1981 American League Batting Leaders

1980 Season 1982 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 750 games, 14 teams, approx. 107 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	Carney Lansford	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	102	438	399	61	134	23	3	4	52	15	10	34	28	.336	.389	.439	.828	175	6	2	1	2	3
2	Bill Stein	34	TEX	Maj	TEX	53	126	115	21	38	6	0	2	22	1	2	7	15	.330	.360	.435	.795	50	5	0	1	3	3
3	Kirk Gibson*	24	DET	Maj	DET	83	313	290	41	95	11	3	9	40	17	5	18	64	.328	.369	.479	.848	139	9	2	1	2	1
4	Tom Paciorek	34	SEA	Maj	SEA	104	452	405	50	132	28	2	14	66	13	10	35	50	.326	.379	.509	.888	206	10	4	1	7	3
5	Cecil Cooper*	31	MIL	Maj	MIL	106	453	416	70	133	35	1	12	60	5	4	28	30	.320	.363	.495	.858	206	16	3	1	5	2
6	Rickey Henderson*	22	OAK	Maj	OAK	108	493	423	89	135	18	7	6	35	56	22	64	68	.319	.408	.437	.845	185	7	2	0	4	4
7	Mike Hargrove*	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	94	398	322	43	102	21	0	2	49	5	4	60	16	.317	.424	.401	.825	129	14	5	4	7	5
8	George Brett	28	KCA	Maj	KCR	89	379	347	42	109	27	7	6	43	14	6	27	23	.314	.362	.484	.846	168	7	1	0	4	7
9	Bo Díaz	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	63	199	182	25	57	19	0	7	38	2	2	13	23	.313	.359	.533	.892	97	7	1	1	2	2
10	Larry Milbourne	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	61	177	163	24	51	7	2	1	12	2	0	9	14	.313	.351	.399	.749	65	3	1	3	1	2
11	Richie Zisk	32	SEA	Maj	SEA	94	388	357	42	111	12	1	16	43	0	2	28	63	.311	.366	.485	.851	173	8	3	0	0	3
12	Al Oliver*	34	TEX	Maj	TEX	102	448	421	53	130	29	1	4	55	3	0	24	28	.309	.348	.411	.759	173	17	2	0	1	10
13	Wayne Nordhagen	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	65	222	208	19	64	8	1	6	33	0	1	10	25	.308	.338	.442	.780	92	8	1	0	3	0
14	Jerry Mumphrey	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	80	350	319	44	98	11	5	6	32	14	9	24	27	.307	.354	.430	.783	137	7	0	5	2	1
15	Jerry Remy	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	88	410	358	55	110	9	1	0	31	9	2	36	30	.307	.368	.338	.706	121	6	0	13	3	2
16	Rod Carew	35	CAL	Maj	CAL	93	421	364	57	111	17	1	2	21	16	9	45	45	.305	.380	.374	.753	136	8	0	10	2	7
17	Bobby Grich	32	CAL	Maj	CAL	100	404	352	56	107	14	2	22	61	2	4	40	71	.304	.378	.543	.921	191	5	4	5	3	4
18	Willie Wilson	25	KCA	Maj	KCR	102	465	439	54	133	10	7	1	32	34	8	18	42	.303	.336	.365	.700	160	5	4	3	1	3
19	Chet Lemon	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	94	383	328	50	99	23	6	9	50	5	8	33	48	.302	.384	.491	.875	161	10	13	5	4	0
20	Bill Almon	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	103	377	349	46	105	10	2	4	41	16	6	21	60	.301	.341	.375	.717	131	4	2	2	3	0
21	Charlie Moore	28	MIL	Maj	MIL	48	171	156	16	47	8	3	1	9	1	4	12	13	.301	.351	.410	.762	64	4	0	3	0	0
22	Dwight Evans	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	108	504	412	84	122	19	4	22	71	3	2	85	85	.296	.415	.522	.937	215	8	1	3	3	1
23	Buddy Bell	29	TEX	Maj	TEX	97	415	360	44	106	16	1	10	64	3	3	42	30	.294	.364	.428	.792	154	6	3	0	10	10
24	Eddie Murray	25	BAL	Maj	BAL	99	422	378	57	111	21	2	22	78	2	3	40	43	.294	.360	.534	.895	202	10	1	0	3	10
25	Dave Winfield	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	105	440	388	52	114	25	1	13	68	11	1	43	41	.294	.360	.464	.824	180	13	1	1	7	3
26	Rick Burleson	30	CAL	Maj	CAL	109	490	430	53	126	17	1	5	33	4	6	42	38	.293	.357	.372	.729	160	8	3	11	4	2
27	Toby Harrah	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	103	427	361	64	105	12	4	5	44	12	1	57	44	.291	.382	.388	.770	140	5	1	0	8	8
28	Rick Miller*	33	BOS	Maj	BOS	97	351	316	38	92	17	2	2	33	3	5	28	36	.291	.349	.377	.725	119	7	1	4	2	1
29	Miguel Diloné	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	72	289	269	33	78	5	5	0	19	29	10	18	28	.290	.335	.346	.680	93	6	0	2	0	1
30	Rich Gedman	21	BOS	Maj	BOS	62	219	205	22	59	15	0	5	26	0	0	9	31	.288	.317	.434	.751	89	9	1	1	3	1
31	Harold Baines*	22	CHA	Maj	CHW	82	296	280	42	80	11	7	10	41	6	2	12	41	.286	.318	.482	.800	135	6	2	0	2	4
32	Mickey Rivers*	32	TEX	Maj	TEX	99	428	399	62	114	21	2	3	26	9	5	24	31	.286	.327	.371	.698	148	3	1	3	1	2
33	Dave Stapleton	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	93	382	355	45	101	17	1	10	42	0	4	21	22	.285	.325	.423	.747	150	11	1	3	2	1
34	Jim Rice	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	108	495	451	51	128	18	1	17	62	2	2	34	76	.284	.333	.441	.775	199	14	3	0	7	3
35	Billy Sample	26	TEX	Maj	TEX	66	260	230	36	65	16	0	3	25	4	1	17	21	.283	.346	.391	.738	90	3	7	3	3	1
36	Leon Roberts	30	TEX	Maj	TEX	72	266	233	26	65	17	2	4	31	3	4	25	38	.279	.345	.421	.765	98	8	1	2	5	2
37	Ken Singleton	34	BAL	Maj	BAL	103	428	363	48	101	16	1	13	49	0	0	61	59	.278	.380	.435	.816	158	21	0	2	2	6
38	Dan Ford	29	CAL	Maj	CAL	97	409	375	53	104	14	1	15	48	2	2	23	71	.277	.327	.440	.767	165	16	5	5	1	3
39	Steve Kemp*	26	DET	Maj	DET	105	447	372	52	103	18	4	9	49	9	3	70	48	.277	.389	.419	.809	156	13	1	0	4	5
40	Lou Piniella	37	NYA	Maj	NYY	60	174	159	16	44	9	0	5	18	0	1	13	9	.277	.331	.428	.759	68	7	0	2	0	4
41	Jim Sundberg	30	TEX	Maj	TEX	102	396	339	42	94	17	2	3	28	2	5	50	48	.277	.369	.366	.735	124	5	1	3	3	6
42	Tony Bernazard	24	CHA	Maj	CHW	106	450	384	53	106	14	4	6	34	4	4	54	66	.276	.367	.380	.748	146	7	2	9	1	6
43	Lamar Johnson	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	41	142	134	10	37	7	0	1	15	0	2	5	14	.276	.298	.351	.649	47	5	0	1	2	1
44	Mark Brouhard	25	MIL	Maj	MIL	60	199	186	19	51	6	3	2	20	1	1	7	41	.274	.305	.371	.676	69	7	2	2	2	1
45	Al Bumbry	34	BAL	Maj	BAL	101	451	392	61	107	18	2	1	27	22	15	51	51	.273	.358	.337	.695	132	6	2	4	2	2
46	Hal McRae	35	KCA	Maj	KCR	101	433	389	38	106	23	2	7	36	3	4	34	33	.273	.330	.396	.726	154	11	2	3	5	3
47	Robin Yount	25	MIL	Maj	MIL	96	411	377	50	103	15	5	10	49	4	1	22	37	.273	.312	.419	.731	158	4	2	4	6	1
48	Jorge Orta	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	88	370	338	50	92	14	3	5	34	4	3	21	43	.272	.312	.376	.688	127	11	1	5	5	3
49	Ron Jackson	28	MIN,DET	Maj	MIN-DET	85	295	270	29	73	17	1	5	40	6	3	18	26	.270	.316	.396	.713	107	3	1	4	2	0
50	Amos Otis	34	KCA	Maj	KCR	99	417	372	49	100	22	3	9	57	16	7	31	59	.269	.321	.417	.738	155	7	2	3	9	1
51	Gary Roenicke	26	BAL	Maj	BAL	85	252	219	31	59	16	0	3	20	1	2	23	29	.269	.340	.384	.724	84	12	2	5	3	1
52	John Castino	26	MIN	Maj	MIN	101	409	381	41	102	13	9	6	36	4	5	18	52	.268	.301	.396	.697	151	3	1	7	2	3
53	Rob Picciolo	28	OAK	Maj	OAK	82	195	179	23	48	5	3	4	13	0	1	5	22	.268	.290	.397	.687	71	6	1	9	1	0
54	Willie Aikens	26	KCA	Maj	KCR	101	419	349	45	93	16	0	17	53	0	0	62	47	.267	.377	.459	.836	160	11	3	0	5	12
55	Jim Gantner	28	MIL	Maj	MIL	107	397	352	35	94	14	1	2	33	3	6	29	29	.267	.325	.330	.654	116	6	3	9	4	5
56	Paul Molitor	24	MIL	Maj	MIL	64	284	251	45	67	11	0	2	19	10	6	25	29	.267	.341	.335	.675	84	3	3	5	0	1
57	Pat Putnam	27	TEX	Maj	TEX	95	317	297	33	79	17	2	8	35	4	2	17	38	.266	.304	.418	.721	124	4	0	1	2	3
58	Greg Luzinski	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	104	441	378	55	100	15	1	21	62	0	0	58	80	.265	.365	.476	.841	180	10	3	0	2	1
59	Bobby Murcer	35	NYA	Maj	NYY	50	130	117	14	31	6	0	6	24	0	0	12	15	.265	.331	.470	.801	55	3	0	0	1	1
60	Mike Squires*	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	92	334	294	35	78	9	0	0	25	7	2	22	17	.265	.312	.296	.607	87	5	0	13	5	0
61	Roy Smalley	28	MIN	Maj	MIN	56	200	167	24	44	7	1	7	22	0	0	31	24	.264	.375	.443	.818	74	8	0	0	2	5
62	Gary Ward	27	MIN	Maj	MIN	85	326	295	42	78	7	6	3	29	5	2	28	48	.264	.325	.359	.685	106	10	0	0	3	4
63	Alan Bannister	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	68	250	232	36	61	11	1	1	17	16	2	16	19	.263	.309	.332	.641	77	0	0	1	1	2
64	Rich Dauer	28	BAL	Maj	BAL	96	404	369	41	97	27	0	4	38	0	0	27	18	.263	.317	.369	.685	136	6	3	3	2	0
65	Doug DeCinces	30	BAL	Maj	BAL	100	391	346	49	91	23	2	13	55	0	3	41	32	.263	.341	.454	.795	157	12	1	1	2	2
66	Carlton Fisk	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	96	394	338	44	89	12	0	7	45	3	2	38	37	.263	.354	.361	.715	122	9	12	1	5	3
67	Dave McKay	31	OAK	Maj	OAK	79	249	224	25	59	11	1	4	21	4	1	16	43	.263	.313	.375	.688	84	4	2	3	4	0
68	Lou Whitaker	24	DET	Maj	DET	109	382	335	48	88	14	4	5	36	5	3	40	42	.263	.340	.373	.714	125	5	1	3	3	3
69	Dan Meyer	28	SEA	Maj	SEA	83	266	252	26	66	10	1	3	22	4	3	10	16	.262	.291	.345	.636	87	6	1	1	2	1
70	Tony Armas	27	OAK	Maj	OAK	109	462	440	51	115	24	3	22	76	5	1	19	115	.261	.294	.480	.774	211	6	2	0	1	6
71	Al Cowens	29	DET	Maj	DET	85	284	253	27	66	11	4	1	18	3	3	22	36	.261	.319	.348	.667	88	3	1	5	3	3
72	Bruce Bochte*	30	SEA	Maj	SEA	99	385	335	39	87	16	0	6	30	1	3	47	53	.260	.354	.361	.715	121	5	2	1	0	5
73	Cliff Johnson	33	OAK	Maj	OAK	84	310	273	40	71	8	0	17	59	5	3	28	60	.260	.329	.476	.805	130	3	3	0	6	2
74	Lynn Jones	28	DET	Maj	DET	71	197	174	19	45	5	0	2	19	1	2	18	10	.259	.328	.322	.650	56	6	1	2	2	1
75	Gorman Thomas	30	MIL	Maj	MIL	103	420	363	54	94	22	0	21	65	4	5	50	85	.259	.348	.493	.841	179	6	2	0	5	8
76	Dave Engle	24	MIN	Maj	MIN	82	265	248	29	64	14	4	5	32	0	1	13	37	.258	.296	.407	.703	101	9	1	1	2	1
77	Alan Trammell	23	DET	Maj	DET	105	463	392	52	101	15	3	2	31	10	3	49	31	.258	.342	.327	.669	128	10	3	16	3	2
78	Von Hayes	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	43	131	109	21	28	8	2	1	17	8	1	14	10	.257	.347	.395	.741	43	2	2	4	2	1
79	Duane Kuiper	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	72	219	206	15	53	6	0	0	14	1	1	8	13	.257	.284	.286	.570	59	1	0	4	1	2
80	Shooty Babitt	22	OAK	Maj	OAK	54	171	156	10	40	1	3	0	14	5	4	13	13	.256	.314	.301	.615	47	6	0	2	0	1
81	Julio Cruz	26	SEA	Maj	SEA	94	401	352	57	90	12	3	2	24	43	8	39	40	.256	.333	.324	.656	114	4	3	4	3	0
82	Rick Peters	25	DET	Maj	DET	63	244	207	26	53	7	3	0	15	1	6	29	28	.256	.352	.319	.670	66	8	2	5	1	2
83	Mickey Hatcher	26	MIN	Maj	MIN	99	402	377	36	96	23	2	3	37	3	1	15	29	.255	.285	.350	.635	132	10	2	5	3	2
84	Champ Summers	35	DET	Maj	DET	64	189	165	16	42	8	0	3	21	1	1	19	35	.255	.339	.358	.696	59	0	3	0	2	3
85	Jeff Burroughs	30	SEA	Maj	SEA	89	360	319	32	81	13	1	10	41	0	1	41	64	.254	.339	.395	.734	126	7	0	0	0	3
86	John Wathan	31	KCA	Maj	KCR	89	330	301	24	76	9	3	1	19	11	6	19	23	.253	.299	.312	.611	94	9	2	5	3	1
87	Dámaso García	24	TOR	Maj	TOR	64	263	250	24	63	8	1	1	13	13	3	9	32	.252	.277	.304	.581	76	6	0	3	1	1
88	Tony Pérez	39	BOS	Maj	BOS	84	336	306	35	77	11	3	9	39	0	0	27	66	.252	.310	.395	.705	121	9	0	0	3	0
89	Dwayne Murphy	26	OAK	Maj	OAK	107	477	390	58	98	10	3	15	60	10	4	73	91	.251	.369	.408	.777	159	6	2	8	4	6
90	Bump Wills	28	TEX	Maj	TEX	102	454	410	51	103	13	2	2	41	12	9	32	49	.251	.304	.307	.611	126	8	1	6	5	2
91	Frank White	30	KCA	Maj	KCR	94	390	364	35	91	17	1	9	38	4	2	19	50	.250	.285	.376	.661	137	10	0	4	3	0
92	Brian Downing	30	CAL	Maj	CAL	93	370	317	47	79	14	0	9	41	1	1	46	35	.249	.352	.379	.730	120	11	4	3	0	1
93	John Lowenstein	34	BAL	Maj	BAL	83	213	189	19	47	7	0	6	20	7	6	22	32	.249	.329	.381	.710	72	8	1	0	1	1
94	John Mayberry*	32	TOR	Maj	TOR	94	344	290	34	72	6	1	17	43	1	1	44	45	.248	.361	.452	.812	131	7	8	0	2	4
95	Terry Bulling	28	SEA	Maj	SEA	62	180	154	15	38	3	0	2	15	0	0	21	20	.247	.341	.305	.646	47	2	1	4	0	0
96	Al Woods*	27	TOR	Maj	TOR	85	317	288	20	71	15	0	1	21	3	4	19	31	.247	.291	.309	.600	89	7	0	8	2	5
97	Butch Wynegar	25	MIN	Maj	MIN	47	172	150	11	37	5	0	0	10	0	1	17	9	.247	.322	.280	.602	42	7	1	1	3	2
98	Terry Crowley*	34	BAL	Maj	BAL	68	166	134	12	33	6	0	4	25	0	0	29	12	.246	.376	.381	.756	51	3	0	1	2	5
99	César Gerónimo*	33	KCA	Maj	KCR	59	133	118	14	29	0	2	2	13	6	1	11	16	.246	.305	.331	.636	39	3	0	2	2	2
100	Ron LeFlore	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	82	369	337	46	83	10	4	0	24	36	11	28	70	.246	.304	.300	.604	101	9	1	1	2	0