For the first time in a century, players on the same team finished 1-2-3 in a major league batting race.
John Olerud (.362), Paul Molitor (.332) and Roberto Alomar (.326) of the Toronto Blue Jays accomplished a feat last done in 1893 by Billy Hamilton (.380), Sam Thompson (.370) and Ed Delahanty (.368) of the Philadelphia Phillies. Alomar went 3-for-4 Sunday to finish one point ahead of Cleveland's Kenny Lofton in the American League race.Andres Galarraga, who revived his career by signing with the Colorado Rockies, became the first player from an expansion team to win a batting title. He hit .3702, the highest average for an National League champion since Stan Musial hit .376 for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1948. Tony Gwynn of San Diego, a four-time champion who hit .3701 in 1987, was second at .358.
Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants, fourth in the NL with a .336 average, won the home run title with 46 and the RBI title with 123. He also led in slugging average for the second straight season and the third time in four years. His .677 percentage was the highest in the NL since Musial's .702 in 1948. Bonds also led in on-base percentage (.458) for the second straight season.
Juan Gonzalez, who won the AL home run title last season on the final day, had 46 this year for the Texas Rangers, one more than Seattle's Ken Griffey Jr. The last AL player to win consecutive home run titles outright was Boston's Rice in 1977 and 1978, although Detroit's Cecil Fielder won in 1990 and shared it the following year with Jose Canseco.
Albert Belle of the Cleveland Indians drove in 129 runs to stop Fielder's streak of three consecutive AL and major league RBI titles. Gonzalez led in slugging average at .632, and Olerud led in on-base percentage at .473.
Len Dykstra of Philadelphia led the NL in runs (143), hits (194) and walks (129). Dykstra, who tied Brett Butler for the hits lead in 1990, is the first NL player to lead in hits and walks since Richie Ashburn in 1958, and only the fifth major leaguer to lead both categories, joining Billy Hamilton (1891), Rogers Hornsby (1924), Ashburn and Carl Yastrzemski (1963). His runs total was the most in the NL since Philadelphia's Chuck Klein scored 152 in 1932.
Chuck Carr of the Marlins became the first expansion player to lead in stolen bases, but his 58 was the lowest total for an NL leader since Bobby Tolan had 57 in 1970.
Molitor led the AL in hits (211) for the second time in three seasons, and Rafael Palmiero of Texas led in runs (124). Kenny Lofton of Cleveland led the AL in stolen bases for the second straight year, swiping 70.
John Burkett of San Francisco and Tom Glavine tied for the NL lead in wins with 22 each, followed by Bill Swift of the Giants at 21 and Greg Maddux of the Braves at 20. The NL hadn't had four 20-game winners since 1985, when Joaquin Andujar, Tom Browning, Dwight Gooden and John Tudor did it.
Maddux won his first NL ERA title at 2.42 and led the NL in complete games with eight, while Pete Harnisch of Houston led in shutouts with four. Randy Myers of the Chicago Cubs set an NL record with 53 saves. Lee Smith also had 50 saves: 47 for St. Louis and three for the New York Yankees.
Jose Rijo had 227 strikeouts and became the first Cincinnati player to lead the NL since Ewell Blackwell in 1947.
Randy Johnson of Seattle fanned 308 to lead the AL for the second straight year and became the 12th player to top 300, the eighth in the AL.
Kevin Appier of Kansas City won the ERA title at 2.56, stopping Roger Clemens' three-year streak, and Jack McDowell of the Chicago White Sox led in wins with 22, the only 20-game winner in the league. The last time the AL had just one was 1984, when Baltimore's Mike Boddicker did it.
Duane Ward of Toronto and Jeff Montgomery of Kansas City tied for the saves lead with 45, McDowell led in shutouts with four and Chuck Finley of California led in complete games with 13.
Fred McGriff, traded from San Diego to Atlanta during the season, hit 37 homers and topped 30 for the sixth straight year.