1959 National League Batting Leaders

1958 Season 1960 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 620 games, 8 teams, approx. 155 games in season

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Henry Aaron	25	MLN	Maj	MLN	154	693	629	116	223	46	7	39	123	8	0	51	54	.355	.401	.636	1.037	400	19	4	0	9	17
2	Willie McCovey*	21	SFN	Maj	SFG	52	219	192	32	68	9	5	13	38	2	0	22	35	.354	.429	.656	1.086	126	7	4	0	1	1
3	Joe Cunningham*	27	SLN	Maj	STL	144	556	458	65	158	28	6	7	60	2	6	88	47	.345	.453	.478	.931	219	9	5	2	3	9
4	Orlando Cepeda	21	SFN	Maj	SFG	151	647	605	92	192	35	4	27	105	23	9	33	100	.317	.356	.522	.878	316	10	5	0	4	10
5	Vada Pinson*	20	CIN	Maj	CIN	154	706	648	131	205	47	9	20	84	21	6	55	98	.316	.371	.509	.880	330	9	1	2	0	3
6	Willie Mays	28	SFN	Maj	SFG	151	648	575	125	180	43	5	34	104	27	4	65	58	.313	.381	.583	.964	335	11	2	0	6	9
7	Irv Noren*	34	CHN,SLN	Maj	CHC-STL	73	180	164	27	51	7	2	4	19	2	0	13	26	.311	.372	.451	.823	74	2	3	0	0	1
8	Frank Robinson	23	CIN	Maj	CIN	146	626	540	106	168	31	4	36	125	18	8	69	93	.311	.391	.583	.975	315	16	8	0	9	9
9	Johnny Temple	31	CIN	Maj	CIN	149	696	598	102	186	35	6	8	67	14	3	72	40	.311	.380	.430	.809	257	11	2	11	13	2
10	Ken Boyer	28	SLN	Maj	STL	149	633	563	86	174	18	5	28	94	12	6	67	77	.309	.384	.508	.892	286	7	2	0	1	7
11	Duke Snider	32	LAN	Maj	LAD	126	435	370	59	114	11	2	23	88	1	5	58	71	.308	.400	.535	.935	198	8	0	5	2	13
12	Eddie Mathews	27	MLN	Maj	MLN	148	682	594	118	182	16	8	46	114	2	1	80	71	.306	.390	.593	.983	352	6	3	3	2	2
13	Ernie Banks	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	155	671	589	97	179	25	6	45	143	2	4	64	72	.304	.374	.596	.970	351	18	7	2	9	20
14	Wally Moon	29	LAN	Maj	LAD	145	637	543	93	164	26	11	19	74	15	6	81	64	.302	.394	.495	.890	269	9	3	8	2	1
15	Bill White*	25	SLN	Maj	STL	138	561	517	77	156	33	9	12	72	15	10	34	61	.302	.344	.470	.814	243	5	2	3	5	1
16	Smoky Burgess	32	PIT	Maj	PIT	114	418	377	41	112	28	5	11	59	0	0	31	16	.297	.349	.485	.834	183	10	2	2	6	9
17	Dick Stuart	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	118	450	397	64	118	15	2	27	78	1	1	42	86	.297	.362	.549	.911	218	11	2	2	7	7
18	Roberto Clemente	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	105	456	432	60	128	17	7	4	50	2	3	15	51	.296	.322	.396	.718	171	10	3	3	3	2
19	Don Hoak	31	PIT	Maj	PIT	155	651	564	60	166	29	3	8	65	9	2	71	75	.294	.374	.399	.773	225	18	4	6	6	4
20	Gus Bell	30	CIN	Maj	CIN	148	620	580	59	170	27	2	19	115	2	3	29	44	.293	.325	.445	.770	258	13	2	1	8	1
21	Carl Sawatski	31	PHI	Maj	PHI	74	233	198	15	58	10	0	9	43	0	0	32	36	.293	.392	.480	.872	95	5	1	1	1	11
22	Joe Adcock	31	MLN	Maj	MLN	115	444	404	53	118	19	2	25	76	0	0	32	77	.292	.339	.535	.874	216	8	0	2	6	6
23	Johnny Logan	33	MLN	Maj	MLN	138	540	470	59	137	17	0	13	50	1	3	57	45	.292	.369	.411	.780	193	12	3	6	4	9
24	Rocky Nelson*	34	PIT	Maj	PIT	98	204	175	31	51	11	0	6	32	0	0	23	19	.291	.379	.457	.836	80	2	3	1	2	4
25	Dave Philley	39	PHI	Maj	PHI	99	278	254	32	74	18	2	7	37	0	0	18	27	.291	.339	.461	.800	117	3	1	4	1	3
26	Don Blasingame	27	SLN	Maj	STL	150	691	615	90	178	26	7	1	24	15	15	67	42	.289	.361	.359	.720	221	3	2	7	0	2
27	Bill Bruton	33	MLN	Maj	MLN	133	522	478	72	138	22	6	6	41	13	5	35	54	.289	.338	.398	.735	190	9	1	7	1	2
28	Norm Larker*	28	LAN	Maj	LAD	108	351	311	37	90	14	1	8	49	0	1	26	25	.289	.344	.418	.762	130	12	2	8	4	1
29	Charlie Neal	28	LAN	Maj	LAD	151	685	616	103	177	30	11	19	83	17	6	43	86	.287	.337	.464	.802	286	22	4	21	1	2
30	Ed Bouchee*	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	136	581	499	75	142	29	4	15	74	0	4	70	74	.285	.375	.449	.824	224	13	5	2	5	4
31	Eddie Kasko	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	118	347	329	39	93	14	1	2	31	2	2	14	38	.283	.309	.350	.659	115	5	0	1	3	5
32	Jim Gilliam	30	LAN	Maj	LAD	145	655	553	91	156	18	4	3	34	23	10	96	25	.282	.387	.345	.732	191	3	0	3	3	4
33	Bob Skinner	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	143	617	547	78	153	18	4	13	61	10	7	67	65	.280	.357	.399	.756	218	6	0	1	2	8
34	Tony Taylor	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	150	688	624	96	175	30	8	8	38	23	9	45	86	.280	.331	.393	.724	245	8	6	6	7	0
35	Gino Cimoli	29	SLN	Maj	STL	143	569	519	61	145	40	7	8	72	7	0	37	83	.279	.327	.430	.757	223	19	2	7	4	2
36	Wes Covington	27	MLN	Maj	MLN	103	405	373	38	104	17	3	7	45	0	1	26	41	.279	.329	.397	.726	148	13	3	1	2	8
37	Gil Hodges	35	LAN	Maj	LAD	124	480	413	57	114	19	2	25	80	3	2	58	92	.276	.367	.513	.880	212	13	3	3	3	6
38	Felipe Alou	24	SFN	Maj	SFG	95	268	247	38	68	13	2	10	33	5	3	17	38	.275	.318	.466	.784	115	5	0	1	3	1
39	Dick Groat	28	PIT	Maj	PIT	147	640	593	74	163	22	7	5	51	0	2	32	35	.275	.312	.361	.673	214	21	2	9	4	2
40	Willie Kirkland	25	SFN	Maj	SFG	126	511	463	64	126	22	3	22	68	5	3	42	84	.272	.335	.475	.810	220	6	3	0	3	3
41	Jackie Brandt	25	SFN	Maj	SFG	137	471	429	63	116	16	5	12	57	11	4	35	69	.270	.324	.415	.739	178	8	0	5	2	2
42	Hal Smith	28	SLN	Maj	STL	142	473	452	35	122	15	3	13	50	2	6	15	28	.270	.295	.403	.698	182	13	1	5	0	6
43	Alex Grammas	33	SLN	Maj	STL	131	415	368	43	99	14	2	3	30	3	3	38	26	.269	.337	.342	.679	126	9	1	5	3	6
44	Jerry Lynch	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	117	415	379	49	102	16	3	17	58	2	0	29	50	.269	.320	.462	.782	175	7	1	3	3	1
45	Sammy Taylor	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	110	390	353	41	95	13	2	13	43	1	0	35	47	.269	.336	.428	.764	151	6	1	0	1	13
46	Gene Freese	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	132	457	400	60	107	14	5	23	70	8	4	43	61	.268	.343	.500	.843	200	8	5	5	4	4
47	Dutch Dotterer	27	CIN	Maj	CIN	52	181	161	21	43	7	0	2	17	0	0	16	23	.267	.328	.348	.676	56	3	0	1	3	1
48	Richie Ashburn	32	PHI	Maj	PHI	153	660	564	86	150	16	2	1	20	9	11	79	42	.266	.360	.307	.667	173	10	6	7	4	4
49	Daryl Spencer	30	SFN	Maj	SFG	152	621	555	59	147	20	1	12	62	5	0	58	67	.265	.332	.369	.701	205	14	0	3	5	4
50	Ed Bailey	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	121	447	379	43	100	13	0	12	40	2	0	62	53	.264	.370	.393	.763	149	10	2	4	0	6
51	Al Dark	37	CHN	Maj	CHC	136	545	477	60	126	22	9	6	45	1	1	55	50	.264	.342	.386	.728	184	4	3	7	3	9
52	Roy McMillan	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	79	280	246	38	65	14	2	9	24	0	2	27	27	.264	.345	.447	.793	110	11	4	2	1	3
53	Joe Koppe	28	PHI	Maj	PHI	126	472	422	68	110	18	7	7	28	7	7	41	80	.261	.327	.386	.713	163	6	2	4	3	0
54	Maury Wills	26	LAN	Maj	LAD	83	258	242	27	63	5	2	0	7	7	3	13	27	.260	.298	.298	.596	72	3	0	3	0	5
55	Bobby Thomson	35	CHN	Maj	CHC	122	418	374	55	97	15	2	11	52	1	0	35	50	.259	.322	.398	.721	149	9	2	2	5	6
56	Jim Davenport	25	SFN	Maj	SFG	123	510	469	65	121	16	3	6	38	0	1	28	65	.258	.301	.343	.645	161	4	2	9	2	0
57	Del Crandall	29	MLN	Maj	MLN	150	581	518	65	133	19	2	21	72	5	1	46	48	.257	.318	.423	.741	219	24	3	9	5	8
58	Willie Jones	33	CIN,PHI	Maj	CIN-PHI	119	447	393	56	101	21	2	14	55	0	2	47	40	.257	.335	.428	.762	168	12	1	2	4	3
59	Lee Walls	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	120	409	354	43	91	18	3	8	33	0	2	42	73	.257	.342	.393	.734	139	6	5	5	3	1
60	Don Demeter	24	LAN	Maj	LAD	139	401	371	55	95	11	1	18	70	5	6	16	87	.256	.294	.437	.731	162	7	6	3	5	1
61	Curt Flood	21	SLN	Maj	STL	121	226	208	24	53	7	3	7	26	2	1	16	35	.255	.305	.418	.724	87	6	0	0	2	0
62	Stan Musial*	38	SLN	Maj	STL	115	404	341	37	87	13	2	14	44	0	2	60	25	.255	.364	.428	.792	146	12	0	0	3	11
63	Wally Post	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	132	510	468	62	119	17	6	22	94	0	0	36	101	.254	.310	.457	.767	214	7	3	0	3	4
64	Bill Virdon	28	PIT	Maj	PIT	144	583	519	67	132	24	2	8	41	7	4	55	65	.254	.327	.355	.682	184	7	2	5	2	11
65	Danny Kravitz	28	PIT	Maj	PIT	52	169	162	18	41	9	1	3	21	0	1	5	14	.253	.274	.377	.650	61	2	0	1	1	1
66	Jim Marshall*	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	108	331	294	39	74	10	1	11	40	0	1	33	39	.252	.324	.405	.729	119	5	0	1	3	1
67	Eddie Bressoud	27	SFN	Maj	SFG	104	350	315	36	79	17	2	9	26	0	0	28	55	.251	.311	.403	.714	127	4	0	6	1	6
68	Hobie Landrith	29	SFN	Maj	SFG	109	335	283	30	71	14	0	3	29	0	4	43	23	.251	.346	.332	.678	94	6	0	5	4	7
69	Andre Rodgers	24	SFN	Maj	SFG	71	266	228	32	57	12	1	6	24	2	1	32	50	.250	.342	.390	.733	89	5	1	3	2	1
70	George Altman	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	135	468	420	54	103	14	4	12	47	1	0	34	80	.245	.312	.383	.695	161	8	7	6	1	4
71	Gene Oliver	24	SLN	Maj	STL	68	181	172	14	42	9	0	6	28	3	2	7	41	.244	.271	.401	.672	69	4	0	0	2	0
72	Bob Schmidt	26	SFN	Maj	SFG	71	196	181	17	44	7	1	5	20	0	2	13	24	.243	.296	.376	.672	68	4	1	0	1	4
73	Bill Mazeroski	22	PIT	Maj	PIT	135	537	493	50	119	15	6	7	59	1	3	29	54	.241	.283	.339	.621	167	16	1	10	4	1
74	Harry Anderson	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	142	561	508	50	122	28	6	14	63	1	1	43	95	.240	.304	.402	.706	204	9	5	2	3	14
75	Bobby Ávila	35	MLN	Maj	MLN	51	204	172	29	41	3	2	3	19	3	0	24	31	.238	.330	.331	.661	57	1	0	7	1	0
76	Ron Fairly*	20	LAN	Maj	LAD	118	284	244	27	58	12	1	4	23	0	4	31	29	.238	.324	.344	.668	84	3	1	6	2	2
77	Earl Averill	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	74	205	186	22	44	10	0	10	34	0	1	15	39	.237	.298	.452	.749	84	2	2	0	2	1
78	Dale Long*	33	CHN	Maj	CHC	110	330	296	34	70	10	3	14	37	0	0	31	53	.237	.306	.432	.739	128	6	0	0	3	2
79	Román Mejías	33	PIT	Maj	PIT	96	308	276	28	65	6	1	7	28	1	2	21	48	.236	.298	.341	.639	94	4	5	3	3	7
80	Walt Moryn	33	CHN	Maj	CHC	117	432	381	41	89	14	1	14	48	0	0	44	66	.234	.316	.386	.702	147	13	3	2	2	2
81	John Roseboro	26	LAN	Maj	LAD	118	461	397	39	92	14	7	10	38	7	5	52	69	.232	.322	.378	.700	150	7	3	5	4	11
82	Frank Torre*	27	MLN	Maj	MLN	115	307	263	23	60	15	1	1	33	0	0	35	12	.228	.321	.304	.626	80	5	3	2	4	6
83	Frank Thomas	30	CIN	Maj	CIN	108	412	374	41	84	18	2	12	47	0	2	27	56	.225	.278	.380	.658	142	13	3	2	6	6
84	Sparky Anderson	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	152	527	477	42	104	9	3	0	34	6	9	42	53	.218	.282	.250	.531	119	15	1	5	2	1
85	Félix Mantilla	24	MLN	Maj	MLN	103	274	251	26	54	5	0	3	19	6	1	16	31	.215	.266	.271	.537	68	8	2	3	2	1
86	Don Zimmer	28	LAN	Maj	LAD	97	292	249	21	41	7	1	4	28	3	1	37	56	.165	.274	.249	.523	62	8	1	4	1	7