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1958 National League Batting Leaders
1957 NL
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1959 NL
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1958 AL
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1958 MLB
Batting Leaders
NL Batting Leaders
Glossary
Batting Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ashburn
(PHI)
.350
2.
Mays
(SFG)
.347
3.
Musial
(STL)
.337
4.
Aaron
(MLN)
.326
5.
Skinner
(PIT)
.321
6.
Banks
(CHC)
.313
7.
Cepeda
(SFG)
.312
8.
Boyer
(STL)
.307
9.
Temple
(CIN)
.306
10.
Walls
(CHC)
.304
On-Base%
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ashburn
(PHI)
.440
2.
Musial
(STL)
.423
3.
Mays
(SFG)
.419
4.
Temple
(CIN)
.405
5.
Skinner
(PIT)
.387
6.
Aaron
(MLN)
.386
7.
Anderson
(PHI)
.373
8.
Walls
(CHC)
.370
9.
Banks
(CHC)
.366
10.
Boyer
(STL)
.360
Slugging %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Banks
(CHC)
.614
2.
Mays
(SFG)
.583
3.
Aaron
(MLN)
.546
4.
Thomas
(PIT)
.528
5.
Musial
(STL)
.528
6.
Anderson
(PHI)
.524
7.
Cepeda
(SFG)
.512
8.
Robinson
(CIN)
.504
9.
Boyer
(STL)
.496
10.
Moryn
(CHC)
.494
On-Base Plus Slugging
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(SFG)
1.002
2.
Banks
(CHC)
.980
3.
Musial
(STL)
.950
4.
Aaron
(MLN)
.931
5.
Anderson
(PHI)
.897
6.
Ashburn
(PHI)
.881
7.
Skinner
(PIT)
.879
8.
Walls
(CHC)
.863
9.
Thomas
(PIT)
.863
10.
Boyer
(STL)
.857
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Banks
(CHC)
154
2.
Aaron
(MLN)
153
3.
Ashburn
(PHI)
152
Mazeroski
(PIT)
152
Mays
(SFG)
152
Thomson
(CHC)
152
7.
Groat
(PIT)
151
8.
Boyer
(STL)
150
9.
Thomas
(PIT)
149
Mathews
(MLN)
149
At Bats
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Banks
(CHC)
617
2.
Ashburn
(PHI)
615
3.
Virdon
(PIT)
604
4.
Cepeda
(SFG)
603
5.
Aaron
(MLN)
601
6.
Mays
(SFG)
600
7.
Groat
(PIT)
584
8.
Boyer
(STL)
570
9.
Mazeroski
(PIT)
567
10.
Thomas
(PIT)
562
Plate Appearances
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ashburn
(PHI)
725
2.
Mays
(SFG)
685
3.
Banks
(CHC)
682
4.
Aaron
(MLN)
664
5.
Virdon
(PIT)
662
6.
Temple
(CIN)
652
7.
Mathews
(MLN)
649
8.
Cepeda
(SFG)
644
9.
Gilliam
(LAD)
636
10.
Boyer
(STL)
631
Runs Scored
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(SFG)
121
2.
Banks
(CHC)
119
3.
Aaron
(MLN)
109
4.
Boyer
(STL)
101
5.
Ashburn
(PHI)
98
6.
Mathews
(MLN)
97
7.
Skinner
(PIT)
93
8.
Robinson
(CIN)
90
9.
Thomas
(PIT)
89
10.
Cepeda
(SFG)
88
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ashburn
(PHI)
215
2.
Mays
(SFG)
208
3.
Aaron
(MLN)
196
4.
Banks
(CHC)
193
5.
Cepeda
(SFG)
188
6.
Boyer
(STL)
175
Groat
(PIT)
175
8.
Skinner
(PIT)
170
9.
Temple
(CIN)
166
10.
Virdon
(PIT)
161
Total Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Banks
(CHC)
379
2.
Mays
(SFG)
350
3.
Aaron
(MLN)
328
4.
Cepeda
(SFG)
309
5.
Thomas
(PIT)
297
6.
Boyer
(STL)
283
7.
Robinson
(CIN)
279
8.
Ashburn
(PHI)
271
9.
Anderson
(PHI)
270
10.
Skinner
(PIT)
260
Doubles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cepeda
(SFG)
38
2.
Groat
(PIT)
36
3.
Musial
(STL)
35
4.
Aaron
(MLN)
34
Anderson
(PHI)
34
6.
Skinner
(PIT)
33
Mays
(SFG)
33
8.
Temple
(CIN)
31
9.
Hoak
(CIN)
30
10.
Thomson
(CHC)
27
Triples
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ashburn
(PHI)
13
2.
Virdon
(PIT)
11
Banks
(CHC)
11
Mays
(SFG)
11
5.
Clemente
(PIT)
10
Blasingame
(STL)
10
7.
Skinner
(PIT)
9
Boyer
(STL)
9
Groat
(PIT)
9
Roseboro
(LAD)
9
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Banks
(CHC)
47
2.
Thomas
(PIT)
35
3.
Robinson
(CIN)
31
Mathews
(MLN)
31
5.
Aaron
(MLN)
30
6.
Mays
(SFG)
29
7.
Moryn
(CHC)
26
8.
Cepeda
(SFG)
25
9.
Walls
(CHC)
24
Covington
(MLN)
24
Runs Batted In
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Banks
(CHC)
129
2.
Thomas
(PIT)
109
3.
Anderson
(PHI)
97
4.
Cepeda
(SFG)
96
Mays
(SFG)
96
6.
Aaron
(MLN)
95
7.
Boyer
(STL)
90
8.
Robinson
(CIN)
83
Furillo
(LAD)
83
10.
Thomson
(CHC)
82
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ashburn
(PHI)
97
2.
Temple
(CIN)
91
3.
Mathews
(MLN)
85
4.
Cunningham
(STL)
82
5.
Gilliam
(LAD)
78
Mays
(SFG)
78
7.
Spencer
(SFG)
73
8.
Musial
(STL)
72
9.
Long
(CHC)
66
10.
Moryn
(CHC)
62
Robinson
(CIN)
62
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Anderson
(PHI)
95
2.
Taylor
(CHC)
93
3.
Zimmer
(LAD)
92
4.
Neal
(LAD)
91
5.
Banks
(CHC)
87
Hodges
(LAD)
87
7.
Mathews
(MLN)
85
8.
Cepeda
(SFG)
84
9.
Moryn
(CHC)
83
10.
Robinson
(CIN)
80
Stolen Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(SFG)
31
2.
Ashburn
(PHI)
30
3.
Taylor
(CHC)
21
4.
Blasingame
(STL)
20
5.
Gilliam
(LAD)
18
6.
Cepeda
(SFG)
15
Temple
(CIN)
15
8.
Zimmer
(LAD)
14
9.
Skinner
(PIT)
12
Fernandez
(PHI)
12
Singles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ashburn
(PHI)
176
2.
Mays
(SFG)
135
3.
Dark
(TOT)
132
4.
Aaron
(MLN)
128
5.
Groat
(PIT)
127
6.
Temple
(CIN)
126
7.
Boyer
(STL)
122
8.
Cepeda
(SFG)
121
9.
Blasingame
(STL)
119
10.
Virdon
(PIT)
117
Adjusted OPS+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(SFG)
165
2.
Banks
(CHC)
156
3.
Aaron
(MLN)
153
4.
Musial
(STL)
146
5.
Ashburn
(PHI)
136
6.
Anderson
(PHI)
136
7.
Skinner
(PIT)
134
8.
Walls
(CHC)
129
9.
Thomas
(PIT)
127
10.
Cepeda
(SFG)
125
Runs Created
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(SFG)
152
2.
Banks
(CHC)
135
3.
Ashburn
(PHI)
129
4.
Aaron
(MLN)
121
5.
Skinner
(PIT)
102
Musial
(STL)
102
7.
Anderson
(PHI)
100
Boyer
(STL)
100
9.
Robinson
(CIN)
99
10.
Cepeda
(SFG)
97
Adj. Batting Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(SFG)
58
2.
Banks
(CHC)
47
3.
Aaron
(MLN)
45
4.
Ashburn
(PHI)
38
5.
Musial
(STL)
36
6.
Cunningham
(STL)
29
7.
Covington
(MLN)
28
8.
Skinner
(PIT)
28
9.
Anderson
(PHI)
28
10.
Walls
(CHC)
21
Adj. Batting Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(SFG)
5.5
2.
Banks
(CHC)
4.5
3.
Aaron
(MLN)
4.3
4.
Ashburn
(PHI)
3.7
5.
Musial
(STL)
3.5
6.
Cunningham
(STL)
2.8
7.
Skinner
(PIT)
2.7
8.
Covington
(MLN)
2.7
9.
Anderson
(PHI)
2.7
10.
Walls
(CHC)
2.0
Extra Base Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Banks
(CHC)
81
2.
Mays
(SFG)
73
3.
Aaron
(MLN)
68
4.
Cepeda
(SFG)
67
5.
Thomas
(PIT)
65
6.
Anderson
(PHI)
63
7.
Robinson
(CIN)
62
8.
Moryn
(CHC)
59
9.
Skinner
(PIT)
55
10.
Musial
(STL)
54
Times On Base
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ashburn
(PHI)
316
2.
Mays
(SFG)
287
3.
Temple
(CIN)
257
4.
Aaron
(MLN)
256
5.
Banks
(CHC)
249
6.
Musial
(STL)
232
7.
Skinner
(PIT)
230
8.
Boyer
(STL)
227
9.
Mathews
(MLN)
224
10.
Gilliam
(LAD)
223
Offensive Win %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(SFG)
.797
2.
Musial
(STL)
.736
3.
Ashburn
(PHI)
.732
4.
Banks
(CHC)
.731
5.
Aaron
(MLN)
.708
6.
Skinner
(PIT)
.689
7.
Anderson
(PHI)
.680
8.
Walls
(CHC)
.658
9.
Robinson
(CIN)
.637
10.
Boyer
(STL)
.636
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Moryn
(CHC)
8
Walls
(CHC)
8
Hemus
(PHI)
8
4.
Thomas
(PIT)
7
Taylor
(CHC)
7
Davenport
(SFG)
7
Robinson
(CIN)
7
Torre
(MLN)
7
9.
Kirkland
(SFG)
5
Stuart
(PIT)
5
Neal
(LAD)
5
Dark
(TOT)
5
Covington
(MLN)
5
Logan
(MLN)
5
Sacrifice Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Temple
(CIN)
17
Davenport
(SFG)
17
3.
Logan
(MLN)
13
4.
Fernandez
(PHI)
10
Friend
(PIT)
10
6.
Mazeroski
(PIT)
9
O'Connell
(SFG)
9
Zimmer
(LAD)
9
Kline
(PIT)
9
10.
Mathews
(MLN)
8
Sacrifice Flies
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cepeda
(SFG)
9
2.
Mathews
(MLN)
8
Spencer
(SFG)
8
Boyer
(STL)
8
Thomas
(PIT)
8
Banks
(CHC)
8
7.
Ennis
(STL)
7
Furillo
(LAD)
7
Fernandez
(PHI)
7
Green
(STL)
7
Intentional Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Musial
(STL)
26
2.
Crandall
(MLN)
18
3.
Aaron
(MLN)
16
4.
Mays
(SFG)
12
Banks
(CHC)
12
6.
Bailey
(CIN)
10
Anderson
(PHI)
10
Foiles
(PIT)
10
9.
Lopata
(PHI)
9
Long
(CHC)
9
Double Plays Grounded Into
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Green
(STL)
24
2.
Aaron
(MLN)
21
Groat
(PIT)
21
4.
Thomas
(PIT)
19
Musial
(STL)
19
Schmidt
(SFG)
19
7.
Cepeda
(SFG)
18
8.
Zimmer
(LAD)
17
Spencer
(SFG)
17
Ennis
(STL)
17
Flood
(STL)
17
Caught Stealing
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Flood
(STL)
12
Ashburn
(PHI)
12
3.
Gilliam
(LAD)
11
Cepeda
(SFG)
11
5.
Hoak
(CIN)
8
Temple
(CIN)
8
Roseboro
(LAD)
8
8.
Fernandez
(PHI)
6
Neal
(LAD)
6
Boyer
(STL)
6
Taylor
(CHC)
6
Mays
(SFG)
6
Power-Speed #
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mays
(SFG)
30.0
2.
Cepeda
(SFG)
18.8
3.
Zimmer
(LAD)
15.4
4.
Robinson
(CIN)
15.1
5.
Boyer
(STL)
14.9
6.
Skinner
(PIT)
12.5
7.
Roseboro
(LAD)
12.3
8.
Hodges
(LAD)
11.7
9.
Neal
(LAD)
10.6
10.
Taylor
(CHC)
9.3
AB per SO
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Gilliam
(LAD)
25.2
2.
Groat
(PIT)
18.3
3.
Dark
(TOT)
18.2
4.
Musial
(STL)
18.2
5.
Temple
(CIN)
13.2
6.
Ashburn
(PHI)
12.8
7.
Clemente
(PIT)
12.7
8.
Aaron
(MLN)
12.3
9.
Blasingame
(STL)
11.6
10.
Crandall
(MLN)
11.2
AB per HR
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Banks
(CHC)
13.1
2.
Thomas
(PIT)
16.1
3.
Mathews
(MLN)
17.6
4.
Robinson
(CIN)
17.9
5.
Moryn
(CHC)
19.7
6.
Aaron
(MLN)
20.0
7.
Mays
(SFG)
20.7
8.
Walls
(CHC)
21.4
9.
Neal
(LAD)
21.5
10.
Hodges
(LAD)
21.6
Outs Made
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Virdon
(PIT)
456
2.
Cepeda
(SFG)
453
3.
Banks
(CHC)
451
4.
Groat
(PIT)
443
5.
Fernandez
(PHI)
440
6.
Mazeroski
(PIT)
439
7.
Logan
(MLN)
435
8.
Mathews
(MLN)
434
9.
Thomas
(PIT)
433
10.
Aaron
(MLN)
430
1957 NL
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1959 NL
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1958 MLB
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