AL Batting Leaders

AL Batting Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 9/23/1956

Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

Schendiest	Car	.333	Gilliam	BC	.413	Vernon	Ont	.544
Banks	BC	.321	Schendiest	Car	.404	Simpson	Car	.534
Musial	BC	.321	Yost	Car	.388	Banks	BC	.524
Gilliam	BC	.310	Jensen	Ont	.384	Musial	BC	.522
Virdon	Ont	.306	Musial	BC	.381	Mathews	CC	.517
Kluszewski	Ill	.305	Vernon	Ont	.379	Kluszewski	Ill	.514
Vernon	Ont	.302	Mathews	CC	.375	Skowron	CC	.514
Jensen	Ont	.300	Walls	BC	.367	Hodges	Car	.499
Simpson	Car	.296	Banks	BC	.367	Mays	CC	.490
Ashburn	BC	.295	Skowron	CC	.365	Kaline	SF	.472
Jablonski	BC	.292	Ashburn	BC	.365	Jensen	Ont	.467
Bell	Ill	.291	Blasingame	Ill	.361	Bell	Ill	.465
Walls	BC	.290	Jablonski	BC	.359	Moryn	Ill	.464
Skowron	CC	.290	Moon	SF	.354	Jablonski	BC	.463
Kaline	SF	.285	Kaline	SF	.353	Virdon	Ont	.461


Hits			Runs			Runs batted in

Musial	BC	206	Jensen	Ont	130	Musial	BC	150
Ashburn	BC	196	Ashburn	BC	130	Banks	BC	136
Virdon	Ont	194	Kaline	SF	122	Mays	CC	128
Banks	BC	191	Gilliam	BC	122	Hodges	Car	114
Jensen	Ont	191	Mathews	CC	119	Kluszewski	Ill	110
Gilliam	BC	188	Hodges	Car	118	Mathews	CC	107
Simpson	Car	181	Mays	CC	105	Kaline	SF	106
Kluszewski	Ill	179	Banks	BC	102	Simpson	Car	103
Schendiest	Car	175	Musial	BC	97	Skowron	CC	100
Bell	Ill	174	Simpson	Car	96	Ennis	CC	95
Kaline	SF	171	Kluszewski	Ill	93	Virdon	Ont	91
Mays	CC	168	Skowron	CC	90	Moryn	Ill	90
Blasingame	Ill	165	Yost	Car	90	Jensen	Ont	87
Hodges	Car	165	Virdon	Ont	88	Vernon	Ont	85
2 tied with		163	Blasingame	Ill	88	Bell	Ill	85


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Musial	BC	42	Bruton	Ont	16	Mathews	CC	37
Jablonski	BC	41	Simpson	Car	14	Kluszewski	Ill	36
Mays	CC	41	Brandt	Car	11	Hodges	Car	35
Banks	BC	36	Skowron	CC	11	Simpson	Car	32
Lollar	Ont	31	Walls	BC	11	Skowron	CC	25
Kaline	SF	30	Banks	BC	11	Musial	BC	25
Virdon	Ont	30	Jensen	Ont	11	Moryn	Ill	24
Vernon	Ont	29	Boone	Ill	9	Bell	Ill	24
Hodges	Car	29	Mays	CC	7	Kaline	SF	24
Logan	Ont	28	Virdon	Ont	7	Vernon	Ont	23
Moryn	Ill	27	Plews	Ont	6	Mays	CC	23
Gilliam	BC	25	Vernon	Ont	6	Ennis	CC	23
Brandt	Car	24	Logan	Ont	6	Banks	BC	21
Bell	Ill	24	Hodges	Car	6	Jensen	Ont	21
Ennis	CC	24	Musial	BC	6	Thomson	Car	20


Extra base hits			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Musial	BC	73	Mays	CC	34-12	Temple	SF	.900
Mays	CC	71	Gilliam	BC	32-18	Ashburn	BC	.762
Hodges	Car	70	Aparicio	Car	25-12	Mays	CC	.739
Banks	BC	68	Temple	SF	18-2	Ennis	CC	.722
Simpson	Car	67	Robinson	CC	18-8	Robinson	CC	.692
Kaline	SF	59	Ashburn	BC	16-5	Bell	Ill	.688
Vernon	Ont	58	Ennis	CC	13-5	Jensen	Ont	.684
Mathews	CC	58	Jensen	Ont	13-6	Aparicio	Car	.676
Virdon	Ont	55	Kaline	SF	11-3	Gilliam	BC	.640
Moryn	Ill	54	Bell	Ill	11-5	Virdon	Ont	.389
Jablonski	BC	53	Whisenant	SF	10-3
Jensen	Ont	53	Mathews	CC	9-1
Skowron	CC	52	Banks	BC	9-6
Bell	Ill	52	Moon	SF	8-4
Kluszewski	Ill	51	2 tied with		7


Walks			Intentional walks			Strikeouts

Yost	Car	135	Thompson	SF	11	Hodges	Car	105
Gilliam	BC	107	Triandos	Ill	10	Triandos	Ill	102
Blasingame	Ill	89	Smith	BC	9	Virdon	Ont	89
Mathews	CC	87	King	Car	5	Mays	CC	87
McMillan	SF	85	White	Ill	4	Yost	Car	85
Jensen	Ont	85	Thurman	SF	3	Simpson	Car	85
Hodges	Car	77	Castleman		3	Mathews	CC	81
Robinson	CC	73	Plews	Ont	3	Aparicio	Car	80
Moon	SF	73	Walls	BC	3	Ennis	CC	78
Ashburn	BC	72	Bruton	Ont	3	McMillan	SF	75
Musial	BC	64	Musial	BC	3	DeMaestri	Ill	74
Logan	Ont	63	9 tied with		2	Walls	BC	74
Schendiest	Car	62				Skowron	CC	72
Boone	Ill	62				Logan	Ont	66
Kaline	SF	62				Reese	CC	64


Sacrifice bunts			Sacrifice flies			Hit by pitch

McMillan	SF	18	Ennis	CC	12	Lollar	Ont	17
Jones	BC	14	Kaline	SF	10	Skowron	CC	11
Nuxhall	Ont	14	Banks	BC	9	Hatfield	BC	10
Bruton	Ont	14	Lollar	Ont	8	Logan	Ont	9
Burdette	Car	13	Mays	CC	8	Vernon	Ont	8
Virdon	Ont	13	Bell	Ill	8	Repulski	SF	7
Logan	Ont	12	Crandall	Car	7	Walls	BC	6
Woodling	CC	11	Jablonski	BC	7	Yost	Car	6
Friend	Ill	10	Walls	BC	7	Kaline	SF	6
Bell	Ill	10	Simpson	Car	7	Kuenn	Car	5
Newcombe	SF	9	Virdon	Ont	7	Robinson	CC	5
Ashburn	BC	9	Musial	BC	7	Jablonski	BC	5
4 tied with		8	Lockman	BC	6	Moryn	Ill	5
			Reese	CC	6	3 tied with		4
			Vernon	Ont	6


Ground ball DP			Runs created			Runs created/27 outs

Hodges	Car	28	Musial	BC	124.9	Mathews	CC	7.4
Triandos	Ill	26	Jensen	Ont	117.7	Musial	BC	7.2
Boone	Ill	24	Mathews	CC	117.1	Banks	BC	7.1
Lollar	Ont	22	Banks	BC	113.7	Vernon	Ont	7.0
Musial	BC	22	Simpson	Car	105.9	Jensen	Ont	6.8
Vernon	Ont	20	Kaline	SF	105.0	Skowron	CC	6.7
Tuttle	Ill	20	Gilliam	BC	104.9	Schendiest	Car	6.5
Simpson	Car	18	Kluszewski	Ill	101.9	Kluszewski	Ill	6.4
Jablonski	BC	16	Mays	CC	100.8	Gilliam	BC	6.3
Moon	SF	16	Hodges	Car	100.5	Kaline	SF	6.3
McMillan	SF	16	Bell	Ill	95.9	Simpson	Car	6.3
House	SF	15	Virdon	Ont	95.7	Mays	CC	5.9
Reese	CC	15	Skowron	CC	94.0	Walls	BC	5.8
Kluszewski	Ill	15	Ashburn	BC	93.2	Jablonski	BC	5.7
Smith	SF	14	Vernon	Ont	90.0	Moryn	Ill	5.7


Isolated power			Total average			Total bases

Vernon	Ont	.242	Mathews	CC	.929	Musial	BC	335
Simpson	Car	.237	Vernon	Ont	.914	Simpson	Car	326
Mathews	CC	.234	Musial	BC	.882	Banks	BC	312
Hodges	Car	.234	Banks	BC	.876	Hodges	Car	311
Skowron	CC	.224	Skowron	CC	.872	Kluszewski	Ill	302
Kluszewski	Ill	.210	Jensen	Ont	.860	Mathews	CC	298
Mays	CC	.208	Mays	CC	.852	Jensen	Ont	297
Banks	BC	.203	Gilliam	BC	.833	Mays	CC	292
Musial	BC	.201	Kaline	SF	.825	Virdon	Ont	292
Moryn	Ill	.190	Simpson	Car	.824	Kaline	SF	283
Kaline	SF	.187	Kluszewski	Ill	.814	Bell	Ill	278
Bell	Ill	.174	Hodges	Car	.804	Skowron	CC	259
Jablonski	BC	.171	Walls	BC	.795	Ennis	CC	258
Walls	BC	.170	Yost	Car	.781	Moryn	Ill	257
Jensen	Ont	.167	Moryn	Ill	.778	Vernon	Ont	247


On-base plus slugging			Secondary average			AB per homerun

Vernon	Ont	.923	Yost	Car	.406	Mathews	CC	15.6
Musial	BC	.903	Mathews	CC	.399	Kluszewski	Ill	16.3
Mathews	CC	.893	Hodges	Car	.361	Hodges	Car	17.8
Banks	BC	.891	Vernon	Ont	.359	Simpson	Car	19.1
Skowron	CC	.879	Mays	CC	.344	Vernon	Ont	19.7
Simpson	Car	.871	Skowron	CC	.329	Skowron	CC	20.2
Kluszewski	Ill	.863	Jensen	Ont	.311	Moryn	Ill	23.1
Jensen	Ont	.851	Kaline	SF	.304	Bell	Ill	24.9
Hodges	Car	.844	Musial	BC	.304	Kaline	SF	25.0
Mays	CC	.832	Simpson	Car	.301	Musial	BC	25.7
Walls	BC	.827	Moryn	Ill	.298	Mays	CC	25.9
Kaline	SF	.825	Moon	SF	.294	Ennis	CC	26.3
Jablonski	BC	.821	Banks	BC	.289	Rosen	Ont	26.4
Moryn	Ill	.810	Walls	BC	.279	Banks	BC	28.3
Bell	Ill	.809	Kluszewski	Ill	.276	Jensen	Ont	30.3


Atbats			Plate appearances			Games

Ashburn	BC	664	Ashburn	BC	752	Aparicio	Car	154
Musial	BC	642	Jensen	Ont	730	Lollar	Ont	154
Jensen	Ont	636	Gilliam	BC	725	Jensen	Ont	154
Virdon	Ont	633	Musial	BC	721	Kaline	SF	154
Hodges	Car	623	Blasingame	Ill	713	Yost	Car	154
Blasingame	Ill	617	Hodges	Car	702	Ennis	CC	154
Temple	SF	612	Virdon	Ont	689	Ashburn	BC	154
Simpson	Car	611	Temple	SF	688	Musial	BC	154
Gilliam	BC	607	Kaline	SF	680	Bell	Ill	154
Ennis	CC	605	Bell	Ill	669	Temple	SF	154
Kaline	SF	599	Mathews	CC	669	Logan	Ont	154
Bell	Ill	598	Logan	Ont	666	Gilliam	BC	154
Mays	CC	596	Mays	CC	663	Hodges	Car	154
Tuttle	Ill	595	Simpson	Car	662	Blasingame	Ill	154
Banks	BC	595	Ennis	CC	653	2 tied with		149


Current hit streak			Longest hit streak

Musial	BC	11	Kluszewski	Ill	21
Walls	BC	8	Aparicio	Car	18
Moon	SF	8	Ennis	CC	18
Moryn	Ill	6	Lollar	Ont	16
Burgess	CC	5	Vernon	Ont	16
Yost	Car	4	Kaline	SF	16
Irvin	BC	4	Walls	BC	16
Shepard	Ont	4	Schendiest	Car	16
Sauer	CC	4	Mathews	CC	14
Temple	SF	4	Simpson	Car	13
Demeter	Ont	4	Mays	CC	13
Fernandez	CC	4	Musial	BC	13
13 tied with		3	5 tied with		12




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

Musial	BC	402	Vernon	Ont	.589	Ashburn	BC	4.88
Hodges	Car	388	Mathews	CC	.575	Jensen	Ont	4.74
Mathews	CC	385	Skowron	CC	.562	Gilliam	BC	4.71
Jensen	Ont	385	Musial	BC	.558	Schendiest	Car	4.69
Simpson	Car	368	Simpson	Car	.556	Musial	BC	4.68
Banks	BC	360	Hodges	Car	.553	Virdon	Ont	4.66
Mays	CC	351	Banks	BC	.552	Blasingame	Ill	4.63
Kaline	SF	351	Kluszewski	Ill	.544	Banks	BC	4.59
Kluszewski	Ill	343	Mays	CC	.529	McMillan	SF	4.59
Gilliam	BC	333	Jensen	Ont	.527	Hodges	Car	4.56
Bell	Ill	331	Kaline	SF	.516	Tuttle	Ill	4.53
Virdon	Ont	328	Moryn	Ill	.515	Mathews	CC	4.52
Skowron	CC	322	Jablonski	BC	.510	Vernon	Ont	4.49
Moryn	Ill	319	Walls	BC	.508	Temple	SF	4.47
Ashburn	BC	311	Bell	Ill	.495	Mays	CC	4.45


Total bases plus walks			TB+BB rate			AB per game

Musial	BC	399	Mathews	CC	.575	Ashburn	BC	4.31
Hodges	Car	388	Vernon	Ont	.574	Virdon	Ont	4.28
Mathews	CC	385	Musial	BC	.553	Tuttle	Ill	4.19
Jensen	Ont	382	Hodges	Car	.553	Banks	BC	4.19
Simpson	Car	364	Banks	BC	.552	Musial	BC	4.17
Banks	BC	360	Simpson	Car	.550	Schendiest	Car	4.14
Mays	CC	351	Skowron	CC	.543	Kluszewski	Ill	4.13
Kaline	SF	345	Kluszewski	Ill	.539	Jensen	Ont	4.13
Kluszewski	Ill	340	Mays	CC	.529	Simpson	Car	4.10
Gilliam	BC	332	Jensen	Ont	.523	Hodges	Car	4.05
Bell	Ill	329	Kaline	SF	.507	Blasingame	Ill	4.01
Virdon	Ont	328	Moryn	Ill	.506	Mays	CC	4.00
Moryn	Ill	314	Jablonski	BC	.500	Temple	SF	3.97
Skowron	CC	311	Walls	BC	.498	Gilliam	BC	3.94
Ashburn	BC	308	Bell	Ill	.492	Ennis	CC	3.93


Balls in park			In-play average			Strikeout/walk ratio

Ashburn	BC	626	Schendiest	Car	.335	Schendiest	Car	0.1
Gilliam	BC	589	Banks	BC	.323	Gilliam	BC	0.2
Musial	BC	583	Virdon	Ont	.322	Moon	SF	0.5
Blasingame	Ill	572	Gilliam	BC	.316	Blasingame	Ill	0.6
Jensen	Ont	572	Jablonski	BC	.312	Jensen	Ont	0.6
Temple	SF	571	Musial	BC	.310	Yost	Car	0.6
Virdon	Ont	546	Ashburn	BC	.308	Vernon	Ont	0.7
Tuttle	Ill	535	Walls	BC	.307	Ashburn	BC	0.7
Bruton	Ont	533	Jensen	Ont	.297	Musial	BC	0.7
Bell	Ill	530	Simpson	Car	.296	Kluszewski	Ill	0.8
Banks	BC	527	Mays	CC	.294	Temple	SF	0.8
Kaline	SF	526	Skowron	CC	.293	McMillan	SF	0.9
Schendiest	Car	523	Blasingame	Ill	.288	Mathews	CC	0.9
Kluszewski	Ill	523	Bell	Ill	.283	Boone	Ill	1.0
Ennis	CC	518	Lollar	Ont	.282	Kaline	SF	1.0


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

Jensen	Ont	.371	Jensen	Ont	.448	Jensen	Ont	.682
Banks	BC	.362	Smith	BC	.409	Skowron	CC	.674
Smith	BC	.350	Banks	BC	.403	Banks	BC	.654
Skowron	CC	.326	Kaline	SF	.401	Mays	CC	.507
Schendiest	Car	.317	Schendiest	Car	.395	Bell	Ill	.482
Musial	BC	.310	Mays	CC	.387	Musial	BC	.468
Mays	CC	.297	Walls	BC	.385	Logan	Ont	.464
Kaline	SF	.295	Yost	Car	.385	Mathews	CC	.458
Virdon	Ont	.293	Skowron	CC	.382	Smith	BC	.450
Walls	BC	.288	Musial	BC	.373	Moryn	Ill	.441
Logan	Ont	.279	Mathews	CC	.367	Kluszewski	Ill	.434
Ennis	CC	.278	Blasingame	Ill	.365	Virdon	Ont	.427
Ashburn	BC	.275	Logan	Ont	.365	Ennis	CC	.424
Temple	SF	.273	Gilliam	BC	.361	Hodges	Car	.417
Bell	Ill	.271	Ashburn	BC	.342	Kaline	SF	.409


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

Banks	BC	67	Musial	BC	45	Jensen	Ont	1.130
Musial	BC	63	Banks	BC	41	Banks	BC	1.057
Ashburn	BC	57	Mays	CC	33	Skowron	CC	1.056
Jensen	Ont	56	Jensen	Ont	30	Mays	CC	.894
Bell	Ill	54	Skowron	CC	29	Smith	BC	.859
Kluszewski	Ill	51	Irvin	BC	29	Musial	BC	.841
Smith	BC	49	Moryn	Ill	29	Logan	Ont	.829
Tuttle	Ill	49	Bell	Ill	29	Mathews	CC	.824
Blasingame	Ill	49	Mathews	CC	27	Kaline	SF	.810
Virdon	Ont	46	Boone	Ill	26	Bell	Ill	.797
Moryn	Ill	46	Walls	BC	25	Moryn	Ill	.770
Schendiest	Car	45	Thomson	Car	24	Walls	BC	.765
Gilliam	BC	45	Hodges	Car	24	Schendiest	Car	.754
Mays	CC	44	Kluszewski	Ill	24	Virdon	Ont	.754
Walls	BC	44	3 tied with		23	Ennis	CC	.748


Doubles vs LHP			Triples vs LHP			Homeruns vs LHP

Banks	BC	17	Jensen	Ont	6	Skowron	CC	10
Musial	BC	11	Skowron	CC	5	Bell	Ill	10
Logan	Ont	10	Brandt	Car	5	Thomson	Car	9
Walls	BC	10	Bruton	Ont	5	Jensen	Ont	9
Tuttle	Ill	9	Banks	BC	5	Hodges	Car	9
Jablonski	BC	8	Mays	CC	4	Banks	BC	9
Bruton	Ont	8	White	Ill	3	Kluszewski	Ill	9
Smith	BC	8	Philley	CC	3	Mathews	CC	8
Mays	CC	8	Boone	Ill	3	Moryn	Ill	8
Jensen	Ont	8	Tuttle	Ill	3	Crandall	Car	7
Bell	Ill	8	Musial	BC	3	Irvin	BC	7
Averill	Ont	7	8 tied with		2	8 tied with		5
Robinson	CC	7
5 tied with		6



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

Banks	BC	31	Banks	BC	121	Skowron	CC	.349
Jensen	Ont	23	Jensen	Ont	103	Jensen	Ont	.311
Skowron	CC	20	Bell	Ill	96	Banks	BC	.292
Bell	Ill	20	Musial	BC	95	Hodges	Car	.212
Musial	BC	19	Skowron	CC	87	Bell	Ill	.211
Mays	CC	17	Kluszewski	Ill	82	Mays	CC	.209
Logan	Ont	16	Moryn	Ill	79	Mathews	CC	.203
Tuttle	Ill	16	Tuttle	Ill	76	Logan	Ont	.186
Moryn	Ill	15	Mays	CC	75	Moryn	Ill	.184
Thomson	Car	14	Thomson	Car	74	Irvin	BC	.170
Brandt	Car	14	Mathews	CC	70	Kluszewski	Ill	.164
Bruton	Ont	14	Boone	Ill	68	Musial	BC	.158
Boone	Ill	14	Virdon	Ont	67	Boone	Ill	.156
3 tied with		13	Logan	Ont	65	Ennis	CC	.146
			3 tied with		63	Tuttle	Ill	.143


Walks vs LHP			Strikeouts vs LHP			Hit by pitch vs LHP

Gilliam	BC	34	Gernert	SF	29	Hatfield	BC	3
Yost	Car	33	Virdon	Ont	27	Lollar	Ont	3
Blasingame	Ill	32	Triandos	Ill	27	Coleman	Ont	2
Hodges	Car	28	Mathews	CC	27	Kuenn	Car	2
Mathews	CC	27	Bell	Ill	27	Moryn	Ill	2
McMillan	SF	26	Musial	BC	26	Musial	BC	2
Kaline	SF	26	Moryn	Ill	25	20 tied with		1
Boone	Ill	25	Ashburn	BC	25
Walls	BC	24	Simpson	Car	24
Mays	CC	23	Hodges	Car	24
Jensen	Ont	22	Aparicio	Car	23
Ashburn	BC	21	Blasingame	Ill	23
Robinson	CC	20	Walls	BC	20
4 tied with		19	3 tied with		19



Sacrifice bunts vs LHP			Sacrifice flies vs LHP			Atbats vs LHP

Woodling	CC	5	Bell	Ill	5	Ashburn	BC	207
Reese	CC	5	Kaline	SF	4	Musial	BC	203
McMillan	SF	5	Sarni	Car	3	Bell	Ill	199
Nuxhall	Ont	4	Smith	SF	3	Blasingame	Ill	190
Jones	BC	4	Tuttle	Ill	3	Tuttle	Ill	189
Friend	Ill	4	19 tied with		2	Kluszewski	Ill	189
Newcombe	SF	4				Banks	BC	185
Yost	Car	4				Gilliam	BC	185
Gilliam	BC	4				Moryn	Ill	179
Ashburn	BC	4				Boone	Ill	173
Davis	BC	3				Aparicio	Car	164
Lemon	Ill	3				Triandos	Ill	157
Bruton	Ont	3				Virdon	Ont	157
Temple	SF	3				DeMaestri	Ill	156
Walls	BC	3				2 tied with		153


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

Skowron	CC	12.9	Banks	BC	10.9	Ashburn	BC	232
Jensen	Ont	16.8	Logan	Ont	14.0	Musial	BC	226
Hodges	Car	16.8	Walls	BC	15.3	Gilliam	BC	223
Mathews	CC	19.1	Smith	BC	17.5	Blasingame	Ill	223
Bell	Ill	19.9	Musial	BC	18.5	Bell	Ill	220
Banks	BC	20.6	Mays	CC	18.5	Tuttle	Ill	205
Kluszewski	Ill	21.0	Jensen	Ont	18.9	Moryn	Ill	201
Irvin	BC	21.0	Tuttle	Ill	21.0	Banks	BC	201
Moryn	Ill	22.4	Schendiest	Car	23.7	Kluszewski	Ill	201
Ennis	CC	28.8	Ennis	CC	24.0	Boone	Ill	200
Mays	CC	29.6	Bell	Ill	24.9	Walls	BC	182
Virdon	Ont	31.4	Skowron	CC	25.8	Mathews	CC	180
Aparicio	Car	32.8	Virdon	Ont	26.2	Hodges	Car	179
Boone	Ill	34.6	Reese	CC	26.4	Triandos	Ill	176
Logan	Ont	35.0	Boone	Ill	28.8	Jensen	Ont	174


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

Gilliam	BC	.339	Gilliam	BC	.436	Simpson	Car	.595
Schendiest	Car	.339	Schendiest	Car	.408	Kluszewski	Ill	.553
Musial	BC	.326	Yost	Car	.389	Vernon	Ont	.551
Kluszewski	Ill	.322	Musial	BC	.385	Musial	BC	.547
Repulski	SF	.320	Mathews	CC	.379	Mathews	CC	.539
Simpson	Car	.313	Repulski	SF	.378	Hodges	Car	.525
Virdon	Ont	.311	Robinson	CC	.378	Walls	BC	.494
Ashburn	BC	.304	Vernon	Ont	.375	Kaline	SF	.490
Banks	BC	.302	Ashburn	BC	.375	Mays	CC	.484
Bell	Ill	.301	Kluszewski	Ill	.367	Moryn	Ill	.475
Jablonski	BC	.297	Jensen	Ont	.363	Jablonski	BC	.473
Vernon	Ont	.293	Skowron	CC	.360	Virdon	Ont	.473
Mathews	CC	.293	Jablonski	BC	.359	Rosen	Ont	.468
Walls	BC	.292	Blasingame	Ill	.359	Banks	BC	.466
Brandt	Car	.287	Bell	Ill	.359	Skowron	CC	.459


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

Virdon	Ont	148	Musial	BC	105	Simpson	Car	.941
Simpson	Car	147	Banks	BC	95	Musial	BC	.932
Gilliam	BC	143	Mays	CC	95	Vernon	Ont	.926
Musial	BC	143	Hodges	Car	90	Kluszewski	Ill	.920
Ashburn	BC	139	Simpson	Car	87	Mathews	CC	.918
Jensen	Ont	135	Kluszewski	Ill	86	Hodges	Car	.876
Hodges	Car	134	Kaline	SF	83	Walls	BC	.853
Kaline	SF	132	Mathews	CC	80	Gilliam	BC	.850
Schendiest	Car	130	Ennis	CC	74	Jablonski	BC	.833
Kluszewski	Ill	128	Skowron	CC	71	Moryn	Ill	.829
Banks	BC	124	Virdon	Ont	68	Kaline	SF	.828
Mathews	CC	124	Vernon	Ont	63	Skowron	CC	.818
Mays	CC	124	Moryn	Ill	61	Virdon	Ont	.817
Ennis	CC	123	Rosen	Ont	60	Banks	BC	.816
2 tied with		120	King	Car	59	Bell	Ill	.815


Doubles vs RHP			Triples vs RHP			Homeruns vs RHP

Jablonski	BC	33	Simpson	Car	13	Mathews	CC	29
Mays	CC	33	Bruton	Ont	11	Simpson	Car	29
Musial	BC	31	Walls	BC	9	Kluszewski	Ill	27
Lollar	Ont	26	Virdon	Ont	7	Hodges	Car	26
Kaline	SF	26	Plews	Ont	6	Kaline	SF	21
Hodges	Car	26	Brandt	Car	6	Musial	BC	20
Vernon	Ont	24	Skowron	CC	6	Vernon	Ont	18
Virdon	Ont	24	Boone	Ill	6	Mays	CC	18
Moryn	Ill	22	Banks	BC	6	Ennis	CC	18
Gilliam	BC	22	Berberet	CC	5	Rosen	Ont	16
Repulski	SF	20	Vernon	Ont	5	Moryn	Ill	16
Banks	BC	19	Hodges	Car	5	Skowron	CC	15
Aparicio	Car	19	Jensen	Ont	5	Walls	BC	14
Ashburn	BC	19	6 tied with		4	Bell	Ill	14
Simpson	Car	19				3 tied with		13


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

Simpson	Car	61	Simpson	Car	279	Simpson	Car	.281
Hodges	Car	57	Hodges	Car	248	Vernon	Ont	.258
Musial	BC	54	Musial	BC	240	Mathews	CC	.246
Mays	CC	54	Kaline	SF	229	Hodges	Car	.242
Kaline	SF	51	Mathews	CC	228	Kluszewski	Ill	.231
Vernon	Ont	47	Virdon	Ont	225	Musial	BC	.221
Mathews	CC	45	Kluszewski	Ill	220	Kaline	SF	.208
Virdon	Ont	44	Mays	CC	217	Mays	CC	.208
Jablonski	BC	41	Ennis	CC	197	Walls	BC	.203
Moryn	Ill	39	Jensen	Ont	194	Moryn	Ill	.192
Kluszewski	Ill	38	Banks	BC	191	King	Car	.182
Banks	BC	37	Vernon	Ont	188	Skowron	CC	.181
Ennis	CC	37	Bell	Ill	182	Rosen	Ont	.181
Walls	BC	36	Walls	BC	178	Jablonski	BC	.177
2 tied with		33	Moryn	Ill	178	Whisenant	SF	.165


Walks vs RHP			Strikeouts vs RHP			Hit by pitch vs RHP

Yost	Car	102	Hodges	Car	81	Lollar	Ont	14
Gilliam	BC	73	Triandos	Ill	75	Skowron	CC	10
Moon	SF	68	Yost	Car	70	Logan	Ont	9
Jensen	Ont	63	Mays	CC	68	Hatfield	BC	7
Mathews	CC	60	Ennis	CC	63	Repulski	SF	7
McMillan	SF	59	McMillan	SF	62	Vernon	Ont	7
Blasingame	Ill	57	Virdon	Ont	62	Kaline	SF	6
Robinson	CC	53	Simpson	Car	61	Robinson	CC	5
Thompson	SF	51	Skowron	CC	60	Walls	BC	5
Ashburn	BC	51	Aparicio	Car	57	Yost	Car	5
Temple	SF	49	DeMaestri	Ill	55	Jablonski	BC	4
Hodges	Car	49	Walls	BC	54	McMillan	SF	4
Musial	BC	45	Mathews	CC	54	11 tied with		3
Logan	Ont	44	Whisenant	SF	52
Schendiest	Car	43	Kaline	SF	52


Sacrifice bunts vs RHP			Sacrifice flies vs RHP			Atbats vs RHP

McMillan	SF	13	Ennis	CC	10	Jensen	Ont	485
Virdon	Ont	12	Jablonski	BC	7	Virdon	Ont	476
Burdette	Car	11	Banks	BC	7	Hodges	Car	472
Bruton	Ont	11	Simpson	Car	7	Simpson	Car	469
Logan	Ont	11	Walls	BC	6	Kaline	SF	467
Jones	BC	10	Mays	CC	6	Temple	SF	462
Nuxhall	Ont	10	Lollar	Ont	6	Ennis	CC	461
Bell	Ill	9	Musial	BC	6	Ashburn	BC	457
Garcia	SF	7	Kaline	SF	6	Mays	CC	448
Rush	CC	7	Thurman	SF	5	Logan	Ont	440
8 tied with		6	Crandall	Car	5	Musial	BC	439
			Lockman	BC	5	Lollar	Ont	432
			Virdon	Ont	5	Moon	SF	427
			8 tied with		4	Blasingame	Ill	427
						Bruton	Ont	425


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

Mathews	CC	14.6	Jablonski	BC	9.6	Jensen	Ont	556
Kluszewski	Ill	14.7	Mays	CC	13.6	Hodges	Car	523
Simpson	Car	16.2	Musial	BC	14.2	Ashburn	BC	520
Hodges	Car	18.2	Vernon	Ont	14.2	Temple	SF	520
Vernon	Ont	18.9	Lollar	Ont	16.6	Virdon	Ont	520
Musial	BC	22.0	Moryn	Ill	17.0	Kaline	SF	518
Kaline	SF	22.2	Brandt	Car	17.2	Logan	Ont	506
Rosen	Ont	23.1	Repulski	SF	17.5	Simpson	Car	505
Moryn	Ill	23.4	Kaline	SF	18.0	Gilliam	BC	502
King	Car	24.5	Hodges	Car	18.2	Moon	SF	500
Mays	CC	24.9	King	Car	18.8	Ennis	CC	496
Skowron	CC	25.0	Whisenant	SF	19.2	Musial	BC	495
Ennis	CC	25.6	Gilliam	BC	19.2	Lollar	Ont	491
Walls	BC	25.7	Virdon	Ont	19.8	Mays	CC	490
Whisenant	SF	26.5	Banks	BC	21.6	Blasingame	Ill	490

AL Batting Leaders -- ARegular season -- as of 9/23/1956

AL Batting Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 9/23/1956