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Batting Leaders
AL Batting Leaders
Glossary
Batting Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
.353
2.
Williams
(BOS)
.345
3.
Kuenn
(DET)
.332
4.
Maxwell
(DET)
.326
5.
Nieman
(TOT)
.320
6.
Minoso
(CHW)
.316
7.
Jensen
(BOS)
.315
8.
Kaline
(DET)
.314
9.
McDougald
(NYY)
.311
10.
Vernon
(BOS)
.310
On-Base%
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
.479
2.
Mantle
(NYY)
.464
3.
Nieman
(TOT)
.436
4.
Minoso
(CHW)
.425
5.
Maxwell
(DET)
.414
6.
Yost
(WSH)
.412
7.
McDougald
(NYY)
.405
8.
Jensen
(BOS)
.405
9.
Vernon
(BOS)
.403
10.
Boone
(DET)
.403
Slugging %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
.705
2.
Williams
(BOS)
.605
3.
Maxwell
(DET)
.534
4.
Berra
(NYY)
.534
5.
Kaline
(DET)
.530
6.
Skowron
(NYY)
.528
7.
Minoso
(CHW)
.525
8.
Boone
(DET)
.518
9.
Vernon
(BOS)
.511
10.
Wertz
(CLE)
.509
On-Base Plus Slugging
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
1.169
2.
Williams
(BOS)
1.084
3.
Minoso
(CHW)
.950
4.
Maxwell
(DET)
.948
5.
Nieman
(TOT)
.931
6.
Boone
(DET)
.921
7.
Vernon
(BOS)
.914
8.
Kaline
(DET)
.913
9.
Berra
(NYY)
.911
10.
Skowron
(NYY)
.910
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Piersall
(BOS)
155
2.
Fox
(CHW)
154
3.
Kaline
(DET)
153
4.
Yost
(WSH)
152
Sievers
(WSH)
152
Aparicio
(CHW)
152
7.
Minoso
(CHW)
151
Lopez
(KCA)
151
Jensen
(BOS)
151
10.
Mantle
(NYY)
150
At Bats
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fox
(CHW)
649
2.
Kaline
(DET)
617
3.
Piersall
(BOS)
601
4.
Kuenn
(DET)
591
5.
Runnels
(WSH)
578
Jensen
(BOS)
578
7.
Lopez
(KCA)
561
8.
Sievers
(WSH)
550
9.
Tuttle
(DET)
546
10.
Minoso
(CHW)
545
Plate Appearances
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fox
(CHW)
721
2.
Kaline
(DET)
693
3.
Yost
(WSH)
684
4.
Piersall
(BOS)
681
5.
Jensen
(BOS)
673
6.
Minoso
(CHW)
665
7.
Sievers
(WSH)
659
8.
Kuenn
(DET)
657
9.
Mantle
(NYY)
652
10.
Runnels
(WSH)
646
Runs Scored
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
132
2.
Fox
(CHW)
109
3.
Minoso
(CHW)
106
4.
Maxwell
(DET)
96
Kuenn
(DET)
96
Kaline
(DET)
96
Bauer
(NYY)
96
8.
Yost
(WSH)
94
9.
Berra
(NYY)
93
10.
Sievers
(WSH)
92
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kuenn
(DET)
196
2.
Kaline
(DET)
194
3.
Fox
(CHW)
192
4.
Mantle
(NYY)
188
5.
Jensen
(BOS)
182
6.
Runnels
(WSH)
179
7.
Piersall
(BOS)
176
8.
Minoso
(CHW)
172
9.
Power
(KCA)
164
10.
Maxwell
(DET)
163
Total Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
376
2.
Kaline
(DET)
327
3.
Jensen
(BOS)
287
4.
Minoso
(CHW)
286
5.
Kuenn
(DET)
278
Berra
(NYY)
278
7.
Piersall
(BOS)
270
Lemon
(WSH)
270
9.
Maxwell
(DET)
267
10.
Simpson
(KCA)
266
Doubles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Piersall
(BOS)
40
2.
Kaline
(DET)
32
Kuenn
(DET)
32
4.
Minoso
(CHW)
29
Klaus
(BOS)
29
Runnels
(WSH)
29
Berra
(NYY)
29
8.
Lollar
(CHW)
28
Vernon
(BOS)
28
Williams
(BOS)
28
Triples
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lemon
(WSH)
11
Simpson
(KCA)
11
Minoso
(CHW)
11
Jensen
(BOS)
11
5.
Kaline
(DET)
10
Fox
(CHW)
10
7.
Runnels
(WSH)
9
8.
Goodman
(BOS)
8
9.
Bolling
(DET)
7
Kuenn
(DET)
7
Plews
(WSH)
7
Bauer
(NYY)
7
Herzog
(WSH)
7
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
52
2.
Wertz
(CLE)
32
3.
Berra
(NYY)
30
4.
Sievers
(WSH)
29
5.
Maxwell
(DET)
28
6.
Lemon
(WSH)
27
Kaline
(DET)
27
8.
Bauer
(NYY)
26
9.
Boone
(DET)
25
10.
Williams
(BOS)
24
Doby
(CHW)
24
Runs Batted In
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
130
2.
Kaline
(DET)
128
3.
Wertz
(CLE)
106
4.
Simpson
(KCA)
105
Berra
(NYY)
105
6.
Doby
(CHW)
102
7.
Jensen
(BOS)
97
8.
Lemon
(WSH)
96
9.
Sievers
(WSH)
95
10.
Skowron
(NYY)
90
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Yost
(WSH)
151
2.
Mantle
(NYY)
112
3.
Doby
(CHW)
102
Williams
(BOS)
102
5.
Sievers
(WSH)
100
6.
Nieman
(TOT)
90
Klaus
(BOS)
90
8.
Jensen
(BOS)
89
9.
Minoso
(CHW)
86
10.
Smith
(CLE)
84
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lemon
(WSH)
138
2.
Doby
(CHW)
105
3.
Mantle
(NYY)
99
4.
Sievers
(WSH)
88
5.
Wertz
(CLE)
87
6.
Simpson
(KCA)
82
Yost
(WSH)
82
8.
Lepcio
(BOS)
77
9.
Rivera
(CHW)
75
10.
Maxwell
(DET)
74
Herzog
(WSH)
74
Stolen Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Aparicio
(CHW)
21
2.
Rivera
(CHW)
20
3.
Avila
(CLE)
17
4.
Minoso
(CHW)
12
5.
Francona
(BAL)
11
Jensen
(BOS)
11
7.
Mantle
(NYY)
10
8.
Carey
(NYY)
9
Kuenn
(DET)
9
Pilarcik
(KCA)
9
Singles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fox
(CHW)
158
2.
Kuenn
(DET)
145
3.
Runnels
(WSH)
133
4.
Jensen
(BOS)
128
5.
Kaline
(DET)
125
6.
Power
(KCA)
124
7.
Maxwell
(DET)
118
8.
Piersall
(BOS)
116
9.
Aparicio
(CHW)
114
10.
Minoso
(CHW)
111
Adjusted OPS+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
210
2.
Williams
(BOS)
171
3.
Nieman
(TOT)
154
4.
Minoso
(CHW)
149
5.
Maxwell
(DET)
148
6.
Berra
(NYY)
142
7.
Skowron
(NYY)
142
8.
Boone
(DET)
141
9.
Kaline
(DET)
139
10.
Vernon
(BOS)
129
Runs Created
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
188
2.
Minoso
(CHW)
130
3.
Kaline
(DET)
129
4.
Williams
(BOS)
121
5.
Maxwell
(DET)
118
6.
Jensen
(BOS)
116
7.
Kuenn
(DET)
109
8.
Berra
(NYY)
108
9.
Boone
(DET)
103
10.
Doby
(CHW)
100
Sievers
(WSH)
100
Adj. Batting Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
87
2.
Williams
(BOS)
49
3.
Minoso
(CHW)
43
4.
Nieman
(TOT)
38
5.
Maxwell
(DET)
37
6.
Kaline
(DET)
33
7.
Berra
(NYY)
31
8.
Boone
(DET)
30
9.
Skowron
(NYY)
26
10.
Jensen
(BOS)
23
Adj. Batting Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
8.1
2.
Williams
(BOS)
4.6
3.
Minoso
(CHW)
4.1
4.
Nieman
(TOT)
3.6
5.
Maxwell
(DET)
3.5
6.
Kaline
(DET)
3.1
7.
Berra
(NYY)
3.0
8.
Boone
(DET)
2.8
9.
Skowron
(NYY)
2.5
10.
Jensen
(BOS)
2.2
Extra Base Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
79
2.
Kaline
(DET)
69
3.
Berra
(NYY)
61
Minoso
(CHW)
61
5.
Piersall
(BOS)
60
6.
Lemon
(WSH)
59
7.
Sievers
(WSH)
58
8.
Simpson
(KCA)
54
Wertz
(CLE)
54
Williams
(BOS)
54
Jensen
(BOS)
54
Times On Base
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
302
2.
Minoso
(CHW)
281
3.
Yost
(WSH)
278
4.
Jensen
(BOS)
272
5.
Kaline
(DET)
265
6.
Kuenn
(DET)
254
7.
Fox
(CHW)
246
8.
Maxwell
(DET)
244
Sievers
(WSH)
244
10.
Williams
(BOS)
241
Doby
(CHW)
241
Offensive Win %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
.879
2.
Williams
(BOS)
.837
3.
Maxwell
(DET)
.756
4.
Minoso
(CHW)
.747
5.
Nieman
(TOT)
.717
6.
Kaline
(DET)
.711
7.
Boone
(DET)
.708
8.
Vernon
(BOS)
.700
9.
Berra
(NYY)
.696
10.
Jensen
(BOS)
.681
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Minoso
(CHW)
23
2.
Lollar
(CHW)
16
3.
Fox
(CHW)
10
4.
Hatfield
(TOT)
9
Courtney
(WSH)
9
6.
Yost
(WSH)
8
Belardi
(DET)
8
Smith
(CLE)
8
9.
Gardner
(BAL)
7
Vernon
(BOS)
7
Sacrifice Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kell
(TOT)
14
Aparicio
(CHW)
14
3.
Fox
(CHW)
13
4.
Yost
(WSH)
9
Piersall
(BOS)
9
Carrasquel
(CLE)
9
7.
Avila
(CLE)
8
Garcia
(CLE)
8
Herzog
(WSH)
8
Gardner
(BAL)
8
Lopez
(KCA)
8
Martin
(NYY)
8
Sacrifice Flies
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Piersall
(BOS)
12
2.
Kuenn
(DET)
8
Maxwell
(DET)
8
4.
Rosen
(CLE)
7
Minoso
(CHW)
7
Wertz
(CLE)
7
Philley
(TOT)
7
8.
Buddin
(BOS)
6
Lollar
(CHW)
6
Dropo
(CHW)
6
Rivera
(CHW)
6
Lemon
(WSH)
6
Smith
(CLE)
6
Intentional Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
11
2.
Wertz
(CLE)
10
Sievers
(WSH)
10
4.
Berberet
(WSH)
9
Yost
(WSH)
9
6.
Simpson
(KCA)
8
Boone
(DET)
8
8.
Smith
(CLE)
7
Wilson
(DET)
7
White
(BOS)
7
Berra
(NYY)
7
Double Plays Grounded Into
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Jensen
(BOS)
23
2.
Triandos
(BAL)
21
3.
Simpson
(KCA)
19
Fox
(CHW)
19
Piersall
(BOS)
19
Lollar
(CHW)
19
7.
Smith
(TOT)
18
Runnels
(WSH)
18
White
(BOS)
18
Tuttle
(DET)
18
Caught Stealing
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Rivera
(CHW)
9
2.
McDougald
(NYY)
8
3.
Piersall
(BOS)
7
4.
Woodling
(CLE)
6
Miranda
(BAL)
6
Minoso
(CHW)
6
Carey
(NYY)
6
Nieman
(TOT)
6
9.
Herzog
(WSH)
5
Williams
(BAL)
5
Diering
(BAL)
5
Runnels
(WSH)
5
Gardner
(BAL)
5
Francona
(BAL)
5
Kuenn
(DET)
5
Boyd
(BAL)
5
Courtney
(WSH)
5
Yost
(WSH)
5
Lopez
(KCA)
5
Power-Speed #
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
16.8
2.
Minoso
(CHW)
15.3
3.
Rivera
(CHW)
15.0
4.
Jensen
(BOS)
14.2
5.
Avila
(CLE)
12.6
6.
Kaline
(DET)
11.1
7.
Kuenn
(DET)
10.3
8.
Francona
(BAL)
9.9
9.
Busby
(CLE)
9.6
10.
Piersall
(BOS)
9.3
AB per SO
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fox
(CHW)
46.4
2.
Power
(KCA)
33.1
3.
Berra
(NYY)
18.0
4.
Kuenn
(DET)
17.4
5.
Minoso
(CHW)
13.6
6.
Jensen
(BOS)
13.4
7.
Lollar
(CHW)
13.2
8.
Piersall
(BOS)
12.5
9.
Klaus
(BOS)
12.1
10.
Kell
(TOT)
11.5
AB per HR
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
10.3
2.
Wertz
(CLE)
15.0
3.
Williams
(BOS)
16.7
4.
Berra
(NYY)
17.4
5.
Maxwell
(DET)
17.9
6.
Sievers
(WSH)
19.0
7.
Boone
(DET)
19.2
8.
Lemon
(WSH)
19.9
9.
Skowron
(NYY)
20.2
10.
Bauer
(NYY)
20.7
Outs Made
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fox
(CHW)
498
2.
Piersall
(BOS)
472
3.
Kaline
(DET)
439
4.
Lopez
(KCA)
438
5.
Tuttle
(DET)
437
6.
Bauer
(NYY)
434
7.
Runnels
(WSH)
430
8.
Sievers
(WSH)
427
Jensen
(BOS)
427
10.
Gardner
(BAL)
425
1955 AL
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1957 AL
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1956 NL
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1956 MLB
Batting Leaders