League Batting Leaders

League Batting Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 5/31/1961

Batting average			Homeruns			RBI

Pearson	LAA	.408	Killebrew	Min	16	Sievers	ChW	42
Sievers	ChW	.387	Maris	NYY	16	Killebrew	Min	40
Battey	Min	.386	Mantle	NYY	14	Mantle	NYY	34
Killebrew	Min	.364	Cash,N	Det	13	Cash,N	Det	34
Held	Cle	.353	Averill	LAA	12	Skowron	NYY	33
Cash,N	Det	.342	Sievers	ChW	12	Gentile	Bal	31
Kaline	Det	.331	Skowron	NYY	11	Maris	NYY	31
Mantle	NYY	.328	Gentile	Bal	10	Averill	LAA	30
Kubek	NYY	.324	Wertz,V	Bos	9	Hunt,K	LAA	30
Richardson	NYY	.313	Throneberry,M	KCA	9	Kirkland	Cle	30
Brown,D	Det	.310	Brown,D	Det	9	Phillips,B	Cle	30
Triandos	Bal	.306	2 tied with		8	Held	Cle	30


On-Base Percentage			Slugging Percentage			On-base plus slugging

Pearson	LAA	.496	Killebrew	Min	.837	Killebrew	Min	1.291
Cash,N	Det	.482	Mantle	NYY	.725	Mantle	NYY	1.185
Mantle	NYY	.460	Sievers	ChW	.717	Sievers	ChW	1.171
Sievers	ChW	.454	Averill	LAA	.647	Cash,N	Det	1.120
Killebrew	Min	.453	Cash,N	Det	.638	Averill	LAA	1.094
Averill	LAA	.447	Maris	NYY	.628	Pearson	LAA	1.080
Howser	KCA	.421	Gentile	Bal	.591	Maris	NYY	1.020
Held	Cle	.417	Held	Cle	.583	Gentile	Bal	1.007
Gentile	Bal	.417	Pearson	LAA	.583	Held	Cle	1.000
Kaline	Det	.411	Battey	Min	.556	Battey	Min	.965
Battey	Min	.410	Triandos	Bal	.556	Kaline	Det	.957
Romano	Cle	.403	Skowron	NYY	.548	Triandos	Bal	.926


Total Bases			Runs Created			Runs Created/27 outs

Sievers	ChW	124	Sievers	ChW	54.4	Killebrew	Min	16.1
Killebrew	Min	108	Killebrew	Min	50.2	Mantle	NYY	14.5
Cash,N	Det	97	Cash,N	Det	50.0	Cash,N	Det	13.0
Mantle	NYY	95	Mantle	NYY	47.9	Sievers	ChW	12.9
Maris	NYY	91	Held	Cle	36.7	Averill	LAA	11.4
Held	Cle	91	Averill	LAA	36.2	Pearson	LAA	11.4
Skowron	NYY	86	Maris	NYY	35.6	Gentile	Bal	9.4
Battey	Min	85	Kaline	Det	35.4	Held	Cle	9.2
Kaline	Det	84	Pearson	LAA	34.9	Battey	Min	9.0
Brown,D	Det	83	Battey	Min	33.2	Maris	NYY	8.5
Triandos	Bal	80	Gentile	Bal	32.6	Kaline	Det	8.5
Kubek	NYY	80	Triandos	Bal	28.8	Siebern	KCA	7.7


Hits			Doubles			Triples

Sievers	ChW	67	Kubek	NYY	17	Herzog	Bal	4
Robinson,B	Bal	60	Triandos	Bal	15	Boyer,C	NYY	3
Battey	Min	59	Sievers	ChW	15	Smith,A	ChW	3
Held	Cle	55	Williams,D	Bal	13	Held	Cle	3
Kubek	NYY	55	Robinson,B	Bal	13	Landis	ChW	3
Fox,N	ChW	55	Pearson	LAA	12	Sievers	ChW	3
Cash,N	Det	52	Power	Cle	12	15 tied with		2
Richardson	NYY	52	Battey	Min	11
Schilling	Bos	52	Kaline	Det	11
Kaline	Det	51	Versalles	Min	11
Pearson	LAA	49	4 tied with		10
2 tied with		48


Runs			Walks			Intentional Walks

Cash,N	Det	36	Cash,N	Det	37	Wertz,V	Bos	6
Killebrew	Min	32	Allison	Min	34	Lollar	ChW	4
Mantle	NYY	32	Colavito	Det	33	Throneberry,M	KCA	4
Colavito	Det	32	Mantle	NYY	32	Adair	Bal	4
Green,L	Min	31	Averill	LAA	31	Gentile	Bal	4
Schilling	Bos	31	Howser	KCA	29	Fernandez,C	Det	4
Maris	NYY	30	O'Connell	Was	28	Green,P	Bos	3
Howser	KCA	30	Maris	NYY	27	Daley,P	Was	3
Robinson,B	Bal	30	Gentile	Bal	26	11 tied with		2
Geiger	Bos	29	Geiger	Bos	26
Sievers	ChW	29	Landis	ChW	26
Fox,N	ChW	29	Romano	Cle	24


Hit By Pitch			Strikeouts			Stolen bases

Fox,N	ChW	8	Leek	LAA	42	Aparicio	ChW	21-3
Cash,N	Det	4	Wood,J	Det	38	Howser	KCA	15-5
Long	Was	3	Tasby	Was	34	Wood,J	Det	14-2
Gentile	Bal	3	Gentile	Bal	31	Keough	Was	8-0
Skowron	NYY	3	Brown,D	Det	31	Bruton	Det	8-4
Maris	NYY	3	Hansen	Bal	31	Kaline	Det	7-1
O'Connell	Was	3	Hunt,K	LAA	30	Landis	ChW	6-1
15 tied with		2	Held	Cle	30	Geiger	Bos	6-2
			Throneberry,M	KCA	28	Versalles	Min	6-5
			Mantle	NYY	28	Brandt	Bal	5-0
			Boros	Det	28	5 tied with		4
			2 tied with		27


Games			Plate Appearances			At Bats

Boros	Det	45	Robinson,B	Bal	207	Robinson,B	Bal	198
Bruton	Det	45	Fox,N	ChW	206	Wood,J	Det	192
Cash,N	Det	45	Bruton	Det	204	Fox,N	ChW	186
Colavito	Det	45	Wood,J	Det	204	Bruton	Det	178
Fernandez,C	Det	45	Landis	ChW	200	Aparicio	ChW	176
Robinson,B	Bal	45	Sievers	ChW	196	Sievers	ChW	173
O'Connell	Was	44	Cash,N	Det	193	Versalles	Min	172
Wood,J	Det	44	Aparicio	ChW	192	Schilling	Bos	171
9 tied with		43	Colavito	Det	191	Kubek	NYY	170
			O'Connell	Was	191	Landis	ChW	170
			Hansen	Bal	189	Green,L	Min	169
			Schilling	Bos	189	2 tied with		168


Sacrifice Bunts			Sacrifice Flies			Extra-Base Hits

Pearson	LAA	6	Gardner,B	Min	5	Sievers	ChW	30
Francona	Cle	5	Jensen	Bos	4	Killebrew	Min	27
O'Connell	Was	5	Boros	Det	4	Mantle	NYY	22
Archer	KCA	4	Wertz,V	Bos	3	Triandos	Bal	22
Sturdivant,T	Was	4	Brown,D	Det	3	Skowron	NYY	20
Geiger	Bos	4	Kaline	Det	3	Kubek	NYY	20
Bruton	Det	4	Power	Cle	3	Gentile	Bal	19
Fox,N	ChW	4	12 tied with		2	Maris	NYY	19
14 tied with		3				Cash,N	Det	19
						Kaline	Det	19
						Held	Cle	19
						3 tied with		17


Ground ball DP			Strikeout rate			Walk rate

Skowron	NYY	12	Leek	LAA	.269	Averill	LAA	.207
Piersall	Cle	11	Hunt,K	LAA	.210	Mantle	NYY	.196
Brown,D	Det	10	Throneberry,M	KCA	.200	Cash,N	Det	.192
Bright	Was	9	Gentile	Bal	.199	Allison	Min	.188
Lemon	Min	8	Tasby	Was	.198	Colavito	Det	.173
Leek	LAA	8	Brown,D	Det	.189	Gentile	Bal	.167
Fernandez,C	Det	8	Wood,J	Det	.186	Geiger	Bos	.159
Power	Cle	8	Mantle	NYY	.172	Howser	KCA	.158
Colavito	Det	8	Held	Cle	.171	Maris	NYY	.153
Gardner,B	Min	7	Killebrew	Min	.167	Romano	Cle	.151
Hansen	Bal	7	Hansen	Bal	.164	O'Connell	Was	.147
Sievers	ChW	7	2 tied with		.160	Throneberry,M	KCA	.143


Game-winning RBI			Current Hitting Streak			Longest Hitting Streak

Mantle	NYY	6	Maris	NYY	11	Mantle	NYY	18
Gentile	Bal	5	Kaline	Det	8	Schilling	Bos	17
Adair	Bal	5	Kubek	NYY	8	Battey	Min	14
Triandos	Bal	5	Lumpe	KCA	6	Killebrew	Min	12
Maris	NYY	5	Triandos	Bal	6	Piersall	Cle	12
Leek	LAA	5	Bright	Was	5	9 tied with		11
Hansen	Bal	5	Covington,W	ChW	5
9 tied with		4	Sievers	ChW	5
			Skowron	NYY	5
			13 tied with		4




Plate appearances vs LHP			Atbats vs LHP			Hits vs LHP

O'Connell	Was	66	Robinson,B	Bal	60	Robinson,B	Bal	21
Howser	KCA	63	Bright	Was	58	Howard,E	NYY	20
Lumpe	KCA	63	Lumpe	KCA	56	Mantle	NYY	20
Bright	Was	61	O'Connell	Was	53	Triandos	Bal	20
Robinson,B	Bal	60	Richardson	NYY	52	Bright	Was	20
Carey,A	KCA	56	Howser	KCA	50	Howser	KCA	18
Tasby	Was	56	Tasby	Was	49	Kubek	NYY	17
Richardson	NYY	54	Hansen	Bal	48	Maris	NYY	16
Hansen	Bal	53	Williams,D	Bal	48	O'Connell	Was	15
Mantle	NYY	52	Schilling	Bos	47	8 tied with		14
Siebern	KCA	52	Skowron	NYY	47
Williams,D	Bal	52	Triandos	Bal	47


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

Howard,E	NYY	.476	Mantle	NYY	.519	Maris	NYY	.976
Mantle	NYY	.444	Howard,E	NYY	.511	Mantle	NYY	.889
Triandos	Bal	.426	Maris	NYY	.490	Triandos	Bal	.723
Maris	NYY	.381	Howser	KCA	.476	Hunt,K	LAA	.683
Bauer	KCA	.375	Triandos	Bal	.460	Howard,E	NYY	.667
Kubek	NYY	.370	Fox,N	ChW	.450	Bauer	KCA	.625
Howser	KCA	.360	Bauer	KCA	.436	Bright	Was	.621
Fox,N	ChW	.353	Bilko	LAA	.417	Skowron	NYY	.617
Robinson,B	Bal	.350	Hunt,K	LAA	.413	Averill	LAA	.605
Leek	LAA	.350	O'Connell	Was	.397	Leek	LAA	.600
Bright	Was	.345	Kubek	NYY	.396	Bilko	LAA	.575
Aparicio	ChW	.342	Carey,A	KCA	.393	Kubek	NYY	.565


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

Maris	NYY	1.466	Maris	NYY	41	Mantle	NYY	10
Mantle	NYY	1.408	Mantle	NYY	40	Triandos	Bal	10
Triandos	Bal	1.183	Bright	Was	36	Sievers	ChW	9
Howard,E	NYY	1.178	Triandos	Bal	34	Maris	NYY	9
Hunt,K	LAA	1.096	Killebrew	Min	32	Leek	LAA	8
Bauer	KCA	1.061	Sievers	ChW	30	Skowron	NYY	8
Bright	Was	.998	Skowron	NYY	29	Williams,D	Bal	8
Bilko	LAA	.992	Hunt,K	LAA	28	Bright	Was	8
Howser	KCA	.976	Howard,E	NYY	28	Killebrew	Min	7
Leek	LAA	.972	Robinson,B	Bal	27	Kubek	NYY	7
Kubek	NYY	.961	Averill	LAA	26	3 tied with		6
Averill	LAA	.938	Kubek	NYY	26


Doubles vs LHP			Triples vs LHP			Homeruns vs LHP

Triandos	Bal	8	Mantle	NYY	2	Maris	NYY	8
Leek	LAA	7	Skowron	NYY	2	Killebrew	Min	7
Williams,D	Bal	7	Howser	KCA	2	Averill	LAA	5
Malzone	Bos	6	O'Connell	Was	2	Phillips,B	Cle	4
Kubek	NYY	6	10 tied with		1	Cerv,B	NYY	4
Robinson,B	Bal	6				Hunt,K	LAA	4
Sievers	ChW	5				Mantle	NYY	4
Power	Cle	4				Skowron	NYY	4
Mantle	NYY	4				Bright	Was	4
Bright	Was	4				4 tied with		3
5 tied with		3



Runs batted in vs LHP			Walks vs LHP			Strikeouts vs LHP

Hunt,K	LAA	16	Sullivan,H	KCA	10	Keough	Was	18
Killebrew	Min	14	Carey,A	KCA	10	Throneberry,M	KCA	17
Maris	NYY	14	Howser	KCA	10	Cash,N	Det	15
Mantle	NYY	12	Killebrew	Min	9	Siebern	KCA	14
Phillips,B	Cle	11	Tuttle,B	KCA	9	Bruton	Det	12
Skowron	NYY	11	O'Connell	Was	9	Gentile	Bal	11
Bright	Was	11	Colavito	Det	8	Hansen	Bal	11
Held	Cle	10	Bilko	LAA	8	Leek	LAA	10
Cerv,B	NYY	10	Geiger	Bos	7	Tasby	Was	10
Sievers	ChW	10	Maris	NYY	7	Kirkland	Cle	9
Averill	LAA	10	Mantle	NYY	7	Cerv,B	NYY	9
4 tied with		9	Lumpe	KCA	7	Green,L	Min	9


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

Fox,N	ChW	6	Sturdivant,T	Was	4	Brown,D	Det	2
Cash,N	Det	3	Bruton	Det	4	Bauer	KCA	2
Long	Was	2	Francona	Cle	3	16 tied with		1
Francona	Cle	2	O'Connell	Was	3
Maris	NYY	2	Brown,H	Bal	2
Howser	KCA	2	Mossi	Det	2
23 tied with		1	Pearson	LAA	2
			Williams,D	Bal	2
			24 tied with		1





Plate appearances vs RHP			Atbats vs RHP			Hits vs RHP

Bruton	Det	165	Fox,N	ChW	152	Sievers	ChW	53
Fox,N	ChW	165	Wood,J	Det	152	Battey	Min	51
Wood,J	Det	162	Bruton	Det	149	Cash,N	Det	45
Sievers	ChW	161	Sievers	ChW	143	Held	Cle	44
Landis	ChW	159	Versalles	Min	142	Fox,N	ChW	43
Cash,N	Det	154	Aparicio	ChW	138	Pearson	LAA	42
Colavito	Det	154	Power	Cle	138	Kaline	Det	41
Aparicio	ChW	152	Robinson,B	Bal	138	Schilling	Bos	41
Boros	Det	151	Green,L	Min	136	Brown,D	Det	41
Versalles	Min	151	Landis	ChW	136	Francona	Cle	40
Green,L	Min	150	Temple	Cle	135	Green,L	Min	40
Temple	Cle	149	2 tied with		133	Robinson,B	Bal	39


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

Pearson	LAA	.488	Pearson	LAA	.573	Killebrew	Min	.760
Battey	Min	.405	Cash,N	Det	.513	Pearson	LAA	.733
Cash,N	Det	.375	Averill	LAA	.500	Cash,N	Det	.717
Sievers	ChW	.371	Gentile	Bal	.448	Gentile	Bal	.696
Killebrew	Min	.360	Sievers	ChW	.435	Averill	LAA	.671
Lumpe	KCA	.337	Mantle	NYY	.432	Sievers	ChW	.657
Kaline	Det	.336	Battey	Min	.432	Mantle	NYY	.640
Richardson	NYY	.333	Killebrew	Min	.429	Throneberry,M	KCA	.627
Held	Cle	.331	Woodling	Was	.429	Woodling	Was	.623
Schilling	Bos	.331	Kaline	Det	.425	Wertz,V	Bos	.612
Averill	LAA	.329	Herzog	Bal	.424	Battey	Min	.603
Throneberry,M	KCA	.325	Siebern	KCA	.421	Brown,D	Det	.586


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

Pearson	LAA	1.305	Sievers	ChW	94	Sievers	ChW	21
Cash,N	Det	1.230	Cash,N	Det	86	Killebrew	Min	20
Killebrew	Min	1.189	Killebrew	Min	76	Gentile	Bal	18
Averill	LAA	1.171	Battey	Min	76	Cash,N	Det	17
Gentile	Bal	1.144	Brown,D	Det	75	Kaline	Det	16
Sievers	ChW	1.092	Gentile	Bal	71	Smith,A	ChW	16
Mantle	NYY	1.072	Kaline	Det	69	Pearson	LAA	15
Woodling	Was	1.052	Held	Cle	68	Battey	Min	15
Throneberry,M	KCA	1.045	Green,L	Min	68	Brown,D	Det	15
Battey	Min	1.035	Bruton	Det	67	Wagner	LAA	14
Kaline	Det	.990	Pearson	LAA	63	Held	Cle	14
Wertz,V	Bos	.983	Smith,A	ChW	62	Green,L	Min	14


Doubles vs RHP			Triples vs RHP			Homeruns vs RHP

Pearson	LAA	12	Herzog	Bal	4	Cash,N	Det	12
Kubek	NYY	11	Smith,A	ChW	3	Mantle	NYY	10
Battey	Min	10	Landis	ChW	3	Gentile	Bal	10
Versalles	Min	10	11 tied with		2	Wertz,V	Bos	9
Sievers	ChW	10				Killebrew	Min	9
Killebrew	Min	9				Brown,D	Det	9
Kaline	Det	9				Sievers	ChW	9
10 tied with		8				Throneberry,M	KCA	8
						Maris	NYY	8
						Kirkland	Cle	8
						Romano	Cle	8
						5 tied with		7


Runs batted in vs RHP			Walks vs RHP			Strikeouts vs RHP

Sievers	ChW	32	Cash,N	Det	33	Leek	LAA	32
Gentile	Bal	30	Allison	Min	29	Wood,J	Det	30
Kirkland	Cle	29	Averill	LAA	26	Brown,D	Det	28
Cash,N	Det	28	Mantle	NYY	25	Held	Cle	26
Killebrew	Min	26	Colavito	Det	25	Tasby	Was	24
Battey	Min	24	Gentile	Bal	21	Hunt,K	LAA	23
Wertz,V	Bos	23	Kaline	Det	21	Boros	Det	23
Adair	Bal	23	Landis	ChW	21	Allison	Min	22
Kaline	Det	23	Maris	NYY	20	Colavito	Det	21
4 tied with		22	Howser	KCA	19	Mantle	NYY	20
			O'Connell	Was	19	Gentile	Bal	20
			Geiger	Bos	19	Hansen	Bal	20


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

13 tied with		2	Pearson	LAA	4	Gardner,B	Min	5
			12 tied with		3	Jensen	Bos	4
						Boros	Det	4
						Kaline	Det	3
						Power	Cle	3
						8 tied with		2

League Batting Leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 5/31/1961

League Batting Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 5/31/1961