League batting leaders

League batting leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/8/1961

Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

Cash	Bal	.387	Cash	Bal	.526	Mantle	NYA	.715
Piersall	Bos	.341	Moon	Bos	.472	Colavito	Cle	.679
Kaline	Det	.336	Mantle	NYA	.458	Cash	Bal	.667
Moon	Bos	.336	Gentile	KC	.438	Maris	Cle	.656
Kuenn	Bal	.328	Colavito	Cle	.428	Gentile	KC	.611
Runnels	Min	.328	Maris	Cle	.423	Killebrew	Min	.606
Larker	Min	.316	Runnels	Min	.417	Sievers	Bal	.548
Mantle	NYA	.315	Pearson	Min	.409	Moon	Bos	.540
Colavito	Cle	.313	Yost	Min	.403	Cepeda	ChA	.507
Landis	ChA	.308	Gilliam	NYA	.395	Kaline	Det	.493


Hits			Runs			Runs batted in

Kaline	Det	229	Maris	Cle	151	Colavito	Cle	155
Cash	Bal	214	Colavito	Cle	145	Killebrew	Min	153
Runnels	Min	198	Mantle	NYA	138	Maris	Cle	145
Howser	LAA	198	Howser	LAA	127	Mantle	NYA	133
Robinson,B	Bal	188	Killebrew	Min	125	Cepeda	ChA	121
Kuenn	Bal	185	Cash	Bal	123	Sievers	Bal	112
Cepeda	ChA	183	Kaline	Det	122	Adcock	Det	112
Colavito	Cle	180	Sievers	Bal	107	Gentile	KC	106
Adcock	Det	176	Yost	Min	105	Kubek	Min	104
Landis	ChA	172	Siebern	Cle	102	Cash	Bal	103


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Kaline	Det	45	Killebrew	Min	13	Maris	Cle	64
Kuenn	Bal	39	Cash	Bal	11	Mantle	NYA	61
Siebern	Cle	38	Maye	KC	10	Colavito	Cle	59
Robinson,B	Bal	34	Gonzalez	NYA	10	Killebrew	Min	50
Howser	LAA	33	Taussig	Was	9	Sievers	Bal	42
Colavito	Cle	32	Posada	Was	9	Gentile	KC	39
Smith	Cle	31	Piersall	Bos	9	Cash	Bal	38
Davenport	Cle	31	Fox	KC	9	Cepeda	ChA	38
Gilliam	NYA	31	Howser	LAA	9	Williams	Bos	28
Allison	Det	30	Robinson,B	Bal	9	Adcock	Det	28


Extra base hits			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Colavito	Cle	92	Aparicio	ChA	47-14	Kaline	Det	.893
Mantle	NYA	84	Wills	KC	39-9	Landis	ChA	.833
Killebrew	Min	79	Howser	LAA	32-12	Wills	KC	.813
Maris	Cle	78	Kaline	Det	25-3	Aparicio	ChA	.770
Cash	Bal	68	Taylor	NYA	23-11	Howser	LAA	.727
Kaline	Det	68	Landis	ChA	20-4	Callison	ChA	.684
Cepeda	ChA	66	Callison	ChA	13-6	Taylor	NYA	.676
Gentile	KC	63	Maye	KC	12-3	Schilling	Bal	.611
Sievers	Bal	62	Temple	ChA	11-1	Pearson	Min	.579
Howser	LAA	56	Mantle	NYA	11-3	Minoso	Cle	.529


Walks			Intentional walks			Strikeouts

Cash	Bal	155	Gentile	KC	39	Tasby	Was	126
Mantle	NYA	139	Cash	Bal	37	Taylor	NYA	117
Maris	Cle	128	Mantle	NYA	28	Allison	Det	117
Yost	Min	124	Blanchard	LAA	20	Killebrew	Min	116
Colavito	Cle	121	Williams	Bos	18	Posada	Was	115
Killebrew	Min	117	Killebrew	Min	17	Adcock	Det	108
Gilliam	NYA	108	Moon	Bos	16	Breeding	Was	102
Gentile	KC	106	Maris	Cle	16	Hunt	Min	100
Moon	Bos	105	Curry		11	Held	Bos	99
Pearson	Min	103	Robinson	Was	8	Cepeda	ChA	94


Sacrifice bunts			Sacrifice flies			Hit by pitch

Taylor	NYA	24	Yost	Min	10	Fox	KC	14
Kubek	Min	18	Robinson,B	Bal	10	Kaline	Det	12
Pearson	Min	17	Gentile	KC	8	Cepeda	ChA	11
Runnels	Min	16	Adcock	Det	8	Gentile	KC	10
Mahaffey	Cle	15	Maris	Cle	8	Cash	Bal	9
Aparicio	ChA	15	Roseboro	KC	7	Nelson	Was	8
Estrada	Bal	13	Killebrew	Min	7	Flood	KC	8
Bunning	Det	13	Colavito	Cle	7	McAuliffe	Was	7
Brown	Bos	12	Freese	NYA	6	Howard	NYA	7
Monbouqete	NYA	12	Kaline	Det	6	Smith,C	ChA	6


Ground ball DP			Runs created			Runs created/27 outs

Piersall	Bos	28	Cash	Bal	200.5	Cash	Bal	14.8
Sievers	Bal	25	Mantle	NYA	179.2	Mantle	NYA	13.0
Kaline	Det	25	Colavito	Cle	172.3	Colavito	Cle	11.1
Robinson,B	Bal	24	Maris	Cle	166.3	Moon	Bos	10.9
Post	KC	22	Killebrew	Min	137.2	Maris	Cle	10.5
Yastremski	Bos	21	Gentile	KC	128.6	Gentile	KC	10.1
Held	Bos	21	Kaline	Det	127.8	Killebrew	Min	8.3
Runnels	Min	21	Howser	LAA	122.3	Landis	ChA	7.7
Yost	Min	20	Landis	ChA	114.7	Kaline	Det	7.1
Cash	Bal	20	Moon	Bos	114.2	Howser	LAA	7.0


Isolated power			Total average			Total bases

Mantle	NYA	.400	Cash	Bal	1.490	Colavito	Cle	391
Colavito	Cle	.366	Mantle	NYA	1.417	Maris	Cle	378
Maris	Cle	.361	Colavito	Cle	1.245	Mantle	NYA	372
Killebrew	Min	.335	Maris	Cle	1.217	Cash	Bal	369
Gentile	KC	.305	Moon	Bos	1.199	Killebrew	Min	347
Sievers	Bal	.282	Gentile	KC	1.196	Kaline	Det	336
Cash	Bal	.280	Killebrew	Min	1.064	Cepeda	ChA	327
Cepeda	ChA	.223	Landis	ChA	.934	Howser	LAA	291
Moon	Bos	.204	Howser	LAA	.890	Sievers	Bal	290
Kubek	Min	.185	Sievers	Bal	.877	Gentile	KC	284


On-base plus slugging			Secondary average			AB per homerun

Cash	Bal	1.193	Mantle	NYA	.683	Mantle	NYA	8.5
Mantle	NYA	1.173	Maris	Cle	.583	Maris	Cle	9.0
Colavito	Cle	1.107	Colavito	Cle	.576	Colavito	Cle	9.8
Maris	Cle	1.079	Cash	Bal	.568	Killebrew	Min	11.5
Gentile	KC	1.049	Killebrew	Min	.539	Gentile	KC	11.9
Moon	Bos	1.012	Gentile	KC	.538	Sievers	Bal	12.6
Killebrew	Min	.997	Moon	Bos	.479	Cash	Bal	14.6
Sievers	Bal	.899	Sievers	Bal	.414	Cepeda	ChA	17.0
Kaline	Det	.878	Yost	Min	.371	Adcock	Det	21.5
Landis	ChA	.874	Gilliam	NYA	.349	Kubek	Min	22.0


Atbats			Plate appearances			Games

Kaline	Det	682	Kaline	Det	749	Aparicio	ChA	162
Robinson,B	Bal	664	Howser	LAA	743	Robinson,B	Bal	162
Cepeda	ChA	645	Allison	Det	728	Schilling	Bal	162
Howser	LAA	645	Robinson,B	Bal	728	Allison	Det	160
Breeding	Was	634	Cash	Bal	721	Cepeda	ChA	160
Allison	Det	622	Maris	Cle	717	Howser	LAA	160
Schilling	Bal	611	Runnels	Min	717	Kaline	Det	160
Aparicio	ChA	605	Yost	Min	711	Kasko	Det	159
Runnels	Min	604	Colavito	Cle	705	Fox	KC	158
Adcock	Det	601	Cepeda	ChA	698	Gardner	Bos	158


Current hit streak			Longest hit streak

Larker	Min	15	Piersall	Bos	23
Siebern	Cle	13	Larker	Min	19
Aspromonte	Det	12	Siebern	Cle	19
Mantle	NYA	11	Howard	NYA	18
Post	KC	11	Runnels	Min	17
Yost	Min	10	Kuenn	Bal	16
Pearson	Min	8	Breeding	Was	15
Pignatano	Was	8	Tasby	Was	15
Edwards	ChA	7	Aspromonte	Det	14
Green	Det	7	Gentile	KC	14


Total bases + BB + HBP			TB+BB+HBP rate			Plate appearances per game

Cash	Bal	533	Mantle	NYA	.771	Runnels	Min	4.78
Colavito	Cle	513	Cash	Bal	.739	Yost	Min	4.74
Mantle	NYA	512	Colavito	Cle	.728	Kaline	Det	4.68
Maris	Cle	511	Maris	Cle	.713	Kuenn	Bal	4.65
Killebrew	Min	465	Gentile	KC	.679	Howser	LAA	4.64
Gentile	KC	400	Killebrew	Min	.666	Tasby	Was	4.61
Kaline	Det	395	Moon	Bos	.633	Sievers	Bal	4.61
Howser	LAA	381	Sievers	Bal	.598	Cash	Bal	4.59
Cepeda	ChA	376	Cepeda	ChA	.539	Killebrew	Min	4.59
Yost	Min	371	Landis	ChA	.538	Allison	Det	4.55


Total bases plus walks			TB+BB rate			AB per game

Cash	Bal	524	Mantle	NYA	.770	Kaline	Det	4.26
Colavito	Cle	512	Cash	Bal	.727	Tasby	Was	4.20
Mantle	NYA	511	Colavito	Cle	.726	Kuenn	Bal	4.12
Maris	Cle	506	Maris	Cle	.706	Robinson,B	Bal	4.10
Killebrew	Min	464	Killebrew	Min	.665	Breeding	Was	4.09
Gentile	KC	390	Gentile	KC	.662	Aspromonte	Det	4.08
Kaline	Det	383	Moon	Bos	.631	Sievers	Bal	4.04
Howser	LAA	378	Sievers	Bal	.594	Cepeda	ChA	4.03
Yost	Min	367	Landis	ChA	.535	Howser	LAA	4.03
Cepeda	ChA	365	Cepeda	ChA	.523	Runnels	Min	4.03


Balls in park			In-play average			Strikeout/walk ratio

Robinson,B	Bal	617	Cash	Bal	.393	Gilliam	NYA	0.1
Kaline	Det	617	Piersall	Bos	.360	Fox	KC	0.2
Howser	LAA	588	Moon	Bos	.357	Pearson	Min	0.3
Runnels	Min	574	Kaline	Det	.345	Larker	Min	0.3
Fox	KC	565	Runnels	Min	.333	Maris	Cle	0.4
Schilling	Bal	555	Kuenn	Bal	.331	Runnels	Min	0.5
Aparicio	ChA	552	Howard	NYA	.329	Cash	Bal	0.5
Kubek	Min	536	Landis	ChA	.327	Colavito	Cle	0.5
Kuenn	Bal	534	Siebern	Cle	.322	Kuenn	Bal	0.5
Breeding	Was	532	Howser	LAA	.313	Moon	Bos	0.6


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

Landis	ChA	.410	Colavito	Cle	.538	Colavito	Cle	.881
Colavito	Cle	.398	Landis	ChA	.526	Maris	Cle	.748
Kaline	Det	.368	Killebrew	Min	.494	Landis	ChA	.705
Smith,C	ChA	.331	Yost	Min	.460	Killebrew	Min	.674
Crandall	ChA	.327	Kaline	Det	.442	Kaline	Det	.566
Killebrew	Min	.326	Moon	Bos	.403	Yost	Min	.559
Yost	Min	.323	Cash	Bal	.402	Cash	Bal	.547
Thomas	ChA	.319	Maris	Cle	.393	Thomas	ChA	.525
Robinson,B	Bal	.311	Smith,C	ChA	.373	Crandall	ChA	.471
Cash	Bal	.307	Crandall	ChA	.364	Cepeda	ChA	.466


Hits vs LHP			Runs batted in vs LHP			On-base plus slugging vs LHP

Landis	ChA	57	Maris	Cle	47	Colavito	Cle	1.420
Smith,C	ChA	51	Colavito	Cle	40	Landis	ChA	1.231
Kaline	Det	50	Killebrew	Min	36	Killebrew	Min	1.169
Crandall	ChA	50	Williams	Bos	30	Maris	Cle	1.141
Kuenn	Bal	49	Cash	Bal	28	Yost	Min	1.019
Howser	LAA	49	Mantle	NYA	27	Kaline	Det	1.008
Cepeda	ChA	48	Yost	Min	27	Cash	Bal	.949
Colavito	Cle	47	Post	KC	27	Thomas	ChA	.876
Piersall	Bos	47	Robinson,B	Bal	26	Moon	Bos	.840
Robinson,B	Bal	47	Cepeda	ChA	26	Crandall	ChA	.834


Doubles vs LHP			Triples vs LHP			Homeruns vs LHP

Kaline	Det	14	Taussig	Was	5	Maris	Cle	20
Yost	Min	13	Howser	LAA	5	Colavito	Cle	16
Howser	LAA	12	Gonzalez	NYA	4	Killebrew	Min	12
Robinson,B	Bal	11	Piersall	Bos	4	Smith	Bal	12
Smith	Cle	10	Landis	ChA	4	Williams	Bos	11
Allison	Det	10	de la Hoz	KC	3	Stuart	Bos	9
Colavito	Cle	9	Versalles	Det	3	Mantle	NYA	9
Freese	NYA	9	Posada	Was	3	Post	KC	9
Siebern	Cle	9	Gilliam	NYA	3	Thomas	ChA	9
Post	KC	9	Killebrew	Min	3	Cash	Bal	9


Extra base hits vs LHP			Total bases vs LHP			Isolated power vs LHP

Colavito	Cle	25	Colavito	Cle	104	Colavito	Cle	.483
Maris	Cle	24	Maris	Cle	104	Maris	Cle	.460
Landis	ChA	21	Landis	ChA	98	Killebrew	Min	.349
Williams	Bos	19	Killebrew	Min	87	Landis	ChA	.295
Howser	LAA	19	Smith	Bal	83	Cash	Bal	.240
Yost	Min	19	Cash	Bal	82	Yost	Min	.236
Kaline	Det	19	Williams	Bos	78	Thomas	ChA	.206
Smith	Bal	19	Howser	LAA	77	Kaline	Det	.199
Stuart	Bos	18	Post	KC	77	Moon	Bos	.180
Killebrew	Min	18	Kaline	Det	77	Long	Was	.171


Walks vs LHP			Strikeouts vs LHP			Hit by pitch vs LHP

Killebrew	Min	45	Hinton	ChA	33	Fox	KC	5
Colavito	Cle	37	Hunt	Min	31	Smith,C	ChA	4
Yost	Min	33	Cash	Bal	31	Gentile	KC	3
Landis	ChA	33	Stuart	Bos	29	Cepeda	ChA	3
Mantle	NYA	32	Koppe	Bal	29	Demeter	ChA	2
Moon	Bos	31	Posada	Was	25	Minoso	Cle	2
Gilliam	NYA	28	Allison	Det	24	Versalles	Det	2
Maris	Cle	26	Moon	Bos	24	Posada	Was	2
Allison	Det	24	Gardner	Bos	23	Gonzalez	NYA	2
Koppe	Bal	23	Killebrew	Min	23	Kaline	Det	2


Sacrifice bunts vs LHP			Sacrifice flies vs LHP			Atbats vs LHP

Taylor	NYA	7	Maris	Cle	6	Aparicio	ChA	166
Larker	Min	6	Robinson,B	Bal	5	Cepeda	ChA	161
Kubek	Min	6	Wilson	Min	4	Smith,C	ChA	154
Smith,C	ChA	6	Versalles	Det	3	Crandall	ChA	153
Aparicio	ChA	5	Larker	Min	3	Robinson,B	Bal	151
Estrada	Bal	4	Larsen	ChA	2	Cash	Bal	150
Terry	NYA	4	Haller	Cle	2	Breeding	Was	146
Purkey	ChA	4	Roseboro	KC	2	Long	Was	146
Fischer	KC	3	Gentile	KC	2	Gardner	Bos	141
Willey	LAA	3	Smith	Cle	2	Thomas	ChA	141


AB per homerun vs LHP			AB per double vs LHP			Plate appearances vs LHP

Maris	Cle	6.9	Kaline	Det	9.7	Aparicio	ChA	185
Colavito	Cle	7.4	Yost	Min	9.8	Cepeda	ChA	178
Killebrew	Min	10.8	Colavito	Cle	13.1	Killebrew	Min	176
Thomas	ChA	15.7	Robinson,B	Bal	13.7	Cash	Bal	175
Cash	Bal	16.7	Davenport	Cle	14.4	Landis	ChA	174
Landis	ChA	17.4	Landis	ChA	15.4	Maris	Cle	173
Hunt	Min	21.8	Cepeda	ChA	17.9	Smith,C	ChA	172
Yost	Min	25.4	Long	Was	18.3	Robinson,B	Bal	168
Moon	Bos	25.6	Crandall	ChA	21.9	Crandall	ChA	165
Cepeda	ChA	26.8	Smith,C	ChA	22.0	Yost	Min	164


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

Cash	Bal	.417	Cash	Bal	.565	Mantle	NYA	.756
Moon	Bos	.371	Moon	Bos	.503	Cash	Bal	.712
Runnels	Min	.343	Mantle	NYA	.469	Gentile	KC	.643
Robinson	Was	.342	Robinson	Was	.438	Maris	Cle	.627
Mantle	NYA	.334	Runnels	Min	.434	Colavito	Cle	.627
Piersall	Bos	.331	Maris	Cle	.432	Moon	Bos	.587
Kubek	Min	.330	Gentile	KC	.431	Killebrew	Min	.586
Kaline	Det	.328	King	Min	.419	Sievers	Bal	.543
Howard	NYA	.317	Pearson	Min	.413	Kubek	Min	.530
Smith	Cle	.316	Colavito	Cle	.397	Cepeda	ChA	.521


Hits vs RHP			Runs batted in vs RHP			On-base plus slugging vs RHP

Kaline	Det	179	Killebrew	Min	117	Cash	Bal	1.277
Cash	Bal	168	Colavito	Cle	115	Mantle	NYA	1.225
Runnels	Min	161	Mantle	NYA	106	Moon	Bos	1.089
Howser	LAA	149	Gentile	KC	100	Gentile	KC	1.074
Kubek	Min	145	Maris	Cle	98	Maris	Cle	1.059
Adcock	Det	145	Cepeda	ChA	95	Colavito	Cle	1.024
Robinson,B	Bal	141	Sievers	Bal	91	Killebrew	Min	.942
Mantle	NYA	137	Adcock	Det	88	Robinson	Was	.919
Kuenn	Bal	136	Kubek	Min	82	Kubek	Min	.897
Cepeda	ChA	135	Howard	NYA	80	Sievers	Bal	.889


Doubles vs RHP			Triples vs RHP			Homeruns vs RHP

Kuenn	Bal	33	Killebrew	Min	10	Mantle	NYA	52
Kaline	Det	31	Cash	Bal	9	Maris	Cle	44
Siebern	Cle	29	Maye	KC	8	Colavito	Cle	43
Runnels	Min	25	Fox	KC	8	Gentile	KC	38
Gilliam	NYA	24	Callison	ChA	7	Killebrew	Min	38
Virdon	KC	23	White	Bos	6	Sievers	Bal	34
Gentile	KC	23	Posada	Was	6	Cepeda	ChA	32
Kubek	Min	23	Yastremski	Bos	6	Cash	Bal	29
Colavito	Cle	23	Gonzalez	NYA	6	Adcock	Det	23
Robinson,B	Bal	23	Howard	NYA	6	Kubek	Min	21


Extra base hits vs RHP			Total bases vs RHP			Isolated power vs RHP

Mantle	NYA	68	Mantle	NYA	310	Mantle	NYA	.422
Colavito	Cle	67	Cash	Bal	287	Colavito	Cle	.336
Gentile	KC	62	Colavito	Cle	287	Gentile	KC	.333
Killebrew	Min	61	Maris	Cle	274	Killebrew	Min	.331
Maris	Cle	54	Gentile	KC	268	Maris	Cle	.330
Cash	Bal	52	Killebrew	Min	260	Cash	Bal	.295
Cepeda	ChA	51	Kaline	Det	259	Sievers	Bal	.281
Kaline	Det	49	Cepeda	ChA	252	Cepeda	ChA	.242
Sievers	Bal	48	Kubek	Min	233	Moon	Bos	.216
Siebern	Cle	46	Sievers	Bal	228	Roseboro	KC	.202


Walks vs RHP			Strikeouts vs RHP			Hit by pitch vs RHP

Cash	Bal	133	Tasby	Was	105	Kaline	Det	10
Mantle	NYA	107	Taylor	NYA	97	Fox	KC	9
Maris	Cle	102	Killebrew	Min	93	Flood	KC	8
Yost	Min	91	Allison	Det	93	Cepeda	ChA	8
Gentile	KC	87	Posada	Was	90	Nelson	Was	7
Colavito	Cle	84	Held	Bos	87	Gentile	KC	7
Pearson	Min	82	Breeding	Was	86	Cash	Bal	7
Gilliam	NYA	80	Adcock	Det	86	McAuliffe	Was	6
Runnels	Min	77	Thomas,G	LAA	78	Howard	NYA	6
Allison	Det	76	Gentile	KC	76	Gardner	Bos	5


Sacrifice bunts vs RHP			Sacrifice flies vs RHP			Atbats vs RHP

Taylor	NYA	17	Yost	Min	8	Kaline	Det	546
Pearson	Min	15	Freese	NYA	6	Howser	LAA	524
Runnels	Min	13	Gentile	KC	6	Robinson,B	Bal	513
Mahaffey	Cle	12	Adcock	Det	6	Allison	Det	503
Kubek	Min	12	Colavito	Cle	6	Schilling	Bal	489
Brown	Bos	10	Kaline	Det	6	Adcock	Det	489
Monbouqete	NYA	10	Hunt	Min	5	Breeding	Was	488
Bunning	Det	10	White	Bos	5	Cepeda	ChA	484
Flood	KC	10	Held	Bos	5	Runnels	Min	470
Aparicio	ChA	10	Virdon	KC	5	Tasby	Was	461


AB per homerun vs RHP			AB per double vs RHP			Plate appearances vs RHP

Mantle	NYA	7.9	Kuenn	Bal	13.5	Howser	LAA	604
Maris	Cle	9.9	Siebern	Cle	15.3	Kaline	Det	595
Colavito	Cle	10.7	Gilliam	NYA	15.7	Allison	Det	583
Gentile	KC	11.0	Davenport	Cle	16.0	Runnels	Min	561
Killebrew	Min	11.7	Virdon	KC	16.1	Robinson,B	Bal	560
Sievers	Bal	12.4	Smith	Cle	16.7	Colavito	Cle	549
Cash	Bal	13.9	Kaline	Det	17.6	Schilling	Bal	549
Cepeda	ChA	15.1	Gentile	KC	18.1	Yost	Min	547
Moryn		19.5	Larker	Min	18.2	Cash	Bal	546
Kubek	Min	21.0	Runnels	Min	18.8	Maris	Cle	544

League batting leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 10/8/1961

League batting leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/8/1961