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1961 National League Batting Leaders

1960 Season 1962 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 619 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	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	Roberto Clemente	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	146	614	572	100	201	30	10	23	89	4	1	35	59	.351	.390	.559	.949	320	18	3	1	3	10
2	Vada Pinson*	22	CIN	Maj	CIN	154	659	607	101	208	34	8	16	87	23	10	39	63	.343	.379	.504	.883	306	9	1	4	8	1
3	Ken Boyer	30	SLN	Maj	STL	153	663	589	109	194	26	11	24	95	6	3	68	91	.329	.397	.533	.930	314	11	1	0	5	9
4	Wally Moon	31	LAN	Maj	LAD	134	561	463	79	152	25	3	17	88	7	5	89	79	.328	.435	.505	.940	234	9	1	4	4	9
5	Henry Aaron	27	MLN	Maj	MLN	155	671	603	115	197	39	10	34	120	21	9	56	64	.327	.381	.594	.974	358	16	2	1	9	20
6	Frank Robinson	25	CIN	Maj	CIN	153	636	545	117	176	32	7	37	124	22	3	71	64	.323	.404	.611	1.015	333	15	10	0	10	23
7	Ron Fairly*	22	LAN	Maj	LAD	111	301	245	42	79	15	2	10	48	0	0	48	22	.322	.434	.522	.956	128	3	1	6	1	0
8	Curt Flood	23	SLN	Maj	STL	132	380	335	53	108	15	5	2	21	6	2	35	33	.322	.391	.415	.806	139	6	3	7	0	2
9	Jerry Lynch	30	CIN	Maj	CIN	96	210	181	33	57	13	2	13	50	2	2	27	25	.315	.407	.624	1.031	113	2	1	1	0	6
10	Orlando Cepeda	23	SFN	Maj	SFG	152	636	585	105	182	28	4	46	142	12	8	39	91	.311	.362	.609	.970	356	21	9	0	3	11
11	Matty Alou*	22	SFN	Maj	SFG	81	217	200	38	62	7	2	6	24	3	2	15	18	.310	.357	.455	.812	91	4	0	1	1	2
12	Leo Cárdenas	22	CIN	Maj	CIN	74	216	198	23	61	18	1	5	24	1	0	15	39	.308	.354	.485	.838	96	5	0	1	2	1
13	Willie Mays	30	SFN	Maj	SFG	154	659	572	129	176	32	3	40	123	18	9	81	77	.308	.393	.584	.977	334	14	2	0	4	15
14	Eddie Mathews	29	MLN	Maj	MLN	152	672	572	103	175	23	6	32	91	12	7	93	95	.306	.402	.535	.937	306	10	2	1	4	3
15	George Altman	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	138	573	518	77	157	28	12	27	96	6	2	40	92	.303	.353	.560	.913	290	4	4	4	7	3
16	Smoky Burgess	34	PIT	Maj	PIT	100	356	323	37	98	17	3	12	52	1	0	30	16	.303	.365	.486	.851	157	7	2	0	1	8
17	Dick Stuart	28	PIT	Maj	PIT	138	576	532	83	160	28	8	35	117	0	3	34	121	.301	.344	.581	.925	309	22	4	1	5	1
18	Carl Sawatski	33	SLN	Maj	STL	86	200	174	23	52	8	0	10	33	0	0	25	17	.299	.385	.517	.902	90	4	0	0	1	7
19	Don Hoak	33	PIT	Maj	PIT	145	586	503	72	150	27	7	12	61	4	2	73	53	.298	.388	.451	.839	227	14	3	3	4	8
20	Frank Howard	24	LAN	Maj	LAD	92	292	267	36	79	10	2	15	45	0	1	21	50	.296	.347	.517	.864	138	12	1	1	2	3
21	Duke Snider	34	LAN	Maj	LAD	85	266	233	35	69	8	3	16	56	1	1	29	43	.296	.375	.562	.937	131	6	1	2	1	3
22	Wally Post	31	CIN	Maj	CIN	99	306	282	44	83	16	3	20	57	0	1	22	61	.294	.346	.585	.932	165	7	1	0	1	1
23	Wes Covington	29	PHI,MLN	Maj	PHI-MLN	66	206	186	26	54	10	0	7	26	0	0	17	21	.290	.345	.457	.802	85	4	0	0	3	1
24	Felipe Alou	26	SFN	Maj	SFG	132	447	415	59	120	19	0	18	52	11	4	26	41	.289	.333	.465	.798	193	11	2	2	2	2
25	Stan Musial*	40	SLN	Maj	STL	123	431	372	46	107	22	4	15	70	0	0	52	35	.288	.371	.489	.860	182	7	1	0	6	17
26	Gordy Coleman	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	150	578	520	63	149	27	4	26	87	1	3	45	67	.287	.342	.504	.845	262	9	2	4	7	11
27	Don Taussig	29	SLN	Maj	STL	98	210	188	27	54	14	5	2	25	2	2	16	34	.287	.338	.447	.785	84	5	0	3	3	0
28	Joe Cunningham*	29	SLN	Maj	STL	113	390	322	60	92	11	2	7	40	1	0	53	32	.286	.403	.398	.801	128	1	11	3	1	3
29	Bill White*	27	SLN	Maj	STL	153	663	591	89	169	28	11	20	90	8	11	64	84	.286	.354	.472	.826	279	13	1	2	5	4
30	Joe Adcock	33	MLN	Maj	MLN	152	629	562	77	160	20	0	35	108	2	1	59	94	.285	.354	.507	.861	285	22	2	4	2	4
31	Ron Santo	21	CHN	Maj	CHC	154	655	578	84	164	32	6	23	83	2	3	73	77	.284	.362	.479	.842	277	25	0	1	3	7
32	Maury Wills	28	LAN	Maj	LAD	148	687	613	105	173	12	10	1	31	35	15	59	50	.282	.346	.339	.685	208	6	1	13	1	2
33	Frank Thomas	32	MLN,CHN	Maj	MLN-CHC	139	516	473	65	133	15	3	27	73	2	4	31	78	.281	.331	.497	.828	235	19	6	2	4	7
34	Lee Walls	28	PHI	Maj	PHI	91	285	261	32	73	6	4	8	30	2	2	19	48	.280	.329	.425	.754	111	9	0	5	0	1
35	Julián Javier	24	SLN	Maj	STL	113	484	445	58	124	14	3	2	41	11	4	30	51	.279	.326	.337	.663	150	5	2	5	2	1
36	Ernie Banks	30	CHN	Maj	CHC	138	573	511	75	142	22	4	29	80	1	2	54	75	.278	.346	.507	.852	259	11	2	0	6	21
37	Jim Davenport	27	SFN	Maj	SFG	137	503	436	64	121	28	4	12	65	4	3	45	65	.278	.342	.443	.785	193	10	2	12	8	1
38	Tommy Davis	22	LAN	Maj	LAD	132	508	460	60	128	13	2	15	58	10	4	32	53	.278	.325	.413	.738	190	16	2	9	5	4
39	Joe Torre	20	MLN	Maj	MLN	113	441	406	40	113	21	4	10	42	3	5	28	60	.278	.330	.424	.754	172	10	4	2	1	4
40	Billy Williams	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	146	584	529	75	147	20	7	25	86	6	0	45	70	.278	.338	.484	.822	256	11	5	1	4	11
41	Gene Freese	27	CIN	Maj	CIN	152	606	575	78	159	27	2	26	87	8	2	27	78	.277	.307	.466	.774	268	17	0	1	3	5
42	Tony González	24	PHI	Maj	PHI	126	485	426	58	118	16	8	12	58	15	5	49	66	.277	.358	.437	.795	186	10	6	2	2	7
43	Dick Groat	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	148	648	596	71	164	25	6	6	55	0	4	40	44	.275	.320	.367	.687	219	22	1	7	4	0
44	Dick Bertell	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	92	287	267	20	73	7	1	2	33	0	0	15	33	.273	.308	.330	.637	88	7	0	1	4	3
45	Eddie Kasko	30	CIN	Maj	CIN	126	511	469	64	127	22	1	2	27	4	3	32	36	.271	.320	.335	.655	157	4	4	2	4	1
46	Lee Maye	26	MLN	Maj	MLN	110	417	373	68	101	11	5	14	41	10	1	36	50	.271	.337	.440	.777	164	1	3	2	3	2
47	Willie McCovey*	23	SFN	Maj	SFG	106	374	328	59	89	12	3	18	50	1	2	37	60	.271	.350	.491	.841	161	8	5	0	4	3
48	Norm Larker*	30	LAN	Maj	LAD	97	312	282	29	76	16	1	5	38	0	0	24	22	.270	.326	.387	.712	109	11	1	2	3	7
49	Bob Skinner	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	119	442	381	61	102	20	3	3	42	3	5	51	49	.268	.358	.360	.718	137	6	4	4	2	9
50	Johnny Callison	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	138	538	455	74	121	20	11	9	47	10	4	69	76	.266	.363	.418	.780	190	7	3	6	5	5
51	Andre Rodgers	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	73	243	214	27	57	17	0	6	23	1	1	25	54	.266	.343	.430	.773	92	6	1	1	2	1
52	Harvey Kuenn	30	SFN	Maj	SFG	131	529	471	60	125	22	4	5	46	5	4	47	34	.265	.329	.361	.690	170	15	1	3	7	2
53	Bill Mazeroski	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	152	595	558	71	148	21	2	13	59	2	1	26	55	.265	.299	.380	.678	212	9	3	2	6	10
54	Joe Christopher	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	76	206	186	25	49	7	3	0	14	6	4	18	24	.263	.327	.333	.660	62	7	0	1	1	0
55	Frank Bolling	29	MLN	Maj	MLN	148	658	585	86	153	16	4	15	56	7	3	57	62	.262	.329	.380	.708	222	25	3	10	3	1
56	Bill Virdon	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	146	660	599	81	156	22	8	9	58	5	8	49	45	.260	.313	.369	.682	221	4	0	5	7	1
57	Pancho Herrera	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	126	461	400	56	103	17	2	13	51	5	1	55	120	.258	.351	.408	.759	163	12	4	0	2	4
58	Rubén Amaro	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	135	447	381	34	98	14	9	1	32	1	0	53	59	.257	.351	.349	.700	133	9	2	11	0	2
59	Richie Ashburn	34	CHN	Maj	CHC	109	368	307	49	79	7	4	0	19	7	6	55	27	.257	.373	.306	.680	94	4	3	1	2	2
60	Al Heist	33	CHN	Maj	CHC	109	366	321	48	82	14	3	7	37	3	3	39	51	.256	.337	.383	.720	123	7	1	4	1	0
61	Joey Amalfitano	27	SFN	Maj	SFG	109	433	384	64	98	11	4	2	23	7	4	44	59	.255	.331	.320	.651	123	2	0	4	1	2
62	Gus Bell	32	CIN	Maj	CIN	103	262	235	27	60	10	1	3	33	1	1	18	21	.255	.298	.345	.642	81	4	0	0	9	3
63	Charlie James	23	SLN	Maj	STL	108	371	349	43	89	19	2	4	44	2	2	15	59	.255	.288	.355	.644	124	9	3	0	4	1
64	Willie Davis*	21	LAN	Maj	LAD	128	380	339	56	86	19	6	12	45	12	5	27	46	.254	.316	.451	.767	153	5	5	6	3	4
65	José Pagán	26	SFN	Maj	SFG	134	474	434	38	110	15	2	5	46	8	5	31	45	.254	.306	.332	.638	144	13	2	7	0	7
66	Bobby Smith	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	79	192	174	16	44	7	0	2	18	0	1	15	32	.253	.313	.328	.640	57	5	1	0	2	2
67	Don Zimmer	30	CHN	Maj	CHC	128	512	477	57	120	25	4	13	40	5	1	25	70	.252	.291	.403	.694	192	16	2	7	1	1
68	Don Demeter	26	PHI,LAN	Maj	PHI-LAD	121	444	411	57	103	18	4	21	70	2	1	22	80	.251	.297	.467	.764	192	9	5	6	0	2
69	John Roseboro	28	LAN	Maj	LAD	128	462	394	59	99	16	6	18	59	6	4	56	62	.251	.346	.459	.805	181	1	4	2	6	8
70	Tony Taylor	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	106	437	400	47	100	17	3	2	26	11	5	29	59	.250	.304	.323	.626	129	10	2	6	0	4
71	Ed Bouchee*	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	112	387	319	49	79	12	3	12	38	1	4	58	77	.248	.371	.417	.788	133	2	5	4	1	7
72	Charley Smith	23	PHI,LAN	Maj	PHI-LAD	121	477	435	47	108	14	4	11	50	3	4	24	82	.248	.293	.375	.668	163	7	5	10	3	3
73	Daryl Spencer	32	LAN,SLN	Maj	LAD-STL	97	370	319	46	79	11	0	12	48	1	1	43	52	.248	.343	.395	.738	126	13	4	3	1	4
74	Ed Bailey	30	SFN,CIN	Maj	SFG-CIN	119	439	383	43	94	13	1	13	53	1	5	45	46	.245	.327	.386	.713	148	8	4	1	6	7
75	Jim Gilliam	32	LAN	Maj	LAD	144	531	439	74	107	26	3	4	32	8	4	79	34	.244	.358	.344	.702	151	7	0	12	1	2
76	Gil Hodges	37	LAN	Maj	LAD	109	245	215	25	52	4	0	8	31	3	1	24	43	.242	.313	.372	.685	80	5	0	2	4	1
77	Jerry Kindall	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	96	333	310	37	75	22	3	9	44	2	2	18	89	.242	.288	.419	.707	130	5	2	3	0	0
78	Carl Warwick*	24	SLN,LAN	Maj	STL-LAD	74	190	163	29	39	6	2	4	17	3	0	20	36	.239	.317	.374	.691	61	3	0	4	3	0
79	Chuck Hiller	26	SFN	Maj	SFG	70	280	240	38	57	12	1	2	12	4	4	32	30	.238	.329	.321	.649	77	1	1	6	1	0
80	Sammy Taylor	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	89	264	235	26	56	8	2	8	23	0	0	23	39	.238	.316	.392	.707	92	6	4	1	1	7
81	Charlie Neal	30	LAN	Maj	LAD	108	377	341	40	80	6	1	10	48	3	2	30	49	.235	.297	.346	.643	118	7	1	3	2	6
82	Gino Cimoli	31	MLN,PIT	Maj	MLN-PIT	58	200	184	16	43	8	1	3	10	1	0	13	28	.234	.284	.337	.621	62	7	0	3	0	0
83	Bobby Malkmus	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	121	374	342	39	79	8	2	7	31	1	3	20	43	.231	.276	.328	.604	112	7	2	8	2	1
84	Ken Walters	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	86	190	180	23	41	8	2	2	14	2	2	5	25	.228	.251	.328	.579	59	6	1	3	1	0
85	Hal Smith	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	67	208	193	12	43	10	0	3	26	0	0	11	38	.223	.267	.321	.588	62	6	1	2	1	1
86	Don Blasingame	29	CIN,SFN	Maj	CIN-SFG	126	505	451	60	100	18	4	1	21	4	3	41	39	.222	.288	.286	.574	129	7	2	9	2	0
87	Clay Dalrymple	24	PHI	Maj	PHI	129	423	378	23	83	11	1	5	42	0	2	30	30	.220	.281	.294	.575	111	11	4	7	4	9
88	Roy McMillan	31	MLN	Maj	MLN	154	588	505	42	111	16	0	7	48	2	4	61	86	.220	.305	.293	.598	148	16	4	11	7	2
89	Bob Lillis	31	SLN,LAN	Maj	STL-LAD	105	256	239	24	51	4	0	0	22	3	3	8	14	.213	.243	.230	.473	55	8	2	5	2	2
90	Alex Grammas	35	SLN	Maj	STL	89	197	170	23	36	10	1	0	21	0	1	19	21	.212	.293	.282	.576	48	4	1	6	1	3
91	Jerry Zimmerman	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	76	222	204	8	42	5	0	0	10	1	1	11	21	.206	.252	.230	.483	47	10	2	4	1	0