1958 National League Batting Leaders

1957 Season 1959 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 616 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season

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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	Richie Ashburn*	31	PHI	Maj	PHI	152	725	615	98	215	24	13	2	33	30	12	97	48	.350	.440	.441	.881	271	8	4	7	2	7
2	Willie Mays	27	SFN	Maj	SFG	152	685	600	121	208	33	11	29	96	31	6	78	56	.347	.419	.583	1.002	350	11	1	0	6	12
3	Stan Musial*	37	SLN	Maj	STL	135	549	472	64	159	35	2	17	62	0	0	72	26	.337	.423	.528	.950	249	19	1	0	4	26
4	Wes Covington*	26	MLN	Maj	MLN	90	324	294	43	97	12	1	24	74	0	0	20	35	.330	.380	.622	1.003	183	7	5	3	2	7
5	Henry Aaron	24	MLN	Maj	MLN	153	664	601	109	196	34	4	30	95	4	1	59	49	.326	.386	.546	.931	328	21	1	0	3	16
6	Bob Skinner*	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	144	596	529	93	170	33	9	13	70	12	4	58	55	.321	.387	.491	.879	260	11	2	2	5	7
7	Leon Wagner*	24	SFN	Maj	SFG	74	240	221	31	70	9	0	13	35	1	0	18	34	.317	.371	.534	.905	118	1	1	0	0	3
8	Ernie Banks	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	154	682	617	119	193	23	11	47	129	4	4	52	87	.313	.366	.614	.980	379	14	4	1	8	12
9	Orlando Cepeda	20	SFN	Maj	SFG	148	644	603	88	188	38	4	25	96	15	11	29	84	.312	.342	.512	.854	309	18	3	0	9	7
10	Joe Cunningham*	26	SLN	Maj	STL	131	424	337	61	105	20	3	12	57	4	4	82	23	.312	.449	.496	.945	167	9	3	1	1	3
11	Jerry Lynch*	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	122	443	420	58	131	20	5	16	68	1	4	18	54	.312	.338	.498	.835	209	7	0	2	3	1
12	Duke Snider*	31	LAN	Maj	LAD	106	365	327	45	102	12	3	15	58	2	2	32	49	.312	.371	.505	.875	165	11	1	1	4	4
13	Dave Philley#	38	PHI	Maj	PHI	91	225	207	30	64	11	4	3	31	1	1	15	20	.309	.357	.444	.802	92	8	1	1	1	3
14	Frank Torre*	26	MLN	Maj	MLN	138	430	372	41	115	22	5	6	55	2	0	42	14	.309	.386	.444	.829	165	14	7	5	4	7
15	Ken Boyer	27	SLN	Maj	STL	150	631	570	101	175	21	9	23	90	11	6	49	53	.307	.360	.496	.857	283	15	3	1	8	8
16	Johnny Temple	30	CIN	Maj	CIN	141	652	542	82	166	31	6	3	47	15	8	91	41	.306	.405	.402	.807	218	8	0	17	2	0
17	Lee Walls	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	136	576	513	80	156	19	3	24	72	4	4	47	62	.304	.370	.493	.863	253	10	8	6	2	0
18	Harry Anderson*	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	140	585	515	80	155	34	6	23	97	0	2	59	95	.301	.373	.524	.897	270	12	3	3	5	10
19	Dick Groat	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	151	622	584	67	175	36	9	3	66	2	2	23	32	.300	.328	.408	.735	238	21	4	6	5	7
20	Al Dark	36	CHN,SLN	Maj	CHC-STL	132	572	528	61	156	16	4	4	48	1	1	31	29	.295	.337	.364	.700	192	16	5	2	6	1
21	Ted Kluszewski*	33	PIT	Maj	PIT	100	331	301	29	88	13	4	4	37	0	0	26	16	.292	.348	.402	.750	121	8	1	1	2	6
22	Walt Dropo	35	CIN	Maj	CIN	63	179	162	18	47	7	2	7	31	0	0	12	31	.290	.335	.488	.823	79	7	1	0	4	0
23	Carl Furillo	36	LAN	Maj	LAD	122	459	411	54	119	19	3	18	83	0	2	35	28	.290	.343	.482	.825	198	15	2	4	7	2
24	Roberto Clemente	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	140	556	519	69	150	24	10	6	50	8	2	31	41	.289	.327	.408	.736	212	15	0	3	3	1
25	Bob Bowman	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	91	202	184	31	53	11	2	8	24	0	1	16	30	.288	.343	.500	.843	92	4	0	1	1	2
26	Solly Hemus*	35	PHI	Maj	PHI	105	401	334	53	95	14	3	8	36	3	1	51	34	.284	.390	.416	.806	139	4	8	6	2	6
27	Smoky Burgess*	31	CIN	Maj	CIN	99	274	251	28	71	12	1	6	31	0	0	22	20	.283	.343	.410	.753	103	8	1	0	0	3
28	Bobby Thomson	34	CHN	Maj	CHC	152	615	547	67	155	27	5	21	82	0	2	56	76	.283	.351	.466	.817	255	16	4	2	6	7
29	Wally Post	28	PHI	Maj	PHI	110	420	379	51	107	21	3	12	62	0	2	32	74	.282	.340	.449	.788	170	3	3	2	4	5
30	Gene Green	25	SLN	Maj	STL	137	489	442	47	124	18	3	13	55	2	1	37	48	.281	.333	.423	.756	187	24	1	2	7	4
31	Frank Thomas	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	149	620	562	89	158	26	4	35	109	0	1	42	79	.281	.334	.528	.863	297	19	7	1	8	2
32	Bill Bruton*	32	MLN	Maj	MLN	100	361	325	47	91	11	3	3	28	4	1	27	37	.280	.336	.360	.696	117	5	2	4	3	4
33	Norm Larker*	27	LAN	Maj	LAD	99	291	253	32	70	16	5	4	29	1	1	29	21	.277	.352	.427	.779	108	8	3	1	5	0
34	Joe Adcock	30	MLN	Maj	MLN	105	349	320	40	88	15	1	19	54	0	0	21	63	.275	.317	.506	.823	162	14	1	2	5	1
35	George Crowe*	37	CIN	Maj	CIN	111	392	345	31	95	12	5	7	61	1	0	41	51	.275	.348	.400	.748	138	7	0	1	5	3
36	Bill Mazeroski	21	PIT	Maj	PIT	152	607	567	69	156	24	6	19	68	1	1	25	71	.275	.308	.439	.747	249	15	3	9	3	3
37	Don Blasingame*	26	SLN	Maj	STL	143	608	547	71	150	19	10	2	36	20	5	57	47	.274	.343	.356	.700	195	14	1	2	1	2
38	Del Crandall	28	MLN	Maj	MLN	131	485	427	50	116	23	1	18	63	4	1	48	38	.272	.348	.457	.805	195	14	4	2	4	18
39	Willie Jones	32	PHI	Maj	PHI	118	456	398	52	108	15	1	14	60	1	2	49	45	.271	.351	.420	.771	167	8	2	3	4	4
40	Dale Long*	32	CHN	Maj	CHC	142	554	480	68	130	26	4	20	75	2	0	66	64	.271	.357	.467	.824	224	15	2	0	6	9
41	John Roseboro*	25	LAN	Maj	LAD	114	431	384	52	104	11	9	14	43	11	8	36	56	.271	.333	.456	.788	175	5	2	4	5	2
42	Frank Robinson	22	CIN	Maj	CIN	148	623	554	90	149	25	6	31	83	10	1	62	80	.269	.350	.504	.854	279	13	7	0	0	5
43	Román Mejías	32	PIT	Maj	PIT	76	166	157	17	42	3	2	5	19	2	0	2	27	.268	.280	.408	.687	64	4	1	5	1	1
44	Dick Stuart	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	67	271	254	38	68	12	5	16	48	0	0	11	75	.268	.310	.543	.853	138	6	5	0	1	1
45	Bill Virdon*	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	144	662	604	75	161	24	11	9	46	5	3	52	70	.267	.324	.387	.712	234	5	1	2	3	5
46	Walt Moryn*	32	CHN	Maj	CHC	143	587	512	77	135	26	7	26	77	1	2	62	83	.264	.350	.494	.845	253	7	8	2	3	7
47	Irv Noren*	33	SLN	Maj	STL	117	196	178	24	47	9	1	4	22	0	1	13	21	.264	.327	.393	.720	70	3	4	0	1	2
48	Red Schoendienst#	35	MLN	Maj	MLN	106	465	427	47	112	23	1	1	24	3	1	31	21	.262	.313	.328	.641	140	8	1	5	1	0
49	Don Zimmer	27	LAN	Maj	LAD	127	495	455	52	119	15	2	17	60	14	2	28	92	.262	.305	.415	.720	189	17	1	9	2	1
50	Del Ennis	33	SLN	Maj	STL	106	352	329	22	86	18	1	3	47	0	1	15	35	.261	.290	.350	.639	115	17	1	0	7	3
51	Curt Flood	20	SLN	Maj	STL	121	461	422	50	110	17	2	10	41	2	12	31	56	.261	.317	.382	.699	161	17	4	4	0	1
52	Jim Gilliam#	29	LAN	Maj	LAD	147	636	555	81	145	25	5	2	43	18	11	78	22	.261	.352	.335	.687	186	5	0	3	0	1
53	Don Hoak	30	CIN	Maj	CIN	114	466	417	51	109	30	0	6	50	6	8	43	36	.261	.333	.376	.709	157	11	2	3	1	4
54	Gil Hodges	34	LAN	Maj	LAD	141	532	475	68	123	15	1	22	64	8	2	52	87	.259	.330	.434	.764	206	15	0	2	3	3
55	Cal Neeman	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	76	226	201	30	52	7	0	12	29	0	0	21	41	.259	.336	.473	.809	95	5	3	0	1	2
56	Sammy Taylor*	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	96	329	301	30	78	12	2	6	36	2	1	27	46	.259	.319	.372	.691	112	9	0	0	1	4
57	Willie Kirkland*	24	SFN	Maj	SFG	122	470	418	48	108	25	6	14	56	3	2	43	69	.258	.332	.447	.779	187	5	5	0	4	7
58	Ed Bouchee*	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	89	389	334	55	86	19	5	9	39	1	0	51	74	.257	.355	.425	.780	142	10	0	3	1	4
59	Jim Davenport	24	SFN	Maj	SFG	134	493	434	70	111	22	3	12	41	1	3	33	64	.256	.317	.403	.720	175	4	7	17	2	0
60	Daryl Spencer	29	SFN	Maj	SFG	148	626	539	71	138	20	5	17	74	1	0	73	60	.256	.343	.406	.750	219	17	3	3	8	4
61	Charlie Neal	27	LAN	Maj	LAD	140	549	473	87	120	9	6	22	65	7	6	61	91	.254	.341	.438	.779	207	11	5	4	6	4
62	Felipe Alou	23	SFN	Maj	SFG	75	204	182	21	46	9	2	4	16	4	2	19	34	.253	.325	.390	.715	71	1	1	1	1	2
63	Gus Bell*	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	112	433	385	42	97	16	2	10	46	2	3	36	40	.252	.314	.382	.696	147	7	1	6	5	7
64	Eddie Mathews*	26	MLN	Maj	MLN	149	649	546	97	137	18	1	31	77	5	0	85	85	.251	.349	.458	.807	250	9	2	8	8	5
65	Ed Bailey*	27	CIN	Maj	CIN	112	414	360	39	90	23	1	11	59	2	2	47	61	.250	.337	.411	.748	148	5	1	4	2	10
66	Hank Sauer	41	SFN	Maj	SFG	88	277	236	27	59	8	0	12	46	0	0	35	37	.250	.354	.436	.790	103	4	4	0	2	2
67	Gene Freese	24	SLN,PIT	Maj	STL-PIT	79	221	209	29	52	11	1	7	18	1	1	11	34	.249	.286	.411	.698	86	2	0	1	0	0
68	Dick Gray	26	LAN	Maj	LAD	58	221	197	25	49	5	6	9	30	1	1	19	30	.249	.327	.472	.799	93	6	4	1	0	0
69	Stan Lopata	32	PHI	Maj	PHI	86	322	258	36	64	9	0	9	33	0	1	60	63	.248	.391	.388	.779	100	15	2	0	2	9
70	Gino Cimoli	28	LAN	Maj	LAD	109	352	325	35	80	6	3	9	27	3	3	18	49	.246	.292	.366	.658	119	16	3	6	0	0
71	Rip Repulski	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	85	262	238	33	58	9	4	13	40	0	0	15	47	.244	.296	.479	.775	114	9	4	2	3	1
72	Bob Schmidt	25	SFN	Maj	SFG	127	432	393	46	96	20	2	14	54	0	1	33	59	.244	.306	.412	.718	162	19	3	1	2	5
73	Johnny Goryl	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	83	250	219	27	53	9	3	4	14	0	1	27	34	.242	.331	.365	.696	80	14	2	2	0	2
74	Wally Moon*	28	SLN	Maj	STL	108	340	290	36	69	10	3	7	38	2	3	47	30	.238	.342	.366	.708	106	9	0	1	2	5
75	Andy Pafko	37	MLN	Maj	MLN	95	185	164	17	39	7	1	3	23	0	0	15	17	.238	.306	.348	.654	57	3	2	2	2	3
76	Pete Whisenant	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	85	229	203	33	48	9	2	11	40	3	0	18	37	.236	.292	.463	.755	94	4	0	3	5	0
77	Tony Taylor	22	CHN	Maj	CHC	140	555	497	63	117	15	3	6	27	21	6	40	93	.235	.299	.314	.613	156	9	7	7	4	0
78	Steve Bilko	29	LAN,CIN	Maj	LAD-CIN	78	210	188	25	44	5	4	11	35	0	0	18	57	.234	.295	.479	.774	90	9	0	0	4	0
79	Danny O'Connell	29	SFN	Maj	SFG	107	368	306	44	71	12	2	3	23	2	1	51	35	.232	.340	.314	.654	96	7	0	9	2	0
80	Chico Fernández	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	148	578	522	38	120	18	5	6	51	12	6	37	48	.230	.280	.318	.598	166	15	2	10	7	3
81	Ray Jablonski	31	SFN	Maj	SFG	86	251	230	28	53	15	1	12	46	2	0	17	50	.230	.287	.461	.748	106	11	2	0	2	2
82	Bob Thurman*	41	CIN	Maj	CIN	94	203	178	23	41	7	4	4	20	1	2	20	38	.230	.320	.382	.702	68	5	4	0	1	1
83	Roy McMillan	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	145	447	393	48	90	18	3	1	25	5	2	47	33	.229	.312	.298	.610	117	8	1	5	1	5
84	Ted Kazanski	24	PHI	Maj	PHI	95	318	289	21	66	12	2	3	35	2	3	22	34	.228	.291	.315	.606	91	9	4	2	1	2
85	Hal Smith	27	SLN	Maj	STL	77	238	220	13	50	4	1	1	24	0	0	14	14	.227	.272	.268	.541	59	6	0	3	1	4
86	Johnny Logan	32	MLN	Maj	MLN	145	590	530	54	120	20	0	11	53	1	2	40	57	.226	.286	.326	.612	173	8	5	13	2	1
87	Carl Sawatski*	30	PHI,MLN	Maj	PHI-MLN	70	216	193	13	43	4	1	5	13	0	0	18	47	.223	.296	.332	.628	64	4	3	0	2	4
88	Félix Mantilla	23	MLN	Maj	MLN	85	252	226	37	50	5	1	7	19	2	0	20	20	.221	.282	.345	.627	78	6	0	4	2	2
89	Eddie Kasko	27	SLN	Maj	STL	104	283	259	20	57	8	1	2	22	1	2	21	25	.220	.277	.282	.558	73	9	0	1	2	6
90	Alex Grammas	32	CIN	Maj	CIN	105	259	216	25	47	8	0	0	12	2	2	34	24	.218	.329	.255	.584	55	6	2	7	0	1
91	Hank Foiles	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	104	314	264	31	54	10	2	8	30	0	1	45	53	.205	.322	.348	.670	92	4	1	3	1	10