He played on three AL pennant champion teams, and he was the Tigers' leading hitter in the 1935 World Series.

Last week he supplanted the highly talented Guerrero as the Expos' leading hitter.

Yet the Yankees' leading hitter doesn't completely forget the reason the position exists.

With one out in the fifth, the Cardinals' leading hitter roped a grounder just inside first base into the right-field corner, good for a triple.

The Mets' leading hitter in the series was their least known player, Melvin Mora.

Garciaparra, the Dodgers' leading hitter, is playing through a bad quadriceps and a sore oblique.

Rodriguez was the Yankees' leading hitter against the Twins, batting .421 (8 for 19).

Ankiel was the Cardinals' leading hitter in spring training but struggled at the plate when the season started.

The Resolutes' leading hitter was Art Allison, who batted .323, his best season, while playing all 23 games, mostly in the outfield.

Tony Womack led off with a single, bringing up Larry Walker, the Cardinals' leading hitter in the Series.