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Baseball Digest

| June 01, 2005 | Pickard, Chuck | COPYRIGHT 2005 Century Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright
 
Listed in the following charts are the top 20 players--appearing in a 
minimum of 100 games in each of the last two seasons--who finished with 
the largest point gain and those with the largest point decline in 
their batting average. 
 
Gainers 
 
                    2003             2004           2003   2004   Point 
Player              Team             Team             BA     BA    Gain 
 
Adrian Beltre       Dodgers          Dodgers        .240   .334      94 
Brandon Inge        Tigers           Tigers         .203   .287      84 
Tony Womack         Ari./Col./Cubs   Cardinals      .226   .307      81 
Erubiel Durazo      Athletics        Athletics      .259   .321      62 
Ichiro Suzuki       Mariners         Mariners       .312   .372      60 
J.T. Snow           Giants           Giants         .273   .327      54 
Criag Monroe        Tigers           Tigers         .240   .293      53 
Jack Wilson         Pirates          Pirates        .256   .308      52 
Royce Clayton       Brewers          Rockies        .228   .279      51 
Adam Dunn           Reds             Reds           .215   .266      51 
Terrence Long       Athletics        Padres         .245   .295      50 
Mark Kotsay         Padres           Athletics      .266   .314      48 
Pat Burrell         Phillies         Phillies       .209   .257      48 
Aramis Ramirez      Pit./Cubs        Cubs           .272   .318      46 
Jeromy Burnitz      Mets/L.A.        Rockies        .239   .283      44 
Paul Konerko        White Sax        White Sox      .234   .277      43 
Carlos Guillen      Mariners         Tigers         .276   .318      42 
Deivi Cruz          Orioles          Giants         .250   .292      42 
Damian Miller       Cubs             Athletics      .233   .272      39 
Ryan Klesko         Padres           Padres         .252   .291      39 
 
Losers 
                    2003             2004           2003   2004   Point 
Player              Team             Team             BA     BA    Loss 
 
Jason Phillips      Mets             Mets           .298   .218      80 
Marlon Byrd         Phillies         Phillies       .303   .228      75 
Richard Hidalgo     Astros           Hou./Mets      .309   .239      70 
Scott Podsednik     Brewers          Brewers        .314   .244      70 
Doug Mientkiewicz   Twins            Min./Bos.      .300   .238      62 
Chipper Jones       Braves           Braves         .305   .248      57 
Alex Cintron        Diamondbacks     Diamondbacks   .317   .262      55 
Milton Bradley      Indians          Dodgers        .321   .267      54 
Scott Spiezio       Angels           Mariners       .265   .215      50 
Jacque Jones        Twins            Twins          .304   .254      50 
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