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Batting Leaders
AL Batting Leaders
Glossary
Batting Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kuenn
(DET)
.353
2.
Kaline
(DET)
.327
3.
Runnels
(BOS)
.314
4.
Fox
(CHW)
.306
5.
Minoso
(CLE)
.302
6.
Richardson
(NYY)
.301
7.
Tuttle
(KCA)
.300
8.
Woodling
(BAL)
.300
9.
Power
(CLE)
.289
10.
Cerv
(KCA)
.285
On-Base%
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Yost
(DET)
.435
2.
Runnels
(BOS)
.415
3.
Kaline
(DET)
.410
4.
Kuenn
(DET)
.402
5.
Woodling
(BAL)
.402
6.
Mantle
(NYY)
.390
7.
Fox
(CHW)
.380
8.
Minoso
(CLE)
.377
9.
Jensen
(BOS)
.372
10.
Landis
(CHW)
.370
Slugging %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kaline
(DET)
.530
2.
Killebrew
(WSH)
.516
3.
Mantle
(NYY)
.514
4.
Colavito
(CLE)
.512
5.
Lemon
(WSH)
.510
6.
Kuenn
(DET)
.501
7.
Jensen
(BOS)
.492
8.
Allison
(WSH)
.482
9.
Cerv
(KCA)
.479
10.
Lopez
(TOT)
.471
On-Base Plus Slugging
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kaline
(DET)
.940
2.
Mantle
(NYY)
.904
3.
Kuenn
(DET)
.903
4.
Yost
(DET)
.871
5.
Killebrew
(WSH)
.870
6.
Jensen
(BOS)
.863
7.
Woodling
(BAL)
.856
8.
Colavito
(CLE)
.849
9.
Minoso
(CLE)
.846
10.
Lemon
(WSH)
.844
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fox
(CHW)
156
2.
Colavito
(CLE)
154
Malzone
(BOS)
154
4.
Killebrew
(WSH)
153
5.
Aparicio
(CHW)
152
6.
Buddin
(BOS)
151
7.
Allison
(WSH)
150
8.
Landis
(CHW)
149
9.
Minoso
(CLE)
148
Yost
(DET)
148
Jensen
(BOS)
148
At Bats
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fox
(CHW)
624
2.
Aparicio
(CHW)
612
3.
Malzone
(BOS)
604
4.
Power
(CLE)
595
5.
Colavito
(CLE)
588
6.
Minoso
(CLE)
570
Allison
(WSH)
570
8.
Kuenn
(DET)
561
9.
Runnels
(BOS)
560
10.
Killebrew
(WSH)
546
Plate Appearances
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fox
(CHW)
716
2.
Aparicio
(CHW)
686
3.
Yost
(DET)
675
4.
Colavito
(CLE)
664
5.
Runnels
(BOS)
661
6.
Malzone
(BOS)
660
7.
Minoso
(CLE)
650
8.
Killebrew
(WSH)
647
9.
Power
(CLE)
645
10.
Mantle
(NYY)
639
Allison
(WSH)
639
Runs Scored
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Yost
(DET)
115
2.
Mantle
(NYY)
104
3.
Power
(CLE)
102
4.
Jensen
(BOS)
101
5.
Kuenn
(DET)
99
6.
Killebrew
(WSH)
98
Aparicio
(CHW)
98
8.
Runnels
(BOS)
95
9.
Minoso
(CLE)
92
10.
Colavito
(CLE)
90
Malzone
(BOS)
90
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kuenn
(DET)
198
2.
Fox
(CHW)
191
3.
Runnels
(BOS)
176
4.
Power
(CLE)
172
Minoso
(CLE)
172
6.
Malzone
(BOS)
169
7.
Kaline
(DET)
167
8.
Aparicio
(CHW)
157
9.
Mantle
(NYY)
154
10.
Lopez
(TOT)
153
Total Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Colavito
(CLE)
301
2.
Killebrew
(WSH)
282
3.
Kuenn
(DET)
281
4.
Mantle
(NYY)
278
5.
Allison
(WSH)
275
6.
Lemon
(WSH)
271
Kaline
(DET)
271
8.
Minoso
(CLE)
267
9.
Malzone
(BOS)
264
10.
Jensen
(BOS)
263
Doubles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kuenn
(DET)
42
2.
Malzone
(BOS)
34
Fox
(CHW)
34
4.
Williams
(KCA)
33
Runnels
(BOS)
33
6.
Minoso
(CLE)
32
7.
Power
(CLE)
31
Jensen
(BOS)
31
9.
Phillips
(CHW)
27
10.
Lopez
(TOT)
26
Landis
(CHW)
26
Triples
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Allison
(WSH)
9
2.
McDougald
(NYY)
8
3.
Kuenn
(DET)
7
Kubek
(NYY)
7
Maris
(KCA)
7
Landis
(CHW)
7
7.
Tuttle
(KCA)
6
Power
(CLE)
6
Runnels
(BOS)
6
Fox
(CHW)
6
Richardson
(NYY)
6
Howard
(NYY)
6
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Colavito
(CLE)
42
Killebrew
(WSH)
42
3.
Lemon
(WSH)
33
4.
Maxwell
(DET)
31
Mantle
(NYY)
31
6.
Allison
(WSH)
30
7.
Held
(CLE)
29
8.
Jensen
(BOS)
28
9.
Kaline
(DET)
27
10.
Triandos
(BAL)
25
Runs Batted In
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Jensen
(BOS)
112
2.
Colavito
(CLE)
111
3.
Killebrew
(WSH)
105
4.
Lemon
(WSH)
100
5.
Maxwell
(DET)
95
6.
Kaline
(DET)
94
7.
Lopez
(TOT)
93
8.
Minoso
(CLE)
92
Malzone
(BOS)
92
10.
Cerv
(KCA)
87
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Yost
(DET)
135
2.
Runnels
(BOS)
95
3.
Mantle
(NYY)
93
4.
Buddin
(BOS)
92
5.
Killebrew
(WSH)
90
6.
Jensen
(BOS)
88
7.
Maxwell
(DET)
81
8.
Landis
(CHW)
78
Woodling
(BAL)
78
10.
Kaline
(DET)
72
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
126
2.
Held
(CLE)
118
3.
Killebrew
(WSH)
116
4.
Lemon
(WSH)
99
Buddin
(BOS)
99
6.
Allison
(WSH)
92
7.
Maxwell
(DET)
91
8.
Cerv
(KCA)
87
9.
Colavito
(CLE)
86
10.
Tasby
(BAL)
80
Stolen Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Aparicio
(CHW)
56
2.
Mantle
(NYY)
21
3.
Jensen
(BOS)
20
Landis
(CHW)
20
5.
Allison
(WSH)
13
6.
Tuttle
(KCA)
10
Kaline
(DET)
10
8.
Power
(CLE)
9
Green
(TOT)
9
Pilarcik
(BAL)
9
Yost
(DET)
9
Geiger
(BOS)
9
Singles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fox
(CHW)
149
2.
Kuenn
(DET)
140
3.
Runnels
(BOS)
131
4.
Aparicio
(CHW)
128
5.
Power
(CLE)
125
6.
Minoso
(CLE)
119
Kaline
(DET)
119
8.
Richardson
(NYY)
115
9.
Malzone
(BOS)
114
10.
Tuttle
(KCA)
107
Adjusted OPS+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
151
2.
Kaline
(DET)
151
3.
Kuenn
(DET)
141
4.
Woodling
(BAL)
138
5.
Killebrew
(WSH)
137
6.
Yost
(DET)
135
7.
Minoso
(CLE)
135
8.
Colavito
(CLE)
133
9.
Jensen
(BOS)
132
10.
Lemon
(WSH)
129
Runs Created
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
117
Kuenn
(DET)
117
3.
Yost
(DET)
115
4.
Kaline
(DET)
114
5.
Killebrew
(WSH)
103
6.
Runnels
(BOS)
102
7.
Colavito
(CLE)
101
8.
Jensen
(BOS)
100
Minoso
(CLE)
100
10.
Fox
(CHW)
97
Adj. Batting Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
40
2.
Francona
(CLE)
38
3.
Kaline
(DET)
38
4.
Yost
(DET)
35
5.
Kuenn
(DET)
33
6.
Minoso
(CLE)
29
7.
Killebrew
(WSH)
28
8.
Woodling
(BAL)
27
9.
Runnels
(BOS)
27
10.
Jensen
(BOS)
27
Adj. Batting Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
4.0
2.
Francona
(CLE)
3.8
3.
Kaline
(DET)
3.8
4.
Yost
(DET)
3.5
5.
Kuenn
(DET)
3.3
6.
Minoso
(CLE)
2.9
7.
Killebrew
(WSH)
2.8
8.
Woodling
(BAL)
2.7
9.
Runnels
(BOS)
2.7
10.
Jensen
(BOS)
2.7
Extra Base Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Colavito
(CLE)
66
2.
Killebrew
(WSH)
64
3.
Jensen
(BOS)
59
4.
Mantle
(NYY)
58
Kuenn
(DET)
58
6.
Allison
(WSH)
57
7.
Malzone
(BOS)
55
8.
Lemon
(WSH)
54
9.
Minoso
(CLE)
53
Lopez
(TOT)
53
Times On Base
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Yost
(DET)
292
2.
Runnels
(BOS)
272
3.
Fox
(CHW)
269
4.
Mantle
(NYY)
249
5.
Kuenn
(DET)
247
6.
Minoso
(CLE)
243
Kaline
(DET)
243
8.
Jensen
(BOS)
236
9.
Killebrew
(WSH)
229
10.
Landis
(CHW)
226
Offensive Win %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kaline
(DET)
.764
2.
Kuenn
(DET)
.762
3.
Yost
(DET)
.745
4.
Mantle
(NYY)
.743
5.
Woodling
(BAL)
.717
6.
Runnels
(BOS)
.682
7.
Killebrew
(WSH)
.666
8.
Jensen
(BOS)
.660
9.
Maris
(KCA)
.659
10.
Minoso
(CLE)
.658
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Minoso
(CLE)
17
2.
Yost
(DET)
12
3.
Lollar
(CHW)
9
4.
Landis
(CHW)
8
5.
Lopez
(TOT)
7
Bolling
(DET)
7
Killebrew
(WSH)
7
Fox
(CHW)
7
9.
Tasby
(BAL)
6
Maxwell
(DET)
6
Harris
(DET)
6
Sacrifice Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kubek
(NYY)
13
Pilarcik
(BAL)
13
Landis
(CHW)
13
4.
Boyd
(BAL)
12
5.
Williams
(KCA)
11
Aparicio
(CHW)
11
7.
Richardson
(NYY)
10
Shaw
(CHW)
10
9.
Fox
(CHW)
9
Lumpe
(TOT)
9
Brown
(BAL)
9
McLish
(CLE)
9
Sacrifice Flies
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Jensen
(BOS)
12
2.
Cerv
(KCA)
11
3.
Malzone
(BOS)
10
4.
Landis
(CHW)
9
5.
Berberet
(DET)
7
Aparicio
(CHW)
7
7.
Strickland
(CLE)
6
Lemon
(WSH)
6
Kaline
(DET)
6
Williams
(KCA)
6
Intentional Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kaline
(DET)
12
2.
Gardner
(BAL)
9
3.
Colavito
(CLE)
8
Fox
(CHW)
8
DeMaestri
(KCA)
8
6.
Phillips
(CHW)
7
7.
Lollar
(CHW)
6
Malzone
(BOS)
6
White
(BOS)
6
Triandos
(BAL)
6
Lumpe
(TOT)
6
House
(KCA)
6
Mantle
(NYY)
6
Sievers
(WSH)
6
Williams
(BOS)
6
Double Plays Grounded Into
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lollar
(CHW)
27
2.
Allison
(WSH)
22
3.
Jensen
(BOS)
20
4.
Power
(CLE)
19
5.
Runnels
(BOS)
17
6.
Malzone
(BOS)
15
7.
White
(BOS)
14
Bridges
(DET)
14
9.
Colavito
(CLE)
13
Cerv
(KCA)
13
Williams
(KCA)
13
Caught Stealing
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Aparicio
(CHW)
13
Power
(CLE)
13
3.
Minoso
(CLE)
10
4.
Landis
(CHW)
9
5.
Allison
(WSH)
8
6.
Fox
(CHW)
6
Tuttle
(KCA)
6
Torgeson
(CHW)
6
9.
Smith
(CHW)
5
Runnels
(BOS)
5
Jensen
(BOS)
5
Richardson
(NYY)
5
Bertoia
(WSH)
5
Green
(TOT)
5
Tasby
(BAL)
5
Power-Speed #
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
25.0
2.
Jensen
(BOS)
23.3
3.
Allison
(WSH)
18.1
4.
Kaline
(DET)
14.6
5.
Yost
(DET)
12.6
6.
Minoso
(CLE)
11.6
7.
Aparicio
(CHW)
10.8
8.
Smith
(CHW)
9.9
9.
Geiger
(BOS)
9.9
10.
Power
(CLE)
9.5
AB per SO
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fox
(CHW)
48.0
2.
Power
(CLE)
27.0
3.
Richardson
(NYY)
23.5
4.
Aparicio
(CHW)
15.3
5.
Kuenn
(DET)
15.2
6.
Woodling
(BAL)
12.6
7.
Berra
(NYY)
12.4
8.
Bolling
(DET)
12.4
9.
Minoso
(CLE)
12.4
10.
Tuttle
(KCA)
12.2
AB per HR
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Killebrew
(WSH)
13.0
2.
Colavito
(CLE)
14.0
3.
Lemon
(WSH)
16.1
4.
Maxwell
(DET)
16.7
5.
Mantle
(NYY)
17.5
6.
Held
(CLE)
18.1
7.
Kaline
(DET)
18.9
8.
Allison
(WSH)
19.0
9.
Jensen
(BOS)
19.1
10.
Lollar
(CHW)
23.0
Outs Made
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Aparicio
(CHW)
497
2.
Malzone
(BOS)
463
Power
(CLE)
463
4.
Fox
(CHW)
459
5.
Allison
(WSH)
458
6.
Colavito
(CLE)
456
7.
Killebrew
(WSH)
432
8.
Minoso
(CLE)
428
9.
Jensen
(BOS)
425
10.
Landis
(CHW)
411
Runnels
(BOS)
411
Held
(CLE)
411
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