League Batting Leaders

League Batting Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/10/1956

Batting average			Homeruns			RBI

Williams,T	Bos	.374	Mantle	NYA	57	Mantle	NYA	156
Kuenn	Det	.370	Wertz	Cle	36	Wertz	Cle	125
Mantle	NYA	.369	Maxwell	Det	36	Kaline	Det	124
Nieman	Bal	.360	Sievers	Was	32	Maxwell	Det	123
Kaline	Det	.357	Lemon,J	Was	28	Berra	NYA	117
Maxwell	Det	.348	Berra	NYA	27	Sievers	Was	117
Skowron	NYA	.343	Kaline	Det	27	Piersall	Bos	117
Runnels	Was	.340	Boone	Det	26	Skowron	NYA	115
Smith,A	Cle	.311	Skowron	NYA	25	Boone	Det	110
Wertz	Cle	.307	Triandos	Bal	25	Vernon	Bos	106
Minoso	ChA	.306	Lopez	KC	25	Lemon,J	Was	105
Francona	Bal	.302	2 tied with		24	Jensen	Bos	104


On-Base Percentage			Slugging Percentage			On-base plus slugging

Williams,T	Bos	.497	Mantle	NYA	.742	Mantle	NYA	1.230
Mantle	NYA	.488	Williams,T	Bos	.626	Williams,T	Bos	1.124
Nieman	Bal	.458	Maxwell	Det	.597	Maxwell	Det	1.036
Maxwell	Det	.440	Skowron	NYA	.582	Skowron	NYA	1.009
Kuenn	Det	.436	Wertz	Cle	.582	Kaline	Det	.988
Skowron	NYA	.427	Kaline	Det	.567	Wertz	Cle	.981
Kaline	Det	.421	Kuenn	Det	.524	Kuenn	Det	.959
Minoso	ChA	.413	Simpson	KC	.514	Nieman	Bal	.948
Runnels	Was	.410	Lemon,J	Was	.502	Minoso	ChA	.906
Jensen	Bos	.399	Lopez	KC	.496	Boone	Det	.879
Wertz	Cle	.399	Minoso	ChA	.493	Lemon,J	Was	.875
McDougald	NYA	.398	Nieman	Bal	.490	Jensen	Bos	.865


Total Bases			Runs Created			Runs Created/27 outs

Mantle	NYA	414	Mantle	NYA	218.0	Mantle	NYA	16.1
Kaline	Det	357	Kaline	Det	150.0	Williams,T	Bos	12.2
Kuenn	Det	320	Kuenn	Det	145.0	Maxwell	Det	10.9
Maxwell	Det	312	Maxwell	Det	143.3	Kuenn	Det	9.6
Wertz	Cle	299	Williams,T	Bos	143.0	Kaline	Det	9.2
Lopez	KC	286	Minoso	ChA	123.3	Nieman	Bal	9.1
Williams,T	Bos	285	Wertz	Cle	119.8	Skowron	NYA	9.0
Simpson	KC	283	Skowron	NYA	113.0	Wertz	Cle	8.7
Piersall	Bos	282	Lopez	KC	102.7	Minoso	ChA	7.9
Minoso	ChA	277	Nieman	Bal	102.7	Boone	Det	6.9
Skowron	NYA	272	Jensen	Bos	102.3	McDougald	NYA	6.8
Lemon,J	Was	266	Vernon	Bos	101.1	Lopez	KC	6.5


Hits			Doubles			Triples

Kuenn	Det	226	Kuenn	Det	49	Simpson	KC	14
Kaline	Det	225	Piersall	Bos	43	Lemon,J	Was	12
Mantle	NYA	206	Williams,T	Bos	41	Bauer	NYA	10
Runnels	Was	198	Vernon	Bos	37	Fox	ChA	10
Fox	ChA	192	Kaline	Det	35	Slaughter	NYA	9
Maxwell	Det	182	Klaus	Bos	33	Minoso	ChA	9
Piersall	Bos	180	Wertz	Cle	33	Runnels	Was	9
Lopez	KC	174	Martin,B	NYA	32	Plews	Was	8
Minoso	ChA	172	Runnels	Was	32	Philley	ChA	8
Smith,A	Cle	171	Kell	Bal	31	Rivera	ChA	8
Williams,T	Bos	170	Smith,A	Cle	31	Jensen	Bos	8
Jensen	Bos	167	Lopez	KC	31	Kaline	Det	8


Runs			Walks			Intentional Walks

Mantle	NYA	149	Yost	Was	135	Mantle	NYA	15
Kaline	Det	133	Mantle	NYA	132	Carey	NYA	12
Maxwell	Det	118	Williams,T	Bos	118	Skowron	NYA	12
Kuenn	Det	118	Doby	ChA	108	Wertz	Cle	12
Jensen	Bos	117	Sievers	Was	103	Williams,T	Bos	11
Minoso	ChA	117	Jensen	Bos	101	Simpson	KC	11
Sievers	Was	106	Klaus	Bos	95	Colavito	Cle	9
Doby	ChA	104	Minoso	ChA	91	Buddin	Bos	9
McDougald	NYA	99	Maxwell	Det	89	Aparicio	ChA	9
Wertz	Cle	97	Woodling	Cle	88	Wilson,R	Det	8
Berra	NYA	96	Lemon,J	Was	83	Triandos	Bal	7
Fox	ChA	96	Nieman	Bal	82	2 tied with		6


Hit By Pitch			Strikeouts			Stolen bases

Minoso	ChA	19	Lemon,J	Was	142	Aparicio	ChA	34-4
Courtney	Was	15	DeMaestri	KC	107	Avila	Cle	24-0
Lollar	ChA	13	Mantle	NYA	101	Rivera	ChA	17-8
Hatfield	ChA	11	Sievers	Was	100	Jensen	Bos	15-5
Belardi	Det	10	Doby	ChA	93	Minoso	ChA	13-5
Kuenn	Det	10	Yost	Was	90	Kaline	Det	12-3
Skowron	NYA	9	Triandos	Bal	81	Mantle	NYA	11-1
Gardner	Bal	9	Lopez	KC	77	Fox	ChA	10-3
Berra	NYA	8	Simpson	KC	75	Kuenn	Det	10-3
Lemon,J	Was	7	Zernial	KC	70	Yost	Was	10-3
Yost	Was	7	Smith,A	Cle	70	Pilarcik	KC	9-2
7 tied with		6	3 tied with		67	Busby	Cle	8-2


Games			Plate Appearances			At Bats

Fox	ChA	154	Fox	ChA	730	Fox	ChA	640
Piersall	Bos	154	Kaline	Det	720	Kaline	Det	630
Jensen	Bos	153	Mantle	NYA	701	Kuenn	Det	611
Kaline	Det	153	Kuenn	Det	699	Piersall	Bos	608
Aparicio	ChA	152	Yost	Was	691	Runnels	Was	582
Mantle	NYA	152	Minoso	ChA	684	Aparicio	ChA	578
Sievers	Was	151	Piersall	Bos	684	Lopez	KC	577
Minoso	ChA	149	Sievers	Was	683	Sievers	Was	570
Lopez	KC	147	Jensen	Bos	674	Bauer	NYA	569
Doby	ChA	146	Runnels	Was	658	Jensen	Bos	565
Kuenn	Det	146	Bauer	NYA	651	Minoso	ChA	562
Miranda	Bal	146	Lopez	KC	643	Tuttle	Det	561


Sacrifice Bunts			Sacrifice Flies			Extra-Base Hits

Fox	ChA	25	Kaline	Det	12	Mantle	NYA	90
Avila	Cle	17	Minoso	ChA	11	Kaline	Det	70
Sullivan	Bos	12	Kell	Bal	10	Wertz	Cle	69
Martin,B	NYA	12	Skowron	NYA	10	Williams,T	Bos	66
Hoeft	Det	11	Kuenn	Det	9	Kuenn	Det	65
Foytack	Det	10	Miranda	Bal	8	Piersall	Bos	64
Lary	Det	10	Tuttle	Det	8	Simpson	KC	62
Herzog	Was	10	Piersall	Bos	8	Vernon	Bos	61
Score	Cle	9	7 tied with		7	Lopez	KC	59
Pascual	Was	8				Minoso	ChA	56
Moore	Bal	8				Sievers	Was	56
Lopez	KC	8				3 tied with		55


Ground ball DP			Strikeout rate			Walk rate

Runnels	Was	37	Lemon,J	Was	.227	Williams,T	Bos	.204
Jensen	Bos	34	DeMaestri	KC	.217	Yost	Was	.195
Piersall	Bos	34	Triandos	Bal	.148	Mantle	NYA	.188
Lollar	ChA	30	Sievers	Was	.146	Doby	ChA	.170
Simpson	KC	29	Doby	ChA	.146	Klaus	Bos	.160
Tuttle	Det	28	Mantle	NYA	.144	Nieman	Bal	.154
House	Det	26	Yost	Was	.130	Sievers	Was	.151
Williams,T	Bos	26	Simpson	KC	.123	Jensen	Bos	.150
Dropo	ChA	25	Lopez	KC	.120	Maxwell	Det	.144
White,S	Bos	24	Rivera	ChA	.113	McDougald	NYA	.134
Triandos	Bal	24	Wertz	Cle	.112	Francona	Bal	.134
3 tied with		23	Carrasquel	Cle	.111	Minoso	ChA	.133


Game-winning RBI			Current Hitting Streak			Longest Hitting Streak

Mantle	NYA	24	Williams,T	Bos	10	Williams,T	Bos	29
Kaline	Det	18	Runnels	Was	10	Sievers	Was	22
Rosen	Cle	16	Aparicio	ChA	9	Kuenn	Det	20
Berra	NYA	16	Power	KC	6	Smith,A	Cle	19
Vernon	Bos	14	Lopez	KC	6	Runnels	Was	19
Wertz	Cle	14	Avila	Cle	5	Courtney	Was	18
Maxwell	Det	13	Jensen	Bos	5	Kaline	Det	17
Smith,A	Cle	12	Herzog	Was	5	Wilson,R	Det	16
Fox	ChA	12	Brewer	Bos	5	Triandos	Bal	16
4 tied with		11	6 tied with		4	5 tied with		15




Plate appearances vs LHP			Atbats vs LHP			Hits vs LHP

Fox	ChA	292	Fox	ChA	247	Kaline	Det	74
Minoso	ChA	269	Aparicio	ChA	224	Minoso	ChA	74
Aparicio	ChA	248	Minoso	ChA	218	Aparicio	ChA	73
Doby	ChA	241	Doby	ChA	201	Fox	ChA	72
Kaline	Det	226	Bauer	NYA	193	Skowron	NYA	71
Kuenn	Det	222	Kuenn	Det	192	Kuenn	Det	69
Bauer	NYA	220	Kaline	Det	190	Mantle	NYA	62
Mantle	NYA	213	Gardner	Bal	190	Lollar	ChA	57
Tuttle	Det	212	Tuttle	Det	189	Dropo	ChA	56
Gardner	Bal	208	Piersall	Bos	176	Jensen	Bos	55
Skowron	NYA	206	Kell	Bal	173	Triandos	Bal	54
2 tied with		201	Triandos	Bal	172	Smith,A	Cle	53


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

Skowron	NYA	.420	Wilson,R	Det	.520	Skowron	NYA	.692
Wilson,R	Det	.402	Williams,T	Bos	.509	Mantle	NYA	.669
Kaline	Det	.389	Skowron	NYA	.500	Kaline	Det	.626
Williams,T	Bos	.386	Mantle	NYA	.498	Williams,T	Bos	.621
Mantle	NYA	.367	Nieman	Bal	.461	Triandos	Bal	.581
Kuenn	Det	.359	Kaline	Det	.460	Dropo	ChA	.567
Dropo	ChA	.357	Minoso	ChA	.457	Wertz	Cle	.560
Rosen	Cle	.346	Gernert	Bos	.444	Rosen	Cle	.543
Nieman	Bal	.341	Boone	Det	.443	Lollar	ChA	.530
Minoso	ChA	.339	McDougald	NYA	.440	Klaus	Bos	.521
Lollar	ChA	.339	Dropo	ChA	.438	Nieman	Bal	.519
Gernert	Bos	.328	Jensen	Bos	.433	Lopez	KC	.514


On-base plus slugging vs LHP			Total bases vs LHP			Extra base hits vs LHP

Skowron	NYA	1.192	Kaline	Det	119	Mantle	NYA	26
Mantle	NYA	1.166	Skowron	NYA	117	Skowron	NYA	23
Williams,T	Bos	1.130	Mantle	NYA	113	Kaline	Det	23
Kaline	Det	1.086	Minoso	ChA	106	Bauer	NYA	21
Wilson,R	Det	1.024	Triandos	Bal	100	Klaus	Bos	19
Dropo	ChA	1.005	Kuenn	Det	93	Sievers	Was	19
Triandos	Bal	.984	Fox	ChA	93	Wertz	Cle	19
Nieman	Bal	.980	Bauer	NYA	92	Lollar	ChA	19
Rosen	Cle	.951	Dropo	ChA	89	Minoso	ChA	19
Gernert	Bos	.948	Wertz	Cle	89	Lopez	KC	18
Minoso	ChA	.943	Lollar	ChA	89	Triandos	Bal	18
Lollar	ChA	.942	Aparicio	ChA	85	Kell	Bal	18


Doubles vs LHP			Triples vs LHP			Homeruns vs LHP

Kell	Bal	14	Skowron	NYA	5	Triandos	Bal	14
Klaus	Bos	13	Minoso	ChA	5	Mantle	NYA	12
Mantle	NYA	13	Pyburn	Bal	4	Wertz	Cle	10
Kuenn	Det	13	Esposito	ChA	4	Moss	ChA	9
Sievers	Was	11	Rivera	ChA	4	Colavito	Cle	9
Smith,A	Cle	11	Kaline	Det	4	Skowron	NYA	9
Lollar	ChA	11	Bauer	NYA	4	Kaline	Det	9
Williams,T	Bos	10	6 tied with		3	Olson	Was	8
Lopez	KC	10				Sievers	Was	8
Miranda	Bal	10				Bauer	NYA	8
Kaline	Det	10				Doby	ChA	8
Minoso	ChA	10				5 tied with		7


Runs batted in vs LHP			Walks vs LHP			Strikeouts vs LHP

Skowron	NYA	55	Minoso	ChA	45	Doby	ChA	38
Dropo	ChA	46	Mantle	NYA	43	Lemon,J	Was	33
Doby	ChA	40	Yost	Was	37	Wertz	Cle	32
Wertz	Cle	39	Doby	ChA	35	Zernial	KC	29
Kaline	Det	39	Williams,T	Bos	34	Triandos	Bal	29
Mantle	NYA	38	Boone	Det	32	DeMaestri	KC	25
Triandos	Bal	37	Jensen	Bos	32	Gernert	Bos	25
Berra	NYA	36	Wilson,R	Det	31	Runnels	Was	25
Piersall	Bos	33	Nieman	Bal	31	Miranda	Bal	25
Tuttle	Det	31	Berra	NYA	30	Smith,H	KC	23
Lollar	ChA	30	Skowron	NYA	30	3 tied with		22
2 tied with		29	Kaline	Det	30


Hit by pitch vs LHP			Sacrifice bunts vs LHP			Sacrifice flies vs LHP

Hatfield	ChA	4	Fox	ChA	16	Kaline	Det	6
Lollar	ChA	4	Avila	Cle	6	Skowron	NYA	5
Minoso	ChA	4	Sullivan	Bos	5	Rosen	Cle	4
Luttrell	Was	3	Hoeft	Det	5	Miranda	Bal	4
Vernon	Bos	3	Sturdivant	NYA	4	Fox	ChA	4
Busby	Cle	3	8 tied with		3	9 tied with		3
Fox	ChA	3
7 tied with		2






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

Yost	Was	500	Kaline	Det	440	Mantle	NYA	1.257
Sievers	Was	500	Piersall	Bos	432	Williams,T	Bos	1.121
Kaline	Det	494	Lopez	KC	429	Maxwell	Det	1.111
Mantle	NYA	488	Kuenn	Det	419	Vernon	Bos	1.048
Piersall	Bos	486	Runnels	Was	419	Wertz	Cle	1.002
Runnels	Was	482	Simpson	KC	419	Kuenn	Det	.980
Kuenn	Det	477	Sievers	Was	417	Kaline	Det	.944
Lopez	KC	475	Jensen	Bos	396	Simpson	KC	.942
Jensen	Bos	473	Yost	Was	394	Nieman	Bal	.934
Simpson	KC	462	Fox	ChA	393	Runnels	Was	.913
Lemon,J	Was	461	Lemon,J	Was	393	Skowron	NYA	.903
2 tied with		447	Berra	NYA	390	Minoso	ChA	.881


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

Maxwell	Det	.378	Williams,T	Bos	.493	Mantle	NYA	.774
Kuenn	Det	.375	Mantle	NYA	.484	Maxwell	Det	.648
Mantle	NYA	.370	Maxwell	Det	.463	Williams,T	Bos	.628
Nieman	Bal	.369	Nieman	Bal	.456	Vernon	Bos	.622
Williams,T	Bos	.368	Kuenn	Det	.438	Wertz	Cle	.592
Runnels	Was	.358	Runnels	Was	.434	Simpson	KC	.575
Vernon	Bos	.353	Vernon	Bos	.426	Kuenn	Det	.542
Kaline	Det	.343	Woodling	Cle	.425	Kaline	Det	.541
Smith,A	Cle	.309	Wertz	Cle	.410	Skowron	NYA	.520
Francona	Bal	.309	Torgeson	Det	.405	Lemon,J	Was	.506
Simpson	KC	.308	Kaline	Det	.403	Berra	NYA	.497
Lopez	KC	.305	Yost	Was	.400	Boone	Det	.497


Hits vs RHP			Doubles vs RHP			Triples vs RHP

Kuenn	Det	157	Piersall	Bos	38	Simpson	KC	13
Kaline	Det	151	Kuenn	Det	36	Lemon,J	Was	10
Runnels	Was	150	Vernon	Bos	32	Slaughter	NYA	9
Maxwell	Det	144	Williams,T	Bos	31	Plews	Was	8
Mantle	NYA	144	Kaline	Det	25	Runnels	Was	8
Lopez	KC	131	Wertz	Cle	24	Siebern	NYA	7
Piersall	Bos	131	Martin,B	NYA	23	Fox	ChA	7
Simpson	KC	129	Runnels	Was	23	Jensen	Bos	7
Vernon	Bos	126	Slaughter	NYA	21	Nieman	Bal	6
Fox	ChA	120	Lopez	KC	21	Bauer	NYA	6
Williams,T	Bos	119	4 tied with		20	4 tied with		5
Smith,A	Cle	118


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

Mantle	NYA	45	Mantle	NYA	64	Mantle	NYA	301
Maxwell	Det	29	Vernon	Bos	55	Maxwell	Det	247
Wertz	Cle	26	Simpson	KC	53	Simpson	KC	241
Sievers	Was	24	Piersall	Bos	52	Kaline	Det	238
Simpson	KC	23	Wertz	Cle	50	Kuenn	Det	227
Berra	NYA	22	Williams,T	Bos	49	Vernon	Bos	222
Lemon,J	Was	22	Kuenn	Det	48	Wertz	Cle	210
Boone	Det	21	Kaline	Det	47	Lopez	KC	210
Vernon	Bos	18	Maxwell	Det	43	Piersall	Bos	209
Lopez	KC	18	Lemon,J	Was	41	Williams,T	Bos	203
Kaline	Det	18	Lopez	KC	41	Runnels	Was	201
Williams,T	Bos	17	Berra	NYA	39	Lemon,J	Was	199


Runs batted in vs RHP			Walks vs RHP			Strikeouts vs RHP

Mantle	NYA	118	Yost	Was	98	Lemon,J	Was	109
Maxwell	Det	94	Mantle	NYA	89	DeMaestri	KC	82
Vernon	Bos	93	Williams,T	Bos	84	Sievers	Was	82
Sievers	Was	89	Sievers	Was	74	Mantle	NYA	79
Wertz	Cle	86	Doby	ChA	73	Yost	Was	69
Kaline	Det	85	Klaus	Bos	73	Lopez	KC	61
Lemon,J	Was	84	Jensen	Bos	69	Doby	ChA	55
Piersall	Bos	84	Woodling	Cle	68	Smith,A	Cle	54
Jensen	Bos	83	Torgeson	Det	65	Simpson	KC	53
Boone	Det	81	Wertz	Cle	64	Triandos	Bal	52
Berra	NYA	81	Maxwell	Det	62	Kaline	Det	50
Simpson	KC	74	2 tied with		58	2 tied with		49


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

Minoso	ChA	15	Avila	Cle	11	Kell	Bal	10
Courtney	Was	13	Herzog	Was	10	Minoso	ChA	9
Kuenn	Det	10	Foytack	Det	9	Courtney	Was	7
Belardi	Det	9	Martin,B	NYA	9	Jensen	Bos	7
Lollar	ChA	9	Fox	ChA	9	Mantle	NYA	7
Gardner	Bal	8	Sullivan	Bos	7	White,S	Bos	6
Hatfield	ChA	7	Lary	Det	7	Power	KC	6
Skowron	NYA	7	Lopez	KC	7	Kuenn	Det	6
Lemon,J	Was	7	5 tied with		6	Piersall	Bos	6
Yost	Was	7				Kaline	Det	6
3 tied with		6				Sievers	Was	6
						8 tied with		5

League Batting Leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 10/10/1956

League Batting Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/10/1956