First introduced in 1997, games between teams in the American and National leagues started occurring in the regular season.  In 2002, it expanded between the corresponding division in the opposite league to a rotation between all of the divisions.  In 2023, it expanded again with each team playing every other team regardless of league.  With the Cardinals coming to town to battle the White Sox this week, let’s take a look at the offensive leaders for the 199 interleague games I have attended since the start of interleague play in 1997, including the World Series in both 2005 and 2016:

Home Runs

Name	Total
Paul Konerko	23
Jermaine Dye	12
Jose Abreu	12
Alexei Ramrez	10
Aramis Ramirez	9
Luis Robert	9
Carlos Lee	9

Hits

Name	Total
Paul Konerko	89
Alexei Ramirez	67
Jose Abreu	65
A.J. Pierzynski	49
Derrek Lee	49

Runs

Name	Total
Paul Konerko	44
Alexei Ramirez	42
Jose Abreu	30
Jermaine Dye	27
A.J. Pierzynski	26

RBI

Name	Total
Paul Konerko	58
Jose Abreu	37
Alexei Ramirez	36
Sammy Sosa	29
Aramis Ramirez	28
Carlos Lee	28

Doubles

Name	Total
Alexei Ramirez	16
Paul Konerko	13
Jose Abreu	12
Derrek Lee	12
Jermaine Dye	11

Triples

Name	Total
Yolmer Sanchez	5
Todd Walker	3
Tim Anderson	2
Corey Patterson	2
Alfonso Soriano	2
Willy Taveres	2
Chris Coghlan	2
Pete Crow-Armstrong	2

Batting Average (> 10 AB)

Name	Total
Nick Madrigal	0.667
Cody Ross	0.583
Pete Crow-Armstrong	0.545
Troy O’Leary	0.545
Rondell White	0.538

Stolen Bases

Name	Total
Willy Taveras	9
Alex Rios	7
Scott Podsednik	7
Nico Hoerner	6
Adam Engel	5
Ian Happ	5
Alexei Ramirez	5

Games

Name	Total
Paul Konerko	80
Alexei Ramirez	55
A.J. Pierzynski	53
Jose Abreu	47
Tim Anderson	39