AL Batting Leaders

AL Batting Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 9/30/1956

Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

Kaline	Lou	.338	Snider	Lou	.427	Kaline	Lou	.574
Snider	Lou	.315	Maxwell	Was	.426	Snider	Lou	.564
Berra	Was	.313	Kaline	Lou	.405	Lemon,J	Chi	.531
Maxwell	Was	.307	Yost	Car	.401	Robinson,F	Was	.530
Boyer,K	Pet	.306	Minoso	Chi	.390	Berra	Was	.529
Minoso	Chi	.305	Moon	Pet	.390	Thomas	Was	.526
Fox	Chi	.304	Williams,T	Lou	.383	Mays	Chi	.514
Kluszewski	LA	.304	Berra	Was	.376	Lopata	Pet	.508
Logan	Car	.303	Ashburn	LA	.376	Minoso	Chi	.506
Ashburn	LA	.297	Lollar	LA	.369	Lollar	LA	.503
Mays	Chi	.296	Robinson,F	Was	.369	Banks	Chi	.497
Lollar	LA	.295	Logan	Car	.366	Maxwell	Was	.491
Bruton	Was	.291	Jensen	Car	.365	Kluszewski	LA	.489
Banks	Chi	.288	Lopata	Pet	.364	Boyer,K	Pet	.480
Power	Car	.288	Fox	Chi	.360	Bruton	Was	.457


Hits			Runs			Runs batted in

Kaline	Lou	209	Robinson,F	Was	121	Banks	Chi	125
Fox	Chi	202	Kaline	Lou	119	Mays	Chi	116
Ashburn	LA	193	Snider	Lou	115	Kaline	Lou	116
Thomas	Was	185	Thomas	Was	114	Kluszewski	LA	114
Berra	Was	182	Minoso	Chi	112	Boyer,K	Pet	114
Boyer,K	Pet	182	Berra	Was	112	Robinson,F	Was	111
Kluszewski	LA	179	Mays	Chi	109	Thomas	Was	108
Logan	Car	177	Fox	Chi	102	Snider	Lou	104
Snider	Lou	174	Yost	Car	98	Lemon,J	Chi	102
Mays	Chi	174	Logan	Car	96	Jensen	Car	100
Minoso	Chi	170	Maxwell	Was	92	Power	Car	95
Clemente	LA	168	Ashburn	LA	91	Berra	Was	88
Banks	Chi	163	Williams,T	Lou	89	Lopata	Pet	84
Power	Car	162	Banks	Chi	89	Maxwell	Was	81
Jensen	Car	159	2 tied with		88	Moon	Pet	80


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Vernon	Chi	39	Bruton	Was	16	Robinson,F	Was	42
Snider	Lou	38	Lemon,J	Chi	15	Thomas	Was	42
Mays	Chi	34	Jensen	Car	15	Snider	Lou	32
Berra	Was	30	Moon	Pet	13	Lemon,J	Chi	31
Lollar	LA	29	Kaline	Lou	12	Kaline	Lou	31
Logan	Car	29	Banks	Chi	11	Kluszewski	LA	30
Kaline	Lou	29	Fox	Chi	11	Berra	Was	28
Minoso	Chi	28	Maxwell	Was	10	Mays	Chi	26
Smith,A	Pet	27	Minoso	Chi	9	Banks	Chi	25
Yost	Car	26	Simpson	Pet	8	Lopata	Pet	24
Clemente	LA	26	Logan	Car	8	Boyer,K	Pet	24
Thomas	Was	26	Mays	Chi	8	Crandall	Lou	22
Williams,D	Lou	25	Bolling,F	Lou	7	Williams,T	Lou	22
Boyer,K	Pet	25	Lopata	Pet	7	Minoso	Chi	22
3 tied with		22	3 tied with		6	Maxwell	Was	20


Extra base hits			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Snider	Lou	72	Mays	Chi	40-11	Mays	Chi	.784
Kaline	Lou	72	Rivera	LA	13-5	Rivera	LA	.722
Thomas	Was	69	Fox	Chi	13-11	Ashburn	LA	.688
Mays	Chi	68	Logan	Car	12-1	Minoso	Chi	.563
Lemon,J	Chi	67	Lopata	Pet	11-1	Fox	Chi	.542
Robinson,F	Was	66	Ashburn	LA	11-5	Moon	Pet	.500
Berra	Was	64	Bolling,F	Lou	10-0
Minoso	Chi	59	Reese	Was	10-0
Banks	Chi	57	Kaline	Lou	10-3
Lopata	Pet	52	Boyer,K	Pet	9-4
Boyer,K	Pet	52	Minoso	Chi	9-7
Vernon	Chi	50	Moon	Pet	9-9
Lollar	LA	50	4 tied with		8
Logan	Car	50
Kluszewski	LA	48


Walks			Intentional walks			Strikeouts

Yost	Car	147	Maxwell	Was	22	Lemon,J	Chi	142
Snider	Lou	112	Snider	Lou	22	Snider	Lou	118
Maxwell	Was	104	Moryn	Chi	9	Robinson,F	Was	102
Williams,T	Lou	92	Moon	Pet	9	Yost	Car	88
Jensen	Car	90	Vernon	Chi	8	Lopata	Pet	81
Moon	Pet	89	Hemus,S	Lou	5	Logan	Car	78
Smith,A	Pet	88	Howard	Car	5	Maxwell	Was	73
Ashburn	LA	82	Robinson,F	Was	5	Miranda	LA	72
Torgeson	Was	78	Berberet	Lou	4	Carrasquel	Lou	67
O'Connell	LA	78	Gernert	Was	4	Smith,A	Pet	66
Carrasquel	Lou	74	Sarni,B	Chi	4	Mays	Chi	65
Lopata	Pet	73	Williams,T	Lou	4	Rivera	LA	64
Kaline	Lou	70	Miranda	LA	4	Banks	Chi	64
Robinson,F	Was	65	Kaline	Lou	4	Ashburn	LA	58
Lemon,J	Chi	63	4 tied with		3	3 tied with		57


Sacrifice bunts			Sacrifice flies			Hit by pitch

Yost	Car	20	Jensen	Car	14	Robinson,F	Was	30
O'Connell	LA	15	Power	Car	13	Minoso	Chi	23
Logan	Car	13	Mays	Chi	11	Lollar	LA	16
Williams,D	Lou	12	Dark,A	Pet	10	Valo,E	Pet	14
Bruton	Was	12	Boyer,K	Pet	10	Hemus,S	Lou	10
Friend,B	LA	11	Berra	Was	10	Courtney	Car	10
Stobbs	Pet	9	Lemon,J	Chi	9	Clemente	LA	7
Foytack	Chi	9	Plews	LA	8	Smith,A	Pet	6
Kucks	Car	9	Banks	Chi	8	Fox	Chi	6
Mizell	Was	9	Vernon	Chi	7	Freese	Lou	5
Lemon,B	Was	9	Williams,D	Lou	7	Carrasquel	Lou	5
Esposito	LA	9	Smith,A	Pet	7	7 tied with		4
Fox	Chi	9	Kluszewski	LA	7
6 tied with		8	Minoso	Chi	7
			Snider	Lou	7


Ground ball DP			Runs created			Runs created/27 outs

Clemente	LA	28	Kaline	Lou	142.8	Snider	Lou	9.4
Smith,A	Pet	25	Snider	Lou	139.7	Kaline	Lou	8.8
Boyer,K	Pet	22	Robinson,F	Was	116.0	Maxwell	Was	8.2
Mays	Chi	21	Minoso	Chi	112.5	Minoso	Chi	7.3
Kluszewski	LA	20	Berra	Was	112.4	Berra	Was	7.0
Logan	Car	20	Thomas	Was	110.6	Robinson,F	Was	7.0
Dark,A	Pet	18	Maxwell	Was	109.5	Lollar	LA	6.6
Kaline	Lou	18	Mays	Chi	100.1	Lopata	Pet	6.5
Berra	Was	17	Kluszewski	LA	98.6	Lemon,J	Chi	6.3
Moon	Pet	16	Ashburn	LA	97.6	Thomas	Was	6.2
Fox	Chi	16	Lemon,J	Chi	95.9	Williams,T	Lou	6.2
5 tied with		15	Logan	Car	95.6	Kluszewski	LA	6.1
			Banks	Chi	94.6	Banks	Chi	6.1
			Boyer,K	Pet	93.2	Moon	Pet	6.0
			Jensen	Car	92.6	Mays	Chi	5.9


Isolated power			Total average			Total bases

Lemon,J	Chi	.274	Snider	Lou	1.097	Kaline	Lou	355
Robinson,F	Was	.262	Kaline	Lou	1.019	Thomas	Was	339
Lopata	Pet	.251	Maxwell	Was	.986	Snider	Lou	312
Snider	Lou	.250	Robinson,F	Was	.923	Robinson,F	Was	308
Thomas	Was	.239	Minoso	Chi	.919	Berra	Was	308
Kaline	Lou	.236	Lopata	Pet	.907	Mays	Chi	302
Mays	Chi	.218	Berra	Was	.892	Kluszewski	LA	288
Berra	Was	.216	Mays	Chi	.874	Boyer,K	Pet	285
Banks	Chi	.209	Lemon,J	Chi	.865	Minoso	Chi	282
Lollar	LA	.209	Lollar	LA	.850	Banks	Chi	281
Minoso	Chi	.201	Williams,T	Lou	.838	Lemon,J	Chi	279
Kluszewski	LA	.185	Moon	Pet	.825	Logan	Car	261
Maxwell	Was	.184	Thomas	Was	.816	Fox	Chi	257
Williams,T	Lou	.182	Yost	Car	.797	Maxwell	Was	245
Boyer,K	Pet	.173	Banks	Chi	.797	Ashburn	LA	243


On-base plus slugging			Secondary average			AB per homerun

Snider	Lou	.991	Snider	Lou	.456	Robinson,F	Was	13.8
Kaline	Lou	.979	Lopata	Pet	.445	Thomas	Was	15.3
Maxwell	Was	.917	Maxwell	Was	.393	Lemon,J	Chi	16.9
Berra	Was	.905	Lemon,J	Chi	.392	Snider	Lou	17.3
Robinson,F	Was	.899	Williams,T	Lou	.384	Lopata	Pet	17.8
Minoso	Chi	.896	Yost	Car	.381	Kluszewski	LA	19.6
Lollar	LA	.873	Robinson,F	Was	.379	Kaline	Lou	19.9
Lopata	Pet	.872	Kaline	Lou	.361	Williams,T	Lou	20.7
Lemon,J	Chi	.866	Mays	Chi	.345	Berra	Was	20.8
Thomas	Was	.860	Moon	Pet	.319	Banks	Chi	22.6
Mays	Chi	.857	Berra	Was	.318	Mays	Chi	22.6
Kluszewski	LA	.843	Minoso	Chi	.311	Lollar	LA	22.7
Banks	Chi	.833	Thomas	Was	.304	Boyer,K	Pet	24.8
Moon	Pet	.827	Jensen	Car	.297	Maxwell	Was	25.0
Williams,T	Lou	.826	Lollar	LA	.297	Minoso	Chi	25.3


Atbats			Plate appearances			Games

Fox	Chi	664	Fox	Chi	737	Ashburn	LA	154
Ashburn	LA	649	Ashburn	LA	735	Boyer,K	Pet	154
Thomas	Was	644	Yost	Car	706	Fox	Chi	154
Kaline	Lou	618	Thomas	Was	698	Jensen	Car	154
Clemente	LA	598	Kaline	Lou	697	Kaline	Lou	154
Boyer,K	Pet	594	Robinson,F	Was	685	Miranda	LA	154
Kluszewski	LA	589	Jensen	Car	684	Moon	Pet	154
Mays	Chi	588	Snider	Lou	677	Robinson,F	Was	154
Logan	Car	584	Logan	Car	663	Smith,A	Pet	154
Berra	Was	582	Berra	Was	657	Snider	Lou	154
Robinson,F	Was	581	Minoso	Chi	650	Yost	Car	154
Jensen	Car	579	Boyer,K	Pet	647	Dark,A	Pet	154
Banks	Chi	565	Mays	Chi	647	Lemon,J	Chi	149
Busby	Car	563	Kluszewski	LA	646	Reese	Was	149
Power	Car	563	Clemente	LA	630	Logan	Car	148


Current hit streak			Longest hit streak

Kaline	Lou	10	Kluszewski	LA	20
Robinson,F	Was	8	Thomas	Was	18
Mays	Chi	7	Berra	Was	17
Bruton	Was	6	Kaline	Lou	17
Logan	Car	6	Minoso	Chi	17
Miksis	Lou	6	Fox	Chi	16
Torre	LA	6	Ashburn	LA	15
Ashburn	LA	5	Williams,T	Lou	15
Carrasquel	Lou	4	Williams,D	Lou	15
Clemente	LA	4	Bolling,F	Lou	14
Courtney	Car	4	Bruton	Was	14
Howard	Car	4	Howard	Car	14
5 tied with		3	Maxwell	Was	14
			Thompson,T	Pet	14
			3 tied with		13


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

Kaline	Lou	428	Snider	Lou	.629	Thomas	Was	4.85
Snider	Lou	426	Kaline	Lou	.614	Busby	Car	4.79
Robinson,F	Was	403	Robinson,F	Was	.588	Fox	Chi	4.79
Thomas	Was	386	Maxwell	Was	.578	Ashburn	LA	4.77
Berra	Was	373	Lopata	Pet	.575	Carrasquel	Lou	4.72
Minoso	Chi	364	Lemon,J	Chi	.573	Williams,T	Lou	4.71
Maxwell	Was	350	Berra	Was	.568	Yost	Car	4.58
Mays	Chi	350	Minoso	Chi	.560	Berra	Was	4.56
Lemon,J	Chi	345	Lollar	LA	.553	Kaline	Lou	4.53
Kluszewski	LA	338	Thomas	Was	.553	Mays	Chi	4.52
Jensen	Car	331	Mays	Chi	.541	Minoso	Chi	4.51
Yost	Car	330	Williams,T	Lou	.534	Clemente	LA	4.50
Boyer,K	Pet	326	Banks	Chi	.527	Logan	Car	4.48
Banks	Chi	325	Kluszewski	LA	.523	Robinson,F	Was	4.45
Ashburn	LA	325	Moon	Pet	.517	Jensen	Car	4.44


Total bases plus walks			TB+BB rate			AB per game

Kaline	Lou	425	Snider	Lou	.626	Thomas	Was	4.47
Snider	Lou	424	Kaline	Lou	.610	Busby	Car	4.40
Thomas	Was	382	Maxwell	Was	.576	Fox	Chi	4.31
Robinson,F	Was	373	Lopata	Pet	.573	Clemente	LA	4.27
Berra	Was	369	Lemon,J	Chi	.568	Ashburn	LA	4.21
Maxwell	Was	349	Berra	Was	.562	Mays	Chi	4.11
Mays	Chi	348	Thomas	Was	.547	Bruton	Was	4.11
Lemon,J	Chi	342	Robinson,F	Was	.545	Carrasquel	Lou	4.05
Minoso	Chi	341	Mays	Chi	.538	Berra	Was	4.04
Kluszewski	LA	334	Williams,T	Lou	.534	Kaline	Lou	4.01
Jensen	Car	330	Banks	Chi	.527	Kluszewski	LA	4.01
Yost	Car	327	Minoso	Chi	.525	Power	Car	3.99
Banks	Chi	325	Lollar	LA	.520	Banks	Chi	3.95
Ashburn	LA	325	Kluszewski	LA	.517	Logan	Car	3.95
Boyer,K	Pet	322	Moon	Pet	.514	Williams,T	Lou	3.90


Balls in park			In-play average			Strikeout/walk ratio

Fox	Chi	651	Snider	Lou	.344	Lollar	LA	0.4
Ashburn	LA	588	Kaline	Lou	.327	Fox	Chi	0.4
Thomas	Was	553	Maxwell	Was	.326	Williams,T	Lou	0.4
Clemente	LA	545	Logan	Car	.321	Berra	Was	0.5
Kaline	Lou	544	Ashburn	LA	.316	O'Connell	LA	0.5
Power	Car	542	Fox	Chi	.304	Jensen	Car	0.6
Berra	Was	536	Moon	Pet	.302	Blasingame	Pet	0.6
Kluszewski	LA	534	Boyer,K	Pet	.300	Yost	Car	0.6
Jensen	Car	532	Bruton	Was	.300	Moon	Pet	0.6
Boyer,K	Pet	526	Clemente	LA	.297	Kluszewski	LA	0.7
Logan	Car	511	Minoso	Chi	.295	Kaline	Lou	0.7
Mays	Chi	508	Mays	Chi	.291	Maxwell	Was	0.7
Busby	Car	504	Berra	Was	.287	Ashburn	LA	0.7
Minoso	Chi	502	Lemon,J	Chi	.287	Minoso	Chi	0.7
Dark,A	Pet	500	Banks	Chi	.285	Smith,A	Pet	0.8


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

Boyer,K	Pet	.379	Yost	Car	.444	Boyer,K	Pet	.651
Kaline	Lou	.367	Kaline	Lou	.424	Lemon,J	Chi	.647
Logan	Car	.356	Williams,T	Lou	.421	Banks	Chi	.611
Banks	Chi	.329	Grammas,A	LA	.419	Logan	Car	.575
Berra	Was	.324	Logan	Car	.416	Kaline	Lou	.559
Williams,T	Lou	.322	Miksis	Lou	.405	Williams,T	Lou	.546
Grammas,A	LA	.313	Jensen	Car	.396	Minoso	Chi	.543
Mays	Chi	.310	Boyer,K	Pet	.395	Mays	Chi	.494
Jensen	Car	.307	Banks	Chi	.393	Snider	Lou	.486
Minoso	Chi	.305	Irvin	Was	.392	Thomas	Was	.484
Fox	Chi	.299	Ashburn	LA	.388	Robinson,F	Was	.480
Snider	Lou	.299	Berra	Was	.382	Berra	Was	.480
Yost	Car	.295	Snider	Lou	.381	Piersall	Chi	.477
Ashburn	LA	.293	Fox	Chi	.379	Williams,D	Lou	.471
Martin,B	Pet	.287	Minoso	Chi	.376	Power	Car	.447


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

Kaline	Lou	69	Boyer,K	Pet	49	Boyer,K	Pet	1.046
Boyer,K	Pet	64	Lemon,J	Chi	37	Banks	Chi	1.004
Logan	Car	57	Banks	Chi	36	Lemon,J	Chi	1.001
Berra	Was	56	Power	Car	35	Logan	Car	.991
Ashburn	LA	55	Jensen	Car	34	Kaline	Lou	.982
Fox	Chi	53	Logan	Car	33	Williams,T	Lou	.967
Snider	Lou	53	Kluszewski	LA	32	Minoso	Chi	.920
Banks	Chi	49	Kaline	Lou	29	Snider	Lou	.867
Williams,T	Lou	49	Mays	Chi	28	Berra	Was	.862
Mays	Chi	49	Williams,D	Lou	25	Yost	Car	.854
Miksis	Lou	49	Yost	Car	25	Robinson,F	Was	.852
Jensen	Car	46	Robinson,F	Was	25	Thomas	Was	.831
Minoso	Chi	46	Williams,T	Lou	25	Jensen	Car	.829
Thomas	Was	46	Minoso	Chi	23	Grammas,A	LA	.828
Yost	Car	44	2 tied with		21	Mays	Chi	.821


Doubles vs LHP			Triples vs LHP			Homeruns vs LHP

Snider	Lou	25	Logan	Car	6	Lemon,J	Chi	14
Piersall	Chi	16	Miksis	Lou	6	Boyer,K	Pet	13
Mays	Chi	14	Banks	Chi	5	Kluszewski	LA	10
Grammas,A	LA	11	Berra	Was	5	Robinson,F	Was	9
Reese	Was	11	Daley,P	LA	4	Williams,T	Lou	9
Williams,D	Lou	11	Martin,B	Pet	4	Crandall	Lou	8
Carrasquel	Lou	10	Jensen	Car	4	Banks	Chi	8
Kaline	Lou	10	Kaline	Lou	4	Minoso	Chi	8
Foiles,H	Chi	9	Lemon,J	Chi	3	Thomas	Was	8
Banks	Chi	8	Mays	Chi	3	Moss	Was	6
Minoso	Chi	8	Brewer	Chi	2	Kaline	Lou	6
Logan	Car	8	Torgeson	Was	2	5 tied with		5
Thomas	Was	8	Minoso	Chi	2
Berra	Was	8	Robinson,F	Was	2
3 tied with		7	24 tied with		1


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

Snider	Lou	28	Boyer,K	Pet	110	Lemon,J	Chi	.360
Lemon,J	Chi	23	Kaline	Lou	105	Banks	Chi	.282
Banks	Chi	21	Lemon,J	Chi	97	Boyer,K	Pet	.272
Piersall	Chi	20	Logan	Car	92	Minoso	Chi	.238
Mays	Chi	20	Banks	Chi	91	Williams,T	Lou	.224
Kaline	Lou	20	Snider	Lou	86	Robinson,F	Was	.224
Logan	Car	19	Williams,T	Lou	83	Logan	Car	.219
Boyer,K	Pet	19	Berra	Was	83	Piersall	Chi	.211
Minoso	Chi	18	Minoso	Chi	82	Williams,D	Lou	.200
Williams,D	Lou	17	Mays	Chi	78	Thomas	Was	.199
Williams,T	Lou	16	Thomas	Was	78	Kaline	Lou	.191
Thomas	Was	16	Kluszewski	LA	76	Kluszewski	LA	.191
Berra	Was	16	Robinson,F	Was	73	Snider	Lou	.186
3 tied with		14	Miksis	Lou	72	Mays	Chi	.184
			Ashburn	LA	70	Power	Car	.163


Walks vs LHP			Strikeouts vs LHP			Hit by pitch vs LHP

Yost	Car	40	Snider	Lou	51	Valo,E	Pet	13
Miksis	Lou	33	Moon	Pet	40	Hemus,S	Lou	7
Ashburn	LA	30	Lemon,J	Chi	40	Minoso	Chi	7
Irvin	Was	28	Foiles,H	Chi	36	Robinson,F	Was	6
Maxwell	Was	26	Maxwell	Was	36	Courtney	Car	5
Williams,T	Lou	26	Ashburn	LA	35	Ferrarese	LA	4
Jensen	Car	26	Carrasquel	Lou	30	Berra	Was	4
Smith,A	Pet	23	Thompson,T	Pet	29	Thomas	Was	3
Robinson,F	Was	23	Robinson,F	Was	29	Fox	Chi	3
Snider	Lou	23	Williams,D	Lou	28	Miksis	Lou	3
Gernert	Was	22	Courtney	Car	27	Crowe	Lou	2
Carrasquel	Lou	22	Yost	Car	27	22 tied with		1
Grammas,A	LA	21	Miranda	LA	26
Avila	Car	21	Williams,T	Lou	26
Fox	Chi	21	3 tied with		25


Sacrifice bunts vs LHP			Sacrifice flies vs LHP			Atbats vs LHP

Grammas,A	LA	8	Power	Car	8	Ashburn	LA	188
Yost	Car	6	Dark,A	Pet	6	Kaline	Lou	188
Mizell	Was	5	Lemon,J	Chi	6	Fox	Chi	177
Bolling,F	Lou	5	Jensen	Car	6	Snider	Lou	177
Friend,B	LA	4	Smith,A	Pet	3	Miksis	Lou	174
Williams,D	Lou	4	Martin,B	Pet	3	Berra	Was	173
Fox	Chi	4	Kluszewski	LA	3	Kluszewski	LA	173
Stobbs	Pet	3	17 tied with		2	Boyer,K	Pet	169
Kucks	Car	3				Carrasquel	Lou	165
Haddix,H	Car	3				Clemente	LA	164
Clemente	LA	3				Thomas	Was	161
Avila	Car	3				Logan	Car	160
Robinson,F	Was	3				Busby	Car	159
Carrasquel	Lou	3				Mays	Chi	158
13 tied with		2				2 tied with		152


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

Lemon,J	Chi	10.7	Snider	Lou	7.1	Ashburn	LA	221
Boyer,K	Pet	13.0	Piersall	Chi	8.0	Kaline	Lou	210
Robinson,F	Was	16.9	Grammas,A	LA	10.5	Miksis	Lou	210
Williams,T	Lou	16.9	Mays	Chi	11.3	Fox	Chi	207
Kluszewski	LA	17.3	Reese	Was	12.1	Snider	Lou	204
Banks	Chi	18.6	Williams,D	Lou	12.7	Yost	Car	195
Minoso	Chi	18.9	Carrasquel	Lou	16.5	Berra	Was	191
Thomas	Was	20.1	Banks	Chi	18.6	Carrasquel	Lou	190
Irvin	Was	23.8	Kaline	Lou	18.8	Robinson,F	Was	186
Williams,D	Lou	28.0	Minoso	Chi	18.9	Kluszewski	LA	185
Power	Car	28.2	Logan	Car	20.0	Jensen	Car	182
Kaline	Lou	31.3	Thomas	Was	20.1	Busby	Car	179
Logan	Car	32.0	Smith,A	Pet	20.3	Logan	Car	179
Martin,B	Pet	35.8	Repulski	Pet	20.9	Thomas	Was	179
Yost	Car	37.3	Berra	Was	21.6	Williams,T	Lou	178


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

Maxwell	Was	.329	Maxwell	Was	.451	Snider	Lou	.601
Kluszewski	LA	.327	Snider	Lou	.447	Kaline	Lou	.581
Vernon	Chi	.326	Torgeson	Was	.433	Maxwell	Was	.566
Kaline	Lou	.326	Moon	Pet	.415	Berra	Was	.550
Snider	Lou	.322	Kaline	Lou	.396	Robinson,F	Was	.548
Torgeson	Was	.309	Minoso	Chi	.395	Thomas	Was	.540
Berra	Was	.308	Vernon	Chi	.395	Lopata	Pet	.529
Fox	Chi	.306	Valo,E	Pet	.387	Mays	Chi	.521
Minoso	Chi	.305	Yost	Car	.384	Kluszewski	LA	.510
Moon	Pet	.302	Kluszewski	LA	.384	Vernon	Chi	.508
Ashburn	LA	.299	Lopata	Pet	.378	Lollar	LA	.501
Simpson	Pet	.292	Berra	Was	.373	Moon	Pet	.497
Mays	Chi	.291	Moryn	Chi	.371	Minoso	Chi	.493
Power	Car	.289	Ashburn	LA	.370	Lemon,J	Chi	.485
Lollar	LA	.289	Robinson,F	Was	.368	Moryn	Chi	.457


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

Fox	Chi	149	Snider	Lou	89	Snider	Lou	1.048
Kaline	Lou	140	Banks	Chi	89	Maxwell	Was	1.017
Thomas	Was	139	Mays	Chi	88	Kaline	Lou	.978
Ashburn	LA	138	Kaline	Lou	87	Berra	Was	.924
Kluszewski	LA	136	Thomas	Was	87	Robinson,F	Was	.916
Berra	Was	126	Robinson,F	Was	86	Moon	Pet	.912
Mays	Chi	125	Kluszewski	LA	82	Lopata	Pet	.907
Clemente	LA	125	Lopata	Pet	75	Vernon	Chi	.903
Minoso	Chi	124	Vernon	Chi	71	Kluszewski	LA	.894
Bruton	Was	123	Maxwell	Was	69	Minoso	Chi	.888
Vernon	Chi	122	Moon	Pet	68	Torgeson	Was	.886
Power	Car	122	Berra	Was	68	Mays	Chi	.869
Snider	Lou	121	Jensen	Car	66	Thomas	Was	.869
Logan	Car	120	Lemon,J	Chi	65	Lollar	LA	.862
Boyer,K	Pet	118	Boyer,K	Pet	65	Moryn	Chi	.828


Doubles vs RHP			Triples vs RHP			Homeruns vs RHP

Vernon	Chi	39	Bruton	Was	16	Thomas	Was	34
Lollar	LA	27	Lemon,J	Chi	12	Robinson,F	Was	33
Berra	Was	22	Moon	Pet	12	Snider	Lou	30
Rivera	LA	21	Jensen	Car	11	Berra	Was	25
Moryn	Chi	21	Fox	Chi	10	Kaline	Lou	25
Yost	Car	21	Maxwell	Was	9	Mays	Chi	23
Smith,A	Pet	21	Kaline	Lou	8	Lopata	Pet	22
Logan	Car	21	Lopata	Pet	7	Kluszewski	LA	20
Minoso	Chi	20	Simpson	Pet	7	Lollar	LA	19
Boyer,K	Pet	20	Minoso	Chi	7	Maxwell	Was	18
Mays	Chi	20	Bolling,F	Lou	6	Lemon,J	Chi	17
Clemente	LA	20	Banks	Chi	6	Banks	Chi	17
Robinson,F	Was	19	Jackson,Ra	Was	5	Crandall	Lou	14
Kaline	Lou	19	Dark,A	Pet	5	Minoso	Chi	14
2 tied with		18	Mays	Chi	5	2 tied with		13


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

Thomas	Was	53	Thomas	Was	261	Snider	Lou	.279
Robinson,F	Was	52	Kaline	Lou	250	Robinson,F	Was	.275
Kaline	Lou	52	Robinson,F	Was	235	Lopata	Pet	.259
Vernon	Chi	50	Snider	Lou	226	Kaline	Lou	.256
Berra	Was	48	Berra	Was	225	Thomas	Was	.253
Mays	Chi	48	Mays	Chi	224	Berra	Was	.242
Lopata	Pet	47	Kluszewski	LA	212	Lemon,J	Chi	.240
Lollar	LA	47	Lollar	LA	203	Maxwell	Was	.237
Lemon,J	Chi	44	Lopata	Pet	200	Mays	Chi	.230
Snider	Lou	44	Minoso	Chi	200	Lollar	LA	.212
Minoso	Chi	41	Maxwell	Was	198	Moon	Pet	.195
Bruton	Was	40	Bruton	Was	197	Minoso	Chi	.187
Moon	Pet	39	Fox	Chi	195	Banks	Chi	.183
Maxwell	Was	38	Moon	Pet	191	Kluszewski	LA	.183
2 tied with		36	2 tied with		190	Vernon	Chi	.182


Walks vs RHP			Strikeouts vs RHP			Hit by pitch vs RHP

Yost	Car	107	Lemon,J	Chi	102	Robinson,F	Was	24
Snider	Lou	89	Lopata	Pet	78	Minoso	Chi	16
Maxwell	Was	78	Robinson,F	Was	73	Lollar	LA	15
Torgeson	Was	74	Snider	Lou	67	Clemente	LA	6
Moon	Pet	74	Logan	Car	67	Freese	Lou	5
Lopata	Pet	69	Yost	Car	61	Courtney	Car	5
Williams,T	Lou	66	Smith,A	Pet	59	Carrasquel	Lou	5
Smith,A	Pet	65	Rivera	LA	53	Smith,A	Pet	5
O'Connell	LA	64	Banks	Chi	50	Rivera	LA	4
Jensen	Car	64	Thomas	Was	49	Boyer,K	Pet	4
Carrasquel	Lou	52	Bruton	Was	48	Logan	Car	4
Ashburn	LA	52	Reese	Was	47	11 tied with		3
Kaline	Lou	50	Mays	Chi	47
Moryn	Chi	49	Jensen	Car	47
Blasingame	Pet	49	2 tied with		46


Sacrifice bunts vs RHP			Sacrifice flies vs RHP			Atbats vs RHP

O'Connell	LA	15	Berra	Was	9	Fox	Chi	487
Yost	Car	14	Mays	Chi	9	Thomas	Was	483
Logan	Car	12	Boyer,K	Pet	8	Ashburn	LA	461
Bruton	Was	10	Jensen	Car	8	Bruton	Was	434
Lemon,B	Was	9	Plews	LA	7	Clemente	LA	434
Williams,D	Lou	8	Vernon	Chi	7	Kaline	Lou	430
Conley	Lou	7	Williams,D	Lou	6	Mays	Chi	430
Friend,B	LA	7	Banks	Chi	6	Jensen	Car	429
Foytack	Chi	7	Snider	Lou	6	Robinson,F	Was	429
Coleman,J	Was	7	Minoso	Chi	6	Boyer,K	Pet	425
Esposito	LA	7	Crandall	Lou	5	Logan	Car	424
Reese	Was	7	O'Connell	LA	5	Power	Car	422
7 tied with		6	Power	Car	5	Blasingame	Pet	417
			Lopata	Pet	5	Banks	Chi	416
			10 tied with		4	Kluszewski	LA	416


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

Snider	Lou	12.5	Vernon	Chi	9.6	Fox	Chi	530
Robinson,F	Was	13.0	Lollar	LA	15.0	Thomas	Was	519
Thomas	Was	14.2	Rivera	LA	17.8	Ashburn	LA	514
Berra	Was	16.4	Moryn	Chi	17.8	Yost	Car	511
Lopata	Pet	17.2	Yost	Car	18.3	Jensen	Car	502
Kaline	Lou	17.2	Berra	Was	18.6	Robinson,F	Was	499
Mays	Chi	18.7	Smith,A	Pet	18.6	Kaline	Lou	487
Maxwell	Was	19.4	Jackson,Ra	Was	19.0	Logan	Car	484
Kluszewski	LA	20.8	Logan	Car	20.2	Mays	Chi	482
Lollar	LA	21.3	Minoso	Chi	20.3	Minoso	Chi	478
Lemon,J	Chi	22.1	Williams,D	Lou	20.9	Snider	Lou	473
Williams,T	Lou	23.4	Lopata	Pet	21.0	Blasingame	Pet	471
Banks	Chi	24.5	Boyer,K	Pet	21.3	Boyer,K	Pet	470
Moryn	Chi	28.8	Mays	Chi	21.5	Bruton	Was	468
Minoso	Chi	29.0	Sarni,B	Chi	21.5	2 tied with		466

AL Batting Leaders -- ARegular season -- as of 9/30/1956

AL Batting Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 9/30/1956