League Batting Leaders

League Batting Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/6/1955

Batting average			Homeruns			RBI

Williams	Bos	.349	Mantle	NYY	42	Mantle	NYY	139
Kaline	Det	.337	Williams	Bos	35	Berra	NYY	133
Runnels	Was	.336	Zauchin	Bos	29	Jensen	Bos	115
Mantle	NYY	.328	Doby	Cle	26	Kaline	Det	115
Bauer	NYY	.323	Berra	NYY	26	Doby	Cle	112
Kuenn	Det	.321	Bauer	NYY	24	Williams	Bos	105
Doby	Cle	.315	Jensen	Bos	24	Bauer	NYY	102
Fox	ChW	.310	Zernial	KCA	22	Zauchin	Bos	100
Boone	Det	.303	Smith	Cle	22	Kuenn	Det	88
Tuttle	Det	.303	Kiner	Cle	20	Rosen	Cle	86
Vernon	Was	.300	Lollar	ChW	20	Boone	Det	86
Lopez	KCA	.289	Kaline	Det	20	Vernon	Was	85


On-Base Percentage			Slugging Percentage			On-base plus slugging

Williams	Bos	.499	Williams	Bos	.673	Williams	Bos	1.173
Mantle	NYY	.449	Mantle	NYY	.665	Mantle	NYY	1.114
Kaline	Det	.418	Bauer	NYY	.560	Bauer	NYY	.960
Doby	Cle	.409	Doby	Cle	.544	Doby	Cle	.953
Bauer	NYY	.400	Kaline	Det	.509	Kaline	Det	.927
Smith	Cle	.399	Rivera	ChW	.470	Vernon	Was	.849
Runnels	Was	.397	Jensen	Bos	.466	Smith	Cle	.848
Minoso	ChW	.392	Vernon	Was	.462	Rivera	ChW	.838
Vernon	Was	.387	Kuenn	Det	.458	Jensen	Bos	.831
Kell	ChW	.383	Sievers	Was	.453	Runnels	Was	.812
Fox	ChW	.375	Lollar	ChW	.452	Sievers	Was	.811
Yost	Was	.374	Smith	Cle	.449	Kuenn	Det	.809


Total Bases			Runs Created			Runs Created/27 outs

Mantle	NYY	357	Mantle	NYY	174.0	Williams	Bos	13.1
Kaline	Det	304	Williams	Bos	154.4	Mantle	NYY	12.5
Williams	Bos	301	Kaline	Det	125.2	Doby	Cle	9.0
Kuenn	Det	287	Smith	Cle	118.7	Bauer	NYY	8.9
Doby	Cle	273	Doby	Cle	118.4	Kaline	Det	7.8
Jensen	Bos	271	Bauer	NYY	112.0	Smith	Cle	7.2
Smith	Cle	270	Fox	ChW	102.5	Vernon	Was	6.4
Bauer	NYY	267	Kuenn	Det	100.5	Rivera	ChW	6.4
Fox	ChW	264	Jensen	Bos	97.4	Kell	ChW	6.2
Tuttle	Det	255	Vernon	Was	96.2	Runnels	Was	6.1
Vernon	Was	248	Goodman	Bos	89.7	Kuenn	Det	6.1
Berra	NYY	248	Runnels	Was	88.3	Fox	ChW	5.9


Hits			Doubles			Triples

Kaline	Det	201	Kuenn	Det	45	Carey	NYY	16
Kuenn	Det	201	Finigan	KCA	44	Mantle	NYY	14
Fox	ChW	194	Fox	ChW	32	Power	KCA	13
Runnels	Was	183	Goodman	Bos	31	Kuenn	Det	13
Tuttle	Det	179	Smith	Cle	30	Paula	Was	12
Goodman	Bos	179	Hatfield	Det	29	Sievers	Was	11
Mantle	NYY	176	White	Bos	28	Smith	Bal	10
Smith	Cle	170	Vernon	Was	28	Fox	ChW	10
Jensen	Bos	162	5 tied with		27	Simpson	KCA	9
Vernon	Was	161				Avila	Cle	9
Doby	Cle	158				McDougald	NYY	9
2 tied with		156				5 tied with		8


Runs			Walks			Intentional Walks

Mantle	NYY	152	Williams	Bos	134	Williams	Bos	25
Smith	Cle	127	Mantle	NYY	124	Berra	NYY	18
Williams	Bos	110	Smith	Cle	104	Mantle	NYY	14
Kaline	Det	110	Rosen	Cle	96	Doby	Cle	13
McDougald	NYY	102	Minoso	ChW	90	Hatton	Bos	11
Jensen	Bos	102	Yost	Was	87	Courtney	Was	8
Fox	ChW	97	Abrams	Bal	85	Malmberg	Det	7
Berra	NYY	93	Fain	Cle	83	House	Det	7
Avila	Cle	93	Doby	Cle	82	Hatfield	Det	7
Kuenn	Det	93	Jensen	Bos	82	Kaline	Det	7
Doby	Cle	92	Kaline	Det	82	4 tied with		6
Goodman	Bos	89	Berra	NYY	81


Hit By Pitch			Strikeouts			Stolen bases

Fox	ChW	19	Zauchin	Bos	113	Rivera	ChW	29-11
Smith	Cle	14	Doby	Cle	90	Minoso	ChW	22-6
Lollar	ChW	11	McDougald	NYY	87	Jensen	Bos	21-2
Bauer	NYY	11	Smith	Cle	83	Fox	ChW	18-4
House	Det	7	Sievers	Was	82	Mantle	NYY	17-1
Astroth	KCA	6	Mantle	NYY	82	Smith	Cle	14-3
Woodling	Cle	6	Dropo	ChW	81	Noren	NYY	11-1
Kell	ChW	6	Zernial	KCA	79	Bauer	NYY	10-2
Lopez	KCA	6	Busby	ChW	78	Torgeson	Det	9-0
McDougald	NYY	6	DeMaestri	KCA	76	Piersall	Bos	9-1
Kaline	Det	6	Lopez	KCA	74	Busby	ChW	9-3
7 tied with		5	Finigan	KCA	73	Goodman	Bos	8-2


Games			Plate Appearances			At Bats

Tuttle	Det	154	Smith	Cle	724	Kuenn	Det	627
Fox	ChW	154	Fox	ChW	714	Goodman	Bos	626
Smith	Cle	154	Goodman	Bos	707	Fox	ChW	625
Kaline	Det	153	Kaline	Det	692	Smith	Cle	602
Jensen	Bos	153	Tuttle	Det	686	Kaline	Det	597
Goodman	Bos	152	Jensen	Bos	679	Power	KCA	593
Miranda	Bal	150	McDougald	NYY	678	Tuttle	Det	591
Finigan	KCA	148	Mantle	NYY	668	Jensen	Bos	582
Sievers	Was	146	Kuenn	Det	667	McDougald	NYY	577
Power	KCA	146	Avila	Cle	661	Finigan	KCA	573
Piersall	Bos	146	Finigan	KCA	648	Carrasquel	ChW	570
Mantle	NYY	145	Berra	NYY	641	Avila	Cle	561


Sacrifice Bunts			Sacrifice Flies			Extra-Base Hits

Avila	Cle	23	Jensen	Bos	9	Mantle	NYY	83
Fox	ChW	23	Woodling	Cle	8	Williams	Bos	68
Sullivan,F	Bos	18	Smith	Bal	8	Kuenn	Det	63
Tuttle	Det	17	Zauchin	Bos	8	Bauer	NYY	58
Strickland	Cle	16	Collins	NYY	7	Doby	Cle	55
Score	Cle	14	Busby	ChW	7	Finigan	KCA	55
Hatfield	Det	14	Boone	Det	7	Power	KCA	55
McDougald	NYY	14	Vernon	Was	7	Kaline	Det	55
Lary	Det	11	Mantle	NYY	7	Jensen	Bos	54
4 tied with		10	Tuttle	Det	7	Smith	Cle	54
			Kaline	Det	7	Berra	NYY	50
			9 tied with		6	Vernon	Was	49


Ground ball DP			Strikeout rate			Walk rate

Tuttle	Det	38	Zauchin	Bos	.206	Williams	Bos	.227
White	Bos	34	Doby	Cle	.152	Mantle	NYY	.186
Jensen	Bos	31	Dropo	ChW	.152	Yost	Was	.177
Minoso	ChW	27	Busby	ChW	.140	Rosen	Cle	.158
Avila	Cle	26	Sievers	Was	.136	Minoso	ChW	.148
Strickland	Cle	24	Lopez	KCA	.136	Smith	Cle	.144
Boone	Det	22	Yost	Was	.134	Doby	Cle	.139
Williams	Bos	22	McDougald	NYY	.128	Berra	NYY	.126
Sievers	Was	21	Mantle	NYY	.123	Sievers	Was	.125
Vernon	Was	21	Triandos	Bal	.118	Kell	ChW	.124
Finigan	KCA	21	Smith	Cle	.115	Klaus	Bos	.123
3 tied with		20	Finigan	KCA	.113	Vernon	Was	.123


Game-winning RBI			Current Hitting Streak			Longest Hitting Streak

Mantle	NYY	26	Pope	Bal	14	Fox	ChW	43
Bauer	NYY	19	Williams	Bos	14	Philley	Bal	25
Doby	Cle	19	Triandos	Bal	9	Boone	Det	16
Jensen	Bos	17	Groth	Was	9	Goodman	Bos	16
Williams	Bos	15	Piersall	Bos	8	Diering	Bal	15
Berra	NYY	14	Simpson	KCA	7	Kaline	Det	15
Kell	ChW	12	Runnels	Was	5	Pope	Bal	14
Rosen	Cle	11	Malzone	Bos	5	Williams	Bos	14
8 tied with		10	Harrell	Cle	5	Minoso	ChW	14
			Torgeson	Det	4	Avila	Cle	14
			14 tied with		3	Noren	NYY	14
						Kell	ChW	13


Plate appearances vs LHP			Atbats vs LHP			Hits vs LHP

Smith	Cle	278	Smith	Cle	225	Avila	Cle	69
Avila	Cle	256	Triandos	Bal	222	Smith	Cle	65
Rosen	Cle	246	Avila	Cle	216	Diering	Bal	61
Triandos	Bal	244	Miranda	Bal	205	Philley	Bal	59
Diering	Bal	235	Diering	Bal	202	Smith	Bal	54
Miranda	Bal	225	Smith	Bal	201	Doby	Cle	53
Smith	Bal	223	Rosen	Cle	198	Kuenn	Det	51
Doby	Cle	212	Doby	Cle	186	Bauer	NYY	51
Philley	Bal	210	Philley	Bal	182	Tuttle	Det	50
McDougald	NYY	203	McDougald	NYY	163	Triandos	Bal	50
Mantle	NYY	200	Goodman	Bos	162	5 tied with		48
2 tied with		189	2 tied with		161


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

Tuttle	Det	.362	Mantle	NYY	.440	Mantle	NYY	.654
Skowron	NYY	.358	Tuttle	Det	.435	Tuttle	Det	.572
Kuenn	Det	.336	Smith	Cle	.424	Bauer	NYY	.553
Philley	Bal	.324	Minoso	ChW	.419	Skowron	NYY	.552
Avila	Cle	.319	McDougald	NYY	.415	Kiner	Cle	.527
Bauer	NYY	.317	Kiner	Cle	.413	Smith	Cle	.516
Lopez	KCA	.316	Bauer	NYY	.413	Avila	Cle	.509
Kaline	Det	.307	Avila	Cle	.407	Philley	Bal	.473
Finigan	KCA	.304	Philley	Bal	.402	Vernon	Was	.472
Minoso	ChW	.302	Skowron	NYY	.397	Finigan	KCA	.468
Diering	Bal	.302	Kuenn	Det	.393	Howard	NYY	.447
Mantle	NYY	.302	Diering	Bal	.392	Kaline	Det	.440


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

Mantle	NYY	1.094	Smith	Cle	116	Smith	Cle	27
Tuttle	Det	1.007	Avila	Cle	110	Mantle	NYY	25
Bauer	NYY	.965	Mantle	NYY	104	Bauer	NYY	21
Skowron	NYY	.949	Bauer	NYY	89	Avila	Cle	20
Smith	Cle	.940	Smith	Bal	88	Power	KCA	19
Kiner	Cle	.939	Philley	Bal	86	Finigan	KCA	18
Avila	Cle	.917	Diering	Bal	83	Smith	Bal	18
Philley	Bal	.874	Doby	Cle	81	Paula	Was	16
Vernon	Was	.843	Tuttle	Det	79	Tuttle	Det	16
Finigan	KCA	.840	Kiner	Cle	79	Vernon	Was	16
Minoso	ChW	.836	Skowron	NYY	74	Kiner	Cle	16
Kaline	Det	.826	Finigan	KCA	74	Diering	Bal	16


Doubles vs LHP			Triples vs LHP			Homeruns vs LHP

Smith	Cle	15	Power	KCA	5	Mantle	NYY	14
Finigan	KCA	13	Avila	Cle	5	Smith	Cle	12
Diering	Bal	12	Paula	Was	4	Wilson	KCA	11
Triandos	Bal	12	Minoso	ChW	4	Kiner	Cle	11
Paula	Was	11	Kaline	Det	4	Williams	Bos	8
Bauer	NYY	11	Smith	Bal	4	Avila	Cle	8
Evers	Cle	10	10 tied with		3	Lollar	ChW	7
Power	KCA	10				Zauchin	Bos	7
Kuenn	Det	10				Bauer	NYY	7
Kell	ChW	9				Philley	Bal	7
Tuttle	Det	9				8 tied with		6
Vernon	Was	9


Runs batted in vs LHP			Walks vs LHP			Strikeouts vs LHP

Mantle	NYY	40	Smith	Cle	51	Doby	Cle	38
Kiner	Cle	37	Rosen	Cle	43	Zauchin	Bos	32
Berra	NYY	34	Mantle	NYY	40	Zernial	KCA	31
Bauer	NYY	33	Kiner	Cle	38	Smith	Cle	31
Rosen	Cle	31	Abrams	Bal	33	Triandos	Bal	29
Doby	Cle	30	McDougald	NYY	33	Abrams	Bal	28
Skowron	NYY	29	Avila	Cle	32	Goodman	Bos	28
Wilson	KCA	26	Diering	Bal	30	Diering	Bal	27
Dropo	ChW	26	Minoso	ChW	27	DeMaestri	KCA	25
Avila	Cle	26	Piersall	Bos	26	Mantle	NYY	25
Smith	Cle	26	Strickland	Cle	26	Miranda	Bal	23
2 tied with		25	Bauer	NYY	26	3 tied with		22


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

Fox	ChW	6	Tuttle	Det	8	Lollar	ChW	4
Cerv	NYY	4	Fox	ChW	8	Pope	Bal	3
House	Det	3	Avila	Cle	8	Wertz	Cle	3
Williams	Bos	3	Score	Cle	7	Tuttle	Det	3
McDougald	NYY	3	Martin	NYY	6	Smith	Bal	3
9 tied with		2	Strickland	Cle	5	Rosen	Cle	3
			Garcia	Cle	4	18 tied with		2
			Rizzuto	NYY	4
			Dyck	Bal	4
			10 tied with		3




Plate appearances vs RHP			Atbats vs RHP			Hits vs RHP

Goodman	Bos	531	Kuenn	Det	475	Kaline	Det	155
Fox	ChW	528	Fox	ChW	467	Fox	ChW	154
Kaline	Det	521	Goodman	Bos	464	Kuenn	Det	150
Tuttle	Det	517	Tuttle	Det	453	Goodman	Bos	143
Jensen	Bos	511	Kaline	Det	447	Runnels	Was	142
Kuenn	Det	499	Power	KCA	442	Williams	Bos	129
McDougald	NYY	475	Jensen	Bos	437	Tuttle	Det	129
Finigan	KCA	471	Finigan	KCA	415	Mantle	NYY	128
Mantle	NYY	468	Piersall	Bos	415	Jensen	Bos	125
Power	KCA	467	Carrasquel	ChW	415	Vernon	Was	121
Piersall	Bos	465	McDougald	NYY	414	Boone	Det	120
2 tied with		464	Klaus	Bos	405	Piersall	Bos	120


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

Williams	Bos	.384	Williams	Bos	.543	Williams	Bos	.732
Runnels	Was	.358	Mantle	NYY	.453	Mantle	NYY	.669
Valo	KCA	.350	Slaughter	KCA	.446	Doby	Cle	.608
Kaline	Det	.347	Valo	KCA	.439	Slaughter	KCA	.571
Mantle	NYY	.339	Doby	Cle	.438	Bauer	NYY	.563
Slaughter	KCA	.336	Kaline	Det	.428	Kaline	Det	.532
Doby	Cle	.332	Fain	Cle	.422	Zernial	KCA	.523
Fox	ChW	.330	Runnels	Was	.422	Valo	KCA	.498
Bauer	NYY	.326	Bauer	NYY	.393	Berra	NYY	.489
Kuenn	Det	.316	Vernon	Was	.393	Sievers	Was	.482
Boone	Det	.315	Goodman	Bos	.390	Jensen	Bos	.478
Goodman	Bos	.308	Fox	ChW	.388	Kuenn	Det	.467


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

Williams	Bos	1.276	Mantle	NYY	253	Mantle	NYY	58
Mantle	NYY	1.122	Williams	Bos	246	Williams	Bos	56
Doby	Cle	1.046	Kaline	Det	238	Kuenn	Det	51
Slaughter	KCA	1.017	Kuenn	Det	222	Kaline	Det	45
Kaline	Det	.960	Fox	ChW	212	Doby	Cle	41
Bauer	NYY	.957	Jensen	Bos	209	Jensen	Bos	41
Valo	KCA	.937	Goodman	Bos	194	Berra	NYY	40
Runnels	Was	.876	Berra	NYY	193	Fox	ChW	39
Berra	NYY	.864	Doby	Cle	192	Bauer	NYY	37
Zernial	KCA	.863	Piersall	Bos	185	Sievers	Was	37
Vernon	Was	.851	Vernon	Was	180	Rivera	ChW	37
Jensen	Bos	.850	Runnels	Was	180	Finigan	KCA	37


Doubles vs RHP			Triples vs RHP			Homeruns vs RHP

Kuenn	Det	35	Carey	NYY	13	Mantle	NYY	28
Finigan	KCA	31	Sievers	Was	11	Williams	Bos	27
Hatfield	Det	27	Mantle	NYY	11	Zauchin	Bos	22
Goodman	Bos	27	Kuenn	Det	11	Doby	Cle	20
Fox	ChW	26	Paula	Was	8	Berra	NYY	20
Kaline	Det	24	Simpson	KCA	8	Jensen	Bos	19
Williams	Bos	22	Power	KCA	8	Zernial	KCA	18
Noren	NYY	22	Slaughter	KCA	7	Bauer	NYY	17
White	Bos	22	Williams	Bos	7	Kaline	Det	17
Valo	KCA	20	Fox	ChW	7	Wertz	Cle	15
4 tied with		19	4 tied with		6	Sievers	Was	14
						6 tied with		13


Runs batted in vs RHP			Walks vs RHP			Strikeouts vs RHP

Mantle	NYY	99	Williams	Bos	119	Zauchin	Bos	81
Berra	NYY	99	Mantle	NYY	84	Dropo	ChW	69
Kaline	Det	96	Yost	Was	67	McDougald	NYY	68
Jensen	Bos	94	Berra	NYY	65	Busby	ChW	65
Williams	Bos	84	Fain	Cle	63	Sievers	Was	60
Doby	Cle	82	Minoso	ChW	63	Yost	Was	58
Zauchin	Bos	80	Kaline	Det	62	Mantle	NYY	57
Kuenn	Det	77	Goodman	Bos	62	Finigan	KCA	57
Bauer	NYY	69	Jensen	Bos	61	Lopez	KCA	54
Boone	Det	69	Doby	Cle	60	Kaline	Det	53
Piersall	Bos	68	Vernon	Was	56	Doby	Cle	52
Vernon	Was	62	2 tied with		54	Smith	Cle	52


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

Fox	ChW	13	Sullivan,F	Bos	16	Zauchin	Bos	8
Smith	Cle	12	Avila	Cle	15	Collins	NYY	7
Bauer	NYY	10	Fox	ChW	15	Jensen	Bos	7
Lollar	ChW	10	Strickland	Cle	11	Simpson	KCA	6
Kaline	Det	6	Hatfield	Det	11	Woodling	Cle	6
Astroth	KCA	5	McDougald	NYY	11	Delsing	Det	6
Woodling	Cle	5	Lary	Det	9	Avila	Cle	6
Kell	ChW	5	Tuttle	Det	9	Minoso	ChW	6
Lopez	KCA	5	Ford	NYY	8	Vernon	Was	6
4 tied with		4	Carey	NYY	8	Mantle	NYY	6
			Finigan	KCA	8	Kaline	Det	6
			3 tied with		7	6 tied with		5

League Batting Leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 10/6/1955

League Batting Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/6/1955