League batting leaders

League batting leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/9/1961

Batting average			Homeruns			RBI

Cash	Det	.386	Maris	NYA	67	Colavito	Det	158
Howard,E	NYA	.364	Colavito	Det	54	Maris	NYA	141
Mantle	NYA	.363	Mantle	NYA	51	Cash	Det	135
Piersall	Cle	.341	Killebrew	Min	50	Mantle	NYA	134
Gentile	Bal	.338	Cash	Det	40	Kirkland	Cle	124
Pearson	LAA	.330	Gentile	Bal	39	Gentile	Bal	122
Kaline	Det	.329	Kirkland	Cle	36	Killebrew	Min	114
Brandt	Bal	.306	Hunt,K	LAA	33	Hunt,K	LAA	106
Green,L	Min	.303	Allison	Min	31	Kaline	Det	100
Kubek	NYA	.299	Brown,D	Det	30	Howard,E	NYA	98
Wagner	LAA	.298	Skowron	NYA	30	Allison	Min	98
Richardson	NYA	.298	2 tied with		28	Skowron	NYA	98


Runs			On-Base Percentage			Slugging Percentage

Mantle	NYA	151	Cash	Det	.524	Mantle	NYA	.714
Maris	NYA	147	Mantle	NYA	.490	Cash	Det	.697
Colavito	Det	127	Gentile	Bal	.463	Gentile	Bal	.665
Cash	Det	122	Pearson	LAA	.454	Maris	NYA	.654
Kaline	Det	116	Kaline	Det	.406	Howard,E	NYA	.611
Bruton	Det	112	Piersall	Cle	.402	Killebrew	Min	.604
Robinson,B	Bal	110	Howard,E	NYA	.397	Colavito	Det	.584
Killebrew	Min	109	Killebrew	Min	.396	Kirkland	Cle	.536
Green,L	Min	108	Colavito	Det	.390	Sievers	ChA	.527
Gentile	Bal	105	Howser	KC	.389	Hunt,K	LAA	.527
Howser	KC	105	Green,L	Min	.387	Kaline	Det	.521
Geiger	Bos	103	Minoso	ChA	.385	Wagner	LAA	.516


Hits			Doubles			Triples

Richardson	NYA	205	Robinson,B	Bal	40	Wood,J	Det	23
Robinson,B	Bal	201	Kaline	Det	39	Robinson,Fl	ChA	12
Cash	Det	200	Kubek	NYA	37	Cash	Det	12
Kaline	Det	193	Minoso	ChA	35	Martin,B	Min	11
Schilling	Bos	190	Piersall	Cle	34	Keough	Was	11
Mantle	NYA	189	Francona	Cle	32	Howard,E	NYA	10
Kubek	NYA	189	Gentile	Bal	30	Kaline	Det	10
Green,L	Min	188	Temple	Cle	30	Snyder,R	Bal	9
Howser	KC	183	Power	Cle	30	Fernandez	Det	9
Francona	Cle	180	4 tied with		29	Howser	KC	9
Maris	NYA	179				5 tied with		8
Howard,E	NYA	175


Total Bases			Runs Created			Runs Created/27 outs

Maris	NYA	402	Cash	Det	202.0	Cash	Det	16.1
Mantle	NYA	372	Mantle	NYA	198.2	Mantle	NYA	15.7
Cash	Det	361	Gentile	Bal	153.0	Gentile	Bal	12.1
Killebrew	Min	342	Maris	NYA	149.2	Howard,E	NYA	10.2
Colavito	Det	334	Killebrew	Min	141.2	Pearson	LAA	9.0
Gentile	Bal	319	Colavito	Det	137.3	Killebrew	Min	9.0
Kaline	Det	306	Kaline	Det	127.9	Maris	NYA	8.7
Robinson,B	Bal	295	Howard,E	NYA	118.3	Colavito	Det	8.3
Howard,E	NYA	294	Green,L	Min	108.2	Kaline	Det	8.2
Skowron	NYA	284	Howser	KC	107.0	Sievers	ChA	7.2
Kirkland	Cle	277	Pearson	LAA	106.2	Romano	Cle	7.2
Wood,J	Det	272	Robinson,B	Bal	103.6	Wagner	LAA	7.2


Walks			Intentional Walks			Hit By Pitch

Cash	Det	146	Cash	Det	21	Minoso	ChA	25
Mantle	NYA	132	Held	Cle	12	Fox,N	ChA	11
Colavito	Det	128	Gentile	Bal	12	Lollar	ChA	10
Gentile	Bal	112	Mantle	NYA	9	Boros	Det	10
Killebrew	Min	110	Kirkland	Cle	7	Veal	Was	9
Pearson	LAA	105	Skowron	NYA	7	Skowron	NYA	8
Howser	KC	102	Howard,E	NYA	6	Romano	Cle	7
Geiger	Bos	99	Killebrew	Min	6	Held	Cle	7
Allison	Min	96	5 tied with		4	Cash	Det	7
Minoso	ChA	87				5 tied with		6
Maris	NYA	85
Green,L	Min	83


Strikeouts			Stolen bases			Ground Ball DP

Wood,J	Det	178	Aparicio	ChA	55-16	Green,G	Was	33
Hunt,K	LAA	134	Howser	KC	43-9	Piersall	Cle	30
Yastrzemski	Bos	124	Wood,J	Det	35-7	Skowron	NYA	29
Killebrew	Min	123	Hinton	Was	24-3	Smith,A	ChA	26
Siebern	KC	113	Green,L	Min	24-6	Hansen	Bal	26
Lemon	Min	106	Bruton	Det	24-7	Yastrzemski	Bos	23
Tasby	Was	106	O'Connell	Was	19-4	Malzone	Bos	22
Held	Cle	106	Landis	ChA	19-7	Maris	NYA	22
Posada	KC	101	Geiger	Bos	18-3	Tuttle,B	Min	21
Mantle	NYA	99	Versalles	Min	17-10	Boyer,C	NYA	21
Skowron	NYA	98	Cash	Det	16-2	Robinson,B	Bal	21
Allison	Min	98	Richardson	NYA	13-2	2 tied with		20


Games			Plate Appearances			At Bats

Richardson	NYA	162	Robinson,B	Bal	755	Richardson	NYA	689
Robinson,B	Bal	162	Schilling	Bos	755	Wood,J	Det	681
Colavito	Det	160	Howser	KC	748	Robinson,B	Bal	678
Maris	NYA	160	Wood,J	Det	735	Schilling	Bos	675
Wood,J	Det	159	Richardson	NYA	734	Kubek	NYA	633
Allison	Min	158	Green,L	Min	716	Howser	KC	632
Fox,N	ChA	158	Maris	NYA	712	Francona	Cle	627
Howser	KC	158	Colavito	Det	710	Aparicio	ChA	626
Schilling	Bos	158	Fox,N	ChA	699	Green,L	Min	621
Cash	Det	157	Allison	Min	690	Maris	NYA	615
Green,L	Min	156	Aparicio	ChA	688	Yastrzemski	Bos	609
Hansen	Bal	156	Francona	Cle	685	Fox,N	ChA	603


Sacrifice Bunts			Sacrifice Flies			Extra-Base Hits

Fox,N	ChA	14	Wagner	LAA	12	Maris	NYA	86
Fisher,J	Bal	11	Brandt	Bal	10	Killebrew	Min	78
O'Connell	Was	10	Minoso	ChA	10	Colavito	Det	76
Aparicio	ChA	9	Hunt,K	LAA	9	Gentile	Bal	74
Kubek	NYA	8	Bruton	Det	9	Mantle	NYA	74
Schilling	Bos	8	Kaline	Det	9	Cash	Det	69
McBride	LAA	7	Colavito	Det	9	Kaline	Det	67
Bell,Ga	Cle	7	Thomas,L	LAA	8	Hunt,K	LAA	61
Kralick	Min	7	Jensen	Bos	8	Robinson,B	Bal	60
Veal	Was	7	Romano	Cle	8	Smith,A	ChA	59
Snyder,R	Bal	7	11 tied with		7	Kirkland	Cle	58
Causey	KC	7				2 tied with		57


Game-winning RBI			RBI rate			On-Base plus Slugging {OPS}

Colavito	Det	22	Colavito	Det	.223	Cash	Det	1.221
Maris	NYA	22	Kirkland	Cle	.216	Mantle	NYA	1.204
Gentile	Bal	17	Mantle	NYA	.204	Gentile	Bal	1.127
Mantle	NYA	15	Gentile	Bal	.201	Maris	NYA	1.033
Kirkland	Cle	14	Cash	Det	.200	Howard,E	NYA	1.008
Brandt	Bal	13	Maris	NYA	.198	Killebrew	Min	1.000
Hunt,K	LAA	12	Howard,E	NYA	.191	Colavito	Det	.974
Tasby	Was	12	Hunt,K	LAA	.191	Kaline	Det	.928
Killebrew	Min	12	Thomas,L	LAA	.170	Pearson	LAA	.913
Kaline	Det	12	Killebrew	Min	.167	Sievers	ChA	.898
Robinson,B	Bal	12	Held	Cle	.159	Wagner	LAA	.890
2 tied with		11	Sievers	ChA	.157	Romano	Cle	.874


Isolated Power			Total Average			Secondary Average

Maris	NYA	.363	Cash	Det	1.582	Mantle	NYA	.622
Mantle	NYA	.351	Mantle	NYA	1.530	Cash	Det	.620
Gentile	Bal	.327	Gentile	Bal	1.311	Gentile	Bal	.563
Colavito	Det	.325	Killebrew	Min	1.084	Colavito	Det	.549
Killebrew	Min	.323	Maris	NYA	1.076	Killebrew	Min	.518
Cash	Det	.311	Colavito	Det	1.055	Maris	NYA	.501
Hunt,K	LAA	.269	Pearson	LAA	1.049	Geiger	Bos	.446
Kirkland	Cle	.265	Howard,E	NYA	1.049	Hunt,K	LAA	.405
Howard,E	NYA	.247	Kaline	Det	.971	Sievers	ChA	.384
Sievers	ChA	.242	Wagner	LAA	.913	Pearson	LAA	.383
Thomas,L	LAA	.220	Sievers	ChA	.912	Kirkland	Cle	.377
Held	Cle	.219	Geiger	Bos	.892	Held	Cle	.375


AB per Homerun			Current Hitting Streak			Longest Hitting Streak

Maris	NYA	9.2	Cline	Cle	8	Green,L	Min	27
Mantle	NYA	10.2	Nieman,B	Cle	8	Robinson,Fl	ChA	19
Colavito	Det	10.6	Aparicio	ChA	7	Versalles	Min	17
Killebrew	Min	11.3	Schilling	Bos	7	Francona	Cle	16
Gentile	Bal	12.3	Breeding	Bal	6	Landis	ChA	16
Cash	Det	12.9	Robinson,Fl	ChA	6	Howard,E	NYA	15
Kirkland	Cle	14.4	Siebern	KC	6	Mantle	NYA	15
Hunt,K	LAA	14.7	Tuttle,B	Min	6	Fernandez	Det	14
Sievers	ChA	17.7	5 tied with		5	Hardy	Bos	14
Wagner	LAA	18.3				10 tied with		13
Howard,E	NYA	18.5
Allison	Min	18.9


Plate appearances vs RHP			Atbats vs RHP			On-base plus slugging vs RHP

Green,L	Min	590	Wood,J	Det	516	Cash	Det	1.374
Fox,N	ChA	580	Francona	Cle	507	Mantle	NYA	1.226
Allison	Min	570	Green,L	Min	507	Gentile	Bal	1.219
Killebrew	Min	562	Aparicio	ChA	505	Maris	NYA	1.099
Wood,J	Det	555	Fox,N	ChA	504	Killebrew	Min	1.027
Aparicio	ChA	554	Richardson	NYA	485	Colavito	Det	1.026
Francona	Cle	550	Allison	Min	484	Pearson	LAA	.975
Robinson,B	Bal	544	Robinson,B	Bal	480	Wagner	LAA	.972
Minoso	ChA	540	Killebrew	Min	479	Thomas,L	LAA	.944
Colavito	Det	539	Schilling	Bos	472	Geiger	Bos	.917
Schilling	Bos	534	Bruton	Det	457	Robinson,Fl	ChA	.909
Howser	KC	531	Howser	KC	452	Piersall	Cle	.902


Batting average vs RHP			On-base percentage vs RHP			Slugging percentage vs RHP

Cash	Det	.439	Cash	Det	.571	Cash	Det	.802
Gentile	Bal	.365	Mantle	NYA	.505	Gentile	Bal	.739
Runnels	Bos	.361	Gentile	Bal	.480	Mantle	NYA	.721
Mantle	NYA	.356	Pearson	LAA	.469	Maris	NYA	.691
Piersall	Cle	.351	Herzog	Bal	.423	Killebrew	Min	.641
Pearson	LAA	.340	Runnels	Bos	.420	Colavito	Det	.625
Howard,E	NYA	.335	Piersall	Cle	.414	Wagner	LAA	.571
Siebern	KC	.333	Maris	NYA	.408	Thomas,L	LAA	.558
Wagner	LAA	.324	Siebern	KC	.408	Kirkland	Cle	.548
Herzog	Bal	.316	Wagner	LAA	.401	Robinson,Fl	ChA	.541
Woodling	Was	.314	Colavito	Det	.401	Skowron	NYA	.533
Maris	NYA	.314	Geiger	Bos	.400	Hunt,K	LAA	.532


Hits vs RHP			Doubles vs RHP			Triples vs RHP

Cash	Det	162	Kubek	NYA	27	Wood,J	Det	21
Green,L	Min	152	Robinson,B	Bal	27	Cash	Det	12
Francona	Cle	142	Gentile	Bal	26	Robinson,Fl	ChA	12
Aparicio	ChA	140	Lemon	Min	26	Martin,B	Min	11
Wood,J	Det	140	Piersall	Cle	26	Snyder,R	Bal	9
Killebrew	Min	139	Phillips	Cle	24	Keough	Was	9
Kaline	Det	138	Howser	KC	24	Fernandez	Det	9
Bruton	Det	138	Francona	Cle	24	Woodling	Was	8
Piersall	Cle	136	Smith,A	ChA	23	Landis	ChA	8
Siebern	KC	135	Kaline	Det	23	Bruton	Det	8
Schilling	Bos	134	Minoso	ChA	23	Wertz,V	Det	7
Robinson,B	Bal	134	Yastrzemski	Bos	23	Herzog	Bal	7


Homeruns vs RHP			Extra base hits vs RHP			Total bases vs RHP

Maris	NYA	48	Killebrew	Min	71	Killebrew	Min	307
Killebrew	Min	46	Colavito	Det	64	Cash	Det	296
Colavito	Det	45	Gentile	Bal	63	Maris	NYA	293
Mantle	NYA	37	Maris	NYA	62	Colavito	Det	272
Cash	Det	33	Cash	Det	56	Gentile	Bal	261
Gentile	Bal	32	Mantle	NYA	51	Mantle	NYA	253
Kirkland	Cle	32	Smith,A	ChA	50	Kirkland	Cle	239
Brown,D	Det	28	Kirkland	Cle	50	Wood,J	Det	229
Skowron	NYA	26	Wagner	LAA	46	Wagner	LAA	222
4 tied with		24	Geiger	Bos	46	Skowron	NYA	221
			Wood,J	Det	46	Kaline	Det	218
			Skowron	NYA	45	Thomas,L	LAA	216


Runs batted in vs RHP			Walks vs RHP			Strikeouts vs RHP

Colavito	Det	128	Cash	Det	116	Wood,J	Det	133
Kirkland	Cle	103	Mantle	NYA	107	Killebrew	Min	109
Killebrew	Min	101	Colavito	Det	99	Hunt,K	LAA	94
Mantle	NYA	100	Geiger	Bos	88	Yastrzemski	Bos	84
Cash	Det	99	Pearson	LAA	81	Held	Cle	83
Gentile	Bal	98	Gentile	Bal	79	Allison	Min	80
Maris	NYA	98	Allison	Min	78	Skowron	NYA	79
Thomas,L	LAA	86	Killebrew	Min	77	Averill	LAA	78
Hunt,K	LAA	80	Green,L	Min	71	Lemon	Min	78
Skowron	NYA	79	Howser	KC	68	Tasby	Was	71
Kaline	Det	77	Maris	NYA	67	Smith,A	ChA	71
2 tied with		75	2 tied with		64	3 tied with		69


Hit by pitch vs RHP			Sacrifice bunts vs RHP			Sacrifice flies vs RHP

Minoso	ChA	20	Fox,N	ChA	12	Wagner	LAA	10
Boros	Det	10	Fisher,J	Bal	10	Minoso	ChA	9
Veal	Was	9	Aparicio	ChA	8	Brandt	Bal	8
Lollar	ChA	9	McBride	LAA	7	Kaline	Det	8
Skowron	NYA	7	Kralick	Min	7	Bruton	Det	8
Romano	Cle	7	Snyder,R	Bal	7	Kluszewski	LAA	7
Held	Cle	7	Estrada	Bal	6	Runnels	Bos	7
Keough	Was	5	Bell,Ga	Cle	6	Thomas,L	LAA	7
Piersall	Cle	5	Kubek	NYA	6	Landis	ChA	7
Power	Cle	5	8 tied with		5	9 tied with		6
Green,L	Min	5
6 tied with		4

League batting leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 10/9/1961

League batting leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/9/1961