AL Batting Leaders

AL Batting Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 9/30/1961

Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

Cash	PB	.327	Cash	PB	.454	Mantle	LA	.681
Piersall	Det	.325	Gentile	Ili	.441	Gentile	Ili	.671
Mathews	LA	.318	Mathews	LA	.436	Maris	PB	.657
Cepeda	Bos	.314	Mantle	LA	.432	Cepeda	Bos	.633
Mantle	LA	.309	Maris	PB	.405	Mays	Ili	.594
Altman	Bos	.308	Colavito	ChA	.405	Mathews	LA	.583
Boyer	Bos	.307	Piersall	Det	.386	Cash	PB	.575
Mays	Ili	.299	Boyer	Bos	.384	Altman	Bos	.569
Maris	PB	.296	Pearson	PB	.384	Stuart	Det	.567
Gentile	Ili	.291	Santo	ChA	.370	Robinson	PB	.555
Stuart	Det	.288	Altman	Bos	.369	Colavito	ChA	.554
Robinson	PB	.288	O'Connell	LA	.368	Boyer	Bos	.508
Colavito	ChA	.287	Mays	Ili	.363	Banks	LA	.504
Banks	LA	.286	Romano	Ili	.362	Berra	LA	.495
Kirkland	LA	.285	Cepeda	Bos	.350	Held	PB	.494


Hits			Runs			Runs batted in

Cepeda	Bos	206	Mantle	LA	158	Maris	PB	167
Mays	Ili	198	Mays	Ili	135	Robinson	PB	144
Cash	PB	192	Cash	PB	135	Banks	LA	141
Robinson	PB	192	Robinson	PB	129	Cepeda	Bos	141
Stuart	Det	191	Francona	LA	127	Mathews	LA	140
Piersall	Det	190	Mathews	LA	126	Mantle	LA	136
Boyer	Bos	188	Maris	PB	125	Stuart	Det	128
Altman	Bos	187	Altman	Bos	124	Gentile	Ili	122
Mathews	LA	185	Howser	Bos	123	Colavito	ChA	121
Francona	LA	184	Cepeda	Bos	119	Mays	Ili	119
Mantle	LA	177	Colavito	ChA	119	Cash	PB	110
Maris	PB	176	Allison	Ili	115	Altman	Bos	106
Howser	Bos	174	Gentile	Ili	113	Kirkland	LA	102
Smith	PB	171	O'Connell	LA	104	Smith	PB	99
Banks	LA	170	Boyer	Bos	100	Boyer	Bos	95


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Altman	Bos	46	Altman	Bos	16	Maris	PB	63
Piersall	Det	43	Piersall	Det	11	Mantle	LA	60
Mays	Ili	42	Boyer	Bos	10	Cepeda	Bos	54
Yastremski	ChA	34	Howser	Bos	9	Gentile	Ili	53
O'Connell	LA	34	Francona	LA	9	Stuart	Det	50
Cepeda	Bos	34	Cash	PB	8	Mays	Ili	49
Francona	LA	33	Robinson	PB	8	Robinson	PB	44
Held	PB	32	Cepeda	Bos	7	Allison	Ili	42
Banks	LA	32	Mathews	LA	6	Colavito	ChA	41
Gentile	Ili	30	Walls	LA	5	Mathews	LA	39
Wagner	Bos	30	Mantle	LA	5	Cash	PB	35
Kirkland	LA	30	Smith	PB	5	Smith	PB	33
Colavito	ChA	30	7 tied with		4	Banks	LA	32
Robinson	PB	30				Berra	LA	29
3 tied with		28				Boyer	Bos	29


Extra base hits			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Cepeda	Bos	95	Aparicio	ChA	40-28	Altman	Bos	.900
Mays	Ili	94	Howser	Bos	33-19	Robinson	PB	.762
Altman	Bos	89	Altman	Bos	18-2	Pearson	PB	.762
Mantle	LA	88	Robinson	PB	16-5	Mathews	LA	.750
Maris	PB	85	Pearson	PB	16-5	Howser	Bos	.635
Gentile	Ili	83	Mathews	LA	15-5	Cepeda	Bos	.609
Robinson	PB	82	O'Connell	LA	15-10	O'Connell	LA	.600
Stuart	Det	81	Cepeda	Bos	14-9	Aparicio	ChA	.588
Colavito	ChA	72	Wagner	Bos	13-3
Mathews	LA	70	Mantle	LA	11-4
Cash	PB	68	Piersall	Det	11-5
Allison	Ili	67	Runnels	ChA	9-4
Banks	LA	65	4 tied with		8
Held	PB	64
2 tied with		63


Walks			Intentional walks			Strikeouts

Gentile	Ili	132	Gentile	Ili	44	Stuart	Det	147
Cash	PB	131	Mathews	LA	30	Held	PB	144
Mantle	LA	125	Maris	PB	28	Battey	Bos	119
Mathews	LA	125	Cash	PB	24	Altman	Bos	111
Colavito	ChA	116	Boyer	Bos	16	Mantle	LA	108
Maris	PB	109	Santo	ChA	12	Gentile	Ili	107
Pearson	PB	94	Mantle	LA	9	Mays	Ili	104
Santo	ChA	87	Johnson	Det	8	Cash	PB	100
Allison	Ili	86	Long	LA	7	Demeter	Det	99
O'Connell	LA	85	Runnels	ChA	6	Cepeda	Bos	99
Howser	Bos	84	Romano	Ili	6	Allison	Ili	99
Boyer	Bos	79	Allison	Ili	6	Boyer	Bos	97
Mays	Ili	64	Bauer	Bos	5	Wagner	Bos	88
Wagner	Bos	62	3 tied with		4	Colavito	ChA	86
Yastremski	ChA	62				Thomas	Det	84


Sacrifice bunts			Sacrifice flies			Hit by pitch

Francona	LA	20	Banks	LA	13	Cepeda	Bos	14
Koufax	PB	13	Battey	Bos	10	Robinson	PB	12
Fisher	ChA	12	Kirkland	LA	9	Thomas	Det	10
Barber	Ili	12	Gentile	Ili	9	Demeter	Det	9
Spahn	Det	12	Mathews	LA	9	Gentile	Ili	9
McMillan	Ili	12	Cepeda	Bos	8	Cash	PB	9
Simmons	ChA	11	Maris	PB	8	Romano	Ili	8
O'Connell	LA	11	Musial	ChA	7	Smith	PB	7
Monbouqete	PB	10	Santo	ChA	7	Francona	LA	7
Bell	LA	10	Aparicio	ChA	7	Altman	Bos	6
Schilling	Ili	10	Boyer	Bos	7	Allison	Ili	6
Loes	ChA	9	Stuart	Det	7	Maris	PB	5
Cardwell	Det	9	Robinson	PB	7	4 tied with		4
Pascual	Ili	9	3 tied with		6
Gilliam	Ili	9


Ground ball DP			Runs created			Runs created/27 outs

Cepeda	Bos	35	Mantle	LA	175.9	Mantle	LA	11.4
Cash	PB	29	Maris	PB	161.0	Gentile	Ili	10.8
Robinson	PB	29	Mathews	LA	155.9	Mathews	LA	10.0
Bolling	Det	26	Cash	PB	151.9	Maris	PB	9.9
Yastremski	ChA	24	Gentile	Ili	151.6	Cash	PB	9.4
Stuart	Det	24	Mays	Ili	138.7	Colavito	ChA	8.3
Santo	ChA	23	Colavito	ChA	135.0	Altman	Bos	8.2
Battey	Bos	19	Altman	Bos	132.5	Mays	Ili	7.7
Thomas	Det	16	Cepeda	Bos	126.0	Boyer	Bos	7.5
Smith	PB	16	Boyer	Bos	123.5	Piersall	Det	7.0
Gentile	Ili	15	Robinson	PB	119.0	Cepeda	Bos	6.8
Aparicio	ChA	15	Stuart	Det	112.4	Robinson	PB	6.2
Mays	Ili	15	Piersall	Det	109.5	Kirkland	LA	6.1
Kuenn	Ili	14	Banks	LA	101.5	Banks	LA	6.1
8 tied with		13	Allison	Ili	101.4	Stuart	Det	6.0


Isolated power			Total average			Total bases

Gentile	Ili	.380	Gentile	Ili	1.287	Cepeda	Bos	416
Mantle	LA	.372	Mantle	LA	1.285	Mays	Ili	393
Maris	PB	.360	Maris	PB	1.171	Mantle	LA	390
Cepeda	Bos	.320	Mathews	LA	1.170	Maris	PB	390
Mays	Ili	.295	Cash	PB	1.128	Stuart	Det	376
Stuart	Det	.279	Colavito	ChA	1.026	Robinson	PB	370
Colavito	ChA	.268	Altman	Bos	.988	Altman	Bos	346
Robinson	PB	.267	Mays	Ili	.965	Mathews	LA	339
Mathews	LA	.265	Cepeda	Bos	.952	Cash	PB	338
Altman	Bos	.262	Boyer	Bos	.917	Gentile	Ili	334
Allison	Ili	.253	Robinson	PB	.880	Colavito	ChA	321
Cash	PB	.248	Piersall	Det	.859	Boyer	Bos	311
Banks	LA	.218	Stuart	Det	.837	Smith	PB	305
Smith	PB	.214	Allison	Ili	.817	Banks	LA	300
Held	PB	.213	Kirkland	LA	.813	Allison	Ili	298


On-base plus slugging			Secondary average			AB per homerun

Mantle	LA	1.112	Gentile	Ili	.643	Gentile	Ili	9.4
Gentile	Ili	1.112	Mantle	LA	.602	Maris	PB	9.4
Maris	PB	1.062	Maris	PB	.545	Mantle	LA	9.6
Cash	PB	1.028	Mathews	LA	.497	Cepeda	Bos	12.2
Mathews	LA	1.019	Cash	PB	.474	Stuart	Det	13.3
Cepeda	Bos	.983	Colavito	ChA	.463	Mays	Ili	13.5
Colavito	ChA	.959	Mays	Ili	.394	Colavito	ChA	14.1
Mays	Ili	.956	Allison	Ili	.392	Allison	Ili	14.5
Altman	Bos	.938	Altman	Bos	.378	Mathews	LA	14.9
Robinson	PB	.900	Cepeda	Bos	.368	Robinson	PB	15.2
Boyer	Bos	.892	Robinson	PB	.358	Cash	PB	16.8
Stuart	Det	.892	Santo	ChA	.340	Berra	LA	17.3
Piersall	Det	.869	Boyer	Bos	.337	Banks	LA	18.6
Banks	LA	.844	Stuart	Det	.336	Smith	PB	19.0
Kirkland	LA	.831	Kirkland	LA	.309	Held	PB	20.8


Atbats			Plate appearances			Games

Robinson	PB	667	Howser	Bos	755	Mazeroski	Bos	162
Francona	LA	666	Francona	LA	745	Stuart	Det	162
Stuart	Det	663	Robinson	PB	736	Boyer	Bos	162
Mays	Ili	662	Cash	PB	734	Cepeda	Bos	162
Howser	Bos	662	Mays	Ili	731	Mays	Ili	162
Cepeda	Bos	657	Mathews	LA	720	Robinson	PB	162
Smith	PB	627	Maris	PB	716	Howser	Bos	162
Mazeroski	Bos	621	Stuart	Det	710	Yastremski	ChA	162
Aparicio	ChA	616	Colavito	ChA	708	Colavito	ChA	162
Boyer	Bos	612	Allison	Ili	707	Cash	PB	162
Allison	Ili	609	Cepeda	Bos	706	Maris	PB	162
Altman	Bos	608	Mantle	LA	705	Smith	PB	161
Banks	LA	595	Boyer	Bos	700	Mathews	LA	159
Maris	PB	594	Smith	PB	697	Bolling	Det	159
Cash	PB	588	Altman	Bos	675	5 tied with		155


Current hit streak			Longest hit streak

Mazeroski	Bos	13	Piersall	Det	23
Kirkland	LA	8	Banks	LA	17
Smith	PB	8	Boyer	Bos	15
Runnels	ChA	7	Runnels	ChA	15
Snyder	Ili	7	Altman	Bos	14
Walls	LA	6	Battey	Bos	14
Bressoud	Det	6	Yastremski	ChA	14
Johnson	Det	5	Colavito	ChA	14
Piersall	Det	5	Mazeroski	Bos	13
Simmons	ChA	5	Stuart	Det	13
8 tied with		4	Robinson	PB	13
			Howser	Bos	13
			Aparicio	ChA	13
			6 tied with		12



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

Mantle	LA	517	Mantle	LA	.733	Francona	LA	4.81
Maris	PB	504	Gentile	Ili	.733	O'Connell	LA	4.74
Cash	PB	478	Maris	PB	.704	Howser	Bos	4.66
Gentile	Ili	475	Cash	PB	.651	Piersall	Det	4.63
Mathews	LA	467	Mathews	LA	.649	Allison	Ili	4.56
Mays	Ili	460	Cepeda	Bos	.647	Mantle	LA	4.55
Cepeda	Bos	457	Mays	Ili	.629	Robinson	PB	4.54
Colavito	ChA	440	Colavito	ChA	.621	Cash	PB	4.53
Robinson	PB	432	Altman	Bos	.603	Altman	Bos	4.53
Stuart	Det	415	Robinson	PB	.587	Mathews	LA	4.53
Altman	Bos	407	Stuart	Det	.585	Mays	Ili	4.51
Boyer	Bos	392	Boyer	Bos	.560	Maris	PB	4.42
Allison	Ili	390	Allison	Ili	.552	Virdon	Ili	4.42
Smith	PB	370	Banks	LA	.535	Banks	LA	4.39
Banks	LA	355	Smith	PB	.531	Stuart	Det	4.38


Total bases plus walks			TB+BB rate			AB per game

Mantle	LA	515	Mantle	LA	.730	Francona	LA	4.30
Maris	PB	499	Gentile	Ili	.719	Piersall	Det	4.14
Cash	PB	469	Maris	PB	.697	Robinson	PB	4.12
Gentile	Ili	466	Mathews	LA	.644	Stuart	Det	4.09
Mathews	LA	464	Cash	PB	.639	Mays	Ili	4.09
Mays	Ili	457	Cepeda	Bos	.627	Howser	Bos	4.09
Cepeda	Bos	443	Mays	Ili	.625	Altman	Bos	4.08
Colavito	ChA	437	Colavito	ChA	.617	Cepeda	Bos	4.06
Robinson	PB	420	Altman	Bos	.594	O'Connell	LA	4.04
Stuart	Det	414	Stuart	Det	.583	Virdon	Ili	4.03
Altman	Bos	401	Robinson	PB	.571	Aparicio	ChA	4.03
Boyer	Bos	390	Boyer	Bos	.557	Banks	LA	3.94
Allison	Ili	384	Allison	Ili	.543	Allison	Ili	3.93
Smith	PB	363	Banks	LA	.531	Smith	PB	3.89
Banks	LA	352	Berra	LA	.525	Thomas	Det	3.87


Balls in park			In-play average			Strikeout/walk ratio

Francona	LA	600	Piersall	Det	.347	Pearson	PB	0.4
Howser	Bos	588	Cash	PB	.342	Maris	PB	0.6
Aparicio	ChA	575	Altman	Bos	.336	Mathews	LA	0.7
Robinson	PB	560	Held	PB	.324	O'Connell	LA	0.7
Mazeroski	Bos	545	Boyer	Bos	.323	Colavito	ChA	0.7
Smith	PB	526	Mathews	LA	.310	Cash	PB	0.8
Piersall	Det	522	Battey	Bos	.305	Howser	Bos	0.8
Cepeda	Bos	512	Stuart	Det	.297	Santo	ChA	0.8
Mays	Ili	511	Cepeda	Bos	.297	Gentile	Ili	0.8
O'Connell	LA	507	Romano	Ili	.293	Mantle	LA	0.9
Banks	LA	495	Mays	Ili	.292	Virdon	Ili	0.9
Bolling	Det	493	Mantle	LA	.285	Bolling	Det	0.9
Boyer	Bos	493	Kirkland	LA	.283	Piersall	Det	1.1
Maris	PB	479	Pearson	PB	.282	Schilling	Ili	1.1
Yastremski	ChA	478	Yastremski	ChA	.280	Allison	Ili	1.2


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

Cash	PB	.344	Colavito	ChA	.451	Mantle	LA	.723
Robinson	PB	.338	Boyer	Bos	.439	Robinson	PB	.682
Banks	LA	.333	Cash	PB	.438	Cash	PB	.672
Cepeda	Bos	.332	Mantle	LA	.424	Cepeda	Bos	.647
Boyer	Bos	.327	O'Connell	LA	.405	Colavito	ChA	.616
Mantle	LA	.321	Banks	LA	.395	Gentile	Ili	.608
Howard	ChA	.315	Robinson	PB	.394	Banks	LA	.606
Colavito	ChA	.311	Santo	ChA	.384	Allison	Ili	.590
Held	PB	.311	Allison	Ili	.379	Boyer	Bos	.531
Piersall	Det	.305	Piersall	Det	.375	Mays	Ili	.526
O'Connell	LA	.301	Averill	Det	.373	Held	PB	.522
Mays	Ili	.281	Held	PB	.372	Maris	PB	.479
Howser	Bos	.275	Cepeda	Bos	.371	Stuart	Det	.475
Santo	ChA	.275	Howser	Bos	.370	O'Connell	LA	.470
Averill	Det	.272	Romano	Ili	.366	Piersall	Det	.468


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

Robinson	PB	66	Robinson	PB	54	Mantle	LA	1.147
Cash	PB	63	Banks	LA	47	Cash	PB	1.110
Cepeda	Bos	63	Cash	PB	44	Robinson	PB	1.077
Banks	LA	60	Cepeda	Bos	39	Colavito	ChA	1.067
Mantle	LA	59	Maris	PB	39	Cepeda	Bos	1.019
Boyer	Bos	53	Colavito	ChA	38	Banks	LA	1.001
Howser	Bos	52	Mantle	LA	37	Boyer	Bos	.970
Howard	ChA	51	Howard	ChA	34	Allison	Ili	.969
Held	PB	50	Mathews	LA	33	Gentile	Ili	.967
O'Connell	LA	50	Gentile	Ili	31	Held	PB	.894
Mathews	LA	50	Mays	Ili	29	O'Connell	LA	.875
Francona	LA	49	Stuart	Det	27	Mays	Ili	.874
Mays	Ili	48	Allison	Ili	25	Piersall	Det	.843
Colavito	ChA	47	Kirkland	LA	24	Romano	Ili	.816
3 tied with		43	4 tied with		23	Howard	ChA	.799


Doubles vs LHP			Triples vs LHP			Homeruns vs LHP

Power	ChA	15	Piersall	Det	3	Mantle	LA	21
Cepeda	Bos	14	Cash	PB	3	Robinson	PB	18
Francona	LA	13	Wood	PB	2	Cash	PB	15
Romano	Ili	12	Bolling	Det	2	Cepeda	Bos	14
Piersall	Det	11	Yastremski	ChA	2	Maris	PB	14
Mathews	LA	11	Pearson	PB	2	Gentile	Ili	13
O'Connell	LA	10	Boyer	Bos	2	Allison	Ili	13
Demeter	Det	10	Demeter	Det	2	Colavito	ChA	13
Altman	Bos	10	Altman	Bos	2	Banks	LA	13
Mays	Ili	10	Power	ChA	2	Stuart	Det	10
6 tied with		9	Howser	Bos	2	Mays	Ili	10
			Cepeda	Bos	2	Thomas	Det	9
			Robinson	PB	2	Held	PB	9
			20 tied with		1	Smith	PB	8
						Mathews	LA	8


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

Mantle	LA	31	Mantle	LA	133	Mantle	LA	.402
Cepeda	Bos	30	Robinson	PB	133	Gentile	Ili	.354
Robinson	PB	29	Cash	PB	123	Robinson	PB	.344
Cash	PB	27	Cepeda	Bos	123	Cash	PB	.328
Banks	LA	22	Banks	LA	109	Allison	Ili	.319
Mays	Ili	21	Colavito	ChA	93	Cepeda	Bos	.316
Maris	PB	21	Maris	PB	91	Colavito	ChA	.305
Gentile	Ili	20	Mays	Ili	90	Banks	LA	.272
Colavito	ChA	20	Mathews	LA	87	Maris	PB	.263
Mathews	LA	20	Boyer	Bos	86	Mays	Ili	.246
Allison	Ili	19	Allison	Ili	85	Stuart	Det	.231
Demeter	Det	19	Held	PB	84	Held	PB	.211
Altman	Bos	18	Gentile	Ili	79	Demeter	Det	.211
Power	ChA	18	O'Connell	LA	78	Boyer	Bos	.204
3 tied with		17	Howser	Bos	77	Thomas	Det	.200


Walks vs LHP			Strikeouts vs LHP			Hit by pitch vs LHP

Colavito	ChA	40	Cash	PB	45	Cepeda	Bos	5
Boyer	Bos	33	Mathews	LA	45	Maris	PB	4
Mantle	LA	32	Stuart	Det	44	Francona	LA	3
O'Connell	LA	29	Mantle	LA	42	Cash	PB	3
Cash	PB	29	Altman	Bos	38	Robinson	PB	3
Santo	ChA	27	Tasby	ChA	37	Yastremski	ChA	2
Howser	Bos	27	Wagner	Bos	35	Demeter	Det	2
Allison	Ili	25	Held	PB	35	Power	ChA	2
Pearson	PB	25	Francona	LA	35	Howser	Bos	2
Smith	PB	25	Battey	Bos	31	Mathews	LA	2
Mathews	LA	25	Kirkland	LA	31	16 tied with		1
Averill	Det	22	Maris	PB	31
Kirkland	LA	22	Gentile	Ili	29
Gentile	Ili	21	Yastremski	ChA	29
Banks	LA	21	Demeter	Det	29


Sacrifice bunts vs LHP			Sacrifice flies vs LHP			Atbats vs LHP

Monbouqete	PB	7	Kirkland	LA	4	Robinson	PB	195
Francona	LA	6	Banks	LA	4	Francona	LA	195
Cardwell	Det	5	Tasby	ChA	3	Mathews	LA	193
Fisher	ChA	5	Santo	ChA	3	Cepeda	Bos	190
Spahn	Det	4	Maris	PB	3	Maris	PB	190
Bell	LA	4	Robinson	PB	3	Howser	Bos	189
Simmons	ChA	4	11 tied with		2	Mantle	LA	184
Koufax	PB	4				Aparicio	ChA	183
Gibbon	Ili	3				Cash	PB	183
O'Dell	Bos	3				Banks	LA	180
Ford	LA	3				Power	ChA	174
Lary	Det	3				Mays	Ili	171
Pappas	Bos	3				Mazeroski	Bos	170
Schilling	Ili	3				Altman	Bos	168
Bolling	Det	3				3 tied with		166


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

Mantle	LA	8.8	Romano	Ili	10.9	Mathews	LA	222
Gentile	Ili	10.0	Power	ChA	11.6	Howser	Bos	221
Robinson	PB	10.8	Piersall	Det	12.8	Robinson	PB	218
Allison	Ili	11.1	Cepeda	Bos	13.6	Mantle	LA	218
Colavito	ChA	11.6	Francona	LA	15.0	Cash	PB	217
Cash	PB	12.2	O'Connell	LA	16.6	Francona	LA	216
Cepeda	Bos	13.6	Demeter	Det	16.6	Maris	PB	215
Maris	PB	13.6	Altman	Bos	16.8	Banks	LA	205
Banks	LA	13.8	Mays	Ili	17.1	Cepeda	Bos	202
Stuart	Det	16.0	Wagner	Bos	17.2	Aparicio	ChA	200
Thomas	Det	16.1	Mathews	LA	17.5	Boyer	Bos	198
Mays	Ili	17.1	Gentile	Ili	18.6	O'Connell	LA	197
Held	PB	17.9	Boyer	Bos	20.3	Colavito	ChA	195
Tasby	ChA	20.4	Cash	PB	20.3	Smith	PB	194
Berra	LA	20.7	Mantle	LA	20.4	Mays	Ili	190


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

Mathews	LA	.348	Mathews	LA	.476	Maris	PB	.740
Altman	Bos	.341	Gentile	Ili	.467	Gentile	Ili	.693
Maris	PB	.334	Cash	PB	.460	Mantle	LA	.661
Piersall	Det	.332	Maris	PB	.453	Mathews	LA	.649
Cash	PB	.319	Mantle	LA	.435	Altman	Bos	.630
Runnels	ChA	.315	Altman	Bos	.406	Cepeda	Bos	.627
Berra	LA	.312	Pearson	PB	.397	Mays	Ili	.617
Robinson	ChA	.307	Piersall	Det	.390	Stuart	Det	.596
Cepeda	Bos	.306	Colavito	ChA	.387	Berra	LA	.537
Mays	Ili	.305	Robinson	ChA	.386	Colavito	ChA	.533
Gentile	Ili	.304	Runnels	ChA	.377	Cash	PB	.531
Mantle	LA	.303	Mays	Ili	.368	Kirkland	LA	.518
Stuart	Det	.302	Santo	ChA	.365	Smith	PB	.503
Kirkland	LA	.302	Boyer	Bos	.363	Robinson	PB	.502
Boyer	Bos	.300	Romano	Ili	.360	Boyer	Bos	.500


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

Stuart	Det	152	Maris	PB	128	Maris	PB	1.193
Altman	Bos	150	Mathews	LA	107	Gentile	Ili	1.160
Mays	Ili	150	Cepeda	Bos	102	Mathews	LA	1.125
Piersall	Det	147	Stuart	Det	101	Mantle	LA	1.096
Cepeda	Bos	143	Mantle	LA	99	Altman	Bos	1.035
Mathews	LA	135	Banks	LA	94	Cash	PB	.991
Maris	PB	135	Gentile	Ili	91	Mays	Ili	.985
Boyer	Bos	135	Robinson	PB	90	Cepeda	Bos	.969
Francona	LA	135	Mays	Ili	90	Stuart	Det	.929
Runnels	ChA	130	Altman	Bos	89	Colavito	ChA	.920
Cash	PB	129	Colavito	ChA	83	Berra	LA	.891
Smith	PB	129	Smith	PB	80	Piersall	Det	.877
Robinson	PB	126	Kirkland	LA	78	Kirkland	LA	.870
Howser	Bos	122	Boyer	Bos	73	Boyer	Bos	.863
Mazeroski	Bos	121	Romano	Ili	71	Robinson	ChA	.861


Doubles vs RHP			Triples vs RHP			Homeruns vs RHP

Altman	Bos	36	Altman	Bos	14	Maris	PB	49
Piersall	Det	32	Francona	LA	9	Gentile	Ili	40
Mays	Ili	32	Piersall	Det	8	Cepeda	Bos	40
Yastremski	ChA	28	Boyer	Bos	8	Stuart	Det	40
Musial	ChA	27	Howser	Bos	7	Mantle	LA	39
Kirkland	LA	25	Robinson	PB	6	Mays	Ili	39
Held	PB	25	Walls	LA	5	Mathews	LA	31
O'Connell	LA	24	Mathews	LA	5	Allison	Ili	29
Banks	LA	24	Cash	PB	5	Colavito	ChA	28
Gentile	Ili	23	Smith	PB	5	Robinson	PB	26
Colavito	ChA	23	Cepeda	Bos	5	Smith	PB	25
Santo	ChA	22	Robinson	ChA	4	Berra	LA	22
Wagner	Bos	21	Mantle	LA	4	Boyer	Bos	22
Runnels	ChA	21	Held	PB	4	Mazeroski	Bos	22
Robinson	PB	21	Stuart	Det	4	Altman	Bos	21


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

Mays	Ili	73	Mays	Ili	303	Maris	PB	.406
Altman	Bos	71	Stuart	Det	300	Gentile	Ili	.389
Cepeda	Bos	65	Maris	PB	299	Mantle	LA	.357
Maris	PB	64	Cepeda	Bos	293	Cepeda	Bos	.321
Stuart	Det	64	Altman	Bos	277	Mays	Ili	.312
Gentile	Ili	63	Mantle	LA	257	Mathews	LA	.302
Mantle	LA	57	Gentile	Ili	255	Stuart	Det	.294
Robinson	PB	53	Mathews	LA	252	Altman	Bos	.289
Colavito	ChA	52	Robinson	PB	237	Colavito	ChA	.255
Mathews	LA	50	Smith	PB	232	Robinson	PB	.235
Held	PB	48	Colavito	ChA	228	Allison	Ili	.232
Smith	PB	48	Boyer	Bos	225	Berra	LA	.225
Allison	Ili	48	Piersall	Det	216	Smith	PB	.223
Piersall	Det	47	Cash	PB	215	Kirkland	LA	.216
Kirkland	LA	46	Francona	LA	215	Held	PB	.214


Walks vs RHP			Strikeouts vs RHP			Hit by pitch vs RHP

Gentile	Ili	111	Held	PB	109	Thomas	Det	9
Cash	PB	102	Stuart	Det	103	Cepeda	Bos	9
Mathews	LA	100	Battey	Bos	88	Robinson	PB	9
Mantle	LA	93	Cepeda	Bos	82	Gentile	Ili	8
Maris	PB	91	Mays	Ili	80	Demeter	Det	7
Colavito	ChA	76	Gentile	Ili	78	Romano	Ili	7
Pearson	PB	69	Allison	Ili	77	Smith	PB	6
Allison	Ili	61	Boyer	Bos	75	Cash	PB	6
Santo	ChA	60	Altman	Bos	73	Allison	Ili	6
Howser	Bos	57	Demeter	Det	70	Altman	Bos	5
O'Connell	LA	56	Mantle	LA	66	Taylor	ChA	4
Yastremski	ChA	53	Colavito	ChA	66	Francona	LA	4
4 tied with		46	Thomas	Det	64	9 tied with		3
			Banks	LA	62
			2 tied with		57


Sacrifice bunts vs RHP			Sacrifice flies vs RHP			Atbats vs RHP

Francona	LA	14	Banks	LA	9	Stuart	Det	503
Barber	Ili	10	Battey	Bos	8	Mays	Ili	491
McMillan	Ili	10	Gentile	Ili	8	Howser	Bos	473
Koufax	PB	9	Cepeda	Bos	8	Robinson	PB	472
O'Connell	LA	9	Musial	ChA	7	Francona	LA	471
Loes	ChA	8	Mathews	LA	7	Cepeda	Bos	467
Spahn	Det	8	Aparicio	ChA	6	Allison	Ili	465
Gilliam	Ili	8	Kirkland	LA	5	Smith	PB	461
Fisher	ChA	7	Bolling	Det	5	Mazeroski	Bos	451
Sturdivant	LA	7	Maris	PB	5	Boyer	Bos	450
Simmons	ChA	7	Boyer	Bos	5	Piersall	Det	443
Pascual	Ili	7	Stuart	Det	5	Altman	Bos	440
McBride	Bos	7	14 tied with		4	Aparicio	ChA	433
Schilling	Ili	7				Colavito	ChA	428
6 tied with		6				Bolling	Det	421


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

Maris	PB	8.2	Altman	Bos	12.2	Mays	Ili	541
Gentile	Ili	9.2	Gilliam	Ili	12.9	Allison	Ili	538
Mantle	LA	10.0	Piersall	Det	13.8	Howser	Bos	534
Cepeda	Bos	11.7	Yastremski	ChA	14.8	Stuart	Det	533
Mathews	LA	12.5	Musial	ChA	15.3	Francona	LA	529
Stuart	Det	12.6	Mays	Ili	15.3	Robinson	PB	518
Mays	Ili	12.6	Kirkland	LA	15.8	Cash	PB	517
Colavito	ChA	15.3	Gentile	Ili	16.0	Colavito	ChA	513
Allison	Ili	16.0	O'Connell	LA	16.8	Cepeda	Bos	504
Berra	LA	16.2	Held	PB	16.8	Smith	PB	503
Robinson	PB	18.2	Banks	LA	17.3	Boyer	Bos	502
Smith	PB	18.4	Santo	ChA	18.0	Maris	PB	501
Cash	PB	20.3	Robinson	ChA	18.1	Mathews	LA	498
Boyer	Bos	20.5	Colavito	ChA	18.6	Gentile	Ili	495
Mazeroski	Bos	20.5	Wagner	Bos	18.6	Altman	Bos	494

AL Batting Leaders -- ARegular season -- as of 9/30/1961

AL Batting Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 9/30/1961