League Batting Leaders

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

Batting average			Homeruns			RBI

Clemente	Pit	.335	Mathews	Mil	48	Mathews	Mil	127
Virdon	Pit	.330	Adcock	Mil	45	Snider	Brk	120
Aaron	Mil	.322	Robinson,F	Cin	42	Lopata	Phi	116
Robinson,J	Brk	.314	Snider	Brk	41	Musial	StL	116
Bruton	Mil	.310	Lopata	Phi	40	Hodges	Brk	115
Gilliam	Brk	.308	Kluszewski	Cin	36	Robinson,F	Cin	110
Kluszewski	Cin	.308	Post	Cin	36	Adcock	Mil	109
Robinson,F	Cin	.307	Hodges	Brk	35	Banks	ChN	107
Temple	Cin	.303	Long	Pit	32	Mays	NYN	104
Snider	Brk	.301	Banks	ChN	32	Bell	Cin	104
Boyer,K	StL	.300	Mays	NYN	31	Aaron	Mil	97
Mays	NYN	.300	Bell	Cin	30	Post	Cin	96


On-Base Percentage			Slugging Percentage			On-base plus slugging

Snider	Brk	.412	Adcock	Mil	.629	Snider	Brk	1.004
Robinson,J	Brk	.405	Snider	Brk	.591	Adcock	Mil	.986
Gilliam	Brk	.397	Lopata	Phi	.581	Robinson,F	Cin	.966
McMillan	Cin	.393	Robinson,F	Cin	.579	Mathews	Mil	.946
Robinson,F	Cin	.388	Mathews	Mil	.575	Lopata	Phi	.943
Moon	StL	.387	Mays	NYN	.549	Mays	NYN	.924
Jones,W	Phi	.378	Kluszewski	Cin	.542	Kluszewski	Cin	.904
Mays	NYN	.375	Aaron	Mil	.542	Aaron	Mil	.904
Temple	Cin	.372	Banks	ChN	.537	Hodges	Brk	.890
Musial	StL	.371	Hodges	Brk	.536	Robinson,J	Brk	.890
Mathews	Mil	.370	Bell	Cin	.528	Bell	Cin	.864
Moryn	ChN	.370	Post	Cin	.524	Moryn	ChN	.861


Total Bases			Runs Created			Runs Created/27 outs

Robinson,F	Cin	338	Snider	Brk	133.4	Snider	Brk	8.7
Aaron	Mil	338	Robinson,F	Cin	127.2	Mathews	Mil	8.1
Bell	Cin	326	Mathews	Mil	126.5	Robinson,F	Cin	7.8
Mathews	Mil	325	Mays	NYN	118.8	Adcock	Mil	7.7
Snider	Brk	324	Aaron	Mil	113.6	Robinson,J	Brk	7.5
Mays	NYN	317	Lopata	Phi	110.8	Mays	NYN	7.4
Lopata	Phi	314	Gilliam	Brk	110.5	Kluszewski	Cin	7.1
Hodges	Brk	304	Musial	StL	108.4	Lopata	Phi	7.1
Banks	ChN	299	Hodges	Brk	106.3	Aaron	Mil	6.7
Musial	StL	299	Bell	Cin	104.5	Virdon	Pit	6.6
Adcock	Mil	297	Virdon	Pit	101.9	Moryn	ChN	6.5
Ennis	Phi	284	Adcock	Mil	100.4	Gilliam	Brk	6.5


Hits			Doubles			Triples

Aaron	Mil	201	Aaron	Mil	37	Aaron	Mil	20
Virdon	Pit	194	Hodges	Brk	36	Bruton	Mil	18
Temple	Cin	193	Bell	Cin	35	Moon	StL	13
Gilliam	Brk	190	Bruton	Mil	34	Virdon	Pit	13
Ashburn	Phi	183	Clemente	Pit	33	Walls	Pit	12
Boyer,K	StL	181	Hamner	Phi	32	Banks	ChN	11
Musial	StL	181	Baker	ChN	31	Amoros	Brk	10
Bell	Cin	181	Mays	NYN	31	O'Connell	Mil	10
Robinson,F	Cin	179	Musial	StL	31	Mays	NYN	10
Clemente	Pit	174	Snider	Brk	30	Bell	Cin	10
Mays	NYN	173	3 tied with		29	McMillan	Cin	9
Bruton	Mil	171				5 tied with		8


Runs			Walks			Intentional Walks

Mathews	Mil	119	Snider	Brk	107	Snider	Brk	21
Robinson,F	Cin	115	Jones,W	Phi	95	Adcock	Mil	15
Aaron	Mil	113	Gilliam	Brk	91	Kluszewski	Cin	15
Gilliam	Brk	110	Moon	StL	90	Mays	NYN	12
Snider	Brk	109	O'Connell	Mil	89	Banks	ChN	11
Mays	NYN	105	Mathews	Mil	85	Musial	StL	11
Temple	Cin	104	Blasingame	StL	84	Crandall	Mil	10
Musial	StL	100	McMillan	Cin	83	Bailey	Cin	10
Hodges	Brk	98	Ashburn	Phi	81	Landrith	ChN	9
Kluszewski	Cin	96	Musial	StL	80	Spencer	NYN	8
Moon	StL	96	Lopata	Phi	75	McMillan	Cin	8
Boyer,K	StL	96	2 tied with		72	Bruton	Mil	8


Hit By Pitch			Strikeouts			Stolen bases

Robinson,F	Cin	18	Post	Cin	123	Mays	NYN	43-7
Del Greco	StL	11	Lopata	Phi	99	Gilliam	Brk	26-10
Thomas	Pit	10	Hodges	Brk	96	Robinson,J	Brk	20-8
Hemus	Phi	8	Walls	Pit	95	Reese	Brk	17-7
Repulski	StL	7	Robinson,F	Cin	87	White,B	NYN	16-5
Clemente	Pit	7	Thomson	Mil	79	Temple	Cin	14-4
Jablonski	Cin	6	Snider	Brk	79	Ashburn	Phi	13-1
O'Connell	Mil	6	Adcock	Mil	77	Boyer,K	StL	12-0
Reese	Brk	6	Blaylock,M	Phi	75	Drake	ChN	12-3
Ennis	Phi	6	Foiles	Pit	73	Bruton	Mil	12-5
Spencer	NYN	5	Reese	Brk	70	Valo	Phi	11-2
4 tied with		4	2 tied with		67	Robinson,F	Cin	11-5


Games			Plate Appearances			At Bats

Ashburn	Phi	154	Ashburn	Phi	728	Temple	Cin	636
Musial	StL	154	Gilliam	Brk	724	Ashburn	Phi	630
Gilliam	Brk	154	Temple	Cin	716	Ennis	Phi	625
Thomas	Pit	153	Musial	StL	706	Aaron	Mil	624
Ennis	Phi	153	Blasingame	StL	692	Dark	StL	618
Aaron	Mil	153	Ennis	Phi	676	Bell	Cin	618
Hodges	Brk	153	Robinson,F	Cin	675	Musial	StL	616
Robinson,F	Cin	152	Aaron	Mil	673	Gilliam	Brk	616
McMillan	Cin	152	Bell	Cin	670	Boyer,K	StL	603
4 tied with		151	Dark	StL	668	Blasingame	StL	600
			Snider	Brk	663	Virdon	Pit	588
			Mathews	Mil	657	2 tied with		584


Sacrifice Bunts			Sacrifice Flies			Extra-Base Hits

Logan	Mil	33	Hodges	Brk	10	Lopata	Phi	77
Reese	Brk	32	Ennis	Phi	9	Aaron	Mil	77
Friend,B	Pit	17	Musial	StL	9	Hodges	Brk	75
Groat	Pit	15	Thomson	Mil	8	Bell	Cin	75
Fowler	Cin	13	Fondy	ChN	8	Snider	Brk	74
Baker	ChN	12	Lopata	Phi	8	Mays	NYN	72
Jones,S	ChN	11	Ashburn	Phi	8	Robinson,F	Cin	71
Gilliam	Brk	11	Kazanski	Phi	7	Adcock	Mil	69
Kline	Pit	10	Kluszewski	Cin	7	Mathews	Mil	69
Bruton	Mil	9	Long	Pit	7	Post	Cin	66
O'Connell	Mil	9	7 tied with		6	Banks	ChN	65
6 tied with		8				Musial	StL	61


Ground ball DP			Strikeout rate			Walk rate

Furillo	Brk	42	Post	Cin	.214	Snider	Brk	.161
Thomas	Pit	28	Walls	Pit	.178	Jones,W	Phi	.148
Musial	StL	28	Thomson	Mil	.158	McMillan	Cin	.143
Dark	StL	25	Lopata	Phi	.158	O'Connell	Mil	.143
Campanella	Brk	23	Adcock	Mil	.148	Moon	StL	.141
McMillan	Cin	23	Hodges	Brk	.147	Robinson,J	Brk	.130
Lopata	Phi	23	Blaylock,M	Phi	.144	Mathews	Mil	.129
Hamner	Phi	22	Robinson,F	Cin	.129	Gilliam	Brk	.126
6 tied with		21	Snider	Brk	.119	Blasingame	StL	.121
			Spencer	NYN	.118	Lopata	Phi	.120
			Long	Pit	.116	Musial	StL	.113
			Fondy	ChN	.113	Ashburn	Phi	.111


Game-winning RBI			Current Hitting Streak			Longest Hitting Streak

Snider	Brk	26	Robinson,J	Brk	12	Ashburn	Phi	27
Aaron	Mil	22	Mueller	NYN	11	Moon	StL	17
Mathews	Mil	18	Mantilla	Mil	11	Groat	Pit	16
Lopata	Phi	17	Gilliam	Brk	11	Aaron	Mil	16
Musial	StL	16	Dark	StL	9	Moryn	ChN	15
Kluszewski	Cin	14	Aaron	Mil	9	Banks	ChN	15
Banks	ChN	14	Thomson	Mil	7	Sarni	NYN	15
7 tied with		11	Jones,W	Phi	6	Musial	StL	15
			Musial	StL	6	6 tied with		14
			McMillan	Cin	6
			5 tied with		5



Plate appearances vs LHP			Atbats vs LHP			Hits vs LHP

Musial	StL	218	Musial	StL	194	Musial	StL	61
Temple	Cin	213	Bell	Cin	185	Boyer,K	StL	56
Boyer,K	StL	205	Boyer,K	StL	185	Robinson,F	Cin	54
Blasingame	StL	204	Temple	Cin	183	Clemente	Pit	49
Bell	Cin	202	Dark	StL	175	Moon	StL	49
Robinson,F	Cin	200	Blasingame	StL	173	Groat	Pit	48
Dark	StL	194	Robinson,F	Cin	170	Kluszewski	Cin	47
Moon	StL	182	Thomas	Pit	163	Post	Cin	46
Thomas	Pit	180	Post	Cin	163	Schoendienst	NYN	45
Post	Cin	173	Kluszewski	Cin	158	Virdon	Pit	45
McMillan	Cin	173	3 tied with		152	Bell	Cin	44
Kluszewski	Cin	170				3 tied with		43


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

Clemente	Pit	.322	Moon	StL	.423	Post	Cin	.577
Moon	StL	.322	Robinson,F	Cin	.409	Mays	NYN	.570
Robinson,F	Cin	.318	Mays	NYN	.407	Boyer,K	StL	.524
Groat	Pit	.316	McMillan	Cin	.401	Kluszewski	Cin	.513
Musial	StL	.314	Schoendienst	NYN	.384	Robinson,F	Cin	.500
Schoendienst	NYN	.310	Walls	Pit	.372	Repulski	StL	.493
Repulski	StL	.309	Musial	StL	.372	Musial	StL	.490
Virdon	Pit	.308	Boyer,K	StL	.371	Moon	StL	.487
Mays	NYN	.303	Repulski	StL	.370	Virdon	Pit	.473
Boyer,K	StL	.303	Virdon	Pit	.364	Clemente	Pit	.467
Kluszewski	Cin	.297	Blasingame	StL	.360	Spencer	NYN	.454
Walls	Pit	.297	Clemente	Pit	.356	Bell	Cin	.432


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

Mays	NYN	.978	Boyer,K	StL	97	Post	Cin	22
Moon	StL	.910	Musial	StL	95	Musial	StL	21
Robinson,F	Cin	.909	Post	Cin	94	Mays	NYN	19
Post	Cin	.900	Robinson,F	Cin	85	Boyer,K	StL	18
Boyer,K	StL	.895	Mays	NYN	81	Robinson,F	Cin	17
Repulski	StL	.863	Kluszewski	Cin	81	Bell	Cin	17
Musial	StL	.861	Bell	Cin	80	Lopata	Phi	15
Kluszewski	Cin	.848	Moon	StL	74	Moon	StL	15
Virdon	Pit	.837	Clemente	Pit	71	Banks	ChN	14
Clemente	Pit	.823	Virdon	Pit	69	Clemente	Pit	14
McMillan	Cin	.818	Banks	ChN	67	Kluszewski	Cin	14
Walls	Pit	.800	Repulski	StL	67	3 tied with		13


Doubles vs LHP			Triples vs LHP			Homeruns vs LHP

Musial	StL	14	McMillan	Cin	4	Post	Cin	13
Robinson,F	Cin	10	Virdon	Pit	4	Boyer,K	StL	11
Jablonski	Cin	9	Moon	StL	4	Lopata	Phi	10
Schoendienst	NYN	9	Greengrass	Phi	3	Kluszewski	Cin	10
Clemente	Pit	9	Aaron	Mil	3	Banks	ChN	8
Thomas	Pit	9	Banks	ChN	3	Mays	NYN	8
Post	Cin	9	Mays	NYN	3	Bell	Cin	8
Grammas	Cin	8	Bell	Cin	3	Mathews	Mil	7
Mays	NYN	8	13 tied with		2	Bailey	Cin	7
White,B	NYN	8				Long	Pit	7
Moon	StL	8				Robinson,F	Cin	7
Blasingame	StL	8				3 tied with		6


Runs batted in vs LHP			Walks vs LHP			Strikeouts vs LHP

Bell	Cin	36	Blasingame	StL	28	Walls	Pit	31
Musial	StL	33	McMillan	Cin	27	Post	Cin	31
Boyer,K	StL	31	Moon	StL	27	White,B	NYN	26
Kluszewski	Cin	29	Temple	Cin	26	Bell	Cin	23
Bailey	Cin	28	Mays	NYN	25	Chiti	ChN	20
Long	Pit	26	O'Connell	Mil	21	Moon	StL	19
Thomas	Pit	25	Robinson,F	Cin	21	Blasingame	StL	19
Robinson,F	Cin	25	Boyer,K	StL	20	Bailey	Cin	18
5 tied with		24	Musial	StL	20	Del Greco	StL	18
			Lopata	Phi	19	Virdon	Pit	18
			Irvin	ChN	19	Robinson,F	Cin	18
			Schoendienst	NYN	18	4 tied with		16


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

Robinson,F	Cin	6	Groat	Pit	8	Long	Pit	5
Del Greco	StL	4	Kline	Pit	7	Kazanski	Phi	4
Foiles	Pit	2	Schmidt	StL	5	Ashburn	Phi	4
White,B	NYN	2	Worthngton	NYN	5	Musial	StL	4
Long	Pit	2	Baker	ChN	5	Thomson	Mil	3
Walls	Pit	2	Fowler	Cin	4	Ennis	Phi	3
Bell	Cin	2	Jones,S	ChN	3	Spencer	NYN	3
Blasingame	StL	2	Logan	Mil	3	Repulski	StL	3
28 tied with		1	Temple	Cin	3	Bell	Cin	3
			12 tied with		2	15 tied with		2




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

Gilliam	Brk	633	Gilliam	Brk	539	Amoros	Brk	1.088
Ashburn	Phi	611	Ashburn	Phi	534	Snider	Brk	1.008
Snider	Brk	594	Aaron	Mil	533	Robinson,F	Cin	.990
Aaron	Mil	574	Ennis	Phi	527	Adcock	Mil	.979
Hodges	Brk	574	Bruton	Mil	507	Bailey	Cin	.959
Ennis	Phi	569	Hodges	Brk	504	Mathews	Mil	.953
Reese	Brk	564	Furillo	Brk	497	Kluszewski	Cin	.928
Mathews	Mil	561	Snider	Brk	492	Bell	Cin	.928
Jones,W	Phi	544	Reese	Brk	487	Aaron	Mil	.927
Bruton	Mil	544	Mathews	Mil	480	Mays	NYN	.906
Logan	Mil	538	Logan	Mil	474	Lopata	Phi	.900
Furillo	Brk	537	Fondy	ChN	465	Moryn	ChN	.875


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

Clemente	Pit	.341	Amoros	Brk	.427	Amoros	Brk	.662
Virdon	Pit	.337	Snider	Brk	.412	Adcock	Mil	.635
Temple	Cin	.333	Valo	Phi	.404	Robinson,F	Cin	.611
Aaron	Mil	.328	Gilliam	Brk	.394	Snider	Brk	.596
Mueller	NYN	.324	Temple	Cin	.393	Mathews	Mil	.579
Bell	Cin	.316	McMillan	Cin	.389	Bailey	Cin	.573
Kluszewski	Cin	.313	Bailey	Cin	.386	Bell	Cin	.568
Valo	Phi	.313	Robinson,F	Cin	.379	Aaron	Mil	.561
Brandt	NYN	.311	Moryn	ChN	.376	Kluszewski	Cin	.555
Bruton	Mil	.308	Jones,W	Phi	.376	Lopata	Phi	.554
Gilliam	Brk	.306	Mathews	Mil	.374	Mays	NYN	.543
Snider	Brk	.303	Kluszewski	Cin	.373	Hodges	Brk	.526


Hits vs RHP			Doubles vs RHP			Triples vs RHP

Aaron	Mil	175	Aaron	Mil	33	Aaron	Mil	17
Gilliam	Brk	165	Hodges	Brk	32	Bruton	Mil	16
Bruton	Mil	156	Bruton	Mil	31	Amoros	Brk	10
Temple	Cin	151	Hamner	Phi	29	Walls	Pit	10
Virdon	Pit	149	Bell	Cin	29	Moon	StL	9
Snider	Brk	149	Baker	ChN	26	O'Connell	Mil	9
Ashburn	Phi	148	Gilliam	Brk	25	Virdon	Pit	9
Ennis	Phi	139	Clemente	Pit	24	Banks	ChN	8
Fondy	ChN	138	Moryn	ChN	24	Lopata	Phi	8
Bell	Cin	137	Lopata	Phi	24	4 tied with		7
3 tied with		135	Snider	Brk	24
			Mays	NYN	23


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

Mathews	Mil	41	Aaron	Mil	69	Aaron	Mil	299
Adcock	Mil	40	Hodges	Brk	66	Snider	Brk	293
Snider	Brk	38	Snider	Brk	65	Mathews	Mil	278
Robinson,F	Cin	35	Lopata	Phi	62	Hodges	Brk	265
Lopata	Phi	30	Adcock	Mil	60	Adcock	Mil	254
Hodges	Brk	30	Mathews	Mil	59	Robinson,F	Cin	253
Kluszewski	Cin	26	Bell	Cin	58	Lopata	Phi	253
Long	Pit	25	Robinson,F	Cin	54	Bell	Cin	246
Banks	ChN	24	Mays	NYN	53	Bruton	Mil	237
4 tied with		23	Bruton	Mil	53	Mays	NYN	236
			Banks	ChN	51	Banks	ChN	232
			Amoros	Brk	46	Ennis	Phi	232


Runs batted in vs RHP			Walks vs RHP			Strikeouts vs RHP

Mathews	Mil	110	Snider	Brk	95	Post	Cin	92
Snider	Brk	106	Jones,W	Phi	79	Lopata	Phi	88
Hodges	Brk	97	Gilliam	Brk	78	Hodges	Brk	85
Lopata	Phi	92	Mathews	Mil	75	Thomson	Mil	72
Adcock	Mil	91	O'Connell	Mil	68	Adcock	Mil	72
Aaron	Mil	91	Ashburn	Phi	65	Blaylock,M	Phi	70
Banks	ChN	90	Campanella	Brk	63	Snider	Brk	70
Robinson,F	Cin	85	Moon	StL	63	Robinson,F	Cin	69
Musial	StL	83	Amoros	Brk	62	Walls	Pit	64
Mays	NYN	82	Musial	StL	60	Reese	Brk	63
Post	Cin	72	Hodges	Brk	58	Foiles	Pit	58
Ennis	Phi	72	3 tied with		56	Banks	ChN	57


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

Robinson,F	Cin	12	Logan	Mil	30	Lopata	Phi	8
Thomas	Pit	10	Reese	Brk	30	Hodges	Brk	8
Del Greco	StL	7	Friend,B	Pit	15	Fondy	ChN	6
Hemus	Phi	7	Gilliam	Brk	11	Mathews	Mil	6
Repulski	StL	6	Fowler	Cin	9	Ennis	Phi	6
Clemente	Pit	6	Jones,S	ChN	8	Aaron	Mil	6
O'Connell	Mil	6	Bruton	Mil	8	Snider	Brk	6
Ennis	Phi	6	7 tied with		7	7 tied with		5
Jablonski	Cin	5
Reese	Brk	5
3 tied with		4

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

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