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1961 American League Batting Leaders
1960 AL
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1961 NL
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1961 MLB
Batting Leaders
AL Batting Leaders
Glossary
Batting Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cash
(DET)
.361
2.
Kaline
(DET)
.324
3.
Piersall
(CLE)
.322
4.
Mantle
(NYY)
.317
5.
Gentile
(BAL)
.302
6.
Battey
(MIN)
.302
7.
Francona
(CLE)
.301
8.
Romano
(CLE)
.299
9.
Brandt
(BAL)
.297
10.
Siebern
(KCA)
.296
On-Base%
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cash
(DET)
.487
2.
Mantle
(NYY)
.448
3.
Gentile
(BAL)
.423
4.
Pearson
(LAA)
.420
5.
Killebrew
(MIN)
.405
6.
Colavito
(DET)
.402
7.
Kaline
(DET)
.393
8.
Siebern
(KCA)
.384
9.
Piersall
(CLE)
.378
10.
Battey
(MIN)
.377
Slugging %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
.687
2.
Cash
(DET)
.662
3.
Gentile
(BAL)
.646
4.
Maris
(NYY)
.620
5.
Killebrew
(MIN)
.606
6.
Colavito
(DET)
.580
7.
Sievers
(CHW)
.537
8.
Wagner
(LAA)
.517
9.
Kaline
(DET)
.515
10.
Smith
(CHW)
.506
On-Base Plus Slugging
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cash
(DET)
1.148
2.
Mantle
(NYY)
1.135
3.
Gentile
(BAL)
1.069
4.
Killebrew
(MIN)
1.012
5.
Maris
(NYY)
.993
6.
Colavito
(DET)
.982
7.
Sievers
(CHW)
.913
8.
Kaline
(DET)
.909
9.
Wagner
(LAA)
.865
10.
Romano
(CLE)
.860
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Robinson
(BAL)
163
Colavito
(DET)
163
3.
Wood
(DET)
162
Richardson
(NYY)
162
5.
Maris
(NYY)
161
6.
Bruton
(DET)
160
7.
Cash
(DET)
159
Fox
(CHW)
159
Allison
(MIN)
159
10.
Schilling
(BOS)
158
Howser
(KCA)
158
At Bats
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Robinson
(BAL)
668
2.
Wood
(DET)
663
3.
Richardson
(NYY)
662
4.
Schilling
(BOS)
646
5.
Aparicio
(CHW)
625
6.
Kubek
(NYY)
617
7.
Howser
(KCA)
611
8.
Fox
(CHW)
606
9.
Green
(MIN)
600
10.
Bruton
(DET)
596
Plate Appearances
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Schilling
(BOS)
738
2.
Robinson
(BAL)
736
3.
Wood
(DET)
731
4.
Howser
(KCA)
719
5.
Colavito
(DET)
708
6.
Richardson
(NYY)
706
7.
Maris
(NYY)
698
8.
Fox
(CHW)
696
9.
Green
(MIN)
692
10.
Allison
(MIN)
677
Runs Scored
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
132
Maris
(NYY)
132
3.
Colavito
(DET)
129
4.
Cash
(DET)
119
5.
Kaline
(DET)
116
6.
Howser
(KCA)
108
7.
Bruton
(DET)
99
8.
Wood
(DET)
96
Gentile
(BAL)
96
10.
Killebrew
(MIN)
94
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cash
(DET)
193
2.
Robinson
(BAL)
192
3.
Kaline
(DET)
190
4.
Francona
(CLE)
178
5.
Richardson
(NYY)
173
6.
Wood
(DET)
171
Green
(MIN)
171
Howser
(KCA)
171
9.
Kubek
(NYY)
170
Aparicio
(CHW)
170
Total Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Maris
(NYY)
366
2.
Cash
(DET)
354
3.
Mantle
(NYY)
353
4.
Colavito
(DET)
338
5.
Killebrew
(MIN)
328
6.
Gentile
(BAL)
314
7.
Kaline
(DET)
302
8.
Francona
(CLE)
272
9.
Smith
(CHW)
269
10.
Siebern
(KCA)
266
Doubles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kaline
(DET)
41
2.
Kubek
(NYY)
38
Robinson
(BAL)
38
4.
Siebern
(KCA)
36
5.
Power
(CLE)
34
6.
Yastrzemski
(BOS)
31
7.
O'Connell
(WSA)
30
Francona
(CLE)
30
Colavito
(DET)
30
10.
Smith
(CHW)
29
Lumpe
(KCA)
29
Romano
(CLE)
29
Hunt
(LAA)
29
Howser
(KCA)
29
Triples
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wood
(DET)
14
2.
Keough
(WSA)
9
Lumpe
(KCA)
9
4.
Cash
(DET)
8
Landis
(CHW)
8
Francona
(CLE)
8
7.
Green
(MIN)
7
Robinson
(CHW)
7
Kaline
(DET)
7
Piersall
(CLE)
7
Killebrew
(MIN)
7
Robinson
(BAL)
7
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Maris
(NYY)
61
2.
Mantle
(NYY)
54
3.
Killebrew
(MIN)
46
Gentile
(BAL)
46
5.
Colavito
(DET)
45
6.
Cash
(DET)
41
7.
Allison
(MIN)
29
8.
Skowron
(NYY)
28
Wagner
(LAA)
28
Smith
(CHW)
28
Runs Batted In
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Maris
(NYY)
142
2.
Gentile
(BAL)
141
3.
Colavito
(DET)
140
4.
Cash
(DET)
132
5.
Mantle
(NYY)
128
6.
Killebrew
(MIN)
122
7.
Allison
(MIN)
105
8.
Siebern
(KCA)
98
9.
Kirkland
(CLE)
95
10.
Smith
(CHW)
93
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
126
2.
Cash
(DET)
124
3.
Colavito
(DET)
113
4.
Killebrew
(MIN)
107
5.
Allison
(MIN)
103
6.
Gentile
(BAL)
96
Pearson
(LAA)
96
8.
Maris
(NYY)
94
9.
Howser
(KCA)
92
10.
Geiger
(BOS)
87
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wood
(DET)
141
2.
Hunt
(LAA)
120
3.
Mantle
(NYY)
112
4.
Held
(CLE)
111
5.
Killebrew
(MIN)
109
6.
Skowron
(NYY)
108
7.
Gentile
(BAL)
106
8.
Allison
(MIN)
100
9.
Lemon
(MIN)
98
10.
Yastrzemski
(BOS)
96
Hansen
(BAL)
96
Stolen Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Aparicio
(CHW)
53
2.
Howser
(KCA)
37
3.
Wood
(DET)
30
4.
Bruton
(DET)
22
Hinton
(WSA)
22
6.
Landis
(CHW)
19
7.
Green
(MIN)
17
8.
Geiger
(BOS)
16
Versalles
(MIN)
16
10.
O'Connell
(WSA)
15
Singles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Richardson
(NYY)
148
2.
Robinson
(BAL)
140
3.
Aparicio
(CHW)
136
4.
Schilling
(BOS)
135
5.
Fox
(CHW)
134
6.
Howser
(KCA)
133
7.
Wood
(DET)
129
8.
Green
(MIN)
127
9.
Lumpe
(KCA)
126
10.
Francona
(CLE)
124
Adjusted OPS+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
206
2.
Cash
(DET)
201
3.
Gentile
(BAL)
187
4.
Maris
(NYY)
167
5.
Killebrew
(MIN)
161
6.
Colavito
(DET)
157
7.
Sievers
(CHW)
143
8.
Kaline
(DET)
139
9.
Romano
(CLE)
132
10.
Siebern
(KCA)
128
Runs Created
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cash
(DET)
178
2.
Mantle
(NYY)
174
3.
Colavito
(DET)
141
4.
Killebrew
(MIN)
138
Gentile
(BAL)
138
Maris
(NYY)
138
7.
Kaline
(DET)
121
8.
Siebern
(KCA)
108
9.
Sievers
(CHW)
101
10.
Francona
(CLE)
100
Adj. Batting Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cash
(DET)
85
2.
Mantle
(NYY)
81
3.
Gentile
(BAL)
64
4.
Maris
(NYY)
54
5.
Colavito
(DET)
51
6.
Killebrew
(MIN)
49
7.
Kaline
(DET)
34
8.
Howard
(NYY)
32
9.
Sievers
(CHW)
30
10.
Siebern
(KCA)
25
Adj. Batting Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cash
(DET)
8.1
2.
Mantle
(NYY)
7.7
3.
Gentile
(BAL)
6.1
4.
Maris
(NYY)
5.2
5.
Colavito
(DET)
4.9
6.
Killebrew
(MIN)
4.7
7.
Kaline
(DET)
3.3
8.
Howard
(NYY)
3.1
9.
Sievers
(CHW)
2.9
10.
Siebern
(KCA)
2.4
Romano
(CLE)
2.4
Extra Base Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Maris
(NYY)
81
2.
Colavito
(DET)
77
3.
Mantle
(NYY)
76
4.
Killebrew
(MIN)
73
Gentile
(BAL)
73
6.
Cash
(DET)
71
7.
Kaline
(DET)
67
8.
Smith
(CHW)
61
9.
Sievers
(CHW)
59
Siebern
(KCA)
59
Times On Base
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cash
(DET)
326
2.
Mantle
(NYY)
289
3.
Colavito
(DET)
284
4.
Howser
(KCA)
268
5.
Killebrew
(MIN)
266
6.
Maris
(NYY)
260
Kaline
(DET)
260
8.
Green
(MIN)
258
9.
Gentile
(BAL)
254
10.
Siebern
(KCA)
249
Offensive Win %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cash
(DET)
.867
2.
Mantle
(NYY)
.866
3.
Gentile
(BAL)
.809
4.
Killebrew
(MIN)
.775
5.
Colavito
(DET)
.753
6.
Maris
(NYY)
.735
7.
Kaline
(DET)
.713
8.
Sievers
(CHW)
.703
9.
Siebern
(KCA)
.682
10.
Pearson
(LAA)
.680
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Minoso
(CHW)
16
2.
Gentile
(BAL)
11
3.
Fox
(CHW)
9
Cash
(DET)
9
5.
Skowron
(NYY)
8
Boros
(DET)
8
7.
Maris
(NYY)
7
8.
Lollar
(CHW)
6
Green
(MIN)
6
Sievers
(CHW)
6
Sacrifice Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fox
(CHW)
15
O'Connell
(WSA)
15
3.
Monbouquette
(BOS)
14
4.
Francona
(CLE)
12
5.
Schwall
(BOS)
11
Schilling
(BOS)
11
7.
Landis
(CHW)
10
Veal
(WSA)
10
Fisher
(BAL)
10
Richardson
(NYY)
10
Kubek
(NYY)
10
Sacrifice Flies
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Minoso
(CHW)
12
Power
(CLE)
12
Posada
(KCA)
12
4.
Robinson
(BAL)
9
Malzone
(BOS)
9
6.
Colavito
(DET)
8
Gentile
(BAL)
8
Allison
(MIN)
8
Boyer
(NYY)
8
10.
Fox
(CHW)
7
Boros
(DET)
7
Smith
(CHW)
7
Wagner
(LAA)
7
Kirkland
(CLE)
7
Maris
(NYY)
7
Intentional Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cash
(DET)
19
2.
Held
(CLE)
11
3.
Lollar
(CHW)
10
4.
Skowron
(NYY)
9
Mantle
(NYY)
9
Blanchard
(NYY)
9
7.
Buddin
(BOS)
7
Triandos
(BAL)
7
9.
Killebrew
(MIN)
6
Howard
(NYY)
6
Double Plays Grounded Into
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Green
(WSA)
26
2.
Robinson
(BAL)
21
Skowron
(NYY)
21
4.
Power
(CLE)
19
Hansen
(BAL)
19
Malzone
(BOS)
19
Yastrzemski
(BOS)
19
8.
Battey
(MIN)
18
Piersall
(CLE)
18
10.
Smith
(CHW)
17
Brandt
(BAL)
17
Allison
(MIN)
17
Fox
(CHW)
17
Caught Stealing
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Aparicio
(CHW)
13
2.
Green
(MIN)
11
3.
Tasby
(WSA)
10
4.
Wood
(DET)
9
Howser
(KCA)
9
Versalles
(MIN)
9
7.
Jensen
(BOS)
8
Veal
(WSA)
8
9.
Allison
(MIN)
7
Richardson
(NYY)
7
Power-Speed #
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Landis
(CHW)
20.4
2.
Mantle
(NYY)
19.6
3.
Bruton
(DET)
19.2
4.
Cash
(DET)
17.3
5.
Geiger
(BOS)
16.9
6.
Kaline
(DET)
16.1
7.
Wood
(DET)
16.1
8.
Brandt
(BAL)
12.3
9.
Hunt
(LAA)
12.1
10.
Green
(MIN)
11.8
AB per SO
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Fox
(CHW)
50.500
2.
Power
(CLE)
35.188
3.
Richardson
(NYY)
28.783
4.
Aparicio
(CHW)
18.939
5.
Howser
(KCA)
16.079
6.
Lumpe
(KCA)
14.590
7.
Temple
(CLE)
14.389
8.
Kaline
(DET)
13.952
9.
Malzone
(BOS)
12.041
10.
Green
(MIN)
12.000
AB per HR
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mantle
(NYY)
9.519
2.
Maris
(NYY)
9.672
3.
Gentile
(BAL)
10.565
4.
Killebrew
(MIN)
11.761
5.
Colavito
(DET)
12.956
6.
Cash
(DET)
13.049
7.
Wagner
(LAA)
16.179
8.
Sievers
(CHW)
18.222
9.
Thomas
(TOT)
18.833
10.
Smith
(CHW)
19.000
Outs Made
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Richardson
(NYY)
523
2.
Robinson
(BAL)
517
3.
Wood
(DET)
515
4.
Schilling
(BOS)
505
5.
Fox
(CHW)
496
6.
Aparicio
(CHW)
488
7.
Kubek
(NYY)
470
8.
Howser
(KCA)
468
9.
Bruton
(DET)
466
10.
Malzone
(BOS)
464
1960 AL
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1962 AL
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1961 NL
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1961 MLB
Batting Leaders