American and Panamenian Records

Roberts' and Oglivie's career batting data has now been entered.

I'll take "Americans" to mean "foreign players" and try to put something together. This is unofficial, as I may miss some foreign players who have their names registered in Kanji. And, yes, I know that Oh is considered Taiwanese by many, but he's officially Japanese.

Career:

1. 288* Tuffy Rhodes (Kintetsu/Giants)
2. 283 Leron Lee (Lotte)
3. 277 Boomer Wells (Daiei)
4. 268 Leon Lee (Yakult)
5. 259 Ralph Bryant (Kintetsu)
6. 246 Clarence Jones (Kintetsu)
7. 232 Bobby Marcano (Yakult)
8. 218 John Sipin (Giants)
9. 205 George Altman (Hanshin)
10. 202 Randy Bass (Hanshin)

* As of end of 2003 and continuing.

Yearly:

1. 55 Tuffy Rhodes (2001 - Kintetsu)
1. 55 Alex Cabrera (2002 - Seibu)
3. 54 Randy Bass (1985 - Hanshin)
4. 51 Tuffy Rhodes (2003 - Kintetsu)
5. 50 Alex Cabrera (2003 - Seibu)
6. 49 Ralph Bryant (1989 - Kintetsu)
6. 49 Alex Cabrera (2001 - Seibu)
8. 48 Charles Manuel (1980 - Hanshin)
9. 47 Randy Bass (1986 - Hanshin)
10. 46 Tuffy Rhodes (2002 - Kintetsu)

Again, I'm not sure that this includes all foreign players as there's no distinguishing record/field marking them as such.

Here's what I get in a quick attempt:

Career (through end of 2003):

1.  Tuffy Rhodes     288  (active)
2.  Leron Lee        283
3.  Boomer Wells     277
4.  Leon Lee         268
5.  Ralph Bryant     259
6.  Clarence Jones   246
7.  Bobby Marcano    232
8.  George Altman    205
9.  Randy Bass       202
10. Roberto Petagine 194 (active)

Single season:

1.  Tuffy Rhodes, 2001  55
1.  Alex Cabrera, 2002  55 (tie)
3.  Randy Bass, 1984    54
4.  Tuffy Rhodes, 2003  51
5.  Alex Cabrera, 2003  50
6.  Alex Cabrera, 2001  49 (tie)
6.  Ralph Bryant, 1989  49 (tie)
8.  Chuck Manuel, 1980  48
9.  Randy Bass, 1986    47
10. Tuffy Rhodes, 2002  46

It may not be perfect, but it should be close to the mark. Hope this helps.

Jim Albright

I see I missed Sipin. Petagine is right around his mark at this moment.

Jim Albright