1957 American League Batting Leaders

1956 Season 1958 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 616 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	Ted Williams	38	BOS	Maj	BOS	132	546	420	96	163	28	1	38	87	0	1	119	43	.388	.526	.731	1.257	307	11	5	0	2	33
2	Mickey Mantle	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	144	623	474	121	173	28	6	34	94	16	3	146	75	.365	.512	.665	1.177	315	5	0	0	3	23
3	Gene Woodling	34	CLE	Maj	CLE	133	506	430	74	138	25	2	19	78	0	5	64	35	.321	.408	.521	.929	224	6	3	4	5	2
4	Bob Boyd*	37	BAL	Maj	BAL	141	552	485	73	154	16	8	4	34	2	4	55	31	.318	.388	.408	.796	198	4	2	8	2	3
5	Nellie Fox	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	155	718	619	110	196	27	8	6	61	5	6	75	13	.317	.403	.415	.818	257	7	16	5	3	2
6	Minnie Miñoso	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	153	678	568	96	176	36	5	12	103	18	15	79	54	.310	.408	.454	.862	258	19	21	1	9	5
7	Bill Skowron	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	122	501	457	54	139	15	5	17	88	3	2	31	60	.304	.347	.471	.818	215	17	3	3	7	6
8	Hal Smith	26	KC1	Maj	KCA	107	383	360	41	109	26	0	13	41	2	2	14	44	.303	.328	.483	.811	174	13	1	5	3	0
9	Roy Sievers	30	WS1	Maj	WSH	152	657	572	99	172	23	5	42	114	1	1	76	55	.301	.388	.579	.967	331	9	7	0	2	11
10	George Kell	34	BAL	Maj	BAL	99	345	310	28	92	9	0	9	44	2	0	25	16	.297	.352	.413	.765	128	11	2	7	1	2
11	Tony Kubek	21	NYA	Maj	NYY	127	475	431	56	128	21	3	3	39	6	6	24	48	.297	.336	.381	.716	164	4	3	13	4	3
12	Al Kaline	22	DET	Maj	DET	149	636	577	83	170	29	4	23	90	11	9	43	38	.295	.343	.478	.821	276	10	3	6	7	7
13	Dave Philley	37	DET,CHA	Maj	DET-CHW	87	257	244	24	72	12	1	2	25	4	2	11	26	.295	.324	.377	.701	92	5	0	1	1	0
14	Billy Goodman	31	BAL,BOS	Maj	BAL-BOS	91	316	279	37	82	11	3	3	33	0	2	23	19	.294	.351	.387	.738	108	11	3	8	3	1
15	Héctor López	27	KC1	Maj	KCA	121	441	391	51	115	19	4	11	35	1	6	41	66	.294	.357	.448	.805	175	8	0	4	5	5
16	Frank Malzone	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	153	672	634	82	185	31	5	15	103	2	1	31	41	.292	.323	.427	.751	271	15	1	1	5	1
17	Larry Doby	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	119	477	416	57	120	27	2	14	79	2	3	56	79	.289	.373	.464	.837	193	13	2	0	3	3
18	Gil McDougald	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	141	624	539	87	156	25	9	13	62	2	5	59	71	.289	.362	.442	.804	238	12	4	19	3	1
19	Earl Torgeson*	33	CHA,DET	Maj	CHW-DET	116	369	301	58	86	13	3	8	51	7	3	61	54	.286	.403	.429	.831	129	9	0	4	3	0
20	Jim Lemon	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	137	576	518	58	147	23	6	17	64	1	7	49	94	.284	.346	.450	.795	233	13	3	0	6	3
21	Vic Wertz	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	144	606	515	84	145	21	0	28	105	2	3	78	88	.282	.371	.485	.857	250	9	2	0	11	6
22	Jackie Jensen	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	145	627	544	82	153	29	2	23	103	8	5	75	66	.281	.367	.469	.836	255	22	2	1	5	3
23	Russ Nixon	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	62	199	185	15	52	7	1	2	18	0	1	12	12	.281	.323	.362	.685	67	6	0	1	1	7
24	Johnny Groth	30	DET,KC1	Maj	DET-KCA	93	180	162	21	45	10	0	0	18	0	0	13	13	.278	.333	.340	.673	55	3	1	3	1	0
25	Al Pilarcik*	26	BAL	Maj	BAL	142	482	407	52	113	16	3	9	49	14	7	53	28	.278	.359	.398	.757	162	7	4	9	9	6
26	Harvey Kuenn	26	DET	Maj	DET	151	679	624	74	173	30	6	9	44	5	8	47	28	.277	.327	.388	.715	242	15	0	6	2	4
27	Chico Carrasquel	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	125	454	392	37	108	14	1	8	57	0	2	41	53	.276	.351	.378	.729	148	15	8	7	6	2
28	Charlie Maxwell*	30	DET	Maj	DET	138	580	492	75	136	23	3	24	82	3	2	76	84	.276	.377	.482	.858	237	6	5	4	3	7
29	Bob Nieman	30	BAL	Maj	BAL	129	521	445	61	123	17	6	13	70	4	4	63	86	.276	.363	.429	.792	191	14	2	3	8	3
30	Reno Bertoia	22	DET	Maj	DET	97	324	295	28	81	16	2	4	28	2	3	19	43	.275	.326	.383	.709	113	7	4	5	1	2
31	Joe Ginsberg	30	BAL	Maj	BAL	85	201	175	15	48	8	2	1	18	2	1	18	19	.274	.342	.360	.702	63	4	2	2	4	1
32	Ray Boone	33	DET	Maj	DET	129	531	462	48	126	25	3	12	65	1	1	57	47	.273	.353	.418	.771	193	16	3	4	5	6
33	Bob Cerv	32	KC1	Maj	KCA	124	371	345	35	94	14	2	11	44	1	1	20	57	.273	.312	.420	.732	145	13	1	2	3	1
34	Herb Plews	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	104	366	329	51	89	19	4	1	26	0	3	28	39	.271	.326	.362	.688	119	10	2	1	6	1
35	Harry Simpson	31	NYA,KC1	Maj	NYY-KCA	125	440	403	51	109	16	9	13	63	1	1	31	64	.271	.321	.452	.773	182	14	0	4	2	2
36	Billy Consolo	22	BOS	Maj	BOS	68	222	196	26	53	6	1	4	19	1	3	23	48	.270	.346	.372	.718	73	4	0	2	1	0
37	Jim Finigan	28	DET	Maj	DET	64	204	174	20	47	4	2	0	17	1	1	23	18	.270	.357	.316	.673	55	3	1	5	1	2
38	Gene Mauch	31	BOS	Maj	BOS	65	250	222	23	60	10	3	2	28	1	0	22	26	.270	.335	.369	.704	82	9	1	2	3	0
39	Bubba Phillips	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	121	431	393	38	106	13	3	7	42	5	3	28	32	.270	.322	.372	.693	146	5	3	5	2	3
40	Bobby Ávila	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	129	528	463	60	124	19	3	5	48	2	4	46	47	.268	.334	.354	.688	164	10	1	16	2	2
41	Jerry Coleman	32	NYA	Maj	NYY	72	180	157	23	42	7	2	2	12	1	1	20	21	.268	.354	.376	.730	59	7	1	2	0	0
42	Clint Courtney	30	WS1	Maj	WSH	91	260	232	23	62	14	1	6	27	0	0	16	11	.267	.346	.414	.760	96	6	12	0	0	5
43	Gene Stephens	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	120	204	173	25	46	6	4	3	26	0	2	26	20	.266	.353	.399	.752	69	1	0	0	5	1
44	Art Schult	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	77	265	247	30	65	14	0	4	35	0	1	14	30	.263	.303	.368	.671	91	8	1	1	2	0
45	Billy Gardner	29	BAL	Maj	BAL	154	718	644	79	169	36	3	6	55	10	7	53	67	.262	.325	.356	.681	229	13	8	11	2	2
46	Larry Raines	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	96	266	244	39	64	14	0	2	16	5	2	19	40	.262	.318	.344	.663	84	3	1	2	0	1
47	Lou Berberet	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	99	313	264	24	69	11	2	7	36	0	1	41	38	.261	.359	.398	.757	105	12	2	1	5	5
48	Jim Piersall	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	151	687	609	103	159	27	5	19	63	14	6	62	54	.261	.331	.415	.746	253	17	4	7	5	1
49	Dick Williams	28	CLE,BAL	Maj	CLE-BAL	114	404	372	49	97	17	2	7	34	3	5	26	40	.261	.310	.374	.684	139	13	1	4	1	3
50	Hank Bauer	34	NYA	Maj	NYY	137	535	479	70	124	22	9	18	65	7	2	42	64	.259	.321	.455	.777	218	8	4	6	4	4
51	Frank Bolling	25	DET	Maj	DET	146	644	576	72	149	27	6	15	40	4	9	57	64	.259	.327	.405	.732	233	15	2	8	1	3
52	Frank House	27	DET	Maj	DET	106	390	348	31	90	9	0	7	36	1	1	35	26	.259	.327	.345	.672	120	12	1	5	1	13
53	Vic Power	29	KC1	Maj	KCA	129	495	467	48	121	15	1	14	42	3	2	19	21	.259	.291	.385	.676	180	10	3	3	3	3
54	Luis Aparicio	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	143	640	575	82	148	22	6	3	41	28	8	52	55	.257	.317	.332	.649	191	7	0	9	4	1
55	Bob Usher	32	WS1,CLE	Maj	WSH-CLE	106	340	303	37	78	7	1	5	27	0	0	28	33	.257	.321	.337	.658	102	6	2	4	3	2
56	Walt Dropo	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	93	244	223	24	57	2	0	13	49	0	1	16	40	.256	.300	.440	.740	98	10	0	1	4	2
57	Sherm Lollar	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	101	403	351	33	90	11	2	11	70	2	0	35	24	.256	.342	.393	.736	138	7	13	0	4	2
58	Bobby Richardson	21	NYA	Maj	NYY	97	320	305	36	78	11	1	0	19	1	3	9	26	.256	.274	.298	.573	91	9	0	3	3	3
59	Jim Rivera*	35	CHA	Maj	CHW	125	451	402	51	103	21	6	14	52	18	2	40	80	.256	.326	.443	.769	178	11	3	3	3	6
60	Andy Carey	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	85	273	247	30	63	6	5	6	33	2	2	15	42	.255	.309	.393	.701	97	7	5	4	2	3
61	Enos Slaughter	41	NYA	Maj	NYY	96	256	209	24	53	7	1	5	34	0	2	40	19	.254	.369	.368	.737	77	5	0	4	3	5
62	Gus Triandos	26	BAL	Maj	BAL	129	467	418	44	106	21	1	19	72	0	0	38	73	.254	.318	.445	.763	186	12	3	4	4	7
63	Elston Howard	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	110	380	356	33	90	13	4	8	44	2	5	16	43	.253	.283	.379	.663	135	18	0	6	2	6
64	Rocky Colavito	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	134	544	461	66	116	26	0	25	84	1	6	71	80	.252	.348	.471	.819	217	12	1	4	7	0
65	Billy Klaus	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	127	537	477	76	120	18	4	10	42	2	0	55	53	.252	.327	.369	.696	176	12	0	1	4	0
66	Yogi Berra	32	NYA	Maj	NYY	134	545	482	74	121	14	2	24	82	1	2	57	24	.251	.329	.438	.767	211	11	1	1	4	10
67	Billy Martin	29	KC1,NYA	Maj	KCA-NYY	116	437	410	45	103	14	5	10	39	9	2	15	34	.251	.282	.383	.665	157	13	4	4	4	0
68	Bill Tuttle	27	DET	Maj	DET	133	503	451	49	113	12	4	5	47	2	6	44	41	.251	.316	.328	.644	148	14	1	3	4	4
69	Eddie Yost	30	WS1	Maj	WSH	110	492	414	47	104	13	5	9	38	1	11	73	49	.251	.370	.372	.742	154	6	5	0	0	2
70	Al Smith	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	135	605	507	78	125	23	5	11	49	12	6	79	70	.247	.348	.377	.725	191	7	4	8	7	3
71	Joe DeMaestri	28	KC1	Maj	KCA	135	492	461	44	113	14	6	9	33	6	1	22	82	.245	.280	.360	.640	166	14	2	3	4	1
72	Lou Skizas	25	KC1	Maj	KCA	119	411	376	34	92	14	1	18	44	5	2	27	15	.245	.297	.431	.728	162	9	2	3	3	1
73	Ted Lepcio	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	79	263	232	24	56	10	2	9	37	0	0	29	61	.241	.328	.418	.746	97	5	1	1	0	1
74	Mickey Vernon*	39	BOS	Maj	BOS	102	318	270	36	65	18	1	7	38	0	0	41	35	.241	.350	.393	.743	106	9	5	1	1	2
75	Woodie Held	25	KC1,NYA	Maj	KCA-NYY	93	372	327	48	78	14	3	20	50	4	0	37	81	.239	.320	.483	.803	158	6	3	3	2	1
76	Red Wilson	28	DET	Maj	DET	60	213	180	21	43	8	1	3	13	2	3	25	19	.239	.341	.344	.686	62	3	3	5	0	2
77	Jim Busby	30	BAL,CLE	Maj	BAL-CLE	116	397	362	40	86	12	2	5	23	6	4	24	44	.238	.284	.323	.607	117	6	0	9	2	0
78	Dick Gernert	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	99	362	316	45	75	13	3	14	58	1	1	39	62	.237	.324	.430	.755	136	8	3	1	3	3
79	Gus Zernial	34	KC1	Maj	KCA	131	478	437	56	103	20	1	27	69	1	1	34	84	.236	.290	.471	.761	206	12	1	2	4	0
80	Roger Maris	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	116	424	358	61	84	9	5	14	51	8	4	60	79	.235	.344	.405	.749	145	6	1	3	2	5
81	George Strickland	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	89	230	201	21	47	8	2	1	19	0	3	26	29	.234	.323	.309	.632	62	5	1	1	1	1
82	Tito Francona*	23	BAL	Maj	BAL	97	316	279	35	65	8	3	7	38	7	3	29	48	.233	.307	.358	.665	100	7	3	0	5	4
83	Pete Runnels	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	134	536	473	53	109	18	4	2	35	2	3	55	51	.230	.310	.298	.608	141	7	2	1	5	5
84	Rocky Bridges	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	120	446	391	40	89	17	2	3	47	0	2	40	32	.228	.298	.304	.603	119	17	2	7	6	4
85	Milt Bolling	26	WS1,BOS	Maj	WSH-BOS	92	305	278	29	63	12	1	4	19	2	2	18	59	.227	.276	.320	.596	89	13	2	4	3	0
86	Julio Becquer*	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	105	199	186	14	42	6	2	2	22	3	3	10	29	.226	.269	.312	.581	58	9	1	2	0	2
87	Pete Daley	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	78	209	191	17	43	10	0	3	25	0	0	16	31	.225	.289	.325	.613	62	9	1	1	0	4
88	Sammy White	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	111	370	340	24	73	10	1	3	31	0	1	25	38	.215	.267	.277	.544	94	17	0	3	2	6
89	Irv Noren*	32	KC1	Maj	KCA	81	172	160	8	34	8	0	2	16	0	0	11	19	.213	.267	.300	.567	48	6	1	0	0	2
90	Jim Landis	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	96	324	274	38	58	11	3	2	16	14	4	45	61	.212	.329	.296	.625	81	3	3	2	0	2
91	Sammy Esposito	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	94	223	176	26	36	3	0	2	15	5	1	38	27	.205	.344	.256	.600	45	6	0	8	1	0
92	Tim Thompson	33	KC1	Maj	KCA	81	249	230	25	47	10	0	7	19	0	0	18	26	.204	.262	.339	.601	78	3	0	1	0	6
93	Willy Miranda	31	BAL	Maj	BAL	115	349	314	29	61	3	0	0	20	2	1	24	42	.194	.249	.204	.453	64	5	0	8	3	2
94	Billy Hunter	29	KC1	Maj	KCA	116	359	319	39	61	10	4	8	29	1	2	27	43	.191	.259	.323	.581	103	5	3	7	3	2
95	Joe Durham	25	BAL	Maj	BAL	77	177	157	19	29	2	0	4	17	1	1	16	42	.185	.259	.274	.533	43	4	0	3	1	1
96	Faye Throneberry	26	WS1,BOS	Maj	WSH-BOS	69	216	196	21	36	8	2	2	12	0	1	17	38	.184	.251	.276	.527	54	3	1	1	1	0
97	Milt Graff	26	KC1	Maj	KCA	56	176	155	16	28	4	3	0	10	2	5	15	10	.181	.260	.245	.505	38	1	2	3	1	0