1969 American League Batting Leaders

1968 Season 1970 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 973 games, 12 teams, approx. 162 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	Rod Carew	23	MIN	Maj	MIN	123	504	458	79	152	30	4	8	56	19	8	37	72	.332	.386	.467	.853	214	7	3	6	0	0
2	Rich Reese*	27	MIN	Maj	MIN	132	451	419	52	135	24	4	16	69	1	5	23	57	.322	.362	.513	.875	215	6	5	1	3	3
3	Tony Oliva	30	MIN	Maj	MIN	153	692	637	97	197	39	4	24	101	10	13	45	66	.309	.355	.496	.851	316	10	3	2	5	12
4	Reggie Smith	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	143	607	543	87	168	29	7	25	93	7	13	54	67	.309	.368	.527	.895	286	14	1	1	8	7
5	Frank Robinson	33	BAL	Maj	BAL	148	643	539	111	166	19	5	32	100	9	3	88	62	.308	.415	.540	.955	291	12	13	0	3	11
6	Boog Powell	27	BAL	Maj	BAL	152	615	533	83	162	25	0	37	121	1	1	72	76	.304	.383	.559	.942	298	18	1	1	8	10
7	Walt Williams	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	135	507	471	59	143	22	1	3	32	6	2	26	33	.304	.343	.374	.716	176	5	3	5	2	1
8	Rico Petrocelli	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	154	643	535	92	159	32	2	40	97	3	5	98	68	.297	.403	.589	.992	315	12	1	3	6	13
9	Frank Howard	32	WS2	Maj	WSA	161	702	592	111	175	17	2	48	111	1	0	102	96	.296	.402	.574	.976	340	29	5	0	3	19
10	Jim Northrup	29	DET	Maj	DET	148	602	543	79	160	31	5	25	66	4	2	52	83	.295	.358	.508	.866	276	8	3	1	3	1
11	Mike Andrews	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	121	554	464	79	136	26	2	15	59	1	1	71	53	.293	.390	.455	.844	211	7	5	10	4	0
12	Mike Hegan*	26	SE1	Maj	SEP	95	333	267	54	78	9	6	8	37	6	5	62	61	.292	.427	.461	.888	123	1	1	3	0	1
13	Don Buford	32	BAL	Maj	BAL	144	663	554	99	161	31	3	11	64	19	18	96	62	.291	.397	.417	.814	231	5	5	3	5	7
14	Roy White	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	130	543	448	55	130	30	5	7	74	18	10	81	51	.290	.392	.426	.818	191	9	1	2	11	4
15	César Tovar	28	MIN	Maj	MIN	158	591	535	99	154	25	5	11	52	45	12	37	37	.288	.343	.415	.758	222	7	9	7	3	3
16	Mark Belanger	25	BAL	Maj	BAL	150	594	530	76	152	17	4	2	50	14	6	53	54	.287	.351	.345	.696	183	13	2	4	5	5
17	Lou Klimchock	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	90	279	258	26	74	13	2	6	26	0	0	18	14	.287	.331	.423	.753	109	4	0	1	2	3
18	Horace Clarke	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	156	699	641	82	183	26	7	4	48	33	13	53	41	.286	.339	.367	.706	235	8	0	3	2	1
19	Del Unser*	24	WS2	Maj	WSA	153	649	581	69	166	19	8	7	57	8	10	58	54	.286	.349	.382	.731	222	5	0	7	3	3
20	Paul Blair	25	BAL	Maj	BAL	150	685	625	102	178	32	5	26	76	20	6	40	72	.285	.327	.477	.804	298	11	2	13	5	0
21	Lou Piniella	25	KCA	Maj	KCR	135	539	493	43	139	21	6	11	68	2	4	33	56	.282	.325	.416	.741	205	12	3	1	9	2
22	Luis Aparicio	35	CHA	Maj	CHW	156	681	599	77	168	24	5	5	51	24	4	66	29	.281	.352	.362	.714	217	14	2	10	4	1
23	Sal Bando	25	OAK	Maj	OAK	162	734	609	106	171	25	3	31	113	1	4	111	82	.281	.400	.484	.885	295	12	11	2	1	5
24	Carlos May	21	CHA	Maj	CHW	100	434	367	62	103	18	2	18	62	1	4	58	66	.281	.385	.488	.873	179	11	6	0	3	7
25	Leo Cárdenas	30	MIN	Maj	MIN	160	665	578	67	162	24	4	10	70	5	6	66	96	.280	.353	.388	.741	224	19	4	8	9	12
26	Norm Cash*	35	DET	Maj	DET	142	556	483	81	135	15	4	22	74	2	1	63	80	.280	.368	.464	.831	224	9	6	1	3	5
27	Davey Johnson	26	BAL	Maj	BAL	142	580	511	52	143	34	1	7	57	3	4	57	52	.280	.351	.391	.743	200	16	3	2	7	2
28	Mike Epstein*	26	WS2	Maj	WSA	131	500	403	73	112	18	1	30	85	2	5	85	99	.278	.414	.551	.965	222	8	10	0	2	10
29	Tony Horton	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	159	669	625	77	174	25	4	27	93	3	3	37	91	.278	.319	.461	.780	288	21	2	2	3	3
30	Lee Maye	34	WS2,CLE	Maj	WSA-CLE	114	376	346	50	96	14	3	10	41	2	3	28	40	.278	.332	.422	.754	146	10	1	0	1	2
31	Hank Allen	28	WS2	Maj	WSA	109	286	271	42	75	9	3	1	17	12	3	13	28	.277	.311	.343	.654	93	13	1	0	1	1
32	Steve Hovley*	24	SE1	Maj	SEP	91	364	329	41	91	14	3	3	20	10	4	30	34	.277	.338	.365	.703	120	2	1	3	1	3
33	Harmon Killebrew	33	MIN	Maj	MIN	162	709	555	106	153	20	2	49	140	8	2	145	84	.276	.427	.584	1.011	324	16	5	0	4	20
34	Dick Green	28	OAK	Maj	OAK	136	553	483	61	133	25	6	12	64	2	3	53	94	.275	.353	.427	.779	206	15	8	3	6	3
35	Reggie Jackson*	23	OAK	Maj	OAK	152	677	549	123	151	36	3	47	118	13	5	114	142	.275	.410	.608	1.018	334	8	12	1	1	20
36	Mike Fiore*	24	KCA	Maj	KCR	107	427	339	53	93	14	1	12	35	4	4	84	63	.274	.420	.428	.848	145	9	2	1	1	4
37	Ted Uhlaender	29	MIN	Maj	MIN	152	610	554	93	151	18	2	8	62	15	9	44	52	.273	.328	.356	.684	197	3	4	4	4	4
38	Al Kaline	34	DET	Maj	DET	131	518	456	74	124	17	0	21	69	1	2	54	61	.272	.346	.447	.793	204	11	1	0	7	4
39	Ken McMullen	27	WS2	Maj	WSA	158	642	562	83	153	25	2	19	87	4	5	70	103	.272	.350	.425	.775	239	10	1	1	8	6
40	Gene Michael	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	119	464	412	41	112	24	4	2	31	7	4	43	56	.272	.341	.364	.705	150	9	1	6	2	1
41	Tommy Davis	30	SE1	Maj	SEP	123	494	454	52	123	29	1	6	80	19	4	30	46	.271	.319	.379	.697	172	17	4	1	5	5
42	Rick Monday*	23	OAK	Maj	OAK	122	481	399	57	108	17	4	12	54	12	3	72	100	.271	.388	.424	.811	169	6	5	4	1	11
43	Jay Johnstone	23	CAL	Maj	CAL	148	597	540	64	146	20	5	10	59	3	9	38	75	.270	.321	.382	.702	206	7	5	8	6	5
44	José Tartabull*	30	OAK	Maj	OAK	75	282	266	28	71	11	1	0	11	3	4	9	11	.267	.290	.316	.606	84	1	0	6	1	0
45	Ed Brinkman	27	WS2	Maj	WSA	151	639	576	71	153	18	5	2	43	2	2	50	42	.266	.328	.325	.653	187	23	5	5	3	3
46	Gail Hopkins	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	124	427	373	52	99	13	3	8	46	2	1	50	28	.265	.351	.381	.732	142	10	1	0	3	1
47	Pat Kelly*	24	KCA	Maj	KCR	112	473	417	61	110	20	4	8	32	40	13	49	70	.264	.348	.389	.737	162	5	5	2	0	3
48	John Roseboro	36	MIN	Maj	MIN	115	406	361	33	95	12	0	3	32	5	5	39	44	.263	.333	.321	.654	116	6	0	3	3	12
49	Paul Schaal	26	KCA	Maj	KCR	61	237	205	22	54	6	0	1	13	2	1	25	27	.263	.346	.307	.654	63	2	2	3	2	2
50	Danny Cater	29	OAK	Maj	OAK	152	620	584	64	153	24	2	10	76	1	4	28	40	.262	.296	.361	.657	211	25	2	1	5	3
51	Joe Foy	26	KCA	Maj	KCR	145	609	519	72	136	19	2	11	71	37	15	74	75	.262	.354	.370	.724	192	12	5	2	9	4
52	Bill Freehan	27	DET	Maj	DET	143	555	489	61	128	16	3	16	49	1	2	53	55	.262	.342	.405	.747	198	12	8	2	3	6
53	Willie Horton	26	DET	Maj	DET	141	568	508	66	133	17	1	28	91	3	3	52	93	.262	.332	.465	.796	236	8	3	1	4	10
54	Dick McAuliffe	29	DET	Maj	DET	74	321	271	49	71	10	5	11	33	2	5	47	41	.262	.369	.458	.826	124	2	0	1	2	1
55	Bill Voss*	25	CAL	Maj	CAL	133	387	349	33	91	11	4	2	40	5	3	35	40	.261	.327	.332	.660	116	9	0	2	1	6
56	Bert Campaneris	27	OAK	Maj	OAK	135	592	547	71	142	15	2	2	25	62	8	30	62	.260	.302	.305	.608	167	5	4	10	1	2
57	Jim Fregosi	27	CAL	Maj	CAL	161	685	580	78	151	22	6	12	47	9	2	93	86	.260	.361	.381	.742	221	10	1	7	4	7
58	Ron Hansen	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	85	207	185	15	48	6	1	2	22	2	0	18	25	.260	.327	.335	.662	62	8	1	2	1	0
59	Bobby Murcer	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	152	625	564	82	146	24	4	26	82	7	5	50	103	.259	.319	.454	.773	256	8	3	2	6	2
60	Tommy McCraw*	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	93	265	240	21	62	12	2	2	25	1	3	21	24	.258	.326	.350	.676	84	5	3	1	0	6
61	José Cardenal	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	146	616	557	75	143	26	3	11	45	36	6	49	58	.257	.314	.373	.687	208	18	0	4	6	3
62	Jerry Kenney	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	130	509	447	49	115	14	2	2	34	25	14	48	36	.257	.328	.311	.639	139	11	1	9	4	2
63	Ed Kirkpatrick	24	KCA	Maj	KCR	120	366	315	40	81	11	4	14	49	3	5	43	42	.257	.348	.451	.799	142	2	3	1	4	4
64	George Mitterwald	24	MIN	Maj	MIN	69	210	187	18	48	8	0	5	13	0	1	17	47	.257	.327	.380	.707	71	6	3	2	1	1
65	Tommie Reynolds	27	OAK	Maj	OAK	107	363	315	51	81	10	0	2	20	1	3	34	29	.257	.343	.308	.651	97	8	8	4	2	1
66	Dick Schofield	34	BOS	Maj	BOS	94	261	226	30	58	9	3	2	20	0	2	29	44	.257	.349	.350	.698	79	3	4	0	2	1
67	Frank Baker	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	52	189	172	21	44	5	3	3	15	2	1	14	34	.256	.312	.372	.684	64	4	1	0	2	0
68	Buddy Bradford	24	CHA	Maj	CHW	93	313	273	36	70	8	2	11	27	5	2	34	75	.256	.347	.421	.769	115	4	4	2	0	4
69	Tony Conigliaro	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	141	566	506	57	129	21	3	20	82	2	4	48	111	.255	.322	.427	.748	216	11	4	3	5	6
70	Bill Melton	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	157	628	556	67	142	26	2	23	87	1	2	56	106	.255	.326	.434	.759	241	12	5	5	6	7
71	Carl Yastrzemski	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	162	707	603	96	154	28	2	40	111	15	7	101	91	.255	.362	.508	.870	306	14	1	0	2	9
72	Bob Oliver	26	KCA	Maj	KCR	118	425	394	43	100	8	4	13	43	5	5	21	74	.254	.294	.393	.687	155	18	2	6	2	2
73	Rick Reichardt	26	CAL	Maj	CAL	137	557	493	60	125	11	4	13	68	3	6	43	100	.254	.319	.371	.691	183	16	8	6	7	5
74	Jim Spencer*	21	CAL	Maj	CAL	113	422	386	39	98	14	3	10	31	1	0	26	53	.254	.304	.383	.688	148	6	2	8	0	6
75	George Scott	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	152	617	549	63	139	14	5	16	52	4	3	61	74	.253	.331	.384	.716	211	15	4	1	2	12
76	Ed Stroud	29	WS2	Maj	WSA	123	240	206	35	52	5	6	4	29	12	2	30	33	.252	.353	.393	.746	81	6	2	2	0	1
77	Russ Gibson	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	85	307	287	21	72	9	1	3	27	1	1	15	25	.251	.289	.321	.609	92	11	1	2	2	1
78	Jerry Adair	32	KCA	Maj	KCR	126	461	432	29	108	9	1	5	48	1	3	20	36	.250	.285	.310	.596	134	24	3	2	4	4
79	Brant Alyea	28	WS2	Maj	WSA	104	276	237	29	59	4	0	11	40	1	3	34	67	.249	.341	.405	.746	96	9	1	0	4	4
80	Andy Etchebarren	26	BAL	Maj	BAL	73	255	217	29	54	9	2	3	26	1	2	28	42	.249	.350	.350	.701	76	11	7	1	2	8
81	Ted Kubiak	27	OAK	Maj	OAK	92	338	305	38	76	9	1	2	27	2	0	25	35	.249	.305	.305	.609	93	9	1	3	4	2
82	Sandy Alomar	25	CAL,CHA	Maj	CAL-CHW	156	662	617	68	153	12	2	1	34	20	3	40	54	.248	.294	.279	.573	172	5	0	5	0	2
83	Russ Snyder	35	CLE	Maj	CLE	122	293	266	26	66	10	0	2	24	3	2	25	33	.248	.312	.308	.620	82	6	0	1	1	3
84	Bernie Allen	30	WS2	Maj	WSA	122	417	365	33	90	17	4	9	45	5	4	50	35	.247	.337	.389	.726	142	9	0	2	0	3
85	Merv Rettenmund	26	BAL	Maj	BAL	95	226	190	27	47	10	3	4	25	6	1	28	28	.247	.338	.395	.733	75	6	0	4	4	1
86	Don Mincher	31	SE1	Maj	SEP	140	513	427	53	105	14	0	25	78	10	11	78	69	.246	.367	.454	.821	194	8	5	0	3	13
87	Pete Ward	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	105	238	199	22	49	7	0	6	32	0	0	33	38	.246	.359	.372	.731	74	2	3	1	2	1
88	Wayne Comer	25	SE1	Maj	SEP	147	572	481	88	118	18	1	15	54	18	7	82	79	.245	.355	.381	.735	183	10	1	5	3	2
89	Don Pavletich	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	78	219	188	26	46	12	0	6	33	0	0	28	45	.245	.338	.404	.742	76	2	0	0	3	4
90	Elrod Hendricks	28	BAL	Maj	BAL	105	339	295	36	72	5	0	12	38	0	1	39	44	.244	.333	.383	.716	113	3	2	0	3	5
91	Bubba Morton	37	CAL	Maj	CAL	87	206	172	18	42	10	1	7	32	0	0	28	29	.244	.356	.436	.792	75	4	3	1	2	1
92	Syd O'Brien	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	100	283	263	47	64	10	5	9	29	2	3	15	37	.243	.287	.422	.709	111	3	1	4	0	0
93	Tommy Matchick	25	DET	Maj	DET	94	316	298	25	72	11	2	0	32	3	0	15	51	.242	.276	.292	.568	87	8	0	1	2	3
94	Jerry McNertney	32	SE1	Maj	SEP	128	449	410	39	99	18	1	8	55	1	0	29	63	.242	.291	.349	.640	143	13	0	9	1	3
95	Joe Pepitone*	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	135	546	513	49	124	16	3	27	70	8	6	30	42	.242	.284	.443	.726	227	13	1	0	2	11
96	Duane Josephson	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	52	179	162	19	39	6	2	1	20	0	0	13	17	.241	.296	.321	.617	52	3	1	0	3	0
97	Larry Brown	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	132	521	469	48	112	10	2	4	24	5	3	44	43	.239	.304	.294	.598	138	10	1	4	3	2
98	Eddie Leon	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	64	236	213	20	51	6	0	3	19	2	2	19	37	.239	.300	.310	.610	66	3	0	3	1	3
99	Vern Fuller	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	108	280	254	25	60	11	1	4	22	2	1	20	53	.236	.295	.335	.630	85	9	2	2	2	2
100	Ellie Rodríguez	23	KCA	Maj	KCR	95	308	267	27	63	10	0	2	20	3	2	31	26	.236	.333	.296	.629	79	8	8	2	0	6