AL Batting Leaders

AL Batting Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 9/21/1956

Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

Ashburn	Wis	.357	Mantle	LA	.462	Mantle	LA	.732
Musial	ChA	.350	Ashburn	Wis	.445	Bailey	Det	.621
Virdon	Wis	.343	Bailey	Det	.444	Minoso	Det	.592
Mantle	LA	.342	Minoso	Det	.436	Musial	ChA	.589
Bailey	Det	.337	Musial	ChA	.409	Robinson	PB	.566
Kuenn	Wis	.333	Smith	PB	.399	Mathews	LA	.543
Minoso	Det	.331	Robinson	PB	.395	Triandos	Wis	.498
Clemente	Wis	.317	Mathews	LA	.384	Walls	LA	.488
Robinson	PB	.315	Klaus	ChA	.384	Virdon	Wis	.482
Walls	LA	.312	Kuenn	Wis	.380	Banks	LA	.481
Schendiest	Wis	.310	Schendiest	Wis	.378	Kuenn	Wis	.477
Goodman	Bos	.296	O'Connell	LA	.375	Thomas	Det	.464
Power	ChA	.292	Virdon	Wis	.366	Ashburn	Wis	.459
Triandos	Wis	.290	Doby	ChA	.364	Lemon	ChA	.458
Banks	LA	.290	Walls	LA	.361	Long	Bos	.456


Hits			Runs			Runs batted in

Ashburn	Wis	233	Mantle	LA	160	Mantle	LA	170
Virdon	Wis	225	Mathews	LA	132	Mathews	LA	141
Musial	ChA	220	Ashburn	Wis	128	Kuenn	Wis	138
Kuenn	Wis	214	Kuenn	Wis	116	Musial	ChA	122
Mantle	LA	193	Robinson	PB	116	Banks	LA	119
Robinson	PB	193	Musial	ChA	114	Robinson	PB	115
Clemente	Wis	185	Minoso	Det	111	Virdon	Wis	105
Thomas	Det	178	Thomas	Det	101	Triandos	Wis	100
Minoso	Det	177	Virdon	Wis	101	Doby	ChA	100
Piersall	Det	172	Piersall	Det	100	Long	Bos	98
Dark	Det	169	Walls	LA	93	Thomas	Det	97
Walls	LA	168	Smith	PB	93	Minoso	Det	96
Boyer	Bos	168	Clemente	Wis	91	Lopata	Bos	95
Schendiest	Wis	163	Hodges	Det	89	Walls	LA	90
Smith	PB	163	Lopata	Bos	88	Hodges	Det	86


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Minoso	Det	42	Lemon	ChA	14	Mantle	LA	62
Virdon	Wis	42	Walls	LA	13	Mathews	LA	45
Kuenn	Wis	40	Robinson	PB	12	Robinson	PB	35
Ashburn	Wis	37	Minoso	Det	11	Musial	ChA	35
Piersall	Det	36	Virdon	Wis	11	Bailey	Det	34
Musial	ChA	35	Piersall	Det	9	Long	Bos	30
Clemente	Wis	33	Blaylock	PB	8	Lopata	Bos	29
Goodman	Bos	30	Long	Bos	8	Triandos	Wis	28
Hodges	Det	30	Amoros	Wis	7	Thomas	Det	27
Furillo	Bos	30	Fondy	Wis	7	Minoso	Det	25
Thomas	Det	28	Bauer	Bos	7	Banks	LA	25
Walls	LA	27	Mantle	LA	7	Bauer	Bos	24
Smith	PB	27	Hodges	Det	7	Hodges	Det	24
4 tied with		25	Kuenn	Wis	7	Lemon	ChA	21
			7 tied with		6	Doby	ChA	20


Extra base hits			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Mantle	LA	89	Ashburn	Wis	19-5	Ashburn	Wis	.792
Minoso	Det	78	Banks	LA	14-9	Banks	LA	.609
Musial	ChA	75	Francona	PB	12-3
Robinson	PB	72	Hodges	Det	10-5
Mathews	LA	65	Blaylock	PB	9-2
Piersall	Det	63	Mathews	LA	9-2
Virdon	Wis	62	Kuenn	Wis	9-3
Hodges	Det	61	Aparicio	ChA	8-1
Kuenn	Wis	60	Mantle	LA	8-3
Lopata	Bos	58	Minoso	Det	8-5
Lemon	ChA	56	Torgeson	LA	8-6
Long	Bos	55	5 tied with		6
Thomas	Det	55
Walls	LA	54
Bauer	Bos	51


Walks			Intentional walks			Strikeouts

Mantle	LA	133	Mantle	LA	26	Lopata	Bos	161
Mathews	LA	105	Bailey	Det	22	Lemon	ChA	128
Ashburn	Wis	101	Bolling	Det	13	Hodges	Det	109
Smith	PB	98	Amoros	Wis	8	Walls	LA	102
O'Connell	LA	88	Castleman	PB	8	Robinson	PB	95
Torgeson	LA	86	Fondy	Wis	6	Doby	ChA	94
Doby	ChA	84	Miksis	Bos	4	Virdon	Wis	92
Amoros	Wis	79	Lopata	Bos	4	Long	Bos	90
Bailey	Det	78	Plews	PB	3	Mantle	LA	88
Campanella	LA	77	Williams	Wis	3	Mathews	LA	87
Minoso	Det	74	Hegan	ChA	3	Boyer	Bos	81
Klaus	ChA	72	Schendiest	Wis	3	Banks	LA	79
Hodges	Det	69	Minoso	Det	2	Triandos	Wis	77
Musial	ChA	64	13 tied with		1	Clemente	Wis	77
Robinson	PB	64				2 tied with		75


Sacrifice bunts			Sacrifice flies			Hit by pitch

Kell	ChA	21	Francona	PB	10	Minoso	Det	28
Clemente	Wis	15	Doby	ChA	10	Robinson	PB	21
Schmidt	LA	12	Schendiest	Wis	9	Smith	PB	11
Score	LA	11	Virdon	Wis	9	O'Connell	LA	9
O'Connell	LA	11	Power	ChA	8	Gardner	Bos	9
Jones	ChA	10	Bauer	Bos	8	Thomas	Det	8
Fowler	Wis	10	Lopata	Bos	8	Jablonski	PB	6
Kline	Bos	10	Kuenn	Wis	8	Robinson	LA	5
Dark	Det	10	Mantle	LA	8	Buddin	PB	5
Dickson	Wis	9	Buddin	PB	7	Bauer	Bos	5
Law	Bos	9	Campanella	LA	7	Clemente	Wis	5
Mizell	Det	8	Banks	LA	7	Kuenn	Wis	5
Bauer	Bos	8	6 tied with		6	4 tied with		4
Ashburn	Wis	8
9 tied with		7


Ground ball DP			Runs created			Runs created/27 outs

Lopata	Bos	30	Mantle	LA	202.3	Mantle	LA	13.9
Thomas	Det	28	Ashburn	Wis	145.7	Bailey	Det	10.7
Triandos	Wis	26	Musial	ChA	144.5	Minoso	Det	10.1
Musial	ChA	26	Minoso	Det	143.6	Ashburn	Wis	9.0
Hodges	Det	25	Robinson	PB	134.6	Musial	ChA	8.8
Campanella	LA	22	Mathews	LA	130.7	Mathews	LA	8.0
Furillo	Bos	22	Kuenn	Wis	116.0	Robinson	PB	8.0
Lemon	ChA	20	Bailey	Det	112.6	Kuenn	Wis	6.9
Robinson	PB	19	Virdon	Wis	112.0	Virdon	Wis	6.5
Clemente	Wis	18	Smith	PB	101.8	Smith	PB	6.4
Dark	Det	17	Walls	LA	93.7	Walls	LA	6.3
Virdon	Wis	17	Doby	ChA	93.4	Doby	ChA	6.1
Kuenn	Wis	17	Banks	LA	90.5	Banks	LA	5.8
Walls	LA	16	Thomas	Det	89.7	Klaus	ChA	5.7
Smith	PB	16	Amoros	Wis	89.3	Triandos	Wis	5.6


Isolated power			Total average			Total bases

Mantle	LA	.390	Mantle	LA	1.462	Mantle	LA	413
Bailey	Det	.283	Bailey	Det	1.185	Musial	ChA	370
Mathews	LA	.267	Minoso	Det	1.145	Robinson	PB	347
Minoso	Det	.260	Mathews	LA	1.005	Minoso	Det	316
Robinson	PB	.251	Musial	ChA	1.005	Virdon	Wis	316
Musial	ChA	.239	Ashburn	Wis	.984	Mathews	LA	315
Long	Bos	.214	Robinson	PB	.982	Kuenn	Wis	307
Lemon	ChA	.208	Smith	PB	.838	Ashburn	Wis	300
Triandos	Wis	.208	Kuenn	Wis	.824	Thomas	Det	287
Bauer	Bos	.202	Walls	LA	.809	Piersall	Det	280
Hodges	Det	.200	Banks	LA	.805	Lopata	Bos	265
Banks	LA	.191	Doby	ChA	.801	Banks	LA	264
Lopata	Bos	.188	Triandos	Wis	.791	Walls	LA	263
Walls	LA	.176	Virdon	Wis	.778	Hodges	Det	263
Thomas	Det	.176	Klaus	ChA	.753	Long	Bos	262


On-base plus slugging			Secondary average			AB per homerun

Mantle	LA	1.195	Mantle	LA	.635	Mantle	LA	9.1
Bailey	Det	1.064	Bailey	Det	.475	Bailey	Det	11.9
Minoso	Det	1.028	Mathews	LA	.460	Mathews	LA	12.9
Musial	ChA	.998	Minoso	Det	.404	Robinson	PB	17.5
Robinson	PB	.962	Robinson	PB	.354	Triandos	Wis	17.7
Mathews	LA	.927	Musial	ChA	.342	Musial	ChA	17.9
Ashburn	Wis	.904	Hodges	Det	.328	Long	Bos	19.2
Kuenn	Wis	.858	Doby	ChA	.320	Minoso	Det	21.4
Triandos	Wis	.852	Long	Bos	.318	Bauer	Bos	21.9
Walls	LA	.849	Smith	PB	.315	Banks	LA	22.0
Virdon	Wis	.848	Bauer	Bos	.312	Lopata	Bos	22.1
Banks	LA	.829	Lemon	ChA	.312	Thomas	Det	22.9
Smith	PB	.825	Triandos	Wis	.308	Hodges	Det	24.2
Thomas	Det	.801	Campanella	LA	.306	Lemon	ChA	25.7
Doby	ChA	.797	Banks	LA	.295	Doby	ChA	27.1


Atbats			Plate appearances			Games

Piersall	Det	675	Ashburn	Wis	766	Minoso	Det	154
Virdon	Wis	656	Piersall	Det	732	Piersall	Det	154
Ashburn	Wis	653	Mantle	LA	711	Kuenn	Wis	154
Kuenn	Wis	643	Robinson	PB	707	Gardner	Bos	154
Dark	Det	641	Kuenn	Wis	705	Thomas	Det	154
Lopata	Bos	640	Musial	ChA	704	Lopata	Bos	154
Musial	ChA	628	Lopata	Bos	699	Ashburn	Wis	154
Thomas	Det	619	Virdon	Wis	699	Musial	ChA	154
Robinson	PB	613	Mathews	LA	697	Robinson	PB	154
Boyer	Bos	612	Dark	Det	695	Mathews	LA	154
Furillo	Bos	595	Smith	PB	682	Boyer	Bos	154
Clemente	Wis	584	Thomas	Det	678	Dark	Det	154
Mathews	LA	580	Boyer	Bos	664	Mantle	LA	153
Hodges	Det	580	Hodges	Det	656	Smith	PB	152
Long	Bos	575	Furillo	Bos	655	Hodges	Det	151


Current hit streak			Longest hit streak

Banks	LA	16	Ashburn	Wis	33
Blaylock	PB	9	Clemente	Wis	26
Thomas	Det	8	Virdon	Wis	22
Boyer	Bos	8	Musial	ChA	21
Walls	LA	7	Robinson	PB	17
Doby	ChA	6	Banks	LA	16
Francona	PB	6	Kuenn	Wis	14
Skizas	LA	6	Bailey	Det	14
Hegan	ChA	5	Boyer	Bos	14
Klaus	ChA	5	Goodman	Bos	13
Stephens	LA	5	Lockman	Det	13
Campanella	LA	5	5 tied with		12
5 tied with		4




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

Mantle	LA	546	Mantle	LA	.768	Ashburn	Wis	4.97
Musial	ChA	435	Bailey	Det	.677	Clemente	Wis	4.94
Robinson	PB	432	Minoso	Det	.646	Piersall	Det	4.75
Mathews	LA	421	Musial	ChA	.618	Goodman	Bos	4.68
Minoso	Det	418	Robinson	PB	.611	Virdon	Wis	4.66
Ashburn	Wis	404	Mathews	LA	.604	Mantle	LA	4.65
Kuenn	Wis	361	Triandos	Wis	.534	Furillo	Bos	4.61
Smith	PB	351	Ashburn	Wis	.527	Robinson	PB	4.59
Virdon	Wis	345	Banks	LA	.521	Kuenn	Wis	4.58
Thomas	Det	337	Walls	LA	.516	Musial	ChA	4.57
Hodges	Det	332	Smith	PB	.515	Walls	LA	4.56
Bailey	Det	331	Kuenn	Wis	.512	Lopata	Bos	4.54
Piersall	Det	326	Lemon	ChA	.507	Mathews	LA	4.53
Long	Bos	324	Long	Bos	.506	Dark	Det	4.51
Doby	ChA	322	Hodges	Det	.506	Smith	PB	4.49


Total bases plus walks			TB+BB rate			AB per game

Mantle	LA	546	Mantle	LA	.768	Clemente	Wis	4.60
Musial	ChA	434	Bailey	Det	.675	Piersall	Det	4.38
Mathews	LA	420	Musial	ChA	.616	Virdon	Wis	4.37
Robinson	PB	411	Minoso	Det	.603	Goodman	Bos	4.28
Ashburn	Wis	401	Mathews	LA	.603	Ashburn	Wis	4.24
Minoso	Det	390	Robinson	PB	.581	Furillo	Bos	4.19
Kuenn	Wis	356	Triandos	Wis	.530	Kuenn	Wis	4.18
Virdon	Wis	345	Ashburn	Wis	.523	Dark	Det	4.16
Smith	PB	340	Banks	LA	.519	Lopata	Bos	4.16
Hodges	Det	332	Walls	LA	.516	Walls	LA	4.11
Bailey	Det	330	Hodges	Det	.506	Musial	ChA	4.08
Thomas	Det	329	Kuenn	Wis	.505	Thomas	Det	4.02
Piersall	Det	326	Lemon	ChA	.503	Robinson	PB	3.98
Long	Bos	321	Long	Bos	.502	Boyer	Bos	3.97
Doby	ChA	319	Smith	PB	.499	Lemon	ChA	3.88


Balls in park			In-play average			Strikeout/walk ratio

Ashburn	Wis	613	Virdon	Wis	.380	Schendiest	Wis	0.2
Dark	Det	601	Ashburn	Wis	.370	Klaus	ChA	0.3
Piersall	Det	600	Walls	LA	.353	Ashburn	Wis	0.4
Kuenn	Wis	598	Clemente	Wis	.338	Musial	ChA	0.5
Musial	ChA	571	Kuenn	Wis	.336	O'Connell	LA	0.5
Virdon	Wis	569	Minoso	Det	.325	Bailey	Det	0.6
Furillo	Bos	542	Musial	ChA	.324	Mantle	LA	0.7
Thomas	Det	534	Robinson	PB	.321	Power	ChA	0.7
Schendiest	Wis	527	Bailey	Det	.314	Goodman	Bos	0.7
Boyer	Bos	516	Smith	PB	.308	Minoso	Det	0.7
Clemente	Wis	515	Mantle	LA	.306	Smith	PB	0.8
Robinson	PB	492	Schendiest	Wis	.304	Furillo	Bos	0.8
Smith	PB	484	Goodman	Bos	.302	Kuenn	Wis	0.8
Gardner	Bos	474	Banks	LA	.296	Mathews	LA	0.8
Minoso	Det	467	Boyer	Bos	.291	Campanella	LA	0.8


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

Mantle	LA	.375	Mantle	LA	.492	Mantle	LA	.840
Ashburn	Wis	.374	Ashburn	Wis	.443	Robinson	PB	.753
Kuenn	Wis	.358	Robinson	PB	.440	Minoso	Det	.614
Robinson	PB	.355	Minoso	Det	.439	Triandos	Wis	.547
Clemente	Wis	.343	Kuenn	Wis	.421	Thomas	Det	.547
Thomas	Det	.333	Schendiest	Wis	.405	Banks	LA	.534
Minoso	Det	.331	Mathews	LA	.404	Thomson	ChA	.525
Thomson	ChA	.329	Smith	PB	.403	Colavito	ChA	.503
Schendiest	Wis	.321	Banks	LA	.401	Mathews	LA	.503
Musial	ChA	.318	Thomas	Det	.400	Clemente	Wis	.488
Triandos	Wis	.318	Colavito	ChA	.393	Power	ChA	.486
Virdon	Wis	.315	Thomson	ChA	.389	Kuenn	Wis	.479
Banks	LA	.313	Triandos	Wis	.377	Piersall	Det	.468
Colavito	ChA	.309	Clemente	Wis	.371	Boyer	Bos	.465
Power	ChA	.306	Musial	ChA	.367	Walls	LA	.455


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

Ashburn	Wis	82	Mantle	LA	51	Mantle	LA	1.332
Kuenn	Wis	68	Robinson	PB	44	Robinson	PB	1.193
Virdon	Wis	64	Triandos	Wis	41	Minoso	Det	1.054
Musial	ChA	61	Kuenn	Wis	38	Thomas	Det	.947
Robinson	PB	59	Musial	ChA	36	Banks	LA	.936
Clemente	Wis	57	Colavito	ChA	34	Triandos	Wis	.925
Mantle	LA	54	Mathews	LA	33	Thomson	ChA	.914
Thomson	ChA	52	Thomas	Det	30	Mathews	LA	.908
Schendiest	Wis	51	Boyer	Bos	29	Kuenn	Wis	.900
Thomas	Det	50	Banks	LA	28	Colavito	ChA	.896
Furillo	Bos	49	Furillo	Bos	28	Ashburn	Wis	.877
Lopata	Bos	49	Lopata	Bos	28	Clemente	Wis	.859
Boyer	Bos	48	Doby	ChA	27	Musial	ChA	.820
Triandos	Wis	47	4 tied with		26	Boyer	Bos	.817
Dark	Det	47				Power	ChA	.817


Doubles vs LHP			Triples vs LHP			Homeruns vs LHP

Furillo	Bos	13	Walls	LA	6	Mantle	LA	19
Clemente	Wis	12	Lemon	ChA	6	Robinson	PB	17
Castleman	PB	11	Thomson	ChA	5	Bauer	Bos	10
Musial	ChA	11	Long	Bos	5	Triandos	Wis	9
Williams	Wis	10	Robinson	PB	4	Mathews	LA	9
Power	ChA	10	Amoros	Wis	3	Bailey	Det	8
Lopata	Bos	10	Blaylock	PB	3	Hodges	Det	8
Ashburn	Wis	10	Minoso	Det	3	Colavito	ChA	8
Bolling	Det	9	Piersall	Det	3	Thomas	Det	8
Minoso	Det	9	Virdon	Wis	3	Lopata	Bos	8
Thomson	ChA	9	9 tied with		2	Minoso	Det	7
Boyer	Bos	9				Banks	LA	7
Doby	ChA	9				Piersall	Det	7
Virdon	Wis	9				Boyer	Bos	7
3 tied with		8				2 tied with		6


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

Robinson	PB	28	Robinson	PB	125	Mantle	LA	.465
Mantle	LA	27	Mantle	LA	121	Robinson	PB	.398
Minoso	Det	19	Ashburn	Wis	95	Minoso	Det	.283
Lopata	Bos	19	Kuenn	Wis	91	Bauer	Bos	.244
Thomson	ChA	18	Musial	ChA	87	Triandos	Wis	.230
Piersall	Det	17	Lopata	Bos	85	Banks	LA	.221
Boyer	Bos	17	Thomson	ChA	83	Mathews	LA	.219
Furillo	Bos	17	Thomas	Det	82	Thomas	Det	.213
Power	ChA	16	Virdon	Wis	82	Hodges	Det	.211
Thomas	Det	16	Triandos	Wis	81	Piersall	Det	.199
Bauer	Bos	16	Clemente	Wis	81	Thomson	ChA	.196
Clemente	Wis	16	Piersall	Det	80	Colavito	ChA	.195
Musial	ChA	16	Boyer	Bos	80	Lopata	Bos	.187
3 tied with		15	Minoso	Det	78	Boyer	Bos	.186
			Mathews	LA	76	Lemon	ChA	.185


Walks vs LHP			Strikeouts vs LHP			Hit by pitch vs LHP

Mantle	LA	36	Lopata	Bos	48	Minoso	Det	4
Smith	PB	34	Doby	ChA	47	Robinson	PB	3
O'Connell	LA	31	Virdon	Wis	41	Lepcio	ChA	2
Mathews	LA	31	Lemon	ChA	37	Westrum	ChA	2
Amoros	Wis	27	Long	Bos	37	Robinson	LA	2
Ashburn	Wis	27	Hodges	Det	35	Castleman	PB	2
Campanella	LA	25	Mathews	LA	31	Campanella	LA	2
Schendiest	Wis	25	Walls	LA	30	O'Connell	LA	2
Minoso	Det	23	Ashburn	Wis	29	Gardner	Bos	2
Colavito	ChA	22	Mantle	LA	25	Thomas	Det	2
Robinson	PB	22	Francona	PB	24	Smith	PB	2
Doby	ChA	22	Colavito	ChA	24	16 tied with		1
Furillo	Bos	22	Blaylock	PB	23
Kuenn	Wis	22	Torgeson	LA	23
3 tied with		20	Thomson	ChA	23


Sacrifice bunts vs LHP			Sacrifice flies vs LHP			Atbats vs LHP

Clemente	Wis	7	Schendiest	Wis	5	Ashburn	Wis	219
Kline	Bos	6	Walls	LA	4	Virdon	Wis	203
Schmidt	LA	4	Lopata	Bos	4	Lopata	Bos	193
O'Connell	LA	4	Amoros	Wis	3	Musial	ChA	192
Fornieles	PB	3	Campanella	LA	3	Kuenn	Wis	190
Aguirre	PB	3	Power	ChA	3	Furillo	Bos	183
Sturdivant	LA	3	Minoso	Det	3	Doby	ChA	179
Parnell	Wis	3	Triandos	Wis	3	Boyer	Bos	172
Law	Bos	3	Hodges	Det	3	Piersall	Det	171
Score	LA	3	Bauer	Bos	3	Long	Bos	171
Bauer	Bos	3	Mantle	LA	3	Dark	Det	167
17 tied with		2	Virdon	Wis	3	Clemente	Wis	166
			8 tied with		2	Robinson	PB	166
						Schendiest	Wis	159
						Thomson	ChA	158


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

Mantle	LA	7.6	Clemente	Wis	13.8	Ashburn	Wis	247
Robinson	PB	9.8	Furillo	Bos	14.1	Lopata	Bos	215
Bauer	Bos	15.6	Minoso	Det	14.1	Virdon	Wis	215
Triandos	Wis	16.4	Power	ChA	14.4	Kuenn	Wis	214
Mathews	LA	16.8	Walls	LA	16.8	Musial	ChA	212
Minoso	Det	18.1	Musial	ChA	17.5	Furillo	Bos	206
Hodges	Det	18.4	Thomson	ChA	17.6	Doby	ChA	203
Colavito	ChA	18.6	Thomas	Det	18.8	Boyer	Bos	194
Banks	LA	18.7	Boyer	Bos	19.1	Long	Bos	193
Thomas	Det	18.8	Lopata	Bos	19.3	Robinson	PB	192
Lopata	Bos	24.1	Doby	ChA	19.9	Schendiest	Wis	192
Piersall	Det	24.4	Banks	LA	21.8	Piersall	Det	191
Boyer	Bos	24.6	Ashburn	Wis	21.9	Mantle	LA	183
Long	Bos	28.5	Virdon	Wis	22.6	Mathews	LA	183
Doby	ChA	35.8	Aparicio	ChA	23.5	2 tied with		182


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

Musial	ChA	.365	Mantle	LA	.452	Mantle	LA	.695
Virdon	Wis	.355	Torgeson	LA	.447	Musial	ChA	.649
Ashburn	Wis	.348	Ashburn	Wis	.445	Bailey	Det	.611
Blaylock	PB	.335	Bailey	Det	.436	Minoso	Det	.585
Minoso	Det	.332	Minoso	Det	.435	Mathews	LA	.557
Bailey	Det	.331	Musial	ChA	.427	Virdon	Wis	.517
Mantle	LA	.331	Smith	PB	.398	Walls	LA	.499
Kuenn	Wis	.322	Blaylock	PB	.393	Robinson	PB	.497
Walls	LA	.321	Doby	ChA	.390	Long	Bos	.495
Runnels	ChA	.317	Virdon	Wis	.380	Blaylock	PB	.483
Goodman	Bos	.311	Robinson	PB	.379	Lemon	ChA	.478
Clemente	Wis	.306	Mathews	LA	.377	Triandos	Wis	.477
Schendiest	Wis	.305	Klaus	ChA	.375	Kuenn	Wis	.477
Torgeson	LA	.300	Walls	LA	.369	Doby	ChA	.473
Robinson	PB	.300	Runnels	ChA	.368	Ashburn	Wis	.472


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

Virdon	Wis	161	Mantle	LA	119	Mantle	LA	1.147
Musial	ChA	159	Mathews	LA	108	Musial	ChA	1.076
Ashburn	Wis	151	Kuenn	Wis	100	Bailey	Det	1.048
Kuenn	Wis	146	Banks	LA	91	Minoso	Det	1.020
Mantle	LA	139	Musial	ChA	86	Mathews	LA	.934
Minoso	Det	135	Virdon	Wis	82	Ashburn	Wis	.918
Robinson	PB	134	Doby	ChA	73	Virdon	Wis	.897
Walls	LA	130	Long	Bos	72	Torgeson	LA	.886
Clemente	Wis	128	Walls	LA	71	Blaylock	PB	.876
Thomas	Det	128	Robinson	PB	71	Robinson	PB	.876
Smith	PB	126	Minoso	Det	70	Walls	LA	.868
Piersall	Det	126	Lemon	ChA	68	Doby	ChA	.863
Dark	Det	122	Lopata	Bos	67	Smith	PB	.851
Boyer	Bos	120	Thomas	Det	67	Kuenn	Wis	.839
Banks	LA	118	Smith	PB	65	Long	Bos	.829


Doubles vs RHP			Triples vs RHP			Homeruns vs RHP

Minoso	Det	33	Lemon	ChA	8	Mantle	LA	43
Kuenn	Wis	33	Minoso	Det	8	Mathews	LA	36
Virdon	Wis	33	Robinson	PB	8	Musial	ChA	30
Piersall	Det	29	Virdon	Wis	8	Bailey	Det	26
Ashburn	Wis	27	Walls	LA	7	Long	Bos	24
Hodges	Det	25	Fondy	Wis	6	Lopata	Bos	21
Goodman	Bos	24	Williams	Wis	6	Triandos	Wis	19
Musial	ChA	24	Hodges	Det	6	Thomas	Det	19
Clemente	Wis	21	Ashburn	Wis	6	Minoso	Det	18
Smith	PB	21	Piersall	Det	6	Banks	LA	18
Thomas	Det	20	8 tied with		5	Robinson	PB	18
Walls	LA	19				Lemon	ChA	17
5 tied with		18				Zernial	LA	16
						Hodges	Det	16
						Doby	ChA	15


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

Mantle	LA	62	Mantle	LA	292	Mantle	LA	.364
Minoso	Det	59	Musial	ChA	283	Musial	ChA	.284
Musial	ChA	59	Mathews	LA	239	Mathews	LA	.284
Mathews	LA	50	Minoso	Det	238	Bailey	Det	.280
Virdon	Wis	49	Virdon	Wis	234	Minoso	Det	.253
Hodges	Det	47	Robinson	PB	222	Long	Bos	.228
Kuenn	Wis	47	Kuenn	Wis	216	Lemon	ChA	.216
Piersall	Det	46	Ashburn	Wis	205	Triandos	Wis	.198
Robinson	PB	44	Thomas	Det	205	Robinson	PB	.197
Lemon	ChA	43	Walls	LA	202	Hodges	Det	.196
Long	Bos	41	Long	Bos	200	Lopata	Bos	.188
Walls	LA	39	Piersall	Det	200	Bauer	Bos	.184
Lopata	Bos	39	Hodges	Det	199	Banks	LA	.182
Thomas	Det	39	Banks	LA	194	Doby	ChA	.179
Ashburn	Wis	38	2 tied with		192	Walls	LA	.178


Walks vs RHP			Strikeouts vs RHP			Hit by pitch vs RHP

Mantle	LA	97	Lopata	Bos	113	Minoso	Det	24
Mathews	LA	74	Lemon	ChA	91	Robinson	PB	18
Ashburn	Wis	74	Robinson	PB	75	Smith	PB	9
Torgeson	LA	67	Hodges	Det	74	O'Connell	LA	7
Klaus	ChA	66	Walls	LA	72	Gardner	Bos	7
Smith	PB	64	Banks	LA	68	Jablonski	PB	6
Doby	ChA	62	Boyer	Bos	68	Thomas	Det	6
Bailey	Det	59	Mantle	LA	63	Buddin	PB	5
O'Connell	LA	57	Thomas	Det	59	Kuenn	Wis	5
Amoros	Wis	52	Bauer	Bos	58	Kell	ChA	4
Campanella	LA	52	Clemente	Wis	57	Bauer	Bos	4
Hodges	Det	51	Mathews	LA	56	Clemente	Wis	4
Minoso	Det	51	Triandos	Wis	55	Dark	Det	4
Musial	ChA	48	Smith	PB	55	3 tied with		3
Bauer	Bos	47	Hegan	ChA	54


Sacrifice bunts vs RHP			Sacrifice flies vs RHP			Atbats vs RHP

Kell	ChA	19	Doby	ChA	10	Piersall	Det	504
Jones	ChA	9	Francona	PB	8	Dark	Det	474
Fowler	Wis	9	Buddin	PB	7	Thomas	Det	469
Dickson	Wis	8	Banks	LA	6	Kuenn	Wis	453
Schmidt	LA	8	Virdon	Wis	6	Virdon	Wis	453
Score	LA	8	Kuenn	Wis	6	Lopata	Bos	447
Clemente	Wis	8	Wilson	PB	5	Robinson	PB	447
Dark	Det	8	Castleman	PB	5	Boyer	Bos	440
O'Connell	LA	7	Power	ChA	5	Musial	ChA	436
Ashburn	Wis	7	Bauer	Bos	5	Ashburn	Wis	434
Law	Bos	6	Klaus	ChA	5	Hodges	Det	433
Mizell	Det	6	Dark	Det	5	Mathews	LA	429
Ford	LA	6	Mathews	LA	5	Smith	PB	424
Triandos	Wis	6	Robinson	PB	5	Mantle	LA	420
Mantle	LA	6	Mantle	LA	5	2 tied with		418


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

Mantle	LA	9.8	Minoso	Det	12.3	Piersall	Det	541
Mathews	LA	11.9	Goodman	Bos	13.7	Mantle	LA	528
Bailey	Det	12.1	Kuenn	Wis	13.7	Ashburn	Wis	519
Musial	ChA	14.5	Virdon	Wis	13.7	Robinson	PB	515
Long	Bos	16.8	Torgeson	LA	14.9	Mathews	LA	514
Triandos	Wis	18.3	Ashburn	Wis	16.1	Dark	Det	513
Lopata	Bos	21.3	Hodges	Det	17.3	Thomas	Det	507
Minoso	Det	22.6	Piersall	Det	17.4	Smith	PB	501
Lemon	ChA	23.1	Musial	ChA	18.2	Musial	ChA	492
Banks	LA	23.2	Clemente	Wis	19.9	Kuenn	Wis	491
Doby	ChA	24.3	Smith	PB	20.2	Minoso	Det	489
Thomas	Det	24.7	Schendiest	Wis	20.4	Hodges	Det	488
Robinson	PB	24.8	Walls	LA	21.3	Lopata	Bos	484
Bauer	Bos	26.4	Kell	ChA	21.3	Virdon	Wis	484
Hodges	Det	27.1	Lemon	ChA	21.8	Boyer	Bos	470

AL Batting Leaders -- ARegular season -- as of 9/21/1956

AL Batting Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 9/21/1956