1956 National League Batting Leaders

1955 Season 1957 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	Henry Aaron	22	MLN	Maj	MLN	153	660	609	106	200	34	14	26	92	2	4	37	54	.328	.365	.558	.923	340	21	2	5	7	6
2	Bill Virdon	25	PIT,SLN	Maj	PIT-STL	157	627	580	77	185	23	10	10	46	6	7	38	71	.319	.361	.445	.806	258	12	2	4	3	9
3	Roberto Clemente	21	PIT	Maj	PIT	147	572	543	66	169	30	7	7	60	6	6	13	58	.311	.330	.431	.761	234	14	4	8	4	2
4	Stan Musial*	35	SLN	Maj	STL	156	682	594	87	184	33	6	27	109	2	0	75	39	.310	.386	.522	.908	310	19	3	3	7	15
5	Ken Boyer	25	SLN	Maj	STL	150	639	595	91	182	30	2	26	98	8	3	38	65	.306	.347	.494	.841	294	18	1	2	3	7
6	Richie Ashburn	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	154	719	628	94	190	26	8	3	50	10	1	79	45	.303	.384	.384	.768	241	4	5	6	1	3
7	Ted Kluszewski*	31	CIN	Maj	CIN	138	574	517	91	156	14	1	35	102	1	0	49	31	.302	.362	.536	.898	277	11	3	0	5	22
8	Red Schoendienst	33	NY1,SLN	Maj	NYG-STL	132	536	487	61	147	21	3	2	29	1	3	41	15	.302	.357	.370	.726	180	13	2	3	3	1
9	Ed Bailey	25	CIN	Maj	CIN	118	446	383	59	115	8	2	28	75	2	0	52	50	.300	.385	.551	.936	211	7	3	4	4	11
10	Jim Gilliam	27	BRO	Maj	BRO	153	701	594	102	178	23	8	6	43	21	9	95	39	.300	.399	.396	.794	235	5	4	6	2	6
11	Jackie Brandt	22	NY1,SLN	Maj	NYG-STL	125	421	393	54	117	19	8	12	50	3	5	21	36	.298	.333	.478	.812	188	4	1	4	2	2
12	Wally Moon	26	SLN	Maj	STL	149	622	540	86	161	22	11	16	68	12	9	80	50	.298	.390	.469	.858	253	13	1	1	0	7
13	Ernie Banks	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	139	593	538	82	160	25	8	28	85	6	9	52	62	.297	.358	.530	.887	285	7	0	0	3	18
14	Willie Mays	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	152	650	578	101	171	27	8	36	84	40	10	68	65	.296	.369	.557	.926	322	16	1	0	3	20
15	Gus Bell	27	CIN	Maj	CIN	150	666	603	82	176	31	4	29	84	6	2	50	66	.292	.348	.501	.848	302	10	3	7	3	4
16	Duke Snider	29	BRO	Maj	BRO	151	652	542	112	158	33	2	43	101	3	3	99	101	.292	.399	.598	.997	324	16	1	6	4	26
17	Joe Adcock	28	MLN	Maj	MLN	137	500	454	76	132	23	1	38	103	1	0	32	86	.291	.337	.597	.934	271	11	1	11	2	6
18	Frank Robinson	20	CIN	Maj	CIN	152	668	572	122	166	27	6	38	83	8	4	64	95	.290	.379	.558	.937	319	14	20	8	4	7
19	Carl Furillo	34	BRO	Maj	BRO	149	587	523	66	151	30	0	21	83	1	1	57	41	.289	.357	.467	.824	244	27	1	2	4	15
20	Elmer Valo	35	PHI	Maj	PHI	98	345	291	40	84	13	3	5	37	7	6	48	21	.289	.392	.406	.798	118	7	3	1	2	6
21	Solly Hemus	33	PHI,SLN	Maj	PHI-STL	86	233	192	25	55	10	4	5	26	1	1	29	21	.287	.398	.458	.857	88	6	8	2	2	2
22	Walt Moryn	30	CHN	Maj	CHC	147	588	529	69	151	27	3	23	67	4	2	50	67	.285	.348	.478	.826	253	9	3	1	5	2
23	Johnny Temple	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	154	712	632	88	180	18	3	2	41	14	4	58	40	.285	.344	.332	.676	210	12	1	17	4	0
24	Hal Smith	25	SLN	Maj	STL	75	242	227	27	64	12	0	5	23	1	0	15	22	.282	.326	.401	.727	91	7	0	0	0	4
25	Frank Thomas	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	157	637	588	69	166	24	3	25	80	0	5	36	61	.282	.326	.461	.787	271	22	5	2	6	5
26	Johnny Logan	30	MLN	Maj	MLN	148	631	545	69	153	27	5	15	46	3	0	46	49	.281	.340	.431	.771	235	13	5	31	4	2
27	Willie Jones	30	PHI	Maj	PHI	149	621	520	88	144	20	4	17	78	5	4	92	49	.277	.384	.429	.812	223	15	1	3	5	6
28	Rip Repulski	27	SLN	Maj	STL	112	410	376	44	104	18	3	11	55	2	2	24	46	.277	.330	.428	.758	161	14	7	1	2	3
29	Smoky Burgess	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	90	258	229	28	63	10	0	12	39	0	1	26	18	.275	.346	.476	.822	109	5	0	1	2	4
30	Al Dark	34	SLN,NY1	Maj	STL-NYG	148	664	619	73	170	26	7	6	54	3	1	29	46	.275	.307	.368	.675	228	14	3	5	8	0
31	Jackie Robinson	37	BRO	Maj	BRO	117	431	357	61	98	15	2	10	43	12	5	60	32	.275	.382	.412	.793	147	9	3	9	2	2
32	Randy Jackson	30	BRO	Maj	BRO	101	346	307	37	84	15	7	8	53	2	1	28	38	.274	.333	.446	.780	137	13	2	4	5	3
33	Lee Walls	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	143	537	474	72	130	20	11	11	54	3	5	50	83	.274	.345	.433	.777	205	11	2	9	2	0
34	Dick Groat	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	142	575	520	40	142	19	3	0	37	0	3	35	25	.273	.317	.321	.638	167	14	0	17	3	3
35	Bill Bruton	30	MLN	Maj	MLN	147	578	525	73	143	23	15	8	56	8	6	26	63	.272	.304	.419	.723	220	7	1	18	8	11
36	Eddie Mathews	24	MLN	Maj	MLN	151	651	552	103	150	21	2	37	95	6	0	91	86	.272	.374	.518	.892	286	4	1	3	4	17
37	Monte Irvin	37	CHN	Maj	CHC	111	387	339	44	92	13	3	15	50	1	0	41	41	.271	.346	.460	.807	156	11	0	3	4	5
38	Dee Fondy*	31	CHN	Maj	CHC	137	580	543	52	146	22	9	9	46	9	7	20	74	.269	.290	.392	.682	213	4	0	7	10	5
39	Don Mueller	29	NY1	Maj	NYG	138	474	453	38	122	12	1	5	41	0	1	15	7	.269	.290	.333	.624	151	18	0	2	4	2
40	Stan Lopata	30	PHI	Maj	PHI	146	624	535	96	143	33	7	32	95	5	2	75	93	.267	.353	.535	.888	286	17	1	4	9	10
41	Gil Hodges	32	BRO	Maj	BRO	153	633	550	86	146	29	4	32	87	3	3	76	91	.266	.354	.507	.861	279	16	0	5	2	10
42	Dale Long*	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	148	582	517	64	136	20	7	27	91	1	0	54	85	.263	.327	.486	.812	251	10	0	0	11	11
43	Roy McMillan	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	150	574	479	51	126	16	7	3	62	4	3	76	54	.263	.366	.345	.710	165	14	5	8	6	9
44	Don Blasingame	24	SLN	Maj	STL	150	665	587	94	153	22	7	0	27	8	8	72	52	.261	.344	.322	.666	189	3	3	2	1	0
45	Sandy Amorós*	26	BRO	Maj	BRO	114	361	292	53	76	11	8	16	58	3	4	59	51	.260	.385	.517	.902	151	4	1	8	1	6
46	Del Ennis	31	PHI	Maj	PHI	153	672	630	80	164	23	3	26	95	7	3	33	62	.260	.299	.430	.729	271	15	3	3	3	8
47	Whitey Lockman	29	SLN,NY1	Maj	STL-NYG	118	402	362	27	94	7	3	1	20	2	4	34	25	.260	.322	.304	.626	110	3	0	4	2	6
48	Gene Baker	31	CHN	Maj	CHC	140	606	546	65	141	23	3	12	57	4	3	39	54	.258	.309	.377	.686	206	15	3	13	5	2
49	Frank Torre*	24	MLN	Maj	MLN	111	175	159	17	41	6	0	0	16	1	0	11	4	.258	.304	.296	.600	47	5	0	4	1	2
50	Pee Wee Reese	37	BRO	Maj	BRO	147	648	572	85	147	19	2	9	46	13	4	56	69	.257	.322	.344	.667	197	14	1	15	4	1
51	Solly Drake	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	65	242	215	29	55	9	1	2	15	9	5	23	35	.256	.331	.335	.665	72	0	1	3	0	0
52	Ray Jablonski	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	130	458	407	42	104	25	1	15	66	2	4	37	57	.256	.324	.432	.756	176	14	7	1	6	6
53	Bill White*	22	NY1	Maj	NYG	138	568	508	63	130	23	7	22	59	15	8	47	72	.256	.322	.459	.780	233	6	4	5	4	3
54	Marv Blaylock*	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	136	522	460	61	117	14	8	10	50	5	1	50	86	.254	.327	.385	.712	177	10	2	5	5	2
55	Bill Sarni	28	NY1,SLN	Maj	NYG-STL	121	424	386	28	98	16	5	10	45	1	1	28	46	.254	.305	.399	.704	154	8	2	4	4	4
56	Jim King	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	118	354	317	32	79	13	2	15	54	1	2	30	40	.249	.313	.445	.757	141	4	1	2	4	5
57	Wally Post	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	143	586	539	94	134	25	3	36	83	6	0	37	124	.249	.301	.507	.807	273	10	4	4	2	2
58	Ray Katt	29	SLN,NY1	Maj	STL-NYG	84	276	259	21	64	8	0	13	34	0	2	12	40	.247	.285	.429	.713	111	3	2	2	1	2
59	Bill Mazeroski	19	PIT	Maj	PIT	81	277	255	30	62	8	1	3	14	0	0	18	24	.243	.293	.318	.611	81	4	0	4	0	1
60	Jack Shepard	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	100	290	256	24	62	11	2	7	30	1	1	25	37	.242	.309	.383	.691	98	8	0	8	1	5
61	Eddie Miksis	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	114	395	356	54	85	10	3	9	27	4	2	32	40	.239	.303	.360	.662	128	10	1	5	1	2
62	Danny O'Connell	27	MLN	Maj	MLN	139	598	498	71	119	17	9	2	42	3	3	76	42	.239	.342	.321	.663	160	6	4	16	4	0
63	Pete Whisenant	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	103	347	314	37	75	16	3	11	46	8	2	24	53	.239	.292	.414	.706	130	6	1	5	3	1
64	Del Crandall	26	MLN	Maj	MLN	112	358	311	37	74	14	2	16	48	1	2	35	30	.238	.313	.450	.763	140	5	1	6	5	15
65	Hank Thompson	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	83	219	183	24	43	9	0	8	29	2	1	31	26	.235	.346	.415	.761	76	2	1	2	2	2
66	Bobby Thomson	32	MLN	Maj	MLN	142	505	451	59	106	10	4	20	74	2	4	43	75	.235	.302	.408	.710	184	9	2	5	4	4
67	Eddie Bressoud	24	NY1	Maj	NYG	49	180	163	15	37	4	2	0	9	1	0	12	20	.227	.284	.276	.560	45	4	1	4	0	1
68	Foster Castleman	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	124	409	385	33	87	16	3	14	45	2	1	15	50	.226	.256	.392	.648	151	9	2	3	4	2
69	Roy Smalley	30	PHI	Maj	PHI	65	194	168	14	38	9	3	0	16	0	0	23	29	.226	.323	.316	.638	53	4	1	2	0	4
70	Granny Hamner	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	122	438	401	42	90	24	3	4	42	2	0	30	42	.224	.276	.329	.605	132	13	0	3	4	5
71	Hobie Landrith	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	111	362	312	22	69	10	3	4	32	0	2	39	38	.221	.307	.311	.618	97	2	1	7	3	15
72	Daryl Spencer	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	146	534	489	46	108	13	2	14	42	1	3	35	65	.221	.276	.342	.617	167	10	3	4	3	2
73	Roy Campanella	34	BRO	Maj	BRO	124	461	388	39	85	6	1	20	73	1	0	66	61	.219	.333	.394	.727	153	20	1	4	2	15
74	Dusty Rhodes	29	NY1	Maj	NYG	111	276	244	20	53	10	3	8	33	0	0	30	41	.217	.301	.381	.682	93	9	0	0	2	2
75	Don Hoak	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	121	478	424	51	91	18	4	5	37	8	3	41	46	.215	.283	.311	.594	132	4	1	8	4	0
76	Bobby Del Greco	23	SLN,PIT	Maj	STL-PIT	116	339	290	33	62	16	2	7	21	1	1	35	53	.214	.308	.355	.663	103	3	6	4	4	3
77	Del Rice	33	MLN	Maj	MLN	71	208	188	15	40	9	1	3	17	0	0	18	34	.213	.282	.319	.601	60	5	0	2	0	7
78	Harry Chiti	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	72	227	203	17	43	6	4	4	18	0	0	19	35	.212	.281	.340	.621	69	9	1	3	1	3
79	Hank Foiles	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	79	245	222	24	47	10	2	7	25	0	1	17	56	.212	.266	.369	.635	82	5	0	4	2	4
80	Ted Kazanski	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	117	406	379	35	80	11	1	4	34	0	2	20	41	.211	.251	.277	.528	105	8	1	3	3	6
81	Gene Freese	22	PIT	Maj	PIT	65	230	207	17	43	9	0	3	14	2	1	16	45	.208	.273	.295	.568	61	0	3	3	1	3
82	Jim Greengrass	28	PHI	Maj	PHI	86	246	215	24	44	9	2	5	25	0	0	28	43	.205	.294	.335	.629	72	11	0	1	2	3
83	Bob Skinner	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	113	262	233	29	47	8	3	5	29	1	1	26	50	.202	.282	.326	.609	76	6	1	0	2	1
84	Andy Seminick	35	PHI	Maj	PHI	60	195	161	16	32	3	1	7	23	3	0	31	38	.199	.332	.360	.692	58	8	1	2	0	7