1956 Southern Association Batting Leaders

1955 Season 1957 Season

Classification: AA

Overall: 618 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season

Attendance: 2,223,775 (3,598/game)

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1	Tom Wright	32	BIR	AA	NYY	48	207	183	24	63	13	1	5	29	0	14	26	.344	.391	.508	.899	93	4	2	5	3
2	Stanley Roseboro	28	CNG	AA	WSH	126	525	473	75	161	33	6	2	58	3	34	35	.340	.383	.448	.831	212	8	3	8	7
3	Al Grunwald*	26	NOR	AA	PIT	126	520	464	75	154	42	7	17	89	1	50	74	.332	.399	.563	.961	261	6	3	1	2
4	Lyle Luttrell	26	CNG	AA	WSH	120	535	460	84	149	27	9	3	48	7	58	60	.324	.399	.441	.841	203	6	3	9	5
5	Gip Dickens	28	MEM	AA	CHW	141	570	507	98	161	31	11	23	95	1	52	81	.318	.382	.558	.941	283	10	3	5	3
6	Gordy Coleman	21	MOB	AA	CLE	155	666	613	83	194	25	8	27	118	7	40	81	.317	.359	.516	.875	316	9	5	1	7
7	Milt Graff	25	BIR	AA	NYY	156	728	653	106	207	25	14	1	58	9	56	45	.317	.374	.403	.777	263	3	5	12	2
8	Dick Sinovic?	30	ATA	AA	MLN	53	186	167	30	53	9	0	5	25	2	19	11	.317	.387	.461	.848	77	10	0	0	0
9	Tommy Brown	28	NVL	AA	CIN	139	538	468	82	148	34	4	10	85	0	63	46	.316	.398	.470	.868	220	8	2	3	2
10	Rod Graber*	26	MOB	AA	CLE	113	504	417	84	130	16	8	5	52	10	72	33	.312	.417	.425	.842	177	3	7	3	5
11	Emil Panko	21	NOR	AA	PIT	143	596	519	97	162	20	1	33	114	1	64	63	.312	.393	.545	.938	283	19	7	3	3
12	John Powers	26	NOR	AA	PIT	153	671	574	131	179	32	12	39	116	2	80	91	.312	.404	.613	1.017	352	6	10	5	2
13	Jesse Levan	29	CNG	AA	WSH	150	636	543	91	169	28	3	25	114	1	76	41	.311	.392	.512	.904	278	6	3	3	11
14	Ralph Brown*	35	NVL	AA	CIN	150	634	552	90	170	34	7	14	78	4	75	54	.308	.391	.471	.862	260	10	1	4	2
15	Gail Henley	27	NOR	AA	PIT	130	557	485	92	149	28	9	11	90	5	55	53	.307	.384	.470	.854	228	17	9	2	6
16	George Schmees*	31	NVL	AA	CIN	142	574	495	83	152	26	12	22	100	1	67	88	.307	.388	.541	.930	268	8	3	2	7
17	Don Richmond	36	BIR	AA	NYY	69	265	250	30	76	16	3	1	29	1	10	14	.304	.330	.404	.734	101	6	1	1	3
18	Frank Baldwin	27	NVL	AA	CIN	91	247	222	20	67	18	0	1	29	0	17	22	.302	.348	.396	.745	88	15	1	3	4
19	Eric Rodin	26	LRK	AA		47	200	159	37	48	14	5	5	40	0	34	20	.302	.432	.547	.979	87	8	4	1	2
20	Bob Thorpe	29	ATA	AA	MLN	93	388	361	54	109	22	4	21	77	0	16	49	.302	.326	.560	.885	202	7	1	1	9
21	Bob Prentice	27	MOB	AA	CLE	102	408	356	54	107	17	2	9	59	4	40	41	.301	.367	.435	.803	155	6	1	5	6
22	Johnny Schaive	22	CNG	AA	WSH	91	378	363	45	109	15	5	2	46	4	8	28	.300	.313	.386	.699	140	13	1	1	5
23	Frank DiPrima	29	ATA	AA	MLN	149	638	550	97	164	28	3	13	80	6	80	33	.298	.385	.431	.816	237	13	1	1	6
24	Donald Griffin	34	MEM	AA	CHW	79	305	275	28	80	20	2	2	35	2	23	19	.291	.352	.400	.752	110	4	3	4	0
25	Sam Suplizio	24	BIR	AA	NYY	115	429	385	52	112	17	1	7	61	3	28	21	.291	.339	.395	.734	152	6	2	10	4
26	Dan Porter*	24	CNG	AA	WSH	146	628	568	85	164	32	7	2	62	9	48	67	.289	.345	.380	.725	216	23	3	5	4
27	Bob Oldis	28	CNG	AA	WSH	118	437	378	48	108	13	5	0	41	3	45	23	.286	.360	.347	.706	131	12	1	9	4
28	Ed White	30	MEM	AA	CHW	145	600	526	70	150	27	9	12	85	8	63	118	.285	.359	.439	.798	231	13	1	4	6
29	Bruce Barmes	26	CNG	AA	WSH	146	643	570	90	162	22	4	0	42	2	65	50	.284	.358	.337	.694	192	9	0	8	0
30	Clyde Vollmer	34	LRK	AA		59	225	197	26	56	9	0	12	30	0	26	37	.284	.371	.513	.883	101	6	1	1	0
31	Larry Davidson	30	CNG	AA	WSH	145	591	528	71	149	37	4	23	110	3	50	79	.282	.342	.498	.840	263	9	2	3	8
32	Fritz Brickell	21	BIR	AA	NYY	150	643	563	82	158	17	8	11	77	2	65	61	.281	.351	.398	.749	224	9	0	8	7
33	Larry Taylor	25	NVL	AA	CIN	143	618	545	81	153	16	7	0	42	2	61	69	.281	.354	.336	.689	183	11	2	7	3
34	William Reynolds*	24	ATA	AA	MLN	114	444	386	74	108	28	8	12	63	9	50	29	.280	.359	.487	.846	188	8	1	1	6
35	Andrew Frazier?	27	LRK	AA		133	537	480	56	134	22	5	6	57	4	44	47	.279	.337	.383	.720	184	10	0	8	5
36	Buddy Peterson	31	MEM	AA	CHW	143	616	542	82	151	23	6	9	42	15	53	19	.279	.347	.393	.740	213	5	6	11	4
37	Don Leppert	25	BIR	AA	NYY	67	240	212	20	59	10	0	1	18	0	20	11	.278	.342	.340	.682	72	3	1	6	1
38	Charles Williams	28	NVL	AA	CIN	125	493	450	72	125	30	0	6	68	1	34	36	.278	.325	.384	.710	173	11	0	4	5
39	Vern Morgan	27	CNG	AA	WSH	124	458	401	53	111	27	1	7	41	4	48	51	.277	.359	.402	.761	161	7	4	4	1
40	James Rice	22	NOR	AA	PIT	149	624	484	104	134	27	6	5	54	6	122	61	.277	.425	.388	.814	188	13	6	8	4
41	Frank Sacka	31	ATA	AA	MLN	109	399	353	47	97	14	2	11	49	2	41	45	.275	.352	.419	.771	148	9	2	1	2
42	Ted Bartz?	30	MOB	AA	CLE	120	474	423	57	116	16	8	10	65	5	35	55	.274	.323	.421	.744	178	10	1	3	12
43	Bob Boring?	29	ATA	AA	MLN	127	490	452	71	124	25	4	19	77	0	25	53	.274	.314	.474	.787	214	8	4	2	7
44	Michael Lutz	28	NVL	AA	CIN	104	355	303	39	83	20	3	6	45	1	47	31	.274	.378	.419	.797	127	3	4	0	1
45	R.C. Otey?	33	LRK	AA		128	546	453	62	124	15	3	1	43	10	76	30	.274	.378	.327	.705	148	7	2	12	3
46	George Prigge	25	BIR	AA	NYY	106	335	294	42	80	10	4	4	36	0	28	46	.272	.338	.374	.713	110	4	3	7	3
47	Jack Waters	23	MOB	AA	CLE	153	614	544	76	148	23	8	3	44	20	54	71	.272	.339	.360	.700	196	9	4	7	5
48	Dick Barone	23	NOR	AA	PIT	151	643	571	96	154	26	5	5	55	7	63	62	.270	.346	.359	.705	205	12	4	4	1
49	Johnny Blanchard	23	BIR	AA	NYY	131	506	430	64	116	18	1	17	70	0	62	41	.270	.359	.435	.794	187	8	2	4	8
50	Dick Brown	21	MOB	AA	CLE	141	552	507	69	136	20	0	24	80	3	33	77	.268	.318	.450	.767	228	15	6	1	5
51	Guy Morton	25	CNG	AA	WSH	90	238	213	22	57	12	2	6	41	0	20	40	.268	.332	.427	.759	91	12	2	0	3
52	Sonny Piver?	22	NOR	AA	PIT	95	350	319	30	85	9	9	3	38	2	23	39	.267	.322	.379	.701	121	20	4	2	2
53	Bobby Durnbaugh	23	NVL	AA	CIN	150	652	563	92	150	20	3	0	44	2	71	43	.266	.348	.313	.661	176	14	2	12	4
54	Clint Weaver*	28	LRK	AA		126	520	428	83	114	11	4	22	82	4	84	72	.266	.388	.465	.853	199	4	3	2	3
55	Jim Marshall*	25	MEM	AA	CHW	147	606	527	93	139	20	13	28	106	2	65	74	.264	.340	.510	.850	269	5	1	3	10
56	Sammy Meeks	33	ATA	AA	MLN	138	604	539	82	142	28	1	12	75	1	55	60	.264	.328	.386	.714	208	14	0	4	6
57	Bob Montag*	33	ATA	AA	MLN	133	475	386	81	102	17	4	27	70	7	82	74	.264	.395	.539	.933	208	2	3	1	3
58	Clarence Riddle*	23	ATA	AA	MLN	111	443	390	55	101	12	7	19	65	1	48	104	.259	.340	.472	.812	184	2	1	2	2
59	Matt Batts	34	NVL	AA	CIN	98	346	299	36	77	7	0	7	29	0	36	35	.258	.338	.351	.689	105	11	2	6	3
60	John Jaciuk*	25	BIR	AA	NYY	154	655	574	89	148	11	8	13	64	4	72	66	.258	.344	.373	.717	214	7	4	4	1
61	Chris Kitsos	28	MOB	AA	CLE	137	536	419	80	108	22	4	5	42	6	105	79	.258	.409	.365	.775	153	6	6	1	5
62	Jack Daniels*	28	ATA	AA	MLN	152	704	556	126	143	27	4	34	86	8	143	113	.257	.410	.504	.914	280	2	2	2	1
63	Jim Landis	22	MEM	AA	CHW	92	347	288	56	74	7	3	3	30	12	36	65	.257	.358	.333	.691	96	1	11	9	3
64	Ron Cooper	21	MEM	AA	CHW	55	219	195	30	50	13	1	11	30	0	21	61	.256	.330	.503	.833	98	1	1	1	1
65	Bud Hardin	34	MOB	AA	CLE	123	485	426	50	109	12	2	1	36	1	45	60	.256	.325	.301	.625	128	14	0	11	3
66	Bill Wells	27	LRK	AA		124	556	473	76	121	22	5	8	49	10	66	59	.256	.351	.374	.725	177	9	4	12	1
67	Billy Werber?	--	NVL	AA	CIN	104	423	379	65	95	15	9	15	57	4	40	85	.251	.321	.457	.777	173	6	0	2	2
68	Joe Kirrene	24	MEM	AA	CHW	142	547	492	50	123	19	2	7	61	8	39	47	.250	.306	.339	.646	167	15	4	5	7
69	Gerry MacKay	26	BIR	AA	NYY	91	349	302	50	75	12	6	10	47	1	32	43	.248	.323	.427	.750	129	3	4	5	6
70	Joe Erautt	34	NOR	AA	PIT	93	308	283	23	68	10	2	2	32	0	20	30	.240	.292	.311	.603	88	7	1	3	1
71	Hal Grote?	25	BIR	AA	NYY	148	587	507	89	121	31	2	20	81	3	65	107	.239	.328	.426	.754	216	7	6	2	7
72	Spider Wilhelm	27	LRK	AA		151	625	533	83	123	30	5	19	85	2	81	80	.231	.331	.413	.744	220	21	2	2	7
73	Red Prentice?	23	LRK	AA		118	343	302	30	69	6	0	2	38	2	34	22	.229	.304	.268	.572	81	6	0	4	3
74	David Jacobs	22	NOR	AA	PIT	99	309	276	42	63	8	5	2	34	4	23	40	.228	.290	.315	.605	87	9	2	5	3
75	Jim Snyder	23	MEM	AA	CHW	94	357	305	35	69	9	0	1	16	1	40	42	.226	.323	.266	.589	81	8	4	7	1
76	Gordon Goldsberry*	28	MEM	AA	CHW	73	207	173	26	39	7	1	3	24	0	28	34	.225	.327	.330	.656	57	1	0	2	4
77	Steve Jankowski	23	MOB	AA	CLE	107	342	309	36	67	11	4	8	34	2	28	75	.217	.284	.356	.640	110	12	2	0	3
78	Bobby Willis	24	ATA	AA	MLN	69	209	200	20	42	4	0	0	13	0	5	27	.210	.236	.230	.466	46	5	2	1	1
79	Hank Izquierdo	25	MOB	AA	CLE	56	205	178	19	37	7	1	3	20	2	20	29	.208	.294	.309	.603	55	2	2	4	1
80	Harry Minor	28	LRK	AA		111	330	258	28	52	12	2	1	23	0	69	61	.202	.368	.275	.643	71	6	0	1	2
81	George Moskovich?	28	MEM	AA	CHW	55	200	181	19	35	4	1	2	16	1	15	24	.193	.253	.260	.512	47	7	0	2	2
82	Louis Heyman	36	LRK	AA		59	209	171	20	31	4	0	7	15	0	35	43	.181	.322	.328	.650	56	1	1	1	1