1954 American League Batting Leaders

1953 Season 1955 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 621 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	Ted Williams	35	BOS	Maj	BOS	117	526	386	93	133	23	1	29	89	0	0	136	32	.345	.513	.635	1.148	245	10	1	0	3	17
2	Bobby Ávila	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	143	638	555	112	189	27	2	15	67	9	7	59	31	.341	.402	.478	.880	265	9	1	19	4	1
3	Bill Skowron	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	87	237	215	37	73	12	9	7	41	2	1	19	18	.340	.392	.577	.969	124	8	1	0	2	0
4	Minnie Miñoso	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	153	675	568	119	182	29	18	19	116	18	11	77	46	.320	.411	.535	.946	304	20	16	6	8	7
5	Nellie Fox	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	155	706	631	111	201	24	8	2	47	16	9	51	12	.319	.372	.391	.763	247	13	5	15	4	1
6	Irv Noren*	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	125	480	426	70	136	21	6	12	66	4	6	43	38	.319	.377	.481	.859	205	4	1	3	7	3
7	Phil Cavarretta*	37	CHA	Maj	CHW	71	188	158	21	50	6	0	3	24	4	0	26	12	.317	.417	.411	.829	65	1	2	1	1	3
8	Yogi Berra	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	151	652	584	88	179	28	6	22	125	0	1	56	29	.307	.367	.488	.855	285	9	4	1	7	6
9	Harvey Kuenn	23	DET	Maj	DET	155	696	656	81	201	28	6	5	48	9	9	29	13	.306	.335	.390	.725	256	19	1	6	4	4
10	Billy Goodman	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	127	552	489	71	148	25	4	1	36	3	3	51	15	.303	.370	.376	.747	184	10	2	9	1	0
11	Andy Carey	22	NYA	Maj	NYY	122	471	411	60	124	14	6	8	65	5	5	43	38	.302	.373	.423	.797	174	15	7	5	5	6
12	Ferris Fain*	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	65	282	235	30	71	10	1	5	51	5	1	40	14	.302	.399	.417	.816	98	2	1	1	5	1
13	Jim Finigan	25	PHA	Maj	PHA	136	560	487	57	147	25	6	7	51	2	8	64	66	.302	.381	.421	.802	205	17	0	6	3	2
14	Mickey Mantle	22	NYA	Maj	NYY	146	651	543	129	163	17	12	27	102	5	2	102	107	.300	.408	.525	.933	285	3	0	2	4	7
15	Al Rosen	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	137	566	466	76	140	20	2	24	102	6	2	85	43	.300	.404	.506	.910	236	14	3	1	11	13
16	Jim Busby	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	155	686	628	83	187	22	7	7	80	17	2	43	56	.298	.342	.389	.731	244	8	3	5	7	4
17	Ray Boone	30	DET	Maj	DET	148	622	543	75	160	19	7	20	85	4	2	71	53	.295	.376	.466	.842	253	18	2	2	4	4
18	Hank Bauer	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	114	423	377	73	111	16	5	12	54	4	4	40	42	.294	.360	.459	.818	173	5	0	3	3	2
19	Fred Hatfield	29	DET	Maj	DET	81	256	218	31	64	12	0	2	25	4	2	28	24	.294	.385	.376	.761	82	5	5	4	1	0
20	Cal Abrams*	30	BAL	Maj	BAL	115	506	423	67	124	22	7	6	25	1	4	72	67	.293	.400	.421	.821	178	5	4	6	1	4
21	Mickey Vernon*	36	WS1	Maj	WSH	151	673	597	90	173	33	14	20	97	1	4	61	61	.290	.357	.493	.850	294	10	5	4	6	9
22	Ed FitzGerald	30	WS1	Maj	WSH	115	401	360	33	104	13	5	4	40	0	1	33	22	.289	.349	.386	.735	139	12	2	3	3	7
23	Jim Rivera*	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	145	552	490	62	140	16	8	13	61	18	10	49	68	.286	.357	.431	.787	211	7	6	5	2	12
24	Jim Piersall	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	133	520	474	77	135	24	2	8	38	5	1	36	42	.285	.338	.395	.732	187	13	3	5	2	1
25	Vern Stephens	33	BAL	Maj	BAL	101	393	365	31	104	17	1	8	46	0	3	17	36	.285	.311	.403	.714	147	4	0	4	7	5
26	Eddie Waitkus*	34	BAL	Maj	BAL	95	349	311	35	88	17	4	2	33	0	1	28	25	.283	.341	.383	.724	119	8	1	6	3	1
27	Sammy White	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	137	530	493	46	139	25	2	14	75	1	3	21	50	.282	.307	.426	.733	210	15	0	8	8	3
28	Walt Dropo	31	DET	Maj	DET	107	354	320	27	90	14	2	4	44	0	1	24	41	.281	.328	.375	.703	120	13	0	6	4	1
29	Al Smith	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	131	583	481	101	135	29	6	11	50	2	9	88	65	.281	.398	.435	.832	209	2	7	5	2	1
30	Gil Coan	32	BAL	Maj	BAL	94	287	265	29	74	11	1	2	20	9	4	16	17	.279	.320	.351	.671	93	1	1	3	2	2
31	Jackie Jensen	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	152	673	580	92	160	25	7	25	117	22	7	79	52	.276	.359	.472	.831	274	32	2	1	11	4
32	Al Kaline	19	DET	Maj	DET	138	535	504	43	139	18	3	4	43	9	5	22	45	.276	.305	.347	.652	175	21	0	7	2	2
33	George Kell	31	CHA,BOS	Maj	CHW-BOS	97	370	326	40	90	13	0	5	58	1	1	33	15	.276	.334	.362	.696	118	7	0	2	9	4
34	Johnny Groth	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	125	477	422	41	116	20	0	7	60	3	9	42	37	.275	.341	.372	.713	157	19	2	8	3	9
35	Red Wilson	25	DET,CHA	Maj	DET-CHW	62	225	190	24	52	11	1	3	23	3	1	28	14	.274	.365	.390	.755	74	8	0	6	1	2
36	Larry Doby	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	153	675	577	94	157	18	4	32	126	3	1	85	94	.272	.364	.484	.847	279	7	3	1	9	6
37	Joe Collins*	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	130	398	343	67	93	20	2	12	46	2	2	51	37	.271	.366	.446	.812	153	5	0	4	0	3
38	Grady Hatton	31	BOS,CHA	Maj	BOS-CHW	112	402	332	43	90	13	3	5	36	2	1	63	28	.271	.389	.374	.762	124	7	2	3	2	10
39	Clint Courtney	27	BAL	Maj	BAL	122	437	397	25	107	18	3	4	37	2	1	30	7	.270	.323	.360	.684	143	10	3	4	3	9
40	Sam Mele	32	BAL,BOS	Maj	BAL-BOS	114	406	362	39	97	15	4	12	55	1	1	30	38	.268	.323	.431	.753	156	16	2	6	6	4
41	Pete Runnels	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	139	570	488	75	131	17	15	3	56	2	3	78	60	.268	.368	.383	.751	187	10	0	2	2	7
42	Sam Dente	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	68	194	169	18	45	7	1	1	19	0	0	14	4	.266	.319	.337	.656	57	5	0	9	2	1
43	Bill Tuttle	24	DET	Maj	DET	147	602	530	64	141	20	11	7	58	5	8	62	60	.266	.343	.385	.728	204	15	2	5	3	6
44	Jim Brideweser	27	BAL	Maj	BAL	73	222	204	18	54	7	2	0	12	1	1	15	27	.265	.317	.319	.635	65	5	1	1	1	0
45	Bob Nieman	27	DET	Maj	DET	91	279	251	24	66	14	1	8	35	0	2	22	32	.263	.319	.422	.741	106	10	0	3	3	4
46	Wally Westlake	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	85	274	240	36	63	9	2	11	42	0	1	26	37	.263	.337	.454	.791	109	8	2	4	2	2
47	Cass Michaels	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	101	344	282	35	74	13	2	7	44	10	4	56	31	.262	.392	.397	.789	112	2	4	2	0	2
48	Dick Kryhoski*	29	BAL	Maj	BAL	100	330	300	32	78	13	2	1	34	0	0	19	24	.260	.305	.327	.631	98	10	2	5	4	1
49	Karl Olson	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	101	245	227	25	59	12	2	1	20	2	1	12	23	.260	.293	.344	.637	78	11	0	3	3	0
50	Gil McDougald	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	126	473	394	66	102	22	2	12	48	3	4	62	64	.259	.364	.416	.780	164	5	5	9	3	1
51	Chuck Diering	31	BAL	Maj	BAL	128	491	418	35	108	14	1	2	29	3	7	56	57	.258	.349	.311	.660	130	13	4	10	3	4
52	Spook Jacobs	28	PHA	Maj	PHA	132	575	508	63	131	11	1	0	26	17	3	60	22	.258	.336	.284	.619	144	5	0	6	1	0
53	Vic Wertz	29	CLE,BAL	Maj	CLE-BAL	123	441	389	38	100	15	2	15	61	0	2	45	57	.257	.330	.422	.751	164	5	0	1	6	5
54	Ted Lepcio	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	116	451	398	42	102	19	4	8	45	3	4	42	62	.256	.328	.384	.713	153	8	3	3	5	5
55	Billy Shantz	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	51	181	164	13	42	9	3	1	17	0	0	17	23	.256	.326	.366	.692	60	5	0	0	0	6
56	Eddie Yost	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	155	687	539	101	138	26	4	11	47	7	3	131	71	.256	.405	.380	.786	205	5	5	11	1	1
57	Chico Carrasquel	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	155	718	620	106	158	28	3	12	62	7	6	85	67	.255	.348	.368	.716	228	9	5	6	2	0
58	Vic Power	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	127	485	462	36	118	17	5	8	38	2	1	19	19	.255	.287	.366	.652	169	16	2	0	2	3
59	Bill Glynn*	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	111	185	171	19	43	3	2	5	18	3	2	12	21	.252	.297	.380	.677	65	4	0	0	2	0
60	Harry Agganis*	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	132	493	434	54	109	13	8	11	57	6	3	47	57	.251	.321	.394	.715	171	6	0	7	5	1
61	Bob Kennedy	33	BAL,CLE	Maj	BAL-CLE	107	359	323	37	81	13	2	6	45	2	1	28	43	.251	.306	.359	.665	116	16	0	3	5	2
62	Frank House	24	DET	Maj	DET	114	392	352	35	88	12	1	9	38	2	1	31	34	.250	.307	.367	.673	129	7	1	1	7	12
63	Rudy Regalado	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	65	208	180	21	45	5	0	2	24	0	2	19	16	.250	.333	.311	.644	56	5	4	4	1	2
64	Gene Woodling	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	97	360	304	33	76	12	5	3	40	3	4	53	35	.250	.358	.352	.710	107	3	0	0	3	3
65	Gus Zernial	31	PHA	Maj	PHA	97	373	336	42	84	8	2	14	62	0	0	30	60	.250	.316	.411	.727	138	8	4	0	3	5
66	Milt Bolling	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	113	437	370	42	92	20	3	6	36	2	4	47	55	.249	.337	.368	.705	136	3	4	13	3	2
67	Jim Delsing	28	DET	Maj	DET	122	426	371	39	92	24	2	6	38	4	4	49	38	.248	.336	.372	.708	138	6	1	3	2	4
68	Jim Fridley	29	BAL	Maj	BAL	85	266	240	25	59	8	5	4	36	0	1	21	41	.246	.311	.371	.681	89	13	2	2	1	2
69	Johnny Pesky	35	WS1,DET	Maj	WSH-DET	69	191	175	22	43	4	3	1	10	1	1	13	8	.246	.296	.320	.616	56	4	0	2	1	0
70	Tom Wright	30	WS1	Maj	WSH	76	192	171	13	42	4	4	1	17	0	0	18	38	.246	.323	.333	.656	57	2	2	0	1	1
71	Bobby Young	29	BAL	Maj	BAL	130	499	432	43	106	13	6	4	24	4	4	54	42	.245	.329	.331	.660	143	8	1	9	3	4
72	Sherm Lollar	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	107	365	316	31	77	13	0	7	34	0	1	37	28	.244	.334	.351	.686	111	5	7	3	2	5
73	Billy Hunter	26	BAL	Maj	BAL	125	451	411	28	100	9	5	2	27	5	4	21	38	.243	.281	.304	.585	125	14	2	13	4	3
74	Frank Bolling	22	DET	Maj	DET	117	413	368	46	87	15	2	6	38	3	5	36	51	.236	.302	.337	.639	124	5	0	6	3	5
75	Matt Batts	32	CHA,DET	Maj	CHW-DET	67	203	179	17	42	8	1	3	24	0	1	19	19	.235	.304	.341	.644	61	9	0	2	3	2
76	Jim Hegan	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	139	468	423	56	99	12	7	11	40	0	1	34	48	.234	.289	.374	.662	158	15	0	7	4	1
77	Wayne Belardi*	23	DET	Maj	DET	88	294	250	27	58	7	1	11	24	1	0	33	34	.232	.330	.400	.730	100	6	5	3	3	4
78	Bill Renna	29	PHA	Maj	PHA	123	474	422	52	98	15	4	13	53	1	3	41	60	.232	.302	.379	.681	160	7	3	4	4	5
79	Roy Sievers	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	145	609	514	75	119	26	6	24	102	2	1	80	77	.232	.331	.446	.777	229	17	2	2	11	9
80	Bill Wilson	25	PHA,CHA	Maj	PHA-CHW	114	414	358	47	83	11	1	17	38	1	3	46	64	.232	.332	.411	.742	147	7	8	1	1	1
81	Lou Limmer*	29	PHA	Maj	PHA	115	356	316	41	73	10	3	14	32	2	3	35	37	.231	.305	.415	.720	131	6	0	2	3	1
82	Joe DeMaestri	25	PHA	Maj	PHA	146	572	539	49	124	16	3	8	40	1	4	20	63	.230	.258	.315	.574	170	10	3	3	7	0
83	Billy Consolo	19	BOS	Maj	BOS	91	279	242	23	55	7	1	1	11	2	1	33	69	.227	.324	.277	.601	67	4	2	1	1	2
84	Dave Philley	34	CLE	Maj	CLE	133	522	452	48	102	13	3	12	60	2	4	57	48	.226	.308	.347	.655	157	16	0	6	7	3
85	Don Bollweg*	33	PHA	Maj	PHA	103	307	268	35	60	15	3	5	24	1	0	35	33	.224	.319	.358	.677	96	4	3	0	1	1
86	Joe Tipton	32	WS1	Maj	WSH	54	192	157	9	35	6	1	1	10	0	1	30	30	.223	.353	.293	.646	46	3	2	2	1	4
87	Joe Astroth	31	PHA	Maj	PHA	77	252	226	22	50	8	1	1	23	0	0	21	19	.221	.296	.279	.575	63	2	3	2	0	4
88	Tom Umphlett	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	114	363	342	21	75	8	3	1	33	1	2	17	42	.219	.255	.269	.524	92	13	0	2	2	2
89	Jerry Coleman	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	107	332	300	39	65	7	1	3	21	3	0	26	29	.217	.278	.277	.555	83	8	0	5	1	3
90	Elmer Valo	33	PHA	Maj	PHA	95	281	224	28	48	11	6	1	33	2	1	51	18	.214	.356	.330	.687	74	2	0	3	3	2
91	George Strickland	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	112	433	361	42	77	12	3	6	37	2	1	55	62	.213	.314	.313	.627	113	10	1	10	6	2
92	Wayne Terwilliger	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	106	382	337	42	70	10	1	3	24	3	3	32	40	.208	.282	.270	.552	91	7	3	9	1	1
93	Pete Suder	38	PHA	Maj	PHA	69	215	205	8	41	11	1	0	16	0	0	7	16	.200	.225	.263	.489	54	6	0	2	1	1
94	Phil Rizzuto	36	NYA	Maj	NYY	127	369	307	47	60	11	0	2	15	3	2	41	23	.195	.291	.251	.541	77	7	1	18	2	1