      Atl    1.033      jarvis,kevin     Red   1.624
      schilling,curt   Phi    1.087      freeman,marvin   Roc   1.610
      reynolds,shane   Hou    1.134      ritz,kevin       Roc   1.601
      darwin,danny     Ast    1.139      mimbs,michael    Phi   1.584
      sanders,scott    SDG    1.146      thompson,mark    Roc   1.554
      nomo,hideo       Los    1.162      isringhausen,ja  New   1.536
      fassero,jeff     Mon    1.176      drabek,doug      Hou   1.531
      trachsel,steve   Chi    1.185      wilson,paul      New   1.530

            STRIKE OUTS                            WALKS       
        Pitcher       Team     Ks          Pitcher       Team   Walks
      smoltz,john      Atl    276        leiter,al        Flo   119
      nomo,hideo       Los    234        ritz,kevin       Roc   105
      fassero,jeff     Mon    222        kile,darryl      Hou    97
      martinez,pedro   Mon    222        burba,dave       Red    97
      kile,darryl      Hou    219        stottlemyre,tod  Stl    93
      reynolds,shane   Hou    204        rapp,pat         Flo    91
      leiter,al        Flo    200        benes,alan       Stl    87
      stottlemyre,tod  Stl    194        martinez,ramon   Los    86
      0                Ast    190        nomo,hideo       Los    85
      hamilton,joey    SDG    184        glavine,tom      Atl    85

               SAVES                                HRs Off
        Pitcher       Team   Saves         Pitcher       Team    HRs
      worrell,todd     Los     44        stottlemyre,tod  Stl    30
      brantley,jeff    Red     44        trachsel,steve   Chi    30
      hoffman,trevor   SDG     42        harnisch,pete    New    30
      wohlers,mark     Atl     39        castillo,frank   Chi    28
      rojas,mel        Mon     36        gardner,mark     Exp    28
      beck,rod         Gia     35        watson,allen     Exp    28
      nen,robb         Flo     35        benes,andy       Stl    28
      bottalico,ricky  Phi     34        benes,alan       Stl    27
      eckersley,denni  Stl     30        reynoso,armando  Roc    27
      franco,john      New     28        jones,bobby      New    26