NL Top 10 Player Rankings through games of 10/4/98


                                HITTING  
                               --------- 

             AVERAGE (High)   (162 at bats)   AVERAGE (Low)     
        Batter        Team    AVG          Batter        Team   AVG 
      walker,larry     Col   0.363       strange,doug     Pit  0.173
      olerud,john      Met   0.353       mcguire,ryan     Mon  0.186
      bichette,dante   Col   0.331       estalella,bobby  Phi  0.188
      piazza,mike      Flo   0.329       zaun,greg        Flo  0.188
      kendall,jason    Pit   0.327       polcovich,kevin  Pit  0.189
      biggio,craig     Hou   0.325       castro,juan      Los  0.195
      guerrero,vladim  Mon   0.324       fabregas,jorge   Met  0.197
      benard,marvin    SFO   0.322       benitez,yamil    Ari  0.199
      gwynn,tony       SDG   0.321       nunnally,jon     Cin  0.207
      cirillo,jeff     Mil   0.321       jaha,john        Mil  0.208

                  RBI                           RUNS           
        Batter        Team   RBIs          Batter        Team  RUNS
      sosa,sammy       Cub   158         sosa,sammy       Cub  134
      mcgwire,mark     Stl   147         mcgwire,mark     Stl  130
      castilla,vinny   Col   144         bagwell,jeff     Hou  124
      kent,jeff        SFO   128         biggio,craig     Hou  123
      burnitz,jeromy   Mil   125         jones,chipper    Atl  123
      alou,moises      Hou   124         bonds,barry      SFO  120
      bichette,dante   Col   122         rolen,scott      Phi  120
      bonds,barry      SFO   122         walker,larry     Col  113
      galarraga,andre  Atl   121         vaughn,greg      SDG  112
      vaughn,greg      SDG   119         bell,derek       Hou  111

               HOME RUNS                           HITS         
        Batter        Team    HRs          Batter        Team  HITS
      mcgwire,mark     Stl    70         bichette,dante   Col  219
      sosa,sammy       Cub    66         biggio,craig     Hou  210
      vaughn,greg      SDG    50         castilla,vinny   Col  206
      castilla,vinny   Col    46         guerrero,vladim  Mon  202
      galarraga,andre  Atl    44         bell,derek       Hou  198
      guerrero,vladim  Mon    38         vina,fernando    Mil  198
      alou,moises      Hou    38         sosa,sammy       Cub  198
      burnitz,jeromy   Mil    38         olerud,john      Met  197
      bonds,barry      SFO    37         cirillo,jeff     Mil  194
      bagwell,jeff     Hou    34         glanville,doug   Phi  189

                DOUBLES                        TRIPLES         
        Batter        Team    2Bs          Batter        Team   3Bs
      biggio,craig     Hou    51         dellucci,david   Ari   12
      young,dmitri     Cin    48         larkin,barry     Cin   10
      bichette,dante   Col    48         guerrero,wilton  Mon    9
      walker,larry     Col    46         perez,neifi      Col    9
      rolen,scott      Phi    45         deshields,delin  Stl    8
      floyd,cliff      Flo    45         jones,andruw     Atl    8
      bonds,barry      SFO    44         garcia,karim     Ari    8
      fullmer,brad     Mon    44         vina,fernando    Mil    7
      bell,derek       Hou    41         brown,brant      Cub    7
      finley,steve     SDG    40         guerrero,vladim  Mon    7

             STOLEN BASES                           ERRORS     
        Batter        Team   SB-CS         Batter        Team   ERs
      womack,tony      Pit   58- 8      grudzielanek,ma  Mon   33
      biggio,craig     Hou   50- 8      relaford,desi    Phi   24
      young,eric       Los   42-13      caminiti,ken     SDG   21
      renteria,edgar   Flo   41-22      valentin,jose    Mil   21
      bonds,barry      SFO   28-12      andrews,shane    Mon   20
      floyd,cliff      Flo   27-14      kent,jeff        SFO   20
      larkin,barry     Cin   26- 3      polcovich,kevin  Pit   20
      jones,andruw     Atl   26- 4      renteria,edgar   Flo   20
      kendall,jason    Pit   26- 5      perez,neifi      Col   20
      lankford,ray     Stl   26- 5      mueller,bill     SFO   19

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

               Strike Outs                            Walks     
        Batter        Team       Ks        Batter         Team     BBs 
      sosa,sammy       Cub      171       mcgwire,mark     Stl     162
      burnitz,jeromy   Mil      158       bonds,barry      SFO     130
      mcgwire,mark     Stl      155       bagwell,jeff     Hou     109
      lankford,ray     Stl      151       jones,chipper    Atl      96
      galarraga,andre  Atl      146       sheffield,gary   Flo      95
      rolen,scott      Phi      141       olerud,john      Met      95
      hernandez,jose   Cub      140       grace,mark       Cub      93
      andrews,shane    Mon      137       rolen,scott      Phi      93
      sanders,reggie   Cin      137       lankford,ray     Stl      86
      abreu,bob        Phi      133       veras,quilvio    SDG      84

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

              Slugging PCT      (162 at bats)        OBP Leaders 
        Batter        Team      SLG         Batter        Team      OBP 
      mcgwire,mark     Stl     0.752       mcgwire,mark     Stl    0.468
      sosa,sammy       Cub     0.647       olerud,john      Met    0.447
      walker,larry     Col     0.630       walker,larry     Col    0.442
      bonds,barry      SFO     0.609       bonds,barry      SFO    0.435
      vaughn,greg      SDG     0.597       sheffield,gary   Flo    0.427
      galarraga,andre  Atl     0.595       bagwell,jeff     Hou    0.421
      castilla,vinny   Col     0.589       abreu,bob        Phi    0.411
      guerrero,vladim  Mon     0.589       jones,chipper    Atl    0.407
      alou,moises      Hou     0.582       grace,mark       Cub    0.403
      piazza,mike      Flo     0.571       sefcik,kevin     Phi    0.402


                                PITCHING 
                               ----------

                 LOW ERA       (97.2 in)       HIGH ERA         
        Pitcher       Team    ERA          Pitcher       Team    ERA 
      maddux,greg      Atl   2.22        astacio,pedro    Col   6.23
      brown,kevin      SDG   2.38        loewer,carlton   Phi   6.09
      leiter,al        Met   2.47        vazquez,javier   Mon   6.06
      glavine,tom      Atl   2.47        wright,jamey     Col   5.67
      morris,matt      Stl   2.53        juden,jeff       Mil   5.53
      acevedo,juan     Stl   2.56        darwin,danny     SFO   5.51
      bohanon,brian    Met   2.68        gonzalez,jeremi  Cub   5.32
      martinez,ramon   Los   2.83        jones,bobby_m    Col   5.22
      daal,omar        Ari   2.88        sullivan,scott   Cin   5.21
      mulholland,terr  Cub   2.89        meadows,brian    Flo   5.21

                 WINS                              LOSES       
        Pitcher       Team    Wins         Pitcher       Team   Loses
      glavine,tom      Atl    20- 6     kile,darryl      Col    13-17
      reynolds,shane   Hou    19- 8     blair,willie     Met     5-16
      tapani,kevin     Cub    19- 9     vazquez,javier   Mon     5-15
      brown,kevin      SDG    18- 7     remlinger,mike   Cin     8-15
      maddux,greg      Atl    18- 9     lieber,jon       Pit     8-14
      smoltz,john      Atl    17- 3     clark,mark       Cub     9-14
      leiter,al        Met    17- 6     wright,jamey     Col     9-14
      millwood,kevin   Atl    17- 8     schmidt,jason    Pit    11-14
      ashby,andy       SDG    17- 9     perez,carlos     Mon    11-14
      lima,jose        Hou    16- 8     cordova,francis  Pit    13-14

              INNINGS                                GAMES     
        Pitcher       Team  Innings        Pitcher       Team    Games
      schilling,curt   Phi    268.2      beck,rod         Cub    81
      brown,kevin      SDG    257.0      kline,steve      Mon    78
      maddux,greg      Atl    251.0      nen,robb         SFO    78
      0                Flo    245.3      mcelroy,chuck    Col    78
      perez,carlos     Mon    241.0      telford,anthony  Mon    77
      hernandez,livan  Flo    234.1      ligtenberg,kerr  Atl    75
      reynolds,shane   Hou    233.1      cook,dennis      Met    73
      lima,jose        Hou    233.1      wickman,bob      Mil    72
      benes,andy       Ari    231.1      gomes,wayne      Phi    71
      kile,darryl      Col    230.1      myers,mike       Mil    70

         RUNNERS/INNING (Low)  (97.2 in)   RUNNERS/INNING (High)
        Pitcher       Team  Runners        Pitcher       Team   Runners
      maddux,greg      Atl    0.980      eldred,cal       Mil   1.639
      brown,kevin      SDG    1.066      beech,matt       Phi   1.615
      schilling,curt   Phi    1.107      wright,jamey     Col   1.601
      reed,rick        Met    1.117      petkovsek,mark   Stl   1.587
      lima,jose        Hou    1.120      loewer,carlton   Phi   1.579
      smoltz,john      Atl    1.130      hernandez,livan  Flo   1.576
      acevedo,juan     Stl    1.142      mercker,kent     Stl   1.563
      harnisch,pete    Cin    1.148      juden,jeff       Mil   1.557
      leiter,al        Met    1.150      sanchez,jesus    Flo   1.555
      white,gabe       Cin    1.151      jones,bobby_m    Col   1.552

            STRIKE OUTS                            WALKS       
        Pitcher       Team     Ks          Pitcher       Team   Walks
      schilling,curt   Phi    300        0                Flo   129
      brown,kevin      SDG    257        hamilton,joey    SDG   106
      wood,kerry       Cub    233        hernandez,livan  Flo   104
      0                Flo    218        park,chanho      Los    97
      reynolds,shane   Hou    209        kile,darryl      Col    96
      maddux,greg      Atl    204        wright,jamey     Col    95
      park,chanho      Los    191        nomo,hideo       Met    94
      leiter,al        Met    174        sanchez,jesus    Flo    91
      smoltz,john      Atl    173        remlinger,mike   Cin    87
      astacio,pedro    Col    170        green,tyler      Phi    85

               SAVES                                HRs Off
        Pitcher       Team   Saves         Pitcher       Team    HRs
      hoffman,trevor   SDG     53        anderson,brian   Ari    39
      beck,rod         Cub     51        astacio,pedro    Col    39
      shaw,jeff        Cin     48        hernandez,livan  Flo    37
      nen,robb         SFO     40        lima,jose        Hou    34
      franco,john      Met     38        vazquez,javier   Mon    31
      urbina,ugueth    Mon     34        tapani,kevin     Cub    30
      olson,gregg      Ari     30        reed,rick        Met    30
      ligtenberg,kerr  Atl     30        gardner,mark     SFO    29
      wagner,billy     Hou     30        hitchcock,sterl  SDG    29
      wickman,bob      Mil     25        kile,darryl      Col    28