1959 American League Batting Leaders

1958 Season 1960 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 618 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 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	Tito Francona*	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	122	443	399	68	145	17	2	20	79	2	0	35	42	.363	.414	.566	.980	226	11	3	1	5	3
2	Harvey Kuenn	28	DET	Maj	DET	139	617	561	99	198	42	7	9	71	7	2	48	37	.353	.402	.501	.903	281	6	1	3	4	1
3	Al Kaline	24	DET	Maj	DET	136	595	511	85	167	19	2	27	94	10	4	72	42	.327	.410	.530	.940	271	11	4	2	6	12
4	Pete Runnels	31	BOS	Maj	BOS	147	661	560	95	176	33	6	6	57	6	5	95	48	.314	.415	.427	.841	239	17	1	5	0	1
5	Russ Snyder	25	KC1	Maj	KCA	73	267	243	41	76	13	2	3	21	6	2	19	29	.313	.367	.420	.787	102	4	2	3	0	0
6	Nellie Fox	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	156	716	624	84	191	34	6	2	70	5	6	71	13	.306	.381	.389	.770	243	6	7	9	5	8
7	Minnie Miñoso	35	CLE	Maj	CLE	148	650	570	92	172	32	0	21	92	8	10	54	46	.302	.377	.468	.846	267	11	17	6	3	2
8	Bobby Richardson	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	134	508	469	53	141	18	6	2	33	5	5	26	20	.301	.335	.377	.713	177	3	0	10	3	3
9	Bill Tuttle	29	KC1	Maj	KCA	126	521	463	74	139	19	6	7	43	10	6	48	38	.300	.369	.413	.782	191	12	4	4	2	2
10	Gene Woodling	36	BAL	Maj	BAL	140	524	440	63	132	22	2	14	77	1	1	78	35	.300	.402	.455	.856	200	5	0	1	5	4
11	Bill Skowron	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	74	309	282	39	84	13	5	15	59	1	0	20	47	.298	.349	.539	.888	152	10	3	2	2	0
12	Bob Nieman	32	BAL	Maj	BAL	118	409	360	49	105	18	2	21	60	1	2	42	55	.292	.367	.528	.895	190	12	2	3	2	3
13	Vic Power	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	147	645	595	102	172	31	6	10	60	9	13	40	22	.289	.334	.412	.746	245	19	2	4	4	2
14	Hal Smith	28	KC1	Maj	KCA	108	332	292	36	84	12	0	5	31	0	3	34	39	.288	.367	.380	.747	111	4	3	2	1	0
15	Bob Cerv	34	KC1	Maj	KCA	125	513	463	61	132	22	4	20	87	3	2	35	87	.285	.332	.480	.812	222	13	3	1	11	5
16	Mickey Mantle	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	144	639	541	104	154	23	4	31	75	21	3	93	126	.285	.390	.514	.904	278	7	2	1	2	6
17	Yogi Berra	34	NYA	Maj	NYY	131	521	472	64	134	25	1	19	69	1	2	43	38	.284	.347	.462	.809	218	6	4	0	2	5
18	Brooks Robinson	22	BAL	Maj	BAL	88	333	313	29	89	15	2	4	24	2	2	17	37	.284	.325	.383	.709	120	5	2	1	0	5
19	Sammy White	31	BOS	Maj	BOS	119	405	377	34	107	13	4	1	42	4	2	23	39	.284	.324	.348	.672	131	14	1	1	3	6
20	Héctor López	29	NYA,KC1	Maj	NYY-KCA	147	593	541	82	153	26	5	22	93	4	1	36	77	.283	.333	.471	.804	255	10	7	4	5	1
21	Al Pilarcik*	28	BAL	Maj	BAL	130	317	273	37	77	12	1	3	16	9	3	30	25	.282	.355	.366	.722	100	7	1	13	0	1
22	Ted Lepcio	29	DET,BOS	Maj	DET-BOS	79	237	218	26	61	9	0	7	25	2	0	17	51	.280	.332	.417	.749	91	7	0	2	0	2
23	Frank Malzone	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	154	660	604	90	169	34	2	19	92	6	0	42	58	.280	.323	.437	.760	264	15	1	3	10	6
24	Tony Kubek	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	132	553	512	67	143	25	7	6	51	3	3	24	46	.279	.313	.391	.704	200	11	2	13	2	3
25	Jim Lemon	31	WS1	Maj	WSH	147	584	531	73	148	18	3	33	100	5	2	46	99	.279	.334	.510	.844	271	9	1	0	6	0
26	Gene Stephens	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	92	310	270	34	75	13	1	3	39	5	2	29	33	.278	.353	.367	.720	99	3	4	4	3	0
27	Eddie Yost	32	DET	Maj	DET	148	675	521	115	145	19	0	21	60	9	2	135	77	.278	.435	.436	.871	227	6	12	4	3	1
28	Jackie Jensen	32	BOS	Maj	BOS	148	636	535	101	148	31	0	28	112	20	5	88	67	.277	.372	.492	.863	263	20	0	1	12	3
29	Jim McAnany	22	CHA	Maj	CHW	67	231	210	22	58	9	3	0	27	2	1	19	26	.276	.339	.348	.687	73	2	1	1	0	4
30	Vic Wertz	34	BOS	Maj	BOS	94	273	247	38	68	13	0	7	49	0	0	22	32	.275	.337	.413	.750	102	5	2	0	2	5
31	Elston Howard	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	125	474	443	59	121	24	6	18	73	0	1	20	57	.273	.306	.476	.783	211	12	3	4	4	4
32	Roger Maris	24	KC1	Maj	KCA	122	498	433	69	118	21	7	16	72	2	1	58	53	.273	.359	.464	.824	201	4	3	0	4	5
33	Harry Chiti	26	KC1	Maj	KCA	55	180	162	20	44	11	1	5	25	0	1	17	26	.272	.344	.444	.789	72	9	1	0	0	1
34	Jim Landis	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	149	623	515	78	140	26	7	5	60	20	9	78	68	.272	.371	.379	.749	195	5	8	13	9	5
35	Norm Siebern	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	120	431	380	52	103	17	0	11	53	3	1	41	71	.271	.341	.403	.744	153	3	2	3	5	2
36	Julio Becquer*	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	108	230	220	20	59	12	5	1	26	3	2	8	17	.268	.296	.382	.678	84	9	1	0	1	2
37	Rocky Bridges	31	DET	Maj	DET	116	420	381	38	102	16	3	3	35	1	2	30	35	.268	.321	.349	.670	133	14	1	5	3	2
38	Wayne Terwilliger	34	KC1	Maj	KCA	74	204	180	27	48	11	0	2	18	2	2	19	31	.267	.335	.361	.696	65	2	0	4	1	0
39	Frank Bolling	27	DET	Maj	DET	127	520	459	56	122	18	3	13	55	2	2	45	37	.266	.339	.403	.742	185	6	7	7	2	2
40	Dick Williams	30	KC1	Maj	KCA	130	538	488	72	130	33	1	16	75	4	1	28	60	.266	.309	.437	.746	213	13	5	11	6	1
41	Bob Boyd*	39	BAL	Maj	BAL	128	461	415	42	110	20	2	3	41	3	1	29	14	.265	.312	.345	.656	143	12	1	12	4	1
42	Sherm Lollar	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	140	576	505	63	134	22	3	22	84	4	3	55	49	.265	.345	.452	.796	228	27	9	2	5	6
43	Bubba Phillips	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	117	415	379	43	100	27	1	5	40	1	1	27	28	.264	.319	.380	.699	144	8	4	4	1	7
44	Red Wilson	30	DET	Maj	DET	67	247	228	28	60	17	2	4	35	2	2	10	23	.263	.295	.408	.703	93	8	2	3	4	1
45	Dick Gernert	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	117	352	298	41	78	14	1	11	42	1	2	52	49	.262	.369	.426	.796	127	11	0	0	2	3
46	Bob Allison	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	150	639	570	83	149	18	9	30	85	13	8	60	92	.261	.333	.483	.815	275	22	2	5	2	1
47	Billy Martin	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	73	259	242	37	63	7	0	9	24	0	2	8	18	.260	.290	.401	.691	97	5	3	4	2	2
48	Luis Aparicio	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	152	686	612	98	157	18	5	6	51	56	13	53	40	.257	.316	.332	.647	203	11	3	11	7	1
49	Rocky Colavito	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	154	664	588	90	151	24	0	42	111	3	3	71	86	.257	.337	.512	.849	301	13	2	0	3	8
50	Kent Hadley*	24	KC1	Maj	KCA	113	318	288	40	73	11	1	10	39	1	2	24	74	.254	.310	.403	.713	116	6	1	2	3	0
51	Ted Williams	40	BOS	Maj	BOS	103	331	272	32	69	15	0	10	43	0	0	52	27	.254	.372	.419	.791	114	7	2	0	5	6
52	Woodie Held	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	143	577	525	82	132	19	3	29	71	1	2	46	118	.251	.313	.465	.778	244	12	2	2	2	1
53	Charlie Maxwell*	32	DET	Maj	DET	145	611	518	82	130	12	2	31	95	0	2	81	91	.251	.358	.461	.819	239	9	6	4	2	5
54	Gil McDougald	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	127	481	434	44	109	16	8	4	34	0	3	35	40	.251	.309	.353	.661	153	11	3	5	4	3
55	Faye Throneberry	28	WS1	Maj	WSH	117	367	327	36	82	11	2	10	42	6	4	33	61	.251	.322	.388	.710	127	4	3	0	4	3
56	Billy Goodman	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	104	291	268	21	67	14	1	1	28	3	0	19	20	.250	.305	.321	.625	86	4	2	2	0	0
57	Willie Tasby	26	BAL	Maj	BAL	142	552	505	69	126	16	5	13	48	3	5	34	80	.250	.304	.378	.682	191	8	6	5	2	0
58	Billy Klaus	30	BAL	Maj	BAL	104	377	321	33	80	11	0	3	25	2	4	51	38	.249	.350	.312	.662	100	6	0	3	2	1
59	Lenny Green*	26	WS1,BAL	Maj	WSH-BAL	115	242	214	32	53	6	1	3	17	9	5	21	18	.248	.318	.327	.645	70	1	1	6	0	0
60	Hal Naragon	30	WS1,CLE	Maj	WSH-CLE	85	248	231	18	57	7	3	0	16	0	1	11	11	.247	.283	.303	.586	70	4	2	1	3	0
61	Ed FitzGerald	35	CLE,WS1	Maj	CLE-WSH	68	211	191	17	47	9	1	1	9	0	0	16	22	.246	.311	.319	.630	61	6	2	2	0	1
62	Jim Piersall	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	100	354	317	42	78	13	2	4	30	6	3	25	31	.246	.304	.338	.641	107	2	2	8	2	1
63	Gary Geiger	22	BOS	Maj	BOS	120	360	335	45	82	10	4	11	48	9	3	21	55	.245	.289	.397	.686	133	5	0	3	1	0
64	Ken Aspromonte	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	70	255	225	31	55	12	0	2	14	2	1	26	39	.244	.321	.324	.646	73	9	0	3	1	0
65	Joe DeMaestri	30	KC1	Maj	KCA	118	387	352	31	86	16	5	6	34	1	0	28	65	.244	.305	.369	.674	130	12	4	0	3	8
66	Marty Keough*	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	96	285	251	40	61	13	5	7	27	3	1	26	40	.243	.320	.418	.739	105	3	3	4	1	0
67	Harmon Killebrew	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	153	647	546	98	132	20	2	42	105	3	2	90	116	.242	.354	.517	.870	282	12	7	0	4	1
68	Roy Sievers	32	WS1	Maj	WSH	115	444	385	55	93	19	0	21	49	1	1	53	62	.242	.333	.455	.788	175	10	2	0	4	6
69	Don Buddin	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	151	589	485	75	117	24	1	10	53	6	1	92	99	.241	.366	.357	.723	173	7	5	5	2	0
70	Jerry Lumpe	26	KC1,NYA	Maj	KCA-NYY	126	504	448	49	108	11	5	3	30	2	1	47	39	.241	.313	.308	.621	138	12	0	9	0	6
71	Russ Nixon	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	82	280	258	23	62	10	3	1	29	0	0	15	28	.240	.277	.314	.591	81	9	0	2	5	1
72	Marv Throneberry*	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	80	214	192	27	46	5	0	8	22	0	0	18	51	.240	.302	.391	.693	75	2	0	2	2	1
73	Jim Baxes	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	77	270	247	35	59	11	0	15	34	0	1	21	47	.239	.299	.466	.764	115	12	0	2	0	0
74	Hank Bauer	36	NYA	Maj	NYY	114	380	341	44	81	20	0	9	39	4	2	33	54	.238	.307	.375	.682	128	4	2	2	2	1
75	George Strickland	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	132	501	441	55	105	15	2	3	48	1	1	51	64	.238	.313	.302	.615	133	7	0	3	6	2
76	Reno Bertoia	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	90	341	308	33	73	10	0	8	29	2	5	29	48	.237	.302	.347	.650	107	10	1	0	3	3
77	Al Smith	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	129	529	472	65	112	16	4	17	55	7	5	46	74	.237	.311	.396	.707	187	10	5	5	1	3
78	Frank House	29	KC1	Maj	KCA	98	371	347	32	82	14	3	1	30	0	3	20	23	.236	.282	.303	.584	105	10	2	2	0	6
79	Clint Courtney	32	WS1	Maj	WSH	72	213	189	19	44	4	1	2	18	0	1	20	19	.233	.308	.296	.604	56	3	1	2	1	1
80	Pumpsie Green	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	50	207	172	30	40	6	3	1	10	4	2	29	22	.233	.350	.320	.670	55	1	2	4	0	0
81	Pete Daley	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	65	183	169	9	38	7	0	1	11	1	1	13	31	.225	.279	.284	.563	48	0	0	0	1	1
82	Ron Samford	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	91	255	237	23	53	13	0	5	22	1	0	11	29	.224	.262	.342	.604	81	10	2	3	2	0
83	Chico Carrasquel	33	BAL	Maj	BAL	114	391	346	28	77	13	0	4	28	2	3	34	41	.223	.292	.295	.587	102	10	1	8	2	1
84	Gail Harris*	27	DET	Maj	DET	114	387	349	39	77	4	3	9	39	0	1	29	49	.221	.290	.327	.617	114	7	6	1	2	3
85	Jim Rivera*	37	CHA	Maj	CHW	80	192	177	18	39	9	4	4	19	5	3	11	19	.220	.266	.384	.650	68	1	1	0	3	3
86	Earl Torgeson*	35	CHA	Maj	CHW	127	344	277	40	61	5	3	9	45	7	6	62	55	.220	.359	.357	.716	99	7	0	1	4	1
87	Billy Gardner	31	BAL	Maj	BAL	140	451	401	34	87	13	2	6	27	2	1	38	61	.217	.284	.304	.589	122	12	1	8	3	9
88	Lou Berberet	29	DET	Maj	DET	100	380	338	38	73	8	2	13	44	0	0	35	59	.216	.284	.367	.651	124	9	0	0	7	1
89	Albie Pearson*	24	BAL,WS1	Maj	BAL-WSH	105	249	218	31	47	5	2	0	8	5	1	27	8	.216	.301	.257	.558	56	4	0	3	1	0
90	Gus Triandos	28	BAL	Maj	BAL	126	468	393	43	85	7	1	25	73	0	0	65	56	.216	.330	.430	.760	169	12	3	4	3	6
91	Billy Consolo	24	WS1,BOS	Maj	WSH-BOS	89	261	216	28	46	6	3	0	10	1	0	38	59	.213	.331	.269	.599	58	3	0	7	0	0
92	Bobo Osborne	23	DET	Maj	DET	86	228	209	27	40	7	1	3	21	1	0	16	41	.191	.254	.278	.532	58	3	2	0	1	0
93	Joe Ginsberg	32	BAL	Maj	BAL	65	190	166	14	30	2	0	1	14	1	0	21	13	.181	.268	.211	.479	35	6	0	0	3	3