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1961 American League Batting Leaders

1960 Season 1962 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 811 games, 10 teams, approx. 162 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	Norm Cash*	27	DET	Maj	DET	159	672	535	119	193	22	8	41	132	11	5	124	85	.361	.487	.662	1.148	354	16	9	2	2	19
2	Elston Howard	32	NYA	Maj	NYY	129	482	446	64	155	17	5	21	77	0	3	28	65	.348	.387	.549	.936	245	5	3	1	4	6
3	Al Kaline	26	DET	Maj	DET	153	665	586	116	190	41	7	19	82	14	1	66	42	.324	.393	.515	.909	302	16	4	4	5	2
4	Jim Piersall	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	121	536	484	81	156	26	7	6	40	8	2	43	46	.322	.378	.442	.820	214	18	2	4	3	1
5	Mickey Mantle	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	153	646	514	131	163	16	6	54	128	12	1	126	112	.317	.448	.687	1.135	353	2	0	1	5	9
6	Pete Runnels	33	BOS	Maj	BOS	143	414	360	49	114	20	3	3	38	5	1	46	32	.317	.396	.414	.810	149	12	3	2	3	2
7	Gene Woodling	38	WS2	Maj	WSA	110	396	342	39	107	16	4	10	57	1	0	50	24	.313	.403	.471	.873	161	10	2	1	1	3
8	Floyd Robinson	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	132	492	432	69	134	20	7	11	59	7	4	52	32	.310	.389	.465	.854	201	4	4	3	1	3
9	Johnny Blanchard	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	93	275	243	38	74	10	1	21	54	1	0	27	28	.305	.382	.613	.995	149	6	4	0	1	9
10	Jim Gentile*	27	BAL	Maj	BAL	148	601	486	96	147	25	2	46	141	1	1	96	106	.303	.423	.646	1.069	314	12	11	0	8	5
11	Earl Battey	26	MIN	Maj	MIN	133	522	460	70	139	24	1	17	55	3	3	53	66	.302	.377	.470	.847	216	18	3	5	1	3
12	Tito Francona*	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	155	667	592	87	178	30	8	16	85	2	1	56	52	.301	.363	.460	.823	272	11	4	12	3	3
13	John Romano	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	142	580	509	76	152	29	1	21	80	0	0	61	60	.299	.377	.483	.860	246	10	5	1	4	3
14	Jackie Brandt	27	BAL	Maj	BAL	139	584	516	93	153	18	5	16	72	10	2	62	51	.297	.371	.444	.815	229	17	1	2	3	0
15	Norm Siebern	27	KC1	Maj	KCA	153	649	560	68	166	36	5	18	98	2	4	82	91	.296	.384	.475	.859	266	4	1	0	6	3
16	Bob Johnson	25	WS2	Maj	WSA	61	248	224	27	66	13	1	6	28	4	2	19	26	.295	.350	.442	.792	99	10	1	2	2	2
17	Roy Sievers	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	141	563	492	76	145	26	6	27	92	1	0	61	62	.295	.377	.537	.913	264	11	6	0	4	4
18	Jerry Lumpe	28	KC1	Maj	KCA	148	627	569	81	167	29	9	3	54	1	0	48	39	.294	.348	.392	.740	223	10	2	4	4	0
19	Russ Snyder	27	BAL	Maj	BAL	115	341	312	46	91	13	5	1	13	5	3	20	32	.292	.333	.375	.708	117	4	0	8	1	0
20	Whitey Herzog*	29	BAL	Maj	BAL	113	377	323	39	94	11	6	5	35	1	4	50	41	.291	.387	.409	.795	132	6	1	2	1	1
21	Rocky Colavito	27	DET	Maj	DET	163	708	583	129	169	30	2	45	140	1	2	113	75	.290	.402	.580	.982	338	14	2	2	8	2
22	Chuck Essegian	29	CLE,KC1,BAL	Maj	CLE-KCA-BAL	65	189	173	26	50	8	1	12	36	0	0	11	35	.289	.330	.555	.885	96	6	1	1	3	0
23	Russ Nixon	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	87	262	242	24	70	12	2	1	19	0	1	13	19	.289	.327	.368	.695	89	5	2	2	3	1
24	Harmon Killebrew	25	MIN	Maj	MIN	150	656	541	94	156	20	7	46	122	1	2	107	109	.288	.406	.606	1.012	328	11	3	0	5	6
25	Albie Pearson*	26	LAA	Maj	LAA	144	535	427	92	123	21	3	7	41	11	3	96	40	.288	.421	.401	.821	171	3	3	7	2	1
26	Brooks Robinson	24	BAL	Maj	BAL	163	736	668	89	192	38	7	7	61	1	3	47	57	.287	.334	.397	.731	265	21	4	8	9	2
27	Lenny Green*	28	MIN	Maj	MIN	156	692	600	92	171	28	7	9	50	17	11	81	50	.285	.375	.400	.775	240	5	6	3	2	2
28	Lee Thomas	25	LAA,NYA	Maj	LAA-NYY	132	506	452	77	129	11	5	24	70	0	5	47	74	.285	.353	.491	.844	222	12	2	2	3	2
29	Jim Landis	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	140	618	534	87	151	18	8	22	85	19	5	65	71	.283	.362	.470	.832	251	10	4	10	5	0
30	Sherm Lollar	36	CHA	Maj	CHW	116	384	337	38	95	10	1	7	41	0	0	37	22	.282	.360	.380	.740	128	5	6	1	3	10
31	Gene Green	28	WS2	Maj	WSA	110	405	364	52	102	16	3	18	62	0	2	35	65	.280	.341	.489	.830	178	26	1	0	5	5
32	Dick Howser	25	KC1	Maj	KCA	158	719	611	108	171	29	6	3	45	37	9	92	38	.280	.377	.362	.739	221	8	5	8	3	0
33	Minnie Miñoso	37	CHA	Maj	CHW	152	635	540	91	151	28	3	14	82	9	4	67	46	.280	.369	.420	.789	227	11	16	0	12	2
34	Zoilo Versalles	21	MIN	Maj	MIN	129	542	510	65	143	25	5	7	53	16	9	25	61	.280	.314	.390	.704	199	8	1	4	2	2
35	Leon Wagner	27	LAA	Maj	LAA	133	511	453	74	127	19	2	28	79	5	1	48	65	.280	.348	.517	.865	234	5	3	0	7	2
36	Steve Bilko	32	LAA	Maj	LAA	114	354	294	49	82	16	1	20	59	1	1	58	81	.279	.396	.544	.940	160	9	0	0	2	2
37	Al Smith	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	147	602	532	88	148	29	4	28	93	4	4	56	67	.278	.348	.506	.854	269	17	5	2	7	2
38	Wayne Causey	24	KC1	Maj	KCA	104	361	312	37	86	14	1	8	49	0	0	37	28	.276	.348	.404	.752	126	5	0	8	4	0
39	Tony Kubek	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	153	658	617	84	170	38	6	8	46	1	3	27	60	.276	.306	.396	.701	244	7	1	10	3	1
40	Johnny Temple	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	129	588	518	73	143	22	3	3	30	9	5	61	36	.276	.351	.348	.699	180	12	0	7	2	1
41	George Thomas	23	LAA,DET	Maj	LAA-DET	96	317	288	41	79	12	1	13	59	3	6	21	70	.274	.328	.458	.786	132	3	3	3	2	1
42	Luis Aparicio	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	156	672	625	90	170	24	4	6	45	53	13	38	33	.272	.313	.352	.665	220	12	1	4	4	0
43	Yogi Berra	36	NYA	Maj	NYY	119	437	395	62	107	11	0	22	61	2	0	35	28	.271	.330	.466	.795	184	7	2	0	5	4
44	Cam Carreon	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	78	253	229	32	62	5	1	4	27	0	1	21	24	.271	.331	.354	.684	81	7	0	2	1	2
45	Steve Boros	24	DET	Maj	DET	116	485	396	51	107	18	2	5	62	4	2	68	42	.270	.382	.364	.746	144	8	8	6	7	2
46	Jim King	28	WS2	Maj	WSA	110	306	263	43	71	12	1	11	46	4	0	38	45	.270	.363	.449	.811	118	3	2	0	3	3
47	Roger Maris	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	161	698	590	132	159	16	4	61	141	0	0	94	67	.270	.373	.620	.993	366	16	7	0	7	0
48	Vic Power	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	147	622	563	64	151	34	4	5	63	4	3	38	16	.268	.309	.369	.679	208	19	1	8	12	5
49	Woodie Held	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	146	590	509	67	136	23	5	23	78	0	0	69	111	.267	.354	.468	.822	238	14	3	3	6	11
50	Bill Skowron	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	150	607	561	77	150	23	4	28	89	0	0	35	108	.267	.318	.472	.790	265	21	8	0	3	9
51	Earl Averill	29	LAA	Maj	LAA	115	392	323	56	86	9	0	21	59	1	0	62	70	.266	.384	.489	.873	158	9	2	1	4	1
52	Dick Brown	26	DET	Maj	DET	93	336	308	32	82	12	2	16	45	0	2	22	57	.266	.312	.474	.786	146	10	0	3	3	2
53	Frank Malzone	31	BOS	Maj	BOS	151	644	590	74	157	21	4	14	87	1	3	44	49	.266	.314	.386	.700	228	19	1	0	9	3
54	Earl Robinson	24	BAL	Maj	BAL	96	256	222	37	59	12	3	8	30	4	3	31	54	.266	.354	.455	.809	101	5	0	2	1	1
55	Carl Yastrzemski	21	BOS	Maj	BOS	148	643	583	71	155	31	6	11	80	6	5	50	96	.266	.325	.396	.721	231	19	3	2	5	3
56	Jerry Adair	24	BAL	Maj	BAL	133	428	386	41	102	21	1	9	37	5	2	35	51	.264	.326	.394	.719	152	6	2	1	4	4
57	Bubba Phillips	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	143	590	546	64	144	23	1	18	72	1	0	29	61	.264	.305	.408	.714	223	14	5	7	3	4
58	Don Buddin	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	115	420	339	58	89	22	3	6	42	2	1	72	45	.263	.394	.398	.792	135	7	2	6	1	7
59	Carroll Hardy	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	85	312	281	46	74	20	2	3	36	4	2	26	53	.263	.330	.381	.711	107	4	2	3	0	0
60	Jackie Jensen	34	BOS	Maj	BOS	137	573	498	64	131	21	2	13	66	9	8	66	69	.263	.350	.392	.742	195	16	3	2	4	2
61	Bobby Richardson	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	162	706	662	80	173	17	5	3	49	9	7	30	23	.261	.295	.316	.610	209	15	2	10	2	1
62	Miguel de la Hoz	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	61	183	173	20	45	10	0	3	23	0	0	7	10	.260	.295	.370	.665	64	4	2	0	1	0
63	Pumpsie Green	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	88	264	219	33	57	12	3	6	27	4	2	42	32	.260	.376	.425	.801	93	4	0	1	2	3
64	Chuck Hinton	27	WS2	Maj	WSA	106	383	339	51	88	13	5	6	34	22	5	40	81	.260	.337	.381	.717	129	5	1	0	3	1
65	Billy Moran	27	LAA	Maj	LAA	54	198	173	17	45	7	1	2	22	0	0	17	16	.260	.328	.347	.675	60	5	1	6	1	1
66	Danny O'Connell	32	WS2	Maj	WSA	138	591	493	61	128	30	1	1	37	15	5	77	62	.260	.361	.331	.692	163	6	3	15	3	0
67	Vic Wertz	36	BOS,DET	Maj	BOS-DET	107	369	323	33	84	16	2	11	61	0	0	38	44	.260	.336	.424	.760	137	11	2	0	6	3
68	Willie Kirkland	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	146	585	525	84	136	22	5	27	95	7	0	48	77	.259	.318	.474	.793	249	3	1	4	7	4
69	Chuck Schilling	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	158	738	646	87	167	25	2	5	62	7	6	78	77	.259	.340	.327	.666	211	8	2	11	1	0
70	Jim Lemon	33	MIN	Maj	MIN	129	479	423	57	109	26	1	14	52	1	1	44	98	.258	.329	.423	.752	179	11	4	2	6	2
71	Jake Wood	24	DET	Maj	DET	162	731	663	96	171	17	14	11	69	30	9	58	141	.258	.320	.376	.695	249	8	4	2	4	2
72	Bill Bruton	35	DET	Maj	DET	160	668	596	99	153	15	5	17	63	22	6	61	66	.257	.327	.384	.712	229	9	3	5	3	0
73	Andy Carey	29	CHA,KC1	Maj	CHW-KCA	95	304	266	41	68	18	5	3	25	0	1	26	47	.256	.329	.395	.724	105	4	4	6	2	0
74	Dick McAuliffe	21	DET	Maj	DET	80	315	285	36	73	12	4	6	33	2	3	24	39	.256	.322	.390	.711	111	5	4	1	1	0
75	Ken Hunt	26	LAA	Maj	LAA	149	541	479	70	122	29	3	25	84	8	2	49	120	.255	.325	.484	.810	232	12	4	3	6	1
76	Leo Posada	27	KC1	Maj	KCA	116	400	344	37	87	10	4	7	53	0	0	36	84	.253	.321	.366	.687	126	8	4	4	12	1
77	Joe Koppe	30	LAA	Maj	LAA	91	392	338	46	85	12	2	5	40	3	3	45	77	.252	.339	.343	.683	116	4	1	6	2	0
78	Nellie Fox	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	159	696	606	67	152	11	5	2	51	2	3	59	12	.251	.323	.295	.619	179	17	9	15	7	3
79	Willie Tasby	28	WS2	Maj	WSA	141	561	494	54	124	13	2	17	63	4	10	58	94	.251	.330	.389	.718	192	15	2	3	4	2
80	Marty Keough*	27	WS2	Maj	WSA	135	431	390	57	97	18	9	9	34	12	5	32	60	.249	.307	.410	.717	160	6	2	4	3	1
81	Dale Long*	35	WS2	Maj	WSA	123	423	377	52	94	20	4	17	49	0	0	39	41	.249	.317	.459	.776	173	7	1	0	6	5
82	Bill Tuttle	31	MIN,KC1	Maj	MIN-KCA	138	520	454	53	113	14	5	5	46	1	3	52	50	.249	.323	.335	.658	152	15	0	9	5	4
83	Chico Fernández	29	DET	Maj	DET	133	476	435	41	108	15	4	3	40	8	5	36	45	.248	.305	.322	.627	140	14	0	4	1	4
84	Ron Hansen	23	BAL	Maj	BAL	155	607	533	51	132	13	2	12	51	1	3	66	96	.248	.330	.347	.677	185	19	1	3	4	2
85	Billy Martin	33	MIN	Maj	MIN	108	398	374	44	92	15	5	6	36	3	2	13	42	.246	.275	.361	.636	135	9	3	5	3	0
86	Bob Allison	26	MIN	Maj	MIN	159	677	556	83	136	21	3	29	105	2	7	103	100	.245	.363	.450	.813	250	17	5	5	8	1
87	Gus Triandos	30	BAL	Maj	BAL	115	445	397	35	97	21	0	17	63	0	0	44	60	.244	.320	.426	.746	169	13	1	1	2	7
88	Ted Kluszewski*	36	LAA	Maj	LAA	107	290	263	32	64	12	0	15	39	0	0	24	23	.243	.303	.460	.764	121	4	0	0	3	5
89	Joe Pignatano	31	KC1	Maj	KCA	92	292	243	31	59	10	3	4	22	2	2	36	42	.243	.347	.358	.705	87	0	4	7	2	2
90	Jim Pagliaroni	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	120	440	376	50	91	17	0	16	58	1	1	55	74	.242	.343	.415	.757	156	8	4	2	3	0
91	Haywood Sullivan	30	KC1	Maj	KCA	117	379	331	42	80	16	2	6	40	1	0	46	45	.242	.333	.357	.690	118	9	0	1	1	0
92	Rocky Bridges	33	LAA	Maj	LAA	84	260	229	20	55	5	1	2	15	1	0	26	37	.240	.320	.297	.617	68	4	1	4	0	0
93	Harry Bright	31	WS2	Maj	WSA	72	204	183	20	44	6	0	4	21	0	2	19	23	.240	.310	.339	.649	62	6	0	1	1	1
94	Chuck Cottier	25	WS2,DET	Maj	WSA-DET	111	387	344	39	81	14	4	2	35	9	1	31	52	.236	.297	.317	.614	109	5	1	7	4	1
95	Bob Cerv	36	NYA,LAA	Maj	NYY-LAA	75	191	175	20	41	8	1	8	26	1	0	13	25	.234	.290	.429	.718	75	10	1	1	1	0
96	Gary Geiger	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	140	599	499	82	116	21	6	18	64	16	4	87	91	.233	.349	.407	.756	203	7	4	6	3	4
97	Ed Sadowski	30	LAA	Maj	LAA	69	178	164	16	38	13	0	4	12	2	3	11	33	.232	.278	.384	.663	63	3	0	2	1	1
98	Bobby Del Greco	28	KC1	Maj	KCA	74	276	239	34	55	14	1	5	21	1	0	30	31	.230	.317	.360	.677	86	4	1	5	1	2
99	J.C. Martin	24	CHA	Maj	CHW	110	300	274	26	63	8	3	5	32	1	2	21	31	.230	.290	.336	.625	92	2	2	3	0	2
100	Billy Klaus	32	WS2	Maj	WSA	91	287	251	26	57	8	2	7	30	2	2	30	34	.227	.311	.359	.670	90	1	2	1	3	3