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1956 International League Batting Leaders

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Rk Age Tm Lev Aff G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Rocky Nelson* 31 MTL AAA BRO 49 205 165 42 65 14 0 12 37 2 36 13 .394 .498 .697 1.195 115 1 0 3
2 Al Pilarcik* 25 CLB AAA KCA 91 381 326 62 106 12 4 18 76 5 44 30 .325 .402 .552 .954 180 2 3 6
3 Clyde Parris 33 MTL AAA BRO 152 628 552 92 177 37 0 17 78 3 62 85 .321 .386 .480 .866 265 1 6 7
4 Joe Cunningham* 24 ROC AAA STL 133 567 460 83 147 27 10 11 73 2 94 51 .320 .440 .493 .933 227 8 1 4
5 Curt Roberts 26 CLB AAA KCA 87 371 325 50 104 17 0 8 35 0 40 28 .320 .395 .446 .841 145 1 4 1
6 Bill Renna 31 RMD AAA NYY 87 356 301 63 94 16 3 20 76 2 47 47 .312 .407 .585 .992 176 4 0 4
7 Joe Caffie 25 BFL AAA 128 526 482 84 150 16 6 8 46 19 39 53 .311 .364 .419 .783 202 1 4 0
8 Johnny Lipon 33 CLB AAA KCA 122 500 448 60 139 23 6 6 46 2 42 28 .310 .368 .429 .796 192 1 5 4
9 Luke Easter 40 BFL AAA 145 593 483 75 148 20 3 35 106 0 105 116 .306 .433 .578 1.011 279 4 0 1
10 Bob Wilson 31 MTL AAA BRO 140 608 571 83 175 43 3 12 90 14 20 42 .306 .330 .455 .785 260 4 5 8
11 Eddie Kasko 24 ROC AAA STL 147 665 590 83 179 23 1 9 67 10 53 44 .303 .360 .392 .752 231 2 15 5
12 Hal Bevan 25 HAV AAA CIN 113 479 424 44 128 19 2 4 62 2 45 30 .302 .368 .384 .753 163 2 4 4
13 Archie Wilson 32 TTO AAA 139 581 532 83 160 22 3 19 84 5 32 45 .301 .342 .461 .803 245 5 5 7
14 Gene Green 23 ROC AAA STL 121 460 424 57 127 25 3 23 96 0 24 49 .300 .343 .535 .878 227 6 2 4
15 Sparky Anderson 22 MTL AAA BRO 140 528 453 65 135 17 5 0 47 4 53 28 .298 .376 .358 .733 162 7 9 6
16 Rance Pless 30 RMD AAA NYY 59 235 215 31 64 9 2 6 21 0 19 27 .298 .357 .442 .799 95 1 0 0
17 Jimmy Williams 30 MTL AAA BRO 146 623 550 96 164 27 9 8 55 12 60 44 .298 .366 .424 .790 233 2 6 5
18 Ron Plaza 21 ROC AAA STL 121 481 417 69 124 23 1 5 30 2 55 66 .297 .378 .393 .772 164 0 8 1
19 Oscar Sardinas* 25 MTL AAA BRO 111 330 292 43 86 15 2 7 51 1 33 48 .295 .370 .432 .801 126 3 0 2
20 Ed Bouchee* 23 MIA AAA PHI 144 613 496 78 146 22 7 17 94 1 103 76 .294 .415 .470 .885 233 4 4 6
21 Len Johnston* 27 RMD AAA NYY 153 685 619 83 182 26 5 1 43 40 58 64 .294 .354 .357 .711 221 2 2 4
22 Neal Watlington 33 RMD AAA NYY 89 257 236 32 69 9 3 6 30 0 18 14 .292 .340 .432 .772 102 0 1 2
23 Benjamin Downs 26 CLB AAA KCA 109 381 334 43 97 14 4 12 51 0 42 38 .290 .369 .464 .833 155 0 4 1
24 Allie Clark 33 ROC AAA STL 129 515 450 58 130 22 1 15 75 0 48 21 .289 .357 .442 .800 199 5 3 9
25 Sam Jethroe 39 TTO AAA 149 684 567 105 163 25 4 19 68 22 91 105 .287 .397 .446 .843 253 14 9 3
26 Russ Sullivan 33 CLB AAA KCA 146 604 504 91 144 28 11 18 80 3 87 63 .286 .393 .492 .885 248 4 6 3
27 Tom Burgess* 28 ROC AAA STL 132 520 423 60 119 20 6 10 71 1 84 52 .281 .401 .428 .829 181 3 6 4
28 Nino Escalera* 26 HAV AAA CIN 150 598 537 72 151 25 9 6 63 15 53 28 .281 .348 .395 .743 212 3 4 1
29 Carl Sawatski 28 TTO AAA 106 392 332 50 93 11 1 22 63 0 55 52 .280 .383 .518 .901 172 2 0 3
30 Jerry Lumpe 23 RMD AAA NYY 129 540 487 63 136 22 5 4 41 5 49 27 .279 .343 .370 .712 180 0 0 4
31 Cal Abrams* 32 MIA AAA PHI 129 585 454 100 126 17 3 10 50 6 119 75 .278 .422 .394 .817 179 0 5 7
32 Mike Goliat 34 TTO AAA 149 619 504 82 140 26 3 23 86 0 93 77 .278 .398 .478 .877 241 10 9 3
33 Tom Hamilton 30 RMD AAA NYY 106 395 349 37 97 13 3 9 47 1 36 11 .278 .344 .410 .753 143 1 5 4
34 Dick Rand 25 ROC AAA STL 115 431 381 36 106 30 3 12 44 2 48 79 .278 .360 .467 .828 178 1 1 0
35 Bob Bowman 25 MIA AAA PHI 126 484 412 63 114 23 4 19 79 2 58 84 .277 .368 .490 .858 202 4 6 4
36 Chico Fernandez 24 MTL AAA BRO 89 403 368 57 102 17 2 1 32 14 24 28 .277 .318 .342 .661 126 0 7 4
37 Peanuts Lowrey 38 BFL AAA 117 391 352 41 97 12 1 4 33 0 32 25 .276 .335 .349 .684 123 1 3 3
38 Butch McCord* 30 CLB AAA KCA 147 548 488 62 134 23 3 8 52 0 49 40 .275 .344 .383 .727 187 4 4 3
39 Pete Castiglione 35 BFL AAA 128 488 445 39 122 20 4 0 33 2 31 33 .274 .322 .337 .659 150 2 7 3
40 Hector Rodriguez 36 TTO AAA 150 625 524 73 143 17 3 4 40 8 73 55 .273 .367 .340 .706 178 7 17 4
41 John Roseboro 23 MTL AAA BRO 125 471 381 76 104 22 2 25 78 13 74 83 .273 .400 .538 .938 205 9 4 3
42 Angel Scull 27 HAV AAA CIN 123 499 445 56 121 13 7 5 42 17 43 36 .272 .339 .366 .705 163 3 6 2
43 Bill Wilson 27 TTO AAA 100 295 250 34 68 13 2 14 50 2 37 46 .272 .371 .508 .879 127 3 4 1
44 Pablo Bernard 28 HAV AAA CIN 143 543 506 53 137 23 3 3 40 0 24 28 .271 .303 .346 .648 175 0 11 2
45 Juan Delis 28 HAV AAA CIN 93 284 244 35 66 13 2 3 28 3 20 18 .270 .344 .377 .721 92 10 5 5
46 Don Nicholas 25 HAV AAA CIN 123 507 422 71 114 19 5 6 40 22 74 51 .270 .383 .382 .764 161 5 3 3
47 Lou Ortiz? 33 BFL AAA 148 599 518 89 140 39 1 25 88 3 73 67 .270 .360 .494 .854 256 1 4 3
48 Dee Phillips 37 RMD AAA NYY 126 493 456 40 123 19 2 3 35 3 26 44 .270 .312 .340 .652 155 3 6 2
49 Lew Morton? 35 TTO AAA 122 484 388 65 104 21 1 16 58 2 85 55 .268 .400 .451 .851 175 3 4 4
50 Woody Smith 29 HAV,MIA AAA CIN,PHI 149 573 501 68 134 23 6 19 83 1 59 42 .267 .342 .451 .793 226 1 5 7
51 Al Van Alstyne 28 RMD AAA NYY 76 284 250 34 66 9 1 4 22 3 29 45 .264 .345 .356 .701 89 3 0 2
52 Ultus Alvarez 23 HAV AAA CIN 127 478 411 62 108 18 5 16 57 6 50 100 .263 .357 .448 .804 184 11 4 2
53 Loren Babe 28 TTO AAA 133 539 454 55 119 21 4 5 54 6 76 33 .262 .368 .359 .727 163 2 3 4
54 Leon Carter 25 CLB,RMD AAA KCA,NYY 129 495 454 45 119 23 1 3 57 2 31 43 .262 .308 .337 .645 153 1 5 4
55 Glen Gorbous 25 MIA AAA PHI 79 235 210 20 55 5 1 3 29 2 16 17 .262 .309 .338 .647 71 0 5 4
56 Larry Novak 24 MIA AAA PHI 102 342 306 38 80 6 0 14 46 1 28 40 .261 .318 .418 .736 128 0 2 6
57 Yo-Yo Davalillo 28 MIA AAA PHI 50 183 166 18 42 8 0 0 8 3 5 6 .253 .275 .301 .576 50 0 12 0
58 Stan Jok 30 ROC AAA STL 49 180 158 22 40 3 1 4 17 0 17 16 .253 .337 .361 .698 57 3 2 0
59 Bill Serena 31 BFL AAA 135 504 419 62 106 16 5 24 73 1 82 75 .253 .378 .487 .865 204 2 1 0
60 Russ Rose 28 CLB AAA KCA 152 625 547 63 138 17 5 3 48 5 61 55 .252 .331 .318 .649 174 4 11 2
61 Cal Neeman 27 RMD AAA NYY 62 218 197 22 49 12 0 3 26 0 17 31 .249 .317 .355 .672 70 3 0 1
62 Al Ronning 29 MTL AAA BRO 67 202 181 17 45 8 1 0 22 0 16 17 .249 .312 .304 .615 55 1 3 1
63 George Bullard 27 BFL AAA 96 377 322 46 80 12 4 2 17 15 49 45 .248 .348 .329 .677 106 1 3 2
64 Benjamin Tompkins? 27 MIA AAA PHI 139 552 495 56 123 23 2 9 53 2 40 67 .248 .304 .358 .661 177 1 12 4
65 Frank Verdi 30 CLB AAA KCA 62 238 214 24 53 9 0 2 14 1 21 12 .248 .318 .318 .636 68 1 2 0
66 Dutch Dotterer 24 HAV AAA CIN 134 471 409 46 101 17 1 5 41 3 56 61 .247 .340 .330 .670 135 3 1 2
67 Ray Holton 30 MIA AAA PHI 55 194 174 10 43 2 1 1 20 0 14 6 .247 .300 .287 .587 50 0 4 2
68 Ed Stevens* 31 TTO AAA 140 558 506 65 125 12 1 21 73 1 39 77 .247 .297 .399 .697 202 1 3 9
69 Billy DeMars 30 BFL AAA 104 358 320 26 78 9 0 1 22 2 29 22 .244 .306 .281 .587 90 0 8 1
70 Dick Getter 27 CLB,RMD AAA KCA,NYY 106 329 283 40 69 15 0 9 36 0 37 47 .244 .332 .392 .725 111 2 4 3
71 Mel Nelson* 20 ROC AAA STL 131 463 427 49 104 16 6 4 35 2 29 100 .244 .295 .337 .632 144 3 2 2
72 Bobby Kline 27 RMD AAA NYY 105 384 350 26 85 11 2 2 36 1 24 36 .243 .287 .303 .590 106 0 4 6
73 Billy Shantz 28 CLB AAA KCA 65 202 185 16 45 4 1 1 19 1 16 13 .243 .302 .292 .594 54 0 0 1
74 George Shuba 31 MTL AAA BRO 113 348 280 50 68 12 0 13 56 3 55 54 .243 .385 .425 .810 119 11 0 2
75 Eddie Phillips 25 ROC AAA STL 75 248 214 27 51 5 0 6 24 2 30 35 .238 .343 .346 .689 74 4 0 0
76 Mickey Micelotta 27 MIA AAA PHI 146 560 488 62 115 20 2 12 51 4 61 95 .236 .320 .359 .679 175 1 7 3
77 Ed Mierkowicz 32 MIA,CLB,BFL AAA PHI,KCA 120 410 357 39 84 16 1 8 47 3 47 48 .235 .327 .353 .680 126 2 3 1
78 Ray Noble 37 CLB AAA KCA 132 475 396 43 91 12 0 13 64 0 69 56 .230 .347 .359 .705 142 4 2 4
79 Mel Clark 29 MIA AAA PHI 63 197 182 16 41 5 3 1 9 2 12 21 .225 .272 .302 .574 55 0 2 1
80 Jasper Spears? 26 MTL AAA BRO 58 248 218 24 48 7 0 2 20 1 25 29 .220 .300 .280 .579 61 1 1 3
81 Gus Niarhos 35 MIA AAA PHI 78 260 207 29 45 9 0 0 14 0 48 32 .217 .368 .261 .629 54 2 2 1
82 Norm Sherry 24 BFL AAA 64 208 181 14 39 5 0 2 7 0 21 44 .215 .302 .276 .579 50 2 3 1
83 Hal Rice 32 RMD AAA NYY 57 222 189 28 40 11 3 8 32 1 28 31 .212 .315 .429 .744 81 2 0 3
84 Jay Van Noy 27 ROC AAA STL 81 212 184 14 39 7 1 3 19 0 24 26 .212 .299 .310 .608 57 0 1 3
85 Owen Friend 29 HAV AAA CIN 94 368 336 40 68 15 2 12 49 0 30 71 .202 .266 .366 .632 123 0 0 2
86 Bill Kern 23 CLB AAA KCA 61 263 236 26 47 15 0 4 18 0 23 42 .199 .268 .314 .582 74 0 2 2
87 Pat Tomkinson? 29 BFL AAA 91 262 229 21 45 8 0 2 13 0 29 34 .197 .284 .258 .541 59 0 1 3
88 Amado Ibanez 31 HAV AAA CIN 65 189 174 15 34 4 1 1 13 0 12 19 .195 .254 .247 .501 43 2 0 1

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